1 | [[JustForFun/XMeetsY Storytelling meets Illustration]]: |
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3 | !!Franchises: |
4 | [[index]] |
5 | * ''XMeetsY/PowerRangers'' |
6 | [[/index]] |
7 | !!Examples: |
8 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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10 | [[folder: Works]] |
11 | * ''8-Bit Zombie'' is ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' meets ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies''. |
12 | * ''ComicBook/TwentiethCenturyMen'' "splices ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''’s superhero commentary with the outrageous bombast of ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD''", according to Website/ComicsBeat. |
13 | * ''ComicBook/OneHundredBullets'' is ''Series/TheWire'' meets ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode'' meets ''Film/ReservoirDogs''. Depending on the story arc, it may have a bit of ''Film/BoyzNTheHood'', ''Series/TheSopranos'' or ''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1941}}'' thrown in as well. |
14 | * ''ComicBook/AfterlifeWithArchie'': ''[[ComicBook/ArchieComics Archie]]'' meets ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead''. |
15 | * ''ComicBook/AgentOfTheEmpire'' is Film/JamesBond transplanted into ''Franchise/StarWars''. Not to be confused with ''Star Wars'' being implanted into James Bond, of course- that's [[Film/{{Moonraker}} something else]]. |
16 | * ''ComicBook/AlbedoErmaFelnaEDF'', due to the GenreBusting nature of the plot, has many comparations: |
17 | ** By WordOfGod[[note]]At least, the [[FlipFlopOfGod few tidbits the author has give in the past]][[/note]], is ''Anime/KimbaTheWhiteLion'' meets ''Film/BladeRunner'' meets ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'' meets ''Literature/AVeryBritishCoup'' meets [[spoiler:''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}''[[note]]Except replace ''monster'' with ''furries''[[/note]]]] meets ''Literature/WatershipDown''. |
18 | ** ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''[[note]]Which it predates, and without the {{Mecha}}[[/note]] meets ''Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes'' meets ''Manga/{{Appleseed}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}''. [[note]]Which it also predates.[[/note]] |
19 | ** ''Franchise/MassEffect'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'' meets ''Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS''[[note]]without the {{Mecha}}[[/note]] meets [[spoiler:''Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau'']] meets ''Manga/CatShitOne'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalGear''. |
20 | ** ''Literature/AnimalFarm'' meets ''VisualNovel/{{Policenauts}}'' meets ''Franchise/StarTrek'' after taking some notes from [[spoiler:''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'', ''Series/{{Oshin}}'', and ''Anime/BagiTheMonsterOfMightyNature'']] at galactic scale. |
21 | ** ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' meets ''Literature/CrestOfTheStars'' meets ''UsefulNotes/WorldWarII'', after taking some points from ''Series/GameOfThrones''. |
22 | ** ''VideoGame/StarFox'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}''[[note]]Again, without the {{Mecha}}[[/note]] meets ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'' by the way of ''Manga/TowardTheTerra''. |
23 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' meets ''VideoGame/ChildrenOfADeadEarth''. |
24 | ** The sequel, ''ComicBook/AlbedoBirthright'' is ''ComicBook/AlbedoErmaFelnaEDF'' meets ''Anime/AfterWarGundamX''[[note]][[RunningGag once again]], without the {{Mecha}}[[/note]] meets ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight'' meets ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' meets ''Film/RedDawn1984''. |
25 | *** Or, ''ComicBook/AlbedoErmaFelnaEDF'' meets ''Literature/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan'' meets ''Film/SevenSamurai'' meets ''Film/MadMax''. |
26 | *** Basically, both the prequel and the sequel could be a SpaceOpera with characters designs of Creator/WaltDisney, scripted by Creator/HideakiAnno, Creator/YoshikiTanaka, Creator/HideoKojima and Creator/ShirowMasamune, mechanical designs from Creator/LeijiMatsumoto and directed by both Creator/GenUrobuchi and Creator/GeorgeRRMartin. |
27 | * Being in Arkham Asylum is likened to ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' meets ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs''. |
28 | ** With some of Todd Browning's ''Film/{{Freaks}}'' thrown in, too. |
29 | * ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}'' is the Franchise/MarvelUniverse meets ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' where the CListFodder are the heroes for once. |
30 | * ''ComicBook/{{Antarctica}}'' describes itself as "''[[Franchise/StargateVerse Stargate]]'' meets ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials''". |
31 | * ''[[ComicBook/AntMan Ant-Man's Big Christmas]]'' is ''Film/TheRef'' meets ''Film/HomeAlone'' with Ant-Man's powers. |
32 | * ''ComicBook/AtomicRobo'': ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' meets ''ComicBook/IronMan''. |
33 | * ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'' is ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' meets ''Manga/{{Akumetsu}}''. |
34 | * ''ComicBook/TheAutumnlandsToothAndClaw'' is ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'' meets ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'', replacing the human characters with furries and the expy of Saito being a soldier rather than a student. |
35 | * ''ComicBook/BarbTheLastBerzerker'' describes itself as "The action of ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'' meets the humor of books like ''ComicBook/DogManDavPilkey''". |
36 | * ''ComicBook/BeautifulDarkness'' is ''Literature/TheBorrowers'' meets ''Literature/TheMoomins'', by way of ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies''. |
37 | * ''ComicBook/BiancaLittleLostLamb'' is ''Manga/{{Beastars}}'' meets ''Anime/RingingBell''. |
38 | * ''ComicBook/BikiniCowboy'' is ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfCalamityJane'' meets ''Anime/{{Grenadier}}''. |
39 | * ''ComicBook/BitchPlanet'' is ''Literature/TheHandmaidsTale'' meets ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'' meets ''Series/BlackMirror'' meets ''Series/HogansHeroes'' meets ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' meets ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. |
40 | * ''ComicBook/BlackCherry'': ''ComicBook/SinCity'' meets ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' meets ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' meets ''Film/TheExorcist''. |
41 | * ''ComicBook/BlackScience'' is ''Series/LostInSpace'' meets ''Literature/TheElricSaga'' and/or ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', by way of ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead''. |
42 | * ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'' draws its fame for being ''ComicStrip/{{Pogo}}'' meets ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''. And people love it. |
43 | ** Alternately, it's Creator/CarlBarks meets Creator/JRRTolkien. |
44 | ** Or ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' meets ''Literature/TheHobbit''. |
45 | * ''ComicBook/TheBoys'' is ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'' vs. the Franchise/DCUniverse. |
46 | ** Or ''ComicBook/MarshalLaw'' meets ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'', ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'', and ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether''. |
47 | ** Or ''ComicBook/ThePunisherKillsTheMarvelUniverse'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. |
48 | * In Creator/BrianMichaelBendis' semi-autobiographical ''Fortune and Glory'', ''Torso'' co-writer Marc Andreyko realizes the only way Hollywood studio executives will consider adapting it is if it sounds like what they've seen before. Enter "''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' meets ''Film/TheUntouchables''". |
49 | * Despite drawing from a lot of different sources, the [[MythArc main storyline]] of ''ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark'' ultimately ended up being ''Film/CitizenKane'' meets ''Theatre/KingLear''. |
50 | ** The "early, funnier" books are ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'' meets ''ComicBook/HowardTheDuck'' |
51 | * ''ComicBook/{{Chew}}'': ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' meets ''Series/IronChef''. |
52 | * ''ComicBook/ChickTracts'': Creator/RobertCrumb meets ''The 700 Club''. |
53 | ** Or, ''Franchise/TheTwilightZone'' meets ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unshackled! Unshackled!]]'', as written by [[Creator/DanaCarvey Church Lady]] and illustrated by ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'''s Usual Gang of Idiots. |
54 | * ''ComicBook/CodeMonkeySaveWorld'' is ''Film/OfficeSpace'' meets ''Webcomic/AxeCop''. |
55 | * ''ComicBook/{{Cossacks|2022}}'' is ''Film/DancesWithWolves'' meets the ''Literature/SienkiewiczTrilogy''. |
56 | * ''ComicBook/{{Crossed}}'' is ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead'' meets ''Film/BrainDead'' meets ''Film/TheCrazies1973'' meets ''Literature/WorldWarZ'' meets ''Film/{{Slither}}'' meets ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'' meets ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' meets ''Film/{{Deliverance}}'' meets ''Literature/The120DaysOfSodom''. |
57 | * ''ComicBook/DangerGirl'' is ''Series/CharliesAngels'' meets ''Film/JamesBond''. |
