10 TV Shows You Didn't Know Had Weird Connections
The crossovers you may not have realised crossed over.
Who doesn't love a good TV crossover? Traditionally a solid way to boost ratings, the likes of Peter Griffin finding himself in Springfield, Jess Day and Jake Peralta crossing paths in New York, and countless occurrences within the Arrowverse are always fun.
Such clashes of titans don't always announce themselves to the world so loudly, however, and often they are far more subtle, bringing series into the same universe that you may or may not have ever expected. You could have watched every episode of these shows and still not spotted some of the connections.
In some cases, that's the point, while in others, they may have even been accidental by-products of other crossovers. Then there are those that are very purposefully put in place as a slight nod to others' work in the industry, or even shared circumstances that you would never even know just from looking.
TV giants have been given official and unofficial ties to each other, while others simply shared a surprising set location, or had future connections seemingly telegraphed long before they ultimately happened. They aren't always straightforward or easy to spot, and in fact, sometimes the more obscure is for the better.
10. Westworld & Game Of Thrones
Outside of the other properties within the World of Ice and Fire, namely House of the Dragon and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Game of Thrones would struggle to connect with any other TV shows.
There is no fancy technology that can link timelines like some of the upcoming entries on this list, nor are there any visible easter eggs to anything else. It is, by all accounts, as self-contained as it gets. That is, it was, until 2020.
Another juggernaut of TV was Westworld, one that in its second season brought Drogon, Daenerys Targaryen's (Emilia Clarke) biggest dragon, into its universe, as well as a cameo appearance from Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. The beast was seen as something of an attraction for the show's Medieval World, and was included as a deliberate nod to Game of Thrones, its showrunners, and George R. R. Martin.
According to Westworld showrunner Jonathan Nolan, it was actually Martin himself who had been trying to manifest a crossover between the two powerhouses, with the Medieval World from the original movie being too much of an opportunity to pass up. Even with the sour taste left by season eight of Game of Thrones, this was a cool nod to what was once the biggest TV series in history.