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* ''Film/Super8'' meets ''Supernatural''
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* ''Series/SearchParty'' is ''Series/{{Girls}}'' meets ''Series/HowToGetAwayWithMurder''
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** Or The {{Emberverse}}, starring [[Literature/TheHungerGames Katniss Everdeen]].
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** Or The {{Emberverse}}, Literature/{{Emberverse}}, starring [[Literature/TheHungerGames Katniss Everdeen]].
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** ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' is ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' meets ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman'' meets ''Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger'' meets ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel''.
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** ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' is ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' meets ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman'' meets ''Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger'' ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' meets ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel''.
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*** Or ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' meets ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' meets ''[[LightNovel/FateApocrypha Apocrypha]]'' meets ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' meets ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' meets ''[[Anime/RoninWarriors Yoroiden Samurai Troopers]]'' meets ''Manga/FutureDiary'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
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*** Or ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' meets ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' ''[[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure HeartCatch PreCure!]]'' meets ''[[LightNovel/FateApocrypha Apocrypha]]'' meets ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' meets ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' meets ''[[Anime/RoninWarriors Yoroiden Samurai Troopers]]'' meets ''Manga/FutureDiary'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
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** ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'' is ''Series/KamenRider'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderAgito'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''[[Series/{{Kikaider}} JinzÅ Ningen Kikaider]]'' meets ''Series/KagakuSentaiDynaman'' meets ''Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode'' meets ''Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS''.
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** ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'' is ''Series/KamenRider'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderAgito'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''[[Series/{{Kikaider}} JinzÅ Ningen Kikaider]]'' meets ''Series/KagakuSentaiDynaman'' meets ''Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode'' ''[[Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode Kirakira PreCure a la Mode]]'' meets ''Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS''.
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** ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'' is ''Series/KamenRider'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderAgito'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''[[Series/{{Kikaider}} JinzÅ Ningen Kikaider]]'' meets ''Series/KagakuSentaiDynaman'' meets ''Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS''.
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** ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'' is ''Series/KamenRider'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderAgito'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''[[Series/{{Kikaider}} JinzÅ Ningen Kikaider]]'' meets ''Series/KagakuSentaiDynaman'' meets ''Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode'' meets ''Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS''.
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** ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger'' is ''Super Sentai'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderAmazon'' meets ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers''.
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** ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger'' is ''Super Sentai'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderAmazon'' meets ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers''.''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' meets ''[[Anime/GaoGaiGar The King of Braves GaoGaiGar]]''.
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** ''Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger'' is ''Series/ChoushinseiFlashman'' meets ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' meets ''Series/ChouseishinGransazer'' meets ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' (and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ ZZ]]'') meets ''Series/UltramanLeo'' meets ''Anime/JuuniSenshiBakuretsuEtoRanger''.
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** ''Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger'' is ''Series/ChoushinseiFlashman'' meets ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' meets ''Series/ChouseishinGransazer'' meets ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' (and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ ZZ]]'') meets ''Series/UltramanLeo'' meets ''Anime/JuuniSenshiBakuretsuEtoRanger''.
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** ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' is ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' meets ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman'' ''Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger'' meets ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel''.
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** ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' is ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' meets ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman'' meets ''Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger'' meets ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel''.
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** ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' is ''Series/KamenRiderBlack'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' (and ''[[Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight Dragon Knight]]'') meets ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' meets ''Anime/PsychoPass'' meets ''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta'' meets ''LightNovel/FateZero''.
*** Or ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' meets ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'' meets ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' meets ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' (and ''[[LightNovel/FateApocrypha Apocrypha]]'') meets ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' meets ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' meets ''[[Anime/RoninWarriors Yoroiden Samurai Troopers]]'' meets ''Manga/FutureDiary'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
*** Or ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' meets ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'' meets ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' meets ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' (and ''[[LightNovel/FateApocrypha Apocrypha]]'') meets ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' meets ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' meets ''[[Anime/RoninWarriors Yoroiden Samurai Troopers]]'' meets ''Manga/FutureDiary'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
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** ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' is ''Series/KamenRiderBlack'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' (and ''[[Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight Dragon Knight]]'') meets ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'' meets ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' meets ''Anime/PsychoPass'' meets ''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta'' meets ''LightNovel/FateZero''.
''LightNovel/FateZero'' and ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''.
*** Or ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' meets''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'' meets ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' meets ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' (and ''[[LightNovel/FateApocrypha Apocrypha]]'') Apocrypha]]'' meets ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' meets ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' meets ''[[Anime/RoninWarriors Yoroiden Samurai Troopers]]'' meets ''Manga/FutureDiary'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
*** Or ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' meets
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** ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' is ''Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger'' meets ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel''.
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** ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' is ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' meets ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman'' ''Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger'' meets ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel''.
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** ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'' is shaping up to be ''Series/BattleFeverJ'' meets ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' and/or ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'' meets ''Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger'' (and ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury'') meets ''[[Anime/DokiDokiPrettyCure Dokidoki! PreCure]]''.
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** ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'' is shaping up to be ''Series/BattleFeverJ'' meets ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' and/or meets ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'' meets ''Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger'' (and ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury'') meets ''[[Anime/DokiDokiPrettyCure Dokidoki! PreCure]]''.
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** ''Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger'' is ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman'' meets ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger'' meets ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderKuuga'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderOOO'' meets ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'' meets ''LightNovel/LogHorizon'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''.
** ''Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger'' is ''Series/ChoushinseiFlashman'' meets ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' meets ''Series/ChouseishinGransazer'' meets ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' meets ''Series/UltramanLeo'' meets ''Anime/JuuniSenshiBakuretsuEtoRanger''.
** ''Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger'' is ''Series/ChoushinseiFlashman'' meets ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' meets ''Series/ChouseishinGransazer'' meets ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' meets ''Series/UltramanLeo'' meets ''Anime/JuuniSenshiBakuretsuEtoRanger''.
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** ''Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger'' is ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman'' meets ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger'' meets ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderKuuga'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderOOO'' meets ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'' meets ''LightNovel/LogHorizon'' ''[[Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure Go! Princess PreCure]]'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''.
** ''Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger'' is ''Series/ChoushinseiFlashman'' meets ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' meets ''Series/ChouseishinGransazer'' meets ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' (and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ ZZ]]'') meets ''Series/UltramanLeo'' meets ''Anime/JuuniSenshiBakuretsuEtoRanger''.
** ''Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger'' is ''Series/ChoushinseiFlashman'' meets ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' meets ''Series/ChouseishinGransazer'' meets ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' (and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ ZZ]]'') meets ''Series/UltramanLeo'' meets ''Anime/JuuniSenshiBakuretsuEtoRanger''.
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** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' is ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets ''Series/BabylonFive''.
*** Or ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets ''Series/TheWestWing'' meets ''VideoGame/MassEffect''.
** ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' is ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' (or alternatively, ''Series/LostInSpace'').
*** Or ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets ''Series/TheWestWing'' meets ''VideoGame/MassEffect''.
** ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' is ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' (or alternatively, ''Series/LostInSpace'').
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** WordOfGod describes the season 2 episode "Projections" as the TNG episodes "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E9TheMeasureOfAMan}} The Measure Of A Man]]" meets "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E19FrameOfMind}} Frame of Mind]]".
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** ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'' is shaping up to be ''Series/BattleFeverJ'' meets ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' and/or ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'', with some ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury'' and ''[[Anime/DokiDokiPrettyCure Dokidoki! PreCure]]'' thrown in.
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** ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'' is shaping up to be ''Series/BattleFeverJ'' meets ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' and/or ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'', with some ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury'' and ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'' meets ''Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger'' (and ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury'') meets ''[[Anime/DokiDokiPrettyCure Dokidoki! PreCure]]'' thrown in.PreCure]]''.
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%%** ''Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patoranger'' is ''Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger'' meets ''Franchise/LupinIII''.
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%%** ''Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patoranger'' is ''Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger'' ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'' meets ''Franchise/LupinIII''.''Franchise/LupinIII'' meets ''Manga/MagicKaito'' meets ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest''.
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** ''Series/UltramanMebius'' is every Showa Ultra Series meets ''Ultraman Max''.
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** ''Series/UltramanMebius'' is every Showa Ultra Series meets ''Ultraman Max''.Max'' meets every Showa Ultra Series.
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* ''Series/{{Z Nation}}'': Has been described as "''Series/{{The Walking Dead}}'' meets ''Film/{{Mad Max}}''".
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* ''Series/{{Z Nation}}'': Has been described as "''Series/{{The Walking Dead}}'' meets ''Film/{{Mad Max}}''".Max}}''".
* ''Series/ZoneFighter'' is ''Series/UltramanAce'' meets ''Film/GodzillaVsGigan'' and ''Film/GodzillaVsMegalon''.
* ''Series/ZoneFighter'' is ''Series/UltramanAce'' meets ''Film/GodzillaVsGigan'' and ''Film/GodzillaVsMegalon''.
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** ''Series/UltramanGeed'' is ''Ultraman Leo'' meets ''Ultraman Orb'' meets ''Literature/ChildhoodsEnd'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' meets ''Anime/DigimonSavers'' meets ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri''.
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** ''Series/UltramanGeed'' is ''Ultraman Leo'' meets ''Franchise/UltramanZero'' meets ''Ultraman Orb'' meets ''Literature/ChildhoodsEnd'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' meets ''Anime/DigimonSavers'' meets ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri''.
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* ''Guy's Grocery Games'': ''Series/{{Chopped}}'' meets ''Series/SupermarketSweep''.
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* ''Guy's Grocery Games'': ''Series/GuysGroceryGames'': ''Series/{{Chopped}}'' meets ''Series/SupermarketSweep''.
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** ''Series/UltramanMebius'' is every Showa Ultra Series meets ''Ultraman Max'' meets ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' meets ThePowerOfFriendship.
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** ''Series/UltramanMebius'' is every Showa Ultra Series meets ''Ultraman Max'' meets ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' meets ThePowerOfFriendship.Max''.
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** ''Series/UltramanNexus'' is ''Ultraman'' meets ''Series/UltramanAce'' meets ''Series/UltramanLeo'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''Film/MenInBlack'' meets ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil''.
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** ''Series/UltramanNexus'' is ''Ultraman'' meets ''Series/UltramanAce'' meets ''Series/UltramanLeo'' ''Ultraman Leo'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''Film/MenInBlack'' meets ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil''.
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** ''Series/UltramanMebius'' is every Showa Ultra Series meets ''Ultraman Max'' meets ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' meets ThePowerOfFriendship.
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%%** ''Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patoranger'' is ''Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger'' meets ''Franchise/LupinIII''.
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* ''Series/{{Reign}}'' is ''Series/GameOfThrones'' meets ''Series/GossipGirl''.
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* ''Series/{{Reign}}'' is ''Series/GameOfThrones'' ''Series/TheTudors'' meets ''Series/GossipGirl''.
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** Or alternatively ''Series/ThePrisoner'' meets ''Series/TheFugitive''!
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** Or alternatively ''Series/ThePrisoner'' ''Series/ThePrisoner1967'' meets ''Series/TheFugitive''!
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*** Or ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' meets ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'' meets ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' meets ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' (and ''[[LightNovel/FateApocrypha Apocrypha]]'' meets ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' meets ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' meets ''[[Anime/RoninWarriors Yoroiden Samurai Troopers]]'' meets ''Manga/FutureDiary'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
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*** Or ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' meets ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'' meets ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' meets ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' (and ''[[LightNovel/FateApocrypha Apocrypha]]'' Apocrypha]]'') meets ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' meets ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' meets ''[[Anime/RoninWarriors Yoroiden Samurai Troopers]]'' meets ''Manga/FutureDiary'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
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Pls just include the Uobuchi-made ones (aside from Black and Ryuki) as the main x meets y for Gaim
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** ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' is ''Series/KamenRiderBlack'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' (and ''[[Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight Dragon Knight]]'') meets ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' meets ''Anime/PsychoPass'' meets ''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta'' meets ''LightNovel/FateZero'' and ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''.
*** Or ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' meets ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'' meets ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' meets ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'' meets ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' meets ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' meets ''[[Anime/RoninWarriors Yoroiden Samurai Troopers]]'' meets ''Manga/FutureDiary'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
*** Or ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' meets ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'' meets ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' meets ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'' meets ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' meets ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' meets ''[[Anime/RoninWarriors Yoroiden Samurai Troopers]]'' meets ''Manga/FutureDiary'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
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** ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' is ''Series/KamenRiderBlack'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' (and ''[[Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight Dragon Knight]]'') meets ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' meets ''Anime/PsychoPass'' meets ''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta'' meets ''LightNovel/FateZero'' and ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''.
''LightNovel/FateZero''.
*** Or ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' meets ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'' meets ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' meets''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'' ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' (and ''[[LightNovel/FateApocrypha Apocrypha]]'' meets ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' meets ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' meets ''[[Anime/RoninWarriors Yoroiden Samurai Troopers]]'' meets ''Manga/FutureDiary'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
*** Or ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' meets ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'' meets ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' meets
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*** Or ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' meets ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'' meets ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' meets ''[[LightNovel/FateApocrypha Apocrypha]]'' meets ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' meets ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' meets ''[[Anime/RoninWarriors Yoroiden Samurai Troopers]]'' meets ''Manga/FutureDiary'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
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*** Or ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' meets ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'' meets ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' meets ''[[LightNovel/FateApocrypha Apocrypha]]'' ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'' meets ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' meets ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' meets ''[[Anime/RoninWarriors Yoroiden Samurai Troopers]]'' meets ''Manga/FutureDiary'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
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** ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' is ''Series/KamenRiderBlack'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' (and ''[[Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight Dragon Knight]]'') meets ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' meets ''Anime/PsychoPass'' meets ''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta'' meets ''LightNovel/FateZero''.
*** Or ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' meets ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'' meets ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' meets ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' (and ''[[LightNovel/FateApocrypha Apocrypha]]'') meets ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' meets ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' meets ''[[Anime/RoninWarriors Yoroiden Samurai Troopers]]'' meets ''Manga/FutureDiary'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
*** Or ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' meets ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'' meets ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' meets ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' (and ''[[LightNovel/FateApocrypha Apocrypha]]'') meets ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' meets ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' meets ''[[Anime/RoninWarriors Yoroiden Samurai Troopers]]'' meets ''Manga/FutureDiary'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
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** ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' is ''Series/KamenRiderBlack'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' (and ''[[Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight Dragon Knight]]'') meets ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' meets ''Anime/PsychoPass'' meets ''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta'' meets ''LightNovel/FateZero''.
''LightNovel/FateZero'' and ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''.
*** Or ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' meets ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'' meets ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' meets''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' (and ''[[LightNovel/FateApocrypha Apocrypha]]'') Apocrypha]]'' meets ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' meets ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' meets ''[[Anime/RoninWarriors Yoroiden Samurai Troopers]]'' meets ''Manga/FutureDiary'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
*** Or ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' meets ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'' meets ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' meets
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** ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' is ''KamenRiderKuuga'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderAgito'' meets ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' meets ''Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger'' meets ''VideoGame/DenshaDeGo''.
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** ''Series/KamenRiderAmazons'' is ''Series/KamenRiderAmazon'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' meets ''Film/KamenRiderTheFirst'' (and ''[[Film/KamenRiderTheNext The Next]]''), with a dosed of ''Film/ShinKamenRiderPrologue'', ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'', ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'', ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'', ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'', and ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' in '''''spades!'''''
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** ''Series/KamenRiderAmazons'' is ''Series/KamenRiderAmazon'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' meets ''Film/KamenRiderTheFirst'' (and ''[[Film/KamenRiderTheNext The Next]]''), with a dosed of ''Film/ShinKamenRiderPrologue'', ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'', ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'', ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'', ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'', and ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' in '''''spades!'''''
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* The unaired pilot ''17th Precinct'' was pitched as ''Series/LawAndOrder'' meets ''Franchise/HarryPotter'', as it was a typical police procedural. . .set in a world of magic, rather than science.
* ''Series/ThirtyRock'' is ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'' meets ''Series/NewsRadio''
** Alternately ''Series/JustShootMe'' meets a documentary on the behind-the-scenes drama of working on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.
* ''Series/{{The 100}}'' is ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' (with teens) meets ''Film/AfterEarth''.
** The series was also billed as ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' meets ''Series/{{Lost}}''.
* ''Series/AToZ'' is ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' meets ''Film/FiveHundredDaysOfSummer''
* ''Series/AdamRuinsEverything'' is ''Series/PennAndTellerBullshit'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus''.
* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' IS ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' meets ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
** Alternatively, it's Series/{{Torchwood}} meets the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
** Or it's ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' the superhero franchise meets ''Series/TheAvengers'' the (unrelated) spy drama.
** [[WordOfGod According]] to [[http://popwatch.ew.com/2013/08/21/this-weeks-cover-joss-whedon-agents-shield/ Joss Whedon]] its ''Marvel'' meets the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E13TheZeppo "The Zeppo"]] to a degree.
** The pre-[[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier Winter Soldier]] episodes were Marvel meets ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}''.
*** ''Pilot'' in particular feels very ''Second Chance''
* ''Series/{{Airwolf}}'' was ''Series/TheATeam'' (or ''Series/MacGyver'' or ''Series/KnightRider'' if you prefer) in a helicopter.
