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== Games ==
'''(Roughly in Alphabetical Order)'''
 
* ''1... 2... 3... KICK IT! Drop That Beat Like An Ugly Baby'' is ''[[AaaaaAaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! a- Aaaa AA Aaa AAA Aa AAAAAAA Reckless Disregard For Gravity (Video Game)|Aaaaa a Aaaa AA Aaa AAA Aa AAAAAA Reckless Disregard Forfor Gravity]]'' meets ''[[Audiosurf (Video Game)|Audiosurf]]''
* ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5ZCDyep1D0 8-Bit Deathmatch]'' is ''[[Mega Man (Videovideo Gamegame)|Mega Man]]'' meets ''[[Doom]]''.
* ''[[ActraiserActRaiser]]'' is ''[[Valis (Video Game)|Valis]]'' meets ''[[Sim City (Video Game)|Sim CitySimCity]]'' meets Christianity.
* Sega's ''Alien Storm'' is ''[[Alien (Filmfranchise)|Alien]]'' meets ''[[Golden Axe]]''.
* The ''[[Ace Attorney (Visual Novel)|Ace Attorney]]'' series could be described as "a [[Shounen]] series written by John Grisham".
* ''[[Aliens vs. Predator]]'' is ''[[Doom]]'' meets ''[[Halo]] ODST''.
* ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' is ''[[Hitman]]'' meets [[Ancient Conspiracy]].
* ''[[Age of Wonders]]'' is ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]'' meets ''[[Civilization (Video Game)|Civilization]]''.
* ''Amazing Island''. Some critic described on the back of the games case that it was like ''[[Pokémon]]'' meets ''[[Mario Party]]''.
* ''[[Audiosurf (Video Game)|Audiosurf]]'' is ''[[Rock Band]]'' meets ''[[F-Zero]]'' meets ''[[Tron Lines|TRON]] [[Tron: Legacy (Film)|Legacy]]'' meets a Media Player Visualization.
* ''[[AsurasAsura's Wrath]]'' is basically ''[[God of War (Video Gameseries)|God of War]]'' meets ''[[Naruto]]'' meets ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' meets ''[[Gurren Lagann]]'' meets ''[[God Hand]]'' meets ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' meets [[Rated "M" for Manly|A bunch of Steroids and Testosterone Growth hormone]]. ''[[Heavy Rain]]'', ''[[Street Fighter]] ([[Crossover|Literally]]) and some more ''[[Super Robot Genre]]'' (Via DLC) are in it as well.
* ''[[Angry Birds Space]]'' is ''[[Angry Birds]]'' meets ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''.
** ''[[Angry Birds]]'' itself is ''[[Crush The Castle]]'' meets a bright, sugary art style.
* ''[[Blur (Videovideo Gamegame)|Blur]]'' is ''Project Gotham Racing'' meets ''[[Mario Kart (Video Game)|Mario Kart]]''. Makes sense, since ''Blur'' and ''PGR'' are both from [http://kotaku.com/tag/bizarrecreations/ Bizarre Creations.]
* ''Blast Works'' is ''Darius'' meets ''[[Katamari Damacy]]''.
** And ''Katamari'' itself is ''Bubbles'' (1982 arcade game by Williams) meets the brightly-colored collect-fests of the fifth console generation.
* ''[[Bit .Trip|Bit.trip Beat]]'' is ''Pong'' meets ''Rez''.
* ''[[Backyard Sports]]'' is MLB/MLS/NBA/NFL/NHL meets [[Jimmy Neutron]]-esque characters.
* ''[[Blaz BlueBlazBlue]]'' is ''[[Guilty Gear]]'' meets ''[[Trigun]]''.
** I'm pretty sure ''[[Blaz BlueBlazBlue]]'' is ''[[Guilty Gear]]'' meets ''[[Melty Blood]]'' and a dash of ''[[Fate/stay Stay Nightnight]]''.
*** Perhaps, but [[Word of God]] says ''Trigun'' was the main inspiration.
* ''[[The Beatles]]'':''[[Rock Band]]'' is ''Rock Band'' meets ''[[Yellow Submarine]]''.
* ''[[Billy Hatcher and Thethe Giant Egg]]'' is ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' meets ''[[Katamari Damacy]]'' with a heaping helping of [[EverythingsEverything's Better Withwith Chickens]].
* ''[[Blood Bowl]]'' is ''[[Madden NFL (Video Game)|Madden NFL]]'' meets ''[[Warhammer Fantasy]]''
* Gearbox Studios pitched ''[[Borderlands (Video Game)|Borderlands]]'' as "''[[Halo]]'' meets ''[[Diablo]]''".
* ''[[Beat Hazard]]'' is ''[[Audiosurf (Video Game)|Audiosurf]]'' meets [[Bullet Hell]].
* ''[[The Binding of Isaac (Video Game)|The Binding of Isaac]]'' is ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Videovideo Gamegame)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' (original version) meets '''[[Silent Hill]]'' meets [[Roguelike|Roguelikes]]s.
* ''[[Big Rigs Over the Road Racing]]'' is ''[[The Eye of Argon]]'' meets ''[[Gran Turismo]]''.
* ''[[Boiling Point Road to Hell|Boiling Point: Road to Hell]]'' (and the sequel, ''White Gold: War in Paradise'') is ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' meets ''[[Deus Ex (Video Game)|Deus Ex]]''.
* ''[[Bulletstorm (Video Game)|Bulletstorm]]'' is ''[[Duke Nukem]]'' meets ''[[Mad WorldMadWorld]]''.
* ''[[Command and& Conquer]] 3: Tiberium Wars'' is ''G.I. Joe'' fighting COBRA, when all of a sudden a third faction shows up that happens to be a [[Alien Invasion]] force.
* ''[[Contra (Videovideo Gamegame series)|Contra]]'' = ''[[Alien S (Filmfranchise)|Alien S]]'' + ''[[Commando (Filmfilm)|Commando]]'' + ''[[Rambo First Blood Part II]]''<ref>While the series is also associated with ''[[Predator (Film)|Predator]]'' thanks to Bob Wakelin's cover artwork for the NES version (who used promotional stills from ''Predator'' for reference), the original ''Contra'' arcade game actually predates ''Predator'' by four months.</ref>
** ''<s>Arc Hound</s> [[Dolled -Up Installment|Contra Force]]'' is ''[[Contra]]'' ([[Recycled in Space|in the modern day]]) with the power-up system from ''[[Gradius]]''.
* ''[[Castle Crashers (Video Game)|Castle Crashers]]'': ''[[Gauntlet (1985 video game)]]'' meets ''[[Alien Hominid]]'' {{spoiler|Literally, at one point.}}
* ''[[Culdcept]]'' is ''[[Monopoly]]'' with elements of ''[[Magic: theThe Gathering]]''.
* ''[[Castlevania Judgment]]'' can be described as ''[[Castlevania]]'' meets ''[[Soul Calibur]]'', with plenty of ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'' in the art.
* ''[[Castlevania: Chronicles of Sorrow]]'' could be ''Castlevania'' meets ''[[Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo JosJoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]''
* ''[[Castlevania: Lords of Shadow]]'' is most certainly ''[[Castlevania]]'' meets ''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]''.
* ''[[Conkers Bad Fur Day (Video Game)|ConkersConker's Bad Fur Day]]'' is ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' Meets ''[[South Park]]''
* ''[[Crimson Skies]]'' is [[Diesel PunkDieselpunk]] meets [[Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow]].
