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* The TransformersFilmSeries and \\\'\\\'Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra\\\'\\\' are canonically in the same universe, with there being suggestions that much of the advanced Joe tech came from studying Megatron\\\'s frozen body. In addition, Ratchet and Ironhide\\\'s vehicle forms can be seen in the Paris sequence. On the other hand, the Transformers movies don\\\'t suggest anything about GI Joe, also that they make mention to the actual Presidents of the time periods of the films (GeorgeWBush and BarackObama) while GI Joe has their own President.
** G.I. Joe is stated to be \\\"In the near future,\\\" meaning that, by the time of the movie, the Autobot/Decepticon War could have ended/left Earth. In that case, one can believe that the futuristic technology of the film is an improvement over Sector 7 and NEST\\\'s current tech.
** It\\\'s also impied that TheMummyTrilogy take place in the same Universe (Brendan Frazer says his character from G.I. Joe is a descendent of his character from the Mummy). This would also mean that \\\'\\\'The Scorpion King\\\'\\\' is set in this universe.
**Travis Van Winkle plays the character Trent DeMarco in both Transformers and Michael Bay\\\'s Friday the 13th remake, Trent\\\'s last name isn\\\'t specified in the Transformers movie but it is in the novelization.

Live Action TV

* A pretty large number of works have been proposed as taking place in a shared universe named after [[StElsewhere Tommy Westphall]]. A grid and an explanation for every connection can be found [[http://home.vicnet.net.au/~kwgow/crossovers.html here]]. The idea revolves around a particular actor who has played the same police officer in over a dozen different shows (ranging from the more realistic \\\'\\\'HomicideLifeOnTheStreet\\\'\\\' to the surreal \\\'\\\'TheXFiles\\\'\\\'), and those shows having a crossover with shows he \\\'\\\'didn\\\'t\\\'\\\' appear in, and there are some wild implications if you trace it back to the infamous ending to \\\'\\\'StElsewhere\\\'\\\'.

* \\\'\\\'{{Community}}\\\'\\\', \\\'\\\'CougarTown\\\'\\\', and \\\'\\\'{{Scrubs}}\\\'\\\' exist in one of the more convoluted examples of this trope.
** [[{{Community}} Abed]] and [[{{Scrubs}} Ted Buckland]] both show up in the \\\'\\\'CougarTown\\\'\\\' Season 2 finale. [[CougarTown Laurie and Travis]] are present for the events of the [[Recap/CommunityS2E24ForAFewPaintballsMore second paintball war]] in \\\'\\\'{{Community}}\\\'\\\'. So far a pretty straight forward example of SharedUniverse with CharacterOverlap. Now things get complicated. [[CougarTown Kirsten]] has previously mentioned watching the first season of \\\'\\\'{{Community}}\\\'\\\' on DVD. Abed has also mentioned watching \\\'\\\'CougarTown\\\'\\\', and has compared people he knows to the actors on \\\'\\\'{{Scrubs}}\\\'\\\'. To sum up, all three series exist in a quantum state of being both in each other continuity and at the same time are fictional series. Wrinkled your brain yet?
*** Even better, Abed appears as an extra in \\\'\\\'Cougar Town,\\\'\\\' playing some guy in the background. So Community!Abed is an actor playing some random guy (let\\\'s call him \\\"Chad\\\") in \\\'\\\'Cougar Town,\\\'\\\' which is fictitious to Abed.
* The Montecito appears on both \\\'\\\'LasVegas\\\'\\\' and \\\'\\\'Series/{{Heroes}}\\\'\\\', and the former has had a CrossOver with \\\'\\\'CrossingJordan\\\'\\\', which logically means that all three shows exist in the same universe (and two of them are created by the same person)... except that in the \\\'\\\'Heroes\\\'\\\' episode \\\"Jump, Push, Fall\\\" Gretchen suggests the titular theory to Claire and tells her [[ShoutOut that she saw it on an episode of]] \\\'\\\'Crossing Jordan\\\'\\\' (presumably the episode called... \\\"Jump, Push, Fall\\\"). So is \\\'\\\'Crossing Jordan\\\'\\\' an actual TV show in this instance, or a reality series, or what? *smashcut* \\\'\\\'TO BE CONTINUED...\\\'\\\'

\\\"Multi-Type\\\"

