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| 2 | !!Television series: |
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| 6 | * ''Series/ThreeBusyDebras'' is ''Film/{{Heathers}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce.'' |
| 7 | * 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. |
| 8 | * ''Series/ThirtyRock'' is ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'' meets ''Series/NewsRadio'' |
| 9 | ** Alternately ''Series/JustShootMe'' meets a documentary on the behind-the-scenes drama of working on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. |
| 10 | ** Or ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'' meets a live action version of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. |
| 11 | * ''Series/The100'' is ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' (with teens) meets ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' meets ButWhatAboutTheAstronauts. |
| 12 | ** The series was also billed as ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' meets ''Series/{{Lost}}''. |
| 13 | * ''Series/OneThousandWaysToDie'' is ''Franchise/FinalDestination'' meets ''Series/{{Jackass}}'' meets ''Series/{{CSI}}'', with the anthology structure of ''Franchise/TheTwilightZone'' and a very big side order of ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends''. |
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| 16 | [[folder:A]] |
| 17 | * ''Series/AToZ'' is ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' meets ''Film/FiveHundredDaysOfSummer'' |
| 18 | * ''Series/AdamRuinsEverything'' is ''Series/PennAndTellerBullshit'' meets ''Series/TheWestWing'' with the comedy style of ''Website/CollegeHumor''. |
| 19 | * ''Series/TheAfterparty'' is ''Series/OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding'' meets ''Film/{{Rashomon}}''. |
| 20 | * ''Series/{{Airwolf}}'' was ''Series/TheATeam'' (or ''[[Series/MacGyver1985 MacGyver]]'' or ''Series/KnightRider'' if you prefer) in a helicopter. |
| 21 | * ''Series/Akumaizer3'' = ''Series/KamenRider'' + ''[[Series/{{Kikaider}} Jinzō Ningen Kikaider]]'' + ''Manga/Cyborg009'' + ''Franchise/{{Devilman}}'' + ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'' |
| 22 | ** ''Choujin Bibyun'' = ''Akumaizer 3'' + ''Kikaider 01'' + ''Series/UltramanTaro'' |
| 23 | * ''Series/{{Alias}}'' is Film/JamesBond meets ''Series/{{Felicity}}''. |
| 24 | * ''Series/AlmostHuman'' is Creator/IsaacAsimov's [[Literature/TheCavesOfSteel Lije Baley novels]] meets ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' |
| 25 | * ''Series/{{Alphas}}'' is described by its creator as ''ComicBook/XMen'' meets ''Series/TheWire''. |
| 26 | * Game Show Network's ''America Says'' is ''Series/FamilyFeud'' mashed up with the question format of ''Series/MatchGame'' and the round robin system of the 1978 game ''Pass the Buck.'' |
| 27 | * ''Series/AmericanAuto'' is ''Series/{{Superstore}}'' meets ''Film/GungHo''. |
| 28 | * ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'' is ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' meets ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt''. |
| 29 | ** ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse'' is ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' meets ''Film/TheShining''. |
| 30 | ** ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryAsylum'' is ''Film/ShutterIsland'' (with [[NunsAreSpooky creepy nuns]]) meets ''Film/TheExorcist'' (one of the nuns is possessed) meets ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' ([[spoiler:one of the doctors is a serial killer]]) meets either ''Communion'' or ''Film/FireInTheSky''. |
| 31 | ** ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryFreakShow'' is ''Film/{{Freaks}}'' meets ''Literature/AmericanPsycho''. |
| 32 | ** ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryApocalypse'' is an AfterTheEnd horror film meets ''Series/TheOfficeUS''. |
| 33 | ** ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory1984'' is ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' meets ''Film/SleepawayCamp''. |
| 34 | ** ''Series/AmericanHorrorStories'' is ''American Horror Story'' meets ''Series/IntoTheDark''. |
| 35 | * "[''Series/TheAmericans''] seems to be a stew made of ''{{Series/Homeland}}'' ([[SpyFiction spy stuff]]), ''Series/MadMen'' ([[The80s relatively recent]] [[PeriodPiece period drama]]) and something like ''Series/TheRiches'' (a family of dissemblers), [or] ''Series/BreakingBad'' or ''{{Series/Dexter}}'' or any other series in which [[VillainProtagonist the protagonist]] has a {{dark secret}} and will go to great, brutal lengths to keep it."\ |
| 36 | -- Robert Lloyd, ''[[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-xpm-2013-jan-30-la-et-st-0130-americans-20130130-story.html The Los Angeles Times]]'' |
| 37 | * In 1987, one critic likened the controversial miniseries ''Series/{{Amerika}}'' to "a marriage between ''[[Film/RedDawn1984 Red Dawn]]'' and ''Series/{{Dynasty}}''." |
| 38 | * ''Series/AndiMack'' is technically ''Series/LizzieMcGuire'' (Also made by the same creator, Terri Minsky) meets ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager''. (A KidCom with some TeenDrama elements) |
| 39 | * ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'' is ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' meets ''Series/BlakesSeven''. |
| 40 | * ''Series/AngieTribeca'' is ''Series/CSIMiami'' meets ''Film/{{Airplane}}''. |
| 41 | * As stated in the DuelingShows page, ''Series/ANTFarm'' is literally ''Series/{{Victorious}}'' meets ''Series/{{iCarly}}''. |
| 42 | * ''Series/TheAquabatsSuperShow'': ''Series/Batman1966'' meets ''Series/TheMonkees'' as done by [[Creator/SidAndMartyKrofftProductions Sid and Marty Krofft]] with a hint of ''Series/YoGabbaGabba''. |
| 43 | * ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark'': For an episode example, "The Tale of the Midnight Ride" is ''Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow'' meets ''Film/HocusPocus''. |
| 44 | * ''Series/ArgosWorld'' is ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' meets ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Cyberchase}}'' with MediumBlending. |
| 45 | * ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'': |
| 46 | ** ''Film/TheGodfather'' meets ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''. |
| 47 | ** Or ''Series/{{Community}}'' meets ''Film/TheRoyalTenenbaums''. |
| 48 | ** Another take on the series is that it's a SettingUpdate of ''Theatre/TheOresteia'' to the UsefulNotes/TurnOfTheMillennium meets ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle''. |
| 49 | ** "Creator/LarryDavid and Creator/WesAnderson do a reboot of ''Series/{{Soap}}''" also works. |
| 50 | * ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'': |
| 51 | ** ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' is ''Series/{{Revenge}}''[[note]]or ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo'', if you prefer[[/note]] meets ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''. |
| 52 | ** ''Series/TheFlash2014'' is ''ComicBook/TheFlash'' meets ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' meets ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan''. |
| 53 | ** ''Series/{{Titans}}'' is ''ComicBook/NewTeenTitans'' meets ''ComicBook/TeenTitans2003'', ''ComicBook/TeenTitansEarthOne'', ''Series/TheDefenders2017'', ''Series/StrangerThings'', and a bit of ''Film/{{Logan}}''. |
| 54 | * ''Series/TheATeam'' was pitched as a combination of ''Film/TheDirtyDozen'', ''Series/MissionImpossible'', ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960'', ''Film/MadMax'' and ''Series/HillStreetBlues'', with "Creator/MrT driving the car". |
| 55 | * ''Series/{{Atlanta}}'' is ''Series/{{Empire}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' and ''Series/TwinPeaks''. |
| 56 | ** Or ''Film/EightMile'' meets ''Series/TwinPeaks''. |
| 57 | * ''Series/AustinAndAlly'' is ''Series/HannahMontana'' meets ''Series/{{Friends}}''. |
| 58 | * ''Series/{{Automan}}'' is ''Series/KnightRider'' meets ''Film/{{Tron}}'' meets ''Series/StarskyAndHutch''. |
| 59 | * ''Series/Avenue5'' is ''Literature/{{Aniara}}'' meets ''Series/RedDwarf''. |
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| 61 | |
| 62 | [[folder:B]] |
| 63 | * ''Series/BabylonFive'' is ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' meets ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]]'' |
| 64 | * ''Series/BabylonBerlin'' is ''Series/MiamiVice'' in [[UsefulNotes/WeimarRepublic Weimar-era Germany]]. |
| 65 | * ''Bad Judge'' was ''Film/BadTeacher'' meets ''Series/NightCourt''. |
| 66 | * ''Series/{{Banshee}}'' is ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' with a side of ''Film/TheRaid''. |
| 67 | * ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'' is ''Film/WeeSing'' meets ''Series/SesameStreet'' meets ''WesternAnimation/DinkTheLittleDinosaur'' |
| 68 | * The original ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|1978}}'' is basically ''{{Series/Bonanza}}'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars'', with a dose of ''Series/StarskyAndHutch''. |
| 69 | ** The reimagined ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'', on the other hand, is original ''Battlestar Galactica'' meets ''Series/Babylon5'', ''Film/BladeRunner'', and ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers''. |
| 70 | * ''Series/BeakmansWorld'' is ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy'' meets ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse''. |
| 71 | * ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'' is ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'' meets ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'' meets ''Series/WimziesHouse'' as performed by Franchise/TheMuppets. |
| 72 | * ''Series/BellaAndTheBulldogs'' is ''Series/FridayNightLights'' meets ''Series/LifeWithBoys''. |
| 73 | * ''Series/BeingErica'' is ''Series/QuantumLeap'' meets ''[[PeggySue Peggy Sue Got Married]]''. |
| 74 | * ''Series/BeringSeaGold'' is ''Series/DeadliestCatch'' meets ''Series/GoldRush'' minus the [[MoneyDearBoy big payoff]] at the end of the season. |
| 75 | * ''Series/BestFriendsWhenever'' has been described as ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'' meets ''Series/QuantumLeap''. |
| 76 | * ''Series/BetterOffTed'' is basically a (slightly) more optimistic take on ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' as set in the Website/SCPFoundation. |
| 77 | * ''Series/BetweenTheLions'' is ''Series/SesameStreet'' meets ''Series/TheElectricCompany1971'' meets ''Series/ReadingRainbow''. |
| 78 | * ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' is ''Film/IMarriedAWitch'' meets ''Film/BellBookAndCandle'' (the show's creators [[WordOfGod admitted this]]). |
| 79 | * ''Series/BigBadBeetleborgs'' is ''Series/VRTroopers'' meets ''Series/MaskedRider'' meets ''Series/JuukouBFighter'' (and ''Series/BFighterKabuto'') meets ''Series/TheMunsters''. |
| 80 | * ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' is ''Series/{{Friends}}'' meets ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds''. |
| 81 | ** Or ''Series/{{Friends}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}''. |
| 82 | ** Or ''Series/{{Friends}}'' meets ''Film/RealGenius''. |
| 83 | * ''Series/BigLittleLies'' is ''Film/{{Rashomon}}'' meets ''Series/{{Revenge}}'' |
| 84 | * ''Series/BimaSatriaGaruda'' is ''Series/KamenRiderBlack'' + ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' + ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman'' + ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman'' + ''Series/UltramanTiga'' + ''Series/UltramanGaia'' + ''Series/GenseishinJustiriser'' + ''Series/MadanSenkiRyukendo''. |
| 85 | ** ''Satria Garuda BIMA-X'' is ''Series/BimaSatriaGaruda'' + ''Series/KamenRiderBlackRX'' + ''Series/KamenRiderKuuga'' + ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' + ''Series/UltramanDyna'' + ''Series/UltramanNexus'' + ''Series/UltramanGinga'' (and ''Ginga S'') + ''Series/ChouseiKantaiSazerX'' + ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00''. |
| 86 | * ''Series/TheBite'' is ''Series/{{Connecting}}'' meets ''Series/FearTheWalkingDead''. |
| 87 | * ''Series/{{Bizaardvark}}'' is mostly ''Series/SamAndCat'' (Two girls working together with a little boy helping them run it) for the ''Platform/YouTube'' celebrity crowd, with babysitting replaced by YouTube fame. |
| 88 | ** Or ''Series/ICarly'' meets ''Series/LivAndMaddie''. |
| 89 | * ''Series/{{Blackadder}} Goes Forth'' is ''Blackadder'' meets ''Series/{{Mash}}''. |
| 90 | * ''Series/BlackJesus'' is ''Series/TrailerParkBoys'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' [[JustForFun/RecycledINSPACE in Compton]]. |
| 91 | * ''Series/BlackKnight'' is, according to Creator/{{Netflix}}, "''Film/{{Snowpiercer}}'' meets ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''". |
| 92 | * ''Series/TheBlacklist'', as described in ''Entertainment Weekly'': "You'll be reminded of ''Series/{{Alias}}'', ''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'', and [[Series/{{Leverage}} a]] [[Film/SafeHouse dozen]] [[Series/WhiteCollar other]] [[BoxedCrook things]]". |
| 93 | ** So, ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'' meets ''Series/{{Leverage}}''? |
| 94 | * ''Franchise/BlackMirror'' could be described as ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' meets ''Franchise/TheTwilightZone'' or ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995''. However, ''Series/BlackMirror'' discards any paranormal/supernatural elements from ''Twilight Zone'' and ''Outer Limits'', in favor of presenting more {{Cyberpunk}}[=-=]influenced stories about modern and futuristic technology. |
| 95 | ** ''Recap/BlackMirrorUSSCallister'' is ''Black Mirror'' meets ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'' and ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'', set inside a VR game which heavily resembles ''Franchise/StarTrek''. |
| 96 | ** ''Film/BlackMirrorBandersnatch'' is ''Black Mirror'' meets ''Film/DonnieDarko'' and ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable'', in the form of an {{interactive|Fiction}} [[InteractiveMovie film]] styled after ''Literature/ChooseYourOwnAdventure''. |
| 97 | ** ''Recap/BlackMirrorStrikingVipers'' is ''Black Mirror'' meets ''Film/Moonlight2016'' and ''Film/ReadyPlayerOne'', set inside a virtual reality game which heavily resembles ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' and ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}''. |
| 98 | ** ''Recap/BlackMirrorRachelJackAndAshleyToo'' is ''Black Mirror'' meets ''Series/HannahMontana'' and other various Creator/DisneyChannel shows/movies ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, seriously]]). |
| 99 | * ''Series/BlackSails'': ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' meets ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand''. |
