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Meirelle
12/24/08

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I absolutely adore this chart. However, there are a few big ones missing: X-Files? Buffy? Stargate? This makes me sad. :(

But this reminded me of a weird fic I read once that connected Transformers to Stargate based solely on the use of spacebridge technology. And the strange thing is it actually worked.

And then, of course, there's this: [mattmoylan.deviantart.com]
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DyslexicDan
12/22/08

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Your refering to Image's Invincible then I think we could argue that Savage Dragon, Invincible, Spawn, and the entire Shadowline universe should be included like the Marvel and DC universe.
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braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
12/22/08

@DyslexicDan: And also Cerebus, which would tie right back into TMNT, I guess.
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JennaW
12/22/08

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Where's Buffy?

Also, I'm going to start using "see JLA inset" as a non sequitor to escape from over-earnest fandom conversations.
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Charax
12/22/08

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Anyone spot Sandman in there? that's had a few crossovers/cameos
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braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
12/22/08

@Charax: Does it need it? Or is everything in the DC Universe implicitly crossed over?

I guess you'd probably want Sandman just to keep the DC and Vertigo stuff tied together (though: you could also do that through Swamp Thing).
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choinski
12/21/08

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Here one impossible to verify easter egg unless you travel to Washington DC with a magnifying glass: In the Air & Space Museum (not in on the Mall, the annex out by Dulles) is the original spaceship model from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind". In all the busy "mechanical" looking detail are tiny additions like a US mailbox, a submarine, and R2D2 (and the Millenium falcon?)
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
12/21/08

@choinski: Except we've known that for like 30 years, since the movie came out. You can even see R2 in the movie (maybe not the video, but in the theater).
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Grey_Area
12/21/08

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This is the Glass-Bead Game for Geeks and the chart looks like the Kabbala for crazv people. Uhh, that should be crazier people. Wonderful job, Stephanie!

Now to really blow your mind. There is a sculpture in the living room in the first few seasons of Fraiser that I'm positive was done by Clark Ashton Smith who contributed much to the Lovecraft Mythos. Connect that to Cheers -> Kristie Alley -> Star Trek...
Oh, the endless possibilities!
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B
12/21/08

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Evil Dead should have an Easter Egg link to The Day The Earth Stood Still. Also to the Majestic, but that's not really sci-fi.
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braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
12/21/08

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Isn't Predator a Dark Horse comic, rather than a DC comic?

(also: this is a great and fascinating chart)
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uglyMood
12/21/08

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If you want to see the ultimate crossover chart, visit Tommy Westphall's Mind. In the final episode of St. Elsewhere it was revealed that the entire series had been a fantasy in the mind of an autistic child. Since the characters from that show had done multiple crossovers with other shows, and each of those shows had done crossovers themselves, or made reference to characters or institutions in other shows, it follows that, working backwards and forwards, at last count 182 television programs exist entirely in the mind of Tommy Westphall. This is known as the "Tommy Westphall universe hypothesis," which holds that about 90% of all television takes place entirely within Tommy Westphall's mind.

Following the chart (with the annotations) leads to the inescapable conclusion that I Love Lucy, Star Trek, Three's Company, NCIS, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Brady Bunch, Firefly, Battlestar Gallactica, Doctor Who, and The X-Files are all part of the same universe.
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choinski
12/21/08

@uglyMood: I don't buy it. If a Westphalian 'character' meets another character it dioesn't mean its all fictional. To wit: Dr Who meets Queen Elizabeth the First. Does that make her a fictional character of Tommy Westphal? and by extension, the Black Adder?
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ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
12/22/08

@choinski: You're not keeping up. This is the mind of an Autistic child that is holding together the universe in which 90% of television exists. The queen Elizabeth in TOmmy's mind is separate from the Elizabeth we all know and love. Unless of course Tommy's Out There. . .
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Ghede
12/21/08

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Wait wait wait... the punisher and ARCHIE?

"OMG, why did you repeatedly shoot jughead?"

"He stole my hamburger"

*laugh track*
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twDarkflame
12/21/08

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Excelent Work.

I can think of a nice line though;

Dr Horrible to MiddleMan.

In the last eppisode of MiddleMan, they use Dr Horrible's Freezeray. (exact same prop...not just simerla...the same...groves in the same places and everything)
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
12/21/08

@twDarkflame: Middleman connects to about everything if you go Easter Egg. They mentioned a LOT of stuff.
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rachaeljean
12/21/08

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Any flowchart the fails to connect Fringe to the X-Files is an Epic Chart Fail.
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mad love for Astrid
12/22/08

@rachaeljean: The X Files belongs here somewhere regardless.
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rachaeljean
12/23/08

@mad love for Astrid: It really is a glaring omission!!!
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Meirelle
12/24/08

@rachaeljean: Yeah, I was looking for The X-Files too! And Stargate! :( This chart seems to be rather comic-book oriented.
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Ryozenzuzex
12/21/08

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Pushing Daisies also connects to Wonderfalls and Dead Like Me. Wonderfalls as a direct connection via Marianne Marie Beetle and Dead Like Me as a Easter Egg where they mentioned George's temp agency.
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denna
12/21/08

@Ryozenzuzex: And Wonderfalls connects to Heroes! The deformed wax lion is seen on Nikki's bedside table. And I can't believe I remember that.
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Graeme McMillan
12/21/08

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Re: Annotations - How would everyone like to see them? I can provide the long, long list that Stephanie worked from to make the beautiful chart, if you want...?
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gods-n-clods
12/21/08

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This is just absolutely insane. I wouldn't believe 3/4 of this, of I didn't consider io9 to be a credible source. X Men meets Star Trek, Avengers VS. Godzilla?

Kudos, once again and forever more, to Stephanie Fox. Kick ass.
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Graeme McMillan
12/21/08

@gods-n-clods: Yeah, Stephanie did an amazing job with this.
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