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14	->''"So first there was ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet, then [[ComicBook/TheInfinityWar Infinity War]], and now there's [[ComicBook/TheInfinityCrusade Infinity Crusade]]. It must be like an annual convention for super heroes that Warlock runs for them. It gives them all a chance to get together and network and catch up on each other's continuity, exchange business and trading cards, pose for holograms with each other, stuff like that. They probably just wish the things were held in San Diego or someplace fun, where everyone could hang out at the beach."''
15	-->-- '''Marvel Year in Review 1993'''
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17	A company-wide MassiveMultiplayerCrossover which sweeps all the "mainstream" characters in a {{ficton}} into a single storyline and, often, takes their own series along for the ride.
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19	The original was Marvel's ''ComicBook/SecretWars1984'', but the trend only really caught on with ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', the event which changed Franchise/TheDCU so much that its history is permanently defined as "pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis\|on Infinite Earths}}" and "ComicBook/PostCrisis". It went from April 1985 to March 1986, tying in almost every other series DC published at the time.
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21	After this, it became more and more popular, with not just Marvel and DC but other companies — Malibu, Wildstorm, etc. — getting into the act. Eventually, though, readers were sick of it, and it tapered off, before returning to the scene in 2004 when DC and Marvel both launched new Crisis Crossovers that started {{Metaplot}}s that are still running today. Time will tell how long it takes for readers to get sick of it ''this'' time (if they aren't already).
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23	The advantage of a Crisis Crossover to a publisher is that people reading the main story will want to read the various crossovers, thus increasing sales. The disadvantage is that people who only want to read one of the titles that cross over may be turned off by having to buy all the tie-ins to understand it, thus decreasing sales. In practice, it can go either way, but there's a reason the technique was abandoned for awhile.
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25	In-story, the scope is usually more massive than what may be found in the stories at ongoing comics. Things like the death of a flagship character or events where NothingIsTheSameAnymore for the whole setting usually take place in those stories. But what about the event that kickstarts it all? It may simply take place in the first issue, it may be expanded in a dedicated one-shot (with titles such as "Crisis Alpha", "the road to Crisis", "Prelude to Crisis", etc), or even have been brewing for quite some time already in a previous ComicBookRun elsewhere by the author. For example, ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', ''ComicBook/KingInBlack'' and ''ComicBook/WarOfTheRealms'' are the culmination of ''ComicBook/TheAvengersJonathanHickman'', ''ComicBook/VenomDonnyCates'' and ''ComicBook/Thor2014'' respectively.
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27	In comics, there are several subtypes:
28	* The classic is a single mini- or maxi-series, with other titles having a couple issues branded with the crossover's title. ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' itself and ''Secret Wars II'' are of this type.
29	* A second kind is the all-annuals crossover. Many comic series have, in addition to their twelve monthly titles per year, a thirteenth plus-sized annual. An all-annuals crossover takes place entirely in one year's annuals (plus, perhaps, a special bookending issue or two). ''Armageddon 2001'' and ''Atlantis Attacks!'' are examples.
30	* {{Fifth Week Event}}s. Most comics come out monthly, most comics come out on Wednesday, and most months have four Wednesdays. Four times a year, however, there will be a month with a fifth Wednesday. Instead of moving titles around so that (for example) some comics that usually come out on the fourth Wednesday are pushed to the fifth, the publisher may just schedule an event for that week. Example: ''Sins of Youth''
31	* Self-contained: A crossover that doesn't crossover. The heroes take a break from their own books to participate in a mini-series, then return to their own books. Examples: ''Secret Wars'' and ''Cosmic Odyssey.''
32	* The opposite is the crossover without a self-titled mini-series; the whole crossover takes place in extant books. Marvel used to do this a lot, as with ''Inferno'' and ''ComicBook/{{Acts of Vengeance}}''.
33	* The current format is an expansion of the first type: There will be a core series, one or more spinoff series, probably some one-shots, and crossover into regular titles. ''ComicBook/BlackestNight,'' for example, had a core mini-series, seven multi-issue spinoffs, a slew of one-shots (nominally numbered as "new" issues of long-dead series), and heavy crossover into both ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' titles, among others.
