johnreiter
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I made a timeline of historic divergences in the world of the Looney Tunes cartoons (ignoring the elephant in the room, that is, the existence of Toons). I'd love to know what people think about it
10,000 BC
gunpowder is developed early (Pre-Hysterical Hare)
52 BC
the Martians first begin observing Earth (Hardevil Hare)
54 AD
Nero is killed, and a new emperor takes the throne, who rules until 65 AD (Roman Legion-Hare) (See Ya Later Gladiator)
1492
Two of Columbus's ships mutiny and turn back (Hare We Go)
Spain explores as far north as New York (Kristopher Kolumbus Jr.)
1607
John Smith marries Pocahontas, and later he is part of the Mayflower expedition (Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas)
1732
George Washington is a merchant, not a plantation owner (Yankee Doodle Bugs)
1733
Georgia is not a British Colony, but is owned by Spain (Old Glory)
1775
Bunker Hill is an American victory (Yankee Doodle Bugs)
1776
The Americans win the revolutionary war twice as fast (Bunker Hill Bunny)
The Constitutional Convention is held immediately after the revolution (Old Glory)
King George III visited the colonies before passing the tax on tea (Yankee Doodle Bugs)
West Virginia broke off from Virginia shortly after the Revolution (Old Glory)
Early 1800s
The states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, are colonizes first; then Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma before the Civil War (Old Glory)
1805
Napoleon is deposed by a new dictator (Napoleon Bunny-Part)
1863
Louis Pasteur invents TNT (Have You Got Any Castles?)
1920s
Eliot Ness is assigned to bring down the mob earlier, and he succeeds before the 1930s (The Unmentionables)
1930
Dick Tracey is written as a private detective not a police detective (The Great Piggy Bank Robbery)
1935
Switzerland expands their military (Buddy's Theatre)
1938
living Dodo birds are discovered in Central Africa (Porky in Wackyland)
World War 2 breaks out over Czechoslovakia (What Price Porky)
1941
Franklin D. Roosevelt's face is added to Mount Rushmore. Wendell Wilkie is eventually elected president (Aviation Vacation)
1942-1960
The events of TTL's version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde take place (The Impatient Patient) (Hyde and Hare) (Hyde and go Tweet)
1943
Admiral Yamamoto lives to stand trial for war crimes after the war. The Allies are already invading Italy and bombing Rome by May of 1943 (Tokio Jokio)
The Germans already have perfected submarine-launched missiles (Scrap Happy Daffy)
1944
Hitler is killed on a visit to the Russian front in May (Russian Rhapsody)
Goering and Goebbels commit suicide in September. Mata Hari is a German spy in World War 2, not World War 1 (Plane Daffy)
1945
Franklin D. Roosevelt lives to see the post-war reconstruction. Benito Mussolini is caught and tried for war crimes (The Ducktators)
Skunks are introduced to France and become an invasive species (Odor-able Kitty)
1948
The first manned mission to the Moon is launched 20 years early (Haredevil Hare) (this is also first contact with the Martians)
1952
NASA captures a Martian saucer (The Hasty Hare)
1955
Jupiterians visit Earth to collect specimens for study (Jumpin' Jupiter)
1958
Martians invade Earth, and are driven off (Hare-Way to the Stars) In the course of the invasion, New York, Washington DC, Niagara, the Grand Canyon, the Panama Canal, and much of Florida are destroyed. (Rebel Rabbit)
1959
the house of Saud is overthrown and new, more moderate dynasty takes power in Arabia (Hare-abian Nights)
1960
Earth is visited by extragalactic aliens seeking specimens for study. Thinking this is an invasion, they are driven off by Earth's forces. (Lighter Than Hare)
1963
Earth counter-invades Mars (Mad as a Mars Hare)
1964
Mexico is in a civil war (A Message to Gracias)
1968
The first time machine is invented (See Ya Later Gladiator)
1999
football player Duck Dodgers is accidentally put in suspended animation
2000
ray guns are common enough to use for rabbit hunting (Old Grey Hare)
2350-2372
Time of Duck Dodgers of the 24th and a Half Century. Earth is the capital of the Galactic Protectorate and is colonizing space, while struggling against the militaristic and hostile Martian Empire
10,000 BC
gunpowder is developed early (Pre-Hysterical Hare)
52 BC
the Martians first begin observing Earth (Hardevil Hare)
54 AD
Nero is killed, and a new emperor takes the throne, who rules until 65 AD (Roman Legion-Hare) (See Ya Later Gladiator)
1492
Two of Columbus's ships mutiny and turn back (Hare We Go)
Spain explores as far north as New York (Kristopher Kolumbus Jr.)
