I'll throw my hat into the ring. This is inspired by a few other takes, namely those of CountDVB, TheDetailer, connorCD and JCC the Alt Historian , among others I may be forgetting (if this is too derivative or whatever, I'm more than willing to change it).
(*: my comments look like this, with an asterix)
Nintendo
NES:
- The ROM chip shortage doesn't happen or is less severe, preventing several games from being discontinued or getting late overseas releases.
- Mother 1's localisation isn't cancelled last minute.
Game Boy/Game Boy Colour:
- All three versions of Pokémon (Red, Green, Blue) are localised. Black & White 2's difficulty settings are instated from the start.
- The Virtual Boy isn't made, with early GBC instead released in its stead.
- Pokémon Yellow is released alongside a Pink version.
- More Game Boy titles (Metroid II, Kirby's Dream Land 2, etc) receive DX versions.
SNES:
- Star Fox 2 isn't cancelled.
- Earthbound doesn't suffer from poor advertising.
- BS The Legend of Zelda is localised.
N64:
- Uses CDs and is easier to develop for.
- Square and Capcom stick with Nintendo, so Final Fantasy VII and other titles are released here instead of on PS1.
- Smash 64 is given additional funding and development time. Jigglypuff is cut, while Bowser, King Dedede, Mewtwo and Marth are added earlier. (*: Meowth would honestly be the better 2nd pokemon for this to replace jigglypuff.)
- Metroid 64 isn't cancelled, thanks to a simplified controller layout.
- Argonaut isn't screwed over and makes two 3D Yoshi games.
- Mega Man & Bass is released as Mega Man 9 and is much less difficult, as well as having all unique bosses.
- Goldeneye's multiplayer mode has previous Bond likenesses.
- Secret of Mana is rereleased with all of its cut content.
- Dinosaur Planet is finished and released as the console's swansong, in the wake of Nintendo buying Rare.
- Mega Man X5 and X6 are given more time in the oven, getting better level and boss designs, animated cutscenes, etc.
- Sin & Punishment and Conker's Bad Fur Day are delayed to the GameCube's launch. (*: I think they would still face issue with the age rating thing, looks too kddy for adults, too adult for kids stuff, so I could see them reworking it to a t-rated shorter/platformer hybrid like Jak or Ratchet.)
Game Boy Advance:
- DK Coconut Crackers and Diddy Kong Pilot are released in their original forms.
- Mario vs Donkey Kong is a one-off sequel to DK '94. The Minis puzzle gameplay is reinstated in a Mario & Wario sequel.
- Mother 3 isn't stuck in Japan.
GameCube:
- Is more successful (but still not on PS2 levels) and doesn't use mini discs.
- Western developers aren't let go and mature titles are embraced earlier.
- Can play DVDs, but only with a remote like the original Xbox to work around licensing fees (though Nintendo coughs up for the next two systems).
- Super Smash Bros. Melee isn't rushed, allowing for extra content and more refined gameplay.
- Cuts: Dr. Mario, Sheik, Falcondorf, Young Link, Pichu, Roy
- Additions: Banjo-Kazooie, Joanna Dark, Ganondorf (unique), Marina Liteyears, Heracross, Lyn
- GTA (III, Vice City, San Andreas), Psychonauts and Half-Life 2 receive ports.
- Star Fox Adventures is not rushed, becoming a spiritual successor to Dinosaur Planet instead, and reintroduces Fay and Miyu.
- The Timesplitters trilogy is an exclusive and the next big FPS after Goldeneye and Perfect Dark.
- Mega Man X7 is in 2.5D and has improvements suggested in Retropolis Zone's review.
- Diddy Kong Racing Adventure and Kirby Tilt N Tumble 2 aren't cancelled.
- A Donkey Kong 64 sequel releases in place of Grabbed by the Ghoulies.
- Mega Man X: Command Mission has a few more chapters and soon branches into its own subseries.
