History RecycledInSpace / WesternAnimation

* Several ''VeggieTales'' videos often do this to several stories from TheBible, such as the story of Joseph and the Exodus [-IN THE OLD WEST-], and the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Adbenago [-AS FACTORY WORKERS!-]

* Disney Junior's ''Octonauts'' is Nick Jr.'s ''WonderPets'' [-DEDICATED EXCLUSIVELY TO UNDERSEA CREATURES-] (and without dialogue delivered as song.)

* ''MightyB'' is ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' [-ON LAND WITH GIRL SCOUTS-]!

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' is ''{{Doug}}'' [-IN THE CITY-]!

** ''ChalkZone'' is ''every Nicktoon'' [-LIGHTER AND SOFTER!-]!

** Speaking of ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner is a cat and mouse cartoon [-IN THE DESERT-].

* ''Fonz And The Happy Days Gang'' is ''HappyDays'' [-WITH TIME TRAVEL-]!

** ''TheFunkyPhantom'' -- [-WITH A GHOST FROM THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed THAT'S A SNAGGLEPUSS EXPY]]-]!

* ''AdventureTime'' is perhaps ''TheLegendOfZelda'' [-AS A {{CARTOON NETWORK}} SHOW!-]

* In-universe example on ''PhineasAndFerb:'' Space Adventure... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It's an adventure, in space!]]

* ''CampLazlo'' is ''RockosModernLife'' [-AT A CAMPSITE-]!

* Disney Junior's ''Octonauts'' is Nick Jr.'s ''WonderPets'' [-DEDICATED EXCLUSIVELY TO UNDERSEA CREATURES-] (and without dialogue delivered as song.)

* ''HeyArnold'' is ''{{Doug}}'' [-IN THE CITY-]!

* ''{{Jimmy Two-Shoes}}'' is ''SpongebobSquarepants'' [-IN HELL-]!
* ''{{Stoked}}'' is ''[[{{Sixteen}} 6Teen]]'' [-AT A BEACHFRONT RESORT-]!

** Seeing as how Green Lantern: First Flight is largely based on Green Lantern stories that were first published in the 60's TrainingDay is actually Green Lantern.... ON EARTH!!!!!
* Hanna-Barbera made a whole bunch of iterations on ''TomAndJerry'', many of which were back-up segments on other shows:
** ''Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks'' is ''TomAndJerry'' [-WITH TWO MICE! AND THEY TALK!-]
** ''Punkin Puss and Mushmouse'' is ''TomAndJerry'' [-BUT THEY'RE HILLBILLIES! AND THEY TALK!-]
** ''Motor Mouse and Autocat'' is ''TomAndJerry'' [-ON MOTORCYCLES! THEY TALK TOO!-]

* ''Titanic: And the Legend Goes On'' is James Cameron's ''{{Titanic}}'', [-AS A DISNEYESQUE CARTOON WITH THE MAIN CHARACTER'S GENDERS REVERSED! AND A RAPPING DOG!-]
* ''KidVsKat'' is ''InvaderZim'' [-WITH CATS! AND LESS DEPRESSING!-]

* ''FishHooks'' is ''SpongebobSquarepants'' [-IN HIGH SCHOOL! IN A FISH TANK!-]

* ''Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century''. ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
* ''{{Archer}}'' is JamesBond [-WITH THE THREAT OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT SUITS!-]
** It's also ''ArrestedDevelopment'' [-WITH GUNS!-]
* The AnimatedAdaptation of [[http://scaredysquirrel.ytv.com/ Scaredy Squirrel]] is ''SpongebobSquarepants'' [-WITH FURRIES!-]

* ''ZorroGenerationZ'' is Zorro [-IN THE FUTURE-]! How far is unknown, because it looks a lot like the present with added FamilyFriendlyFirearms.

* ''{{TROLLZ}}'' is ''{{WITCH}}'' [-WITH-]... are you sure they're supposed to be trolls? Yeah, I know what the title says, but come on, they're ''obviously'' elves or dwar...[[AllTrollsAreDifferent okay, you have a point there...]] -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 ''[[ThePhilSilversShow Sgt. Bilko]]'' with alley cats.
* ''MightyB'' is ''SpongebobSquarepants'' [-ON LAND WITH GIRL SCOUTS-]!
* ''Angel's Friends'' is ''{{WITCH}}'', or WinxClub, depending on what fandom you prefer, [-WITH ANGELS AND DEMONS!-]
* ''WinxClub'' is ''Sailor Moon'' with fairies.

