• Lack of ingenuity of some crossovers. Shows that really don't mix require a lot of ingenuity to make them work. It can be done, but it's not easy. (Unless you are writing a spoof or parody, then it is a bit easier) Like if you wanted to cross Thundercats with a soap opera (using examples of two shows I watch but would never write a crossover for) (Butler)
• Personality or body switching... having person from universe A end up in the body of someone from universe B and having them be all confused about the show they have been newly deposited on (Butler)
• The plot devices neccessary to cross over shows. That wouldn't be so much of a complaint except that it's plot devices even people with good stories tend to overuse, making it all the worse if the story itself is bad. For example, the common amnesia plotline. (Butler)
• Gonterman Effect.   The Gonterman Effect occurs any time when the author decides to throw in an extra-crossover character in because he/she is too lazy to create a new one.  Ex.: David Gonterman decides that Gadget needs a girl friend to talk to in his Sailor Moon USA comic.  The problem is that on the CDRR show never really had a re-acurring female character who was Gadget's age, so rather than come up with a new character, David decides to throw in Princess Sally from the Sonic the Hedgehog Comic to be Gadget's new pal... (Karmacide)

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