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1The 'Verse is usually referred to with a show or [[SeriesFranchise franchise]] identifier (such as Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}, Franchise/{{Whoniverse}}, etc.). It is a crafted combination of setting-elements that define the rules for how the world works and sometimes provides for sharing of characters and {{continuity}} across more than one series. A SharedUniverse refers to a fictional universe with multiple authors.
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3In terms of how things work within the universe, the Franchise/{{Buffyverse}} for example is set up by Creator/MutantEnemy in such a way that OurVampiresAreDifferent in a (fairly) uniform fashion, and certain characters can move back and forth between shows and refer to events on the other show as if they are in the same world. Such things are often defined in the UniverseBible, the one true repository of {{canon}}. These bibles may be condensed to a UniverseCompendium, or published as a UniverseConcordance. Some universes, [[SharedUniverse the shared variety]] especially, have a pretty strict and orderly {{Canon}}. Others, especially those with many authors, spread across different media and over a long period of time, go all over the place. Most of them reside somewhere in-between.
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5Many [='verses=] have a thriving life in ExpandedUniverse form and spawn {{Tie In Novel}}s, [[TheMovie movies]], comics and {{fanfic}}. However, these [[{{Spinoff}} spin-offs]] may or may not count as {{Canon}}.
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7The origin of the name is contested. ''Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction'' credits Creator/OrsonScottCard as the inventor of this term. Card himself says that his publisher was responsible for adding ''Enderverse'' to the jacket of one of his books, and he neither invented the term nor likes it. The term could also have originated from the fandom of Creator/JossWhedon works, which take place in a shared universe. An earlier term coined by Creator/RobertAHeinlein, ''{{ficton}}'', has never gained much currency outside of ScienceFiction circles; similarly, the related (but subtly different) term ''{{mythopoeia}}'' is mostly known to fans of Creator/JRRTolkien, who coined the term 1930s.
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9One notable thing about the creation of CrossOver [=verses=] is that it is usually easy to link two or more works which contain no SpeculativeFiction elements or [[AlternateHistory major departures from actual history,]] but doing so with Speculative Fiction works can be difficult because the settings are more likely to contradict each other. For instance, the characters from two {{Dom Com}}s, or two [[TheWestern Westerns]], or even a DomCom and an action drama can typically all bump into each other with no logical problem. But to declare that, say, ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and ''Series/BabylonFive'' exist in the same world is very awkward because both have detailed future histories, catalogs of nearby alien races, and rules about physical laws which bear little to no resemblance to each other. This can be a [[ContinuitySnarl headache]] for s.f. franchises (Hi, Creator/{{DC|Comics}}!) who try to merge unrelated verses together into a single whole.
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11Quite often confused with SharedUniverse. A Shared Universe refers to a fictional universe written by more than just one or two ''real-world creators or authors''. Also not to be confused with ExpandedUniverse which refers to a kind of secondary canon to the main {{Canon}}, in other media. See also the closely related term {{Canon}}. See also CanonWelding, AlternateContinuity and IntraFranchiseCrossover. And while we'd hope this doesn't need to be noted, it should probably be said anyway: a ShoutOut, ProductionThrowback, or any casual referencing between two works on their own ''does not mean'' they inhabit a verse. If that were that case, nearly every single piece of fiction would inhabit the same universe, and the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Westphall#The_Tommy_Westphall_Universe_Hypothesis Tommy Westphall Multiverse Hypothesis]] is enough of a headache as it is.
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13For works featuring a multitude of universes, realities and [[AlternateTimeline timelines]], see TheMultiverse.
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17[[index]]
18%%* ''Literature/The15Blades''
19* ''Franchise/DotHack''
20* ''Literature/AcademyOfSuperheroes''
21* ''Literature/AllianceUnion''
22* ''Franchise/{{Arrowverse}}''
23* ''Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
24* ''Franchise/BattleTechExpandedUniverse''
25* ''Series/{{Bellisarioverse}}''
26* ''Franchise/BreakingBad''
27* ''Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}''
28* ''Webcomic/{{Buildingverse}}''
29* ''Fanfic/TheCalvinverse''
30* ''Literature/{{Chrestomanci}}''
31* ''Literature/{{Circleverse}}''
32%%* The ''Franchise/ColorWorldUniverse''
33%%** ''Franchise/TheDynamiteTwinsAndFriends''
34%%** ''Franchise/TailsFromTheFederation''
35* ''Film/TheConjuringUniverse''
36* ''Literature/TheCosmere''
37* ''Franchise/CSIVerse'' or the Creator/JerryBruckheimer Verse- home to ''Series/{{CSI}}'', ''Series/{{CSINY}}'', ''Series/CSIMiami'', ''Series/ColdCase'', and ''Series/WithoutATrace''.
38* ''Literature/TheCulture''
39* ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos''
40* ''Film/DarkUniverse''
41* Franchise/TheDCU: The Franchise/{{Superman}} and Franchise/{{Batman}} ComicBook continuities belong in this. The Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse has its basis in this continuity while the Creator/TangentComics and Creator/{{Wildstorm}} comic book universes had connections to it. Following the most recent reboot of The DCU, Wildstorm's continuity has gotten subsumed into it. More recent movies exist under the WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies label, but with the exception of the two ''Superman/Batman'' films, all the movies before ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueWar'' don't share continuity--and even afterwards, there's some not in that continuity, as ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham'' is tied to the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'', not the universe started in ''War'', and ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueGodsAndMonsters'' is an {{Elseworlds}}.
42** Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse
43** WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse
44** Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse
45** WesternAnimation/{{Tomorrowverse}}
46* ''Literature/TheDiademSaga''
47* Franchise/DisneyChannelAnimatedUniverse
48* Franchise/DisneyChannelLiveActionUniverse
49* ComicBook/DisneyMouseAndDuckComics: This is a ModularFranchise and SharedUniverse consisting of:
50** The ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse
51** The ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse
52* ''Literature/{{Dragaera}}'', the world on which Steven Brust sets the majority of his novels. The ''Literature/KhaavrenRomances'' series takes place over about a thousand years (Dragaerans are very long-lived), with the ''Vlad Taltos'' series some 400 years after that. The placement of ''Literature/BrokedownPalace'' in the timeline is uncertain; unlike the two others, it takes place outside the Empire.
53* ''Franchise/DragonAge''
54* ''Franchise/TheDragonPrince''
55* ''Music/EvilliousChronicles''
56* ''Franchise/TheFearMythos''
57* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy''
58** ''Franchise/FabulaNovaCrystallisFinalFantasy''
59** ''Franchise/IvaliceAlliance''
60* ''Literature/TheFourHorsemenUniverse'': MilitaryScienceFiction SharedUniverse revolving around PrivateMilitaryContractors with MiniMecha.
61* ''TabletopGame/FreedomCity'': "The World of Freedom," the default setting for the TabletopGame/MutantsAndMasterminds [[TabletopGames role-playing game]].
62** ''Roleplay/FreedomCityPlayByPost'': The largest and most active Freedom City game on the Internet.
63* ''Literature/TheGrishaverse''
64* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''
65* ComicBook/HasbroComicUniverse
66* ''Franchise/{{Hellaverse}}''
67* Franchise/HercXenaverse
68* The ''[[Webcomic/HeroesUnite HUniverse]]'': The Verse in which Heroes Unite, Heroes Alliance and the related superhero webcomic series are set.
69* ''Fanfic/{{Heroverse}}''
70* ''Franchise/KamenRider''
71* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''
72* ''Franchise/LawAndOrder''
73* Anime/{{Leijiverse}}: Shows and mangas created by Creator/LeijiMatsumoto, such as ''Manga/GalaxyExpress999'', ''Anime/CaptainHarlock'' and ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato''. Matsumoto is known for ''not caring'' about continuity. The rule of thumb is that every time a character appears, somewhere in the Leijiverse, another part of the story is being invalidated...
74* Literature/{{Looperverse}}
75* ''Fanfic/TheMansionverse''
76* Franchise/MarvelUniverse
77** ComicBook/UltimateMarvel
78** ComicBook/MarvelComics2
79** Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse
80** ComicBook/TheNewUniverse
81** ComicBook/TheUltraverse (after Marvel bought Malibu Comics)
82** It's worth noting that for about thirty years, the Franchise/MarvelUniverse included the entirety of the Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian verse. While many other established, licensed verses have been peripherally tied to the MU (the worlds of Literature/TheElricSaga, Series/DoctorWho, and the Franchise/{{Transformers}} have all been shown to be part of the larger Marvel Multiverse), only Conan was integrated quite so solidly into Marvel Earth's history, with ties to the Serpent Crown, the evil wizard Kulan Gath, [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor's Atlantis,]] etc. Marvel no longer owns the comic book rights to Conan, and can [[WritingAroundTrademarks no longer directly mention that section of Marvel Earth's history]] until 2019.
83* ''ComicBook/MassiveVerse''
84* ''ComicBook/MetabaronsUniverse''
85* ''VideoGame/MetalGear''
86* ''ComicBook/{{Millarworld}}''
87* Franchise/MonsterVerse: A crossover ContinuityReboot of the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' and ''Franchise/KingKong'' franchises.
88* Series/{{Morseverse}}:
89** ''Series/InspectorMorse''
90** ''Series/{{Lewis}}''
91** ''Series/{{Endeavour}}''
92* ''Franchise/MyHime''
93* ''Franchise/MyLittlePonyGeneration4''
94* Franchise/{{Nasuverse}}, the 'Verse of Kinoko Nasu, including ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'', ''Literature/TheGardenOfSinners'', their sequels, spinoffs and some other writings. Notable because it is a unified universe, but contains only the tiniest of crossovers between the main lines. Also a massive headache in terms of {{canon}}, since while the several main franchises share a common universe, the main works are multipath games that are inherently {{Alternate Universe}}s... or something.
95* Series/NickVerse: The Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} equivalent to the Franchise/DisneyChannelLiveActionUniverse. The basic Series/NickVerse is comprised of ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'', ''Series/{{Zoey101}}'', ''Series/ICarly'' and ''Series/{{Victorious}}''. The extended Series/NickVerse also includes ''Series/BigTimeRush'' and ''Series/TheNakedBrothersBand'' and ''every actor who played a role on any of those shows'' as well as the cast of ''Series/AllThat'' due to a ThrowItIn attitude to continuity which means CelebrityParadox is averted and all the characters who look like the stars are considered separate people.
96* ''Literature/NoonUniverse''
97* ''Series/OneChicago''
98* ''Webcomic/{{Overside}}''
99* ''Franchise/PowerRangers''[[note]]Makes an occasional ShoutOut to Dagobah and Gallifrey, suggesting some crossover or possibly a shared setting with the ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'' and the ''Franchise/{{Whoniverse}}''. Also, RPM and Dino Charge take place in alternate dimensions, but travel between they and the prime universe is possible.[[/note]]
100* ''Webcomic/{{Rainverse}}'', the 'Verse of several works by Creator/JocelynSamara. (''Webcomic/Rain2010'', ''Webcomic/MyImpossibleSoulmate'')
101* ''Fanfic/TheReactsverse''
102* ''Franchise/{{Riordanverse}}''
103* ''Literature/RobotSeries''
104* ''Website/SCPFoundation''
105* ''VideoGame/SimSeries''
106* ''Literature/TheShadowhunterChronicles''
107* ''Literature/{{Shannara}}''
108* ''Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos''
109* The ''Literature/SporeWikiFictionUniverse'', a SharedUniverse that developed on the ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}'' wiki.
110* ''Franchise/StargateVerse''
111* ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse''. Often referred to as the Galaxy Far, Far Away, or the GFFA for short. This was referenced in the ExpandedUniverse when a new government was named the '''G'''alactic '''F'''ederation of '''F'''ree '''A'''lliances (eventually the Galactic Alliance). This is the page for Star Wars new EU.
112** ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends''. This is the page for Star Wars old EU.
113* ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}''
114* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'': Confirmed with ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' that all of the series take place in the same dimension, though despite this, many fans continue to insist that they're all somehow separate universes.
115* ''Literature/TerranConfederacy'': Containing the ''Literature/MoreauSeries'', the ''Literature/HostileTakeoverSwann'' series, and the ''Apotheosis'' Trilogy. 2-3 centuries pass between series.
116* Franchise/{{Tohoverse}} : Franchise/{{Godzilla}} and related kaiju
117** Franchise/{{MonsterVerse}}
118* Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium: Creator/JRRTolkien's Arda/Middle-earth: ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', ''Literature/TheHobbit'', and ''Literature/TheSilmarillion''. (Aaand all further material Christopher Tolkien saw fit to publish: e.g. in the ''Literature/UnfinishedTalesOfNumenorAndMiddleEarth'', the whole, twelve tome ''Literature/HistoryOfMiddleEarth'', ''Literature/BerenAndLuthien'', ''Literature/TheChildrenOfHurin'', ''Literature/TheFallOfGondolin'', ''Literature/TheFallOfNumenor''...) One of the best realized and most extensive Verses in history.
119* ''Literature/TortallUniverse''
120* ''Franchise/TransformersAlignedUniverse''
121* Franchise/TrekVerse (canon)
122** The Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse is not a single coherent 'verse, but does contain some within it, such as the
123** Literature/StarTrekNovelVerse (a large subset of the Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse with generally consistent continuity)
124* ''ComicBook/TheUltraverse''
125* Franchise/UniversalHorror: Starting with ''Film/FrankensteinMeetsTheWolfMan'' in 1943, Creator/{{Universal}} started CanonWelding their horror franchises (''Film/{{Dracula|1931}}'', ''Film/{{Frankenstein|1931}}'', ''Film/{{The Wolf Man|1941}}'', ''[[Film/TheInvisibleMan1933 The Invisible Man]]'', and ''Film/{{The Mummy|1932}}'') into a single shared movie universe, one of the first major examples of such in Hollywood.
126* Franchise/TheVampireDiariesUniverse
127* ''Film/TheViewAskewniverse''
128* ''Franchise/TheWalkingDeadTelevisionUniverse''
129* ''Webcomic/WalkyVerse''
130* ''Fanfic/TheWarOfTheMasters'', a.k.a. the Masterverse, a SharedUniverse of ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'' fan fiction
131* The ''Franchise/WarcraftExpandedUniverse''
132* The ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'', which now has something like 16 Canon authors writing over 20 different main characters, as well as a slew of fanfic authors (who are collected on the same site).
133* ''Franchise/{{Whoniverse}}'', a sprawling continuity inhabited by ''Series/DoctorWho'' and its spinoffs. Known for being [[TimeyWimeyBall wildly internally inconsistent]]; fortunately, no one much cares.
134* ''Franchise/WingCommander'' was built up during TheNineties by not only the games, but the [[Literature/WingCommander novels]], [[WesternAnimation/WingCommanderAcademy cartoon]], and [[Film/WingCommander movie]], all of which are in one single continuity.
135* ''[[Fanfic/TheLifeAndTimesOfAWinningPony Winningverse]]''
136* ''Franchise/{{The Witcher}}verse''
137* ''[[Literature/XeeleeSequence The Xeeleeverse]]''
138[[/index]]
139[[/folder]]
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142!!Examples:
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146[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
147!!!'''By Creator:'''
148* Works by Creator/AkiraToriyama, such as ''Manga/DragonBall'' and ''Manga/DrSlump'', exist in the same universe, with Arale and Senbei having made several guest appearances on ''Dragon Ball'' while Goku has had a few cameos on ''Dr. Slump''. Arguably ''Nekomajin'' also exists somewhere in the Franchise/DragonBall universe, since one of the characters claims to have been trained by Goku and featured a Saiyan named Onio.
149** There's also ''Manga/JacoTheGalacticPatrolman'', which is revealed in the end to be a prequel to [[spoiler: ''Manga/DragonBall'']], in which the title character is sent to find a dangerous threat to Earth, [[spoiler: which turns out to be an infant Goku]]. [[spoiler: Bulma's]] sister is a main character, and both she and Jaco make appearances in [[spoiler: ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'']]; in fact, Jaco is something of a recurring character.
150* The universe centered on the Creator/{{CLAMP}} school. And, in a larger sense, the entire ''CLAMP'' multiverse (as shown in ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'').
151* Not only do most if not all of Creator/CoolKyouShinsha's works take place in the same universe (well, ''Frau Rabbit'' technically takes place in another dimension), but most of them are implied to take place in the same fictional town of Ooborozuka (based on the real life Koshigaya in the Saitama prefecture).
152* Creator/KenAkamatsu's verse (aka the [[Franchise/{{Negima}} Negiverse]]), which seems to encompass ''Manga/AILoveYou'', ''Manga/LoveHina'', ''Manga/ItsudatteMySanta'', ''Manga/HitoNatsuNoKidsGame'', ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' and Negima's sequel series ''Manga/UQHolder''. Also ''Anime/MaoChan'', the cast of which once visited the Hinata Inn (from ''Manga/LoveHina''), where they (most probably) met Naru.
153* Most of Creator/KoujiSeo's works (''Cross Over'', ''Manga/{{Suzuka}}'', ''Manga/ATownWhereYouLive'', ''Manga/PrincessLucia'', ''Manga/{{Fuuka}}'', and his latest series, ''Hitman'') take place in the same universe.