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35	When a comic slaps a big, visible "Crisis Crossover" logo on the cover, but only has a token ShoutOut to the Big Event that only peripherally affects the plot of the issue in question, that's a RedSkiesCrossover. When a {{Crossover}} occurs that involves a couple of characters and their support, but doesn't necessarily affect the large universe, it's a BatFamilyCrossover. When the various sets of characters do not interact with each other but still deal with a universal threat, it's a CrossThrough. When the same characters from different {{Alternate Universe}}s work/clash together in a Crisis Crossover, then it's an IntraFranchiseCrossover.
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39	!!Examples:
40	[[index]]
41	* CrisisCrossover/ComicBooks
42	* CrisisCrossover/FanWorks
43	* CrisisCrossover/LiveActionTV
44	* CrisisCrossover/VideoGames
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48	[[folder:Advertising]]
49	* The combined forces of KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut join forces to Defeat the Dark Side [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnbNXlpWdh8 in these commercials]], done to promote ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.
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52	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
53	* The ''Anime/PrettyCure'' MagicalGirl metaseries have their own Crisis Crossover movie series labeled "Pretty Cure All Stars", featuring heroines from all series released until then.
54	** However, after quite a few All Star movies and too many heroes to work with, the franchise's Crisis Crossover movie series may be going in a new direction with its upcoming film, "Pretty Cure Dream Stars;" which feature only two Precure teams teaming up and possibly meeting a member of a new team.
55	** Then a canonical crossover happened in ''Anime/HugttoPrettyCure'' when one of the villains froze time and all the Cures had to stop him.
56	* The 2nd part of the ''Anime/TimeBokan'' OVA in 1993 involves the Dorombo Gang from ''Anime/{{Yatterman}}'' invading a city populated by other Creator/TatsunokoProduction characters, and who should show to stop them but the Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman, Casshern, Hurricane Polymar, and Tekkaman?
57	* ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' features characters, SpinOffspring, {{Expy}}s, and/or cameos from more or less everything Creator/{{CLAMP}} has ever written.
58	* The ''Majokko Club Yoningumi A-kūkan kara no Alien X'' OVA is a crossover between Creator/StudioPierrot's most successful MagicalGirl series. Anime/{{Creamy Mami\|TheMagicAngel}}, Anime/{{Magical Emi\|TheMagicStar}}, [[Anime/MagicalIdolPastelYumi Pastel Yumi]], and Anime/{{Persia\|TheMagicFairy}} all team up to fight alien forces on the moon.
59	* ''Anime/DigimonXrosWarsTheYoungHuntersWhoLeaptThroughTime'' has one in its final few episodes, which saw the return of all the leaders and various other members of all previous Digimon teams.
60	* ''Anime/YuGiOhBondsBeyondTime'' is one between the protagonists of the first three series. It's spawned a fair few fanfiction imitations as well.
61	* Invoked in-universe in ''Anime/ReCreators'', where in order to empower the [[RefugeeFromTVLand Creations]] against [[BigBad Altair]], the government formulates a plan to have their creators make a crossover event film in which the characters join forces to defeat Altair due to the fact that the Creations' power-ups rely on the [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve general public to accept and embrace them]]. The final result is that [[spoiler:[[InvincibleVillain Altair curb-stomps the whole lot of them]] because [[PopularityPower the audience loves her much more]] and a really twisted version of OnlyTheLeadsGetAHappyEnding, with Altair being "the lead" in question.]]
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64	[[folder:Film — Live-Action]]
65	* Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse:
66	** The climax of ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' has ComicBook/{{Superman}}, ComicBook/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/WonderWoman teaming up to stop Doomsday.
67	** ''[[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague Justice League]]'' has Batman, Wonder Woman, ComicBook/TheFlash, ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} and ComicBook/{{Cyborg}} teaming up to prevent an invasion by the ComicBook/NewGods of Apokolips led by Steppenwolf on behalf of [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]].
68	* ''[[Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg Disaster Movie]]'' can be seen as this, with various movies crossing over as the end of the world occurs.
