Painting A Full Picture To The Antimatter Puzzle From Over 200 Pieces of Evidence
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Painting A Full Picture To The Antimatter Puzzle From Over 200 Pieces of Evidence
What if one word kept showing up in stories that have nothing to do with each other? That word is antimatter. It pops up in anime, comics, novels, films, TV shows, and video games. Look closer, and it starts to feel like something else.
Again and again, antimatter is not a thing. It is a place. A dark mirror of our world. It has rulers, it has twins of people we know, and it has a door that someone is trying to open.
Key article: Dune: Government Spice Antimatter. It looks at DUNE, the neutrino experiment run through the Sanford Underground Research Facility, 4,850 feet down in a former South Dakota gold mine, and the pop culture and Gaelic links around it.
Again and again, antimatter is not a thing. It is a place. A dark mirror of our world. It has rulers, it has twins of people we know, and it has a door that someone is trying to open.
Key article: Dune: Government Spice Antimatter. It looks at DUNE, the neutrino experiment run through the Sanford Underground Research Facility, 4,850 feet down in a former South Dakota gold mine, and the pop culture and Gaelic links around it.
203examples
59recurring themes
14mediums
13role groups
44Standout examples
61entries for the top theme: Bombs, Beams and Weapons
68%of themes match the Shadow Beings article
53%of themes match the Elementals article
Section A: The Archive
Every example and the closest looks.
Part 1: Every Example, Sorted by Role
Why this part matters: Sorting by main role shows which uses of antimatter are common and which are rare, and it lets you find any single example fast. This is the full archive. Each example sits in exactly one group, so the groups never overlap and the counts add up to all 203 examples. Open a group to see every card, best first. The small repeating details are tracked in Part 3.
Power, Weapons and Fuel (94)
Antimatter as the bang, the engine, the doomsday bomb, and the free-power promise.
Weapons and Warheads (35)
Antimatter as the gun, the missile, or the beam. This is the biggest group, and mostly it is just a stronger bang.
Mass Effect
Antimatter drives starships and arms rare, regulated warheads. The Tuchanka bomb's impossible yield hints at antimatter. It is made in massive stations around high-energy stars. Creator link: Mac Walters, lead writer of Mass Effect 3. Lore: ship thrusters inject antiprotons into hydrogen, and the exhaust burns at millions of degrees. Antimatter is made at huge solar arrays orbiting energetic stars, which makes them prime wartime targets. Cerberus once raided the SSV Geneva for it. Machines: AI such as the geth and EDI, and machine Reapers. Female villain: Matriarch Benezia, an asari leader who serves Saren. Mind takeover: Reaper indoctrination bends Saren and Matriarch Benezia to the Reapers' will. Spreads: indoctrination spreads through the Reapers' thralls. Ancient evil: the Reapers are an ancient machine race that returns to wipe out advanced life.
Leverage and Control
Ships
Station, Satellite or Orbit
Irish Link
Heat and Cold
Machines and AI
Female Villains
Mind Takeover
Engines and Reactors
Infection and Absorption
Ancient Evil
Revelation Space
Antimatter weapons are small and rare. One man has a bomb in his artificial eyes that can destroy a kilometer-long ship by thought. Transhuman: the Conjoiners merge minds with machines. Female villain: Skade, a Conjoiner who becomes Clavain's arch-enemy in the later books. Mind takeover: the Inhibitors seize Galiana's mind, and Conjoiners use neural attacks on other minds. Ancient evil: the Inhibitors are an ancient swarm of machines that wipes out intelligent life.
Made Through People
Eyes
Ships
Transhuman and Dystopia
Female Villains
Mind Takeover
Ancient Evil
Arrivals from the Dark
Alien races use antimatter ship weapons and humans must copy them. It is almost never used on planets, but one orbital bombing turns a world into a charred rock.
Alien or Ancient Source
Station, Satellite or Orbit
Ships
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
FreeSpace
The Tsunami Bomb and Helios Torpedo are antimatter bomber weapons used to kill capital ships.
Ships
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Hellsister Trilogy
Even Kryptonians can't survive antimatter. Supergirl drops her evil duplicate into an antimatter star. Female villain: Hellsister is Supergirl's evil double.
Female Villains
Lensman
Late-1930s "negative matter" bombs made of Dirac positrons. They still annihilate matter.
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Macross
The "reaction weapons" are explained as antimatter warheads, partly so heroes would not be shown using nukes.
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
The Annihilator Beam fires a matter-antimatter annihilation reaction. The word Echoes is in the title.
Sound
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Night's Dawn: Combat Wasps
Antimatter-powered drone weapons, usually the first line of defense. They are tied to the Void and released in huge swarms that are hard to dodge or destroy. They are deployed by Blackhawk-class vessels. The bee and wasp name runs through the notes too.
The Void
Danger in Handling
Ships
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Star Trek TNG: The Best of Both Worlds
Riker plans an antimatter spread as a giant fireworks show to blind the Borg cube's sensors. Mind takeover: the Borg assimilate Captain Picard into Locutus. Spreads: the Borg assimilate other people into themselves.
Mind Takeover
Infection and Absorption
Star Trek TOS: Obsession
An ounce of antimatter is used as a demolition charge said to blow half an atmosphere off a planet.
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Star Trek TOS: The Doomsday Machine
The planet-eating machine fires a pure antiproton beam. It also cancels the antimatter stored on the Constellation. Device: a planet-eating machine that fires a pure antiproton beam.
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Special Devices and Tools
Doom and Doomsday
Star Trek Voyager: Dreadnought
A Cardassian missile with 1000 kg of matter and 1000 kg of antimatter could destroy a small moon.
Moons
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Star Wars (Marvel 1977) #38
A living ship fights Imperial ships with antimatter bombs: calm-looking blobs that wipe out chunks of any ship they touch.
Ships
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Star Wars (Marvel 1977) #53-54
Leia's ship runs into antimatter mines. Grains too small to see, held in magnetic cases, still wreck it. In #54, an Imperial general wipes out the city of K'avor.
Danger in Handling
Sand, Dust and Grains
Ships
Magnetic Containment
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Sten series
"Anti-Matter Two," from another universe, powers engines and ammo, from tiny Willygun bullets to planetbuster missiles.
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Engines and Reactors
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Super Friends: Journey into Blackness
Batman blasts a black hole with antimatter. It just gets sucked in. Creator link: Hanna-Barbera, co-founded by William Hanna.
Hidden Place
Black Holes and Wormholes
Bats
Irish Link
The Culture
CAM (collapsed antimatter) arms planet-smashers and minefields. Antimatter nanomissiles are common. Iln machines can shatter a shellworld. Creator link: Iain M. Banks, a Scottish author. Machines: AI Minds run the ships and habitats.
Irish Link
Machines and AI
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
The Giant Claw
A giant bird has an antimatter shield that destroys anything fired at it. Beasts: the giant bird is a classic movie monster.
Danger in Handling
Beasts and Monsters
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
The History of the Galaxy
Antimatter is a WMD that can wipe out fleets and small moons. In 1000 years no one learned to control its yield. "Vetletsky antiparticles" react only with tritium.
Danger in Handling
Ships
Moons
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
X (Egosoft)
The Terran matter/antimatter launcher fires a bomb with matter and antimatter held apart by a force field. Terran ships also use matter/antimatter power.
Ships
Magnetic Containment
Engines and Reactors
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
A Lord from Planet Earth
Anti-sodium and anti-helium are used in a space battle. The enemy learns to block each attack.
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
A character is badly hurt by a single particle of antimatter. Female villain: Princess Ardala.
Female Villains
CthulhuTech
A weapon burns a vacuum with a laser, then fires antimatter at relativistic speed. Cult: Mythos cults such as the Esoteric Order of Dagon run through the setting.
Ritual, Sacrifice or Cult
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Dread Empire's Fall
Antimatter is both fuel and warhead. Missiles burn it on the way, then explode with what is left.
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Empire from the Ashes
Antimatter weapons show up from book two, along with gravitonic warheads.
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
EVE Online
Antimatter charges for blasters and railguns. Antimatter warheads for rockets and torpedoes. Gallente ships burn it as fuel.
Ships
Engines and Reactors
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
GURPS Ultra-Tech
One microgram vaporizes a person and costs a fortune. It has antimatter bullet stats.
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Rifts
The "Annihilate" spell throws a ball of antimatter. Antimatter cruise missiles are strong weapons in the Three Galaxies.
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Star Challenge
Negatron torpedoes, and antimatter charges that make a star flare and collapse into a black hole.
Black Holes and Wormholes
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Star Trek Online
Antiproton beams add to photon torpedoes, used by the Fek'lhri, Borg, Undine and Iconians.
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
StarCraft
Protoss Scouts carry antimatter missiles.
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Starfire
Antimatter missiles beat nuclear ones, but if the missile hold is hit, they explode.
Danger in Handling
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Super Robot Wars W
Antimatter warheads stand in for nukes when the Federation lacks the N-Jammer Canceler.
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Uplift series
Antimatter beams are one weapon among many, including ones that change probability.
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Fuel and Engines (34)
Antimatter as the power that moves ships and runs cities. The star-drive version.
Cannon God Exaxxion
A giant robot with an antimatter reactor. Its makers found an antimatter asteroid and mined it for fuel. It crashed into a nearby planet and nearly wiped them out. Device: a giant robot with an antimatter reactor.
Found in Nature
Whole Worlds Lost
Alien or Ancient Source
Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
Engines and Reactors
Special Devices and Tools
Star Trek (the general setup)
Antimatter powers warp drive and ship systems. Photon torpedoes mix matter and antimatter. It stays valuable because making it is dangerous and costly. Lore: in The Naked Time an intermix formula linking time and antimatter sends the Enterprise three days back.
Ships
Time Runs Differently
Engines and Reactors
Ark
A colony ship uses antimatter for its Alcubierre drive. After a deadly breach, the crew finds fuel in Jupiter's magnetosphere.
Found in Nature
Ships
Engines and Reactors
Dune (the spice)
Spice is the desert planet's prized orange, gas-like resource, found in the sand. It is read here as antimatter, and its orange matches the Assassination Classroom dome. The DUNE experiment, 800 miles from Fermilab in Illinois to SURF in South Dakota, shares the name. The blog ties a bat theme to the DUNE experiment. SURF's lab sits in the old Homestake gold mine, which ran from 1876 to 2001. The blog links bats to sound, since bats use echolocation. Cult: the spice sits at the center of a religion and its rites. Mutation: spice exposure changes Guild Navigators.
Found in Nature
Gas, Mist and Plasma
Bats
Sand, Dust and Grains
Gold
Sound
Ritual, Sacrifice or Cult
Mutants and Mutation
Dyson Sphere Program
Ray receivers on a Dyson sphere's power make photons, and colliders split them into antimatter. It fuels stars, builds research matrices, and kills the Grey Goo swarm. Device: a Dyson sphere with ray receivers and colliders that make antimatter.
Station, Satellite or Orbit
Engines and Reactors
Special Devices and Tools
Eclipse Phase
Antimatter is made on Mercury. It powers strategic weapons and the emergency farcaster implant, which makes your head explode. Transhuman: minds are backed up and moved between bodies. Device: the emergency farcaster implant that makes your head explode.
Transhuman and Dystopia
Special Devices and Tools
Honkai: Star Rail: Antimatter Engine Controller
A curio from the Divergent Universe mode, added in version 3.8. In the lore, the Technology Department struggled to power a replica of the Astral Express. The Intelligentsia Guild suggested antimatter in place of the power of Trailblaze, and this controller was the matching part. The idea was to set the train's speed with a wrench by adjusting how fast matter and antimatter are injected, like mixing hot and cold water in a shower. Prototype tests always ended in annihilating explosions. The real Astral Express runs by turning Trailblaze into energy, and its page does not mention antimatter.
Engines and Reactors
Special Devices and Tools
Danger in Handling
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
The Nautilus runs on antimatter, called "particle annihilation." A plaque shows it was once the starship Eritrium. The Nautilus is a ship that sails the sea.
Water
Ships
Engines and Reactors
Star Control
Antimatter is starship fuel and costly, yet the Melnorme sell it cheap. The Utwig bomb destroys the Sa-Matra.
Ships
Engines and Reactors
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Star Ruler: Galactic Armory
Antimatter generators, thrusters and weapons. Tiny fuel, huge power, very fragile. Ships blow up when armor breaks.
Danger in Handling
Ships
Engines and Reactors
The Killing Star
Alien ships are spotted by the gamma rays from positrons and electrons annihilating in their engines.
Ships
Engines and Reactors
The World at the End of Time
Ships run on matter-antimatter power. The Ark later blows up from it.
Whole Worlds Lost
Ships
Engines and Reactors
Transformers: The Ark's Antimatter Conversion Chamber
The Ark's power system is an antimatter conversion chamber. The wikis for the Transformers multiverse treat antimatter as a power source, not just a substance. Device: the Ark's antimatter conversion chamber.
Danger in Handling
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Machines and AI
Engines and Reactors
Special Devices and Tools
UFO: Alien Invasion
Alien ships run on antimatter. Humans would need millions of years at today's rates to make a gram.
Alien or Ancient Source
Ships
Engines and Reactors
Warcraft: The Twisting Nether, Void and Shadow
Legion ships travel between the Twisting Nether and the mortal world, and each one has multiple power cores that are standard hyper-injection fel matter anti-matter devices. The Nether is where Light and Void bled together. Shadow: the Void is also called Shadow, and its void lords are evil beings of pure shadow energy that want to devour all matter and energy in the physical universe.
Ships
Engines and Reactors
Special Devices and Tools
Shadow Beings and Realms
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Invasion and Crossing Over
Entities, Spirits and Demons
Wing Commander
Antimatter is the standard capital ship power. It powers the Excalibur and Dragon superfighters and arms capital guns. Cats: the enemy Kilrathi are a feline warrior race.
Ships
Cat Beings
Engines and Reactors
X-COM: UFO Defense
Aliens power weapons and UFOs with antimatter from Elerium-115.
Engines and Reactors
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Crest of the Stars
Starships burn antimatter. Antiproton beams are weak guns used to shoot down incoming mines.
Ships
Engines and Reactors
Doctor Who: The Tsuranga Conundrum
A more realistic version: a ship engine powered by a mini particle accelerator. Doctors: the Doctor is the lead.
Ships
Doctors and Professors
Engines and Reactors
Escape Velocity Nova
The Polaris questline lets you equip a matter/antimatter reactor.
Engines and Reactors
Great Ship
Antimatter and antimatter-fusion rockets are common. Tiny amounts power star trips.
Engines and Reactors
Laszlo Hadron and the Wargod's Tomb
Ships run on antiproton reactors. The Wargod is crippled by a bomb of antithorium.
Ships
Engines and Reactors
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Ancient Evil
Orion's Arm
Big orbital farms make antimatter for engines. Transapients' drives are faster and safer. Transhuman: post-human minds and AIs.
Station, Satellite or Orbit
Transhuman and Dystopia
Engines and Reactors
RCN series
The High Drive burns matter-antimatter, but only in vacuum. Leftover antimatter could wreck engines in air.
Danger in Handling
Engines and Reactors
Star Birds
Antimatter fuels the Alien Trader's ship and later the Birds'. Making it takes far more energy than any other resource.
Ships
Engines and Reactors
Star Trek Text Game
The M-AM converter is a ship system that can be damaged. Device: the M-AM converter, a ship system that can be damaged.
Ships
Engines and Reactors
Special Devices and Tools
Starsnatcher
Space-based accelerators make antimatter. Rifles carry nanograms for huge blasts.
Station, Satellite or Orbit
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Stellaris
Antimatter missiles are tier 3 of 5. Antimatter reactors are tier 4 of 6.
Engines and Reactors
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Sword of the Stars
Antimatter is the final reactor tech, though M/AM ships explode small.
Ships
Engines and Reactors
The Black Hole (novelization)
The USS Cygnus runs on matter-antimatter power. Damage to its engines dooms it.
Engines and Reactors
The Pentagon War
Hyper Bombs need 250 kg of positrons. A ship carries 100 tonnes of antihydrogen fuel.
Ships
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
The Seven Hunters
The Rainbowfaces' Repressor is powered by a milligram of antimatter. Device: the Rainbowfaces' Repressor, powered by a milligram of antimatter.
Special Devices and Tools
Tour of the Merrimack
Ships have antimatter reactors, so shooting one down in atmosphere risks a huge blast.
Ships
Engines and Reactors
Transhuman Space
Antimatter is made on Mercury with solar power and used to start advanced fusion drives. Transhuman: the setting is about people changed by technology.
Transhuman and Dystopia
Engines and Reactors
Doomsday Bombs (18)
The plot is about one antimatter bomb: who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it goes off.
Angels & Demons
The main MacGuffin is a canister of antimatter stolen from CERN and used to threaten the Vatican. CERN wrote its own answers to the book. Cult: the Illuminati are a secret society, and its killings of cardinals follow a ritual path.
Leverage and Control
Stolen or Vaulted
Secret or Hidden Lab
Ritual, Sacrifice or Cult
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Artifacts of Power
EDENS ZERO
The Nero Empire keeps 20,000 antimatter bombs. When they all go off, a spacetime tear throws Shiki and Rebecca 20,000 years ahead and starts the whole plot. Female villain: the Sun Jewel arc villainess, a cruel ruler with a god complex.
Whole Worlds Lost
Time Runs Differently
Leverage and Control
Female Villains
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Exo Squad
Phaeton prepares an antimatter device to destroy Earth rather than let it be freed. Lore: the antimatter is made at a secret site on Great Slave Lake with a particle accelerator and held in a magnetic field, then kept in Phaeton's bunker in renamed Chicago. Livia sabotages the trigger. Squad member Colleen O'Reilly gives an Irish name, and Nara's eyes glow green when she freezes Phaeton's hand. Device: an antimatter doomsday device held in a magnetic trap.
Leverage and Control
Whole Worlds Lost
Secret or Hidden Lab
Water
Irish Link
Moons
Magnetic Containment
Eyes
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Special Devices and Tools
Doom and Doomsday
The Forge of God / Anvil of Stars
Earth ends when a neutronium mass meets an anti-neutronium mass. In the sequel, fighter ships and pilots are turned to antimatter and slowly die. Spreads: fighter ships and pilots are turned to antimatter and slowly die.
Whole Worlds Lost
Made Through People
Ships
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Infection and Absorption
The Jenkinsverse
A cornered agent sets off an antimatter bomb that erases San Diego, most of its county, and parts of Mexico. Humanity goes to war over it.
Whole Worlds Lost
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
A Champion in Earth-Bet (Worm)
The Simurgh uses an antimatter weapon in a fight. It ends with a whole planet vaporized and the near side of the Moon melted. Creator link: the original Worm was written by John McCrae, who writes as Wildbow.
Whole Worlds Lost
Moons
Irish Link
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Angels & Demons (2009 film): Patrick McKenna
The Illuminati's hired assassin, with a Jesuit-linked upbringing and an Irish identity that give him a double relationship with the Church. He is the instrument, not the mastermind, and he does the kidnappings and killings of the cardinals. The stolen antimatter canister is his leverage: a ticking clock hidden somewhere in Vatican City that could wipe out the College of Cardinals and the Vatican in one stroke.
Leverage and Control
Stolen or Vaulted
Irish Link
Ritual, Sacrifice or Cult
Animal Land
Juu beats Giller's super-chimera with 3 kg of antimatter, gathered because war tech grew fast. Beasts: Juu fights a super-chimera in a world of animals.
Whole Worlds Lost
Beasts and Monsters
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Arrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter Wave
"Antimatter destroys positive matter on touch." The wave wiped out Earths, including Earth-2 and Earth-38. Mobius, possessing Lyla Michaels, restarted it. Ray Palmer, Ryan Choi, and Nash Wells built a shrinking weapon. Antimatter cannot be destroyed, only moved, so the Anti-Monitor was shrunk into the microverse. Its own Anti-Life Equation is a techno-organic poison that kills tech-based beings. Spreads: an antimatter wave wipes out Earth after Earth. Ancient evil: the Anti-Monitor sat sealed behind an Eternium door until he was freed. Shadow: the Anti-Monitor's shadow demons attack the quantum towers so the wave can destroy Earth.
Touch = Boom
Whole Worlds Lost
Time Runs Differently
Mind Takeover
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Infection and Absorption
Entities, Spirits and Demons
Ancient Evil
Invasion and Crossing Over
Shadow Beings and Realms
Legion of Super-Heroes: Escape of the Fatal Five
Talok VIII turns into a military dictatorship and tests anti-tron bombs. Their antimatter fallout threatens nearby worlds. Female villain: Emerald Empress is one of the Fatal Five.
Whole Worlds Lost
Female Villains
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Negative Zone: The Merge Plan
In the blog's reading, the dark forces plan to infect the regular world, drop it into the Negative Zone, and merge the worlds. The most dangerous ones plan to destroy the multiverse and remake it as all antimatter. Cracks in reality let reinforcements in, and the edge of the galaxy is an opening. The light forces answer with Operation Mjolnir, which closes the rift. Spreads: dark forces plan to infect our world, drop it into the Negative Zone, and merge the worlds.
Whole Worlds Lost
Time Runs Differently
Hidden Place
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Infection and Absorption
Invasion and Crossing Over
Paranoia
Players find a long-forgotten antimatter bomb that could destroy the Complex. They must keep it from fanatics. Dystopia: a paranoid computer rules an underground city.
Leverage and Control
Transhuman and Dystopia
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Solar Crisis
The plot is about flinging an antimatter bomb at the sun to cause a solar flare early.
Leverage and Control
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Star Ocean: The Last Hope
An alternate Earth is destroyed by an unstable antimatter engine. Cats: the Fellpool are cat-like people.
Whole Worlds Lost
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Cat Beings
Engines and Reactors
Superman: The Man Who Destroyed Krypton
Black Zero tries to destroy Earth with an antimatter bomb. Superman can't touch it, since it is set to blow anyway.
Leverage and Control
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
The Big Bad plants antimatter bombs around the Nonary Game facility.
Leverage and Control
Secret or Hidden Lab
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Mission Thunderbolt
An antimatter bomb is the Lost Superweapon MacGuffin.
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Artifacts of Power
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse
Sam and Max destroy the Penal Zone with an antimatter bomb. Dogs: Sam is an anthropomorphic dog.
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Dogs
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Energy for Everyone (7)
The big promise: free power that fixes the world. Then somebody fights over it.
Night's Dawn Trilogy
Peter F. Hamilton's trilogy runs on antimatter. Starships burn it and bombs are built from it, so the line between power source and weapon barely exists. It is drawn from the vacuum itself and kept in magnetic containment fields. The Confederation bans making or carrying it, yet hidden stations stockpile it, and a crime syndicate exists only for antimatter. The fan wiki ties it to the Void, a mirrorverse, a distortion field, and time running the opposite way. It also links an Irish woman to Macbeth. Cult: Quinn Dexter leads a Satanic cult. Female villain: Kiera Salter, who leads the possessed on Valisk and the Deadnight cult. Mind takeover: the returned dead possess living bodies. Spreads: possession moves from ship to ship.
Free Energy Promise
Whole Worlds Lost
Danger in Handling
The Void
Mirror Double
Time Runs Differently
Leverage and Control
Irish Link
Station, Satellite or Orbit
Ships
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Secret or Hidden Lab
Ritual, Sacrifice or Cult
Female Villains
Mind Takeover
Engines and Reactors
Infection and Absorption
Entities, Spirits and Demons
Ancient Evil
Seetee stories (Jack Williamson)
Antimatter is "contra-terrene." In Seetee Shock it powers free energy for the whole Solar System and breaks a corrupt megacorp. In Seetee Ship, an antimatter alien ship moves backward in time. Antimatter forms planets and asteroids like normal matter, and it is mined in the asteroid belt. A power station broadcasts the free energy.
Free Energy Promise
Time Runs Differently
Found in Nature
Ships
Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
Station, Satellite or Orbit
The Flight Engineer
A religious faction controls a natural antihydrogen field. It cuts off exports to try to collapse society.
