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->''"They had a ComicBook/{{Thor}} "[[{{Crossover}} crossover]]" without Thor! And it took place after [[Film/{{Thor}} the movie]] happened! The Thor crossover was them cleaning up sh*t from the sh*t that happened in Thor!"''
-->-- '''Nick Mundy''', ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIZytYUfP7o How to Fix MARVEL]]'', on the subject of ''Series/AgentsOfShield''.

* Not a Crisis crossover but a crossover nonetheless: in the second ''HouseOfMystery'' annual, there's a series of VertigoComics short stories linked by the presence of the same ghoulish trick-or-treaters. While the rest actually feature them, the ''{{Hellblazer}}'' story merely has John Constantine walk by them at the beginning, going into a plot that has nothing to do with them.

** Deadpool's own tie-in also only had a plot marginally related to the overarching story, in which he tried to cash in on it all by decorating an ordinary sledgehammer to make it look like one of those that fell from the sky and dropping it in front of lame Spider-Man foe, The Walrus, just so 'Pool can beat him up later and grab the glory for himself. The worldwide calamity caused by the Worthy is completely sidelined for three issues (the only thing that happens is Kuurth - Juggernaut - breaking through a house in the first issue, for a grand total of one page), and [[WolverinePublicity Deadpool did his plot-relevant stuf in the X-Force tie-ins published at the same time]].

-->-- '''Nick Mundy''', ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIZytYUfP7o How to Fix MARVEL]]'', on the subject of ''Series/MarvelAgentsOfShield''

-->-- '''Nick Mundy''', ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIZytYUfP7o How to Fix MARVEL]]''

* The #129 issue of ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' was labeled as an ''Comicbook/Ultimatum'' tie-in, even though the story had nothing to do with said event. The only panels which "tied in" with Ultimatum were the final ones, where it started raining (the wheater event which preceded the tidal wave which hit New York).
* The first issue of the ''Cataclysm: Ultimate Spider-Man'' mini-series tie-in for the event ''[[Comicbook/Cataclysm The Ultimates Last Stand Cataclysm]]'' followed the story of ''Ultimate Comics Spider-Man'', and tied in with Cataclysm only in the two final pages, a double spread of Galactus arriving to New Jersey.

** The ''Seinfeld'' episode that aired during that "Blackout Thursday" was ''The Subway", and there ''is'' a very brief blackout scene in that episode, where the subway Elaine is riding on, breaks down, and the lights go out.

* ABC heavily promoted an episode of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' as being a tie-in with the recently-released ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld''. Said tie-in consisted of a single scene at the beginning of the episode where the team clean up debris from the film's climactic fight, before moving on to a wholly unrelated plot (albeit one that ties into general Asgardian mythology). However, the events of ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' seem to have had a much more prominent (and longer lasting) effect on the show.

* ABC heavily promoted an episode of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' as being a tie-in with the recently-released ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld''. Said tie-in consisted of a single scene at the beginning of the episode where the team clean up debris from the film's climactic fight, before moving on to a wholly unrelated plot (albeit one that ties into general Asgardian mythology).

* ''InfiniteCrisis'' had many tie-in issues in which either an OMAC appeared out of nowhere to fight the main character or a few pages were devoted to TheSpectre destroying something.
* ''ComicBook/CableAndDeadpool'' did a really small CrossOver with ''HouseOfM'' that lasted one issue (they were conveniently out of the universe during most of it.) It was so small that if you go back and read the trade you probably won't even realize it was part of ''House Of M''.

* ''Final Crisis: [[ComicBook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}} Legion of 3 Worlds]]'' is also totally unrelated to ''FinalCrisis''. For one thing, almost all of the story takes place ''a thousand years after the crisis.'' While a few lines are thrown in to make characters aware of the event, to them it's literally ancient history, and not terribly relevant to them. Indeed, the story originally was meant to be a stand-alone, only labeled a crossover at the last minute to increase sales.

