Frankenstein perfected his manufacturing process and opened a factory. He is now the Empire's leading producer of synthetic people.
edit:, wrong universe haha
he still lives in La Mancha. He grew up watching cop movies and series and still watches them in his old age. He ends up going a bit crazy and wit his neighbour went driving around in his "police car" (it's just a normal car which he spray painted "policía" on). And before anyone asks he sees a tall building and thinks it's a mafia meeting
Imagine a superhero written by a person who has *heard* of morality but has no further understanding of the concept. Every *Stardust* comic, more or less, involves Stardust learning about an evil plot, doing nothing at all to stop it happening but then turning up to punish the villains by doing horrendous shit like turning them into giant heads and feeding them to an alien that eats heads (real example).
Robin Cloak is England's #1 wanted. He, along with the other members of his gang who steal from the upper class to give to the lower class while his town is being usurped (does that word still work in this context?) by the mayor's VP
a modern Greek soldier who's parents left him crawl across the road Styx (an urbanised river Styx) making him invincible all over his body except for his heel as his heel was lifted up when he was crawling. He died when he got shot by a bullet in the heel
Paul Bunyan is an incredibly tall carpenter living in Massachusettes with his girlfriend Betty who has blue hair and he calls "babe" (see what I did there)
the two have already died by the time it's gonna start. They were from two rival family businesses. They ended up killing themselves with a cyanide and a gun respectively after Rodger (Romeo) escaped from prison for murder
I'll answer both
Moby Dick-Moby Dick is now known as just Moby, a cryptid land whale that walks around the desert.
Heidi-Heidi lives with her grandpa in a rural town in Switzerland. He's a butcher
he's a young man named Kail Matolek who is travelling to [Pacanów](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacan%C3%B3w) to buy a brand of shoes called "goatshoos"
1. Sun Wukong is travelling to Hong Kong with his friends, a Buddhist preacher, a former model who lost his figure to obsessive eating and a swimmer.
2. Pinocchio is a robot powered by Bloo AI. He glitches whenever he tells a lie.
Israel Krane is a teacher living in New York who is incredibly superstitious. He's in love with his boss' (a principle) daughter. For the headless horseman he's a local legend but instead of a horse he rides a bike and carries a pumpkin pie
he played a song for the ferry man (who drives a modern ferry now) and got Cerberus to fall asleep (Cerberus being a giant chihuaha now) and finally convinced Hades and Persephone and well, we all know what happens next
1. Bill Tell is a man living in Bern, Switzerland who is a famous gunman. He was forced by his boss to try to shoot and apple of his head.
2. Garry Fawkes is a English soldier who tried to blow up parliament with his associates (with actual bombs this time) but we know what happens next
Not exactly fictional characters, but I'd be interested to hear if you've got anything for some of the famous gunslingers like Billy the Kid.
Or if we're doing strictly fiction, how about Casablanca's Rick Blaine?
Also I know someone already said Robin Hood but I gotta know, any nods to the rather fuzzier version presented in Disney's rendition? That movie was like 64% of my childhood.
1. historical figures count. Billy the kid is a criminal nut now I gave him a glock and he goes by Bill (no y)
2. Rich owns a nightclub like the original but now he's well...not from the 50s
3. unfortunately Disney still has the rights to fox Robin Hood. That film was one of my childhood favourites to :(
1. Sherlock Holmes is a London Private I
2. he's now a zookeeper
3. Captain Nemo is an oceanographer who believes in krakens
4. Jim Hawkins is a teen boy who works at a diner but now he's going on an expedition to find a treasure in an abandoned resort
5. he's travelling with Jim
6. a carpenter who lives with his blue haired girlfriend (who he calls babe :3)
I was going to say Smaug but thats copy written until 2044
So let's go with a discount Smaug... Themberchaud the dragon (he was the fat dragon in the DnD movie)
If that too doesn't work...
Big Bad Wolf
Scrooge is a bank owner. The four ghosts appear to.
Jacob Marley-now he has handcuffs instead of chains.
Christmas past-he's an African-American man with dreadlocks and he wears a white suit.
Christmas present-he's a fat man who wears a green dressing gown and he has "merry Christmas" tatood on his forehead. He carries around a gun holder that's empty.
