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The Verse is usually referred to with a show or [[Series Franchise|franchise]] identifier (such as "[[Buffy Verse (Franchise)|Buffy Verse]]", "[[Whoniverse (Franchise)|Whoniverse]]", "[[Potter Verse (Franchise)|Potter Verse]]", etc.). It is a crafted combination of setting-elements that define the rules for how the world works and sometimes provides for sharing of characters and [[Continuity]] across more than one series. A [[Shared Universe]] refers to a fictional universe with multiple authors.
The Verse is usually referred to with a show or [[Series Franchise|franchise]] identifier (such as "[[Buffy Verse]]", "[[Whoniverse]]", "[[Potter Verse]]", etc.). It is a crafted combination of setting-elements that define the rules for how the world works and sometimes provides for sharing of characters and [[Continuity]] across more than one series. A [[Shared Universe]] refers to a fictional universe with multiple authors.


In terms of how things work within the universe, the [[Buffy Verse (Franchise)|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.
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.


Many '[[The Verse|verses]] have a thriving life in [[Expanded Universe]] form and spawn [[Tie-in Novel|Tie In Novels]], [[The Movie|movies]], comics and [[Fanfic]]. However, these [[Spin-Off|spin-offs]] may or may not count as [[Canon]].
Many '[[The Verse|verses]] have a thriving life in [[Expanded Universe]] form and spawn [[Tie-in Novel|Tie In Novels]], [[The Movie|movies]], comics and [[Fanfic]]. However, these [[Spin-Off|spin-offs]] may or may not count as [[Canon]].


It is interesting to note that ''Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction'' credits [[Orson Scott Card]] as the inventor of this term. He, however, says someone simply put the word ''Enderverse'' on a book jacket, and Card was credited for it. "The thing is, I hate that word. I didn't coin that word. And yet because it's on the title of a book of mine, my name is attached as if I made it up." Is it more likely then that the Trope Namer is ''[[Firefly (TV)|Firefly]]'' (See below for details).
It is interesting to note that ''Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction'' credits [[Orson Scott Card]] as the inventor of this term. He, however, says someone simply put the word ''Enderverse'' on a book jacket, and Card was credited for it. "The thing is, I hate that word. I didn't coin that word. And yet because it's on the title of a book of mine, my name is attached as if I made it up." Is it more likely then that the Trope Namer is ''[[Firefly]]'' (See below for details).


One notable thing about the creation of [[Crossover|crossover]] [[The Verse|verses]] is that it is usually easy to link two or more works which contain no [[Speculative Fiction]] elements or [[Alternate History|major departures from actual history,]] but doing so with Speculative Fiction works can be difficult because the settings are more likely to contradict each other. For instance, the characters from two [[Dom Com|Dom Coms,]] or two [[Western|Westerns]], or even a [[Dom Com]] and an action drama can typically all bump into each other with no logical problem. But to declare that, say, ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]'' and ''[[Babylon 5]]'' exist in the same world is very awkward because both have detailed future histories, catalogs of nearby alien races, and rules about physical laws which bear little to no resemblence to each other. This can be a [[Continuity Snarl|headache]] for s.f. franchises (hi [[DC Comics|DC!)]] who try to merge unrelated verses together into a single whole.
One notable thing about the creation of [[crossover]] [[The Verse|verses]] is that it is usually easy to link two or more works which contain no [[Speculative Fiction]] elements or [[Alternate History|major departures from actual history,]] but doing so with Speculative Fiction works can be difficult because the settings are more likely to contradict each other. For instance, the characters from two [[Dom Com|Dom Coms,]] or two [[Western|Westerns]], or even a [[Dom Com]] and an action drama can typically all bump into each other with no logical problem. But to declare that, say, ''[[Star Trek]]'' and ''[[Babylon 5]]'' exist in the same world is very awkward because both have detailed future histories, catalogs of nearby alien races, and rules about physical laws which bear little to no resemblence to each other. This can be a [[Continuity Snarl|headache]] for s.f. franchises (hi [[DC Comics|DC!)]] who try to merge unrelated verses together into a single whole.


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]].
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]].
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* [[Academy of Superheroes]]
* [[Academy of Superheroes]]
* [[Battle Tech Expanded Universe]]
* [[BattleTech Expanded Universe]]
* [[The Bourne Series]]
* [[The Bourne Series]]
* [[Buffy Verse (Franchise)|Buffy Verse]]
* [[Buffy Verse]]
* [[Chrestomanci]]
* [[Chrestomanci]]
* [[CSI Verse]] or the [[Jerry Bruckheimer]] Verse- home to ''[[CSI]]'', ''[[CSI: NY]]'', ''[[CSI: Miami]]'', ''[[Cold Case (TV)|Cold Case]]'', and ''[[Without a Trace (TV)|Without a Trace]]''.
* [[CSI Verse]] or the [[Jerry Bruckheimer]] Verse- home to ''[[CSI]]'', ''[[CSI: NY]]'', ''[[CSI: Miami]]'', ''[[Cold Case]]'', and ''[[Without a Trace]]''.
* [[Cthulhu Mythos]]
* [[Cthulhu Mythos]]
* [[The DCU]]: The [[Superman]] and [[Batman]] [[Comic Book]] continuities belong in this. The [[DCAU|DC Animated Universe]] has its basis in this continuity while [[Tangent Comics]] and [[Wildstorm Universe]] comic book universes have connections to it. More recent movies exist under the [[DC Universe Original Animated Movies]] label, but don't share a "universe" as such.
* [[The DCU]]: The [[Superman]] and [[Batman]] [[Comic Book]] continuities belong in this. The [[DCAU|DC Animated Universe]] has its basis in this continuity while [[Tangent Comics]] and [[Wildstorm Universe]] comic book universes have connections to it. More recent movies exist under the [[DC Universe Original Animated Movies]] label, but don't share a "universe" as such.
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* [[Dragaera]], the world on which Steven Brust sets the majority of his novels. The ''Khaavren'' series takes place over about a thousand years, with the ''Taltos'' series some 400 years after that. The placement of ''Brokedown Palace'' in the timeline is uncertain; unlike the two others, it takes place outside the Empire.
* [[Dragaera]], the world on which Steven Brust sets the majority of his novels. The ''Khaavren'' series takes place over about a thousand years, with the ''Taltos'' series some 400 years after that. The placement of ''Brokedown Palace'' in the timeline is uncertain; unlike the two others, it takes place outside the Empire.
* [[Final Destination Expanded Universe]]
* [[Final Destination Expanded Universe]]
* [[Freedom City (Tabletop Game)|Freedom City]]: "The World of Freedom," the default setting for the [[Mutants and Masterminds]] [[Tabletop Games|role-playing game]].
* [[Freedom City]]: "The World of Freedom," the default setting for the [[Mutants and Masterminds]] [[Tabletop Games|role-playing game]].
** [[Freedom City Play By Post (Roleplay)|Freedom City Play By Post]]: The largest and most active Freedom City game on the Internet.
** [[Freedom City Play By Post]]: The largest and most active Freedom City game on the Internet.
* [[Halo]]
* [[Halo]]
* [[David Weber]]'s ''[[Honor Harrington (Literature)|Honor Harrington]]''
* [[David Weber]]'s ''[[Honor Harrington]]''
* [[Leijiverse]]: Shows and mangas created by [[Leiji Matsumoto]], such as [[Galaxy Express 999]], [[Captain Harlock]], and [[Space Cruiser Yamato]]
* [[Leijiverse]]: Shows and mangas created by [[Leiji Matsumoto]], such as [[Galaxy Express 999]], [[Captain Harlock]], and [[Space Cruiser Yamato]]
** Matsumoto is known for ''not caring'' about continuity. The rule of thumb is that every time a character appears, somewhere in the Leijiverse, another part of the story is being invalidated...
** Matsumoto is known for ''not caring'' about continuity. The rule of thumb is that every time a character appears, somewhere in the Leijiverse, another part of the story is being invalidated...
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** [[Marvel Comics 2|MC2]]
** [[Marvel Comics 2|MC2]]
** [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]]
** [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]]
** It's worth noting that for about thirty years, the [[Marvel Universe]] included the entirety of the [[Conan the Barbarian]] verse. While many other established, licensed verses have been peripherally tied to the MU (the worlds of [[The Elric Saga]], [[Doctor Who]], and the [[Transformers]] have all been shown to be part of the larger Marvel Multiverse), only Conan was integrated quite so solidly into Marvel Earth's history, with ties to the Serpent Crown, the evil wizard Kulan Gath, [[Sub Mariner|Namor's Atlantis,]] etc. Marvel no longer owns the comic book rights to Conan, and can [[Writing Around Trademarks|no longer directly mention that section of Marvel Earth's history.]]
** It's worth noting that for about thirty years, the [[Marvel Universe]] included the entirety of the [[Conan the Barbarian]] verse. While many other established, licensed verses have been peripherally tied to the MU (the worlds of [[The Elric Saga]], [[Doctor Who]], and the [[Transformers]] have all been shown to be part of the larger Marvel Multiverse), only Conan was integrated quite so solidly into Marvel Earth's history, with ties to the Serpent Crown, the evil wizard Kulan Gath, [[Sub-Mariner|Namor's Atlantis,]] etc. Marvel no longer owns the comic book rights to Conan, and can [[Writing Around Trademarks|no longer directly mention that section of Marvel Earth's history.]]
* [[Metabarons Universe]]
* [[Metabarons Universe]]
* [[Nasuverse]], the 'Verse of Kinoko Nasu, including ''[[Fate Stay Night (Visual Novel)|Fate Stay Night]], [[Tsukihime]], [[Kara no Kyoukai (Literature)|Kara no Kyoukai]],'' their sequels, spinoffs and some other writings. Notable because it is a unified universe, but contains only the tiniest of crossovers between the main lines. Also a massive headache in terms of [[Canon]], since while the several main franchises share a common universe, the main works are multipath games that are inherently [[Alternate Universe|Alternate Universes]]... or something.
* [[Nasuverse]], the 'Verse of Kinoko Nasu, including ''[[Fate/stay night|Fate Stay Night]], [[Tsukihime]], [[Karano Kyoukai|Kara no Kyoukai]],'' their sequels, spinoffs and some other writings. Notable because it is a unified universe, but contains only the tiniest of crossovers between the main lines. Also a massive headache in terms of [[Canon]], since while the several main franchises share a common universe, the main works are multipath games that are inherently [[Alternate Universe|Alternate Universes]]... or something.
* [[Nick Verse]]: [[Nickelodeon]] equivalent to the [[DCLAU]]. The basic [[Nick Verse]] is comprised of [[Drake and Josh]], [[Zoey 101]], [[I Carly]] and. [[Victorious]].
* [[Nick Verse]]: [[Nickelodeon]] equivalent to the [[DCLAU]]. The basic [[Nick Verse]] is comprised of [[Drake and Josh]], [[Zoey 101]], [[ICarly]] and. [[Victorious]].
** The extended [[Nick Verse]] also includes ''[[Big Time Rush (TV)|Big Time Rush]]'' and [[The Naked Brothers Band]] and ''every actor who played a role on any of those shows'' as well as the cast of ''[[All That]]'' due to a [[Throw It In]] attitude to continuity which means [[Celebrity Paradox]] is averted and all the characters who look like the stars are considered separate people.
** The extended [[Nick Verse]] also includes ''[[Big Time Rush]]'' and [[The Naked Brothers Band]] and ''every actor who played a role on any of those shows'' as well as the cast of ''[[All That]]'' due to a [[Throw It In]] attitude to continuity which means [[Celebrity Paradox]] is averted and all the characters who look like the stars are considered separate people.
* [[Noon Universe]]
* [[Noon Universe]]
* [[Overside]]
* [[Overside]]
* [[Phile Verse]]
* [[Phile Verse]]
* [[Potter Verse (Franchise)|Potter Verse]]
* [[Potter Verse]]
* [[Power Rangers (Franchise)|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 (Franchise)|Star Wars Expanded Universe]] and the [[Whoniverse (Franchise)|Whoniverse]].</ref>
* [[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 Slender Man Mythos (Franchise)|The Slender Man Mythos]]
* [[The Slender Man Mythos]]
* [[Stargate Verse (Franchise)|Stargate Verse]]
* [[Stargate Verse]]
* [[Star Wars Expanded Universe (Franchise)|Star Wars Expanded Universe]]. Often referred to as the Galaxy Far, Far Away, or the GFFA for short. This was referenced in the [[Expanded Universe]] when a new government was named the '''G'''alactic '''F'''ederation of '''F'''ree '''A'''lliances (eventually the Galactic Alliance).
* [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]. Often referred to as the Galaxy Far, Far Away, or the GFFA for short. This was referenced in the [[Expanded Universe]] when a new government was named the '''G'''alactic '''F'''ederation of '''F'''ree '''A'''lliances (eventually the Galactic Alliance).
* [[The Strangerverse]]
* [[The Strangerverse]]
* [[Surrealverse]]
* [[Surrealverse]]
* [[Tortall Universe]]
* [[Tortall Universe]]
* [[Transformers Aligned Universe]]
* [[Transformers Aligned Universe]]
* [[Trek Verse (Franchise)|Trek Verse]] (canon)
* [[Trek Verse]] (canon)
** The [[Star Trek Expanded Universe (Franchise)|Star Trek Expanded Universe]] is not a single coherent 'verse, but does contain some within it, such as the
** The [[Star Trek Expanded Universe]] is not a single coherent 'verse, but does contain some within it, such as the
** [[Star Trek Novel Verse (Franchise)|Star Trek Novel Verse]] (a large subset of the [[Star Trek Expanded Universe (Franchise)|Star Trek Expanded Universe]] with generally consistent continuity)
** [[Star Trek Novel Verse]] (a large subset of the [[Star Trek Expanded Universe]] with generally consistent continuity)
* [[The Ultraverse]]
* [[The Ultraverse]]
* [[Unicron Trilogy]]
* [[Unicron Trilogy]]
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* The [[Warcraft Expanded Universe]]
* The [[Warcraft Expanded Universe]]
* [[Disney Animated Canon]]
* [[Disney Animated Canon]]
* The [[Whateley Universe (Literature)|Whateley Universe]], which now has something like 16 Canon authors writing over 20 different main characters, as well as a slew of fanfic authors (who are collected on the same site).
* The [[Whateley Universe]], which now has something like 16 Canon authors writing over 20 different main characters, as well as a slew of fanfic authors (who are collected on the same site).
* [[Whoniverse (Franchise)|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.
* [[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.