- Kameo is released as its original vision, with over 60 monsters to befriend.
DS:
- Mission Mode becomes a series staple after its introduction in Mario Kart DS.
- Mischief Makers, Banjo-Kazooie, Jet Force Gemini and Kirby 64 are ported/remade.
- Mega Man Mania isn't cancelled and has fully coloured versions of the World and Xtreme games.
- Wario: Master of Disguise is reworked into a fifth Land game.
Wii:
- An HD revision on par with the PS3 and 360 is released in 2010.
- Has an achievements system.
- Sakurai secures a separate developer for Subspace Emissary, allowing the team to focus on the rest of Brawl.
- Cuts: Zero Suit Samus, Squirtle, Ivysaur
- Additions: Dark Samus, Conker, Andy, Bomberman
- Metroid Prime 3 is compatible with the GameCube controller.
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii and its sequels have more distinct environments (not unlike Newer and other mods) and online multiplayer.
- More GameCube games are ported via New Play Control. (*: ESPECIALLY CHIBI ROBO)
- No More Heroes 2 keeps the open world and has three more bosses (the assassins Henry killed offscreen).
- Rayman 4 isn’t cancelled; Raving Rabbids is its own IP. (*: I had a similar idea where Ubisoft sold Rayman off to Nintendo because they thought Rabbids would succeed more. obviously did not work out.)
- Perfect Dark Zero, Conker's Other Bad Fur Day, F-Zero GP Legend and Star Fox Command are launch titles.
- A new Mario collection is made instead of a SNES port. Features SMB1-3, World, RPG, the Land games and 64, as well as interviews, concept art and other bonuses.
- A true Banjo-Threeie is released instead of Nuts & Bolts. (*: Though i'd keep the Lord of Games stuff, having video-game themed worlds is fun. though i'd exclude the "haha, their game is old so their FAT now." jokes
- Mario Party 9 and subsequent games play like the first eight.
- Donkey Kong Country Returns is co-developed by Rare and Retro Studios and brings back the Kremlings.
- Metroid: Other M is a prequel, showing Samus's origins and how she came to be a badass bounty hunter.
- Star Wars: Rogue Leaders isn't cancelled.
- Mega Man X9 and X10 are made, wrapping up the New Gen and Wily plots and setting the stage for the Zero series.
3DS:
- Bomberman 3DS isn’t canned.
- AR Cards are better utilised.
- A Paper Mario 64 remake is released instead of Sticker Star.
- Yoshi's New Island is not made.
- Project Valkyrie is released instead of Federation Force. (*: never heard of this one. is it like a Metroid project or something?)
- Kirby & the Rainbow Curse is moved to 3DS, swapping platforms with Planet Robobot.
- Mega Man Star Force 4, ZXC and Legends 3 aren't cancelled. Mega Man Maverick Hunter X and Powered Up are also released much later.
Wii U (renamed to Nintendo U or something):
- Is pushed back to a fall 2013 release.
- Is as powerful as its competitors, better marketed and sees more third party support.
- Rare works on Tropical Freeze, as Retro's Star Fox pitch is greenlit.
- A Madworld sequel is released, as the original is more popular ITTL.
- GTA V and other triple AAA games get ports.
- Smash 4 is only released on console, but has Smash Run, an Adventure Mode, among other things.
- Cuts: Wii Fit Trainer, Lucina, Dark Pit, Rosalina, Corrin
- Additions: Isaac, Dixie Kong, Impa, Zoroark, Toad, Jago (Killer Instinct), Travis Touchdown
- More alternate costumes, such as different Link incarnations, Dry Bowser, Fusion Suit Samus, etc
- Eternal Darkness 2 manages to be released, as Silicon Knights doesn't shut down.
- Pikmin 4 comes out in 2016, with the one on Switch becoming Pikmin 5.
- Paper Mario: Colour Splash plays like the first two games, has partners and more original characters/settings.
- Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival is replaced by a New Leaf port.
- Inti Creates doesn't leave Capcom and develops a new Mega Man game instead of Mighty No. 9.
- Rayman Legends is initially exclusive, with ports coming later down the line.
Switch:
- Is released in 2018/19 as a result of its predecessor performing better.
- Has menu themes, no Joy-Con drift or paid online service and brings back Virtual Console.
- 1-2 Switch is a pack-in game like Wii Sports.
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe doesn't get DLC (but has a better roster from the get-go) or a mobile counterpart, though development soon begins on a ninth game.
- Kirby Star Allies is longer and mixes Amazing Mirror’s nonlinear level design with the gameplay of Heroes in Another Dimension.
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is delayed to Christmas 2019, receiving better online and singleplayer content and a few more characters.
- Cuts: Incineroar, Chrom, Piranha Plant, Byleth, Pyra/Mythra
- Additions:
- Skull Kid, Bandana Dee, Sceptile, Rex (base game)
- Black Shadow, Ninten, Alph, Felix, Glass Joe, Ninjara (echoes)
- Waluigi, Barista Dog, Rayman, Battletoads, Officer Howard, Zero, Eggman, Ring Fit Trainee (DLC)
- Game Freak is more competent when it comes to developing Gen 8 and beyond.
- As Retro is preoccupied with yet another game (Prime 4), Retro makes a sixth DKC game.
- Rhythm Heaven Megamix, Tomodachi Life, Xenoblade X and Kid Icarus Uprising are ported.
- Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn, Luigi's Mansion, Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World and Superstar Saga DX are released here instead of the 3DS. Tomato Adventure is remade instead of Bowser's Inside Story.
Miscellaneous:
- The copyright system isn’t abused, so mods, fangames and anything else under fair use don’t suffer.
- Custom Robo, Golden Sun and other small IPs receive more attention, seeing future releases and attaining the same level of popularity as B-tier franchises.
- Buys Hudson Soft in 2005.
- Eventually starts releasing modern games on Steam.
Video Games
General:
- Are taken seriously by journalists.
- Price tags never cross the $40 mark.
- Aren't blamed by the media for violent tendencies.
- The industry isn't affected by propaganda and politics. (*:.....huh. not reallys u're what this is referring to. anything specific?)
- No gacha or microtransactions.
- Sprite art is still popular outside of indies and throwbacks.
- Isn't stereotyped as a mostly male activity, as female gamers are more common.
- Emulation isn't compared to piracy.
- 87% of games released before 2010 don't go (or are at risk of becoming) lost.
Sony:
- Family friendly IPs aren't shafted.
- Crash and Spyro are sold to Sony instead of Activision (with the former becoming the company's de facto mascot). Though they remain PlayStation exclusives, they receive better games in the long run.
- Skylanders isn't a Spyro spinoff, but he still shows up as a guest.
- Silent Hills isn't cancelled.
- The PS4 has backwards compatibility from the start.
- The PSP doesn't suffer as badly from piracy.
- The Last of Us 2 is better received.
- PlayStation All-Stars is made earlier as Sony's answer to Smash (though it doesn't reach the same levels of success). Based on this, minus Snake and Cloud.
- The PS1 Classic has a better list of games.
Microsoft:
- The original Xbox is backwards compatible with the Dreamcast.
- The Xbox One and Series X are called Xbox 720
as prophesised back in the day and Xbox Scorpio.
- Notch becomes a philanthropist after selling Minecraft.
Sega:
- Changes to the Sonic series.
- The Nomad and 32X aren't made; all efforts are put into making the Saturn the best it can be. However, it and the Dreamcast are still defeated.
- Buys EA (or at least continues to work with them).
- NiGHTS, Ristar and other franchises aren't abandoned and continue to get new games.
PC:
- Half-Life 3 is released.
- Valve pays more attention to TF2 and releases frequenter updates.