* ''[[Catherine]]'' is ''[[Ico]]'' meets ''[[Swan Lake]]'' or ''[[Black Swan (Film)|Black Swan]]''
* ''[[DJMAX]] Technika'' is ''[[Elite Beat Agents]]'' meets ''[[Lumines]]''.
* ''[[Dragon Quest Monsters]]'' = ''[[Dragon Quest]]'' + ''[[Pokémon]]''
** It's more like ''[[Dragon Quest]]'' meets ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' as most of the breeding elements are more commonplace in that series of games.
* ''Day Of Defeat: Source'' is ''[[Counter-Strike (Video Game)|Counter-Strike]]'' meets ''[[Call of Duty]]''.
* ''[[Dino Crisis]]'' is ''[[Resident Evil]]'' meets ''[[Jurassic Park]]''.
* ''Dino Crisis 3'' is ''[[Alien]]'' meets ''Jurassic Park''.
* ''[[Deus Ex Human Revolution (Video Game)|Deus Ex: Human Revolution]]'' is ''[[Mass Effect (Video Game)|Mass Effect]]'' meets ''[[Metal Gear (Video Game)|Metal Gear]]'', at least in terms of gameplay.
* The ''[[Dark Cloud (Video Game)|Dark Cloud]]'' series itself is like ''[[Sim City (Video Game)|Sim CitySimCity]]'' meets ''[[Final Fantasy]]'', and the second game adds ''[[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Chrono Trigger]]'' to the mix.
* ''[[Drawn to Life]]'' is ''[[ActraiserActRaiser]]'' meets ''[[Animal Crossing]]''.
* ''[[Dragon Age (Video Game)|Dragon Age]]'' is ''[[BaldursBaldur's Gate]]'' meets ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' with a little bit of ''[[Warhammer Fantasy]]'', ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', and medieval Christianity thrown in for good measure.
* ''[[Dokapon Kingdom]]'' is ''[[Dungeons and Dragons|Dungeons & Dragons]]'' meets ''[[Mario Party (Video Game)|Mario Party]]''.
* ''[[Doom]]'' was once [[Word of God|described by John Carmack as]] ''[[Aliens]]'' meets ''[[Evil Dead]]'' 2.
* The beat-em-up ''[[DantesDante's Inferno (Videovideo Gamegame)|Dantes Inferno]]'' is ''[[The Divine Comedy (Literature)|The Divine Comedy]]'' meets ''[[God of War (Video Gameseries)|God of War]]''.
** ''[[DantesDante's Inferno (Videovideo Gamegame)|Dantes Inferno]]'' is also [[God of War (Video Gameseries)|God of War]] meets [[The Devil]].
* ''[[Dead Space (Videovideo Gamegame)|Dead Space]]'' is the premise of ''[[System Shock|System Shock 2]]'' with the gameplay of ''[[Resident Evil|Resident Evil 4]]''.
* ''[[Deadly Premonition]]'' : ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' meets ''[[Silent Hill]]''
* ''[[Demonbane]]'' is ''[[The Big O (Anime)|The Big O]]'' meets [[HPH.P. Lovecraft]].
* ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]: Strikeforce'' is ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'' meets ''[[Dragonball Z]]''.
* ''[[Dead Rising]]'' is ''[[Resident Evil]]'' meets ''[[Final Fight]]''
* ''[[Dr. Mario]]'' is ''[[Mario Bros.]]'' meets ''[[Tetris]]''.
* ''[[Darksiders]]'' is ''[[God of War (Video Gameseries)|God of War]]'' meets ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Franchise)|The Legend of Zelda]]'', starring [[Horsemen of the Apocalypse|The Horseman of War]].
* ''[[Drakengard]]'' is ''[[The Inheritance Cycle]]'' meets ''[[Berserk]]''.
* ''[[Dragons Dogma (Video Game)|DragonsDragon's Dogma]]'' is ''[[Monster Hunter]]'' meets ''[[Dark Souls]]''.
* ''[[Escape Velocity]]'' is ''[[Asteroids]]''<ref>top-down [[Two 2-D Space]]</ref> meets ''[[Elite (Video Game)|Elite]]''.<ref>[[Wide Open Sandbox]] space simulator</ref>.
* ''Eets'' is loosely summed up as ''[[Lemmings]]'' meets ''[[The Incredible Machine]]''.
* ''[[Enslaved: OdysseytotheOdyssey to the West]]'' is ''[[Journey to Thethe West]]'' meets ''[[Escape Fromfrom New York]]''.
* Video game reviewer [[Zero Punctuation|Yahtzee]] describes ''[[Earthbound (Video Game)|EarthboundEarthBound]]'' as "a cross between the [[Cthulhu Mythos]] and the [[Peanuts|Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show]]."
** ''[[Earthbound (Video Game)|EarthboundEarthBound]]'' could also be seen as ''[[Dragon Quest]]'' meets ''[[A Wrinkle in Time]]''.
* ''[[Eversion (Video Game)|Eversion]]'' is ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' meets ''[[Monster Party]]''.
** Or maybe it's ''[[Cocoron]]'' meets ''[[Yume Nikki]]''.
* ''EZ2Dancer'' is ''Dance ManiaX'' meets ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]]''.
** ''Techno Motion'' is ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]]'' meets ''Pump It Up''. [[Memetic Mutation|KONAMI AND ANDAMIRO WILL SUE.]]
** ''Pump It Up Pro'' is ''[[In theThe Groove]]'' meets ''Pump It Up''.
* ''ESWAT'' is ''[[Shinobi]]'' meets ''[[Robo CopRoboCop]]''.
* ''[[Evil Genius (Videovideo Gamegame)|Evil Genius]]'' is ''[[Dungeon Keeper]]'' meets ''[[James Bond]]''
* ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' described ''[[Fossil Fighters]]'' as ''[[Pokémon]]'' meets ''[[Jurassic Park]]''. [[Sarcasm Mode|Because every]] [[Mons]] game [[Small Reference Pools|is like Pokemon]] (It's really ''[[Spectrobes]]'' meets ''[[Jurassic Park]]'').
* The ''Fallout'' francise is ''[[Mad Max]]'' meets ''Pleasantville''.
* ''[[Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles]]: My Life as a King'' = ''Crystal Chronicles'' + ''[[Dark Cloud (Video Game)|Dark Cloud]]''
* The ''[[First Encounter Assault Recon|F.E.A.R.]]'' series is essentially ''[[Hard Boiled]]'' meets ''[[The Ring]]'' meets ''[[Scanners]]'' meets ''[[Elfen Lied]]''.
* ''Free Realms'': ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' meets ''[[Neopets]]''
* ''Fairytale Fights'': ''[[Castle Crashers (Video Game)|Castle Crashers]]'' meets ''[[Hoodwinked]]'' as seen through ''[[Animal Crossing]]''-colored filters.
* ''[[FHBG]]'' is ''[[Mr. Gimmick]]'' (or ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' or ''[[Little Nemo the Dream Master]]'') meets ''[[Fast Eddie (video game)]]'' meets ''[[Impossible Mission]]''.
* ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'' is ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' meets ''[[Tactics Ogre]]''.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200930094040/http://www.farmville.com/ Farmville]: ''[[Harvest Moon]]'' meets ''[[Face BookFacebook]]''
* ''[[Grim Fandango]]'' can be described as [[Film Noir]] meets the Dia de los Muertos.