* ''JimmyNeutron'' parodies the trope with an in-universe example when their school principal puts on a production of ''Macbeth IN SPACE!'' He later mentions that next year, he'll be doing ''Hamlet ON ICE!''

* ''[[NiHaoKaiLan Ni Hao, Kai-Lan]]'' is ''{{Dora the Explorer}}'' [-AS A CHINESE GIRL-]!
* ''[[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman]] [-OF THE FUTURE-]'' was an actual title used for ''BatmanBeyond'' [[MarketBasedTitle in certain markets]].
** ''Showdown'', an episode of ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' featuring a JonahHex storyline, was made because the writers recognized Hex as Batman [-OF THE OLD WEST!-]
* ''{{Tom and Jerry}}'' relies 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."

* ''{{Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies}}'' is ''TheArchieShow'' [-UNDEAD-]!
* ''The Oddball Couple'' is ''The Odd Couple'' [-AS [[TalkingAnimal CARTOON ANIMALS]]-]!
* ''AmericanDragonJakeLong'', ''DannyPhantom'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' are essentially all copies of each other, just [-WITH DRAGONS-]! or [-WITH GHOSTS-]! or [-WITH ALIENS-]! ''Ben10'' was the most successful, with ''AmericanDragonJakeLong'' canceled after two seasons and ''DannyPhantom'' [[ExecutiveMeddling screwed over by Nick]]. ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce Ben 10: Alien Force]]'' isn't even half bad.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' is ''{{Dial H For Hero}}'' [-WITH A GUI INSTEAD OF AN RNG, AND WITH ALIENS-]!
* ''{{The Life and Times of Juniper Lee}}'' is pretty much ''AmericanDragonJakeLong'', [-JUST FEMALE-]!

* ''{{Freakazoid}}'' started out as ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' [-WITH SUPERHEROES-]! Or maybe {{Superman}} [-WITH ANIMANIACS-]! [-DRIVEN MAD BY THE COLLECTIVE INFORMATION OF THE INTERNET-]!

* ''The Robonic Stooges'' is ''TheThreeStooges'' [-AS ROBOTS-]! [-AND [[TheyFightCrime THEY FIGHT CRIME]]-]!
* ''Archie's Weird Mysteries'' is ''MartinMystery'' [-WITH ARCHIE CHARACTERS-]!
* ''The {{Super Mario Bros Super Show}}'' is practically nothing but this. Just about every episode is 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", IN A RACE-], etc.
* ''{{Rugrats}}'' itself is not an example, but it has a ShowWithinAShow called ''Space Trek Babies''. Which is ''StarTrek'' [-WITH BABIES-]!

* ''{{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.

* ''Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries'' is, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as you can probably guess,]] Sylvester and Tweety (oh, and Granny) [-AS {{AMATEUR SLEUTH}}S-]!

* ''{{Space Ghost Coast to Coast}}'' is ''SpaceGhost'' [-AS A TALK SHOW-]!

* 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-]!

* ''FamilyGuy'' is non-yellow ''TheSimpsons'' [-IN RHODE ISLAND WITH MUCH MORE VULGARITY AND DEAD BABY COMEDY-]!
** 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-]!
*** People accused ''TheSimpsons'' of being a ripoff of the ''TheSimpsons''?
*** Actually, it's simpler than that: TheSimpsons is TheFlintstones...[-ONLY NOT AT ALL LIKE IT-]!! And here's the real kicker: FamilyGuy is a ripoff of The Simpsons...[-IN EXACTLY THE SAME WAY-].

* ''{{ExoSquad}}'' is essentially ''WorldWarII'' [-IN SPACE-]! And [-THE FUTURE-]! With awesome [-EXOSKELETONS-]!

** ''Clue Club'' -- [-WITH ''TWO'' DOGS-]!
** ''Funky Phantom'' -- [-WITH A GHOST FROM THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed THAT'S A SNAGGLEPUSS EXPY]]-]!

