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* The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse is one of the very rare movie examples; while all movies are self-contained, there are lots and lots of references to the other ones. Nick Fury has appeared in ''Film/IronMan1'', ''Film/IronMan2'', ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', while Tony Stark made an appearance at the end of ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''. In The Avengers, the main characters from all the mentioned movies will join forces. Sadly, we're ScrewedByTheLawyers when it comes to anyone from the [[Film/FantasticFour Fantastic]] [[Film/FantasticFour2015 Four]] or Film/XMen films appearing, despite The Thing, Mister Fantastic, and Wolverine having been in Avengers comics for some time now and Beast having a long history with them.
** And now, of course, we have ''Film/TheAvengers'' tying it together, along with the TV Series ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', which tends to reference every movie that has occurred in the MCU, including movies that only came out a week before the episode containing the reference aired.
** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' had a ''huge'' impact on ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', far moreso than any other movie in the verse, given that [[spoiler: the big reveal of ''Winter Soldier'' concerned HYDRA's infiltration of SHIELD.]]

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Nick Fury has appeared in ''Film/IronMan1'', ''Film/IronMan2'', ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', while Tony Stark made an appearance at the end of ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''. In The Avengers, ''The Avengers'', the main characters from all the mentioned movies will join forces. Sadly, we're ScrewedByTheLawyers when it comes to anyone from the [[Film/FantasticFour ''[[Film/FantasticFour Fantastic]] [[Film/FantasticFour2015 Four]] Four]]'' or Film/XMen ''Film/XMen'' films appearing, despite The Thing, Mister Fantastic, and Wolverine having been in Avengers comics for some time now and Beast having a long history with them.
** And now, of course, we have ''Film/TheAvengers'' ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' tying it together, along with the TV Series ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', which tends to reference every movie that has occurred in the MCU, including movies that only came out a week before the episode containing the reference aired.
** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' had a ''huge'' impact on ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', far moreso than any other movie in the verse, given that [[spoiler: the big reveal of ''Winter Soldier'' concerned concerns HYDRA's infiltration of SHIELD.S.H.I.E.L.D.]]
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* The shared universe of {{Arrow}} and [[TheFlash2014 The Flash]] brings up a few of these. Crossovers between the shows are paired (Arrow characters show up on Flash the same week that Flash characters show up on Arrow), and as such the first crossover tends to lead into the second. There is also a notable case with Deathbolt, a VillainOfTheWeek on Arrow who was locked up in Star Labs: a later episode of Flash made heavy use of him, with no explanation of where he came from.

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* The shared universe of {{Arrow}} Series/{{Arrow}} and [[TheFlash2014 [[Series/TheFlash2014 The Flash]] brings up a few of these. Crossovers between the shows are paired (Arrow characters show up on Flash the same week that Flash characters show up on Arrow), and as such the first crossover tends to lead into the second. There is also a notable case with Deathbolt, a VillainOfTheWeek on Arrow who was locked up in Star Labs: a later episode of Flash made heavy use of him, with no explanation of where he came from.
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* The shared universe of {{Arrow}} and [[TheFlash2014 The Flash]] brings up a few of these. Crossovers between the shows are paired (Arrow characters show up on Flash the same week that Flash characters show up on Arrow), and as such the first crossover tends to lead into the second. There is also a notable case with Deathbolt, a VillainOfTheWeek on Arrow who was locked up in Star Labs: a later episode of Flash made heavy use of him, with no explanation of where he came from.

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** A limited amount of this has appeared in the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse recent Marvel movies]] -- Nick Fury appears at the end of Film/IronMan1, and Tony Stark appears at the end of ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''. This crossover has, so far, not appeared in the Fantstic Four or X-Men movies.
*** The lack of crossover with the Fantastic Four and X-Men franchises are due to the film rights to those characters being owned by Fox, respectively, as opposed to Marvel Studios.
** Behind-the-scenes pictures of some of the maintenance panels on the X-Jet in X2 reveal that some systems were built by Stark Enterprises (and that there were no user serviceable parts inside!), but they're far too small to be seen onscreen. An "Intercontinuity Nod"?


