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* ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIITheNewBlood'' could have easily been retitled "Jason vs. Literature/{{Carrie}}", as Jason has to fight a young girl with telekinetic powers suspiciously similar to Carrie White, even having the same hair color. The idea may have been come from the fact that the producers originally wanted to do a real crossover with [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet another popular horror franchise]], but couldn't reach an agreement.

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* ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIITheNewBlood'' could have easily been retitled "Jason vs. Literature/{{Carrie}}", as Tina Shepard, the FinalGirl who fights Jason has to fight at the end, is a young teenage girl with telekinetic powers suspiciously similar to Carrie White, even from the two of them having the same hair color. color to both of them having AbusiveParents (a [[MyBelovedSmother mother]] for Carrie, a father for Tina) [[spoiler:who they kill with their powers]]. The idea may have been come from the fact that the producers originally wanted to do a real ''real'' crossover with [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet another popular horror franchise]], franchise, ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'', but ''Friday''[='=]s studio Creator/{{Paramount}} and ''Nightmare''[='=]s studio Creator/NewLineCinema couldn't reach an agreement.[[note]]That crossover did eventually come in 2003 in the form of ''Film/FreddyVsJason'', but only [[DevelopmentHell many years]] after New Line bought the rights to the series.[[/note]]
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* Another simultaneous example from Marvel and DC were the Crusaders. In the late seventies, DC's [[ComicBook/FreedomFightersDC Freedom Fighters]] battled a team by that name based on Marvel's [[ComicBook/TheInvadersMarvelComics Invaders]], whilst the Invaders faced off with another team [[NamesTheSame with the same name]] in their book, but based on the Freedom Fighters. More information can be found in their respective [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Crusaders_(Earth-616) wiki]] [[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Crusaders_(Earth-One) pages]].

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* Another simultaneous example from Marvel and DC were the Crusaders. In the late seventies, DC's [[ComicBook/FreedomFightersDC Freedom Fighters]] battled a team by that name based on Marvel's [[ComicBook/TheInvadersMarvelComics Invaders]], whilst the Invaders faced off with another team [[NamesTheSame with the same name]] name in their book, but based on the Freedom Fighters. More information can be found in their respective [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Crusaders_(Earth-616) wiki]] [[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Crusaders_(Earth-One) pages]].

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* [[RuleOfThree Yet another pastiche]] of a rival company's team are the Shi'ar Imperial Guard from Marvel, who most often fight the ComicBook/XMen. In their inception, they were patterned after the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperheroes, as at the time, they had a level of popularity akin to the X-Men's and a crossover between the two was proposed, but never materialized. However, with the Guard becoming prominent characters, Marvel has {{downplayed|Trope}} the similarities over time, even introducing members that aren't based on any Legion character, [[AuthorsSavingThrow somewhat distancing their more recent appearances from this trope]].



* ''ComicBook/SupermanBatman'' #20-25 had the titular heroes being transported to the world of [[ComicBook/TheUltimates The Maximums]], who wanted revenge after a brainwashed Superman/Batman killed one of their teammates, Skyscraper (Giant-Man). It was ultimately revealed that the plot was masterminded by ComicBook/TheJoker and Mr. Mxyzptlk, playing a cosmic game in exchange for gaining - or losing - their RealityWarper powers. This was, itself, a reference to similar plotlines involving the Squadron Supreme. The story culminated in many Supermen and Batmen [[FusionDance being combined into the Composite Superman-Batman]] and the Maximums being combined into The Maximum Maximum, and then they fought.
--> '''Maximum Maximum:''' Do your best, you Dirty Coward[[note]][[StealthPun Yes, he capitalized the D and the C in the original line, too]][[/note]]. This day will be won by the one true ''ComicBook/{{Ultimate|Marvel}}'' warrior!

