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* ''Film/TheCrow'': The elaborate rapier that Top Dollar selects from a cabinet of lesser swords is also the Six-Fingered Sword wielded by Inigo in ''Film/ThePrincessBride''.
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* ''Film/TheCrow'': ''Film/TheCrow1994'': The elaborate rapier that Top Dollar selects from a cabinet of lesser swords is also the Six-Fingered Sword wielded by Inigo in ''Film/ThePrincessBride''.
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** During a scene at the start of ''{{Film/Alien 3}}'' (in which there is a facehugger on Ripley's face), a prosthetic of Meryl Streep, recycled from ''{{Film/Death Becomes Her}}'', is used to represent Ripley. This was because Sigourney Weaver was unavailable, so a prosthetic couldn't be made using her likeness. The use of Meryl Streep's face instead is ironic given that she was originally considered for the role of Ripley.
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** During a scene at the start of ''{{Film/Alien 3}}'' (in which there is a facehugger on Ripley's face), a prosthetic of Meryl Streep, {{Creator/Meryl Streep}}, recycled from ''{{Film/Death Becomes Her}}'', is used to represent Ripley. This was because Sigourney Weaver was unavailable, so a prosthetic couldn't be made using her likeness. The use of Meryl Streep's face instead is ironic given that she was originally considered for the role of Ripley.
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**During a scene at the start of ''{{Film/Alien 3}}'' (in which there is a facehugger on Ripley's face), a prosthetic of Meryl Streep, recycled from ''{{Film/Death Becomes Her}}'', is used to represent Ripley. This was because Sigourney Weaver was unavailable, so a prosthetic couldn't be made using her likeness. The use of Meryl Streep's face instead is ironic given that she was originally considered for the role of Ripley.
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* In ''Film/UpPompeii'', a bust of Creator/JohnGielgud taken from ''Film/JuliusCaesar1970'' can be seen in the steam baths set.
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* In ''Film/OnTheBuses'', the same pair of knickers turns up on Betty's washing line and in a housewife's laundry bag.
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* In a unique example of this trope, ''Film/Cyborg1989'' used production assets like sets and costumes from an unmade sequel to ''Film/MastersOfTheUniverse'' and a ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' film that never got off the ground, due to those assets already being made before those films got cancelled, and the production crew deciding to make a new project around them so that they'd still get something out of them. Also, the chain mail and forearm guards worn by Fender were part of the costume for Blade in ''Masters of the Universe''.
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* In a unique example of this trope, ''Film/Cyborg1989'' used production assets like sets and costumes from an unmade sequel to ''Film/MastersOfTheUniverse'' and a ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' film that never got off the ground, due to those assets already being made before those films got cancelled, and the production crew deciding to make a new project around them so that they'd still get something out of them. Also, the chain mail and forearm guards worn by Fender were part of the costume for Blade in ''Masters of the Universe''.
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** A Tatooine prop, the krayt dragon skeleton, while not re-used in filming ''was'' left there; the winds periodically bury and uncover the thing. Rumor has it that a scientist at one point mistakenly reported the thing as a newly discovered dinosaur. One can only imagine his reaction when he learned what it actually was. The prop was reportedly a repurpose of a dinosaur skeleton originally made for the Disney movie ''Film/OneOfOurDinosaursIsMissing''
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** A Tatooine prop, the krayt dragon skeleton, while not re-used in filming ''was'' left there; the winds periodically bury and uncover the thing. Rumor has it that a scientist at one point mistakenly reported the thing as a newly discovered dinosaur. One can only imagine his reaction when he learned what it actually was. The prop was reportedly a repurpose of a dinosaur skeleton originally made for the Disney movie ''Film/OneOfOurDinosaursIsMissing''''Film/OneOfOurDinosaursIsMissing''.
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* In a unique example of this trope, ''Film/Cyborg1989'' used production assets like sets and costumes from an unmade sequel to ''Film/MastersOfTheUniverse'' and a ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' film that never got off the ground, due to those assets already being made before those films got cancelled, and the production crew deciding to make a new project around them so that they'd still get something out of them. Also, the chain mail and forearm guards worn by Fender were part of the costume for Blade in ''Masters of the Universe''.
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** Palpatine's ''Xyston''-class Star Destroyers in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' are a very obvious re-use of ''Film/RogueOne'''s CGI model for the ''Imperial-I''-class. The only differences are the size (the ''Xyston'' is scaled up, proportionally, by fifty percent), a few red stripes, and a [[spoiler:planet-killing]] WaveMotionGun added to the belly.