69	** Can also be applied to ''Film/ScaryMovie'' and its sequels.
70	** It seems that mashup parody movies is becoming a genre on itself.
71	* ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' has had several:
72	** ''Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster'' is a somewhat smaller-scale version of this. Mothra had already crossed over into the Godzilla universe in ''Film/MothraVsGodzilla'' after having [[Film/{{Mothra}} her own earlier film]], but this one also adds Rodan, who had [[Film/{{Rodan}} his own separate film]], so that all three monsters could team up against King Ghidorah. This also started the tradition of eventually having all of Creator/{{Toho}}'s various {{Kaiju}} [[CanonWelding showing up in this fused universe]].
73	** ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters'' once again had Godzilla, Mothra and Rodan, but also added other ''Godzilla'' monsters like [[Film/GodzillaRaidsAgain Anguirus]], [[Film/SonOfGodzilla Minilla and Kumonga]], along with other Creator/{{Toho}} monsters like [[Film/KingKongEscapes Gorosaurus]], [[Film/{{Atragon}} Manda]], [[Film/FrankensteinConquersTheWorld Baragon]] and [[Film/VaranTheUnbelievable Varan]], all ultimately fighting King Ghidorah.
74	** ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' features almost every monster introduced in the Showa era facing off against Godzilla.
75	* ''Franchise/KamenRider'':
76	** The first film-length crossover was ''Film/BirthOfTheTenthGatherAllKamenRiders'', which featured all nine previous Riders and introduced the tenth, Kamen Rider ZX.
77	** ''Series/KamenRiderKiva'' began the trend of each Rider season having a crossover movie with its immediate predecessor, usually to deal with a villain based on both of their shows or an agent of the NebulousEvilOrganization Foundation X. Some of these movies also feature appearances by a smattering of previous Riders whose actors were available at the time, who show up to help when the main pair need the cavalry.
78	** ''Film/KamenRiderXSuperSentaiSuperHeroTaisen'' and its followups are larger crossovers featuring not just every ''Kamen Rider'', but every ''Super Sentai'' as well. Usually only the current Rider, the current Sentai, and a few previous characters have appearances out of costume. Everyone else only appears in costume, and is either voiceless or played by soundalikes of questionable accuracy.
79	* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:''
80	** ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' is a crisis crossover for all [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Marvel Studios movies]] starting with 2008's ''Film/IronMan1''. However, this was the plan from the very start, as it was first set up in TheStinger of ''Iron Man'' and just building with each new film released in the next three years.
81	** ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' reunites the team in reaction to events laid out in the intervening films, as well as being influenced by events in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (though the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. don't appear).
82	** ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' crosses over the cast of the ''Captain America'' movies with the cast of the ''Avengers'' movies (sans [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] and ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk), as well as unaffiliated heroes ComicBook/BlackPanther, Film/AntMan1, and ComicBook/SpiderMan.
83	** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' once again ties together various sub-franchises from across the MCU, including ones not included in the previous two ''Avengers'' films, in order to both deal with the GreaterScopeVillain of Phases 1-3 (namely ComicBook/{{Thanos}}), and to finally tie off the Infinity Stone MythArc that has been running through TheVerse since mid-Phase 1. It has the largest number of superheroes in any MCU film to date.
84	** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' is the direct continuation of the events of ''Infinity War'', climaxing in a BigBadassBattleSequence between the Avengers and their many allies verses Thanos's army.
85	** ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' is such a big Crisis Crossover that it brings together the characters, and therefore universes, of the ''Spider-Man'' films already in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (and also ''Doctor Strange'' with Stephen's supporting role and a cameo by Wong), with the two [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy cinematic]] [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries predecessors]] and pits the three Spider-Man incarnations against a LegionOfDoom consisting of most of their villains. [[spoiler: It also crosses over further with a mid-credits cameo of [[Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse Tom Hardy's Eddie Brock and Venom.]]]]
86	* ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'' brings together a vast menagerie of Warner Brothers franchises.
