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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 relatively recent (as of 2017) but upcoming challenger to ''Undocumented Features'' first place position is ''[[The Teraverse]]'', a setting built on an odd blend of ''[[The Secret World of Alex Mack]]'' and [[DC Comics]], with somewhere between one and two hundred other works contributing to the mix. A year after the end of ''The Secret World'', Alex Mack is drawn into an interdimensional crisis, and upon her return decides to take on a formal superhero persona -- the first in her version of Earth. When she does, it's almost as though it were a signal for secret wars, ancient conspiracies, and even more people with powers to appear from the shadows where they had lurked up to then.
* A relatively recent (as of 2017) but upcoming challenger to ''Undocumented Features'' first place position is ''[[The Teraverse]]'', a setting built on an odd blend of ''[[The Secret World of Alex Mack]]'' and [[DC Comics]], with somewhere between one and two hundred other works contributing to the mix. A year after the end of ''The Secret World'', Alex Mack is drawn into an interdimensional crisis, and upon her return decides to take on a formal superhero persona -- the first in her version of Earth. When she does, it's almost as though it were a signal for secret wars, ancient conspiracies, and even more people with powers to appear from the shadows where they had lurked up to then.
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* ''[[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]]'', ''[[Hammer's 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.
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** Oh, and it also has Mr. Rogers from [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny (song)|The Ultimate Showdown Of Ultimate Destiny]].
** Oh, and it also has Mr. Rogers from [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny (song)|The Ultimate Showdown Of Ultimate Destiny]].
** This reaches almost Lovecraftian proportions when it goes on to include {{spoiler|all possible characters whose universes can be simulated by a Turing machine.}} Of course, most of them are off-screen.
** This reaches almost Lovecraftian proportions when it goes on to include {{spoiler|all possible characters whose universes can be simulated by a Turing machine.}} Of course, most of them are off-screen.
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4869171/1/Grand_Tour Grand Tour]'' Started as a ''[[Ranma ½]]'' and ''[[Star Trek]]'' (both ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|Star Trek Voyager]]'') crossover, it quickly spiraled into more series, including ''[[Lyrical Nanoha]]'' with many series acting as a one-chapter one-shot or a cameo mentioning at most.
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4869171/1/Grand_Tour Grand Tour]'' Started as a ''[[Ranma ½]]'' and ''[[Star Trek]]'' (both ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'') crossover, it quickly spiraled into more series, including ''[[Lyrical Nanoha]]'' with many series acting as a one-chapter one-shot or a cameo mentioning at most.
** The ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4869171/20/Grand_Tour last]'' chapter tops practically everything when it comes to fight scenes.
** The ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4869171/20/Grand_Tour last]'' chapter tops practically everything when it comes to fight scenes.
*** 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.
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* ''[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 40,000]]. [[Needs a Better Description]].
* Due to the [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]] nature of ''[[Kingdom Hearts]],'' many fanfics based on that canon will also use it as a catch-all explanation for blending together pretty much anything and everything. Just explain it as a new planet and there you go.
* Due to the [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]] nature of ''[[Kingdom Hearts]],'' many fanfics based on that canon will also use it as a catch-all explanation for blending together pretty much anything and everything. Just explain it as a new planet and there you go.
** ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'' is subject to this too for the same reason. There was actually a very short-lived (thank the heavens for it) fic with Tsubasa and Kingdom Hearts crossing over.
** ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'' is subject to this too for the same reason. There was actually a very short-lived (thank the heavens for it) fic with Tsubasa and Kingdom Hearts crossing over.
* [[The Life After Death Trilogy]] by [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6058725/1/ SilverGryphon8] and [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6058725/1/ GamineMadcap] is, to start with, a ''[[Spider-Man 2]]''/''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' crossover starring Doctor Octopus and Robin Goodfellow. It is confirmed by the authors that the list of crossovers and cameos will include: [[Daredevil]] and most of the [[Marvel Universe]],[[Bones]], the [[Cal Leandros]] books, ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', ''[[The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]'', [[Doctor Who]], and more.
* [[The Life After Death Trilogy]] by [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6058725/1/ SilverGryphon8] and [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6058725/1/ GamineMadcap] is, to start with, a ''[[Spider-Man 2]]''/''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' crossover starring Doctor Octopus and Robin Goodfellow. It is confirmed by the authors that the list of crossovers and cameos will include: [[Daredevil]] and most of the [[Marvel Universe]],[[Bones]], the [[Cal Leandros]] books, ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', ''[[The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]'', [[Doctor Who]], and more.
