History Main / RedSkiesCrossover

** ComicBook/{{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 stuff in the X-Force tie-ins published at the same time]].

* ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' and ''ComicBook/TheTransformersUnicron'' has an interesting example. Neither book crosses with the other, though characters note that TheStarsAreGoingOut across the universe. Events in both storylines are separately contributing to this and both sides remain oblivious to each other. More Than Meets the Eye's 50th issue starts with Optimus Prime, Jetfire, Starscream, Rattrap and the Scavengers watching several of the crew member's messages which are last rites and when Optimus wants to mount a rescue, Jetfire tells him the message was sent three weeks ago... (As to why the Lost Light isn't responding, Getaway is in charge).

* ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' and ''ComicBook/TheTransformersUnicron'' has an interesting example. Neither book crosses with the other, though characters note that TheStarsAreGoingOut across the universe. Events in both storylines are separately contributing to this and both sides remain oblivious to each other. More Than Meets the Eye's 50th issue starts with Optimus Prime, Jetfire, Starscream, Rattrap and the Scavengers

* The events of ''VideoGame/Persona3DancingInMoonlight'' and ''VideoGame/Persona5DancingInStarlight'' are the result of the game’s respective Velvet Room attendants betting on which of their guests is the better dancer, and having them compete. While both games make references to the presence of another team, the two teams never actually meet, save for a brief text conversation between Fuuka and Futaba.

* ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' and ''ComicBook/TheTransformersUnicron'' has an interesting example. Neither book crosses with the other, though characters note that TheStarsAreGoingOut across the universe. Events in both storylines are separately contributing to this and both sides remain oblivious to each other.

** The crossover with ''DC One Million'' satirized the entire crossover concept, which held that every ongoing series at the time had an influence on the Franchise/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''.

* ''ComicBook/{{Pathfinder|DynamiteComics}}: Runescars'' takes place in the city-state of Korvosa in parallel with the early part of the ''Curse of the Crimson Throne Adventure Path''. The party collides with both the Order of the Nail Hellknights and Queen Ileosa Arabasti's [[AmazonBrigade Grey Maidens]], but doesn't directly deal with the budding revolution that is the main subject of the ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' tabletop campaign.

** The ''Series/BlackLightning2018'' [[Recap/BlackLightning2018S3E9EarthCrisis tie-in episode]] is also only peripherally related to ''Crisis'', with little to do with the crossover apart from the red skies themselves and them causing Jennifer to lose control of her powers and bounce back and forth between a few different universes. [[spoiler:While Black Lighting's Earth is also destroyed by the Anti-Monitor's antimatter wave and Jefferson is rescued from oblivion to help in the rest of ''Crisis'', this occurs at the very end of the episode]].

** The ''Series/BlackLightning2018'' [[Recap/BlackLightning2018S3E9EarthCrisis tie-in episode]] is also only peripherally related to ''Crisis'', with little to do with the crossover apart from the red skies themselves and them causing Jennifer's powers going haywire and bounce back and forth between a few different universes. [[spoiler:While Black Lighting's Earth is also destroyed by the Anti-Monitor's antimatter wave and Jefferson is rescued from oblivion to help in the rest of ''Crisis'', this occurs at the very end of the episode]].

** The ''Series/BlackLightning2018'' [[Recap/BlackLightning2018EarthCrisis tie-in episode]] is also only peripherally related to ''Crisis'', with little to do with the crossover apart from the red skies themselves and them causing Jennifer's powers going haywire and bounce back and forth between a few different universes. [[spoiler:While Black Lighting's Earth is also destroyed by the Anti-Monitor's antimatter wave and Jefferson is rescued from oblivion to help in the rest of ''Crisis'', this occurs at the very end of the episode]].

* The second StoryArc of ''ComicBook/ThePulse'' has ComicBook/JessicaJones and ComicBook/LukeCage get caught in the crossfire of the ''ComicBook/SecretWar'' series. Little about it is explained (and [[UnreliableExpositor what explanation we do get comes from a Hydra officer]]), as the couple are far too busy just trying to survive the week.

** In ''Film/IronMan2'', we see news footage of the Hulk's university fight from ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' on a monitor. In the same movie, Nick Fury mentions a strange event in the Southwest and later, Agent Coulson mentions having to go to New Mexico for a mission. TheStinger reveals Coulson coming upon the hammer from ''Film/{{Thor}}''.