58 | * ''ComicBook/DaysOfHate'' is ''ComicBook/{{DMZ}}'' meets ''Literature/ItCantHappenHere'' and ''Theatre/MadameButterfly''. |
59 | * Creator/PaulCornell's ''Deathwatch'' in ''[[ComicBook/TwoThousandAD 2000 AD]]'' is ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' meets ''Series/{{Blackadder}} II'' (possibly meets ''Literature/GuardsGuards''). |
60 | * ''ComicBook/DemonKnights'' is Franchise/DCUniverse meets HeroicFantasy. |
61 | * ''ComicBook/TheDepartmentOfTruth'' is ''Literature/AmericanGods'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Control}}''. |
62 | ** Or ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets the horrors of ''Podcast/TheMagnusArchives''. |
63 | * ''ComicBook/DesolationJones'' is ''Film/TheBigSleep'' meets ''Series/BurnNotice'', Jones himself being something in the range of [[Series/{{Callan}} David Callan]] meets [[Literature/TheLegendOfDrizzt Drizzt]]. |
64 | * ''ComicBook/{{Die}}'' is the ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983'' cartoon meets ''Literature/{{It}}''. |
65 | ** Chuck describes it in-universe as [[Franchise/{{Saw}} "those movies where a serial killer locks people in a room with a trap that's about to grind them into pâté"]] and [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Narnia]]. |
66 | ** It can also be seen as ''Literature/ReZero'' meets ''Manga/TwentiethCenturyBoys'', Creator/AlanMoore's ''ComicBook/{{Miracleman}}'' and ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', in the world of ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment''. |
67 | * ''{{Elseworld}}s'': |
68 | ** ''Batman: In Darkest Knight'' is literally ComicBook/{{Batman}} as a ComicBook/GreenLantern. |
69 | ** ''ComicBook/GothamByGaslight'' is ComicBook/{{Batman}} meets UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain, including UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper. |
70 | ** ''JLA: Shogun of Steel'' is the ComicBook/JusticeLeague meets ''Film/SevenSamurai''. It's a deliberate ShoutOut, as some of the main characters share their names with the ones from the Japanese film (Manzo, Rikichi, Gorobei, Yohei and Kikuchiyo). |
71 | * ''ComicBook/TheExiled'' describes itself as “''Film/{{Se7en}}'' meets ''Film/BladeRunner''”. |
72 | * ''ComicBook/ExMachina'' is ''Series/TheWestWing'' meets ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''ComicBook/IronMan''. |
73 | * ''ComicBook/{{Extinctioners}}'' is ''ComicBook/AlbedoErmaFelnaEDF'' meets ''ComicBook/XMen'' meets ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' with [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furries]] rather than androids meets ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. |
74 | ** Alternatively: ''ComicBook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew'' meets ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' [[PlayedForDrama with lots of drama]] meets ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}''. |
75 | * ''ComicBook/TheEyeOfMongombo'' is ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' Meets ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''. |
76 | * ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'' is ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' meets ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit?'' meets DarkerAndEdgier. |
77 | * ''ComicBook/{{Fatale}}'': Creator/RaymondChandler meets Creator/HPLovecraft, although the in-series Chandler and Lovecraft expies never actually meet. |
78 | * ''ComicBook/Feral2024'' is ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'' meets ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater''. |
79 | * ''ComicBook/FlashpointDCComics'' is ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' meets ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'' meets ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''. |
80 | * ''Frankin Richards: Son of a Genius'' is ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' meets ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''. |
81 | * ''ComicBook/GoldDigger'' is what happens when ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' meets a whole slew of anime, manga, video games, 1970s, '80s, and '90s American cartoons and hits a blender to puree. |
82 | * ''ComicBook/GothamAcademy'' was described on [[Podcast/HouseToAstonish Al Kennedy]]'s Twitterfeed as "''ComicBook/GothamCentral'' meets ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt''". |
83 | * ''ComicBook/GothamCentral'' is PoliceProcedural meets ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'', while ''ComicBook/TopTen'' mixes it with [[{{Superhero}} super-heroes]] in general. |
84 | * ''ComicBook/GothamCityGarage'' is ''Franchise/TheDCU'' meets ''Film/MadMax'' or ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''. |
85 | * ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': ''Literature/{{Lensman}}'' meets ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' meets ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' (with emotions instead of the elements). |
86 | * ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' is ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' meets ''Series/{{Farscape}}''. |
87 | ** ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Film/TheATeam''. |
88 | ** The original series was ''Series/BlakesSeven'' meets ''ComicBook/TheAvengers''. |
89 | * ''ComicBook/HackSlash'' is ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Splatterhouse}}'' and ''Manga/CuteyHoney''. |
90 | * ''ComicBook/HeroesReborn2021'' is basically the Franchise/MarvelUniverse version of ''ComicBook/FlashpointDCComics'' crossed with ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'', ''ComicBook/TheBoys'' and ''ComicBook/SupremePower'' (albeit LighterAndSofter). |
91 | * ''ComicBook/{{Hilda}}'': Described by Creator/GuillermoDelToro as ''ComicStrip/LittleLulu'' meets Creator/HayaoMiyazaki. |
92 | * ''ComicBook/{{Hilo}}'' describes itself as "''ComicBook/DogManDavPilkey'' meets ''ComicStrip/BigNate''". |
93 | * ''ComicBook/IgnitionCity'' is ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' meets ''Ministry of Space'' written by the writers of ''Series/{{Deadwood}}''. |
94 | * ''ComicBook/IHateFairyland'' is ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' and ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'', with a bit of ''VideoGame/Drakengard3'' and arguably ''Series/TheGoodPlace''. |
95 | * ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'' is ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' meets ''Film/Frankenstein1931''. |
96 | ** ''ComicBook/TheImmortalHulk'' is ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk1962'' meets Creator/AlanMoore's ''ComicBook/{{Miracleman}}'' and ''ComicBook/SwampThing'' runs meets ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' meets ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Spawn}}''. |
97 | * ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'': |
98 | ** As a whole, it's a [[{{Gorn}} graphically violent]] GenreDeconstruction of numerous SuperheroStories; especially the Franchise/DCUniverse (''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'', ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague'') and the Franchise/MarvelUniverse (''ComicBook/SpiderMan'', ''ComicBook/TheAvengers''). |
99 | ** It can also be compared to ''Franchise/TheBoys'', ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}'', ''ComicBook/KickAss'', ''Franchise/DragonBall'', and ''Franchise/{{Berserk}}''. |
100 | * ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}'' is ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Monster}}''. |
101 | * ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHologramsIDW'' is [[WesternAnimation/JemAndTheHolograms the original show]] meets ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''. |
102 | * ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'': |
103 | ** The original comic is ''Literature/TheBonePeople'' meets ''Literature/AClockworkOrange'' with a dash of the visuals of Creator/HPLovecraft. |
104 | *** Or ''Film/ManBitesDog'' meets ''Manga/PanoramaOfHell'' and ''Theatre/SweeneyTodd'', by way of ''WesternAnimation/{{Duckman}}''. |
105 | ** ''ComicBook/{{Squee}}'' is ''Film/The400Blows'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. |
106 | ** ''ComicBook/IFeelSick'' is ''Film/RealityBites'' meets ''Literature/TheRing'' and ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}''. |
107 | * ''ComicBook/JonSableFreelance'' is Creator/IanFleming's ''Literature/JamesBond'' novels combined with ''ComicBook/ThePunisher''. |
108 | * ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' is ''Film/DirtyHarry'' meets ''Film/BladeRunner'' meets ''Film/MadMax'' and alot of satire and DarkComedy. |
109 | * ''ComicBook/{{Kamandi}}'' is ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' meets the species diversity of ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}''. |
110 | * ''ComicBook/{{Katmandu}}'' is ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' meets ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' meets ''Literature/MemoirsOfAGeisha'' with Native American-looking felines rather than Asians meets ''Film/DancesWithWolves''. |
111 | ** Alternatively, it's ''Anime/MillenniumActress'' meets ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', again, with Native American-looking felines, mixed with some elements from the ''Literature/ArabianNights'', ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'', the ''[[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors Warriors/Musou]]'' series and the ''Literature/KamaSutra''. |
