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* ''[[The Inheritance Cycle]]'' and its film adaptation, ''Eragon'', are often described as "The plot of ''[[Star Wars]]'' in the setting of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''". A little '''too''' "''Star Wars''" and a little '''too''' "''The Lord of the Rings''"... {{spoiler|and a little ''too'' [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Raph]]...}}
* ''[[The Inheritance Cycle]]'' and its film adaptation, ''Eragon'', are often described as "The plot of ''[[Star Wars]]'' in the setting of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''". A little '''too''' "''Star Wars''" and a little '''too''' "''The Lord of the Rings''"... {{spoiler|and a little ''too'' [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Raph]]...}}
** It's also been described as "A ''Star Wars'' rip-off plot in a ''Lord of the Rings'' rip-off world with ''[[Earthsea Trilogy|Earthsea]]'' rip-off magic and ''[[Dragonriders of Pern|Pern]]'' rip-off dragons."
** It's also been described as "A ''Star Wars'' rip-off plot in a ''Lord of the Rings'' rip-off world with ''[[Earthsea Trilogy|Earthsea]]'' rip-off magic and ''[[Dragonriders of Pern|Pern]]'' rip-off dragons."
* The ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' novels ''[[Gaunts Ghosts]]'' are "''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' meets ''Sharpe''", while ''[[Ciaphas Cain]]'' is more "''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' meets ''[[Flashman]]'' meets ''[[Black Adder]]''". ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' itself can be described as "[[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|absolutely everything meets absolutely everything]]", not so much [[Darker and Edgier]] as "[[Refuge in Audacity|paints itself black and hurls itself over the edge]]".
* The ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' novels ''[[Gaunt's Ghosts]]'' are "''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' meets ''Sharpe''", while ''[[Ciaphas Cain]]'' is more "''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' meets ''[[Flashman]]'' meets ''[[Blackadder]]''". ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' itself can be described as "[[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|absolutely everything meets absolutely everything]]", not so much [[Darker and Edgier]] as "[[Refuge in Audacity|paints itself black and hurls itself over the edge]]".
* A review of ''[[Good Omens (Literature)|Good Omens]]'' compares it to "the [[The Bible|Book of Revelation]] as penned by [[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]".
* A review of ''[[Good Omens]]'' compares it to "the [[The Bible|Book of Revelation]] as penned by [[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]".
* Alexander Gordon Smith's Escape From Furnace is [[The Great Escape]] meets Warhammer 40k.
* Alexander Gordon Smith's Escape From Furnace is [[The Great Escape]] meets Warhammer 40k.
* ''The Judas Strain'': ''[[National Treasure]]'' meets ''[[Die Hard (Film)|Die Hard]]'' meets ''[[James Bond]]'' meets ''28 Days Later'', meets ''[[G.I. Joe]]''.
* ''The Judas Strain'': ''[[National Treasure]]'' meets ''[[Die Hard]]'' meets ''[[James Bond]]'' meets ''28 Days Later'', meets ''[[G.I. Joe]]''.
* ''[[Temeraire]]'': ''[[Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell]]'' meets Patrick O'Brian.
* ''[[Temeraire]]'': ''[[Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell]]'' meets Patrick O'Brian.
** Alternately ''[[Dragonriders of Pern]]'' meets ''<s>[[Horatio Hornblower]]</s>'' ''[[Master and Commander]]'', since [[Word of God]] says it [[Ascended Fanfic|originated from Aubrey-Maturin]] [[Slash Fic]]. [[Ho Yay|Which explains a lot]].
** Alternately ''[[Dragonriders of Pern]]'' meets ''<s>[[Horatio Hornblower]]</s>'' ''[[Master and Commander]]'', since [[Word of God]] says it [[Ascended Fanfic|originated from Aubrey-Maturin]] [[Slash Fic]]. [[Ho Yay|Which explains a lot]].
** One of the reviews on the back calls it "Like [[Jane Austen]] playing [[Dungeons and Dragons (Tabletop Game)|Dungeons and Dragons]] with [[Inheritance Cycle (Literature)|Christopher Paolini]]," which makes one wonder [[Did Not Do the Research|if the reviewer even]] ''[[Did Not Do the Research|read]]'' [[Did Not Do the Research|the book]].
