History Main / NothingIsTheSameAnymore

** The final four episodes of R2 take it to a whole new level. Lelouch spent the majority of the series working towards Britannia's destruction. [[spoiler:Lelouch is now the Britannian emperor]]. Suzaku spent the majority of the series trying to capture or kill Lelouch. [[spoiler:Suzaku is now Lelouch's bodyguard]]. Kallen spent the majority of the series as Lelouch's most [[BodyguardCrush devoted]] follower. [[spoiler:Kallen is now desperately trying to kill Lelouch.]] The Black Knights were under the command of Lelouch and working towards liberating Japan. [[spoiler:Lelouch conquers Japan, again, forcing the Black Knights to ally with Schneizel (their former enemy) in order to try and liberate it from Lelouch.]]

** The BatFamilyCrossover ''ComicBook/LightsOut'' was billed as "the story that will change the Green Lantern universe forever". And given that by the time it's over, we see [[spoiler: the destruction of Oa, the Green Lanterns relocating to Mogo, the Blue Lanterns wiped out (save for Saint Walker) and the Red Lanterns given sole jurisdiction over Sector 2814 (including Earth)]], it's safe to say it lived up to the hype.

** ''VideoGame/MetroLastLight'': A lot. The existence of the D6 bunker led to the Reich and the Red Line being put front-and-center into taking over it. Artyom attempts to capture the last Dark One, the Baby Dark One, only for him to get caught by the Reich's soldiers, before meeting up with Pavel Morozov, a communist soldier, in hopes of going back to Polis and reporting the situation. But then... Things go FromBadToWorse. [[spoiler:Pavel, Artyom's supposed ally, betrays him in Bolshoi by spiking his drink, before revealing his affiliation to the Red Line. Artyom is held captive by Red Line Army's General Korbut and Red Line's leader and General Secretary Maxim Moskvin, before escaping the Red Line station Revolution, a significant change to the plot as the Red Line is now the primary antagonistic force.]] Midpoint through the game [[spoiler:Lesnitsky, a DoubleAgent of the Rangers who is a Red Line soldier, steals the bioweapon from D6 and Korbut uses it against the ''innocent residents'' of Oktyabrskaya station, infecting and even killing the residents due to its maximum lethality rate before eventually becoming inert.]] Artyom and Khan realises that [[spoiler:the Dark Ones are not even dead, but are laying dormant inside a bunker in the Gardens.]] At this point, nothing is the same anymore, but this is amplified during the Peace Conference in Polis where [[spoiler:the Baby Dark One, disguised as a boy, melds into Moskvin's mind, revealing everything about him: he is the Red Line's PuppetKing, Korbut blackmails him into murdering his brother Andrey and Korbut is the one really pulling the strings and is the one in charge of Red Line.]] The Battle for D6 proves to be the biggest status quo breaker of the entire series especially in the canon Redemption ending, [[spoiler:where Korbut and his Revolution train stamped out the last remaining Rangers, the Baby Dark One stops Artyom from detonating the bomb, the Dark Ones aided the Rangers in stopping the Red Line, Ulman was killed, Khan disappeared for seemingly no reason, Korbut was personally killed by the Baby Dark One, the Rangers won [[PyrrhicVictory at the cost of so many losses]], and most tellingly, Miller is now crippled to the point that he is seen riding a wheelchair and is now the leader of the Spartan Order. The result of the battle also permanently changes Miller into a ShellShockedVeteran in the sequel ''Exodus''.]]

** ''VideoGame/MetroExodus'': Too many to count. At the start of the game after Artyom's deadly escape from the surface, Miller appears [[spoiler:with prosthetic legs, indicating that the Redemption ending is canon.]] The game's [[FirstEpisodeTwist first-chapter twist]] completely flips the heads of everyone, especially with TheReveal [[spoiler:that Moscow did not survive the nuclear war, but other places in Russia and around the globe survive, information that has been purposedly withheld to the Moscow Metro residents by the Invisible Watchers and Hanza through radio jammers.]] Chillingly enough, Hanza, the neutral faction of the previous games, [[spoiler:is also revealed to be executing outsiders visiting Moscow, forcing Anna and Artyom to uncover their deceit, much to Anna's shock.]] This eventually culminates to Miller's Rangers turning against Hanza and hijacking the train, eventually escaping Moscow as they are now considered to be criminals by them and the Invisible Watchers are now front-and-center in the series' plot. Miller's paranoia leads to [[spoiler:Anna falling into the chemicals bunker in Volga and the entire Aurora crew to be nearly eaten by the Cannibals in the Yamantau bunker, after falsely believing that it houses the remnants of the Russian Government.]] Then a massive MoodWhiplash happens [[spoiler:during Stepan and Katya's wedding when Anna suddenly coughs blood in the middle of the ceremony, leading to the Aurora Crew to embark on a deadly mission to Novosibirsk to find an experimental cure for Anna.]] Things go from bad to worse here when Artyom and Miller [[spoiler:uncovers the horrible truth of the Novosibirsk Metro and encounters Kirill Khlebnikov, the last survivor of this Metro and Artyom travels through the Akademgorodok Research Lab to grab the experimental drug Renergan-F, only for him to be irradiated so badly that Miller [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices himself]] by giving his anti-rad to Artyom and later an emergency blood transfusion inside the Aurora.]] Miller, the undoubted good guy of the series, [[spoiler:is KilledOffForReal canonically, leading to Artyom to [[TakeUpMySword take the leadership of the Order]] in the canon good ending, as well as Sam leaving the Order for his own story mission.]]