87	* ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' movies tend to do this:
88	** ''Film/UltramanSaga'' has Franchise/UltramanZero of the M78 universe working together with Series/UltramanDyna and Series/UltramanCosmos, despite the latter two being from completely different dimensions: the reason of their unity is because Dyna summoned them through a dimensional portal. They're working together to defeat Hyper-Zetton, an empowered incarnation of the already powerful monster known as Zetton, after all.
89	** ''Film/UltramanGingaSTheMovieShowdownThe10UltraBrothers'' features Ultraman Ginga and Victory being trained by the aforementioed Zero, to unleash a more powerful fusion form and release various imprisoned Ultras - ''Series/UltramanTiga'', ''Series/UltramanDyna'', ''Series/UltramanGaia'', ''Series/UltramanMax'', ''Series/UltramanNexus'', ''Series/UltramanMebius'', and his latest addition, ''Series/UltramanCosmos'' - so they may work together and defeat a powerful Space-Time Demon, Etelgar, who intends to enslave Ultras and seeks Ginga, Victory and Zero as latest additions to his collection.
90	** In ''Film/UltramanXTheMovieHereComesOurUltraman'', Ultraman X ends up working with the original ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' and ''Series/UltramanTiga'' to defeat Zaigorg, the Ultramen universe equivalent to Satan, who had been unleashed into the world. The ending also features five other Ultras, including Ginga, Victory and Zero, battling Zaigorg's monster army across the globe while X takes on Zaigorg with Ultraman and Tiga assisting him.
91	** ''Film/UltramanTaigaTheMovieNewGenerationClimax'' has ''eleven'' Ultra heroes, from Ginga to Taiga, working in tandem in order to destroy the Malicious Demonic Monster Grimdo.
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93
94	[[folder:Literature]]
95	* Creator/EugeneSue's 3rd major novel ''Literature/MysteriesOfAPeople'' in its final chapter brings the Hero of [[Literature/MysteriesOfParis his First]] Rodolph into the story as well as the villain of [[Literature/TheWanderingJew his second]] (An Evil Jesuit) to do battle with each other.
96	* A Creator/JaneAusten version happens in ''Literature/DeathComesToPemberley''. Wickham's situation ends up briefly binding Pride and Prejudice with Persuasion and Emma.
97	* ''Literature/StarTrekDestiny'': An epic (and we do mean epic) trilogy of novels of the Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse, bringing together characters from ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]'', ''[[Literature/StarTrekTitan Titan]]'', ''[[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]]'', ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'' and ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]'' to tell the story of the apocalyptic final war between the Federation and the Borg.
98	* The ''Literature/ThursdayNext'' series can be seen as a variant of this in later volumes, with literary characters such as Miss Havisham and the Cheshire Cat playing roles in the salvation of all written literature. It runs closer to a ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''-style crossover than a comic-style crossover, though.
99	* The first phase of the ''Literature/FamilyChronicles'' have this. ''Literature/HeroesAndVillains'', ''Literature/DeathInTheDEEPS'' and ''Literature/DarknessFalls'' are separate rosters of characters, but the other two books in the phase, ''Literature/BloodAndFire'' and ''Literature/TheBlackestNight'' combine the three separate casts into one fight for the world.
100	* The GrandFinale of ''Literature/WarriorCats'', ''The Last Hope'' is as close as you can get to a self-contained Crisis Crossover, with loads of screentime for all past and present protagonists, the final battles with all the past villains, and cameos by nearly every [=ThunderClan=] cat from the [[Literature/WarriorCatsTheOriginalSeries first arc]].
101	* Creator/KimNewman's superhero deconstruction "[[https://johnnyalucard.com/fiction/online-fiction/coastal-city/ Coastal City]]", about what it would actually be ''like'' to live in a typical comicbook universe, mentions that "once a year, there would be a crossover free-for-all, frequently involving something enormously powerful from another galaxy, and all the hypers would destroy the city while saving the universe."
102	* ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'' is basically this to the rest of Literature/TheCosmere setting, with planar champions and heroes from previous stories coming together to find Hoid and deal with a threat to the entire Cosmere. Numerous characters and objects from prior books are BackForTheFinale.
