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The above can get complicated if one hero (like the [[Punisher]] above) routinely deals with his "[[Rogues Gallery]]" by [[Kill'Em All|killing them on sight]], while the other [[Thou Shalt Not Kill|firmly refuses to kill]] or [[Actual Pacifist|doesn't even fight at all]] (like [[Archie Comics]] above). If the relative pacifist has favor, the militant hero will be [[Inverse Law of Utility and Lethality|severely]] [[Non-Lethal Warfare|nerfed]]; whereas if the militant one is shown right, it may risk invalidating the other's morals or making them seem irrelevant.

 

 

Another factor is the seriousness of the setting and the temperament of the character. Teaming up a highly [[Genre Savvy]] character, or competent person from a world where everything is [[Like Reality Unless Noted]], with a [[Genre Blind]] one in a cliche bound world won't end well, nor would the reverse be kind. In a similar vein, putting a stand up comedian in a show about international politics or similar won't usually go over well but oddly, [[The Straight Man|the reverse]] [[Rule of Funny|probably isn't the case]].

== Comic Books ==

* Whenever [[Superman]] is involved in a crossover, he has to be weakened or somehow disabled for the plot to work.

** In his second intercompany crossover with [[Spider-Man]], Spidey saves the day with his Spider-Sense (while Supes is busy holding a massive explosive gizmo together with his bare hands).

** [http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics41.html There was also the time he met the Quik Bunny.]

 

== Fan Fiction ==

*** On a similar note is an old DBZ fanfic where the Briefs family is targeted by a serial killer. Yes, a normal human serial killer. It's not BAD, but the author would need enough [[Hand Wave|handwaves]] to fly to get it to work fully, and he only does several.

* ''[[A Dark Knight Over Sin City]]'' has a mild example. [[Batman]] and his rogues operate on a slightly different level than the [[Sin City]] characters. The [[Anti-Hero|anti-heroes]] and villains in Sin City still serve important roles in the plot but when it comes to, say, explaining Scarecrow's weapons or Joker's toxin, they resort to [[Buffy-Speak]].

* While on it, between 2003 and 2007 there were many crossovers between [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]] and [[Harry Potter]]. While many of them were very well written, they were extremely prone to this trope, in both directions: If early seasons of BTVS were depicted, then a team of one physical fighter (Buffy), one slow (and then weak) witch (Willow) and two [[Badass Normal]]'s (Giles/Xander) could not realy make a difference against all Death Eaters, with their apparation, direct magic etc. By contrast, if BTVS was depicted post S7, then there was the simple fact that all Death Eaters combined could not match the power of Willow, not even taking hundreds of slayers, Giles, and rest into account.

 

== Live Action TV ==

* The ''[[Samurai Sentai Shinkenger]]'' story arc of ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]''. Since [[Kamen Rider|Kamen Riders]] do not deal with giant monsters on a regular basis whereas ''[[Super Sentai]]'' does and the crossover occurs in a ''Kamen Rider'' show, the arc was written to feature an original [[Monster of the Week]] who became an anomaly of sorts thanks to the intrusion of ''Decade'''s cast and thus could not [[Make My Monster Grow|grow]] unlike his brethren.

* Parodied on an episode of ''[[That Mitchell and Webb Look]]'', with the superhero team of BMX Bandit and Angel Summoner. BMX Bandit can ride a BMX ''really'' well, while Angel Summoner can summon and control a horde of invisible celestial superbeings. [[Sarcasm Mode|Oddly]], BMX Bandit feels he doesn't add much to the team.

 

== Video Games ==

* To a minor extent, ''[[Super Smash Bros]]. Brawl'' and [[Metal Gear|Snake]]. An M-rated character battles heroes who are perfectly OK for the entire family? Wave goodbye to his realistic firearms. He gets to keep explosive arms, though.

** Samus is a sci-fi bounty hunter in [[Power Armor]] with an [[Arm Cannon]]. Ness has a bat. Snake doesn't get anything that is too far removed from real world arms. Jigglypuff makes do with cuteness. Link has a sword and a bow. Respectively, they come from dystopian [[Space Opera]], comedic [[Cosmic Horror]], action-espionage [[Magical Realism]], whatever genre Pokemon is, and [[High Fantasy]]. The whole game is a [[Story-Breaker Team-Up]] forgiven on [[Rule of Cool]], [[Rule of Fun]], and the [[Nostalgia Filter]].

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* [http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/09/05 This] [[Penny Arcade]] comic.

{{quote| ''Green Lantern'': What's the plan, Clark? <br />

 

== Web Original ==

* The animations [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FywMOuMqNuI "The Dark Knight Meets Superman"] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeT1t0lQn5Q&feature=fvwrel "The Dark Knight Meets Superman Part 2"] do this intentionally for parody. First [[Superman]] visits Gotham City during the events of ''[[The Dark Knight]]''. "Hey, bat-bro, I hope it's not a big deal, but while you were talking there, I went ahead and stopped crime. Like, all of it." Then this version of Batman stands in for Superman in Metropolis alongside the [[Justice League]]. It doesn't go that well.

 

 

== Western Animation ==

** Although the fact that Holmes beat Batman at anything [[Fridge Brilliance|speaks volumes,]] as Batman has both more experience with supernatural phenomena, and information, knowledge and training from over a century ahead of Sherlock's time.

** And again with "The Super-Batman of Planet X!", where Batman is stranded on a strange, alien planet and teams up with the local near-identical Batman to foil crime. Then it turns out that thanks to the planet's atmosphere Batman becomes a [[Flying Brick]], much to the local Batman-X's chagrin. That is, until the [[Kryptonite Is Everywhere|commonly occurring]] mineral ''[[Weaksauce Weakness|Quartz]]'' renders him worse than powerless and allows Batman-X to save the day.

* ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' uses this effect intentionally in many of its sketches. As the series page puts it:

 

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