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* [[Spider-Man]] has a slew of crossovers on [[Fanfiction.net]]. [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5011834/1/Web_of_Shadow_Fallout This one] crossed with the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]], and [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3914495/1/A_Hospital_In_Jersey this one] crossed with ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' are quite good.
* In Anime fanfiction (and sometimes in other media) a quite common way to establish a plot, especially in [[Peggy Sue]] fics, is a wish granted by [[Ah! My Goddess|Belldandy or her sisters]]. Whether this crossover is minor or major varies between fics.
* Raquaza Master's [http://s1.zetaboards.com/PokeTown_2/index/ Pokemon Squad] fanfics are supposed to combine the characters from [[Pokémon]], ''[[
* The ''[[Ranma ½]]'' fandom loves to create crossovers. There exists several archives devoted to them. Particularly common are crossovers with ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' which has a sub genre called the [[Fuku Fic]] that has more fan fics written for it than most anime has fan fics total.
* Is there anyone [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] hasn't met yet? The blue hedgehog has had crossovers with [http://www.fanfiction.net/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_and_Percy_Jackson_and_the_Olympians_Crossovers/253/2622/ Percy Jackson], [http://www.fanfiction.net/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_and_Godzilla_Crossovers/253/448/ Godzilla], [http://www.fanfiction.net/Transformers_Beast_Wars_and_Sonic_the_Hedgehog_Crossovers/65/253/ Transformers], [http://www.fanfiction.net/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_and_Halo_Crossovers/253/1342/ Halo], [http://www.fanfiction.net/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_and_iCarly_Crossovers/253/2898/ iCarly], [http://www.fanfiction.net/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_and_Gorillaz_Crossovers/253/2340/ Gorillaz], [http://www.fanfiction.net/Mighty_Ducks_and_Sonic_the_Hedgehog_Crossovers/243/253/ the Mighty Ducks] and [[Fuck the Jesus Beam|Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]. Are any of these even remotely connected?
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* Even though the first story of ''[[A Sticky Situation]]'' remains solidly in the ''[[Digimon Tamers|Digimon]]'' season three universe, the second story tosses several of the characters into ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars|Star Wars the Clone Wars]]'' due to a dimension-traveling digimon called Parallelmon (a [[Canon]] digimon, not an [[OC]] of the author). It is very well written and very entertaining.
* [[Rules of the Internet|Rule (9)]]: If it exists, there is a crossover with ''[[Touhou]]''. [[Touhou/Crossover|The series even has its own article.]]
* When ''[[With Strings Attached]]'' was first conceived, it was supposed to be a [[The Beatles (band)|Beatles]]/''[[Dungeons
* There are a lot of fanarts involving [[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|Kaa]] the Snake hypnotizing various victims. Google search "Kaa" and you'll see what the deal is.
* It's easier to count the things that Naruto hasn't had crossovers with when it's had crossovers with ''[[The Boondocks]]'', ''[[Duke Nukem]]'', ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'', ''[[Mean Girls]]'', ''Godzilla'', ''[[Friday the 13th (film)|Friday the 13 th]]'' and probably the strangest with ''[[Married... with Children]]''.
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== Live Action TV ==
* The "Tommy Westphall Universe" (or, alternatively, "The John Munch Principle") ties dozens of television series from the 1970's to the present through the characters of Tommy Westphall from ''[[St. Elsewhere]]'' (who is revealed to have imagined the entire series in the final scene of the final episode) and John Munch, the Baltimore detective who has made crossover appearances in many television series (including the ''[[Law and Order]]'' canon, ''[[The X-Files]]'' and ''[[Homicide: Life
* Apparently among Mr Roark's ''[[Fantasy Island]]'' magical, mystical abilities is the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_g_4C7-2Dg power to CrossOver with other AaronSpelling series].
* The episodes of ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit]]'' and ''[[Law & Order: Trial by Jury|Law and Order Trial By Jury]]'' titled "Night" and "Day," respectively, were crossovers of each other on the same night. The major characters from each series appeared on both episodes, which dealt with a rapist. ''SVU'' focused on the investigation and arrest of the rapist, while ''Trial by Jury'' focused on the trial. (There was some discontinuity here. At the end of ''SVU'', the case was declared a slamdunk. At the beginning of ''TBJ'', the case became a sure loser.)