103	* Creator/MichaelMoorcock has the "Agak and Gagak" incident, in which no less than four incarnations of the Eternal Champion (Elric, Erekose, Corum and Hawkmoon) are summoned to fight two {{Eldritch Abomination}}s who threaten the entire Multiverse. It is depicted in two separate novels, from Elric's perspective in ''The Sailor on the Seas of Fate'' and Hawkmoon's in ''The Quest for Tanelorn''.
104	* ''Literature/SDGundamTheLastWorld'' features characters from throughout the ''Franchise/SDGundam'' universe trying to survive an InvoluntaryBattleToTheDeath in the titular "Last World". To wit, alongside [[OriginalGeneration Sen-Pu Ninja Exia and Gundam the Gold]], there's also characters from the ''Knight Gundam'' series, ''Toys/BBSenshiSangokuden'', ''SD Command Chronicles'', ''Anime/SDGundamForce'', ''Gundlander'', and ''SD Gundam Space Time Transfer Gun Voyage'' just to name a few.
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107	[[folder:Magazines]]
108	* This trope is spoofed in ''Magazine/{{MAD}}''[='=]s article about ''The 8 Greatest Comic Books of All Time'', with one of them being the fake issue ''Multiple Issues: Infinite Identity Countdown to Final Crisis Ad Infinitum: The Introducing''. This issue follows on from ''Exigency Climax: Final Crisis Across Multi-Realities: The Finality'', with every DC Hero from every universe introducing themselves to each other... before the ''next'' crossover event happens.
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111	[[folder:Multi-Media]]
112	* The Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse has had multi-media crossover events involving multiple different spin-off works.
113	** ''Time Lord Victorious'' (2019-22 -- intended to be 2019-20, but some works were delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic), which centered on the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Doctors, and included ''Literature/NewSeriesAdventures'' novels, ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' dramas, comic arcs in both ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan'' and the ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comic strip, webcasts, [[https://forbiddenplanet.com/307272-doctor-who-time-lord-victorious-t-shirt-brian-the-ood-glow-in-the-dark/ a T-shirt]], and two live theatrical events, ''A Dalek Awakens'' and ''Time Fracture''.
114	** ''Doom's Day'' (2023), which was set in a single 24-hour day from the perspective of the assassin Doom, hired to kill the Doctor, and included a webcast, text stories on the BBC website, arcs in both the Titan ''Doctor Who'' comic and the ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' strip, content in the ''Doctor Who: Lost in Time'' mobile game, a prose novel, and audio dramas from both Big Finish and BBC Audio.
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116
117	[[folder:Mythology and Religion]]
118	* OlderThanFeudalism: Myth/GreekMythology knows at least two major crossover events: the Argonautica (the story of Jason, the Argonauts, and the Golden Fleece) and the Calydonian Boar Hunt a few years later. Large arc-based events like the Theban Wars and the Trojan War may also count.
119	* The earliest stratum of Myth/ArthurianLegend drew folk heroes and gods from lots of disparate Celtic myths and legends to form [[BadassArmy King Arthur's court]].
120	* [[Myth/NorseMythology The [=Æ=]sir-Vanir War]], where the two pantheons of Norse gods the [=Æ=]sir and Vanir ([[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover whom some suggest originated from two different religions that was merged]]) fight and [[CanonWelding ultimately becomes one tribe]], and [[{{Gotterdammerung}} Ragnarök]], where characters from all over Norse mythology meet up to kill each-other.
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122
123	[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
124	* [[Wrestling/TheInVasionAngle The Invasion storyline]] in the Wrestling/{{WWE}} was meant to be this, with top Wrestling/{{WCW}} talent (the then WWF had bought out WCW) "invading" WWF. However contract issues meant that many of the WCW's top stars weren't involved.
125	* Rather than being involved in every aspect of a single company, The Hostile Youth Project was out to invade every North Carolina promotion in 2002.
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127
128	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
129	* ''TabletopGame/TheAbyssalPlague'', a series of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' {{Tie In Novel}}s which started out in the ''TabletopGame/NentirVale'' setting but grew to involve other ''D&D'' worlds too, including the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'', ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'' and ''TabletopGame/DarkSun''.