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See also {{Crossover}}, {{Intercontinuity Cross Over}}, and {{Massive Multiplayer Crossover}}.

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* All of KenAkamatsu's manga series seem to have this, especially ''LoveHina'' and ''MahouSenseiNegima''. Specifically, both LoveHina and {{Negima}} have identical characters named Mei, who appear to be the same person, WordOfGod states that the inn that Keitaro and Naru stayed at in LoveHina was the same inn that several characters from {{Negima}} stayed at, and the Shinmeiryu sword school is used by characters in both series. In a recent {{Negima}} chapter, Motoko's family name [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/c256/10.html was explicitly mentioned]] in relation to Shinmeiryu techniques, and a specific technique ("Zanmaken: Ni No Tachi") used in LoveHina has minor plot relevance in {{Negima}}.
** Negima also has a shout out to his first manga, ''Manga/AILoveYou'', when the subject of sentient A.I. comes up; it's hinted that part of [[RobotGirl Chachamaru]]'s programming may have been written by ''A.I. Love You'''s protagonist.
** [[http://vetus.wordpress.com/nazenani/#v30 Akamatsu himself]] has confirmed that the Nitta-sensei from Manga/AILoveYou and the Nitta-sensei from Negima are the same person, as well as the fact that [[LoveHina Motoko]] and [[MahouSenseiNegima Eishun]] [[http://vetus.wordpress.com/2010/09/02/vol-31-qa-partial/ are related somehow]].
* ''{{xxxHoLiC}}'' and ''TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' both merge at numerous times, and characters in one series are often seen in another. The anime for both series, due to unfortunate copyright issues, don't cross over as much.

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* All of KenAkamatsu's Creator/KenAkamatsu's manga series seem to have this, especially ''LoveHina'' ''Manga/LoveHina'' and ''MahouSenseiNegima''. ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima''. Specifically, both LoveHina and {{Negima}} series have identical characters named Mei, who appear to be the same person, WordOfGod states that the inn that Keitaro and Naru stayed at in LoveHina ''Love Hina'' was the same inn that several characters from {{Negima}} ''Negima'' stayed at, and the Shinmeiryu sword school is used by characters in both series. In a recent {{Negima}} one ''Negima'' chapter, Motoko's family name [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/c256/10.html was explicitly mentioned]] in relation to Shinmeiryu techniques, and a specific technique ("Zanmaken: Ni No Tachi") used in LoveHina ''Love Hina'' has minor plot relevance in {{Negima}}.
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** Negima ''Negima'' also has a shout out to his first manga, ''Manga/AILoveYou'', when the subject of sentient A.I. comes up; it's hinted that part of [[RobotGirl Chachamaru]]'s programming may have been written by ''A.I. Love You'''s protagonist.
** [[http://vetus.wordpress.com/nazenani/#v30 Akamatsu himself]] has confirmed that the Nitta-sensei from Manga/AILoveYou ''Manga/AILoveYou'' and the Nitta-sensei from Negima ''Negima'' are the same person, as well as the fact that [[LoveHina Motoko]] ''Love Hina'''s Motoko Aoyama and [[MahouSenseiNegima Eishun]] ''Negima'''s Eishun [[http://vetus.wordpress.com/2010/09/02/vol-31-qa-partial/ are related somehow]].
* ''{{xxxHoLiC}}'' ''Manga/XxxHoLiC'' and ''TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' both merge at numerous times, and characters in one series are often seen in another. The anime for both series, due to unfortunate copyright issues, don't cross over as much.
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** ''{{Seinfeld}}'' also exists in this universe (Paul Buchman was the original owner of Kramer's apartment), which is weird because George's fiancee, Susan, enjoys watching ''{{Mad About You}}''.

