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7	->''"''Overdrive'' is a street crime movie set in today's San Francisco, okay? It's one of those throwback movies to the '70s exploitation films. Bombs, car chases, afros, hot chicks, windsurfing, space shuttle, okay?"''
8	-->-- '''Robert Rodino''', ''VideoGame/{{Stuntman}}: Ignition''
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10	Remember back in the day, when there was that prevalent, cheaply made form of entertainment that was SoBadItsGood, or at least good but dated? Wouldn't you like to bring it back?
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12	Well, if you're in Hollywood and you have a high enough profile, you can. And you can do it ''better'' with a brand-new franchise, better special effects, better actors, a better budget and, hopefully, better writing. If the old form of entertainment has been {{deconstruct\|ion}}ed, then this work will probably feature a lot of {{reconstruct\|ion}}ing.
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14	If especially successful, this can result in a game of FollowTheLeader as everyone else begins mining the past (or, more frequently, ripping off the successful modern version) in the hope that lightning will strike twice. If these follow-ups are of poor quality, or if there's just too many of them (or both, as is [[SturgeonsLaw often the case]]), then it can [[GenreKiller result in the genre being thrown right back in the trash]] until someone else decides it's worth reviving. Works like this also risk running afoul of SoBadItWasBetter, where the original genre had certain beloved ''flaws'' which are lost in the revival.
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16	If done especially well, it can hide the fact that it ''is'' a throwback. It is only upon reviewing its similarity to past incarnations that the connection is made. Compare OlderThanTheyThink.
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18	Note this should ''not'' cover instances of a specific ''franchise'' [[ContinuityReboot being brought back]], e.g., the later incarnations of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' or ''Series/DoctorWho'', or the ''Film/{{Flash Gordon\|1980}}'' movie. This trope is much closer to a SpiritualSuccessor than an actual ContinuityReboot or {{Revival}}.
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20	SuperTrope to TwoFistedTales. Has nothing to do with EvolutionaryLevels, we promise. This trope is also the natural environment of DeliberatelyMonochrome.
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22	Compare {{Retraux}}, {{Homage}}, GenreDeconstruction, DeconReconSwitch and AffectionateParody.
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24	!!Examples:
25	[[index]]
26	* GenreThrowback/{{Film}}
27	* GenreThrowback/VideoGames
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32	[[folder:Advertising]]
33	* The hot dog-based fast food chain, [[https://www.youtube.com/user/mostwantedwiener/videos Wienerschnitzel,]] has been making a series of animated commercials that are this for animated ads of TheSixties.
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36	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
37	* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' is this for pretty much the entire HumongousMecha genre -- {{super\|RobotGenre}} and {{real\|RobotGenre}} robot alike, but especially super. It's almost allegorical -- view the page for details. (Warning! Spoilers!)
38	* Most of the works of Creator/NaokiUrasawa (''Manga/{{Monster}}'', ''Manga/TwentiethCenturyBoys'', et al...) hearken back to the suspense-thriller gekiga stories that first appeared in the '60s, particularily Creator/OsamuTezuka's attempts to get in on the act, such as ''Manga/{{MW}}'' and ''Manga/{{Adolf}}''.
39	* ''Manga/CannonGodExaxxion'': Early '70s SuperRobot anime, only with much more realistic politics between the humans and alien invaders.
40	* ''Anime/Metropolis2001'': The works of Creator/OsamuTezuka and early anime in general.
41	* ''Anime/PrettyCure'' was this to the MagicalGirlWarrior genre, with added PostModernism and ''Manga/DragonBall''-styled fighting sequences to have it stand out even then. While later seasons were more colorful and brighter, the art style [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure from the first season]] [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar to the third]] resembled more of a {{Retraux}} 80s or 90s shonen anime like their big hit in that era, ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', with later seasons looking like a modernized colorful version of ''Manga/SailorMoon'' style afterwards.
42	** ''Anime/StarTwinklePrettyCure'' does this in a different direction, combining ''[=PreCure=]''[='s=] signature style with that of a SpaceOpera from TheEighties; it plays fast and loose with the rules of more "hard" sci-fi. The show's musical themes in particular have a noticeable UsefulNotes/{{Synthwave}} styling to them, and the story itself is implied to take place in the '80s as well.
43	* ''Literature/NinjaSlayer'': Ultraviolent 90s {{Cyberpunk}} anime and manga like ''Anime/{{Genocyber}}''.
44	* Overlapping with GenreMashup, ''Anime/TheBigO'' is this to both classic FilmNoir ''and'' old-school GiantMecha series.
45	* ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' is both a throwback and an AffectionateParody of 70s SuperRobot shows like ''Anime/MazingerZ''. The ShowWithinAShow takes the throwback even further into full-on StylisticSuck territory.
46	* ''Anime/VladLove'' is essentially a throwback to the screwball MagicalGirlfriend comedies of the 2000s, with the added twist that the main couple are two girls.
47	* ''Manga/IdolDreams'', which began in 2013, is meant to be a throwback to the older MagicIdolSinger anime and manga of the 80s and 90s (and of which Creator/ArinaTanemura's previous work, ''Manga/FullMoon'', is also an example). However, there are some twists on the setup; the manga is aimed at [[{{Josei}} an older audience]] than usual, the 31-year-old main character [[FountainOfYouth ages herself down]] to become an idol instead of being a child with an OlderAlterEgo, and she does this with an age-altering drug instead of magic.
48	* ''Anime/BangBraveBangBravern'' is, similar to ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'', both a love letter and an AffectionateParody of old SuperRobot shows, this time from TheNineties, most obviously the ''Anime/BraveSeries'', with a human teaming up with a HotBlooded living HumongousMecha (only now with ''much'' more added HomoeroticSubtext).
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51	[[folder: Automobiles]]
52	* During the late '90s and '00s, there was a boom in vehicle design designed to evoke older periods of such, driven partly as a backlash against the wind-tunnel-carved lines of cars in the late '80s and early-mid '90s.
53	** The Volkswagen New Beetle, which helped kick off the trend, was intended as a modernization of the classic VW Bug of TheFifties and TheSixties. This car wound up influencing the relaunched Mini Cooper and Fiat 500, both of which did the same with their vintage compact namesakes.
54	** The Chrysler PT Cruiser and Plymouth Prowler were throwbacks to '30s coupes that, in the '50s, were souped up into hot rods by their secondhand owners.
55	** The Chevrolet HHR (designed by the same engineer as the PT Cruiser) was a throwback to '40s/'50s trucks and panel vans.
56	** The Chrysler 300 was inspired by '50s American luxobarge sedans.
57	** The fifth-generation Ford Mustang and the relaunched Chevrolet Camaro and Dodge Challenger were meant to hearken back to '60s muscle cars, most notably their namesakes.
58	* Nissan did this in the late eighties and early nineties with their so-called "Pike cars": the Figaro (a fifties-styled small convertible)[[note]]Known to British TV fans as Sarah's car in ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures''[[/note]], the Pao (a sixties-styled small car), the Be-1 (a seventies-styled small car), and the S-Cargo (a minivan blatantly inspired by the Citroen 2CV van).