* Dreamwidth [[Journal Roleplay|is host to]] an ever-increasing number of what are called multifandom roleplaying games. Some rewrite characters to fit new settings, but most are true Mega Crossovers, bringing characters together from their home canons. ''[http://community.livejournal.com/dramadramaduck Drama Drama Duck]'', for instance, uses the premise that people from different universes are [[Hand Wave|somehow]] able to communicate with each other over the Internet (including people who can travel between worlds, allowing characters to meet face to face). Individual games can have very different setups, genres, possible restrictions on acceptable characters or canons, and guidelines like the involvement of [[Original Character|OCs]] or [[OC Stand In|canon OCs]].
* Dreamwidth [[Journal Roleplay|is host to]] an ever-increasing number of what are called multifandom roleplaying games. Some rewrite characters to fit new settings, but most are true Mega Crossovers, bringing characters together from their home canons. ''[http://community.livejournal.com/dramadramaduck Drama Drama Duck]'', for instance, uses the premise that people from different universes are [[Hand Wave|somehow]] able to communicate with each other over the Internet (including people who can travel between worlds, allowing characters to meet face to face). Individual games can have very different setups, genres, possible restrictions on acceptable characters or canons, and guidelines like the involvement of [[Original Character|OCs]] or [[OC Stand-In|canon OCs]].
* ''[[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]].
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* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3003169/1/MegaMan_Battle_Network_A_NetNavi_and_a_Mew_Mew MegaMan Battle Network: A NetNavi and a Mew Mew]'' Is novelization of the seven ''Battle Network'' games with a crossover twist.
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3003169/1/MegaMan_Battle_Network_A_NetNavi_and_a_Mew_Mew MegaMan Battle Network: A NetNavi and a Mew Mew]'' Is novelization of the seven ''Battle Network'' games with a crossover twist.
* ''[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 OddParents|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.
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** 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.
* ''[[The Open Door]]'' by [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1443555/Academia_Nut Academia Nut]. The core premise carries ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]/[[Warhammer 40000]]'' from the previous work, ''[[Thousand Shinji]]'', that of the Chaos gods expanding and finding ways to defeat the C'tan, with the first chapter involving ''[[The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]''. The third chapter hits ''[[Stargate SG-1|Stargate SG 1]]'', the sixth hits ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'', the twelfth hits both ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and ''[[Lyrical Nanoha]]'' simultaneously, and steadily more universes are involved. There is something of a consistent multiverse system laid out {{spoiler|(and there may, in fact, be more than just one multiverse)}}, but the specifics are difficult to summarise.
* ''[[The Open Door]]'' by [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1443555/Academia_Nut Academia Nut]. The core premise carries ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]/[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' from the previous work, ''[[Thousand Shinji]]'', that of the Chaos gods expanding and finding ways to defeat the C'tan, with the first chapter involving ''[[The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]''. The third chapter hits ''[[Stargate SG-1|Stargate SG 1]]'', the sixth hits ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', the twelfth hits both ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and ''[[Lyrical Nanoha]]'' simultaneously, and steadily more universes are involved. There is something of a consistent multiverse system laid out {{spoiler|(and there may, in fact, be more than just one multiverse)}}, but the specifics are difficult to summarise.
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4131406/1/Overkill Overkill]'' starts out as a [[Naruto]]/[[Lyrical Nanoha|Nanoha]] crossover, and then becomes the author asking, [[Author Appeal|"How many fictional characters can I conceivably put in this?"]]
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4131406/1/Overkill Overkill]'' starts out as a [[Naruto]]/[[Lyrical Nanoha|Nanoha]] crossover, and then becomes the author asking, [[Author Appeal|"How many fictional characters can I conceivably put in this?"]]
* ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB74RUZO9ZI Phoenix Wright Anime Attorney]'' is an AMV that's edited in a way that makes it seem as though Phoenix Wright is interacting with characters from various other anime series.
* ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB74RUZO9ZI Phoenix Wright Anime Attorney]'' is an AMV that's edited in a way that makes it seem as though Phoenix Wright is interacting with characters from various other anime series.
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* ''[http://www.florestica.com/brandall/poe/index.htm Process of Elimination]'' starts off primarily as a ''[[Ranma ½]]'' and ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' story, but has many additional anime added to its story.
* ''[http://www.florestica.com/brandall/poe/index.htm Process of Elimination]'' starts off primarily as a ''[[Ranma ½]]'' and ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' story, but has many additional anime added to its story.
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3415504/1/Prodigy Prodigy], Holy crap. This story is actually pretty damn insane, and not just for the fact that it's a crossover between, ahem: [[Harry Potter]], [[Crime Scene Investigation]], [[House MD]], Grey'sAnatomy, Numb3rs, Psych, [[Law and Order]]:[[Special Victims Unit]], [[Naval Criminal Investigative Services]], and possibly even more. No, I'm not kidding. Nearly the entire damn story (Which is 140,841 words, if I may add.) is so damn awesome. Words don't describe it, while it does have the thin base of a lot of HP AU's (Harry Potter's twin is named BWL, Harry is ignored.) If runs away with it and crashes that idea into a building, then lights the building of fire. This is easily in the [[Crowning Moments Of Funny]] as well.