| 100 | * ''Series/BlackSummer'' is ''Film/DawnOfTheDead2004'' meets the ''RashomonStyle''. |
| 101 | * ''Series/BlakesSeven'': Creator/TerryNation pitched the series as "Myth/RobinHood meets ''Film/TheDirtyDozen'' [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace in space]]". Alternatively, it's ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' and/or ''Franchise/StarWars'' with classic ''Series/DoctorWho'''s production values. |
| 102 | * ''Series/BlueMountainState'': ''Series/FridayNightLights'' meets ''Film/{{Porkys}}'' meets ''Series/{{Greek}}''. |
| 103 | * ''Series/TheBoldType'' is ''Series/{{Psych}}'' meets ''Series/TheMindyProject'' (with fashion models instead of detectives or nurses) |
| 104 | * ''Series/{{Bonekickers}}'': |
| 105 | ** Adrian Lester described it as ''Series/{{CSI}}'' meets ''Franchise/IndianaJones''. |
| 106 | ** WebVideo/DiamandaHagan described it as "a cross between ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' and ''Series/TimeTeam'', minus random bisexuality and any semblance of self-respect". |
| 107 | * ''Series/{{Boohbah}}'' is ''WesternAnimation/TikTak'' meets ''Series/{{Teletubbies}}''. |
| 108 | * ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' is ''Series/TheMandalorian'' meets ''Film/TheGodfather''. |
| 109 | * ''Series/{{Boomerang}}'' is ''Series/LambChopsPlayAlong'' meets ''Series/{{Pinwheel}}'' meets ''Series/SesameStreet''. |
| 110 | * ''Series/BosomBuddies'' is ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'' meets ''Film/SomeLikeItHot''. |
| 111 | * ''Series/{{Bottom}}'' is ''Theatre/WaitingForGodot'' meets WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry meets Film/TheThreeStooges meets ''JustForFun/TheItchyAndScratchyShow''. |
| 112 | * ''Bottle Boys'' was ''[[Film/ConfessionsOfA Confessions of a Milkman]]'' by way of ''Series/OnTheBuses''. |
| 113 | * ''Series/TheBoys2019'' = [[ComicBook/TheBoys the original comic]] + ''Series/Preacher2016'' + ''Film/KickAss'' + ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' + ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'' + ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' + ''Series/TheATeam'' + ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'' + ''Series/BreakingBad'', all [[DeconstructorFleet made in the style of]] Creator/GenUrobuchi. |
| 114 | ** ''Series/GenV'' = ''Series/TheBoys2019'' + ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' + ''ComicBook/XMen'' |
| 115 | * ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' is ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver'' meets the 1968 films ''Film/YoursMineAndOurs'' and ''Film/WithSixYouGetEggroll''. |
| 116 | * ''Series/BrainiacScienceAbuse'' is ''Series/BeakmansWorld'' meets ''Series/{{Jackass}}''. |
| 117 | * ''Franchise/BreakingBad'' (franchise): |
| 118 | ** ''Series/BreakingBad'' (original series): |
| 119 | *** The show's creator Creator/VinceGilligan pitched it as being the story of how ''[[Film/GoodbyeMrChips Mr. Chips]]'' becomes ''{{Film/Scarface|1983}}''. |
| 120 | *** Or ''{{Theatre/Macbeth}}'' meets ''{{Film/Scarface|1983}}'', ''Film/NoCountryForOldMen'', ''Series/TheSopranos'', ''{{Series/Weeds}}'', and ''Series/TheBigC''. |
| 121 | ** ''Series/BetterCallSaul'' is ''Breaking Bad'' meets a [[LawProcedural lawyer drama]]. |
| 122 | * ''Series/{{Bridgerton}}'' is a Creator/JaneAusten novel (A Regency romance) meets ''Series/GossipGirl'' (a mysterious observer publishes secrets and scandals while serving as the narrator). |
| 123 | * ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'' is ''Series/FawltyTowers'' meets ''Series/{{The Office|UK}}''. |
| 124 | * ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' is ''Series/BarneyMiller'' meets ''Series/TheOfficeUS''. |
| 125 | * ''Buckwild'' is ''Series/HereComesHoneyBooBoo'' meets ''Series/JerseyShore''. |
| 126 | * ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': |
| 127 | ** [[invoked]] Creator/JossWhedon refers to it as "''Series/MySoCalledLife'' meets ''Series/TheXFiles''." |
| 128 | ** Alternately, it's ''Film/{{Clueless}}'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}''. |
| 129 | ** Marti Noxon's vision for Seasons 6 and 7 was "''Series/PartyOfFive'' with monsters," which explains a lot. |
| 130 | ** ''The Magazine/RadioTimes'' satellite section described the series as "a sort of ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'' meets ''The X-Files''." |
| 131 | * ''Series/BurnNotice'' has been described as ''Series/MiamiVice'' meets ''Series/TheATeam'' meets ''Series/MacGyver1985'' meets ''Franchise/JamesBond''. |
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| 134 | [[folder:C]] |
| 135 | * ''Series/Cain2012'' is ''Series/{{Ironside|1967}}'' meets ''[[Series/{{House}} House M.D.]]''. |
| 136 | * ''Series/{{Camelot}}'' is ''Series/Merlin2008'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones'' meets ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand''. |
| 137 | * ''Campus PD'' (G4): ''Series/{{COPS}}'' meets ''MTV's College Life''. |
| 138 | * ''Series/CaptainPowerAndTheSoldiersOfTheFuture'' is ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' meets ''Series/BlakesSeven'' by way of ''Franchise/PowerRangers''. |
| 139 | * ''Car Warriors'': ''Series/{{Overhaulin}}'' meets ''Series/IronChef''. |
| 140 | * ''Series/{{Carnivale}}'' is Franchise/HarryPotter meets ''Series/TwinPeaks'' meets ''Film/{{Freaks}}'' meets ''Literature/TheGrapesOfWrath''. |
| 141 | * ''Series/CarnivalRow'' is ''Series/BabylonBerlin'' meets ''Film/{{Bright}}''. |
| 142 | * ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'' is ''Series/{{Moonlighting}}'' meets ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' ("...having not really remembered ''Moonlighting'' and never seeing ''Murder, She Wrote''," says star Creator/NathanFillion.) |
| 143 | * ''Series/CelebrityNameGame'' is ''[[Series/YouDontSay You Don't Say!]]'' meets ''[[Series/{{Pyramid}} The $10,000 Pyramid]]''. |
| 144 | * ''Series/Casualty1906'' has been described by one critic as "''Series/{{Cranford}} being overrun by zombies.''" |
| 145 | * ''Series/CharliesAngels'' was pitched by producer Leonard Goldberg as "''Series/TheAvengers1960s'' meets ''Series/HoneyWest''". |
| 146 | * ''Series/CharlieJade'' is ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' meets FilmNoir with a touch of ''Series/{{Continuum}}'' |
| 147 | * ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' is ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' meets ''Series/CharliesAngels'' meets ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. |
| 148 | ** The [[Series/Charmed2018 2018 reboot]] is the original series meets ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles'' meets ''The Good Witch'' meets ''Series/{{Girls}}''. |
| 149 | * ''Series/ChasedByDinosaurs'' and ''Series/SeaMonsters'' is ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs'' meets either ''Series/TheCrocodileHunter'' or ''Series/TheJeffCorwinExperience''. |
| 150 | * ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' is ''Series/{{Friends}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ironically before either of them started. |
| 151 | * ''Chefs vs. City'': ''Series/TheAmazingRace'' meets ''Series/ManVFood''. |
| 152 | * ''Series/{{Chernobyl}}'' is ''[[VideoGame/{{Stalker}} S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl]]'' meets ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' meets ''Film/{{Threads}}''. |
| 153 | * ''Series/TheChicaShow'' is ''WesternAnimation/ElliotMoose'' meets ''Series/TheSunnySideUpShow''. |
| 154 | * ''Series/ChillingAdventuresOfSabrina'' is ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'' meets ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'' |
| 155 | * ''Series/{{Chips}}'' was ''Series/Adam12'' meets ''Series/StarskyAndHutch''. |
| 156 | * ''Series/ChouseishinSeries'' |
| 157 | ** ''Series/ChouseishinGransazer'' = ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'' (and ''Anime/{{Salamander}}'') + ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' + ''VideoGame/YieArKungFu'' + ''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders'' + ''Series/KamenRiderKuuga'' + ''Series/KamenRiderAgito'' + ''Series/{{Himitsu Sentai Gor|anger}}enger'' + ''Series/DaiSentaiGoggleFive'' + ''Series/DengekiSentaiChangeman'' + ''Series/ChoushinseiFlashman'' + ''Series/SpaceSheriffGavan'' + ''Series/UltramanTiga'' + ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' + ''[[Manga/SailorMoon Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]'' |
| 158 | ** ''Series/GenseishinJustiriser'' = ''Series/ChouseishinGransazer'' + ''VideoGame/{{Axelay}}'' + ''VideoGame/{{Jackal}}'' + ''VideoGame/ThunderCross'' + ''Series/KamenRider555'' + ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan'' + ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'' + ''Series/SpaceSheriffSharivan'' + ''Series/JuukouBFighter'' + ''Series/UltramanGaia'' + ''Series/UltramanNexus'' + ''Series/Akumaizer3'' |
| 159 | ** ''Series/ChouseiKantaiSazerX'' = ''Series/GenseishinJustiriser'' + ''VideoGame/SurpriseAttack'' + ''VideoGame/NanoBreaker'' + ''Series/KamenRiderHibiki'' + ''Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman'' + ''Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger'' + ''Series/JikuuSenshiSpielban'' + ''Series/UltramanMax'' + ''Series/ChoujinBibyun'' |
| 160 | * ''Series/{{Chuck}}'': ''[[Series/{{Jake 20}} Jake 2.0]]'' meets ''Series/JohnDoe''. |
| 161 | ** An Amazon review described it as "''Franchise/JamesBond'' meets ''Series/{{The Office|US}}''". |
| 162 | ** ''Series/GetSmart'' meets ''Series/{{Psych}}'' at Best Buy is another way of looking at it. |
| 163 | ** A Gender Flipped ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'' meets ''Series/{{Alias}}'' and/or ''Series/TheManFromUNCLE,'' set in ''Series/{{Superstore}}'' |
| 164 | * ''Chosen'' is ''Film/TheGame1997'' (+ LeonineContract, SadisticChoice, and DeadlyGame) Meets ''Series/NowhereMan''. |
| 165 | * ''Series/Class2016'' is ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' meets ''Series/{{Skins}}'' meets ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. |
| 166 | * ''Series/ClubDeCuervos'' is ''Manga/GiantKilling'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''. |
| 167 | * ''Series/CobraKai'' has been described by the show's creators as "''Franchise/StarWars'' with karate." |
| 168 | ** Alternately and more accurately, it's ''Franchise/TheKarateKid'' meets ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'' meets ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'', with a dash of ''Film/TheDeerHunter'' for the backstories of both Kreese and Silver. |
| 169 | * ''Series/ComedyBangBang'': ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'' meets ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse''. |
| 170 | * ''Series/{{Community}}'': |
| 171 | ** ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' meets ''Series/{{Undeclared}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}''. |
| 172 | ** Or: ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'' meets ''Series/DegrassiJuniorHigh'' meets ''Series/{{Friends}}''. |
| 173 | ** Alternatively, ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'' meets ''Film/TheBreakfastClub''. |
| 174 | * ''Series/{{Containment}}'' is 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). |
| 175 | * ''Series/TheColbertReport'' is ''The O'Reilly Factor'' meets ''Series/TheDailyShow''. |
| 176 | * ''Series/CrashAndBernstein'' is ''Series/CousinSkeeter'' meets ''Series/JustTheTenOfUs'' . |
| 177 | * ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'' is ''Series/{{Glee}}'' meets Music/WeirdAlYankovic as a Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg spoof. |
| 178 | ** ''Film/TheMisfits'' meets ''Series/FlightOfTheConchords''. |
| 179 | * ''Series/CriminalMinds'' is ''Series/WithoutATrace'' meets ''Franchise/{{Saw}}''. |
| 180 | * ''Series/{{Crownies}}'' can be described as ''Series/LawAndOrderTrialByJury'' meets ''Series/GreysAnatomy''. |
| 181 | * ''Series/{{Crusade}}'' is ''Series/BlakesSeven'' meets ''Literature/TheHobbit'', set in the ''Series/BabylonFive'' universe. |
| 182 | * ''Series/{{CSI}}'' is ''Series/LawAndOrder'' meets HollywoodScience. |
| 183 | * ''Series/{{Curfew}}'' has actually been described as ''Film/ThePurge'' meets ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious''. |
| 184 | ** Alternately, ''Film/LandOfTheDead'' meets ''Film/TheCannonballRun''. |
| 185 | * ''Series/Cursed2020'' is ''Series/Merlin2008'' meets ''Series/TheWitcher2019''. |
| 186 | [[/folder]] |
| 187 | |
| 188 | [[folder:D]] |
| 189 | * ''Series/TheDailyShow'': ''CNN Headline News'' meets ''[[Series/SaturdayNightLive Weekend Update]]''. |
| 190 | * ''Series/DanceMoms'' (Lifetime) is ''Series/ToddlersAndTiaras'' meets ''Film/BringItOn''. |
| 191 | * ''Dance Your Ass Off'' is ''Series/TheBiggestLoser'' meets ''Series/DancingWithTheStars''. I'm guessing that's probably how they sold it, too. |
| 192 | * ''Series/TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistance'' is ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''. |
| 193 | * ''Series/DarkMatter2015'' is ''Series/BlakesSeven'' meets ''Series/SpaceCases'' |
| 194 | * ''Dave's Old Porn'' is ''Series/CheapSeats'' meets retro porn. |
| 195 | * ''Series/Daybreak2019'' is ''WesternAnimation/TheLastKidsOnEarth'' meets ''Film/{{Zombieland}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''. |
| 196 | ** or ''Film/MadMax'' meets ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff''. |
| 197 | * ''Deadbeat'' is ''Film/{{Ghost|1990}}'' meets ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia''. |
| 198 | * ''Series/DeathInParadise'' was described by Ardal O'Hanlan as "''Series/MidsomerMurders'' meets ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' meets ''Series/LoveIsland''". |
| 199 | * ''Series/DeathValley'' is ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' meets ''Series/{{Cops}}''. |
| 200 | * ''Series/TheDeepEnd'' is ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' meets ''Series/BostonLegal''. |
| 201 | * ''Series/{{The Defenders|2010}}'' is ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' meets ''Series/BostonLegal''. |
| 202 | * ''Detroiters'': ''Series/{{Psych}}'' meets ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' as set in [[UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}} the Motor City]]. |
| 203 | * ''Series/{{Dexter}}'' is ''Series/CSIMiami'' meets ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' meets ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'' meets ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac''. |
| 204 | ** ''Series/DexterNewBlood'' is ''Series/{{Dexter}}'' meets ''Film/{{Logan}}''. |
| 205 | * ''Difficult People'' is ''Series/WillAndGrace'' meets ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' |