Free Energy Promise
Found in Nature
Warehouse 13: Time Will Tell
Antimatter is stolen from CERN to power one of the villain's inventions. Lore: villain James MacPherson uses Joshua Donovan, who works at the CERN particle lab, to steal a sample of antimatter. It powers H.G. Wells's Imperceptor Vest, a speed vest, so she can cross the shifting Escher Vault. Elsewhere in the story a Pearl of Wisdom controls minds and prisoners are kept bronzed. Irish link: the names MacPherson and Donovan. Female villain: H.G. Wells (Helena G. Wells) teams up with MacPherson and uses the stolen CERN antimatter. Device: the Imperceptor Vest, powered by stolen antimatter.
Stolen or Vaulted
Secret or Hidden Lab
Irish Link
Time Runs Differently
Mind Takeover
Statues
Female Villains
Special Devices and Tools
Artifacts of Power
Brave Saint Saturn: Anti-Meridian
The crew of the USS Gloria finds a cheap way to make antimatter. By the end it has solved Earth's energy problems. It is the third part of a sci-fi rock opera trilogy.
Free Energy Promise
Sound
Engines and Reactors
Infinity Beach
Antimatter power is tightly regulated. The book opens with a huge blast of unknown origin.
Free Energy Promise
The Visitor (1997)
A farmer and scientists secretly work on making antimatter. The same research could grow food fast enough to end hunger. Device: a secret machine that makes antimatter and can also grow food.
Free Energy Promise
Secret or Hidden Lab
Special Devices and Tools
Other Worlds and Time (43)
Mirror universes, evil twins, and antimatter mixed with time.
Mirror Universes (39)
Opposite worlds, evil twins, and doubles made of antimatter.
Crisis on Infinite Earths
An antimatter wave erased whole universes without exploding. Another antimatter evil twin sent it: the Anti-Monitor. First seen in Crisis on Infinite Earths #2 and #6. Lore: the Anti-Monitor absorbed the antimatter energy of over a million worlds, dragged Earth into his universe and built an antimatter cannon, then was beaten at the dawn of time. Tuning forks set to a vibrational frequency rebuilt the lost Earths. Created by Marv Wolfman and George Perez. Mind takeover: the Anti-Monitor uses Psycho-Pirate to control the emotions of whole worlds. Spreads: an antimatter wave swallows whole universes. Shadow: the Anti-Monitor's army is the Shadow Demons, whose touch disintegrates positive matter.
Mirror Double
Time Runs Differently
Whole Worlds Lost
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Sound
Mind Takeover
Infection and Absorption
Entities, Spirits and Demons
Ancient Evil
Invasion and Crossing Over
Shadow Beings and Realms
DC: Crime Syndicate of Amerika
The Justice League's evil twins come from an antimatter universe. To cross over, they flip their particles' polarity mid-trip. Their Batman is Owlman. Lore: the antimatter universe came from Krona's experiment at the dawn of time. A first Syndicate of Qward thunderers appeared in 1992 (Mark Waid and Rod Whigham) before the Amerika version, and the antimatter Earth turned out to have its own Owlman, Ultraman, Johnny Quick and Power Ring. Female villain: Superwoman is on the team. Invasion: the Syndicate crosses the dimensional void to attack the Justice League.
Mirror Double
Touch = Boom
Bats
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Converted to Cross Over
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DC: Qward
Before the reboot, Qward was the antimatter world and the Syndicate lived in a matter universe. After it, both sit in one antimatter universe. Lore: Qward is the antimatter twin of Oa, made when Krona looked at the origin of creation. The Anti-Monitor was born on one of its moons and built the lightning-throwing Thunderers. Other names for the realm include Netherverse and Reversoverse. First seen in Green Lantern #2 (October 1960) by John Broome and Gil Kane. Invasion: Irik Roval pilots the Void Hound through an ancient Qwa-portal into the positive-matter universe to fight the Justice League. Shadow: the Shadow Demons were made from the elite of Qward's Thunderers.
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Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Moons
Time Runs Differently
Invasion and Crossing Over
Shadow Beings and Realms
DC: The Anti-Life Equation
The antimatter universe was created by the Anti-Life Equation. Batman found that its center, the Equation, mirrors Prime Earth's center, the White Lantern Entity. The Equation erases free will, and its victims become extensions of the user's will. Bats circle it, from Batman in the Mobius Chair to Owlman. Dystopia: it is total control over free will. Spreads: the Equation erases free will.
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Mind Takeover
The Void
Bats
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Transhuman and Dystopia
Infection and Absorption
Artifacts of Power
DC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)
A cosmos in the same space as ours but on a different level of space-time. It is a counter-world where good is evil. Its people worship evil, and its laws are so flipped that evil always wins. Lore: Perpetua made it as the third realm of her multiverse, built of antimatter that is corrosive and destroys everything. It was a barrier that wiped out anything that tried to cross it, and her son Mobius, the Anti-Monitor, ruled it and kept it free of life. When Perpetua was locked behind the Source Wall, the barrier had no purpose left and Mobius went mad with hate. In the other telling, Krona's experiment made it when the Multiverse formed. The Anti-Monitor was born on Qward's moon. Magic does not exist there, humans have their organs in different places, and the swearing is "God below". It held 53 million worlds, more than two million with life. The Anti-Monitor absorbed the antimatter energy of over a million of them. Sinestro was banished there, and the Shadow Demons live there. Krona once destroyed it, and it came back only months old. Even so, the antimatter Ultraman and Superman trade blows with no explosion. Alexander Luthor is made of both matter and antimatter, so he can live in either.
Mirror Double
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Prison or Barrier
Whole Worlds Lost
Personified
Ancient Evil
Shadow Beings and Realms
Moons
Entities, Spirits and Demons
Invasion and Crossing Over
The Void
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
Omega is stuck in an antimatter universe on the other side of a black hole. Anyone who enters is changed over. Lore: Omega fell into a black hole and shapes the antimatter world with will alone, since his body dissolved and only his mask and armor remain. The land slowly turns to desert. Entering converts all matter to antimatter, and blob-like Gell Guards cross over into our world. The Doctors escape when a recorder shielded from conversion touches the world, collapsing it into a new star. The wiki calls antimatter an alter-time state. Doctors: three Doctors team up. Spreads: anyone who enters the antimatter universe is changed over. Ancient evil: Omega is an ancient Time Lord trapped on the other side.
Mirror Double
Hidden Place
Black Holes and Wormholes
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Time Runs Differently
Mind Takeover
Sand, Dust and Grains
Converted to Cross Over
Magnetic Containment
Doctors and Professors
Infection and Absorption
Entities, Spirits and Demons
Ancient Evil
Invasion and Crossing Over
Fantastic Four (1994 cartoon): Behold the Negative Zone
Season 1, episode 12, first aired December 10, 1994. The whole episode is about antimatter. Reed Richards runs an experiment with devices that open and close portals to the antimatter universe, the Negative Zone. Annihilus appears in Reed's lab, and his enemy Blastaar follows. The team must send them back. Water: a water theme shows up. Bats: a bat theme shows up. Sound: a radio broadcast. Dogs: a dog appears. Beasts: the Thing. Irish link: the episode references Halloween.
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Water
Bats
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Irish Link
Fantastic Four: The Negative Zone
Marvel's antimatter dimension, first seen in Fantastic Four #51 (March 1966) and ruled mostly by Annihilus. The portal is in the Baxter Building. It has a vortex of power, different physical laws, and time that passes differently. Portals must flip particles to their opposites. It began as a failed pocket universe, like a tumor in another. The blog notes drifting and swimming, Sandman with sand and a poisonous gas, and life spread by spores. Lore: visitors cross a distortion field that turns them into antimatter, so they are safe inside, and Reed's touch on a positive-matter person would set off a blast. The zone holds Prison 42. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Cats and dogs: the zone's only natural life is lion or cat-like, and a dog appears next to the portal. Void link: Marvel's Sentry fights his dark half, the Void. He goes to the Negative Zone to split from it, and the Void's power peaks there. Invasion: Annihilus and Blastaar keep trying to cross the portal and conquer Earth.
Hidden Place
Water
Gas, Mist and Plasma
Plants, Spores and Gardens
Sand, Dust and Grains
Time Runs Differently
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Converted to Cross Over
Prison or Barrier
Cat Beings
Dogs
The Void
Invasion and Crossing Over
Star Trek TOS: The Alternative Factor
Two Lazaruses: the sane one comes from the antimatter universe, also called the minus or negative universe, and the mad one is the matter Lazarus, called "death! Anti-life!" The Enterprise is bait, Commodore Barstow tells Kirk, after the ship is shaken and a "rip in the universe" opens where physical laws do not apply. If the two Lazaruses are in the same universe at the same time, everything ends in a matter and antimatter explosion. Lore: the two universes join through a negative magnetic corridor, and the mad Lazarus steals dilithium crystals. The disturbance drains the ship's crystals and is felt across the galaxy. Kirk forces the mad Lazarus into the corridor, the Enterprise phasers destroy both timeships, and the two Lazaruses are sealed between universes forever. The mad Lazarus says his world fell while he was inspecting magnetic communication satellites. Mind takeover: the matter Lazarus goes mad and is driven to destroy his double.
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Touch = Boom
Time Runs Differently
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Magnetic Containment
Prison or Barrier
Station, Satellite or Orbit
Mind Takeover
Invasion and Crossing Over
The End of the Matter (Humanx Commonwealth)
A lost superweapon calls a white hole of antimatter from another dimension. It and a rogue black hole cancel each other out over hundreds of thousands of years. Device: a lost superweapon that calls a white hole of antimatter.
Hidden Place
Black Holes and Wormholes
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Special Devices and Tools
Artifacts of Power
The Secret Saturdays
The evil Mondays come from an antimatter mirror universe with bent physics. Matter and antimatter only explode when Argost absorbs both Zaks' powers. Lore: the antimatter double Zak Monday lives behind the Aztec Smoke Mirror, which Argost steals from the Louvre. The Mondays' airship runs on pure antimatter. Argost drains Zak Monday's power with the Flute of Gilgamesh and later destroys himself by mixing matter and antimatter. His servant Munya is part spider, the Nagas are serpent folk, Epsilon's people run a space station and a satellite tracking Kur, and a village loses its eyes to the Ahuizotl. Beasts: the heroes are a family of cryptid hunters. Female villains: Zon Monday of the antimatter Mondays, and Abbey Grey after her turn. Spreads: Argost absorbs both Zaks' powers.
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Touch = Boom
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Stolen or Vaulted
Tentacle, Insect and Serpent Beings
Station, Satellite or Orbit
Sound
Eyes
Mind Takeover
Beasts and Monsters
Female Villains
Infection and Absorption
Invasion and Crossing Over
Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL
Xyz monsters are made of antimatter. The Numbers cards are said to be able to destroy the universe. Lore: Xyz monsters came from the far side of a black hole. The 100 Numbers are pieces of Astral's memory, and Dr. Faker means to use them to destroy Astral World. Some Numbers are bugs, spiders or krakens, one is a Big Eye, and one is literally a Gold Rat. Dragons: the Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon is a signature monster. Female villain: Rio Kastle (Merag), one of the Barian Emperors. Mind takeover: Numbers can possess their holders and control their minds. Ancient evil: Don Thousand was sealed in the Barian Sea long ago. Artifact: the Numbers cards. Shadow: Ninja Shadow Mosquito is one of the insect Numbers.
Hidden Place
Whole Worlds Lost
Black Holes and Wormholes
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Tentacle, Insect and Serpent Beings
Eyes
Gold
Mirror Double
Dragons
Beasts and Monsters
Doctors and Professors
Female Villains
Mind Takeover
Entities, Spirits and Demons
Ancient Evil
Artifacts of Power
Shadow Beings and Realms
Antimatter Dimensions
You collect antimatter with dimensions. The news ticker jokes about a Bizarro universe of antimatter.
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Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Choose Your Own Adventure
You meet an antimatter copy of yourself. In most endings you touch and all existence ends.
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Touch = Boom
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Darwin's Soldiers
Has an antimatter universe. How it touches ours depends on what the plot needs.
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Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
DC: JLA: Earth 2
The Justice League meets the Crime Syndicate of Amerika, evil twins from an antimatter universe (2000 graphic novel by Grant Morrison). Alexander Luthor, the only hero there, escapes the Syndicate and teleports to our Earth to ask for help. Invasion: the crossing goes both ways, as the League then crosses into the antimatter universe.
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Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Invasion and Crossing Over
DC: Perpetua
The first being of the DC Multiverse. Her multiverse has three realms made of dark matter, positive matter, and antimatter, and she made guardians to watch over them. Ancient evil: she later woke up and remade Lex Luthor into her second in command.
Entities, Spirits and Demons
Ancient Evil
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Dishonored 2: Delilah Copperspoon and the Void
Delilah talks through statues of herself that she animates. She projects her will into objects, turns enemies to stone, and channels her coven's power without fighting. The game's magic draws power from the Void. The blog lines the animated statue up with the antimatter statue in Space Ghost. Cult: Delilah leads the Brigmore Witches, a cult of black-magic practitioners. Female villain: Delilah is the main antagonist.
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Statues
Mind Takeover
Sound
Ritual, Sacrifice or Cult
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Entities, Spirits and Demons
Element X (Fantastic Four Annual #6)
A rare element found only in the Negative Zone. Reed needed it to protect Sue Richards and her unborn child from cosmic rays. Annihilus held it in his rod, and Reed siphoned some off. The blog reads it as something taken from within the body. Mutation: cosmic rays are what changed the Fantastic Four.
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Made Through People
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Mutants and Mutation
Fantastic Four #253: Kestor's Hope
A huge ancient starship, over 10,000 years old, drifts in the Negative Zone and pulls ships in with a tractor beam. Its navigation is damaged, so the crew wanders with no destination. Most of the population was in suspended animation; the 20,000 sleepers died and the crew was kept in the dark. The Kestorians refuse to leave, since the ship is now their natural habitat. The blog matches it to the satellite-like "asteroid or comet" ship.
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Time Runs Differently
Ships
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Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
GaoGaiGar
G-Stone and Zonder Metal work like matter and antimatter. The hero side must out-power the villain side. King J-Der later has antimatter cannons that pick what they destroy.
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Danger in Handling
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Artifacts of Power
Hot Wheels Battle Force 5: The Shadow Zone
The Shadow Zone is a dimension parallel to the Multiverse, a byproduct of its creation. Red Sentients are energy beings with antimatter as their life force. If their antimatter meets the Shadow Matter in the Shadow Zone, they go supernova and destroy the Multiverse. In "Shadow Runners," Vert is trapped there with Krytus, whose shell will erode. Time works differently inside. Shadow: mindless Shadow Speeders guard the zone, and a creature trapped too long can become one.
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Shadow Beings and Realms
Touch = Boom
Whole Worlds Lost
Entities, Spirits and Demons
Time Runs Differently
Known Space
"Flatlander" lands on a planet made of antimatter. Armed crews dump antimatter ammo at the first chance. "Silver bullets" flood a ship with neutrons. Creator link: Larry Niven, a Scottish Gaelic surname. Cats: the Kzin are a feline warrior race.
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Ships
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Irish Link
Cat Beings
Lost in Space
An evil counterpart of John Robinson, played by the same actor, comes from an antimatter universe. No explosions.
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Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Invasion and Crossing Over
Mutants & Masterminds
Negator was born when an Earth-Prime man merged with his antimatter-universe double. A thin force field keeps the halves apart. Mutants: the game is built around superpowered mutants.
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Touch = Boom
Danger in Handling
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Mutants and Mutation
Negative Zone: Prison and Paradise
The zone is used as a prison, like the Phantom Zone, and a prison facility was built there. At its center sits Paradise, an afterlife garden that grew to cover most of the zone and served as a wall against contact with ET and spiritual beings. The blog ties the garden and tree motif to Landru in Star Trek.
Prison or Barrier
Plants, Spores and Gardens
Hidden Place
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Entities, Spirits and Demons
Nihil (Ultimate Fantastic Four)
The Ultimate version of an Annihilus-type ruler. He rules an alien-wreck station orbiting a dying red dwarf in the Ultimate N-Zone (Ultimate Fantastic Four #13-18). He crossed into the Ultimate universe to escape his realm's decay.
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Perry Rhodan
Aliens from an antimatter universe visit as peaceful but explosive guests. Positronic computers are common. Machines: the setting runs on positronic computers.
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Positron Nod
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Machines and AI
Invasion and Crossing Over
Space: 1999: A Matter of Balance
Season 2. Vindrus, an antimatter being, shows up in Shermeen Williams's quarters and says he is from the planet Sunim. He talks her into planting a seed bombarded with protons. Sunim looks like Earth but is made of antimatter, and a large horned creature guards its temple. Vindrus uses a matter converter, powered by a mobile nuclear generator, to swap people between the matter world and the antimatter world. Each swap needs people to keep the balance. He traps Shermeen in a conversion booth and takes her place in our world, and he is no longer antimatter after the exchange. Koenig has Maya reverse the conversion, then sets the reactor to overload. The generator explodes and the planet returns to antimatter. Koenig says only matter was destroyed, not antimatter.
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Converted to Cross Over
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Engines and Reactors
Beasts and Monsters
Mind Takeover
The Annotated Alice
Martin Gardner wonders if Looking-Glass milk could be made of antimatter.
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Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
The Vampire of Steel
Supergirl takes an Eldritch Abomination to an antimatter universe and throws it at a planet. It implodes.
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Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Transformers: Black Holes With Eyes
Antimatter is drawn from interdimensional black holes to power weapons. One of them is described as having eyes, and the blog reads that as a sign it may be aware or watching. An unnamed being is shown jumping into a core of antimatter, so it can be entered or interfaced with.
Hidden Place
Black Holes and Wormholes
Eyes
Machines and AI
Engines and Reactors
"Perils of Modern Living" (poem)
A comic poem about Edward Teller meeting his antimatter double.
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Touch = Boom
DC: The Anti-Death Equation (The Multiversity)
A twin of the Anti-Life Equation. It is a dark power of the Gentry that can corrode Monitors. Spreads: a dark power that corrodes Monitors.
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Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Infection and Absorption
Entities, Spirits and Demons
Liquid Television: The Specialists
The heroes meet antimatter twins who are the opposite colors.
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Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Mister Negative (Marvel)
A Spider-Man villain whose look matches Dr. Contra's antimatter form. Antimatter is matter with the opposite charge, a literal negative counterpart.
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Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction
A race builds a device to pass into other dimensions. In this game, negative beings escape a negative reality. Cats: Ratchet is a Lombax, a feline-like race. Device: a machine built to pass into other dimensions.
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Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Cat Beings
Special Devices and Tools
Invasion and Crossing Over
Surviving the Antimatter Apocalypse (SURF)
A student game on the education page of the Sanford Underground Research Facility, 4,850 feet down in Lead, South Dakota. You play a matter particle that must avoid being wiped out by antimatter. The lab sits in the old Homestake gold mine, which ran from 1876 to 2001.
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Touch = Boom
Secret or Hidden Lab
Gold
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Doom and Doomsday
The Fairly OddParents: Anti-Cosmo
Cosmo's evil opposite. The blog compares him to the Negative Zone: a flipped version of someone we already know.
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Entities, Spirits and Demons
Time Twists (4)
Antimatter mixed with time travel, backward time, or erased history.
Yoko Tsuno: The Time Spiral
In the future, antimatter wars leave Earth a ball of magma. The last human travels back to the 20th century to stop its discovery. Earth ends as a ball of magma filled with toxic gas.
Time Runs Differently
Leverage and Control
Whole Worlds Lost
Gas, Mist and Plasma
Bearing an Hourglass
Satan says he sent Chronos to a Contra-Terrene galaxy where time runs backward. It was really a movie set.
Time Runs Differently
Entities, Spirits and Demons
Orthogonal trilogy
"Orthogonal matter" acts like antimatter when it meets matter on a different path through time.
Time Runs Differently
Ben 10
Professor Paradox warns Kevin's car will "explode like anti-matter" if it touches anything from 1976. Word of God says he was joking. Omniverse adds a Positron Blaster. Red hair: Gwen. Creator link: the creators, Man of Action, include Joe Kelly and Joe Casey. Doctors: Professor Paradox. Female villain: Charmcaster.
Time Runs Differently
Irish Link
Doctors and Professors
Female Villains
People, Creatures and Machines (38)
Antimatter people, antimatter beings, and positron-brained machines.
Antimatter Creatures (18)
Monsters and beings that are made of it or run on it.
Annihilus
Insectoid lord of the Negative Zone, from the dead world Arthros. First appeared in Fantastic Four Annual #6 (1968). His Cosmic Control Rod gives immortality and cosmic control. He sent an insect armada to invade in Annihilation. After Blastaar stole his rod he aged, wore an exo-skeleton, and had to take off his mask on Earth to avoid suffocating. He vowed to destroy both Earth's dimension and the Negative Zone. Lore: his Cosmic Control Rod stretches his life and was built from Tyannan star tech he found in a wreck. When Blastaar stole it, Annihilus began to age fast, and he has been killed and reborn more than once. Void link: when the Sentry's Void attacks the Negative Zone, Annihilus and Blastaar have to team up against it. Mind takeover: his Cosmic Control Rod controls Negative Zone inhabitants. Device: the Cosmic Control Rod. Artifact: the Cosmic Control Rod.
Hidden Place
Tentacle, Insect and Serpent Beings
Body Cost
Ships
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Time Runs Differently
The Void
Mind Takeover
Special Devices and Tools
Artifacts of Power
Invasion and Crossing Over
DC: Anti-Matter Man
A cosmic being from the antimatter universe who faced the Justice League and Justice Society in Justice League of America #46 (1966). Our magic works poorly on him, and the Spectre's arm shrank when he punched him. Invasion: the Weaponers of Qward made him as a weapon for an invasion of the positive-matter universes.
Entities, Spirits and Demons
Personified
Mirror Double
Invasion and Crossing Over
DC: Mobius, the Anti-Monitor (Darkseid War)
A Qwardian scientist who touched the Equation, fused with it, and became its living form. He lost his will and could only consume and destroy, with antimatter blasts. In the Darkseid War his antimatter could not hurt Metron in the Mobius Chair, but Grail's Omega Beams could. Batman, Owlman, Bat-Mite, and the Batman Who Laughs all circle the story. The blog notes Mobius and Morbius are one letter apart, and Morbius's change involved bat DNA. Lore: in Blackest Night he was locked in a Black Lantern battery. Spreads: Mobius fused with the Equation and can only consume and destroy. Shadow: his army is the Shadow Demons.
Personified
Mind Takeover
Bats
Prison or Barrier
Infection and Absorption
Entities, Spirits and Demons
Ancient Evil
Shadow Beings and Realms
Pokemon Diamond, Pearl & Platinum
Giratina is the personification of antimatter. It lives in the Distortion World, the reverse side of ours. Lore: designers Junichi Masuda and Takeshi Kawachimaru said Giratina and the Distortion World are personifications of antimatter. Time does not flow there. Arceus banished it for violence, and in the anime the place is the Reverse World. The creation trio is time (Dialga), space (Palkia) and antimatter (Giratina), and their types mirror solid, liquid and gas, with Giratina as the gas. Dragons: Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina are Dragon-type. Female villains: Team Galactic commanders Mars and Jupiter. Mind takeover: Cyrus uses the Red Chain to control Dialga and Palkia. Ancient evil: Arceus banished Giratina for its violence. Artifact: the Red Chain.
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Personified
Hidden Place
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Time Runs Differently
Prison or Barrier
Gas, Mist and Plasma
Dragons
Female Villains
Mind Takeover
Entities, Spirits and Demons
Ancient Evil
Artifacts of Power
Ultraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-Space
A starfish-like monster named Antimatter turns everything in its field into antimatter. It could end Earth. Lore: episode 14, aired December 5, 1998. A blast of about 5 gigatons in Jupiter's Trojan asteroid belt signals the monster, whose home is Anti-Space. Fujimiya's beam turns Gaia into antimatter so he can enter its barrier, and the monster is finally forced into a wormhole near Jupiter. The suit design is based on the kaiju Pestar. Spreads: a monster turns everything in its field into antimatter. Invasion: the monster comes from Anti-Space.
