History Main / AdaptationAmalgamation

* The [=PS2=]/Wii version of the ''[[VideoGame/{{Coraline}} Coraline video game]]'' takes various elements from both the novel and the film and puts them together into its own game story. More notably the tennis court that in the book but not in the film. Coraline herself in particular is a CompositeCharacter of both her book and movie versions.

* The video game of ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'' actually combines the stories of ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest'' and ''At World's End'' into one game. This is actually quite odd, given that ''Dead Man's Chest'' is the film '''before''' ''At World's End'', and so the game would have been more expected to be named after the earlier film (since that obviously comes earlier in the game, too) -- or even for that film to have had its own game adaptation previously that excluded it from being part of the later one (it had but on different consoles). The title signifies how the plot of the third film overtook the second. The ''Dead Man's Chest'' story features quite a few game-exclusive scenes as well, some of whom show Tia Dalma and even Captain Teague calling for the Pirate Brethren to assemble with every plot point leading ''At World's End''.

** ''Series/PowerRangersCosmicFury'' is the ImmediateSequel of ''Series/PowerRangersDinoFury'', which is an adaptation of ''Series/KishiryuSentaiRyusoulger''. However, ''Cosmic Fury'' will adapt the mechas of ''Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger'' while retaining the ''Ryosoulger'' suits.

* The plot of the ''Franchise/{{Moomin}} game ''VideoGame/SnufkinMelodyOfMoominvalley'' is mostly based on ''Moominsummer Madness'' (Snufkin destroying signs in the parks, [[spoiler:Moomintroll in prison]], Moominpappa putting on a play), but a few elements, like Teety-Woo and certain sidequests, are taken from ''Tales from Moominvalley''.

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* ''Fanfic/AnotherJourney'': The story works to harmonize the elements from both ''[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist the original manga]], [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 the 2003 anime]], and the ''Brotherhood'' adaptation. The BigBad from the 2003 adaptation, Dante, is one of Father's CoDragons, while the 2003 versions of Wrath and Sloth are now Spite and Misery respectively.

* ''Fanfic/HonokasBizzareAdventure'': The ''Franchise/LoveLive'' side of the crossover is primarily the anime, but it also uses elements from other media.

** "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9hM8sCoxNs Stayin' Alive In The Wall]]" (Music/PinkFloyd meets Music/TheBeeGees).

** "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFUCjnoMAhM Bad Squid!!]]" (''Franchise/TouhouProject'' meets ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'')

* The Trashmen's ''Surfin' Bird'' is a cover of two different R&B hits mashed together: ''The Bird's the Word'' and ''Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow'', both originally by The Rivingtons.
* ''Of the Night'' by Bastille is a cover version of two songs from TheNineties: Corona's ''Rhythm of the Night'' and Snap's ''Rhythm is a Dancer''. As original songs are quite similar, it may took some time to understand what is wrong when you hear Bastille's cover for the first time.

** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9hM8sCoxNs Stayin' Alive In The Wall]]'' (Music/PinkFloyd meets Music/TheBeeGees).
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU2Pbm9wtnw Beat It, Trooper!]]'' (Music/MichaelJackson meets Music/IronMaiden).
** DJ Bobby Martini does this a lot, typical example is ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZlTg6KtmUU Lullaby In You Eyes]]'' (Music/{{The Cure|Band}} meets Music/PeterGabriel).