59	** More recently, they intend to do it again with the new Nissan Z, which launched in 2021 and its concept looks very similar to the old Datsun [=240Z=].
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62	[[folder:Board Games]]
63	* [[http://www.flyingfrog.net/ Flying Frog Productions]] designs many of its games around throwbacks:
64	** ''Fortune And Glory:'' TwoFistedTales.
65	** ''Invasion from Outer Space'' and ''Conquest of Planet Earth:'' '50s and '60s AlienInvasion movies.
66	** ''Shadows of Brimstone'': WeirdWest.
67	** ''A Touch of Evil:'' Film/HammerHorror.
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70	[[folder:Comic Books]]
71	* Creator/AlanMoore ''loves'' these.
72	** ''ComicBook/NineteenSixtyThree'' is a sendup of early Marvel comics, especially those of Creator/StanLee (Moore was able to replicate Lee's PurpleProse and self-promotion abilities perfectly).
73	** ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' does this for several genres and periods, albeit with a darker edge.
74	** The first six issues of ''ComicBook/TomStrong'' each featured a flashback done as a pastiche of an earlier age of comics.
75	** In ''ComicBook/{{Supreme}}''. Moore not only recreates the Silver Age Superman atmosphere, but also brings back all the different decades and styles including '80s grim 'n' gritty, Captain Marvel Family, and EC comics stories just to name a few.
76	** ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' isn't one of these. The in-story ''Tales of the Black Freighter'' comic, on the other hand, is, homaging the old Creator/ECComics horror/mystery titles of TheFifties. The horror/mystery genre never ''completely'' died out[[note]]DC's own ''ComicBook/HouseOfMystery'' ran uninterrupted from the early 1950s through the early 1980s, and there was a short-lived revival of the title starring Creator/{{Elvira\|MistressOfTheDark}} around the time ''Watchmen'' itself came out[[/note]], but after the rise of MediaNotes/TheComicsCode they were pushed to the margins while superhero comics like Batman and Superman took over the mainstream of the medium. ''Tales of the Black Freighter'' was Moore's take on what the best-selling comic in a world without superhero comics would look like.
77	* ''ComicBook/Aquaman1994 Annual #3'' was part of a "Pulp Heroes" event that took superheroes back to their pulp-inspired roots. Aquaman had three noir-style adventures as he searched for his missing friend Tusky, rescued Nera, a dolphin friend of his, and went undercover to infiltrate a gang.
78	* ''ComicBook/{{Planetary}}'' throws in pastiches of comic book genres that were popular in the 1950s (sci-fi, pulp adventure, western, horror, etc.) before being almost completely eclipsed by the superhero genre in MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks.
79	* Matt Fraction's ''ComicBook/{{Casanova}}'' is this for the psychedelic spy comics of the sixties.
80	* Marvel had a whole small line dedicated to reinterpreting its properties including [[Comicbook/SpiderManNoir Spider-Man]] in FilmNoir and [[TwoFistedTales Pulp]] settings.
81	* ''ComicBook/SinCity'' takes its cues from FilmNoir books and films, as well as {{Exploitation Film}}s, despite being a comic book series. It was eventually made into a [[TheMovie movie]] where the homages were perhaps more apparent.
82	* ''ComicBook/MorningGlories:'' GenreSavvy teen-centered {{Horror}} from TheNineties.
83	* The 2013 ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' series was done in the style of '60s/'70s Jack Kirby comics, with plot points heavily connected to the Vietnam War, outlandish villains, and crazy technology.
84	* ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' wears its indebtedness to MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks on its sleeve.
85	** In a more specific example, the heroes of the 20s and 30s such as the Cloak of Night and the Five Deadly Fists are homages to old pulp stories, such as Radio/TheShadow.
86	* ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'' is heavily inspired by Atomic Age horror comics, such as the earliest portrayal of the Hulk by Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby, but with a contemporary spin. It's SpiritualSuccessor by the same author, ''ComicBook/TheImmortalThor'', does the same with HeroicFantasy comics of the same era and after, homaging Thor's earlier appearances under writers like Kirby. Meanwhile, [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk2023 the Hulk run]] that succeeded ''Immortal Hulk'' continued the horror comic throwback by moving on to paying tribute to 70s and 80s era GothicHorror comics like ''ComicBook/ManThing'' or ''ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula''.
87	* ''ComicBook/AtomicRobo'': WeirdScience stories and TwoFistedTales of the '30s and '40s, with occasional forays into RaygunGothic.
88	* ''ComicBook/SandmanMysteryTheatre'': [[MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] pulp detective comics and novels.
89	* ''ComicBook/NewXMen'': The character of Fantomex is a throwback to AntiHero GentlemanThief characters such as ComicBook/{{Diabolik}} and Literature/{{Fantomas}}.
90	* ''ComicBook/PinkLemonade'' is a LighterAndSofter [[AlternativeComics Alt-Comic]] done InTheStyleOf MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks (as well as referencing MediaNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks via the character of ex-NinetiesAntiHero Ron Radical).
91	* ''ComicBook/WonderWomanBlackAndGold'': "Whatever Happened to Cathy Perkins?" is a throwback to the [[MediaNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] Mod era of ''ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman\|1942}}'' (1968-73) with Diana unexpectedly running into her old supporting character Cathy Perkins after decades, revisiting the bouquet shop they used to run, and fending off the old villain trio of THEM!.
92	* ''ComicBook/AgeOfTheSentry'': A very AffectionateParody of Silver Age superhero comics, particularly Franchise/{{Superman}} stories of that period.
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95	[[folder:Fashion]]
96	* The [[TheSeventies 1970s]] fashion house ''Biba'' pays homage to 1920s and 1930s ArtDeco aesthetics.
97	* Christian Dior's ''New Look'' collection in the late 1940s throws back Edwardian elegance that had been lost during both world wars.
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100	[[folder:Literature]]
101	* Kelly Creagh's [[Literature/Nevermore2010 Nevermore Trilogy]] is a young adult take on {{gothic horror}} romance and [[ShoutOut homage]] to the works of Edgar Allan Poe.
102	* ''Literature/SpaceVulture'' (cheesy 1950s Sci-Fi)
103	* Creator/KarlSchroeder's novels tend to mix this with hard science fiction. For example, both ''Ventus'' and ''Sun Of Suns'' are throwbacks to {{planetary romance}}s.
104	* Creator/MichaelMoorcock's ''Kane of Old Mars'' series is a throwback to the PlanetaryRomance pulps, specifically Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs' ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'' novels.
105	* Creator/LinCarter's ''Zarkon, Lord of the Unknown'' series is an attempt to recreate ''Literature/DocSavage''-style pulp adventures.
106	* The novel ''Literature/GrandCentralArena'' by Creator/RykESpoor is a deliberate throwback to the Creator/EEDocSmith-style space operas, including referencing some of Smith's novels directly, and a setting that allows for classic ''Franchise/StarWars''-style dogfighting.
107	* Creator/ThomasPynchon's ''Against the Day'' and ''Inherent Vice''. The former mixes popular genres from around the turn of the 20th century, such as Westerns, spy novels, and early science fiction; the latter is based on early pulp Detective Fiction featuring the hard-boiled detective.
