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** Classic Sonic and Modern Sonic once again team up in the upcoming game ''VideoGame/SonicForces'', the [[Videogame/SonicMania other part]] of the [[MilestoneCelebration 25th anniversary celebration]] of the franchise, in which the player can choose between 3 different styles, Classic Sonic style, Modern Sonic style and an [[PlayerCharacter Avatar]] style, a mode in which the player can create his own character.

** In the IDW Comics, following a multiverse crossover with the ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', the original Film/Ghostbusters1984 from the 1984 movie encountered those from the Film/Ghostbusters2016 remake. In a sequel, the crossovers expanded to include WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters, WesternAnimation/ExtremeGhostbusters, and several video game versions.

* Franchise/Ghostbusters
** In the IDW Comics, following a multiverse crossover with the ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', the original Film/Ghostbusters from the 1984 movie encountered those from the Film/Ghostbusters2016 remake. In a sequel, the crossovers expanded to include WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters, WesternAnimation/ExtremeGhostbusters, and several video game versions.

** In ''Brawl'', Mewtwo was replaced by the most recent Lucario, Ike replaced Roy as the most recent ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' character (Marth beeing the oldest one) and the retrogaming icon R.O.B. was added to the roster.

** ''WesternAnimation/TurtlesForever'' is a textbook example with the Turtles from the 2003 animated series meeting up with the Turtles from the 1987 animated series, the two versions of the Turtles exist in alternate dimensions and meet each other when messing with interdimensional travel, in the end both versions meet the original Turtles from the 1984 comic books, they're presented as the prime Turtles, and erasing their existence would do the same to all the other versions.
** Also, a computer screen shows the Multiverse, with the many dimensions populated by other versions of the Turtles like the 2007 CGI movie, the live-action movies from the 90s, and even the bizarre two-episode anime, however, missing from the screen are some {{Old Shame}}s like the Live-Action Series and the Rock Musical, but even the incredibly weird two-part anime is there.
** The 2012 animated series did it again, with an episode crossing over with the 1987 cartoon with a plot that feels ripped off from Turtles Forever, again having the original 1984 Turtles at the end, and since the 1987 cartoon was hand-drawn but the 2012 was CGI, the episode uses ArtShift, alternating between hand-drawn animation and CGI depending on which universe the scene takes place, and converting the look of the Turtles in the process, for some reason, 1987 and 2012 Donatello stay in their original 2D and 3D forms when they enter the 1984 comic universe, they even have color when the whole comic-book world is black and white.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 1987]] meets [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003]], with a pinch of [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage 1984]]]]

* ''VideoGame/SpiderManShatteredDimensions'', a game in which you can manage Spider-Men from different alternate realities, the [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Mainstream one]] (Peter Parker), [[ComicBook/SpiderManNoir Noir one]] (also Peter Parker), [[ComicBook/SpiderMan2099 Marvel 2099 one]] (Miguel O'Hara) and [[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan Ultimate one]] (Miles Morales) to find a shattered cosmic MacGuffin and stop their respective villains from using the pieces to become immensely powerful.

** Three of ''Manga/DigimonVTamer01'''s bonus chapters involve Taichi and Zero encountering characters from latter digimon works. Namely, Daisuke and V-mon from ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'', Ryo Akiyama and Monodramon from [[Videogame/DigimonWonderswangames The Wonderswan games]] and Takuya from ''Anime/DigimonFrontier''.

* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': In the last two episodes of the ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'' (''Digimon Fusion'' [[MarketBasedTitle outside of Japan]]): Young Hunters Through Time, the protagonists of the prior seasons of Digimon shows (Tai and Agumon from ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', Davis and Veemon from ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'', Takato and Guilmon from ''Anime/DigimonTamers'', Takuya from ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'', and Marcus and Agumon from ''Anime/DigimonSavers'' /Data Squad) arrived to help the heroes against Quartzmon. In addition, Mimi, Palmon, Joe, Gomamon (all from ''Adventure''), and Rika and Renamon (''Tamers'') also appear in that set of episodes.

** In the [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E1TreehouseOfHorrorXIII thirteenth]] ''WesternAnimation/TreeHouseOfHorror'' episode, Homer makes clones of himself during the segment "Send in the Clones". After the clones cause trouble, Homer attempts to abandon them and the hammock that created them, but the clones just use the hammock to create even more clones; one of the degraded clones looks like Homer from the early ''Tracy Ullman Show'' shorts, who says "[[CatchPhrase Let's all go out for some frosty chocolate milkshakes!]]"

** Among the weirder versions of the character featured in that arc, we find Spider-Man from the corny 60s cartoon, Six-Armed Spider-Man, Spider-Ham, the pig from an alternate universe populated by {{funny animal}}s, and Takuya Yamashiro AKA [[Series/SpiderManJapan Japanese Spider-Man]], from the 70s live-action series where he has a giant robot (which he brought to the crossover).

