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{{quote|''"So many heroes from so many dimensions! This is [[Rule of Cool|pretty cool]]!"''
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A [[Crossover]] that involves characters from more than two shows or more than two [[
More often than not, this is a mash up of series which do not have a strict sense of continuity or a clear [[Universe Bible]]. To lessen [[Canon]]-faulting, especially with series that do have strict continuity, a new 'neutral' setting is made that offers equal footing for all the characters.
This rarely occurs in live action shows, unless a production company can be formed that holds copyrights to everything. Thus, this is much more common in animated series
It also becomes more viable the farther you get from [[Canon]], such as one-time TV specials and especially video games (''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'', ''[[Jump Super Stars]]'', ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'', etc.)
As [[Story Arc
This trope has become increasingly common in video games, especially those involving both licensed and original properties. These games, depending on how far or how deep they mine, can have interesting effects on the fiction chosen. Many long-gone and/or forgotten [[Humongous Mecha]] shows, for example, often get a new lease on life, or even a brand-new sequel or remake, after making an appearance or two in a ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' game. Similarly, the ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' series was finally brought over to the US to great success after two of its characters made an appearance as unlockable fighters in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Melee''.
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In spite of its recently emerging prevalence, this trope is [[Older Than Feudalism]]. The ''[[Argonautica]]'' by Apollonius Rhodius (3rd century BCE) features nearly every ancient Greek mythical hero all going on a quest to find the Golden Fleece.
[[Sub-Trope
* [[Crisis Crossover]] (a company-wide
** [[Cross Through]] (a company-wide event that affects every series involved without having them cross over)
* [[Deconstruction Crossover]] (when the main purpose of using a
* [[Mega Crossover]] (the [[Fanfic]] version)
* [[Monster Mash]] (classical movie monsters)
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See also [[Power Creep, Power Seep]] and [[Story-Breaker Team-Up]].
{{examples}}
* A recent{{when}} MasterCard commercial featured several food mascots (from Count Chocula to the Pillsbury Doughboy) eating dinner
* USA Network's commercials play this for laughs, having various combinations of characters from their shows (''Burn Notice'', ''Monk'', ''Psych'', others) encounter each other and make idle conversation.▼
* UK example: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCfGC_dGn4M The Greatest Minds In Advertising Join Forces] in a 2009 viral for ''[[Comic Relief]]''.▼
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* The ''[[Giant Robo]]'' [[OVA]] series featured characters taken from several other series Misuteru
* Legendary Manga creator [[Osamu Tezuka]] similarly uses [[Reused Character Design
* ''[http://www.bedetheque.com/Couvertures/DragonFall5_17022007.jpg DragonFall]'' blended [[Dragon Ball]], [[Star Wars]] and [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Fall a whole bunch of other series] into a parody. With mixed results.
* The intro to the [[Rumiko Takahashi]] gallery show ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf953nWYSlA It's a Rumic World]'' explicitly crosses over ''[[Ranma ½]], [[Urusei Yatsura]],'' and ''[[Inuyasha]]''.
* ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'' has the characters jumping from [[Alternate Universe]] to [[Alternate Universe]] filled with [[CLAMP]] characters from their various series.
** Amusingly, save a select few examples, mostly as [[The Cameo|cameos]], the Alternate Universes are hardly ever populated by ''actual'' CLAMP characters, but [[Alternate Universe]] ''instances'' of them.
** Their first crossover happened in ''Clamp Campus Detectives'' since the three main character were in series/stories on their own before CCD: Nokoru Imonoyama in ''Duklyon'', Akira Ijuin in ''20 Mask ni Onegai'' (Man of Twenty Masks) and supposedly Suou Takamura showed up in an old oneshot. Then there was ''X/1999'' where characters from past CLAMP series started appearing, including Subaru, the main character of ''[[Tokyo Babylon]]'', as a major character, and during his series set in the early 90s it was said that he would have a role in [[
* ''[[Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora]]'' is primarily a crossover of the mangaka and studio's previous works: ''[[Kannazuki no Miko]]'', ''[[Steel Angel Kurumi]]'', ''[[Magical Nyan Nyan Taruto]]'', and ''[[UFO Princess Valkyrie]]''.
* Before ''Dengeki Gakuen RPG: Cross of Venus'' (mentioned below), there was [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CksYnT1qO8 this animated short] produced for Dengeki Bunko's 2007 Movie Festival, featuring chibi versions of characters from ''[[Kino's Journey]], [[Inukami!]]'' and ''[[Shakugan no Shana]]'' (Note that the chibi Shana here is '''not''' [[Omake|Shana-tan]]; for one, ''she'' is the stalker rather than said omake series' Kazumi.).
* While most [[Go Nagai]] series contain cameos here and there, the recent ''[[Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z-hen]]'' seems to be going the whole way. Characters from several alternate versions of ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' have shown up, as well as characters from [[Violence Jack]] (itself, a [[Deconstruction Crossover]]) and the titular demon from ''[[
** ''Chibi Chara Go Nagai World'' was a crossover which featured SD versions of ''[[Mazinger Z]]'', ''[[Devilman]]'', and ''[[Violence Jack]]'' (with in-story explanations for the characters being SD).
* The ''[[Pretty Cure All Stars]]'' movie series allows the Cures from the past seasons to meet (and be friends with) the new team.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' has a [[Superhero]] team composed of multiple [[Public Domain Character|public domain characters]].
* ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'' was a massive DC multiverse crossover that attempted to pare down the 837,000 alternate Earths (some populated by the superheroes DC Comics had acquired by buying out other comic book companies over the course of 50 years, others created just to resolve DC's own legendary [[Continuity Snarl
* ''[[Fables]]'' is about various figures from fairy tales and folklore living secretly in a neighborhood in NYC.
* ''[[Planetary]]'' is about an investigative super-team in the Wild Storm universe. Their members have had run-ins with [[Dracula]], [[Sherlock Holmes]], Jenny Sparks from ''[[The Authority]]'' and multiple versions of [[Batman]].
