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* While KimNewman has seeded connections between his books since the beginning, the short story "Cold Snap" seems to be a concentrated effort to tie them ''all'' together. A "Diogenes Club" story (and therefore featuring characters whose AlternateUniverse selves appear in the ''Anno Dracula'' novels) it adds characters from his early work such as ''Jago'', and even features the villain from his ''DoctorWho'' novella ''Time And Relative''.

** The first connection was actually FinalFantasyIX, which was a millenia-later sequel to FinalFantasyI.

** Ian Edginton does the same thing with his ''2000 AD'' strips: both ''Stickleback'' and ''The Red Seas'' share a secret organisation, little mentions and character cameos abound, and the same brand of EldritchHorror appears in ''Stickleback'', ''Ampney Crucis Investigates'', and arguably ''Detonator X''.

* The canons of {{Tsukihime}}, FateStayNight, and KaraNoKyoukai (plus others) are generally grouped together and called the NasuVerse. There's rarely direct crossover of the characters, except in [[BattleMoonWars spin-off]] [[MeltyBlood games]] and non-canon side-comics. WordOfGod on each canon's characters respective power levels in relation to each other ([[MemeticMutation can Shiki kill Servants?]]) is [[FlipFlopOfGod conflicting]].

* All of Christopher Moore's varied books appear to take place in the same verse, whether the setting is modern suburbian California or Israel in Jesus' time. Various characters make appearances outside of their respective novels, like angels and vampires and fruit bats.

** This was mostly done as an attempt to use ''Dr. Slump''[='=]s popularity to help increase readership of ''Dragon Ball'', as it wasn't the huge hit it would eventually become yet. Ironically, in later years the crossover has had the opposite effect: many fans, especially outside of Japan, only know the ''Dr. Slump'' cast because of their guest spot on ''Dragon Ball''.

* HPLovecraft's story ''The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath'' ties most of his early standalone [[ShortStory short stories]] into the Dreamlands Cycle, and also brings in ''Pickman's Model'' and the Randolph Carter stories. At the end, the Dreamlands Cycle is linked to the CthulhuMythos, though a few stories (such as the early "Dagon") ''may'' be outside the grand continuity. Several other authors have expanded this, notably August Derleth and {{Clark Ashton Smith}}.

* There's a curious variation of this with Marvel's UK comics, their british branch. In addition to reprinting Marvel Comics, they also created their own, original characters (Death's Head probably being the best known) that were assumed to be part of the MarvelUniverse from the start; many Marvel heroes starred in their series, but the American comics rarely if ever acknowledged them. Technically they are still canon, though most of them haven't been seen since the 90's and almost never get mentioned today.

* The ''{{GURPS}}'' Infinite Worlds setting ties together every alternate universe they ever came up with and every licensed work ever adapted to ''GURPS'' from ''{{Uplift}}'' to ''{{Diskworld}}'' to ''{{Hellboy}}''.

** ''SomethingPositive'' shares world with ''Queen Of Wands'', ''Scandal Sheet'', ''Girls With Slingshots'', ''QuestionableContent'', ''{{Shortpacked}}'', and ''Penny and Aggie''. Recently, for instance, the cats from S* P and GWS had a litter of hypoallergenic kittens.

** ''SomethingPositive'' shares world with ''Queen Of Wands'', ''Scandal Sheet'', ''Girls With Slingshots'', ''QuestionableContent'' and ''Penny and Aggie''. Recently, for instance, the cats from S* P and GWS had a litter of hypoallergenic kittens.

** ''MaskedRider'', the [[SoBadItsHorrible not well received]] American adaptation of ''Black RX'' was launched with a PoorlyDisguisedPilot in a ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' episode; much later, ''PowerRangersInSpace'' crossed over with ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles: The Next Mutation'', which makes all three American series share a Verse. All three are produced by Saban, which wasn't so bad back then, but as of 2009...

* [[http://www.bleedingcool.com/2009/10/01/the-mark-millar-tie-up-athon-spoilers/ This article]] suggests that all of [[MarkMillar Mark Millar]]'s recent Marvel work (''1985'', ''FantasticFour'', ''KickAss'', and ''[[{{Wolverine}} Old Man Logan]]'') is all interconnected.

* There have been countless''Transformers''/''GIJoe'' crossover comics and, even worse, the ''Transformers'' comic character Death's Head, who was then involuntarily sent to the ''DoctorWho'' universe (in the comics only) and then the MarvelUniverse, bringing things full circle... except that ''Who'' crossed over with not just ''Blake's Seven'' as mentioned above, but also SherlockHolmes '''and''' the CthulhuMythos in the DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse novel ''All-Consuming Fire'' and... '''[[PublicDomainCharacter for the sake of Primus, we better stop at Holmes and the Mythos or else this dysfunctional multiverse will be too big for this page...]]''' In fact, given that ''Doctor Who'' is also part of Westphall's mind, what we've got here is a truly dysfunctional mess of a multiverse, lest we forget that there is also existence of a what is most likely a [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/factorialinfinity/prlggallifrey.jpg Post-Time War Gallifrey]] in the Power Rangers Universe.

