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Take one existing show genre, add another, and presto! you've got a brand-new genre. |
Take one existing show genre, add another, and presto! you've got a brand-new genre. |
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The most famous example is ''[[Star Trek |
The most famous example is ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'', pitched as a [[Wagon Train to the Stars]] ([[The Western]] + [[Space Opera]]). |
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See also [[X Meets Y]] (for when it's works, not genres/tropes) and [[Recycled in Space]] (for when it's a work plus a genre or tropes). Compare and contrast [[Genre Busting]]. |
See also [[X Meets Y]] (for when it's works, not genres/tropes) and [[Recycled in Space]] (for when it's a work plus a genre or tropes). Compare and contrast [[Genre Busting]]. |
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== Anime and Manga == |
== Anime and Manga == |
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* High School Drama + Lighthearted Comedy + [[Harem Genre]] + [[Shounen]] + Every Magic Trope Imaginable + Every Science Fiction Trope Imaginable X [[Serial Escalation]]= [[Mahou Sensei Negima]]. You may think that's an exaggeration. You would be ''wrong''. |
* High School Drama + Lighthearted Comedy + [[Harem Genre]] + [[Shounen]] + Every Magic Trope Imaginable + Every Science Fiction Trope Imaginable X [[Serial Escalation]]= [[Mahou Sensei Negima]]. You may think that's an exaggeration. You would be ''wrong''. |
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* High School drama + [[Humongous Mecha]] + [[Moe]] + Star Crossed Lovers + [[Transformation Trauma]] + [[Dysfunction Junction]] + [[Tear Jerker]] + {{spoiler|[[Downer Ending]]}} + {{spoiler|[[Kill'Em All]]}} + [[Nightmare Fuel]] [[Fridge Logic]] = ''[[Saikano]]'' |
* High School drama + [[Humongous Mecha]] + [[Moe]] + Star Crossed Lovers + [[Transformation Trauma]] + [[Dysfunction Junction]] + [[Tear Jerker]] + {{spoiler|[[Downer Ending]]}} + {{spoiler|[[Kill'Em All]]}} + [[Nightmare Fuel]] [[Fridge Logic]] = ''[[Saikano]]'' |
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* [[Magical Girl |
* [[Magical Girl]]s + Devices from [[Humongous Mecha]] + Shounen Combat + Surprisingly Dark Plot + The Military + [[Tropes in Space|InSpace]] = ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' |
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* [[Magical Girl |
* [[Magical Girl]]s + [[Toku]] + Softcore [[Cinemax]] [[Ecchi|Skinflick]] = ''[[Ultimate Girls]]'' |
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** [[Magical Girl]] can be divided further; for example, [[Magical Girl Warrior]] + [[Idol Singer|Magic Idol]] = ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]'' |
** [[Magical Girl]] can be divided further; for example, [[Magical Girl Warrior]] + [[Idol Singer|Magic Idol]] = ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]'' |
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* [[Girls Love]] + [[Humongous Mecha]] = ''[[Kannazuki no Miko]]'' |
* [[Girls Love]] + [[Humongous Mecha]] = ''[[Kannazuki no Miko]]'' |
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* [[Mind Screw]] + [[Humongous Mecha]] + [[Viewers Are Geniuses]] + [[Eldritch Abomination]] + [[Rule of Symbolism]] + [[Dysfunction Junction]] + Deconstruction + '''[[Nightmare Fuel]]''' = [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]] |
* [[Mind Screw]] + [[Humongous Mecha]] + [[Viewers Are Geniuses]] + [[Eldritch Abomination]] + [[Rule of Symbolism]] + [[Dysfunction Junction]] + Deconstruction + '''[[Nightmare Fuel]]''' = [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]] |
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* High School [[ |
* High School [[Sitcom]] + [[Boy Meets Girl]] + [[Sci Fi]] + [[Slice of Life]] + [[Locked Room Mystery]] = ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi|The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya (anime)]]''. Well, [[Genre Busting|yeah]]. |
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** [[Widget Series]] + [[Sci Fi]] + [[Mind Screw]] + {{spoiler|[[Alternate Universe]]}} = ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi|The Vanishment Of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' |
