Recycled In Space / Western Animation

The Pussycats in outer spaaaaaace...

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Avatar: The Last Airbender

• Adventure Time is Avatar BUT DENSER AND WACKIER!
• The Dragon Prince is Avatar BUT WITH ELVES!
• She-Ra and the Princesses of Power is Avatar BUT GAYER!

Hanna-Barbera

• And now regarding the various clones of Scooby-Doo, we have:
  • The Buford Files — Scooby WITH A DIFFERENT DOG!
  • Clue Club — WITH TWO DOGS!
  • Goober and the Ghost Chasers — WITH AN INVISIBLE DOG!
  • Inch High, Private Eye— A very tiny man, and a dog!
  • Jabberjaw — UNDERWATER, WITH A SHARK!
  • Speed Buggy — WITH A TALKING CAR!
  • The Galloping Ghost — WITH A GHOST!
  • The Funky Phantom — WITH A DIFFERENT GHOST FROM THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION THAT'S A SNAGGLEPUSS EXPY! and a GHOST CAT and regular dog.
  • The New Shmoo — WITH A SHMOO!
    • What's a shmoo?
    • Nothin', what's shmoo with you?
  • Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels — WITH AN UNFROZEN CAVEMAN SUPERHERO!
    • Or alternately, Charlie's Angels WITH AN UNFROZEN CAVEMAN SUPERHERO!
  • Fangface — WITH A WEREWOLF!
    • NOTE: Fangface was produced by Ruby-Spears, not Hanna-Barbera.
  • Josie and the Pussycats — WITH A CAT AND A GIRL GROUP IN CAT SUITS!
    • Alternately, the cartoon is Josie and the Pussycats AS A SCOOBY-DOO CLONE!
    • Josie and the Pussycats in Space is essentially the trope name!
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids — WITH A SUPERCOMPUTER THAT SNEEZES
  • The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan — WITH ASIANS AND A FAMOUS OLD-TIME MOVIE DETECTIVE FATHER!
  • The Moral of the Story: Hanna-Barbera knew how to run an idea INTO THE GROUND!
    • And parody it with Scooby-Doo IN HOLLYWOOD!
• Due to the success of Hanna-Barbera's animated adaptation of The Smurfs (1981), they'll make several Smurfs clones:
  • The Snorks IN UNDERWATER, AS MIDDLE-CLASS EAGLELANDERS!
  • The Biskitts WITH PUPPIES!
  • Monchhichis WITH MONKEYS!
  • Shirt Tales WITH ANTHROPOMORPHIC ANIMALS WEARING EXPRESSIVE SHIRTS!
  • Paw Paw Bears WITH NATIVE AMERICAN BEARS!
  • Trollkins WITH TROLLS!
    • Also this to The Dukes of Hazzard.
• Hanna-Barbera made a whole bunch of iterations on Tom and Jerry, many of which were back-up segments on other shows:
  • Pixie, Dixie and Mr. Jinks is Tom and Jerry WITH TWO MICE! AND THEY TALK!
  • Punkin' Puss and Mushmouse is Tom and Jerry BUT THEY'RE HILLBILLIES! AND THEY TALK!
  • Motormouse and Autocat is Tom and Jerry ON MOTORCYCLES! THEY TALK TOO!
• More Hanna-Barbera examples:
  • Top Cat is Sgt. Bilko with alley cats.
  • The Hillbilly Bears is The Beverly Hillbillies AS FUNNY ANIMALS! AND THEY STILL LIVE IN THE DEEP SOUTH!
  • Secret Squirrel is Get Smart WITH FUNNY ANIMALS!
  • Where's Huddles? is The Flintstones IN 1970! AS FOOTBALL PLAYERS!
  • The Flintstones is The Honeymooners SET IN THE STONE AGE!
    • The Flintstone Kids is The Flintstones AS KIDS!
  • The Hair Bear Bunch is Hogan's Heroes WITH ZOO ANIMALS!
  • The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang is Doctor Who WITH 1950S SITCOM CHARACTERS!
  • Squiddly Diddly is Wally Gator IN A WATERPARK!
  • Breezly and Sneezly is Yogi Bear IN THE ARCTIC!
  • CB Bears is Charlie's Angels WITH BEARS! AND GENDER-REVERSED!
