"In Honor of old Hallow's eve, it will be a horror film that gently blends Scream with Nightmare on Elm Street with just a PINCH of I Know What You Did Last Summer."
— Martin, Cartoon Monsoon: Oh, Shoot!: Director's Cut
Take one existing show genre, add another, and presto! you've got a brand-new genre.
The most famous example is Star Trek: The Original Series, pitched as a Wagon Train to the Stars (The Western + Space Opera).
See also X Meets Y (for when it's works, not genres/tropes) and Recycled IN SPACE! (for when it's a work plus a genre or tropes). Compare and contrast Genre-Busting.
Examples
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Anime and Manga
- High School Drama + Lighthearted Comedy + Harem Genre + Shounen + Every Magic Trope Imaginable + Every Science Fiction Trope Imaginable X Serial Escalation = Negima! Magister Negi Magi. You may think that's an exaggeration. You would be wrong.
- High School drama + Humongous Mecha + Moe + Star Crossed Lovers + Transformation Trauma + Dysfunction Junction + Tear Jerker + "Everyone Dies" Ending + Nightmare Fuel Fridge Logic = Saikano.
- Magical Girl Warriors + Devices from Humongous Mecha + Shounen Combat + Surprisingly Dark Plot + The Military + In Space = Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha.
- Magical Girls + Toku + Softcore Cinemax Skinflick = Ultimate Girls.
- Magical Girl can be divided further; for example, Magical Girl Warrior + Magic Idol = Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch.
- Girls' Love + Humongous Mecha = Destiny of the Shrine Maiden.
- Mind Screw + Humongous Mecha + Viewers Are Geniuses + Eldritch Abomination + Rule of Symbolism + Dysfunction Junction + Deconstruction + Nightmare Fuel = Neon Genesis Evangelion.
- Haruhi Suzumiya
- High School Sitcom + Boy Meets Girl + Sci Fi + Slice of Life + Locked Room Mystery = The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya. Well, yeah.
- Widget Series + Sci Fi + Mind Screw + Alternate Universe = The Vanishment Of Haruhi Suzumiya.
- Magical Girl Warrior + Gender Bender = Mahou Shounen Majorian.
- The Western + Hammer Horror + After the End = Vampire Hunter D.
- Gentleman Thief + Coming of Age Story + Steampunk = The Daughter of Twenty Faces.
- Magical Girls + Nightmare Fuel + Faustian Rebellion= Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
- Magical Girls + RPGs + Humongous Mecha = Magic Knight Rayearth.
- Lolis + Mind Rape + unreliable narrators + The Power of Friendship + What Could Possibly Go Wrong? + Gorn + Moment of Awesome + Awesome Music = Higurashi: When They Cry.
- Magic Idol Singer + Wholesome Crossdresser = Brocken Blood.
- High school drama + Feudal Future + Knight in Shining Armor + Humongous Mecha + Serial Escalation (Magnificent Bastard + Wham Episode)³ = Code Geass.
- Youkai + New Transfer Student + Beast Man + Fanservice + Marshmallow Hell + More Fanservice = Kanokon.
- Children Raise You + Coming of Age Story + Parents (and Children) As People + Parent with New Paramour + Boys' Love = Sakende Yaruze!.
- Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE- (Shōjo Demographic - Mind Screw) + Kingdom Hearts (Disney Princess - Metaplot) = Kilala Princess.
- Alice in Wonderland + Mind Screw + Cast Full of Pretty Boys + Dysfunction Junction = PandoraHearts.
- (Magical Girl + Ballet + Fairy Tale) x (Mad Artist + Rewriting Reality) = Princess Tutu.
- Ultraman + (Deconstruction + Anyone Can Die + Crapsack World + Alternate History + Redshirt Army) = Attack on Titan.
- Magical Girl + Sentai = Sailor Moon.
- Gundam x (Reconstruction + Reincarnate in Another World + High Fantasy + Science Fantasy) = Knight's & Magic
Comic Books
- Medical Drama + The DCU = Samaritan X.
