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In terms of how things work within the universe, the [[Buffy Verse]] is set up by [[Mutant Enemy]] in such a way that [[Our Vampires Are Different]] in a (fairly) uniform fashion, and certain characters can move back and forth between shows and refer to events on the other show as if they are in the same world. Such things are often defined in the [[Universe Bible]], the one true repository of [[Canon]]. These bibles may be condensed to a [[Universe Compendium]], or published as a [[Universe Concordance]]. Some universes, [[Shared Universe|the shared variety]] especially, have a pretty strict and orderly [[Canon]]. Others, especially those with many authors, spread across different media and over a long period of time, go all over the place. Most of them reside somewhere in-between.

A [[Shared Universe]] refers to a fictional universe written by more than just one or two people. [[Expanded Universe]] means a kind of secondary canon to the main [[Canon]], in other media. See also the closely related term [[Canon]]. See also [[Canon Welding]] and [[Alternate Continuity]].

 

* [[Academy of Superheroes]]

* [[BattleTech Expanded Universe]]

* [[Noon Universe]]

* [[Overside]]

* [[Potter Verse]]

* [[Power Rangers]] <ref>Makes an occasional [[Shout-Out]] to Dagobah and Gallefry, suggesting some crossover or possibly a shared setting with the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] and the [[Whoniverse]].</ref>

* [[The Strangerverse]]

* [[Surrealverse]]

* [[Tortall Universe]]

* [[Transformers Aligned Universe]]

* [[Whoniverse]], a sprawling continuity inhabited by ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and its spinoffs. Known for being [[Timey-Wimey Ball|wildly internally inconsistent]]; fortunately, no one much cares.

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* The universe centered on the [[CLAMP]] school

** And, in a larger sense, the entire ''CLAMP'' multiverse (as shown in ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'').

** The "Turn A" in the title describes an inverted "A", the mathematical symbol meaning "For all", used in equations describing statements that apply to every member of a set.

* The ''[[Pretty Cure]]'' multiverse.

* Several works of [[Shirow Masamune]] seem to take place all in the same universe, at different points of time. ''[[Ghost in the Shell]]'' is set in the 2030s (depending on the adaptation), ''[[Real Drive]]'' in 2061, and ''[[Appleseed]]'' about 100 years later. While no direct connections are made, Dominion, Appleseed and Ghost in the Shell all feature the small arms manufacturer ''Seburo'', which is usually the brand of choice for the main characters. The TV adaptation of Ghost in the Shell has even further ties to Appleseed, with references to The American Empire/Imperial Americana, Poseidon Industries and Bioroids. ''[[Real Drive]]'' not only features prosthetic bodies, Operator androids, and cyberbrains from [[Stand Alone Complex]], but delves a bit deeper towards the benefits and problems to having or not having a Cyberbrain and being connected to the net in a society that depends on it. It also mentions a technological advancement of {{spoiler|The Japanese Miracle radiation scrubber technology that Gohda invented}}.

* The Naritaverse, for lack of a better term, entails the four light novels ''[[Baccano!]], [[Vamp]], Etsusa Bridge, and [[Durarara!!]]'', written by Ryougo Narita. There is only some overlapping here and there, though, and never enough to change plot lines.

 

== Comics ==

* The Millsverse consists of everything [[Pat Mills]] wrote in British comics, including such strips as ''[[ABC Warriors]], [[Nemesis the Warlock]], Invasion!, Savage,'' and ''Flesh''. The Dreddverse may be a subset, [[Depending on the Writer]].

* Chimaera Studios' superhero comics always took place in a shared universe, but it wasn't obvious aside from a few cameos/references until Chimaera Studios released its first team book, ''Consortium of Justice'' and used to connect a few other titles.

* [[Fables]] is a surprisingly very large and expanded universe not created by a major company. It includes the main series Fables, Peter and Max: A Fables Novel, Jack of Fables, The Literals, Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall, Fables: The Last Castle, Cinderella: Fables are Forever, Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love, and Fairest.

* The [[DC Universe]] and [[Marvel Universe]] are two of the most widely recognized universes in comics.

 

 

== Film ==

* [[The View Askewniverse]] consists of everything by [[Kevin Smith]] that features [[Those Two Guys|Jay and Silent Bob]]. It includes [[Clerks]], [[Clerks 2]], [[Mallrats]], [[Chasing Amy]], [[Dogma]], and [[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]].

