History Franchise / DCLAU

-->''The floodgates have been fucking opened'' - Creator/ConfusedMatthew commenting on the 2015 "Monstober" crossover event that connects the DCLAU to the St. Elsewhere universe

* SecretIdentity: For the Wizards, the Lab Rats, Raven, Hannah/Miley, almost everyone in Series/MightyMed and Perry.

* SecretIdentity: For the Wizards, the Lab Rats, Raven, Hannah/Miley, and Perry.

* Most of the shows on ''Creator/{{TGIF}}'' [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TGIF_(ABC) during the late 80's to the early 2000's]], which were already linked to each other via some crossovers (many involving Steve Urkel) are now officially linked to the DCLAU via ''Girl Meets World''. If anything, the TGIF verse is the ''predecessor'' to the DCLAU; since it's part of the ''Series/StElsewhere'' SharedUniverse theory, the DCLAU now potentially shares a universe with ''hundreds'' of [[http://yujinishuge.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/crossoversscaled.jpg other shows]] from all of the Big Five networks as well as several cable channels.

* CowboyBeBopAtHisComputer: As children's programming has always been a hot topic, there will be frequent "experts" who have much to opine without actually having basic knowledge of the shows they're talking about. Take [[http://www.laweekly.com/2013-06-20/film-tv/disney-tv-poison-daughters/full these]] [[http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2013/08/06/Disney-Channel-Nickelodeon-Corrupt-the-Tweeners two]] articles--whatever the validity of their argument, their points are not helped with some very basic factual errors. Misspelling series names ("''iCarly''" is simply "''Carly''", "''JESSIE''" is "''JESSE''"--and, to boot, a screenshot from that show is attributed to ''Wizards of Waverly Place''), much attention has been given over to shows that have been canceled, etc. Much of this would have been avoided if only they visited the shows' Website/IMDb pages.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: It's almost a proud tradition.

* HighConcept: With only one real exception (''Good Luck Charlie'') and one borderline (''Liv and Maddie''), all of the shows in the DCLAU have followed the high concept formula, and a few (''That's So Raven'', ''Wizards of Waverly Place'', ''Dog With A Blog'', ''Lab Rats'', ''Crash & Bernstein'', ''Mighty Med'', and ''Best Friends Whenever'') are completely fantastical.

* HighConcept: With only one real exception (''Good Luck Charlie'') and one borderline (''Liv and Maddie''), all of the shows in the DCLAU have followed the high concept formula, and a few (''That's So Raven'', ''Wizards of Waverly Place'', ''Dog With A Blog'', ''Lab Rats'', ''Crash & Bernstein'', ''Mighty Med'', and ''Best Friends Whenever'') are all completely fantastical.

*** The aforementioned Salem time ball plot which continued into every other show that night: ''Boy Meets World'', ''Teen Angel'' and ''You Wish''.

* ''Series/UglyBetty'': If so, would be the only series in the DCLAU not associated with any other show through actual production even if the TGIF/''Series/StElsewhere'' universe is included (though still airing on Disney sister network ABC); apparently, some of the characters of ''Ugly Betty'' follow London Tipton's ''Yay Me!'' vlog. It may also be connected through the St. Elsewhere-verse blog.

TheVerse in which the shows exist was first established with 2006's crossover event ''That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana'', followed by 2007's and 2009's ''Wish Gone Amiss Weekend'' and ''{{Wizards| Of Waverly Place}} [[Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody On Deck]] with Series/HannahMontana'', respectively. The ''Series/ImInTheBand'' episode "Weasels On Deck" placed it into the DCLAU and showed that Creator/DisneyXD shows could be in the DCLAU as well. With the ''Series/ZekeAndLuther'' crossover with ''Peter Punk'', the DCLAU now extends to internationally-produced series, and with ''Jessie'''s crossover with ''Ultimate Spider-Man'', it can even be linked to animated series (specifically the ''WesternAnimation/MarvelUniverse''). When ''Series/GirlMeetsWorld'' officially crossed over with ''AustinAndAlly'' and ''BestFriendsWhenever'' during Monstober, then the universe became part of an even larger SharedUniverse, since parent series ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'' (and its accompanying TGIF-verse) is part of the ''Series/StElsewhere'' universe theory.

