History Main / AlienSpaceBats

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* ''Film/TheFinalCountdown'' and a few imitators also have some sort of NegativeSpaceWedgie toss an individual, a country, or a military force back or forward in time so they can change history. The film was a StableTimeLoop. Imitators, however, may not include this aspect.

Not to be confused with GoddamnedBats, or the Franchise/{{Batman}} from ''ComicBook/SupermanSpeedingBullets,'' who actually ''is'' an alien. Only vaguely related to the movie ''{{Film/Lifeforce}}'', which is not AH, but has ''literal'' alien bats.

* The world of the 2003 anime ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' diverged from the normal world when alchemy was discovered. Conversely, the world of the manga NeverWasThisUniverse.

* The amount of WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief required to believe the point of divergence in Soviet history that sets up [[http://theboxingtribune.com/2015/03/what-if-klitschko-special-back-in-the-ussr-part-1/ the What If Klitschko Special]] is sufficiently high to drive that story into ASB territory---especially since it assumes that the events of ''Film/RockyIV'' are canon.

-->-- '''Alison Brooks''', discussing the probability of various AlternateHistory Confederate victories in UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar on [[UsefulNotes/{{Usenet}} [=soc.history.what-if=] ]]

-->-- '''Alison Brooks''', discussing the probability of various AlternateHistory Confederate victories in UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar on [[Website/{{Usenet}} [=soc.history.what-if=] ]]

[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_space_bats Now a verifiable wiki article]]! That cites [[Wiki/TVTropes This Very Wiki]]![[note]]It cites GiantEnemyCrab, but still.[[/note]]

* As of 2010, ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'''s discovery of a physics-defying energy source (literally called "magic") that kicks off [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke a genetically engineered monster apocalypse]] and turns the whole world into the cover of every metal album ever has officially become this. By the time ''Xrd'' rolled around, the series fully committed to the alternate history route, revealing that in 1999 the Universal Will destroyed all modern electronics on Earth, leading to a second, worldwide Dark Age until the discovery of magic.

-->-- '''Alison Brooks''', discussing the probability of various AlternateHistory Confederate victories in UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar on [=soc.history.what-if=]

* Creator/ParadoxInteractive is normally known for creating highly-detailed, well-researched historical RealTimeStrategy games that try to err on the side of plausibility in modeling the setting. This is why several fans were, to put it mildly, taken by surprise when they launched the ''Sunset Invasion'' minor DLC for ''VideoGame/CrusaderKingsII'', which introduces a massive invasion of Western Europe by [[{{Irony}} a technologically-advanced, disease-spreading]] [[{{Mayincatec}} Aztec Empire]].

* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' When a human encounters the "Source of all living matter" in a cave under a hollow tree the first Titan is created. Using this gargantuan humanoid war elephant with regeneration abilities the Eldians--a small tribe of mountain bandits--are able to conquer the Roman Empire easily and the world's history diverges.

* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' When a human encounters the "Source of all living matter" in a cave under a hollow tree the first Titan and super-powered Eldian race are created. With this gargantuan humanoid war elephant with regeneration abilities the Eldians--a small tribe of mountain bandits--are able to conquer the Roman Empire easily and the world's history diverges.

* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' When a human encounters the "Source of all living matter" in a cave under a hollow tree the first Titan and super-powered Eldian race are created. The Eldians, a small tribe of mountain bandits using this power are able to conquer the Roman Empire and the world's history diverges.

* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' When a human encounters the "Source of all living matter" in a cave under a hollow tree the first Titan and super-powered Eldian race are created. The Eldians, a small tribe of mountain bandits using this power is able to conquer the Roman Empire and the world's history diverges.

* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' When a human encounters the "Source of all living matter" in a cave under a hollow tree the first Titan and super-powered Eldian race are created.

* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' When a human encounters the "Source of all living matter" in a cave under a hollow tree the first Titan and the Eldian race is created.

* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' When a human encounters the "Source of all living matter" in a cave under a hollow tree the first Titan and the Eldian race is created.

* Naomi Novik's ''Literature/{{Temeraire}}'' series is set in the Napoleonic Wars in a universe where ''dragons'' exist and are widely used by humans, especially militaries. The AlternateHistory elements are [[InSpiteOfANail not immediately apparent]], but there are numerous key differences; the Incans, for instance, are a major world power because of their dragons, and the Chinese, far from being in decline and getting bullied by Western powers, are one of the major players in the war as both sides try to enlist their aid, or at the very least keep them from joining the other side.

[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_space_bats Now a verifiable wiki article]]! That cites this very page on [[Wiki/TVTropes This Very Wiki]]!

* In Failbetter Games' browser game ''VideoGame/FallenLondon'', Victorian-era London was literally stolen by bats. [[spoiler: And it turns out the Masters of the Bazaar are ''literal'' Alien Space Bats. Makes you wonder if it's a deliberate reference to the {{Trope Namer|s}}, doesn't it?]]
** Failbetter Games's writers assert they had never heard of this trope name when writing the setting. [[spoiler: Given that it is both a figurative and literal case of Alien Space Bats, this is totally implausible but, if true, '''incredibly''' hilarious.]]

** ''Ravage'' uses an identical premise, but falls under the category of future rather than AlternateHistory, as it takes place in the 21st century and was written in 1943.

* ''Manga/{{Zipang}}'' diverges from history in the wake of the Battle of Midway when a modern Japanese Aegis destroyer is sent back to 1942 by a NegativeSpaceWedgie.

* Interestingly enough in ''Manga/BillyBat'', [[spoiler: the titular character, a ''literal'' Alien Space Bat, intends to prevent or avoid his world from diverging from our history when it's within his power.]]

* Creator/ParadoxInteractive is normally known for creating highly-detailed, well-researched historical RealTimeStrategy games that try to err on the side of plausibility in modeling the setting. This is why several fans were, to put it mildly, taken by surprise when they launched the ''Sunset Invasion'' minor DLC for ''VideoGame/CrusaderKings II'', which introduces a massive invasion of Western Europe by [[{{Irony}} a technologically-advanced, disease-spreading]] [[{{Mayincatec}} Aztec Empire]].

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': The desire to avoid this was a large part of the reason the book moved so swiftly away from the Golden Age continuity is that within a year of WWII ending Diana and ComicBook/SteveTrevor's efforts had ensured there were multiple extraterrestrial governments with treaties with the United States and embassies in Washington DC, which meant that Earth-Two's history should be diverging quite distinctly from what was actually happening post WWII and had started to before Creator/RobertKanigher's tenure as writer.

* The ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' fanfic ''Fanfic/AThingOfVikings'' is an AlternateHistory / AlternateUniverse fanfic of the first film; according to the author, they were introduced to the film by their fiancee, and their immediate reaction was "Cute, but not very historically accurate," and then the plot bunny bit of "But what if ''was''?" Cue dropping the movie into RealLife history, set in the 1040s AD, and watching the ripples explode into the timeline from there, with the adoption of Dragons and dragon-riding functioning as the AlienSpaceBats: when the most advanced military technology on the planet is Greek Fire, a small Norse tribe suddenly has an ''air force''.

* Cody from WebVideo/AlternateHistoryHub, making a guest appearance on the WebVideo/HistoryBuffs episode covering ''{{Film/Apocalypto}}'', proposes that alien space bats are responsible for what host Nick can only describe as "time-traveling conquistadors."