108	* All of John Irving's novels are throwbacks to 19th century literature, particularly Creator/CharlesDickens.
109	* Nathan Long's ''Jane Carver of Waar'' to PlanetaryRomance, especially ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'' (as you can tell from the name).
110	* Michael J. Sullivan's ''Literature/TheRiyriaRevelations'' is a throwback to [[StandardFantasySetting classic fantasy]].
111	* Although less clear today, Creator/HPLovecraft's works were throwbacks to earlier stories written almost a century before his. His biggest influences were Creator/EdgarAllanPoe, Creator/RobertWChambers (especially ''Literature/TheKingInYellow''), Creator/AlgernonBlackwood, Creator/ArthurMachen, and Creator/LordDunsany.
112	** His short story "The Doom That Came To Sarnath" is a throwback to the more fire-and-brimstone segments of Literature/TheBible.
113	* ''Literature/BattlefieldEarth'' was written to recapture the spirit of the Golden Age of ScienceFiction.
114	* ''Atlanta in Calydon'' by Creator/AlgernonCharlesSwinburne was written in the style of the tragic plays of ancient Greece.
115	* ''Literature/SheepsClothing'' deliberately hearkens back to the darker, Creator/BramStoker style vampires as a deliberate rejection of the romantic ''Franchise/{{Twilight}}''-style vampires.
116	* John Fultz's ''Seven Princes'' (the first in the ''Books of the Shaper'' series) is written in the PurpleProse style of pulp-era HeroicFantasy.
117	* Literature/BrownsPineRidgeStories: This anthology is written to invoke works of the 1950s and 1960s prior to the UsefulNotes/TheRuralPurge. For bonus points, an episode of ''Series/{{Bonanza}}'' is discussed in the fourth story.
118	* Creator/JacekDukaj's story "Oko potwora" is written in the style of Creator/StanislawLem's stories from a few decades prior (specifically evoking works such as ''Eden'' or ''Literature/TalesOfPirxThePilot''), complete with high-concept intellectualism, UsedFuture, and space travel in a {{Zeerust}} setting without advanced computing.
119	** His other novel, ''Ice'', is a loose throwback to Russian literary classics: on top of, you know, high-concept sci-fi, it's also intentionally written to be a {{door stopper}} full of long-winded monologues on philosophy, religion, morality and the like.
120	* The ''Literature/DiogenesClub'' series: Started out as one to the British glam detective shows of the seventies, particularly those produced by ITC. Over time it evolved so that different stories would each focus on a different genre: the kid sleuth novels of the early 20th century, literary noir, superhero comics, etc.
121	* Ian Nathaniel Cohen's ''Literature/TheBrotherhoodOfTheBlackFlag'' is a tribute not only to the swashbuckler films of Hollywood's Golden Age, but also the historical adventure novels of classic authors such as Rafael Sabatini and Sir Anthony Hope.
122	* ''Literature/TheExpanse'' has been described by its authors as a tribute and a renewal of old school SpaceOpera.
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125	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
126	* ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'':
127	** ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryAsylum'''s central "Bloody Face" arc is an affectionate throwback to old-school {{Slasher Movie}}s, which have largely declined in popularity since the 1990s. It opens with a horny twenty-something couple being stalked and butchered by an implacable serial killer in a grotesque leather mask while exploring the ruins of [[BedlamHouse a hellish insane asylum]], then spends the rest of the season [[HowWeGotHere exploring the twisted chain of events that led to the killer's birth]] [[TheSixties five decades previously]]. It has all of the gleefully over-the-top gore and insanity of the likes of ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' and ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'', but with much higher production values, a genuinely talented cast of character actors, and enough clever plot twists to appeal to more discriminating audiences in TheNewTens.
128	** ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory1984'' is the show returning to the '80s SlasherMovie well, this time influenced by summer camp films like ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' and wearing a {{retraux}} aesthetic played for the highest {{camp}}.
129	* ''Series/HumanTarget'': Action shows from the '80s and '90s. The series is ultimately based on comic book stories from the 1970s (usually appearing in either ''Action Comics'' or ''Detective Comics'' as a back-up feature to the main Superman or Batman story respectively), so there's also that.
130	* ''Series/BurnNotice'': '80s action shows about gadget-building heroes.
131	* ''Series/LuckyLouie'': '70s and '80s domestic sitcoms.
132	* ''Series/TheGoodGuys'': {{Buddy cop show}}s from the '70s and '80s.
133	* ''Series/TalesOfTheGoldMonkey'': '30s and '40s aviation adventure films, like ''Film/OnlyAngelsHaveWings'', along with a healthy dose of TwoFistedTales.
134	* ''Series/Miranda2009'': '70s-style studio audience sitcoms.
135	* Many of the more self-aware Creator/{{Syfy}} [[Film/SyfyChannelOriginalMovie original movies]] like to [[StylisticSuck hearken back]] to the [[SoBadItsGood cheesy]] sci-fi [[BMovie B-movies]] of the '50s. ''Film/{{Sharknado}}'' is only one of the more famous examples, though Syfy's gradual adoption of the ThreateningShark as a CharacteristicTrope sometimes feels more like a throwback to the many, many shark movies that [[FollowTheLeader followed]] the success of ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' in the late '70s.
136	* ''Series/StrangerThings'': The '80s output of Creator/StevenSpielberg[=/=]Creator/AmblinEntertainment (particularly ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''), Creator/JohnCarpenter, Creator/DavidCronenberg, and Creator/StephenKing (particularly ''Literature/{{It}}''). In fact, the show's creators, brothers Matt and Ross Duffer, [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/fien-print/duffer-brothers-talk-stranger-things-916180 originally intended]] to do a remake of ''It'', but were turned down by Creator/WarnerBros, the rights holders.
137	* Many episodes of ''Series/QuantumLeap'' go this route. The series has exploited 50s noir detectives, 70s murder mysteries, Hammer horror, gothic thrillers, westerns, war stories, romanic comedy, courtroom drama, etc. Series creator Donald P. Bellisario described the show as "an anthology series with a regular cast".
138	* While ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'' is a TeenDrama based off of Creator/ArchieComics, the main point of comparison for many viewers and critics has been to '90s mystery shows like ''Series/TwinPeaks''. Casting ''Twin Peaks'' actress Creator/MadchenAmick as Betty's mom was probably a deliberate move.
139	* ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'' has been [[http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3434222/pretty-little-liars-modern-day-giallo-fit-family-tv/ called]] a modern-day teen version of '70s Italian {{giallo}} films, employing many of the stylistic tropes of the genre in a teen drama context that's only ''somewhat'' LighterAndSofter.
140	-->"A [[HiddenVillain mysterious psycho only seen in silhouette]] with a penchant for black leather gloves and [[ParanoiaFuel the almost supernatural ability to see and hear everything you do]]? Deeply buried family secrets that seem to link you directly to the masked lunatic? [[TheChessmaster Elaborately convoluted motivations]] that [[KudzuPlot hardly make sense upon first viewing]]? And dolls -- lots and lots of {{creepy doll}}s? It must be a '70s Italian giallo picture... or, ya know, the [[Creator/{{Freeform}} formerly known as ABC Family]] hit drama series, ''Pretty Little Liars''."