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** Palpatine's ''Xyston''-class Star Destroyers in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' are a very obvious re-use of ''Film/RogueOne'''s CGI model for the ''Imperial-I''-class. The only differences are the size (the ''Xyston'' is scaled up, proportionally, by fifty percent), a few red stripes, and a [[spoiler:planet-killing]] WaveMotionGun added to the belly.belly[[note]]This actually makes sense in-universe as well, as A. Star Destroyers have long been the traditional symbol of the Empire's power, and B.it makes sense to use a pre-existing schematic that you can work off of to get started designing a ship from, instead of designing it from scratch[[/note]].
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* ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''. The original Marvin the Paranoid Android from the TV series was reused in a crowd scene in the 2006 movie as a MythologyGag. Movie!Arthur notices and does a clearly visible double-take.
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* ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''. The original Marvin the Paranoid Android from the TV series was reused in a crowd scene in the 2006 2005 movie as a MythologyGag. Movie!Arthur notices and does a clearly visible double-take.double-take.
* ''Film/TheHudsuckerProxy'': The vast, intricate and detailed cityscape of tall skyscrapers has been utilized and repurposed in other '90s films such as ''Film/BabysDayOut'', ''Film/TheShadow'', ''Film/TheFifthElement'' and ''Film/Godzilla1998''.
* ''Film/TheHudsuckerProxy'': The vast, intricate and detailed cityscape of tall skyscrapers has been utilized and repurposed in other '90s films such as ''Film/BabysDayOut'', ''Film/TheShadow'', ''Film/TheFifthElement'' and ''Film/Godzilla1998''.
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** In Film/HistoryOfTheWorldPartI, the background behind the tailgunners in the "Jews in Space" sequence came from the V'ger set of ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture''.
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** The opera stage set built for the film was reused in several pictures, including the 1943 ''[[Film/PhantomOfTheOpera1943 Phantom]]'' film, the Chaney biopic ''Film/ManOfAThousandFaces1957'', and, get this, ''Film/TheMuppets''.
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* The prisoners in ''Film/FaceOff'' wear the Goomba boots from ''Film/SuperMarioBros''
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* They were also used in ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'' by soldiers boarding the ship Terra Venture at the beginning of the series.
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* JustForFun/RobbyTheRobot. Originally created for the 1956 film ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'', Robby continued to be reused in many movie and TV productions up to the present day (although since the 1960s a lightweight replica has been used). Its two appearances in ''Series/LostInSpace'' are particularly ironic in that Robby and Robot B-9 were both designed by Robert Kinoshita. Robby is so memorable that it is less a prop and more of an actual character. Along with all the sci-fi shows he turns up in, Robby also appears in, of all things, on a couple of NBC shows. In the family sitcom ''Series/{{Hazel}}'', Robby appears in a dream sequence as Hazel's robotic replacement. Robby would later appear on one of the NBC era ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' episodes as a robot built by a child genius at a think tank and even as a hotdog vendor in the ''animated'' feature ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal''. He's even [[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1119475/ listed on IMDb]] as an actual ''actor''.
* The uniforms from ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'' were used in the sci-fi BMovie ''Film/QueenOfOuterSpace''.
* The ''Queen Anne's Revenge'' in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'' was built atop the ship used for the ''Black Pearl'' in the previous films.
* ''Film/TheMatrix'' used several sets from ''Film/DarkCity'' (filmed at the same Sydney studio a few months before, and exploring some similar themes), most notably the roof-case from the teaser chase scene and the spiral staircase in the Lafayette Hotel.
* ''Film/AirplaneIITheSequel'' had the thing with lights that go back and forth. Seen in the background in some Sci-Fi series. Was also in an episode of ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. There is a site detailing its [[http://starringthecomputer.com/computer.php?c=73 numerous appearances.]]
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** A Tatooine prop, the krayt dragon skeleton, while not re-used in filming ''was'' left there; the winds periodically bury and uncover the thing. Rumor has it that a scientist at one point mistakenly reported the thing as a newly discovered dinosaur. One can only imagine his reaction when he learned what it actually was. The prop was reportedly a repurpose of a dinosaur skeleton originally made for the Disney movie ''Film/OneOfOurDinosaursIsMissing''
** IG-88's head was originally used as a drink dispenser in Ep. IV.
** Bossk's suit in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' was originally created for a human pilot in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' story "The Tenth Planet".
** Darth Vader's lightsaber in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' is a repainted prop of Luke's saber from the previous two movies (the two props were similar, but not identical, in shape). Apparently the original prop of Vader's lightsaber was stolen.
