ArgosyMTM World History

Here is a list of events that have happened in the world, and how they're different in the ArgosyMTM AU to OTL. Note some similarities to “Johnsonverse”.

Planets in general
(TBA, but there are 31 planets here, instead of just 8)

Venus
Venus’s moon Neith turned out to be real and not an illusion.

Earth
Earth is Super-Earth-sized ITTL, which means several more countries and continents to explore. More specifically, several countries from Dream Fiction, Mihsign, Jonaspedia, and Fic5689 wikis exist on Earth ITTL, as well as all of Geography Now’s April Fools countries, and several obscure Wikia and Miraheze sites’ countries (such as Sintopia).

Earth also has a second, slightly smaller moon known as “Lilith”, or the “Black Moon”, whose near side has far more craters than either side of Luna, giving it a “molten” look. This means that the name “Luna” for the IOTL moon is more common. There are also three more moons, known as Lucifer, Selene, and Arta.

Species
Due to Earth being bigger, there are more species of animals, such as dylanuses, a group of extremely-humanoid big cats. Also, several species that are purely mythological IOTL exist ITTL.

Countries
As mentioned above, there are several more countries in existence, due to the Earth being bigger. Some notable countries include El Kadsre, Netralia, Jonas, Zakavia, Herkatia, Magisteria, Kyantuly, Eruowood, Ludussia, Neltody, and the Republic of Wilson.

British Isles
The British Isles contain more islands, and therefore, more countries, such as Jonas, Brian, Jinja, Evieline, Rycotte, Cyverdemyan, and the Euro Republics.

Japan and Japanese language
ITTL, like in Johnsonverse, Japan was annexed into the United States following a failed coup. However, this is offset by more Japanese-speaking countries existing, such as Neon District, Kozankyo, and El Kadsre.

United States
The United States has 14 more states, making a grand total of 64. 8 of these are the OTL 8 regions of Japan, and Puerto Rico and Superior (the OTL Upper Peninsula) are also made states. Altamasstachia, Mallettbarr, Zeconnemeleth, and Sintopia are landmasses that do not exist IOTL; Sintopia is notable as being mostly reclaimed land (what was once an archipelago when the British “discovered” it, is now one big island).

Interstate Highways and US Routes
ITTL, the AASHTO and state DOTs refused to get rid of Routes 66 and 99 to make way for the new Interstates. As a result, Eisenhower did the “nuclear option” of transferring all highway maintenance and planning to a QUANGO known as the Interstate Foundation.

MTM Enterprises
International Family Entertainment would be bought out by Canadian cable company Shaw Communications in 1996, and spun off (along with Nelvana and the Canadian YTV-related channels) into Corus Entertainment in 1999. This means that MTM Enterprises would still exist today, instead of being folded into Fox. (Corus would have spun off its US assets, including MTM and Argosy Media, as Argosy Communications (now ArgosyMTM Group) in 2006.) “In spite of a nail”, the US Family Channel would still be sold to Fox (and later Disney/ABC), meaning that Fox Family, ABC Family, and Freeform still exist. However, ITTL, MTM would hold on to the Family Channel library.

ArgosyMTM libraries
Through several corporate acquisitions and mergers, the Embassy/TAT and Gramercy libraries, as well as most MGM films starring Judy Garland, would be owned by ArgosyMTM Group today.

Chuck E. Cheese and ShowBiz Pizza
Creative Engineering would have been acquired by Argosy Media in 1995. Aaron Fechter would also become a nicer person after meeting Ellen Peck, and wouldn’t be as hostile towards fans. Later on, in 2015, ArgosyMTM Group would acquire CEC Entertainment, and make several changes, including a new “retraux” design for the CEC characters known as “Redux”, and reviving the ShowBiz brand and characters (as they already owned CEI). This process was known as “Concept Division”.