112 | ** Or ''Literature/WarriorCats'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}'', without the sci-fi, meets ''Manga/JyuOhSei'', again, without sci-fi, meets ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Turok}}'' meets ''Film/AManCalledHorse''. |
113 | ** The AlternativeContinuity "The Tomorrow Breed" is ''ComicBook/{{Katmandu}}'' meets ''Franchise/BattlestarGalactica'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' and, had [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the original author allowed it]], meets ''ComicBook/AlbedoErmaFelnaEDF'' [[CrossOver literally]]. |
114 | * ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' is ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. |
115 | ** Or ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' meets the ''Literature/BookOfRevelation'' meets the 1980s ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'' mini-series. |
116 | * ''ComicBook/KlausGrantMorrison'' is ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower''. |
117 | * ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' has UsefulNotes/{{Victorian|Britain}} Literature on a CrisisCrossover. |
118 | ** Or, crossovers aside, ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'' meets ''Series/TheAvengers1960s'', ''Series/DoctorWho'', and ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. |
119 | * ''ComicBook/LiquidKill'' describes itself as "''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' meets ''Franchise/JohnWick''". |
120 | * ''ComicBook/LocalMan'' is ''ComicBook/YoungbloodImageComics'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' and ''Film/ManOnFire2004''. |
121 | * ''ComicBook/LostFalls'' is described as "''Series/TwinPeaks'' meets ''Literature/LovecraftCountry''". |
122 | * ''Lost Squad'' Is ''Film/TheDirtyDozen'', or ''Series/BandOfBrothers'', meets ''Series/TheXFiles''. |
123 | * ''ComicBook/{{Lumberjanes}}'' is ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' meets ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' (or any SchoolgirlSeries) at an American summer camp for girls. |
124 | * ''ComicBook/{{Lucifer}}'' is ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'' meets Literature/TheBible and AllMythsAreTrue with VillainProtagonist |
125 | * Andrekyo's ''Manhunter'' is ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' meets ''Huntress'' meets ''Series/LawAndOrder'' with a generous helping of ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs''. |
126 | * ''Marvel Divas'' was pitched as "[[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Marvel]] meets ''Series/SexAndTheCity''". |
127 | * ''ComicBook/MassiveVerse'': |
128 | ** ''ComicBook/{{Cowl}}'' is ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' meets ''Series/MadMen'' and ''ComicBook/SandmanMysteryTheatre''. |
129 | ** ''ComicBook/RadiantBlack'' is ''Series/KamenRiderBlack'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'' meets ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' meets ''Film/PowerRangers2017''. |
130 | * ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies'' is... well... Franchise/MarvelUniverse + ZombieApocalypse |
131 | * ''ComicBook/TheMaxx'' is what you'd get if Creator/JeffSmith and Creator/FrankMiller had a baby, and Creator/DavidLynch decided to adopt it. |
132 | ** Alternatively it's Creator/FrankMiller's [[ComicBook/BatmanYearOne version]] [[ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns of]] ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'', written by Creator/ThomasPynchon. |
133 | * ''ComicBook/MeggMoggAndOwl'' is ''WesternAnimation/MegAndMog'' corrupted into ''WesternAnimation/{{Squidbillies}}'' meets ''Film/{{Trainspotting}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' (plus ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' and ''ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}}'' during the non-canonical ''ComicBook/CrisisZone'' spinoff). |
134 | * ''ComicBook/TheMetabarons'' is ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'' meets [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek myth]] meets ''[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gurren Lagann]]'', on [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs several kinds of acid]]. |
135 | * ''ComicBook/MercuryHeat'' is, according to WordOfGod, consciously ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' meets ''ComicBook/TankGirl''. |
136 | * ''ComicBook/TheMiceTemplar'' is ''ComicBook/MouseGuard'' combined with ''Literature/{{Redwall}}''. |
137 | * ''ComicBook/{{Miracleman}}'': |
138 | ** The original series was [[CaptainErsatz mostly just]] ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'', with light dustings of ''Literature/TheHardyBoys'' and arguably ''Franchise/JamesBond''. |
139 | ** Creator/AlanMoore's 1980s {{Retool}}, on the other hand, corrupts it into ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' meets ''Literature/ChildrenOfDune'' meets ''Literature/ChildhoodsEnd''. |
140 | * ''ComicBook/MoneyShot'' is ''Manga/InterspeciesReviewers'' meets ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets [=OnlyFans=]. |
141 | * ''ComicBook/{{Monsters}}'' is ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'' meets ''Literature/TheShining'' and ''Film/TheElephantMan''. |
142 | * ''ComicBook/{{Monstress}}'' is ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''. |
143 | * ''ComicBook/MorningGlories'' is ''Series/GossipGirl'' meets ''Series/{{The Prisoner|1967}}''. |
144 | ** Another way to put it (once used by writer Nick Spencer himself) would be ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' meets ''Series/{{LOST}}''. |
145 | * ''ComicBook/MsMarvel2014'' is ComicBook/SpiderMan combined with an American version of ''Film/BendItLikeBeckham''. |
146 | * ''ComicBook/NemesisTheWarlock'' is ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'', ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' and ''Literature/TheStarsMyDestination''. |
147 | * ''ComicBook/NewGods'' is ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' meets ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', with a dash of ''ComicStrip/FlashGordon'' and Myth/GreekMythology. |
148 | * ''ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}'' is ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros''. |
149 | * ''ComicBook/TheNiceHouseOnTheLake'' is ''Film/{{Clue}}'' and ''Film/{{Zardoz}}'' as a CosmicHorrorStory |
150 | * The first few years of ''ComicBook/NinjaHighSchool'' was ''Anime/UruseiYatsura'' meets ''ComicBook/ArchieComics''. |
151 | * ''ComicBook/{{Nocterra}}'' is [[Website/SCPFoundation SCP-001]] "[[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/shaggydredlocks-proposal When Day Breaks]]" inverted. |
152 | * ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'' is ''WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' meets ''Series/DoctorWho'' with some ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' thrown in it. |
153 | * ''ComicBook/ThePowerFantasy'' is "Equal parts ''ComicBook/TheBoys'' and ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''", according to IGN. |
154 | * ''ComicBook/RatQueens'' is "''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' meets ''ComicBook/TankGirl'' in a ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' world on crack!", or for people with more fantasy genre background ''Literature/FafhrdAndTheGrayMouser'' meets ''Tank Girl''. |
155 | * ''ComicBook/SavageDragon'' is ''ComicBook/YoungbloodImageComics'' meets ''Manga/MadBull34'' and ''ComicBook/FritzTheCat''. |
156 | * ''ComicBook/{{Scalped}}'' is ''Series/TheSopranos'' meets ''Film/DonnieBrasco'' [[JustForFun/RecycledINSPACE on a Native American reservation]]. |
157 | * ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' is like ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' meets ''Film/NickAndNorahsInfinitePlaylist''. |
158 | ** Or like a Nintendo version of [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Roger Rabbit]]. All that's missing is wildly out of place [[RogerRabbitEffect video game character cameos]]. |
159 | ** Or ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' meets ''Film/{{Manhattan}}'', but set in Toronto. |
160 | ** Or ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'' if it ran on video game physics. |
161 | * ''ComicBook/ScudTheDisposableAssassin'' is ''Franchise/RoboCop'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' and a non-bigoted ''ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark''. |
162 | * ''ComicBook/{{Seconds}}'': |
163 | ** A song by the Airborne Toxic Event meets the latter half of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. |
164 | ** ''Film/AboutTime'' meets ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite''; meets ''Kitchen Confidential'' (the memoir not [[Series/KitchenConfidential the TV show]]). |
165 | * Creator/WarrenEllis' run on ''ComicBook/SecretAvengers'' is ''ComicBook/{{Planetary}}'' meets ''Franchise/GIJoe''. |
166 | * Creator/JoeCasey's ''Sex'' is ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' meets ''Film/EyesWideShut''. |
167 | * ''ComicBook/SFSXSafeSex'' is ''ComicBook/SexCriminals'', ''Film/{{Hustlers}}'' and ''Webcomic/{{Sunstone}}'' set in [[Literature/TheHandmaidsTale Gilead]]. |
168 | * ''ComicBook/SomethingIsKillingTheChildren'' is ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'' and ''ComicBook/{{Alias}}''. |
169 | * ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' is [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog the Sonic games]] meets the general scope, melodrama, and labyrinthine continuity of ''ComicBook/XMen'' comics. |
170 | ** Or ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'' meets ''ComicBook/NemesisTheWarlock'' meets ''ComicBook/TeenTitans''. |
