Johnsonverse World History/Media/N-Z

Nimona[]

Due to Johnson's purchase of 21st Century Fox, Nimona was released on January 14, 2022 as planned. It's almost exactly the same as OTL's Netflix/Annapurna version, albeit with different opening logos, as well as the painted CGI style being more refined; it was distributed by 20th Century Fox instead of Disney as well.

Now You See It[]

The 1989 revival of Now You See It still airs to this day, as it was able to compete against talk shows, and was not replaced by Wheel of Fortune due to that show's move to WBC instead of CBS as what happened IOTL.

While the show continues to be hosted by Chuck Henry, the show's announcer, Don Morrow, left the show in 1995 to fully focus on Sale of the Century. He was replaced by Ed McKay, who had recently got off The Joker's Wild following its second cancellation.
The show changed its set in 1995, 2002, 2008 (when the show started broadcasting in HD), and most recently in 2018, but continues to use the famous "Chump Change" theme song.
In 2019, a primetime celebrity edition of the show, titled Celebrity Now You See It, was greenlit by CBS in 2019. It airs alongside Celebrity Blackout, and two games are played; the solo game is played both times for a flat $250,000, and the celebrities are changed in the second game. Celebrities are guaranteed a minimum of $50,000.
The progressive jackpot of the solo game was raised to start at $10,000 in 1995, and then $25,000 in 2003. The show's jackpot started increasing by $10,000 for every loss in 2006.
The Chuck Henry version is rerun frequently on GSN due to interest in reruns of this version.

OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes[]

Stephanie Nadolny remains in the role of Kaio/K.O. rather than being replaced by Courtenay Taylor.
Sonic in the episode "Let's Meet Sonic" was voiced by Ryan Drummond instead of Roger Craig Smith.
Season 3 was not cut short.
The series was renewed to additional seasons, and still airs to this day.

Olaf's Frozen Adventure[]

Olaf's Frozen Adventure premiered on ABC rather than being shown in front of Coco.

Onward[]

Its worldbuilding is much greater.

The Orville[]

The series airs on WBC rather than Fox or Hulu. It received much better treatment, and is currently on its seventh season.
Various merchandise has been made, including a video game in 2023.

The Owl House[]

The show was given a much better treatment from Disney. A full third season was made, with OTL's third season being a three-part TV movie series finale.

Pac-Man franchise[]

With Johnson taking control of Bandai Namco in 2007, Ghostly Adventures and anything connected to it never happened. A different television series aired from 2013 to 2020.
Johnson made a move seen as "daring" in that the genders of Blinky, Pinky, and Inky were made ambiguous alongside the children of Pac-Man and Ms. Pac Man, with Pinky and Baby Pac-Man having their "feminine" characteristics removed. (Clyde is still male, while Sue is still female).

Peanuts franchise[]

The 1963 documentary titled A Boy Named Charlie Brown was not cancelled before its release, as Lee Mendelson was able to sell it to WBC. As a direct result of this, all Peanuts specials released starting with A Charlie Brown Christmas have been broadcast exclusively on WBC and other channels owned by Johnson. Also, the 1969 theatrical movie is named The Charlie Brown Movie to avoid confusion with the documentary.
The 2016 series uses the voice actors from The Peanuts Movie instead of new voice actors. It also airs on Cartoon Network instead of Boomerang ITTL.
The "Final Episodes of Peanuts you never saw" story of Mad #393 has multiple changes which were recommended by Johnson to be more tame than OTL: in "Charlie Brown and the Kite", Charlie Brown doesn't get electrocuted by a power line in panel four; instead, his kite gets tangled on a cell site. In "Lucy and Schroeder", panel three instead has Schroeder realize who he's kissing and runs away saying he has "fussbudget germs" with Lucy feeling confused. "Lucy the Psychiatrist" instead has Charlie Brown realize that Lucy's psychiatry is mainly false and tells her that he won't take her lessons ever again, making Lucy feel depressed. "Sally and Her Sweet Babboo" has Sally's new lover in panel four be Shermy instead of Pig-Pen with Linus being shocked as he never saw him for years. "Charlie Brown, Lucy, and the football" is the only one unchanged from OTL. "Linus and his Security Blanket" has panel four reveal that Linus' new coping mechanism come from his new cyan shirt which reminds him of his old security blanket and Rerun replaces Charlie Brown within the comic. "Charlie Brown, the worst pitcher" is removed as it was deemed that "it would cause loads of confusion as Charlie Brown was never seen being paid after his failings at baseball". "Charlie Brown, Peppermint Patty, and Marcie" (renamed to simply "Peppermint Patty and Marcie") instead focuses on Peppermint Patty and Marcie realizing that they have an affection with each other and realize that they are bisexual. The final one, which is dubbed ITTL as "Snoopy's overall weirdness" alongside changing the logo to use the logo from Sunday strips from January 7, 1987 to the end of the comic strip, replaces the final two panels with Charlie Brown telling Snoopy that even if he's very weird, he still likes him as a pet instead of Charlie Brown putting Snoopy to sleep.
Specials starting with Snoopy Presents: For Auld Lang Syne still air on WBC, while Snoopy in Space, The Snoopy Show, and Camp Snoopy air on Netflix first and Cartoon Network a month later instead of Apple TV+. Also, instead of using Vancouver-based children exclusively, children from New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, and Vancouver are employed.

The Pink Panther franchise[]

Later cartoons don't have a laugh track in home video releases.
The Panther doesn't speak in the 1993 series.

Plants vs. Zombies franchise[]

Since Johnson bought PopCap in 2011, sweeping changes came to the franchise:

PVZ2 had no microtransactions, being vastly different from OTL, while the art style is still the same as OTL.
Tim kept George Fan at PopCap, and he is still involved with the franchise, and Octogeddon is made by PopCap.
Battle for Neighborville is drastically different, being called Garden Warfare III, and using the GW2 art style and featuring the Heroes alongside the variants.
Speaking of which, PVZ Heroes has more Heroes including GW Plants.
The animated PVZ movie was not canceled and is set for a November 2022 release date. PVZ Online and All Stars are still playable and All Stars was released on Android as Plants vs. Zombies: Champions.

Pokémon franchise[]

Since 2016, Johnson has produced its own version of the anime. In 2006, the original anime moved to Cartoon Network (though the 4Kids-era voice cast was carried over), and the WBC version is sometimes referred to as WBC's Pokémon to avoid confusion. The original anime did not move to Disney XD in 2016, and remains on Cartoon Network.
Until 2006, there were two versions in English: a more faithful translation for home media, streaming and Toonami airings (including translations of the Japanese opening and closing themes, as well as the bonus segments from the Japanese version), and an edited version by 4Kids for Saturday morning airings, both using the 4Kids cast. The edited version was unpopular and ended in 2006.
The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon is the same as OTL, except with the 4Kids cast.

Poker Night 2[]

Compared to OTL, Poker Night 2 sees the player go up against five opponents instead of four, the fifth being Jenny G. Denver from Detective Jenny. During gameplay, Jenny is seated between Claptrap and Ash, and always has Makayla Gómez seated next to her (Max calls out the double standard of him not being able to sit at the table with Sam, while Makayla can). Jenny's playstyle is referred to in the game files as "Veteran", making her a tough opponent. Her tells are incredibly subtle, the most obvious being when she and Makayla are whispering to each other.

Also, unlike OTL, both Poker Night games are still available to purchase on Steam.

The Polar Express 2[]

No sequel to The Polar Express is made ITTL.

The Powerpuff Girls franchise[]

The original series concluded in 2002, meaning the two Chris Savino-led seasons do not exist.
Powerpuff Girls Z has several differences making it more faithful to its parent series. Also, the English dub uses the original voice cast instead of Canadian-based voice actors due to being handled by Hanna-Barbera instead of Ocean Productions.
The Powerpuff Girls Rule! is an hour long instead of 30 minutes, meaning it has a more reasonable pace and the characters don't talk as fast. Also, it is animated using digital ink-and-paper instead of Flash.
Dance Pantsed has a variety of differences. For one, the artstyle used is the original (because of this, the opening from The Powerpuff Girls Rule! is reused, and the original series' closing theme is heard over the credits), and Craig McCracken is involved.
The 2016 reboot and scrapped live-action CW series do not exist; both were considered, but Tim saw some scripts for the 2016 reboot and immediately shredded them, calling them "as bad as that Teen Titans GO! atrocity that was thankfully averted", while the live-action series was rejected the moment it was pitched to Tim, who said "there are some animated shows that should remain FUCKING ANIMATED!!!!". Also, the upcoming reboot by Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe does not exist, as an original idea from McCracken was picked up instead.

Power Rangers[]

Because Japan is part of the United States, the Power Rangers franchise does not exist. Super Sentai still exists, though it is known as Super Squadron, with all series broadcast on both sides of the Pacific the exact same way, in English on the Fox network since 1994 (WBC before then), uncut (though the Japanese audio and name is used for Japanese-speaking stations). This means that the Japanese cultural differences from the American mainland are still present in mainland airings, as is the violence, the sillier aspects, and the dark storylines compared to the more "hip and radical" Power Rangers of OTL.

All Super Sentai series take place in a single continuity, and are produced by Toho instead of Toei (though Toei still makes Kamen Rider, known in the Johnsonverse as Masked Rider; thanks to Toei's close association with Johnson, Super Squadron and Masked Rider frequently cross over); all series are canon to the Alpha Timeline, and frequently cross over with the Godzilla franchise; the absence of Godzilla II from Wrath of Godzilla to Godzilla vs The World is due to him actively assisting the current Sentai team against large monsters; all series up to Rescue Squad GoGoFive are also considered canon to the Beta Timeline, as no Super Squadron teams sprung up following Third Impact, and the surviving teams were hunted down and killed by SEELE to prevent them from interfering with the Instrumentality plot.

In addition, each show's titles are entirely in English (the original Japanese titles are still used in the Japanese dubs):


No.	OTL Name	Johnsonverse Name
1	Himitsu Sentai Gorenger	Secret Squadron FiveRanger
2	J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai	Jacker Blitzkrieg Corps
3	Battle Fever J	unchanged
4	Denshi Sentai Denziman	Electro-Squadron Denziman
5	Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan	Solar Squadron Sun Vulcan
6	Dai Sentai Goggle V	Great Squadron Goggle Five
7	Kakagu Sentai Dynaman	Science Squadron Dynaman
8	Choudenshi Bioman	Super Electron Bioman
9	Dengeki Sentai Changeman	Blitzkrieg Squadron Changeman
10	Choushinsei Flashman	Supernova Flashman
11	Hikari Sentai Maskman	Light Squadron Maskman
12	Choujuu Sentai Liveman	Super Beast Squadron Liveman
13	Kosoku Sentai Turboranger	High-Speed Squadron Turboranger
14	Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman	Earth Squadron Fiveman
15	Choujin Sentai Jetman	Birdman Squadron Jetman
16	Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger	Dinosaur Squadron Beastranger
17	Gosei Sentai Dairanger	Five Stars Squadron Dairanger
18	Ninja Sentai Kakuranger	Ninja Squadron Kakuranger
19	Chouriki Sentai Ohranger	Super-Powered Squadron Kingranger
20	Gekisou Sentai Carranger	Extreme Rush Squadron Carranger
21	Denji Sentai Megaranger	Electromagnetic Squadron Megaranger
22	Seijuu Sentai Gingaman	Star Beast Squadron Gingaman
23	Kyukyu Sentai GoGoV	Rescue Squadron GoGoFive
24	Mirai Sentai Timeranger	Future Squadron Timeranger
25	Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger	Hundred Beasts Squadron Roarranger
26	Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger	Ninja Wind Squadron Hurricaneger
27	Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger	Blastosaur Squadron Abaranger
28	Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger	Special Police Dekaranger
29	Mahou Sentai Magiranger	Magical Squadron Magiranger
30	GoGo Sentai Boukenger	Rumbling Squadron Adventrangers
31	Juken Sentai Gekiranger	Beast Fist Squadron Gekiranger
32	Engine Sentai Go-onger	Blazing God Squadron Go-onger
33	Samurai Sentai Shinkenger	Samurai Squadron Swordranger
34	Tensou Sentai Goseiger	Celestia Armament Squadron Goseiger
35	Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger	Pirate Squadron Gokaiger
36	Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters	Spec-Ops Squadron Go-Busters
37	Zyuden Sentai Kyoruger	Beast Power Squadron Dinoranger
38	Ressha Sentai ToQger	Express Squadron Railranger
39	Shuriken Sentai Ninninger	Shuriken Squadron Ninjaranger
40	Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger	Animal Squadron Beast King-ger
41	Uchu Sentai Kyuranger	Space Squadron Nineranger
42	Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger	Knightosaur Squadron Dino Soulranger
43	Mashin Sentai Kiramager	Magical Machine Squadron Kiramager
44	Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger	Mecha Squadron Throttleranger
45	Avataro Sentai Donbrothers	Avatar Squadron Donbrothers
46	Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger	TBD
47	Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger	TBD

Press Your Luck[]

The current version has aired on WBC since 1999, with Peter Tomarken returning as host and Rod Roddy returning as announcer; Roddy's health problems led to Neil Ross acting as a substitute announcer, before taking over as the full-time announcer upon Roddy's 2003 death. Because of this, Whammy! doesn't exist. In early 2023, Tomarken (then 80) announced that he would retire as host at the end of the 25th season in 2024; Todd Newton was announced as his successor.
Like the original series, this version is shot at Television City.
The board patterns are completely random and powered by a computer, precluding any chance of Michael Larson's run being repeated.
The set from 1999 to 2006 was a near-exact replica of the original set; monitors replaced the original eggcrate displays in 2001, and a rear-projection screen was added to the center of the Big Board, showing an animation of the show's logo, dollar values, prizes, and Whammy animations, as well as answer choices above the contestants. In 2006, the set was modernized with monitors replacing the original slides, as well as other aesthetic changes, and in 2019, the current set from OTL's ABC primetime version was adopted.
All Whammy animations have much smoother animation provided by Hanna-Barbera, and Neil Ross voices the Whammy, with the Whammy still having a high-pitched voice. Each season, the Whammy animation library is updated.
Its theme song from 1999 to 2019 was the same as the original version, as was the cue played when Roddy or Ross announces the winning contestant's cash and prizes. Tim Mosher and Stoker's arrangement was still introduced in 2019, albeit the full version instead of the same few samples, and the prize cue was rearranged as well.
Each season, a tournament of champions is held, and during the summer months, a higher-stakes nighttime version airs, with a bonus round like the one from OTL's 2019 version.
If a contestant gets two halves of a car key, they win a higher-end car (usually a Chrysler Corporation product) shown on-set.
In 2003, the Michael Larson reunion tournament was still held, with Larson's brother James, Ed Long, and Janie Litras Dakan playing; James won the game.
The Big Bank does not exist.

The Price Is Right[]

Thanks to Johnson's ownership, this show has seen many changes:

Bob Barker retired ten years earlier than IOTL (after Season 25 in 1997). Ray Combs was selected as the host starting in season 26. Burton Richardson also took over for Rod Roddy as the announcer after Roddy's 2003 death, beginning in March 2004. Richardson also acts as an occasional model similar to George Gray IOTL. On a side note, Barker's sexual harassment never happened ITTL, and Dian Parkinson remained on the show until retiring in 2017.
The Hollywood mural turntable never existed.
The set for the Combs era is very similar to the Barker set, but with a modern twist:
- The curtains retain their 2011 designs (though they were introduced in 2007, and the other additions occurring in 2011) with the logo signs use a physically-spinning dollar sign as they did from 2011-2022 do IOTL (the logo is displayed on a price tag on those signs); before 2011 the final Barker logo sign designs introduced in season 33 were carried over. The light strips with the giant Goodson-Todman asterisks were not introduced.
- The four seats behind Contestant's Row are very similar to the first Carey design, but with price tags instead of hexagons.
- Instead of the checkerboard pattern, the Big Doors had a sunburst pattern similar to the 2002-2006 doors, though the colors are the same as the Carey era. Also, since 2012, the doors were redesigned with the logo placed in a circle; one door panel fits into the other. The light sections change colors depending on the game and/or theme week. Beginning in the fiftieth season, the doors were made white as a nod to their pre-2002 appearances. The green frame is still used, though with LED light strips introduced in 2007.
- Home Base is the same design from the Barker era (in blue), though the painted walls (other than the turntable) were replaced with LED panels in 2009 and LED screens (displaying game graphics and trip footage) in the same shape in 2015 (though they involve significantly less movement than OTL's Home Base screens).
- The current Contestant's Row displays are the same as IOTL. The displays also continued using the 2002-07 colors in seasons 36 and 37.
- The Barker Wall and Big Cover were still redesigned in season 46. The Giant Price Tag was still redesigned ITTL, but used the Combs door pattern rather the OTL Carey one from season 36. It was repainted in 2012 to match the logo signs in the back of the audience.
- Green is still the dominant color, not silver.
- The announcer's lectern was still redesigned in 2011 and 2015 ITTL.
The show has continued using the Barker-era logo; it has been rendered in 3D since 2009, and its style changed in 2013, 2016, and 2022.
The Big Wheel from the Showcase Showdown still uses the 1988-2008 design, and the Showcase lecterns used the 2001 props (recolored to blue and green, respectively) until 2009, when OTL's current lecterns were introduced.
Trip skins are still used instead of monitors.
Showcase skits are still done as well.
Since Mike Richards was never hired, models Lanisha Cole, Shane Stirling, and Brandi Cochran, several longtime employees like Kathy "Fingers" Greco, and director Rich DiPirro are all still present. Roger Dobkowitz was still fired in 2008 to take the show in a new direction, with Evelyn Warfel replacing him.
Janice Pennington remained a model on the show until retiring after season 37 in 2009, while Holly Hallstrom (who wasn't terminated ITTL due to Johnson keeping an eye on Bob Barker after his affair with Dian Parkinson) and Kathleen Bradley stayed on until retiring in 2017.
As of 2024, the current models are Brandi Cochran, Shane Stirling, Lanisha Cole, Rachel Reynolds, Amber Lancaster, Manuela Arbeláez, James O'Halloran, Devin Goda, and Alexis Gaube.
Many of the games have had some differences:
- Make Your Mark (formerly Barker's Markers) and Credit Card are still present, while all five pricing games planned to be introduced in the season 37 premiere week debuted as planned (including Gas Money and Do the Math).
- Give or Keep was brought back.
- The $50,000 sign for Plinko wasn't retired, and was refreshed along with the main prop in 2010 (the Plinko board transition was still introduced, with the Plinko sign revealed on the turntable as the Race Game Curtain goes up, with the binds flipping from the Plinko logo to $50,000 as it turns into camera, and as Combs deposits the chips after they fall, the Plinko sign is shown behind him with the Plinko logo turned back out to camera). Also, in season 51, the $10,000 graphic was still introduced whenever contestants land on the center slot, but "Dig We Must" doesn't play.
- Clock Game was still redesigned in 2014, except its current design is similar to the one from the 2022 Croatian version.
- Bargain Game (formerly Barker's Bargain Bar) was not put on hiatus, and the old prop is still used with the new name. Make Your Mark (formerly Barker's Markers) is still present as well.
- Grand Game still uses the 1980 logo.
- Ten Chances still has its original design, while Any Number still used the 1986-2010 board (though with its displays updated). In 2021, the latter was redesigned to resemble the 1972-1986 board, though an actual piggy bank (albeit empty) is placed on a shelf built onto the set, replacing the illustration. Contestants who win the piggy bank get to keep it as a souvenir.
- Joker is still present, albeit with a different design introduced in 2007 (similar to the 2009 French version) and a $1,000 bonus for getting all the prices correct.
- Bonus Game still involves backlit screens instead of LED screens.
- Shell Game's redesign does not involve touch screens.
- Time is Money wasn't brought back.
- Hot Seat is faster-paced than IOTL.
- Hurdles was brought back in 2010.
- Penny Ante is still played. It was redesigned in 2021 with the To the Penny set from OTL.
- Money Game has had a darker shade of blue since 2009 to make it look less like it came from 1991.
- Pick-A-Number was redesigned in 2011, resembling a cross between the UK Bruce Forsyth and 2019 Argentinean versions.
- Push Over's current design retains the hands on the logo.
- Pay the Rent is different. For one, the top prize is $50,000 instead of $100,000, and the game is easier while still being somewhat challenging.
- Magic # was not retired, and received a new set and computer in 2022.
- Triple Play's third car is always a flashy car.
- Back to '7X is only played on special episodes after season 50, Richardson reads Johnny Olson's copy in a straightforward manner instead of an exaggerated one, and actual 1970s cues are played.
- Gridlock! has more room for error and is more streamlined. Its set is also smaller.
- Swap Meet was refurbished in 2015.
- Poker Game is still played; in the Combs era, four-digit prices are played (with the thousands digit not counting), and a sign was added to explain the hierarchy of possible hands. The price cards on the prop now show the numbers that count toward the player's hand, resembling the faces of playing cards. LED displays replaced the SportsType displays in 2012.
- The current 3 Strikes design introduced in 2019 still has the Broadway font for the number displays, and the baseball illustration introduced in 1982 is still in use with a white outline.
- Other games such as Most Expensive, Side by Side, and Golden Road had their OTL renovations.
Johnson required CBS to keep the show at its regular length instead of adding more commercials.
Like IOTL, the announcer and models became far more prominent again in the Combs era, and the show acknowledges its history without specifically mentioning Barker.
The 1972 theme song, 1976 "Dig We Must" arrangement, and 1979 "Come on Down!" theme are still used, with the 2007 arrangements used for primetime shows. Many older cues such as "Bean Stalker" and "Lottery" are also still used, as is the 30th Anniversary Special and Million Dollar Spectacular opening theme for all primetime shows.
College Rivals weeks have a different format that doesn't encourage cheating, while the all-Plinko episode of January 4, 2013 had just one playing of the game for $350,000 and used it as part of the Showcase reveals.
The show is still shot live-to-tape; all Johnson game shows are done this way.
The show continued using the digital light border introduced in Bob Barker's final week until 2010, when a new one was introduced; it's the same as the OTL season 39 version. Aside from that, the light borders are the same, but without the spinning dollar signs introduced in season 42; the current one introduced in season 45 is more traditional.
Million Dollar Spectaculars were still produced for sweeps months (November, February, May, and July) until 2011, when it was succeeded by The Price Is Right at Night.
The Price Is Right at Night has higher-end prizes, as well as additional touches on the set such as blue, gold. and silver curtains instead of the usual colors, a dark blue floor, and Combs, West, and both male models (James O'Halloran and Devin Goda) in tuxedos.
The 1994 syndicated version with Doug Davidson was still produced ITTL, and still ended after 16 weeks.
The show still uses "loyal friends and true" (or "LFaTs", for short) to describe its fanbase instead of "superfans".
The 50th Anniversary Daytime Special (aired September 5, 2022) is more of a true anniversary episode encompassing the show's 50-year run instead of just the 50th season.
Season 51 reverted to mostly full audiences (consisting of 250 people) and the pre-season 49 audition process, as COVID regulations have waned. Season 52 went back to full 300-person audiences.
Season 52 onward are still shot in the Bob Barker Studio at Television City (as stated on its section) due to Johnson buying it in 2019.
Product descriptions are still sponsored in most cases, rather than generic descriptions being used; instances that aren't sponsored mention facts about the product rather than the amount.

Primos[]

The show flat-out doesn't exist, as it was rejected by the Johnsons on the grounds of it being "too stereotypical" and "sharing way too much in common with Nickelodeon's The Loud House and The Casagrandes". A tweaked version of the show that's way less insensitive and more original would later be pitched to and subsequently picked up by Hulu.

Progressbar95[]

As Spooky House is owned by Johnson, the game is more fleshed-out.

There is an additional line of systems called Progdatum, based on Mandatum.
There are also various kinds of Progux and PBD (parodies of Linux and BSD) systems.
There are also mobile operating systems within the game: Gynoid (parody of Android) and pOS (parody of iOS).

Purple Moon[]

Johnson outbid Mattel for the company in 1999, and the Purple Moon game series continues until today. Much like Chuck E. Cheese's has, it got two reboots: the first in 2002 (transitioning from the "Classic Era" to the "Radical Era") and the second in 2013 (transitioning from the "Radical Era" to the "Rockett's World Era").

Alongside PC releases, the games also get released on Nintendo consoles. The accompanying MMO game survives until today, being the oldest MMO on the internet (older than Johnson corporate siblings Neopets and NationStates).

Pyramid franchise[]

A revival of The $25,000 Pyramid began airing on ABC's daytime lineup in 2015, hosted by Michael Strahan. OTL's 2016 $100,000 Pyramid still exists as a summer primetime counterpart.
Michael Strahan hosted the daytime series from 2015 to 2021, and the primetime series since 2016; due to the move to Los Angeles in 2021, Brooke Burns took over as the daytime host.
The judging is much more consistent.

The Raccoons[]

The series aired on WBC in the US instead of Disney Channel; like IOTL, edits were made to the broadcasts for commercial time. WBC also aired The Christmas Raccoons, The Raccoons on Ice, and The Raccoons and the Lost Star.
In addition to Bentley, Lisa, George and Nicole were all introduced at once in the second season, all moving to the Evergreen Forest in their debut episode; while Nicole and Bentley still have bent noses, George doesn't. Sophia Tutu also wasn't phased out, having her characterization fleshed out and becoming Lisa's best friend. The opening was reanimated in Season 2 to add Lisa and Bentley next to Sophia and Cedric.
Two additional seasons aired in 1992 and 1993. In the sixth season, Milton Midas becomes the new main antagonist (and the opening sequence was changed again to reference this, with Cyril appearing next to Sophia, Cedric, Lisa, and Bentley), and Melissa agrees to fill in for Ranger Dan (who makes his first appearance since the first season) while he's on a much-needed vacation in one episode, and in the final season, Ralph and Melissa have twin children, Margaret and Finnegan (or Mags and Finn, voiced by Susan Roman), who were part of OTL's reboot pitch bible.
The little raccoon girl who was a recurring background character in Seasons 4 and 5 became a more prominent character in Seasons 6 and 7 as Bentley's best friend, now named Rita Ringtail and being voiced by Lisa Yamanaka (reprising her role from "Endless Summer!", her only speaking role IOTL). Also, she has a similar dynamic with Lisa to the dynamic between Bert and Bentley.
A sequel series titled The Raccoons: The New Adventures later aired from 1997 to 2002, taking place eight years after the original series.
Japanese dubs were made for both series as well; the first series' dub (which also included the specials) aired from 1989 to 1995 and the second series' dub ran from 1999 to 2004. Here are the voice actors:
- Toshio Furukawa as Bert Raccoon and Boyd (Pig Three)
- Shigeru Ushiyama as Ralph Raccoon
- Mami Koyama as Melissa Raccoon
- Yuri Shiratori as Lisa Raccoon
- Urara Takano (original series) and Hiroki Takahashi (The New Adventures) as Bentley Raccoon
- Nozomu Sasaki as Cedric Sneer and Pig Two (Floyd)
- Hiroko Emori as Sophia Tutu/Sneer
- Mugihito as Cyril Sneer
- Gorō Naya as Schaeffer and Mr. Knox
- Urara Takano as Lloyd (Pig One)
- Noriko Uemara as Lady Baden-Baden and Nicole Raccoon
- Hidekatsu Shibata as Mr. Willow and Dan the Forest Ranger
- Maaya Sakamoto as Julie and Rita Ringtail
- Daisuke Namikawa as Tommy and Bonneville Knox
- Ryōichi Tanaka as George Raccoon
- Unsho Ishizuka as Milton Midas
- Masakazu Morita as Broo (The New Adventures)
- Minami Takayama as Mags Raccoon
- Tomoko Kaneda as Finn Raccoon
- Sayaka Ohara as Cindy Sneer
- Shūichi Ikeda as the narrator
The 2022-23 remaster wasn't cropped to 16:9.
John Schneider's voice was retained in The Raccoons and the Lost Star and The Raccoons: Let's Dance!, and all songs he performed were kept.
A soundtrack album was released in 2005, featuring various songs from both series. The original series' soundtrack featured many unreleased songs such as "Missing It", "Come On Home", "Restless in the Night", "Sooner or Later", and Steve Lunt's original version of "Run With Us".

Ralph Breaks the Internet[]

There are a lot of differences from the OTL version:

The film is called "Ralph Wrecks the Internet", as Tim felt that naming it after the "Breaks the Internet" meme would make it dated, as well as making the title a fitting pun.
The film has significantly less product placement outside of video games. eBay is replaced with a similar, fictional site named "WePay", and the "eBoy" is renamed "WeBoy".
The Felix and Calhoun subplot wasn't removed.
Ralph, Vanellope, and the Sugar Rush racers all retain their original personalities, and Taffyta is still voiced by Mindy Kaling instead of Melissa Villaseñor. Gloyd (Tom Kenny), Swizzle (Phil LaMarr), Minty (Lauren Tom), Adorabeezle (Hynden Walch), Crumbelina (Kate Higgins, replacing Cymbre Walk), Jubileena (Melissa Villaseñor, replacing Josie Trinidad), and Snowanna (Gabrielle Union) all have speaking roles as well, as do some of their recolors (in-universe, the recolors use the same voice clips as the original racers in-game, albeit higher-pitched; Torvald, a recolor of Minty, has a lower-pitched voice instead).
In addition to Ralph and Vanellope, Rancis also joins them, a major conflict being Vanellope being torn between Slaughter Race and her budding romance with Rancis.
For the Japanese-language dub, Minty Zaki is replaced with Minty Sakura like in the first film; Sakura's voice actress is Aika Kobayashi.
No attempts at being relevant with 2017-18 meme culture. For example, Ralph never flosses at any point in the film, and Yesss has the name Kira. Meme culture, in fact, is mercilessly mocked.
Most Disney princesses are 2D animated (exceptions include Rapunzel, Elsa, Anna, Moana, and Merida; for the latter, this helps make the Pixar joke make more sense); Tiana's skin was not lightened, either.
Far less mean-spirited moments.
All plot holes are tied up.
A vastly different plot. Notably, Vanellope never goes Turbo to hang out at Slaughter Race in the end, instead choosing to stay in Sugar Rush and pursue a relationship with Rancis, though she agrees to keep in touch with Shank.
It does not use the misunderstanding trope.
The third act plays out differently. A shady group uses the virus to kill Vanellope so she doesn't impede on their goal, though she survives. The virus creates Ralph clones to further exploit Ralph's popularity. There are no references to King Kong or Godzilla. The final battle consists of the Ralph clones trying to kill Ralph and Vanellope so they could impersonate Ralph, and their defeat comes when Ralph uses an anti-virus to stop them and the shady group. Said clones aren't clingy towards Vanellope at all, and are much more destructive.
There are more scenes at the arcade; it’s also shown how it connects to the internet and how Litwak's Arcade is struggling to stay relevant in the age of home video games. It also shows how Sugar Rush is likely to become an online console game while Ralph is stuck in Fix-It Felix Jr.
The reason why the steering wheel breaks on the Sugar Rush arcade cabinet is because of its age, having been used for over 20 years.
The Sugar Rush cabinet retains its appearance from the first film.
The scene in which Ralph gets insulted by a bunch of commenters plays out differently; he has flashbacks of the years of prejudice he faced for being a villain after reading a few of the comments, but doesn't let the comments or the bad memories get to him.
Ralph's actions towards Vanellope aren't mean-spirited, and he's more concerned in a fatherly way towards her instead of being too clingy.
Characters from Johnson properties such as Johnsontoons, Detective Jenny, Monster World, Star Pirates, WBC’s Sgt. Frog, and Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Space War appear, with Dana Snyder, Tara Strong, Alanna Ubach, Spike Spencer, Tiffany Grant, Michelle Ruff, Caitlin Glass, Richard Steven Horvitz, Melissa Fahn, Erin Fitzgerald, and Morgan Berry reprising their respective roles as Chocodile, Jenny, Makayla, Shinji, Asuka, Rei, Hikari, Keroro, Neptune, Noire, and Linda.
Likewise, IPs from other Johnson-owned companies such as Chuck E. Cheese, The Rock-afire Explosion, K-On!, Fraggle Rock, Barney & Friends, Scooby-Doo, Mega Man, Mighty No. 9, The Muppets, Richie Rich, Thomas the Tank Engine, My Little Pony, The Transformers, Ed Edd n Eddy and The Powerpuff Girls appear, with Aaron Fechter, Duncan Brannan, Jaret Reddick, Stephanie Sheh, John Tartaglia, Bob West, Frank Welker, Ben Diskin, Yuri Lowenthal, Steve Whitmire, Katie Leigh, Mark Moraghan, Ashleigh Ball, Peter Cullen, Matt Hill, Cathy Cavadini, Strong, and E. G. Daily reprising their respective roles as Billy Bob and Looney Bird, Chuck E., Crusty, Yui, Gobo, Barney, Scooby, Rock, Beck, Kermit, Richie Rich, Thomas, Rainbow Dash, Optimus Prime, Ed, Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup.
Mario appears in the film as originally planned, with Charles Martinet reprising his role from the games.
Buzz also uses his design from the Toy Story films, and Tim Allen was brought in to reprise his role instead of using a voice clip from Toy Story. Vin Diesel was also brought in to reprise Groot.
Snow White was voiced by her regular voice actress Katherine Von Till instead of Pamela Ribon.
The "Oh My Disney" scene is not used to advertise Disney products.
Much like in the first film, Sonic is voiced by Ryan Drummond instead of Roger Craig Smith.

Raya and the Last Dragon[]

Aside from Kelly Marie Tran (Raya), the voice cast is very different, consisting entirely of Southeast Asian voice actors instead of East Asian ones; more Southeast Asians were involved in the film's production as well.
The film is traditionally animated.
Namaari's hair is not an undercut, but is instead a hairstyle that's more appropriate for the time period this film is set in (and is also still short at the same time)
Sisu's dragon form (as well as the other dragons) looks more accurate to the dragons of Southeast Asia.
The film does not mash-up Southeast Asian cultures together. Instead, each tribe's culture is based on an individual Southeast Asian culture, which is also portrayed more accurately.
The characters are much more developed.

Reading Rainbow[]

The series was revived in 2014 with host LeVar Burton returning and executive producing with Tim.

Red Dead Redemption 2[]

The game has several key differences from OTL:

San Francisco and New York City are referred to as San Fierro and Liberty City, respectively, to maintain consistency with the GTA HD Universe.
The honor system is absent, and the OTL ending where Arthur goes back for John and dies of tuberculosis while looking at the sunrise is the only ending. Tim found the honor system "too restricting", adding "I want to be able to cause mass chaos in the Ol' West without having to worry about which ending I get; GTA V at least gives you a choice of endings, while RDR2, with an honor system, would basically railroad you into bad endings just for being a western Trevor Philips". In addition, while players can still pay off their bounties, they also go down naturally over time.
Rather than playing as John in the Epilogue, the player instead plays as Sadie Adler, as Tim believed she was more interesting.
Upon learning that Abigail has left John for being a "storybook hero", Sadie calls her out on her hypocrisy, accusing her of being perfectly willing to let innocent people get killed if it means she gets to live a normal life, going as far as to directly compare her to Dutch.

The Ren & Stimpy Show[]

The series ran on Nickelodeon for ten seasons until 2004 due to John Kricfalusi not missing deadlines nearly as often, as well as being a better person in general; Spümcø remained involved throughout its run. Because of this, Adult Party Cartoon does not exist, though its episodes were produced during the original run in some form, albeit much less adult.
In 2015, a Ren & Stimpy short called It's Our House Now! was released to accompany The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water to great success; it featured Kricfalusi as Ren, Billy West as Stimpy, David Kaye as Powdered Toast Man, and Tom Kenny as SpongeBob.
Later that year, the rights were purchased by Cartoon Network and a revival began airing in November 2017. Reruns of both runs also air on Comedy Central. This also means the upcoming adult-oriented reboot doesn't exist.
- The revival's opening sequence features a new arrangement of clips from the eleventh season, as well as widescreen versions of the show's title card and Kricfalusi's creator credit.
- George Liquor also returns in the revival, voiced by Kricfalusi after the 2010 death of voice actor Michael Pataki.
Three movies based on the franchise have been released in 1999, 2003, and 2020; a fourth is set to release in August 2024.

Rick and Morty[]

The series never went through its decline, and Justin Roiland was not fired (for reasons explained in the "People" subpage).