** The post credits scene of ''Film/VenomLetThereBeCarnage'' has Eddie Brock and Venom [[spoiler: getting accidentially teleported into the MCU at the very end of the events of ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'', right when J. Jonah Jameson outs Spider-Man as Peter Parker and accuses him of murdering Mysterio, with Venom wanting to pick a fight with Spider-Man. The mid-credits scene of ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' instead shows that they spent the entire events of the movie getting slammed at a bar in Mexico while being caught up on the events of the MCU up until then, and as soon as Eddie decides to go to New York to look for Spider-Man both he and Venom are unceremoniously sent back to their own universe by Dr. Strange. [[SequelHook However, a sliver of Venom is left behind…]]]]

** The post credits scene of ''Film/VenomLetThereBeCarnage'' has Eddie Brock and Venom [[spoiler: getting accidentially teleported into the MCU at the very end of the events of ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'', right when J. Jonah Jameson outs Spider-Man as Peter Parker and accuses him of murdering Mysterio, with Venom wanting to pick a fight with Spider-Man. The mid-credits scene of ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' instead shows that they spent the entire events of the movie getting slammed at a bar in Mexico while being caught up on the events of the MCU up until then, and as soon as Eddie decides to go to New York to look for Spider-Man both he and Venom are unceremoniously sent back to their own universe by Dr. Strange.]]

* Lampshaded during DC's ''ComicBook/JokersLastLaugh'' storyline, where ComicBook/TheJoker, after "jokerizing" most of the worlds villains and cutting them loose on the planet, begins complaining that the sky is perfectly clear and normal, and that he's going to have to "kick it up a notch" in order to achieve the desired sky effect. The crossover also had some traditional Red Skies Crossovers. Pretty much the only tie-ins that were actually important to the main story were written by ''Last Laugh'' writer Chuck Dixon (''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'', ''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]]'', ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'', ''ComicBook/{{JLA}}''). Most of the other tie-ins were simply "Jokerized villain goes off to tangle with the hero of whatever book this is".

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See also WolverinePublicity, {{Metaplot}}. RedSkyTakeWarning is when the red sky is actual cause for concern within the story itself.

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** The CW proudly advertised a crossover between every show across the entire week as part of the "Invasion" Arc. ''[[Series/{{Supergirl2015}} Supergirl]]'' however, being set on a different Earth from the other shows, was an entirely normal episode with Barry Allen only appearing at the end to recruit her. She ''did'' go on to play a large role in the crossover, but her show was barely involved.
** The ''Series/Elseworlds2018'' crossover heavily involved the casts of ''Arrow'', ''Flash'', and ''Supergirl'', but no one from ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' was even mentioned. In the ''Legends'' solo episode, we find out that everyone else did call them for help, but the Legends blew them off because a time travel mishap had turned them all into jerks. At the end of the season, this gets referenced again when [[ItMakesSenseInContext the Legends dress up as Supergirl, Green Arrow, and the Flash to advertise a theme park that will save the world]].

** And then we get the big one, ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019'', which runs through all five major series -- ''Arrow, Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow'' and the brand new ''Series/{{Batwoman 2019}}'', drags in ''Series/BlackLightning2018'' (due to that show being filmed in Atlanta, only Jefferson appears elsewhere during the crossover) and drags in just about every possible television series and movie it can possibly fit in, up to and including ''Series/Batman1966''.

** Speaking of ''Crisis'', while the Legends were involved, they had a noticeably smaller impact than the rest of the cast. Sara and Ray were main characters throughout the crossover, but Sara mentions that she promised the rest of the crew "no more crossovers." A version of Rory from another universe shows up, but the main Rory, Ava, and Nate don't show up until the last episode, which is officially a ''Legends'' episode. Constantine, Charlie, and other ''Legends'' characters don't show up at all. Nate and Ava in particular are annoyed that the other teams ''kidnapped'' their captain.

