- The Abominable Dr. Phibes: Dr. Anton Phibes is Ernst Stavro Blofeld meets The Phantom of the Opera, Jigsaw and Wile E. Coyote.
- Theatre of Blood's Edward Lionheart is Dr. Phibes meets Laurence Olivier.
- The Adventures of Ford Fairlane: Gene Siskel described Ford Farlaine as sounding like a cross between Sam Spade and Rodney Dangerfield.
- Alien: The Weyland-Yutani Corporation series was specifically described by Word of God as a cross between the British East India Company and a Japanese electronics company (hence, the juxtaposition of the Japanese surname "Yutani" with the very British "Weyland").
- Animal House: Bluto was described as a cross between Harpo Marx and The Cookie Monster.
- Argylle:
- Elly Conway/Rachel Kylle is Samantha Caine meets François Merlin, Jason Bourne and the Winter Soldier.
- Argylle is James Bond meets Napoleon Solo and Bob Saint-Clar, with the haircut of Ivan Danko.
- Arthur Bach is Bertie Wooster meets Al Cervik meets Captain Jack Sparrow.
- Avatar:
- Jake Sully = Milo James Thatch + John Smith + Guts + Jonathan Joestar + Prince Ashitaka + Jack Dawson + Virgil Brigman + Isaac Clarke + Master Chief + Dante + Cloud Strife + Kazuya Mishima + Eltharion the Grim + Sanguinius
- Neytiri = Pocahontas + Esmeralda + Kidagakash Nagakh + Princess Mononoke + Farnese de Vandimion + Yoruichi Shihōin + Brienne of Tarth + Rose DeWitt Bukater + Samantha Carter + Xena + Cassandra Alexandra + Hildegard von Krone + Trish + Shanoa + Chun-Li + Kitana + Kunimitsu + Alarielle the Radiant + Jain Zar
- Colonel Miles Quaritch = Colonel Kilgore + Commander Lyle Tyberius Rourke + Griffith + Vergil + Sephiroth + Enrico Pucci + Darth Vader + John Kreese
- Dr. Grace Augustine = Ellen Ripley + Sarah Connor + Sophitia Alexandra + Erina Pendleton
- Trudy Chacón = Pvt. Vasquez + Diana Guzman + Alita
- Parker Selfridge = Siegfried Schtauffen + Carter J. Burke
- Dr. Norm Spellman = Dr. Ian Malcolm + Roboute Guilliman
- Dr. Max Patel = Kyle Reese + Joseph Joestar
- Tsu'tey = Kocoum + Pippin + Caesar Zeppeli
- Eytukan = Chief Powhatan + Mufasa + Raiden
- Mo'at = Moro + Sarabi + Catelyn Stark
- Neteyam = Kyojuro Rengoku + Yuji Itadori + Grøh + Judeau + Caesar
- Lo'ak = Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III + Tanjiro Kamado + Patroklos Alexander + Serpico + Boruto Uzumaki + Amuro Ray + Jin Kazama + Takeda Takahashi
- Tuk = Anya Forger + Nezuko Kamado + Laura/X-23 + Talim
- Kiri = Amanda Ripley + Astrid Hofferson + Avatar Korra + Gabi Braun + Celes Chere
- Spider = Alucard + Broly + The Moonlight Child + Nero + V
- Tonowari = Tenzin + Namor (Earth-199999) + Kotal Kahn + Zasalamel (New Timeline) + Yoda + Satoru Gojo + Gyro Zeppeli + Levi Ackerman
- Ronal = Lin Beifong + Jade + Mikasa Ackerman + Wu Lee + Lisa Lisa Joestar
- Tsireya = Pyrrha Alexandra + Dawn Betterman + Ling Xiaoyu + Bayonetta
- Aonung = Char Aznable + Duncan MacLeod + Leman Russ
- Rotxo = Franklin Clinton + Jean Kirstein + Kovu
- Back to the Future:
- Christopher Lloyd played Doc Brown as a mixture of Ludwig van Beethoven and Albert Einstein, with a little Leopold Stokowski, as well.