** Creator/NeilCicierega likes to mash-up songs that are hilariously incongruous and somehow still work together. For example, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR0gOEyK6Tg Crocodile Chop]]'', which mixes Music/SystemOfADown's ''Chop Suey'' with Music/EltonJohn's ''Crocodile Rock.''
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFUCjnoMAhM Bad Squid!!]]'' (''Franchise/TouhouProject'' meets ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'')
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5qZ_BmJ_-w Do You Miss Me? (Running Mix)]]'' (Jocelyn Enriquez meets Music/InformationSociety)
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38C0ERYpsDQ Pretty Fly (For a Low Rider)]]'' (Music/{{War|Band}} meets Music/TheOffspring)
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNJDMICMnfs Children of the Sandstorm]]'' (Robert Miles meets Music/{{Darude}})
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5DbsXQE720 Airwaves Never Die]]'' (Donna Williams meets Rank 1)
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mej_WZMx64M Walking with a Ghost in Paris]]'' (Mylo meets Music/TeganAndSara)
** ''[[https://youtu.be/s-ZRr0Rr_Mw We Will Rock You, Amadeus]]'' (Music/{{Queen}} meets Music/{{Falco}})
** ''[[https://youtu.be/MjfmcjVLgFU Can't Get Blue Monday Out of My Head]]'' (Music/KylieMinogue meets Music/NewOrder)
** ''[[https://youtu.be/fRKi2yoojHo Closer to Ghostbusters]]'' (Music/NineInchNails meets Music/RayParkerJr)
** ''[[https://youtu.be/28VzUBBeWf4 Plastic Star]]'' (Music/MariyaTakeuchi meets Music/SmashMouth)
** ''[[https://youtu.be/a-mrTtKwG70 Get Lucky Again]]'' (Music/DaftPunk meets Music/JohnNewman)
** ''[[https://youtu.be/ZQryTLTH56U Never Give Up Your Holiday]]'' (Music/RickAstley meets Music/{{Madonna}})
** ''[[https://youtu.be/nuuqRH9lvfk U Can't Touch My Humps]]'' (Music/MCHammer meets Music/TheBlackEyedPeas)
** ''[[https://youtu.be/c2mimsUR-sc Fascinated by your French Kiss]]'' (Company B meets Lil' Louis)
** ''[[https://youtu.be/Mx-eJ_j5atA No More Sad Songs in Ibiza]]'' (Music/LittleMix meets Music/MikePosner)
** ''[[https://youtu.be/QgksfOYP0SI Mighty Wings and Hadoukens]]'' ("[[Music/CheapTrick Mighty Wings]]" from ''Film/TopGun'' meets Ken's Theme from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'')

** "[[https://youtu.be/gEADlxROZGE?si=FxGf50YwJ-1zPzm4 Fireflies Kiss Me]]"(Music/OwlCity meets Music/SixpenceNoneTheRicher)
* Music/KanyeWest's ''Stronger'' combines part of the track of ''Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger'' from Music/DaftPunk with his own lyrics that references Creator/FriedrichNietzsche's famous dictum, "What does not kill him, makes him stronger" from his ''Ecce Homo'' book.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b485iM2bUMo The Cutmore remix]] of Music/{{Sia}}'s ''Chandelier'' sets her vocals to the beat, chord progression and piano riff of Music/JenniferLopez's ''Waiting For Tonight''.
* Paul van Dyk's trance hit ''For An Angel'' had a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT262A4Sk_c bootleg mashup]] with the vocals of Rachel [=McFarlane=]'s "Lover", which later was the basis for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeBKL2hcdgk an official remix]] by Amen UK with a [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong similar yet different synth riff]].
* Various {{Vaporwave}} and Future Funk songs usually mix two (or more) different songs and convert into one. A good example is Yung Bae's ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGpMbUsv4sk Anibabe]]'' that mixed an 80s J-Pop song with a 70s Disco song in English.
* A+'s "Enjoy Yourself" amalgamates Walter Murphy's "A Fifth of Beethoven" with Music/MichaelJackson's "Off The Wall".
* "Another Dimension" by Timmy Vegas and Bad Lay Dee: Organ riff of Crystal Waters' "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)" plus the vocodered vocal refrain of Music/TheBeastieBoys' "Intergalactic".
* Mylo's "In My Arms" combines a vocal hook from Boy Meets Girl's "Waiting For a Star to Fall" with the synth hook from Music/KimCarnes' version of "Bette Davis Eyes". Likewise, "Dr. Pressure" mashes up the vocals of Music/GloriaEstefan's "Dr. Beat" with his own "Drop The Pressure".

* Basement Jaxx's "Miracles Keep on Playin'" is a mashup of their 1999 single "Red Alert"(which itself SampledUp Locksmith's "Far Beyond" and Music/TheFugees' "Fu-Gee-la") with The Jackson Sisters'(no relation to Music/TheJacksonFive) '70s hit "I Believe in Miracles".

