we smell some crossovers welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 movie
universes you didn’t know we’re linked
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
taking a look at film franchises that
are strangely or mysteriously connected
while some of these links have been
confirmed by filmmakers others are based
on theories with strong evidence in
their favor since some involve key plot
details a spoiler alert is now in effect
number 10 the Spy Kids franchise and the
machete franchise this must be machete
hitting the silver screen in 2001 Spy
Kids was a vibrant whimsical adventure
for the whole family it’s hard to
believe that this colorful action comedy
came from director Robert Rodriguez who
made the ultraviolent machete almost a
decade later even more surreal these two
polar opposite movies exist in the same
universe in both franchises actor Danny
Trejo plays a character named machete
who just so happens to be the uncle of
Carmen and juni Cortez on their father’s
side
uncle machete helps the titular spy kids
by making gadgets like the world’s
of course machete probably could have
saved the day his way but it wouldn’t
number nine the Star Wars franchise and
ET the extra-terrestrial it’s no secret
that Steven Spielberg and George Lucas
are good friends having collaborated on
various projects that’s not the only
link these two filmmakers share however
in Spielberg’s et the titular
extra-terrestrial has a close encounter
with a child dressed as Yoda on
Halloween et is drawn to the fellow
alien assuming he’s from home you ever
consider that maybe ET knows Yoda
personally though when Lucas made the
Phantom Menace decades later he
incorporated an awesome Easter egg with
a few members of et’s alien race at the
Galactic Senate could this mean that et
used the Force to heal wounds and make
bicycles fly that’s not how the force
works number eight the transporter
franchise and collateral collateral is a
crime thriller grounded in gritty
realism the transporter franchise is an
unabashedly over-the-top action romp it
takes physics to cartoonishly flexible
places there are a couple of things
these very different films have in
common though both have car chases and
both feature appearances from Jason
Statham the English actor takes center
stage as Frank Martin in the transporter
movies but merely makes a cameo in
collateral as an unnamed man who drops
off a bag at an airport given their
similar line of work it’s widely
believed that the airport man and Frank
Martin are one and the same Martin
certainly seems like the type who would
do business with hitman Vincent number 7
the jaws franchise and the piranha
coming out three years after jaws
piranha aimed to cash in on the swimming
predator trend albeit with a satirical
approach
2010’s piranha 3d served as a remake of
its 1978 predecessor with the return of
a familiar face in the film Richard
Dreyfuss plays Matt Boyd who quickly
meets a watery grave this fisherman
shares the same first name as dreyfuses
character from Jaws Matt Hooper
Matt Hooper I’m from the Oceanographic
Institute coincidence not according to
Dreyfuss who claims this character is an
older Matt Hooper quote who escaped
being eaten by the shark and is now
eaten by a bunch of piranha fish
honestly we could certainly see piranha
3d and jaws 3d existing in the same
world number six the Pixar universe
theory if you watch any Pixar movie
several times you’ll start to notice a
few Easter eggs popping up such as the
Pizza Planet truck these hidden
references have led many to believe that
these animated features are all
connected sparking the Pixar universe
theory according to this proposed
timeline it all begins in prehistoric
times with the good dinosaur and moves
forward in admittedly convoluted fashion
it’s actually been suggested that the
doors and Monsters Inc are gateways to
different time periods some have even
argued that the witch from brave is an
older version of boo who got lost in
time looking for her old pal Sully
well it’s hard to nail down an exact
timeline that everyone can agree on
Disney’s animated classics have inspired
numerous fan theories that tie every
character together in Hercules scar pops
up as a very lovely throw rug given the
link between Zeus and Poseidon in Greek
mythology it’s also possible that
Hercules and Ariel are once removed
first cousins speaking of the Little
Mermaid it’s been speculated that the
sunken ship in that film belonged to
Elsa and Anna’s parents who also share a
resemblance to Tarzan’s parents frozen
additionally includes cameos from
Rapunzel and Flynn Rider from tangled we
could dive deeper into the Disney
connections but that would take all day
number 4 the Stephen King movie
multiverse with over 50 novels and over
200 short stories to his credit few
writers have a resume as lengthy or
impressive as Stephen King’s what’s even
more impressive is that many of Kings
tales exist within the same multiverse
well that explains why Maine is overrun
with killer clowns telekinetic girls and
ancient burial grounds King’s library of
work is so vast that we don’t have
nearly enough time to discuss every
single connection but the Dark Tower
books are perhaps the most essential
piece of the puzzle King stated quote
Roland’s world or worlds actually
contains all the others of my making and
by extension this applies to the film
adaptations of his works number three
the Quentin Tarantino Cinematic Universe
when the characters of Reservoir Dogs or
a pulp fiction when they go to the
movies Kill Bill is what they go see
that’s the dawn is what they go see Big
Kahuna burger isn’t the only thing
Quentin Tarantino’s movies have in
common
almost all of Tarantino’s characters
exist within the realer than real
universe although some inhabit a movie
universe set within it
for example from dusk till dawn and Kill
Bill are the kind of films the
characters from Reservoir Dogs or pulp
fiction would watch speaking of which
did you know that Vic and Vincent Vega
are brothers Tarantino once actually had
plans to make a Vega brothers spin-off
Donny Donowitz from inglourious
bastards is also the father of Lee
Donowitz from true romance so basically
whenever two of his characters share the
same last name it’s probably not a
coincidence number two unbreakable and
split M night Shyamalan is known for
twist endings and split included one of
his best to date viewers who did their
homework might have known going in that
this thriller shared a link to
unbreakable but it remained unclear how
exactly they were connected the ad
campaign marketed split as a standalone
movie which is why so many were caught
off guard when Bruce Willis reprised his
mr. glass comparing the hoard to mr.