** ''Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels'' -- [-WITH AN UNFROZEN CAVEMAN SUPERHERO-]!

** ''{{Josie and the Pussycats}}'' -- [-WITH A CAT AND [[BandToon A GIRL GROUP]] [[CatGirl IN CAT SUITS]]-]!

** ''Goober and the Ghost Chasers'' -- [-... THE DOG TURNS INVISIBLE-]? [-AND HIS BEST HUMAN FRIEND IS RECKLESS-]!
** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Cassidy_and_the_Sundance_Kids Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kids]] -- [-WITH A SUPERCOMPUTER THAT SNEEZES-]
** ''Yogi's Space Race'' was ''Wacky Races'' -- [-''IN SPACE''!-]
** The [[{{Aesop}} Moral of the Story]]: {{Hanna-Barbera}} knows how to run an idea [-INTO THE GROUND-]! And parody it with ''Scooby Doo'' [-IN HOLLYWOOD-]!

* As evidenced in the crossover episode, ''{{The Jetsons}}'' are also Flinstones [-IN THE FUTURE-]! There's also ''Stone Trek'', which is ''Star Trek'' [-AS CARTOON CAVEMEN-]!

* There was an [-IN SPACE-]! AnimatedAdaptation of ''GilligansIsland'', titled ''Gilligan's Planet''.

** Speaking of LooneyTunes, WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner is a cat and mouse cartoon [-IN THE DESERT-].

* ''The {{Flintstones}}'', ''{{Looney Tunes}}'', and ''{{Scooby Doo}}'' all have [-[[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]]-]!

* ''{{Silverhawks}}'' is ''{{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...

* ''The {{Flintstones}}'' is ''TheHoneymooners'' [-AS CARTOON CAVEMEN-]!
* ''{{The Jetsons}}'' is TheFlintstones [-IN THE FUTURE-]!

* ''SouthPark'' played it completely straight. There was an episode ''Starvin' Marvin'', followed two seasons later with ''Starvin' Marvin [-IN SPACE-]''.

** ''SpeedBuggy'' -- [-WITH A TALKING CAR-]!

* ''{{The Jetsons}}'' is ''[[{{Blondie}} Blondie and Dagwood]]'' [-IN THE FUTURE-]!

* In the ''AquaTeenHungerForce'' episode "100", the theme from the in-story "reimagining" ends with the words 'in space'.

* 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}} {{SUPERHERO}}ES-]!

* ''KidVsKat'' is ''InvaderZim'' [-WITH CATS!-]

* ''FishHooks'' is ''SpongebobSquarepants'' [-IN HIGH SCHOOL!-]

* Several ''VeggieTales'' videos often do this to several stories from TheBible, such as the story of Joseph and the Exodus [-IN THE OLD WEST-], and the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Adbenago [-AS FACTORY WORKERS!-]

* When the final season of {{Hanna-Barbera}}'s {{ALL-NEW POPEYE HOUR}} during the late '70's Was reformatted into {{THE POPEYE AND OLIVE COMEDY SHOW}} for its final season, one of the segments was called ''Prehistoric Popeye''. Basically a combination of {{POPEYE}} and the {{FLINTSTONES}} with Popeye eating his spinach out of cans made from rocks!!

* ''Angel's Friends'' is ''{{WITCH}}'', or WinxClub, depending on what fandom you prefer, -WITH ANGELS AND DEMONS!-

** You can also make the case of Inspector Gadget being Robocop rebuilt out of Maxwell Smart instead of Alex Murphy.

** ''Senate Spy'' episode was ''Notorious'' [-IN SPACE-], ''according to the writers''.
** ''Landing at Point Rain'' was (again, according to the producers) the first act of ''SavingPrivateRyan'' [-IN SPACE-].
** ''Legacy of Terror'' and ''Brain Invaders'' are ZombieApocalypse [-IN SPACE-].
** ''Bounty Hunters'' is Akira Kurosawa's ''HiddenFortress'' [-IN SPACE-], indicated by the memory card at the beginning.
** ''Zillo Beast'' is Godzilla [-IN SPACE-], while ''The Zillo Beast Strikes Back'' is more like King Kong [-IN SPACE-].

* ''{{Tom and Jerry}}'' relies 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".