multiverse theme
The story explores the idea that our universe is but one of many.
8 total · 2 choice · 4 major · 2 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Possible Worlds (2000) | choice | The film explores the experiences of the mathematician George Barber as he fell in love with a woman named Joyce in multiple parallel realities. Hence the title "Possible Worlds". |
| tng7x11 | choice | After returning from a bat'leth tournament, Worf began skipping through a succession of alternate realities that grew increasingly different from the one in which he started. In one of them, the Federation was in shambles, the Borg were everywhere, and the Enterprise was one of the few remaining Federation vessels. |
| Collection: Devs (2020) | major | The series explores the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, and its multiple branching realities. In Episode 4, Lyndon developed a new algorithm to sharpen the projections and Forest fired him for using an unapproved multiverse approach. In an Episode 5 flashback scene, Katie confronted a physics lecturer over neglecting to touch on the Everett multiverse interpretation of the double slit experiment. |
| movie: Crossworlds (1996) | major | A premise of the story is that Earth was located in one of many different worlds, or universes, that existed in different dimensions. |
| movie: SpiderMan: Into the SpiderVerse (2018) | major | Kingpin was in control of a big machine that allowed him to access other universes that were similar enough to his own to contain other versions of Spider-Man. |
| tng1x24 | major | Paul Manheim's experiments somehow caused alternate realities to overlap and briefly bring multiple versions of the same people and events into existence simultaneously. In this manner, something akin to the multiverse was explored. |
| movie: Doctor Strange (2016) | minor | Doctor Strange and other mystical arts practitioners harnessed energy drawn from other "dimensions of the multiverse" to make magic. |
| movie: SpiderMan: Far From Home (2019) | minor | Mysterio explained to Peter that Mysterio was from Earth in another universe. |