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{{quote|'''Monkey God:''' OK, my turn? Ninjas.<br />
'''Freya:''' What? Hey, we all agreed on this medieval knights-and-wizards theme!<br />
'''Monkey God:''' [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja|So? It's my turn, my choice, I say: NINJA!]]|Scene from the creation of the world, ''[[
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|Sea Monsters]], [[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|Eldritch Abominations]], [[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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In general when you have a Fantasy Kitchen Sink, the premise is mostly used for [[Monster of the Week]] plots -- where there's one [[Myth Arc]] that focuses on a [[MacGuffin|fantastic]] [[Applied Phlebotinum|element]] and a bunch of totally unrelated sub-arcs about various lesser creatures or beings. There's no overlap between the different genre creatures. The alien bounty hunters do not run into the vampires, the angels, or the superhuman (non-alien involvement) mutants; only the main characters. It's as if there are a bunch of disconnected secret [[Mirror Universe|worlds]] lurking [[Dark World|under]] and [[Spirit World|above]] the surface of the real world and the heroes are [[Broken Masquerade|the only ones who go between them]]. Occasionally, they do interact in the form of a [[Monster Mash]]. The [[Ancient Conspiracy]] really are behind everything... but so are [[The Fair Folk]], the [[Body Snatcher|Body Snatchers]], and the [[Time Travel|Time Travelers]] and their plans don't have ''any'' connection with each other. For example, the [[Witch Species]] never accidentally [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|erase the memories of the supernatural]] of, say, someone who's secretly a [[Ninja]] or vice versa; no matter how indiscriminate either are at enforcing the [[Masquerade]].
Compare this to, for instance, the various ''[[
The opposite of [[Meta Origin]], in which all of the supernatural elements of a setting come from the same single origin or event. Inevitably results in at least one character who's [[Seen It All]]. If the fantasy elements are used to explain how reality really works, it leads to discovering the [[Magical Underpinnings of Reality]].
Compare [[Crossover Cosmology]], [[Planet Eris]], [[Domino Revelation]] and [[Anachronism Stew]]. May combine with [[Crapsack World]] if the Fantasy Kitchen Sink has elements of the [[Darker and Edgier]]. [[If Jesus, Then Aliens]] is the logic used creating this world. Of course, tends to result in [[Pals
[[I Thought It Meant|Not to be confused with]] the '''literal''' [[Kitchen Sink Included|fictional kitchen sinks]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[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
** Plus whatever the deal is with Ako (scar), Akira (super abilities), and Sakurako ([[Born Lucky|unnatural luck]]).
*** It's even lampshaded at one point, as Mana had figured that {{spoiler|Zazie Rainyday}} ''couldn't'' be normal simply because hardly anybody in the class was.
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* The title character of ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'' may well have {{spoiler|reformatted her universe in order to make a Fantasy Kitchen Sink possible, because she considered any other kind of world too boring}}. In effect, ''almost everybody'' in her class turned out some kind of alien or supernatural, and [[Fandom]] has doubts about those who haven't yet. [[Token Human|Except Kyon, who is confirmed to be perfectly normal]], [[Epileptic Trees|but fandom doesn't entirely trust that]].
* ''[[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|Cute Monster Girls]]) 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]].
* ''[[
* ''[[Rosario Plus Vampire|Rosario+Vampire]]'' has main character Tsukune attending a school with, amongst others, vampires, witches, succubi, and emo ice-women--all of whom seem to want him.
* 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|Moon Rabbits]] and magical princess school.
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*** An island with Samurai has been confirmed, ninjas are a good bet
* One episode of ''[[Flint the Time Detective]]'' had the characters going back to meet [[Hans Christian Andersen]]. Due to magic, all his characters (well, at least the non-nightmarish ones) came out of their stories and interacted with the protagonists...[[Mind Screw|which made things kinda confusing.]]
* So far, the [[The Verse|Naritaverse]] (which includes ''[[
* ''[[Kore wa Zombie Desu
* ''[[Gantz]]''. Oku seems to include everything that comes to his mind in the series.
* The [[Toonami]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzmNRv7yVfk promo] for ''[[Tenchi Muyo!
{{quote| '''Announcer:''' Tenchi will enter a world where alien princesses traverse the galaxy in living ships. Space pirates plunder at will. And Galaxy Police patrol the stars, protecting the innocent. He'll have to deal with [[Bounty Hunter|bounty hunters]], [[Sealed Evil in
* ''[[High School
* ''[[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:
** 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.).
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* ''[[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 (Comic Book)|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.