- Deltarune is a sequel.
- FNaF 4 tells a simpler story about Michael and his brother; World, Pizza Sim, UCN and VR are non-canon spinoffs.
- YandereDev gets an office job or something. (*
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- Newgrounds Rumble gets a sequel.
- Club Penguin isn't bought by Disney and is still running.
Mobile:
- The classic Angry Birds games aren't removed from the App Store.
- Lite games still exist.
- The market doesn't become dominated by pay-to-win games.
- People aren't addicted to smartphones (especially Gen Alpha).
Other:
- Konami, Activision-Blizzard, EA and Ubisoft don't fuck up.
- Pandemic, Maxis, Westwood, Bioware and Visceral Games are still up and running.
- As said by Hulkster'01, a Jontron gets a game similar to AVGN Adventures.
- A proper MvC4 is made instead of Infinite.
- Call of Duty ends after Black Ops 2.
- Beyond Good and Evil is a commercial success and gets two sequels.
- Atari releases home arcade systems. (*: also would keep their grubby hands away from Humongous Entertainment. granted, I don;t see it being a mega pillar of gaming or continue to make content to this day, but it'd be nice if they go out on their own terms)
- Duke Nukem Forever is released much earlier, thanks to Digital Extremes taking over development.
- Similarly, Ride to Hell: Retribution releases in 2009 with the open world format intact.
- Fortnite is released in 2013 as a sandbox survival game.
- Sequels to The Simpsons Game and Hit & Run aren't canned.
- Lego Dimensions gets a complete edition with all characters and worlds unlocked from the get-go.
- Bully 2 isn't cancelled.
Movies
General:
- Practical effects and animatronics are still popular.
- More originals, less sequels and remakes/reboots.
- Animation isn't treated as a genre and is held to the same standard as live action (also applies to TV shows).
- 2D animation is still widely used, co-existing with CGI.
- Less studio fires.
- Twist villains are better handled.
- The majority of silent films don't perish.
Disney:
- Isn't a greedy, mega corporation. (Maybe what happened with Eisner made Disney learn to back off from the mega corp approch?)
- Doesn't buy Lucasfilm or Fox.
- Cruella de Vil is the antagonist in The Rescuers.
- Atlantis doesn't compete with Shrek and gets a theatrical sequel, not three episodes from the cancelled TV series stitched together.
- Wreck-It Ralph has cameos from Mario and Luigi.
- The Jungle Book 2 has the scrapped third film's plot, where Baloo and Shere Khan are captured and sent to the circus.
- The Search for Mickey Mouse is revived and released in 2018 to celebrate Mickey's 90th anniversary, replacing Ralph Breaks the Internet.
- Treasure Planet 2, Don Quixote, Fraidy Cat, The Shadow King, My Peoples (in place of Chicken Little), Fantasia 2006, Gigantic and Who Discovered Roger Rabbit all avoid cancellation and are successfully released.
- None of the live action remakes exist, bar Cinderella, The Jungle Book and Pete's Dragon.
- Cinderella: A Twist in Time, The Lion King 1/2 and Simba's Pride, Aladdin: King of Thieves and 101 Dalmatians: Patch's London Adventure are the only direct-to-video sequels.
- Home on the Range, Mars Needs Moms, Planes, The Wild, Return to Never Land, Valiant and Gnomeo & Juliet are never produced.
- Pirates of the Caribbean ends after the third movie.
Pixar:
- Toy Story 4, 5 and Lightyear aren't made, but the series is kept alive by short films.
- The Incredibles 2 has a timeskip to the 1970s and doesn't lose a year of production.
- Cars 2 drops the spy stuff and just focuses on the World Grand Prix.
- Brave and The Good Dinosaur don't lose their original directors.
- More movies have outtakes in the credits.
Dreamworks:
- Shrek the Third uses 2's scrapped fairy tale election plot. A fifth movie, showing how Shrek came to be in the swamp, is released in 2013.
