# Movies/TV that could, be in the same universe as each other **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 28, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-that-could-be-in-the-same-universe-as-each-other/684788 "2014-03-28T20:52:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-that-could-be-in-the-same-universe-as-each-other/684788/21 "2014-03-30T11:54:13Z")
Captain Ron explains what Snake was doing in between New York and LA ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-that-could-be-in-the-same-universe-as-each-other/684788/22 "2014-03-30T12:32:19Z")
> [@nevadaexile](#): > > Which actually makes no sense as it is clear that FTL (faster than light) space travel exists in the _ **Alien** _ universe , but not that of _ **Firefly** _. Firefly is much further in the future than any of the Alien movies. Maybe they used FTL to reach the Firefly system, and the technology was lost in the following dark age. ---
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-that-could-be-in-the-same-universe-as-each-other/684788/23 "2014-03-30T12:42:23Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Firefly is much further in the future than any of the Alien movies. Maybe they used FTL to reach the Firefly system, and the technology was lost in the following dark age. Whedon himself pooped on that idea by stating that generational ships were used to inhabit the worlds of the Firefly universe. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-that-could-be-in-the-same-universe-as-each-other/684788/24 "2014-03-30T13:11:45Z")
Maybe the colonization planners didn’t want to pay Weyland-Yutani’s exorbitant licensing fees for the FTL drives? ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-that-could-be-in-the-same-universe-as-each-other/684788/25 "2014-03-30T14:04:40Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > I mentioned this one before, and other fans mentioned the theory that Pulp Fiction is in the same Avengers’s/Marvel Universe. > > It was the Tesseract the glowing object that was inside Marsellus Wallace briefcase. > > Nick Fury in disguise infiltrated the crime group to check if Marsellus was not involved with the Red Skull or other super villains, Jules/Nick retrieved the Cosmic Cube once he confirmed that it was luck what allowed Marsellus to get his hands on the Cosmic Cube. Marsellus was only partially aware of what the Cube could do. > > Samuel L. Jackson at the after the credits scene from the first Thor movie presented the Cosmic Cube to the scientist on a briefcase, the glow in his face was clearly a shout out to his early role on Pulp Fiction. Man, that’s one bad motherfucker… ---
**Author:** ![stegon66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-that-could-be-in-the-same-universe-as-each-other/684788/26 "2014-03-30T21:41:19Z")
> **[Warehouse 13: The Return of Killdozer! - SteveGon1966 - Warehouse 13 \[Archive...](https://archiveofourown.org/works/1115514)** > > An Archive of Our Own, a project of the > Organization for Transformative Works According to that story, written by some guy, Warehouse 13 sits smack dab in the middle of a whole bunch of television and cinematic universes. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-that-could-be-in-the-same-universe-as-each-other/684788/27 "2014-03-30T21:57:00Z")
> [@Raguleader](#): > > Maybe the colonization planners didn’t want to pay Weyland-Yutani’s exorbitant licensing fees for the FTL drives? Sooo…they spent hundreds of years traveling through space simply to reach a nearby star system because they were too cheap to spend money on the most efficient means of transport? Hmm…interesting theory. ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-that-could-be-in-the-same-universe-as-each-other/684788/28 "2014-03-31T00:09:23Z")
Beverly Hillbillies/Green Acres/Petticoat Junction. They all orbited Sam Drucker. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-that-could-be-in-the-same-universe-as-each-other/684788/29 "2014-03-31T04:06:28Z")
_2001: A Space Odyssey_ and the _Star Wars_ series. One of the Discovery space pods from _2001_ is visible in Watto’s junkyard in _Phantom Menace_. _Twin Peaks_ and _X-Files_. David Duchovny appeared as an FBI agent on both shows, albeit with different character names; it wouldn’t be difficult to come up with a storyline accounting for the name change. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-that-could-be-in-the-same-universe-as-each-other/684788/30 "2014-03-31T07:41:28Z")
I thought it was unfortunate that **Breaking Bad** was on a different network from **Sons of Anarchy**. Would have loved to hear an offhand comment from one of the Sons about “this guy out in New Mexico…meth dealer, he’s got cancer…”. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-that-could-be-in-the-same-universe-as-each-other/684788/31 "2014-03-31T08:23:23Z")
It’s been stated that the same accident that left [Daredevil](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daredevil_(Marvel_Comics)) blind and heightened his other senses was responsible for the creation of the [Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_(Mirage_Studios)#Origin_of_the_concept). As a result, almost any Marvel or DC comic is related to TMNT. With the crossovers that have happened between the two rival comic companies, that opens the universe quite a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-that-could-be-in-the-same-universe-as-each-other/684788/32 "2014-03-31T12:56:30Z")