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3415504/1/Prodigy Prodigy], Holy crap. This story is actually pretty damn insane, and not just for the fact that it's a crossover between, ahem: [[Harry Potter]], [[Crime Scene Investigation]], [[House MD]], Grey'sAnatomy, Numb3rs, Psych, [[Law and Order]]:[[Special Victims Unit]], [[Naval Criminal Investigative Services]], and possibly even more. No, I'm not kidding. Nearly the entire damn story (Which is 140,841 words, if I may add.) is so damn awesome. Words don't describe it, while it does have the thin base of a lot of HP AU's (Harry Potter's twin is named BWL, Harry is ignored.) If runs away with it and crashes that idea into a building, then lights the building of fire. This is easily in the [[Crowning Moments Of Funny]] as well.
* Similarly, ''[http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-8583/Greywizard+Prophecies+We+Don+t+Need+No+Stinking+Prophecies.htm Prophecies? We Don' Need No Stinkin' Prophecies]'' by Greywizard (also on Twisting The Hellmouth) shows a Buffyverse where Harry Potter was raised by a married Xander and Buffy, and the forces of the Watcher's Council include characters from, according to the author: ''Tears of the Sun; Blackhawk Down; White Sands; [[ER]]; [[Witchblade (Comic Book)|Witchblade]]; [[Supernatural]]; [[Raven]]; PSI Factor; [[City of Angels]]; [[Under Siege]]; [[Chicago Hope]]; [[Stargate SG-1]]; [[The X-Files]]; [[NYPD Blue]]; The Craft; Rogue Warrior''; the Tom Clancy novels; ''[[X-Men]]; Rainbow Six; [[Law and Order]]''; the ''Lethal Weapon'' movies; the ''Amber'' books; ''[[Alienversus Predator]]; [[Practical Magic]]; [[Phoenix Force]]''; and ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]''. (Plus another ''Buffy'' fanfic, plus ''Buffy'' and ''[[Harry Potter]]'' themselves, for a total of 29 sources.)
* Similarly, ''[http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-8583/Greywizard+Prophecies+We+Don+t+Need+No+Stinking+Prophecies.htm Prophecies? We Don' Need No Stinkin' Prophecies]'' by Greywizard (also on Twisting The Hellmouth) shows a Buffyverse where Harry Potter was raised by a married Xander and Buffy, and the forces of the Watcher's Council include characters from, according to the author: ''Tears of the Sun; Blackhawk Down; White Sands; [[ER]]; [[Witchblade (Comic Book)|Witchblade]]; [[Supernatural]]; [[Raven]]; PSI Factor; [[City of Angels (musical)|City of Angels]]; [[Under Siege]]; [[Chicago Hope]]; [[Stargate SG-1]]; [[The X-Files]]; [[NYPD Blue]]; The Craft; Rogue Warrior''; the Tom Clancy novels; ''[[X-Men]]; Rainbow Six; [[Law and Order]]''; the ''Lethal Weapon'' movies; the ''Amber'' books; ''[[Alienversus Predator]]; [[Practical Magic]]; [[Phoenix Force]]''; and ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]''. (Plus another ''Buffy'' fanfic, plus ''Buffy'' and ''[[Harry Potter]]'' themselves, for a total of 29 sources.)
* ''[[Roommates 2007|Roommates (2007)]]'' and its [[Spin-Off]] s ''[[Girls Next Door]]'' and ''[[Down the Street]]'' are [[Fanfic|fan]][[Web Comic|comics]] on [[Deviant ART]], that bring various fictional characters together in an out of canon world. The main characters are from [[Labyrinth]], [[Les Misérables]], [[Phantom of the Opera]] and [[Pirates of the Caribbean]] (DTS adds [[Dracula]] and [[Frankenstein]]) with countless [[The Cameo|cameos]] [[Shout-Out]] s etc..
* ''[[Roommates 2007|Roommates (2007)]]'' and its [[Spin-Off]] s ''[[Girls Next Door]]'' and ''[[Down the Street]]'' are [[Fanfic|fan]][[Web Comic|comics]] on [[Deviant ART]], that bring various fictional characters together in an out of canon world. The main characters are from [[Labyrinth]], [[Les Misérables]], [[Phantom of the Opera]] and [[Pirates of the Caribbean]] (DTS adds [[Dracula]] and [[Frankenstein]]) with countless [[The Cameo|cameos]] [[Shout-Out]] s etc..
* ''[[The Secret Life of Dolls]]'', A Dollfic by [[Cleolinda Jones]], writer of ''Movies in Fifteen Minutes''.
* ''[[The Secret Life of Dolls]]'', A Dollfic by [[Cleolinda Jones]], writer of ''Movies in Fifteen Minutes''.
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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.