A formulation primarily used to pitch a show or to quickly sum up the impression a show gives.

See also MixAndMatch, but this differs from it in that, conceptually, MixAndMatch works on the genre level (SpaceOpera + TheWestern = WagonTrainToTheStars), while XMeetsY works on the series level.

The most famous variation found in action movies is "[[DieHardOnAnX Die Hard on an X]]", where X is a different location or means of mass transportation.

It's not uncommon for detractors of the material in question to add something along the lines of "Except that it sucks" to the end.

Another variation is "the bastard child of X and Y", meaning a mash-up of two extremely different works of fiction whose result takes a turn in narrative genre/style that's entirely different than either of the parents.

Its very common in music writing -- both reviews and press releases usually describe an artist as "Artist X meets Artist Y".

Compare RecycledINSPACE, ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs. See also DuelingShows, DuelingMovies.

Frequent enough with weapons to qualify for a separate trope: see MilitaryMashupMachine.


To get a few pitch ideas for free see our [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pitchgenerator.php Pitch Generator]].

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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* ''MahouSenseiNegima'' has been (inaccurately, due to intentional GenreShift) described as "''HarryPotter'' meets ''LoveHina''." But it was more like ''HunterxHunter'' meets ''LoveHina'', but with magic. But now, it can be described more as ''HarryPotter'' meets ''FinalFantasyTactics'', with some ''DragonBall'' in the mix, and some bonus FanService on top. All the while, having the cast of an UnwantedHarem series.
** Once [[CrazyAwesome Jack Rakan]] shows up, one can add a dollop of TengenToppaGurrenLagann to the mix.
** So, [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/31826 this guy]] could get some money out of it?
* ''ReadOrDie'' as ''JamesBond'' meets ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}'' meets ''ReadingRainbow''.
* ''SamuraiChamploo'' is samurai film meets hip-hop.
* The manga ''KazeHikaru'' can be described as ''PeacemakerKurogane'' meets ''{{Rose of Versailles}}''.
* ''LuckyStar'' can be described as ''AzumangaDaioh'' meets ''{{Genshiken}}''. Or alternatively, ''{{Seinfeld}}'' meets ''{{Genshiken}}''.
* ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': ''{{FLCL}}'' does ''{{GaoGaiGar}}''.
** Alternatively, ''DeadLeaves'' does ''{{GaoGaiGar}}'' (it, ''Gurren Lagann'', and the fifth episode of ''FLCL'' where all direct by the same guy).
** Or ''{{Gunbuster}}'' meets ''GetterRobo'' meets ''MegasXLR''.
** Or ''{{Gundam}}'' meets ''{{Exalted}}''.
** Or NeonGenesisEvangelion meets a bag of crack.
* ''CodeGeass'': ''MobileSuitGundam'' meets ''DeathNote''. Some fans like to add ''X/1999'' to that description.
** Alternatively ''CodeGeass'' could be ''MobileSuitGundam'' meets ''VForVendetta''.
*** Don't forget to add a dash of ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
*** And ''GundamSEED''. And ''{{Batman}}''.
* Meanwhile, ''Gundam00'' actually ''is {{Gundam}}'' meets ''DeathNote''; or, if you want to be more accurrate, ''Gundam'' meets ''FullMetalPanic'' with [[AGodAmI Light Yagami]] thrown in for good measure. (Incidentally, ''Gundam 00'' is from the same people who also brought you ''CodeGeass''.)
* ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' can be easily described as ''CardcaptorSakura'' meets ''{{Gundam}}'' or ''SuperRobotWars''. Or alternatively, ''SailorMoon'' meets ''DragonBallZ'' and ''StarTrek''.
* When the ''HaruhiSuzumiya'' novels were licensed, [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer poor advertising]] hilariously and inaccurately described the series as "''HannahMontana'' meets ''Series/{{Heroes}}''". ''AzumangaDaioh'' meets ''SnowCrash'' might be better.
** Justified, it was promoted in such in order to attract more US consumers to the light novel market. OrSoIHeard.
** It also meets ''GoodOmens'' and ''TheMatrix'' on its way.
** It also meets Dan Simmons' {{Hyperion}}, considering the book actually influences the story.
*** [[HaruhiChan Haruhi-chan]] is regular Haruhi injected with ''LuckyStar'' and more caffeine.
** ThisTroper always assume it was the result of a head-on collision between ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' and ''GoodOmens'' that landed on ''AzumangaDaioh'''s lap.
** What about CalvinAndHobbes meets TheBible?
* BusouRenkin is {{Bleach}} meets FullMetalAlchemist.
* TheBigO is {{Batman}} with a HumongousMecha.
* ''{{Narutaru}}'': ''[=~Pokémon~=]'' meets ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''. [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs And goes off its meds]].
** Funny; this troper once described ''{{Narutaru}}'' as ''{{Digimon}}'' meets ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi''.
* ''TokyoMewMew'': ''SailorMoon'' meets ''CaptainPlanet'' meets ''StrawberryShortcake''. (With a heaping helping of BetterThanItSounds)
* ''Alive: The Final Evolution'': ''The Happening'' meets ''{{X-Men}}''.
* ''VinlandSaga'': ''{{Berserk}}'' meets Vicky the Viking.
* ''WelcomeToTheNHK'': ''FoucaultsPendulum'' meets ''FightClub''.
* ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh GX}}'': ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}!'' meets ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
* This troper has described ''MartianSuccessorNadesico'' as the wacky, [[MoodWhiplash bipolar]] lovechild of ''MobileSuitGundam'' and ''TenchiMuyo!'' Possibly one that was raised by crazy [[GetterRobo Uncle Go]] and hung out too much with that weird ''[[NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]]'' kid from down the street.
* ''{{Kaiba}}'': The art style can best be described as ''AstroBoy'' meets ''YellowSubmarine'' with a hint of ''TheLittlePrince''.
* Part one of ''[=~Jojo's Bizarre Adventure~=]'' could be described as ''{{Fist of the North Star}}'' meets ''{{Literature/Dracula}}''. (The later parts are completely different, however.)
* ''RozenMaiden'' is ''Pinocchio'' meets ''{{Highlander}}'', with the [[MoeMoe moe]] turned up to eleven.
* ''{{Bastard}}!!'': ''[[DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons &]] DragonBallZ''. (Thanks goes to LooneyToons and Epsilon from his forums.)
* ''BlackJack'' is ''{{House}}'' meets ''{{Batman}}'', though it may also be taking variable [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs levels and concoctions of mind-altering substances]].
* From the page here, ''KaitouSaintTail'' sounds like "''SailorMoon'' meets ''SlyCooper''". This may be inaccurate.
* Similarly, the page for ''KeroroGunsou'' makes it look like "''{{Hamtaro}}'' + ''InvaderZim'' -- CrapsackWorld". Once again, possibly inaccurate.
* The first few episodes of ''GundamSEED'' are like ''MobileSuitGundam'' meets ''GundamWing'' (The Strike is the original RX-78 (White/Blue Hero Gundam), Aegis is Epyon (Red Transforming Gundam), Blitz is Deathscythe (Black Cloaking Gundam), Buster is Heavyarms ({{BFG}} Gundam), and Duel is Sandrock (Semi-normal but heavily-armored Gundam).
** ''{{Gundam 00}}'' is ''{{Mobile Suit Gundam}}'' meets ''{{Full Metal Panic}}''.
* ''DigimonTamers'': ''{{Digimon}}'' meets ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''. No '''seriously'''. [[http://digipedia.db-destiny.net/misc/trivia.htm#6 See here]], which doesn't even list ''all'' connections ThisTroper found.
** ''DigimonSavers'': ''Digimon'' meets ''PowerRangers SPD''... at least for the first arc.
*** The second arc would be ''Digimon'' meets ''GGundam''.
** ''DigimonFrontier'': ''Digimon'' meets ''SuperSentai''.
* ''{{Digimon}}'' in general: ''[=~Pokémon~=]'' meets ''SuperRobotWars''.
* ''{{GaoGaiGar}}'' (and the entire ''Braves'' series) is ''Transformers'' meets 70s/80s SuperRobot shows.
