9 Movies You Didn't Realise Are Set In The Same Universe

9. Trading Places & Coming To America

Admittedly, this is a pretty flimsy connection, but it's still something that proves two of Eddie Murphy's most popular movies from the 80s exist in the same world.

If you recall, the main premise behind Trading Places involves the ultra-rich owners of Duke & Duke brokerage firm trying to settle a bet about whether it's a person's heredity or their environment that sets them on a path to success. To find their answer, Randolph and Mortimer force one of their own high-ranking staff members (Dan Aykroyd) into homelessness and promote a street hustler (Eddie Murphy) to his position.

Aykroyd and Murphy's characters ultimately join together to ruin the Duke brothers careers while simultaneously getting extremely rich themselves. By the time the credits roll, Randolph and Mortimer are destitute.

Five years later, Murphy starred in Coming to America, playing Prince Akeem, heir to the throne of a (fictitious) African kingdom. In one scene, Akeem walks by two elderly homeless men and hands them a huge wad of bills. After counting it, one turns to the other and exclaims "Mortimer, we're back!"

It's the same actors who played the Duke brothers in Trading Places, confirming the two films share a universe -- despite taking place in two different cities.