History Main / MotifMerger

* Quite common in ''SuperSentai'' teamups, with the team's logos merging. For example, ''JukenSentaiGekiranger'' vs ''{{Engine Sentai Go-onger}}'' ends with the Geki triple-claw emblem on top of the Go-onger "G" speedometer.

* Similar to the above, the crossover of ''TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' and ''TheKidsNextDoor'' has the openings combined, making the KND operatives grow flesh from bone like the former's opening.

* The logo for DC's current ''{{Superman}}/{{Batman}}'' series is Superman's shield logo inside a bat logo. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Superman-batman_8_cvr_-_large.jpg]]

** The Australia Coat of Arms includes a shield divided into six with the crests of each of the states on it.

* The movie ''FreddyVsJason'' had a moment of mixing icons: a slow pan down from tree level, coming down onto a sign reading "Elm Street", while the soundtrack played the ''Friday the 13th'' "ki-ki-ki-ki, ma-ma-ma-ma" leitmotif.

* ''ToddInTheShadows'' uses this whenever crossing over with other reviewers from ''That Guy With The Glasses'' .com. For example, he plays [[WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]]'s "Ready to Roll" theme, in the style of his "Playing today's song simply, on a keyboard" routine, and his 'similar-theme, but way better-done' bit over the credits of his review of "It Wasn't Me" with ''The Rap Critic'' (Todd chooses Mozart's "Cosi Fan Tutte" (lit. "Everyone's Doing It"). )

* The exact logo at the top of the page also appears in "Superman/Batman: Public Enemies" [[spoiler: on the chest of a giant robot that Toyman, Japanese wunderkind Hiro Okamura, built to destroy a Kryptonite asteroid that would hit Earth. Cut him some slack: he designed it when he was seven.]]

* The shows ''Homicide: Life on the Street'' and ''Law & Order'' had distinctive ways of sequeing from one scene to another. (''Homicide'' had smash cuts and a sort of industrial whooshing noise, ''L&O'' cut to black with its trademark 'glun-glung' noise, followed by text explaining the time and place of the next scene as it faded in.)
** During one L&O/Homicide crossover, the scenes in New York [L&O's turf] were filmed with Homicide's transitions, and those in Baltimore [Homicide's setting] had L&O's transitions. (That is: Cut to black, glun-glung, text: "Baltimore Homicide Division, 10:30 AM.", fade in.)

* Sometimes two wrestlers forming a tag team will have their respective {{theme tune}}s and entrances "mashed up". Examples: Luger & Smith, the Allied Powers; Kane and Hurricane Helms as [=HurriKane=], or the Corporate Ministry (The Undertaker's "Ministry of Darkness" and Vince [=McMahon=]'s "Corporation", merged) using a remix of the Corporation's theme in the style of the Ministry's theme.

* Sometimes two wrestlers forming a tag team will have their respective {{theme tune}}s and entrances "mashed up". Examples: Luger & Smith, the Allied Powers; Kane and Hurricane Helms as [=HurriKane=].

* ''ToddInTheShadows'' uses this whenever crossing over with other reviewers from ''That Guy With The Glasses'' .com. For example, he plays FilmBrain's "Ready to Roll" theme, in the style of his "Playing today's song simply, on a keyboard" routine, and his 'similar-theme, but way better-done' bit over the credits of his review of "It Wasn't Me" with ''The Rap Critic'' (Todd chooses Mozart's "Cosi Fan Tutte" (lit. "Everyone's Doing It"). )

* ''SonicTheHedgehog2006'': Mephiles has a sinister-sounding piano {{leitmotif}} (with a techno remix as his boss fight music). Iblis is accompanied by a bombastic, orchestral score. When the two fuse together to form the TrueFinalBoss Solaris, the phase 1 boss music is Mephiles' leitmotif, performed by Iblis' bombastic orchestra.

* ''Todd In The Shadows'' uses this whenever crossing over with other reviewers from ''That Guy With The Glasses'' .com. For example, he does plays Film Brain's "Ready to Roll" theme, in the style of his "Playing today's song simply, on a keyboard" routine, and his 'similar-theme, but way better-done' bit over the credits of his review of "It Wasn't Me" with ''The Rap Critic'' (Todd chooses Mozart's "Cosi Fan Tutte" (lit. "Everyone's Doing It"). )

Devils Due's GIJoe VS Transformers used a mash-up between the Cobra and Decepticon symbols in advertisements, but not in the actual comic (except to seperate issues in the collected edition)

** The logo for Trinity (Bats, Supes, and WonderWoman) is the same, but with WW's logo in between.

** The Union Jack was originally a combination of the flags of England and Scotland. Later, Northern Ireland was added.