** One of the reviews on the back calls it "Like [[Jane Austen]] playing [[Dungeons & Dragons]] with [[Inheritance Cycle|Christopher Paolini]]," which makes one wonder [[Did Not Do the Research|if the reviewer even]] ''[[Did Not Do the Research|read]]'' [[Did Not Do the Research|the book]].
* ''[[Discworld (Literature)/The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents|The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents]]'' is ''[[The Pied Piper of Hamelin]]'' meets ''[[Mrs. Frisby and The Rats of NIMH (Literature)|Mrs. Frisby and The Rats of NIMH]]'' meets ''[[Watership Down]]''.
* ''[[The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents]]'' is ''[[The Pied Piper of Hamelin]]'' meets ''[[Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH]]'' meets ''[[Watership Down]]''.
* The ''[[Thursday Next]]'' series, despite apropos-of-nothing comparisons to ''[[Harry Potter]]'' and ''[[Bridget Jones|Bridget Jones's Diary]]'' on the back cover, is really more like ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'' meets ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' meets ''Last Action Hero'' WITH BOOKS. And ''[[Blade]]'' makes a series of cameos.
* The ''[[Thursday Next]]'' series, despite apropos-of-nothing comparisons to ''[[Harry Potter]]'' and ''[[Bridget Jones|Bridget Jones's Diary]]'' on the back cover, is really more like ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'' meets ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' meets ''Last Action Hero'' WITH BOOKS. And ''[[Blade]]'' makes a series of cameos.
** The early books in the [[Show Within a Show|in-universe]] [[Recursive Canon|version]] of the [[Thursday Next]] series are described as "[[Dirty Harry]] meets [[Fanny Hill]], but with a good deal more sex and violence."
** The early books in the [[Show Within a Show|in-universe]] [[Recursive Canon|version]] of the [[Thursday Next]] series are described as "[[Dirty Harry]] meets [[Fanny Hill]], but with a good deal more sex and violence."
** ''[[Nursery Crime]]'' is [[Shrek]] meets [[CSI]].
** ''[[Nursery Crime]]'' is [[Shrek]] meets [[CSI]].
* [[Nick Cave]]'s ''And the Ass Saw the Angel'' is William Faulkner meets [[Gabriel Garcia Marquez]], [[This Is Your Premise On Drugs|with foetal alcohol syndrome and lots of moonshine]].
* [[Nick Cave]]'s ''And the Ass Saw the Angel'' is William Faulkner meets [[Gabriel Garcia Marquez]], [[This Is Your Premise on Drugs|with foetal alcohol syndrome and lots of moonshine]].
* ''[[World War Z]]'' has been described as ''Children of Men'', meets ''[[Syriana]]'', meets ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]''.
* ''[[World War Z]]'' has been described as ''Children of Men'', meets ''[[Syriana]]'', meets ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]''.
** Or ''Night of the Living Dead'' as done by Ken Burns.
** Or ''Night of the Living Dead'' as done by Ken Burns.
* ''[[The Goodness Gene]]'' is "''[[Nineteen Eighty Four|1984]]'' meets ''[[Brave New World (Literature)|Brave New World]]''", but with more conspiracies and clones.
* ''[[The Goodness Gene]]'' is "''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]]'' meets ''[[Brave New World (novel)|Brave New World]]''", but with more conspiracies and clones.
* ''[[Coraline (Literature)|Coraline]]'' is ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Literature)|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' meets ''[[The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon]]''. Or alternatively, [[Alice in Wonderland (Literature)|Alice]] meets Kafka.
* ''[[Coraline (novel)|Coraline]]'' is ''[[Alice in Wonderland|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' meets ''[[The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon]]''. Or alternatively, [[Alice in Wonderland|Alice]] meets Kafka.
** Even better is probably ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Literature)|Alice]]'' meets ''[[A Nightmare On Elm Street]]''.
** Even better is probably ''[[Alice in Wonderland|Alice]]'' meets ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street]]''.
** Alternately, ''Through the [[The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Film)|Kabinet]] and what Alice Found There''. The fact that the film version was directed by Henry ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' Selick helps.