141	* ''Series/PrehistoricPlanet'' bears much influence from nature documentaries of the late 1990s and 2000s as well as NarrativeDrivenNatureDocumentary dinosaur documentaries of the same era, such as ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs'' and ''WesternAnimation/WhenDinosaursRoamedAmerica'' - not surprising when you consider the BBC Natural History Unit was behind the first two.
142	* ''Series/HenryDanger'' seems to be one to the {{camp}}y era of superheroes, with over-the-top themed villains and general camp factor.
143	* The [[DuelingWorks/LiveActionTV dueling shows]] ''Series/ScreamQueens2015'' and ''Series/DeadOfSummer'' were both heavily inspired by '80s {{slasher movie}}s. The first season of ''Scream Queens'' was specifically an AffectionateParody of college-set slashers like ''Film/BlackChristmas1974'' and ''Film/TheHouseOnSororityRow'', while the second season drew much of its influence from ''Film/HalloweenII1981'' with its hospital setting. ''Dead of Summer'', meanwhile, drew from various DontGoInTheWoods films like the ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' series and ''Film/TheEvilDead1981''.
144	* WordOfGod is that, in the face of most other recently-made sci-fi ([[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine even]] [[Series/StarTrekVoyager shows]] [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise and]] [[Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness films]] [[Franchise/StarTrek within the same franchise]] [[Film/StarTrekBeyond that]] [[Series/StarTrekDiscovery it emulates]]) going DarkerAndEdgier as a standard, ''Series/TheOrville'' was meant to go in the opposite direction, replicating the "sci-fi pulp" feeling of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.
145	* ''Series/SchittsCreek'' updates many of the tropes found in ScrewballComedy, especially in its LoveTriangle story and class-based comedy. Screwball comedies of the 1930s often had a queer subtext, but the show makes it text by allowing pansexual and flamboyant David to be a protagonist, while the queer characters of the past were usually supporting characters and their sexuality was never directly addressed.
146	* ''Series/IAmTheNight'' is a homage to noir as well as neo noir classics like ''Film/{{Chinatown}}'' and ''Film/LAConfidential.''
147	* ''Film/JohnMulaneyAndTheSackLunchBunch'' is a Netflix special that homages '70s kids shows/specials like ''Series/SesameStreet'', ''Series/TheElectricCompany1971'', and ''Free To Be... You and Me''.
148	* ''Series/OuterBanks'': {{Teen drama}}s from the '90s and '00s, such as ''Series/DawsonsCreek'' and ''Series/TheOC'', complete with an almost ridiculously attractive cast.
149	* Creator/{{MTV}}'s ''Siesta Key'' is this to their teen reality shows from the 2000s like ''Series/LagunaBeach'', complete with that show's producers working on this one.
150	* ''Series/Danger5'' was originally conceived as a throwback to the pulpy men's adventure magazines of the 1960s of the "weasels ripped my flesh" variety, where [[AttackOfTheKillerWhatever any animal is seconds away from violence]], [[WardrobeMalfunction clothes fall apart at a moment's notice]], EverybodySmokes, and ThoseWackyNazis are around every corner. This results in a very strange RetroUniverse where UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo is being fought in what seems to be an over-the-top version of TheSixties. There's also some influence from old LostWorld movies, early {{toku}} shows, and TuxedoAndMartini spy fiction.
151	** The second season updates the setting to TheEighties, resulting in a DarkerAndEdgier SadistShow with a neon-soaked [[Creator/TheCannonGroup Cannon]] aesthetic, [[RedScare the constant threat of commies]], ninjas, domestic sitcoms, cocaine everywhere, and every episode [[MerchandiseDriven ending in a toy commercial]].
152	* ''Saturday Morning All Star Hits!'': Saturday morning cartoon blocks from the '80s, complete with stand-ins of ''WesternAnimation/DenverTheLastDinosaur'', ''WesternAnimation/CareBears'', ''WesternAnimation/BobbysWorld'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/CartoonAllStarsToTheRescue'' (in the form of a VerySpecialEpisode warning kids about the dangers of [[FelonyMisdemeanor saying "shut up!"]]).
153	* ''Series/PokerFace'': To classic MysteryOfTheWeek shows from the The70s and [[The80s '80s]] such as ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' and ''Series/MurderSheWrote'', along with a WalkingTheEarth FugitiveArc that recalls ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'' and ''Series/KungFu1972'', or even earlier stuff like ''Series/TheFugitive''.
154	** The episode "The Orpheus Syndrome" mixes its influences even further. The main plot resembles a '60s Creator/AlfredHitchcock thriller, most specifically ''Film/{{Vertigo}}'', but the plot revolves around 1980s monster movies, with guest star Creator/NickNolte as a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of [[Creator/TippettStudio Phil Tippett]]. His character also points out that the '80s monster movies he worked on were themselves examples of this trope, being throwbacks to '50s creature features.
155	* ''Series/Warrior2019'' was developed from a dusted-off series pitch by Creator/BruceLee, and as such, feels very much like a throwback to the sorts of martial arts movies he was making in the '60s and early '70s. There are also quite a few nods (of varying degrees of subtlety) to Lee's movies, and the hero, Ah Sahm, is essentially an unapologetic BruceLeeClone.
156	* ''Series/SlowHorses'', much like [[Literature/SlowHorses the book it adapts]], is a throwback to the more cerebral and less glamourous of Cold War-era SpyFiction - most overtly, the novels of Creator/JohnLeCarre and the ''Series/TinkerTailorSoldierSpy'' TV series adapted from them. One of the series' stars is Creator/GaryOldman, who had previously appeared in a film version of ''Film/TinkerTailorSoldierSpy'' as well.
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159	[[folder:Music]]
160	* The girl group Meet Me at the Altar have released several pop punk rock songs that sound too similar to PopPunk from The2000s.
161	* The genre of Synthwave Electro (which includes such labels as Rosso Corsa Records and electro acts such as Kavinsky and Power Glove) is a genre throwback to synth-heavy '80s film soundtracks. The soundtracks to films such as ''Film/Drive2011'' and ''Film/KungFury'', and games such as ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' and ''VideoGame/FarCry3BloodDragon'' (which are themselves throwbacks to '80s action films), provide very good examples.
162	* She & Him (Creator/ZooeyDeschanel's band) -- [[TheSixties '60s]] and [[TheSeventies '70s]] pop.
163	* Composer Erich Korngold was critically panned in Europe because his music was a throwback to the lush romantic era of classical music, while his contemporaries like Music/IgorStravinsky were composing aggressive, challenging pieces like "Theatre/TheRiteOfSpring". However, he found his place in Hollywood and with his film music, defined the lush sound of the movie soundtrack.
164	* Music/JohnWilliams reintroduced the sweeping orchestral soundtrack to films with his ''Franchise/StarWars'' scores in the '70s.
165	* The 12-member big band-style group (they call themselves a "little orchestra" instead) Music/PinkMartini, who play jazz, lounge music and old-fashioned pop.