*** Steve Urkel from ''Series/FamilyMatters'' appeared in one episode.

*** Steve Urkel was constantly crossed over onto many of the TGIF shows at the height of his popularity.

* ''Meego'': This short-lived CBS show was linked to the TGIF verse by having Steve Urkel from ''Series/FamilyMatters'' appear in two episodes (that show and ''Series/StepByStep'' had just been [[ChannelHop transplanted from ABC]] with the hopes of starting a CBS equivalent to TGIF. It didn't work).
* ''Series/GilligansIsland'': The oldest show associated with the DCLAU (started 1964), some characters from ''Gilligan'' appeared (played by the original actors) on the above-mentioned ''Meego'', which was unfortunately [[MissingEpisode one of the seven episodes that never aired in America]] (it did air in the UK and can be found on Website/YouTube).
* ''Series/{{Moesha}}'': Did a crossover with ''Film/{{Clueless}}'' after the latter [[ChannelHop moved to]] the former's home base, UPN.
* ''Series/TheParkers'': A direct spinoff of ''Moesha''.
* ''The Hughleys'': After moving to UPN, the show had a crossover with ''The Parkers''.
* ''Series/{{Girlfriends}}'': Maya from this show has appeared on ''Moesha'', and Niecy from the latter show has in turn appeared on ''Girlfriends''.
* ''Series/TheGame'': A direct spinoff of ''Girlfriends'', launched via PoorlyDisguisedPilot.
* ''Series/FullerHouse'': This show on Netflix is a direct spinoff and SequelSeries to ''Full House''.

* ''Creator/{{TGIF}}'': Officially linked to the DCLAU via ''Girl Meets World''. If anything, the TGIF verse is the ''predecessor'' to the DCLAU; since it's part of the ''Series/StElsewhere'' SharedUniverse theory, the DCLAU now potentially shares a universe with ''hundreds'' of [[http://yujinishuge.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/crossoversscaled.jpg other shows]] from all of the Big Five networks as well as several cable channels.

It used to be that major crossover events (crossovers where each participating show got its own episode) received both a title referring to the event itself and titles for each individual episodes. For example, the event that started it all, "That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana" is broken down into "Checkin' Out" (the ''That's So Raven'' episode), the ''Suite Life of Zack and Cody'' episode (also titled "That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana") and "On the Road Again?" (the ''Hannah Montana'' episode). All three parts were produced and aired (consecutively) as separate episodes, with each part being written and produced by the production staff of the show that episode respectively belongs to, and are aired both consecutively or completely separately in syndication (apparently at the whim of the network, though they're typically aired consecutively as part of the Disney Replay block). This is likewise true for the next major crossover event, "Wizards On Deck With Hannah Montana" (consisting of ''Wizards of Waverly Place''s "Cast Away (To Another Show)", ''The Suite Life on Deck''s "Star-Crossed" and ''Hannah Montana''s "Super(stitious) Girl"). This practice ended with the last major crossover event to follow this convention, "Austin & JESSIE & Ally's All-Star New Year" (with ''Austin & Ally''s "Big Dreams and Big Apples" and ''JESSIE''s "Nanny in Miami" which so far has always been aired as a single episode in syndication).

With the ''JESSIE''/''Good Luck Charlie'' crossover event "Good Luck JESSIE: NYC Christmas" both halves for each series are still produced separately by each series' production staff (with the credits for the second half running halfway through the episode during the obvious transition), but the entire event is now considered a single episode, and listed as such in its entirety as the single episode "Good Luck JESSIE: NYC Christmas" simultaneously for the production orders for ''JESSIE'' and ''Good Luck Charlie'' (i.e., there are no separately-titled parts making up the whole). Future major crossover events will likely follow this new convention. Also note that smaller crossover episodes where characters from one show crossover into a single episode of another show count as being an episode for the host show only (i.e., the ''Good Luck Charlie''/''Shake it Up'' crossover "Charlie Shakes it Up" is just a standard-length ''Good Luck Charlie'' episode with ''Shake it Up'' characters guest-starring, and likewise the ''JESSIE'' episode "Aloha Holidays With Parker and Joey" is just a ''JESSIE'' one-hour special with ''Liv and Maddie'' characters guest-starring).