Didn’t Daryl’s brother Merle have a big old bag full of blue meth on _The Walking Dead_? There’s not a lot of overlap, but they could coexist. We never found out what caused the change in the first place, maybe the problem wasn’t the brown acid, it was the blue meth. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-that-could-be-in-the-same-universe-as-each-other/684788/33 "2014-03-31T14:18:33Z")
> [@steveroo](#): > > _Twin Peaks_ and _X-Files_. David Duchovny appeared as an FBI agent on both shows, albeit with different character names; it wouldn’t be difficult to come up with a storyline accounting for the name change. Ah, except that on Twin Peaks he had had a sex change and was now a woman (I think). Might be a little tough explaining that (unless, of course, aliens…) ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-that-could-be-in-the-same-universe-as-each-other/684788/34 "2014-03-31T16:05:26Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > Ah, except that on Twin Peaks he had had a sex change and was now a woman (I think). Might be a little tough explaining that (unless, of course, aliens…) I thought he was just a cross-dresser. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-that-could-be-in-the-same-universe-as-each-other/684788/35 "2014-03-31T21:52:06Z")
> [@steveroo](#): > > _2001: A Space Odyssey_ and the _Star Wars_ series. One of the Discovery space pods from _2001_ is visible in Watto’s junkyard in _Phantom Menace_. > > _Twin Peaks_ and _X-Files_. David Duchovny appeared as an FBI agent on both shows, albeit with different character names; it wouldn’t be difficult to come up with a storyline accounting for the name change. I’ve seen people make allusions to X-Files and Space: Above and Beyond being in the same universe (David Duchovny turns up in SAAB as well, although he plays an android in that one, and only for one episode). Both were made by the same producers, IIRC, and both had ongoing government conspiracy plots. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-that-could-be-in-the-same-universe-as-each-other/684788/36 "2014-03-31T23:44:51Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > I thought he was just a cross-dresser. I wasn’t sure either (been awhile since I saw _Twin Peaks_!) but [according to this interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXrr7IFg5Jo) from the DVDs Duchovny states the character was only a transvestite. ---
**Author:** ![ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryan)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-that-could-be-in-the-same-universe-as-each-other/684788/37 "2014-03-31T23:49:57Z")
[The Rock](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117500/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast) and [Armageddon](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120591/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_27) are in the same universe. The share an actor [playing the same unnamed president](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027454/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t66) ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-that-could-be-in-the-same-universe-as-each-other/684788/38 "2014-04-01T00:35:50Z")
I like to pretend that Clint Eastwood’s character in **Gran Torino** is a retired Bruce Wayne who’s changed his name and gave up his money to escape his old life after faking his death at the end of **The Dark Knight Rises**. ---
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-that-could-be-in-the-same-universe-as-each-other/684788/39 "2014-04-01T00:40:50Z")
> [@magnusblitz](#): > > I like to pretend that Clint Eastwood’s character in **Gran Torino** is a retired Bruce Wayne who’s changed his name and gave up his money to escape his old life after faking his death at the end of **The Dark Knight Rises**. Following on in the Clint Eastwood vein - It seems possible that Rowdy Yates from _ **Rawhide** _ aged, became bitter and transformed into the **Man With No Name** from \*\*\*A Fistful of Dollars \*\*\*and _ **For a Few Dollars More.** _ He later died and became the vengeful spirit seen in _ **High Plains Drifter** _ and _ **Pale Rider.** _ ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-that-could-be-in-the-same-universe-as-each-other/684788/40 "2014-04-01T00:48:43Z")
**X-Files** , **Fringe, Haven, Warehouse 13** , they could all be in the same universe. Hey, maybe **Supernatural** and **Grimm** too. You know, weirdness exists, and it’s being investigated all over the country. New England is particularly weird, so that’s why both the Boston area and southern Maine have issues. **Lost Girl** and **American Gothic**? Well, those are just places in North America where the law looks the other way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-that-could-be-in-the-same-universe-as-each-other/684788.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-that-could-be-in-the-same-universe-as-each-other/684788.md?page=3)