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Hey, there's no pirates on there anywhere!

"Oh my goodness! They've come back! As ninja pirate robot monkey clown bandito werewolf zombies! How CRraAAaaZZzzyyyyyy!"

—Dr. McNinja, The Adventures of Dr. McNinja

This trope is a variety of Rule of Cool in which some cool things are combined, and the combination acquires a coolness that exceeds the sum of its parts. This combination is usually physically impossible or contradictory, like the title of this page. Fortunately, if done right, nobody cares (Rule of Cool!).

This doesn't always work. If the cool things somehow cancel each other out, if it's just so overwhelming the Willing Suspension of Disbelief snaps like a brittle twig, you may get left with a piece of Camp that is at best funny and at worst disgusting. Just remember Strong Bad's words of wisdom: "Too much of a good thing is an awesome thing. But too much of an awesome thing is...umm...really, really dumb and bad."

Should not be confused with Teenage Mutant Samurai Wombats or the book "Zombie Spaceship Wasteland".

See also Monster Mash, Cool Versus Awesome (when the awesome things are fighting each other), Refuge in Cool, Awesomeness Is Volatile, Hybrid Overkill Avoidance, (writers want to avoid this trope for balance issues or to avoid overdoing), Impossibly Cool Weapon, Mix and Match Critter.

Subtropes:

The title that narrowly lost out for this trope: Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot Cowboy Hobos With Chainsaw Good-Katanas Are Just Better And Several Revolvers Are Just Better And The Power of Friendship Fighting Vampire Nazis With Dark Magic Riding Cyborg Dinosaurs With Head Mounted Lasers Voiced By Kevin Michael Richardson Attacked by Snakes on a Plane Mother frakkin' Submarine Jet With Desert Polar Bears Crashing Into An Ancient Zeppelins from Another World With Alien Anacondas In SPACE With Chuck Norris And Samuel L. Jackson With Lesbian Time Travelling Bikini Werewolf Cat Girls Dual-Wielding Febreze Part 2: This Time, It's Personal...The Movie!

In 3D!

But this time in SPACE!

Examples of Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot include:

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 [[File:crebobby_ninjapiratezombierobot.png|frame|link=http://creebobby.com/timestable.html|[[Comically Missing the Point|Hey, there's no pirates on there anywhere!]] ]]
-{{quote|''"Oh my goodness! They've come back! [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/11p9 As ninja pirate robot monkey clown bandito werewolf zombies!] How {{smallcaps|CRraAAaaZZzzyyyyyy}}!"''|'''Dr. McNinja''', ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja (Webcomic)|The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]''}}
+{{quote|''"Oh my goodness! They've come back! [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/11p9 As ninja pirate robot monkey clown bandito werewolf zombies!] How {{smallcaps|CRraAAaaZZzzyyyyyy}}!"''|'''Dr. McNinja''', ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]''}}
 This trope is a variety of [[Rule of Cool]] in which some cool things are combined, and the combination acquires a coolness that exceeds the sum of its parts. This combination is usually physically impossible or contradictory, like the title of this page. Fortunately, if done right, nobody cares (Rule of Cool!).
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 * [[Winged Unicorn]]
-<small>'''The title that narrowly lost out for this trope:''' [[Ninja]] [[Pirate]] [[Everything's Deader With Zombies|Zombie]] [[Ridiculously Human Robot|Robot]] [[Western Characters|Cowboy]] [[Hobos]] With [[Chainsaw Good]]-[[Katanas Are Just Better]] And [[Guns Akimbo|Several]] [[Revolvers Are Just Better]] And [[The Power of Friendship]] [[Cool Versus Awesome|Fighting]] [[Our Vampires Are Different|Vampire]] [[Those Wacky Nazis|Nazis]] With [[Black Magic|Dark Magic]] Riding [[Cyborg]] [[Everything's Better With Dinosaurs|Dinosaurs]] With Head Mounted [[Frickin' Laser Beams|Lasers]] Voiced By [[Scary Black Man|Kevin Michael Richardson]] Attacked by [[Snakes On a Plane]] [[Cluster F-Bomb|Mother]][[Pardon My Klingon|frakkin']] [[Military Mashup Machine|Submarine Jet]] With [[Misplaced Wildlife|Desert Polar Bears]] Crashing Into An Ancient [[Zeppelins From Another World]] With [[Alien (Film)|Alien]] [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Anacondas]] [[Recycled in Space|In SPACE]] [[Memetic Badass|With Chuck Norris]] And [[Samuel L Jackson]] With [[Lipstick Lesbian|Lesbian]] [[Time Travel|Time Travelling]] [[Fan Service|Bikini]] [[Wolf Man|Werewolf]] [[Catgirl|Cat Girls]] [[Dual-Wielding]] [[Product Placement|Febreze]] [[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo|Part 2:]] [[It's Personal|This Time, It's Personal]]</small>...[[The Movie|THE MOVIE]]!
+<small>'''The title that narrowly lost out for this trope:''' [[Ninja]] [[Pirate]] [[Everything's Deader with Zombies|Zombie]] [[Ridiculously Human Robot|Robot]] [[Western Characters|Cowboy]] [[Hobos]] With [[Chainsaw Good]]-[[Katanas Are Just Better]] And [[Guns Akimbo|Several]] [[Revolvers Are Just Better]] And [[The Power of Friendship]] [[Cool Versus Awesome|Fighting]] [[Our Vampires Are Different|Vampire]] [[Those Wacky Nazis|Nazis]] With [[Black Magic|Dark Magic]] Riding [[Cyborg]] [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs|Dinosaurs]] With Head Mounted [[Frickin' Laser Beams|Lasers]] Voiced By [[Scary Black Man|Kevin Michael Richardson]] Attacked by [[Snakes on a Plane]] [[Cluster F-Bomb|Mother]][[Pardon My Klingon|frakkin']] [[Military Mashup Machine|Submarine Jet]] With [[Misplaced Wildlife|Desert Polar Bears]] Crashing Into An Ancient [[Zeppelins from Another World]] With [[Alien (franchise)|Alien]] [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Anacondas]] [[Recycled in Space|In SPACE]] [[Memetic Badass|With Chuck Norris]] And [[Samuel L. Jackson]] With [[Lipstick Lesbian|Lesbian]] [[Time Travel|Time Travelling]] [[Fan Service|Bikini]] [[Wolf Man|Werewolf]] [[Catgirl|Cat Girls]] [[Dual-Wielding]] [[Product Placement|Febreze]] [[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo|Part 2:]] [[It's Personal|This Time, It's Personal]]</small>...[[The Movie]]!
 <small>[[3D Movie|In 3D!]]</small>