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* Dark Horse comics had ''[[Alien]] versus [[Predator]] versus [[The Terminator]]''.
* ''[[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]]: True Story'' has the FF traveling to the realm of fiction, that is attacked by Nightmare, lord of the dreamworld. To fight him they join forces with [[The Divine Comedy|Dante Alighieri]], [[Sense and Sensibility (novel)|the Dashwood sisters]], [[Faust]], almost all [[William Shakespeare]]'s protagonists, [[Frankenstein's Monster]], [[Robin Hood]], the [[Ivanhoe]] cast and others, while Nightmare gains allies in the Sheriff of Nottingham, [[Dracula]] and [[Treasure Island|Long John Silver]]. Many other characters like [[Tarzan]] make cameos and in the end Johnny summons [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo|lawyer friendly versions]] of [[James Bond]], [[Transformers|Megatron]], [[Steven Seagal]] and [[Chuck Norris]] to defeat Nightmare's army.
▲* A recent MasterCard commercial featured several food mascots (from Count Chocula to the Pillsbury Doughboy) eating dinner -- with [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Mr. Clean doing the dishes]].
▲* USA Network's commercials play this for laughs, having various combinations of characters from their shows (''Burn Notice'', ''Monk'', ''Psych'', others) encounter each other and make idle conversation.
▲* UK example: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCfGC_dGn4M The Greatest Minds In Advertising Join Forces] in a 2009 viral for ''[[Comic Relief]]''.
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'' crossed over Disney characters with Warner Bros. and MGM characters, saying that they all co-existed with humans [[Animated Actors|as actors in Hollywood]], and that they all hail from "[[Toon
* ''[[The Monster Squad]]'' had Dracula as the [[Big Bad]] who controlled all of the other classic movie monsters: [[Frankenstein|Frakenstein's Monster]], the [[Wolf Man]], the [[Creature from the Black Lagoon]] and the [[Mummy]]. There is also a cameo by Abraham Van Helsing.
* [http://video.yahoo.com/watch/411762/2393937 The Area 52 scene]{{Dead link}} in ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]'' involved the heroes facing off against Marvin the Martian, who led a group of sci-fi aliens which included [[The Day of the Triffids|a Triffid plant]], the eponymous ''[[Robot Monster]]'', the mutant from ''[[This Island Earth]]'' and even ''freaking [[Doctor Who|Daleks]]!''
* Many [[Seltzer and Friedberg]] works, such as ''Epic Movie'' and ''Disaster Movie'', could be considered
* A version of this in ''[[Star Trek Generations]]'', which featured the captains of two Enterprises from completely different eras (Kirk and Picard) in the same film. ''[[Star Trek]]'' has done this numerous times, if you consider the different series separate entities of the same intellectual property.
* ''[[Van Helsing]]'', which features the eponymous monster hunter battling Dracula, a werewolf, Frankenstein's Monster, Igor and Mr. Hyde.
* Done with toys in ''[[Indian in The Cupboard|The Indian In the Cupboard]]''.
* And with horror-movie creatures in the ''Waxwork'' movies.
* ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'' features many toys from rival companies as major or minor characters including Mr. Potato Head, Barbie, and Legos among many others. (And probably some [[Expy|expies]] too.)
* ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]'' serves as this for the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]].
* In 1959 a movie was released called ''[[Alias Jessie James]]'' starring [[Bob Hope]], who was a big fan of TV westerns; he used his clout to include characters from nine different shows in what would turn out to be the first of three Western massive multiplayer crossovers. People appeared in that movie from ''[[The Lone Ranger]]'', ''[[The Gene Autry Show]]'', ''[[Annie Oakley]]'', ''[[Davy Crockett]]'', ''[[The Life And Legend Of Wyatt Earp]]'', ''[[Gunsmoke]]'', ''[[Wagon Train]]'', ''[[Roy Rogers|The Roy Rogers Show]]'' and ''[[Maverick (TV series)|Maverick]]''.
* In the 40th Anniversary ''OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go [[Kamen Rider]]'' has all of the main riders from [[Kamen Rider (TV series)|Kamen Rider #1]] to ''[[Kamen Rider OOO]]''.
== [[Literature]] ==
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* And again in [[Roger Zelazny]]'s book "Roadmarks" where Red runs across a short man with a small mustache whom Red refers to as "Adolph" driving a battered black Volkswagen, and later on in the book he makes a call to someone he calls "Doc", who is described as "A big golden-eyed guy with one hell of a suntan, wearing a torn shirt, and driving a hot little 1920's roadster" which could only have been [[Doc Savage]].
** [[Doc Savage]] villain John Sunlight also makes an appearance.
* Zelazny was a comic book reader and fan. In
* The works of [[Dr. Seuss]] were combined into a Broadway musical called ''[[Seussical]]'', which mainly takes its story from ''[[Horton Hears a Who!]]'', ''Horton Hatches the Egg'', and ''The One Feather Tail of Miss Gertrude McFuzz'', but contains elements and characters from ''I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew'', ''The Butter Battle Book'', ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (novel)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]'', and more. And of course, they have [[The Cat in the Hat]] to move the plot around.
** Jim Henson's ''The Wubbulous World of Dr Seuss'' did something similar, with Yertle the Turtle as a recurring villain.
* Stephen King's [[The Dark Tower]] series spans across the majority of his prior works.
* The ''[[Harold Shea]]'' series of short stories are about Harold and company visiting various [[The Verse|settings]] taken from mythology and [[Public Domain Character|public domain fiction]], usually one per story.
* Brazilian author [[wikipedia:Monteiro Lobato|Monteiro Lobato]] took this trope to [[Rule of Cool|insane]] [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|levels]] in his
* [[Jasper Fforde
* Peter David wrote two novels where ''[[X-Men]]'' characters appeared in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' universe.
