List of fictional shared universes in film and television
Fictional shared universes in film and television.
Film[]
This is a list of shared universes in film. There are different definitions of shared universe. It is a requirement that two or more previously unconnected characters come together into one film.
Universe | Origin film | Start date | End date | Connecting characters |
---|---|---|---|---|
Universal Monsters | Dracula | 1931 | 1951 | Dracula, Frankenstein, The Invisible Man and The Wolf Man |
Toho | Godzilla | 1954 | 1975 | Godzilla, Rodan and Mothra |
Toei Tokusatsu Universe | 1971 | Present | Kamen Rider, Kikaider, Inazuman, Super Sentai, Kaiketsu Zubat and Metal Hero. | |
Alien vs. Predator | Alien | 1979 | Present | Alien and Predator |
Friday the 13th, Evil Dead, A Nightmare on Elm Street and Pumpkinhead | Friday the 13th | 1980 | 2003 | Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger and Necronomicon Ex-Mortis |
Ghostbusters and Casper | Ghostbusters | 1984 | Present | Ray Stantz, Father Guido Sarducci, and Casper McFadden |
Full Moon Features | Puppet Master | 1989 | Present | Demonic Toys, Puppet Master, Dollman and Bad Channels |
Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction | Reservoir Dogs | 1992 | 1994 | The Vega Brothers |
View Askewniverse and Scream | Clerks | 1994 | Present | Jay and Silent Bob |
From Dusk till Dawn, Spy Kids, Machete, Death Proof, and Kill Bill: Volume 1 and 2 |
From Dusk till Dawn | 1996 | 2018 | Isador "Machete" Cortez and Edgar McGraw |
Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, and Happy Madison Productions |
Billy Madison | 1995 | Present | Chubbs Peterson, Whitey Duvall, Fran, Nazo, and Hal L. |
Lake Placid vs. Anaconda | Anaconda | 1997 | 2015 | Anaconda and Lake Placid |
Sadako vs. Kayako | Ring | 1998 | 2016 | The Ring (Japanese films) and Ju-On (Japanese films) |
Unbreakable film series | Unbreakable | 2000 | 2019 | David Dunn, Kevin Wendell Crumb and Elijah Price / Mr. Glass |
Marvel Cinematic Universe | Iron Man | 2008 | Present | Numerous |
Cop Universe | Singham | 2011 | Present | Singham, Simmba and Sooryavanshi |
YRF Spy Universe | Ek Tha Tiger | 2012 | Present | Tiger |
DC Extended Universe | Man of Steel | 2013 | Present | Numerous |
MonsterVerse | Godzilla | 2014 | Present | Godzilla and King Kong |
Sony's Spider-Man Universe | Venom | 2018 | Present | Venom and Morbius |
Dinesh Vijan's horror-comedy universe | Stree | 2018 | Present | Stree, Roohi and Bhediya |
Bumilangit Cinematic Universe | Gundala | 2019 | Present | Gundala |
Bubble Cinematic Universe | Major Grom: Plague Doctor | 2021 | Present | Major Grom and Fury. |
Common origin[]
Some definitions of a shared universe allow a single original work if later works can be split into loosely connected groups with different characters, sometimes sharing an overall continuity.
Universe | Origin film | Start date | End date | Connecting franchises |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rocky | Rocky | 1976 | Present | Rocky and Creed |
Star Wars | Star Wars | 1977 | Present | Star Wars, Rogue One and Solo |
The Mummy | The Mummy | 1999 | 2018 | The Mummy and The Scorpion King |
X-Men | X-Men | 2000 | 2020 | X-Men, Wolverine and Deadpool |
Middle-earth | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | 2001 | 2014 | The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit |
Fast & Furious | The Fast and the Furious | 2001 | Present | Fast & Furious and Hobbs & Shaw |
Wizarding World | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | 2001 | Present | Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts |
Cars | Cars | 2006 | Present | Cars and Planes |
Despicable Me | Despicable Me | 2010 | Present | Despicable Me films and Minions films |
The Conjuring Universe | The Conjuring | 2013 | Present | The Conjuring, Annabelle, The Nun and The Curse of La Llorona |
The Lego Movie | The Lego Movie | 2014 | Present | The Lego Movie, The Lego Batman Movie, The Lego Ninjago Movie, and The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part |
Television[]
This list is incomplete; you can help by . (April 2019) |
This is a partial list of fictional universes created for television.