154* Nekota Yonezou has a much more subtle one, with only three of her many works sharing an universe, ''Manga/HidokuShinaide'', ''Manga/ElektelDelusion'' and ''Manga/OtonaKeikenchi'', mostly, there a few extra chapter crossover that shows a few characters know each other from different mangas.
155* Shoko Hidaka has a verse in the form of a nigh-anthology of her works ''Manga/{{Signal}}'', ''Manga/ArashiNoAto'' and ''Manga/HatsukoiNoAtosaki''. Each one is considered a sequel to the previous one, in which a side character of the work before becomes the main character for the following one, but the events of other works are hardly central in any form.
156* Creator/ShoShibamoto's mangas, ''Manga/TheJackalope'', ''Manga/PandemoniumWizardVillage'', ''Manga/FlowerKnightDakini'', and some of his one-shot stories share the same universe. The main connecting threads are the [[TheDreaded Sky Golems]] and [[MixAndMatchCritters mutant animals]] called Variants/Rare Ones.
157* Creator/ShungikuNakamura is particularly known for having two popular works of the {{Yaoi}} genre, ''Manga/JunjouRomantica'' and ''Manga/SekaiichiHatsukoi'', that often make clear that are happening on the same universe, with characters of both making cameos on the other, and even a shared setting, as both stories focus on people that work on the same publishing company.
158* Creator/{{Sunrise}}'s ''Toward Stars'' universe includes ''Anime/OutlawStar'' and ''Anime/AngelLinks''.
159* Creator/TohruFujisawa's manga ''Manga/GTOTheEarlyYears'', its prequel ''Manga/BadCompany'', and its sequel ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' form the core of the "GTO-verse", which also includes the GTO {{Interquel}} ''14 Days in Shonan'', the sequel ''GTO: Paradise Lost'', and the spinoffs ''GT-R: Great Transporter Ryuji'', ''Ino-Head Gargoyle'', and ''Shonan Seven''. His manga ''Manga/KamenTeacher'' and ''Manga/AnimalJoe'' have had crossovers or cameos with some of the previous series, CanonWelding them to the GTO-verse.
160* The Blameverse of CyberPunk / BodyHorror manga master Creator/TsutomuNihei. So far consisting of, in rough chronological order:
161** ''Noise''
162** ''Manga/{{Blame}}''
163** ''Blame^2''
164** ''Netsphere Engineer''
165** When his later manga ''Manga/{{Biomega}}'' came out, it was widely believed to be an even earlier prequel, due to various similarities, including an organization known as Toha Heavy Industries appearing in both, but according to WordOfGod, ''Biomega'' has its own continuity.
166* Manga artist Yoshiru Konogi managed to make one out of her second manga, "''[[https://mangadex.org/title/15331/henjo-the-strange-female-high-schooler-amaguri-senko Henjo - The Strange Female High-Schooler Amaguri Senko]]''", by way of expanding the arcs of certain characters from the said manga into the two spin-off series, "''[[https://mangadex.org/title/35724/sekirara-hime-to-minus-ouji The Honest Princess and the Minus Prince]]''" and "''[[https://mangadex.org/title/43370/shingeki-no-eroko-san Attack on Eroko]]''".
167* Many of Creator/TakumaYokota's solo works exist in the same setting. It starts with ''Koganeiro'' which was a short three chapter story, then is followed by ''Manga/StraightenUpWelcomeToShikaHighsCompetitiveDanceClub'' where two of the main characters from Koganeiro, Michiru and Tatsuya who are now adults and married, serve as major supporting characters. Occuring roughly around the same time is ''Shudan'' about a youth soccer team coached by Tatsuya. His current series, ''Manga/StoryOfADumbPrefectAndHighSchoolGirlWithInappropriateSkirtLength'', is eventually confirmed as being part of the same universe when a couple of characters from ''Straighten Up!'' show up in a cameo, although unlike the previous three series this one takes place in Tokyo instead of Hamamatsu.
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169!!!'''By Title:'''
170* ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'' and ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'' are often referred to as the "Raildex" verse. With the addition of ''Manga/ACertainScientificAccelerator'', there's some discussion about expanding the name, but no one can really agree on anything that doesn't sound ridiculous. The Japanese version is usually "To Aru" ("A Certain"), which is more inclusive.
171* Oddly enough, the brightly coloured, HotBlood-filled SuperRobot series ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' and its sequels are said to take place in the same world as the twisted RealRobot/horror hybrid series ''Anime/{{Betterman}}''.
172* "Turn A Space" as a way of uniting all ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' series preceding ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]'' into one continuity. Named after ''Anime/TurnAGundam'', which attempted to do this as a last hurrah for the franchise.
173** The name comes from the supposed original concept of ''Anime/TurnAGundam'', wherein creator Creator/YoshiyukiTomino intended to unite '''every''' anime he had created into a single universe; this is often used in lieu of the original nickname "Turn A Bang" (since ''Turn A'' was part of the "Gundam Big Bang Project" of 1999).
174** The "Turn A" in the title describes an inverted "A", the mathematical symbol meaning "For all", used in equations describing statements that apply to every member of a set.
175* The ''Anime/PrettyCure'' multiverse.
176* The sixth and seventh episodes of ''Anime/SpacePatrolLuluco'' imply that it's set in the same universe as ''Anime/KillLaKill''. Presumably ''WebAnimation/InfernoCop'' is in too, since [[{{Expy}} it's pretty obvious that's who Over Justice is anyway]]. Whether or not any other Creator/StudioTrigger or Creator/HiroyukiImaishi series' get in is yet to be seen, although this is already in the running for the most awesome 'verse in history.
177** In episode 8, [[Franchise/LittleWitchAcademia Luna Nova]] is the main setting and Sucy makes an extended cameo.
178** Episode 9 takes it even further and gives us a crossover with ''[[Anime/JapanAnimatorExpo SEX and VIOLENCE with MACHSPEED]]'', [[spoiler:[[SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome and then proceeds to destroy the planet it was set on]].]]
179** Episode 11 confirms that [[spoiler: WebAnimation/InfernoCop himself was a former member of the Space Patrol. And he was friends with Over Justice.]]
180** Episode 13 confirms that [[spoiler: ''all'' of Trigger's original works take place in the same universe when Luluco is revealed to be [[SeriesMascot Trigger-chan]], who's job is to patrol the various dimensions/series.]]
181* The Tenchiverse -- home to the ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' OVA series, ''Anime/TenchiMuyoGXP'', ''Anime/TenchiMuyoWarOnGeminar'' and, reportedly, ''Anime/DualParallelTroubleAdventure''.
182[[/folder]]
183
184[[folder:Comic Books]]
185!!!'''By Creator:'''
186* Creator/ArchieComics has one consisting of ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'', ''ComicBook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', and ''ComicBook/JosieAndThePussycats''. This also applies to their [[ComicBook/ArchieComics2015 reboot]].
187* Chimaera Studios' superhero comics always took place in a shared universe, but it wasn't obvious aside from a few cameos/references until Chimaera Studios released its first team book, ''Consortium of Justice'' and used to connect a few other titles.
188* Corey Lewis's one-shot graphic novel ''PENG'' takes place in the same universe as Lewis's graphic novel series ''Sharknife''. Rocky Hallelujah, the main character of PENG, is the younger brother of Sharknife's protagonist Caesar Hallelujah. Additionally, ComicBook/ScottPilgrim makes a one-page cameo in PENG, so if you really want to, you could consider that series as part of the same universe as well.
189* The Franchise/DCUniverse and Franchise/MarvelUniverse are two of the most widely recognized universes in comics.
190* The Motterverse: Consists of Mr. X, Electropolis and Terminal City, all created by Dean Motter.
191* Within the [[ComicBook/TheLegendOfTheChaosGod Chaos God]] story arc in the Magazine/DisneyAdventures series, ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'', ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'', ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'', ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'', and ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' all take place in the same universe. Arguably, ''WesternAnimation/QuackPack'' as well.
192* Creator/ImageComics originally tried doing that. The first few issues of their early titles had {{Continuity Nod}}s to other titles, and there were a few outright crossovers. But as time went on, every Image partner focused on their own titles, creating de-facto sub-universes that had less and less to do with each other. Marc Silvestri's and Jim Lee's titles maintained their connections longer then others, but eventually, even that feel by the wayside. In 1997, Wildstorm Universe, Top Cow Universe and Rob Lielfeld's Extreme Universe were written out of Image Universe via what can be best described as Reverse-ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths in the ''Shattered Image'' mini-series (not to be confused with the more tongue-in-cheek ''Splitting Image'' mini-series). Since then, there have been a number of Image crossovers, but each creator was free to decide just how much that counts in their continuity.
193* ''Franchise/{{Millarworld}}'' is a set of several independent comics written by Creator/MarkMillar. They were all revealed to be connected with the ending of ''ComicBook/{{Nemesis}}: Reloaded'', which directly segues into Franchise/{{Millarworld}}'s first CrisisCrossover ''ComicBook/BigGame2023''.
194* The Millsverse consists of everything Pat Mills wrote in British comics, including such strips as ''ComicBook/ABCWarriors, ComicBook/NemesisTheWarlock, Invasion!, Savage,'' and ''Flesh''. The Dreddverse may be a subset, DependingOnTheWriter.
195* Creator/RobertKirkman's verse contains ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'', ''Invincible Presents: Atom Eve and Rex Splode'', ''ComicBook/TheAstoundingWolfMan'', ''The Pact'', ''Guarding the Globe'', ''ComicBook/{{Brit}}'', ''Capes'', ''ComicBook/TechJacket'', ''ComicBook/{{Haunt}}'', ''Superpatriot: America's Fighting Force'', and ''Superpatriot: War On Terror''. Pretty big for a fictional universe written by one guy.
196* The main titles created by Creator/TerryMoore (''ComicBook/StrangersInParadise'', ''ComicBook/{{Echo}}'', ''ComicBook/RachelRising'' and ''Motor Girl'') occupy a shared continuity sometimes called "The Terryverse". Characters from SIP occasionally appeared in ''Echo'' and ''Rachel Rising'', while Rachel and Lilith from RR appeared in an SIP revival in 2018. The four properties merged into a CrisisCrossover starting in May 2019 called ''Five Years'', in which they have to prevent a group of weapons designers from completing work on the Phi Bomb, a new weapon that would destroy all hydrogen atoms on Earth and then spread out to the rest of the universe.
197
198!!!'''By Title:'''
199* ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'' is a surprisingly very large and expanded universe not created by a major company. It includes the main series Fables, Peter and Max: A Fables Novel, Jack of Fables, The Literals, Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall, Fables: The Last Castle, Cinderella: Fables are Forever, Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love, Fairest, and a Creator/TelltaleGames series that is confirmed to be canon.
200* The Dreddverse consists of ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' and its various {{spinoff}}s, primarily ''Judge Anderson, Low Life, Armitage, Shimura,'' and ''The Blood of Satanus''. ''ComicBook/StrontiumDog'' was shoved in sideways in "Top Dog" and "Judgement Day". Nobody's sure whether the Millsverse is part of it. ''Harlem Heroes'' is also part of the Dreddverse, at least in BroadStrokes, since Judge Giant is the grandson of Aeroball star John "Giant" Clay.
201[[/folder]]
202
203[[folder:Fan Works]]
204!!'''By Author:'''
205* Most of Creator/DarkMark's ''DC Universe'' fanfics are interconnected. They are set in the same continuity or in different parallel Earths, whose characters occasionally interact with each other. Thus, the events of ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn'' gave birth to the universes explored in ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'' and ''Fanfic/AForceOfFour'', whose [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} main]] [[ComicBook/PowerGirl characters]] have worked together sometimes, and ''Fanfic/SupermanOf2499TheGreatConfrontation is set five hundred years after ''Hellsister Trilogy''.
206* Creator/EduardKassel has taken a different approach to this trope, by stating that all of his stories are set, not in the same universe, but in the same ''multiverse''. They're usually tied loosely together by cameos from or mentions of common elements -- such as [[BigGood the Stranger]], [[GuardianOfTheMultiverse the Endless Council]], and the threat of [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Omega]] -- but even those that don't have those are still stated by WordOfGod to be in the same multiverse as the others.
207* Creator/{{Evilhumour}} and his co-writer Anon e Mouse Jr. have, like Eduard Kassel, written a number of fics (based on ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'') that are set in the same multiverse (the "The PowersThatBe" multiverse); the worlds all originated from the same source, and each is home to its own set of PowersThatBe.
208* "The United Pony of Goodness Universe" (or "[=TUPGverse=]" for short), on which most of Creator/JusSonic's stories take place. It also includes ''Fanfic/PastSins'' and most of its verse.
209* Fanfiction author [=KhaosOmega=]'s concept of multi-dimensional traveling that can cross between ''entire multiverses''. While most stories in it to be inspired by other writers' works, there are a few that actually link in:
210** The earliest-dated occurrance in Khaos' chronology (using the name "Khaos Time System" (often abbreviated as KTS) to refer to the "meta-timeline") is former author [=WitChan=]'s "Kart Racer" - which started out as a Khaos-made suggestion. Officially dated as late 2010s to early 2021.
211** Through a pair of Christmas-themed stories, Stevie Bond's Galaxy Angel Retold series (which inspired Khaos' own Galaxy Angel II story that created Jace Davies) and Willgm's Galaxy Angel Intervention (which Stevie had already crossed with his own, described as happening between the end of Stevie's Galaxy Angel II Retold trilogy and somewhat of a DOOM-spliced Galaxy Angel III-esque story) link in via use of Stevie's OC Arnold Williams and Will's OC William Johnson. Takes place in consecutive years, 2677 and 2678 (the latter extends into 2679).
212** Khaos has since made plans to tie in Paradigm of the Rose as more Timeline 1802 energies are relocated by Rainbow Angel Kandyce Azeat. Based on how one sequence Khaos has planned for it goes the timeline placement hints at being in the vicinity of Jet's stint at Duel Academy and Anise's wild-card run in the Tournament of Power during the 28th century.
213* rafer's ''VideoGame/GeometryDash'' animation ''WebAnimation/{{Prelude}}'' and custom level series ''VideoGame/TheCubearthSaga'' both take place on Cubearth, a [[WorldShapes cube-shaped planet]] inhabited by ''Geometry Dash'' cubes.
214* Trinary's [[Fanfic/RainboomsAndRoyalty Dashverse]] is likewise a series [=MLP:FiM=] stories set in a universe where instead of Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash became Celestia's student.
215
216!!'''By Title:'''
217* The Franchise/MonsterVerse fanfiction ''Fanfic/{{Abraxas|Hrodvitnon}}'', its sequel ''Fanfic/AbraxasEmptyFullness'', and other associated WordOfGod posts on the author Hrodvitnon's Tumblr, including most prominently an "[=AbraxasVerse=] Timeline", constitute the ''[=AbraxasVerse=]''.
218* The ''Fanfic/BloomingMoonChronicles'', by Black.Rose.Raven, an MLP fanfiction series that draws heavy inspiration from Norse Mythology. Along with its sequel series, ''Songs Of Lost Children'', it contains 15 books and at least a dozen side-stories, mostly written by Black.Rose.Raven himself.
219* ''Fanfic/BoltFromTheBlue'' shares many ideas and characters with ''Fanfic/BlackSky'' but is explicitely a ''multiverse'' fic. It helps that ''Manga/Reborn2004'' canonically uses multiples universes.
220* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/84642/ "Bonds Beyond Species"]]'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic by [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Yasahiro Yasahiro]]. It's set in the same verse as their other fics "Hands" and "Versus Equestria".
221* There is the ''Webcomic/{{Buildingverse}}'' shared mainly by the MegaCrossover [[{{Fanfic}} fan]][[{{Webcomic}} comic]] ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'' and its largest and most popular SpinOff ''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor'' by two separate authors (some canon differences suggest AlternateContinuity though), which also seem to encompass by the definition of most fans (and ApprovalOfGod) the whole ExpandedUniverse around them consisting of other {{Spin Off}}s like ''Webcomic/DownTheStreet'' and [[http://roomatesfans.deviantart.com/ many more]].
222* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' is the first story in a [[WorldBuilding vast universe]] which so far consists of that first completed book, a completed second one, an ongoing third one and two shorter side-stories. According to the author, there's plenty more to come.
223* All of the ''Series/DoctorWho'' fics on Webcomic/RichsComixBlog, including ''Webcomic/The10Doctors'', are all self-contained within their own universe. This fan-verse [[AuthorAppeal also includes]] ''Series/ForeverKnight'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' via crossovers.
224* The ''Fanfic/DumbledoresArmyAndTheYearOfDarkness'' verse based on an alternate-POV telling of ''[[Franchise/HarryPotter Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows]]''.
225* In ''Fanfic/TheElementsOfHarmonyAndTheSaviorOfWorlds'', events in the original Franchise/MyLittlePony cartoon happened in the ancient past of ''Friendship is Magic''. It also shares the same universe as the other 80s Hasbro cartoons: ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'', ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983'', called the Hasbroverse. It also includes Series/DoctorWho.
