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-->'''Strong Sad:''' But why are they in space? There's no reason for them to be in space!\\
'''Strong Bad:''' On the contrary, my dear Fatson; there's ''every'' reason for them to be in space!
--->-- From the ''HomestarRunner'' Strong Bad E-mail "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail126.html best thing]]".

-->''Jaws in space.''
--->-- Ridley Scott's pitch for his 1975 draft of ''Alien''.

Stories are often [[RecycledPremise recycled from other shows]], with the setting changed with just enough of a gimmick to make it look different. The characters will have the same character types, sometimes even the same voice actors. Sometimes these will be direct {{spinoff}}s, with the same characters with one major time or setting change. Later varieties included "[-[[SpinoffBabies AS KIDS]]-]!"

The majority of these are seen as nonsensical updates according to whatever else was popular at the time. Putting the series into space, though, is the big one.

Transplanting an entire specific premise into a new setting is lazy, but when more work is put into the concept, this is [[TropesAreNotBad not necessarily a bad thing.]]

See also: AnimatedAdaptation, GenderFlip, DieHardOnAnX, RecycledTheSeries, SettingUpdate, XMeetsY, ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs, BetterByADifferentName. See also SpaceX for what this trope first sounds like.

Note: *Please* make sure you understand what this trope means before posting examples. It does *not* refer to a normal sequel, an adaptation, or to something that is simply like something else in the same genre. Currently, far too many examples fall into one of these categories.

Some common things to avoid.
* This trope is not literal. Just because you can define something as "in space" doesn't mean it counts. It still needs to be recycled from an older idea. Even if it has "In Space" in the title. (ZapInSpace, for example, was removed, because there's no Zap NOT in Space.)
* A game or story following (or if you want to get negative, "stealing") the tropes or concepts laid down by earlier games/stories is FollowTheLeader, not this. Most platformers are not "Mario In SPACE" and most fighting anime are not "Dragon Ball Z IN SPACE"
* Similarly if an idea seems to be ripping off another idea, it's BetterByADifferentName. It needs to be blatant in its advertising that it is a copy for it to count. You could argue that "Eragon was better when it was called Star Wars" but since nothing ever advertises the similarities, it doesn't count as this.
* If an idea seems to be crossing two different ideas it's XMeetsY.
* If an idea seems to be stealing the plot/premise/pitch of another idea, but the characters and setting are relatively different, it's DieHardOnAnX
* If the story has just been moved into modern time, but is otherwise more or less the same it's SettingUpdate
* If the "gimmick" is more than 6 words long or includes the word 'and' think hard before adding it. It might still count, but it might be too stretched to fit.

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!!Examples [-IN SPACE!-]

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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* ''{{Cowboy Bebop}}'' is ''{{Cowboys}}'' [-IN SPACE!-]
* ''{{Cowboy Bebop}}'' is ''{{LupinIII}}'' [-IN SPACE!-]
* ''{{Gankutsuou}}'' is ''{{The Count of Monte Cristo}}'' [-IN SPACE!-]
* ''SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' is ''MobileSuitGundam'' [-WITH TRANSFORMING MECHA AND {{DECONSTRUCTION}}!-]
* ''MobileSuitGundam'' is literally WorldWarII IN SPACE!
* StudioGonzo ''loves'' these. In addition to ''Gankutsuou,'' Gonzo is also responsible for these:
** ''[[SamuraiSeven Samurai 7]]'' is ''SevenSamurai'' [-WITH MECHA!-]) Literally.
** ''GlassFleet'' is the French Revolution [-IN SPACE!-]
* ''NabariNoOu'' is ''{{Naruto}}'' [-IN THE PRESENT!-]
* ''SoukouNoStrain'' is ''ALittlePrincess'' [-IN SPACE WITH MECHA!-]
* ''Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick'' is... ''MobyDick'' [-IN SPACE!-]
* ''GunFrontier'' is literally ''CaptainHarlock'' (or one of his [[IdenticalGrandson Identical Ancestors]]) [-IN THE OLD WEST!-]
* The ''{{Trigun}}'' manga is WorldWarII [-IN SPACE WITH POST-APOCALYPTIC SCI-FI!-]
* ''SF Saiyuuki Starzinger'' is ''JourneyToTheWest'' [-IN SPACE!-], although the producers of ''ForceFive'' tried to {{Macekre}} it into ''TheThreeMusketeers'' [-IN SPACE!-].
* ''{{The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz}}'' is the ''WizardOfOz'' [-IN SPACE!-]
* ''Yu-Gi-Oh Capsule Monsters'' is ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}!'' [-WITH {{MONS}}!-]
** ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh 5 Ds}} is ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}!'' [-WITH MOTORCYCLES!-]
** ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh GX}}!'' is ''HarryPotter'' [-WITH TRADING CARDS! AND {{DECONSTRUCTION}}!-] It's also Yu-Gi-Oh! [-at school!-]
* ''DragonBall'' is ''JourneyToTheWest'' [-WITH ALIENS AND {{SCHIZO TECH}}!-].
* ''LostUniverse'' is ''{{Slayers}}''... [-IN SPACE-] (Literally, since it takes place in the same [[TheVerse 'verse]].)
* ''[[MujinWakuseiSurvive Uninhabited Planet Survive]]'' is ''Two Years' Vacation'' [-IN THE 22ND CENTURY... AND IN SPACE-]!
* ''NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' is ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' [-[[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs ON CRACK]]-] [-WITH [[HumongousMecha GIANT MECHAS]]!-].
* ''{{Gintama}}'' is ''RurouniKenshin'' [-WITH ALIENS AND [[ToiletHumor TOILET HUMOR]]!-]
* ''{{Pluto}}'' is ''AstroBoy'' [-WITH SERIAL KILLERS!-]
* TsubasaChronicle is CardcaptorSakura [-WITH CLONES AND TIME TRAVEL!-]
* [[GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex Cyberbrain Sclerosis]] is [[DeadlyUpgrade Cancer]] [-FOR CYBORGS!-]
* Those two episodes ''TaxiDriver'' and ''OceansEleven'' [-WITH CYBORGS!-]
* ''WeddingPeach'' is ''SailorMoon'' [-IN [[PimpedOutDress WEDDING GOWNS]]!!-]
* ''InitialD'' is ''WanganMidnight'' [-IN THE MOUNTAINS!-]
** ''Densha de D'' is an AffectionateParody of ''InitialD'' [-WITH TRAINS!-]
* [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_192/5831-Bushido-and-Beamsabers This]] article reveals that HumongousMecha are Samurai [-IN SPACE-].
* ''{{Sekirei}}'' is often referred to by fans (jokingly) as ''{{Pokemon}}'' [-[[GagBoobs WITH TITS!]]-]
* ''{{Infinite Ryvius}}'' is ''{{Lord of the Flies}}'' [-IN SPACE!-]
* ''{{Harukanaru Toki no Naka de}}'' is ''FushigiYuugi'' [-IN THE HEIAN PERIOD JAPAN!-] ([[TrappedInAnotherWorld sorta]]) ([[{{Shoujo}} Not that it was]] [[DatingSim intended to be]] [[BlueBishonenGhetto anything more than that]]...)
* ''AxisPowersHetalia'' is world history [-ON ANTIDEPRESSANTS WITH CUTE [[MoeAnthropomorphism MOE]] [[AnthropomorphicPersonification ANTHROPOMORPHS]]! -]
* ''Dual!ParallelTroubleAdventure'' is ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' WITH A HAREM!
* ''{{Gunbuster}}'' is ''TopGun'' [-WITH SHOUJO-NESS-] and [-GIANT ROBOTS!-]
* ''GGundam'' is a {{Wuxia}} epic [-WITH GIANT ROBOTS!-]
* ''ShinkonGattaiGodannar'' is ''GGundam'' [-WITH (MORE) BREASTS!-]
* ''BlackJack'' is pretty much ''{{Batman}}'' [-WITH A MEDICAL DOCTORATE!-]
* ''CodeGeass'' is either ''DeathNote'' [-WITH [[HumongousMecha HUMONGOUS MECHA]]-] or ''Gundam'' [-WITH MAGIC-] or better yet Chess [-WITH [[HumongousMecha HUMONGOUS MECHA]] WITH HADRON CANNONS-]
* ''{{NEEDLESS}}'' is ''{{s-CRY-ed}}'' [-WITH LOLIS!-]
* ''UltimateMopDaisukeDX'' is ''DragonballZ'' [-AS JANITORS-]
* ''{{Argentosoma}}'' is an admitted adaptation of Frankenstein's Monster with giant mecha and aliens.
* ''{{Baccano}}!'' is ''PulpFiction'' [-WITH [[HermeticMagic ALCHEMY]]!-]
* ''FairyTail'' is ''OnePiece'' [-WITH MAGES!-]
* ''ThisUglyYetBeautifulWorld'' is ''ElfenLied'' [-WITH [[{{Lolicon}} LOLIS]] FROM SPACE!-]... And explicit romance.
* ''{{Kuroshitsuji}}'' is ''{{Artemis Fowl}}'' [-IN VICTORIAN ERA LONDON!-]
* ''{{Grenadier}}'' is ''{{Trigun}}'' [-[[BoobsOfSteel WITH TITS!]]-]
* Malaysian manga ''HeliosEclipse'' is ''ShakuganNoShana'' [-GENDER FLIPPED!-]
* {{Bleach}} starts out as YuYuHakusho [-WITH SWORDS-] and becomes DragonBallZ [-WITH SWORDS-]
** And the Bount Arc is [[{{YuYuHakusho}} YuYuHakusho's]] Chapter Black [-WITH VAMPIRES-].
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[[folder:Comics]]
* Green Arrow was originally Comicbook/{{Batman}} [-WITH A ROBIN HOOD MOTIF!-] (So it fits that they cooperated against {{Superman}} in ''The Dark Knight Returns''.) Later {{lampshaded}} in one comic when Green Arrow was relating an old adventure complete with "Arrow Mobile" and "Arrow Cave". Batman's comment: "Yeesh man, did you EVER have an original idea back then?"
* ''UsagiYojimbo'' is ''{{Yojimbo}}'' (plus a laundry list of other {{Samurai}} stories and tropes) [-AS {{TALKING ANIMAL}}S!-], and has its very own spin-off [-IN SPACE!-]
* ''[[http://www.elfquest.com/gallery/OnlineComics/JK/JK01/DisplayJK01.html Jink]]'' and ''[[http://www.elfquest.com/gallery/OnlineComics/RB/RB01/DisplayRB01.html The Rebels]]'' are ''ElfQuest'' [-IN {{THE FUTURE}}!-] Many fans [[DisContinuity hated them]].
* ''Ramayan 3392 AD'' is the Ramayama [-IN THE POSTAPOCALYPTIC FUTURE!-]
* {{Marvel}} had a WhatIf story called "What If Sgt Fury Fought WWII in Outer Space?", which was {{Exactly What It Says On The Tin}}. (It was surprisingly good.)
* The Sentry is {{Superman}} [-WITH MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES-] and [-A TRILLION OTHER MENTAL PROBLEMS!-]
* Captain Marvel was [-MAGIC SUPERMAN!-] with a [-TEENAGED ALTER EGO!-] Miracelman started out as Marvelman, who was Captain Marvel [-WITH A DIFFERENT NAME!-] (he was literally drawn over Captain Marvel in old Captain Marvel comics for publication overseas) and then became Captain Marvel [-FOR ADULTS!-] written by [-ALAN MOORE!-] The Sentry was Miracleman [-TIMES A BILLION!-] and transplanted into [-THE MARVEL UNIVERSE!-]
* [[TheAuthority Apollo]] is Superman but [-GAY-] and married to the Midnighter, who is Batman who IS A SUPER-SOLDIER THAT [-KILLS PEOPLE-] AND IS ALSO [-GAY-].
* TheAuthority is the JusticeLeague but filled with [-MORALLY AMBIGUOUS PSYCHOS!-]
* ''Hex'' was JonahHex transported [-INTO THE POSTAPOCALYPTIC FUTURE!-]
* Iron Man has many specialty armors - one of which is for use exclusively [-IN SPACE-].
* {{Superman}} himself started as Hercules [=IN COSTUME!=] From [=ANOTHER PLANET=]!
