Ok, at the risk of being a TV Tropes Tyrant, I deleted about 2/3s of the entries here — I think it's worth keeping these references on topic. Just because one work resembled another with one feature changed does not mean it's appropriate for the trope. It explicitly must take an existing work and transplant it into space.
The Recycled In Space top-page explicitly says: "Please make sure you understand what this trope means before posting examples. It does not refer to a normal sequel, a remake, an adaptation, or to something that is simply like something else in the same genre." Saying that Treasure Planet is like Treasure Island.. in Space! is fine. Saying that The Lion King is like Hamlet... with lions! is not appropriate. That's more Animated Adaptation or Whole-Plot Reference.
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Actually, following the description of the trope :"Stories are often 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 spinoffs, with the same characters with one major time or setting change. Later varieties included "AS KIDS!""
I pulled this
It's also The Numskulls ON FILM! and that "Haley's self-loathing" arc of The Order of the Stick IN THE REAL WORLD!. Or , to put it another way, it's an example of a very common idea (which is even a trope!) and isn't a Recycled In Space version of any of them in particular.
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