* The various \\\'\\\'{{Transformers}}\\\'\\\' cartoons and comics were generally regarded as being in separate continuities...until Simon Furman came along. His writing in the comics claimed that the universes were parallel to each other, with Primus and Unicron existing as single entities in all of them simultaneously.
* Speaking of \\\'\\\'Transformers\\\'\\\', it\\\'s very common for both that series and \\\'\\\'{{GiJoe}}\\\'\\\' to exist in the same universe depending on the series. \\\'\\\'Transformers\\\'\\\' had even had crossovers with Marvel Comics, as Marvel used to publish the \\\'\\\'Transformers\\\'\\\' comic series. Marvel also used to publish {{Godzilla}} comics as well, which leads to a whole load of fan favorites occupying the same Earth in one continuity.
* There\\\'s a bounty hunter named ComicBook/DeathsHead who first appeared in \\\'\\\'\\\'Transformers comics\\\'\\\'\\\', then ended up being stranded in the Time Vortex where he met the Seventh Doctor, who subsequently dumped him in the mainstream Marvel universe. Let\\\'s chalk it up to the multiverse and save us the headache. (Or MST3KMantra it)
** What this causes is that you could do a Doctor Who/[[EvilDead Army of D]][[ArmyOfDarkness arkness]] crossover. Or, since The Doctor and Rose appeared for one, entirely pointless besides for getting in on the insanity, panel of Buffy Season 8, a Buffy/Army of Darkness crossover. How? Army of Darkness crossed over into Marvel Zombies. Marvel Zombies is part of the Marvel Multiverse. Because of the Death\\\'s Head thing, the Whoniverse is also part of this multiverse, as is Army of Darkness due to the MZ thing. Because of that one panel, the Buffyverse is either a part of the Whoniverse or is a part of that same multiverse?
*** Commented upon in the \\\'\\\'{{Insecticomics}}\\\'\\\'. [[http://www.insecticons.com/insecticomics/v4/328.html Of course.]]
** In an episode of PowerRangersLostGalaxy, a planet is shown being destroyed, as its location is \\\"ten zero eleven zero zero by zero two from galactic zero in the constellation of Kasterborous\\\", the exact location of [[Series/DoctorWho Gallifrey]]......

[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/addpost.php?discussion=1332879114040162400 See Trope Repair Shop thread.]]

-->* The TransformersFilmSeries and \\\'\\\'Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra\\\'\\\' are canonically in the same universe, with there being suggestions that much of the advanced Joe tech came from studying Megatron\\\'s frozen body. In addition, Ratchet and Ironhide\\\'s vehicle forms can be seen in the Paris sequence. On the other hand, the Transformers movies don\\\'t suggest anything about GI Joe, also that they make mention to the actual Presidents of the time periods of the films (GeorgeWBush and BarackObama) while GI Joe has their own President.
** G.I. Joe is stated to be \\\"In the near future,\\\" meaning that, by the time of the movie, the Autobot/Decepticon War could have ended/left Earth. In that case, one can believe that the futuristic technology of the film is an improvement over Sector 7 and NEST\\\'s current tech.
** It\\\'s also impied that TheMummyTrilogy take place in the same Universe (Brendan Frazer says his character from G.I. Joe is a descendent of his character from the Mummy). This would also mean that \\\'\\\'The Scorpion King\\\'\\\' is set in this universe.
**Travis Van Winkle plays the character Trent DeMarco in both Transformers and Michael Bay\\\'s Friday the 13th remake, Trent\\\'s last name isn\\\'t specified in the Transformers movie but it is in the novelization.

Live Action TV

-->* A pretty large number of works have been proposed as taking place in a shared universe named after [[StElsewhere Tommy Westphall]]. A grid and an explanation for every connection can be found [[http://home.vicnet.net.au/~kwgow/crossovers.html here]]. The idea revolves around a particular actor who has played the same police officer in over a dozen different shows (ranging from the more realistic \\\'\\\'HomicideLifeOnTheStreet\\\'\\\' to the surreal \\\'\\\'TheXFiles\\\'\\\'), and those shows having a crossover with shows he \\\'\\\'didn\\\'t\\\'\\\' appear in, and there are some wild implications if you trace it back to the infamous ending to \\\'\\\'StElsewhere\\\'\\\'.

