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{{quote|''"So many heroes from so many dimensions! This is [[Rule of Cool|pretty cool]]!"''|'''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot|Jenny Wakeman]]''', ''[[Nicktoons Unite!|Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots]]''}}

A [[Crossover]] that involves characters from more than two shows or more than two [[~~Ficton|fictons~~]].

A [[Crossover]] that involves characters from more than two shows or more than two [[ficton]]s.

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 -- although~~ you can generally expect [[The BBC]] to pull one out of somewhere when [[Children in Need]] or [[Comic Relief]] rolls around.

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—although you can generally expect [[The BBC]] to pull one out of somewhere when [[Children in Need]] or [[Comic Relief]] rolls around.

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~~|Story Arcs~~]] have become more prevalent, this practice has somewhat lessened, with shifts to strict [[The Verse|Verse]] building and explicit references.

As [[Story Arc]]s have become more prevalent, this practice has somewhat lessened, with shifts to strict [[The Verse|Verse]] building and explicit references.

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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[[Sub-Trope|Sub Tropes]]:

* [[Crisis Crossover]] (a company-wide [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]])

* [[Crisis Crossover]] (a company-wide '''Massive Multiplayer Crossover''')

** [[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 [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]] is [[Deconstruction]])

* [[Deconstruction Crossover]] (when the main purpose of using a '''Massive Multiplayer Crossover''' is [[Deconstruction]])

* [[Mega Crossover]] (the [[Fanfic]] version)

* [[Monster Mash]] (classical movie monsters)

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== Anime and Manga ==

* The ''[[Giant Robo]]'' [[OVA]] series featured characters taken from several other series Misuteru ~~Yokoyama -- the~~ original creator of ''[[Giant Robo]]''/''Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot'' ~~-- had~~ written. This included adaptations of the medieval Chinese stories ''Romance Of The Three Kingdoms'' and ''The Water Margins'', which led to many main and secondary characters in ancient Chinese clothing coexisting with people in three-piece suits [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]. It also included the very first [[Magical Girl]], ''Mahotsukai Sally'' (''Sally, the Witch''), under her original name "Sunny", as Shockwave Alberto's daughter.

* The ''[[Giant Robo]]'' [[OVA]] series featured characters taken from several other series Misuteru Yokoyama—the original creator of ''[[Giant Robo]]''/''Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot''—had written. This included adaptations of the medieval Chinese stories ''Romance Of The Three Kingdoms'' and ''The Water Margins'', which led to many main and secondary characters in ancient Chinese clothing coexisting with people in three-piece suits [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]. It also included the very first [[Magical Girl]], ''Mahotsukai Sally'' (''Sally, the Witch''), under her original name "Sunny", as Shockwave Alberto's daughter.

* Legendary Manga creator [[Osamu Tezuka]] similarly uses [[Reused Character Design~~|Reused Character Designs~~]], wherein a character from a previous work will actually play a different role in another story, [[Animated Actors|as if they were an actor or actress]]. The Game Boy Advance game ''[[Astro Boy]]: Omega Factor'' pulls nearly all of them into one massive story.

* Legendary Manga creator [[Osamu Tezuka]] similarly uses [[Reused Character Design]]s, wherein a character from a previous work will actually play a different role in another story, [[Animated Actors|as if they were an actor or actress]]. The Game Boy Advance game ''[[Astro Boy]]: Omega Factor'' pulls nearly all of them into one massive story.

* ''[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]]''.

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== [[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~~|Continuity Snarls~~]]) into one world, obliterating many "Alternate Earth" characters in the process.

* ''[[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]]s) into one world, obliterating many "Alternate Earth" characters in the process.

* ''[[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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== Commercials ==

* 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]].

* 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]]''.

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== [[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~~|Toontown~~]]", which seemed to be half Los Angeles and half [[Alternate Universe]].

* ''[[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]]town", which seemed to be half Los Angeles and half [[Alternate Universe]].

* ''[[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] 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 ~~[[Massive Multiplayer Crossover|~~Massive Multiplayer Crossovers]], insofar as they feature many characters and plot elements (or [[Shallow Parody|weak parodies]] thereof) from recent movies and mash them all together. By all rights, this really ''should'' produce something worth watching on some level.

* Many [[Seltzer and Friedberg]] works, such as ''Epic Movie'' and ''Disaster Movie'', could be considered Massive Multiplayer Crossovers, insofar as they feature many characters and plot elements (or [[Shallow Parody|weak parodies]] thereof) from recent movies and mash them all together. By all rights, this really ''should'' produce something worth watching on some level.

* 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.

