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[[caption-width-right:232:"They're still Angry Birds... [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner But they're in space!]]"]]

* A game or story following (or if you want to [[AccentuateTheNegative get negative]], "stealing") the tropes or concepts laid down by earlier games/stories is FollowTheLeader, not this. Most platformers are not "Mario [[AC:In Space]]" and most fighting anime are not "Anime/DragonBallZ [[ShapedLikeItself In Space]]" .

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* ''KA-POW!'' is ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' with [-TOO MANY [[Main/ArtShift ART SHIFTS]] AND VIOLENCE!-]
* ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'' is ''Film/MeanGirls'' [-WITH {{BARBIE}} DOLLS!-]
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* Similarly games stealing mechanics or gameplay styles from other games is FollowTheLeader and not this trope. (for example, ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' is not ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' IN A CASTLE.)
** However, if a game shifts genres it might be this in the opposite direction. However, with few exceptions, you should cite the genre, and not claim that it's stealing from a specific game. (''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' is ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' as a Metroidvania game [but not AS ''METROID''])

->''"At last we have Film/{{Jason X}}, a movie that comes right out and says: "Look there's nothing left to do, so fuck it, it's Jason in outer space!"''
-->-- '''{{Creator/James Rolfe}}''''s review of ''Jason X''

->''At last we have Film/{{Jason X}}, a movie that comes right out and says: "Look there's nothing left to do, so fuck it, it's Jason in outer space!''

->''At last we have {{Jason X}}, a movie that comes right out and says: "Look there's nothing left to do, so fuck it, it's Jason in outer space!''

->''Hell, it's just another horse opera [[WagonTrainToTheStars except]] they [[SpaceOpera ride in a spaceship]] instead of a nag.''
-->-- '''Creator/GeneRoddenberry''''s pitch for ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''

Also remember that TropesAreNotBad, so when listing something, do not be derogatory towards the newer media (for example if you had something that was Pokemon ''IN SPACE'' you do not need to list it as Pokemon ''IN SPACE AND WITH UGLIER MONSTERS'')

* Similarly games stealing mechanics or gameplay styles from other games is FollowTheLeader and not this trope. (for example, ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight is not ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' IN A CASTLE.)

* It's not enough that an idea seems to be ripping off another idea. It needs to be blatant in its advertising that it is a copy for it to count. You could argue that "''[[Literature/InheritanceCycle Eragon]]'' was better when it was called ''Franchise/StarWars''" but since nothing ever advertises the similarities, it doesn't count as this. (Note that it also doesn't count as BetterByADifferentName unless it's said by a fictional character in-universe; tropes are not for ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike.)

* It's not enough that an idea seems to be ripping off another idea. It needs to be blatant in its advertising that it is a copy for it to count. You could argue that "[[Literature/InheritanceCycle Eragon]] was better when it was called ''Franchise/StarWars''" but since nothing ever advertises the similarities, it doesn't count as this. (Note that it also doesn't count as BetterByADifferentName unless it's said by a fictional character in-universe; tropes are not for ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike.)

* If an idea seems to be ripping off another idea, it's BetterByADifferentName. It needs to be blatant in its advertising that it is a copy for it to count. You could argue that "[[Literature/InheritanceCycle Eragon]] was better when it was called ''Franchise/StarWars''" but since nothing ever advertises the similarities, it doesn't count as this.

* A game or story following (or if you want to [[AccentuateTheNegative get negative]], "stealing") the tropes or concepts laid down by earlier games/stories is FollowTheLeader, not this. Most platformers are not "Mario [[AC:In Space]]" and most fighting anime are not "Manga/DragonBallZ [[ShapedLikeItself In Space]]" .

* Similarly games stealing mechanics or gameplay styles from other games is FollowTheLeader and not this trope. (for example, CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight is not {{Metroid}} IN A CASTLE.)
** However, if a game shifts genres it might be this in the opposite direction. However, with few exceptions, you should cite the genre, and not claim that it's stealing from a specific game. (CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight is {{Castlevania}} as a Metroidvania game (but not AS METROID))

** However, if a game shifts genre's it might be this in the opposite direction. However, with few exceptions, you should cite the genre, and not claim that it's stealing from a specific game. (CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight is {{Castlevania}} as a Metroidvania game (but not AS METROID))

* A game or story following (or if you want to [[AccentuateTheNegative get negative]], "stealing") the tropes or concepts laid down by earlier games/stories is FollowTheLeader, not this. Most platformers are not "Mario [[AC:In Space]]" (except perhaps VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy) and most fighting anime are not "Manga/DragonBallZ [[ShapedLikeItself In Space]]" (mostly because they get off Earth fairly quick by the series's standard).

[[caption-width-right:232: Angry Birds...IN SPACE!]]

[[caption-width-right:232:"They're still Angry Birds... [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner But they're in space!]]"]]

* If an idea seems to be ripping off another idea, it's BetterByADifferentName. It needs to be blatant in its advertising that it is a copy for it to count. You could argue that "[[Literature/InheritanceCycle Eragon]] was better when it was called ''Franchise/StarWars" but since nothing ever advertises the similarities, it doesn't count as this.

* If the story has just been moved into modern time, but is otherwise more or less the same it's SettingUpdate

* As a setting trope, this is distinct from WholePlotReference. The two ''may'' overlap, but it is possible to be either one without being both. For example, ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' is, by WordOfGod, ''Series/TheHoneymooners'' recycled in the Stone Age, but is not a WholePlotReference.

-->-- '''GeneRoddenberry''''s pitch for ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''

[[AC:[[{{VideoGame.Portal2}} Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace.]]]]

->''Hell, it's just another horse opera except they ride in a spaceship instead of a nag.''

Putting the series into space, though, is the big one.

See also AnimatedAdaptation, GenderFlip, WholePlotReference, RecycledTheSeries, SettingUpdate, XMeetsY, ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs, and BetterByADifferentName. See also SpaceX for what this trope first sounds like.

A SisterTrope to LikeThatShowButWithMecha.

A SuperTrope to LikeThatShowButWithMecha.

* A game or story following (or if you want to [[AccentuateTheNegative get negative]], "stealing") the tropes or concepts laid down by earlier games/stories is FollowTheLeader, not this. Most platformers are not "Mario [[AC:In Space]]" (except perhaps VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy) and most fighting anime are not "DragonBallZ [[ShapedLikeItself In Space]]" (mostly because they get off Earth fairly quick by the series's standard).
* If an idea seems to be ripping off another idea, it's BetterByADifferentName. It needs to be blatant in its advertising that it is a copy for it to count. You could argue that "[[Literature/InheritanceCycle Eragon]] was better when it was called StarWars" but since nothing ever advertises the similarities, it doesn't count as this.