166	* Music/TheB52s' 1979 breakthrough single "Rock Lobster" is one to 1960s beach party surf rock.
167	* Music/ChristinaAguilera's 2006 single "Candyman" is one to 1930s and '40s swing dance boogie-woogie pop and jump blues reminiscent of the Andrews Sisters. The music video has a very UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo look about it.
168	* Mark Ronson's production style is a throwback to Motown-era R&B and soul and electro/synth-funk (early '80s funk).
169	* Music/BrunoMars, after his second album ''Unorthodox Jukebox'', has built up an image as being a specialist in old-school throwback songs.
170	** "Treasure" (2012) is a throwback to [[TheSeventies '70s]] {{funk}} and soul.
171	** "Locked Out of Heaven" (2012), at least in its verses, recalls the late-'70s sound of Music/ThePolice.
172	** "Uptown Funk" (2014): [[TheEighties '80s]] "Music/{{Prince}}-style [[UsefulNotes/{{Minnesota}} Minneapolis]] Sound" Synth-Funk (in collaboration with Mark Ronson, see above).
173	** "24K Magic" (2016): '80s[=/=][[TheNineties '90s]] Electro-Funk HipHop[=/=]RAndB.
174	** "Finesse" (2016): Late '80s/Early '90s NewJackSwing.
175	** "Leave the Door Open" (2021): Late [[TheSixties '60s]]/Early '70s Motown Slow Jam R&B somewhat reminiscent of Music/TheTemptations or Music/MarvinGaye (in collaboration with Anderson Paak as the duo Silk Sonic).
176	* Kat Edmonson, whose music is very reminiscent of old-fashioned, Dusty Springfield-style country ballads.
177	* Singers such as Music/{{Duffy}} and the late Music/AmyWinehouse thrived on an "old-fashioned" sound.
178	* Creator/JohnBarrowman's albums recall the days of Music/AndyWilliams and Music/DeanMartin, with show-tunes.
179	* Music/{{Jamiroquai}} is a throwback to or, at least, is heavily influenced by 70's jazz, funk and soul with the use of classical instrumentation in their music.
180	* Music/{{Wolfmother}} for '70s stoner rock and HeavyMetal.
181	* Brian Setzer did one for rockabilly with The Stray Cats, and later one for swing music with the Brian Setzer Orchestra.
182	* Music/CeeLoGreen's famous hit song [[ClusterFBomb "Fuck You!"]] is a throwback towards '60s era Motown Soul music.
183	* Pharrell's 2013 song "Happy" is somewhat reminiscent of upbeat, jazzy Creator/{{Motown}} R&B/rock 'n' roll of the late 50s/early 60s. Pharell's singing has been compared to that of the late Music/CurtisMayfield.
184	* Sweden’s Änglagård play a pastiche of early 70s prog rock that is surprisingly convincing, thanks in part to an almost slavish use of vintage 1970s musical instruments.
185	* Music/TheBlackKeys sound more at home in the late '70s than the early 21st century.
186	* Music/TheDarkness is an '80s-style glam metal band that broke into the mainstream around 2003.
187	* The Reckless Love does much the same, its first album coming out a little later in 2010. The third album, Spirit, is as obvious a tribute to '80s glam as it gets.
188	* Music/BigStar: UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion-styled guitar pop at the height of ProgressiveRock.
189	* Music/TheBlackCrowes: BluesRock[=/=]HardRock band whose first album was released in 1990. They sound more like Music/{{The Rolling Stones\|Band}} than their contemporaries Music/{{Nirvana}}. Music/AliceCooper applauded them as a "band out of time".
190	* The whole 90s Swing Revival was an attempt to bring jump blues and BigBand swing of the 30s and 40s back to the mainstream by infusing them with modern pop elements. The Brian Setzer Orchestra, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and the Cherry Poppin' Daddies were the big names in that scene, with the latter's "Zoot Suit Riot" being the biggest commercial hit. The movement fizzled out sometime in the new millennium, but several of the bands are still making music.
191	* The NeoSoul genre was a throwback to smooth '70s soul.
192	* Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings were a throwback to '60s[=/=]'70s soul and funk.
193	* Music/{{XTC}}'s side project band, The Dukes of Stratosphear, is a throwback to 1960s British psychedelia, with their first album recorded almost entirely on period-correct musical equipment.
194	* Music/{{Birdeatsbaby}}'s music video "Feast of Hammers" throws back to Film/HammerHorror movies.
195	* Music/ArianaGrande and Tori Kelly's music are a throwback to '90s RAndB, of the likes of Music/MariahCarey.
196	* The HeavyMetal genres PowerMetal and MelodicDeathMetal are both throwbacks to the NewWaveOfBritishHeavyMetal of the [[TheSeventies late '70s]] and [[TheEighties early '80s]], though melodeath obviously incorporates DeathMetal elements.
197	* Music/{{Eminem}}'s single "Berzerk" is a throwback to old '90s rap -- primarily Music/BeastieBoys, even using a rock-based sample, as the Boys were known to do (though the influences range from Music/PublicEnemy to Music/{{NWA}}).
198	** The rest of ''The Marshall Mathers LP 2'', the album "Berzerk" is from, contains a lot of other throwback late-80s-early-90s weirdo-turntablism sounds, as well as some songs designed to [[RevisitingTheRoots revisit]] Eminem's own style from the year 2000.
199	* The [[http://youtu.be/t66oD-Y1GhA?t=1h18m20s "Confiteor"]] in [[Music/JohannSebastianBach J.S. Bach]]'s ''Mass in B Minor'' was written to evoke Gregorian Chant, which was already ancient by Bach's time, and late into the movement a Gregorian Chant-style cantus firmus appears, accentuated above the rest of the voices.
200	* Music/DeadSara is a throwback to {{Grunge}} and 90s female-fronted AlternativeRock depending on the song.
201	* Music/BlackVeilBrides is a new millennium HairMetal band, though they do tend to mix it with more modern sounds.
202	* The music video for "Sabotage" by Music/BeastieBoys is a throwback homage to '70s television show intros, including spinning scenery shots, people jumping over the hood of cars and cheesy mustaches.
203	* Music/{{Issues}} is a throwback to '90s RAndB ''and'' NuMetal, while mixed with modern {{Metalcore}}.
204	* Music/RoyalBlood is a throwback to '70s HardRock, BluesRock, and GarageRock.
205	* Music/HollywoodUndead, particularly in their later albums, is a throwback to late '90s NuMetal[=/=]RapMetal.
206	* Music/{{Hozier}} is this to early {{Blues}} music.
207	* Music/MeghanTrainor's style (mostly on her debut album ''Title'') is very reminiscent of '50s {{doowop}}, with hints of '60s Creator/{{Motown}} thrown in.
208	* Clairity's style is [[GenreMashup a fusion of]] '80s SynthPop and '90s HipHop[=/=]RAndB.
209	* Future Islands are a throwback to Creator/{{Motown}} {{Soul}} as well as {{New Wave\|Music}}.
210	* Music/{{DIIV}} sound like a PostPunk band out of the late '70s/early '80s such as Music/{{The Cure\|Band}}.