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* The universe centered on the [[CLAMP]] school
* The universe centered on the [[CLAMP]] school
** And, in a larger sense, the entire ''CLAMP'' multiverse (as shown in ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'').
** And, in a larger sense, the entire ''CLAMP'' multiverse (as shown in ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'').
* The Tenchiverse -- home to the ''[[Tenchi Muyo]]'' OVA series, ''[[Tenchi Muyo GXP]]'', ''[[Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari|Isekai No Seikishi Monogatari]]'' and, reportedly, ''[[Parallel Trouble Adventure Dual]]''.
* The Tenchiverse -- home to the ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' OVA series, ''[[Tenchi Muyo! GXP]]'', ''[[Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari]]'' and, reportedly, ''[[Parallel Trouble Adventure Dual]]''.
* "Turn A Space" as a way of uniting all ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam (Anime)|Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' series preceding ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (Anime)|Gundam SEED]]'' into one continuity. Named after ''[[Turn a Gundam (Anime)|Turn a Gundam]]'', which attempted to do this as a last hurrah for the franchise.
* "Turn A Space" as a way of uniting all ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' series preceding ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED|Gundam SEED]]'' into one continuity. Named after ''[[Turn a Gundam (Anime)|Turn a Gundam]]'', which attempted to do this as a last hurrah for the franchise.
** The name comes from the supposed original concept of ''[[Turn a Gundam (Anime)|Turn a Gundam]]'', wherein creator [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]] intended to unite '''every''' anime he had created into a single universe; this is often used in lieu of the original nickname "Turn A Bang" (since ''Turn A'' was part of the "Gundam Big Bang Project" of 1999).
** The name comes from the supposed original concept of ''[[Turn a Gundam (Anime)|Turn a Gundam]]'', wherein creator [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]] intended to unite '''every''' anime he had created into a single universe; this is often used in lieu of the original nickname "Turn A Bang" (since ''Turn A'' was part of the "Gundam Big Bang Project" of 1999).
** 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 "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.
* The ''[[Pretty Cure]]'' multiverse.
* Oddly enough, the brightly coloured, [[Hot Blood]]-filled [[Super Robot]] series ''[[Gao Gai Gar]]'' and its sequels are said to take place in the same world as the twisted [[Real Robot]]/horror hybrid series ''[[Betterman]]''.
* Oddly enough, the brightly coloured, [[Hot Blood]]-filled [[Super Robot]] series ''[[GaoGaiGar]]'' and its sequels are said to take place in the same world as the twisted [[Real Robot]]/horror hybrid series ''[[Betterman]]''.
* The Blameverse of [[Cyberpunk]] / [[Body Horror]] manga master [[Tsutomu Nihei]]. So far consisting of, in rough chronological order:
* The Blameverse of [[Cyberpunk]] / [[Body Horror]] manga master [[Tsutomu Nihei]]. So far consisting of, in rough chronological order:
** ''Noise''
** ''Noise''
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** ''Blame^2''
** ''Blame^2''
** ''Netsphere Engineer''
** ''Netsphere Engineer''
*** When his later manga ''[[Bio Mega]]'' came out, it was widely believed to be an even earlier prequel, due to various similarities, including an organization known as Toha Heavy Industries appearing in both, but according to [[Word of God]], ''Biomega'' has its own continuity.
*** When his later manga ''[[Biomega]]'' came out, it was widely believed to be an even earlier prequel, due to various similarities, including an organization known as Toha Heavy Industries appearing in both, but according to [[Word of God]], ''Biomega'' has its own continuity.
* The [[Ken Akamatsu|Akamatsuverse]] (aka the [[Negima|Negiverse]]), which seems to encompass ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', ''[[Love Hina]]'', and ''[[A.I. Love You (Manga)|A.I. Love You]]''.
* The [[Ken Akamatsu|Akamatsuverse]] (aka the [[Negima|Negiverse]]), which seems to encompass ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', ''[[Love Hina]]'', and ''[[A.I. Love You]]''.
** Also ''[[Mao-chan (Anime)|Mao-chan]]'', which cast was once visiting the Hinata Inn (from ''[[Love Hina]]''), where they (most probably) met Naru.
** Also ''[[Mao-chan]]'', which cast was once visiting the Hinata Inn (from ''[[Love Hina]]''), where they (most probably) met Naru.
* 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}}.
* 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 (Light Novel)|Baccano]], [[Vamp]], Etsusa Bridge, and [[Durarara (Light Novel)|Durarara]]'', written by Ryougo Narita. There is only some overlapping here and there, though, and never enough to change plot lines.
* 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.
* [[Key Visual Arts]]'s Season verse of [[Kanon (Visual Novel)|Kanon]], [[AIR (Visual Novel)|AIR]], and [[Clannad (Visual Novel)|Clannad]].
* [[Key Visual Arts]]'s Season verse of [[Kanon]], [[AIR]], and [[Clannad]].




== Comics ==
== Comics ==
* [[Image Comics]] originally tried doing that. The first few issues of their early titles had [[Continuity Nod|Continuity Nods]] to other titles, and there were a few outright crossovers. But as time went on, every Image partner focused on their own titles, creating de-facto sub-universes that had less and less to do with each other. Marc Silvestri's and Jim Lee's titles maintained their connections longer then others, but eventually, even that feel by the wayside.In 1997, Wildstorm Universe, Top Cow Universe and Rob Lielfeld's Extreme Universe were written out of Image Universe via what can be best described as Reverse-[[Crisis On Infinite Earths]] in the ''Shattered Image'' mini-series (not to be confused with the more tongue-in-cheek ''Splitting Image'' mini-series). Since then, there have been a number of Image crossovers, but each creator was free to decide just how much that counts in their continuity.
* [[Image Comics]] originally tried doing that. The first few issues of their early titles had [[Continuity Nod|Continuity Nods]] to other titles, and there were a few outright crossovers. But as time went on, every Image partner focused on their own titles, creating de-facto sub-universes that had less and less to do with each other. Marc Silvestri's and Jim Lee's titles maintained their connections longer then others, but eventually, even that feel by the wayside.In 1997, Wildstorm Universe, Top Cow Universe and Rob Lielfeld's Extreme Universe were written out of Image Universe via what can be best described as Reverse-[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]] in the ''Shattered Image'' mini-series (not to be confused with the more tongue-in-cheek ''Splitting Image'' mini-series). Since then, there have been a number of Image crossovers, but each creator was free to decide just how much that counts in their continuity.
** The Kirkmanverse contains of ''[[Invincible (Comic Book)|Invincible]]'', Invincible Presents: Atom Eve and Rex Splode, Astounding Wolf-Man, The Pact, Guarding the Globe, Brit, Capes, Tech-Jacket, Haunt, Superpatriot: America's Fighting Force, and Superpatriot: War On Terror. Pretty big for a fictional universe written by one guy.
** The Kirkmanverse contains of ''[[Invincible]]'', Invincible Presents: Atom Eve and Rex Splode, Astounding Wolf-Man, The Pact, Guarding the Globe, Brit, Capes, Tech-Jacket, Haunt, Superpatriot: America's Fighting Force, and Superpatriot: War On Terror. Pretty big for a fictional universe written by one guy.
* The Motterverse: Consists of Mr. X, Electropolis and Terminal City, all created by Dean Motter.
* The Motterverse: Consists of Mr. X, Electropolis and Terminal City, all created by Dean Motter.
* Corey Lewis's one-shot graphic novel [[PENG]] takes place in the same universe as Lewis's graphic novel series [[Sharknife]]. Rocky Hallelujah, the main character of PENG, is the younger brother of Sharknife's protagonist Caesar Hallelujah. Additionally, [[Scott Pilgrim]] makes a one-page cameo in PENG, so if you really want to, you could consider that series as part of the same universe as well.
* Corey Lewis's one-shot graphic novel [[PENG]] takes place in the same universe as Lewis's graphic novel series [[Sharknife]]. Rocky Hallelujah, the main character of PENG, is the younger brother of Sharknife's protagonist Caesar Hallelujah. Additionally, [[Scott Pilgrim]] makes a one-page cameo in PENG, so if you really want to, you could consider that series as part of the same universe as well.
* The Dreddverse consists of ''[[Judge Dredd]]'' and its various [[Spin-Off|spinoffs]], primarily ''Judge Anderson, Low Life, Armitage, Shimura,'' and ''The Blood of Satanus''. ''[[Strontium Dog]]'' was shoved in sideways in "Top Dog" and "Judgement Day". Nobody's sure whether the Millsverse is part of it.
* The Dreddverse consists of ''[[Judge Dredd]]'' and its various [[Spin-Off|spinoffs]], primarily ''Judge Anderson, Low Life, Armitage, Shimura,'' and ''The Blood of Satanus''. ''[[Strontium Dog]]'' was shoved in sideways in "Top Dog" and "Judgement Day". Nobody's sure whether the Millsverse is part of it.
* 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]].
* 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.
* 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.
* Arguably, [[Disney Ducks Comic Universe|the Scrooge McDuck comics]] (and, by extension, the shows '' [[Duck Tales (Animation)|Duck Tales]]'' and ''[[Darkwing Duck (Animation)|Darkwing Duck]]'') are in their own universe, with shared elements and even a few crossover characters. At one point they even tried a crossover with the then entire [[Disney Afternoon]] cartoon series then extant.
* Arguably, [[Disney Ducks Comic Universe|the Scrooge McDuck comics]] (and, by extension, the shows '' [[DuckTales]]'' and ''[[Darkwing Duck (animation)|Darkwing Duck]]'') are in their own universe, with shared elements and even a few crossover characters. At one point they even tried a crossover with the then entire [[Disney Afternoon]] cartoon series then extant.
** Said crossover was the five-part story ''[[The Legend of the Chaos God]]'', which ran in ''[[Disney Adventures]]'' in the 1990s. The story linked ''[[Duck Tales (Animation)|Duck Tales]]'' and ''[[Darkwing Duck (Animation)|Darkwing Duck]]'' with ''[[Tale Spin (Animation)|Tale Spin]]'', ''[[Goof Troop (Animation)|Goof Troop]]'', and (with some fudging) ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]''.
** Said crossover was the five-part story ''[[The Legend of the Chaos God]]'', which ran in ''[[Disney Adventures]]'' in the 1990s. The story linked ''[[DuckTales]]'' and ''[[Darkwing Duck (animation)|Darkwing Duck]]'' with ''[[Tale Spin]]'', ''[[Goof Troop]]'', and (with some fudging) ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]''.
* [[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.
* [[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.
* The [[DC Universe]] and [[Marvel Universe]] are two of the most widely recognized universes in comics.
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* The View Askewniverse consists everything Kevin Smith made that had Jay and Silent Bob. It includes Clerks, Clerks 2, Mallrats,Chasing Amy, Dogma,and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
* The View Askewniverse consists everything Kevin Smith made that had Jay and Silent Bob. It includes Clerks, Clerks 2, Mallrats,Chasing Amy, Dogma,and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
* Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, and Army of Darkness have been in one universe starting with Freddy vs Jason.
* Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, and Army of Darkness have been in one universe starting with Freddy vs Jason.
* [[The Verse]]: In a 1999 ''Premiere'' [http://home.comcast.net/~aimsters4/bclub.html article], Hughes himself declared that ''[[Sixteen Candles]]'', ''[[The Breakfast Club]]'', ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Film)|Ferris Buellers Day Off]]'', and ''[[Planes Trains and Automobiles]]'' are all a part of the same universe. Sadly, the crossover possibilities were never explored in film.
* [[The Verse]]: In a 1999 ''Premiere'' [http://home.comcast.net/~aimsters4/bclub.html article], Hughes himself declared that ''[[Sixteen Candles]]'', ''[[The Breakfast Club]]'', ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off|Ferris Buellers 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]].}}
{{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]].}}
** It's long been speculated that ''[[Pretty in Pink (Film)|Pretty in Pink]]'', ''[[Some Kind of Wonderful]]'', and ''[[Home Alone]]'' also take place in the Shermerverse, since those movies were written (but not directed) by Hughes and feature similar themes.
** It's long been speculated that ''[[Pretty in Pink]]'', ''[[Some Kind of Wonderful]]'', and ''[[Home Alone]]'' also take place in the Shermerverse, since those movies were written (but not directed) by Hughes and feature similar themes.
** ''[[Weird Science (Film)|Weird Science]]'' explicitly takes place in Shermer (Lisa is seen teaching the Shermer High gym class at the end), though it has its own [[Speculative Fiction]] internal logic that is inconsistent with the other canon Shermerverse movies.
** ''[[Weird Science (film)|Weird Science]]'' explicitly takes place in Shermer (Lisa is seen teaching the Shermer High gym class at the end), though it has its own [[Speculative Fiction]] internal logic that is inconsistent with the other canon Shermerverse movies.