* ''[[Grim Grimoire]]'' is ''[[Groundhog Day (Film)|Groundhog Day]]'' meets ''[[Harry Potter]]'' {{spoiler|with [[Les Yay]]}}.
* ''Gyromancer'' is ''Final Fantasy'' meets ''[[Bejeweled]] Twist''
* ''[[Ge Ne Sis (Video Game).ne.sis|Ge Ne Sis]]'' is totally ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' meets ''[[Persona 4]]'', on a flash game!
* ''[[Golden Sun]]'s'' gameplay is ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Videovideo Gamegame)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' meets ''[[Final Fantasy]]''
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars]]'' is ''[[Crazy Taxi]]'' meets ''crime.''
* ''[[The Guardian Legend (Video Game)|The Guardian Legend]]'' is ''[[Aleste]]'' meets ''Golvellius''.
* ''[[God Hand]]'' is ''[[Final Fight]]'' meets ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' meets ''[[Devil May Cry]]''.
* ''[[Gyruss]]'' is ''[[Galaga]]'' meets ''[[Tempest (video game)|Tempest]]''.
** ''[http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/tt_e.html Torus Trooper]'' is ''Gyruss'' meets ''[[F-Zero]]''.
* Video game Historian/analyst Kieth Fienstien on CNBC called ''[[Halo]]'': "''[[Robo CopRoboCop]]'', with Colonial Marines from ''[[Aliens]]'', meets ''[[War of the Worlds]]'', with a ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]''/''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'' subplot.
** Let's not forget ''[[Ring WorldRingworld]]'', the most obvious one of all for those familiar with it.
* ''[[Heretic]]'' is basically ''[[Doom]]'' meets ''[[Castlevania]]''.
* ''Heart of Darkness'' is ''[[Commander Keen (Video Game)|Commander Keen]]'' meets ''[[Another World (Videovideo Gamegame)|Another World]]''.
* ''[[Halo]]'' is ''[[Marathon (Video Game)Trilogy|Marathon]]'' meets ''[[StarcraftStarCraft]]'' meets ''[[Call of Duty]]''.
** ''[[Starship Troopers]]'' meets ''[[Captain America (comics)]]'' by way of ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Literature)|The Lord of the Rings]]''.
** Master Chief himself is "[[Captain America (comics)]]" meets "[[Iron Man]]" meets "Ender'sGame"
* [[Hotel Dusk: Room 215]] is [[Video Game/Ace Attorney Investigations|Ace Attorney Investigations]] meets Professor Layton.
** Actually, the upcoming Professor Layton VS. Ace Attorney (for the non-believers, yes it's real) is Ace Attorney meets Professor Layton.
* ''[[Home Front]]'' is ''[[Red Dawn]]'' meets ''[[Modern Warfare]]''.
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* ''[[Jak and Daxter|Jak II]]'' is basically ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'' meets ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]''.
** And ''Jak III'' is ''Jak II'' meets ''[[Motorstorm]]''.
* ''Jewelry Master'' is ''Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo'' meets ''[[Tetris (Video Game)|Tetris]]''.
* ''[[Just Cause (Videovideo Gamegame)|Just Cause 2]]'' is ''[[Bionic Commando (Video Game)|Bionic Commando]]'' meets ''[[Mercenaries]]'' with a dash of ''[[Grand Theft Auto]],'' thoroughly marinated in [[Rule of Cool]], [[Rule of Awesome]], and an awful lot of [[Stuff Blowing Up]].
* ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' is [[Crossover|quite literally]] ''[[Disney]]'' meets ''[[Final Fantasy]]''.
** On that note, ''[[Epic Mickey]]'' is ''[[Mickey Mouse]]'' meets [[Deus Ex (Video Game)|Deus Ex]] and [[System Shock]].
* ''[[Kirby]]'' + ''Line Rider'' = ''Kirby: Canvas Curse''.
** ''Kirby & the Amazing Mirror'' + ''Kirby: Canvas Curse'' + ''[[Sonic Colors (Video Game)|Sonic Colors]]'' = ''[[Kirby Mass Attack (Video Game)|Kirby Mass Attack]]''
* It looks like Bioware's new MMO is going to be [[Knights of the Old Republic]] meets [[World of Warcraft]]. Based on the division of players into two sides (one "light" but not good, and one dark yet not "evil") that were at war, but have an unstable treaty...
* ''[[Knytt]]'' is [[Shadow of the Colossus]] meets [[Ico]].
** ''[[Knytt Stories]]'' is ''[[Knytt]]'' with the atmosphere and flora (and ring world, in the case of ''A Strange Dream'') of ''[[Creatures]]''.
* ''[[Killing Floor (Video Game)|Killing Floor]]'' is ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'' meets ''[[Twenty Eight Days Later|28 Days Later]]''
* ''Kickle Cubicle'' is ''[[Adventures of Lolo]]'' meets ''Pengo''.
* ''[[Kingdoms of Amalur]]'' is ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' meets ''[[God of War (Video Gameseries)|God of War]]''.
* ''[[Lollipop Chainsaw]]'' is ''[[Dead Rising]]'' meets ''[[OnechanbaraOneChanbara]]''
* ''Lethal Enforcers 3'' is ''Police 911'' (or ''[[Time Crisis]]'') meets ''Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune''.
* ''[[Lumines]]'' is ''[[Puyo Puyo]]'' meets ''Rez''.
* ''[[La -Mulana]]'' is ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' meets ''Knightmare II: [[Maze of Galious]]''.
* ''[[Lugaru (Video Game)|Lugaru]]'' is ''[[Usagi Yojimbo]]'' meets lo-res computer graphics.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: MajorasMajora's Mask (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask]]'' is ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' meets ''[[Groundhog Day (Film)|Groundhog Day]]''.
** Or ''[[Donnie Darko]]'' meets ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]''.
* ''[[LAL.A. Noire]]'' is ''[[LAL.A. Confidential]]'' meets ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]''
* ''[[Manhunt (Video Gameseries)|Manhunt]]'' is ''[[The Warriors]]'' meets ''[[The Running Man]]'' meets the [[Slasher Movie]] genre.
** ''Manhunt 2'' is the [[Slasher Movie]] genre meets {{spoiler|''[[Fight Club (film)|Fight Club]]''}}.
* The ''[[Metal Gear (Video Game)|Metal Gear]]'' series is [[James Bond]] meets ''[[The Matrix]]'' meets ''[[Rambo]]''.
* Xbox Live Arcade shooter ''[[Monday Night Combat]]'' can best be summed up as ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'' meets ''The Bigs'' meets ''[[Gears of War]]'' with a few elements of [[Defense of the Ancients]]'' game mixed in. Yes, [[So Cool Its Awesome|it's as good a combination as it sounds!]]
* ''[[Metal Wolf Chaos]]'' has been described as "''[[The West Wing]]'' meets ''[[Robotech]]'' meets ''[[Rampage (Videovideo Gamegame)|Rampage]]''."
** Or ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' meets ''[[Air Force One]]''.
** Or simply: "''[[Counter-Strike (Video Game)|Counter-Strike]]'' meets [[World War II]]".
* ''[[Mass Effect (Video Game)|Mass Effect]]'' is '''''NOT''''' [[Star Wars|Luke Skywalker]] meets ''[[Filth|Debbie Does Dallas]]'', despite what a certain someone thinks (or at least, ''used'' to think).