** Alternately, ''Through the [[The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari|Kabinet]] and what Alice Found There''. The fact that the film version was directed by Henry ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' Selick helps.
* Anthony Trolloppe's ''The Way We Live Now'' is ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' meets ''[[Watchmen]]''.
* Anthony Trolloppe's ''The Way We Live Now'' is ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' meets ''[[Watchmen]]''.
* ''Pride & Prejudice & Zombies'' is... [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]].
* ''Pride & Prejudice & Zombies'' is... [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]].
* ''[[The House of Night]]'': ''[[Twilight (Literature)|Twilight]]'' meets ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' meets ''[[Harry Potter]]''
* ''[[The House of Night]]'': ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' meets ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' meets ''[[Harry Potter]]''
* ''[[Twilight (Literature)|Twilight]]'' itself is ''[[Bram Stokers Dracula]]'' meets ''[[My Immortal]]'' (or ''[[My Immortal]]'' minus [[Harry Potter]])
* ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' itself is ''[[Bram Stoker's Dracula]]'' meets ''[[My Immortal]]'' (or ''[[My Immortal]]'' minus [[Harry Potter]])
** Alternatively it is ''[[Bram Stokers Dracula]]'' meets [[Beauty and The Beast]] .
** Alternatively it is ''[[Bram Stoker's Dracula]]'' meets [[Beauty and The Beast]] .
* The ''[[Complete World Knowledge]]'' series has been described as ''[[Pale Fire]]'', as directed by [[Wes Anderson]].
* The ''[[Complete World Knowledge]]'' series has been described as ''[[Pale Fire]]'', as directed by [[Wes Anderson]].
* Subverted in one review, which said that if [[Tim Burton]] reimagined ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'''... it would still fall ''far'' short of [[Neil Gaiman]]'s ''[[Neverwhere]]''.
* Subverted in one review, which said that if [[Tim Burton]] reimagined ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'''... it would still fall ''far'' short of [[Neil Gaiman]]'s ''[[Neverwhere]]''.
* The ''[[Codex Alera]]'' is ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' meets ''[[Pokémon]]'' with just a bit of ''[[Rome]]'' for flavoring and some <s>[[Animorphs|yeerks]]</s> [[Starcraft|Zerg]] thrown in.
* The ''[[Codex Alera]]'' is ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' meets ''[[Pokémon]]'' with just a bit of ''[[Rome]]'' for flavoring and some <s>[[Animorphs|yeerks]]</s> [[StarCraft|Zerg]] thrown in.
** By design. Jim Butcher has said that he was challenged to write a good story that combined the concepts of the [[Lost Roman Legion]] with ''[[Pokémon]]''.
** By design. Jim Butcher has said that he was challenged to write a good story that combined the concepts of the [[Lost Roman Legion]] with ''[[Pokémon]]''.
* ''[[Eaters of the Dead]]'' is intentionally ''[[Beowulf (Literature)|Beowulf]]'' meets Ahmad ibn Fadlan's travelogue.
* ''[[The 13th Warrior]]'' is intentionally ''[[Beowulf]]'' meets Ahmad ibn Fadlan's travelogue.
* ''Beat The Reaper'' is ''[[Burn Notice]]'' meets ''[[Goodfellas]]'' meets ''[[House (TV)|House]]'' written as [[Darker and Edgier|darkly]] as possible.
* ''Beat The Reaper'' is ''[[Burn Notice]]'' meets ''[[Goodfellas]]'' meets ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' written as [[Darker and Edgier|darkly]] as possible.
* ''[[Stationery Voyagers]]'' is ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]'' meets ''[[Star Trek]]'' meets ''[[Veggie Tales (Animation)|Veggie Tales]]'' meets ''[[The X Files]]'' meets ''[[Underworld (Film)|Underworld]]'' meets ''[[Blade Runner]]'' meets ''[[DP 7 (Comic Book)|DP 7]]'' meets...[[Mind Screw|well, you]] [[Pastiche|kinda get the idea]].
* ''[[Stationery Voyagers]]'' is ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' meets ''[[Star Trek]]'' meets ''[[Veggie Tales]]'' meets ''[[The X-Files]]'' meets ''[[Underworld (film)|Underworld]]'' meets ''[[Blade Runner]]'' meets ''[[DP 7]]'' meets...[[Mind Screw|well, you]] [[Pastiche|kinda get the idea]].
