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* ''[[Both Syllables (Fanfic)|Both Syllables]]'' combines ''[[Invader Zim (Animation)|Invader Zim]]'', ''[[Lilo and Stitch (Disney)|Liloand Stitch]]'', and ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (Animation)|Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]''.
* ''[[Both Syllables (Fanfic)|Both Syllables]]'' combines ''[[Invader Zim (Animation)|Invader Zim]]'', ''[[Lilo and Stitch (Disney)|Liloand Stitch]]'', and ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (Animation)|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 (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', ''[[Charmed (TV)|Charmed]]'', ''[[Catch 22]]'', ''[[Dark Angel]]'', ''[[Diagnosis Murder (TV)|Diagnosis Murder]]'', ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'', ''[[Due South]]'', ''[[Early Edition (TV)|Early Edition]]'', ''[[Forever Knight (TV)|Forever Knight]]'', ''[[Friday the 13 th The Series]]'', ''[[Hammers Slammers]]'', ''[[Highlander (Franchise)|Highlander]]'', ''[[Indiana Jones (Franchise)|Indiana Jones]]'', ''[[Knight Rider (TV)|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 (TV)|Relic Hunter]]'', ''[[Seven Days]]'', ''[[Sliders]]'', ''[[Space Above and Beyond]]'', ''[[Special Unit 2 (TV)|Special Unit 2]]'', ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', ''[[Star Wars]]'', ''[[The Terminator]]'', ''[[The Black Company]]'', ''[[The Incredible Hulk]]'', ''[[The Pretender]]'', ''[[The Sentinel (TV)|The Sentinel]]'', ''[[The Wizard of Oz (Film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'', ''[[Time Bandits]]'', ''[[The Time Tunnel (TV)|The Time Tunnel]]'', ''[[The Transformers (Animation)|The Transformers]]'', ''[[Viper (TV)|Viper]]'', ''[[Walker Texas Ranger]]'', and ''[[The X-Files (TV)|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 (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', ''[[Charmed (TV)|Charmed]]'', ''[[Catch 22]]'', ''[[Dark Angel]]'', ''[[Diagnosis Murder (TV)|Diagnosis Murder]]'', ''[[Doctor Who]]'', ''[[Due South]]'', ''[[Early Edition (TV)|Early Edition]]'', ''[[Forever Knight (TV)|Forever Knight]]'', ''[[Friday the 13th: The Series]]'', ''[[Hammers Slammers]]'', ''[[Highlander (Franchise)|Highlander]]'', ''[[Indiana Jones (Franchise)|Indiana Jones]]'', ''[[Knight Rider (TV)|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 (TV)|Relic Hunter]]'', ''[[Seven Days]]'', ''[[Sliders]]'', ''[[Space Above and Beyond]]'', ''[[Special Unit 2 (TV)|Special Unit 2]]'', ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', ''[[Star Wars]]'', ''[[The Terminator]]'', ''[[The Black Company]]'', ''[[The Incredible Hulk]]'', ''[[The Pretender]]'', ''[[The Sentinel (TV)|The Sentinel]]'', ''[[The Wizard of Oz (Film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'', ''[[Time Bandits]]'', ''[[The Time Tunnel (TV)|The Time Tunnel]]'', ''[[The Transformers (Animation)|The Transformers]]'', ''[[Viper (TV)|Viper]]'', ''[[Walker Texas Ranger]]'', and ''[[The X-Files (TV)|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 (TV)|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 ''[[Dexters 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 ''[[Dexters 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 Crossover|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 (Manga)|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 (Manga)|Cardcaptor Sakura]]'', and ''[[Pokémon]]'' into a single setting.
* ''[http://spoon300.deviantart.com/gallery/31302955 Doctor Who: The Manga] Starts with the [[Doctor Who (TV)|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 (Fanfic)|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 (Fanfic)|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 (Franchise)|Digimon]], [[Disgaea]], [[Full Metal Panic]], [[Harry Potter (Franchise)|Harry Potter]], [[Hellsing]], [[Mahou Sensei Negima]], [[Lyrical Nanoha (Franchise)|Lyrical Nanoha]], [[Ouran High School Host Club (Manga)|Ouran High School Host Club]], [[Persona]], [[Pokémon (Franchise)|Pokémon]], [[Ranma ½ (Manga)|Ranma One Half]], [[Rosario to Vampire]] [[Sailor Moon (Manga)|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 (Fanfic)|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 (Fanfic)|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 (Franchise)|Digimon]], [[Disgaea]], [[Full Metal Panic]], [[Harry Potter (Franchise)|Harry Potter]], [[Hellsing]], [[Mahou Sensei Negima]], [[Lyrical Nanoha (Franchise)|Lyrical Nanoha]], [[Ouran High School Host Club (Manga)|Ouran High School Host Club]], [[Persona]], [[Pokémon (Franchise)|Pokémon]], [[Ranma ½ (Manga)|Ranma One Half]], [[Rosario to Vampire]] [[Sailor Moon (Manga)|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.
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** Dracula's armies of toy soldiers Vs. Dr. Doom's flying saucer? ''HELL YEAH!''
** Dracula's armies of toy soldiers Vs. Dr. Doom's flying saucer? ''HELL YEAH!''
*** Glad you like it! (I'm the creator. No really.)
*** Glad you like it! (I'm the creator. No really.)
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5389450/1/The_Finale_of_the_Ultimate_Meta_Mega_Crossover The Finale of the Ultimate Meta Mega Crossover]. Featuring [[Vernor Vinge|A Fire Upon the Deep]] x [[The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]] x [[Ah! My Goddess (Manga)|Ah My Goddess]] x [[Harold Shea|The Incomplete Enchanter]] x [[Book of Amber]] x [[Callahans Crosstime Saloon (Literature)|Callahans Crosstime Saloon]] x [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]] x [[Star Wars]] x [[Robert Heinlein]] x [[Shinji and Warhammer 40 K (Fanfic)|Shinji and Warhammer 40 K]] x [[Thousand Shinji (Fanfic)|Thousand Shinji]] x [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3736100/1/ Once More With Feeling] x [http://www.fakku.net/viewmanga.php?id=949 RE-TAKE Of Evangelion] x [[Discworld]] x [[South Park]] x [[The Matrix]]. ''In the first 1400 words.''