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** The first annual for this series introduced us to the MirrorUniverse counterpart of ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}, a fast-talking, easygoing merc with a HealingFactor who is hired to protect his universe's Bruce Wayne. [[RunningGag He keeps trying to say his name throughout the story but is always interrupted]], sometimes [[TakeThat violently]]. He is an ersatz of ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}, but the story does imply he is still named Deathstroke, as aside from their childhoods, their lives are said to be identical. Ultimately, he's thrown into an interdimensional rift while being interrupted one last time.
* In Deathstroke's own comic series, he briefly teams up with a mental patient named Devon, who fashions an elaborate costume resembling Deathstroke, breaks the fourth wall while directly alluding to the first time Deadpool did so, and then admits "[[LampshadeHanging it would be freaking ironic if they sued us]]". It should be noted that the storyline was written by Creator/ChristopherPriestComics, who has a celebrated run on Deadpool and established the character's meta nature for the first time.



* ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIITheNewBlood'' could have easily been retitled "Jason vs. Literature/{{Carrie}}", as Jason has to fight a young girl with telekinetic powers suspiciously similar to Carrie White.

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* ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIITheNewBlood'' could have easily been retitled "Jason vs. Literature/{{Carrie}}", as Jason has to fight a young girl with telekinetic powers suspiciously similar to Carrie White.White, even having the same hair color. The idea may have been come from the fact that the producers originally wanted to do a real crossover with [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet another popular horror franchise]], but couldn't reach an agreement.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': "[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS1E8Heroes Heroes]]" centered around a new group of superheroes called "The Terrific Trio", ironically enough a name [[Series/Batman1966 once used for]] ComicBook/{{Batman}}, ComicBook/{{Robin}} and ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}. They were scientists transformed by a FreakLabAccident and are clear references to the ComicBook/FantasticFour, but the personalities and roles have been flipped around somewhat. Further, General Norman is subbing in for [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk General Ross]], and the trio's ally Dr. Hodges is what Reed Richards would have been had the accusations ComicBook/DoctorDoom made about him been true: [[spoiler: sabotaging an experiment by his close friend out of petty jealousy, leading to an accident that scars both their bodies [[SanitySlippage and their minds]]]]. The Trio is eventually confronted by Batman, and let's just say [[DownerEnding it doesn't end well]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': "[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS1E8Heroes Heroes]]" centered around a new group of superheroes called "The Terrific Trio", ironically enough a name [[Series/Batman1966 once used for]] ComicBook/{{Batman}}, ComicBook/{{Robin}} and ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}. They were scientists transformed by a FreakLabAccident and are clear references to the ComicBook/FantasticFour, but the personalities and roles have been flipped around somewhat. Further, General Norman is subbing in for [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk General Ross]], and the trio's ally Dr. Hodges is what Reed Richards would have been had the accusations ComicBook/DoctorDoom made about him been true: [[spoiler: sabotaging an experiment by his close friend out of petty jealousy, leading to an accident that scars both their bodies [[SanitySlippage and their minds]]]]. The Trio is eventually confronted by Batman, and let's just say [[DownerEnding it doesn't end well]].
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* ''ComicBook/SupermanBatman'' #20-25 had the titular heroes being transported to the world of [[ComicBook/TheUltimates The Maximums]], who wanted revenge after a brainwashed Superman/Batman killed one of their teammates, Skyscraper (Giant-Man). It was ultimately revealed that the plot was masterminded by ComicBook/TheJoker and Mr. Mxyzptlk, playing a cosmic game in exchange for gaining - or losing - their RealityWarper powers. This was, itself, a reference to similar plotlines involving the Squadron Supreme. The story culminated in many Supermen and Batmen [[FusionDance being combined into the Composite Superman-Batman]] and the Maximums being combined into The Maximum Maximum, and then they fought. [[WidgetSeries It's that kind of series]].