* ''[[Atlanta Nights]]'' is ''[[The Eye of Argon]]'' meets those trashy paperback novels you see at the grocery store. If you pick it up in the [[Dramatic Reading]] aisle, you'll be able to get some [[Large Ham|ham]] with it.
* ''[[Atlanta Nights]]'' is ''[[The Eye of Argon]]'' meets those trashy paperback novels you see at the grocery store. If you pick it up in the [[Dramatic Reading]] aisle, you'll be able to get some [[Large Ham|ham]] with it.
* [[CS Lewis (Creator)|CS Lewis]] and others have described Fanny Price of ''[[Mansfield Park]]'' as "a Charlotte Bronte heroine lost in a [[Jane Austen]] novel."
* [[C. S. Lewis|CS Lewis]] and others have described Fanny Price of ''[[Mansfield Park]]'' as "a Charlotte Bronte heroine lost in a [[Jane Austen]] novel."
** Among his most famous works ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' is [[Alice in Wonderland (Literature)|Alice in Wonderland]], meets [[The Bible]].
** Among his most famous works ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' is [[Alice in Wonderland]], meets [[The Bible]].
* ''[[The Looking Glass Wars]]'' is ''[[American McGee's Alice]]'' meets ''[[The Lion King (Disney)|The Lion King]]''.
* ''[[The Looking Glass Wars]]'' is ''[[American McGee's Alice]]'' meets ''[[The Lion King]]''.
* The blurbs on ''[[The Dresden Files (Literature)|The Dresden Files]]'' books describe them as "[[Harry Potter]] starring Phillip Marlowe." This, as it happens, [[Did Not Do the Research|is dead wrong]], since aside from [[Names the Same|the coincidence of names]], the series bears almost no resemblance to Harry Potter. It's more like [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]] in the [[Old World of Darkness]], starring Phillip Marlowe. Incidentally, some of the later blurbs ''do'' have this.
* The blurbs on ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' books describe them as "[[Harry Potter]] starring Phillip Marlowe." This, as it happens, [[Did Not Do the Research|is dead wrong]], since aside from [[Name's the Same|the coincidence of names]], the series bears almost no resemblance to Harry Potter. It's more like [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]] in the [[Old World of Darkness]], starring Phillip Marlowe. Incidentally, some of the later blurbs ''do'' have this.
* Speaking of which, the ''[[Nightside]]'' series is ''[[The Dresden Files (Literature)|The Dresden Files]]'' meets ''[[Neverwhere]]''.
* Speaking of which, the ''[[Nightside]]'' series is ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' meets ''[[Neverwhere]]''.
* ''[[Nineteen Eighty Four|1984]]'' is ''[[We (Literature)|We]]'' meets ''[[Brave New World (Literature)|Brave New World]]'' meets ''Darkness At Noon''.
* ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]]'' is ''[[We]]'' meets ''[[Brave New World (novel)|Brave New World]]'' meets ''Darkness At Noon''.
* ''Penthouse'' is ''Playboy'' meets ''Hustler''; Basically the gloss and glamor of ''Playboy'', and the explicit poses of ''Hustler''.
* ''Penthouse'' is ''Playboy'' meets ''Hustler''; Basically the gloss and glamor of ''Playboy'', and the explicit poses of ''Hustler''.
* The Lady Grace Mysteries are [[Trixie Belden]] meets The Royal Diaries
* The Lady Grace Mysteries are [[Trixie Belden]] meets The Royal Diaries
* ''[[The Girl Who Owned a City]]'' is (a curiously non-violent) ''[[Lord of the Flies]]'' meets ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]''
* ''[[The Girl Who Owned a City]]'' is (a curiously non-violent) ''[[Lord of the Flies]]'' meets ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]''
* [[Joe Hill]]'s ''You Will Hear The Locust Sing'' is intentionally ''[[Franz Kafka|The Metamorphosis]]'' meets ''[[Them (Film)|Them]]''
* [[Joe Hill]]'s ''You Will Hear The Locust Sing'' is intentionally ''[[Franz Kafka|The Metamorphosis]]'' meets ''[[Them]]''
* Cross ''[[The Amazing Race]]'' and ''[[The Westing Game]],'' plus add history on the side, and you get ''[[The 39 Clues]].''