226* [=TheDrunkenWerewolf=]'s ''Fanfic/{{Heirverse}}'' Has been in progress for almost ten years and spans four chapter fics plus a dozen side stories and counting.
227* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomverse'' is a trilogy of crossovers involving ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' and ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' that also has help from the author of ''Pokémon Reset Bloodlines''.
228* ''Fanfic/LifeInManehattan'' is, like the Lunaverse and the Cadanceverse above, a SharedUniverse of MLP fics set in an AlternateUniverse, one where the events of the pilot episodes took place in Manehattan rather than Ponyville. As such, Twilight instead ends up befriending and having adventures with several secondary, minor, and background characters.
229* ''Fanfic/TheMansionverse'' welded several unrelated fancomics of ''Franchise/TheHauntedMansion'' together with some official media, ending up with something entirely original.
230* The ''Fanfic/OneiroiSeries'' and its various branching realities.
231* The [[http://www.fanfiction.net/community/Order_of_the_Gray_Demons/52643/ Order of the Gray Demons]], centered on ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed'' Fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2510565/1/Birds_of_a_Feather Birds of a Feather]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/380886/Solid_Shark Solid Shark]]. Somewhat notable amongst FanFic 'verses for having multiple authors and contradictory accounts.
232* ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' by Crossoverpairinglover started as a ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Pokémon]]'' AU fic that has expanded into a growing shared universe centered by the titular fic with numerous one shot spin offs and side stories.
233* ''Fanfic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse'' is a SharedUniverse of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fics set in an AlternateUniverse where Celestia, rather than Luna, went crazy and had to be [[SealedEvilInACan sealed away]], and the Elements of Harmony end up going to six minor and background characters.
234** And coming from one of the authors of the Lunaverse is Fanfic/TheCadanceverse, another SharedUniverse, where ''both'' Celestia and Luna went insane and had to be sealed by Cadance, and the Elements of Harmony end up going to five minor and background characters [[AndZoidberg and Fluttershy]][[note]]Although she isn't assigned the Element she has in the Maneverse (canon universe)[[/note]].
235* The Blog/ReadingRainbowverse is a series of independently maintained blogs set in the same verse as Blog/RainbowDashReadsHomestuck. There is a very strong sense of continuity and interaction, with all the blogs commenting on each other's shenanigans. It even deals with Tumblr as a whole by referring to it as the multiverse, interacting with out of verse blogs as though they were alien visitors....
236* ''Fanfic/SchoolDaze'' is in the same universe as ''Choices'', ''The Three Whooves'', ''A Nightmare in Ponyville'', and ''Doctor Whooves and the House of Daring''.
237* ''Fanfic/ShipsAhoy'' is the first story in an ExpandedUniverse that spans across three sequels (one of which also serves as a prequel), two of the author's other ''Series/OddSquad''-related works, and a contest based on the story which spawned three additional stories (although none of them tie into the universe).
238* Ponky's [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/33907/the-sisters-doo The Sisters Doo]] is in the same universe as [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/57796/through-the-lookingglass-and-what-pinkie-found-there Through The Looking Glass, And What Pinkie Found There]]. Also, come 2015, he's going to add a TSD sequel to that verse, as well as a story starring Dinky.
239* ''Fanfic/ThereWasOnceAnAvengerFromKrypton'', usually referred to by the author as "the Kryptonverse" for short, is a collection of stories crossing over various series with the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. While they rarely directly interact, it's established that they all exist in the same universe and will occasionally reference each other.
240* ''Fanfic/WeissReacts'' is set in one of these, called the Reactsverse, sharing a world with other oneshots by the author and a sister fic, ''The Diary of Glynda Goodwitch''. It also shares a ''multiverse'' with ''Lucina Reacts'' by the same author, focusing on ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening''.
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243[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
244!!'''By Creator:'''
245* The Creator/{{Happy Madison|Productions}} Universe, or the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjbrKseSURU "Sandlerverse"]], consists of nearly the entirety of films from Creator/AdamSandler's studio Creator/HappyMadisonProductions that feature InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals given the differing roles of Sandler. These include ''Film/HappyGilmore'', ''Film/BillyMadison'', ''Film/BigDaddy'', ''Film/TheWaterboy'', ''Film/TheWeddingSinger'', ''Film/LittleNicky'', ''Film/JoeDirt'' and its sequel, ''Film/MrDeeds'', ''WesternAnimation/EightCrazyNights'', ''Film/TheLongestYard'', ''Film/GrandmasBoy2006'', ''Film/{{Click}}'', ''Film/INowPronounceYouChuckAndLarry'', ''Film/GrownUps'' and its sequel, and ''Film/ThatsMyBoy''
246** ''Film/HappyGilmore'''s Chubbs Peterson is seen in Heaven in ''Film/LittleNicky.''
247** In a non-Happy Madison connection, Callahan Auto from ''Film/TommyBoy'' is referenced in dialogue in ''Film/FiftyFirstDates''; a medical center there is also named the Callahan Institute, the implication being it was one of the beneficiaries of Callahan's philanthropy.
248** The character Whitey Duvall, the high-voiced elderly basketball referee, debuted in Sandler's one-shot album ''Stan and Judy's Kid'', had a cameo appearance in ''Film/LittleNicky'', and was the deuteragonist of the Happy-Madison animated film ''WesternAnimation/EightCrazyNights''.
249** Farmer Fran from ''Film/TheWaterboy'' shows up in ''Film/JoeDirt''.
250** Rob Schneider's "You can do it!" Cajun is in ''Little Nicky'', ''The Waterboy'', and ''Film/TheLongestYard''.
251** A cop played by Dan Patrick appears in both ''The Longest Yard'' and ''Film/INowPronounceYouChuckAndLarry''.
252** The children's book "The Puppy Who Lost His Way" features in both ''Chuck and Larry'' and ''Billy Madison''.
253** The O'Doyle family from ''Film/BillyMadison'' (the surviving ones anyway) are the neighbors of the main character of ''Film/{{Click}}''. Sandler still hates them.
254** The minister officiating the marriage ceremony in ''Film/ThatsMyBoy'' is Father Shakalu, who was known as Doctor Shakalu in ''Film/GrandmasBoy2006''.
255** Nazo, the food delivery guy played by Rob Schneider in ''Film/BigDaddy'', cameos in ''Film/MrDeeds''.
256** Eric Lamensoff, Kevin James' character ''Film/GrownUps'', is name-dropped in ''Click'' ''and'' ''Film/TheWeddingSinger''.
257* Most Creator/JacquesDemy films are interconnected. In ''Film/ModelShop'' (1969), Lola's story of being a nightclub singer in France and meeting an American sailor is the plot of 1961 film ''Film/{{Lola}}''; Anouk Aimee plays the character of Lola in both movies. She says her husband left her for a lady gambler named Jackie Lemaistre; the character of Jackie Lemaistre is the protagonist of 1962 Demy film ''Film/BayOfAngels''. ''Film/{{Lola}}'' also features as Lola's boyfriend a character named Roland played by Marc Michel; Michel plays the same character in 1964 Demy film ''Film/TheUmbrellasOfCherbourg''. Demy's follow-up to Cherbourg, ''Film/TheYoungGirlsOfRochefort'', has characters make references to it as well as ''Lola''.
258* Creator/JJAbrams' Cinematic "Abramsverse":
259** The one official is the ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}verse'', which all started when the self-contain movie originally call ''The Cellar'' was retooled by Abrams and called ''Film/TenCloverfieldLane'' for publicity purposes although the link between the two movies on camera is thin to say the least (the expanded universe connects the two worlds more thoughtfully). Then it came the turn for "God's Particle", a sci-fi movie for Creator/{{Netflix}} which was also retooled to be part of the same universe and renamed ''Film/TheCloverfieldParadox'', in this case the connections were made much more obvious and explicit. This, however, caused a certain backlash from critics which caused the idea to be dropped. In fact ''Film/Overlord2018'' was rumored to be branded "Cloverfield 4" but this was eventually abandoned due to ''Paradox'''s backlash. Currently a four Cloverfield movie as a direct (and this time planned) sequel from the first is in talks.
260** Some fans also consider ''Film/StarTrek2009'' and its sequels and ''Film/Super8'' to be in the same Abramsverse due to the drink Slusho mentioned on them, which also exists in ''Series/{{Alias}}'' and ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' from the same creator arguably placing the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' franchise (at least the Kelvin line), ''Film/{{Super 8}}'', ''Series/{{Alias}}'', ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' and the Cloverfield movies in the same universe.
261* The Shermer movies of Creator/JohnHughes all share a common universe (the "Shermerverse"). In a 1999 ''Premiere'' [[https://web.archive.org/web/20151002133031/http://home.comcast.net/~aimsters4/bclub.html article]], Hughes himself declared that ''Film/SixteenCandles'', ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'', ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'', and ''Film/PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles'' coexist with each other. Sadly, the crossover possibilities were never explored in film.
262-->'''[[WordOfGod John Hughes]]:''' When I started making movies, I thought I would just invent a town where everything happened. Everybody, in all of my movies, is from Shermer, Illinois. Del Griffith from ''Planes, Trains and Automobiles'' lives two doors down from John Bender. Ferris Bueller knew Samantha Baker from ''Film/SixteenCandles''. For 15 years I've written my Shermer stories in prose, [[AllThereInTheManual collecting its history]].
263** It's long been speculated that ''Film/PrettyInPink'', ''Film/SomeKindOfWonderful'', and ''Film/HomeAlone'' also take place in the Shermerverse, since those movies were written (but not directed) by Hughes and feature similar themes. Adding on to that, there is mixed evidence that ''Film/UncleBuck'' and ''Film/CurlySue'' (both directed by Hughes) might take place in the Shermerverse, but this hasn't been confirmed.
264** ''Film/WeirdScience'' explicitly takes place in Shermer (Lisa is seen teaching the Shermer High gym class at the end), though it has its own SpeculativeFiction internal logic that is inconsistent with the other canon Shermerverse movies. Hughes' 1988 movie ''She's Having A Baby'' does NOT take place in the Shermerverse, since Neal Page's wife is seen watching that movie on television in ''Film/PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles''.
265* Creator/LeighWhannell implies ''Film/TheInvisibleMan2020'' is possibly the same universe as his other film ''Film/{{Upgrade}}'' since the SilentAntagonist in the former is said to have allegedly founded the company from the latter.
266* [[WordOfGod According to]] Creator/MichaelBay, it's implied that the [[Film/FridayThe13th2009 2009]] [[ContinuityReboot reboot]] of ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' and the 2007 ''Film/{{Transformers|2007}}'' movie (and thus the ''Film/TransformersFilmSeries'' altogther), all of which he produced, are actually set in the same universe since JerkJock Trent [=DeMarco=], a character played by actor Travis Van Winkle, makes a CharacterOverlap in both films. That's right, apparently Jason Voorhees coexists in the same world as the Autobots and Decepticons of Cybertron.
267** It is unknown if other Platinum Dunes [[TheRemake Remake]] productions such as ''[[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet2010 A Nightmare On Elm Street]]'' (2010), ''[[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2003 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'' (2003), or the ''[[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' reboot are included as well.
268* Over the years, Creator/QuentinTarantino's movies have developed into ''two'' relatively coherent 'Verses - the first being the main "Tarantino-verse" [[spoiler: which turns out to be an AlternateHistory where the Bastards killed Hitler in '44]] and the second the [[ShowWithinAShow films within that verse]]. It also seems be linked to his friend Creator/RobertRodriguez' world too, and include some of his favorite older movies.
269** Vincent Vega and Mr. Blonde (Vic Vega) from ''Film/PulpFiction'' and ''Film/ReservoirDogs'', respectively, are supposed to be brothers.
270** Big Kahuna Burger, a fictional fast food chain has been seen in ''Film/PulpFiction'' and ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn''. Apple Cigarettes has also appeared in many of his films such as the ''Film/KillBill'' series. Sheriff Earl [=McGraw=], from ''Kill Bill Vol. 1'' also appears in Tarantino's ''Film/{{Grindhouse}}'' segment ''Film/DeathProof''.
271** ''Film/IngloriousBasterds'' shows it's ultimately an AlternateHistory off-shoot of ours considering that [[ArtisticLicense several liberties]] with history were taken in one notable scene.
272** The 1998 crime film ''Film/OutOfSight'', starring Creator/GeorgeClooney and Music/JenniferLopez, is implied to be part of it as well as Creator/MichaelKeaton's character, Ray Nicolette from ''Film/JackieBrown'' makes a CharacterOverlap.
273*** ''Out Of Sight'' and ''Jackie Brown'' are both Elmore Leonard adaptations, hence sharing a character. That does not mean they share the same universe with anything not adapted from Leonard's work.
274** WordOfGod has it that Film/{{Shaft}} is apparently a descendant of Django and Broomhilda '''von Shaft''' from ''Film/DjangoUnchained''.
275* As for Creator/RobertRodriguez, Machete Cortez, played by Danny Trejo, appears in both the fun family-friendly ''Film/SpyKids'' movies and the super-violent, 18-rated ''Film/{{Machete}}'' duo.
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277!!'''By Title:'''
278* ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'', ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'', and ''Franchise/AlienVsPredator'' according to Fox are all in the same universe. This includes all the movies, comics, books, and video games. Except for ''Film/{{Prometheus}}''. Creator/RidleyScott deliberately ignored the events of the ''Franchise/AlienVsPredator'' films because [[WriterRevolt he hated them so much]].
279** It's also worth noting that ''Predator'' and ''Alien'' were never meant to be in the same universe, ''Franchise/AlienVsPredator'' was mainly created as a cash-in on two popular franchises.
280** But it's worth mentioning that the whole idea of fusing these two franchises was born due to an EasterEgg at the ending of ''Film/Predator2'', where you could see the Predator's [[TrophyRoom wall of fame]] on their ship, with various skulls, including (what seems to be) a xenomorph's.
281*** Some commentators have pointed out that the skull looks like a xenomorph but could be of any other alien, in reality wasn't confirm until much later.
282** And long before the movies, the crossover was done by Creator/DarkHorseComics making this a case of OlderThanYouThink.
283** And as the Weyland Yutani company exists in both the ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'' videogame and the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' and ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' TV shows (see the Live Action Television section) made of that what you will. An interesting fact is that an episode of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' has a (deliberately) very similar looking species (but benevolent) to the Predator aliens named the [[http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Kradin Kradin]].
284* ''Film/BartonFink'' and ''Film/HailCaesar'' are connected through featuring the same fictional studio, Capitol Pictures.
285* ''Film/CantHardlyWait'' and ''Film/JosieAndThePussycats'' (2001) are possibly set in the same universe as "Huntington High School" is mentioned in both movies.
286* ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' movies and the crime-thriller ''Film/BetterLuckTomorrow'' may share a universe as BadassNormal Han (Sung Kang) appears in both franchises.
287* Maybe downplayed, but Creator/ToddPhillips' ''[[Film/TheHangover The Hangover Trilogy]]'' and his 2003 comedy ''Film/OldSchool'' might be in the same world as the Dan Band cameo in both ''Old School'' and the first ''Hangover'' movie.
288* The ''Film/HappyDeathDay'' trilogy and the 2020 {{Slasher|Film}} comedy ''Film/{{Freaky}}'' are part of the same universe from filmmaker Creator/ChristopherLandon.
289* The "Wizarding World" as is called is the universe that encompasses the cinematic world of the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' series, the planned prequel pentalogy of ''Film/FantasticBeasts'' and the sequel play ''Theatre/HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild''.
290* The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. Since the release of ''Film/IronMan1'' in 2008, the MCU has been steadily expanding into one of the biggest media franchises of all-time with multiple films, TV shows, web mini-series and counting; loads of tie-in material and [[TheMerch merch]] like nobody's business... and it shows no signs of stopping or even slowing down. Moreover, it basically codified the idea that movies with ''wildly'' varying tones could not only share a universe, but have characters regularly crossing over and meeting each other.
291** As of TheMultiverse Saga, the MCU's reach grew to include other Marvel film franchises as well, namely the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' and ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'', and ''Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse''.
292* The Franchise/MonsterVerse: After the release of ''Film/Godzilla2014'' with Warner Bros. and the reveal that they were working on a ''King Kong'' reboot with Universal, Creator/LegendaryPictures announced that they were using the former to kickstart a kaiju-focused cinematic universe. The ''Kong'' reboot, which [[ChannelHop changed distribution from Universal to Warner Bros.]] and is titled ''Film/KongSkullIsland'', established King Kong within the universe, followed by ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' (which brought Mothra, Rodan, and King Ghidorah into the universe as well) and ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'', pitting Godzilla and Kong against each other.
293* ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet and Franchise/FridayThe13th'' have been in one universe starting with ''Film/FreddyVsJason''. ''Franchise/EvilDead'' will be too if you consider the comic ''ComicBook/FreddyVsJasonVsAsh'' canonical.
294** Plans for a third movie featuring Pinehead from the ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'' franchise were in place during production as they all belong to the same company at the time and even were talks about adding a small cameo of Pinehead in a post-credit scene ([[spoiler:although it was later replaced by Jason holding Fredy's head as they both came out of the water]]).