* [[A Nightmare on Elm Street]] and [[Friday the 13th]]'s villains have been reunited in one specific universe in [[Freddy vs. Jason]].

* In a 1999 ''Premiere'' article, [[John Hughes]] declared that ''[[Sixteen Candles]]'', ''[[The Breakfast Club]]'', ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]'', and ''[[Planes, Trains and Automobiles]]'' are all a part of the same universe. Sadly, the crossover possibilities were never explored in film.

{{quote|'''[[Word of God|John Hughes]]:''' When I started making movies, I thought I would just invent a town where everything happened. Everybody, in all of my movies, is from Shermer, Illinois. Del Griffith from ''Planes, Trains & Automobiles'' lives two doors down from John Bender. Ferris Bueller knew Samantha Baker from ''Sixteen Candles''. For 15 years I've written my Shermer stories in prose, [[All There in the Manual|collecting its history]].}}

* All of [[Brandon Sanderson]]'s adult fantasy, save the two [[Wheel of Time]] books he's published on behalf of the [[Author Existence Failure|deceased]] Robert Jordan, take place on different worlds in the same universe, known as the Cosmere. This is not made clear in the books themselves (although several contain hints) but is information provided by [[Word of God]].

* [[Daniel Handler]] has said he intends to write more books about the ASOUE universe, not about the Baudelaires.

 

== Live Action TV ==

* ABC Soaps ''[[All My Children]]}'', ''[[One Life to Live]]'', and ''[[General Hospital]]'', as well as the cancelled ''[[Port Charles]]'', have one universe complete with [[Canon Immigrant|canon immigrants]] and [[Crossover]] storylines.

{{quote|River: "No power in the 'Verse can stop me..."|* Kaylee was actually the one who coined that phrase, though River is certainly the one for whom it means more.}}

** Oddly enough everything takes place in one ''really'' big solar system.

** ''Law & Order: Crime and Punishment''

** ''[[In Plain Sight]]'' (via a [[crossover]] with ''Criminal Intent'')

** ''[[Hawaii Five-O]]''

** Various international versions

*** Which potentially includes (of all things) ''[[The X-Files|The X Files]]'', ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', ''[[The Wire]]'', and ''[[Sesame Street]]'' (that's right, '''''SESAME STREET''''') in the Law & Order Verse.

**** Eventually it becomes a snowball effect. One doctor from St. Elsewhere showed up years later on Homicide and then another doctor from St. Elsewhere showed up on the Homicide movie. Carla, Norm and Cliff from Cheers appeared on an episode of St. Elsewhere. Frasier and Lilith from Cheers and Frasier also appeared on Wings.

* ''[[NCIS]]'' shares the same universe as spinoff ''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]'', parent program ''[[JAG]]'', and the mostly-unrelated ''[[First Monday]]''. With the exception of ''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]'', all of these were created by [[Donald P. Bellisario]], and it at least shares a few characters.

** As of May 2012, ''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]'' apparently shares the same 'verse as ''[[Hawaii Five-0]]'', and by extension [[Law and Order]].

* ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]'', ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'', and ''[[Young Hercules]]'' are all part of the same universe. As well as the 5 movies that came before the Hercules.

* ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'', ''[[Melrose Place]]'', ''[[Models Inc]]'' as well as the reboots of 90210 and Melrose place are in the same universe.

 

== Tabletop RPG's ==

** The [[Spelljammer]] setting had characters from one world travelling to others in 'spaceships', and [[Ravenloft]] had characters from different settings finding themselves in its D&D world.

* The ''[[Rifts]]'' Megaverse is a collection of universes consisting of Rifts' Earth, The living planet known as ''Wormwood'', the Space Opera ''Three Galaxies'' universe, as well as Earths for each of Palladium's other games, such as the Palladium World (High Fantasy), ''Heroes Unlimited'' (Superheroes), and ''Nightbane''.

* The Third Imperium background to the science-fiction role-playing game ''[[Traveller]]''.

* In the [[Old World of Darkness]], all games theoretically take place in the same universes, occasionally making references to monsters and concepts in other game lines within the verse. This is still true in the [[New World of Darkness]], but is given less emphasis between gamelines.

 

== Video Games ==

*** Don't forget that [[All There in the Manual|hints have been dropped]] by writer Nojima that ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' are connected, with the former happening thousands of years after the latter. And these examples haven't even touched on things like the ''[[Final Fantasy II]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' dragoon parallels or Gilgamesh of ''[[Final Fantasy V]]'' being a dimensional traveler.