* Cross ''[[The Amazing Race]]'' and ''[[The Westing Game]],'' plus add history on the side, and you get ''[[The 39 Clues]].''
* ''[[The Word and The Void]]'' is what happens when ''[[Terminator]]'' meets [[Urban Fantasy]] in a [[Dying Town]] setting.
* ''[[The Word and The Void]]'' is what happens when ''[[Terminator]]'' meets [[Urban Fantasy]] in a [[Dying Town]] setting.
* ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' is [[The War of the Roses]] set in ''[[The Lord of the Rings|Middle-earth]]''
* ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' is [[The War of the Roses]] set in ''[[The Lord of the Rings|Middle-earth]]''
** Alternately, ''[[Dune]]'' set in Middle-earth.
** Alternately, ''[[Dune]]'' set in Middle-earth.
* ''[[The Third Policeman (Literature)|The Third Policeman]]'' is what James Stephens' (another Irish author) absurdist fairytale ''The Crock of Gold'' would be if it was retold by Salvador Dali to Mark Z. Danliewski.
* ''[[The Third Policeman]]'' is what James Stephens' (another Irish author) absurdist fairytale ''The Crock of Gold'' would be if it was retold by Salvador Dali to Mark Z. Danliewski.
* ''[[The Pendragon Adventure]]'' has been described as [[Harry Potter]]'s American cousin meets ''[[Stargate]]'' (the whole franchise) meets ''[[The Time Tunnel (TV)|The Time Tunnel]]'' meets ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined (TV)|Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'' with bits of ''[[Back to The Future]]'', ''[[The Matrix]]'', ''[[Planet of the Apes]]'', and ''[[The Godfather (Film)|The Godfather]]'' thrown in for good measure.
* ''[[The Pendragon Adventure]]'' has been described as [[Harry Potter]]'s American cousin meets ''[[Stargate]]'' (the whole franchise) meets ''[[The Time Tunnel]]'' meets [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|the reimagined ''Battlestar Galactica'']] with bits of ''[[Back to The Future]]'', ''[[The Matrix]]'', ''[[Planet of the Apes]]'', and ''[[The Godfather]]'' thrown in for good measure.
* ''Laura und der Silberwolf'' (Laura and silver Wolf) is ''[[Pans Labyrinth]]'' in a [[Medical Drama]] setting. {{spoiler|The Finale is also similar}}
* ''Laura und der Silberwolf'' (Laura and silver Wolf) is ''[[Pan's Labyrinth]]'' in a [[Medical Drama]] setting. {{spoiler|The Finale is also similar}}
* ''[[A Boot Stomping a Human Face Forever|10 A BOOT STOMPING 20 A HUMAN FACE 30 GOTO 10]]'' was described by a reviewer "...reads as if someone cloned an amphetamine-addled [[Philip K Dick|Philip K. Dick]] and told him to come up with his own version of Nick Hornby's [[High Fidelity]]."
* ''[[10 A BOOT STOMPING 20 A HUMAN FACE 30 GOTO 10]]'' was described by a reviewer "...reads as if someone cloned an amphetamine-addled [[Philip K. Dick]] and told him to come up with his own version of Nick Hornby's [[High Fidelity]]."
* ''Hero'' by Perry Moore is ''[[Sky High]]'' meets ''[[X-Men]]'' meets ''[[The Incredibles]]''
* ''Hero'' by Perry Moore is ''[[Sky High]]'' meets ''[[X-Men]]'' meets ''[[The Incredibles]]''
* Undead by Kirsty McKay is [[The Breakfast Club]] meets [[Night of the Living Dead]] during a school ski trip in Scotland.
* Undead by Kirsty McKay is [[The Breakfast Club]] meets [[Night of the Living Dead]] during a school ski trip in Scotland.
* ''[[The Roman Mysteries (Literature)|The Roman Mysteries]]'': [[Word of God|The author describes it as]] ''[[The Famous Five]]'' plus ''[[Nancy Drew]]'' meets ''[[Gladiator (Film)|Gladiator]]''.