== Literature ==
== Literature ==
* The [[Enderverse]] is the [[Trope Namer]], [[Creator Backlash|although technically the creator wishes it never was]] (see the summary of the trope above), which includes ''[[Ender's Game]]'', the ''[[Speaker For The Dead]]'' trilogy, the ''[[Enders Shadow]]'' side series, and ''[[Ender In Exile]]'', as well as a number of short stories and comics. It is [[Trope Codifier|far from]] [[Ur Example|the first example]], however.
* The [[Enderverse]] is the [[Trope Namer]], [[Creator Backlash|although technically the creator wishes it never was]] (see the summary of the trope above), which includes ''[[Ender's Game]]'', the ''[[Speaker For The Dead]]'' trilogy, the ''[[Enders Shadow]]'' side series, and ''[[Ender In Exile]]'', as well as a number of short stories and comics. It is [[Trope Codifier|far from]] [[Ur Example|the first example]], however.
* ''[[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]'', which is more like a multi-media set of [[Alternate Continuity|alternate continuities]].
* ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', which is more like a multi-media set of [[Alternate Continuity|alternate continuities]].
** Lampshaded in ''Mostly Harmless'', which explains away all the different continuities by talking about how the universe is just one path through 'The Whole Sort of General Mish Mash', constantly changing position. A similar solution was used by ''[[Discworld]]'' in ''Thief of Time''.
** Lampshaded in ''Mostly Harmless'', which explains away all the different continuities by talking about how the universe is just one path through 'The Whole Sort of General Mish Mash', constantly changing position. A similar solution was used by ''[[Discworld]]'' in ''Thief of Time''.
* The Duniverse, setting of ''[[Dune]]'' and its sequels.
* The Duniverse, setting of ''[[Dune]]'' and its sequels.
* Robert A. Heinlein had ''The Future History,'' a chronology spanning from the 1950s to many centuries into the future. It was written from 1939 to 1987, meaning parts of it were [[Alternate History]] by the end. It turned into a multiverse (The World As Myth 'Verse) near the end, with a set of crossovers that brought some of his non-Future History stories into [[The Verse]]. (Not to mention crossovers with the [[Land of Oz (Literature)|Oz series]], ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Literature)|Alice in Wonderland]]'', and ''all fiction ever written''. It got weird.)
* Robert A. Heinlein had ''The Future History,'' a chronology spanning from the 1950s to many centuries into the future. It was written from 1939 to 1987, meaning parts of it were [[Alternate History]] by the end. It turned into a multiverse (The World As Myth 'Verse) near the end, with a set of crossovers that brought some of his non-Future History stories into [[The Verse]]. (Not to mention crossovers with the [[Land of Oz|Oz series]], ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'', and ''all fiction ever written''. It got weird.)
* [[Stephen King (Creator)|Stephen King]]'s 'Verse, which spins around ''[[The Dark Tower]].'' Almost every novel he has ever written makes some small mention to at least one of his others.
* [[Stephen King]]'s 'Verse, which spins around ''[[The Dark Tower]].'' Almost every novel he has ever written makes some small mention to at least one of his others.
** He is even a part of his own 'Verse, referred to, for example, as "That fella up in Bangor who [[Take That Me|can't write a sentence without the F-word]]."
** He is even a part of his own 'Verse, referred to, for example, as "That fella up in Bangor who [[Take That Me|can't write a sentence without the F-word]]."
*** Lampshaded in ''[[Misery]]'', in which [[Author Avatar|writer Paul Sheldon]] has trouble starting a new book without his concordance.
*** Lampshaded in ''[[Misery]]'', in which [[Author Avatar|writer Paul Sheldon]] has trouble starting a new book without his concordance.
* The [[PG Wodehouse (Creator)|PG Wodehouse]] verse in which the gentlemen of the [[Jeeves and Wooster (Literature)|Jeeves and Wooster]], [[Blandings Castle (Literature)|Blandings Castle]] and [[Psmith (Literature)|Psmith]] series know each other, often through the Drones Club. Specific links include ''Leave It to Psmith'', in which Psmith and Freddie Threepwood team up for a [[Zany Scheme]] at Blandings Castle; and ''The Code of the Woosters'', in which Bertie Wooster mentions Freddie as one of his acquaintences.
* The [[P. G. Wodehouse|PG Wodehouse]] verse in which the gentlemen of the [[Jeeves and Wooster (novel)|Jeeves and Wooster]], [[Blandings Castle]] and [[Psmith]] series know each other, often through the Drones Club. Specific links include ''Leave It to Psmith'', in which Psmith and Freddie Threepwood team up for a [[Zany Scheme]] at Blandings Castle; and ''The Code of the Woosters'', in which Bertie Wooster mentions Freddie as one of his acquaintences.
* [[Larry Niven]] is noted for two popular settings in particular, ''[[Known Space]]'', and ''[[The Magic Goes Away (Literature)|The Magic Goes Away]]''. His penchant for co-authors means that many angles on these settings have been written.
* [[Larry Niven]] is noted for two popular settings in particular, ''[[Known Space]]'', and ''[[The Magic Goes Away (novel)|The Magic Goes Away]]''. His penchant for co-authors means that many angles on these settings have been written.
** Niven and co-author Steven Barnes have created at least one distinct Verse together, that of Cowles Industries' Dream Park. ''The Descent of Anansi'' is set there, along with the three Dream Park novels and a role-playing game.
** Niven and co-author Steven Barnes have created at least one distinct Verse together, that of Cowles Industries' Dream Park. ''The Descent of Anansi'' is set there, along with the three Dream Park novels and a role-playing game.
* [[Tortall Universe|Tortall]], home to (so far) ''Song of the Lioness'', ''The Immortals'', ''Protector of the Small'', ''Daughter of the Lioness'', and ''Provost's Dog'' quartet/quartet/quartet/duology/trilogy.
* [[Tortall Universe|Tortall]], home to (so far) ''Song of the Lioness'', ''The Immortals'', ''Protector of the Small'', ''Daughter of the Lioness'', and ''Provost's Dog'' quartet/quartet/quartet/duology/trilogy.
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* Robert E. Howard's ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' and ''King Kull'' series take place in the same 'verse, with Conan's Hyborian Age forming after the great cataclysm that destroyed Kull's Atlantis. Kull has a guest appearance in the Bran Mak Morn story "Kings of the Night," linking it to Howard's historical stories. In addition, his modern day Conrad and Kirowan horror stories are linked, as Thoth-Amon's Ring of Set makes an appearance in "The Haunter of the Ring." It's arguable that all of Howard's stories occupy the same 'verse.
* Robert E. Howard's ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' and ''King Kull'' series take place in the same 'verse, with Conan's Hyborian Age forming after the great cataclysm that destroyed Kull's Atlantis. Kull has a guest appearance in the Bran Mak Morn story "Kings of the Night," linking it to Howard's historical stories. In addition, his modern day Conrad and Kirowan horror stories are linked, as Thoth-Amon's Ring of Set makes an appearance in "The Haunter of the Ring." It's arguable that all of Howard's stories occupy the same 'verse.
** Not to mention the stuff that ties into Lovecraft's universe.
** Not to mention the stuff that ties into Lovecraft's universe.
* All of [[Christopher Moore]]'s novels take place within the same universe, with locations and characters (both major and minor) taking on new, often very different roles in other books. This reached a peak during ''You Suck'' (itself a sequel to ''[[Bloodsucking Fiends (Literature)|Bloodsucking Fiends]]''), where a scene from ''[[A Dirty Job (Literature)|A Dirty Job]]'' was retold from a different point of view. This is also the first time where a crossover with one of Moore's earlier novels doesn't make sense unless you read the book in question.
* All of [[Christopher Moore]]'s novels take place within the same universe, with locations and characters (both major and minor) taking on new, often very different roles in other books. This reached a peak during ''You Suck'' (itself a sequel to ''[[Bloodsucking Fiends]]''), where a scene from ''[[A Dirty Job]]'' was retold from a different point of view. This is also the first time where a crossover with one of Moore's earlier novels doesn't make sense unless you read the book in question.
* The [[Strugatsky Brothers (Creator)|Strugatsky Brothers]]' [[Noon Universe]].
* The [[Strugatsky Brothers]]' [[Noon Universe]].
* William Faulkner set most of his works in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County and often crossed over characters, making this [[Older Than Television]].
* William Faulkner set most of his works in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County and often crossed over characters, making this [[Older Than Television]].
* Erich Maria Remarque also did this; characters from ''[[All Quiet On the Western Front (Literature)|All Quiet On the Western Front]]'' appear or are referenced in his later works.
* Erich Maria Remarque also did this; characters from ''[[All Quiet on the Western Front]]'' appear or are referenced in his later works.
* [[Bret Easton Ellis]]'s novels. The narrator of ''[[Less Than Zero (Literature)|Less Than Zero]]'' (Clay) appears in ''[[The Rules of Attraction]]'', and narrates one chapter. One of the narrators of ''The Rules of Attraction'' (Sean Bateman) appears in ''American Psycho''. The narrator of ''[[American Psycho]]'' (Patrick Bateman) appears in ''[[Glamorama]]'', whose narrator, Victor is a minor character in ''The Rules of Attraction''. Characters from ''Less Than Zero'', ''The Rules of Attraction'' and ''[[American Psycho]]'' also appear in the short story collection ''The Informers''.
* [[Bret Easton Ellis]]'s novels. The narrator of ''[[Less Than Zero]]'' (Clay) appears in ''[[The Rules of Attraction]]'', and narrates one chapter. One of the narrators of ''The Rules of Attraction'' (Sean Bateman) appears in ''American Psycho''. The narrator of ''[[American Psycho]]'' (Patrick Bateman) appears in ''[[Glamorama]]'', whose narrator, Victor is a minor character in ''The Rules of Attraction''. Characters from ''Less Than Zero'', ''The Rules of Attraction'' and ''[[American Psycho]]'' also appear in the short story collection ''The Informers''.
* While the [[Cthulhu Mythos]] is generally defined as an [[Expanded Universe]], the "mythos proper", the elements that HPL (usually set in [[Lovecraft Country]]) himself wrote about, constitute a [[The Verse|'verse]] within the universe. Other writers have their own 'cycles' within it. Lovecraft himself [[They Just Didn't Care|just didn't care]] about continuity or consistency.
* While the [[Cthulhu Mythos]] is generally defined as an [[Expanded Universe]], the "mythos proper", the elements that HPL (usually set in [[Lovecraft Country]]) himself wrote about, constitute a [[The Verse|'verse]] within the universe. Other writers have their own 'cycles' within it. Lovecraft himself [[They Just Didn't Care|just didn't care]] about continuity or consistency.
** Lovecraft deliberately sought to invoke the feeling of ancient mythology with his mutually inconsistent explanations - if mythology from thousands of years ago is a mess open to wide variety of interpretations, then how would mythology several ''billion'' years old develop?
** Lovecraft deliberately sought to invoke the feeling of ancient mythology with his mutually inconsistent explanations - if mythology from thousands of years ago is a mess open to wide variety of interpretations, then how would mythology several ''billion'' years old develop?
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* Lois McMaster Bujold's ''[[Vorkosigan Saga]]'' is also referred to as the Vorkosiverse.
* Lois McMaster Bujold's ''[[Vorkosigan Saga]]'' is also referred to as the Vorkosiverse.
* Many of the fiction works of [[wikipedia:Andrew Greeley|Andrew Greeley]] -- including but possibly not limited to the ''Bishop Blackie, Nuala Anne McGrail'' and ''Angel'' books, plus ''The God Game'' -- appear to all take place in the same shared universe.
* Many of the fiction works of [[wikipedia:Andrew Greeley|Andrew Greeley]] -- including but possibly not limited to the ''Bishop Blackie, Nuala Anne McGrail'' and ''Angel'' books, plus ''The God Game'' -- appear to all take place in the same shared universe.
* [[JRR Tolkien (Creator)|JRR Tolkien]]'s Arda/Middle-earth: ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Literature)|The Lord of the Rings]]'', ''[[The Hobbit]]'', and ''[[The Silmarillion]]''. (Aaand all further material Christopher Tolkien saw fit to publish: e.g. in the ''[[Unfinished Talesof Numenor and Middleearth (Literature)|Unfinished Talesof Numenor and Middleearth]]'' and the whole, twelve tome ''[[History of Middle Earth (Literature)|History of Middle Earth]]''. One of the best realized and most extensive Verses in history.
* [[J. R. R. Tolkien|JRR Tolkien]]'s Arda/Middle-earth: ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', ''[[The Hobbit]]'', and ''[[The Silmarillion]]''. (Aaand all further material Christopher Tolkien saw fit to publish: e.g. in the ''[[Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth|Unfinished Talesof Numenor and Middleearth]]'' and the whole, twelve tome ''[[The History of Middle Earth|History of Middle Earth]]''. One of the best realized and most extensive Verses in history.
* [[Isaac Asimov|Asmiov's]] Robot/Empire/Foundation 'verse. Contains nearly everything he ever wrote. And everyone's lost count of how much he wrote.
* [[Isaac Asimov|Asmiov's]] Robot/Empire/Foundation 'verse. Contains nearly everything he ever wrote. And everyone's lost count of how much he wrote.
* The various serial novels of [[Less Than Three Comics|LessThanThree Comics]] are all based in the <3-Verse.
* The various serial novels of [[Less Than Three Comics|LessThanThree Comics]] are all based in the <3-Verse.
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* [[Neuromancer|The Sprawl]] in [[William Gibson]]'s [[Sprawl Trilogy|first trilogy]] ([[Wild Mass Guessing|and possibly his second as well]]) plus two short stories.
* [[Neuromancer|The Sprawl]] in [[William Gibson]]'s [[Sprawl Trilogy|first trilogy]] ([[Wild Mass Guessing|and possibly his second as well]]) plus two short stories.
* Much of James Alan Gardner's writing takes place in [[The League of Peoples Verse]].
* Much of James Alan Gardner's writing takes place in [[The League of Peoples Verse]].
* [[Ursula K Le Guin]]'s Earthsea: The [[Earthsea Trilogy]] (''A Wizard of Earthsea'', ''The Tombs of Atuan'' and ''The Farthest Shore''), as well as ''Tehanu'', ''The Other Wind'', ''Tales from Earthsea'' and the short stories which introduced Earthsea, ''The Rule of Names'' and ''The Word of Unbinding''.
* [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]'s Earthsea: The [[Earthsea Trilogy]] (''A Wizard of Earthsea'', ''The Tombs of Atuan'' and ''The Farthest Shore''), as well as ''Tehanu'', ''The Other Wind'', ''Tales from Earthsea'' and the short stories which introduced Earthsea, ''The Rule of Names'' and ''The Word of Unbinding''.
* [[Ursula K Le Guin|Ms. Le Guin]] also created the Hainish Universe, aka the Ekumen. Among the more well-known are ''The Dispossessed'', ''[[The Left Hand of Darkness]]'' and ''The Word for World is Forest'', though there are many others. A few works, such as ''The Eye of the Heron'' [[Shrug of God|may or may not be set in the Hainish Universe]].
* [[Ursula K. Le Guin|Ms. Le Guin]] also created the Hainish Universe, aka the Ekumen. Among the more well-known are ''The Dispossessed'', ''[[The Left Hand of Darkness]]'' and ''The Word for World is Forest'', though there are many others. A few works, such as ''The Eye of the Heron'' [[Shrug of God|may or may not be set in the Hainish Universe]].
* 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]].
* 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.
* [[Daniel Handler]] has said he intends to write more books about the ASOUE universe, not about the Baudelaires.
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== Live Action TV ==
== 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.
* 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.
* The ''[[Firefly (TV)|Firefly]]'' 'verse (series, movie ''[[Serenity (Film)|Serenity]]'', and upcoming [[MMORPG]] (Nevermind that, last official news was in 08) . Notable for the fact that the characters refer to their own universe as "the 'Verse".) The terms "Jossverse", "Whedonverse" and "ME-verse" (ME = [[Mutant Enemy]], [[Joss Whedon (Creator)|Joss Whedon]]'s production company) have been used to refer to both this and the [[Buffy Verse (Franchise)|Buffy Verse]], despite there being no connection between the two in canon.
* The ''[[Firefly]]'' 'verse (series, movie ''[[Serenity]]'', and upcoming [[MMORPG]] (Nevermind that, last official news was in 08) . Notable for the fact that the characters refer to their own universe as "the 'Verse".) The terms "Jossverse", "Whedonverse" and "ME-verse" (ME = [[Mutant Enemy]], [[Joss Whedon]]'s production company) have been used to refer to both this and the [[Buffy Verse]], despite there being no connection between the two in canon.
{{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.}}
{{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.
** Oddly enough everything takes place in one ''really'' big solar system.
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** ''[[Law and Order|Law & Order]]'' (aka The Mothership)
** ''[[Law and Order|Law & Order]]'' (aka The Mothership)
** ''[[Law and Order SVU|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
** ''[[Law and Order SVU|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
** ''[[Law and Order Criminal Intent|Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]''
** ''[[Law and Order: Criminal Intent|Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]''
** ''[[Law and Order Trial By Jury (TV)|Law and Order Trial By Jury]]''
** ''[[Law & Order: Trial by Jury|Law and Order Trial By Jury]]''
** ''Conviction''
** ''Conviction''
** ''Deadline''
** ''Deadline''
** ''Law & Order: Crime and Punishment''
** ''Law & Order: Crime and Punishment''
** ''[[In Plain Sight]]'' (via a [[Crossover|crossover]] with ''Criminal Intent'')
** ''[[In Plain Sight]]'' (via a [[crossover]] with ''Criminal Intent'')
** ''[[Homicide Life On the Street|Homicide: Life on the Street]]''
** ''[[Homicide: Life On the Street]]''
** ''[[Hawaii Five O]]''
** ''[[Hawaii Five-O]]''
** Various international versions
** Various international versions
** [[John Munch]] is pretty much a universe of his own.
** [[John Munch]] is pretty much a universe of his own.
*** Which potentially includes (of all things) ''[[The X Files (TV)|The X Files]]'', ''[[Arrested Development (TV)|Arrested Development]]'', ''[[The Wire]]'', and ''[[Sesame Street (TV)|Sesame Street]]'' (that's right, '''''SESAME STREET''''') in the Law & Order Verse.
*** 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.
**** 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.
* [[JJ Abrams (Creator)|JJ Abrams]]' "Abramsverse", for the lack of a better word, has so far been shown to be one of the most expansive verses on television. Shows which are more or less found in this verse are ''[[Alias (TV)|Alias]]'', ''[[Lost (TV)|Lost]]'', ''[[Fringe]]'', ''[[Person of Interest]]'', as well as some movies which he was behind, including (and probably not limited to), ''[[Cloverfield]]'', the 2009 ''[[Star Trek (Film)|Star Trek]]'' movie, and ''[[Super 8]]''. Common things found throughout most of these: The ''Slusho'' beverage brand, Apollo candy bars, Dharma Initiative, Oceanic Airlines, Massive Dynamic, Charlie's (of Lost) band ''Drive Shaft'', and some [https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/hx4X1FxEMSLxEejc5RnOeUTunw57JXLsUunLxoSLFEU?feat=directlink very mild character references and crossovers].
* [[J.J. Abrams|JJ Abrams]]' "Abramsverse", for the lack of a better word, has so far been shown to be one of the most expansive verses on television. Shows which are more or less found in this verse are ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'', ''[[Lost]]'', ''[[Fringe]]'', ''[[Person of Interest]]'', as well as some movies which he was behind, including (and probably not limited to), ''[[Cloverfield]]'', the 2009 ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'' movie, and ''[[Super 8]]''. Common things found throughout most of these: The ''Slusho'' beverage brand, Apollo candy bars, Dharma Initiative, Oceanic Airlines, Massive Dynamic, Charlie's (of Lost) band ''Drive Shaft'', and some [https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/hx4X1FxEMSLxEejc5RnOeUTunw57JXLsUunLxoSLFEU?feat=directlink very mild character references and crossovers].
* ''[[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.
* ''[[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]].
** As of May 2012, ''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]'' apparently shares the same 'verse as ''[[Hawaii Five-0]]'', and by extension [[Law and Order]].
* In the [[DCLAU|Disney Channel Live Action Universe]], the following shows have been established, through numerous crossovers, to exist in the same universe:
* In the [[DCLAU|Disney Channel Live Action Universe]], the following shows have been established, through numerous crossovers, to exist in the same universe:
** ''[[That's So Raven]]'' - The oldest. Forms the first piece of ''That's So [[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody|Suite Life of]] [[Hannah Montana]]'', the first crossover.
** ''[[That's So Raven]]'' - The oldest. Forms the first piece of ''That's So [[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody|Suite Life of]] [[Hannah Montana]]'', the first crossover.
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* Crossover episodes between ''[[Warehouse 13]]'' and ''[[Eureka]]'', in which Fargo visits the Warehouse and Claudia visits Eureka, place the two shows in the same universe.
* Crossover episodes between ''[[Warehouse 13]]'' and ''[[Eureka]]'', in which Fargo visits the Warehouse and Claudia visits Eureka, place the two shows in the same universe.
** Lindsay Wagner's ''Warehouse 13'' character Dr. Vanessa Calder appears in the ''[[Alphas]]'' episode "Never Let Me Go" bringing that show into this universe as well.
** Lindsay Wagner's ''Warehouse 13'' character Dr. Vanessa Calder appears in the ''[[Alphas]]'' episode "Never Let Me Go" bringing that show into this universe as well.
* The ''[[Happy Days]]'' universe includes itself (but not necessarilly it's parent show ''[[Love American Style]]'') ''[[Laverne and Shirley]]'', ''[[Mork and Mindy]]'', ''[[Joanie Loves Chachi]]'' and the short lived ''Blanksie's Beauties'' and ''Out of the Blue''. This means that angels, time travel and aliens all exist in the same universe as the Fonz and Ralph Malph.
* The ''[[Happy Days]]'' universe includes itself (but not necessarilly it's parent show ''[[Love, American Style]]'') ''[[Laverne and Shirley]]'', ''[[Mork and Mindy]]'', ''[[Joanie Loves Chachi]]'' and the short lived ''Blanksie's Beauties'' and ''Out of the Blue''. This means that angels, time travel and aliens all exist in the same universe as the Fonz and Ralph Malph.
* The [[Whoniverse]], comprising ''[[Doctor Who]]'', ''[[Torchwood (TV)|Torchwood]]'', and ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures (TV)|The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. It's also got a massive [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe (Franchise)|Expanded Universe]].
* The [[Whoniverse]], comprising ''[[Doctor Who]]'', ''[[Torchwood]]'', and ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. It's also got a massive [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe|Expanded Universe]].
* The "TGIF-verse," which is comprised of ''[[Perfect Strangers]]'', ''[[Full House]]'', ''[[Family Matters]]'', ''[[Step By Step]]'', ''[[Hanginwith Mr. Cooper]]'', ''[[Boy Meets World]]'', ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'', ''[[Clueless]]'', ''[[Teen Angel]]'', and ''You Wish''.
* The "TGIF-verse," which is comprised of ''[[Perfect Strangers]]'', ''[[Full House]]'', ''[[Family Matters]]'', ''[[Step by Step]]'', ''[[Hanginwith Mr. Cooper]]'', ''[[Boy Meets World]]'', ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'', ''[[Clueless]]'', ''[[Teen Angel]]'', and ''You Wish''.
** Due to many [[Channel Hop|Channel Hops]] and [[Crossover|Crossovers]], the universe also includes ''Moesha'', ''Meego'', ''The Hughleys'', ''The Parkers'', and ''Girlfriends''.
** Due to many [[Channel Hop|Channel Hops]] and [[Crossover|Crossovers]], the universe also includes ''Moesha'', ''Meego'', ''The Hughleys'', ''The Parkers'', and ''Girlfriends''.
* The ''[[Babylon 5]]'' universe includes the TV movies made for the series, its spin-off series ''[[Crusade]]'', the abortive pilot ''Legend of the Rangers'', and the ''Lost Tales'' direct-to-video release.
* The ''[[Babylon 5]]'' universe includes the TV movies made for the series, its spin-off series ''[[Crusade]]'', the abortive pilot ''Legend of the Rangers'', and the ''Lost Tales'' direct-to-video release.
* The [[CBS]]-verse, which consists of ''[[The Bob Newhart Show (TV)|The Bob Newhart Show]]'', ''[[Murphy Brown]]'', ''The Famous Teddy Z'', ''High Society'', ''Ink'', ''Love And War'', ''[[The Nanny]]'', ''Can't Hurry Love'', ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'', ''[[The King of Queens]]'', ''[[Becker]]'', and ''Cosby''.
* The [[CBS]]-verse, which consists of ''[[The Bob Newhart Show]]'', ''[[Murphy Brown]]'', ''The Famous Teddy Z'', ''High Society'', ''Ink'', ''Love And War'', ''[[The Nanny]]'', ''Can't Hurry Love'', ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'', ''[[The King of Queens]]'', ''[[Becker]]'', and ''Cosby''.
* And speaking of CBS, ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies (TV)|The Beverly Hillbillies]]'', ''[[Petticoat Junction (TV)|Petticoat Junction]]'', and ''[[Green Acres (TV)|Green Acres]]'' were established to exist in the same universe. The latter two were even in the same ''town'', although interaction between the casts was limited to general store owner Mr. Drucker (a regular on both series) and the occasional cameo.
* And speaking of CBS, ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'', ''[[Petticoat Junction]]'', and ''[[Green Acres]]'' were established to exist in the same universe. The latter two were even in the same ''town'', although interaction between the casts was limited to general store owner Mr. Drucker (a regular on both series) and the occasional cameo.
* ''[[Bones]]'' and ''[[The Finder]]'' share a 'verse. Bonesverse, perhaps?
* ''[[Bones]]'' and ''[[The Finder]]'' share a 'verse. Bonesverse, perhaps?
* NBC's 80s sitcoms ''[[The Golden Girls]]'', ''[[Series/Empty Nest|Empty Nest]]'' and ''[[Nurses]]'' all share the same universe.
* NBC's 80s sitcoms ''[[The Golden Girls]]'', ''[[Series/Empty Nest|Empty Nest]]'' and ''[[Nurses]]'' all share the same universe.
** The Golden Palace would also be in that universe.
** The Golden Palace would also be in that universe.
* ''[[The Office (TV)|The Office]]'' and ''[[Parks and Recreation]]'' were intended to be set in one universe, but this idea was dropped. The original UK version of ''[[The Office (TV)|The Office]]'' is still part of the same universe, though, as judging by Ricky Gervais's cameo as David Brent.
* ''[[The Office]]'' and ''[[Parks and Recreation]]'' were intended to be set in one universe, but this idea was dropped. The original UK version of ''[[The Office]]'' is still part of the same universe, though, as judging by Ricky Gervais's cameo as David Brent.
* ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (TV)|Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]'', ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess (TV)|Xena: Warrior Princess]]'', and ''[[Young Hercules]]'' are all part of the same universe. As well as the 5 movies that came before the Hercules.
* ''[[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.
* ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'', ''[[Melrose Place]]'', ''[[Models Inc]]'' as well as the reboots of 90210 and Melrose place are in the same universe.
* ''[[The X Files (TV)|The X Files]]'', ''[[Millennium]]'', and ''[[The Lone Gunmen]]'' all exist in the same universe. The first and last are the most obvious; with the Lone Gunmen being an X-Files spin-off, though characters go back and forth between all three series and there is at least one cross-over episode.
* ''[[The X-Files|The X Files]]'', ''[[Millennium]]'', and ''[[The Lone Gunmen]]'' all exist in the same universe. The first and last are the most obvious; with the Lone Gunmen being an X-Files spin-off, though characters go back and forth between all three series and there is at least one cross-over episode.




