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* FountainOfExpies: [[invoked]] ''Borrowing Blockbusters'' has so far covered MayTheFarceBeWithYou, TerminatorImpersonator, TuxedoAndMartini TuxedoAndMartini, XenomorphXerox and XenomorphXerox.AdventurerArchaeologist.
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* FountainOfExpies: [[invoked]] Some episodes touch on which famous characters in a given blockbuster are often Xeroxed for {{Mockbuster}}s.
** ''Jaws''' characters are broken down by name and narrative purpose, and it's noted when clones tend to play with their role; i.e. [[SuitWithVestedInterests Mayor Vaughn]] expies tend to be eaten by the beast, and [[TheSmartGuy Hooper]] expies are often [[GenderFlip Gender Flipped]].
** ''Jaws''' characters are broken down by name and narrative purpose, and it's noted when clones tend to play with their role; i.e. [[SuitWithVestedInterests Mayor Vaughn]] expies tend to be eaten by the beast, and [[TheSmartGuy Hooper]] expies are often [[GenderFlip Gender Flipped]].
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* FountainOfExpies: [[invoked]] ''Borrowing Blockbusters'' has so far covered MayTheFarceBeWithYou, TerminatorImpersonator, TuxedoAndMartini and XenomorphXerox.
** Some episodes touch on which famous characters in a given blockbuster are often Xeroxed for{{Mockbuster}}s.
**{{Mockbuster}}s; for example, ''Jaws''' characters are broken down by name and narrative purpose, and it's noted when clones tend to play with their role; i.e. [[SuitWithVestedInterests Mayor Vaughn]] expies tend to be eaten by the beast, and [[TheSmartGuy Hooper]] expies are often [[GenderFlip Gender Flipped]].
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* ScreenToStageAdaptation: ''Terminator the Second'', a stage adaptation of ''Film/Terminator2'' where all dialogue is replaced by dialogue from Creator/WilliamShakespeare plays, is given special mention.
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* ScreenToStageAdaptation: ''Terminator the Second'', a stage adaptation of ''Film/Terminator2'' ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' where all dialogue is replaced by dialogue from Creator/WilliamShakespeare plays, is given special mention.
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* StockFootage: Creator/RogerCorman films' frequent reuse of stock footage from his earlier movies is pointed out often. One particular sequence of a spaceship from ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars'' is seen in half a dozen other sci-fi films.
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* StockFootage: Creator/RogerCorman films' frequent reuse of stock footage from his earlier movies is pointed out often. One particular sequence of a spaceship from ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars'' is seen in half a dozen other sci-fi films.earned [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WVR6gzBGUU its own dedicated video]] from being reused so often.
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** ''Borrowing Blockbusters: The Best, Worst and Weirdest Star Wars Knock Offs'' showcases several early cash-ins made in Italy and Japan before ''Star Wars'' released in those territories, so the creators didn't have much to work with beyond the "space adventure" theme. They draw visual inspiration from ''Series/StarTrek'' instead.
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** ''Borrowing Blockbusters: The Best, Worst and Weirdest Star Wars Knock Offs'' showcases several early cash-ins made in Italy and Japan before ''Star Wars'' released in those territories, so the creators didn't have much to work with beyond the "space adventure" theme. They draw visual inspiration from ''Series/StarTrek'' ''Franchise/StarTrek'' instead.
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** ''Borrowing Blockbusters: The Best, Worst and Weirdest Star Wars Knock Offs'' showcases two several early cash-ins made in Italy and Japan before ''Star Wars'' released in those territories, so the creators didn't have much to work with beyond the "space adventure" theme. They draw visual inspiration from ''Series/StarTrek'' instead.
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** The splicing of reused footage from other movies in ''[[{{Film/Carnosaur}} Carnosaur 3: Primal Species]]'' is shown to be so poorly done that much of it feature revealing frames from adjacent shots.
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** The splicing of reused footage from other movies in ''[[{{Film/Carnosaur}} Carnosaur 3: Primal Species]]'' the ''{{Film/Carnosaur}}'' film ''Raptor'' is shown to be so poorly done that much of it feature revealing frames from adjacent shots.