The Ripping Friends[]

The show has many differences:

It was produced entirely in the US, rather than being a Canadian co-production. Because of this, the voice cast is different, consisting of George Lowe as Crag, Phil LaMarr as Slab, Dee Bradley Baker as Chunk Nuggett, and Billy West as Rip.
The series' artstyle is much closer to Kricfalusi's trademark off-model style.
Its humor isn't nearly as juvenile.
The series ran until 2008, and received a revival that ran from 2019 to 2024.

Roblox[]

Roblox was purchased by Johnson in 2021.

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Robots[]

A director's cut was released in February 2020, with restored scenes, improved pacing, and a slightly more serious tone. Also, the unused custom 20th Century Fox logo (albeit with the Johnson byline) replaces the then-standard logo, and the 2013 Blue Sky Studios logo replaces the 2005 version. The original 2005 version was also released in 4K at that time, with improved color grading.
A Christmas special aired in 2021.

The Rock-afire Explosion[]

There were several differences, mainly due to Johnson's support of Creative Engineering (leading to Johnson purchasing it in 1996 and renaming it to Fechter Creative Engineering) and its creator, Aaron Fechter, being a better person in general:

All RAE cosmetics, props and signage (as well as Billy Bob and Earl's animatronics) removed during Concept Unification were sent back to CEI to be reused in other shows rather than being destroyed.
The second-generation version was completed and released in 2000 with the planned upgrades from OTL (including Mitzi being able to actually dance, Dook playing a fuller set of drums, and Beach Bear standing up off his surfboard), with a third-generation version released in 2007 that allows the animatronics to walk around unassisted, and a fourth-generation version released in 2016, allowing the animatronics to actually play their own instruments. Earlier generations are still in use in many restaurants.
The New Rock-afire Explosion was far more stable than IOTL due to Johnson assisting CEI with its creation. Also, an updated version nicknamed "New Rock-afire 2.0" was released in 1997, after Johnson's purchase of CEI, with some differences:
- Billy Bob, Mitzi and Dook once again wear their respective outfits from the original Rock-afire Explosion show. The Center Stage setting is once again set in a forest, and the RAE sign is reverted to the classic version.
- Rolfe and Earl replace the TV side, with Rolfe's animatronic being the same height as Dook.
The game Rock-afire Replay was never taken down ITTL; it was instead endorsed by Fechter Creative Engineering. Also, it was able to progress further thanks to FCE's support, evolving into Reel to Real (which wasn't taken down by CEC corporate ITTL).
The show at the Volo Auto Museum is not only on display, but is actively playing old showtapes supplied by FCE.
New showtapes are still recorded, programmed, and released regularly for independent FECs using the Rock-afire Explosion. In addition to Fechter, Burt Wilson (the voice of Fatz Geronimo) remained in his role until his death in 2023, with fictional baritone singer Jackson Bridges succeeding him in 2024; Duke Chauppetta (the voice of Dook LaRue, who never posted unhinged Facebook rants and was signed by Johnson Records to record several albums), Rick Bailey (the voice of Beach Bear, who was also signed by Johnson Records to record albums), Shalisa Sloan (the voice of Mitzi Mozzarella), and backup singers Jeff Howell and Shawn Fernandez all remain in their respective roles.
In 2011, ShowBiz Pizza Place was revived after Johnson purchased CEC Entertainment/ShowBiz Pizza Time, and the Rock-afire Explosion returned to ShowBiz, with Mitzi's daughter Mitzi Jr. replacing her; Mitzi Sr. appears as a guest character in several shows. Also, Uncle Klunk was made a full-time member through a flatscreen television, and a new character, Fernando Fox (voiced by and modeled after Shawn Fernandez) was introduced.

On a side note, Looney Bird's was founded in 1990 as a joint venture between CEI and Johnson Foods (IOTL, it was started in 1997), and Circus Pizza's locations were purchased by Looney Bird's instead of Chuck E. Cheese's, meaning all its Rock-afire Explosion shows are still in use; FunTime Pizza Circus in Hackensack and Watchung, New Jersey, Rock-afire Pizza in Indio, California, Chimpy's Pizza Safari in Libertyville, Illinois, and ShowBiz Pizza Zone in Phenix City, Alabama (among other independent FECs with the Rock-afire Explosion) also became Looney Bird's restaurants rather than shutting down, and Snapper Ard became a Looney Bird's franchisee, meaning his Rock-afire Explosion show was placed on display there instead of Snap's Blast to the Past Museum and neither were involved in a fire. All Looney Bird's locations became ShowBiz Pizza Place restaurants in 2011 and 2012, with any New Rock-afire Explosion and New Rock-afire 2.0 shows being retained.

Rugrats (2021)[]

Tim himself suggested several changes to creators Arlene Klasky and Gábor Csupó.

All the adults (except for Stu, Randy, and Lucy, who are still voiced by Thomas Dewey, Omar Benson Miller, and Nicole Byer due to the deaths of original voice actors Jack Riley, Ron Glass, and Cheryl Carter, respectively) are voiced by their original or replacement actors, including Melanie Chartoff as Didi, Michael Bell as Chas and Drew, Joe Alaskey as Grandpa Lou (who is portrayed as a grumpy, sharp-witted military veteran as in the original series rather than as a hippie), Tress MacNeille as Charlotte, and Kath Soucie as Betty. Riley, Glass, and Carter's voices as their characters were resurrected using VoxMutatio, as was Tony Jay's voice as Dr. Lipschitz. Late in production, the decision was made to use VoxMutatio to resurrect the voice of Christine Cavanaugh (the original voice of Chuckie).
Betty is not depicted as a lesbian. Tim stated that "that's not a good way to add representation", and that "it's overly stereotypical at this point to make the most manly and feminist mother into a lesbian". A new character was added to fill that role. This also means that Betty's husband Howard (voiced by Phil Proctor) appears in the series.
The series is 2D-animated as in the original.

Saints Row franchise[]

With Johnson owning Volition, the franchise has seen many changes:

The games were all published by Johnson Games rather than THQ (in the first three games) or Deep Silver (in the fourth game and reboot).
The PC port of 2 was done by Johnson Games, and as a result, is much better. The Ultor Exposed and Corporate Warfare DLCs were released as expansion packs.
The first two games were completely rebuilt from the ground up and released alongside the remastered version of 3 in 2020. Many features were changed as well, such as the addition of checkpoints and restarting missions in the first game, the ability to make Playa a female in the first game with new clothing choices for both genders, with rerecorded and/or altered dialogue to accommodate this, and new physics in-line with The Third and onwards. There are also more clothing options and vehicles than the original. One addition is the use of Saint notoriety in "Green With Envy" and "3rd Street Vice Kings", along with Ultor notoriety in 2.
Saints Row: The Third is closer to 2 in terms of customization (though the walking style is now extended to Playa's movement in cutscenes, and their lines are different in both cutscenes and in-game depending on the selected voice), in-game time, etc. It also has even more differences:
- The logo is the same one used in the 2009 prototype; the game itself is simply called Saints Row 3.
- The range of clothing in the game is expanded; 3 adds vests, dresses, overalls, shortalls, and jumpsuits, and the length of the legs or sleeves can be expanded or shortened. Stores such as Sloppy Seconds and On the Rag also survive.
- Steelport is also much more lively and explorable, with more details and easter eggs, and a lack of copy-and-pasted buildings. Buildings can also be destroyed, a feature later expanded upon in Grand Theft Auto VI.
- The game in general retains the more realistic, gangster tone of the first two games rather than the Saints becoming celebrities, along with a greater balance between serious and comedic tones as in 2. Its jokes also don't involve nearly as much sex or toilet humor.
- The gangs are much different, though they're still connected to the Syndicate; these include the Killbane Company (a front for a drug cartel led by Killbane and Angel; the former is a retired American pro wrestler, while the latter is a former luchadore, and Killbane is voiced by Hulk Hogan, while Angel is voiced by Rick D. Wasserman) and the Miller Crime Family (replacing the hacker gang ITTL; Kinzie is a former member of said gang).
- More cartoony characters such as Zimos and Oleg are more realistic.
- Gat remains alive throughout the whole game.
- Dex appears in the game as the true leader of the Syndicate, using the Saints as a pawn to destroy the Syndicate so he can take over, as well as having the Steelport Police Department on his pocket; the final mission (titled "From the Ashes") has Playa killing Dex on top of the Syndicate tower after a high-speed chase.
- Food items are also still present, available from Freckle Bitch's, Charred Hard Burgers, Lik-a-Chik, Apollo's, Phuc Mi Phuc Yue, and Company of Gyros.
- STAG is completely absent, as Tim deemed the satire of militarized police "too on-the-nose". Monica Hughes instead partners with the Syndicate.
- Killing Angel also changes the course of the game drastically.
- The story missions do not include recycled diversions.
- There is no homie hostility in the game.
- Kiki also betrays the Syndicate rather than Viola, who is killed off instead. Kiki was going to be killed off, but this was changed due to Tim feeling that Kiki would be a more interesting defector than Viola, being more dominant and unintimidated by Killbane. Ex-porn star Sasha Grey voices Kiki instead of Viola, as a result.
- Shaundi also retains her stoner personality from 2, and is still voiced by Eliza Dushku. The Shaundi from the OTL version is instead named Mia, and is Shaundi's older sister.
- The Hunters in Professor Genki's Super Ethical Reality Climax are much easier to kill than the ones deployed by the Syndicate.
- Zach and Bobby refer to Playa as "they" or "them". This also continues to 4.
- Using cheats does not disable autosaving.
Saints Row IV is also much different (aside from using the Arabic numeral 4 instead of the Roman IV):
- Rather than Playa becoming President and the world being destroyed by aliens (which is instead an in-universe film involved in a string of missions), the Saints decide to expand to the beach town of Stagchester, Florida. The game also takes place two years after the events of the third game.
- The rival gangs include
Released in 2018, Saints Row 5 is set five years after 4, and takes place in another new city: Swanson, Texas. The Saints, having fallen on hard times, are forced out of Stilwater after a new, corrupt mayor pledges to push them out once and for all; they also lose their territory in Steelport and Stagchester as a result of stronger gangs coming in, along with the Saints splintering into different, warring factions. The only members of the Saints at this point are Playa, Gat, Shaundi, Pierce, Kinzie, Kiki, Mia, and a few other members.
The sixth game (which is made instead of the reboot) will feature many differences (though the setting is the same): for one, the game will continue the gangster theming, characters, and continuity (it takes place one year after 5), while place names such as Freckle Bitch's (which became FB's) and Rim Jobs (which became Jim Rob's) are still intact, the Saints themselves are still gangsters rather than hipsters, and their color is still purple instead of teal (which is instead part of the logo).

Sale of The Century[]

ITTL, the 1980s American version of Sale has had a long run.

The syndicated version retained the shopping format, and did not replace it with the Winner's Board until 1989, and never adopted the Winner's Big Money Game, but it did change its theme song in 1987 just like the daytime version did when it adopted the WBMG. When the Winner's Board was adopted, it retained the shopping format's progressive jackpot, just like the Australian version.
The daytime version was still cancelled in 1989, though the syndicated version continued, introducing a set based on the late 1980s-early 1990s Australian set, and a 3D $ale of the Century intro logo were introduced at the beginning of the new season in September. The 1989 set was later replaced with a new set at the start of the 1995-1996 season which was based on the Mid to late 1990s Australian set, and the 1989 Australian theme was introduced to replace the 1987 theme in 1991.
The progressive jackpot's starting number was increased to $75,000 in 1993 as a result of increased winnings limits. It was then increased to $100,000 by 2000 as a result of the million-dollar quiz show boom. The amount it climbs was increased to $2,500 in 1993, and to $5,000 in 2000.
The Fame Game continued to use celebrities on the boards as opposed to numbers (outside of specialty weeks when playing for a special prize), with the NBC versions mainly using celebrities from NBC shows while the Syndicated version used a more wide array of celebrities. As IOTL the board became randomized in October 1985, however the Money Cards would not be revealed until either someone landed on it or at the end of the third fame game. The board would continue to not be randomized in Tournaments, the NBC Primetime version, and when Temptation premiered, it would again become unrandomized on the main version. The board would continue to use 9 cards, which were changed to automated rectangles (Similar to the Australian version) with the set revamp in 1989, which was changed to 9 monitors which would be tapped on the side to show the prize behind it when the set was revamped again in 1995, and since the set revamp in 2000 has been a single touch screen.
The Instant Cash debuted on the syndicated version at the start of the 1986-1987 season, but started at $5,000 (like the Australian version) instead of $1,000 as it was on the daytime version. This was changed in 1994 to the Cash Card format, which worked just like the Australian version (played for $15 and featured four slot machines represented by card suits, and featured the Cash Card Jackpot, a prize, a car symbol for a chance to play for the car in the bonus round (unless the board was cleared, in which case the contestant would win the car automatically), and a card that gave the player the $15 they paid to play the game). The slot machines were then replaced by a single slot machine with four reels separated by card suit when the show was revamped in 2000.
Video and audio clues (similar to Jeopardy! and the Australian version) were added to the show when the set was revamped at the beginning of the 1989-1990 season.
In 1993, to promote the 10th anniversary, a hall of fame was introduced for former contestants known for winning large amounts on the show. It continued until the syndicated version's cancellation.
Jim Perry continued to host the syndicated version until retiring in 1994, and was succeeded by Steve Edwards, who had previously hosted the syndicated version of Scrabble from its 1987 debut until 1994, when Chuck Woolery took over the syndicated Scrabble following the cancellation of Love Connection. Summer Bartholomew continued to serve as hostess and Don Morrow continued to serve as announcer.
Johnson Industries purchased Reg Grundy Productions in 1995, instead of Pearson Television. Johnson continued to allow the Reg Grundy name to appear on the show's credits.
$ale, like Jeopardy!, began to hold annual tournaments of champions every year on the syndicated version starting in 1987. Every three years an international tournament was held with another country's version of $ale.
- In 1987, it was the US and Australia, which Australia won.
- In 1990, it was US (which won) and the UK.
- In 1993, it was the US (which won again) and New Zealand.
- In 1996, it was a major international Tournament as a result of the 1996 Summer Olympics between the US, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Turkey, Paraguay, Greece, Germany, and France (in this universe the French version made it onto the air), which Australia won again.
- In 1999, it was between the US, Canada (Canadian contestants who competed on the American version), and Mexico, which Canada won.
- In 2002, it was between the nine nations in the 1996 tournament, plus Canada and Italy (which created their own versions of $ale in this universe), and this tournament was won by the UK.
A video game was released for PS1 and N64 in 1998, created by Hasbro Interactive. This game was given positive reviews for its accurate portrayal of the game show, video clips of Steve Edwards and Summer Bartholomew along with announcing by Don Morrow, and even allows the player to have their own championship run to clear out the entire Winner's board and win the jackpot. A new version was released in 2000 that includes the primetime version's gameplay and features Jim Perry video clips alongside Edwards' and Bartholomew's clips. This was followed by a new version in 2003 that was released for PS2, Xbox, PC, and GameCube.
On August 28, 1999, a primetime special aired on NBC that celebrated Scrabble's 15th anniversary along with Sale's 30th anniversary, hosted by Woolery and Edwards.
In March 2000, $ale of The Century gained a primetime series on NBC, seeing a return to the network after 11 years, and the return of Jim Perry. The 2000 revival of Twenty-One with Maury Povich was instead picked up by WBC ITTL. As a result of the primetime slot, the show was revamped, gaining the title $ale of the New Century like its Australian counterpart and using the 2000 theme song and logo from the Australian version, along with a new set. The primetime series aired every night at 9:00 on Fridays (occasionally featuring airings on Saturdays for either special weeks or premptions) , and featured an hour long format that consists of two games, and used the shopping format, which included a cash jackpot of $1,000,000 that increased by $10,000 every time it's not won. In its first season the jackpot and the lot (both of which are won together) was won three times, by Rahim Oberholtzer, who took home $1,578,270 worth of prizes, including a $1,120,000 jackpot, and by David Legler, who won $2,050,520 worth of prizes, including a $1,760,000 jackpot.
The format on the primetime run featured four prizes before winning the lot and the jackpot, allowing contestants to win the lot in as little as five games, but the questions featured were made harder than the regular version. The show's prize values were:
- $75: ($5,000 to $7,000 prize)
- $160: ($20,000 to $25,000 prize)
- $245: ($50,000 to $55,000 prize)
- $330: A luxury car worth at least $75,000 plus enough cash for it to round up to $100,000 unless the car was worth more than $100,000.
- $435: The entire lot and the cash jackpot.
The syndicated series adopted the new title, logo, set, and theme at the start of the 2000-2001 season; by mid-2001 the word "new" was dropped from the logo and name and the show again became $ale of the Century.
In 2002 the primetime version was cancelled following a decline of ratings as a result of the quiz show boom quickly going bust; the syndicated version remained on the air, and in 2003 celebrated its 20th anniversary with a special tournament of champions that was played similar to the Australian version's 21st anniversary tournament and for a $2,000,000 cash prize.
In 2004, $ale, alongside Scrabble, was cancelled after 21 years due to a decline in ratings following stiff competition from Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy and the cancellation of the NBC primetime version. Edwards and Bartholomew gave a farewell message in the series finale.
In 2007, $ale was brought back in syndication as Temptation: The New Sale of the Century, though it features much bigger prizes than what was seen on OTL's Temptation, featured a format similar to the original version, and was hosted by Mark DeCarlo (who formerly appeared as a contestant on $ale) instead of Rossi Moreale, with Don Morrow returning as the announcer; Pennelope Jimenez served as a co-host. Jim Perry, Steve Edwards, and Summer Bartholomew appeared on the first episode of this version. Due to its success, Temptation was rebranded back to $ale of The Century in 2009, and continues to be hosted by DeCarlo and Jimenez. Morrow continued to announce until his death on October 27, 2020, and after his last episodes aired a rotation of announcers took his place until John Cramer was selected in March 2021. In 2010, the $ale of the Century Hall of Fame was reintroduced, and like the previous version is held every year.

Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie[]

The film released on Paramount+ instead of Netflix ITTL.

Scooby-Doo franchise[]

Thanks to Johnson's ownership of the franchise following their acquisition of Hanna-Barbera, there are several differences compared to OTL:

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo!, What's New Scooby-Doo?, Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorporated, and Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? still exist. Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! and Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! do not. Instead, What's New? continued into 2008, and Mystery Incorporated continued to 2018.
The first two live-action films still exist, but are very different (the third doesn't exist), as is Scoob! (as detailed below). Here are the differences for the live-action films:
- Scooby and Scrappy are traditionally animated instead of being rendered in CGI.
- Both characters are also voiced by Frank Welker instead of Neil Fanning and Scott Innes, respectively. The other characters are still played by their OTL actors.
There are many differences to the Scooby-Doo! specials and direct-to-video films, as well as What's New Scooby-Doo?:
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- In Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! meets Courage the Cowardly Dog, Eustace's song "Straight Outta Nowhere" is a jazz song instead of a rap; Tim criticized the rap idea as out-of-character. Also, Eustace is voiced by Brian Doyle-Murray instead of Jeff Bergman, and the film leans more into Courage's black comedy elements.
Scrappy-Doo is still present in Mystery Inc. and is still shown in many Scooby-Doo projects, as Sheldon wanted to fully develop the character, having disliked how overused Scrappy was in the 1980s at the expense of Fred, Velma and Daphne. He was still voiced by Don Messick until his 1996 retirement; Frank Welker (who previously auditioned for the role in 1979) took over as the voice of Scrappy.
As Johnson never allowed Burger King to use Scooby-Doo characters in commercials, Casey Kasem voiced Shaggy in the 1997-2002 period, and Shaggy was made a vegan then. After Kasem's 2009 retirement, Matthew Lillard was still cast.
Heather North was not replaced by Mary Kay Bergman in Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island. She was still succeeded by Grey DeLisle after retiring in 2003.
Frank Welker took over as the voice of Scooby in 1997 (after the retirement and death of Don Messick) instead of 2002.
Mindy Cohn remains as Velma's voice actress to this day rather than being replaced by Kate Micucci in 2015. She also started voicing Velma in 1993 instead of 2002 (though original voice actress Nicole Jaffe still returned for The Legend of the Vampire and The Monster of Mexico).

Scoob![]

The film is produced by Hanna-Barbera and distributed by Johnson Studios instead of Warner Animation Group and Warner Bros. Pictures, respectively. Due to Johnson's ownership of Hanna-Barbera, Scoob! is almost completely different:

The voice actors for the Mystery Gang (Matthew Lillard as Shaggy, Grey Griffin as Daphne, Mindy Cohn as Velma, and Frank Welker as Fred) reprise their roles; they also receive top billing on promotional materials.
The Mystery Gang also retain their What's New Scooby-Doo? artstyle (though Shaggy, Daphne and Velma wear their outfits from the OTL film, while Fred wears his What's New Scooby-Doo? outfit with an orange stripe instead of blue), with their designs from A Pup Named Scooby-Doo! used during scenes set during their childhoods.
Little-to-no teen slang, pop-culture references, or mentions of real-world products.
It also has a more mystery solving-focused plot with better pacing and heavily focuses on being a Scooby-Doo origin story, with several Hanna-Barbera references showing that they live in a cinematic universe; the only non-Scooby-Doo characters shown are Blue Falcon (voiced by George Lowe) and Dynomutt (voiced by Welker), who only appear in a post-credits scene to set up the cinematic universe.
Simon Cowell's design better matches the Scooby-Doo artstyle, and he isn't the unmasked villain.
Scooby keeps his distinctive speech pattern due to voice directors being required by Hanna-Barbera to allow Frank Welker to use Scooby's "dog accent".
One scene shows non-speaking cameos from the Mystery Gang's original voice actors (Welker, Casey Kasem, Indira Stefanianna, Nicole Jaffe, and Don Messick, as well as Heather North) as an easter egg, wearing clothes colored like the characters they voiced.
Scrappy-Doo is also present, as stated above.
The Hanna-Barbera closing logo is accompanied by Scooby howling and laughing at the end instead of the usual music.

Also, Scoob! Holiday Haunt was not canceled, and was released in December 2022 as planned (though on Netflix instead of HBO Max/Warner Max).

Velma[]

Velma does not exist, period. Instead, a new series on Netflix titled Scooby Mysteries premiered in mid-2022. It's darker than most of the other series in the franchise, though not to the level of Velma IOTL, while still acting as an origin story for the Mystery Gang, taking place in their college years. Said series uses these designs for the characters, albeit with races shifted around; in this continuity, Daphne is the leader of the Mystery Gang, while Velma is explicitly lesbian. Here are the voice actors:

- Brenda Song as Velma (who is Thai-American in this continuity)
- Tati Gabrielle as Daphne (who is Black-Asian)
- Ramy Youssef as Shaggy (who is Arab-American, a reference to Shaggy's original voice actor, Casey Kasem)
- Kal Penn as Fred (who is Indian-American)
- Frank Welker as Scooby

Scrabble (game show)[]

Due to the success of syndicated $ale, a syndicated version was greenlit in 1987, with Steve Edwards as host instead of Chuck Woolery due to the latter hosting Love Connection and Charlie Tuna returning as announcer. The syndicated version of Scrabble originally used the 1984 set, theme, and cues, but featured a Bonus Sprint that started at $10,000 and increased by $2,000, double the amount on the daytime version. This was later increased to $25,000 and grew by $2,500 in 1995. Syndicated Scrabble saw a successful run, and being paired with syndicated $ale, both game shows continued into the 2000s.
In 1990, the daytime version of Scrabble was cancelled due to NBC moving away from daytime game shows; however, the syndicated version of Scrabble continued, and debuted a new set with a new logo (the one seen in the 1990 syndicated pilot IOTL, except the set used the letter tiles used on the 1980s set instead of using computer graphics, and also featured a new intro that doesn't use the people talking at the beginning and used the 1990 pilot theme).
In 1993, Scrabble returned to NBC daytime as it did in OTL with Woolery hosting this version, and featured a new set and theme (the one used on the 1993 version, except the Cube worked on this set due to maintenance) that was carried over to the syndicated version as well. The daytime version, however uses has the Bonus Sprint start at $5,000 and increase by $1,000 like the original daytime version instead of the Bonus Sprint starting at $1,000 and increasing by $500 like OTL's 1993 revival. It quickly became a success, and with Win, Lose or Draw, Classic Concentration II, and Caesar's Challenge, NBC's daytime schedule saw a resurgence. In 1995 the daytime Bonus Sprint was increased to the syndicated version's original Sprint values of $10,000 plus $2,000 every time it wasn't won.
In 1994, Woolery began hosting syndicated Scrabble following the cancellation of Love Connection that year. Steve Edwards moved over to syndicated $ale following Jim Perry's retirement. As a result of this, Woolery never hosted the late 90s revival of The Dating Game (with Jim Peck hosting instead) or Greed (which is instead hosted by Phil Donahue). Woolery still hosted GSN's Lingo, making him the second person to host three game shows at once in the United States after Alex Trebek.
As mentioned with $ale, Johnson Industries purchased Reg Grundy Productions in 1995 instead of Pearson Television, and continued allowing the Reg Grundy name to be used on Scrabble.
On April 1, 1998, Scrabble and $ale did a host swap similar to what Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! did the previous year along with an announcer swap. Steve Edwards hosted Scrabble for that day, mentioning that he had previously hosted the show, with Don Morrow announcing. The first game was played between Woolery and Summer Bartholomew, with Woolery mentioning that Bartholomew had previously worked as a fill-in letter turner for Susan Stafford during his tenure hosting Wheel of Fortune, and the second game is played between Charlie Tuna and Don Morrow, with Tuna introducing himself and Morrow. Woolery hosted $ale for that day, with Tuna announcing, though that show was played normally that day barring some April Fools' Day and Scrabble-related questions.
Multiple video games were released under the name "TV Scrabble" throughout the 1990s and into the early 2000s, first with NES, PC, and Game Boy Versions in 1989 by GameTek, then SNES, Sega Genesis, and PC versions in 1995 that featured Woolery, followed by N64, PS1, and PC versions in 1998 (with Charlie Tuna announcing), a second edition in 2000 by Hasbro Interactive, and finally PS2, Xbox, PC, and GameCube versions in 2003 by Atari.
On August 28, 1999, a primetime special aired on NBC that celebrated Scrabble's 15th anniversary along with Sale's 30th anniversary, hosted by Woolery and Edwards.
Both versions ended in 2004 alongside the syndicated $ale of The Century, with the syndicated version featuring a 20th anniversary tournament played for $500,000 that season. Scrabble was cancelled due to sagging ratings following new challengers in the syndicated market, stiff competition with Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!, and a decline in game shows following the bursting of the million dollar quiz show bubble. Woolery thanked viewers for watching Scrabble for 20 years on the last episode, and promoted Lingo.
In 2014, the series was revived for a week in primetime on NBC for the show's 30th anniversary with Woolery again hosting and Tuna again announcing, consisting of nine game show hosts competing during the week and played for $50,000 for home viewers each day, like the game show hosts weeks of the 1980s. Marc Summers, John Davidson, Jamie Farr, Wink Martindale, Vicki Lawrence, Jeff MacGregor, Ray Combs, Steve Edwards, and Mario Lopez all competed. Despite good ratings, it was never picked up as a regular series.
In 2023, WBC announced that a new primetime version of Scrabble that debuted in the summer of 2024, with host George Gray and announcer Randy West.

Sesame Street[]

The show never moved from PBS to HBO in Season 46. That season, Tim took personal control of the show, and many changes happened:

The show remains at 60 minutes. The season also aired from 2015 to 2016 and consists of 65 episodes (each season since then consists of 65 episodes as well) rather than 35.
The classic 1969-1992 opening and closing themes were reinstated, as were the Funky Chimes for the also-reinstated "Coming Soon" bumpers (Tim stated "I don't care how 70s the Funky Chimes sound, they're my f*cking jam, pardon my French"). The credits is a montage of scenes showing Big Bird walking through New York, similar to the closing sequence used in repeats in Seasons 24 and 25.
The set design (aside from Hooper's Store, the garage's conversion into a community center, the addition of the newsstand, and the garden area) has remained the same since Season 40.
Classic skits were also reinstated for the first time since Season 39, with the live-action skits having custom borders to fill in the black bars (e.g. Bert and Ernie sketches use a border made to look like the apartment), and animated skits recreated in widescreen. A few skits that Tim deemed "dated" or "intense" weren't reinstated, including:
- All of the Lefty sketches, due to the implication of Sesame Street having a criminal underworld
- All of the Deena and Pearl sketches, which Tim called "grating"
- A Season 1 sketch where proto-Grover engaged in civil disobedience
- Anything with material that could be construed as racist or promoting pedophilia
- Anything with outdated science or geography, including all references to the Communist bloc or the Cold War
There are fewer appearances of Abby Cadabby, particularly with Elmo; Zoe and Prairie Dawn started to make more appearances.
The revived Elmo's World was made into a separate series on Sprout. The episodes are much closer to the 1998-2009 skits.
The street scenes are still more mature in style, and still feature parodies (including Monsterpiece Theater) and other characters. Also, focus is again put into giving equal screen time between the Muppets and the human cast, with Big Bird as the most prominent Muppet. As a result, Joey Mazzarino never left the show.
Bob (until the death of his actor, Bob McGrath, in 2022), Luis (until the death of his actor, Emilio Delgado, in 2022), Maria, Mando, Gina, Leela, Gordon, and Susan were never retired from the show. Following Delgado's death, it was announced that an episode in the same vein as the famous 1983 Mr. Hooper episode would be made, along with another episode after McGrath's death.
As said in the Muppets section, Kermit is still a regular character on the show. Certain Elmo's World episodes also featured additional non-Sesame Street characters (both from the Muppets and other Johnson projects): "Comedy" features Fozzie Bear (with Statler and Waldorf having somehow set up a balcony within Elmo's World just to heckle him; Richard Hunt and Bill Barretta reprised their respective roles from modern Muppet projects), "Pigs" features Miss Piggy (Frank Oz), "Dogs" features Rowlf the Dog (Bill Barretta), "Construction" features a group of Doozers led by Cotterpin (Kathryn Mullen), "Bears" features Bear from Bear in the Big Blue House (Noel MacNeal), "Mice" features Tutter (Peter Linz), "Fun" features Gobo, Red, and Boober Fraggle (Jerry Nelson, Karen Prell, and Dave Goelz, respectively), "Daredevils" features Gonzo (also Goelz), and "America" features Sam the Eagle (also Oz) alongside former president Barack Obama (whose very presence makes Sam faint, but not before mispronouncing his surname as “Obamna” in shock, referencing a 2018 speech from Donald Trump where he does the same).
Julia still exists, and isn't solely used for autism awareness (there are also more videos of her with actual autistic children and adults, as well as showing the positive side of autism and appearing in more storybooks), and Dave, Frank, Gabrielle, Tamir, Ji-Young, and Tango still exist as well, with more fleshed-out characterization and greater prominence in Street stories. Niamh also appears on the show proper instead of just the Power of We Club animated shorts, and also uses "she/they" pronouns. Finally, a non-binary Muppet named Cameron (Stoph Scheer) was introduced in Season 53, using the green Anything Muppet pattern.
Animated skits made by independent animators were brought back as well.
The show never abandoned the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network for Autism Speaks, a group the Johnsons are vocal critics of.
Caroll Spinney's final performance as Big Bird and Oscar in Season 50 was not dubbed over.
As stated in the "People" section, Jim Henson continued performing his characters occasionally after his 2004 retirement until 2015, Jerry Nelson remained as a performer until his 2019 death, Frank Oz, Kevin Clash, Steve Whitmire, and Richard Hunt are still performers on the show, and Northern Calloway is still on the show as David, who still owns Hooper's Store with Mr. Handford, Alan, and Chris still working with him.
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration aired only on PBS, was dedicated to Jim Henson (who died in 2018 ITTL), and featured Frank Oz reprising his roles as Bert, Grover, and Cookie Monster, as well as making a cameo appearance.
Humanoids aren't overused at the expense of monsters and other characters.
The series won't abandon its magazine format for a serialized format.

The Simpsons[]

After Johnson's acquisition of 20th Century Fox and the Fox network in 2019, Tim announced that the series would cease production after its 35th season. Tom Shand took control of the series beginning in its 31st season, making massive changes:

Several members of the writing staff for the series were replaced, with only longtime writers and writers that Shand saw as "having some potential" remaining, as he felt that "the current writers are clean out of ideas, and recently have started resorting to attempts at being hip and cool with the kids" and that he didn't want the show to "go out on a whimper" (several classic writers also returned for the show), as well as his desire to "restore their old characterizations".
The animation reverted to the more fluid, cartoony style of earlier seasons, as Shand wanted to "restore the personality to the animation", criticizing the style of the then-current animation as "soulless and processed Flash-like animation"; he also pointed out that "cartoons should at least have cartoony moments here and there". The series also reverted to cel animation for the first time since 2002.
The characters' flanderizations were completely undone:
- Homer went back to a lazy, dimwitted and childish but well-meaning father instead of a braindead jerk
- Marge reverted to being a wiser, no-nonsense housewife with a quirky idea of fun instead of being stodgy and overprotective
- Bart reverted to being a troublemaker with a heart and hidden talents instead of an evil idiot
- Lisa was once again a level-headed genius who was a little girl at heart and has friends instead of a friendless Soapbox Sadie
- Ned Flanders is once again a friendly, ideal neighbor who goes to church every Sunday (while Homer can barely stay awake) and is Homer's foil instead of an over-religious zealot
Several one-off characters from earlier episodes were brought back as recurring characters, including Samantha Stanky, Laura Powers, and Mr. Black.
The opening was completely reanimated, as Shand claimed that the then-current Simpsons opening (which had been used since March 2009) "tried too hard to one-up the classic openings with too many references and gags" and "boasted the more soulless animation that plagued the modern seasons".
- Only the opening title card and the ending scene showing the TV were retained.
- The title card and billboard gags were removed, and Lisa only plays a saxophone again instead of different instruments.
- The pan through the city was retained, but the scene showing the Jebediah Springfield statue's head being severed was removed, as it was deemed "a pointless reference to The Telltale Head while missing the point", with Shand noting that Jimbo and Kearney, along with Dolph, were opposed to cutting off the head in the episode. Consequently, the chalkboard gag is extended again.
- Characters added to the 2009 intro such as Grampa, Lenny, Carl, and Hans Moleman are retained.
- Many references to prior episodes are removed, though a few are retained.
- The animation of Marge seeing Maggie in the bag as one of his criticisms for the 2009 intro is changed back (thus removing Gerald's appearance), and the animation of Mr. Largo waving his hand before pointing at Lisa is reinstated.
- Homer once again screams and runs through the door instead of being run over and crashing through it.
- Couch gags are usually shorter again, with longer ones being used rarely.
- The full intro is played more often, though the shortened intro is occasionally still played. The intro consisting simply of the title card was removed as well.
Maude Flanders was brought back to the show (due to Shand seeing "Alone Again, Matura-Diddily" as "a cheap to toy with the audience's feelings, though not nearly as bad as what Family Guy did in 2013") in the season 31 premiere, aptly titled "The Decline Stops Here".
Characters such as Dr. Hibbert, Apu, Bumblebee Man, and Carl are still voiced by Harry Shearer and Hank Azaria, respectively.
Principal Skinner is revealed to be Armenian through his mother Agnes' side.
Sarah Wiggum's character was never retconned, nor was she recast with Megan Mullally.
Seasonal DVD releases were brought back, including seasons that were not released on DVD; they bring back the season 1-5 style cases involving the TV set (seasons 6-20 were also re-released with the same style case, and season 20 onwards replaces the TV set with the HDTV for their covers).
The episode "Stark Raving Dad" (which has Michael Jackson guest-starring as Leon Kompowsky) wasn't banned, and still airs in reruns and is shown on home media and streaming; all reruns of fullscreen episodes on FXX now use the original fullscreen versions as well. Also, the fullscreen remastered episodes use the correct "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" text and the original 20th Century Fox Television (or 20th Television from 1992-95) logos.
Tim Johnson convinced Matt Groening to allow all 48 Simpsons shorts from The Tracey Ullman Show to be released on DVD (as The Simpsons: How They Started) and on Netflix.
The series will continue through reruns in syndication, Cartoon Network's Adult Alone Time block, FXX, TSS, and Freeform. New Treehouse of Horror specials will continue to be made annually as well.
A second Simpsons film will be released in July 2025, taking place before the finale.
The opening with 750 characters in the 750th episode of The Simpsons has actual animations for the characters, with proper shading and linework, rather than being PNGs of the characters added to the intro. Also, they interact with the scenery more (e.g. looking at items in the shop, or texting on their phones). In addition, some copies of existing characters were replaced by the people from the bus stop scene in the first season opening.
A remastered version of Virtual Springfield subtitled Embiggened was released in December 2023. It features characters and locations that have debuted since the game was originally released, along with those that appeared once or in other Simpsons media.

