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For any real person or character living in a society, having friends, relatives, class/workmates, love partner(s), vehicle(s), weapons or tools is standard (unles you're a [[Hikikomori]]), but in this case, said friend/relative/partner/tool has an unusual twist which most of the plot is based on. |
For any real person or character living in a society, having friends, relatives, class/workmates, love partner(s), vehicle(s), weapons or tools is standard (unles you're a [[Hikikomori]]), but in this case, said friend/relative/partner/tool has an unusual twist which most of the plot is based on. |
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Can overlap with [[A Boy and His X]]. See also [[The Joy of X]]. [[ |
Can overlap with [[A Boy and His X]]. See also [[The Joy of X]]. [[Everything's Worse With Snowclones|Use with care]]. |
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== Standard My X is a Y == |
== Standard My X is a Y == |
Revision as of 03:54, 10 January 2014
For any real person or character living in a society, having friends, relatives, class/workmates, love partner(s), vehicle(s), weapons or tools is standard (unles you're a Hikikomori), but in this case, said friend/relative/partner/tool has an unusual twist which most of the plot is based on.
Can overlap with A Boy and His X. See also The Joy of X. Use with care.
Examples of My X Is a Y include:
Standard My X is a Y
- My Horse Is a Motorbike
- An essay on people's attachment to Cell Phones called "My Phone is a Part of My Soul"
- My Wife is a Gangster, the Korean trilogy of films.
- My Wife Is a High School Girl
- Okusama wa Mahou Shoujo (My Wife is a Magical Girl)
- Magical Girlfriend - My S.O. is a supernatural being.
- Boy Meets Ghoul - My S.O. is an undead monster
- My Teacher Is an Alien
- My Best Friend Is a Vampire
- Bewitched: My Wife is a Witch
- Charmed is "Siskoni on noita" in Finnish, standing for My Sister Is A Witch.
- My Gym Partners a Monkey
- True Lies: My Husband is a Spy
- My Bride Is a Mermaid (in this case, the snowclone is only in the English translation, however.)
- "My Dog is a Cat" by Dag Nasty
- My Girl Is a Slut
- My Stepmother Is An Alien
- My Mom Is A Werewolf
- The Boy Who Cried Werewolf: My sister is a werewolf.
- My Girlfriend's A Geek (English title only)
- My Parents Are Aliens
- My Grandma is an Alien
My Other X is a Y
- My Other Car Is an X is a subtrope.
- My Other Car is a TARDIS
- Team Fortress 2: The Sniper has a bumper sticker on his camper reading "my other car is a sword van".
- From a promotion for Halo ODST: "My Other Car is a Warthog". (See the license plate)
- Roosterteeth sells bumper stickers that say "My other car is a puma", parodying the above example from ODST.
- Futurama gives us "My Other Car Is a Porsche On The Moon".
- Hot Topic sells wristbands that say "My other face has a mustache."
- "My Other Phone Is A Boom Car" by They Might Be Giants
- When Peter Griffin was turned sensitive towards women, he put a sticker at his car's bumper stating "My other penis is a vagina".