A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Multiverse: How to Understand Timelines in the MCU, DC Universe, Star Trek and More

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Here's a how-to guide on going multiverse mode.

Clockwise from top left: Marvel Studios; Paramount / Courtesy Everett Collection; Everett Collection; CW Network / Courtesy Everett CollectionThe concept of multiple — possibly infinite — alternate realities unfolding alongside our own is decades old; physicistis widely credited for developing the theory at Princeton in the 1950s.

But the head-squeezing metaphysics of parallel timelines intersecting and influencing each other has largely kept the idea on the fringe of mainstream popular culture. Then, ’round about 2016, the idea that we are “living in the worst timeline” began to take a rather fearsome hold on social media, accelerating in 2020 with the COVID pandemic. In that potent environment, Hollywood has embraced the multiverse utterly. This has been especially true for the comic book adaptations championed by Disney, Warner Bros. and Sony, as each has reached a kind of critical mass in the face of the astronomic success of the interconnected Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Still, keeping track of how all of these multiverses are supposed to work can be overwhelming — so we’ve done it for you! Below, you will find a handy guide for all the biggest multiverses currently unfolding in film and TV, and how to make sense of them.

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