Johnsonverse World History/People

==Chris-Chan and lolcow culture in general==
C.W. Chandler actually got help, and realized that the Sonichu characters were massive copyright infringement towards Sega and Nintendo, that they shouldn’t use self-insert characters, and they should ignore trolls. As a result, they halted work on their Sonichu webcomic after only one issue in 2002 (which became lost media), and due to that, didn’t become quite as internet-famous until well into the 2010s; instead, they became a sketch comedy YouTuber, and have identified as non-binary since 2012, officially changing their name to “Chris Chan” in 2016. They never did many of the criminal acts they are infamous for IOTL (such as macing a GameStop employee over the color of Sonic’s arms, and their incestuous relationship towards their mother), and moved out of their mother’s house in 2009; also coming out as asexual in 2014, and realizing that their failed “Love Quest” was a bad idea.
This means that Kiwi Farms never existed, and its userbase is instead concentrated mainly on Encyclopedia Dramatica, which has become more lolcow- and drama-focused as a result, while still retaining its secondary purposes of documenting memes and collecting shock images. Instead of forming “OhInternet” and fracturing ED into several fork and mirror sites as a result, Sherrod DeGrippo/“GirlVinyl” instead sells Encyclopedia Dramatica to Joshua Moon/“Null” (the OTL owner of Kiwi Farms). Lolcow culture is also equally critical of transphobes and trans activists, instead of focusing almost exclusively on trans activists; this means the Keffals/Cloudflare controversy never happened, as the people who tried to dox her were banned from ED for being (in ED’s own lingo) “fa**ots who think trannies are worse than Hitler”.
Chan also co-wrote a film called Ally-San (based on their OTL life), which was directed by Chloe and released in August 2019.
== Joe Alaskey ==
Alaskey never had his cancer in the Johnsonverse, and still voices Droopy in the Tom & Jerry franchise, as well as many of Mel Blanc's Looney Tunes characters in several forms of media.
== Kelly Asbury ==
Asbury did not suffer abdominal cancer, and is still alive, as a result.
==Judith Barsi==
Barsi's father was caught before he could successfully kill her and her mother, and was sent to prison. Barsi herself took a hiatus from acting for a few years before resurfacing as a prominent voice actress in the late 1990s.
== Greg Burson ==
Burson never got arrested, and is still alive; he still voices many of Daws Butler's characters, as well as several of Mel Blanc's Looney Tunes characters in multiple forms of media. He also voices Solomon and Billy Bear in the Johnsontoons series, having voiced the characters since 1978 after their original voice actor, Billy Bletcher, retired due to health issues.
==Steve Byrnes==
Byrnes never succumbed to cancer ITTL. He became lead announcer for NASCAR on WBC Booth C in 2013, succeeding the retiring Bob Jenkins.
== Northern Calloway ==
Calloway was reminded to get a psychologist to help him by Sheldon Johnson, Jr. in 1987. As a result, he’s still alive, and still plays David on Sesame Street. (Mr. Handford and Alan still exist, the former being David's mentor and the latter working for David at Hooper's Store alongside Chris). In addition, Maria married David instead of Luis, who remained single.
==John Candy==
Candy also managed to get help with his personal and professional issues, and is still alive.
==Dave Chappelle==
Netflix refused to distribute any comedy specials by Dave Chappelle due to his transphobic comments, with Tim Johnson calling him an “Uncle Tom”, “painfully unfunny”, “washed-up”, and “past his prime”. Chappelle instead made a deal with Amazon Prime Video, but his specials were given “Invisible Advertising” by Amazon, and if not for the debacle with Netflix, not many people would know they even existed.
== Kevin Clash ==
Due to Clash's sexual abuse allegations never having happened, he still performs Elmo and Hoots the Owl on Sesame Street, as well as Clifford on modern Muppet projects.