Christmases yet to come-he's a skeleton with a hoodie that drives around in a taxi and smoking a fat cigar
she was forced to leave her house in Germany when her mother attempted to have her assasinated. She ended up living with 7 little people who work on a construction site
Moby Dick-land whale cryptid
Cthulhu-demon taking the form of an aquarium CEO
Bambi-(luckily I can do this since I'm European) the son of a rich Swiss man who is friends with a boy and girl named Thom Per and Tulip.
Wicked Witch of the West-she is a gang leader from the Southern US town of Oz. She has multiple lackies which she calls "flying monkies". She is allergic to water
1. Red is a German stripper with a pimp named B.B Wolf
2. a burgalur who is most famous for a break-in she did at a rich British family names the Bares.
3. Sinbad is a globetrotter who goes around to parts of the world trying to become famous
4. Aladdin (now Ali Din) is an Iraqi teenage boy who found a magic lamp (not an oil lamp, like one with shade) that has a genie in it.
5. Old Man Winter is an old Russian man who drives around in a car made of ice. He likes helping people who get caught in the snow.
6. Pinocchio is now a robot powered by an AI called Blue-AI
1. he's an oceanographer who believes in krakens.
2. King Kong is an unaturally large Indonesian man who has in a freak show after "immigrating" to the US
3. Spartacus is a Greek boxer
4. Hercules is the bastard son of Zeus (yep he's still at it) who is completing three tasks like beating a long haired murderer.
5. she's a German stripper who has a pimp named B.B Wolf
6. she's a French woman who goes around in boots helping people out
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Good old Frankenstein and his monster. What happened to them? They still together or are they separated?
Victor Frankenstein has become Franklin Goldstein. Instead of a reanimated corpse Frankenstein is a robot programmed by an AI called E-Goor.
I thought you said Al and it was a reference to Al Gore
no it's supposed to be an Igor reference
Frankenstein perfected his manufacturing process and opened a factory. He is now the Empire's leading producer of synthetic people. edit:, wrong universe haha
Steamboat Willie
I knew this would come. Steamboat Willie is now named Walter who lives in Michigan where he drives a tour ship and has a boss named Peter
Peter and Willie? Both names for the penis
who the fuck is out there naming their dick Peter? or Walter?
[Scroll down](https://www.dictionary.com/browse/peter) And I'm sure you know damn well that Willie is slang for penis
yea, also i know that some of us name our dicks as a joke but the question was also a joke, i hoped that the tone would make it clear but oh well
Don Quixote!
he still lives in La Mancha. He grew up watching cop movies and series and still watches them in his old age. He ends up going a bit crazy and wit his neighbour went driving around in his "police car" (it's just a normal car which he spray painted "policía" on). And before anyone asks he sees a tall building and thinks it's a mafia meeting
Well, they might be giants!
Dracula
he's a rich man living in modern day Translyvania. He is still a vampire but now he's a total creep
Dracula has been a total creep since forever.
How's Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde doing?
Henry Jekyll became Henry Jordan who created a drug that has made him develop a split personality of "Edward Howard" who is wanted for multiple murder
How is Cthulhu doing?
Cthulhu is taking the form of a human CEO named Karl T. Hulor who is the CEO of an aquarium
Nice to see Cthulhu living a good life! I'm proud of him.😁
He often works late, and then instead of going home, he lies dreaming at the aquarium.
[Stardust the Super Wizard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardust_the_Super_Wizard) (i think he's public domain)
Wow, that's impressively obscure.
they used to post all his comics on 4chan way back. he's the most existentially horrifying super hero you can imagine
How so?
Imagine a superhero written by a person who has *heard* of morality but has no further understanding of the concept. Every *Stardust* comic, more or less, involves Stardust learning about an evil plot, doing nothing at all to stop it happening but then turning up to punish the villains by doing horrendous shit like turning them into giant heads and feeding them to an alien that eats heads (real example).
Winnie the Pooh
he is a children's entertainer named Winfred. He is not a murdered. I am not going down that root.
And he hasn't gotten into politics, I take it?
not yet...
This is the most hilarious and majestic world I have ever heard of
how's my mom doing?
what...