Judy Garland
Judy Garland would form her own production company, which would later be sold to TVS (and now owned by ArgosyMTM Group). The Judy Garland Show would be co-produced by Garland’s own company, under the television unit, Judy Garland Television. She also would have had another daughter named Judy Garland Jr., who would take over the company after her mother died. In 1973, Judy Garland Jr. and Judy Garland Productions would have won a lawsuit against MGM over personality rights, meaning most MGM films starring Judy Garland (except for The Wizard of Oz) would become owned by Judy Garland Productions (and later ArgosyMTM Group).

Embassy Pictures/Television
Coca-Cola would also acquire Embassy Pictures around the same time as Embassy Television, and would have continued to own Embassy after selling off Columbia and TriStar, until 1989 when it was sold back to Norman Lear. This means that the Embassy name would survive until today. Shaw Communications would have acquired Embassy in 1997, and it would now be part of ArgosyMTM Group. This means that the TAT and Embassy libraries would be owned by ArgosyMTM Group instead of Sony. ”In spite of a nail”, older Embassy and TAT logos would still be plastered, but with MTM logos instead of ColTri or Sony logos. This means that the complete TAT logo would still be lost media.

NASCAR
NASCAR would have been acquired by Argosy Communications (now ArgosyMTM Group) in 2011. It would have been allowed to remain mostly autonomous at first, but after a series of poor decisions, Ellen Peck herself would take personal control in 2014, introducing a new car called the “Strictly Stock Car” which is as close as possible to showroom models (while still retaining safety features), and also allowing much more auto companies to enter their car brands into NASCAR.

YTMND
YTMND would be acquired by Argosy in 2007, which would make changes to keep it relevant against YouTube (and later on, Vine and TikTok), including expanding the features to allow more advanced subdomain sites. As a result, it would still be a popular site today, instead of becoming a minor niche community.

Arena football
The Arena Football League would have been acquired by NASCAR/WWE Entertainment in 2009, which was in turn acquired by ArgosyMTM in 2011. This means that the AFL wouldn’t have had its decline, and the IFL would have merged with AFL in 2012, with all of its teams (as well as af2 teams) becoming AFL teams. FCF also wouldn’t exist, with all of its teams being AFL teams instead, as part of a publicity stunt called “Fan-Controlled Arena Football”. Other indoor football leagues such as AIF, CIF, NAL, and AAL would still exist, but wouldn’t be as popular as AFL.

Due to WWE being owned by AMTM, Ellen Peck would have convinced Vince McMahon not to bring back the XFL, instead allowing him to take control of the AFL and implement his plans for the XFL revival into arena football.

Hasbro and Nintendo
Due to Japan being part of the United States, Hasbro would have bought out Takara in 1984. However, in 1996, something even bigger happened: Hasbro merged with Nintendo, forming the HasbroNintendo Group. This resulted in many changes.

Games
As Japan would be part of the US, SMB2J (The Lost Levels) would be released worldwide; our SMB2U would be titled Super Mario Bros. 3 on both sides of the Pacific; and our SMB3 would likewise be Super Mario Bros. 4. Also, SMW would use the “Super Mario Bros. 5” subtitle worldwide, and the “Super Mario World 2” subtitle would’ve been applied to Yoshi’s Safari instead of Yoshi’s Island.

Bowser would also get his own spinoff series starting in 1993, BowserQuest, a combination platformer/RPG series where Bowser has be the good guy for once, defending his Koopa Kingdom from an attack by the evil Tabuu. This would have some similarities to OTL’s Smash Bros story modes (with the Smash games being primarily fighting games with no real plot ITTL, and the closest thing to a villain being Master Hand).

Adaptations
The Mario franchise would have better adaptations into other media, with the DiC cartoons from OTL being co-produced by Argosy, and being followed by a French/Canadian/US-co-produced Super Mario 64 cartoon using the same motion-captured early CGI as the Donkey Kong Country cartoon from the same era. The Touchstone Mario movie didn’t exist ITTL, which means adaptations into other media continued.