** [[Widget Series]] + [[Sci Fi]] + [[Mind Screw]] + {{spoiler|[[Alternate Universe]]}} = ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi|The Vanishment Of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' |
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* [[Magical Girl Warrior]] + [[Gender Bender]] = ''Mahou Shounen Majorian'' |
* [[Magical Girl Warrior]] + [[Gender Bender]] = ''Mahou Shounen Majorian'' |
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* [[Gentleman Thief]] + [[Coming of Age Story]] + [[Steampunk]] = ''[[The Daughter of Twenty Faces]]'' |
* [[Gentleman Thief]] + [[Coming of Age Story]] + [[Steampunk]] = ''[[The Daughter of Twenty Faces]]'' |
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* [[Magical Girl|MagicalGirls]] + [[Nightmare Fuel]] + [[Faustian Rebellion]]= ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' |
* [[Magical Girl|MagicalGirls]] + [[Nightmare Fuel]] + [[Faustian Rebellion]]= ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' |
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* [[Magical Girl |
* [[Magical Girl]]s + [[RPG]]s + [[Humongous Mecha]] = ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]'' |
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* Lolis + [[Mind Rape]] + {{spoiler|[[Unreliable Narrator|unreliable narrators]]}} + [[The Power of Friendship]] + [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?]] + [[Gorn]] + [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] + [[Crowning Music of Awesome]] = ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro |
* Lolis + [[Mind Rape]] + {{spoiler|[[Unreliable Narrator|unreliable narrators]]}} + [[The Power of Friendship]] + [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?]] + [[Gorn]] + [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] + [[Crowning Music of Awesome]] = ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'' |
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** [[Troll |
** [[Troll]]s + [[Fair Play Whodunnit]] + [[Clueless Mystery]] + [[Closed Circle]] + [[The Power of Love]] + [[Crowning Music of Awesome]] + [[Gorn]] + [[Serial Escalation]]+ [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane]] + [[Language of Truth]] + [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe]] = ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'' |
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* [[Magic Idol Singer]] + [[Wholesome Crossdresser]] = ''[[ |
* [[Magic Idol Singer]] + [[Wholesome Crossdresser]] = ''[[Brocken Blood]]'' |
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* High school drama + [[Feudal Future]] + [[Knight in Shining Armor]] + [[Humongous Mecha]] + [[Serial Escalation]] ([[Magnificent Bastard]] + [[Wham! Episode]])³ = ''[[Code Geass]]'' |
* High school drama + [[Feudal Future]] + [[Knight in Shining Armor]] + [[Humongous Mecha]] + [[Serial Escalation]] ([[Magnificent Bastard]] + [[Wham! Episode]])³ = ''[[Code Geass]]'' |
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* [[Youkai]] + [[New Transfer Student]] + [[Cute Shotaro Boy]] + [[Petting Zoo People]] + [[Fan Service]] + [[Marshmallow Hell]] + More [[Fan Service]] = ''[[ |
* [[Youkai]] + [[New Transfer Student]] + [[Cute Shotaro Boy]] + [[Petting Zoo People]] + [[Fan Service]] + [[Marshmallow Hell]] + More [[Fan Service]] = ''[[Kanokon]]'' |
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* [[Children Raise You]] + [[Coming of Age Story]] + [[Parents |
* [[Children Raise You]] + [[Coming of Age Story]] + [[Parents as People|Parents (and Children) As People]] + [[Parent with New Paramour]] + [[Boys Love]] = ''[[Sakende Yaruze]]'' |
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== Comic Books == |
== Comic Books == |
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== Film == |
== Film == |
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* [[Body Horror |
* [[Body Horror]]s + [[Mind Screw]] = ''The [[Soultaker]]'' |
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* [[Blaxploitation]] + [[Our Vampires Are Different]] = ''[[ |
* [[Blaxploitation]] + [[Our Vampires Are Different]] = ''[[Blacula]]'' |
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* [[Serial Killer]] + [[Buddy Cop Show]] = ''[[Se7en]]'' |