Also, due to Johnson purchasing New Art Digital (now simply New Art) in 1997, the Latin American Spanish dub of The Simpsons had (at least most of) the original voice cast also doing seasons 16 through 31 (as well as season 32 onward, though with additional former cast members such as Nancy McKenzie as Marge and Alejandro Mayén as Carl, though any cast member who died or retired was replaced with their OTL replacement; for example, Augustine Sauret, the voice of Ned Flanders, died in 2017, with Óscar Gómez replacing him for season 29; Marina Huerta remained as Bart in seasons 10-15 and 32 onward due to her salary dispute not happening, though Claudia Motta would succeed McKenzie as Marge in 2021), as well as The Simpsons Movie and other material.

Finally, with the series still airing in the Japanese Isles, its voice cast is the same cast from the first fourteen seasons (though several characters were recast after their original actors died; for example, Jin Urayama took over as Homer's voice actor after Tōru Ōhira died in 2016).

The Sims franchise[]

With Johnson, and not EA, owning Maxis, the franchise has seen massive changes:

The first three games are mostly the same as OTL, along with the expansion packs and most of the console versions. The memory system from The Sims 2 was carried over to future games, and the Karma Powers from the console versions of The Sims 3 are present in the PC version and future games as well. The Sims 3 also features more fleshed-out conversations, similar to this mod from OTL.
Stephen Kearin and Gerri Lawlor remained as Simlish voice actors in later games alongside other actors.
Options for family units aren't as limited.
The fourth game is almost completely different:
- It's built off the engine of The Sims 3 instead of a new foundation.
- Many features from previous games that were or still are missing from the base game in our timeline (e.g. pools, toddlers, pets, story progression, an open world, firefighters, burglars, the attraction system, magic, and vehicles, teens being distinct from adults, among many others) are present.
- The game is more mature like previous games.
- There is a greater range of furniture and clothing customization, as well as more types of lots and Create-A-Sim options.
- Most hairstyles are different.
- The internal "Very" emotion names from development (e.g. "Fearless" instead of "Very Confident", and "Furious" instead of "Very Angry") are used.
- More freedom is given in structuring personalities instead of all Sims being smiling and joyful regardless of their traits.
- Relationships in general are more consistent with those in The Sims 3), though they also function like in OTL's [Relationship and zpregnancy Relationship and Pregnancy Overhaul] and [ https://modthesims.info/d/631176/the-realistic-reactions-mod.html Realistic Reactions https://modthesims.info/d/631176/the-realistic-reactions-mod.html Realistic Reactions] mods; players also have the option to kick out a Sim after a divorce or if the Sim in question is caught cheating, as well as give a reason for the Sim cheating. Mutual breakups/divorces (caused by couples drifting apart) also exist.
- There are more life stages (Newborn, Infant, Toddler, Preschooler, Kid, Preteen, Teen, Young Adult, Adult, Senior, and Elder).
- The personality system is more complex.
- Careers are structured like in The Sims 3.
- Each expansion pack has a different title screen like previous games.
- The loading screens are different (resembling this mod, but with the 2014 plumbob design).
- Rude Sims who use the player's bed and other objects without permission can be told to stop doing so.
- Carpets can be added to stairs.
- The gameplay is less simplified.
- More traits from The Sims 3 return, such as Lucky and Coward.
- Wants and Fears can be enabled or disabled separately. They also function similarly to this mod.
- There are more animations (including animations tailored for Sims with specific traits) and a greater level of detail.
- Frogs and aliens can be named.
- Cowplants are more dangerous like in previous games and have a visible hunger bar that automatically fills up when they're fed (if their hunger bar is at 50% or less, their cake shows up; their hunger bar fills more if they eat Sims). Also, Sims can form relationships with Cowplants, gardeners can feed them autonomously, praise or scold them, and Cowberries can be used as ingredients for a special dessert, Cowberry Cake (any Sim who eats one after eating the Cowplant's cake and getting the "Drained" moodlet will have a special moodlet, "Cathartic"). Tiny Cowplants from the Paranormal Stuff Pack are also not permanently enclosed inside terrariums, though they can be placed in terrariums or flower pots.
- PlantSims play out like in OTL's [PlantSims Live] mod.
- Emotional deaths (dying of laughter, embarrassment and rage) don't exist.
- Children get sad if they witness their parents fighting, instead of reacting the same as if they see anyone else fighting.
- Songs don't take as long to write and can be submitted more than once a week.
- The Monster Under the Bed does not scare children who befriend it.
- Smashing dollhouses is only an option for Sims with the "Evil" or "Mean" traits.
- There are more instruments (including drums and horns).
- More expensive microwaves lower chances of a "Cold in the Middle" moodlet.
- While pronouns were still added in 2016, the in-game text is modified for "they/them" pronouns.
- Its graphics are more detailed.
- The game is better optimized for consoles.
- Sims' lifespans and the length of each life stage can be manually adjusted like in The Sims 3.
- Many OTL mods designed to improve the game experience are part of the main game.
- Paid DLC isn't abused.
- Newborns aren't treated as objects.
- Autonomy cancels for infants and toddlers are more seamless.
- There is greater expansion pack integration.
- The PS4 version functions offline.
A fifth game, The Sims 5, was released in 2019. It uses the plumbob and branding introduced in The Sims 4 in 2019 IOTL. It was followed by The Sims 6 in 2024. Both games feature more new features, as well as improved graphics; The Sims 6 also incorporates features previously only seen in expansion packs into the base game, such as pets.

Snyderverse[]

Tim convinced Warner Bros. to take a hands-off approach to both Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League; the latter was pushed back to November 10, 2018 due to director Zack Snyder mourning his daughter Autumn, and Joss Whedon wasn't brought in to do reshoots, while principal photography ended in April 2018. Justice League is just like Zack Snyder's Justice League IOTL, except with Superman having a mullet and a beard to go with his black suit, which also doesn't have a cape, as well as an intermission between ZSJL Chapters 4 and 5 rather than chapter cards.

Because of the success of Justice League, Snyder's planned second Justice League movie (Justice League II) was released on March 18, 2021 (the same day Zack Snyder's Justice League was released IOTL) on Warner Max, while Justice League III was released on July 14, 2022. This also means that DC Extended Universe movies released after Justice League are based on the Snyder version rather than Whedon's. Suicide Squad never received executive meddling, either, and was also released under director David Ayer's vision; Birds of Prey is different because of this.

Batgirl also did NOT get canceled, nor did Ben Affleck's Batman film.

Solar Opposites[]

Due to Thomas Middleditch's sexual abuse allegations in 2020, the second season recast Terry with Jesse Eisenberg.
As Justin Roiland was not fired, he still voices Korvo and Chris.
AISHA is voiced by Janice Kawaye instead of Tiffany Haddish at Tim's request, since he criticized the planned approach as "another clichéd sassy black woman".
Episodes come out weekly instead of the entire season being released all at once.

Something's Got to Give[]

Bandicam 2023-10-21 00-24-46-299 — Title card of the film.

This film did not go through production issues during filming, since Johnson Studios was involved. Marilyn Monroe was not fired from production, nor did she die during filming. The film was completed, and was released in December 1962.

Monroe became the first mainstream star shown topless in a Hollywood motion picture release of the sound era. The replacement film Move Over, Darling does not exist.

Sonic the Hedgehog franchise[]

The franchise has seen major changes since Johnson's acquisition of Sega in 2002:

Mainly, its decline throughout the late 2000s and the 2010s never occurred.
Sega never made strict character mandates (e.g. male characters aside from Dr. Eggman should never wear pants, Sonic should never cry, and characters aside from Cream should never have families shown) due to Ken Penders getting fired earlier.
Each main game starting with World Adventure has had a promotional short produced by Marza Animation Planet.
Game logos still have Japanese-language versions for the Japanese Isles instead of the English logos accompanied by the Japanese title.
The franchise's tagline is "Gotta Go Fast".
At least one of the Johnsonverse-exclusive games brings back Hyper Sonic, Super Tails, and Hyper Knuckles.
The games keep the Zones gimmick.
A proper timeline was established.
Many games still have full multiplayer modes.
The "two worlds" explanation does not exist, with the explanation of the anthropomorphic animal characters living on smaller islands and human characters living in larger countries from TailsTube being used instead.

Characters[]

As Sonic X-treme wasn't canceled, Tiara Boobowski (known instead as Tiara the Manx) became a recurring character who sometimes leads her own team with Mighty and Ray, characterized as spunky, energetic, outgoing, smart, witty, and sporty, as well as tomboyish foil to Amy. In English, her voice actress is Sue Wakefield from 1998 to 2006 and Erica Schroeder since 2003; in Japanese, her voice actress is Ikue Ōtani since 1998. She has a Super form as well, with cream fur and yellow hair rising upwards. Tiara has a campaign in Sonic Adventure, and is a playable character in many future games. Tiara also has the power jewel in her hair rather than a scepter, along with the Rings of Order.
- Here is an idea of Tiara's appearance (her design in X-treme is similar to the center image in this sheet, but with the outfit from OTL Tiara's concept).
Games post-Adventure continue Amy's character development path, in which she evolves into a more adventurous and independent character, as well as officially becoming Sonic's girlfriend, while remaining spunky and girly. Additionally, black shorts were added under Amy's dress.
Mighty (current design; voiced by Travis Willingham in English and Noriaki Sugiyama in Japanese), Ray (current design; voiced by Amy Palant in English and Kazue Ikara in Japanese), Fang (current design; voiced by Dave B. Mitchell in English and Hiroshi Kamiya in Japanese), Bean (current design; voiced by Quinton Flynn in English and Koichi Yamadera in Japanese), and Bark (current design; is a silent character) were all reinstated in Sonic Heroes. Honey the Cat was introduced in Sonic Adventure 3, voiced by Cindy Robinson in English and Emi Motoi (who voiced Amy in Sonic Shuffle) in Japanese. Sharps the Parakeet (Roger Craig Smith in English and Hiroyuki Amano in Japanese), Mach the Rabbit (Quinton Flynn in English and Shinnosuke Furumoto in Japanese), and Max the Monkey (Tony Salerno in English and Hajime Iijima in Japanese) were also reinstated, with the three characters as part of the rock band Forget Me Knots along with Mina Mongoose (Michelle Ruff in English and Asami Sanada in Japanese); here is an idea of their current designs.
Sally Acorn (still voiced by Kath Soucie in English and Akemi Okamura in Japanese) was added as a major recurring character in Sonic Paradox, acting as the level-headed leader of a resistance against Eggman's forces named the Freedom Fighters, as well as one of the series' most major recurring characters. Her playable appearances feature gameplay focusing on hand-to-hand combat and acrobatics. Nicole the Holo-Lynx (also voiced by Soucie in English and Okamura in Japanese), Bunnie D'Coolette (still voiced by Candi Milo in English and Ayako Kawasumi in Japanese, and made Cream's cousin), Rotor the Walrus (still voiced by Mark Ballou in English and Showtaro Morikubo in Japanese), Antoine D'Coolette (still voiced by Rob Paulsen in English and Kōichi Tōchika in Japanese), Lupe the Wolf (voiced by Laura Bailey in English and Nao Takamori in Japanese), and Ben "Mutt" Muttski (voiced by Kate Higgins in English and Nariko Fujieda in Japanese) were added as side characters as well. All use their post-Super Genesis Wave designs from OTL.
Characters from the IDW comics such as Lanolin the Sheep (voiced by Lauren Landa in English and Yoko Hikasa in Japanese, no relation to the U.S. Acres character of the same name), Tangle the Lemur (voiced by Abby Trott in English and Haruka Shiraishi in Japanese), Whisper the Wolf (voiced by Faye Mata in English and Kana Hanazawa in Japanese), Jewel the Beetle (voiced by Mela Lee in English and Mikako Komatsu in Japanese), Surge the Tenrec (voiced by Erica Mendez in English and Fairouz Ai in Japanese), and Kitsunami the Fennec (voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch in English and Romi Park in Japanese) have been added to the video game canon as well, as were Cosmo (voiced by Amy Birnbaum in English and Etsuko Kozakura in Japanese; on a side note, her species is officially named Seedrian) from Sonic X, and Tekno the Canary (current design; voiced by Erika Harlacher in English and Yukari Tamura in Japanese), Johnny Lightfoot (current design; voiced by Jason Griffith in English and Takahiro Sakurai in Japanese) and Porker Lewis (current design; voiced by Wayne Grayson in English and Tomokazu Seki in Japanese) from Fleetway's Sonic the Comic and Fiona Fox (voiced by Ashley Johnson in English and Megumi Hayashibara from Archie). Tekno also replaced Big as a member of Team Rose.
Also added were Sonic's family members: Queen Aleena (current design; voiced by Michelle Ruff in English and Yuko Mita in Japanese), Sonia (current design; voiced by Tiffany Grant in English and Keiko Toda in Japanese), Manic (current design; voiced by Roger Craig Smith in English and Megumi Ogata in Japanese), and Uncle Chuck (current design; voiced by Maurice LaMarche in English and Koji Ishii in Japanese), as well as Knot and Flash (current designs; voiced by Martin Burke and Jaleel White in English), a duo of hedgehog brothers who Sonic idolized growing up, inspired by Sonic's red and yellow brothers in the cancelled SegaSonic Bros. arcade game.
Orbot and Cubot are accompanied by a third robot, Tribot (voiced by Kate Higgins in English and Tomoko Kaneda in Japanese), who was a joke character created by the Japanese Sonic Twitter account in 2020 IOTL. She's the leader of the three who thinks she's the smartest of the trio when she's not much smarter or more rational than Cubot, is very girly, prone to violence (especially against her cohorts), and gets crazy when she's angry.
In addition to Metal Sonic, Tails Doll, Mecha Knuckles, Metal Amy, and EggRobo appear more often, with Metal Tiara and Metal Sticks added as well. All are voiced by the same actors as their regular counterparts.
In 2015, Sticks was added as an additional member of Team Sonic, with her design unchanged from Sonic Boom. She is still voiced by Nika Futterman in English and Aoi Yūki in Japanese.
Rouge wears different outfits in each game and series instead of her Sonic Adventure 2 outfit (which remains her generic appearance).
Starting in Sonic: Paradox, Tails wears blue shoes instead of red, and Knuckles wears his hat from the 1996 OVA.
The characters are much more expressive, and new renders are more frequent instead of the same few renders being reused.
None of the characters have defined ages, though Sonic and Amy are in their late teens, Tails and Cream are both the youngest, and Knuckles is a year older than Sonic; it's stated that, from Sonic Paradox onward, they're a few years older than in the Adventure era, and their Classic selves are the youngest versions.
Amy and Sticks both have Super forms; here is an idea of Amy's Super form, as well as Sticks' Super form.
Since Ken Pontac and Warren Graff weren't involved in the franchise, the characters remain their pre-flanderization selves in the 2010s; for example, Sonic is mature, noble and knowledgeable while still being snarky and impatient, Tails relies on Sonic yet is actively involved in Sonic's battles against Eggman and is more than capable of fighting on his own instead of being a coward, Knuckles is a serious-minded fighter and a friendly rival for Sonic rather than a hotheaded dumb muscle who is used for comic relief, Amy is a kind, empathetic but impulsive city girl who longs for adventure and becomes much more independent and freespirited over time rather than merely a fangirl (Sonic is much friendlier towards her as a result, instead of merely tolerating her, and later becomes her boyfriend), Eggman openly takes pride in being a villain while remaining a credible threat instead of a punchline, and Shadow is an antihero who wants to protect the world despite his bad attitude and who has actual motives for antagonizing Sonic instead of being excessively edgy.
Other side characters such as Marine the Raccoon and Tikal make further appearances.
Some characters are better-written, such as Cream.
- Cream also has bigger roles in future games, and her dynamics with Amy and other characters are shown more; her voice, provided by Stephanie Sheh ITTL, originally sounded similar to Yui Hirasawa from K-On! (another character voiced by Sheh).
Big's characterization focuses more on focusing more on his fishing and hermit lifestyle than his silliness.
Espio's speech pattern is more formal to reflect what Americans associate with ninjas.
Classic Sonic is not exclusively referred to as such, except in Generations.
The official human design for Sonic resembles this; human designs for Tails and Knuckles were created as well.

Comics[]

After Johnson purchased Archie Comics in 2000, the first move they made was to unceremoniously fire Ken Penders. This has a major effect on the franchise as a whole: for one, Sega never made the infamous mandates (e.g. Shadow being required to act overly edgy, and male characters aside from Eggman not being allowed to wear pants), and the comic series remains published by Archie, though the Super Genesis Wave never happened and characters and some elements from OTL's IDW continuity are present from 2016 on. Dan Slott was the chief writer from 2000 to 2006, when Ian Flynn succeeded him.
Johnson gives greater assistance to Archie regarding characters and stories than Sega did IOTL.

Games[]

There are more games released almost yearly in the 2010s and 2020s.
The Storybook Series has had more games beyond Secret Rings and Black Knight. The third game (2012) focused on Greek mythology, the fourth game (2014) was based on The Wizard of Oz, the fifth game (2019) was based on Journey to the West, and the sixth game (2024) was based on Treasure Island. A seventh Storybook Series game based on the Cthulhu Mythos is set for release in 2026.
The 2011 remaster of Sonic CD includes the vocals in "Sonic - You Can Do Anything" and "Cosmic Eternity", as well as a copyright notice on the title screen saying "(C) 1993, 2011 SEGA" in the same style as the original copyright notice.
The 2013 remasters of Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 incorporate their menus into the games themselves (instead of using separate menus) and are multiplatform, like the Sonic CD remaster.
The remaster of Sonic 3 & Knuckles was released in 2014. In addition to the ideas incorporated into the Origins remaster IOTL, other ideas include the option to play both games separately, a fourth mode placing Flying Battery between Carnival Night and Icecap, the ability to change soundtrack cues (including the prototype themes, though more polished rather than being new versions, as well as the Michael Jackson/Brad Buxer cues), and the Competition Zones being expanded into full-fledged single-act zones in the main game.
All Wii and Wii U-exclusive games are also released for PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.
The "Powered by Hedgehog Engine" opening logo from World Adventure appears in games using the engine to this day.
Amy was given a spin-off game named Amy Adventure, which was released in 2015 with Amy herself and Cream as playable characters; Amy's stages focus more on speed (though she uses her Piko Piko Hammer) while Cream's stages are more flight-focused and frequently use alternate routes. A sequel, Amy Adventure 2, was released in 2018 with Tekno (whose stages are focused on technology) and Sticks (whose stages are focused on combat) being added, and a third game is set for release in 2025 with Trip (whose stages revolve around exploration) and Rouge (whose stages revolve around treasure-hunting) as additional characters; in all three games, Surge the Tenrec and Kit the Fennec are the main antagonists. Likewise, there is a game titled Sonic Siblings in which Sonic, Sonia, and Manic are playable, in which they must rescue their mother Queen Aleena and Uncle Chuck from Eggman; it was released in 2012. Another game, Sonic Freedom Fight!, features Sonic, Sally, Bunnie, Antoine, and Rotor as playable characters; it was released in 2021.
Mario & Sonic Adventures, a full-fledged crossover between Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Mario Bros., was released in 2020; the plot involves both universes colliding, giving Bowser the Chaos Emeralds and Eggman the Power Star. Both end up fighting to claim both the Emeralds and Star, and Mario, Sonic and their friends must stop them together. The game is a co-op platformer with a beat-em-up style involving playing as duos (Mario and Sonic, Luigi and Tails, Wario and Knuckles, Waluigi and Shadow, Peach and Amy, and Daisy and Sticks), combining abilities and elements from both series. Like Mario, the game is light on dialogue, though the Sonic characters still have voice clips for different languages.
A Super Mario Maker-like game, Sonic Level Creator, was released in 2016. Both 3D and 2D levels can be made.
Rank reactions were not phased out.
A sequel to Sonic Heroes was released in 2017.
The proposed 30th anniversary re-release of the original Sonic the Hedgehog on Genesis was approved and released, exactly thirty years after the original game; 1,991 copies were manufactured. Features include:
- A gold print cover, manual and cartridge, along with pixel art cards.
- A Boss Rush mode was added, as well as an integrated Sonic & Knuckles.
- A new title screen was added, and the music was remixed.
- Wi-fi was added so people could upload scores.
Sega gave the developers the proper time needed to complete the Sonic games, instead of trying to rush them out for the holiday season.

Sonic X-treme[]

The game's development went much more smoothly. Due to this, X-treme was not canceled, and was released in November 1996; the Saturn and PC versions of Sonic 3D Blast don't exist, Sonic R is instead a Formula 1 game, and An X-tremely Sonic Christmas was not renamed to Sonic Christmas Blast. X-treme's success meant the Saturn remained supported until 2001, when Sega pulled out of the console business.
Several features were changed, such as the removal of the fish-eye view and all characters being played in a 3D view.
The game would receive a remastered version, released in early 2017.

Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut[]

Many bugs are fixed.
The artstyle is more polished.
The original game's DLC is included as well.

Sonic Heroes[]

The game isn't nearly as buggy, and the controls not as loose. The level design isn't as linear.
There are two more teams: Team Tiara, consisting of Tiara (Speed), Mighty (Power), and Ray (Fly), and Team Hooligan, consisting of Fang (Speed), Bark (Power), and Bean (Fly).
Tails and Knuckles' Super forms are more akin to Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
Starting in this game, Tails is voiced by Colleen O'Shaughnessey (instead of William Corkery), as Sega wanted to avoid having to replace child actors as they age; Bill Corkery still voices Espio, and Sarah Corkery still voices Charmy.
Metal Sonic has a bigger role, with his Neo form being a boss fight. Likewise, the Shadow Androids are also bosses. Also, the player does not need to complete all campaigns to unlock the final boss.
Team Dark's story puts more focus on Shadow's amnesia subplot, with Rouge addressing Shadow's past to determine if he's an android.

Shadow the Hedgehog[]

While the tone is still darker, it isn't excessively edgy, and wasn't censored for an E10+ rating, being rated T instead.
The morality system is absent.
There aren't multiple non-canon paths and stories.
The game is written by Shiro Maekawa instead of Takashi Iizuka.
The Adventure cast is used instead of the 4Kids cast for the English voices, as this game is set in the Adventure era (though Mike Pollock voices Eggman due to Deem Bristow's death in January 2005, and Colleen O'Shaughnessey voices Tails again). The current cast would debut in Sonic: Paradox.

Sonic Riders trilogy[]

The Adventure English cast (with Mike Pollock as Eggman and Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Tails) is used in the first game instead of the 4Kids cast. The other two games use the current voice actors.

Sonic Adventure 3[]

Sonic Adventure 3 was released on November 10, 2006 for the franchise's 15th anniversary. This was the final game with the Adventure-era English cast. Its plot is based on the Metarex arc from Sonic X.

Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis[]

This version does not exist. Instead, an updated version of Sonic Jam titled Sonic Jam Plus was released on Nintendo Wii, PS3, and Xbox 360 in December 2006, including all four main Genesis games, as well as Sonic the Hedgehog CD, Knuckles' Chaotix, Sonic 3D Blast, Sonic X-treme, and Sonic R; the Master System versions of the 8-bit games are unlockables. Also, an improved "Sonic World" is present.

Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)[]

Almost everything is different, since the game was pushed back to February 2008.

The game is called Sonic: Paradox.
Elise and her family are doves instead of humans, and her friendship with Sonic is strictly platonic; here is an idea of what Elise looks like. Also, Elise being unable to get emotional due to the circumstances surrounding Solaris gets explored more, rather than Elise simply being a damsel-in-distress.
A subplot involves Sonic teaming up with his long-lost siblings Sonia and Manic to find out the identity of their mother, who is revealed to be Queen Aleena.
Similarly to Sonic World Adventure, all human characters are more cartoony in appearance, as is Soleanna; Eggman has his normal appearance.
Amy doesn't fill the role of a damsel, retains her speed, never goes invisible, and plays similarly to OTL's Sonic P-06, though she starts using her crossbow instead of her Piko Piko Hammer and also has magic-based abilities, referencing her tarot cards.
The game is far less broken, and the loading times aren't nearly as long.
Sonic does not get revived through Elise kissing his corpse; he is instead resurrected by a power that comes from the unity of his allies mixed with the power of the Chaos Emeralds.
There is an actively changing day/night feature, an advanced physics engine, and a "free play" mode allowing players to control any of the characters without a storyline.
Silver's "Light Chip" item wasn't removed.

Sonic and the Secret Rings[]

The game came out in early 2008 instead of early 2007.
Its controls and gameplay are much more refined.
Sonic wishes for Shahra's freedom at the end.

Sonic Unleashed[]

The game came out in late 2009 instead of 2008.
Sonic's Werehog form does not exist. Instead, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, and Tiara are playable, and Sonic remains in his normal form in day and night stages. This also means the game is called Sonic World Adventure in all regions.
- Due to this gameplay shift, levels have a very different structure, with most overhauled from OTL or even removed in favor of replacements.
The hub worlds are still present, but there are a few significant differences such as having the changes from day to night happen naturally rather than through hour glasses, and whenever it becomes night Dark Gaia Monsters show up.
There are more characters who are affected by the world being split apart.
No PS2 version was released.
The game as a whole uses the HD versions as a base, but some of the gameplay features and improvements of the non-HD versions, such as Action Chains and Medals not being mandatory collectables, are present. However, by contrast, the Tornado Defense minigame is absent alongside the requirement of collecting Skills and leveling up.
- Instead of the Tornado levels, there are levels that have Sonic hopping between airships, with brief slow-motion moments akin to Flowmotion in the Kingdom Hearts series.
The beginning tutorials of the game are not as segmented, and more so consist of two larger tutorial levels.
The Town Stages have outskirts where Sonic can practice using his full moveset. He's also able to use the Boost in these areas without the need for Rings.
There are no 2D sections, thus the game is solely in 3D.
There is a skill tree instead of an EXP system.
Enemies are lessened so that they don't easily dogpile the player.
The level design doesn't rely on trial and error nearly as much.
Eggmanland has a more straightforward design.
The game doesn't lag as much.

Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood[]

The game received a sequel in 2010 due to BioWare being purchased by Johnson instead of Electronic Arts. It continues on the ending of The Dark Brotherhood, with Sonic and his friends attempting to overthrow the Eggman Empire, but Argus invades the Earth, forcing Sonic and Eggman to team up along with the freed Twilight Cage inhabitants to stop him.
Its gameplay, music, and graphics are more polished.
The dialogue tree mechanic is more faithful to Sonic's character, and its choices affect the narrative more beyond a romance sidequest with Amy.
As the Ken Penders lawsuit never happened, the Sonic Chronicles games are still canon.

Sonic and the Black Knight[]

Its controls and gameplay are much more polished.
Sonic does not wield a sword.

Sonic Classic Collection[]

Simon "Stealth" Thomley's ports of the Genesis games were used instead of emulated versions.

Sonic the Hedgehog 4[]

The game isn't split into episodes, and Tails, Knuckles, Amy, and Tiara (as well as Metal Sonic after completing all five campaigns, though with more unique moves) are playable in addition to Sonic.
Its physics are much more faithful to the Genesis games, and the music doesn't attempt to emulate the Genesis.
The Episode II boss theme is used.
The classic designs are used.
All zones are fully original rather than being extremely similar to zones from earlier games. There are twelve zones in all.
There is no mobile release.

Sonic Colors[]

The themes in Sweet Mountain and Asteroid Coaster are different.
Morio Kishimoto, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff are not involved at all, and the game's tone isn't as comedic.
The Wisps the player collects physically tag along with them.
The Sonic Simulator is split-screen.
No 2D sections or Mario-like gameplay.
The Captain/Admiral Jelly and Frigate Orcan/Skullian bosses are more polished.
Tails is playable, as are Knuckles, Amy, and Tiara.
Main-game multiplayer is present with Tails tagging along as Player 2.
The DS version doesn't exist.
The final boss is Nega-Mother Wisp.

Sonic Generations[]

Classic Sonic is a voiced character, with Jaleel White reprising his role from the DiC cartoons. Classic Tails is voiced by a child actor doing an impression of Christopher Stephen Welch, and Classic Eggman is voiced by Dan Gavin (a.k.a. Dan Gavster), doing an impression of Long John Baldry. Classic Knuckles (Thomas F. Wilson) also plays a part in the story, as does Classic Amy (Tara Strong). In Japanese, Classic Sonic, Classic Tails, Classic Knuckles and Classic Eggman are voiced by Masami Kikuchi, Hekiru Shiina, Yasunori Matsumoto, and Junpei Takiguchi respectively, reprising their roles from the OVA; this was Takiguchi's final role before his death in August 2011, while Classic Amy is voiced by Mika Kanai, who voiced Sara.
Ken Pontac and Warren Graff are not involved at all, and the writing is a cross between OTL's original and OTL's Sonic x Shadow Generations version.
- Both Sonics have dialogue when they rescue the other characters.
- There are still some references like in Sonic x Shadow Generations (e.g. the Time Stones from Sonic CD being namedropped), but they're not as forced.
- Amy doesn't knock Knuckles into a tree, since Knuckles isn't played as a comic relief. Silver also doesn't hold a chili dog.
- Amy doesn't try to hug Sonic or give him cupcakes until after Sonic's done talking to Tails.
- Like in Sonic x Shadow Generations, more Chao attend Sonic's birthday party.
- Classic Eggman is obscured as he's being taken away after the Death Egg fight, preserving the idea that the Sonics fought Modern Eggman twice, only for Classic Eggman to be revealed.
- While Modern Tails still doesn't recognize Green Hill due to never having been there, he does recognize Chemical Plant (and notes that he's still as unnerved about the pink water).
- Both Classic Sonic and Classic Tails start off calling Classic Eggman "Robotnik"; by the time of the final boss, they switch to calling him "Eggman" due to Modern Sonic and Modern Tails constantly calling him that.
- Certain aspects are fleshed out more, such as how the Eggmen escaped White Space and the Time Eater being explained to be able to pull from parallel universes, explaining how Crisis City is in the game despite the timeline being erased at the end of Paradox.
- Some lines from the original version remain (e.g. Sonic's "Hey! Not cool!" line, Knuckles asking Classic Sonic if he gained weight, as well as Classic and Modern Tails' discussion about where rings are stored). Other lines added in Sonic x Shadow Generations (e.g. a line implying Classic Sonic won't have any memory of his adventure when he returns to his own time, as well as Classic Sonic and Tails explicitly being confirmed to be younger versions of them). Also, the line writing and delivery aren't as formal as in Sonic x Shadow Generations.
Chao Rescue from x Shadow Generations is present in the original game.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (with Carnival Night Zone), Knuckles' Chaotix, Sonic X-treme, Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic Adventure 3, Sonic and the Secret Rings, Sonic and the Black Knight, and Sonic the Hedgehog 4 are represented with their own levels, with Mighty, Ray, Manic, Tiara, Blaze, Rotor, Honey, and Sally unlocked once they're completed. Because of this, Crisis City from Paradox instead unlocks Sonia.
The story has a similar tone to World Adventure.
Modern Sonic's levels are fully 3D (no 2.5D sections).
The hub world is similar to Sonic Adventure; there are two hub worlds for the Classic and Modern eras the player can travel to.

Sonic the Hedgehog: Megamix[]

The game was officially endorsed by Sega, and was completed and released in late 2011 alongside Generations.

Sonic Lost World[]

Morio Kishimoto, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff are not involved at all.
The story has about the same tone as World Adventure.
No 2D sections.
All zones are fully original and not rehashed from zones from earlier games.
Sonic's gameplay in Generations is improved upon.
The plot is more refined: for example, the Deadly Six are played much more seriously instead of being Koopaling-like, and the final boss is the Zeti Shell merged with OTL's final boss. Also, the drama between Sonic and Tails over teaming with Eggman isn't as forced.
Tails, Knuckles, Amy, and Tiara are playable.

Sonic Boom[]

Overall[]

Tiara is part of Team Sonic, with Sticks as the sixth member.
The designs have several differences: namely, none of the characters wear sports tape, Amy has a different belt and quill spikes similar to Sonic's, and Knuckles has different proportions that make him look buff while still not looking like "he took Lance Armstrong's steroids but missed leg day".
Other Sonic characters make appearances, such as Cream, Silver, and the Chaotix.

Video games[]

Rise of Lyric is almost completely different. For one, it was released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Wii U instead of just the latter, it is much less buggy, characters in gameplay don't speak nearly as often, etc.
Shattered Crystal focuses on speed rather than combat, and it had four more months of development time.

Series[]

Sonic turns into Super Sonic in one episode.
Some of the characters (like Mark the Tapir and Sticks the Badger) are less annoying.
Some of the Season 1 episodes have less cliched and dull plots.
The relationships between the characters are better developed.
Some of the dialogue is less corny.
There are more voice actors.
The show's Latin American Spanish dub is different.

Sonic Runners[]

There are no microtransactions.
The game wasn't taken down.

Sonic Mania[]

Every level is original, with all zones from past games replaced with analogues.
Encore Mode uses completely different zones instead of night versions of the regular zones.
The game received a sequel, Sonic Nomad, which was released in 2020. There, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Tiara, Mighty, and Ray are playable from the start (with another character selectable as a second AI or human player), while the Bonus Stages are based on those from Sonic Spinball.
Its mobile port is better optimized.

Sonic Forces[]

Morio Kishimoto, Ken Pontac, and Warren Graff are not involved at all.
Classic Sonic does not show up in the game. Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Tiara, Sticks, Sally, and Shadow are all playable characters in addition to Sonic and the Avatar. The Phantom Ruby is still involved in the plot so the game can still tie with Mania.
The "world takeover" plotline is still present.
The English script is written by Ian Flynn with contributions from Tim and Chloe. This also means that the game is much more serious in tone, similar to the Saturday morning Sonic the Hedgehog series. The Japanese script was written by Shiro Maekawa.
G.U.N. has a major role.
The setting is much darker as well, being reminiscent of the bad futures from Sonic CD.
Infinite is played much more seriously, with his actions being unambiguously real.
The game was pushed back to November 2018.
The Avatar has a voice; the male voices are provided by Dan Green, Jason Griffith, and Marc Thompson, and the female voices are provided by Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Nika Futterman, and Amy Birnbaum. The Avatar's voice can also be pitch-shifted.
Green Hill Zone (along with its variants) and Chemical Plant Zone are not in the game. Instead, Tropic Hill Zone and Egg Factory Zone were created. New music was composed for those zones as well.
As Sally was added to the games, she is the leader of the Resistance, not Knuckles.
Many of the characterizations are different, such as Tails not being cowardly (because of this, the infamous "Sonic, help me" moment doesn't happen), Knuckles being competent, and Infinite having a larger role and a different origin story, as well as turning good in the ending.
The gameplay and physics are much better.
All levels are longer with no 2D sections.
The final boss is different.
Sonic has a new model instead of the one from Lost World, as well as idle animations.

Team Sonic Racing[]

Unlike IOTL, which follows the characters racing in sports cars, this game has most of the characters racing on foot (with slower characters instead driving cars), as in OTL's Sonic R, though Amy runs on foot instead of driving a car.
The game is developed by Traveller's Tales in collaboration with Sumo Digital.
Ken Pontac and Warren Graff are not involved at all.
There are more playable characters, and the teams consist of the following:
- Team Sonic: Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles
- Team Rose: Amy, Cream, and Tekno
- Team Tiara: Tiara, Ray, and Mighty
- Team Dark: Shadow, Rouge, and E-102 Gamma
- Team Chaotix: Espio, Charmy, and Vector
- Team Freedom: Sally, Bunnie, and Rotor
- Team Honey: Honey, Mina, and Sticks
- Team Knot: Mach, Sharps, and Max
- Team Hooligan: Fang, Bean, and Bark
- Team Silver: Silver, Blaze, and Marine
- Team Babylon: Jet, Wave, and Storm
- Team Eggman: Eggman, Orbot and Cubot, and Metal Sonic
- Team Chao: Omochao, Light Chao, and Dark Chao

Sonic Colors: Ultimate[]

The game is far more polished, and all of the additional features from OTL are still added in this version.