- In Back to the Future Part II, the Biff Tannen of 1985-A is a cross between Donald Trump and Elvis Presley.
- Mr. Freeze in Batman & Robin is Otto Preminger's Mr. Freeze from Batman (1966) with the backstory of Mr. Freeze from Batman: The Animated Series.
- Basic Instinct: Catherine Tramell is Emmanuelle meets Hannibal Lecter meets Bridget Gregory with a dusting of Agatha Christie, and James Ellroy.
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: Lex Luthor is Mark Zuckerberg meets Jim Carrey's Riddler.
- Battlefield Earth: Terl is a cross between Zaphod Beeblebrox and Snidley Whiplash.
- Emma Watson's take on Belle in Beauty and the Beast (2017) has been described as Hermione Granger in Belle cosplay.
- Better Watch Out: Luke Lerner is Kevin McCallister meets Zack Martin and a bit of Dipper Pines...but by way of Gideon Gleeful, Mark Evans, Patrick Bateman, and Chad.
- Billy Jack is Kwai Chang Caine meets Green Arrow meets Wolverine.
- Bridesmaids: Officer Rhodes is Simon Swafford meets Alvaro Mangiacavallo.
- A Bullet for the General: Chuncho is what happens if Tajomaru became Kikuchiyo. Alternately, El Indio if he was adorable.
- The Crow: City of Angels: Vincent Perez played Ashe Corven as a mixture of Jim Morrison and Hamlet.
- Cruella: Cruella de Vill/Estella Miller is the original Disney character meets Arthur Fleck/Joker meets Andrea "Andy" Sachs.
- The Dark Knight Trilogy:
- The Joker from The Dark Knight was described by Mike from RiffTrax as Daffy Duck and John Wayne Gacy
's bastard son. Bill responds that he thought that was Jim Carrey. - Bane from The Dark Knight Rises is Amon meets Renard. His voice is a cross between Sean Connery and Darth Vader.
- The Joker from The Dark Knight was described by Mike from RiffTrax as Daffy Duck and John Wayne Gacy
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes:
- Caesar is Professor X meets Mufasa.
- Koba is Magneto meets Scar
- DC Extended Universe:
- Superman is the original character meets Jesus Christ.
- Jared Leto's version of The Joker from Suicide Squad (2016) looks like a cross between Johnny Rotten and Keith Flint. With maybe a bit of Ronnie Kray's personality.
- Wonder Woman is the comics character of the same name meets MCU Thor and Captain America with the adventurous personality of Indiana Jones.
- Aquaman is the man himself meets Khal Drogo meets Ronon Dex meets Black Panther and Thor.
- Doomsday: Marshall Kane is a cross between Col. Kurtz and King Lear.
- Ed Wood: Johnny Depp described his performance of Ed Wood as a mixture of the blind optimism of Ronald Reagan, the enthusiasm of the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz, and Casey Kasem.
- Edge of Tomorrow:
- Rita Vrataski is Femshep meets Motoko Kusanagi meets Meiya Mitsurugi.
- William Cage is Ethan Hunt meets Phil Connors meets Takeru Shirogane.
- Escape from New York: The President was pitched to Donald Pleasence as "the lovechild of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher".
- Event Horizon:
- Captain S.J. Miller is Guts meets Captain James T. Kirk meets John Shaft meets Roboute Guilliman.
- William Weir is John Trent meets Dr. Alan Grant meets Seth Brundle meets Jack Torrance meets Frank Cotton meets Lord Macbeth meets Horus Lupercal meets Griffith.
- Everything Every Where All At Once: Jobu Tupaki is Wanda Maximoff meets Ramona Flowers meets Agent Smith meets Bill Cipher meets Franklin Richards meets Funny Valentine meets Dark Phoenix meets Spider-Carnage.
- Faccia A Faccia: Beauregard Bennett is Cuchillo Sanchez meets Jesse Pinkman.