* [[L. Frank Baum]] did this in the fourth book of the Oz series, ''The Road to Oz,'' by inviting characters from his other books to attend Princess Ozma's birthday party, hoping to get his Oz readers interested in those other non-Oz stories. This included everybody up to and including [[Santa Claus]] (as in ''The Life and Adventures of''). The implication, of course, is that every book Baum ever wrote takes place in the same universe as the Oz books.
* James A. Owen's ''[[The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica]]'' does this with pretty much every major work of fantasy, history, and real life. It's awesome.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* The "Night of Elizabeth Taylor", broadcast on CBS around 1995-96, saw a diamond necklace lost by [[Elizabeth Taylor]] became a common plot element linking four [[Sitcom|SitComs]] -- ''[[The Nanny]]'', ''Cant Hurry Love'', ''[[Murphy Brown]]'' and ''High Society''
▲== [[Live Action TV]] ==
▲* The "Night of Elizabeth Taylor", broadcast on CBS around 1995-96, saw a diamond necklace lost by [[Elizabeth Taylor]] became a common plot element linking four [[Sitcom|SitComs]] -- ''[[The Nanny]]'', ''Cant Hurry Love'', ''[[Murphy Brown]]'' and ''High Society'' -- in one massive crossover. It was intended as an embedded advertisement for Taylor's new perfume, Black Pearls.
* Disney did a triple-episode MMC with three of its shows. The show was entitled ''[[That's So Raven|That's So]] [[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody|Suite Life Of]] [[Hannah Montana]]'', with one classed as a Suite Life episode, one as a Raven episode, and one as a Hannah Montana episode, where Hannah and Raven visited the hotel the twins live in.
** Likewise, there's the ''Wish Gone Amiss'' triple-episode, except it is more loosely tied together. It all involves the title characters from ''[[Cory in The House]]'', ''[[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody]]'', and ''[[Hannah Montana]]'' making a wish on apparently the same shooting star. Each episode has its own method of returning to the [[Status Quo Is God|Status Quo]]
** There's also the ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place|Wizards]] [[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody|On Deck]] with [[Hannah Montana]]'' that goes by the same formula that the ''That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montanna'' did, except with the stars visiting the hotel's ship instead of the hotel itself.
* ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'' is this in regards to the Heisei era ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' shows. The main character dimension jumps into [[Alternate Universe|alternate universes]] based on the 9 previous ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' series of the last 10 years (as well as the canonical universe of ''[[Samurai Sentai Shinkenger]]''). Plus, the first movie features every main Rider created before Decade, even ones that only had appeared in one-shot movies previously.
** The second movie, a [[Grand Finale]], even includes some [[Post Modernism]] commentary on the "interesting effects on the fiction chosen" mentionned in the opening paragraphs. To quote the original universe [[Kamen Rider Kiva|Wataru]]: "The tales of the Riders were something that would be eventually lost to time. But because of Decade's battles, they will remain fresh in people's minds..."
* Similarly to ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'', ''[[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger]]'' is a crossover series. But compared to ''Decade'', in which the main character could only be Riders of the last decade, the Gokaigers can transform into any of the Sentai from the past 34 teams (barring [[Sixth Ranger
** There's also ''[[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie|Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan the Movie]]'' - yeah, that means the [[Space Sheriff Gavan|Space]] [[Space Sheriff Sharivan|Sheriff]] [[Space Sheriff Shaider|Trilogy]] is revealed to be set in the Sentai universe too.
*** Perfectly justified that Inazuma Ginga in [[Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan|Sun Vulcan]] episode 45 was wanted by the Galactic Police. Shozo Uehara who wrote the character would be the main writer of the Space Sheriff trilogy.
** It all comes to a head with ''[[Kamen Rider x Super Sentai: The Great Superhero War|Kamen Rider X Super Sentai Super Hero Taisen]]''.
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130603170552/http://www.childrenspartyatthepalace.com/ The Children's Party at the Palace]'', a British production broadcast live from Buckingham Palace on June 25, 2006, celebrated Queen Elizabeth II's 80th birthday with a wild romp featuring dozens of literary and TV characters including (among many others) Cruella DeVille, [[Peter Pan]] and Captain Hook, Sir Topham Hatt from ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]'', [[Wallace and Gromit]], the White Rabbit from ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'', [[Enid Blyton]]'s ''The Famous Five'', [[Harry Potter]], Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger and Neville Longbottom from the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' movies, and starred the Queen [[As Himself|as herself]].
* The ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'' episode "Inna-Gadda-Sabrina" extended its story through the following three shows that night: ''[[Boy Meets World]]'', ''You Wish'', and ''[[Teen Angel]]''. Each show was set in a different time period in going with the theme.
** It wasn't the first time - in fact, quite a few crossovers spanned the entire TGIF lineup from time to time, and even an occasional though less involving tie-in for all ABC weekly sitcoms during this period.
** There was also one that was linked by Steve Urkel. He ends one episode of ''[[Family Matters]]'' by blasting through the
* A very simple one, but the ''iStart A Fan War'' episode of ''[[iCarly]]'' included characters from ''[[Drake and Josh]]'' and ''[[Zoey 101]]'', helping to fill out the [[Nick Verse]].
* ''[[A Muppet Family Christmas]]'' included characters from all Muppet-related programmes: ''[[The Muppet Show]]'', ''[[Sesame Street]]'', ''[[Fraggle Rock]]'' and even ''[[Muppet Babies]]''.
** Its conclusion even featured [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|a brief cameo of Jim Henson as himself]].
* In ''[[Doctor Who]]'', the climax of the Second Doctor serial ''The Mind Robber''. D'Artagnan vs. Cyrano de Bergerac! Blackbeard vs. Sir Lancelot! Plus Gulliver and Rapunzel on the sidelines.