** Most of [[Law and Order Trial By Jury]] was a continuation of a plot that happened earlier in the week from one of the other three series running at the time.
** ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit|Law And Order: SVU]]'' did this years ago with a 2-part event, "Entitled," the second half of which took place on the original ''[[Law & Order|Law and Order]]''. However, this plays havoc with syndication, because the shows are rerun on different networks in America; the ''SVU'' episode leaves the viewer hanging without the second half.
** ''[[Law & Order|Law and Order]]'' also crossed over with ''[[Homicide: Life
*** This also happened when [[Channel Five]] in the UK - which didn't screen ''Homicide'' - ran that particular ''L&O'' episode... unfortunately this practice is the exception rather than the rule in Britain, meaning numerous crossovers of this ilk are either left hanging (like the ''[[Ally McBeal]]''/''[[The Practice]]'' crossover - or, more germanely to Channel Five, the ''[[Martial Law]]''/''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]'' one<ref>Five screened Sammo's adventures, but not Cordell's</ref>) or shown waaaaaaay apart, like the ''[[Magnum, P.I.]]''/''[[Simon and Simon]]'' one.
** Law and Order: SVU also had a brief crossover from the cast of Law and Order: Los Angeles.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* "Reality Storm: When Worlds Collide" crossed over Hero Games' [[Champions]] and Guardians Of Order's ''Silver Age Sentinels'', co-produced by both companies. The adventure itself was dual-statted, but the book also included official conversion notes between the Tri-Stat d10 system and 5th edition Hero System.
* ''[[Dungeons
** The ''[[Spelljammer]]'' novels of ''The Cloakmaster Cycle'' demonstrated such a campaign, with most of the first book taking place on [[Dragonlance|Krynn]], only gradually introducing the concept of spelljamming to the hero. Later he visited two of less known locations on [[Forgotten Realms|Toril]]. At least ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' actively supported the meeting with other worlds by [http://www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6824 dropping mentions in its own sources].
* West End Games' ''[[Paranoia (game)|Paranoia]]'' had a trilogy of crossovers under the banner "Vulture Warriors of Dimension X". The first two adventures crossed over with ''Cyberpunk 2013'' and ''[[Twilight 2000]]'', while the third adventure used time- and dimension-travel as a campaign hook for open-ended crossovers with other franchises.
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** [[Sunday VS Magazine Shuuketsu Choujou Daikessen]], is crossover between two manga mazine giants, Weekly Shonen Sunday and Weekly Shonen Magazine.
** [[Gradius|The Vic Viper]] appears as a [[Transforming Mecha]] in ''[[Zone of the Enders]] 2''.
** Some characters in ''[[Pop'n
*** [[Gradius|Vic Viper]], in his NES ''Gradius'' form ("Gradius -Full Speed-", "A Shooting Star")
*** [[Castlevania|Simon Belmont]] ("Akumajo Dracula<ref>the Japanese name for the ''Castlevania'' series</ref> Medley Hybrid".)
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* While it makes sense since they are a part of the same cosmology, most of Bioware and Obsidian's D&D-based games have subtle crossovers. Most notably, ''[[Baldur's Gate]] II'' features artifacts from some of the characters of ''[[Planescape: Torment]]'', and one of said characters is also mentioned by an NPC in ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]''.
** Not surprising. The collusion started with ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'', but reached its height with ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Knights of the Old Republic]]''. The first game is "''[[Baldur's Gate]]'' with lightsabers." The second is "''[[Planescape: Torment]]'' with lightsabers"
** Perhaps less crossover than [[Cameo]] but the fates of the character from the TV show of [[Dungeons
* [[Ninja Gaiden|Ryu Hayabusa]] in ''[[Dead or Alive]]''. Also done in reverse, with Ayane appearing as a supporting character in the new ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'' games.