* ''Series/{{Clueless}}''

* ''Creator/{{TGIF}}'': Officially linked to the DCLAU via ''Girl Meets World''. If anything, the TGIF verse is the ''predecessor'' to the DCLAU; since it's part of the ''Series/StElsewhere'' SharedUniverse theory, the DCLAU now potentially shares a universe with ''hundreds'' of [[http://yujinishuge.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/crossoversscaled.jpg other shows]] from all of the Big Five networks.

The most recent massive crossover event is scheduled for October 2015 for Disney Channel's "[[HalloweenEpisode Monstober]]" event where virtually ''all'' of the network's shows will be crossing over with each other, almost thoroughly connecting the entire network and creating an almost completely comprehensive shared universe while finally connecting the DCLAU to the larger shared universe of ''Boy Meets World'' as noted above. While being a massive inter-connected event, the episodes of each show will feature guest stars from other shows so as to remain stand-alone as opposed to having interwoven plotlines.

* ''Franchise/{{TGIF}}'': Now linked to the DCLAU via ''Girl Meets World''. If anything, the TGIF verse is the ''predecessor'' to the DCLAU.

[[http://yujinishuge.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/crossoversscaled.jpg]].

TheVerse in which the shows exist was first established with 2006's crossover event ''That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana'', followed by 2007's and 2009's ''Wish Gone Amiss Weekend'' and ''{{Wizards| Of Waverly Place}} [[Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody On Deck]] with Series/HannahMontana'', respectively. The ''Series/ImInTheBand'' episode "Weasels On Deck" placed it into the DCLAU and showed that Creator/DisneyXD shows could be in the DCLAU as well. With the ''Series/ZekeAndLuther'' crossover with ''Peter Punk'', the DCLAU now extends to internationally-produced series, and with ''Jessie'''s crossover with ''Ultimate Spider-Man'', it can even be linked to animated series (specifically the ''WesternAnimation/MarvelUniverse''). When ''Series/GirlMeetsWorld'' officially crosses over with ''AustinAndAlly'' and ''BestFriendsWhenever'' during Monstober, then the universe will become part of an even larger SharedUniverse, since parent series ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'' (and its accompanying TGIF-verse) is part of the ''Series/StElsewhere'' universe theory.

* StudioAudience
* YouLookFamiliar: Due to Disney's practice of rehiring actors, [[Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody Gwen]], [[Series/HannahMontana Mikayla]], and [[Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace Alex Russo]] were all played by Music/SelenaGomez and [[Series/ThatsSoRaven Larry]] and [[Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace Justin Russo]] were both played by Creator/DavidHenrie. [[Series/ThatsSoRaven Amber]] and [[Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody London Tipton]] were both played by Brenda Song; [[Series/HannahMontana Rico]] and [[Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace Max's conscience]] were both played by Moises Arias; [[Series/CoryInTheHouse Samantha Samuels]], [[Series/AustinAndAlly Demonica Dixon]], and [[Series/HannahMontana Liza the photographer]] were all played by Lisa Arch, [[Series/ThatsSoRaven Principal Stuckerman]] and [[Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody Herman Spatz]] were both played by Steve Hytner; [[Series/TheSuiteLifeOnDeck Olivia Cabot]] and [[Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace Jenny Majorheely]] were both played by Gilland Jones; [[Series/HannahMontana the director in "That's What Friends Are For?"]] and [[Series/ImInTheBand Ash Tyler]] were both played by Stephen Full; [[Series/HannahMontana Mr. Corelli]] and [[Series/ImInTheBand Burger Pitt]] were both played by Greg Baker; [[Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace Archie]] and [[Series/ImInTheBand Derek Jupiter]] were both played by Steve Valentine; [[Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody Leah]] and [[Series/HannahMontana the Cracker]] were both played by Jaelin Palmer; [[Series/ThatsSoRaven Betty Jane]] and [[Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody Nia]] were both played by Giovonnie Samuels; [[Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody Max]] and [[Series/ThatsSoRaven Ally Parker]] were both played by Alyson Stoner; and [[Series/ThatsSoRaven Carly]] and [[Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody Agnes]] were both played by Allie Grant. I could go on, but you probably get the point.
** Also applies to animals--for example, Bitsy from "[[Series/ShakeItUp Sweat It Up]]" is also Sweetiepie from "[[Series/GoodLuckCharlie Driving Mrs. Dabney]]".

* ''Franchise/{{TGIF}}'': Now linked to the DCLAU via ''Girl Meets World''.