* ''[[Law and Order]]'' crossed over with ''[[Homicide: Life
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060824200044/http://home.vicnet.net.au/~kwgow/crossovers.html The Tommy Westphall Hypothesis] states that dozens if not hundreds of television series have all happened within the mind of [[St. Elsewhere|a young autistic boy living in
** [[John Munch]] is a central figure in this Hypothesis.
* ''[[The Earth Day Special]]'', which aired on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] in 1990, was a huge crossover featuring just about every pop culture icon from [[The Eighties]] in a very bizarre, thoroughly nonsensical plot.
** Also in 1990, ''[[Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue]]'', the ultimate [[Very Special Episode]] combining well over a dozen Eighties cartoon characters. Aired once and only once, it's full of [[Narm]] yet also bizarrely entertaining. Rumor has it that it's never been aired since because Jim Davis claimed he hadn't authorized [[Garfield]]'s inclusion in the show.
* In the ''[[CSI]]''-verse, the original series crossed over with the Miami series in 2002 to serve as the pilot for the latter; the Miami series then crossed over with the New York series in 2004 to serve as that series' pilot, and the series crossed over again in a two-hour storyline in 2005. The original series also crossed over with ''[[Without a Trace]]'' in 2007 a two-hour storyline across both series. Following the departure of William Petersen (who opposed the spinoffs and did not appear in any scenes featuring the Miami team in "Cross Jurisdictions"), CBS put together a massive crossover in 2009 spanning all three series that involved the Las Vegas series' Raymond Langston going to Miami and New York while investigating a human trafficking organisation.
* The 2009 ''[[Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps]]'' [[Comic Relief]] special, which brought in characters from BBC Three's other sitcoms ''[[Grown Ups]]'' and ''[[Coming of Age]]''. And yes, Sheridan Smith was [[Acting for Two]].
* The second western MMC took place a year after the first on what seemed to be an ordinary episode of ''[[Maverick (TV series)|Maverick]]'' called "Hadley's Hunters"; during the course of that hour he ran into people from 5 other shows: ''[[Lawman]]'', ''[[Cheyenne]]'', ''[[Bronco]]'', ''[[Sugarfoot]]'', and he stops by the office from ''[[Colt 45]]'' but nobody was home (a reference to the show being recently canceled).
** Strangely he also ran into the parking lot attendant from ''[[77 Sunset Strip]]'' which was set in the
* The final western MMC took place over 30 years later in the made for tv movie ''The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw'', where the title character crosses over with 10 different series. During the course of the film [[The Gambler]] meets people from ''[[Bat Masterson]]'', ''[[The Life And Legend Of Wyatt Earp]]'', ''[[Maverick (TV series)|Maverick]]'', ''[[Cheyenne]]'', ''[[Kung Fu]]'', ''[[The Rifleman]]'', ''[[The Westerner]]'', ''[[The Virginian]]'', and ''[[Rawhide]]'', plus the main game was in honor of the main character from ''[[Have Gun — Will Travel]]''.
== [[Oral Tradition]], Folklore, Myths and Legends ==
* The ''[[Argonautica]]'' (a.k.a. ''Jason and the Argonauts'') by Apollonius of Rhodes (3rd century BCE) is one of the very first
** Many of the same characters also appear in the story of the Kalydonian Boar Hunt - which, [[Depending
▲* The ''[[Argonautica]]'' (a.k.a. ''Jason and the Argonauts'') by Apollonius of Rhodes (3rd century BCE) is one of the very first [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover|Massive Multiplayer Crossovers]], arranged in what would become a fairly classic method -- basically throwing one or two dozen heroes from various separate Greek myth cycles together on a boat with a common mission. This of course makes the [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]] [[Older Than Feudalism]].
▲** Many of the same characters also appear in the story of the Kalydonian Boar Hunt - which, [[Depending On the Author]], may occur before or after ''The Argonautica''.
* According to some religious studies texts, this has also gone on in many, ''many'' other myths: the most notable involve various saints meeting each other. This goes on even today.
* [[King Arthur|Arthurian Myth]] formed this way, starting with stories about a Celtic chieftain and slowly incorporating other works into itself, including ''[[Sir Gawaine and the Green Knight]]'' and an entire cycle of French poetry that introduced Lancelot.
** Geoffrey of Monmouth, in his Vita Merlini (The life of Merlin), combined the legends of the poets/wizards Myrddin Wyllt (Merlin), and Taliesin into the Arthurian legend.
** Wolfram von Eschenbach likewise connected the Arthurian legend to the otherwise unrelated legends of Prester John (a mythical Indian/African king), and Lohengrin, the Knight of the Swan, in his epic poem ''Parzival'' by stating that Feirefiz (Parzival's African half-brother) was Prester John's father, and that Parzival was Lohengrin's father.
** [[Robin Hood]] and Maid Marian likewise appear in T.H. White's [[The Once and Future King]] quartet.
** [[The Weirdstone of Brisingamen]] Adds in [[Norse Mythology]] to the mix.
* Similarly, the [[Robin Hood]] stories started with a poem about a outlaw (sort of a medieval version of "The Ballad of Jesse James"), and turned into a collection of stories which kept getting characters from other contexts added to it—like Maid Marian, who originally appeared in generic May Day songs.
== [[New Media]] ==
* Weezer's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muP9eH2p2PI "Pork And Beans"] music video. It's got almost everything that ever appeared on Youtube short of [[OK Go]] and [[The Angry Video Game Nerd]].
** There's an [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjbahK6Rk0U updated version]. It is as though the internet gave birth.
* The Machinima "Beans". Firstly, it crosses over characters from three different series and is made by three different machinima directors, then the storyline involves various internet memes... Oh. And it's made on ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''. Making it a crossover on a crossover.
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* On several occasions over the past couple decades, cartoonists from the same syndicate have indulged in special events in which their characters migrate to each other's strips.