* ''MacrossPlus'' is effectively ''Macross'' meets ''TopGun''.
* Many people think of ''YesPrecure5'' as ''SailorMoon'' meets ''TokyoMewMew'' meets ''SuperSentai''. [[{{Timotemon}} This troper]] likes to think of it as ''PrettyCure'' meets ''DigimonFrontier'' meets ''OjamajoDoremi''.
* ''[[FateStayNight Fate/stay night]]'': ''ShamanKing'' meets ''Claymore''. ([[HGame with sex...]] [[BleachedUnderpants at least at first...]])
* The plot of one episode of ''HayateNoGotoku'' is described by the [[LemonyNarrator narrator]] as "''Die Hard'' on a cruise ship."
* ''Superbook'': ''DragonTales'' meets TheBible.
* ''{{Diebuster}}'': ''{{Gunbuster}}'' meets ''{{FLCL}}''.
* ''SailorMoon'': ''PowerRangers''/''SuperSentai'' meets ''CuteyHoney''.
* ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'' is ''AzumangaDaioh'' meets ''Children of the Corn'' to play ''{{Clue}}''.
** Alternatively, ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'' is ''AzumangaDaioh'' meets ''SilentHill''.
* This troper once had to explain ''FLCL'' to his college professor. The only thing he could come up with that she would know was "It's like if ''HayaoMiyazaki'' and ''ThomasPynchon'' had an anime baby, and ''QuentinTarantino'' was its creepy uncle." Accurate? Probably not.
* ''{{Kurozuka}}'': ''{{Fist of the North Star}}'' meets ''NinjaScroll''.
* ''{{Madlax}}'': ''ApocalypseNow'' and''ThelmaAndLouise'' had a kid. An animated one. It's babysat by ''GosfordPark'' and spends a lot of time hanging out with that weird [[TheBrothersKaramazov Karamazov]] kid down the lane. No, really. And yes, it is '''''that''''' awesome.
* ''[=~Kino's Journey~=]'': ''QuantumLeap'' meets ''TheTwilightZone'', with some ''GulliversTravels'' on the side.
* ''WickedCity'' is ''MenInBlack'' meets ''{{Supernatural}}'' with a dash of HPLovecraft thrown in.
* ''{{Baccano}}!'' is probably ''{{Highlander}}'' meets ''PulpFiction''.
* ''{{Fist of the North Star}}'' is ''MadMax'' meets Bruce Lee films.
* ''{{Daitarn 3}}'' is ''JamesBond'' meets 70s SuperRobot shows.
* ''{{RahXephon}}'': ''BraveRaideen'' meets ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
* ''AfroSamurai'' is ''SamuraiChamploo'' meets ''TheBoondocks''.
* Another ''Gundam'' franchise: ''GGundam''. ''MobileSuitGundam'' meets... guess what: [[spoiler:''DragonBall'']].
* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' is ''MazingerZ'' meets ''{{Hamlet}}'' meets ''Three'sCompany'' meets the Book of Revelation.
** Scrolling quickly, this troper only read "''Three'sCompany'' meets the Book of Revelation." This needs to be made.
** It's worth noting that almost every entry on this page involving mecha mentions [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Eva]].
* ''TransformersCybertron'' is ''TransformersEnergon'' meets ''{{GaoGaiGar}}''.
* ''EurekaSeven'' is ''GundamX'' meets ''{{Evangelion}}''. With surfers.
** or alternatively, it could be ''CodeGeass'' meets ''GurrenLagann''.
*** ...I AM WATCHING THAT ''NOW''.
* ''GenesisOfAquarion'' is ''GetterRobo'' meets ''{{Evangelion}}'' meets ''VanDread'' meets neo-paganism.
* ''TheFiveStarStories'' is ''HeavyMetalLGaim'' meets ''FinalFantasy''.
* ''KatekyoHitmanReborn'' started out with Mafia meeting ''Rugrats'' reading ''LittlePrince'', then it got adopted by Shonen Jump who somehow saw fit to raise it with conspicuos amount of HoYay. Recently it started playing ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}!'' with the child of ''[=~Pokémon~=]'' and ''{{Digimon}}'' (who got married after resolving their differences).
* ''CannonGodExaxxion'' is ''GunsmithCats'' meets ''MazingerZ''.
* ''PuniPuniPoemi'' is ''SailorMoon'' or ''CardcaptorSakura'' meets ''Excel Saga''.
* ''Kurokami'' is ''FateStayNight'' meets ''DarkerThanBlack''.
* ''{{Yureka}}'' (''[=iD eNTITY=]'' in English) is ''DotHack'' meets ''{{Slayers}}''.
* ''PrincessTutu'' is ''CardcaptorSakura'' meets ''SwanLake'' by way of ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' and ''TheNeverendingStory'', as written by NeilGaiman.
* ''OnaniMasterKurosawa'' is ''DeathNote'' starring [[FamilyGuy Glenn Quagmire]] who then gets abducted and replaced with [[TheCatcherInTheRye Holden Caulfield]].
* ''{{Bleach}}'' is essentially ''YuYuHakusho'' meets ''RurouniKenshin''... with a little ''[[{{Dragonball}} DBZ]]'' thrown in for good measure.
** Don't forget ''ShamanKing'' for the whole spirits and swords thing.
* ''Katte Ni Kaizo'': ''TheMelancholyOfHaruhiSuzumiya'' meets ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' (it's also from [[KojiKumeta the same]] {{Mangaka}} as the latter), although it predates both series. So it's essentially ''TheMelancholyOfHaruhiSuzumiya'' and ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' before they broke up.
* Combine one part ''FullMetalAlchemist'' with a dose of ''ShakuganNoShana'' and you'll end up with ''ToAruMajutsuNoIndex''.
* ''{{NEEDLESS}}'' is ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' meets ''{{s-CRY-ed}}''
* SerialExperimentsLain is GhostInTheShell and the last two episodes of NeonGenesisEvangelion, starring [[SailorMoon Hotaru Tomoe]].
* ''AliceAcademy'' is ''GunnerkriggCourt'' meets ''XMen'' and they all get shipped off to [[HarryPotter Hogwarts]].
* ''{{Bokurano}}'' is ''EndersGame'' meets ''{{Survivor}}'' meets--you guessed it--''{{Evangelion}}''.
* From the article on ''{{Bakemonogatari}}'': ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' meets ''{{Mononoke}}'' [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs on acid. Lots and lots of acid.]]
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[[folder:Comics]]
* ''{{Bone}}'' draws its fame for being ''{{Pogo}}'' meets ''{{The Lord of the Rings}}''. And people love it.
* The ''{{Exiles}}'' comic series is best summed up as ''XMen'' meets ''{{Sliders}}''.
** The original concept (and apparently their pitch) was ''QuantumLeap'' meets ''XMen''.
* The for-all-ages comic ''Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade,'' is {{Supergirl}} meets ''InvaderZim''.
** More like Supergirl meets ''[[SabrinaTheTeenageWitch Sabrina: The Animated Series]].''
* ''{{Hellboy}}'' is ''LeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' (only less disturbing) meets ''{{Buffy The Vampire Slayer}}''.
* ''{{Watchmen}}'' is the ''{{Justice League}}'' meets ''{{Citizen Kane}}'' as told by [[{{Ulysses}} James Joyce]].
* ''Marvel Divas'' was pitched as "[[MarvelUniverse Marvel]] meets ''SexInTheCity''".
* ''Ignition City'' is ''{{Firefly}}'' meets ''Ministry of Space'' written by the writers of ''{{Deadwood}}''
* ''Scalped'' is ''{{TheSopranos}}'' meets ''Donnie Brasco'' [[RecycledINSPACE on a Native American reservation]]
* ''{{The Walking Dead}}''is ''[[TwentyEightDaysLater 28 Days Later]]'' meets ''{{Lost}}''
** And Oni Press' ''Resurrection'' is ''The Walking Dead'' meets ''{{Independence Day}}''
* ''Series/GoldDigger'' is what happens when IndianaJones meets a whole slew of anime, manga, video games, 70s, 80s, and 90s American cartoons and hits a blender to puree.