** [[DC Comics]] is not much different. It has Greek and Roman gods, wizards, Faeries, aliens, Dinosaur Island, [[The Warlord|sword & sorcery tales]], [[Doc Savage]], the guy from ''Gladiator'' (the [[Gladiator|superhuman novel]], not the [[Gladiator (
*** That's not even getting into the licenced works. If half the stuff [[Atop the Fourth Wall
*** The Doctor is also part of the Marvel Universe, since the Doctor Who comics were/are produced by Marvel.
* ''[[The Sandman (Comic Book)|The Sandman]]'' universe, from the Sandman comics by [[Neil Gaiman]]. (Particularly, but not limited to, Dream's outfits.) But it works, simply by the [[Rule of Cool]]. It helps that it's split off from (and may be part of, depending on how convenient it is for a given storyline) [[The DCU]].
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* The comic ''[[Gold Digger (Comic Book)|Gold Digger]]'' is a great example of this trope, with a few flavors of aliens, were-creatures, dragons, leprechauns, elves, trolls, genetically engineered races, races descended from advanced robots, a time traveling super-intelligent dog, and a dozen other things. Quite often their origins are related but it never nears the level of a [[Meta Origin]].
* ''[[Fables (Comic Book)|Fables]]'' draws upon this, however averts it with the different fables being able to interact with each other.
* Mike Mignola's ''[[Hellboy (
* Carla Speed-McNeil describes her [[Finder]] series as "aboriginal sci-fi", set in a world of feathered dinosaurs, genetically engineered centaurs, a race of anthropomorphic lionesses that "crowns" their kings with a metamorphic virus, schools where you can major in prostitution, domed cities based on lost technology, a blind archaeology professor who wears prosthetic legs similar to an ostrich's, mechanical television kudzu, and a clan that appears to be all female and resembles Marlene Dietrich. Oh, and magic is real (albeit not as glamorous as in other worlds.) The whole thing may or may not be set on an Earth of the far-flung future, as archaeologists have dug up films like "Night Of The Hunter" and "The Producers".
* One character from Chaos comics starts off as a human angel hybrid living in ancient Egypt who gets bit by a vampire and becomes...something not a vampire. She meets demons, monster clowns, death spirits, and the devil, all to be expected but not next to Norse gods.
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* The ''[[Godzilla]]'' series and its related films feature dinosaurs that have survived until the present day to be mutated by atomic testing, present-day animals mutated by atomic testing, nearly a dozen different intelligent alien races trying to conquer us with various monsters and [[Humongous Mecha]], [[Time Travel]], mystical creatures and gods of religions that don't really exist, a massive sentient plant made by mixing a rose's DNA with Godzilla's and giving the result a human soul, ghosts, a living pile of sludge, two unrelated subterranean civilizations, [[Frankenstein]]'s monster, [[King Kong]], humans with powerful psychic powers, a force made of humans born with supernatural strength and agility, a gun that fires black holes, a giant magic gliding lizard whose very presence creates [[Dramatic Wind]], a giant walrus(!) and all other manner of wacky shit.
* [[Seven Faces of Dr. Lao|7 Faces of Dr. Lao]] includes the eponymous Doctor who is a Chinese philosopher-magician, Merlin, a yeti, [[Blind Seer|Appolonius of Tyana]], the Serpent from the Garden of Eden, the Loch Ness Monster, the Greek God Pan, Medusa, all in a 19th Century town in the American West.
* There are different types of supernatural killers in the form of [[A Nightmare
** Chris .R. Notarile even made a fan video (which uses good special effects, and masks, making the characters look and sound identical to their appearance in movies) depicting Freddy, Michael, {{spoiler|Pinhead, Jason, and Leatherface}} in the same room.
* [[
== Literature ==
* [[Garrett
* In K.A. Applegate's ''[[Everworld]]'', five high school kids enter a different dimension cobbled together by all of the world's gods and goddesses (and thus all their respective mythologies; there's also the whole thing about "aliens," creatures from other dimensions and ''their'' own gods who have ''also'' wound up in Everworld); however characters associated with these different mythologies frequently interact. Two notable examples from the series come to mind: a plot arc from the first book has the kids find themselves amongst Vikings preparing to attack the Aztecs; the other is a scene from the ninth in which dwarves have dammed up Everworld's version of the Nile (oh, and {{spoiler|Everworld-Egypt has been conquered by Amazons}}). Add to this the fact that the gods are very present (one can climb Mt. Olympus and meet them, for example), and things can get very complicated.