== [[Recorded and Stand Up Comedy]] ==
* There's a ''[[Star Trek]]''-related comedy routine in which Mr. Spock, the HAL 9000 computer, and Obi-Wan Kenobi all appear on ''Jeopardy'', in a mental variant of an [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]]. {{spoiler|Kenobi is declared the winner, but only because he uses the [[Jedi Mind Trick]] on Alex Trebek.}}
* Stand-up comedy troupes sometimes feature a series of comedians who usually headline their own shows:
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** ''The Comedians of Comedy''
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==▼
▲== Tabletop Games ==
* The [[Spelljammer]] and [[Planescape]] settings were designed with this in mind. Spelljammer in particular has rule books dedicated to detailing the Crystal Spheres of settings such as [[Dragonlance|Krynn]], [[Forgotten Realms|Abeir-Toril]], and [[Greyhawk|Oerth]]. Where as Planescape has portals to every type of world imaginable.
* [[Collectible Card Game
== [[Theatre]] ==
* ''[[Seussical]]'' has characters from several of Dr. Seuss' books▼
== [[Video Games]] ==
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** And then there is ''[[Namco X Capcom]]'', a action/strategy RPG featuring characters from [[Namco]] and [[Capcom]].
** ''[[Street Fighter X Tekken]]'' and ''Tekken x Street Fighter'' however are actual fighting games featuring Namco (''[[Tekken]]'') and Capcom (''[[Street Fighter]]'') characters.
** Only related through the VS. series via the appearance of ''one'' Capcom series rather than ''multiple'' but what the heck: ''[[Cross Edge]]'' is a RPG with Compile Heart at the helm of development. Characters from ''[[Darkstalkers]]'', ''[[Ar tonelico]]'', ''[[Disgaea]]'', ''Spectral Souls'', ''[[Atelier
** There's also ''[[Tatsunoko vs. Capcom]]'', which returns to the gameplay of the Marvel series but instead pits the Capcom characters against the works of [[Tatsunoko Productions]] like ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman|Gatchaman]]'' and ''Casshern''. It is basically ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' using Japan's Marvel.
** ''[[Project X Zone]]'' is an upcoming [[Spiritual Successor]] to ''[[Namco X Capcom]]'', only now adding [[Sega]] (and technically [[Bandai]] of [[Namco Bandai]], with ''[[Super Robot Wars Original Generation]]'', and ''[[.hack]]'' being Bandai's franchises before the merger with Namco) into the mix.
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* In contrast, the ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' series (almost certainly the originator of this trope in video game form) has magnificent, complex plots, and the individual games have touched upon nearly every [[Humongous Mecha]] series in existence. Particular of note is how they merge individual ''episodes'' to make missions, including having the famous "dancing" episode of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' set on [[Macross]] Island.
** Additionally, ''[[Super Robot Wars Original Generation]]'' is a Massively Multiplayer Crossover of various ''Super Robot Wars'' [[Original Generation|original characters]] (as each ''Super Robot Wars'' sub-series is set in its own universe)
*** Furthermore, ''[[Super Robot Wars]] OG Saga: [[Endless Frontier]]'' is a crossover between ''[[Super Robot Wars Original Generation]]'' and ''[[Namco X Capcom]]'' (minus the Capcom) - making it a crossover between a crossover between crossovers
** And to top it all off, ''[[Another Century's Episode]]'' is ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' [[Mix and Match|using the system from]] ''[[Armored Core]]''.
* ''[[Chaos Wars]]'' uses a similar SRPG system to ''Super Robot Wars'', but instead has more typical JRPG heroes from Atlus, RED, Idea Factory, and Aruze. This doesn't sound all that
** And ditto ''[[Trinity Universe (video game)|Trinity Universe]]'', which will have two story
* Yet another pastiche of ''SRW'' would be ''[[Battle Moon Wars]]'' which merges the three major published [[Nasuverse]] canons together: ''[[Tsukihime]]'', ''[[Fate/stay night|Fate Stay Night]]'', and ''[[Kara no Kyoukai:]]''.
* ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' has a number of first- and second-party Nintendo characters fighting each other - and the third iteration of the series, ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'', has taken it a step further, including Solid Snake from Konami's ''[[Metal Gear]]'' games and Mario's longtime rival, Sega's [[Sonic the Hedgehog]].
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* Square-Enix's ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' series merges nearly every movie in the [[Disney Animated Canon]] and some outside of it with the feel and characters of the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series (though, just like the ''Tsubasa'' example above, the Disney characters are alternate universe incarnations, as implicitly stated in the ''[[Tron]]'' world).
* On the PSP is ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'', where heroes and villains of various ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' games face off as part of the machinations of two opposing powers.
* ''Tales of the World'', Namco's set of
** A recent download introduces Taki and Mitsurugi from ''[[Soul Series|Soulcalibur]]'' for use as well.
** ''Tales of VS'' has recently been announced. It's a [[Fighting Game]] that we have been told is going to have a total of 35 characters from 13 different ''[[Tales (series)|Tales]]'' games. So far only 8 have been announced. They are: Stahn Aileron and Mighty Kongman from ''[[Tales of Destiny]]'', Kratos Aurion from ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'', Richter Abend from ''[[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World]]'', Luke fon Fabre and Anise Tatlin from ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]'', Shing Meteoryte from ''[[Tales of Hearts]]'', and Yuri Lowell from ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]''.
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* ''[[Fusion Fall|Cartoon Network: Fusion Fall]]'' is a [[Cartoon Network]] MMORPG that combines their various original series (including ''Codename [[Kids Next Door]]'', ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'', ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'', and ''[[Ben 10]]'', among others).
* ''[[Another Century's Episode|A.C.E.: Another Century's Episode]]'' is, much like ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'', a massive crossover between a number of [[Humongous Mecha]] series. It's an action game rather than a turn-based strategy game, though.