** ''VideoGame/MetroExodus'': Too many to count. At the start of the game after Artyom's deadly escape from the surface, Miller appears [[spoiler:with prosthetic legs, indicating that the Redemption ending is canon.]] The game's [[FirstEpisodeTwist first-chapter twist]] completely flips the heads of everyone, especially with TheReveal [[spoiler:that Moscow did not survive the nuclear war, but other places in Russia and around the globe survive, information that has been purposedly withheld to the Moscow Metro residents by the Invisible Watchers and Hanza through radio jammers.]] Chillingly enough, Hanza, the neutral faction of the previous games, [[spoiler:is also revealed to be executing outsiders visiting Moscow, forcing Anna and Artyom to uncover their deceit, much to Anna's shock.]] This eventually culminates to Miller's Rangers turning against Hanza and hijacking the train, eventually escaping Moscow as they are now considered to be criminals by them and the Invisible Watchers are now front-and-center in the series' plot. Miller's paranoia leads to [[spoiler:Anna falling into the chemicals bunker in Volga and the entire Aurora crew to be nearly eaten by the Cannibals in the Yamantau bunker, after falsely believing that it houses the remnants of the Russian Govermnemt.]] Then a massive MoodWhiplash happens [[spoiler:during Stepan and Katya's wedding when Anna suddenly coughs blood in the middle of the ceremony, leading to the Aurora Crew to embark on a deadly mission to Novosibirsk to find an experimental cure for Anna.]] Things go from bad to worse here when Artyom and Miller [[spoiler:uncovers the horrible truth of the Novosibirsk Metro and encounters Kiril Khlebnikov, the last survivor of this Metro and Artyom travels through the Akademgorodok Research Lab to grab the experimental drug Renergan-F, only for him to be irradiated so badly that Miller [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices himself]] by giving his anti-rad to Artyom and later an emergency blood transfusion inside the Aurora.]] Miller, the undoubted good guy of the series, [[spoiler:is KilledOffForReal canonically, leading to Artyom to [[TakeUpMySword take the leadership of the Order]] in the canon good ending, as well as Sam leaving the Order for his own story mission.]]

** ''VideoGame/MetroExodus'': Too many to count. At the start of the game after Artyom's deadly escape from the surface, Miller appears [[spoiler:with prosthetic legs, indicating that the Redemption ending is canon.]] The game's [[FirstEpisodeTwist first-chapter twist]] completely flips the heads of everyone, especially with TheReveal [[spoiler:that Moscow did not survive the nuclear war, but other places in Russia and around the globe survive, information that has been purposedly withheld to the Moscow Metro residents by the Invisible Watchers and Hanza through radio jammers.]] Chillingly enough, Hanza, the neutral faction of the previous games, [[spoiler:is also revealed to be executing outsiders visiting Moscow, forcing Anna and Artyom to uncover their deceit, much to Anna's shock.]] This eventually culminates to Miller's Rangers turning against Hanza and hijacking the train, eventually escaping Moscow as they are now considered to be criminals by them and the Invisible Watchers are now front-and-center in the series' plot. Miller's paranoia leads to [[spoiler:Anna falling into the chemicals bunker in Volga and the entire Aurora crew to be nearly eaten by the Cannibals in the Yamantau bunker, after falsely believing that it houses the remnants of the Russian Govermnemt.]] Then a massive MoodWhiplash happens [[spoiler:during Stepan and Katya's wedding when Anna suddenly coughs blood in the middle of the ceremony, leading to the Aurora Crew to embark on a deadly mission to Novosibirsk to find an experimental cure for Anna.]] Things go from bad to worse here when Artyom and Miller [[spoiler:uncovers the horrible truth of the Novosibirsk Metro and encounters Kiril Khlebnikov, the last survivor of this Metro and Artyom travels through the Akademgorodok Research Lab to grab the experimental drug Renergan-F, only for Artyom to be irradiated so badly that Miller [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices himself]] by giving his anti-rad to Artyom and later an emergency blood transfusion inside the Aurora. Miller, the undoubted good guy of the series, is KilledOffForReal canonically, leading to Artyom to [[TakeUpMySword take the leadership of the Order]] in the canon good ending.]]