** Ian Edginton does the same thing with his ''2000 AD'' strips: both ''Stickleback'' and ''The Red Seas'' share a secret organisation, ''The Red Seas'' and ''Defoe'' share an apparently immortal Isaac Newton, little mentions and character cameos abound, and the same brand of EldritchHorror appears in ''Stickleback'', ''Ampney Crucis Investigates'', and arguably ''Detonator X''.
* AlanMoore, as time has gone on, has turned ''LeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' into this, making vague references to the source material for Ozymandias and the Black Freighter. Oh, sure, it's only references to the inspirations for them, and Moore would probably rather have his skin boiled then actually go further then that, but this is AlanMoore, ''there are no coincidences''.
** That's a bit of an odd example, since the League already existed in a world where [[AllMythsAreTrue All]], and we mean really [[AllMythsAreTrue All, Myths Are True]]. Volumes one and two of the ''LeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' comics were entirely populated by {{Historical Domain Character}}s, so a few characters created by the author is only a very small step further.

* Fantasy author MichaelMoorcock gradually connected almost every single character he'd created into a MythArc revolving around the concept of the [[CosmicPlaything Eternal Champion]].

This is the tendency of long-lived genre authors to, at what is usually a later point in their career, combine two or more distinct series they've created into a single continuity. By combining the two series together, the author can introduce fans of one series to characters they may not be familiar with, inducing them to go out and buy the works in that series, and hopefully attract high sales from fans of both storylines. When done well, it can add a more epic feel to the tale, explore aspects of the two storylines not previously delved into, and make lots of money for the author and his publisher (and there are many examples of this, perhaps most famously ''{{Lord of the Rings}}''). When done poorly, especially with stories with radically different settings or styles, it looks and feels like a shallow money-grab and can potentially be a [[JumpTheShark shark-jumping]] moment for both series.

* ''MegaManLegends'' was originally in its own continuity (hence jokes and references to the original series being a ShowWithinAShow). However, the recent ''MegaManZero'' and ''MegaManZX'' games have more directly connected it as being the far distant future of the original ''MegaMan'' and ''MegaManX''.

* DCComics' new [[TheMultiverse Multiverse]] includes many universes that used to be considered non-canon {{Elseworld}} stories, such as ''SupermanRedSon'', ''KingdomCome'', and even ''BatmanBeyond'' (and the rest of the DCAU by extension). This allowed for some interesting crossovers, such as when Earth-22 (KingdomCome) Superman teamed up with the [[JusticeSocietyOfAmerica Justice Society]] of the main DC Earth.
** Not necessarily the entire DCAU. The Terry McGinnis Batman of the DC Multiverse (and the history of his Earth) doesn't have to correspond to the details of the ''Batman Beyond'' cartoon any more than the Bruce Wayne Batman of the main DCU corresponds to the details of ''Batman: The Animated Series.''

Whether it's an example of a well-done or a poorly-done crossover is a matter of contention. Not related to the ScunthorpeProblem.

** Given that the second Jerusalem Man novel involves time travel, and the third explicitly states that there is no time travel, only alternate reality travel, its not particularly surprising that he'd connect them all. Its all Atlantis' fault for ripping open the gates of reality in order to protect itself from nuclear missiles sent from the future, held in place by the magical field that ripped a hole in reality to prevent nuclear missiles from being sent back from the future. (This is actually a fairly concise description of the end of the second book)
*** ''[[FlatWhat What]]''.

** Seriously, the [[VirginNewAdventures New Adventures]] novel ''Damaged Goods'', which Davies wrote before being handed the series revival, has a scene near the end featuring a UNIT investigator with the same name as the protagonist of his earlier series ''DarkSeason''.

** Of course, in ''Planet of the Dead'' it's implied that Quatermass is fictional in the Whoniverse. [[TimeyWimeyBall Wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey...]]. Mind you, Bernard could have just been a real hero as opposed to a fictional one of Malcolm.
*** The irony is that ''Quatermass'' creator Nigel Kneale always regarded ''DoctorWho'' as having ripped off all his ideas.
** Don't forget, BuffyTheVampireSlayer and Doctor Who most likely share a universe. Due to the huge pile-up of crossovers, as I said above, Ash from Evil Dead, Buffy, The Punisher and The Doctor could have to fight Lovecraftian horrors. Also, Batman and Aliens and Predators could show up, as could [[{{It}} Pennywise]].
*** There's also the Season 8 Buffy comic where the Tenth Doctor and Rose shows up in the background, making this a bit more canon...

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