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* ''ComicBook/SupermanBatman'' #20-25 had the titular heroes being transported to the world of [[ComicBook/TheUltimates The Maximums]], who wanted revenge after a brainwashed Superman/Batman killed one of their teammates, Skyscraper (Giant-Man). It was ultimately revealed that the plot was masterminded by ComicBook/TheJoker and Mr. Mxyzptlk, playing a cosmic game in exchange for gaining - or losing - their RealityWarper powers. This was, itself, a reference to similar plotlines involving the Squadron Supreme. The story culminated in many Supermen and Batmen [[FusionDance being combined into the Composite Superman-Batman]] and the Maximums being combined into The Maximum Maximum, and then they fought. [[WidgetSeries It's that kind of series]].
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* Another simultaneous example from Marvel and DC were the Crusaders. In the late seventies, DC's [[ComicBook/FreedomFightersDC Freedom Fighters]] battled a team by that name based on Marvel's [[ComicBook/TheInvadersMarvel Invaders]], whilst the Invaders faced off with another team [[NamesTheSame with the same name]] in their book, but based on the Freedom Fighters. More information can be found in their respective [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Crusaders_(Earth-616) wiki]] [[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Crusaders_(Earth-One) pages]].

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* Another simultaneous example from Marvel and DC were the Crusaders. In the late seventies, DC's [[ComicBook/FreedomFightersDC Freedom Fighters]] battled a team by that name based on Marvel's [[ComicBook/TheInvadersMarvel [[ComicBook/TheInvadersMarvelComics Invaders]], whilst the Invaders faced off with another team [[NamesTheSame with the same name]] in their book, but based on the Freedom Fighters. More information can be found in their respective [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Crusaders_(Earth-616) wiki]] [[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Crusaders_(Earth-One) pages]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'': The team of ComicBook/DoctorFate, ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}, ComicBook/SolomonGrundy, [[ComicBook/{{Hawkman}} Hawkgirl]], ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/WonderWoman battled the [[TentacledTerror octopoid]] [[EldritchAbomination abomination]] [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Icthultu]] in the episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E15And16TheTerrorBeyond The Terror Beyond]]". Totally not Cthulhu, you see. [[ImplausibleDeniability Even though they literally call him an "old one" in the episode]]...[[note]]But you know what's even better? The team listed above were picked as an {{Homage}} to ComicBook/TheDefenders. So this is either some random members of the ComicBook/JusticeLeague fighting a Cthulhu {{expy}}, or it's a group of Defenders expies fighting a Cthulhu expy.[[/note]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'': The team of ComicBook/DoctorFate, ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}, ComicBook/SolomonGrundy, [[Characters/GreenLantern1941 Solomon Grundy]], [[ComicBook/{{Hawkman}} Hawkgirl]], ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/WonderWoman battled the [[TentacledTerror octopoid]] [[EldritchAbomination abomination]] [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Icthultu]] in the episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E15And16TheTerrorBeyond The Terror Beyond]]". Totally not Cthulhu, you see. [[ImplausibleDeniability Even though they literally call him an "old one" in the episode]]...[[note]]But you know what's even better? The team listed above were picked as an {{Homage}} to ComicBook/TheDefenders. So this is either some random members of the ComicBook/JusticeLeague fighting a Cthulhu {{expy}}, or it's a group of Defenders expies fighting a Cthulhu expy.[[/note]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'': In the third season episode, "The Darkness Within", the Ninja Turtles go up against a tentacled demonic EldritchAbomination known as "The Necromonster". In other words, it's basically the TMNT going up against [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]].
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* Another simultaneous example from Marvel and DC were the Crusaders. ComicBook/FreedomFightersDC battled a team by that name based on Marvel's ComicBook/TheInvadersMarvel, whilst the Invaders faced off with another team [[NamesTheSame with the same name]] in their book, but based on the Freedom Fighters. More information can be found in their respective [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Crusaders_(Earth-616) wiki]] [[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Crusaders_(Earth-One) pages]].

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* Another simultaneous example from Marvel and DC were the Crusaders. ComicBook/FreedomFightersDC In the late seventies, DC's [[ComicBook/FreedomFightersDC Freedom Fighters]] battled a team by that name based on Marvel's ComicBook/TheInvadersMarvel, [[ComicBook/TheInvadersMarvel Invaders]], whilst the Invaders faced off with another team [[NamesTheSame with the same name]] in their book, but based on the Freedom Fighters. More information can be found in their respective [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Crusaders_(Earth-616) wiki]] [[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Crusaders_(Earth-One) pages]].



