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* ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'' crossovers will often switch up the title cards and commercial-break scene wipes of the series involved. For instance, in the first two part crossover between ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' and ''Series/TheFlash2014'', "Flash vs. Arrow" had one of Ollie's arrows take the place of Barry's lightning bolt, and the reverse happened in "The Brave and the Bold".

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* Devils Due's ''GIJoe VS Transformers'' used a mash-up between the Cobra and Decepticon symbols in advertisements, but not in the actual comic (except to separate issues in the collected edition).

* The [[MagicTheGathering Guilds of Ravnica]] all have their own sigils, that are, abstractly, combinations of the mana symbols for their colors. For example, Selesnya's symbol, combines white's sun with green's tree to make a mostly circular tree with sunbeams coming out of it, while Rakdos's is a flaming skull.

* The DS version of ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames Mario & Sonic At The Winter Olympic Games]]'' has [[VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon Blizland]], half of which represents [[Franchise/SonictheHedgehog Dr. Eggman's]] [[EternalEngine factories]] while the other half represents [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bowser's]] [[LethalLavaLand Castle]].

* [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/File:Trinity_Logo.jpg The logo]] for the ''Comicbook/{{Trinity}}'' series combined Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/{{Batman}}, and Franchise/WonderWoman's symbols.

* In-universe example in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E22InMargeWeTrust "In Marge We Trust"]]: Merging the smiling fish logo of Matsamura Fishworks with the lightbulb logo of Tamaribuchi Heavy Manufacturing Concern, the two companies involved in the production of Mr. Sparkle dishwashing detergent, results in a grinning yellow head that just happens to resemble Homer's.

* In-universe example in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E22InMargeWeTrust "In Marge We Trust"]]: Merging the smiling fish logo of Matsamura Fishworks with the lightbulb logo of Tamaribuchi Heavy Manufacturing Concern, the two companies involved in the production of Mr. Sparkle dishwashing detergent, results in a grinning yellow head that just happens to resemble Homer's. "There's your answer, fishbulb."

* Following UsefulNotes/WarsOfTheRoses, [[TheHouseOfTudor Henry VII]] created the Tudor Rose, which was the White Rose of the House of York within the Red Rose of the House of Lancaster, representing the merging of the two houses (His mother was of the House of Lancaster and his wife was of the House of York).

* ''WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown'' crossovers at times mix images of the guest reviewer in the intro, as well as a {{Portmantitle}} ("[[WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh Brows Beat Down]]", "[[MikeJ Shameful Sequels Beatdown]]", "Bad Movie Beatdown [[Creator/AllisonPregler Presents]]").

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* Nearly every gem in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' has a {{leitmotif}}, and when two [[FusionDance fuse together]], the result has a theme that has elements of both components'. This is also used to form most fusions' WeaponOfChoice. Opal, for instance, turns Pearl's spear into a bow using Amethyst's whip as the string.

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* The logo for the ''Comicbook/{{Trinity}}'' series combined Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/{{Batman}}, and Franchise/WonderWoman's symbols.

* A variant in ''BlazBlue'': every character has a special "crest" that represents them (you can see them when they perform their LimitBreak or FinishingMove). One certain character's crest is a combination of two others'. [[spoiler:It's the Black Beast's, whose crest is a combination of Ragna and Nu-13's.]]

* ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'': Just look at the page image, than look at the trope image. [[MythologyGag It's is the logo]] for DC's Comicbook/SupermanBatman series, albeit with more of an influence from the Superman logo from UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks and the Batman logo from ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns''.

* ''Franchise/{{Arrowverse}}'' crossovers will often switch up the title cards and commercial-break scene wipes of the series involved. For instance, in the first two part crossover between ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' and ''Series/TheFlash2014'', "Flash vs. Arrow" had one of Ollie's arrows take the place of Barry's lightning bolt, and the reverse happened in "The Brave and the Bold".

* ''WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows'' does his [[CouchGag "playing the reviewed song" intro]] whenever crossing over with other reviewers from ''That Guy With The Glasses''. For example, he plays [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]]'s "Ready to Roll" over the BMB opening sequence, "It Wasn't Me" after he and TheRapCritic accept to review the song, and [[Music/BritneySpears "I'm Not a Girl Not Yet a Woman"]] when he and WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick review ''Film/Crossroads2002'' (though the Chick decides to join him at the piano).

* ''WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown'' crossovers at times mix images of the guest reviewer in the intro, as well as a {{Portmantitle}} ("[[WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh Brows Beat Down]]", "[[MikeJ Shameful Sequels Beatdown]]", "Bad Movie Beatdown [[ObscurusLupa Presents]]").

* The two part crossovers between ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' and ''Series/TheFlash2014'' did this in the title cards for each episode. "Flash vs. Arrow" had one of Ollie's arrows take the place of Barry's lightning bolt, and the reverse happened in "The Brave and the Bold".

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* The movie ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' had a moment of mixing icons: a slow pan down from tree level, coming down onto a sign reading "Elm Street", while the soundtrack played the ''Friday the 13th'' "ki-ki-ki-ki, ma-ma-ma-ma" leitmotif.
* ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'': Just look at the page image, than look at the trope image. [[MythologyGag It's is the logo]] for DC's Comicbook/SupermanBatman series, albeit with more of an influence from the Superman logo from UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks and the Batman logo from ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns''.

* In the animated Franchise/{{DCAU}} crossover movie "World's Finest", the Bat-Signal (Batman's emblem) is broadcast onto the globe on top of the Daily Planet Building (Superman's).
* The exact logo at the top of the page also appears in-universe in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanPublicEnemies'' [[spoiler: on the chest of a giant robot that Toyman, Japanese wunderkind Hiro Okamura, built to destroy a Kryptonite asteroid that would hit Earth. Cut him some slack: he designed it when he was seven.]]

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* The shows ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'' and ''Series/LawAndOrder'' , which had distinctive ways of sequeing from one scene to another[[note]](''Homicide'' had smash cuts and a sort of industrial whooshing noise, ''L&O'' cut to black with its trademark 'glun-glung' noise, followed by text explaining the time and place of the next scene as it faded in.)[[/note]], crossed over once. During the crossover, the scenes in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity (''L&O's'' turf) were filmed with ''Homicide's'' transitions, and those in UsefulNotes/{{Baltimore}} (''Homicide's'' setting) had ''L&O's'' transitions. (That is: Cut to black, glun-glung, text: "Baltimore Homicide Division, 10:30 AM.", fade in.)

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* In the animated Franchise/{{DCAU}} crossover movie "World's Finest", the Bat-Signal (Batman's emblem) is broadcast onto the globe on top of the Daily Planet Building (Superman's).

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* Nearly every gem in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' has a {{leitmotif}}, and when two [[FusionDance fuse together]], the result has a theme that has elements of both components'.

* Following UsefulNotes/WarsOfTheRose, [[TheHouseOfTudor Henry VII]] created the Tudor Rose, which was the White Rose of the House of York within the Red Rose of the House of Lancaster, representing the merging of the two houses (His mother was of the House of Lancaster and his wife was of the House of York).

* ''BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'': Just look at the page image, than look at the trope image. [[MythologyGag It's is the logo]] for DC's Comicbook/SupermanBatman series, albeit with more of an influence from the Superman logo from UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks and the Batman logo from ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns''.