* ''Series/{{Alias}}'' is Film/JamesBond meets ''{{Felicity}}''.
* ''Series/{{Almost Human}}'' is Creator/IsaacAsimov's [[Literature/TheCavesOfSteel Lije Baley novels]] meets ''Franchise/{{Ghost In The Shell}}''
* ''Series/{{Alphas}}'' is described by its creator as ''ComicBook/XMen'' meets ''Series/TheWire''.
* ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory''
** ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse'' is ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' meets ''Film/TheShining''.
** ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryAsylum'' is ''Film/ShutterIsland'' (with [[NunsAreSpooky creepy nuns]]) meets ''Film/TheExorcist'' (one of the nuns is possessed) meets ''SilenceOfTheLambs'' [[spoiler:one of the doctors is a serial killer]].
** ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryFreakShow'' is ''Freaks'' meets ''Literature/AmericanPsycho''.
* "''Series/TheAmericans'' seems to be a stew of ''Series/{{Homeland}}'' (spy stuff), ''Series/MadMen'' ([[TheEighties relatively recent]] period drama) and something like ''Series/TheRiches'' (family of dissemblers) [or] ''Series/BreakingBad'' or ''Series/{{Dexter}}'' or any other series [with a] protagonist with a DarkSecret and will go to great, brutal lengths to keep it." -- Robert Llyod, ''The Los Angeles Times''.
* ''Series/AndiMack'' is technically ''Series/LizzieMcGuire'' (Also made by the same creator, Terri Minsky) meets ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager''. (A KidCom with some TeenDrama elements)
* ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'' is ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' meets ''Series/BlakesSeven''.
* As stated in the DuelingShows page, ''Series/ANTFarm'' is literally ''Series/{{Victorious}}'' meets ''Series/{{iCarly}}''.
* ''Series/AngieTribeca'' is ''Series/CSIMiami'' meets ''Film/{{Airplane}}''.
* ''Series/TheAquabatsSuperShow'': ''Series/YoGabbaGabba'' meets ''Series/{{Batman}}''.
** More like ''Series/{{Batman}}'' meets ''Series/TheMonkees'' as done by [[Creator/SidAndMartyKrofftProductions Sid and Marty Krofft]].
* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' is ''Series/{{Revenge}}''[[note]]or ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo'', if you prefer[[/note]] meets ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''.
* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'': ''Film/TheGodfather'' meets ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''.
** Or ''Series/{{Community}}'' meets ''Film/TheRoyalTenenbaums''
* ''Series/TheATeam'' was pitched as a cross between ''Film/TheDirtyDozen'' and ''Series/MissionImpossible''.
* ''Series/{{Automan}}'':
** ''Series/KnightRider'' meets ''Film/{{Tron}}''.
** ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'' Meets ''Film/{{Tron}}''.
* ''Series/BabylonFive'' is ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' meets ''Literature/{{The Lord of the Rings}} [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]]''
* ''Series/BadJudge'' was ''Film/BadTeacher'' meets ''Series/NightCourt''.
* The original ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|1978}}'' is basically ''{{Series/Bonanza}}'' meets ''StarWars'', with a dose of ''Series/StarskyAndHutch''.
* ''Series/BeakmansWorld'' is ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy'' meets ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse''.
* ''Series/BeingErica'' is ''Series/QuantumLeap'' meets ''[[PeggySue Peggy Sue Got Married]]''.
* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' is ''Series/{{Friends}}'' meets ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds''.
** Or ''Series/{{Friends}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}''.
** Or ''Series/{{Friends}}'' meets ''Film/RealGenius''.
* ''Series/BeringSeaGold'' is ''Series/DeadliestCatch'' meets ''Series/GoldRush'' minus the [[MoneyDearBoy big payoff]] at the end of the season.
* ''Series/BestFriendsWhenever'' has been described as ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'' meets ''Series/QuantumLeap''.
* ''Series/{{Bizaardvark}}'' is mostly ''Series/SamAndCat'' (Two girls working together with a little boy helping them run it) for the ''Website/YouTube'' celebrity crowd, with babysitting replaced by Youtube fame.
* ''Series/BlackJesus'' is ''Series/TrailerParkBoys'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' [[RecycledINSPACE in Compton]].
* ''Series/TheBlacklist'', as described in ''Entertainment Weekly'': "You'll be reminded of ''Series/{{Alias}}, TheSilenceOfTheLambs'', and [[{{Leverage}} a]] [[Film/SafeHouse dozen]] [[Series/WhiteCollar other]] [[BoxedCrook things]]".
* ''Series/BlackMirror'' is ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' meets ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''.
* ''Series/BlakesSeven'': Creator/TerryNation pitched the series as "Mythology/RobinHood meets ''Film/TheDirtyDozen'' [[RecycledInSpace in space]]".
* ''Series/BlueMountainState'': ''Series/FridayNightLights'' meets ''Film/{{Porkys}}'' meets ''{{Greek}}''.
* ''Series/{{Bonekickers}}'':
** Adrian Lester described it as ''Series/{{CSI}}'' meets ''Franchise/IndianaJones''.
** WebVideo/DiamandaHagan described it as "a cross between ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' and ''Series/TimeTeam'', minus random bisexuality and any semblance of self-respect".
* ''Series/{{Boohbah}}'' was ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' meets ''Series/{{Teletubbies}}''.
* ''Series/BosomBuddies'' was ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'' meets ''Film/SomeLikeItHot''.
* ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' is ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver'' meets the 1968 film ''Yours, Mine and Ours''.
* ''Series/BreakingBad'':
** Its creator pitched it as being the story of how ''[[Film/GoodbyeMrChips Mr. Chips]]'' becomes ''[[Film/Scarface1983 Scarface]]''.
** The initial premise is ''Series/{{Weeds}}'' meets ''Series/TheBigC'', but instead of a suburban mother its protagonist is [[Film/TheGodfather Michael Corleone]] meets Film/TheNuttyProfessor.
** It can also be seen as ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' meets ''Film/FaceToFace''.
** Or ''Series/{{Weeds}}'' if it was written by Creator/CormacMcCarthy.
* ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'' is ''Series/FawltyTowers'' meets ''Series/{{The Office|UK}}''.
* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' is ''Series/BarneyMiller'' meets ''Series/TheOfficeUS''.
* ''Buckwild'' is ''Series/HereComesHoneyBooBoo'' meets ''Series/JerseyShore''.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** Creator/JossWhedon refers to it as ''Series/MySoCalledLife'' meets ''Series/TheXFiles''.
** Alternately, it's ''Series/MySoCalledLife'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}''.
** Marti Noxon's vision for seasons 6 and 7 was "''PartyOfFive'' with monsters." Well, that explains a lot.
* ''Series/BurnNotice'' has been described as ''Series/MiamiVice'' meets ''Series/TheATeam'' meets ''Series/MacGyver'' meets ''Franchise/JamesBond''.
* ''Campus PD'' (G4): ''Series/{{COPS}}'' meets ''MTV's College Life''.
* ''Series/{{Carnivale}}'' is Franchise/HarryPotter meets ''Series/TwinPeaks'' meets ''Film/{{Freaks}}'' meets ''Literature/TheGrapesOfWrath''.
* ''Series/{{Castle}}'' is ''Series/{{Moonlighting}}'' meets ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' ("... having not really remembered ''Moonlighting'' and never seeing ''Murder, She Wrote''," says star Creator/NathanFillion.)
* ''Series/CelebrityNameGame'' is ''[[YouDontSay You Don't Say!]]'' meets ''[[Series/{{Pyramid}} The $10,000 Pyramid]]''.
* ''Series/{{Casualty 1906}}'' has been described by one critic as "''Series/{{Cranford}} being overrun by zombies.''"
* ''Series/CharlieJade'' is ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' meets FilmNoir with a touch of ''Series/{{Continuum}}''
* ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' is ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' meets ''Series/CharliesAngels'' meets ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.
* ''Chefs vs. City'': ''Series/TheAmazingRace'' meets ''Series/ManVFood''.
* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'': ''[[Series/{{Jake 20}} Jake 2.0]]'' meets ''Series/JohnDoe''.
** An Amazon review described it as "''Franchise/JamesBond'' meets ''Series/TheOffice''".
** ''Series/GetSmart'' meets ''Series/{{Psych}}'' at Best Buy is another way of looking at it.
** A Gender Flipped ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' meets ''Series/{{Alias}}'' and/or ''Series/TheManFromUNCLE,'' set in ''Series/{{Superstore}}''
* ''Chosen'' is ''Film/TheGame'' (+ LeonineContract, SadisticChoice, and DeadlyGame) Meets ''Series/NowhereMan''.
* ''Series/ComedyBangBang'': ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'' meets ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse''.
* ''Series/{{Community}}'':
** ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' meets ''Series/{{Undeclared}}''.
** Or: ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'' meets ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'' meets ''Series/{{Friends}}''.
** Alternatively, ''[[Series/TheOfficeUS The Office]]'' meets ''Film/TheBreakfastClub''.
* ''Series/{{Containment}}'' ''[[TooGoodToLast was]]'' basically ''Film/{{Outbreak}}'' meets ''Series/{{Atlanta}}'' (minus the humor), meets ''Series/UnderTheDome'' (except the dome is replaced by a barricade of high stacked freight containers).
* ''Series/TheColbertReport'' is ''The O'Reilly Factor'' meets ''Series/TheDailyShow''.
* ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'' is ''Series/{{Glee}}'' meets Music/WeirdAlYankovic as a Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg spoof.
* ''Series/CriminalMinds'' is ''Series/WithoutATrace'' meets ''Franchise/{{Saw}}''.
* ''Series/{{Crownies}}'' can be described as ''Series/LawAndOrderTrialByJury'' meets ''Series/GreysAnatomy''.
* ''Series/{{Crusade}}'' is ''Series/BlakesSeven'' meets ''Literature/TheHobbit'', set in the ''Series/BabylonFive'' universe.
* ''Series/{{CSI}}'' is ''Series/LawAndOrder'' meets HollywoodScience.
* ''Series/TheDailyShow'': ''Creator/{{CNN}} Headline News'' meets ''[[Series/SaturdayNightLive Weekend Update]]''.
* ''Dance Moms'' (Lifetime) is ''Series/ToddlersAndTiaras'' meets ''Series/BringItOn''.
* ''Dance Your Ass Off'' is ''Series/TheBiggestLoser'' meets ''Series/DancingWithTheStars''. I'm guessing that's probably how they sold it, too.
* ''Series/DarkMatter'' is ''Series/BlakesSeven'' meets ''Series/SpaceCases''
* ''Dave's Old Porn'' is ''Series/CheapSeats'' meets retro porn.
* ''Deadbeat'' is ''Film/{{Ghost}}'' meets ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia''.
* ''Death Valley'' is ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' meets ''Series/{{Cops}}''.
* ''Series/TheDeepEnd'' is ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' meets ''Series/BostonLegal''.
* ''Series/TheDefenders2017'' is season 1 of ''Series/IronFist2017'' meets the second half of ''Series/Daredevil2015'' season 2 (guest starring Series/LukeCage and Series/JessicaJones2015)
* ''Series/DenkouChoujinGridman'' and its American adaptation ''Series/SuperhumanSamuraiSyberSquad'' are ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' meets ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' meets ''Franchise/{{Tron}}''.
* ''Difficult People'' is ''Series/WillAndGrace'' meets ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''
* ''Series/{{Distraction}}'' is ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' meets ''Series/{{Jackass}}''.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' is [[WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle Peabody's Improbable History]] meets ''Franchise/StarTrek''
* ''Drive (2007)'' was ''Series/{{Lost}}'' meets ''Film/TheCannonballRun''.
** Since ''Series/{{Lost}}'' was pitched to ABC as a scripted show reminiscent of ''Series/{{Survivor}}'', ''Series/{{Drive}}'' could also be seen as the analogue to ''Series/TheAmazingRace''.
* ''Series/DualSurvival'' is ''Series/{{Survivorman}}'' meets ''Theatre/TheOddCouple''.
* ''Series/Earth2'' is ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'' meets ''Literature/RobinsonCrusoe'' meets ''VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri''. With a dash of ''Series/{{LOST}}''.
* ''Series/EliStone'' is ''Series/BostonLegal'' meets ''Series/{{Wonderfalls}}''.
* ''Series/{{Empire}}'' is ''Film/HustleAndFlow'' meets ''Theatre/TheLionInWinter''
* ''Series/TheEricAndreShow'' is ''Series/ComedyBangBang'' meets [[WidgetSeries every kind of drug you can imagine]].
* ''Series/{{Eureka}}'' is ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'' meets ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory''.
* ''Series/TheEvent'' was often called a combination of ''Series/TwentyFour'' and ''Series/{{Lost}}''.
* ''Series/EverybodyHatesChris'':
** ''Series/TheWonderYears'' meets ''Series/GoodTimes''.
** ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' meets ''Series/That70sShow'' (but in TheEighties).
* ''Series/TheExpanse'' has been described by at least one review as "''Franchise/BattlestarGalactica'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''".
* ''Series/FallingWater'' is ''Series/Sense8'' meets ''Film/{{Inception}}''.
* ''Series/FallingSkies'' is ''Film/IndependenceDay'' meets ''Series/{{Jericho}}''.
* ''Series/FakingIt'' is ''Film/{{GBF}}'' meets ''Series/{{Awkward}}'', injected with heavy doses of ''Series/SouthOfNowhere''
* ''Series/FamilyTies'' is ''Series/AllInTheFamily'' meets ''Series/TheBradyBunch''.
* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'':
** ''Series/BlakesSeven'' meets ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' meets ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''.
** Website/SFDebris on the subject:
--->'''Chuck Sonnenburg:''' If ''Franchise/StarWars'' and ''Series/RedDwarf'' had a baby, and that baby ran off to join the circus, that's ''Farscape''.
* ''Series/FawltyTowers'' is ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' meets ''Film/TheThreeStooges''.
* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'':
** ''Film/BladeRunner'' meets ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars''.
** Or ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Film/TheSearchers'' meets ''Literature/TheGrapesOfWrath''.
** Or ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets [[TheWestern your average western]].
** Or ''Series/BlakesSeven'' meets ''Anime/OutlawStar''.
* "Series/TheFlash2014 is "ComicBook/TheFlash" meets "Series/{{Smallville}}" meets "Film/TheAmazingSpiderman"
* ''Food Tech'' (History Channel): ''Series/GoodEats'' meets ''Series/DirtyJobs''.
* Creator/{{Cinemax}}'s ''Forbidden Science'': ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' + Abby and (a significantly younger) Ducky from ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' + Lots of sex.
* ''Series/{{Forever}}'' is ''Series/{{Castle}}'' meets ''Series/NewAmsterdam''
* ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' is ''Series/MySoCalledLife'' meets ''Series/TheWonderYears'', with a bit of ''Series/That70sShow''.
* ''[=FreakyLinks=]'' is ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' meets ''Series/TheXFiles''.
* ''Fridays'' (the early 1980s sketch show on ABC) is best described as ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' meets a louder, shriller, more politically-pointed, yet less psychedelic ''Laugh-In''.
* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' has been described as ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''Film/AlteredStates'' meets ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' meets ''Series/DarkAngel''.
** More like ''Series/{{Eureka}}'' meets ''Series/{{CSI}}'' meets ''Series/CharlieJade''.
* ''Series/GameOfThrones''' TV adaptation: [[WordOfGod described by]] Creator/GeorgeRRMartin as "''Series/TheSopranos'' in [[Literature/LordOfTheRings Middle Earth]]."
** Or [[Literature/LordOfTheRings Middle Earth]] meets [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Midland]].
** Many fans describe it as ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'' meets ''Series/TheWire'', "ye olde ''Series/TheWire''" or "''Series/TheWire'' in Middle Earth", owing to its multiple characters, complex plot developments and struggles.
** It could also be ''Series/TheBorgias'' or ''Series/TheTudors'' in [[Literature/LordOfTheRings Middle Earth]].
* ''GCB'' is ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' meets ''Film/MeanGirls'' all grown up.
* Series/GilligansIsland is Literature/RobinsonCrusoe meets the {{Sitcom}} formula.
* ''Series/{{Glee}}'': ''Series/{{Fame}}'' meets ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'' (Or ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' meets ''The Office'', for the younger set).
** It could also be described as "Every Teen Show" meets ''Series/{{Blackpool}}'', and does it 1000X better.
** ''Film/{{Election}}'' meets ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' (plus DawsonCasting).
* ''Series/GetSmart'' is ''Film/JamesBond'' meets ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther''.
* The upcoming Fox comedy ''Ghosted'' is being described as ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop'' meets ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''.
* ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'': [[WhatMightHaveBeen The original plan]] was for Rue [=McClanahan=] to be Rose and Creator/BettyWhite to be Blanche. Not only did the actresses feel better suited for the opposite characters, but Bea Arthur almost did not want to be involved for fear of the show only being "Maude and Vivian meet Sue Ann Nivens" (as White and [=McClanahan=] would resemble characters from their previous series).
* ''Series/GoodEats'' is a ScienceShow mixed with a CookingShow -- or if you prefer specific show examples, ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'' meets ''Series/BeakmansWorld'' meets ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy'' mixed with ''Cooking with Science'' (the actual book series that inspired the show) mixed with Emeril Lagasse.