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** The splicing of reused footage from other movies in ''[[{{Film/Carnosaur}} Carnosaur 3: Primal Species]]'' is shown to be so poorly done that much of it feature revealing frames from adjacent shots.
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** 1997's ''Hybrid'' features a montage at the beginning comprised of footage lifted directly from ''Film/GalaxyOfTerror'', ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars'', ''Star Hunter'', ''Film/Earthquake'', ''Fatal Justice'', ''Biohazard: The Alien Force'', ''The Great Los Angeles Earthquake'', and ''Film/ForbiddenWorld''.
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** 1997's ''Hybrid'' features a montage at the beginning comprised of footage lifted directly from ''Film/GalaxyOfTerror'', ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars'', ''Star Hunter'', ''Film/Earthquake'', ''{{Film/Earthquake}}'', ''Fatal Justice'', ''Biohazard: The Alien Force'', ''The Great Los Angeles Earthquake'', and ''Film/ForbiddenWorld''.
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* [[invoked]] {{Blooper}}: Many films feature sloppy craftsmanship like [[VisibleBoomMic Visible Boom Mics]] or SpecialEffectsFailure, but special mention is made for ''Zombies: The Beginning'''s opening credits where the special effects prosthetics are simply credited to [[AC:Prosthetics Artist]].
--> "The fact it's bright red and fills the screen only seems to make it funnier."
--> "The fact it's bright red and fills the screen only seems to make it funnier."
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->"Whatever the reason, Michael Dudikoff, Steven Seagal, Andrew Divoff, Bryan Genesse, Ice-T and others have each appeared in half a dozen or so ''Try Hard''s, while Eric Roberts has played multiple [=McClanes=], Grubers and every character in between. It's almost like this little subgenre has its own repertory company."
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* InNameOnly: Occasionally movies featured will only copy the name or iconic imagery of a movie they're ripping off such as twofer ''Film/ShockingDark'', originally released as ''Terminator 2'' in Italy but is instead a blatant SerialNumbersFiledOff expy of ''{{Film/Aliens}}''.
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* InNameOnly: Occasionally movies featured will only copy the name or iconic imagery of a movie they're ripping off such as twofer ''Film/ShockingDark'', originally released as ''Terminator 2'' in Italy but is instead a blatant [[invoked]] SerialNumbersFiledOff expy of ''{{Film/Aliens}}''.
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** ''Jaws''' characters are broken down by name and narrative purpose, and it's noted when clones tend to play with their role; i.e. [[SuitWithVestedInterests Mayor Vaughn]] expies tend to be eaten by the beast, and [[TheSmartGuy Hooper]] expies are often GenderFlipped.
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** ''Jaws''' characters are broken down by name and narrative purpose, and it's noted when clones tend to play with their role; i.e. [[SuitWithVestedInterests Mayor Vaughn]] expies tend to be eaten by the beast, and [[TheSmartGuy Hooper]] expies are often GenderFlipped.[[GenderFlip Gender Flipped]].
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* DirectToVideo: Invoked; many films featured were part of the genre boom driven by the VHS rental market.
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* DirectToVideo: Invoked; many [[invoked]] Many films featured were part of the genre boom driven by the VHS rental market.
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* FountainOfExpies: Invoked; some episodes touch on which famous characters in a given blockbuster are often Xeroxed for {{Mockbuster}}s.
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* MisaimedMerchandising: Invoked; an ''Alien'' action figure commercial aimed at children is shown in ''The Best Worst Alien Knock-Offs of the 1990s and Beyond'', as well as interviews with families who saw the film early in its run and believed it was going to be the next ''Star Wars''. One features a child [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids discouraging his friends from seeing it]], and another features a father who believed it was important that children see the movie so [[DayDreamBeliever they are prepared for such possible situations in reality]].
* ProductionPosse: In-universe, of sorts; the second ''Die Hard'' episode notes actors that tend to pop up in this particular breed of knock-off.
* ProductionPosse: In-universe, of sorts; the second ''Die Hard'' episode notes actors that tend to pop up in this particular breed of knock-off.
