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* The ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' games by ''Creator/NetherrealmStudios'' are an odd example of this, much like the ''ComicBook/New52'' they start off a New Timeline by hitting the ResetButton in their [[VideoGame/MortalKombat9 First Game]]. After that, they condense the plot of [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1 The]] [[VideoGame/MortalKombatII Arcade]] [[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 Trilogy]] in a cinematic Story Mode that involves characters introduced later into the series, With big changes to the events of the timeline being a result of TimeTravel [[ButterflyOfDoom shenanigans]]. ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' adapts the plot of ''VideoGame/MortalKombat4'' and re-introduces some elements and characters from [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance The]] [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception 3D]] [[VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon Era]], [[CreatorsPest while also killing of many others]] in the Prequel Comic or [[DroppedABridgeOnHim off-screen]]. It also introduces New Characters and [[LegacyCharacter Legacy Characters]] into the lore. Then ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' features another big cinematic Story Mode with TimeTravel that has, [[BrokenBase controversially]], changed the personality/backstory of certain characters more so than previous installments. [[spoiler:Such as, for example, [[EvilAllAlong Sindel]].]] And used some of them to make very on the nose [[WriterOnBoard political statements]], like [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Shao Kahn]].

** ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/cybereman2099/gallery/72802580/the-mutants-of-ninjitsu TMNT: The Mutants of Ninjutsu]]'' is a reimagining of ''[[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles TMNT]]'' that combines characters and plot elements from the comic books, cartoons, live-action works, and the original toyline, all set in a new universe with its own original characters and plot points.

* ''FanFic/{{Spectrum}}'', a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfiction that serves as a RecursiveFanfiction to ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureau'' and a ContinuityReboot to ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureauTheOtherSideOfTheSpectrum'', weaves in the show's canon, the comics, and its own original lore into one cohesive continuity, while remaining mostly true to canon in a BroadStrokes manner. The "Sunny Equestria" timeline also highlights this, with the backstory being based off what the show presented and the original story's concepts

* ''FanFic/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesOutOfTheShadows'' is one for the entire ''TMNT'' franchise, combining things from the various comic books and cartoons while adding original characters and plot elements.
* ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/cybereman2099/gallery/72802580/the-mutants-of-ninjitsu TMNT: The Mutants of Ninjutsu]]'' is a reimagining of ''[[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles TMNT]]'' that combines characters and plot elements from the comic books, cartoons, live-action works, and the original toyline, all set in a new universe with its own original characters and plot points.

** This time around, while the plot takes cues from the original ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'' and ''Modern Warfare 2'' (via a combination of Russian and Middle Eastern terrorists conducting terrorist attacks in their own countries, and against innocent civilians abroad), the action takes place in the current day rather than NextSundayAD, and Captain John Price is expressly YoungerAndHipper (34-35 in this game, via the 50 year-old incarnation in the original trilogy).

* This was essentially the hook of the Alternate Universe series of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''. As a result, ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' has '''seven''' of these! (''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Gundam Wing]]'', ''[[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Gundam X]]'', ''Anime/TurnAGundam'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'', ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE'').

* ''Fanfic/ASagaOfParallelWorlds'' is this to both ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' and ''Literature/PlayerTwoStart'', where the Sony-Nintendo deal results in a new chain of events that include Sega continuing to support the Sega CD until the Saturn launches, leading to Sega never being bought by Apple.

* ''Fanfic/ASagaOfParallelWorlds'' is an ''WebVideo/AngryVideoGameNerd'' universe where Nintendo and Sony worked together to release the SNES-CD, resulting in a new chain of events that include the Nerd being HappilyMarried and Sega remaining in the console business.

-->-- [[http://joglikescomics.blogspot.com/2005/07/lots-of-manga-talk.html Jog,]] on Creator/NaokiUrasawa's ''Manga/{{Pluto}}''

* ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'': [[Anime/GhostInTheShell Almost]] [[Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex every]] [[Anime/GhostInTheShellArise adaptation]] is this, usually taking a darker and more realistic approach to [[Manga/GhostInTheShell the manga]] and its themes.

* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'' features a number of familiar elements and character names, but significantly reworked to find a way to fit them into the same era, with the plot of the first entry being something of a retake on ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence'', namely [[spoiler:as an origin story for Dracula]] and the second on the ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow'' duology, namely on the idea of events that take place in a more contemporary era, albeit under a more clear AlternateHistory. It also trades the {{Metroidvania}} exploration for a more "''VideoGame/GodOfWar''" style beat em' up and the "vampire hunter/horror" theme for "Judeo-Christian and Paganism" to make it more relevant.

Named for the Creator/MarvelComics "ComicBook/UltimateMarvel" line, which sought to update and streamline decades of continuity with an AlternateContinuity sub-brand without canceling out the original storyline. Most superheroes under the "Ultimate" umbrella brand are given reboots of their own, but on a smaller scale -- Comicbook/SpiderMan's [[ILoveNuclearPower 'radioactive spider']] origin story was replaced with an [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke updated 'genetically engineered spider']] version.

* ''Franchise/Transformers''

* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' for the Franchise/{{Transformers}} franchise. It is part of the Franchise/TransformersAlignedUniverse, which exists entirely outside the Transformers {{multiverse}} at the start, and deliberately was designed to be a universe with all the best parts of the other ones for use.