Hidden Place
Whole Worlds Lost
Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
Converted to Cross Over
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Prison or Barrier
Beasts and Monsters
Infection and Absorption
Invasion and Crossing Over
Black Holes and Wormholes
Awbor & Madness (Void Magic)
Fan lore for a tabletop game. Void magic is antimatter to ordinary magic's matter. It comes from Atropus, an entity that wants to erase the world and hides the knowledge of the Goddess. It spreads as a mist, withers plants, mutates and drives people mad, and can raise the dead with alchemy, but never cleanly. Resurrected children are delusional and mutated, and dogs are raised too. A snake spirit is tied to Atropus, and cultists use the magic at several sites. Cult and dogs: cultists use the magic at several sites, and dogs are raised from the dead. Spreads: Void magic moves as a mist that withers plants and mutates people.
Personified
Mind Takeover
Tentacle, Insect and Serpent Beings
Plants, Spores and Gardens
Gas, Mist and Plasma
Body Cost
The Void
Ritual, Sacrifice or Cult
Dogs
Mutants and Mutation
Infection and Absorption
Entities, Spirits and Demons
Ancient Evil
DC: Erdammeru, the Void Hound
Qwardians tell of an ancient Dark God, the Void Hound, that stalked the stars looking for life to devour. Its powers include possession.
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Ancient Evil
The Void
Dogs
Mind Takeover
DC: Green Lantern Season Two: Anti-Matter Lantern Corps
A horde of Anti-Matter Lanterns invades our universe in Green Lantern Season Two #6 (2020) in an all-out assault on Sector General.
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Invasion and Crossing Over
Digimon: Ancient Volcamon
Makes antimatter inside its body. Its "Supernova" attack is a tiny Big Bang. Beasts: Digimon are digital monsters.
Beasts and Monsters
Doctor Who: Planet of Evil
Zeta Minor, the last undiscovered planet, is over 35,000 years in the future. Professor Sorenson wants to mine its antimatter minerals to power his home planet. The real killer of his expedition is a creature from an antimatter universe. It is sometimes invisible and otherwise seen as red outlines. It is hitting back because Sorenson took antimatter samples from around a pit that links the two universes. Sorenson says the planet itself knows what the group wants. The antimatter aboard the Morestran ship drags it back toward the planet. Sorenson is infected and turns into an antiman that drains the life of others. A radiation shot splits him into many antimatter copies that overrun the ship. The Doctor takes the original Sorenson and the samples to the pit and throws them in, keeping a bargain he made with the creature. Sorenson comes back unharmed. Antimatter acts more like a radioactive substance than an explosive here. The writer drew on Forbidden Planet and Jekyll and Hyde.
Doctors and Professors
Mind Takeover
Infection and Absorption
Invasion and Crossing Over
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Hidden Place
Personified
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Found in Nature
Free Energy Promise
Honkai: Star Rail: Antimatter Legion
A huge intergalactic army of hostile monsters based in the Warforge, led by Nanook, the Aeon of Destruction. Its goal is to destroy all life and civilization. Newborn worlds are crushed without mercy, and proud old civilizations are pushed to the brink of collapse. It feeds on the chaotic energy released as worlds decay and lingers over a dying planet until the last flame of civilization is gone. Most members cross between stars without ships. For invasions it uses Borehole Blitz vessels that drill tunnels through Imaginary barriers, and the tunnels sometimes leak Imaginary energy. Voidrangers and Tramplers can teleport past shields onto the bridges of IPC ships. Lord Ravagers, picked by Nanook, oversee its divisions. Players meet its enemies on the Herta Space Station, where particle effects show the antimatter. Its Doomsday Beasts cannot be hit until their parts, including the Antimatter Engine, are destroyed.
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Engines and Reactors
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Invasion and Crossing Over
Whole Worlds Lost
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Doom and Doomsday
Honkai: Star Rail: Doomsday Beast (Antimatter Engine)
An Echo of War boss of the Antimatter Legion, fought in Destruction's Beginning. It is three enemies in a row: Disaster's Right Hand, the Antimatter Engine, and Dawn's Left Hand. It cannot be attacked until all three are destroyed. Once they are, it takes 900 percent extra damage. The Antimatter Engine powers up the two hands, hits with Imaginary and Quantum damage, and charges a move called Impending Doom that strikes everyone. The enemy info page says the beast's core is a dark matter engine. It was part of the Legion's invasion of the Herta Space Station. Two achievements fit it: beat the Antimatter Engine without beating either hand, and stop Impending Doom by beating the engine while it charges.
Beasts and Monsters
Engines and Reactors
Special Devices and Tools
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Doom and Doomsday
Legion of Super-Heroes: Computo the Conqueror
To stop a killer robot army, the Legion unleashes an antimatter monster. Everything it touches explodes. No force field stops its bolts. Machines: Computo is a sentient computer.
Machines and AI
Beasts and Monsters
Marvel: Antimatter (Earth-616)
A living being of counterpart particles and light, the exact opposite of Singularity. He was created when she appeared on Earth. He first showed up in orbit near Alpha Flight's Low-Orbit Space Station and attacked her. He tracked her by telepathy from New York City to Japan to Florida. He fought A-Force on the Moon and seemed to die, but his particles spread over Earth and infected multiple people. His death pulled in other dimensional travelers. He fires plasma blasts and teleports through warps.
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Gas, Mist and Plasma
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Moons
Infection and Absorption
Invasion and Crossing Over
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Black Holes and Wormholes
Marvel: Blastaar
Living Bomb-Burst and warlord of the Negative Zone, and Annihilus's rival. He followed Triton and Reed Richards through the portal into the Baxter Building and joined the Sandman to take over Earth. Invasion: since then he has come back many times to conquer it, and later led a fleet of warships against Earth.
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Marvel: The Annihilation Wave
Annihilus leads an enormous fleet of Negative Zone battleships into the main universe, destroying or subjugating many planets. In the War of Four Cities, a massive portal between the Negative Zone and Earth lets the Wave pass through. Invasion: a whole armada crosses at once.
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Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Invasion and Crossing Over
Midnight Renegade
Arceus creates Giratina to manage antimatter.
Personified
Entities, Spirits and Demons
Ancient Evil
Xenoblade Chronicles X: The Ghosts
Every Ghost, the enemy faction, has a core of antimatter that can do serious damage if destroyed. The ships are dark purple and covered in orange eyes, and a God Ghost type exists.
Entities, Spirits and Demons
Beasts and Monsters
Eyes
Antimatter People (15)
Characters who make it, carry it, or are turned into it. Touch them and things vanish.
Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel
A 1950s hero who became a living antimatter generator after a lab accident. The accident came from studying the Neutral Zone, where matter and antimatter live together. Lore: the lab project was Project Perseus, a reactor meant to bridge to the Neutral Zone, a buffer between realities where matter and antimatter coexist (also called Exo-Space). His base, Kadesh, is underwater, and his antimatter samples must stay away from water. A quartz helmet tuned to certain frequencies pushed his friend Conner into a takeover of the mind. His son Max took the name Doctor Positron. He once stopped a meteor the size of Arkansas, and a 1970s team of his came together over the murder of a were-bat.
Made Through People
Hidden Place
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Secret or Hidden Lab
Water
Sound
Mind Takeover
Positron Nod
Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
Moons
Bats
Converted to Cross Over
Doctors and Professors
Assassination Classroom
Shiro (Yanagisawa) tries to make antimatter as a new energy by growing it in living humans. A test mouse sent to the moon destroyed 70% of it. Koro-sensei, a captured assassin, was the first person it was done to. If he is not killed before his cells stop dividing, the buildup could end Earth. The fix came from space station research on neutralizing antimatter, and the Spear of Heaven, a satellite laser, targets him. Device: Shiro's method of growing antimatter inside living humans.
Made Through People
Danger in Handling
Whole Worlds Lost
Station, Satellite or Orbit
Secret or Hidden Lab
Moons
Special Devices and Tools
Assassination Classroom: Antimatter Tentacles
Koro-sensei's body material, formed as a by-product of antimatter inside a human. A tentacle seed bonds to the host's neurons, and the tentacles act on the host's will. They can hide in the neck. The cost is high: drained energy, rage, hot flashes, black irises with yellow pupils, organ rejection, and decay without upkeep. Hosts avoid water, since osmotic pressure weakens the tentacles. Spreads: a tentacle seed bonds to the host's neurons.
Made Through People
Danger in Handling
Body Cost
Mind Takeover
Tentacle, Insect and Serpent Beings
Water
Heat and Cold
Eyes
Converted to Cross Over
Infection and Absorption
Kim Possible: Mathter and Fervent
Season 4, Episode 14, first aired June 17, 2007. The Mathter, Team Go's number-obsessed enemy, wants revenge on Go City and on Ron, who ignored him in an earlier battle. He aims his Calcu-Laser at Ron, and Ron becomes Antimatter Boy. Everything he touches is destroyed, so his life is at risk. The Calcu-Laser can apply an antimatter equation to a person and also reverse it. Dr. James Possible holds Ron in an anti-antimatter bubble. The Go Tower page calls it an anti-matter-proof force field bubble, and Ron is carried in the back of a GO Car. Kim and Hego have to find a way to stop it. Ron's father, an actuary, beats the Mathter inside his Infinity Dome with math, and Kim uses the Calcu-Laser to restore Ron. The Mathter's base sits at 0N 0E. Ron's mother is only seen before Ron goes off the grid, and it is unknown if she ever learned he was put in a bubble. A reader board at Middleton High reads "Welcome Anti-Matter Boy". Red hair: Kim Possible herself. Creator link: co-creator Mark McCorkle.
Made Through People
Danger in Handling
Irish Link
Magnetic Containment
Converted to Cross Over
Doctors and Professors
Special Devices and Tools
Infection and Absorption
Prison or Barrier
Touch = Boom
Space Ghost: The Antimatter Man
A Space Stars episode. A lab explosion opens it, and a statue turns into antimatter first. Dr. Contra is caught in an antimatter ray and becomes an antimatter version of himself. Whatever he touches explodes, and he needs a magnetic field around him fast. Invisible tech makes people phase in and out. When a monkey gets close he turns evil, and when it moves away he reverts. The crew plans to go through the galactic central sun, and the ion cloud that looks like the fix is part of the problem. The blog links it to Dishonored and Mister Negative, and has a theory that low-dose antimatter, or antimatter as gas or plasma, shows up as heat. The episode also mentions Halloween and an Irish holiday. Creator link: Hanna-Barbera, co-founded by William Hanna. Lore: it aired in the 1981 Space Stars package paired with The Starfly. Nearby Space Stars episodes include Time Chase, The Deadly Comet, The Haunted Space Station and Eclipse Woman. Spreads: whatever Dr. Contra touches becomes antimatter.
Made Through People
Touch = Boom
Danger in Handling
Mind Takeover
The Void
Statues
Heat and Cold
Gas, Mist and Plasma
Irish Link
Secret or Hidden Lab
Converted to Cross Over
Doctors and Professors
Infection and Absorption
Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #55
Megatron finishes an old failed project. Antimatter from the heart of a black hole pours out of his eyes and kills the Decepticon Justice Division.
Made Through People
Hidden Place
Black Holes and Wormholes
Eyes
Machines and AI
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Ex-Superheroes
A Japanese villain called Antimatter makes it near his body. He throws it, flies on it, and is immune to it.
Made Through People
Kim Possible: The Mathter
Go City's number-obsessed villain and Team Go's enemy. His real name is unknown. He has red hair and green eyes. Go City's council denied him money for his unethical mathematical experiments, and he swore revenge. His Calcu-Laser can vaporize objects, erase a person from tracking systems, school, jobs, and driving records, and apply an antimatter equation to a person. The equation makes anything that person touches explode into nothingness. He used it on Ron, and the same laser can reverse it. He also built the Infinity Dome, a room that turns thought waves into deadly energy beams. His henchmen are the Coefficients. Dr. James Possible contained Ron in an anti-antimatter bubble. Ron's father, an actuary, beat the Mathter with math. He is compared to the Riddler.
Made Through People
Touch = Boom
Special Devices and Tools
Converted to Cross Over
Irish Link
Prison or Barrier
Negative Zone: Sacrifice and the Green Door Program
In the blog's reading, antimatter is taken from sacrifice rituals at the energy barrier between universes, from Element X inside the body, and from a stolen cosmic control rod. The Green Door program makes antimatter for the dark forces, with humans as the source. Device: a stolen cosmic control rod and the Green Door program.
Made Through People
Leverage and Control
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Ritual, Sacrifice or Cult
Special Devices and Tools
Artifacts of Power
Negative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
In the blog's reading, a mind-control system runs through the zone. The Supreme Intelligence is really the Beast and "Her": a telepathic link disguised as a guide, then possession, with thoughts turned into radio waves. Spider beings hypnotize people, ice statues act as reinforcements, a helmet implant works as a spy system, and a satellite-like ship relays it to Earth. When it shuts off it crashes like a comet. Female villain: "Her" is half of the hidden controller. Device: a mind-control system that runs through the zone. Spreads: a telepathic link turns into possession.
Mind Takeover
Tentacle, Insect and Serpent Beings
Station, Satellite or Orbit
Made Through People
Statues
Heat and Cold
Secret or Hidden Lab
Sound
Ships
Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
Beasts and Monsters
Female Villains
Special Devices and Tools
Infection and Absorption
Entities, Spirits and Demons
Space: 1999: Matter of Life and Death
Series 1, Episode 2, first aired 27 November 1975. Helena Russell's husband Lee, believed dead, comes back as a stowaway on an Eagle. His skin tests show a change in polarity, the first step in turning into antimatter. When he tries to touch Helena, an electric charge throws her across the room. He only has body heat when she is near. Lee tells her that Terra Nova is a world of antimatter, so she cannot live there and he cannot live in her world. He warns that a power there, their opposite, will annihilate anyone who lands. Lee dies, and his body discharges electricity and vanishes. On Terra Nova the Moon explodes in the sky and kills the team. Helena reverses time and restores everything. Professor Bergman explains that when matter and antimatter meet, both are destroyed.
Made Through People
Touch = Boom
Mirror Double
Converted to Cross Over
Time Runs Differently
Whole Worlds Lost
Doctors and Professors
The Transformers (G1)
Doctor Alcazar develops an antimatter formula as an energy source in an isolated, high-tech lab built to make large amounts of it. The formula is stored on a computer chip, and his workstation is nicknamed Betsy "Brainiac." Megatron steals the formula to become the strongest weapon. It nearly destroys him. Machines: the cast are living robots.
Made Through People
Stolen or Vaulted
Secret or Hidden Lab
Machines and AI
Doctors and Professors
Engines and Reactors
Unlimited Fafnir
Kraken shoots antimatter projectiles that erase anything, even mithril. Mitsuki gets a weaker version after killing it.
Made Through People
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Whateley Universe
Tennyo is half made of antimatter. Mutants: the story follows a school for mutant teens.
Made Through People
Mutants and Mutation
X-Men: Burtram Worthington (Dazzler)
Angel's evil uncle tags henchmen with special particles. From far away he can turn them into antimatter and vaporize anyone who betrays him. Mutants: the X-Men are mutants. Device: special particles tagged on henchmen that can turn them into antimatter.
Made Through People
Leverage and Control
Mutants and Mutation
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Special Devices and Tools
Positron Tech (5)
The positron cannons and positronic brains. A wink back to Isaac Asimov.
Robot series (Isaac Asimov)
Robots have positronic brains. Asimov later said the idea did not hold up, but kept using it. Machines: the robots think with positronic brains, a name that nods to the positron.
Positron Nod
Machines and AI
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
Positron cannons fire ahead of a ship to clear the air for launch. Mu La Flaga blocks an antimatter blast with a shield.
Positron Nod
Danger in Handling
Ships
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Unit 01 shoots the Angel Ramiel with a giant positron sniper rifle. Extra material says the positrons are wrapped in a neutrino field. Red hair in the cast: Asuka. Cult: a secret council, SEELE, works toward a ritual that would merge all of humanity. Device: a giant positron sniper rifle. Spreads: SEELE's ritual would merge all of humanity.
Positron Nod
Irish Link
Ritual, Sacrifice or Cult
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Special Devices and Tools
Infection and Absorption
Entities, Spirits and Demons
Star Trek TNG: Data
Data's positronic brain is an Asimov nod. Machines: Data is an android with a positronic brain.
Positron Nod
Machines and AI
Star Wars Legends
Some stories use positronic processors, a nod to Asimov.
Positron Nod
Handling, Handed-Down Tech, Real Life and Name-Only (28)
How it is kept safe, tech someone else left behind, the real labs, and stories that only use the word.
Just the Name (12)
The word is used as a label or a joke. It does not do much in the story.
Cookie Clicker
The Antimatter Condenser turns the universe's antimatter into cookies. Antigrandmas look like celestial bodies and are mean. Device: the Antimatter Condenser.
Special Devices and Tools
"Antimatter" by Dragonland
A song on the album Astronomy.
Sound
A Very Long Rope to the Top of the Sky
The Saecelium Laser's flavor text says it fires a condensed anti-matter beam.
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Batman: The Movie (1966)
Dehydrated henchmen are re-hydrated with the wrong water. A punch makes them vanish. Batman calls them "anti-matter." The water is the trick: they are dried out, then re-hydrated. The henchmen are smuggled into the Batcave. Female villain: Catwoman is part of the villain team.
Water
Bats
Female Villains
Digimon Adventure 02: Imperialdramon
The "Positron Laser" is a cool name. The beam has little to do with positrons. Dragons: Imperialdramon is a dragon Digimon.
Positron Nod
Dragons
Doctor Who: The Mutants
The Doctor describes an antimatter blast with a very wordy way to say dead. Mutants: the title creatures are the Mutts, a mutated people. Doctors: the Doctor is the lead.
Mutants and Mutation
Doctors and Professors
Honkai: Star Rail: Antimatter Field Generator
A 3-star consumable item that players can craft. Its tagline is "Like a hot knife through butter." One is given by talking with Xuxia, and the recipe unlocks at Trailblaze Level 14. The page does not describe what it does.
Special Devices and Tools
Portal 2
A sign tells you to know your allergens: pollen, dander, plastics, antimatter.
Scooby-Doo
An antimatter-powered car explodes. Red hair: Daphne. Creator link: Hanna-Barbera, co-founded by William Hanna. Dogs: the lead is Scooby, a Great Dane.
Irish Link
Dogs
Shadow the Hedgehog
The Diablo mech's "antimatter cannon" looks like an expanding energy field. Doctors: Dr. Eggman is the mad scientist in the story. Device: the Diablo mech and its antimatter cannon. Shadow: only in the name.
Doctors and Professors
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Special Devices and Tools
Shadow Beings and Realms
Sins of a Solar Empire
Ship abilities use antimatter like mana.
Ships
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
A laser that fires pure antimatter. Fans answer back that then it is not a laser.
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Handling and Containment (8)
How you keep it from blowing up: magnetic bottles, tiny amounts, sealed walls.
Assassination Classroom: Shield of Earth (the dome)
A hexagonal energy dome made by converging lasers: cloudy orange outside, orange hexagons inside. Its stated purpose is to destroy tentacle material and spare humans. In the blog's reading it contains antimatter instead. It kept Koro-sensei inside the Spear of Heaven's range, reached underground, and was lowered after his death.
Leverage and Control
Danger in Handling
Prison or Barrier
Gas, Mist and Plasma
Station, Satellite or Orbit
Schlock Mercenary
Antimatter sits in tiny amounts inside fullerene shells. A smuggler once carried it in paper bags. The container can weigh hundreds of times more than the fuel.
Danger in Handling
Magnetic Containment
Chaos Fighters
Antimatter works with magic. It is coated in magic so air will not set it off.
Danger in Handling
Eureka
Antimatter stored in a bank vault sets off a device just by being near it. It is a green liquid in a test tube.
Danger in Handling
Stolen or Vaulted
Secret or Hidden Lab
RimWorld
The antigrain warhead holds a single grain of antimatter. Players bury it behind a sealed wall until needed.
Danger in Handling
Sand, Dust and Grains
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Rocketship Voyager
A torchship runs on contra-terrene mined in the asteroid belt and held in a magnetic trap. The engineer's hand rests on the eject lever.
Danger in Handling
Found in Nature
Ships
Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
Magnetic Containment
Engines and Reactors
The Riftbreaker: Great Mushroom Tree
A giant fungal tree at the heart of the swamp biome, with pollen clouds that can cover continents. Its resin works as a containment field for antimatter particles at a quantum level and burns as fuel in place of plasma. It is tied to a Shield Generator.
Danger in Handling
Found in Nature
Plants, Spores and Gardens
Prison or Barrier
Gas, Mist and Plasma
Transposition, or: Ship Happens
Taylor uses Squealer's power source to start making antimatter. She folds space so a broken container can't blow up the city. Device: a stolen power source that makes antimatter.
Danger in Handling
Special Devices and Tools
Handed-Down Tech (5)
Antimatter that someone else gave, left behind, or taught. It rarely ends well.
Dragonriders of Pern
The colony ships have antimatter engines and wait in orbit. Two thousand years later they are blown up on purpose to move the Red Star. Creator link: Anne McCaffrey, an Irish-American author who moved to Ireland. Dragons: dragons and their riders are the heart of the series. Female villain: Kylara, a Weyrwoman who schemes to rule Pern.
Alien or Ancient Source
Whole Worlds Lost
Station, Satellite or Orbit
Ships
Irish Link
Dragons
Female Villains
Engines and Reactors
Luna Marine (Galactic Marines)
Alien ruins spark an arms race. The UN revives an Ahn device that makes antiprotons and uses it as a beam weapon on the Moon. Ships drop tiny amounts of antimatter into tanks of water, which turns to plasma and drives the engine at 6 gravities. Device: an Ahn machine that makes antiprotons and works as a beam weapon.
Alien or Ancient Source
Water
Gas, Mist and Plasma
Ships
Moons
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Special Devices and Tools
Artifacts of Power
Shadowgrounds
The bomb that can beat the aliens was built with the aliens' own tech. They gave it out, lost their own planet to an antimatter blast, and came back to take it. Shadow: only in the name.
Alien or Ancient Source
Leverage and Control
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Invasion and Crossing Over
Shadow Beings and Realms
Star Trek Voyager: Friendship One
An old human probe teaches a planet's people about antimatter. They blow up their own world and blame humans.
Alien or Ancient Source
Whole Worlds Lost
Station, Satellite or Orbit
Tyannans (Negative Zone)
A lion-like race from the planet Tyanna. About two million years ago they seeded planets with spores of life. Annihilus came from a seeded world, and his rod holds a Tyannan stardrive essence. The evil Reed "Brute" enslaved them, and the real Reed helped seal them away. Mind takeover: the Brute enslaved the Tyannans until they broke free of his control.
Alien or Ancient Source
Plants, Spores and Gardens
Cat Beings
Mind Takeover
Real Life (3)
Real labs, real scans, and real numbers. The examples that actually exist.
Real Life: Positrons From Gold
Physicists at Lawrence Livermore Labs found a way to make large numbers of positrons by shining the lab's Titan laser, one of the most powerful lasers ever built, at a gold target. They make antimatter from gold.
Gold
Real Life: Antimatter Is Common
Beta decay in natural radioactive elements always makes antiparticles. The amounts are tiny: a kilogram holds about as many protons as the Sahara has grains of sand.
Sand, Dust and Grains
Real Life: PET Scans
A PET scan injects a tracer that gives off positrons. When they meet electrons in the body, they make gamma rays that the machine detects.
Part 2: Case Files
Why this part matters: How this part is different from Part 8: Part 8 is a quick list of every Standout, names only. This part picks the best examples of certain themes, ones where antimatter is also at the center of the story. It opens up 14 of them to show the lore, the creator links, and the repeating details inside each one. A count tells you how often something happens. A close look tells you how.