** And as far as the non CW properties themselves, the majority of their appearances are single scenes at best, typically a quick cameo of them reacting to the Multiversal disaster (which much like the comic event that named the trope is the skies turning red) without any interaction with other universe characters. Smallville's Clark Kent does share the scene with others in his single scene, albeit a several minute long one but the only characters that have an extended appearance are classic Superman (played by Brandon Routh who was already a regular in crossover as Legend's Ray Palmer) and Earth-99's Bruce Wayne (played by animated series's VA Kevin Conroy in a live appearance) who are both the major focus of the 2nd episode and Superman also appears in the 3rd.

* ComicBook/{{New 52}}: In ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'' #6, there is a one panel tie-in with ''ComicBook/{{Stormwatch}}'' #6 where Amanda Waller is looking at a TV screen and stating that the sky is falling.

* In the original ''ComicBook/{{Inferno}}'' crossover, one of the first that Creator/MarvelComics did involving all series in their universe, most crossover issues not directly connected to the [[Comicbook/XMen X-titles]] featured minor content at best, or at worst, totally contradictory writing to the actual central story. One of the more significant tie-ins not directly related to the main story was in ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'', as the team had just dissolved in #297. Issue #298 gave us an entire issue of Edwin Jarvis fighting off demonic creatures in Manhattan, and issues #299-300 dealt with a new team being formed to rescue Franklin Richards from N'astirh. It seems odd that once they got Franklin back, the new Avengers didn't do anything further to fight the demons, though their priority was to get Franklin home, and Reed and Sue were living on Long Island at the time (as they'd retired from the Comicbook/FantasticFour at the time), so it's at least possible that by the time the team got back to Manhattan, the X-Men and X-Factor had already wrapped things up. Oddly enough, Comicbook/{{Excalibur}}, despite having a main ''Inferno'' header on its tie-in issue covers (unlike ''Avengers'' which had a corner tab indicating its lesser tie-in status), didn't have any impact on the main story, and only served to strand the team in New York for a bit with Comicbook/CaptainBritain's [[AmplifierArtifact suit]] trashed.

* At first the ''Franchise/GreenLantern ComicBook/ZeroHour'' crossover issue seemed to be one, with the whole comic dealing with Kyle Rayner's recent tragedy and his first meeting with the Golden Age Green Lantern Alan Scott who gives him a primer about the Green Lantern legacy and about the Silver Age Green Lantern Hal Jordan, who at that time has recently gone crazy, has destroyed the whole Green Lantern Corps, and has disappeared. Alan then informs Kyle that he may be called in to help stop Hal the next time he shows up. It seemed that the only connection to the crossover was the last page where Comicbook/{{Superman}} and [[ComicBook/NewGods Metron]] arrive seeking his help. [[spoiler:But later on, it apparently can be regarded as a subversion of this trope when it is revealed near the end that Hal Jordan himself is the BigBad of the Crisis event, and since the Green Lantern issue is [[{{Foreshadowing}} the only comic in the crossover that has really brought him up]] before TheReveal.]]

* The first issue of the ''Cataclysm: Ultimate Spider-Man'' mini-series tie-in for the event ''[[Comicbook/CataclysmTheUltimatesLastStand Cataclysm]]'' followed the story of ''Ultimate Comics Spider-Man'' instead, and tied in with Cataclysm only in the two final pages, a double spread of Galactus arriving to New Jersey.

* In the ''Coreline'' story ''Fanfic/CorelineInvasionOfPortland'', the skies over Portland turn red during the demonic invasion from another Coreline tale: ''The Shikigami Ranger and the Monster Mashers''. One of the characters in the story, an alt of Supergirl from the Pre-''Crisis On Infinite Earths'' multiverse, lampshades the trope.

** In ''Buffy''[='s=] last season, The First dispatches her people (The Bringers) across the globe to eradicate the entire Slayer line. By "[[Recap/AnglS04E13Salvage Salvage]]", Faith was cooling off in prison for a few years, but after an attempt on her life by a bribed inmate (a ''very'' rare Buffy/Angel crossover in the final years) she manages to break free. You wouldn't think it anything but a common jailhouse shanking, if not for the lingering shot of a Bringer knife.

* Many ''ComicBook/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. ''ComicBook/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.

** SelfDemonstrating/{{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 stuff in the X-Force tie-ins published at the same time]].

** SelfDemonstrating/{{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 stuff in the X-Force tie-ins published at the same time]].