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10->'''Creator/AdamSandler''': I'm writing a movie right now about [[UsefulNotes/RedOctober the Russian Revolution]].\
11'''Jake''': Oh, really? Who does Creator/KevinJames play in it?\
12'''Sandler:''' Ha ha, it's a serious movie. ''[pause]'' [[UsefulNotes/LeonTrotsky Trotsky]].\
13'''Jake''': There it is!
14-->-- ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', "Operation Broken Feather"
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16A group of people that, whenever one is involved in a production, others are almost guaranteed to show up at some point.
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18This used to be a very enforced part of media making. Studios expected [[TypeCasting artists to specialize into units]]. An example would be Creator/JohnFord being specialized in westerns, which meant that large parts of the crew—both in front of and behind the camera—would literally always work together. Another aspect of Hollywood filmmaking which used to enforce this in the past was that studios would often have exclusive contracts with big names spanning several years and movies. For instance, the vast majority of Creator/HumphreyBogart's films after he made it big were for Warner Bros.
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20Creator/JohnAugust coined the term "Clique Flick" on his filmmaking podcast Script Notes.
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22See also ThoseTwoActors and OnlySoManyCanadianActors. When each member tends to play the same sort of role every time, they're a UniversalAdaptorCast. AssociatedComposer is a subtrope.
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27* ProductionPosse/MultipleMedia
28* [[ProductionPosse/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
29* ProductionPosse/LiveActionTV
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37* Creator/AkiyukiShinbo, the director for all of Creator/StudioShaft's works, has a selection of voice actors that pop up time and time again. Creator/HiroshiKamiya, Creator/ChiwaSaito, Creator/MiyukiSawashiro, Creator/KanaHanazawa, Creator/MaayaSakamoto and Creator/TakehitoKoyasu are the ones most likely to show up.
38* Creator/HayaoMiyazaki always taps Joe Hisaishi to do the soundtracks for his movies. He also had a tendency in the 80's to cast Creator/SumiShimamoto for the lead roles in his films, but stopped that later on.
39* Creator/HiroyukiImaishi’s go-to team of voice actors would be Creator/HiroyukiYoshino, Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi, Creator/MayumiShintani, Creator/NobuyukiHiyama, and Creator/TetsuInada.
40* Creator/KoichiMashimo frequently works with favorite seiyus Creator/MiyuIrino, Creator/AyaHisakawa, Creator/MaayaSakamoto among others. Musically he frequents the group Music/AliProject, and Music/YukiKajiura. Also has his favorite screenwriters. In addition he always goes to the same studio for the art direction and in-betweening and completion work of his anime.
41* Creator/MakotoShinkai's earlier works all feature music composed by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenmon_(composer) Tenmon]]. This was the case until ''Anime/TheGardenOfWords'' and ''Someone's Gaze'', which instead featured music composed by Daisuke Kashiwa. His three latest works, ''Anime/YourName'', ''Anime/WeatheringWithYou'' and ''Anime/{{Suzume}}'' all feature music by Music/{{RADWIMPS}}.
42* Barring his earliest projects, Creator/MasahikoOhta never directs an anime without screenwriter Takashi Aoshima and composer Yasuhiro Misawa on-board.
43* All of Naoko Yamada's works at Creator/KyotoAnimation have Reiko Yoshida as the head writer (even ''Anime/LizAndTheBlueBird'', which is a spin-off of ''Literature/SoundEuphonium'', despite the fact that Jukki Hanada was the head writer for the main series). This also held true for her first work after she left Kyoto Animation, Anime/TheHeikeStory.
44* Creator/ShinichiroWatanabe frequently has Music/YokoKanno on board as the composer for anime series he directs; they've worked together on ''Anime/MacrossPlus'', ''Anime/CowboyBebop'', ''Manga/KidsOnTheSlope'', ''Anime/SpaceDandy'' and ''Anime/TerrorInResonance''. Scriptwriter Keiko Nobumoto also worked with him on several series.
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48* Comic book writer Creator/AlanMoore has collaborated with several artists more than once. He worked with:
49** Alan Davis on ''ComicBook/{{Miracleman}}'', ''ComicBook/CaptainBritain'', and ''D.R. & Quinch''
50** Dave Gibbons on ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', the Superman story "For the Man Who Has Everything", and a 1980s ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' story
51** Kevin O'Neill on ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', a 1980s ''ComicBook/OmegaMen'' story, and a 1980s ''Green Lantern Corps'' story
52** Bill Sienkiewicz on the graphic novel ''Brought to Light'' and the aborted mini-series ''Big Numbers''
53** John Totleben on ''ComicBook/SwampThing'' and ''Miracleman''
54** Rick Veitch on ''Swamp Thing'', ''Miracleman'', and the 1980s story "The Mirror of Love"
55* Writer Creator/MarvWolfman has collaborated with artist Creator/GeorgePerez on ''[[ComicBook/TeenTitans The New Teen Titans]]'', ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', and ''History of the DC Universe''.
56* Writer Michael Gallagher has frequently collaborated with artist David Manak, most notably on early issues of ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' and the ''Series/{{Alf}}'' comic. The two also handled ''ComicStrip/SpyVsSpy'' installments in ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' for a short time.
57* ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' has several examples, stemming from the RunningGag of calling their regulars "The Usual Gang of Idiots":
58** Senior editors Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola frequently wrote gags together.
59** The above-mentioned Michael Gallagher regularly collaborated with artist Tom Bunk for one-page gags.
60** Nearly all of Anthony Barbieri's contributions to the magazine were ''Monroe and...'', which was originally drawn by Bill Wray and then taken over by Tom Fowler.
