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* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' itself is ''{{Bram Stoker's Dracula}}'' meets ''{{My Immortal}}'' (or ''MyImmortal'' minus HarryPotter)

* The blurbs on the ''DresdenFiles'' books describe them as "HarryPotter starring Phillip Marlowe." This, as it happens, [[DidNotDoTheResearch is dead wrong]], since aside from [[NamesTheSame the coincidence of names]], the series bears almost no resemblance to Harry Potter. It's more like BuffyTheVampireSlayer in the OldWorldOfDarkness, starring Phillip Marlowe.

* ''ChickTracts'' is Christian fundamentalism meets ''Warhammer40K'' meets ''SouthPark''.

* ''{{Coraline}}'' is ''[[AliceInWonderland Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' meets ''Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon''. Or alternatively, [[AliceInWonderland Alice]] meets Kafka.

* ''TheThirdPoliceman'' 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.

* ''[[NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' is ''{{We}}'' meets ''BraveNewWorld'' meets ''DarknessAtNoon''.

* ''Hero'' by Perry Moore is ''SkyHigh'' meets ''{{Degrassi}}'' with a little bit of a ComingOutStory.

* NickCave's ''And the Ass Saw the Angel'' is William Faulkner meets Gabriel Garcia Marquez, [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs with foetal alcohol syndrome and lots of moonshine]].

* Undead by Kirsty McKay is TheBreakfastClub meets NightOfTheLivingDead during a school ski trip in Scotland.

* The [[SinsOfASolarEmpire Advent]] are the [[StargateSG-1 Ori]] meets the [[StarTrek Borg Collective].

** 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 Pokemon.

* ''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.

* ''{{The House of Night}}'': ''{{Twilight}}'' meets ''SailorMoon'' meets ''HarryPotter''
* ''{{Twilight}}'' itself is ''{{Bram Stoker's Dracula}}'' meets ''{{My Immortal}}'' (or ''MyImmortal'' minus HarryPotter)

* [[{{Twilight}} Edward Cullen]]: Dracula and/or [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Spike]] meets [[SuzumiyaHaruhi Itsuki Koizumi]] meets the ''MyImmortal'' version of Draco Malfoy and [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles a disco ball]]. Maybe throw in some [[WutheringHeights Heathecliff]], too. But without the irony of Heathecliff's character.

* ''Laura und der Silberwolf'' (Laura and silver Wolf) is PansLabyrinth meets MedicalDrama.

* ''TheInheritanceTrilogy'' and its film adaptation, ''Eragon'', are often described as "The plot of ''StarWars'' 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'' [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Raph]]...]]

* The blurbs on the ''DresdenFiles'' books describe them as "HarryPotter starring Phillip Marlowe." This, as it happens, [[DidNotDoTheResearch is dead wrong]], since aside from [[NamesTheSame the coincidence of names]], the series bears almost no resemblance to Harry Potter. It's more like BuffyTheVampireSlayer meets detective fiction, with a bit of {{Neverwhere}} on the side.

* ''{{The Pendragon Adventure}}'' has been described as {{Harry Potter}}'s American cousin meets {{Stargate}} (the whole franchise) meets ''{{The Time Tunnel}}'' meet the re-imagined ''{{Battlestar Galactica}}'' with bits of ''{{Back to the Future}}'', ''{{The Matrix}}'', ''{{Planet of the Apes}}'', and ''{{The Godfather}}'' thrown in for good measure.

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