== Tabletop RPG's ==
== Tabletop RPG's ==
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (Tabletop Game)|Dungeons and Dragons]]'' features not just multiple universes (called Campaign Settings) but multiple ''cosmologies'' still, the potential for crossover is there (In one of the video games, for example, a group of knights from ''[[Dragonlance]]'' end up trapped in the ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'', while numerous references to the [[Planescape]] setting are made. In fact, part of Planescape's purpose seems to be not just to allow such crossovers, but to say that stranger things can and indeed do happen every day on the planes.)
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' features not just multiple universes (called Campaign Settings) but multiple ''cosmologies'' still, the potential for crossover is there (In one of the video games, for example, a group of knights from ''[[Dragonlance]]'' end up trapped in the ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'', while numerous references to the [[Planescape]] setting are made. In fact, part of Planescape's purpose seems to be not just to allow such crossovers, but to say that stranger things can and indeed do happen every day on the planes.)
** 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 [[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 ''[[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]]''.
* The Third Imperium background to the science-fiction role-playing game ''[[Traveller]]''.
* In the [[Old World of Darkness (Tabletop Game)|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 (Tabletop Game)|New World of Darkness]], but is given less emphasis between gamelines.
* 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 ==
== Video Games ==
* The laws of physics and various cultures depicted in the ''[[Myst]]'' games and books is often called the D'niverse (pronounced done-ni-verse) after the most prominent race in the storyline. Technically, it's actually a multiverse, connecting smaller universes called Ages...
* The laws of physics and various cultures depicted in the ''[[Myst]]'' games and books is often called the D'niverse (pronounced done-ni-verse) after the most prominent race in the storyline. Technically, it's actually a multiverse, connecting smaller universes called Ages...
* ''[[Final Fantasy XII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XII]]'', its sequel ''Revenant Wings'', ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'', Final Fantasy Tactics Advace and Final Fantasy Tactics A2 (The latter two primarily due to character overlap) and ''[[Vagrant Story]]'' all take place within the world of Ivalice.
* ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'', its sequel ''Revenant Wings'', ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'', Final Fantasy Tactics Advace and Final Fantasy Tactics A2 (The latter two primarily due to character overlap) and ''[[Vagrant Story]]'' all take place within the world of Ivalice.
* "The Compilation of Final Fantasy VII". And Squeenix is trying to emulate that success with the "Fabula Nova Crystallis" project.
* "The Compilation of Final Fantasy VII". And Squeenix is trying to emulate that success with the "Fabula Nova Crystallis" project.
** The above ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' examples are actually examples of a multiverse spanning the entire ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series.
** The above ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' examples are actually examples of a multiverse spanning the entire ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series.
*** And there is also the ending of the sequel to ''[[Final Fantasy IV (Video Game)|Final Fantasy IV]]'' where the last boss is {{spoiler|the Creator goddess who apparently made both the worlds of ''[[Final Fantasy I (Video Game)|Final Fantasy I]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy IV (Video Game)|Final Fantasy IV]]'' as well as having the power to summon creatures from the other Nintendo-era FF Games.}}
*** And there is also the ending of the sequel to ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' where the last boss is {{spoiler|the Creator goddess who apparently made both the worlds of ''[[Final Fantasy I]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' as well as having the power to summon creatures from the other Nintendo-era FF Games.}}
*** Don't forget that [[All There in the Manual|hints have been dropped]] by writer Nojima that ''[[Final Fantasy X (Video Game)|Final Fantasy X]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|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 (Video Game)|Final Fantasy II]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy IV (Video Game)|Final Fantasy IV]]'' dragoon parallels or Gilgamesh of ''[[Final Fantasy V (Video Game)|Final Fantasy V]]'' being a dimensional traveler.
*** 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 (Video Game)|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, ''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.