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** ''{{Seinfeld}}'' ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' also exists in this universe (Paul Buchman was the original owner of Kramer's apartment), which is weird because George's fiancee, Susan, enjoys watching ''{{Mad About You}}''.



* Similary, ''{{JAG}}'' spawned ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' which spawned ''Series/NCISLosAngeles''. Other than the PoorlyDisguisedPilot, there was one minor cross-over of a JAG lawyer appearing on NCIS. Abby Sciuto is the only character on either of the three to appear on all three shows.

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* Similary, ''{{JAG}}'' ''Series/{{JAG}}'' spawned ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' which spawned ''Series/NCISLosAngeles''. Other than the PoorlyDisguisedPilot, there was one minor cross-over of a JAG lawyer appearing on NCIS. Abby Sciuto is the only character on either of the three to appear on all three shows.
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* ''Series/{{CSI}}'' hosted the PoorlyDisguisedPilot of ''CSIMiami'', which in turn ''CSINewYork'' launched from, so the teams exist in the same universe, and even a killer that was featured first in Miami was caught in the NY show.

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* ''Series/{{CSI}}'' hosted the PoorlyDisguisedPilot of ''CSIMiami'', ''Series/CSIMiami'', which in turn ''CSINewYork'' ''Series/CSINewYork'' launched from, so the teams exist in the same universe, and even a killer that was featured first in Miami was caught in the NY show.
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* In the ''DragonridersOfPern'' novels, the events of ''Dragonquest'', the second Lessa novel, affect the events of ''Dragonsinger'', the second Menolly novel. Also many other cases, since all the Pern novels are explicitly set in the same universe and it's very common for the main characters in one novel to be minor characters in another and for there to be considerable chronological overlap (''Dragonquest'' and ''Dragonsinger'' cover roughly the same time period as experienced by two different people). This is complicated even more by the (somewhat risky) draconic ability to time travel.

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* In the ''DragonridersOfPern'' ''Literature/DragonridersOfPern'' novels, the events of ''Dragonquest'', the second Lessa novel, affect the events of ''Dragonsinger'', the second Menolly novel. Also many other cases, since all the Pern novels are explicitly set in the same universe and it's very common for the main characters in one novel to be minor characters in another and for there to be considerable chronological overlap (''Dragonquest'' and ''Dragonsinger'' cover roughly the same time period as experienced by two different people). This is complicated even more by the (somewhat risky) draconic ability to time travel.
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* All of Volition's games take place in the same continuity, where the SaintsRow series serves as a prequel to the RedFaction series, taking place TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture. Volition no longer have the rights to the FreeSpace series, but a "Subach Industries" shows up in SaintsRow, referencing the Subach-Innes corporation from the former.

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* All of Volition's games take place in the same continuity, where the SaintsRow series serves as a prequel to the RedFaction series, taking place TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture. Volition no longer have the rights to the FreeSpace ''VideoGame/FreeSpace'' series, but a "Subach Industries" shows up in SaintsRow, referencing the Subach-Innes corporation from the former.
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* {{Megatokyo}}'s Junpei has shown up in {{Applegeeks}}, and they cross over from time to time. Mostly though, they stay apart, mainly because one set of characters in in Japan and the other is in America. Plus, time passes much slower in ''Megatokyo'' than in ''Applegeeks''.

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* {{Megatokyo}}'s ''Webcomic/{{Megatokyo}}'''s Junpei has shown up in {{Applegeeks}}, ''Webcomic/{{Applegeeks}}'', and they cross over from time to time. Mostly though, they stay apart, mainly because one set of characters in in Japan and the other is in America. Plus, time passes much slower in ''Megatokyo'' than in ''Applegeeks''.
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* The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse is one of the very rare movie examples; while all movies are self-contained, there are lots and lots of references to the other ones. Nick Fury has appeared in ''Film/IronMan1'', ''Film/IronMan2'', ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', while Tony Stark made an appearance at the end of ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''. In The Avengers, the main characters from all the mentioned movies will join forces. Sadly, we're ScrewedByTheLawyers when it comes to anyone from the [[Film/FantasticFour Fantastic]][[Film/FantasticFour2015 Four]] or Film/XMen films appearing, despite The Thing, Mister Fantastic, and Wolverine having been in Avengers comics for some time now and Beast having a long history with them.

