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The [[Fan Work]] equivalent of the [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]] -- a fan-made creation combining three or more properties into a single, hopefully coherent, whole. By necessity also a variety of [[Alternate Universe Fic]], the [[Mega Crossover]] attempts to dovetail many often wildly different settings together in the process of telling its story; it is perhaps the ultimate challenge an author can pose to himself.
The [[Fan Work]] equivalent of the [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]]—a fan-made creation combining three or more properties into a single, hopefully coherent, whole. By necessity also a variety of [[Alternate Universe Fic]], the '''Mega Crossover''' attempts to dovetail many often wildly different settings together in the process of telling its story; it is perhaps the ultimate challenge an author can pose to himself.


When well done, a [[Mega Crossover]] can be an amazing and impressive piece of work, often epic in scale. When it isn't, it's an obvious stillborn Frankensteinian mess. Particularly bad, violently out-of-control megacrossovers, where sources are thrown together with no regard to blending their continuities, [[Author Appeal|simply because the author is hopelessly in love with all those series, books, and comics]], are called ''crossorgies''.
When well done, a '''Mega Crossover''' can be an amazing and impressive piece of work, often epic in scale. When it isn't, it's an obvious stillborn Frankensteinian mess. Particularly bad, violently out-of-control megacrossovers, where sources are thrown together with no regard to blending their continuities, [[Author Appeal|simply because the author is hopelessly in love with all those series, books, and comics]], are called ''crossorgies''.


The only problem with liking a [[Mega Crossover]] is that no matter how amazingly good it may be, trying to describe it to someone else inevitably ends up sounding corny and geeky.
The only problem with liking a '''Mega Crossover''' is that no matter how amazingly good it may be, trying to describe it to someone else inevitably ends up sounding corny and geeky.