- Rex Havoc, Plants vs Zombies, B.O.O. and Me & My Shadow are completed and released, alongside sequels to Megamind, Captain Underpants and Rise of the Guardians.
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish doesn't go into development hell and releases much earlier.
- Monsters vs Aliens, Turbo, Trolls, Home, Megamind vs The Doom Syndicate (and its tie-in series), The Boss Baby, Spirit Untamed and The Croods are not produced. (*: I would also leave out Peabody and Sherman, just a nothing burger film)
- Shark Tale and Bee Movie still exist, but only for the laughs.
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie is released under Dreamworks as part of the Nintendo/Universal collaboration.
Paramount:
- Wayne's World 2 uses the Passport to Pimlico script, with Waynestock saved for a third movie.
- An animated Avatar movie is made instead of The Last Airbender.
- The Godfather: Part III is on par with the first two. Mario Puzo lives long enough to make a Part IV to close off the saga.
- Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie comes out in 2005, due to the creator staying at Nick.
- Zoolander is pushed back to 2002, if 9/11 were to still happen, and earns more at the box office.
Sony:
- Ghostbusters 2 is better and is followed by another sequel, Hellbent, in 1998. Ernie Hudson gets more screentime in the movies.
- The Angry Birds Movies are closer in style to the cartoon shorts, using the original character designs and removing dialogue (made up for with silent comedy).
- Sam Raimi directs six Spider-Man movies. 3-5 play out like the Fanscription videos (minus the Uncle Ben retcon), with Venom making his grand entrance in 6. This Spider-Man is also part of the MCU.
- Lauren Faust's Medusa movie isn't cancelled, releasing in place of The Emoji Movie.
Warner Bros:
- Coyote vs Acme and other finished projects don't wind up unreleased.
- The Iron Giant is better advertised and becomes a commercial success.
- Looney Toons: Back in Action does better, leading to more live action/animated hybrid movies, including Skate Jam.
- Genndy Tartakovsky stays at WB and makes Hotel Transylvania and Popeye there instead of at Sony.
- Batman Returns, Forever/Continues and & Robin resemble the Fanscription versions and are followed by a fifth movie, Unchained. However, Kilmer replaces Keaton in the latter three.
- The 1966 movie gets a sequel that's ITTL's B&R with Adam West and co; that way, we still have the cheesy original in some form.
- Richard Donner isn't treated poorly by the Salkinds and directs Superman III and IV. Tim Burton also gets to make Superman Lives.
- The DCEU is on par with and structured like the MCU.
Fox:
- Home Alone 3 comes out much later and has Kevin as an adult with kids of his own.
- All five Percy Jackson books are adapted (and are actually good).
- The animated Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies and The Long Haul aren't made. A Cabin Fever Christmas special and a high school movie are done instead, both starring the original cast.
- Chris Meledandri doesn't leave to found Illumination. As such, the first two Despicable Me movies are released under Blue Sky (which is still kicking ITTL).
- Rio doesn't get a sequel and Ice Age only gets three movies.
- Nimona is finished earlier and isn't handed off to Netflix.
New Line Cinema:
- Freddy vs Jason happens much earlier (in place of Freddy's Dead and Jason Goes to Hell) and gets a sequel that brings in Ash Williams.
- Jim Carrey is able to do The Mask 2, due to Robin Williams being cast as The Riddler.
- Mike Myers turns down The Love Guru to make Austin Powers in Thunderballs.
- TMNT III goes back to the first film's darker roots and is based the cancelled fourth movie's script.
LucasFilm:
- Spielberg directs the prequels, while Lucas handles the sequels (and doesn't use CGI).
- Indiana Jones remains a trilogy. (though I could see the plots of crystal and a HEAVILY revamped Dial Of destiny focusing more on Time Travel as cool games)
Other:
- An earlier The Expendables, as described by thekingsguard, is released in place of Last Action Hero.