Mirror Universes (5)
Opposite worlds, evil twins, and doubles made of antimatter.
Star Trek TOS: The Alternative Factor
A 1967 episode. A man named Lazarus keeps showing up in two versions: one from our universe and one from an antimatter universe. The rule of the story is simple. If the two ever meet, both universes are gone. It is the cleanest case of Touch = Boom on the whole list.
Crisis on Infinite Earths
The 1985 DC event. The Anti-Monitor, the evil twin of the Monitor, comes from the antimatter side and sends waves of antimatter that erase whole universes one at a time. The story ended with DC's history being rebuilt, so antimatter here is not just a weapon. It is a reset button.
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
Aired in 1972-73. Omega, a Time Lord hero from the past, is stuck in a universe of antimatter on the far side of a black hole. He is angry and wants out. The place he is trapped in is the whole threat.
Fantastic Four: The Negative Zone
Marvel's antimatter dimension first showed up in Fantastic Four #51 in 1966. The key idea: you cannot just fly in. Your particles must be flipped to their opposites, or you blow up on arrival.
DC: Crime Syndicate of Amerika
The Justice League's evil twins come from an antimatter world. To cross over, they flip their particles' polarity during the trip. They are the textbook Mirror Double: the same faces, the opposite side.
Handed-Down Tech (2)
Antimatter that someone else gave, left behind, or taught. It rarely ends well.
Star Trek Voyager: Friendship One
Voyager finds an old Earth probe that was sent out to make friends. The people on the planet below used what it taught them about antimatter and blew up their own world. Then they blamed the humans. This is the clearest case of a gift that backfires.
Dragonriders of Pern
Anne McCaffrey's colony ships have antimatter engines. The ships sit in orbit for about two thousand years. In the end, the old ships are used on purpose to push the Red Star out of its path, so antimatter is the last tool that saves a planet. It is rare for antimatter to be the good part of the plan.
Positron Tech (2)
The positron cannons and positronic brains. A wink back to Isaac Asimov.
Neon Genesis Evangelion
In the fight with the Angel Ramiel, Unit 01 uses a giant positron sniper rifle. Japan's power is rerouted just to charge a single shot. The scene is a good picture of how fiction treats positrons: huge power, one chance, and a whole country holding its breath.
Robot series (Isaac Asimov)
Asimov gave his robots 'positronic brains' because the positron was a brand new bit of science. The word stuck. Data in Star Trek, Star Wars Legends, and even Digimon's Positron Laser are all nods to it. Asimov later said the idea did not hold up, but he kept using it.
One From Each Other Group (5)
Groups with a single case file. The group is shown under each title.
Cannon God Exaxxion
The robot runs on an antimatter reactor. Its makers found an antimatter asteroid and mined it for fuel. Then the robot crashed into a nearby planet and nearly wiped them out. It is a clean example of fuel and weapon being the same thing.
Angels & Demons
Dan Brown's book is the most famous real-world case. A canister of antimatter is stolen from CERN and used to threaten the Vatican. CERN has answered the book in public. Real labs make tiny amounts, and making anything like the amount in the book would take far longer than humans have existed.
Assassination Classroom
Here antimatter is a lab project that goes wrong. Shiro (Yanagisawa) tried to make it as a new energy source by growing it in living humans. A test mouse sent to the moon destroyed 70% of it, and the teacher, Koro-sensei, is the first person it was done to. His cells must be stopped before they stop dividing, or the buildup could end the Earth. The dome, the Shield of Earth, and the tentacles each have their own cards in this list.
Seetee stories (Jack Williamson)
Williamson wrote these in the 1940s under the name Will Stewart. 'Seetee' is how you say CT, short for contra-terrene, which was his word for antimatter. In Seetee Shock it becomes free energy for the whole Solar System. It is one of the earliest full stories where antimatter is the economy.
Pokemon Diamond, Pearl & Platinum
Giratina came out in Pokemon Diamond & Pearl in 2006. Fans link him to antimatter. In the games it lives in the Distortion World, a flipped copy of our world where the rules are bent, and that matches the mirror idea well.
Section B: The Patterns
The core of the article: what repeats, and the full picture it adds up to.
Part 3: Recurring Themes and Details
Why this part matters: This is the core of the pattern. When the same ideas show up in stories by different creators in different media, the repeats are worth tracking. Each small detail is counted, and every example that carries it is listed, along with the matching details from the Antimatter Matrix posts. One example can carry many details, so the lists overlap on purpose and cut across the Part 1 groups. Titles match the cards in Part 1, Standouts first. Themes are grouped by family, biggest family first.
Mirrors, Other Worlds and Time
Opposite universes, hidden realms, the Void, and time that runs its own way.
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds
A parallel universe, other dimension, multiverse, or pocket universe.
Also seen in: Antimatter universes (Qward, Three Doctors, Lost in Space), the Negative Zone as a failed pocket universe, Earth-Bet, Sten's alternate-universe antimatter, Distortion World (Pokemon), the Penal Zone (Sam & Max), the mirrorverse (Night's Dawn)
54 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelAnnihilusCrisis on Infinite EarthsDC: Crime Syndicate of AmerikaDC: QwardDC: The Anti-Life EquationDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsFantastic Four (1994 cartoon): Behold the Negative ZoneFantastic Four: The Negative ZoneNight's Dawn TrilogyPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumStar Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorThe End of the Matter (Humanx Commonwealth)The Secret SaturdaysUltraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALAntimatter DimensionsArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveChoose Your Own AdventureDarwin's SoldiersDC: Green Lantern Season Two: Anti-Matter Lantern CorpsDC: JLA: Earth 2DC: PerpetuaDoctor Who: Planet of EvilElement X (Fantastic Four Annual #6)Fantastic Four #253: Kestor's HopeHot Wheels Battle Force 5: The Shadow ZoneKnown SpaceLost in SpaceMarvel: Antimatter (Earth-616)Marvel: BlastaarMarvel: The Annihilation WaveMutants & MastermindsNegative Zone: Prison and ParadiseNegative Zone: Sacrifice and the Green Door ProgramNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemNegative Zone: The Merge PlanNihil (Ultimate Fantastic Four)Perry RhodanSpace: 1999: A Matter of BalanceStar Ocean: The Last HopeSten seriesThe Annotated AliceThe Vampire of SteelTransformers: The Ark's Antimatter Conversion ChamberWarcraft: The Twisting Nether, Void and ShadowDC: The Anti-Death Equation (The Multiversity)Liquid Television: The SpecialistsMister Negative (Marvel)Ratchet & Clank: Tools of DestructionSam & Max: The Devil's PlayhouseSurviving the Antimatter Apocalypse (SURF)The Fairly OddParents: Anti-Cosmo
Mirror Double
An opposite universe, or an evil twin, made of antimatter.
Also seen in: Anti-Cosmo (The Fairly OddParents), Mister Negative (Marvel), the Anti-Death Equation, the evil counterpart split in the Negative Zone
33 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: Anti-Matter ManDC: Crime Syndicate of AmerikaDC: QwardDC: The Anti-Life EquationDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsNight's Dawn TrilogyPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumStar Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorThe Secret SaturdaysYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALAntimatter DimensionsChoose Your Own AdventureDarwin's SoldiersDC: JLA: Earth 2Doctor Who: Planet of EvilGaoGaiGarKnown SpaceLost in SpaceMarvel: Antimatter (Earth-616)Mutants & MastermindsPerry RhodanSpace: 1999: A Matter of BalanceSpace: 1999: Matter of Life and DeathThe Annotated AliceThe Vampire of Steel"Perils of Modern Living" (poem)DC: The Anti-Death Equation (The Multiversity)Liquid Television: The SpecialistsMister Negative (Marvel)Surviving the Antimatter Apocalypse (SURF)The Fairly OddParents: Anti-Cosmo
Hidden Place
A dimension, zone, or black hole where it lives.
21 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelAnnihilusDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsFantastic Four (1994 cartoon): Behold the Negative ZoneFantastic Four: The Negative ZonePokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumThe End of the Matter (Humanx Commonwealth)Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #55Ultraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALDoctor Who: Planet of EvilElement X (Fantastic Four Annual #6)Fantastic Four #253: Kestor's HopeMarvel: BlastaarMarvel: The Annihilation WaveNegative Zone: Prison and ParadiseNegative Zone: The Merge PlanNihil (Ultimate Fantastic Four)Super Friends: Journey into BlacknessTransformers: Black Holes With EyesRatchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction
Time Runs Differently
Time runs backward, forward, or at its own speed, or history gets erased.
Also seen in: Time passes differently in the Negative Zone, runs the opposite way in Night's Dawn, runs backward for Chronos, orthogonal matter on another time path, Seetee's ship moving backward in time, EDENS ZERO's 20,000 years ahead, a time monster aging a car (Ben 10)
21 Examples
AnnihilusCrisis on Infinite EarthsDC: QwardDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsEDENS ZEROFantastic Four: The Negative ZoneNight's Dawn TrilogyPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumSeetee stories (Jack Williamson)Star Trek (the general setup)Star Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorWarehouse 13: Time Will TellYoko Tsuno: The Time SpiralArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveBearing an HourglassFantastic Four #253: Kestor's HopeHot Wheels Battle Force 5: The Shadow ZoneNegative Zone: The Merge PlanOrthogonal trilogySpace: 1999: Matter of Life and DeathBen 10
Touch = Boom
If it touches its opposite, both are wiped out.
13 Examples
DC: Crime Syndicate of AmerikaKim Possible: Mathter and FerventSpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManStar Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorThe Secret SaturdaysArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveChoose Your Own AdventureHot Wheels Battle Force 5: The Shadow ZoneKim Possible: The MathterMutants & MastermindsSpace: 1999: Matter of Life and Death"Perils of Modern Living" (poem)Surviving the Antimatter Apocalypse (SURF)
The Void
A realm, magic, or entity called the Void is tied to antimatter.
Also seen in: Dishonored's magic drawn from the Void, void magic, the Void behind Night's Dawn's combat wasps, Marvel's Sentry and his dark half the Void (Negative Zone)
10 Examples
AnnihilusDC: The Anti-Life EquationDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Fantastic Four: The Negative ZoneNight's Dawn TrilogySpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManAwbor & Madness (Void Magic)DC: Erdammeru, the Void HoundDishonored 2: Delilah Copperspoon and the VoidNight's Dawn: Combat Wasps
Machines and Devices
Robots and machine minds, the engines that run on it, the weapons built from it, and special devices that make, move, or control it.
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
Antimatter is the warhead, the beam, the mine, or the doomsday charge.
Also seen in: The Tsunami Bomb (FreeSpace), the antigrain warhead (RimWorld), the Annihilator Beam (Metroid Prime 2), antimatter mines (Star Wars), the Tuchanka bomb (Mass Effect), the Black Zero bomb (Superman), the Jenkinsverse bomb that erased San Diego
61 Examples
Angels & DemonsEDENS ZEROExo SquadLuna Marine (Galactic Marines)ShadowgroundsThe Forge of God / Anvil of StarsThe JenkinsverseTransformers: More Than Meets the Eye #55A Champion in Earth-Bet (Worm)Animal LandArrivals from the DarkFreeSpaceGaoGaiGarLegion of Super-Heroes: Escape of the Fatal FiveLensmanMacrossMetroid Prime 2: EchoesMobile Suit Gundam SEEDNeon Genesis EvangelionNight's Dawn: Combat WaspsParanoiaRimWorldSolar CrisisStar ControlStar Trek TOS: ObsessionStar Trek TOS: The Doomsday MachineStar Trek Voyager: DreadnoughtStar Wars (Marvel 1977) #38Star Wars (Marvel 1977) #53-54Sten seriesSuperman: The Man Who Destroyed KryptonThe CultureThe Giant ClawThe History of the GalaxyUnlimited FafnirX (Egosoft)X-COM: UFO DefenseX-Men: Burtram Worthington (Dazzler)Zero Escape: Virtue's Last RewardA Lord from Planet EarthA Very Long Rope to the Top of the SkyCthulhuTechDread Empire's FallEmpire from the AshesEVE OnlineGURPS Ultra-TechLaszlo Hadron and the Wargod's TombMission ThunderboltRiftsSam & Max: The Devil's PlayhouseShadow the HedgehogStar ChallengeStar Trek OnlineStarCraftStarfireStarsnatcherStellarisSuper Robot Wars WThe Pentagon WarThe Rocky Horror Picture ShowUplift series
Engines and Reactors
Antimatter runs a ship drive, reactor, or power system.
Also seen in: The Nautilus (Nadia), the Ark (Alcubierre drive), the Excalibur (Wing Commander), the High Drive (RCN), the Dyson Sphere Program, Stellaris reactors, Starfire-class ships, and warp drive across Star Trek
43 Examples
Cannon God ExaxxionDragonriders of PernMass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogyStar Trek (the general setup)ArkBrave Saint Saturn: Anti-MeridianDyson Sphere ProgramHonkai: Star Rail: Antimatter Engine ControllerHonkai: Star Rail: Antimatter LegionHonkai: Star Rail: Doomsday Beast (Antimatter Engine)Nadia: The Secret of Blue WaterRocketship VoyagerSpace: 1999: A Matter of BalanceStar ControlStar Ocean: The Last HopeStar Ruler: Galactic ArmorySten seriesThe Killing StarThe Transformers (G1)The World at the End of TimeTransformers: Black Holes With EyesTransformers: The Ark's Antimatter Conversion ChamberUFO: Alien InvasionWarcraft: The Twisting Nether, Void and ShadowWing CommanderX (Egosoft)X-COM: UFO DefenseCrest of the StarsDoctor Who: The Tsuranga ConundrumEscape Velocity NovaEVE OnlineGreat ShipLaszlo Hadron and the Wargod's TombOrion's ArmRCN seriesStar BirdsStar Trek Text GameStellarisSword of the StarsThe Black Hole (novelization)Tour of the MerrimackTranshuman Space
Special Devices and Tools
A named machine with its own job: a converter, a maker, a control tool, a gateway, or a superweapon.
Also seen in: The Antimatter Conversion Chamber (Transformers), the Cosmic Control Rod (Annihilus), the Imperceptor Vest (Warehouse 13), the Antimatter Condenser (Cookie Clicker), the Doomsday Machine (Star Trek), the Calcu-laser (Kim Possible), the Ahn beam machine (Luna Marine), the Repressor (The Seven Hunters)
31 Examples
AnnihilusAssassination ClassroomCannon God ExaxxionExo SquadFantastic Four (1994 cartoon): Behold the Negative ZoneKim Possible: Mathter and FerventLuna Marine (Galactic Marines)The End of the Matter (Humanx Commonwealth)Warehouse 13: Time Will TellCookie ClickerDyson Sphere ProgramEclipse PhaseHonkai: Star Rail: Antimatter Engine ControllerHonkai: Star Rail: Antimatter LegionHonkai: Star Rail: Doomsday Beast (Antimatter Engine)Kim Possible: The MathterNegative Zone: Sacrifice and the Green Door ProgramNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemNeon Genesis EvangelionSpace: 1999: A Matter of BalanceStar Trek TOS: The Doomsday MachineThe Visitor (1997)Transformers: The Ark's Antimatter Conversion ChamberTransposition, or: Ship HappensWarcraft: The Twisting Nether, Void and ShadowX-Men: Burtram Worthington (Dazzler)Honkai: Star Rail: Antimatter Field GeneratorRatchet & Clank: Tools of DestructionShadow the HedgehogStar Trek Text GameThe Seven Hunters
Machines and AI
A robot, android, or machine mind is part of the story. Many are called positronic. A positron is the antimatter twin of the electron, and writers use the word to hint at a robot's mind.
10 Examples
Mass EffectRobot series (Isaac Asimov)Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #55Legion of Super-Heroes: Computo the ConquerorPerry RhodanStar Trek TNG: DataThe CultureThe Transformers (G1)Transformers: Black Holes With EyesTransformers: The Ark's Antimatter Conversion Chamber
Danger, Control and Hidden Places
How it blows up, who controls it, and where it is kept.
Danger in Handling
Storage, fuel, cargo, and accidents.
25 Examples
Assassination ClassroomAssassination Classroom: Antimatter TentaclesAssassination Classroom: Shield of Earth (the dome)Kim Possible: Mathter and FerventNight's Dawn TrilogySchlock MercenarySpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManChaos FightersEurekaGaoGaiGarHonkai: Star Rail: Antimatter Engine ControllerMobile Suit Gundam SEEDMutants & MastermindsNight's Dawn: Combat WaspsRimWorldRocketship VoyagerStar Ruler: Galactic ArmoryStar Wars (Marvel 1977) #53-54The Giant ClawThe History of the GalaxyThe Riftbreaker: Great Mushroom TreeTransformers: The Ark's Antimatter Conversion ChamberTransposition, or: Ship HappensRCN seriesStarfire
Whole Worlds Lost
A planet, moon, or city is destroyed.
24 Examples
Assassination ClassroomCannon God ExaxxionCrisis on Infinite EarthsDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Dragonriders of PernEDENS ZEROExo SquadNight's Dawn TrilogyStar Trek Voyager: Friendship OneThe Forge of God / Anvil of StarsThe JenkinsverseUltraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceYoko Tsuno: The Time SpiralYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALA Champion in Earth-Bet (Worm)Animal LandArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveHonkai: Star Rail: Antimatter LegionHot Wheels Battle Force 5: The Shadow ZoneLegion of Super-Heroes: Escape of the Fatal FiveNegative Zone: The Merge PlanSpace: 1999: Matter of Life and DeathStar Ocean: The Last HopeThe World at the End of Time
Leverage and Control
Held over others as a threat, or locked down by law.
15 Examples
Angels & DemonsAssassination Classroom: Shield of Earth (the dome)EDENS ZEROExo SquadMass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogyShadowgroundsYoko Tsuno: The Time SpiralAngels & Demons (2009 film): Patrick McKennaNegative Zone: Sacrifice and the Green Door ProgramParanoiaSolar CrisisSuperman: The Man Who Destroyed KryptonX-Men: Burtram Worthington (Dazzler)Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
Secret or Hidden Lab
An isolated, secret, or hidden lab or facility where antimatter is made or studied.
Also seen in: Doctor Alcazar's isolated lab (Transformers), a secret research team (Assassination Classroom), a lab explosion (Space Ghost), a secret lab monitoring the zone (Negative Zone), the deepest underground lab (SURF), a secret experiment (The Visitor), CERN (Angels & Demons, Warehouse 13), hidden stockpile stations (Night's Dawn)
13 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelAngels & DemonsAssassination ClassroomExo SquadNight's Dawn TrilogySpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManWarehouse 13: Time Will TellEurekaNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemThe Transformers (G1)The Visitor (1997)Zero Escape: Virtue's Last RewardSurviving the Antimatter Apocalypse (SURF)
Prison or Barrier
A dome, shield, prison, or wall that holds it in.
Also seen in: The Phantom Zone (Superman), Viceron / Zordoom Prison (Ratchet & Clank), Octan Tower (The Lego Movie)
11 Examples
Assassination Classroom: Shield of Earth (the dome)DC: Mobius, the Anti-Monitor (Darkseid War)DC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Fantastic Four: The Negative ZoneKim Possible: Mathter and FerventPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumStar Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorUltraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceKim Possible: The MathterNegative Zone: Prison and ParadiseThe Riftbreaker: Great Mushroom Tree
Magnetic Containment
A magnetic field, corridor, bubble, or force field is what keeps antimatter apart from matter.
8 Examples
Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsExo SquadKim Possible: Mathter and FerventSchlock MercenaryStar Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorRocketship VoyagerStar Wars (Marvel 1977) #53-54X (Egosoft)
Stolen or Vaulted
A heist, a theft, or a vault.
6 Examples
Angels & DemonsThe Secret SaturdaysWarehouse 13: Time Will TellAngels & Demons (2009 film): Patrick McKennaEurekaThe Transformers (G1)
Doom and Doomsday
The word doom in a name, a doomsday device or beast, or a plot that ends a world.
Also seen in: The Doomsday Machine (Star Trek), the Phaeton doomsday device (Exo Squad), the Doomsday Beast and the Antimatter Legion (Honkai: Star Rail), Surviving the Antimatter Apocalypse (SURF)
5 Examples
Exo SquadHonkai: Star Rail: Antimatter LegionHonkai: Star Rail: Doomsday Beast (Antimatter Engine)Star Trek TOS: The Doomsday MachineSurviving the Antimatter Apocalypse (SURF)
Space and Sky
Ships, stations, black holes and wormholes, asteroids, and moons.
Ships
A starship, spaceship, or sea ship is the setting or the carrier.
Also seen in: Nautilus (Nadia), the Ark (Transformers), Kestor's Hope, a torchship (Rocketship Voyager), starships across Star Trek, Wing Commander, EVE Online and more
40 Examples
AnnihilusDragonriders of PernLuna Marine (Galactic Marines)Mass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogyRevelation SpaceSeetee stories (Jack Williamson)Star Trek (the general setup)The Forge of God / Anvil of StarsArkArrivals from the DarkFantastic Four #253: Kestor's HopeFreeSpaceKnown SpaceMobile Suit Gundam SEEDNadia: The Secret of Blue WaterNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemNight's Dawn: Combat WaspsRocketship VoyagerStar ControlStar Ruler: Galactic ArmoryStar Wars (Marvel 1977) #38Star Wars (Marvel 1977) #53-54The History of the GalaxyThe Killing StarThe World at the End of TimeUFO: Alien InvasionWarcraft: The Twisting Nether, Void and ShadowWing CommanderX (Egosoft)Crest of the StarsDoctor Who: The Tsuranga ConundrumEVE OnlineLaszlo Hadron and the Wargod's TombSins of a Solar EmpireStar BirdsStar Trek Text GameSword of the StarsThe Pentagon WarTour of the Merrimack
Station, Satellite or Orbit
A satellite, space station, orbiting ship, or space-built factory is part of the plot.
Also seen in: A satellite-like ship that relays to Earth, the Spear of Heaven, the space station, Kestor's Hope | The Spear of Heaven satellite and the space station (Assassination Classroom), a ship that relays to Earth (Negative Zone), colony ships left in orbit (Pern), orbital farms (Orion's Arm), space-built accelerators (Starsnatcher), stations around stars (Mass Effect)
19 Examples
Assassination ClassroomAssassination Classroom: Shield of Earth (the dome)Dragonriders of PernMass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogySeetee stories (Jack Williamson)Star Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorStar Trek Voyager: Friendship OneThe Secret SaturdaysArrivals from the DarkDyson Sphere ProgramFantastic Four #253: Kestor's HopeHonkai: Star Rail: Antimatter LegionHonkai: Star Rail: Doomsday Beast (Antimatter Engine)Marvel: Antimatter (Earth-616)Negative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemNihil (Ultimate Fantastic Four)Orion's ArmStarsnatcher
Moons
A moon is destroyed, melted, or used as a base.
Also seen in: A moon 70% destroyed (Assassination Classroom), the near side of the Moon melted (Worm), a base and arms race on the Moon (Luna Marine), small moons as targets (History of the Galaxy, Voyager's Dreadnought)
10 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelAssassination ClassroomDC: QwardDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Exo SquadLuna Marine (Galactic Marines)A Champion in Earth-Bet (Worm)Marvel: Antimatter (Earth-616)Star Trek Voyager: DreadnoughtThe History of the Galaxy
Black Holes and Wormholes
A black hole, wormhole, or singularity is the source, the door, or the end of the story.
Also seen in: Interdimensional black holes feeding antimatter to weapons, a black hole with eyes, antimatter blasted into a black hole, the wormhole in Ultraman Gaia, the singularity in Marvel's Antimatter
9 Examples
Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsThe End of the Matter (Humanx Commonwealth)Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #55Ultraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALMarvel: Antimatter (Earth-616)Super Friends: Journey into BlacknessTransformers: Black Holes With EyesStar Challenge
Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
An asteroid, comet, or meteor is the source, the fuel, or the ship.