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* The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse is one of the very rare movie examples; while all movies are self-contained, there are lots and lots of references to the other ones. Nick Fury has appeared in ''Film/IronMan1'', ''Film/IronMan2'', ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', while Tony Stark made an appearance at the end of ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''. In The Avengers, the main characters from all the mentioned movies will join forces. Sadly, we're ScrewedByTheLawyers when it comes to anyone from the [[Film/FantasticFour Fantastic]][[Film/FantasticFour2015 Fantastic]] [[Film/FantasticFour2015 Four]] or Film/XMen films appearing, despite The Thing, Mister Fantastic, and Wolverine having been in Avengers comics for some time now and Beast having a long history with them.
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*** The lack of crossover with the Fantastic Four and X-Men franchises are due to the film rights to those characters being owned by Sony and Fox, respectively, as opposed to Marvel Studios.

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*** The lack of crossover with the Fantastic Four and X-Men franchises are due to the film rights to those characters being owned by Sony and Fox, respectively, as opposed to Marvel Studios.



* The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse is one of the very rare movie examples; while all movies are self-contained, there are lots and lots of references to the other ones. Nick Fury has appeared in ''Film/IronMan1'', ''Film/IronMan2'', ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', while Tony Stark made an appearance at the end of ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''. In The Avengers, the main characters from all the mentioned movies will join forces. Sadly, we're ScrewedByTheLawyers when it comes to anyone from the [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Spider]][[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries -Man]] or Film/XMen films appearing, despite The Thing, Mister Fantastic, and Wolverine having been in Avengers comics for some time now and Beast having a long history with them.

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* The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse is one of the very rare movie examples; while all movies are self-contained, there are lots and lots of references to the other ones. Nick Fury has appeared in ''Film/IronMan1'', ''Film/IronMan2'', ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', while Tony Stark made an appearance at the end of ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''. In The Avengers, the main characters from all the mentioned movies will join forces. Sadly, we're ScrewedByTheLawyers when it comes to anyone from the [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Spider]][[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries -Man]] [[Film/FantasticFour Fantastic]][[Film/FantasticFour2015 Four]] or Film/XMen films appearing, despite The Thing, Mister Fantastic, and Wolverine having been in Avengers comics for some time now and Beast having a long history with them.
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** A limited amount of this has appeared in the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse recent Marvel movies]] -- Nick Fury appears at the end of Film/IronMan1, and Tony Stark appears at the end of ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''. This crossover has, so far, not appeared in the Spider-Man or X-Men movies.
*** The lack of crossover with the Spider-Man and X-Men franchises are due to the film rights to those characters being owned by Sony and Fox, respectively, as opposed to Marvel Studios.

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** A limited amount of this has appeared in the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse recent Marvel movies]] -- Nick Fury appears at the end of Film/IronMan1, and Tony Stark appears at the end of ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''. This crossover has, so far, not appeared in the Spider-Man Fantstic Four or X-Men movies.
*** The lack of crossover with the Spider-Man Fantastic Four and X-Men franchises are due to the film rights to those characters being owned by Sony and Fox, respectively, as opposed to Marvel Studios.



* The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse is one of the very rare movie examples; while all movies are self-contained, there are lots and lots of references to the other ones. Nick Fury has appeared in ''Film/IronMan1'', ''Film/IronMan2'', ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', while Tony Stark made an appearance at the end of ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''. In The Avengers, the main characters from all the mentioned movies will join forces. Sadly, we're ScrewedByTheLawyers when it comes to anyone from the [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Spider]][[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries -Man]] or Film/XMen films appearing, despite Wolverine and Spider-Man having been in Avengers comics for some time now and Beast having a long history with them.