** Alternatively, {{Creator/Julia Child}} meets ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy''.
*** Alton Brown has explicitly said he pitched the show as "Julia Child meets Mr. Wizard meets Monty Python."
* ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'' is ''Series/ClarissaExplainsItAll'' meets ''Series/FullHouse''.
* ''Series/{{Gotham}}'': ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' meets ''Series/{{CSI}}'' and ''Film/TheGodfather''.
* ''Series/{{Grimm}}'': [[Creator/TheBrothersGrimm Grimm's Fairy Tales]] meets ''Series/{{Angel}}'' (with a bit of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' thrown in).
* ''Guy's Grocery Games'': ''Series/{{Chopped}}'' meets ''Series/SupermarketSweep''.
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': ''ComicBook/XMen'' meets ''Series/{{Lost}}''.
* ''Series/HannahMontana'' is ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' meets ''Series/{{Unfabulous}}''.
* ''Hard Copy'' was pitched as ''Series/SixtyMinutes'' meets Creator/{{MTV}}.
* ''Series/TheHauntedHathaways'': ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' meets ''Series/{{Topper}}''.
* ''Series/TheHauntingHour'' episode "Scarecrow" is ''Series/StormOfTheCentury'' with kids (or the ''Goosebumps'' book "The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight" with a DownerEnding)
** "The Hole" is ''Film/TheRing'' meets ''Film/TheAmityvilleHorror2005'' and a little bit of the first ''Film/ParanormalActivity'' movie.
** "Headshot" is ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' meets the world of teen modeling.
* ''Series/HeeHaw'': ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn'' meets The Grand Ole Opry.
* ''Series/HogansHeroes'': ''Film/TheGreatEscape'' meets the SitCom formula.
* ''Series/TheHour'': Described by one review as ''DropTheDeadDonkey'' meets ''{{Spooks}}''.
* ''Series/{{House}}'' is ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'' meets ''Series/{{ER}}'' with a tasty sprinkle (for those who know it) of ''Manga/BlackJack''.
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' is ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' (the bar) meets ''Series/TheWonderYears'' (the flashback) meets ''Series/{{Friends}}'' (the group of friends) meets ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' (the Lemony narration).
* ''Series/H2OJustAddWater'':
** ''Series/HomeAndAway'' meets ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' with mermaids.
** ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'' meets ''Home and Away'' as a live-action series but minus the singing... at least until season 3.
** Bonus points: Indiana Evans, who would later play Bella in ''H20'', had a role in ''Home and Away''.
* ''Series/{{Hyperdrive}}'' is ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' meets ''Series/RedDwarf''.
* ''Series/ICarly'' is ''Series/LizzieMcGuire'' for the ''Website/YouTube'' celebrity crowd
* ''In Living Color'' is ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' meets ''The Richard Pryor Show'' (or, if you're too young for both those references, an early version of ''ChappelleShow'' meets a more tightly-written ''Series/MADtv'')
* ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'' was the Hulk comics meets ''Series/TheFugitive''
* ''Series/{{Intelligence2014}}'' is ''Series/MissionImpossible'' meets ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell''
* ''Series/IntoTheBadlands'' is ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCarribean'' meets 70s Kung Fu movies.
* ''[[Series/IronChef Iron Chef Japan]]'': Julia Child + ProfessionalWrestling...[[RecycledINSPACE In Japan]]!
* ''Series/IronFist2016'': ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' meets ''Series/IntoTheBadlands''
** or ''Arrow'' meets ''Film/TheLastDragon''
* ''It's Worth What??'' is ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' meets ''Series/DealOrNoDeal''.
* ''Series/{{JAG}}'' is ''Film/AFewGoodMen'' meets ''Film/TopGun''.
* ''Series/{{Jessie}}'' is ''Series/TheNanny'' meets ''Series/ThatGirl''.
* ''Series/{{Justified}}'' is ''Series/NYPDBlue'' meets ''Film/WalkingTall1973''.
* ''Franchise/KamenRider'':
** In general, ''Manga/SkullMan'' meets ''Manga/Cyborg009'' meets ''Series/MoonlightMask'' meets ''ComicBook/IronMan'' meets ''Film/JamesBond'' in a JapaneseDelinquents fashion.
** ''Series/KamenRiderAmazon'' is ''Franchise/{{Tarzan}}'' meets ''Kamen Rider''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderSkyrider'' is ''Kamen Rider'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderBlack'' is ''Kamen Rider'' meets ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' meet ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' (for the DarkerAndEdgier tones) meets ''Literature/{{Thunderball}}'' meets ''Literature/{{Icebreaker}}''.
*** ''Series/KamenRiderBlackRX'' is ''Kamen Rider Black'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'' (for the LighterAndSofter tones).
** ''Series/KamenRiderKuuga'' is ''Kamen Rider'' meets ''Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger'' meets ''Series/UltramanTiga'' meets ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderAgito'' is ''Kamen Rider Kuuga'' meets ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''Series/MiamiVice''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' is ''Kamen Rider'' meets ''Series/{{Mirrorman}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'' meets ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''Literature/BattleRoyale'' meets ''Anime/DigimonTamers''.
** ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'' is ''Kamen Rider Black'' meets ''Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue'' meets ''Manga/{{Guyver}}'' meets ''Manga/{{AKIRA}}'' meets ''Franchise/ResidentEvil''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' is ''Kamen Rider'' meets ''Series/JAKQDengekitai'' meets ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderHibiki'' is ''Kamen Rider Amazon'' meets ''Henshin Ninja Arashi'' meets ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger'' meets ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'' meets ''VideoGame/TaikoNoTatsujin''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderKabuto'' is ''Series/KamenRiderStronger'' meets ''Series/JuukouBFighter'' meets ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'' meets ''VideoGame/GateKeepers''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' is ''KamenRiderKuuga'' meets ''Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger'' meets ''VideoGame/DenshaDeGo''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderKiva'' is ''Kamen Rider Black'' meets ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'' meets ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' meets ''Manga/PrincessResurrection'' meets ''Manga/VampireKnight'' meets ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' meets ''Anime/BloodPlus''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' is ''Film/KamenRiderZX'' and ''Manga/KamenRiderSpirits'' meets ''KingdomHearts''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderW'' is ''Kamen Rider'' meets ''Manga/SkullMan'' meets ''FilmNoir'' meets ''Manga/ChoujinBarom1'' meets ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderOOO'' is ''Kamen Rider Kuuga'' meets ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger'' meets ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' is ''Series/KamenRiderSuper1'' meets ''Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' meets ''Series/{{Glee}}'' meets ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' meets ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL''.
*** Or ''Kamen Rider'' meets ''VideoGame/SpaceAdventureCobra'' with small dose of ''Manga/{{AKIRA}}'' and ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderWizard'' is ''Kamen Rider'' meets ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'' meets ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' meets ''Literature/HarryPotter''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' is ''Series/KamenRiderBlack'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' (and ''[[Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight Dragon Knight]]'') meets ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' meets ''Anime/PsychoPass'' meets ''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta'' meets ''LightNovel/FateZero''.
*** Or ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' meets ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'' meets ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' meets ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' (and ''[[LightNovel/FateApocrypha Apocrypha]]'') meets ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' meets ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' meets ''[[Anime/RoninWarriors Yoroiden Samurai Troopers]]'' meets ''Manga/FutureDiary'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderDrive'' is essentially ''Franchise/KamenRider'' meets ''Series/KnightRider'', according to WordOfGod.
*** Or ''Series/KamenRiderBlackRX'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''Series/KousokuSentaiTurboranger'' meets ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' meets ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' meets ''Franchise/BlackRockShooter''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderGhost'' is ''Kamen Rider'' meets ''Comicbook/GhostRider'' meets ''Manga/FateKaleidLinerPrismaIllya'' meets ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' meets ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' meets ''Manga/ShamanKing'' meets ''Anime/CrossAnge'' meets ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'' meets ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderAmazons'' is ''Series/KamenRiderAmazon'' meets ''Film/KamenRiderTheFirst'' (and ''[[Film/KamenRiderTheNext The Next]]''), with a dosed of ''Film/ShinKamenRiderPrologue'', ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'', ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'', ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'', ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'', and ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' in '''''spades!'''''
** ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'' is ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' meets ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters'' meets ''Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger'' meets ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' meets ''Manga/YuGiOh'' (and its [[Franchise/YuGiOh spin-offs]]) meets ''Anime/DigimonUniverseApplimonsters'' meets ''Manga/BlackJack'' meets ''Franchise/DanganRonpa'' meets ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptunia'' meets ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'' is ''Series/KamenRider'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderAgito'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''[[Series/{{Kikaider}} JinzÅ Ningen Kikaider]]'' meets ''Series/KagakuSentaiDynaman'' meets ''Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS''.
* ''Series/KanpaiSenshiAfterV'' is ''Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger'' meets ''Series/{{Cheers}}''
* ''Series/KickinIt'' is ''Film/TheBadNewsBears'' meets ''Film/TheKarateKid'' - or at least that's how [[WordOfGod Jason Earles]] described it to [[Series/LateNight Jimmy Fallon]].
* ''Series/{{Killjoys}}'' is ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' meets ''Manga/CowboyBebop''
* ''Series/LabRats'', in its ''Lab Rats: Bionic Island'' incarnation, is ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan''[[note]]or ''Series/TheBionicWoman'', whichever you prefer[[/note]] meets ''Film/XMen''.
* ''Series/LastManStanding'' is ''Series/AllInTheFamily'' meets ''Series/HomeImprovement''.
* ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'' is ''Series/TheDailyShow'' meets ''Series/PennAndTellerBullshit''.
* ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'' is ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' meets ''Series/CoronationStreet'' meets ''Film/TheWickerMan1973'' meets ''Series/TwinPeaks''.
** ''[[BigDamnMovie The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse]]'' is all of the above meets ''[[{{Series/RedDwarf}} Red Dwarf: Back To Earth]]''.
* ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' is ''Series/DoctorWho'' meets ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' in the ''Verse/ArrowVerse''.
* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'':
** ''Series/BurnNotice'' meets ''Series/MissionImpossible''.
** Alternately: ''Myth/RobinHood'' meets ''Film/OceansEleven''.
* ''Series/TheLibrarians2014'': ''Series/DoctorWho'' meets ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' meets ''Series/{{Warehouse13}} ''
* ''Series/{{Life on Mars|2006}}'' is ''Series/TheSweeney'' meets ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfThomasCovenant''.
* ''Series/LivAndMaddie'':
** ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' or ''Series/SisterSister'' meets ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'' minus the hotel and new baby, and the twins there are played ''by one person.''
*** With a teensy bit of ''Series/HannahMontana'' thrown in for good measure in Liv's case. In fact one of Hannah's episodes was about how far she'd go for a Z-Phone.
*** Not to mention casting inspiration from ''Series/ThePattyDukeShow''
** In-universe, Joey describes [[ShowWithinAShow Space Werewolves]] as a result of StarWars and LordOfTheRings having a child and that child being adopted by Franchise/TheAvengers.
* ''Series/LizzieMcGuire'' is ''Series/ClarissaExplainsItAll'' meets ''Series/MySoCalledLife'' (but in middle school).
* ''Series/LionMaruG'' is ''Series/{{GARO}}'' meets ''Film/DeuceBigalow Male Gigolo''.
* ''Series/{{Lost}}'': ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' meets ''Series/GilligansIsland'' meets ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' meets ''Series/ThePrisoner''.
** The writers were going for something more along the lines of ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' meets ''Literature/TheStand''.
** The show was actually pitched as ''Film/CastAway'' meets ''Series/{{Survivor}}''
** The last season in particular is ''Literature/TheStand'' meets ''Film/JacobsLadder'' meets ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom''.
** The easiest way to describe it would be {{Robinsonade}} meets ''Series/TheTwilightZone''
* ''Series/{{Lilyhammer}}'' is ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'' meets ''Film/{{Fargo}}''.
* ''Series/LostGirl'' is ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' meets ''Literature/AnitaBlake''
* ''Series/LostInAusten'': ''Series/{{Life on Mars|2006}}'' meets ''PrideAndPrejudice''.
* ''Series/{{Luther}}'' is ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' meets ''Film/DirtyHarry''.
* ''Series/MadMen'' is ''Series/TheSopranos'' meets ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' if it took place in the 1960s.
* ''Series/{{Manswers}}'' is ''Series/BrainiacScienceAbuse'' meets ''Series/TheManShow''.
* ''Series/ManVFood'' is ''Diners, Drive-ins and Dives'' meets Competitive Eating.
* ''Man Vs Fish'': ''Series/ManVsWild'' meets Bill Dance.
* ''Franchise/MetalHeroes'':
** ''Series/SpaceSheriffGavan'', ''Series/SpaceSheriffSharivan'', ''Series/SpaceSheriffShaider'', ''Series/KyojuuTokusouJuspion'', and ''Series/JikuuSenshiSpielban'' are ''KamenRider'' meets ''ComicBook/ROMSpaceknight''.
** ''Series/ChoujinkiMetalder'' is the ''Metal Heroes'' meets ''[[Series/{{Kikaider}} JinzÅ Ningen Kikaider]]''.
** ''Series/SekaiNinjaSenJiraiya'' is the ''Metal Heroes'' meets ''Manga/KamenNoNinjaAkakage'' meets ''Henshin Ninja Arashi'' meets ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}''.
** ''Series/KidouKeijiJiban'' is the ''Metal Heroes'' meets ''Anime/EighthMan'' meets ''Franchise/RoboCop''.
** ''Series/TokkeiWinspector'', ''Series/TokkyuuShireiSolbrain'', and ''Series/TokusouExceedraft'' are the ''Metal Heroes'' meets ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}''.
** ''Series/TokusouRoboJanperson'' is the ''Metal Heroes'' meets ''Series/RobotDetective''.
** ''Series/JuukouBFighter'' and ''Series/BFighterKabuto'' are the ''Metal Heroes'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderStronger''.
* ''Series/MiamiVice'' was supposedly funded and the pilot produced after a brief meeting where it was described as "MTV Cops", with essentially no other details. This is true according to [[WordOfGod Brandon Tartikoff]], who was the NBC executive that green-lighted the show.
* ''Series/TheMightyBoosh'' is ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' meets ''Music/FlightOfTheConchords'' on acid.
* ''Series/{{Misfits}}'' is ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' [[Series/MockTheWeek crossed with]] ''Series/{{Skins}}''.
* ''[[Series/MrStudentBodyPresident Mr. Student Body President]]'' is HouseOfCards in a HighSchool.
* ''Series/TheMuppets'' is ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' meets ''Series/{{The Office|US}}''
* ''Series/MyFavoriteMartian'' is ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951'' meets ''Series/TheDonnaReedShow''.
* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' was ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'' meets ''Fractured Flickers'' meets ''TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''.
* ''Series/TheMysticKnightsOfTirNaNog'' is ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' meets Irish mythology.
* ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'' co-host Adam Savage once described the show as "''Series/{{Jackass}}'' meets ''Mr. Wizard''".
* ''Series/NakedAndAfraid'' is ''Series/ManWomanWild'' meets ''NakedCastaway''.
* ''Series/TheNanny'' is (''Film/MaryPoppins'' + ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' - all the singing) meets ''Series/ILoveLucy''.
* ''Series/{{Nashville}}'' is ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' meets ''Film/CountryStrong''.
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': ''Series/{{JAG}}'' meets ''Series/{{CSI}}''.
* ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'' is ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' meets ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' and ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle''.
* ''Nick Cannon's Wild 'N' Out'' is ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' meets ''Series/InLivingColor''.
* ''Series/TheNightlyShow'' is ''Series/TheDailyShow'' meets ''Politically Incorrect'' or ''Series/RealTimeWithBillMaher''.
* ''Series/NoahsArc'': ''Series/QueerAsFolk'' meets ''{{Series/Girlfriends}}''.
* ''Series/NoOrdinaryFamily'' is ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' meets ''Series/{{Heroes}}''.
* ''Series/NowhereMan'':
** ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''Series/TheFugitive''.
** Or alternatively ''Series/ThePrisoner'' meets ''Series/TheFugitive''!
* ''The Object Is'' (an obscure ABC game show from 1964) is ''Series/{{Password}}'' meets ''Series/YouDontSay''
* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': The Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon meets other fairy tales/public domain stories [[labelnote:e.g.]]Literature/LittleRedRidingHood, Literature/{{Rumpelstiltskin}}, Literature/{{Frankenstein}}, Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz[[/labelnote]] meets ''Series/{{Lost}}''.
** Or ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods'' meets {{Superman}} meets a Creator/StephenKing miniseries.
* ''One Way Out'': David Blaine meets ''Series/{{Jackass}}''.
* ''Only In America with Creator/LarryTheCableGuy'': ''Series/DirtyJobs'' meets ''Series/BlueCollarComedy''.
* ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'' is ''Series/{{Oz}}'' meets ''Film/PrivateBenjamin''.
* ''Series/OutOfJimmysHead'' is ''Film/ABeautifulMind'' meets ''Film/DropDeadFred'' with the aesthetic of ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit''.
* ''Out of the Wild: The Alaska Experiment'': ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' meets ''Series/{{Survivorman}}''.
* ''Series/OutOfThisWorld'': WebVideo/TVTrash described it as "''Film/SuburbanCommando'' meets ''Film/EarthGirlsAreEasy'', if the creators dropped twice as much acid".