211	* Salt Ashes is one to early-mid '90s [[HouseMusic Vocal House and UK Garage]].
212	* Ariel Pink is a psychedelic lo-fi indie pop artist whose recordings hearken back to '70s and '80s music.
213	* Music/FiveSecondsOfSummer's brand of PopPunk[=/=]PowerPop is more akin to the music Music/GreenDay and Music/Blink182 made in the late-90s/early-2000s.
214	* Music/PorterRobinson's work under the VIRTUAL SELF alias is inspired by Y2K-era trance and video game music. The result wouldn't feel out of place in the early VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution games.
215	* Music/GretaVanFleet embraces the bluesy hard rock of TheSeventies played by the likes of Music/LedZeppelin, with front-man Josh Kiszka in particular sounding just like Robert Plant.
216	* The GarageRock revival of the 2000s, led by bands like Music/TheWhiteStripes, Music/TheStrokes, and Music/TheHives, was a throwback to '60s GarageRock, embracing [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth stripped-down, old-school guitar rock influences]] as a backlash against the dominance of NuMetal in the US and post-{{Britpop}} in the UK.
217	* {{Britpop}} was driven heavily by nostalgia for '60s [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion British Invasion]] bands and '70s GlamRock and PunkRock. In particular, Music/{{Oasis}}, one of the biggest bands in Britpop, leaned heavily on the musical style and popular image of Music/TheBeatles for inspiration.
218	* Music/RaphaelSaadiq's album ''The Way I See It'' was a loving tribute to the Creator/{{Motown}} sound. His next album, ''Stone Rollin''', lost some of the Motown but added a rock and funk tone.
219	* The Cristina Vee song "Party Corgi" echoes late '90s bubblegum dance a la Music/{{Aqua}} and Music/{{Caramell}}, as well as mid-2000s Music/{{Cascada}}-style hands-up dance.
220	* Wristmeetrazor, [=SeeYouSpaceCowboy=], and .gif from god are throwbacks to the type of mathcore and mathgrind that was popular on [=MySpace=] and a mainstay of VFW and Elks Lodge shows in the early 2000s, inviting comparisons to acts like Norma Jean, The Bled, The Number Twelve Looks Like You, Fear Before the March of Flames, and Music/TheFallOfTroy. Furthermore, [=SeeYouSpaceCowboy's=] ''The Correlation Between Entrance and Exit Wounds'' wound up being a different type of throwback to very early melodic metalcore ala 7 Angels 7 Plagues, Poison the Well, and mid-era Zao, and [[WordOfGod Connie Sgarbossa confirmed]] that that was a deliberate choice.
221	* Angelmaker is a throwback to the heavier side of [=MySpace=] deathcore from the mid to late 2000s, with a sound somewhat comparable to acts like Molotov Solution, And Hell Followed With, A Different Breed of Killer, and very early Music/FitForAnAutopsy.
222	* Music/SummoningTheLich and Carrion Vael are a throwback to the more melodic side of [=MySpace=] {{deathcore}}, with a sound heavily reminiscent of Music/ThroughTheEyesOfTheDead, Wretched, Conducting from the Grave, and early Depths of Hatred.
223	* Psycho-Frame, 9 Dead, Tracheotomy, and Snuffed on Sight are all throwbacks to mid-2000s brutal deathcore, with sounds reminiscent of early Music/SuicideSilence, Music/WhitechapelBand, I Declare War, and Impending Doom.
224	* Vandal Moon are an homage to old-school GothRock and DarkWave acts such as Music/{{Bauhaus}}, Music/ClanOfXymox, Music/{{The Cure\|Band}}, Music/TheSistersOfMercy, etc.
225	* Music/FleetwoodMac's BSide "Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonite", which they performed as FakeBand Earl Vince & The Valiants, is a throwback to 1950s rock'n'roll.
226	* Music/NickWaterhouse recreates the sound of the rock and R&B that was popular in the '50s and '60s.
227	* A lot of Creator/MattBerry's music has a very '70s sound to it, recreating the folk and blue-eyed soul sounds that were popular in the UK during that decade.
228	* Norwegian band Music/WigWam is one to 1980's Glam Rock.
229	* Music/OliviaRodrigo was born in 2003, and when she wants she can make a rock song that sounds like it was recorded in 2003, like "good 4 u", "brutal" or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeTeaO7guGY this version]] of "jealousy jealousy".
230	* Swedish {{supergroup}} Music/TheHaloEffect very deliberately set out to recreate the 1990s "Gothenburg sound" of MelodicDeathMetal that was pioneered by the members' mutual former band Music/InFlames, which had made a GenreShift into AlternativeMetal around the TurnOfTheMillennium.
231	* "Music/PlanetOfTheBass" by DJ Crazy Times is an AffectionateParody of European Dance Pop of TheNineties.
232	* Music/MariahCarey's "All I Want for Christmas is You" is a throwback to the pop music of TheFifties and TheSixties, particularly Music/PhilSpector's compositions, and (by extension) the [[ChristmasSongs Christmas standards]] that were mostly recorded during that time. It turned out to be a good enough pastiche that some fans have mistaken it for an actual '60s pop song that Carey later CoveredUp.
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234
235	[[folder:Pinballs]]
236	* [=WhizBang=] Pinball's ''Pinball/WhoaNellieBigJuicyMelons'' was made by cannibalizing parts from a 1957 electro-mechanical pinball, then using the components in an all-new playfield design with original art and modern imaging techniques. The result is a boutique pinball table that plays like it stepped out of TheFifties with a modern look.
237	* Creator/DataEast's ''[[Pinball/TimeMachineDataEast Time Machine]]'' invokes this when the player reaches TheFifties -- the dot-matrix display shows the scoring reels of an electro-mechanical pinball while the game plays analog sounds from a chimebox.
238	* ''[[http://www.pinballnews.com/news/scoregasmmaster.html ScoreGasm Master]]'' takes it to an extreme: This is a modern take on [[Creator/WilliamsElectronics Williams']] ''Contact Master'' from 1934, before pinball flippers and bumpers were invented and very close to its bagatelle roots. The difference is that it is made using materials, manufacturing equipment, and electronic parts available in 2015, with modern-looking artwork and sound.
239	* The remakes of ''Pinball/MedievalMadness'' and ''Pinball/AttackFromMars'' use [=LCDs=], but for most of the game simulate the dot-matrix displays that the original games used. During parts of the game where the player does not have control of the ball, more high-definition graphics are used.
240	* ''Pinball/TotalNuclearAnnihilation'', in addition to its {{retraux}} aesthetics, was inspired by early-'80s Creator/{{Bally}} games. It features a relatively sparse playfield that places emphasis on the actual gameplay, which forgoes standard mode progression in favor of simpler goals (that are nonetheless difficult to execute).
241	[[/folder]]
242
243	[[folder:Podcasts]]
244	* ''Podcast/RedPandaAdventures'' -- MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks
245	* ''Podcast/BlackJackJustice'' -- FilmNoir
246	[[/folder]]
247
248	[[folder:Sports]]
249	* The current home park of Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, was built in 1992 as a throwback to stadiums built early in the 20th century, as opposed to more modernized stadiums of recent decades. The park was an instant hit, and sparked a trend in retro baseball stadiums for the next two decades.