* ''[[The Roman Mysteries]]'': [[Word of God|The author describes it as]] ''[[The Famous Five]]'' plus ''[[Nancy Drew]]'' meets ''[[Gladiator (film)|Gladiator]]''.
* ''[[Chick Tracts]]'' is Christian fundamentalism meets ''[[Warhammer 40 K]]'' meets ''[[South Park]]''.
* ''[[Chick Tracts]]'' is Christian fundamentalism meets ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' meets ''[[South Park]]''.
* ''[[Percy Jackson and The Olympians (Literature)|Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]'' is ''[[Classical Mythology]]'' meets ''[[Harry Potter]]''.
* ''[[Percy Jackson & the Olympians|Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]'' is ''[[Classical Mythology]]'' meets ''[[Harry Potter]]''.
* ''The Forest of Hands and Teeth'' is ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]'' meets ''[[The Giver]]'', or [[Survival Horror]] meets [[Dystopia]].
* ''The Forest of Hands and Teeth'' is ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]'' meets ''[[The Giver]]'', or [[Survival Horror]] meets [[Dystopia]].
* ''[[Rivers of London]]'' is ''[[Neverwhere]]'' meets ''[[The Bill]]''.
* ''[[Rivers of London]]'' is ''[[Neverwhere]]'' meets ''[[The Bill]]''.
* ''When the Windman Comes'' is ''[[Coraline]]'' meets ''[[Bridge to Terabithia]]''. With [[Happy Ending]].
* ''When the Windman Comes'' is ''[[Coraline]]'' meets ''[[Bridge to Terabithia]]''. With [[Happy Ending]].
* ''[[Captain Underpants]]'': ''[[Superman]]'' meets ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'' meets ''[[Invader Zim]]'' meets ''[[Recess]]''
* ''[[Captain Underpants]]'': ''[[Superman]]'' meets ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'' meets ''[[Invader Zim]]'' meets ''[[Recess]]''
* ''[[Meg]]'' has often been described as ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' meets ''[[Jaws (Film)|Jaws]]''
* ''[[Meg]]'' has often been described as ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' meets ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]''
* ''[[Artemis Fowl (Literature)|Artemis Fowl]]'' has been described by its author as "''[[Die Hard (Film)|Die Hard]]'' with fairies".
* ''[[Artemis Fowl]]'' has been described by its author as "''[[Die Hard]]'' with fairies".
* ''The Automatic Detective'' combines every [[Film Noir]] trope with just about every [[Raygun Gothic]] trope (albeit, the latter is fairly deconstructed).
* ''The Automatic Detective'' combines every [[Film Noir]] trope with just about every [[Raygun Gothic]] trope (albeit, the latter is fairly deconstructed).
* ''Rhymes With Witches'' is ''[[Mean Girls]]'' meets ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'' meets ''[[Flowers for Algernon]]''.
* ''Rhymes With Witches'' is ''[[Mean Girls]]'' meets ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'' meets ''[[Flowers for Algernon]]''.
* [[Gone]] is [[X Men]] meets [[Lord of the Flies]].
* [[Gone (novel)]] is [[X-Men]] meets [[Lord of the Flies]].
* ''[http://dozerfleet.wikia.com/wiki/Sorbet Sorbet]'' is ''[[Inception]]'' meets ''[[Groundhog Day (Film)|Groundhog Day]]'' meets ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]''.
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130307204828/http://dozerfleet.wikia.com/wiki/Sorbet Sorbet]'' is ''[[Inception]]'' meets ''[[Groundhog Day]]'' meets ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]''.
* ''[[The Hunger Games (Literature)|The Hunger Games]]'' is ''[[Lord of the Flies]]'' meets ''[[Survivor (TV)|Survivor]]''.
* ''[[The Hunger Games (novel)|The Hunger Games]]'' is ''[[Lord of the Flies]]'' meets ''[[Survivor (TV series)|Survivor]]''.
* ''[[Harry Potter (Literature)|Harry Potter]]'' is ''[[Young Wizards]]'' meets ''Grease''.
* ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' is ''[[Young Wizards]]'' meets ''Grease''.
