History ComicBook / HouseOfM

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The Aesop of some of the tie-in miniseries. For instance, Comicbook/DoctorDoom managed to get almost everything he claimed to want: his mother alive, his face unscarred, Richards dead -- and he manages to lose it all, mostly at his own hands, by the end of the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour: House of M'' miniseries.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the House of M reality, Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk is the leader of Australia and does a surprisingly good job at it. Then he goes and rules a desert world in ''ComicBook/WorldWarHulk''.

* HeroOfAnotherStory: ComicBook/CaptainAmerica. In this reality, he was never frozen in ice and got to continue his life post-war. He only cameos in the main mini-series as an old man (prompting the other heroes to just leave him be), but a tie-in issue of his own comic summarizes the different things he experienced during the intervening decades.

* RetGone: In-story example with [[spoiler:Charles Xavier]] and [[spoiler:the ComicBook/FantasticFour]]
** In the latter's case, actually, only [[spoiler:Reed and Sue die.]] Ben becomes an irrational version of the Thing (which Dr. Doom refers to as "It") and Johnny goes on to become an underground mecha fighter, like Tony Stark and his dad.

The scene cuts to Comicbook/{{Wolverine}} as he wakes up in a world that has completely changed: [[BizarroUniverse A world where mutants are the dominant species, humans are now a persecuted minority]], and the United States is led by the House of Magneto. The now-scattered and [[LaserGuidedAmnesia mind-altered]] Avengers and X-Men must try to reunite and find out how to [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong reverse what happened]] on the day they arrived on Genosha. They later come across Layla Miller, a young girl who is aware that reality has been changed and who helps expose the truth about their "current" reality.

->What is there to say? Put her down.
-->--Emma Frost, coming up with a solution to Wanda's mental illness.

->''"No more mutants."''
-->-- '''Scarlet Witch'''

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The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse series ''Series/WandaVision'' takes some inspiration from this run, mainly the plot point of the Scarlet Witch using her reality-warping powers to change her surroundings to her liking after a traumatic event.

** Comicbook/ShangChi is the leader of a Chinatown-based street gang called the Dragons, whose ranks also include [[ComicBook/DaughtersOfTheDragon Colleen Wing]], [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Mantis]], and [[Characters/Avengers60sMembers Swordsman]], all of whom are heroes in the main universe. They eventually come around, though, and become allies of the Avengers.

Turns out Wanda's twin brother Pietro (ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}}) convinced her to rewrite reality into one where all the heroes got to have their greatest desires -- including Magneto's and [[Comicbook/ProfessorX Professor Xavier]]'s -- which meant that Magneto's family ruled the mutants and the mutants ruled the world, and Professor Xavier [[HeroicSacrifice had died a meaningful death]] and mutants and humans live side-by-side (sort of). The Avengers and the X-Men confront Wanda after regaining their memories of the reality that existed before Wanda's CosmicRetcon. Wanda suffers yet another nervous breakdown and eventually restores the original reality, but [[BroughtDownToNormal depowers 99.99% of the world's mutants]] as well. Afterwards, she disappears without a trace and the reader is [[SequelHook given a clue]] that the depowering might not be as permanent as it seems.

* TwilightOfTheSupers: Wanda depowers 99.99% of the world's mutants at the end.

The next Marvel Comics CrisisCrossover is ''[[ComicBook/CivilWar2006 Civil War]]'', followed by ''ComicBook/WorldWarHulk''.

The next Marvel Comics CrisisCrossover is ''[[Comicbook/CivilWar Civil War]]'', followed by ''ComicBook/WorldWarHulk''.

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The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse series ''Series/WandaVision'' takes some inspiration from this run.

** Comicbook/ShangChi is the leader of a Chinatown-based street gang called the Dragons, whose ranks also include [[ComicBook/DaughtersOfTheDragon Colleen Wing]], Mantis, and Swordsman, all of whom are heroes in the main universe. They eventually come around, though, and become allies of the Avengers.