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[[folder:Film]]
* ''TaxiDriver'' is ''TheSearchers'' [-IN THE 1970'S!-]
* ''Hardcore'' is ''TheSearchers'' [-IN THE 1970'S PORN INDUSTRY!-]
* ''The Thing (From Another World)'' has
** ''{{Alien}}'' - ''The Thing (From Another World)'' [-IN SPACE!-]
** ''{{Halloween}}'' - ''The Thing (From Another World)'' [-AS HORROR!-] (and even has a ShoutOut during the film.)
** ''{{Predator}}'' - ''The Thing (From Another World)'' [-IN THE JUNGLE!-]
* [[http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/64986/Dark_Star.html Dark Star is Waiting For Godot]] [-IN SPACE!-]
* [-IN SPACE!-] is frequently used in horror movies. There have been [-IN SPACE!-] versions of ''{{Friday the 13th}}'' (''Jason X'') and ''{{Leprechaun}}'' (appropriately titled ''Leprechaun 4: In Space'').
* ''{{Hellraiser}}: Bloodline'' was ''Hellraiser'' in [-IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND!-] and later [-IN SPACE!-]
* Common rumor is John Carpenter apparently once proposed ''{{Halloween}}: The Curse of Michael Myers'' be, you guessed it, [-IN SPACE!-]
* ''The Road to El Dorado'' is ''The Man Who Would Be King'' [-AS A CARTOON MUSICAL SET IN SOUTH AMERICA!-]
* ''{{Critters}}'' eventually went (back) to space too. In fact, almost any horror movie franchise will eventually head to the stars if it lasts long enough. Except for ''Film/{{Alien}}s'', which started out in space and ended up back in a normal Earth town for ''AlienVsPredator: Requiem''.
* The concept for ''{{Alien}}'' itself was apparently sold to the film company as "''{{Jaws}}'' - IN SPACE!"
** ''Film/{{Alien}}s'' has also been described as a Vietnam movie [-IN SPACE!-]
* The 1988 film ''FrightNight'' was ''RearWindow'' [-WITH A VAMPIRE!-]
* The 2006 BMovie ''{{Abominable}}'' is ''RearWindow'' [-WITH BIGFOOT!-]
** ''{{Mimic}} 3'' is ''RearWindow'' [-WITH GIANT GENETICALLY ENGINEERED HUMAN-MIMICKING BUGS!-]
** ''{{Disturbia}}'' is ''RearWindow'' WITH SHIA LEBOUF!
** ''Head Over Heels'' is ''RearWindow'' [-AS A [[ChickFlick CHICK FLICK!]]-]
* RogerCorman's BMovie ''Battle Beyond The Stars'' was ''TheMagnificentSeven'' [-IN SPACE!-]
** ''TheMagnificentSeven'' was ''SevenSamurai'' [-IN THE OLD WEST!-]
* ''ABugsLife'' is ''SevenSamurai'' [-WITH BUGS!-]
* ''TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' is ''[[ManosTheHandsOfFate "Manos" The Hands of Fate]]'' [[XMeetsY meets]] ''Frankenstein'' [-WITH GLAM ROCK!-]
* ''TheFaculty'' is ''TheBreakfastClub'' [-WITH ALIENS!-]
* ''{{Zathura}}'' is ''{{Jumanji}}'' [-IN SPACE!-] Literally; in the story (by the same author) on which it is based, Zathura is the value-added bonus game on the reverse side of the Jumanji board (in the same way many checkerboards have a backgammon board on the back).
* ''{{Outland}}'' is ''HighNoon'' [-IN SPACE!-]
* ''Abbot and Costello Go to Mars''. In which Abbot and Costello go to Venus.
* ''Angels in the Endzone'' is ''{{Angels in the Outfield}}'' [-WITH FOOTBALL!-]
* ''Angels in the Infield'' is ''{{Angels in the Outfield}}'' [-IN THE INFIELD!-]
* This trope is parodied in the MelBrooks film ''History of the World Part I'', where one of [[RealTrailerFakeMovie the previews of Part II]] involve Jews... [-IN SPACE!-] (Not to be confused with the trope SpaceJews, which is something else.) Also AdolfHitler... [-ON ICE!-]
* ''StarTrek: Insurrection'' is ''LostHorizon'' [-IN SPACE!-]
* The 1964 film ''RobinsonCrusoe on Mars'' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
* ''Blonde and Blonder'' is ''Dumb and Dumber'' [-WITH [[DumbBlonde DUMB BLONDES!]]-]
* ''[[TheMummyTrilogy The Mummy]]'' (1999) is not so much a remake of any previous film of that title as it is ''[[IndianaJones Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' [-AS A MONSTER MOVIE!-]
* ''[[TheMummyTrilogy The Mummy]]: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor'' is ''[[TheMummyTrilogy The Mummy]]'' [-IN CHINA!-]
* ''EventHorizon'' (1997) has been called a haunted house movie [-IN SPACE-].
* ''EventHorizon'' is ''{{Solaris}}'' [-IN SPACE, WITH HORROR!-]
* ''{{Airplane}} II: the Sequel'' is ''{{Airplane}}'' [-IN SPACE!-] Ironically, it had a lot of RecycledJokes. He's the Big Cheese, the Man In Charge...
* 1979 Disney film ''TheBlackHole'' is ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' [-IN SPACE!-]
* ''MoulinRouge'' is the opera ''LaTraviata'' [-[[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs ON ACID]]!-]
* ''Rent'' is the opera ''LaBoheme'' [-[[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs ON DRUGS]]! AND WITH AIDS!-]
* ''ForbiddenPlanet'' (1956) is ''TheTempest'' [-IN SPACE!-]
* ''FireBirds'' is ''TopGun'' [-WITH HELICOPTERS!-]
* The Sci-fi Channel Original movie ''Savage Planet'' is not just bears [-IN SPACE!-]: it's [-[[http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/savage-planet-2006 STOCK FOOTAGE OF BEARS IN SPACE!]]-]
* ''[=~A.I.: Artificial Intelligence~=]'' is ''{{Pinocchio}}'' [-IN THE FUTURE! WITH A DOWNER ENDING!-]
* ''ChickenRun'' is ''TheGreatEscape'' - [-WITH POULTRY!-]
* ''HomeAlone 2: Lost in New York'' was the original ''HomeAlone'' [-IN NEW YORK CITY!-]
* A History Channel documentary named ''Sex in Space'', which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
* The ''{{Doom}}'' film was the ''ResidentEvil'' films [-IN SPACE!-]
* ''Space Buddies'' is ''AirBud'' [-IN SPACE!-]
** ''Air Buddies'' is ''AirBud'' [-WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF ADORABLE PUPPIES!-]
** ''Snow Buddies'' is ''Air Buddies'' [-IN THE ARCTIC WILDERNESS!-]
* ''StarWars'' is the myth ''{{Sword of the Empire}}'' [-IN...-] do we ''have'' to say it?
** ''StarWars -- A New Hope'' is also, by word of George Lucas, ''{{The Lord of the Rings}}'' [-IN SPACE!-]
** ''{{Eragon}}'' is ''A New Hope'' [-NOT IN SPACE!-].
** ''Eldest'' is ''The Empire Strikes Back'' using the same setting as LOTR. [-WITH VEGANS!-]
* ''Revenger's Tragedy'' (2003) is ''The Revenger's Tragedy'' [-IN [[AfterTheEnd POST-APOCALYPTIC]] LIVERPOOL!-] And [-WITH [[DoctorWho THE DOCTOR AND THE MASTER]] AS THE HERO AND VILLAIN, ALTHOUGH THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT AT THE TIME!-]
* With the revelation of [[spoiler: the appearance of The Fallen's face]] in ''Film/{{Transformers}}: Revenge of the Fallen'', as well as that [[spoiler: the movie's climax involves The Fallen's awakening in Egypt, or something similar]], some fans have expressed fear that [=RotF=] will be ''[[spoiler: Stargate]]'' [-WITH GIANT ROBOTS!-]
* ''{{Satan Met a Lady}}'' is ''TheMalteseFalcon'' [-AS A COMEDY WITH BETTE DAVIS!-]
* ''LittleShopOfHorrors'' is ''{{Faust}}''... [-WITH A SINGING PLANT THAT EATS PEOPLE!-]
* ''{{Moonraker}}'' is ''TheSpyWhoLovedMe''... IN SPACE!
* ''HighSchoolMusical'' (the first one) is ''{{Grease}}'' [-IN A MODERN DISNEYFIED VERSION OF HIGH SCHOOL!-]
* ''HighSchoolMusical 4'' is going to be ''RomeoAndJuliet'' [-IN HIGH SCHOOL (WITH MUSICAL NUMBERS AND A HAPPY ENDING)!-]
* ''The Mask of Zorro'' is ''TheCountOfMonteCristo'' [-SET IN THE ZORRO UNIVERSE!-]
* ''Film/ThreeAmigos'' is ''TheSevenSamurai'' [-WITH ACTORS PRETENDING TO BE HEROES!-]
* ''GalaxyQuest'' is ''Three Amigos'' [-IN SPACE-]!
* The 1985 film [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089092/ Enemy Mine]] is 1968's [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063056/ Hell in the Pacific]] [-IN SPACE!-], of course.
* ''Disturbing Behaviour'' is ''TheStepfordWives'' [-IN HIGH SCHOOL!-]
* ''Three O'Clock High'' is ''HighNoon'' also in high school.
* ''ApocalypseNow'' is ''HeartOfDarkness'' IN VIETNAM!
* ''Loser'' is ''TheApartment'' IN COLLEGE!
* ''Cadet Kelly'' is ''Private Benjamin'' AS A TEENAGER!
* ''BarbWire'' is ''{{Casablanca}}'' [-IN THE POST-APOCALYPTIC FUTURE! [[FanService WITH BOOBIES!]]-]
* ''12 Rounds'' is ''DieHard With A Vengeance'' IN NEW ORLEANS! (It was even directed by Renny Harlin, the director of ''DieHard 2'')
* ''EscapeFromLA'' is ''EscapeFromNewYork'' IN L.A!
* ''HighSociety'' is ''ThePhiladelphiaStory'' AS A MUSICAL!
* ''Flightplan'' is ''The Lady Vanishes'' [-ON A PLANE!-]
* ''Speed 2'' is ''{{Speed}}'', only instead of being on bus, it's [-[[MemeticMutation ON A BOAT!]]-]
* In reverse chronological order: ''Last Man Standing'' is ''A Fistful of Dollars'' [-WITH MOBSTERS!-]
** ''{{A Fistful of Dollars}}'' is ''Yojimbo'' [-WITH COWBOYS!-]
** ''{{Yojimbo}}'' is ''Red Harvest'' [-WITH SAMURAI!-]
** ''[[DashiellHammett Red Harvest]]'' is ''Red Harvest'' [-WITH [[PinkertonDetective PINKERTONS]]!-]
* ''The Kung Fu Kid'' is ''TheKarateKid'' [-IN CHINA-] (with added ethnicity - the Kid is Jaden Smith)!
* ''CruelIntentions'' is ''DangerousLiaisons'' IN NEW YORK'S UPPER EAST SIDE!
* ''{{Clueless}}'' is ''{{Emma}}'' [-IN BEVERLY HILLS!-]
* Initial reaction to the preview of James Cameron's ''Avatar'' shown at San Diego Comic Con 2009 is that it's ''DancesWithWolves'' [-IN SPACE!-]
** According to the plot description, many are also calling it ''The Last Samurai'' [-IN SPACE-].
*** Actually a closer relevance to the actual plot of the film would probably be ''Pocahontas'' [-WITH ALIENS-] (from what can be told, the movie takes place on an alien world, not so much in space however).
* ''TheLastSamurai'': ''DancesWithWolves'' [-IN 1870s JAPAN-]
* ''The Good The Bad The Weird'' is ''TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'' [-IN 1930s MANCHURIA!-]
* ''10 Things I Hate About You'' is The Taming Of The Shrew [-IN HIGHSCHOOL-]
* Disturbingly enough ''Unleashed''/''DannyTheDog'' is ''LiloAndStitch'' [-WITH JET LI-]
* {{District 9}} is the story of apartheid-era District 6 in Johannesburg [-...WITH ALIENS!-] Alternatively: "[[spoiler: ''Watermelon Man'']][-...WITH TENTACLES!-]" or "[[spoiler: Kafka]][-...WITH EXPLOSIONS!-]"
* The 2009 ''[[Film/StarTrek Star Trek]]'' film is ''StarWars'' [-A LONG TIME FROM NOW IN A GALAXY NOT-TOO-FAR AWAY!-] At least according to College Humor.