== Christopher Collins ==
Collins (a.k.a. Chris Latta) successfully got help for his alcoholism in 1986, and didn't die of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1994. As a result, he continues to voice Starscream to this day. He also continues voicing Cobra Commander in all G.I. Joe cartoons (as well as on Family Guy in the episode "PTV" and on Community in the episode "G.I. Jeff"), and never left The Simpsons, meaning he still voices Mr. Burns (although Hank Azaria still voices Moe); Collins also reprised Mr. Burns in the Family Guy episodes "The Simpsons Guy" and "Pawtucket Pete".
== Ray Combs ==
Combs was not kicked out of Family Feud in 1994, and did not commit suicide in 1996. He took over as host of The Price Is Right in 1997.
==Bill Cosby==
Cosby's history of sexual harassment was made known to the public in 1996, and his prison sentence happened in the early 2000s. The cases of Cosby and Harvey Weinstein led to the "Me Too" movement beginning in 1998 as TTL's equivalent to #MeToo.
==C. Martin Croker==
Croker did not die in September 2016. He still voices Zorak and Moltar on Space Ghost Coast to Coast and Dr. Weird and Steve on Aqua Teen Hunger Force, as well as providing animation for both series and voicing in an episode of Welcome to the Wayne.
== Tim Curry ==
Tim Curry never had his stroke in 2012, and as a result, is still very active (and still very hammy).
== Johnny Depp ==
Depp was not accused of sexual abuse by Amber Heard. Due to this, he was not kicked out of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, and the Depp-Heard trial didn't happen.
== Michael Clarke Duncan ==
Duncan did not suffer a fatal heart attack in 2012.
== Dale Earnhardt ==
Earnhardt was not killed on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500, and continued racing full-time until the end of the 2005 season, transitioning to racing full-time in the Le Mans. Also, he didn't win the 1990 championship as NASCAR did not inflict a penalty on Mark Martin to manipulate the points race in Earnhardt's favor. He currently co-owns Earnhardt-Childress Racing.
== Carrie Fisher ==
Carrie never had a heart attack on Christmas Eve 2016, and is still alive. This also meant The Rise of Skywalker didn't require major rewrites (being known as its original title Duel of the Fates), and Fisher reprised her role as Leia in Star Wars: The New Republic (which was made instead of Star Wars: Resistance). Fisher also still voices Angela on Family Guy. Her mother Debbie Reynolds is also still alive.
==Jon Herb==
Herb was a much more successful USAC driver than IOTL (including winning the 2001 Indianapolis 500) and is not a pedophile.
== Judy Garland ==
Before shooting Hot Cuba, Judy was advised by Sheldon Johnson himself to get treatment for her drug use. She never had a drug overdose, and is still alive. Hot Cuba wound up rejuvenating her career.
== Phil Hartman ==
Phil Hartman walked out on Brynn Omdahl instead of threatening to do so, which started a very messy, very public divorce. He is still alive, and still voicing his recurring characters (Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz) and other one-shot characters on The Simpsons (a live-action film starring Hartman reprising his role as Troy was also released in 2001), in addition to voicing Zapp Brannigan on Futurama. Also, more Blasto games were made beyond the first one, which had been released a month before his OTL death, and NewsRadio (a series Hartman starred in) continued until 2000.
== Peter Hawkins ==
Hawkins never developed a brain tumor in 1992, and thus did not retire from voice acting, voicing the Daleks in the EarthBound movie and every character in the 1997 Captain Pugwash series. He is also still alive and currently voices Duke on Thomas & Friends.
== Jane Henson ==
Jane Henson didn't get cancer, and is still alive.
== Jim Henson ==
Henson didn't ignore the symptoms of pneumonia, and got proper treatment. As a result, he didn't die in 1990, but Johnson purchased Jim Henson Productions in 1990 (rather than Disney attempting to buy the company).
Henson continued in his roles, but gradually stepped back until retiring from full-time puppeteering in 2004, handing his roles off to Steve Whitmire and Bill Barretta (who had already been understudies since 1992 due to Henson's increasing directorial career), though he still made occasional return appearances as Ernie and Guy Smiley on Sesame Street as late as 2015, just as Frank Oz still occasionally puppeteers Grover, Bert, and Cookie Monster. His directing career saw many big successes, and he even got to direct a Godzilla film (Godzilla vs. The World), and several episodes of Monster World. Henson died in 2018 of natural causes.