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== Fan Fic ==
== Fan Fic ==


* ''The'' example -- the ''ultimate'' example -- is the work known as ''[[Undocumented Features]]'', created by [[Eyrie Productions Unlimited]]. More or less continually written since the early 1990s by a dedicated creative team, running into many many megabytes of stories, ''UF'' blends together so many sources that ''no one'' has a definitive count of them, and has successfully combined them all into a single galaxy-spanning space opera epic with an internal history of thousands of years. The earlier works are admittedly crude -- the first installment was intended as a joking "we could do something like this" example meant to be discarded when the "real" writing began -- but ''UF'' (and other EPU) stories since the middle to late 1990s have all been of exceptional quality and workmanship.
* ''The'' example—the ''ultimate'' example—is the work known as ''[[Undocumented Features]]'', created by [[Eyrie Productions Unlimited]]. More or less continually written since the early 1990s by a dedicated creative team, running into many many megabytes of stories, ''UF'' blends together so many sources that ''no one'' has a definitive count of them, and has successfully combined them all into a single galaxy-spanning space opera epic with an internal history of thousands of years. The earlier works are admittedly crude—the first installment was intended as a joking "we could do something like this" example meant to be discarded when the "real" writing began—but ''UF'' (and other EPU) stories since the middle to late 1990s have all been of exceptional quality and workmanship.
** Also by the fine folks at EPU, ''[[Neon Exodus Evangelion]]'' starts off looking like just an ambitious [[Alternate Universe Fic]] for ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', but before long it becomes clear that this is a [[Mega Crossover]] world involving at least a dozen sources besides ''NGE'', and that it only tangentially ''resembles'' [[Canon]] ''Evangelion''. Interesting to note, that much as ''Evangelion'' was a [[Deconstruction]], almost an assault on the tropes of [[Humongous Mecha]], ''Neon Exodus Evangelion'' is an assault on what the authors felt was the meaningless nihilism of the original, and the fic can be somewhat hard to warm to.
** Also by the fine folks at EPU, ''[[Neon Exodus Evangelion]]'' starts off looking like just an ambitious [[Alternate Universe Fic]] for ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', but before long it becomes clear that this is a Mega Crossover world involving at least a dozen sources besides ''NGE'', and that it only tangentially ''resembles'' [[Canon]] ''Evangelion''. Interesting to note, that much as ''Evangelion'' was a [[Deconstruction]], almost an assault on the tropes of [[Humongous Mecha]], ''Neon Exodus Evangelion'' is an assault on what the authors felt was the meaningless nihilism of the original, and the fic can be somewhat hard to warm to.
* ''[[A Game of Gods]]'' involves a group of mysterious beings kidnapping a host of beings from across the multiverse and throwing them into strange and perilous situations. The main cast of characters are diverse, and many of the worlds that the characters visit are drawn from other works of fiction.
* ''[[A Game of Gods]]'' involves a group of mysterious beings kidnapping a host of beings from across the multiverse and throwing them into strange and perilous situations. The main cast of characters are diverse, and many of the worlds that the characters visit are drawn from other works of fiction.
* ''[[Journey Through the Multiverse (Roleplay)|Journey Through the Multiverse]]'' takes the multiverse-hopping premise from [[Kamen Rider Decade]] and [[Kingdom Hearts]] and plays it with a huge multiversal war for power, with multiple factions taking part in the war.
* ''[[Journey Through the Multiverse (Roleplay)|Journey Through the Multiverse]]'' takes the multiverse-hopping premise from [[Kamen Rider Decade]] and [[Kingdom Hearts]] and plays it with a huge multiversal war for power, with multiple factions taking part in the war.
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* The ''[[Battle Fantasia Project]],'' where the nationally televised attempted suicide of a magical girl reveals the existence of magic to the world, and the existence of magical girls to eachother. Includes ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', ''[[Lyrical Nanoha]]'' (post-''A's''), ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'', ''[[Kämpfer]]'', ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' ''all'' the ''[[Precure]]''s and others.
* The ''[[Battle Fantasia Project]],'' where the nationally televised attempted suicide of a magical girl reveals the existence of magic to the world, and the existence of magical girls to eachother. Includes ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', ''[[Lyrical Nanoha]]'' (post-''A's''), ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'', ''[[Kämpfer]]'', ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' ''all'' the ''[[Precure]]''s and others.
* ''[[Both Syllables]]'' combines ''[[Invader Zim]]'', ''[[Lilo and Stitch (Disney film)|Liloand Stitch]]'', and ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]''.
* ''[[Both Syllables]]'' combines ''[[Invader Zim]]'', ''[[Lilo and Stitch (Disney film)|Liloand Stitch]]'', and ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]''.
* While ''[http://neoyi.deviantart.com/journal/12042628/ Chess Piece]'' is primarily a ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' based webcomic, it has enough characters from other Nicktoons intertwined in its story to constitute its own kind of [[Mega Crossover]].
* While ''[http://neoyi.deviantart.com/journal/12042628/ Chess Piece]'' is primarily a ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' based webcomic, it has enough characters from other Nicktoons intertwined in its story to constitute its own kind of Mega Crossover.
* The massive ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3587925/1/Chicago_Convergence Chicago Convergence]'' includes characters from ''[[Myth Adventures|Another Fine Myth]]'', ''[[Bolo]]'', ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', ''[[Charmed]]'', ''[[Catch-22]]'', ''[[Dark Angel]]'', ''[[Diagnosis: Murder]]'', ''[[Doctor Who]]'', ''[[Due South]]'', ''[[Early Edition]]'', ''[[Forever Knight]]'', ''[[Friday the 13th: The Series]]'', ''[[Hammers Slammers]]'', ''[[Highlander]]'', ''[[Indiana Jones]]'', ''[[Knight Rider]]'', ''[[Kung Fu The Legend Continues]]'', ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', ''[[Love and Curses]]'', ''[[MacGyver]]'', ''[[Martial Law]]'', ''[[Mechwarrior]]'', ''[[Men in Black (film)|Men in Black]]'', ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'', ''[[Nash Bridges]]'', ''[[Kolchak the Night Stalker]]'', ''[[Quantum Leap]]'', ''[[Quincy]]'', ''[[Relic Hunter]]'', ''[[Seven Days]]'', ''[[Sliders]]'', ''[[Space: Above and Beyond]]'', ''[[Special Unit 2]]'', ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', ''[[Star Wars]]'', ''[[The Terminator]]'', ''[[The Black Company]]'', ''[[The Incredible Hulk]]'', ''[[The Pretender]]'', ''[[The Sentinel (TV series)|The Sentinel]]'', ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'', ''[[Time Bandits]]'', ''[[The Time Tunnel]]'', ''[[The Transformers (animation)|The Transformers]]'', ''[[Viper]]'', ''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]'', and ''[[The X-Files]]'' all coming to [[Useful Notes/Chicago|Chicago]]. It manages to stay both coherent and hilarious.
* The massive ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3587925/1/Chicago_Convergence Chicago Convergence]'' includes characters from ''[[Myth Adventures|Another Fine Myth]]'', ''[[Bolo]]'', ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', ''[[Charmed]]'', ''[[Catch-22]]'', ''[[Dark Angel]]'', ''[[Diagnosis: Murder]]'', ''[[Doctor Who]]'', ''[[Due South]]'', ''[[Early Edition]]'', ''[[Forever Knight]]'', ''[[Friday the 13th: The Series]]'', ''[[Hammers Slammers]]'', ''[[Highlander]]'', ''[[Indiana Jones]]'', ''[[Knight Rider]]'', ''[[Kung Fu The Legend Continues]]'', ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', ''[[Love and Curses]]'', ''[[MacGyver]]'', ''[[Martial Law]]'', ''[[Mechwarrior]]'', ''[[Men in Black (film)|Men in Black]]'', ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'', ''[[Nash Bridges]]'', ''[[Kolchak the Night Stalker]]'', ''[[Quantum Leap]]'', ''[[Quincy]]'', ''[[Relic Hunter]]'', ''[[Seven Days]]'', ''[[Sliders]]'', ''[[Space: Above and Beyond]]'', ''[[Special Unit 2]]'', ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', ''[[Star Wars]]'', ''[[The Terminator]]'', ''[[The Black Company]]'', ''[[The Incredible Hulk]]'', ''[[The Pretender]]'', ''[[The Sentinel (TV series)|The Sentinel]]'', ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'', ''[[Time Bandits]]'', ''[[The Time Tunnel]]'', ''[[The Transformers (animation)|The Transformers]]'', ''[[Viper]]'', ''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]'', and ''[[The X-Files]]'' all coming to [[Useful Notes/Chicago|Chicago]]. It manages to stay both coherent and hilarious.
* ''[http://lubakmetyk.infinology.net/others/bootleg/act1.html Convergence]'' is another one, set on ''[[Babylon 5]]'', from the late 90s. Politics and squabbling between the many authors eventually drove everyone away.
* ''[http://lubakmetyk.infinology.net/others/bootleg/act1.html Convergence]'' is another one, set on ''[[Babylon 5]]'', from the late 90s. Politics and squabbling between the many authors eventually drove everyone away.
* Usually, a [[Mega Crossover]] will contain either anime or [[Western Animation]], but not both. One of the few exceptions is ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5032746/1/CrossWorld_Episode_1 CrossWorld: Episode 1]'', by Hejin57, a.k.a. Kareem Elamrani. This is an unfinished work containing, so far, characters from ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'', ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'', ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'', ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'', ''[[Samurai Jack]]'', and, of all things, ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]''. It's about as [[Crack Fic|cracky]] of an idea as one would expect, but actually [[So Okay It's Average|isn't that terrible]], despite the fact that it's not nearly as good as the other fanfics by the same author. Unfortunately, [[Dead Fic|it hasn't been updated in over a year]], which actually wouldn't be so bad if the author hadn't stopped ''just when the story was starting to get good''. The author has since chosen to work on his other, non-crossover ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi|Haruhi]]'' fanfics, which as has already been mentioned, are much better works.
* Usually, a Mega Crossover will contain either anime or [[Western Animation]], but not both. One of the few exceptions is ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5032746/1/CrossWorld_Episode_1 CrossWorld: Episode 1]'', by Hejin57, a.k.a. Kareem Elamrani. This is an unfinished work containing, so far, characters from ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'', ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'', ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'', ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'', ''[[Samurai Jack]]'', and, of all things, ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]''. It's about as [[Crack Fic|cracky]] of an idea as one would expect, but actually [[So Okay It's Average|isn't that terrible]], despite the fact that it's not nearly as good as the other fanfics by the same author. Unfortunately, [[Dead Fic|it hasn't been updated in over a year]], which actually wouldn't be so bad if the author hadn't stopped ''just when the story was starting to get good''. The author has since chosen to work on his other, non-crossover ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi|Haruhi]]'' fanfics, which as has already been mentioned, are much better works.