** ''VideoGame/MetroExodus'': Too manty to count. At the start of the game after Artyom's deadly escape from the surface, Miller appears [[spoiler:with prosthetic legs, indicating that the Redemption ending is canon.]] The game's [[FirstEpisodeTwist first-chapter twist]] completely flips the heads of everyone, especially with TheReveal [[spoiler:that Moscow did not survive the nuclear war, but other places in Russia and around the globe survive, information that has been purposedly withheld to the Moscow Metro residents by the Invisible Watchers and Hanza through radio jammers.]] Chillingly enough, Hanza, the neutral faction of the previous games, [[spoiler:is also revealed to be executing outsiders visiting Moscow, forcing Anna and Artyom to uncover their deceit, much to Anna's shock.]] This eventually culminates to Miller's Rangers turning against Hanza and hijacking the train, eventually escaping Moscow as they are now considered to be criminals by them and the Invisible Watchers are now front-and-center in the series' plot. Miller's paranoia leads to [[spoiler:Anna falling into the chemicals bunker in Volga and the entire Aurora crew to be nearly eaten by the Cannibals in the Yamantau bunker, after falsely believing that it houses the remnants of the Russian Govermnemt.]] Then a massive MoodWhiplash happens [[spoiler:during Stepan and Katya's wedding when Anna suddenly coughs blood in the middle of the ceremony, leading to the Aurora Crew to embark on a deadly mission to Novosibirsk to find an experimental cure for Anna.]] Things go from bad to worse here when Artyom and Miller [[spoiler:uncovers the horrible truth of the Novosibirsk Metro and encounters Kiril Khlebnikov, the last survivor of this Metro and Artyom travels through the Akademgorodok Research Lab to grab the experimental drug Renergan-F, only for Artyom to be irradiated so badly that Miller [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices himself]] by giving his anti-rad to Artyom and later an emergency blood transfusion inside the Aurora. Miller, the undoubted good guy of the series, is KilledOffForReal canonically, leading to Artyom to [[TakeUpMySword take the leadership of the Order]] in the canon good ending.]]

** ''VideoGame/MetroLastLight'': A lot. The existence of the D6 bunker led to the Reich and the Red Line being put front-and-center into taking over it. Artyom attempts to capture the last Dark One, the Baby Dark One, only for him to get caught by the Reich's soldiers, before meeting up with Pavel Morozov, a communist soldier, in hopes of going back to Polis and reporting the situation. But then... [[spoiler:Pavel betrays Artyom inside Bolshoi by spiking his drink, before revealing his affiliation to the Red Line. Artyom is held captive by Red Line Army's General Korbut and Red Line's leader and General Secretary Maxim Moskvin, before escaping the Red Line station Revolution, a significant change to the plot as the Red Line is now the primary antagonistic force.]] Midpoint through the game [[spoiler:Lesnitsky, a DoubleAgent of the Rangers who is a Red Line soldier, steals the bioweapon from D6 and Korbut uses it against the ''innocent residents'' of Oktyabrskaya station, infecting and even killing the residents due to its maximum lethality rate before eventually becoming inert.]] Artyom and Khan realises that [[spoiler:the Dark Ones are not even dead, but are laying dormant inside a bunker in the Gardens.]] At this point, nothing is the same anymore, but this is amplified during the Peace Conference in Polis where [[spoiler:the Baby Dark One, disguised as a boy, melds into Moskvin's mind, revealing everything about him: he is the Red Line's PuppetKing, Korbut blackmails him into murdering his brother Andrey and Korbut is the one really pulling the strings and is the one in charge of Red Line.]] The Battle for D6 proves to be the biggest status quo breaker of the entire series especially in the canon Redemption ending, [[spoiler:where Korbut and his Revolution train stamped out the last remaining Rangers, the Baby Dark One stops Artyom from detonating the bomb, the Dark Ones aided the Rangers in stopping the Red Line, Ulman was killed, Khan disappeared for seemingly no reason, Korbut was personally killed by the Baby Dark One, the Rangers won [[PyrrhicVictory at the cost of so many losses]], and most tellingly, Miller is now crippled to the point that he is seen riding a wheelchair and is now the leader of the Spartan Order. The result of the battle also permanently changes Miller into a ShellShockedVeteran in the sequel ''Exodus''.]]
** ''VideoGame/MetroExodus'': At the start of the game after Artyom's deadly escape from the surface, Miller appears [[spoiler:with prosthetic legs, indicating that the Redemption ending is canon.]] The game's [[FirstEpisodeTwist first-chapter twist]] completely flips the heads of everyone, especially with TheReveal [[spoiler:that Moscow did not survive the nuclear war, but other places in Russia and around the globe survive, information that has been purposedly withheld to the Muscovite Metro residents by the Invisible Watchers and Hanza through radio jammers.]] Chillingly enough, Hanza, the neutral faction of the previous games, [[spoiler:is also revealed to be executing outsiders visiting Moscow, forcing Anna and Artyom to uncover their deceit, much to Anna's shock.]] This eventually culminates to Miller's Rangers turning against Hanza and hijacking the train, eventually escaping Moscow as they are now considered to be criminals by them.