** It's more like ''[[Starship Troopers]]'' meets ''[[Rendezvous With Rama]]'' meets ''[[HPH.P. Lovecraft|The Call Of Cthulhu]]''.
** Or ''[[Star Wars]]'' meets ''[[Star Trek]]'' meets ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' and [[Trope Overdosed|a whole lot of tropes.]]
*** To be a little more specific on the ''[[Star Wars]]'' part, it's ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'' meets ''[[Star Trek]]'', with a little bit of {{spoiler|the Cthulhu Mythos}} and ''[[Gears of War]]'' (combat-wise) thrown in., as well as ''[[Halo]]''. [[Mass Effect]] has a lot of plot points taken from Halo.
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* ''Magician's Quest: Mysterious Times / Little Magician's Magic Adventure'' is ''[[Animal Crossing]]'' meets ''[[Harry Potter]]''
* ''Metamorphic Force'' is ''[[Altered Beast]]'' meets ''[[Fist of the North Star]]''.
* ''[[Muramasa: theThe Demon Blade]]'': ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'' meets ''[[Odin Sphere]]''.
* ''Mushihime-sama'' is ''[[Touhou]]'' meets ''[[Do Don Pachi]]'' or ''[[Touhou]]'' meets ''[[Nausicaa of the Valley of Thethe Wind]]'', story-wise.
** ''[[Mushihime-sama|Mushihime]]-[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1qtMJKc3hk tama]'' is ''[[Peggle (Video Game)|Peggle]]'' meets ''[[Puyo Puyo]]''.
* ''The Maw'' is [[A Boy and His Blob]] meets [[Kirby]].
* ''[[Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al -Revis]]'' is [[Harry Potter]] meets [[Persona 4]] meets {{spoiler|[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]}}.
* ''[[Mutant Rampage Body Slam]]'' is ''[[Mad WorldMadWorld]]'' meets ''Mutation Nation'' meets ''[[The Legend of Zelda CDiCDI Games|Link: The Faces Of Evil/Zelda: Wand of Gamelon]]''.
* ''[[Monster Hunter (Video Game)|Monster Hunter]]'' is ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' meets ''Cabela's Big Game Hunt'' meets ''[[Guild Wars]]''.
* ''[[Modnation Racers]]'' is what happens when ''[[Mario Kart (Video Game)|Mario Kart]]'' and ''[[Little Big PlanetLittleBigPlanet]]'' get together.
* ''[[Magicka]]'' is ''[[Loom (Videovideo Gamegame)|Loom]]'' meets ''[[Left 4 Dead]]''.
* ''[[Mini Robot Wars (Video Game)|Mini Robot Wars]]'' is ''[[Plants vs. Zombies (Video Game)|Plants vs. Zombies]]'' meets ''[[Mega Man (Videovideo Gamegame)|Mega Man]]''.
* ''[[Max Payne (Video Gameseries)|Max Payne]] 1 & 2'' is ''[[John Woo]]'s'' ''[[Heroic Bloodshed]]'' genre meets ''[[Film Noir]]'' meets ''[[The Matrix]]''.
** ''[[Max Payne 3]]'' is ''[[Man On Fire (Film)|Man Onon Fire]]'' meets ''[[Heroic Bloodshed]]'' meets ''[[The Matrix]]''.
* ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' is ''[[Stargate]]'' meets the ''[[Wuxia]]'' genre with Sci-fi, and horror overtones, and with a dusting of ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.
* ''[[Nehrim]]'' is ''[[Morrowind]]'' ('''not''' ''[[Oblivion]]'' oddly enough, despite being a mod for it.) meets ''[[Gothic]]'' (Adding the Deadly Reflex mod adds "meets ''[[Dark Messiah (Videoof Game)Might and Magic|Dark Messiah]]''").
* ''[[No More Heroes]]'': ''[[Kill Bill]]'' meets ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]''
* ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'' module The Bastard of Kosigan is Medieval Burgundy meets ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]''. Yes, the King of France has a pet dragon. And the Inquisition has actual witches to worry about. And the ruling house of the Barony of Velan are elves.
** ''[[A Dance With Rogues]]'' is ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' meets [[Tortall Universe|the Trickster books]] with a whole lot more explicit sex.
** ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2 (Video Game)|Neverwinter Nights 2]]'' is ''[[Forgotten Realms (Tabletop Game)|Forgotten Realms]]'' meets ''[[Slayers]]''.
* ''[[Nethack]]'': ''[[Dungeons and Dragons|Dungeons & Dragons]]'' meets the alphabet.
* ''NFL Blitz'': ''[[Tecmo Bowl]]'' meets ''[[NBA Jam]]''.
* ''[[Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors]]'' is the original ''[[Saw (Film)|Saw]]'' in the ''[[Ace Attorney (Visual Novel)|Ace Attorney]]'' and ''[[Video Game/Professor Layton|Professor Layton]]'' universe.
* ''Outlaws of the Lost Dynasty'': ''[[Street Fighter II (Video Game)|Street Fighter II]]'' meets ''[[The Water Margin (Literature)|The Water Margin]]''.
* ''[[Overlord]]'': ''[[Pikmin]]'' meets ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''
* ''[[Psychonauts (Video Game)|Psychonauts]]'': "''[[EarthboundEarthBound]]'' meets mid-90s [[Nickelodeon]]."
** Or "''[[EarthboundEarthBound]]'' meets ''[[Invader Zim]]''" in terms of wackiness.
** [[Zero Punctuation|Yahtzee]] also described ''[[Psychonauts (Video Game)|Psychonauts]]'' as "It's kinda like if [[Tim Burton]] knocked up [[David Lynch]] in [[Charlie and Thethe Chocolate Factory|Willy Wonka's chocolate factory]] and [[This Is Your Premise Onon Drugs|he did meth right up until the birth]]."
* ''[[Prince of Persia]]'' meets ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]''? ''[[Assassin's Creed|Assassins' Creed]]''.
** That, or {{spoiler|[[The Matrix]]}} meets [[The Da Vinci Code]].
* ''[[Puzzle Quest (Video Game)|Puzzle Quest]]'': ''[[Bejeweled]]'' meets ''[[Warlords]]''.
** ''Puzzle Quest 2'': ''[[Bejeweled]]'' meets ''[[World of Warcraft]]''
** PQ:Galatrix: ''[[Puzzle Quest]]'' meets ''Hexic'' meets ''[[EveEVE Online]]''.
** Puzzle Kingdoms: ''[[Bejeweled]]'' meets ''[[Fire Emblem]]''.
** ''Puzzle Chronicles'': ''Super Puzzle Fighter'' meets ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]''.
* The [[SNK]] arcade and NES game ''P.O.W. Prisoners of War'' is ''[[Double Dragon]]'' meets ''[[The Great Escape]]''.
* ''[[Persona 3 (Video Game)|Persona 3]]'' is something akin to ''[[Code Lyoko]]'' meets ''[[Bleach]]''...
* ''[[Persona 4 (Video Game)|Persona 4]]'': ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' meets ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]''.
** Maybe ''[[American Gods (Literature)|American Gods]]'' doing something illegal with ''[[Kafka Onon the Shore]] and ''[[EarthboundEarthBound]]''.
** [[Kamen Rider Ryuki]] meets the Persona Series.
* The entire Persona series is [[Shin Megami Tensei]] meets [[Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo JosJoJo's Bizarre Adventure]] meets Jungian psychology.
