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* The System Divine trilogy by Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell consisting of “Sky Without Stars”,”Between Burning Worlds” and “Suns Will Rise” is Literature/LesMiserables [[RecycledInSpace in space.]]

* ''Anime/MobilePolicePatlaborTheEarlyDays'': "The 450-Million-Year-Old Trap" is a hilarious ''Film/{{Gojira}}'' send-up, down to the one-eyed MadScientist and the "Oxygen Destroyer" (actually a bit of dry ice in a plastic tube).

* ''Manga/MobilePolicePatlaborTheEarlyDays'': "The 450-Million-Year-Old Trap" is a hilarious ''Film/{{Gojira}}'' send-up, down to the one-eyed MadScientist and the "Oxygen Destroyer" (actually a bit of dry ice in a plastic tube).

* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury'' is essentially Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/TheTempest'' InSpace, with some {{Gender Flip}}s to make it queer; A wizard (or witch in this case, Prospero/Elnora Samaya) is wronged and exiled alogside their daughter (Miranda/Ericht) at the hands of a powerful and influential figure (Antonio the Duke of Milan/Delling Rembran). The exile ends up in a distant, desolate place (the island/Mercury) and become that place's leader. Years later, they hatch a plot to get revenge by having their daughter marry the son (or in this case daughter) of the man who wronged them (Ferdinand/Miorine), using an entity named Ariel/Aerial. Elnora even changes her name to Prospera to avoid being recognized.

* The ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' fic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/45450298/chapters/114354805 Turnabout Alphabet]]'' is one to ''Literature/EllaMinnowPea'', involving the Khura’in government prohibiting English letters that fall off a statue representing the pangram "the quick brown fox jump over the lazy dog." For extra stakes (and because the author reasons that ''Ella Minnow Pea'' would exist in the ''Ace Attorney'' world), the protagonists not only have to find a shorter pangram but also one that translates an existing Khura'in proverb.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/5439340/TheSavageMan100 TheSavageMan100]]'' had wrote many ''Manga/FairyTail'' stories that involved the cast of the manga of Disney films.

* The ''Literature/ManKzinWars'' novel ''The Children's Hour'' by Creator/JerryPournelle and Creator/SMStirling does a whole-plot lift of the movie ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'', except at the end when [[spoiler:"Ilsa" dumps "Lazlo" and runs off with "Rick"]].

* JurassicFarce (''Film/JurassicPark'')
* TheMagnificentSevenSamurai (''Film/SevenSamurai'' / ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]'')

* RearWindowHomage (Creator/AlfredHitchcock's ''Film/RearWindow'')

* Similarly, most of the first ''Film/ScaryMovie'' follows closely the plot of ''Film/Scream1996'' (with some scenes from the second and a slew of late '90s horror in-between), and the second is mostly based on ''Film/TheHaunting1999''. (The others have the main plot being an amalgam instead, with the third being a mix of ''Film/TheRing'' and ''Film/{{Signs}}'', and the fourth mixes ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds2005'', ''Film/TheVillage'', ''Film/TheGrudge'' and ''Franchise/{{Saw}}''.)

* Similarly, most of the first ''Film/ScaryMovie'' follows closely the plot of ''Film/{{Scream|1996}}'' (with some scenes from the second and a slew of late 90s horror in-between), and the second is mostly based on ''Film/{{The Haunting|1999}}''. (The others have the main plot being an amalgam instead, with the third being a mix of ''Film/TheRing'' and ''Film/{{Signs}}'', and the fourth mixes ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds'', ''Film/TheVillage'', ''Film/TheGrudge'' and ''Franchise/{{Saw}}''.)

* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingTheWitchFromMercury'' is essentially Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/TheTempest'' InSpace, with some {{Gender Flip}}s to make it queer; A wizard (or witch in this case, Prospero/Elnora Samaya) is wronged and exiled alogside their daughter (Miranda/Ericht) at the hands of a powerful and influential figure (Antonio the Duke of Milan/Delling Rembran). The exile ends up in a distant, desolate place (the island/Mercury) and become that place's leader. Years later, they hatch a plot to get revenge by having their daughter marry the son (or in this case daughter) of the man who wronged them (Ferdinand/Miorine), using an entity named Ariel/Aerial. Elnora even changes her name to Prospera to avoid being recognized.

* ''LightNovel/TheTailorOfEnbizaka'', aside from building off of the song it's named after, features large elements from the Japanese folktale of Momotaro, with the primary character being born from a tree, meeting 3 friends who symbolize the animals Momotaro befriends, and going to a place called Onigashima and dealing with a demon there.

* Episode 18 of the ''LightNovel/DirtyPair'' TV series is a straight-up remake of the Creator/ClintEastwood movie ''Film/TheGauntlet'', with the girls filling in for Clint.

** The plot of the sequel, ''Anime/QueensBlade Rebellion'' (but only in the novelizations) is a mix between the plots of ''Videogame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight'' and ''Videogame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem'' and some aspects from the Chinese classic ''Literature/WaterMargin'' (the one who '' Videogame/{{Suikoden}}'' took inspiration of) and even some aspects from ''Franchise/StarWars''. [[spoiler:Especially the main villain being the mother of two of the main heroines, Annelotte and Aldra.]]

* ''ComicBook/XMen Fairy Tales'' is a series of these, casting the X-Men in the role of characters from various fables. Followed up by ''Franchise/SpiderMan Fairy Tales'' and ''[[Comicbook/TheAvengers Avengers]] Fairy Tales''.