glass it suddenly becomes evident to the
audience that they just watched a secret
sequel to a film that’s over 15 years
old in 2017
Shyamalan announced worlds would collide
again in a third film entitled glass
before we get to our top pick here are
[Music]
hey dad this is Rena going to meet you
can I help out here this sorry this is
Special Agent Ray Nicolet without all
Tobacco and Firearms
I’m rap-off Duke how you doing Randy
what’s happening my younger brother
Mortimer hey Monty we’re back number one
the Alien franchise and the Blade Runner
franchise alien and Bladerunner are two
of the greatest science fiction movies
ever made and both come from the same
director Ridley Scott theorists have
been drawing parallels between these two
movie universes for years but it wasn’t
until Scott directed Prometheus in 2012
that we got confirmation of their
connection in Blade Runner the Tyrell
corporation develops androids known as
replicants in Alien the weyland-yutani
corporation is largely responsible for
everything that goes wrong the blu-ray
release of Prometheus revealed that
Peter Whelan’s mentor was basically none
other than dr. Eldon Tyrell the idea of
these companies merging might be scary
for Humanity but it would be cool to see
Ripley and Deckard team-up replicants
are like any other machine they’re
either a benefit or a hazard do you
agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and
subscribe for new videos every day [Music]
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 movie
universes you didn’t know we’re linked
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
taking a look at film franchises that
are strangely or mysteriously connected
while some of these links have been
confirmed by filmmakers others are based
on theories with strong evidence in
their favor since some involve key plot
details a spoiler alert is now in effect
number 10 the Spy Kids franchise and the
machete franchise this must be machete
hitting the silver screen in 2001 Spy
Kids was a vibrant whimsical adventure
for the whole family it’s hard to
believe that this colorful action comedy
came from director Robert Rodriguez who
made the ultraviolent machete almost a
decade later even more surreal these two
polar opposite movies exist in the same
universe in both franchises actor Danny
Trejo plays a character named machete
who just so happens to be the uncle of
Carmen and juni Cortez on their father’s
side
uncle machete helps the titular spy kids
by making gadgets like the world’s
of course machete probably could have
saved the day his way but it wouldn’t
number nine the Star Wars franchise and
ET the extra-terrestrial it’s no secret
that Steven Spielberg and George Lucas
are good friends having collaborated on
various projects that’s not the only
link these two filmmakers share however
in Spielberg’s et the titular
extra-terrestrial has a close encounter
with a child dressed as Yoda on
Halloween et is drawn to the fellow
alien assuming he’s from home you ever
consider that maybe ET knows Yoda
personally though when Lucas made the
Phantom Menace decades later he
incorporated an awesome Easter egg with
a few members of et’s alien race at the
Galactic Senate could this mean that et
used the Force to heal wounds and make
bicycles fly that’s not how the force
works number eight the transporter
franchise and collateral collateral is a
crime thriller grounded in gritty
realism the transporter franchise is an
unabashedly over-the-top action romp it
takes physics to cartoonishly flexible
places there are a couple of things
these very different films have in
common though both have car chases and
both feature appearances from Jason
Statham the English actor takes center
stage as Frank Martin in the transporter
movies but merely makes a cameo in
collateral as an unnamed man who drops
off a bag at an airport given their
similar line of work it’s widely
believed that the airport man and Frank
Martin are one and the same Martin
certainly seems like the type who would
do business with hitman Vincent number 7
the jaws franchise and the piranha
coming out three years after jaws
piranha aimed to cash in on the swimming
predator trend albeit with a satirical
approach
2010’s piranha 3d served as a remake of
its 1978 predecessor with the return of
a familiar face in the film Richard
Dreyfuss plays Matt Boyd who quickly
meets a watery grave this fisherman
shares the same first name as dreyfuses
character from Jaws Matt Hooper
Matt Hooper I’m from the Oceanographic
Institute coincidence not according to
Dreyfuss who claims this character is an
older Matt Hooper quote who escaped
being eaten by the shark and is now
eaten by a bunch of piranha fish
honestly we could certainly see piranha
3d and jaws 3d existing in the same
world number six the Pixar universe
theory if you watch any Pixar movie