130	** The D&D settings TabletopGame/{{Planescape}} and TabletopGame/{{Spelljammer}} are made of this trope, explicitly designed to allow travel and storylines across D&D's other universes. While it was implied for years that all D&D games belonged to the same multiverse, these were two official company lines that supported it.
131	** The book Die, Vecna, Die had the titular lich escape the Mists, leading the party to fight in Greyhawk, across various planes, and culminating in an attack on Sigil. Canonically, this module is the story reason for the changes from 2nd Ed. to 3rd.
132	** The 50th Anniversary adventure, ''Vecna: Eve of Ruin'' crosses over Forgotten Realms, Planescape, Spelljammer, Eberron, Ravenloft, Dragonlance, and Greyhawk as heroes and characters fight to stop Vecna, who's now an aspiring MultiversalConqueror.
133	* The ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'' had a few thematic ones toward the end of its line, but an official one with the Time of Judgment series of books, officially ending the old settings.
134	* TabletopGame/{{Rifts}} is this to the Palladium systems of games. The setting is of Earth a couple hundred years in the future, after having been transformed into a multidimensional hub, with beings from all over time and space arriving, either by choice or forcibly.
135	** More specifically, Palladium ran a series of {{Sourcebook}}s called "Minion Wars," detailing a conflict between two different versions of Hell that spilled out across the [[{{Multiverse}} Megaverse]]. Sourcebooks were written for several Palladium titles, describing how those specific settings were affected by the war.
136	* [[RealityStorm Reality Storm: When Worlds Collide]], a crossover between TabletopGame/{{Silver Age Sentinels}} and TabletopGame/{{Champions}}.
137	* The [=OblivAeon=] event in ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse'', which not only sees villains turn hero (permanently or otherwise), but includes heroes from alternate universes rushing to help fight in the grand finale.
138	* In ''TabletopGame/{{Wargames}}'', characters and factions beating the crap of each other is their entire point, but sometimes events in the story get too out of hand and several facions are drawn into the ensuing conflict. These wars are commonly told in special supplements commonly named "Campaign Books". These books usually include the background of the conflict, special rules and scenarios to replicate in the tabletop the battles of the mentioned conflict and the rules of units, soldiers and characters who got involved in said conflict, regardless of faction or allegiance. Sometimes, these camapigns and their resolution gets it's way into the story itself and becomes a part of it, specially in the ficitional wargames.
139	** Years ago, Creator/GamesWorkshop hosted events called "World Campaigns" which involved every faction of their main games ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' or ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' and threw them into a war where everyone had someting at stake, with different levels of focus (Usually both Empires being the highest) in the story. These campaigns were to be played by players all around the world and games deciding (usually) the outcome of said wars. Some Campaigns were reinforced by Campagin books like normal campaigns. The most famous are included in their games entries.
140	*** 40K had campaign suppements way back to [[OlderThanTheyThink 2nd Edition]], like Storm of Vengeance, but other, more recent ones are ''Armageddon'' and ''Eye of Terror'' related to the World campaign of the same name. The most recent ones are ''The Red Waagh'' and ''Shield of Baal'' series of books and boxed sets wich the firt Series pits the Astra Militarum, and Space Wolves aganist the Orks, and the second the Astra Militarum, Sisters of Battle, Blood Angels [[spoiler:and Necrons]] aganist the Tyranids.
141	*** ''Warhammer'' also had its share of campaigns, usually in the form of "campaign boxes", normally centered in two or three of the factions that included the campaign books and special markers or scenery, all capboard. Some of most famous of these Campaign boxes are ''Idol of Mork'' and ''Tears of Isha''. 6th Edition onwards, the campaign box format was dropped in favor of the traditional book, being the most famous campaigns ''The Shadow over Albion'', ''Storm of Chaos'' and ''The Nemesis Crown'' also World Campaigns (albeit The Nemesis Crown was {{retconned}} the istant the campaign ended and Storm of Chaos suffered the same fate in the beggining of 8th Ed., The Shadow over Albion sticked). The most famous ([[BrokenBase and controversial]]) of the recent campaigns is the ''TabletopGame/WarhammerTheEndTimes'' series of books. The End times tells the story of [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the final days of the world]] and the efforts of EVERYONE to stop it or bring it. No one knows for sure if it will stick, but everyone fears that it will. No need to say that [[ApocalypseHow it didn't end well]].