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[[folder:Films]]
* ''[[KellysHeroes Kelly's Heroes]]'' can be thought off as "''TheDirtyDozen'' meets ''TheItalianJob''", but [[spoiler:''without'' the DownerEnding of either of these films]].
* ''{{The Story of Ricky}}'' is best described as the live-action adaptation of ''The Shawshank Redemption'' meets ''Itchy and Scratchy''.
* CGI film ''TheWild'' is ''{{Madagascar}}'' meets ''FindingNemo''. Unlike these two, though, it was not well-liked.
* The John Cusack comedy ''MartianChild'' is basically ''{{About a Boy}}'' meets ''K-Pax''.
* The upcoming ''JustBuried'' looks like ''SweeneyTodd'' meets ''HotFuzz'' (or possibly ALeeMartinez, but nobody else knows who that is).
* Due to some comments by the director, J. J. Abrams, the [[Film/StarTrek eleventh]] ''Film/StarTrek'' [[Film/StarTrek film]] has been referred to in some forums as ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' meets ''StarWars''.
** The images shown of the set designs of the ''Enterprise's'' interior in said movie have also been referred to as ''StarTrek'' meets iStore.
* ''TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' is ''ManosTheHandsOfFate'' meets ''{{Frankenstein}}'' meets ''The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert''.
* ''StarWars'': ''{{Dune}}'' meets The (US) History Channel. Basically, pulp film.
** Tatooine in particular combines the climate of [[{{Dune}} Arrakis]] with the culture of Iowa.
* ''ForrestGump'' is ''BeingThere'' meets ''{{Zelig}}'', with a bit of LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek thrown in.
* The movie ''Bad Moon'' and the book it's based upon (''Thor'') are ''{{The Adventures of Rintintin}}'' meets ''TheHowling''.
* ''RosencrantzAndGuildensternAreDead'' is, quite deliberately, ''{{Hamlet}}'' meets ''WaitingForGodot''.
* ''Ninja III: The Domination'' is ''American Ninja'' meets ''TheExorcist''.
* ''MonsterSquad'' is ''TheGoonies'' meets the Universal Monsters.
* ''BasicInstinct'' is the love child of ''RussMeyer'' and ''AlfredHitchcock''.
* ''Highwaymen'' is ''MadMax'' meets ''Changing Lanes'', meets ''TheHitcher''.
* ''DragMeToHell'' is ''Thinner'' meets ''TheGrudge''.
* ''[[{{Film/Nine}} 9]]'' can probably be best described as ''LittleBigPlanet'' meets ''TheTerminator''... produced by Tim Burton and the director of ''{{Wanted}}''.
** The movie's own page on this wiki also calls it ''WallE'' meets ''TheTerminator''.
* ''Jason X'': ''Friday the 13th'' meets ''Star Trek''.
* ''{{Film/Outlander}}'' was described by at least one critic as "''{{Beowulf}}'' meets ''{{Predator}}''".
* ''{{Cloverfield}}'' is ''TheBlairWitchProject'' (or ''Cannibal Holocaust'', if you know your film history) meets ''{{Godzilla}}''.
* [=Disney/Pixar's=] ''{{Cars}}'': ''Doc Hollywood'' meets ''Wheelie & The Chopper Bunch'' meets... er... Pixar.
* ''{{Sidekicks}}'' is best described as ''TheWonderYears'' meets ''TheKarateKid'', with some self-indulgent ChuckNorris bits
* ''BarbWire'' is ''{{Casablanca}}'' in a ''MadMax'' costume, with a side of GenderFlip. And it is bad.
* A friend described ''DistrictNine'' as ''TheOffice'' meets ''BadTaste'' plus a $100 million budget. He was wrong: the budget was only $30 mil., but they had the power of WETA. ... plus David Cronenberg's The Fly?
* In an odd reversal ''{{High School Musical}}'' is ''Fame'' minus ''{{Skins}}''
* ''{{Old Boy}}'' is ''{{The Count Of Monte Cristo}}'' meets ''{{Fight Club}}'' meets ''{{Saw}}''.
* ''{{Dragonball Evolution}}'' is ''{{Dragonball Z}}'' meets ''{{Smallville}}''
* ''Pandorum'' is ''TheDescent'' meets ''TitanAE'' meets ''DeadSpace''.
* ''Trick 'r Treat'' is 2004's ''{{Crash}}'' meets CreepShow
* ''{{Zombieland}}'' is Zach Snyder's ''DawnOfTheDead'' remake (or, indeed, Romero's original) meets ''ShaunOfTheDead''.
* ''TheObjective'' is RainbowSix meets XFiles meets ApocalypseNow meets RestStop..and just as confusing.
* ''LawAbidingCitizen'' is DeathWish (or ThePunisher) meets ''{{Saw}}''
* ''{{Ghostbusters}}'' is ''{{The Exorcist}}'' meets ''{{Dirty Jobs}}''
* ''[[strike: [[StephenKing 1408]] [[{{Marvel}} 1608]] ]]'' '''''1906''''', {{Pixar}} and Brad Bird's foray into live-action film, is described as ''{{Titanic}}'' meets a city (San Francisco) and an earthquake (not literally, although [[TwentyTwelve that'd be pretty cool too]]).
* DavidCronenberg has described ''TheBrood'' as his version of ''KramerVersusKramer''.
* DaysOfThunder is TopGun meets Nascar.
* ''{{Wanted}}'' is ''TheMatrix'' meets ''FightClub''.
* ''[REC]'' is ''DiaryOfTheDead'' and/or ''TheLastBroadcast'' meets ''[[TwentyEightDaysLater 28 Weeks Later]]'' and or ''Left4Dead''
* ''[REC]2'' is ''RainbowSix'' and/or ''{{SWAT}}'' meets ''[[TwentyEightDaysLater 28 Weeks Later]]'' and or ''Left4Dead'' meets ''DiaryOfTheDead''
* ''SaveTheGreenPlanet'' is ''MenInBlack'' meets ''{{Misery}}''.
* ''GalaxyQuest'' is ''TheThreeAmigos'' meets ''StarTrek''.
* ''TropicThunder'' is ''TheThreeAmigos'' meets ''ApocalypseNow''.
* ''Gangster No. 1'' is ''{{Scarface}}'' meets ''SingleWhiteFemale''.
* ''ObserveAndReport'' is ''PaulBlartMallCop'' meets ''TaxiDriver''.
* ''SixStringSamurai'' is ''LoneWolfAndCub'' meets ''MadMax'' meets RockAndRoll.
* ''Anvil! The Story of Anvil'' is ''ThisIsSpinalTap'' meets RealLife. Seriously, it's spooky.
* The plot to ''The Abominable Dr. Phibes'' is ''{{Se7en}}'' meets ''ANightmareOnElmStreet'' meets ''{{Saw}}'', only several decades before any of them. Its mood, however, involves [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs eating several bowls of sugar laced with acid]].
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''TheInheritanceTrilogy'' and its film adaptation, ''Eragon'', are often described as "The plot of ''StarWars'' in the setting of ''{{The Lord of the Rings}}''". A little '''too''' "''Star Wars''" and a little '''too''' "''The Lord of the Rings''"... [[spoiler: and a little ''too'' [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Raph]]...]]
** It's also been described as "A StarWars rip-off plot in a LordOfTheRings rip-off world with [[TheEarthseaCycle Earthsea]] rip-off magic and [[DragonridersOfPern Pern]] rip-off dragons."
* The ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' novels ''GauntsGhosts'' are "''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' meets ''Sharpe''", while ''CiaphasCain'' is more "''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' meets ''{{Flashman}}'' meets ''{{Blackadder}}''". ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' itself can be described as "[[NinjaPirateZombieRobot absolutely everything meets absolutely everything]]", not so much DarkerAndEdgier as "[[RefugeInAudacity paints itself black and hurls itself over the edge]]".
* ''The Judas Strain'': ''NationalTreasure'' meets ''DieHard'' meets JamesBond meets ''28 Days Later'', meets ''GIJoe''.
* ''{{Temeraire}}'': ''Jonathan Norrell and Mr. Strange'' meets PatrickOBrian.
