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Oct 23, 2023Liked by Tapirclip

Spy x Family meets The Thing

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I'm imagining either a domestic/comedy spin on The Thing, or Spy x Family except the family is trapped in a snowy cabin.

But my guess is, SatAM would hate this for being too limited.

Both series feature characters who are hiding something, so there's too much overlap. Do you want to put a loveable family in the same scenario as The Thing? Or do you want to have The Thing, except the core cast is hiding multiple things?

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The Spy Family, but the parents are rival aliens in hiding.

The daughter is hiding a puppy.

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Your pitch describes your premise perfectly.

But I still want to offer alternatives to conform to SatAM standards.

I think a stronger pitch would be "The Thing meets Full House" or "Spy x Family meets E.T."

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I'll get the ball rolling with some results from the shindanmaker I'd love to see as a manga:

"How to Train Your Dragon meets Futurama"

"Naruto meets Winnie the Pooh"

"Berserk meets Beauty and the Beast"

"Beyblade meets A Series of Unfortunate Events"

"Magic Tree House meets Mad Max"

"Static Shock meets Little House on the Prairie"

And my favorite:

"Sword Art Online meets Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"

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Late AF considering how long ago this article was written but i'm baisically working on a "Demon Slayer meets The Last of Us"

Thats the basic premise but it pulls from a bunch of other medias in more minor ways, like Steven Universe and the Magical Girl genre, plus a bunch of stuff from my own imagination.

I'm not going to submit it to Saturday AM since its a very dear story of mine I've been thinking on for at least 2-3 years, specially considering the recent situation of SAM. But I thought it shared the "Batman meets Yugioh" template in a way so I decided to coment about it lol

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