* Episodes of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' not only takes cues from ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' books, but multiple promotional medias such as its annuals and magazines. Multiple writers of all these forms have even had direct involvement in the show.

* The UsefulNotes/PlayStation version of ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' combines the campaigns of ''The Ultimate Doom'' and ''Doom II'', along with adding a few exclusive levels, although it lacks a couple enemies from the PC version such as the Arch-Viles and Icon of Sin. On higher difficulties, ''Doom II'' enemies will show up in ''The Ultimate Doom'''s levels.

* In the AlternativeContinuity mobile game ''VideoGame/HarryPotterHogwartsMystery'', the canonical characters look like they do in [[Film/HarryPotter movies]] but their personalities are more in line with the [[Literature/HarryPotter books]].

* ''Manga/MoriartyThePatriot'' combines Sherlock Holmes canon with ''Franchise/JamesBond'', merging characters so that one of the Moriarty brothers is "M", Irene Adler is James Bond, the mechanic Von Herder is "Q" and Moneypenny works for Moriarty.

* The Mexican {{telenovela}} ''Los ricos tambien lloran'', as well as its more modern remake, ''Series/MariaLaDelBarrio'', are a combination of two radio novellas by Ines Rodena.

** The Super Star [[spoiler:is stolen by Bowser similar to how it's a plot coupon in games like ''64'' and ''Galaxy'', while it can also be used as an invincibility item like in the 2D games such as ''Super Mario Bros.'' and ''New Super Mario Bros.'']]

* The first half of the second season of ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' is pretty closely based on ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', but the specific plot point of a Skrull taking the appearance of Captain America because everyone listens to Captain America, only for the real Cap to force him to revert to Skrull form in the middle of a press conference, seems to be inspired by the Sensational Hydra's plan in Creator/MarkWaid's ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica''.

* ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestria'' acts as a mash-up of plot elements and characters from all four main ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' titles. ''1'' and ''3'' are the heaviest influences, but Red Eye also takes numerous cues from President Eden and Ashur from ''3'', and most of the major locations visited are also based on locations from ''3''.

* Due to hardware limitations, the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance version of ''[[VideoGame/{{Contra}} Contra 3: The Alien Wars]]'' swaps the Mode-7 Top-Down sections with levels from Hard Corps.

* ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' primarily adapts the story of Toho's ''Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster'' (Ghidorah debuts as a nigh-unstoppable world-ending threat, and he, Rodan, Godzilla and Mothra all fight with the latter two functioning as humanity's allies by default against the far worse threat). However, the concept of antagonists played by people using sound to try and control the monsters, including Ghidorah, which is what sets up and furthers the plot of the film initially; originates in ''Film/InvasionOfAstroMonster'', which was Ghidorah's second ever movie appearance. Godzilla, Mothra, Ghidorah and Rodan also all combine various characteristics and events from various earlier portrayals of their characters for this movie, such as Ghidorah being an [[Film/RebirthOfMothra3 attempted murderer of children]] who's [[Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack found buried in millennia-old ice]], or Godzilla getting [[Film/Godzilla1954n hit with the Oxygen Destroyer underwater]] [[spoiler:and needing [[Film/GodzillaVsKingGhidorah a nuclear strike from a submarine to rejuvenate him before he battles King Ghidorah]]]], to name a few examples.

* ''Film/ATripToTheMoon'' is based loosely on two popular novels of the time: ''Literature/FromTheEarthToTheMoon'' by Creator/JulesVerne and ''Literature/TheFirstMenInTheMoon'' by Creator/HGWells, though some sources claim otherwise on the latter. Another major source of inspiration was [[Theatre/LeVoyageDansLaLune an 1875 operetta]] of the same name.
* ''Film/FiveNightsAtFreddys2023'' is based primarily on ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys1'', with Mike Schmidt being the protagonist and the animatronics using that game's designs, but the restaurant is named Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place, as in ''VideoGame/FreddyFazbearsPizzeriaSimulator'', the murderer (who is only mentioned in passing in the first game's hidden newspaper stories) appears as drawn from subsequent entries (he first appears in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'', wears the Spring Bonnie suit as in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'', and is named William Afton, as in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation''), and Vanessa from ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach'' also appears in the film.