* The [[Donkey Kong]] and Mario series are in the same universe. They started as enemies after all and DK still shows up in Mario spin off games.
* The [[Donkey Kong]] and Mario series are in the same universe. They started as enemies after all and DK still shows up in Mario spin off games.
* 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]]...
* 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]].
* 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]].
** Then again, La Pucelle includes plenty of references to the Netherworld, so...
** Then again, La Pucelle includes plenty of references to the Netherworld, so...
* Don't forget the two distinct 'verses in the ''[[Tales Series]]''. The "Destiny" 'verse contains ''[[Tales of Destiny (Video Game)|Tales of Destiny]]'' and its direct sequel, ''[[Tales of Destiny (Video Game)|Tales of Destiny]] 2'' (though not ''[[Tales of Eternia (Video Game)|Tales of Eternia]]''). The "Aseria" 'verse contains ''[[Tales of Phantasia (Video Game)|Tales of Phantasia]]'', ''[[Tales of Phantasia (Video Game)|Tales of Phantasia]]: Narikiri Dungeon'', ''[[Tales of Phantasia (Video Game)|Tales of Phantasia]]: Summoner's Lineage'', ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia]]'', and ''[[Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World]]''.
* Don't forget the two distinct 'verses in the ''[[Tales (series)]]''. The "Destiny" 'verse contains ''[[Tales of Destiny]]'' and its direct sequel, ''[[Tales of Destiny]] 2'' (though not ''[[Tales of Eternia]]''). The "Aseria" 'verse contains ''[[Tales of Phantasia]]'', ''[[Tales of Phantasia]]: Narikiri Dungeon'', ''[[Tales of Phantasia]]: Summoner's Lineage'', ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'', and ''[[Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World]]''.
* The main ''[[Pokémon]]'' games take place in different regions of the same world. This becomes obvious with the presence of two regions in ''Gold'', ''Silver'', and ''Crystal'' and references to regions of past games in later games.
* The main ''[[Pokémon]]'' games take place in different regions of the same world. This becomes obvious with the presence of two regions in ''Gold'', ''Silver'', and ''Crystal'' and references to regions of past games in later games.
** All of the first four generations are actually in different regions of the same ''country'', the equivalent of Japan in that universe. Starting from ''Black and White Versions'', the series moves to a different country, apparently based on the USA.
** All of the first four generations are actually in different regions of the same ''country'', the equivalent of Japan in that universe. Starting from ''Black and White Versions'', the series moves to a different country, apparently based on the USA.
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' has such a detailed and in-depth verse that it probably comes closest of almost any game to being the video game version of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', when it comes to creating a well fleshed out and realized world.
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' has such a detailed and in-depth verse that it probably comes closest of almost any game to being the video game version of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', when it comes to creating a well fleshed out and realized world.
* The Irem arcade games ''[[In the Hunt]]'', ''[[Undercover Cops]]'', ''Air Duel'' and ''Gunforce 2'' all takes place in the same [[After the End|post-apocalyptic]] universe and feature the D.A.S as the bad guys.
* The Irem arcade games ''[[In the Hunt]]'', ''[[Undercover Cops]]'', ''Air Duel'' and ''Gunforce 2'' all takes place in the same [[After the End|post-apocalyptic]] universe and feature the D.A.S as the bad guys.
* ''[[Street Fighter]]'' and ''[[Final Fight]]'', along with the lesser known ''Slam Masters'', all seem to take place in the same world. The most obvious evidence to this are appearances of various ''Final Fight'' characters as playable fighters throughout the ''Street Fighter'' games beginning with the ''[[Street Fighter Alpha (Video Game)|Street Fighter Alpha]]'' series, as well as Mike Haggar's appearance in ''Slam Masters''. But even before the release of ''[[Street Fighter II (Video Game)|Street Fighter II]]'', Mike Haggar was referenced as a "former Street Fighter" in the intro to the first ''Final Fight'' and the ''Slam Masters'' cast are mentioned in Hugo's ending (a ''Final Fight'' transplant himself) in ''[[Street Fighter III (Video Game)|Street Fighter III]] 2nd Impact''. One concept art for ''Street Fighter Alpha'' even shows that Birdie was a former tag partner to Titanic Tim from ''Slam Masters''.
* ''[[Street Fighter]]'' and ''[[Final Fight]]'', along with the lesser known ''Slam Masters'', all seem to take place in the same world. The most obvious evidence to this are appearances of various ''Final Fight'' characters as playable fighters throughout the ''Street Fighter'' games beginning with the ''[[Street Fighter Alpha]]'' series, as well as Mike Haggar's appearance in ''Slam Masters''. But even before the release of ''[[Street Fighter II]]'', Mike Haggar was referenced as a "former Street Fighter" in the intro to the first ''Final Fight'' and the ''Slam Masters'' cast are mentioned in Hugo's ending (a ''Final Fight'' transplant himself) in ''[[Street Fighter III]] 2nd Impact''. One concept art for ''Street Fighter Alpha'' even shows that Birdie was a former tag partner to Titanic Tim from ''Slam Masters''.
** ''[[Rival Schools (Video Game)|Rival Schools]]'' may also be part of this shared universe, depending on [[Your Mileage May Vary|one's opinion]]. On one hand, there are plenty of ''Street Fighter'' references in the ''Rival Schools''. The most obvious one is the presence of Sakura in the first ''Rival Schools'', but there are also obscure ones as well such as the fact Hinata claims to be a practitioner of the "Ken Masters' style of Karate" in ''Nekketsu Seishu Nikki 2''. On the other hand, there are also contradictions (such as Sakura's different blood type) that prevents ''Rival Schools'' from fitting neatly into the ''Street Fighter'' canon.
** ''[[Rival Schools]]'' may also be part of this shared universe, depending on [[Your Mileage May Vary|one's opinion]]. On one hand, there are plenty of ''Street Fighter'' references in the ''Rival Schools''. The most obvious one is the presence of Sakura in the first ''Rival Schools'', but there are also obscure ones as well such as the fact Hinata claims to be a practitioner of the "Ken Masters' style of Karate" in ''Nekketsu Seishu Nikki 2''. On the other hand, there are also contradictions (such as Sakura's different blood type) that prevents ''Rival Schools'' from fitting neatly into the ''Street Fighter'' canon.
* It's not yet as obvious as the examples above, but the ''[[When They Cry]]'' verse is starting to take form after ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni]]''. Future games may still expound on it.
* It's not yet as obvious as the examples above, but the ''[[When They Cry]]'' verse is starting to take form after ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]''. Future games may still expound on it.
* The [[Super Smash Bros]]. Universe includes all the Nintendo series as fictional video games, and is in some way related to the [[Real Life]] Universe through Master Hand (possibly Crazy Hand as well).
* The [[Super Smash Bros]]. Universe includes all the Nintendo series as fictional video games, and is in some way related to the [[Real Life]] Universe through Master Hand (possibly Crazy Hand as well).
* 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.
* 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.
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** ''3'' also mentions that the Kirijo group was once part of the Nanjo group, a reference to a party member from the original ''[[Persona]].'' The end of the Snow Queen Quest in that game has text which states {{spoiler|"Eternal night will fall again so long as people seek to turn hope to despair."}} Sound familiar?
** ''3'' also mentions that the Kirijo group was once part of the Nanjo group, a reference to a party member from the original ''[[Persona]].'' The end of the Snow Queen Quest in that game has text which states {{spoiler|"Eternal night will fall again so long as people seek to turn hope to despair."}} Sound familiar?
** And then there's the "Man Drinking Alone" who shows up in the female protagonist's route in ''Portable.'' He's actually the main character of [[Catherine]], and drops references to that game's plot. Babel in that game also strongly resembles Tartarus.
** And then there's the "Man Drinking Alone" who shows up in the female protagonist's route in ''Portable.'' He's actually the main character of [[Catherine]], and drops references to that game's plot. Babel in that game also strongly resembles Tartarus.
* Valve's two series ''[[Half-Life (Video Game)|Half-Life]]'' and ''[[Portal (Video Game)|Portal]]'' almost certainly inhabit the same continuity.
* 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.
* The [[Tom Clancy]] games by [[Ubisoft]] is hinted to have taken place in the same continuity.