** Palpatine's ''Xyston''-class Star Destroyers in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' are a very obvious re-use of ''Film/RogueOne'''s CGI model for the ''Imperial-I''-class. The only differences are the size (the ''Xyston'' is scaled up, proportionally, by fifty percent), a few red stripes, and a [[spoiler:planet-killing]] WaveMotionGun added to the belly.
* Creator/MelBrooks reused Kenneth Strickfaden's original electrical equipment from the 1931 version of ''Film/{{Frankenstein|1931}}'' in his AffectionateParody, ''Film/YoungFrankenstein''. This was done not to save money but as an homage to the original film.
* The multiwheeled Landmaster vehicle from ''Film/DamnationAlley'' reappeared in various movies and TV episodes. (It almost had a better career than the human star Jan-Michael Vincent.)
* The gate featured in the original ''Film/{{King Kong|1933}}'' saw multiple uses in other movies, starting with Merian C. Cooper's next movie ''Film/{{She|1935}}'', ultimately being used as kindling in burning of Atlanta scene in ''Film/GoneWithTheWind''. (It was the burning wall that narrowly avoided crushing Rhett and Scarlett in a passing wagon.)
* ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'':
** The sets to Axis chemical factory in ''Film/Batman1989'' were from ''Film/{{Aliens}}''.
** Another reused prop from ''Film/{{Alien}}'' is a console in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "Earthshock".
** The griddle-like corridor panels, which were originally shipping pallets, have shown up in ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Series/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1981'', ''Series/BlakesSeven'' and ''Series/RedDwarf'' ''at least'', and probably in various other productions. They are heavily used in the original ''Franchise/StarWars'' movies, as floors and ceilings aboard the Death Star, the Millennium Falcon, Vader's Star Destroyer, Cloud City, the Endor Bunker and many other places.
* Defied by ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'': all the original props were unavailable for the sequel ''Film/TwoThousandTenTheYearWeMakeContact'' because Creator/StanleyKubrick deliberately destroyed them all, along with any design notes, after filming was completed specifically to avert this trope. The prop department for ''2010'' had no choice but to make replicas of everything from scratch based on examining what was visible in the film. In spite of which, the audio commentary for ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' claims that one of the original ''Discovery'' EVA pods can be seen in Watto's scrapyard on Tatooine. More likely it's the EVA pod built for ''2010''.
* Creator/RogerCorman's ''The St. Valentine's Day Massacre'' re-used sets from ''Theatre/HelloDolly'' and ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''. Corman actually had the resources of a studio behind him, and probably could have built new sets, but stuck to cost-saving measures out of habit.
* The Minigun in ''Film/{{Predator}}'' was reused in ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''. While all guns are prone to reuse in film, miniguns in particular are very prone to it due to their rarity in the civilian market. Every single one in the civilian market has made a movie or TV appearance at some point.
* The exact same Type 69 RPG used by the T-850 in ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' went on to be used in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' by The Joker to disable The Tumbler during the highway battle.
* ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'' reused several cars from other "futuristic" movies in its 2015 set.
* ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'':
** The chase scene at the end of the silent film version uses sets from Lon Chaney's previous film, ''[[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1923 The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' (most notably the cathedral facade).
** The opera stage set built for the film was reused in several pictures, including the 1943 ''[[Film/PhantomOfTheOpera1943 Phantom]]'' film, the Chaney biopic ''Film/ManOfAThousandFaces1957'', and, get this, ''Film/TheMuppets''.
* ''Film/JustImagine'', a sci-fi musical from the 1930s, had a lavish set costing a quarter million Depression-era dollars, but flopped in the theaters. Producers recouped some of their money by reusing StockFootage of the cityscape in the Universal film serials ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|Serial}}'' and ''ComicStrip/BuckRogers'', while Z-4's Rocket Plane was recycled as Zarkov's rocketship.
* The colored "Michelin Man" spacesuits from ''Film/DestinationMoon'' were later used in cheaper sci-fi efforts like ''Flight to Mars'', the TV series ''Series/{{Space Patrol|US}}'', and the spoof ''Film/AmazonWomenOnTheMoon''. The last film also re-used the Loch Ness Monster puppet from ''Film/TheLochNessHorror'' in one of its sketches.
* ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''. The original Marvin the Paranoid Android from the TV series was reused in a crowd scene in the 2006 movie as a MythologyGag. Movie!Arthur notices and does a clearly visible double-take.
* Miho's swords from ''Film/SinCity'' were the Crazy 88's from ''Film/KillBill''. Creator/QuentinTarantino, who special guest directed a segment in the film, had them in his garage and loaned them to the production.
* ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'':
** The PKE meters are used as...
*** ... walkie-talkies by the alien security guards in ''Film/TheyLive''.
*** ... a tracking device in ''Film/SuburbanCommando''.
*** ... and so does an episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. Yes, an ''animated series'' used this trope.
** ''Film/GhostbustersII'' features a device colloquially known as the "Tripod Trap". It appears in a few other things, including an episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''.
*** Another one that falls into ''Film/GhostbustersII'' is the River of Slime sequences. For the model mininature effect of the subway and river, the model effects company went out and bought large quantities of the ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' toy slime produced by Kenner to use for the effect.
* In ''Film/MulhollandDrive'', when Betty Elms arrives at the movie studio for her audition, the car from ''Film/SunsetBoulevard'' is parked at the entrance.
* Creator/SteveMartin's dentist instruments from ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors'' were reused as gynecological tools in ''Film/DeadRingers'', then surgical instruments for the Joker in Tim Burton's ''Film/Batman1989''.
* The monster penis from ''Film/TromeoAndJuliet'' is reused in ''Film/CitizenToxieTheToxicAvengerIV''.
* The armor from ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' gets around a lot...
** Worn by the soldiers in ''Film/{{Impostor}}''.
** The ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' movie ''Film/GSaviour'' also recycled the uniforms from ''Starship Troopers''.
** A few other examples below in TV series.
** ...before finally being purchased off the used-props market to be used in ''Film/StarshipTroopers3Marauder''. And no-doubt being sold-off again. Such is the [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Circle of Props]].
** Several helmets from the film were worn by the gorilla SWAT team in the final scene of ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes2001''.
* ''Film/HarryPotter'':
** The Room of Requirement in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' recycles every set and prop from the previous movies (for instance, the giant chess pieces from the first, Snape's storage from the fourth, and the wedding decorations from part 1 of the seventh).
** CGI example: Buckbeak's wings are re-used as the wings of the flying horses pulling the Beauxbatons carriage.
** Speaking of ''Harry Potter'', sections of the Diagon Alley set were redressed and rearranged for the barricade scenes in ''Film/LesMiserables2012''.
* The teddy bear Jack Ryan gets for his daughter at the end of ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'' (credited as [[CharacterAsHimself Stanley]]) is the same teddy bear John [=McClane=] was bringing for his kids in the first ''Film/DieHard'' film. Both films were directed by John [=McTiernan=].
* ''Film/{{Galaxina}}'' features the Batmobile from the Adam West TV series.
* The Burning of Atlanta in ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' was actually the Burning of Many Old Set Pieces on The Backlot That Were Due to Be Demolished Anyway.
* Similar to the above, ''Film/LordsOfChaos'' built the churches burnt by the BlackMetal bands using the dismantled sets of ''Film/BladeRunner2049'', which was filming in the same city.
* After ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' almost bankrupted the studios where it was filmed, the costumes and props were re-used for ''Film/PrideAndPrejudice1940''. Never mind the fact that the two novels are set about 70 years apart (one circa 1790s, one in the 1860s and 70s), and on different continents, with radically different fashions, it was all the olden days, wasn't it?
* The external and interior sets from ''Film/DasBoot'' have been reused:
** Steven Spielberg rented the exterior set for ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''; someone forgot to tell the German production crew, leading to a bit of panic when they found it was missing.
** The interior set was used for the World War I submarine U-20 in the TV movie ''Lusitania: Murder on the Atlantic''. Interestingly, in real life, the Type VIIC of World War II and Type U-19 of World War I had similar internal dimensions.
* In the Creator/DorisDay film ''Film/ItsAGreatFeeling'', Patricia Neal has a cameo [[AsHimself As Herself]], and she is wearing the [[PrettyInMink ermine-trimmed]] LittleBlackDress from the film of ''Literature/TheFountainhead'' (as she just came from the set of that movie to film this scene).
* Kathy's car in ''Film/SinginInTheRain'' was previously Film/AndyHardy[='s=] car. Don Lockwood's mansion is filled with furniture from ''Film/FleshAndTheDevil''.
* The alien slavers' ships in ''Film/RobinsonCrusoeOnMars'' are clearly the Martian tripods from the better-known 1953 film Film/TheWarOfTheWorlds with a PaletteSwap (silver body with blue and red lights instead of dark metal with green lights) and the eyestalk removed.
* A rather forgettable 1963 [[Myth/ArthurianLegend Arthurian]] flick, ''Film/SiegeOfTheSaxons'' recycled props, costumes and [[StockFootage footage]] from 1954 film [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Knight_%28film%29 The Black Knight]] and 1963 film ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot_and_Guinevere Lancelot and Guineviere]]'' (a.k.a. ''Sword of Lancelot'').