** In ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' all the playable characters that aren't legacy characters or original come from the Adult Link games, ''Ocarina of Time'' (original and popular), ''Twilight Princess'' (popular) and ''Skyward Sword'' (modern). There's an entire mode dedicated to the original NES ''The Legend of Zelda'' but outside of these four games most other Zelda games are barley referenced. The ''Majora's Mask'' DLC added content including characters from the Dark Horse game.

** A one-shot made to celebrate the release of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaTheMovie2ndAs'' featured characters from four separate points in the main continuity's timeline talking with each other about the movie, a direct mention of ''[[VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable Gears of Destiny]]'', and a joke involving ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaInnocent''.

** Among the weirder versions of the character featured in that arc, we find Spider-Man from the corny 60s cartoon, Six-Armed Spider-Man, Spider-Ham, the pig from an alternate universe populated by {{funny animal}}s, and Takuya Yamashiro AKA Japanese Spider-Man, from the 70s live-action series where he has a giant robot (which he brought to the crossover).

** A very recent case is seen in ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' in which [[ComicBook/New52 N52]] Superman fight to the death against a powerful enemy, just to be saved by pre-[=N52=] Superman, which was apart of that reality married with Lois Lane and raising their son Jonathan. After come back to the main reality, original Kal-El decides to become the Superman that "take the place of the dead one". At least until much later when [[spoiler: the two Supermen and Loises merge into one.]]

** In ''Melee'', most of the characters were long-runner icons, but also surprisingly featured the [[VideoGame/IceClimber Ice Climbers]] from an obscure NES game, and Ganondorf and Sheik from the recent ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', Pichu from ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'' and above all Mr. VideoGame/GameAndWatch (which is still today the oldest character) and Roy whose game was not even out yet!

** ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' is a major example based on the Spider-Man character, they promised "Every Spider-Man Ever", it's a comic-book arc focused around the many different versions of the hero, and joining forces in a quest to fight a villain who wants to wipe all of them, with the multiple Spider-Men from comics, ranging from alternate universes, alternate timelines, alternate identities and other superheroes that also have a spider theme, they also mixed in other Spider-Men from animated and live-action series, manga and videogames.
** Such crossovers sometimes have fun with the more weird versions of their characters and so does this, featured on that arc, you have Spider-Man from the corny 60s cartoon, Six-Armed Spider-Man, Spider-Ham, the pig from the alternate universe populated by Funny Animals, and Takuya Yamashiro AKA Japanese Spider-Man, from the 70s Live-Action series were he has a giant robot, that he brought to the crossover.
** However, thanks to copyright issues, they can't have all the versions of Spider-Man as promised, the famous versions from Live-Action movies couldn't be shown on panel, but one Spider-Man mentions that he saw another one that looks like the guy from ''Film/{{Seabiscuit}}'', another movie by Creator/TobeyMaguire, and another one mentions one that looks the guy from ''Film/TheSocialNetwork'', another movie by Creator/AndrewGarfield.

* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheCyberChase'' has the early-2000s version of Mystery Inc. meet virtual versions of their 1969 incarnation. Fred and Daphne comment on how their costumes have changed since, Shaggy and Velma, who have changed less, not so much.

** Special Mention goes to ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'', which features an appearance by one member of every team from all previous 34 incarnations.

** In ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' all the playable characters that aren't legacy characters or original come from the Adult Link games, ''Ocarina of Time'' (original and popular), ''Twilight Princess'' (popular) and ''Skyward Sword'' (modern). There's an entire mode dedicated to the orginal NES ''The Legend of Zelda'' but outside of these four games most other Zelda games are barley referenced. The ''Majora's Mask'' DLC added content including characters from the Dark Horse game.

** In a later ''Treehouse of Horror'' segment ([[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E3TreehouseOfHorrorXXV XXV]]'s "The Others"), the Simpsons are haunted by the ghosts of the ''Tracey Ullman'' era Simpsons. The ending of that segment featured various derivatives of the family wanting to move into the Modern Simpsons' house after they were killed. Most of the alternate Simpsons were created specifically for this scene, but three previous versions do make an appearance here -- the "Island of Dr. Hibbert" ("[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E1TreehouseOfHorrorXIII Treehouse of Horror XIII]]") Simpsons in their animal forms (Panther Marge, Spider Bart, Aardvark Maggie, Owl Lisa, and Walrus Homer), the [[BuiltWithLEGO LEGO Simpsons]] from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E20BrickLikeMe Brick Like Me]]", and Creator/SylvainChomet's version of the Simpsons from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E12Diggs Diggs]]"'s CouchGag.
* Predating ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' by decades, ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' has the "Spider Wars", in which Madame Web (and later the Beyonder) first recruited Spider-Man from main universe of the series and later recruiting various alternate versions of him, including [[http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Spider-Armor_MK_I Armored Spider-Man]] (a kind of "[[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]]" version of Peter Parker), Six-Armed Spider-Man (mutated version of him that only stays with the six arms, seen in comics and the same series but GoneHorriblyWrong), Spider-Man with ComicBook/DoctorOctopus' arms (also predating ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan'' by decades), Spider-Man [[Creator/TobeyMaguire as]] [[Creator/AndrewGarfield an]] [[Creator/TomHolland actor]] and even the ComicBook/ScarletSpider (Ben Reilly as in ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga''), been this group simply named as the ''[[http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Spider-Men_(Multiverse) Spider-Men]]''.