Film
- Seltzer and Friedberg + Black Comedy + Medium Awareness+ Deconstruction x Horror Tropes + Joss Whedon + Subtlety = The Cabin in the Woods.
- The Silence of the Lambs + Aliens + Stagecoach = Pitch Black.
- Ditto the Sequel, even if it made a Genre Shift: Star Wars + Alien³ + Conan the Barbarian + Matrix = The Chronicles of Riddick.
- Body Horrors + Mind Screw = The Soul Taker.
- Gundam + Cthulhu Mythos + that bloke that did Hellboy = Pacific Rim.
- Blaxploitation + Our Vampires Are Different = Blacula.
- Serial Killer + Buddy Cop Show = Se7en.
- Sexploitation/Erotica + Crime Mystery Film Noir + Slasher Movie = Giallo.
- Horny Vikings + Our Dragons Are Different = How to Train Your Dragon.
- (Fallout 3 - Nuclear Mutant) + (The Drifter x Badass Preacher x Disability Superpower) + (The Bible x Can't Stop The Signal) = The Book of Eli.
- A Street Car Named Desire + Gender Flip + So Bad, It's Good = The Room.
- Dora the Explorer - Edutainment Show + Darker and Edgier + Tomb Raider + Freakin' Machete! = Dora and the Lost City of Gold.
- Superman - Superhero Tropes + Slasher Movie + Kids Are Cruel = BrightBurn.
Literature
- Government Procedural + Boarding School of Horrors = Gormenghast.
- Great Detective + Affectionate Parody + Romance Arc = Lord Peter Wimsey.
- Our Souls Are Different + Waxing Philosophic + Rule of Cool + Film Noir with a Bifauxnen Jerk with a Heart of Gold protagonist = The Garden of Sinners.
- Film Noir + Functional Magic + (Badass Longcoat + Genre Savvy + Occult Detective + First-Person Smartass + The Nicknamer) + lots of Shout Outs = The Dresden Files.
- (Pokémon + Lost Roman Legion) + High Fantasy + Succession Crisis = Codex Alera. Super extra bonus points for the ones in brackets not only being this trope deliberately invoked, but the very reason for writing the book.
- Punk Punk settings usually start as Cyberpunk mixed with another genre. For example, Cyberpunk + Medieval European Fantasy = Dungeon Punk.
- Low Fantasy + (High Fantasy - Hobbits) + Succession Crisis + Character Depth + (Noughties Drama Series - Turn of the Millennium) + 27 * Magnificent Bastard = A Song of Ice and Fire.
- Redwall + Zootopia + Usagi Yojimbo + Princess Mononoke + Alternate Universe + Beast Fable + What Do You Mean, It's Not for Kids? = Tasakeru.
- (Xenofiction - Cats Are Mean + Anyone Can Die + Family-Unfriendly Violence) x (Proud Warrior Race Guy + [The Clan x 4]) x (Long-Runners + Cast Herd) = Warrior Cats.
- Weird West + High Fantasy + Horror + Science Fiction = The Dark Tower.
- Dungeon Punk + Comedy = Discworld
- ... + Police Procedural = City Watch subseries.
Live-Action TV
- Police Procedural + Prime Time Soap = Crime Time Soap (Hill Street Blues).
- Sitcom + Wagon Train to the Stars = Red Dwarf.
- Spy Drama + The Western = The Wild Wild West.
- Medical Drama + The Western = Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.
- Medical Drama + Amateur Sleuth = Diagnosis: Murder.
- Medical Drama + Space Opera = Mercy Point.
- Medical Drama + Work Com = Scrubs.
- Medical Drama + Work Com + During the War = M*A*S*H.
- Medical Drama + Rescue = Emergency!.
- The Musical + Dramedy = Glee.
- Police Procedural + Work Com = Barney Miller.
- Police Procedural + Law Procedural =
- Most famously, Law & Order.