** Alternately ''DragonridersOfPern'' meets ''HoratioHornblower''
* ''Discworld/TheAmazingMauriceAndHisEducatedRodents'' is ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'' meets ''Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH'' meets ''WatershipDown''.
* The ''ThursdayNext'' series, despite apropos-of-nothing comparisons to ''HarryPotter'' and ''[[BridgetJones Bridget Jones's Diary]]'' on the back cover, is really more like ''HotFuzz'' meets ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' meets ''Last Action Hero'' WITH BOOKS. And ''{{Blade}}'' makes a series of cameos.
* NickCave's ''And The Ass Saw The Angel'' is William Faulkner meets Gabriel Garcia Marquez, [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs with foetal alcohol syndrome and lots of moonshine]].
* ''WorldWarZ'' has been described as ''Children of Men'', meets ''Syriana'', meets ''NightOfTheLivingDead''.
** Or ''NightOfTheLivingDead'' as done by Ken Burns.
* ''TheGoodnessGene'' is "''NineteenEightyFour'' meets ''BraveNewWorld''", but with more conspiracies and clones.
* ''{{Coraline}}'' is ''[[AliceInWonderland Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' meets ''Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon''. Or alternatively, [[AliceInWonderland Alice]] meets Kafka.
** Even better is probably [[AliceInWonderland Alice]] meets ''ANightmareOnElmStreet''.
** Alternately, ''[[{{Narnia}} The Lion, The Witch,]] and TheCabinetOfDrCaligari''. The fact that the film version was directed by Henry ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' Selick helps.
* Anthony Trolloppe's ''The Way We Live Now'' is ''PrideAndPrejudice'' meets ''{{Watchmen}}''.
* ''Pride & Prejudice & Zombies'' is... ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
* ''TheHouseOfNight'': ''{{Twilight}}'' meets ''SailorMoon'' meets ''HarryPotter''
* The ''CompleteWorldKnowledge'' series has been described as ''PaleFire'', as directed by WesAnderson.
* Subverted in one review, which said that if TimBurton reimagined ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera'''... it would still fall ''far'' short of NeilGaiman's ''{{Neverwhere}}''.
* The ''CodexAlera'' is ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' meets ''[=~Pokémon~=]'' with just a bit of Rome for flavoring and some [[{{Animorphs}} yeerks]] thrown in.
* EatersOfTheDead is intentionally ''{{Beowulf}}'' meets Ahmad ibn Fadlan's travelogue.
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[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* ''{{Lost}}'': ''TheTwilightZone'' meets ''[[GilligansIsland Gilligan's Island]]'' meets ''LordOfTheFlies'' meets ''ThePrisoner''.
* ''MiamiVice'' was supposedly funded and the pilot produced after a brief meeting where it was described as "MTV Cops", with essentially no other details.
* Also parodied on ''ThirdRockFromTheSun'', when a minor character announces that he's writing a story that's "like ''DieHard'', but in an office building." Dick points out that ''DieHard'' ''was'' [[ItsBeenDone set in an office building]], to the character's annoyance.
* Joss Whedon refers to ''{{Buffy The Vampire Slayer}}'' as ''{{My So Called Life}}'' meets ''{{The X Files}}''.
* ''{{Reaper}}'' is best described as ''{{Brimstone}}'' meets ''{{Clerks}}''.
* Pre-season 1, ''{{Torchwood}}'' was often described as ''TheXFiles'' meets ''ThisLife''. (''{{Angel}}'' meets ''QueerAsFolk'' would seem more accurate.)
* ''{{Airwolf}}'' was ''TheATeam'' (or ''{{MacGyver}}'' or ''KnightRider'' if you prefer) in a helicopter.
* ''{{CSI}}'' is ''LawAndOrder'' meets HollywoodScience.
* This troper insists on describing ''LifeOnMars'' as ''TheSweeney'' meets ''{{Farscape}}''.
** Or maybe ''TheSweeney'' meets the ''{{Chronicles of Thomas Covenant}}''.
* ''Drive (2007)'' was ''{{Lost}}'' meets ''Cannonball Run''.
** Since ''{{Lost}}'' was pitched to ABC as a scripted show reminiscent of ''{{Survivor}}'', ''{{Drive}}'' could also be seen as the ''TheAmazingRace'' analogue.
* ''GoodEats'' is a ScienceShow mixed with a CookingShow -- or if you prefer specific show examples, ''{{Mythbusters}}'' meets ''BeakmansWorld'' meets ''BillNyeTheScienceGuy'' mixed with ''Cooking with Science'' (the actual book series that inspired the show) mixed with Emeril Lagasse...
* Julia Child + ProfessionalWrestling = ''IronChef''
** Knock the WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome factor down to about 33%, you get ''IronChef America''
*** Depends on if you see ICA first, arguably.
*** Not to mention that ICA has better chefs as challengers and fairer judging across the board. If you tuned into the original for the competition aspect, as this Troper did, ICA is a godsend. If you tuned in for the camp... well, that's your business.
* ''LostInAusten'': ''LifeOnMars'' meets ''PrideAndPrejudice''.
* ''{{Supernatural}}'': ''{{Angel}}'' and ''TheXFiles'' meets ''TheDukesOfHazzard'' and ''StarWars''.
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': ''XMen'' meets ''{{Lost}}''.
* [=SpikeTV=]'s ''Manswers'' is ''BrainiacScienceAbuse'' meets ''TheManShow''.
* ''{{NCIS}}'': ''{{JAG}}'' meets ''{{CSI}}''.
* TNT's ''Leverage'': ''BurnNotice'' meets ''MissionImpossible''.
** Likewise, ''BurnNotice'' has been described as ''MiamiVice'' meets ''[[TheATeam The A-Team]] meets MacGyver meets JamesBond''.
** Another... ''RobinHood'' meets ''OceansEleven''.
* ''NowhereMan'' is The ''XFiles'' meets ''TheFugitive''.
** In This Troper's opinion, more like ''TheFugitive'' meets ''ThePrisoner''.
* ''ThePretender'' is ''QuantumLeap'' meets ''TheFugitive''.
* ''{{Castle}}'' is ''{{Moonlighting}}'' meets ''MurderSheWrote'' ("... having not really remembered ''Moonlighting'' and never seeing ''Murder She Wrote''," says star Nathan Fillion.)
* ''StepByStep'' is ''TheBradyBunch'' meets ''TheOddCouple''.
* ''TheLeagueOfGentlemen'' is ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' meets ''CoronationStreet'' meets ''TheWickerMan'' meets ''TwinPeaks''.
* ''SeaQuestDSV'' is ''StarTrek'' [[RecycledINSPACE under WATER]].
** ''StarTrek'' itself was ''HoratioHornblower'' meets ''TheOuterLimits''.
*** I thought ''StarTrek'' was ''WagonTrainToTheStars''?
**** It was pitched as such, but it's hard to find anything specifically Western-ish in the original series other than "Spectre Of the Gun", while Hornblower was a acknowledged influence, and the older [=SF=] anthology shows just have fingerprints all over it.
* ''HogansHeroes'': ''TheGreatEscape'' meets the SitCom formula.
* Discovery's ''Weaponizers'': ''Junkyard Wars'' meets ''[=BattleBots=]'' meets ''TwistedMetal''.
* ''{{Glee}}'': ''{{Fame}}'' meets ''TheOffice'' (Or ''HighSchoolMusical'' meets ''TheOffice'', for the younger set).
* ''Out Of The Wild: The Alaska Experiment'': ''{{Survivor}}'' meets ''{{Survivorman}}''.
* ''{{Smallville}}'': ''{{Superman}}'' meets ''DawsonsCreek''.
* ''ThePrisoner'': ''JamesBond'' meets Samuel Beckett.
* ''RoyalPains'': ''BurnNotice'' meets ''NorthernExposure''.
* ''TheMightyBoosh'' is ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'' meets ''FlightOfTheConchords'', only on acid.
* ''LionMaruG'' is ''{{GARO}}'' meets ''DeuceBigalowMaleGigalo''.
