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The worlds of _The Dirty Pair_ and _Crusher Joe_ seem to overlap. But it's
never been clear to me if the _The Dirty Pair_ (aka: "Lovely Angels") were
actually a part of the _Crusher Joe_ universe or were they just a parody
entertainment film in the Crusher Joe universe?

For example, in [this clip in the film _Crusher Joe_
(1983)](https://youtu.be/xftaqm398S4), the team is clearly watching a film of
the _The Dirty Pair_. Is this all just a layer of meta-reference?


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Are “The Dirty Pair” actually a part of the “Crusher Joe” universe? Or are they just a film parody in that universe?


**Yes, both _Dirty Pair_ and _Crusher Joe_ are in the same
universe/continuity.**

Aside from the fact that both were written by [Haruka
Takachiho](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruka_Takachiho), _Dirty Pair_ took
place around 20 years before _Crusher Joe_.

From [Japanese Wikipedia on _Dirty
Pair_](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%9A%E3%82%A2#%E4%BB%96%E4%BD%9C%E5%93%81%E3%81%A8%E3%81%AE%E3%81%A4%E3%81%AA%E3%81%8C%E3%82%8A),

> This work which was also written by the same author who had written _Crusher
> Joe_ shared the same universe and linked to _Crusher Joe_ 20 years later.

[_Dirty Pair_ OVA series review by Otaku USA
Magazine](http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/dirty-pair-ova-series-review/) also
states

> The series was created in 1979 as a set of novels by Haruka Takachiko,
> starting with the publishing of _Great Adventures of the Dirty Pair_ ,
> released in the U.S. by Dark Horse comics. The novels were done in
> connection with another of his works, _Crusher Joe_ , [...]. _Crusher Joe_
> is similar, though a bit more serious, fare about a group of galactic
> mercenaries who have their adventures a couple decades after the _Dirty
> Pair_.

Lastly, from [TV Tropes on _Dirty
Pair_](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/LightNovel/DirtyPair) ( _Warning,
TV Tropes link_ ),

> Novelist Haruka Takachiho first created the Pair in 1979, in a series of
> stories published as Light Novels set in the same continuity as his other
> series _Crusher Joe_ (which debuted 2 years earlier).

[_Crusher Joe_ article on
Wikia](http://dirtypair.wikia.com/wiki/Crusher_Joe#Connections_with_Dirty_Pair)
described the connection in more detail (in accordance with the Japanese
Wikipedia counterpart):

> It takes place in the same general universe as the _Dirty Pair_ light novels
> with cameos between the two franchises.

> The two series officially crossover in the light novel _Dirty Pair's Rough
> and Tumble_ where Kei and Yuri meet Crusher Dan, the father of the series
> protagonist Joe.

> In the _Crusher Joe: The Movie_ , A movie of the _Dirty Pair_ is shown at a
> scene taking place at a drive-in movie theater.

> In _Dirty Pair: Project Eden_ , the four main characters are shown briefly
> on the monitor in the Lovely Angel while Mughi is controlling it.

* * *

Apart from that, the drive-in _Dirty Pair_ movie on _Crusher Joe_ was adapted
from _The Great Adventure of the Dirty Pair_ , the first series of the light
novel.

From [Japanese Wikipedia on _Dirty
Pair_](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%9A%E3%82%A2#%E4%BB%96%E4%BD%9C%E5%93%81%E3%81%A8%E3%81%AE%E3%81%A4%E3%81%AA%E3%81%8C%E3%82%8A),

> The first appearance was in _Crusher Joe_ movie's scene on _The Great
> Adventure of the Dirty Pair_ movie.

From [Japanese Wikipedia on _Crusher
Joe_](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%A6#%E6%98%A0%E7%94%BB%E7%89%88)

> In the middle of the movie, there's a scene where Joe watched _Dirty Pair_
> movie. It's the movie about _The Great Adventure of the Dirty Pair_ [10].
>
> [10] From _[The Great Research of the Crusher
> Joe](https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%A6%E5%A4%A7%E7%A0%94%E7%A9%B6-%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A1%E6%96%87%E5%BA%AB-23/dp/4257600233)_
> , page 118 about "Drive-in theater".


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