== Richard Hunt ==
Hunt was never diagnosed with AIDS, and continued puppeteering. He still performs his roles today, and also performs Molc in the Star Pirates franchise.
== Bob Jenkins ==
Jenkins' wife Pam never had brain cancer, and he would continue announcing events on ESPN and WBC until retiring after the 2020 season, after which he died of brain cancer in 2021.
== Jerry Juhl ==
Juhl is also still alive. He still writes for modern Muppet productions.
== Robert F. Kennedy ==
Because Sirhan Sirhan (the person who assassinated Kennedy IITL) was found out and arrested before he could carry out his plans, Kennedy won the 1968 presidential election, with William Proxmire as his running mate. As a result, Kennedy was the 37th President of the United States instead of Richard Nixon.
== Jimmy Kimmel ==
Jimmy Kimmel Live! was canceled by ABC in 2020 after clips of him using the n-word and wearing blackface in various sketches were discovered.
== John Kricfalusi ==
Kricfalusi never abused people or kept child pornography ITTL, as he learned to become a better person after he met Chocodile creator Randy Perkins at a convention in 1976 and took Perkins' advice; he also learned to be a much more hands-off idea man, as well as giving his crew more room to breathe. As a result, he was not fired from The Ren & Stimpy Show, which continued up to 2004. He also married his then-girlfriend Lynne Naylor in 1991, having two children with her. In addition, his company, Spümcø, is still active, and many of its ex-employees such as Naylor, Jim Smith, Eddie Fitzgerald, Mike Fontanelli, Bob Camp, Bob Jaques, Kelly Armstrong, Richard Pursel, Vincent Waller, Chris Reccardi (until his 2019 death), William Wray, Katie Rice, Robyn Byrd (who is John K.'s protégé ITTL instead of his first victim due to Kricfalusi being a much better person in general), Mike Kim and others are still involved in the studio alongside newer members and have worked on other projects such as The Goddamn George Liquor Program, Weekend Pussy Hunt (which ran to its intended 17 episodes due to Spümcø being in a much better situation), The Ripping Friends (which ran on WBC Kids from 2001 to 2008 ITTL and was revived in 2019), and a revival of Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures for Netflix, among other projects. Season 10 onward of SpongeBob SquarePants is solely led by Marc Ceccarelli as a result, with fewer ex-Ren & Stimpy crew members.
The crowdfunded short Cans Without Labels was released on time in February 2013 and to critical acclaim (and does not have any of the same problems as the actual short), which led to it gaining two follow-ups involving Sody Pop (Jimmy's Big Date) and Cigarettes (Cigarettes A-Blowin'), and Johnson acquiring the rights to The Ren & Stimpy Show from Nickelodeon in 2015 and greenlighting three new seasons for Cartoon Network beginning in 2017, as well as a George Liquor spin-off on Adult Swim starting in 2018. This also means that the Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story documentary (subtitled The John K. Story instead) was officially licensed by Cartoon Network and Spümcø, not edited to remove interviews, and was an eight-episode miniseries that aired throughout the summer of 2020. Here's a list of the episodes:
* Episode 1: A quick early history about Kricfalusi, including his childhood, how and when he became interested in animation, and when he met Naylor, as well as some bits about his relationship with his father, Mike Kricfalusi
* Episode 2: Kricfalusi's early years in the animation industry, meeting Ralph Bakshi for the first time, Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil, and the Bobby's Girl film
* Episode 3: The founding of Spümcø, the Beany and Cecil reboot, Kricfalusi pitching Your Gang/Our Gang to Nickelodeon and later developing Ren & Stimpy, and beginning production
* Episode 4: The premiere of Ren & Stimpy and its effects on animation
* Episode 5: Kricfalusi and Naylor's marriage and children
* Episode 6: The later seasons of Ren & Stimpy and its 2004 end, as well as Reccardi's contributions to Ren & Stimpy
* Episode 7: Kricfalusi's other work, including The Goddamn George Liquor Program, The Ripping Friends and music videos
* Episode 8: Kricfalusi's comeback with Cans Without Labels, Jimmy's Big Date, Cigarettes A-Blowin', and current series including George Liquor, American and revivals of Mighty Mouse, Ren & Stimpy, and The Ripping Friends
Finally, Sody Pop is very different due to Kricfalusi not being an ephebophile: she's 20 years old instead of 15, has a different, less sexualized outfit, and has a permanent voice actress in Cheryl Chase, who has voiced the character since The Goddamn George Liquor Program and was a recurring voice actress on Ren & Stimpy.