1607
John Smith marries Pocahontas, and later he is part of the Mayflower expedition (Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas)
1732
George Washington is a merchant, not a plantation owner (Yankee Doodle Bugs)
1733
Georgia is not a British Colony, but is owned by Spain (Old Glory)
1775
Bunker Hill is an American victory (Yankee Doodle Bugs)
1776
The Americans win the revolutionary war twice as fast (Bunker Hill Bunny)
The Constitutional Convention is held immediately after the revolution (Old Glory)
King George III visited the colonies before passing the tax on tea (Yankee Doodle Bugs)
West Virginia broke off from Virginia shortly after the Revolution (Old Glory)
Early 1800s
The states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, are colonizes first; then Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma before the Civil War (Old Glory)
1805
Napoleon is deposed by a new dictator (Napoleon Bunny-Part)
1863
Louis Pasteur invents TNT (Have You Got Any Castles?)
1920s
Eliot Ness is assigned to bring down the mob earlier, and he succeeds before the 1930s (The Unmentionables)
1930
Dick Tracey is written as a private detective not a police detective (The Great Piggy Bank Robbery)
1935
Switzerland expands their military (Buddy's Theatre)
1938
living Dodo birds are discovered in Central Africa (Porky in Wackyland)
World War 2 breaks out over Czechoslovakia (What Price Porky)
1941
Franklin D. Roosevelt's face is added to Mount Rushmore. Wendell Wilkie is eventually elected president (Aviation Vacation)
1942-1960
The events of TTL's version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde take place (The Impatient Patient) (Hyde and Hare) (Hyde and go Tweet)
1943
Admiral Yamamoto lives to stand trial for war crimes after the war. The Allies are already invading Italy and bombing Rome by May of 1943 (Tokio Jokio)
The Germans already have perfected submarine-launched missiles (Scrap Happy Daffy)
1944
Hitler is killed on a visit to the Russian front in May (Russian Rhapsody)
Goering and Goebbels commit suicide in September. Mata Hari is a German spy in World War 2, not World War 1 (Plane Daffy)
1945
Franklin D. Roosevelt lives to see the post-war reconstruction. Benito Mussolini is caught and tried for war crimes (The Ducktators)
Skunks are introduced to France and become an invasive species (Odor-able Kitty)
1948
The first manned mission to the Moon is launched 20 years early (Haredevil Hare) (this is also first contact with the Martians)
1952
NASA captures a Martian saucer (The Hasty Hare)
1955
Jupiterians visit Earth to collect specimens for study (Jumpin' Jupiter)
1958
Martians invade Earth, and are driven off (Hare-Way to the Stars) In the course of the invasion, New York, Washington DC, Niagara, the Grand Canyon, the Panama Canal, and much of Florida are destroyed. (Rebel Rabbit)
1959
the house of Saud is overthrown and new, more moderate dynasty takes power in Arabia (Hare-abian Nights)
1960
Earth is visited by extragalactic aliens seeking specimens for study. Thinking this is an invasion, they are driven off by Earth's forces. (Lighter Than Hare)
1963
Earth counter-invades Mars (Mad as a Mars Hare)
1964
Mexico is in a civil war (A Message to Gracias)
1968
The first time machine is invented (See Ya Later Gladiator)
1999
football player Duck Dodgers is accidentally put in suspended animation
2000
ray guns are common enough to use for rabbit hunting (Old Grey Hare)
2350-2372
Time of Duck Dodgers of the 24th and a Half Century. Earth is the capital of the Galactic Protectorate and is colonizing space, while struggling against the militaristic and hostile Martian Empire
