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{{quote|'''Monkey God:''' OK, my turn? Ninjas.
'''Freya:''' What? Hey, we all agreed on this medieval knights-and-wizards theme!
'''Monkey God:''' [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja|So? It's my turn, my choice, I say: NINJA!]]
|Scene from the creation of the world, ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0274.html #274]}}
What happens when [[All Myths Are True]] is turned [[Up to Eleven]]? You get a Fantasy Kitchen Sink! Everything is true, even if it comes from vastly different origins. So not only are there really [[The Fair Folk|fairies]], there are [[Our Ghosts Are Different|ghosts]], [[Our Vampires Are Different|vampires]], [[Wolf Man|werewolves]], [[Mummy|mummies]], [[Sea Monster]]s, [[Sand Worm|giant worms]], [[Super Strength|superhuman]] [[Mutants]], [[Our Zombies Are Different|zombies]], [[Alien Tropes|aliens]], [[Time Travel Tropes|time travellers]], [[Psychic Powers|espers]], [[Our Angels Are Different|angels]], [[Our Demons Are Different|demons]], [[God]], [[Jerkass Gods]], [[God of Evil|Evil Gods]], [[The Gods Must Be Lazy|Lazy Gods]], [[Eldritch Abomination]]s, [[Precursors]], [[Functional Magic|magic]], [[Psychic Powers|psi]], [[Ki Attacks|chi]], and so on. Generally a sure sign of it is when creatures from typically different genres (aliens, vampires, fairies) all exist within the same world with [[Crossover Cosmology|individual origins of their own]], each implausible in their own way—leading up to a long series of [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief|suspensions of disbelief]] rather than just one.
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[[I Thought It Meant|Not to be confused with]] the '''literal''' [[Kitchen Sink Included|fictional kitchen sinks]].
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== Anime
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''--
** Negi Springfield slowly discovers that his class of 31 "[[Ordinary High School Student|ordinary]]" middle-school girls includes a [[Ridiculously Human Robot|ridiculously human]] [[Battle Butler|combat]] [[Robot Girl|robot]], a [[Cute Ghost Girl|ghost]], [[Sealed Badass in a Can|a depowered formerly uber-powerful]] loli[[Our Vampires Are Different|vampire]]/wizardess, a [[Cute Witch|Sorceress]]-in-training or three (well, it does once he starts training them, anyway), a [[Ninja]], a [[Chinese Girl|kung-fu master]], a [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|lesbian]] [[Heroic Albino|albino]] [[Half-Human Hybrid|half-Tengu]] [[Samurai]] [[Bodyguard Crush|bodyguard]], ''two'' [[Mad Scientist]]s {{spoiler|(one of whom is apparently his [[Time Travel]]ling [[Luke, I Am Your Father|descendant]] from [[Human Alien|another planet]])}}, a [[But Not Too Foreign|half-Puertorican half-demon]] [[Miko]]/[[Hired Guns|mercenary]] [[The Gunslinger|marksman]], a [[Nuns Are Funny|Nun]]/Wizardess, a potential [[Healing Hands|healer]] [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|lesbian]] [[Ojou]], and [[Silent Bob|Zazie]] [[Dark-Skinned Blond|Rainyday]] ( {{spoiler|a demon princess}}) -- plus the secrets Asuna's forgotten history holds ( {{spoiler|specifically, magical princess in exile}}). Just to add some spice, at least two of the girls have connections to his [[Disappeared Dad|long-missing father]], and unknown to him another is a relative! Negi himself, a [[Teen Genius|pre-teen prodigy]] wizard, son of a legendary [[Magic Knight|magical war hero]], who knows kung fu (and {{spoiler|was (unknown to him) a prince}}), who's in the process of <s>essentially</s> training himself up to be an Epic Hero. That's not even counting the other characters in this series, like a famous gladiator/human WMD, and a dog hanyou. [[Taste the Rainbow]]!
