Crossover Nexus

Crossover Nexus is a crossover episode of the short lived modern Cartoon Network original series, OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes. The episode is about K.O. teaming up with Garnet (from Steven Universe), Ben (from Ben 10), and Raven (from Teen Titans Go!) to stop an evil villain named Strike from destroying heroes from the Cartoon Network multiverse.

## Crossover Nexus

### Previous:

Monster Party (production)Mystery Sleepover (broadcast)

### Next:

Super Black Friday (production)Monster Party (broadcast)

### Written by:

Dave AlegreAnna Craig

Danny Ducker

Parker Simmons

Haewon Lee

### Storyboarded by:

Dave AlegreAnna Craig

Danny Ducker

Parker Simmons

Haewon Lee

### Episode number overall:

72 (broadcast)77 (digital and production)

## Characters

### **Important**

* K.O.
* Garnet (Steven Universe)
* Ben Tennyson (Ben 10) (2017)
* Raven (Teen Titans Go!)
* Strike

### **Other representations**

* Mr.Gar (mentioned)
* Steven Universe (imagined, gemstone in the original storyboards)
* Pearl (imagined)
* Amethyst (imagined)
* Robin (imagined)
* Starfire (imagined)
* Cyborg (imagined)
* Beast Boy (mentioned, imagined)
* Grandpa Max (mentioned)
* Gwen Tennyson (mentioned)

### **Cameos**

* Moxy (The Moxy Show) (stone, Ben's transformation, reanimated)
* Dexter (Dexter's Laboratory) (Ben's transformation)
* Monkey (Dexter's Laboratory) (stone, Ben's transformation)
* Johnny Bravo (Ben's Transformation)
* Carl (Johnny Bravo) (stone)
* SuperCow (Cow and Chicken) (Ben's transformation)
* Chicken (Cow and Chicken) (stone)
* Weasel (I Am Weasel) (stone, reanimated)
* Buttercup (The PowerPuff Girls) (Ben's transformation)
* Talking Dog (The PowerPuff Girls) (stone)
* Edd (Ed, Edd n Eddy) (stone, Ben's transformation)
* Lu (Mike, Lu, and Og) (stone)
* Courage (Courage the Cowardly Dog) (stone)
* Sheep (Sheep in the Big City) (stone)
* Larry 3000 (Time Squad) (stone)
* Robot Jones (Whatever Happened to… Robot Jones?) (stone, Ben's transformation, reanimated)
* Numbuh 5 (Codename: Kids Next Door) (stone)
* Grim (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy) (stone, Ben's transformation)
* Major Dr. Ghastly (Evil Con Carne) (stone)
* Erin (Miguzi) (stone)
* Kiva Andru (Megas XLR) (stone)
* Frankie (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends) (stone)
* Yumi (Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi) (stone, reanimated)
* Juniper Lee (The Life and Times of Juniper Lee) (stone)
* Lazlo (Camp Lazlo) (stone)
* Periwinkle (Periwinkle Around the World; Sunday Pants) (stone)
* Jake Spidermonkey (My Gym Partner's a Monkey) (stone)
* Rodney J. Squirrel (SquirrelBoy) (stone)
* Golly Gopher (Out of Jimmy's Head) (stone)
* Chowder (Chowder) (stone, Ben's transformation, reanimated)
* Schnitzel (Chowder) (stone, reanimated)
* Captain K'nuckles (The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack) (stone, Ben's transformation)
* Finn the Human (Adventure Time) (Ben's transformation)
* Jake the Dog (Adventure Time) (watch board, stone, Ben's transformation)
* Rex Salazar (Generator Rex) (stone)
* Mordecai (Regular Show) (Ben's transformation)
* Hi Five Ghost (Regular Show) (stone, reanimated)
* Illana (Sym-Bionic Titan) (stone, reanimated)
* Octus (Sym-Bionic Titan) (stone)
* Blastus (Robotomy) (stone)
* Duncan RosenBlatt (Firebreather) (stone)
* Alfe (The Problem Solverz) (stone)
* Gumball (The Amazing World of Gumball) (stone, Ben's transformation)
* Festro (Secret Mountain Fort Awesome) (stone, Ben's transformation, reanimated)
* Uncle Grandpa (Uncle Grandpa) (Ben's transformation)
* Jorel's Brother (Jorel's Brother) (stone)
* Jeff Randall (Clarance) (stone, Ben's transformation)
* Wirt (Over the Garden Wall) (Ben's transformation)
* Greg and Jason (Over the Garden Wall) (stone)
* Grizz (We Bare Bears) (stone, Ben's transformation)
* King Rufus (Long Live the Royals) (stone)
* Prohyas (Mighty Magiswords) (watch board, stone, Ben's transformation)
* Black Hat (Villainous) (stone)
* Apple (Apple and Onion) (stone)
* Kelsey and Mortimer (Craig of the Creek) (stone)
* Hedgehog (Summer Camp Island) (stone)
* Valentino (Victor and Valentino) (stone)
* One One (Infinity Train) (stone)
* Tiggy (Tig 'n' Seek) (stone)
* two unknown characters from The Fungies! (stone)
* Noods (reanimated)

