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** [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]'s first episode has a visit from [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series']] Dr. Admiral [=McCoy=], who inspects the Enterprise-D and gives it his blessing.

* The trailer for the pilot episode of TheFlash shows Barry Allen meeting with [[Series/{{Arrow}} Oliver Queen]], with Oliver giving Barry some helpful advice.

* The trailer for the pilot episode of TheFlash shows Barry Allen meeting with [[Series/{{Arrow}} Oliver Queen]].

* ''[[WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower She-Ra]]'' began with [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 He-Man]] journeying to Etheria to find Adora and give her the Sword of Protection allowing her to become She-Ra and do a HeelFaceTurn going from a Force Captain of the Horde to leader of the Great Rebellion.

* ''StarTrekGenerations'' acts as a bridge between ''TOS'' and ''TNG''.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower She-Ra]]'' began with [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse He-Man]] journeying to Etheria to find Adora and give her the Sword of Protection allowing her to become She-Ra and do a HeelFaceTurn going from a Force Captain of the Horde to leader of the Great Rebellion.

* It wasn't during the pilot of ''NCISLosAngeles'', but somewhere early in Season 1 Abby from {{NCIS}} dropped in on the Los Angeles team.

* ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' starts with a visit to the arctic expedition by [[StargateSG1 SG-1's]] Jack O'Neill and Daniel Jackson.

** In same episode, the one with Abe Simpson as the matchmaking jukebox has Homer drop into the bar - at which point Abe furiously berates him for how outrageously cheap Homer was in providing for Abe's funeral. This ends when point Homer pulls Abe's plug out (again) and leaves.

** In same episode, the one with Abe Simpson as the matchmaking jukebox has Homer drop into the bar - at which point Abe furiously berates him for how outrageously cheap Homer was in providing for Abe's funeral. This ends when point Homer pulls Abe's plug out ([[AWorldwidePunomenon again]]) and leaves.

* Several StarTrek novel series, just like the various TV series.

* Each of the StarTrek spinoff series has one.
** [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]'s first episode has a visit from [[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series']] Dr. Admiral [=McCoy=], who inspects the Enterprise-D and gives it his blessing.
** [[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine's]] pilot starts with The Enterprise-D docked with the eponymous station. Captain Picard appears and the new Commander Sisko promptly tells him how much he hates him. Sisko has some epiphanies, makes peace with Picard, and Picard gives him his blessing.
** [[StarTrekVoyager Voyager]] starts docked at Deep Space Nine, with Quark trying to con Harry Kim.
** [[StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]] is the only one not to be sent off by the previous series, but rather by one of The Next Generation's movies, [[StarTrekFirstContact First Contact]], with a recorded message from Zefram Cochrane.

* ''{{She-Ra}}'' began with He-Man journeying to Etheria to find Adora and give her the Sword of Protection allowing her to become She-Ra and do a HeelFaceTurn going from a Force Captain of the Horde to leader of the Great Rebellion.

* ''StarTrekXI'' gets one of these with Leonard Nimoy showing up to guide everything into place.

* ''StargateAtlantis'' starts with a visit to the arctic expedition by [[StargateSG1 SG-1's]] Jack O'Neill and Daniel Jackson.
** ''StargateUniverse'' - O'Neill picks up Eli, Jackson's on the info discs and Carter shows up commanding the Hammond.

** Captain Picard and the crew of the ''Enterprise-E'' feature heavily in the fist StarfleetCorpsOfEngineers novella; Geordi La Forge hangs around for a few stories more, until the new characters are established enough to carry the series.

* Several StarTrek novel series, just as with the TV series.

** [[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine's]] pilot starts with The Enterprise-D docked with the titular station. Captain Picard appears and the new Commander Sisko promptly tells him how much he hates him. Sisko has some epiphanies, makes peace with Picard, and Picard gives him his blessing.

* Prison-based BritCom ''{{Porridge}}'' was followed by ''Going Straight''; in the first episode the protagonist Fletcher, freshly paroled from the original series' titular jail sentence, is escorted home on the train by prison warder [=McKay=] who had been a ''Porridge'' regular since the pilot episode.

* ''{{She-Ra}}'' began with He-Man journeying to Etheria to find Adora and give her the Sword of Protection allowing her to become She-Ra and do a Heal Face Turn going from a Force Captain of the Horde to leader of the Great Rebellion.

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* StarTrekXI gets one of these with Leonard Nimoy showing up to guide everything into place.

* StargateAtlantis starts with a visit to the arctic expedition by [[StargateSG1 SG-1's]] Jack O'Neill and Daniel Jackson.
** StargateUniverse - O'Neill picks up Eli, Jackson's on the info discs and Carter shows up commanding the Hammond.
* Connor [=McLeod=] on the pilot of HighlanderTheSeries.
* It wasn't during the pilot of NCISLosAngeles, but somewhere early in Season 1 Abby from {{NCIS}} dropped in on the Los Angeles team.

* In one of the pilots for TheMuppetShow, Bert and Ernie from SesameStreet show up to perform a skit, where Bert worries that their little kid's show comedy wouldn't cut it on the new show meant for older audiences.

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* Parodied and Lampshaded on TheSimpsons on the "Spinoff Showcase" episode. For Wiggum's spinoff, Troy [=McClure=] hints some familiar faces might drop by to wish Wiggum luck. In the episode, The Simpsons appear in Mardi-Gras costumes and lampshade tropes going into the parody spinoff.

* {{She-Ra}} began with He-Man journeying to Etheria to find Adora and give her the Sword of Protection allowing her to become She-Ra and do a Heal Face Turn going from a Force Captain of the Horde to leader of the Great Rebellion.

On the pilot of a new spinoff, characters and settings from the original series will show up to give the new series a sendoff. Doing this has multiple advantages. For one, it provides the connection between the two shows making the second one canon to the first. For another, it increases the viewership from the original series as they tune in to see their favourite characters. In addtion, doing so gives it some legitimacy in the eyes of the audience.