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* ''[[Magical Pokaan]]'' is a Fantasy Kitchen Sink from the get-go - a werewolf, a vampire, an android and a witch (all of them [[Cute Monster Girl]]s) living together in one house. The show then goes on to throw in tanuki, aliens, snow people, and anything else [[Gag Series|for the sake of comedy]].
* ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'': let's see...super-human butlers, Robots, [[Talking Animal]]s, [[Time Travel]], [[Miko]], [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Vampire Mikos]], ghosts, demons, demonic snakes, aliens, and [[Greek Mythology|whatever Athena is.]]
* ''[[Rosario
* Judging by the shared characters, ''Kon Kon Kokon'', ''[[Kamichama Karin]]'', and ''Doki-doki Tama-tan'' all take place in the same universe/timeline. Which is odd, because ''Kokon'' has [[Obake]], ''Kamikarin'' has magical [[Greek Mythology|Greek God]] rings and {{spoiler|human cloning}}, and ''Tama-tan'' is something to do with alien [[Moon Rabbit]]s and magical princess school.
* ''[[Soul Eater]]'': a Shinigami runs a supernatural school, which runs into an incredibly old Golem, a cat that turns into a busty woman, an incredibly old vampire, and Insanity Incarnate, truckloads of witches and an undead mummy pharaoh. Gets extra points for ''staging them all on this Earth''.
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* ''[[Silent Möbius]]'' centers on a Cyborg, a Mage, a Psychic, a Miko, and a Technomancer fighting a demonic invasion under the command of one of said demons' half-human spawn.
== Card Games ==▼
* ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]''. With some 10,000+ different cards, it's hard to think of any fantasy concepts that aren't represented.▼
** It's all magic, though, with little or no aliens or science fiction. A little [[Magitek]], a fair number of [[Badass Normal]] creatures, but the vast majority of it fits into a sword-and-sorcery setting and indeed is connected by one [[Myth Arc]].▼
** Worth noting is that within individual settings or "planes", the fantasy concepts that appear tend to be more restricted in scope (eg, a [[Land of One City]] plane, a Japanese-myth-inspired plane, a Magitek plane, etc.). Only when taken as a whole does the game itself become a kitchen sink (ie, a game with Lands Of One City and Japanese myth and Magitek, etc.).▼
** On the other hand, the annual core sets are specifically designed to embody this trope, introducing cool cards that would have no place in the specific settings (such as [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=220170 Vengeful Pharaoh]) as well as reprinting various cards from the game's past▼
* The [[Yu-Gi-Oh Card Game]] also has this. It features cards based on different folklores and myths from different cultures such as Japanese, Greek, European, Celtic, Nordic, etc. And the list only grows at each new edition. All the robots, superheroes, dinosaurs, ninjas...▼
▲== Comic Book ==
* ''[[Runaways]]'' has particular fun with this, with the original main villain group consisting of two wizards, two mutants, two aliens, two time travelers, two mad scientists, and two [[Badass Normal]] crime bosses. ''By design''.
* [[Marvel Universe|Marvel]] is undoubtedly a Fantasy Kitchen Sink, and is quite happy to have [[Iron Man]] beat up on Loki if it feels [[Rule of Cool|it'll make a good story]]. [[Conan the Barbarian]], [[Transformers]], [[Godzilla]], and [[Zoids]] all used to be part of the [[Marvel Universe]] and elements from those series are still floating around occasionally bumping into the [[Incredible Hulk]], [[Ghost Rider]], or the [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]]. Marvel's very first character was [[Sub-Mariner|Namor]], the [[New York]]-hating king of [[Atlantis]], and his nemesis was a fire-shooting android. While characters from completely different genres usually don't mix, and lighter series don't usually cross over with the grimmer ones, nothing is ever off limits.