* [[Serial Killer]] + [[Buddy Cop Show]] = ''[[Se7en]]'' |
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* Sexploitation/Erotica + Crime Mystery [[Film Noir]] + [[Slasher |
* Sexploitation/Erotica + Crime Mystery [[Film Noir]] + [[Slasher Movie]]s = [[Giallo]] |
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* [[Horny Vikings]] + [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons]] = ''[[How to Train Your Dragon ( |
* [[Horny Vikings]] + [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons]] = ''[[How to Train Your Dragon (animation)|How To Train Your Dragon]]'' |
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* (''[[Fallout 3]]'' - [[I Love Nuclear Power]]) + ([[The Drifter]] x [[Badass Preacher]] x {{spoiler|[[Disability Superpower]]}}) + ([[The Bible]] x [[Can't Stop the Signal]]) = ''[[The Book of Eli]]'' |
* (''[[Fallout 3]]'' - [[I Love Nuclear Power]]) + ([[The Drifter]] x [[Badass Preacher]] x {{spoiler|[[Disability Superpower]]}}) + ([[The Bible]] x [[Can't Stop the Signal]]) = ''[[The Book of Eli]]'' |
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* [[A Streetcar Named Desire]] + [[Gender Flip]] + [[So Bad It's Good]] = [[The Room]] |
* [[A Streetcar Named Desire]] + [[Gender Flip]] + [[So Bad It's Good]] = [[The Room]] |
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== Literature == |
== Literature == |
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* [[Government Procedural]] + [[Boarding School of Horrors]] = ''[[Gormenghast]]'' |
* [[Government Procedural]] + [[Boarding School of Horrors]] = ''[[Gormenghast]]'' |
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* [[Great Detective]] + [[Affectionate Parody]] + [[Romance Arc]] = ''[[Lord Peter Wimsey]]'' |
* [[Great Detective]] + [[Affectionate Parody]] + [[Romance Arc]] = ''[[Lord Peter Wimsey]]'' |
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* [[Our Souls Are Different]] + [[Waxing Philosophic]] + [[Rule of Cool]] + [[Film Noir]] with a [[Bifauxnen]] [[Heroic Sociopath]] [[Jerk |
* [[Our Souls Are Different]] + [[Waxing Philosophic]] + [[Rule of Cool]] + [[Film Noir]] with a [[Bifauxnen]] [[Heroic Sociopath]] [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] protagonist = ''[[Kara no Kyoukai:]]'' |
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* [[Film Noir]] + [[Functional Magic]] + ([[Badass Longcoat]] + [[Genre Savvy]] + [[Occult Detective]] + [[First-Person Smartass]] + [[The Nicknamer]]) + lots of [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] = ''[[ |
* [[Film Noir]] + [[Functional Magic]] + ([[Badass Longcoat]] + [[Genre Savvy]] + [[Occult Detective]] + [[First-Person Smartass]] + [[The Nicknamer]]) + lots of [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] = ''[[The Dresden Files]] |
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* ([[Pokémon]] + [[Lost Roman Legion]]) + [[Five Races]] + [[Succession Crisis]] = [[Codex Alera]] Super extra bonus points for the ones in brackets not only being this trope deliberately invoked, but ''the very reason for writing the book''. |
* ([[Pokémon]] + [[Lost Roman Legion]]) + [[Five Races]] + [[Succession Crisis]] = [[Codex Alera]] Super extra bonus points for the ones in brackets not only being this trope deliberately invoked, but ''the very reason for writing the book''. |
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* [[Punk Punk]] settings usually start as [[Cyberpunk]] mixed with another genre. For example, [[Cyberpunk]] + [[Medieval European Fantasy]] = [[Dungeon Punk]]. |
* [[Punk Punk]] settings usually start as [[Cyberpunk]] mixed with another genre. For example, [[Cyberpunk]] + [[Medieval European Fantasy]] = [[Dungeon Punk]]. |
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== Live Action TV == |
== Live Action TV == |
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* [[Police Procedural]] + [[Prime Time Soap]] = [[Crime-Time Soap]] (''[[Hill Street Blues]]'') |
* [[Police Procedural]] + [[Prime Time Soap]] = [[Crime-Time Soap]] (''[[Hill Street Blues]]'') |
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* [[ |
* [[Sitcom]] + [[Wagon Train to the Stars]] = ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' |
