My X Is a Y

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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.

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".