171 | * ''ComicBook/SpencerAndLocke'' is ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' meets ''ComicBook/SinCity''. |
172 | * ''ComicBook/SpiderManLifeStory'' is ''[[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManLeeAndDitko The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' meets ''ComicBook/SupermanAndBatmanGenerations'' meets ''ComicBook/XMenGrandDesign'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. |
173 | * ''ComicBook/{{Squad}}'' is ''Film/{{Heathers}}'' meets ''Film/TheLostBoys'' meets ''Series/TeenWolf''. |
174 | * ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'' is ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' meets ''Film/CitizenKane'', as told by Creator/JamesJoyce. |
175 | ** ''ComicBook/SupremePower'' is ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'' meets ''ComicBook/TheBoys'' meets ''ComicBook/SupermanRedSon'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' - AKA "WhatIf instead of ComicBook/{{Superman}}'s rocket landing in the UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}}, it landed in Kansas?" ... [[MindScrew Wait a minute]]. |
176 | * ''ComicBook/StrangeAcademy'' is ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' meets ''ComicBook/XMen''. |
177 | * ''ComicBook/TheStrangeTalentOfLutherStrode'' is a teen superhero genre, mostly leaning towards ''ComicBook/KickAss'' meets SlasherMovie. The sequel adds a lot of SummerBlockbuster to the mix. |
178 | * ''ComicBook/StrayDogs'' actually has a quote from Creator/BrianMichaelBendis on the back cover of the first issue calling it "''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets'' meets ''Film/Se7en''". |
179 | * ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'' is ''Film/TheDirtyDozen'' meets ''Series/MissionImpossible'' with Supervillains. |
180 | ** ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}} is ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'' meets [[ComicBook/TheAvengers The Masters of Evil]] |
181 | ** Warren Ellis' run: Now with even more ''Suicide Squad''! |
182 | * ''ComicBook/{{Supercrooks}}'' is ''ComicBook/XMen'' meets ''Film/OceansEleven''. |
183 | * The all-ages comic ''Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade,'' is ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''. |
184 | ** More like Supergirl meets ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries''. |
185 | * ''ComicBook/TheSuperiorFoesOfSpiderMan'' is ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' meets ''Film/MysteryMen'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros''. |
186 | * ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheLastRonin'' is ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIDW'' meets ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' meets ''ComicBook/OldManLogan''. |
187 | * ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' |
188 | ** The 1966 original is ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' meets ''ComicBook/ArchieComics''. |
189 | ** ''ComicBook/NewTeenTitans'' [[DarkerAndEdgier darkens]] the original into resembling ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' meets ''Anime/Zambot3''. |
190 | ** ''ComicBook/TeenTitansEarthOne'' is ''ComicBook/NewTeenTitans'' meets ''ComicBook/Gen13'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}''. |
191 | ** ''ComicBook/TeenTitansKamiGarcia'' is ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' and a bit of ''Series/{{Titans}}''. |
192 | * ''ComicBook/TheThanosImperative'' - SpaceOpera meets CosmicHorrorStory in Franchise/MarvelUniverse. |
193 | * ''ComicBook/TomStrong'' is ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' meets ''Literature/DocSavage''. |
194 | * ''ComicBook/Tomboy2015'' is ''Anime/SailorMoon'' meets ''ComicBook/ThePunisher.'' |
195 | ** Or ''Manga/MagicalGirlSite'' meets ''[[ComicBook/Faust1987 Faust (1987)]]''. |
196 | * ''ComicBook/TopTen'' is superhero comics in general meets ''Series/LawAndOrder'' |
197 | * ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' comics: |
198 | ** The ''ComicBook/HasbroComicUniverse Trasformers'' is ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' meets ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamTheOrigin'' meets ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen''. |
199 | *** ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' is ''Transformers'' meets ''Franchise/StarTrek'', particularly ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' and ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', with a touch of ''Series/RedDwarf''. |
200 | *** ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise'' is ''Transformers'' meets ''Series/BabylonFive''. |
201 | * ''ComicBook/TwentyFists'' is described by the writer as "a queer ''[[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Romeo & Juliet]]'' meets ''Film/TheWarriors''," and one reviewer called it "Creator/JohnHughes meets ''Literature/TheOutsiders''." |
202 | * ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'' is ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' meets ''ComicBook/TheAuthority''. |
203 | ** Or ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' as written by Creator/GarthEnnis. |
204 | * ''ComicBook/{{Unnatural}}'' is ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' meets ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''. |
205 | * ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'' is ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' meets ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'' meets ''Series/ThePrisoner1967'' meets ComicBook/JudgeDredd meets ''Literature/Fahrenheit451'' meets ComicBook/{{Batman}} meets Radio/TheShadow meets ''Film/TheAbominableDrPhibes'' and ''Film/TheatreOfBlood'' meets Myth/RobinHood. |
206 | * ''ComicBook/WackyRaceland'' is ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' reinvented in a ''Film/MadMax'' setting, as described in the work's page. |
207 | * Joshua Dysart's "Violent Messiahs" was originally pitched as "ComicBook/{{Batman}} meets ''Film/{{Se7en}}''." |
208 | * ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead'' is ''Film/LivingDeadSeries'' meets ''Literature/TheStand''. |
209 | ** And Creator/OniPress' ''Resurrection'' is ''The Walking Dead'' meets ''Film/IndependenceDay'' |
210 | * ''ComicBook/WarOfKings'': ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Literature/IClaudius''. |
211 | * ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' is ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'' meets ''[[ComicBook/TeenTitans The New Teen Titans]]'' meets Creator/AlanMoore's ''ComicBook/{{Miracleman}}'', with the bleakness of ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' and ''Film/{{Chinatown}}''. |
212 | * ''Whistles: The Starlight Calliope'', by Andrew Hussie of ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures'' fame, was described by one reviewer as "''Literature/{{Pinocchio}}'' meets ''Literature/{{Candide}}'' meets [[Creator/StanleyKubrick Kubrick]] doing [[RuleOfFunny funny]]". |
213 | * ''ComicBook/TheWoods'' is ''Manga/DriftingClassroom'' meets ''Series/{{Lost}}''. |
214 | * ''ComicBook/XMen'' is ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'' meets ''Literature/{{Slan}}''. |
215 | ** Kitty Pryde solo adventure in ''Uncanny X-Men vol. 1 #143'' is ''Film/{{Alien}}'' meets ''Film/HomeAlone''. |
216 | ** ''ComicBook/{{Excalibur}}'' is Creator/ChrisClaremont's ''ComicBook/XMen'' mixed with the more comedic bits of ''Series/DoctorWho''. At its' lightest, you could make a case for a pinch of Creator/MontyPython. |
217 | ** The ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'' comic series is best summed up as ''ComicBook/XMen'' meets ''Series/{{Sliders}}''. |
218 | *** The original concept (and apparently their pitch) was ''Series/QuantumLeap'' meets ''ComicBook/XMen''. |
219 | ** Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost's run on ''[[ComicBook/NewMutants New X-Men]]'' was both a sequel to Nunzio [=DeFilippis=] and Christina Weir's run on the series and their own prior work on ''ComicBook/{{X 23}}'' as well as what thematically came from brutally smashing very different themes of the two. |
220 | ** ''ComicBook/OldManLogan'' is ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'' meets ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns'' meets ''ComicBook/ThePunisherTheEnd'' meets ''Manga/ViolenceJack''. |
221 | ** ''ComicBook/HouseAndPowersOfX'' is ''ComicBook/DaysOfFuturePast'' meets ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Elfquest}}'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. |
222 | * ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers vol. 2'', similarly to the ''New X-Men'' example above, is both sequel to ''Young Avengers vol. 1'' and ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMystery'', but also, on a different level, what came from mixing their very different themes. |
223 | ** Alternatively you could say it's ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' meets ''[[ComicBook/XForce X-Statix]]'' with Young Avengers characters. |
224 | * ''ComicBook/YoungbloodImageComics'' is ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' meets Creator/MichaelBay movies. |
225 | ** Or ''ComicBook/NewMutants'' meets ''Series/TheATeam''. |
226 | [[/folder]] |
227 | |
228 | [[folder: Characters]] |
229 | * ComicBook/AdamStrange is Literature/JohnCarterOfMars meets ComicStrip/FlashGordon. |
230 | * [[ComicBook/Warlock1967 Adam Warlock]] is [[Music/DavidBowie Ziggy Stardust]] meets ''Theatre/JesusChristSuperStar'' meets Carlos Castaneda. |
231 | * ''[[ComicBook/FantasticFour Annihilus]]'': [[Series/DoctorWho Davros]] meets [[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins Firebrand]]. |
