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{{Megacrossover List}}
An incomplete list, subject to change:
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* ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]''
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* ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]''
* {{spoiler|''Invasion! [[Squid Girl]]''}}
* ''[[Jack of Kinrowan]]''
* ''[[Jenny Everywhere]]''
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* ''[[Sakura Wars]]: The Gorgeous Blooming Cherry Blossoms'', ''Sakura Wars: The Radiant Gorgeous Blooming Cherry Blossoms'', ''Sakura Wars TV'' and ''Sakura Wars: The Movie''
* {{spoiler|''[[Symphogear|Senki Zesshou Symphogear]]''}}
* ''[[The Snow Queen]]''
* {{spoiler|''[[Space: 1999]]'' (first season only)}}
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* [[An Aesop]]: The ''Sailor Moon'' dub's infamous "Sailor Says" segments are mocked by Hotaru in ''Everyone's a Critic''.
* [[Alien Among Us]]: The displacees. Even the ones who aren't from space.
* [[Aliens in Cardiff]]: Played straight and played with. Hoping to find a displacee in [[New York City]]? Sorry, try [[Joisey|New Jersey]] instead... at least until the Muppet Theater shows up or somebody actually sees [[John Munch]] or Napoleon Solo. [[London Town|London, England]]? No, Kent County, UK and [[In Dublin's Fair City|Dublin, Ireland]]. [[Toronto]]? Try heading up the road to Ottawa. [[Motor City|Detroit]]? You'll have to cross the river to Windsor. And the largest collection of [[Artificial Intelligence|AI]] displacees are nowhere near Silicon Valley, having ended up in [[Boston (useful notes)|Boston]] instead. However, some displacees did appear in [[Montreal]] and [[Los Angeles]], including in the latter group [[Cardcaptor Sakura/Characters#Tomoyo Daidouji|one with an interest in cinematography]].
* [[Alternate Realm Boon]]: Although many displacees already have their own special powers and talents, some of them acquire ''additional'' powerups on top of what they could already do. And all displacees also gain the ability to speak the dominant language of the area in which they arrived like a native.
* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: The apartment managers were recruited through venues where fans of the various works were known or expected to congregate, and were selected in part for their familiarity with the works whose characters they would be playing host to. Played with in the case of the manager of the residence in Nova Scotia, which houses the cast of ''[[Ranma ½]]'' -- he's rapidly growing to ''detest'' his tenants.
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* [[Butterfly of Doom]]: A literal one enticed Andy's [[Right-Hand-Cat]] Cujo into flipping a lever, activating a mad science invention.
* [[Calling Me a Logarithm]]: Played with, in that "troglodyte" ''was'' meant as an insult, but not to the person who asked what the word means.
* [[Canon Welding]]:
** The ''[[K-On!]]'' displacees include the manga-only OnnaGumi and the anime-only Ton-chan.
** During a conversation, the ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' characters discover that Usagi is from the '90s anime continuity while Naru is from the manga continuity.
* [[Cats Are Magic]]: Cat Síth, Luna, Artemis, Diana, Chiyo-chichi, President Aria, and Maya - from most to least magical. Schrödinger (Misaka 10032's cat), however, is just a cat.
* [[Caught the Heart on His Sleeve]]: A non-romantic example when ITEM first shows up in Ottawa and Rob volunteers to go meet them.
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{{quote|'''Bob''': "<snrk> What are the odds that somebody is actually running some underwater residence south of Hawaii where Godzilla, Cthulhu, the aliens from Pacific Rim, Reptilicus and the Varga are all hanging out playing pinochle with cards the size of tennis courts? And when they get bored, that's when they show up in Venice?"
'''Brent''': "Don't worry guys, I'm a great pinochle player!"}}
* [[Compulsory School Age]]: Played Straight and Averted, [[Depending on the Writer]]. Rob's stories have his characters place out of high school if they're smart enough; only half of these characters continued to university. On the other hand, Brent's stories have the youngest Undine forced to attend high school despite having been about to graduate in her own universe – at least it's only part-time. The younger girls from ''[[K-On!]]'' find themselves enrolled at Franklin
* [[Crapsack Only by Comparison]]: Frenda's opinion of the living arrangements.
{{quote|'''Frenda:''' Are you sure this is the right place? It basically looks like a dump - why would Railgun be living here?
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{{quote|"Remember that I showed everybody one episode of the anime that was made about you, and everyone complained about the voices being a little bit wrong?"
"You said it was because we weren't in this universe, so they had to use voice actors instead."}}
:* Discussed in ''Moving Days, Part II'':
{{quote|"The voice actresses did do a really good job of sounding like us," Mugi serenely noted.