- Michael Bay sticks to directing music videos.
- A Spaceballs sequel is made around the time of the prequel trilogy.
- Studio Ghibli goes mainstream.
- Hoodwinked has a higher budget and gets much better animation.
- Sullivan Bluth Studios doesn't go bankrupt and continues to compete with Disney.
- The 1993 Mario movie doesn't suffer a disastrous production and is based on the original fantasy/Princess Bride script.
- Foodfight is cancelled after the hard drive theft.
- Only two Terminator movies are made.
- American Pie doesn't get a bunch of direct-to-video sequels.
- John Carpenter is allowed to make Halloween an anthology series after the second movie, though Michael Myers eventually returns in a Hellraiser crossover and H20.
- Taken, Jurassic Park and Jaws are standalone films.
TV
Nickelodeon:
- The Fairly Odd Parents never introduces Poof, Sparky or Chloe and ends after the Wishology trilogy.
- (SpongeBob doesn't lose its original writers and remains on par with the pre-movie seasons (but possibly comes to an end at some point).
- Kamp Koral and The Patrick Star Show aren't produced, nor are Sponge on the Run and the Sandy movie, but we do get a cheesy live-action spinoff based on Birthday Blowout.
- Invader Zim is moved to Adult Swim and doesn't end abruptly.
- Adventure Time is greenlit instead of Fanboy & ChumChum.
- TMNT 2012 lasts eight seasons; Rise is delayed to 2020. (*:eh, I would argue that it would get stale after THAT long, so i'd argue keep the 5 season thing, but revamp what happens. like, no weird beastiality between Don and April, no weird incest with Leo and Kairi, remove stuff like the 8 episode long barn trip or the odd 5th season being an anthology. ROTTMNT is nearly perfect, though maybe have the Lou Jitsu twist revealed or hinted at much earlier so he isn't seen as a flanderization.)
- Jimmy Neutron gets a fourth season, as The Ant Bully is not produced ITTL, and a finale movie in 2010, in place of Planet Sheen.
- Constant Payne and The Modifiyers are picked up.
- Steve Marmel writes Danny Phantom's third season, which culminates in a battle between Danny and Dark Danny.
- Breadwinners, Bunsen is a Beast, Pig Goat Banana Cricket, etc are never made.
- Doug stays on Nick instead of going to Disney.
- Drake & Josh, iCarly and Victorious run for another year each. Sam & Cat is never made.
- Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide gets a sequel series with the characters in high school.
Warner Bros:
- Kids WB doesn't shut down.
- Regular Show is more popular, as Adventure Time is on Nick. The dome is never introduced and the series ends with a final battle between Klorgbane and Skips.
- The Looney Tunes Show gets more seasons and more pre-existing characters show up instead of basic humans.
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars gets a longer sixth season and arcs aren't cancelled. Rebels has the same animation style and doesn't air on Disney.
- Teen Titans, Sym-Bionic Titan and Young Justice run longer.
- The PowerPuff Girls ends after its movie (which has its original plot of the villains fighting for control of city), as does Dexter's Laboratory.
- The former's reboot never happens, neither do Teen Titans Go, Velma, Ben 10 2016, etc.
- The CN City era lasts a few more years.
- Seth MacFarlane gets to make his Flintstones reboot.
- Freakazoid is more popular and eventually gets a revival.
- Clarence and Uncle Grandpa aren't as overhated.
- CN Real doesn't happen.
Disney:
- The rights to Oswald are eventually regained (and his inclusion in Kingdom Hearts 3 isn't shot down).
- Toon Disney and Playhouse Disney don't rebrand into Disney X.D and Disney Junior.
- Jetix is never shut down, splitting off into its own channel.
- House of Mouse, Milo Murphy's Law, American Dragon: Jake Long and Spectacular Spider-Man last a few more seasons.