* The yellow Oldsmobile Delta 88 used in most films directed by Creator/SamRaimi.
* The ''Golden Hinde II'', the 1973 replica of the ship in which SirFrancisDrake circumnavigated the globe, was used in ''Swashbuckler'', ''Literature/{{Shogun}}'' (film and TV series), ''Drake's Venture'' and ''Film/StTrinians2TheLegendOfFrittonsGold''.
* Slightly-modified North American AT-6 trainer aircraft (different cockpit canopies) standing as Mitsubishi [=A6M=] "Zeros"/"Zekes" quite got around. They were originally rebuilt to [[WeaponsUnderstudies impersonate]] [=A6M2=] "Zekes" for the 1970 movie ''Film/ToraToraTora'' Despite being noticeably larger and somewhat differently-shaped aircraft than a Zero, those [=T-6s=] were later used in the series ''Series/BlackSheepSquadron''. They later showed up in the 1980 time-travel movie ''Film/TheFinalCountdown'', which had the nuclear carrier ''USS Nimitz'' warped back to the late afternoon of December 6, 1941, just west of Hawaii...
* The USMC Harrier II fiberglass replica used to film the climax of ''Film/TrueLies'' was later reused by ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', for the fight scene between the Hulk and Thor, where the Hulk rips a wing off to hurl at the God of Thunder. Afterward, the prop was purchased and restored by the [[https://www.volocars.com/the-attraction/vehicles/13018/1994-harrier-jet Volo Auto Museum in Illinois.]]
* It was extremely common in earlier giant monster movies for the [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever monster]] [[{{Kaiju}} props]] to be recycled for sequels or related productions (since it's a lot cheaper than coming up with new puppets or costumes).
** All of the dinosaur models used in ''Film/KingKong1933'' were originally made for the (ultimately unreleased) film ''Creation'', while the armature for one of Kong's models was reused for his son in the sequel ''Son of Kong'' (and several of the other creature props, such as the ''Brontosaurus'', were also reused due to the extreme time restraints).
** Often ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' would have the same suits reused in sequels until they fell apart, resulting in some rather shoddy-looking damage to the kaiju costumes in later Showa Era films. And as detailed in the live-action tv folder, the early ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' often borrowed and modified Godzilla kaiju costumes and props for its own kaiju. In one case, this recycling went even further; the Rodan puppet from ''Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster'' was used for the ''Series/UltraQ'' bird monster Litra, and was then returned to Toho and again modified for ''Film/EbirahHorrorOfTheDeep'', this time into the condor monster Ookondoru.
** A very egregious example occurs in ''Film/GameraVsGuiron'' with "Space Gyaos", which is clearly just the same Gyaos props painted silver. Originally Space Gyaos was going to be a flying squirrel kaiju called Monga, but budgetary restraints resulted in the lazy PaletteSwap.
* ''Film/TheCrow'': The elaborate rapier that Top Dollar selects from a cabinet of lesser swords is also the Six-Fingered Sword wielded by Inigo in ''Film/ThePrincessBride''.
* Creator/CecilBDeMille actively prevented anyone from reusing his ''Film/TheTenCommandments1923'' set after he was done filming by literally burying it in the California desert where the film was shot. In recent years, it's been rediscovered and subject to excavation as if it really ''was'' a lost Ancient Egyptian city.
* The prisoners in ''Film/FaceOff'' wear the Goomba boots from ''Film/SuperMarioBros''
* In an example of ApprovalOfGod, ''Film/SawIII'' used the bathroom set made for the ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' parody in ''Film/ScaryMovie4''.
* The final battle of ''Film/{{Undefeatable}}'' appears to use the iconic knife from ''Film/{{Cobra}}''.
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* The uniforms from ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'' were used in the sci-fi BMovie ''Film/QueenOfOuterSpace''.
* The ''Queen Anne's Revenge'' in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'' was built atop the ship used for the ''Black Pearl'' in the previous films.
* ''Film/TheMatrix'' used several sets from ''Film/DarkCity'' (filmed at the same Sydney studio a few months before, and exploring some similar themes), most notably the roof-case from the teaser chase scene and the spiral staircase in the Lafayette Hotel.
* ''Film/AirplaneIITheSequel'' had the thing with lights that go back and forth. Seen in the background in some Sci-Fi series. Was also in an episode of ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. There is a site detailing its [[http://starringthecomputer.com/computer.php?c=73 numerous appearances.]]