* ''One Way Out'': David Blaine meets ''{{Jackass}}''
* "Dance Your Ass Off" is TheBiggestLoser meets DancingWithTheStars. I'm guessing that's probably how the sold it, too.
* ''PushingDaisies'': ''MurderSheWrote'' meets ''{{Amelie}}''.
* ''{{Warehouse13}}'' is ''{{Fringe}}'' meets ''{{Eureka}}'' with bits of ''{{Moonlighting}}''
**Or, alternatively, ''{{Bones}}'' in the SCPFoundation instead of the Jeffersonian.
* ''Tin Man'' is TheWizardOfOz meets SpaceOpera. (It's too much of a genuine SpaceOpera to be a mere RecycledInSpace.)
* The Military Channel's ''Special Ops Mission'': ''{{Survivorman}}'' meets a Steven Segal movie.
* [[{{Casualty1906}} Casualty 1909]] has been described by one critic as "''{{Cranford}} being overrun by zombies.''". ThisTroper thinks it's more a case of ''Bleak House'' meets ''Bodies'' with a side of ''Pride and Prejudice''.
* ''Three Sheets'': ''The Thirsty Traveler'' meets ''Insomniac With Dave Attell''.
* ''{{White Collar}}'' is ''48 Hours'' meets ''CatchMeIfYouCan''
* ''Man Vs Fish'': ''ManVsWild'' meets Bill Dance.
* ''Chefs Vs. City'': ''TheAmazingRace'' meets ''Man Vs. Food''
* ''StarTrekVoyager'' is ''StarTrek'' meets ''BattlestarGalactica'' (or alternatively, ''LostInSpace'')
** ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' is ''StarTrek'' meets ''[[BabylonFive Babylon 5]]''
* ''{{Stargate Universe}}'': ''{{Stargate}}'' (more the movie than ''SG-1'' or ''Atlantis'') meets ''[[BattlestarGalactica Battlestar Galactica 2005]] ''meets ''{{The Last Starfighter}}'' meets ''Flight of the Phoenix'' meets ''{{LostInSpace}}''
* ''BeingErica'' is ''QuantumLeap'' meets ''[[PeggySue Peggy Sue Got Married]]''
* ''WeirdScience'' is ''IDreamOfJeannie'' meets ''BeavisAndButthead''.
* ''{{Mythbusters}}'' co-host Adam Savage once described the show as "''Jackass'' meets ''Mr. Wizard''"
* ''QI'' is quiz bowl meets stand-up comedy.
* ''Sons Of Anarchy'' is ''TheSopranos'' meets ''AmericanChopper''
* ''{{Misfits}}'' is Series/{{Heroes}} [[MockTheWeek crossed with]] {{Skins}}
* ''{{House}}'' is ''SherlockHolmes'' meets ''{{ER}}'' with a tasty sprinkle (for those who know it) of ''BlackJack''
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[[folder:Music]]
* The band ''Zipthunk!'' was described in a review as "Like The Monkees getting F****d by The Pixies while Elvis Costello films the whole thing."
* Humorusly this troper once heard the Beyonce song "Ring The Alarm" as Mariah Carrey meets Pantera.
* Hawkwind are basically "PinkFloyd meets MC5".
* 3 Inches Of Blood are something akin to Judas Priest meets HammerFall with harsh vocals.
* The psychobilly genre is basically 1950s rockabilly meets a ZombieApocalypse.
* BoneThugsNHarmony was described by one reviewer as NWA meets [[MotorMouth John Moschitta, Jr.]], meets BoyzIIMen.
* Battles could be described as "{{Radiohead}} meet FrankZappa."
* Rap act DeadPrez was considered a amalgamation of NWA and PublicEnemy.
* Demons And Wizards is literally IcedEarth meets BlindGuardian.
* IronMaiden is 70's progressive rock (Kansas, Rush, Jethro Tull ect.) meets JudasPriest.
* Early Metallica was essentially Diamond Head meets Discharge.
* In Flames began essentially as Iron Maiden meets Kreator.
* Scar Symmetry can be described as Dismember meets Gamma Ray.
* Threat Signal is the child of Fear Factory, Killswitch Engage and Meshuggah.
* Dio is more or less BlackSabbath meets Rainbow.
* Symphony X is what you would get with DreamTheater playing power metal.
* Lady Gaga could be described as "Fergie and Gwen Stefani had a baby, [[TakeThat and that baby was dropped on its head]]."
** Isn't that inbreeding?
* Lady Sovereign could be described as "Miley Cyrus and Eminem had a baby, with anti-aging drugs."
* Mother's Finest was described by some fans as ''Led Zepplin'', meets, ''Ike and Tina''
* Maxwell is often described as MarvinGaye meets {{Sade}}
* This troper describes Muse as "The Killers meets Dream Theater," and Dream Theater as "Metallica hooking up with Rush at a Julliard kegger."
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[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* ''KaijuBigBattel'' is {{Toku}} monster movie meets ProfessionalWrestling.
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* ''{{Cthulhutech}}'' can very easily be summed up as "''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets the [[HPLovecraft Cthulhu Mythos]]". This is a selling point.
* ''FATAL'' can be summed up as ''D&D'' meets hardcore porn and math textbooks.
* ''{{Spelljammer}}'' (on a [[FauxtivationalPoster demotivator]]) was once described as "''StarTrek'' meets ''[[DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons & Dragons]]''. It's like porn for nerds."
* ''{{Shadowrun}}'' is ''{{Warhammer}}'' meets the collected works of William Gibson.
* ''{{Exalted}}'', one half of fantasy fiction meets the other half.
** Alternatively, {{Exalted}} is LordOfTheRings meets GurrenLagann.
* {{GURPS}} is ''d20 Modern'' meets ''{{Champions}}''.
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[[folder:Theatre]]
* The musical ''AvenueQ'' has been described as "''SouthPark'' + ''SesameStreet'' + ''{{Friends}}''", while the creators have described it as ''SesameStreet'' meets ''{{RENT}}''.
* Adam Tettle's ''Misha'' is best described as ''ItsAWonderfulLife'' + ''{{Superbad}}''. Naturally, it's BetterThanItSounds.
* ''A Night in the Old Markeplace'' is basically ''{{Fiddler on the Roof}}'' meets ''[[TomWaits The Black Rider]]''.
* ''A Shoggoth on the Roof'' is ''{{Fiddler on the Roof}}'' meets ''HPLovecraft''. Literally.
* TheFantasticks has been described as "RomeoAndJuliet meets Reality".
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''DragonQuestMonsters'' = ''DragonQuest'' + ''[=~Pokémon~=]''
* An advertisement for the game ''SinsOfASolarEmpire'' (which really has nothing to do with sins) says Gamespot described it as ''Galactic Civilization'' meets ''{{Homeworld}}''.
* ''MetalWolfChaos'' has been described as "''TheWestWing'' meets ''{{Robotech}}'' meets ''{{Rampage}}''."
* ''DinoCrisis'' is ''ResidentEvil'' meets ''JurassicPark''.
* ''Dino Crisis 3'' is ''{{Alien}}'' meets ''Jurassic Park''.
* ''FinalFantasyCrystalChronicles: My Life as a King'' = ''Crystal Chronicles'' + ''DarkCloud''
* The freeware game ''Yume Nikki'' has been touted as "''{{Earthbound}}'' meets ''SilentHill''," which is pretty accurate given the utter MindScrew factor.
* Video game reviewer [[ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]] describes ''{{Earthbound}}'' as "a cross between the [[HPLovecraft Cthulhu mythos]] and the [[{{Peanuts}} Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show]]."
** Yahtzee also described ''{{Psychonauts}}'' as "It's kinda like if {{Tim Burton}} knocked up {{David Lynch}} in [[CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka's chocolate factory]] and [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs he did meth right up until the birth]]."
* ''{{Psychonauts}}'': "''{{Earthbound}}'' meets mid-90s Nickelodeon."
* The ''DarkCloud'' series itself is like ''SimCity'' meets ''FinalFantasy'', and the second game adds ''ChronoTrigger'' to the mix.
* ''PrinceOfPersia'' meets ''MetalGearSolid''? ''[[AssassinsCreed Assassins' Creed]]''.