* ''[[Pokémon Conquest (Video Game)|Pokémon Conquest]]'' is ''[[Pokémon]]'' meets ''[[Samurai Warriors]]'' (even retaining most of the warlords' character designs from the latter).
* ''[[Pop'n N Musicmusic]]'' is ''Bishi Bashi Championship'' meets ''[[Beatmania]]''.
* ''[[Prototype (Videovideo Gamegame)|Prototype]]'': ''[[The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction|Hulk: Ultimate Destruction]]'' meets the game of ''[[Spider -Man]] 2'' meets ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' meets [[Gorn|a big bucket of blood]].
* ''[[Pump It Up]] Pro'' is ''[[In theThe Groove]]'' meets ''Pump It Up''.
* ''Patriot Dark'' is ''[[Do Don Pachi]]'' meets ''Ketsui'' meets ''Espgaluda''. (In other words, it's what happens when you throw [[CAVE]]'s games into a blender.)
* ''[[The Precursors (Video Game)|The Precursors]]'' is ''[[Deus Ex (Video Game)|Deus Ex]]'' meets ''[[Freelancer]]''.
* ''[[Pong]]'' is tennisair hockey meets television.
* [[They Just Didn't Care|In spite of itself]], ''[[Plumbers Don't Wear Ties (Visual Novel)|Plumbers Don't Wear Ties]]'' is ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' meets [[Bleached Underpants|Softcore]] [[Eroge|Porn]].
* ''[[Puzzle Agent]]'' is ''[[Professor Layton]]'' in [[Fargo]].
* ''[[Perfect Dark]]'' is ''[[Ghost in Thethe Shell]]'' meets ''[[The X -Files]]'', with the gameplay of ''[[GoldenGoldenEye Eye007 (1997 (Videovideo Gamegame)|Goldeneye]]''.
* [[Rainbow Islands|Rainbow Islands Evolution]] (obscure PSP game): [[Kid Icarus]] meets the Z-axis and [[Samba De Amigo|Samba de Amigo]].▼
* ''[[Rune Factory]]: A Fantasy [[Harvest Moon]]'' is ''[[Dungeon Siege]]'' meets ''[[Monster Rancher]]''.▼
* ''[[Resident Evil]] 4'' is ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]'' meets ''[[The Wicker Man]]'' (1973 version) meets ''[[The Thing (film)|The Thing]]''.
** A lot of official sources will all but state this.▼
** ''[[Resident Evil]] 4'' isOr ''[[NightInvasion of the LivingBody DeadSnatchers]]'' meetsmeet ''[[The Wicker Man24]]'' (1973meets version)''Dagon'' meets ''[[The ThingWicker (Film)|The ThingMan]]''.
** Or ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'' meet ''[[Twenty Four]]'' meets ''Dagon'' meets ''[[The Wicker Man]]''.
* ''[[Razing Storm]]'' is ''[[Ghost Squad]]'' meets ''[[Time Crisis]]''.
** No, actually ''[[Ghost Squad]]'' meets [[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]] featuring [[More Dakka]] and [[Stuff Blowing Up]].
* ''[[Rez]]'' is ''[[Ray Crisis]]'' (both its setting ''and'' the lock-on mechanic!) meets ''Starblade''.
* ''[[RHDE]]'' is ''[[The Sims]]'' meets ''[[Rampart]]''.
▲* [[Rainbow Islands|Rainbow Islands Evolution]] (obscure PSP game): [[Kid Icarus]] meets the Z-axis and [[Samba De Amigo|Samba de Amigo]].
* ''[[Rock of Ages (Videovideo Gamegame)|Rock of Ages]]'' is ''Marble Madness'' meets ''Rampart''.
* ''[[Rock Band]]'' is ''[[Guitar Hero]]'' meets ''Drum Mania'' meets ''Karaoke Revolution''.
* ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'': ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' meets ''[[The Wild Bunch]]''.
* ''[[Resident Evil 5]]'' is ''The Constant Gardener'' meets ''[[The Puppet Masters]]'' meets ''[[Black Hawk Down]]''
* ''[[Rule of RoseRez]]'': ''[[LordSpace of the Flies (Literature)|Lord of the FliesHarrier]]'' meets ''[[Silent HillTron]]'', exceptwith thata theyhelping areof all girls[[wikipedia:Synesthesia|synesthesia]].
* ''[[RezRule of Rose]]'': ''[[SpaceLord Harrier (Videoof Game)|Spacethe HarrierFlies]]'' meets ''[[TronSilent Hill]]'', withexcept athat helpingthey ofare [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesiaall synesthesia]girls.
▲* ''[[Rune Factory]]: A Fantasy [[Harvest Moon]]'' is ''[[Dungeon Siege]]'' meets ''[[Monster Rancher]]''.
* [[Needs More Love|Little-known]] PC and Xbox FPS ''[[Section 8]]'' is best described as ''[[Battlefield (Video Game)|Battlefield]]'' meets ''[[A Reckless Disregard for Gravity (Video Game)|A Reckless Disregard for Gravity]]'' meets ''The Outfit'' meets ''[[Crackdown]]''.▼
▲** A lot of official sources will all but state this.
* An advertisement for the game ''[[Sins of a Solar Empire]]'' (which really has nothing to do with sins) says Gamespot described it as ''Galactic Civilization'' meets ''[[Homeworld (Video Game)|Homeworld]]''.▼
▲* [[Needs More Love|Little-known]] PC and Xbox FPS ''[[Section 8 (video game)]]'' is best described as ''[[Battlefield (Video Gameseries)|Battlefield]]'' meets ''[[AAaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! Reckless- Disregard for Gravity (Video Game)|A Reckless Disregard for Gravity]]'' meets ''The Outfit'' meets ''[[Crackdown]]''.
** ''[[Sins of a Solar Empire]]'' is ''[[Galactic Civilizations]]'' meets ''[[Supreme Commander (Video Game)|Supreme Commander]]''.
▲* An advertisement for the game ''[[Sins of a Solar Empire]]'' (which really has nothing to do with sins) says Gamespot described it as ''Galactic Civilization'' meets ''[[Homeworld (Video Game)|Homeworld]]''.
* ''[[Meat Boy (Video Game)|Super Meat Boy]]'' is ''[[Donkey Kong]]'' meets ''[[I Wanna Be the Guy]]''.
** ''[[SinSins andof Punishmenta Solar Empire]]'': is ''[[StarGalactic Fox (Video Game)|Star FoxCivilizations]]'' meets ''[[Neon GenesisSupreme EvangelionCommander]]''.
* ''[[StarMeat WarsBoy|Super Meat BattlefrontBoy]]'' is, of course, ''[[StarDonkey WarsKong]]'' meets ''[[BattlefieldI (VideoWanna Game)|BattlefieldBe the Guy]]''.
* The ''[[JumpSin Superand Stars|Jump StarsPunishment]]'' series is: ''[[SuperStar SmashFox Bros(series)|Star FOX]]'' meets ''[[ShonenNeon JumpGenesis Evangelion]]''.
* ''[[Star Wars Battlefront]]'' is, of course, ''[[Star Wars]]'' meets ''[[Battlefield (series)|Battlefield]]''
* The ''[[Jump Super Stars|Jump Stars]]'' series is ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' meets [[Shonen Jump]].
** Add ''SSB'' to ''[[Onimusha]]'' and you get ''Onimusha: Blade Warriors''.
** Do the same to ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' to get ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up''.