- Gravity Falls gets a third season, but goes on hiatus or has its run is stretched out, so that Alex Hirsch avoids further burnout. (*:I mean, does it really? by that time, all the plots were wrapped up and the conclusion was sad, but best for the show. if there is any loose ends, probably would be better to be answered in spin-off books or shorts)
- The Kingdom Hearts cartoon is made.
- The third season of Gargoyles written as originally envisioned.
Fox:
- Later seasons of The Simpsons are carried by better writing and character development. The show concludes after Holidays of Future Passed.
- Futurama isn't cancelled in 2003 and continues to run through the 2000s, but doesn't get revived in 2023.
- Family Guy gets an earlier and extended fourth season, featuring some later episodes like Road to the Multiverse and the Star Wars trilogy, before ending for good.
- The Cleveland Show is replaced by a Joe Swanson police spinoff.
NBC:
- The Office (US) ends after Steve Carrell leaves.
- Freak and Geeks isn't cancelled after one season.
AMC:
- Better Call Saul wins at least one Emmy.
- The Walking Dead ends at season 5.
Other:
- South Park avoids serialization and the streaming exclusive "movies". Chef is reduced to a background character instead of being killed off.
- Sonic SatAM and Boom receive third seasons, Sonic X runs until 2012 and neither Underground or Prime are produced.
- Clone High manages to avoid the Ghandi controversy and isn't cut short as a result.
- A Mega Man X anime based on The Day of Sigma is made.
- Crash Bandicoot gets a cartoon resembling the unused intro and ending cutscenes. (*:while it would be easy to say "it lasted 5 seasons and was a massive hit" this just FEELS like a show that got 13 episodes only but got a cult following for being suprisingly good)
- The Austin Powers and Alien cartoons get picked up.
- As said by housemaster, Dexter ends with him paying for his crimes instead of becoming a lumberjack.
- Sesame Street continues to be like the original seasons instead of the modern kiddy sh*t.
- Infomercials don't exist.
- MTV still airs music videos and isn’t ruined by reality shit.
Celebrities/real life figures
- Michael J. Fox doesn't get Parkinson's disease.
- Stan Lee, June Foray, Betty White and Peter Sallis live to see their 100th birthdays, passing away shortly after.
- Will Smith doesn't slap Chris Rock at the Oscars.
- Michael Jackson is hospitalised and finishes This Is It at a later date before retiring.
- Prince doesn't die from an accidental overdose.
- Phil Hartman is never murdered and stars in a live action Troy McClure movie, in addition to continued appearances on The Simpsons and Futurama.
- Christopher Reeve doesn't get into his horse riding accident.
- Chris Farley survives his speedball and sobers up. He drops out of Shrek, but later cameos as one of the ogres in Forever After.
- Chadwick Boseman, Kobe Bryant, Gilbert Gottfried, Heather O'Rourke, Robin Williams, Verne Troyer, Bob Saget, John Candy, Alan Rickman, Anton Yelchin, Michael Clarke Duncan and John Hurt are all still alive. (*:add Etika, Long John Baldry, who NEEDS to see the robotnik ytps, Kevin Conroy, and Maddie Blaustien too)
- Steve Irwin isn't killed by a stingray.
- Gunpei Yokoi survives his car accident and Satoru Iwata doesn't get cholangiocarcinoma.
- Edd Gould survives his leukaemia (or doesn't get it) and continues producing Eddsworld.
- Owen Hart doesn't fall to his death and continues wrestling for a few more years.
- Heath Ledger doesn't die of acute intoxication and reprises his role as the Joker in The Dark Knight Rises before pursuing a career in directing.
- Elvis fires the Colonel, marries Ann Margaret and doesn't die of a heart attack.
- The Beatles reunite at Live Aid 1985, as John Lennon never encounters Chapman and George Harrison stops smoking earlier and avoids being stabbed.
- Kurt Cobain goes into rehab and doesn't commit suicide. Nirvana never breaks up and still performs today.