* ''[[Mortal Kombat]] vs. [[DC Universe]]'', where blood-thirsty kombatants and superheroes beat up each other due to a [[Hate Plague]] spread by an ugly fusion of two [[Big Bad
* THQ's ''[[Nicktoons Unite!]]'' series, merging various [[Nickelodeon|Nicktoons]] with ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' and ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron]]'' consistenly featuring as well as reoccuring appearances of varying frequency from ''The [[Fairly Oddparents]]'', ''[[Tak and the Power of Juju]]'' and ''[[Invader Zim]]'' (And that's long after [[Executive Meddling|the last one has]] [[Screwed by the Network|been killed off]], mind you). Oh, and I kid you not, [[The Ren and Stimpy Show|Stimpy]] and [[Rocko's Modern Life|Rocko]] in the console version of ''Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots'', and [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|Aang]] in ''Nicktoons Nitro''. it has been sorta-followed by ''[[Nicktoons MLB]]''.
* ''[[Gundam vs. Series|Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam]]'' is an arcade [[Fighting Game]] with a [[Crisis Crossover]] [[Excuse Plot]] that throws all thirty years of the ''[[Gundam]]'' franchise together so characters like [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Amuro]], [[G Gundam|Domon]], [[Gundam Wing|Heero]], [[Gundam Seed|Kira]], and [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Setsuna]] can beat the stuffing out of each other.
** Similarly, there is ''[[Gundam|Dynasty Warriors]]'' that has several stories focusing on different pilots teaming up into two forces because of this. Eventually, you can even have different pilots using different mecha.
* ''Dengeki Gakuen RPG: Cross of Venus'' is a [[Nintendo DS]] [[Action RPG]] that throws ''[[Shakugan no Shana]]'', ''[[Iriya no Sora UFO no Natsu]]'', ''[[Kino's Journey]]'', ''[[
* ''[[Dream Mix TV World Fighters]]'' is a fairly bizarre crossover [[Fighting Game]] featuring characters from [[Konami]], [[Hudson Soft]], and [[Takara]]. It's a shame it wasn't very good; where else could you pit [[Bomberman]], [[Castlevania|Simon Belmont]], [[Metal Gear|Solid Snake]] and [[Transformers|Optimus Prime]] against each other?
* ''[[Magical Battle Arena]]'' is a 3D flying [[Fighting Game]] that pits the female mages and [[Magical Girl
* ''[[Jump Super Stars]]'' has characters from dozens of ''Weekly Shonen Jump'' series in a ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''-style battle royale.
** Similarly, ''Battle Stadium D.O.N.'' is the same, but specifically has characters from ''[[Dragon Ball]]'', ''[[One Piece]]'', and ''[[Naruto]]'' (hence the D.O.N.).
* Speaking of which, Shounen Sunday and Shounen Magazine are looking to take a bite out of ''Jump Super Stars'' together with ''[[Sunday VS Magazine Shuuketsu Choujou Daikessen]]'' (Also known as ''Sunday vs. Magazine'') on the PSP.
* ''[[Quake]] III'' (and by extension, ''[http://www.quakelive.com Quake Live]'') included the ''[[Doom]]'' guy, the ''Quake'' marine, the ''Quake II'' marine and the guy from ''[[Wolfenstein 3D]]'' (named Sarge here) among other characters as playable characters. Of course, they were all of the [[Silent Protagonist]] variety to begin with, so this didn't make a huge difference.
** The mod ''[
** And that's not even including custom skins, with which the crossovers skyrocket through the roof.
* [[MUGEN]] is a customizable 2D fighting engine that permits end users to homebrew reproductions of any other character in the entire genre, and create unique ones. Fighters already exist for every "vs" title released and almost every fighting games, and can be crossed over in unique ways.
* [[Nippon Ichi]] has recently released a new one in Japan with a release coming in summer 2010 to the US, [[Trinity Universe (video game)|Trinity Universe]]. It's made in conjunction with Gust and Idea Factory.
** Also, [[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]] has characters from almost all [[Nippon Ichi]] Series. Including the entire cast of the earlier Disgaea games. [[Makai Kingdom]], [[Soul Nomad]], [[Phantom Brave]] and [[La Pucelle]]
* [http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=271473 This] [[Game Mod]] for ''[[Civilization IV]]'' has an [[All Myths Are True|All Fiction is True]] premise, allowing for a player to fight wars and build empires as several famous fictional leaders ranging from [[The Iliad|Agamemnon]] to Macbeth to Rama, Dracula, [[The Marx Brothers|Rufus T. Firefly]], and [[The West Wing|Jed Bartlet]]. Wonders of the World include [[Atlas Shrugged|Galt's Gulch]], [[Harry Potter|Hogwarts]], [[King Arthur|Camelot]], and [[Jurassic Park]], and adds Hero Units like [[Don Quixote]], [[Journey to the West|Sun Wukong]] and [[The Time Machine|The Time Traveller]].
* The [[Square Enix]] board game series ''Itadaki Street'' has character crossovers of [[Dragon Quest]] with either [[Final Fantasy]] or [[Super Mario]] depending on the game. Though traditionally [[No Export for You]], a Western release has been announced for the [[Wii]] as ''[[Itadaki Street|Fortune Street]]''.
* [
* The fan-made ''[[Mushroom Kingdom Fusion]]'' combines a wide variety of classic and contemporary video game characters and universes together into one game. For starters, playable characters include [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario and Luigi, Wario]], [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic and Tails]], [[The Legend of Zelda|Link]], [[Ghosts 'n Goblins|Arthur]], and [[Mega Man (video game)|Roll]].
* ''[[Indie Brawl]]'', a [[Fighting Game]] à la [[Super Smash Bros.]], but with characters from the Indie Gaming culture.
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* The ''Macross Frontier'' PSP game series allows you to play all [[Macross]] universes. The recent title, ''Macross Triangle Frontier'', covers ''[[Macross Zero]]'', ''[[Macross]]'' (as well as '' Do You Remember Love''), ''[[Macross Plus]]'', ''[[Macross 7]]'', ''Macross Dynamite 7'', ''[[Macross Frontier]]'' (as well as ''Macross Frontier: The False Songstress'') and ''Macross 2''.
