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, Fantasy Kitchen Sink, Heinz Hybrid, Hybrid Overkill Avoidance (avoiding this trope), Impossibly Cool Weapon, Mix-and-Match Critter, Monster Mash, & Rule of Cool. May also overlap with Twofer Token Minority. See Hailfire Peaks for the level variant.
Subtropes:
- Cyber Ninja
- Commie Nazis
- Dracolich
- Ghost Pirate
- Nazi Zombies
- Non-Human Undead
- Planimal
- Robot Athlete
- Robot Clown
- Robot Wizard
- Samurai Cowboy
- Winged Unicorn
The title that narrowly lost out for this trope: Ninja Zombie Pirate Robot Skeleton Creeper Cowboy Gratuitous Princess Hobos With Chainsaw Black Laser Wooden OddlyShaped Katanas, a shitload of Automatic Shotgun Revolvers and The Power of Friendship Fighting Vampire Commie Nazis With Black Magic Riding Cyborg Dinosaurs With Frickin' Laser Beams Attacked by Angry Guard Dogs with bees in their mouths and when they bark they shoot bees at you, Spiders, Snakes On A Plane Submarine Ship Car Rocket Helicopter Tank With Monster Clowns Riding on Xenomorph Honorable Elephants, Lions, Pantheras, Misplaced Polar and Brown Bears, Savage Wolves, Monkeys and Foxes Crashing Into A Zeppelin from another world with Cuteness, Rainbows, Cute Kittens, Precious Puppies, Teddy Bears, Pandas, Penguins, Nice Mice, My Little Ponies, Winged Unicorns, Messy Pigs and Bunnies for Cuteness: Oddly Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo: Episode 0: The Beginning: This Time, It's Personal: The Last Title: IN SPACE!: The Movie: Big Combo: The Game: Recycled: The Series: Super Title 64 Advance Trope 2000 New Super Ultra Turbo Alpha Omega Leaf Fire Golden Unrated edition Director's Cut Remix Deluxe EX Hd VR 3D +: Or: Gory Deadly Overkill Hybrids Of Fatal Death
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Examples:
- Advertising
- Anime & Manga
- Asian Animation
- Board Games
- Card Games
- Comic Books
- Comic Strips
- Fan Works
- Film
- Food And Drink
- Literature
- Live-Action TV
- Music
- Mythology
- New Media
- Professional Wrestling
- Tabletop Games
- Theatre
- Toys
- Video Games
- Web Animation
- Webcomics
- Web Original
- Western Animation
- Other
- Real Life
