A kinetic energy-operated quantum wave equation is used to formulate alternate quantum fields: an alternate Klein-Gordon field, an alternate Dirac field, an alternate Proca field, and an alternate Higgs field. Unlike the original Dirac field equations, the alternate Dirac field equations are shown to include a vacuum state solution apart from the particle and anti-particle solutions, lending support to the alternate formulation. The alternate Klein-Gordon field shows scalar bosons transforming between a massive state and a massless, charged state whenever the vector potential vanishes. A local U(1) gauge transformation of the alternate Klein-Gordon Lagrangian directly leads to both the alternate Proca field and the alternate Higgs field. These fields show vector bosons transforming between a massive state and a massless, charged state by a spontaneous breakdown of symmetry at a minimum potential trough similar to that of a Mexican hat or wine bottle potential in the Brout, Englert, and Higgs (BEH) mechanism, but more generally leaving open a possible presence of entirely different or many alternate Higgs bosons.