*** Oddly, ''Final Fantasy X-2'' seems to imply that the ''latter'' happens thousands of years after the ''former''. Either there's a compendium error somewhere or quantum physics is even squishier in the world of Squeenix than aforethought.

* Oddly enough, a subversion, inversion, or straight play in a video game, depending on who you ask: ''[[Aquaria (video game)|Aquaria]]''. In fact, whether or not the Verse is the world around the main character eventually plays something of a major point in the plot. Not really a fandom trope, so much as a nice twist of words, though sooner or later there's bound to be [[Fanfic]]...

* Nippon Ichi's games such as ''[[Disgaea]]'' all take place in one Universe, one that you actually explore and learn more about in [[Makai Kingdom]] and also includes non-demon worlds such as the one seen in [[La Pucelle]].

* Virtually every series made by Nippon ichi falls into two distinct verses: The world of Atelier, and the Netherworlds, which are a combination of Marl kingdom, La Pucelle, Disgaea, Phantom Brave, Makai Kingdom, Soul Nomad, and several others that were not even known to be in correlation including a few cancelled videogames with characters who cross into other games. Not only are these games taking place within the same universe, but most characters find it perfectly natural for everyone to just randomly go to and fro between series as either cameo shots, secondary characters, or main characters, and often reference these fourth wall breaking aspects regularly. One character in particular, Overlord Baal, frequently makes his appearance as the [[Bonus Boss]] of any Nippon Ichi game involving a netherworld, and everyone knows who he is.

* ''[[Operation Flashpoint]]'' and ''[[Arm A]]'' are generally believed to take place within the same timeline, while ''Take On Helicopters'' has some crossover with ''ARMA II : Operation Arrowhead'' (the standalone expansion for ''ARMA II''), in the form of one of the main characters having been a combat pilot during the events of ''Operation Arrowhead'', along with appearances by the PMCs Vrana and ION from one of ''OA'''s [[Downloadable Content|DLC]] campaigns.

** Also, the appearance of Steve, who is the same spaceship as the one from ''SimCity 2000'', could mean that ''[[Spore]]'' could be in (and vastly expand) the universe as well.

* ''[[Persona 4]]'' occurs two years after the events of ''[[Persona 3]]'', with guest appearances by a couple characters from the latter. {{spoiler|A young Yukiko}} also appears in the female path of ''Persona 3 Portable''. In addition, a television program in ''3'' implies that the two games exist in the same universe as ''[[Persona 2]]''.

* Valve's two series ''[[Half-Life (series)|Half-Life]]'' and ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'' almost certainly inhabit the same continuity.

* The [[Tom Clancy]] games by [[Ubisoft]] is hinted to have taken place in the same continuity.

 

== Webcomics ==

* [[Megatokyo]], [[Mac Hall]], and [[Apple Geeks]] apparently inhabit the same universe, as crossovers have happened several times. This is especially apparent with Megatokyo and Applegeeks, where regular characters Junpei and a Rent-a-Zilla from Megatokyo played a major role in a story arc in Applegeeks. Sadly, only Megatokyo remains of the three as of 2012.

* ''[http://worldpeace.emilymarthasorensen.com To Prevent World Peace]'' is a webcomic that tries to merge basically every single magical girl cliche into a single, unified Verse. With [[Genre Savvy]] villains in the mix, naturally.

 

== Web Original ==

** Cobra Commander also makes a cameo in Only Human.

** The Inhumanoids are an interesting case because in the Gen 1 Shattered Glass continuity they remain villians.

* The [[Klasky-Csupo]]-verse, which consists of ''[[Rugrats]]'', its [[Spin-Off|Spinoffs]], ''[[All Grown Up!]]'' and ''Angelica and Susie's Pre-School Daze'', ''[[Aaahh Real Monsters]]'', ''[[The Wild Thornberrys]]'', and ''[[Rocket Power]]''.

** Arguably ''[[Duckman]]'' as well.

* The shows ''[[Dexter's Laboratory|Dexters Laboratory]]'' and ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' have provided several clues over the years that they inhabit the same universe. ''[[Samurai Jack]]'' and ''[[Sym-Bionic Titan]]'' may as well, but it's not verified.

* The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Underfist, and Evil Con Carne are all in the same universe as proof by Skarr being on both shows and numerous other Evil Con Carne characters having cameos.

 

== Other ==

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