List of fictional works featuring parallel universes

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
1934	Sidewise in Time	Murray Leinster	The story follows an apocalyptic event where aspects of one timeline manifest in others.[2]

Films

Year	Title	Director(s)	Description
2001	The One	James Wong	The film follows rogue interdimensional cop Gabriel Yulaw, who attempts to kill all 124 of his alternate universe counterparts and absorb their power to become a god-like being known as the "One".[3]
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.[4]
2022	Everything Everywhere All at Once	Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert	The film follows Evelyn Quan Wang, a Chinese-American laundromat owner who travels between universes and draws knowledge from her alternate universe counterparts.[5]
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 series antagonist Mr. Melancholy.[6]
2024	Deadpool & Wolverine	Shawn Levy	The film involves Wade Wilson / Deadpool from the Deadpool film series being transported to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.[7] An alternate universe variant of Logan / Wolverine also appears, separate from the versions of the character who appeared in the X-Men film series and Logan.[8][9]

Television series

Airdates	Title	Description
2014–2017	Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero	The series follows Penn Zero and his friends Sashi Kobayashi and Boone Wiseman as they travel between universes and assume the forms of each world's heroes.[10]
2017	Re:Creators	The series features fictional characters from popular in-universe media traveling from their respective narrative universes to contemporary Japan.[11]
2024–present	Dark Matter	The series follows Jason Dessen, a physicist who is captured and replaced by his alternate self and travels through numerous alternate universes while attempting to return home.[12]
2025	Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX	The sixteenth main entry in the Gundam franchise is set in an alternate universe version of the Universal Century (the series' original timeline), which is later revealed to be one of many split timelines created by Lalah Sune in pursuit of a universe where Char Aznable was not killed.[13][14]

Video games

Year	Title	Developer(s)	Description
2002–present	Kingdom Hearts series	Square Enix/The Walt Disney Company	A core element of the series is Sora, Donald Duck, and Goofy traveling to the worlds of various Disney properties within the Realm of Light. While doing so, the three use Donald's magic to transform themselves and blend in with the inhabitants of each world.[15]
2005	Sonic Rush	Dimps	A playable character, Blaze the Cat, and one of the game's antagonists, Eggman Nega, originate from an alternate world known as the Sol Dimension.[16]
2020	Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage!	Colorful Palette/Sega	Characters within the game visit alternate dimensions made from their emotions, called Sekai, where alternate versions of Hatsune Miku and other virtual singers reside.
2021	Blue Archive	Nexon	Alternate universe versions of Sensei (the game's player character) and Shiroko appear as antagonists in "Volume Final".