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1	!!The Luc Besson film contains examples of:
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3	* AdaptationOverdosed: The film has inspired two remakes: the Hong Kong movie ''Black Cat'' (1991) and the American Creator/BridgetFonda star vehicle ''Point of No Return'' (1993) as well as two television series: Creator/USANetwork's ''Series/LaFemmeNikita'' and ''Series/{{Nikita}}'' of Creator/TheCW. There's even an indirect Korean remake titled ''Film/TheVillainess'', which itself is also getting an American TV adaptation.
4	* DawsonCasting: 30-year old Creator/AnneParillaud playing teenage junkie Nikita.
5	* FakeNationality: Like most characters in the film, Bob is French but he's played by the Turkish-Greek [[Creator/TchekyKaryo Tchéky Karyo]], unlike the actors.
6	* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/JeanReno uncharacteristically plays a ''very'' unhinged and malevolent character.
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8	** The remote controlled missile launcher in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', ''VideoGame/MetalGearGhostBabel'', and ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' is called the "Nikita" as it's Creator/HideoKojima's favorite Creator/LucBesson movie.
9	** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/residentevil/images/b/ba/Ada_12.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120703025139 This]] production art of Ada Wong in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' is an homage to ''Nikita'''s poster, as both characters are deadly female spies.
10	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
11	** At one point, Hollywood was interested in the script. The studio wanted either Creator/MickeyRourke or Creator/ChristopherWalken to play Bob, but Besson promised Tchéky Karyo the role.
12	** According to Besson and Olivier Megaton, the proposed film ''Mathilda'' would have placed ''Film/TheProfessional'' and ''Nikita'' [[CanonWelding in the same universe with specific references to characters and events from those movies]]. Since Besson was estranged from Gaumont after the failure of ''Film/TheMessengerTheStoryOfJoanOfArc'' and the company held the intellectual rights to both properties, the script became the movie ''Film/{{Colombiana}}'' with Creator/ZoeSaldana in the lead role
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14	!!The CW TV series contains examples of:
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16	* FakeAmerican: Canadian Creator/MichelleNolden plays American president Kathleen Spencer. Actors Creator/DevonSawa (Owen), Creator/AlbertaWatson (Madeline), and Dillon Casey (Sean) are also Canadian.
17	* FakeRussian: American Creator/LyndsyFonseca (Alex) and Canadian Creator/PeterOuterbridge (Ari Tasarov) play Russians.
18	* FakeNationality: Creator/LyndieGreenwood, a Canadian, plays Sonya, who's from an unspecified East African country.
19	* FridayNightDeathSlot: Unfortunately, this is most of the reason why ''Nikita'' was at one point CW's lowest rated show.
20	* RomanceOnTheSet: Creator/LyndsyFonseca (Alex) and Creator/NoahBean (Ryan) met and began dating while on the show. They married in October of 2016. Amusingly, a season one episode early into Noah/Ryan's role has Alex commenting that he's cute.

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