Extended Universes

[ríomhaire]

Something that I think is rather interesting is multiple shows that take place within the same universe. Things like Buffy and Angel. I know that comics do this all the time, but TBH, the continuities in the Marvel and DC comics are insanely convoluted.

• The biggest universe that I know of is the DC animated universe, which includes:
• Superman: The Animated Series
• Batman: The Animated Series
• The New Batman Adventures
• Batman of the Future
• The Zeta Projects
• Static Shock
• Justice League
• Justice League Unlimited
• Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
• Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
• Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
• Batman of the Future: Return of the Joker

Any other big ones?

 

[thenerdguy]

Star Wars.

 

[Deleted member 56031]

stargate

 

[Asus]

Something that I think is rather interesting is multiple shows that take place within the same universe. Things like Buffy and Angel. I know that comics do this all the time, but TBH, the continuities in the Marvel and DC comics are insanely convoluted.

Star Wars.

Star Wars does have a huge extended universe. Unlike the examples riomhaire lists, everything with Star Wars seems like ONE and the movies/books etc seem like you are just using a magnifying glass to look in on one story or historical event of the whole. But like DC or Buffy/Angel etc those seem completely separate and you forget the fact that they are in the same universe.

Example, you probably never thought about Superman when watching The Dark Knight but you might have thought about Chewbacca when watching Star Wars Ep1.

 

[Eejit]

Star Wars?
Sure there are more than one movie but it's all the same character set.
I guess if you include games/books...
But unlike all the examples, with star wars you are so aware of the whole universe. Example, you probably never thought about Superman when watching The Dark Knight but you might have thought about Chewbacca when watching Star Wars Ep1.

Ewoks, Battle for Endor, Caravan of Courage, Droids.
How could you forget such masterpieces?!



The Marvel animated universe is pretty big too.

Babylon 5 and Star Trek I guess.

And uh Frasier and Cheers...

 

[Asus]

I edited my post above for what I was really trying to say.

And if we are just posting expanded universes then Star Trek would be one as well.

 

[ríomhaire]

The Marvel animated universe is pretty big too.

The Marvel cartoons were in one universe? I knew they occationally had people from other comics/shows in each other's cartoons, but I always thought that they weren't considered to be in the same universe (the characters and backstory in the Iron Man episode with the Hulk seemed different to the actual ones from the Incredible Hulk).

 

[Sulkdodds]

Shakespeare Extended Universe.

Hamlet II: King of Pain

 

[hot564231]

I lol'd ^^

 

[Bad^Hat]

Friends and Joey.

 

[Oreolek]

Marvel has a universe,indeed,but each character has its own universe and they can stalk into each other..and there's no canonical line,there's only dozens of comics where they constanty die,resurrect,and they're always the same age.
Star Wars has big huge flaws because of there's no any connection between the books.In one book,he dies and in the other,he's alive and anaware.The movies are canonical but even they have flaws and mistakes.

 

[Rizzo]

Buffy and angel are the only one i keep track of.
DC:
I don't like superman, i mean come on! Punsh his head of already! Smalville sucks.
Batman is awesome thou.
Marvel: :x
Nuff' said. (see what i did there?)
Starwars:
God! Watch your own god damned movies Lucas!

 

[Darkside55]

A lot of shows take place within the St. Elsewhere universe, except that you wouldn't know it unless you catch it. Supposedly 90% of all TV universes exist within one little autistic boy's mind; 282 shows, 15 of them of them produced outside the US. Everything from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air to Star Trek all share the same universe, all in Tommy Westphall's imagination.

Behold the grid.

 

[lefty]

Marvel has a universe,indeed,but each character has its own universe and they can stalk into each other..and there's no canonical line,there's only dozens of comics where they constanty die,resurrect,and they're always the same age.
Star Wars has big huge flaws because of there's no any connection between the books.In one book,he dies and in the other,he's alive and anaware.The movies are canonical but even they have flaws and mistakes.

All the star wars writers I've heard of who are serious at all about wht they write try their damndest to make sure their books fit in somewhere in the star wars timeline. They call each other and ask about upcoming novels and things like that.

 

[kupocake]

Shakespeare Extended Universe.

Actually, the character of Falstaff appears in the Henry IV plays, is mentioned in Henry V and is also in the unrelated, 200 year-later play The Merry Wives of Windsor. And since the histories are all sequels to one another, there is some kind of Universe going on there.

Disney cartoons have some kind of Universe, as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and Pluto all show up in each other's shows.

Gundam has a pretty big extended universe:

1) Universal Century (Gundam / 0080 / 08th MS Team / 0083 / Zeta / ZZ / Char's Counterattack / F91 / Victory etc.)

2) Future Century (G Gundam)

3) After Colony (Gundam Wing)

4) After War (Gundam X)

5) Correct Century (Turn-A Gundam)

6) Cosmic Era (Gundam Seed, Destiny)

7) Anno Domini (Gundam 00)

However, 5) actually suggests (through the showing of clips from all four former universes, and the name 'Turn-A' which is taken to mean 'for all') that it actually takes place after all four Universes have somehow sequentially taken place, with human civilization repeatedly either destroying itself or simply forgetting that it had already got to space several times before. Which is stupid, but fitting here. There's also an obscure manga that suggests that the Universal Century is set sometime after the events of a contemporary Anime called Space Runaway Ideon, which is fair enough, since the universe is basically destroyed in that anyway.

 

[Sulkdodds]

Actually, the character of Falstaff appears in the Henry IV plays, is mentioned in Henry V and is also in the unrelated, 200 year-later play The Merry Wives of Windsor. And since the histories are all sequels to one another, there is some kind of Universe going on there.

Also many plays set in and around Italy, Venice, Milan, Verona.

I am aware of it, hence my joke is only half a joke
There are indeed a fair few 'extended universe' works, like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.