* [[Jim Butcher]]'s ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' has wizards, faeries, at least four kinds of vampires, ghosts, demons, ghouls, five types of werewolves, [[Eldritch Abominations|Lovecraftian Old Ones]], numerous Christian/Biblical references.... Mostly in the stories, they stick to European mythology, although other creatures from other myths have been mentioned to exist. However, the different races do interact in alliances and power struggles (in the books, at least), and it's ''only'' fantasy; no robots or aliens.
* ''[[
* [[Simon R. Green]]'s ''Deathstalker'' series is a Science Fiction Kitchen Sink. Clones, telepaths, aliens, rogue artificial intelligences, [[Our Vampires Are Different|"Wampyr"]], Wolflings, cyborgs, a [[Deadly Decadent Court]] with intrigue to match, bounty hunters, smugglers, ancient technology, professional rebels, genetic engineering, super drugs, [[Bread and Circuses]], and a [[Romeo and Juliet]] couple all appear ''in the first half of the first book''.
** You forgot ESP, [[Eldritch Abominations]], alternate universes, a deadly cyberspace [[William Gibson]] would shake his head at, nanotechnology, laser guns, personal force fields, the chick way too in love with violence, time travel, [[A God Am I]], and super-powered government agents. Though a few of those don't show up in the first book.
** Two of Green's other series (''[[Nightside]]'' and ''[[Secret Histories]]'') also use this trope, and blend all of the above scifi elements together with an even ''greater'' diversity of fantasy elements. Plus the occasional superhero, toon, or childhood imaginary friend.
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* [[Tom Holt]] lives on this trope. The same character, Lin Kortright, appears in both a book devoted to a [[Darker and Edgier]] Valhalla and one dedicated to a [[Black and Gray Morality|revisionist]] St. George and the Dragon. And the J.W.Wells&Co novels are even more extreme, throwing in mermaids, living swords, goblins, dragons, the Fey, the Bank of the Dead, {{spoiler|a lich}}, giants, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Riders of Rohan, {{spoiler|God}}, and a {{spoiler|living stapler}}.
* [[Mercedes Lackey]] is in love with this trope. All of her [[Urban Fantasy]], [[Historical Fantasy]], and her recent ''500 Kingdoms'' series are one big melting pot for everything from Japanese to Russian myths. Kitsune will exist next to katschei, and sidhe will exist with vampires.
* At the time [[
* ''[[Harry Potter]]'' features witches, wizards, warlocks, hags, ghosts, banshees, broomsticks, giant spiders, magic carpets, werewolves, vampires, various mythical creatures, giants and fairies; [[
** They even have their own non-existent creatures such as the Crumple-Horned Snorkack; Hermione scoffs at the notion that the Snorkack should exist ... [[Arbitrary Skepticism|even though she didn't know that witches, wizards, ghosts or monsters existed until she was 11 years old, and should thus perhaps be more open-minded?]]
* Carrie Vaughn's ''[[Kitty Norville]]''. What starts off with just werewolves and vampires has to date come to include [[The Fair Folk]], psychics, skinwalkers, real magicians, demons, chaos cults, ghosts, and more. Combine this with the fact [[All Myths Are True]] weaves the supernatural into well-known tales of literature and religion, as well as there being an [[Ancient Conspiracy]] behind everything, and you're all set.
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* The ''[[Book of Amber|Amber Chronicles]]'' by [[Roger Zelazny]] spans a multiverse in which everything can be found. The first five books focus mostly on fantasy (but include machine guns), whereas the second five contain, among others, a sentient magical supercomputer.
* Elizabeth Bear's ''New Amsterdam'' mixes Alternate History (the American colonies still belong to Britain in the early 20th century), [[Steampunk]] (Zeppelins) and [[Weird Science]] (Nicola Tesla's broadcast energy and death ray) with [[Functional Magic]], vampires, werecreatures and ghosts.
* In [[Garth Nix]]'s ''[[Keys to
* Eric Flint's ''Pyramid'' series has a pocket dimension which combines the Greek and Egyptian mythos which is the product of the title piece of technology which is the product of a race of what are either [[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens]] and/or [[Cosmic Horror|Cosmic Horrors]]. {{spoiler|Adding to the mess is that at the end of the first book some of the mythological creatures wind up in our world.}}
* ''[[Soon I Will Be Invincible]]'', a send-up of classic superhero comics. The world's premiere superteam consists of [[Captain Ersatz|Captain Ersatzs]] for [[Superman]] and [[Batman]], the daughter of a retired superhero and a [[Green-Skinned Space Babe]], a wizard with [[Green Lantern Ring|vaguely defined powers]], a [[The Fair Folk|fairy]], a [[Beast Man]], and a [[Hollywood Cyborg]]. Their enemies are likewise suitably diverse.