- Freddie Mercury never contracts AIDS.
- Stephen Hillenburg doesn't get ALS and continues to work on SpongeBob.
- Skyler Page and Julia Vickerman are exposed shortly after creating their respective shows, Chris Savino before pitching his and John Kricfalusi after his firing.
- Epstein, Weinstein, Savile and other predators are exposed much earlier.
Internet
General:
- Is used more productively.
- Social media and the internet are a lot tamer, much less toxic than OTL.
- Stricter rules are put in place for harassment and other unwarranted behaviours.
- Copyright is less of a problem, as there is a greater respect for fair use.
- Websites and social media don't suffer from corporatization.
- The shift in meme culture never happens, sticking to the simpler formats seen through 2007-2014. (*: if stuff like iteachinvader's content is a CONSISTENT thing, then yeah, I love this idea)
- Rule 34 and NSFW cease to exist. (*:meh, I'm not really bothered by it's existence, but I would add helpful restrictions and censors, like blurring images in image searchs, or easy to acess tag/content blockers, and just banning very disgusting kinks and strait up child porn. other then that, i'm fine with some weird dudes off in the back making chubby Gardevoir art, it's ODD but I get why they do it, and it doesn't bother me any)
- Windows XP and Adobe Flash are still supported.
- Vine survives.
- Newgrounds is still popular.
- MySpace doesn't become a shell of its former self.
- Elon Musk never buys Twitter.
YouTube:
- Doesn’t get bought by Google or fall to the dumpster.
- Still has channel customisation, star ratings, dislikes, etc.
- Has an old school mode like Reddit
- Isn't ruined by COPPA.
- No adpocalypse.
- Buys Twitch at some point.
- As mentioned by other users, YouTV is launched as a means for corporate channels to upload music videos, movie trailers and the like.
- James Rolfe runs his channel independently instead of partnering with Screenwave and doesn't make the AVGN movie. The Nerd is retired after the Earthbound episode.
- Tord Larsson isn't harassed off the internet. His character in Eddsworld is recast or replaced by Laurel (from Moviemakers) if he still leaves.
- Monty Oum, Toonsynth Productions and brain4breakfast are still alive. (*: and.........well there's a LOT, but who comes to mind is Kitty0706)
- Annoying Orange is retired after a few years and doesn't get a TV show.
- Smosh stays together.
- Friday and Baby don't explode in popularity.
- DaddyOFive goes to prison. (*: wait, he DIDN'T?)
- Channel Awesome doesn't get into controversy or mistreat its staff. (*:eh, I think i'd have Doug be less of a snob and his "demo reel" show is a lot more focused and is his whole passion thing, moving on from his popular shadow)
- Cartoon Fight Club is a parody of the 1999 movie with cartoon and video game characters, as originally planned.
- Nikocado Avacado never gets into mukbanging.
Literature
- Reading is a more popular pastime.
- No Twilight.
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child isn't written.
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid doesn't take a cartoonish turn or incorporate a floating timeline; Greg goes into high school after Hard Luck.
- Archie Sonic doesn't get rebooted and is still running. The Mario, Kirby and Metroid comics are also greenlit.
- Marvel and DC don't own the term "superhero".
Other
- Physical media isn't dying out.
- McDonalds still uses Ronald as its mascot instead of those weird Happy Meal things.
- Logos, websites, UI, etc avoid oversimplification.
- Frutiger Aero and other unique aesthetics don't go out of style, still being used in favour of Flat Design.
- Christmas isn't as overcommercialised; advertising wouldn't begin until Black Friday.
- NFTs and AI generated content don't exist or quickly fizzle out.
- Blockbuster and Netflix merge in the 2000s.
- Autism Speaks is never founded. (*: as a 'tizze myself, HELL YEAH)
- COVID-19 is contained before it has the chance to spread.
I'll continue adding to this over time.
