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* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'': Towards the end of the Cretaceous, two alien species were warring with each other for control of Earth: the antlike Nesk and crablike Mercora. The Animorphs side with the Mercora and drive the Nesk off-planet, but as a parting gesture the Nesk redirect a passing comet onto the Earth. The Animorphs had stolen a nuke with which to return to their own time, but willingly give it up to the Mercora to destroy the comet. [[spoiler:Or that was the plan: Tobias, who knew full well ''what'' [[TheCretaceousIsAlwaysDoomed the comet meant]], had Ax disarm the nuke in order to ensure the complete eradication of the Mercora, the slow death of the dinosaurs, and the subsequent rise of mammals and later humans.]] The Mercora's only legacy would be that they introduced broccoli to Earth.
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* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'': Towards the end of the Cretaceous, two alien species were warring with each other for control of Earth: the antlike Nesk and crablike Mercora. The Animorphs side with the Mercora and drive the Nesk off-planet, but as a parting gesture the Nesk redirect a passing comet onto the Earth. The Animorphs had stolen a nuke with which to return to their own time, but willingly give it up to the Mercora to destroy the comet. [[spoiler:Or that was the plan: Tobias, who knew full well ''what'' [[TheCretaceousIsAlwaysDoomed [[TheDayTheDinosaursDied the comet meant]], had Ax disarm the nuke in order to ensure the complete eradication of the Mercora, the slow death of the dinosaurs, and the subsequent rise of mammals and later humans.]] The Mercora's only legacy would be that they introduced broccoli to Earth.
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* In ''Film/DadsArmy2016'', after the group is tricked into [[NiceJobBreakingItHero destroying Britain's invasion force]], the Brigadier in charge (Creator/IanLavender in a RemakeCameo) admonishes them, saying that now they have to move their invasion back to June when it happened in real life.
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* In "The Reaper's Image" (A short story in Stephen King's ''Literature/SkeletonCrew''), it's implied that the DeIver Glass, a mirror in which certain people see the titular image and then vanish without a trace, was responsible for the disappearance of [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Force_Crater Judge Joseph Crater]].
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* The TabletopGame/ChroniclesOfDarkness does this less so... but just enough.
** ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'' ascribes the 1917 Halifax explosion to an all-out war between two factions of mages.
** ''TabletopGame/PrometheanTheCreated'' claims the Tunguska event was the result of a Promethean trying to summon an arch-''qashmal'', an extremely powerful being made up of the very energy that powers the motion of the universe (and, conveniently enough, Prometheans).
** ''TabletopGame/DemonTheDescent'' has a series of splinter timelines in its main setting of Seattle, crafted by the God-Machine as theoretical back-ups should things go utterly to hell in the prime timeline. One is centered on 1999, and contains a copy of the angel given the task of stopping [=Y2K=] from crippling global computer systems. And if some enterprising demon goes into that timeline and triggers the angel's Fall... well, the end results get messy, but at least the timeline resets itself, eventually.
** ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'' ascribes the 1917 Halifax explosion to an all-out war between two factions of mages.
** ''TabletopGame/PrometheanTheCreated'' claims the Tunguska event was the result of a Promethean trying to summon an arch-''qashmal'', an extremely powerful being made up of the very energy that powers the motion of the universe (and, conveniently enough, Prometheans).
** ''TabletopGame/DemonTheDescent'' has a series of splinter timelines in its main setting of Seattle, crafted by the God-Machine as theoretical back-ups should things go utterly to hell in the prime timeline. One is centered on 1999, and contains a copy of the angel given the task of stopping [=Y2K=] from crippling global computer systems. And if some enterprising demon goes into that timeline and triggers the angel's Fall... well, the end results get messy, but at least the timeline resets itself, eventually.
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* After a while, you begin to suspect every single event of any import in human history in the TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness had at least ''some'' supernatural involvement.
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* After a while, you begin to suspect every single event of any import in human history in the TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness had at least ''some'' supernatural involvement. Here is a small sample:
** Carthage was a city where vampires existed openly alongside humans, ruled over by the founder of Clan Brujah... who had fallen in love with an infernalist and driven the city to engage in some truly depraved shit. This led to Clan Ventrue rallying Rome to sack Carthage. The Brujah are still pissed at the Ventrue to this day.
** The Beast of Gevaudan incident was the result of a particularly demented [[TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse Shadow Lord]] trying to restart the Impergium, the disgraceful period of werewolf history when they tried to prevent spreading spiritual corruption by culling humanity and keeping it scattered.
** One book for ''TabletopGame/WraithTheOblivion'' suggested the Curse of the Bambino was the result of a deceased, disgraced Red Sox player using telekinetic powers to sabotage any chance of the team winning a World Series. We have no idea what happened to him in 2004.
** Carthage was a city where vampires existed openly alongside humans, ruled over by the founder of Clan Brujah... who had fallen in love with an infernalist and driven the city to engage in some truly depraved shit. This led to Clan Ventrue rallying Rome to sack Carthage. The Brujah are still pissed at the Ventrue to this day.
** The Beast of Gevaudan incident was the result of a particularly demented [[TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse Shadow Lord]] trying to restart the Impergium, the disgraceful period of werewolf history when they tried to prevent spreading spiritual corruption by culling humanity and keeping it scattered.
** One book for ''TabletopGame/WraithTheOblivion'' suggested the Curse of the Bambino was the result of a deceased, disgraced Red Sox player using telekinetic powers to sabotage any chance of the team winning a World Series. We have no idea what happened to him in 2004.
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** Hitler postponed the invasion of the Soviet Union – with the Nazis ultimately failing to succeed before the harsh Russian winter set in – in order to attack [[Comicbook/SubMariner Atlantis]] first.
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** Hitler postponed the invasion of the Soviet Union – with the Nazis ultimately failing to succeed before the harsh Russian winter set in – in order to attack [[Comicbook/SubMariner Atlantis]] first.
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Compare BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy (with real '''people''' instead of events), BeenThereShapedHistory (which can overlap) and HistoricalInJoke (same). Also compare FictionalizedDeathAccount, and also WeDidntStartTheFuhrer and DemonKingNobunaga for when this is combined with a HistoricalVillainUpgrade. Related to FamouslyMundaneFictionallyMagical, where a RealLife ''object'' has greater significance in fiction. Also compare PaintingTheFrostOnWindows, for when a fictional/mythical cause exists for a mundane phenomenon that may be an extremely common everyday event. Contrast SecretHistory, where historical events are said to ''actually'' have causes other than the commonly accepted ones.
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Compare BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy (with real '''people''' instead of events), BeenThereShapedHistory (which can overlap) and HistoricalInJoke (same). Also compare FictionalizedDeathAccount, and also WeDidntStartTheFuhrer and DemonKingNobunaga for when this is combined with a HistoricalVillainUpgrade. Related to FamouslyMundaneFictionallyMagical, where a RealLife ''object'' has greater significance in fiction. Also compare PaintingTheFrostOnWindows, for when a fictional/mythical cause exists for a mundane phenomenon that may be an extremely common everyday event. Contrast SecretHistory, where historical events (in RealLife, not an obvious AlternateUniverse with publically known superheroes/aliens/whatever) are said to ''actually'' have causes other than the commonly accepted ones.