Sonic Origins[]

Most notably, Sonic 1, Sonic 2, Sonic CD, and Sonic 3 & Knuckles have new modes with graphics similar to Sonic Mania, though the mobile remasters and emulated versions are available as options (the player can choose between "Original", "Remastered", and "Origins"), and the new cutscenes are still 2D. Sonic Spinball, Knuckles' Chaotix, and Sonic 3D Blast (specifically, its Director's Cut version) are also included, all with 3D graphics and added 2D cutscenes (the original and remastered versions are also available). Traveller's Tales worked on the 3D Blast remaster under director Jon Burton's supervision, and received a developer credit for Origins; changes from the Director's Cut include being able to get two Chaos Emeralds per act rather than one per zone, and Tails, Knuckles, and Amy being playable. Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine and the arcade and Genesis versions of Flicky are also present, though emulated.
Knuckles is playable in Sonic CD after both the Sonic and Tails campaigns have been completed, and an option to play as both Sonic and Tails is added. Also, Amy (whose gameplay is similar to the Advance games), Tiara, Mighty, Ray (whose gameplay is similar to Sonic Mania Plus and Sonic Mania 2) and Metal Sonic (after completing all six characters' campaigns) are playable as unlockable characters (with Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy being able to team up), with Shadow, Silver, Rouge, Blaze, Cream, Jet, Sally, Honey, and Sticks as DLC-exclusive characters; combinations of two or three of the characters are possible as well.
No DRM is involved.
Sonic 3 & Knuckles' 16-bit remastered version uses the 2014 port.
Several scrapped zones in Sonic 2 are reinstated (in addition to Hidden Palace Zone, accessible the same way as the 2013 port), such as Wood Zone (as Secret Jungle Zone, the name of a very similar jungle zone in early concept art), Sand Shower Zone, and Cyber City Zone, as well as Egg Gauntlet Zone from the 2013 version; Desert Dazzle, Final Fever, and Dubious Depths are reinstated in Sonic CD.
All games have an aspect ratio option, as well as enabling/disabling a CRT filter, Spin Dash, Drop Dash (which has better implementation), and other moves, and changing the spike behavior.
In Classic Mode, game overs act like game overs (restarting the act with three lives rather than putting the player at the last checkpoint with one life).
All games have a greater range of customization similar to Sonic 3 A.I.R..
The museum coins unlock all the 8-bit games (all remastered, with both Master System and Game Gear versions included), the Sonic Advance games (though all Nintendo references are removed in non-Nintendo console versions), additional characters, interviews with past and present employees who have worked on the games, and spin-offs such as Sonic Eraser (translated into English; the Japanese text is an option), SegaSonic the Hedgehog (with new English voice acting and text, as well as the unused sprites of Dr. Robotnik in his SatAM design in the English version; again, the Japanese voice acting, text, and Eggman design remain an option), Sonic the Fighters/Sonic Championship (the 2012 version), and Sonic X-treme (the 2017 remaster); the Genesis unlockables are emulated as well.
- Also, while players can still spend coins to try again on special stages, they can only do it twice per stage. Lives can be toggled in Anniversary Mode as well.
The original versions of the games were not delisted from Steam.
The Sonic and Tails option in Sonic 1 is now a default option and not just in the Level Select.
Proto Palace Zone is still accessible in Sonic 2.
Time Attack Mode is handled similarly to Mania.
The opening cutscene in Sonic CD fills the black bars with a border styled after the one in the Sega CD and PC versions. The ending cutscene also uses the original animation timing.
Spheres are not referred to as Balls in the instructions.
All music in the games use the remastered soundtracks by default, with the originals as an option. Also, the sound mixing is better.
The Mania dropdash code is used in all the games, not just 3&K.
The voice clips in CD weren't removed, and the vocals in "Sonic - You Can Do Anything" use the take from the original released game rather than the version from the v0.02 prototype and Sonic Jam (which are also available as an option).
A new 2022 copyright notice is also added to the Sonic 1, Sonic 2, Sonic CD, and Sonic 3 remasters.
None of the bugs from OTL exist, and no crunch was involved in its development. Also, Sega did not alter the game's state without notifying the developers.
The physical version was released alongside the digital one, and Origins Plus is unlocked simply by inserting the disc/cartridge and downloading the update.
Alongside Origins, remasters of the first two Sonic Adventure games, as well as Sonic Shuffle (with far more improved AI), Sonic Heroes, Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic World Adventure, and the first two Storybook Series games, were produced (all bearing the Ultimate subtitle a la Sonic Colors Ultimate). Another compilation was released on the Switch (referred to as Sonic: The Game Boy Advance Collection) with all three Sonic Advance games, as well as Sonic Battle and Sonic Pinball Party, and Sonic Pocket Adventure as an unlockable (all emulated), as was another compilation titled Sonic's DS and 3DS Classics, containing remastered versions of both Sonic Rush games, the 3DS versions of Colors, Generations, and Lost World, Sonic Chronicles, and the two Rivals games (all using specially-created emulators). Another compilation was also released (The Sonic Riders Trilogy) containing all three Riders games, with the first two games getting enhancements from fan projects like DX and Tournament Edition for the first game, and Regravitified for Zero Gravity, with Free Riders given normal controls. All these remasters and compilations were released throughout 2022.

Sonic Frontiers[]

There are several key differences from OTL (not counting the English voice cast or Sticks' presence):

Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Tiara, and Sticks are all playable as well, each with their own campaigns.
The first glimpse of gameplay was shown in December 2021.
The Chao Garden returns.
Sega promoted the game heavily, including tie-ins with the Sonic vs. Knuckles adaptation, as well as toys, apps and other merchandise.
The physics are closer to Sonic World Adventure.
No reused assets from Forces.
All rails are integrated more seamlessly rather than just floating.
The game has interesting environments that are Sonic-like with platforming built in to the environment instead of simply being dropped on top of it.
No 2D sections in the Open Zones.
All Cyberspace levels are original, as Tim felt that having them be Sonic's memories was an excuse to reuse assets, and the tutorial does not copy Windmill Isle Act 1 from World Adventure. Also, all Cyberspace levels are longer with no 2D sections, and are original, with a greater visual variety.
The levels have far less automated segments.
No maps are split into several areas.
The pop-in, draw distance, and grinding are much more improved.
The worlds are not generally empty environments.
The skydiving sections have floaty physics dependent on the player's direction, as well as the camera being closer to the character, similarly to Unleashed and Generations.
The two final islands are more unique.
A mini-map is present.
Sonic going underwater and using the Drift are much more utilized, and pinball is shown more often.
Sonic's corruption plotline is more fleshed out; Tails, Knuckles, Amy, and Sticks' campaigns involve saving Sonic from his corruption.
Eggman and Sage's relationship is better developed, and the contents of the Egg Memos are proper cutscenes rather than optional logs.
There is a more complex combat system; it also doesn't involve simply choosing cutscenes.
There are more costumes.
A new drowning theme is used, instead of the one from Colors.
Supreme is more interactive.
The fight against the final boss is reminiscent of the Titan fights.
Sonic is shown mourning Sage's sacrifice.

Sonic Superstars[]

The game was developed by Headcannon instead of Arzest, though Naoto Ohshima is still involved as a designer and consultant and Trip the Sungazer still exists. Because of this, the game uses the same sprite style of Mania and Nomad, and is a sequel to both games.
The ability system is absent.
The game has an online multiplayer mode.
Tiara is playable, along with Mighty and Ray.
Amy uses her Sonic Advance moveset.
Fang the Sniper was not renamed to Fang the Hunter, and he's still part jerboa and part wolf rather than simply being a jerboa.
Its soundtrack is completely different, being composed by Tee Lopes and Jun Senoue, with Lopes doing the arrangements.
The camera is further back.
The level design and animations are more refined.
It's not nearly as buggy.
The bonus stages are different.
There are fewer special stages.
Some stage gimmicks are different as well, as are the bosses.
There are fewer cutscenes.

Sonic Dream Team[]

Tiara and Sticks are playable.
The game was released on other platforms besides those supported by Apple Arcade, such as Android, PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.
The cutscenes are fully animated.
There are additional language soundtracks besides English.

Sonic X Shadow Generations[]

While Generations is still remastered ITTL, the Shadow campaign is a standalone game.

Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM)[]

The series was picked up by WBC for its third season and ran until 2004, ending with a TV movie, Sonic Armageddon, in 2005.

Season two is the only season with episode segments.
The opening title sequence changed every season beginning in season three.
Knuckles (voiced by Thomas F. Wilson) debuted at the end of the third season and became a main character in season four. Likewise, Amy (Tara Strong) became a major character in season five.
After Chrstine Cavanaugh (the voice of Bunnie) retired in 2001, Candi Milo took on the role for the show's final three seasons, Armageddon, and the video games.

Sonic the Hedgehog movie franchise[]

Due to the Johnson ownership, the films have had major differences:

The films are distributed by Johnson Films instead of Paramount Pictures, and produced by Johnson Cartoon Studios in tandem with Marza Animation Planet; the director is Chloe Johnson instead of Jeff Fowler, and Chloe also co-wrote the films with Tim.
The films are titled Sonic the Movie, Sonic vs. Knuckles, and Sonic Adventure (not to be confused with the 1998 Dreamcast game).
Their logos use the Sonic font.
The films' release dates are the same as OTL (Sonic the Movie was still going to be released in November 2019, but was pushed back to February 2020 to avoid competition with Frozen II and other major releases). There are also plenty of references to other Sonic works.
The films are fully CGI instead of live action/CGI hybrids, with Marza Animation Planet handling the animation. Chloe pushed for the animation quality to be even better than the CGI cutscenes style in World Adventure onwards.
The video game voice actors and personalities are used, as are OTL's film designs for the characters, though with minor changes: for one, Sonic has tan arms and broader shoulders, characters with conjoined eyes such as Sonic retain that trait, and there are minor tweaks (such as Tails having blue shoes, as well as Knuckles wearing a cowboy hat and having white stripes on his quills); Sonic's April 2019 design does not exist, period. Ben Schwartz (who voices Movie Sonic IOTL) instead voices Pecky, one of Sonic's animal friends, while Neal McDonough and Adam Pally voice Badniks in the first film. Also, Jaleel White (Sonic's voice actor in the DiC cartoons) voices Flicky, and Phil Hayes, Garry Chalk, and Ian James Corlett reprise their respective roles as Scratch, Grounder and Coconuts from Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, now redesigned to match their game appearances. Here is an idea of what Scratch, Grounder, and Coconuts' redesigns look like.
The films take place on Mobius instead of Earth, though Agent Stone still exists as Robotnik/Eggman's lackey, and is still voiced by Lee Majdoub (here is an idea of what TTL's Stone looks like). Likewise, Longclaw still exists; Sonic's backstory is similar to that from OTL, except he's forced to move to South Island instead of Earth, and said section takes place at an unidentified island. Longclaw has a cartoonier design as well.
There are many music cues from the video games mixed in (e.g. in Sonic the Movie, Sonic and Robotnik's battle is accompanied by an orchestral take on the Final Zone theme, and Sonic vs. Knuckles uses a remix of the Sonic Heroes theme to accompany Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles' battle against the Death Egg robot, as well as the Hidden Palace Zone theme from Sonic 3 & Knuckles for the scene where the Master Emerald is discovered). Both films also feature new songs by Crush 40, though their respective theme songs are still used. Also, Richard Jacques and Jun Senoue are the films' composers rather than Tom Holkenborg.
Sonic the Movie's plot is similar, except without the human characters, Robotnik being a G.U.N. agent instead of a US government agent, and Sonic must travel to Station Square instead of San Francisco. Sonic vs. Knuckles introduces Tails (who made a cameo appearance at the end of Sonic the Movie) and Knuckles, and Sonic Adventure is set to introduce Shadow (who made a cameo appearance at the end of Sonic vs. Knuckles) and Amy as well.
The Knuckles-centered spin-off still exists, though also different to accommodate the aforementioned changes.
- The show doesn't use AI to generate concept art.
The films also received their own video game adaptations.

Sonic Prime[]

The series is produced by a new branch of Marza Animation Planet located in California instead of WildBrain in Canada; as a result, the established voice actors from the games are used instead of Vancouver-based Ocean Group, the latter being necessitated by Canadian law granting tax exemptions to any production that uses a 100% Canadian cast. The animation style is still the same as OTL, but with different background designs.
Tiara and Sticks are present in Team Sonic alongside Rouge.
Rouge's design is slightly different; namely, a cleavage window is present, and her boots are white instead of purple to improve the color distribution.
The Chaos Council does not exist, with the exception of Mr. Doctor Eggman.
The only alternate timeline in the series is New Yoke City.
Shadow and Nine have more focus, and the latter is a more interesting villain in the third season.
Instead of generic characters, alternate versions of other Sonic characters like Cream, Silver, the Chaotix, and the Freedom Fighters appear.
Big the Cat has a slightly larger role, with his super strength being utilized, as well as showing off fighting styles with his fishing rod and parasol.
Background animal characters have more creative designs, as in the IDW comics.
The writing is substantially different.
The third season is very different, with a faster-paced climax. It's also longer, with Nine having a proper, multi-part redemption arc.
The series is not considered canon to the games.
It received much better advertising from Netflix.

Sonic Underground[]

The series was co-produced by Johnson in addition to DiC, Les Studios Tex, and Sega, and received some changes:

Though Jaleel White still voices Sonic and Manic, the voice cast is American instead of Canadian. The voice cast includes:
- Cree Summer as Sonia
- Jim Cummings as Dr. Robotnik (albeit in a more comedic, hammy style than his cold, menacing delivery in SatAM)
- Paige O'Hara as Queen Aleena
- Maurice LaMarche as Sleet, Uncle Chuck, and The Oracle of Delphius
- Rodger Bumpass as Dingo
- Thomas F. Wilson as Knuckles (reprising his role from SatAM)
- Tom Kane as Sir Bartleby MontClair
- Billy West as Cyrus
- Wally Wingert as Trevor
- Cathy Cavadini as Mindy LaTour
Sonic, Sonia, and Manic are not a rock band, though they still refer to themselves as "the Sonic Underground" collectively.
Dr. Robotnik's design is not recycled from SatAM.
Plotlines are not recycled from SatAM.
The series finale aired in December 2001, in which Sonic, Sonia, and Manic reunite with Queen Aleena and the four defeat Robotnik.

Sonic X[]

First and foremost, Chris Thorndyke is not Sonic's human companion, as Sheldon thought that having a rich child be the audience surrogate "would defeat the point of having one" due to Chris being deemed "not being relatable", calling the character "a store-brand Ash Ketchum". Instead, Helen is Sonic's human companion, with Chris being part of Helen's friend group instead.
- Because of this, the series plays out somewhat differently from OTL. For one, Amy is the one who reasons with Shadow in the Sonic Adventure 2 arc like in the game, rather than Chris doing so, and Sonic gets through the portal back to his world without incident.
Tiara is a major character.
Some characterizations are more game-accurate (e.g. Amy isn't as much of a jerk).
Its animation is not nearly as limited.
Dark Sonic appears in a three-episode arc.
For the English dub, 4Kids only handled the voice recording and some of the voice talent; Johnson handled the translation, and none of the infamous censorship (e.g. changing beer into soda or orange juice) happened; all eyecatch cards are retained and translated as well. Aside from the current video game cast listed below (though Deem Bristow reprised his role as Eggman in the first two seasons; after he died in 2005, Mike Pollock took over the role beginning in the third season), the other voices go as follows:
- Miranda Cosgrove as Helen Thomas
  - Jessica DiCicco as Helen, age 17
- Sean Marquette as Chris Thorndyke
- Marcus T. Paulk as Danny
- Shailene Woodley as Frances
- Jeff Bennett as Mr. Thomas
- Amy Poehler as Mrs. Thomas
- Christopher Lloyd as Chuck Thorndyke
- James Yaegashi as Mr. Tanaka
- Mike Pollock as Ella
- Patrick Warburton as Sam Speed
- Jennifer Martin as Topaz
- Dana Snyder as Decoe
- Daran Norris as Bocoe
- Dan Castellaneta as Bokkun
- Ed O'Neill as Mr. Thorndyke
- Kathy Najimy as Mrs. Thorndyke
- Phil Hartman as President Michael K. Robinson
- Keith David as Elmer Johnson
- Harry Shearer as Albert Butler
- James Hong as Hawk
- Andrew Rannells as Narrator
The English dub uses a translated version of "Sonic Drive" as its theme song (though "Gotta Go Fast" is used in promos) performed by Crush 40, and all three closing themes ("Fu-tu-re", "The Shining Road", and "T.O.P") are also translated, with "Fu-tu-re" also performed by Crush 40, "The Shining Road" performed by Miranda Cosgrove, and "T.O.P." performed by Bowling For Soup.
All signs are translated in the English and French dubs instead of being left blank.
Since the 4Kids version doesn't exist, all dubs are based on the Japanese version instead. The VAs from the French dub are the same as OTL, and many VAs from other foreign dubs are the 2011-present video game actors in said languages (e.g. Hartmut Neugebauger as Eggman in the German dub).
Three more seasons were made, and the series ran from 2003 to 2009 with 156 episodes.
A revival has aired since 2018 as part of the Johnson Aligned Universe.

Staff[]

Ken Pontac and Warren Graff never had any involvement.

Toys[]

Hasbro has produced the Sonic the Hedgehog toyline since 2002, and Johnson Toys has produced Sonic plushies since 2003.

Voice cast[]

Here is the current English voice cast ITTL. This cast (which consists of a mixture of Los Angeles and New York-based voice actors) debuted in Sonic X, and began voicing the characters in the games from Sonic: Paradox onward. The Japanese voice cast is unchanged.

Ryan Drummond as Sonic, Metal Sonic and Dr. Starline
Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Tails and Charmy
Dan Green as Knuckles, Storm, Heavy, and Mephiles the Dark
Lisa Ortiz as Amy
Nika Futterman as Sticks
Mike Pollock as Dr. Eggman and Gerald Robotnik
- Deem Bristow continued voicing Eggman until his death in 2005, with Pollock taking over beginning in Shadow the Hedgehog and the third season of Sonic X.
Erica Schroeder as Tiara, Blaze, and Wave
Kath Soucie as Sally and Nicole
Jason Griffith as Shadow and Johnny
Kathleen Delaney as Rouge
Stephanie Sheh as Cream, Zeena and Maria Robotnik
Lauren Landa as Lanolin
Abby Trott as Tangle
Faye Mata as Whisper
Mela Lee as Jewel
Marc Biagi as Vector
Troy Baker as Espio
Kyle Hebert as Big and Dodon Pa
Travis Willingham as Mighty and Zavok
Amy Palant as Ray
Cindy Robinson as Honey
Pete Capella as Silver
Jon St. John as E-123 Omega
Kari Wahlgren as Bunnie
Mark Ballou as Rotor
Rob Paulsen as Antoine
Kate Higgins as Mutt and Tribot
Erika Harlacher as Tekno
Wayne Grayson as Porker
Kirk Thornton as Orbot and Master Zik
Wally Wingert as Cubot
Marc Thompson as Bomb
Laura Bailey as Marine and Lupe
Roger Craig Smith as Sharps, Manic and Commander Abraham Tower
Quinton Flynn as Mach and Bean
Tony Salerno as Max and Chip
Michelle Ruff as Mina and Queen Aleena
Maurice LaMarche as Uncle Chuck
Tiffany Grant as Sonia
Erica Mendez as Surge
Johnny Yong Bosch as Kitsunami
Rebecca Honig as Vanilla
Amy Birnbaum as Cosmo
Dave B. Mitchell as Fang
Liza Jacqueline as Omochao
Elara Distler as Tikal
Todd Haberkorn as Jet
Liam O'Brien as Zazz and Infinite
Patrick Seitz as Zomom
Sam Riegel as Zor
Ryan Bartley as Sage
Cristina Vee as Trip
Ashley Johnson as Fiona
Ryō Hirohashi as Cheese
Martin Burke as Knot
Jaleel White as Flash
Glenn Steinbaum as Gemerl
Karen Strassman as young Abraham Tower
Sean Schemmel as Black Doom and Doom's Eye
Lacey Chabert (Paradox) and Mae Whitman (future appearances) as Princess Elise
David Wills as the Duke of Soleanna

Song of the South[]

When Johnson acquired Disney in 2013, one of the first things Tim did was commission a full restoration of the movie for its 70th anniversary home media release in 2016, as he considered the ban on it akin to pretending the movie didn’t happen, despite its impact; the film is also on Netflix, and there is a disclaimer in the beginning in all modern versions, stating "This film includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures. These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now. Rather than remove this content, we want to acknowledge its harmful impact, learn from it and spark conversation to create a more inclusive future together". The Splash Mountain attraction in the Disney parks was altered into Tiana's Bayou Adventure several years earlier than IOTL (though Tim ordered Imagineers to preserve as many of the America Sings animatronics as humanly possible in the attraction).

The Sopranos[]

Livia's final scene is completely different from IOTL: instead of Tony talking to Livia (which was handled with a body double, footage of Nancy Marchand's head, unconvincing CGI, and voice clips from past episodrs), Tony drives over to tell her not to rat him out with him deliberating all the turmoil their relationship went through (using flashback scenes), but he and Svetlana discover that Livia passed away in her sleep (using a body double and strategic angles). This was done at Sheldon's request.
The Many Saints of Newark is a miniseries instead of a film.
The Satriale's Pork Store building was retained by Johnson and made into an actual restaurant.

South Park: Snow Day[]

The game continues the 2D style from The Stick of Truth and The Fractured But Whole, rather than using a 3D style.

Spaceballs: The Animated Series[]

With the series airing on Adult Swim, as Johnson wanted G4 to focus solely on gaming (as an aside, Code Monkeys, the series it replaced, ran until 2016), Sheldon Johnson, Jr. encouraged creators Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan to make many changes after rejecting the pilot’s script on sight. As a result, the show fan for six seasons between March 1, 2009 (the airdate of the series finale IOTL) and November 15, 2015. There are many, many differences:

A completely different writing team.
The theme song is still the same, but the opening sequence is different, also showing the stunt doubles for the main cast. The ending theme is "We're the Spaceballs" by the Spinners, taken from the movie.
Much better character designs. For example, Dark Helmet is not a dwarf, though he's still shorter than most characters.
Rick Moranis reprises his role as Dark Helmet. Likewise, Bill Pullman reprises his role as Lone Starr, and George Wyner reprises his role as Sandurz.
Vespa sounds exactly like how she did in the movie.
Darlene does not exist.
The entire show parodies Star Wars and the sci-fi genre as a whole, and doesn't parody any other movies. It also expands upon the movie's premise through world-building.
No deus-ex-machinas.
Much more mature humor (no toilet humor or boob jokes, for example).
Lone Starr and Vespa are married.
The animation is far better, and is accomplished with CGI instead of Flash (this was done in reference to the 2008 Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series).
No rehashed jokes from the movie.
Planet Moron and starbucks are correctly referred to as Planet Spaceball and spacebucks, respectively (it is stated that the Spaceballs have permanently resided in the planet of the apes, making it the new Planet Spaceball).
The pilot is not a remake of the movie. Instead, it takes place immediately after the events of the original film.
Dot Matrix was voiced by Melissa Rivers after her mother Joan Rivers' death on September 4, 2014 (the change was explained by Dot having to get a new voice chip after the old one was fried by a lightning strike; said episode, titled "Dot's Shiny New Voice", also used Joan's unused archive audio).
The Hutt Crime Family plays a reocurring role, with Rino Romano (who voiced Lone Starr IOTL) as Pizza the Hutt's son Pizza Jr., Eva Amurri as Pizza Jr.'s wife Mozzarella, Mira Sorvino as Pizza Sr.'s widow Pasta, and Joe Pantoliano as Pizza Sr.'s brother Spaghetti O. They're shown to have a vendetta against Lone Starr and Barf for "conning" them out of the one million spacebucks they had promised Pizza.

Space Channel 5[]

Instead of a VR spinoff, the game is a full-fledged sequel called Space Channel 5: Part 3. Instead of Cherami Leigh, Apollo Smile reprises her role as Ulala simply because she didn't want to pass up the opportunity to work with Tim Johnson. Space Michael also appears, and is voiced using VoxMutatio.

In 2021, the Space Channel 5 Collection was released, containing remastered versions of the first two games, as well as the third. In a throwaway line in Part 3, Space Michael is revealed to be an aged Captain EO from the classic Disney Parks attraction, and the 2D version of the film is included as a bonus feature.

Space Ghost Coast to Coast[]

The GameTap episodes instead aired on Adult Swim, and are 15 minutes long (instead of six) as a result.
The series was revived in 2021.

Squidbillies[]

Unknown Hinson was not fired from his role as Early Cuyler in the thirteenth and final season, as he did not make remarks against Dolly Parton and her support of BLM.

Star vs. the Forces of Evil[]

The last two seasons have major differences:

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Star Wars franchise[]

Since Johnson's acquisition of 21st Century Fox, all Star Wars television series are now distributed by 20th Century Fox Television; all shows on Netflix use the 20th Century Fox logo in the beginning as well, with the second half of the Fox fanfare playing over the Lucasfilm logo.
As with Marvel, the Star Wars franchise did not decline, nor did it get overproduced like IOTL.
Sheldon Johnson Jr. convinced George Lucas to maintain copies of the original theatrical versions of the Original Trilogy during production on the Special Editions.

List of films[]

No.	Film	Released	Director	Writer	Producer	Composer	Starring	Type of release
1	Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope)	May 25, 1977	George Lucas		George Lucas (executive producer) Gary Kurtz	John Williams	Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher Peter Cushing Alec Guinness	Theatrical
2	The Empire Strikes Back (later retitled Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back)	May 6, 1980 (Dominion Theatre) May 21, 1980 (United States)	Irvin Kershner	Leigh Brackett Lawrence Kasdan George Lucas (story)	George Lucas (executive producer) Gary Kurtz	John Williams	Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher Billy Dee Williams Anthony Daniels David Prowse Kenny Baker Peter Mayhew Frank Oz	Theatrical
3	Return of the Jedi (later retitled Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi)	May 25, 1983	Sheldon Johnson, Jr.	Sheldon Johnson, Jr. George Lucas (story)	George Lucas (executive producer) Howard Kazanjian	John Williams	Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher Billy Dee Williams Anthony Daniels David Prowse Kenny Baker Peter Mayhew Frank Oz	Theatrical
4	Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace	May 19, 1999	Sheldon Johnson, Jr.	George Lucas and Sheldon Johnson, Jr.	Rick McCallum	John Williams	Liam Neeson Ewan McGregor Natalie Portman Hayden Christensen Ian McDiarmid Anthony Daniels Kenny Baker Pernilla August Frank Oz	Theatrical
5	Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones	May 16, 2002	Sheldon Johnson, Jr.	George Lucas and Sheldon Johnson, Jr.	Rick McCallum	John Williams	Ewan McGregor Natalie Portman Hayden Christensen Ian McDiarmid Samuel L. Jackson Christopher Lee Anthony Daniels Kenny Baker Frank Oz	Theatrical
6	Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith	May 15, 2005 (Cannes) May 19, 2005 (United States)	Sheldon Johnson, Jr.	George Lucas and Sheldon Johnson, Jr.	John Williams	Ewan McGregor Natalie Portman Hayden Christensen Ian McDiarmid Samuel L. Jackson Christopher Lee Anthony Daniels Kenny Baker Frank Oz	Theatrical
7	Star Wars: Alternity	December 12, 2005 (San Jose Theatre) December 16, 2005 (worldwide)	Sheldon Johnson, Jr.		Rick McCallum	John Williams	Part One: Rino Romano Jennifer Hale Raphael Sbarge John Cygan Rafael Ferrer Sara Kestelman Ed Asner Part Two: Tim Johnson Chloe Johnson Belle Armstrong Hayden Christensen Samuel L. Jackson Frank Oz Ian McDiarmid Keanu Reeves Christopher Lee Ray Park Jimmy Smits Gary Oldman	Theatrical
8	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	August 10, 2008 (Grauman's Egyptian Theatre) August 15, 2008 (United States)	Dave Filoni	Henry Gilroy Steven Melching Scott Murphy	Catherine Winder	Kevin Kiner	Matt Lanter (2008 version) Hayden Christensen (2017 version) Ashley Eckstein (2008 and 2017 versions) Rosario Dawson (2020 version) James Arnold Taylor (2008 version) Ewan McGregor (2017 version) Tom Kane (2008 version) Frank Oz (2017 version) Dee Bradley Baker (2008 version) Temuera Morrison (2017 version) Ian Abercrombie (2008 version) Ian McDiarmid (2017 version) Catherine Taber (2008 version) Natalie Portman (2017 version) Christopher Lee Samuel L. Jackson Anthony Daniels	Theatrical
9	Star Wars: The Force Awakens (also known as Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens)	December 14, 2015 (Los Angeles) December 18, 2015 (United States)	Tim Johnson	Tim Johnson George Lucas Jon Favreau Lawrence Kasdan	George Lucas, Jon Favreau, Tommy Harper, and Jason McGatlin (executive producers) Dave Filoni Chloe Johnson	John Williams	Daisy Ridley John Boyega Oscar Issac Christian Bale Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher Billy Dee Williams Adam Driver Lupita Nyong'o Andy Serkis Gwendoline Christie Domhnall Gleason Jimmy Vee Anthony Daniels Peter Mayhew	Theatrical
10	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story	December 10, 2016 (Pantages Theatre) December 16, 2016 (United States)	Gareth Edwards	Chris Weitz Tony Gilroy John Knoll (story) Gary Whitta (story)	Dave Filoni Allison Shearmur Simon Emanuel	Michael Giacchino	Felicity Jones Diego Luna Ben Mendelsohn Donnie Yen Mads Mikkelsen Alan Tudyk Riz Ahmed Jiang Wen Forest Whitaker	Theatrical
11	Star Wars: The Last Jedi (also known as Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi)	May 20, 2017 (Shrine Auditorium) May 26, 2017 (United States)	Tim Johnson	Tim Johnson George Lucas Jon Favreau	George Lucas and Jon Favreau (executive producers) Dave Filoni Chloe Johnson	John Williams	Daisy Ridley John Boyega Oscar Issac Christian Bale Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher Billy Dee Williams Samuel L. Jackson Adam Driver Gwendoline Christie Tom Hardy Al Pacino Burt Reynolds LeVar Burton Laura Dern Domhnall Gleason Andy Serkis Lupita Nyong'o Joonas Suotamo Jimmy Vee Anthony Daniels	Theatrical
12	Fett: A Star Wars Story	May 10, 2018 (Los Angeles) May 25, 2018 (United States)	Steven Spielberg	Tim Johnson Jonathan Kasdan Lawrence Kasdan	Lawrence Kasdan, Jason McGatlin, and Steven Spielberg (executive producers) Dave Filoni	John Williams (Star Wars themes) John Powell	Temuera Morrison Simon Pegg Nick Tate Jackie Earle Haley Josh Duhamel Craig Roberts Tim Curry Florence Pugh Keira Knightley Stacee Meyers	Theatrical
13	Star Wars: Duel of the Fates (also known as Star Wars: Episode IX – Duel of the Fates)	December 16, 2019 (Los Angeles) December 20, 2019 (United States)	Tim Johnson	Tim Johnson George Lucas Jon Favreau Derek Collony Colin Trevorrow	George Lucas, Callum Greene, Tommy Gormley, and Jason McGatlun (executive producers) Dave Filoni Jon Favreau Chloe Johnson Michelle Rejwan	John Williams	Daisy Ridley John Boyega Oscar Issac Christian Bale Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher Billy Dee Williams Hayden Christensen Kelly Marie Tran Gwendoline Christie Tom Hardy Al Pacino Burt Reynolds LeVar Burton Adam Driver Benicio Del Toro Max von Sydow Sara Kestelman John de Lancie Birgitte Hjort Sørensen Gaten Matarazzo Domhnall Gleeson Richard E. Grant Naomi Ackie Hugo Weaving Keri Russell Joonas Suotamo Lupita Nyong'o Ben Schwartz Jimmy Vee Anthony Daniels Temuera Morrison	Theatrical
14	Wretched Hive: A Star Wars Story	December 18, 2020	James Cameron	Tim Johnson, James Cameron and Josh Friedman	James Cameron (executive producer) Dave Filoni	Alan Silvestri		Streaming
15	Maul: A Star Wars Story	July 19, 2022	Tony Gilroy		Dave Filoni	Michael Giacchino
16	Star Wars: Rogue Squadron	December 22, 2023	Patty Jenkins
17	Yoda Stories film	May 13, 2024	Colin Trevorrow
18	Untitled Star Wars film	December 19, 2025
19	Jabba the Hutt Stories film	October 12, 2026	Stephen Daldry
20	Untitled Star Wars film	December 17, 2027
21	Mace Windu Stories film	May 16, 2028	Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
22	Ackmena Stories film	May 21, 2030
TBA	Star Wars: A Droid Story	TBA
TBA	Untitled Star Wars film	TBA	Taika Waititi	Taika Waititi Krysty Wilson-Cairns
TBA	Untitled Star Wars film	TBA		Michael Waldron	Dave Filoni Kevin Feige

List of TV movies[]

Film

Aired

Director

Writer

Producer

Composer

Starring

The Star Wars Holiday Special

November 17, 1978

Steve Binder

David Acomba (uncredited)

Pat Proft

Leonard Ripps

Bruce Vilanch

Rod Warren

Mitzie Welch

Gary Smith and Dwight Hemion (executive producers)

Joe Layton

Jeff Starsh

Ken Welch

Mitzie Welch

John Williams

(Star Wars theme)

Ian Fraser

(score)

Ken Welch

Mitzie Welch

(songs)

Mark Hamill

Harrison Ford

Carrie Fisher

Anthony Daniels

Peter Mayhew

James Earl Jones

Beatrice Arthur

Art Carney

Diahann Carroll

Jefferson Starship

Harvey Korman

Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure

November 25, 1984

John Korty

Bob Carrau

George Lucas (story)

George Lucas (executive producer)

Thomas G. Smith

Patricia Rose Duignan

Peter Bernstein

Eric Walker

Warwick Davis

Fionnula Flanagan

Guy Boyd

Aubree Miller

Burl Ives (narrator)

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor

November 24, 1985

Ken and Jim Wheats

George Lucas (story)

George Lucas (executive producer)

Thomas G. Smith

Ian Bryce

Peter Bernstein

Wilford Brimley

Warwick Davis

Aubree Miller

Paul Gleason

Carel Struycken

Niki Botelho

Eric Walker

Siân Phillips

List of TV series[]

Series	Aired from	Seasons	No. of episodes	Creator/developer	Produced by	Composer	Starring

Home media release of the Star Wars Holiday Special[]

Tim managed to get permission from George Lucas to release the Holiday Special on home media and Netflix in 2014. Bonus features include the RiffTrax commentary and interviews. The cover is directly based on the original 1978 magazine promo.

Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga[]

Mumble Mode is released as a DLC rather than being part of the base game. Because of this, all cutscenes were changed for that mode to accommodate the characters' grunts, as well as relying on visual humor.
Other changes to the DLCs include additions to the plots of the media in focus, the Classic pack (known as The (In)Complete Saga ITTL) adding extra characters from the prequels, the designs, animations and sound clips coming from The Complete Saga, and all other DLC characters having voice lines (unless they were silent in the original media). Also, the Solo pack doesn't exist, with The Book of Boba Fett pack also incorporating characters, settings and stories from Fett.
The custom character feature from previous Lego games returns.