  • It's the Wolf is Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog BUT THE WOLF USES DISGUISES!
  • Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy is Leave It to Beaver BUT WITH DOGS!
  • Heyyy, it's the King! is Happy Days AS ANIMALS!
• Yogi's Space Race was Wacky Races — IN SPACE!
• Yo Yogi! is Yogi Bear AS KIDS!
• The Roman Holidays is The Jetsons IN ANCIENT ROME!
• The original 1973 animated version of The Addams Family was ON THE ROAD IN A HOUSE-SHAPED CAR! The 1992 version was essentially just an Animated Adaptation of the movies, though.
• Jellystone! is The Looney Tunes Show but with the Hanna-Barbera slate of characters.
• Wacky Races is The Great Race IN CARTOON FORM!

Other examples

• 101 Dalmatian Street is The Loud House WITH DOGS! AND LIKE 88 MORE SIBLINGS! AND SET IN BRITAIN!
• Ada Twist, Scientist is Doc McStuffins WITH SCIENCE!
• The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius 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!
• Adventure Time is The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack IN A FANTASY WORLD!
• Alice's Wonderland Bakery is Butterbean's Cafe WITH LEWIS CARROLL CHARACTERS!
• Arthur is Doug WITH ANTHROPOMORPHIC ANIMALS!
• The Saturday-Morning Cartoon spinoff of All Dogs Go to Heaven is Touched by an Angel WITH DOGS!
• Alma's Way is The Proud Family IN THE BRONX AND PREDOMINANTLY LATINO!
  • Or, In the Heights FOR KIDS!
• Amphibia is REVERSE Howard the Duck WITH FROGS!
  • Or Dragalia Lost WITH FROGS!
• Apple & Onion is Sausage Party FOR KIDS! AND ABSOLUTELY NO HUMANS EATING THEM (despite the fact that they eat themselves) !
  • Or Anpanman IN BRITAIN!
• Angelina Ballerina is Arthur WITH BALLET!
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force is SpongeBob SquarePants FOR ADULTS!
• Archer is James Bond WITH THE THREAT OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT SUITS!
  • Alternatively, it's Arrested Development WITH SPIES AND GUNS!
  • Or - Get Smart WITH MORE SEX AND VIOLENCE!
• Astroblast! is Miles from Tomorrowland WITH ANIMALS!
• Atomic Betty is Kim Possible IN SPACE!
• Baby Looney Tunes is Looney Tunes AS KIDS!
  • Alternatively, Muppet Babies (1984) WITH LOONEY TUNES CHARACTERS!
• Baby Shark's Big Show! is Spongebob Squarepants WITH PINKFONG CHARACTERS!
• The Backyardigans is Muppet Babies (1984) AS GRADE SCHOOLERS!
• Batman OF THE FUTURE was an actual title used for Batman Beyond in certain markets.
• "Showdown", an episode of Batman: The Animated Series featuring a Jonah Hex storyline, was made because the writers recognized Hex as Batman OF THE OLD WEST!
• Beat Bugs is Yo Gabba Gabba! WITH BUGS and BEATLES SONGS!
• Ben 10 is Dial H for Hero WITH A GUI INSTEAD OF AN RNG, AND WITH ALIENS!
  • The episode "Permanent Retirement" = Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
• Big City Greens is The Simpsons FOR KIDS!
• Biker Mice from Mars is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, only with...BIKER MICE FROM MARS!!
• Blaze and the Monster Machines is Dora the Explorer WITH MONSTER TRUCKS!
• Bluey is Peppa Pig AS A DOG AND IN AUSTRALIA! AND MUCH MORE DOWN TO EARTH!
• Bo on the Go! is Dora the Explorer AS AN All-CGI Cartoon WITH BLUE HAIR AND A DRAGON!
• Bobobobs is The Smurfs (1981) and The World of David the Gnome IN SPACE!
• Boj is SpongeBob SquarePants IN AUSTRALIA and FOR PRESCHOOLERS!
• Bossy Bear is The Amazing World of Gumball FOR PRESCHOOLERS-ISH!
• Braceface is Carrie WITH ELECTRIC POWERS!
• Breadwinners is The Brothers Flub WITH DUCKS!
• Brickleberry is Family Guy IN A NATIONAL PARK!
  • Its spiritual successor Paradise PD is Brickleberry WITH COPS!.