** Alternately, it's ''[[Young Wizards]]'' meets ''[[Jennings]]'', with the latter's [[Not Allowed to Grow Up]] replaced with ''massive'' amounts of [[Darker and Edgier]].
** Alternately, it's ''[[Young Wizards]]'' meets ''[[Jennings]]'', with ''massive'' amounts of [[Darker and Edgier]].
* ''The Musicians'' (''Muzykanci'') by Andrzej Sapkowski is ''[[The Bremen Town Musicians]]'' meets ''[[HP Lovecraft|The Music of Erich Zann]]''.
* ''The Musicians'' (''Muzykanci'') by Andrzej Sapkowski is ''[[The Bremen Town Musicians]]'' meets ''[[H.P. Lovecraft|The Music of Erich Zann]]''.
* ''[[Matched]]'' is ''[[Nineteen Eighty Four]]'' meets ''[[The Giver]]''.
* ''[[Matched]]'' is ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' meets ''[[The Giver]]''.
* ''[[The Kite Runner]]'' is ''[[A Separate Peace]]'' set in Afghanistan with ''[[Unreliable Narrator|a lot]]'' [[Unreliable Narrator|more honest narrator]].
* ''[[The Kite Runner]]'' is ''[[A Separate Peace]]'' set in Afghanistan with ''[[Unreliable Narrator|a lot]]'' [[Unreliable Narrator|more honest narrator]].
* ''[[Enchantress From the Stars]]'' is [[Star Trek]] meets [[Avatar (Film)|Avatar]]
* ''[[Enchantress From the Stars]]'' is ''[[Star Trek]]'' meets ''[[Avatar (film)|Avatar]]''
* ''[[Animorphs]] is ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' meets ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''.




== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Twilight (Literature)|Edward Cullen]]: Dracula and/or [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Spike]] meets [[Suzumiya Haruhi|Itsuki Koizumi]] meets the ''[[My Immortal]]'' version of Draco Malfoy and [[Everythings Better With Sparkles|a disco ball]]. Maybe throw in some [[Wuthering Heights (Literature)|Heathecliff]], too. But without the irony of Heathecliff's character.
* [[Twilight (novel)|Edward Cullen]]: Dracula and/or [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Spike]] meets [[Suzumiya Haruhi|Itsuki Koizumi]] meets the ''[[My Immortal]]'' version of Draco Malfoy and [[Everything's Better with Sparkles|a disco ball]]. Maybe throw in some [[Wuthering Heights (novel)|Heathecliff]], too. But without the irony of Heathecliff's character.
** Bella Swan is [[My Immortal|Ebony]] Meets [[The Kimberly]]
** Bella Swan is [[My Immortal|Ebony]] Meets [[Damsel Scrappy]]
* According to his author, [[The Thrawn Trilogy|Grand Admiral Thrawn]] is Erwin Rommel meets Robert E. Lee, Hannibal Barca, Alexander the Great, and [[Sherlock Holmes]]. [[Captain Obvious|Thrawn's intelligent]]. But unlike Alexander the Great, he isn't a crybaby.
* According to his author, [[The Thrawn Trilogy|Grand Admiral Thrawn]] is Erwin Rommel meets Robert E. Lee, Hannibal Barca, Alexander the Great, and [[Sherlock Holmes]]. [[Captain Obvious|Thrawn's intelligent]]. But unlike Alexander the Great, he isn't a crybaby.
* The [[Discworld (Literature)/The Wee Free Men|Nac Mac Feegle]] are [[The Smurfs|smurfs]] meets [[Violent Glaswegian|Violent Glaswegians]].
* The [[The Wee Free Men|Nac Mac Feegle]] are [[The Smurfs|smurfs]] meets [[Violent Glaswegian|Violent Glaswegians]].
* [[Stationery Voyagers|Pextel]] is [[The Magic School Bus|Arnold Perlstein]] meets [[X-Men|Cyclops]] meets [[Heroes (TV)|Peter Petrelli]].
* [[Stationery Voyagers|Pextel]] is [[The Magic School Bus|Arnold Perlstein]] meets [[X-Men|Cyclops]] meets [[Heroes (TV series)|Peter Petrelli]].