295* The 1991 thriller ''Film/{{Ricochet}}'' is in the universe of the ''Franchise/DieHard'' franchise mainly with anchor Gail Wallens (Mary Ellen Trainor) making a character overlap. John Amos, from ''Film/DieHard2'', also stars but plays a different character.
296* The Duke Brothers (Creator/DonAmeche and Creator/RalphBellamy) from ''Film/TradingPlaces'' make an overlap cameo in ''Film/ComingToAmerica'' in one funny scene. Both movies starred Creator/EddieMurphy and were directed by Creator/JohnLandis.
297* The ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' have gone beyond just having Professor X and Co. save the day to ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} getting his own set of movies; ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} in his own stand-alone, [[BreakTheFourthWall fourth wall-breaking]] adventures (...sort of) featuring the ComicBook/XForce; along with the ComicBook/NewMutants getting a {{Spin Off}}.
298** Both ''Series/TheGifted2017'' and ''Series/Legion2017'', while referencing events of the above universe, each are supposedly set in [[AlternateContinuity stand-alone continuities of their own]].
299* Film/TheViewAskewniverse consists of everything Creator/KevinSmith made that featured [[ThoseTwoGuys Jay and Silent Bob]]. It includes ''Film/{{Clerks}}'', ''Film/MallRats'', ''Film/ChasingAmy'', ''Film/{{Dogma}}'', ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'', ''Film/ClerksII'', ''Film/JayAndSilentBobReboot'' and ''Film/ClerksIII''. Plus a bunch of tie-in comics.
300** Based on their cameo in ''Film/Scream3'', it may also include the films of the ''Film/{{Scream}}'' series.
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303[[folder:Literature]]
304!!!'''By Author:'''
305* Almost all of Creator/AgathaChristie's works are in the same fictional universe. While Literature/HerculePoirot and [[Literature/MissMarple Miss Jane Marple]] never met, a few supporting characters pop up in books featuring both of them, and Miss Marple's fictional home village of St. Mary Mead is also mentioned in a Poirot novel. Minor characters also tie in the Literature/TommyAndTuppence series, as well as several of Christie's one-off novels like ''Literature/SparklingCyanide'', ''Literature/TowardsZero'', ''Literature/PassengerToFrankfurt'', and ''Literature/TheManInTheBrownSuit''. Incidentally, Christie herself [[CelebrityParadox (or a fictionalisation of her)]] exists in 'verse, as a character in ''Literature/TheBodyInTheLibrary'' mentions having obtained her autograph. There are a few exceptions among the one-off stories: ironically one of the Christie novels with no connections to the rest of the universe is probably her most famous one, ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone''.
306* Many of the fiction works of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Greeley Andrew Greeley]] -- including but possibly not limited to the ''Bishop Blackie, Nuala Anne [=McGrail=]'' and ''Angel'' books, plus ''The God Game'' -- appear to all take place in the same shared universe.
307* Most of Creator/BrandonSanderson's adult fantasy (with a few exceptions, such as the three ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' books he's published on behalf of the [[DiedDuringProduction deceased]] Robert Jordan), take place on different worlds in the same universe, known as ''Literature/TheCosmere''. This is not made clear in the books themselves (although several contain hints) but is information provided by WordOfGod.
308* Creator/BretEastonEllis's novels. The narrator of ''Literature/LessThanZero'' (Clay) appears in ''Literature/TheRulesOfAttraction'', and narrates one chapter. One of the narrators of ''The Rules of Attraction'' (Sean Bateman) appears in ''Literature/AmericanPsycho''. The narrator of ''Literature/AmericanPsycho'' (Patrick Bateman) appears in ''Literature/{{Glamorama}}'', whose narrator, Victor, is a minor character in ''The Rules of Attraction''. Characters from ''Less Than Zero'', ''The Rules of Attraction'', and ''American Psycho'' also appear in the short story collection ''The Informers''.
309* Creator/CassandraClare's ''Literature/TheShadowhunterChronicles'' consists of the original ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'' series, prequel trilogy ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'', sequel trilogy ''Literature/TheDarkArtifices'', ''The Last Hours'' (sequel trilogy to ''The Infernal Devices''), ''The Wicked Powers'' (sequel trilogy to ''The Dark Artifices''), ''Literature/TheEldestCurses'' (spin-off trilogy focused on Alec and Magnus), ''Literature/TheShadowhunterCodex'' (guide book) and three collections of short stories: ''Literature/TheBaneChronicles'', ''Literature/TalesFromTheShadowhunterAcademy'' and ''Literature/GhostsOfTheShadowmarket'', all taking place in the Shadowhunter world.
310* All of Creator/ChristopherMoore's novels take place within the same universe, with locations and characters (both major and minor) taking on new, often very different roles in other books. This reached a peak during ''You Suck'' (itself a sequel to ''Literature/BloodsuckingFiends''), where a scene from ''Literature/ADirtyJob'' was retold from a different point of view. This is also the first time where a crossover with one of Moore's earlier novels doesn't make sense unless you read the book in question.
311* Colin Bateman's books take place in the same universe. Dan Starkey, the AntiHero of one particular series has been mentioned in the Mystery Man series and makes an appearance in the once-off novel ''I Predict a Riot''.
312* Author Creator/CTPhipps has Literature/{{FuturePunk}} for all of his science fictories and Literature/TheUnitedStatesOfMonsters for all of his urban fantasy stories. Interestingly, both of these universes and some others have crossed over with his Literature/TheSupervillainySaga universe, making them all one big multiverse.
313* Creator/DanielHandler's universe, commonly referred to as the 'Snicketverse', contains ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'', ''Literature/AllTheWrongQuestions'', and ''Poison for Breakfast''.
314* Creator/DavidEddings has several:
315** [[Literature/TheBelgariad Belgariad Universe]], home to ''The Belgariad'', ''The Malloreon'', ''Belgarath the Sorcerer'', and ''Polgara the Sorceress''.
316** Elenium/Tamuli universe, home to ''Literature/TheElenium'' and ''The Tamuli''.
317** The Dreamers Universe.
318* Creator/{{David Mitchell|Author}}'s books are noted for their interconnectivity. This is true within single stories (the wondering soul in one of ''Literature/{{Ghostwritten}}'''s narratives, whose travels take it full-circle); within single novels (''Ghostwritten'' and ''Literature/CloudAtlas'' which are both made up of several independent but connected stories), and between novels (and other works). For example, a character from the Frobisher narrative in ''Cloud Atlas'' features prominently in ''Black Swan Green''. A minor character from Marco's narrative in ''Ghostwritten'' starts his story by waking up to a woman whose birthmark marks her as an iteration of the 'soul' that links all of the narratives in ''Cloud Atlas''. The list goes on and on. Even in Mitchell's latest book, ''Literature/TheThousandAutumnsOfJacobDeZoet'', which was seen as a departure from his previous meta/post-modernist fiction into fairly 'straight' historical drama, there is at least one very subtle connection to his earlier book ''Literature/Number9Dream'': the minor character Satsuki Miyake comes from Yakushima, hinting that she is the ancestor of Eiji Miyake, protagonist of the earlier work, who also hails from the tiny island. Insofar as Mitchell is writing about the 'real world', past or contemporary, this Verse is quite close to our own. However, Mitchell is also notable for writing science fiction elements into his books. If, as seems to be the case, all Mitchell's works are taking place in the same Verse, we are left to try and reconcile the end of ''Ghostwritten'' (which implies [[spoiler: the self-aware super-computer created by the nice Irish scientist has decided to annihilate mankind]]) with the future-set episodes of ''Cloud Atlas'' (in the first instance [[spoiler: a [[Film/SoylentGreen Soylent-Green]]-referencing consumerist dystopia; in the second instance a far-future-set 'last days of humanity']]). The possibilities are fascinating...
319** ''Literature/TheBoneClocks'' goes even further and connects almost all of his previous novels and fleshes out the entire multiverse. In particular, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob [=DeZoet=] is directly connected [[spoiler: with Dr. Marinus revealed as an ''Main/EternalHero'' and Enomoto's immortality cult as legitimate magic]]. The future setting of ''Cloud Atlas'' and some background on the [[spoiler: Prescients]] are also tied into it.
320* The AlternateHistory ''Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo'' by Creator/EricFlint is often referred to as the 1632-verse, or the Ring Of Fire-verse, to distinguish it from the author's other alternate history series (including the ''Literature/TrailOfGlory'' series). This also includes the novels ''Time Spike'' and ''The Alexander Inheritance'' which occur in the general universe but are based on different time jaunts.
321* Prolific children's author Creator/EnidBlyton have various of her more fantastical works being set in the same universe, starting with her ''1926'' book ''Literature/BookOfBrownies'' featuring a minor character named the Saucepan Man, who becomes an AscendedExtra in ''Literature/TheFarawayTree'' a decade later. Several magical lands from ''Faraway'' would also reappear in the later book, ''Literature/TheWishingChair''.
322* Erich Maria Remarque did this; characters from ''Literature/AllQuietOnTheWesternFront'' appear or are referenced in his later works.
323* Creator/HBeamPiper had his "Terro-human Future History", including the novels ''Four-Day Planet'', ''Uller Uprising'', ''Literature/LittleFuzzy'' and its direct sequels, ''The Cosmic Computer'', ''Space Viking'', and various short stories, chronicling (albeit very intermittently) thousands of years of human history, including the rise and fall of TheFederation, the (eventual) rise of the First Galactic[[note]]noted in-universe to really only control a small portion of the Galaxy, though still a huge area by human standards[[/note]] Empire (a hardnosed but rather more benevolent than usual example of "the Empire"), and eventually (by the time of the final story by internal chronology that is generally including in this canon, "The Keeper") the ''Fifth'' Galactic Empire--by that point at least thousands if not tens of thousands of years into the future. These stories are linked by a common history (including a nuclear war on [[PlanetTerra Terra]] which left the northern hemisphere devastated, meaning the human race's interplanetary and eventually interstellar civilization is based in South America, South Africa, and Australasia), the use of the "Atomic Era" to date things (its epoch being the first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction, in 1942 of the Gregorian calendar), various bits of shared tech ([[ArtificialGravity "contragravity"]]; "collapsium", a form of super-dense matter suitable for building armor that can withstand ''direct hits from nuclear weapons''; spaceships equipped with both "Abbott lift-and-drive engines" and "Dillingham hyperdrive engines"; and [[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter a notable lack of ray guns until quite late into the "future history"]]), and assorted call-backs and shout-outs from one work to another.
324* One of the oldest examples may be Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen's "Simplicianischer Zyklus", which includes, besides the eponymous ''Literature/{{Simplicissimus}}'', his other stories "Trutz Simplex oder Lebensbeschreibung der Ertzbetrügerin und Landstörtzerin Courasche", "Continuatio des abentheuerlichen Simplicissimi Oder Der Schluß desselben", "Der seltzame Springinsfeld" and "Das wunderbarliche Vogelnest".
325* All of [[Literature/{{Rebus}} Ian Rankin's]] books (apart from CreatorsOddball ''Westwind'') share a 'verse -- even, thanks to subsequent CanonWelding, the thrillers he wrote under the pseudonym Creator/JackHarvey.
326* Creator/IsaacAsimov's [[Literature/RobotSeries Robot stories]] form a rough timeline of events. [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture Some time soon]], there will be [[JobStealingRobot robots for every type of job]], and [[MasterComputer supercomputers networked around the world]]. Most of the short stories take place between now and then. At some point in TheFuture, a schism occurs between those who like the robots and those who hate the robots. Those who like robots use their labour to colonize new worlds (calling themselves Spacers), leaving Earth to the robot-haters, who start to outlaw robots with human-level AI (calling themselves Earthers). This is when the Elijah Bailey and R. Daneel Olivaw stories take place. According to ''Literature/RobotsAndEmpire'', Bailey has inspired Earth's interest in space colonization, which will eventually become a single GalacticSuperpower, which [[CanonWelding bridges this series into]] the ''Empire'' and ''Foundation'' stories.
327* Much of James Alan Gardner's writing takes place in ''Literature/TheLeagueOfPeoplesVerse''.
328* A good portion of Creator/JohnBuchan's books (including ''Literature/TheThirtyNineSteps'') are set in the same continuity, and many of his series shared supporting characters.
329* Almost all of Creator/KimNewman's works take place in a multiverse, a number of specific strands of which can be identified.
330** Newman's 1990s novels ''Bad Dreams'', ''Jago'', ''The Quorum'', and ''Life's Lottery'' (technically a multiverse in one novel, given its {{Gamebook|s}} structure) share certain characters and all take place in a version of modern Britain in which the supernatural hides below the surface. ''An English Ghost Story'' returns to this universe.
331** The ''Literature/DiogenesClub'' stories, ''The Hound of the D'Urbervilles'', the ''[[Literature/TheSecretsOfDrearcliffGrangeSchool Drearcliff Grange School]]'' novels[[note]]which are a defictionalisation of a novel that existed within ''An English Ghost Story''[[/note]], and ''Angels of Music'' take place in a universe which also includes versions of characters from the previously described universe, but in which the supernatural is more visible, with various two-fisted vigilantes and outright superheroes being public figures during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The key distinction between the two universes is that the British [[Radio/TheShadow Shadow]] knock-off Doctor Shade is definitely fictional in the former, but real in the latter.
332** ''Anno Dracula'' is a different but closely related universe in which Dracula seduced and married Queen Victoria, leading to a world ruled by open vampires. This universe also uses versions of characters from his Franchise/{{Warhammer}} novels, implying that those are just another branch-off universe as well.
333** Newman's first novel ''The Night Mayor'' is medium-future cyberpunk SF with no overt supernatural elements, but a line in ''Bad Dreams'' implies that its protagonist is descended from a character in that novel.
334* Creator/LarryNiven is noted for two popular settings in particular, ''Literature/KnownSpace'', and ''Literature/TheMagicGoesAway''. His penchant for co-authors means that many angles on these settings have been written.
335** ''Literature/KnownSpace'' could be considered to be part of the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' universe now that the ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'' was upgraded to canon as the Kzinti make an appearence in one of the episodes. In fact the Expanded Universe even went further by making the already canonical [[CatFolk Caitans]] into distant relatives of the Kzinti (like an inverted version of the Vulcan-Romulan relationship) and the cat lady in ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier'' was referred to as a "Kzinrrett" (Niven's term for female Kzinti) though never on camera.
336** Niven and co-author Steven Barnes have created at least one distinct Verse together, that of Cowles Industries' Dream Park. ''The Descent of Anansi'' is set there, along with the Literature/DreamPark novels and a role-playing game.
337* Creator/MadeleineLEngle's eight Murray-O'Keefe books and the Austin stories are part of the same continuity, along with several of L'Engle's other books:
338** The novels ''The Small Rain'' (1945) and ''A Severed Wasp'' (1982) have Katherine Forrester as the protagonist (as an adolescent in ''The Small Rain'' and an old woman, now widowed, in ''A Severed Wasp''); she also appears in the Chronos novel ''A Ring of Endless Light'' as a pianist at a concert that Vicky and Zach attend, identified only by her married name of Vigneras.
339** The novel ''Ilsa'' (1946) features Ilsa Brandes as the protagonist; the novel also introduces the Renier family, who are prominent in the Kairos novels ''Dragons in the Waters'' and ''A House Like a Lotus''.
340** The novel ''And Both Were Young'' (1949; later reissued with alterations in 1983) has Philippa "Flip" Hunter as the protagonist; Katherine Forrester owns one of her paintings in ''A Severed Wasp''.
341** The novels ''Camilla Dickinson'' (1951; later reissued with alterations as ''Camilla'' in 1965) and ''A Live Coal in the Sea'' (1996) have the titular Camilla Dickinson as the protagonist; Camilla's best friend is Luisa Rowan, whose older brother Frank appears in the Kairos novel ''A House Like a Lotus''.
342** The novel ''A Winter's Love'' (1957) features Virginia Bowen Porcher as the protagonist; she is one of Polly O'Keefe's favorite authors in ''A House Like a Lotus'' and is married to Henri Porcher, a descendant of Henry Porcher from ''Ilsa''. Virginia's best friend is Mimi Oppenheimer, who reappears in ''A Severed Wasp'' as a neighbor of Katherine Forrester Vigneras.
343** The novel ''The Other Side of the Sun'' (1971) includes members of the Renier family, who were introduced in ''Ilsa''.
344** The novel ''Certain Women'' (1992) features Emma Wheaton as the protagonist and includes an appearance by Canon John Talis, who was introduced in ''The Arm of the Starfish'' and also appeared in ''The Young Unicorns'' and ''Dragons in the Waters''.
345** The only novels ''not'' explicitly part of this continuity are:
346*** ''The Love Letters'' (1966; revised and reissued in 2000 as ''Love Letters''), which stars Charlotte Napier; ''Certain Women'' has Emma Wheaton perform in a play featuring a scene from Charlotte's life, implying ''The Love Letters'' is a work of in-universe fiction.