several times you’ll start to notice a
few Easter eggs popping up such as the
Pizza Planet truck these hidden
references have led many to believe that
these animated features are all
connected sparking the Pixar universe
theory according to this proposed
timeline it all begins in prehistoric
times with the good dinosaur and moves
forward in admittedly convoluted fashion
it’s actually been suggested that the
doors and Monsters Inc are gateways to
different time periods some have even
argued that the witch from brave is an
older version of boo who got lost in
time looking for her old pal Sully
well it’s hard to nail down an exact
timeline that everyone can agree on
Disney’s animated classics have inspired
numerous fan theories that tie every
character together in Hercules scar pops
up as a very lovely throw rug given the
link between Zeus and Poseidon in Greek
mythology it’s also possible that
Hercules and Ariel are once removed
first cousins speaking of the Little
Mermaid it’s been speculated that the
sunken ship in that film belonged to
Elsa and Anna’s parents who also share a
resemblance to Tarzan’s parents frozen
additionally includes cameos from
Rapunzel and Flynn Rider from tangled we
could dive deeper into the Disney
connections but that would take all day
number 4 the Stephen King movie
multiverse with over 50 novels and over
200 short stories to his credit few
writers have a resume as lengthy or
impressive as Stephen King’s what’s even
more impressive is that many of Kings
tales exist within the same multiverse
well that explains why Maine is overrun
with killer clowns telekinetic girls and
ancient burial grounds King’s library of
work is so vast that we don’t have
nearly enough time to discuss every
single connection but the Dark Tower
books are perhaps the most essential
piece of the puzzle King stated quote
Roland’s world or worlds actually
contains all the others of my making and
by extension this applies to the film
adaptations of his works number three
the Quentin Tarantino Cinematic Universe
when the characters of Reservoir Dogs or
a pulp fiction when they go to the
movies Kill Bill is what they go see
that’s the dawn is what they go see Big
Kahuna burger isn’t the only thing
Quentin Tarantino’s movies have in
common
almost all of Tarantino’s characters
exist within the realer than real
universe although some inhabit a movie
universe set within it
for example from dusk till dawn and Kill
Bill are the kind of films the
characters from Reservoir Dogs or pulp
fiction would watch speaking of which
did you know that Vic and Vincent Vega
are brothers Tarantino once actually had
plans to make a Vega brothers spin-off
Donny Donowitz from inglourious
bastards is also the father of Lee
Donowitz from true romance so basically
whenever two of his characters share the
same last name it’s probably not a
coincidence number two unbreakable and
split M night Shyamalan is known for
twist endings and split included one of
his best to date viewers who did their
homework might have known going in that
this thriller shared a link to
unbreakable but it remained unclear how
exactly they were connected the ad
campaign marketed split as a standalone
movie which is why so many were caught
off guard when Bruce Willis reprised his
mr. glass comparing the hoard to mr.
glass it suddenly becomes evident to the
audience that they just watched a secret
sequel to a film that’s over 15 years
old in 2017
Shyamalan announced worlds would collide
again in a third film entitled glass
before we get to our top pick here are
[Music]
hey dad this is Rena going to meet you
can I help out here this sorry this is
Special Agent Ray Nicolet without all
Tobacco and Firearms
I’m rap-off Duke how you doing Randy
what’s happening my younger brother
Mortimer hey Monty we’re back number one
the Alien franchise and the Blade Runner
franchise alien and Bladerunner are two
of the greatest science fiction movies
ever made and both come from the same
director Ridley Scott theorists have
been drawing parallels between these two
movie universes for years but it wasn’t
until Scott directed Prometheus in 2012
that we got confirmation of their
connection in Blade Runner the Tyrell
corporation develops androids known as
replicants in Alien the weyland-yutani
corporation is largely responsible for
everything that goes wrong the blu-ray
release of Prometheus revealed that
Peter Whelan’s mentor was basically none
other than dr. Eldon Tyrell the idea of
these companies merging might be scary
for Humanity but it would be cool to see
Ripley and Deckard team-up replicants
are like any other machine they’re
either a benefit or a hazard do you
agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and
subscribe for new videos every day [Music]
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