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* [[Jakub Wedrowycz]] has faced or fought genies, demons, vampires (including [[Dracula]] himself), sorcerers, ghosts, imps, dragons, gnomes, evil trees, aliens, merfolk, the [[Grim Reaper]], cavemen, and an undead Vladimir Lenin. And that's still not all.
* Where to begin with the [[Shannara]] world? [[Our Elves Are Better|Elves]], Dwarves, Trolls, and Gnomes are just the main species and are considered quite normal, then you toss in remnants of a post-apocalyptic future Earth like an [[AI Is a Crapshoot|evil supercomputer]] who captured magic users of the Shannara world to recharge its batteries, evil lizard-men, warlocks, witches, werebeasts, shapeshifters, and then the Demons trapped in the Forbidding since Faerie, which consist of every other mythological creature that has ever been conceived.
* [[Older Than Feudalism]], in ''[[
** Does that really count? All of those things are from [[Classical Mythology]].
* ''[[The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica]]''. The entire setting, namely the Archipelago of Dreams, is one of these. Where else could there be Pandora's Box, Centaurs, Elves and Fauns, and Peter Pan just to name a few of many, many things? It's an amalgamation of every single fantasy work EVER.
* Arguably, one of the main plot points of Michael Scott's book series, ''[[The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel]]''. Every mythological creature/deity ever is real - [[Masquerade|they're just hiding]], usually in their own [[Pocket Dimension|Pocket Dimensions]] or among normal people.
** On top of that, it's a History Kitchen Sink. Every character besides Josh and Sophie who ''isn't'' a mythical figure is a historical one. Including [[Joan of Arc]], [[Shakespeare in Fiction|William Shakespeare]], and [[Niccolo Machiavelli]].
* [[
** Although the unicorn, at least, was a mistranslation due to nobody remembering what an aurochs (''re'em'') was.
* ''[[An Elegy for
* ''[[Monster Hunter International]]'': Every monster myth known is true. Most can be killed with sufficient application of [[More Dakka|dakka]], [[Stuff Blowing Up|explosives]], [[Kill It
== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Big Wolf
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', where in addition to the magical baddies, she had to deal with science fictional intelligent androids.
** Several exceptions ran through Buffy on the 'not interacting with each other.' Most notably a werewolf hunter was eaten by a vampire, a demon-god was attacked by an android, and the military organization were combining cybernetics with demon body parts (although they still did not believe in magic, which was irksome. This lessened slightly once they saw the Slayer was real, but did not impact them or their research, and they continued to act as if she were the only case.)
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* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' might not be categorized under fantasy, but there are many of the same themes in it. Though usually explained with science, a fair amount of ancient myths and conspiracy theories are brought to life in these shows, including what appear to be Roswell aliens, parasites posing as Egyptian gods, and the lost city of Atlantis. In the spin off, ''[[Stargate Atlantis]],'' they have actual space vampires that don't drink blood, they suck life. Through their hands. Plus all the Arthurian references later in the series, when the main characters actually meet Merlin and Morgan le Fay (though they are explained as being Ancients) and have to do numerous quests involving pulling a sword from a stone and searching for the Holy Grail (in space).
* ''[[The Munsters]]'' is a comedic version of this, with the Frankenstein monster, vampires, and a werewolf all in the same family.
* ''[[Power Rangers]]'' is ''built'' on this trope. From the first episode, we have an interdimensional wizard with a [[Buck Rogers]]-esque robot assistant who [[Recruit Teenagers
** Its base series, ''[[Super Sentai]]'', didn't count as this for some time because each season took place in a different universe. Then along came ''[[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger]]'', in which all sentai ''are'' in the same verse, and the sentai teams must teach a [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits|Ragtag Bunch of]] [[Space Pirate|Space Pirates]] how to use their powers, be they magical, technological, or anything in between.
* ''[[
* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' has ghosts, demons, angels, zombies, vampires, wendigo, possessed trucks, a Frankenstein-style [[Mad Scientist]] who is effectively immortal through the theft of new organs, etc. So far no aliens, though. This was also [[Lampshaded]] a bit when one of the brothers said that everyone knew there was no such thing as Bigfoot.
