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* Old-school ''DoctorWho'' and ''BlakesSeven'' were made by the same people and shared several actors and sets and locations, so B7 pretty much became the original adult sister show to Doctor Who.

** The fact that the {{Supernatural}} message boards' nickname for Dawn Ostroff, "Demon O", instantly became prevalent across Smallville message boards as well just goes to show how closely connected the two fandoms are.

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* In the ''{{Wicked}}'' section it's almost heresy not to have seen ''{{RENT}}'' or at least know the basic plot. It's probably something to do with the large number of shared actors especially Idina Menzel but there have been ''{{Wicked}}'' actors playing ''{{RENT}}'', ''{{RENT}}'' actors playing Wicked, crazy crossovers, songfics with songs from the other musical and just odd references in fics.

** It should also be noted that the Yankees/Giants fans and the Mets/Jets fans in New York City are generally united in their mutual love for the New York Knicks basketball team. However, the Yankees/Giants and Mets/Jets fans in [[{{Joisey}} NEW JERSEY]] often root for the New Jersey Nets. Mets/Jets fans in Jersey who support the Nets, often proudly proclaim their love for "Mets, Jets, and Nets!"

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* {{Smallville}} and {{Supernatural}} fandoms have a very, very large amount of overlap, to the point where it could quite reasonably argued that they share almost the same fandom, though YMMV of course. The fact that during the second half of the past decade they almost always aired one after the other on the same network certainly helped this.....as did the fact that they were the two powerhouse {{sci-fi}} series that were basically keeping the ungrateful CW Network afloat. The {{Smallville}} fans and {{Supernatural}} fans are also very vocally united in their mutual disgust for CW President Dawn Ostroff, who had a not-so-thinly veiled bias towards promoting shows like Gossip Girl at the expense of {{Smallville}} and {{Supernatural}}.

* {{Smallville}} and {{Supernatural}} fandoms have a very, very large amount of overlap, to the point where it could quite reasonably argued that they share almost the same fandom, though YMMV of course. The fact that the second half of the decade they almost always aired one after the other on the same network certainly helped this. As did the fact that they were the two powerhouse sci-fi series that were basically keeping the ungrateful network afloat. The {{Smallville}} fans and {{Supernatural}} fans are also very vocally united in their mutual disgust for CW President Dawn Ostroff, who had a not-so-thinly veiled bias towards promoting more SoapOpera - ish shows like Gossip Girl at the expense of {{Smallville}} and {{Supernatural}}>

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* ''DueSouth'' and ''HardCoreLogo''. [[CanadaEh Because Canadians have to stick together, eh?]]
* There's a great deal of overlap, probably unsurprisingly, between fans of HoratioHornblower, {{Aubrey-Maturin}}, and PiratesOfTheCaribbean. (And possibly also {{Temeraire}} and JaneAusten).
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* TerryPratchett fans and NeilGaiman fans, because of their collaboration on ''GoodOmens''.
** And DouglasAdams fans overlap with both!
* ''ChroniclesOfNarnia'' and ''LordOfTheRings'', due to both being fantasy written by authors who were close personal friends and both had an intensely Christian worldview (which influenced their works to varying degrees).
** Oddly, however, [[JRRTolkien Tolkien]] hated ''{{Narnia}}''.
*** According to the German Tolkien Society, the negative comment about Narnia came not from Tolkien but none other than Philip Pullman (author of ''HisDarkMaterials''), who called it [[StrawmanPolitical "a peevish blend of racist, misogynistic and reactionary prejudice".]]
* Back when both series were originally coming out, the ''{{Sweep}}'' and ''CircleOfThree'' fandoms fed into each other, since they were both YA series about teenage witches coming out around the same time. There were many [=GeoCities=] sites dedicated to both.
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* ''JeevesAndWooster'' and ''ABitOfFryAndLaurie'', due to the shared double act of StephenFry and HughLaurie.
* JossWhedon's shows sometimes seem like they just have one big fandom.
* JJAbrams' shows have this, too.
* Series/TinMan and {{Series/Alice}} - mostly because of their similar production staff and tone.
** Likewise with their literary ancestors. Baum was a fan of AliceInWonderland.
* ''{{Sherlock}}'' and ''DoctorWho'' have a bit of overlap and {{crossover}}ing going on (''{{Sherlock}}'' overlapping more with ''DoctorWho'' than the other way round, due to a smaller fanbase) thanks to [[StevenMoffat The Grand Moff]] being executive producer at both.
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* [[RealPersonFic Bandom and Popslash]], for somewhat obvious reasons.
* YukiKajiura and YokoKanno have both this and FandomRivalry, depending upon the specific persons talking.
* Fans of the FooFighters and {{Queens of the Stone Age}} seem to get along well, since their front-men are involved in several projects together (Dave Grohl has even guested on a few [=QotSA=] songs) along with being poster-boys for modern alternative rockers' habit of [[AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder having too many damn side-projects]].
* {{Nightwish}} and {{Sonata Arctica}} share a lot of fans, probably because the bands have toured together and the members are friends.
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* In the ''{{Wicked}}'' section it's almost heresy not to have seen ''{{RENT}}'' or at least know the basic plot. It's probably something to do with the large number of shared actors especially Idina Menzel but there have been ''{{Wicked}}'' actors playing ''{{RENT}}'', ''{{RENT}}'' actors playing Wicked, crazy crossovers, songfics with songs from the other musical and just odd references in fics.
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[[folder:VideoGames]]
* BioWare fandom doesn't seem to care which game is better or not. If you find someone writing fanfic for [[MassEffect Shepard]], chances are they'll also have a [[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Revan]], and maybe a [[BaldursGate Bhaalspawn]] or [[JadeEmpire Spirit Monk]].
* Ditto with the few and proud fans of {{Sierra}}. KingsQuest, SpaceQuest, LeisureSuitLarry, QuestForGlory...It's "Yes, please" not "which is your favorite?"
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* ''DinosaurComics'' and ''{{xkcd}}''. Even their creators are friends!
** [[CompletelyMissingThePoint But Ryan North]] [[AcceptableTargets is a computational linguist!]]
* 910Comics (''TheWotch'', ''The Wotch {{Cheer}}'', ''{{Misfile}}'', etc.) readers used to have insane amounts of overlap with ''ElGoonishShive'' [[FanNickname Bunnies]]. Until ''El Goonish Shive'' joined the 910Comics community, and now they're the same fandom. Same with ''ZebraGirl'', and probably others as well.
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[[folder:WesternAnimation]]
* Many of the prominent {{Fanfic}} writers for AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers also wrote fanfic for WesternAnimation/TheRealAdventuresOfJonnyQuest back in the 1990's. These days, newcomers to the fandom tend to be fans of XMenEvolution who discovered it via Red Witch and other fanfic writers.
* GIJoe and {{Transformers}} fans usually get on well.
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* ''DueSouth'' and ''HardCoreLogo''. Because Canadians have to stick together, eh?