Universe | Origin / First mentioned | Date | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Television Series created by Mark VII Limited | Dragnet franchise (1951) | 1951 — 1979 | Dragnet franchise, , The D.A.'s Man, Pete Kelly's Blues, Adam-12, The D.A., O'Hara, U.S. Treasury, Emergency!, Hec Ramsey, Escape, Chase, Sierra, Mobile One, Little Mo, Project U.F.O. and Sam. |
Guiding Light and Other Series | Guiding Light (1952) | 1952 — present | Guiding Light and spin-off Our Private World, Search for Tomorrow, As the World Turns, Another World, Somerset, Texas, Lovers and Friends, Days of Our Lives, The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful. |
Sam and Friends, The Muppet Show, Sesame Street and Fraggle Rock | Sam and Friends
(1955) |
1955 — present | An ensemble cast of puppet characters known for their self-aware, burlesque, and meta-referential style of variety-sketch comedy. All three crossover in A Muppet Family Christmas. |
Hanna-Barbera Universe | Tom and Jerry | 1940 — present | Tom and Jerry, Ruff & Reddy, Loopy De Loop, Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, Hokey Wolf, Wally Gator, Touché Turtle and Dum Dum, Magilla Gorilla, Peter Potamus, Secret Squirrel, Atom Ant, Top Cat, Hong Kong Phooey, Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy, Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har, Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!, Mumbly, The Hillbilly Bears, Squiddly Diddly, Winsome Witch, Snooper and Blabber, CB Bears, The Great Grape Ape, Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long, Punkin' Puss and Mushmouse, Yakky Doodle, Breezly and Sneezly, Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey, The Galloping Ghost, Precious Pupp, The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda, Monster Tails, Capitol Critters, Gravedale High, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, The Roman Holidays, Where's Huddles?, Wait Till Your Father Gets Home, Jonny Quest, Space Ghost, The Herculoids, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, Birdman and the Galaxy Trio, Frankenstein Jr., The Impossibles, Samson & Goliath, The Space Kidettes, Shazzan, Sealab 2020, Jana of the Jungle, Galtar and the Golden Lance, The Pirates of Dark Water, SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, Scooby-Doo Where Are You!, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, Jabberjaw, Speed Buggy, The Funky Phantom, Inch High Private Eye, Goober and the Ghost Chasers, Clue Club, Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, The Buford Files, Trollkins, The Snorks, The Biskitts, Paw Paws, These Are The Days, Korg: 70,000 B.C., Going Bananas, , etc. |
Warner Bros. westerns | Cheyenne (1956) | 1955–1962; 1978–1982;
1991 |
Cheyenne, Maverick, Sugarfoot, Colt .45, Bronco, Lawman; New Maverick, Young Maverick, Bret Maverick; The Gambler Returns: Luck of the Draw, The Rifleman, Bat Masterson, Rawhide, The Virginian, Wyatt Earp, The Westerner, Kung Fu; Kung Fu: The Legend Continues |
Warner Bros. detectives | 77 Sunset Strip (1958) | 1958 — 1964 | 77 Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye, Bourbon Street Beat, Surfside 6 |
Coronation Street and Other Series | Coronation Street (1960 — present) | 1960 — present | Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Grange Hill, Brookside, EastEnders and Hollyoaks. |
The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction and Green Acres | The Beverly Hillbillies (1962) | 1962 — 1971 | A fictional universe created by Paul Henning where all the main characters come from rural places. |
General Hospital and Other Series | General Hospital (1963) | 1963 — present | General Hospital, Port Charles, General Hospital: Night Shift, The Young Marrieds, One Life to Live, All My Children, Ryan's Hope, Loving, The City and What If.... |
Whoniverse | Doctor Who (1963 — present) | 1963 — present | Doctor Who, Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures, K-9, Class and related media.[1] |
Batman and Green Hornet | Batman (1966) | 1966 — 1968 | Also includes 1966 film Batman |
Star Trek | Star Trek: The Original Series | 1966–present | Series created by Gene Roddenberry, continued by Harve Bennett, Rick Berman, J. J. Abrams and Brian Fuller. To date comprises 12 television series and 13 feature films. |
Ultra Series | Ultra Q | 1966 — present | The collective name for all the shows produced by Tsuburaya Productions featuring Ultraman |