- ... which was preceded by the short-lived 1971 Jack Webb production The D.A., which used the same basic format.
- ... which itself was preceded by Arrest And Trial, a 90-minute 1963 series.
- Police Procedural + Rescue = Third Watch.
- Police Procedural + Odd Couple * Gender Flip + Government Conspiracy * Science Fiction = The X-Files.
- (The Western + Sci Fi = Space Western) + Government Conspiracy = Firefly.
- Travelogue Show + Reality Show = The Amazing Race.
- Super Sentai + (Science Ninja Team Gatchaman + Darker and Edgier) + Dorama = Choujin Sentai Jetman.
- Film Noir + Post-Cyberpunk + Kamen Rider = Kamen Rider Double.
- Hammer Horror + Kamen Rider = Kamen Rider Kiva.
- Milestone Celebration + Alternate Universe + (Kamen Rider * Dimensional Traveler * Power Copying) = Kamen Rider Decade
- High School + Kamen Rider = Kamen Rider Fourze.
- Coming of Age Story + Cosmic Horror Story + Mood Whiplash + Kamen Rider = Kamen Rider Gaim.
- Robot War + Police Procedural + Kamen Rider = Kamen Rider Drive.
- Medical Drama + Video Game Tropes + Kamen Rider = Kamen Rider Ex-Aid.
- Milestone Celebration + (Time Travel * Bad Future) + (Kamen Rider Decade * Tsukasa Returning) + (Kamen Rider * Power Copying) = Kamen Rider Zi-O
- Kamen Rider + Humongous Mecha + Romance of the Three Kingdoms = Legend Heroes.
- Super Sentai + Americanization + Media Adaptation Tropes = Power Rangers.
- Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger + (Gosei Sentai Dairanger - The Core Five Costumes) + Ninja Sentai Kakuranger + Wake Up, Go to School, Save the World = Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers.
- Denji Sentai Megaranger - Video Game Tropes + Space Opera + Rescue Arc + Grand Finale = Power Rangers in Space.
- Seijuu Sentai Gingaman + Wagon Train to the Stars + Darker and Edgier = Power Rangers Lost Galaxy
- Mirai Sentai Time Ranger + Adaptation Distillation = Power Rangers Time Force.
- Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger + Wake Up, Go to School, Save the World + TOMMY = Power Rangers: Dino Thunder.
- Engine Sentai Go-onger - Lighter and Softer + Darker and Edgier + After the End = Power Rangers RPM.
- "Die Hard" on an X + Race Against the Clock + Real Time = 24.
- (Heroic Fantasy + Recycled IN SPACE! - Two-Fisted Tales) + Walking the Earth + (Shell-Shocked Veteran / [Cool Old Guy x Really 700 Years Old]) + (Timey-Wimey Ball x ∞) = Doctor Who (at least, from 2005 on).
- Wake Up, Go to School, Save the World + Joss Whedon + Dramedy + Angst = Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- Circus Drama + The Western = Frontier Circus.
Music
- Gangsta Rap + Horror Tropes = Horrorcore Rap.
Tabletop Games
- Standard Fantasy Setting - hope: Warhammer
- Warhammer + SPACE - Cooperation + Oversized Weaponry - Cooperation + GRIMDARK - Cooperation + Chainswords - Cooperation: Warhammer 40,000.
- Cyberpunk + High Fantasy + Strange Combinations + Mercenaries: Shadowrun.
- Old World of Darkness - Modern day setting + Eldritch Abominations/Titans + Fantasy Kitchen Sink + Anime= Exalted.
Video Games
- Space Marines + Super Soldiers + Alien Invasion + The Virus + Zombie Apocalypse + Hopeless War + War Is Hell + Military Science Fiction + Space Opera = Halo.
- First-Person Shooter + Le Parkour + Action Girl = Mirror's Edge.
- Cute Monster Girls + Bullet Hell + Awesome Music + Fantasy Kitchen Sink = Touhou Project.