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* [[Spy Drama]] + [[The Western]] = ''[[The Wild Wild West (TV)|The Wild Wild West]]'' |
* [[Spy Drama]] + [[The Western]] = ''[[The Wild Wild West (TV series)|The Wild Wild West]]'' |
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* [[Medical Drama]] + [[The Western]] = ''[[Dr. Quinn |
* [[Medical Drama]] + [[The Western]] = ''[[Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman]]'' |
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* [[Medical Drama]] + [[Amateur Sleuth]] = ''[[Diagnosis |
* [[Medical Drama]] + [[Amateur Sleuth]] = ''[[Diagnosis: Murder]]'' |
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* [[Medical Drama]] + [[Space Opera]] = ''Mercy Point'' |
* [[Medical Drama]] + [[Space Opera]] = ''Mercy Point'' |
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* [[Medical Drama]] + [[Work Com]] = ''[[ |
* [[Medical Drama]] + [[Work Com]] = ''[[Scrubs]]'' |
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* [[Medical Drama]] + [[Work Com]] + [[During the War]] = ''[[M*A*S*H ( |
* [[Medical Drama]] + [[Work Com]] + [[During the War]] = ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|Mash]]'' |
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* [[Medical Drama]] + [[Rescue]] = ''[[Emergency]]'' |
* [[Medical Drama]] + [[Rescue]] = ''[[Emergency]]'' |
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* [[The Musical]] + [[Dramedy]] = ''[[ |
* [[The Musical]] + [[Dramedy]] = ''[[Glee]]'' |
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* [[Police Procedural]] + [[Work Com]] = ''[[Barney Miller]]'' |
* [[Police Procedural]] + [[Work Com]] = ''[[Barney Miller]]'' |
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* [[Police Procedural]] + [[Law Procedural]] = |
* [[Police Procedural]] + [[Law Procedural]] = |
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** Most famously, ''[[Law and Order]]'' |
** Most famously, ''[[Law and Order]]'' |
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** ... which was preceded by the short-lived 1971 Jack Webb production, ''[[The D/A/]]'', which used the same basic format |
** ... which was preceded by the short-lived 1971 Jack Webb production, ''[[The D/A/]]'', which used the same basic format |
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** ... which ''itself'' was preceded by ''Arrest And Trial'', a 90-minute 1963 series. |
** ... which ''itself'' was preceded by ''Arrest And Trial'', a 90-minute 1963 series. |
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* [[Police Procedural]] + [[Rescue]] = ''[[Third Watch]]'' |
* [[Police Procedural]] + [[Rescue]] = ''[[Third Watch]]'' |
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* [[Police Procedural]] + [[Odd Couple]] * [[Gender Flip]] + [[Government Conspiracy]] * [[Science Fiction]] = ''[[The X |
* [[Police Procedural]] + [[Odd Couple]] * [[Gender Flip]] + [[Government Conspiracy]] * [[Science Fiction]] = ''[[The X-Files]]'' |
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* ([[The Western]] + [[Sci Fi]] = [[Space Western]]) + [[Government Conspiracy]] = ''[[ |
* ([[The Western]] + [[Sci Fi]] = [[Space Western]]) + [[Government Conspiracy]] = ''[[Firefly]]'' |
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* [[Travelogue Show]] + [[Reality Show]] = ''[[The Amazing Race]]'' |
* [[Travelogue Show]] + [[Reality Show]] = ''[[The Amazing Race]]'' |
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* [[Cop Show]] + [[Super Sentai]] = ''[[Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger]]'' |
* [[Cop Show]] + [[Super Sentai]] = ''[[Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger]]'' |
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** [[High School]] + [[Kamen Rider]] = ''[[Kamen Rider Fourze]]'' |
** [[High School]] + [[Kamen Rider]] = ''[[Kamen Rider Fourze]]'' |
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* [[Super Sentai]] + Americanization + [[Media Adaptation Tropes]] = [[Power Rangers]] |
* [[Super Sentai]] + Americanization + [[Media Adaptation Tropes]] = [[Power Rangers]] |
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** [[Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger]] + ([[Gosei Sentai Dairanger]] - [[Demoted to Extra|The Core Five Costumes]]) + [[Ninja Sentai Kakuranger]] + [[Wake Up, Go to School, Save |