Dad's Army and Other Series | Dad's Army (1968 — 1977) | 1968 — 1992; 2016 | Dad's Army, Are You Being Served?, It Ain't Half Hot, Mum, Hi-de-Hi!, You Rang M'Lord? and 'Allo 'Allo!, Dad's Army film. |
The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, Phyllis and Lou Grant | The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970 — 1977) | 1970 — 1982 | |
Cannon and Barnaby Jones | Cannon | 1971 — 1980 | |
Toei Tokusatsu Universe | Kamen Rider (1971) | 1971 — present | Kamen Rider, Kikaider, Inazuman, Super Sentai, Kaiketsu Zubat and Metal Hero. |
Norman Lear, Tyler Perry, Quincy Jones series and others | All in the Family | 1971 — present | All in the Family, The Jeffersons, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Madea film series, Tyler Perry's House of Payne, Love Thy Neighbor, The Paynes, Meet the Browns, Maude, Good Times, Mr. Dugan, Hanging In, Archie Bunker's Place, 704 Hauser, Checking In, Gloria, Blossom, Out All Night, In The House, Diff'rent Strokes, The Facts of Life and Hello, Larry (A part of The Tommy Westphall Universe) |
Magnum, P.I., Simon & Simon, Whiz Kids, Murder, She Wrote, Strange Bargain and The Law & Harry McGraw | Magnum, P.I. | 1980 — 1996 | |
Cheers, Wings, Frasier, The Tortellis and The John Larroquette Show Seinfeld, Mad About You, Friends, Joey, and How I Met Your Mother |
Cheers | 1982 — 2014 | Series of interconnected sitcoms all airing on US network NBC. Caroline in the City crossed over with both Frasier and Friends, tying the universes together. Cheers also crossed over with St. Elsewhere, tying it to the Law & Order universe, and the Tommy Westphall universe. |
Law & Order franchise | Law and Order | 1982 — present | Law & Order, Exiled: A Law & Order Movie, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: Trial by Jury, Law & Order: Los Angeles,Law & Order: Organized Crime,Homicide: Life on the Street, St. Elsewhere, New York Undercover, Deadline, Conviction, In Plain Sight, Jo, and the Chicago franchise (Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Chicago Med and Chicago Justice.) Law & Order debuted in 1990, but its inclusion of John Munch connected it to Homicide: Life on the Street, which in turn connected it to the earlier show, St. Elsewhere, and thus the Tommy Westphall Universe. Munch also connects it to the X-Files universe. |
The Cosby Show and A Different World | The Cosby Show | 1984 — 1993 | |
Money for Nothing and ReBoot | Money for Nothing | 1985 — 2001 | |
The Golden Girls, Empty Nest, Nurses and The Golden Palace | The Golden Girls | 1985 — 1995 | |
Full House and Other Series | Full House | 1986 — 2020 | Full House and sequel Fuller House, Perfect Strangers and spin-off Family Matters, Step by Step, Hangin with Mr. Cooper, Boy Meets World and spin-off/sequel Girl Meets World,. |
Fox Animated Universe | The Tracey Ullman Show | 1989 — present | The Tracey Ullman Show, The Simpsons, The Critic, King of the Hill, Futurama, Family Guy, American Dad!, The Cleveland Show, Archer (Archer Vice, Archer Dreamland) Bob's Burgers and Bless the Harts |
Nickelodeon's Klasky Csupo Universe | Rugrats | 1991 — 2016 | Rugrats, All Grown Up!, , Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, The Wild Thornberrys, Rocket Power, and As Told by Ginger |
DC Animated Universe | Batman: The Animated Series | 1992 — 2006 | Includes home video entries, last Television entry was Justice League Unlimited which ended in 2006. |
Marvel Animated Universe | X-Men | 1992 — 2000 | X-Men and Spider-Man |
Walker, Texas Ranger and Sons of Thunder and Martial Law | Walker, Texas Ranger | 1993 — 2001 | |
NYPD Blue and Other Series | NYPD Blue | 1993 — 2008 | NYPD Blue, Public Morals, The Practice, Ally McBeal, Brooklyn South, Gideon's Crossing, Boston Public and Boston Legal. |
Beavis and Butthead and Daria | Beavis and Butthead | 1993 — 2021 | |
The X-Files, Millennium and The Lone Gunmen | The X-Files | 1993 — present | Featured a cameo by Det. John Munch, tying it to the Law & Order universe, and the Tommy Westphall universe. |
Power Rangers Universe | Power Rangers | 1993–present | Power Rangers (Has a multiverse with three confirmed universes; Power Rangers Dino Charge and Power Rangers RPM take place in separate universes as confirmed by the 25th anniversary special Dimensions in Danger), Masked Rider, Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation |
Everybody Loves Raymond, The King of Queens and The Nanny | Everybody Loves Raymond | 1993 — 2007 | |
The Lion King, Timon and Pumbaa and The Lion Guard | The Lion King | 1994 — 2019 | Not counting the 2019 remake of The Lion King. |
Friends and Parks and Recreation[2] | 1994 — 2020 | ||
Gargoyles, Atlantis: The Lost Empire and W.I.T.C.H. (TV series) | Gargoyles | 1994 — 2006 | |
ER, Third Watch and Medical Investigation | ER | 1994 — 2009 | |
Stargate | Stargate | 1994 — present | Stargate (film), Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate Universe and Stargate Origins. |
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess and Young Hercules | Hercules: The Legendary Journeys | 1995 — 2001 | |
JAG and Other Series (AKA the "Bellisarioverse") | JAG | 1995 — present | JAG, First Monday, the NCIS franchise (NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans and NCIS: Hawai'i), Hawaii Five-0, Scorpion, MacGyver and Magnum P.I. |
The Pretender and Profiler | The Pretender | 1996 — 2000 | |
Buffyverse | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 1997 — present | Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and related media.[3] Angel also references Yoyodyne, possibly tying Buffy to The John Larroquette Show (and thus to the Tommy Westphall universe), Star Trek or the works of Thomas Pynchon, among others. |
Dawson's Creek and Young Americans | Dawson's Creek | 1998 — 2003 | |
Billionfold Inc. Universe | The Fairly OddParents | 1998 — 2018 | Oh Yeah! Cartoons, The Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom, T.U.F.F. Puppy and Bunsen Is a Beast |
Crossing Jordan and Las Vegas | Crossing Jordan | 2000 — 2008 | |
Dora Universe | Dora the Explorer | 2000 — present | Dora the Explorer, Go, Diego, Go! and Dora and Friends |
Tripperverse | Man About the House | 1973 — 1981 | Man About the House, George and Mildred and Robin's Nest |
Up Pompeii Universe | Up Pompeii | 1969 — 1991 | Up Pompeii(television series and film), Up the Chastity Belt, Up the Front, Whoops Baghdad, Then Churchill Said to Me and |
Cowellverse | Pop Idol | 2001 — present | Pop Idol, American Idol (plus ), The X Factor (plus X Factor Franchise ) and America's Got Talent (plus Got Talent ) |
Sports Entertainment Universe | WWE | 1989–present | WWE programming (Monday Night Raw, Smackdown, NXT, Total Divas, Total Bellas etc., World Championship Wrestling'" programming (WCW Monday Nitro etc.), Extreme Championship Wrestling programming) |
CSI franchise, Without a Trace and Cold Case | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | 2000—2016 | The brand of Morley's cigarettes ties it loosely to the Tommy Westphall universe. Two and a Half Men also did a crossover with CSI, ostensibly making it part of the same universe. |
Disney Channel sitcoms | Even Stevens | 2000 - present | Even Stevens, Lizzie Mcguire, That's So Raven and spin-offs Cory in the House and Raven's Home, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and spin-offs The Suite Life on Deck, Hannah Montana, Wizards of Waverly Place, I'm in the Band |
Disney Channel Animated universe | Gravity Falls | 2012 - present | Gravity Falls, Wander Over Yonder, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Big City Greens, Amphibia (TV series) and The Owl House |
One Tree Hill and Life Unexpected | One Tree Hill | 2003 — 2012 | [4] |
Chouseishin Series | Chouseishin Gransazer | 2003 - 2006 | Gransazer, Justirisers, Sazer-X and Sazer-X the Movie. |
The Librarian | The Librarian: Quest for the Spear | 2004 — present | |
Nickelodeon universe | Drake & Josh | 2004 — present | Drake & Josh, Unfabulous, Zoey 101, iCarly, iCarly 2021 revival, Victorious, and Sam & Cat |
Shondaland | Grey’s Anatomy | 2005 — Present | Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, and Station 19 |
The Big Bang Theory | The Big Bang Theory | 2007 — present | The Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon |
Prison Break and Breakout Kings | Prison Break | 2005 — present | [5] |
Bones, The Finder, Sleepy Hollow and Rosewood | Bones | ||
My Name is Earl and Raising Hope | My Name is Earl | 2005 — 2014 | |
Eureka, Warehouse 13 and Alphas | Eureka | 2006 — 2014 | |
Flashpoint and The Listener | Flashpoint | 2008 — 2014 | |
Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul | Breaking Bad | 2008–present | |
"The Vampire Diaries Universe" | The Vampire Diaries | 2009 — present | The Vampire Diaries,The Originals, and Legacies |