** Bobby Singer can usually find info on new monsters, after the writers let up on the use of John Winchester's diary. At some point, Team Winchester realized they were dealing with a monster that was entirely unprecedented.
** The monsters all fit an urban myth feeling, until they started incorporating all kinds of mythology, no matter how much of a square peg, round hole it was.
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** The inspiration for ''X-Files'', ''[[Kolchak the Night Stalker]]'', incorporated both standard-issue horror monsters (vampires, werewolves, headless bikers) and mythological entities (rakshasa, a Greek immortal), sci-fi critters sprung from laboratories or the depths of the earth, or psychic phenomena (e.g. a dream-monster that manifests in the real world).
** Have to laugh at an episode where the Smoking Man resolutely says [[Flat Earth Atheist|"There is no God! What we call God is alien!"]]. God himself may not have appeared on the show, but as there's an abundance of supernatural stuff going on regardless (demons, genies, and Lord knows what else) there is a pretty good chance that he is jumping to conclusions.
* ''[[Poltergeist:
* Possibly the Ur-example of this trope in television, ''[[Dark Shadows (TV series)|Dark Shadows]]'' started out as a mundane soap opera, but became a Fantasy Kitchen Sink with vampires, ghosts, witchcraft, mad scientists, time travel, alternate realities, and many, many cases of reincarnation.
* ''[[
* Parodied in an episode of ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' where Stephen Colbert mentions that someone used a non-existent district in a state to gain votes. He then says this non-existent district has things like Sleestaks, unicorns, leprechauns, [[Sesame Street|Mr. Snuffulapagus]], the chupacabra, [[The Ghost|Vera from Cheers, Charlie Brown's teacher]] and the protagonist of ''[[Fight Club]]''.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFRDKf47QdU&feature=related This] episode of ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'' opens with a game of ''Daytime Talkshow'', which normally spoofs one fairy tale or nursery rhyme each time, but slowly mutates into this trope. Apparently [[Off the Rails|the hill that Jack and Jill fetched a pail of water from is not only the same site that Hey Diddle Diddle took place in, but belongs to a landowner that also possesses Humpty Dumpty's wall, and Peter Peter Pumpkineater's in the audience...]]
* ''[[Round the Twist]]'' has anything and everything from ghosts to mermen to cloning machines to magic gum-leaves. Became the [[Trope Codifier]] for many episodic children's shows about weird stuff happening to a small group of [[Unfazed Everyman|ordinary schoolkids]].
* The long-running British series ''Doctor Who'' has taken nearly every fantasy being and concept and worked it into a story line over the past 50 years, always explaining them in the context of a science fiction story. Yeti, for example, are cyborgs of alien origin. Satan is a large alien being trapped eons ago by the power of a black hole.
* ''Kolchak: The Night Stalker,'' a 1974 television series, featured Darren [[Mc Gaven]] in the starring role of investigative newspaper reporter Carl Kolchak, who each week stumbled across a different supernatural story in the city of Chicago. All of the standard monsters were brought out: witches, vampires, werewolves, mummies, and many others. In each episode, Kolchak would cover a mysterious news event, such as a murder or bizarre accidental death, discover the underlying supernatural cause, try to convince his editor and the police to no effect, and eventually defeat the monster without anyone's help, knowledge, or thanks.
* ''[[
* 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
* ''[[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
== Tabletop Games ==
* The original edition of ''[[Dungeons and 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
** The ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' campaign setting with its [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]] collection is ''built'' on this concept, world encompassing traditional knights-and-wizards fantasy, Arabic legends, and a whole continent devoted to a mishmash of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean mythology, in different regions. Unfortunately, most works and all but one videogame get set in the [[Medieval European Fantasy]] regions (Sword Coast, Heartlands).
** ''[[Ravenloft]]'' could be called a [[Horror Kitchen Sink]], borrowing elements from creepy folklore (ghosts, curses), creepy novels (Dracula-style vampires, mad scientists), creepy movies (Hammer-style werewolves & gypsies), creepy scifi ([[Face Full of Alien Wingwong|sea spawn]], pod people), and the creepy end of every ''other'' D&D game setting.
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* ''[[Mutants and Masterminds]]'' is designed to allow for this. The flexible point buy system and the distinction between "effect" (mechanics) and descriptors (flavor text with some extra meaning attached) allows characters to be built based on any comic book/fantasy/myth/sci-fi concept they can imagine in order to accommodate the Fantasy Kitchen Sink aspects of the two major comic book companies.
