History Main / MotifMerger

* The individual packaging for the Toys/MarvelLegends figures of ''Film/TheMarvels'' characters Captain Marvel, Photon and Ms. Marvel has their respective insignias merged into a single one on the top.

* ''Franchise/KamenRider'', starting with ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'', has begun exploiting the SwissArmyHero trope so that during crossover movies and other special occasions, the Riders will gain special alternate forms that mimic the powers and appearance of other Riders.

* Tet, PhysicalGod of Games in ''LightNovel/NoGameNoLife'', merges various game icons into her/his design, among them symbols of poker and chess. (S)he also has a die as an earring.

* Nanoha and Fate from ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' have a feather and lightning motif respectively in their {{Transformation Sequence}}s. Naturally, [[HasTwoMommies their adoptive daughter Vivio]] has both of them during her first TransformationSequence in ''[[Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid ViVid]]''.

* [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/File:Trinity_Logo.jpg The logo]] for ''ComicBook/Trinity2008'' combined Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/{{Batman}}, and Franchise/WonderWoman's symbols.
* Devils Due's ''ComicBook/GIJoeVsTheTransformers'' used a mash-up between the Cobra and Decepticon symbols in advertisements, but not in the actual comic (except to separate issues in the collected edition).

** Nearly every Gem has a {{leitmotif}}, and when two [[FusionDance Fuse together]], the result has a theme that has elements of both components'. This is also used to form most Fusions' WeaponOfChoice. Opal, for instance, has a theme that turns Pearl's elegant piano wild, and makes Amethyst's off beats straight. Her weapon is a bow, with Pearl's spear acting as the grip and handle and Amethyst's whip as the string.

A leading cause of EpilepticTrees, particularly of the [[GrandUnifiedTimeline "all franchises are connected"]] variety. AllYourPowersCombined may come with a Motif Merger.

* This is how the Meta symbol in ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' was formed, out of the symbols of all the other AI's which are most of the Greek alphabet.

* The Hexside school uniform in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' has different colored sleeves and leggings depending on what track a student is taking. When Principal Bump begins allowing the study of multiple tracks at the same time, students who chose to do so have the uniform changed to display every corresponding color ([[JackOfAllTrades Luz]] in particular having each limb be a different color).

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* Quite common with national flags and coats of arms. The Union Jack was originally a combination of the flags of England and Scotland. Later, Northern Ireland was added... [[AndZoidberg but not Wales]], as that country was invaded. The others joined peacefully by acts of their parliaments, but [[UsefulNotes/TheTroubles a few problems]] arose.

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