** Mix some ''[[Streets of Rage]]'' and ''[[Kirby]]'' to ''Smash Bros.'' and you have Brawl's Subspace Emissary.
** ''[[Super Smash Bros (Video Game)|Super Smash Bros.]].'' is ''[[Street Fighter]]'' meets ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''.
* ''[[Spelunky]]'': [[La -Mulana]] meets [[Roguelike|Roguelikes]]s. And [[Mario]].
* ''[[Silent Hill 3]]'' is ''Juno'' meets [[HPH.P. Lovecraft]]. No word on what the other ones are.
* ''[[Senko no Ronde (Video Game)|Senko no Ronde]]'' is ''[[Star Control]]'' meets [[Bullet Hell]].
* ''[[Space Invaders]] Extreme'' is ''[[Space Invaders]]'' meets ''Rez''.
* ''[[Sam and Max Freelance Police]]'': ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'' meets ''[[Psych]]'' (even though they both came out long after ''Sam and Max'').
* ''[[Strife]]'' is ''[[Doom]]'' meets ''[[Star Wars]]''.
** ''Star Wars: Dark Forces'' would also fit this description, in a different way.
* ''[[Shadow Hearts]]'' = ''[[Hellboy (Comic Bookcomics)|Hellboy]]'' + ''[[Monty Python]]'' + ''[[All Quiet On the Western Front (Literature)|All Quiet Onon the Western Front]]'' + ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' + Tim Powers' work + ...[[Widget Series|it's complicated, alright]]?
* ''[[Spectrobes]]'': ''[[Phantasy Star]]'' meets ''[[Pokémon]]''.
* ''[[Super Mario RPG (Video Game)|Super Mario RPG]]'' is ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' meets ''[[Final Fantasy]]''.
* The ''[[Super Mario]]'' series is ''[[Mario Bros (Video Game)|Mario Bros.]]'' meets ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]''.
* ''[[Singularity]]'' is ''[[BioBioShock Shock(series)]]'' meets ''[[Back to The Future]]'' meets ''[[Command and& Conquer|Red Alert]]''.
* ''[[Steel Battalion]]'' is ''[[Armored Trooper VOTOMS|VOTOMS]]'' meets ''[[Simulation Game|X Simulator.]]''
* ''Starbound'' is ''[[Terraria]]'' meets ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]''
* ''[[StarcraftStarCraft]]'': ''[[Starship Troopers]]'' meets ''[[Alien vs. Predator]]''.
** ''Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty'' is sort of ''[[StarcraftStarCraft]]'' meets ''[[Firefly]]''.
** Alternative for ''[[StarcraftStarCraft]]'' Brood Wars: [[Starship Troopers]] meets [[War CraftWarcraft]]
*** ''[[StarcraftStarCraft]]''' is basically the art style of ''Warhammer40000'' copy-and-pasted onto ''[[Starship Troopers]]'' with a good amount of ''[[Firefly]]'' thrown into the mix.
* ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' would be ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' meets ''[[Pokémon]]'' if it wasn't actually ''[[Older Than They Think|older]]'' than Pokemon.
** Presumably, this means ''[[Pokémon]]'' is ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'', as made by [[Four Kids4Kids! Entertainment|4Kids]].
* ''[[Summon Night]]: Swordcraft Story'' is ''[[Diablo]]'' meets ''[[Harry Potter]]'', but with [[Item Crafting|blacksmithing]] instead of magic.
* ''[[Star Ocean]]'' is ''[[Tales of Phantasia (Video Game)|Tales of Phantasia]]'' meets ''[[Star Trek]]''.
* ''[[Spider Man Web of Shadows|Spider-Man: Web of Shadows]]'' is ''[[Spider -Man]]'' meets ''[[Fable]]''
* ''[[Spiral Knights]]'' is a ''[[Phantasy Star]]'' [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]] meets clockwork ''[[Mega Man (Videovideo Gamegame)|Mega Man]]'' or [[Steampunk]] ''Zelda'' with some [[Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles|Crystal Chronicles]] added in for good measure.
** Don't forget [[Diablo]].
* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Videovideo Gamegame)|SonicTheHedgehog]]'' (classic gameplay at least) was [[Super Mario Bros.]] meets racing games.
* ''[[Sonic Battle]]'' is ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' meets ''[[Power Stone]]''.
** ''Sonic the Fighters'' is ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' meets ''[[Virtua Fighter]]''.
* [[Sonic Generations]] is [[Mickey Mania]] meets [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] ([[My Future Self and Me|he even meets his classic self]]).
* ''[[Shadows of the Damned (Video Game)|Shadows of the Damned]]'' is the legend of Orpheus as a grindhouse action movie.
* ''[[The Simpsons Hit and& Run]]'' is ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' meets [[The Simpsons (Videovideo Gamegame)|the Simpsons arcade game]] meets [[Continuity Porn]].
* ''[[Super Robot Taisen]]'' is ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' in terms of gameplay, [[Stealth Pun|combined]] with [[Humongous Mecha]] (or, alternately, Banpresto-made [[Licensed Game|licensed games]] depending on the entry).
* ''[[Stinkoman 20 X 6 (Video Game)|Stinkoman 20 X 6]]'' is ''[[Mega Man (Videovideo Gamegame)|Mega Man]]'' meets ''[[Homestar Runner (Web Animation)|Homestar Runner]]''.
* ''[[Smash TV]]'' is ''[[Robotron: 2084]]'' meets ''[[The Running Man (Filmfilm)|The Running Man]]''
* ''Theathrythm Final Fantasy'' is what happens when the [[Elite Beat Agents]] meet [[Final Fantasy]].
* ''[[Tomb Raider]]'' (2013) = ''[[Die Hard]]'' + Lost
* ''[[Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World]]'' is ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia]]'' meets ''[[Pokémon]]''.
* ''[[Touhou]]'' itself is ''[[KikiKiKi Kai KaiKaiKai]]'' (Pocky & Rocky in the U.S.) meets ''[[Ge Ge GeGeGeGe no Kitaro]]'' with an [[ImprobablyFundamentally Female Cast]].
** ''[[Touhou]]'' is [[Moe]] [[Added Alliterative AppealAlliteration|Meets]] [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink|Myths]].
* ''[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/522276 Tuper Tario Tros.]'' is ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' meets ''[[Tetris (Video Game)|Tetris]]'' very literally.
* ''[[Transcendence]]'' is ''[[Nethack]]'' meets ''[[Star Control]]''.
* ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'': ''[[The Incredibles]]'' meets ''[[Battlefield (Video Gameseries)|Battlefield]]''.
* ''[[Terraria (Video Game)|Terraria]]'' is ''[[Minecraft]]'' meets ''[[Metroidvania]]''.
* ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Nini]]'': ''[[Ten Little Indians]]'' meets ''[[Groundhog Day (Film)|Groundhog Day]]''.
** ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Nini]]'' is ''[[The Usual Suspects]]'' meets ''[[And Then There Were None]]''.
* ''[[An Untitled Story]]'': ''[[Super Metroid]]'' meets ''[[Jumper (Videovideo Gamegame)|Jumper]]''.
* ''V-Five'' is ''[[Gradius]]'' meets ''[[Raiden]]''.
* ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]'' is ''[[Battlefield (Video Gameseries)|Battlefield]] 1942'' meets [[Sakura Wars]].
* ''[[Vanquish]]'' is ''[[Gears of War]]'' meets ''[[PN P.N.03]]'' meets ''[[Neo Human Casshern (Anime)|Neo -Human Casshern]]''.