Also seen in: An antimatter asteroid mined for fuel (Cannon God Exaxxion), the asteroid belt (Rocketship Voyager, Seetee), a ship that crashes like a comet (Negative Zone), Kestor's Hope as a drifting ship
7 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelCannon God ExaxxionSeetee stories (Jack Williamson)Ultraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceFantastic Four #253: Kestor's HopeNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemRocketship Voyager
Infection and Takeover
Antimatter or its power crossing over to invade, spreading like an infection, taking over minds, or changing bodies.
Invasion and Crossing Over
Something crosses from the other side into ours to invade, escape, or visit: an armada, a portal, a rift, or a mirror door.
Also seen in: Annihilus and his armada, Blastaar, and the Annihilation Wave (Negative Zone), the Crime Syndicate crossing the void (DC), the Anti-Matter Lantern Corps (Green Lantern), Gell Guards (Doctor Who), the Mondays and their mirror (Secret Saturdays), Anti-Space monster (Ultraman Gaia), the Merge Plan, Nihil crossing into the Ultimate universe
28 Examples
AnnihilusCrisis on Infinite EarthsDC: Anti-Matter ManDC: Crime Syndicate of AmerikaDC: QwardDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsFantastic Four (1994 cartoon): Behold the Negative ZoneFantastic Four: The Negative ZoneShadowgroundsStar Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorThe Secret SaturdaysUltraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveDC: Green Lantern Season Two: Anti-Matter Lantern CorpsDC: JLA: Earth 2Doctor Who: Planet of EvilHonkai: Star Rail: Antimatter LegionLost in SpaceMarvel: Antimatter (Earth-616)Marvel: BlastaarMarvel: The Annihilation WaveNegative Zone: The Merge PlanNihil (Ultimate Fantastic Four)Perry RhodanSpace: 1999: A Matter of BalanceWarcraft: The Twisting Nether, Void and ShadowRatchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction
Mind Takeover
Possession, hypnosis, indoctrination, madness, or enslavement. Someone else's will, or antimatter, takes over the host.
Also seen in: Quintessa with a staff (Transformers 5), Landru's control of Sulu (Star Trek: Return of the Archons), Neural SubNet and Janus (Deus Ex), the Anti-Life Equation on screen (Steppenwolf and DeSaad in Zack Snyder's Justice League, Young Justice), Reaper indoctrination of Saren and Benezia (Mass Effect), the Psycho-Pirate working for the Anti-Monitor (Crisis on Infinite Earths), the Red Chain on Dialga and Palkia (Pokemon Diamond and Pearl), Numbers possessing duelists (Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL), the returned dead possessing the living (Night's Dawn), the Pearl of Wisdom on Leena (Warehouse 13), the Inhibitors taking Galiana's mind (Revelation Space), the Borg and Locutus (Star Trek)
25 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelAnnihilusAssassination Classroom: Antimatter TentaclesCrisis on Infinite EarthsDC: Mobius, the Anti-Monitor (Darkseid War)DC: The Anti-Life EquationDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsMass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogyPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumRevelation SpaceSpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManStar Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorThe Secret SaturdaysWarehouse 13: Time Will TellYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveAwbor & Madness (Void Magic)DC: Erdammeru, the Void HoundDishonored 2: Delilah Copperspoon and the VoidDoctor Who: Planet of EvilNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemSpace: 1999: A Matter of BalanceStar Trek TNG: The Best of Both WorldsTyannans (Negative Zone)
Infection and Absorption
One force spreads like an infection, a tumor, or a plague and turns the other side into itself, or absorbs it.
Also seen in: The antimatter wave that eats universes (Crisis on Infinite Earths, Arrowverse), the Anti-Matter monster that converts its field (Ultraman Gaia), Sorenson turning into the anti-man (Doctor Who), Void mist (Awbor), the Merge Plan (Negative Zone), Mobius fused with the Equation, the Borg and Locutus (Star Trek), possession spreading ship to ship (Night's Dawn)
21 Examples
Assassination Classroom: Antimatter TentaclesCrisis on Infinite EarthsDC: Mobius, the Anti-Monitor (Darkseid War)DC: The Anti-Life EquationDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsKim Possible: Mathter and FerventMass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogySpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManThe Forge of God / Anvil of StarsThe Secret SaturdaysUltraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveAwbor & Madness (Void Magic)Doctor Who: Planet of EvilMarvel: Antimatter (Earth-616)Negative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemNegative Zone: The Merge PlanNeon Genesis EvangelionStar Trek TNG: The Best of Both WorldsDC: The Anti-Death Equation (The Multiversity)
Mutants and Mutation
Mutants, mutated people, or a body changed by antimatter, spice, or cosmic rays.
7 Examples
Awbor & Madness (Void Magic)Dune (the spice)Element X (Fantastic Four Annual #6)Mutants & MastermindsWhateley UniverseX-Men: Burtram Worthington (Dazzler)Doctor Who: The Mutants
Body Cost
Mutation, decay, aging, or pain from hosting it.
Also seen in: Mutation, organ rejection, decay, and Annihilus aging
3 Examples
AnnihilusAssassination Classroom: Antimatter TentaclesAwbor & Madness (Void Magic)
People, Minds and Bodies
Antimatter made through people: heroes turned into it, watching eyes, evil women, doctors, and people merged with machines.
Made Through People
People make it, carry it, or turn into it.
18 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelAssassination ClassroomAssassination Classroom: Antimatter TentaclesKim Possible: Mathter and FerventRevelation SpaceSpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManThe Forge of God / Anvil of StarsTransformers: More Than Meets the Eye #55Element X (Fantastic Four Annual #6)Ex-SuperheroesKim Possible: The MathterNegative Zone: Sacrifice and the Green Door ProgramNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemSpace: 1999: Matter of Life and DeathThe Transformers (G1)Unlimited FafnirWhateley UniverseX-Men: Burtram Worthington (Dazzler)
Female Villains
A woman or female being is the villain or a main antagonist.
17 Examples
DC: Crime Syndicate of AmerikaDragonriders of PernEDENS ZEROMass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogyPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumRevelation SpaceThe Secret SaturdaysWarehouse 13: Time Will TellYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALDishonored 2: Delilah Copperspoon and the VoidHellsister TrilogyLegion of Super-Heroes: Escape of the Fatal FiveNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemBatman: The Movie (1966)Ben 10Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Doctors and Professors
A Doctor, Dr., or Professor is a key character: a time-traveling Doctor, a mad scientist, or a lab expert.
12 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsKim Possible: Mathter and FerventSpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALDoctor Who: Planet of EvilSpace: 1999: Matter of Life and DeathThe Transformers (G1)Ben 10Doctor Who: The MutantsDoctor Who: The Tsuranga ConundrumShadow the Hedgehog
Converted to Cross Over
A person or hero is turned into antimatter to enter its realm, survive it, or fight it.
11 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelAssassination Classroom: Antimatter TentaclesDC: Crime Syndicate of AmerikaDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsFantastic Four: The Negative ZoneKim Possible: Mathter and FerventSpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManUltraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceKim Possible: The MathterSpace: 1999: A Matter of BalanceSpace: 1999: Matter of Life and Death
Eyes
Eyes that watch, glow, or carry the antimatter.
Also seen in: Black irises, yellow pupils and red sclera in tentacle hosts, a black hole with eyes, a bomb in artificial eyes, antimatter pouring from Megatron's eyes
8 Examples
Assassination Classroom: Antimatter TentaclesExo SquadRevelation SpaceThe Secret SaturdaysTransformers: More Than Meets the Eye #55Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALTransformers: Black Holes With EyesXenoblade Chronicles X: The Ghosts
Transhuman and Dystopia
People merged with machines, minds moved between bodies, or a system that controls everyone.
6 Examples
DC: The Anti-Life EquationRevelation SpaceEclipse PhaseParanoiaOrion's ArmTranshuman Space
Entities and Ancient Powers
Beings, shadow beings, ancient evils, and objects of power behind the antimatter.
Entities, Spirits and Demons
A ghost, demon, god, spirit, or cosmic being is the source or the face of the antimatter.
Also seen in: Giratina (Pokemon), the Anti-Monitor and Anti-Matter Man (DC), Omega (Doctor Who), Atropus (Awbor), the Ghosts of Xenoblade Chronicles X, the dead of Night's Dawn, the Void Hound Erdammeru, Perpetua
23 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: Anti-Matter ManDC: Mobius, the Anti-Monitor (Darkseid War)DC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsNight's Dawn TrilogyPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveAwbor & Madness (Void Magic)Bearing an HourglassDC: Erdammeru, the Void HoundDC: PerpetuaDishonored 2: Delilah Copperspoon and the VoidHot Wheels Battle Force 5: The Shadow ZoneMidnight RenegadeNegative Zone: Prison and ParadiseNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemNeon Genesis EvangelionWarcraft: The Twisting Nether, Void and ShadowXenoblade Chronicles X: The GhostsDC: The Anti-Death Equation (The Multiversity)The Fairly OddParents: Anti-Cosmo
Ancient Evil
An old evil that was sealed, banished, buried, or forgotten is waking up or pulling the strings.
Also seen in: Don Thousand sealed in the Barian Sea (Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL), the Anti-Monitor behind his Eternium door, Giratina banished by Arceus, the Inhibitors (Revelation Space), the Reapers (Mass Effect), the Void Hound, Perpetua
15 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: Mobius, the Anti-Monitor (Darkseid War)DC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsMass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogyPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumRevelation SpaceYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveAwbor & Madness (Void Magic)DC: Erdammeru, the Void HoundDC: PerpetuaMidnight RenegadeLaszlo Hadron and the Wargod's Tomb
Artifacts of Power
A unique object holds the power: a rod, a chain, a staff, a key, a stone, or a set of cards.
Also seen in: The Numbers cards (Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL), the Cosmic Control Rod (Annihilus), the Red Chain (Pokemon), the Imperceptor Vest (Warehouse 13), the Anti-Life Equation (DC), the Ahn device (Luna Marine)
11 Examples
Angels & DemonsAnnihilusDC: The Anti-Life EquationLuna Marine (Galactic Marines)Pokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumThe End of the Matter (Humanx Commonwealth)Warehouse 13: Time Will TellYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALGaoGaiGarNegative Zone: Sacrifice and the Green Door ProgramMission Thunderbolt
Shadow Beings and Realms
Shadow demons, living shadows, shadow matter, a Shadow Zone or Shadow Realm, or the word Shadow in a name.
Also seen in: The Shadow Demons of the Anti-Monitor (DC, Arrowverse), the Shadow Zone and Shadow Speeders (Battle Force 5), the Void called Shadow and its void lords (Warcraft), Ninja Shadow Mosquito (Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL), Shadowgrounds and Shadow the Hedgehog by name only
10 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: Mobius, the Anti-Monitor (Darkseid War)DC: QwardDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)ShadowgroundsYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveHot Wheels Battle Force 5: The Shadow ZoneWarcraft: The Twisting Nether, Void and ShadowShadow the Hedgehog
Personified
A being or god that IS antimatter.
8 Examples
DC: Anti-Matter ManDC: Mobius, the Anti-Monitor (Darkseid War)DC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Pokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumAwbor & Madness (Void Magic)Doctor Who: Planet of EvilMarvel: Antimatter (Earth-616)Midnight Renegade
Animals and Beasts
Cats, dogs, dragons, bats, serpents and insects, and beasts and monsters.
Beasts and Monsters
A beast, monster, or creature of some kind is part of the story. Cryptids, kaiju, chimeras, and digital monsters count.
13 Examples
Fantastic Four (1994 cartoon): Behold the Negative ZoneThe Secret SaturdaysUltraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALAnimal LandDigimon: Ancient VolcamonHonkai: Star Rail: Antimatter LegionHonkai: Star Rail: Doomsday Beast (Antimatter Engine)Legion of Super-Heroes: Computo the ConquerorNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemSpace: 1999: A Matter of BalanceThe Giant ClawXenoblade Chronicles X: The Ghosts
Bats
Bats and bat figures circle the antimatter story.
Also seen in: Morbius and bat DNA (The Amazing Spider-Man #101), Batman in the Mobius Chair, Owlman, Bat-Mite, the Batman Who Laughs, Batman blasting a black hole, the Batcave in Batman 1966, Fermilab in Batavia
8 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelDC: Crime Syndicate of AmerikaDC: Mobius, the Anti-Monitor (Darkseid War)DC: The Anti-Life EquationFantastic Four (1994 cartoon): Behold the Negative ZoneDune (the spice)Super Friends: Journey into BlacknessBatman: The Movie (1966)
Cat Beings
A cat-like or lion-like race or character shows up in the antimatter story.
Also seen in: Lion-like Tyannans, the Negative Zone's lion or cat-like natural life, the Kilrathi (Wing Commander), the Fellpool (Star Ocean), the Kzin (Known Space), the Lombax (Ratchet & Clank)
6 Examples
Fantastic Four: The Negative ZoneKnown SpaceStar Ocean: The Last HopeWing CommanderRatchet & Clank: Tools of DestructionTyannans (Negative Zone)
Dogs
A dog, or a dog-like character, shows up in the antimatter story.
Also seen in: Dogs raised from the dead by void magic, a dog next to the portal in the Negative Zone, Scooby (Scooby-Doo), Sam (Sam & Max)
6 Examples
Fantastic Four (1994 cartoon): Behold the Negative ZoneFantastic Four: The Negative ZoneAwbor & Madness (Void Magic)DC: Erdammeru, the Void HoundSam & Max: The Devil's PlayhouseScooby-Doo
Tentacle, Insect and Serpent Beings
Tentacles, bugs, spiders, or snakes tied to antimatter.
Also seen in: Devil's Snare at the neck (Harry Potter), the tar monster tentacle at Fred's neck (Scooby-Doo 2)
6 Examples
AnnihilusAssassination Classroom: Antimatter TentaclesThe Secret SaturdaysYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALAwbor & Madness (Void Magic)Negative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
Dragons
A dragon, or a dragon-type creature, shows up in the story.
Also seen in: Pern's dragons and riders, Imperialdramon (Digimon), Dialga, Palkia and Giratina (Pokemon), the Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon (Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL)
4 Examples
Dragonriders of PernPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALDigimon Adventure 02: Imperialdramon
Repeating Signs
Small signs that keep coming back: sound, Irish links, statues, and cults.
Irish Link
Irish evidence: names starting Mc, Mac, or O', red-haired characters, an Irish holiday, or an Irish reference next to antimatter.
17 Examples
Dragonriders of PernExo SquadFantastic Four (1994 cartoon): Behold the Negative ZoneKim Possible: Mathter and FerventMass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogySpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManWarehouse 13: Time Will TellA Champion in Earth-Bet (Worm)Angels & Demons (2009 film): Patrick McKennaKim Possible: The MathterKnown SpaceNeon Genesis EvangelionSuper Friends: Journey into BlacknessThe CultureBen 10Scooby-Doo
Sound
Music, voices, radio waves, or echoes.
Also seen in: A rock opera and a song, radio waves in the Negative Zone, Delilah speaking through statues, bats and echolocation, the title Echoes
10 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelCrisis on Infinite EarthsFantastic Four (1994 cartoon): Behold the Negative ZoneThe Secret SaturdaysBrave Saint Saturn: Anti-MeridianDishonored 2: Delilah Copperspoon and the VoidDune (the spice)Metroid Prime 2: EchoesNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System"Antimatter" by Dragonland
Ritual, Sacrifice or Cult
A cult, coven, secret society, or ritual is part of the story around antimatter or the Void.
Also seen in: Cultists using void magic at several sites (Awbor & Madness), sacrifice rituals at the barrier between universes (Negative Zone), Quinn Dexter's Satanic cult (Night's Dawn), the Brigmore Witches (Dishonored), the Illuminati (Angels & Demons), the Esoteric Order of Dagon (CthulhuTech)
9 Examples
Angels & DemonsNight's Dawn TrilogyAngels & Demons (2009 film): Patrick McKennaAwbor & Madness (Void Magic)Dishonored 2: Delilah Copperspoon and the VoidDune (the spice)Negative Zone: Sacrifice and the Green Door ProgramNeon Genesis EvangelionCthulhuTech
Statues
Statues are animated, turned to antimatter, or stand for trapped people.
Also seen in: Delilah Copperspoon's animated statues (Dishonored 2), a statue turning to antimatter, ice statues as trapped people
4 Examples
Space Ghost: The Antimatter ManWarehouse 13: Time Will TellDishonored 2: Delilah Copperspoon and the VoidNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
Nature and Elements
Water, gas, sand, plants, heat and cold, and gold.
Gas, Mist and Plasma
Orange gas, magical mist, pollen clouds, toxic gas, or plasma.
Also seen in: Dune's orange spice gas, the orange dome, a poisonous gas, a magical mist, pollen clouds, a toxic-gas world, water turned to plasma
10 Examples
Assassination Classroom: Shield of Earth (the dome)Fantastic Four: The Negative ZoneLuna Marine (Galactic Marines)Pokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumSpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManYoko Tsuno: The Time SpiralAwbor & Madness (Void Magic)Dune (the spice)Marvel: Antimatter (Earth-616)The Riftbreaker: Great Mushroom Tree
Water
Water shows up as part of the story, or the host must avoid it.
Also seen in: Drifting and swimming through a portal in the Negative Zone, tentacle hosts avoiding water, tanks of water turned to plasma (Luna Marine), the Nautilus (Nadia), dried-out henchmen re-hydrated (Batman 1966)
8 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelAssassination Classroom: Antimatter TentaclesExo SquadFantastic Four (1994 cartoon): Behold the Negative ZoneFantastic Four: The Negative ZoneLuna Marine (Galactic Marines)Nadia: The Secret of Blue WaterBatman: The Movie (1966)
Sand, Dust and Grains
Sand, dust, or a single grain of antimatter.
Also seen in: Dune's spice in the sand, Sandman in the Negative Zone, a single grain of antimatter (Star Wars #53, RimWorld), the Sahara's grains of sand as a measure
6 Examples
Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsFantastic Four: The Negative ZoneDune (the spice)RimWorldStar Wars (Marvel 1977) #53-54Real Life: Antimatter Is Common
Plants, Spores and Gardens
Fungus, spores, trees, and gardens. Or plants that wither.
Also seen in: Paradise garden at the center of the Negative Zone, the Great Mushroom Tree, Tyannan spores
5 Examples
Fantastic Four: The Negative ZoneAwbor & Madness (Void Magic)Negative Zone: Prison and ParadiseThe Riftbreaker: Great Mushroom TreeTyannans (Negative Zone)
Heat and Cold
Hot flashes, a heat effect, or cold that stands for antimatter.
Also seen in: Space Ghost's first episode, "The Heat Thing", read as antimatter showing up as heat. Hot flashes in tentacle hosts. Cold standing for antimatter
4 Examples
Assassination Classroom: Antimatter TentaclesMass EffectSpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
Gold
Gold shows up: a gold mine, a gold target, a gold look.
Also seen in: The Homestake gold mine that became SURF, the Livermore laser aimed at a gold target
4 Examples
Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALDune (the spice)Real Life: Positrons From GoldSurviving the Antimatter Apocalypse (SURF)
Energy and Origins
Where it comes from and what it promises.
Alien or Ancient Source
It came from aliens or old leftover tech.
8 Examples
Cannon God ExaxxionDragonriders of PernLuna Marine (Galactic Marines)ShadowgroundsStar Trek Voyager: Friendship OneArrivals from the DarkUFO: Alien InvasionTyannans (Negative Zone)
Found in Nature
Mined from asteroids or collected from space.
8 Examples
Cannon God ExaxxionSeetee stories (Jack Williamson)The Flight EngineerArkDoctor Who: Planet of EvilDune (the spice)Rocketship VoyagerThe Riftbreaker: Great Mushroom Tree
Positron Nod
A positron is the antimatter twin of the electron. Isaac Asimov named his robot brains positronic as a nod to it, and other stories wink at that name.
8 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelRobot series (Isaac Asimov)Mobile Suit Gundam SEEDNeon Genesis EvangelionPerry RhodanStar Trek TNG: DataDigimon Adventure 02: ImperialdramonStar Wars Legends
Free Energy Promise
Antimatter as the fix for the world's power problems.
7 Examples
Night's Dawn TrilogySeetee stories (Jack Williamson)The Flight EngineerBrave Saint Saturn: Anti-MeridianDoctor Who: Planet of EvilInfinity BeachThe Visitor (1997)
Part 4: Themes That Travel Together
Why this part matters: When two themes keep landing on the same examples, they likely belong together. This part shows each pair and every example that has both.
Some themes keep landing on the same examples. These pairs show up together in 4 or more entries. Each group is one theme, with every theme that travels with it below. Each box lists every example that has both.
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds +
32 themes travel with this one. The number is how many entries have both.
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Mirror Double
A mirror double almost always lives in another universe.
29 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: Crime Syndicate of AmerikaDC: QwardDC: The Anti-Life EquationDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsNight's Dawn TrilogyPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumStar Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorThe Secret SaturdaysYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALAntimatter DimensionsChoose Your Own AdventureDarwin's SoldiersDC: JLA: Earth 2Doctor Who: Planet of EvilKnown SpaceLost in SpaceMarvel: Antimatter (Earth-616)Mutants & MastermindsPerry RhodanSpace: 1999: A Matter of BalanceThe Annotated AliceThe Vampire of SteelDC: The Anti-Death Equation (The Multiversity)Liquid Television: The SpecialistsMister Negative (Marvel)Surviving the Antimatter Apocalypse (SURF)The Fairly OddParents: Anti-Cosmo
25
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Invasion and Crossing Over
25 Examples
AnnihilusCrisis on Infinite EarthsDC: Crime Syndicate of AmerikaDC: QwardDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsFantastic Four (1994 cartoon): Behold the Negative ZoneFantastic Four: The Negative ZoneStar Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorThe Secret SaturdaysUltraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveDC: Green Lantern Season Two: Anti-Matter Lantern CorpsDC: JLA: Earth 2Doctor Who: Planet of EvilLost in SpaceMarvel: Antimatter (Earth-616)Marvel: BlastaarMarvel: The Annihilation WaveNegative Zone: The Merge PlanNihil (Ultimate Fantastic Four)Perry RhodanSpace: 1999: A Matter of BalanceWarcraft: The Twisting Nether, Void and ShadowRatchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction
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Hidden Place
Hidden places are usually other worlds or pocket realms.
18 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelAnnihilusDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsFantastic Four (1994 cartoon): Behold the Negative ZoneFantastic Four: The Negative ZonePokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumThe End of the Matter (Humanx Commonwealth)Ultraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALDoctor Who: Planet of EvilElement X (Fantastic Four Annual #6)Fantastic Four #253: Kestor's HopeMarvel: BlastaarMarvel: The Annihilation WaveNegative Zone: Prison and ParadiseNegative Zone: The Merge PlanNihil (Ultimate Fantastic Four)Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction
14
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Entities, Spirits and Demons
14 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsNight's Dawn TrilogyPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveDC: PerpetuaHot Wheels Battle Force 5: The Shadow ZoneNegative Zone: Prison and ParadiseNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemWarcraft: The Twisting Nether, Void and ShadowDC: The Anti-Death Equation (The Multiversity)The Fairly OddParents: Anti-Cosmo
14
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Mind Takeover
Other worlds are where minds get taken over.
14 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelAnnihilusCrisis on Infinite EarthsDC: The Anti-Life EquationDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsNight's Dawn TrilogyPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumStar Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorThe Secret SaturdaysYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveDoctor Who: Planet of EvilNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemSpace: 1999: A Matter of Balance
12
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Time Runs Differently
Other worlds often run on their own clock.