** ''[[Champions]]: The Super Roleplaying'' game has been doing this for two decades before M & M even came along.
* ''[[
* The [[Old World of Darkness]] featured vampires with features from vampire folklore around the world, spirit-loving werewolves fighting a supercorporation that worships the embodiment of evil, demons from hell, a netherworld full of wraiths, mummies, psychics, changelings, wizards based on every real world mythology/religion/occult philosophy imaginable, and a global conspiracy of super-science secret agents who can travel through the spirit world in magic spaceships. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. The [[New World of Darkness]] has ditched the super science (unless you count the unofficial ''[[
* ''C.J. Carella's [[
* ''Lords of Creation'' allows characters to move around dimensions, with each dimension having its own genre. It allows Game Masters to create worlds that freely mixes [[Magical Land|magic]], with [[Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness|hard sci-fi]], and [[Science Fantasy]], with any number of [[Alien Space Bats|cultures mixed in]].
* Geoffrey McKinney's ''Carcosa'' is an [[Retraux|old-school]] supplement for the Original [[Dungeons and Dragons]] rules, that mixes [[Heroic Fantasy|sword and sorcery]], [[Cosmic Horror Story|cosmic horror]], and [[Zeerust|vintage sci-fi]].
* 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]], [[
* ''[[
== Video Games ==
* ''[[Marvel
* ''[[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 ''[[Lord of the Rings]]'' on the same level, for example. (It also has actual kitchen sinks.)
** "One-horned, one-eyed people eaters", "[[The
** The Slash'EM variant throws in even more stuff, the best example probably being ''[[Star Wars|lightsabers]]''.
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* ''[[Castlevania]]'' uses undead, [[Eldritch Abomination|abomination]], evil, and various other strange creatures from the folklore of every culture and tradition these days. Some of them aren't even from fiction, but from real life -- dodo birds have been spotted in one game, and various games have variably-undead dinosaurs. Stock [[Gothic Horror]] monsters generally form the backbone of Dracula's armies though.
* The ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series draws on this, with gods and goddesses from every culture in the world, as well as the run of the mill robots, mummies, vampires, etc.
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** The fanon theory is mostly based on musings from Rinnosuke--in ''Silent Sinner in Blue,'' he claims that information on space travel showed up in Gensokyo once enough people in the real world started believing the Apollo Moon Landing was faked. In ''Curiosities of Lotus Asia,'' Rinnosuke wonders if an influx of crested ibis birds was due to impending extinction. <ref>It wasn't--at the time that particular story was published, Crested Ibises were actually being reintroduced into Japan thanks to a massive breeding program in Japan and China running for decades prior, and Rinnosuke notes shortly after thinking the Ibis might prove his theory correct that it was found near the entrance to the Hakurei Shrine, thus meaning it found its way into Gensokyo by accident.</ref>
** This theory is canon as of Ten Desires, where Toyosatomimi no Miko's reincarnation mausoleum is transported from Japan to Gensokyo when people forget about her deeds and legends.
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** This is only but the tip of the iceberg. Loki returns to screw over Beldr ''[[Norse Mythology|again]]''. [[The Fair Folk]] are around still lead by Oberon and Titania. Satan is a massive [[Eldritch Abomination]] who has the role of the Accuser and is essentially YHVH's [[The Lancer|Lancer]]/[[The Dragon|Dragon]]. [[Gag Penis|Mara]] pops up occasionally to stir some chaos. The Four Archangels are genuinely broken up as to what to do with YHVH's [[Good Is Not Nice]] / [[Complete Monster]] tendencies. Izanagi and Izanami are showing their interest in Humanity. The [[Horsemen of the Apocalypse]], plus the Harlot of Babylon and the Trumpeter of the End raise some hell with their partying. [[Alice in Wonderland
* Done in the early ''[[Ultima]]'' games, using any fantasy creature from D&D Richard Garriott could think of plus space ships and laser guns. Averted in sequels ''Ultima IV-VI'' as the number of monsters are narrowed down, and there are no elves, halflings, or orcs in sight, making the setting richer by showing less is more. Redone in ''[[Ultima Online]]'', with elves, orcs, ninja, samurai, paladins, necromancers, cyborgs, and anything else the developers can think of, making the setting more generic (and sorely disappointing Lord British).
* The ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' universe has at least four sets of Deities, all of which are real and influence their own little niche in the world. Due to the open nature of the game, players interact with and influence all four of these divine beings.
