History Main / ShotForShotRemake

* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' frequently does this with movies that it adapts. So much so that it was specifically mentioned prior to release that the third game's ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' world was ''not'' an adaption like it would have been assumed to be.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/XMen,'' some parts of the Phoenix arc were word-for-word from the comic to the point of Creator/ChrisClaremont getting credit. Some of the changes were mostly due to the cast being different (Gambit puts the power inhibitor on Dark Phoenix instead of Nightcrawler, who is not a regular team member) and some of it is due to the medium (telepathic duels become the ''awesome'' astral plane battle sequences the series always jumped at the chance to create; in the comics, telepathic duels are more "they glare at each other until one drops.") There's even a line of ''alien language dialogue'' that is kept (and no, Shi'ar is ''not'' a full-on ConLang like Klingon.) It's not that the show didn't have its own (very good) storylines or was afraid to deviate from the comic; ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga is a case of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."

* ''Film/ColdPursuit'' is this to ''Film/InOrderOfDisappearance'', as both were directed by Hans Petter Moland.*

* ''Film/ColdPursuit'' is this to ''Film/InOrderOfDisappearance'', as both were directed by Hans Petter Moland.

* ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}} [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl]]'', likely in response to TheyChangedItNowItSucks criticism directed at ''Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire'' as well as the ChristmasRushed development, is closer to a port of ''Diamond & Pearl'' than an outright VideoGameRemake. Besides expanding and updating the Underground into the Grand Underground, [[spoiler:some ArcWelding for ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'']], and changing Pal Park to Ramanas Park, things are more or less the same as in the original games. No new areas or characters have been added, the original GraphicsInducedSuperDeformed art style is kept, and Flint still uses a Lopunny. It's such a direct remake that none of the QOL changes from ''Platinum'' made it in--not even the back button for Pokétch apps.

* ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}} [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl]]'', likely in response to bad-faith TheyChangedItNowItSucks criticism directed at ''Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire'', is closer to a port of ''Diamond & Pearl'' than an outright VideoGameRemake. Besides expanding and updating the Underground into the Grand Underground, [[spoiler:some ArcWelding for ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'']], and changing Pal Park to Ramanas Park, things are more or less the same as in the original games. No new areas or characters have been added, the original GraphicsInducedSuperDeformed art style is kept, and Flint still uses a Lopunny. It's such a direct remake that none of the QOL changes from ''Platinum'' made it in--not even the back button for Pokétch apps.

* ''Film/LetMeIn'', Film/HammerHorror's [[SettingUpdate Americanized]] version of ''Film/LetTheRightOneIn'' is virtually identical to the original. The only differences aside from cosmetic changes are actually giving a date, an InMediasRes prologue for about a minute, removing a scene where the protagonist visits his father's drinking buddy, and the [[spoiler:vampire's transgendered aspect]].

* The Retro Engine remakes of the 16-bit ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' games, first released on mobile phones, and ported much later to PC and consoles via the ''Sonic Origins'' compilation, could at first glance be mistaken for UsefulNotes/{{Emulation}} or ports; however, they were actually coded from scratch by a group of {{Promoted Fanboy}}s who spent years reverse engineering the original games in order perfectly to perfectly recreate them on modern platforms with enhancements like widescreen and lag elimination that wouldn't be possible with emulation.

* The Retro Engine remakes of the 16-bit ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'', first released on mobile phones, and ported much later to PC and consoles via the ''Sonic Origins'' compilation, could at first glance be mistaken for UsefulNotes/{{Emulation}} or ports; however, they were actually coded from scratch by a group of {{Promoted Fanboy}}s who spent years reverse engineering the original games in order perfectly to perfectly recreate them on modern platforms with enhancements like widescreen and lag elimination that wouldn't be possible with emulation.

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* Though ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' deviates from ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' most of the time, there are some seasons that are close to the source material. However, ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'' was criticized for being almost EXACTLY like ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger'', with many episodes being shot for shot remakes, the only changes being the main BigBad, and the two crossovers that occurred that season. ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'', the Western adaptation of ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'', went in this direction as well, though it did deviate in a few parts.

* The pilot for ''Series/ThreesCompany'' was a near-shot-for-shot remake of the first episode of the original BritCom ''Series/ManAboutTheHouse'' with the only major changes being the [[DubNameChange names of the characters]] and some of the jokes. The second episode of ''Three's Company'' was also a remake of an episode of the British show.

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* Music/{{Weezer}}'s video for their version of "Lost in the Woods" from ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'' was a live action remake of the song as it appeared in the movie, with Rivers Cuomo as Kristof and Creator/KristenBell as Anna.

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* One of the main varieties of MultiAnimatorProject is essentially this, with the segments animated by each person split by "scenes" or shots.
* Erik of Internet Comment Etiquette has become well known over the years for his sophisticated and well written ad segments. In his lesson "Jump Scares" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfv4DACERso]], Erik presents a shot-for-shot remake of a scene from ''Film/MulhollandDrive'', except the two characters discuss [=NordVPN=] and internet security.
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* As part of the advertising campaign for the release of UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS [[VideoGameRemake version]] of ''Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', Nintendo released a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kggOvvbLVO0 trailer at E3 2011]] that was a remake of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JntHVUp7m4E launch ad for the Nintendo 64 version]].

** ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019''[='s=] "Circle of Life" sequence is a maddeningly direct remake of [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 the original film's]], differing only in the use of photorealistic CG and a new recording of the song. While the rest of the movie isn't quite that slavish, it still follows all the plot beats of the original with little deviation, and uses many of the same lines of dialogue.

* ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}} [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl'', likely in response to bad-faith TheyChangedItNowItSucks criticism directed at ''Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire'', is closer to a port of ''Diamond & Pearl'' than an outright VideoGameRemake. Besides expanding and updating the Underground into the Grand Underground, [[spoiler:some ArcWelding for ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'']], and changing Pal Park to Ramanas Park, things are more or less the same as in the original games. No new areas or characters have been added, the original GraphicsInducedSuperDeformed art style is kept, and Flint still uses a Lopunny. It's such a direct remake that none of the QOL changes from ''Platinum'' made it in--not even the back button for Pokétch apps.

* ''Film/LetMeIn'', Film/HammerHorror's [[SettingUpdate Americanized]] version of ''Film/LetTheRightOneIn'' is virtually identical to the original. The only differences aside from cosmetic changes are actually giving a date, an InMediasRes prologue for about a minute, and removing a scene where the protagonist visits his father's drinking buddy.

* Gus Van Sant's 1998 [[TheRemake remake]] of ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' is regularly criticized for being ''[[ItsTheSameNowItSucks too much]]'' like the original and, consequently, entirely pointless. Van Sant went so far as to give himself the same [[CreatorCameo cameo role]] that Hitchcock had played. There was an added scene with Bates masturbating, though.

See also SettingUpdate, TheyCopiedItSoItSucks In animated works, often overlaps with StockFootage. Sister tropes with the MultiAnimatorProject.

* Two of Creator/TexAvery's [[WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons MGM shorts]], "Wags to Riches" and "Ventriloquist Cat", were remade for Cinemascope as "Millonaire Droopy" and "Cat's Meow" by using the original animation and reformatting it for widescreen. Tex got screen credit despite having left the studio years earlier.

* Gus Van Sant's 1998 [[TheRemake remake]] of ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' is regularly criticized for being ''[[ItsTheSameNowItSucks too much]]'' like the original and, consequently, entirely pointless. Van Sant went so far as to give himself the same [[CreatorCameo cameo role]] that Hitchcock had played. There was a added scene with Bates masturbating though.

* ''Film/AnAffairToRemember'' from 1957 (with Creator/CaryGrant and Deborah Kerr) is a remake of the 1939 film ''Film/LoveAffair'' (with Creator/CharlesBoyer and Creator/IreneDunne). It uses the exact same script, with very minimal alterations and additions to the story. The songs were also updated. The film was remade again in 1994 under the original title (with Warren Beatty and Annette Benning), but this version, while keeping the basic story, had a new script. The original film is also responsible for several Bollywood films, a couple of which also use the same script.
* Enforced in the Chinese remake of the short film ''Film/TearsOfSteel''; because the film and its assets were open source, it was possible for a team of Chinese students to obtain the original CGI files and edit in the live action parts with chinese actors - but as they weren't capable of changing the CGI files on a large scale, they had to do each scene shot for shot.

* The American remake of ''Film/FunnyGames'' is almost exactly the same right down to its director Creator/MichaelHaneke, but English speaking actors (some quite famous, like Creator/NaomiWatts and Creator/TimRoth) are used instead of German and Austrian actors.

* ''Film/TheDebt'' (American, 2011 remake), features an identical plot, the same characters ([[DubNameChange some names changed]]). The only significant difference is the pace; the American version features more atmosphere shots, and stretches scenes out more than the original did, and adds a single action scene.

* The 2013 remake of ''Film/{{Carrie|2013}}'' is identical to the original film to the point of including scenes from the original film that weren't even in the book and mirroring the original film's changes to the book such as Carrie telekinetically impaling her mom rather than stopping her heart, the massacre taking place with Carrie in the middle of the action, and an homage to the infamous final scene of the original. This is all in spite of both director Kimberly Pierce and lead actress Chloe Moretz saying this film would adapt the book, not the original film.

** ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'' added some things, but a common complaint is that those additions don't matter, as the story still repeats as though nothing was different. For example, in this version the Beast has a magic book that can teleport you anywhere. Does Belle use it when she needs to rush home and save Maurice? No; she rides off dramatically on a horse, like in the original. She's also an inventor instead of Maurice, but does this become a ChekhovsSkill? No; it's used early on and never again. Et cetera.

* The pilot for ''Series/ThreesCompany'' was a near-shot-for-shot remake of the first episode of the original BritCom ''Series/ManAboutTheHouse'' with the only major changes being the [[DubNameChange names of the characters]] and some of the jokes. The second episode of Threes Company was also a remake of an episode of the British show.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' featured a parody of Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' that for some reason actually copied scenes from the song "Circle of Life" at the very beginning of that film. Here are comparisions between the two versions:

* Erik of Internet Comment Etiquette has become well known over the years for his sophisticated and well written ad segments. In his lesson "Jump Scares" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfv4DACERso]], Erik presents a shot-for-shot remake of a scene from ''Film/MulhollandDrive'', except the two characters discuss NordVPN and internet security.

* Erik of Internet Comment Etiquette has become well known over the years for his sophisticated and well written ad segments. In his lesson "Jump Scares" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfv4DACERso, Erik presents a shot-for-shot remake of a scene from ''Film/MulhollandDrive'', except the two characters discuss NordVPN and internet security.