History Main / SelfPlagiarism

* ''TheCuriousCaseOfBenjaminButton'' has an [[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/35b0167b17/the-curious-case-of-forrest-gump uncanny resemblence]] to ''ForrestGump''. Both screenplays were written by the same person.

* The Kinks released "You Really Got Me" in the summer of 1964. "All day and All of the Night" was released in October of the same year. These songs are practically identical, with nearly the same riffs and lyrics.

* Beyonce's "Halo" and Kelly Clarkson's "Already Gone" sound similar, and were both written/produced by Ryan Tedder.

* Chuck Berry was notorious for recycling guitar riffs and even whole songs, most famously taking "School Day" and retooling it as "No Particular Place To Go".

* The guy who directed the first ''Film/{{Leprechaun}}'' also did ''Rumpelstiltskin''. Both feature evil wish-granting dwarfs who kill people in various creative ways.

* {{Twisted Sister}}'s cover of "O Come All Ye Faithful" sounds almost identical to "We're Not Gonna Take It." It even has the guitar riff from the latter about two minutes into the song.

* {{Twisted Sister's}} cover of "O Come All Ye Faithful" sounds almost identical to "We're Not Gonna Take It." It even has the guitar riff from the latter about two minutes into the song.

* ''Twisted Sister's'' cover of O Come All Ye Faithful sounds almost identical to "We're Not Gonna Take It." It even has the guitar riff about two minutes into the song.

** Ray Davies was a prolific self-plagiarist. The liner notes for one Kinks compilation point out that you can take any random Kinks song and find another very similar song elsewhere in their discography.

* TheCuriousCaseOfBenjaminButton has an [[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/35b0167b17/the-curious-case-of-forrest-gump uncanny resemblence]] to ForrestGump. Both screenplays were written by the same person.
* MeetTheParents main story line, jokes, and twists are pretty much replicated in MeetTheFockers. "Spray painted cat? Blue dyed dog! A lie detector? How about a truth serum! He's a liar who faked his medical education! He's a liar who has an illegitimate son!"

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* After ''PowerRangers'' became a hit, Saban followed up with more {{Tokusatsu}} adaptations: ''VRTroopers'', ''MaskedRider'', and ''{{Beetleborgs}}''; to varying degrees of success.

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* GilbertAndSullivan plundered Gilbert's old "Bab Ballads" for plot ideas on a few occasions.

** Don't forget JosieAndThePussyCats, and TheAmazingChanAndTheChanClan.

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* Ryosuke Takahasi created both ArmoredTrooperVotoms and {{Gasaraki}}. Both shows involve a talented MiniMecha pilot who [[TheStoic doesn't talk much]] trying to save a mysterious girl who is a better pilot than he is from an AncientConspiracy.

* Ryosuke Takahasi created both ArmoredTrooperVotoms and {{Gasaraki.}} Both shows involve a talented MiniMecha pilot who [[TheStoic doesn't talk much]] trying to save a mysterious girl who is a better pilot than he is from an AncientConspiracy.

* Like ''RockBand'' above, the ''CallOfDuty'' series was created by former ''MedalOfHonor'' developers. In turn, the later ''[=MoH=]'' games have gameplay rather similar to ''[[=CoD=]]''.

* In 1995, Atari Games released ''Area 51'' which is a LightGunGame that uses digitalized actors for the characters and 3D for everything else. Two years later, they released another light-gun shooter named ''Maximum Force'' which had a different theme but was pretty much identical otherwise.

* The early seasons of ''AmericanDad'' had ManateeGag not unlike it's more popular sister show ''FamilyGuy''. Since the premise and art style are already very similar, those kind of jokes were banned to make the show more unique.