** The same author has also written ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5576875/1/Cross_Chronicles Cross Chronicles]'', a more conventional [[Mega Crossover]] of ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'', ''[[Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple]]'', ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'', ''[[Midori no Hibi]]'', and ''[[Fate/stay night]]''. What's more, the fanfic itself is set in the universe of ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]''. Interestingly enough, even though the two fics are completely different, the same [[Plot Device]] is used to get all the different fandoms together in both of Hejin's [[Mega Crossover|Mega Crossovers]].
** The same author has also written ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5576875/1/Cross_Chronicles Cross Chronicles]'', a more conventional Mega Crossover of ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'', ''[[Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple]]'', ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'', ''[[Midori no Hibi]]'', and ''[[Fate/stay night]]''. What's more, the fanfic itself is set in the universe of ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]''. Interestingly enough, even though the two fics are completely different, the same [[Plot Device]] is used to get all the different fandoms together in both of Hejin's Mega Crossovers.
* John Biles' ''[http://www.maison-otaku.net/~rhea/Shiva/Shiva1.html Dance of Shiva]'' blends five classic [[Anime]] -- along with [[The Cameo|cameos]] from and [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] to at least a dozen other sources -- to create a story that is by turns action-packed, comedic, and unabashedly mystical.
* John Biles' ''[http://www.maison-otaku.net/~rhea/Shiva/Shiva1.html Dance of Shiva]'' blends five classic [[Anime]]—along with [[The Cameo|cameos]] from and [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] to at least a dozen other sources—to create a story that is by turns action-packed, comedic, and unabashedly mystical.
* ''[http://slifertheskydragon.deviantart.com/art/Danny-Phantom-Rebirth-page-1-2-71036519 Danny Phantom Rebirth]'' is yet another ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' [[Mega Crossover]] webcomic.
* ''[http://slifertheskydragon.deviantart.com/art/Danny-Phantom-Rebirth-page-1-2-71036519 Danny Phantom Rebirth]'' is yet another ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' Mega Crossover webcomic.
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1291211/1/DDM_Digimon_and_Duel_Monsters DDM: Digimon and Duel Monsters]'' blends elements and characters from ''[[Digimon]]'', ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'', and ''[[Pokémon]]'' into a single setting.
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1291211/1/DDM_Digimon_and_Duel_Monsters DDM: Digimon and Duel Monsters]'' blends elements and characters from ''[[Digimon]]'', ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'', and ''[[Pokémon]]'' into a single setting.
* ''[http://spoon300.deviantart.com/gallery/31302955 Doctor Who: The Manga] Starts with the [[Doctor Who|Eleventh Doctor]] asking [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Trisha Elric]] to take in [[Fixer Sue|a little girl]] who is on the Run from [[Generator Rex|Providence]] who are working on recreating The Technology of the Tititular characters of [[Livewires]] to create an Army of [[Kingdom Hearts|keyblade weilders]], [[It Got Worse|and that's just the first three pages...]]
* ''[http://spoon300.deviantart.com/gallery/31302955 Doctor Who: The Manga] Starts with the [[Doctor Who|Eleventh Doctor]] asking [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Trisha Elric]] to take in [[Fixer Sue|a little girl]] who is on the Run from [[Generator Rex|Providence]] who are working on recreating The Technology of the Tititular characters of [[Livewires]] to create an Army of [[Kingdom Hearts|keyblade weilders]], [[It Got Worse|and that's just the first three pages...]]
* ''[http://reseda-ptah.livejournal.com/37284.html Drawing the Line]'' stars just about every animated character [[Stephen Colbert]] has ever played. Let's see -- [[The Colbert Report|Stephen]] hires [[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law|Stephen]] to sue [[The Daily Show|Jon]], who hires [[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law|Stephen]] to defend him...
* ''[http://reseda-ptah.livejournal.com/37284.html Drawing the Line]'' stars just about every animated character [[Stephen Colbert]] has ever played. Let's see -- [[The Colbert Report|Stephen]] hires [[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law|Stephen]] to sue [[The Daily Show|Jon]], who hires [[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law|Stephen]] to defend him...
* [[The Emiya Clan]] is a [http://forum.fanfiction.net/forum/The_Mechanics_of_In_Flight/88086/ forum] [http://forum.fanfiction.net/topic/88086/42932494/1/ community]-created series of omakes/snippets based from [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1263379/gabriel_blessing Gabriel Blessing's] [[In Flight]], featuring a theoretical [[Tenchi Solution|GOOD END]] to the story that involves the next generation of children resulting from the inevitable harem. There's easily over a dozen regular "authors" and even more regular forum goers who swap ideas and characterization analysis with each other. It involves [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]<ref> The Clan has been crossed with (as of this writing): [[Devil May Cry]], [[Digimon]], [[Disgaea]], [[Full Metal Panic!]], [[Harry Potter]], [[Hellsing]], [[Mahou Sensei Negima]], [[Lyrical Nanoha]], [[Ouran High School Host Club]], [[Persona]], [[Pokémon]], [[Ranma ½]], [[Rosario + Vampire]] [[Sailor Moon]], [[Suzumiya Haruhi]], [[To Aru Majutsu no Index]], [[Usagi Drop]], [[Valkyria Chronicles]] and a few others... not including the [[Nasuverse]] and [[Sekirei]] elements already present in the fanfic it's based on.</ref>, most of them [[Original Character|OCs]] on which of course, YMMV.
* [[The Emiya Clan]] is a [http://forum.fanfiction.net/forum/The_Mechanics_of_In_Flight/88086/ forum] [http://forum.fanfiction.net/topic/88086/42932494/1/ community]-created series of omakes/snippets based from [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1263379/gabriel_blessing Gabriel Blessing's] [[In Flight]], featuring a theoretical [[Tenchi Solution|GOOD END]] to the story that involves the next generation of children resulting from the inevitable harem. There's easily over a dozen regular "authors" and even more regular forum goers who swap ideas and characterization analysis with each other. It involves [[Loads and Loads of Characters]],<ref>The Clan has been crossed with (as of this writing): [[Devil May Cry]], [[Digimon]], [[Disgaea]], [[Full Metal Panic!]], [[Harry Potter]], [[Hellsing]], [[Mahou Sensei Negima]], [[Lyrical Nanoha]], [[Ouran High School Host Club]], [[Persona]], [[Pokémon]], [[Ranma ½]], [[Rosario + Vampire]] [[Sailor Moon]], [[Suzumiya Haruhi]], [[To Aru Majutsu no Index]], [[Usagi Drop]], [[Valkyria Chronicles]] and a few others... not including the [[Nasuverse]] and [[Sekirei]] elements already present in the fanfic it's based on.</ref> most of them [[Original Character|OCs]] on which of course, YMMV.
** The forum itself has actually imposed upon itself a strict code of discipline and mutual convergence to root out any wanderings into [[Mary Sue]] territory, [[Fan Wank]], or other forms of [[Sturgeon's Tropes]]. Because of the nature of the community, new authors are added regularly, but work quality and content is kept in line by a democratic system for new crossovers and ideas that will be accepted as {Canon}.
** The forum itself has actually imposed upon itself a strict code of discipline and mutual convergence to root out any wanderings into [[Mary Sue]] territory, [[Fan Wank]], or other forms of [[Sturgeon's Tropes]]. Because of the nature of the community, new authors are added regularly, but work quality and content is kept in line by a democratic system for new crossovers and ideas that will be accepted as {Canon}.
** Currently the Clan features [[Fate/stay night|Shirou Emiya]], 24 wives, and 28 children (Further additions have been capped at this number). This is not counting various relatives, family friends, and clientele that show up in the stories on a regular basis. Usually, each child gets their own crossover(s), while the entire family (or a part of it) may participate in a story sometimes.
** Currently the Clan features [[Fate/stay night|Shirou Emiya]], 24 wives, and 28 children (Further additions have been capped at this number). This is not counting various relatives, family friends, and clientele that show up in the stories on a regular basis. Usually, each child gets their own crossover(s), while the entire family (or a part of it) may participate in a story sometimes.
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*** And now it's ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4869171/21/Grand_Tour complete]''. What a ride.
*** And now it's ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4869171/21/Grand_Tour complete]''. What a ride.
**** Update! Now with a [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5418545/1/ sequel]! Awesome.
**** Update! Now with a [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5418545/1/ sequel]! Awesome.
* ''[http://www.bladeandepsilon.com/hybridtheory.htm Hybrid Theory]'' by Blade and Epsilon viciously satirizes the [[Mega Crossover]] by presenting such a world -- but then having some of its inhabitants realize that it couldn't possibly have existed before a certain point because of the conflicting [[Backstory|backstories]] of its component parts.
* ''[http://www.bladeandepsilon.com/hybridtheory.htm Hybrid Theory]'' by Blade and Epsilon viciously satirizes the Mega Crossover by presenting such a world—but then having some of its inhabitants realize that it couldn't possibly have existed before a certain point because of the conflicting [[Backstory|backstories]] of its component parts.
* ''[[The Insane Quest]]'', a [[Play By Post Game]], is an odd example. While it does take place in a universe that crosses over with ''[[Super Mario Bros.]], [[The Legend of Zelda]], [[Pirates of the Caribbean]], [[Naruto]], [[Pokémon]], [[One Piece]], [[No More Heroes]]'', and ''[[Pandora Hearts]]'' (among others), none of the characters from these series are the main characters. Instead, the story focuses on a cast of original characters and settings created (mostly) from scratch by the Game Master and the participants of the game, with the characters from the above series only appearing as supporting roles, cameos, and occasionally antagonists. But other than that, the concept is pretty much the same.
* ''[[The Insane Quest]]'', a [[Play By Post Game]], is an odd example. While it does take place in a universe that crosses over with ''[[Super Mario Bros.]], [[The Legend of Zelda]], [[Pirates of the Caribbean]], [[Naruto]], [[Pokémon]], [[One Piece]], [[No More Heroes]]'', and ''[[Pandora Hearts]]'' (among others), none of the characters from these series are the main characters. Instead, the story focuses on a cast of original characters and settings created (mostly) from scratch by the Game Master and the participants of the game, with the characters from the above series only appearing as supporting roles, cameos, and occasionally antagonists. But other than that, the concept is pretty much the same.
* The fic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3298910/1/ Kingdom Crossovers]'' fuses a lot of things, with [[Invader Zim|Zim]] being the [[Kingdom Hearts|keybearer]] and going from everything, from [[Garfield]] to [[Warhammer 40000]]. [[Needs a Better Description]].
* The fic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3298910/1/ Kingdom Crossovers]'' fuses a lot of things, with [[Invader Zim|Zim]] being the [[Kingdom Hearts|keybearer]] and going from everything, from [[Garfield]] to [[Warhammer 40000]]. [[Needs a Better Description]].
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* ''[[Lynching ITP]]'' is a cross between this, an [[Inheritance Cycle|Eragon]] / [[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]] [[Hate Fic]], and a set of [[Play-By-Post Games]].
* ''[[Lynching ITP]]'' is a cross between this, an [[Inheritance Cycle|Eragon]] / [[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]] [[Hate Fic]], and a set of [[Play-By-Post Games]].
* ''[[Marios Day Job]]'': A webcomic starring Mario and Luigi of [[Super Mario Bros.]] fame as (apparently) the only plumbers in Video Game Land. Linked universes include [[The Legend of Zelda]] (mostly [[Ocarina of Time]] flavored), [[Pokémon]], [[Harvest Moon]] (which could count for this trope on it's own) and [[Animal Crossing]].
* ''[[Marios Day Job]]'': A webcomic starring Mario and Luigi of [[Super Mario Bros.]] fame as (apparently) the only plumbers in Video Game Land. Linked universes include [[The Legend of Zelda]] (mostly [[Ocarina of Time]] flavored), [[Pokémon]], [[Harvest Moon]] (which could count for this trope on it's own) and [[Animal Crossing]].
* [[The Massive Multi Fandom RPG]], Tvtrope's own [[Mega Crossover]] [[Play By Post Game]]. The premise: a mysterious, all-powerful being known only as The Troper has ripped dozens of characters out of their universes and dumped them into an enclosed city with no way out. Each new day the city's inhabitants are subjected to a new, often absurd, scenario called a "curse" -- [[Gender Bender|having their genders reversed]], [[Baleful Polymorph|being transformed into animals]] or being transported into a [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs|dinosaur-infested jungle]]. The game has included characters from ''[[Pokémon]], [[Fullmetal Alchemist]], [[Ghost Recon]], [[Valkyria Chronicles]], [[X-Men]], [[Mass Effect]], [[Lost]], [[Star Trek]], [[Danny Phantom]], [[Halo]], [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]], [[Metal Gear Solid]], [[No More Heroes]], [[Star Wars]],'' and ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' among many, many, many others.