* Disney's {{Treasure Planet}} is {{Treasure Island}} in space!
* OBrotherWhereArtThou is [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheOdyssey Homer's Odyssey]]] [-...IN THE SOUTH!-]
* AkiraKurosawa's films ''ThroneOfBlood'' and {{Ran}} are ''{{Macbeth}}'' and ''KingLear'' respectively [-IN FEUDAL JAPAN!-]
* ''Ikiru'' is Tolstoy's "[[TearJerker The Death of Ivan Ilyich]]" [-IN MODERN JAPAN!-]
* The plot of JohnTuckerMustDie is MeanGirls with [-A TWO-TIMING JerkJock ANTAGONIST IN PLACE OF [[TheLibby REGINA GEORGE]]!-]
* ''RoadToPerdition'' is ''LoneWolfAndCub'' [-IN 1930 MOB ERA ILLINOIS!-]
* Can you recycle a trope? SpaceChimps tried to recycle EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys IN SPACE!, but results were... [[SoOkayItsAverage disappointing.]]
* ''Bride and Prejudice'' is ''Pride and Prejudice'' [-IN INDIA! AND AS A MUSICAL!-]
* ''Airheads'' is ''DogDayAfternoon'' [-IN A RADIO STATION! WITH [[ThePowerOfRock THE POWER OF ROCK!]]-]
* The Spierig Brothers are remaking ''Film/CaptainBlood''. IN SPACE!
* ''Paradise'' (a 1982 film most remembered for being Phoebe Cates' first film and for [[FanService showing her naked at every opportunity]]) is ''TheBlueLagoon'' [-IN THE DESERT! ...[[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys WITH A MONKEY!]]-]
* ''Teaching Mrs. Tingle'' is ''9 to 5'' [-IN HIGH SCHOOL!-]
* ''The Pallbearer'' is ''TheGraduate'' [-WITH GEN Xers!-]
* ''Sidewalks of New York'' is ''Husbands & Wives'' [-WITH GEN Xers!-]
** ''Husbands & Wives'' is ''Scenes From a Marriage'' [-BY [[WoodyAllen WOODY ALLEN]]!-]
* James Cameron's upcoming film ''Avatar'' appears to be ''{{Dances With Wolves}}:'' [[foldercontrol]]

[[folder: IN SPACE! ]]

* ''TheCore'' is ''{{Armageddon}}'' in the opposite direction!
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[[folder:Literature]]
*Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut is BraveNewWorld [-with a revolution!-]
*BraveNewWorld by Aldous Huxley is We [-with drugs!-]
* JoWalton's novel ''Tooth and Claw'' is ''Framley Parsonage'' by AnthonyTrollope [-WITH DRAGONS WHO EAT EACH OTHER!-]
* LarryNiven, after writing his famous science fiction novel ''{{Ringworld}}'', later realized that he had ended up writing ''TheWizardOfOz'' [-IN SPACE!-], with the plot and characters mirroring those in the story.
* Science fiction grandmaster IsaacAsimov was open about the fact that his classic ''{{Foundation}}'' trilogy was ''{{The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire}}'' [-IN SPACE!-] This is heavily lampshaded in its SerialNumbersFiledOff sequel by Donald Kingsbury, ''Psychohistorical Crisis''. The protagonist finds a copy of ''The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'' in an antique shop; he's excited to discover a genuine Earth document, while his mentor glances through it and declares it a clumsy fake that's based on the much more recent history covered by Asimov's novels.
** Incidentally, ''TheTriganEmpire'' was ''The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'' [-ON ANOTHER PLANET!-]
* MichaelCrichton's ''{{Eaters of the Dead}}'' (and the movie version "{{The 13th Warrior}}" is ''{{Beowulf}}'' [-WITH NEANDERTALS!-]
* ''{{Eragon}}'': ''StarWars'' [-WITH DRAGONS AND VEGETARIAN ELVES!-]
* ''{{Temeraire}}'' could be described as ''{{Master and Commander}}'' [-WITH DRAGONS!-] It doesn't help that Maturin is briefly alluded to in the latest book, according to [[WordOfGod Word of God]].
* Likewise the ''{{SeafortSaga}}'' could be described as ''{{Master and Commander}}'' [-IN SPACE!-].
* Likewise, ''Arrowsmith'' is WorldWarOne [-WITH MAGIC!-]
* UmbertoEco's short story "Nonita" is a spoof of Nabokov's ''Lolita'' [-WITH A GERONTOPHILE AND AN OLD LADY!-]
* RobertAHeinlein's ''Double Star'' is ''ThePrisonerOfZenda'' [-IN SPACE!-]
* Heinlein's "Job: A Comedy of Justice" is admittedly James Branch Cabell's "Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice" [-IN CHRISTIANITY-]!!!
* Karen Hancock's ''Arena'' is ''ThePilgrimsProgress'' [-IN [[TheMatrix THE MATRIX]]!-]
* Dan Simmons' ''Ilium'' can best be described as ''TheIliad'' [[XMeetsY meets]] ''TheTempest'' [-IN SPACE!-]
* Lois McMaster Bujold's ''A Civil Campaign'' is Georgette Heyer [-IN SPACE!-], as confirmed by WordOfGod.
* Miles Vorkosigan is JamesBond [-AS A DEFORMED SUPERGENIUS DWARF! IN SPACE!-] In some of later ones (e.g. Memory, Komarr), more like Lord Peter Wimsey [-IN SPACE!-]
* ''{{Honor Harrington}}'' is ''{{Horatio Hornblower}}''... in SPACE! (complete with a pseudo-science excuse for broadside duels...and job titles like "Space Lord")
* ''Godspeed'' by Charles Sheffield is ''{{Treasure Island}}'' [-IN SPACE!-]
* [[WordOfGod According]] to StephenKing, ''TheDarkTower'' is ''TheLordOfTheRings'' [-IN THE WILD WEST!-]
* StephenKing's novel ''Wolves of the Calla: TheDarkTower V'' is ''TheMagnificentSeven'' [-WITH ROBOTS!-], and [[LampshadeHanging openly admits to this being the case]], as the characters begin to realize that [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis they're characters in a Stephen King novel.]]
* ''PrideAndPrejudiceAndZombies'' is [-{{EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS ON THE TIN}}-].
* ''BridgetJonesDiary'' is P&P WITH RENEE ZELWEGGER!
* Stephen Baxter and Arthur C. Clarke's Time Odyssey trilogy is {{Gurren Lagann}} -WITH SCIENCE-
* S. M Stirling's ''Peshawar lancers'' is Rudyard Kipling [-AFTER THE END!-]
* {{Ray Bradbury}}'s ''Leviathan '99'' is ''Moby Dick'' IN SPACE.
* {{Stephen Fry}}’s ''The Stars’ Tennis Balls'' (a.k.a. ''Revenge'') is {{The Count of Monte Cristo}} [-IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY-]!
* {{Dune}} is arguably {{Hamlet}} [-IN THE FUTURE-], [-IN SPACE-], and [-WITH ENORMOUS SANDWORMS THAT PRODUCE DRUGS-]. Halfway through, it turns into LawrenceOfArabia [-IN SPACE-].
* The StarWarsExpandedUniverse gives us plenty of examples:
** The Glove of Darth Vader is ''CaptainPlanet'' [-IN SPACE-]
** The XWingSeries is fighter pilots [-IN SPACE-]
** The JediAcademyTrilogy (at least the dynamic between Luke and Kyp) is X-Men [-IN SPACE-]
** ''[[JediAcademyTrilogy I, Jedi]]'' is film noir [-IN SPACE-]
** The HandOfThrawn Duology is FixFic [-IN CANON-] (and also in space)
** NewJediOrder is an alien invasion movie [-IN SPACE-] and DarkerAndEdgier.
** FateOfTheJedi is the [[HPLovecraft Cthulhu Mythos]] [-IN SPACE-]
* H.G. Wells's ''War of the Worlds'' is colonialism [-WITH ALIENS-]. Wells was an outspoken critic of colonialism and War of the Worlds was his way of showing a western audience what colonialism was like from the point of view of the natives. Since European countries often tried to justify colonialism by portraying themselves are more advanced and civilised than those they conquered, he took this to its logical extension by showing England being invaded by an even more advanced civilisation.
* There's a comic book adaptation of MobyDick in space. The whalers are asteroid miners, the giant squid is a white star named Kraken, Moby Dick is a (possibly sentient?) comet, and the final harpoon is a 10-megaton warhead.
* PC Cast's {{House of Night}} series is {{Harry Potter}} WITH PAGAN VAMPIRES AND [[RomanticPlotTumor MORE ROMANCE!]]
* Melissa de la Cruz's ''Blue Bloods'' series is {{Gossip Girl}} WITH VAMPIRES!
* Kit Whitfield's ''Benighted'' is a police procedural WITH WEREWOLVES!
* Melissa Scott's ''Five-Twelths of Heaven'' Is a Swashbuckler IN SPACE! WITH MAGIC!
* Patrick Tilley's ''Amtrack Wars'' is Cowboys vs Indians [[AfterTheEnd AFTER THE END]]! WITH [[PsychicPowers PSYCHIC POWERS]]!
* ''[[NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' is the Stalin-era Soviet Union [-IN BRITAIN!-]
** ''AnimalFarm'' is the Russian Revolution [-WITH TALKING ANIMALS! ON A FARM!-]
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[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* There is a ''PowerRangers'' series literally titled ''PowerRangersInSpace''. Interestingly, it is considered a classic among ''Power Rangers'' series with its introduction of a fully serialized plot and "sympathetic and multi-dimensional villains" (quoting [[{{Wikipedia}} That Other Wiki]]), as well as the spectacular finale ''Countdown to Destruction'' (a.k.a. "[[CrisisCrossover Crisis of Infinite]] Rangers"). ''Power Rangers in Space'' single-handedly saved the show from being canceled, after the debacle of ''Turbo''. On the other hand, the next series, ''Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy'' is sometimes referred to as Power Rangers [-LOST IN SPACE!-]
* Most ''PowerRangers'' series can come off like this. For instance, ''PowerRangersTurbo'' was Power Rangers [-WITH {{COOL CAR}}S!-] And since ''Lost Galaxy'':
** ''Lightspeed Rescue'': Power Rangers [-AS [[BurningBuildingRescue RESCUE WORKERS]]!-]
** ''Time Force'': Power Rangers [-[[TimePolice FROM THE FUTURE]]!-]
** ''Wild Force'': Power Rangers [-WITH [[AnimalTropes ANIMALS]]!-]
** ''Ninja Storm'': Power Rangers [-AS [[InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja NINJAS]]... AGAIN!-]
** ''Dino Thunder'': Power Rangers [-WITH [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs DINOSAURS]]... AGAIN!-]
** ''SPD'': Power Rangers [-AS {{SPACE POLICE}}!-]
** ''Mystic Force'': Power Rangers [-WITH {{MAGIC}}!-]
** ''Operation Overdrive'': Power Rangers [-AS {{ADVENTURER ARCHAEOLOGIST}}S!-]
** ''Jungle Fury'': Power Rangers [-WITH [[AnimalTropes ANIMALS]]... AGAIN! AND [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours KUNG FU]]!-]
** ''RPM'': Power Rangers [-WITH {{COOL CAR}}S... AGAIN! {{AFTER THE END}}!-]
* Many episodes of the 1970s ''BattlestarGalactica'' are lifted from classic movies;
** "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero" = ''The Guns of Navarone'' and ''Ice Station Zebra''. Both movies were based on books by Alistair [=MacLean=].
** "The Magnificent Warriors" = ''The Magnificent Seven'', which itself was a western version of ''SevenSamurai''.
** "The Lost Warrior" = ''Shane''
** "Fire in Space" = ''TheToweringInferno''
** "Murder on the Rising Star" = ''Murder on the Orient Express''
** The entire series was heavily inspired by series creator Glen Larson's Mormon faith, making it effectively ''The Book of Mormon'' [-IN SPACE!-]
** The re-imagined series gave us the episode "The Captain's Hand" - ''CrimsonTide'' [-[[RecycledINSPACE IN SPACE!]]-]
* ''Suite Life on Deck'' is ''TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' [-ON A LUXURY LINER-]! This one is a direct continuation, a sequel series with the setting changed from a hotel to a cruise liner. Of course this was just an {{excuse plot}} so they could make the show "more localized" by having the characters visit countries the series was popular in.
