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You've always wanted to write a TV Crossover Fanfic, but you think "How can this be done? TV Shows are so different, and I'm not very creative" Well, intrepid soul, I supply very easy concepts for your very own Crossover.
Dual Identity
Same actor = Same guy. Riley Finn is actually that dude who was the secret service agent in from the "First Daughter" movie with Katie Holmes, and he's totally in disguise. (Thanks![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
atpolittlebit!)
Family Reunion
Same actor = My identical cousin from Toronto.
Variation: Same actor but shows in different time frames mean ancestor instead of cousin. Like, hey how about that Angel. He sure was a slut back in those boozy Irish days. Logically, Agent Booth must be his long lost secret descendant!
Name’s the Same
Cyclops’ name is Scott Summers. The Bionic Woman was named Jaime Summers. They must be cousins!
New Watcher in One Easy Step
The great thing about the Jossverse Council of Watchers, is that it’s essentially an old-world, conspiratorial, secret society. Any British character with any trace of upper crust association, is potentially tied to the Council of Watchers. Geoffrey the Butler from the Fresh Prince. Higgins from Magnum PI. The West Wing’s Lord John Marbury. (Probably not Bentley, from "the Jeffersons" though.) Sure it’s a secret society, but we’re ready to believe it.
Show Within a Show
Who doesn’t love to meet celebrities? Crossovers can occur as our character visit the set of any TV show which features characters who are actors. (I.e. That Joey/Joey Dawson’s Creek/Friends crossover you’ve always wanted!)
Parent Corporations
Highlander has "Watchers". BtVS has “Watchers”. They’re all the same. See also, Everybody lives/works in New York.
Oh Noes! Somebody Committed a crime!
You can always crossover with a police drama. How hard is it to crossover any show with the innumerable Law & Orders?. See also, New York
Everybody Lives/Works in New York
Given the number of shows set in the Tri-State area, it’s only a matter of time before they meet. Like that night when CBS crossed over all of their sitcoms, granted "Everyone Love’s Raymond" and "King of Queens" were already spinoffs of each other or something…
If you really want to be clever, you can mix a bunch of these elements, such as writing a story in which Tony from "Who’s the Boss" hops a ride in a cab driven by Tony from "Taxi" and then both are arrested by Tony from "Hudson Street". I’m not sure if even Tony Danza himself would read it, but in a world where people write Minesweeper Fanfic... it might already be out there now.
The disgruntled sidekicks lounge
Did you like that episode of Nash Bridges with Tommy Chong and Philip Michael Thomas? Who didn’t? Don’t you just love it when a bunch of second fiddles team up to form their own band?
So here’s a few to get you started… and if you ever get blocked on explaining how or why these people have met, especially if they’re from different continents, time periods, or even radically different worlds, remember you can always just make a portal.
Dual Identity
Same actor = Same guy. Riley Finn is actually that dude who was the secret service agent in from the "First Daughter" movie with Katie Holmes, and he's totally in disguise. (Thanks
atpolittlebit!)Family Reunion
Same actor = My identical cousin from Toronto.
Variation: Same actor but shows in different time frames mean ancestor instead of cousin. Like, hey how about that Angel. He sure was a slut back in those boozy Irish days. Logically, Agent Booth must be his long lost secret descendant!
Name’s the Same
Cyclops’ name is Scott Summers. The Bionic Woman was named Jaime Summers. They must be cousins!
New Watcher in One Easy Step
The great thing about the Jossverse Council of Watchers, is that it’s essentially an old-world, conspiratorial, secret society. Any British character with any trace of upper crust association, is potentially tied to the Council of Watchers. Geoffrey the Butler from the Fresh Prince. Higgins from Magnum PI. The West Wing’s Lord John Marbury. (Probably not Bentley, from "the Jeffersons" though.) Sure it’s a secret society, but we’re ready to believe it.
Show Within a Show
Who doesn’t love to meet celebrities? Crossovers can occur as our character visit the set of any TV show which features characters who are actors. (I.e. That Joey/Joey Dawson’s Creek/Friends crossover you’ve always wanted!)
Parent Corporations
Highlander has "Watchers". BtVS has “Watchers”. They’re all the same. See also, Everybody lives/works in New York.
Oh Noes! Somebody Committed a crime!
You can always crossover with a police drama. How hard is it to crossover any show with the innumerable Law & Orders?. See also, New York
Everybody Lives/Works in New York
Given the number of shows set in the Tri-State area, it’s only a matter of time before they meet. Like that night when CBS crossed over all of their sitcoms, granted "Everyone Love’s Raymond" and "King of Queens" were already spinoffs of each other or something…
If you really want to be clever, you can mix a bunch of these elements, such as writing a story in which Tony from "Who’s the Boss" hops a ride in a cab driven by Tony from "Taxi" and then both are arrested by Tony from "Hudson Street". I’m not sure if even Tony Danza himself would read it, but in a world where people write Minesweeper Fanfic... it might already be out there now.
The disgruntled sidekicks lounge
Did you like that episode of Nash Bridges with Tommy Chong and Philip Michael Thomas? Who didn’t? Don’t you just love it when a bunch of second fiddles team up to form their own band?
So here’s a few to get you started… and if you ever get blocked on explaining how or why these people have met, especially if they’re from different continents, time periods, or even radically different worlds, remember you can always just make a portal.