* ''Outcast'' is ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'' meets ''Film/TheExorcist''
* ''Series/ParkerLewisCantLose'' is ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'' meets ''Series/SavedByTheBell''
* ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' is ''Series/TheOfficeUS'' meets ''Series/TheWestWing''.
* ''Paternity Court'': ''Divorce Court'' meets ''Series/{{Maury}}''
* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' is ''Series/MissionImpossible'' meets ''Series/TheEqualizer''
** Alternatively, Franchise/{{Batman}} meets ''VideoGame/DeusEx''.
* ''Series/PersonsUnknown'':
** ''Series/{{Lost}}'' meets ''Series/ThePrisoner'' meets ''Series/{{Survivors}}''.
** Or alternatively, ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone'' meets ''Film/{{Cube}}''.
* ''Series/{{Plebs}}'' was ''Series/UpPompeii'' meets ''Series/TheInbetweeners''.
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'':
** According to the WebVideo/AngryVideoGameNerd, the original ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' is what you'd get if you put together ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'', ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'', ''Series/KamenRider'', ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'' and ''LiveActionTV/SavedByTheBell''.
*** WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic gives it a similar description: He describes it as ''LiveActionTV/SavedByTheBell'' mixed with ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' stock footage.
*** Also, ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' meets ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger'' meets ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger''.
** ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' is ''Power Rangers'' meets ''Series/KnightRider''.
** ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'' is ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman'' meets ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''.
** ''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue'' is ''Power Rangers'' meets ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}''.
** ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'' is ''Power Rangers'' meets ''Film/{{Timecop}}''.
** ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'' is ''Power Rangers'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderAmazon'' meets ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers''.
** ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'' is ''Power Rangers'' meets ''{{Manga/Ninku}}''.
** ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' is ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' meets ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' with a bit of ''{{Anime/Patlabor}}''.
** ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'' is ''Power Rangers'' meets ''Franchise/HarryPotter''.
** ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'' is ''Power Rangers'' meets ''Franchise/IndianaJones''.
** ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' is ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' meets ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' meets ''Film/MadMax''.
** ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' is ''Power Rangers'' meets ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' meets ''VideoGame/GenpeiToumaDen''.
** ''Series/PowerRangersMegaforce'' is ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderDecade''.
*** Or ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' meets ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger''.
** ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'' is most likely ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'' meets ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' meets ''Series/TheFamousJettJackson'' meets ''Film/TheRunningMan''
*** Or ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'' meets ''Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger''.
* ''Series/ThePretender'' is ''Series/QuantumLeap'' meets ''Series/TheFugitive''.
* ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'' is ''Film/MeanGirls'' meets ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer''.
* ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' on CBS (1972-present) is ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' on NBC (1956-63) meets ''Series/LetsMakeADeal''.
* ''Series/PrehistoricPark'' is ''Series/CrocodileHunter'' meets ''Film/JurassicPark'' with TimeTravel.
* ''Series/{{Primeval}}'' is ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' meets ''Film/JurassicPark'' (though it's not always about [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaurs]]).
* ''Series/PrisonBreak'':
** ''Film/TheBourneSeries'' meets ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption''.
** Or, alternatively, ''Series/TwentyFour'' meets ''Series/{{Oz}}''. The second season, however, is more like ''Series/TwentyFour'' meets ''Film/TheFugitive''.
** The fourth season, on the other hand, is Film/TheBourneSeries meets ''Series/MacGyver''
* ''Series/ThePrisoner'': ''Film/JamesBond'' meets Samuel Beckett.
* ''Series/{{Psych}}'': ''Series/{{Castle}}'' meets ''Series/TheMentalist''.
* ''Series/PunkyBrewster'' is ''ComicStrip/LittleOrphanAnnie'' meets ''Series/DennisTheMenace''.
* ''Series/PushingDaisies'': ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' meets ''Film/{{Amelie}}''.
* ''[[Series/{{Pyramid}} The $10,000 Pyramid]]'' is ''Series/{{Password}}'' meets ''Series/BeatTheClock''.
* ''Series/{{QI}}'' is a quiz bowl show meets a stand-up comedy set.
* ''Series/{{Reaper}}'' is best described as ''Series/{{Brimstone}}'' meets ''Film/{{Clerks}}''. Creator/KevinSmith even directed the Pilot.
* ''Series/RedDwarf'' is ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' meets ''Seinfeld''.
* ''Repo Games'': ''Series/CashCab'' meets ''Operation Repo'' - Answer the repo man's questions correctly and you get to keep your car.
* ''Series/{{Reign}}'' is ''Series/GameOfThrones'' meets ''Series/GossipGirl''.
* ''Series/RestaurantImpossible'' is ''Series/KitchenNightmares'' meets ''Series/ExtremeMakeoverHomeEdition''.
* ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'':
** ''Series/TwinPeaks'' meets ''Series/MySoCalledLife''.
** ''Series/DawsonsCreek'' meets ''Series/WithoutATrace'' or ''Series/TheKilling''.
** ''Film/{{Clueless}}'' meets ''Series/VeronicaMars''.
* ''Series/LesRevenants'' ("The Returned") has been described as ''Series/TwinPeaks'' meets ''Series/TheWalkingDead''. The town itself is like Twin Peaks' French counterpart.
* ''Series/{{Revolution}}'':
** ''The Trigger Effect'' meets ''Series/{{Jericho}}'', with swords.
** Or The {{Emberverse}}, starring [[Literature/TheHungerGames Katniss Everdeen]].
* ABC's 1975 game show ''Series/RhymeAndReason'' is ''MatchGame'' meets Lord Alfred Tennyson.
* ''Series/TheRiver'' is ''Film/ParanormalActivity'' meets ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness'', with a small dusting of ''Film/CannibalHolocaust'' as well.
* ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles'':
** ''Series/{{Bones}}'' meets ''Series/CagneyAndLacey''.
** WordOfGod says: ''Series/TheRockfordFiles'' meets ''Series/SexAndTheCity''.
* ''Series/RookieBlue'' is ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' meets ''NYPDBlue''.
* ''Series/{{Roswell}}'': ''Series/DawsonsCreek'' meets ''Series/TheXFiles''.
* ''RoundTheTwist'': One TV plug described it as ''The Swiss Family Robinson'' meets ''Series/TheXFiles''.
** ''Goosebumps'' meets ''The Swiss Family Robinson''
* ''Series/RoyalPains'':
** ''Series/BurnNotice'' meets ''Series/NorthernExposure''.
** Or ''Series/{{House}}'' meets ''Series/MacGyver'' with a little bit of ''Series/MagnumPI'' sprinkled in.
* ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'':
** ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' meets ''Series/ClarissaExplainsItAll''.
** Or ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' meets ''Series/MySoCalledLife''
* ''Series/{{Sanctuary}}'' would be ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' minus moral ambiguity and sex.
* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': Creator/LorneMichaels pitched the show as "''Series/SixtyMinutes'' meets Creator/MontyPython".
* ''Series/SavingGrace'': ''Series/JoanOfArcadia'' meets ''Series/TheShield''.
* ''Series/ScottAndBailey'' is ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'' meets ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles''
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' is ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' meets ''Series/{{Community}}''.
* ''Series/SeaQuestDSV'' is ''Franchise/StarTrek'' [[RecycledINSPACE under WATER]].
* ''Series/TheSecretCircle'' is ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' meets ''Series/TheVampireDiaries''.
* ''Series/SeiunKamenMachineman'' is ''Series/SpaceSheriffGavan'' meets ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Zorro}}''.
* ''Series/ShakeItUp'' is basically ''Series/HannahMontana'' meets ''Series/ICarly''.
* ''[[Series/SevenStarFightingGodGuyferd Shichisei TÅshin Guyferd]]'' is ''Series/KamenRider'' meets ''[[Manga/{{Guyver}} Bio Booster Armor Guyver]]'' meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Franchise/StreetFighter''.
* ''Series/TheShield''
** Film/TouchOfEvil plotted like CSI.
** Or ''Series/NYPDBlue'' meets ''Touch of Evil''.
* ''Series/SiliconValley'' is ''Film/TheSocialNetwork'' meets ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' (minus a character who is like Penny).
* ''[[http://vimeo.com/7963572 Slingers]]'' looks to be ''Series/{{Hustle}}'' meets ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' as directed by Wong Kar Wai.
* ''Series/{{Skins}}'' is ''Series/ParkerLewisCantLose'' meets ''Film/{{Kids}}''.
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': ''{{Superman}}'' meets ''Series/DawsonsCreek''.
* ''Series/SonnyWithAChance'' is ''Series/HannahMontana'' meets ''Series/ThirtyRock''.
* ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'' is ''Series/TheSopranos'' meets ''Series/AmericanChopper'' meets ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' (it was described in some circles as ''Hamlet'' with motorcycles).
* ''Series/SpacePrecinct'' is ''Film/BladeRunner'' meets ''Series/HillStreetBlues''.
* ''Splatalot!'' is ''Wipeout'' meets ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway''
* ''Special Ops Mission'' (The Military Channel): ''Series/{{Survivorman}}'' meets a Creator/StevenSeagal movie.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'':
** ''Literature/HoratioHornblower'' meets ''Series/TheOuterLimits''.
** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' is ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets ''Series/BabylonFive''.
*** Or ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets ''Series/TheWestWing'' meets ''VideoGame/MassEffect''.
** ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' is ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' (or alternatively, ''Series/LostInSpace'').
** Roddenberry originally pitched it as "''Series/WagonTrain'' [[RecycledInSpace to the stars]]"
* The ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' season 6 episode "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E19FrameOfMind}} Frame of Mind]]" is a combination of two Riker-centric episodes: "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E15FirstContact}} First Contact]] " (not to be confused with [[Film/StarTrekFirstContact the film]]), where Riker goes on a undercover mission on an alien world which goes awry; and "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E8FutureImperfect}} Future Imperfect]]", where Riker finds himself inside a DreamWithinADream. Coincidentally, both episodes were from season 4.
* ''Series/StargateUniverse'':
** ''Franchise/StargateVerse'' (more the movie or ''SG-1'' than ''Atlantis'') meets ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' meets ''Film/TheLastStarfighter'' meets ''Flight of the Phoenix'' meets ''Series/LostInSpace''.
** ''Franchise/StargateVerse'': ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' meets ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'', with the [[IDieFree Free Jaffa]] standing in for the Hork-Bajir, and the [[LaResistance Tok'ra]] as a more sophisticated and organized Yeerk Peace Movement.
** In [[http://sfdebris.com/videos/stargate/sg1s1e4.php reviewing]] the early ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "[[Recap/StargateSG1S1E3Emancipation Emancipation]]", Website/SFDebris made the comment that early ''SG-1'' was like "''Franchise/StarTrek'' by way of ''Film/TheThreeStooges''", and thought it a good thing the show [[GrowingTheBeard grew out of it]].
* ''Series/StepByStep'' is ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' meets ''Theatre/TheOddCouple''.
* ''Series/StrangerThings'':
** ''Film/TheGoonies'' meets ''Series/TwinPeaks'', with elements of ''Film/TheHost''.
** Alternatively, it's ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' [[note]](only replace ET with a psychic girl)[[/note]] meets ''{{Literature/It}}'' [[note]]([[HilariousInHindsight ironically enough]], one of ''Stranger Things''[='s=] kid actors (Creator/FinnWolfhard) later stars in ''Film/It2017'')[[/note]].
*** WordOfGod is that that was [[http://www.vulture.com/2017/08/the-duffer-brothers-upside-down-journey-to-stranger-things.html almost exactly]] the original concept: "What if Steven Spielberg directed a Stephen King book?"
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
** ''Series/{{Angel}}'' and ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'', ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'' and ''Film/StarWars''.
** Or ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'' meets ''Series/TheXFiles''.
** Or ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.
** Alternatively, ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' meets ''Film/Ghostbusters'' with a sprinkle of ''Film/MenInBlack''
** ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'' meets ''Franchise/FullmetalAlchemist''.
** ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'', with a touch of ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo''
* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'':
** ''Series/{{Himitsu Sentai Gor|anger}}enger'' (and by large sentai in general) was pitched as ''Manga/{{Cyborg 009}}'' meets ''Franchise/KamenRider'' meets ''Franchise/JamesBond''.
** ''Series/JAKQDengekitai'' is ''Himitsu Sentai Gorenger'' meets ''Series/HighwayPatrol'' meets ''ComicBook/TheJoker'' meets ''Literature/CasinoRoyale'' meets ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''.
** ''Series/BattleFeverJ'' is ''Himitsu Sentai Gorenger'' meets ''ComicBook/TheAvengers''.
** ''Series/KagakuSentaiDynaman'' is ''Super Sentai'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman}}''.
** ''Series/HikariSentaiMaskman'' is ''Super Sentai'' meets the ''Anime/RobotRomanceTrilogy''.
** ''Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman'' is ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan'' meets ''Series/KagakuSentaiDynaman''.
** ''Series/KousokuSentaiTurboranger'' is ''Super Sentai'' meets ''Series/KnightRider'' meets ''Manga/DashYonkuro''.
** ''Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman'' is ''Series/{{Himitsu Sentai Gor|anger}}enger'' meets ''Series/ChoushinseiFlashman'' meets ''Kyoudai Ken Byclosser''.
** ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman'' is ''Himitsu Sentai Gorenger'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderSkyrider'' meets ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' meets ''Manga/{{Area 88}}''.
** ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger'' is ''Hikari Sentai Maskman'' meets ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms''.
** ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger'' is ''Super Sentai'' meets ''Manga/KamenNoNinjaAkakage'' meets ''Henshin Ninja Arashi'' meets ''Series/SekaiNinjaSenJiraiya'' meets ''Series/NinjaCaptor'' meets ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''.
** ''Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger'' is ''Series/DaiSentaiGoggleV'' meets ''Series/DengekiSentaiChangeman''.
** ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' is ''Series/KousokuSentaiTurboranger'' meets ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''.
** ''Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger'' is ''Series/DenshiSentaiDenziman'' meets ''Series/ChoudenshiBioman'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderSuper1'' meets ''Film/TheLastStarfighter''.
** ''Series/KyukyuSentaiGoGoV'' is ''Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman'' meets ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}''.
** ''Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger'' is ''Series/JAKQDengekitai'' meets ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman'' meets ''Film/{{Timecop}}''.
** ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger'' is ''Super Sentai'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderAmazon'' meets ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers''.
** ''Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger'' is ''Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman'' meets ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger'' meets ''{{Manga/Ninku}}''.
** ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'' is ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan'' meets ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger''.
** ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'' is ''Series/DenshiSentaiDenziman'' meets ''Series/SpaceSheriffGavan'' meets ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' meets ''{{Anime/Patlabor}}''.
** ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'' is ''Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman'' meets ''Literature/HarryPotter''.
** ''Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger'' is ''Super Sentai'' meets ''Franchise/IndianaJones''.
** ''Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger'' is ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger'' meets ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'' meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''.
** ''Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger'' is ''Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman'' meets ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger''.
** ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' is ''Super Sentai'' meets ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' meets ''VideoGame/GenpeiToumaDen''.
** ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' is ''Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger'' meets ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel''.
** ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' is ''Super Sentai'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' meets ''Manga/OnePiece''
** ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters'' is ''Himitsu Sentai Gorenger'' meets ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'' meets ''Anime/DigimonAdventure''.
** ''Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger'' is ''Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger'' meets ''Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters'' meets ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'' meets ''Film/SuckerPunch'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity''.
** ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'' is shaping up to be ''Series/BattleFeverJ'' meets ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' and/or ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'', with some ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury'' and ''[[Anime/DokiDokiPrettyCure Dokidoki! PreCure]]'' thrown in.
** ''[[Series/ResshaSentaiTokkyuger Ressha Sentai ToQger]]'' is ''Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' meets ''[[Anime/SmilePrettyCure Smile PreCure!]]'' meets ''VideoGame/DenshaDeGo''.
** ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'' is ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger'' meets ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderHibiki'' meets ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SenranKagura''.
** ''Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger'' is ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman'' meets ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger'' meets ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderKuuga'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderOOO'' meets ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'' meets ''LightNovel/LogHorizon'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''.
** ''Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger'' is ''Series/ChoushinseiFlashman'' meets ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' meets ''Series/ChouseishinGransazer'' meets ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' meets ''Series/UltramanLeo'' meets ''Anime/JuuniSenshiBakuretsuEtoRanger''.
* ''Series/SuperSportlets'' is ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' meets ''Series/LazyTown''.
* ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' was described by Creator/MarkBurnett in his companion book for the first season of the show as "''Series/GilligansIsland'' meets ''[[Literature/AndThenThereWereNone Ten Little Indians]]'' meets ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' meets ''Series/TheRealWorld''."
* ''Take It All'', NBC's most recent prime time {{game show}}, is ''Series/GiveNTake'' meets ''FriendOrFoe''.
* ''Series/TalesOfTheGoldMonkey'' is ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' meets ''Sky King''.
* ''Series/{{Tattletales}}'' is ''Series/TheNewlywedGame'' meets ''Series/IveGotASecret''. This could also apply to its beta edition, ''HeSaidSheSaid''.