12 Examples
AnnihilusCrisis on Infinite EarthsDC: QwardDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsFantastic Four: The Negative ZoneNight's Dawn TrilogyPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumStar Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveFantastic Four #253: Kestor's HopeHot Wheels Battle Force 5: The Shadow ZoneNegative Zone: The Merge Plan
12
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Infection and Absorption
12 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: The Anti-Life EquationDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsNight's Dawn TrilogyThe Secret SaturdaysUltraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveDoctor Who: Planet of EvilMarvel: Antimatter (Earth-616)Negative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemNegative Zone: The Merge PlanDC: The Anti-Death Equation (The Multiversity)
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Whole Worlds Lost
Crossing between worlds often ends with a world lost.
9 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Night's Dawn TrilogyUltraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveHot Wheels Battle Force 5: The Shadow ZoneNegative Zone: The Merge PlanStar Ocean: The Last Hope
9
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Special Devices and Tools
9 Examples
AnnihilusFantastic Four (1994 cartoon): Behold the Negative ZoneThe End of the Matter (Humanx Commonwealth)Negative Zone: Sacrifice and the Green Door ProgramNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemSpace: 1999: A Matter of BalanceTransformers: The Ark's Antimatter Conversion ChamberWarcraft: The Twisting Nether, Void and ShadowRatchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction
8
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Ancient Evil
8 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsNight's Dawn TrilogyPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveDC: Perpetua
8
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Touch = Boom
The touch rule shows up in other-world stories too.
8 Examples
DC: Crime Syndicate of AmerikaStar Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorThe Secret SaturdaysArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveChoose Your Own AdventureHot Wheels Battle Force 5: The Shadow ZoneMutants & MastermindsSurviving the Antimatter Apocalypse (SURF)
7
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Shadow Beings and Realms
7 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: QwardDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveHot Wheels Battle Force 5: The Shadow ZoneWarcraft: The Twisting Nether, Void and Shadow
7
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Station, Satellite or Orbit
Stations and satellites guard or link the other world.
7 Examples
Night's Dawn TrilogyStar Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorThe Secret SaturdaysFantastic Four #253: Kestor's HopeMarvel: Antimatter (Earth-616)Negative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemNihil (Ultimate Fantastic Four)
6
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Artifacts of Power
6 Examples
AnnihilusDC: The Anti-Life EquationPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumThe End of the Matter (Humanx Commonwealth)Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALNegative Zone: Sacrifice and the Green Door Program
6
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Beasts and Monsters
6 Examples
Fantastic Four (1994 cartoon): Behold the Negative ZoneThe Secret SaturdaysUltraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemSpace: 1999: A Matter of Balance
6
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Female Villains
6 Examples
DC: Crime Syndicate of AmerikaNight's Dawn TrilogyPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumThe Secret SaturdaysYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
6
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Converted to Cross Over
Turning into antimatter is how a hero crosses over.
6 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelDC: Crime Syndicate of AmerikaDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsFantastic Four: The Negative ZoneUltraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceSpace: 1999: A Matter of Balance
6
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Prison or Barrier
The other world is a prison, or sits behind a barrier.
6 Examples
DC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Fantastic Four: The Negative ZonePokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumStar Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorUltraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceNegative Zone: Prison and Paradise
6
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Ships
Ships are how people travel between the worlds.
6 Examples
AnnihilusNight's Dawn TrilogyFantastic Four #253: Kestor's HopeKnown SpaceNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemWarcraft: The Twisting Nether, Void and Shadow
6
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Engines and Reactors
6 Examples
Night's Dawn TrilogySpace: 1999: A Matter of BalanceStar Ocean: The Last HopeSten seriesTransformers: The Ark's Antimatter Conversion ChamberWarcraft: The Twisting Nether, Void and Shadow
5
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Black Holes and Wormholes
5 Examples
Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsThe End of the Matter (Humanx Commonwealth)Ultraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALMarvel: Antimatter (Earth-616)
5
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Sound
5 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelCrisis on Infinite EarthsFantastic Four (1994 cartoon): Behold the Negative ZoneThe Secret SaturdaysNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
5
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The Void
5 Examples
AnnihilusDC: The Anti-Life EquationDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Fantastic Four: The Negative ZoneNight's Dawn Trilogy
4
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Doctors and Professors
4 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALDoctor Who: Planet of Evil
4
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Tentacle, Insect and Serpent Beings
Tentacle and insect beings come from the other world.
4 Examples
AnnihilusThe Secret SaturdaysYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
4
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Bats
4 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelDC: Crime Syndicate of AmerikaDC: The Anti-Life EquationFantastic Four (1994 cartoon): Behold the Negative Zone
4
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Moons
4 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelDC: QwardDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Marvel: Antimatter (Earth-616)
4
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Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
4 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelUltraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceFantastic Four #253: Kestor's HopeNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
4
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Secret or Hidden Lab
4 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelNight's Dawn TrilogyNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemSurviving the Antimatter Apocalypse (SURF)
4
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Made Through People
4 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelElement X (Fantastic Four Annual #6)Negative Zone: Sacrifice and the Green Door ProgramNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
4
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Cat Beings
4 Examples
Fantastic Four: The Negative ZoneKnown SpaceStar Ocean: The Last HopeRatchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction
4
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Personified
4 Examples
DC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Pokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumDoctor Who: Planet of EvilMarvel: Antimatter (Earth-616)
Mind Takeover +
28 themes travel with this one. The number is how many entries have both.
14
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Infection and Absorption
14 Examples
Assassination Classroom: Antimatter TentaclesCrisis on Infinite EarthsDC: Mobius, the Anti-Monitor (Darkseid War)DC: The Anti-Life EquationDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsMass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogySpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManThe Secret SaturdaysArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveAwbor & Madness (Void Magic)Doctor Who: Planet of EvilNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemStar Trek TNG: The Best of Both Worlds
11
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Ancient Evil
11 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: Mobius, the Anti-Monitor (Darkseid War)Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsMass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogyPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumRevelation SpaceYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveAwbor & Madness (Void Magic)DC: Erdammeru, the Void Hound
11
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Entities, Spirits and Demons
11 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: Mobius, the Anti-Monitor (Darkseid War)Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsNight's Dawn TrilogyPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveAwbor & Madness (Void Magic)DC: Erdammeru, the Void HoundDishonored 2: Delilah Copperspoon and the VoidNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
10
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Mirror Double
10 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: The Anti-Life EquationDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsNight's Dawn TrilogyPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumStar Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorThe Secret SaturdaysYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALDoctor Who: Planet of EvilSpace: 1999: A Matter of Balance
9
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Female Villains
9 Examples
Mass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogyPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumRevelation SpaceThe Secret SaturdaysWarehouse 13: Time Will TellYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALDishonored 2: Delilah Copperspoon and the VoidNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
8
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Time Runs Differently
8 Examples
AnnihilusCrisis on Infinite EarthsDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsNight's Dawn TrilogyPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumStar Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorWarehouse 13: Time Will TellArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter Wave
8
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Invasion and Crossing Over
8 Examples
AnnihilusCrisis on Infinite EarthsDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsStar Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorThe Secret SaturdaysArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveDoctor Who: Planet of EvilSpace: 1999: A Matter of Balance
7
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The Void
7 Examples
AnnihilusDC: The Anti-Life EquationNight's Dawn TrilogySpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManAwbor & Madness (Void Magic)DC: Erdammeru, the Void HoundDishonored 2: Delilah Copperspoon and the Void
6
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Hidden Place
6 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelAnnihilusDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALDoctor Who: Planet of Evil
6
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Tentacle, Insect and Serpent Beings
6 Examples
AnnihilusAssassination Classroom: Antimatter TentaclesThe Secret SaturdaysYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALAwbor & Madness (Void Magic)Negative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
5
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Artifacts of Power
5 Examples
AnnihilusDC: The Anti-Life EquationPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumWarehouse 13: Time Will TellYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL
5
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Doctors and Professors
5 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsSpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALDoctor Who: Planet of Evil
5
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Sound
5 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelCrisis on Infinite EarthsThe Secret SaturdaysDishonored 2: Delilah Copperspoon and the VoidNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
5
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Converted to Cross Over
5 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelAssassination Classroom: Antimatter TentaclesDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsSpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManSpace: 1999: A Matter of Balance
5
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Secret or Hidden Lab
5 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelNight's Dawn TrilogySpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManWarehouse 13: Time Will TellNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
5
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Made Through People
5 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelAssassination Classroom: Antimatter TentaclesRevelation SpaceSpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
5
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Ships
5 Examples
AnnihilusMass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogyRevelation SpaceNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
5
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Station, Satellite or Orbit
5 Examples
Mass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogyStar Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorThe Secret SaturdaysNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
4
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Beasts and Monsters
4 Examples
The Secret SaturdaysYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemSpace: 1999: A Matter of Balance
4
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Eyes
4 Examples
Assassination Classroom: Antimatter TentaclesRevelation SpaceThe Secret SaturdaysYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL
4
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Whole Worlds Lost
4 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsNight's Dawn TrilogyYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter Wave
4
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Shadow Beings and Realms
4 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: Mobius, the Anti-Monitor (Darkseid War)Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter Wave
4
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Irish Link
4 Examples
Mass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogySpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManWarehouse 13: Time Will Tell
4
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Personified
4 Examples
DC: Mobius, the Anti-Monitor (Darkseid War)Pokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumAwbor & Madness (Void Magic)Doctor Who: Planet of Evil
4
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Touch = Boom
4 Examples
Space Ghost: The Antimatter ManStar Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorThe Secret SaturdaysArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter Wave
4
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Special Devices and Tools
4 Examples
AnnihilusWarehouse 13: Time Will TellNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemSpace: 1999: A Matter of Balance
4
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Statues
4 Examples
Space Ghost: The Antimatter ManWarehouse 13: Time Will TellDishonored 2: Delilah Copperspoon and the VoidNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
4
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Heat and Cold
4 Examples
Assassination Classroom: Antimatter TentaclesMass EffectSpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
Infection and Absorption +
20 themes travel with this one. The number is how many entries have both.
9
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Entities, Spirits and Demons
9 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: Mobius, the Anti-Monitor (Darkseid War)Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsNight's Dawn TrilogyArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveAwbor & Madness (Void Magic)Negative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemNeon Genesis EvangelionDC: The Anti-Death Equation (The Multiversity)
8
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Invasion and Crossing Over
8 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsThe Secret SaturdaysUltraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveDoctor Who: Planet of EvilMarvel: Antimatter (Earth-616)Negative Zone: The Merge Plan
8
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Mirror Double
8 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: The Anti-Life EquationDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsNight's Dawn TrilogyThe Secret SaturdaysDoctor Who: Planet of EvilMarvel: Antimatter (Earth-616)DC: The Anti-Death Equation (The Multiversity)
7
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Ancient Evil
7 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: Mobius, the Anti-Monitor (Darkseid War)Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsMass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogyArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveAwbor & Madness (Void Magic)
6
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Whole Worlds Lost
6 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsNight's Dawn TrilogyThe Forge of God / Anvil of StarsUltraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveNegative Zone: The Merge Plan
5
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Irish Link
5 Examples
Kim Possible: Mathter and FerventMass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogySpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManNeon Genesis Evangelion
5
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Time Runs Differently
5 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsNight's Dawn TrilogyArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveNegative Zone: The Merge Plan
5
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Made Through People
5 Examples
Assassination Classroom: Antimatter TentaclesKim Possible: Mathter and FerventSpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManThe Forge of God / Anvil of StarsNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
5
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Station, Satellite or Orbit
5 Examples
Mass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogyThe Secret SaturdaysMarvel: Antimatter (Earth-616)Negative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
5
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Converted to Cross Over
5 Examples
Assassination Classroom: Antimatter TentaclesDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsKim Possible: Mathter and FerventSpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManUltraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-Space
4
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Ships
4 Examples
Mass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogyThe Forge of God / Anvil of StarsNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
4
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Danger in Handling
4 Examples
Assassination Classroom: Antimatter TentaclesKim Possible: Mathter and FerventNight's Dawn TrilogySpace Ghost: The Antimatter Man
4
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Female Villains
4 Examples
Mass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogyThe Secret SaturdaysNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
4
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The Void
4 Examples
DC: The Anti-Life EquationNight's Dawn TrilogySpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManAwbor & Madness (Void Magic)
4
+
Doctors and Professors
4 Examples
Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsKim Possible: Mathter and FerventSpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManDoctor Who: Planet of Evil
4
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Hidden Place
4 Examples
Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsUltraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceDoctor Who: Planet of EvilNegative Zone: The Merge Plan
4
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Personified
4 Examples
DC: Mobius, the Anti-Monitor (Darkseid War)Awbor & Madness (Void Magic)Doctor Who: Planet of EvilMarvel: Antimatter (Earth-616)
4
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Heat and Cold
4 Examples
Assassination Classroom: Antimatter TentaclesMass EffectSpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
4
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Touch = Boom
4 Examples
Kim Possible: Mathter and FerventSpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManThe Secret SaturdaysArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter Wave
4
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Tentacle, Insect and Serpent Beings
4 Examples
Assassination Classroom: Antimatter TentaclesThe Secret SaturdaysAwbor & Madness (Void Magic)Negative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
Invasion and Crossing Over +
14 themes travel with this one. The number is how many entries have both.
14
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Mirror Double
14 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: Anti-Matter ManDC: Crime Syndicate of AmerikaDC: QwardDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsStar Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorThe Secret SaturdaysDC: JLA: Earth 2Doctor Who: Planet of EvilLost in SpaceMarvel: Antimatter (Earth-616)Perry RhodanSpace: 1999: A Matter of Balance
11
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Hidden Place
11 Examples
AnnihilusDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsFantastic Four (1994 cartoon): Behold the Negative ZoneFantastic Four: The Negative ZoneUltraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceDoctor Who: Planet of EvilMarvel: BlastaarMarvel: The Annihilation WaveNegative Zone: The Merge PlanNihil (Ultimate Fantastic Four)Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction
8
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Time Runs Differently
8 Examples
AnnihilusCrisis on Infinite EarthsDC: QwardDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsFantastic Four: The Negative ZoneStar Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveNegative Zone: The Merge Plan
6
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Shadow Beings and Realms
6 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: QwardDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)ShadowgroundsArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveWarcraft: The Twisting Nether, Void and Shadow
6
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Entities, Spirits and Demons
6 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: Anti-Matter ManDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveWarcraft: The Twisting Nether, Void and Shadow
6
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Whole Worlds Lost
6 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Ultraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveHonkai: Star Rail: Antimatter LegionNegative Zone: The Merge Plan
6
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Special Devices and Tools
6 Examples
AnnihilusFantastic Four (1994 cartoon): Behold the Negative ZoneHonkai: Star Rail: Antimatter LegionSpace: 1999: A Matter of BalanceWarcraft: The Twisting Nether, Void and ShadowRatchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction
5
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Converted to Cross Over
5 Examples
DC: Crime Syndicate of AmerikaDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsFantastic Four: The Negative ZoneUltraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceSpace: 1999: A Matter of Balance
5
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Station, Satellite or Orbit
5 Examples
Star Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorThe Secret SaturdaysHonkai: Star Rail: Antimatter LegionMarvel: Antimatter (Earth-616)Nihil (Ultimate Fantastic Four)
5
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Beasts and Monsters
5 Examples
Fantastic Four (1994 cartoon): Behold the Negative ZoneThe Secret SaturdaysUltraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceHonkai: Star Rail: Antimatter LegionSpace: 1999: A Matter of Balance
4
+
Touch = Boom
4 Examples
DC: Crime Syndicate of AmerikaStar Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorThe Secret SaturdaysArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter Wave
4
+
Ancient Evil
4 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter Wave
4
+
Prison or Barrier
4 Examples
DC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Fantastic Four: The Negative ZoneStar Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorUltraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-Space
4
+
Personified
4 Examples
DC: Anti-Matter ManDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Doctor Who: Planet of EvilMarvel: Antimatter (Earth-616)
Ships +
12 themes travel with this one. The number is how many entries have both.
23
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Engines and Reactors
23 Examples
Dragonriders of PernMass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogyStar Trek (the general setup)ArkNadia: The Secret of Blue WaterRocketship VoyagerStar ControlStar Ruler: Galactic ArmoryThe Killing StarThe World at the End of TimeUFO: Alien InvasionWarcraft: The Twisting Nether, Void and ShadowWing CommanderX (Egosoft)Crest of the StarsDoctor Who: The Tsuranga ConundrumEVE OnlineLaszlo Hadron and the Wargod's TombStar BirdsStar Trek Text GameSword of the StarsTour of the Merrimack
14
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Bombs, Beams and Weapons
14 Examples
Luna Marine (Galactic Marines)The Forge of God / Anvil of StarsArrivals from the DarkFreeSpaceMobile Suit Gundam SEEDNight's Dawn: Combat WaspsStar ControlStar Wars (Marvel 1977) #38Star Wars (Marvel 1977) #53-54The History of the GalaxyX (Egosoft)EVE OnlineLaszlo Hadron and the Wargod's TombThe Pentagon War
7
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Danger in Handling
Ships carry the danger. Fuel and containment drive the plot.
7 Examples
Night's Dawn TrilogyMobile Suit Gundam SEEDNight's Dawn: Combat WaspsRocketship VoyagerStar Ruler: Galactic ArmoryStar Wars (Marvel 1977) #53-54The History of the Galaxy
7
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Station, Satellite or Orbit
Ships and stations show up as a pair in the sky.
7 Examples
Dragonriders of PernMass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogySeetee stories (Jack Williamson)Arrivals from the DarkFantastic Four #253: Kestor's HopeNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
5
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Female Villains
5 Examples
Dragonriders of PernMass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogyRevelation SpaceNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
5
+
Special Devices and Tools
5 Examples
AnnihilusLuna Marine (Galactic Marines)Negative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemWarcraft: The Twisting Nether, Void and ShadowStar Trek Text Game
5
+
Time Runs Differently
Ship stories often bend time too.
5 Examples
AnnihilusNight's Dawn TrilogySeetee stories (Jack Williamson)Star Trek (the general setup)Fantastic Four #253: Kestor's Hope
4
+
Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
4 Examples
Seetee stories (Jack Williamson)Fantastic Four #253: Kestor's HopeNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemRocketship Voyager
4
+
Alien or Ancient Source
4 Examples
Dragonriders of PernLuna Marine (Galactic Marines)Arrivals from the DarkUFO: Alien Invasion
4
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Irish Link
4 Examples
Dragonriders of PernMass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogyKnown Space
4
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Whole Worlds Lost
4 Examples
Dragonriders of PernNight's Dawn TrilogyThe Forge of God / Anvil of StarsThe World at the End of Time
4
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Ancient Evil
4 Examples
Mass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogyRevelation SpaceLaszlo Hadron and the Wargod's Tomb
Whole Worlds Lost +
14 themes travel with this one. The number is how many entries have both.
8
+
Time Runs Differently
Time bending and world-ending go together.
8 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsEDENS ZERONight's Dawn TrilogyYoko Tsuno: The Time SpiralArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveHot Wheels Battle Force 5: The Shadow ZoneNegative Zone: The Merge PlanSpace: 1999: Matter of Life and Death
7
+
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
7 Examples
EDENS ZEROExo SquadThe Forge of God / Anvil of StarsThe JenkinsverseA Champion in Earth-Bet (Worm)Animal LandLegion of Super-Heroes: Escape of the Fatal Five
6
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Engines and Reactors
6 Examples
Cannon God ExaxxionDragonriders of PernNight's Dawn TrilogyHonkai: Star Rail: Antimatter LegionStar Ocean: The Last HopeThe World at the End of Time
6
+
Entities, Spirits and Demons
6 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Night's Dawn TrilogyYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveHot Wheels Battle Force 5: The Shadow Zone
5
+
Station, Satellite or Orbit
World-ending threats come from orbit.
5 Examples
Assassination ClassroomDragonriders of PernNight's Dawn TrilogyStar Trek Voyager: Friendship OneHonkai: Star Rail: Antimatter Legion
5
+
Female Villains
5 Examples
Dragonriders of PernEDENS ZERONight's Dawn TrilogyYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALLegion of Super-Heroes: Escape of the Fatal Five
5
+
Ancient Evil
5 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Night's Dawn TrilogyYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter Wave
5
+
Mirror Double
5 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Night's Dawn TrilogyYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALSpace: 1999: Matter of Life and Death
5
+
Shadow Beings and Realms
5 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveHot Wheels Battle Force 5: The Shadow Zone
4
+
Beasts and Monsters
4 Examples
Ultraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALAnimal LandHonkai: Star Rail: Antimatter Legion
4
+
Special Devices and Tools
4 Examples
Assassination ClassroomCannon God ExaxxionExo SquadHonkai: Star Rail: Antimatter Legion
4
+
Moons
4 Examples
Assassination ClassroomDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Exo SquadA Champion in Earth-Bet (Worm)
4
+
Leverage and Control
Control of antimatter is the lever that threatens a world.
4 Examples
EDENS ZEROExo SquadNight's Dawn TrilogyYoko Tsuno: The Time Spiral
4
+
Irish Link
4 Examples
Dragonriders of PernExo SquadNight's Dawn TrilogyA Champion in Earth-Bet (Worm)
Mirror Double +
12 themes travel with this one. The number is how many entries have both.
9
+
Entities, Spirits and Demons
9 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: Anti-Matter ManDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsNight's Dawn TrilogyPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALDC: The Anti-Death Equation (The Multiversity)The Fairly OddParents: Anti-Cosmo
8
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Touch = Boom
Mirror doubles come with the touch rule: if the two meet, it is over.
8 Examples
DC: Crime Syndicate of AmerikaStar Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorThe Secret SaturdaysChoose Your Own AdventureMutants & MastermindsSpace: 1999: Matter of Life and Death"Perils of Modern Living" (poem)Surviving the Antimatter Apocalypse (SURF)
7
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Time Runs Differently
Mirror doubles often run on a different clock.
7 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: QwardDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsNight's Dawn TrilogyPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumStar Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorSpace: 1999: Matter of Life and Death
6
+
Ancient Evil
6 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsNight's Dawn TrilogyPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL
5
+
Female Villains
5 Examples
DC: Crime Syndicate of AmerikaNight's Dawn TrilogyPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumThe Secret SaturdaysYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL
5
+
Personified
5 Examples
DC: Anti-Matter ManDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Pokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumDoctor Who: Planet of EvilMarvel: Antimatter (Earth-616)
4
+
Artifacts of Power
4 Examples
DC: The Anti-Life EquationPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALGaoGaiGar
4
+
Doctors and Professors
4 Examples
Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALDoctor Who: Planet of EvilSpace: 1999: Matter of Life and Death
4
+
Hidden Place
4 Examples
Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALDoctor Who: Planet of Evil
4
+
Shadow Beings and Realms
4 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: QwardDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL
4
+
Converted to Cross Over
4 Examples
DC: Crime Syndicate of AmerikaDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsSpace: 1999: A Matter of BalanceSpace: 1999: Matter of Life and Death
4
+
Station, Satellite or Orbit
4 Examples
Night's Dawn TrilogyStar Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorThe Secret SaturdaysMarvel: Antimatter (Earth-616)
Special Devices and Tools +
11 themes travel with this one. The number is how many entries have both.