* ''KingdomHearts'' is [[CrossOver quite literally]] ''{{Disney}}'' meets ''FinalFantasy''.
* ''GrimFandango'' can be described as FilmNoir meets the Día de los Muertos.
* ''BlastWorks'' is ''Darius'' meets ''KatamariDamacy''.
* ''DrawnToLife'' is ''ActRaiser'' meets ''AnimalCrossing''.
* ''BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing'' is ''TheEyeOfArgon'' meets ''Gran Turismo''.
* The ''Jump Stars'' series is ''SuperSmashBros'' meets Shonen Jump.
* ''TalesOfSymphonia: [[OddlyNamedSequel Dawn Of The New World]]'' is ''TalesOfSymphonia'' meets ''[=~Pokémon~=]''.
* ''PuzzleQuest'': ''{{Bejeweled}}'' meets ''WorldOfWarcraft''.
** PQ:Galatrix: ''PuzzleQuest'' meets ''Hexic'' meets ''EVEOnline''.
** Puzzle Kingdom: {{Bejeweled}} meets ''FireEmblem''.
* ''SilentHill 3'' is ''Juno'' meets HPLovecraft. No word on what the other ones are.
* ''MassEffect'' is '''''NOT''''' [[StarWars Luke Skywalker]] meets ''[[{{Filth}} Debbie Does Dallas]]'', whatever some (brain-dead even by MoralGuardians standards) people want to think.
** Yeah, it's more like ''StarshipTroopers'' meets ''RendezvousWithRama'' meets ''CallOfCthulhu''.
* ''{{Persona3}}'' is something akin to ''CodeLyoko'' meets ''{{Bleach}}''...
* ''{{Persona4}}'': ''ScoobyDoo'' meets ''DeathNote''.
** Maybe ''AmericanGods'' doing something illegal with Kafka on the Shore and ''Earthbound''.
* ''{{Spelunky}}'': LaMulana meets {{Roguelike}}s. And {{Mario}}.
* ''SenkoNoRonde'' is StarControl meets BulletHell
* ''{{Eversion}}'' is ''SuperMarioBros'' meets ''Monster Party''.
* Video game Historian/analyst Kieth Fienstien on CNBC called ''{{Halo}}'': "''{{Robocop}}'', with Colonial Marines from ''{{Aliens}}'', meets ''{{War of the Worlds}}'', with a ''NightOfTheLivingDead''/''InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'' subplot.
* ''RuneFactory'': ''HarvestMoon'' meets ''DungeonSiege'' meets ''MonsterRancher''.
** A lot of official sorces will all but state this.
* ''CommandAndConquer 3: Tiberium Wars'' is ''G.I. Joe'' fighting Cobra, When all of a sudden a third faction shows up that happens to be a AlienInvasion force.
* ''ActRaiser'' is ''{{Valis}}'' meets ''SimCity'' meets Christianity.
* Upcoming Konami game ''Magician's Quest: Mysterious Times / Little Magician's Magic Adventure'' is ''AnimalCrossing'' meets ''HarryPotter.''
* ''DokaponKingdom'' is ''[[DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons & Dragons]]'' meets ''MarioParty''.
* ''ResidentEvil 4'' is ''TheNightOfTheLivingDead'' meets ''TheWickerMan'' meets ''Film/TheThing''.
** Or ''{{Invasion of the Body Snatchers}}'' meet ''TwentyFour'' meets ''Dagon'' meets ''TheWickerMan''.
* ''{{Worms}}'' is ''{{Lemmings}}'' meets ''Artillery''. (The earliest prototype versions were reportedly named ''Lemartillery''.)
* ''Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune'' is ''InitialD Arcade Stage'' meets ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer''.
* ''V-Five'' is ''{{Gradius}}'' meets ''Raiden''.
* ''{{Lumines}}'' is ''PuyoPuyo'' meets ''Rez''.
* ''Space Invaders Extreme'' is ''SpaceInvaders'' meets ''Rez''.
* ''{{DJMAX}} Technika'' is ''EliteBeatAgents'' meets ''Lumines''.
* ''LaMulana'' is ''IndianaJones'' meets ''Knightmare II: Maze of Galious''.
* ''[=EZ2Dancer=]'' is ''Dance [=ManiaX=]'' meets ''DanceDanceRevolution''.
** ''Techno Motion'' is ''DanceDanceRevolution'' meets ''Pump It Up''. [[MemeticMutation KONAMI AND ANDAMIRO WILL SUE.]]
** ''Pump It Up Pro'' is ''InTheGroove'' meets ''Pump It Up''.
* ''ESWAT'' is ''{{Shinobi}}'' meets ''{{Robocop}}''.
* ''[[JakAndDaxter Jak II]]'' is basically ''JakAndDaxter'' meets ''GrandTheftAuto''.
* ''{{Gyruss}}'' is ''{{Galaga}}'' meets ''{{Tempest}}''.
** ''[[http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/tt_e.html Torus Trooper]]'' is ''Gyruss'' meets ''{{F-Zero}}''.
* ''Razing Storm'' is ''GHOST Squad'' meets ''TimeCrisis''.
** no, actually ''GHOST Squad'' meets MetalGearSolid4 featuring MoreDakka and StuffBlowingUp
* ''GrimGrimoire'' is ''Film/GroundhogDay'' meets ''HarryPotter'' [[spoiler:with LesYay]].
* ''PopNMusic'' is ''Bishi Bashi Championship'' meets ''{{beatmania}}''.
* ''[[http://www.kongregate.com/zening Zening]]'' is ''CodeLyoko'' and ''FinalFantasyTatics'' meet ''{{Evangelion}}''.
* ''SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'': ''{{Animaniacs}}'' meets ''{{Psych}}'' (even though they both came out long after S&M).
* ''{{Nethack}}'': ''[[DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons & Dragons]]'' meets the alphabet.
* ''{{Contra}}'' = ''Aliens'' + ''Predator'' + ''Commando'' + ''{{Rambo}} First Blood Part II''
** And ''[[strike:Arc Hound]] [[DolledUpInstallment Contra Force]]'' is ''{{Contra}}'' ([[RecycledINSPACE in the modern day]]) with the power-up system from ''{{Gradius}}''.
* ''Doom'' is ''Aliens'' meets ''EvilDead''.
* ''LethalEnforcers 3'' is ''Police 911'' (or ''TimeCrisis'') meets ''Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune''.
* ''ShadowHearts'' = ''Hellboy'' + ''MontyPython'' + ''AllQuietOnTheWesternFront'' + ''IndianaJones'' + Tim Powers' work + ... it's complicated, alright?
* ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'': ''TenLittleIndians'' meets ''Film/GroundhogDay''.
* ''Heart of Darkness'' is ''CommanderKeen'' meets ''Game/AnotherWorld''.
* ''Bit.trip Beat'' is ''Pong'' meets ''Rez''
* ''CastleCrashers'': ''{{Gauntlet}}'' meets ''AlienHominid''
* ''ViewtifulJoe'' is Kung Fu (very old school beat'em up on the Arcade & NES) meets KamenRider
* ''Free Realms'': ''{{World of Warcraft}}'' meets ''{{Neopets}}''
* ''WarioWare'': ''Game & Watch'' meets the animated segments of ''Monty Python's Flying Circus''.
* ''NFL Blitz'': ''TecmoBowl'' meets ''NBA Jam''
* ''{{Prototype}}'': ''{{Hulk}}: Ultimate Destruction'' meets the game of ''SpiderMan 2'' meets ''AssassinsCreed'' meets [[{{Gorn}} a big bucket of blood]].
* ''Fairytale Fights'': ''CastleCrashers'' meets ''{{Hoodwinked}}'' as seen through ''AnimalCrossing''-colored filters.
* The upcoming beat-em-up ''DantesInferno'' is ''The DivineComedy'' meets ''GodOfWar''.
* ''BackyardSports'' is MLB/MLS/NBA/NFL/NHL meets JimmyNeutron-esque characters.
* {{Lugaru}} is UsagiYojimbo meets lo-res graphics.
* ''MuramasaTheDemonBlade'': ''NinjaGaiden'' meets ''OdinSphere''.
