The Montyverse

**The** **Montyverse** or simply **Montyverse** is a universe created in the aftermath of The Great Division, when the Air Force One Angel divided itself in order to change the timeline and avert the event.

As a result of being born of timeline changes, many events from the Deanverse likely still happened, although likely altered in some way.

The universe is defined by the results of the 1968 election, which was won in the Deanverse by James Dean, the Nixonverse and in real life by Richard Nixon, and in the Montyverse by Montgomery Clift.

## History

### Creation

The Montyverse was created in the wake of The Great Division. After its battle with the Statue of Freedom which resulted in the seeming destruction of the universe and freeing of the Horned Serpent, the Air Force One Angel met Cthonaut A, who suggested that the Angel divide itself so that its ashes may flow through the fabric of time and change the timeline.

### The 1968 Election

In 1968, it is implied that James Dean had political intentions, much as what is seen within the original Deanverse. However, Eunice Dean, his sister, calls Howard Melrose and commits suicide by jumping off of the Golden Gate Bridge, stating that she will hear Melrose from Wonderland.

James Dean is overcome by grief and requests that Montgomery Clift run for President in his place. Dean takes the role of running-mate for Clift and they enter the 1968 Democratic Primary. Ultimately, Clift wins in a landslide with 70% of the popular vote, and later wins the election.

Vice President Dean remains in mourning after the election, and makes comments about taking Air Force Two on a "one-man kill assignment." At some point it is discovered that the last phone call Eunice Dean made was to Howard Melrose. Seemingly at Dean's request, the FBI launches a manhunt for Howard Melrose, who is believed to have threatened Eunice Dean into suicide. After Melrose evades FBI Special Agent Rod Serling multiple times, Melrose is determined to be on a passenger plane headed for Washington D.C.

James Dean takes Air Force Two and intercepts the plane carrying Howard Melrose, colliding with it and killing both himself and Melrose in the crash.

After both are dead, Cthonaut A interferes. He notes that both Melrose and Dean hold the universe together, and that he will not let them destroy it. The Cthonaut then seemingly changes parts of the timeline.

After this, a poll is held to determine whether to impeach James Dean for conspiracy to commit an act of vigilantism. Dean remains in power with 60% of the vote being for 'nay.'

### The Statue of Liberty Incident

Following Cthonaut C interfering in James Dean's kamikaze strike on Howard Melrose, the timeline is shifted. After Cthonaut A's interference, Dean disappears for a period of two weeks. In this time, the National Parks Service cancels all ferry service to the Statue of Liberty and begins construction of a platform. This platform eventually comes to encompass the entire base of the statue and has chairs bolted on along with a large amount of explosives.

This incites a great deal of public fear, resulting in swathes of citizens living on the east coast to flee westward, believing some sort of nuclear experiment was occurring on Liberty Island. This also results in multiple animals being released by their owners. Said animals become more aggressive, even attacking the incumbent president at the White House. The President themselves requests an explanation on the situation, but does not receive one before the explosives go off.

The explosions result in a fire that firefighters are sent to put out. Despite their efforts, all the plant life on Liberty Island is destroyed, and the Statue of Liberty is further oxidized. Due to the bolting of the platform and its chairs, it survives, and a spotlight is turned on at the center of it. A spotlight turns on, and it appears that Montgomery Clift and James Dean appear within the spotlight to speak, with James Dean stating that “Monty Clift is the one man in the world who can prevent nuclear war.” This heavily implies that the entire incident was a campaign ad for the Clift/Dean Presidential ticket, and likely took place before the 1968 Election.

### Operation Thunderbird

Operation Thunderbird presumably happens largely like it did in the Deanverse. However, as a result of the Angel Ashes shifting the electrons in the Air Force One Angel's head, rather than fighting the Statue of Freedom on February 22, 2022, the Angel instead asks that she kills it. Freedom complies, and slices the Angel's head off, thus averting The Great Division.

### The 2023 Mars Incident

At some point, Elon Musk gains ownership of TWTTR, and goes on to promote hand-drawn TWTTR posts, to divided responses by users.

In 2023, Elon Musk successfully lands on Mars and goes on to create the Musk Mars Mine to collect a resource known as Martian Glass. The mine is known as "The Largest American Monument." It is implied that Canyon Crowns may have been used in some capacity to get Musk to Mars, as they are seen floating through Mars. Musk posts on TWTTR that he intends to nuke mars.

Elon Musk launches a nuclear bomb which results in the Martian Serpent, which froze to death within Mars, to come free. The planet is presumably destroyed by the release of the Martian Serpent, and the Serpent begins falling towards Earth.

Soon afterwards, Cthonaut C is sent into the Martian Serpent via the space shuttle U.S.S. George Washington to determine the rate of American Wonderland Syndrome within the Martian Serpent. Upon entry, the Cthonaut is kicked out and sent into the Horned Serpent Metastructure, where they encounter Everett Arnoldson.

## Notes

### Trivia

* The Season 3 episode CLIFTCHAOS appears to take place within the Montyverse, however, there are multiple inconsistencies indicating that the universe is being further altered or the episode may not be taking place in the same universe.

## References

1. ↑ ANGELASHES
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 As per a community poll on the MISTER MANTICORE YouTube channel.
3. ↑ DEANDEVIL
4. ↑ CLIFTCHAOS' location in the timeline is currently speculative. Specifying an "incumbent" president seems to indicate this is before the 1968 election.
5. ↑ CLIFTCHAOS
6. ↑ AFTERANGEL
7. ↑ MUSKMARS
8. ↑ CTHONAUTC