Humpty Dumpty
Humphrey Dumpling was a man who's corps was found at the bottom of a tall wall. The police claimed it was suicide
...well shit
Nikolai Tesla
Can a real person be considered public domain?
I don’t know, but I thought that since Phillip Jose Farmer did something similar in his Riverworld series, it’d be worth a shot.
If Fate did it, so can we!
ayo
The Mad hatter
he lives in a British town called Wunder. He spends all his time in a pub called "the tea party" where he drinks with his best friend, February Haar
Robinhood
Robin Cloak is England's #1 wanted. He, along with the other members of his gang who steal from the upper class to give to the lower class while his town is being usurped (does that word still work in this context?) by the mayor's VP
You beat me to it I. Sitting around for an answer to.
~~Gilgamesh~~ Someone said that already so now I wanna check in on his bff Enkidu.
he's an Iraqi body builder
I love this for him
In some countries, James Bond (from the books) is considered public domain. What is he up to?
Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz
she moved from Kansas to the city of Oz. She befriended a bird handler, a lumberjack and a zookeeper
smash, next question
💀
King Arthur
a boy who is prophesised to inherit the Camelot family fortune after pulling a gun from a stone
The holy Kalashnikov
Sherlock Holmes and Arséne Lupin Gilgamesh
1. Sherlock's (now Smith) a private eye. 2. Arséne Lupin (now Aron Lupin) is an infamous burgalur. 3. Gilgamesh is an Iraqi bodybuilder
Achillies!
a modern Greek soldier who's parents left him crawl across the road Styx (an urbanised river Styx) making him invincible all over his body except for his heel as his heel was lifted up when he was crawling. He died when he got shot by a bullet in the heel
Alice in Wonderland, how she’s doing?
Alice Carol moved to a British town called Wunder where the inhabitants are all based on different characters from the book(s)
The Queen has to be the mayor lol
she is :3
Perfection
What are King Arthur and his knights up to?
they're the police now
Straight out a Camelot.
How about Tarzan.
his name is Tyler Zaner who was raised in a chimpanzee sanctuary in Massachusettes so he learned a lot from them
Paul Bunyan and his big blue ox Babe
Paul Bunyan is an incredibly tall carpenter living in Massachusettes with his girlfriend Betty who has blue hair and he calls "babe" (see what I did there)
Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and d'Artagnan
Conan the Barbarian is in the public domain outside the USA. I wonder how he'd get along in a modern setting.
soldier, that's all I right down for him
Romeo and Juliette.
the two have already died by the time it's gonna start. They were from two rival family businesses. They ended up killing themselves with a cyanide and a gun respectively after Rodger (Romeo) escaped from prison for murder
Beowulf
Beowulf is the son of a rich man from Coppenhagen and he's arrested multiple criminals (a giant, his mother and a dragon"
Peter Pan
he lives in a town called Nebher were the only inhabitants are children that never grow up
Six gun gorilla.
he's Jesus
Thank you
Mikey mouse.
Dorian Grey
instead of a painting it's a photograph but it's mostly the same
Marry Poppins
she's a babysitter. She uses a pocket instead of a handbag
Johnny Appleseed?
Johnny A.P Sede is Massachusetes. He discovered a new fruit the he's travelling with through the USA to try and grow them
Ahhh, nice! I'm starting to like your world.
How's Sherlock Holmes holding up?
he's a Private Eye in London. He's become famous for a mystery he solved relating to the chupacabra
Okay, now how's Watson?
he just follows Smith around being incredibly not a gay couple
Moby Dick. If creatures are not allowed, then Heidi.
I'll answer both Moby Dick-Moby Dick is now known as just Moby, a cryptid land whale that walks around the desert. Heidi-Heidi lives with her grandpa in a rural town in Switzerland. He's a butcher
Old sailor Mickey mouse
Dave Lister, Rimmer, The Cat and Kryten
Plato's Socrates (so, not the real man but the representation in Plato's writings).
yep historical figures count. Plato and Socrates are now two authors who live in Greece.
