12 Wild Animated Crossovers We Totally Forgot Happened
As a kid, there was nothing better than turning on the TV and watching some cartoons. Whether on Saturday mornings or after school, it was always exciting to jump into a new adventure with your favorite characters.
With so many animated worlds out there, kids would always have dream crossovers they'd want to happen. With certain properties, crossovers were almost certain. In some instances, however, animated crossovers take place that confuse most people watching as it happens. Some kids were called a liar in school for mentioning the wild collaborations that took place on their TV screens. Even as adults, some people might not believe the magic that took place involving those colorful characters. These crossovers brought excitement and raised eyebrows to those who watched them.
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Hercules Joined Forces With Aladdin On 'Disney's Hercules: The Animated Series'
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Hercules and Aladdin are two of Disney's most beloved animated characters coming from the '90s. Both characters starred in successful films and earned their own animated TV spinoffs. In Disney's Hercules: The Animated Series, Hercules teams up with Aladdin in the season one episode “Hercules and the Arabian Night.” In the episode, the heroes team up to take down the duo of Jafar and Hades, who try to turn the protagonists against each other.
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Blue Falcon and Dynomutt Sought Help From 'Dexter's Laboratory'
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Following the conclusion of The Blue Falcon & Dynomutt in 1977, Dynomutt, Dog Wonder was simply locked in a vault by Hanna-Barbera. Twenty years later, the character made a surprise cameo appearance alongside Blue Falcon in a 1998 episode of Dexter's Laboratory. In the episode, Dexter deals with a damaged Dynomutt by creating Dynomutt X-90. Unfortunately, the new creation becomes too much to handle.
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Jim Carrey's Characters Met On Both 'Ace Ventura Pet Detective' And 'The Mask'
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Two of Jim Carrey's most recognizable characters teamed up without Carrey's involvement. Ace Ventura appeared in The Mask's episode "The Aceman Cometh," which has The Mask calling for Ventura's aid in finding their dog Milo. In the Ace Ventura Pet Detective episode "Have Mask, Will Travel," Stanley Ipkiss travels to Ace's neck of the woods to retrieve their mask and join the detective on a space adventure.
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'DuckTales' Crooks Fraternized With Supervillains On 'Darkwing Duck'
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While Launchpad McQuack became a main character of Darkwing Duck, it didn't stop other characters from DuckTales from appearing on the show. In the 1992 episode "In Like Blunt," Darkwing Duck has to obtain a stolen list of SHUSH Agents from Phineas Sharp. After sneaking into Sharp's hideout, they run into a handful of DuckTales villains. In one scene, Steelbeak and Ammonia Pine are seen playing cards with the Beagle Boys behind them. Flintheart Glomgold and Magica De Spell also make brief cameo appearances.
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The Warrior King Brought Together 'Mortal Kombat,' 'Wing Commander,' 'Street Fighter,' and 'Savage Dragon'
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USA Network decided to embark on one of the ambitious animated crossover events of the 1990s with the introduction of the Warrior King. This character, who was voiced by Michael Dorn (Star Trek's Worf), was on the hunt for a mysterious orb, and they ran through episodes of Street Fighter, Savage Dragon, Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm, and Wing Commander Academy to find it. This four-episode crossover took place on November 16, 1996; watching these four episodes separately now would be an injustice. Unfortunately, the Warrior King didn't appear again in any of the shows after this epic crossover.
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Comic Book Guy Was Unimpressed By 'The Cleveland Brown Show'
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The Cleveland Show managed to get a surprise visit from one of The Simpsons' most outspoken characters. In the episode “Hot Cocoa Bang Bang,” Cleveland make his way to Comic Con to sell his new comic book Waderman. Unfortunately, he doesn't get much constructive feedback when Comic Book Guy shows up to check out the book. After glancing at a few pages, the character gives a dismissive, "Worst. Cameo. Ever.”
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