File:Sody_Pop_Johnsonverse_new.png|Sody Pop's design ITTL
== Mike and Heather Martin ==
Mike and Heather Martin (DaddyOFive/FamilyOFive) were sentenced to twenty years in a federal prison and five years of supervised probation after their record of poorly made pranks and their abusive parenting; their account DaddyOFive/FamilyOFive was terminated on YouTube, while Cody and Emma were returned to their biological mother. The Martin Family was never founded in 2021.
Tim Johnson and his father, Sheldon Johnson, Jr. strongly criticized the Martins for their abusive behavior to their kids, and Tim states that they should stay away from the internet for good due to how aggressive they were.
== Mills Lane ==
Lane never had his stroke in 2002, and was able to reprise his role as himself in the 2006 revival of Celebrity Deathmatch. In addition, his courtroom show, Judge Mills Lane, moved over to Johnson Domestic Television for Season 4, and continued to 2016. The Edd Kalehoff-composed theme song from the first two seasons was still used as well.
== John Lasseter ==
Lasseter's allegations turned out to be false. He is still the CCO of Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios, being an executive producer on every movie released by both studios, as well as Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering, and directed Cars 3 and A Bug's Life 2, the latter of which was released in 2018 (Incredibles 2 wasn't released until 2019 as originally planned), at Tim's behest, and is also involved in other works.
This also means that the Stinky Pete/Barbies blooper from the end credits of Toy Story 2 was not removed in post-2018 versions, and Luck was made without his involvement.
==Sergio Leone==
Sergio Leone passed away from natural causes in 2013, instead of dying of a heart attack in 1989.
== Paul Lynde ==
Paul Lynde did not have a fatal heart attack in 1982. He ended up voicing Roger Smith on American Dad! from 2005 until his death in 2021 at the age of 94, at which point Seth MacFarlane took over. He also participated in the John Davidson, Tom Bergeron, and Bob Saget versions of Hollywood Squares.
== Bernie Mac ==
Bernie Mac did not suffer cardiac arrest.
== Ezra Miller ==
After criminal allegations against Miller were released in 2020, they were fired from The Flash and blacklisted from all future Warner Bros. productions, with Johnson following suit not long after.
== Marilyn Monroe ==
As stated in the Something's Got to Give section, Monroe did not die during its production. She continued as an actress until retiring in the late 2000s, and died in 2021.
== Lorenzo Music ==
Music never had lung and bone cancer, and is still alive. He did not voice Garfield in the two live-action movies due to 20th Century Fox wanting a celebrity voice (Bill Murray) for marquee value; Music reprised his role in both Garfield and the 2021 revival of Garfield and Friends. He has also voiced the character in most video games, including Garfield, Saving Arlene, Lasagna World Tour, Garfield Kart 2, and the remastered version of Caught in the Act (with Jon Barnard filling in on other video games whenever Music is unavailable), as well as in commercials, theme park attractions, and Garfield's Diner showtapes.
This also means Thom Huge still voices Jon Arbuckle, as well as Binky the Clown and Roy.
== Jerry Nelson ==
Nelson never had all of his health problems, and managed to live until 2019, when he passed away from natural causes. It is said he died of a broken heart after Jim Henson died. Matt Vogel (who served as Nelson's understudy since 2008) took over almost all of his roles as IOTL.
== Frank Oz ==
After Johnson's acquisition of Disney, Oz returned to the Muppets in 2015, continuing his roles. Eric Jacobson still performs other characters, as well as Oscar and most of Oz's roles on Sesame Street (though Oz still performs them occasionally).