| 206 | * ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' is ''Franchise/TheMuppets'' meets ''Series/AllInTheFamily'' meets ''Series/{{Roseanne}}''. |
| 207 | ** Or ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' meets ''Series/BarneyAndFriends''. |
| 208 | * ''Series/{{Distraction}}'' is ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' meets ''Series/{{Jackass}}''. |
| 209 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'' is ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets ''[[WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle Peabody's Improbable History]]''. |
| 210 | ** The show from 2005 onward is more like ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets the serialization and drama of both ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''Series/TheXFiles'' with the humour and time travel of ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''. |
| 211 | ** Individual episodes are: |
| 212 | *** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E3TheMythMakers The Myth Makers]]" is ''Literature/TheIliad'' meets ''Literature/TheAeneid'' meets ''Theatre/TroilusAndCressida'' meets ''Theatre/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum''. |
| 213 | *** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterplan The Daleks' Master Plan]]" is ''ComicStrip/DanDare'' meets ''ComicStrip/FlashGordon'' meets ''Series/TheAvengers1960s'' meets Film/JamesBond. |
| 214 | *** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E7TheMacraTerror The Macra Terror]]" is ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' meets ''Series/HiDeHi''. |
| 215 | *** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot Robot]]" is ''Literature/IRobot'' meets ''Series/TheAvengers1960s'' (specifically "The Mauritius Penny") meets ''Film/KingKong1933''. |
| 216 | *** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E2PlanetOfEvil Planet of Evil]]" is ''Theatre/TheTempest'' meets ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'' meets ''Literature/DrJekyllAndMrHyde''. |
| 217 | *** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E6TheSeedsOfDoom The Seeds of Doom]]" is ''Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld'' meets ''Series/TheAvengers1960s'' (specifically "The Man-Eater of Surrey-Green") meets ''Literature/TheDayOfTheTriffids'' meets ''Series/TheQuatermassExperiment''. |
| 218 | *** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E5TheRobotsOfDeath The Robots of Death]]" is ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' meets ''Literature/TenLittleIndians'' meets Creator/IsaacAsimov. |
| 219 | *** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]" is ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' meets ''Literature/FuManchu'' meets ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' meets UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper meets ''Theatre/{{Pygmalion}}''. |
| 220 | *** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E3ImageOfTheFendahl Image of the Fendahl]]" is ''Series/QuatermassAndThePit'' meets ''Literature/ChariotsOfTheGods'' meets ''Literature/TheSirensOfTitan''. |
| 221 | *** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E5Underworld Underworld]]" is ''Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars''. |
| 222 | *** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E6RevelationOfTheDaleks Revelation of the Daleks]]" is ''Literature/TheLovedOne'' meets ''Film/SoylentGreen''. |
| 223 | *** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E3TerrorOfTheVervoids Terror of the Vervoids]]" is Creator/AgathaChristie meets ''Literature/TheDayOfTheTriffids''. |
| 224 | *** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS24E2ParadiseTowers Paradise Towers]]" is ''Literature/HighRise'' meets ''Film/AClockworkOrange'' meets ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''. |
| 225 | *** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS24E3DeltaAndTheBannermen Delta and the Bannermen]]" is ''Series/HiDeHi'' via Creator/AkiraKurosawa via ''Franchise/StarWars'' via ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture''. |
| 226 | *** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS24E4Dragonfire Dragonfire]]" is ''Literature/KingSolomonsMines'' meets ''Film/{{Aliens}}''. |
| 227 | *** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E2GhostLight Ghost Light]]" was described by script editor Creator/AndrewCartmel as "''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' meets the Creator/MarxBrothers". |
| 228 | *** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E8TheImpossiblePlanet The Impossible Planet]][=/=][[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E9TheSatanPit The Satan Pit]]" was described by ''The Guardian'' as "''Film/{{Alien}}'' plus ''Film/TheMatrix'' divided by ''Film/TheExorcist''". |
| 229 | *** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E15PlanetOfTheDead Planet of the Dead]]" was described by Creator/RussellTDavies as "a great big adventure, a little bit ''Franchise/IndianaJones'', a little bit ''Film/TheFlightOfThePhoenix'', a little bit ''Film/PitchBlack''". |
| 230 | *** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E5TheRebelFlesh The Rebel Flesh]][=/=][[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E6TheAlmostPeople The Almost People]]" was described by writer Matthew Graham as "''Made in Dagenham'' meets ''Film/TheThing1982''". There's a bit of ''Film/BladeRunner'' thrown in as well. |
| 231 | *** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E11TheGodComplex The God Complex]]" is ''Film/TheShining'' meets ''Series/{{Crossroads}}'' with a bit of ''Series/SapphireAndSteel''. |
| 232 | *** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E8ColdWar Cold War]]" is ''Film/{{Alien}}'' meets ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober''. |
| 233 | *** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E3RobotOfSherwood Robot of Sherwood]]" is ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' meets the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E20QPid Q-Pid]]". |
| 234 | *** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E8MummyOnTheOrientExpress Mummy on the Orient Express]]" is ''Film/{{Alien}}'' meets ''Literature/MurderOnTheOrientExpress'' via Film/HammerHorror (specifically ''Film/TheMummy1959''). |
| 235 | *** "[[Recap/DoctorWho2014CSLastChristmas Last Christmas]]" is ''Film/{{Inception}}'' meets ''Alien'' meets ''Film/TheThing1982'' meets ''Film/MiracleOn34thStreet''. |
| 236 | *** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E1E2Spyfall Spyfall]]" is quite literally ''Doctor Who'' meets ''Franchise/JamesBond''. |
| 237 | *** "[[Recap/DoctorWho2022NYSEveOfTheDaleks Eve of the Daleks]]" is ''Film/GroundhogDay'' meets ''Film/DieHard''. |
| 238 | ** Kadokawa Publishing's western drama distribution branch (''Doctor Who'''s distributor in Japan) described the [[Characters/DoctorWhoEleventhDoctor Matt Smith]] era as ''Franchise/StarWars'', or ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' and ''Franchise/JamesBond''. |
| 239 | * ''Series/{{Dogengers}}'' = ''Series/KanpaiSenshiAfterV'' + ''Series/TokusatsuGaGaGa'' + ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' + ''Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger'' + ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' + ''Series/UltramanTaiga'' + ''Series/TheAquabatsSuperShow'' |
| 240 | * ''Series/DonkeyHodie'' is ''Series/SesameStreet'' meets ''Series/ThePajanimals'' with influence from ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood''. |
| 241 | * ''Series/TheDoodlebops'' is ''Series/TheBigComfyCouch'' meets ''Series/TheBananaSplits'' |
| 242 | * ''Series/DoomPatrol2019'': |
| 243 | ** ''Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy'' meets ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''. |
| 244 | ** Or even ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'' meets ''ComicBook/XMen'' |
| 245 | * ''Series/DoubleDare1976'' (the 1976 CBS show) was ''Series/TwentyOne'' meets ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}''. |
| 246 | * ''Series/DoubleDare1986'' (the Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} game show) was ''Series/BeatTheClock'' meets ''Series/HotPotato'' meets ''Series/YouCantDoThatOnTelevision''. |
| 247 | * ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'' is ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' meets ''Series/BrotherlyLove'' with a little bit of ''Series/StepByStep''. |
| 248 | * ''Drive (2007)'' was ''Series/{{Lost}}'' meets ''Film/TheCannonballRun''. |
| 249 | ** Since ''Series/{{Lost}}'' was pitched to ABC as a scripted show reminiscent of ''Series/{{Survivor}}'', ''Series/Drive2007'' could also be seen as the analogue to ''Series/TheAmazingRace''. |
| 250 | * ''Series/DualSurvival'' is ''Series/{{Survivorman}}'' meets ''Theatre/TheOddCouple''. |
| 251 | * ''Series/DustysTrail'' was ''Series/GilligansIsland'' (right down to having Creator/BobDenver in the title role) meets ''Series/WagonTrain''. |
| 252 | * ''Series/DinoDan'' is ''WesternAnimation/GoDiegoGo'' meets ''Series/LandOfTheLost1974'' |
| 253 | [[/folder]] |
| 254 | |
| 255 | [[folder:E]] |
| 256 | * ''Series/Earth2'' is ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'' meets ''Literature/RobinsonCrusoe'' meets ''VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri''. With a dash of ''Series/{{LOST}}''. |
| 257 | * ''Series/EerieIndiana'' is ''Series/TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete'' meets ''Film/TheMonsterSquad'', ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark'' and ''Series/TwinPeaks''. |
| 258 | * ''Series/EliStone'' is ''Series/BostonLegal'' meets ''Series/{{Wonderfalls}}''. |
| 259 | * Spanish sitcom ''Ella es tu padre'' was ''Film/SchoolOfRock'' meets ''Film/MrsDoubtfire'', with the main plot revolving around a divorced musician who poses as a woman to get a job as a music teacher at his children's school. |
| 260 | * ''Series/{{Empire}}'' is ''Film/HustleAndFlow'' meets ''Theatre/TheLionInWinter'' |
| 261 | * ''[[Series/TheEndOfTheFuckingWorld The End of the F***ing World]]'' is ''Film/ThelmaAndLouise'' meets ''Film/MoonriseKingdom''. |
| 262 | * ''Series/TheEricAndreShow'' is ''Series/TheLateShowWithDavidLetterman'' meets ''Series/TheTomGreenShow''. |
| 263 | ** Or ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'' meets ''Series/TimAndEricAwesomeShowGreatJob'' |
| 264 | ** Or ''Series/{{Jackass}}'' meets ''Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis''. |
| 265 | * ''Series/{{Euphoria}}'' is ''Series/{{Degrassi|TheNextGeneration}}'' with Creator/LarryClark and Creator/DouglasSirk as co-directors. |
| 266 | * ''Series/{{Eureka}}'' is ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'' meets ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory''. |
| 267 | * ''Series/TheEvent'' was often called a combination of ''Series/TwentyFour'' and ''Series/{{Lost}}''. |
| 268 | * ''Series/EveryWitchWay'' is ''Literature/HarryPotter'' meets ''Toys/MonsterHigh'' meets ''Toys/EverAfterHigh''. |
| 269 | * ''Series/EverybodyHatesChris'' is ''Series/GoodTimes'' meets ''Series/FamilyMatters'', ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'', ''Series/TheWonderYears'', and ''Series/That70sShow'' (but in The80s). |
| 270 | * ''Series/TheExpanse'' has been described by at least one review as "''Franchise/BattlestarGalactica'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''". |
| 271 | ** Alternatively, some other fans have described it as ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' meets ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' meets ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. |
| 272 | [[/folder]] |
| 273 | |
| 274 | [[folder:F]] |
| 275 | * ''Series/FallingWater'' is ''Series/Sense8'' meets ''Film/{{Inception}}''. |
| 276 | * ''Series/FallingSkies'' is ''Film/IndependenceDay'' meets ''Series/Jericho2006''. |
| 277 | * ''Series/TheFallOfTheHouseOfUsher2023'' is ''Series/{{Succession}}'' (the dysfunctional family dynamic of aging billionaire patriarch and his variously incompetent heirs) meets ''Series/{{Dopesick}}'' (said billionaire family markets an addictive painkiller, causing an epidemic) meets the various short stories of Creator/EdgarAllanPoe. |
| 278 | * ''Series/FakingIt'' is ''Film/{{GBF}}'' meets ''Series/{{Awkward}}'', injected with heavy doses of ''Series/SouthOfNowhere'' |
| 279 | * ''Series/FamilyTies'' is ''Series/AllInTheFamily'' meets ''Series/TheBradyBunch''. |
| 280 | * ''Series/{{Farscape}}'': |
| 281 | ** ''Series/BlakesSeven'' meets ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' meets ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''. |
| 282 | ** Website/SFDebris on the subject: |
| 283 | --->'''Chuck Sonnenburg:''' If ''Franchise/StarWars'' and ''Series/RedDwarf'' had a baby, and that baby ran off to join the circus, that's ''Farscape''. |
| 284 | * ''Series/FateTheWinxSaga'' is ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' meets ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderSaber'' meets ''Series/UltrasevenX'' meets ''Anime/SSSSGridman''. |
| 285 | * ''Series/FatherTed'' was described by co-creator Graham Linehan as having the farce of ''Series/FawltyTowers'', the wit of ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' and the lunacy of ''Series/TheYoungOnes''. |
| 286 | * ''Series/FawltyTowers'' is ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' meets ''Film/TheThreeStooges''. |
| 287 | * ''Series/FilthyRichAndCatflap'' is ''Film/TheKingOfComedy'' meets ''Series/TheYoungOnes'' meets Film/TheThreeStooges meets ''Series/{{Bottom}}''. |
| 288 | * ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': |
| 289 | ** ''Film/BladeRunner'' meets ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars''. |
| 290 | ** Or ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Film/TheSearchers'' meets ''Literature/TheGrapesOfWrath''. |
| 291 | ** Or ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets [[TheWestern your average western]]. |
| 292 | ** Or ''Series/BlakesSeven'' meets ''Anime/OutlawStar''. |
| 293 | * ''Food Tech'' (History Channel): ''Series/GoodEats'' meets ''Series/DirtyJobs''. |
| 294 | * Creator/{{Cinemax}}'s ''Forbidden Science'': ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' + Abby and (a significantly younger) Ducky from ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' + Lots of sex. |
| 295 | * ''Series/{{Forever|2014}}'' |
| 296 | ** ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'' meets ''Series/NewAmsterdam2008''. |
| 297 | ** ''Series/{{Highlander}}'' (minus the beheadings and swordfights) meets ''Series/{{Sherlock}}''. |
| 298 | * ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' is ''Series/MySoCalledLife'' meets ''Series/TheWonderYears'', with a bit of ''Series/That70sShow''. |
| 299 | * ''Series/FreakyLinks'' is ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' meets ''Series/TheXFiles''. |