* ''WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'' is ''EvenStevens'' [-WITH MAGIC!-]
* Many episodes of ''HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' and ''XenaWarriorPrincess'' are lifted from classic movies, themes or tropes, especially in later seasons. (Probably too many to list individually!)
* ''[[XenaWarriorPrincess Xena]]'' was ''[[HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys Hercules]]... [-WITH CHICKS!-] And [-INCREASINGLY BLATANT LESBIAN SUBTEXT!-]
* The ''StarTrek'' episode "Balance of Terror" is the 1957 WWII submarine movie ''The Enemy Below'' [-IN SPACE!-] Even the bearing of the unidentified initial contact and the captain's maneuvering orders to the helm are copied nearly verbatim. The Romulan ship is cramped and has [-LOTS OF PIPING AND CONDUITS IN ALL BACKGROUND SCENES.-]
* The ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Starship Mine" is ''DieHard'' [-[[DieHardOnAnX ON THE USS ENTERPRISE]]!-]
* ''StarTrek'' itself is, in the words of its creator, [[WagonTrainToTheStars Wagon Train]] [-TO THE STARS!-]
** In TOS, the Klingons are Russians [-IN SPACE!-] while the Romulans are the then-inscrutable Chinese...[-IN SPACE!-]
** Vulcans are Elves. [-IN SPACE!-]
** Romulans are Dark Elves/Drow, Klingons are Orcs/Orks, Borg are Undead, et cetera....
** Nicholas Meyer, director of ''StarTrekII'' and ''StarTrekVI'', describes the series as "''HoratioHornblower'' [-IN SPACE!-]"
* The much-maligned ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "Meridian" was, as admitted by producer Ira Steven Behr, ''Brigadoon'' [-IN SPACE!-]. Recalling this idea at a later date, Behr admitted: "I am a moron."
* ''SeaQuestDSV'' is ''VoyageToTheBottomOfTheSea'' [-IN THE FUTURE!-] Or "Star Trek" [-UNDER WATER!-]
* And ''{{Sea Quest 2032}}'' was ''[=seaQuest=] DSV'' [-A BIT FARTHER IN THE FUTURE!-] This may mean that ''[=seaQuest=]'' is [[MyOwnGrampa its own grandpa]].
* ''{{Stargate SG-1}}'' is ''{{Stargate}}'' [-WITH MORE GATES!-]
* ''StargateInfinity'' was ''{{Stargate SG-1}}'' [-IN THE FUTURE!-] The episode "200" toyed with this concept. Imaginary pitching segments show SG-1 [-AS TEENAGERS!-] and the show remade [-WITH PUPPETS!-], among other things.
* [[http://www.gateworld.net/news/2008/09/meet_the_istargate_universei_tea.shtml Commenters to Gateworld]] are already calling the new spinoff ''Stargate: Universe'' "90210 [-IN SPACE!-]" and "GossipGirl [-IN SPACE!-]". And they're [-NONE TOO PLEASED ABOUT IT, EITHER!-] Actually, it's more like "''{{Lost}}'' [-IN SPACE!-]" (but definitely not ''{{Lost In Space}}'') .
* The "you can't go home again" and "big ancient structure with lots of rooms to explore" premise means that ''Universe'' is ''Stargate Atlantis'' [-IN SPACE-]
* One of the criticisms of ''{{Andromeda}}'' was that it eventually became ''HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' [-IN SPACE!-] Mind you, people were calling it that long before [[JumpTheShark it happened]]. Or ''Star Trek'' [-AFTER THE END!-]
* The ''DoctorWho'' episode "Voyage of the Damned" was ''The Poseidon Adventure'' [-IN SPACE!-]
* Half of all ''DoctorWho'' episodes ever are "Hammer Horror/Classic Literature/Contemporary Movie/Greek Mythology etc., [-WITH ALIENS!-]" Doctor Who author Ben Aaronovitch once said that "Talent borrows, genius steals, and Doctor Who authors get it off the back of a lorry, no questions asked."
* The Third Doctor story "The Daemons" is ''{{Quatermass and the Pit}}'' [-IN WILTSHIRE INSTEAD OF KNIGHTSBRIDGE!-]
** And the Fourth Doctor story "The Seeds of Doom" is ''TheQuatermassExperiment'' [-IN DORSET-] -- when it's not being ''Film/TheThing'' or "[[TheAvengers The Man-Eater of Surrey Green]]".
** The Fourth Doctor story "The Androids of Tara" is ''ThePrisonerOfZenda'' [-IN SPACE!-]
** In the BigFinish Eighth Doctor story ''Max Warp'', the eponymous ShowWithinAShow is ''TopGear'' [-IN SPACE!-]
** "Chimes of Midnight" is ''HouseOfLeaves'' [-AS A MURDER MYSTERY FARCE!-]
** Of course, between 1970-1973 the show was noticable for being Doctor Who [-NOT IN SPACE!-]
** In one {{Dead Ringers}} sketch, the Tenth Doctor is referred to as "Jarvis Cocker [-IN SPACE!-]".
** The Tenth Doctor & Donna story "The Unicorn and the Wasp" is an Agatha Christie mystery [-WITH AGATHA CHRISTIE! AND ALIENS!-]
** The Second Doctor is often described as Charlie Chaplin [-IN SPACE!-]
** The Tenth Doctor [[PlayingWithATrope plays with this trope]] in "Smith and Jones"
---> '''Doctor:''' Have you seen?! There are these things, these great big space Rhino things, I mean, Rhinos from space, and we're on the moon! Big space Rhinos, with guns! [-On the moon!-]
* ''[[BlakesSeven Blake's 7]]'' was ''TheDirtyDozen'' mixed with RobinHood [-IN SPACE!-]
* ''{{Homeboys in Outer Space}}'' was, well... ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
* Parodied on ''TheDailyShow'' during a short in which Jon Stewart, Steve Carell and StephenColbert are TV producers trying to come up with a new reality show. At one point, Colbert complains that "Every pitch [Stewart] makes is just one of mine with the words [-IN SPACE!-] added to the end."
* ''{{Farscape}}'', with varying degrees of delight, made several such episodes. Possibly the most memorable is the one where, locked inside his own mind, Crichton turns his existence into a Looney Tunes cartoon, with a ''lot'' of reference to the Wile E. Coyote/Roadrunner cartoons.
* ''{{Lost in Space}}'' is ''SwissFamilyRobinson'' [-IN SPACE!-] They are, quite literally, the Space Family Robinson!
* In 1993, thanks to the popularity of ''SavedByTheBell'', NBC replaced its Saturday Morning lineup with TNBC, a lineup composed completely of shows that were ''SavedByTheBell'' [-[[FollowTheLeader IN SPACE]]!-]
** ''CaliforniaDreams'' was ''SavedByTheBell'' [-WITH A BAND!-]
** ''HangTime'' was ''SavedByTheBell'' [-WITH BASKETBALL!-]
** ''SavedByTheBellTheNewClass'' was ''SavedByTheBell'' [-WITH A DIFFERENT CAST!-]
** In fact, any show aimed at teens with a SixStudentClique and a gimmick is ''SavedByTheBell'' [-WITH A GIMMICK!-] Even if it's a drama.
* ''[[BabylonFive Babylon 5]]: Thirdspace'' was ''{{Quatermass and the Pit}}'' [-IN SPACE-]! According to WordOfGod, it was actually "[[CthulhuMythos The Call Of Cthulhu]]" [=IN SPACE!=]
* As Lampshaded in a Voltaire filk, ''StarTrek: Voyager'' was ''{{Lost in Space}}'' [[strike:[-IN SPACE!-]] [-IN THE {{STAR TREK}} UNIVERSE!-]
* ''ExtremeMakeoverHomeEdition'' is ''ExtremeMakeover'' [-FOR HOUSES!-] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Need we say more?]]
* ''PirateMaster'' is ''{{Survivor}}'' [-WITH PIRATES!-]
* ''SurviveThis'' is ''{{Survivor}}'' [-WITH TEENS!-]
* ''RockStar: INXS'' is ''AmericanIdol'' [-IN SEARCH OF [[TheBandMinusTheFace MICHAEL HUTCHENCE'S REPLACEMENT]]!-]
* ''Rock Star: Supernova'' is the above series [-IN SEARCH OF A LEAD SINGER IN A SUPER BAND!-]
* ''OneInAMillion'' is [[AmericanIdol ''Malaysian Idol'']] [-WITH A MILLION RINGGIT AS ITS PRIZE!-]
* ''{{Emmanuelle}}''... [-IN SPACE!-] Heh.
* ''BaywatchNights''? ''{{Baywatch}}''... [-WITH DETECTIVES!-] And when that didn't work out, [-WITH THE PARANORMAL!-] And also [-WITH SCI-FI!-] And shortly thereafter, [-WITH PROMPT {{CANCELLATION}}!-]
* ''[[SpaceAboveAndBeyond Space: Above and Beyond]]'' was ''BaaBaaBlackSheep'' [-IN SPACE!-] (And also [-WITH EARLY CANCELLATION!-] Because they were [[ScrewedByTheNetwork WITH FOX!]])
* ''MyHero'' is ''MorkAndMindy'' [-WITH A CAPE!-]
* ''SpaceKnights'' is KingArthur [-IN SPACE!-]
* ''Acceptable TV'' had a tease for ''Operation Kitten Calender: In Space!''
* ''Unhappily Ever After'' was ''MarriedWithChildren'' with [-A TALKING BUNNY!-]. (And the dog became a third kid)
* ''{{House}}'' is Sherlock Holmes [-IN A HOSPITAL!-] Which brings the recycling full circle, since the Sherlock Holmes character was real-life diagnostician Joseph Bell [-AS A DETECTIVE!-]
* EarthFinalConflict has the 4th season episode "Phantom Companion" which is basically the PhantomOfTheOpera set on the Taelon mothership, or to put it simply. IN SPACE.
* ''CodeRed'' is ''{{Bonanza}}'' IN CONTEMPORARY TIMES WITH THE CARTWRIGHTS AS A FAMILY OF FIREFIGHTERS!
* ''TheBigValley'' is ''{{Bonanza}}'' WITH FEMALE CHARACTERS IN THE FAMILY.
* The ''{{CSI}}'' franchise is ''Quincy M.E.'' [-WITH DIGITAL EFFECTS!-] Or [-WITH SEX APPEAL!-] Or, hell, maybe just [-WITH STYLE!-]
* The ''AlarmFurCobra11'' episode "Die schwartze Madonna" is IndianaJones and ''TheMalteseFalcon'' [-IN GERMANY ON THE AUTOBAHN-]!
* Cartoon Network's new game show ''Brain Rush'' is ''Cash Cab'' [-ON A ROLLER COASTER!-]
* It was thought impossible, but {{Virtuality}}, a new [[strike:show]]{{pilot}} on Fox is RealityTV [-IN SPACE!-].
* ''DustysTrail'' is both ''GilligansIsland'' [-IN THE OLD WEST!-] and ''WagonTrain'' [-WITH GILLIGAN, THE [[strike:SKIPPER]] WAGONMASTER TOO, THE MILLIONAIRE AND HIS WIFE, THE [[strike:MOVIE STAR]] DANCEHALL GIRL, THE PROFESSOR AND MARY ANN!-]
* ''Virtuality'' (from the producers of ''BattlestarGalactica'') is ''[[TwothousandOne 2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' with [-A REALITY TV SPIN, MORE CHARACTERS, WOMEN, AND VIRTUAL REALITY!-]
* ''DefyingGravity'' was pitched as ''GreysAnatomy'' [-IN SPACE!-] But with all of the obfuscating intrigue, it seems to be turning into ''{{Lost}}'' [-IN SPACE!-]...wait. [[LostInSpace Not that one]].
* ''Astronauts'', a 1981 British series written by Greame Garden and Bill Oddie, was dimissed as some as being ''TheGoodies''[-IN SPACE-]
* ''Newsradio'', episode "Space"; radio station, you guessed it, [-IN SPACE!-] Episode "Sinking Ship"; radio station [-ON THE TITANIC!-]
* The Norman Lear pilot ''McGurk: A Dog's Life'' is ''AllInTheFamily'' [-WITH [[FurryFandom FURRIES]]!-]
* ''RedDwarf'' is a double whammy: it was actually pitched by its creators as "SteptoeAndSon [-IN SPACE-] [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs on acid]]."