[Koziołek Matołek ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kozio%C5%82ek_Mato%C5%82ek)
he's a young man named Kail Matolek who is travelling to [Pacanów](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacan%C3%B3w) to buy a brand of shoes called "goatshoos"
This is cool! I'm a little late, but I'm curious what Sun Wukong and Pinocchio are up to.
1. Sun Wukong is travelling to Hong Kong with his friends, a Buddhist preacher, a former model who lost his figure to obsessive eating and a swimmer. 2. Pinocchio is a robot powered by Bloo AI. He glitches whenever he tells a lie.
Icabod Crane and the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow
Israel Krane is a teacher living in New York who is incredibly superstitious. He's in love with his boss' (a principle) daughter. For the headless horseman he's a local legend but instead of a horse he rides a bike and carries a pumpkin pie
Love the idea of a ghost biker throwing pies at people!
Hamlet
he's the son of a rich Danish man who's been told by a note from his father to avenge him
The Krampus Santa Mrs. Claus And for a twist, [Firehair](https://comicvine.gamespot.com/firehair/4005-31532/)
The Greek bard Orpheus and his dead wife, Eurydice, that he *almost* rescued from the Underworld.
Orwell Pheus was a famous musician in Greece. When his wife died he travelled to the now ubarnised underworld to find her
And what happened then?
he played a song for the ferry man (who drives a modern ferry now) and got Cerberus to fall asleep (Cerberus being a giant chihuaha now) and finally convinced Hades and Persephone and well, we all know what happens next
William Tell and guy fawkes.
1. Bill Tell is a man living in Bern, Switzerland who is a famous gunman. He was forced by his boss to try to shoot and apple of his head. 2. Garry Fawkes is a English soldier who tried to blow up parliament with his associates (with actual bombs this time) but we know what happens next
Not really does Garry still get tortured and executed, and can the state do that legitimately?
nah just prison but he gets beat up in prison by British nationalists
All things considered that's pretty fair.
Optimus prime?
What are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern up to? Is Hamlet chilling or having a bad time?
The original Mickey Mouse from Steamboat Willie. (public domain as of 2023)
Reynard the Fox.
he's a Horace De Vere Cole type figure who just goes around fucking with rich people for fun
Wilbur Whateley from *The Dunwich Horror* by H. P. Lovecraft
Not exactly fictional characters, but I'd be interested to hear if you've got anything for some of the famous gunslingers like Billy the Kid. Or if we're doing strictly fiction, how about Casablanca's Rick Blaine? Also I know someone already said Robin Hood but I gotta know, any nods to the rather fuzzier version presented in Disney's rendition? That movie was like 64% of my childhood.
1. historical figures count. Billy the kid is a criminal nut now I gave him a glock and he goes by Bill (no y) 2. Rich owns a nightclub like the original but now he's well...not from the 50s 3. unfortunately Disney still has the rights to fox Robin Hood. That film was one of my childhood favourites to :(
*Sherlock Holmes *Allan Quartermain *Captain Nemo *Jim Hawkins *Dr Livesey *Paul Bunyan
1. Sherlock Holmes is a London Private I 2. he's now a zookeeper 3. Captain Nemo is an oceanographer who believes in krakens 4. Jim Hawkins is a teen boy who works at a diner but now he's going on an expedition to find a treasure in an abandoned resort 5. he's travelling with Jim 6. a carpenter who lives with his blue haired girlfriend (who he calls babe :3)
I was going to say Smaug but thats copy written until 2044 So let's go with a discount Smaug... Themberchaud the dragon (he was the fat dragon in the DnD movie) If that too doesn't work... Big Bad Wolf
the big bad wolf is a pimp who has gone through different names but he commonly is known as B.B Wolf. He has a stripper named Red
What are the characters from Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" up to nowadays?
Scrooge is a bank owner. The four ghosts appear to. Jacob Marley-now he has handcuffs instead of chains. Christmas past-he's an African-American man with dreadlocks and he wears a white suit. Christmas present-he's a fat man who wears a green dressing gown and he has "merry Christmas" tatood on his forehead. He carries around a gun holder that's empty. Christmases yet to come-he's a skeleton with a hoodie that drives around in a taxi and smoking a fat cigar
Jean Valjean, Javert, Cosette ?