• Bubble Guppies is, since Season 5, The Backyardigans UNDERWATER!
• Bugs Bunny Builders is Bob the Builder WITH LOONEY TUNES CHARACTERS!
• Butterbean's Cafe is KiraKira★Pretty Cure à la Mode WITH FAIRIES!
  • Or Food Wars! AS A CARTOON AIMED AT GIRLS!
• Camp Lakebottom is Gravity Falls AT A CAMPSITE AND MUCH MORE LIGHTHEARTED!
• Camp Lazlo is Rocko's Modern Life AT A CAMPSITE!
• Care Package Chronicles is the Care Bears BUT THEY'RE TOYS!
• Casper and the Angels is Casper the Friendly Ghost with Charlie's Angels IN SPACE!
• ChalkZone is The Fairly OddParents! WITH CHALK DRAWINGS! Ironically, both were created by Frederator Studios and originated from Frederator's anthology series, Oh Yeah! Cartoons
• Charlie and Lola is Max and Ruby AS HUMANS and IN BRITAIN!
• The Chicken Squad is PAW Patrol WITH CHICKENS!
• Chirp is The Backyardigans IN CANADA and WITH BIRDS!
• Chuggington is Thomas & Friends MINUS THE LAWS OF PHYSICS!
• Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island is SpongeBob SquarePants WITH FRUIT!
• C.O.P.S. (Animated Series) is G.I. Joe, but THEY'RE COPS....IN THE FUTURE!
• Crash Canyon is Family Guy IN CANADA! Oh, and in a canyon.
• Craig of the Creek is Ed, Edd n Eddy BUT LIGHTER AND SOFTER! And also WITH LARPING!
  • Alternatively, it's Codename: Kids Next Door EXCEPT IT'S JUST MAKE BELIEVE!
• The cartoon adaptation of Cybersix is Æon Flux FOR KIDS!
• Danny Phantom is Spider-Man WITH GHOSTS! It even has Expies to Spider-Man characters.
• Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist is Crocodile Hunter IN SPACE!
• Disenchantment is often described as Futurama AS A MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN FANTASY!
• Dive Olly Dive! is Roary the Racing Car WITH SUBMARINES!
• Doc Mcstuffins is St Bears Doll Hospital WITH CGI ANIMATION!
• Dragon Tales is Barney & Friends WITH DRAGONS!
• Drawn Together Babies is just Drawn Together WITH BABIES!
  • Drawn Together itself is Big Brother/The Real World/The Surreal Life WITH ANIMATION AND LOTS OF DARK AND OFFENSIVE HUMOR!
• Duck Dodgers is DAFFY DUCK IN THE 24TH-AND-A-HALF CENTURY!
  • "Yosemite Sam of Outer Space!"
  • Chuck Jones' "Rocket Squad" stars Daffy and Porky as the cops in Dragnet - IN SPACE!!!
• Earth To Luna! is Dexter's Laboratory IN BRAZIL AND FOR PRESCHOOLERS!
• The Animated Adaptation of Edgar & Ellen is Ed, Edd n Eddy WITH A GOTH AESTHETIC! AND ONLY TWO KIDS WHOSE NAMES START WITH 'E'!
• Elinor Wonders Why is Harvey Beaks FOR A YOUNGER AUDIENCE!
• The fourth season of The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants is Exactly What It Says on the Tin: The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants IN SPACE!
• Eureka! (2022) is The Flintstones BUT EDUCATIONAL!
• Exo Squad is essentially World War II IN SPACE! And THE FUTURE! With awesome EXOSKELETONS!
  • Which makes it Mobile Suit Gundam, made IN AMERICA!
  • Alternatively, it's Mobile Suit Gundam THE EUROPEAN SIDE OF THE WAR, as opposed to Gundam's Pacific Theater
• Extreme Dinosaurs is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles AS DINOSAURS!
• In-Universe example: The Fairly OddParents! had Crash Nebula ON ICE!
• Face's Music Party is Musical Mornings With Coo WITH A FORMER NICK JR. MASCOT and POP SONGS!
  • Or Ants in Your Pants WITH MODERN POP AND NURSERY RHYMES!
• Family Guy is non-yellow The Simpsons IN RHODE ISLAND WITH CUTAWAY GAGS, MUCH MORE VULGARITY, AND BLACK COMEDY!
