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The opposite of [[Fandom Rivalry]]. Two (or more) fandoms have a lot of overlap because of shared talent (sometimes the result of a [[Production Posse]]), because of similar subject matter, or for no real reason at all — they just like each other! Often people get into one fandom and are encouraged by this relationship to get into the other.
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== Inter-Media/General ==
* In spite of the oft-hyped [[Fandom Rivalry|tensions]] between fans of ''[[Star Wars]]'' and those of ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]'', truth is, outside of exceptions, the two sagas are so different, they don't really step on each other toes. And in the modern times, true pop-culture geeks understand the economics of how TV and film projects get the go-ahead [[Cancelling|or not]], therefore, fans of both works tend to look at the others' success as being a boost to their own favorite.
* ''[[Due South]]'' and ''[[Hard Core Logo]]''. [[Canada, Eh?|Because Canadians have to stick together, eh?]]
* There's a great deal of overlap, probably unsurprisingly, between fans of ''[[Horatio Hornblower]]'', ''[[Aubrey-Maturin]]'', and ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean (Film)|Pirates of the Caribbean]]''. (And possibly also ''[[Temeraire]]'' and ''[[Jane Austen]]'').
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' and ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' have developed some harmony between each other, mostly due to a fan-favorite minor character in the latter show reminding everybody of the Tenth Doctor.
** The Bronies have developed friendships with a lot of fandoms in general, but it seems that the biggest one is the friendship between the [[Valve]] fandom. Mostly because the [[Valve]] games helped to spread the word on it's early days, specially ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]''. Many ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'' crossovers have been made, to the point of having designed characters from the show to represent the characters from the game in the crossovers, and many references to the game in the pony-related videos in YouTube.
*** Helped by the steadily growing number pony models for [[Garrys Mod]], which is used to create most [[TF 2]] fanvids.
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* [[Tin Man (TV)|Tin Man]] and [[Alice (TV)|Alice]] - mostly because of their similar production staff and tone.
** Likewise with their literary ancestors. Baum was a fan of ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Literature)|Alice in Wonderland]]''.
* Old-school ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' and ''[[
* ''[[Sherlock (TV)|Sherlock]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' have a bit of overlap and [[Crossover|crossovering]] going on (''Sherlock'' overlapping more with ''Doctor Who'' than the other way round, due to a smaller fanbase) thanks to [[Steven Moffat|The Grand Moff]] being executive producer at both.
* Ever since Neil Gaiman wrote the very popular ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' episode "The Doctor's Wife" for series 6, one which confirmed old fan theories, and contained a general display of awesome- the two fandoms have definitely gained a friendship.
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* [[Trekkie|Star Trek fans]] are known for their running feuds with fans of other Sci-fi series/franchises; notable rivals being ''[[Star Wars]]'', ''[[Babylon 5 (TV)|Babylon 5]]'', and ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]''. But it seems there's a lot of warm regard, if not necessarily love, for fans of the televised ''Stargate'' shows especially ''[[Stargate SG 1]]''. As different as the shows are, their similar takes on military science fiction/SpaceOpera and comparable places on the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism]] naturally means they'd appeal to a similar group. Also, it's clear the producers of ''Gate'' pay homage, if ribbingly, to ''Trek''. To top it off, throw in the number of ''Trek'' actors who've would up on one or the other ''Gate'' series and it's almost impossible to see this fandoms as rivals.
** For a long time on [[Sci Fi Channel]], ''[[The Next Generation]]'' and ''[[SG 1]]'' were both staple shows, sometimes airing within hours of each other.
* ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]'' and ''[[Twenty Four|24]]'' fandoms got pretty cozy what with all the former (and sometimes current) ''Trek'' actors appearing in the show in big and large parts. The connection was especially strong with ''[[Star Trek Enterprise (TV)|Star Trek Enterprise]]'' which saw Gregorty Itzin and Peter Weller doing both shows at the same time. (Itzin as President Logan on ''24'' while playing an alternate universe Starfleet Admiral on ''Enterprise''. Peter Weller portrayed a [[Well
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* Many of the prominent [[Fanfic]] writers for ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers (Animation)|Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers]]'' also wrote fanfic for ''[[The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (Animation)|The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest]]'' back in the 1990's. These days, newcomers to the fandom tend to be fans of ''[[X Men Evolution]]'' who discovered it via Red Witch and other fanfic writers.
* ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' and ''[[Transformers]]'' fans usually get on well.
** ''[[My Little Pony]]'' fans also get along with with Transfans and Joefans. Although there is some friction caused by the more [[Fan Dumb|outspoken]] [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|Bronies]].
** Likewise, many fans of [[Dan Vs]] also get along well with the MLP fanbase. Both shows are on [[The Hub]] as it is.
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