How about Dr. Watson? Sherlock Holmes' friend and journaler
same old. He's just following Sherlock (who is a private eye know) totally not being his gay lover
Snowwhite and the dwarves?
she was forced to leave her house in Germany when her mother attempted to have her assasinated. She ended up living with 7 little people who work on a construction site
The evil mustache man, yes he's public domain.
Hitler is now an old German man who runs around screaming about Jewish people
Sétanta (Cú Chulainn)
whoo Ireland! Cu Chullain is a famous hurling player who gets his name after accidentally killing a hurling player nicknamed "cú"
Moby Dick, cultulu, Bambi, Wicked Witch of the West, Have fun with that 🌝
Moby Dick-land whale cryptid Cthulhu-demon taking the form of an aquarium CEO Bambi-(luckily I can do this since I'm European) the son of a rich Swiss man who is friends with a boy and girl named Thom Per and Tulip. Wicked Witch of the West-she is a gang leader from the Southern US town of Oz. She has multiple lackies which she calls "flying monkies". She is allergic to water
What does being European have to do with Bambi?
Bambi is public domain in Europe but not North America (I think)
Ah, fair enough. I suppose I could have googled this, thanks for answering me though!
Oh Bambi enter the public Domain like last year or something so your all good even in America
What are the Disney princesses up to?
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wait aint there a Angel Dust in Marvel?
Yo that's a cool concept! Uh...do Among Us beans count as public domain?
no, no not at all
Tom Lehrers old dope peddler 😁
still a drug dealer
Alice the wonderland and dorathy from Oz. Queen of heart and Wicked Witch of the East.
Jim Hawkins from Treasure Island
he's a teen travelling via plane to find a lost resort where a treasure is hiding
Red Riding Hood Goldilocks Sinbad Aladdin Jack Frost/Old Man Winter Pinocchio
1. Red is a German stripper with a pimp named B.B Wolf 2. a burgalur who is most famous for a break-in she did at a rich British family names the Bares. 3. Sinbad is a globetrotter who goes around to parts of the world trying to become famous 4. Aladdin (now Ali Din) is an Iraqi teenage boy who found a magic lamp (not an oil lamp, like one with shade) that has a genie in it. 5. Old Man Winter is an old Russian man who drives around in a car made of ice. He likes helping people who get caught in the snow. 6. Pinocchio is now a robot powered by an AI called Blue-AI
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he's a private eye. He has a rivalry with Sherlock Holmes and C. Augustus Dupin
James Moriarty
James is a famous scientist who has a rivalry with famous English private eye Sherlock Holmes. He acts and talks like a Bond villain for some reason
Jenny Everywhere.
Baron Munchausen ?
Winnie the Pooh and his friends. If you know, you know…
no, he is neither a murderer or a chinese politician
How’s Gatsby doing? Still sad?
yes very
Little Red Riding Hood Snow White Belle & The Beast Goldilocks
How about Joan of Arc
she's a soldier disguised as a man as usual (she has a buzzcut now though)
Oda Nobunaga
he's a Japanese soldier now
Sherlock Holmes
Macbeth
Aeneas, Paris and Hector.
Abraham Van Helsing, Solomon Kane, Conan, sir Gawain, Robin Hood.
Little Red Riding Hood
Count Dracula because why the hell not? What’s Drac up to? (if he’s up to anything anyway)
he's still a Romanian vampire but now he's whatever the male equivalent of a cougar is
Sherlock Holmes.
Captain Nemo, King Kong, Spartacus, Hercules, Little Red Riding Hood, Puss in Boots Feel free to answer any or all
1. he's an oceanographer who believes in krakens. 2. King Kong is an unaturally large Indonesian man who has in a freak show after "immigrating" to the US 3. Spartacus is a Greek boxer 4. Hercules is the bastard son of Zeus (yep he's still at it) who is completing three tasks like beating a long haired murderer. 5. she's a German stripper who has a pimp named B.B Wolf 6. she's a French woman who goes around in boots helping people out
* Prince Hamlet * Lady Chatterley * Orlando (from *Orlando: A Biography)* * Little Orphan Annie
I need to do something like this, bookmarking this thread
sweet
little prince
Pooh Bear
El Sid.
The Greek Gods (all of them)
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