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* While ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]'' starts with the premise that [[All Myths Are True|all fairy tales characters are real and living in a small town in Maine]] it has since come to include [[Classical Mythology|King Midas, a siren]], [[Arabian Nights|a genie]] and a trip to [[Alice in Wonderland|Wonderland]]. Hints have bee dropped that [[The Wizard of Oz|Oz]] is out there as well and while the Fairy Tale World is classic fantasy, Storybrooke has a more [[Magical Realism]] vibe. Also, although they aren't named there was a cameo by characters who were dead ringers for [[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest|Chief and Nurse Ratched]].
* ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' began with the simple story of a cyborg [[Phlebotinum Rebel]] from an evil Nazi-esque organisation, then slowly began to involve [[Kamen Rider Amazon|multiple]] [[Kamen Rider OO Os|ancient civilisations]], [[Kamen Rider Black RX|aliens]], [[Kamen Rider Kiva|every variety of monster you can think of]], [[Kamen Rider Hibiki|supernatural martial arts using the power of sound]], [[Kamen Rider Ryuki|alternate worlds you can enter through shiny surfaces]], [[Kamen Rider Decade|a universe-destroying journey through all of those things]], and currently a mysterious power originating in [[Kamen Rider Fourze|space]]. They all regularly team up in movies, and nobody makes a big deal of the fact that a vampire and [[Kamen Rider Den-O|a body-swapping oni]] are kicking monsters until they explode.
== Tabletop Games ==
=== Board Games ===
* ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' takes the fantasy kitchen sink, flings it into the future vacuum of [[Recycled in Space|SPAAACE]], arms it to the teeth, changes any morals to fit a [[Black and Grey Morality]], [[Crapsack World|dumps crap all over it]], and ramps up the violence quotient [[Up to Eleven|to eleven]], then covers everything in skulls and spikes.▼
▲=== Card Games ===
▲* ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]''. With some 10,000+ different cards, it's hard to think of any fantasy concepts that aren't represented.
▲** It's all magic, though, with little or no aliens or science fiction. A little [[Magitek]], a fair number of [[Badass Normal]] creatures, but the vast majority of it fits into a sword-and-sorcery setting and indeed is connected by one [[Myth Arc]].
▲** Worth noting is that within individual settings or "planes", the fantasy concepts that appear tend to be more restricted in scope (eg, a [[Land of One City]] plane, a Japanese-myth-inspired plane, a Magitek plane, etc.). Only when taken as a whole does the game itself become a kitchen sink (ie, a game with Lands Of One City and Japanese myth and Magitek, etc.).
▲** On the other hand, the annual core sets are specifically designed to embody this trope, introducing cool cards that would have no place in the specific settings (such as [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=220170 Vengeful Pharaoh]) as well as reprinting various cards from the game's past
▲* The ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!
=== Tabletop RPG ===
* The original edition of ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' cites John Carter of Mars (as well as Conan, and Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser) in its foreword, despite being for "medieval wargames campaigns" according to the cover. It suggests robots and androids as examples of 'other monsters' which could be used in the game.
** The game could be considered a Fantasy Kitchen Sink, seeing as how the monster manuals include every legendary or folklore creature in popular culture, as well as drawing from other sources ([[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs|dinosaurs]], anyone?), and creating their own.
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* ''[[Exalted]]'' is one big Fantasy Kitchen Sink which includes [[Magitek]], [[My Kung Fu Is Stronger Than Yours|kung fu]], [[Adventurer Archaeologist|adventurer archaeologists]], [[Celestial Bureaucracy|scheming bureaucratic gods]], [[Goth|goth princesses]], heroin-pissing dinosaurs, [[BFS]]'s, [[Manga|manga aesthetics]], [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|mythological/biblical inspirations]], and [[Petting Zoo People|anthropomorphic animals]], plus [[Heroic Fantasy|the usual vanilla blend of fantasy elements]]. It should be a trainwreck, yet it all works [[Rule of Cool|because of how awesome it is]].