9
+
Engines and Reactors
9 Examples
Cannon God ExaxxionDyson Sphere ProgramHonkai: Star Rail: Antimatter Engine ControllerHonkai: Star Rail: Antimatter LegionHonkai: Star Rail: Doomsday Beast (Antimatter Engine)Space: 1999: A Matter of BalanceTransformers: The Ark's Antimatter Conversion ChamberWarcraft: The Twisting Nether, Void and ShadowStar Trek Text Game
6
+
Made Through People
6 Examples
Assassination ClassroomKim Possible: Mathter and FerventKim Possible: The MathterNegative Zone: Sacrifice and the Green Door ProgramNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemX-Men: Burtram Worthington (Dazzler)
6
+
Irish Link
6 Examples
Exo SquadFantastic Four (1994 cartoon): Behold the Negative ZoneKim Possible: Mathter and FerventWarehouse 13: Time Will TellKim Possible: The MathterNeon Genesis Evangelion
6
+
Bombs, Beams and Weapons
6 Examples
Exo SquadLuna Marine (Galactic Marines)Neon Genesis EvangelionStar Trek TOS: The Doomsday MachineX-Men: Burtram Worthington (Dazzler)Shadow the Hedgehog
5
+
Danger in Handling
5 Examples
Assassination ClassroomKim Possible: Mathter and FerventHonkai: Star Rail: Antimatter Engine ControllerTransformers: The Ark's Antimatter Conversion ChamberTransposition, or: Ship Happens
5
+
Secret or Hidden Lab
5 Examples
Assassination ClassroomExo SquadWarehouse 13: Time Will TellNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemThe Visitor (1997)
5
+
Station, Satellite or Orbit
5 Examples
Assassination ClassroomDyson Sphere ProgramHonkai: Star Rail: Antimatter LegionHonkai: Star Rail: Doomsday Beast (Antimatter Engine)Negative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
5
+
Artifacts of Power
5 Examples
AnnihilusLuna Marine (Galactic Marines)The End of the Matter (Humanx Commonwealth)Warehouse 13: Time Will TellNegative Zone: Sacrifice and the Green Door Program
5
+
Beasts and Monsters
5 Examples
Fantastic Four (1994 cartoon): Behold the Negative ZoneHonkai: Star Rail: Antimatter LegionHonkai: Star Rail: Doomsday Beast (Antimatter Engine)Negative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemSpace: 1999: A Matter of Balance
4
+
Hidden Place
4 Examples
AnnihilusFantastic Four (1994 cartoon): Behold the Negative ZoneThe End of the Matter (Humanx Commonwealth)Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction
4
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Doom and Doomsday
4 Examples
Exo SquadHonkai: Star Rail: Antimatter LegionHonkai: Star Rail: Doomsday Beast (Antimatter Engine)Star Trek TOS: The Doomsday Machine
Entities, Spirits and Demons +
9 themes travel with this one. The number is how many entries have both.
12
+
Ancient Evil
12 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: Mobius, the Anti-Monitor (Darkseid War)DC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsNight's Dawn TrilogyPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveAwbor & Madness (Void Magic)DC: Erdammeru, the Void HoundDC: PerpetuaMidnight Renegade
7
+
Shadow Beings and Realms
7 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: Mobius, the Anti-Monitor (Darkseid War)DC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveHot Wheels Battle Force 5: The Shadow ZoneWarcraft: The Twisting Nether, Void and Shadow
7
+
Time Runs Differently
7 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsNight's Dawn TrilogyPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveBearing an HourglassHot Wheels Battle Force 5: The Shadow Zone
6
+
Personified
6 Examples
DC: Anti-Matter ManDC: Mobius, the Anti-Monitor (Darkseid War)DC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Pokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumAwbor & Madness (Void Magic)Midnight Renegade
5
+
Female Villains
5 Examples
Night's Dawn TrilogyPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALDishonored 2: Delilah Copperspoon and the VoidNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
5
+
The Void
5 Examples
DC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Night's Dawn TrilogyAwbor & Madness (Void Magic)DC: Erdammeru, the Void HoundDishonored 2: Delilah Copperspoon and the Void
4
+
Ritual, Sacrifice or Cult
4 Examples
Night's Dawn TrilogyAwbor & Madness (Void Magic)Dishonored 2: Delilah Copperspoon and the VoidNeon Genesis Evangelion
4
+
Hidden Place
4 Examples
Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALNegative Zone: Prison and Paradise
4
+
Prison or Barrier
4 Examples
DC: Mobius, the Anti-Monitor (Darkseid War)DC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Pokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumNegative Zone: Prison and Paradise
Bombs, Beams and Weapons +
7 themes travel with this one. The number is how many entries have both.
9
+
Leverage and Control
9 Examples
Angels & DemonsEDENS ZEROExo SquadShadowgroundsParanoiaSolar CrisisSuperman: The Man Who Destroyed KryptonX-Men: Burtram Worthington (Dazzler)Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
8
+
Danger in Handling
8 Examples
GaoGaiGarMobile Suit Gundam SEEDNight's Dawn: Combat WaspsRimWorldStar Wars (Marvel 1977) #53-54The Giant ClawThe History of the GalaxyStarfire
7
+
Engines and Reactors
7 Examples
Star ControlSten seriesX (Egosoft)X-COM: UFO DefenseEVE OnlineLaszlo Hadron and the Wargod's TombStellaris
5
+
Moons
5 Examples
Exo SquadLuna Marine (Galactic Marines)A Champion in Earth-Bet (Worm)Star Trek Voyager: DreadnoughtThe History of the Galaxy
4
+
Artifacts of Power
4 Examples
Angels & DemonsLuna Marine (Galactic Marines)GaoGaiGarMission Thunderbolt
4
+
Irish Link
4 Examples
Exo SquadA Champion in Earth-Bet (Worm)Neon Genesis EvangelionThe Culture
4
+
Made Through People
4 Examples
The Forge of God / Anvil of StarsTransformers: More Than Meets the Eye #55Unlimited FafnirX-Men: Burtram Worthington (Dazzler)
Hidden Place +
6 themes travel with this one. The number is how many entries have both.
7
+
Black Holes and Wormholes
Black holes work as hidden places.
7 Examples
Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsThe End of the Matter (Humanx Commonwealth)Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #55Ultraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALSuper Friends: Journey into BlacknessTransformers: Black Holes With Eyes
6
+
Time Runs Differently
Hidden places run on their own time.
6 Examples
AnnihilusDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsFantastic Four: The Negative ZonePokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumFantastic Four #253: Kestor's HopeNegative Zone: The Merge Plan
4
+
Artifacts of Power
4 Examples
AnnihilusPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumThe End of the Matter (Humanx Commonwealth)Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL
4
+
Doctors and Professors
4 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALDoctor Who: Planet of Evil
4
+
Converted to Cross Over
4 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsFantastic Four: The Negative ZoneUltraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-Space
4
+
Prison or Barrier
4 Examples
Fantastic Four: The Negative ZonePokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumUltraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceNegative Zone: Prison and Paradise
Made Through People +
5 themes travel with this one. The number is how many entries have both.
6
+
Converted to Cross Over
6 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelAssassination Classroom: Antimatter TentaclesKim Possible: Mathter and FerventSpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManKim Possible: The MathterSpace: 1999: Matter of Life and Death
5
+
Secret or Hidden Lab
Secret labs are where antimatter people are made.
5 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelAssassination ClassroomSpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control SystemThe Transformers (G1)
5
+
Doctors and Professors
5 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelKim Possible: Mathter and FerventSpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManSpace: 1999: Matter of Life and DeathThe Transformers (G1)
4
+
Danger in Handling
Handling is most dangerous when a person is the source.
4 Examples
Assassination ClassroomAssassination Classroom: Antimatter TentaclesKim Possible: Mathter and FerventSpace Ghost: The Antimatter Man
4
+
Touch = Boom
4 Examples
Kim Possible: Mathter and FerventSpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManKim Possible: The MathterSpace: 1999: Matter of Life and Death
Ancient Evil +
5 themes travel with this one. The number is how many entries have both.
5
+
Female Villains
5 Examples
Mass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogyPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumRevelation SpaceYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL
5
+
Shadow Beings and Realms
5 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: Mobius, the Anti-Monitor (Darkseid War)DC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter Wave
5
+
Time Runs Differently
5 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsNight's Dawn TrilogyPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter Wave
5
+
Personified
5 Examples
DC: Mobius, the Anti-Monitor (Darkseid War)DC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Pokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumAwbor & Madness (Void Magic)Midnight Renegade
4
+
The Void
4 Examples
DC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Night's Dawn TrilogyAwbor & Madness (Void Magic)DC: Erdammeru, the Void Hound
Station, Satellite or Orbit +
4 themes travel with this one. The number is how many entries have both.
7
+
Engines and Reactors
7 Examples
Dragonriders of PernMass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogyDyson Sphere ProgramHonkai: Star Rail: Antimatter LegionHonkai: Star Rail: Doomsday Beast (Antimatter Engine)Orion's Arm
5
+
Female Villains
5 Examples
Dragonriders of PernMass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogyThe Secret SaturdaysNegative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
4
+
Time Runs Differently
4 Examples
Night's Dawn TrilogySeetee stories (Jack Williamson)Star Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorFantastic Four #253: Kestor's Hope
4
+
Beasts and Monsters
4 Examples
The Secret SaturdaysHonkai: Star Rail: Antimatter LegionHonkai: Star Rail: Doomsday Beast (Antimatter Engine)Negative Zone: The Beast and "Her" Control System
Secret or Hidden Lab +
4 themes travel with this one. The number is how many entries have both.
4
+
Danger in Handling
Dangerous antimatter is kept in secret labs.
4 Examples
Assassination ClassroomNight's Dawn TrilogySpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManEureka
4
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Stolen or Vaulted
4 Examples
Angels & DemonsWarehouse 13: Time Will TellEurekaThe Transformers (G1)
4
+
Leverage and Control
4 Examples
Angels & DemonsExo SquadNight's Dawn TrilogyZero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
4
+
Irish Link
4 Examples
Exo SquadNight's Dawn TrilogySpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManWarehouse 13: Time Will Tell
More Pairs
Smaller pairs that do not center on one theme.
6
Danger in Handling
+
Engines and Reactors
6 Examples
Night's Dawn TrilogyHonkai: Star Rail: Antimatter Engine ControllerRocketship VoyagerStar Ruler: Galactic ArmoryTransformers: The Ark's Antimatter Conversion ChamberRCN series
5
Converted to Cross Over
+
Touch = Boom
5 Examples
DC: Crime Syndicate of AmerikaKim Possible: Mathter and FerventSpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManKim Possible: The MathterSpace: 1999: Matter of Life and Death
5
Converted to Cross Over
+
Doctors and Professors
5 Examples
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsKim Possible: Mathter and FerventSpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManSpace: 1999: Matter of Life and Death
5
Female Villains
+
Time Runs Differently
5 Examples
EDENS ZERONight's Dawn TrilogyPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumWarehouse 13: Time Will TellBen 10
5
Female Villains
+
Irish Link
5 Examples
Dragonriders of PernMass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogyWarehouse 13: Time Will TellBen 10
4
Converted to Cross Over
+
Prison or Barrier
4 Examples
Fantastic Four: The Negative ZoneKim Possible: Mathter and FerventUltraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceKim Possible: The Mathter
4
Time Runs Differently
+
Shadow Beings and Realms
4 Examples
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: QwardArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveHot Wheels Battle Force 5: The Shadow Zone
4
Time Runs Differently
+
Touch = Boom
4 Examples
Star Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorArrowverse: Crisis and the Antimatter WaveHot Wheels Battle Force 5: The Shadow ZoneSpace: 1999: Matter of Life and Death
4
Magnetic Containment
+
Danger in Handling
4 Examples
Kim Possible: Mathter and FerventSchlock MercenaryRocketship VoyagerStar Wars (Marvel 1977) #53-54
4
Irish Link
+
Leverage and Control
4 Examples
Exo SquadMass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogyAngels & Demons (2009 film): Patrick McKenna
4
Prison or Barrier
+
Gas, Mist and Plasma
4 Examples
Assassination Classroom: Shield of Earth (the dome)Fantastic Four: The Negative ZonePokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumThe Riftbreaker: Great Mushroom Tree
4
Leverage and Control
+
Ritual, Sacrifice or Cult
4 Examples
Angels & DemonsNight's Dawn TrilogyAngels & Demons (2009 film): Patrick McKennaNegative Zone: Sacrifice and the Green Door Program
4
Machines and AI
+
Engines and Reactors
4 Examples
Mass EffectThe Transformers (G1)Transformers: Black Holes With EyesTransformers: The Ark's Antimatter Conversion Chamber
Part 5: Irish Link Evidence
Why this part matters: Names, hair, and creators with Irish and Scottish Gaelic roots keep turning up around the antimatter examples. This part gathers all of that evidence in one place.
Everything that counts as Irish evidence sits here together: names starting Mc, Mac, or O', red hair, and Irish references.
2Names Starting Mc, Mac, or O'
2An Irish Holiday
4Red Hair
8Creators With Gaelic Surnames
Names Starting Mc, Mac, or O'
Angels & Demons (2009 film)Patrick McKenna, the assassin, with an Irish identity and a Jesuit-linked upbringing.
Night's DawnAn Irish woman is tied to Macbeth in the fan wiki notes.
An Irish Holiday
Space Ghost: The Antimatter ManThe episode mentions Halloween and an Irish holiday.
Fantastic Four (1994 cartoon): Behold the Negative ZoneThe episode also references Halloween.
Red Hair
Kim Possible: Mathter and FerventKim Possible, the lead, has red hair.
Scooby-DooDaphne has red hair.
Ben 10Gwen has red hair.
Neon Genesis EvangelionAsuka has red hair.
Creators With Gaelic Surnames
Dragonriders of PernAnne McCaffrey (Mc), an Irish-American author who moved to Ireland.
Worm (A Champion in Earth-Bet)John McCrae (Mc), who writes as Wildbow.
Kim PossibleMark McCorkle (Mc), co-creator with Bob Schooley.
Ben 10Joe Kelly and Joe Casey, two of the four creators known as Man of Action. Kelly and Casey are both Irish Gaelic surnames.
Known SpaceLarry Niven. Niven is a Scottish Gaelic surname.
The CultureIain M. Banks, a Scottish author.
Super Friends, Space Ghost, Scooby-DooHanna-Barbera, co-founded by William Hanna. Hanna is an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname.
Mass EffectMac Walters (Mac), lead writer of Mass Effect 3.
Part 6: The Full Picture
Why this part matters: This part puts every theme together into one picture, step by step, and then says what the full puzzle adds up to.
The short version. In pop culture, antimatter is not just fuel. It is the other side. It sits in a mirror world, a hidden realm, or the Void. Something lives there: a twin, a god, a demon, an ancient evil. It reaches us through a door that someone built or found, and it rides in on a person. When it arrives it spreads, takes minds, and changes bodies. We answer with bottles, domes, and prisons. Yet the same stories keep saying it could be free power for all, and the real fight is over who controls it.
1. It lives on the other side
54 entries put antimatter in another world: a mirror universe, a pocket realm, a hidden zone, a black hole, or the Void. 33 give it a double of someone we know, and 21 bend time around it. The first thing the stories say is that antimatter is not here. It is over there.
Multiverse and Pocket Worlds (54)Mirror Double (33)Hidden Place (21)The Void (10)Black Holes and Wormholes (9)Time Runs Differently (21)
2. Something lives there
23 entries give it a being: a ghost, a god, a demon, or a cosmic entity. 15 call it an ancient evil that was sealed or banished and is now waking up. 8 are the antimatter in person, and 17 put a woman at the head of the threat. 10 bring shadow beings or a shadow realm, like the Shadow Demons of the Anti-Monitor. The other side is not empty. It has a ruler.
Entities, Spirits and Demons (23)Ancient Evil (15)Personified (8)Female Villains (17)Eyes (8)Shadow Beings and Realms (10)
3. It comes through a door
It does not just appear. 31 entries have a special device, 11 have an artifact of power, and 13 have a secret lab. 6 are heists or vaults, and 8 trace it to aliens or an ancient maker. Someone always builds the door or finds it.
Special Devices and Tools (31)Artifacts of Power (11)Secret or Hidden Lab (13)Stolen or Vaulted (6)Alien or Ancient Source (8)
4. It rides in on a person
18 entries make antimatter through people. In 11 a hero is turned into antimatter to cross over. 12 put a Doctor or Professor at the center, and 6 merge people with machines. It is rarely just a machine in a room.
Made Through People (18)Converted to Cross Over (11)Doctors and Professors (12)Transhuman and Dystopia (6)Machines and AI (10)
5. When it arrives, it spreads
28 entries cross over to invade: an armada, a portal, a rift, or a mirror door. Once there, 21 entries show it spreading like an infection, a tumor, or a plague, turning the other side into itself. 25 take over minds with possession, hypnosis, or enslavement. 3 make the host pay with their body, and 7 mutate people. In 13 the rule is simple: if the two sides touch, both are gone. 24 lose a whole world.
Invasion and Crossing Over (28)Infection and Absorption (21)Mind Takeover (25)Body Cost (3)Mutants and Mutation (7)Touch = Boom (13)Whole Worlds Lost (24)
6. We lock it away, and we arm with it
25 entries are about handling it. The fixes repeat: magnetic fields (8), domes and prisons (11), tiny amounts, sealed walls. At the same time 43 entries run engines on it and 61 build weapons from it. The same material is the lock and the key.
Danger in Handling (25)Magnetic Containment (8)Prison or Barrier (11)Leverage and Control (15)Engines and Reactors (43)Bombs, Beams and Weapons (61)
7. The promise and the fight
7 entries offer antimatter as free energy for everyone. In 4 of them (Night's Dawn, Seetee, The Flight Engineer, Infinity Beach) the real fight is over who controls the supply. The two that stay hopeful are The Visitor and Brave Saint Saturn. And 12 entries (6%) use only the name, because the word alone sells danger.
Free Energy Promise (7)Leverage and Control (15)Stolen or Vaulted (6)
8. Small signs hide in the details
The same small signs repeat across unrelated stories. Irish links in 17 entries. Rituals and cults in 9. Bats in 8, sound in 10, statues in 4, snakes and bugs in 6, plants and spores in 5, gas and mist in 10, gold in 4. The Void shows up in 10 entries from worlds that have nothing to do with each other.
Irish Link (17)Ritual, Sacrifice or Cult (9)Bats (8)Sound (10)Statues (4)Tentacle, Insect and Serpent Beings (6)Plants, Spores and Gardens (5)Gas, Mist and Plasma (10)Gold (4)The Void (10)
What the full puzzle says
1. Antimatter is the other side.
2. The other side has a ruler.
3. The ruler wants in.
4. It comes through a door someone built or found.
5. It rides in on a person.
6. It spreads, takes minds, and changes bodies.
7. If the two sides touch, both are gone.
8. We lock it away, and we still arm with it.
9. The promise is free power. The fight is over control.
10. Even the empty uses of the word sell the same fear.
2. The other side has a ruler.
3. The ruler wants in.
4. It comes through a door someone built or found.
5. It rides in on a person.
6. It spreads, takes minds, and changes bodies.
7. If the two sides touch, both are gone.
8. We lock it away, and we still arm with it.
9. The promise is free power. The fight is over control.
10. Even the empty uses of the word sell the same fear.
How the theme families fit
| Family | What it covers | Biggest themes | Entries touched |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mirrors, Other Worlds and Time | Opposite universes, hidden realms, the Void, and time that runs its own way. | Multiverse and Pocket Worlds (54), Mirror Double (33), Hidden Place (21) | 76 |
| Machines and Devices | Robots and machine minds, the engines that run on it, the weapons built from it, and special devices that make, move, or control it. | Bombs, Beams and Weapons (61), Engines and Reactors (43), Special Devices and Tools (31) | 117 |
| Danger, Control and Hidden Places | How it blows up, who controls it, and where it is kept. | Danger in Handling (25), Whole Worlds Lost (24), Leverage and Control (15) | 74 |
| Space and Sky | Ships, stations, black holes and wormholes, asteroids, and moons. | Ships (40), Station, Satellite or Orbit (19), Moons (10) | 67 |
| Infection and Takeover | Antimatter or its power crossing over to invade, spreading like an infection, taking over minds, or changing bodies. | Invasion and Crossing Over (28), Mind Takeover (25), Infection and Absorption (21) | 55 |
| People, Minds and Bodies | Antimatter made through people: heroes turned into it, watching eyes, evil women, doctors, and people merged with machines. | Made Through People (18), Female Villains (17), Doctors and Professors (12) | 49 |
| Entities and Ancient Powers | Beings, shadow beings, ancient evils, and objects of power behind the antimatter. | Entities, Spirits and Demons (23), Ancient Evil (15), Artifacts of Power (11) | 40 |
| Animals and Beasts | Cats, dogs, dragons, bats, serpents and insects, and beasts and monsters. | Beasts and Monsters (13), Bats (8), Cat Beings (6) | 35 |
| Repeating Signs | Small signs that keep coming back: sound, Irish links, statues, and cults. | Irish Link (17), Sound (10), Ritual, Sacrifice or Cult (9) | 30 |
| Nature and Elements | Water, gas, sand, plants, heat and cold, and gold. | Gas, Mist and Plasma (10), Water (8), Sand, Dust and Grains (6) | 27 |
| Energy and Origins | Where it comes from and what it promises. | Alien or Ancient Source (8), Found in Nature (8), Positron Nod (8) | 27 |
The Standouts that carry the most themes
Night's Dawn Trilogy (19 themes); Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL (17 themes); Doctor Who: The Three Doctors (14 themes); Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel (13 themes); Fantastic Four: The Negative Zone (13 themes); Pokemon Diamond, Pearl & Platinum (13 themes).
Section C: The Numbers
The totals and the strongest picks.
Part 7: The Scorecard
Why this part matters: This part shows the size and shape of the catalog at a glance. A pattern only means something if you can see how many examples sit behind it and how strong each one is.
Every example, sorted. Each one got a tier: Standout means antimatter drives the story. Solid means it is a real part of the world. Light means a mention or a gag.
203Total examples
44Standout (22%)
103Solid (51%)
56Light (28%)
By Medium
Anime & Manga14
6Standout7Solid1Light
Comic Books35
12Standout20Solid3Light
Fan Fiction7
0Standout6Solid1Light
Films5
0Standout3Solid2Light
Literature47
11Standout21Solid15Light
Live-Action TV21
6Standout12Solid3Light
Music2
0Standout1Solid1Light
Roleplay1
0Standout1Solid0Light
Tabletop Games9
0Standout4Solid5Light
Video Games41
3Standout21Solid17Light
Webcomics1
1Standout0Solid0Light
Websites2
0Standout0Solid2Light
Western Animation15
5Standout6Solid4Light
Real Life3
0Standout1Solid2Light
Part 8: The Best Examples by Group
Why this part matters: How this part is different from Part 2: Part 2 opens up the best examples of certain themes in detail, ones where antimatter is also at the center. This part is a quick list of all 44 Standouts, names only, so you can see the whole top tier at once. A pattern should be judged on the strongest cases, not the filler. These are the examples where antimatter truly drives the story, sorted by role and by theme.
These are the Standouts: the examples where antimatter actually drives the story. If you only read a few, read these. They are shown two ways: by role, and by the theme families from Part 3.
By Role
Mirror Universes (12)
Crisis on Infinite EarthsDC: Crime Syndicate of AmerikaDC: QwardDC: The Anti-Life EquationDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsFantastic Four (1994 cartoon): Behold the Negative ZoneFantastic Four: The Negative ZoneStar Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorThe End of the Matter (Humanx Commonwealth)The Secret SaturdaysYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL
Antimatter People (6)
Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelAssassination ClassroomAssassination Classroom: Antimatter TentaclesKim Possible: Mathter and FerventSpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManTransformers: More Than Meets the Eye #55
Doomsday Bombs (5)
Angels & DemonsEDENS ZEROExo SquadThe Forge of God / Anvil of StarsThe Jenkinsverse
Antimatter Creatures (5)
AnnihilusDC: Anti-Matter ManDC: Mobius, the Anti-Monitor (Darkseid War)Pokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumUltraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-Space
Handed-Down Tech (4)
Dragonriders of PernLuna Marine (Galactic Marines)ShadowgroundsStar Trek Voyager: Friendship One
Energy for Everyone (4)
Night's Dawn TrilogySeetee stories (Jack Williamson)The Flight EngineerWarehouse 13: Time Will Tell
Weapons and Warheads (2)
Mass EffectRevelation Space
Fuel and Engines (2)
Cannon God ExaxxionStar Trek (the general setup)
Handling and Containment (2)
Assassination Classroom: Shield of Earth (the dome)Schlock Mercenary
Positron Tech (1)
Robot series (Isaac Asimov)
Time Twists (1)
Yoko Tsuno: The Time Spiral
Real Life (0)
None. Mostly light or solid uses.