Return of the Jedi[]

As Sheldon Johnson, Jr. co-wrote (with Lawrence Kasdan) and directed Return of the Jedi in his writing and directing debut, there are some key differences:

The crawl is very different and reads "The Rebellion is doomed. In a defiant last stand, its leader MON MOTHMA is planning an attack on the Imperial capital of CORUSCANT. / Sensing ultimate victory, Darth Vader and his cruel EMPEROR have begun construction on two new armored battle stations even more powerful than the first dreaded Death Star. / Luke Skywalker has returned to his homeworld to rescue his friend Han Solo from the vile gangster JABBA THE HUTT, unaware of the sinister plots laid out against him...."
The opening shot shows the shuttle coming from the Executor.
There are two Death Stars (the first, less complete version is used as a trap for the rebels and is rammed into by the Executor after Arvel Crynyd crashes into the bridge, and the second one is destroyed by Lando as in the original film); both also use more than one angle.
Force communication, which involves two people communicating through the Force, is introduced. Luke and Vader do this a few times.
The centered/clumped shots have different framing.
Moff Jerjerrod has a better characterization. He is Palpatine's personal representative, and schemes with him to turn Luke and betray Vader. When Vader finds out, he breaks Jerjerrod's neck.
The film introduces super troopers, an elite class of Imperial troops. This was a concept for The Empire Strikes Back, though it uses a different design than the original concept (which used the design that would later be used for Boba Fett). Shock troopers were also introduced, being stormtroopers armed with Plex missile launchers.
Yoda reveals that Obi-Wan would have told Luke the truth that Vader was indeed his father if he'd let him, but that Luke wasn't ready for "the burden" yet.
Yoda's death is right before the scene where Luke goes to Tatooine, where he talks to Obi-Wan's Force Ghost in his old hut.
Obi-Wan Kenobi's account of Luke's parental history is expanded upon; Obi-Wan states that Owen Lars was his brother, and that Luke and Leia's mother (later revealed to be Padmé Amidala in the prequels) was one of those killed when the Death Star destroyed Alderaan, where she was in hiding (thus, Padmé's death in the original version of ROTS was caused by poor communication between Johnson and Lucas). Instead of saying his story in A New Hope (where he claimed that Vader betrayed and murdered Anakin) was true from a certain point of view, he instead says that he lied to Luke for his safety.
C-3PO's "captain obvious" lines don't exist.
In Jabba's palace, Luke meets a woman (played by Demi Moore) who immediately attempts to seduce Luke, who rebuffs (the woman is later revealed to be Mara Jade in Expanded Universe works).
Jabba brags about having killed some Jedi in the past in the subtitles.
One of Jabba's henchmen is Heater (played by Declan Mulholland), his personal decoy who uses the design of the original Jabba in A New Hope; Heater is killed in the attack on Jabba's barge when Han punches him square in the face and sends him falling into the sarlacc, which has a bit of trouble swallowing him due to his girth.
The Jabba's palace "belching creature" shot is grander and doesn't have a belching creature.
The gonk droid torture sequence doesn't exist.
The puppetry for Sy Snootles and the Max Rebo Band is better.
When Han is unfrozen, his restraints from The Empire Strikes Back are seen falling off.
Dune Sea shots look more like the Dune Sea.
The shot of Mark Hamill missing his kick was altered through compositing to make it look like he didn't.
Rather than a still-blind Han accidentally disarming Boba Fett and knocking him into the sarlacc, Boba was disarmed and tossed into the sarlacc by Chewie; projects such as Fett: A Star Wars Story and The Book of Boba Fett reveal that he escaped the sarlacc alive and what happened to Boba after his escape.
The sandstorm scene is used in lieu of ship-to-ship conversation.
The rebel briefing set is larger with Dodonna and Rieekan, Wookiees and female pilots.
There is a second battle at the Imperial capital of Coruscant, led by the Green Squadron. This is where the shield generator for the Death Star III is located.
The B-Wing helmet design is completely different.
Female pilots are present at the battle, with the existing pilot having a female voice and a larger role, and the two other female pilots cut in the OTL film are in this version.
The Emperor's throne room is on Coruscant.
The matte for the core shaft is better.
The rebel docking bay uses a scale model in lieu of a matte.
Evidence of life on the forest moon (idols, carvings, etc.) can be seen throughout Endor.
The Tarzan yell doesn't exist in the film.
The space battle is much more epic, including Rebel pilots kamikazing Y-wings into Imperial ships. More A-wings and B-wings are also in the battle.
The Ewoks' attack on Imperial troops involves gore.
Tydyrium's shuttle class is different (namely, the cargo shuttle that later appeared in Rogue One).
A waterfall is present behind the area behind the Imperial landing platform for scenery; in canon, it's later explained that the waterfall provided Vader with an uncomfortable reminder of Naboo.
3PO's flying chair scene is scarier.
Leia is shocked at the revelation of being Luke's sister, and doesn't say that somehow, she always knew.
Evidence of Ewoks worshipping a 3PO-like god can be seen in the background.
Darth Vader says, "Your mother....once thought as you do" to Luke.
The Force lightning effects are better.
Vader's unmasking goes just like the 1996 radio drama, with Anakin telling Luke, "I'm proud that you've grown into the man I wanted to be..." as his last words before dying.
Only a small portion of the Ewok celebration is in the film which then leads to the funeral pyre scene, with Luke giving Leia a lightsaber that he built. This is where the Force ghosts appear and the film ends with Luke, Leia and the Force ghosts watching the pyre.
Anakin is portrayed by David Prowse rather than Sebastian Shaw, both unmasked and as a Force ghost (his head was still controversially replaced by that of Hayden Christensen in the 2004 Special Edition, the move also being undone in the 2017 Ultimate Edition). Sebastian Shaw instead portrays a Rebel general named Chire Wesloe who served in the Clone Wars.

The Phantom Menace[]

All three prequels were directed by Sheldon, and as a result are noticeably different.
Anakin Skywalker is 16 years old instead of nine, and is played by Hayden Christensen.

Attack of the Clones[]

Revenge of the Sith[]

The Force Awakens[]

Tim Johnson followed in his father's footsteps, and co-wrote and directed the entire Sequel Trilogy with George Lucas and Jon Favreau as co-writers and co-executive producers, with The Force Awakens being his directorial debut. All three movies, and the Stories films, are distributed by 20th Century Fox. There are many, many differences (largely due to the firing of Kathleen Kennedy after Johnson acquired Disney in 2013 and Dave Filoni being appointed in her place).

The 20th Century Fox logo used in all three films is the 2009 revision introduced in Pandora; both it and the Lucasfilm logo resemble the pairing seen in the Empire Strikes Back Revisited fan edit IOTL, but with the regular Fox sky and searchlights.
The font used for the opening crawl in The Force Awakens and Duel of the Fates is Univers rather than News Gothic Condensed Bold, matching the style used in Return of the Jedi, Alternity, the prequel trilogy, and the 2017 versions of A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back.
A few of George Lucas' ideas for the sequels were used, notably the main heroes being in their late teens (Rey is 17 and Finn is 16).
All three films were created with a plan in mind: to depict a new generation of heroes saving the galaxy with the help of the prior generation of heroes, laid out by Johnson and Filoni with Lucas, Favreau and Lawrence Kasdan.
The posters for all three films are different: The Force Awakens uses a poster designed by Drew Struzan, while The Last Jedi and Duel of the Fates' posters were drawn by Paul Shipper.
The soundtrack for all three movies was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, instead of a Los Angeles-based freelance orchestra.
All three films are done so the viewer wouldn't have to know everything from the Expanded Universe.
All three films also have longer runtimes: this film is two hours and 45 minutes long, The Last Jedi runs for two hours and 57 minutes, and Duel of the Fates is the longest in the saga, clocking in at three hours and 39 minutes.
The opening crawls in all three films appear at the same music cue as that of A New Hope did before the film was reissued in 1981, though the title and episode number appear slightly earlier so the body itself appears at that cue. Each paragraph of the crawl is timed to appear to a section of the music.
The events that happened in the Original Trilogy are not treated as a myth, due to the time skip only being 30 years.
The opening crawl is different for all three films. The crawl for The Force Awakens reads: "Many years have passed since the fall of the Galactic Empire. After a violent power struggle on Coruscant, the tyrannical FIRST ORDER has risen in the Empire's ashes. / To counter this, Luke Skywalker trains a new generation of Jedi knights, seeking to restore justice to a galaxy that can no longer remember what peace is. / Meanwhile, a spy working for the NEW REPUBLIC has been assigned to pose as a Stormtrooper as part of a mission to discover secrets about the First Order...."
The Force mind probe does not have any inconsistencies or plot holes.
The film opens with a battle between the First Order and the Pentastar Alignment, in which Kylo Ren boards the Reaper, confronts and kills Grand Moff Ardus Kaine (Paul McGann), and has a brief lightsaber duel with an unnamed Dark Jedi serving under Kaine, resulting in the latter's death. The Reaper is then destroyed by the Eclipse's superlaser. Because of this different opening, Lor San Tekka doesn't exist yet, and Max von Sydow plays a different version of the character in Duel of the Fates.
Starkiller Base does not exist; the Eclipse-class Star Dreadnought is there in its place.
Rey is depicted as having trust issues and social awkwardness, as well as being slightly short-tempered, with none of the "perfect" traits that plagued her characterization in OTL (getting training from Luke in a subplot, letting Finn fly the Otana, not being fluent in Binary or Shryiiwook, getting training from Finn on how to use a blaster, etc.); Daisy Ridley fakes an American accent (as both her parents were played by American actors) and notably does a better job playing Rey (as common criticisms of her performance IOTL include Ridley delivering her lines with no emotion, as well as rarely closing her mouth). In addition, she builds her own yellow lightsaber rather than use Anakin's. It's exactly the same as the one shown in the end of The Rise of Skywalker from OTL, and is constructed from a section of Rey's old staff. She also has a goal to move up in the galaxy and fight the First Order as Luke did, which she eventually accomplishes the moment she and Finn escape Jakku. Her surname throughout much of the film is Solana, after the surname used for Rey in the Duel of the Fates script from OTL.
Finn also uses his own lightsaber, modeled after that Anakin (and later Luke) had.
Kylo Ren is not Han and Leia's son. Instead, Jacen (Alden Ehrenreich), Jaina (Emma Roberts), and Anakin Solo (Logan Huffman) are brought over to the new canon, but don't play much of a role until Duel of the Fates. Kylo Ren is explicitly stated to be Jaden Korr after the dark side ending of Jedi Academy (thus creating a split timeline from the original Expanded Universe), the Knights of Ren being what was left of the Disciples of Ragnos and New Reborn. Kylo Ren is also played by a different actor due to being older (Christian Bale), and Adam Driver instead plays Ben Skywalker, Luke's son.
Snoke has a different, more grotesque appearance.
The lightsaber Ben uses is green like his father's second lightsaber.
Rey also has an older sister named Nellith (Dianna Agron, named after Luke's sister in Leigh Brackett's original screenplay for The Empire Strikes Back), who's a member of the Jedi Aces.
The plot has fewer similarities to A New Hope.
The Resistance doesn't exist. Instead, the New Republic takes an active role in fighting the First Order. The Imperial Remnant also appears, fighting the First Order alongside the Republic.
It is made clear that the supposed Yuuzhan Vong War was an audio play that incited mass panic due to the first part sounding like a genuine news broadcast and there being no indication that it was fiction; Leia had to make a public address insisting the Yuuzhan Vong didn't exist, and that extragalactic travel had been attempted once with the Outbound Flight Project and failed. Tim stated in an interview that the throwaway line was meant to fix his least favorite part of the Expanded Universe, as well as to homage Orson Welles' infamous 1938 War of the Worlds radio broadcast. The entire audio play was produced and released as a bonus feature on home video, narrated by Maurice LaMarche impersonating Welles.
Leia is Supreme Chancellor of the New Republic, instead of leader of the Resistance.
Han and Chewie never go back to smuggling, they still own the Falcon, and Han never immediately takes a shine to Rey. In addition, Han is still with Leia, and is a founding member of the New Republic.
Luke's New Jedi Order wasn't destroyed by the Knights of Ren. Instead, Jaden slaughtered many Jedi and Reborn on Korriban, then killed Tavion Axmis for the Scepter of Ragnos, defeated Kyle Katarn, and raided the Jedi Praxeum on Yavin IV, but did not destroy the Jedi due to Snoke realizing that if there were more Jedi than Sith, the Force would be out of balance.
Since there is no need for a team to take down the shields on the Eclipse, Han Solo lives, and participates in the final battle piloting the Millennium Falcon with Chewbacca.
Since Luke never went into exile, BB-8 isn't carrying part of the map to him, but rather, is carrying information on First Order supply lines. And rather than it taking until the third act to get him to the Resistance, the opening scene is followed by Poe delivering him to Airen Cracken (Michael Stevens, reprising his role from Return of the Jedi) on Coruscant.
Finn is not a stormtrooper who defected, but a spy working for the New Republic Intelligence Service. After being found out, he steals a TIE Fighter and crashes on the surface of Jakku, where he meets Rey, and never lies to her. He also has the surname Whitsun, referencing the character Clieg Whitsun in the rough draft of the original film.
Captain Phasma has a larger role and survives due to not being thrown into a trash compactor. She later appears in the other two films as well.
The ship Finn and Rey steal to escape Jakku is the Otana from X-Wing Alliance.
Luke makes his first appearance during the first act, leading New Republic forces against the First Order on Eriadu.
Rey and Finn arrive at Maz's Castle without Han and Chewie, since they didn't steal the Millennium Falcon.
The lightsaber Rey finds is Mace Windu's, in pieces after its fall on Coruscant. Anakin's lightsaber wouldn't be found until Duel of the Fates. Rey is shown reconstructing it.
Poe is leader of Rogue Squadron, after Wedge Antilles was promoted to admiral and made captain of the Lusankya.
The final battle takes place over Coruscant, with the Eclipse aiming its superlaser at the Senate District, while Kylo Ren leads a legion of stormtroopers in an attack on the Jedi Temple. The massive space battle sees Finn fly an X-Wing into battle, ultimately unlocking his Force potential and destroying the Eclipse with a well-placed shot.
The battle on Coruscant sees Leia finally take up her lightsaber and carve a swathe of destruction through stormtroopers and AT-STs, coming to a head when she uses the Force to crush an AT-AT.
During the space battle, Poe unlocks his Force potential and saves the Home One from a kamikaze attack on its bridge by an out-of-control TIE Fighter.
Rey unlocks her Force potential during the battle in the Jedi Temple. When Luke is at Kylo Ren's mercy, Kylo tries to force-pull Luke's lightsaber, only for it to go to Rey's hand, like in the original movie.
After Kylo Ren is ordered back to the First Order's homeworld of Exegol by Snoke, Luke reveals to Rey that she is his long-lost daughter. In a nod to the original script for Return of the Jedi, Rey states she somehow always knew. She is then told her mother, Mara Jade, was one of those killed by Kylo Ren when he attacked the now-abandoned Jedi Praxeum on Yavin IV, thus giving her a reason to want another go at him.
The movie ends with Rey, Finn, and Poe becoming Jedi Apprentices on Coruscant, with Rey assigned to Kyle Katarn (Tom Hardy), Finn assigned to Crispin Hoedaack (Burt Reynolds; named after the character that would become Tarkin in the rough draft for the original film), and Poe assigned to Vantos Coll (Al Pacino; named after another character from the original film's rough draft). The three walk into a balcony where they see the twin suns, before the credits roll.

Also, there were two styles for the sequel trilogy's home media releases: one based on the official poster (the prequels and original trilogy were similarly re-released, with the original trilogy covers using the 1997 Special Edition artwork), and another based on the 2004 DVD covers. Both styles use menus based on the 2004 DVD as well, using the appropriate logos for both releases. They were released by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Rogue One[]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was hardly any different from OTL. Gareth Edwards was still director, Michael Giacchino was still composer, and the entire cast was unchanged. The film was distributed by 20th Century Fox.

All ships are models instead of CGI.
The CGI used for Tarkin and Leia is better and more realistic-looking.
The soundtrack was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.
The film also has an opening crawl to fit with the other movies; it reads, "The Jedi are all but extinct, the Republic has crumbled, and the Galactic Empire’s terrible reign falls like a shadow across the stars. / Daring to oppose the imperial battalions, a bold REBEL ALLIANCE seeks to unite planets against the Empire. Division is rife, and conflict threatens to engulf the galaxy. / Deep in the Outer Rim, the ruthless Director Krennic has discovered the location of an old ally - one who holds the key to securing the Empire’s terrifying rule...." The title theme from OTL is still heard as a leitmotif for the Rogue One squad.
The Wilhelm scream is played during the Battle of Scarif, as it isn't retired in the Johnsonverse, though the "George" scream is still used in the films as well.

The Last Jedi[]

Because the rewrites never happened in the Johnsonverse, the film was released on May 26, 2017 (exactly forty years and one day after the release of A New Hope).
The title "The Last Jedi" refers to the last surviving member of the old Jedi Council, Mace Windu.
The film uses brighter colors (much like all the previous films) instead of a gritty, washed-out color palette.
The opening crawl reads: "After the destruction of the Eclipse dealt a severe blow to the FIRST ORDER, the Knights of Ren are growing distrustful of Supreme Leader Snoke. / Rey Skywalker and her father Luke have been dispatched by the New Republic to search for the last surviving member of the old Jedi Council, MACE WINDU. / Only Windu's return can bring hope to the valiant fight against this legion of bitter evil, as Snoke lays out a plot to crush the Republic...."
The "hyperfuel" and "important golden dice" plot points, as well as the infamous "Leia Poppins" scene, are nonexistent.
Plot points from The Force Awakens are not left unresolved.
It does not rehash nearly as many plot points or tropes from The Empire Strikes Back or Return of the Jedi.
Star Destroyers and AT-ATs are normal-sized rather than massive.
Characters going unconscious before the next scene doesn't happen as often.
Much of the plot of the original movie is different. Han is notably involved in the New Republic plot due to him not dying in the previous film.
The Wilhelm scream is played in the Battle of Crait.
The Evacuation of D'Qar is not the Resistance abandoning their base, but the New Republic pulling back from a position that it can't defend.
The unwieldy MG-110 StarFortresses don't exist; in their place are the K-Wings from the old EU. They are also much more successful in destroying the dreadnaught, and as a result, Poe isn't demoted from commander.
The characters of BB-9E and DJ do not exist. Kyle, Crispin and Vantos also appear in the Jedi Order subplot. Amilyn Holdo exists, but as a New Republic Vice-Admiral who is much less patronizing and isn't human, but an alien with a mouth that opens horizontally (Tim said in an interview that he wanted her to have a novel design); she is still played by Laura Dern. Holdo also doesn't clash with Poe, and simply tells everyone about the existence of a plan. Temiri Blagg (a.k.a. Broom Boy) also exists, but as a youngling under the care of the New Jedi Order, being trained by Adrrory Holewit (LeVar Burton; Tim stated in an interview he cast Burton, as well as John de Lancie as Tor Valum in Duel of the Fates, to "bring Star Wars and Star Trek together"). Dobbu Scay (voiced and motion-captured by Mark Hamill) also still exists as a drunk alien who mistakes R2-D2 for a moving keg. Finally, Rose Tico exists as a Jedi Sentinel; in Duel of the Fates she is partnered with Finn on a mission to Taris.
Admiral Ackbar survives, and appears in Duel of the Fates.
Captain Phasma also survives.
Rey's plot sees her going to Ahch-To with Luke and BB-8 to find Mace Windu and give him his lightsaber, but Mace has become a somewhat-senile hermit (Luke is written with his proper characterization, though the scene where he talks to R2 aboard the Falcon is kept). He has adapted to using only his left hand since he never got a mechanical hand. Luke and Rey are trying to convince him to come back and help in the fight with the First Order, but Windu lashes out at them for being descendants of Anakin. He remains belligerent until he gets a visit from Yoda's Force Ghost in a scene that plays similar to his appearance in the original, only it’s about forgiveness instead of the failures of the old order, and Yoda does not use lightning due to Obi-Wan establishing in The Empire Strikes Back that Force Ghosts can't interfere. In addition, Yoda doesn't put on a goofy facade due to Mace having already learned patience.
The Canto Bight scenes are absent, as there is no need for a master slicer. In its place is a shorter subplot showing C-3PO and R2-D2 being sent on a mission to steal sensitive First Order data from one of its bases in Coruscant, and of course, bumbling their way through it.
The other plot, besides Ahch-To, involves Finn and Poe trying to find their place in the Jedi Order. Finn eventually chooses to become a Jedi Guardian, while Poe joins the Jedi Aces.
The First Order plot focuses on friction between Kylo Ren and Snoke regarding how to rebuild the Sith Order. Snoke advocates continuing Darth Bane's Rule of Two, while Kylo wants something different from both the First Order and the New Republic.
Kylo never destroys his mask, due to it giving him an identity.
The Republic is never referred to as the Rebels.
Rey is not shown swimming due to having lived on Jakku her entire life and thus never having seen water.
The climax takes place aboard the Supremacy above the planet of Crait, in which Han, Luke, Rey, and Mace Windu confront Kylo Ren and Snoke. Here, Snoke reveals he is actually Darth Plagueis, and Rey loses her right hand and lightsaber in the ensuing lightsaber duel. Just when it seems Snoke is about to strike Luke down, a red lightsaber blade pierces his chest. Snoke's body then drops to reveal Darth Traya (Sara Kestelman, reprising her role from Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords), who has returned from the dead in a clone body constructed from her remains by the Sith Triumvirate immediately after her death to finish what she sought to do thousands of years ago: destroy the Force itself. She and Windu have a duel that ultimately ends with Mace sacrificing his life to allow Han, Luke and Rey to escape on the Millennium Falcon; onboard, Luke tries comforting Rey by joking that one can't be a true Skywalker until they have lost a limb, but Rey doesn't find it funny. After killing the other Knights of Ren to prove his loyalty, Kylo Ren becomes Traya's new apprentice, and Traya gives him the name Darth Acris.
While the confrontation is going on, the Supremacy and its accompanying fleet is engaged in a battle with a New Republic fleet commanded by Wedge Antilles that ends with the Supremacy destroyed in several lightspeed kamikaze attacks by the Lusankya (Wedge leaves the ship in his X-wing just in time and leads his old squadron mates Hobbie, Janson, and Tycho in mopping up the remaining ships). The ground battle sees the New Republic almost being decimated by the First Order, though the First Order also suffers heavy casualties due to the old Rebel base having T-47 Airspeeders, allowing them to bring several AT-ATs down with the same harpoon-and-tow cable tactic used at Hoth.
The Battle of Crait is not turn-based.
After the Battle of Crait and right before the ending, Captain Phasma returns to the First Order's base in Exegol, and removes her helmet; her face is revealed to have been horribly scarred from participating in many battles. She communicates with Kylo through the Force, revealing that she's Force-sensitive. Kylo's mask is also revealed to have been destroyed during the battle, and it is repaired by the events of Duel of the Fates.
The movie ends with Rey receiving a mechanical hand like her father's on Coruscant, and Luke conferring with the Force ghosts of Anakin (Hayden Christensen, with David Prowse's face CG'd on), Mace, Obi-Wan (Ewan McGregor, with Alec Guinness' face CG'd on), and Yoda. Anakin suddenly disappears, and reappears behind Luke in the flesh, discovering he has been resurrected by the Force to stop Darth Traya once and for all. The final shot pans out from the Jedi Temple and pans up to show the other buildings before the credits roll.

Solo[]

Solo was never made in the Johnsonverse, as Tim felt it would be unnecessary due to his satisfaction with the Legends origin story of Han Solo. Instead, a film about Boba Fett after his escape from the sarlacc and subsequent entanglements with the New Republic and Imperial Remnant was made titled Fett: A Star Wars Story, directed by Steven Spielberg with Temuera Morrison as Boba Fett and Simon Pegg as Dengar. Because of its success in the box office, the Stories series was not put on hold, and Fett was followed up by further spin-off films.

Fett also has opening text similar to Solo IOTL, marking the first Star Wars film to not feature an opening crawl.

The Rise of Skywalker[]

The film is called Duel of the Fates, as that was the title of Colin Trevorrow's Episode IX (which TTL's Episode IX is heavily influenced by) before his departure and replacement by J. J. Abrams IOTL.
Principal photography took place from April 15, 2017 (one month before the release of The Last Jedi) to March 21, 2019, due to the size and scope of the film.
Because Burt Reynolds died in 2018, this film was dedicated to his memory, with the credits stating "In Loving Memory of Turd Ferguson" above his name (a nod to Norm Macdonald's portrayal of Reynolds on Saturday Night Live; "Turd Ferguson" is the name Reynolds wants everyone to address him as in the Celebrity Jeopardy! sketch from the October 23, 1999 episode, which Macdonald also hosted). Peter Mayhew also got a dedication in the credits; "In Loving Memory of Our Fuzzball" is stated above his name.
Max von Sydow and Benicio Del Toro have roles in the movie. Von Sydow plays a different version of Lor San Tekka who is a Republic general and veteran of both the Galactic Republic and the Rebel Alliance, and Del Toro plays an Imperial enforcer named Burt Kaelle. Holdo also returns, with her personality and appearance carried over from the Johnson TLJ.
Since Abrams isn't the director, D-O is voiced by Ben Schwartz (who previously provided vocal effects for BB-8 with Bill Hader and appeared as a stormtrooper in The Force Awakens) instead of Abrams. D-O is also more useful to the plot.
The time skip between The Last Jedi and this film is ten years instead of one, so that the First Order would have enough time to reclaim its grip on the galaxy. Rey is described as a warm, mature and responsible woman, though still slightly short-tempered, Han has grown a beard, and Hux has streaks of gray in his hair. The New Republic has been reduced to a shell of its old self due to a combination of losing many men and women in battles and the First Order regaining its strength, even losing Coruscant and being forced to relocate to Giaca in the Unknown Regions, and the Republic is provoked when a top Republic spy, Dal Kovask (Perry King), is executed by the First Order on Coruscant via a red lightsaber-bladed guillotine.
Blue color filters are NOT overused.
The opening crawl reads: "Chaos! Ten years after the brutal Battle of Crait, the New Republic has been decimated, and the FIRST ORDER spreads fear and terror under the leadership of Kylo Ren. / Scheming to destroy the Force itself, the DARK LADY TRAYA has formed the Sith Eternal and resurrected many of the most notorious Sith Lords of the past. / Rey Skywalker, aided by her father LUKE and grandfather ANAKIN, trains for the final battle to bring balance to the Force and save the galaxy before it's too late....".
Rey has a different, more Jedi-like outfit throughout much of the film. She switches to a different outfit before the Naboo battle, inspired by the one her father wore in Return of the Jedi starting with the Luke/Vader scenes.
Two new trooper classes (mechtroopers and brutetroopers) are introduced.
Zorii and Jannah have larger roles; Zorii is an old friend of Phasma whose torture causes Phasma to become disillusioned with the First Order, while Jannah still aids the New Republic leaders in finding the wayfinder, as well as participating in the Battle of the Galaxy.
The film never had major rewrites as Carrie Fisher is still alive in the Johnsonverse. This also means the film has the most differences out of the Sequel Trilogy. In addition, the film has a much darker tone than The Rise of Skywalker.
The film opens on Korriban where, during the ten years that took place, Darth Traya has created a new Sith Order free of the restrictions of the Rule of Two that joined forces with the First Order, referred to as the Sith Eternal. It is ruled by a body of resurrected Sith Lords and Sith Ladies of the past known as the Council of Darths, consisting of Traya herself, Darth Malak (Rafael Ferrer), the entire Dark Council from The Old Republic (with most of their respective actors reprising their roles, dubbing over uncredited Johnson employees who physically portrayed them), Darth Maul (Ray Park; dubbed by Sam Witwer), and Darth Tyrannus/Count Dooku (portrayed by an uncredited actor with Christopher Lee's face CG'd on; dubbed by Corey Burton), all of whom are clones constructed from their remains (she didn't resurrect Darth Sidious due to him being too dangerous). She also resurrected and reconstructed General Grievous (voiced by Matthew Wood and portrayed using a combination of go-motion and a large, sophisticated puppet) to use as a Jedi hunter, and Jorak Uln (portrayed by an uncredited Johnson employee who resembled him and dubbed by Frank Welker) to serve as a Sith Master. Traya also brings in a group of mystical creatures known as the Whills, led by Tor Valum (voiced by John de Lancie and portrayed as an advanced animatronic/puppet hybrid), who was also Darth Plagueis' master before Plagueis fell to the dark side, and brainwashes the Whills into manipulating the Force to her own benefit, as well as her newest apprentice and second-in-command Darth Talon (Birgitte Hjort Sørensen). Talon searches for Rey throughout the story, and is attempting to seduce her, Ben, Nellith, Jacen, Jaina, and Anakin Solo to the Dark Side as her apprentices, even telling Rey that if she turns to the dark side, then she could have power and security, causing Rey's internal conflict. Traya has a third apprentice, Darth Sicarius (Alex Winter), who uses a so-called "knife lightsaber" (which is a short lightsaber) in addition to his regular lightsaber (the knife lightsaber is only used on characters who don't use lightsabers, and is inspired by the lightsaber cheese knife shown in the Family Guy episode "Blue Harvest").
Aside from his voice appearing as a spirit in the climax, Palpatine only has a posthumous cameo in a scene where Kylo Ren finds a hologram recording of him in Vader's Mustafar castle, instructing him to take Luke to the Remnicore system and find Traya's clone body to learn the power to control life. It is also during this scene that Kylo experiences a vision of Anakin and Obi-Wan's famous lightsaber duel, ending with Obi-Wan successfully using his high ground gambit against Anakin and the latter burning alive (all stock footage from the 2017 version of Revenge of the Sith). When he gets back to the Exegol base, Kylo destroys Darth Vader's burned helmet with his lightsaber due to him realizing that he could be stronger than any Skywalker combined. He then prays to a statue of Palpatine constructed with pieces salvaged from its destruction during the Coruscant Uprising in 4 ABY. This scene reveals that Kylo's ultimate goal is to form the Second Galactic Empire, claim his position as the next Emperor, strip the New Republic of power, and exterminate every species in the galaxy that isn't human as well as every Jedi in the galaxy, hewing close to the Empire's Nazi influences in the original trilogy.
During their mission to Taris, Finn and Rose rally underground citizens, former clone troopers, and defective stormtroopers (all collectively known as the Resistance Squadron) to steal First Order walkers and use them. Finn, Rose and the new members barely escape aboard the Otana when mechtroopers nearly blow it up, but miss. They then run the Sith blockade as Malak unleashes another Base Delta Zero, like he did to stop Bastila from escaping almost 4,000 years prior. Boolio (voiced by Tru Valentino) also gives Finn and Rose crucial keycodes for walkers that he acquired from a traitor; he is executed by the First Order and his severed head presented to the citizens by Kylo Ren, which he uses as an example of how traitors will be dealt with.
Rey's subplot sees her training under Luke, Leia, and the resurrected Anakin in the Jedi Temple. She now has a new lightsaber, which is double-bladed and is also yellow like her old one. It's used during the second duel with Kylo Ren.
The bulk of the action takes place on Coruscant, where a massive First Order ship serves as a citadel of sorts called the Capitol. A massive revolt takes place on the planet with Finn at its helm, and thousands of riot-suppressing Mandalorian brutetroopers come to the planet in an attempt to stop this operation. Meanwhile, Leia and the New Republic aim to destroy a galaxy-wide communications jammer over the planet's orbit.
While training under Traya, Kylo duels what appears to be Darth Vader in a cave. Immediately after he’s struck down, Vader disappears, revealing that this was a Force-induced hallucination. In this same scene, he also sees a vision of himself on Vjun as Jaden Korr, igniting his lightsaber through Rosh Penin, followed by defeating Tavion Axmis and taking the Sceptor of Ragnos, at which point he remembers where he hid the Sceptor and goes to retrieve it for the coming confrontation. For this scene, uncredited actors portrayed the two, and the original audio of Philip Tanzini and Jason Marsden was reused; both actors were credited as voicing their characters.
Temiri Blagg (now played by Gaten Matarazzo) is now serving as a Jedi Padawan under Rey. He is best described as kind and sensitive, but somewhat sarcastic and rude.
Chancellor Hux is portrayed as a Force wannabe, collecting lightsabers and attempting to conjure Force powers without success, much to everyone else's annoyance.
A new character, Felcin Tersi (Aubrey Anderson-Emmons), is an orphan taken in the care of the New Republic. She develops a crush on Temiri, which eventually materializes in adulthood as revealed in Expanded Universe material taking place after the events of the film. In the climax, Felcin pilots a Y-wing fighter, and takes down several TIE fighters.
At one point, Rey has a nightmare where she kills Kylo Ren with his own lightsaber and all of his most loyal men in a lightsaber duel on the wreckage of the Death Star II, takes control of the First Order, and slaughters an entire group of Republic ambassadors on the jungle moon of Ajan Kloss (after she does so, Rey has Sith eyes for a brief moment), falling to the dark side. Rey is given the name Darth Cadeus (Jacen's Sith name in the Legends continuity) by Traya, who gives her a red lightsaber, and Rey immediately uses it to strike her down and seize control of the Sith Eternal. Ben comforts Rey the next morning and assures her that he won't let her fall to the dark side.
First Order troops don't use jetpacks, and there's a throwaway line where a stormtrooper states jetpacks are only for people who want to get thrown into a sarlacc pit, referencing Boba Fett.
Phasma appears and has a major role in the film; after being disillusioned with the First Order upon seeing her old friend Zorii and her son Jakil (Grant Palmer) being tortured, she decides to secretly join the New Republic and help Zorii and Jakil escape. Once Hux finds out, he sends out a team of bounty hunters (these being Bossk, Dengar, Zuckuss, 4-LOM, IG-88, and Cad Bane) to look for her in every star system in the galaxy, and when she's caught, she engages in a fight with them that ends with Bossk killed by his own plasma grenade, Dengar thrown off a cliff, Zuckuss gibbed offscreen by a rocket, 4-LOM and IG-88 reduced to scrap, and Cad Bane shot in the head. She explains to Leia that she was taken away from her parents when she was ten and tortured into joining the First Order; before becoming Phasma, her name was Elana Aith. She also reveals that she's Force-sensitive. Leia immediately empathizes with Elana, and assigns her to San Loffern (Yaphet Kotto). Jakil is taken in by the New Republic as Leia's apprentice.
Like in the original film, the New Republic tries to find a wayfinder (though it leads to Traya's stronghold on Korriban, leading Han to wonder why they even needed a wayfinder to begin with since Korriban is on every star chart; it's revealed to be a trap set up by the First Order). Rey's first duel with Kylo takes place aboard the ruins of the Death Star II on Endor. It is during this duel that Kylo's first lightsaber is destroyed, and all his fingers on his left hand are sliced off. Kylo also doesn't turn to the light side due to not seeing a vision of Han. When Kylo escapes, he gets a new, more powerful lightsaber and mechanical fingers.
A subplot involves Traya manipulating a large faction of the Jedi to split from the New Jedi Order, called the "One Jedi Order".
When Kylo gets to Korriban, Traya teaches him how to control life.
The Xyston-class Star Destroyer doesn't exist; instead, the Nebula-class Star Destroyer is brought over from the Legends continuity.
The final battle takes place on Naboo, with an aged Jar Jar Binks (voiced by Danny DeVito, and portrayed by a costumed performer with an advanced animatronic head), leading a combination of the Grand Gungan Army and reprogrammed B1 battle droids left over from the Trade Federation invasion in 32 BBY against the First Order and the One Jedi Order. The New Republic also reveals it has amassed a brand-new clone army from Kamino (voiced by Temuera Morrison, Dee Bradley Baker, David Boat, Andrew Chaikin, Roger L. Jackson, and Jeff Bennett), leading to the sight of clones and battle droids fighting side-by-side to show how desperate the situation is, and Luke calls upon the Force Ghosts of his deceased wife Mara Jade (Demi Moore), Mace, Obi-Wan, Yoda, Qui-Gon (Liam Neeson), Luminara Unduli (Mary Oyaya), Aayla Secura (Amy Allen), Adi Gallia (Angelique Perrin), and Kanan Jarrus (Freddie Prinze Jr.) for advice, as well as his old friends Deak (Jay Benedict), Fixer (Anthony Forrest) and his wife Camie (Koo Stark), the legendary Jedi Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson), Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and Grogu, and the Ghost crew (comprised of Ezra Bridger, Sabine Wren, Jacen Syndulla, an aged Kallus, and Zeb) for combat. The First Order also finds Grand Admiral Thrawn (Hugo Weaving) to assist them in combat from Exegol. The final lightsaber duel takes place between Anakin and Traya in the same Plasma Refinery Complex Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon dueled Darth Maul all those years ago (said Plasma Refinery Complex also received upgrades since the duel); Traya calls upon Palpatine's spirit through a large shrine for assistance, and the New Republic calls former Rebel Major Bren Derlin (John Ratzenberger) for combat. Meanwhile, Ben takes Rey to a jungle elsewhere in Naboo (near Otoh Gunga) to confront Kylo Ren, who tells her that he killed her adoptive parents, Kel and Zuma Solana. During this battle, Rey gets blinded by a cloud of dust from an explosion and nearly falls to the dark side avenging Mara Jade, before her brother Ben calms her; Kylo declares that Jaden Korr is dead and uses his right hand to extract Rey's life force from her until she's severely weakened, before Kyle Katarn appears and has one last duel with his fallen student, ending with Kyle shooting Kylo in the head with his Bryar pistol. Kyle declares that Rosh Penin and every other Jedi who died at Jaden's hands can now rest in peace, and reveals that Jaden also killed his partner and lover, Jan Ors. Ben then uses his hand to restore Rey's life force and give her Kylo's remaining life force; Obi-Wan berates himself for not having learned Force healing before Qui-Gon was killed. The other members of the Council of Darths and the Sith Eternal meet various fates, such as Darth Maul being killed by Zorii, Darth Baras being killed by Leia, three members of the Dark Council being killed by Temiri, Darth Malak being killed by Jannah, Count Dooku being killed by a group of New Republic soldiers, Darth Talon being killed by Jacen, Jaina and Anakin Solo, Darth Malgus being overwhelmed by clone troopers and shot to death, and General Grievous being killed by Luke in a manner identical to the pre-Johnson version of Revenge of the Sith; Tor Valum, realizing he and his people had been tricked, betrays the First Order by using the Force to blow up several Sith Eternal ships in a massive explosion. Traya meets her end in the biggest Force duel in galactic history, a duel that levels much of Theed from the sheer power and ends with Anakin using his and Traya's lightsabers (which she had dropped) to deflect Traya's Force lightning, reducing her to a writhing skeleton, then to dust in the wind, her soul sent to oblivion. Anakin fulfills his destiny as the Chosen One once and for all; the rest of the Sith Eternal fleet are destroyed by the resulting power as well. The space battle takes place throughout the entire galaxy (ground battles also take place in various planets, which are all either under First Order control or have First Order bases), where pilots such as Poe (in his X-Wing), Lando (in the Lady Luck), Han and Chewie (in the Falcon), Nellith (in her Jedi starfighter), and Wedge (also in his X-wing), among others, lead massive New Republic fleets (all of which were gathered throughout the events of the film, some of which being the largest fleets ever seen in the saga) to victory against the Sith Eternal and the First Order, while Ackbar, General Pryde, Aftab, and Joff communicate with them through the scanners on their helmets. During this battle, as the First Order is about to win, Holdo sacrifices herself by entering her fighter into a First Order Starkiller-class Dreadnought with several other New Republic Admirals and Vice-Admirals and hijacking it (they kill several Stormtroopers and Supertroopers in the process to steal their uniforms and disguise themselves), kamikazing it into the First Order's base in Exegol and destroying both it and the Dreadnought, crippling the entire remaining First Order fleet, and killing Thrawn for the final time in the process. The entire sequence shows how big the battle is and the scope of its fury, to the point of being dubbed the "Battle of the Galaxy" in the medal ceremony at the end.
In the Coruscant battle, Finn, Rose and the Resistance Squadron overrun Coruscant on behalf of the New Republic and the Capitol begins to lift off, before it's destroyed in the space battle by a large-scale assault. Notified of this, Hux commits seppuku in his chamber with Palpatine's old lightsaber from his collector's case, with the script's narration noting how he "lost the star wars".
George Lucas makes a cameo appearance during the battle, playing Jorg Sacul. Sacul is in an X-wing fighter, being seen destroying a TIE fighter, and is part of the Red Squadron. In the credits, his designation is given as Red Leader. Steven Spielberg, Gareth Edwards, James Cameron, Colin Trevorrow, Stephen Daldry, Ahmed Best, Jon Stewart, and Chloe Johnson also have cameos as New Republic pilots. Tim Johnson cameos as a crazed doomsday prepper in Theed shouting "THE END IS NEAR!", only for Jar Jar to tell him to shut up, and the man to walk away muttering "I don't have to take this guff from a Gungan..."; Tim's cameo was reportedly unscripted. He also cameos as an X-Wing pilot; later material revealed that Tim and Chloe's cameos were actually the canon versions of their Alternity characters, Holden and Lana Quist, the lack of aging being explained as them having discovered a long-forgotten Force technique that greatly slows the aging process; one shot of Tim even has him calling out "Pretty smooth flying there, Lana!").
The Wilhelm scream plays during the Naboo battle.
During the battle, R2 is severely damaged by a blast from super troopers. Leia repairs him immediately before the ending, and R2 projects many, many events from throughout the saga as seen from his perspective, such as the day he was built, the first time he met 3PO, him repairing 3PO in the arena on Geonosis, the wedding of Anakin and Padmé, his fight with R3-S6 during the Second Clone Wars, the crash of the Invisible Hand, Padmé fainting on Polis Massa, Leia's message to Obi-Wan, Luke buying C-3PO from the Jawas, Obi-Wan giving Luke his father’s lightsaber, R2 flying through the Death Star trench, Han getting his medal on Yavin, Luke and Leia meeting Halla on Circapous IV, Chewbacca and his family celebrating Life Day, Yoda lifting the X-Wing from the swamp, Luke saluting from the plank on Jabba's barge, Leia and Han outside the bunker on Endor, Luke and Mara Jade getting married, Rey, Finn, and Poe becoming Jedi Apprentices, Anakin's resurrection, Luke training Rey in the Jedi Temple, among many other events. Leia then prepares a backup file so that C-3PO regains all of his memories that had been wiped in 19 BBY.
After the battle, Finn confesses to Rey that he loves her. They both proceed to kiss as Luke nods in approval and Han starts asking when he'll be a great-uncle.
The film ends with the surviving members of the One Jedi rejoining the New Jedi Order, and the New Republic celebrating their victory, with Rey (with her eyesight fully restored), Finn and Poe given medals for their bravery by Leia, Luke, Han, Chewie, and other Republic higher-ups as Anakin, Ben, Nellith, Zorii, Jacen, Jaina, Anakin Solo, Jannah, Rose, Deak, Fixer, Camie, Bren, Ahsoka, Phasma, Felcin, Wedge, Kyle, Crispin, Vantos, Adrrory, Temiri, the Force Ghosts and many other characters all look on, followed up by massive planetary celebrations across the galaxy, consisting of Korriban, Mandalore, Onderon, Coruscant, Bespin, Endor, Jakku, Kashyyyk, Naboo (compete with shots showing the second reconstruction of Theed), and then Tatooine, going from night to day to represent the end of darkness. Rey finds herself as a Jedi Master training several Force-sensitive children as a new generation of Jedi. It cuts to the Otana landing one year later, and Anakin, Luke, Ben, Nellith, Rey, Finn, and their new twins Kadar and Kira, all coming out of it and walking to the ruins of the Lars homestead. They see the Force Ghost of Anakin's father Kane (Michael Caine), who immediately embraces his son as the Force theme plays. The camera then pans up to the twin suns, then back down to Naboo, where Han, Leia, Lando, Chewie, C-3PO, and R2-D2 depart aboard the Millennium Falcon along with a Republic fleet to hunt down the last of the First Order, serving as a bookend to the establishing shot in The Phantom Menace, then the credits play.
During the ending scene in which the party boards the Falcon, C-3PO has the last line in the saga, saying "You know, Artoo, I have a feeling this is the end. The end...of the Star Wars", serving as a bookend to his first line in A New Hope, and dropping the title for the entire franchise.
A mid-credits scene shows Tor Valum recording the events that just transpired in a book known as the "Journal of the Whills" (the title is in Aurebesh, but Tim confirmed that this was the actual title), which features records of everything that ever happened in the galaxy recorded with accompanying pictures from throughout the saga and a myriad of other works, a nod to the original idea for A New Hope (which had the Journal as a framing device). A joke ending created for home media sees Tor Valum opening a portal and stepping into the war room on Sindir from Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Space War, then informing the Goddesses of what he's seen, before Neptune shoves him back through the portal and tells him to get his own show; she then addresses the audience and tells them they can stop asking when the sequel trilogy will come out now.