61** For most of the magazine's history, nearly all of the movie and TV show parodies were illustrated by Mort Drucker or Angelo Torres (plus a handful from Jack Davis), with writing usually handled by Larry Siegel, Lou Silverstone, Dick [=DeBartolo=], Arnie Kogen, or Stan Hart. Over time, newer writers began to take over; as of TheNewTens when the magazine largely stopped publishing new content, writing duties usually went to [=DeBartolo=], Kogen, Desmond Devlin, or David Shayne, while Tom Richmond, Hermann Mejia, and Tom Bunk became the main illustrators.
62** For most of the 21st century, Mark Fredrickson did the cover art.
63* Writer Creator/TomKing is a frequent collaborator with artist Mitch Gerads, having worked together on ''The Sheriff of Babylon'', ''ComicBook/MisterMiracle2017'', ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis'', and ''ComicBook/StrangeAdventures2020''. The reason why ''Mister Miracle'' even happened is because the two were originally planning to work on a ''Batman'' one-off "The War of Jokes and Riddles", which DC decided to integrate into [[ComicBook/BatmanTomKing King's run of]] ''[[ComicBook/BatmanTomKing Batman]]'' using that series' artists, and King pushed to work on something else so they could properly collaborate again.
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67* The Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon has had its common band of voice actors and composers, starting with the end of the Golden Age: Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Sebastian Cabot, Creator/SterlingHolloway, George Lindsey, Music/AlanMenken, Music/RandyNewman, and [[Creator/CheechAndChong Cheech Marin]].
68** Creator/AlanTudyk has more or less become Disney's answer to Creator/JohnRatzenberger, having a role in all of their animated films since ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph.''
69** Not only did this apply to the voice actors, but the actual animators and directors as well. Back when Disney started to make animated features, Freddy Moore, Bill Tytla, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston often acted as supervising animators. By the time ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'' rolled around, the head animators consisted of Thomas, Johnson, Milt Kahl, Marc Davis, John Lounsbery and Creator/WardKimball. Clyde Geronimi, Wilford Jackson and Hamilton Luske directed most of the 50's feature. From ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' on, Wolfgang Reitherman began directing alongside them, eventually becoming the studio's head director from ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone'' through ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers.''
70** Since the renaissance, Disney had a new team of artists that worked closely together for the rest of their 2D animation career. Animators like Creator/GlenKeane, Creator/AndreasDeja, Mark Henn and Creator/EricGoldberg worked for directors including John Musker & Ron Clements and Kirk Wise & Gary Trousdale. They had a bevy of recurring story artists like Creator/ChrisSanders, Brenda Chapman (''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}''), Burny Mattinson, Roger Allers (''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'') and Creator/JoeRanft. Music/AlanMenken almost always composed the music, usually with Howard Ashman before his passing. Creator/TonyJay, [[Creator/JimCummings1952 Jim Cummings]], Creator/CoreyBurton, Creator/WayneKnight and most notably Creator/DavidOgdenStiers had multiple roles. Jeffrey Katzenberg, later co-founder of Dreamworks, headed the division at its peak.
71* Creator/{{Pixar}}:
72** Pixar Animation Studios is one of the most close-knit group of artists in history: Creator/JohnLasseter, Andrew Stanton, Creator/PeteDocter, Creator/JoeRanft, Lee Unkrich, Bob Peterson and Creator/BradBird. Most of them were students together at [=CalArts=] in the late 70s. Each of the filmmakers display their unique vision, [[DoingItForTheArt but all the filmmakers pitch in on each other's work during the process, no egos involved, for the purpose of creating the most entertaining and the most meaningful movies they possibly can]].
73** If it's a feature film, Creator/JohnRatzenberger ''will''[[note]]with a [[WesternAnimation/{{Soul}} handful]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Luca}} of]] [[WesternAnimation/TurningRed exceptions]][[/note]] have a voice role in it. When Pixar's Creator/JohnLasseter supervised the dub of ''Anime/SpiritedAway'', he even brought over Ratzenberger as a participant due to his "good luck charm" status.
74** SNL castmember Creator/BillHader, Creator/EdieMcClurg, Creator/BonnieHunt, Creator/WallaceShawn, Creator/BradGarrett, Creator/RichardKind, Bud Luckey and Peter Sohn have had multiple appearences in their films. Creator/JoeRanft did voices too, until his death in a car wreck in August 2005.
75** For music, you can usually expect music by either Creator/MichaelGiacchino, Music/RandyNewman, or Randy's cousin Music/ThomasNewman (exceptions: ''Brave'', ''The Good Dinosaur'', ''Onward'', ''Turning Red'', and ''Soul'', which were composed by Patrick Doyle, Mychael Danna (both "The Good Dinosaur" and "Onward"), Ludwig Gorranson, and Trent Reznor, respectively).
76* Creator/DonBluth was always followed by Gary Goldman and John Pomeroy, and the three had left Disney at the same time to start Bluth's independent animation studio. Among the actors normally cast, Creator/DomDeLuise was a regular (often cast as the second banana and/or comic relief), with Will Ryan not to far behind. Creator/CharlesNelsonReilly was also frequently cast as a henchman or lackey to the main antagonist. Creator/JudithBarsi also intended on continuing her career as a voice actress until her untimely death; in fact, had she not been murdered, she could have continued to voice Ducky in the ensuing ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'' sequels, as it was her favorite role.
77* Creator/CartoonSaloon's "WesternAnimation/IrishFolkloreTrilogy" movies (''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfKells'', ''WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Wolfwalkers}}'') are all directed or co-directed by Tomm Moore and produced by Paul Young, and the music for all three films is provided by composer Bruno Coulais and Irish band Kíla. Creator/BrendanGleeson also voices prominent roles in both ''The Secret of Kells'' and ''Song of the Sea''.
