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'''Jigsaw:''' ...[[Oh Crap|Crap]].|Hypothetical ''[[MacGyver]]''-''[[Saw]]'' crossover.}}
Having a [[Crossover]] between two related shows is one
But what happens when [[The View Askewniverse|Jay and Silent Bob]] turn up in ''[[Scream (film)|Scream]] 3''? Or Cliff and Norm from ''[[Cheers]]'' book into ''[[St Elsewhere]]'' for medical attention? Or a police officer from the grittily realistic ''[[Homicide: Life On the Street]]'' arrests Fox Mulder of ''[[The X-Files]]''? Or the CSI team finds a corpse in a hotel that isn't a corpse, just [[Angel]]? Well, then you've got yourself a different kettle of fish altogether. And to add insult to injury, the fish are probably from ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' and ''[[The Little Mermaid]]''.
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For the [[Web Comic]] equivalent of the TV crossover list, see the [http://crossovers.dragoneers.com/ Webcomic Crossover & Cameo Archive].
For a [[
When this trope happens with three or more series instead of two, it's a [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]]. When the two settings are blended so as to be one unified setting that partakes of elements from both, that's a [[Fusion Fic]].
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* [[Judge Dredd (comics)|Judge Dredd]] has teamed up with [[Batman]] on at least three occasions; given Bats' vigilante status and Dredd's fascist asshole status, there was some distinctly [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]] on both sides. Dredd has taken on ''[[Alien (franchise)|Aliens]]'' and the ''[[Predator]]'' as well.
** And in ''[[2000 AD|Two Thousand AD]]'' publications themselves, Dredd has crossed paths with Johnny Alpha from ''[[Strontium Dog]]'' twice (Note that both of these strips have been created by the same people) and has seen a whole score of cameos from outside characters during the ''Helter Skelter'' story arc.
* One of the single most bizarre
** ''[[Superdickery]]'' has some that are even worse.
**** ''[http://www.viruete.com/articulos/fotos%20articulos/superman-heman/HE-MAN%20vs%20SUPERMAN.jpg Superman/He-Man]''. It didn't suck as much as you thought it would, chiefly because this was ''before'' the cartoon debuted, and He-Man behaved more like the loinclothed barbarian he is. [http://www.encyclopedia-obscura.com/printcomicshemansuperman.html Also, no Orko.]
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* ''[[Hack Slash]]'' has crossed over with several other horror series and characters, including Evil Ernie from ''[[Lady Death]]'', ''[[Child's Play (film)|Childs Play]]'', [[BUMP]], and ''[[Re-Animator]]''. Tim Seeley, the writer, has said in interviews that he considers '''all''' slasher films to take place in the same universe of canon (justified by some of the entries in the cinema section of this page).
* ''[[Star Trek]] / [[X-Men]]''
* ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' series by [[Alan Moore]] runs off this
** To put the above in perspective... One of the reference books for the first of the League comics has around three pages detailing ''one panel'' of all the things referenced in a museum.
* ''Marvel Team-Up'' #74 (October 1978) teams Spider-Man with [[Saturday Night Live|The Not Ready For Prime-Time Players]] to fight Silver Samurai after [[John Belushi]] accidentally gets Silver Samurai's ring.
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== Film ==
* ''[[Freddy vs. Jason]]''.
* Randolph and Mortimer Duke from ''[[Trading Places]]''
* As a random gag in the third act of ''[[Wayne's World|Waynes World]]'', Wayne gets pulled over by a cop on a motorcycle... who turns out to be [[Terminator (franchise)|the T-1000]], looking for John Connor.
** He shows up again in ''[[Last Action Hero]]''.
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== Literature ==
* The officially published ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek the Original Series]]'' tie-in novel ''Ishmael'' by [[Barbara Hambly]] is an extended crossover with the 1968-1970 [[ABC]] series ''[[Series/Here Come The Brides|Here Come The Brides]]'', including several [[Mythology Gag
* A crossover introduced the crew of [[Star Trek: The Original Series|the USS Enterprise NCC-1701]] to the [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]:
{{quote|''(On encountering Gladiator in deep space)''
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*** This is made even funnier by the realisation that the book was published over a year before ''[[X-Men 1]]'' was filmed. There are apparently very few charismatic bald actors to go round...
* Diane Duane is a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fan, and as a result the Doctor (in different incarnations) has appeared in both her [[Young Wizards]] series and in one of her [[Star Trek]] novels.
* [[Neil Gaiman]] won a Hugo Award for ''[[A Study in Emerald]]'', his crossover between [[Sherlock Holmes]] and the [[Cthulhu Mythos]].
* Since [[Discworld|L-Space]] means that libraries of sufficient size and/or complexity are interconnected, it's entirely possible for a crossover with anything. One wonders whether Havelock Vetinari and [[Girl Genius|Klaus Wulfenbach]] would get along...