• Fancy Nancy is Olivia AS A HUMAN!
• FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman is Barney & Friends AS A LIVE-ACTION/ANIMATED REALITY GAME SHOW
• Firebuds is Blaze and the Monster Machines WITH FRONTLINE WORKERS!
• With it's similar claymation animation style, and central character an essential service worker, Fireman Sam is Postman Pat BUT WELSH!
• Fish Hooks is SpongeBob SquarePants IN HIGH SCHOOL!
• Floogals is The Wot Wots IN AMERICA!
• The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang is Happy Days WITH TIME TRAVEL!
• Fugget About It is Family Guy WITH MOBSTERS! AND IN CANADA!
• Aversion. The Futurama writing staff have claimed that a large part of the reason behind the Executive Meddling that the show suffered was that, much to the Fox network's annoyance, the show was not The Simpsons IN SPACE!
  • Directly referenced in "Into the Wild Green Yonder":
    Bender: It's gonna be fun on a bun! IN SPACE!
  • A canon example, however, is that apparently the only reason Fry accepted another delivery boy job (after basically losing the one from his own time and running away from the one being assigned to him forcibly) was that it was IN SPACE!
  • From the episode "Godfellas":
  Leela: Oh no! Space Pirates!
  Fry: Space pirates?
  Leela: You know, pirates! But IN SPACE!
  • Don't forget that one episode with the Titanic IN SPACE! Followed in the Rebirth season with the Land Titanic! ON LAND! (and yes, both of them were sunk)
  • A very large portion of the show's gags are simply applying this trope to any and every aspect of pop culture. Like that one joke or that one thing that everybody keeps talking about... but IN SPACE! Or at least IN THE FUTURE!
• Garfield and Friends: The first three seasons of the in-show segment U.S. Acres/Orson's Farm follow the formula of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids WITH FARM ANIMALS!
• While it didn't get made, one of Greg Weisman's spin-off ideas for Gargoyles was Gargoyles 2198, which was basically Gargoyles IN THE FUTURE AND LARGELY IN SPACE TOO!
• The Get Along Gang is Arthur IN THE 1980s!
• The Ghost and Molly McGee is The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy AS A MUSICAL SERIES!
• Gilligan's Planet is Gilligan's Island IN SPACE! It could alternately be viewed as Lost in Space AS A CARTOON WITH THE GILLIGAN'S ISLAND CAST!
  • There was an earlier Animated Adaptation of Gilligan's Island. It was pretty much Gilligan's Island AS CARTOON CHARACTERS!
• Goldie & Bear is Super Why! AS A DISNEY SHOW AND MINUS Fake Interactivity!
• The Goode Family is King of the Hill BUT THE FAMILY ARE LIBERALS INSTEAD OF CONSERVATIVES!
• Gravedale High is Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT RICK MORANIS REPLACES SCOOBY, SHAGGY, AND SCRAPPY IN THAT STORY AS A TEACHER RATHER THAN AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR! AND THE STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL ARE BOTH MALE AND FEMALE!
• Gravity Falls is Twin Peaks AS A DISNEY SHOW!
  • Alternatively, it's Eerie, Indiana AS A CARTOON!
  • Or, it could be Rick and Morty AS A DISNEY SHOW! (Despite Gravity Falls coming first. Don't think about it.)
• Green Eggs and Ham (2019) is Planes, Trains and Automobiles AS TOLD BY DR. SEUSS!
• Green Lantern: First Flight is Training Day IN SPACE!
  • Seeing as how Green Lantern: First Flight is largely based on Green Lantern stories that were first published in the 1960s, Training Day is actually Green Lantern ON EARTH!
• Grossology is Kim Possible AS AN EDUTAINMENT GROSSOUT SHOW!
• Hailey's On It! is My Name Is Earl AS A KID-FRIENDLY CARTOON!
• Hamster & Gretel is Phineas and Ferb WITH A LITTLE GIRL AND A HAMSTER SUPERHERO DUO!
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is Faerie Tale Theatre AS AN ANIMATED SERIES WITH SETTING UPDATES, RACE LIFTS, GENDER FLIPS AND THE LIKE!
• Harvey Beaks is Fish Hooks ON LAND!
• Likewise, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law is Birdman (1967) IN A COURT ROOM!
• Helens Little School is Doc Mcstuffins IN A TOY SCHOOL!