232 | * Every single [[ComicBook/AmalgamUniverse Amalgam Comics]] character is literally a "X meets Y" character. Example: Super-Soldier is ComicBook/{{Superman}} meets ComicBook/CaptainAmerica. It most cases, it's strictly "One Marvel character meets one DC character", but sometimes an amalgamated character can be a combination of three or more characters: |
233 | ** One Marvel meets two DC: Speed Demon is [[ComicBook/GhostRider Johnny Blaze]] meets [[ComicBook/TheFlash Barry Allen]] and ComicBook/{{Etrigan}}. |
234 | ** One DC meets two Marvel: Doctor Strangefate is ComicBook/DoctorFate meets ComicBook/DoctorStrange and [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/XMen Charles Xavier]]]]. |
235 | ** Two Marvel and two DC: Bismuth a.k.a. Snapper Jones is [[ComicBook/XMen Toad]] and [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Rick Jones]] meet [[ComicBook/MetalMen Tin]] and [[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Snapper Carr]]. |
236 | * [[ComicBook/XMen Apocalypse]] is [[Series/DoctorWho Davros]] meets ComicBook/VandalSavage in a ComicBook/LexLuthor-style mech-suit, played by Creator/TonyTodd. |
237 | ** Or ''[[Manga/RurouniKenshin Makoto Shishio]]'' meets ComicBook/VandalSavage in ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}'s body. |
238 | * Creator/MarvelComics' ComicBook/{{Ares|Marvel}} has been called "Thor meets Wolverine" in-story. |
239 | ** And he came up with the "ComicBook/CaptainAmerica meets ComicBook/IronMan" idea that [[ComicBook/DarkReign Norman Osborn]] turned into his Iron Patriot persona. |
240 | * ''ComicBook/AstroCity'': |
241 | ** Black Rapier is ComicBook/{{Batman}} meets Franchise/{{Zorro}}. |
242 | ** Cleopatra II is [[Series/TheSecretsOfIsis Isis]] meets [[ComicBook/WonderWoman Nubia]]. |
243 | ** The original Confessor is ComicBook/{{Batman}} meets [[spoiler: ComicBook/{{Blade}}]]. |
244 | ** Crackerjack is ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} (BadassNormal with acrobatic skills) meets ComicBook/BoosterGold (a wise-cracking GloryHound). |
245 | ** The First Family is the ComicBook/FantasticFour with some elements of the ComicBook/DoomPatrol. |
246 | *** Natalie is Susan Storm Richards meets Elasti-Girl. |
247 | *** Astra is Valeria Richards meets Human Torch meets Negative Man. |
248 | *** Leaving the Doom Patrol outside, Rex is The Thing meets [[Film/TheShapeOfWater the Asset]]. |
249 | ** Green Man is ComicBook/SwampThing meets Creator/AlanMoore (in this case, an [[ComicBookFantasyCasting intentional]] [[ShoutOut homage]], as Moore's run on the ''Swamp Thing'' title became [[MyRealDaddy iconic]]). |
250 | ** Jack-in-the-Box is ComicBook/SpiderMan meets ComicBook/TheJoker. |
251 | ** Leopardman & Kitkat are [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Batman & Robin]] meet Catman (TheForties Frank Z. Temerson publishing character, not the DC one) & Kitten. |
252 | *** Kitkat has also ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} added to the mix. Her current older version, Greymalkin, also has elements of [[ComicBook/ScarletWitch Agatha Harkness]]. |
253 | ** Starfighter is ComicBook/GreenLantern meets ComicBook/{{Starman}}. |
254 | ** Winged Victory is ComicBook/WonderWoman meets [[ComicBook/{{Hawkman}} Hawkgirl]]. |
255 | ** Wolfspider is ComicBook/SpiderMan meets ComicBook/AntMan. |
256 | * [[ComicBook/TheKingpin Wilson Fisk]] + Literature/DocSavage + [[Franchise/StarTrek Khan Noonien Singh]] + ComicBook/{{Venom}} = ComicBook/{{Bane}}. |
257 | * Creator/TimelyComics' Angel's backstory + Creator/DCComics' ComicBook/{{Hourman}}'s SuperSerum + Evil = ComicBook/{{Bane}}. |
258 | * Imagine a character who takes all the coolest aspects of ComicBook/{{Superman}}, Franchise/{{Zorro}}, Radio/TheShadow and {{Dracula}}. Yeah, that would be [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} awesome]]. |
259 | ** Alternately, ComicBook/SpiderMan + ComicBook/IronMan + ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} + ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} = Batman. |
260 | ** Literature/SherlockHolmes meets a ninja |
261 | ** For anime fans: [[Anime/CodeGeass Zero]] meets ''Manga/CaseClosed'' |
262 | * [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Black Adam]] is Captain Marvel/Shazam meets Namor. |
263 | * [[Film/{{Shaft}} John Shaft]] + [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Abraham Van Helsing]] = ComicBook/{{Blade}}. |
264 | * ComicBook/BlueBeetle: Both Ted Kord and Jaime Reyes are ComicBook/SpiderMan meets ComicBook/IronMan, but in completely different ways. |
265 | * The ComicBook/{{Bone}} cousins are ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' as ''Franchise/TheSmurfs''. Or [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse Mickey]], WesternAnimation/{{Donald|Duck}}, and WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} as The Smurfs. |
266 | * ''ComicBook/TheBoys'': |
267 | ** Billy Butcher = ComicBook/MarshalLaw + ComicBook/ThePunisher + [[ComicBook/TheAuthority Jack Hawksmoor]] + [[ComicBook/{{Preacher}} Jesse Custer]] + [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros Brock Samson]] + [[Literature/{{Trainspotting}} Sick Boy]]. |
268 | ** "Wee" Hughie Campbell = [[Film/ShaunOfTheDead Shaun]] + [[Literature/{{Trainspotting}} Rent Boy]] + [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros Dean Venture]] + [[ComicBook/MiracleMan Adult!Mike Moran]]. |
269 | ** Homelander = [[ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}} The Plutonian]] + [[WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether Captain Hero]] + [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros Jonas Venture]]. |
270 | * Arnold Schwarzenegger + ''[[Anime/DragonballZ Future Trunks]]'' + Doomguy = ''ComicBook/{{Cable}}'' |
271 | * The ComicBook/{{Crossed}} infected are all the worst parts of ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'', [[Series/MastersOfHorror TheScrewflySolution]], [[{{Series/Firefly}} The Reavers]] and Film/{{Deliverance}}. |
272 | * [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Damian Wayne]] is ComicBook/{{Robin}} meets [[Manga/HunterXHunter Killua]]. |
273 | ** Alternatively [[Film/KickAss Hit-Girl]] meets Literature/ArtemisFowl. |
274 | ** As Batman in ''[[ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison Batman #666]]'', Damian is ComicBook/BatmanBeyond meets [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Guts]] meets ComicBook/{{Spawn}} meets ComicBook/GhostRider. |
275 | * Film/{{Zatoichi}} + ComicBook/{{Batman}} = ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}. |
276 | * ''ComicBook/DarkHawk'': ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' meets ''Anime/TekkamanBlade''. |
277 | * ''ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}'' is ''[[Literature/TheSilmarillion Morgoth]]'' meets ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Big Brother]]'' meets ''Jack Palance''. |
278 | * In the page about ''ComicBook/{{Darna}}'', this very wiki describes her as ComicBook/WonderWoman meets [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] (renamed as Shazam in the ComicBook/New52 reboot). |
279 | * ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} is ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} meets ComicBook/TheMask. |
280 | ** Or ComicBook/{{Deadshot}} meets Creator/RobinWilliams. |
281 | * [[Franchise/StarWars Han Solo + Boba Fett]] = ComicBook/{{Deadshot}}. |
282 | * ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} is ComicBook/{{Taskmaster}} (profession, morality, clothing style,[[OrangeAndBlueContrast color scheme]] and [[SelfPlagiarism character]] [[Creator/GeorgePerez designer]]) meets ComicBook/{{Batman}} (being CrazyPrepared and having a BattleButler) meets ComicBook/CaptainAmerica (having a military background and being enhanced by a SuperSerum). |
283 | * [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] ComicBook/LexLuthor's [[LargeHam personality]] and [[EvilFormerFriend backstory]] + Literature/FuManchu's {{Chessmaster}} NobleDemon qualities (and [[MajoredInWesternHypocrisy backstory]]) = ComicBook/DoctorDoom. |
284 | * ''ComicBook/AlbedoErmaFelnaEDF'' |
285 | ** Erma Felna is [[Manga/{{Appleseed}} Deunan Knute]] meets [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Nala]] meets [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Amuro Ray]] meets [[Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes Yang Wenli + Reinhard von Lohengramm]] meets [[Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar Kaguya Shinomiya]]. |
286 | *** Alternatively, [[Series/BabylonFive Susan Ivanova]] meets Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter[[note]]The first two comparations were made by WordOfGod[[/note]] meets [[WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries Lt. M'Ress]] meets [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Misato Katsuragi + Shinji Ikari]] meets Literature/HonorHarrington, after taking some notes from both [[Manga/SilentMobius Katsumi Liqueur]] and [[spoiler:[[Webcomic/MobPsycho100 Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama ]]]]. |
287 | ** Toki is [[Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt Panty]] meets [[Franchise/StarWars Lando]] meets [[WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective Miss Kitty]] meets [[Manga/{{Appleseed}} Hitomi]] meets [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Makoto Nanaya]]. |
288 | *** Her descendant from ''ComicBook/AlbedoBirthright'' is her ancestor meets ''Manga/QueenEmeraldas''. |
289 | ** Lt. Ipcha Tankannahai is [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamMSIGLOO Oliver May]] meets [[Literature/WatershipDown Blackberry]]. |