* The DisneyChannel's "Brian O'Brian" shorts are MrBean [-IN AMERICA!-]
* ''Fibrilando'' is ''CameraCafe'' [-IN AN HOSPITAL! AND AS EVEN MORE OF A [[CrapsackWorld CRAPSACK WORLD]]!-]
* ''NCISLosAngeles'' is ''{{NCIS}}'' [-IN LA AND RUN BY [[TheIncredibles EDNA MODE]]!-]
* ''The Duck Factory'' featured a young JimCarrey tasked with rebooting a stale cartoon show. After finding he'd just proposed killing off the producer's favorite character, he notes the producer's office decor and saves the day by adding, "did I mention this all happens [-IN SPACE-]?"
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[[folder:Music]]
* ''[[{{Rush}} 2112]]'' is ''[[AynRand Anthem]]'' [-WITH ELECTRIC GUITARS!-]
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[[folder:Pornography]]
*Porn loves to do this with ParallelPornTitles like ''Star Whores'' and ''The Bare Wench Project''. In fact, [[RuleThirtyFour it's probably been done with every movie ever]].
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[[folder:Puppet Shows]]

* ''{{The Muppet Show}}'' had ''Pigs [-IN SPACE!-]''. Say it properly: ''[[ThisIsSparta PIGS! IN! SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!]]''

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[[folder:Radio]]
* OrsonWelles's radio production of ''JuliusCaesar'' [-IN A POLICE STATE!-] catapulted him to national fame.
* TheGreenHornet and Kato are TheLoneRanger and Tonto [-IN THE CITY! WITH A COOL CAR!-]
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* ''[[DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons & Dragons]]'' started as wargames [-AT THE SQUAD LEVEL!-], wandered through ''{{The Lord of the Rings}}'' [-FREESTYLE!-], and with the most recent edition hs been described as a fantasy MMORPG [-ON YOUR TABLETOP!-]
* Then there was the ''{{Eberron}}'' campaign setting, which was ''Dungeons & Dragons'' [-FEATURING MAGITEK!-]
* ''{{Spelljammer}}'' was literally ''DungeonsAndDragons'' [-IN SPACE!-] It was largely unpopular, but it has a significant cult following.
* d20 Future is {{d20 Modern}} (which is ''Dungeons & Dragons'' [-IN THE MODERN WORLD!-]) [-IN THE FUTURE!... OH, ALL RIGHT: IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!-]
* d20 Past and d20 Apocalypse are ''Dungeons & Dragons'' [-IN THE LATE 1800s-] and [-[[AfterTheEnd AFTER THE END]]-] respectively. Both also had ''Urban Arcana'' style settings.
* ''Dark*Matter'' is ''Dungeons & Dragons'' [-WITH CONSPIRACY THEORIES!-]
* ''GammaWorld'' was ''already'' ''D&D'' [-[[AfterTheEnd AFTER THE END!]]-]
* ''Ravenloft: Masque of the Read Death'' was ''Ravenloft'' InNameOnly -- it was really ''D&D'' [-IN THE VICTORIAN ERA WITH THE CHARACTERS FIGHTING ANCIENT HORRORS!-] (Or possibly the First from 7th season ''{{Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}''.)
* The ''StarWars'' RPG was a retooling of the same d20 system used in ''D&D'', making it play like ''{{Dungeons and Dragons}}'' [-IN SPACE!-]
* ''{{Warhammer40000}}'' began as ''{{Warhammer}}'' [-IN SPACE!-] but is now pretty much its own entity; it still, however, has goblins in space, orcs in space, elves in space, ogres in space, the ChurchMilitant in space, and Chaos Gods in space. Previous versions also had dwarfs in space.
** Don't forget (BLUE) communists [-IN SPACE!-]
** SandyMitchell's {{Ciaphas Cain}} is {{Flashman}} [-IN SPACE!-] Or BlackAdder [-IN SPACE!-]
** DanAbnett's ''GauntsGhosts'' is Sharpe [-IN SPACE!-]
** And in the original ''{{Warhammer}}'' world [[KimNewman Jack Yeovil]]'s Filthy Harald Kleindeinst is DirtyHarry [-IN [[LowFantasy LOW FANTASY!]]-]
** The novel ''Fulgrim'' is in many ways ''[[{{Shakespeare}} Othello]]'' [-IN SPACE, AND WITH A TALKING SWORD PLAYING IAGO!-]
* WhiteWolf has a bizarre relationship with this trope and RetCon.
** ''Mage: The Ascension'' was originally conceived as the medieval RPG, ''ArsMagica'', [-IN THE MODERN DAY!-] -- but then begat not only ''Mage: The Sorcerer's Crusade'' (''[=MtA=]'' [-IN THE RENAISSANCE!-]), but, once WhiteWolf sold the rights to ArsMagica itself, ''DarkAges: Mage''.
** ''{{Exalted}}'', in turn, was supposed to be the original WorldOfDarkness [-IN PREHISTORY!-] -- but now there's ''{{Scion}}'', self-described as ''{{Exalted}}'': [-IN THE MODERN WORLD WITH ANCIENT MYTHS ON TOP!-] (Though Scion doesn't necessarily match that description.)
** Less problematical are the other historical games set in the Old ''WorldOfDarkness'': ''Vampire: [-THE DARK AGES!-]'', ''Vampire: [-THE VICTORIAN AGE!-]'', ''Werewolf: [-THE WILD WEST!-]'', ''et al.''
* ''CthulhuTech'' is ''{{Call of Cthulhu}}'' [-IN THE FUTURE!-] Although not [-IN SPACE!-] as the Migou tend to blow up anything the NEG tries to keep up.
** Steve Jackson Games has already done ''GURPS Cthulhupunk'', a sourcebook that puts Cthulhu [-IN CYBERPUNK-]!
* Star ''{{Munchkin}}'': "Kill the monsters. Grab the treasure. Stab your buddy [-IN SPACE!-]" [[http://wargames.com.hk/oscommerce/images/res/starmun_91_130.jpg]]
* ''{{Race for the Galaxy}}'' is like ''SanJuan'' [-IN SPACE!-].
* ''Smallworld'' has been described as ''Vinci'' [-IN A FANTASY WORLD!-].
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[[folder:Theatre]]
* {{Shakespeare}} gets this treatment '''a lot''':
** Disney's ''TheLionKing'' and its sequel are essentially ''{{Hamlet}}'' and ''RomeoAndJuliet'', respectively, [-AS {{TALKING ANIMAL}} CARTOONS!-]
** ''Lion King 1 1/2'' is ''[[RosencrantzAndGuildensternAreDead Rosencrantz and Guildenstern]] [[strike:Were Eaten by a Lion]] [[RosencrantzAndGuildensternAreDead Are Dead]]''
** 1999's ''Titus'', set [-WHENEVER JULIE TAYMOR FELT LIKE IT!-]. No, seriously. One minute it's AncientRome, the next it's the 1940s. Perhaps it was [-[[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs ON ACID]]!-]
** ''ForbiddenPlanet'' (1956) was ''The Tempest'' [-IN SPACE!-]
** ''{{Twilight}}'' is even [[WordOfGod described by the author]] as ''RomeoAndJuliet'' [-WITH [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles SPARKLY]] VAMPIRES AND {{EMO}} WEREWOLVES!-] Unfortunately, none of the protagonists die as horribly as the characters to whom they are compared.
** ''Gnomeo and Juliet.'' There's [-GNOMES!-]
** ''WestSideStory'' is ''RomeoAndJuliet'' IN NEW YORK! WITH RACIAL SLURS!
** Of course, ''O'' is {{Othello}} [-IN HIGH SCHOOL!-]
** Director John Bell is a huge fan of this trope. He's done Macbeth in post apocalyptic Russia, Titus Andronicus in a Library, and King Lear on a really bad acid trip.
** OrsonWelles once put on a production of ''Macbeth'' set [-IN HAITI!-]
** Of course, the Bard wasn't scared of doing this himself. Comedy of Errors is the Menaechmi with an extra pair of twins, after all.
* ''AvenueQ'' on the other hand, is ''{{RENT}}'' [-WITH MUPPETS INSTEAD OF AIDS!-] Alternately, it's ''SesameStreet'' [-WITH ANGST!-]
* ''Kiss Me, Kate'' is ''The Taming of the Shrew'' [-AS A MUSICAL WITHIN ANOTHER MUSICAL!-]
* (Not a musical) ''Seven Supermans'' is Seven Samurai [-WITH [[CaptainErsatz RIPPED OFF]] SUPERHEROES!-]
* ''TheMusicMan'' is ''TheRainmaker'' [-WITH A BOYS' MARCHING BAND INSTEAD OF RAIN! AND A [[HotLibrarian HOT LIBRARIAN]], TOO!-]
* The Hungarian RockOpera ''King Stephen'' is ''JesusChristSuperstar'' [-IN HUNGARY!-]
* ''Mourning Becomes Electra'' is {{Aeschylus}}'s ''Oresteia'' [-IN AMERICA AT THE TIME OF THE [[AmericanCivilWar CIVIL WAR]]!-]
* ''She's The Man'' is ''{{Twelfth Night}}'' [-WITH SOCCER!-]
* ''FiddlerOnTheRoof'' is ''PrideAndPrejudice'' [-WITH JEWS! AND RACISM!-]
* ''TheBoysInTheBand'' is ''WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf'' [-WITH GAYS!-]
* ''The Desert Song'' is ''TheSheik'' [-WITH A [[TwoPersonLoveTriangle TWO PERSON LOVE TRIANGLE]]!-]
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[[folder:Toys]]
* The short-lived action figure series ''K9 Corps'' recycles the concept of the similarly short-lived ''Road Rovers''... [-ONLY [[DarkerAndEdgier DARKER AND EDGIER]]!-]
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''[[SuperMarioBros Super Mario Galaxy]]'' is ''Super Mario 64'' [-IN SPACE!-] Although it worked out pretty well.
* They're taking this a step further with Super Mario Galaxy 2. It's Mario [-IN SPACE! WITH YOSHI!-]
* ''Super Mario Sunshine'' is more or less ''Super Mario 64'' [-ON A TROPICAL ISLAND WHILE MARIO ACTUALLY DOES SOME PLUMBING (SORT OF)! WITH A [[GuideDangIt REALLY FRUSTRATING FETCH QUEST!]]-] (Damn those Blue Coins!)
* ''DinoCrisis'' was ''ResidentEvil'' [-WITH DINOSAURS!-]
* ''Dino Crisis 3'' is literally ''Dino Crisis'' [-IN SPACE-].
* ''DeadSpace'' either is ''ResidentEvil'' meets ''John Carpenter's Film/TheThing'' [-IN SPACE!-] or ''BioShock'' [-IN SPACE!-].
* ''{{Bioshock}}'' is ''SystemShock'' [-WITH [[PunkPunk BIOPUNK]]!-]
* By necessity, the ''[[RatchetAndClank Ratchet & Clank]]'' series is ''SpyroTheDragon'' [-IN SPACE WITH {{BFG}}S, MORE COMBAT-INTENSIVE GAMEPLAY, AND [[ComedicSociopathy A MEAN SPIRITED SENSE OF HUMOR]]!-] So maybe not so much.
* ''{{Heretic}}'' and ''{{Hexen}}'' were ''{{Doom}}'' [-WITH SWORDS AND SORCERY!-] (the game engine was even the same)
* ''SidMeiersAlphaCentauri'' is ''{{Civilization}} II'' [-IN SPACE!-] Fortunately, the game is so close to the Hard end of the MohsScaleOfSciFiHardness, it might as well be forgiven for that.
* ''SidMeiersColonization'' is ''{{Civilization}} II'' [-IN THE COLONIAL TIME PERIOD ONLY!!-] And was remade as ''{{Civilization}} IV'' [-IN THE COLONIAL TIME PERIOD ONLY!!-]
* Age Of Mythology: AgeOfEmpires [-[[TheTimeOfMyths WITH MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURES!]]-]
* Blizzard went to great lengths to make ''{{Starcraft}}'' ''not'' play like ''{{Warcraft}}'' [-IN SPACE!-] Brood War gives this a nice LampshadeHanging. However, many elements introduced in ''{{Starcraft}}'' were reused in ''Warcraft 3'', along with further refinements - such as the Undead, who are essentially the Zerg [-NOT IN SPACE!-]. As for the announced ''{{Starcraft}} II''...time will tell, although Blizzard has already stated that the RPG elements used in WC 3 will ''not'' appear in SC2. It's more like Warcraft [-IN THE FUTURE-] than [-IN SPACE-]
* On April Fool's Day 2008, Blizzard announced that ''{{Starcraft}} II'' would feature Taurens [-IN SPACE!-]
* Recent {{licensed game}}s based on ''TheSimpsons'' are notorious for this. ''TheSimpsons Skateboarding'', ''Road Rage'' and ''Hit And Run'' are ''TonyHawksProSkater'', ''CrazyTaxi'' and ''GrandTheftAuto'', in that order, [-IN [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield SPRINGFIELD]]!-] Fortunately, only the first one was [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames as predictably bad as most licensed games]].