Just the Name (0)
None. Mostly light or solid uses.
By Theme Family
For each family, the Standouts that carry the most of its themes come first.
Mirrors, Other Worlds and Time (26 Standouts)
Opposite universes, hidden realms, the Void, and time that runs its own way.
AnnihilusDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsFantastic Four: The Negative ZoneNight's Dawn TrilogyPokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumStar Trek TOS: The Alternative FactorCrisis on Infinite EarthsDC: Crime Syndicate of AmerikaDC: QwardDC: The Anti-Life Equation + 16 more
Machines and Devices (20 Standouts)
Robots and machine minds, the engines that run on it, the weapons built from it, and special devices that make, move, or control it.
Cannon God ExaxxionExo SquadLuna Marine (Galactic Marines)Mass EffectTransformers: More Than Meets the Eye #55Angels & DemonsAnnihilusAssassination ClassroomDragonriders of PernEDENS ZERO + 10 more
Danger, Control and Hidden Places (30 Standouts)
How it blows up, who controls it, and where it is kept.
Exo SquadNight's Dawn TrilogyAngels & DemonsAssassination ClassroomAssassination Classroom: Shield of Earth (the dome)Kim Possible: Mathter and FerventDC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)EDENS ZEROSchlock MercenarySpace Ghost: The Antimatter Man + 20 more
Space and Sky (24 Standouts)
Ships, stations, black holes and wormholes, asteroids, and moons.
Seetee stories (Jack Williamson)Adam: Legend of the Blue MarvelAssassination ClassroomDragonriders of PernLuna Marine (Galactic Marines)Mass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogyUltraman Gaia: Challenge from Anti-SpaceAnnihilusAssassination Classroom: Shield of Earth (the dome) + 14 more
Infection and Takeover (26 Standouts)
Antimatter or its power crossing over to invade, spreading like an infection, taking over minds, or changing bodies.
AnnihilusAssassination Classroom: Antimatter TentaclesCrisis on Infinite EarthsDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsThe Secret SaturdaysDC: Mobius, the Anti-Monitor (Darkseid War)DC: The Anti-Life EquationMass EffectNight's Dawn TrilogySpace Ghost: The Antimatter Man + 16 more
People, Minds and Bodies (22 Standouts)
Antimatter made through people: heroes turned into it, watching eyes, evil women, doctors, and people merged with machines.
Revelation SpaceAdam: Legend of the Blue MarvelAssassination Classroom: Antimatter TentaclesKim Possible: Mathter and FerventSpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALDC: Crime Syndicate of AmerikaDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsThe Secret SaturdaysTransformers: More Than Meets the Eye #55 + 12 more
Entities and Ancient Powers (18 Standouts)
Beings, shadow beings, ancient evils, and objects of power behind the antimatter.
DC: Mobius, the Anti-Monitor (Darkseid War)DC: The Antimatter Universe (the realm itself)Pokemon Diamond, Pearl & PlatinumYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALCrisis on Infinite EarthsDC: Anti-Matter ManDoctor Who: The Three DoctorsNight's Dawn TrilogyAngels & DemonsAnnihilus + 8 more
Animals and Beasts (13 Standouts)
Cats, dogs, dragons, bats, serpents and insects, and beasts and monsters.
Fantastic Four (1994 cartoon): Behold the Negative ZoneYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALFantastic Four: The Negative ZoneThe Secret SaturdaysAdam: Legend of the Blue MarvelAnnihilusAssassination Classroom: Antimatter TentaclesDC: Crime Syndicate of AmerikaDC: Mobius, the Anti-Monitor (Darkseid War)DC: The Anti-Life Equation + 3 more
Repeating Signs (12 Standouts)
Small signs that keep coming back: sound, Irish links, statues, and cults.
Fantastic Four (1994 cartoon): Behold the Negative ZoneNight's Dawn TrilogySpace Ghost: The Antimatter ManWarehouse 13: Time Will TellAdam: Legend of the Blue MarvelAngels & DemonsCrisis on Infinite EarthsDragonriders of PernExo SquadKim Possible: Mathter and Fervent + 2 more
Nature and Elements (13 Standouts)
Water, gas, sand, plants, heat and cold, and gold.
Fantastic Four: The Negative ZoneAssassination Classroom: Antimatter TentaclesLuna Marine (Galactic Marines)Space Ghost: The Antimatter ManAdam: Legend of the Blue MarvelAssassination Classroom: Shield of Earth (the dome)Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsExo SquadFantastic Four (1994 cartoon): Behold the Negative ZoneMass Effect + 3 more
Energy and Origins (10 Standouts)
Where it comes from and what it promises.
Cannon God ExaxxionSeetee stories (Jack Williamson)The Flight EngineerAdam: Legend of the Blue MarvelDragonriders of PernLuna Marine (Galactic Marines)Night's Dawn TrilogyRobot series (Isaac Asimov)ShadowgroundsStar Trek Voyager: Friendship One
Most Themes in One Story
Night's Dawn Trilogy (19)Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL (17)Doctor Who: The Three Doctors (14)Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel (13)Fantastic Four: The Negative Zone (13)Pokemon Diamond, Pearl & Platinum (13)The Secret Saturdays (13)Space Ghost: The Antimatter Man (13)
Section D: The Matches
How these examples line up with the themes in the Shadow Beings and Elementals articles.
Part 9: Theme Matches
Why this part matters: Two other articles list the themes that repeat in shadow-being stories and in elemental-lord stories. This part checks every one of those themes against the examples in this article and lists each match, so you can see how much of the same pattern shows up in antimatter stories.
The current article is the base. It has 59 recurring themes (see Part 3). Each one is checked against two other articles, one at a time: The Shadow Beings and Elementals. Both are scored out of the same 59 themes, so the scores can be compared. A theme counts as found when that article lists the same idea. The right column shows how that article words it, with the number it counted.
1. The Shadow Beings vs. the current article
40 of 59 themes found (68%). Tap to open.
The Beings (15 of 17 themes match)
Who the entities are: spirits, animals, and people.
Animals and Beasts (6 of 6 match)
| Current article theme | Matching theme in that article |
|---|---|
| Beasts and Monsters 13 entries | Swarms and shadow animals (8) Animals and animal shapes (16) Jerky, animal-like movement (2) Animals and beasts live there (2) The word beast (4) |
| Bats 8 entries | Swarms and shadow animals (8) Animals and animal shapes (16) Jerky, animal-like movement (2) Animals and beasts live there (2) |
| Cat Beings 6 entries | Swarms and shadow animals (8) Animals and animal shapes (16) Jerky, animal-like movement (2) Animals and beasts live there (2) |
| Dogs 6 entries | Swarms and shadow animals (8) Animals and animal shapes (16) Jerky, animal-like movement (2) Animals and beasts live there (2) Dogs show up (4) |
| Tentacle, Insect and Serpent Beings 6 entries | Swarms and shadow animals (8) Animals and animal shapes (16) Jerky, animal-like movement (2) Animals and beasts live there (2) Tendrils and tentacles (5) Spider-like legs (2) |
| Dragons 4 entries | Swarms and shadow animals (8) Animals and animal shapes (16) Jerky, animal-like movement (2) Animals and beasts live there (2) |
Entities and Ancient Powers (5 of 5 match)
| Current article theme | Matching theme in that article |
|---|---|
| Entities, Spirits and Demons 23 entries | Devil imagery (8) Takes over a body (15) Victims become one of them, or a servant (13) |
| Ancient Evil 15 entries | Older than everything, or origin unknown (8) Immortal, ageless or very old (8) Sealed away, then freed (10) Sealed or asleep for a long span of years (7) |
| Artifacts of Power 11 entries | Beings and objects kept there (6) |
| Shadow Beings and Realms 10 entries | Literally called The Shadow (9) |
| Personified 8 entries | Made of something other than normal matter (14) |
People, Minds and Bodies (4 of 6 match)
| Current article theme | Matching theme in that article |
|---|---|
| Female Villains 17 entries | Women, mothers and queens (13) |
| Converted to Cross Over 11 entries | The host gets stronger or is changed (6) |
| Eyes 8 entries | Eyes that stand out in the dark (12) |
| Transhuman and Dystopia 6 entries | Fusing and merging (6) |
| Made Through People 18 entries | No match |
| Doctors and Professors 12 entries | No match |
Worlds and Places (11 of 19 themes match)
Other worlds, the sky, and the places things are kept.
Mirrors, Other Worlds and Time (6 of 6 match)
| Current article theme | Matching theme in that article |
|---|---|
| Multiverse and Pocket Worlds 54 entries | A dark parallel realm (15) Many universes or parallel worlds (8) A nexus, or a link to other realities (5) |
| Mirror Double 33 entries | A dark copy of a hero (11) Wants to replace or kill the original (5) A mirror version of a world or place (5) A mirror or copy of our world (6) |
| Hidden Place 21 entries | Below, under or hidden (7) A dark parallel realm (15) Many universes or parallel worlds (8) |
| Time Runs Differently 21 entries | Time powers (5) Time stopped, bent or outside time (5) Time runs differently or means nothing (6) Waiting, time limits and returns (9) |
| Touch = Boom 13 entries | Wants to replace or kill the original (5) |
| The Void 10 entries | Void, nothingness and antimatter (6) |
Danger, Control and Hidden Places (4 of 8 match)
| Current article theme | Matching theme in that article |
|---|---|
| Whole Worlds Lost 24 entries | Cover the world in darkness (5) |
| Secret or Hidden Lab 13 entries | A human mistake, machine or experiment lets it out (14) |
| Prison or Barrier 11 entries | Trapped in an object or place (14) A prison for banished or sealed beings (13) Sealed away, then freed (10) Sealed or asleep for a long span of years (7) |
| Magnetic Containment 8 entries | Trapped in an object or place (14) A prison for banished or sealed beings (13) |
| Danger in Handling 25 entries | No match |
| Leverage and Control 15 entries | No match |
| Stolen or Vaulted 6 entries | No match |
| Doom and Doomsday 5 entries | No match |
Space and Sky (1 of 5 match)
| Current article theme | Matching theme in that article |
|---|---|
| Moons 10 entries | The moon, the eclipse and the stars (6) |
| Ships 40 entries | No match |
| Station, Satellite or Orbit 19 entries | No match |
| Black Holes and Wormholes 9 entries | No match |
| Asteroids, Comets and Meteors 7 entries | No match |
What They Do (8 of 9 themes match)
How they take over, and the signs that repeat.
Infection and Takeover (5 of 5 match)
| Current article theme | Matching theme in that article |
|---|---|
| Invasion and Crossing Over 28 entries | It leaks into our world (4) A gate, a door or a tear in reality (10) Travels through shadow or darkness (7) Portals, gates and keys (10) |
| Mind Takeover 25 entries | Takes over a body (15) Victims become one of them, or a servant (13) Madness and mind powers (8) |
| Infection and Absorption 21 entries | Eats or takes souls and hearts (8) Fusing and merging (6) |
| Mutants and Mutation 7 entries | The host gets stronger or is changed (6) |
| Body Cost 3 entries | The host gets stronger or is changed (6) Dark power hurts the one using it (7) |
Repeating Signs (3 of 4 match)
| Current article theme | Matching theme in that article |
|---|---|
| Sound 10 entries | Sound, voice and music (19) |
| Ritual, Sacrifice or Cult 9 entries | Summoned by ritual, spell or incantation (15) Offering yourself in someone's place (3) |
| Statues 4 entries | Statues, idols and tombstones (4) |
| Irish Link 17 entries | No match |
Things and Nature (6 of 10 themes match)
Machines, energy, and the elements.
Nature and Elements (5 of 6 match)
| Current article theme | Matching theme in that article |
|---|---|
| Gas, Mist and Plasma 10 entries | Smoke, cloud or mist bodies (7) Elements: fire, water, lava and chi (6) |
| Water 8 entries | Elements: fire, water, lava and chi (6) Water, sea and salt (4) |
| Sand, Dust and Grains 6 entries | Elements: fire, water, lava and chi (6) Sand, dust, ash or powder (5) |
| Plants, Spores and Gardens 5 entries | Elements: fire, water, lava and chi (6) |
| Heat and Cold 4 entries | Elements: fire, water, lava and chi (6) Cold and frost (7) Fire and heat (4) |
| Gold 4 entries | No match |
Energy and Origins (1 of 4 match)
| Current article theme | Matching theme in that article |
|---|---|
| Alien or Ancient Source 8 entries | Older than everything, or origin unknown (8) Immortal, ageless or very old (8) |
| Found in Nature 8 entries | No match |
| Positron Nod 8 entries | No match |
| Free Energy Promise 7 entries | No match |
What the data shows: Shadow
Shadow stories are close to the same story as this one. 40 of the 59 themes show up, including the biggest ones: multiverse and pocket worlds, mirror double and invasion and crossing over.
The beings line up all the way down. Spirits, ancient evils, animals, and dark doubles are all here.
What does not carry over is the hardware. Ships, weapons, reactors, and orbits belong to the antimatter stories, not the shadow ones.
2. Elementals vs. the current article
31 of 59 themes found (53%). Tap to open.
The Beings (9 of 17 themes match)
Who the entities are: spirits, animals, and people.
People, Minds and Bodies (5 of 6 match)
| Current article theme | Matching theme in that article |
|---|---|
| Made Through People 18 entries | Living inside people (5) |
| Female Villains 17 entries | Female and mother figures (8) |
| Doctors and Professors 12 entries | Doctor / DR (5) |
| Converted to Cross Over 11 entries | Mutation (4) |
| Transhuman and Dystopia 6 entries | Merging into one (4) |
| Eyes 8 entries | No match |
Entities and Ancient Powers (3 of 5 match)
| Current article theme | Matching theme in that article |
|---|---|
| Entities, Spirits and Demons 23 entries | Living inside people (5) |
| Ancient Evil 15 entries | Ancient or primordial (13) Sealed or locked away (8) |
| Artifacts of Power 11 entries | Objects that hold the power (10) |
| Shadow Beings and Realms 10 entries | No match |
| Personified 8 entries | No match |
Animals and Beasts (1 of 6 match)
| Current article theme | Matching theme in that article |
|---|---|
| Beasts and Monsters 13 entries | Beasts (3) |
| Bats 8 entries | No match |
| Cat Beings 6 entries | No match |
| Dogs 6 entries | No match |
| Tentacle, Insect and Serpent Beings 6 entries | No match |
| Dragons 4 entries | No match |
Worlds and Places (9 of 19 themes match)
Other worlds, the sky, and the places things are kept.
Mirrors, Other Worlds and Time (4 of 6 match)
| Current article theme | Matching theme in that article |
|---|---|
| Multiverse and Pocket Worlds 54 entries | Another dimension or plane (8) |
| Mirror Double 33 entries | Replaced, revived or recycled (5) |
| Hidden Place 21 entries | Another dimension or plane (8) |
| Time Runs Differently 21 entries | Time travel (7) |
| Touch = Boom 13 entries | No match |
| The Void 10 entries | No match |
Danger, Control and Hidden Places (4 of 8 match)
| Current article theme | Matching theme in that article |
|---|---|
| Whole Worlds Lost 24 entries | Disasters and chaos (8) |
| Leverage and Control 15 entries | Servants and a boss behind them (10) |
| Secret or Hidden Lab 13 entries | Technology used on them (6) |
| Prison or Barrier 11 entries | Sealed or locked away (8) |
| Danger in Handling 25 entries | No match |
| Magnetic Containment 8 entries | No match |
| Stolen or Vaulted 6 entries | No match |
| Doom and Doomsday 5 entries | No match |
Space and Sky (1 of 5 match)
| Current article theme | Matching theme in that article |
|---|---|
| Asteroids, Comets and Meteors 7 entries | Objects that hold the power (10) |
| Ships 40 entries | No match |
| Station, Satellite or Orbit 19 entries | No match |
| Moons 10 entries | No match |
| Black Holes and Wormholes 9 entries | No match |
Things and Nature (7 of 14 themes match)
Machines, energy, and the elements.
Nature and Elements (5 of 6 match)
| Current article theme | Matching theme in that article |
|---|---|
| Gas, Mist and Plasma 10 entries | Four elements (14) |
| Water 8 entries | Four elements (14) Water as guardian and balance (7) |
| Sand, Dust and Grains 6 entries | Four elements (14) |
| Plants, Spores and Gardens 5 entries | Four elements (14) |
| Heat and Cold 4 entries | Four elements (14) |
| Gold 4 entries | No match |
Machines and Devices (1 of 4 match)
| Current article theme | Matching theme in that article |
|---|---|
| Special Devices and Tools 31 entries | Technology used on them (6) |
| Bombs, Beams and Weapons 61 entries | No match |
| Engines and Reactors 43 entries | No match |
| Machines and AI 10 entries | No match |
Energy and Origins (1 of 4 match)
| Current article theme | Matching theme in that article |
|---|---|
| Alien or Ancient Source 8 entries | Ancient or primordial (13) |
| Found in Nature 8 entries | No match |
| Positron Nod 8 entries | No match |
| Free Energy Promise 7 entries | No match |
What They Do (6 of 9 themes match)
How they take over, and the signs that repeat.
Infection and Takeover (4 of 5 match)
| Current article theme | Matching theme in that article |
|---|---|
| Mind Takeover 25 entries | Living inside people (5) |
| Infection and Absorption 21 entries | Merging into one (4) |
| Mutants and Mutation 7 entries | Mutation (4) |
| Body Cost 3 entries | Mutation (4) |
| Invasion and Crossing Over 28 entries | No match |
Repeating Signs (2 of 4 match)
| Current article theme | Matching theme in that article |
|---|---|
| Sound 10 entries | Songs, sound and music (7) |
| Ritual, Sacrifice or Cult 9 entries | Released or summoned by a villain (11) |
| Irish Link 17 entries | No match |
| Statues 4 entries | No match |
What the data shows: Elemental
The elemental article matches less, 31 of the 59 themes. But it hits the same core: multiverse and pocket worlds, mirror double and special devices and tools.
Where it matches, it matches on the big ideas: other worlds, takeover, evil sealed away, and the elements themselves.
What it skips are the animals and the mirror doubles. The shadow stories carry those much more.
Part 10: What the Matches Show
Why this part matters: This part adds up the matches for each article, scored out of the same set of themes, then shows what both share.
The claim here is simple. The shadow beings and the elemental beings are the same kind of entity, and that entity is an antimatter being. The test is the pop culture data. The current article holds 203 examples of antimatter in stories. If the claim is right, the same themes should show up in all three. Each article gets its own bar below, scored out of the same 59 themes. The last bar puts them together.
1. The Shadow Beings vs. the current article
40 of 59 themes found (68%). Tap to open.
40 of 59
of the current article's themes are found
68%
match
22
matched themes with 10+ entries
The 10 biggest matches
| # | Current article theme | Entries | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Multiverse and Pocket Worlds | 54 | |
| 2 | Mirror Double | 33 | |
| 3 | Invasion and Crossing Over | 28 | |
| 4 | Mind Takeover | 25 | |
| 5 | Whole Worlds Lost | 24 | |
| 6 | Entities, Spirits and Demons | 23 | |
| 7 | Hidden Place | 21 | |
| 8 | Time Runs Differently | 21 | |
| 9 | Infection and Absorption | 21 | |
| 10 | Female Villains | 17 |
Where it matches most and least
| Group of themes | Matched | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mirrors, Other Worlds and Time | 6 of 6 | 100% | |
| Infection and Takeover | 5 of 5 | 100% | |
| Entities and Ancient Powers | 5 of 5 | 100% | |
| Animals and Beasts | 6 of 6 | 100% | |
| Nature and Elements | 5 of 6 | 83% | |
| Repeating Signs | 3 of 4 | 75% | |
| People, Minds and Bodies | 4 of 6 | 67% | |
| Danger, Control and Hidden Places | 4 of 8 | 50% | |
| Energy and Origins | 1 of 4 | 25% | |
| Space and Sky | 1 of 5 | 20% |
2. Elementals vs. the current article
31 of 59 themes found (53%). Tap to open.
31 of 59
of the current article's themes are found
53%
match
21
matched themes with 10+ entries
The 10 biggest matches
| # | Current article theme | Entries | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Multiverse and Pocket Worlds | 54 | |
| 2 | Mirror Double | 33 | |
| 3 | Special Devices and Tools | 31 | |
| 4 | Mind Takeover | 25 | |
| 5 | Whole Worlds Lost | 24 | |
| 6 | Entities, Spirits and Demons | 23 | |
| 7 | Hidden Place | 21 | |
| 8 | Time Runs Differently | 21 | |
| 9 | Infection and Absorption | 21 | |
| 10 | Made Through People | 18 |
Where it matches most and least
| Group of themes | Matched | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| People, Minds and Bodies | 5 of 6 | 83% | |
| Nature and Elements | 5 of 6 | 83% | |
| Infection and Takeover | 4 of 5 | 80% | |
| Mirrors, Other Worlds and Time | 4 of 6 | 67% | |
| Entities and Ancient Powers | 3 of 5 | 60% | |
| Danger, Control and Hidden Places | 4 of 8 | 50% | |
| Repeating Signs | 2 of 4 | 50% | |
| Machines and Devices | 1 of 4 | 25% | |
| Energy and Origins | 1 of 4 | 25% | |
| Space and Sky | 1 of 5 | 20% | |
| Animals and Beasts | 1 of 6 | 17% |
3. Both together
26 themes are found in both articles. 14 are found in neither. Tap to open.
26
themes found in both articles
45 of 59
themes in at least one
14
found in neither article
How the current article's 59 themes split between the two articles
| Theme is found in... | Themes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Both the Shadow Beings and Elementals articles | 26 | 44% |
| The Shadow Beings article only | 14 | 24% |
| The Elementals article only | 5 | 8% |
| Neither article | 14 | 24% |
| All themes in the current article | 59 | 100% |
The 26 themes found in both articles
| Current article theme | Entries | |
|---|---|---|
| Multiverse and Pocket Worlds | 54 | |
| Mirror Double | 33 | |
| Mind Takeover | 25 | |
| Whole Worlds Lost | 24 | |
| Entities, Spirits and Demons | 23 | |
| Hidden Place | 21 | |
| Time Runs Differently | 21 | |
| Infection and Absorption | 21 | |
| Female Villains | 17 | |
| Ancient Evil | 15 | |
| Secret or Hidden Lab | 13 | |
| Beasts and Monsters | 13 | |
| Prison or Barrier | 11 | |
| Converted to Cross Over | 11 | |
| Artifacts of Power | 11 | |
| Sound | 10 | |
| Gas, Mist and Plasma | 10 | |
| Ritual, Sacrifice or Cult | 9 | |
| Water | 8 | |
| Alien or Ancient Source | 8 | |
| Mutants and Mutation | 7 | |
| Transhuman and Dystopia | 6 | |
| Sand, Dust and Grains | 6 | |
| Plants, Spores and Gardens | 5 | |
| Heat and Cold | 4 | |
| Body Cost | 3 |
What the data shows
Shadow stories, elemental stories, and antimatter stories keep reaching for the same ideas, in about the same order:
1. There is another world.
2. Something rules it.
3. It is old, and it was sealed away.
4. A double of the hero lives there.
5. A door, a ritual, or a machine lets it through.
6. When it gets in, it takes over bodies and minds.
The shadow article matches 40 of the 59 themes (68%). The elemental article matches 31 (53%). 26 themes show up in both, and they are the big ones: other worlds, mind takeover, lost worlds, time, ancient evil, and artifacts of power. 45 of the 59 themes show up in at least one of the two articles.
With 203 examples behind it, this is a large sample. The pop culture data about antimatter describes the same entity that the shadow article and the elemental article describe, seen from different sides. The shadow stories show its dark side. The elemental stories show its forces. The antimatter stories show what it is underneath. Put together, antimatter beings are shadowy, elemental-like beings: one kind of being with different faces of the same truth.
Tiers and groups are my own sorting of the examples across pop culture and the Antimatter Matrix posts.
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