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  1. What if Disney had bought Classic Media instead of Dreamworks Animation?

    In 2012, Dreamworks Animation bought Classic Media for $155 million. What if Disney had bought it instead? This would have given them the rights to many classic characters such as Casper, The Lone Ranger, Rocky and Bullwinkle as well as the libraries of companies like Filmation, Western...

  2. WI Britain Went Fascist

    If Hitler, the Nazis, and World War 2 were butterflied, how likely is it that Great Britain could go Fascist and how might this happen without a failed Communist/Socialist/Anarchist insurrection? Who would be its leader and would the monarchy remain?

  3. Boulangism in a post-1870 Monarchy

    Assuming it wouldn't be butterflied, if the Bourbons were restored in 1871, what might the effect be on Boulanger and Boulangism? Could he come to power as Prime Minister? Would he instead of seeking monarchist support seek republican or socialist support for revanchism against the Germans...

  4. Plausibility Check: A Vacant Throne in a Boulanger-led France

    If there were a successful coup in France led by Boulanger, could he successfully restore the monarchy but leave the throne vacant with himself as regent? Perhaps, he might try to instigate a marriage between the two lines of Bourbons or between the Orleanists and the Bonapartists so as to have...

  5. Death, Rise, and Fall: Media Consolidation in the 21st Century
    Threadmarks: An End and a New Beginning

    Chapter 1 It was August of 2002 and business was still rough since 9/11. Theme parks had particularly taken a hit due to fear over the potential of being a target for terrorists. In the midst of this, the head of Disney, Michael Eisner, embarked upon an audacious endeavor. The prior year...

  6. PC: Spielberg buys Disney

    Would it have been plausible anytime before 2009 for Spielberg to have bought Disney? If so, how and what effects would it have?

  7. A German Boulanger

    During the Interwar period, could someone like Boulanger was in France in the post-Franco-Prussian War era have taken power in Germany?

  8. WI: Fox Bought DreamWorks Animation

    What if Fox bought DreamWorks Animation in 2015 or early 2016 in the aftermath of Time Warner rejecting its acquisition attempt? How would this affect the Disney acquisition of Fox if that wouldn't be butterflied away? How would Comcast be affected?

  9. WI: AT&T Didn't Buy Time Warner and Disney Did Instead

    Is it likely that if AT&T decided to buy another media company (maybe Fox, Viacom and/or CBS, etc.) instead of Time Warner in 2016 that Disney might attempt to buy Time Warner in 2017 or later?

  10. The Soviet Union goes Fascist

    What if in 1927 or 1928, there's a major failed coup against Stalin in which he nearly dies. On top of this, Leon Trotsky and his form of Communism come to power in another European nation soon thereafter. These two blows cause Stalin to become more nationalistic and to remake the Communist...

  11. Disney keeps Power Rangers

    What if Disney decided to hang on to Power Rangers and the other Saban shows instead of selling them back to Haim Saban in 2010? Might Disney make the Power Rangers multiverse a part of the Marvel Multiverse like Super Sentai is? Could a Power Rangers/Super Sentai official crossover be made...

  12. WI: Neil Gaiman sells Angela to DC Comics

    In the last pages of Age of Ultron, Angela entered the Marvel Universe. What if instead of selling her to Marvel Neil Gaiman sold her to DC? How would that affect Angela?. How would that affect the Marvel and DC universes?

  13. WI: Benedict Arnold Wasn't Actually a Traitor

    Possible POD: George Washington was quite the spymaster. So what if he became aware of Benedict Arnold's discontent and convinced Arnold to appear to be a traitor but actually be a triple agent feeding the British disinformation and sabotaging some of their efforts once they made him a general...

  14. WI: Mohandas 'Mahatma' Gandhi converted to Christianity?

    Gandhi had a great respect for Jesus, but he didn't like the hypocrisy of Christians and some things that were done in Jesus' name. Gandhi also was greatly influenced by Leo Tolstoy and his version of Christianity. So, what would the affects have been had Gandhi at some point converted to...

  15. People's Republic of Portugal

    Is it likely Portugal could have successfully gone Communist in the aftermath of the Carnation Revolution?

  16. WI: Japan restored Puyi to the Chinese throne

    What if the Japanese decided to put Puyi back on the throne in the parts of China they occupied in 1940 instead of using Wang Jingwei as their puppet? What affect would this have on the Second Chinese-Japanese War? I'm sure Chiang Kai-shek and the other members of Kuomintang wouldn't be happy...

  17. Second Republic of the United States

    What if the Radical Republicans during the Civil War came to believe the Constitution had failed and was partly to blame for the war and thus after the Union's victory, instead of seeking amendments, they ensured a new Constitutional Convention was formed to create a "more perfect union"? What...

  18. WI: The October Revolution Failed

    What would the political effects on the world (especially Europe) and Russia be?

  19. Plausibility Check: Restoration of the Shogunate

    How plausible was a restoration of the Shogunate in the 1930's and early 1940?

  20. Boulangist France

    What would a France ruled by Georges Boulanger have been like?
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