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* MisaimedMerchandising: Invoked; an MisaimedMerchandising: [[invoked]] An ''Alien'' action figure commercial aimed at children is shown in ''The Best Worst Alien Knock-Offs of the 1990s and Beyond'', as well as interviews with families who saw the film early in its run and believed it was going to be the next ''Star Wars''. One features a child [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids discouraging his friends from seeing it]], and another features a father who believed it was important that children see the movie so [[DayDreamBeliever they are prepared for such possible situations in reality]].
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* TroubledProduction: Invoked; they have two videos chronicling the rocky productions of ''Film/SpaceMutiny'' and ''Ninja III: The Domination''.
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* TroubledProduction: Invoked; they [[invoked]] They have two videos chronicling the rocky productions of ''Film/SpaceMutiny'' and ''Ninja III: The Domination''.
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* DirectToVideo: Many Invoked; many films featured were part of the genre boom driven by the VHS rental market.
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* MisaimedMerchandising: An ''Alien'' action figure commercial aimed at children is shown in ''The Best Worst Alien Knock-Offs of the 1990s and Beyond'', as well as interviews with families who saw the film early in its run and believed it was going to be the next ''Star Wars''. One features a child [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids discouraging his friends from seeing it]], and another features a father who believed it was important that children see the movie so [[DayDreamBeliever they are prepared for such possible situations in reality]].
* ProductionPosse: Of sorts; the second ''Die Hard'' episode notes actors that tend to pop up in this particular breed of knock-off.
* ProductionPosse: Of sorts; the second ''Die Hard'' episode notes actors that tend to pop up in this particular breed of knock-off.
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* MisaimedMerchandising: An Invoked; an ''Alien'' action figure commercial aimed at children is shown in ''The Best Worst Alien Knock-Offs of the 1990s and Beyond'', as well as interviews with families who saw the film early in its run and believed it was going to be the next ''Star Wars''. One features a child [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids discouraging his friends from seeing it]], and another features a father who believed it was important that children see the movie so [[DayDreamBeliever they are prepared for such possible situations in reality]].
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* StockFootage: One particular sequence of a spaceship from ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars'' is seen in half a dozen other sci-fi films, usually other Creator/RogerCorman movies.
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* StockFootage: Creator/RogerCorman films' frequent reuse of stock footage from his earlier movies is pointed out often. One particular sequence of a spaceship from ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars'' is seen in half a dozen other sci-fi films, usually other Creator/RogerCorman movies.films.
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* StockFootage: Especially prevalent in ''Star Wars'' knock-offs, where the same spaceship footage appears in nearly a dozen different movies, and not always legally.
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* StockFootage: Especially prevalent in ''Star Wars'' knock-offs, where the same One particular sequence of a spaceship footage appears from ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars'' is seen in nearly half a dozen different movies, and not always legally.other sci-fi films, usually other Creator/RogerCorman movies.
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* ProductionPosse: Of sorts; the second ''Die Hard'' episode notes actors that tend to pop up in this particular breed of knock-off.
->"Whatever the reason, Michael Dudikoff, Steven Seagal, Andrew Divoff, Bryan Genesse, Ice-T and others have each appeared in half a dozen or so ''Try Hard''s, while Eric Roberts has played multiple [=McClanes=], Grubers and every character in between. It's almost like this little subgenre has its own repertory company."
->"Whatever the reason, Michael Dudikoff, Steven Seagal, Andrew Divoff, Bryan Genesse, Ice-T and others have each appeared in half a dozen or so ''Try Hard''s, while Eric Roberts has played multiple [=McClanes=], Grubers and every character in between. It's almost like this little subgenre has its own repertory company."
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* ScreenToStageAdaptation: ''Terminator the Second'', a stage adaptation of ''Film/Terminator2'' where all dialogue is replaced by dialogue from Creator/WilliamShakespeare plays, is given special mention.
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* InNameOnly: Occasionally movies featured will only copy the name or iconic imagery of a movie they're ripping off such as twofer ''Film/ShockingDark'', originally released as ''Terminator 2'' in Italy but is instead a blatant SerialNumbersFiledOff expy of ''{{Film/Aliens}}''.
