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The Marvel Animated Universe, or MAU for short, is a series of animated television shows and related spin-offs that share the same continuity. All of the animated series' were adapted from Marvel Comics properties.
The universe is comprised of X-Men, Iron Man, Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, Silver Surfer, Spider-Man Unlimited, and The Avengers: United They Stand. It spans 253 episodes, starting on October 31, 1992 with "Night Of The Sentinels, Part One" and ending on March 31, 2000 with "Destiny Unleashed".
It is possible that the Marvel Animated Universe exists within the Marvel Multiverse. The Marvel Database wiki states that there are several designations for the universe, though each series has a separate one.
There are several problems with classifying a coherent universe. Unlike the DC animated counterpart the various series were not created by one person or group but by different production companies with different goals and vision. There are several connections between the series such as The Incredible Hulk referring to events on Iron Man and Fantastic Four, Juggernaut appearance on Fantastic Four connecting to a previous episode on X-Men, and Robert Hays reprising his role as Iron Man on Spider-Man. However, there are numerous occasions that disconnect the series. Examples being Venom's history on Spider-Man and Spider-Man Unlimited, Captain America's timeline between Fantastic Four and Spider-Man, and most notably Silver Surfer on Fantastic Four and Silver Surfer. In the strictest sense, none of the series can fit together. However, the connections are too numerous to simply discount any and each series as completely separate.
Although series based on Marvel comics aired before and after, these eight were interconnected and created a larger universe than seen either before or after. For the purpose of this site these shows are called Non MAU.
Other Universes
There have been several other attempts to make multi-series universes.
The first universe that crossed series was the universe created by Spider-Man and Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends used clips and ideas originated by Spider-Man creating continuity between the two.
The next was Ultimate Avengers and its sequel Ultimate Avengers II.
Most recently, Christopher Yost created a large multi-series universe. The universe started with Wolverine and the X-Men and Hulk vs Wolverine was a prequel to the episode "Wolverine vs. Hulk", while Hulk vs Thor followed Hulk vs Wolverine. Yost then confirmed in an online interview that The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes was in the same universe as Wolverine and the X-Men.
External Links
- Marvel Animated Universe at Wikipedia
- Marvel Animation Age
- Earth-92131 at Marvel Database
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