List of fictional universes
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This is a list of fictional universes, in which multiple works have occurred outside a single series or within a series across multiple media, either in an unnamed universe, a hypothetical future universe or in a fictional locale in our current present or past, while excluding any number of works that could reasonably be assumed to exist within the current understanding of our own universe or exist solely in a single series and medium. This list is organized by the original medium in which the universe exists.
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[edit] Film & Television
Main article: List of fictional universes in film and television
| Universe | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Buffyverse | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | a place in which supernatural phenomena exist, and supernatural evil can be challenged by people willing to fight against such forces and the setting of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel series are set. |
| Star Wars Expanded Universe | Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) | encompasses all of the officially licensed, fictional background of the Star Wars universe |
| ViewAskewniverse | Kevin Smith | main setting of Clerks, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Chasing Amy, Dogma, and other Kevin Smith films. |
| Whoniverse | Doctor Who | main setting of Torchwood, Sarah Jane and other spin-offs of the Doctor Who series. |
[edit] Games
| Universe | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Hero Universe | City of Heroes | includes superhero, fantasy, historical, and science fiction settings in a single time continuum |
| Haloverse | Halo_(series) | The fictional universe home of the sci-fi game series, Halo. |
| Star Fleet Universe | Task Force Game #4 (1979) | detailed in the series of Star Fleet Battles games (board-, card-, and role-playing) from Amarillo Design Bureau Inc. and used as reference for the Starfleet Command series of computer games. |
| World of Darkness | Vampire: The Requiem (2004) | the name given to three related but distinct fictional universes created as settings for supernatural horror themed role-playing games: Vampire: The Requiem, Werewolf: The Forsaken & Mage: The Awakening |
| Unnamed | Shadowrun | A future earth in which magic has returned and humans have been split into subtypes. |
| Zelda Universe | The Legend of Zelda | depicted in The Legend of Zelda series of video games consists of a variety of lands, the most commonly appearing of these being Hyrule (ハイラル Hairaru), and was created by Japanese video game developer Shigeru Miyamoto. |
[edit] Animation
| Universe | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DC Animated Universe | refers to a series of popular animated television series and related spin-offs produced by Warner Bros. Animation which share the same continuity. | |
| Diniverse | Paul Dini's series of Warner Bros. animated cartoons of characters in the DC Comics universe | |
| Mickey Mouse universe | Plane Crazy (1928) | Where some cartoon characters created by the The Walt Disney Company live, the most famous of which is Mickey Mouse. It is coexistent with the Duck universe, |
[edit] Anime & Comics
| Universe | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Amalgam Universe | Marvel & DC crossover | |
| CrossGen Universe | CrossGenesis #1 (2000) | serves as the 900th century setting for most titles published by CrossGen Comics. |
| DC Multiverse | ||
| Duck universe | Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #49 (1944) | where Disney cartoon characters Donald Duck and Scrooge McDuck live. It is a spin off of the older Mickey Mouse universe, yet has become much more extensive. |
| Image Universe | Savage Dragon, Spawn, & Youngblood (1992) | Setting of many of the comic books published by Image Comics take place. |
| Marvel Multiverse | ||
| Dredd's World | The Robot Wars (1977) | a dystopian future where the Earth has been badly damaged by a series of international conflicts, much of the planet has turned into radioactive wasteland, and populations have aggregated in enormous mega-cities. |
| Wildstorm Universe | Wildstorm Titles (1992) | a fictional shared universe where the comic books published by Wildstorm take place. It represents an alternate history of the real world where ideas such as interstellar travel and superhuman abilities are commonplace. |
| World of Naruto | Naruto manga (2000) | A fictional, unnamed, feudal era, fantasy world of Japan. |
[edit] Literature
Main article: List of fictional universes in literature
| Universe | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Harry Potter universe | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997) | The fictional universe of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series of fantasy novels comprises two separate and distinct societies: the wizarding world and the Muggle world. |
| Middle-earth | The Hobbit (1936) | the setting of the majority of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy writings, including The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. |
| Totalitarian future world | Nineteen-Eighty Four (1949) | a perpetually war-torn socialist world ruled by super-states. |
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