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81* '''EVERY RAP GROUP, CREW OR LABEL EVER.''' Every solo album one member does, you can almost guarantee the others won't be far behind. This is particularly prevalent in the somewhat self-insular rap groups the Music/WuTangClan and Music/{{OFWGKTA}}.
82** And Young Money. Any album by any member of YMCMB is probably going to have at least another member of the team on it somewhere (and there are several). Being the labels' founding musicians, chances are any YMCMB album will have some sort of vocal involvement from either Birdman or Music/LilWayne.
83*** Or Music/{{Drake}} or Music/NickiMinaj. The three of them along with Wayne make up YMCMB's PowerTrio, and are the three most well-known members, so this is a JustifiedTrope to some extent.
84** GOOD Music, Music/KanyeWest's [[MythologyGag clique]] and label, does this as well - chances are any album the label releases will have involvement either in production or in vocals from Kanye himself, a hook from The-Dream, and features from any artist on the roster.
85*** Kanye himself. Most stuff he's done since the start of his career has involved Common, John Legend, Malik Yusuf, Mos Def and Music/JayZ somewhere along the line. He also gained his childhood friends Really Doe and GLC considerable exposure, along with his cousin Tony Williams. These days, if Kanye has a new album out, you can usually expect any (or indeed all) of these artists to be in hot pursuit - anyone mentioned above, Kid Cudi, [[Music/WuTangClan Raekwon]], The-Dream, Jay-Z, anyone not mentioned who is signed to GOOD Music, Talib Kweli, [[Music/BonIver Justin Vernon]], Music/LupeFiasco, Music/LaRoux and Music/{{Rihanna}}. You can also always expect his mentor No I.D. to have given some of the tracks a once-over production-wise.
86*** And Music/JayZ. Almost every Jay-Z album these days will involve production from one or more of Kanye West, Music/{{Timbaland}}, Just Blaze or Music/PharrellWilliams. Chances are Kanye may have a verse or two as well. Others who are likely to be involved are Jay's wife Music/{{Beyonce}}, Music/JCole, Music/RickRoss, Music/{{Nas}} and Rihanna.
87* Music/BradPaisley largely writes songs with Kelley Lovelace, Chris [=DuBois=], or Lee Thomas Miller. He also uses members of his road band, The Drama Kings, on most of his albums.
88* Music/GeorgeStrait has had many of the same staff since his 1992 soundtrack for ''Film/PureCountry'', including the same batch of session musicians (among them: drummer Eddie Bayers, fiddler Stuart Duncan, steel guitarist Paul Franklin, guitarists Steve Gibson and Brent Mason, pianist John Barlow Jarvis, and bassist Glenn Worf). Tony Brown was also the producer for all of these until ''Cold Beer Conversation'', when Chuck Ainlay took over. Almost all of his albums have also included at least one song written by Dean Dillon, who penned his debut single "Unwound".
89* Music/GarthBrooks has several examples:
90** The most famous is "The G-Men", a set of session musicians who have appeared on all of his albums except ''Music/InTheLifeOfChrisGaines'': Bruce Bouton (steel guitar), Mark Casstevens (acoustic guitar), Mike Chapman (bass guitar), Rob Hajacos (fiddle), Chris Leuzinger (electric guitar), Milton Sledge (drums), and Bobby Wood (keyboards). All of his albums until ''The Ultimate Hits'' (again excluding the Chris Gaines album) were produced by Allen Reynolds and engineered by Mark Miller (not the lead singer of Sawyer Brown). After Reynolds retired, Miller was promoted to producer and John Kelton took over engineering duties. Many members of the G-Men also played on most albums produced by Reynolds in the late 80s-early 90s, such as those by Hal Ketchum, Crystal Gayle, and Music/KathyMattea, as well as Ty England's ''Highways and Dance Halls'', which Garth produced (Ty was formerly a guitarist in Garth's road band).
91** In addition, every studio album except for ''No Fences'' and ''Man Against Machine'' has also featured at least one song written by Kent Blazy. Other songwriters who have turned up on multiple albums include Tony Arata, Pat Alger, Stephanie Davis, Victoria Shaw, and Kim Williams.
92* Music/TravisTritt's first four studio albums had multiple overlapping musicians, including backing vocalists Dana [=McVicker=] and Dennis Locorriere, bassist Mike Brignardello, guitarists Richard Bennett and Wendell Cox, and drummer Steve Turner. All four were produced by Gregg Brown, with several songs written by Jill Colucci, Stewart Harris, and Tritt himself.
93* Except for his little known debut "What Room Was the Holiday In" and songs on which he was a featured artist, all of Music/TimMcGraw's material has been produced by Byron Gallimore (albeit with a couple different co-producers over the years). Also, the vast majority of his music videos were directed by Sherman Hasley until his 2013 death.
94* Whenever Music/{{Sia}} makes a music video, you can expect Maddie Ziegler to be in it after appearing in her last three.
95* Music/KennyChesney has been produced by Buddy Cannon since 1997. Also, nearly all of his music videos since "Young" in 2002 have been directed or co-directed by Shaun Silva.
96* John Conlee has been produced by Bud Logan for literally his entire career, and has used Brent Rowan as his sole lead guitarist since "Friday Night Blues".
97* Music/TobyKeith has included songs written by Scotty Emerick from nearly every album from ''How Do You Like Me Now?!'' onward, and several from Bobby Pinson starting with ''Big Dog Daddy''. Also, all but two of his music videos from 1997's "We Were in Love" onward have been directed by Michael Salomon.