** Comicbook/ShangChi is the leader of a Chinatown-based street gang called the Dragons, whose ranks also include [[ComicBook/DaughtersOfTheDragon Colleen Wing]], Comicbook/{{Mantis|Marvel Comics}} and Swordsman, all of whom are heroes in the main universe. They eventually come around, though, and become allies of the Avengers.

** Comicbook/ShangChi is the leader of a Chinatown-based street gang called the Dragons, whose ranks also include Comicbook/ColleenWing, Comicbook/{{Mantis|Marvel Comics}} and Swordsman, all of whom are heroes in the main universe. They eventually come around, though, and become allies of the Avengers.

** Apocalypse's Horsemen include characters who are heroes in the normal continuity, such as Comicbook/{{Nightcrawler}}, Comicbook/{{Angel|Marvel Comics}} and Comicbook/{{Iceman}}.

* FantasticRacism: Due to mutants controlling the world, humans are now an oppressed minority group. The racism parallels are driven home when Comicbook/LukeCage mocks [[Comicbook/TheFalcon Sam Wilson]] for being the [[TokenMinority "token sapien"]] on the otherwise mostly-mutant NYPD. This is also acknowledged in the ''House of M: Avengers'' limited series, where Lotus Shinchuko (who is Asian American) says that Magneto's takeover of the planet has effectively rendered all prior racial tension meaningless; now the only division that matters is the one between humans and mutants. This is later reiterated by Thunderbird, who says he grew up being treated as a third-class citizen because of his Apache heritage, a problem that went away once Magneto took over the United States.

* MinorityPoliceOfficer: Magneto chooses Sam Wilson to replace Thunderbird as the new detective in charge of Sapien Town, reasoning that it's more appropriate for a human cop to police a human neighborhood.

** Frank Castle is the chosen as the only human member of the Brotherhood, which Thundebird admits will be a good PR move and help ease tensions in the human neighborhoods they police. Taskmaster is ''also'' a human, but deliberately hides his heritage.

* NotSoDifferetRemark: Trish Tilby notes that despite being bitter enemies, Luke Cage and Thunderbird have a lot in common. Both men grew up facing racial prejudice and lost their families, only to form new surrogate ones (the Avengers and the Brotherhood, respectively). They even have similar powers.

* NotSoDifferent:
** During an interview in the ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'' tie-in, [[ComicBook/{{Storm}} Ororo]] notes that even under mutant rule, white men who conform to human standards of strength, wealth and attractiveness are still in charge.
** Trish Tilby notes that despite being bitter enemies, Luke Cage and Thunderbird have a lot in common. Both men grew up facing racial prejudice and lost their families, only to form new surrogate ones (the Avengers and the Brotherhood, respectively). They even have similar powers.

* WhamLine:

Turns out Wanda's twin brother Pietro (ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}}) convinced her to rewrite reality into one where all the heroes got to have their greatest desires -- including Magneto's and [[Comicbook/ProfessorX Professor Xavier]]'s -- which meant that Magneto's family ruled the mutants and the mutants ruled the world, and Professor Xavier [[HeroicSacrifice had died a meaningful death]] and mutants and humans live side-by-side (sort of). The Avengers and the X-Men confront Wanda after regaining their memories of the reality that existed before Wanda's CosmicRetCon. Wanda suffers yet another nervous breakdown and eventually restores the original reality, but [[BroughtDownToNormal depowers 99.99% of the world's mutants]] as well. Afterwards, she disappears without a trace and the reader is [[SequelHook given a clue]] that the depowering might not be as permanent as it seems.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Humans may be treated as second-class citizens under Magneto's rule, but he steps in and intervenes after Thunderbird attempts an outright purge of a human neighborhood in an attempt to get the Avengers.

* DoomedByCanon: ''Avengers'' is a flashback tale, so anyone present in the story who isn't part of Luke's gang come the main event, like Tigra or Mockingbird, is doomed.