Pretty Little Liars | Pretty Little Liars | 2010 — present | Pretty Little Liars, Ravenswood, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists and Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin |
The Walking Dead TV universe | The Walking Dead | 2010–present | The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead and The Walking Dead: World Beyond |
Once Upon a Time Universe | Once Upon a Time | 2011 — 2018 | Once Upon a Time and Once Upon a Time in Wonderland |
American Horror Story | American Horror Story: Murder House | 2011 — present | [6] |
How To Get Away With a Scandal | How To Get Away With Murder | 2016 — 2020 | How To Get Away With Murder and Scandal |
Arrowverse | Arrow | 2012 — present | Arrow, The Flash, Vixen, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, Freedom Fighters: The Ray, Batwoman, Black Lightning and Superman & Lois.
Adjacent Series: Batman (1966), Batman (1989 film), Smallville, Birds of Prey (TV Series), Constantine (TV series), The Flash (1990 TV series), Superman Returns, Lucifer, Titans, Doom Patrol, Stargirl, and Swamp Thing |
SpongeBob Universe | SpongeBob SquarePants | 1999–present | SpongeBob SquarePants, Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years, The Patrick Star Show and Big Time Rush |
Lab Rats, Mighty Med and Lab Rats: Elite Force | Lab Rats | 2012 — 2016 | |
Orange Is the New Black and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Orange Is the New Black | 2013 — 2020 | |
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Spider-Man (1967) | Spider-Man (1967) | 1967 — present | |
Marvel Cinematic Universe Television Series | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | 2013–present | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Defenders, Inhumans, The Punisher, Runaways, Cloak & Dagger, Helstrom, WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,Loki ,What If...?, Hawkeye, Ms. Marvel, Moon Knight, She-Hulk, Secret invasion and I am Groot. |
American Crime Story | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | 2016 — present | An American true crime anthology series developed by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, who are executive producers with Brad Falchuk, Nina Jacobson, Ryan Murphy, and Brad Simpson. |
Cartoon Network universe | Dexter's Laboratory | 1996–present | Dexter's Laboratory, Cow and Chicken, I Am Weasel, Johnny Bravo, Mike Lu and Og, Courage The Cowardly Dog, Sheep in the Big City, Time Squad, Grim & Evil franchise, Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?, Ed, Edd n Eddy, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, My Gym Partner's a Monkey, Camp Lazlo, Squirrel Boy, and Codename: Kids Next Door |
Jay Ward Universe | Crusader Rabbit | 1950–present | Crusader Rabbit, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, Hoppity Hooper, George of the Jungle, Tom Slick, Super Chicken, Fractured Fairy Tales, and Aesop and Son |
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX and Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's | Yu-Gi-Oh! | 2000 - 2011 | All the other shows following 5Ds take place in their own standalone universes/continuities. |
The Official BBC Children in Need Medley | Thomas & Friends, Bob the Builder, Postman Pat, Fireman Sam, Pingu, Rubbadubbers, Angelina Ballerina, The Koala Brothers, Roary the Racing Car, Fifi and the Flowertots, Little Robots, Muffin the Mule, Flower Pot Men, Andy Pandy, Children in Need, Engie Benjy, Paddington Bear, The Wombles, Teletubbies, In the Night Garden..., Peppa Pig, Thunderbirds, Bagpuss, Ben 10, Scooby-Doo, SpongeBob SquarePants, Roobarb, Fluffy Gardens, Rainbow, The Sooty Show, Camberwick Green and Trumpton | ||
The Tommy Westphall Universe | |||
Untitled Chespirito biopic series | TBA | Untitled Chespirito biopic series and untitled animated El Chavo series. | |
Regular Show and Close Enough | Regular Show | 2010–present | |
New Girl and Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | 2011-2021 | |
Cloud 9 universe | The Mindy Project | 2012-2021 | The Mindy Project, Superstore, I Feel Bad and Good Girls |
Holby City universe | Casualty | 1986-present | Holby City, Holby Blue, Casualty, |
Angry Video Game Nerd universe | Angry Video Game Nerd | 2004-present | Angry Video Game Nerd, Nostalgia Critic, JonTronShow, Scott The Woz, etc. |
[]
This list is incomplete; you can help by . (July 2021) |
This is a partial list of fictional universes created for both television and cinema.