* Russian 1995 Movie ''The Eggs of Doom'' (''Rokovye yaytsa'') was adapted from the short novel by famous writer Mikhail Bulgakov, but had many scenes, characters and themes actually borrowed from his most known work, ''Literature/TheMasterAndMargarita''.
* ''Film/ScaryMovie'' was an amalgam of two separate screenplays.

* ''Film/{{RoboCop|1987}}'': Screenwriter Edward Neumeier had written a screenplay about a robot that becomes a cop. When he met fellow writer Michael Miner it turned out that Miner was working on a screenplay about a human cop becoming a robot. They decided to combine the ideas and ''[=RoboCop=]'' was the result.
* All the ''Franchise/DieHard'' sequels are based, mostly, on unrelated source material, but maintain John [=McClane=] as the protagonist.
* Often found when you have an action or horror movie from UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}}: they have a shortage of ideas in this area so they produce tons of unofficial remakes (and they've started to have a shortage there, as well: ''Film/TheGodfather'' was remade at least 7 times, for example). A particular example is a movie named ''Commando'' (no, [[Film/{{Commando}} not that one]]) by Bubbar Subhash starring Mithun Chakraborti, which combines ''Film/RomancingTheStone'' with ''Film/AmericanNinja''.
* After seeing ''Film/TheTerminator'', Creator/HarlanEllison thought that it was this for his two teleplays for ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'': "Soldier" and "Demon With a Glass Hand". If so, it was very minimal, but Ellison sued the filmmakers, succeeded, and had his name added to the end credits. Which makes one wonder why he didn't sue the creators of ''Film/{{Soldier}}'', which was basically his short story/teleplay "Soldier" recycled in the universe of ''Film/BladeRunner'' (which also makes it an example of the trope).

* The screenplay for ''Film/NakedLunch'' is based not only on William Burroughs' novel, but also on other fiction by him (in particular, first half of the movie is mostly based on ''The Exterminator''), and autobiographical accounts of his life.
* ''Film/TheLawnmowerMan'' is a rather weird example, which was "adapted" from a short story by Creator/StephenKing using it as an InNameOnly stunt for an original screenplay. King sued filmmakers to remove his name from the credits, and, especially, the film's marketing. It is weird because a) King actually liked the film and it has a lot of his common themes in it; b) the film actually featured a scene adapted straight from a short story and a dialogue between two policemen taken line-to-line from it.
* Akira Kurosawa's ''Film/{{Rashomon}}'' combines elements from two different Ryuonosuke Akutagawa stories. Most of the plot came from "In a Grove", while the framing device (of travelers trapped in a gate because of a rainstorm) and title came from "Rashomon".
* In 1974, a pair of movie studios, Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox and Creator/WarnerBros, had the rights to different books about a skyscraper on fire: "The Tower" and "The Glass Inferno". Rather than try to compete with each other the studios decided to team up, combining both books into ''Film/TheToweringInferno''.

* The film ''Film/ReturnToOz'' takes elements from two of the Oz books by L Frank Baum: ''Literature/TheMarvelousLandOfOz'' (which does not feature Dorothy as a character) and ''Literature/OzmaOfOz'' (which does), as well as the 1973 non-fiction book ''Wisconsin Death Trip'' as a historical source.
* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'' is a combination of ''Literature/OnStrangerTides'' (although it's essentially an InNameOnly adaptation) and characters and plotlines from the previous ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' movies.