347*** ''The Joys of Love'' (2008) follows four days in the life of Elizabeth Jerrold in the 1940s and has no known links to L'Engle's other works.
348* Manta Aisora's verse, consisting of ''Literature/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'', ''Miyamasanchi no Berutein'' and ''Valkyrie Works''. Confirmation comes thanks to {{Crossover Cameo}}s both blatant and subtle (a radio show in ''Miyamasanchi no Berutein'' gets a write-in request from "Crawling Chaos", which is obviously meant to be Nyarko).
349* Creator/MichaelConnelly has been writing mystery novels more or less annually since 1992 and they all take place in the same universe. About 2/3 of them feature the same detective, Literature/HarryBosch, but even the ones that don't tie in to the Bosch universe. The hero in ''Literature/ChasingTheDime'' suffered a childhood trauma when his sister was murdered by a SerialKiller who was eventually killed by... Harry Bosch. The heroine of ''Literature/VoidMoon'' later has a cameo in a Bosch novel. Connelly's first non-Bosch novel, ''Literature/ThePoet'', could easily have been a stand-alone book. Instead Connelly has a character read a newspaper article by a reporter mentioned in Bosch novel ''Literature/TheLastCoyote'', just to make clear the book takes place in the Bosch universe.
350* Minoru Kawakami created his own world, called "The Foundation World", in his light novels. A more in-depth explanation can be found translated [[http://pastebin.com/fSp9FpaD here]], but essentially, it consists of a large universe happening over thousands of years and divided into six specific eras during which the works take place centuries apart from each others: ''FORTH'', ''AHEAD'', ''EDGE'', ''GENESIS'', ''OBSTACLE'' and ''CITY''. The official timelines goes:
351** FORTH: The world as it is now. It's the setting for ''Rapid Fire King''.
352** AHEAD: After conquering ten parallel worlds, we must make their own Concepts part of our universe lest it be destroyed. It's the setting for ''Literature/TheEndingChronicle''.
353** EDGE: When mankind discovers space travel, and leaves the EarthThatWas. The discovery of a fuel from AHEAD allows for further development. It's the setting for ''Literature/OnAGodlessPlanet''.
354** GENESIS: The stage when the world ends and a time where TechnologyMarchesOn InUniverse and FORTH is all but forgotten. It's the setting for ''Literature/HorizonInTheMiddleOfNowhere''.
355** OBSTACLE: When the world rebuilds and destroys itself countless times. It's the setting for ''Literature/ClashOfHexennacht''.
356** CITY: When all the technologies developed from OBSTACLE come together, and, after the world was recreated countless times, a world that would not be destroyed is created. It's the setting for the ''CITY Series''.
357* Creator/NealStephenson has used a shared universe to set a number of his books in. ''Literature/{{Cryptonomicon}}'' introduces a number of characters, including the Waterhouse family, Shaftoe family, and Enoch Root. ''Literature/TheBaroqueCycle'' features ancestors of the Waterhouses and Shaftoes as well as [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Enoch Root]]. While ''Literature/{{REAMDE}}'' does not show any signs of being set in the 'verse, its sequel ''Literature/FallOrDodgeInHell'' features descendants of the Shaftoes and Waterhouses as well as Root himself, revealing that all six books take place in the same universe.
358* The Creator/PGWodehouse verse in which the gentlemen of the Literature/JeevesAndWooster, Literature/BlandingsCastle and Literature/{{Psmith}} series know each other, often through the Drones Club. Specific links include ''Leave It to Psmith'', in which Psmith and Freddie Threepwood team up for a ZanyScheme at Blandings Castle; ''Literature/TheCodeOfTheWoosters'', in which Bertie Wooster mentions Freddie as one of his acquaintances; and "Jeeves Takes Charge," where Bertie mentions Lord Emsworth and Blandings Castle. There's even a connection to his earlier school stories -- in "The Ordeal of Young Tuppy", Tuppy Glossop is revealed to have attended St Austin's, the setting of ''The Pothunters'' and ''Tales of St Austin's''.
359* Creator/RobertAHeinlein had ''The Future History,'' a chronology spanning from the 1950s to many centuries into the future. It was written from 1939 to 1987, meaning parts of it were AlternateHistory by the end. It turned into a multiverse (The World As Myth 'Verse) near the end, with a set of crossovers that brought some of his non-Future History stories into The Verse. (Not to mention crossovers with the [[Literature/LandOfOz Oz series]], ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'', and ''all fiction ever written''. It got weird.)
360* Creator/RobertEHoward's ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'' and ''Literature/{{Kull}}'' series take place in the same 'verse, with Conan's Hyborian Age forming after the great cataclysm that destroyed Kull's Atlantis. Kull has a guest appearance in the Literature/BranMakMorn story "Kings of the Night," linking it to Howard's historical stories. In addition, his modern day Conrad and Kirowan horror stories are linked, as Thoth-Amon's Ring of Set makes an appearance in "The Haunter of the Ring." It's arguable that all of Howard's stories occupy the same 'verse.
361* The Naritaverse, for lack of a better term, entails the four light novels ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'', ''Literature/{{Vamp}}'', ''Literature/EtsusaBridge'', ''Literature/HariyamaSan'', and ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'', written by Ryougo Narita. There is only some overlapping here and there, though, and never enough to change plot lines.
362* Several of Creator/SinclairLewis's novels take place in the fictional state of Winnemac (surrounded by Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana).
363* Creator/StephenKing's 'Verse, which spins around ''Franchise/TheDarkTower.'' Almost every novel he has ever written makes some small mention to at least one of his others. He is even a part of his own 'Verse, referred to in ''Literature/TheTommyknockers'' as "that fellow who lived up in Bangor" who writes books "[[SelfDeprecation full of make-believe monsters and a bunch of dirty words"]]." This is lampshaded in ''Literature/{{Misery}}'', in which [[AuthorAvatar writer Paul Sheldon]] has trouble starting a new book without his concordance.
364** There are a handful of novels King has written that seem to be separate from the main universe he has established-- namely, ''Cell'' and pretty much anything he wrote as Richard Bachman, though their taking place in parallel dimensions of the same multiverse has not been ruled out (this has a precedent in ''The Stand'', which is confirmed to be a seperate Earth from the Prime Reality yet still part of its multiverse, since Roland and his ka-tet briefly visit it in their own series).
365* The Creator/StrugatskyBrothers' Literature/NoonUniverse.
366* Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's works:
367** Literature/{{Earthsea}}, a fantasy world that is the setting for ''The Earthsea Trilogy'' (''A Wizard of Earthsea'', ''The Tombs of Atuan'' and ''The Farthest Shore''), as well as ''Tehanu'', ''The Other Wind'', ''Tales from Earthsea'' and the short stories which introduced Earthsea, ''The Rule of Names'' and ''The Word of Unbinding''.
368** The ''Literature/{{Hainish}}'' universe, a.k.a. the Ekumen. A science fiction setting featuring many populated planets, that is the setting for many novels and short stories. Among the more well-known are ''Literature/TheDispossessed'', ''Literature/TheLeftHandOfDarkness'' and ''The Word for World is Forest'', though there are many others. A few works, such as ''Literature/TheEyeOfTheHeron'', [[ShrugOfGod may or may not be set in this universe]].
369* OlderThanTelevision: Creator/WilliamFaulkner set most of his works in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County and often crossed over characters.
370* [[Literature/{{Neuromancer}} The Sprawl]] in Creator/WilliamGibson's [[Literature/SprawlTrilogy first trilogy]] plus two short stories.
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373* While the Franchise/CthulhuMythos is generally defined as an ExpandedUniverse, the "mythos proper", the elements that Creator/HPLovecraft himself wrote about (usually set in LovecraftCountry), constitute a [='verse=] within the [='=]verse. Other writers have their own 'cycles' within it. Lovecraft himself never much cared about continuity or consistency, and deliberately sought to invoke the feeling of ancient mythology with his mutually inconsistent explanations -- if mythology from thousands of years ago is a mess open to a wide variety of interpretations, then how would mythology several ''billion'' years old develop?
374* Deltora, the setting of the three Literature/DeltoraQuest series, and various spinoffs such as ''The Deltora Book of Monsters''.
375* Jim Butcher's urban fantasy series of books, ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', is commonly referred to by fans as the Dresdenverse. So is the [[Series/TheDresdenFiles TV series of the same name]] (also referred to as "TV-verse"). Incorporating elements from both the books and the TV series in fanfic is referred to as "comboverse." It turned into an AscendedMeme in the tabletop RPG. Considering the BreakingTheFourthWall and DirectLineToTheAuthor stuff going on with the RPG rulebooks, this means one of the characters is referring to ''his own universe'' that way, which the titular Harry Dresden finds really weird.
376* The Duniverse, setting of ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'' and its sequels.
377* The Enderverse is the TropeNamer, [[CreatorBacklash although technically the creator wishes it never was]] (see the summary of the trope above). It includes ''Literature/EndersGame'', the ''Literature/SpeakerForTheDead'' trilogy, the ''Literature/EndersShadow'' side series, and ''Literature/EnderInExile'', as well as a number of short stories and comics. It is [[TropeCodifier far from]] [[UrExample the first example]], however.
378* ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', which is more like a multi-media set of [[AlternateContinuity alternate continuities]]. This is lampshaded in ''Literature/MostlyHarmless'', which explains away all the different continuities by talking about how the universe is just one path through 'The Whole Sort of General Mish Mash', constantly changing position. A similar solution was used by ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' in ''Thief of Time''.
379* The setting of Creator/DavidWeber's ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' series and its various spinoffs is commonly referred to as the Honorverse.
380* The ''Literature/HumanxCommonwealth'', Creator/AlanDeanFoster's best known SpaceOpera setting and home to the Flinx and Pip series of novels.
381* The various serial novels of ComicBook/LessThanThreeComics are all based in the <3-Verse.
382* The Franchise/{{Riordanverse}}, by Creator/RickRiordan, encompasses ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'', ''Literature/TheKaneChronicles'', ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'', ''Literature/MagnusChaseAndTheGodsOfAsgard'', and ''Literature/TheTrialsOfApollo''. ''Percy Jackson'', ''Heroes of Olympus'', and ''Trials of Apollo'' are all part of what's called ''Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries'' (with ''Kane Chronicles'' and ''Magnus Chase'' sometimes being under that umbrella too, maybe).
383** By internal timeline: ''The Diary of Luke Castellan'' is a prequel set seven years before ''The Lightning Thief'' (''Percy Jackson'' #1). The first five ''Percy Jackson'' books are set over the course of four years, with books 1, 2, 4, and 5 set over consecutive summers; the third book is set the winter after the second. The short stories of ''The Demigod Files'' are set between books 4 and 5, with ''The Bronze Dragon'' taking place during the ending of the fourth book, ''The Stolen Chariot'' taking place during Percy's fall semester, and ''The Sword of Hades'' beginning during Percy's English winter final exam. The short story ''Percy Jackson and the Staff of Hermes'' takes place a month after ''The Last Olympian'' (''Percy Jackson'' #5), and ''Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo'' and ''Son of Magic'' (by Rick Riordan's son Creator/HaleyRiordan) take place sometime after ''The Last Olympian''. ''The Lost Hero'' (''Heroes of Olympus'' #1) is set the following December, and ''The Red Pyramid'' (''Kane Chronicles'' #1) picks up just days later.
384** The short story ''Leo Valdez and the Quest for Buford'' is set the following February, and ''The Throne of Fire'' (''Kane Chronicles'' #2) is set the following March. The remaining four books of ''The Heroes of Olympus'' take place from June to August of the same year. ''The Serpent's Shadow'' (''Kane Chronicles'' #3) is in September. The three-part crossover ''Literature/DemigodsAndMagicians'', in which Percy and Annabeth meet the Kane siblings, is set after this, followed by ''The Chalice of the Gods'' (''Percy Jackson'' #6).
385** ''Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard'' #1 (with the titular lead being Annabeth's cousin, a demigod son of Frey) and ''The Trials of Apollo'' #1 are both set in January of the following year, with #4 of ''The Trials of Apollo'' set in April. Book #3 of the ''Magnus Chase'' trilogy takes place the following June, at the same time as ''The Trials of Apollo'' #5; the epilogue of ''Magnus Chase'' #3 takes place in early July, and the followup ''9 From the Nine Worlds'' is set sometime later.
386* [[Literature/TortallUniverse Tortall]], home to (so far) ''Literature/SongOfTheLioness'', ''Literature/TheImmortals'', ''Literature/ProtectorOfTheSmall'', the ''Literature/TrickstersDuet'', and ''Literature/BekaCooper'' quartet/quartet/quartet/duology/trilogy.
387** The ''Literature/{{Circleverse}}'', home to ''Literature/CircleOfMagic'', ''Literature/TheCircleOpens'', ''Literature/TheWillOfTheEmpress'', ''Literature/MeltingStones'' and ''Literature/BattleMagic'' quartet/quartet/books. Ole' [[Creator/TamoraPierce Tammy]] likes her quartets, she does.
388* Lois [=McMaster=] Bujold's ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'' is also referred to as the Vorkosiverse.
389* ''Literature/WarriorCats'': The main series is fairly straightforward, but the ExpandedUniverse books are made up of several "sagas" that cover completely different parts of the world with a handful of intersecting characters.
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393!!!'''By Creator:'''
394* Creator/{{ABC}}:
395** {{Soap opera}}s ''Series/AllMyChildren'', ''Series/OneLifeToLive'', and ''Series/GeneralHospital'', as well as the cancelled ''Series/PortCharles'', have one universe complete with [[CanonImmigrant canon immigrants]] and {{crossover}} storylines.
396** ABC also did this with their mid-90s sitcoms, courtesy of a Las Vegas-set CrossOver linking ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'', ''Series/{{Coach}}'', ''Series/{{Ellen}}'', and ''Series/GraceUnderFire''.
397* The Creator/{{CBS}}-verse, which consists of ''Series/TheBobNewhartShow'', ''Series/MurphyBrown'', ''The Famous Teddy Z'', ''High Society'', ''Ink'', ''Love And War'', ''Series/TheNanny'', ''Can't Hurry Love'', ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'', ''Series/TheKingOfQueens'', ''Series/{{Becker}}'', and ''Cosby''.
398** ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies'', ''Series/PetticoatJunction'', and ''Series/GreenAcres'' were established to exist in the same universe. The latter two were even in the same ''town'', although interaction between the casts was limited to general store owner Mr. Drucker (a regular on both series) and the occasional cameo.
399* In the Franchise/DisneyChannelLiveActionUniverse, the following shows have been established, through numerous crossovers, to exist in the same universe:
400** ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'' - The oldest. Forms the first piece of ''That's So [[Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody Suite Life of]] Series/HannahMontana'', the first crossover.
401** ''Series/CoryInTheHouse'' - A spinoff of ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'', with a few characters from said show (including Raven herself) making guest appearances. Has a crossover with ''Series/HannahMontana'' in the episode, "Take This Job and Love It", the second crossover.
402** ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' - Forms the centerpiece of ''That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana''.
403** ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOnDeck'' - A spinoff of ''The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody'', in which a number of characters from said show make guest appearances and, like its parent show, forms the centerpiece of ''[[Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace Wizards]] On Deck with Hannah Montana'', the third crossover.
404** ''Hannah Montana'' - Forms the last piece of both ''[[Series/ThatsSoRaven That's So]] [[Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody Suite Life of]] Hannah Montana'' and ''Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana''.
405** ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'' - Forms the first piece of ''Wizards [[Series/TheSuiteLifeOnDeck on Deck]] with Series/HannahMontana''.
406** ''Series/AaronStone'' - The game Hero Rising appears in the ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'' episode ''Let's Potty''.
407** ''Series/ImInTheBand'' - Has a crossover with ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOnDeck'' in the episode, ''Weasels on Deck'', the fourth crossover.[[note]]''I'm In The Band'' stands out among the live action Disney shows as it is the only one not in the Disney Channel lineup (instead being part of Disney XD's lineup), as well as the only one to be filmed in High-Definition from the beginning (''Series/TheSuiteLifeOnDeck'', ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'', and ''Hannah Montana'' switched from Standard-Definition to High-Definition in Seasons 2, 3, and 4 respectively).[[/note]]
408** ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'' - Has direct crossovers with ''Series/ShakeItUp'' and ''Series/{{Jessie}}''.
409** ''Series/ShakeItUp'' - The episode ''Judge It Up'' features the fictional TV program ''Teen Court'', which is also featured in the ''Hannah Montana'' episode ''You are Sue-able to Me''.
410** ''Series/ANTFarm'' - One episode mentions the Hashimoto soda brand from ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody. Another episode shows a poster for Tears of Blood, which is a band in ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace''.
411** ''Series/{{Jessie}}'' - Has a crossover with ''Series/AustinAndAlly'' in the hour long special ''Austin & Jessie & Ally All Star New Year. Later on it has a crossover with ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'' in another hour long special ''Good Luck Jessie: NYC Christmas''.
412** ''Series/AustinAndAlly'' - Has an hour long crossover special with ''Series/{{Jessie}}''.