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== Web Original ==
== Web Original ==
* The Breeniverse, the setting of ''[[Lonely Girl 15]]'', ''[[Kate Modern]]'', ''[[LG 15 The Resistance]]'' and numerous spin-offs of uncertain canonicity.
* The Breeniverse, the setting of ''[[Lonelygirl15]]'', ''[[Kate Modern]]'', ''[[LG15: the resistance]]'' and numerous spin-offs of uncertain canonicity.
* The "MUniverse" is the setting of ''[[Tales of MU]]'' and its spin-off and side stories. [[Your Mileage May Vary|Some readers]] are not shy about being more interested in the setting's history and cultures than the main storyline. Part of a [[The Multiverse|multiverse]], as artifacts lost in a teleport mishap showed up in the author's other stories.
* The "MUniverse" is the setting of ''[[Tales of MU]]'' and its spin-off and side stories. [[Your Mileage May Vary|Some readers]] are not shy about being more interested in the setting's history and cultures than the main storyline. Part of a [[The Multiverse|multiverse]], as artifacts lost in a teleport mishap showed up in the author's other stories.
* Many, if not all, [[That Guy With the Glasses]] series seems to be set in the same 'verse owing to the number of [[Crossover|crossovers]] between them, but a special note must be made for [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Atop the Fourth Wall]] and [[The Spoony Experiment]], seeming to have the most points in common, most prominently [[Big Bad]] Dr. Insano.
* Many, if not all, [[That Guy With The Glasses]] series seems to be set in the same 'verse owing to the number of [[Crossover|crossovers]] between them, but a special note must be made for [[Atop the Fourth Wall]] and [[The Spoony Experiment]], seeming to have the most points in common, most prominently [[Big Bad]] Dr. Insano.
* The ''[[Chaos Fighters]]'' universe, which is currently unnamed yet. It current encompasses two planets, Lefrad and Ketruin while {{spoiler|Earth and Lerius}} are given a mention.
* The ''[[Chaos Fighters]]'' universe, which is currently unnamed yet. It current encompasses two planets, Lefrad and Ketruin while {{spoiler|Earth and Lerius}} are given a mention.
* [[The Slender Man Mythos (Franchise)|The Slender Man Mythos]] is a somewhat loosely tied Verse, in that while Slendy himself ties everything together, the stories aren't typically tied together otherwise aside from the odd character commenting on other blogs. However, there's also the [[Everyman HYBRID]] Sub-Verse, which has expanded to include "Wicked Sticky Alex" and [[Can You See the Words]]. Evan made a brief cameo in the [[TJA Projects]], and its recently been crossing over with [[Tribe Twelve]] and {{spoiler|[[Dark Harvest]]}}. Oh, and the HYBRID guys are at least aware of [[Seeking Truth]]). Now all we need is for [[Marble Hornets|Jay or Alex]] to show up...
* [[The Slender Man Mythos]] is a somewhat loosely tied Verse, in that while Slendy himself ties everything together, the stories aren't typically tied together otherwise aside from the odd character commenting on other blogs. However, there's also the [[Everyman HYBRID]] Sub-Verse, which has expanded to include "Wicked Sticky Alex" and [[Can You See the Words]]. Evan made a brief cameo in the [[TJA Projects]], and its recently been crossing over with [[Tribe Twelve]] and {{spoiler|[[Dark Harvest]]}}. Oh, and the HYBRID guys are at least aware of [[Seeking Truth]]). Now all we need is for [[Marble Hornets|Jay or Alex]] to show up...
* The Randomverse is a very....random verse, containing [[The Insane Quest]], [[The Death Series]], [[Smile for The Camera]], and [[TV Tropes the Adventure]].
* The Randomverse is a very....random verse, containing [[The Insane Quest]], [[The Death Series]], [[Smile for The Camera]], and [[TV Tropes the Adventure]].
* The [[Academy of Superheroes]] universe is a superhero universe with hundreds of stories and even more characters.
* The [[Academy of Superheroes]] universe is a superhero universe with hundreds of stories and even more characters.
* The "[http://hitlerparody.wikia.com/wiki/Parody_Universe Parody Universe]" is the universe where all the [[Memetic Mutation|Hitler parodies]] from the ''[[Downfall (Film)|Downfall]]'' scenes (and some spinoffs like Stalin parodies) takes place. The whole thing tend to get into [[Mind Screw]] territory due to the various amounts of parody videos that exists and [[Wild Mass Guessing]] is the norm in making sense of it.
* The "[http://hitlerparody.wikia.com/wiki/Parody_Universe Parody Universe]" is the universe where all the [[Memetic Mutation|Hitler parodies]] from the ''[[Downfall (film)|Downfall]]'' scenes (and some spinoffs like Stalin parodies) takes place. The whole thing tend to get into [[Mind Screw]] territory due to the various amounts of parody videos that exists and [[Wild Mass Guessing]] is the norm in making sense of it.
* [[Sonic for Hire]] and [[Mega Man Dies At the End]] are in the same universe starting with the Mega Man Dies at the End episode On the Lam which shows Sonic trying to escape from the prison Mega Man busts Wily out of. This is confirmed even more when a Sonic for Hire episode has Mega Man appear and has him mentioning events from the last crossover as well as leading directly into the next Mega Man Dies At The End episode.
* [[Sonic for Hire]] and [[Mega Man Dies at the End]] are in the same universe starting with the Mega Man Dies at the End episode On the Lam which shows Sonic trying to escape from the prison Mega Man busts Wily out of. This is confirmed even more when a Sonic for Hire episode has Mega Man appear and has him mentioning events from the last crossover as well as leading directly into the next Mega Man Dies At The End episode.




== Western Animation ==
== Western Animation ==
* The DCAU.
* The DCAU.
* The ''[[South Park (Animation)|South Park]]'' universe contains itself and ''[[That's My Bush]]''.
* The ''[[South Park]]'' universe contains itself and ''[[That's My Bush]]''.
* The original ''[[Space Ghost]]'' cartoon was set in the same universe as ''Dino Boy'', ''[[The Herculoids]]'', ''[[Shazzan]]'', ''Mighty Mightor'' and ''Moby Dick''.
* The original ''[[Space Ghost]]'' cartoon was set in the same universe as ''Dino Boy'', ''[[The Herculoids]]'', ''[[Shazzan]]'', ''Mighty Mightor'' and ''Moby Dick''.
** ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]'' on the other hand, is set in the same world as ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Animation)|Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'', ''[[The Brak Show (Animation)|The Brak Show]]'', ''[[Perfect Hair Forever (Animation)|Perfect Hair Forever]]'', ''[[Harvey Birdman Attorney At Law]]'' and ''[[Twelve Ounce Mouse (Animation)|Twelve Ounce Mouse]]''. Maybe a [[The Multiverse|Multiverse.]] [[Adult Swim]]-Verse? Williams Street-Verse?
** ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]'' on the other hand, is set in the same world as ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'', ''[[The Brak Show]]'', ''[[Perfect Hair Forever]]'', ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'' and ''[[12 oz. Mouse|Twelve Ounce Mouse]]''. Maybe a [[The Multiverse|Multiverse.]] [[Adult Swim]]-Verse? Williams Street-Verse?
** May also include ''[[Sealab 2021]]''.
** May also include ''[[Sealab 2021]]''.
* The Fuzzy Door Universe contains ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]'', ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'' and ''[[The Cleveland Show (Animation)|The Cleveland Show]]''.
* The Fuzzy Door Universe contains ''[[Family Guy]]'', ''[[American Dad]]'' and ''[[The Cleveland Show]]''.
* The universe of Jhonen Vasquez, creator of ''[[Invader Zim]]'' And ''[[Johnny the Homicidal Maniac]]''.
* The universe of Jhonen Vasquez, creator of ''[[Invader Zim]]'' And ''[[Johnny the Homicidal Maniac]]''.
* The ''[[Transformers]]'' franchise has an odd sort of 'verse, in that it's a multiverse rather than a universe.
* The ''[[Transformers]]'' franchise has an odd sort of 'verse, in that it's a multiverse rather than a universe.
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** Cobra Commander also makes a cameo in Only Human.
** 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 Inhumanoids are an interesting case because in the Gen 1 Shattered Glass continuity they remain villians.
* The [[Warner Bros]] Animated Universe, also known as the Looney Tuneiverse (or Looney Tune Land as it was named in ''[[Space Jam (Film)|Space Jam]]''), is the home of the characters from ''[[Looney Tunes (Animation)|Looney Tunes]]'' and its spin-offs, as well as those from ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures (Animation)|Tiny Toon Adventures]]'', ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'' and ''[[Pinky and The Brain (Animation)|Pinky and The Brain]]'', ''[[Histeria (Animation)|Histeria]]'', ''[[Freakazoid (Animation)|Freakazoid]]!'', and ''[[Road Rovers (Animation)|Road Rovers]]''.
* The [[Warner Bros]] Animated Universe, also known as the Looney Tuneiverse (or Looney Tune Land as it was named in ''[[Space Jam]]''), is the home of the characters from ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' and its spin-offs, as well as those from ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'', ''[[Animaniacs]]'' and ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'', ''[[Histeria (Animation)|Histeria]]'', ''[[Freakazoid]]!'', and ''[[Road Rovers]]''.
* The Spiez-verse, which currently includes ''[[Totally Spies (Animation)|Totally Spies]]'', its [[Spin-Off]], ''[[The Amazing Spiez (Animation)|The Amazing Spiez]]'', and ''[[Martin Mystery]]''.
* The Spiez-verse, which currently includes ''[[Totally Spies]]'', its [[Spin-Off]], ''[[The Amazing Spiez]]'', and ''[[Martin Mystery]]''.
* The [[Klasky Csupo]]-verse, which consists of ''[[Rugrats (Animation)|Rugrats]]'', its [[Spin-Off|Spinoffs]], ''[[All Grown Up]]'' and ''Angelica and Susie's Pre-School Daze'', ''[[Aaahh Real Monsters (Animation)|Aaahh Real Monsters]]'', ''[[The Wild Thornberrys]]'', and ''[[Rocket Power]]''.
* 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.
** Arguably ''[[Duckman]]'' as well.
* The shows ''[[Dexters Laboratory (Animation)|Dexters Laboratory]]'' and ''[[The Powerpuff Girls (Animation)|The Powerpuff Girls]]'' have provided several clues over the years that they inhabit the same universe. ''[[Samurai Jack]]'' and ''[[Sym-Bionic Titan (Animation)|Sym-Bionic Titan]]'' may as well, but it's not verified.
* 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.
* 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.
* With the [[The Legend of the Chaos God|Chaos God]] story arc in the [[Disney Adventures]] series, ''[[Darkwing Duck (Animation)|Darkwing Duck]]'', ''[[Duck Tales (Animation)|Duck Tales]]'', ''[[Tale Spin (Animation)|Tale Spin]]'', ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'', and ''[[Goof Troop (Animation)|Goof Troop]]'' all take place in the same universe. Arguably, ''[[Quack Pack (Animation)|Quack Pack]]'' as well.
* With the [[The Legend of the Chaos God|Chaos God]] story arc in the [[Disney Adventures]] series, ''[[Darkwing Duck (animation)|Darkwing Duck]]'', ''[[DuckTales]]'', ''[[Tale Spin]]'', ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'', and ''[[Goof Troop]]'' all take place in the same universe. Arguably, ''[[Quack Pack]]'' as well.




