Accidental Superhero Crossover

This was a fun little find I tripped over online. You know that guy who won the most on Jeopardy!? 74 games in a row? Yeah. His name is Ken Jennings and he has a blog. Its about a lot of stuff because well, he knows everything.

This little game he came up with puts unlikely comic book movie characters in a crossover in other movies. Not the Characters exactly, but their actors.

So an actor plays a superhero, but later plays a completely different character in an unrelated movie with another actor who once played a superhero. Now you have an Accidental Crossover that threatens the space/time continuum itself. Or not.

Ken Jennings challenges you.

in what movie could you find these accidental comic “crossovers”? (These range from sorta-obvious to insanely hard.)

1. Wolverine and Batman–mortal enemies!
2. Mister Fantastic saving the life of The Phantom’s fiancee!
3. J. Jonah Jameson as Kitty Pryde’s secret father!
4. The Penguin mentoring Judge Dredd!
5. Ghost Rider and Punisher–in jail together!
6. Catwoman gets Dick Tracy’s groove on!
7. Nick Fury in a hostage standoff with Lex Luthor!
8. Daredevil enlists–and serves under The Shadow!
9. Sabertooth sleeping with The Hulk’s wife!
10. The Joker menaces Olive Oyl with an axe!

So list the stars, and the movie they were in together.

And no. Your answer does not have to be in the form of a question.

17 Comments, Comment or Ping

  1. michael H

    1 the prestige
    2 king arthur
    7 The negoaitor
    the rest i don’t know

  2. michael H

    oops 1 hugh jackmen/Christian bale
    2 i dont know
    3samuel l jackson/ kevin spacey

  3. clarence somerset

    1. The Prestige (C Bale H Jackman)
    2. The Gathering (I Grufford K Swanson) - ?
    3. Juno (JK Simmons E Page)
    4. The Penguin mentoring Judge Dredd!
    5. Face/Off (N Cage T Jane)
    6. Bulworth (H Berry W Beattie)
    7. The Negotiator (S Jackson K Spacey)
    8. Pearl Harbor (B Affleck A Baldwin)
    9. The Painted Veil (L Schreiber E Norton N Watts)
    10. The Shining (J Nicholson S Duvall)

    Takes some googling…

  4. T-Man

    Unfortunately, Clarence beat us all 2 it. But #4 is Danny Devito and Sylvester Stallone were both in bananas. as side characters. i dunno any other movies.

  5. clarence somerset

    Danny DeVito and Sylvester Stallone - in what movie??

  6. clarence somerset

    ah, didn’t see your post, t-man. Thanks! that’s a hard one.

  7. Andee23

    1.(Christan Bale and Hugh Jackman) - The Prestige

    2.(Ioan Gruffudd and Bill Zane) - Titanic

    3.(J.K. Simmons and Ellen Page) - Juno

    4.(Danny Devito and Sylvester Stallone) - Bananas

    5.9Thomas Jane and Nicolas Cage) - Face/Off

    6.(Halle Berry and Warren Beatty) - Bulworth

    7.(Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey) - The Negotiator

    8.(Ben Affleck and Alec Baldwin) - Pearl Harbor

    9.(Edward Norton and Liev Shreiber) - The Painter Veil

    10. (Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall) - The Shinning

  8. Andee23

    Correction

    1.(Christan Bale and Hugh Jackman) - The Prestige

    2.(Ioan Gruffudd and Bill Zane) - Titanic

    3.(J.K. Simmons and Ellen Page) - Juno

    4.(Danny Devito and Sylvester Stallone) - Bananas

    5.(Thomas Jane and Nicolas Cage) - Face/Off

    6.(Halle Berry and Warren Beatty) - Bulworth

    7.(Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey) - The Negotiator

    8.(Ben Affleck and Alec Baldwin) - Pearl Harbor

    9.(Edward Norton and Liev Shreiber) - The Painted Veil

    10. (Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall) - The Shinning

  9. Kenobi

    Think back a little further, kids. Burgess Meredith played the Penguin on the 60’s Batman TV series and in 1966’s Batman movie. That would make the answer to #4 pretty easy… Rocky.

  10. Nazim Masnawi

    Whaddabout Iron Man secretly has hots for Spidey? Or Iron Man teams up with Two Face to catch Blade?

  11. DarkKinger

    I just realized… there is a movie I own where Judge Dredd faces off against Blade in a Utopian future.

  12. pendragon00

    4 is Rocky, “get up you bum because Mickey loves ya”

    Burgess Meredith played the Penguin opposite Adam West

  13. The Joker menacing Olive Oyl would make the best movie ever!

  14. Yawn.

    While we are at it, let’s keep going. How about ten more?

    11. The Punisher chases John ‘Hellblazer’ Constitine

    12. Lex Luthor is the father of Robin

    13. Catwoman indirectly makes Blade - and Spawn’s Clown- dress in drag

    14. Batman vs. Alphonse “Big Boy” Caprice

    15. Green Goblin mentors The Crow in prison

    16. Daredevil runs into Nick Fury

    17. Sandman is set up on a date by Batgirl

    18. Sandman is shot and killed by Batman

    19. Batman tells Constitine’s Gabriel that he is the angel of death.

    20. General Zod goes after Ghost Rider’s Mephistopheles

  15. leeloo

    the hulk is married?

  16. Troy

    1. The Prestige

    2. Ioan Gruffudd and The Phantom’s Fiancee??

    3. Juno

    4. Rocky (Mickey is the original Penguin)

    5. Face/Off

    6. Bulworth

    7. The Negotiator

    8. Pearl Harbor

    9. The Painted Veil

    10. The Shining

    11. Johnny Mnemonic

    12. The Chamber

    13. To Wong Foo

    14. Oceans 13 AND Heat

    15. Animal Factory

    16. Changing Lanes

    17. Miss Match

    18. Tombstone

    19. Michael Clayton

    20. The Limey

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