* ''[[Battletoads]] and [[Double Dragon]]: The Ultimate Team'' was one of the earliest intercompany video game crossovers, which was made possible by the fact that both series were published in America and Europe by Tradewest. The game itself is really a ''Battletoads'' game with ''Double Dragon'' characters as guest stars, ([[Did Not Do the Research|some which were misnamed]]).
* ''[[Super Smash Bros.]].''
* ''[[Mario
* [[NiGHTS Into Dreams|NiGHTS]] is featured in both of the ''[[Sonic Adventure]]'' [[Sonic Adventure 2|games]], and while he bears no real significance to the plot, he is a part of a level in each, moreso in ''[[Sonic Adventure]]''.
* ''Jewelry Master Twinkle'', an already-obscure [[Puzzle Game]], is actually a crossover between the ''[[Tetris TGM]]''-like game ''Jewelry Master'' and the even-more-obscure mahjong game ''Taikyoku Mahjong Net-De-Ron''.
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* Every Mario game that [[Square Enix]] has worked on (''[[Super Mario RPG]]'', ''[[Fortune Street]]'', and ''Mario Hoops 3 on 3'') has included characters from their own series in some form. ''SMRPG'' features a [[Bonus Boss]] utilizing the boss, victory, and Prelude themes from ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'', ''Hoops'' features [[Final Fantasy I|a Ninja, a White Mage, a Black Mage,]] a Moogle, and a Cactuar as unlockable characters, and roughly half the roster of ''FS'' is made up of ''[[Dragon Quest]]'' characters (with some ''Final Fantasy'' characters appearing in [[No Export for You|previous Japan-only installments]]).
* ''M.U.G.E.N'' is technically the ultimate crossover game, as, for example, you can fight a Touhou character with a ''[[Mortal Kombat (video game)|Mortal Kombat]]'' character. That's just a basic example, as well!
* ''[[
* Blockland has a [[ROBLO Xian]] add-on that can make it be this
* Apparently ''[[Payday: The Heist|PAYDAY the Heist]]'' and ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'' [http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Left-4-Dead-PAYDAY-Heist-Crossover-Coming-Soon-42727.html is set to have one coming soon.]
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* The main character in ''[[Here Wolf]]'' debuted in the comic book ''[[Horndog]]'', and there are occasionally crossovers from time to time.
* ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'' does this from time to time, sometimes in ways you might not imagine.
* ''[[Least I Could Do]]'' recently had a huge one with characters from every video game webcomic (and a few others), all fighting each other to the death. Rayne {{spoiler|died multiple times, but always came back due to them being clones.}} Combatants included ''[[Dinosaur Comics]]'', ''[[8-Bit Theater|Eight Bit Theater]]'', ''[[Looking for Group]]'', ''[[Ctrl+Alt+Del|Ctrl Alt Del]]'', ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]'', ''[[Xkcd]]'', ''[[Cyanide
** Sadly, the long-awaited battle between [[8-Bit Theater|Black Mage]] and [[Looking for Group|Richard the Warlock]] never happened since they were apparently on the same side, but 's not to say it never will. You never know with Sohmer and Lar.
*** Props if you noticed {{spoiler|the background of the first ''8-Bit Theater'' in Rayne and John's apartment window on one of the pages.}}
* ''[[Something
** [http://www.shortpacked.com/2010/comic/book-12/01-dominus-jacobus/davan/ And now], ''Shortpacked!'' and the rest of the [[Walkyverse]] by proxy. (Although a previous [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1550 two]-[http://www.shortpacked.com/2009/comic/book-10/03-the-comedy-laugh/coffeehouse/ sided] crossover between ''Shortpacked!'' and ''[[Questionable Content]]'' had already unofficially put it into the S*P Multiverse.)
* It's been established in ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'' that Molly likes to write [[Crack Fic]] crossover [[Fanfic|fan fics]], like [[The Brothers Karamazov]] meet [[Harold and The Purple Crayon]] (Harold uses his purple crayon to break Dmitri out of a Siberian prison). One of her fics got illustrated to appear on [[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja|Dr. McNinja's]] website, [http://drmcninja.com/wp-content/uploads/McNinj-2.jpg thusly.]