- The Fifth Element:
- Ruby Rhod is Prince meets Lenny Kravitz meets Michael Jackson.
- Korben Dallas is John McClane meets S'Traks meets Harry Canyon.
- Leeloo is Zhora meets Samantha Caine.
- Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg is Vilos Cohaagen meets Norman Stansfield.
- A Fistful of Dollars: Esteban Rojo is Inokichi meets Smilzo.
- In (500) Days of Summer, Summer Finn is Silva Vacarro meets Jamie.
- The Fly (1986):
- Dr. Seth Brundle was described by film critic Malte Hagener as "a latter-day Dr. Faust/Mr. Hyde", but in terms of his personality he's the endearing male lead of a Romantic Comedy crossed with a Gentleman and a Scholar...who accidentally turns himself into a combination of a Tragic Monster and Mad Scientist.
- Veronica "Ronnie" Quaife is Lois Lane meets Belle (predating the latter).
- In Ghostbusters (2016), Jillian Holtzmann is Egon Spengler meets Haruko Haruhara.
- In The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Tuco is Tahei meets Kikuchiyo meets Charlie Gant.
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch: Daniel Clamp is a mixture of Donald Trump and Ted Turner.
- Harry Brown is Jack Carter meets Walt Kowalski.
- Harry Potter:
- Prof. Dumbledore is Gandalf meets Homsar with a side order of The Doctor. Except that he's also a gay android.
- Peter Pettigrew is Inokichi meets Nezumi Otoko.
- The Hateful Eight: Daisy is Dallas Storm meets Tuco Ramirez.
- In The Hidden Fortress, Tahei and Matashichi are Takezo and Matahachi meets Langdon Towne and Hunk Marriner.
- The Hitman's Bodyguard: Darius Kincaid is Nick Fury meets Jules Winnfield.
- Hocus Pocus: Winifred "Winnie" Sanderson resembles a mixture of the Queen of Hearts and Elizabeth I. Performance-wise, she's a mixture of the Wicked Witch of the West and the Grand High Witch.
- The witches are a cross between the three witches from Macbeth and The Three Stooges.
- Horrible Bosses: Julia is a fusion of Ayame Kajou's potty mouth and love of lewd humor, with Anna Nishikinomiya's unbridled lust.
- The Host (2006): Gang-du is Philip J. Fry meets the dragon from Sucker Punch.
- The interpretation of the Grinch from the live action How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is basically Ebeneezer Scrooge with the personality of Ace Ventura.
- The Howling: Eddie Quist is Jack the Ripper meets Lawrence Talbot.
- Imaginary: Chauncey is Ted meets Four meets Chameleon meets It.
- The Imitation Game: Sherlock + Sheldon Cooper = Alan Turing
- Indiana Jones:
- Indiana Jones is Han Solo meets Allan Quatermain meets James Bond. He was conceived as a mixture of Errol Flynn in The Adventures of Don Juan and Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen.
- According to John Rhys-Davies, Steven Spielberg told him he should play Sallah as a cross between Falstaff and his character Rodrigues from Shogun.
- Major Toht is Joseph Goebbels crossed with Renfield.
- In the Mouth of Madness: Sutter Cane is Rohan Kishibe meets Griffith by way of H. P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, Junji Ito and Neil Gaiman.
- Iron Sky: Vivian Wagner becomes a female James B. Pirk meets Dwarf with a touch of Festerbester.
- It (1990): Pennywise is Freddy Krueger meets Bozo the Clown.
- It (2017): Pennywise is his 1990 self meets Heath Ledger's Joker.
- Jack from Lars von Trier's The House That Jack Built is what would happen if you mashed Patrick Bateman with George Costanza.
- According to Overly Sarcastic Productions: Jackie Chan's on-screen persona is what happens when a Bruce Lee-level martial arts badass takes inspiration from Buster Keaton.