* [[The Massive Multi Fandom RPG]], Tvtrope's own Mega Crossover [[Play By Post Game]]. The premise: a mysterious, all-powerful being known only as The Troper has ripped dozens of characters out of their universes and dumped them into an enclosed city with no way out. Each new day the city's inhabitants are subjected to a new, often absurd, scenario called a "curse" -- [[Gender Bender|having their genders reversed]], [[Baleful Polymorph|being transformed into animals]] or being transported into a [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs|dinosaur-infested jungle]]. The game has included characters from ''[[Pokémon]], [[Fullmetal Alchemist]], [[Ghost Recon]], [[Valkyria Chronicles]], [[X-Men]], [[Mass Effect]], [[Lost]], [[Star Trek]], [[Danny Phantom]], [[Halo]], [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]], [[Metal Gear Solid]], [[No More Heroes]], [[Star Wars]],'' and ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' among many, many, many others.
** Season 2 began almost as soon as Season 1 ended, and has already featured characters from [[Soul Eater]], [[Mega Man X]], [[Firefly]], [[Lyrical Nanoha]], [[Yotsuba&!]], [[Green Lantern]], [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]], [[Castlevania]] and more.
** Season 2 began almost as soon as Season 1 ended, and has already featured characters from [[Soul Eater]], [[Mega Man X]], [[Firefly]], [[Lyrical Nanoha]], [[Yotsuba&!]], [[Green Lantern]], [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]], [[Castlevania]] and more.
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1163129/maverick9871 Maverick9871] has a habit of starting with a decent story idea, but within a few chapters the story spend more time introducing new crossover material than on the original idea.
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1163129/maverick9871 Maverick9871] has a habit of starting with a decent story idea, but within a few chapters the story spend more time introducing new crossover material than on the original idea.
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* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1230821/1/Mirrors_Multiplied_Original_Flavor Mirrors Multiplied]'' is one of the earlier and more well-known ''[[Ranma ½]]'' Megacrossovers on the net.
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1230821/1/Mirrors_Multiplied_Original_Flavor Mirrors Multiplied]'' is one of the earlier and more well-known ''[[Ranma ½]]'' Megacrossovers on the net.
* ''My Life as a Teenaged von Neumann Device'' primarily focuses on ''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]'', but is absolutely ''loaded'' with subtle and not-so-sbutle references to other Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network cartoons. Among other things, the Cluster has been having trouble with [[Invader Zim|the Irkens]] and [[The Fairly Odd Parents|the Yugopotamians]], and Dr. Wakeman's old college roommate was [[Evil Con Carne|Dr. Ghastly]].
* ''My Life as a Teenaged von Neumann Device'' primarily focuses on ''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]'', but is absolutely ''loaded'' with subtle and not-so-sbutle references to other Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network cartoons. Among other things, the Cluster has been having trouble with [[Invader Zim|the Irkens]] and [[The Fairly Odd Parents|the Yugopotamians]], and Dr. Wakeman's old college roommate was [[Evil Con Carne|Dr. Ghastly]].
* Rob Morris' "The Never-Ending Battle". Take ''[[MASH|M*A*S*H]]'' as the core fandom. Add in that several of the characters just happen to be ''[[Highlander]]''-style Immortals and that before becoming Mulder's nemesis the Cancer Man was running experiments in Korea in the early 50's. Oh, and Sherman Potter is descended from a ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|BtVS]]''-style Slayer and came home from WWI with one [[Forever Knight|Nick Knight]] in tow. Then there's Hawkeye and Hot Lips' roles in the Eugenic Wars from ''[[Star Trek]]'', not to mention the way that most of the human crew-members of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Deep Space Nine]]'' can trace their family bloodlines back to someone who served at the 4077th. And let's not forget about BJ's wife Peggy... and her half-sister [[Bewitched|Samantha Stevens]]. By the time [[Godzilla]] shows up you don't even bat an eye. Of course Godzilla and ''M*A*S*H'' can co-exist in the same universe -- giant lizard monsters aren't really that strange.
* Rob Morris' "The Never-Ending Battle". Take ''[[MASH|M*A*S*H]]'' as the core fandom. Add in that several of the characters just happen to be ''[[Highlander]]''-style Immortals and that before becoming Mulder's nemesis the Cancer Man was running experiments in Korea in the early 50's. Oh, and Sherman Potter is descended from a ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|BtVS]]''-style Slayer and came home from WWI with one [[Forever Knight|Nick Knight]] in tow. Then there's Hawkeye and Hot Lips' roles in the Eugenic Wars from ''[[Star Trek]]'', not to mention the way that most of the human crew-members of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Deep Space Nine]]'' can trace their family bloodlines back to someone who served at the 4077th. And let's not forget about BJ's wife Peggy... and her half-sister [[Bewitched|Samantha Stevens]]. By the time [[Godzilla]] shows up you don't even bat an eye. Of course Godzilla and ''M*A*S*H'' can co-exist in the same universe—giant lizard monsters aren't really that strange.
* [http://neverendingstrugglerpg.freeforums.org/ Neverending Struggle: Multiverse at War] is a forum RPG based entirely on this trope. Basically, in a world where all fictional characters live, a war breaks out. Each separate faction (Individual Armies) is trying to take over the world. It has an incredible amount of 3 players, probably because of lack of advertisement.
* [http://neverendingstrugglerpg.freeforums.org/ Neverending Struggle: Multiverse at War] is a forum RPG based entirely on this trope. Basically, in a world where all fictional characters live, a war breaks out. Each separate faction (Individual Armies) is trying to take over the world. It has an incredible amount of 3 players, probably because of lack of advertisement.
** Also, from the same person who manages that, comes [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4457855/1/Ookami_no_Monogatari Ookami no Monogatari] and [http://www.drunkduck.com/Wolfeye_City/index.php?p=631162 Wolfeye City.] Ookami no Monogatari is about a group of characters from different dimensions (fictional works) ,at the moment, One Piece and Megaman X, being lead by a teenage girl to various missions. Wolfeye City also uses the Author Avatar trope, since it's about Alter-Egos, the comic representations of the author and some of her friends, fighting demons who are trying to destroy the city, who is filled with anime and video game characters. All three are Better than it Sounds. Though, Erase Alpha, the author, must love this trope.
** Also, from the same person who manages that, comes [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4457855/1/Ookami_no_Monogatari Ookami no Monogatari] and [http://www.drunkduck.com/Wolfeye_City/index.php?p=631162 Wolfeye City.] Ookami no Monogatari is about a group of characters from different dimensions (fictional works) ,at the moment, One Piece and Megaman X, being lead by a teenage girl to various missions. Wolfeye City also uses the Author Avatar trope, since it's about Alter-Egos, the comic representations of the author and some of her friends, fighting demons who are trying to destroy the city, who is filled with anime and video game characters. All three are Better than it Sounds. Though, Erase Alpha, the author, must love this trope.
** All three are dead. And now [http://neverendingstruggle.free-forums.cc Neverending Struggle V2] and [http://imagine.forummotions.com/ IMAGINE], both [[Mega Crossover]] RPGS (not very active at the moment though).
** All three are dead. And now [http://neverendingstruggle.free-forums.cc Neverending Struggle V2] and [http://imagine.forummotions.com/ IMAGINE], both Mega Crossover RPGS (not very active at the moment though).
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3695276/1/Never_Too_Young Never Too Young]'' by Koolkame. ''[[Ben 10]], [[WITCH (animation)|WITCH]], [[Danny Phantom]], [[The Life and Times of Juniper Lee]], [[American Dragon: Jake Long]],'' with cameos from ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]], [[Back to The Future The Animated Series]], [[X-Men: Evolution]], [[Justice League Unlimited]], [[Fantastic Four]]'' and ''[[Jonny Quest]]''. Expect [[Loads and Loads of Characters]].
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3695276/1/Never_Too_Young Never Too Young]'' by Koolkame. ''[[Ben 10]], [[WITCH (animation)|WITCH]], [[Danny Phantom]], [[The Life and Times of Juniper Lee]], [[American Dragon: Jake Long]],'' with cameos from ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]], [[Back to The Future The Animated Series]], [[X-Men: Evolution]], [[Justice League Unlimited]], [[Fantastic Four]]'' and ''[[Jonny Quest]]''. Expect [[Loads and Loads of Characters]].
* ''[[Nicktoons Tales]]'' is a fancomic that sews all Nicktoons settings into one planet, as well as original characters living on that planet.
* ''[[Nicktoons Tales]]'' is a fancomic that sews all Nicktoons settings into one planet, as well as original characters living on that planet.
** Also, in the same series, there is a planet with all ''anime'' settings sown into it.
** Also, in the same series, there is a planet with all ''anime'' settings sown into it.
* ''[http://addventure.bast-enterprises.de/28839.html Nuclear Fusion]'' on the [http://addventure.bast-enterprises.de/ Anime Adventure]. Noteworthy because it manages to mix up elements of over one hundred completely unrelated series and manages to combine them into a single massive Fallout inspired Post-Nuclear world, and not only make sense, but tell an interesting and unique story.
* ''[http://addventure.bast-enterprises.de/28839.html Nuclear Fusion]'' on the [http://addventure.bast-enterprises.de/ Anime Adventure]. Noteworthy because it manages to mix up elements of over one hundred completely unrelated series and manages to combine them into a single massive Fallout inspired Post-Nuclear world, and not only make sense, but tell an interesting and unique story.
* ''[http://s1.zetaboards.com/Obscurite_Musicale/index/ Obscurité Musicale]'' is an active RPG that crosses over, mostly,''[[Phantom of the Opera]]'', ''[[Sweeney Todd]]'', and ''[[Les Misérables]]''-- as well as ''[[Jekyll and Hyde]]'', ''Billy Budd'', and ''[[Spring Awakening]]''. As well as one or two actual historical figures, and a less-vampiric [[Tanz der Vampire|Herbert von Krolock]]. You guessed it-- it's very, very AU, but serious in tone. The in-character chatbox can't have the same said for it, being the ungodly place that spawned the pairing of [[Twilight (novel)|Edward]] and [[Sandman|the Corinthian]]. They're both on crack, of course. Just different kinds of crack. It's... weird. Some parts hang together fairly well. Some are a bit weird.
* ''[http://s1.zetaboards.com/Obscurite_Musicale/index/ Obscurité Musicale]'' is an active RPG that crosses over, mostly,''[[Phantom of the Opera]]'', ''[[Sweeney Todd]]'', and ''[[Les Misérables]]''—as well as ''[[Jekyll and Hyde]]'', ''Billy Budd'', and ''[[Spring Awakening]]''. As well as one or two actual historical figures, and a less-vampiric [[Tanz der Vampire|Herbert von Krolock]]. You guessed it—it's very, very AU, but serious in tone. The in-character chatbox can't have the same said for it, being the ungodly place that spawned the pairing of [[Twilight (novel)|Edward]] and [[Sandman|the Corinthian]]. They're both on crack, of course. Just different kinds of crack. It's... weird. Some parts hang together fairly well. Some are a bit weird.