290 | *** Alternatively, [[WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}} Judy Hopps]] meets [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Akito Tenkawa]] meets [[VideoGame/SpaceQuest Roger Wilco]]. |
291 | ** Itzak Arrat is [[Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato a younger Juzo Okita]] meets [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Bright Noa]] meets [[WesternAnimation/{{Bravestarr}} Thirty-Thirty]] meets a much heroic WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman. |
292 | ** Tavas Ikalik: [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Scar]] meets [[Manga/{{Appleseed}} Captain Hades]], after taking some points from both [[Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes Oskar von Reuenthal and Paul von Oberstein]]. |
293 | ** Alfon Voga: [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Mr. Bergstrom]] meets [[Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar Miyuki Shirogane]] meets [[spoiler:[[Manga/SilentMobius Robert DeVice]]]]. |
294 | ** Dr. Elaki Kalahahaii: [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Ritsuko Akagi]] meets [[Manga/AttackOnTitan Hange Zoë]] meets [[Series/TheXFiles Fox Mulder]] meets [[VideoGame/StarFox2 Miyu]]. |
295 | ** Laslow Kosak: [[Manga/DeathNote Hitoshi Demegawa]] meets Wikileaks. |
296 | ** Teka Ardehad: [[spoiler:Erma Felna]] meets a NotSoStoic [[spoiler:[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei Ayanami]]]] meets [[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Estellise "Estelle" Sidos Heurassein]]. |
297 | ** The Net: [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey HAL 9000]] meets [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion MAGI]] meets the Internet. |
298 | ** Charles Ambrose Komatsu III (from the side-story ''Exo-Genesis''): [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Gendo Ikari]] meets [[Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau Dr. Moreau]] meets [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Syam Vist]] meets an anti-villanous [[Anime/CrossAnge Embryo]]. |
299 | ** The Extraplanetary Defense Force (EDF) is [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam The Earth Federation]] meets [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar The Warsaw Pact + NATO]] meets the UsefulNotes/SovietUnion. |
300 | ** The Independent Lepine Republic (ILR) is [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED ZAFT]] meets [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam The Principality of Zeon]] meets [[Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato the Gamilas Empire]] meets UsefulNotes/NaziGermany meets Apartheid-era UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica meets the Creator/DonaldTrump-era UsefulNotes/UnitedStates. |
301 | ** The Creators are [[Literature/TheSpaceOdysseySeries The Precursors]] meets [[spoiler:[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion NERV + SEELE]]]]. |
302 | ** Enchawah Corporation is [[Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes the Dominion of Fezzan]] meets [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} Anaheim Electronics]]. |
303 | * ''ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}'' is CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth meets [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Worf]]. |
304 | * ''ComicBook/{{Extinctioners}}'': |
305 | ** Katherine Fela/Alleycat is [[ComicBook/AlbedoErmaFelnaEDF Erma Felna]] meets [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Susan Storm/The Invisible Woman]]. |
306 | ** Umnus Nightcreeper/Nightcreeper is [[ComicBook/XMen Nightcrawler]] meets The ComicBook/MartianManhunter. |
307 | ** Ethan Stalworth/Stalker is [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Jan Valentine]] meets Music/KurtCobain. |
308 | * [[ComicBook/IHateFairyland Gertrude]] is [[WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance Darla Dimple]] meets [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]] |
309 | * Creator/RebBrown + Creator/DenisLeary + VideoGame/DukeNukem with a ComicBook/GreenLantern ring = Guy Gardner. |
310 | ** [[Film/TopGun Maverick]] meets [[Franchise/StarWars Luke Skywalker]]: Hal Jordan. |
311 | *** Alternately, [[Franchise/StarTrek Captain James Tiberius Kirk]] meets [[Franchise/StarWars Han Solo]]. |
312 | ** [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] meets [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Kamille]] [[CartwrightCurse Bidan]]= Kyle Rayner. |
313 | ** ComicBook/{{Ultimate|Marvel}} ComicBook/NickFury plus ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} = John Stewart. |
314 | ** [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]] plus [[Franchise/MortalKombat Shang Tsung]] plus [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Daffy Duck]] equals [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Larfleeze]]. |
315 | * [[ComicBook/TheUnbelievableGwenpool Gwenpool]] is ComicBook/SpiderGwen meets ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} meets ComicBook/HarleyQuinn meets [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Superboy-Prime]]. |
316 | * ''ComicBook/HarleyQuinn'' is [[Series/ILoveLucy Lucy Ricardo]] meets ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}. Or [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Duela Dent]] meets ComicBook/TankGirl. |
317 | * ''ComicBook/{{Hawkman}}''- in most appearances, at least- is what would happen if Franchise/IndianaJones suddenly got past life memories of being Literature/ConanTheBarbarian. |
318 | * Hazmat of ComicBook/AvengersAcademy: ComicBook/CaptainAtom meets [[ComicBook/XMen Rogue]]. |
319 | * ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' is [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Ben Grimm]] meets ComicBook/JohnConstantine. |
320 | * [[ComicBook/KickAss Hit Girl]]: "She was like [[Franchise/{{Rambo}} John Rambo]] meets Polly Pocket." |
321 | * ''ComicBook/{{Huck}}'': ComicBook/{{Superman}} meets Film/ForrestGump. |
322 | * ''[[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk The Hulk]]'' is ''Literature/DrJekyllAndMrHyde'' meets ''Film/{{Frankenstein|1931}}'' as a seven foot tall humanoid ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}''. |
323 | * ComicBook/{{Huntress}}[[note]]The Helena Bertinelli version[[/note]]: ComicBook/{{Batman}} meets [[Film/TheGodfather Michael Corleone]]. |
324 | * Per WordOfGod, the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] is [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Dr. Jekyll and Mister Hyde]] meets [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Frankenstein's Monster]]. |
325 | * ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'': |
326 | ** Mark Grayson is [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] meets [[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} Connor Kent]] meets [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud Strife]]. |
327 | ** Atom Eve is [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Mary-Jane Watson]] meets [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Tifa Lockhart]] meets [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Star Sapphire]] meets ComicBook/{{Starfire}}. |
328 | ** Nolan Grayson/Omni-Man is ComicBook/{{Superman}} meets [[Franchise/DragonBall Vegeta]] meets [[Franchise/{{Highlander}} Connor MacLeod]] meets [[Franchise/TheLionKing Mufasa]]. |
329 | ** Thragg is [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} General Zod]] meets [[Franchise/DragonBall Frieza]] meets Music/FreddieMercury meets [[Characters/StarWarsEmperorPalpatine Emperor Palpatine]]. |
330 | *** Or, General Zod meets [[Franchise/TheLionKing Scar]]. |
331 | ** The Viltrumites are [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Kryptonians]] meet [[Franchise/DragonBall Saiyans]]. |
332 | * ComicBook/IronMan is ComicBook/{{Batman}} meets Creator/HowardHughes. |
333 | * John "ComicBook/{{Grimjack}}" Gaunt is [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]] meets [[Film/DollarsTrilogy The Man with No Name]] as a mercenary. |
334 | * [[ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine]] = [[Series/KolchakTheNightStalker Carl Kolchak]] + [[Series/{{Columbo}} Lt. Frank Columbo]]. |
335 | * ''ComicBook/JustImagineStanLeeCreatingTheDCUniverse'': |
336 | ** Superman/Salden is the 1938's version of ComicBook/{{Superman}} meets the [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Thanagarian version]] of ComicBook/{{Hawkman}}. |
337 | ** Wonder Woman/ Maria Mendoza is the [[ComicBook/WonderWoman original character]] meets ComicBook/TheMightyThor (especially the initial version having [[HenshinHero Don Blake transforming into]] Thor) meets the Myth/IncaMythology. |
338 | ** Batman/ Wayne Williams is [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} the Bruce Wayne version]] meets ComicBook/LukeCage. |
339 | ** Flash/Mary Maxwell is [[ComicBook/TheFlash Wally West]] meets his daughter from ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' with elements of [[ComicBook/UncannyXForce Fanotmex's]] costume. |
340 | ** Green Lantern/ Leonard Lewis is [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Alan Scott (whose powers are based in mysticism) and Hal Jordan (strength of character and enormous courage)]] meet the personality and the academic profession of [[ComicBook/TheAtom Ray Palmer]] meets the GreenThumb of ComicBook/SwampThing and the looks of [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Doctor Manhattan]], just green instead of blue[[note]]They're even [[SelfPlagiarism designed by the same guy]], Dave Gibbons[[/note]]. |