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** A Tatooine prop, the krayt dragon skeleton, while not re-used in filming ''was'' left there; the winds periodically bury and uncover the thing. Rumor has it that a scientist at one point mistakenly reported the thing as a newly discovered dinosaur. One can only imagine his reaction when he learned what it actually was. The prop was reportedly a repurpose of a dinosaur skeleton originally made for the Disney movie ''Film/OneOfOurDinosaursIsMissing''
** IG-88's head was originally used as a drink dispenser in Ep. IV.
** Bossk's suit in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' was originally created for a human pilot in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' story "The Tenth Planet".
** Darth Vader's lightsaber in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' is a repainted prop of Luke's saber from the previous two movies (the two props were similar, but not identical, in shape). Apparently the original prop of Vader's lightsaber was stolen.
** Palpatine's ''Xyston''-class Star Destroyers in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' are a very obvious re-use of ''Film/RogueOne'''s CGI model for the ''Imperial-I''-class. The only differences are the size (the ''Xyston'' is scaled up, proportionally, by fifty percent), a few red stripes, and a [[spoiler:planet-killing]] WaveMotionGun added to the belly.
* Creator/MelBrooks reused Kenneth Strickfaden's original electrical equipment from the 1931 version of ''Film/{{Frankenstein|1931}}'' in his AffectionateParody, ''Film/YoungFrankenstein''. This was done not to save money but as an homage to the original film.
* The multiwheeled Landmaster vehicle from ''Film/DamnationAlley'' reappeared in various movies and TV episodes. (It almost had a better career than the human star Jan-Michael Vincent.)
* The gate featured in the original ''Film/{{King Kong|1933}}'' saw multiple uses in other movies, starting with Merian C. Cooper's next movie ''Film/{{She|1935}}'', ultimately being used as kindling in burning of Atlanta scene in ''Film/GoneWithTheWind''. (It was the burning wall that narrowly avoided crushing Rhett and Scarlett in a passing wagon.)
* ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'':
** The sets to Axis chemical factory in ''Film/Batman1989'' were from ''Film/{{Aliens}}''.
** Another reused prop from ''Film/{{Alien}}'' is a console in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "Earthshock".
** The griddle-like corridor panels, which were originally shipping pallets, have shown up in ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Series/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1981'', ''Series/BlakesSeven'' and ''Series/RedDwarf'' ''at least'', and probably in various other productions. They are heavily used in the original ''Franchise/StarWars'' movies, as floors and ceilings aboard the Death Star, the Millennium Falcon, Vader's Star Destroyer, Cloud City, the Endor Bunker and many other places.
* Defied by ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'': all the original props were unavailable for the sequel ''Film/TwoThousandTenTheYearWeMakeContact'' because Creator/StanleyKubrick deliberately destroyed them all, along with any design notes, after filming was completed specifically to avert this trope. The prop department for ''2010'' had no choice but to make replicas of everything from scratch based on examining what was visible in the film. In spite of which, the audio commentary for ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' claims that one of the original ''Discovery'' EVA pods can be seen in Watto's scrapyard on Tatooine. More likely it's the EVA pod built for ''2010''.
* Creator/RogerCorman's ''The St. Valentine's Day Massacre'' re-used sets from ''Theatre/HelloDolly'' and ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''. Corman actually had the resources of a studio behind him, and probably could have built new sets, but stuck to cost-saving measures out of habit.
* The Minigun in ''Film/{{Predator}}'' was reused in ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''. While all guns are prone to reuse in film, miniguns in particular are very prone to it due to their rarity in the civilian market. Every single one in the civilian market has made a movie or TV appearance at some point.
* The exact same Type 69 RPG used by the T-850 in ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' went on to be used in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' by The Joker to disable The Tumbler during the highway battle.
* ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'' reused several cars from other "futuristic" movies in its 2015 set.
* ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'':
** The chase scene at the end of the silent film version uses sets from Lon Chaney's previous film, ''[[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1923 The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' (most notably the cathedral facade).
** The opera stage set built for the film was reused in several pictures, including the 1943 ''[[Film/PhantomOfTheOpera1943 Phantom]]'' film, the Chaney biopic ''Film/ManOfAThousandFaces1957'', and, get this, ''Film/TheMuppets''.
* ''Film/JustImagine'', a sci-fi musical from the 1930s, had a lavish set costing a quarter million Depression-era dollars, but flopped in the theaters. Producers recouped some of their money by reusing StockFootage of the cityscape in the Universal film serials ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|Serial}}'' and ''ComicStrip/BuckRogers'', while Z-4's Rocket Plane was recycled as Zarkov's rocketship.