- James Bond examples:
- The Spy Who Loved Me: Karl Stromberg is Ernst Stavro Blofeld meets Captain Nemo.
- Licence to Kill: Franz Sanchez is Le Chiffre meets Francisco Scaramanga meets Mr. Big meets Tony Montana.
- Skyfall: Raoul Silva is Heath Ledger's Joker meets Anton Chigurh meets Alec Trevalyen and Boris Grishenko meet Elektra King. He has also been described as Heath Ledger's Joker meets Julian Assange.
- Christoph Waltz's portrayal of Ernst Stavro Blofeld is Emperor Palpatine meets Dio Brando meets Diavolo meets Christian Bale's Patrick Bateman.
- John Wick is James Bond meets Agent 47 meets Jacket meets Lucy meets Neo meets Revy.
- Alternately, he's Golgo 13 meets Spike Spiegel.
- Johnny English (character) is Inspector Jacques Closeau meets Austin Powers meets Maxwell Smart meets Mr. Bean meets Frank Drebin.
- Joker (2019):
- Arthur Fleck, the film's version of the titular character, combines elements of three Jokers: the one from The Killing Joke (failed comedian victim of unfortunate events), Heath Ledger's version from The Dark Knight (having long hair and wearing make-up instead of having a bleached skin) and the Bad Future version from Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (being a guest of a talk show and killing people there).
- Or more accurately, he's V meets Lee Harvey Oswald meets Travis Bickle meets Rupert Pumkin meets Rorscharch meets Twisty the Clown.
- The Jungle Book (2016): Kaa is Melisandre meets Santanico Pandemonium.
- The Karate Kid:
- Daniel LaRusso is Peter Parker meets Amuro Ray. Cobra Kai adds elements of Tony Soprano, Ky Kiske and L.
- Johnny Lawrence is Flash Thompson meets Char Aznable meets Jerid Messa. Cobra Kai adds Homer Simpson, Dante, and Kamina into the mix.
- John Kreese is Lex Luthor meets Gihren Zabi meets Snake Plissken, Cobra Kai adds Mike Vronsky, James Ryan, Nosferatu Zodd and Loki into the mix.
- Terry Silver is Norman Osborn meets Emperor Palpatine. Cobra Kai adds Christoph Waltz's portrayal of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Griffith note and Light Yagami to the mix.
- Mike Barnes is Ivan Drago meets Eddie Brock, featuring Michael De Santa and Trevor Philips in Cobra Kai.
- Kingsman: The Secret Service: Harry Hart is James Bond meets John Steed.
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle: Poppy Adams is Gene Hackman's Lex Luthor meets Martha Stewart on crack.
- The Kingsman: The Shepherd is Ernst Stavro Blofeld meets Francis Begbie.
- The Lighthouse: Thomas Wake was a mixture of Captain Ahab, Captain McCallister and Long John Silver.
- Little Shop of Horrors: The Cinema Snob described Orin Scrivello as Elvis Presley meets Henry Bowers.
- The Long Good Friday: Harold Shand was written as "James Cagney if he were a Cockney". He's also a mixture of Al Capone, Margaret Thatcher and Tony Soprano.
- Mad Max: Fury Road:
- Max Rockatansky is Roboute Guilliman meets Kenshiro meets Bane meets Takeshi Hongo meets Travis Bickle meets Captain Martin Walker.
- Imperator Furiosa is Jack meets Bayonetta meets The Bride meets Guts meets Billy Butcher meets Elamba.
- Immortan Joe is Lord Humongus meets Grand Regent Thragg meets Fire Lord Ozai meets King Hamdo meets Thouzer meets Emperor Ganishka meets Baron Vladimir Harkonnen meets Black Noir meets Gregor Clegane meets Adam Smasher meets Abaddon the Despoiler meets Great Leader of Shocker.
- Nux is Trevor Philips meets Kohtaro Minami meets Zero meets Shinji Ikari.