** [[Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger]] + ([[Gosei Sentai Dairanger]] - [[Demoted to Extra|The Core Five Costumes]]) + [[Ninja Sentai Kakuranger]] + [[Wake Up, Go to School, Save the World]] = [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]] |
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** [[Denji Sentai Megaranger]] - [[Video Game Tropes]] + [[Space Opera]] + [[Rescue Arc]] + [[Grand Finale]] = [[Power Rangers in Space]] |
** [[Denji Sentai Megaranger]] - [[Video Game Tropes]] + [[Space Opera]] + [[Rescue Arc]] + [[Grand Finale]] = [[Power Rangers in Space]] |
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** [[Seijuu Sentai Gingaman]] + [[Wagon Train to |
** [[Seijuu Sentai Gingaman]] + [[Wagon Train to the Stars]] + [[Darker and Edgier]] = [[Power Rangers Lost Galaxy]] |
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** [[Mirai Sentai Timeranger]] + [[Adaptation Distillation]] = [[Power Rangers Time Force]] |
** [[Mirai Sentai Timeranger]] + [[Adaptation Distillation]] = [[Power Rangers Time Force]] |
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** [[Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger]] + [[Wake Up, Go to School, Save |
** [[Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger]] + [[Wake Up, Go to School, Save the World]] + '''[[He's Back|TOMMY]]''' = [[Power Rangers Dino Thunder]] |
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** [[Engine Sentai Go-onger]] - [[Lighter and Softer]] + [[Darker and Edgier]] + [[After the End]] = [[Power Rangers RPM]] |
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* [[Die Hard on an X]] + [[Race Against the Clock]] + [[Real Time]] = ''[[24]]''. |
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== Music == |
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* [[Gangsta Rap]] + [[Horror Tropes]] = Horrorcore Rap |
* [[Gangsta Rap]] + [[Horror Tropes]] = Horrorcore Rap |
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== Video Games == |
== Video Games == |
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* [[Space Marine |
* [[Space Marine]]s + [[Super Soldier]]s + [[Alien Invasion]] + [[The Virus]] + [[Zombie Apocalypse]] + [[Hopeless War]] + [[War Is Hell]] + [[Military Science Fiction]] + [[Space Opera]] = ''[[Halo]]'' |
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* [[First-Person Shooter]] + [[Le Parkour]] + [[Action Girl]] = ''[[ |
* [[First-Person Shooter]] + [[Le Parkour]] + [[Action Girl]] = ''[[Mirror's Edge]]'' |
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* [[Cute Monster Girl |
* [[Cute Monster Girl]]s + [[Bullet Hell]] + [[Crowning Music of Awesome]] + [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]] = '''[[Touhou]]''' |
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** Take part of the above + [[Serial Escalation]]= '''''Mushihime-sama''''' |
** Take part of the above + [[Serial Escalation]]= '''''Mushihime-sama''''' |
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* [[Metroidvania]] + [[Nintendo Hard]] + [[Guide Dang It]] + [[Goddamned Bats]] + [[Demonic Spiders]] = ''[[La |
* [[Metroidvania]] + [[Nintendo Hard]] + [[Guide Dang It]] + [[Goddamned Bats]] + [[Demonic Spiders]] = ''[[La-Mulana]]'' |
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* Retro-futuristic [[Science Fiction]] + Underwater Habitat + [[Hidden Elf Village]] + [[Survival Horror]] + Art Deco + Anarcho-Capitalistic Dystopia + [[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke]] + [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]] + [[System Shock]] = ''[[ |
* Retro-futuristic [[Science Fiction]] + Underwater Habitat + [[Hidden Elf Village]] + [[Survival Horror]] + Art Deco + Anarcho-Capitalistic Dystopia + [[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke]] + [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]] + [[System Shock]] = ''[[BioShock (series)]]'' |
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* [[Platform Hell]] + [[Nintendo Hard]] + [[Ludicrous Gibs]] + [[Everything Trying to Kill You]] + '''[[One-Hit-Point Wonder]]''' = ''[[I Wanna Be the Guy]]'' |
* [[Platform Hell]] + [[Nintendo Hard]] + [[Ludicrous Gibs]] + [[Everything Trying to Kill You]] + '''[[One-Hit-Point Wonder]]''' = ''[[I Wanna Be the Guy]]'' |
