History Main / WeirdCrossover

** It is also said that the hypothetical game would be HGame, again wouldn't be far too off for Mami's side of the crossover (only instead of {{Ecchi}} would be fully fledged {{hentai}} one). Perhaps Mami's sexual tactics would be much more vigorous than she did with Ayumi in the source material (which would give a devastating blow to the world she is placed in, since pornography in 1984 is either bad or straight up FanDisservice).

** It is also said that the hypothetical game would be HGame, again wouldn't be far too off for Mami's side of the crossover (only instead of {{Ecchi}} would be fully fledged {{hentai}} one).

* [[https://i.imgflip.com/71c7k9.jpg So there's a picture of]] Mami Miura from ''Manga/TheIslandOfGiantInsects'' being placed in ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' by George Orwell. If Mami was terrified of gigantic, man-killing bugs, imagine how horrified for her to be in a dystopian dictatorship that is Airstrip One? We bet she would be utterly horror-stricken to deal with the Big Brother's totalitarian control.
** That said, its likely Mami would be able fight the Ingsoc party, if the manga's sequel is any intention.
** It is also said that the hypothetical game would be HGame, again wouldn't be far too off for Mami's side of the crossover (only instead of {{Ecchi}} would be fully fledged hentai one}}).

* ''VideoGame/PokemonConquest'' is a crossover between ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', a very [[LighterAndSofter light and idealistic]], ultra-popular {{Mons}} series, and ''VideoGame/NobunagasAmbition'', a real-time strategy game about Sengoku-era Japan which is obscure outside of its own country.

* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' especially loves to do these sorts of things. Brought to a head with the ''Transformers Collaborative'' line of toys, which includes both fairly reasonable crossovers with the likes of ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' or the ''[[ComicBook/XMen X-Men]]'', and some that boggle the mind, like... ''[[Film/JurassicPark Jurassic Park]]'', ''[[Film/TopGun Top Gun]]'', and ''[[Franchise/UniversalHorror Dracula]]''?

* ''[[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Transformed]]'' went bonkers with their non-Sega characters, each of them being unrelated to Sega as much as they are unrelated with the other guests. There's the platform-exclusive characters, [[VideoGame/BanjoKazooie Banjo & Kazooie]] (PC), [[UsefulNotes/{{Mii}} Miis]] (Nintendo), and Pyro, Heavy, and Spy from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' (PC), but it gets weirder from there. WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph is also a racer, and this was way before the sequel where he met Sonic. Then there's also LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}}, a group of content creators that primarily cover ''Minecraft'', and the weirdest of them all, Danica Patrick is there to cross-promote NASCAR and the game.

!!! Non-Commercial VideoGames / {{Fan Game}}s / {{Game Mod}}s

* ''VideoGame/PowerWashSimulator'' sure is taking you to places you wouldn't expect to go clean up stuff. You got [[Franchise/TombRaider Croft Manor]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Midgar]], and even [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Bikini Bottom]]. Oh yeah, and ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' is included in there too.

* One ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} strip had him joining the ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles because he wanted to eat their pizzas, they saw through his disguise when Odie tagged along, he had a turtle shell on his tongue, they beat them up and kicked them out of their lair.

->''"I'm sorry! Can you go back to the part about Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog meeting MOTHER[[BleepDammit BLEEP]]ING ComicBook/{{SPAWN}}?"''

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyBraveExvius'' has an arm long list of crossovers, from the the most obvious choices (''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', ''Franchise/DragonQuest'', ''VideoGame/WorldOfMana'') to the somewhat unexpected but that still make sense (''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'', ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'', ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile'', ''VideoGame/StarOceanIntegrityAndFaithlessness'', ''VideoGame/ChronoCross''), the ones that happened because Creator/SquareEnix is somehow involved as either the developer or publisher (''VideoGame/DeusExMankindDivided'', ''Franchise/TombRaider'', ''VideoGame/JustCause3''), to non-game properties that still involve the company (''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'') to the ones that came out of the blue (Music/KatyPerry, Music/ArianaGrande).

* The Advertising/MAndMs spokescandies have had multiple bizarre commercials that crossover with different brands to promote their products, including ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'', ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'', ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'', ''Franchise/IndianaJones'', ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', ''Film/IronMan'', ''Film/JurassicWorld'', and of all things, Advertising/{{GEICO}}.

** The first season restricted items to only the aforementioned two domains but still managed to create a plot involving [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance Marche Radiuju]], a slacker version of [[WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie Roxanne]], and OC Edith teaming up with Series/CrissAngelMindfreak to stop the Organization XIII. They travel through the worlds of ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'', ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'', ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'', and ''Series/{{Lost}}''--and the last of which is where things get ''real'' weird.