* ''ChroniclesOfNarnia'' and ''LordOfTheRings'', due to both being fantasies written by authors who were close personal friends and both had an intensely Christian worldview (which influenced their works to varying degrees).
** Oddly, however Tolkien hated Narnia.
*** According to the Germand Tolkien Society, the negative comment about Narnia came not from Tolkien but none other than Philip Pullman ("His Dark Materials"), who called it "a peevish blend of racist, misogynistic and reactionary prejudice"

* JossWhedon's shows sometimes seem like they just have one big fandom!

* In the Wicked section it's almost heresy not to have seen RENT or at least know the basic plot. It's probably something to do with the large number of shared actors especially Idina Menzel but this troper has seen Wicked Characters playing RENT, RENT characters playing Wicked, crazy crossovers, songfics with songs from the other musical and just odd references in fics.

** [[CompletelyMissingThePoint But Ryan North is computational linguist!]]

** Oddly, however Tolkien hated Narnia.

* BioWare fandom doesn't seem to care which game is better or not. If you find someone writing fanfic for [[MassEffect Shepherd]], chances are they'll also have a [[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Revan]], and maybe a [[BaldursGate Bhaalspawn]] or [[JadeEmpire Spirit Monk]].

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* [[{{Discworld}} Terry Pratchett]] fans and NeilGaiman fans, because of their collaboration on ''GoodOmens''.
** And [[HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Douglas Adams]] fans overlap with both!

* ''JeevesAndWooster'' and ''ABitOfFryAndLaurie'', due to the shared double act of Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.

* {{Series/TinMan}} and {{Series/Alice}} - mostly because of their similar production staff and tone.

* ''{{Sherlock}}'' and ''DoctorWho'' have a bit of overlap and [[Crossover crossovering]] going on (''{{Sherlock}}'' overlapping more with ''DoctorWho'' than the other way round, due to a smaller fanbase) thanks to [[StevenMoffat The Grand Moff]] being executive producer at both.

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* Many of the prominent {{Fanfic}} writers for AdventuresOftheGalaxyRangers also wrote fanfic for WesternAnimation/TheRealAdventuresOfJonnyQuest back in the 1990's. These days, newcomers to the fandom tend to be fans of XMenEvolution who discovered it via Red Witch and other fanfic writers.

* ''ChroniclesOfNarnia'' and ''LordOfTheRings'', due to both being fantasies written by authors who were close personal friends and both had an intensely Christian worldview (which influenced their works to varying degrees).

* Many of the prominent {{Fanfic}} writers for AdventuresOftheGalaxyRangers also wrote fanfic for TheRealAdventuresOfJonnyQuest back in the 1990's. These days, newcomers to the fandom tend to be fans of XMenEvolution who discovered it via Red Witch and other fanfic writers.

* {{Series/TinMan}} and {{Series/Alice}} - mostly because of their similar production staff and tone.