| 300 | * ''Series/TheFreshBeatBand'' is ''Music/TheWiggles'' meets ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' |
| 301 | * ''Series/{{Fridays}}'' is best described as ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' meets ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn'' meets early 1980s politics, pop culture, and some leftover cocaine, weed and pills found in a bathroom stall at a disco. |
| 302 | * ''Series/{{Friends}}'' can be boiled down to "''Series/{{Cheers}}'' infused with ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', with some sprinkles of ''Film/{{Singles}}'' on top." |
| 303 | * ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' has been described as ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''Film/AlteredStates'' meets ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' with heavy influences of ''Series/DarkAngel''. |
| 304 | ** More like ''Series/{{Eureka}}'' meets ''Series/{{CSI}}'' meets ''Series/CharlieJade''. |
| 305 | [[/folder]] |
| 306 | |
| 307 | [[folder:G]] |
| 308 | * ''Series/{{Galavant}}'': actress Creator/MalloryJansen called it "the bastard child of Creator/MontyPython and ''Film/ThePrincessBride''." |
| 309 | * ''Series/GameOfThrones'': [[WordOfGod Described by]] Creator/GeorgeRRMartin as "''Series/TheSopranos'' in [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Middle Earth]]." |
| 310 | ** Or ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''. |
| 311 | ** Many fans describe it as ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' meets ''Series/TheWire'', "ye olde ''Series/TheWire''" or "''Series/TheWire'' in Middle Earth", owing to its multiple characters, complex plot developments and struggles, and DeconstructorFleet attitude towards their respective genres (PoliceProcedural for ''The Wire'' and HighFantasy for ''Game of Thrones''). |
| 312 | ** It could also be ''Series/TheBorgias'' or ''Series/TheTudors'' in Middle Earth. |
| 313 | ** And any combination certainly needs to include [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]], particularly the ''Theatre/HenryVI'' saga. |
| 314 | ** ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'' is ''Literature/TheAccursedKings'' meets ''Theatre/KingLear''. With dragons. |
| 315 | * ''Series/GamersGuideToPrettyMuchEverything'' is ''Series/KickinIt'' meets ''WebVideo/VideoGameHighSchool''. |
| 316 | * ''Series/GameShakers'' is ''Series/{{iCarly}}'' meets ''Series/SomeAssemblyRequired''. |
| 317 | * ''Series/GarrisonsGorillas'' is ''Film/TheDirtyDozen'' meets ''Series/MissionImpossible''. |
| 318 | * ''GCB'' is ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' meets ''Film/MeanGirls'' all grown up. |
| 319 | * ''Series/GetSmart'' is ''Film/JamesBond'' meets ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther''. |
| 320 | * ''Series/{{Ghosted}}'' is ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop'' meets ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' |
| 321 | ** Alternatively, ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' meets ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' |
| 322 | * ''Series/GhostsUK'' was described by Guardian reviewer Stuart Jeffries as "a mashup of Noel Coward's ''Theatre/BlitheSpirit'' and ''Series/RandallAndHopkirkDeceased'', not to mention the manifold sillinesses of ''Film/HammerHorror''." |
| 323 | ** The [[Series/GhostsUS American remake]] tosses a bit of ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' into the mix. |
| 324 | * ''Series/TheGifted2017'': ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' meets ''Series/MutantX'' (with actual ''ComicBook/XMen'' characters). |
| 325 | * ''Series/GilligansIsland'' is ''Literature/RobinsonCrusoe'' meets the {{Sitcom}} formula. |
| 326 | * ''Series/GirlFromNowhere'': |
| 327 | ** Season 1 is ''Manga/{{Tomie}}'' meets ''Series/BlackMirror''. |
| 328 | ** Season 2 is ''Manga/DeathNote'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones'' meets ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'' meets ''Literature/GoneGirl'' meets ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' meets ''Series/BreakingBad'' meets ''Film/Joker2019'' meets ''Film/TheWorldOfKanako''. |
| 329 | * ''Series/GirlMeetsWorld'': ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'' meets ''Series/{{iCarly}}''. |
| 330 | * ''Series/{{Glee}}'': ''Series/{{Fame}}'' meets ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'' (Or ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' meets ''The Office'', for the younger set). |
| 331 | ** It could also be described as "Every Teen Show" meets ''Series/{{Blackpool}}'', and does it 1000 times better. |
| 332 | ** Or ''Film/{{Election}}'' meets ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' (plus DawsonCasting). |
| 333 | ** Or ''Series/{{Fame}}'' meets ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' meets ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration''. |
| 334 | * ''Series/{{Godzilland}}'': [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} The Godzilla franchise]] meets ''Series/SesameStreet'' meets ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'' |
| 335 | * ''Series/TheGoldbergs'' is ''Series/TheWonderYears'' set in The80s meets the narrative direction of ''Film/AChristmasStory''. |
| 336 | * ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'': [[WhatCouldHaveBeen 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 Creator/BeaArthur 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). |
| 337 | * ''Series/TheGoodDoctor'': ''Series/DoogieHowserMD'' meets ''Series/{{Monk}}''. |
| 338 | * ''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. |
| 339 | ** Alternatively, Creator/JuliaChild meets ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy''. |
| 340 | *** Alton Brown has explicitly said he pitched the show as "Julia Child meets Mr. Wizard meets Monty Python." |
| 341 | * ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'' is ''Series/TheBrothersGarcia'' meets ''Series/ClarissaExplainsItAll'' meets ''Series/FullHouse''. |
| 342 | * ''Series/TheGoodNightShow'' is ''Series/TheBigComfyCouch'' meets ''[[Creator/PlayhouseDisney PJ's Bedtime]]''. |
| 343 | * ''Series/GoodOmens2019'' is ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxyTrilogy'' meets ''Film/TheOmen'' starring [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor and the Master]]. |
| 344 | * ''Series/TheGoodPlace'' is ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' meets ''VideoGame/Afterlife1996'' meets ''Series/{{Lost}}'' with thematic parallels to ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''. [[spoiler:The WhamEpisode at the end of Season 1 reveals that it also meets ''Theatre/NoExit'' and ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode ''[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E28ANicePlaceToVisit A Nice Place to Visit]]''.]] |
| 345 | * ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' is ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' meets both ''Series/{{CSI}}'' and ''Film/TheGodfather''. |
| 346 | * ''Series/TheGreatSpaceCoaster'' is basically what would've happened if [[Creator/JimHenson The Muppets]] and Creator/SidAndMartyKrofftProductions created an {{Edutainment}} show together (more specifically, it resembles a cross between ''Series/SesameStreet'', ''Series/TheBugaloos'' and ''Series/FarOutSpaceNuts''). |
| 347 | * ''Series/{{Grimm}}'': [[Creator/TheBrothersGrimm Grimm's Fairy Tales]] meets ''Series/{{Angel}}'' (with a bit of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' thrown in). |
| 348 | * ''Series/GuysGroceryGames'': ''Series/{{Chopped}}'' meets ''Series/SupermarketSweep''. |
| 349 | [[/folder]] |
| 350 | |
| 351 | [[folder:H]] |
| 352 | * ''Series/H2OJustAddWater'': |
| 353 | ** ''Series/HomeAndAway'' meets ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' with mermaids. |
| 354 | ** ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'' meets ''Home and Away'' as a live-action series but minus the singing... at least until season 3. |
| 355 | ** Bonus points: Indiana Evans, who would later play Bella in ''H20'', had a role in ''Home and Away''. |
| 356 | * ''Series/HannahMontana'' is ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' meets ''Series/{{Unfabulous}}''. |
| 357 | * ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'' is what would happen if ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' got transplanted into ''Literature/RedDragon''. |
| 358 | * ''Hard Copy'' was pitched as ''Series/SixtyMinutes'' meets Creator/{{MTV}}. |
| 359 | * ''Series/TheHauntedHathaways'': ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' meets ''Series/{{Topper}}''. |
| 360 | * ''Series/TheHauntingHour'' episode "Scarecrow" is ''Series/StormOfTheCentury'' with kids (or the ''Goosebumps'' book "The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight" with a DownerEnding) |
| 361 | ** "The Hole" is ''Film/TheRing'' meets ''Film/TheAmityvilleHorror2005'' and a little bit of the first ''Film/ParanormalActivity'' movie. |
| 362 | ** "Headshot" is ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' meets the world of teen modeling. |
| 363 | * ''Series/HeeHaw'': ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn'' meets The Grand Ole Opry. |
| 364 | * ''Series/HenryDanger'' is ''Series/Batman1966'' meets ''Series/DrakeAndJosh''. |
| 365 | * ''Series/HenshinNinjaArashi'' = ''Series/KamenRider'' + ''Manga/KamenNoNinjaAkakage'' |
| 366 | * ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': ''ComicBook/XMen'' meets ''Series/{{Lost}}''. |
| 367 | * ''High School Heroes'' = ''Series/{{Himitsu Sentai Gor|anger}}enger'' + ''Series/KousokuSentaiTurboranger'' + ''Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger'' + ''Series/KamenRider555'' + ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' + ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'' |
| 368 | * ''Series/HighSchoolMusicalTheMusicalTheSeries'' is ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' meets ''Series/{{Glee}}''. |
| 369 | ** Or ''Film/PitchPerfect'' meets ''Film/WaitingForGuffman''. |
| 370 | ** Or ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' meets a kid-friendly ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'' and/or ''Series/ParksAndRecreation''. |
| 371 | * ''Series/HistoryBites'' is ''Series/HorribleHistories'' by way of ''Series/TheRedGreenShow''. |
| 372 | * ''Series/HogansHeroes'': ''Film/TheGreatEscape'' meets the SitCom formula. |
| 373 | ** ''Film/Stalag17'' meets ''Series/ThePhilSilversShow'' also works (the similar setting and blatant {{Expies}} for a few of the characters led the writers of the original ''Film/Stalag17'' play to sue the ''Hogan's Heroes'' producers for plagiarism, in fact). |
| 374 | * ''Series/TheHour'': Described by one review as ''Series/DropTheDeadDonkey'' meets ''Series/{{Spooks}}''. |
| 375 | * ''Series/HouseOfCardsUK'' is ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' meets ''Theatre/RichardIII'' meets ''Series/YesMinister''. |
| 376 | ** ''Series/HouseOfCardsUS'' on the other hand is ''Series/TheWestWing'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones'' meets ''Series/TheSopranos'' meets ''Richard III''. |
| 377 | * ''Series/{{House}}'' is ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'' meets ''Series/{{ER}}'' with a tasty sprinkle (for those who know it) of ''Manga/BlackJack''. |
| 378 | * ''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). |
| 379 | * ''Series/{{Hustle}}'' is ''Film/TheSting'' meets ''Film/OceansEleven'' meets ''Series/MissionImpossible''. |
| 380 | * ''Series/{{Hyperdrive}}'' is ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' meets ''Series/RedDwarf''. |
| 381 | [[/folder]] |
| 382 | |
| 383 | [[folder:I]] |
| 384 | * ''Series/ICarly'' is ''Series/LizzieMcGuire'' for the ''Platform/YouTube'' celebrity crowd. |
| 385 | ** The [[Series/ICarly2021 2021 Revival]] adds the 2019 revival of ''Series/AllThat'', ''Series/CobraKai'', ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri'', and ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'' into the mix. |
| 386 | * ''Series/IDidntDoIt'' is essentially ''Series/{{Friends}}'' combined with the HowWeGotHere plot device. |
| 387 | * ''Series/ImInTheBand'' is ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'' meets ''Series/BigTimeRush''. |
| 388 | * ''Series/TheImperfects'' is, according to Netflix, "''Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy'' meets ''Series/{{The Boys|2019}}''". |
| 389 | * ''Series/InLivingColor'' is ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' meets ''The Richard Pryor Show'' (or, if you're too young for both those references, an early version of ''Series/ChappellesShow'' meets a more tightly-written ''Series/MADtv'') |
| 390 | * ''Series/InaiInaiBaa'' is ''Series/SesameStreet'' meets ''Series/BarneyAndFriends''. |
| 391 | * ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'' was the Hulk comics meets ''Series/TheFugitive'' |
| 392 | * ''Series/TheInbetweeners'' is essentially ''Series/PeepShow'' meets ''Film/AmericanPie'' |
| 393 | * ''Series/Intelligence2014'' is ''Series/MissionImpossible'' meets ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' |
| 394 | * ''Series/IntoTheBadlands'' is ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' meets 70s Kung Fu movies. |
| 395 | * ''[[Series/IronChef Iron Chef Japan]]'': Julia Child + ProfessionalWrestling...[[JustForFun/RecycledINSPACE In Japan]]! |
| 396 | * ''Series/TheItCrowd'' is ''Film/RealGenius'' meets ''Series/FatherTed''. |
| 397 | * ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' can be loosely described as ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' meets ''Series/PeepShow'' [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs on all the drugs]]. |
| 398 | * ''It's Worth What??'' is ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' meets ''Series/DealOrNoDeal''. |
| 399 | [[/folder]] |
| 400 | |
| 401 | [[folder:J]] |
| 402 | * ''Series/{{Jackass}}'' is ''Film/DumbAndDumber'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. |
| 403 | * ''Series/{{JAG}}'' is ''Film/AFewGoodMen'' meets ''Film/TopGun''. |
| 404 | * ''Series/{{Jessie}}'' is ''Series/TheNanny'' meets ''Series/ThatGirl''. |
| 405 | ** ''Series/{{Bunkd}}'' is ''Jessie'' meets ''Series/SaluteYourShorts''. |
| 406 | * ''Series/TheJewsAreComing'' is ''Series/HorribleHistories'' meets Jewish history. |
| 407 | * ''Jikuu Keisatsu Wecker Signa'' = ''Series/{{Voicelugger}}'' + ''Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon'' + ''Series/CutieHoneyTheLive'' + ''Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger'' + ''Series/JikuuSenshiSpielban'' + ''Series/KamenRider555'' |
| 408 | * ''[[Series/{{Kikaider}} Jinzō Ningen Kikaider]]'' = ''Series/KamenRider'' + ''[[Manga/AstroBoy Tetsuwan Atom]]'' + ''Literature/{{Pinocchio}}'' |
| 409 | * ''Series/{{Justified}}'' is ''Series/NYPDBlue'' meets ''Film/WalkingTall1973''. |