* Likewise for many ''StarWars'' games. ''Dark Forces'', ''Force Commander'' and ''Battlefront'' were respectively ''{{Doom}}'', ''CommandAndConquer'' and ''{{Battlefield}}'' [-[[ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway A LONG TIME AGO IN A GALAXY FAR FAR AWAY!]]-]
* Similarly, ''StarWars Galactic Battlegrounds'' was ''AgeOfEmpires II'' with different units and new names for the resources.
* ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' was ''NeverwinterNights'' [-AN EVEN ''LONGER'' TIME AGO IN A GALAXY FAR FAR AWAY!-] Correspondingly, ''MassEffect'' is ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' [-IN AN ORIGINAL CANON!-] [-WITH ELEMENTS OF THE SHOOTER GENRE!-]
** ''MassEffect'' has also been described as simply "[=KotOR=] [-IN SPACE-]", which is stupidly funny.
** Don't forget JadeEmpire, which is [=KotOR=] [-IN A FICTIONAL PARALLEL OF CHINESE MYTH!-]
** Speaking of ''MassEffect'', the "Paragon" side of the KarmaMeter can be summed up as "CaptainAmerica [-IN SPACE!-]"
** To which the counterpart, "Renegade", would be "[[TwentyFour Jack Bauer]] [-IN SPACE!-]"
** ''LordOfTheRings: Conquest'' seems to be going towards ''StarWars: Battlefront'' [-IN {{THE LORD OF THE RINGS}}!-]; this may be okay by the developers, who advertise that they made ''StarWars: Battlefront''.
* ''StarFox Adventures'' became LegendOfZelda [-IN SPACE!-] when [[ExecutiveMeddling Nintendo replaced the setting with ''StarFox'' characters]] and also made it a game that didn't please the fans of the series at all. Before that, it was more like ''LegendOfZelda'' [-WITH FURRIES!-], something Rare has done quite a few times with more success (''Mario 64''-> ''Banjo-Kazooie'', ''MarioKart'' -> Diddy Kong Racing, not to mention the older DonkeyKong games).
* For that matter, ''StarFox'' is StarWars [-WITH FURRIES!-] Or perhaps furries [-IN SPACE!-] Whatever floats your [[strike:boat]] Arwing.
* ''Worms: A Space Oddity'' is ''{{Worms}}'' [-IN SPACE! ON THE WII!-]
* ''{{Grandia}} Xtreme'' is ''Grandia'' [-[[http://www.audioatrocities.com/games/grandiax/index.html WITH MARK HAMILL!]]-] (and [-[[XtremeKoolLetterz XTREME!]]-])
* ''Space Siege'' ''is DungeonSiege'' [-IN SPACE-]!
* ''CallOfDuty[[strike: 5]]: World at War has been essentially called CallOfDuty 4 [-IN WORLD WAR 2!-] to those who do not think is was changed enough.
* Ironilally, CallOfDuty 4 itself was CallOfDuty [-IN THE PRESENT DAY!-]
* ''{{Fallout}} 3'' is ''TheElderScrolls IV: Oblivion'' [-AfterTheEnd!-] Or {{The Elder Scrolls}}: ''Oblivion'' WITH GUNS!
* ''TombRaider'' is ''IndianaJones'' [-WITH A WOMAN!-] This is not surprising; the creators originally wanted to make ''Tomb Raider'' with a male protagonist, but went with a woman in fear that it will be too similar to ''Indiana Jones''. As one reviewer put it, Tomb raider is Indiana Jones [-WITH BREASTS!-]
** ''[[UnchartedDrakesFortune Uncharted: Drake's Fortune]]'' has been described as TombRaider [-WITH A [[EstrogenBrigadeBait MALE LEAD]]!-]
* Classic example: ''KabukiQuantumFighter'' is ''NinjaGaiden'' [-INSIDE A COMPUTER!-] [-WITH KABUKI ACTORS!-] And it's awesome.
* Likewise, ''Ninja Gaiden'' is ''Castlevania'' [-[[InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja WITH NINJAS!]]-] (And less [[FakeDifficulty crappy controls]].)
* Not exactly the whole series recycled, but just the concepts. In ''SuperRobotWars'' OG Gaiden, fighting style Kishin Ken is [[FistOfTheNorthStar Hokuto Shinken]] [-IN [[HumongousMecha HUMONGOUS MECHA]]!-]
* The ''MysticalNinja/GanbareGoemon'' games stars the Japanese folk hero Ishikawa Goemon [-AS A [[HighlyVisibleNinja HIGHLY VISIBLE NINJA]] IN A [[WidgetSeries WIDGET GAME SERIES]] WITH [[SchizoTech SCHIZO TECH]] AND [[HumongousMecha HUMONGOUS MECHA]]!-] Ishikawa Goemon, in turn, is [-ROBIN HOOD IN FEUDAL JAPAN!-] All oddness and cultural differences aside, they're actually pretty good.
* ''AmericanMcGeesAlice'' is ''AliceInWonderland'' [-[[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs COMING DOWN FROM HEROIN!]]-]
* ''PrimalRage'' is ''MortalKombat'' [-WITH [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs DINOSAURS]] AND [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys GORILLAS!]]-]
* ''MegamanStarForce'' is ''MegamanBattleNetwork'' [-IN THE FUTURE!-] or [-FURTHER FUTURE-], I guess.
* ''EliteBeatAgents'' is ''OsuTatakaeOuendan'' [-WITH [[AnimeHair FUNNY-HAIRED]] [[AutobotsRockOut DANCING]] [[{{MIB}} MEN IN BLACK]]!-] (Although EBA is just an international version of Ouendan made by the same developer so it's good)
* Meanwhile, ''LooneyTunes: Cartoon Conductor'' is ''EliteBeatAgents'' [-WITH LOONEY TUNES CHARACTERS!-]
* A DS game based on the movie ''HappyFeet'' is ''EliteBeatAgents'' [-[[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins WITH PENGUINS]]!-]
* ''HighSchoolMusical'': Makin' the Cut is ''EliteBeatAgents'' [-WITH BUBBLEGUM POP-]
* ''{{Sonic}} and the Secret Rings'' is ''Sonic Adventure'' [-IN ARABIA!-]
* Likewise, ''Sonic and the Black Knight'' is ''Sonic and the Secret Rings'' [-IN MEDIEVAL TIMES! AND SWORDFIGHTING!-]
* Both ''Sonic Adventure'' games parody this trope with posters for movies called "Chao In Space" and "Chao In Space 2". ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (Xbox 360/PS3) later continues this with "Chao in Space 3".
* ''{{X-COM}}: Terror from the Deep'' is a sequel that is the first game [-UNDERWATER!-]
* It could accurately be said that ''Terror from the Deep'' is ''X-Com'' [-NOT IN SPACE!-] And [-[[NintendoHard NINTENDO HARD]]!-]
* There is literally a game called ''Jesus in Space''. . [[http://www.sundaysoftware.com/jesus/index.htm See for yourself]].
* ''WingCommander'' (up to the conclusion of [=WC3=]) is {{WW2}} in the Pacific, InSpace!
* ''Just Cause'' is ''GrandTheftAuto'' [-ON A CARIBBEAN ISLAND WITH REVOLUTIONARIES!-]
* ''PuzzleQuest: Galactrix''. It's ''PuzzleQuest''... [-IN SPACE!-]
* ''CrashBandicoot'' is ''The Island of Dr. Moreau'' [-SET IN AN AUSTRALIAN ARCHIPELAGO, DOING [[LooneyTunes LOONEY TUNES]]!-]
* Similar to ''CallOfDuty4'', ''Strikers 1945 III'' / ''Strikers 1999'' is ''Strikers 1945'' [-IN THE PRESENT DAY!-]
* ''Mars Matrix'' is ''Giga Wing'' [-[[strike: IN SPACE!]] ON MARS!-]
* ''Lethal Enforcers II'' is ''Lethal Enforcers'' [-IN THE WILD WEST!-]
* ''Viper Phase 1'' is ''Raiden'' [-IN SPACE!-] (Though ''Raiden II'' 's final stage was also [-IN SPACE!-])
* ''{{Tetris}}: The Grand Master 3'' is ''Tetris: The Grand Master'' [-IN SPACE!-]
* ''Tetris: The Grand Master ACE'' is ''TGM'' [-[[ExecutiveMeddling WITH THE TETRIS GUIDELINE!]]-]
* ''Disaster: Day of Crisis'' is ''DieHard'', and any DisasterMovie ''ever'', [-IN VIDEO GAME FORM!-]
* ''MagiciansQuestMysteriousTimes'' is ''AnimalCrossing'' [-AT {{WIZARDING SCHOOL}}!-]
* ''Jak II: Renegade'' is ''JakAndDaxter'' [-IN THE FUTURE! [[DarkerAndEdgier WITH MORE GRIM DARKNESS!]] AND A [[SuperpoweredEvilSide SUPERPOWERED EVIL SIDE!]]-]
* ''Victory Road'', the sequel to ''Ikari Warriors'', is Ikari Warriors [-IN SPACE!-]
*''S.A.R.: Search and Rescue'' is Ikari Warriors [-IN THE FUTURE WITH HORROR!-]
* ''Guerrilla War'' is ''Ikari Warriors'' [-DURING THE CUBAN REVOLUTION!-].
* The original ''Ikari Warriors'' is ''T.N.K. III'' [-WITH A COMMANDO INSTEAD OF A TANK-]. The driver of that tank happens to be a certain Ralf Jones though.
* ''Teleroboxer'' is PunchOut [-WITH ROBOTS!-]
* ''SuperSmashBros'' is ''Fighters Megamix'' [-BY NINTENDO!-]
* [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles TMNT Smash Up]] is ''SuperSmashBros'' [-WITH TURTLES!-]
* ''2020 Super Baseball'' is ''Baseball Stars'' [-IN THE FUTURE!-]
* ''{{Battlezone}}'' (not the old Atari one, the 1998 Activision one) is the ''{{Cold War}}'' [-IN SPACE!-]
* ''{{DJ MAX}} Technika'' is ''EliteBeatAgents'' [-ON ARCADE HARDWARE!-]
* ''1941: Counter Attack'' is ''1943'' [-IN EUROPE!-]
* ''19XX: The War Against Destiny'' is ''1941'' [-ALL OVER THE WORLD!-] And the FinalBoss is [-IN SPACE!-]
* ''[=DoDonPachi=]'' is ''Raiden'' [-[[BulletHell WITH LOTS MORE BULLETS!]]-]
** ''Dangun Feveron'' is ''[=DoDonPachi=]'' [-IN SPACE WITH DISCO MUSIC!-]
** ''Mushihime-sama'' is ''Dodonpachi'' with insects and even more bullets.
* ''Para Para Paradise'' is ''DanceDanceRevolution'' [-WITH HANDS AND MORE EUROBEAT!-]
* ''Confidential Mission'' is ''Virtua Cop'' [-WITH SECRET AGENTS!-]
* ''GHOST Squad'' is ''Virtua Cop'' [-IN THE MILITARY!-] (You can even unlock [[ShoutOut guns and costumes from the Virtua Cop series]].)
* ''{{La-Mulana}}'' is ''Maze of Galious'' [-IN ANCIENT RUINS WITH AN [[AdventurerArchaeologist ADVENTURER ARCHAEOLOGIST]]!-]
* Inverted with ''Life Force'' / ''Salamander'', which is ''{{Gradius}}'' [-IN ONE BIG [[WombLevel WOMB LEVEL]]!-]
* ''Police 911'' is ''TimeCrisis'' [-IN JAPAN!-]
* SpaceChannel5 is Channel 5 IN SPACE with dancing, and programs that are actually entertaining. Unfortunately it still has a CorruptCorporateExecutive.... in space. Also includes Space Michael (Michael Jackson IN SPACE!).