* The colored "Michelin Man" spacesuits from ''Film/DestinationMoon'' were later used in cheaper sci-fi efforts like ''Flight to Mars'', the TV series ''Series/{{Space Patrol|US}}'', and the spoof ''Film/AmazonWomenOnTheMoon''. The last film also re-used the Loch Ness Monster puppet from ''Film/TheLochNessHorror'' in one of its sketches.
* ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''. The original Marvin the Paranoid Android from the TV series was reused in a crowd scene in the 2006 movie as a MythologyGag. Movie!Arthur notices and does a clearly visible double-take.
* Miho's swords from ''Film/SinCity'' were the Crazy 88's from ''Film/KillBill''. Creator/QuentinTarantino, who special guest directed a segment in the film, had them in his garage and loaned them to the production.
* ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'':
** The PKE meters are used as...
*** ... walkie-talkies by the alien security guards in ''Film/TheyLive''.
*** ... a tracking device in ''Film/SuburbanCommando''.
*** ... and so does an episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. Yes, an ''animated series'' used this trope.
** ''Film/GhostbustersII'' features a device colloquially known as the "Tripod Trap". It appears in a few other things, including an episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''.
*** Another one that falls into ''Film/GhostbustersII'' is the River of Slime sequences. For the model mininature effect of the subway and river, the model effects company went out and bought large quantities of the ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' toy slime produced by Kenner to use for the effect.
* In ''Film/MulhollandDrive'', when Betty Elms arrives at the movie studio for her audition, the car from ''Film/SunsetBoulevard'' is parked at the entrance.
* Creator/SteveMartin's dentist instruments from ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors'' were reused as gynecological tools in ''Film/DeadRingers'', then surgical instruments for the Joker in Tim Burton's ''Film/Batman1989''.
* The monster penis from ''Film/TromeoAndJuliet'' is reused in ''Film/CitizenToxieTheToxicAvengerIV''.
* The armor from ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' gets around a lot...
** Worn by the soldiers in ''Film/{{Impostor}}''.
** The ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' movie ''Film/GSaviour'' also recycled the uniforms from ''Starship Troopers''.
** A few other examples below in TV series.
** ...before finally being purchased off the used-props market to be used in ''Film/StarshipTroopers3Marauder''. And no-doubt being sold-off again. Such is the [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Circle of Props]].
** Several helmets from the film were worn by the gorilla SWAT team in the final scene of ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes2001''.
* ''Film/HarryPotter'':
** The Room of Requirement in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' recycles every set and prop from the previous movies (for instance, the giant chess pieces from the first, Snape's storage from the fourth, and the wedding decorations from part 1 of the seventh).
** CGI example: Buckbeak's wings are re-used as the wings of the flying horses pulling the Beauxbatons carriage.
** Speaking of ''Harry Potter'', sections of the Diagon Alley set were redressed and rearranged for the barricade scenes in ''Film/LesMiserables2012''.
* The teddy bear Jack Ryan gets for his daughter at the end of ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'' (credited as [[CharacterAsHimself Stanley]]) is the same teddy bear John [=McClane=] was bringing for his kids in the first ''Film/DieHard'' film. Both films were directed by John [=McTiernan=].
* ''Film/{{Galaxina}}'' features the Batmobile from the Adam West TV series.
* The Burning of Atlanta in ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' was actually the Burning of Many Old Set Pieces on The Backlot That Were Due to Be Demolished Anyway.
* Similar to the above, ''Film/LordsOfChaos'' built the churches burnt by the BlackMetal bands using the dismantled sets of ''Film/BladeRunner2049'', which was filming in the same city.
* After ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' almost bankrupted the studios where it was filmed, the costumes and props were re-used for ''Film/PrideAndPrejudice1940''. Never mind the fact that the two novels are set about 70 years apart (one circa 1790s, one in the 1860s and 70s), and on different continents, with radically different fashions, it was all the olden days, wasn't it?
* The external and interior sets from ''Film/DasBoot'' have been reused:
** Steven Spielberg rented the exterior set for ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''; someone forgot to tell the German production crew, leading to a bit of panic when they found it was missing.
** The interior set was used for the World War I submarine U-20 in the TV movie ''Lusitania: Murder on the Atlantic''. Interestingly, in real life, the Type VIIC of World War II and Type U-19 of World War I had similar internal dimensions.
* In the Creator/DorisDay film ''Film/ItsAGreatFeeling'', Patricia Neal has a cameo [[AsHimself As Herself]], and she is wearing the [[PrettyInMink ermine-trimmed]] LittleBlackDress from the film of ''Literature/TheFountainhead'' (as she just came from the set of that movie to film this scene).