| 410 | [[/folder]] |
| 411 | |
| 412 | [[folder:K]] |
| 413 | * ''Series/KanpaiSenshiAfterV'' = ''Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger'' + ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' |
| 414 | * ''Series/KCUndercover'' can be described as the marriage between two other Creator/DisneyChannel shows: ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' and ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace''. |
| 415 | * ''Series/KickinIt'' is ''Film/TheBadNewsBears'' meets ''Film/TheKarateKid'' - or at least that's how [[WordOfGod Jason Earles]] described it to [[Series/LateNight Jimmy Fallon]]. |
| 416 | * ''Series/KidsIncorporated'' is ''Series/{{Kidsongs}}'' meets 80s Creator/{{MTV}}. |
| 417 | * ''Series/TheKidsAreAlright2018'' is ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' meets ''Series/TheWonderYears'' with a touch of ''Series/That70sShow'' and ''Series/TheGoldbergs''. |
| 418 | * ''Series/{{Killjoys}}'' is ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' meets ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' |
| 419 | * ''Series/KirbyBuckets'' is ''Series/OutOfJimmysHead'' (or, in its third season, ''Series/{{Sliders}}'') meets ''Series/EvenStevens''. |
| 420 | * ''Series/Kingdom2019'' is ''Series/SweetHome2020'' meets ''Film/TrainToBusan'' meets ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'' in Feudal Korea. |
| 421 | * ''Series/KnightSquad'' is ''Literature/HarryPotter'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones'' meets ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace''. |
| 422 | ** Or ''Series/EveryWitchWay'' meets ''Series/{{Reign}}'' and ''Series/TheThundermans''. |
| 423 | * ''Series/{{Knuckles}}'' is the ''Franchise/{{Sonic the Hedgehog|FilmSeries}}'' films meets ''Film/TurnerAndHooch'' meets ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'', by the way of ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'' and ''Film/TheBigLebowski''. |
| 424 | [[/folder]] |
| 425 | |
| 426 | [[folder:L]] |
| 427 | * ''Series/LaBrea'' is ''Series/{{Lost}}'' meets ''Series/LandOfTheLost1974''. |
| 428 | * ''Series/LabRats'' is ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan''[[note]]or ''Series/TheBionicWoman'', whichever you prefer[[/note]] meets ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'', and, in its ''Lab Rats: Bionic Island'' incarnation, meets ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''. |
| 429 | * ''Series/LastManStanding'' is ''Series/AllInTheFamily'' meets ''Series/HomeImprovement''. |
| 430 | * ''Series/{{The Last of Us|2023}}'' is [[VideoGame/TheLastOfUs the original video game]] meets ''Series/TheMandalorian'' meets ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'' meets ''Film/{{Logan}}'' meets ''Series/{{Chernobyl}}'' meets ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners''. |
| 431 | * ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'' is ''Series/TheDailyShow'' meets ''Series/PennAndTellerBullshit''. |
| 432 | * ''Series/{{LazyTown}}'' is ''Series/SesameStreet'' meets ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' meets ''Mousercise''. |
| 433 | * ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'' is ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' meets ''Series/CoronationStreet'' meets ''Film/TheWickerMan1973'' meets ''Series/TwinPeaks''. |
| 434 | ** ''The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse'' is all of the above meets ''Recap/RedDwarfBackToEarth''. |
| 435 | * ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' is ''Series/DoctorWho'' meets ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' in the ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}''. |
| 436 | ** Alternatively, it's ComicBook/{{Exiles}} meets ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' in the ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}''. |
| 437 | * ''Series/Legion2017'' is essentially the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' in the style of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' |
| 438 | * ''Series/TheLetsGoShow'': ''Series/TheGoodNightShow'' meets ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer''. |
| 439 | * ''Series/{{Leverage}}'': |
| 440 | ** ''Series/BurnNotice'' meets ''Series/MissionImpossible''. |
| 441 | ** Alternately, it's ''Film/OceansEleven'' starring the cast of Myth/RobinHood. |
| 442 | * ''Series/TheLibrarians2014'': ''Series/DoctorWho'' meets ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' taking place in ''Series/Warehouse13''. |
| 443 | * ''Series/{{Life on Mars|2006}}'' is ''Series/TheSweeney'' meets ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'' meets ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfThomasCovenant'' meets ''Series/QuantumLeap''. |
| 444 | * ''Series/LifesTooShort'' was pitched as ''Series/{{Extras}}'' meets ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm'' meets ''Series/OneFootInTheGrave'' with a dwarf. |
| 445 | * ''Series/{{Lilyhammer}}'' is ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'' meets ''Film/{{Fargo}}''. |
| 446 | * ''Series/LionMaruG'' = ''Series/{{GARO}}'' + ''Film/DeuceBigalow Male Gigolo'' |
| 447 | * ''Series/LivAndMaddie'': |
| 448 | ** ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' or ''Series/SisterSister'' meets ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'' minus the hotel and new baby, and the twins there are played ''by one person.'' |
| 449 | *** 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. |
| 450 | *** Not to mention casting inspiration from ''Series/ThePattyDukeShow''. |
| 451 | * ''Series/LizzieMcGuire'' is ''Series/ClarissaExplainsItAll'' meets ''Series/MySoCalledLife'' (but in middle school). |
| 452 | * ''Series/{{Llanargollen}}'' is ''Series/{{LazyTown}}'' meets a Welsh version of ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'' [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs on drugs]]. |
| 453 | * ''Series/{{LockwoodAndCo|2023}}'' is ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' meets ''Franchise/HarryPotter''. |
| 454 | * ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'' is ''Literature/GoblinSlayer'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''Series/TheShannaraChronicles'' meets ''Film/{{Avatar}}''. |
| 455 | ** Or ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones'' by way of the Franchise/{{Arrowverse}}. |
| 456 | * ''Series/{{Lost}}'': ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' meets ''Series/GilligansIsland'' meets ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' meets ''Series/ThePrisoner1967''. |
| 457 | ** The writers were going for something more along the lines of ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' meets ''Literature/TheStand''. |
| 458 | ** The show was actually pitched as ''Film/CastAway'' meets ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' |
| 459 | ** The last season in particular is ''Literature/TheStand'' meets ''Film/JacobsLadder'' meets ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom''. |
| 460 | ** The easiest way to describe it would be {{Robinsonade}} meets ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959''. |
| 461 | * ''Series/LostGirl'' is a HotterAndSexier ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' meets ''Literature/AnitaBlake''. |
| 462 | * ''Series/LostInAusten'': ''Series/{{Life on Mars|2006}}'' meets ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice''. |
| 463 | * ''Series/LostInSpace2018'': ''Literature/TheSwissFamilyRobinson'' and ''{{Robinsonade}}'' meets ''Series/Earth2'' meets ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda''. |
| 464 | * ''Series/LosLuchadores'' is ''Series/Batman1966'' meets ''Series/ProWresNoHoshiAzteckaiser''. |
| 465 | * ''Series/{{Lucifer}}'' is ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' meets ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' meets ''Series/{{CSI}}'' meets ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'' meets ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami''. |
| 466 | * ''Series/{{Luther}}'' is ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' meets ''Film/DirtyHarry''. |
| 467 | [[/folder]] |
| 468 | |
| 469 | [[folder:M]] |
| 470 | * ''Series/MadanSenkiRyukendo'' is ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' meets ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'' meets ''Series/GenseishinJustiriser''. |
| 471 | * ''Series/MadMen'' is ''Series/TheSopranos'' meets ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' if it took place in the 1960s. |
| 472 | * ''Series/TheMandalorian'' is ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets the ''Film/DollarsTrilogy'' meets ''Film/{{Yojimbo}}'' meets ''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub'' meets ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'' meets ''Literature/GoblinSlayer'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''Franchise/JohnWick'' meets ''Series/BreakingBad''. |
| 473 | * ''Series/{{Manifest}}'' is ''Series/TheFortyFourHundred'' meets ''Series/{{Lost}}'' meets ''Film/Flightplan2005''. |
| 474 | * ''Series/{{Manswers}}'' is ''Series/BrainiacScienceAbuse'' meets ''Series/TheManShow''. |
| 475 | * ''Series/ManVFood'' is ''Diners, Drive-ins and Dives'' meets Competitive Eating. |
| 476 | * ''Man Vs Fish'': ''Series/ManVsWild'' meets Bill Dance. |
| 477 | * ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'': In an interview, Creator/KenJeong described it as "part ''Series/AmericanIdol'', part ''Series/TheVoice'', part ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'', and a little bit vintage ''Series/WhatsMyLine''." Others have noted the old game show ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masquerade_Party Masquerade Party]]'' as another obvious ancestor. |
| 478 | * ''Series/TheMentalist'' is ''Series/{{Monk}}'' meets ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}''. |
| 479 | ** Alternatively, ''Series/TheMentalist'' is ''Series/{{Monk}}'' meets ''Series/{{Psych}}''. |
| 480 | * ''Series/MetalHeroes'': |
| 481 | ** ''Series/SpaceSheriffGavan'' = ''Franchise/KamenRider'' + ''Series/DenshiSentaiDenziman'' + ''ComicBook/ROMSpaceknight'' |
| 482 | ** ''Series/SpaceSheriffSharivan'' = ''Series/SpaceSheriffGavan'' + ''Series/KamenRiderV3'' |
| 483 | ** ''Series/SpaceSheriffShaider'' = ''Series/SpaceSheriffSharivan'' + ''Series/KamenRiderX'' + ''Series/DaiSentaiGoggleFive'' |
| 484 | ** ''Series/KyojuuTokusouJuspion'' = ''Series/SpaceSheriffShaider'' + ''Series/KamenRiderAmazon'' |
| 485 | ** ''Series/JikuuSenshiSpielban'' = ''Series/SpaceSheriffSharivan'' + ''Series/KamenRiderStronger'' + ''Series/UltramanAce'' |
| 486 | ** ''Series/ChoujinkiMetalder'' = ''Series/SpaceSheriffGavan'' + ''[[Series/{{Kikaider}} Jinzō Ningen Kikaider]]'' |
| 487 | ** ''Series/SekaiNinjaSenJiraiya'' = ''Series/SpaceSheriffShaider'' + ''Manga/KamenNoNinjaAkakage'' + ''Series/HenshinNinjaArashi'' + ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}'' |
| 488 | ** ''Series/KidouKeijiJiban'' = ''Series/SpaceSheriffGavan'' + ''Series/JAKQDengekitai'' + ''Manga/EightMan1963'' + ''Franchise/RoboCop'' |
| 489 | ** ''Series/TokkeiWinspector'' = ''Series/SpaceSheriffSharivan'' + ''Series/KidouKeijiJiban'' + ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' + ''Series/{{COPS}}'' |
| 490 | ** ''Series/TokkyuuShireiSolbrain'' = ''Series/TokkeiWinspector'' + ''Series/JikuuSenshiSpielban'' |
| 491 | ** ''Series/TokusouExceedraft'' = ''Series/TokkyuuShireiSolbrain'' + ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan'' |
| 492 | ** ''Series/TokusouRoboJanperson'' = ''Series/ChoujinkiMetalder'' + ''Series/KidouKeijiJiban'' + ''Series/RobotDetective'' |
| 493 | ** ''Series/BlueSWAT'' = ''Series/KidouKeijiJiban'' + ''Series/DengekiSentaiChangeman'' + ''Series/MiamiVice'' |
| 494 | ** ''Series/JuukouBFighter'' = ''Series/SpaceSheriffShaider'' + ''Series/BlueSWAT'' + ''Series/KamenRiderStronger'' + ''Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman'' |
| 495 | ** ''Series/BFighterKabuto'' = ''Series/JuukouBFighter'' + ''Series/KyojuuTokusouJuspion'' + ''Series/KousokuSentaiTurboranger'' |
| 496 | ** ''Series/BRoboKabutack'' = ''Juukou B-Fighter'' + ''Ganbare!! Robocon'' + the ''Franchise/ToeiFushigiComedySeries'', at least the ones with robot protagonists. |
| 497 | ** ''Series/TetsuwanTanteiRobotack'' = ''Tokusou Robo Janperson'' + ''B-Robo Kabutack'' |
| 498 | * ''Series/MassiveMonsterMayhem'' is ''Series/TheKryptonFactor'' meets ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' |
| 499 | * ''Series/MiamiVice'' was supposedly funded and the pilot was 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. |
| 500 | ** In terms of other works, ''Miami Vice'' is ''Series/HawaiiFiveO'' meets ''Film/Scarface1983'' and the more serious parts of ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop''. |
| 501 | * ''Series/MidnightMass'' is ''Film/TheMothmanProphecies'' meets ''Film/ThirtyDaysOfNight'' meets ''Film/TheMist''. |
| 502 | * ''Series/MidnightTexas'' is ''Series/TrueBlood'' meets ''Series/{{Grimm}}''. |
| 503 | * ''Series/TheMightyBoosh'' is ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' meets ''Music/FlightOfTheConchords'' on acid. |
| 504 | * ''Series/MightyMed'' is ''Series/Batman1966'' meets ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''. |
| 505 | * ''Series/MightyJack'' is ''Franchise/JamesBond'' meets ''Series/VoyageToTheBottomOfTheSea'' meets ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' meets ''Film/{{Atragon}}''. After its {{Retool}} into ''Fight! Mighty Jack'', it becomes ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' meets all of the above. |
| 506 | * ''The Milkshake Show'' is ''Series/HiFive'' meets ''Series/BluePeter'' |
| 507 | * ''Series/{{Mirrorman}}'' is ''Series/{{Ultraseven}}'' meets ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman'' meets ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995''. |
| 508 | * ''Series/{{Misfits}}'' is ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' crossed with ''Series/{{Skins}}''. |
| 509 | * ''Series/MrRobot'' is ''Film/FightClub'' meets ''Series/BlackMirror''. |
| 510 | * ''Series/MrStudentBodyPresident'' is ''Series/HouseOfCardsUS'' meets ''Film/{{Election}}''. |
| 511 | * ''Series/MockTheWeek'' is ''Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou'' meets ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway''. |
| 512 | * ''Series/{{Monarch}}'' is touted as ''Series/{{Empire}}'' meets ''Series/{{Nashville}}'' meets ''Series/{{Succession}}.'' |
| 513 | * ''Series/{{Monk}}'' is ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' meets ''Film/RainMan''. |
| 514 | * ''Series/MopatopsShop'' is ''Series/TheNoddyShop'' meets ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse''. |
| 515 | * ''Series/MostExtremeEliminationChallenge'' is ''Film/WhatsUpTigerLily'' meets ''Series/{{Jackass}}''. |