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* The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse is one of the very rare movie examples; while all movies are self-contained, there are lots and lots of references to the other ones. Nick Fury has appeared in ''Film/IronMan1'', ''Film/IronMan2'', ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', while Tony Stark made an appearance at the end of ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''. In The Avengers, the main characters from all the mentioned movies will join forces. Sadly, we're ScrewedByTheLawyers when it comes to anyone from the [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Spider]][[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries -Man]] or Film/XMen films appearing, despite The Thing, Mister Fantastic, and Wolverine and Spider-Man having been in Avengers comics for some time now and Beast having a long history with them.
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* The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse is one of the very rare movie examples; while all movies are self-contained, there are lots and lots of references to the other ones. Nick Fury has appeared in ''Film/IronMan1'', ''Film/IronMan2'', ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', while Tony Stark made an appearance at the end of ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''. In The Avengers, the main characters from all the mentioned movies will join forces. Sadly, we're ScrewedByTheLawyers when it comes to anyone from the [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Spi]][[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries dey]] or Film/XMen films appearing, despite Wolverine and Spider-Man having been in Avengers comics for some time now and Beast having a long history with them.

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* The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse is one of the very rare movie examples; while all movies are self-contained, there are lots and lots of references to the other ones. Nick Fury has appeared in ''Film/IronMan1'', ''Film/IronMan2'', ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', while Tony Stark made an appearance at the end of ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''. In The Avengers, the main characters from all the mentioned movies will join forces. Sadly, we're ScrewedByTheLawyers when it comes to anyone from the [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Spi]][[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries dey]] Spider]][[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries -Man]] or Film/XMen films appearing, despite Wolverine and Spider-Man having been in Avengers comics for some time now and Beast having a long history with them.
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** A limited amount of this has appeared in the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse recent Marvel movies]] -- Nick Fury appears at the end of Film/IronMan, and Tony Stark appears at the end of ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''. This crossover has, so far, not appeared in the Spider-Man or X-Men movies.

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** A limited amount of this has appeared in the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse recent Marvel movies]] -- Nick Fury appears at the end of Film/IronMan, Film/IronMan1, and Tony Stark appears at the end of ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''. This crossover has, so far, not appeared in the Spider-Man or X-Men movies.



* It's not uncommon for a main character in one ''SinCity'' story to play a minor role or even a cameo in a different story. Many stories have also been shown to happen at the same time, such as ''Hard Goodbye'' and ''A Dame To Kill For''.

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* It's not uncommon for a main character in one ''SinCity'' ''Comicbook/SinCity'' story to play a minor role or even a cameo in a different story. Many stories have also been shown to happen at the same time, such as ''Hard Goodbye'' and ''A Dame To Kill For''.



* The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse is one of the very rare movie examples; while all movies are self-contained, there are lots and lots of references to the other ones. Nick Fury has appeared in ''Film/IronMan'', ''Iron Man 2'', ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', while Tony Stark made an appearance at the end of ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''. In The Avengers, the main characters from all the mentioned movies will join forces. Sadly, we're ScrewedByTheLawyers when it comes to anyone from the [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Spi]][[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries dey]] or Film/XMen films appearing, despite Wolverine and Spider-Man having been in Avengers comics for some time now and Beast having a long history with them.