* All the original ''SecretWars'' crossovers simply consisted of a few panels of the character disappearing and reappearing from the miniseries, [[UnbuiltTrope because the pattern for how to tie a crossover series into a character's own book hadn't been set yet]].

* Subverted three times in ''Comicbook/{{Hitman}}'' during the ''[[BatFamilyCrossover Cataclysm]]'', ''DCOneMillion'', and ''FinalNight'' events.

** The crossover with ''DCOneMillion'' satirized the entire crossover concept, which held that every ongoing series at the time had an influence on the DCUniverse over 800 centuries later. Including ''Hitman'', a series about a small-time thug with low-level super powers. In the ''Hitman'' crossover, Tommy is brought to the future by fanboys. He roundly insults them all for wasting their time and ability on bothering with him. He also has time to [[TakeThat hilariously kill]] Gunfire, a fellow creation from the DorkAge crossover ''Bloodlines''.

* The [[TooSoon delayed]] and much hyped ''TheClevelandShow'', ''AmericanDad'' and ''FamilyGuy'' three-part crossover ended up this. There were some shared characters, but the only thing that tied the stories together was that the main cast for each was trapped in their houses by a Hurricane. At the very end the three main characters meet, but it finishes soon after.

* Averted when the Casket of Ancient Winters was opened in ''TheMightyThor'', many other Marvel titles were smacked with impossible blizzards on top of what they are dealing with at the time. Usually, the characters had little or no knowledge of what exactly was going on in ''Thor'', but on the other hand, none of them were bannered as crossovers - it was just a GeniusBonus for people reading ''Thor'' and any of the other titles.

** The ''Zero Year'' storyline running in Scott Snyder's ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' was going to be self-contained, but has since been announced to be receiving tie-ins - Aside from the pre-requisite [[BatFamilyCrossover Bat Family titles]] titles, it's also receiving tie-ins to ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' & ''ComicBook/TheFlash'', none of which are necessary to the primary story.

** The ''Zero Year'' storyline running in Scott Snyder's ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' was going to be self-contained, but has since been announced to be receiving tie-ins - Aside from the pre-requisite [[BatFamilyCrossover Bat Family titles]] titles, it's also receiving tie-ins to ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' & ''ComicBook/TheFlash'', none of which are necessary to the primary story.

** The ''Zero Year'' storyline running in Scott Snyder's ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' was going to be self-contained, but has since been announced to be receiving tie-ins - Aside from the pre-requisite [[BatFamilyCrossover Bat Family titles]] titles, it's also receiving tie-ins to ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' & ''ComicBook/The Flash'', none of which are necessary to the primary story.

* When the Casket of Ancient Winters was opened in ''TheMightyThor'', many other Marvel titles were smacked with impossible blizzards on top of what they are dealing with at the time. Usually, the characters had little or no knowledge of what exactly was going on in ''Thor''.

* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': When the EHM1 from Voyager was transferred to a ship in the Alpha Quadrant (which was empty), he activated the EHM2. The EHM2 mentioned that the ship was engaged in a conflict of the [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Dominion War]]. The EHM1 replied "The what?"

* A shooting star passed through the Cyrus family house on ''HannahMontana'', the Tipton Hotel on ''TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'', and the White House on ''CoryInTheHouse''.

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* Many ''BrightestDay'' tie-ins were Red Skies Crossovers. ''{{Titans}}'' and ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' featured resurrected characters in their casts, but otherwise had little to do with the overall storyline. ''GreenLanternCorps'' had nothing to do with ''Brightest Day'' outside of dealing with a small amount of ''Blackest Night'' fallout, despite the banner, and ''Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors'' was launched as a Brightest Day title, but had only an offhand reference to Guy Gardner's breakup with Ice to justify it.

* SuicideSquad #6 (Volume 4, 2011-) is a poster child for this trope. There is a one panel tie-in with Stormwatch #6 (DC Universe - New 52, 2011-) where Amanda Waller is looking at tv screen, and stating that the sky is falling.