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5389450/1/The_Finale_of_the_Ultimate_Meta_Mega_Crossover The Finale of the Ultimate Meta Mega Crossover]. Featuring [[Vernor Vinge|A Fire Upon the Deep]] x [[The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]] x [[Ah! My Goddess (Manga)|Ah My Goddess]] x [[Harold Shea|The Incomplete Enchanter]] x [[Book of Amber]] x [[Callahan's Crosstime Saloon (Literature)|Callahans Crosstime Saloon]] x [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]] x [[Star Wars]] x [[Robert Heinlein]] x [[Shinji and Warhammer 40 K (Fanfic)|Shinji and Warhammer 40 K]] x [[Thousand Shinji (Fanfic)|Thousand Shinji]] x [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3736100/1/ Once More With Feeling] x [http://www.fakku.net/viewmanga.php?id=949 RE-TAKE Of Evangelion] x [[Discworld]] x [[South Park]] x [[The Matrix]]. ''In the first 1400 words.''
** Oh, and it also has Mr. Rogers from [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny (Music)|The Ultimate Showdown Of Ultimate Destiny]].
** Oh, and it also has Mr. Rogers from [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny (Music)|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.
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* 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 (Fanfic)|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 Nights 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 (Film)|The Sorcerers Apprentice]]'', [[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]], and more.
* [[The Life After Death Trilogy (Fanfic)|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 Nights 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 (Film)|The Sorcerers 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 (Literature)|Eragon]] / [[Twilight (Literature)|Twilight]] [[Hate Fic]], and a set of [[Play By Post Games]].
* ''[[Lynching ITP]]'' is a cross between this, an [[Inheritance Cycle (Literature)|Eragon]] / [[Twilight (Literature)|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 (Franchise)|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 (Franchise)|Star Wars]],'' and ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' among many, many, many others.
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* ''[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 (Literature)|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 (Literature)|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 (Theatre)|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! (Theatre)|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 (Fanfic)|The Open Door]]'' by [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1443555/Academia_Nut Academia Nut]. The core premise carries ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]/[[Warhammer 40000]]'' from the previous work, ''[[Thousand Shinji (Fanfic)|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 (TV)|Stargate SG 1]]'', the sixth hits ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation (TV)|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'', the twelfth hits both ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and ''[[Lyrical Nanoha (Franchise)|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 (Fanfic)|The Open Door]]'' by [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1443555/Academia_Nut Academia Nut]. The core premise carries ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]/[[Warhammer 40000]]'' from the previous work, ''[[Thousand Shinji (Fanfic)|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 (TV)|Stargate SG 1]]'', the sixth hits ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation (TV)|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'', the twelfth hits both ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and ''[[Lyrical Nanoha (Franchise)|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.
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* [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 (TV)|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]]; [[Under Siege]]; [[Chicago Hope (TV)|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 (Webcomic)|Roommates (2007)]]'' and its [[Spin-Off]] s ''[[Girls Next Door (Webcomic)|Girls Next Door]]'' and ''[[Down the Street (Webcomic)|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 (Film)|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 (Webcomic)|Roommates (2007)]]'' and its [[Spin-Off]] s ''[[Girls Next Door (Webcomic)|Girls Next Door]]'' and ''[[Down the Street (Webcomic)|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 (Film)|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''.
* The Disney/NonDisney editor community on YouTube does this often in their videos but seem to be having their own crossover event with a project called'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ugAPnosQ20 The Sixth Sense]''. It involves an amalgam of plots reminiscent of ''X-men'', witch hunts, government conspiracies, giving various animated characters powers and having them interact. Already, people have mini-storylines and connections to other characters which will probably continue into the official project.
* The Disney/NonDisney editor community on YouTube does this often in their videos but seem to be having their own crossover event with a project called'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ugAPnosQ20 The Sixth Sense]''. It involves an amalgam of plots reminiscent of ''X-men'', witch hunts, government conspiracies, giving various animated characters powers and having them interact. Already, people have mini-storylines and connections to other characters which will probably continue into the official project.
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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|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 (TV)|Knight Rider]]''/''[[Team Knight Rider (TV)|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 (Franchise)|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 (TV)|Knight Rider]]''/''[[Team Knight Rider (TV)|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 (Franchise)|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://psychoe.deviantart.com/art/TCD-prologue-27019744 TRES]'' is a lesser known webcomic which stars several characters from different anime and has a ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'' influence.
* ''[http://psychoe.deviantart.com/art/TCD-prologue-27019744 TRES]'' is a lesser known webcomic which stars several characters from different anime and has a ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'' influence.
* [[Ultimate Crossover Wrestling]] combines not just wrestling organizations (WWE, TNA, etc), but anime, games, tv and movies.
* [[Ultimate Crossover Wrestling]] combines not just wrestling organizations (WWE, TNA, etc), but anime, games, tv and movies.
* ''[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 (Film)|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 Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]'', ''[[Alien]],'' and ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined (TV)|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 (Film)|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 Hitchhikers 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 One Half|Ranma 1/2]]'' 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 One Half|Ranma 1/2]]'' 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''.
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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 One Half, Rosario to 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.