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* The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse is one of the very rare movie examples; while all movies are self-contained, there are lots and lots of references to the other ones. Nick Fury has appeared in ''Film/IronMan'', ''Iron Man 2'', ''Film/IronMan1'', ''Film/IronMan2'', ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', while Tony Stark made an appearance at the end of ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''. In The Avengers, the main characters from all the mentioned movies will join forces. Sadly, we're ScrewedByTheLawyers when it comes to anyone from the [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Spi]][[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries dey]] or Film/XMen films appearing, despite Wolverine and Spider-Man having been in Avengers comics for some time now and Beast having a long history with them.
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* Clearly the {{Marvel Universe}}, which includes characters from the ComicBook/FantasticFour, Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk, {{Spider-Man}}, ComicBook/IronMan, CaptainAmerica, Comicbook/GhostRider, The ComicBook/{{X-Men}}, ComicBook/ThePunisher and many more.
** A limited amount of this has appeared in the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse recent Marvel movies]] -- Nick Fury appears at the end of Film/IronMan, and Tony Stark appears at the end of {{The Incredible Hulk}}. This crossover has, so far, not appeared in the Spider-Man or X-Men movies.

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* Clearly the {{Marvel Universe}}, Franchise/MarvelUniverse, which includes characters from the ComicBook/FantasticFour, Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk, {{Spider-Man}}, ComicBook/SpiderMan, ComicBook/IronMan, CaptainAmerica, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, Comicbook/GhostRider, The ComicBook/{{X-Men}}, ComicBook/XMen, ComicBook/ThePunisher and many more.
** A limited amount of this has appeared in the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse recent Marvel movies]] -- Nick Fury appears at the end of Film/IronMan, and Tony Stark appears at the end of {{The Incredible Hulk}}.''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''. This crossover has, so far, not appeared in the Spider-Man or X-Men movies.



* {{DC Comics}} has done this as well, like with Franchise/{{Batman}} and Franchise/{{Superman}}.

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* {{DC Comics}} Creator/DCComics has done this as well, like with Franchise/{{Batman}} and Franchise/{{Superman}}.



* The MarvelCinematicUniverse is one of the very rare movie examples; while all movies are self-contained, there are lots and lots of references to the other ones. Nick Fury has appeared in ''Film/IronMan'', ''Iron Man 2'', ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', while Tony Stark made an appearance at the end of ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''. In The Avengers, the main characters from all the mentioned movies will join forces. Sadly, we're ScrewedByTheLawyers when it comes to anyone from the [[Film/{{Spider-Man}} Spidey]] or Film/{{X-Men}} films appearing, despite Wolverine and Spider-Man having been in Avengers comics for some time now and Beast having a long history with them.
** And now, of course, we have ''Film/TheAvengers'' tying it together, along with the TV Series ''Series/AgentsOfShield'', which tends to reference every movie that has occurred in the MCU, including movies that only came out a week before the episode containing the reference aired.

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* The MarvelCinematicUniverse Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse is one of the very rare movie examples; while all movies are self-contained, there are lots and lots of references to the other ones. Nick Fury has appeared in ''Film/IronMan'', ''Iron Man 2'', ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', while Tony Stark made an appearance at the end of ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''. In The Avengers, the main characters from all the mentioned movies will join forces. Sadly, we're ScrewedByTheLawyers when it comes to anyone from the [[Film/{{Spider-Man}} Spidey]] [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Spi]][[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries dey]] or Film/{{X-Men}} Film/XMen films appearing, despite Wolverine and Spider-Man having been in Avengers comics for some time now and Beast having a long history with them.
** And now, of course, we have ''Film/TheAvengers'' tying it together, along with the TV Series ''Series/AgentsOfShield'', ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', which tends to reference every movie that has occurred in the MCU, including movies that only came out a week before the episode containing the reference aired.
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** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' had a ''huge'' impact on ''Series/AgentsofSHIELD'', far moreso than any other movie in the verse, given that [[spoiler: the big reveal of ''Winter Soldier'' concerned HYDRA's infiltration of SHIELD.]]

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** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' had a ''huge'' impact on ''Series/AgentsofSHIELD'', ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', far moreso than any other movie in the verse, given that [[spoiler: the big reveal of ''Winter Soldier'' concerned HYDRA's infiltration of SHIELD.]]
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** And now, of course, we have ''Film/TheAvengers'' tying it together.

