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** The tombstones in the GraveHumor bit in the opening of the first five "Treehouse of Horror" episodes were reused from the very first Treehouse of Horror. The animation quality is noticeably different in the later episodes (the writers eventually grew tired of thinking of new jokes for the bit and stopped using it after the fifth episode, hence why the final tombstone is "Amusing Tombstones").
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Used extensively by Disney in the days of hand-drawn animation. Most of their most famous films have clearly recognisable scenes repeated by tracing new characters over the existing animation. This was mostly done for more complex scenes such as chases and dancing that involve multiple different characters moving independently, which were by far the most difficult to produce using traditional methods. Worth noting that according to animator Floyd Norman, this is one of the trademarks of [[Creator/DisneysNineOldMen Wolfgang "Woolie" Reitherman]], and it wasn't really done out of a want to save on time or money, he just wanted to play it safe and stuck to an already-done animation that did the job, hence why most of the Disney examples below are from works he directed.

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Used *Used extensively by Disney in the days of hand-drawn animation. Most of their most famous films have clearly recognisable scenes repeated by tracing new characters over the existing animation. This was mostly done for more complex scenes such as chases and dancing that involve multiple different characters moving independently, which were by far the most difficult to produce using traditional methods. Worth noting that according to animator Floyd Norman, this is one of the trademarks of [[Creator/DisneysNineOldMen Wolfgang "Woolie" Reitherman]], and it wasn't really done out of a want to save on time or money, he just wanted to play it safe and stuck to an already-done animation that did the job, hence why most of the Disney examples below are from works he directed.
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* ''WesternAnimation/DeAvonturenVanVarkentjeRund'': A scene from "Licht" (Light) – the 3rd episode of the series – in which Rund is running on the sidewalk against a fence backdrop, only to eventually stop when he spots Leo, was reused in quite a few subsequent episodes.
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* ''WesternAnimation/DeAvonturenVanVarkentjeRund'': A scene from "Licht" (Light) – the 3rd episode of the series – in which Rund is running on the sidewalk against a fence backdrop, only to eventually stop when he spots Leo, was reused in quite a few subsequent episodes.
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** ''It Was My Best Birthday Ever, Charlie Brown'' has a shot of [[RollerbladeGood Linus on roller blades]] to TotallyRadical music [[{{Padding}} for the first third of the special]], and Linus's moves are frequently repeated.

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** ''It Was My Best Birthday Ever, Charlie Brown'' ''WesternAnimation/ItWasMyBestBirthdayEverCharlieBrown'' has a shot of [[RollerbladeGood Linus on roller blades]] to TotallyRadical music [[{{Padding}} for the first third of the special]], and Linus's moves are frequently repeated.
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* ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'':
** The "Travel Song" had a total of three different animations for each of its three parts (when Dora and Boots say where they're going, the part where they sing "Come on, vamonos!", and when they laugh and spin in a circle), which get reused in various different episodes. The unique animations from the episode "Wizzle Wishes" were reused in "Little Star" with Little Star taking the Wizzle's place. Season 2 also reuses the animations from the episode "The Big Storm" in various episodes.
** The animation of Dora standing behind the three-picture sequence from "Hic-Boom-Ohhh" was reused a total of ''sixteen times'' after its initial episode.
** The original animation of Map dancing in Season 1 is used throughout almost the whole season, with only the exception of "Hic-Boom-Ohhh" where his unique dancing was reused for "Wizzle Wishes".
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** ''You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown'' has three interstitial sketches of Woodstock and his fellow birds curb-stomping oversized opponents, ranging from cats and dogs to bison. The exact same footage is used in all three sketches, only with the opponents replaced each time, resulting in bison who are no bigger than cats.
** ''It Was My Best Birthday Ever, Charlie Brown'' largely features [[RollerbladeGood Linus rollerblading]] to TotallyRadical music [[{{Padding}} for the first third of the special]], and the same animations of Linus are frequently repeated; it's rare to see one shot of Linus rollerblading only appear once in the special.

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** ''You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown'' has three interstitial sketches of Woodstock and his fellow birds friends curb-stomping oversized opponents, opponents that are larger than they are, ranging from cats and dogs to bison. The exact same footage problem? This animation is used reused in all three sketches, only with the opponents replaced each time, opponent replaced, resulting in the bison who are no bigger to be MUCH smaller than cats.
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** ''It Was My Best Birthday Ever, Charlie Brown'' largely features has a shot of [[RollerbladeGood Linus rollerblading]] on roller blades]] to TotallyRadical music [[{{Padding}} for the first third of the special]], and the same animations of Linus Linus's moves are frequently repeated; it's rare to see one shot of Linus rollerblading only appear once in the special.repeated.
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* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' frequently reuses character animation to the point where the wiki has [[https://happytreefriends.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Recycled_Assets compiled a list of these instances]].
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** Some background birds are taken from ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'', most notably shots of ducks swimming and a family of quails running from the rain in the "Little April Shower" number.

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** Some background birds are taken from ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'', most notably shots of ducks swimming and a family of quails pheasants running from the rain in the "Little April Shower" number.
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** 1936's "Let It Be Me" reused a scene of a hen hiding something from her rooster husband from the 1932 short "I Wish I Had Wings." The scene was reused ''again'' in 1939's "Wise Quacks," this time with Daffy and his wife.
** 1940's "Porky's Baseball Broadcast" reuses several scenes from 1936's "Boulevardier from the Bronx," another baseball-themed cartoon from [[Creator/FrizFreleng the same director]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': "[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS5E17 20,000 Patties Under the Sea]" rather infamously reuses the beginning scene of the jellyfish flying from "[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E3JellyfishingPlankton Jellyfishing]". It's glaringly obvious due to the differing animation style of the cel animation and more primitive jellyfish design than what is shown afterward. Another scene with Plankton's telescope shaking is also reused from "[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS5E5NewDigsKrabsALaMode Krabs à La Mode]", albeit recolored.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': "[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS5E17 "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS5E17 20,000 Patties Under the Sea]" Sea]]" rather infamously reuses the beginning scene of the jellyfish flying from "[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E3JellyfishingPlankton Jellyfishing]"."[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E3JellyfishingPlankton Jellyfishing]]". It's glaringly obvious due to the differing animation style of the cel animation and more primitive jellyfish design than what is shown afterward. Another scene with Plankton's telescope shaking is also reused from "[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS5E5NewDigsKrabsALaMode "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS5E5NewDigsKrabsALaMode Krabs à La Mode]", Mode]]", albeit recolored.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': "[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS5E17 20,000 Patties Under the Sea]" rather infamously reuses the beginning scene of the jellyfish flying from "[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E3JellyfishingPlankton Jellyfishing]". It's glaringly obvious due to the differing animation style of the cel animation and more primitive jellyfish design than what is shown afterward. Another scene with Plankton's telescope shaking is also reused from "[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS5E5NewDigsKrabsALaMode Krabs à La Mode]", albeit recolored.

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