* ''VideoGame/BlazBlueCrossTagBattle'', Creator/ArcSystemWorks trying its hand at a MascotFighter, came out of nowhere by combining ''Franchise/BlazBlue'' (a series thought to be on hiatus after its GrandFinale), ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' (an era thought of be finished in the wake of ''VideoGame/Persona5''), ''VideoGame/UnderNightInBirth'' (a game that wasn't even very popular in Japan, and is extremely obscure outside of it), and finally, ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' (which made waves as an American-made {{Animesque}} WebAnimation series), in its roster. A fifth series, ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart'', which features Moe-styled female characters, was added later on. In the 2.0 update, ''VideoGame/SenranKagura'' and ''VideoGame/AkatsukiBlitzkampf'' joined the fun as well.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashFlash'' is a ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' FanGame infamous for including the likes of {{Original Character}}s and {{anime}} characters. The first game has a justification via SerendipityWritesThePlot; it started out as ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' FanGame that got {{retool}}ed into a ''Smash Bros.'' fan-game, and had to use whatever sprites were available at the time for its roster. The SurprisinglyImprovedSequel ''Super Smash Flash 2'' was initially planned to go in largely the same direction, including more content and features from the official games while adding a handful of {{Original Character}}s and anime characters (specifically from ''Magazine/ShonenJump'' due the existence of ''VideoGame/JumpUltimateStars'' providing high-quality sprites to use), until the head of the project realized just what kind of potential the game was capable of midway through development, and {{retool}}ed it into a more high-standard game. That meant that all the {{Original Character}}s were scrapped from the game, and the ''Shonen Jump'' characters would've been as well if not a few of them ([[Manga/{{Bleach}} Ichigo]], Franchise/{{Naruto}}, and [[Franchise/DragonBall Son Goku]]) already being coded into earlier demos, and stayed in by GrandfatherClause. Eventually, [[Franchise/OnePiece Monkey D. Luffy]] was added to the roster due to popular request and to round out the selection of ''Shonen Jump'' fighters.

-->--'''Boomstick''', WebAnimation/DeathBattle

->''"The team-up you thought would never happen... ComicBook/{{Archie|Comics}} and ComicBook/ThePunisher wish you were right!"''
-->-- ''ComicBook/ArchieMeetsThePunisher''

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* If you thought Katy Perry being in a ''Final Fantasy'' game was weird enough, then have we got a story for you: the mobile game ''VideoGame/RagnarokOrigins'' once had an event centered around Music/{{Psy}}. Yes, the K-pop star responsible for "Gangnam Style."

* On its most basic level ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' is essentially "''Creator/{{Disney}}'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy''". In reality the ''Final Fantasy'' characters are essentially cameos loosely based on their original characters, while the main cast is a series of [=FF=]-esque OriginalGeneration characters. There are also oddball crossovers such as Franchise/DonaldDuck interacting with the cast of ''Film/{{Tron}}''. All of this is wrapped up around a story involving the OriginalGeneration which is infamous for being confusing (and before the [=PS4=] [[CompilationRerelease collections]], hard to keep up with thanks to initially coming out of wildly different platforms and ''story details'' often being locked to [[NoExportForYou certain international releases]]), and much darker than your average Disney cartoon.

* If you thought Katy Perry being in a ''Final Fantasy'' game was weird enough, then have we got a story for you: the mobile game ''VideoGame/RagnarokOrigin'' once had an event centered around Music/{{Psy}}. Yes, the K-pop star responsible for "Gangnam Style."

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' mixes several LEGO licensed universes. While Franchise/{{Batman}} is a major character, there are many [[TheCameo cameos]] and {{One Scene Wonder}}s involving Creator/DCComics characters (Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/GreenLantern, Franchise/WonderWoman, etc), [[Franchise/HarryPotter Albus Dumbledore]], [[Franchise/StarWars Han Solo, Chewbacca, C3PO and Lando Calrissian]], [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf the Grey]], [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Michelangelo]], etc. It is a rare example when the crossovers receive an InUniverse justification: TheReveal tells that [[spoiler:the animated part of the movie actually represents the imagination of a boy playing with his father's own LEGO collection.]]

* In recent years ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'' has become the master of this type of crossover. While most collaborations are with immensely popular brands such as [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]], Creator/DCComics, Franchise/{{Naruto}}, etc., crossover-magnets like ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' and ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'', or tie-ins to [[Franchise/JohnWick contemporary]] [[Film/Dune2021 big]] [[Film/FreeGuy name]] [[Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy releases]], some of them come ''completely'' out of left field, such as [[Literature/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy Kelsier]] and Series/ElChapulinColorado.