** ''VideoGame/MetroExodus'': At the start of the game after Artyom's deadly escape from the surface, Miller appears [[spoiler:with prosthetic legs, indicating that the Redemption ending is canon.]] The game's [[FirstEpisodeTwist first-chapter twist]] completely flips the heads of everyone, especially with TheReveal [[spoiler:that Moscow did not survive the nuclear war, but other places in Russia and around the globe survive, information that has been purposedly withheld to the Muscovite Metro residents by the Invisible Watchers and Hanza through radio jammers. Chillingly enough, Hanza, the neutral faction of the previous games, is also revealed to be executing outsiders visiting Moscow, forcing Anna and Artyom to uncover their deceit, much to Anna's shock.]] This eventually culminates to Miller's Rangers turning against Hanza and hijacking the train, eventually escaping Moscow as they are now considered to be criminals by them.

** Chapter 41's ending shows a marriage scene between Yoshiko and her teacher Mr. Takahashi, eventually cementing their status as an OfficialCouple

* ''Manga/ShimejiSimulation'' is particularly known for shaking up the status quo quite often and in all cases they are [[WhamEpisode permanent]], front and centre:

** ''VideoGame/MetroExodus'': At the start of the game after Artyom's deadly escape from the surface, Miller appears [[spoiler:with prosthetic legs, indicating that the Redemption ending is canon.]] The game's [[FirstEpisodeTwist first-chapter twist]] completely flips the heads of everyone, especially with TheReveal [[spoiler:that Moscow did not survive the nuclear war, but other places in Moscow and around the globe survive, information that has been purposedly withheld to the Muscovite Metro residents by the Invisible Watchers and Hanza through radio jammers. Chillingly enough, Hanza, the neutral faction of the previous games, is also revealed to be executing outsiders visiting Moscow, forcing Anna and Artyom to uncover their deceit, much to Anna's shock.]] This eventually culminates to Miller's Rangers turning against Hanza and hijacking the train, eventually escaping Moscow as they are now considered to be criminals by them.

** ''VideoGame/MetroLastLight'': A lot. The existence of the D6 bunker led to the Reich and the Red Line being put front-and-center into taking over it. Artyom attempts to capture the last Dark One, the Baby Dark One, only for him to get caught by the Reich's soldiers, before meeting up with Pavel Morozov, a communist soldier, in hopes of going back to Polis and reporting the situation. But then... [[spoiler:Pavel betrays Artyom inside Bolshoi by spiking his drink, before revealing his affiliation to the Red Line. Artyom is held captive by Red Line Army's General Korbut and Red Line's leader and General Secretary Maxim Moskvin, before escaping the Red Line station Revolution, a significant change to the plot as the Red Line is now the primary antagonistic force.]] Midpoint through the game [[spoiler:Lesnitsky, a DoubleAgent of the Rangers who is a Red Line soldier, steals the bioweapon from D6 and Korbut uses it against the ''innocent residents'' of Oktyabrskaya station, infecting and even killing the residents due to its maximum lethality rate before eventually becoming inert.]] Artyom and Khan realises that [[spoiler:the Dark Ones are not even dead, but are laying dormant inside a bunker in the Gardens.]] At this point, nothing is the same anymore, but this is amplified during the Peace Conference in Polis where [[spoiler:the Baby Dark One, disguised as a boy, melds into Moskvin's mind, revealing everything about him: he is the Red Line's PuppetKing, Korbut blackmails him into murdering his brother Andrey and Korbut is the one really pulling the strings and is the one in charge of Red Line.]] The Battle for D6 proves to be the biggest status quo breaker of the entire series especially in the canon Redemption ending, [[spoiler:where Korbut and his Revolution train stamped out the last remaining Rangers, the Baby Dark One stops Artyom from detonating the bomb, the Dark Ones aided the Rangers in stopping the Red Line, Ulman was killed, Khan disappeared for seemingly no reason, Korbut was personally killed by the Baby Dark One, the Rangers won [[PyrrhicVictory at the cost of so many losses]], and most tellingly, Miller is now crippled to the point that he is seen riding a wheelchair and is now the leader of the Spartan Order.]]