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** Not only does [[The Spoony Experiment|Doctor Insano]] end up in [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara's]] videos often, he first appeared in one.
*** [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Bandit Keith]] also appears in a few of Spoony's videos, portrayed by [[Little Kuriboh]].
** The ''[[
* ''[[Super Mario Bros Z]]'' crosses the universe of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' with that of ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]''. And its one big love letter to Dragonball.
* ''[[How It Should Have Ended]]'' gives their take on how the [[Terminator (franchise)|Terminator]] series [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBBw9E2Q_aY&feature should end]. With an [[Back to The Future|unexpected crossover]].
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* [[Hanna-Barbera]] did this a ''lot''. ''[[Scooby-Doo (animation)|Scooby Doo]]'' was usually the host show. Other Hanna-Barbera examples are ''[[Laff-A-Lympics]]'' and ''Yogi's Gang''.
** ''[[The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones]]'' was one of the few movies they did of this.
** Perhaps the most notorious use of this was ''[[Scooby
** There was a multi-episode arc of ''[[Space Ghost]]'' where the title character went up against the Council of Doom, each of whom managed to defeat Space Ghost and banish him to some other realm/time/planet, just so the other Hanna-Barbera heroes of that setting could help save him. This allowed Space Ghost to team up with the Herculoids, Mightor, Shazzan, and Super Moby Dick.
** The 1981-82 Hanna-Barbera show ''Space Stars'' was also built around this trope. Each hourlong episode would have a short eight- to 10-minute segment starring one of the show's hero teams: [[Space Ghost]], [[The Herculoids]], the Teen Force, and Astro from ''[[The Jetsons]]''. The last five to 10 minutes of the show would then be a "Space Stars Finale" team-up between two or more of the groups against a common foe.
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** In a more meta case, all of Marvel/Sunbow's cartoons of [[The Eighties]] (''Transformers, G.I. Joe, [[Inhumanoids]], [[Jem]]'' etc.) were tied into each other via Hector Ramirez, an [[Expy]] of television reporter Geraldo Rivera. Hector would show up just about any time a story needed a television reporter, suggesting the shows all resided in a shared universe.
* The all-too-trippy anti-drug [[PSA]] ''[[Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue]]''?
* ''[[The Fairly
** Also notable for the "[[Magic Versus Science]]" theme in all three specials.
** Eventually, this led to the ''[[Nicktoons Unite!]]'' video game series, which had those three specials as their basis (and made some [[Continuity Nod|continuity nods]] towards them).
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* ''[[Rugrats]]'' and ''[[The Wild Thornberrys]]'' had a feature-film crossover.
* ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'' is nearly built around this trope, with most episodes involving Harvey's law firm taking the case of some 1960s or 1970s [[Hanna-Barbera]] cartoon character.
* ''[[Lilo
* A crossover of ''[[Darkwing Duck (animation)|Darkwing Duck]]'' with ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' was planned but was never produced beyond a few voices. A quick clip of these voices can be heard in the ''Darkwing'' episode "Twitching Channels".
** ''Darkwing Duck'' did have ''[[DuckTales]]''' Gizmoduck as a reoccurring character though.
*** And in one episode, the entire recurring villain cast from ''[[DuckTales]]'' showed up in one scene.
** Also in the same vein, ''[[Hercules (
** ''[[Pepper Ann]]'' is the only animated Disney television show to ever be covered in ''[[House of Mouse]]''.
* ''[[Freakazoid!]]'', ''[[Animaniacs]]'', and ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'' did a crossover in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NLrjVnMO7k this] clip.
** ''[[Animaniacs]]'' sometimes did crossovers with other cartoons on its show, including one incident where [[Batman]] rescued them from an angry fairy (as Yakko's Shakespeare recital had foretold). Coincidentally, ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]'' aired right afterward.
*** One ''Animaniacs'' episode featured internal crossovers, with Dot and Slappy Squirrel trading places, as well as shorts featuring Mindy and the Brain, Pinky and the Cat (Rita), and Pesto and Runt.
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