* The basic concept of the ''[[Thursday Next]]'' books is that all novels are connected through the Bookworld, and Thursday can travel to them. For obvious reasons, the books Thursday enters are mostly [[Public Domain Character|public domain]], but the cast of [[Enid Blyton]]'s ''Shadow The Sheepdog'', Beatrix Potter's Mrs Tiggywinkle and Kathy Reichs' [[Bones|Temperance Brennan]] have all appeared with permission. (Of the estates in the first two cases, obviously.)
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== Live Action TV ==
* The king of the
** Interestingly, there's an episode of ''Homicide'' in which Munch refers to people "watching ''The X-Files''." You could take this as a paradox, or you could figure that
** There is uncertainty over whether Belzer appears as Munch on ''The Wire''; the character was not named and received a generic billing. He mentioned that he used to own a bar, however, which he did in ''Homicide'', so there's some evidence that it was intended to be Munch.
* MTM shows did this occasionally. Carla from ''[[Cheers]]'' talked about having given birth at St. Elegius, aka [[St Elsewhere]], and the doctors showed up at the ''Cheers'' bar once. Sam also once directed patrons to take an ailing man to St. Elegius. Similarly, Bob from ''[[The Bob Newhart Show]]'' made reference to St. Elegius, while Bob's secretary Carol showed up on ''[[Murphy Brown]]'' as a temp for Murphy, thereby enfolding it into the autistic daydream which ended ''[[St Elsewhere]]''. See above for more information.
* The TARDIS, the [[Living Ship]] from ''[[Doctor Who]]'', has appeared in the [[
** The Doctor and Rose showed up for a panel of [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy Season 8]], which means that aliens and demons may (if it's canon) exist in the same universe.
** The ''[[Doctor Who]]''/''[[Eastenders]]'' crossover (of very dubious quality, but it was for charity) ''Dimensions in Time'' could also be mentioned, although it's [[Fake Crossover|actually not in either of the shows' continuities]] (and indeed, since then they've [[Mutually Fictional|both featured each other as fictional programmes]]).
** The ''Kaldor City'' [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe]] audio dramas written by Chris Boucher and produced by Magic Bullet are set in the titular city from the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story ''The Robots of Death'' (also by Boucher), but feature Scott Fredericks reprising the role of Psychostrategist Carnell from the ''[[Blake's 7|Blakes Seven]]'' story "Weapon" (also by Boucher). The ''A History'' by Lance Parkin (an un-official history of the [[Whoniverse]]) makes a valiant attempt to claim that ''B7'' may well be set in the [[Whoniverse]], but really it's probably best to assume he's an [[Alternate Universe]] counterpart. Or just [[MST3K Mantra|don't worry about it]]. (There's also a cynical manipulator played by Paul "Avon" Darrow, who knows more about Carnell's Federation background than the Kaldorians, but let's not even get started on that...)
** Similarly, back in the heyday of [[Marvel Comics]]' British arm, there were several crossovers between the [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe]] (or at least the ''[[Doctor Who Magazine|DWM]]'' comics branch of it) and the [[Marvel Universe]]. The first and most notable was the Special Executive, a [[Time Travel
** Marvel also linked ''Doctor Who'' with ''[[Transformers]]'', by way of bounty hunter (sorry, "freelance peacekeeping agent") Death's Head. This is a borderline case, however, as the linkage only occurred when Death's Head fell through a dimensional rift from the Marvel UK ''[[Transformers]]'' universe and ran into the Doctor as a result.
*** In a more solid (possibly) example, the obscure character Octus has been stated to have a Dalek altmode. He was never seen transformed, but [[Word of God]] says that's what he turned into.
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* It appears that the soap opera ''[[Passions]]'' has set itself up as a sequel of sorts to the classic [[Fantastic Comedy]] ''[[Bewitched]]''. It features Juliet Mills as Tabitha Lennox, a genuine witch whose daughter is named Endora and whose parents are a mortal named Darrin and a witch named Samantha. Furthermore, Bernard Fox has made two appearances on the show as his ''Bewitched'' character, Dr. Bombay.
* The ''[[Power Rangers in Space]]'' encountered the five Turtles from ''[[Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation|TMNT: The Next Mutation]]''... but, uh, [[Fanon Discontinuity|we don't like to talk about the latter group around here]] ([[Canon Discontinuity|and neither do Eastman and Laird]]).
** On the other side of the Pacific, the world of the ''[[Samurai Sentai Shinkenger]]'' had an unexpected visitor in ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]''. The crossover is in continuity for both shows; in fact, the fact that the ''Shinkenger'' world is the only world in ''Decade'' that is the genuine, canonical universe of the show in question rather than an [[Alternate Universe]] (original worlds aside) is a plot point for the arc.
*** On that note about the ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' series, ''[[Ultraman]] vs. [[Kamen Rider (TV series)|Kamen Rider]]'' is actually more of a team-up special than a fight with the protagonists being portrayed by [[Fake Shemp
*** The upcoming special ''Super Hero Wars: Kamen Rider vs. Super Sentai'' will be bringing together 240 heroes across both franchises, and once again [[Kamen Rider Decade|Decade]] is involved.