* There was the incident in the ''ComicBook/{{Quasar}}'' comics where several characters with SuperSpeed competed on a race to the moon, organized by the Runner, one of the Elders of the Universe. One such character was "Buried Alien", a speedster who suddenly appeared on the track in a [[StealthPun flash]] of lightning, amnesiac but with the feeling he was no longer in [[ComicBook/DCUniverse his own universe]]. It's heavily implied that this is [[Franchise/TheFlash Barry Allen]], having being thrown into the Marvel universe after his seeming sacrifice in the ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths. However, enough details are different that it's clear he isn't Barry - he has a beard and taps into something called "Hyperspeed", not the Speed Force, for instance. Regardless, fellow speedster Makkari brought him back to wherever he originally came from, and Buried Alien [[PutOnABus hasn't returned to Earth-616 since]].

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* There was the incident in the ''ComicBook/{{Quasar}}'' comics where several characters with SuperSpeed competed on a race to the moon, organized by the Runner, one of the Elders of the Universe. One such character was "Buried Alien", a speedster who suddenly appeared on the track in a [[StealthPun flash]] of lightning, amnesiac but with the feeling he was no longer in [[ComicBook/DCUniverse his own universe]]. It's heavily implied that this is [[Franchise/TheFlash Barry Allen]], having being been thrown into the Marvel universe after his seeming sacrifice in the ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths. However, enough details are different that it's clear he isn't Barry - he has a beard and taps into something called "Hyperspeed", not the Speed Force, for instance. Regardless, fellow speedster Makkari brought him back to wherever he originally came from, and Buried Alien [[PutOnABus hasn't returned to Earth-616 since]].
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* ''Film/GodzillaVsMegalon'': Paying the folks at ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' back for Jirahs (listed in Live-Action TV below), this movie introduced 'Jet Jaguar' to the Godzilla franchise, who was [[SpotlightStealingSquad the heroic focus of the movie]]. Said character looks nearly identical to Ultraman and can change size just like him. The movie ends with a SoBadItsGood ThemeSong for Jaguar that sounds like it would be played in the opening for a Tokusatsu show. Interestingly, not only was his original design much less of a blatant copy (looking vaguely like a Anime/MazingerZ with a Ultraman-inspired color scheme), but [[WhatCouldHaveBeen he was originally meant to be the de facto star of the movie]], and Godzilla was only included to boost sales. Which was probably a good idea, since Jet Jaguar is much more famous now as "That guy they used to make it look like Godzilla was fighting Ultraman" than he would have been as "That blatant Ultraman ripoff Toho tried to steal our money with".

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* ''Film/GodzillaVsMegalon'': Paying the folks at ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' back for Jirahs (listed in Live-Action TV below), this movie introduced 'Jet Jaguar' to the Godzilla franchise, who was [[SpotlightStealingSquad the heroic focus of the movie]]. Said character [[UltramanCopy looks nearly identical to Ultraman and can change size just like him.him]]. The movie ends with a SoBadItsGood ThemeSong for Jaguar that sounds like it would be played in the opening for a Tokusatsu show. Interestingly, not only was his original design much less of a blatant copy (looking vaguely like a Anime/MazingerZ with a Ultraman-inspired color scheme), but [[WhatCouldHaveBeen he was originally meant to be the de facto star of the movie]], and Godzilla was only included to boost sales. Which was probably a good idea, since Jet Jaguar is much more famous now as "That guy they used to make it look like Godzilla was fighting Ultraman" than he would have been as "That blatant Ultraman ripoff Toho tried to steal our money with".
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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'': The team of ComicBook/DoctorFate, ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}, ComicBook/SolomonGrundy, ComicBook/{{Hawkgirl}}, ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/WonderWoman battled the [[TentacledTerror octopoid]] [[EldritchAbomination abomination]] [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Icthultu]] in the episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E15And16TheTerrorBeyond The Terror Beyond]]". Totally not Cthulhu, you see. [[ImplausibleDeniability Even though they literally call him an "old one" in the episode]]...[[note]]But you know what's even better? The team listed above were picked as an {{Homage}} to ComicBook/TheDefenders. So this is either some random members of the ComicBook/JusticeLeague fighting a Cthulhu {{expy}}, or it's a group of Defenders expies fighting a Cthulhu expy.[[/note]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'': The team of ComicBook/DoctorFate, ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}, ComicBook/SolomonGrundy, ComicBook/{{Hawkgirl}}, [[ComicBook/{{Hawkman}} Hawkgirl]], ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/WonderWoman battled the [[TentacledTerror octopoid]] [[EldritchAbomination abomination]] [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Icthultu]] in the episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E15And16TheTerrorBeyond The Terror Beyond]]". Totally not Cthulhu, you see. [[ImplausibleDeniability Even though they literally call him an "old one" in the episode]]...[[note]]But you know what's even better? The team listed above were picked as an {{Homage}} to ComicBook/TheDefenders. So this is either some random members of the ComicBook/JusticeLeague fighting a Cthulhu {{expy}}, or it's a group of Defenders expies fighting a Cthulhu expy.[[/note]]
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* Another simultaneous example from Marvel and DC were the Crusaders. ComicBook/FreedomFightersDC battled a team by that name based on Marvel's ComicBook/TheInvadersComicBook, whilst the Invaders faced off with another team [[NamesTheSame with the same name]] in their book, but based on the Freedom Fighters. More information can be found in their respective [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Crusaders_(Earth-616) wiki]] [[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Crusaders_(Earth-One) pages]].