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144	[[folder:Webcomics]]
145	* In late 2008, ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' had most of its separate "themes" converge when [[TemporalParadox simultaneous paradoxes]] occur and the universe imploded. Eventually the characters managed to restart the universe, but most themes suffered a ContinuityReboot in the process.
146	** It appears another one is in the works, with several characters being transported to the 1940s, and the recurring {{Arc Word\|s}} "Greatness is often linked with insanity."
147	* ''Webcomic/LeastICouldDo'' parodied this with the storyline "Ultimate Final Civil War Invasion Crisis Thing", where the gaming webcomics (including ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' and ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDel'') are attempting to take out the "straight comedy" comics and reassert their dominance. Receives several [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]], such as when [[Webcomic/QuestionableContent Faye]] calls the plot weak, and Rayne counters, "So was a cosmic vampire, but that didn't stop [[Creator/DCComics DC]]."
148	* When Emily and Tesrin of ''Webcomic/AllOverTheHouse'' [[http://www.alloverthehouse.net/2009/12/04/unscheduled-stop/ crash-landed]] in ''Webcomic/TheLifeOfNobTMouse'', it kick-started a crossover that changed both comics permanently.
149	* Webcomic/TheCrossoverlord is one between several superhero webcomics, including ''{{Webcomic/Lightbringer}}'', ''Webcomic/MechagicalGirlLisaANT'' , ''Webcomic/{{Mindmistress}}'', ''Webcomic/{{Dasien}}'' and Dead Debbie from ''Indefensible Positions''. The sequel, ''Webcomic/{{Crossoverkill}}'', retains {{Webcomic/Mindmistress}} and adds {{Webcomic/Energize}}, Yuuki from ''Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki'', [[EssayBeeComicsPresentsFusion Fusion]], Captain Perfect from ''Webcomic/BadGuyHigh'', MajesticKnight and ''Webcomic/MagellanHoodoo''.
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153	* ''Webcomic/DeviantartSecretWars''
154	* WebVideo/TGWTGYearOneBrawl, WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}, WebVideo/SuburbanKnights, and WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee from the people at Website/ChannelAwesome.
155	* These have become the ''main'' storyline in WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC, as is to be expected in a meta series for both Marvel and DC. Having Deadpool around means that inter-series continuity is now lampshaded.
156	* The blogosphere side of Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos has had a few. Some examples include the Winter Solstice story in ''Blog/ObserveAndTerminate'' and ''Blog/AHintOfSerendipity'', and the Wedding crossover from ''Take The Myth''.
157	* Franchise/TheFearMythos, a spin-off of Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos, had one early in its existence: The Birth of the Manufactured Newborn. It involved four different blogs intertwining their stories: ''The Hunter'', ''The Devil and God Are'', ''They Sought It With Thimbles'', and ''Blog/HiddenInTheTrees''. The crossover involved a conspiracy by the [[EldritchAbomination Fears]] to birth a new one into their ranks, while the human characters either try to stop them or try to help them.
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161	* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': ''Last But Not Beast'' had the Dexter, Monkey and Justice Friends segments connected via the giant monster destroying Japan. The Monkey segment even skips its usual opening credits to continue the story.
162	* ''WesternAnimation/TurtlesForever'': It deals with the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2000 Shredder]] returning from his exile, taking over the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 1980s Shredder's Technodrome]], and, after learning of the [[TheMultiverse TMNT Multiverse]], he plans to go conquer it, until [[GoMadFromTheRevelation he learns that]] ''there are teams of TMNT in each and every reality''. He goes after the [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage original Mirage Turtles]] in order to destroy all the Turtles, and three seats of Turtle Teams set off to stop him.
163	* Creator/HannaBarbera did this with the "Council of Doom" storyline in ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'' with Space Ghost eventually meeting ''[[WesternAnimation/MobyDickHannaBarbera Moby Dick]]'', ''WesternAnimation/MightyMightor'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Shazzan}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheHerculoids''. Sometimes, the Cartoon Network (and later, Boomerang) would show the whole thing.
