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Mix And Match is a trope where you "Take one existing show genre, add another, and presto! you've got a brand-new genre." Sounds simple enough, right? However, I've noticed that several elements about the page suggest something's wrong with either the trope's concept or execution.

  • The quote in the opening is one out of four sentences making up the entirety of the description. Of the other three, one describes how Star Trek's plot is a Wagon Train to the Stars, which is a combination of The Western and a Space Opera, while two describe its relationship to other tropes.
  • All the on-page entries are in the form of simple math equations (e.g. A concept + B concept +... = Z result), which is barebones context at best. The entries are also all misuse according to the description, which just says the combination of genera makes a new genera; several inputs are tropes and works, and all of the outputs in the examples are works.
  • A quick check of off-page examples reveals a lack of focus as to what the trope name refers to. Variations I saw include using the equation format, saying a character has a combination of multiple distinct traits, misuse for X Meets Y, and saying that a thing can be a mix of multiple kinds of components.
  • The discussion page has noted that this trope has had issues as far back as 2012; one thread notes that Mix And Match reads like several miniature work pages, while the other explicitly says that it feels like a Just for Fun version of Genre-Busting and wonders why it's in mainspace.
  • The tropes listed in the "See also" sentence (X Meets Y, Recycled In Space) are already in Just for Fun.

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(Incidentally, I was told a wick check wasn't required for this type of TRS action.)

Edited by GastonRabbit on Jul 10th 2023 at 12:27:21 PM

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#26: Jul 11th 2023 at 8:01:25 PM

I added Ability Mixing, but permission wasn't needed because adding new pages is a free action.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Jul 11th 2023 at 10:01:46 AM

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#28: Jul 12th 2023 at 5:36:55 PM

And the clean up is complete. The only wicks left are the Ambiguity Index and the Trope Report Sandbox.

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#29: Jul 12th 2023 at 5:43:40 PM

Okay, locking up.

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