* ''DaytonaUSA'' is ''Virtua Racing'' [-WITH STOCK CARS!-]
* ''Super GT'' is ''DaytonaUSA'' [-WITH EUROPEAN SPORTS CARS!-]
* ''San Francisco Rush 2049'' is ''San Francisco Rush'' [-[[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture 40 YEARS FROM NOW!]]-]
* ''BarkleyShutUpAndJamGaiden'' is ''Charles Barkley: Shut Up and Jam'' [[BetterThanItSounds [-AS A JPRG-]!]] And sometimes [-IN SPACE!-] [-IN CANON!-]
* ''{{Darkstalkers}}'' is ''StreetFighter'' [-WITH MONSTERS!-]
* ''RivalSchools'' is ''StreetFighter'' [-IN HIGH SCHOOL!-]
* ''PerfectDark'' is ''007 Goldeneye'' [-IN THE FUTURE-]
* ''TimeSplitters'' is ''Goldeneye'' [-WITH TIME TRAVEL-]
* ''TitanQuest'' is ''{{Diablo}}'' [-IN ANCIENT GREECE!-]
* ''ShadowWarrior'' is ''DukeNukem 3D'' [-WITH NINJAS!-]
* ''FinalFantasyXII'' is ''StarWars'' [-NOT IN SPACE!-]
* ''{{Eversion}}'' is ''SuperMarioBros'' [-IN A MORE FLOWERY WORLD!-] And later, [-[[spoiler:IN HELL!]]-]
* Since game developers can't seem to come up with anything new, most real time strategies are ''DuneII'' [-WTH ANOTHER BACKSTORY-] and usually without the glory that is {{Sand Worm}}s
* ''VideoGames/CannonFodder'' 2 takes this a bit literally: it really is Cannon Fodder [-IN SPACE!-]
* ''SlyCooper'' is basically ''OceansEleven'' [-[[FurryFandom FOR FURRIES!]]-]
* An inversion: Despite being more similar to the Shenmue series, Sega, when they first tried to export Ryu Gu Gotaku, describe Yakuza as GTA in Japan, causing consumers to ignore it as another GTA clone in the periods glut of them
* ''SaintsRow'' is ''GrandTheftAuto'' [-WITH PLAYER CUSTOMIZATION!-]
* RedFaction Guerrilla is Saints Row 2 [-ON MARS!-] [-AND YOU BLOW UP BUILDINGS INSTEAD OF PEOPLE!-]
* {{Prototype}} is Hulk: Ultimate Destruction [-IF THE HULK HAD A [[SpiderMan SYMBIOTE SUIT]]!-]
* [[DeadSpace Dead Space]] is Resident Evil 4 [-IN SPACE! WITH GRAVITY GUNS! AND [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot ALIEN MUTANT ZOMBIES!]]-] That said, the antagonistic "religion" in the game is basically [[ChurchOfHappyology Scientology]] [-IN SPACE!-]
* ''NoMoreHeroes'' is ''Branded to Kill'' [-SET IN A [[{{Eagleland}} CALIFORNIAN CITY]]!-] [[FanDumb Some people]] consider it to be ''GrandTheftAuto'' [-WITH [[LaserBlade BEAM SWORDS]]!-]
* ''{{Quake}} I'': Doom in true 3D. In turn, Quake II is Quake I recycled with aliens. And Quake IV is Doom 3 recycled with aliens.
* ''IkariWarriors II'' is {{Rambo}} [-IN SPACE!-]
* ''DynastyWarriorsGundam'' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin... the classic ''Dynasty Warriors'' HackAndSlash format, recycled [-WITH [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters LOADS AND LOADS]] OF GUNDAM CHARACTERS!-]
* Similarly, ''SamuraiWarriors'' is the Dynasty Warriors format [[JidaiGeki IN SENGOKU ERA JAPAN]]! WITH {{ODA NOBUNAGA}}!
* Both franchizes eventually got crossed over with ''Orochi Warriors'', which is ''Dynasty Warriors'' meets ''Samurai Warriors'' IN ANOTHER DIMENSION! (They were [[AWizardDidIt summoned there]] by an {{Orochi}} that's crossed the BishounenLine.)
* ''Critical Depth'' is ''TwistedMetal'' [-UNDERWATER!-] With a storyline that's somehow even [-DARKER AND CREEPIER!-]
* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Tilt!_Pinball#3D_Pinball_for_Windows:_Space_Cadet 3D Pinball for Windows]]'' is pinball [-IN SPACE!-]...for [-WINDOWS XP! ... or 2000, ME, 98, NT.-]
* Unintentional example: the Taiwan translated title for ''FinalFantasy'' is "Warriors IN SPACE", despite the series never getting anywhere ''near'' space until the fourth game.
* ''Sunset Riders'' is ''{{Contra}}'' [-IN THE WILD WEST.-]
* The DolledUpInstallment ''Contra Force'' could easily be considered "''Contra'' [-IN THE PRESENT-]" if it weren't for the fact that the localizations of the early games already changed the setting of the series from the future to the present.
* Subversion: ''{{Tenchu}}'' might be seen as ''MetalGearSolid'' [-IN FEUDAL JAPAN WITH (NON-CYBORG) NINJAS-], but ''Tenchu'' actually came out months earlier.
* ''Gekirindan'' is ''Truxton'' with Time Travel.
* ''Express Raider'' is ''Bad Dudes'' on a train in the Wild West.
* ''Strikers 1945'' is ''Aero Fighters'' in WWII with more bullets.
* ''{{Policenauts}}'' is literally ''LethalWeapon'' [-IN SPACE-]
* ''FinalFantasyTactics'' is ''[[OgreBattle Tactics Ogre]] [-IN IVALICE-]!
* ''Backyard Football 2006'' is ''[[BackyardSports Backyard Football]]''...[-ON AN ISLAND!-]!
* ''Bomberman Hero'' is Star Wars [-[[StuffBlowingUp WITH MORE EXPLOSIONS!]]-]
* ''Super Noah's Ark 3D'' is ''Wolfenstein3D'' [-WITH NOAH-]. Really, it's the exact same game without that difference.
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* Parodied in ''HomestarRunner'' with ''Limozeen: But they're in space!'' which, as you can guess, was about a FakeBand [[BandToon adventuring around space]] in their tour bus/space ship. It was cancelled during the airing of its pilot episode.
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* [[http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php?d=20080331 ''Idiots in Space'']] is ''CtrlAltDel'' [-IN SPACE!-]
** ''CtrlAltDel'' itself is ''PennyArcade'' [-WITH A GIRL!-] [-AND (eventually) [[strike:[[ContinuityCreep CONTINUITY]]]] [[CerebusSyndrome CEREBUS SYNDROME]]!-]
** See also TwoGamersOnACouch.
** ''VGCats'' is ''CtrlAltDel'' [- [[CatsAreMean WITH SOCIOPATH CATS!]] -]
** And given that the in-comic title of ''Idiots in Space'' is ''Ethan MacManus: Space Archaeologist'', that's almost definitely ''IndianaJones'' [-IN SPACE!-]
* ''[[http://catgirldo.comicgenesis.com/ Venus Ascending]]'' is ''VenusEnvy'' [-IN SPACE!-]
* ''{{Zap}} [-IN SPACE!-]''
* ''ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'' is [-ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin!-]
* ''SluggyFreelance'' features "Stick Figures [-IN SPAAAACE!-]"
* ''LastResort'' is ''TheRunningMan'' ... [-WITH [[FurryFandom FURRIES]]!-]
* ''{{Jack}}'' is ''DivineComedy'' ...[-WITH [[FurryFandom FURRIES]]!-] [-AND [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel STUFF THAT WILL NEVER LET YOU SLEEP AGAIN]]!-]
** By the same author ''[[http://www.rtd.vitenka.com/Rtd1/ Rework The Dead]]'' is a ZombieApocalypse... [-WITH FURRIES!-]
* ''{{Starslip}}'' is an art museum strip [-IN SPACE-], and its characters [[GenreSavvy know it]]. They drink "space grog," try not to get "behind space-schedule," and shout "GOOD SPACE HEAVENS!" when surprised.
* [[http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=489 This]] ''DinosaurComics'' page has T-Rex become [=SPACE REX=]! In '''[=SPACE!!!=]'''
* ''DaisyOwl'' is ''{{Achewood}}'' [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids FOR KIDS!]]
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* ''SurvivalOfTheFittest'' is ''BattleRoyale''... [-WITH TERRORISTS!-] [-IN AMERICA!-]
* Whereas ''Validus Chronicles'' is ''SurvivalOfTheFittest''... [-IN SPACE!-]
* The first episode of Flash Tub's "Jefferson Brothers" on ''SomethingAwful'' is "In Space". [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in its Easter Egg.
* [[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses 'Bum Reviews' is 'The Nostalgia Critic']] but with A CRAZY HOMELESS PERSON!
* The Nostalgia Chick is the Nostalgia Critic...WITH BOOBS SO [[DoubleStandard IT'S OKAY FOR HER TO REVIEW CHICK FLICKS]]!
* Film Brain is the Nostalgia Critic [-IN ENGLAND!-]
* The fastest way to describe ''ImperiumNova'' is probably ''ASongOfIceAndFire''... [-IN SPACE!-]. Referring things as being [-IN SPACE!-] is also a [[MemeticMutation running joke]] among the playerbase.
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* ''{{Silverhawks}}'' was ''{{Thundercats}}'' [-IN SPACE!-] (Compare Mumm-ra's and Mon-starr's {{Transformation Sequence}}s.) It even used most of the same voice actors. Rather odd in that ''Thundercats'' is in space in the first place...
* On a related note, the Tigersharks (part of a short-lived programming block called the Comic Strip) were Silverhawks... [-UNDER WATER!-] Who lives like the Thundercats under the sea? The... Ti... Ger... Sharks!
* ''The {{Flintstones}}'' was ''TheHoneymooners'' [-AS CARTOON CAVEMEN!-]
* ''{{The Jetsons}}'' was ''[[{{Blondie}} Blondie And Dagwood]]'' [-IN THE FUTURE!-]
* As evidenced in the crossover episode, ''{{The Jetsons}}'' were also Flinstones [-IN THE FUTURE!-] There's also Stone Trek, which is Star Trek, [-AS CARTOON CAVEMEN!-]
* ''RomanHolidays'' was ''MakeRoomForDaddy'' [-IN ANCIENT ROME!-]
* There were {{Animated Adaptation}}s of both ''ThePartridgeFamily'' and ''HappyDays'' set [-IN THE FUTURE!-] (the former of which was originally The Jetsons a few years farther into the future).
* ''InspectorGadget'' was ''GetSmart'' [-AS A CARTOON CYBORG!-] (Maxwell Smart and Inspector Gadget were both played by Don Adams.)
* It was followed by ''Gadget Boy & Heather'', which was Inspector Gadget [-AS A SIX-YEAR-OLD!-] With Penny [-AS AN ADULT!-] And Brain [-AS A ROBOT!-] And Chief Quimby [-AS AN ITALIAN!-]
* There was an [-IN SPACE!-] AnimatedAdaptation of ''GilligansIsland'', titled ''Gilligan's Planet''.
* Not to mention ''{{The Far Out Space Nuts}}'' a live action ''{{GilligansIsland}}'' [-IN SPACE!-] complete with Bob Denver playing Gilligan's {{Expy}}. "I said LUNCH not LAUNCH!"
* The original animated version of ''TheAddamsFamily'' was [-ON THE ROAD IN A HOUSE-SHAPED CAR!-] The 90's version was essentially just an AnimatedAdaptation of the movies, though.
* ''LoonaticsUnleashed'' is ''LooneyTunes'' IN THE FUTURE AS [[{{Animesque}} ANIMESQUE]] [[SuperHero SUPERHEROES]]!
* More like ''Loonatic Unleashed'' is ''TeenTitans'' [-WITH LOONEY TUNE CHARACTERS!-] since that how it was pretty much described in the original PR announcement.
* ''DuckDodgers'' is [-DUCK DODGERS IN THE 24TH-AND-A-HALF CENTURY!-]. It is ''much'' better.
* "Yosemite Sam of Outer Space!"
