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1. Dexter (TV Series)

Summary: At a young age, about 3, Dexter and his brother were found in a storage container surrounded by blood and dead bodies. Det. Harry Morgan adopted Dexter. As Dexter grew older, Harry realized that Dexter had sociopathic tendencies (which Dexter identified as his "dark passenger"). Dexter had even been caught killing neighborhood pets. Understanding that Dexter would need to escalate- Harry taught Dexter a code. “The Code” stated that whomever Dexter killed needed to be a killer that wouldn’t stop killing and they must be guilty. He learned how to cover up his tracks and to lead separate lives. He later became a forensic blood spatter expert and still followed the Code he learned from Harry. He eventually married a lady named Rita who had two kids: Cody and Astor. Rita and Dexter have a son of their own. 

Connections: Dexter Morgan from Dexter (TV Series)  

was also in the Dexter (book series). Since there was a big difference in the timing of the events in the two and in Dexters' motivation for killing- the two Dexters' were a prime example of a parallel character.

1. Dexter Series

Summary: Dexter, once again, was found in a storage container with blood and was adopted by Harry Morgan. Harry trained and taught him a code of conduct. Dexters' adoptive sister Debra learned about his secret life at the end of the first book and sort of helped him or at least turned a blind to it. Dexter met and killed a couple of different murderers. He still married Rita and became a stepfather to Cody and Astor. He also had a daughter with Rita. Dexter even noticed that Cody and Astor were similar to him and he began to train them. Brian, Dexter's brother, even came to live with them. He still called  this need to kill his Dark Passenger. 

Connections: In this series, Dexter realized that what caused him to kill was an entity related to Moloch. The Dark Passenger that Dexter was probably one of Moloch’s children.

 Moloch, a demon worshiped in Biblical times, was known for having children sacrificed by fire. Either Moloch himself or a parallel version of him can be found in a Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode called “I Robot, You Jane." He got scanned into a computer, flirted with Willow, and had a robot body built for him.

 In the end, he was “killed” when he punched a power line.

2. Buffy The Vampire Slayer
   
   
   Summary: Buffy was the chosen one also known as a slayer. After she burnt down her last school's gym, she moved to Sunnydale trying to escape being a slayer. But it doesn't work. She found out that her new school stood on top of a hellmouth. The hellmouth was a portal to a demon dimension and attracted supernatural phenomena. Over her years at the high school, in college, and on into work- she and her friends fought evil supernatural baddies.
   Connections: Buffy had many different mystical artifacts appear in Sunnydale. One of these was the Orb of Thesulah.
   
   
   
   
   
   
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   The orb was said to be used as a vault for the rituals of the undead and could summon a human soul from the ether. In a show called Supernatural- the two brothers, Sam and Dean Winchester, come across a necklace that was supposed to contain the orb. It turned out to be a fake. 
    

3. Supernatural

Summary: Hunters were people who hunt down supernatural entities that threaten normal people. Sam and Dean Winchester were two who came from a family of hunters. They were trained by their father and continued to hunt even after their fathers' death.

Connections: Sam and Dean have encountered a band of ghost hunters called the Ghostfacers. Their names were Alan J. Corbett, Kenny Spruce, Maggie and Harry Spangler (sister and brother), and Ed Zeddmore.

It was believed that Maggie Spangler, Harry Spangler, and  Ed Zeddmore could be related to Egon Spengler and Winston Zeddemore from the Ghostbusters.

4. Ghostbusters

Summary: Three parapsychologists- Peter Venkman, Raymond Stantz, Egon Spengler lost their jobs at Columbia University. They came together and established a paranormal exterminator service called the Ghostbusters. They ran their business out of a retired firehouse. After they made their first catch- paranormal activity began increasing. They hired Winston Zeddemore to help cope with the demands of the job.

Connections: Egon Spengler of the Ghostbusters had a twin brother. This was Egon. 

 

His brother was named Elon Spengler and was the president of Wastebusters.

He appeared in the 1990 Earth Day Special, interviewed by Julie Brown.

5. The Earth Day Special

Summary: It’s Earth Day. A man named Every Man boasted about the technological progress that man had made. Mother Earth appeared in the sky chiding him and everyone else for taking the Earth for granted. Then, She became ill and fell to the Earth. To save her, humanity must learn to get their act together.
Connnections: Kermit the Frog and Robin were in a swamp surrounded by other frogs. 

The swamp was devastated and they were watching the Earth Day Special talking about pollution and how it hurt the Earth. Kermit also appeared in a Madtv sketch called “Cliffordfield” where he danced around like a loon.

6. Madtv: “Cliffordfield”

Summary: A big red dog ate New York City. Kermit and his friends were partying and recording the incident.

Connections: There were many guests at the party (Zack, Cody, Demi, i.e.). 

One of the guests was Carly Shay

 

She appeared in iCarly as a host of a web show by the same name.

2. iCarly

Summary: One day Carly and her friend Sam act funny at a talent show audition. Their friend Freddie taped it and posted it online. People viewed the video and asked for more. The two girls start a webshow and called it " iCarly."  On it they talk about teen stuff and also have talent contests, feature recipes, solve problems, and whatever else they can come up with that may be interesting.

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