## eras, promos, and blocks featured

* Toonix (Latin American counterparts of the Noods)
* Cartoon Cartoons
* Har Har Tharsdays
* Fall
* Shorties
* Yes!
* SuperChunk kid (graffiti cameo)
* Clyde 49 (Toonami) (graffiti cameo)
* JBVO
* Dude!
* Tickle U
* Fridays

## Other representations

### **Posters**

* Dexter's Laboratory
* Johnny Bravo
* The PowerPuff Girls (1998 original series)
* Ed, Edd n Eddy
* Samurai Jack (Season 5)
* The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
* Adventure Time
* Regular Show
* The Amazing World of GumBall
* Steven Universe
* We Bare Bears
* Ben 10 (2017 reboot)

### **Returning buildings on CN City**

* Townsville Hall (The PowerPuff Girls)
* KND Sector V treehouse (Codename: Kids Next Door)
* Billy's house (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
* Titans Tower (Teen Titans)
* Malph's
* Gas Station
* Candy store
* ACME building

### **New buildings added to CN City**

* Mung Daal's Catering (Chowder)
* Finn and Jake's treehouse (Adventure Time)
* Pops's house (Regular Show)
* Gar's Bodega (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes)

## Trivia

* The idea of this crossover came from the Point Prep Arc, a location of OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
* This crossover is a tribute to Cartoon Network throughout the years.
* This crossover marks the first and so far only time that Moxy (from The Moxy Show) was completely featured in official Cartoon Network media since Cartoon Network's 10 years in 60 seconds video.
* According to Parker Simmons on Twitter, the unknown cat stone was actually Mao Mao.
* Two of the Cartoon Network heroes that were summoned and turned into stone by Strike are characters that are from Cartoon Network originals that were not created in the United States: Jorel's Brother (Jorel's Brother) and Black Hat (Villainous).
	+ Jorel's Brother (Jorel's Brother)- The reason for his cameo was because of a live drawing of the titular character Quartey made at a Comic Con experience during his visit Brazil in 2017.
	+ Black Hat (Villainous)- Black Hat being with the Cartoon Network heroes is very strange because he was completely created as a villain despite being the protagonist of Villainous. However, in the episode, Q&A Black Hat Organization replies, The Black Hat stone was revealed to be the "perfect" Black Hat clone from the episode, The Perception of Evil.
* Cartoon Network originals that were not featured in Crossover Nexus:
	+ Class of 3000
	+ The Secret Saturdays
	+ What A Cartoon!
	+ Star Wars: Clone Wars (due to Disney still being the current owner of the Star Wars franchise).
	+ Transformers: Animated
	+ Mixels (as it was co-made by LEGO).
	+ Ben 10's original continuity (Ben 10 Classic, Ben 10: Alien Force, Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, Ben 10: Omniverse).
	+ The PowerPuff Girls (2016 reboot)
	+ Big Bag
	+ Completely live action CN originals (Dude, What Would Happen?, Destroy Build Destroy, Level Up)
* According to Ian Jones Quartey on Twitter, the 2D models from the Cartoon Network heroes that were turned into stone came from their actual home shows. However, he and his animation crew had to create ones for Moxy (The Moxy Show) and the Noods (the Noods era) due to them not having any official translations into traditional 2D characters.
* The crossover was announced at San Diego Comic Con 2018.
* Crossover Nexus had an official reference in OK KO's series finale, Thank You for Watching the Show. The reference was known as RedStrike Strikes Again.
* This crossover aired two months after Cow and Chicken and Evil Con Carne were re-released on iTunes and other digital purchases on August 16th, of that same year.

## Original 22 minute version

When Crossover Nexus first aired, A lot of people were impressed about the episode featuring CN City and other stuff forgotten by Cartoon Network. However, some critics complained about the episode being 11 minutes instead of 22 minutes. Quartey mentioned on a thread on Twitter that Crossover Nexus was indeed meant to be 22 minutes, however, Cartoon Network decided to cut it down to 11 minutes for unknown reasons. The original 22 minute version had multiple differences:

* K.O. was originally planned to meet Ruby and Sapphire before meeting Garnet.
* Strike's pen is the only villain in this version, Strike was not created until the crossover was cut down to 11 minutes.
* It was going to show One-One from Infinity Train before he was turned into stone.
* It was revealed that Raven was going to be possessed into red ink.
* CN City was not the setting of the original 22 minute version.