* ''Franchise/Metro'':

** ''VideoGame/MetroLastLight'': A lot. The existence of the D6 bunker led to the Reich and the Red Line being put front-and-center into taking over it. Artyom attempts to capture the last Dark One, the Baby Dark One, only for him to get caught by the Reich's soldiers, before meeting up with Pavel Morozov, a communist soldier, in hopes of going back to Polis and reporting the situation. But then... [[spoiler:Pavel betrays Artyom inside Bolshoi by spiking his drink, before revealing his affiliation to the Red Line. Artyom is held captive by Korbut and Moskvin, before escaping the Red Line station Revolution, a significant change to the plot as the Red Line is now the primary antagonistic force.]] Midpoint through the game [[spoiler:Lesnitsky, a DoubleAgent of the Rangers who is a Red Line soldier, steals the bioweapon from D6 and Korbut uses it against the ''innocent residents'' of Oktyabrskaya station, infecting and even killing the residents due to its maximum lethality rate before eventually becoming inert.]] Artyom and Khan realises that [[spoiler:the Dark Ones are not even dead, but lay dormant inside a bunker in the Gardens.]] At this point, nothing is the same anymore, but this is amplified during the Peace Conference in Polis where [[spoiler:the Baby Dark One, disguised as a boy, melds into Moskvin's mind, revealing everything about him: he is the Red Line's PuppetKing, Korbut blackmails him into murdering his brother Andrey and Korbut is the one really pulling the strings and is the one in charge of Red Line.]]

** Chapter 45 has two examples to boot, where there is no status quo at all. [[spoiler:Shijima finally reunites with Big Sis, only for her to find out that she is dead, with her soul being inside a fish, making the first character in the manga to be KilledOffForReal. The second is the bombshell that Shijima drops: she and her sister are revealed to be [[ArtificialHuman humans created by the simulation]], as well as others, thus completely turning everything about Shijima's past to the head of the readers completely.]]

** Chapter 45 has two examples to boot, where there is no status quo at all. [[spoiler:Shijima finally reunites with Big Sis, only for her to find out that she is dead, with her soul being inside a fish, making the first character in the manga to be KilledOffForReal. The second is the bombshell that Shijima drops: she and her sister are revealed to be [[ArtificialHuman humans created by the simulation]], as well as others.]]

* ''Film/TransformersFilmSeries'': [[Film/{{Transformers}} After]] [[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen three]] [[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon movies]] of featuring the traditional "Autobots vs. Decepticons" formula, ''[[Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction Age of Extinction]]'' establishes a new MythArc. After the end of the Autobot-Decepticon war, the Autobots are declared enemies of humanity and forced to go on the run. [[spoiler:At the same time, the Transformers' Creators want the Transformers back and send the bounty hunter Lockdown to kidnap [[TheHero Optimus Prime]]. After defeating Lockdown, Optimus leaves Earth to confront the Creators]].

** ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'' divides ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' into what could be easily mistaken for two entirely different series (and indeed was released as such in Japan, with Season 3 branded "Transformers: 2010").

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'', Todd and Riley are enrolled in UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington Middle School. In "Insecurity Guard", when questioned about the first president of the United States, Todd [[DrunkWithPower abuses the power]] of his {{bully hunt|er}}ing robot to force his History teacher to [[TwoPlusTortureEqualsFive accept his blatantly incorrect answer]] "George [[LineOfSightName Stapler]]". It gets to the point the school is renamed "George Stapler Middle School", and from then on, even after the plot of the episode is resolved, the school keeps the name "George Stapler".