98* The vast majority of Music/KeithUrban albums have at least one song written by Monty Powell, and backing vocals from Jerry Flowers (a former member of Urban's pre-fame band The Ranch).
99* A number of videos from Music/CyndiLauper's ''She's So Unusual'' period featured Lauper alongside wrestler/wrestling manager Wrestling/CaptainLouAlbano and her then-boyfriend David Wolff in roles.
100* Music/IronMaiden's 1980s days had producer Martin Birch and artist Derek Riggs as a given. From 2000s on, while the artist has been inconsistent, South African producer Kevin Shirley is a given.
101* All but two of Music/PattyLoveless' albums have her husband Emory Gordy Jr. serving as both bass guitarist and producer. Many of them also had at least one song written by Kostas, and backing vocals from Music/VinceGill (for whom she has also returned the favor on many occasions) and Mac [=McAnally=].
102* Nearly all of the albums released on Average Joes Entertainment, a label co-owned by CountryRap artist Colt Ford, have been produced by Noah Gordon (who had a minor chart entry in 1994 with "The Blue Pages") and Shannon Houchins.
103* Every release by CountryMusic record label Big Loud has been produced by Joey Moi, who co-owns the label. Many of their releases are penned by their roster of songwriters: Craig Wiseman (the label's other owner), Chris Tompkins, Rodney Clawson, Matt Dragstrem, Brad and Brett Warren (who formerly recorded as the Warren Brothers), Ernest K. Smith, HARDY, and Sarah Buxton. Both Ernest K. Smith and HARDY also record for the label, and Buxton sometimes chimes in on backing vocals.
104* Music/BigAndRich had their singer-songwriting clique, known collectively as the [=MuzikMafia=]. The fronting members included Big & Rich members Big Kenny and John Rich; Gretchen Wilson; James Otto; Shannon Lawson; and Music/CowboyTroy. Many of them collaborated with each other, often singing and writing on each other's albums. A few other non-musical members existed over the years, but the group seems to have largely dissipated.
105* Music/TracyLawrence tended to have most of his songs written by Larry Boone, Paul Nelson, and Kenny Beard. He also did most of his production work with Flip Anderson, a member of his road band.
106* Creator/FactoryRecords used Peter Saville as its designer and Martin Hannett served as in-house producer on many of the early releases, including those by Music/JoyDivision and Music/NewOrder. Saville kept designing for the New Order even after Factory went bankrupt in 1992.
107* All of Music/JustinMoore's albums have been produced by Jeremy Stover, who also writes many of the songs on them. Many of his albums also feature songs written by at least one member of the songwriting team The Peach Pickers (Dallas Davidson, Ben Hayslip, and Rhett Akins[[note]]best known for his 1995 hit "That Ain't My Truck" and for being the father of Music/ThomasRhett[[/note]]).
108* Music/ClintBlack wrote nearly all of his material with his guitarist Hayden Nicholas.
109* With regard to anything he's done since Music/{{ABBA}}, if Benny Andersson is involved, expect Tommy Korberg, Anders and Karin Glenmark, and latterly Helen Sjoholm to be in there as well.
110* Nearly all of Music/RonnieMilsap's albums were produced by Tom Collins and/or Ron Galbraith, and most of them also had at least one song written by Mike Reid.
111* The combination of Music/EltonJohn, lyricist Bernie Taupin, his backing band of Davey Johnstone (guitar), the late Dee Murray (bass), Nigel Olsson (drums) and sometimes Ray Cooper (percussion), with production by the late Gus Dudgeon and Paul Buckmaster or Del Newman conducting orchestral parts, was arguably collectively responsible for the classic Elton John sound of 1972-1975, and has partially if not fully been involved with Elton ever since. Davey and Nigel have stayed as part of Elton's backing band since 2001, while Bernie has stayed (with few exceptions) as Elton's full-time lyricist since 1983.
112* Music/GiorgioMoroder's production posse in the 1970s included co-producer Pete Bellotte and a fairly consistent core group of musicians including Keith Forsey (drums), Mats Bjorklund (guitar), Les Hurdle (bass) and Dino Solera (woodwind). Bellotte and Forsey remained frequent collaborators as Moroder moved more into film soundtracks in the 1980s, Forsey also increasingly acting as lyricist and sometimes co-producer. During the 1980s, a recognisable posse of lead and backing vocalists turned up on many of Moroder's projects, including Paul Engemann, Beth Andersen, E.C. Daily and Joe Esposito.
113* Nearly all of Music/{{ACDC}}'s studio albums from ''Stiff Upper Lip'' onwards have been recorded at The Warehouse Studio in UsefulNotes/{{Vancouver}} under producer Brendan O'Brien (except for ''Stiff Upper Lip'', which was produced by George Young).
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117* Andy Hamilton's comedies often share a similar supporting cast, for example both ''Radio/OldHarrysGame'' and ''Radio/RevoltingPeople'' feature (as well as Hamilton himself) actors Philip Pope and Michael Fenton Stevens (both of whom featured in other shows including ''Series/{{KYTV}}'') whilst actor David Swift also appear in ''Old Harry's Game'' as God, having previously appeared alongside Robert Duncan (Scumspawn), Fenton Stevens, Pope and Hamilton in ''Series/DropTheDeadDonkey'' in which James Grout (the Professor in ''Old Harry's Game'') also played a guest role.
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121* Creator/WilliamShakespeare had a stock company which included Richard Burbage (who generally played the leads) and Will Kemp (who played the comic roles). This is lampshaded in ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' where the actor playing Polonius is the same actor who originally played Theatre/JuliusCaesar (and therefore got stabbed again by Richard Burbage who played both Hamlet and Brutus).