* The [[Tabletop RPG]] ''[[Rifts]]'' has [[Godwin's Law|Nazi-equivalents]] in [[Schizo-Tech|power armor]], dinosaurs in the swampified remnants of the American South, [[Bee People|insect aliens]] from another dimension, [[Psychic Powers|psychics]] and [[Functional Magic]], Atlantis has risen from the ocean, Mexico and the surrounding areas are overrun, and ruled, by Vampires... You get the idea. In this case it's more fantasy roach motel, as things from strange other worlds seem to rift but they don't rift out. Weirdness diffusion, maybe?
▲* ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' takes the fantasy kitchen sink, flings it into the future, arms it to the teeth, changes any morals to fit a [[Black and Grey Morality]], [[Crapsack World|dumps crap all over it]], and ramps up the violence quotient [[Up to Eleven|to eleven]], then covers everything in skulls and spikes.
▲** In fact ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' is far, far more subdued than ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]''. While it maintains the [[Crapsack World]] element, the more ridiculous elements of 40K background are omitted. It nevertheless evokes this trope pretty hard, with vampires, daemons and the undead butting heads with dwarfs, elves and Lizard people.
* ''{Malifaux}}'', Greek Myths? check, cowboys? check, zombie hookers? check, horsemen of the apocalypse? check, labour unions and criminal organisation? check fairy tales? Pied piper on steroids. Baba yaga? check, a stage troup? check, Jack the ripper? where did you think those zombie hookers came from ;), genetical manipulation in animals? check, [[Creppy Child]], checks in spades, machines and cyborgs, check, ghosts? check, Sandmann? check, corrupt bureacracy, check, and playable
* ''[[Deadlands]]'' has a vast array of supernatural creatures running around the Weird West. The [[After the End]] spinoff ''Hell On Earth'' goes one better, with a Kitchen Sink Apocalypse, that includes nuclear devastation, zombies, and {{spoiler|the Horsemen of the Apocalypse}}.
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* An [[Retraux|old-school styled]] game called ''Encounter Critical'' is an off-beat Fantasy Kitchen Sink game, that mixes [[Five Races|races]] and [[Fantasy Character Classes|archetypes]] from [[Star Wars]], [[Star Trek]], and [[Dungeons & Dragons]].
* ''[[Small World]]'' is a strategy game which features dozens of fantasy creatures duking it out over territory. The core game alone has Humans, Halflings, Giants, Amazons, Trolls, Wizards, Ghouls, mer-folk (the Tritons), Dwarves, Elves, Rat-men, Sorcerors, Orcs, and Skeletons.
== Video Games ==
* ''[[Marvel Ultimate Alliance]]'' lets you have a party consisting of [[Doctor Strange]], the half-vampire [[Blade]], [[Iron Man]], and one of the [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] fight [[Doctor Doom]], Galactus, and Loki.
* ''[[The Sims|The Sims 2]]'', quite notoriously for a simulation game (albeit one that doesn't take itself very seriously), does feature this trope! Your Sims can plead with [[The Grim Reaper]] for the life of another household member, get abducted by aliens (and get a [[Face Full of Alien Wingwong]], [[Mister Seahorse|if they're male]]), get bitten by a wolf and become a werewolf, become a vampire, come back as a zombie, get eaten by a [[Man-Eating Plant]], become a plant-like being themselves, live with Bigfoot... the list goes on.
* ''[[Nethack]]'' is probably the biggest offender, because the monsters and items are all pieced together from bunches and bunches of completely unrelated books. It can include grid bugs from ''[[Tron]]'' and goblins from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' on the same level, for example. (It also has actual kitchen sinks.)
** "One-horned, one-eyed people eaters", "[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|microscopic space fleets]]", "battlemechs", "[[Discworld|The Luggage]]", "master lichens"(!) and various other weird critters shown instead of the real monsters when hallucinating.
** The Slash'EM variant throws in even more stuff, the best example probably being ''[[Star Wars|lightsabers]]''.
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