| 516 | * ''Series/TheMuppets2015'' is ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' meets ''Series/{{The Office|US}}''. |
| 517 | ** ''Series/MuppetsTonight'' was clearly intended to be ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' meets ''Series/{{SCTV}}''. The presence of several former ''SCTV'' scribes on the show's writing staff made it quite obvious. |
| 518 | * ''Series/MurderSheWrote'': In episode 4x8, a secondary plot deals with the producer promoting a TV series idea, ''Undercover Urchins'', about a multi-racial gang of destitute, orphan kids secretly working for the police. His manager describes it: "You're talking [[Film/AngelsWithDirtyFaces the DeadEndKids]] meet [[Series/TheModSquad Mod Squad]]." |
| 519 | * ''Series/MyFavoriteMartian'' is ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951'' meets ''The Donna Reed Show''. |
| 520 | * ''Series/MysteryDiners'' is ''Series/KitchenNightmares'' meets ''Series/ToCatchAPredator.'' |
| 521 | * ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' was ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'' meets ''Fractured Flickers'' meets ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''. |
| 522 | ** Creator/BobChipman described the look of the series as somewhere between classic ''Series/DoctorWho'' and ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'' and the humour as a mixture of Creator/DouglasAdams, Creator/ConanOBrien, Music/WeirdAl and Creator/MikeJudge. |
| 523 | * ''Series/TheMysticKnightsOfTirNaNog'' is ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' meets Irish mythology. |
| 524 | * ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'' co-host Adam Savage once described the show as "''Series/{{Jackass}}'' meets ''Mr. Wizard''". |
| 525 | [[/folder]] |
| 526 | |
| 527 | [[folder:N]] |
| 528 | * ''Series/NakedAndAfraid'' is ''Series/ManWomanWild'' meets ''Naked Castaway''. |
| 529 | * ''Series/NancyDrew2019'' is [[Literature/NancyDrew the book series]] meets ''Series/{{Felicity}}'' meets ''Series/TwinPeaks'' meets ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer''. |
| 530 | * ''Series/TheNanny'' is (''Film/MaryPoppins'' + ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' - all the singing) meets ''Series/ILoveLucy'' meets ''Series/WhosTheBoss''. |
| 531 | * ''Series/{{Nashville}}'' is ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' meets ''Film/CountryStrong''. |
| 532 | * ''Series/NathanForYou'' is ''Series/KitchenNightmares'' meets ''Series/DaAliGShow'' |
| 533 | * ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': ''Series/{{JAG}}'' meets ''Series/{{CSI}}''. |
| 534 | * ''Series/NCISHawaii'' is ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' meets ''Series/HawaiiFive0'' |
| 535 | * ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'' is ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' meets both ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' and ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle''. |
| 536 | * ''Series/{{Newhart}}'': ''Series/TheBobNewhartShow'' meets ''Series/GreenAcres''. |
| 537 | * ''Nick Cannon's Wild 'N' Out'' is ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' meets ''Series/InLivingColor''. |
| 538 | * ''Series/NickyRickyDickyAndDawn'' is ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' (but with quadruplets) meets ''Series/LastManStanding''. |
| 539 | * ''Series/TheNightlyShow'' is ''Series/TheDailyShow'' meets ''Politically Incorrect'' or ''Series/RealTimeWithBillMaher''. |
| 540 | * ''Series/NoahsArc'': ''Series/{{Queer as Folk|UK}}'' meets ''{{Series/Girlfriends|2000}}''. |
| 541 | * ''Series/TheNoddyShop'' is ''WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures'' meets ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'' meets ''The Secret Life Of Toys''. |
| 542 | * ''Series/NoodleAndDoodle'' is ''Doodle Doo'' meets ''I Can Cook''. |
| 543 | * ''Series/NoOrdinaryFamily'' is ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' meets ''Series/{{Heroes}}''. |
| 544 | * ''Series/TheNotTooLateShowWithElmo'' is the ''Series/ElmosWorld'' segment of ''Series/SesameStreet'' meets ''Series/TheTonightShow''. |
| 545 | * ''Series/NowhereMan'': |
| 546 | ** ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''Series/TheFugitive''. |
| 547 | ** Or alternatively ''Series/ThePrisoner1967'' meets ''Series/TheFugitive''! |
| 548 | [[/folder]] |
| 549 | |
| 550 | [[folder:O]] |
| 551 | * ''The Object Is'' (an obscure ABC game show from 1964) is ''Series/{{Password}}'' meets ''Series/YouDontSay'' |
| 552 | * ''Series/OddSquad'' is ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Cyberchase}}''. |
| 553 | * ''Series/TheOfficeUS'' is ''Series/TheOfficeUK'' meets ''Literature/DonQuixote'' (in terms of Michael Scott's characterization as a TragicHero) meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Dilbert}}'' (in regards to the both LighterAndSofter and DenserAndWackier tone). |
| 554 | ** You can also say ''Series/TheOfficeUK'' meets ''Series/TheLarrySandersShow'', which is another sitcom about a dysfunctional work environment centered around an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist, done in a naturalistic style. |
| 555 | * ''Series/OkaasanToIssho'' is ''Series/SesameStreet'' meets ''Series/{{Kidsongs}}''. |
| 556 | * ''Series/OnceUponATime'': The Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon meets ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'' meets ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' meets other fairy tales/public domain stories [[labelnote:e.g.]]Literature/LittleRedRidingHood, Literature/{{Rumpelstiltskin}}, Literature/{{Frankenstein}}, Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz[[/labelnote]] meets ''Series/{{Lost}}''. |
| 557 | ** Or ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods'' meets Franchise/{{Superman}} meets a Creator/StephenKing miniseries. |
| 558 | * ''Series/OnePiece2023'' is [[Manga/OnePiece the original]] meets ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'', ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', and a tiny little bit of ''Series/CowboyBebop2021''. |
| 559 | * ''One Way Out'': David Blaine meets ''Series/{{Jackass}}''. |
| 560 | * ''Only In America with Creator/LarryTheCableGuy'': ''Series/DirtyJobs'' meets ''Series/BlueCollarComedy''. |
| 561 | * ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'' is ''Series/{{Oz}}'' meets ''Film/PrivateBenjamin''. |
| 562 | * ''Series/TheOrder'' is ''Series/ChillingAdventuresOfSabrina'' meets ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' meets ''Series/TheMagicians'' filtered through a college comedy show. |
| 563 | * ''Series/OurFlagMeansDeath'' is ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' meets ''Series/ReservationDogs''. |
| 564 | ** Season 2 ads a hefty dose of Series/OnePiece2023 |
| 565 | * ''Series/OutOfJimmysHead'' is ''Film/ABeautifulMind'' meets ''Film/DropDeadFred'' with the aesthetic of ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. |
| 566 | * ''Out of the Wild: The Alaska Experiment'': ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' meets ''Series/{{Survivorman}}''. |
| 567 | * ''Series/OutOfThisWorld1987'': WebVideo/TVTrash described it as "''Film/SuburbanCommando'' meets ''Film/EarthGirlsAreEasy'', if the creators dropped twice as much acid". |
| 568 | ** Alternatively, it's ''Series/MyFavoriteMartian'' gender-flipped and mixed with parts of ''Series/MorkAndMindy'' and ''Film/{{Starman}}''. |
| 569 | * ''Outcast'' is ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'' meets ''Film/TheExorcist''. |
| 570 | * ''{{Series/Oz}}'' is ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' meets ''Film/GoodFellas''. |
| 571 | [[/folder]] |
| 572 | |
| 573 | [[folder:P]] |
| 574 | * ''Series/ThePack'' is ''Series/TheAmazingRace'' meets the Westminster Dog Show. |
| 575 | * ''Series/PairOfKings'' is ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'' meets ''Series/GilligansIsland''. |
| 576 | * ''Series/PandaBearDaycare'' is ''Series/ThePuzzlePlace'' meets ''Series/BarneyAndFriends''. |
| 577 | * ''Series/ParkerLewisCantLose'' is ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'' meets ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' |
| 578 | * ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' is ''Series/TheOfficeUS'' meets ''Series/TheWestWing''. |
| 579 | * ''Series/{{Passions}}'' is ''Series/MaryHartmanMaryHartman'' meets ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''. |
| 580 | * ''Paternity Court'': ''Divorce Court'' meets ''Series/{{Maury}}'' |
| 581 | * ''Series/Peacemaker2022'' is ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'' meets ''Series/CaptainScarlet''. |
| 582 | * ''Series/PersonOfInterest'': |
| 583 | ** ''Series/MissionImpossible'' meets ''Series/TheEqualizer''. |
| 584 | ** Alternatively, ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' meets ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' meets ''Mission Impossible''. |
| 585 | * ''Series/PersonsUnknown'': |
| 586 | ** ''Series/{{Lost}}'' meets ''Series/{{The Prisoner|1967}}'' meets ''Series/{{Survivors}}''. |
| 587 | ** Or alternatively, ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone'' meets ''Film/{{Cube}}''. |
| 588 | * ''Playdays'' is ''Series/PlaySchool'' meets ''Series/SesameStreet'' |
| 589 | * ''Series/{{Plebs}}'' was ''Series/UpPompeii'' meets ''Series/TheInbetweeners''. One of the characters even sports a haircut like Creator/FrankieHowerd. |
| 590 | * ''Series/{{Pose}}'' is ''Film/{{Tangerine}}'' meets ''Series/GLOW2017'' and a bit of ''Theatre/AngelsInAmerica'' (without the Angels), inspired by ''Film/ParisIsBurning''. |
| 591 | * ''Series/ThePretender'' is ''Series/QuantumLeap'' meets ''Series/TheFugitive''. |
| 592 | * ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'' is ''Film/MeanGirls'' meets ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer''. |
| 593 | * ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' on CBS (1972-present) is ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' on NBC (1956-63) meets ''Series/LetsMakeADeal''. |
| 594 | ** The original ''Price'' was an auction house session with elements of blackjack. |
| 595 | * ''Series/PrehistoricPark'' is ''Series/CrocodileHunter'' meets ''Film/JurassicPark'' with TimeTravel. |
| 596 | * ''Series/PrehistoricPlanet'' is ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs'' meets ''Series/PlanetEarth''. |
| 597 | * ''Series/{{Primeval}}'' is ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' meets ''Film/JurassicPark'' (though it's not always about dinosaurs). |
| 598 | * ''Series/PrisonBreak'': |
| 599 | ** ''Film/TheBourneSeries'' meets ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption''. |
| 600 | ** Or, alternatively, ''Series/TwentyFour'' meets ''Series/{{Oz}}''. The second season, however, is more like ''Series/TwentyFour'' meets ''Film/TheFugitive''. |
| 601 | ** The fourth season, on the other hand, is ''Film/TheBourneSeries'' meets ''Series/MacGyver1985'' |
| 602 | * ''Series/TopGearUK'': ''Magazine/MotorWeek'' meets British humor. |
| 603 | ** The challenges are the Handyman's Corner segments of ''Series/TheRedGreenShow'' meets ''Series/FearFactor'' meets ''Series/WhatWouldYouDo''. |
| 604 | * ''Series/ThePrisoner1967'': ''Film/JamesBond'' meets Creator/SamuelBeckett. |
| 605 | * ''Series/ProdigalSon'': ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'' meets ''Series/{{Psych}}'' and ''Series/TheBlacklist''. |
| 606 | * ''Series/{{Psych}}'': ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'' meets ''Series/TheMentalist'' but DenserAndWackier. |
| 607 | * ''Series/PunkyBrewster'' is ''ComicStrip/LittleOrphanAnnie'' meets ''Series/DennisTheMenace''. The reboot on the streaming service Peacock is ''Punky Brewster'' 1984 meets ''Series/OneDayAtATime1975''. |
| 608 | * ''Series/PushingDaisies'': ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' meets ''Film/{{Amelie}}''. |
| 609 | * ''[[Series/{{Pyramid}} The $10,000 Pyramid]]'' is ''Series/{{Password}}'' meets ''Series/BeatTheClock''. |
| 610 | [[/folder]] |
| 611 | |
| 612 | [[folder:Q]] |
| 613 | * ''Series/{{QI}}'' is a quiz bowl show meets a stand-up comedy set. |
| 614 | [[/folder]] |
| 615 | |
| 616 | [[folder:R]] |
| 617 | * ''Series/{{Reaper}}'' is best described as ''Series/{{Brimstone}}'' meets ''Film/{{Clerks}}''. Creator/KevinSmith even directed the Pilot. |
| 618 | * ''Series/ReBootTheGuardianCode'' has been compared (and [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks not very favorably]]) to ''WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' meets ''Franchise/PowerRangers''. |
| 619 | ** Or ''WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}}'' meets ''Series/SuperhumanSamuraiSyberSquad'' meets ''Series/{{Zixx}}''. |
| 620 | * ''Series/RedDwarf'' is ''Series/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1981'' meets ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''. |
| 621 | * ''Repo Games'': ''Series/CashCab'' meets ''Operation Repo'' - Answer the repo man's questions correctly and you get to keep your car. |
| 622 | * ''Series/TheRedGreenShow'' is ''Series/HomeImprovement'' meets ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn'' meets the Bob and Doug [=McKenzie=] skits of ''Series/{{SCTV}}''. |
| 623 | * ''Series/{{Reign}}'' is ''Series/TheTudors'' meets ''Series/GossipGirl''. |
| 624 | * ''Series/ReservationDogs'' is ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' meets ''Series/StrangerThings'' on a Creek Reservation. |
| 625 | * ''Series/ResidentAlien'': ''Series/CornerGas'' meets ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''. |
| 626 | ** Or ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''Series/{{ALF}}'' and ''Film/{{Paul}}''. |
| 627 | * ''Series/RestaurantImpossible'' is ''Series/KitchenNightmares'' meets ''Series/ExtremeMakeoverHomeEdition''. |
| 628 | * ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'': |
| 629 | ** ''Series/TwinPeaks'' meets ''Series/MySoCalledLife''. |
| 630 | ** ''Series/DawsonsCreek'' meets ''Series/WithoutATrace'' or ''Series/TheKilling''. |
| 631 | ** ''Film/{{Clueless}}'' meets ''Series/VeronicaMars''. |
| 632 | ** ''WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries'' meets ''Series/{{Skins}}''. |
| 633 | * ''Series/LesRevenants'' ("The Returned") has been described as ''Series/TwinPeaks'' meets ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010''. The town itself is like Twin Peaks' French counterpart. |
| 634 | * ''Series/{{Revolution}}'': |
| 635 | ** ''The Trigger Effect'' meets ''Series/Jericho2006'', with swords. |
| 636 | ** Alternatively, it's ''[[Literature/{{Emberverse}} Dies The Fire]]'' meets ''Literature/TheDarkTower'' starring [[Literature/TheHungerGames Katniss Everdeen]]. |
| 637 | * ABC's 1975 game show ''Series/RhymeAndReason'' is ''Series/MatchGame'' meets Lord Alfred Tennyson. |
