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== Works ==
* ''[[Bone]]'' draws its fame for being ''[[Pogo (Comiccomic Stripstrip)|Pogo]]'' meets ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. And people love it.
* Despite drawing from a lot of different sources, the [[Myth Arc|main storyline]] of ''[[Cerebus]]'' ultimately ended up being ''[[Citizen Kane (Film)|Citizen Kane]]'' meets ''[[King Lear]]''
** The "early, funnier" books are ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' meets ''[[Howard the Duck (Comic Bookcomics)|Howard The Duck]]''
* The ''[[Exiles (Comic Book)|Exiles]]'' comic series is best summed up as ''[[X -Men]]'' meets ''[[Sliders]]''.
** The original concept (and apparently their pitch) was ''[[Quantum Leap]]'' meets ''[[X -Men]]''.
* The for-all-ages comic ''Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade,'' is [[Supergirl]] meets ''[[Invader Zim]]''.
** More like Supergirl meets ''[[Sabrina the Animated Series (Animation)|Sabrina the Animated Series]].''
* ''[[Danger Girl]]'' is ''[[CharliesCharlie's Angels]]'' meets ''[[James Bond (Filmfilm)|James Bond]]''.
* ''[[Watchmen (Comic Bookcomics)|Watchmen]]'' is the ''[[Justice League]]'' meets ''[[Citizen Kane (Film)|Citizen Kane]]'' as told by [[Ulysses|James Joyce]].
* ''Marvel Divas'' was pitched as "[[Marvel Universe|Marvel]] meets ''[[Sex and Thethe City]]''".
* [[Warren Ellis]]' ''[[Ignition City]]'' is ''[[Firefly]]'' meets ''Ministry of Space'' written by the writers of ''[[Deadwood]]''.
* ''Scalped'' is ''[[The Sopranos]]'' meets ''[[Donnie Brasco (Film)|Donnie Brasco]]'' [[Recycled in Space|on a Native American reservation]].
* ''[[The Walking Dead]]'' is ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]'' meets ''[[Lost]]''.
** And Oni Press' ''Resurrection'' is ''The Walking Dead'' meets ''[[Independence Day]]''
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* ''[[Nextwave]]'' is Warren Ellis meeting superhero comics and challenging them to a duel with custard pies.
* ''[[Marvel Zombies]]'' is...well...MarvelUniverse + [[Zombie Apocalypse]]
* ''Lost Squad'' Is [[The Dirty Dozen]], or [[Band of Brothers]] meets [[The X -Files]]
* The first few years of ''[[Ninja High School]]'' was ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'' meets ''[[Archie Comics]]''.
* [[Scott Pilgrim]] is like ''[[No More Heroes]]'' meets ''[[Nick and NorahsNorah's Infinite Playlist]]''.
** Or like a Nintendo version of [[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?|Roger Rabbit]]. All that's missing is wildly out of place [[Roger Rabbit Effect|video game character cameos]].
** The Game is [[River City Ransom]] and... Stop right there.
** Naw, it's [[FLCL]] meets [[Final Fight]]: With it's fast pace, mile-a-minute pop culture references, and how Ramona Flowers resembles Haruko in her appearance, fighting skills, and nasty disposition.
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** [[Thunderbolts]] is ''[[Suicide Squad]]'' meets [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Masters of Evil]]
** [[Warren Ellis]] run: Now with even more ''[[Suicide Squad]]''
* Andrekyo's Manhunter is [[Daredevil]] meets Huntress meets [[Law and& Order (TV)|Law and Order]] with a generous helping of [[Silence of the Lambs]].
* [[Joshua Dysart]]'s "Violent Messiahs" was originally pitched as "[[Batman]] meets ''[[Se7en]]''."
* [[Jon Sable Freelance]] is Ian Flemming's [[James Bond]] novels combined with [[The Punisher]].
* Being in Arkham Asylum is likened to ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' meets ''[[Silence of the Lambs]]''.
** With Some Todd Browning's freaks thrown in, too.
* ''Morning Glories'' is ''[[Gossip Girl]]'' meets ''[[The Prisoner (TV)|The Prisoner]]''.
* ''[[Tom Strong (Comic Book)|Tom Strong]]'' is ''[[Superman]]'' meets ''[[Doc Savage]]''.
* ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' has the late 1800s literature on a [[Crisis Crossover]].
* ''[[Gotham Central]]'' is [[Police Procedural]] meets ''[[Batman]]'', while ''[[Top Ten]]'' mixes it with [[Superhero|super-heroes]] in general, and turns the dial [[Up to Eleven]]
* ''[[The Boys]]'' is ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'' Vs. the [[DC Universe]].
* The Furry comic ''[[Albedo Erma Felna EDF (Comic Book)|Albedo: Erma Felna EDF]]'' is ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' (which it predates), ''[[Legend of Galactic Heroes (Anime)|Legend of Galactic Heroes]]'' and ''[[Appleseed (Manga)|Appleseed]]'' meets ''[[The Lion King (Disney)|The Lion King]]'' (which it also predates) and ''[[Watership Down]]''.
* ''[[Black Cherry]]'': ''[[Sin City]]'' meets ''[[E.T. the Extraterrestrial (Film)Extra-Terrestrial|ET the Extraterrestrial]]'' meets ''[[Reservoir Dogs (Film)|Reservoir Dogs]]'' meets ''[[The Exorcist (Film)|The Exorcist]]''.
* [[Paul Cornell]]'s ''Deathwatch'' in ''[[Two Thousand AD (Comic Book)|2000 AD]]'' is ''[[Judge Dredd]]'' meets ''[[Black AdderBlackadder]] II'' (possibly meets ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Guards Guards|Guards Guards]]'').
* ''[[Demon Knights]]'' is [[DC Universe]] mees [[Heroic Fantasy]]
* [[Warren Ellis]] run on ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Secret Avengers]]'' is ''[[Planetary]]'' meets ''[[G.I. Joe]]''
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* Every single [[Amalgam Universe|Amalgam Comics]] character is literally a "X meets Y" character. Example: Super-Soldier is [[Superman]] meets [[Captain America]].
* [[Road to Perdition|Michael O'Sullivan Sr.]]: [[Superman]] meets [[Sin City|Marv]].
* [[Deadpool]]: [[The A-Team (TV)|Murdock]] meets [[The Joker]] and a million other psychopaths...
** I would say Wolverine meets Spider Jerusalem.
* [[Grant Morrison]]'s [[Seven Soldiers|Shilo Norman]] is Harry Houdini meets [[Kanye West]].
* [[Marvel Comics]]' Ares has been called "Thor meets Wolverine" in-story.
** And he come up with "[[Captain America]] meets [[Iron Man]]" idea that [[Dark Reign (Comic Bookcomics)|Norman Osborn]] turned into his Iron Patriot persona.
* Imagine a character who takes all the coolest aspects of [[Superman]], [[Zorro]], [[The Shadow]] and [[Dracula]]. Yeah, that would be [[Batman|awesome.]]
* [[Ultimate Marvel|Utimate]] [[Captain America|Red Skull]]: ''[[A Clockwork Orange (Filmfilm)|A Clockwork Orange]]'s'' Alex meets ''[[The Dark Knight]]'s'' Joker (with a buttload of daddy issues).
* Skaar, The Son of [[The Incredible Hulk|Hulk]] is his dad + [[Conan the Barbarian]].
* [[Adam Strange]] is [[John Carter of Mars]] meets [[Flash Gordon (Comiccomic Stripstrip)|Flash Gordon]].
 
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