• Depending on who you ask, Hero Elementary is My Hero Academia FOR PRESCHOOLERS!
• Hilda is Gravity Falls IN NORWAY AND WITH THE MAIN CHARACTER BEING HILDA HERSELF!
• Horrid Henry is Arthur IN BRITAIN and WITH HUMANS!
• I Am the Greatest!: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali was a 1970s cartoon show about Muhammad Ali in space.
• HouseBroken is The Secret Life of Pets, BUT FOR ADULTS!
• Inspector Gadget is Get Smart 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 6-YEAR-OLD! With Penny AS AN ADULT! And Brain AS A ROBOT! And Chief Quimby AS AN ITALIAN!
• Jake And The Neverland Pirates is Dora the Explorer WITH PIRATES AND BETTER ANIMATION!
  • Santiago of the Seas is both of these BUT ALL-CGI AND LATINO-CARIBBEAN!
• Jay Jay the Jet Plane is Thomas & Friends WITH AIRPLANES!
• The Jetsons is The Flintstones IN THE FUTURE! (A crossover cartoon, titled The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones, pretty much cements this notion.)
  • Jetsons: The Movie is literally The Jetsons IN SPACE! (Because as much flying as they do, and as high as they live, most of The Jetsons actually takes place on/above Earth.)
• Jimmy Two-Shoes is SpongeBob SquarePants IN HELL!
  • Alternatively, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy WITH THE DEVIL INSTEAD OF DEATH!
• Justin Time is Chloe's Closet IN CANADA and WITH A MALE PROTAGONIST!
• Kamp Koral is Camp Lazlo UNDERWATER!
• Kid vs. Kat is Invader Zim WITH CATS! AND LESS SCREWED UP AND DEPRESSING!
• Kiff is Scaredy Squirrel AS A MUSICAL SERIES!
• Krapopolis is Hercules: The Animated Series FOR ADULTS!
• LEGO:
  • Nexo Knights is Ninjago IN FUTURISTIC MEDIEVAL EUROPE!
  • Monkie Kid is Journey to the West IN AN URBAN CITY WITH LEGO!
  • LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales is the old Droids TV Show IN LEGO!
  • Hero Factory Invasion from Below is Pacific Rim IN LEGO!
• The animated pilot of Lackadaisy is, basically, Disney's Robin Hood (1973) IN PROHIBITION-ERA ST. LOUIS!.
• The Large Family is The Berenstain Bears IN BRITAIN and WITH ELEPHANTS!
• Laverne & Shirley in the Army is self-explanatory.
• Let's Go Luna! is Rocko's Modern Life FOR PRESCHOOLERS! AND EDUCATIONAL!
• Little Bill is Caillou IN THE CITY AND PREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN!
• Loonatics Unleashed is Looney Tunes IN THE FUTURE AS ANIMESQUE SUPERHEROES!
  • Alternatively, it's Teen Titans WITH LOONEY TUNES CHARACTERS, which is how it was pretty much described in the original PR announcement.
  • Speaking of Looney Tunes, Wile E Coyote And The Roadrunner is a cat and mouse cartoon IN THE DESERT.
    • Chuck Jones himself inverts this, describing his own take on Tom and Jerry as "the Road Runner and Coyote in cat-and-mouse drag."
  • The Looney Tunes Show is Looney Tunes AS A SITCOM!
• The Loud House: Think Cheaper by the Dozen (the book or the movies) as a cartoon, but with one less kid, and way more girls than boys.
• Magic Adventures of Mumfie is Thomas & Friends WITH ANTHRO ANIMALS AND A SCARECROW!
• Mecha Builders is Team Umizoomi WITH SESAME STREET CHARACTERS, A STEM CURRICULUM, and MINUS FAKE INTERACTIVITY!
• Megas XLR is Clerks WITH GIANT ROBOTS!
• Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is Dora the Explorer WITH MICKEY AND THE GANG!
• Mickey Mouse Funhouse is The Backyardigans WITH DISNEY'S SENSATIONAL SIX!
• Middlemost Post is The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack but Lighter and Softer and much, much less gross.
• The Mighty B! is Spongebob Squarepants ON LAND WITH GIRL SCOUTS!
• Milo Murphy's Law is Phineas and Ferb WITH MURPHY'S LAW!
