History DuelingWorks / FilmCrossGenre

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** '''Implementation:''' ''Imaginary'' is a horror movie in which the imaginary friend is nursing a dangerous grudge against the young girl's stepmother for abandoning him. ''IF'' is a fantasy comedy in which the young girl discovers she can see the abandoned imaginary friends of other people and sets out the help them.

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** '''Implementation:''' ''Imaginary'' is a horror movie in which the imaginary friend is nursing a dangerous grudge against the young girl's stepmother for abandoning him. ''IF'' is a fantasy comedy in which the young girl discovers she can see the abandoned imaginary friends of other people and sets out the help them.
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* ''Anime/SpyXFamilyCodeWhite'' (2023) / ''Film/Abigail2024''
** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Films sharing the same release date in the US centering on little girls with supernatural secrets.
** '''Implementation:''' ''[=SPY×FAMILY=] CODE: White'' is a light-hearted [[NonSerialMovie non-serial]] anime movie based on a popular shonen espionage comedy manga where a central character is a goofy little girl who can read minds and uses this power to assemble a secret agent as a father and an assassin as a mother. ''Abigail'' is a tense American horror film about a little girl who is secretly a vampire and tricks a group of criminals into kidnapping her so she can pick them off one by one.
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* ''Film/{{Chronicle}}'' (2012) / ''Film/ProjectX'' (2012)

** '''Implementation:''' ''Mirror, Mirror'' is more humorous and family friendly, whereas ''Snow White and the Huntsman'' is more of a horror movie. (Incidentally the director of [[FunWithAcronyms SWATH]] isn't worried about competition since one is for kids and the other's for adults.) The former has Lily [[Film/TheBlindSide Collins (Touhy)]] as Snow White and Creator/JuliaRoberts as the evil queen; the latter has [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Bella]] and Film/{{Thor}} as the title characters and [[Film/{{Monster}} Eileen]] [[Creator/CharlizeTheron Wournos]] as the evil queen! Disney cancelled their movie, ''Order of the Seven'' [[WhatCouldHaveBeen (which had the dwarves replaced by an international group of martial artists)]] since they thought a third movie would be overkill to the Snow White story.

** '''Implementation:''' ''Turning Red'' is an animated story that's [[MagicalRealism relatively grounded other than the fact that its protagonist can turn into a red panda when she feels strong emotion]], while ''Everything Everywhere All at Once'' is a live-action GenreBusting tale about TheMultiverse that [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs contains some of the most outlandish concepts ever put to film]]. The ComingOfAgeStory is approached differently: ''Turning Red's'' Mei is a 13-year-old girl going through the (mostly) normal changes of a teenager her age and learning to embrace who she truly is, ''Everything Everywhere All at Once'''s Joy is a twentysomething young woman coming to terms with adulthood and the fact that GrowingUpSucks. [[spoiler:The protagonist and antagonist roles are also reversed: in ''Turning Red'', Mei is the protagonist, with her mother Ming as the antagonist; in ''Everything Everywhere All at Once'', Joy is the antagonist, with her mother Evelyn as the protagonist.]]

* ''Film/BlazingSaddles'' (1974) / ''Film/BossNigger'' (1975)
** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Both are [[TheWestern Western]] films about a black man becoming Sheriff in a white-majority town and dealing with discrimination.
** '''Implementation:''' ''Blazing Saddles'' is a comedy, while ''Boss Nigger'' is a Blaxploitation action film that is decidely [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism more cynical]] in its story.
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** '''Implementation:''' ''The Little Mermaid'' is a [[LiveActionAdaptation live-action]] [[Film/DisneyLiveActionRemakes remake]] of the [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 1989 animated film of the same name]] by Creator/{{Disney}} featuring a RaceLift version of original protagonist Ariel. ''Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken'' is an animated film by Disney's rivals Creator/DreamWorksSKG and features a [[CorruptedCharacterCopy villainous]] {{expy}} of Ariel.

** '''Implementation:''' ''The Little Mermaid'' is a [[LiveActionAdaptation live-action]] [[Film/DisneyLiveActionRemakes remake]] of the [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 1989 animated film of the same name]] by Creator/{{Disney}} featuring a RaceLift version of original protagonist Ariel. ''Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken'' is an animated film by Disney's rivals Creator/DreamWorksSKG and features a villainous {{expy}} of Ariel.

** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Two Creator/MikeMyers comedy/parody movie franchises that take [[TakeThat direct aim at two other noteworthy film franchises/companies]]; for ''Austin Powers'', it targets the James Bond movies, while ''Shrek'' is directed towards The Walt Disney Company, the former employer of ''Shrek'' maker Creator/DreamWorks founder Jeffrey Katzenberg (as a side note, Katzenberg entered Hollywood through United Artists, leaving for Paramount at about the time they released ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'', connecting Katzenberg to both targets). ''Austin Powers'' started in 1997 and saw Myers play a legendary spy and his archnemesis Dr. Evil, with Myers taking an additional role in each subsequent film. The ''Shrek'' series started in 2001, one year before the last ''Austin Powers'' film, ''Goldmember'', and Myers voiced the titular ogre in an adventure to get his swamp back and eventually fall in love.

** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Both 1976 films were inspired by the RealLife illegal cross-continent road race "The Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash", that took place for a number of years in the United States. ''The Gumball Rally'', however, was a comedy, while ''Cannonball'' was an action suspense film.
** '''Implementation:''' ''Cannonball'' was largely a rehash of the previous year's ''Film/DeathRace2000'', both directed by Paul Bartel and starring David Carradine, only in a modern-day setting and without the comedy.

** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Both films are based on the same unproduced script (''How Soon Is Now'' by Dan Schoffer) and thus have the same basic plot (a group of high school friends reunite during the first Thanksgiving break after they go to college, during which a recently-dumped ex-prom king strikes up an unlikely bond with a with his more reserved former classmate). This trope was actually invoked -- they were made for the reality TV show ''Series/TheChair2014'', which documented the creation process of both films and had audiences vote on which one they liked better.

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** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Two films released in March 2022 about the complicated relationship between a first-generation Chinese immigrant and her daughter set in North America, with themes of coming-of-age and GenerationalTrauma and containing supernatural elements. Both films are also produced by beloved and critically-acclaimed studios (Creator/{{Pixar}} and Creator/{{A24}} respectively).

** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Madcap {{Action Adventure}}s all involving TheMultiverse.
** '''Implementation:''' The former two films are post-Infinity Saga entries in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse and sequels to ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' and ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'', respectively. ''No Way Home'' brings in characters from Creator/SamRaimi’s ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' and Marc Webb’s ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'' into the MCU, while ''Multiverse of Madness'' has Doctor Strange and America Chavez [[DimensionalTraveler accessing]] {{Alternate Universe}}s. Meanwhile, ''Everything, Everywhere All at Once'' is an original, {{Mind Screw}}y, {{Martial Arts|Movie}} {{Dramedy}} by Creator/TheDaniels starring Creator/MichelleYeoh, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, and Creator/KeHuyQuan.

** '''Implementation:''' While both films have surrealistic elements, ''Enemy'' is a psychological thriller with a grounded tone and set in contemporary times, while ''The Double'' is a dark comedy where the characters have exaggerated personalities and live in an anachronistic society. Both are also based on stories called ''The Double'', but not the same story; ''Enemy'' is based on a 2002 novel by José Saramago and ''The Double'' (the film) is based on an 1846 novella by Creator/FyodorDostoevsky.

* ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'' (2022) / ''Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce'' (2022)
** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' {{Action Adventure}}s through TheMultiverse.
** '''Implementation:''' ''DSITMOM'' is the sequel to ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'' in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, while ''EEAAO'' is an original, {{Dramedy}} MartialArtsMovie by Creator/TheDaniels [[AllStarCast starring]] Creator/MichelleYeoh, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, and Creator/KeHuyQuan.

** '''Implementation:''' ''DSITMOM'' is the sequel to ''Film/DoctorStrange'' (2016) in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, while ''EEAAO'' is an original, {{Dramedy}} MartialArtsMovie by Creator/TheDaniels [[AllStarCast starring]] Creator/MichelleYeoh, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, and Creator/KeHuyQuan.

** '''Capsule Pitch Description''': Two films released in March 2022 about the complicated relationship between a first-generation Chinese immigrant and her daughter set in North America, with themes of coming-of-age and GenerationalTrauma and containing supernatural elements. Both films are also produced by beloved and critically-acclaimed studios (Creator/{{Pixar}} and Creator/{{A24}} respectively).

** '''Capsule Pitch Description''': Two films released in March 2022 about the complicated relationship between a first-generation Chinese immigrant and her daughter set in North America, with themes of coming-of-age and generational trauma and containing supernatural elements. Both films are also produced by beloved and critically-acclaimed studios (Creator/{{Pixar}} and Creator/{{A24}} respectively).

* The ''Film/AustinPowers'' trilogy (1997) / The ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' series (2001)

** '''Implementation:''' ''Blood and Honey'' is a parody horror film based on the ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'' series, in which an adult Christopher Robin returns to the Hundred-Acre Wood only to find himself fighting off a now-murderous Pooh and Piglet. ''Cocaine Bear'' is a VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory BlackComedy thriller about an otherwise ordinary bear going on a violent rampage after unwittingly ingesting a brick of cocaine.

** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Three DirectToVideo movie adaptations of ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio'' that are set for release in the same year.