** Liquidon is [[The Lord of the Rings|Legolas]] meets [[Heroes (TV)|Ted Sprague]] meets Mohinder Suresh meets [[X-Men|Nightcrawler]] meets Edward Cullen, only much less abusive to his girlfriend; and he [[Power Glows|glows]] rather than [[Bishie Sparkle|sparkles]].
** Liquidon is [[The Lord of the Rings|Legolas]] meets [[Heroes (TV series)|Ted Sprague]] meets Mohinder Suresh meets [[X-Men|Nightcrawler]] meets Edward Cullen, only much less abusive to his girlfriend; and he [[Power Glows|glows]] rather than [[Bishie Sparkle|sparkles]].
** Cindy is a [[Lighter and Softer]] parody of [[Underworld (Film)|Selene]] mixed with [[The Rocketeer (Film)|Cliff Secord]], only she has Liquidon in the place of a rocket. Her Mosquatlon race are parodies of ''Underworld'' vampires, just to drive the point home. Her namesake is Cindy Campbell from [[Scary Movie]].
** Cindy is a [[Lighter and Softer]] parody of [[Underworld (film)|Selene]] mixed with [[The Rocketeer (film)|Cliff Secord]], only she has Liquidon in the place of a rocket. Her Mosquatlon race are parodies of ''Underworld'' vampires, just to drive the point home. Her namesake is Cindy Campbell from [[Scary Movie]].
** Neone Delft is [[Sleeping Beauty|Aurora]] meets [[The Swan Princess|Odette]] meets [[The Bible|Rahab the Harlot]] meets [[Uncle Toms Cabin|Eliza]], with [[Pinocchio (Disney)|Gepetto]] (Hidicky) for a father, one who has gambling issues. Her archnemeses are [[Home Alone|a ruthless gangster who laughs when he makes Swiss cheese of his victims]] (Pentacko), a cross of [[Macbeth]] with Sylar (Cybomec), and a combination of Maleficent with Rothbart and [[Anastasia|Rasputin]] (Irendus). As if Nest / Don Bluth / Disney / what-have-you [[Disney Creatures of the Farce|weren't being abused enough]], Neone temporarily forges an alliance with a certain [[Robin Hood (Disney)|Friar Rubberion]]. And her Mantithian form looks very mildly [[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney)|like a certain]] [[Hot Gypsy Woman]]...
** Neone Delft is [[Sleeping Beauty|Aurora]] meets [[The Swan Princess|Odette]] meets [[The Bible|Rahab the Harlot]] meets [[Uncle Tom's Cabin|Eliza]], with [[Pinocchio (Disney film)|Gepetto]] (Hidicky) for a father, one who has gambling issues. Her archnemeses are [[Home Alone|a ruthless gangster who laughs when he makes Swiss cheese of his victims]] (Pentacko), a cross of [[Macbeth]] with Sylar (Cybomec), and a combination of Maleficent with Rothbart and [[Anastasia|Rasputin]] (Irendus). As if Nest / Don Bluth / Disney / what-have-you [[Disney Creatures of the Farce|weren't being abused enough]], Neone temporarily forges an alliance with a certain [[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Friar Rubberion]]. And her Mantithian form looks very mildly [[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|like a certain]] [[Hot Gypsy Woman]]...
** And Pinkella turned out to be a little bit Claire Bennet and a little bit [[Aladdin (Disney)|Jasmine]] and a little bit of a subverted Cinderella.
** And Pinkella turned out to be a little bit Claire Bennet and a little bit [[Aladdin (Disney film)|Jasmine]] and a little bit of a subverted Cinderella.
* [[The Dresden Files (Literature)|Harry Dresden]] is [[Hellblazer (Comic Book)|John Constantine]] meets [[Spider-Man]].
* [[The Dresden Files|Harry Dresden]] is [[Hellblazer|John Constantine]] meets [[Spider-Man]].
* [[The Hunger Games (Literature)|Peeta Mellark]] is a [[Michael Cera]] character in a ''[[Battle Royale]]'' scenario.
* [[The Hunger Games (novel)|Peeta Mellark]] is a [[Michael Cera]] character in a ''[[Battle Royale]]'' scenario.


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