** Are you calling my board weird? Note that neither the Corinthian nor Edward Cullen are viable canons for this board. Note also that it's set in a very not-accurate quasi-English France. Nitpickers beware. I mean, they ''are'' musicals... And expect ''[[Oliver!]]'' canons shortly. We're that expansive. Unless you want to try and [[Steampunk]] it up. Then the answer is no.
** Are you calling my board weird? Note that neither the Corinthian nor Edward Cullen are viable canons for this board. Note also that it's set in a very not-accurate quasi-English France. Nitpickers beware. I mean, they ''are'' musicals... And expect ''[[Oliver!]]'' canons shortly. We're that expansive. Unless you want to try and [[Steampunk]] it up. Then the answer is no.
** That's ''good'' weird. I play on it, and love the place more than probably any other site on the internet.
** That's ''good'' weird. I play on it, and love the place more than probably any other site on the internet.
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* [http://www.snafu-comics.com SNAFU comics] have several webcomics that are crossovers. The most crossover-ish of them are ''[[Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi]]'' and ''[[Grim Tales from Down Below]]'', which feature crossovers of almost every [[Cartoon Network]] and [[Nickelodeon]] cartoon (mostly, indeed, from CN).
* [http://www.snafu-comics.com SNAFU comics] have several webcomics that are crossovers. The most crossover-ish of them are ''[[Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi]]'' and ''[[Grim Tales from Down Below]]'', which feature crossovers of almost every [[Cartoon Network]] and [[Nickelodeon]] cartoon (mostly, indeed, from CN).
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3613566/1/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_Rise_of_Nazo Sonic the Hedgehog: Rise of Nazo]'' is a Mega Crossover that is based on ''Nazo Unleashed.'' Two more Mega Crossovers followed after it.
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3613566/1/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_Rise_of_Nazo Sonic the Hedgehog: Rise of Nazo]'' is a Mega Crossover that is based on ''Nazo Unleashed.'' Two more Mega Crossovers followed after it.
** Another Sonic Mega Crossover ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3027838/1/Catch_Me_If_You_Can Catch Me if you Can]'' has Dr. Eggman skillfuling dupeing a pack of ''[[Magical Girl|Magical Girls]]'' to attack Sonic. This is one of his most clever plots as Sonic is shown to have gynophobia.
** Another Sonic Mega Crossover ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3027838/1/Catch_Me_If_You_Can Catch Me if you Can]'' has Dr. Eggman skillfuling dupeing a pack of ''[[Magical Girl]]s'' to attack Sonic. This is one of his most clever plots as Sonic is shown to have gynophobia.
** And then there's another Mega Crossover called ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3989072/1/Multi_Dimensional_Melee Multi-Dimensional Melee!]'' which manages to include some pretty unlikely characters, and yet primarily focus on Sonic. The story follows an [[Spider-Man: The Animated Series|accidentally familiar plot]] which includes a [[Crack Pairing]], several [[Original Character|Original Characters]], [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|Fourth Wall breaking]], a [[He Who Must Not Be Seen|faceless]] [[Big Bad|plot orchestrator]], and a seemingly decent amount of followers. Several [[Continuity Nod|continuity nods]] and series trademarks are also thrown here and there.
** And then there's another Mega Crossover called ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3989072/1/Multi_Dimensional_Melee Multi-Dimensional Melee!]'' which manages to include some pretty unlikely characters, and yet primarily focus on Sonic. The story follows an [[Spider-Man: The Animated Series|accidentally familiar plot]] which includes a [[Crack Pairing]], several [[Original Character]]s, [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|Fourth Wall breaking]], a [[He Who Must Not Be Seen|faceless]] [[Big Bad|plot orchestrator]], and a seemingly decent amount of followers. Several [[Continuity Nod|continuity nods]] and series trademarks are also thrown here and there.
* ''[http://suburbansenshi.com Suburban Senshi]'', which brings in all sorts of series into the ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' universe.
* ''[http://suburbansenshi.com Suburban Senshi]'', which brings in all sorts of series into the ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' universe.
** Justified (well, as justified as such a thing can be in the fanfic industry) in the ''Sailor Moon Expanded'' universe; a method of trans-dimensional travel allows characters from the Sailor Moon universe to travel to other dimensions on the conceit that ''every anime and manga ever produced'' has its own separate universe. The various Dark Kingdom Renegades seemed to run into this quite often in their early years on Earth, having traveled to the worlds for ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]'' and ''[[Ranma ½]]'' just for starters, and later to ''[[Urotsukidouji]]'' (aka ''Legend of the Overfiend''), where Titanite (youma Sailor wannabe, for those just joining us) encountered said Overfiend. With her disguise device set to Sailor uniform... [[Squick|and broken]]. Thankfully, the author managed to avoid following the obvious to its conclusion in a manner most awesome. And in an [[Dead Fic|unfinished story]], Titanite finds herself in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', and unfamiliar with the series, tries to understand it in terms of the classic [[Humongous Mecha]] shows she's seen in the past.
** Justified (well, as justified as such a thing can be in the fanfic industry) in the ''Sailor Moon Expanded'' universe; a method of trans-dimensional travel allows characters from the Sailor Moon universe to travel to other dimensions on the conceit that ''every anime and manga ever produced'' has its own separate universe. The various Dark Kingdom Renegades seemed to run into this quite often in their early years on Earth, having traveled to the worlds for ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]'' and ''[[Ranma ½]]'' just for starters, and later to ''[[Urotsukidouji]]'' (aka ''Legend of the Overfiend''), where Titanite (youma Sailor wannabe, for those just joining us) encountered said Overfiend. With her disguise device set to Sailor uniform... [[Squick|and broken]]. Thankfully, the author managed to avoid following the obvious to its conclusion in a manner most awesome. And in an [[Dead Fic|unfinished story]], Titanite finds herself in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', and unfamiliar with the series, tries to understand it in terms of the classic [[Humongous Mecha]] shows she's seen in the past.
** To make things doubly interesting, the laws of these various dimensions seem to apply themselves to trans-dimensional visitors over time. Thus, in the Ranmaverse, [[Aloof Big Brother|Calcite]] takes on the mannerisms of a wizened martial arts master, and felinoid Margrave becomes even more [[Catgirl|catgirlish]] than usual. The DKR use this to their advantage; as long as they remain in the ''Sailor Moon'' universe and work on behalf of the forces of good, they are nigh indestructible.
** To make things doubly interesting, the laws of these various dimensions seem to apply themselves to trans-dimensional visitors over time. Thus, in the Ranmaverse, [[Aloof Big Brother|Calcite]] takes on the mannerisms of a wizened martial arts master, and felinoid Margrave becomes even more [[catgirl]]ish than usual. The DKR use this to their advantage; as long as they remain in the ''Sailor Moon'' universe and work on behalf of the forces of good, they are nigh indestructible.
* ''[[Spongebob 2019]]'' brings almost all of the Nickelodeon characters together to defeat a now out-of-character and power hungry Spongebob Squarepants, with appearances from other shows that aren't originally from the main Nick lineup like ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'' (MTV), ''[[Blue's Clues]]'' (Nick Jr.), ''[[Degrassi]]'', ''[[H₂O: Just Add Water]]'' ([[Teen Nick]]) and ''[[Power Rangers Samurai]]'' (This airs on Nick in the US, but not really a Nick original).
* ''[[Spongebob 2019]]'' brings almost all of the Nickelodeon characters together to defeat a now out-of-character and power hungry Spongebob Squarepants, with appearances from other shows that aren't originally from the main Nick lineup like ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'' (MTV), ''[[Blue's Clues]]'' (Nick Jr.), ''[[Degrassi]]'', ''[[H₂O: Just Add Water]]'' ([[Teen Nick]]) and ''[[Power Rangers Samurai]]'' (This airs on Nick in the US, but not really a Nick original).
* [http://alaxr274.deviantart.com/gallery/33810717 Super Milestone Wars]
* [http://alaxr274.deviantart.com/gallery/33810717 Super Milestone Wars]
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* The story ''The Terran Jedi'' over on Twisting The Hellmouth throws in many random cameos into a story where Xander is a Jedi Master, including but not limited to ''Stargate, Discworld, Torchwood, Harry Potter,'' and ''Frasier'' (of all things).
* The story ''The Terran Jedi'' over on Twisting The Hellmouth throws in many random cameos into a story where Xander is a Jedi Master, including but not limited to ''Stargate, Discworld, Torchwood, Harry Potter,'' and ''Frasier'' (of all things).
** The ''Stargate'' parts have become so frequent and so large that they have long since gone beyond cameos, and at this point it reads like a straight crossover.
** The ''Stargate'' parts have become so frequent and so large that they have long since gone beyond cameos, and at this point it reads like a straight crossover.
* [http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=three+kingdoms+reimu#/d30b3nf The Three Kingdoms] is another mega-crossover involving characters and objects from different game franchises, novels, movies and anime to suddenly start appearing in our world at December 21 2012, marking the Doomsday. After a short amount of joy, politics decided that these 'newcomers' were dangerous due to their magic capabilities, superior technology and other abilities. An event called Bad Apple Event led to [http://touhou.wikia.com/wiki/Reimu_Hakurei Hakurei Reimu] from the [[Touhou]] video game franchise annexing the entire US which could be read on the prolouge. The Vocaloids and Miku eventually caught wind of the event and decided to annex other countries in the name of protecting them from Reimu. Of course, eventually, the kingdom of Gensokyo and Yamaha formed with war between them. They were soon joined by Haruhi no Suzumiya after realizing her god-like powers. By then, the three kingdoms have formed and the crossover 'The Three Kingdoms' led to Haruhi planning an invasion. This mega-crossover contains a variety of different creations. (From HMS Thunderchild, Alex Mercer, Familiar of Zero, Star Wars, Strike Witches, Metal Gear and even One Piece)
* [http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=three+kingdoms+reimu#/d30b3nf The Three Kingdoms] is another mega-crossover involving characters and objects from different game franchises, novels, movies and anime to suddenly start appearing in our world at December 21, 2012, marking the Doomsday. After a short amount of joy, politics decided that these 'newcomers' were dangerous due to their magic capabilities, superior technology and other abilities. An event called Bad Apple Event led to [http://touhou.wikia.com/wiki/Reimu_Hakurei Hakurei Reimu] from the [[Touhou]] video game franchise annexing the entire US which could be read on the prolouge. The Vocaloids and Miku eventually caught wind of the event and decided to annex other countries in the name of protecting them from Reimu. Of course, eventually, the kingdom of Gensokyo and Yamaha formed with war between them. They were soon joined by Haruhi no Suzumiya after realizing her god-like powers. By then, the three kingdoms have formed and the crossover 'The Three Kingdoms' led to Haruhi planning an invasion. This mega-crossover contains a variety of different creations. (From HMS Thunderchild, Alex Mercer, Familiar of Zero, Star Wars, Strike Witches, Metal Gear and even One Piece)
* ''[[Troper Works/Three Messengers|Three Messengers]]'' is somewhere between this trope and a Crossorgy. Production at present is slow because of how much there is that the author isn't sure about in one of the source works.
* ''[[Troper Works/Three Messengers|Three Messengers]]'' is somewhere between this trope and a Crossorgy. Production at present is slow because of how much there is that the author isn't sure about in one of the source works.
* TKR2, a now-defunct massive fanfic series by multiple authors started off as a fairly straight ''[[Knight Rider]]''/''[[Team Knight Rider]]'' fanfic, then expanded to cross over with ''[[Star Wars]]'' (a lead character becomes a Jedi Master), then ''[[Star Trek]]'' (another lead character becomes a ''Borg queen''. One episode has our heroes on a chase across dimensions, culminating in the Starship Voyager landing to help talking cars fight Darth Vader, while a young [[Gene Roddenberry]], Glen Larson, and [[George Lucas]], who had apparently been out necking, look on), ''The Invisible Man'' (He gets a talking car), ''[[Highlander]]'' (yet another character is an immortal. ''And also a Jedi''), ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' (In a very complex crossover, a character described as looking like Kevin Sorbo teams up with the real Kevin Sorbo, and also Hercules), ''[[Teletubbies]]'' (They're evil aliens), ''Barney'' (He's ''A Great Old One''), [[James Bond]] (He teams up with our heroes to stop a supervillain plotting to ''build a giant lightsaber with which to cut the earth in half''), and ''[[Survivor]]''. Really.