122* Many of Music/StephenSondheim's musicals were created in association with director-producer Harold Prince (''[[Theatre/CompanySondheim Company]]'', ''Theatre/{{Follies}}'', ''Theatre/ALittleNightMusic'', ''Theatre/PacificOvertures'', ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'', ''Theatre/MerrilyWeRollAlong'', the failed version of ''Road Show'' known as ''Bounce'') and writer-director James Lapine (''Theatre/SundayInTheParkWithGeorge'', ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods'', ''Theatre/{{Passion}}'', the 2012 revival of ''Theatre/MerrilyWeRollAlong''). Almost all of these shows were orchestrated by Jonathan Tunick. (Sondheim had a lot of trouble with previous orchestrators when he started composing Broadway musicals in the 1960s.)
123* Every Broadway musical originally starring Creator/EthelMerman, with the exception of ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}'', had a book written by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse or by Herbert Fields with either B.G. [=DeSylva=] or Dorothy Fields. Music/ColePorter wrote songs for five Ethel Merman shows, and she was the only performer whose name he associated with the song ideas in his personal notebook.
124* Creator/GilbertAndSullivan's operas, from ''Theatre/TheSorcerer'' onward, were produced by Richard D'Oyly Carte's Comic Opera Company and its successor, the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. There were many recurring actors, but a few names stand out:
125** George Grossmith and Rutland Barrington were [[Theatre/TheSorcerer J.W. Wells and Dr. Daly]], [[Theatre/HMSPinafore Sir Joseph and Captain Corcoran]], [[Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance Major-General and Sergeant of Police]], [[Theatre/{{Patience}} Bunthorne and Grosvenor]], [[Theatre/{{Iolanthe}} Lord Chancellor and Earl of Mountararat]], [[Theatre/PrincessIda Gama and Hildebrand]], [[Theatre/TheMikado Ko-Ko and Pooh-Bah]], and [[Theatre/{{Ruddigore}} Robin and Sir Despard]]. They were last cast together in ''Theatre/TheYeomenOfTheGuard'' as Jack Point and Wilfred Shadbolt, but Barrington took a leave of absence.
126** Grossmith was replaced after ''Yeomen'' by Walter Passmore. Barrington was the original Grand Inquisitor in ''Theatre/TheGondoliers'' and a revival assigned the same part to Passmore. Passmore and Barrington appeared together as Tarara and King Paramount in ''Theatre/UtopiaLimited'' and as Rudolph and Ludwig in ''Theatre/TheGrandDuke''.
127** Other dependable Savoy players included Richard Temple in comic-heavy roles (Grossmith, Barrington, and Temple as Marmaduke were the only actors from the 1877 production of ''Theatre/TheSorcerer'' to reprise their roles in 1884), Jessie Bond and later Emmie Owen in sympathetic mezzo-soprano roles, Leonora Braham and later Geraldine Ulmar in leading soprano roles, and Rosina Brandram in all the GrandeDame and OldMaid roles.
128* Creator/JoeIconis of ''Theatre/BeMoreChill'' fame often recruits the same cast and crew for his shows, and frequently involves these people in concerts and independent albums featuring his music under the name "Iconis & Family." Frequent members include Lauren Marcus (also his wife), George Salazar, Eric William Morris, and Jason [=SweetTooth=] Williams.
129* Creator/LinManuelMiranda seems to be forming one with musical director Alex Lacamoire, choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler, actors Christopher Jackson, Anthony Ramos, and Karen Olivo. When he appeared on ''Series/DrunkHistory'', Miranda told Jackson, "Long as I got a job, you got a job."
130* Movista, the producers of the ''Theatre/{{Tsukiuta}}'' and ''Theatre/IdentityV'' stage play series, tend to cast a lot of the same actors. While the general 2.5D sphere tends to have a few famous names who appear in a lot of work, mostly Touken Ranbu cast members, Movista's group is separate from this. Hirai Yuki and Chiba Mizuki have had lead roles in almost all of Movista's series, and Chiba sings the theme songs even for plays he isn't in (Tsukipro's ''Machine Elements'' steampunk AU). Particularly noteworthy was their original series, 'Kuro to Shiro', where out of 16 cast members, 7 were in both Tsukipro and Identity V, and only one was in neither. The same choreographer, J.U.N., has also worked on both Identity V and Tsukipro's SQS series.
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134* Overlapping slightly with the Music examples, [[Creator/TakeTwoInteractive Rockstar Games]] has worked with film composer and musician Woody Jackson on ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' and its [[VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2 sequel]], ''VideoGame/LANoire'', ''VideoGame/MaxPayne3'' and ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', while Lazlow Jones has appeared on [[Radio/GTARadio the radio]] of every ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' game since ''III'' as an [[AdamWesting Adam Wested]] version of himself.
135* Creator/{{Capcom}} has been regularly hiring composer Casey Edwards to write rock songs for their games ever since he made "Devil Trigger" for ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' and "Bury the Light" for that game's ''[[UpdatedRerelease Special Edition]]''. Afterwards, Casey wrote "Exohuman" for ''VideoGame/{{Exoprimal}}'', even if that's not a ''Devil May Cry'' game. Then "Fire Inside" for ''VideoGame/DevilMayCryPeakOfCombat'' made him team up once again with Victor Borba as the vocalist after the both of them worked on "Bury the Light".
136* Creator/RemedyEntertainment have used and re-used a number of actors in their games. This is especially noticeable because Remedy enjoy MediumBlending, mixing live-action scenes into their narratives.
137** James [=McCaffrey=] in ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'' (as Max Payne) and ''VideoGame/{{Control}}''.