"But we're better at sounding like us than they are," Ritsu added.}}
:* And then played with when {{spoiler|Japanese seiyuu start visiting their characters.}}
* [[Elaborate Underground Base]]: Played with by "Residence 51" in Colorado, which sits atop a half-completed underground base which seems to have been built in the 1980s by the US government or a military contractor, but was abandoned and apparently forgotten before it was finished.
* [[End of the World Special]]: Quoting from that trope's page: "Annoyingly enough, this has even carried on into ''Evangelion'' fanfics, where Third Impact basically means the writer can do WHATEVER THE FUCKING HELL THEY WANT, no and's, if's, or but's. Oddly, they all make more sense than whatever happened in the original, so maybe it's for the best." Thus, this is played straight in ''My Apartment Manager is not an Isekai Character'' with Shinji considering a dozen other works while he remakes reality.
* [[Exact Words]]: When the undines of ''[[Aria (manga)|Aria]]'' ask to be sent to Venice, [[Literal Genie|Sebastian]] smugly arranges their delivery to Venice, California rather than Venezia, Italy on the grounds that if they had wanted to go to the Italian city, they should have used its proper name.
* [[Extra-Strength Masquerade]]: "Malleable causality" adjusts people's attitudes (and sometimes memories) toward strange people and things (the displacees) appearing in the setting {{spoiler|... until it's overloaded by too many strange people and things showing up at once.}}
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*** Railgun attends the Halloween party dressed as Sailor Jupiter. Sailor Jupiter attends dressed as Railgun. ([[Word of God]] says this was inspired by [https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/53795119 this fanart].)
*** After watching [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap/S2/E06 Halloween|a particular ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' episode]], Uiharu Kazari does an [[Alternate Character Reading]] of her own name and goes as Hatsuharu from ''[[Kantai Collection]]'', just in case that happens again – which shows she's [[Wrong Genre Savvy]] for once. ([[Word of God]] says this was also inspired by fan art, specifically [https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/44148355 this].)
* [[Here We Go Again]]:
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** And when a new group of [[Ah! My Goddess|motorcyclists]] pull into Douglass Gardens minutes after the cast of ''[[Bakuon!!]]'' leaves at the end of ''Moving Days, Part II'', Bob says, "Here we go again. Again."
* [[Hero of Another Story]]: Invoked [[In-Universe]] in ''Moving Days, Part I'': In response to their obvious dissatisfaction with finding out they are supporting characters for [[K-On!|Hokago Tea Time]], Bob tells the members of OnNaGumi that in an infinite multiverse there inevitably ''must'' be universes where ''they'' are the stars of a popular franchise, and the members of Hokago Tea Time are supporting characters for ''them''. It doesn't seem to help.
* [[Hold Up Your Score]]: Yang does the verbal equivalent to rate Jaune's first kiss with Pyrrha:
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* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]: Rob's [[Author Insert]] character is at least [[One Head Taller]] than any of the women living in his apartment, with the exception of Mii.
* [[I Have Boobs - You Must Obey!]]: Averted when Mii and Rob first fall under Drosselmeyer's influence. She tries to invoke the trope, but he asks her to [[Please Put Some Clothes On]] instead.
* [[I Have Many Names]]: Skuld is described as having many names by Susanoo in ''The Eyes in Her Fire''.
* [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]]: Mimi Hanyu, because of her background as a theatre major before being possessed by Mimete▼
* [[I Need a Freaking Drink]]: ''A Little Slice of Heaven on the Gulf'' ends with Kaji and Misato both saying this as a result of Kaji being contacted by HAL 9000.
▲* [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]]: Mimi Hanyu, because of her background as a theatre major before being possessed by Mimete.
* [[Invoked Trope]]: Rei Ayanami hears about [[Rei Ayanami Expy|her expies]], and decides to dress as Yuki Nagato for the Halloween party.
* [["It" Is Dehumanizing]]: Invoked in one item of marginalia in the in-universe book ''So You Just Arrived from a Parallel Universe'': where the book states that "If you meet a self-aware program or android, it's a displacee", [[Robot Girl|Chii]] from ''[[Chobits]]'' has indignantly commented "'It'? I self-identify as female."
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* [[Never Gets Drunk]]: Rob Donaldson, after the events of ''Donaldson en Kazakiri''. If [[Norse Mythology|Fafnir]]'s poison breath won't affect him any more, a mickey of liquor certainly won't either.
* [[Never Heard That One Before]]: Invoked in ''Moving Days, Part I'', when Bob notes he needs to call [[Akira|"Tetsuoooooo!"]] at Akira Wasa of ''[[K-On!]]''. His wife notes that she's probably heard that "like a million times already".
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Described on the work's wiki as "[[Ralph Breaks the Internet|Washuu-chan Breaks the <s>Internet</s> Multiverse]]", this is what starts off the entire story. As far as Washuu-chan knows, at least — Casey and Andy have evidence that ''they're'' the ones who broke the Multiverse, and Shinji Ikari is sure that it's his fault. The War Doctor might beg to differ, and then there's that whole dimensional rift Glory opened up in Sunnydale.