413** ''Series/LivAndMaddie'' - In the episode ''Steal-A-Rooney'', Joey buys a Z-Phone, which is a fictional product from ''Series/ANTFarm''.
414** Since Selena Gomez shows up as herself on an episode of ''Series/SonnyWithAChance'', it's possible that either every show above is a fictional show in the ''Series/SonnyWithAChance'' universe or ''Series/SonnyWithAChance'' isn't connected to the other universe at all.
415** Another odd thing is that Selena Gomez has a character on Series/HannahMontana as Hannah's rival and a [[CelebrityParadox completely different character]] in ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace''.
416* The two series by Hart Hanson, ''Series/{{Bones}}'' and ''Series/TheFinder'', share a 'verse.
417* Creator/JJAbrams' "Abramsverse", for the lack of a better word, has so far been shown to be one of the most expansive verses on television. Shows which are more or less found in this verse are ''Series/{{Alias}}'', ''Series/{{Lost}}'', ''Series/{{Fringe}}'', ''Series/PersonOfInterest''. Common things found throughout most of these: the Slusho beverage brand, Apollo candy bars, the Dharma Initiative, Oceanic Airlines, Massive Dynamic, the band Drive Shaft (which Charlie from ''Lost'' was a member of), and some [[https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/hx4X1FxEMSLxEejc5RnOeUTunw57JXLsUunLxoSLFEU?feat=directlink very mild character references and crossovers]]. Some of his movies are non-canonically connected by some Fanon there as well (see film section).
418** ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' also happens in the same universe as ''Series/TwinPeaks'' as Dr. Lawrence Jacoby, Laura Palmer's former psychiatrist, is mentioned to be an old friend of Walter Bishop and gave him his glasses. If ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' is part of a major Abramsverse as is the common believe then ''Series/TwinPeaks'' is also part of the Abramsverse.
419** Also Oceanic Airlines exists in the ''Series/TheXFiles'', ''Series/FastForward'' and ''Series/UpAllNight'' placing them all in the same universe, and as the ''Series/TheXFiles'' also shares universe with ''Series/Millennium1996'' and ''Series/TheLoneGunmen'' those are also part of the Abramsverse. And the Lariat Rental Cars is mentioned to exist both in ''Series/TheXFiles'' and ''Series/VeronicaMars''.
420** Slusho also exists in ''Series/{{Heroes}}''.
421* Creator/{{NBC}}'s '80s sitcoms ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'', ''Series/EmptyNest'' and ''Nurses'' all share the same universe. [[AfterShow By extension]], the Creator/{{CBS}} series ''Series/GoldenPalace'' is also in that universe.
422* ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' and many of the other shows created by Creator/PeterEngel share a universe. Apart from the two direct spin-off shows (''Series/SavedByTheBellTheCollegeYears'' and ''Series/SavedByTheBellTheNewClass''), ''Series/CaliforniaDreams'' is also connected via the recurring character of Stingray on both ''Dreams'' and ''The College Years''. ''Series/HangTime'' is a little trickier to place. While it did have a crossover with ''The New Class'' which was brought up in both shows it has also referenced ''Saved By the Bell'' as a fictional show within the ''Hang Time'' universe and featured Creator/DustinDiamond as both himself and his ''Saved By the Bell'' character Screech in different episodes.
423* ''Series/ToeiUniverse'' - Toei Productions has promoted its expanded universe with ''Franchise/SuperSentai'', ''Franchise/KamenRider'' and other Tokusatsu shows under their belt.
424** ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' and ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' have IntercontinuityCrossover episodes with each other.
425** ''Film/OOODenOAllRidersLetsGoKamenRiders'' has Kikaider, [=Kikaider01=], Inazuman and Zubat make a cameo appearance.
426** ''Roleplay/SuperHeroTaisen'' has a crossover between ''Super Sentai'' and the ''Kamen Rider'' franchises, and ''Film/KamenRiderXSuperSentaiXSpaceSheriffSuperHeroTaisenZ'' adds the ''Series/MetalHeroes'' franchise with ''Series/SpaceSheriffGavan'', ''Series/SpaceSheriffSharivan'' and ''Series/SpaceSheriffShaider''.
427** During the Showa era, writer Shozo Uehara likes to have his characters existing in a Verse.
428*** ''Series/{{Himitsu Sentai Gor|anger}}enger VS Series/JAKQDengekitai'' mentions Series/KamenRiderV3, Series/KamenRiderAmazon and Kikaider as heroes fighting the evil organization Crime in different parts of the globe.
429*** ''Series/DenshiSentaiDenziman'' and ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan'' are established to be of the same continuity with ''Denziman'' main villain Queen Hedrian returning in ''Sun Vulcan''. The backstory of space criminal Inazuma Ginga ProductionForeshadowing ''Series/SpaceSheriffGavan'' mentioning the Galactic Union Police and the Galactic Union.
430** ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' main writer Naruhisa Arakawa establishes within the ''Gokaiger'' episodes and movies a Space Police Verse with ''Series/SpaceSheriffGavan'', Signalman of ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'', and ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger''. Conveniently using per-established trivia. ''Sun Vulcan'' production-foreshadowed ''Gavan'' and the Space Police was mentioned in episode 27 of ''Series/SpaceSheriffSharivan''. Signalman, a ''Metal Hero'' parody by Naruhisa Arakawa, is a Space Police from Planet Police. Naruhisa Arakawa was the head writer of ''Dekaranger'', Dekarangers are called Space Police by Alienizers.
431*** In episode 4 Marvelous calls SPD the Space Police.
432*** ''Film/GokaigerGoseigerSuperSentai199HeroGreatBattle'' pamphlet mentions Doggie Kruger and Gavan as friends.
433*** ''Film/KaizokuSentaiGokaigerVsSpaceSheriffGavanTheMovie'' mentions the Dekarangers clearing the Gokaigers of piracy thus a Space Sheriff of the Space Police should not arrest them. Weaval Director General of the Space Police wears a cap with an emblem of the Galactic Union Police and wears a SPD commander buckle.
434*** In the ''Gokaiger'' epilogue; Doggie Kruger and Signalman salute the Gokai Galleon passing by.
435* All of the original dramas on the Creator/USANetwork, at least in the various commercials.
436
437!!!'''By Title:'''
438* The Series/{{Arrowverse}} is Creator/TheCW's adaptation of Creator/DCComics properties, comprising ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}'', ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'', and ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'', along with a few web series. ''Series/{{Constantine}}'', which aired on Creator/{{NBC}}, was retroactively inserted into this universe after the show was canceled.[[note]]''Supergirl'' started on Creator/{{CBS}} and is set on a separate Earth from the others, but {{Channel Hop}}ped to The CW for its second season.[[/note]]
439** It also includes the 1990's ''[[Series/TheFlash1990 The Flash]]'', which also takes place in alternate timeline (although not the same one as ''Supergirl'').
440** ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019'' retroactively added ''Series/BlackLightning2018'', ''Series/Lucifer2016'', the ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'', ''Series/Stargirl2020'', ''Series/Titans2018'', ''Series/DoomPatrol2019'', ''Film/GreenLantern2011'', ''Series/SwampThing2019'', ''Series/Batman1966'', the ''Film/BatmanFilmSeries'', the ''Film/SupermanFilmSeries'', ''Series/BirdsOfPrey2002'', and ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' into the Arrowverse via being in separate timelines in TheMultiverse.
441** ''Series/Titans2018'': Gar's season 4 trip through the multiverse added ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'', ''Film/Joker2019'' and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' to this multiverse.
442** ''Film/{{The Flash|2023}}'' added ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperman'' to the multiverse.
443* The ''Series/BabylonFive'' universe includes the TV movies made for the series, its spin-off series ''Series/{{Crusade}}'', the abortive pilot ''The Legend of the Rangers'', and the ''Lost Tales'' direct-to-video release.
444* ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'', ''Series/MelrosePlace'', ''Series/ModelsInc'' as well as the reboots of 90210 and Melrose place are in the same universe.
445* ''Series/{{Casualty}}'', ''Series/HolbyCity'' and ''Holby Blue'' take place in the same universe.
446* ''Series/{{Cheers}}'', ''The Torlellis'', ''Series/{{Wings}}'', and ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' all share the same universe. the first, second, and last are the most obvious as ''The Tortellis'' and ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' are both spin-offs of ''Series/{{Cheers}}''
447* ''Series/CrossingJordan'' and ''Series/LasVegas'' already shared the same universe thanks to Jerry O'Connell's character appearing in both, however the existence of the Montecito Hotel in both shows and also in ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', ''Series/{{Medium}}'', ''{{Series/Passions}}'', ''Series/KnightRider'', ''Series/TheOfficeUS'' and most notably ''Series/StarGateAtlantis'' which would connect all these shows with the Franchise/StargateVerse.
448* The ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' 'verse (series and movie ''Film/{{Serenity}}''). (Notable for the fact that the characters refer to their own universe as "the 'Verse"). The terms "Jossverse", "Whedonverse" and "ME-verse" (ME = Creator/MutantEnemy, Creator/JossWhedon's production company) have been used to refer to both this and the Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}; while there is no connection between the two in canon, it's a CommonCrossover for fans due to the similar styles of both.
449* ''Series/H2OJustAddWater'' and ''Series/MakoMermaidsAnH2OAdventure'' both exist in what could be called the [=H2Overse=], the mermaid-centric universe created by Creator/JonathanMShiff. The books may also constitute an ExpandedUniverse.
450* The ''Series/HappyDays'' universe includes itself (but not necessarily its parent show ''Series/LoveAmericanStyle'') ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'', ''Series/MorkAndMindy'', ''Series/JoanieLovesChachi'' and the short lived ''Blanksie's Beauties'' and ''Out of the Blue''. This means that angels, time travel and aliens all exist in the same universe as the Fonz and Ralph Malph.
451* ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'', ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'', and ''Series/YoungHercules'' are all part of the same universe. As well as the 5 movies that came before the Hercules series.
452* The British detective drama ''Series/InspectorMorse'' occupies the same universe (the Morseverse, naturally) as its spin-off ''Series/{{Lewis}}'' and its prequel ''Series/{{Endeavour}}''.
453* ''Series/{{JAG}}'' spun off ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', which itself spun off ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' and ''Series/NCISNewOrleans''. The universe also includes the short lived series ''Series/FirstMonday'' via a minor character {{Transplant}} on ''Series/{{JAG}}'', as well as ''Series/HawaiiFive0'' and ''Series/{{Scorpion}}'' via {{crossover}}s with ''Series/NCISLosAngeles''. ''Series/MacGyver2016'' is also included thanks to a crossover with ''Series/HawaiiFive0''.
454* The Franchise/LawAndOrder Verse, home to:
455** ''Series/LawAndOrder'' (aka The Mothership)
456** ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit''
457** ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent''
458** ''Series/LawAndOrderTrialByJury''
459** ''Series/{{Conviction}}''
460** ''Series/{{Deadline|2000}}''
461** ''Law & Order: Crime and Punishment''
462** ''Series/InPlainSight'' (via a {{Crossover}} with ''Criminal Intent'')
463** ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet''
464** ''Series/NewYorkUndercover''
465** Various international versions
466** JustForFun/JohnMunch is pretty much a universe of his own. This potentially includes (of all things) ''Series/TheXFiles'', ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', ''Series/TheWire'', and ''Series/SesameStreet'' (yes, really) in the Law & Order Verse.
467** Eventually it becomes a snowball effect. One doctor from ''Series/StElsewhere'' showed up years later on ''Homicide'', and then another doctor from ''St. Elsewhere'' showed up in the ''Homicide'' movie. Carla, Norm, and Cliff from ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' appeared on an episode of ''St. Elsewhere''. Frasier and Lilith from ''Cheers'' and ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' also appeared on ''Series/{{Wings}}''.
468** ''Series/ChicagoPD'' and ''Series/ChicagoFire'' are also now included in this universe, with two separate three-part crossovers with ''SVU''. This by itself constitutes its own 'verse, with new additions ''Series/ChicagoMed'' and ''Series/ChicagoJustice''.
469** [[Characters/ChicagoPD Hailey Upton's]] appearance on ''Series/{{FBI}}'' established that ''Series/{{FBI}}'', ''Series/FBIMostWanted'', and ''Series/FBIInternational'' exist in the ''Series/OneChicago'' universe, and by extension the ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' universe.
470* It is established early on that ''Series/MadAboutYou'' and ''Series/{{Friends}}'' share the same universe. Due to {{Crossover}}s, the universe also includes ''Series/CarolineInTheCity'', and ''The Single Guy''. ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' is in the same universe too, as Kramer makes a cameo once in ''Series/MadAboutYou'' as apparently he is sub-renting Paul's old bachelor's apartment. Paul even ask him if the guy next door is still a comedian.
471* The CBC programs ''Series/MurdochMysteries'', ''Series/RepublicOfDoyle'', and ''Frankie Drake Mysteries'' share a universe.
472* ''Series/TheNoddyShop'' episode "Kate Loves A Parade" mentions a location from ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'', meaning that both shows possibly take place in the same universe, or at least in neighboring towns.
473* ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'' and ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' were intended to be set in one universe, but this idea was dropped. The original UK version of ''Series/{{The Office|UK}}'' is still part of the same universe, though, judging by Ricky Gervais's cameo as David Brent.
474* What can be call the "Bellisarioverse" is linked when Sam Beckett of ''Series/QuantumLeap'' mentions to Al that his sister is married to Jim Bonnick, a naval officer who appears in Bellisario's ''Series/MagnumPI'' and also in ''Series/HawaiiFiveO'', ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' and ''Series/SimonAndSimon'' placing them all the same universe. Also in ''Series/{{Sliders}}'' Captain Maggie Becket mentions that she has an uncle named Sam.
475* The presence of the One-Niners gang establishes that ''Series/TheShield'' and ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'' share a universe.
476* The character Guido Panzini appears in ''Series/TheSteveAllenShow'', ''Series/TheJackPaarShow'', ''Series/McHalesNavy'', ''Series/TheManFromUNCLE'' and ''Series/OneDayAtATime1975''
477* ''Series/StElsewhere'': The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Westphall#The_Tommy_Westphall_Universe_Hypothesis Tommy Westphall Universe Hypothesis]] looks at all of the shows that ''St. Elsewhere'' had crossovers with, all the shows that ''those'' shows had crossovers with, the shows spun off from those shows, shows that {{homage}}d shows in the Tommy Westphall Universe in such a way that connections could be drawn, and so on in order to claim that [[https://thetommywestphall.wordpress.com/the-master-list/ a large swath of modern television]] exists in the same universe... and since ''St. Elsewhere'' famously ended with an AllJustADream GainaxEnding, all of these shows are products of the imagination of an autistic boy. The idea was created by Creator/DwayneMcDuffie in 2002, ironically as [[http://www.slushfactory.com/content/EpupypyZAZTDOLwdfz.php a tongue-in-cheek criticism]] of how {{serious|Business}}ly fans of comic books take continuity. Cornell University scholar Brian Weatherson published a rebuttal to the hypothesis, "[[http://tar.weatherson.org/2004/10/04/six-objections-to-the-westphall-hypothesis/ Six Objections to the Westphall Hypothesis]]," which among other things argues that even if the entire ''St. Elsewhere'' universe is in Tommy's mind, characters from other shows that appear on ''St. Elsewhere'' do not necessary exist only in Tommy's mind, as he could have put them in there after watching their respective shows.
478* ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' has quite a few 'verses. There's the main Showa verse - often called the Nebula M78 verse, which is where all the Showa series takes place as well as ''Series/UltramanMebius'' and possibly ''Series/UltramanGeed'' (according to WordOfGod), and many of the movies. Other shows have their own continuity but many characters are shared from 'verse to 'verse and cross-overs in movies are pretty frequent.
479* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' starts as just a straight adaptation of the [[ComicBook/TheWalkingDead comic series]], following Rick Grimes and his group of survivors, as they start in the area outside Atlanta and eventually make their way to outside Washington DC. Later on, it develops spinoffs -- ''Series/FearTheWalkingDead'' and ''Series/TheWalkingDeadWorldBeyond'' so far, with more planned -- which follow different survivors in other parts of the country, [[WorldBuilding expanding on the universe as a whole]].
480* Crossover episodes between ''Series/Warehouse13'' and ''Series/{{Eureka}}'', in which Fargo visits the Warehouse and Claudia visits Eureka, place the two shows in the same universe.
481** Lindsay Wagner's ''Warehouse 13'' character Dr. Vanessa Calder appears in the ''Series/{{Alphas}}'' episode "Never Let Me Go" bringing that show into this universe as well.
482* The Franchise/{{Whoniverse}}, comprising ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'', ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho''[[note]]which [[CanonWelding became canon]] in "The Night of the Doctor"[[/note]], and ''Series/{{Class|2016}}''. It's also got a massive [[Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]].
483* ''Series/TheXFiles'', ''Series/Millennium1996'', and ''Series/TheLoneGunmen'' all exist in the same universe. The first and last are the most obvious, with the Lone Gunmen being an ''X-Files'' spin-off, though characters go back and forth between all three series and there is at least one cross-over episode.