* ''Series/{{Taxi}}'': ''Film/TaxiDriver'' meets ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow''
* ''Series/TerraNova'':
** ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' meets ''Film/{{Avatar}}''. Guess who suddenly showed up to explain "Terra Nova Rules".
** It could also be described as ''Literature/DecisionAtDoona'' meets ''Series/{{Primeval}}''.
** With a dash of ''Earth 2''.
* ''Series/That70sShow'' is ''Series/HappyDays'' meets ''Film/DazedAndConfused''.
* The original pitch for ''Creator/TerryPratchett's The Watch'' was ''Franchise/{{CSI}}: [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Ankh-Morpork]]''.
* ''Series/ThreeSheets'': ''The Thirsty Traveler'' meets ''Series/InsomniacWithDaveAttell''.
* ''{{Timeless}}'' has been described as ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' meets ''Series/MissionImpossible''.
* ''Series/TinMan'' is ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' meets SpaceOpera, but it's too much of a genuine Space Opera to be a mere RecycledInSpace.
* [[Series/SpiderManJapan Toei's take on Spider-Man]] is Spider-Man meets the Toku genre.
* ''Series/TheTomorrowPeople2013'' is ''Film/{{Push}}'' meets ''Film/{{Jumper}}''.
* ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', in series 1 at least, was often described as ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''Series/ThisLife''. (''Series/{{Angel}}'' meets ''Series/QueerAsFolk'' would seem more accurate.)
* ''Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell'' is ''Series/TheDailyShow'' meets ''Series/TheSoup''.
* ''Series/TwentyFour'' is ''Film/{{Commando}}'' meets ''Film/DirtyHarry'' meets ''Series/TheWestWing'' with more [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique torture]].
* ''Series/ThisIsJinsy'' is ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'' meets ''Series/TheMightyBoosh'' with a side-order of Stanley Unwin and The Goons.
* ''Series/TwoBrokeGirls'' is ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'' meet Music/LadyGaga.
** Or ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'' meets ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen''.
* ''Franchise/UltraSeries'': ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' meets ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}''
** ''Series/UltraQ'' is ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' meets ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}''.
** ''Series/UltraSeven'' is ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' meets ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' meets ''Series/DoctorWho''.
** ''Series/UltramanLeo'' is ''Ultra Seven'' meets ''Series/KamenRider'' meets ''Manga/{{Devilman}}''.
** ''Series/UltramanTiga'' is ''Ultraman'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBlackRX'' meets ''Manga/DragonBall''.
** ''Series/UltramanDyna'' is ''Ultraman Tiga'' meets ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ''.
** ''Series/UltramanGaia'' is ''Ultraman Dyna'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamF91'' meets ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'' meets ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis''.
** ''Series/UltramanCosmos'' is ''Series/UltramanTaro'' meets ''Ultraman Dyna'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderAgito'' meets ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger''.
** ''Series/UltramanNexus'' is ''Ultraman'' meets ''Series/UltramanAce'' meets ''Series/UltramanLeo'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''Film/MenInBlack'' meets ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil''.
** ''Series/UltramanMax'' is ''Ultraman'' meets ''Ultra Q'' meets ''Ultraman Dyna'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderAgito'' meets ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' meets ''Anime/DigimonFrontier''.
** ''Series/UltraSevenX'' is ''Ultra Seven'' meets ''Ultraman Nexus'' meets ''Film/KamenRiderTheFirst'' (and ''[[Film/KamenRiderTheNext The Next]]'') meets ''Series/TheXFiles''.
** ''Series/UltraGalaxyMegaMonsterBattle'' is ''Ultra Q'' meets ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' (specifically the "vs." movies) meets ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.
** ''Series/UltramanGinga'' is ''Ultraman'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' meets ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' meets ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger''.
*** ''Ultraman Ginga S'' is ''Ultraman Ginga'' meets ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' meets ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' meets ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars''.
** ''Series/UltramanX'' is ''Ultraman Ginga'' meets ''Series/DenkouChoujinGridman'' meets ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars''.
** ''Series/UltramanOrb'' is ''Ultraman X'' meets ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' meets ''Anime/DigimonXrosWarsTheYoungHuntersLeapingThroughTime'' meets ''Anime/YuGiOh'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderGhost'' meets ''Manga/FateKaleidLinerPrismaIllya''.
*** ''Series/UltramanOrbTheOriginSaga'' is ''Ultraman Orb'' meets ''Anime/DigimonSavers'' meets ''LightNovel/FateZero''.
** ''Series/UltramanGeed'' is ''Ultraman Leo'' meets ''Ultraman Orb'' meets ''Literature/ChildhoodsEnd'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' meets ''Anime/DigimonSavers'' meets ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri''.
* ''Series/{{Unfabulous}}'' is ''Series/OneTreeHill'' and ''Series/LizzieMcGuire''.
* ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' is ''Series/DawsonsCreek'' meets ''{{Twilight}}'' and ''Franchise/{{Scream}}''.[[note]]All but Twilight are Kevin Williamson productions.[[/note]]
* ''Series/{{Vintergatan}}'' is ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' meets ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' meets ''Franchise/StarTrek''.
* ''Series/{{Vinyl}}'' is ''Series/MadMen'' meets ''Series/{{Empire}}'' meets ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet''.
* ''The Voice'' is ''Series/AmericanIdol'' meets ''Series/DragonsDen''.
* ''Series/{{Victorious}}'' is a hybrid of ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' meets ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' (and all its clones, like ''City Guys'' and ''California Dreams'') threwn in.
* ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'':
** ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' meets ''Series/{{Eureka}}'' with bits of ''Series/{{Moonlighting}}''.
** Or, alternatively, ''Series/{{Bones}}'' in the Wiki/SCPFoundation instead of the Jeffersonian.
** Or, according to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, ''Series/TheXFiles'', meets ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', meets ''Series/{{Moonlighting}}''.
* ''Series/{{Werewolf}}'' is ''Film/TheHowling'' meets ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk''.
* ''Weaponizers'' (Discovery): ''Junkyard Wars'' meets ''[=BattleBots=]'' meets ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal''.
* ''WeirdScience'' is ''Series/IDreamOfJeannie'' meets ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead''.
* ''Series/WhiteCollar'' is ''Series/TheATeam'' meets ''Film/CatchMeIfYouCan''.
* ''Series/{{Wilfred}}'' is ''Film/FightClub'' meets ''Theatre/{{Harvey}}''.
* ''Series/TheWire'' is ''Series/GameOfThrones'' meets ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}'' meets ''Film/BoyzNTheHood'', as written by Creator/CharlesDickens.
* ''Series/TheWubbulousWorldofDrSeuss'': is Creator/DrSeuss meets Franchise/TheMuppets.
* ''Series/TheXFiles'' was pitched as ''Series/KolchakTheNightStalker'' meets ''Film/SilenceOfTheLambs'' meets ''Film/{{JFK}}''
** However, it might better be described as ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'' meets ''Series/ProjectUFO'' with a shadow of ''Film/{{JFK}}'', and a main character inspired by Clarice from ''Film/SilenceOfTheLambs''
* ''Series/YoGabbaGabba'': ''Series/SesameStreet'' meets ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse''.
** Or "''Series/HRPufnstuf'' meets ''Series/TheElectricCompany1971''. [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs On LSD]]."
* ''Series/TheYoungOnes'':
** ''Theatre/LaBoheme'' meets ''Series/{{Bottom}}''.
** Or ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' if it was a sitcom and flooded with late 1970s [[TheQuincyPunk U.K. punk rock]] sensibilities.
* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'': ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' meets a darker version of ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow''.
** Or ''Film/DawnOfTheDead1978'' meets ''Literature/TheStand''
* ''Series/WaywardPines'' really looks like a cross between the idyllic town that no one wants to leave in ''Film/TheVillage'' (unsurprisingly since Creator/MNightShyamalan is the creator) and the eerie town of no escape in ''Series/ThePrisoner''.
* ''Series/YoungIndianaJones'' is ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' meets ''Film/ForrestGump'' in the ''early'' 20th century.
* ''Series/{{Z Nation}}'': Has been described as "''Series/{{The Walking Dead}}'' meets ''Film/{{Mad Max}}''".
* ''Series/ThirtyRock'' is ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'' meets ''Series/NewsRadio''
** Alternately ''Series/JustShootMe'' meets a documentary on the behind-the-scenes drama of working on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.
* ''Series/{{The 100}}'' is ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' (with teens) meets ''Film/AfterEarth''.
** The series was also billed as ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' meets ''Series/{{Lost}}''.
* ''Series/AToZ'' is ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' meets ''Film/FiveHundredDaysOfSummer''
* ''Series/AdamRuinsEverything'' is ''Series/PennAndTellerBullshit'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus''.
* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' IS ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' meets ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
** Alternatively, it's Series/{{Torchwood}} meets the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
** Or it's ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' the superhero franchise meets ''Series/TheAvengers'' the (unrelated) spy drama.
** [[WordOfGod According]] to [[http://popwatch.ew.com/2013/08/21/this-weeks-cover-joss-whedon-agents-shield/ Joss Whedon]] its ''Marvel'' meets the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E13TheZeppo "The Zeppo"]] to a degree.
** The pre-[[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier Winter Soldier]] episodes were Marvel meets ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}''.
*** ''Pilot'' in particular feels very ''Second Chance''
* ''Series/{{Airwolf}}'' was ''Series/TheATeam'' (or ''Series/MacGyver'' or ''Series/KnightRider'' if you prefer) in a helicopter.
* ''Series/{{Alias}}'' is Film/JamesBond meets ''{{Felicity}}''.
* ''Series/{{Almost Human}}'' is Creator/IsaacAsimov's [[Literature/TheCavesOfSteel Lije Baley novels]] meets ''Franchise/{{Ghost In The Shell}}''
* ''Series/{{Alphas}}'' is described by its creator as ''ComicBook/XMen'' meets ''Series/TheWire''.
* ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory''
** ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse'' is ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' meets ''Film/TheShining''.
** ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryAsylum'' is ''Film/ShutterIsland'' (with [[NunsAreSpooky creepy nuns]]) meets ''Film/TheExorcist'' (one of the nuns is possessed) meets ''SilenceOfTheLambs'' [[spoiler:one of the doctors is a serial killer]].
** ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryFreakShow'' is ''Freaks'' meets ''Literature/AmericanPsycho''.
* "''Series/TheAmericans'' seems to be a stew of ''Series/{{Homeland}}'' (spy stuff), ''Series/MadMen'' ([[TheEighties relatively recent]] period drama) and something like ''Series/TheRiches'' (family of dissemblers) [or] ''Series/BreakingBad'' or ''Series/{{Dexter}}'' or any other series [with a] protagonist with a DarkSecret and will go to great, brutal lengths to keep it." -- Robert Llyod, ''The Los Angeles Times''.
* ''Series/AndiMack'' is technically ''Series/LizzieMcGuire'' (Also made by the same creator, Terri Minsky) meets ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager''. (A KidCom with some TeenDrama elements)
* ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'' is ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' meets ''Series/BlakesSeven''.
* As stated in the DuelingShows page, ''Series/ANTFarm'' is literally ''Series/{{Victorious}}'' meets ''Series/{{iCarly}}''.
* ''Series/AngieTribeca'' is ''Series/CSIMiami'' meets ''Film/{{Airplane}}''.
* ''Series/TheAquabatsSuperShow'': ''Series/YoGabbaGabba'' meets ''Series/{{Batman}}''.
** More like ''Series/{{Batman}}'' meets ''Series/TheMonkees'' as done by [[Creator/SidAndMartyKrofftProductions Sid and Marty Krofft]].
* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' is ''Series/{{Revenge}}''[[note]]or ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo'', if you prefer[[/note]] meets ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''.
* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'': ''Film/TheGodfather'' meets ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''.
** Or ''Series/{{Community}}'' meets ''Film/TheRoyalTenenbaums''
* ''Series/TheATeam'' was pitched as a cross between ''Film/TheDirtyDozen'' and ''Series/MissionImpossible''.
* ''Series/{{Automan}}'':
** ''Series/KnightRider'' meets ''Film/{{Tron}}''.
** ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'' Meets ''Film/{{Tron}}''.
* ''Series/BabylonFive'' is ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' meets ''Literature/{{The Lord of the Rings}} [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]]''
* ''Series/BadJudge'' was ''Film/BadTeacher'' meets ''Series/NightCourt''.
* The original ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|1978}}'' is basically ''{{Series/Bonanza}}'' meets ''StarWars'', with a dose of ''Series/StarskyAndHutch''.
* ''Series/BeakmansWorld'' is ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy'' meets ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse''.
* ''Series/BeingErica'' is ''Series/QuantumLeap'' meets ''[[PeggySue Peggy Sue Got Married]]''.
* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' is ''Series/{{Friends}}'' meets ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds''.
** Or ''Series/{{Friends}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}''.
** Or ''Series/{{Friends}}'' meets ''Film/RealGenius''.
* ''Series/BeringSeaGold'' is ''Series/DeadliestCatch'' meets ''Series/GoldRush'' minus the [[MoneyDearBoy big payoff]] at the end of the season.
* ''Series/BestFriendsWhenever'' has been described as ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'' meets ''Series/QuantumLeap''.
* ''Series/{{Bizaardvark}}'' is mostly ''Series/SamAndCat'' (Two girls working together with a little boy helping them run it) for the ''Website/YouTube'' celebrity crowd, with babysitting replaced by Youtube fame.
* ''Series/BlackJesus'' is ''Series/TrailerParkBoys'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' [[RecycledINSPACE in Compton]].
* ''Series/TheBlacklist'', as described in ''Entertainment Weekly'': "You'll be reminded of ''Series/{{Alias}}, TheSilenceOfTheLambs'', and [[{{Leverage}} a]] [[Film/SafeHouse dozen]] [[Series/WhiteCollar other]] [[BoxedCrook things]]".
* ''Series/BlackMirror'' is ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' meets ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''.
* ''Series/BlakesSeven'': Creator/TerryNation pitched the series as "Mythology/RobinHood meets ''Film/TheDirtyDozen'' [[RecycledInSpace in space]]".
* ''Series/BlueMountainState'': ''Series/FridayNightLights'' meets ''Film/{{Porkys}}'' meets ''{{Greek}}''.
* ''Series/{{Bonekickers}}'':
** Adrian Lester described it as ''Series/{{CSI}}'' meets ''Franchise/IndianaJones''.
** WebVideo/DiamandaHagan described it as "a cross between ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' and ''Series/TimeTeam'', minus random bisexuality and any semblance of self-respect".
* ''Series/{{Boohbah}}'' was ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' meets ''Series/{{Teletubbies}}''.
* ''Series/BosomBuddies'' was ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'' meets ''Film/SomeLikeItHot''.
* ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' is ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver'' meets the 1968 film ''Yours, Mine and Ours''.
* ''Series/BreakingBad'':
** Its creator pitched it as being the story of how ''[[Film/GoodbyeMrChips Mr. Chips]]'' becomes ''[[Film/Scarface1983 Scarface]]''.
** The initial premise is ''Series/{{Weeds}}'' meets ''Series/TheBigC'', but instead of a suburban mother its protagonist is [[Film/TheGodfather Michael Corleone]] meets Film/TheNuttyProfessor.
** It can also be seen as ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' meets ''Film/FaceToFace''.
** Or ''Series/{{Weeds}}'' if it was written by Creator/CormacMcCarthy.
* ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'' is ''Series/FawltyTowers'' meets ''Series/{{The Office|UK}}''.
* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' is ''Series/BarneyMiller'' meets ''Series/TheOfficeUS''.
* ''Buckwild'' is ''Series/HereComesHoneyBooBoo'' meets ''Series/JerseyShore''.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** Creator/JossWhedon refers to it as ''Series/MySoCalledLife'' meets ''Series/TheXFiles''.
** Alternately, it's ''Series/MySoCalledLife'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}''.
** Marti Noxon's vision for seasons 6 and 7 was "''PartyOfFive'' with monsters." Well, that explains a lot.
* ''Series/BurnNotice'' has been described as ''Series/MiamiVice'' meets ''Series/TheATeam'' meets ''Series/MacGyver'' meets ''Franchise/JamesBond''.
* ''Campus PD'' (G4): ''Series/{{COPS}}'' meets ''MTV's College Life''.
* ''Series/{{Carnivale}}'' is Franchise/HarryPotter meets ''Series/TwinPeaks'' meets ''Film/{{Freaks}}'' meets ''Literature/TheGrapesOfWrath''.
* ''Series/{{Castle}}'' is ''Series/{{Moonlighting}}'' meets ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' ("... having not really remembered ''Moonlighting'' and never seeing ''Murder, She Wrote''," says star Creator/NathanFillion.)
* ''Series/CelebrityNameGame'' is ''[[YouDontSay You Don't Say!]]'' meets ''[[Series/{{Pyramid}} The $10,000 Pyramid]]''.
* ''Series/{{Casualty 1906}}'' has been described by one critic as "''Series/{{Cranford}} being overrun by zombies.''"
* ''Series/CharlieJade'' is ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' meets FilmNoir with a touch of ''Series/{{Continuum}}''
* ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' is ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' meets ''Series/CharliesAngels'' meets ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.
* ''Chefs vs. City'': ''Series/TheAmazingRace'' meets ''Series/ManVFood''.
* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'': ''[[Series/{{Jake 20}} Jake 2.0]]'' meets ''Series/JohnDoe''.