* ''[[Viewtiful Joe]]'' is ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' meets ''[[Last Action Hero]]'' story wise, with game play similar to ''[[Kung -Fu Master]]''.
* ''[[Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune]]'' is ''[[Initial D Arcade Stage (Video Game)|Initial D Arcade Stage]]'' meets ''[[Tokyo Xtreme Racer]]''.
* ''[[War CraftWarcraft]]'': ''[[Dune II]]'' meets ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Literature)|Lord of the Rings]]''.
** ''[[War CraftWarcraft]] 3'' is ''[[StarcraftStarCraft]]'' meets ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]'' at [[Norse Mythology]]'s Tavern.
* ''[[Worms (Video Game)|Worms]]'' is ''[[Lemmings]]'' meets ''Artillery''. (The earliest prototype versions were reportedly named ''Lemartillery''.)
* ''Wibarm'' is ''[[Thexder (Video Game)|Thexder]]'' meets ''[[Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu]]''.
* ''[[Wet]]'' is ''[[MirrorsMirror's Edge]]'' meets ''[[Stranglehold]]'' meets ''[[Devil May Cry]]'', as directed by [[Quentin Tarantino]].
* ''[[Wario Ware (Video Game)|Wario Ware]]'': ''Game & Watch'' meets the animated segments of ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''.
* The ''[[X Universe]]'' series is typically described as "''[[Freelancer]]'' <ref> You actually pilot your ship, emphasis on side missions, silly physics</ref> meets ''[[EveEVE Online]]'' <ref> being able to pilot any ship in the game, emphasis on the economy, [[Scenery Porn]]</ref> meets ''[[Elite (Video Game)|Elite]]''<ref>[[Wide Open Sandbox]] trading and combat.</ref>" -- though—though the ''X-Universe'' series predates both ''[[Freelancer]]'' and ''[[EveEVE Online]]''.
* ''[[Xeno GearsXenogears]]'' can best be described as ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' meets ''[[G Gundam]]'' meets ''[[Chrono Cross]]'' meets [[Gnosticism]]. Of course, one of these works came out ''after'' the game did.
* The freeware game ''[[Yume Nikki]]'' has been touted as "''[[EarthboundEarthBound]]'' meets ''[[Silent Hill]]''," which is pretty accurate given the utter [[Mind Screw]] factor.
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120921103317/http://www.kongregate.com/zening Zening]'' is ''[[Code Lyoko]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'' meet ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''.
 
== Characters ==
* [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario]]: [[Mickey Mouse]] meets [[Popeye]], with [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made Onon Drugs?|mushrooms instead of spinach!]]
** Bowser: [[King Mook]] turtle meets [[Breath Weapon|fire breathing]] [[Kaiju]].
* [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] is [[Felix the Cat]] meets [[The Flash]].
* Jack of ''[[Mad WorldMadWorld]]'' looks like [[Hellboy (Comic Bookcomics)|Hellboy]] crossed with [[Evil Dead|Ash Williams.]]
* [[Monster Hunter (Video Game)|Deviljho]] is what you get when Capcom watches ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' and hires [[Dragon Quest|Koichi Sugiyama]]
** And the voice of Wolverine for good measure.
* [[Persona 3 (Video Game)|Ryoji Mochizuki]]: [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Kaworu Nagisa]] meets [[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Zelos Wilder]] (Starts off on the Zelos end, but moves closer and closer to the Kaworu end as the game progresses).
* [[Earthbound (Video Game)EarthBound|Porky Minch]]: [[South Park|Eric Cartman]] meets [[Sonichu|Christian Weston Chandler]]. Explored further on [[CW Cki]] [http://www.sonichu.com/cwcki/User:Lime/Wild_Mass_Guessing here] and [http://www.sonichu.com/cwcki/User:Clydec/porkypasta here].
* From ''[[Persona 4 (Video Game)|Persona 4]]'':
** [[Fan Nickname|Souji Seta]] (the protagonist): [[Scooby Doo|Freddy]] meets [[Persona 3 (Video Game)|Minato Arisato]].
** Yosuke Hanamura: [[Persona 3 (Video Game)|Junpei Iori]] meets [[The Simpsons (animation)|Waylon Smithers]].
*** {{spoiler|and when calling out Adachi, [[Death Note (Manga)|Near]] meets [[Code Geass|Suzaku]]. Bonus points for having the same English voice actor as Suzaku.}}
** Chie Satonaka: [[Persona 3 (Video Game)|Yukari Takeba]] meets [[Bruce Lee]].
** Tohru Adachi: [[Persona 3 (Video Game)|Shuji Ikutsuki]] meets [[Death Note (Manga)|Matsuda]].
*** {{spoiler|And then becomes [[Death Note (Manga)|Light]] meets [[Code Geass|Lelouch]]. Bonus points for having the same English voice actor as Lelouch}}.
** Kanji Tatsumi: [[Persona 3 (Video Game)|Shinjiro Aragaki]] (notice a pattern here?) meets [[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|Nelson Muntz]].
*** Kanji Tatsumi was more of a [[Persona 3 (Video Game)|Shinjiro Aragaki meets Akihiko Sanada.]]
** Naoto Shirogane: [[Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army|Raidou Kuzunoha]] meets [[Revolutionary Girl Utena|Utena Tenjou]].
** ''[[Devil Survivor (Video Game)|Devil Survivor]]''{{'}}s [[Hello, Insert Name Here|protagonist]] is ''[[Persona 3 (Video Game)|Persona 3]]''{{'}}s meets [[Touhou|Wriggle Nightbug]].
* [[Guilty Gear|Leopaldon]] is [[Darkstalkers (Video Game)|Sasquatch]] meets [[Waku Waku 7|Politank Z]].
** Faust: [[Jack the Ripper]] + [[The Gong Show|The Unknown Comic]].
** Chipp Zanuff: [[Billy Idol]] + [[Strider (Video Game)|Strider HiryuuHiryu]]u.
* [[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice|Champloo-sensei]]: [[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories|Adell]] + Emeril Lagasse (BAM!) + John Madden (BOOM!) + Adell (again, for extra [[Hot -Blooded|spice]]).
* [[Castlevania|Simon Belmont]]: [[Conan the Barbarian]] meets [[Indiana Jones]].
** Richter Belmont: [[Street Fighter|Ryu]] meets Simon Belmont
** Juste Belmont: Alucard + Santa Claus.
* [[Blaz BlueBlazBlue|Bang Shishigami]]: [[Naruto|Naruto Uzumaki]] + [[Super Robot Wars|Sanger Zonvolt]].
** Alternatively, Naruto meets '''[[Disgaea|CAPTAIN GORDON, DEFENDER OF EARTH!]]'''
*** [http://www.google.co.id/imglanding?q=kisame+%26+harribel&um=1&hl=id&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1440&bih=683&tbs=isch:1&tbnid=BIptbPtDbln9_M:&imgrefurl=http://lounge.moviecodec.com/vs-forum/kisame-hoshigaki-vs-zoro-from-op-76021/&imgurl=http://bulk.destructoid.com/ul/user/6/6738-137355-bangequationjpg-620x.jpg&zoom=1&w=620&h=484 From this picture]{{Dead link}}: Bang = Naruto + [[Gurren Lagann|Kamina]].
