History Main / ExpyCoexistence

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* ''VisualNovel/{{Last Chance in Xollywood}}'': In the future Hollywood still exists and thrives, and is defined as Earthlings' equivalent to Xollywood.
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* ''Literature/TheDayTheMusicDied'' centers around the fandom of ''Carverquest'', a young adult fantasy series that serves as an expy of ''Franchise/HarryPotter''. Their fanbase is so loud that even die-hard Potterheads are weirded out by their antics.

* Count von Krolock from ''Film/TheFearlessVampireKillers'' and its musical adaptation ''Theater/TanzDerVampire'' is an expy of Dracula- specifically, the taciturn HammerHorror version played by Creator/ChristopherLee. In the ''Tanz der Vampire'' fic ''FanFic/ABriefHistoryOfTheVampiricalCareerOfTheGrafVonKrolockAndHisSon'', Krolock is given a very different backstory from Dracula (a semi-reclusive nobleman who devoted himself to his studies and avoided marriage until he unexpectedly fell in love in his early fifties rather than a proud warlord) and Dracula, though unnamed, is obviously Krolock's vampiric sire. [[spoiler:This also makes Dracula the GreaterScopeVillain of ''Tanz der Vampire'', because he and his brides imprisoned Krolock while Krolock completed his vampire transformation, delaying Krolock from getting to his dying wife Isabella in time to save her by turning her into a vampire too and making him into the bitter nihilist he is by ''Tanz'' proper.]]

* ''Film/EvilDead2013'' is all but stated to be a StealthSequel to the original trilogy by to [[spoiler: Ash Williams appearing in TheStinger.]] However, ''Series/AshVsEvilDead'' and WordOfGod before that confirmed that the events of [[Film/EvilDead the original movie,]] and not the recaps seen in its sequels in which all of the original film's cast were AdaptedOut, are canon, meaning two very similar groups of friends went to the same cabin and got possessed by Deadites roughly 30 years apart, and Olivia, Eric and Natalie will meet Linda, Scotty and Shelly in Heaven.

* ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'':
** Killer "The Hillbilly" is a clear reference to [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]], both being HillbillyHorrors armed with a [[DropTheHammer hammer]] and [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]]. A later update to the game introduced the actual Leatherface as a GuestFighter, known in-game as "The Cannibal".

* ''Fanfic/MyHeroAcademiaMechanicalGreen'': Durandal, a RobotDog that functions as an emotional support animal for [[GenderFlip Izumi]] after she tried and failed [[DrivenToSuicide to kill herself]], is an expy of numerous robot dogs, including Blade Wolf from ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''. Numerous characters, including Durandal himself, make reference to the ''Franchise/MetalGear'' series existing InUniverse though, with even Tomura Shigaraki saying [[spoiler:Izumi's Sports Festival match with Mei while both wore PoweredArmor made from their robot dogs]] felt like the long awaited sequel to ''Revengeance''.

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' expansion set for ''VideoGame/LegoDimensions'', the player is tasked with distracting [=GLaDOS=]. How? By constructing [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey HAL 9000]] and having the two of them argue with each other!

Note: this trope does not apply when the character is NOT an Expy of a famous character, but hangs out with famous characters or people. For example, in ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'', Jay Sherman is a famous TV film critic who is friends with other famous real-life critics, like Creator/GeneSiskel, Creator/RogerEbert, Gene Shalit, Rex Reed, etc. But because Jay is not intended to be a direct take on any of them, this trope does not apply. Compare and contrast with LawyerFriendlyCameo, CelebrityParadox and MutuallyFictional.

* In ''Film/IndianaJonesandtheKingdomoftheCrystalSkull'', the titular skull is based on the many crystal skulls that were "discovered" in the late 19th century and early 20th century. It even has [[AncientAstronauts similar lore]] to some of the skulls as claimed by the skulls' owners at the time and conspiracy theorists in the modern day (for example, having healing powers, belonging to a lost {{Mayincatec}} civilisation, and being the skull of an alien). However, in the film, Indy dismisses all of the skulls that exist in real life as fakes, outright stating that he examined the Mitchell-Hedges skull personally and the only remarkable thing about it was the "interesting tooling".

* ''Film/YoungFrankenstein'': Dr. Frederick Frankenstein gets very annoyed when people mention his relation to his grandfather, the ''original'' DrFrankenstein.

** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'': Wart was originally a KingKoopaCopy, being the antagonist of ''VideoGame/DokiDokiPanic'' and its equivalent of Bowser. He then appears in this game, putting him in the same universe as his main inspiration. His Spirit also appears in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', where Bowser is playable.

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* JustForFun/JohnMinch's cameo in ''Series/TheWire''. Munch is based on a real police officer named Jay Landsman. ''The Wire'' has a character named Jay Landsman, played by Delaney Williams, who is ''also'' based on the real Jay Landsman. As if that wasn't enough, the character Munch talks to, Lt. Mello, is ''played by'' the real Jay Landsman!

* ''Fanfic/MyHeroAcademiaMechanicalGreen'': Durandal, a RobotDog that functions as an emotional support animal for Izuku after [[GenderFlip she]] tried and failed [[DrivenToSuicide to kill herself]], is an expy of numerous robot dogs, including Blade Wolf from ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''. Numerous characters, including Durandal himself, make reference to the ''Franchise/MetalGear'' series existing InUniverse though, with even Tomura Shigaraki saying [[spoiler:Izuku's Sports Festival match with Mei while both wore PoweredArmor made from their robot dogs]] felt like the long awaited sequel to ''Revengeance''.

** In ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'', Madonna Garnet was created as a replacement for Topaz. Here, they both work for GUN and are sisters.

* The ''Franchise/DoctorWho'' ''Literature/NewSeriesAdventures'' novel, ''Winner Takes All'' has a ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' expy called Percy The Porcupine. ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' later appears listed amongst Mickey's video games.

** The Galactic Empire from ''Film/StarWars'' is one of the most famous examples of ANaziByAnyOtherName. In this series, the Empire is shown to exist alongside the actual Nazis, and one of the series' few recurring plot lines involves a rivalry between UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and Darth Vader. In an odd twist, since the ''Star Wars'' films are set in the distant past, it's ''Hitler'' who gets accused of ripping off ''Vader's'' tactics.

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