** An Amazon review described it as "''Franchise/JamesBond'' meets ''Series/TheOffice''".
** ''Series/GetSmart'' meets ''Series/{{Psych}}'' at Best Buy is another way of looking at it.
** A Gender Flipped ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' meets ''Series/{{Alias}}'' and/or ''Series/TheManFromUNCLE,'' set in ''Series/{{Superstore}}''
* ''Chosen'' is ''Film/TheGame'' (+ LeonineContract, SadisticChoice, and DeadlyGame) Meets ''Series/NowhereMan''.
* ''Series/ComedyBangBang'': ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'' meets ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse''.
* ''Series/{{Community}}'':
** ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' meets ''Series/{{Undeclared}}''.
** Or: ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'' meets ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'' meets ''Series/{{Friends}}''.
** Alternatively, ''[[Series/TheOfficeUS The Office]]'' meets ''Film/TheBreakfastClub''.
* ''Series/{{Containment}}'' ''[[TooGoodToLast was]]'' basically ''Film/{{Outbreak}}'' meets ''Series/{{Atlanta}}'' (minus the humor), meets ''Series/UnderTheDome'' (except the dome is replaced by a barricade of high stacked freight containers).
* ''Series/TheColbertReport'' is ''The O'Reilly Factor'' meets ''Series/TheDailyShow''.
* ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'' is ''Series/{{Glee}}'' meets Music/WeirdAlYankovic as a Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg spoof.
* ''Series/CriminalMinds'' is ''Series/WithoutATrace'' meets ''Franchise/{{Saw}}''.
* ''Series/{{Crownies}}'' can be described as ''Series/LawAndOrderTrialByJury'' meets ''Series/GreysAnatomy''.
* ''Series/{{Crusade}}'' is ''Series/BlakesSeven'' meets ''Literature/TheHobbit'', set in the ''Series/BabylonFive'' universe.
* ''Series/{{CSI}}'' is ''Series/LawAndOrder'' meets HollywoodScience.
* ''Series/TheDailyShow'': ''Creator/{{CNN}} Headline News'' meets ''[[Series/SaturdayNightLive Weekend Update]]''.
* ''Dance Moms'' (Lifetime) is ''Series/ToddlersAndTiaras'' meets ''Series/BringItOn''.
* ''Dance Your Ass Off'' is ''Series/TheBiggestLoser'' meets ''Series/DancingWithTheStars''. I'm guessing that's probably how they sold it, too.
* ''Series/DarkMatter'' is ''Series/BlakesSeven'' meets ''Series/SpaceCases''
* ''Dave's Old Porn'' is ''Series/CheapSeats'' meets retro porn.
* ''Deadbeat'' is ''Film/{{Ghost}}'' meets ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia''.
* ''Death Valley'' is ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' meets ''Series/{{Cops}}''.
* ''Series/TheDeepEnd'' is ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' meets ''Series/BostonLegal''.
* ''Series/TheDefenders2017'' is season 1 of ''Series/IronFist2017'' meets the second half of ''Series/Daredevil2015'' season 2 (guest starring Series/LukeCage and Series/JessicaJones2015)
* ''Series/DenkouChoujinGridman'' and its American adaptation ''Series/SuperhumanSamuraiSyberSquad'' are ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' meets ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' meets ''Franchise/{{Tron}}''.
* ''Difficult People'' is ''Series/WillAndGrace'' meets ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''
* ''Series/{{Distraction}}'' is ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' meets ''Series/{{Jackass}}''.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' is [[WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle Peabody's Improbable History]] meets ''Franchise/StarTrek''
* ''Drive (2007)'' was ''Series/{{Lost}}'' meets ''Film/TheCannonballRun''.
** Since ''Series/{{Lost}}'' was pitched to ABC as a scripted show reminiscent of ''Series/{{Survivor}}'', ''Series/{{Drive}}'' could also be seen as the analogue to ''Series/TheAmazingRace''.
* ''Series/DualSurvival'' is ''Series/{{Survivorman}}'' meets ''Theatre/TheOddCouple''.
* ''Series/Earth2'' is ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'' meets ''Literature/RobinsonCrusoe'' meets ''VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri''. With a dash of ''Series/{{LOST}}''.
* ''Series/EliStone'' is ''Series/BostonLegal'' meets ''Series/{{Wonderfalls}}''.
* ''Series/{{Empire}}'' is ''Film/HustleAndFlow'' meets ''Theatre/TheLionInWinter''
* ''Series/TheEricAndreShow'' is ''Series/ComedyBangBang'' meets [[WidgetSeries every kind of drug you can imagine]].
* ''Series/{{Eureka}}'' is ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'' meets ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory''.
* ''Series/TheEvent'' was often called a combination of ''Series/TwentyFour'' and ''Series/{{Lost}}''.
* ''Series/EverybodyHatesChris'':
** ''Series/TheWonderYears'' meets ''Series/GoodTimes''.
** ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' meets ''Series/That70sShow'' (but in TheEighties).
* ''Series/TheExpanse'' has been described by at least one review as "''Franchise/BattlestarGalactica'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''".
* ''Series/FallingWater'' is ''Series/Sense8'' meets ''Film/{{Inception}}''.
* ''Series/FallingSkies'' is ''Film/IndependenceDay'' meets ''Series/{{Jericho}}''.
* ''Series/FakingIt'' is ''Film/{{GBF}}'' meets ''Series/{{Awkward}}'', injected with heavy doses of ''Series/SouthOfNowhere''
* ''Series/FamilyTies'' is ''Series/AllInTheFamily'' meets ''Series/TheBradyBunch''.
* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'':
** ''Series/BlakesSeven'' meets ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' meets ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''.
** Website/SFDebris on the subject:
--->'''Chuck Sonnenburg:''' If ''Franchise/StarWars'' and ''Series/RedDwarf'' had a baby, and that baby ran off to join the circus, that's ''Farscape''.
* ''Series/FawltyTowers'' is ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' meets ''Film/TheThreeStooges''.
* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'':
** ''Film/BladeRunner'' meets ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars''.
** Or ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Film/TheSearchers'' meets ''Literature/TheGrapesOfWrath''.
** Or ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets [[TheWestern your average western]].
** Or ''Series/BlakesSeven'' meets ''Anime/OutlawStar''.
* "Series/TheFlash2014 is "ComicBook/TheFlash" meets "Series/{{Smallville}}" meets "Film/TheAmazingSpiderman"
* ''Food Tech'' (History Channel): ''Series/GoodEats'' meets ''Series/DirtyJobs''.
* Creator/{{Cinemax}}'s ''Forbidden Science'': ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' + Abby and (a significantly younger) Ducky from ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' + Lots of sex.
* ''Series/{{Forever}}'' is ''Series/{{Castle}}'' meets ''Series/NewAmsterdam''
* ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' is ''Series/MySoCalledLife'' meets ''Series/TheWonderYears'', with a bit of ''Series/That70sShow''.
* ''[=FreakyLinks=]'' is ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' meets ''Series/TheXFiles''.
* ''Fridays'' (the early 1980s sketch show on ABC) is best described as ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' meets a louder, shriller, more politically-pointed, yet less psychedelic ''Laugh-In''.
* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' has been described as ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''Film/AlteredStates'' meets ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' meets ''Series/DarkAngel''.
** More like ''Series/{{Eureka}}'' meets ''Series/{{CSI}}'' meets ''Series/CharlieJade''.
* ''Series/GameOfThrones''' TV adaptation: [[WordOfGod described by]] Creator/GeorgeRRMartin as "''Series/TheSopranos'' in [[Literature/LordOfTheRings Middle Earth]]."
** Or [[Literature/LordOfTheRings Middle Earth]] meets [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Midland]].
** Many fans describe it as ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'' meets ''Series/TheWire'', "ye olde ''Series/TheWire''" or "''Series/TheWire'' in Middle Earth", owing to its multiple characters, complex plot developments and struggles.
** It could also be ''Series/TheBorgias'' or ''Series/TheTudors'' in [[Literature/LordOfTheRings Middle Earth]].
* ''GCB'' is ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' meets ''Film/MeanGirls'' all grown up.
* Series/GilligansIsland is Literature/RobinsonCrusoe meets the {{Sitcom}} formula.
* ''Series/{{Glee}}'': ''Series/{{Fame}}'' meets ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'' (Or ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' meets ''The Office'', for the younger set).
** It could also be described as "Every Teen Show" meets ''Series/{{Blackpool}}'', and does it 1000X better.
** ''Film/{{Election}}'' meets ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' (plus DawsonCasting).
* ''Series/GetSmart'' is ''Film/JamesBond'' meets ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther''.
* The upcoming Fox comedy ''Ghosted'' is being described as ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop'' meets ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''.
* ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'': [[WhatMightHaveBeen The original plan]] was for Rue [=McClanahan=] to be Rose and Creator/BettyWhite to be Blanche. Not only did the actresses feel better suited for the opposite characters, but Bea Arthur almost did not want to be involved for fear of the show only being "Maude and Vivian meet Sue Ann Nivens" (as White and [=McClanahan=] would resemble characters from their previous series).
* ''Series/GoodEats'' is a ScienceShow mixed with a CookingShow -- or if you prefer specific show examples, ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'' meets ''Series/BeakmansWorld'' meets ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy'' mixed with ''Cooking with Science'' (the actual book series that inspired the show) mixed with Emeril Lagasse.
** Alternatively, {{Creator/Julia Child}} meets ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy''.
*** Alton Brown has explicitly said he pitched the show as "Julia Child meets Mr. Wizard meets Monty Python."
* ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'' is ''Series/ClarissaExplainsItAll'' meets ''Series/FullHouse''.
* ''Series/{{Gotham}}'': ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' meets ''Series/{{CSI}}'' and ''Film/TheGodfather''.
* ''Series/{{Grimm}}'': [[Creator/TheBrothersGrimm Grimm's Fairy Tales]] meets ''Series/{{Angel}}'' (with a bit of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' thrown in).
* ''Guy's Grocery Games'': ''Series/{{Chopped}}'' meets ''Series/SupermarketSweep''.
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': ''ComicBook/XMen'' meets ''Series/{{Lost}}''.
* ''Series/HannahMontana'' is ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' meets ''Series/{{Unfabulous}}''.
* ''Hard Copy'' was pitched as ''Series/SixtyMinutes'' meets Creator/{{MTV}}.
* ''Series/TheHauntedHathaways'': ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' meets ''Series/{{Topper}}''.
* ''Series/TheHauntingHour'' episode "Scarecrow" is ''Series/StormOfTheCentury'' with kids (or the ''Goosebumps'' book "The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight" with a DownerEnding)
** "The Hole" is ''Film/TheRing'' meets ''Film/TheAmityvilleHorror2005'' and a little bit of the first ''Film/ParanormalActivity'' movie.
** "Headshot" is ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' meets the world of teen modeling.
* ''Series/HeeHaw'': ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn'' meets The Grand Ole Opry.
* ''Series/HogansHeroes'': ''Film/TheGreatEscape'' meets the SitCom formula.
* ''Series/TheHour'': Described by one review as ''DropTheDeadDonkey'' meets ''{{Spooks}}''.
* ''Series/{{House}}'' is ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'' meets ''Series/{{ER}}'' with a tasty sprinkle (for those who know it) of ''Manga/BlackJack''.
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' is ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' (the bar) meets ''Series/TheWonderYears'' (the flashback) meets ''Series/{{Friends}}'' (the group of friends) meets ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' (the Lemony narration).
* ''Series/H2OJustAddWater'':
** ''Series/HomeAndAway'' meets ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' with mermaids.
** ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'' meets ''Home and Away'' as a live-action series but minus the singing... at least until season 3.
** Bonus points: Indiana Evans, who would later play Bella in ''H20'', had a role in ''Home and Away''.
* ''Series/{{Hyperdrive}}'' is ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' meets ''Series/RedDwarf''.
* ''Series/ICarly'' is ''Series/LizzieMcGuire'' for the ''Website/YouTube'' celebrity crowd
* ''In Living Color'' is ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' meets ''The Richard Pryor Show'' (or, if you're too young for both those references, an early version of ''ChappelleShow'' meets a more tightly-written ''Series/MADtv'')
* ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'' was the Hulk comics meets ''Series/TheFugitive''
* ''Series/{{Intelligence2014}}'' is ''Series/MissionImpossible'' meets ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell''
* ''Series/IntoTheBadlands'' is ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCarribean'' meets 70s Kung Fu movies.
* ''[[Series/IronChef Iron Chef Japan]]'': Julia Child + ProfessionalWrestling...[[RecycledINSPACE In Japan]]!
* ''Series/IronFist2016'': ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' meets ''Series/IntoTheBadlands''
** or ''Arrow'' meets ''Film/TheLastDragon''
* ''It's Worth What??'' is ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' meets ''Series/DealOrNoDeal''.
* ''Series/{{JAG}}'' is ''Film/AFewGoodMen'' meets ''Film/TopGun''.
* ''Series/{{Jessie}}'' is ''Series/TheNanny'' meets ''Series/ThatGirl''.
* ''Series/{{Justified}}'' is ''Series/NYPDBlue'' meets ''Film/WalkingTall1973''.
* ''Franchise/KamenRider'':
** In general, ''Manga/SkullMan'' meets ''Manga/Cyborg009'' meets ''Series/MoonlightMask'' meets ''ComicBook/IronMan'' meets ''Film/JamesBond'' in a JapaneseDelinquents fashion.
** ''Series/KamenRiderAmazon'' is ''Franchise/{{Tarzan}}'' meets ''Kamen Rider''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderSkyrider'' is ''Kamen Rider'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderBlack'' is ''Kamen Rider'' meets ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' meet ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' (for the DarkerAndEdgier tones) meets ''Literature/{{Thunderball}}'' meets ''Literature/{{Icebreaker}}''.
*** ''Series/KamenRiderBlackRX'' is ''Kamen Rider Black'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'' (for the LighterAndSofter tones).
** ''Series/KamenRiderKuuga'' is ''Kamen Rider'' meets ''Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger'' meets ''Series/UltramanTiga'' meets ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderAgito'' is ''Kamen Rider Kuuga'' meets ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''Series/MiamiVice''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' is ''Kamen Rider'' meets ''Series/{{Mirrorman}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'' meets ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''Literature/BattleRoyale'' meets ''Anime/DigimonTamers''.
** ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'' is ''Kamen Rider Black'' meets ''Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue'' meets ''Manga/{{Guyver}}'' meets ''Manga/{{AKIRA}}'' meets ''Franchise/ResidentEvil''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' is ''Kamen Rider'' meets ''Series/JAKQDengekitai'' meets ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderHibiki'' is ''Kamen Rider Amazon'' meets ''Henshin Ninja Arashi'' meets ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger'' meets ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'' meets ''VideoGame/TaikoNoTatsujin''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderKabuto'' is ''Series/KamenRiderStronger'' meets ''Series/JuukouBFighter'' meets ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'' meets ''VideoGame/GateKeepers''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' is ''KamenRiderKuuga'' meets ''Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger'' meets ''VideoGame/DenshaDeGo''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderKiva'' is ''Kamen Rider Black'' meets ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'' meets ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' meets ''Manga/PrincessResurrection'' meets ''Manga/VampireKnight'' meets ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' meets ''Anime/BloodPlus''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' is ''Film/KamenRiderZX'' and ''Manga/KamenRiderSpirits'' meets ''KingdomHearts''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderW'' is ''Kamen Rider'' meets ''Manga/SkullMan'' meets ''FilmNoir'' meets ''Manga/ChoujinBarom1'' meets ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderOOO'' is ''Kamen Rider Kuuga'' meets ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger'' meets ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' is ''Series/KamenRiderSuper1'' meets ''Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' meets ''Series/{{Glee}}'' meets ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' meets ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL''.
*** Or ''Kamen Rider'' meets ''VideoGame/SpaceAdventureCobra'' with small dose of ''Manga/{{AKIRA}}'' and ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderWizard'' is ''Kamen Rider'' meets ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'' meets ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' meets ''Literature/HarryPotter''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' is ''Series/KamenRiderBlack'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' (and ''[[Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight Dragon Knight]]'') meets ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' meets ''Anime/PsychoPass'' meets ''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta'' meets ''LightNovel/FateZero''.
*** Or ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' meets ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'' meets ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' meets ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' (and ''[[LightNovel/FateApocrypha Apocrypha]]'') meets ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' meets ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' meets ''[[Anime/RoninWarriors Yoroiden Samurai Troopers]]'' meets ''Manga/FutureDiary'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderDrive'' is essentially ''Franchise/KamenRider'' meets ''Series/KnightRider'', according to WordOfGod.
*** Or ''Series/KamenRiderBlackRX'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''Series/KousokuSentaiTurboranger'' meets ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' meets ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' meets ''Franchise/BlackRockShooter''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderGhost'' is ''Kamen Rider'' meets ''Comicbook/GhostRider'' meets ''Manga/FateKaleidLinerPrismaIllya'' meets ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' meets ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' meets ''Manga/ShamanKing'' meets ''Anime/CrossAnge'' meets ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'' meets ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderAmazons'' is ''Series/KamenRiderAmazon'' meets ''Film/KamenRiderTheFirst'' (and ''[[Film/KamenRiderTheNext The Next]]''), with a dosed of ''Film/ShinKamenRiderPrologue'', ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'', ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'', ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'', ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'', and ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' in '''''spades!'''''
** ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'' is ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' meets ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters'' meets ''Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger'' meets ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' meets ''Manga/YuGiOh'' (and its [[Franchise/YuGiOh spin-offs]]) meets ''Anime/DigimonUniverseApplimonsters'' meets ''Manga/BlackJack'' meets ''Franchise/DanganRonpa'' meets ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptunia'' meets ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'' is ''Series/KamenRider'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderAgito'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''[[Series/{{Kikaider}} JinzÅ Ningen Kikaider]]'' meets ''Series/KagakuSentaiDynaman'' meets ''Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS''.
* ''Series/KanpaiSenshiAfterV'' is ''Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger'' meets ''Series/{{Cheers}}''
* ''Series/KickinIt'' is ''Film/TheBadNewsBears'' meets ''Film/TheKarateKid'' - or at least that's how [[WordOfGod Jason Earles]] described it to [[Series/LateNight Jimmy Fallon]].
* ''Series/{{Killjoys}}'' is ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' meets ''Manga/CowboyBebop''
* ''Series/LabRats'', in its ''Lab Rats: Bionic Island'' incarnation, is ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan''[[note]]or ''Series/TheBionicWoman'', whichever you prefer[[/note]] meets ''Film/XMen''.
* ''Series/LastManStanding'' is ''Series/AllInTheFamily'' meets ''Series/HomeImprovement''.
* ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'' is ''Series/TheDailyShow'' meets ''Series/PennAndTellerBullshit''.
* ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'' is ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' meets ''Series/CoronationStreet'' meets ''Film/TheWickerMan1973'' meets ''Series/TwinPeaks''.
** ''[[BigDamnMovie The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse]]'' is all of the above meets ''[[{{Series/RedDwarf}} Red Dwarf: Back To Earth]]''.
* ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' is ''Series/DoctorWho'' meets ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' in the ''Verse/ArrowVerse''.
* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'':
** ''Series/BurnNotice'' meets ''Series/MissionImpossible''.
** Alternately: ''Myth/RobinHood'' meets ''Film/OceansEleven''.
* ''Series/TheLibrarians2014'': ''Series/DoctorWho'' meets ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' meets ''Series/{{Warehouse13}} ''
* ''Series/{{Life on Mars|2006}}'' is ''Series/TheSweeney'' meets ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfThomasCovenant''.
* ''Series/LivAndMaddie'':
** ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' or ''Series/SisterSister'' meets ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'' minus the hotel and new baby, and the twins there are played ''by one person.''
*** With a teensy bit of ''Series/HannahMontana'' thrown in for good measure in Liv's case. In fact one of Hannah's episodes was about how far she'd go for a Z-Phone.
*** Not to mention casting inspiration from ''Series/ThePattyDukeShow''
** In-universe, Joey describes [[ShowWithinAShow Space Werewolves]] as a result of StarWars and LordOfTheRings having a child and that child being adopted by Franchise/TheAvengers.
* ''Series/LizzieMcGuire'' is ''Series/ClarissaExplainsItAll'' meets ''Series/MySoCalledLife'' (but in middle school).
* ''Series/LionMaruG'' is ''Series/{{GARO}}'' meets ''Film/DeuceBigalow Male Gigolo''.
* ''Series/{{Lost}}'': ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' meets ''Series/GilligansIsland'' meets ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' meets ''Series/ThePrisoner''.
** The writers were going for something more along the lines of ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' meets ''Literature/TheStand''.
** The show was actually pitched as ''Film/CastAway'' meets ''Series/{{Survivor}}''
** The last season in particular is ''Literature/TheStand'' meets ''Film/JacobsLadder'' meets ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom''.
** The easiest way to describe it would be {{Robinsonade}} meets ''Series/TheTwilightZone''
* ''Series/{{Lilyhammer}}'' is ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'' meets ''Film/{{Fargo}}''.
* ''Series/LostGirl'' is ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' meets ''Literature/AnitaBlake''
* ''Series/LostInAusten'': ''Series/{{Life on Mars|2006}}'' meets ''PrideAndPrejudice''.
* ''Series/{{Luther}}'' is ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' meets ''Film/DirtyHarry''.
* ''Series/MadMen'' is ''Series/TheSopranos'' meets ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' if it took place in the 1960s.
* ''Series/{{Manswers}}'' is ''Series/BrainiacScienceAbuse'' meets ''Series/TheManShow''.
* ''Series/ManVFood'' is ''Diners, Drive-ins and Dives'' meets Competitive Eating.
* ''Man Vs Fish'': ''Series/ManVsWild'' meets Bill Dance.
* ''Franchise/MetalHeroes'':
** ''Series/SpaceSheriffGavan'', ''Series/SpaceSheriffSharivan'', ''Series/SpaceSheriffShaider'', ''Series/KyojuuTokusouJuspion'', and ''Series/JikuuSenshiSpielban'' are ''KamenRider'' meets ''ComicBook/ROMSpaceknight''.
** ''Series/ChoujinkiMetalder'' is the ''Metal Heroes'' meets ''[[Series/{{Kikaider}} JinzÅ Ningen Kikaider]]''.
** ''Series/SekaiNinjaSenJiraiya'' is the ''Metal Heroes'' meets ''Manga/KamenNoNinjaAkakage'' meets ''Henshin Ninja Arashi'' meets ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}''.
** ''Series/KidouKeijiJiban'' is the ''Metal Heroes'' meets ''Anime/EighthMan'' meets ''Franchise/RoboCop''.
** ''Series/TokkeiWinspector'', ''Series/TokkyuuShireiSolbrain'', and ''Series/TokusouExceedraft'' are the ''Metal Heroes'' meets ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}''.
** ''Series/TokusouRoboJanperson'' is the ''Metal Heroes'' meets ''Series/RobotDetective''.
** ''Series/JuukouBFighter'' and ''Series/BFighterKabuto'' are the ''Metal Heroes'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderStronger''.
* ''Series/MiamiVice'' was supposedly funded and the pilot produced after a brief meeting where it was described as "MTV Cops", with essentially no other details. This is true according to [[WordOfGod Brandon Tartikoff]], who was the NBC executive that green-lighted the show.
* ''Series/TheMightyBoosh'' is ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' meets ''Music/FlightOfTheConchords'' on acid.
* ''Series/{{Misfits}}'' is ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' [[Series/MockTheWeek crossed with]] ''Series/{{Skins}}''.
* ''[[Series/MrStudentBodyPresident Mr. Student Body President]]'' is HouseOfCards in a HighSchool.
* ''Series/TheMuppets'' is ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' meets ''Series/{{The Office|US}}''
* ''Series/MyFavoriteMartian'' is ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951'' meets ''Series/TheDonnaReedShow''.
* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' was ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'' meets ''Fractured Flickers'' meets ''TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''.
* ''Series/TheMysticKnightsOfTirNaNog'' is ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' meets Irish mythology.
* ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'' co-host Adam Savage once described the show as "''Series/{{Jackass}}'' meets ''Mr. Wizard''".
* ''Series/NakedAndAfraid'' is ''Series/ManWomanWild'' meets ''NakedCastaway''.
* ''Series/TheNanny'' is (''Film/MaryPoppins'' + ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' - all the singing) meets ''Series/ILoveLucy''.
* ''Series/{{Nashville}}'' is ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' meets ''Film/CountryStrong''.
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': ''Series/{{JAG}}'' meets ''Series/{{CSI}}''.
* ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'' is ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' meets ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' and ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle''.
* ''Nick Cannon's Wild 'N' Out'' is ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' meets ''Series/InLivingColor''.
* ''Series/TheNightlyShow'' is ''Series/TheDailyShow'' meets ''Politically Incorrect'' or ''Series/RealTimeWithBillMaher''.
* ''Series/NoahsArc'': ''Series/QueerAsFolk'' meets ''{{Series/Girlfriends}}''.
* ''Series/NoOrdinaryFamily'' is ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' meets ''Series/{{Heroes}}''.
* ''Series/NowhereMan'':
** ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''Series/TheFugitive''.
** Or alternatively ''Series/ThePrisoner'' meets ''Series/TheFugitive''!
* ''The Object Is'' (an obscure ABC game show from 1964) is ''Series/{{Password}}'' meets ''Series/YouDontSay''
* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': The Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon meets other fairy tales/public domain stories [[labelnote:e.g.]]Literature/LittleRedRidingHood, Literature/{{Rumpelstiltskin}}, Literature/{{Frankenstein}}, Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz[[/labelnote]] meets ''Series/{{Lost}}''.
** Or ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods'' meets {{Superman}} meets a Creator/StephenKing miniseries.
* ''One Way Out'': David Blaine meets ''Series/{{Jackass}}''.
* ''Only In America with Creator/LarryTheCableGuy'': ''Series/DirtyJobs'' meets ''Series/BlueCollarComedy''.
* ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'' is ''Series/{{Oz}}'' meets ''Film/PrivateBenjamin''.
* ''Series/OutOfJimmysHead'' is ''Film/ABeautifulMind'' meets ''Film/DropDeadFred'' with the aesthetic of ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit''.
* ''Out of the Wild: The Alaska Experiment'': ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' meets ''Series/{{Survivorman}}''.
* ''Series/OutOfThisWorld'': WebVideo/TVTrash described it as "''Film/SuburbanCommando'' meets ''Film/EarthGirlsAreEasy'', if the creators dropped twice as much acid".
* ''Outcast'' is ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'' meets ''Film/TheExorcist''
* ''Series/ParkerLewisCantLose'' is ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'' meets ''Series/SavedByTheBell''
* ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' is ''Series/TheOfficeUS'' meets ''Series/TheWestWing''.
* ''Paternity Court'': ''Divorce Court'' meets ''Series/{{Maury}}''
* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' is ''Series/MissionImpossible'' meets ''Series/TheEqualizer''
** Alternatively, Franchise/{{Batman}} meets ''VideoGame/DeusEx''.
* ''Series/PersonsUnknown'':
** ''Series/{{Lost}}'' meets ''Series/ThePrisoner'' meets ''Series/{{Survivors}}''.
** Or alternatively, ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone'' meets ''Film/{{Cube}}''.
* ''Series/{{Plebs}}'' was ''Series/UpPompeii'' meets ''Series/TheInbetweeners''.
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'':
** According to the WebVideo/AngryVideoGameNerd, the original ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' is what you'd get if you put together ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'', ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'', ''Series/KamenRider'', ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'' and ''LiveActionTV/SavedByTheBell''.
*** WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic gives it a similar description: He describes it as ''LiveActionTV/SavedByTheBell'' mixed with ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' stock footage.
*** Also, ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' meets ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger'' meets ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger''.
** ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' is ''Power Rangers'' meets ''Series/KnightRider''.
** ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'' is ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman'' meets ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''.
** ''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue'' is ''Power Rangers'' meets ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}''.
** ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'' is ''Power Rangers'' meets ''Film/{{Timecop}}''.
** ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'' is ''Power Rangers'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderAmazon'' meets ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers''.
** ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'' is ''Power Rangers'' meets ''{{Manga/Ninku}}''.
** ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' is ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' meets ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' with a bit of ''{{Anime/Patlabor}}''.
** ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'' is ''Power Rangers'' meets ''Franchise/HarryPotter''.
** ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'' is ''Power Rangers'' meets ''Franchise/IndianaJones''.
** ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' is ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' meets ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' meets ''Film/MadMax''.
** ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' is ''Power Rangers'' meets ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' meets ''VideoGame/GenpeiToumaDen''.
** ''Series/PowerRangersMegaforce'' is ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderDecade''.
*** Or ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' meets ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger''.
** ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'' is most likely ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'' meets ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' meets ''Series/TheFamousJettJackson'' meets ''Film/TheRunningMan''
*** Or ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'' meets ''Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger''.
* ''Series/ThePretender'' is ''Series/QuantumLeap'' meets ''Series/TheFugitive''.
* ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'' is ''Film/MeanGirls'' meets ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer''.
* ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' on CBS (1972-present) is ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' on NBC (1956-63) meets ''Series/LetsMakeADeal''.
* ''Series/PrehistoricPark'' is ''Series/CrocodileHunter'' meets ''Film/JurassicPark'' with TimeTravel.
* ''Series/{{Primeval}}'' is ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' meets ''Film/JurassicPark'' (though it's not always about [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaurs]]).
* ''Series/PrisonBreak'':
** ''Film/TheBourneSeries'' meets ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption''.
** Or, alternatively, ''Series/TwentyFour'' meets ''Series/{{Oz}}''. The second season, however, is more like ''Series/TwentyFour'' meets ''Film/TheFugitive''.
** The fourth season, on the other hand, is Film/TheBourneSeries meets ''Series/MacGyver''
* ''Series/ThePrisoner'': ''Film/JamesBond'' meets Samuel Beckett.
* ''Series/{{Psych}}'': ''Series/{{Castle}}'' meets ''Series/TheMentalist''.
* ''Series/PunkyBrewster'' is ''ComicStrip/LittleOrphanAnnie'' meets ''Series/DennisTheMenace''.
* ''Series/PushingDaisies'': ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' meets ''Film/{{Amelie}}''.
* ''[[Series/{{Pyramid}} The $10,000 Pyramid]]'' is ''Series/{{Password}}'' meets ''Series/BeatTheClock''.
* ''Series/{{QI}}'' is a quiz bowl show meets a stand-up comedy set.
* ''Series/{{Reaper}}'' is best described as ''Series/{{Brimstone}}'' meets ''Film/{{Clerks}}''. Creator/KevinSmith even directed the Pilot.
* ''Series/RedDwarf'' is ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' meets ''Seinfeld''.
* ''Repo Games'': ''Series/CashCab'' meets ''Operation Repo'' - Answer the repo man's questions correctly and you get to keep your car.
* ''Series/{{Reign}}'' is ''Series/GameOfThrones'' meets ''Series/GossipGirl''.
* ''Series/RestaurantImpossible'' is ''Series/KitchenNightmares'' meets ''Series/ExtremeMakeoverHomeEdition''.
* ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'':
** ''Series/TwinPeaks'' meets ''Series/MySoCalledLife''.
** ''Series/DawsonsCreek'' meets ''Series/WithoutATrace'' or ''Series/TheKilling''.
** ''Film/{{Clueless}}'' meets ''Series/VeronicaMars''.
* ''Series/LesRevenants'' ("The Returned") has been described as ''Series/TwinPeaks'' meets ''Series/TheWalkingDead''. The town itself is like Twin Peaks' French counterpart.
* ''Series/{{Revolution}}'':
** ''The Trigger Effect'' meets ''Series/{{Jericho}}'', with swords.
** Or The {{Emberverse}}, starring [[Literature/TheHungerGames Katniss Everdeen]].
* ABC's 1975 game show ''Series/RhymeAndReason'' is ''MatchGame'' meets Lord Alfred Tennyson.
* ''Series/TheRiver'' is ''Film/ParanormalActivity'' meets ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness'', with a small dusting of ''Film/CannibalHolocaust'' as well.
* ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles'':
** ''Series/{{Bones}}'' meets ''Series/CagneyAndLacey''.
** WordOfGod says: ''Series/TheRockfordFiles'' meets ''Series/SexAndTheCity''.
* ''Series/RookieBlue'' is ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' meets ''NYPDBlue''.
* ''Series/{{Roswell}}'': ''Series/DawsonsCreek'' meets ''Series/TheXFiles''.
* ''RoundTheTwist'': One TV plug described it as ''The Swiss Family Robinson'' meets ''Series/TheXFiles''.
** ''Goosebumps'' meets ''The Swiss Family Robinson''
* ''Series/RoyalPains'':
** ''Series/BurnNotice'' meets ''Series/NorthernExposure''.
** Or ''Series/{{House}}'' meets ''Series/MacGyver'' with a little bit of ''Series/MagnumPI'' sprinkled in.
* ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'':
** ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' meets ''Series/ClarissaExplainsItAll''.
** Or ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' meets ''Series/MySoCalledLife''
* ''Series/{{Sanctuary}}'' would be ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' minus moral ambiguity and sex.
* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': Creator/LorneMichaels pitched the show as "''Series/SixtyMinutes'' meets Creator/MontyPython".
* ''Series/SavingGrace'': ''Series/JoanOfArcadia'' meets ''Series/TheShield''.
* ''Series/ScottAndBailey'' is ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'' meets ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles''
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' is ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' meets ''Series/{{Community}}''.
* ''Series/SeaQuestDSV'' is ''Franchise/StarTrek'' [[RecycledINSPACE under WATER]].
* ''Series/TheSecretCircle'' is ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' meets ''Series/TheVampireDiaries''.
* ''Series/SeiunKamenMachineman'' is ''Series/SpaceSheriffGavan'' meets ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Zorro}}''.
* ''Series/ShakeItUp'' is basically ''Series/HannahMontana'' meets ''Series/ICarly''.
* ''[[Series/SevenStarFightingGodGuyferd Shichisei TÅshin Guyferd]]'' is ''Series/KamenRider'' meets ''[[Manga/{{Guyver}} Bio Booster Armor Guyver]]'' meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Franchise/StreetFighter''.
* ''Series/TheShield''
** Film/TouchOfEvil plotted like CSI.
** Or ''Series/NYPDBlue'' meets ''Touch of Evil''.
* ''Series/SiliconValley'' is ''Film/TheSocialNetwork'' meets ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' (minus a character who is like Penny).