484** Also in episode "Milagro" of ''Series/TheXFiles'' the gravestones of Nicholas and Diana Salinger can be seen in a cemetery. Those are the parents of the siblings in ''Series/PartyOfFive'' situating them in the same universe.
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487[[folder:Magazine]]
488* ''{{Magazine/Analog}}'': In the [[Recap/Analog1941 May 1941 issue]], "History to Come" describes Creator/JohnCampbell's opinion on how developing a consistent world history is important for ScienceFiction, using Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/HistoryOfTomorrow'' as an example of why other authors should do the same sort of WorldBuilding to build connected stories. An analysis of Heinlein's 'verse appears on pages 123 through 125, part of the "Brass Tacks" column.
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492[[folder: Music]]
493* The Music/BTSUniverse is an on-going original story comprised mainly of a series of Concept Music Videos of Korean group Music/{{BTS}} (plus video teasers/short films and additional content in other media). The storyline is closely linked to the general narrative and themes present in BTS' music, which in itself contains a ComingOfAgeStory: themes such as the beauty and struggles of youth (Hwa Yang Yeon Hwa), facing temptation and inner conflict (WINGS) and the idea of trying and failing to love and be loved while hiding under a mask (LOVE YOURSELF) translate into the characters dealing with school and societal pressures, poverty, family and mental health issues, fear of the future, maturity, regret, and so on.
494* The Korean girl group Music/{{GFRIEND}}'s music videos have an underlying story built since their debut to this day, following them over the years. A ComingOfAgeStory by essence. It goes from a [[SchoolgirlSeries school series]] to a fantastic narrative. The main plot revolves around the friendship of a group of girls while they grow up and have to deal with loss, their friendship falling apart as they struggle [[ThePowerOfFriendship to be together]].
495* The music videos for the [[KoreanPopMusic K-Pop]] {{Girl Group}} Music/{{LOONA}} are all connected within a universe called the Loonaverse, telling a story featuring all the members. It seems to involve at least three different worlds, one being very similar to Earth (where [=YeoJin=] and the LOONA 1/3 girls live), a world named Eden (from where the LOONA/yyxy girls try to escape) and some sort of boundary dimension between both worlds (where the LOONA/ODD EYE CIRCLE girls are).
496* The [[KoreanPopMusic K-Pop]] group Music/{{TXT}} has started its own musical narrative universe, the TU (stylized as +U) with the release of the Nap of a Star [=MV=].
497* Many CountryMusic songs written by Dennis Linde are said to take place in a shared universe, and Linde even kept a map in his office indicating the residence of every character in his songs. Most notably, the eponymous Earl of Music/DixieChicks' "Goodbye Earl" previously appeared in Sammy Kershaw's "Queen of My Double Wide Trailer".
498* The AlternativeCountry band Music/TurnpikeTroubadours have several songs (across different albums) that are connected through a boy named Jimmy, a girl named Lorrie, and a beloved Browning shotgun. [[https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/finding-lorrie-are-all-turnpike-troubadours-songs-tied-together/ There's a fan theory]] tying in a number of their other songs, but it hasn't been confirmed by the band.
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502* Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F created and sanctions the Mexican National Wrestling Championship Title Belts, most famously but not exclusively defended in Wrestling/{{CMLL}}. CMLL was also a member of the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance and created 'NWA Historic' title belts after leaving [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin to retain that NWA history]]. It remained the biggest affiliate of the World Wrestling League in Mexico even when WWL established it's own Mexican headquarters. It runs joint events with Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and has joint titles with REINA.
503* The World Women's Wrestling Association, The American Girls' Wrestling Association, Wrestling/AllJapanWomensProWrestling and Stampeded Wrestling in Canada all recognized one another. In addition, Stampede also had the IWA Women's title.
504* Wrestling/DragonGate USA, EVOLVE, Full Impact Pro, and SHINE. This isn't the first time Gabe Sapolsky put the promotions he books inside the same universe; he did it with Wrestling/RingOfHonor and Full Impact Pro (until ROH broke off from the WWN in 2009).
505* Wrestling/{{Chikara}} Pro and its "Wrestling Is" derivatives. (Wrestling Is Fun, Wrestling Is Art, etc). Briefly had a Kiyuko Pro but it did not last and recognized Wrestling/KaijuBigBattel, which did last but rarely crosses over with Chikara anymore.
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509* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' features not just multiple universes (called Campaign Settings) but multiple ''cosmologies'' tying them together; still, the potential for crossover is there (in one of the video games, for example, a group of knights from ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' end up trapped in the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'', while numerous references to the ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'' setting are made).
510** In fact, part of ''Planescape'''s purpose seems to be not just to allow such crossovers, but to say that stranger things can and indeed do happen every day on the planes.
511** The ''TabletopGame/{{Spelljammer}}'' setting had characters from one world traveling to others in "spaceships."
512** ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' had characters from different settings finding themselves in its D&D world.
513* In the ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'', all the gamelines theoretically take place in the same universes, occasionally making references to monsters and concepts in other game lines within the verse. This is also true in the ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'', but is given less emphasis between gamelines.
514* The ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'' Megaverse is a collection of universes consisting of Rifts' Earth, the living planet known as ''Wormwood'', the Space Opera ''Three Galaxies'' universe, as well as Earths for each of Palladium's other games, such as the Palladium World (High Fantasy), ''Heroes Unlimited'' (Superheroes), and ''Nightbane''.
515** By implication, this also includes the ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage and Anime/{{Robotech}} universes, since Palladium at one point held those licenses - since they no longer have them, WritingAroundTrademarks takes place on the rare occasions these games are acknowledged.
516* The Third Imperium background to the science-fiction role-playing game ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}''.
517* The TabletopGame/{{Trinity Universe|WhiteWolf}} comprises [[TwoFistedTales 1920s pulp game]] ''TabletopGame/{{Adventure}}'', near-future supers game ''TabletopGame/{{Aberrant}}'', and 22nd century sci-fi game ''TabletopGame/{{Trinity}}''.
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520[[folder:Video Games]]
521!!!'''By Creator:'''
522* Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment:
523** It's hard to determine just how vast the "Banpresto Multiverse" is, but by using ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'' as its centerpiece, then the events that tie in with ''Original Generation'' include the "Classic Timeline", ''The Great Battle'' series, ''Hero Senki: Project Olympus'', ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha'', ''Super Hero Sakusen'', ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsReversal'', ''[[VideoGame/AnotherCenturysEpisode Another Century's Episode: R]]'' and ''VideoGame/EndlessFrontier''. Furthermore, this extends into ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom'' and ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'', as ''Endless Frontier'' occurs between both games. Needless to say, TheMultiverse churned out by Namco is extraordinarily big. ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars30'' would later cause a CrisisCrossover when the separation of the universes, known as Karmic Horizons, are easily exploited by the powers of the Magine, machines and beings, i.e. [[Anime/MazingerZ The Mazins]], [[Manga/GetterRobo The Getters]], [[Manga/MagicKnightRayearth The Rune Gods]], [[Anime/SSSSGridman Gridman]] and [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} Psycho-frame equippped Gundams]], that use HeroicSpirit and VillainousValour to crate miracles.
524** Namco also has the '''[[https://ugsf-series.com/en/ United Galaxy Space Force]]''' series, which involves many of their classic shooter games like ''VideoGame/{{Galaxian}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Bosconian}}'', ''Burning Force'', ''VideoGame/{{Galaga}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Starblade}}'', and even outside games like ''VideoGame/CyberSled'', ''VideoGame/RidgeRacer'' and the entire ''VideoGame/DigDug''[=/=]''VideoGame/MrDriller'' series. It should be noted that the timeline and release order are in no way aligned. The first game in the series, chronologically, is ''VideoGame/AceCombat3Electrosphere'', with ''Galaxian'' taking place a good two hundred years afterwards.
525* According to Creator/HidekiKamiya, all of his games are set in the same universe. There are certainly cross-game references (Enzo from [[AllThereInTheManual the manual]] ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' is featured in its SpiritualSuccessor ''{{VideoGame/Bayonetta}}'', [[VideoGame/TheWonderful101 Wonder Cheerleader]] and [[VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe Sexy Silvia]] are the same character etc.) However, as his creations are currently owned by multiple different companies, it's unlikely these cross-game references will lead to any grander crossover anytime soon.
526* Creator/{{id Software}}'s 90s games form a loose universe. ''VideoGame/QuakeIIIArena'' tied together ''VideoGame/QuakeII, VideoGame/QuakeI'', and ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' by bringing together the three protagonists. ''VideoGame/DoomRPG'' and ''VideoGame/WolfensteinRPG'' {{retcon}}ned in ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'' by having BJ fight a pre-cyborg Cyberdemon and implying that he is Doomguy's ancestor; this also brought in ''VideoGame/{{Commander Keen}}'', who was already established to be BJ's grandson.
527* The Creator/{{Irem}} arcade games ''VideoGame/InTheHunt'', ''VideoGame/UndercoverCops'', ''Air Duel'' and ''Gunforce 2'' all takes place in the same [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]] universe and feature the D.A.S as the bad guys.
528* While it yet lacks an official identifier, the universe by Creator/ProjectMoon that appears in all of their games (''VideoGame/LobotomyCorporation'', ''VideoGame/LibraryOfRuina'', ''VideoGame/LimbusCompany'') is often colloquially called the 'Project Moon-verse'.
529* Creator/RemedyEntertainment have established most of their titles to be within their Remedy Connected Universe, including the ''VideoGame/AlanWake'' games and ''VideoGame/{{Control}}''. Small hints point to a larger [[TheMultiverse multiverse]] which indirectly includes their ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'' series and ''VideoGame/QuantumBreak''.
530* While at first, [[Creator/{{Sierra}} Sierra On-Line's]] ''VideoGame/LauraBow'' and ''VideoGame/GabrielKnight'' series have similar elements, with both being detectives from Tulane University, a blink-and-you'll-miss-it flyer on a message board in ''Gabriel Knight'' links the two series together, as an elderly Laura is giving a lecture on investigative journalism at a future date. It's actually quite a shame the two never get a chance to meet up.
531* The Creator/TomClancy games by {{Creator/Ubisoft}} (''VideoGame/RainbowSix, VideoGame/GhostRecon, VideoGame/SplinterCell, VideoGame/EndWar'' and ''VideoGame/{{HAWX}}'') all inhabit the same continuity (though ContinuitySnarl has crept in over the years, e.g. ''HAWX 2'' and ''VideoGame/GhostReconFutureSoldier'' depict wildly different versions of the same conflict, ''VideoGame/RainbowSixSiege'' doesn't seem big on acknowledging anything else from the verse other than the existence of Sam Fisher, and ''[=EndWar=]'' has been [[CanonDiscontinuity all but banished from the continuity]]).
532* Creator/{{Valve}}'s two series ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' and ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' almost certainly inhabit the same continuity.
533
534!!!'''By Title:'''
535* Oddly enough, a subversion, inversion, or straight play in a video game, depending on who you ask: ''VideoGame/{{Aquaria}}''. In fact, whether or not the Verse is the world around the main character eventually plays something of a major point in the plot. Not really a fandom trope, so much as a nice twist of words, though sooner or later there's bound to be FanFic...
536* "[[https://itch.io/c/449424/bluehills-county-stories Bluehills County Stories]]" is the official name of a collection of games and visual novels created by [[https://twitter.com/Poppy_Zone Digital Poppy]] taking place in the titular setting. This collection includes ''VideoGame/{{Parsnip}}'', ''VisualNovel/TheTestimonyOfTrixieGlimmerSmith'', and ''Three Lesbians in a Barrow''.
537* Creator/NipponIchi's games such as ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' all take place in one Universe, one that you actually explore and learn more about in ''VideoGame/MakaiKingdom'' and also includes non-demon worlds such as the one seen in ''VideoGame/LaPucelle''. To go into detail, virtually every series made by Nippon ichi falls into two distinct verses: The world of Atelier, and the Netherworlds, which are a combination of Marl kingdom, La Pucelle, Disgaea, Phantom Brave, Makai Kingdom, Soul Nomad, and several others that were not even known to be in correlation including a few cancelled videogames with characters who cross into other games. Not only are these games taking place within the same universe, but most characters find it perfectly natural for everyone to just randomly go to and fro between series as either cameo shots, secondary characters, or main characters, and often reference these fourth wall breaking aspects regularly. One character in particular, Overlord Baal, frequently makes his appearance as the {{Superboss}} of any Nippon Ichi game involving a netherworld, and everyone knows who he is.
538* The ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'', ''VideoGame/{{Yoshi|sIsland}}'', {{VideoGame/Wario}} and ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series' are all in the same universe and many of the Mario spin-offs tend to feature characters and locations from them. Mario and DK started off as enemies after all and DK still shows up in Mario spin off games and vice-versa, same goes with Wario. Back in TheNineties, it was implied that ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' and ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'' also shared this universe (chiefly because of Banjo and Conker being playable racers in ''VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing'', among other hints) but Microsoft's purchase of Rareware caused this to [[{{Retcon}} no longer be the case]]. Lastly, ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven'' is also implied to inhabit this universe as well due to the many references and crossovers between it and the VideoGame/WarioWare franchise.
539* ''VideoGame/IvaliceAlliance'':
540** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'', its sequel ''Revenant Wings'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2'' all take place within the world of VideoGame/{{Ivalice|Alliance}}, as might ''VideoGame/VagrantStory''.
541** "The Compilation of VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII".
542** ''Franchise/FabulaNovaCrystallisFinalFantasy'' project, which encompasses ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII-2'' and ''VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII'' These examples (and many others) were later quantified as many universes all being connected to one another in ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'', all thanks to a dimensional bridge that called the Interdimensional Rift, first introduced in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV''.
543* For a long time, the interconnection of the games in the ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series was hotly debated in the fandom, before finally being settled in the ''Literature/HyruleHistoria'' encylopedia. It shows that the games up to ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' were in one continuity, at which point it split into three separate timelines that (so far) have not overlapped. Also, as far as the Zeldaverse is concerned, [[CanonDiscontinuity there were never any games]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames on the Philips CDi]].
544* The laws of physics and various cultures depicted in the ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}'' games and books is often called the D'niverse (pronounced done-ni-verse) after the most prominent race in the storyline. Technically, it's actually a multiverse, connecting smaller universes called Ages...
545* Atlus confirmed in this [[http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=1&cId=3172364 interview]] that the ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' games all take place in the same world, though the only things consistent throughout ''all'' of the entries (apart from the titular Personas) are Igor, the Velvet Room, and Philemon's butterfly form. Several characters and plot elements from the original ''VideoGame/Persona1'' show up in ''VideoGame/Persona2'', and ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' and its sequel ''[[VideoGame/Persona4ArenaUltimax Ultimax]]'' are nearly as much sequels to ''VideoGame/Persona3'' as they are to ''VideoGame/Persona4'', but the connections between the games are otherwise kept fairly low-key and incidental (aside from ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'', which the casts involved end up forgetting about anyways). ''VideoGame/Persona5'' meanwhile references various characters from the previous games through tv shows, ads and the occasional NPC conversation.
546** All ''Persona'' games are in fact a spin off from ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIf'' given the player character of that game, [[CanonName Tamaki Uchida]], appears in both ''Persona 1'' and the ''2'' duology. ''If'' also shares its world with the ''VideoGame/DevilSummoner'' sub series, which both have a premise of the events of ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI'' not happening, as ''Devil Summoner'' reveals both parties responsible for the apocalyptic events have been rendered unable to do so. In fact, ''Persona 2'' has Tamaki working for the Kuzunoha detective agency, a primary institution of ''Devil summoner'' with the current titular Kuzunoha implying to be [[ItMakesSenseInContext posessing Daisuke Todoroki]], referencing his role in the original ''Devil Summoner'' game. Thus, all three verses are connected, though the fate of the original ''Shin Megami Tensei'' heroes are never revealed due to them never encountering the apocalypse.
547** ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' might be a part of this universe as well, since Vincent makes an appearance in ''[[UpdatedRerelease Persona 3 Portable]]''. Though a twist in ''Catherine'' is that [[spoiler: the game seems to take place in the future]].
548* The main ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games take place in different regions of the same world. This becomes obvious with the presence of two regions in ''Gold'', ''Silver'', and ''Crystal'' and references to regions of past games in later games. All of the first four generations are actually in different regions of the same ''country'', the equivalent of Japan in that universe. Starting from ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' with the debut of the Unova region, the series moves to a different country, apparently based on the [[UsefulNotes/UnitedStates United States of America]].
549* ''VideoGame/TheSims'' series, the ''VideoGame/SimCity'' series, ''Streets of VideoGame/SimCity'', ''[=SimCopter=]'' and ''[=SimGolf=]'', all share the same universe. Other ''VideoGame/SimSeries'' titles are more ambiguous.
550* The ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' universe is surprisingly malleable, with how many franchises share the same world. There's the series itself, ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' (as of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha''), ''VideoGame/SaturdayNightSlamMasters'' (due to the ''Final Fight'' connection), ''VideoGame/CaptainCommando'', ''VideoGame/RivalSchools'', ''VideoGame/{{Strider}}'' (as of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV''), and ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' if Akuma being in 7 is any indication (likewise, that also adds in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken'', as well as every franchise featured in ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom'' and ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'').