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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 _Blood of Amber_ Merlin has dinner at Bloody (Last Deceased Owner's Name)'s ~~place--Boody~~ Andy's at the ~~time--while~~ a gent (with a pronounced scar through his eye) eats at a neighboring table and warns Merlin to show a blade so the local roughs get no ideas. "Old John" was clearly John Ostrander and Tim Truman's mercenary John Gaunt (aka Grinner, [[Grim Jack]]) from Cynosure, a cross-dimensional city in a multiverse adjacent to Amber. The two roughs did not last the night.

* Zelazny was a comic book reader and fan. In _Blood of Amber_ Merlin has dinner at Bloody (Last Deceased Owner's Name)'s place—Boody Andy's at the time—while a gent (with a pronounced scar through his eye) eats at a neighboring table and warns Merlin to show a blade so the local roughs get no ideas. "Old John" was clearly John Ostrander and Tim Truman's mercenary John Gaunt (aka Grinner, [[Grim Jack]]) from Cynosure, a cross-dimensional city in a multiverse adjacent to Amber. The two roughs did not last the night.

* 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.

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== [[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.

* 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]] ~~-- Cory~~ gets a literal [[Reset Button]], Zack and Cody's wish was [[All Just a Dream|all just Zack's dream]], and Hannah returns her life to normal when Jackson unwittingly wishes that the world did not know Hannah's double life.

** 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]]—Cory gets a literal [[Reset Button]], Zack and Cody's wish was [[All Just a Dream|all just Zack's dream]], and Hannah returns her life to normal when Jackson unwittingly wishes that the world did not know Hannah's double life.

** 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~~|Sixth Rangers~~]] - that is, until their own [[Sixth Ranger]] joined up). Additionally, while ''Decade'' established that every past ''Kamen Rider'' was its own universe, ''Gokaiger'' establishes that all [[Super Sentai]] took place in a single universe.

* 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]]s - that is, until their own [[Sixth Ranger]] joined up). Additionally, while ''Decade'' established that every past ''Kamen Rider'' was its own universe, ''Gokaiger'' establishes that all [[Super Sentai]] took place in a single universe.

** 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.

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* 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 ~~1960s -- I~~ guess he had an ancestor who lived in the old west.

** Strangely he also ran into the parking lot attendant from ''[[77 Sunset Strip]]'' which was set in the 1960s—I guess he had an ancestor who lived in the old west.

* 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]]''.

== Mythology and Religion ==

* 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]].

* The ''[[Argonautica]]'' (a.k.a. ''Jason and the Argonauts'') by Apollonius of Rhodes (3rd century BCE) is one of the very first 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.

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== 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~~|Collectible Card Games~~]] that operate off of a [[Universal System]] allow for this; the Universal Fighting System lets you pit [[Street Fighter|Chun-Li]] against [[Soul Series|Nightmare]], the VS System crosses over [[Marvel]] and [[DC]], and the Crusade System lets you pair [[Cowboy Bebop|Spike Spiegel]], [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Edward Elric]], and [[Cutie Honey]] with [[Humongous Mecha]] from ''[[Macross]]'', ''[[Super Robot Wars Original Generation]]'', and countless others.

* [[Collectible Card Game]]s that operate off of a [[Universal System]] allow for this; the Universal Fighting System lets you pit [[Street Fighter|Chun-Li]] against [[Soul Series|Nightmare]], the VS System crosses over [[Marvel]] and [[DC]], and the Crusade System lets you pair [[Cowboy Bebop|Spike Spiegel]], [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Edward Elric]], and [[Cutie Honey]] with [[Humongous Mecha]] from ''[[Macross]]'', ''[[Super Robot Wars Original Generation]]'', and countless others.

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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-- oh~~ dear...

*** 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—oh dear...

** 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 ~~impressive -- outside~~ of Atlus and ''maybe'' Idea Factory those companies are virtually unknown in the States, until you realize this includes ''[[Shadow Hearts]]'' (Aruze), ''Growlanser'' (Atlus), ''Spectral Souls'' (Idea Factory), and ''[[Gungrave]]'' (RED). A sequel has been talked about, and there are hints that ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]''/''[[Persona]]'' characters may make it in, and that [[Nippon Ichi]] might be invited to join the other 4 designers in the next series.

* ''[[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 impressive—outside of Atlus and ''maybe'' Idea Factory those companies are virtually unknown in the States, until you realize this includes ''[[Shadow Hearts]]'' (Aruze), ''Growlanser'' (Atlus), ''Spectral Souls'' (Idea Factory), and ''[[Gungrave]]'' (RED). A sequel has been talked about, and there are hints that ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]''/''[[Persona]]'' characters may make it in, and that [[Nippon Ichi]] might be invited to join the other 4 designers in the next series.