* ''[[http://vimeo.com/7963572 Slingers]]'' looks to be ''Series/{{Hustle}}'' meets ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' as directed by Wong Kar Wai.
* ''Series/{{Skins}}'' is ''Series/ParkerLewisCantLose'' meets ''Film/{{Kids}}''.
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': ''{{Superman}}'' meets ''Series/DawsonsCreek''.
* ''Series/SonnyWithAChance'' is ''Series/HannahMontana'' meets ''Series/ThirtyRock''.
* ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'' is ''Series/TheSopranos'' meets ''Series/AmericanChopper'' meets ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' (it was described in some circles as ''Hamlet'' with motorcycles).
* ''Series/SpacePrecinct'' is ''Film/BladeRunner'' meets ''Series/HillStreetBlues''.
* ''Splatalot!'' is ''Wipeout'' meets ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway''
* ''Special Ops Mission'' (The Military Channel): ''Series/{{Survivorman}}'' meets a Creator/StevenSeagal movie.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'':
** ''Literature/HoratioHornblower'' meets ''Series/TheOuterLimits''.
** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' is ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets ''Series/BabylonFive''.
*** Or ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets ''Series/TheWestWing'' meets ''VideoGame/MassEffect''.
** ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' is ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' (or alternatively, ''Series/LostInSpace'').
** Roddenberry originally pitched it as "''Series/WagonTrain'' [[RecycledInSpace to the stars]]"
* The ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' season 6 episode "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E19FrameOfMind}} Frame of Mind]]" is a combination of two Riker-centric episodes: "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E15FirstContact}} First Contact]] " (not to be confused with [[Film/StarTrekFirstContact the film]]), where Riker goes on a undercover mission on an alien world which goes awry; and "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E8FutureImperfect}} Future Imperfect]]", where Riker finds himself inside a DreamWithinADream. Coincidentally, both episodes were from season 4.
* ''Series/StargateUniverse'':
** ''Franchise/StargateVerse'' (more the movie or ''SG-1'' than ''Atlantis'') meets ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' meets ''Film/TheLastStarfighter'' meets ''Flight of the Phoenix'' meets ''Series/LostInSpace''.
** ''Franchise/StargateVerse'': ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' meets ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'', with the [[IDieFree Free Jaffa]] standing in for the Hork-Bajir, and the [[LaResistance Tok'ra]] as a more sophisticated and organized Yeerk Peace Movement.
** In [[http://sfdebris.com/videos/stargate/sg1s1e4.php reviewing]] the early ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "[[Recap/StargateSG1S1E3Emancipation Emancipation]]", Website/SFDebris made the comment that early ''SG-1'' was like "''Franchise/StarTrek'' by way of ''Film/TheThreeStooges''", and thought it a good thing the show [[GrowingTheBeard grew out of it]].
* ''Series/StepByStep'' is ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' meets ''Theatre/TheOddCouple''.
* ''Series/StrangerThings'':
** ''Film/TheGoonies'' meets ''Series/TwinPeaks'', with elements of ''Film/TheHost''.
** Alternatively, it's ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' [[note]](only replace ET with a psychic girl)[[/note]] meets ''{{Literature/It}}'' [[note]]([[HilariousInHindsight ironically enough]], one of ''Stranger Things''[='s=] kid actors (Creator/FinnWolfhard) later stars in ''Film/It2017'')[[/note]].
*** WordOfGod is that that was [[http://www.vulture.com/2017/08/the-duffer-brothers-upside-down-journey-to-stranger-things.html almost exactly]] the original concept: "What if Steven Spielberg directed a Stephen King book?"
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
** ''Series/{{Angel}}'' and ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'', ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'' and ''Film/StarWars''.
** Or ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'' meets ''Series/TheXFiles''.
** Or ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.
** Alternatively, ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' meets ''Film/Ghostbusters'' with a sprinkle of ''Film/MenInBlack''
** ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'' meets ''Franchise/FullmetalAlchemist''.
** ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'', with a touch of ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo''
* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'':
** ''Series/{{Himitsu Sentai Gor|anger}}enger'' (and by large sentai in general) was pitched as ''Manga/{{Cyborg 009}}'' meets ''Franchise/KamenRider'' meets ''Franchise/JamesBond''.
** ''Series/JAKQDengekitai'' is ''Himitsu Sentai Gorenger'' meets ''Series/HighwayPatrol'' meets ''ComicBook/TheJoker'' meets ''Literature/CasinoRoyale'' meets ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''.
** ''Series/BattleFeverJ'' is ''Himitsu Sentai Gorenger'' meets ''ComicBook/TheAvengers''.
** ''Series/KagakuSentaiDynaman'' is ''Super Sentai'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman}}''.
** ''Series/HikariSentaiMaskman'' is ''Super Sentai'' meets the ''Anime/RobotRomanceTrilogy''.
** ''Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman'' is ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan'' meets ''Series/KagakuSentaiDynaman''.
** ''Series/KousokuSentaiTurboranger'' is ''Super Sentai'' meets ''Series/KnightRider'' meets ''Manga/DashYonkuro''.
** ''Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman'' is ''Series/{{Himitsu Sentai Gor|anger}}enger'' meets ''Series/ChoushinseiFlashman'' meets ''Kyoudai Ken Byclosser''.
** ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman'' is ''Himitsu Sentai Gorenger'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderSkyrider'' meets ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' meets ''Manga/{{Area 88}}''.
** ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger'' is ''Hikari Sentai Maskman'' meets ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms''.
** ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger'' is ''Super Sentai'' meets ''Manga/KamenNoNinjaAkakage'' meets ''Henshin Ninja Arashi'' meets ''Series/SekaiNinjaSenJiraiya'' meets ''Series/NinjaCaptor'' meets ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''.
** ''Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger'' is ''Series/DaiSentaiGoggleV'' meets ''Series/DengekiSentaiChangeman''.
** ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' is ''Series/KousokuSentaiTurboranger'' meets ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''.
** ''Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger'' is ''Series/DenshiSentaiDenziman'' meets ''Series/ChoudenshiBioman'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderSuper1'' meets ''Film/TheLastStarfighter''.
** ''Series/KyukyuSentaiGoGoV'' is ''Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman'' meets ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}''.
** ''Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger'' is ''Series/JAKQDengekitai'' meets ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman'' meets ''Film/{{Timecop}}''.
** ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger'' is ''Super Sentai'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderAmazon'' meets ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers''.
** ''Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger'' is ''Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman'' meets ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger'' meets ''{{Manga/Ninku}}''.
** ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'' is ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan'' meets ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger''.
** ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'' is ''Series/DenshiSentaiDenziman'' meets ''Series/SpaceSheriffGavan'' meets ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' meets ''{{Anime/Patlabor}}''.
** ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'' is ''Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman'' meets ''Literature/HarryPotter''.
** ''Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger'' is ''Super Sentai'' meets ''Franchise/IndianaJones''.
** ''Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger'' is ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger'' meets ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'' meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''.
** ''Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger'' is ''Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman'' meets ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger''.
** ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' is ''Super Sentai'' meets ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' meets ''VideoGame/GenpeiToumaDen''.
** ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' is ''Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger'' meets ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel''.
** ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' is ''Super Sentai'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' meets ''Manga/OnePiece''
** ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters'' is ''Himitsu Sentai Gorenger'' meets ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'' meets ''Anime/DigimonAdventure''.
** ''Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger'' is ''Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger'' meets ''Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters'' meets ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'' meets ''Film/SuckerPunch'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity''.
** ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'' is shaping up to be ''Series/BattleFeverJ'' meets ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' and/or ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'', with some ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury'' and ''[[Anime/DokiDokiPrettyCure Dokidoki! PreCure]]'' thrown in.
** ''[[Series/ResshaSentaiTokkyuger Ressha Sentai ToQger]]'' is ''Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' meets ''[[Anime/SmilePrettyCure Smile PreCure!]]'' meets ''VideoGame/DenshaDeGo''.
** ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'' is ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger'' meets ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderHibiki'' meets ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SenranKagura''.
** ''Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger'' is ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman'' meets ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger'' meets ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderKuuga'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderOOO'' meets ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'' meets ''LightNovel/LogHorizon'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''.
** ''Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger'' is ''Series/ChoushinseiFlashman'' meets ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' meets ''Series/ChouseishinGransazer'' meets ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' meets ''Series/UltramanLeo'' meets ''Anime/JuuniSenshiBakuretsuEtoRanger''.
* ''Series/SuperSportlets'' is ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' meets ''Series/LazyTown''.
* ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' was described by Creator/MarkBurnett in his companion book for the first season of the show as "''Series/GilligansIsland'' meets ''[[Literature/AndThenThereWereNone Ten Little Indians]]'' meets ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' meets ''Series/TheRealWorld''."
* ''Take It All'', NBC's most recent prime time {{game show}}, is ''Series/GiveNTake'' meets ''FriendOrFoe''.
* ''Series/TalesOfTheGoldMonkey'' is ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' meets ''Sky King''.
* ''Series/{{Tattletales}}'' is ''Series/TheNewlywedGame'' meets ''Series/IveGotASecret''. This could also apply to its beta edition, ''HeSaidSheSaid''.
* ''Series/{{Taxi}}'': ''Film/TaxiDriver'' meets ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow''
* ''Series/TerraNova'':
** ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' meets ''Film/{{Avatar}}''. Guess who suddenly showed up to explain "Terra Nova Rules".
** It could also be described as ''Literature/DecisionAtDoona'' meets ''Series/{{Primeval}}''.
** With a dash of ''Earth 2''.
* ''Series/That70sShow'' is ''Series/HappyDays'' meets ''Film/DazedAndConfused''.
* The original pitch for ''Creator/TerryPratchett's The Watch'' was ''Franchise/{{CSI}}: [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Ankh-Morpork]]''.
* ''Series/ThreeSheets'': ''The Thirsty Traveler'' meets ''Series/InsomniacWithDaveAttell''.
* ''{{Timeless}}'' has been described as ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' meets ''Series/MissionImpossible''.
* ''Series/TinMan'' is ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' meets SpaceOpera, but it's too much of a genuine Space Opera to be a mere RecycledInSpace.
* [[Series/SpiderManJapan Toei's take on Spider-Man]] is Spider-Man meets the Toku genre.
* ''Series/TheTomorrowPeople2013'' is ''Film/{{Push}}'' meets ''Film/{{Jumper}}''.
* ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', in series 1 at least, was often described as ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''Series/ThisLife''. (''Series/{{Angel}}'' meets ''Series/QueerAsFolk'' would seem more accurate.)
* ''Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell'' is ''Series/TheDailyShow'' meets ''Series/TheSoup''.
* ''Series/TwentyFour'' is ''Film/{{Commando}}'' meets ''Film/DirtyHarry'' meets ''Series/TheWestWing'' with more [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique torture]].
* ''Series/ThisIsJinsy'' is ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'' meets ''Series/TheMightyBoosh'' with a side-order of Stanley Unwin and The Goons.
* ''Series/TwoBrokeGirls'' is ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'' meet Music/LadyGaga.
** Or ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'' meets ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen''.
* ''Franchise/UltraSeries'': ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' meets ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}''
** ''Series/UltraQ'' is ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' meets ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}''.
** ''Series/UltraSeven'' is ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' meets ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' meets ''Series/DoctorWho''.
** ''Series/UltramanLeo'' is ''Ultra Seven'' meets ''Series/KamenRider'' meets ''Manga/{{Devilman}}''.
** ''Series/UltramanTiga'' is ''Ultraman'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBlackRX'' meets ''Manga/DragonBall''.
** ''Series/UltramanDyna'' is ''Ultraman Tiga'' meets ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ''.
** ''Series/UltramanGaia'' is ''Ultraman Dyna'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamF91'' meets ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'' meets ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis''.
** ''Series/UltramanCosmos'' is ''Series/UltramanTaro'' meets ''Ultraman Dyna'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderAgito'' meets ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger''.
** ''Series/UltramanNexus'' is ''Ultraman'' meets ''Series/UltramanAce'' meets ''Series/UltramanLeo'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''Film/MenInBlack'' meets ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil''.
** ''Series/UltramanMax'' is ''Ultraman'' meets ''Ultra Q'' meets ''Ultraman Dyna'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderAgito'' meets ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' meets ''Anime/DigimonFrontier''.
** ''Series/UltraSevenX'' is ''Ultra Seven'' meets ''Ultraman Nexus'' meets ''Film/KamenRiderTheFirst'' (and ''[[Film/KamenRiderTheNext The Next]]'') meets ''Series/TheXFiles''.
** ''Series/UltraGalaxyMegaMonsterBattle'' is ''Ultra Q'' meets ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' (specifically the "vs." movies) meets ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.
** ''Series/UltramanGinga'' is ''Ultraman'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' meets ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' meets ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger''.
*** ''Ultraman Ginga S'' is ''Ultraman Ginga'' meets ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' meets ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' meets ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars''.
** ''Series/UltramanX'' is ''Ultraman Ginga'' meets ''Series/DenkouChoujinGridman'' meets ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars''.
** ''Series/UltramanOrb'' is ''Ultraman X'' meets ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' meets ''Anime/DigimonXrosWarsTheYoungHuntersLeapingThroughTime'' meets ''Anime/YuGiOh'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderW'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderGhost'' meets ''Manga/FateKaleidLinerPrismaIllya''.
*** ''Series/UltramanOrbTheOriginSaga'' is ''Ultraman Orb'' meets ''Anime/DigimonSavers'' meets ''LightNovel/FateZero''.
** ''Series/UltramanGeed'' is ''Ultraman Leo'' meets ''Ultraman Orb'' meets ''Literature/ChildhoodsEnd'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' meets ''Anime/DigimonSavers'' meets ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri''.
* ''Series/{{Unfabulous}}'' is ''Series/OneTreeHill'' and ''Series/LizzieMcGuire''.
* ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' is ''Series/DawsonsCreek'' meets ''{{Twilight}}'' and ''Franchise/{{Scream}}''.[[note]]All but Twilight are Kevin Williamson productions.[[/note]]
* ''Series/{{Vintergatan}}'' is ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' meets ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' meets ''Franchise/StarTrek''.
* ''Series/{{Vinyl}}'' is ''Series/MadMen'' meets ''Series/{{Empire}}'' meets ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet''.
* ''The Voice'' is ''Series/AmericanIdol'' meets ''Series/DragonsDen''.
* ''Series/{{Victorious}}'' is a hybrid of ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' meets ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' (and all its clones, like ''City Guys'' and ''California Dreams'') threwn in.
* ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'':
** ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' meets ''Series/{{Eureka}}'' with bits of ''Series/{{Moonlighting}}''.
** Or, alternatively, ''Series/{{Bones}}'' in the Wiki/SCPFoundation instead of the Jeffersonian.
** Or, according to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, ''Series/TheXFiles'', meets ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', meets ''Series/{{Moonlighting}}''.
* ''Series/{{Werewolf}}'' is ''Film/TheHowling'' meets ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk''.
* ''Weaponizers'' (Discovery): ''Junkyard Wars'' meets ''[=BattleBots=]'' meets ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal''.
* ''WeirdScience'' is ''Series/IDreamOfJeannie'' meets ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead''.
* ''Series/WhiteCollar'' is ''Series/TheATeam'' meets ''Film/CatchMeIfYouCan''.
* ''Series/{{Wilfred}}'' is ''Film/FightClub'' meets ''Theatre/{{Harvey}}''.
* ''Series/TheWire'' is ''Series/GameOfThrones'' meets ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}'' meets ''Film/BoyzNTheHood'', as written by Creator/CharlesDickens.
* ''Series/TheWubbulousWorldofDrSeuss'': is Creator/DrSeuss meets Franchise/TheMuppets.
* ''Series/TheXFiles'' was pitched as ''Series/KolchakTheNightStalker'' meets ''Film/SilenceOfTheLambs'' meets ''Film/{{JFK}}''
** However, it might better be described as ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'' meets ''Series/ProjectUFO'' with a shadow of ''Film/{{JFK}}'', and a main character inspired by Clarice from ''Film/SilenceOfTheLambs''
* ''Series/YoGabbaGabba'': ''Series/SesameStreet'' meets ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse''.
** Or "''Series/HRPufnstuf'' meets ''Series/TheElectricCompany1971''. [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs On LSD]]."
* ''Series/TheYoungOnes'':
** ''Theatre/LaBoheme'' meets ''Series/{{Bottom}}''.
** Or ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' if it was a sitcom and flooded with late 1970s [[TheQuincyPunk U.K. punk rock]] sensibilities.
* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'': ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' meets a darker version of ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow''.
** Or ''Film/DawnOfTheDead1978'' meets ''Literature/TheStand''
* ''Series/WaywardPines'' really looks like a cross between the idyllic town that no one wants to leave in ''Film/TheVillage'' (unsurprisingly since Creator/MNightShyamalan is the creator) and the eerie town of no escape in ''Series/ThePrisoner''.
* ''Series/YoungIndianaJones'' is ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' meets ''Film/ForrestGump'' in the ''early'' 20th century.
* ''Series/{{Z Nation}}'': Has been described as "''Series/{{The Walking Dead}}'' meets ''Film/{{Mad Max}}''".