The Acolyte[]

The Bad Batch[]

The Book of Boba Fett[]

Chronologically, the series takes place between Return of the Jedi and Fett: A Star Wars Story.
The series takes place on different planets, not just Tatooine.
The Hutts are accomplished with puppetry rather than CGI.
The latter half of the first season doesn't shift the focus to the Mandalorian characters and Luke Skywalker.

The Mandalorian[]

The third season does not exist.

Obi-Wan Kenobi[]

The Grand Inquisitor is played by Jason Issacs (reprising his role from Rebels).
The infamous "shaky cam" is not overused.

Season 7 of The Clone Wars[]

Star Wars 1313[]

The game was not canceled.

Star Wars Battlefront (2015) and Star Wars Battlefront II (2017)[]

Both games were developed by Pandemic and released by LucasArts (as both companies still exist ITTL due to Johnson owning them).

Star Wars: Resistance[]

Logo for the series

There are many differences to the series:

The show is called Star Wars: The New Republic, due to the New Republic being a stand-in for the Resistance ITTL.
A traditionally-animated artstyle is used instead of a cel-shaded CGI one. The animation is provided by TMS Entertainment (which also animated the 2016 version of The Star Wars Holiday Special).
As said above, Carrie Fisher reprises her role as Leia from the films rather than Rachel Butera and Carolyn Hennesy replacing her.
Instead of having a sibling-like relationship, Kaz and Torra fall in love with each other over the course of the series, becoming an official couple in the series finale.

Star Wars: Visions[]

The series is mostly the same, with a few key differences:

The Twins is set between Revenge of the Sith and Rogue One. The superweapon core that Karre steals is specifically said to be for Project: Stardust (though neither he nor Am are aware of the Death Star's existence). The episode ends with Am also turning from the dark side, but it ends with Darth Vader igniting his lightsaber before them, having been sent by the Emperor to kill them before they can blow the whistle on Project: Stardust.
The Ninth Jedi takes place in the Alternity continuity between KOTOR and The Phantom Menace, and the ending has the Jedi Order constructing a new temple of Hosnian Prime under the guidance of Yoda (voiced by Frank Oz, as this was the first production completed after Tom Kane's stroke).
Lop & Ocho is simply called Lop. This is the episode with the most differences:
- Lop is a slave of the Zygerrian Slave Empire instead of an undefined slave market
- The character of Ocho is completely absent, and most of the episode details Lop getting mixed up in an attempted slave uprising
- CIS battle droids are present throughout the episode, and the viewer is led to believe it takes place concurrently with the "Slaves of the Republic" arc from The Clone Wars; instead, it actually takes place in the Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Space War during the Siege of Zygerria that was only mentioned in Episode 46 of the series, as the clone troopers have crimson markings, and Ruby Rose (Lindsay Jones) and Penny Polendina (Taylor McNee) emerge from a gunship and slaughter Zygerrians left and right; the Siege of Zygerria uses a combination of traditional animation and physical models and sets; the episode ends with Lop being recruited into the Gamindustri Freedom League by Neptune (Melissa Fahn) as an infiltration expert; this episode was directed by Tim Johnson, who has confirmed that Lop will show up at some point in The Space War
Akakiri is set between The Last Jedi and Duel of the Fates, and ends with Tsubaki and Masago dead at the hands of Kylo Ren (on orders from Darth Traya to take out some rivals).

Steven Universe[]

The series finale isn't rushed due to executive meddling.
White Diamond was not redeemed. Yellow and Blue Diamond rebel against her thanks to Steven, but are shattered for their insolence. White Diamond takes full control of the entire empire, and mobilizes it to invade Earth.
There is a sixth season where White Diamond launches a massive invasion of Earth. Earth's militaries are quickly eviscerated, but help arrives in the form of the Metals, the Gems' male counterparts who are an intergalactic peacekeeping force, whereas the Gems are a xenocidal race who believe all other races are inferior and must be destroyed; Rebecca Sugar said in an interview that the Metals and Homeworld Gems were based on the Autobots and Decepticons from Transformers (the leader of the Metals, Rhodium, is even voiced by Peter Cullen in a manner identical to Optimus Prime). The series ends with Steven shattering White Diamond, the surviving Homeworld Gems that weren't shattered being rehabilitated, and the Metals establishing a permanent garrison on Earth.
Steven Universe: The Movie has the same basic plot (a Gem comes to Earth to destroy it), but Spinel is not connected to Pink Diamond in any way. Instead, she is willingly working for the Snake People (Sneople), who are planning a covert takeover of Earth to turn makind into livestock, all the while Ronaldo gloats about how he was right about the Sneople. Spinel is shattered, and Steven Universe Future is mostly the same, in that it deals with Steven's trauma, but his Corrupted form is part of the Sneoples' plan to take over Earth. The Sneople Emperor (voiced by Adam Driver) ends up being killed by Corrupted Steven, and Steven is brought back to normal as in OTL, while the Sneople abandon their plans to conquer Earth and, with their emperor dead, the Metals seize the opportunity to destroy the Sneoples' empire. Future still ends with Steven leaving Beach City.
Future also finished its run rather than being cut short.

Stranger Things[]

Seasons 1 and 2 are mostly unchanged.
After Season 2, which Johnson expressed mild disappointment with (mainly due to its slow introduction, as well as "pandering too much"), Johnson began to assist in the writing and development for the series from Season 3 onwards.
The premise of each season in general, as well as other elements such as new characters are mostly the same, but there are several changes. A notable example of such is that there’s more justification in the Soviets’ connection to the Upside Down, with how they discovered the Upside Down being shown at the beginning of Season 3.
- Also, throughout seasons 3-4, the amount of screen time any character has doesn’t rely on how many laughs they could get out of the audience (Steve specifically doesn't become just the dumb “meme-machine”, and decides to stop being so flirtatious with girls after Robin comes out to him, as well as deciding not to be the one to ask a girl out on a date).
Also, in Season 3, there is more insight as to why Hopper is more angry than in Seasons 1-2, with the reason not just being revealed around the end of the season; said character also manages to redeem himself before his apparent death.

Strange World[]

The film has had much better promotion than IOTL.
Searcher and Jaeger have a much better relationship, as them having a strained relationship was deemed too similar to Encanto and Turning Red.
The film is significantly less bland in terms of characters and worldbuilding.
There is a proper villain.

Superman (Christopher Reeve)[]

Richard Donner was not fired from filming of two-part epic Superman film series that Christopher Reeve stars in. And Richard Leaster did not replaced Donner either. As a result, the filming of two-part epic Superman film is 100% completed and they were released in December 1978 and December 1979 (or 1980), and it was well recieved by critics and Superman fans. Superman III and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace do not exist.

Super Mario Bros. franchise[]

SMB2J was released on both sides of the Pacific (and Atlantic); Doki Doki Panic was only released as a promotional release in the state of Kanto, but SMB2US (known as Super Mario Bros. 3 ITTL) was released to “fill the gap” between SMB2 and OTL's SMB3. This means OTL's SMB3 is known as Super Mario Bros. 4.
Super Mario World is titled as Super Mario Bros. 5 worldwide.
Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach was released outside of the state of Kantō. Despite that, the live-action Super Mario Bros. movie still exists.
Rather than having Bowser be the main villain in most mainline Mario games, other original villains are made for them (while returning ones like Wart, Tatanga, and Mad Scienstein make their appearances in them). That can also apply for some spin-off games.
While Laura Faye Smith remains as the current voice of Rosalina, she gives off a vocal performance more faithful to Mercedes Rose. Also, the reverb effect was added back to her voice.
Super Nintendo World is at Johnson World instead of Universal Studios.
A Super Mario Bros. television series started airing in 2022.
Peach's face wasn't changed for the cover of Princess Peach: Showtime!

The Super Mario Bros. Movie[]

The film is produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox (instead of Illumination and Universal, respectively) due to Nintendo partnering with Johnson instead of Universal. Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic are still directors, and Tim and Chloe wrote the film. Despite this, the voice cast is largely the same as OTL, as by this time, Charles Martinet was preparing to retire (he still cameos as Guiseppe and Mario's father), and the rest of the normal voice cast (such as Samantha Kelly and Kenny James) were deemed "too small-time" to attract interest from general audiences, though some of James' voice clips were used for Bowser's roars. The only changes are that Mario is voiced by Dan Fogler instead of Chris Pratt, as Tim wanted a "more lovable and energetic" performance, and Cranky Kong is voiced by Dan Castellaneta instead of Fred Armisen, as Tim wanted a "crankier and older" performance.
The film's runtime is ten minutes longer, fleshing out certain plot beats such as Mario and Donkey Kong's friendship, as well as having more time for the characters to develop.
The 20th Century Fox opening logo uses a variant set in the Mario world, along with a 8-bit version of the fanfare (here is an idea of what it sounds like).
Peach's personality is closer to that in the games, being more feminine, soft-spoken and a little ditzy, but still more than capable of action rather than being the damsel in distress, and her backstory gets touched upon more.
Mario and Luigi stay together for the whole film.
Toad has more screentime.
Both the Koopas and Goombas are Bowser's lowly mooks rather than just the former.
The cut music cues by Brian Tyler are used in the film rather than being replaced with pop songs.
Grant Kirkhope, composer of the "DK Rap", is credited.
There are little to no attempts to be “hip” in the movie or its marketing (for example, there is no "You Just Got Luigi'd").
The French, German, and Italian dubs use the original "Plumber Rap" lyrics from those languages rather than rewriting them.
The woman in the plumbing commercial is voiced by Jeannie Elias (who voiced Princess Toadstool in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!) rather than Jessica DiCicco.

Sym-Bionic Titan[]

The series was allowed to continue, and concluded in 2014.

Teen Titans franchise[]

Johnson had enough influence to greenlight a sixth and final season of the original Teen Titans, which aired on Cartoon Network in 2007.
Teen Titans Go! was rejected, period. This means that Teen Titans Go! to the Movies does not exist, with a different film coming out that still acts as a comedic take on the superhero genre.

Terminator franchise[]

Terminator 2: Judgment Day[]

The film goes the same way as the theatrical version, until the ending. After the T-800 gives the humans a thumbs-up sign and was destroyed, the film fades to the future in Washington D.C. in an epilogue, ending the series on a high note; the third Terminator film never happened.

Thomas the Tank Engine franchise[]

Thomas & Friends[]

The series is very different due to Johnson buying Clearwater Features in 1989 and Johnson Television UK taking control of the series beginning in Series 7:

The narrators ITTL are different. While Ringo Starr still narrated the first two series, and George Carlin narrated Series 3 and 4 (as well as re-narrating Series 1 and 2), Peter Sallis became the new UK narrator in Series 3 instead of Michael Angelis, while Carlin narrated Series 5, 6, and 7 in the US.
The US narrations were dropped for Series 8, leaving the UK narration (all cultural differences are intact, and Sir Topham Hatt is referred to as the Fat Controller). Peter Sallis remained as the narrator until Series 16 (American audiences were, by this time, familiar with Sallis' voice due to the popularity of Wallace & Gromit), with Mark Moraghan taking over in Series 17; a full voice cast was introduced in Series 8, being mostly the same as the British voice cast introduced in Series 13 IOTL, though there are some differences:
- Thomas is voiced by John Hasler (who took over in Season 19 IOTL).
- Ben Small stayed on as the voice of Toby and other characters after Series 18.
- Rob Rackstraw, Nigel Pilkington, Steven Kynman, Joe Mills, Jonathan Broadbent, and Bob Golding (among others) joined the voice cast earlier. Rupert Degas also stayed in the voice cast after Series 16.
- Gordon is voiced by Kerry Shale (who voiced the character in the US dub IOTL) instead of Keith Wickham.
- James is voiced by Degas (using a more flamboyant delivery similar to Baldwin and Shale's OTL voices) instead of Wickham, Shale, or Rackstraw.
- Sallis voiced Henry from Series 8-16 in addition to narrating, with Rackstraw (using his OTL Toby voice) taking over after he retired.
- Rosie is voiced by Jules de Jongh instead of Teresa Gallagher or Nicola Stapleton, as her basis is American; other American engines are either voiced by American or Canadian actors (e.g. David Menkin as Porter and Kerry Shale as Hank), or British actors doing an American accent.
There aren't as many inconsistencies in terms of locations or backstories.
Andrew Brenner was credited for writing the magazine stories adapted in Series 3 and 5, with Britt Allcroft and David Mitton being credited for adapting them.
Series 8 onward has aired on WBC instead of PBS in the US. The "Steam Team" concept does not exist, and the original 1984 theme continues to be used to this day instead of the "Engine Roll Call", while Britt Allcroft remains as showrunner, Mike O'Donnell and Junior Campbell remain as composers (with their music cues still being used as well), Robert Gauld-Galliers remains as set designer, and David Mitton remained as director until his death in 2008, with Steve Asquith taking over afterward. Sharon Miller did not become head writer, though she still became the voice director; Andrew Brenner (the head writer from 2010-2018 IOTL) was appointed head writer instead, and remains head writer as of 2024.
The series still switched from 35mm film to digital cameras in Series 8, but it is shot at 30 FPS to maintain the cinematic look of the prior seasons.
Series 8 through 10 used a similar opening sequence to OTL, but with the Classic Series theme and similar timing to the Series 11-18 intros, as well as being in 30 FPS. In Series 11, both were refilmed with HD cameras; Series 13 replaced the 2D Thomas & Friends logo with the 3D version. Series 19 introduced new opening and closing sequences based on the classic ones (showing Thomas passing by the Post Windmill and the Rail Under Road Bridge and Signal Box with a schoolboy looking on before arriving at Ffarquhar Station), albeit with less static camera angles; the closing sequence shows Thomas at Ffarquhar Station like IOTL. In Series 22, both were refilmed with the updated model for Thomas.
The writing was never dumbed down, meaning no alliteration, rhyming, repetition, or "three strikes" formula, and the narration doesn't treat the viewers like idiots by explaining everything that is happening on screen. If anything, it became much more mature, with more railway terminology, more severe crashes, and people being injured or even killed in crashes. Characters' traits also weren't flanderized, while Thomas isn't overused and the drivers' roles weren't reduced. The series is more firmly dated to the period between 1945 and the 1970s as well.
The engine and vehicles' faces, along with all humans, are still static, though they're still voiced by separate actors, similarly to Thomas and the Lady of Sodor, TUGS and the Japanese dub.
Starting in Series 8, Railway Series adaptations resumed, starting with "Super Rescue". Original stories are still common, though.
- Because of this, characters who were previously exclusive to the Railway Series appear in the TV series, including Bear (voiced by Neil Morrissey), D199/"Spamcan", Pip and Emma, The Works Diesel (named Wendell in the TV series), all of the Arlesdale Railway engines besides the original three (including Frank, Jock, and the Blister twins), the Culdee Fell Railway, and Fred from the Skarloey Railway.
The "Big Station" is moved from Knapford to Tidmouth in Season 8, though the original Knapford Station set is still used (one episode explains that Knapford is the size it is because it was built for use by two railways, these being the Tidmouth, Knapford, and Elsbridge Light Railway, and the Wellsworth and Suddery Railway).
Because the "Steam Team" does not exist, Tidmouth Sheds instead houses whatever engines that are important to the plot of a given episode, similarly to how sheds function in real life.
Characters such as Derek, Old Slow Coach, Arthur, Murdoch, Fergus, Molly, Neville, Dennis, Hank, Flora, and Colin received much more screentime, and had their characters further fleshed out. In addition, some characters had their roles changed from OTL:
- Molly's OTL job is taking empty trucks to the Coaling Plant to be loaded and then distributed to coal bunkers around the North Western Railway. ITTL, she is a passenger engine who was the subject of sexist comments from Gordon and Henry (James, surprisingly, stood up for her), only to eat their words when she pinch-hits on the express and beats Gordon's record.
- IOTL, Derek is implied to be owned by the Sodor China Clay Co. Starting in Series 8, he is depicted as a utility engine who can go anywhere and do anything.
- One episode dealing with axle load classes reveals that Murdoch is actually able to travel on branchlines because his weight is spread out by his ten driving wheels. He goes up Thomas' branch line to collect a large stone train from Anopha Quarry, enduring complaints from Daisy that he's too big and heavy, and will surely leave the line unusable. She eats her words when she breaks down, and has to be pushed to the junction by Murdoch while he pulls the stone train.
Episodes where engines carry a single load in an ill-suited wagon with no brakevan (the so-called "special specials") don't exist, except for one episode where it was used to mock the common carrier laws that once governed Britain's railways; said laws stated that railways had to carry all freight traffic it was offered, regardless of whether or not it was economical to do so. The episode in question, "The Special Special", sees a particularly haughty factory owner demand his shipment be carried by itself, and in the rush to get it moving, Diesel forgets to shunt a brakevan, and chaos ensues on the mainline due to the special not being scheduled. The episode ends with the Fat Controller pulling the rails to the offending factory, causing it to go out of business due to the lorries wasting time showing off their "important loads" to the engines and bragging about their supposed superiority.
Certain characters such as the Logging Locos and Jeremy don't exist.
Engines don't just get assigned to a job for plot convenience. Each engine has a specific job (for example, Thomas and Edward have their branchlines, Gordon has the express, Percy pulls goods trains on Thomas' branchline, Duck and Oliver run the Little Western with their autocoaches, and Diesel is the Knapford station pilot). Percy only pulls the Ffarquhar section of the mail train, the Flying Kipper is pulled by whatever mainline engine is available, and another named train is introduced in Series 8 called the "Wrecker's Run" (voiced by Matt Wilkinson), which takes old trucks to be scrapped.
The Japanese dub still uses voice actors from Aoni Production instead of Produce 81.
"Don't Be Silly, Billy" ends with the Fat Controller sending Billy back to the mainland for labelling anyone giving him advice as "bossy", and shoving Emily off the rails when she tried to tell him which way to go.
"Edward Strikes Out" has James in the lead role instead.
Henry does not need special coal post-rebuild.
Season 11 and The Great Discovery have a less yellow tint.
US airings on WBC involve live-action segments hosted by an employee of the North Western Railway, played by the show's narrator; Sallis played Mr. Perkins, a driver (played by Ben Forster IOTL), and Moraghan played Mr. Evans, a stationmaster (same character as OTL). The segments are also used to educate viewers on how British railways are run, as well as cultural differences between the UK and US (e.g. freight cars being referred to as "trucks" and why Sir Topham Hatt is nicknamed "The Fat Controller"). Two episodes are aired in the block with a Railway Series story being read in between, accompanied by the original illustrations. The format involves the "Making Tracks to Great Destinations" logo playing, followed by Awdry's letter from Thomas the Tank Engine (read by Sallis or Moraghan instead of Nigel Plaskitt), a sequence showing Thomas' morning routine, the title sequence, the Island of Sodor opening, the first host segment, the first episode, the second host segment, The Railway Series story, the second episode, the third host segment, a song about one of the characters, a sequence showing Thomas going to sleep, and the credits. Starting in Season 9, the Railway Series story was dropped in favor of "Classic Thomas Adventures", being an episode from the first seven seasons (with George Carlin's narration intact; as a result, both Sallis/Moraghan and Carlin are credited in the intro).
In The Adventure Begins, Ringo Starr was brought back as the narrator (with his involvement used as a selling point), the characterizations are much more in-line with those in The Railway Series, with shades of their TV series personalities (for example, Henry stays in the tunnel in "The Sad Story of Henry" flashback due to not wanting the rain to spoil his paintwork, rather than simply fearing the rain). Also, "Edward's Day Out" and "Edward, Gordon, and Henry" are adapted, Thomas is already on Sodor instead of being a new arrival, the cover of "Really Useful Engine" is more faithful to the original version, and Henry is shown in his old shape; after the events of "Edward, Gordon, and Henry", he is painted blue, though he regains his green color once Thomas gets his branchline.
The red lining on Thomas' bunker was not removed.
Engines don't move their bodies starting in Series 21 (as live-action models are still used), and physics remain more realistic.
In Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure, after the Fat Controller sends Thomas to his shed following the dynamite accident, Thomas talks back and explains what happened. Ryan and the Pack try to back him up, but the Fat Controller, offended that Thomas would dare talk back to him, declares that he would send Thomas back to the mainland. News of this spreads quickly, and by the next day, the entire North Western Railway is on strike, protesting the Fat Controller's unfair treatment of Thomas. The Fat Controller turns to threatening to replace all of the engines with faceless ones that "can't talk back", only to be silenced by Emily giving him a tongue-lashing. The strike, in turn, allows Sailor John to operate with impunity. After the climax where Thomas chases Sailor John and loses the treasure, the Fat Controller apologizes to Thomas for jumping to conclusions before he had the entire story. The epilogue describes Sailor John as getting the electric chair after he confesses to planning to use Captain Calles' treasure to fund a nationalist uprising against the British government.
The "Big World, Big Adventures!" retool never happened; Nia and Rebecca still exist as recurring characters, though with more fleshed-out characterizations (including Nia having to adapt to a new railway and culture, and forming a bond with Hiro over missing their old homes, as well as more attention being given to Rebecca's shyness, naïveté and optimism) and the former having a less stereotypically-African livery (specifically, the first image in this tweet; Rebecca is still yellow, though it's mentioned that she was painted green when she was first built and repainted yellow at some point before the Fat Controller bought her). Carly still exists, but is based on a late-1960s construction crane instead of a 21st-century crane.
While the characters still gained handrails and rivets in Series 23, the rivets are smaller and more spaced out compared to OTL.
Remasters of 1984-2003 episodes don't show as many errors, and the opening and closing titles are recreated accurately with the proper fonts (including the Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends logo being used in the first six series instead of the Thomas & Friends logo), as well as the final frame of the episode freeze-framing for the credits in the first two series like in the original versions.
All Engines Go! does not exist, and the original series continues to this day.
The Wooden Railway toyline was not replaced by Wood.

Thomas and the Magic Railroad[]

The film has many differences from OTL.

The film is titled Thomas and the Lady of Sodor, as there is no magic featured in the film.
No Shining Time Station characters appear. Lily, Burnet, Patch, and P.T. Boomer do still appear, however, played by the same actors as in OTL (Mara Wilson, Peter Fonda, Cody McMains, and Doug Lennox, respectively). Peter Sallis returns as the narrator in the UK and international releases, as well as voicing Henry (in the US, George Carlin is the narrator, with Sallis still voicing Henry in that release).
The voice cast for the engines and rolling stock is different from OTL:
- Ewan McGregor as Thomas
- Sir Alec Guinness as Edward (his final film role, for which he was lured out of retirement)
- Peter Sallis as Henry (he reprised his role from Series 8 to 16, as stated above)
- Tom Baker as Gordon
- Rik Mayall as James
- Christian Bale as Percy
- Patrick Stewart as Toby
- Stephen Merchant as Duck
- Billy Connolly as Donald
- Robbie Coltrane as Douglas
- Kevin McNally as Oliver
- Eric Idle and Terry Gilliam as Bill and Ben
- Judi Dench as Lady
- Tim Curry as Diesel 10
- Sacha Baron Cohen as Splatter
- Rowan Atkinson as Dodge
- Jason Isaacs as Diesel
- Nigel Planer as BoCo
- Eric Idle as Bertie
- Michael Angelis as Harold
- Richard O'Brien as Cranky
Instead of being on vacation, The Fat Controller is on Sodor (played by Colin Baker), and participates in the final chase, riding in Thomas' cab and fighting Boomer (or at least he tries, as both are old men and have to take their pills mid-fight).
Sodor is not a magic-powered alternate dimension, and humans are prevalent.
All engines have crews, with Diesel 10's driver being an ex-convict (played by Alan Rickman).
Boomer is depicted as an ex-British Rail controller who was fired for planning to scrap steam locomotives earmarked for transfer to Eastern Pacific, having gone as far as to fit a Class 42 Warship with a hydraulic claw to hunt down and destroy them. Burnet managed to save Lady from Woodham Brothers scrapyard on Barry Island, Wales, before she could be reclaimed by BR, and he spent years trying to restore her, eventually succeeding in the movie with the help of Lily, Patch, and Thomas.
Diesel is in the film, refusing to ally with Diesel 10 because he views him as a "homicidal maniac" who could just as easily turn on any diesel he views as "obsolete", even pointing out that Diesel 10's own class is no spring chicken.
Instead of landing harmlessly on the sludge barge, Diesel 10 outright explodes upon landing. Boomer survives, but is arrested for multiple counts of attempted murder.
- Because Diesel 10 dies, Day of the Diesels does not exist.
The Sodor scenes were shot at Shepperton Studios instead of in Toronto, and the sets from the TV series are reused.
Bertie doesn't inject vrooming sounds into his sentences.

TUGS[]

When Clearwater Features went bankrupt in 1989, Johnson purchased the company, and TUGS ended up running for seven more seasons until 2003. Distribution was also handed over from TVS to Johnson Television UK.

Jack and the Sodor Construction Company[]

The Three Little Pigs (1933)[]

The original 1933 version (in which the Big Bad Wolf disguises himself as a stereotypical Jewish peddler) was restored and released on Netflix in 2015, with the censored 1948 version remaining as an option.

Tic-Tac Dough (1990)[]

Johnson Television distributed this version instead of ITC Entertainment. Many changes were made, with the series running until 1995:

Wink Martindale returned as the host, with Charlie O'Donnell as the announcer. Martindale's company, Wink Martindale Productions, became a co-producer in tandem with Ron Greenberg Productions.
The pot does not reset to zero after each tie.
The set is completely different; it's a replica of the 1978-85 set, though with updated technology. The logo from the 1978-86 run was also reinstated, but in CGI.
The 1978-86 theme song was reinstated.
Neither the Dragon nor Dragonslayer rap.
There was no Divorced Couples week.

Tiny Toons Looniversity[]

Tom Ruegger returns as showrunner.
Buster and Babs are not siblings.
Buster, Babs, Plucky, Sweetie, Calamity, Little Beeper, Furrball, Gogo, Shirley, and Lil' Sneezer are again voiced by Charlie Adler, Tress MacNeille, Joe Alaskey, Candi Milo, Frank Welker, Gail Matthius, and Kath Soucie, respectively. Hamton is voiced by Billy West due to Don Messick's 1996 death.
The animation is higher quality.

Tom and Jerry franchise[]

Johnson acquired the rights to the Tom and Jerry franchise in 1992, reuniting the characters with Hanna-Barbera (though the Gene Deitch and Chuck Jones-produced cartoons remain under MGM ownership).

Direct-to-video films[]

Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz does not exist. Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz is instead a separate film without the Tom and Jerry characters, simply titled Back to Oz.
Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory also doesn't exist.

Tom & Jerry (2021)[]

The film is part of the Hanna-Barbera cinematic universe.
It's also completely 2D animated instead of a live-action/animation hybrid; said animation is actually traditional instead of CGI animation made to appear 2D.
Its title is Tom and Jerry in New York instead of simply Tom & Jerry.
The voice actors consist of William Hanna as Tom (with Kaiji Tang providing additional vocals) and Jerry (with André Sogliuzzo providing additional vocals) via archive recordings, Joe Alaskey as Butch and Droopy, Frank Welker as Spike and Tyke, Jenny Yokobori as Kayla (who is also Asian instead of Caucasian as a result and has the surname Watanabe instead of Forester), Jess Harnell as Terence, Eric Bauza as Ben and assistant hotel staff, André Sogliuzzo as Mr. Dubros, Pallavi Sharda as Preeta, Ahmed Best as Cameron, Olivia Hack as Joy, Rob Paulsen as Chef Jackie, the Plastic Cup Boyz as the Alley Cats, Brian Cummings as Clyde, Tang as Angel and Devil Tom, Tom Kenny as Real Estate Rat, Tim Johnson as Pigeon Announcer, and Paolo Bonolis as a wedding guest.
Far more focus is put on Tom and Jerry themselves over the humans to avoid making the characters "feel like useless side characters in their own movie" and to avoid making the film "seem like a modern Smurfs or Garfield". The Kayla subplot does not take up as much of the film, and the humans' motive is simply to get Tom and Jerry out of the hotel.
Its soundtrack doesn't overuse modern songs. Christopher Lennertz still composes the original music.

Tom and Jerry Special Shorts[]

Tom and Jerry: The Movie[]

The film is produced by MGM Animation and Johnson Cartoon Studios. There are also many differences, notably Tom and Jerry remaining silent for the most part, with there being no huge focus on their ability to talk.

Toontown Online[]

As with Club Penguin a few years later, Tim was successfully able to quash the plans to shut down Toontown Online. Many changes have been made to the game since:

Toy Story 4 and Toy Story 5[]

Neither film exists, as Tim felt that it would be "an unnecessary cash grab that would castrate the franchise" and declared that no further Toy Story films would be made aside from spin-offs. Instead, a television film titled Toy Story: Carnival of Chaos aired on ABC in November 2019, using much of the same premise as 4 IOTL with several changes, though the entire voice cast is the same. The film that was released in 2019 was Incredibles 2 as originally intended (said film also received a much better reception due to Pixar having another year to produce it), while A Bug's Life 2 (a sequel to A Bug's Life) was released in 2018, twenty years after the original.

