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A '''Motif Merger''' is a stylistic 'beat' sometimes used during a crossover. It's when both 'sides' have certain things that are their trademarks, and (during the crossover) there's a symbolic moment where the two motifs are either swapped or combined.

* The shows ''Homicide: Life on the Street'' and ''Law & Order'' , which had distinctive ways of sequeing from one scene to another,<ref>(''Homicide'' had smash cuts and a sort of industrial whooshing noise, ''L&O'' cut to black with its trademark 'glun-glung' noise, followed by text explaining the time and place of the next scene as it faded in.)</ref>, crossed over once. During the crossover, the scenes in New York [''L&O's'' turf] were filmed with ''Homicide's'' transitions, and those in Baltimore [''Homicide's'' setting] had ''L&O's'' transitions. (That is: Cut to black, glun-glung, text: "Baltimore Homicide Division, 10:30 AM.", fade in.)