* TKR2, a now-defunct massive fanfic series by multiple authors started off as a fairly straight ''[[Knight Rider]]''/''[[Team Knight Rider]]'' fanfic, then expanded to cross over with ''[[Star Wars]]'' (a lead character becomes a Jedi Master), then ''[[Star Trek]]'' (another lead character becomes a ''Borg queen''. One episode has our heroes on a chase across dimensions, culminating in the Starship Voyager landing to help talking cars fight Darth Vader, while a young [[Gene Roddenberry]], Glen Larson, and [[George Lucas]], who had apparently been out necking, look on), ''The Invisible Man'' (He gets a talking car), ''[[Highlander]]'' (yet another character is an immortal. ''And also a Jedi''), ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' (In a very complex crossover, a character described as looking like Kevin Sorbo teams up with the real Kevin Sorbo, and also Hercules), ''[[Teletubbies]]'' (They're evil aliens), ''Barney'' (He's ''A Great Old One''), [[James Bond]] (He teams up with our heroes to stop a supervillain plotting to ''build a giant lightsaber with which to cut the earth in half''), and ''[[Survivor]]''. Really.
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* ''[http://www.sfdebris.com/unity.asp Unity]'' is for the most part simply a crossover between ''[[Star Wars]]'' and ''[[Star Trek]]'', albeit an exceptionally large and epic one. Then suddenly its last few chapters involve Seven of Nine and Mara Jade crossing into all kinds of other franchises: ''[[Halo]]'', ''[[Hellraiser]]'', ''[[Wing Commander (video game)|Wing Commander]]'' (where they note the resemblance a character played by Mark Hamill has to Luke), ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]'', ''[[War of the Worlds]]'', the [[Marvel Universe]], ''[[Transformers]]'', ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', ''[[Alien]],'' and ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]]''. After that last one, Number Six even tags along and plays a key role in the final battle.
* ''[http://www.sfdebris.com/unity.asp Unity]'' is for the most part simply a crossover between ''[[Star Wars]]'' and ''[[Star Trek]]'', albeit an exceptionally large and epic one. Then suddenly its last few chapters involve Seven of Nine and Mara Jade crossing into all kinds of other franchises: ''[[Halo]]'', ''[[Hellraiser]]'', ''[[Wing Commander (video game)|Wing Commander]]'' (where they note the resemblance a character played by Mark Hamill has to Luke), ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]'', ''[[War of the Worlds]]'', the [[Marvel Universe]], ''[[Transformers]]'', ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', ''[[Alien]],'' and ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]]''. After that last one, Number Six even tags along and plays a key role in the final battle.
* [[Vathara]]'s Urban Legends universe, which includes or alludes to easily twenty or more series.
* [[Vathara]]'s Urban Legends universe, which includes or alludes to easily twenty or more series.
* Chris Jones' short story ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/93246/1/ The Virus]'' -- which was a originally a simple crossover between ''[[Ranma ½]]'' and ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' with a few [[Cameo|cameos]] from other series -- expanded unexpectedly into [http://web.archive.org/web/20051228140921/furinkan.net/display.php?pageid=11 a shared-world megacrossover] where characters from dozens of fandoms had to deal with the after effects of a Juraian virus which had incorporated Ranma's gender-bending curse into itself, and then transmitted it ''permanently'' to ''every living human''.
* Chris Jones' short story ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/93246/1/ The Virus]''—which was a originally a simple crossover between ''[[Ranma ½]]'' and ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' with a few [[cameo]]s from other series—expanded unexpectedly into [http://web.archive.org/web/20051228140921/furinkan.net/display.php?pageid=11 a shared-world megacrossover] where characters from dozens of fandoms had to deal with the after effects of a Juraian virus which had incorporated Ranma's gender-bending curse into itself, and then transmitted it ''permanently'' to ''every living human''.
* Years ago there was a combination fanfic/webcomic called ''The Wrath of Invincar''. The main characters of ''[[Slayers]]'' and ''[[Vision of Escaflowne]]'', who had been placed in a ''Gilligan's Island''-esque setting, set out on a quest to defeat...a green Smurf, with [[Hilarity Ensues|hilarity ensuing]] along the way. Such antics included Gaav settling an argument with Phibrizzo by pinning him beneath [[Scooby Doo|the Mystery Machine]]; much mockery by the [[Monty Python and the Holy Grail|French knights]]; and a showdown between Lina Inverse and [[Quick Draw McGraw]]. Sadly, the story has since been taken off the Internet for space reasons.
* Years ago there was a combination fanfic/webcomic called ''The Wrath of Invincar''. The main characters of ''[[Slayers]]'' and ''[[Vision of Escaflowne]]'', who had been placed in a ''Gilligan's Island''-esque setting, set out on a quest to defeat...a green Smurf, with [[Hilarity Ensues|hilarity ensuing]] along the way. Such antics included Gaav settling an argument with Phibrizzo by pinning him beneath [[Scooby Doo|the Mystery Machine]]; much mockery by the [[Monty Python and the Holy Grail|French knights]]; and a showdown between Lina Inverse and [[Quick Draw McGraw]]. Sadly, the story has since been taken off the Internet for space reasons.
** There's [http://queenofswords.com/gourrigans/gourrigansmenu.htm this]?
** There's [http://queenofswords.com/gourrigans/gourrigansmenu.htm this]?
*** The story was based in the same universe as those fics, but it was done by another author (all that's left of it now is the introductory page). Thanks for pointing those out, though.
*** The story was based in the same universe as those fics, but it was done by another author (all that's left of it now is the introductory page). Thanks for pointing those out, though.
* ''[[Yukari Is Free]]'' is a crazy, hilarious [[Mega Crossover]] that takes place primarily in the ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' universe. It is interactively written by several authors on a daily basis. Parodied elements of virtually everything, including ''[[Yotsubato]], [[Tsukihime]], [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]], [[Code Geass]], Real Life, [[Portal (series)|Portal]], [[WALL-E]], [[Star Wars]],'' and ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'', just to name a few, have each made at least one appearance.
* ''[[Yukari Is Free]]'' is a crazy, hilarious Mega Crossover that takes place primarily in the ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' universe. It is interactively written by several authors on a daily basis. Parodied elements of virtually everything, including ''[[Yotsubato]], [[Tsukihime]], [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]], [[Code Geass]], Real Life, [[Portal (series)|Portal]], [[WALL-E]], [[Star Wars]],'' and ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'', just to name a few, have each made at least one appearance.
* [[YuYuGiDigiMoon|Yu Yu Gi Digi Moon]] is an ambitious crossover between [[Yu Yu Hakusho]], [[Yu-Gi-Oh!]], [[Digimon Tamers]], [[Digimon Frontier]], and [[Sailor Moon]]. Later stories include [[Digimon Adventure]], [[Digimon Adventure 02]], [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]], and [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]].
* [[YuYuGiDigiMoon|Yu Yu Gi Digi Moon]] is an ambitious crossover between [[Yu Yu Hakusho]], [[Yu-Gi-Oh!]], [[Digimon Tamers]], [[Digimon Frontier]], and [[Sailor Moon]]. Later stories include [[Digimon Adventure]], [[Digimon Adventure 02]], [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]], and [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]].
* ''Where on Earth, Spies'' is a [[Web Serial Novel]] that began as a crossover between ''[[Where's Wally?|Where's Waldo]]'' and ''[[Carmen Sandiego]]'' in which they are the best agents at two competing secret agencies. [[Foe Yay]] Ensues. After the first chapters, the author expanded into other properties, incorporating (among others) the GEICO Gecko, Erin eSurance, and Allstate's Mayhem. It can be found [http://pentharis.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=24#/d4bjjwf here].
* ''Where on Earth, Spies'' is a [[Web Serial Novel]] that began as a crossover between ''[[Where's Wally?|Where's Waldo]]'' and ''[[Carmen Sandiego]]'' in which they are the best agents at two competing secret agencies. [[Foe Yay]] Ensues. After the first chapters, the author expanded into other properties, incorporating (among others) the GEICO Gecko, Erin eSurance, and Allstate's Mayhem. It can be found [http://pentharis.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=24#/d4bjjwf here].
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* ''[[Dead Fantasy]]'' unites (mostly) female characters from ''[[Final Fantasy]]'', ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'', and ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'' as they end up having to fight each other in very brutal ways.
* ''[[Dead Fantasy]]'' unites (mostly) female characters from ''[[Final Fantasy]]'', ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'', and ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'' as they end up having to fight each other in very brutal ways.
* Niconico video list [http://www.nicovideo.jp/mylist/16424696 Muv-Luv Crossovers], blends the ''Unlimited'' storyline of [[Muv-Luv]], and spliced it with [[Gunparade March]] universe, in addition to having characters from [[Zegapain]]. Running parallel to the story is the Planet Fairy setting of [[Sentou Yousei Yukikaze]], in which [[Argento Soma|Ryu Sohma]] becomes the copilot to Rei Fukai after his transformation from Takuto Kaneshiro. And both worlds are fighting what seemed to be a combination of JAM, BETA, and/or [[Soukyuu no Fafner|Festum]], and it seems that {{spoiler|Sumika is the AI core of Yukikaze, linking the two worlds}}. The story is told in [[Visual Novel]]-style dialogues interspersed with footages from anime/games related to the media, as well as careful splicing to ensure that everything is consistent. The "opening" animation of the series proper is in the second episode, but while it starts with Muv-Luv setting and the beginning of Argento Soma, Yukikaze's arc proper starts at episode 6. As of 12 February 2011, the series has 10 episodes ranging from 20 to 30 minutes. Unfortunately, since the series is very heavy on dialogues, non-Japanese speaking viewers would have quite a problem in following it.
* Niconico video list [http://www.nicovideo.jp/mylist/16424696 Muv-Luv Crossovers], blends the ''Unlimited'' storyline of [[Muv-Luv]], and spliced it with [[Gunparade March]] universe, in addition to having characters from [[Zegapain]]. Running parallel to the story is the Planet Fairy setting of [[Sentou Yousei Yukikaze]], in which [[Argento Soma|Ryu Sohma]] becomes the copilot to Rei Fukai after his transformation from Takuto Kaneshiro. And both worlds are fighting what seemed to be a combination of JAM, BETA, and/or [[Soukyuu no Fafner|Festum]], and it seems that {{spoiler|Sumika is the AI core of Yukikaze, linking the two worlds}}. The story is told in [[Visual Novel]]-style dialogues interspersed with footages from anime/games related to the media, as well as careful splicing to ensure that everything is consistent. The "opening" animation of the series proper is in the second episode, but while it starts with Muv-Luv setting and the beginning of Argento Soma, Yukikaze's arc proper starts at episode 6. As of 12 February 2011, the series has 10 episodes ranging from 20 to 30 minutes. Unfortunately, since the series is very heavy on dialogues, non-Japanese speaking viewers would have quite a problem in following it.
* Many [[MUGEN]] video series on Youtube, when they're not just series of fights, will be a [[Mega Crossover]], such as:
* Many [[MUGEN]] video series on Youtube, when they're not just series of fights, will be a Mega Crossover, such as:
** The 7th Moon MUGEN series by [http://www.youtube.com/user/angeldagdag angeldagdag]
** The 7th Moon MUGEN series by [http://www.youtube.com/user/angeldagdag angeldagdag]
** The [[HvH MUGEN]] series by [http://www.youtube.com/user/solkenneth003 solkenneth003]
** The [[HvH MUGEN]] series by [http://www.youtube.com/user/solkenneth003 solkenneth003]
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== Fan Game ==
== Fan Game ==