* The ''[[Friends]]'' episode "The One With Two Parts" introduces Phoebe's twin sister Ursula, who was a character on ''[[Mad About You]]''. Both had been played by Lisa Kudrow, so it was an obvious choice (to the network, at least) to make the previously unrelated characters twins. That same episode had Jamie and Fran from ''Mad'' mistake Phoebe for Ursula.
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* Speaking of ''[[Lost]]'', one of Chef Robert Irvine's missions on ''[[Dinner Impossible]]'' was to cook for the cast of ''[[Lost]]''. Though it was clear to everyone that ''[[Lost]]'' is only a television show, Nestor Carbonell did appear in character as Richard Alpert and Robert was given several Dharma food drops to work with, so it qualifies somewhat for this trope.
* In an episode of ''[[Reba]]'' involving a court, the judge is obviously intended to be Philip Banks from ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air|The Fresh Prince of Bel Air]],'' and is played by the same actor, despite ''Reba'' taking place in Houston and ''Fresh Prince'' taking place in California.
* ''[[Crossing Jordan]]'' and ''[[Las Vegas]]'' crossed over so often that it probably doesn't even qualify as
** In one LV episode, Mary made a reference to booking a conference room for [[The Office|Dunder-Mifflin]], and ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' and the 2008 ''[[Knight Rider]]'' series have both made references. Linderman being involved would certainly explain the Montecito's high owner turnover rate. Don't combine it with the ''[[Lost]]'' bit above, though, or your head might explode.
* When a mentally ill patient filed a paternity suit against Dr. Kiley on ''Marcus Welby, M.D.'', the trial was resolved by ''Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law''.
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* ''[[Ally McBeal]]'' and ''[[The Practice]]'' had a two-part crossover special that started on ''[[Ally McBeal]]'' on Fox and was resolved in the next hour on ''[[The Practice]]'' on ABC, with several characters from each show appearing on the other show. Both shows were produced by David E. Kelley.
* [[ER|Susan's]] niece was missing when her sister Chloe overdosed, and was found by [[Third Watch|the police in New York]].
* [[Comic Relief]] frequently features entirely non-canonical
** 1997's ''[[Prime Suspect]] [[Cracker]]'', in which Fitz and DCI Tennyson hook up and decide that now they have a relationship they don't ''care'' who the killer is.
** 1997 also had ''[[Ballykissangel]][[The Vicar of Dibley|Dibley]]'', in which Geraldine desperately tried to convince a visiting Father Peter that her parishioners were normal.
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* Matt Trakker of ''[[MASK]]'' recently re-emerged as an action figure in the ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' line, presumably because Kenner (''[[MASK]]'''s manufacturer) merged with Hasbro (''[[G.I. Joe]]'''s manufacturer) years ago.
** [[Squee|SQUUEEEEEEEEEE--]] Oh, excuse me!
** And don't forget G.I.Joe's original
** Hasbro has also done ''G.I. Joe'' action figures for [[Rocky (film)|Rocky]] Balboa and William "The Refrigerator" Perry as team trainers.
** And also ''G.I. Joe'' action figures for ''[[Street Fighter II]]''. In fact, it was there when Ken got his last name, Masters, because they couldn't name an action figure "Ken" thanks to ''[[Barbie]]''.
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== Tabletop RPG ==
* ''[[Spelljammer]]'' [http://sjml.spelljammer.org/archive/oracle/200008/01-000009.html fan campaign]: Second Unhuman War [[Beethoven Was an Alien Spy|as an extension]] of the [[Planescape|Blood War]]
* ''Die, Vecna, Die'' was an intercontinuity adventure module, intertwining events in [[Greyhawk (Tabletop Game)|Greyhawk]], [[Ravenloft]], and [[Planescape]].
** Planescape, along with [[Spelljammer]] had partly come to be to faciliate crossovers by connecting the various campaign
* ''[[Paranoia (game)|Paranoia]]'' had one of these with ''Cyberpunk'' in 1989 with the adventure ''Alice Through the Mirrorshades''. In true ''Paranoia'' fashion, every aspect of ''Cyberpunk'' was given a thorough mocking, from its gritty near-future setting to it's "style over substance" ethos to creator Mike Pondsmith himself.
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* [[Nickelodeon]]'s shows ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'' and ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius|The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius]]'' had three cross-over [[Made for TV Movie|Made For TV Movies]]: "The [[Jimmy Timmy Power Hour]]", "Jimmy-Timmy II: When Nerds Collide", and "Jimmy-Timmy III: Jerkinators".
** ''[[Rugrats Go Wild]]''
* Disney took this to another extreme with ''[[Lilo and Stitch: The Series|Lilo and Stitch The Series]]'', doing [[wikipedia:Lilo
** And, as a result, aliens are now [[Canon]] in ''[[Recess]]'' and ''[[The Proud Family]]''... Which seems kinda odd, considering how relatively realistic their premises were.
*** Though it does somewhat fit with ''[[The Proud Family]]'''s usual weirdness. Heck, Penny's great-aunt canonically has telekinetic powers.
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