- Maleficent: Angelina Jolie's Maleficent is the original character meets Elphaba
- Manos: The Hands of Fate: Torgo is Riff-Raff meets Senor Cardgage. The Cinema Snob described him as a cross between Charles Manson and John Belushi.
- Mean Girls: Karen Smith is Brick Tamland meets Patrick Star (on his harmless days).
- Men in Black: Vincent D'Onofrio voiced Edgar the bug as a mixture of John Huston and George C. Scott.
- Nightcrawler: Louis Bloom is Patrick Bateman meets Robert Pupkin meets Travis Bickle, if they were transplanted in Network.
- No Country for Old Men: Anton Chigurh is Gaear Grimsrud meets Michael Myers meets The Terminator meets John Ryder meets Two-Face.
- The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure: Brad Jones described Cary Elwes' performance as Bobbly Wobbly as "a cross between Diedrich Bader, Crispin Glover, a child molester and Gary Busey."
- Pain & Gain: Det. Ed Du Bois, III is Sgt. Joe Friday meets Captain America meets Marge Gunderson.
- The Personal History of David Copperfield: Mark Kermode described Ben Whishaw's Uriah Heep as a cross between Norman Wisdom and Riff-Raff.
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow is Keith Richards meets Bugs Bunny with a dash of Kikuchiyo and Pepé Le Pew.
- The Producers: Renata Adler of The New York Times described Gene Wilder's performance as Leo Bloom as "Dustin Hoffman as played by Danny Kaye".
- Project X (2012): Film Brain described Costa as Eric Cartman meets Phil Wenneck meets Seth.
- The Professional:
- Leon Montana is Victor the Cleaner meets Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader with a dash of Qui-Gon Jinn and Jennifer Honey.
- Mathilda Lando is Matilda Wormwood meets Dolores "Lolita" Hale meets Alice Ayres/Jane Jones.
- Norman "Stan" Stansfield is Alex DeLarge meets Patrick Bateman meets Agatha Trunchbull meets Tommy DeVito meets Nicholas "Nicky" Santoro — if they were corrupt DEA agents.
- Tony is Sal meets Paul Cicero.
- Real Genius: Jerry Hathaway is Carl Sagan meets Dean Wormer meets Walter Peck.
- Saw:
- John Kramer/Jigsaw is Dr. Anton Phibes meets John Doe meets Hannibal Lecter meets The Riddler meets Father Mozgus meets Palpatine.
- Mark Hoffman is Kenny Lacos meets Frank Costello meets Shin.
- Alternatively, Anton Chigurh meets Darth Vader meets Light Yagami meets Roy Burns meets Two-Face.
- David Tapp is Roger Murtaugh meets Mike Harrigan.
- Zep Hindle is Billy meets Stu Macher meets Dr. Gregory Belson.
- Scanners:
- Darryl Revok is Hannibal Lecter meets Carrie White — except he predates the former.
- Cameron Vale is Carrie plus the player character from Myst.
- Scream (2022):
- Sam Carpenter is Sidney Prescott meets Rey meets Grace Le Domas.
- Tara Carpenter is Casey Baker meets Tatum Riley meets Finn.
- Mindy Meeks-Martin is Randy Meeks meets Gale Weathers meets Poe Dameron.
- The Screaming Skull's Mickey is Torgo meets Lennie from Of Mice and Men.
- Robert Downey Jr.'s Sherlock Holmes: Indiana Jones meets Gregory House. Gregory House was based on Sherlock Holmes to begin with, sharing his sidekick to bounce ideas off of (Wilson instead of Watson) and even a drug addiction (Vicodin instead of Cocaine). Would that make Cuddy the equivalent of Irene Adler?
- For The Silence of the Lambs, Anthony Hopkins based Hannibal Lecter's voice on mixture of Truman Capote, Katharine Hepburn and HAL 9000. His habit of not blinking was taken from an interview with Charles Manson.
- Sleepy Hollow (1999): Johnny Depp's take on Ichabod Crane has traits of Angela Lansbury's Salome Otterbourne, Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes, Withnail and Roddy McDowall.