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->''"If you can't be good, be bad."''
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* FountainOfExpies: Some episodes touch on which famous characters in a given blockbuster are often Xeroxed for {{Mockbuster}}s.
** ''Jaws''' characters are broken down by name and narrative purpose, and it's noted when clones tend to play with their role; i.e. [[SuitWithVestedInterests Mayor Vaughn]] expies tend to be eaten by the beast, and [[TheSmartGuy Hooper]] expies are often GenderFlipped.
** ''Jaws''' characters are broken down by name and narrative purpose, and it's noted when clones tend to play with their role; i.e. [[SuitWithVestedInterests Mayor Vaughn]] expies tend to be eaten by the beast, and [[TheSmartGuy Hooper]] expies are often GenderFlipped.
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** Expies of the shark from ''Jaws'' are noted to frequently be portrayed by stock footage.
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* TroubledProduction: They have two videos chronicling the rocky productions of ''Film/SpaceMutiny'' and ''Ninja III: The Domination''.
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* DieHardOnAnX: The ''Borrowing Blockbusters: The Best, Worst & Weirdest Die Hard Knock Offs'' is broken up into:
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* ForeignRemake: Many, usually unlicensed.
* StockFootage: Especially prevalent in ''Star Wars'' knock-offs, where the same spaceship footage appears in nearly a dozen different movies, and not always legally.
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!! Tropes featured in ''The Bad Movie Bible'':
* DieHardOnAnX: The ''Borrowing Blockbusters: The Best, Worst & Weirdest Die Hard Knock Offs'' is broken up into:
** [-''Die Hard'' in a Skyscraper-]
** [-''Die Hard'' in a Power Plant-]
** [-''Die Hard'' in a Mall-]
** [-''Die Hard'' on a Military Base-]
** [-''Die Hard'' on a Plane-]
** [-''Die Hard'' in a Town-]
** [-''Die Hard'' in a Venue-]
** [-''Die Hard'' in a School-]
** [-''Die Hard'' on a Ship-]
** [-''Die Hard'' on a Train-]
** [-''Die Hard'' InSpace-]
* DirectToVideo: Most films featured were part of the genre boom driven by the VHS rental market.
* ExploitationFilm: Many. The ''Jaws'' episode of ''Borrowing Blockbusters'' calls its knock-offs "Jawsploitation," and the video on [[VanityProject vanity projects]] refers to them as "egosploitation."
* VanityProject: Explored in ''A Top 10 of Vanity Projects - The Best Worst Egosploitation''.
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''[[https://www.youtube.com/@TheBadMovieBible/featured The Bad Movie Bible]]'' is a WebVideo series by Rob Hill that looks at [[BMovie B-and-below-movie]] output from around the world with a strong emphasis on films from the '80s and '90s. Unlike many critics who focus on similar content, Hill takes a more even-handed approach and treats most featured films with appreciation for their strong points and respect for their effort and craft, even if many SoBadItsGood moments are showcased in all their glory.
Their ''Borrowing Blockbusters'' series focuses on exploring {{Mockbuster}}s and movies [[FollowTheLeader otherwise greatly inspired]] by influential films.
[[folder:Films featured in ''Borrowing Blockbusters'']]
* ''{{Film/Jaws}}''
* ''Film/JamesBond''
* ''Film/TheTerminator''
* ''Film/DieHard''
* ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984''
* ''Franchise/StarWars''
* ''{{Film/Alien}}'' and ''{{Film/Aliens}}''
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Their ''Borrowing Blockbusters'' series focuses on exploring {{Mockbuster}}s and movies [[FollowTheLeader otherwise greatly inspired]] by influential films.
[[folder:Films featured in ''Borrowing Blockbusters'']]
* ''{{Film/Jaws}}''
* ''Film/JamesBond''
* ''Film/TheTerminator''
* ''Film/DieHard''
* ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984''
* ''Franchise/StarWars''
* ''{{Film/Alien}}'' and ''{{Film/Aliens}}''
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