* The ''VideoGame/SonicBoom'' video games, as well as its follow-up [[WesternAnimation/SonicBoom cartoon]], tried to serve as this for the Sonic franchise to give SEGA room to experiment in a new continuity while still being close to the original.

* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' is a {{Retool}}ed {{Crossover}} of ''Disney'' and ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'', that sets both in the same continuity alongside characters from ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', Movies by ''Pixar'', and ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou''. When the worlds the player travels to are not a {{Compressed Adaptation}} of the movies they're based on, they and the ''Square Enix'' Characters usually have some thematic relevance with the story of the {{Original Generation}} Characters and the overall series. Creator/TetsuyaNomura has also given drastic redesigns to some of the ''Disney'' and ''Final Fantasy'' Characters, putting them in clothes that are [[AuthorAppeal his preffered aesthetic]].

* The ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' games by ''Creator/NetherrealmStudios'' are an odd example of this, much like the ''ComicBook/New52'' they start off a New Timeline by hitting the ResetButton in their [[VideoGame/MortalKombat9 First Game]]. After that, they condense the plot of [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1 The]] [[VideoGame/MortalKombat2 Arcade]] [[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 Trilogy]] in a cinematic Story Mode that involves characters introduced later into the series, With big changes to the events of the timeline being a result of TimeTravel [[ButterflyOfDoom shenanigans]]. ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' adapts the plot of ''VideoGame/MortalKombat4'' and re-introduces some elements and characters from [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance The]] [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception 3D]] [[VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon Era]], [[CreatorsPest while also killing of many others]] in the Prequel Comic or [[DroppedABridgeOnHim off-screen]]. It also introduces New Characters and [[LegacyCharacter Legacy Characters]] into the lore. Then ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' features another big cinematic Story Mode with TimeTravel that has, [[BrokenBase controversially]], changed the personality/backstory of certain characters more so than previous installments. [[spoiler:Such as, for example, [[EvilAllAlong Sindel]].]] And used some of them to make very on the nose [[WriterOnBoard political statements]], like [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Shao Kahn]].

* ''VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry'' streamlines many elements from the ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' series' convoluted story while adding original wrinkles, such as making Dante's mother a literal [[FemaleAngelMaleDemon Angel]]. It also brings back a fan favorite Vergil, who was KilledOffForReal in the original series in the first game through a RetCon in the third.

* ''WebComic/DumbingOfAge'' is basically a reboot of ''Webcomic/{{Roomies}}'', minus the MundaneFantastic that eventually took over the strip and plus the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters hundreds of characters]] created since then.

* ''ComicBook/SupremePower'' is a mature Ultimate Universe version of Marvel's ComicBook/JusticeLeague [[CaptainErsatz Captain Ersatzes]], the ComicBook/SquadronSupreme. They even had a crossover with the actual Ultimate Universe once. Creator/{{Warren Ellis}}' short-lived ''newuniversal'' is ComicBook/TheNewUniverse's Ultimate version.

** And now we have Creator/MasaakiYuasa creating ''yet another'' ''Devilman'' retelling, with the Creator/{{Netflix}} anime series ''Anime/DevilmanCrybaby'' released in 2018.

** In particular, ''Anime/GhostInTheShellArise'' has all the hallmarks of an UltimateUniverse, complete with a YoungerAndHipper re-imagining of the familiar cast, [[AdaptationPersonalityChange personality changes]] for some characters, and origin stories that have been updated or in some cases greatly tweaked. Essentially it's [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel "Ultimate Ghost in the Shell"]] in all but name.

* As mentioned above, Creator/MarvelComics' ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'' is the TropeNamer, as it's the UltimateUniverse version of the normal ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse''.

* ''ComicBook/SupremePower'' is a mature UltimateUniverse version of Marvel's ComicBook/JusticeLeague [[CaptainErsatz Captain Ersatzes]], the ComicBook/SquadronSupreme. They even had a crossover with the actual Ultimate Universe once. Creator/{{Warren Ellis}}' short-lived ''newuniversal'' is ComicBook/TheNewUniverse's Ultimate version.

* ''FanFic/{{SPECTRUM}}'', a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfiction that serves as a RecursiveFanfiction to ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureau'' and a ContinuityReboot to ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureauTheOtherSideOfTheSpectrum'', weaves in the show's canon, the comics, and its own original lore into one cohesive continuity, while remaining mostly true to canon in a BroadStrokes manner. The "Sunny Equestria" timeline also highlights this, with the backstory being based off what the show presented and the original story's concepts.

* ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' is a SpinOff/reimagining of the ''Franchise/MegaMan'' franchise, set in an AlternateUniverse that focuses on a grand development of the internet instead of robotics. It mostly features characters from the ''[[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Classic]]'' series, who are all redesigned to fit with the ''Battle Network'' aesthetic. (although Glyde from the ''[[VideoGame/MegaManLegends Legends]]'' series, as well as Zero and the Colonel and Iris from the ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX X]]'' series also show up) The series would later recieve a DistantSequel called ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'', which deals with [[ItMakesSenseInContext aliens and Wi-Fi radio]].