551* The ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros.'' Universe includes all the Nintendo series as fictional video games, and is in some way related to the RealLife Universe through Master Hand (possibly Crazy Hand as well).
552* ''VideoGame/TakeOnHelicopters'' has some crossover with ''VideoGame/{{ARMA}} II: Operation Arrowhead'' (the standalone expansion for ''ARMA II''), in the form of one of the main characters having been a combat pilot during the events of ''Operation Arrowhead'', along with appearances by the [=PMCs=] Vrana and ION from one of ''[=OA=]''s [[DownloadableContent DLC]] campaigns.
553* There's two distinct 'verses in the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries''. The "Destiny" 'verse contains ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny'' and its direct sequel, ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny 2'' (though not ''VideoGame/TalesOfEternia''). The "Aseria" 'verse contains ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'', ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia: Narikiri Dungeon'', ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia: Summoner's Lineage'', ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', and ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld''.
554** There is now a third with the existence of ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'' 1 and 2, and a fourth with the games ''VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria'' and ''VideoGame/TalesOfBerseria''.
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556
557[[folder:Visual Novels]]
558* Creator/ChristineLove's {{visual novel}}s are all subtly linked by the existence of Amie Computers, Lake City, the Rook and Yamazaki families, and {{Artificial Intelligence}}s with names that start with asterisks. There are some other {{continuity nod}}s, but those are the main ones.
559* Creator/KeyVisualArts's Season verse of ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}'', ''VisualNovel/{{Air}}'', and ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}''.
560* ''Franchise/WhenTheyCry'': There's multiple hints in ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' that imply it takes place in the same megaverse as ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''. The most obvious connection is that [[spoiler:the witch Bernkastel is all but directly stated to be a LiteralSplitPersonality of Rika Furude]].
561[[/folder]]
562
563[[folder:Webcomics]]
564* The Webcomic/{{Bobbinsverse}} has the three major works of John Allison, ''Bobbins'', ''Webcomic/ScaryGoRound'' and ''Webcomic/BadMachinery'' are all set in the fictional English [[CityOfAdventure town of Tackleford]], sharing many cast members with each other. Not to forget secondary {{Spin Off}}s such as ''Murder She Writes'', ''THAT'', ''Giant Days'' and ''New Bobbins''.
565* ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'', ''Webcomic/HereThereBeMonsters'', ''A Bird in the Hat'' and ''Webcomic/UnlifeIsUnfair'' are all written by the same author and occupy the same verse, though Unlife seems disconnected the Patreon reward comic ''Vagabonds'' reveals some overlap.
566* All of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', and possibly the rest of ''MSPA'', takes place in what is known as Paradox Space.
567* All webcomics in the ''Webcomic/InternationalComicContinuity'' take place in what is affectionately referred to as the [=ICCverse=].
568* ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'', ''Webcomic/MacHall'', and ''Webcomic/{{Applegeeks}}'' apparently inhabit the same universe, as crossovers have happened several times. This is especially apparent with Megatokyo and Applegeeks, where regular characters Junpei and a Rent-a-Zilla from Megatokyo played a major role in a story arc in Applegeeks. Sadly, only Megatokyo remains of the three as of 2012.
569** Technically, ''Webcomic/ThreePanelSoul'' might count as well, since it is a continuation of the now closed ''Webcomic/MacHall''. Dom from ''Megatokyo'' is even a regular character.
570* Two quasi-connected universes share some writers and creators. ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' has spun off ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'' and ''Webcomic/SandraOnTheRocks,'' and has featured [[CrossoverCameo brief guest appearances]] by characters from ''Webcomic/PennyAndAggie'' and elsewhere. Meanwhile ''Webcomic/EerieCuties'' has spun off ''Webcomic/MagickChicks'' and ''Webcomic/DangerouslyChloe,'' while ''Manga/AoiHouse'', ''Webcomic/VampireCheerleaders'', and ''Webcomic/ParanormalMysterySquad'' are apparently set in the same universe. The second of those universes also exists as fiction in the first, leading to "crossover" character appearances that are actually cosplayers, fantasy sequences, and suchlike.
571* The Narbonverse: ''{{Webcomic/Narbonic}}'', ''Li'l Mell'', and (confirmed by [[spoiler: Artie]]'s appearance in "If I Ran The Zoo") ''Webcomic/SkinHorse''. ''Webcomic/{{Smithson}}'' is in there as well, due to the appearance of an older version of Homeschool Joe from ''Li'l Mell''. ''North of Space'', Shaenon's high school strip, and ''The Ratio'', her college strip, featured Mell and Dave respectively.
572* ''Webcomic/ToPreventWorldPeace'' is a webcomic that tries to merge basically every single magical girl cliche into a single, unified Verse. With GenreSavvy villains in the mix, naturally.
573* The Wotchiverse, setting for ''Webcomic/TheWotch'' and its various derivatives (''Cheer!'', ''Triquetra Cats'', and possibly ''Abstract Gender''). It is also shown to share continuity with webcomics with different authors (''Accidental Centaurs'' and possibly more).
574[[/folder]]
575
576[[folder:Web Original]]
577* The Literature/AcademyOfSuperheroes universe is a superhero universe with hundreds of stories and even more characters.
578* Many, if not all, Website/ChannelAwesome series seems to be set in the same 'verse owing to the number of [[CrossOver crossovers]] between them, but a special note must be made for WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall and WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment, seeming to have the most points in common, most prominently BigBad Dr. Insano.
579** Many other internet reviewers of the same style in turn link back to those of Channel Awesome, some even becoming part of the site themselves before its mass exodus and inactivity.
580* The ''Literature/ChaosFighters'' universe, which is currently unnamed yet. It current encompasses two planets, Lefrad and Ketruin while [[spoiler:Earth and Lerius]] are given a mention.
581* ''Roleplay/FireEmblemOnForums'': While most of the [=FEFs=] properly fall into TheMultiverse rather than this trope, Haspen (the originator of the roleplays) has all of his take place in one world, the world of June, with complex histories connecting each one and detailing the events that lead from the epilogues of one to the beginning of his newest work.
582* ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'' and ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' are two series made by Vivienne "Vivziepop" Medrano that take place in the same universe and the same {{Hell}}. The two make subtle references to each other, ''Helluva Boss'' moreso since it's pilot went into production much later, but beyond that the stories are completely disconnected plot-wise.
583* ''Webcomic/HeroesUnite'': The shared superhero universe on Platform/TheDuck containing Webcomic/Energize and Webcomic/Bombshell amongst others is called the {{HUniverse}} (though this term has yet to actually appear in-setting).
584* The Breeniverse, the setting of ''WebVideo/{{lonelygirl15}}'', ''WebVideo/KateModern'', ''WebVideo/LG15TheResistance'' and numerous spin-offs of uncertain canonicity.
585* The "[[http://hitlerparody.wikia.com/wiki/Parody_Universe Parody Universe]]" is the universe where all the [[MemeticMutation Hitler parodies]] from the ''Film/{{Downfall}}'' scenes (and some spinoffs like Stalin parodies) takes place. The whole thing tends to get into MindScrew territory due to the various amounts of parody videos that exist and WildMassGuessing is the norm in making sense of it.
586* The Randomverse is a very....random verse, containing Roleplay/TheInsaneQuestOfUnfathomableRandomness, Roleplay/TheDeathSeries, Roleplay/SmileForTheCamera, and Roleplay/TVTropesTheAdventure.
587* Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos is a somewhat loosely tied Verse, in that while Slendy himself ties everything together, the stories aren't typically tied together otherwise aside from the odd character commenting on other blogs. However, there's also the WebVideo/EverymanHYBRID Sub-Verse, which has expanded to include "Wicked Sticky Alex" and Blog/CanYouSeeTheWords. Evan made a brief cameo in the WebVideo/TJAProjects, and the WebVideo/DarkHarvest crew made a cameo appearance in one video. The series recently crossed over with WebVideo/TribeTwelve and [[spoiler: WebVideo/MlAndersen0]]. The HYBRID guys are also at least aware of Blog/SeekingTruth, and WebVideo/StanFrederick is confirmed to take place in the same universe as well due to a minor ShoutOut, and having crossed over with WebVideo/TribeTwelve. Unfortunately, WebVideo/MarbleHornets is confirmed to be fictional in this universe, meaning that Alex & Jay won't be showing up anytime soon. Though that didn't stop Tim Sutton from cameoing in EMH's Box 7.
588** Despite focusing on [[Literature/TheRake another being entirely]], WebVideo/WhisperedFaith is confirmed to exist in this universe, as [[WebVideo/TribeTwelve Noah Maxwell]] encounters Lee in New Jersey during an EMH crossover, and WebVideo/StanFrederick has apparently been in contact with him as well.
589* WebAnimation/SonicForHire and WebAnimation/MegaManDiesAtTheEnd are in the same universe starting with the Mega Man Dies at the End episode On the Lam which shows Sonic trying to escape from the prison Mega Man busts Wily out of. This is confirmed even more when a Sonic for Hire episode has Mega Man appear and has him mentioning events from the last crossover as well as leading directly into the next Mega Man Dies At The End episode.
590* The "[=MUniverse=]" is the setting of ''Literature/TalesOfMU'' and its spin-off and side stories. Part of a [[TheMultiverse multiverse]], as artifacts lost in a teleport mishap showed up in the author's other stories.
591[[/folder]]
592
593[[folder:Western Animation]]
594!!!'''By Creator:'''
595* Creator/CartoonNetwork: ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', ''WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Underfist}}'' are all in the same universe as proof by Skarr being on both shows and numerous other Evil Con Carne characters having cameos. ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' were also confirmed to be in the same universe in ''[[Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorSpecialTheGrimAdventuresOfTheKND The Grim Adventures of the KND]]''.
596* The Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse
597* Creator/HannaBarbera:
598** WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones and WesternAnimation/TheJetsons share the same universe as shown in ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsonsMeetTheFlintstones'' MadeForTVMovie.
599** On the other hand you have the "Yogiverse" filled with FunnyAnimals like WesternAnimation/YogiBear (In fact, Yogi started as a secondary character on ''WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow'') and most ZanyCartoon made from the studio, most notable ''WesternAnimation/YogisTreasureHunt'' which reunited Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw, WesternAnimation/{{Snagglepuss}}, WesternAnimation/AugieDoggieAndDoggieDaddy, WesternAnimation/SnooperAndBlabber, WesternAnimation/TopCat, [[WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines Dick Dastardly and Muttley]] and countless cameos.
600** Oddly enough, Action Cartoons like WesternAnimation/JanaOfTheJungle has appeared as cameos in the universe so it may be seen as TheMultiverse separating series like WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost and WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest.
601* The universe of Creator/JhonenVasquez, creator of ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' And ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac''.
602* The Creator/KlaskyCsupo-verse, which consists of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', its {{Spinoff}}s, ''WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp'' and ''Angelica and Susie's Pre-School Daze'', ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys'', and ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower''.
603* Creator/MarathonMedia-verse includes ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'', its {{Spinoff}}, ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingSpiez'', and ''WesternAnimation/MartinMystery''.
604* The [[WesternAnimation/MarvelAnimation Marvel Animated Universes]]
605** The '90s Marvel Animated Verse including ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' and ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries''.
606** WordOfGod is that ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' was set in the same Verse as ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009'', although they never actually interacted outside of the Hulk, Nick Fury, and Wolverine himself appearing in ''EMH''. Same WordOfGod said that the "Wolverine" short in ''WesternAnimation/HulkVs'' is also set the same universe.
607** The current Marvel Animated Universe consists of ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'', ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'', ''WesternAnimation/HulkAndTheAgentsOfSmash'', and ''WesternAnimation/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2015''.
608* Creator/MikeJudge has ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' [[EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether going to the same high school]], but they might also share a universe with ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodeFamily''.
609* The Fuzzy Door Universe a.k.a the Creator/SethMacFarlane Animated Universe contains ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow''.
610** Certain episodes of ''Family Guy'' and ''The Cleveland Show'' indicate ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' is part of it as well. And if that is the case, ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' may be too, however at least on the case of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' the crossover episodes are not considered officially canon, also ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' exists as a TV show in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' and vice versa both credited in their respective universes to Creator/MattGroening. The existence of a multiverse (whether a Groeningverse or a Fox Animated Universe) caused whether by Homer's time travel in one of the Treehouse of Horror episodes or by one of the many time travels that happened in Futurama has been proposed by some fans to explain the apparent inconsistencies.
611* The Creator/WarnerBros Animated Universe, also known as the Looney Tuneiverse (or Looney Tune Land as it was named in ''Film/SpaceJam''), is the home of the characters from ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and its spin-offs, as well as those from ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''. Cameos from characters from ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Histeria}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}!'', and ''WesternAnimation/RoadRovers'' may put them into the same universe depending on the viewer's perception, although some of these cameos were under a BreakingTheFourthWall RealWorldEpisode so, how canonical it is, it's up to you.
612** To be more precise, in both ''Animaniacs'' and ''Tiny Toon'' the Looney Tunes exist as basically actors and their shorts are works of film were they appeared (think something like Roger Rabbit). In ''Animaniacs'' the Warner Bros and Slappy were co-stars of the Looney Tunes (the Warners were trapped in the WB logo water tower for decades and Slappy seems to be an old retired and almost forgotten former actress), in ''Tiny Toons'' the Looney Tunes are now retired actors working as teachers in a college teaching younger students how to be cartoons. The ''Freakazoid'', ''Pinky and the Brain'', and ''Road Rovers'' cameos were mostly done in the form of celebrities in their free time and not entirely as their respective characters thus is possible that their respective shows are a ShowWithinAShow, and finally ''Histeria'' seems to exist in its own RealityWarper continuity which transcends time and space.
613
614!!!'''By Title:'''
615* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' and ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' are officially in the same universe. This does not include [[WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017 the reboot]], although that has incorporated its own versions of characters from many of the WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon shows.
616* The Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon: Rapunzel and Flynn from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' attend Elsa's coronation in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' and, [[WordOfGod apparently]], Rapunzel is Elsa and Anna's cousin.
617** Two famous EasterEggs show cameos of characters making appearances in other films. Scar's skin from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'', for example, makes a split-second CrossoverCameo in ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' while Belle from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' can be seen walking down the street in one scene of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}''. Of course in the case of Scar this would contradict canon as Scar [[spoiler:dies eaten by hyenas at the end of the movie, thus the skin seen in Hercules couldn't be his or at least not be that intact]] and in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'' France is normally run by the monarchy whilst in ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' the Prince was magically cursed into looking like a Beast, which would be hard to reconcile.
618*** However, these are just EasterEggs that inspired fan theories. Canonically speaking, Disney has two main (both separated) universes: one is the "realistic" universe mostly based on all the Disney princesses and all the fairy tale-based movies and connected media like videogames and TV shows (Hercules and Aladdin have a crossover episode for example), and then is the more "cartoony" universe with Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, etc. A major crossover place like ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' were both collide is technically a case of BreakingTheFourthWall as all the characters appear with the knowledge that they are animated characters in movies and shows, i.e. like in-universe celebrities.
619** Fanfic/ThePixarTheory is a widespread fan theory that suggests every single Creator/{{Pixar}} film is set in the same universe, though an ever-increasing number of movies makes it increasingly difficult to reconcile all of them. Officially, aside from obvious cases of sequels and prequels, this is not the case.
620* The ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' universe contains itself and ''Series/ThatsMyBush''.
621* The original ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'' cartoon was set in the same universe as ''WesternAnimation/DinoBoy'', ''WesternAnimation/TheHerculoids'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Shazzan}}'', ''WesternAnimation/MightyMightor'' and ''WesternAnimation/MobyDickHannaBarbera''.
622** ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'' on the other hand, is set in the same world as ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'', ''WesternAnimation/TheBrakShow'', ''WesternAnimation/PerfectHairForever'', ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'' and ''WesternAnimation/TwelveOunceMouse''. Maybe a [[TheMultiverse Multiverse.]] Creator/AdultSwim-Verse? Williams Street-Verse?
623* The ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' franchise has an odd sort of 'verse, in that it's a multiverse with connecting pieces, rather than a universe.
624** [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers The '80s cartoon]] apparently exists in a shared continuity, of sorts, with ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/JemAndTheHolograms''. There have been character cameos, and each show has the reporter/journalist (and Geraldo Rivera parody) Hector Ramirez.
625** [[WesternAnimation/GIJoe Cobra Commander]] also had a cameo in "[[Recap/TransformersG1OnlyHuman Only Human]]" as an old washed-up former terrorist by the name of Old Snake. Also, Transformer ally Marissa Faireborn being the daughter of Flint and Lady Jaye.
626** ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen almost close]] to being in [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie1986 the same continuity]].
627** There are some more conventional examples of The Verse ''within'' the Transformers multiverse, such as the Anime/UnicronTrilogy, the IDW comics continuity, and the Franchise/TransformersAlignedUniverse, among others.
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