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* It's easy to forget that while ''[[Paradise Lost]]'' followed the epic form, it broke with a lot of epic conventions; most notably by casting [[Satan|the villain]] in the apparent role of epic hero, at least at first.
** ''[[Paradise Lost]]'' was supposed to be in the style of medieval epics. Since it was written in the 17th century, Milton was being "retro." The bit about Lucifer being epic badass prior to his fall was already a trope by then, although the common interpretation of Satan as [[Anti-Hero]] was unintentional on the (very devout) author's part.
* [[J. R. R.
** The ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' trilogy also broke the medieval epic hero genre by making the protagonists ordinary people, putting the standard epic hero (royalty, ancestral weapon, takes part in an enormous battle) in a secondary role as a diversion from the main protagonist's goal, which isn't accomplished in a very heroic way at all.
* James Joyce's ''[[Finnegans Wake]]'' CANNOT be put into genre because [[True Art Is Incomprehensible|IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE]].
** It's worse than that - any sense you do manage to make of it will only compound the genre-busting. There are very few individual '''words''' in ''[[Finnegans Wake]]'' that don't have multiple meanings...
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== [[Live
* ''[[Tokusatsu]]'' can do this.
* ''[[Lost]]'', while also being a [[Trope Codifier]] for the [[Noughties Drama Series]], started off with what can best be described as a clean slate since [[Jigsaw Puzzle Plot|the plot was so heavily shrouded in mystery]]. This allowed the writers to construct a story that would include tropes from... well... Pretty much everything.
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*** And Series 5 throws in a [[Sitcom]] episode.
* ''[[Quantum Leap]]'' is basically the trope incarnate, basically being about a guy who's continually moving through any kind of story the writers feel like.
* While ''[[Star Trek]]'' is
** And of course, Gene Roddenberry pitched it as Horatio Hornblower in space. This influence was picked up more heavily by Nicholas Meyer for the second movie which set the tone for the rest of the series.
* ''[[The Adventures of Brisco County Jr]]'' was a science fiction/western with a lead who was best known for horror/comedies.
* ''[[The X-
* ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'' classified itself as a 'forensic fairy tale,' with elements of fantasy, procedural mystery, romantic comedy, and, well, what genre
* ''[[Babylon 5]]'' is spy story combined with [[Space Opera]] combined with Lovecraftian tropes combined [[High Fantasy]].
* ''[[Prison Break]]'' is obviously about escaping prison but is also about a intricated conspiration and after they escape the second season is about the future of those who escaped.
* ''[[Castle]]'', like ''[[Bones]]'' above, is a [[Police Procedural]] romantic dramedy. They also like staging episodes around particular subcultures and bringing in various tropes of particular other genres as well; there's been a vampire episode, an alien abduction episode, a few political-spy thrillers, and so forth.
== [[Music]] ==
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* Every fan of the ''[[Super Mario]]'' franchise knows the iconic theme song of the first game, right? Well, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcKurvm_0oE&list=RDkcKurvm_0oE&start_radio=1 ever hear it performed by an ''orchestra?'']
* ''[[The Binding of Isaac]]'' is certainly a [[Religious Horror]] and [[Survival Horror]] as far as the story is concerned, but exactly what ''type'' of game it is can be debated. Some say it's a [[Roguelike]] stealth game due to all the dungeons, while others say it's "twinstick shooter" due to the controls. Whatever the case, the gameplay can definitely be called ''unique''.
* ''[[Doki Doki Literature Club!]]'', oh yeah. {{spoiler|This starts as a [[Dating Sim]] with your typical cute anime girls whom the player - through his character - is trying to woo, but then it takes a sharp turn into [[Survival Horror]] and ''someone'' starts murdering them. There's a [[Yandere]] loose, and the scary part is, the player's ''character'' [[The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You| is ''not'' the one she wants]]...}}
* ''[[Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion]]'' is an Indy game that starts with Spooky - a cute little ghost girl - challenging you to explore all 1,000 rooms of her Mansion, and it seems like harmless, lighthearted game at first. It is not. This is nothing less than [[Survival Horror]], with terrifying enemies and disturbing lore - {{spoiler|Spooky's true goal is to recruit the player into her army of demons (which, by the way, happens if you get the ''Good'' ending) so she can gain revenge against people who think ghosts are "cute."}}
* ''[[Undertale]]'' is famous for this in more than one way, its unique gameplay mechanics, the odd form of combat unique to RPGs, and of course, {{spoiler| the meta concept of [[No Fourth Wall]] that seems to be testing the player.}}
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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** Bonus points to Homestuck, which is ''[[Up to Eleven|Medium Busting]]''. One part [[Interactive Comic]], one part Game, one part Novel, one part Animation, one part [[Jigsaw Puzzle Plot|Puzzle]], one part something else? It's impossible to define, with the official designation having settled on '[[Buffy-Speak|thing]]'. On [[TV Tropes]] it's generally classified as a [[Web Comic]] because it's predecessors were, and it is still predominantly a webcomic.
* ''[[Last Res0rt]]'' is a sci-fi vampire [[Furry Comic]] about a [[Deadly Game]] [[Reality Show]], with some supernatural elements, a [[Magical Girl]] squad, and even a little [[Coming of Age]] (well, coming of ''vampire'' age) thrown in for good measure.
* ''[[Wapsi Square]]'' describes itself as a "slice of supernatural life" comic, but it is a bit more complicated than that. For starters, there's the save the world plotline [[No Antagonist|without any antagonist.]] Then there is the protagonist's constant attempts to convince herself and those around her that the comic is actually on the other side of [[
** Where do you even try to fit the aztec god of alcohol?
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[[Category:Universal Tropes]]
[[Category:Genres]]
[[Category:Hentai Tropes]]
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