250	* Baseball jerseys as of [[TheNewTens the 10s]] feature buttons and simple color patterns. These originated in [[TheEighties the 80s]] as throwbacks to earlier decades, and a deliberate contrast to baseball jerseys of that time.
251	* In 2016, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson did [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/a-brief-look-at-batsh21t-insanity-1980s-sports-posters/ a tongue-in-cheek homage]] to sports posters of TheEighties, which featured big-name athletes in ridiculous setups and outfits designed to portray them as manly badasses. (The joke is that Wilson's real-life public image, that of a loving father and husband and [[RealMenLoveJesus devout Christian]] who embraces just how corny he can often be, is the exact opposite of the TestosteronePoisoning that those posters often featured.)
252	* UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}} has designated the Southern 500 at Darlington as a throwback weekend. Teams bring cars dressed in old-fashioned paint schemes from the early decades of NASCAR. And NASCAR on NBC goes a step further in that the standard booth team of Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. step aside for about an hour of the race and let Ken Squier and father-and-son Ned and Dale Jarrett call the action.
253	* For ''Series/MondayNightFootball''[='s=] 50th anniversary, its play-by-play team wore the classic yellow blazers made famous by Keith Jackson, Howard Cosell and Don Meredith. It was also simulcast on Creator/{{ABC}}, its original home before moving to Creator/{{ESPN}} in 2006; regular simulcasting wouldn't return until the 2020s.
254	* For the the NBA's 75th annversary game, ESPN had each quarter of the Nets vs. Knicks (also referred to their full name of Knickerbockers throughout the night) pay homage to the 60's, 70's 80's and the 90's with coresponding broadcast looks. ESPN broke out its 80's logo for first half, had the commentators also wearing the iconic yellow ABC Sports blazers and even sponsor State Farm using its pre-2012 logo all throughout. The 60's started out in DeliberateMonochrome before being lightly colored as it ended, the 70's retained the warm color filter with simple orange text, the 80's drawing from CBS's sport package and the 90's paying homage to NBC's coverage complete with usage of "Roundball Rock".
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256
257	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
258	* This is the main export of the company Spectrum Games, their motto is even "Genre emulation. It's what we do." Specifically:
259	** ''TabletopGame/CartoonActionHour'': MerchandiseDriven [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin action cartoons]] of the 1980s, such as ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse'', ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' and the like.
260	** ''Urban Manhunt'': A BloodSport centered miniatures wargame inspired by dystopian 1980s action cinema
261	** ''The Big Crime'': 1940s and '50s FilmNoir.
262	** ''On The Air'': Old time radio dramas.
263	** ''Macabre Tales'': An {{Homage}} to Creator/HPLovecraft and his [[TropeCodifier pioneering]] style of CosmicHorrorStory.
264	** ''Retrostar'': 1970s scifi television, from ''Series/BattlestarGalactica1978'' to ''Series/ArkII'' to ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan''.
265	** ''Stories from the Grave'': Creator/ECComics' horror anthology books like ''Tales from the Crypt'' and shows and movies in their vein, as well as other such properties like ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959''.
266	** ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Slasher Flick]]'': Old school {{slasher movie}}s.
267	* ''TabletopGame/{{Lancer}}'': [[RealRobotGenre Real Robot]] anime in the vein of ''Anime/ArmoredTrooperVotoms'' or ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}''.
268	* ''TabletopGame/RocketAge'': The SpaceOpera and PlanetaryRomance of the era of the FilmSerial and PulpMagazine.
269	* The ''[[UsefulNotes/{{Fate}} Fate Core]]'' module ''[[https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/251127/Weird-World-News-o-A-World-of-Adventure-for-Fate-Core#:~:text=Weird%20World%20News%20requires%20Fate,focused%20on%20classic%20WWN%20hijinks Weird World News]]'' is designed to emulate the groovy mystery-solving cartoons of the '70s like ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'', ''WesternAnimation/SpeedBuggy'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Fangface}}''.
270	* The aptly-named ''TabletopGame/MonsterOfTheWeek'' lets you play a '90s-'00s [[MonsterOfTheWeek monster-hunting]] show like ''Series/TheXFiles'', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', or ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''. The CharacterClassSystem gives options modeled on specific character archetypes from this kind of show.
271	* ''TabletopGame/TheyCameFromBeneathTheSea'' is based on '50s scifi and {{B Movie}}s, especially those of the nautical variety. The name, for example, is a clear homage to ''Film/ItCameFromBeneathTheSea'', and there's also a fair bit of ''Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon'', ''Film/TheBeastFromTwentyThousandFathoms'', ''Film/TheMonsterThatChallengedTheWorld'', and other movies along those lines in there too.
272	* Within the tabletop gaming fandom, there's a specific movement known as the "Old-School Renaissance", or "OSR" for short. While there's a lot of rose-tinted view of gaming history and the movement is, by now, long past its initial singular focus on just one game, on top of a whole rabbit hole of other issues, the original premise behind the movement was to bring back the style of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' [[UnreliableNarrator as it was remembered]] to have been in early Seventies. It worked: there's now a whole slew of games ranging from simple retro-clones with SerialNumbersFiledOff, through various refinements of the basic concept and transplantations to other settings beyond SwordAndSorcery, to games built from the scratch to evoke a similar play experience through entirely different rulesets.
273	* The ''TabletopGame/DarkSun'' setting for ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' is a throwback to the weirder pre-[[Creator/JRRTolkien Tolkienian]] pulp fantasy - namely, Creator/ClarkAshtonSmith's proto-DesertPunk ''Zothique'' stories, {{Planetary Romance}}s like the ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'' novels of Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs, and Creator/RobertEHoward at his absolute strangest. There's also a lot of influence from Creator/JackVance, who came a bit later but was very much in the same tradition.
274	[[/folder]]
275
276	[[folder:Web Animation]]
277	* ''WebAnimation/DimensionalProphecyOfZoharRedux'' -- to gory Anime {{OVA}}s of the 1980s and 1990s like ''Wicked City''.
278	* ''WebAnimation/BeeAndPuppycat'' has shades of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' and other MagicalGirl anime of the 1990s.
279	* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fan animation [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFVoJQz4a_4 "Apple Thief."]] While it has the same animation style and character design as the series it's based on, is filled with ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry''-style gags straight from MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation.
280	[[/folder]]
281
282	[[folder:Webcomics]]
283	* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' parodies this with the Detective Block "storyline" in EGS:NP, a sendup of noir detective films where the detective is an unintelligible writer's block.
284	* ''Webcomic/MyImpossibleSoulmate'' is a throwback to '90s {{Isekai}}. Eschewing the PowerFantasy or {{Harem\|Genre}} types of isekai more popular today.
285	* ''Webcomic/WeaponBrown'', when it's not being a [[DarkerAndEdgier grimdark]] parody of every Newspaper Comic ever made, is a throwback to the golden age of dystopian post-apocalyptic CyberPunk... or, as we call it around here, TheApunkalypse. Its art style is even a pretty good pastiche of ''ComicBook/NemesisTheWarlock'' or classic ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd''.