== Benny Parsons ==
Parsons is still alive, and after WBC and TNN took the NASCAR broadcasting rights for 2001, he moved to WBC's booth A, commentating alongside Allen Bestwick and Andy Petree. He retired from broadcasting after the 2013 season, with Dale Jarrett succeeding him, though he commentated part of the Southern 500 from 2015 to 2017 alongside Ken Squier and Ned Jarrett.
== Adam Petty ==
Adam was not killed during a practice session for the Busch 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. He moved up to the Winston Cup Series in the #45 Sprint Dodge for 2001 as planned, and has since won at least 67 races and four championships (2003, 2012, 2013, and 2019); his father Kyle also retired after the 2005 season. Adam also has a son, Josh, who runs the #46 Motorola Dodge in the Cup Series.
== Rob Pilatus ==
Pilatus never died of a drug overdose, as he and Fab Morvan were signed by Johnson Records in 1992 to perform new songs with the actual Milli Vanilli singers as backup singers for an album, though they had vocal training for six months before recording, much to some controversy; Sheldon Johnson, Jr. responded in a 1994 interview, "They were victims of the industry, not villains".
==Justin Roiland==
Roiland was not accused of domestic abuse in February 2022, nor does he have a history of behind-the-scenes trouble. He was not fired from Rick and Morty, Solar Opposites, or Koala Man (and still voices his characters in those series), and did not resign from Squanch Games. He also reprised his role as Lemongrab in Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake.
==J. K. Rowling==
As transgender people become accepted much earlier ITTL, Rowling's history of transphobia was exposed in 2001. As a result, while she still publishes books, they don't sell nearly as well, and the Harry Potter series ended much earlier. Also, Hogwarts Legacy is instead another Detective Jenny game, and came out in December 2022.
==Jimmy Savile==
Due to Johnson's ties to the BBC, Savile's history of sexual abuse was exposed in 1971 instead of 2012; this led to other powerful child predators protected by British institutions being exposed much earlier as well, and Savile spent the rest of his life in prison, before his murder in 1980.
== Kristen Schaal ==
Kristen Schaal has been into acting for more of her life ITTL than she's been in OTL; this led to her getting the part for Louise Savage at an open audition for Detective Jenny, with Tammy Jo Johnson specifically selecting her for her unique voice. This puts an earlier start to her acting career, specifically voice acting.
==John Stephenson==
Stephenson never got Alzheimer's disease in 2015, and is still alive. He still voices Mr. Slate from the 2012 revival of The Flintstones (being the only cast member from the original to do so), and is also on Transformers: The Great War as the voice of Huffer, Windcharger, Kup, Alpha Trion, and Thundercracker. As of 2024, Stephenson is the oldest-active voice actor at the age of 101.
==Tony Stewart==
Stewart never declined as a driver, mainly due to the confidence he got from racing packages that suited him. His 2013 sprint car injury, 2014 controversy, and 2016 dune buggy injury never happened, and Stewart still competes full-time in the NASCAR Panasonic Cup Series today, having thus far won three additional championships in 2014, 2016, and 2020.
== The Three Stooges ==
* ITTL, Jules White was laid off by Columbia in 1952 instead of Hugh McCollum. Because of this, director Edward Bernds stayed.
* Shemp Howard died in 1959 ITTL, not 1955. This butterflies away the "Fake Shemp" shorts and the Joe Besser era (Besser instead became a recurring co-star in later Shemp shorts). After his death, Mantan Moreland was hired as the third Stooge; his character was named "Manny", and showcased his comic talent beyond the prevalent racial stereotypes of the time, as he was allowed to improvise one-liners (rather than stick to the script) and engage in witty banter with Moe and Larry. He also didn't have his health issues ITTL, and as a result, passed away in 1985.
** Because the "Fake Shemp" shorts were butterflied, the associated term is instead named "Fake Bela" after Tom Mason, Bela Lugosi's stand-in from Plan 9 from Outer Space.