* Several Creator/DCComics {{Elseworlds}} do this. Most of them are very obvious about it (''Franchise/{{J|usticeLeagueOfAmerica}}LA: Island of Dr Moreau'' is based on, [[Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau well...]]), but one that plays it a bit more subtly is the ''Comicbook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' Elseworld ''Castles in the Sky'', which is a [[RecycledInSpace 30th century riff]] on Myth/ArthurianLegend, with Cosmic Boy as Myth/KingArthur, Saturn Girl as Guenevere, Lightning Lad as Lancelot, R. J. Brande as Myth/{{Merlin}}, Lightning Lord as Mordred, Mordru as the FisherKing, the flight rings as {{Excalibur}} (only Rokk can pull the [[Comicbook/{{Hawkman}} Nth metal]] from the ruins of Thanagar), and the Miracle Machine as [[Myth/KingArthurAndTheHolyGrail the Holy Grail]].

* Many reviewers have noted a similarity between the first couple issues of ''[[Comicbook/{{X 23}} All-New Wolverine]]'' to ''Series/OrphanBlack'', to mixed reception. Though to be fair, Laura herself being cloned has been a plot thread almost as long as she's been in the books, and it's a major reason why the Facility has spent the better part of a decade (both real-life and in-universe) trying to get her back.

* The ''Series/DoctorWho'' fanfic setting ''FanFic/ThisTimeRound'' has enough of these that they have their own section, [[http://www.ttrarchive.com/storytime.html "Story Time!"]].
* An old ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' fan comic posted on the Internet featured the cast putting on a production of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', with such gems of casting as [[OnlySaneMan Zelgadis]] as Hamlet and [[LargeHam Prince Phil]] as Polonius. HilarityEnsues.
* ''FanFic/PrettyCurePerfumePreppy'' is a rather unlikely example, as every so often it parodies episodes from actual TV shows instead of the usual things. To list what the author referenced so far: ''WesternAnimation/TheBackyardigans'', ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'', ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' (three times so far!), and even ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder''. Make that of what you will.
* ''FanFic/BraveNewWorld'' is pretty much a DarkerAndEdgier retelling of VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor. But with Franchise/{{Pokemon}}!

* There is an entire genre of Literature/HarryPotter fanfic, the "Harry is sent to Azkaban" genre, which varies between homage, this, and knockoff of ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo''.
* The ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' fanfic ''FanFic/DecksFallEveryoneDies'' is a recreation of ''Film/MoulinRouge'', altered to fit the Yu-Gi-Oh universe.

* The following is a brief summary of the plot of ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'': an evil AI is accidentally reactivated after several years by a clumsy yet lovable Personality Core and takes total control of the research facility it was built in, and a determined test subject sets out to stop the rogue AI's reign of terror. Now compare this plot to the plot of ''WebAnimation/MyLittlePortal''. You'll come to realize it's exactly the same.

* ''FanFic/TheNonBronyverse'' has two, one of which copies the plot of the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyfriendshipIsMagicS1E15FeelingPinkieKeen Feeling Pinkie Keen]]", and another that takes the plot of ''Fanfic/MyLittleDashie'' and replaces Rainbow Dash with Rarity.
* ''[[FanFic/TheVinylAndOctaviaSeries Vinyl and Octavia Duel Destiny]]'' is a giant one to the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series. See the fanfic page for specific details.

* ''FanFic/TheEndOfEnds'' is one for Super Paper Mario.

* ''Hyperion'' (the first novel of the ''Literature/HyperionCantos'') is mostly a recreation of ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales''... [[RecycledINSPACE IN SPACE]]! Specifically, the device of having pilgrims tell each other stories en route to the site of pilgrimage to keep each other entertained. It also emulates Chaucer in having each tale copy a different style of story that was popular in the writer's time (making ''Hyperion'' a series of classic Science Fiction homages wrapped inside of a Chaucer homage). However, unlike Chaucer, Simmons finished ''Hyperion'', and wove it into a four-book saga.

* The storyline in ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' dealing with the Golgafrincham B Ark is a reference to the ''Series/DoctorWho'' storyline "The Ark In Space", with the Captain even giving a TitleDrop to that storyline in his dialogue.

* ''TabletopGame/FateOfCthulhu'', with its plot about heroes with knowledge from a BadFuture out to change history and stop the rise of an EldritchAbomination, isn't subtle about its influence from ''Film/TheTerminator''. The only thing stopping it from entirely embodying a TerminatorTwosome is that having a second time traveller out to stop the players isn't necessarily the rule, though one of the adventure seeds does have them run into their [[EvilTwin Evil Twins]].

See also {{Homage}}, ForeignRemake, FountainOfExpies, CharacteristicTrope, TransplantedCharacterFic, and RecycledInSPACE... sometimes with the SerialNumbersFiledOff.

-->-- [[https://blog.trekcore.com/2022/06/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-review-all-those-who-wander/ TrekCore's review]] of ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds''' "All Those Who Wander"

* ''WebVideo/TheBuggerAnthology'':
** "The Clash at Dalekdome" is a recreation of the The Clash at Demonhead sequence from ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'', down to also having a cover of "Black Sheep" by Music/{{Metric}}.
** "IRON DALEK" spoofs the first half and TheStinger of the first ''Film/IronMan1'' movie.