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* Another simultaneous example from Marvel and DC were the Crusaders. ComicBook/FreedomFightersDC battled a team by that name based on Marvel's ComicBook/TheInvadersComicBook, ComicBook/TheInvadersMarvel, whilst the Invaders faced off with another team [[NamesTheSame with the same name]] in their book, but based on the Freedom Fighters. More information can be found in their respective [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Crusaders_(Earth-616) wiki]] [[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Crusaders_(Earth-One) pages]].
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* Another simultaneous example from Marvel and DC were the Crusaders. ComicBook/FreedomFightersDC battled a team by that name based on Marvel's ComicBook/TheInvaders, whilst the Invaders faced off with another team [[NamesTheSame with the same name]] in their book, but based on the Freedom Fighters. More information can be found in their respective [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Crusaders_(Earth-616) wiki]] [[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Crusaders_(Earth-One) pages]].

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* Another simultaneous example from Marvel and DC were the Crusaders. ComicBook/FreedomFightersDC battled a team by that name based on Marvel's ComicBook/TheInvaders, ComicBook/TheInvadersComicBook, whilst the Invaders faced off with another team [[NamesTheSame with the same name]] in their book, but based on the Freedom Fighters. More information can be found in their respective [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Crusaders_(Earth-616) wiki]] [[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Crusaders_(Earth-One) pages]].
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-->'''Runner:''' Well, Buried, how does it feel to be the ''fastest man alive''? \\
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--> '''Maximum Maximum:''' Do your best, you dirty coward. This day will be won by the one true ''ComicBook/{{Ultimate|Marvel}}'' warrior!

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--> '''Maximum Maximum:''' Do your best, you dirty coward.Dirty Coward[[note]][[StealthPun Yes, he capitalized the D and the C in the original line, too]][[/note]]. This day will be won by the one true ''ComicBook/{{Ultimate|Marvel}}'' warrior!
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* Another simultaneous example from Marvel and DC were the Crusaders. DC's ComicBook/FreedomFighters battled a team by that name based on Marvel's ComicBook/TheInvaders, whilst the Invaders faced off with another team [[NamesTheSame with the same name]] in their book, but based on the Freedom Fighters. More information can be found in their respective [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Crusaders_(Earth-616) wiki]] [[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Crusaders_(Earth-One) pages]].

