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** ''ContinuityPorn/FateStrangeFake''

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* WebAnimation/BamanPiderman has frighteningly good continuity.

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->''"Now, what part of [[Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial this horrible, cheesy, low-budget television special]] would you expect to be official canon in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' Universe? The Answer? All of it. Life Day? Canonical. Itchy? Lumpy? Canonical. Harvey Korman in drag is an official part of the ''Star Wars'' Universe! Continuity Kills."''
-->-- '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAAo5ePpv9U Alt Text]]''' on ''Franchise/StarWars'' {{Canon}}

** This can induce a nice piece of FridgeLogic: dragons are [[DragonHoard notorious treasure hoarders]]. What better treasures for a guy like him than the memories of his adventures in Fairy Tail?

** Another thing Oda is ''very'' good at is seeding in innocuous things that eventually become very important later. Best seen with Ace and Luffy's BloodBrothers ceremony, it turns out the black spot on the edge of the panel is [[spoiler: the shadow of the previously unmentioned Sabo's cup.]]

** Gary Russell loves continuity porn as much as Hinton did. The Twelfth Doctor novel ''Big Bang Generation'' (which features Franchise/BerniceSummerfield and her friends, and therefore contains a huge chunk of Big Finish continuity anyway) refers to the [[Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures Pakhar BurrowWorld]], River Song and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E1TheImpossibleAstronaut the Stormcage Containment Facility]], the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E8LetsKillHitler generational]] [[Literature/ContinuityErrors Professor Candy]] family, and [[Franchise/IrisWildthyme the Obverse]]. As well as outside references to Andrew Pixley's ''[[Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine DWM]] Archive'' (as "the Repository Banks of Pixlie") and the ''Doctor Who'' collector cards that came with Sky Ray ice lollies. In the ''first chapter''. It calms down a bit after that.

* The first half of ''Fanfic/APrizeForThreeEmpires'' is a detailed novelizaton of ComicBook/CarolDanvers' life, covering the first three deaces of existence of the character and delving deeply into the ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'' mythos.

** AJ, Giselle, Duplica, the samurai and Jeanette and a Hiker showed up in both versions (Japan and international) the second opening, all of them only had appeared in one episode.

Even though every WebVideo/{{Hatchetfield}} story is set in a timeline where none of the previous story's paranormal events happened, everything ''else'' that happens clearly carries over from one story to another, as each story is loaded with references to [[RunningGag past jokes]], [[CallBack past events]], and [[CrypticBackgroundReference all sorts of background lore]] about the more mundane aspects of the town.

* ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn'' is filled with continuity nods and references to the Franchise/{{Superman}} Pre-Crisis lore. Old characters like the first "ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}" Lucy of Borgonia -who made her sole appearance in ''ComicBook/{{Superboy}} #5'' (1949)-, Lyla Lerrol -from ''ComicBook/SupermansReturnToKrypton'' and ''ComicBook/ForTheManWhoHasEverything'' fame-, Nasthalthia Luthor, [[ComicBook/Supergirl1982 the clone of Linda Danvers]] or Captain Strong are referenced or make cameo appearances.

* The villains in ''Fanfic/AForceOfFour'' are three Kryptonian rogues who were seen for the last time in ''Action Comics'' #194 (1954), and Franchise/WonderWoman's enemy Badra from ''ComicBook/ComicCavalcade'' #25 (1948). ComicBook/PowerGirl also mentions that time she was beaten up by a mindcontrolled Franchise/{{Superman}} in ''ComicBook/InfinityInc'' #7.

* ''Fanfic/XMen1970'': Obscure ''Franchise/XMen'' secondary characters like Bernie, Zelda Morton and Vera Cantor, and forgotten villains like Merlin make cameo appearances.

* References to all kinds of ''Franchise/SpiderMan'''s lore One of the specialties of the author of ''Fanfic/BreakingTheDeal''. For example: N'astirh, Rom, and even Dr. Bong get thrown into the mix.
* In ''Fanfic/TheVampireOfSteel'', Supergirl mentions that time [[ComicBook/Supergirl1982 she ran into]] ComicBook/AmbushBug, and that other time when Franchise/{{Batman}} was bitten by a werewolf in the ''World's Finest'' book.