== Fan Fiction ==
== Fan Fiction ==
* The [http://www.fanfiction.net/community/Order_of_the_Gray_Demons/52643/ Order of the Gray Demons], centred on ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam|Mobile Suit]] [[Gundam Seed]]'' [[Fanfic]] ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2510565/1/Birds_of_a_Feather Birds of a Feather]'' by [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/380886/Solid_Shark Solid Shark]. Somewhat notable amongst [[Fanfic]] 'verses for having multiple authors and contradictory accounts.
* The [http://www.fanfiction.net/community/Order_of_the_Gray_Demons/52643/ Order of the Gray Demons], centred on ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam|Mobile Suit]] [[Gundam Seed]]'' [[Fanfic]] ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2510565/1/Birds_of_a_Feather Birds of a Feather]'' by [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/380886/Solid_Shark Solid Shark]. Somewhat notable amongst [[Fanfic]] 'verses for having multiple authors and contradictory accounts.
* As mentioned in Comics, ''[[Duck Tales (Animation)|Duck Tales]]'' and ''[[Darkwing Duck (Animation)|Darkwing Duck]]'', having inherited the [[Disney Ducks Comic Universe]]. Arguments have been made for including ''[[Tale Spin (Animation)|Tale Spin]]'' as well; ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' although Dale did mention watching cartoons featuring a big dumb duck and there was one alternate universe that 'borrowed' Darkwing's adventures--and then turned to steal the Rangers'.
* As mentioned in Comics, ''[[DuckTales]]'' and ''[[Darkwing Duck (animation)|Darkwing Duck]]'', having inherited the [[Disney Ducks Comic Universe]]. Arguments have been made for including ''[[Tale Spin]]'' as well; ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' although Dale did mention watching cartoons featuring a big dumb duck and there was one alternate universe that 'borrowed' Darkwing's adventures--and then turned to steal the Rangers'.
* The [[Oneiroi Series (Fanfic)|Oneiroi Series]] and its various branching realities.
* The [[Oneiroi Series]] and its various branching realities.
* The [[Dumbledores Army and The Year of Darkness (Fanfic)|DAYDverse]] based on an alternate-POV telling of ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)|Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows]]''.
* The [[Dumbledore's Army and the Year of Darkness|DAYDverse]] based on an alternate-POV telling of ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)|Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows]]''.
* All of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fics on [[Richs Comix Blog (Webcomic)|Richs Comix Blog]], including ''[[The 10 Doctors (Fanfic)|The 10 Doctors]]'', are all self-contained within their own universe. This fan-verse [[Author Appeal|also includes]] ''[[Forever Knight (TV)|Forever Knight]]'' and ''[[Jem]]'' via crossovers.
* All of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fics on [[Rich's Comix Blog|Richs Comix Blog]], including ''[[The 10 Doctors (Fanfic)|The 10 Doctors]]'', are all self-contained within their own universe. This fan-verse [[Author Appeal|also includes]] ''[[Forever Knight]]'' and ''[[Jem]]'' via crossovers.
* There is [[The Verse]] shared by the [[Mega Crossover]] [[Fanfic|fan]][[Web Comic|comic]] ''[[Roommates 2007 (Webcomic)|Roommates]]'' and its various [[Spin-Off|Spin Offs]] (''[[Girls Next Door (Webcomic)|Girls Next Door]]'', ''[[Down the Street (Webcomic)|Down the Street]]'' and [http://roomatesfans.deviantart.com/ many more]) by multiple authors. It's also known as the Buildingverse by the fans.
* There is [[The Verse]] shared by the [[Mega Crossover]] [[Fanfic|fan]][[Web Comic|comic]] ''[[Roommates 2007|Roommates]]'' and its various [[Spin-Off|Spin Offs]] (''[[Girls Next Door]]'', ''[[Down the Street]]'' and [http://roomatesfans.deviantart.com/ many more]) by multiple authors. It's also known as the Buildingverse by the fans.




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The Verse is usually referred to with a show or franchise identifier (such as "Buffy Verse", "Whoniverse", "Potter Verse", etc.). It is a crafted combination of setting-elements that define the rules for how the world works and sometimes provides for sharing of characters and Continuity across more than one series. A Shared Universe refers to a fictional universe with multiple authors.

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, 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.

Many 'verses have a thriving life in Expanded Universe form and spawn Tie In Novels, movies, comics and Fanfic. However, these spin-offs may or may not count as Canon.

It is interesting to note that Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction credits Orson Scott Card as the inventor of this term. He, however, says someone simply put the word Enderverse on a book jacket, and Card was credited for it. "The thing is, I hate that word. I didn't coin that word. And yet because it's on the title of a book of mine, my name is attached as if I made it up." Is it more likely then that the Trope Namer is Firefly (See below for details).

One notable thing about the creation of crossover verses is that it is usually easy to link two or more works which contain no Speculative Fiction elements or major departures from actual history, but doing so with Speculative Fiction works can be difficult because the settings are more likely to contradict each other. For instance, the characters from two Dom Coms, or two Westerns, or even a Dom Com and an action drama can typically all bump into each other with no logical problem. But to declare that, say, Star Trek and Babylon 5 exist in the same world is very awkward because both have detailed future histories, catalogs of nearby alien races, and rules about physical laws which bear little to no resemblence to each other. This can be a headache for s.f. franchises (hi DC!) who try to merge unrelated verses together into a single whole.

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.

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Examples of The Verse include:


Anime and Manga

  • The universe centered on the CLAMP school
  • The Tenchiverse -- home to the Tenchi Muyo! OVA series, Tenchi Muyo! GXP, Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari and, reportedly, Parallel Trouble Adventure Dual.
  • "Turn A Space" as a way of uniting all Mobile Suit Gundam series preceding Gundam SEED into one continuity. Named after Turn a Gundam, which attempted to do this as a last hurrah for the franchise.
    • The name comes from the supposed original concept of Turn a Gundam, wherein creator Yoshiyuki Tomino intended to unite every anime he had created into a single universe; this is often used in lieu of the original nickname "Turn A Bang" (since Turn A was part of the "Gundam Big Bang Project" of 1999).
    • 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.
  • Oddly enough, the brightly coloured, Hot Blood-filled Super Robot series GaoGaiGar and its sequels are said to take place in the same world as the twisted Real Robot/horror hybrid series Betterman.
  • The Blameverse of Cyberpunk / Body Horror manga master Tsutomu Nihei. So far consisting of, in rough chronological order:
    • Noise
    • Blame!
    • Blame^2
    • Netsphere Engineer
      • When his later manga Biomega came out, it was widely believed to be an even earlier prequel, due to various similarities, including an organization known as Toha Heavy Industries appearing in both, but according to Word of God, Biomega has its own continuity.
  • The Akamatsuverse (aka the Negiverse), which seems to encompass Mahou Sensei Negima, Love Hina, and A.I. Love You.
    • Also Mao-chan, which cast was once visiting the Hinata Inn (from Love Hina), where they (most probably) met Naru.
  • 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 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.
  • Key Visual Arts's Season verse of Kanon, AIR, and Clannad.


Comics

  • Image Comics originally tried doing that. The first few issues of their early titles had Continuity Nods to other titles, and there were a few outright crossovers. But as time went on, every Image partner focused on their own titles, creating de-facto sub-universes that had less and less to do with each other. Marc Silvestri's and Jim Lee's titles maintained their connections longer then others, but eventually, even that feel by the wayside.In 1997, Wildstorm Universe, Top Cow Universe and Rob Lielfeld's Extreme Universe were written out of Image Universe via what can be best described as Reverse-Crisis on Infinite Earths in the Shattered Image mini-series (not to be confused with the more tongue-in-cheek Splitting Image mini-series). Since then, there have been a number of Image crossovers, but each creator was free to decide just how much that counts in their continuity.
    • The Kirkmanverse contains of Invincible, Invincible Presents: Atom Eve and Rex Splode, Astounding Wolf-Man, The Pact, Guarding the Globe, Brit, Capes, Tech-Jacket, Haunt, Superpatriot: America's Fighting Force, and Superpatriot: War On Terror. Pretty big for a fictional universe written by one guy.
  • The Motterverse: Consists of Mr. X, Electropolis and Terminal City, all created by Dean Motter.
  • Corey Lewis's one-shot graphic novel PENG takes place in the same universe as Lewis's graphic novel series Sharknife. Rocky Hallelujah, the main character of PENG, is the younger brother of Sharknife's protagonist Caesar Hallelujah. Additionally, Scott Pilgrim makes a one-page cameo in PENG, so if you really want to, you could consider that series as part of the same universe as well.
  • The Dreddverse consists of Judge Dredd and its various spinoffs, primarily Judge Anderson, Low Life, Armitage, Shimura, and The Blood of Satanus. Strontium Dog was shoved in sideways in "Top Dog" and "Judgement Day". Nobody's sure whether the Millsverse is part of it.
  • 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.
  • Arguably, the Scrooge McDuck comics (and, by extension, the shows DuckTales and Darkwing Duck) are in their own universe, with shared elements and even a few crossover characters. At one point they even tried a crossover with the then entire Disney Afternoon cartoon series then extant.
  • 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

  • All of Quentin Taraninto's films take place in the same universe.
    • Vincent and Mr. Blonde from Pulp Fiction and Resivior Dogs are supposed to be brothers.
    • Big Kahuna Burger a fictional fast food chain has been in Pulp Fiction and From Dusk Till Dawn. Apple Cigarettes has also apeared in many of his films.
  • Aliens, Predator, and Aliens vs Predators according to Fox are all in the same universe. This includes all the movies, comics, books, and video games.
  • The Marvel Cinematic Universe includes Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Captain America: The First Avenger, Thor,Thor 2, The Incredible Hulk, and Avengers. More are planned.
  • The View Askewniverse consists everything Kevin Smith made that had Jay and Silent Bob. It includes Clerks, Clerks 2, Mallrats,Chasing Amy, Dogma,and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
  • Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, and Army of Darkness have been in one universe starting with Freddy vs Jason.
  • The Verse: In a 1999 Premiere article, Hughes himself declared that Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Buellers Day Off, and Planes, Trains and Automobiles are all a part of the same universe. Sadly, the crossover possibilities were never explored in film.

  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, collecting its history.

    • It's long been speculated that Pretty in Pink, Some Kind of Wonderful, and Home Alone also take place in the Shermerverse, since those movies were written (but not directed) by Hughes and feature similar themes.
    • Weird Science explicitly takes place in Shermer (Lisa is seen teaching the Shermer High gym class at the end), though it has its own Speculative Fiction internal logic that is inconsistent with the other canon Shermerverse movies.