341 | ** Catwoman is [[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} the original character]] meets her ''Film/BatmanReturns'' version meets ComicBook/KlarionTheWitchBoy meets [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} Lady Deathstrike]] meets ComicBook/BlackWidow (especially in her [[https://www.deviantart.com/saiyanking02/art/Black-Widow-Comics-942566161 classic catsuit]]) meets ComicBook/PowerGirl's CleavageWindow. |
342 | * ''ComicBook/{{Katmandu}}'': |
343 | ** Liska is [[ComicBook/AlbedoErmaFelnaEDF Erma Felna]] meets Sitting Bull meets Sacagawea meets [[Film/AManCalledHorse John Morgan]] meets [[Literature/WarriorCats Firestar]] meets [[Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid Kobayashi]] meets [[Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms Zhuge Liang + Liu Bei]] meets [[Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic Morgiana]] meets [[Anime/QueensBlade Leina Vance]] meets [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Artoria Pendragon/Saber + Shirou Emiya]] meets [[Literature/MemoirsOfAGeisha Sayuri]] meets [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Yoko Littner]] meets [[Anime/{{Symphogear}} Hibiki Tachibana]] meets [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Fate Testarossa-Harlaown]] meets [[Manga/FairyTail Erza Scarlet]] meets UsefulNotes/TomoeGozen meets [[spoiler:UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura]]. |
344 | ** Leatrah is her ancestor Liska meets [[ComicBook/AlbedoErmaFelnaEDF Eda Felna]]. |
345 | ** Thorin is [[Franchise/TheLionKing Simba]] meets [[Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie Charles Ingalls]]. |
346 | ** Rial is [[Literature/MemoirsOfAGeisha Nobu]] meets [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Sasuke Uchiha + Neji Hyuga]] meets Crazy Horse meets [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/AlbedoErmaFelnaEDF Alfon Voga]]]]. |
347 | *** Alternatively, he is [[Anime/DragonBallZ Vegeta]] meets [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Kamille Bidan]] meets [[spoiler:[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]]]]. |
348 | ** Pyndan is [[Manga/CardCaptorSakura Yukito Tsukishiro]] meets [[Literature/MemoirsOfAGeisha Mameha]], gender-bent. |
349 | ** Shaygin is [[Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun Kuroko Shirai]] meets a lesbian [[Manga/{{Basilisk}} Iga-no-Oboro]] meets [[VideoGame/SamuraiShodown Iroha]] meets [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Sakura Matou]]. |
350 | ** Patches is ''Shanda the Panda'''s Shanda Bruin meets [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Hinata Hyuga]]. |
351 | ** Thea is her mother Liska meets [[Anime/{{Robotech}} Claudia Grant]] meets [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Ino Yamanaka]] meets [[Literature/MemoirsOfAGeisha Pumpkin]]. |
352 | ** Mother Sanna is [[WesternAnimation/{{Bravestarr}} The Shaman]] meets [[Literature/MemoirsOfAGeisha Granny]] meets [[Franchise/LooneyTunes The other Granny]] meets [[Manga/{{Naruto}} a less excentric Jiraiya]]. |
353 | ** Quiet Bird is [[spoiler:his mother Liska]] meets [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Rock Addams]]. |
354 | ** Markree is [[Franchise/BlazBlue Jin Kisaragi]] meets [[ComicBook/AlbedoErmaFelnaEDF Tasak Felna]] meets [[Literature/MemoirsOfAGeisha a gender-bent Satsu]]. |
355 | ** Kebec is [[Literature/MemoirsOfAGeisha Hatsumomo]] meets [[Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie Nellie Oleson]] meets [[Manga/CandyCandy Eliza Legan]]. |
356 | ** Hesta is [[Anime/QueensBlade Risty]] meets [[Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms Guan Yu]] meets [[VideoGame/{{Ys}} Dogi]] meets [[VideoGame/{{Arknights}} Waai Fu]]. |
357 | ** Wind Flower is [[VisualNovel/{{Happiness}} Jun Watarase]] meets [[Literature/BlackElkSpeaks Black Elk]]. |
358 | ** Rakon is [[Manga/BakiTheGrappler Yujiro Hanma]] meets a Native American-like UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler meets [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Dio Brando]] meets UsefulNotes/LuBu meets [[Series/GameOfThrones Gregor Clegane]] meets [[Literature/WarriorCats Tigerstar]]. |
359 | ** Kress is [[Manga/{{X1999}} Karen Kasumi]] meets meets a very amoral [[spoiler:UsefulNotes/{{Pocahontas}}]]. |
360 | ** Indigo Weechai is [[Film/{{Gojira}} Dr. Daisuke Serizawa]] meets [[spoiler:[[UsefulNotes/{{Pocahontas}} John Smith]]]]. |
361 | ** Matoo Anzasi (side-stories only) is [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross Roy]] [[Anime/{{Robotech}} Focker]] meets Literature/JohnCarterOfMars. |
362 | * ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'': |
363 | ** 666 is the [[ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns Mutant Leader]] meets a [[ComicBook/TheMetabarons Metabaron]] meets Creator/BrianAzzarello. |
364 | ** Batman is the mainstream Bruce Wayne meets his ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' and ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' versions with visual elements of [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]]. |
365 | ** Superman is his mainstream self meets [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Ozymandias]]. |
366 | ** Kid Flash is [[ComicBook/TheFlash Wally West]] meets the 90's look of [[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} Conner Kent]] through the lens of GenderFlip. |
367 | ** Joker's Daughter is [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Duela Dent]] meets [[ComicBook/AstroCity Jack-in-the-Box]] (or his deranged sons) meets comics author [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Thompson Jill Thompson]]. |
368 | ** Pastor Norman [=McKay=] is [[ComicBook/{{Marvels}} Phil Sheldon]] meets real-life pastor Clark Ross (the father of Creator/AlexRoss). |
369 | ** Red Robin is ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} meets Doctor Mid-Nite. |
370 | ** Wonder Woman, in her winged armor, is the original character meets her Ersatz [[ComicBook/AstroCity Winged Victory]]. |
371 | * ComicBook/TheKingpin is ComicBook/LexLuthor meets ComicBook/ThePenguin |
372 | * ComicBook/{{Lobo}} is ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} meets ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} meets ComicBook/GhostRider. |
373 | * [[PsychoForHire Lono]] from ''ComicBook/OneHundredBullets'' can be described as either [[Film/ReservoirDogs Mr. Blonde]] meets [[HornyVikings a Viking]] or [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros Brock Samson]] meets [[Series/GameOfThrones Kahl Drogo]] |
374 | * Manchester Black from ''What's so Funny About Truth, Justice, and The American Way?'' is [[Webvideo/TheNostalgiaCritic Devil Boner]] crossed with Music/JohnLydon. |
375 | * ComicBook/MartianManhunter is ComicBook/ProfessorX meets ComicBook/{{Mystique}} meets ComicBook/TheVision. And all of them meet ComicBook/{{Superman}}. |
376 | * Marv from ''ComicBook/SinCity'' was described by Creator/FrankMiller as Franchise/{{Conan|TheBarbarian}} in a trenchcoat. |
377 | * ComicBook/TheMask is Film/JamesBond meets WesternAnimation/BugsBunny meets [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} The Joker]]. |
378 | * Melanie "Magic Boots Mel" Kapoor in ''[[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers Assemble]]'' #15AU is [[Film/BendItLikeBeckham Jess Bharma]] meets [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy%27s_Boots Billy Dane]]. |
379 | * [[ComicBook/RoadToPerdition Michael O'Sullivan Sr.]]: ComicBook/{{Superman}} meets [[ComicBook/SinCity Marv]]. |
380 | * [[ComicBook/TheAuthority Midnighter]] is what happens when you try to get ComicBook/{{Batman}} by putting [[Series/{{Dexter}} Dexter Morgan]] through the [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} Weapon X program]] |
381 | ** Creator/WarrenEllis described him as Radio/TheShadow directed by Creator/JohnWoo |
382 | * Creator/AlanMoore's ''ComicBook/{{Miracleman}}'': |
383 | ** Mike Moran/Miracleman is ComicBook/{{Superman}} meets [[ComicBook/XMen Professor X]] meets Creator/FriedrichNietzsche. |
384 | ** Dicky Dauntless/Young Miracleman is [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]] meets [[Franchise/{{Devilman}} Akira Fudo]] meets ComicBook/MartianManhunter. |
385 | ** Johnny Bates/Kid Miracleman is [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Billy Batson]] meets [[Film/{{Psycho}} Norman Bates]] meets [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} The Joker]] meets [[ComicBook/XMen Magneto]] meets [[Manga/{{Akira}} Tetsuo Shima]]. |
386 | * ComicBook/MsMarvel is ComicBook/WonderWoman meets ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}} |
387 | * ComicBook/{{Monstress}}: Maika is [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Avatar Korra]] meets [[VideoGame/{{Dishonored}} Corvo Attano]] meets [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Guts]]. |
388 | * ComicBook/MoonKnight is Radio/TheShadow meets ComicBook/{{Batman}} meets ComicBook/MrA, if all of them suffered from dissociative identity disorder and worshipped an Ancient Egyptian moon god. |
389 | * ''ComicBook/NemesisTheWarlock'' |
390 | ** Nemesis is [[Anime/CodeGeass Lelouch vi Britannia]] meets ''[[Literature/TheElricSaga Elric of Melnibone]]'' meets a demon. |
391 | *** Or Manga/{{Devilman}} meets [[Literature/TheStarsMyDestination Gully Foyle]] and [[ComicBook/XMen Magneto]]. |
392 | ** Tomás de Torquemada is [[Franchise/StarWars Sheev Palpatine]] meets [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Red Skull]] and [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Doctor Doom]]. |
393 | * 616 Colonel ComicBook/NickFury is Film/JamesBond meets [[Series/TheATeam Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith]] |
