When cool things are combined, the combination is cooler than the sum of its parts. This combination is usually physically impossible or contradictory, like the title of this page. Fortunately, if done right, nobody cares (Rule of Cool!)
This doesn't always work. If the cool things somehow cancel each other out, if it's just so overwhelming the Willing Suspension of Disbelief snaps like a brittle twig, you may get left with a piece of camp that is at best funny and at worst disgusting… often falling into the realm of Cool, but Stupid. Just remember Strong Bad's words of wisdom: "Too much of a good thing is an awesome thing. But too much of an awesome thing is… umm… really, really dumb and bad."
See also Awesomeness Is Volatile, Cool vs. Awesome, Heinz Hybrid, Hybrid Overkill Avoidance (avoiding this trope), Impossibly Cool Weapon, Mix-and-Match Critter, Monster Mash, Fantasy Kitchen Sink, & Rule of Cool. May also overlap with Twofer Token Minority.
Subtropes:
- Cyber Ninja
- Dracolich
- Ghost Pirate
- Nazi Zombies
- Neoclassical Punk Zydeco Rockabilly
- Non-Human Undead
- Planimal
- Robot Athlete
- Robot Clown
- Samurai Cowboy
- Teenage Mutant Samurai Wombats
- Winged Unicorn
The title that narrowly lost out for this trope: Ninja Zombie Pirate Robot Skeleton Creeper Cowboy Hobos With Chainsaw Black Laser Wooden OddlyShaped Katanas And Several Automatic Shotgun Revolvers And The Power of Friendship Fighting Vampire Commie Nazis With Black Magic Riding Cyborg Dinosaurs With Head Mounted Lasers Who Are Lead by Stupid Jetpack Hitler Attacked by Angry Guard Dogs with Bees in Their Mouths That Shoot Bees at You When They Bark, Spiders and Snakes On A Plane Submarine Ship Car Helicopter Tank With Monster Clowns Riding on Xenomorph Elephants, Lions, Tigers, Desert Polar and Brown Bears, Wolves, Monkeys and Foxes Crashing Into An Ancient Zeppelin with Cuteness, Rainbows, Kittens, Puppies, Cuddly Teddy Bears, Pandas, Penguins, Bunnies, Mice, My Little Ponies, Winged Unicorns and Pigs: Oddly Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo: This Time, It's Personal: The Last Title: In SPACE: The Movie: The Game: New Ultra Super Turbo Golden edition Director's Cut Remix EX Hd 3D +
Featuring Pink Gold Baby Tanooki Metal Cat Dante from the Devil May Cry series. & KNUCKLES!.
Examples:
- Advertising
- Anime
- Asian Animation
- Board Games
- Card Games
- Comic Books
- Fan Works
- Film
- Food And Drink
- Literature
- Live-Action TV
- Music
- Mythology
- New Media
- Newspaper Comics
- Professional Wrestling
- Tabletop Games
- Theatre
- Toys
- Video Games
- Web Animation
- Webcomics
- Web Original
- Western Animation
- Other
- Real Life