286	[[/folder]]
287
288	[[folder:Web Original]]
289	* ''[[http://thechroniclesoftaras.tumblr.com/ The Chronicles of Taras: Red Dementia]]'' is, by WordOfGod, a throwback to old Prison-Escape films.
290	* The [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/yee "Yee"]] meme of 2014, based on a scene from ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurAdventure'' by Creator/DingoPictures, has been characterized as a throwback to early ''YouTubePoop'' fads that were popular around 2007 or so.
291	[[/folder]]
292
293	[[folder:Web Videos]]
294	* Creator/MollyMoon makes Platform/TikTok [[https://www.tiktok.com/@mollymoonn2 shorts]] that parody 1990s InteractiveMovie games, with the [[StylisticSuck jank]] and [[UncannyValley awkwardness]] being PlayedForLaughs and a bit of [[PlayedForHorror horror]].
295	* ''WebVideo/NinjaTheMissionForce'' -- Film/GodfreyHoNinjaMovies
296	* ''WebVideo/TheCartoonMan'' -- Films and cartoons along the lines of ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', [[RogerRabbitEffect in which live action humans interact with 2-D "cartoon" elements.]]
297	* ''[[Creator/BradJones Shot on Shitteo]]'' -- NoBudget [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin shot on video]] [[AnthologyFilm horror anthologies]].
298	* ''WebVideo/ItalianSpiderman'' is a spoof of the many foreign-made knockoffs of American superhero properties that came out in the '60s and '70s.
299	[[/folder]]
300
301	[[folder: Western Animation]]
302	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays'' is one to 1960s and 70s Creator/HannaBarbera Saturday morning adventure cartoons.
303	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' is an animated throwback to the Silver Age incarnation of Batman, where instead of being a grim loner, he's a somewhat cheery fellow with a [[DeadpanSnarker dry, ironic wit]], closely resembling the ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'' incarnation. Notable is the fact that Bruce Wayne almost never appears, and in [[MoodWhiplash comparatively serious]] episode "Chill of the Night!", where we actually see Bruce Wayne, face and all, he looks like his [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries 1990s incarnation]]. The trope is lampshaded in the Batmite episode where the little imp reads a "prepared statement" in response to some 4th wall breaking humor, explaining that this incarnation of Batman is just as legitimate and true to source material as the "tortured dark avenger crying out for mommy and daddy".
304	* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'' does a bit of this and a bit of parody with 1960s action shows like ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'' and such, plus a hefty dose of increased badass. Instead of plots about random monsters, we get genuine nightmare fuel about a dead twin-brother still living inside his twin and eventually building a robot body for itself.
305	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'' takes a lot of inspiration from 70s buddy cop shows, not that any kids noticed. More specifically, those made by Quinn Martin Productions.
306	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'': The Warner Brothers ([[InsistentTerminology and the Warner Sister]]) can be taken as a throwback to MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation and other comedies of the time like those of the Creator/MarxBrothers, especially considering that their backstory is that they were created in the Thirties. Also they stole many, many jokes from them.
307	* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' paid great tribute to ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''.
308	* ''WesternAnimation/WabbitALooneyTunesProduction'', debuted in 2015, is this trope to syndicated packages of classic Looney Tunes shorts, i.e. ''The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show''.
309	* ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' was like a tortured, horrifying version of [[MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation Golden Age cartoons]], complete with animation style and specific gags copied from ''WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons'' (and ''Looney Tunes'' to a lesser extent).
310	* ''WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'': '70s/'80s vintage cartoons. Its art style is derived from that of ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock''.
311	* ''WesternAnimation/BlackDynamite'' is an obvious {{homage}} to {{blaxploitation}} films from the '70s.
312	* Rob Zombie described ''WesternAnimation/TheHauntedWorldOfElSuperbeasto'' as an attempt to make an R rated version of classic ''Looney Tunes''.
313	* According to WordOfGod, ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBeaks'' is one of these to older Nicktoons, such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold''.
314	* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' hearkens back to 80s action-adventure {{Saturday morning cartoon}}s such as ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983''.
315	* ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'' plays like a Creator/JayWard cartoon for millennials, complete with InteractiveNarrator, {{Punny Name}}s and {{lampshad\|eHanging}}ing ''everything''.
316	* ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'' heavily homages and parodies '90s Saturday morning action cartoons like ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'', complete with TotallyRadical dialogue, {{Retraux}} music and art, and [[SpoofAesop (intentionally)]] [[CluelessAesop flawed moral lessons]]. One episode was even an outright CrossOver with ''Captain Planet''.
317	* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Science fiction and UrbanFantasy anime from the late 80s to early 90s, with particular inspiration from MagicalGirlWarrior series of that era like ''Franchise/SailorMoon''. Contrastly, [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie the movie]] throws back to [[AnimatedMusical Animated Musicals]] from the 60s to 70s, mainly those by Creator/{{Disney}} and their imitators. Its villain Spinel also possesses RubberHoseLimbs and has a design and body language reminiscent of 20's and 30's animation.
318	* ''WesternAnimation/KorgothOfBarbaria'': SwordAndSorcery pulp fiction in the style of ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian''.
319	* The Creator/HBOMax and Creator/CartoonNetwork original ''WesternAnimation/TheFungies'' seems to be one to '80s cartoons like ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheSnorks''
320	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'': Classic science fiction anime from the 60s and 70s, particularly the works of Creator/OsamuTezuka.
321	* ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'': SuperRobot anime and {{Toku}} shows of the 60s and 70s like the ''Anime/RobotRomanceTrilogy'' and ''Franchise/UltraSeries''.
322	* ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'' often features animation and designs that are reminiscent of cartoons and art from the 1920s to the '40s.
323	* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' transplants [[CastOfExpies the main cast]] of the then-recent sitcom ''Series/TheManyLovesOfDobieGillis'' into a 1940s HauntedHouse comedy like ''Murder in the Blue Room'' or ''Spook Busters''. It's worth noting that the trope we call the ScoobyDooHoax was already a well-worn feature of these earlier movies.
324	* ''WesternAnimation/TheCupheadShow'', like its [[VideoGame/{{Cuphead}} source material]], recreates the character designs and animation styles of 20s and 30s cartoons, especially Creator/FleischerStudios.
325	* ''WesternAnimation/Ballmastrz9009'' is a [[{{Animesque}} Western]] AffectionateParody of the pulpy, [[{{Gorn}} hyper-violent]], {{Cyberpunk}}, often [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]] anime {{Original Video Animation}}s of the late 20th century, such as ''Anime/{{Genocyber}}'', ''Anime/MDGeist'' and ''Anime/ApocalypseZero''.
326	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' is a modernized take on the SliceOfLife sitcoms, cartoons, and especially comic strips of the late 20th century, such as ''Series/FullHouse'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'', and ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' respectively.
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330	* The Chinook Centre Scotiabank Theatre in Calgary, Alberta contains an exterior and decor themed to UsefulNotes/AncientEgypt and so could be considered one to the lavishly themed theatres of the early 20th century.
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