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* Anything by [[CLAMP]] will have this. ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'' took this idea and went [[Up to Eleven]]

** Prior to ''Tsubasa'' the title characters of ''[[CLAMP School Detectives]]'' were probably the worst offenders. Two of them were also the lead characters of separate series (though one only lasted a single issue) and the third was a supporting character in [[Duklyon: Clamp School Defenders]]. And this is ''before'' they put in a brief appearance in ''X1999''.

 

== Comics ==

* One of [[Bret Easton Ellis]]'s signature techniques: Clay, the protagonist of ''[[Less Than Zero]]'', is a minor character in ''[[The Rules of Attraction]]''; Patrick Bateman, a minor character in ''[[The Rules of Attraction]]'', is the protagonist of ''[[American Psycho]]'', and so on.

* [[Agatha Christie]] does this a fair bit. For example, Inspector Japp of the ''[[Poirot]]'' series appears in the first [[Tommy and Tuppence]] book.

** And "Harrison, who made his pile when Pardon won the cup" is presumably the narrator and placer of the victorious bet in Paterson's "Pardon, the Son of Reprieve".

* [[Stephen King]] will often make brief references to characters and events from previous books, especially if those books took place in Castle Rock, Maine.

 

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

** Alan Shore form ''[[The Practice]]'' went to join the law firm in ''[[Boston Legal]]''.

* ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'' begat ''[[Melrose Place]]'' which begat ''[[Models Inc]]''. Characters like Jake from ''Melrose Place'' appeared on ''90210'' before ''Melrose Place'' began. Later ''Melrose Place'' characters appeared on ''Models Inc.'' (Amanda Woodward's mother and half-brother ran ''Models Inc.''). Later, some of the original ''90210'' cast members returned for the reboot of ''90210'' and some of the original cast of ''Melrose Place'' returned for the reboot of that show as well.

* Richard Belzer has played Baltimore (later NY) PD detective [[John Munch]] on approximately a ''dozen'' different TV series.

** In addition to Belzer's example, ''[[Law and Order SVU]]'' had Angie Harmon from the parent series consulting in the first series before they got their own, dedicated prosecutor. Who ever is playing District Attorney from the parent series will also occasionally have an appearance.

** Several characters from ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' have also appeared on ''[[Stargate Universe]]'' more than once.

** McKay and Woolsey were both introduced as one-off antagonists in ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' before becoming regular characters on ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]''. They both appeared in the ''[[Stargate Universe]]'' Season 2 episode "Seizure" to boot, making them the only ''Atlantis'' regulars bar Samantha Carter to appear in ''Universe''.

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* Another Disney example -- [[Kim Possible]], Ron Stoppable, and Rufus the naked mole rat teamed up with Lilo in an episode of ''[[Lilo and Stitch: The Series]]''.

*** And ''double again'' with crossovers with ''[[Recess]]'' and ''[[The Proud Family]]''.

* One episode of the TV version of Disney's ''[[Hercules (Disney film)|Hercules]]'' involved a crossover with the cast of ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]''.