* Comedy III Productions/C3 Entertainment still exists, albeit with Shemp Howard as one of the founders instead of Joe DeRita; after Shemp died, Moreland acquired his stake. The company was controlled by Moreland's daughter, Marcella Moreland, from 1994 until her passing in 2019, after which Brad Server (the youngest grandson of Curly Howard) took control.
* After Larry Fine suffered a stroke in 1970, longtime co-star Emil Sitka (as Harry) took his place as the middle Stooge.
* Moe Howard lived until 1981 ITTL.
* Johnson released a new theatrical short series starring the Stooges from 1959 until Moe's death in 1981; unlike Columbia's shorts, the new short series is animated due to the Stooges aging, with all three Stooges voicing themselves, and the artstyle is based on Bob Clampett and Tex Avery cartoons. A new version of "Three Blind Mice" by the Johnson Philharmonic Orchestra was used as its theme song, while Norman Maurer (Moe's son-in-law) was the producer and the artstyle is similar to OTL's 1965-66 The New 3 Stooges series, but with fuller, more expressive animation instead of limited animation. an idea of its logo.
** In addition to the Stooges, other voice actors throughout its run included Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Gay Autterson, Dave Barry, Bea Benaderet, Julie Bennett, Joe Besser, Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher, Tiny Brauer, Daws Butler, Henry Corden, Scatman Crothers, Danny Dark, Joe DeRita, Shannon Farnon, Stan Freberg, June Foray, Paul Frees, Joan Gerber, Casey Kasem, Margaret Kerry, Janet MacLachlan, Mona Marshall, Dallas McKennon, Julie McWhirter, Don Messick, Howard Morris, Jean Vander Pyl, Thurl Ravenscroft, Emil Sitka, Hal Smith, Arnold Stang, John Stephenson, Larry Storch, Russi Taylor, Janet Waldo, B. J. Ward, Frank Welker, Nancy Wible, and Paul Winchell.
* The Stooges still released feature films in the 1960s, though many of them are different.
* The New 3 Stooges doesn't exist. Instead, WBC aired The Three Stooges Show from 1965 to 1973, repackaging the animated shorts with new live-action wraparounds. A syndicated package later aired under that title from 1973 to 1994, similar to Warner Bros.' Porky Pig and Friends.
* The Robonic Stooges still exists, with the Moe/Harry/Manny lineup all voicing themselves. They also voiced themselves on The New Scooby-Doo Movies.
==Peter Tomarken==
Tomarken and his wife survived the plane crash; a shaken Tomarken vowed to take Amtrak from that day forward. He hosted Press Your Luck on WBC from 1999 until his retirement in 2023.
== Paul Walker ==
Walker survived his car accident, and recovered from his injuries to continue filming Furious 7. He's still active as an actor, and has continued in The Fast and the Furious franchise.
== Macy Waltrip ==
Waltrip followed in the footsteps of her father Michael and uncle Darrell, and got into racing. Since 2016, she has driven for Michael Waltrip Racing in the NASCAR RCA Cup Series, winning a championship in 2018.
==Harvey Weinstein==
Weinstein's actions were exposed in October 1995, and he was sentenced to prison in 1996; he was fired from Miramax, and The Weinstein Company still exists, but only with Bob Weinstein; it's still in operation as well. This also means several films Weinstein interfered with IOTL were released as their filmmakers intended.
==Robin Williams==
During his participation in the Legend of Zelda anime made by Johnson Television starting in 2013, Tim Johnson was able to convince Robin Williams (who voices Navi in the series) to get help for his depression. As a result, he did not commit suicide.
In addition, he never a falling out with Disney after Aladdin came out (as then-Disney chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg never reneged on his promise not to use Williams' name, voice, or likeness in any merchandise such as toys or fast food), and voiced Genie in all subsequent appearances, as well as The Return of Jafar. The television series, as a result, experienced multiple delays getting to air because the staff had trouble figuring out which of Williams' ad-libs to use.
==Ed Wood==
In 1977, Sheldon Johnson happened to meet Wood, and successfully asked him to get help for his alcoholism. Wood is still alive as a result, attending live screenings of his films (for example, Plan 9 from Outer Space). His most recent movie was Grave Robbers, released in 2013.
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