Here is a list of differences in Carnival of Chaos compared to OTL's Toy Story 4 (several of the ideas are taken from this link):

The director is Tim Johnson instead of Josh Cooley.
Andy's appearance as a child is based on his Toy Story 3 design.
Bonnie does NOT neglect Woody. In fact, she's distraught at losing both Forky and Woody, as she feels she let Andy down.
The other toys are much more active in the plot, and Buzz's "inner voice" plot does not exist.
All characterizations are more faithful to the rest of the franchise, and the newer characters are much better written (for example, Duke Caboom is not a lawsuit-close copy of Evel Knievel).
Forky's arc gets much more focus.
Gabby Gabby is the main villain, but with a much different motive. She also doesn't get away with a slap on the wrist, instead getting thrown in the trash (Forky's idea), and meeting Lotso at the dump, where the two plot their revenge against Woody.
Bo's role is slightly different, and her characterization is closer to that in the first two movies (though Bo being adventurous is retained).
The special ends with Ducky and Bunny joining the other toys instead of Woody staying behind with Bo while Buzz, Jessie and the other toys leave in the RV; Woody staying behind with Bo was deemed too contradictory to Woody's character while "betraying the message of the third movie". Woody promises to see Bo, Duke, and Giggles the next time the carnival is held.

Lamp Life also still exists, being released on home media with the special and on Netflix; Bo relates her story to Duke and Giggles instead of Woody.

Also, the fifth film's plot will be used for a further special, though with massive changes to accommodate Carnival of Chaos' ending.

The Transformers franchise[]

Instead of being created by Hasbro, the franchise was created by Johnson, mainly by subsidiary Takara.

Generation 1[]

The original G1 cartoon was produced by Johnson Television instead of Sunbow Productions, and had innumerable differences.

Due to being backed by Johnson, the toyline was much more elaborate. The characters were designed for animation first (due to the Micro Change and Car Robots sublines of Microman and Diaclone never existing), and the toys, as a result, were much more accurate than IOTL. They are like the Masterpiece toys, only slightly smaller and much more affordable.
The voice cast was still the same.
Animation-wise, AKOM was never involved in the series, as animation production was centralized in the Japanese states. The entirety of the first season was animated by Toei, with TMS Entertainment joining in Season 2. Other animation studios who were involved at one time or another include Sunrise, Tatsunoko, Madhouse, Gainax, Kyoto, and even Studio Ghibli animated some of the more visually-interesting episodes.
The series was mainly concerned with telling a story first, selling toys being a side effect. As a result, the series had a much more mature and sophisticated tone that set it leagues above other cartoons at the time, though also garnered much controversy due to its violent nature, as the series premiered at a time when parental watchdog groups wielded obscene amounts of power over the FCC. By 1987, the controversy died down, as FCC regulations became looser and more lenient.
Both the Autobots and Decepticons have large amounts of generic, nondescript soldiers, these being the first Nickel Toys. The Autobots had the Autotroopers, Autojets, and Autotanks, while the Decepticons had the Seekers, Tanks, and, starting in 1986, Sweeps (all of the Nickel Toys were unique molds, except for the Seeker Type 1, which was based on the Starscream/Skywarp/Thundercracker mold). In the cartoon, these generics exist to be cannon fodder so the powers and abilities of the named characters can be more effectively shown off.
Frenzy is blue, Rumble is red. This has remained consistent to this very day.
Several characters had different personalities:
- Megatron is a deconstruction of typical cartoon villains, in that his plans are often nonsensical and have little to no military value. He is still a very powerful and capable fighter, though his vendetta against Optimus Prime tends to get in the way, as he'll drop everything just to go after him. He is also averse to just destroying the Autobots in a straight battle because he is addicted to making complex plans. Because The Transformers wasn't created by culling toy molds from two separate toylines, Megatron transforms into a T-80 tank instead of a Walther P-38.
- Starscream is a very different character. Instead of openly trying to overthrow Megatron (even declaring himself leader if Megatron has simply lost his balance or his voice), he instead directly challenges Megatron to unarmed combat for the position, which Megatron, as a former gladiator, respects him for. Starscream loses these matches by yielding (on one occasion, he and Megatron called it a draw when the Autobots attacked), and Megatron always helps him up and says "better luck next time"; throughout the first and second seasons, Megatron notes that Starscream is getting better. His motivation for overthrowing Megatron is also different; instead of wanting to stroke his ego, he rightfully believes Megatron is running the Decepticons into the ground with his nonsensical plans, believing that they should be engaged in actual military operations. Megatron keeps him around because Starscream is the most competent soldier he has, is deceptively powerful for his size, and is the only one who can effectively command the Seekers, as otherwise, they would tear each other apart over who is in charge. Original head writer Bob Budiansky stated that Starscream was always intended to be the main antagonist, with Megatron being a decoy to play into the idea that the main antagonist had to be big and strong, while Starscream, who doesn't have the typical "big bad" build, is much smarter and more pragmatic.
  - The relationship between Megatron and Starscream is also much different. IOTL, they are constantly at each other's throats, and Megatron is always pushing Starscream around and physically abusing him. ITTL, they have a mutual respect for each other; Megatron respects Starscream's tactical genius, while Starscream respects Megatron's strength. Starscream, at one point in the second season, even proposes a power-sharing agreement where Starscream makes the plans, and Megatron executes them. Megatron is too prideful to accept an equal, but he does actually give it some thought. Starscream is also usually the one to salvage Megatron's plans when they inevitably go awry, often with Megatron begging to him to do so. Starscream is also averse to trying to dispose of Megatron through sneaky plans or just shooting him in the back, as he'd rather take control the "proper" way by actually beating Megatron in unarmed combat, often going out of his way to save Megatron or stop other Decepticons from trying to usurp him (for example, in "Triple Takeover", he soundly beats Astrotrain and Blitzwing, and throws them to Megatron to be punished); Starscream often describes this mentality as "honor among thieves".
- Shockwave follows his original bio's characterization as desiring to overthrow Megatron. Despite this, he is never at odds with Starscream, as he finds the latter's plans to be incredibly logical.
- Skywarp is the comic relief Decepticon instead of Starscream, and constantly trying to dispose of Starscream so he can become Air Commander. The few times he succeeds, he quickly loses control of the situation, due to him being dumb as a rock and lacking in any military accumen, with either Starscream inevitably (and painfully) putting him back in his place, or the other seekers subduing him long enough for Starscream to recover and take back command.
Characters who either had very small roles IOTL or straight-up didn't appear either due to legal reasons or their gimmick being hard to translate to animation appear here:
- The Omnibots (Camshaft, Downshift, and Overdrive) and Powerdashers (Cromar, Zetar, and Aragon) are on the Ark when it leaves Cybertron.
- One second season episode has an Autobot shuttle landing near the Ark, containing Roadbuster, Whirl, Top Spin, and Twin Twist.
- "A Plague of Insecticons" also introduces the Deluxe Insecticons (Barrage, Chop Shop, Ransack, and Venom).
- Buzzsaw consistently appears alongside Laserbeak.
- Skids has a much larger presence, consistently voiced by Michael Chain.
- Skyfire goes by Jetfire, and has his toy appearance (in a strange case of inter-company promotion, it is mentioned that Jetfire scanned a Macross toy for his new form because it reminded him of Cybertron).
The red variant of Bumblebee is made its own character, being Bumblebee's twin sister, Hornet. She is voiced by Wendee Lee in one of her first roles. The "Bumblejumper" mold is also a character, Bumper (voiced by Barry Gordon).
Concepts such as Primus, Unicron, sparks, and the Matrix of Leadership are present from the beginning, with Primus appearing in "More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1" to inform Optimus Prime that Cybertron has sustained too much damage from millions of years of war, and the planet must shut down to repair itself, during which time, it will be unable to produce energon. Unicron is mentioned at various points throughout the first and second seasons.
The 1986 movie has roughly the same plot outline, but has numerous changes from OTL:
- The film takes place in 1986 instead of 2005, with Spike, Sparkplug, Chip Chase, and Carly all appearing as they did in the TV series.
- There is quite a bit more profanity than IOTL, including a single instance of an F-bomb. For example, instead of saying "First we crack the shell, then we crack the nuts inside!", Rumble says "First we break the glass, then we kick your ass!"
- All five Dinobots are consistently present.
- It is made explicitly clear who becomes who: Thundercracker becomes Scourge, Bombshell, Kickback, and Shrapnel become Sweeps, Skywarp becomes Cyclonus, and Barrage, Chop Shop, Ransack, and Venom become Cyclonus' Armada.
- Wheelie is a completely different character. Instead of being a child-appeal character who exclusively speaks in rhyme, Wheelie is a hardened survivalist who initially treats the Dinobots as Decepticons, before Grimlock saves him from some Sharkticons.
- Megatron is carried into Astrotrain by Starscream instead of Soundwave (Rumble still carries Megatron's Fusion Cannon), and the one to throw Megatron out is Octane instead of Starscream. Starscream objects to them throwing Megatron out, but Octane shoots him in the back, seriously damaging him and causing him to be thrown out with Megatron, Thundercracker, Skywarp, and all seven Insecticons, much to the chagrin of Soundwave and Shockwave, who attempt to subdue Octane so they can order Astrotrain to turn around for Megatron and the others, but the other Decepticons begin fighting amongst themselves for leadership. In addition to Megatron becoming Galvatron, Starscream is reformatted as Novascream (voiced by Vincent Price in both the movie and the series; Galvatron is still voiced by Leonard Nimoy in the film, and Frank Welker in the series). The film shows that Octane won the struggle, and is preparing to execute Soundwave, Shockwave, and all of the Mini-Cassettes for being Megatron loyalists, only for Galvatron and his troops to interrupt the execution. Galvatron shoots Octane and reclaims leadership, but spares him because he still has use for him. Galvatron then frees the captive Decepticons.
- The Female Autobots introduced in "The Search for Alpha Trion" (Elita One, Chromia, Firestar, Moonracer, Greenlight, and Lancer) appear, and Arcee is mentioned as having been part of Elita One's team. Elita is present at Autobot City, and is among the Autobots who lands on Junkion. Hot Rod still becomes Rodimus Prime at the end of the film. The Female Autobots all survive the film, as they had toys released in 1986.
- The action cuts between Quintessa, Junkion, and Earth, with the latter depicting the Decepticons attempting to attack Earth while the Autobot leadership is fragmented and disorganized. These scenes introduce the bulk of the 1986 characters.
- NONE of the named characters are killed off. Phil Stacker had demanded this, in order to clear out the old product in favor of new toys, but series head writer Bob Budiansky heavily lobbied against this, as kids had formed a familial connection to these characters; he also stated that the backlash to killing off Optimus Prime would be "beyond your comprehension". Ultimately, Stacker relented, and all characters who died in the film IOTL survive, including Optimus Prime, Ironhide, Prowl, Ratchet, Brawn, Windcharger, Wheeljack, and Starscream.
- Almost all of the 1986 Autobots and Decepticons appear in the movie, including the Aerialbots, Protectobots, Stunticons, Combaticons, Predacons, Battlechargers, Sky Lynx, Broadside, Octane, Hubcap, Outback, Pipes, Swerve, and Tailgate. Sandstorm, Metroplex and Trypticon are the two outliers, as the five-part miniseries that opened season three, "Five Faces of Darkness", dealt with the two Titans' creation, and Sandstorm would still be on Paradron at this point. The film also explains that Superion, Defensor, and Omega Supreme were not at Autobot City because Megatron had sent Menasor, Bruticus, and Predaking to launch a diversionary attack on the Ark to ensure the Autobots' heavy hitters would be preoccupied, though when Optimus Prime arrives, Devastator is bum-rushed by Omega Supreme.
- The climax of the film sees Optimus Prime fighting Galvatron, while Hot Rod fights Novascream.
- At the end of the film, Rodimus Prime is made leader of the Cybertron-based Autobots, while Optimus Prime remains on Earth as leader of the Earth-based Autobots.
Season 3 (1986) is similar to OTL, though the season takes place in 1986 instead of 2006. The five-part season opener, "Five Faces of Darkness", deals with the formation of the Earth Defense Command, the Quintessons, and Galvatron's insanity (initially, it is Novascream's idea to find Galvatron, reasoning that he is smarter than Megatron, only to instead desire to remove him from leadership after witnessing his insanity, this time with the backing of most of the Decepticons; despite his insanity, Galvatron is still sane enough not to yell at or physically abuse Novascream, because he's still the best strategist, instead directing his ire at Cyclonus and Scourge). The season still has fan-favorite episodes such as "Chaos", "Dweller in the Depths", "The Ultimate Weapon", "Webworld", and "Call of the Primitives", but "The Return of Optimus Prime" does not exist because no named characters died in the movie. Changes were also made to the soundtrack; episodes taking place on Cybertron, other planets, or otherwise in space, had a new synthesized soundtrack, while episodes taking place on Earth used the older orchestral tracks from the first two seasons; in episodes where both Earth and Cybertron appear, the music would change based on the setting, giving both locations their own unique feel.
Season 4 (1987) saw the start of a new naming convention, in which each season would have a subline imprint; this season is titled The Transformers: Headmasters. The season starts with another five-part episode, "The Rebirth", though with some differences. Nebulos and the Nebulans don't exist ITTL, with the Headmaster and Targetmaster partners being humans recruited from around the world. There was some controversy over their introduction, as the Autobot Headmasters and Targetmasters came from the United States and allied nations, while the Decepticon Headmasters and Targetmasters came from Eastern Bloc nations and North China, with many early episodes in the season stating that the war between the Autobots and Decepticons had become a proxy war between the United States and Soviet Union, which caused media watchdog groups to label the season as a Cold War propaganda piece; following glasnost and perestroika, however, this was dropped, and in the fifth season, the Autobots recruited several Russians, while the Decepticons recruited Americans and Mexicans. The fifth and final part sees the creation of Fortress Maximus and Scorponok. The season also sees the introduction of the Throttlebots, Monsterbots, Horrorcons, Duocons, Clones, Punch/Counterpunch, Combiner Cassettes (OTL W Cassettebots from the Japanese Headmasters toyline) and Sixshot, the latter of whom becomes a very important character. One episode also sees Blaster and Soundwave killed after an epic battle, with both being rebuilt as Twincast and Soundblaster, respectively. The season ends with a three-part episode, "Heart of Darkness", where Novascream designs a weapon to destroy Optimus Prime once and for all. This new weapon ends up being a pair of powerful vehicles, the Gigatank and Megajet, both of which merge to form the first Powermaster, Gigatron, along with his partners Mega and Giga. The new Decepticon, however, is mentally unstable due to lacking a spark, and Novascream volunteers to stop the rampaging robot by having his spark put in. He succeeds, taking control of the body, and promptly challenging Galvatron to a duel, to which Galvatron accepts, internally realizing that Starscream's time to ascend to leadership has come. The duel takes place in the Antarctic, and Starscream soundly beats Galvatron, burying him in ice, after which he rechristens himself as Overlord (voiced by Keith David). Cyclonus tries to dig Galvatron back up, but Overlord stops him, openly challenging him to a duel, which causes Cyclonus to back down. Overlord leads a massive attack on Autobot City, mortally wounding Optimus Prime. Rather than let him die, Wheeljack and Perceptor instead rebuild him as the first Autobot Powermaster, with his partner being Hi-Q. The ending of the fourth season also saw the start of the darker tone that would be fully established in the fifth season.
Season 5 (1988), named The Transformers: Masterforce, took the series in a decidedly darker direction. The three-part season premiere, "Masterforce", sees Overlord, free of Megatron/Galvatron's stupidity, finally doing what he was planning for a long time: attack Washington, D.C.. Over the course of the three-parter, both sides start recruiting humans to serve as Headmasters, Targetmasters, and Powermasters, including teenagers who suffered personal tragedies at the hands of the Decepticons during the three-parter, these being Samuel "Sam" Forrester (OTL Shuta Go), whose father, Dr. Forrester, was killed in a raid on his laboratory by Scorponok, Prince Cab, whose kingdom on a South Pacific island was burned to the ground and his people ruthlessly slaughtered or captured to be processed into energon, and Marilyn "Mary" Locklain (OTL Minerva), whose father was a US senator killed when the Capitol Building was destroyed by Trypticon. These three would get a good deal of focus during Season 5, with Sam and Mary being childhood friends who, by the end of the season, fall in love with each other; Sam and Mary would become main characters going forward, while Cab was largely reduced to a supporting player due to his hot-blooded nature causing more problems than it solves, not to mention constantly flirting with Mary, even after she enters a relationship with Sam (Cab would later be eliminated almost wholesale, only appearing when combined with Hosehead, because his constant flirting with Mary came off as sexual harassment; this also saw him exiled from Earthforce before being given a massive overhaul in The Great War closer to his OTL characterization). The Seacons are presented as a regular combiner team instead of cannon fodder for the Autobots to destroy, and the Pretenders are the same as in Super-God Masterforce (though the Pretenders who never appeared in Masterforce appear in the series). Characters who never appeared in the original Masterforce, such as the Triggerbots, Triggercons, Sparkabots, Firecons, and the new combiner cassettes, also appear in this season.
Season 6 (1989), named The Transformers: Victory, opens with a group of Autobots downsizing themselves to be more energy-efficient, due to concerns that the Autobots are using too much of Earth's fossil fuel resources. The Decepticons copy the technology, giving rise to the Micromasters. Galvatron's body is dug up by Soundblaster and Cyclonus (both of them being unable to fathom the idea of Overlord, who they still view as Starscream, being Decepticon leader; they don't care that Overlord has had more successes than failures, just that he isn't Galvatron), and Galvatron is rebuilt and restored in the three-part season opener, successfully destroying Overlord and retaking leadership of the Decepticons (Galvatron is very reluctant to do so, however, as Cyclonus and Soundblaster want him to do so by shooting Overlord in the back, while Galvatron would rather challenge him to a duel, which he has no intention of doing; Cyclonus and Soundblaster ultimately have Bombshell use his cerebro-shells to force him to do so, and Galvatron apologizes to Overlord as he attacks him), leading them on an attack against Autobot City's new "suburb", Micromaster City. Starscream's spark survives, however, thanks to being indestructible, and Shockwave puts it into another new body, one that isn't reliant on Powermasters. In this new body, he becomes Deathsaurus (voiced by James Earl Jones), who leads the Decepticons who remained loyal to Overlord to Micromaster City, and defeats Galvatron in a duel, also killing Cyclonus for one backstabbing too many; Deathsaurus intends to spare Galvatron and make him his new second-in-command, only for Scourge to kill the weakened Galvatron in blind loyalty, much to Overlord's frustration. Optimus Prime sustains severe damage in the ensuing battle, though he is rebuilt again, this time as Star Saber, who can combine with Leobreaker (OTL Victory Leo) to form Victory Saber. New characters introduced this season, besides the OTL Micromasters and Pretenders, include the Brainmasters, Multiforce, Great Shot, Galaxy Shuttle, Animalmasters, Dinoforce (who have completely-different molds instead of being redecoes of the Pretender Monsters' inner robots), and Crossformers. The season also saw the debut of the Dinobots' new combined form, Volcanicus (and the Dinobots' toys were retooled accordingly). This season was notable, in that named characters were actually killed off, these being almost all of the Pretenders, which sold poorly and were unpopular characters because their gimmick didn't translate well to toys, and destroyed the carefully-crafted scale of the line; Metalhawk was the sole survivor of the Pretenders, being re-released without a Pretender shell.
Season 7 (1990), named The Transformers: Zone, continued many of the themes from Season 6, with Star Saber and Deathsaurus still leading their respective factions. Ultra Magnus is rebuilt as Dai Atlas during the season premiere, and, after the destruction of Trypticon in Season 6, the Decepticons build a new citybot named Metrotitan. There is a big focus on Micromasters and Action Masters in this season (the only Action Masters are new characters).
Season 8 (1991), named The Transformers: Battlestars, begins with a mysterious entity from space called Dark Nova resurrecting Galvatron as Super Megatron, who, totally brainwashed, destroys Deathsaurus and, again, retakes control of the Decepticons. Star Saber is given a power-up by the Battlestars (Grandus, Sky Carry, and Big Bang) to become Super Optimus Prime.
Season 9 (1992), named The Transformers: Operation Combination, was the first season produced following the ousting of Phil Stacker, and sees yet another round of regime changes for the Autobots and Decepticons, with Super Optimus Prime being rebuilt as Thunder Clash, while Shockwave manages to find Starscream's spark drifting through space, and puts it into a new body, Skyquake (voiced by Tim Curry), who frees Super Megatron from Dark Nova's control and defeats him in another duel, with Super Megatron choosing to commit suicide rather than let Dark Nova control him again. The season revolves around the creation of the Micromaster Combiners, and the war spilling over into other star systems. Other new characters introduced included the Turbomasters and Predators.
Season 10 (1993), named Transformers Generation 2, was largely a rebranding exercise, an attempt to return the series back to its roots. Thunder Clash and Skyquake revert back to Optimus Prime and Starscream, respectively, and Megatron's spark is put in a new body by Starscream; Megatron chooses not to duel Starscream for leadership, as the last few times didn't go very well. The series' tone returned to what it was in the first four seasons, though this proved largely unpopular. New characters included the Axelerators, Skyscorchers, Aquaspeeders, Stormtroopers, Lightformers, Trakkons, and Obliterators (in the latter group, the characters Pyro and Clench were, respectively, originally intended to be new forms for Thunder Clash and Skyquake, before the decision was made to just bring Optimus Prime and Starscream back). On the toy side, characters who transformed into Earth cars were updated with brand-new altmodes reflecting more modern car models; while the season's lighter tone was criticized, the newly-refreshed toys sold very well.
Season 11 (1994), still carrying the Generation 2 subtitle, responded to the criticism surrounding the lighter tone of Season 10 by returning to the darker tone set by Season 5. This proved to be the right move, as Season 11 is often considered the best season of the series. In this season, Optimus Prime and Starscream receive new forms (the OTL Hero Optimus Prime and G2 Dreadwing toys), and human civilization slowly crumbles under repeated Decepticon assaults on military and economic targets.
Season 12 (1995) was, at the time, intended to be the final season of the original cartoon that had been running since 1984, and still carried the Generation 2 subtitle. Once again, Optimus Prime received a new form, this time the fan-favorite Laser Optimus Prime, while Starscream retained his form from Season 11. The season had an open ending, in case the series continued.
Season 13 (1997), named Transformers: Machine Wars, was created in response to how well the original toyline, which had ballooned to a massive amount of toys due to Johnson's reluctance to discontinue any of the toys (aside from older forms of Optimus Prime, Megatron, and Starscream), had sold in 1996 in spite of focusing on the new Beast Wars series. Season 13 saw Optimus Prime and Starscream once again gaining new forms, this time redecoed and slightly retooled versions of Thunder Clash and Skyquake (they retained their original names, though Tim Curry returned to voice Starscream in this form). This season saw the start of the "Machine Wars", in which the Decepticons introduced the Vehicons (the same ones from the OTL Beast Machines), a massive army of mindless transforming drones that begin defeating the Autobots left and right, and within weeks, Earth becomes uninhabitable for carbon-based life. The surviving humans evacuate to a terraformed Mars, while Earth is conquered by the Decepticons, who set to work rebuilding it into a nightmarish machine world called "Destron" (the OTL Japanese name for the Decepticons). Among the human survivors are Sam and Mary, who become instrumental in taking the fight to the Decepticons. Over the course of the season, the Autobots establish a beachhead on Earth's moon, and begin launching sorties towards Destron, ending the season by liberating the Japanese Isles and restoring it to its former splendor, becoming a beacon of hope for humans and Autobots alike that Earth can be liberated.
Season 14 (1998), still carrying the Machine Wars subtitle, followed on from the end of Season 13 with the Autobots and EDC launching an operation to fully liberate and restore Earth, while the Decepticons launch a counterattack against Mars and Cybertron.
Season 15 (1999), named The Transformers: Endgame, was marketed as the true final season of the original 1984 series. With Earth liberated and restored, the Decepticons choose to build a new planet called New Destron, only for it to be inhabited by the wandering spirit of Unicron, who makes it his new body. The Autobots and Decepticons are forced to work together to destroy Unicron, the season ending with Optimus Prime using the Matrix of Leadership to destroy Unicron (just as Rodimus Prime did in the 1986 movie), while Starscream takes the surviving Decepticons deep into space to recuperate, rebuild, and eventually return.
Season 16 (2000), named Transformers 2000, was unexpectedly announced several months after Season 15 ended, due to continued strong sales of the main toyline. This season was marketed as a sequel to Beast Wars, with the main villain being the Predacon Megatron, now going by Gigatron, and his Destrongers (the few surviving Transmetal 2 Predacons). Two more factions also appears; one is known as the Combatrons and led by Nemesis Prime, an evil clone of Optimus Prime that was created by Shockwave in 1985 but sat dormant for years, who creates a new combiner team using the Combaticons' body specifications, plus a new generation of Seekers. The other is a Decepticon splinter cell led by Jhiaxus (voiced by William Shatner), who became impatient waiting for Starscream to rebuild the Decepticons. In preparation to face these new threats, Optimus Prime and several other Autobots, including Ironhide, Prowl, Mirage, Brawn, and Jetfire, voluntarily gain new forms, and Dai Atlas is rebuilt to a new form of Ultra Magnus.
Season 17 (2001), named Transformers: Robots in Disguise, was a direct continuation of Season 16, with the same cast, and many of the same themes, such as the quest to find the O-Parts to reactivate the ancient Maximal fortress, Brave Maximus. The season ends with Brave Maximus being reactivated and destroying the Destrongers and Combatrons, while Jhiaxus and the surviving splinter cell Decepticons flee back to the new Decepticon homeworld, where Starscream, surprisingly, praises Jhiaxus for taking the initiative, as it reminded him of his early days on Earth, setting up the next season.
Season 18 (2002), named Transformers Armada, would, IOTL, be the beginning of the Unicron Trilogy. ITTL, however, it is part of the original series. The season sees the introduction of the Mini-Cons, starting with the Decepticons returning to Earth with the Requim Blaster, with which they lay waste to Micromaster City and mortally wound many Autobots, including Optimus Prime, Sideswipe, Red Alert, Hoist, and Blurr, all of whom are saved and rebuilt with the ability to Powerlinx with Mini-Cons, who are coming out of the woodwork. In the course of the fighting, however, Starscream is also heavily damaged, and is rebuilt by Shockwave with a new, more imposing form (with Chris Latta returning to voice him); Thundercracker and Skywarp both adopt Starscream's new form as their own, Ramjet, Thrust, and Dirge also elect to adopt new forms to their own standard, and the Seekers quickly adopt Starscream's new form as their new standard. Meanwhile, Megatron manages to acquire a new body, and loses yet another duel to Starscream, accepting his new position as a field marshall. The season was treated as a soft reboot, with a new cast of human characters (though Spike, Carly, their son Daniel, Marissa, Sam, and Mary, are still prevalent), and a new look, as this season saw the series switch from traditional cel animation to digital ink-and-paint. The season's plot was largely focused on the Autobots and Decepticons racing to find the Mini-Cons, who had fled Cybertron during the Great War to avoid having to take sides. The season ended with Soundblaster, still loyal to Megatron, throwing Starscream into a pool of raw energon, forcing Megatron to reclaim leadership of the Decepticons, while the Autobots secured all of the Mini-Cons and granted them their own planet, Micron.
Season 19 (2003), named Transformers Energon, focused on the discovery of energon ore, which the humans, still recovering after the Machine Wars, discover is a nigh-infinite energy source. The Autobots also see the benefit of the ore, and begin galaxy-wide mining operations on uninhabitable planets. Megatron, meanwhile, proves he is no better at leadership than when he was Galvatron, once again dragging the Decepticons through the mud with his typical nonsensical plans. Shockwave manages to once again find Starscream's spark, and begins building him a new body. However, Shockwave runs out of energon before the process can be completed, leaving Starscream incomplete—his memory blank, and his body unstable, constantly shifting from a physical to an ethereal form, able to teleport by "ghosting" from location to location. Megatron is none the wiser that Starscream is "back", and makes a new plan to steal energon ore shipments to revitalize the Decepticon army; Shockwave volunteers to lead the raid for the first shipment, and Megatron, suspecting nothing, agrees. Once the energon ore is refined into pure energon, Starscream is finally fully restored, regaining his memories and once again defeating Megatron in a duel, with Megatron choosing to exile himself. Throughout the season, the Autobots and Decepticons discover more planets with energon ore, and also discover the Omnicons and Terrorcons, the former being led by Arcee, who was reported MIA during the opening phases of the Machine Wars.
Season 20 (2004), named Transformers Cybertron, was the actual final season of the series, falling on the 20th anniversary of The Transformers franchise. The season begins with Optimus Prime receiving a vision from Alpha Trion, who states Primus has finished repairing himself, and Cybertron is ready to support a full population again. During the closing days of the Great War, four artifacts known as the Cyber Planet Keys were scattered across the galaxy to prevent them from falling into Megatron's hands. They were sent aboard four ships: the Ogygia (which landed on Velocitron), the Hyperborea (which landed on Animatron), the Lemuria (which landed on Gigantion), and the Axalon (the ship that the Maximals came to Earth in). These four keys are the only way to reawaken Primus and restore Cybertron to its former glory. But Starscream knows this, and seeks to find the keys, take Cybertron, and shape it in his image. Throughout the season, the Autobots and Decepticons visit the planets that hold the keys, both gaining new allies along the way. Ultimately, the Autobots claim all four keys, and restore Cybertron, just in time for Unicron to make yet another return, with Megatron, Soundblaster, and a newly-resurrected Cyclonus in tow, though this time, Cybertron transforms into Primus' true form to do battle with his evil brother, ultimately succeeding, while Optimus Prime and Megatron engage in one final battle that ends with Optimus not hesitating to shoot Megatron when the latter begs for mercy. Starscream moans that Cybertron is doomed to be an Autobot dictatorship, but Optimus approaches Starscream, says that they need not be enemies, and that they can build a new, democratic society together. Tired of fighting, and without Megatron's possible return weighing on him, Starscream accepts, and the Autobots and Decepticons sign an official peace treaty, becoming the Cybertronian Commonwealth. The series ends with a fast-forward to 2014, where Sam and Mary (whose aging process was greatly slowed by becoming Headmasters) are married in a ceremony officiated by Optimus Prime (who had become an ordained minister to wed Spike and Carly in 1991), with every Cybertronian and human character who appeared in the series (aside from the Cybertronians who were killed and never rebuilt, and evil human characters such as Dr. Arkeville) in attendance. The last shot of the series is a group photo, and the end credits are in the same style from the first season. Later comics released by Johnson Comics revealed that the Cybertronian Commonwealth carved out its own star nation, closely allied with the Earth Federation (formed after every country on Earth joined together to create a single government, with the capitol being in Antwerp), and both declared war on the Quintessons to liberate occupied planets and put a permanent end to Quintesson military power. The Transformers was, at the time, the longest-running American children's animated series, until being surpassed by Arthur in 2016, and was the second-longest-running American animated series of all time behind Sazae, before being surpassed by The Simpsons in 2009.

Beast Wars[]

The Beast Era, which ran concurrently with the G1 cartoon, had several key differences from OTL:

Beast Wars was traditionally-animated by the same studios as the G1 cartoon, instead of being computer-animated by Mainframe, and was marketed as a prequel to the main series. The series had a mix of American and Canadian voice actors, with all of the OTL characters still having the same voices (e.g. Garry Chalk as Optimus Primal, David Kaye as Megatron, and Scott McNeil as Rattrap and Dinobot). Instead of the Maximals and Predacons coming from the future, they are instead established as Autobots and Decepticons who departed Cybertron a few hours after the Ark and Nemesis aboard their own ships, the Axalon and Darksyde, respectively, and both followed the ships' final known flight paths to Earth. Once there, their respective leaders, Onyx Prime and Razorclaw, order their troops to adopt the forms of the local fauna, as the planet is completely bereft of technology. By the end of the three-part pilot episode, Onyx Prime is dead, and Razorclaw and a group of loyalists (Divebomb, Headstrong, Rampage and Tantrum) leave after Razorclaw is overthrown by his second-in-command, Gnashteeth, who renames himself "Megatron". Onyx Prime, meanwhile, is succeeded by his own second-in-command, who, hoping to inspire his troops, takes on a form similar to Optimus Prime and renames himself "Optimus Primal". Their groups are then renamed to the Maximals and Predacons, to distinguish themselves from the Autobots and Decepticons. The first season primarily focuses on both sides just trying to survive on a hostile world without technology while still at war with each other, with both sides often clashing over basic energy resources.
Season 2 saw both sides, having built up underground command centers, engaging in wider warfare that causes quite a few species to go extinct. New characters are also introduced, namely the Fuzors and Transmetals.
Season 3 started with Optimus Primal being killed in combat, while Megatron was severely damaged and rebuilt as Galvatron. Optimus is succeeded by Leo Prime, and Galvatron discovers the wreck of the Nemesis, using its still-functioning computers to convert his most trusted Predacons into vehicles, with Terrorsaur becoming Starscream, Scorponok becoming Megastorm, Tarantulas becoming Dirge, and Waspinator becoming Thrust; he also builds an army of Autorollers. Later on in the season, Megastorm is rebuilt as the imposing battle station Gigastorm, forcing the Maximals to respond by building their own battle station, Brave Maximus, with a resurrected Optimus Primal becoming the head.
Season 4 began with Leo Prime stepping down from his position in favor of a new leader, Slammoth Prime, who casts Galvatron into a volcano. The latter emerges as Magmatron, now totally insane. The season mainly focused on the Maximals and Predacons attempting to find the fabled "Angolmois Energy", which is said will make the side that finds it totally invincible. Alas, this turns out to have been a myth created by Razorclaw.
Season 5, the fifth and final season of Beast Wars, focused on the Maximals and Predacons, having located the Ark, making the dangerous pilgrimmage, with the Maximals (now back under the leadership of Optimus Primal after both Leo Prime and Slammoth Prime were killed) wanting to reactivate the Autobots, and the Predacons (Magmatron having gone back to being Megatron and regained his sanity) want to destroy both the Autobots and Decepticons, as Megatron wants his so-called "predecessor" dead. Both sides reach the Ark, where the Predacon Megatron is unable to achieve his goals due to Starscream's spark, having gone through a time fissure between the eighth season of the main series, taking over his body and extinguishing his spark, as he rightfully knows the kind of damage Predacon Megatron is poised to do to the timeline. Starscream proceeds to instead order the Predacons to attack the Maximals, after which he plans to kill all of the Predacons to preserve the timeline. Most of the Maximals are killed, and the survivors, including Cheetor, Rhinox, Rattrap, Silverbolt, and Blacharachnia, extract the Matrix of Leadership from Optimus Prime and give it to Optimus Primal, who becomes Optimal Optimus and lays waste to the Predacons. Starscream vacates Predacon Megatron's body just as Optimus destroys it, and disappears through another time fissure back to 1992. With the Predacons completely destroyed, the surviving Maximals return the Matrix to Optimus Prime, and begin heading back to the Axalon to follow the flightpath of another one of the Autobot ships that fled Cybertron, only to encounter Razorclaw and his Predacons, all of whom have shed their organic exteriors and modified themselves to form Predaking. The Maximals are destroyed rather graphically, and the Predacons, now reduced to a single combiner team, return to the Darksyde and enter stasis in hopes that the Decepticons will awaken one day and find them. The series finale ends in 1984 with the Autobots and Decepticons awakening.