* ''Fanfic/CreepyExplorations'': Noah takes on pretty much the entire genre of horror itself, which is of course jampacked with all sorts of the same cliches and tropes, so he's sure to always call recurring stuff out by referencing past episodes.

*** The GrandFinale movie goes all-out. Exactly what creates Transformer life varies between series and there are a few names that are thrown around but don't always mean exactly the same thing. Well, in this one, we find that the [[Anime/TransformersCybertron Omega Lock and associated keys]] give the planet life, the Allspark is [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars the source and destination of all Transformer souls]] and thus [[Film/{{Transformers}} the thing which gives sentience to machines, without which there will be no future generations]]. However, its physical form is [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated just a vessel]]. It is also the life force of [[ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel the god Primus]], who is [[Anime/TransformersEnergon the planet's living core]]. Oh, [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 Vector Sigma exists too]], but it contains all of Cybertron's knowledge instead of being the proto-Allspark. Yes, ''all'' incarnations of Primus/the Allspark/whatever makes the bots alive appear in one film. ''TF'' really lends itself to this ''because'' you can tweak the meaning of a name or concept and fit it into the new continuity; ContinuitySnarl never results.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' fanfic, ''FanFic/ZeldasHonor'', starts off as a story that has minimal mythology ties to the source games and could almost be enjoyed as a standalone yarn. Casual readers will most likely enjoy the majority of the fanfic. However once it starts delving deep into the mythology and lore of the Zeldaverse towards the end of Act 3, you best be ready to whip out Hyrule Historia and other Wiki info dumps to truly appreciate all the nuances that the plot is trying to wrangle and utilize.

%%* David Brin's ''[[Literature/{{Foundation}} Foundation's Triumph]]'' is an extremely well-executed example.

* ''[[{{Fanfic/AceCombatEquestriaChronicles}} Ace Combat: The Equestrian War]]'' runs on this, as nearly every chapter references an event or marks the appearance of a character from the series. The sequel is bound to feature it as well.
* ''[[{{Fanfic/DiskMania}} Disk Mania]]'', a ''[[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated]]'' {{Backstory}}, has detailed explanations for why the wrong pieces of the Planispheric Disk were sometimes shown in the animation, why there is a volcanic island off Crystal Cove that nobody remembers, and why Crystal Cove has so many glass door-knobs.
* In the ''[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Legend of Zelda]]'' fanfic trilogy the ''[[FanFic/BoundDestiniesTrilogy Bound Destinies Trilogy]]'', there is quite a bit of this. The entire trilogy is, in essence, a crossover of the lore of four games in the series: ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]''. The trilogy serves as not only dishing out various dynamics of emotion and storytelling, but they also help to expand the already intricate lore of the series and better connect the aforementioned titles together. Each one of the three stories, no matter what era of the series's timeline they take place in, all make references to all of the games in one way or another.
* The MassiveMultiplayerCrossover fanfics (''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[=/=]''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}''[=/=][[spoiler:''Franchise/{{Halo}}'']]) written by Tropers/SovereignGFC venture here quite often. Not only to the works' canon (which it is assumed you have some knowledge of--''including canon that came out after the work began, was overridden by fanon, but then still referenced anyway''), but also to themselves--the more you read in ''FanFic/{{Fractured}}'' or ''Fanfic/{{Origins}}'' the more ''stuff'' piles up that requires having an understanding of what happened six chapters ago. [[JigsawPuzzlePlot Complexity]], [[KudzuPlot confusion]], [[BothSidesHaveAPoint both]], neither? As with ''FanFic/TheUnitySaga'' above, it's best to have respective wikis available while reading.

* Wrestling/{{Kane}} indulged in this [[PlayedForLaughs for laughs]] during an "Anger Management" session with [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]], where after being pressed by a counselor on what makes him angry, Kane nonchalantly describes his backstory and several outlandish incidents that are amazingly all still in the WWE canon (including burying [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker his brother]] alive [[FleetingDemographicRule twice]], electrocuting [[Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon a man's]] testicles, and having a girlfriend named Katie [[OldShame that he nor anyone else should speak of]]).