* ''The {{Flintstones}}'', ''{{Looney Tunes}}'', and ''{{Scooby Doo}}'' have all had [-[[SpinoffBabies AS KIDS!]]-] spinoffs. Even if in the original, there's a scene where they met for the first time, they knew each other as kids and have forgotten. ''Yo, Yogi!'' which features Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, etc. [-[[SpinoffBabies AS KIDS!]]-]
* On the subject of ''ScoobyDoo'', we have:
** ''{{Jabberjaw}}'' -- Scooby [-UNDERWATER, WITH A SHARK!-]
** ''SpeedBuggy'' -- [-WITH A TALKING CAR!-]
** ''Clue Club'' -- [-WITH ''TWO'' DOGS!-]
** ''Funky Phantom'' -- [-WITH A GHOST FROM THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed THAT'S A SNAGGLEPUSS EXPY]]!-]
** ''The Schmoo Show'' -- [-WITH A SCHMOO!-]
** ''Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels'' -- [-WITH AN UNFROZEN CAVEMAN SUPERHERO!-]
** ''Fangface'' -- [-[[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent WITH A WEREWOLF]]-]!
** ''Josie And The Pussycats'' -- [-WITH A CAT AND [[BandToon A GIRL GROUP]] [[CatGirl IN CAT SUITS]]!-]
*** Of course, there was also ''JosieAndThePussycats'' [-''IN OUTER SPACE''!-]
** ''Goober and the Ghost Chasers'' -- [-... THE DOG TURNS INVISIBLE?-] AND HIS BEST HUMAN FRIEND IS RECKLESS!
** The {{Aesop}}: {{Hanna-Barbera}} knows how to run an idea [-INTO THE GROUND!-] And parody it with Scooby Doo [-IN HOLLYWOOD-]!
* Most (if not all) Disney animated movies are adaptations of some kind of fairy tale, myth, or story, many [-AS [[TalkingAnimal TALKING ANIMALS]] OR [[FunnyAnimal FUNNY ANIMALS]]!-] The most egregious example was probably ''OliverAndCompany'', which was unabashedly ''OliverTwist''...[-WITH PETS!-]... [-IN MODERN-DAY NEW YORK CITY!-]. (Marketing even went so far as to call it "''Oliver'', [-WITH A TWIST-].")
** ''TheLionKing'' was, as mentioned above, essentially ''{{Hamlet}}'' [-IN AFRICA WITH ANIMALS!-] (minus the existentialism and suicide and stuff), and is also said to borrow heavily from (or downright plagiarize, depending on who you ask) the anime ''The Jungle Emperor'', aka ''Kimba, the White Lion''. Whether this is true may not matter, as ''Kimba'' wasn't really that good. And lions don't live in the jungle.
** Or if you want to go even further back, it's Horus and Set, [-AS LIONS-], for the control of Egypt... er, the Pridelands.
** The sequel is ''RomeoAndJuliet'' [-FOR THE {{FURRY FANDOM}}-].
** ''The Lion King 1 1/2'' is ''RosencrantzAndGuildensternAreDead'' [-IN AFRICA WITH ANIMALS (WHO AREN'T DEAD)!-]
* ''{{Treasure Planet}}'' is, of course, ''TreasureIsland'' [-IN SPACE!-]...[-WITH FURRIES!-]
*''AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' is ''{{Stargate}}'' [-IN ATLANTIS!-]
* ''{{Brother Bear}}'' is essentially the 1988 French Film "The Bear" [-EXCEPT ONE OF THE BEARS IS A HUMAN WHO TURNS INTO A BEAR!-]
* Rutt and Tuke are the McKenzie Brothers of SCTV fame [-AS MOOSE!-]
* ''SherlockHolmesInTheTwentySecondCentury'' is ''SherlockHolmes...'' [-IN THE TWENTY-SECOND CENTURY!-] ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin No shit, Sherlock]].)
* ''Ninja Turtles Fast Forward'' is the ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' [-IN THE FUTURE!-]
* The French/Japanese series ''Ulysses 31'' was Homer's ''TheOdyssey'' set [-IN THE 31ST CENTURY IN SPACE!-]
* ''Fonz And The Happy Days Gang'' was ''HappyDays'' [-WITH TIME TRAVEL!-]
* Aversion. The ''{{Futurama}}'' writing staff have claimed that a large part of the reason behind the ExecutiveMeddling that the show suffered was that, much to the network's annoyance, the show was '''not''' ''TheSimpsons'' [-IN SPACE!-]
** Directly referenced in ''Into The Wild Green Yonder'':
--->'''Bender:''' It's gonna be fun on a bun! [-IN SPACE-]!
* FamilyGuy is non-yellow TheSimpsons [-IN RHODE ISLAND WITH MUCH MORE VULGARITY AND DEAD BABY COMEDY!-]
* AmericanDad is FamilyGuy [-IN VIRGINIA AND WITH A EXTREME SUPER-PATRIOTIC BIGOT INSTEAD OF A FAT, RETARDED SLOB!-]
* People who accuse FamilyGuy of being a rip-off of TheSimpsons are the same people who accused TheSimpsons of the same thing, but [-TEN YEARS YOUNGER!-]
* The 1965 Belgian animated film ''{{Pinocchio}} dans l'espace'' (''Pinocchio in Outer Space'' in English-speaking countries) is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
* ''{{ExoSquad}}'' is essentially ''WorldWarII'' [-IN SPACE!-] And [-THE FUTURE!-] With awesome [-EXOSKELETONS!-]
* ''TheSnorks'' were ''TheSmurfs'' [-UNDERWATER, AS MIDDLE-CLASS [[{{Eagleland}} EAGLELANDERS]].-]
*''Bobobobs'' is ''TheSmurfs'' and ''The World of David the Gnome'' [-IN SPACE!-]
* ''{{Recess}}'' is essentially ''Hogan's Heroes'' on a 90s elementary school playground. One such episode of Recess does a very good adaptation of the Hogan's Heroes pilot and another features a scene where expys of the characters are in a Hogan's Heroes style WWII POW camp complete with the Colonel Klink expy wearing a monocle.
* ''{{LLoyd in Space}}'' is practically built from this trope
* ''Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries'' is, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as you can probably guess,]] Sylvester and Tweety (oh, and Granny) [-AS [[AmateurSleuth AMATEUR SLEUTHS!]]-]
* ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MfisiGqtEM Rocket Robin Hood]]''
* ''SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'' was ''SpaceGhost'' [-AS A TALK SHOW!-] Likewise, ''HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'' was ''{{Birdman}}'' [-IN A COURT ROOM!-]
* ''SabrinaAndTheGroovieGoolies'' was ''TheArchieShow'' [-UNDEAD!-]
* ''The Oddball Couple'' was ''The Odd Couple'' [-AS [[TalkingAnimal CARTOON ANIMALS!]]-]
* ''AmericanDragonJakeLong'', ''DannyPhantom'' and ''{{Ben 10}}'' were essentially all copies of each other, just [-WITH DRAGONS!-] or [-WITH GHOSTS!-] or [-WITH ALIENS!-]. While This Troper originally believed ''Ben10'' to be the worst of the three, it actually was the most successful, with ''AmericanDragonJakeLong'' canceled after two seasons and ''DannyPhantom'' [[ExecutiveMeddling screwed over by Nick]]. ''[[Ben10AlienForce Ben 10: Alien Force]]'' isn't even half bad.
* ''DannyPhantom'' is ''{{Spider-Man}}'' [-WITH GHOSTS!-]
* ''Ben 10: Alien Force'' is ''Ben 10'' [-RETCONED TO HELL AND BACK!-] Oh, and with teenagers.
* ''Ben 10'' was ''Dial H For Hero'' [-WITH A GUI INSTEAD OF AN RNG!-]
** ''TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee'' is pretty much ''AmericanDragonJakeLong'', [-JUST FEMALE!-]
* Even {{Pixar}}'s done this (and pulled it off).
** ''ABugsLife'' is ''SevenSamurai'' (or ''TheMagnificentSeven'') [-WITH TALKING BUGS!-]
** ''{{Cars}}'' is ''DocHollywood'' [-WITH TALKING CARS!-]
** "TheIncredibles" is "FantasticFour" [-WITH [[{{Watchmen}} WATCHMEN THEMES]] AND A WANNABE [[AscendedFanboy ASCENDED FANBOY]] AS THE VILLAIN!-]
** The house-towing sequences in ''{{Up}}'' are {{Werner Herzog}}’s ''Fitzcarraldo'' [-FOR KIDS-]!
* ''MegasXLR'' is ''{{Clerks}}'' [-WITH GIANT ROBOTS!-]
* ''{{Histeria}}!'' was like ''{{Animaniacs}}'' (or maybe ''SaturdayNightLive'') [-WITH A HISTORY-CENTRIC THEME!-]
* ''TotalDramaIsland'' is ''{{Survivor}}'' [-EXCEPT THAT IT'S ANIMATED!-]
* ''The Robonic Stooges'' is ''TheThreeStooges'' [-AS ROBOTS! AND [[TheyFightCrime THEY FIGHT CRIME!]]-]
* ''Archie's Weird Mysteries'' was ''MartinMystery'' [-WITH ARCHIE CHARACTERS!-]
* ''The {{Super Mario Bros Super Show}}'' was practically nothing but this. Just about every episode was a different-themed world; these include IN SPACE, IN AUTHURIAN TIMES, IN JACK AND THE BEANSTALK, IN GODZILLA-TERRORIZED TOKYO, AMONG PIRATES, IN SOME MEXICAN DESERT PROTECTED BY A MASKED HERO NAMED "ZERO".
* ''The Brave Little Toaster Goes To Mars'' is ''{{The Brave Little Toaster}}''...ON MARS!
* ''{{Rugrats}}'' itself is not an example, but it has a ShowWithinAShow called ''Space Trek Babies.'' Which is ''StarTrek'' [-WITH BABIES!-]
* The ''{{Chaotic}}'' animated series can be interpreted as Warcraft [-WITH CARD GAMES-].
* ''Mightor'' is ''{{Superman}}'' or ''{{WonderWoman}}'' IN PREHISTORIC TIMES!
* ''Ni Hao, Kai-Lan'' is ''DoraTheExplorer'' [-AS A CHINESE GIRL!-]
* ''[[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman]] [-OF THE FUTURE-]'' was an actual title used for ''BatmanBeyond'' [[MarketBasedTitle in certain markets]].
* ''TomAndJerry'' relied on this trope a lot, granted it's because there's only so much you can do when the premise of the entire series is "Cat chases Mouse".
* ''{{Popeye}}'' recieved similar recyclings in any given short.
*ZorroGenerationZ is Zorro [-IN THE FUTURE-]. How far is unknown, because it looks a lot like the present with added WhereDidTheyGetLasers.
*DrawnTogether babies is just Drawn Together [-WITH BABIES!-]
* {{TROLLZ}} is {{WITCH}} [- WITH...are you sure they're supoosed to be trolls? Yeah, I know what the title says, but come on, they're ''obviously'' elves or dwar...okay, okay... -WITH TROLLS!-]
* Pretty much every classic Hanna Barbera cartoon is a classic TV show (or at least a character) done with animals. ''{{Top Cat}}'' is ''{{Sgt. Bilko}}'' with alley cats.
* MightyB is RenAndStimpy [-WITH GIRL SCOUTS!-]

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* The new Informatics Forum of the University of Edinburgh has, above the main entrance, in big friendly letters: [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/IMG_0074.JPG "The University of Edinburgh IN SPACE!"]]
* Christmas is Yule [-WITH CHRISTIANITY!-]
** Amusingly inverted in the movement to make the major spring holiday Easter [-WITHOUT CHRISTIANITY!-]
*** Ironically appropriate, since Easter started as a pagan fertility festival [=WITH CHRISTIANITY!=]
** And Christmas itself is apparently getting the treatment, though how serious the effort is and the motives behind it depends on who you ask.
* Many universities has three semesters of calculus, where Calculus III is Calculus I and II [-IN 3D SPACE!-]
* The United States started out roughly as the United Kingdom [-AS A REPUBLIC-] [-[[YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries IN AMERICA!]]-]
** Australia started out roughly as the United Kingdom [-[[DesertPunk WITH SAND!]]-]
* Hubble is a telescope... but [-IN SPACE!-]
* Tang is orange juice that only became popular after astronauts drank it [-IN SPACE!-].
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3fqE01YYWs This Video]] is a recording of Jupiter making sounds [-IN SPACE!-]
* New Orleans's French Quarter is Paris [-IN THE SOUTH!-]
* The Mateba Grifone is the Mateba Unica 6 [-AS A CARBINE!-]
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