* [["No. Just... No" Reaction]]: Makoto Kino in response to seeing the ''[[Toon Makers Sailor Moon]]'' in ''Everyone's a Critic''.
* [[Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond]]: The mages, magical girls, [[Shout-Out|aliens, time travelers, sliders or espers]] who have found themselves in the setting. The overwhelming majority keep their abilities secret, either to blend in more easily or to keep them as hidden advantages (or for both reasons).
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** [[Ai Yori Aoshi/Characters#Mayu Miyuki|Mayu Miyuki]] and [[Comic Party/Characters#Miho Hoshino, Mayu Yumeji, and Yuka Tsukishiro|Mayu Yumeji]]
** [[RWBY/Characters#Mercury Black|Mercury]] and [[Sailor Moon/Characters/Main Cast#Ami Mizuno/Amy - Sailor Mercury|Sailor Mercury]] (and [[Classical Mythology|Hermes]])
** [[Archangel Michael]], [[Callahan's Crosstime Saloon|Mike Callahan]]
** {{spoiler|[[Comic Party/Characters#Miho Hoshino, Mayu Yumeji, and Yuka Tsukishiro|Miho Hoshino]] and [[Girls und Panzer/Characters#Miho Nishizumi|Miho Nishizumi]]}}
** [[Sailor Moon/Characters/Villains#The Witches 5 (Yuuko Arimura/Eudial, Mimi Hanyuu/Mimete, Ruru Teruno/Tellu, Yui Bidou/Viluy, Cyprine and Ptilol)|Mimi "Mimete" Hanyu]] and [[A Certain Magical Index/Characters/Sisters#Last Order|"Mimi" Misaka Misaka 20001]]
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* [[Parental Substitute]] / [[Sink-or-Swim Fatherhood]]: In order to keep the Academy City girls from being separated in foster care, and then the same happening to the Sailor Senshi, Rob had to become foster father to them all. He made sure to get their permission first, but he still went from being a bachelor to having ten tween- and teenage daughters in a single week.
** {{spoiler|[[Happily Adopted]]}}: {{spoiler|And then after she learns about the dark side of Academy City and decides she's never going back there, Ruiko Saten agrees to be adopted by Rob. [[Deconstruction|As in real life,]] it will take a year in-universe for the process to be completed.}}
* [[Pass the Popcorn]]:
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** The managers at Douglass Gardens make popcorn for everyone when the casts of ''[[K-On!]]'' and ''[[Bakuon!!]]'' watch each other's animes (and a couple others) in ''Moving Days, Part II''.
* [[The Password Is Always Swordfish]]: At least for the first few days, at Aria House:
{{quote|'''Brent''': The network name is "Pokoteng", and the password is 'swordfish1!', that's digit 1 and exclamation mark at the end. Don't want to make it too easy to guess, after all.}}
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* [[Remember the New Guy?]]: Malleable Causality turns this trope [[Up to Eleven]].
* [[Rule of Three]]: A motif in ''Donaldson en Kazakiri''. Some words are used three times in the same sentence, there were three encounters on the way back to the portal home, and three objections each were raised to the title characters returning to Earth.<ref>Yes, we know that this is three uses of the [[Rule of Three]].</ref>
* [[Rule 34]]:
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** In the final scene of the same story it's obvious that [[Azumanga Daioh|Tomo Takino]] is reading one about herself and Yomi.
** And there is a discussion forum on the [https://kanrikyara.miraheze.org/wiki/Displacees.yggdrasil server set up for displacees] where they can discuss how to deal with Rule 34 fan fiction about themselves.
* [[Scattered Across Time and Space]]: Common to larger groups of characters from long-running works. The most obvious example is the characters from ''A Certain Magical Index'', whose arrivals were spread out over a full year and across two continents despite them leaving their own world at the same time.
* [[Secret Path]]: The tunnel running between the Banzai Institute compound and the Roadhouse in Somerset NJ is the "go somewhere without being noticed" type.
* [[Self-Insert Fic]]: With anywhere from two to five self-insert characters active at a given time in Real Life.
* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Tomoyo, approaching [[The Matchmaker]] except that she does understand "personal space".
* [[Show Within a Show]]/[[Fictional Document]]:
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** ''Hard Press'': a ''[[Josei]]'' manga that doesn't exist in the Refuge timeline (or ours), but was big enough in many other universes (including that of ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'') to get an anime and a live-action movie.
* [[Side Bet]]: In the Halloween story: "Okay, who had 'As soon as she saw him' in the pool?"
* [[Slice of Life]]: particularly in Brent's stories.
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