* ''VideoGame/LEGODimensions'' takes ''The LEGO Movie's'' crossover concept and ramps it up. The game's story mode alone has Franchise/{{Batman}}, [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf the Grey]], and [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie Wyldstyle]] visiting, among other things, [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Munchkinland]], [[Franchise/TheSimpsons Springfield]], [[Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII 1885 Hill Valley]], and [[VideoGame/Portal2 Aperture Science]]. Even more franchises were added through updates for the next two years.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' mixes several LEGO licensed universes. While Franchise/{{Batman}} is a major chartacter, there are many [[TheCameo cameos]] and {{One Scene Wonder}}s involving Creator/DCComics characters (Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/GreenLantern, Franchise/WonderWoman, etc), [[Franchise/HarryPotter Albus Dumbledore]], [[Franchise/StarWars Han Solo, Chewbacca, C3PO and Lando Calrissian]], [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf the Grey]], [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Michelangelo]], etc. It is a rare example when the crossovers receive an InUniverse justification: TheReveal tells that [[spoiler: the animated part of the movie actually represents the imagination of a boy playing with his father's own LEGO collection.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' mixes several LEGO licensed universes. While Franchise/{{Batman}} is one of the protagonists, there are many {{Cameo}}s and {{One Scene Wonder}}s involving Creator/DCComics characters (Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/GreenLantern, Franchise/WonderWoman, etc), [[Franchise/HarryPotter Albus Dumbledore]], [[Franchise/StarWars Han Solo, Chewbacca, C3PO and Lando Calrissian]], [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf the Grey]], [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Michelangelo]], etc. It is a rare example when the crossovers receive an InUniverse justification: TheReveal tells that [[spoiler: the animated part of the movie actually represents the imagination of a boy playing with his father's own LEGO collection.]]

A Weird Crossover is an unlikely crossover between works different enough, be it in themes, tones (e.g. mixing something very dark with something very upbeat), {{genres}} (e.g. merging a SciFi or {{Horror}} franchise with one set in our world, or a specific {{superhero}} in a kind of setting he[=/=]she is usually not associated with), etc. It can be a full work, but there are many examples using it to create [[RealTrailerFakeMovie fake movie trailers]]. Also, there are examples of this trope serving to make a single InUniverse joke, the Weird Crossover work referred InUniverse being a ShowWithinAShow (or an unlikely project existing InUniverse). The trope is usually PlayedForLaughs, the joke being the unlikeliness of the crossover.

* The Advertising/MAndMs spokescandies have had multiple bizarre commercials that crossover with different brands to promote their products, including ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'', ''Franchise/IndianaJones'', ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', ''Film/IronMan'', ''Film/JurassicWorld'', and of all things, Advertising/{{GEICO}}.

* Exaggerated in the fan video ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82j_8I9Yi7k The Incredibles Get Sick!]]'', which is a crossover between ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/DocMcStuffins''.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10890096/1/Ned-Flanders-in-Madagascar Ned Flanders in Madagascar]]'': Subverted. It appears to be a crossover between ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', but it turns out that Marty was on drugs and tripped the whole thing.

* Companies behind ShoddyKnockoffProduct action figures frequently package together characters from different unrelated entertainment brands, resulting in very weird team ups. A good example is the [[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/530109-bootleg-knock-off Sense of Right Alliance]], which posits a teamup between ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'', ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'', ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', ''Franchise/SpiderMan'', and ''Franchise/{{Superman}}''.

* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' especially loves to do these sorts of things. Brought to a head with the ''Transformers Collaborative'' line of toys, which includes both fairly reasonable crossovers with the likes of ''[[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Back to the Future]]'' or the ''[[ComicBook/XMen X-Men]]'', and some that boggle the mind, like... ''[[Film/JurassicPark Jurassic Park]]'', ''[[Film/TopGun Top Gun]]'', and ''[[Franchise/UniversalHorror Dracula]]''?

* Music/BingCrosby and Music/DavidBowie [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9kfdEyV3RQ singing Christmas music together]]. Could there be two more dissimilar musicians in any universe?
* [[https://rave.dj/ Rave.DJ]] allows the user to input any two Website/YouTube videos of reasonable length to create a mashup, allowing a Weird Crossover between any two songs. Do you want to combine [[Music/Communications Rotary Dial]] and [[Music/MarinaDiamandis Bubblegum Bitch]]? [[https://on.soundcloud.com/BiyuCeuuRqBDeu9r5 Not only has it been done,]] but it works surprisingly well.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' mixes several LEGO licensed universes. While Franchise/{{Batman}} is one of the protagonists, there are many {{Cameo}}s and {{One Scene Wonder}}s involving Creator/DCComics characters (Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/GreenLantern, Franchise/WonderWoman, etc), [[Franchise/HarryPotter Albus Dumbledore]], [[Franchise/StarWars Han Solo, Chewbacca, C3PO and Lando Calrissian]], [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf the Grey]], [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Michaelangello]], etc. It is a rare example when the crossovers receive an InUniverse justification: TheReveal tells that [[spoiler: the animated part of the movie actually represents the imagination of a boy playing with his father's own LEGO collection.]]

* ''Anime/IsekaiQuartet''. The only thing in common with the shows that appear in the crossover is that they're ''isekai'' {{Light Novel|s}} series published by Kadokawa. Other than that, it's really weird to see [[LightNovel/Overlord2012 the Emperor of Nazarick]] casually speaking with [[Literature/ReZero an ordinary human]], [[Literature/TheSagaOfTanyaTheEvil a soldier]] and a [[Literature/KonoSuba a literal goddess]].