** A very recent case is seen in ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' in which [[ComicBook/New52 N52]] Superman fight to the death against a powerful enemy, just to be saved by pre-[=N52=] Superman, which was apart of that reality married with Lois Lane and raising their son Jonathan. After come back to the main reality, original Kal-El decides to become the Superman that "take the place of the dead one".

* ''VideoGame/SpiderManShatteredDimensions'', a game in which you can manage Spider-Men from different alternate realities, the [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Mainstream one]] (Peter Parker), [[ComicBook/SpiderManNoir Noir one]] (also Peter Parker), [[ComicBook/SpiderMan2099 Marvel 2099 one]] (Miguel O'Hara) and [[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan Ultimate one]] (Miles Morales) to find an AppliedPhlebotinum broken in pieces and so fix the broken dimensions.

MeetYourEarlyInstallmentWeirdness is common when the two iterations have major differences between each other. See also CrisisCrossover, BatFamilyCrossover, TheVerse and TheMultiverse. Compare SpinoffSendoff, where a new iteration of a franchise is launched with a supporting appearance by someone from the immediately previous version. SisterTrope of AllianceOfAlternates, where the crossover happens in the same iteration of the franchise. Should not be confused with IntercontinuityCrossover, in which 2 ''different'' franchises clash together.

MeetYourEarlyInstallmentWeirdness is common when the two iterations have major differences between each other. See also CrisisCrossover, BatFamilyCrossover, TheVerse and TheMultiverse. Compare SpinoffSendoff, where a new iteration of a franchise is launched with a supporting appearance by someone from the immediately previous version. Not should be confused with IntercontinuityCrossover, in which 2 ''different'' franchises clash together.

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** In ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' all the playable characters that aren't legacy characters or original come from the Adult Link games, Ocarina of Time (original and popular), ''Twilight Princess'' (popular) and ''Skyward Sword'' (modern). There's an entire mode dedicated to the orginal NES ''The Legend of Zelda'' but outside of these four games most other Zelda games are barley referenced. The ''Majora's Mask'' DLC added content including characters from the Dark Horse game.
** Taken further with ''Hyrule Warriors Legends'' which adds content from ''Wind Waker'' and, with DLC, ''Link's Awakening'', ''Phantom Hourglass'' / ''Spirit Tracks'' and ''A Link Between Worlds''.

MeetYourEarlyInstallmentWeirdness is common when the two iterations have major differences between each other. See also CrisisCrossover, BatFamilyCrossover, TheVerse and TheMultiverse. Not should be confused with IntercontinuityCrossover, in which 2 ''different'' franchises clash together.

* Every incarnation of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' since [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries the original series]] has had a guest appearance from a previous Trek seeing it off in the first installment: TOS's "Bones" [=McCoy=] in the first episode of ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]''; Captain Picard of TNG in ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]''; Quark from [=DS9=] in ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]''; Zephram Cochrane from ''[[Film/StarTrekFirstContact First Contact]]'' in ''[[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]]''; and Leonard Nimoy's original Spock in [[Film/StarTrek the rebooted film series]].

* The ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "Legends" was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen initially intended]] to feature the Comicbook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica.

** In ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' all the playable characters that aren't legacy characters or original come from the Adult Link games, Ocarina of Time (original and popular), ''Twilight Princess'' (popular) and ''Skyward Sword'' (modern). There's an entire mode dedicated to the orginal NES ''The Legend of Zelda'' but outside of these four games most other Zelda games are barley referenced. Subverted with the ''Majora's Mask'' DLC adding content including characters from the Dark Horse game.

* Creator/DCComics

** The ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' representatives are the perfect exemple: the games featured 4 characters from Generation I ('''7''' if you count the trainer and his Pokémon separately), one from the 2nd (which was the most recent by the release date of ''Melee'') one from the 4th (which was the most recent by the release date of ''Brawl'') and one from the 6th (which was the most recent by the release date of ''3DS/Wii U'').

MeetYourEarlyInstallmentWeirdness is common when the two iterations have major differences between each other. See also CrisisCrossover, BatFamilyCrossover and TheMultiverse. Not should be confused with IntercontinuityCrossover, in which 2 ''different'' franchises clash together.