From Justice League vs. RWBY to an unexpected Arrowverse Crisis cameo on Infinite Earths, here are the strangest DC movie and TV show crossovers.
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“Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen” is DC’s latest surprising crossover, bringing together two different universes in one two-part film.
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The historic team-up between “1966’s Batman” and “The Green Hornet” is an example of a live-action DC crossover that most viewers would never have imagined.
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Batman and Scooby-Doo have had multiple crossovers over the years, including animated series and comics. Other animated properties that interacted with the DC Universe include Looney Tunes, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Powerpuff Girls.
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Although comics typically have more freedom when it comes to team-ups, some of DC’s strangest crossovers with other franchises occur in movies and television shows. The DC Universe and its numerous iterations featured some of the most recognizable characters in all of pop culture, including Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman. As a result, any crossover between Justice League heroes and other universes has great potential, regardless of the medium. While future DCU movies may never be all that strange, there have been some unexpected team-ups between DC and other brands over the years.
Crossovers between DC heroes and other characters owned by Warner Bros. are not too rare, since it is much easier to bring together franchises from the same studio. Still, properties that most people would never imagine would be together in history have given DC some of its best crossovers. Naturally, most of those unexpected collaborations occurred in DC animated movies or shows, as well as other animated properties. From the Justice League/RWBY join an unexpected Arrowverse Crisis on Infinite Earths cameo, here are the strangest DC movie and TV show crossovers.
10 Justice League and RWBY
Justice League x RWBY, DC’s latest unusual crossover, continues a successful comic book collaboration. The Justice League and RMBY characters first met in RWBY x Justice League, a comic book miniseries published in 2021. These characters would meet again in League of Justice x RWBY: Superheroes and Hunters Part 1an animated film set in the world of RWBY. Without connections to the comic, the Justice League x RWBY The film saw the DC heroes enter. RWBYThe universe. The sequel, Justice League x RWBY: Superheroes and Hunters Part 2will premiere in October 2017, 2023, and will see the RWBY characters who visit the DC Universe.
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9 1966 Batman and the Green Hornet
Adam West’s Batman met Bruce Lee’s Kato in an episode of bat Man (1966). The green Hornet The show aired simultaneously with the Batman series, leading to a historic crossover that brought Batman and Robin face to face with Green Hornet and Kato. Van Williams and Bruce Lee reprise their roles as Green Hornet and Kato, respectively. Initially, there was some animosity between the dynamic duos, leading to a fight between Robin and Kato. TO Batman ’66 meets the green hornet Kevin Smith’s comic based on the episode “A Piece of the Action” would be published decades later.
8 Batman and Scooby-Doo
While this may seem like a common crossover at first, Batman and the Scooby Doo The character has worked together several times. This goes back to The new Scooby-Doo movies season 1, episode 2, “The Dynamic Scooby-Doo Affair”, in which Batman and Robin teamed up with Mystery Inc. Since then, there have been several Batman and Scooby-Doo crossovers, from the animated series to the comics. More recently, Batman and Scooby-Doo shared a movie in Scooby Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Boldwhich also featured other members of the Justice League.
7 Superman and I love Lucy
I love Lucya popular sitcom that aired from 1951 to 1957, had a surprising crossover with adventures of superman. George Reeves, who played Superman in the 1952 television series, reprized his role as the DC heroine. I love Lucy season 6, episode 13, “Lucy and Superman.” Interestingly, whether Reeves was playing the real Superman or an actor playing Superman is open to debate. The character is referred to as Superman and not by the actor’s name, however, the I love Lucy the characters were watching adventures of superman at the beginning of the episode.
6 Batman and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
With crossovers in both comics and animation, Batman and the Ninja Turtles can be considered superhero sidekicks. 2019 Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles brought this unique combination to the screen in a story that involved several villains from both franchises. This includes Shredder and Ra’s Al Ghul, the film’s main antagonists. Other Batman characters such as Barbara Gordon, Damian Wayne and various Arkham Asylum inmates such as Harvey Dent and Harley Quinn also appeared. Crossovers between Batman and the Turtles continue to happen in the comics, and another animated team-up wouldn’t be a surprise.
5 Batman and The Lord of the Rings
One of the strangest Batman crossovers occurred in The Lego Batman Movie. Of course, Batman’s role in The Lego Movie placed Will Arnett’s character in a world where dozens of other franchises coexisted. However, enter The Lego Batman Movie spin-off, the film was expected to focus solely on characters related to Batman. While this is what happened for the most part, The Lego Batman Movie including Sauron. The Phantom Zone, which had become a prison for the most dangerous supervillains in the universe, including the Eye of Sauron as shown in The Lord of the rings films. Canonically, LEGO Batman helped stop the Dark Lord.
4 super friends and Ben 10
Ben 10 met the Justice League, at least the one from Best friends. This crossover between Ben 10 and the DC Universe came in the form of a Carton Network commercial celebrating some of the studio’s biggest characters. The main character of Ben 10 ran into Aquaman, Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman in the Hall of Justice break room. While this was just a fun commercial, seeing Ben 10 arguing about afternoon snacks with the Best friendsThe Justice League version couldn’t have been a more fun crossover.
3 Green Lantern Corps and Duck Dodgers
He looney tunes The characters have interacted with DC heroes multiple times in many different media. However, the best looney tunesThe /DC crossover occurred in the duck dodgers show from 2003. Duck Dodgers became a Green Lantern in “The Green Loontern,” which introduced the entire Green Lantern Corps. Green Lanterns such as Hal Jordan, Joh Stewart, Killowog, and Guy Gardner appeared in an episode in which Duck Dodgers received a Green Lantern ring by mistake. “The Green Loontern” was co-written by Paul Dini, who wrote some of the best batman: the animated series episodes.
2 Teen Titans in action! & Powerpuff Girls
Teen Titans Go! featured many crossovers with other properties, both DC and non-DC related. This includes “TTG v PPG,” an episode in which the Teen Titans interact with the Powerpuff Girls. There was no multiverse story involved, and the Powerpuff Girls simply arrived at the Teen Titans tower in search of Mojo Jojo. Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup had to convince Beast Biy that Mojo Jogo was a real threat and both teams competed to see which of them was the better superhero.
1 Lucifer and Constantine
Neil Gaiman The Sandman Issue #4 brought Lucifer Morningstar to the DC Universe, although The Sandman The comic did not focus on the broader DC Comics lore. Still, even though the Lucifer series is technically a DC series, seeing Tom Ellis’ Lucifer in the Arrowverse Crisis on Infinite Earths It was amazing. The Lucifer show first aired on Fox, meaning it was never part of The CW’s Arrowverse. Crisis on Infinite Earths used the multiverse as a way to bring together multiple characters from different franchises, including a brief but fun crossover between Ellis’ Lucifer and Matt Ryan’s John Constantine.