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* Another simultaneous example from Marvel and DC were the Crusaders. DC's ComicBook/FreedomFighters ComicBook/FreedomFightersDC battled a team by that name based on Marvel's ComicBook/TheInvaders, whilst the Invaders faced off with another team [[NamesTheSame with the same name]] in their book, but based on the Freedom Fighters. More information can be found in their respective [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Crusaders_(Earth-616) wiki]] [[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Crusaders_(Earth-One) pages]].
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* ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzilla'': Godzilla teams up with King Caesar, the monstrous, but peaceful, guardian of a secluded island, whose natives can control with an ancient chant. Replace the word 'Caesar' with '[[Franchise/KingKong Kong]]' and that same description could apply to the Toho version of King Kong seen in ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla'', released a decade earlier, down to even having the same roar (not even modified or anything).

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* ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzilla'': Godzilla teams up with King Caesar, the monstrous, but peaceful, guardian of a secluded island, whose natives can control with an ancient chant. Replace the word 'Caesar' with '[[Franchise/KingKong Kong]]' and that same description could apply to the Toho version of King Kong seen in ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla'', released a decade earlier, down to even having the same roar (not even modified or anything). The homage is sent up in ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'', where Kong and Godzilla [[spoiler: join forces to defeat Mechagodzilla, the same kaiju that Godzilla and Caesar defeated in that movie]].
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* There was the incident in the ''ComicBook/{{Quasar}}'' comics where several characters with SuperSpeed competed on a race to the moon, organized by the Runner, one of the Elders of the Universe. One such character was "Buried Alien", a speedster who suddenly appeared on the track in a [[StealthPun flash]] of lightning, amnesiac but with the feeling he was no longer in [[ComicBook/DCUniverse his own universe]]. It's heavily implied that this is [[Franchise/TheFlash Barry Allen]], having being thrown into the Marvel universe after his seeming sacrifice in the ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths. However, enough details are different that it's clear he isn't Barry - he has a beard and taps into something called "Hyperspeed", not the Speed Force, for instance. Regardless, fellow speedster Makkari brought him back to wherever he originally came from, and Buried Alien [[PutOnABus hasn't returned to Earth-616 since]].
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* Mixed with CrossoverPunchline in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'': Leon can save a dog greatly resembling Hewie from ''VideoGame/HauntingGround'' ([[DevelopmentGag One of the many prototypes for RE4]], along with ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry1'') from a bear trap. If he does so, the same dog will distract El Gigante later on. Leon will also draw attention to it with the {{narm}}y line, "Hey...it's that dog!" Interestingly, saving the dog from the bear trap by shooting it with your gun will free him as well, but he won't appear to help you later (The dog is trapped by its leg, and Hewie was shot in the leg by the main antagonist in ''Haunting Ground''. Not surprising it wouldn't like the reminder).
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* Mixed with CrossoverPunchline in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'': Leon can save a dog greatly resembling Hewie from ''VideoGame/HauntingGround'' ([[DevelopmentGag One of the many prototypes for RE4]], along with ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry1'') from a bear trap. If he does so, the same dog will distract El Gigante later on. Leon will also draw attention to it with the {{narm}}y line, "Hey...it's that dog!" Interestingly, saving the dog from the bear trap by shooting it with your gun will free him as well, but he won't appear to help you later (The dog is trapped by its leg, and Hewie was shot in the leg by the main antagonist in ''Haunting Ground''. Not surprising it wouldn't like the reminder).
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* ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzilla'': Godzilla teams up with King Caesar, the monstrous, but peaceful, guardian of a secluded island, whose natives can control with an ancient chant. Replace the word 'Caesar' with '[[Franchise/KingKong Kong]]' and that same description could apply to the Toho version of King Kong seen in ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla'', released a decade earlier, down to even having the same roar (not even modified or anything).



* The tokusatsu show ''Series/GoGreenman'' had the episode Greenman vs Gorilla, the latter of whom is simply a reused King Kong suit from ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla''. The character itself is a generic monster of the day in pretty much all respects, but it would have been the real deal had Toho not lost the rights to Kong.

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* The tokusatsu show ''Series/GoGreenman'' had the episode Greenman vs Gorilla, [[WritingAroundTrademarks Gorilla]], the latter of whom is simply a reused King Kong suit from ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla''. The character itself is a generic monster of the day in pretty much all respects, but it would have been the real deal had Toho not lost the rights to Kong.
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* The tokusatsu show ''Series/GoGreenman'' had the episode Greenman vs Gorilla, the latter of whom is simply a reused King Kong suit from ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla''. The character itself is a generic monster of the day in pretty much all respects, but it would have been the real deal had Toho not lost the rights to Kong.