138** Creator/MatthewPorretta in ''VideoGame/AlanWake'' (as Alan Wake's voice actor; MotionCapture was performed by Ilkka Villi) and ''Control''.
139** Creator/IlkkaVilli in ''VideoGame/AlanWake'' (as Alan Wake's live and MotionCapture actor; voice acting was performed by Matthew Porretta) and ''Control''.
140** AlternativeRock band Music/PoetsOfTheFall as FakeBand "Old Gods of Asgard," in both ''Alan Wake'' and ''Control''.
141** Courtney Hope and Sean Durrie in ''VideoGame/QuantumBreak'' (as secondary characters) and (you guessed it) ''Control'' (as the PlayerCharacter and TheDragon, respectively).
142* The ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' series has, throughout its long history, featured the same three core members of the development team: scenario writer Yuji Horii, music composer Koichi Sugiyama, and character designer Creator/AkiraToriyama.
143* Creator/TelltaleGames, before their dissolution in 2018, had a habit of reusing voice actors. Roger L. Jackson, Creator/DaveFennoy, Andrew Chaikin, and Adam Harrington each appeared in six Telltale titles between 2012 and 2018; Erin Yvette, Creator/LauraBailey, and Creator/MatthewMercer each appear in four, with even more actors popping up across two or three of the studio's franchises.
144* ''VideoGame/DeathStranding'': Pretty much most of the big names that were slated to make ''VideoGame/SilentHills'' are involved in this game. Alongside Creator/NormanReedus and Creator/GuillermoDelToro, there's also horror mangaka Creator/JunjiIto who provided his likeness as a cameo. Additionally, most of the Japanese dub's cast are ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' veterans. Artist Yoji Shinkawa, who has worked as Kojima go-to character and mech designer since ''Metal Gear Solid'', fills in the same role on this project too. Ludvig Forssell, the composer for ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVGroundZeroes'' and ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' also composed for ''Death Stranding''.
145* Creator/WadjetEyeGames tend to use a core group of the same voice actors in their games, most prominently Creator/AbeGoldfarb, Creator/ShellyShenoy, Daryl Lathon, Francisco Gonzalez, and Creator/MikePollock. The company head, David Gilbert, will also usually appear as the voice of a minor character. In addition, Thomas Reign also tends be the composer on all of the games developed by Gilbert himself.
146* Any game made by Creator/{{Valve| Corporation}} is almost certain to have Creator/EllenMcLain's voice in it somewhere — she's in every ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' game (plus ''[[VideoGame/HalfLifeAlyx Alyx]]''), both ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' games, both ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' games, ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', and ''VideoGame/Dota2''. And if the game has male voices, Ellen's husband John Patrick Lowrie is fairly likely to be one (or more!) of them (every ''Half-Life 2'' game, ''Team Fortress 2'', ''Left 4 Dead'', and ''Dota 2'').
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150* Whenever writer [[VisualNovel/ShinzaBanshoSeries Takeshi Masada]] undertakes one of his projects, artist G Yuusuke and composer Keishi Yonao are generally not far behind. Even when he was forced to change mediums after all the trouble following the closure of Greenwood, the three still stick together for ''Literature/AvestaOfBlackAndWhite''.
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154* ''WebAnimation/AlfaLegion'' videos are sure to have Bruva Alfabusa, Thunder Psyker, Eliphas the Inheritor and Karl the Deranged, and several other Legionnaires appear from time to time as well.
155* ''Music/{{Vocaloid}}'' composers Hitoshizuku and Yama have worked on so many songs together that they have a separate [[https://www.youtube.com/user/fackingbee channel]] dedicated for their crossovers. For added posse, their videos are mostly illustrated by Suzunosuke. They eventually form an official group named [=TeamOS=].
156* Creator/KurtHugoSchneider's most frequent collaborators are his brother Max, SamTsui, and Alyson Stoner.
157* The voice-acting from WebVideo/DigimonResumido is done by Friendzone Team and some recurring dubbers from the [[SharedUniverse Revenge]][[WebVideo/AitorMolinaVs verse]].
158* Following the cancellation of her Disney Channel series ''Series/SonnyWithAChance'' and its reboot ''Series/SoRandom'', Allisyn Ashley Arm (aka Zora Lancaster) has used cast members from both shows (especially Audrey Whitby and Matthew Scott Montgomery) in her Website/YouTube comedy series, in particular ''Astrid Clover''.
159* Creator/RoosterTeeth is getting up there, if they're not already. Between the company's staff and hired actors, it's not hard to find recurring actors - Lindsay Jones, Barbara Dunkelman, Creator/MichaelJones, Creator/ShannonMcCormick, Jen Brown, Lee Eddy, Samantha Ireland - with a few even producingwritingdirecting as well (Gray G. Haddock, Kerry Shawcross, Miles Luna).
160* WebVideo/ShipwreckedComedy itself is an example, but the group also frequently works with: director William Joe Stribling, composer Dylan Glatthorn, cinematographer Alex Gallitano, and actors such as Joey Richter, Blake Silver, Jessica Jade Andres, Lauren Lopez, and Christopher Higgins, who has both acted and been the behind-the-scenes photographer for numerous projects.
161** At this point, Shipwrecked, Creator/TeamStarkid, and Creator/TinCanBrothers all frequently share actors, with Starkid and Tin Can Bros sharing co-founders Joey Richter and Brian Rosenthal (though Shipwrecked and Tin Can Bros. once pretended to have a rivalry).
162* {{Discussed|Trope}} by the [[WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay Super Best Friends Zaibatsu]] during their [[{{MST}} Let's Watch]] of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'', in which they point out how Metal Gear's voice cast - barring Creator/DavidHayter, who is frequently busy with things outside of voice work - frequently seems to pop up together, bringing up Creator/RobinAtkinDownes and Creator/PaulEiding's roles in ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'' specifically.