* Kathy's car in ''Film/SinginInTheRain'' was previously Film/AndyHardy[='s=] car. Don Lockwood's mansion is filled with furniture from ''Film/FleshAndTheDevil''.
* The alien slavers' ships in ''Film/RobinsonCrusoeOnMars'' are clearly the Martian tripods from the better-known 1953 film Film/TheWarOfTheWorlds with a PaletteSwap (silver body with blue and red lights instead of dark metal with green lights) and the eyestalk removed.
* A rather forgettable 1963 [[Myth/ArthurianLegend Arthurian]] flick, ''Film/SiegeOfTheSaxons'' recycled props, costumes and [[StockFootage footage]] from 1954 film [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Knight_%28film%29 The Black Knight]] and 1963 film ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot_and_Guinevere Lancelot and Guineviere]]'' (a.k.a. ''Sword of Lancelot'').
* The yellow Oldsmobile Delta 88 used in most films directed by Creator/SamRaimi.
* The ''Golden Hinde II'', the 1973 replica of the ship in which SirFrancisDrake circumnavigated the globe, was used in ''Swashbuckler'', ''Literature/{{Shogun}}'' (film and TV series), ''Drake's Venture'' and ''Film/StTrinians2TheLegendOfFrittonsGold''.
* Slightly-modified North American AT-6 trainer aircraft (different cockpit canopies) standing as Mitsubishi [=A6M=] "Zeros"/"Zekes" quite got around. They were originally rebuilt to [[WeaponsUnderstudies impersonate]] [=A6M2=] "Zekes" for the 1970 movie ''Film/ToraToraTora'' Despite being noticeably larger and somewhat differently-shaped aircraft than a Zero, those [=T-6s=] were later used in the series ''Series/BlackSheepSquadron''. They later showed up in the 1980 time-travel movie ''Film/TheFinalCountdown'', which had the nuclear carrier ''USS Nimitz'' warped back to the late afternoon of December 6, 1941, just west of Hawaii...
* The USMC Harrier II fiberglass replica used to film the climax of ''Film/TrueLies'' was later reused by ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', for the fight scene between the Hulk and Thor, where the Hulk rips a wing off to hurl at the God of Thunder. Afterward, the prop was purchased and restored by the [[https://www.volocars.com/the-attraction/vehicles/13018/1994-harrier-jet Volo Auto Museum in Illinois.]]
* It was extremely common in earlier giant monster movies for the [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever monster]] [[{{Kaiju}} props]] to be recycled for sequels or related productions (since it's a lot cheaper than coming up with new puppets or costumes).
** All of the dinosaur models used in ''Film/KingKong1933'' were originally made for the (ultimately unreleased) film ''Creation'', while the armature for one of Kong's models was reused for his son in the sequel ''Son of Kong'' (and several of the other creature props, such as the ''Brontosaurus'', were also reused due to the extreme time restraints).
** Often ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' would have the same suits reused in sequels until they fell apart, resulting in some rather shoddy-looking damage to the kaiju costumes in later Showa Era films. And as detailed in the live-action tv folder, the early ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' often borrowed and modified Godzilla kaiju costumes and props for its own kaiju. In one case, this recycling went even further; the Rodan puppet from ''Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster'' was used for the ''Series/UltraQ'' bird monster Litra, and was then returned to Toho and again modified for ''Film/EbirahHorrorOfTheDeep'', this time into the condor monster Ookondoru.
** A very egregious example occurs in ''Film/GameraVsGuiron'' with "Space Gyaos", which is clearly just the same Gyaos props painted silver. Originally Space Gyaos was going to be a flying squirrel kaiju called Monga, but budgetary restraints resulted in the lazy PaletteSwap.
* ''Film/TheCrow'': The elaborate rapier that Top Dollar selects from a cabinet of lesser swords is also the Six-Fingered Sword wielded by Inigo in ''Film/ThePrincessBride''.
* Creator/CecilBDeMille actively prevented anyone from reusing his ''Film/TheTenCommandments1923'' set after he was done filming by literally burying it in the California desert where the film was shot. In recent years, it's been rediscovered and subject to excavation as if it really ''was'' a lost Ancient Egyptian city.
* The prisoners in ''Film/FaceOff'' wear the Goomba boots from ''Film/SuperMarioBros''
* In an example of ApprovalOfGod, ''Film/SawIII'' used the bathroom set made for the ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' parody in ''Film/ScaryMovie4''.
* The final battle of ''Film/{{Undefeatable}}'' appears to use the iconic knife from ''Film/{{Cobra}}''.
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