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* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', ''VideoGame/FinalFight'', and ''VideoGame/RivalSchools'' are all in the same universe. Several characters from ''Final Fight'' have become a regular part of ''Street Fighter'', most notably Cody, Guy, and Rolento, and Sakura was playable in the first ''Rival Schools''. Since ''VideoGame/SaturdayNightSlamMasters'' is in the Final Fight timeline (Haggar is in the cast, and canonically it's what he did before he became mayor), that puts it in the same setting as well.
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* In the ''DragonridersOfPern'' novels, the events of ''Dragonquest'', the second Lessa novel, affect the events of ''Dragonsinger'', the second Menolly novel. Also many other cases, since all the Pern novels are explicitly set in the same universe and it's very common for the viewpoint characters in one novel to be minor characters in another.

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* In the ''DragonridersOfPern'' novels, the events of ''Dragonquest'', the second Lessa novel, affect the events of ''Dragonsinger'', the second Menolly novel. Also many other cases, since all the Pern novels are explicitly set in the same universe and it's very common for the viewpoint main characters in one novel to be minor characters in another. another and for there to be considerable chronological overlap (''Dragonquest'' and ''Dragonsinger'' cover roughly the same time period as experienced by two different people). This is complicated even more by the (somewhat risky) draconic ability to time travel.
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* In the ''DragonridersOfPern'' novels, the events of ''Dragonquest'', the second Lessa novel, affect the events of ''Dragonsinger'', the second Mellony novel.

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* In the ''DragonridersOfPern'' novels, the events of ''Dragonquest'', the second Lessa novel, affect the events of ''Dragonsinger'', the second Mellony novel.Menolly novel. Also many other cases, since all the Pern novels are explicitly set in the same universe and it's very common for the viewpoint characters in one novel to be minor characters in another.
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** At one time this was the exception rather than the rule... each story was set in its own continuity and it was rare for one costumed hero to even be aware that others existed. It wasn't until the Justice Society of America title in 1940 that heroes interacted with each other on a regular basis, and it proved so popular that DC eventually attempted to weave pretty much ''all'' its titles into a single overarching continuity (things that couldn't be made to conform were assigned to alternate universes in the "multiverse" concept, and it was possible to cross even those over if a writer really wanted to... the first such crossover involved Barry Allen and Jay Garrick (both "The Flash" in different universes).
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* ''Series/{{Friends}}'', ''{{Mad About You}}'' and ''{{Caroline in the City}}'' are all in the same universe, although they don't have a major impact on one another, just cameos by characters in each work.

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* ''Series/{{Friends}}'', ''{{Mad About You}}'' and ''{{Caroline in the City}}'' ''Series/CarolineInTheCity'' are all in the same universe, although they don't have a major impact on one another, just cameos by characters in each work.
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* The entire ''LawAndOrder'' universe, with guest appearances by many actors on other shows.

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* The entire ''LawAndOrder'' ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' universe, with guest appearances by many actors on other shows.
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* There is ContinuityOverlap between the last seasons of StargateSG1 and the start of Series/StargateAtlantis, as well as between the end of the fourth season of Series/StargateAtlantis and the StargateContinuum movie.

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* There is ContinuityOverlap between the last seasons of StargateSG1 ''Series/StargateSG1'' and the start of Series/StargateAtlantis, ''Series/StargateAtlantis'', as well as between the end of the fourth season of Series/StargateAtlantis ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' and the StargateContinuum ''Film/StargateContinuum'' movie.
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** This also meant that Worf's presence in the movies following ''Generations'' had to be continuously HandWaved, as he was not assigned to the Enterprise-E.
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* {{DC Comics}} has done this as well, notably with {{Batman}} and {{Superman}}.

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* {{DC Comics}} has done this as well, notably like with {{Batman}} Franchise/{{Batman}} and {{Superman}}.Franchise/{{Superman}}.

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