164	** The later ''WesternAnimation/SpaceStars'' series did this at the end of each show with a "Space Stars Finale" which features a team up of characters from two or more of the show's segments (Teen Force, Space Ghost, The Herculoids, and [[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons Astro]] and the Space Mutts).
165	* Another Creator/HannaBarbera example would be ''WesternAnimation/YogisArkLark'' which by definition featured characters joining together to deal with a crisis. Except the crisis in question wasn't a comic book level event as much as the planet has too much pollution kind.
166	* The Phoenix Saga of ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' was a borderline example. Although there were no actual team ups, it used appearances of other Creator/MarvelComics characters to emphasise the seriousness of the whole thing. ComicBook/CaptainBritain and ComicBook/DoctorStrange were seen reacting to the Phoenix and ComicBook/SpiderMan (albeit only his silhouette and his hand) and [[ComicBook/IronMan War Machine]] were seen protecting civilians in [[BigApplesauce New York]]. In the sequel, the Dark Phoenix Saga, Doctor Strange briefly appeared again, along with [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], a Watcher and Eternity.
167	* A made-for-TV animated movie called ''WesternAnimation/TheManWhoHatedLaughter'' brought together a big group of ''newspaper'' comic strip characters -- [[ComicStrip/Blondie1930 Blondie]], ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}, ComicStrip/BeetleBailey, ComicStrip/HiAndLois, ComicStrip/SnuffySmith -- who are ultimately saved from a comics-hating villain by the combined forces of a group of newspaper adventure strip heroes (ComicStrip/MandrakeTheMagician, ComicStrip/FlashGordon, ComicStrip/PrinceValiant, ComicStrip/ThePhantom, and ComicStrip/SteveCanyon). All the characters are owned by King Features Syndicate.
168	* Hurricane Flozell blew her way into all three Creator/SethMacFarlane shows, ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'', ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' and ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' culminating in the final scene of the ''American Dad'' episode where Cleveland, Stan, and Peter have a standoff with guns.
169	* The feature-length special ''WesternAnimation/RudolphAndFrostysChristmasInJuly'' by Creator/{{Rankin Bass\|Productions}}, which brought back several characters from all of their holiday specials and many of the voice actors from the previous specials as well. It involves Rudolph, Frosty, and Santa trying to stop an evil wizard named Winterbolt. It also contains a bounty of ContinuityPorn, with callbacks to other previous specials such as ''Santa Claus is Comin' to Town'', ''WesternAnimation/RudolphsShinyNewYear'', and ''Frosty's Winter Wonderland'' (with the notable exception of ''The Year Without a Santa Claus'', leaving the poor Miser Brothers snubbed).
170	* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'': While the show had many crossovers, the series had two of this nature near the end of it's run. "Secret Wars" which saw Spider-Man drafted to be a leader in a literal battle of good vs evil where he picks the Fantastic Four, Storm, Captain America, Black Cat and Iron Man to help take on the likes of Dr. Doom, Dr. Octopus, The Lizard, Alister Symthe and Red Skull. The final arc of the series, "Spider Wars", saw him teaming with various Spider-Men from different alternate universes (one with six arms, one with Doc Ock's metal tentacles, one who was a billionaire and built his own tech, one who didn't have any powers, and one who was the Scarlet Spider) to stop Spider-Carnage, a murderous version of Spider-Man who fused with the Carnage symbiote.
171	* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoVsTeenTitans'' features the 2013 Teen Titans meeting up with their 2003 counterparts to do battle against both Go!Trigon and a freshly resurrected 2003 Trigon. Multiple incarnations of Teen Titans throughout the multiverse are eventually summoned to do battle with this new threat alongside the two main teams.
172	* The premise of ''WesternAnimation/{{Pibby}}'', as shown in the trailer, is that an EldritchAbomination is destroying several different cartoon shows (fictional and real, the latter all owned by Creator/WarnerBros) and killing their casts. Pibby is forced to dimension-hop into these shows and meet with other characters in the hopes of stopping it.
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