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* ''[[The Legend of Zelda ( |
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' + [[Bullet Hell]] = ''Engage To Jabberwock'' |
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* [[Kaiju]] + [[Professional Wrestling]] = ''[[King of the Monsters]]'' |
* [[Kaiju]] + [[Professional Wrestling]] = ''[[King of the Monsters]]'' |
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* [[Raygun Gothic]] + [[Zeerust]] + [[Eagle Land]] (both flavors) + [[Alternate History]] + [[After the End]] = ''[[Fallout]]'' |
* [[Raygun Gothic]] + [[Zeerust]] + [[Eagle Land]] (both flavors) + [[Alternate History]] + [[After the End]] = ''[[Fallout]]'' |
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* [[Roguelike]] + [[The Legend of Zelda ( |
* [[Roguelike]] + [[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda]] (the first game) + [[Nausea Fuel]] + [[Nightmare Fuel]] + [[Thick Line Animation]] = ''[[The Binding of Isaac]]''. |
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* [[Dragon Quest]] + [[ |
* [[Dragon Quest]] + [[Monster Girl Encyclopedia]] = ''[[Monster Girl Quest]]'' |
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* [[Supernatural Soap Opera]] + [[Romantic Comedy]] + [[Different for Girls]] = ''[[Misfile]]'' |
* [[Supernatural Soap Opera]] + [[Romantic Comedy]] + [[Different for Girls]] = ''[[Misfile]]'' |
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== Web Original == |
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* ([[Deep-Immersion Gaming]] [[Up to Eleven|x 11]]) + [[Les Yay]] + [[The Plan]]+ [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] + [[Moral Event Horizon]]<sup>4</sup> + [[Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism]] / [[Loads and Loads of Characters]] - [[Did Not Do the Research]] x [[Rule of Cool]] + [[Shown Their Work]] = [[KIKEN]] |
* ([[Deep-Immersion Gaming]] [[Up to Eleven|x 11]]) + [[Les Yay]] + [[The Plan]]+ [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] + [[Moral Event Horizon]]<sup>4</sup> + [[Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism]] / [[Loads and Loads of Characters]] - [[Did Not Do the Research]] x [[Rule of Cool]] + [[Shown Their Work]] = [[KIKEN]] |
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** [[KIKEN]] + [[Humongous Mecha]] + [[Post Modernism]] + [[Church of Happyology]] / [[Fantastic Racism]] = [[Mobile Suit Gundam AVNA]] |
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* [[Archie Comics]] + [[Super-Hero School]] + [[Crazy Awesome]] + [[Transgender]] = [[Whateley Universe]] |
* [[Archie Comics]] + [[Super-Hero School]] + [[Crazy Awesome]] + [[Transgender]] = [[Whateley Universe]] |
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* [[Redwall]] + [[Usagi Yojimbo]] + [[Princess Mononoke]] + [[Alternate Universe]] + [[Beast Fable]] + [[What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?]] = [[Tasakeru]] |
* [[Redwall]] + [[Usagi Yojimbo]] + [[Princess Mononoke]] + [[Alternate Universe]] + [[Beast Fable]] + [[What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?]] = [[Tasakeru]] |
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* Any random movie + [[Winnie the Pooh]] + Any other nostalgic character + [[Railroading]] + [[Dull Surprise]] + [[Captain Obvious]] + [[Hey That's My Line]] + [[Forgot About His Powers]] = Poohs Adventures |
* Any random movie + [[Winnie the Pooh]] + Any other nostalgic character + [[Railroading]] + [[Dull Surprise]] + [[Captain Obvious]] + [[Hey, That's My Line!]] + [[Forgot About His Powers]] = Poohs Adventures |
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Take one existing show genre, add another, and presto! you've got a brand-new genre.
The most famous example is Star Trek: The Original Series, pitched as a Wagon Train to the Stars (The Western + Space Opera).
See also X Meets Y (for when it's works, not genres/tropes) and Recycled in Space (for when it's a work plus a genre or tropes). Compare and contrast Genre Busting.
Examples of Mix and Match include:
Anime and Manga
- High School Drama + Lighthearted Comedy + Harem Genre + Shounen + Every Magic Trope Imaginable + Every Science Fiction Trope Imaginable X Serial Escalation= Mahou Sensei Negima. You may think that's an exaggeration. You would be wrong.