163* Out of practicality, WebVideo/GusJohnson's sketches regularly feature the same actors: His brother Sven Johnson (several of his other family members make regular appearances too), his roommate Eddy Burback, and his girlfriend Abelina Sabrina. Likewise, Gus regularly appears in sketches on Sven's and Sabrina's channels. He and Ian Kung have also appeared in several of each other's sketches.
164* A lot of the people who did voices for ''WebVideo/WinterOf83'' had also worked with Creator/LewisLovhaug before or are even fellow former Website/ChannelAwesome members, including his wife [[WebVideo/IdolsOfAnime Viga Gadson]], [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash Bozard]], [[Website/SFDebris Chuck Sonnenburg]], Creator/AllisonPregler, and Creator/MarcSwint.
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168* Many animation studios often had their own stock company of voice actors. Creator/HannaBarbera's productions, for example, usually had Creator/DawsButler, Creator/DonMessick, Creator/JohnStephenson, Creator/JanetWaldo, Jean Vander Pyl, and Creator/FrankWelker among its regulars.
169* 90% of Creator/{{Cinar}} and Creator/CineGroupe's productions usually had Creator/SonjaBall, Creator/RickJones, Creator/TerrenceScammell, Creator/HollyGauthierFrankel, etc. in their cast.
170* Creator/{{Filmation}} productions often noticably featured characters voiced by Lou Schiemer, one of the company's co-founders, although he was usually either uncredited, or went by the name "Erik Gunden".[[note]]''WesternAnimation/{{Fat Albert|AndTheCosbyKids}}'' fans will know him as the voice of Dumb Donald; ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'' fans will know him as King Randor, Orko, and others.[[/note]] Other regulars included Lou's daughter Erika Schiemer, Jane Webb, John Erwin, Melendy Britt, and the late Linda Gary and Creator/GeorgeDiCenzo.[[note]]Perhaps better known as Sam Baines in ''Film/BackToTheFuture1''.[[/note]]
171** Also, most of the time their composers were Ray Ellis and his son Marc, who also performed in the same capacity when Australian game show producer Reg Grundy set up shop in America in the early 80s (composing the music for ''Series/SaleOfTheCentury'', ''Series/{{Scrabble}}'', ''Series/TimeMachine'', ''Series/HotStreak'' and ''Series/{{Scattergories}}'', plus the unsold pilots ''Keynotes'' and ''[[Series/GoingForGold Run for the Money]]''; they also did the music for the non-Grundy ''Series/CatchPhrase'').
172* During much of the 1980s, Creator/DiCEntertainment tended to have Bettina (the title character in all of their WesternAnimation/RainbowBrite productions), Scott Menville, Cree Summer, Danny Mann, Danny Wells, Jeannie Elias, character actress Marilyn Lightstone, and various voice actors from Toronto. [=DiC=] also had Shuki Levy compose the soundtrack to what may have been 98 percent of their output during TheEighties.
173* [[WesternAnimation/{{Recess}} Every]] [[WesternAnimation/LloydInSpace show]] [[WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies2010 created]] by Paul Germain and Joe Ansolabehere will usually feature most of or all of the actors of one of their previous shows. The most common ones being Creator/KathSoucie, Pamela Adlon, April Winchell, Eddie Deezen, Justin Shenkarow, E.G. Daily, Creator/AshleyJohnson, Anndi [=McAffee=], Creator/TressMacNeille, and many more.
174* Creator/CraigMcCracken has created 4 animated shows. In his shows, he tends to use some of the same voice actors, often casting them in roles different from the other shows of his they've appeared on. These actors include Creator/TomKenny, Creator/TaraStrong, Creator/TomKane, and Keith Ferguson. Creator/GreyDeLisle and Creator/PhilLaMarr, while regulars on ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', had also done voices at some point in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998''.
175* Creator/GenndyTartakovsky (who co-voice directed the first few seasons of the 1998 ''The Powerpuff Girls'' series with [=McCracken=], as he usually voice directs his shows) tends to use the same voice actors a lot as well. He's worked with some of the above [=VAs=] on [[WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan shows]] [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack of]] [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory his]] [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars own]] (such as Strong, [=LaMarr=], Kane, Kenny and [=DeLisle=]). He's also worked with Creator/CoreyBurton, Richard [=McGonagle=], Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson, Creator/JeffBennett, Creator/RobPaulsen and Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor on two or more projects. While he often works with voice actors, he doesn't only cast them, having worked with on-camera actors and comedians (Creator/{{Mako}}, Tim Russ, Brian Posehn) in a few of his projects.
176* Along with some of the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' examples mentioned above, Creator/GregWeisman often tends to bring back some of the actors from ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' in bit or main characters as well as reusing actors he started working with after ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}''. This includes Thom Adcox Hernandez, Creator/JeffBennett, Creator/EdAsner, Creator/DeeBradleyBaker, Creator/CreeSummer, Creator/VanessaMarshall, Creator/BillFagerbakke, Creator/ClancyBrown, Creator/SteveBlum, and Creator/KeithDavid, among others.
177* Every series that Tom Ruegger and Creator/StevenSpielberg collaborated on in the 90s seemed to have some combination of these voice actors: Creator/TressMacNeille, Creator/RobPaulsen, Creator/MauriceLamarche, Creator/FrankWelker, Paul Rugg, Creator/CreeSummer
178** Julie Brown was a guest on one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Tiny Toon Adventures}}'', and later became a regular on ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''. Tom Ruegger also cast his son Nathan in three of his series.