394 | ** ComicBook/TheUltimates' Nick Fury is the 616 version meets Creator/SamuelLJackson. |
395 | * ComicBook/NormanOsborn is ComicBook/LexLuthor meets ComicBook/TheJoker. |
396 | * ComicBook/{{Nova}} (especially the original): ComicBook/GreenLantern meets ComicBook/SpiderMan. |
397 | * Professor Pyg is Franchise/HannibalLecter meets [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]]. |
398 | * Rick Jones is [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Marty Mcfly]] meets [[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxyTrilogy Arthur Dent]]. |
399 | * [[ComicBook/AllNewGhostRider Robbie Reyes]] is [[ComicBook/GhostRider Johnny Blaze]] meets Anime/SpeedRacer. |
400 | ** Artist Tradd Moore used several such comparisons when [[WordOfGod talking what he had in mind designing Robbie]]. They include things like Anime/SpeedRacer as a SlasherMovie villain, {{Satan}} as a member of Franchise/PowerRangers and TheGrimReaper as a member of Music/DaftPunk. |
401 | * [[ComicBook/DoomPatrol Robotman]] is [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Ben Grimm]] meets [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Alphonse Elric]]. |
402 | * Ronan the Accuser is ComicBook/JudgeDredd meets the Characters/Warhammer40000Inquisition meets the Music/BlueManGroup. |
403 | * [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Roy Harper]] is ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} meets ComicBook/BuckyBarnes (especially in the continuities Roy loses an arm and get a cybernetic prosthesis). |
404 | * Skaar, The Son of the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] is his dad + Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian. |
405 | * Creator/GrantMorrison's [[ComicBook/SevenSoldiers Shilo Norman]] is Harry Houdini meets Music/KanyeWest. |
406 | * ComicBook/{{Shazam}} is ComicBook/{{Superman}} meets Franchise/HarryPotter |
407 | * [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Sodam Yat]] is often said to be ComicBook/{{Superman}} as a ComicBook/GreenLantern, but it's probably more accurate to describe him as Mon-El as a Green Lantern[[note]]Mon-El/Lar Gand and Sodam Yat both originate from Daxam, and both wanted to travel through space even though Daxamites are highly xenophobic and forbid it[[/note]]. |
408 | * ComicBook/SpiderMan is a spider-themed ComicBook/{{Superman}} meets [[Series/DoctorWho the 10th or 11th Doctor]] meets [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Marty McFly]]. |
409 | ** Or [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Charlie Brown]] meets Superman meets [[Creator/TheMarxBrothers Groucho Marx]]. |
410 | ** Alternatively, Spider-Man is just Superman meets Batman: he has the red and blue costume, like Superman, but an animal totem--and one that is often regarded as scary--like Batman. He he has superpowers, including super-strength, like Superman, but also uses gadgets, like webshooters and spider-tracers--and even at one time a Spidermobile--like Batman. He is devoted to the public good, like Superman, but is also motivated by a desire to avenge a parental figure who was murdered by a criminal, like Batman. He works as a journalist, like Superman, but is also a brilliant scientist and technologist, like Batman. |
411 | * ComicBook/{{Spawn}} is ComicBook/{{Batman}} meets Manga/{{Devilman}} meets Manga/SkullMan. |
412 | ** Or ComicBook/GhostRider meets ComicBook/{{Venom}}. |
413 | ** Or ComicBook/ThePunisher meets [[ComicBook/{{Faust}} Faust (1987)]], with a bit of ComicBook/DoctorStrange. |
414 | * ComicBook/TheSpirit: ''[[Creator/DashiellHammett Sam]] [[Literature/TheMalteseFalcon Spade]]'' meets ''Franchise/TheLoneRanger''. |
415 | * ''ComicBook/{{Static}}'' is ''ComicBook/BlackLightning'' meets ''ComicBook/SpiderMan''. |
416 | * [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]] is Creator/StephenColbert meets [[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood Fred Rogers]] meets ComicBook/{{Superman}}. |
417 | ** Or ComicBook/{{Superman}} meets Creator/AudieMurphy. |
418 | * ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} is [[Literature/DocSavage Pat Savage]] meets [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Mary Marvel]]. |
419 | ** [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Supergirl: ComicBook/{{Superman}} meets Franchise/NancyDrew. |
420 | ** [[MediaNotes/TheModernAgeOfComicBooks Modern Age]] Supergirl: ComicBook/{{Superman}} meets [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy Summers]]. |
421 | * ComicBook/{{Superman}}: |
422 | ** Doc Savage meets Hugo Danner. |
423 | ** Creator/JerrySiegelAndJoeShuster created him as a mixture of Creator/DouglasFairbanks and Creator/ClarkGable. |
424 | ** Or as the WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic puts it, "[[Literature/TheBible Moses]] with aliens". |
425 | * The Supreme Intelligence is [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Zordon]] meets [[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged Super Kami Guru]]. |
426 | * The original [[ComicBook/SquadronSupreme Squadron Supreme]] is what happens when you cross the [[ComicBook/JusticeLeague Justice League]] with the main cast of ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. The ''ComicBook/SupremePower'' and ''ComicBook/HeroesReborn2021'' incarnations of the Squadron Supreme are basically the team itself meets [[ComicBook/TheBoys The Seven]]. |
427 | * [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Star-Lord]] is ComicBook/AdamStrange meets [[Franchise/StarWars Han Solo]]. |
428 | ** After the film, he was reinvented as [[Series/{{Farscape}} John Crichton]] meets [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Otto Mann]]. |
429 | * Thaal Sinestro is [[Series/DoctorWho The Master]] with a green, then later yellow, power ring. |
430 | * ComicBook/{{Thanos}} is Darkseid meets [[Series/DoctorWho the 7th Doctor]] meets Schopenhauer and [[Literature/FathersAndSons Bazarov]]. |
431 | ** Alternatively, he's [[ComicBook/NewGods Darkseid meets Metron]], the latter's contributions being the helmet design and the [[CoolChair multi-powered hover chair]] [[note]]Jim Starlin originally wanted Thanos to be an {{Expy}} of Metron, but was convinced to base the character on Darkseid instead. Thanos' helmet design and the hover thrones– similar to Metron's Mobius Chair– are nods to the originally intended reference[[/note]]. |
432 | ** When he's not written by Jim Starlin, he's a more brutish Mongul meets Jeffrey Dahmer. |
433 | * [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Ultimate]] ComicBook/RedSkull: ''Film/AClockworkOrange's'' Alex meets ''Film/TheDarkKnight's'' Joker (with a buttload of daddy issues). |
434 | * ComicBook/{{Ultron}} is [[Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream AM]] meets ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} meets [[Theatre/OedipusTheKing Oedipus]]. |
435 | * [[ComicBook/Earth2 Val-Zod]] is ComicBook/{{Superman}} with the pacifism of [[Manga/{{Trigun}} Vash the Stampede]] |
436 | * Kamala Khan is [[Franchise/SailorMoon Usagi]] meets [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Jasmine]]. |
437 | ** One of her villains, Hijinx is a ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' mook done in style of ''WesternAnimation/DudleyDoRight'' |
438 | * ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' |
439 | ** Doctor Manhattan is ComicBook/{{Superman}} meets the OriginStory of the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] meets [[Franchise/{{Dune}} Leto II Atreides]] |
440 | *** Alternatively, he's ComicBook/CaptainAtom meets Creator/AlbertCamus. |
441 | *** Or [[ComicBook/{{Miracleman}} Grown-up Miracleman]] meets ComicBook/SilverSurfer, [[Manga/{{Devilman}} Akira Fudo]], ComicBook/MartianManhunter, and ComicBook/{{Raven}}. |
442 | ** Nite Owl II is [[ComicBook/BlueBeetle Ted Kord]] meets [[WesternAnimation/{{Archer}} Cyril Figgis]]. |
443 | *** Or ComicBook/{{Spiderman}} meets ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}, by way of [[ComicBook/{{Miracleman}} the grown-up Mike Moran]]. |
444 | ** Rorschach is ComicBook/{{Batman}} meets Alex Jones. |
445 | *** Or ComicBook/TheQuestion meets ComicBook/MrA and [[Film/{{Chinatown}} J.J. "Jake" Gittes]]... with the personality of [[Film/TaxiDriver Travis Bickle]]. |
446 | ** Ozymandias is ComicBook/{{Thunderbolt}} meets ComicBook/IronMan...[[spoiler: By way of ComicBook/LexLuthor, [[ComicBook/{{Miracleman}} the adult Kid Miracleman]], [[Film/{{Chinatown}} Noah Cross]], [[Literature/{{Dune}} Paul Atreides]] and [[Manga/{{Devilman}} Ryo Asuka]].]] |
447 | ** Silk Spectre II is [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Donna Troy]] meets [[ComicBook/{{Miracleman}} Liz Moran]]. |
448 | * ''ComicBook/YoungbloodImageComics'': |
449 | ** Badrock is the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] meets [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Thing]]. |
450 | ** Cougar is ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} meets [[ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Timberwolf]] with an outfit similar to [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Kraven]]'s and the origin of ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} (being a HalfHumanHybrid involved in a SuccessionCrisis). |
451 | ** Photon is a [[GenderFlip originally male version]] (later [[GenderBender turned female in-universe]]) of ComicBook/{{Starfire}} meets [[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Beatriz da Costa/Fire]], with the ChromeChampion status of ComicBook/CaptainAtom. |
452 | ** Troll is Wolverine meets his Canadian fellow [[ComicBook/AlphaFlight Eugene Judd a.k.a. Puck]]. |
453 | [[/folder]] |
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