- High School drama + Humongous Mecha + Moe + Star Crossed Lovers + Transformation Trauma + Dysfunction Junction + Tear Jerker + Downer Ending + Kill'Em All + Nightmare Fuel Fridge Logic = Saikano
- Magical Girls + Devices from Humongous Mecha + Shounen Combat + Surprisingly Dark Plot + The Military + InSpace = Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
- Magical Girls + Toku + Softcore Cinemax Skinflick = Ultimate Girls
- Magical Girl can be divided further; for example, Magical Girl Warrior + Magic Idol = Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
- Girls Love + Humongous Mecha = Kannazuki no Miko
- Mind Screw + Humongous Mecha + Viewers Are Geniuses + Eldritch Abomination + Rule of Symbolism + Dysfunction Junction + Deconstruction + Nightmare Fuel = Neon Genesis Evangelion
- High School Sitcom + Boy Meets Girl + Sci Fi + Slice of Life + Locked Room Mystery = The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya (anime). Well, yeah.
- Magical Girl Warrior + Gender Bender = Mahou Shounen Majorian
- The Western + Hammer Horror + After the End = Vampire Hunter D
- Gentleman Thief + Coming of Age Story + Steampunk = The Daughter of Twenty Faces
- MagicalGirls + Nightmare Fuel + Faustian Rebellion= Puella Magi Madoka Magica
- Magical Girls + RPGs + Humongous Mecha = Magic Knight Rayearth
- Lolis + Mind Rape + unreliable narrators + The Power of Friendship + What Could Possibly Go Wrong? + Gorn + Crowning Moment of Awesome + Crowning Music of Awesome = Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
- Magic Idol Singer + Wholesome Crossdresser = Brocken Blood
- High school drama + Feudal Future + Knight in Shining Armor + Humongous Mecha + Serial Escalation (Magnificent Bastard + Wham! Episode)³ = Code Geass
- Youkai + New Transfer Student + Cute Shotaro Boy + Petting Zoo People + Fan Service + Marshmallow Hell + More Fan Service = Kanokon
- Children Raise You + Coming of Age Story + Parents (and Children) As People + Parent with New Paramour + Boys Love = Sakende Yaruze
Comic Books
- Medical Drama + The DCU = Samaritan X
Film
- Body Horrors + Mind Screw = The Soultaker
- Blaxploitation + Our Vampires Are Different = Blacula
- Serial Killer + Buddy Cop Show = Se7en
- Sexploitation/Erotica + Crime Mystery Film Noir + Slasher Movies = Giallo
- Horny Vikings + Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons = How To Train Your Dragon
- (Fallout 3 - I Love Nuclear Power) + (The Drifter x Badass Preacher x Disability Superpower) + (The Bible x Can't Stop the Signal) = The Book of Eli
- A Streetcar Named Desire + Gender Flip + So Bad It's Good = The Room
Literature
- Government Procedural + Boarding School of Horrors = Gormenghast
- Great Detective + Affectionate Parody + Romance Arc = Lord Peter Wimsey
- Our Souls Are Different + Waxing Philosophic + Rule of Cool + Film Noir with a Bifauxnen Heroic Sociopath Jerk with a Heart of Gold protagonist = Kara no Kyoukai:
- Film Noir + Functional Magic + (Badass Longcoat + Genre Savvy + Occult Detective + First-Person Smartass + The Nicknamer) + lots of Shout Outs = The Dresden Files
- (Pokémon + Lost Roman Legion) + Five Races + Succession Crisis = Codex Alera Super extra bonus points for the ones in brackets not only being this trope deliberately invoked, but the very reason for writing the book.
- Punk Punk settings usually start as Cyberpunk mixed with another genre. For example, Cyberpunk + Medieval European Fantasy = Dungeon Punk.
- Low Fantasy + (High Fantasy - Hobbits) + Succession Crisis + Character Depth + (Noughties Drama Series - Turn of the Millennium) + 27 * Magnificent Bastard = A Song of Ice and Fire
- (Xenofiction - Cats Are Mean + Badass + Anyone Can Die + Family-Unfriendly Violence) x (Proud Warrior Race Guy + [[[The Clan]] x 4]) x (Long Runners + Loads and Loads of Characters) = Warrior Cats.