- Take part of the above + Serial Escalation = Mushihime-sama.
- Metroidvania + Nintendo Hard + Guide Dang It! + Goddamned Bats + Demonic Spiders = La-Mulana.
- Retro-futuristic Science Fiction + Underwater Habitat + Hidden Elf Village + Survival Horror + Art Deco + Anarcho-Capitalistic Dystopia + Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke + What Measure Is a Non-Human? + System Shock = BioShock.
- Platform Hell + Nintendo Hard + Ludicrous Gibs + Everything Trying to Kill You + One Hitpoint Wonder = I Wanna Be the Guy.
- The Legend of Zelda + Bullet Hell = Engage To Jabberwock.
- The Legend of Zelda + Character Customization + Metroidvania + Crapsack World + Nintendo Hard = Dark Souls.
- Dark Souls + Gothic Horror + Cosmic Horror Story = Bloodborne
- Kaiju + Professional Wrestling = King of the Monsters.
- Raygun Gothic + Zeerust + Eagleland (both flavors) + Alternate History + After the End = Fallout.
- Roguelike + The Legend of Zelda + Nausea Fuel + Nightmare Fuel + Thick-Line Animation = The Binding of Isaac.
- Humongous Mecha + Lovecraft Lite = Demonbane.
- 4X + Real-Time Strategy = Rise of Nations.
- First-Person Shooter + Puzzle Game = Portal.
- Final Fantasy XIII + Chrono Trigger = Final Fantasy XIII-2.
- Pinball Quest does this with all of its games:
- The main quest is Pinball + RPG.
- The "Pop! Pop!" table is Pinball + Billiards + Bowling.
- "Viva! Golf" is Pinball + Golf.
- The "Circus" table is Pinball + Slot Machines + Space Invaders (for the lion tamer Mini-Game).
- Platform Game + Super Speed + Animal Superhero + Mecha Mooks + Science Fantasy = Sonic the Hedgehog
- Fighting Game + Role-Playing Game + High Fantasy + Partially Civilized Animal + Lauren Faust = Them's Fightin' Herds.
- Rhythm Game + Roguelike = Crypt Of The Necrodancer
- Third-Person Shooter + Art Attacker + The '90s = Splatoon
- All of the above + Cyberpunk + The '80s + Nintendo Hard = Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion
- Shenmue + Streets of Rage + River City Ransom = Yakuza.
- The above + Dragon Quest = Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Web Comics
- Mini-Mecha + Idiot Hero + DanceDanceRevolution = Kiwi Blitz.
- Supernatural Soap Opera + Romantic Comedy + Different for Girls = Misfile.
- Fighting Series + Comically Invincible Hero + Deconstructive Parody = One-Punch Man.
- (Magical Girl Genre Deconstruction * Decon-Recon Switch) + Moving Beyond Bereavement + Girls' Love = Sleepless Domain.
Web Original
- (Deep-Immersion Gaming x 11) + Les Yay + The Plan + Corrupt Corporate Executive + Moral Event Horizon4 + Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism - Rule of Cool + Shown Their Work = KIKEN.
- Archie Comics + Superhero School + Transgender = Whateley Universe.
- Any random movie + Winnie the Pooh + Any other nostalgic character + Railroading + Dull Surprise + Captain Obvious + Hey, That's My Line! + Forgot About His Powers = Pooh's Adventures.
- The Runaway Guys - 1 = Game Grumps.
- Let's Play + MST3K = Retsupurae.
- ([Teen Drama x (Homage + The '90s)] + Elaborate University High) + ([Video Games x Sports Stories] x Serious Business) = Video Game High School.
- Revenge of the Sith + Recursive Translation + Translate the Loanwords, Too + (Translation Train Wreck + Good Bad Translation) = Backstroke of the West.
Western Animation
- Sitcom + Comedic Sociopathy + some occasional Anviliciousness = Family Guy
- (Mystery + Comedy) + Fantasy Americana + Polar Opposite Twins = Gravity Falls