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*** The Light is more like a non-theistic philosophy. However, there is also Elune, the monotheistic goddess of the night-elves, and numerous demigods and Ancients.
*** And werewolves, gargoyles, zombies, hydras, centaurs...For a long time, vampires were the ''only'' fantastic or mythical creatures not to be found in ''[[World of Warcraft]]''. Then the second expansion came out and introduced the darkfallen - blood-drinking undead elves.
*** Vampires have been in ''[[
** The ''[[
* The ''[[Nasuverse]]'' gives us [[Tsukihime|Vampires]], [[Fate/stay
* ''[[Super Robot Wars]] OG Saga: [[Endless Frontier]]''. The titular world, "Endless Frontier" consists of several mini-dimensions with varies in theme. Result in world where [[Valkyries]] use [[Laser Blade]], Elves give up bow in favor of sub-machinegun, geek ogre with magic tome, [[Cyberpunk]] cowboy and werewolf [[Samurai]] are common sight {{spoiler|as well as some [[Eldritch Abomination]]}}.
* ''[[Fall From Heaven]]'', a [[Game Mod]] for ''[[Civilization IV]]'', has every fantasy trope from orcs to dwarves to elves, with nations of wizards, vampires, ghosts, and pirates, a religion based on the worship of [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Abominations]], with other random like werewolves and jinn thrown in for good measure.
** Another mod, ''Fictionalization IV'', has a similar mishmash of things from various fantasy tropes as well as superheroes, mecha, and other tropes from sci-fi.
* The ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series has [[Funny Animal|Funny Animals]], some with amazing powers such as [[Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 (
* ''[[City of Heroes]]'', obviously based on comic books, revels in this. During the course of a career, the average hero (or villain) will face mutants, aliens, alternate dimensional aliens, alternate dimensional mutant aliens, alternate dimensional versions of heroes, alternate dimensional versions of villains, demons, cosmic horrors, mobsters, evil corporations, government conspiracies, ancient conspiracies, evil mastermind conspiracies, ghosts, spirits of nature, robots, robots animated by psychic power, Nazis, vampires, werewolves, purse-snatchers, gods, alien gods, time travel, travel to other dimensions, mercenaries, government agents, free-lance vigilantes...while coming from a background that has just as weird a mix. Want to be an archer with miraculous healing powers and force fields who can later learn to suck the souls from your enemies, all because you grew up a mutant? You can!
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* [[King's Quest|The King's Quest series.]] Full stop. The [[Expanded Universe]] material [[Justified Trope|explains the reason for it]]. Magical creatures, mythological beings, wizards, and other fantastic entities fled into a parallel dimension (called the Withdrawal in the player's guide) to escape encroaching modernity that threatened their existence.
* ''[[Pokémon]]''. It has psychics (too many to count), phoenixes (Moltres (Western) and Ho-Oh (Eastern)), a dryad (Celebi), an Arkan Sonney (Lucky Piggy - it is a white hedgehog that flees people and gives them luck if caught; Shaymin is one), and that doesn't even scratch it. The best is that it has Mew (ancestor of all Pokémon, and as such represents Darwinian evolution) and Arceus (the CREATOR Pokémon, which came before all others), which contradict each other at first glance.
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* ''[[Big Bang Age|Daibanchou - Big bang Age]]'' is full of this trope. You can recruit super-powered high school students, military personnel, tanks, animals, vampires, a Frankenstein monster, mad scientists, mikos, Shintoist priests, ninjas, an alien, a demon, a yakuza boss, an elf, an Egyptian loli queen (with Egypt being in Japan, no less), Arabians, a halfbreed between a lion and Indiana Jones, a giant robot, a mummy, a humunculus, a cat... thing, a loli in a huge armor, a magical girl, an angel, a stereotypical Yu-Gi-Oh fanboy, a nurse, a floating crystal head and clay-potteries... And who do you fight against with these guys? The military, vampires, ninjas, zombies, either crusaders or pirates and finally, demons...
* The mythological allusions in ''[[La-Mulana]]'' range freely from Japanese to Egyptian to Mesoamerican.
* [[The Elder Scrolls]] series started out this way until, starting with ''[[
* The [[SaGa]] series as a whole combines this with a healthy dose of [[Schizo-Tech]]. A notable example from the second game is the deity lineup: Ashura/Asura (Indian), Venus and Apollo (Roman), Odin ([[Norse Mythology|Nordic]]), and Isis (originally Egyptian, but appears here in her Greco-Roman incarnation with Athena's shield and for some reason a [[Katanas Are Better|Samurai sword]]).