* In a more literal example, ''[[Minecraft]]'' allows anyone to make their own character skins, which leads to 20+ characters all working together to build a house/civilisation and mine for diamonds.
* ''[[Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion]]'' is a Smash Bros. clone with [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Cartoon Network]] characters. (BTW, it's not a clone just because it's a crossover either. It literally has the same gameplay, right down to tilt/smash attacks, Final Smashes, assist characters, and the percantage point system.)
* ''[[Heroes Phantasia]]'' is an upcoming RPG from [[Namco Bandai|Banpresto]], featuring ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'', ''[[Slayers]]'', ''[[Darker than Black]]'', ''[[
* [[Konami]]'s [[MSX|MSX2]] Mahjong game ''Hai no Majutsushi'' featured eight mascots from various other Konami games: [[Maze of Galious|Popolon, Aphrodite]], [[Antarctic Adventure|Pentarou]], [[Ganbare Goemon|Goemon]], [[Gradius|Dr. Venom]], a [[Snatcher]], a [[Eenie Meenie Miny Moai|moai]], and a perverted version of [[Castlevania|Simon Belmont]].
* NES pirate cartridge ''Kart Fighter'' drops the characters from ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' into a fighting game, while ''World Heroes 2'' (not to be confused with the actual ''[[World Heroes]]'' games) includes [[Street Fighter|Ryu, Chun Li, M. Bison]], [[Final Fight|Haggar]], [[Fatal Fury|Andy Bogard, Lawrence Blood, Mai Shiranui]], [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario, King Koopa]], [[Sonic the Hedgehog]], [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Leonardo]], and [[Dragonball Z|Goku]].
* The ''[[Warriors Orochi]]'' games has the characters of both [[Dynasty Warriors]] and [[Samurai Warriors]] dropped into the same setting due to the [[Big Bad]] messing around with time to seek out powerful warriors to challenge him. Along for the ride are some mythical beings exclusive to the series and by the third game, [[Dead or Alive|Ayane]], [[Ninja Gaiden|Ryu Hayabusa]], Achilles of [[Warriors: Legends of Troy]], Nemea of [[Trinity Souls of Zill Oll]] and Jeanne d'Arc of Bladestorm.
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* There have been at least two webcomic Massive Multiplayer Crossovers: ''[http://www.dragoneers.com/crossovers/index.php?comic=Greatescape The Framed!!! Great Escape]'' and the recently{{when}} ended ''[[Crossover Wars]]''▼
▲* ''[[Seussical]]'' has characters from several of Dr. Seuss' books
* Though it never crossed over with both at the same time, ''[[
* ''[[Kevin and Kell]]'' and ''[[General Protection Fault]]'' had an arc where two GPF characters wandered into K&K's Domain world. The artists managed to work the events into ''both'' their storylines that were running at the time, and apparently drew a strip each
▲* There have been at least two webcomic Massive Multiplayer Crossovers: ''[http://www.dragoneers.com/crossovers/index.php?comic=Greatescape The Framed!!! Great Escape]'' and the recently ended ''[[Crossover Wars]]''
▲* Though it never crossed over with both at the same time, ''[[Its Walky]]!'' had crossovers with both ''[[Melonpool]]'' and ''[[Fans]]!'' that established both as part of its universe (or multiverse in the latter case) and which ended up having a lasting impact on its storyline.
▲* ''[[Kevin and Kell]]'' and ''[[General Protection Fault]]'' had an arc where two GPF characters wandered into K&K's Domain world. The artists managed to work the events into ''both'' their storylines that were running at the time, and apparently drew a strip each day--both had two-strip days where the storyline advanced.
* ''Starslip Crisis: Alterverse War'' is a mashup of a large number of science fiction webcomics, and had just started as of October 2007.
* The webcomics ''[[Queen of Wands]]'' and ''[[Something
** Choo-Choo Bear hired the Pet Professional from the webcomic of the same name to kill his homicidal cousin Twitchy-Hug.
** And recently Davan from S*P has been seen texting with Candy from [https://web.archive.org/web/20131020060159/http://www.daniellecorsetto.com/gws.html ''Girls with Slingshots''] after running into her at the wedding of Jameson and Maureen.
** Choo-Choo Bear later had kittens with Sprinkles of ''Girls with Slingshots'', one of whom Davan gave to Roz of ''[[Walkyverse|Shortpacked]]!'', and another is by Hazel to her cousin Robyn from [[All New Issues]].
*** Even better, none of those strips have been shy about crossovers of their own. QOW drags in [[Punch and Pie]], which stars its [[Breakout Character]] Angela; ''It's Walky'' pulls in [[Fans]] and [[Avalon (webcomic)|Avalon]].
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** It gets better. Questionable Content is now having background extras as characters from other comics like [[Girls with Slingshots]], [[Octopus Pie]], [[Anders Loves Maria]] and [[Overcompensating]]. Since [[Overcompensating]] features the author and most people known in the webcomic industry, it means all these characters now exist in the same universe as their creators.
** The cast of Shortpacked has visited the Coffee of Doom coffee house from QC on occasion, including once when both artists did a take on the [http://www.shortpacked.com/2009/comic/book-10/03-the-comedy-laugh/coffeehouse/ same] [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1550 scene]. Combine that with the S*P [[Intercontinuity Crossover]] Nexus mentioned above, along with all ''their'' respective crossovers, and we have a massive webcomic universe that could give Marvel a run for its money.
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' hosted one of these during the [[Filler Strips|Filler Arc]] "[https://web.archive.org/web/20160130122754/http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=000327 Sluggy Freelance: Where Are You?]" When all of ''Sluggy's'' [[Animated Actors|actors]] are kidnapped (a.k.a. Pete Abrams decides to take some time off) characters from several other webcomics are hired to fill in for them and/or find the kidnappers.