** Hazama: [[Bleach|Gin Ichimaru]] + [[Batman|The Joker]], with elements of [[Bleach|Aizen Sousuke]], [[Michael Jackson]] and [[Melty Blood|Night of Wallachia]].
** Ragna The Bloodedge: [[Guilty Gear|Sol Badguy]] + [[Fate/stay Stay Nightnight|Archer]] + [[Devil May Cry|Dante]].
** Hakumen: [[Guilty Gear|Justice]] + [[Fate/stay Stay Nightnight|Archer]] (again) + [[Final Fantasy 7|Sephiroth]].
** Jin Kisaragi: [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|Seito Kaiba]] + [[Fate/stay Stay Nightnight|Emiya Shirou]] + [[Mahou Sensei Negima|Tsukiyomi]].
** Relius Clover: [[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Father]] + [[Char Clone|Char Aznable]] + [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Gendo Ikari]] + ''[[Phantom of the Opera]]''.
** Nu-13: [[Guilty Gear|Dizzy]] + [[Mirai Nikki|Yuno Gasai]].
** Valkenhayn: [[Batman|Alfred Pennyworth]] + [[Hellsing|Walter C. Dornez]] + [[Guilty Gear|Slayer (as a werewolf)]].
* [[Mass Effect|Mordin Solus]]: [[Bleach|Retsu Unohana]] + [[The Big Bang Theory|Sheldon Cooper]] [[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE]].
** [[Dark Action Girl|Jack]]: [[Firefly|River Tam]] + [[God of War (Video Gameseries)|Kratos]].
** Thane Krios: [[Hellboy (Comic Bookcomics)|Abe Sapiens]] as [[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|the Spy]].
** Shepard is [[Star Trek|James T. Kirk]] crossed with [[Knights of the Old Republic|Revan]].
* [[BaldursBaldur's Gate|Minsc]]: [[Asterix|Obelix]] + [[Deadpool]] + [[Conan the Barbarian]] + head injury + hamster
* [[Knights of the Old Republic|Bastila Shan]] comes across as something of an [[Star Wars|Obi-Wan]] meets [[Neverwinter Nights|Aribeth]].
** Carth is a bit of a cross between Han and Leia's initial defining characteristics.
* [[Duke Nukem]]: [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], [[Sylvester Stallone]], [[Bruce Campbell]] and pretty much every other 80s action movie hero, all rolled up into one pop culture parody.
* [[Kirby]] is Jigglypuff meets [[Super Mario Bros.|Yoshi.]]
* [[Mother 3 (Video Game)|Lucas]]: [[Kingdom Hearts|Roxas]] meets [[Super Mario Bros.|Luigi]] meets [[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Alphonse Elric]]
* [[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|The Scout]]: [[EarthboundEarthBound|Ness]] meets [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] meets [[Banjo -Kazooie|Kazooie]] meets [[Vince Offer]].
** Saxton Hale: just about every [[Memetic Badass]] meets Theodore Roosevelt in more than one respect (looks being one of them)
* [[Half Life|G-Man]] is [[The Matrix|Agent Smith]] meets [[Manos: theThe Hands of Fate|Torgo]].
* [[Devil May Cry|Dante]] is [[Space Adventure Cobra|Cobra]] meets [[Inuyasha]] meets [[Hellsing|Alucard]].
* [[Endless Frontier|Haken Browning]] is [[Space Adventure Cobra|Cobra]] meets [[Devil May Cry|Dante]]
** [[Super Robot Wars Original Generation|Archibald Grims]] is [[Full Metal Panic!|Gauron]] cosplaying as [[G Gundam|Wong Yunfat]].
* [[Knights of the Old Republic|Bastila]] is [[Neverwinter Nights|Aribeth]] meets [[Star Wars|Anakin Skywalker]].
* [[Dragon Age 2|Merrill]] is [[Mass Effect|Tali]] crossed with an archetypal power-hungry [[Dungeons and& Dragons]] wizard.
** Fenris is a hybrid of [[DOGS Bullets and Carnage|Heine Rammsteiner]] and [[Digimon Adventure|Tailmon]].
* [[Touhou|Sakuya Izayoi]] is [[Jo JosJoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Dio Brando]] meets [[Black Butler (Manga)|Sebastian Michaelis]], genderbent.
* The [[Sins of a Solar Empire|Advent]], as a whole, are [[Stargate SG -1|Ori]] with a [[Star Trek|Borg Collective]], with [[Supreme Commander (Video Game)|Aeon Illuminate]] theme.
* [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Tai]]ls is [[DextersDexter's Laboratory (Animation)|Dexter]] or [[Harry Potter (Literaturenovel)|Hermione]] meets one of the kids from [[Fantastic Mr. Fox|Fantastic mr Fox]]
* [[Bounty Hunter|Zegram Ghart]] from [[Rogue Galaxy]] has been described by fans as [[Pirates of the Caribbean|Jack Sparrow]] meets [[Final Fantasy X (Video Game)|Auron]]
* [[Mega Man (Videovideo Gamegame)|Mega Man]] is [[Astro Boy]] meets [[Neo -Human Casshern (Anime)|Casshern]].
* [[War CraftWarcraft|Arthas]] is [[King Arthur]] meets [[Star Wars|Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader]]
* [[Ratchet and Clank|Captain Quark]] is [[Dragonball Z|Mr. Satan]] meets [[The Hangover|Alan Garner]]
* [[Pokémon|Shinx]] is [[Kimba the White Lion]] meets Pikachu.
** [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon|The Great Dusknoir]] is [[Eternal Darkness|Pious Augustus]] meets [[Terminatorthe|Terminator]].
* [[Ape Escape|Specter]]: [[Planet of the Apes|Dr. Zaius]] meets [[Mega Man (Videovideo Gamegame)|Dr. Wily]] and [[Final Fantasy VII|Sephiroth]], minus the mommy issues.
* [[AsurasAsura's Wrath|Asura]]: [[Street Fighter|Akuma]] meets [[Fist of the North Star|Kenshiro]] and [[God of War (Video Gameseries)|Kratos]].
** Augus: [[Tekken|Jinpachi]] meets [[Bleach|Kenpachi]] with [[Final Fantasy VII|Sephiroth's sword]].
* [[Half-Life (Video Gameseries)|Gordon Freeman]]: [[Silent Protagonist]] meets meets [[Badass Normal]] (meets [[Powered Armor]]).
* [[Metal Gear Solid|Solid Snake]] is [[Escape From New York Snake|Plissken]] meets [[James Bond]] meets [[Splinter Cell|Sam Fisher]].
** Big Boss is Plissken meets [[Rambo]].
* [[Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors|Snake]] is [[Ace Attorney (Visual Novel)|Miles Edgeworth]] with a bit of either a grown-up Another Day [[The World Ends With You|Joshua Kiryu]] or [[The Princess Bride|Westley]].
** Santa is [[Bleach|Toshiro Hitsugaya]] meets [[The World Ends With You|Beat]].
** Clover is [[Harvest Moon|Luna]] meets [[Death Note (Manga)|Misa Amane]].
* [[Syphon Filter|Gabriel Logan]] is [[Metal Gear Solid|Solid Snake]] meets [[Splinter Cell|Sam Fisher]].
* [[Bayonetta]] is [[Devil May Cry|Dante]] meets [[Space Channel 5|Ulala]].
* [[BioBioShock Shock(series)|Andrew Ryan]] is [[The Aviator|Howard Hughes]] meets [[Ayn Rand]]
 
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