* [http://gokou-sama.deviantart.com/ Gokou Sama(aka Somarinoa or Thor Steinbach)] is currently working on following [[Mega Crossover]] Video Games: [http://ultimateshowdowns.wikia.com/wiki/Ultimate_Showdown Ultimate Showdown](top down action game about characters from everything engages massive duel of death) and [http://ultimateshowdowns.wikia.com/wiki/Amalgam_Online Amalgam Online](Alien-themed [[Mega Crossover]] Strategy game)
* [http://gokou-sama.deviantart.com/ Gokou Sama(aka Somarinoa or Thor Steinbach)] is currently working on following Mega Crossover Video Games: [http://ultimateshowdowns.wikia.com/wiki/Ultimate_Showdown Ultimate Showdown](top down action game about characters from everything engages massive duel of death) and [http://ultimateshowdowns.wikia.com/wiki/Amalgam_Online Amalgam Online](Alien-themed Mega Crossover Strategy game)
* ''[[Mushroom Kingdom Fusion]]'', a [http://s4.zetaboards.com/mkfusion/index/ fangame-in-progress], sends Mario and Luigi (later a host of others) across a few of the most famous gaming franchises in order to bring down [[Castlevania|Legion]] before he can successfully fuse all worlds and drain the energy from the reaction...or something. The creators are keeping the plot a secret -- will they finish before it becomes the gaming equivalent of a [[Dead Fic]]? Given the ambition of the project, I'd have to guess no...but hey, we know [[Metal Gear|Solid Snake]] is mentoring them! If that doesn't make it awesome, what does?
* ''[[Mushroom Kingdom Fusion]]'', a [http://s4.zetaboards.com/mkfusion/index/ fangame-in-progress], sends Mario and Luigi (later a host of others) across a few of the most famous gaming franchises in order to bring down [[Castlevania|Legion]] before he can successfully fuse all worlds and drain the energy from the reaction...or something. The creators are keeping the plot a secret—will they finish before it becomes the gaming equivalent of a [[Dead Fic]]? Given the ambition of the project, I'd have to guess no...but hey, we know [[Metal Gear|Solid Snake]] is mentoring them! If that doesn't make it awesome, what does?
** And it's sister project '[[Super Mario Fusion Revival]]'. Which, though more Mario-centric, still features levels and areas from many other franchise once outside the first world. A smaller and less ambitious project then MKF, but built with a stronger engine and with great care put into each stage. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wDHsFnTzQk Take a look for yourselves.]
** And it's sister project '[[Super Mario Fusion Revival]]'. Which, though more Mario-centric, still features levels and areas from many other franchise once outside the first world. A smaller and less ambitious project then MKF, but built with a stronger engine and with great care put into each stage. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wDHsFnTzQk Take a look for yourselves.]
* ''[[Card Saga Wars|Card Sagas Wars]]'' ([http://cardgallery.tales-tra.com/main_csw.htm see here]) is another ambitious fangame, combining many characters from several different games. It's the sort of thing that can only exist due to dedicated fans or else the legalities of it would make ''everyone's'' heads spin.
* ''[[Card Saga Wars|Card Sagas Wars]]'' ([http://cardgallery.tales-tra.com/main_csw.htm see here]) is another ambitious fangame, combining many characters from several different games. It's the sort of thing that can only exist due to dedicated fans or else the legalities of it would make ''everyone's'' heads spin.
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* ''[http://edenstudiosdiscussionboards.yuku.com/topic/4219/t/Heroes-and-Monsters-of-the-Millenium-1995-2005.html?page=1 Heroes and Monsters of the Milennium]'' Is a conversion for the Unisystem RPG ruleset, mixing ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''/''[[Angel]]'' with everything from ''[[Marvel Comics|Marvel]]'' and ''[[DC Comics]]'' to ''[[Stargate SG-1|Stargate SG 1]]'', ''[[Godzilla]]'', ''[[Ultraman]]'', ''[[Lyrical Nanoha]]'', ''[[Gargoyles]]'', ''[[Negima]]'', the works of [[H.P. Lovecraft]], ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' and many others. With considerable overlap in themes, races, and technology.
* ''[http://edenstudiosdiscussionboards.yuku.com/topic/4219/t/Heroes-and-Monsters-of-the-Millenium-1995-2005.html?page=1 Heroes and Monsters of the Milennium]'' Is a conversion for the Unisystem RPG ruleset, mixing ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''/''[[Angel]]'' with everything from ''[[Marvel Comics|Marvel]]'' and ''[[DC Comics]]'' to ''[[Stargate SG-1|Stargate SG 1]]'', ''[[Godzilla]]'', ''[[Ultraman]]'', ''[[Lyrical Nanoha]]'', ''[[Gargoyles]]'', ''[[Negima]]'', the works of [[H.P. Lovecraft]], ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' and many others. With considerable overlap in themes, races, and technology.
* ''[[wikipedia:Ani-Mayhem|Ani-Mayhem]]'', a [[Collectible Card Game]] produced in the middle 1990s by [[Geneon|Pioneer Entertainment]] that set characters from many different anime settings -- surprisingly including many series licensed by companies ''other'' than Pioneer -- in a grand romp across their various worlds.
* ''[[wikipedia:Ani-Mayhem|Ani-Mayhem]]'', a [[Collectible Card Game]] produced in the middle 1990s by [[Geneon|Pioneer Entertainment]] that set characters from many different anime settings—surprisingly including many series licensed by companies ''other'' than Pioneer—in a grand romp across their various worlds.
* [http://www.sowhowins.com So Who Wins], a any character battle website which a crossover between anything can happen.
* [http://www.sowhowins.com So Who Wins], a any character battle website which a crossover between anything can happen.