| 638 | * ''Series/TheRighteousGemstones'' is ''Series/TheSopranos'' meets ''Series/{{Succession}}'' meets ''Series/SchittsCreek''. |
| 639 | * ''Series/TheRiver'' is ''Film/ParanormalActivity'' meets ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness'', with a small dusting of ''Film/CannibalHolocaust'' as well. |
| 640 | * ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles'': |
| 641 | ** ''Series/{{Bones}}'' meets ''Series/CagneyAndLacey''. |
| 642 | ** WordOfGod says: ''Series/TheRockfordFiles'' meets ''Series/SexAndTheCity''. |
| 643 | * ''Series/RookieBlue'' is ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' meets ''Series/NYPDBlue''. |
| 644 | * ''Series/{{Roswell}}'': ''Series/DawsonsCreek'' meets ''Series/TheXFiles''. |
| 645 | * ''Series/RoundTheTwist'': One TV plug described it as ''The Swiss Family Robinson'' meets ''Series/TheXFiles''. |
| 646 | ** ''Goosebumps'' meets ''The Swiss Family Robinson'' |
| 647 | * ''Series/RoyalPains'': |
| 648 | ** ''Series/BurnNotice'' meets ''Series/NorthernExposure''. |
| 649 | ** Or ''Series/{{House}}'' meets ''Series/MacGyver1985'' with a little bit of ''Series/MagnumPI'' sprinkled in. |
| 650 | * ''Series/RussianDoll'' is ''Franchise/FinalDestination'' meets ''Film/GroundhogDay'' meets ''Series/{{Fleabag}}''. |
| 651 | [[/folder]] |
| 652 | |
| 653 | [[folder:S]] |
| 654 | * ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'': |
| 655 | ** ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' meets ''Series/ClarissaExplainsItAll''. |
| 656 | ** Or ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' meets ''Series/MySoCalledLife'' |
| 657 | * ''Series/SamanthaWho'' is ''Film/RegardingHenry'' meets ''Series/AllyMcBeal''. |
| 658 | * ''Series/{{Sanctuary}}'' is ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' meets ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', albeit with less moral ambiguity, AllMythsAreTrue, and having significantly less sexual content than ''Torchwood''. |
| 659 | * ''Series/SaturdayMorningAllStarHits'' is ''WesternAnimation/{{Kablam}}'' and ''[[Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow Club Mario]]'' meets ''Film/WaynesWorld'', by way of ''Series/WonderShowzen'' combined with ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman''. |
| 660 | * ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': Creator/LorneMichaels pitched the show as "''Series/SixtyMinutes'' meets Creator/MontyPython". |
| 661 | ** The early seasons were more like ''[[Creator/SidCaesar Your Show of Shows]]'' and ''Series/TheCarolBurnettShow'' meet ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' in the offices of Film/NationalLampoon. |
| 662 | * ''Series/SavingGrace'': ''Series/JoanOfArcadia'' meets ''Series/TheShield''. |
| 663 | * ''Series/SchittsCreek'' is ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' meets ''Series/GreenAcres'', but LighterAndSofter from the former and with the latter updated to better reflect modern social values. |
| 664 | * InUniverse, Josh calls the eponymous musical town of ''Series/{{Schmigadoon}}'' "''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'' [meets] ''Series/{{Glee}}''. |
| 665 | * The ''Series/SchoolOfRock'' TV series is [[Film/SchoolOfRock the original movie]] meets ''Series/ANTFarm''. |
| 666 | * ''Series/ScottAndBailey'' is ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'' meets ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles''. |
| 667 | * ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' is ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' meets ''Series/{{Community}}''. |
| 668 | * ''Series/SeaQuestDSV'' is ''Franchise/StarTrek'' [[JustForFun/RecycledINSPACE but underwater]]. |
| 669 | * ''Series/SearchParty'' is ''Series/{{Girls}}'' meets ''Series/HowToGetAwayWithMurder'' |
| 670 | * ''Series/TheSecretCircle'' is ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' meets ''Series/TheVampireDiaries''. |
| 671 | * ''Series/{{See}}'': ''Film/MadMax'' sequels meet ''Franchise/{{Zatoichi}}'' meets ''Film/ChildrenOfMen''. |
| 672 | ** Alternatively: ''Film/{{Blindness}}'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''. |
| 673 | * ''Series/SeiunKamenMachineman'' is ''Series/SpaceSheriffGavan'' meets ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Zorro}}''. |
| 674 | * ''Series/SesameStreet'' is ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'' meets ''Franchise/TheMuppets''. |
| 675 | ** "''Series/CaptainKangaroo'' meets ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn''" was Joan Ganz Cooney's self-admitted starting point for the show. |
| 676 | * ''Series/SexEducation'' is ''Series/{{Skins}}'' if it had ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth's'' optimistic and irreverent sex-positivity. |
| 677 | * ''Series/ShakeItUp'' is basically ''Series/HannahMontana'' meets ''Series/ICarly''. |
| 678 | * ''[[Series/SevenStarFightingGodGuyferd Shichisei Tōshin Guyferd]]'' is ''Series/KamenRider'' meets ''[[Manga/{{Guyver}} Bio Booster Armor Guyver]]'' meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Franchise/StreetFighter''. |
| 679 | * The first season of ''Series/SheSpies'' was ''Film/CharliesAngels2000'' meets ''Series/{{Moonlighting}}''. The second ([[SecondSeasonDownfall and last]]) season was the original ''Series/CharliesAngels'' meets ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'' meets any random Creator/USANetwork CrimeDrama. |
| 680 | * ''Series/TheShield'' |
| 681 | ** ''Film/TouchOfEvil'' plotted like ''Series/{{CSI}}''. |
| 682 | ** Or ''Series/NYPDBlue'' meets ''Touch of Evil''. |
| 683 | * ''Series/SiliconValley'' is ''Film/TheSocialNetwork'' meets ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' (minus a character who is like Penny). |
| 684 | * ''[[http://vimeo.com/7963572 Slingers]]'' looks to be ''Series/{{Hustle}}'' meets ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' as directed by Wong Kar Wai. |
| 685 | * ''Series/{{Skins}}'' is ''Series/ParkerLewisCantLose'' meets ''Film/{{Kids}}''. |
| 686 | * ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' meets ''Series/DawsonsCreek'' and ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' meets the Series/{{Arrowverse}} retroactively. |
| 687 | * ''Series/TheSociety'' is ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' meets ''Literature/ThePiedPiperOfHamelin'', and modernized. |
| 688 | * ''Series/SonOfTheBeach'' is ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'' meets ''Film/TheNakedGun'' meets ''Film/AustinPowers''. |
| 689 | * ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'' is ''Series/TheSopranos'' meets ''Series/AmericanChopper'' meets ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' (it was described in some circles as ''Hamlet'' with motorcycles). |
| 690 | * ''Series/SonnyWithAChance'' is ''Series/SoYouThinkYouCanDance'' meets ''Series/ThirtyRock''. |
| 691 | * ''Series/TheSopranos'' is ''Film/GoodFellas'' meets ''Film/AnalyzeThis''. |
| 692 | * ''Series/SpacePrecinct'' is ''Film/BladeRunner'' meets ''Series/HillStreetBlues''. |
| 693 | * ''Series/{{Spaced}}'' was originally pitched by Creator/SimonPegg and Creator/JessicaStevenson as "a cross between ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''Series/TheXFiles'', and ''Series/NorthernExposure''". |
| 694 | * ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand'' is ''Film/{{Spartacus}}'' meets ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' meets ''Film/ThreeHundred'' meets ''Series/TrueBlood'', with the latter sponsoring the sex contents. |
| 695 | * ''Splatalot!'' is ''Wipeout'' meets ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' |
| 696 | * ''Special Ops Mission'' (The Military Channel): ''Series/{{Survivorman}}'' meets a Creator/StevenSeagal movie. |
| 697 | * ''Series/{{Spectreman}}'' is ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' meets ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes''. |
| 698 | * ''Series/SpittingImage'' is ''Franchise/TheMuppets'' meets ''ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}}'' meets ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' meets ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' meets ''Series/TheGoodies''. |
| 699 | * ''Series/SproutHouse'' is ''Series/TheSunnySideUpShow'' meets ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'' |
| 700 | * ''Series/TheSproutSharingShow'' is ''Series/{{Zoom}}'' meets ''Series/PlayWithMeSesame'' |
| 701 | * ''Series/SproutsWigglyWaffle'' is Music/TheWiggles meet ''Series/MusicalMorningsWithCoo'' meets Series/TotalRequestLive |
| 702 | * ''Series/SquidGame'' is ''Film/Parasite2019'' meets ''Manga/{{Kaiji}}'' meets ''Manga/AsTheGodsWill'' meets ''Film/EyesWideShut'' meets ''Series/ThePrisoner1967'' meets ''Franchise/{{Saw}}''. |
| 703 | * ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': |
| 704 | ** ''Literature/HoratioHornblower'' meets ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963''. |
| 705 | ** Creator/GeneRoddenberry originally pitched it as "''Series/WagonTrain'' [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace to the stars]]" |
| 706 | * ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' is ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets ''Series/BabylonFive''. |
| 707 | ** Or ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets ''Series/TheWestWing'' meets ''Franchise/MassEffect''. |
| 708 | ** More recently, it's been described as ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''. |
| 709 | ** WordOfGod states it's ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets ''Series/TheWire''. |
| 710 | * ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' is ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' (or alternatively, ''Series/LostInSpace''). |
| 711 | ** WordOfGod describes the Season 2 episode "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS2E3Projections Projections]]" as the TNG episodes "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E9TheMeasureOfAMan The Measure Of A Man]]" meets "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E19FrameOfMind Frame of Mind]]". |
| 712 | * 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. |
| 713 | * Website/SFDebris described the ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E05ANightInSickbay A Night In Sickbay]]" as Creator/CliveBarker directing a Creator/JimCarrey comedy. |
| 714 | * ''Star Words'', an unsold pilot for CBS in 1983, was ''Series/{{Password}}'' meets ''Series/{{Tattletales}}''. |
| 715 | * ''Series/StargateUniverse'': |
| 716 | ** ''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''. |
| 717 | ** ''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. |
| 718 | ** 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]]. |
| 719 | * ''Series/StepByStep'' is ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' meets ''Series/{{The Odd Couple|1970}}''. |
| 720 | * ''Series/TheStrangeCalls'' is like ''Film/HotFuzz'' meets ''Series/TheXFiles''... in Australia. |
| 721 | * ''Series/StrangerThings'' is [[ReferenceOverdosed a lot of different movies and shows]] from The80s (especially various [[SciFiHorror paranormal fiction]] and [[ComingOfAgeStory teenage dramas]]) mixed with the following: |
| 722 | ** The series overall: ''Film/TheGoonies'' meets ''Film/StandByMe'', ''Film/Super8'', ''Film/TheMonsterSquad'', ''{{Film/Firestarter}}'', ''Film/TheHost2006'', ''Film/{{Prisoners}}'', ''Series/TwinPeaks'', ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', ''{{Series/Supernatural}}'', ''Series/TheXFiles'', ''Website/SCPFoundation'', ''Manga/ElfenLied'', ''{{Manga/Akira}}'', ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'', ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'', ''Franchise/SilentHill'', ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' and ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''. |
| 723 | ** Season 1: ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' meets ''{{Literature/IT}}'' ([[http://www.vulture.com/2017/08/the-duffer-brothers-upside-down-journey-to-stranger-things.html or according to]] [[WordOfGod the Duffer Brothers]]: "What if Creator/StevenSpielberg directed a Creator/StephenKing book?") |
| 724 | ** Season 2: ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' meets ''Film/TheExorcist'' and ''Literature/FlowersInTheAttic'', with a bit of ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' thrown in near the end. |
| 725 | ** Season 3: ''Film/RedDawn1984'' meets ''Series/TheAmericans'' and ''Franchise/ResidentEvil''. |
| 726 | ** Season 4: ''Film/HellRaiser'' meets ''Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest'' and ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''. |
| 727 | * ''Series/StuckInTheMiddle'' is basically ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' fused with ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse''. |
| 728 | * ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' is ''Series/SisterSister'' meets ''Series/FawltyTowers''. Sequel series ''The Suite Life on Deck'' replaces the latter with ''Series/TheLoveBoat''. |
| 729 | * ''Series/TheSunnySideUpShow'' is ''{{Series/Zoom}}'' meets ''The Today Show'' meets ''Series/PlaySchool'' meets ''Series/YoGabbaGabba''. |
| 730 | * ''Series/SupahNinjas'' is ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' meets ''Film/RushHour'' meets ''Film/BeverlyHillsNinja''. |
| 731 | * ''Series/TheSuperSproutletShow'' is ''Series/TheLetsGoShow'' meets ''Series/LazyTown''. |
| 732 | * ''{{Series/Supernatural}}'' is ''{{Series/Angel}}'' meets ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'', ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'', and ''Series/TheXFiles''. |
| 733 | * ''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''." |
| 734 | * ''Series/SweetTooth'': ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{ICO}}'' |
| 735 | * ''Series/SydneyToTheMax'' is ''Series/LizzieMcGuire'' meets ''Series/TheWonderYears'' meets ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''. |
| 736 | [[/folder]] |
| 737 | |
| 738 | [[folder:T]] |
| 739 | * ''Take It All'', NBC's most recent prime time {{game show}}, is ''Series/GiveNTake'' meets ''FriendOrFoe''. |
| 740 | * ''Series/TalesOfTheGoldMonkey'' is ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' meets ''Sky King''. |
| 741 | * ''Series/{{Tattletales}}'' is ''Series/TheNewlywedGame'' meets ''Series/IveGotASecret''. This could also apply to its beta edition, ''Series/HeSaidSheSaid''. |
| 742 | ** Going way back to its beta beta version ''It Had to Be You'' (which was piloted only in 1966 for NBC), that was ''Password '' meets ''The Newlywed Game.'' |
| 743 | ** The forthcoming revival on [=HBO=] Max (now titled ''About Last Night'') sounds to be the original ''Tattletales'' meets ''Series/BeatTheClock''. |
| 744 | * ''Series/{{Taxi}}'': ''Film/TaxiDriver'' meets ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'' |
| 745 | * ''Series/TerraNova'': |