* Several members of the [
* [[Least I Could Do]] recently finished the Ultimate Final Civil War Invasion Crisis Thing, which featured the gaming webcomic characters trying to kill the slice-of-life comic characters. ([[Order of the Stick]], meet [[Xkcd]].)
* [[Ménage à 3]] and [[Sore Thumbs]] crossed over at some point and are implied to be in the same universe, and [[Ménage à 3]] crossed over with [[School Bites]]. If this keeps up we'll wind up with every webcomic crossing over to one another.
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* [[Final Blasphemy]] has characters from [[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]], [[Final Fantasy]], Mario, and several other gaming universes.
* ''[[Troops of Doom]]'' has [[G.I. Joe]]/Cobra and [[Star Wars]] Empire characters, as well as other random characters and an alien race called [[LEGO|Legonians]].
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Although there are [[Journal Roleplay|many similarly-themed RPs]], ''[[Milliways Bar]]'' deserves mention just for its ''size''. The basic premise is that any character from any fandom can find themselves at the titular bar... and sometimes it seems like just about everyone has.
* The Game in which ''[[Life in A Game]]'' takes place seems to take ''all'' video games as true, with [[The Legend of Zelda|Zelda]] appearing alongside [[Halo|Master Chief]], and [[Chrono Trigger|Frog]] serving as the hero's [[Jerkass]] Mentor.
* The [[That Guy With The Glasses]] [[TGWTG Year One Brawl|one year anniversary video]]. Basically, in a Chicago hotel 20 contributors of [[Video Review Show
{{quote|{{spoiler|'''[[Ask That Guy With The Glasses|Ask That Guy]]'''}}: (speaking to the various reviewers present) In fact, I think there's a lot of you who want to do crossovers, aren't there? Because everybody really eats that shit up.
'''Everybody''': Yeah! }}
** All the cast stayed in Chicago for a couple more days to film crossovers after this. Highlights include [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]] being force-read his ''own'' Massive Multiplayer Crossover fanfiction by the Sage, the [[Professional Wrestling|Ultimate Warrior]] writes a comic series so bad that reality breaks down and Linkara and [[The Spoony Experiment|Spoony]] keep changing into different [[Alternate Universe]] selves and the Critic and [[The Angry Video Game Nerd|Nerd]] joining forces to review... a Making Of of a [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]] Tour. Yeah.
** Later on when faced with Uwe Boll's [[Alone in
** And kicking off 2010, we have an epic review of [[
** The [[Kickassia|Two Year Anniversary]] is another huge crossover event. And in turn, it allowed some once-in-a-lifetime crossovers as by this point, quite a few reviewers are from around the world.
** In 2011, things repeated. Y Ruler of Time used MAGFest to do another multiple reviewer crossover (''[[The Last Airbender]]'', with [[Todd in the Shadows]], [[
* How about '''''[[Trope Namer|The]]''' [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny (song)|Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]]'' flash video? Good guys; bad guys; explosions as far as the eye can see. Way too many pop culture icons to count.
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20121203033841/http://keisuwabe.shikisokuzekuu.net/page035.html Symphony Of The Blood]'', a fake video game crossover between all the characters of the [[Reused Character Design|Star System]] of [[Osamu Tezuka]].▼
▲* ''[http://keisuwabe.shikisokuzekuu.net/page035.html Symphony Of The Blood]'', a fake video game crossover between all the characters of the [[Reused Character Design|Star System]] of [[Osamu Tezuka]].
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* Many classic [[Hanna-Barbera]] characters have been used across the board, in shows like ''[[Laff-A-Lympics]]'' and ''[[Yogis Gang]]''; this is still done, but with a more satirical bent (e.g., ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'').
* Nearly all recent [[Warner Bros]] animated television series made references and overt cameos with one another.
* As stated above, the early-90s [[Very Special Episode|public service announcement]] ''[[Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue]]'' had characters like the ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', ''[[The Smurfs]]'', ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]'', the cast of ''[[DuckTales (1987)]]'', and many others team up to teach a single kid about the dangers of drugs {{spoiler|and save his sister}}. Although, if you can see Smurfs, there's a good chance you're tripping balls already.
* The '80s cartoon ''[[Defenders of the Earth]]'' starred King Features' most famous adventure-hero characters: [[Flash Gordon (comic strip)|Flash Gordon]], [[The Phantom (comic strip)|The Phantom]], and [[Mandrake the Magician]] (along with his sidekick, the [[The Big Guy|strongman]] Lothar).
* Much earlier, in 1972, the one-off animated special ''[[The Man Who Hated Laughter]]'' united ''all'' of King Features' popular
* ''[[Captain N: The Game Master]]'' featured a mishmash of characters who appeared on the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] [[In Name Only|done wrong]]. Most of the episodes took place in the neutral Videoland, with characters like [[Castlevania|Simon Belmont]], [[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]] and <s>[[I Am Not Shazam|Kid Icarus]]</s> [[Kid Icarus|Pit]] hanging around, even if [[In Name Only]]. Link and Zelda from ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' (more accurately, from [[Super Mario Bros Super Show|the Zelda cartoon]]) appeared too.
* The [[Children in Need]] music video "Peter Kay's Animated All-Star Band", which features nearly every significant British [[Stop Motion]] characters with a few 2D British and American characters broadcast "live via satellite", including ''[[Roary the Racing Car]]'', ''[[Fifi and the Flowertots]]'', ''[[The Wombles]]'', ''[[In The Night Garden]]'', ''[[Angelina Ballerina]]'', ''[[Scooby Doo]]'', ''Bagpuss'', ''Bob the Builder'', ''[[Ben 10]]'', ''[[Thunderbirds]]'', ''[[Postman Pat]]'', ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', ''[[Fireman Sam]]'', ''[[Camberwick Green]]'', and ''[[Paddington]]'' amongst others.
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