== Real Life ==
== Real Life ==


* [[World War Two]] has something for everyone. [[Those Wacky Nazis]]? Check. [[Dirty Communists]]? Double-check. The British fighting on [[The Home Front]]? Yup. [[Eagle Land]] pulling a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment for Europe (only after the aforementioned communists had already lost 20 million people)? Why not? And let's not forget about the [[Nuclear Option]] being used in the East. Everyone got involved in the second World War -- especially states that claimed non-involvement such as Spain or Switzerland.
* [[World War Two]] has something for everyone. [[Those Wacky Nazis]]? Check. [[Dirty Communists]]? Double-check. The British fighting on [[The Home Front]]? Yup. [[Eagle Land]] pulling a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment for Europe (only after the aforementioned communists had already lost 20 million people)? Why not? And let's not forget about the [[Nuclear Option]] being used in the East. Everyone got involved in the second World War—especially states that claimed non-involvement such as Spain or Switzerland.


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Joes, Vulcans, Autobots, Ghostbusters and Zombies. Place your bets.


The Fan Work equivalent of the Massive Multiplayer Crossover—a fan-made creation combining three or more properties into a single, hopefully coherent, whole. By necessity also a variety of Alternate Universe Fic, the Mega Crossover attempts to dovetail many often wildly different settings together in the process of telling its story; it is perhaps the ultimate challenge an author can pose to himself.

When well done, a Mega Crossover can be an amazing and impressive piece of work, often epic in scale. When it isn't, it's an obvious stillborn Frankensteinian mess. Particularly bad, violently out-of-control megacrossovers, where sources are thrown together with no regard to blending their continuities, simply because the author is hopelessly in love with all those series, books, and comics, are called crossorgies.

The only problem with liking a Mega Crossover is that no matter how amazingly good it may be, trying to describe it to someone else inevitably ends up sounding corny and geeky.

Examples of Mega Crossover include:


Fan Fic

Fan Vid

  • The grandaddy of all Fanvids is the Daicon IV Opening, made for a Japanese anime convention in 1983 by a group who would go on to become Studio Gainax. It's impossible to list (although somebody tried) all the sci-fi, fantasy, movie, comic book and game references found in these five incredibly animated minutes.
  • Dead Fantasy unites (mostly) female characters from Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, and Ninja Gaiden as they end up having to fight each other in very brutal ways.
  • Niconico video list Muv-Luv Crossovers, blends the Unlimited storyline of Muv-Luv, and spliced it with Gunparade March universe, in addition to having characters from Zegapain. Running parallel to the story is the Planet Fairy setting of Sentou Yousei Yukikaze, in which Ryu Sohma becomes the copilot to Rei Fukai after his transformation from Takuto Kaneshiro. And both worlds are fighting what seemed to be a combination of JAM, BETA, and/or Festum, and it seems that Sumika is the AI core of Yukikaze, linking the two worlds. The story is told in Visual Novel-style dialogues interspersed with footages from anime/games related to the media, as well as careful splicing to ensure that everything is consistent. The "opening" animation of the series proper is in the second episode, but while it starts with Muv-Luv setting and the beginning of Argento Soma, Yukikaze's arc proper starts at episode 6. As of 12 February 2011, the series has 10 episodes ranging from 20 to 30 minutes. Unfortunately, since the series is very heavy on dialogues, non-Japanese speaking viewers would have quite a problem in following it.
  • Many MUGEN video series on Youtube, when they're not just series of fights, will be a Mega Crossover, such as:

Fan Game

  • Gokou Sama(aka Somarinoa or Thor Steinbach) is currently working on following Mega Crossover Video Games: Ultimate Showdown(top down action game about characters from everything engages massive duel of death) and Amalgam Online(Alien-themed Mega Crossover Strategy game)
  • Mushroom Kingdom Fusion, a fangame-in-progress, sends Mario and Luigi (later a host of others) across a few of the most famous gaming franchises in order to bring down Legion before he can successfully fuse all worlds and drain the energy from the reaction...or something. The creators are keeping the plot a secret—will they finish before it becomes the gaming equivalent of a Dead Fic? Given the ambition of the project, I'd have to guess no...but hey, we know Solid Snake is mentoring them! If that doesn't make it awesome, what does?
    • And it's sister project 'Super Mario Fusion Revival'. Which, though more Mario-centric, still features levels and areas from many other franchise once outside the first world. A smaller and less ambitious project then MKF, but built with a stronger engine and with great care put into each stage. Take a look for yourselves.
  • Card Sagas Wars (see here) is another ambitious fangame, combining many characters from several different games. It's the sort of thing that can only exist due to dedicated fans or else the legalities of it would make everyone's heads spin.
  • Xeno Fighters R, a Bullet Hell Shmup featuring ships and characters from Gradius, Raiden, Legendary Wings, Twinbee, Galaga, and even Pokemon.
  • MariO takes the original Super Mario Bros. and gives Mario a Portal gun.

Other

Real Life

  1. The Clan has been crossed with (as of this writing): Devil May Cry, Digimon, Disgaea, Full Metal Panic!, Harry Potter, Hellsing, Mahou Sensei Negima, Lyrical Nanoha, Ouran High School Host Club, Persona, Pokémon, Ranma ½, Rosario + Vampire Sailor Moon, Suzumiya Haruhi, To Aru Majutsu no Index, Usagi Drop, Valkyria Chronicles and a few others... not including the Nasuverse and Sekirei elements already present in the fanfic it's based on.