List of fictional works featuring parallel universes
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Parallel universes (or the multiverse) are a common plot device in fiction.[1][2] This is a list of notable fictional works which feature parallel universes as a plot element.
Novels
Year | Title | Author(s) | Description |
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1934 | Sidewise in Time | Murray Leinster | [2] |
Films
Year | Title | Director(s) | Description |
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2001 | The One | James Wong | A rogue interdimensional cop attempts to kill all 124 of his variants in parallel universes and absorb their power in order to become a god-like being known as the "One." |
2018 | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman | Several parallel-universe versions of Spider-Man from within the film's multiverse are depicted.[3] |
2022 | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert | [4] |
2024 | I Saw the TV Glow | Jane Schoenbrun | Main characters Owen and Maddy slowly realize that they are living false lives trapped in a pocket dimension within the world of their favorite TV show, The Pink Opaque, having been imprisoned there by the show's antagonist. |
2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | Shawn Levy | Wade Wilson (Deadpool) and James "Logan" Howlett (Wolverine) team up to save the multiverse from Cassandra Nova. |
Television series
Airdates | Title | Description |
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2017 | Re:Creators | Features fictional characters from popular in-universe media traveling from their respective narrative universes to contemporary Japan.[5] |
2024 - present | Dark Matter | [6] |
Video games
Year | Title | Developer(s) | Description |
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2005 | Sonic Rush | Dimps | A playable character, Blaze the Cat, and one of the game's antagonists, Eggman Nega, are depicted as having come from an alternate world known as the Sol Dimension.[7] |
2020 | Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage! | Colorful Palette/Sega | Characters within the game visit alternate dimensions made from their emotions, called Sekai, where various alternate versions of Hatsune Miku and other virtual singers reside. |
2021 | Blue Archive | Nexon Games | Alternate universe versions of Sensei (the game's player character) and Shiroko appear as antagonists in "Volume Final". |
References
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