* ''{{Spectrobes}}'': ''PhantasyStar'' meets ''{{Pokemon}}''.
* ''{{Kirby}}'' + ''LineRider'' = ''Kirby: Canvas Curse''.
* ''Culdcept'' is ''{{Monopoly}}'' with elements of ''MagicTheGathering''.
*''DeadSpace'' is the plot and storytelling of ''[[SystemShock System Shock 2]]'' with the gameplay of ''[[ResidentEvil Resident Evil 4]]''.
* It looks like Bioware's new MMO is going to be {{KOTOR}} meets WorldOfWarcraft. Based on the division of players into two sides (one "light" but not good, and one dark yet not "evil") that were at war, but have an unstable treaty...
* [[http://www.farmville.com/ Farmville]]: ''HarvestMoon'' meets ''{{Facebook}}''
* ''Mushihime-sama'' is ''{{Touhou}}'' meets ''{{DoDonPachi}}''.
* ''{{Rez}}'' is ''{{RayCrisis}}'' (both its setting ''and'' the lock-on mechanic!) meets ''Starblade''.
* ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'' is ''TheUsualSuspects'' meets ''AndThenThereWereNone''.
* {{Borderlands}} is [[{{Fallout3}} Fallout 3]] except fun.
* [[RainbowIslands Rainbow Islands Evolution]] (obscure PSP game): [[KidIcarus Kid Icarus]] meets the Z-axis and [[SambaDeAmigo Samba de Amigo]].
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* ''{{Red vs Blue}}'' was described by critics as "''StarWars'' meets {{Clerks}}''."
** Really, it's more like ''{{Halo}}'' meets ''{{Clerks}}''.
* ''SuperMarioBrosZ'' is ''SuperMarioBros'' meets ''SonicTheHedgehog'' with ''DragonBallZ'' physics.
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[[folder:Web Comics]]
* ''Abby's Agency'': ''JamesBond'' meets ''{{Dilbert}}''.
* ''ExterminatusNow'': ''SonicTheHedgehog'' meets ''{{Warhammer 40000}}''.
* ''HelloCthulhu'': [[HPLovecraft The Cthulhu Mythos]] meets ''{{HelloKitty}}''. Which is basically the entire point.
* ''CaptainSNES'': ''CaptainNTheGameMaster'' meets ''ChronoTriger''... as a SpriteComic with a very strange set of {{fourth wall}}s.
* ''IrregularWebcomic'': ''[[DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons & Dragons]]'' meets ''CrocodileHunter'' meets ''{{Shakespeare}}'' meets ''IndianaJones'' meets ''{{Mythbusters}}'' meets ''{{GURPS}}'' in space meets ''StarWars'' meets ''HarryPotter'' meets ''JamesBond'' meets ''TerryPratchett'' meets ''HPLovecraft''. Literally.
** There is also an Ancient Rome section, though it doesn't show up that often. Also, the different aspects of the strip sometimes do crossovers. Also, every Christmas brings HPLovecraft meets a classic Christmas carol.
* ''{{The Order of the Stick}}'' post-CerebusSyndrome: ''[[EightBitTheater 8-Bit Theater]]'' meets ''FireEmblem''.
* According to ''Cortland'', ''{{Dilbert}}'' + gaming = ''{{PVP}}''.
* ''LastResort'': The bastard child of ''RatchetAndClank'' and ''Series/GoldDigger'' (and raised by ''TheRunningMan'', we think).
* ''{{Shadowgirls}}'': Explicitly described on the main page as "HPLovecraft meets the ''GilmoreGirls''."
* ''[[http://www.rcsitravel.net/index.php Code Name: Hunter]]'': ''{{Dangermouse}}'' meets ''TheDresdenFiles''.
* ''BearNuts'': ''CareBears'' meets ''HappyTreeFriends'' meets ''TheHairBearBunch''.
* ''GunnerkriggCourt'' is best described as ''HarryPotter'' meets ''XFiles''.
** With a little ''NancyDrew'' thrown in there.
* ''AoiHouse'': ''{{Genshiken}}'' meets ''LoveHina''... [[{{Yu-Gi-OhTheAbridgedSeries}} in America!]]
* ''[=~Guardians: Land of Legends~=]'' has often been described by the author as ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' meets ''ChroniclesOfNarnia''.
*''[[http://www.lucid-tv.com Lucid TV]]'' is ''PerryBibleFellowship'' mating with ''{{Scrubs}}''. Cheerfully.
*''[[CollegeRoomiesFromHell College Roomies From Hell!!!]]'' used to be [[WordOfGod described by the author]] as {{Friends}} if it was written by [[HPLovecraft H.P. Lovecraft]].
*''[[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/prankster/Freak/series.php Freak U]]'' is ''RevengeOfTheNerds'' meets ''MisfitsOfScience'' meets ''SabrinaAndTheGroovyGhoulies''
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* ''SailorNothing'': ''SailorMoon'' meets ''{{Watchmen}}'', or perhaps ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
* ''[=Re\Visioned=]: Tomb Raider - Pre-Teen Raider'': ''TombRaider'' meets ''KimPossible''
* ''ThereWillBeBrawl'': ''SinCity'' meets ''SuperSmashBros.'' with a good helping of ''TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' thrown in.
* LaconicWiki: TVTropes meets Twitter.
* WhateleyUniverse: ''Archie Comics'' meets ''XMen''. Except it's funny.
* {{Unskippable}}: ''[[MysteryScienceTheatre3000 MST3K]]'' meets...more ''[[MysteryScienceTheatre3000 MST3K]]''. [[foldercontrol]]

[[folder: [[Recycled INSPACE But with Video Games! ]]
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* WormtoothNation: ''AMidsummerNightsDream'' meets ''DarkCity'' [[RecycledInSpace IN A SUBTERRAINEAN STEAMPUNK WORLD!]]
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''Wired'' magazine has described ''WonderShowzen'' as "''SesameStreet'' meets ''SouthPark''".
* ''HomeMovies'' creator Brendon Small has a new show, ''Barbarian Chronicles'', in production, which he describes in this way: "''{{The Lord of the Rings}}'' meets ''CurbYourEnthusiasm''".
* Parodied on ''TheSimpsons'' episode "Homer to the Max" (1999): The thirteen producers of ''Police Cops'' started out "with a singular vision" -- ''{{Titanic}}'' meets ''{{Frasier}}'' --, but it scared the hell out of them, so they threw together something about cops with badges that shoot laser, and then the cops behind the lasers.
-->'''Thug 1:''' Oh no! It's the cops!\\
'''Thug 2:''' Even worse. Police. Cops.
* ''TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee'' looks to many like ''KimPossible'' Meets ''AmericanDragonJakeLong'' -- the creator, however, describes it as ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' meets ''TheSimpsons''.
** Nah, it's more ''KimPossible'' meets ''JackieChanAdventures''.
* ''TransformersAnimated'' has been described as ''{{Transformers}}'' meets ''JusticeLeague''.
* ''AlphaTeensOnMachines'' is ''TeenTitans'' meets ''RocketPower''.
* The "Heroes" episode of ''{{Batman Beyond}}'' was like ''{{Fantastic Four}}'' meets ''Aberrant''.
* ''TheBackyardigans'': ''OjamajoDoremi'' meets ''{{Rugrats}}''.
* ''TheSecretSaturdays'': ''JonnyQuest'' meets ''TheHerculoids'' meets ''{{Supernatural}}''.
* ''MoralOrel'' has been described as ''DaveyAndGoliath'' meets ''SouthPark''.
* ''WinxClub'' is ''HarryPotter'' meets ''{{SailorMoon}}''.
** ''SailorMoon'' goes to Hogwarts might be more accurate.
** Or even more accurately, {{WITCH}} goes to Hogwarts.
* ''Handy Manny'' is ''BobTheBuilder'' meets ''DoraTheExplorer''.
* ''{{Histeria}}!'' is ''{{Animaniacs}}'' (or maybe ''SaturdayNightLive'') meets ''[=~Liberty's Kids~=]''.