| 746 | ** ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' meets ''Film/{{Avatar}}''. Guess who suddenly showed up to explain "Terra Nova Rules". |
| 747 | ** It could also be described as ''Decision At Doona'' meets ''Series/{{Primeval}}''. |
| 748 | ** With a dash of ''Earth 2''. |
| 749 | * ''Series/TheTerror'': ''Literature/MasterAndCommander'' meets ''Film/TheThing1982''. |
| 750 | * ''Series/That70sShow'' is ''Series/HappyDays'' meets ''Film/DazedAndConfused''. |
| 751 | * The original ''Series/{{Teletubbies}}'' is basically ''Series/TotsTV'' meets ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'', while the 2022 reboot is the original series meets ''WesternAnimation/FacesMusicParty'' and [[Creator/{{CBC}} CBC Kids]]. |
| 752 | * The original pitch for ''Creator/TerryPratchett's The Watch'' was ''Series/{{CSI}}: [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Ankh-Morpork]]''. |
| 753 | * ''Series/TheThickOfIt'': Creator/ArmandoIannucci described the series as ''Series/YesMinister'' meets ''Series/TheLarrySandersShow''. |
| 754 | ** Iannucci's other show, ''Veep'', is ''The Thick Of It'' meets ''Series/HouseOfCardsUS'' with some sprinkling of ''Seinfeld'''s CringeComedy. |
| 755 | * ''Series/ThisIsJinsy'' is ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'' meets ''Series/TheMightyBoosh'' with a side-order of Stanley Unwin and The Goons. |
| 756 | * ''Series/TheThundermans'' is ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' meets ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace''. |
| 757 | * ''Series/ThreeSheets'': ''The Thirsty Traveler'' meets ''Series/InsomniacWithDaveAttell''. |
| 758 | * ''Series/TheTick2016'' is ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' meets ''Series/DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency''. |
| 759 | * ''Tikkabilla'' is ''Series/PlaySchool'' meets ''Series/TheSunnySideUpShow'' |
| 760 | * ''Series/{{Timeless}}'' has been described as ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' meets ''Series/MissionImpossible''. |
| 761 | * ''Series/TinMan'' is ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' as a SpaceOpera, but it's too much of a genuine Space Opera to be a mere JustForFun/RecycledInSpace. |
| 762 | * [[Series/SpiderManJapan Toei's take on Spider-Man]] = Spider-Man + the Toku genre. |
| 763 | * ''Series/TomicaHeroRescueForce'' = ''Series/MadanSenkiRyukendo'' + ''[[Series/KyukyuSentaiGoGoV Kyuukyuu Sentai [=GoGoFive=]]]'' + ''Series/TokkeiWinspector'' + ''Series/TokkyuuShireiSolbrain'' + ''Series/TokusouExceedraft'' + ''Series/ChouseiKantaiSazerX'' |
| 764 | * ''Series/TheTomorrowPeople2013'' is ''Film/{{Push}}'' meets ''Film/{{Jumper}}''. |
| 765 | * Me-[=TV=]'s ''Toon In With Me'' is ''Series/CaptainKangaroo'' meets ''Series/{{Frasier}}''. |
| 766 | * ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', in series 1 at least, was often described as ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''Series/ThisLife''. (''Series/{{Angel}}'' meets ''Series/{{Queer as Folk|US}}'' would seem more accurate.) |
| 767 | * ''Series/TheTroop'' is ''VideoGame/Persona3'' meets ''Franchise/PowerRangers''. |
| 768 | ** Alternatively, it's ''Film/MenInBlack'' meets ''WesternAnimation/MonsterBusterClub''. |
| 769 | ** Or, as it was originally concieved during development, ''Series/SoWeird'' meets ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''Series/TwentyFour''. |
| 770 | * ''Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell'' is ''Series/TheDailyShow'' meets ''Series/TheSoup''. |
| 771 | * ''Series/TruthSeekers'' is ''Film/GraveEncounters'' meets ''Film/ExtraOrdinary2019''. |
| 772 | * ''Series/TulsaKing'' is described on Creator/ParamountPlus as "''Series/{{Yellowstone}}'' meets ''Series/TheSopranos''" |
| 773 | * ''Series/TwentyFour'' is ''Film/{{Commando}}'' meets ''Film/DirtyHarry'' meets ''Series/TheWestWing'' with more [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique torture]]. |
| 774 | * ''Series/TrueBlood'' is ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'' meets ''Series/SixFeetUnder'' meets ''Film/TheLostBoys''. |
| 775 | * ''Series/TwoBrokeGirls'' is ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'' meet Music/LadyGaga. |
| 776 | ** Or ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'' meets ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' (and more generally, a Creator/GarryMarshall-style sitcom meets a Creator/ChuckLorre-style sitcom). |
| 777 | * ''Series/TheFreshBeatBand'' is ''Music/TheWiggles'' meets ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' |
| 778 | * ''Series/TopsyAndTim'' is ''WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}}'' meets ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' |
| 779 | [[/folder]] |
| 780 | |
| 781 | [[folder:U]] |
| 782 | * ''Ultimate Tag'' is ''Series/AmericanGladiators'' meets ''Film/{{Tag}}''. |
| 783 | * ''Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy'' is ''ComicBook/XMen'' meets ''Film/TheRoyalTenenbaums.'' |
| 784 | * ''Series/UnbreakableKimmySchmidt'' is ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' meets the work of Creator/TimAndEric as filtered through the liberal viewpoints of ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver''. |
| 785 | * ''Series/{{Unfabulous}}'' is ''Series/OneTreeHill'' and ''Series/LizzieMcGuire''. |
| 786 | * ''Series/{{Upload}}'' is ''Series/TheGoodPlace'' meets ''Literature/TheDiamondAge.'' |
| 787 | [[/folder]] |
| 788 | |
| 789 | [[folder:V]] |
| 790 | * ''Series/{{V|1983}}'' is ''Literature/ItCantHappenHere'' meets ''[[Creator/DamonKnight To Serve Man]]''. The series was, in fact, originally intended as a straightforward adaptation of the former before the network convinced the creator to shoot it as a sci-fi story. |
| 791 | * ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' is ''Series/DawsonsCreek'' meets ''Film/{{Twilight}}'' meets ''Series/TrueBlood'' meets ''Film/{{Scream}}''.[[note]]All but ''Twilight'' are Kevin Williamson productions.[[/note]] |
| 792 | * ''Series/VanHelsing2016'' is ''ComicBook/{{Blade}}'' meets ''Franchise/TheWalkingDead''. |
| 793 | * ''Series/{{Victorious}}'' is a hybrid of ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' meets ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' (and all its clones, like ''City Guys'' and ''California Dreams'') thrown in. |
| 794 | ** Or ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' meets ''Series/ICarly''. |
| 795 | * ''Series/{{Vikings}}'' is ''Literature/RagnarLothbrokAndHisSons'' meets ''Film/TheVikings'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones'' meets ''Manga/VinlandSaga'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Northlanders}}'' garnished with the flavor of ''Series/TheTudors'' and ''Series/TheBorgias''. |
| 796 | * ''Series/TheVillainsOfValleyView'' is ''Series/TheThundermans'' meets ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace''. |
| 797 | * ''Series/{{Vintergatan}}'' is ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' meets ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' meets ''Franchise/StarTrek''. |
| 798 | * ''Series/{{Vinyl}}'' is ''Series/MadMen'' meets ''Series/{{Empire}}'' meets ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet''. |
| 799 | * ''The Voice'' is ''Series/AmericanIdol'' meets ''Series/DragonsDen''. |
| 800 | [[/folder]] |
| 801 | |
| 802 | [[folder:W]] |
| 803 | * ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'': ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' meets a darker version of ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow''. |
| 804 | ** Or ''Film/DawnOfTheDead1978'' meets ''Literature/TheStand''. |
| 805 | * ''Series/Warehouse13'': |
| 806 | ** ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' meets ''Series/{{Eureka}}'' with bits of ''Series/{{Moonlighting}}'' filling in the cracks. |
| 807 | ** Alternatively, it's ''Series/{{Bones}}'' set in the Website/SCPFoundation instead of the Jeffersonian. |
| 808 | ** Some fans have instead described it as a LighterAndSofter take on ''Literature/TheLaundryFiles'', relocated to the United States. |
| 809 | ** Or, according to Website/TheOtherWiki, the series is ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' meets ''Series/{{Moonlighting}}''. |
| 810 | * ''Series/TheWatch2021'': ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones.'' (And nods slightly at ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' with a vague sense of recognition.) |
| 811 | * ''Series/WaywardPines'' is ultimately ''Series/TwinPeaks'' meets [[spoiler:''Series/{{The Prisoner|1967}}'']] meets [[spoiler:''Series/TerraNova'' (albeit with the time-travel conceit of ''Terra Nova'' inverted)]]. |
| 812 | * ''Series/{{Wednesday}}'' is ''Franchise/TheAddamsFamily'' meets ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' meets ''Film/ElviraMistressOfTheDark'' filtered through Creator/TheCW. |
| 813 | ** ''Franchise/TheAddamsFamily'' meets ''Series/ChillingAdventuresOfSabrina''. |
| 814 | * ''Series/WellingtonParanormal'' is ''Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'' meets ''TabletopGame/HunterTheVigil''. |
| 815 | * ''Series/Werewolf1987'' is ''Film/TheHowling'' meets ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977''. |
| 816 | * ''Weaponizers'' (Discovery): ''Junkyard Wars'' meets ''[=BattleBots=]'' meets ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal''. |
| 817 | * ''Weird Science'' is ''Series/IDreamOfJeannie'' meets ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead''. |
| 818 | * ''Series/{{Westworld}}'' is ''Film/BladeRunner'' meets ''Film/TheAdjustmentBureau'' meets ''Literature/TheDarkTower''. |
| 819 | * ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows2019'': |
| 820 | ** Like with the original film, it's ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'' meets ''Series/TheOfficeUS''. |
| 821 | ** Alternatively, it's ''Series/TrueBlood'' meets ''Series/PeepShow'' meets ''Music/FlightOfTheConchords.'' |
| 822 | ** Either that, or it's ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' meets ''The Office (US)'' (albeit more as a DomCom) with the surrealist BlackComedy undertones of ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia''. |
| 823 | * The 1979 game show ''Series/{{Whew}}'' is ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' meets ''Dungeons and Dragons''. Materialwise, it's ''Jeopardy!'' meets Norm Crosby. |
| 824 | * ''Whiskey Cavilier'' is ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' meets ''Film/MissionImpossible''. |
| 825 | * ''Series/WhiteCollar'' is ''Series/TheATeam'' meets ''Film/CatchMeIfYouCan''. |
| 826 | * ''Series/{{Wilbur}}'' is ''Series/BetweenTheLions'' meets ''ComicStrip/USAcres''. |
| 827 | * ''Series/TheWildWildWest'' is ''Series/HaveGunWillTravel'' meets ''Series/{{The Avengers|1960s}}''. |
| 828 | * ''Series/{{Wilfred}}'' is ''Film/FightClub'' meets ''Theatre/{{Harvey}}''. |
| 829 | * ''Series/TheWire'' is ''Series/TheSopranos'' meets ''Film/Scarface1983'' and ''Film/BoyzNTheHood'', as written by Creator/CharlesDickens. |
| 830 | * ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'' is ''Series/{{Masterpiece}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit''. |
| 831 | * ''Series/TheWitcher2019'' is ''Series/GameOfThrones'' meets ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''VideoGame/DantesInferno'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' meets ''Film/ManOfSteel'' meets ''Series/{{Outlander}}'' meets ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' meets ''Series/TheMandalorian'' meets ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017'' meets ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand''. |
| 832 | * ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'' is ''Literature/HarryPotter'' meets ''Series/HannahMontana''. |
| 833 | * ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'' has been described as ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'' meets ''Series/ThreesCompany''. You might toss the early seasons of ''Series/{{MASH}}'' in there too (Mr. Carlson as an {{Expy}} of Henry Blake is pretty obvious). |
| 834 | * ''Series/WolfLikeMe'' is ''Film/{{Splash}}'' meets ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon''. |
| 835 | * ''Series/WonderShowzen'' is ''Series/SesameStreet'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. |
| 836 | ** Or ''Film/MeetTheFeebles'' meets ''Series/SpittingImage'' and ''WesternAnimation/MonkeyDust''. |
| 837 | * ''Series/TheWubbulousWorldOfDrSeuss'': is Creator/DrSeuss meets Franchise/TheMuppets. |
| 838 | * ''Series/{{Workaholics}}'' is ''Series/TheOfficeUS'' meets Creator/TheThreeStooges, as written by Creator/CheechAndChong. |
| 839 | [[/folder]] |
| 840 | |
| 841 | [[folder:X]] |
| 842 | * ''Series/TheXFiles'' was pitched as ''Series/KolchakTheNightStalker'' meets ''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' meets ''Film/{{JFK}}''. |
| 843 | ** 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 Starling from ''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs''. |
| 844 | [[/folder]] |
| 845 | |
| 846 | [[folder:Y]] |
| 847 | * ''Series/YearsAndYears'' is ''Literature/ItCantHappenHere'' meets ''Series/BlackMirror''. |
| 848 | * ''{{Series/Yellowjackets}}'': ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' meets ''{{Film/Alive}}'' |
| 849 | ** Or ''Manga/Limit2009'' meets ''Film/{{Heathers}}''. |
| 850 | * ''Series/YoGabbaGabba'': ''Series/{{Tweenies}}'' meets ''Series/TheMuppetShow''. |
| 851 | * ''Series/TheYoungOnes'': |
| 852 | ** ''Theatre/LaBoheme'' meets ''Series/{{Bottom}}'' meets ''Series/TheMonkees''. |
| 853 | ** Or ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' if it was a sitcom and flooded with late 1970s [[TheQuincyPunk U.K. punk rock]] sensibilities. |
| 854 | * ''Series/TheYoungIndianaJonesChronicles'' is ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' meets ''Film/ForrestGump'' in the ''early'' 20th century. |
| 855 | * ''Series/YoungSheldon'' is [[Series/TheBigBangTheory Sheldon Cooper]] starring in a version of ''Series/TheWonderYears'' set in The80s |
| 856 | ** Or Sheldon fronting ''Series/TheGoldbergs'' meets ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle''. |
| 857 | [[/folder]] |
| 858 | |
| 859 | [[folder:Z]] |
| 860 | * ''Series/ZNation'': Has been described as "''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'' meets ''Film/MadMax''". |
| 861 | ** Or ''The Walking Dead'' meets ''Film/{{Zombieland}}''. |
| 862 | * ''Series/ZekeAndLuther'' is ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'' meets ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower''. |
| 863 | * ''Series/Zoey101'' is ''Series/LizzieMcGuire'' meets ''Series/{{Felicity}}'' meets ''Series/{{Friends}}''. |
| 864 | * ''Series/ZoneFighter'' is ''Series/UltramanAce'' meets ''Film/GodzillaVsMegalon''. |
| 865 | [[/folder]] |
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