* [[Dominions]] draws on a wide range of mythologies for its different colorful nations, ranging from the well-known (Arcoscephale is Greece) to the obscure (Hinnom, Ashdod, and Gath are descended from the Nephilim of Jewish apochrypha).
* ''[[Asura's Wrath]]'' is a [[Science Fantasy]], [[Hindu Mythology]] and [[Buddhism]] equivalent of this, though played around with in that the story is specifically set in the extremely far future and that the main race of beings, Demigods, were based on upon said mentioned mythologies.
* Actually a card video game with a comic book based on it (or the other way around), but [[
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Finders Keepers|Finder's Keepers]]'' puts it rather bluntly: "Every myth, every belief, every dream, every nightmare, they all are residents of this side. The Veil separates the Every-Day from the Every-Daydream. If Humanity has dreamt it up, you'll find it lurking around here somewhere."
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* By now it's less of a question of what kind of monster will show up in ''[[
* As the page quote implies, ''[[The Order of the Stick
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* ''[[The Dreadful]]'' has, in less than 50 pages, presented a [[Cute Monster Girl|devil girl hero]], a centaur, an elf, a dwarf who actually manages to ''avert'' [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same]], [[A Load of Bull|a preaching minotaur]], an angel, and [[Uh-Oh Eyes|whatever]] [[Ax Crazy|Jeanne]] [[Big Bad|Noelle]] is.
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* The main characters of ''[[
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* ''[[The Questport Chronicles]]'' include [[Our Elves Are Better|elves]], [[Our Fairies Are Different|fairies, pixies]], [[Hobbits]], [[Griping About Gremlins|gremlins]], [[Our Dragons Are Different|dragons]], [[Unicorn|Unicorns]], [[Winged Humanoid|Avia]], [[All Trolls Are Different|trolls]], [[Our Ogres Are Hungrier|ogres]], [[Sea Monster|sea monsters]], [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire|vampires]], and [[Our Demons Are Different|multiple kinds]] [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|of demons]].
* [[Neopets]] is filled with a huge variety of locales and pets that fit with fantasy, mythological, and science-fiction themes. These include Aliens, Faeries, Dragons/Medieval Fantasy, Dinosaurs, Ghosts, Robots, Pirates, and Cute Fluffy Things
* [[Equestrian Legends]] has, of course, everything in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
== Western Animation ==
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** King Arthur (as if to drive this point home THE King Arthur) encapsulates the entire series in one statement; "All things are true... ''few'' things are ''accurate''."
* ''[[The Simpsons (
* Jokingly referenced in an episode of ''[[
{{quote| '''Hank:''' Brock, if pirates really exist, then Santa Claus and The Tooth Fairy could even be real, right?! It's like all bets are off!<br />
'''Brock:''' Hank, nobody ever said pirates don't exist.<br />
'''Hank''': So you agree with me that this is impossible! }}
* Practically every children's adventure cartoon with a modern Earth setting and fantastic elements that ''does not'' use a [[Meta Origin]] (i.e. ''[[
** However, ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force
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** In the commentary for one of the Imaginationland episodes, Matt and Trey talked about an idea for a [[Ninja Pirate Robot Zombie|zombie vampiwerepichaun]], or something to that effect, which they said was a leprechaun bitten by a werewolf and a vampire that gets killed and becomes a zombie, much like the [[Penny Arcade]] example above.
* ''[[Teen Titans (
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* In [[Transformers]] [[Transformers Generation 1|G1]] there are a few episodes that the eponymous robots end up in a fantasy plot involving magic in it.
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*** Five bucks says he's related to Bat Boy!
* Mattel's new [http://www.monsterhigh.com Monster High] toy/book/media line. The Mummy's daughter is girlfriend to Medusa's son, and the Wolfman's daughter is BFFs with Dracula's and the Frankenstein Monster's progeny. And the zombie member of the cast is also the brain of the group, heh.
* ''[[Bionicle]]'' has cyborgs, [[Elemental Powers|elemental spirits]], [[Hobbits]], an [[Eldritch Abomination]] or two, dinosaurs, [[Fish People]], [[Our Dragons Are Different|dragons]], mutants, [[Everything's Deader
* A small sampling of the ''[[Monster in My Pocket]]'' line includes the hydra, werewolf, griffin, tengu, zombie, [[Mad Scientist]], invisible man, Ganesha, Loch Ness Monster, and boogeyman.
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