* ''ClassOf3000'' is ''The Steve Harvey Show'' meets ''TheMagicSchoolBus''
* The upcoming series, ''Stoked'', appears to be ''6Teen'' meets ''TotalDramaIsland''.
** Well, ''6teen'' [[{{Recycled IN SPACE}} at the beach]], anyway.
* ''TaleSpin'' was ''TheJungleBook'' meets ''CrimsonSkies'' plus ''{{Moonlighting}}''
* ''MonsterBusterClub'' is ''{{Ghostbusters}}'' meets PowerRangers. Only bad.
* ''{{Squidbillies}}'' is AquaTeenHungerForce meets [[strike:LuckyStar]] ''{{Seinfeld}}''.
* ''DannyPhantom'' [[http://www.animationmagazine.net/article/2337 was described]] by series creator Butch Hartman as "''JonnyQuest'' meets ''[[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' meets ''{{Ghostbusters}}''."
* Chaotic can be described as {{Warcraft}} meets {{Yu-Gi-Oh}}.
** Alternately, ''[[{{Ptitleikz3xeb8}} 6Teen]]'' meets {{Yu-Gi-Oh}} with a light dusting of ''[[{{ptitleikxjln2mifoc}} .hack]]''
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!!Characters Examples

[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* ''SuzumiyaHaruhi'':
** Haruhi: Asuka Langley Sohryuu meets [[GoodOmens Adam]] while mainlining [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs caffeine and speed]].
** Yuki Nagato: [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei Ayanami]] meets [[spoiler:[[TheMatrix Agent Smith]]]] and, later, [[strike:Mark Knopfler]] [[strike:Steve Vai]] [[strike:Jimi Friggin' Hendrix]] ''{{Buckethead}}''.
*** And [[{{Watchmen}} Dr. Manhattan]].
** Kyon: [[TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Arthur Dent]] meets [[{{Stargate SG-1}} Jack O'Neill]].
** Koizumi: [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Kaworu Nagisa]] meets [[TheSimpsons Waylon Smithers]].
* [[{{Naruto}} Orochimaru]]: a cross between [[HarryPotter Voldemort]], [[MemeticMolester Michael Jackson]], and [[MadScientist Josef Mengele]].
* From [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2008-09-07 this article]] on ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'':
** The ''{{FLCL}}'' staff plus the ''AbenobashiMahouShoutengai'' staff.
** The HumongousMecha: {{Gunbuster}} meets [[NeonGenesisEvangelion EVA-01]].
** Simon: [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji]] meets [[{{Gunbuster}} Noriko]] and [[OtakuNoVideo Ken Kubo]].
** Kamina: [[{{Gunbuster}} Kazumi and Lal'C meet Smith Toren]].
** Yoko: [[{{FLCL}} Haruko]] meets [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Misato]].
** And Boota: [[NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater King]] meets [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Pen-Pen]].
* [[LuckyStar Minami Iwasaki]] is [[HaruhiSuzumiya Yuki Nagato]] meets [[AzumangaDaioh Sakaki-san]]
** Speaking of which, Kagami Hiiragi from the same series is [[MartianSuccessorNadesico Ruri Hoshino]] meets [[SouthPark Kyle Broflovski]].
*** With a dash of [[SuzumiyaHaruhi Kyon]] thrown in. Yare yare.
* [[JojosBizarreAdventure Jotaro Kujo]] is [[FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro]] and [[YuYuHakusho Yusuke Urameshi]] put together. Dio is {{Dracula}} and [[FistOfTheNorthStar Souther]] put together.
* [[FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro]]: Bruce Lee + The Road Warrior. Toki is Jesus + Bruce Lee. Souther is just an [[CompleteMonster asshole]].
* [[NininGaShinobuden Onsokumaru]]: [[DragonBall Master Roshi]] meets NorioWakamoto and the Wal-Mart smiley face.
* Shortly into dubbing the first episode, CaitlinGlass pointed out [[OuranHighSchoolHostClub Tamaki Suoh]] to be [[DNAngel Dark Mousy]] + [[TsubasaChronicle Fai Florite]] + [[FullmetalAlchemist Ed Elric]]. And she didn't precast, which makes you wonder how no-one figured it out sooner.
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[[folder:Films]]
* The [[Film/{{Avatar}} Na'Vi]] look a lot like [[Film/XMen Beast]] mated with [[{{Hellboy}} Abe Sapien]] ([[{{Frasier}} wait, what??]]).

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[[folder:Literature]]
* [[{{Twilight}} Edward Cullen]]: Dracula and/or [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Spike]] meets [[SuzumiyaHaruhi Itsuki Koizumi]] and [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles something shiny]]. Maybe throw in some [[WutheringHeights Heathecliff]], too. But miss the irony of Heathecliff's character.
* According to his author, [[TheThrawnTrilogy Grand Admiral Thrawn]] is Erwin Rommel meets Robert E. Lee, Hannibal Barca, Alexander the Great, and SherlockHolmes. [[CaptainObvious Thrawn's intelligent]].
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[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* [[DoctorWho Romana]]: [[JaneAusten Mr Darcy]] meets [[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Jadzia Dax]] and [[LordPeterWimsey Harriet Vane]].
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[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
* {{TNA}} wrestler Abyss has been described as Kane meets Mankind
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* Jack of ''MadWorld'' looks like {{Hellboy}} crossed with [[EvilDead Ash Williams.]]
* [[{{Persona3}} Ryoji Mochizuka]]: [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Kaworu Nagisa]] meets [[TalesOfSymphonia Zelos Wilder]] (Starts off on the Zelos end, but moves closer and closer to the Kaworu end as the game progresses).
* From ''{{Persona4}}'':
** [[FanNickname Souji Seta]] (the protagonist): [[ScoobyDoo Freddy]] meets [[{{Persona3}} Minato Arisato]].
** Yosuke Hanamura: [[{{Persona3}} Junpei Iori]] meets [[TheSimpsons Waylon Smithers]].
** Chie Satonaka: [[{{Persona3}} Yukari Takeba]] meets Jackie Chan.
** Adachi Tohru: [[{{Persona3}} Shuji Ikutsuki]] meets [[DeathNote Matsuda]].
** Kanji Tastsumi: [[{{Persona3}} Shinjiro Aragaki]] (notice a pattern here?) meets [[TheSimpsons Nelson Muntz]].
***Really? Because I always thought Kanji Tatsumi was more of a [[{{Persona 3}} Shinjiro Aragaki meets Akihiko Sanada.]]
** Naoto Shirogane: [[RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy Raidou Kuzunoha]] meets [[RevolutionaryGirlUtena Utena Tenjou]].
* [[GuiltyGear Leopaldon]] is [[{{Darkstalkers}} Sasquatch]] meets [[WakuWaku7 Politank Z]].
* [[{{Disgaea 3}} Champloo-sensei]]: [[{{Disgaea 2}} Adell]] + Emeril Lagasse (BAM!) + John Madden (BOOM!) + Adell (again, for extra [[HotBlooded spice]]).
* [[{{Castlevania}} Richter Belmont]]: [[StreetFighter Ryu]] meets Simon Belmont.
* [[BlazBlue Bang Shishigami]]: [[{{Naruto}} Naruto Uzumaki]] + [[SuperRobotWars Sanger Zonvolt]].
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[[folder:Web Comics]]
* [[EightBitTheater Black Mage Evilwizardington]]: [[TheSlayers Lina Inverse]] (especially her ''Revolution'' [[{{Flanderisation}} characterisation]]) meets [[SouthPark Eric Cartman]], with a dash of [[{{Futurama}} Bender]]'s personality.
** According to the man himself, ''[[EightBitTheater 8-Bit Theater's]]'' Fighter + [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot swordchucks]] = "...like [[BruceLeeClone Bruce Lee]] meets [[MiyamotoMusashi Musashi]], only better!"
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Zuko]]: [[TheLordOfTheRings Faramir]] meets [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji]] and [[{{Gormenghast}} Titus]]. With [[PlayingWithFire FIRE]].
* ''[[TransformersAnimated Animated]]'' Bumblebee: [[BeastWars Rattrap]] meets [[TransformersArmada Hotshot]] (who was originally suppose to be named after).
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