- Spaceballs: Mega-Maid is SDF-1 Macross meets Unicron meets Irona. And, later on, the Statue of Liberty.
- Star Trek examples:
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country: Chancellor Gorkon is Abraham Lincoln meets Mikhail Gorbachev as a Klingon.
- Star Trek: First Contact: The Borg Queen is Brainiac meets an H. R. Giger wet dream.
- Star Trek (2009):
- Chris Pine's Kirk is classic Kirk meets Lt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell meets Han Solo, which means Zachary Quinto's Spock is classic Spock meets Iceman.
- Anton Yelchin's Chekov is classic Chekov meets Wesley Crusher minus Wesley's annoying quirks.
- Zoe Saldaña's Uhura is classic Uhura meets Christine Chapel meets Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood.
- Bruce Greenwood's Christopher Pike is classic Pike meets Viper.
- Simon Pegg's Scotty is classic Scotty meets Shaun.
- Nero is Dr. Tolian Soran meets Annorax.
- Star Trek Into Darkness:
- Alice Eve's Carol Marcus is classic Carol meets Christine Chapel.
- Admiral Marcus is Admiral Cartwright meets Admiral Leyton and Luther Sloane.
- John Harrison aka Khan Noonien Singh is classic Khan meets Gary Seven. J. J. Abrams saw him as a mixture of The Joker, Hannibal Lecter and Jack Torrence.
- Star Trek Beyond: Krall is Shinzon meets Garth of Izar.
- Star Wars:
- In general:
- Luke Skywalker is Paul Atreides meets Flash Gordon and Frodo Baggins.
- Han Solo is Duncan Idaho meets Aragorn.
- C-3P0 is Tahei meets Dr. Smith.
- Darth Vader is Doctor Doom meets Zorro.
- Emperor Palpatine is Darkseid meets the Great Leader of Shocker.
- The Force Awakens:
- Poe Dameron is Han Solo meets Wedge Antilles.
- Kylo Ren is Zant meets Anakin Skywalker, Jacen Solo/Darth Caedus, and Ben Skywalker.
- Maz Kanata is Yoda meets Lando Calrissian.
- Rogue One:
- K-2SO is Sheldon Cooper meets Marvin the Paranoid Android.
- In general:
- Stuart Little
- Stuart Little is Marty McFly meets Fievel Mousekewitz.
- Snowbell is Timon meets Garfield.
- Super Mario Bros. (1993): The Nostalgia Critic described this version of King Koopa as a cross between Donald Trump and Dr. Evil.
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: Johnny Depp's take on Sweeney Todd was a mixture of Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre and Iggy Pop.
- A Taxi Driver: Kim Man-seob is Guido Racanelli meets Juan Miranda.
- Terminator:
- SkyNet is The Joker meets AM.
- The T-1000 is the Original Terminator meets Michael Myers meets Clayface meets the Thing.
- Transformers: Age of Extinction: Harold Attinger is Mitsuo Yamaki meets Akihiro Kurata.
- The Troll Hunter: Hans was written as a mixture of Indiana Jones, Quint and Dr. House.
- Uncut Gems: Howard Ratner is Walter White meets Daniel J. D'Arby meets Jacket meets Barry Egan.
- Utøya: July 22: Kaja is Ned Stark meets Ofelia from Pan's Labyrinth. Her survival chances are about the same as for those two.
- Emilie is Ripley from the first Alien meets Mary Jane from Spider-Man.
- The Waterboy: Bobby Boucher is Forrest Gump meets Happy Gilmore meets Canteen Boy and Cajun Man.
- Wedding Crashers: Zachary "Sack" Lodge is Biff Tannen meets Doug Niedermayer.
- The Witches: Mr. Stringer is Basil Fawlty meets Mr. Bean.
- The Wolf of Wall Street: Jordan Belfort is Gordon Gekko meets Henry Hill meets Daniel Lugo.
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