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* ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIITheNewBlood'' could have been retitled "Jason vs. Literature/{{Carrie}}", as Jason has to fight a young girl with telekinetic powers suspiciously similar to Carrie White.
* With Creator/ChristianBale starring, ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'' is the closest thing to a ''Batman vs. Terminator'' film we will ever see.

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* ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIITheNewBlood'' could have easily been retitled "Jason vs. Literature/{{Carrie}}", as Jason has to fight a young girl with telekinetic powers suspiciously similar to Carrie White.
* With Creator/ChristianBale starring, ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'' is the closest thing to a ''Batman vs. Terminator'' film we will ever see.
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* With Creator/ChristianBale starring, ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'' is the closest thing to a ''Batman vs. Terminator'' film we will ever see.
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* Speaking of ComicBook/SheHulk, she teamed up with a GenderBender-fied ComicBook/{{Batman}} (in his [[Film/Batman1989 first movie form]]) expy called "Nosferata the She-Bat" in issues #19 and #20 of her second ongoing, in a story titled "[[ComicBook/BatmanYearOne Year Zero]]". In fact, the entire city of Gotham was expied as the city of Visigoth, [[ShownTheirWork down to Hamilton Hill becoming Hieronymous Hill]].
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* ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' had the titular character battle Jirahs, expy of ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}''. Aside from the name itself sounding like a shortening of [[DubNameChange GoJIRA]], it was played by [[Creator/HaruoNakajima the same actor]] in an outfit cobbled together from separate Godzilla suits ([[ParodyAssistance on loan from Toho themselves]]) and given a neck frill, and had a modified Godzilla roar. Then Ultraman ''[[RefugeInAudacity rips the neck frill off]]''. It should be noted that this was something of an example of RealLifeWritesThePlot - Creator/EijiTsuburaya wanted to make a more original kaiju for episode 10, but budgetary constraints forced them to go with the lazy option. [[TropesAreTools It worked]] - Jirahs is one of the most famous Ultraman monsters precisely because of its nature as a Godzilla expy.

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* ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' had the titular character battle Jirahs, expy of ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}''. Aside from the name itself sounding like a shortening of [[DubNameChange GoJIRA]], it was played by [[Creator/HaruoNakajima the same actor]] in an outfit cobbled together from separate Godzilla suits ([[ParodyAssistance on loan from Toho themselves]]) and given a neck frill, and had a modified Godzilla roar. Then Ultraman ''[[RefugeInAudacity rips the neck frill off]]''. It should be noted that this was something of an example of RealLifeWritesThePlot - Creator/EijiTsuburaya wanted to make a more original kaiju for episode 10, but budgetary constraints forced them to go with the lazy option. [[TropesAreTools [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools It worked]] - Jirahs is one of the most famous Ultraman monsters precisely because of its nature as a Godzilla expy.
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* ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIITheNewBlood'' could have been retitled "Jason vs. Literature/{{Carrie}}", as Jason has to fight a young girl with telekinetic powers suspiciously similar to Carrie.

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* ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIITheNewBlood'' could have been retitled "Jason vs. Literature/{{Carrie}}", as Jason has to fight a young girl with telekinetic powers suspiciously similar to Carrie.Carrie White.
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* ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIITheNewBlood'' could have been retitled "Jason vs. Literature/{{Carrie}}", as Jason has to fight a young girl with telekinetic powers suspiciously similar to Carrie.
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* Another simultaneous example from Marvel and DC were the Crusaders. DC's ComicBook/FreedomFighters battled a team by that name based on Marvel's ComicBook/TheInvaders, whilst the Invaders faced off with another team [[NamesTheSame with the same name]] in their book, but based on the Freedom Fighters. More information can be found in their respective [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Crusaders_(Earth-616) wiki]] [[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Crusaders_(Earth-One) pages]].

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