** And ditto ''[[Trinity Universe (video game)|Trinity Universe]]'', which will have two story ~~modes -- one~~ with [[Nippon Ichi]] ([[Disgaea]]) characters, and one with [[Gust]] ([[Atelier Series]]) characters. It apparently revolves around someone throwing trash into Laharl's back yard. Gust and NIS are making a habit of doing these crossover ~~games -- NIS~~ also has a habit of localizing all of Gusts' releases in the states, too.

** And ditto ''[[Trinity Universe (video game)|Trinity Universe]]'', which will have two story modes—one with [[Nippon Ichi]] ([[Disgaea]]) characters, and one with [[Gust]] ([[Atelier Series]]) characters. It apparently revolves around someone throwing trash into Laharl's back yard. Gust and NIS are making a habit of doing these crossover games—NIS also has a habit of localizing all of Gusts' releases in the states, too.

* 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 [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]] games for their ''[[Tales (series)]]''. One bonus, though, is that the ''Narikiri Dungeon'' heroes' ability to dress as any ''[[Tales (series)|Tales]]'' character and gain their abilities applies to bosses, too. Now add in the fact that theme music changes to whatever character or costume is in the lead of a party in battle, and you have a winning idea when a ''Tales'' fan can battle to Motoi Sakuraba's more popular themes, like Fighting of the Spirit or Decisive.

* ''Tales of the World'', Namco's set of Massive Multiplayer Crossover games for their ''[[Tales (series)]]''. One bonus, though, is that the ''Narikiri Dungeon'' heroes' ability to dress as any ''[[Tales (series)|Tales]]'' character and gain their abilities applies to bosses, too. Now add in the fact that theme music changes to whatever character or costume is in the lead of a party in battle, and you have a winning idea when a ''Tales'' fan can battle to Motoi Sakuraba's more popular themes, like Fighting of the Spirit or Decisive.

** 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~~|Big Bads~~]].

* ''[[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]]s.

* 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.

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* ''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]]'', ''[[To Aru Majutsu no Index]]'', ''[[Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu]]'', ''[[Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan|Bludgeoning Angel Dokurochan]]'', ''[[Toradora!]]'' and ''[[Asura Cryin]]''' (with cameos from ''[[Spice and Wolf]]'', ''[[Baccano!]]!'', ''[[Inukami!]]!'' and the [[Boogiepop Series]]) together into a [[Crisis Crossover]].

* ''[[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~~|Magical Girls~~]] of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'', ''[[Slayers]]'', and ''[[Mahoujin Guru Guru]]'' against one another, with more series likely to be included in future [[Expansion Pack~~|Expansion Packs~~]].

* ''[[Magical Battle Arena]]'' is a 3D flying [[Fighting Game]] that pits the female mages and [[Magical Girl]]s of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'', ''[[Slayers]]'', and ''[[Mahoujin Guru Guru]]'' against one another, with more series likely to be included in future [[Expansion Pack]]s.

* ''[[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.).

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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 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.

* ''[[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 Positive]]'' had [http://www.queenofwands.net/d/20040510.html a couple] of [http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp05102004.shtml crossover stories]. Later, after QOW ended its run, Kestrel [[Canon Immigrant|showed up as a semi-regular]] on S*P.

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* 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~~|Video Review Shows~~]] beat up one another in an [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]], climaxing in {{spoiler|Super Mega Death Christ vs. Giant Robotic [[Donkey Kong]] Jesus riding a puff of smoke}} blowing up. You know what? [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/6719-1-year-anniversary-video Just watch it.]

* 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]]s beat up one another in an [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]], climaxing in {{spoiler|Super Mega Death Christ vs. Giant Robotic [[Donkey Kong]] Jesus riding a puff of smoke}} blowing up. You know what? [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/6719-1-year-anniversary-video Just watch it.]

{{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! }}

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* 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]]'', 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 ~~characters -- meaning~~ not only Flash, the Phantom, Mandrake, and Lothar, but also the likes of [[Popeye (comic strip)|Popeye]], [[Blondie]], Snuffy Smith, and [[Beetle Bailey]].

* Much earlier, in 1972, the one-off animated special ''[[The Man Who Hated Laughter]]'' united ''all'' of King Features' popular characters—meaning not only Flash, the Phantom, Mandrake, and Lothar, but also the likes of [[Popeye (comic strip)|Popeye]], [[Blondie]], Snuffy Smith, and [[Beetle Bailey]].

* ''[[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.