179** The writers and voice cast of the shows later reunited for the Disney show ''WesternAnimation/The7D''.
180* For the animation company Creator/{{Rankin Bass|Productions}}, writer Maury Laws and composer Romeo Muller were involved some capacity since the company began and right up to the year that it closed its doors.
181* ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'':
182** Xibalba is voiced by Creator/RonPerlman, who has worked with Executive Producer Creator/GuillermoDelToro on ''Film/{{Cronos}}'' and both ''Film/{{Hellboy|2004}}'' movies, among others.
183** Creator/GreyDelisle, Creator/CarlosAlazraqui, and Creator/EricBauza have minor roles in this film, all of whom had lead roles in director Jorge Guiterrez's previous work ''WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'' (Frida, Puma Loco, and White Pantera respectively).
184* Many cartoons made by Creator/NerdCorpsEntertainment feature the same production crew, with company founders Asaph Fipke and Chuck Johnson usually either receiving credit for creating the show or developing the concept for TV. Likewise, many of the same voice actors show up time and time again. Creator/ScottMcNeil, Creator/ColinMurdock, Creator/SamuelVincent, Creator/LeeTockar, and Creator/KathleenBarr voice major characters in at least three of them.
185* A majority of Mike & Liz Young's productions under Splash Entertainment (formerly Mike Young Productions and [=MoonScoop=]) have involved assistance from Irish production house [=Telegael=].
186* Toronto-based Creator/{{Nelvana}} Studio is prone to using the same actors and actresses in its productions, be they live-action or animation. Common talent includes/included Creator/AlysonCourt, Creator/TaraStrong, Sunny Besen-Thrasher, Michael Fantini, Hadley Kay, Jim Henshaw, Billie Richards, and Creator/CreeSummer, among many, many others.
187* It's a pretty safe bet that any cartoon Creator/FreshTV (such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'') produces will have been created by Fresh TV founders Tom [=McGillis=] and Jennifer Pertsch, and Creator/LaurieElliott will probably have written at least one episode. Due to OnlySoManyCanadianActors, they also frequently share talents with Creator/{{Nelvana}}, which Pertsch and [=McGillis=] used to work at before founding Fresh TV.
188** And then of course, there's the voice actors. If someone voices a character in a Fresh TV production, odds are they'll show up in at least one more. Creator/KristinFairlie, Creator/ChristianPotenza, Creator/DarrenFrost, Creator/EmilieClaireBarlow, Creator/TerryMcGurrin, Creator/MeganFahlenbock, Creator/StaceyDePass, Lauren Lipson, and Creator/BrynMcAuley show up in at least three.
189** ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'''s director for its first two seasons Todd Kauffman seems to have picked up on the trend. Animated series from his own small studio Neptoon Studios (such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Sidekick}}'', co-productions with Fresh TV and Nelvana, respectively) frequently feature voice actors and writers from Fresh TV's works (and Nelvana's as well, due to Kauffman originally working with them too), and also have their share of recurring names, like Creator/LyonSmith and Creator/DeniseOliver.
190* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'':
191** The show reunites many people who worked with creator Chris Savino on ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'', and ''WesternAnimation/KickButtowskiSuburbanDaredevil'', all shows where he became a producer at some point.
192** Between Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} shows, ''The Loud House'' has many crew members from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' (which it essentially replaced as Nickelodeon's top non-''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' show), such as writers Kevin Sullivan, Sammie Crowley, Whitney Wetta, Alec Schwimmer, Miguel Puga and Karla Sakas Shropshire; and voice actors Tara Strong, Daran Norris, Susanne Blakeslee, Grey [=DeLisle=], Carlos Alazraqui, Maddie Taylor, Kari Wahlgren, Eric Bauza, Jeff Bennett, Rob Paulsen and Dee Bradley Baker.
193** The show also acts as a reunion for the cast of ''WesternAnimation/DocMcStuffins''. The common cast includes, alongside some of the aforementioned voice actors, Lara Jill Miller, Cristina Pucelli, Nika Futterman, Caitlin Carmichael, Andre Robinson, Jess Harnell, Kimberly Brooks and Gary Anthony Williams.
194* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
195** Creator/DepatieFrelengEnterprises' creative crew was mostly made up of ex-Creator/WarnerBros staffers (specifically, from Creator/FrizFreleng's and Creator/RobertMcKimson's units), having been founded shortly after the original Termite Terrace shut down.
196** After Creator/ChuckJones was fired from Warner Bros. for violating his exclusive contract, he took most of his crew with him (as well as Creator/MelBlanc) after he found work at [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]].
197** Director Creator/ArtDavis and screenwriter Sid Marcus frequently collaborated during their animation careers. Be it Creator/ColumbiaCartoons, Warner Bros., or Creator/DepatieFrelengEnterprises, they only stopped teaming up when the latter died. When Davis was demoted back to animator under Friz Freleng's unit at Warner Bros., Marcus left the studio.
198* There are plenty of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/MarthaSpeaks'' writers who write for ''WesternAnimation/WorkItOutWombats'', such as Kathy Waugh, Peter K. Hirsch, and Joe Fallon.
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202* [[Radio/StusShow Stu]] is usually accompanied by his girlfriend Jeanine Kasun, as well as writers/historians Mark Evanier, Earl Kress, and Jerry Beck.
203* More than half of the books written by Canadian children's author Creator/RobertMunsch are illustrated by Michael Martchenko. Any book Michael Martchenko has illustrated for will have been written by Munsch, Allen Morgan, or Martchenko himself.
204* Disney has often used the Rome-based Royfilm studio for Italian dubs of their TV shows and films.
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