-->* \\\'\\\'{{Community}}\\\'\\\', \\\'\\\'CougarTown\\\'\\\', and \\\'\\\'{{Scrubs}}\\\'\\\' exist in one of the more convoluted examples of this trope.
** [[{{Community}} Abed]] and [[{{Scrubs}} Ted Buckland]] both show up in the \\\'\\\'CougarTown\\\'\\\' Season 2 finale. [[CougarTown Laurie and Travis]] are present for the events of the [[Recap/CommunityS2E24ForAFewPaintballsMore second paintball war]] in \\\'\\\'{{Community}}\\\'\\\'. So far a pretty straight forward example of SharedUniverse with CharacterOverlap. Now things get complicated. [[CougarTown Kirsten]] has previously mentioned watching the first season of \\\'\\\'{{Community}}\\\'\\\' on DVD. Abed has also mentioned watching \\\'\\\'CougarTown\\\'\\\', and has compared people he knows to the actors on \\\'\\\'{{Scrubs}}\\\'\\\'. To sum up, all three series exist in a quantum state of being both in each other continuity and at the same time are fictional series. Wrinkled your brain yet?
*** Even better, Abed appears as an extra in \\\'\\\'Cougar Town,\\\'\\\' playing some guy in the background. So Community!Abed is an actor playing some random guy (let\\\'s call him \\\"Chad\\\") in \\\'\\\'Cougar Town,\\\'\\\' which is fictitious to Abed.
* The Montecito appears on both \\\'\\\'LasVegas\\\'\\\' and \\\'\\\'Series/{{Heroes}}\\\'\\\', and the former has had a CrossOver with \\\'\\\'CrossingJordan\\\'\\\', which logically means that all three shows exist in the same universe (and two of them are created by the same person)... except that in the \\\'\\\'Heroes\\\'\\\' episode \\\"Jump, Push, Fall\\\" Gretchen suggests the titular theory to Claire and tells her [[ShoutOut that she saw it on an episode of]] \\\'\\\'Crossing Jordan\\\'\\\' (presumably the episode called... \\\"Jump, Push, Fall\\\"). So is \\\'\\\'Crossing Jordan\\\'\\\' an actual TV show in this instance, or a reality series, or what? *smashcut* \\\'\\\'TO BE CONTINUED...\\\'\\\'

\\\"Multi-Type\\\"

-->* The various \\\'\\\'{{Transformers}}\\\'\\\' cartoons and comics were generally regarded as being in separate continuities...until Simon Furman came along. His writing in the comics claimed that the universes were parallel to each other, with Primus and Unicron existing as single entities in all of them simultaneously.
* Speaking of \\\'\\\'Transformers\\\'\\\', it\\\'s very common for both that series and \\\'\\\'{{GiJoe}}\\\'\\\' to exist in the same universe depending on the series. \\\'\\\'Transformers\\\'\\\' had even had crossovers with Marvel Comics, as Marvel used to publish the \\\'\\\'Transformers\\\'\\\' comic series. Marvel also used to publish {{Godzilla}} comics as well, which leads to a whole load of fan favorites occupying the same Earth in one continuity.
* There\\\'s a bounty hunter named ComicBook/DeathsHead who first appeared in \\\'\\\'\\\'Transformers comics\\\'\\\'\\\', then ended up being stranded in the Time Vortex where he met the Seventh Doctor, who subsequently dumped him in the mainstream Marvel universe. Let\\\'s chalk it up to the multiverse and save us the headache. (Or MST3KMantra it)
** What this causes is that you could do a Doctor Who/[[EvilDead Army of D]][[ArmyOfDarkness arkness]] crossover. Or, since The Doctor and Rose appeared for one, entirely pointless besides for getting in on the insanity, panel of Buffy Season 8, a Buffy/Army of Darkness crossover. How? Army of Darkness crossed over into Marvel Zombies. Marvel Zombies is part of the Marvel Multiverse. Because of the Death\\\'s Head thing, the Whoniverse is also part of this multiverse, as is Army of Darkness due to the MZ thing. Because of that one panel, the Buffyverse is either a part of the Whoniverse or is a part of that same multiverse?
*** Commented upon in the \\\'\\\'{{Insecticomics}}\\\'\\\'. [[http://www.insecticons.com/insecticomics/v4/328.html Of course.]]
** In an episode of PowerRangersLostGalaxy, a planet is shown being destroyed, as its location is \\\"ten zero eleven zero zero by zero two from galactic zero in the constellation of Kasterborous\\\", the exact location of [[Series/DoctorWho Gallifrey]]......

[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/addpost.php?discussion=1332879114040162400 See Trope Repair Shop thread.]]

Leaving out his name is a RunningGag for that poster, who was banned for this kind of thing and is currently ban evading.

Leaving out his name is a RunningGag for that poster, who was actually banned and \\\'\\\'bounced\\\'\\\' for this kind of thing.