Live Action TV
- Police Procedural + Prime Time Soap = Crime-Time Soap (Hill Street Blues)
- Sitcom + Wagon Train to the Stars = Red Dwarf
- Spy Drama + The Western = The Wild Wild West
- Medical Drama + The Western = Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
- Medical Drama + Amateur Sleuth = Diagnosis: Murder
- Medical Drama + Space Opera = Mercy Point
- Medical Drama + Work Com = Scrubs
- Medical Drama + Work Com + During the War = Mash
- Medical Drama + Rescue = Emergency
- The Musical + Dramedy = Glee
- Police Procedural + Work Com = Barney Miller
- Police Procedural + Law Procedural =
- Most famously, Law and Order
- ... which was preceded by the short-lived 1971 Jack Webb production, The D/A/, which used the same basic format
- ... which itself was preceded by Arrest And Trial, a 90-minute 1963 series.
- Police Procedural + Rescue = Third Watch
- Police Procedural + Odd Couple * Gender Flip + Government Conspiracy * Science Fiction = The X-Files
- (The Western + Sci Fi = Space Western) + Government Conspiracy = Firefly
- Travelogue Show + Reality Show = The Amazing Race
- Cop Show + Super Sentai = Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger
- Film Noir + Post Cyber Punk + Kamen Rider = Kamen Rider Double
- Super Sentai + Americanization + Media Adaptation Tropes = Power Rangers
- Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger + (Gosei Sentai Dairanger - The Core Five Costumes) + Ninja Sentai Kakuranger + Wake Up, Go to School, Save the World = Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
- Denji Sentai Megaranger - Video Game Tropes + Space Opera + Rescue Arc + Grand Finale = Power Rangers in Space
- Seijuu Sentai Gingaman + Wagon Train to the Stars + Darker and Edgier = Power Rangers Lost Galaxy
- Mirai Sentai Timeranger + Adaptation Distillation = Power Rangers Time Force
- Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger + Wake Up, Go to School, Save the World + TOMMY = Power Rangers Dino Thunder
- Engine Sentai Go-onger - Lighter and Softer + Darker and Edgier + After the End = Power Rangers RPM
- Die Hard on an X + Race Against the Clock + Real Time = 24.
Music
- Gangsta Rap + Horror Tropes = Horrorcore Rap
Video Games
- Space Marines + Super Soldiers + Alien Invasion + The Virus + Zombie Apocalypse + Hopeless War + War Is Hell + Military Science Fiction + Space Opera = Halo
- First-Person Shooter + Le Parkour + Action Girl = Mirror's Edge
- Cute Monster Girls + Bullet Hell + Crowning Music of Awesome + Fantasy Kitchen Sink = Touhou
- Take part of the above + Serial Escalation= Mushihime-sama
- Metroidvania + Nintendo Hard + Guide Dang It + Goddamned Bats + Demonic Spiders = La-Mulana
- Retro-futuristic Science Fiction + Underwater Habitat + Hidden Elf Village + Survival Horror + Art Deco + Anarcho-Capitalistic Dystopia + Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke + What Measure Is a Non-Human? + System Shock = BioShock (series)
- Platform Hell + Nintendo Hard + Ludicrous Gibs + Everything Trying to Kill You + One-Hit-Point Wonder = I Wanna Be the Guy
- The Legend of Zelda + Bullet Hell = Engage To Jabberwock
- Kaiju + Professional Wrestling = King of the Monsters
- Raygun Gothic + Zeerust + Eagle Land (both flavors) + Alternate History + After the End = Fallout
- Roguelike + The Legend of Zelda (the first game) + Nausea Fuel + Nightmare Fuel + Thick Line Animation = The Binding of Isaac.
- Dragon Quest + Monster Girl Encyclopedia = Monster Girl Quest
Web Comics
Web Original
- (Deep-Immersion Gaming x 11) + Les Yay + The Plan+ Corrupt Corporate Executive + Moral Event Horizon4 + Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism / Loads and Loads of Characters - Did Not Do the Research x Rule of Cool + Shown Their Work = KIKEN
- Archie Comics + Super-Hero School + Crazy Awesome + Transgender = Whateley Universe
- Redwall + Usagi Yojimbo + Princess Mononoke + Alternate Universe + Beast Fable + What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids? = Tasakeru
- Any random movie + Winnie the Pooh + Any other nostalgic character + Railroading + Dull Surprise + Captain Obvious + Hey, That's My Line! + Forgot About His Powers = Poohs Adventures