** The "Monster Spooktacular" Halloween event of 2015 is one of the largest Crisis Crossovers in the DCLAU, as ''all' of the major shows in the universe at the time are crossed over with each other and many characters are attending the same Halloween Party within the same few hours.

* Cyd and Shelby from ''Series/BestFriendsWhenever'' appear in the Halloween episode "Haunt-A-Rooney".

** Ernie and Judy from ''Series/KCUndercover'' appear in the Halloween episode "Scary Spirits & Spooky Stories", while Austin and Ally appear in the ''Series/GirlMeetsWorld'' Halloween episode "Girl Meets World of Terror 2".

The most recent massive crossover event is scheduled for October 2015 for Disney Channel's "[[HalloweenEpisode Monstober]]" event where virtually ''all'' of the network's shows will be crossing over with each other, almost thoroughly connecting the entire network and creating an almost completely comprehensive shared universe. While being a massive inter-connected event, the episodes of each show will feature guest stars from other shows so as to remain stand-alone as opposed to having interwoven plotlines.

* ''Series/UglyBetty'': If so, would be the only series in the DCLAU not associated with any other show through actual production even if the TGIF/''Series/StElsewhere'' universe is included (though still airing on Disney sister network ABC); apparently, some of the characters of ''Ugly Betty'' follow London Tipton's ''Yay Me!'' vlog.

* ''Series/GirlMeetsWorld''

* ''Series/HangingWithMrCooper''
* ''Series/TheHughleys''
* ''Series/{{Meego}}''

* ''Series/YouWish''

* ''Series/Clueless''
* ''Series/Perfect Strangers''

* ''Girlfriends''
** ''The Game''
* ''Hanging With Mr.Cooper''
* ''The Hughleys''
* ''Series/Meego''
* ''Moesha''

TheVerse in which the shows exist was first established with 2006's crossover event ''That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana'', followed by 2007's and 2009's ''Wish Gone Amiss Weekend'' and ''{{Wizards| Of Waverly Place}} [[Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody On Deck]] with Series/HannahMontana'', respectively. The ''Series/ImInTheBand'' episode "Weasels On Deck" placed it into the DCLAU and showed that Creator/DisneyXD shows could be in the DCLAU as well. With the ''Series/ZekeAndLuther'' crossover with ''Peter Punk'', the DCLAU now extends to internationally-produced series, and with ''Jessie'''s crossover with ''Ultimate Spider-Man'', it can even be linked to animated series (specifically the ''WesternAnimation/MarvelUniverse''). If ''Series/GirlMeetsWorld'' were to have a crossover with any DCLAU show, then the universe would become part of an even larger SharedUniverse, since parent series ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'' (and its accompanying TGIF-verse) is part of the ''Series/StElsewhere'' universe theory.

[[http://yujinishuge.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/crossoversscaled.jpg in]].

** Logan and Delia from ''Series/IDidntDoIt'' appear in the Halloween episode "The Ghostest with the Mostest".
** Emma and Zuri appear in the ''Series/KCUndercover'' Halloween episode "All Howl's Eve".

** Ernie and Judy from ''Series/KCUndercover'' appear in the Halloween episode "Scary Spirits & Spooky Stories".
** Austin and Ally appear in the ''Series/GirlMeetsWorld'' Halloween episode "Girl Meets World of Terror 2".

** Riley and Lucas from ''Series/GirlMeetsWorld'' appear in the Halloween episode "Cyd and Shelby in the Haunted Escape".
** Cyd and Shelby appear in the ''Series/LivAndMaddie'' Halloween episode "Haunt-A-Rooney".

** Trish and Dez from ''Series/AustinAndAlly'' appear in the Halloween episode "Bite Club".
** Logan and Delia appear in the ''Series/{{Jessie}}'' Halloween episode "The Ghostest with the Mostest".

** Austin and Ally from ''Series/AustinAndAlly'' appear in the Halloween episode "Girl Meets World of Terror 2".
** Riley and Lucas appear in the ''Series/BestFriendsWhenever'' Halloween episode "Cyd and Shelby in the Haunted Escape".

** Emma and Zuri from ''Series/{{Jessie}}'' appear in the Halloween episode "All Howl's Eve".
** Ernie and Judy appear in the ''Series/AustinAndAlly'' Halloween episode "Scary Spirits & Spooky Stories".