List of fictional universes in animation and comics
This is a partial list of fictional universes created for comic books and animated film and television.
| Universe | Origin/ first mentioned | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amalgam Universe | Amalgam Comics #1 | 1996 | Marvel & DC crossover |
| Bedrock | The Flintstones | 1960 | Modern/prehistoric town |
| DC Animated Universe | Batman: The Animated Series | 1992 | Refers to a series of popular animated television series and related spin-offs produced by Warner Bros. Animation which share the same continuity. Sometimes referred to as the Diniverse or Timmverse after its two most notable contributors, Paul Dini and Bruce Timm. |
| Disney's Phineas and Ferb Universe | Rollercoaster (Phineas and Ferb) | 2007 | A Universe where Phineas and Ferb, and Milo Murphy's Law both take place. |
| DC Multiverse | The Flash #123 | 1961 | Universe in which the many separate continuities of DC Comics (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman) take place |
| 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. |
| 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. It was largely the creation of Carl Barks. |
| Equestria | My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic | 2010 | A world consisting of both sentient and non-sentient animals and creatures, but mostly of four types of ponies: Earth ponies, Pegasus ponies, Unicorn ponies and Alicorn ponies (which are winged unicorns and are of royal status.) All ponies have, or will obtain a Cutie Mark, which is a symbol that appears on their flank when they discover what their special talent is. There is also a modern-day human world where characters have human being counterparts of themselves; access to this world is through a magic portal. |
| Erfworld | Erfworld | 2006 | Fantasy realm that follows the rules of a tabletop wargame, featured in a webcomic of the same name |
| Eternia | Masters of the Universe | 1981 | Mystical planet at the centre of the universe that forms the setting for the Masters of the Universe franchise |
| Image Universe | Savage Dragon #1, Spawn #1, & Youngblood #1 | 1992 | Setting of many of the comic books published by Image Comics take place. |
| MacFarlane universe | Family Guy | 1999 | The setting for multiple cartoons created by Seth MacFarlane, including Family Guy, American Dad! and The Cleveland Show. Also crossed over with Springfield from The Simpsons in The Simpsons Guy. |
| Marvel Multiverse | Universe in which the various separate continuities of Marvel Comics (Spider-Man, X-Men, Captain America) take place. | ||
| Mickey Mouse universe | Plane Crazy | 1928 | Where some cartoon characters created by the Walt Disney Company live, the most famous of which is Mickey Mouse. It is coexistent with the Duck universe |
| Mongo | Flash Gordon | 1934 | Totalitarian planet that is the setting for the Flash Gordon comic strip |
| The Pixar Universe | Toy Story | 1995 | Fictional universe with all of the Pixar features connected in the same universe through a major timeline of events |
| Sigilverse | CrossGenesis #1 | 2000 | Serves as the 900th century setting for most titles published by CrossGen Comics. |
| Springfield | The Simpsons | 1989 | Fictional town in which Matt Groening's animated series The Simpsons takes place. Crossed over with the MacFarlane universe in The Simpsons Guy. |
| Star Wars | Star Wars | 1977 | While the Saga originated with live-action films, George Lucas produced Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated film / animated series and Dave Filoni produced Star Wars Rebels, and was supervising director on the film and both animated series. The animation has the same universe as the live-action films. |
| Tintin universe | Tintin in the Land of the Soviets | 1929 | The fictionalised world of Herge's Adventures of Tintin |
| 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. |
| Untitled Lego shared universe | The Lego Movie | 2014 | Animated LEGO films produced by Warner Bros. that includes films such as The Lego Movie and The Lego Batman Movie. |
| Hanna-Barbera cinematic universe | S.C.O..O.B | 2018 | Animated films produced by Warner Bros. based on Hanna-Barbera cartoons.[1] |
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