Literature

  • The Enderverse is the Trope Namer, although technically the creator wishes it never was (see the summary of the trope above), which includes Ender's Game, the Speaker For The Dead trilogy, the Enders Shadow side series, and Ender In Exile, as well as a number of short stories and comics. It is far from the first example, however.
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which is more like a multi-media set of alternate continuities.
    • Lampshaded in Mostly Harmless, which explains away all the different continuities by talking about how the universe is just one path through 'The Whole Sort of General Mish Mash', constantly changing position. A similar solution was used by Discworld in Thief of Time.
  • The Duniverse, setting of Dune and its sequels.
  • Robert A. Heinlein had The Future History, a chronology spanning from the 1950s to many centuries into the future. It was written from 1939 to 1987, meaning parts of it were Alternate History by the end. It turned into a multiverse (The World As Myth 'Verse) near the end, with a set of crossovers that brought some of his non-Future History stories into The Verse. (Not to mention crossovers with the Oz series, Alice in Wonderland, and all fiction ever written. It got weird.)
  • Stephen King's 'Verse, which spins around The Dark Tower. Almost every novel he has ever written makes some small mention to at least one of his others.
  • The PG Wodehouse verse in which the gentlemen of the Jeeves and Wooster, Blandings Castle and Psmith series know each other, often through the Drones Club. Specific links include Leave It to Psmith, in which Psmith and Freddie Threepwood team up for a Zany Scheme at Blandings Castle; and The Code of the Woosters, in which Bertie Wooster mentions Freddie as one of his acquaintences.
  • Larry Niven is noted for two popular settings in particular, Known Space, and The Magic Goes Away. His penchant for co-authors means that many angles on these settings have been written.
    • Niven and co-author Steven Barnes have created at least one distinct Verse together, that of Cowles Industries' Dream Park. The Descent of Anansi is set there, along with the three Dream Park novels and a role-playing game.
  • Tortall, home to (so far) Song of the Lioness, The Immortals, Protector of the Small, Daughter of the Lioness, and Provost's Dog quartet/quartet/quartet/duology/trilogy.
    • The Circle Universe, home to Circle of Magic, The Circle Opens, and Will of the Empress quartet/quartet/book. Ole' Tammy likes her quartets, she does.
    • There's evidence in the first book of the first Circle Of Magic quartet that Tortall and The Circle Universe are connected--just a few hundred years apart from the events in each.
  • David Eddings has several:
    • Belgariad Universe, home to The Belgariad, The Malloreon, Belgarath the Sorcerer, and Polgara the Sorceress.
    • Elenium/Tamuli universe, home to (surprise, surprise) The Elenium and The Tamuli.
    • The Dreamers Universe, home to God-knows-what.
  • Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian and King Kull series take place in the same 'verse, with Conan's Hyborian Age forming after the great cataclysm that destroyed Kull's Atlantis. Kull has a guest appearance in the Bran Mak Morn story "Kings of the Night," linking it to Howard's historical stories. In addition, his modern day Conrad and Kirowan horror stories are linked, as Thoth-Amon's Ring of Set makes an appearance in "The Haunter of the Ring." It's arguable that all of Howard's stories occupy the same 'verse.
    • Not to mention the stuff that ties into Lovecraft's universe.
  • All of Christopher Moore's novels take place within the same universe, with locations and characters (both major and minor) taking on new, often very different roles in other books. This reached a peak during You Suck (itself a sequel to Bloodsucking Fiends), where a scene from A Dirty Job was retold from a different point of view. This is also the first time where a crossover with one of Moore's earlier novels doesn't make sense unless you read the book in question.
  • The Strugatsky Brothers' Noon Universe.
  • William Faulkner set most of his works in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County and often crossed over characters, making this Older Than Television.
  • Erich Maria Remarque also did this; characters from All Quiet on the Western Front appear or are referenced in his later works.
  • Bret Easton Ellis's novels. The narrator of Less Than Zero (Clay) appears in The Rules of Attraction, and narrates one chapter. One of the narrators of The Rules of Attraction (Sean Bateman) appears in American Psycho. The narrator of American Psycho (Patrick Bateman) appears in Glamorama, whose narrator, Victor is a minor character in The Rules of Attraction. Characters from Less Than Zero, The Rules of Attraction and American Psycho also appear in the short story collection The Informers.
  • While the Cthulhu Mythos is generally defined as an Expanded Universe, the "mythos proper", the elements that HPL (usually set in Lovecraft Country) himself wrote about, constitute a 'verse within the universe. Other writers have their own 'cycles' within it. Lovecraft himself just didn't care about continuity or consistency.
    • Lovecraft deliberately sought to invoke the feeling of ancient mythology with his mutually inconsistent explanations - if mythology from thousands of years ago is a mess open to wide variety of interpretations, then how would mythology several billion years old develop?
  • Jim Butcher's urban fantasy series of books, The Dresden Files, is commonly referred to by fans as the Dresdenverse. So is the TV series of the same name (also referred to as "TV-verse"). Incorporating elements from both the books and the TV series in fanfic is referred to as "comboverse."
  • Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga is also referred to as the Vorkosiverse.
  • Many of the fiction works of Andrew Greeley -- including but possibly not limited to the Bishop Blackie, Nuala Anne McGrail and Angel books, plus The God Game -- appear to all take place in the same shared universe.
  • JRR Tolkien's Arda/Middle-earth: The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and The Silmarillion. (Aaand all further material Christopher Tolkien saw fit to publish: e.g. in the Unfinished Talesof Numenor and Middleearth and the whole, twelve tome History of Middle Earth. One of the best realized and most extensive Verses in history.
  • Asmiov's Robot/Empire/Foundation 'verse. Contains nearly everything he ever wrote. And everyone's lost count of how much he wrote.
  • The various serial novels of LessThanThree Comics are all based in the <3-Verse.
  • Several of Sinclair Lewis's novels take place in the fictional state of Winnemac (surrounded by Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana).
  • The Alternate History 1632 by Eric Flint is often referred to as the 1632-verse, or the Ring Of Fire-verse, to distinguish it from the author's other alternate history series (including 1812).
  • The Humanx Commonwealth, Alan Dean Foster's best known Space Opera setting and home to the Flinx and Pip series of novels.
  • The Sprawl in William Gibson's first trilogy (and possibly his second as well) plus two short stories.
  • Much of James Alan Gardner's writing takes place in The League of Peoples Verse.
  • Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea: The Earthsea Trilogy (A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan and The Farthest Shore), as well as Tehanu, The Other Wind, Tales from Earthsea and the short stories which introduced Earthsea, The Rule of Names and The Word of Unbinding.
  • Ms. Le Guin also created the Hainish Universe, aka the Ekumen. Among the more well-known are The Dispossessed, The Left Hand of Darkness and The Word for World is Forest, though there are many others. A few works, such as The Eye of the Heron may or may not be set in the Hainish Universe.
  • All of Brandon Sanderson's adult fantasy, save the two Wheel of Time books he's published on behalf of the 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
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.


Tabletop RPG's

  • Dungeons and Dragons features not just multiple universes (called Campaign Settings) but multiple cosmologies still, the potential for crossover is there (In one of the video games, for example, a group of knights from Dragonlance end up trapped in the Forgotten Realms, while numerous references to the Planescape setting are made. In fact, part of Planescape's purpose seems to be not just to allow such crossovers, but to say that stranger things can and indeed do happen every day on the planes.)
    • 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

  • The laws of physics and various cultures depicted in the Myst games and books is often called the D'niverse (pronounced done-ni-verse) after the most prominent race in the storyline. Technically, it's actually a multiverse, connecting smaller universes called Ages...
  • Final Fantasy XII, its sequel Revenant Wings, Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy Tactics Advace and Final Fantasy Tactics A2 (The latter two primarily due to character overlap) and Vagrant Story all take place within the world of Ivalice.
  • "The Compilation of Final Fantasy VII". And Squeenix is trying to emulate that success with the "Fabula Nova Crystallis" project.
    • The above Final Fantasy examples are actually examples of a multiverse spanning the entire Final Fantasy series.
      • And there is also the ending of the sequel to Final Fantasy IV where the last boss is the Creator goddess who apparently made both the worlds of Final Fantasy I and Final Fantasy IV as well as having the power to summon creatures from the other Nintendo-era FF Games.
      • Don't forget that 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.
  • The Donkey Kong and Mario series are in the same universe. They started as enemies after all and DK still shows up in Mario spin off games.
  • Oddly enough, a subversion, inversion, or straight play in a video game, depending on who you ask: 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.
    • Then again, La Pucelle includes plenty of references to the Netherworld, so...
  • Don't forget the two distinct 'verses in the Tales (series). The "Destiny" 'verse contains Tales of Destiny and its direct sequel, Tales of Destiny 2 (though not Tales of Eternia). The "Aseria" 'verse contains Tales of Phantasia, Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon, Tales of Phantasia: Summoner's Lineage, Tales of Symphonia, and Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World.
  • The main Pokémon games take place in different regions of the same world. This becomes obvious with the presence of two regions in Gold, Silver, and Crystal and references to regions of past games in later games.
    • All of the first four generations are actually in different regions of the same country, the equivalent of Japan in that universe. Starting from Black and White Versions, the series moves to a different country, apparently based on the USA.
  • The Elder Scrolls has such a detailed and in-depth verse that it probably comes closest of almost any game to being the video game version of The Lord of the Rings, when it comes to creating a well fleshed out and realized world.
  • The Irem arcade games In the Hunt, Undercover Cops, Air Duel and Gunforce 2 all takes place in the same post-apocalyptic universe and feature the D.A.S as the bad guys.
  • Street Fighter and Final Fight, along with the lesser known Slam Masters, all seem to take place in the same world. The most obvious evidence to this are appearances of various Final Fight characters as playable fighters throughout the Street Fighter games beginning with the Street Fighter Alpha series, as well as Mike Haggar's appearance in Slam Masters. But even before the release of Street Fighter II, Mike Haggar was referenced as a "former Street Fighter" in the intro to the first Final Fight and the Slam Masters cast are mentioned in Hugo's ending (a Final Fight transplant himself) in Street Fighter III 2nd Impact. One concept art for Street Fighter Alpha even shows that Birdie was a former tag partner to Titanic Tim from Slam Masters.
    • Rival Schools may also be part of this shared universe, depending on one's opinion. On one hand, there are plenty of Street Fighter references in the Rival Schools. The most obvious one is the presence of Sakura in the first Rival Schools, but there are also obscure ones as well such as the fact Hinata claims to be a practitioner of the "Ken Masters' style of Karate" in Nekketsu Seishu Nikki 2. On the other hand, there are also contradictions (such as Sakura's different blood type) that prevents Rival Schools from fitting neatly into the Street Fighter canon.
  • It's not yet as obvious as the examples above, but the When They Cry verse is starting to take form after Umineko no Naku Koro ni. Future games may still expound on it.
  • The Super Smash Bros. Universe includes all the Nintendo series as fictional video games, and is in some way related to the Real Life Universe through Master Hand (possibly Crazy Hand as well).
  • 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 DLC campaigns.
  • The Sims series, the Sim City series, Streets of Sim City, SimCopter, SimGolf, and, arguably, the My Sims series, all share the same universe.
    • 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. 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.
    • 3 also mentions that the Kirijo group was once part of the Nanjo group, a reference to a party member from the original Persona. The end of the Snow Queen Quest in that game has text which states "Eternal night will fall again so long as people seek to turn hope to despair." Sound familiar?
    • And then there's the "Man Drinking Alone" who shows up in the female protagonist's route in Portable. He's actually the main character of Catherine, and drops references to that game's plot. Babel in that game also strongly resembles Tartarus.
  • Valve's two series Half-Life and Portal almost certainly inhabit the same continuity.
  • The Tom Clancy games by Ubisoft is hinted to have taken place in the same continuity.


Webcomics

  • The Wotchiverse, setting for the Web Comic The Wotch and it's various derivatives (Cheer!, Triquetra Cats, and possibly Abstract Gender). It is also shown to share continuity with webcomics with different authors (Accidental Centaurs and possibly more).
  • The three major works of John Allison, Bobbins, Scary Go Round and Bad Machinery are all set in the fictional English town of Tackleford, sharing many cast members with each other.
  • The Narbonverse: Narbonic, Li'l Mell, and (confirmed by Artie's appearance in "If I Ran The Zoo") Skin Horse.
  • All webcomics in the International Comic Continuity take place in what is affectionately referred to as the IC Cverse.
  • All BDSM-themed adult webcomics created by the artist Erenisch takes place in the same universe. The Erenischverse is a dystopian world reshaped by a "Compulsory Female Slavery Law" in 2022.
  • 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.
  • 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.


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Western Animation


Fan Fiction


Other

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ I'm In The Band stands out among the live action Disney shows, as it is the only one not in the Disney Channel lineup (instead, it is part of Disney XD's lineup), as well as the only one to be filmed in High-Definition from the beginning (The Suite Life On Deck, Wizards of Waverly Place and Hannah Montana switched from Standard-Definition to High-Definition in Seasons 2, 3 and 4 respectively).
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