Transformers Animated[]

In 2006, two years after the original series ended, Johnson announced a brand-new Transformers series known as Transformers: Earthforce, which premiered in 2007. The series uses the same artstyle as OTL Animated, but that's where the similarities end:

All of the characters are closer in design to their original G1 counterparts, such as Optimus Prime's mouthplate, Prowl turning into a white police car instead of a black-and-gold police motorcycle, all of the Seekers having helmets, etc.
Plot-wise, there are basically no common denominators with the OTL plot, being closer to the Machine Wars Saga of the original series that ran between 1997 and 1999. The Autobots are the rulers of Cybertron, while the Decepticons are a group of violent revolutionaries who believe the Cybertronian race should assert is dominance over all organic species. Megatron is the apparent leader of these revolutionaries, and assassinates the Prime Minister of Cybertron, Sentinel Prime. The planet quickly descends into anarchy, until Optimus Prime manages to rally the Autobots together, ultimately sending the Decepticons fleeing off-planet. Optimus Prime leaves Ultra Magnus in charge while he and the Autobot Elite Force (all of the 1984 and 1985 Autobots) pursue the surviving Decepticons to ensure their complete destruction. They ultimately track them to Earth, and both sides set up hidden bases. The Autobots and Decepticons keep a much lower profile than the original series, hearkening back to the "Robots in Disguise" tagline. Throughout the first season, the two sides clash over basic energy resources, while trying to keep their presence concealed from the humans; unbeknownst to both sides, the US government is well-aware of them. Because of this different plot, Sari Sumdac does not exist, nor do any of the human villains who are ultimately irrelevant to the plot.
Optimus Prime is the Autobot leader, though still voiced by David Kaye. Megatron (Corey Burton) is, at first, made out to be the Decepticon leader, but in the first season finale, he accidentally exposes the existence of the Cybertronians to the humans, causing the true Decepticon leader, Starscream (Tim Curry), to come to Earth, dress him down, and take over command. Much of the humor between Megatron and Starscream is that the latter is smaller, yet can throw Megatron around like a ragdoll while Megatron can only make excuses or beg for mercy.
The second season opens with social order on the planet disintegrating, now that the existence of the Cybertronians is public knowledge. With stealth no longer an option, Starscream directs the Decepticons to begin attacking major military command centers around the United States, much to Megatron's objection, who would rather steal a device the humans made; this earns him a left hook from Starscream for being so short-sighted. The Autobots make official contact with the governments of the world, and most of them throw their support behind the Autobots, though Russia, North China, and Iran, for some reason, all choose to support the Decepticons (this caused much controversy that the series was being used as a political soapbox to demonize the "Axis of Evil" that President George W. Bush had labelled). The war between the Autobots and Decepticons quickly becomes a proxy war between NATO and CSTO, with massive-scale battles leaving entire population centers destroyed. By the end of the season, much of human civilization lies in ruin, most non-aquatic animals are extinct, and the human species has been reduced to a population of 500,000 following a combination of two years of intense war between the Autobots and Decepticons, and a nuclear war between NATO, Russia, and North China that has left much of the planet an irradiated wasteland. The surviving humans live on a terraformed Mars, and are bitter towards the Autobots for all of the destruction.
The third season opens a year after the end of the second season, with the human population on Mars having been reduced to 250,000 following famine, infighting, and periodic Decepticon raids. Hoping to repair relations between the Autobots and humans, Optimus Prime opens up recruitment to humans for the Master Corps., planning to create Autobots that can combine with humans in various ways, including Headmasters, Targetmasters, Powermasters, and Brainmasters. The idea proves highly popular, as the surviving humans want revenge against the Decepticons. Chief among the Master Corps. members are new incarnations of Sam Forrester and Mary Locklain (Cab was adapted out due to his portrayal in the original series being problematic, namely his sexual harassment of Mary), who become major characters during the season. Meanwhile, on Earth, the fighting between the Autobots and Decepticons rages on amongst the ruins of civilization, with both sides constantly making new innovations such as combiners, citybots, Powerlinxing with Mini-Cons, among others. The Decepticons have, by now, turned the ruins of Detroit into a twisted, metallic nightmare known as Decepticon City, with Trypticon as its centerpiece. Throughout the season, the Autobots, joined by the Master Corps. and reinforcements from Cybertron, battle the Decepticons along the west coast of the United States, ending the season with the establishment of Autobot City near Portland, Oregon, a beacon of hope for humanity's recovery.
The fourth and final season opens with the Autobots continuing to liberate areas from Decepticon control and rebuilding them with Cybertronian architecture, turning them into futuristic utopian cities; the Autobots also restore ravaged farmlands and make them even more fertile than before, causing a new Baby Boom. During the season, however, Optimus Prime receives a vision of an even greater threat that could destroy Earth, which is revealed to be Unicron. At the climax of the season, Unicron appears in the solar system and attacks Earth, forcing the Autobots and Decepticons to work together. In the end, Optimus Prime destroys Unicron using the Matrix of Leadership, while Starscream and the surviving Decepticons disappear into deep space, seeking to build their own star nation to one day challenge the Autobots. With Earth completely liberated, mankind begins to recover, and with the Autobots' help, becomes a spacefaring race with a large colonial empire in an area known as "The Bubble". The series ends on a seemingly-conclusive note, but with the threat of the Decepticons' return looming.

Live-action movies[]

The Michael Bay live-action movies do not exist. Period. Bumblebee and Rise of the Beasts also do not exist, but Transformers One does, serving as a prequel to the original 1984-2004 series. It has the same voice cast as IOTL, but as the movie goes on, voice actors are changed out to create more continuity with the cartoon:

When D-16 chokes Starscream and damages his vocal components, instead of his voice being Steve Buscemi with a filter, it is instead Chris Latta
After inserting Megatronus' T-cog and becoming Megatron, his voice changes from Brian Tyree Henry to Frank Welker
When Orion Pax becomes Optimus Prime, his voice changes from Chris Hemsworth to Peter Cullen

In addition, during final fight between Optimus Prime and Megatron, Stan Bush's "The Touch" is played.

Aligned continuity[]

The aligned continuity does not exist, though elements of it do:

Transformers: War for Cybertron was released as IOTL in 2010, but with multiple differences:
- Instead of an up to three-player co-op, levels are designed more like in Fall of Cybertron, with a singular character as the focus.
- Megatron still corrupts the core of Cybertron with Dark Energon, but quickly regrets it once he sees the damage it has done.
- Starscream's characterization is more in-line with the original series, being a hypercompetent Air Commander and military genius. His motive for wanting Decepticon leadership boils down to Megatron corrupting the core of Cybertron, believing he is a danger to the Cybertronian race, and one level involves Starscream challenging Megatron to a duel, which the former loses, but only barely, and Megatron, like in the original series, tells him "better luck next time".
- The voice cast for the game was, by and large, a G1 cast reunion:
  - Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime and Ironhide
  - Frank Welker as Megatron, Soundwave, Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage, Trailbreaker, Mirage, and Skywarp
  - Chris Latta as Starscream and Laserbeak (archived audio for the latter)
  - John Stephenson as Windcharger, Huffer, and Thundercracker
  - Johnny Yong Bosch as Bumblebee
  - Wendee Lee as Hornet
  - Tara Strong as Slipstream
  - Michael Bell as Prowl and Sideswipe
  - Corey Burton as Sunstreaker, Brawn, and Shockwave
  - Troy Baker as Jetfire and Sentinel Prime
  - Alan Oppenheimer as Warpath, Seaspray, Beachcomber, and Breakdown
  - Patrick Seitz as Silverbolt
  - Rob Paulsen as Air Raid
  - Jack Angel as Omega Supreme
  - Susan Blu as Arcee
  - Barry Gordon as Bumper
  - Brad Garrett as Trypticon

WORK-IN-PROGRESS

Trick Moon[]

The series wasn't canceled during pre-production, and started airing on Cartoon Network in 2021.

Two and a Half Men[]

The series aired on WBC instead of CBS. After Charlie Sheen's infamous public meltdown, Tim advised him to get help, ironed things out between Sheen and Chuck Lorre, and took personal control of the show, though Lorre still served as the co-executive producer (it was explained that Charlie had been taking drugs, which he kept a secret from Alan and Jake, and decided to take a vacation to Hawaii, with Walden, who's a much better-executed character, still being gullible and naive but well-meaning, taking Charlie's place throughout the season, though Charlie still appeared to call Alan and/or Jake each episode). Once Angus T. Jones left the series after the tenth season (which had the intro completely refilmed with Jake in an army uniform and using new vocals for Jake), Walden returned full-time to fill the "half man" role, with the intro being completely refilmed again with Ashton Kutcher in place of Jones, and the show continued on to 2018, when it ended with the two-part series finale "You've Finally Made It!" (the title being taken from a quote made by Alan upon Charlie telling him that he's about to finally get married; this is also said once Walden successfully proves he's become a full man), which had him get married to Jenny, who's not Charlie's lesbian daughter ITTL. It ended with a set-up to the 2019 spin-off The Harpers, which stars Sheen and Jon Cryer reprising their roles as Charlie and Alan, and airs on Netflix.

VeggieTales franchise[]

After Johnson beat Classic Media in a bidding war to buy Big Idea Entertainment in 2003, there was several changes to the VeggieTales franchise.

The 1998 logo is still used, as is the Palatino font still in common usage.
All episodes that started production following Johnson’s acquisition of Big Idea were animated by Johnson Cartoon Studios’ CGI division; many former Big Idea animators moved to said division.
While the 2010 countertop makeover still happens, it’s different in two ways:
- The walls are kept yellow.
- Whenever the new QWERTY speaks, text showing what he’s saying shows up on his screen in Palatino Bold.
The Netflix series (VeggieTales in the House) is almost completely different, using the original designs.
Phil and Lisa Vischer, Mike Nawrocki, and Kurt Heiniecke were not let go from the franchise in 2021.

The Venture Bros.[]

The series' eighth and final season was produced as planned, and aired in 2020.

The Walking Dead franchise[]

Comics[]

Series[]

Telltale game[]

Season 2[]

Its cast of characters is much more fleshed-out with more consistent characterizations. Christa, meanwhile, is later revealed to have become a walker, and Luke survives, participating in the final confrontation with Kenny instead of Jane.
The dark tone isn't as out of control.
The choices have a greater effect on the story (e.g. saving Sarah results in her surviving the game's events and parting with Clementine; she re-appears in The Final Season if she lives).
There is less linear gameplay and more interactivity with the environment and characters, and forced deaths are less common.
The characters from the 400 Days DLC are more prominent.

Michonne[]

A New Frontier[]

The game has longer chapters, allowing more time for the characters to be developed.
The cut slaughterhouse escape was used to set up the plot rather than a junkyard.
Clementine is a proper deuteragonist.
Eleanor is Jane's daughter, as intended.
Gabe is shot, not Mariana.
Joan doesn't devolve into a cackling madwoman in episode 4.
The game doesn't push a romance between Javi and Kate; conversely, there are more romantic interactions with Jesus.
There is more focus on the aftermath of Season 2' endings, rather than it being addressed in one flashback cutscene.
One additional episode involves Clementine rescuing AJ.

The Final Season[]

Warped Kart Racers[]

The game is released on consoles such as Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PC, and Mandatum in addition to iOS.
All characters have new voice clips (except for Luanne, who is voiced by Brittany Murphy using archived audio from King of the Hill).
Homer (Dan Castellaneta), Marge (Julie Kavner), Bart (Nancy Cartwright), Lisa (Yeardley Smith), Maggie (Pamela Hayden), and Grampa (also Castellaneta) from The Simpsons are included, as are Fry (Billy West), Leela (Katey Sagal), Bender (John DiMaggio), Amy (Lauren Tom), Hermes (Phil LaMarr), and Zapp (Phil Hartman) from Futurama, Cleveland (Arif Zahir), Donna (Sanaa Lathan), Roberta (Reagan Gomez-Preston), Cleveland Jr. (Kevin Michael Richardson), Rallo (also Zahir), and Tim (Seth MacFarlane) from The Cleveland Show, and Bob (H. Jon Benjamin), Linda (John Roberts), Tina (Dan Mintz), Gene (Eugene Mirman), Louise (Kristen Schaal), and Teddy (Larry Murphy) from Bob's Burgers.

Warrior Cats[]

The series is owned by Johnson instead of HarperCollins and Working Partners, and therefore, there are many changes:

There are more clans beyond the forest and lake territories, which have their own sub-series of books with their own arcs.
A film series started in 2007, with a TV series on WBC starting in 2011.
There is a magic system in the books, as Johnson execs rejected the concept of the cats being mundane normal cats as being “too similar to Tailchaser’s Song”.
The Twolegs are depicted as orc-like creatures, and their “monsters” are depicted as futuristic cars, therefore implying that the series takes place in the far future, after Homo sapiens and Felis catus have evolved to different forms.
The cats themselves have opposable thumbs (but are still quadrupedal), and have a mix of stone age and medieval tools.

The Weakest Link (2020)[]

This version airs on WBC instead of ABC. Jane Lynch still hosts, and the music is the same as OTL. Aside from those, this version is very different:

The set resembles the 2019 Dutch version.
Its format is based directly on the original version.
The writing is much better.
It doesn't try to be a comedy show.

Welcome to the Wayne[]

Similarly to Harvey Beaks, Welcome to the Wayne was bought by Cartoon Network in early 2019, and production moved from Nickelodeon Animation Studios to Cartoon Network Studios. New episodes aired on Cartoon Network from 2020 to 2022, when the series concluded with a two-part episode.

Wheel of Fortune[]

In 1986, Johnson acquired Merv Griffin Enterprises, and three years later, the daytime version of Wheel, having been canceled by NBC, moved over to WBC instead of CBS; both the daytime and nighttime shows also began taping at the Johnson Studios lot rather than Television City. Because of this, there are many major changes:

The syndicated version was cancelled in 1992, with the daytime version increasing its dollar totals to match those of the former syndicated version.
WBC still replaced Rolf Benirschke with Bob Goen in the move from NBC; he hosted the series until 1997, when he left for Entertainment Tonight and Marc Summers took his place. Likewise, Vanna White has also remained on the show like in real life, and announcer Charlie O'Donnell remained as well until his 2010 death, with Jim Thornton succeeding him in March 2011. Summers retired from the show in 2024, and KMSS Missoula reporter Connie Hoshino (a fictional character created for this TL) succeeded him instead of Ryan Seacrest.
Nancy Jones was still dismissed from the daytime show. Another producer, Joyce Margaryan (another fictional character), took over in 1995 (instead of Harry Friedman) until retiring in 2021, with Bellamie Blackstone tapped as her replacement. Also, Summers became the consulting producer of series from 2020 to 2024.
Returning champions were never retired, and the limit was abolished in the show's 30th season (2003-2004). If a tie happens, the two or three contestants who tied return the following episode to build on top of their existing score.
The $25,000 sign was still used until 2001, when it was updated to reflect the new top prize.
The Surprise wedge was never retired; there are three such wedges in the Surprise Round, all containing prizes that aren't revealed until a letter is called and the envelope is opened.
The Wheel still uses multiple templates for each round. The current possible values are as follows: $500, $550, $600, $650 (reintroduced in 1996 ITTL along with $850), $700, $750, $800, $850, $900, $950 (also introduced in 1996), $1,000 (as a regular wedge and the Mystery and Express wedges), $1,250, $1,500, $2,000, $2,500, $3,500, $4,000, and $5,000. WBC also never cheapened the show's budget.
The wheel still spins in the opening and closing.
The Tournament of Champions has been played every season since 1992: 15 contestants who won the most money the previous season play in the tournament for a chance to win a $500,000 prize. No bonus rounds or wheel bonuses, or rotating rounds are present.
Double Play and Red Letter Puzzles were never retired, and are rotating game elements.
The various gameplay elements and rounds (such as the Mystery and Jackpot Rounds, for example) have rotated every day in the week since 2000, as in lottery shows and The Price is Right. Other rounds include:
- A Fame Game-esque round where a blank puzzle is revealed, and everybody gets one spin and one letter; a clue is revealed every few spins.
- A round that brings back a variant of the shopping format, in which players land on a "Shopping" wedge, solve without hitting Bankrupt, and go shopping.
- A round where each space has a player color in addition to dollar amounts, and the wheel is spun to determine who gets one turn to guess a letter; players can also buy spaces instead of vowels to increase the odds of their turn coming up.
The series does Second Chance Tournaments, Tournaments of Champions, International Tournaments (always on the set of a foreign version), and celebrity episodes on most seasons.
There are 230 episodes per season instead of 195.
The music is very different:
- The 1997 version of "Changing Keys" was used until 2000, when a new version by Frankie Blue and Steve Kaplan was introduced (basically the "Changing Keys" samples from the 2000 and 2002 versions of "Happy Wheels", but as the whole song), which was remixed in 2002. The opening version continued to be used. A new arrangement composed by Blue and John Hoke was used from September 2006 to December 2016 (which was more faithful to the pre-1994 melody), another version by Hoke was used from January 2017 to 2021, and the version introduced IOTL was introduced in September 2021, with real instruments used instead of synthesizers and using much more of the 1983 "Changing Keys" melody, as well as some of the music cues being slightly different (for instance, the bonus round timer uses the 1981-1989 version, while puzzle solve cues use the end of the song). The current version was introduced in September 2024, using more of the "Changing Keys" melody.
- The 2000, 2002, 2006-2009, and 2017 music packages from OTL (including both versions of "Happy Wheels", as well as the OTL 2007-2016 and 2017-2021 opening themes) were instead used as prize cues, although the Toss Up theme remained the same.
The vowel cost was increased to $500 in 2000 and to $1,000 in 2018.
In addition to cash and cars, the Bonus Round prizes also include dream vacations, extreme shopping sprees, and other smaller prizes, as well as "Double" and "Triple" multipliers that affect the player's winnings accordingly (for example, players who win $30,000 in the front game, land on "Triple" and solve the bonus puzzle add $60,000 to their winnings, and the player wins $90,000). The current values are $25,000, $35,000, $40,000, $45,000, $50,000, $60,000, and $100,000. Also, the minimum bonus round prize does not reference the number of the current season. No cars priced below the minimum value are given either.
In addition to trips, shopping sprees, and sponsored cash prizes, prize wedges include other types of prizes as well, such as cars and smaller prizes.
The Prize Puzzle is another rotating game element that has a greater range beyond trips (such as cars, other "larger" prizes and cash bonuses), meaning its puzzles are better-written and don't affect scores as much.
Due to the budget still being higher, the puzzles themselves never suffered from nonsensical wording that no human would ever say; many of them are also shorter so more puzzles are solved per episode.
Contestants who played in other versions are not banned from competing again; after their initial appearance on one version, they can play again after 10 years.
The green center on the wheel was replaced with a gold center showing the circular Wheel logo in 1997. In 2010, it was replaced with the center piece styled after the one from the Wii game.
The category graphic was replaced every couple of years (e.g. the graphic used from 2008-2021 IOTL was only used from 2008-11, while the 2021-2022 graphic was used from 2018-2022 ITTL), while the credits font was changed to Gotham in 2015 and to Gilroy in 2022 (both fonts were also used for score/readout displays and the puzzleboard during their respective eras, though the puzzleboard uses a condensed version of the fonts). The Final Spin graphic still changes every one or two seasons.
There are no Toss-Ups, with five puzzles being played before the Bonus Round.
In 2007, a Vault wedge was added as another rotating game element. It starts with a $5,000 amount in daytime and $10,000 in nighttime and any cash, prizes, or other items lost to Bankrupt are added to the Vault. To win the items and reset to the amount, players must land on the center space (avoiding Bankrupt and Lose a Turn), call a letter, and solve the puzzle without hitting Bankrupt. The Vault can be won more than once. Other wedges also introduced include Steal (introduced in 2005, in which a player calls a letter and steals another player's score) and Double or Nothing (introduced in 2008, in which the player's next spin counts as a "Double", but if the letter isn't in the puzzle, it counts as a "Bankrupt"; if the wedge is landed on in the next spin, the player's score doubles).
There is no $1,000,000 prize outside of Big Money Weeks, in which it only appears in a single round. Instead, the highest prize available is $100,000. This also meant that the $10,000 wedge is still used.
There are three Mystery wedges instead of just two: a $10,000 wedge, a Bankrupt, and a prize in the cash wedge value's range. Its face value was $500 and is currently $1,000. The other side is still shown to home viewers whenever any of the wedges are landed on.
The set still changes color depending on the week, and its generic background is still blue instead of black with stars. Also, the color-coded contestant backdrop was never retired (although the center video wall is still used), with the 1997 design continuing to be used until the set's 2003 redesign. It also still uses a gold motif, as well as a white floor. The 2010 set is mostly similar to OTL, but with contestant backdrops similar to those in OTL's Australian Million Dollar Wheel of Fortune set instead of the second video wall (though with the addition of monitors showing the contestants' total scores), as well as a border surrounding the puzzleboard similar to previous sets. In the 2017-18 season, a new set was introduced, consisting of a larger Wheel (and longer table, though not the same extended table as the one introduced in 2020 IOTL apart from all screens being combined instead of four separate screens), a circular spotlight frame directly above the Wheel, a retro-inspired puzzleboard and wheel frame, and the logo sign (a.k.a. "blooming onion") instead of the center video wall, while the puzzleboard itself switched to an LED display with LIDAR sensors that season instead of the 2022-23 season (the animation used when Vanna reveals the letters has them turning as they did pre-1997, and other motion graphics are used rather than emulating the previous look; the font is changed to Gotham Condensed). The backdrops are now made of glass and neon, with arrows facing downward. Further changes were made in 2021, namely to the wedge and arch arrangement on the Wheel logo, as well as the arches above the puzzleboard and backdrops. The set of Season 51 is much closer to the concept renders, with the addition of LED stripes around the wheel that rotate as it spins, the wheel's base being completely different (essentially being a modernized version of the pre-1997 base), the puzzleboard's border flashing in a circular motion at the beginning and end of the show, when a puzzle is revealed, and when a puzzle is solved, the puzzleboard monitor taking up the full frame, both "ship wheels" behind the puzzleboard being the same size and arranged symmetrically, the red, white and blue backdrops replacing the "ship wheels" behind the contestants (their final scores also show up at the end), the "blooming onion" being placed behind the host, the lack of a video floor, all three contestant arrows being lit at all times rather than just the current contestant's, the lighting changing colors for prizes or larger money values being landed on, the puzzleboard's arches being smaller and shown in full, and the category strip being placed above the puzzleboard at all times (though its border has a curve going inside).
Free Spin was never retired, and the wedge still appears in every round, with Free Spin tokens still being awarded to players who land on the wedge.
Bonus categories are still present as well.
Charlie O'Donnell's remaining episodes taped before his 2010 death were never dubbed over with other announcers.
The Jackpot round was never retired.
The Disney Weeks are no harder than other weeks, and most of their puzzles are still Disney-themed.
Remote tapings are still done, including weeks at Las Vegas and Walt Disney World, as well as many other cities across the United States.
Crossword puzzles still exist, but letters that cross over award a bonus.
Some of the opening sequences are different:
- Season 37 uses the OTL unused title card from Season 28, but with a different opening animation.
- The 2015-2016, 2016-2017, and 2018-2019 seasons did not reuse the intro for the 2013-2014 or 2014-2015 seasons. The 2020-2021 intro is also not the same one from the previous season.
- Season 42's intro starts with a new Johnson Studios animation showing updated photos of the hosts; the screen zooms out to reveal the Wheel as its center closes. It then opens to reveal the set.
- Season 43's intro starts with a new Johnson Studios animation, with the camera following various wedges flying into the studio doors. The title is formed from those wedges coming together to form a wheel. The camera zooms into the center to reveal the set.
- Season 44's intro used clips from the previous season due to not being an anniversary season. Also, the earlier version with neon lights and more gold was used for the entire season, and five different openings were used.
- The Season 45 intro begins with a new Johnson Studios animation replacing the static images of the hosts with live-action footage, before it pans out to a similar puzzleboard animation to the previous season featuring clips from the past few seasons.
- The Season 46 intro is the same as OTL's Season 37 intro, except for the transition from the intro to the set; the camera zooms in through the wedges and logo.
- The Season 47 intro is also different, showing photos of the hosts and Jim Thornton along with various elements (such as wedge values, gameplay element logos, etc.), as the camera pans up to the top, revealing the show's logo in front of a colorful version of the Celebrity Wheel of Fortune wedge animation, with its words lighting up as they're said. Again, the camera zooms into the center, revealing the set.
- Season 50's is the same as the intro to OTL's 2024 UK version, but with some of the panels replaced by clips from the show's history, as well as all instances of pound signs and UK values replaced by dollar signs and US values.
- Season 51's intro is similar to OTL's Season 42 intro, but with a new Johnson Studios animation before the title card. Also, there are fewer geometric wheels in the graphics, and the title card itself uses more detailed CGI.
In 2015, the show did an hour-long primetime special commemorating its 40th anniversary. Two full games were played, and throughout the show, clips from all eras were shown.
$5K Every Day was never retired.
There is also a phone app that functions similarly to the 1988 electronic handheld interactive game; a modernized version of that has been manufactured since 2015.
Starting in Season 32, same-sex couples have been allowed on Couples Weeks. Since Season 42, same-sex couples have been allowed to compete on team weeks.
Big Money Weeks use the following values for the wedges: $1,000, $1,500, $2,000, $2,500, $3,000, $3,500, $4,000, $4,500, $5,000, $5,500, $6,000, $6,500, $7,000, $7,500, $8,000, $8,500, $9,000, $9,500, $10,000, $12,500, and $15,000. The special wedges are $20,000, $30,000, and $50,000. Those weeks also use a money-themed set, with large busts of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington painted in an engraved style, and giant coins. The Bonus Round prizes are $25,000, $50,000, $75,000, $100,000, $250,000, and $500,000, with more challenging puzzles.
In 2010, the wedges were made reflective with a new color scheme, similar to the Wii version that came out the same year; the fonts remain the same. In 2017, they were redesigned, now consisting of transparent plastic strips with the values on them and placed above a series of lights (or glitter sections for special wedges), separated by bars (similar to Australia's Million Dollar Wheel of Fortune, Spin the Wheel and the 2024 UK version).
The bonus round categories have a much wider selection, with ten in all rather than three.
1/2 Car and gift tags weren't retired.
The house minimum was raised to $3,000 in 2017.
Categories that offer bonuses related to the puzzle were not retired.
The set still dims during the bonus round.
The graphic showing post-bonus round totals still flashes if the contestant wins; if they lose, it doesn't flash.
Johnson Games released a video game adaptation of Wheel in March 2018. It was acclaimed for its wide variety of customization options, its realism, randomized wheel layouts, a huge variety of puzzles (with over 10,000 puzzles), and adherence to the rules, and was better received than OTL's Ubisoft game. Johnson's game also featured Marc Summers, Vanna White, and Jim Thornton. It also has a feature in which, every time a game starts, the hosts' outfits are generated from thousands of possible styles, and players can customize their fully-voiced avatars (except in the Xbox One version, which uses the player's existing avatar, though if they don't have one, it will be instantly generated in the game without affecting the profile). There are also many unlockable sets, like the 70s set (representing the show's 1975 debut), the 80s set (the 1981-1989 set), the 90s set (from early Season 23, 1996-1997), and the 2000s set (representing the set from Season 30, 2003-2004), with different rules, wheel layouts, sounds, and music for each one (the 70s set uses "Big Wheels" by Alan Thicke, used from 1975-1983, the 80s set uses the 1983-1989 theme, the 90s set uses the 1994-1997 theme, and the 2000s set uses the 1997-2006 theme), including the shopping format from the 1970s and 1980s.
For episodes produced during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, the contestants used color-coded rubber gloves instead of white objects to spin the Wheel. Marc Summers entered from the right side of the set to their lectern, while Vanna White entered from the left and walked straight to the puzzleboard, staying there for their closing chat (shown via a split-screen). Finally, (in a change that wasn't done until the 39th season IOTL) Final Spins are done by the contestant in control of the Wheel when the bell rings rather than the host.
Starting in Season 47, the contestant nametag font changed from Arial Black to Helvetica Neue Black Condensed.
The bonus round puzzles allow saying correct words with slight pauses with none in between and within the time limit, allowing the show to avoid incidents such as the "CHOOSING THE RIGHT WORD" incident that happened IOTL.
From 2016 to 2024, a #WheelOfFortune bug was shown on-screen at the top of the show, similarly to #Jeopardy and #LetsPlayCrosswords being used for their respective shows.
Jim Thornton still appears onscreen at the top of the show as he introduces the hosts. He also appears onscreen at various points, a la the announcer on The Price Is Right.
Ken Jennings, Vanna White, and Crosswords host Ryan Hesse competed on the May 10, 2023 Celebrity Wheel episode with the puzzleboard being automated.
The April 1, 2024 episode had Ken Jennings hosting both the daytime and syndicated Wheel episodes with Summers, White and Thornton playing for charity, while Summers hosted Jeopardy!; Johnny Gilbert also announced Wheel, and Jim Thornton announced Jeopardy!, in a nod to the 1997 April Fool's Day episodes of both series.
The Toss-Up/Speed-Up graphic setup wasn't changed in 2024, and contestant introductions are still handled after the first Toss-Up like in previous seasons.

WBC also provided approximately $20 million worth of tape stock to NBC and other networks in the 1970s and 1980s. This means that all of the daytime episodes survive (as well as other series that had been wiped IOTL), and are commonly rerun on Johnson-owned GSN alongside the older nighttime shows, as Johnson, unlike Sony IOTL, is willing to reair episodes from before the mid-2010s; older episodes will also appear on Wheel's upcoming Pluto TV channel.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit[]

Chocodile (Mel Blanc), Cherridile (Mae Questel), Larry J. Crock (Blanc), Darrell Dog (Lennie Weinrib), and Dorothy Dog (B. J. Ward) all appear in the film.

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?[]

Since Johnson acquired Celador and the Millionaire franchise in 2006, many changes have been made:

The UK version never went to 12 questions or ditched Fastest Finger First, and used OTL's US Clock music and graphics starting in 2008 (with the addition of a remixed version of the million-pound win cue), along with the use of blue in its graphics instead of purple; in 2010, OTL's 2010 US graphics were introduced, though the lifeline icons remain in the classic style. This is also true for many foreign versions. It still ended in 2014 due to Chris Tarrant's retirement, and was revived in 2018 with Jeremy Clarkson; the graphics there resemble this concept (except the logo from OTL is used with a blue ring instead of purple, the "MILLIONAIRE" text in the top prize win graphic is gold, and occasionally a lozenge appears on the top-right corner during questions alternating between the current amount and how much could be lost or gained); the lozenges and money straps use more polished animations compared to OTL, while the music package switched to the Super Millionaire package (the opening theme sounds like this, while the million-pound win cue added the OTL 2019 Kaun Banega Crorepati theme's chorus to the final notes and the May 2004 version of the "Explain the Rules" theme is used); the opening sequence is similar to OTL's Olga opening, albeit extended and with an animated version of the classic background. Also, the Clarkson era always uses correct music cues. These graphics are used in international versions beginning in 2019.
- The Question 16 theme used in versions with the 16-question format use [a slower, lower-pitched version of the Question 15 theme].
The US version never adopted the clock or shuffle formats, and the primetime version was revived in 2008 on WBC, with the syndicated version ending that year; Michael Davies was released as showrunner. The primetime version moved back to ABC in 2013 after Johnson acquired Disney.
- Meredith Vieira stayed as host until her departure in 2013. Good Morning America broadcaster Robin Roberts has hosted since then.
- The phone game returned, replacing in-person auditions.
- Unlike in the original run, WBC and ABC schedule Millionaire only for sweeps and special events.
- The graphics remained the same from 2008-2010 and 2010-2018, though the lifeline icons use the 1998 illustrations (albeit with 50:50 in Interstate Black); the UK graphics were introduced in 2019.
- The current possible lifelines for the US version are 50:50, Phone-A-Friend (which works like in the UK version, albeit with the friend shown on-screen), Ask the Audience, Ask the Host, and Three Wise Men (renamed to Ask the Experts); only four of these lifelines can be chosen by a contestant during gameplay. The three additional pings are higher-pitched versions of the normal pings, with the Switch the Question ping from the UK version being used when lifelines are chosen. In 2020 episodes, Ask the Audience was removed due to COVID-19 restrictions, though it was brought back in early 2021.
- Opening-wise, with the move to WBC primetime in 2008, it changed to a special opening directed by Timothy Hill based on the 1998 and 2001 UK versions, showing various people in New York City looking at the logo as it forms, ending at the logo forming in front of the Statue of Liberty. In 2012, it changed to a version of the 2008 UK opening (with the title card shown over footage of New York City); in 2019, the UK intro was adopted, with the background fading to footage of the Statue of Liberty once the logo is fully formed.
- The 2005-2010 logo continued being used until 2019, when the show started using OTL's Jimmy Kimmel Millionaire logo.
- Music-wise, the 2008 music package was used, albeit without the ticking; the entrance theme from the 10th anniversary episodes was used for that purpose. The 2001 US intro theme was used as a cue for going to and back from commercial. Here is what the "Last Time" theme sounded like. In 2019, it switched to the Super Millionaire package.
- In terms of set design, the 2004 design remained until 2012, when it was remodeled to look similar to the 2011 UK set (which has less purple lighting ITTL due to the graphics focusing more on blue than purple). In 2019, it was completely replaced with a replica of the 2018 UK set.
- Tournaments of Champions are held annually for contestants who passed the $32,000 question.
- OTL's Shuffle Music is used for spin-off series Cash Mountain, which has aired in syndication since 2010 as a "lighter" companion to Millionaire and is hosted by Terry Crews.
- A 20th anniversary season was held in August 2019, hosted by Regis Philbin with Robin Roberts playing a question for charity.
The Russian version was still hosted by Maxim Galkin instead of Dmitry Dibrov until it was pulled in 2022 when Johnson left Russia after its invasion of Ukraine.
Millionaire: Hot Seat uses a different format from OTL:
- There are three Fastest Finger First questions rather than ten.
- There is a safe haven of $32,000, as with the main show.
- From Questions 8-12, the original music is used.
- The lifelines are the same as in the regular show.
- A US version has aired since 2010 with Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton.
The Fastest Finger First spin-off does not exist.

The Wiggles[]

After Greg Page returned to the group in 2012, Sam Moran (his replacement) was reassigned as a fifth Wiggle with a green skivvy.
The 2013 replacements of Greg, Murray and Jeff never happened. Emma (later Tsehay), Lachlan and Simon are instead orange, pink, and teal Wiggles; Evie, John, Caterina, Kelly, and Lucia are among a rotating cast of auxiliary members.

The Winds of Winter[]

The book was completed and released in 2014, as originally planned. A Dream of Spring was released in 2021 as the final book in the A Song of Ice and Fire series.

Win, Lose or Draw[]

While the show was still produced by Burt & Bert Productions, its associated partner was Johnson Television as opposed to Kline & Friends (which doesn't exist due to Richard S. Kline not leaving Barry-Enright Productions). As a result, Jay Wolpert was the director and producer.
The daytime show was still cancelled in 1989; Alan Thicke (not Robb Weller) replaced Bert Convy on the syndicated version, and the series went past three seasons. The syndicated show adopted the daytime version's $5,000 bonus round in this new season, although the bonus round did not penalize the contestant for passing, the theme music wasn't replaced, and the only format change was the adoption of the bonus round.
In 1993, the daytime series returned to NBC with Vicki Lawrence as host.
In 1997, the set was changed to the one used on the short lived 1997-1998 version of Pictionary, which doesn't exist ITTL. The theme song was changed to a modernized version of the 1987 theme, and the syndicated version's bonus game's prize was increased to $10,000.
After Gene Wood's departure from the syndicated series in 1989, Bob Hilton announced for both versions until leaving for Concentration in 1996. He was replaced by Joe Cipriano.
In 2002, the bonus game was revamped to a richer bonus game played for $25,000; the values of the drawings were increased as well.
In 2008, both versions switched to HD, with a new set and theme song.
Alan Thicke retired from the syndicated version in 2013, being replaced by Graham Elwood as host of that version.

Wish[]

The film is massively different from OTL.

The evil villain couple idea was retained, with a wish going so badly that it forces the King and Queen to resort to desperate measures. Also, King Magnifico is mode menacing.
Asha is the King and Queen's stepdaughter.
The film is hand-drawn instead of CGI.
Star is a shape shifter and has his original design.
Asha and Star team up against the King and Queen.
Even after winning, Star goes overboard with wishes and Asha has to stop him.
Asha represents the middle ground: not all wishes can come true, but her parents should not stop people's dreams.
The moral is to let your wishes grow, not to give people everything but not to squash wishes.
A musical number has Asha and Star traveling to different places foreshadowing future Disney films, a la "A Whole New World" from Aladdin.
The teens are much more fleshed out beyond being reskins of the Seven Dwarves, and referred to as "The Wishers' Gang".
"This Is The Thanks I Get?!" is a more traditional villain song.
Once Upon a Studio was released to precede Wish in theaters.
Due to these differences, Wish was much more successful in the box office.

Yakuza franchise[]

TBA

YTMND[]

While not owned by Johnson, YTMND has remained relevant. Its fad culture today ITTL is a combination of YTMND at its peak, the Japanese OTOMAD community, SiIvaGunner in-jokes, and “soundclown” culture; “spadinner YTP”-type humour is sometimes used for nostalgia-bait value. It is owned by Kadokawa (the same people who run NicoVideo) since 2011. Between 2007 and 2014, most YTMND users were from the Japanese States, South China, Korea, and Southeast Asia (in a “Germans Love David Hasselhoff” situation). In 2014, Joel from Vinesauce made a stream about YTMND, “YTMND: The Original Meme Website”, which returned the site to prominence in the West. Since then, there have been many YTMND streams across the Vinesauce network of streamers. YTMND mobile apps are available.