This is a list of shared universes in media covering Films, Television Series, etc. There are different definitions of shared universe. It is a requirement that a character from one media appears in another, to connect the universe (unless stated by developers).
Universe | Origin film or series | Start date | End date | Connecting characters |
---|---|---|---|---|
Toei Tokusatsu Universe | Kamen Rider (1971) & | 1971 | Present | Kamen Rider, Kikaider, Inazuman, Super Sentai, Kaiketsu Zubat and Metal Hero. |
DC Animated Universe | Batman: The Animated Series & Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | 1992/1993 | 2019 | Batman, Superman, Batman Beyond, Static, Infiltration Unit Zeta, Justice League, Justice League Unlimited |
DC Extended Universe | Man of Steel & Peacemaker | 2013/2022 | Present | Numerous |
How to Train Your Dragon | How to train Your Dragon, DreamWorks Dragons | 2010/2012 | 2019 | Hiccup, Toothless, Fishlegs Ingerman, Astrid Hofferson, Snotlout Jorgensen, Tuffnut Thorston, Ruffnut Thorston |
Marvel Cinematic Universe | Iron Man & Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | 2008/2013 | Present | Numerous |
Monsters, Inc. Universe | Monsters, Inc., Monsters at Work | 2001/2021 | Present | Mike Wazowski, James P. Sullivan |
Pokémon Universe | Pokémon (TV series), Pokémon: The First Movie | 1997/1998 | Present | Pikachu, Ash Ketchum, Mewtwo, Darkrai |
Toy Story | Tin Toy (1988) | 1988/1995 | Present | Tin Toy, Toy Story, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, and Lightyear |
Wallace and Gromit | A Grand Day Out (1988) | 1989 | Present | A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers, A Close Shave, Cracking Contraptions, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, A Matter of Loaf and Death, Shaun the Sheep and Timmy Time |
World of Twelve | Dofus (MMORPG), Wakfu (TV series), Wakfu (MMORPG), (French Page) & (French Page) | 2004, 2008, 2012, 2013, & 2016 | Present | All media, including MMORPGs, phone games (Wakfu Raiders, Dofus Pets, etc.), graphic novels, board games, television series, web series (Mini-Wakfu, etc.), and films utilize the same core characters, including Kerub Crepin, Joris, Yugo, Grougal, Julith, Atcham Crepin, Rushu, and the twelve gods that give the universe the name, "World of Twelve". Additionally, Ankama has added a video feature to its game launcher (required to install and play all MMORPGs), which allows players to view all TV and web series, thus providing continuity across all of the media. |
See also[]
- List of highest-grossing media franchises
References[]
- ^ Davies, Russell T; Cook, Benjamin (25 September 2008). The Writer's Tale (1st ed.). BBC Books. ISBN 1-84607-571-8.
- ^ "Friends and Parks & Rec Exist in the Same Universe - Where Rachel Dated Ben Wyatt". CBR. 2020-12-27. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ^ "Slang-age in the Buffyverse". cnn.com. Feb 18, 2004.
- ^ "Exclusive: The CW plotting 'One Tree Hill'/'Life Unexpected' crossover event!". Insidetv.ew.com. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Rice, Lynette (November 5, 2010). "Exclusive: 'Prison Break' baddie confirms he's doing 'Breakout Kings' for A&E in early 2011". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 5, 2010.
- ^ Stack, Tim (October 31, 2014). "Ryan Murphy on the different seasons of 'American Horror Story': 'They're all connected'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
- Fictional universes
- Crossover fiction
- Lists of films and television series