Once a phenomenon so rarely
used that it seemed reserved only for fan fiction stories, the crossover is
becoming increasingly popular and used a whole lot in this modern world of
television. What all will we see with it in the future? Well, here’s a post
about them.
Before I get any further, I
might as well specify something: backdoor pilots do not count as crossovers in
my mind. While they do set up people and characters seen in another show, they
aren’t actual events where the characters would see people from other shows
that were already established.
Some of the earlier examples
of crossovers was when Popeye appeared in a Betty Bop cartoon. This works due
to the Fletcher brothers owning both works at the time. There weren’t a lot of
other really early examples like in the TV world nowadays.
There are some more modern
examples of different shows working together. This happens so much that you kind
of have to split the two types of crossovers into minor ones where people
appear in more of a cameo role, and major ones where you see a lot more people
together in groups. You especially see this a lot with Arrowverse. In fact, it
could be argued that Legends of Tomorrow is the first true crossover TV show
that we’ve ever seen.
I couldn’t think of much to
put in this post. There wasn’t much for me to ramble on about this time around
when writing this. Sorry if you think that this is too short of a post. I can’t
always do it as well as I would like. Until next time, I’ll be here.
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