* Film versions of ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' tend to combine the first book with its sequel, "Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There."
** The 1933 and [[Film/AliceInWonderland1985 1985]] films both devote their first halves to ''Wonderland'' and their second halves to ''Looking-Glass'', but make them both part of the same [[AllJustADream dream]]. [[Film/AliceInWonderland1999 The 1999 TV version]] takes just three episodes from ''Looking-Glass'' (the White Knight, the Garden of Live Flowers, and Tweedledum and Tweedledee/The Walrus and the Carpenter) and puts them all together in between the Mock Turtle and Trial scenes from ''Wonderland.'' The 1972 British film is mostly jut ''Wonderland'', but it does include Tweedledum and Tweedledee too.
** The 2010 ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'' film is based on a combination of ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' and ''Alice Through The Looking-Glass''. The [[Film/AliceThroughTheLookingGlass sequel]] is, despite debate, in face only based on ''ATTLG'', as this story included Creator/LewisCarroll's poem "The Jabberwocky" (on which the film is also partly based) as some of its prose. Of course, this is only very loosely based on Carroll's work, as pretty much the only things in common are a couple of character names and the premise of a world DownTheRabbitHole.
* Creator/PeterJackson's ''Film/TheHobbit'' film trilogy incorporates a number of scenes and elements from ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' that weren't used in Jackson's earlier ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings LOTR]]'' films. These include the appearance of the Maiar Radagast the Brown and Saruman deriding him as a weirdo, both of which were related after the fact by Gandalf in ''The Fellowship of the Ring''. It also borrows plot elements from the appendices of ''The Lord of the Rings'' and some of Tolkien's writings that were published after his death. Since the studio didn't own the film rights to the latter, they had to do some WritingAroundTrademarks. Still, big chunks of the movies (Azog's vendetta, Kili and Tauriel's romance, Laketown's politics) are original material that Peter Jackson's team came up with.
* ''Film/Everest2015'' was based on the memoirs of several of the climbers rather than being a straight adaptation of just one, as the previous TV movie about the disaster had been.
* ''Film/ArseneLupin2004'' takes its plot from several of the [[Literature/ArseneLupin original stories]], focusing largely on Lupin's history and the crucifix plot with Josephine.

* [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Almost]] happened, but averted, with the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' adaptations. The original plan was to take the beginning of ''Sorcerer's Stone'' and then re-jig scenes and plot points from the second and third novels to create ''Harry Potter: The Movie.'' But then, a smarter but unprecedented idea came up: "What if our audience could grow up along with the characters?" What might have been an easy cash-in became a straight adaptation of the first book....and then the following six.
* ''Film/FullMetalJacket'' is based on the semi-autobiographical novel ''The Short-Timers'' published in 1979 by former Marine Gustav Hasford. However, the script was co-written by Micheal Herr, who incorporated a large amount of his Gonzo Journalism book ''Dispatches from the Vietnam War''. The result is an odd fusion; the plot is drawn from ''The Short-Timers'', with the first half an extremely faithful adaptation and the second half an amalgamation of events from the second and third stories, while almost all the film's iconic dialog and surreal moments are taken word-for-word from ''Dispatches''. This led to some friction over who would be given full credits. In the end, it was given to both authors.

* The third ''Film/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'' movie is named after the fourth book, ''Dog Days'', but is equally an adaptation of that book and the actual third book, ''The Last Straw''.
* ''Hiruko the Goblin'' adapts two stories from the ''Yokai Hunter'' manga; "The Black Investigator" (Hiruko and his habit of stealing heads) and "Red Lips" (pretty, popular girl gets possessed by AncientEvil).

* ''Fanfic/ADiplomaticVisit'': [[spoiler:The final arc of the story combines elements of the "Twilight's Kingdom" two-parter finale of season 4 (unlocking the Chest of Harmony and gaining first Rainbow Power, then Twilight's new castle); the "Shadow Play" two-parter finale of season 7 (the story involves freeing the Pillars of Equestria and defeating the Pony of Shadows) and the "Siege of the Crystal Empire" arc from the comics (the Pony of Shadows is one of the Umbrum Forces, and goes to the Crystal Empire to free the rest of his people so he can use them to take over the world).]]
* ''Fanfic/MyFathersSon'': In general, this story is more closely associated with the books with way more minor houses than in the show and also uses Asha for Theon's sister. However, there's also the show's family tree for the Targaryan line (no Jaeharys II), and a few incorporated elements from The Game of Thrones video game with house Forrester introduced.