• Mixels is BIONICLE BUT MORE COMEDY BASED
• M*U*S*H ("Mangy, Unwanted, Shabby Heroes"), an obscure feature of Filmation's ill-fated 1975 show Uncle Croc's Block, was M*A*S*H WITH DOGS! IN A MOUNTIE CAMP!
• Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023) is Static Shock WITH MARVEL CHARACTERS!
• Motown Magic is Beat Bugs WITH MOTOWN MUSIC!
• Mummies Alive! is Gargoyles WITH MUMMIES!
• My Friends Tigger & Pooh is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse WITH A.A MILNE CHARACTERS!
• My Life as a Teenage Robot is The Powerpuff Girls BUT THE MAIN CHARACTER IS A TEENAGE ROBOT! It doesn't help that Rob Renzetti used to work on The Powerpuff Girls early on.
  • It's also Kim Possible but THE TEENAGE HERO IS A ROBOT, IS A SUPERHERO INSTEAD OF A SPY, NOT A CHEERLEADER, AND IS RETRO SCI-FI IN ART DECO!
• Nature Cat is Looney Tunes BUT EDUCATIONAL!
• Nella the Princess Knight is Mike the Knight AS A PRINCESS!,
• The New Adventures of He-Man is He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983) where He-Man and Skeletor are transported into the future.
• Ni Hao, Kai-Lan is Dora the Explorer AS A CHINESE GIRL!
• Nina's World is Dora and Friends: Into the City! WITH A YOUNGER PROTAGONIST AND A TALKING STAR!
• Ninja Turtles Fast Forward is the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IN THE FUTURE!
• The Oddball Couple is The Odd Couple (1970) AS CARTOON ANIMALS!
  • CatDog, the above AS CONJOINED TWINS!
• The Octonauts is Wonder Pets! DEDICATED EXCLUSIVELY TO UNDERSEA CREATURES (and without dialogue delivered as song.)
• Oggy and the Cockroaches is Tom and Jerry WITH THREE COCKROACHES INSTEAD OF ONE MOUSE!
• Olivia is Peppa Pig IN AMERICA AND WITH WITH A SLIGHTLY OLDER PROTAGONIST! AND MUCH MORE DOWN TO EARTH!
• The Owl House is Star vs. the Forces of Evil WITH WITCHES! And Luz Noceda is Star Butterfly AS A WITCH APPRENTICE!
  • Or, Harry Potter AS A CARTOON!
  • Also, it could be Kingdom Hearts WITH WITCHES!
• There is an Animated Adaptation of The Partridge Family called The Partridge Family 2200 A.D.. As you might imagine, this is The Partridge Family set IN THE FUTURE! (It was originally to be The Jetsons a few years farther into the future.)
  • When it was reformatted for syndication on the umbrella show Fred Flintstone and Friends, it was rebilled as The Partridge Family In Outer Space.
• The Patrick Star Show is Uncle Grandpa IN BIKINI BOTTOM!
• PAW Patrol is Thunderbirds WITH PRECIOUS PUPPIES!
  • Or Rescue Heroes WITH DOGS!
  • It's also Fireman Sam WITH DOGS!
  • The series could also be considered as Tomica Hero Rescue Force or Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue AS AN ALL CGI CARTOON ABOUT DOGS!
• Peppa Pig is Caillou IN BRITAIN and WITH ANIMALS!
• Phineas and Ferb did this with itself in a few Elseworld episodes.
  • "Tri-Stone Area": Perhaps the most Strictly Formula episode of the show, as nearly every story beat and line of dialogue comes from their plethora of Catch Phrases, Running Gags, and Once an Episode events, except they're all communicated IN CAVE-SPEAK AND GRUNTS!
  • "The Monster of Phineas-N-Ferbenstein" is an episode of the show AS A MONSTER MOVIE!
• Pikwik Pack is Breadwinners FOR PRESCHOOLERS!
• The 1965 Belgian animated film Pinocchio dans l'espace (Pinocchio in Outer Space in English-speaking countries) is Exactly What It Says on the Tin.
• PJ Masks is Team Umizoomi BUT WITH ANIMAL MOTIFS, MORALS, AND MINUS Fake Interactivity!
• Poubelles is Soupe Opéra WITH RECYCLED OBJECTS! And it's produced by the same company (Marlou Films) to boot.
• Popeye received similar recyclings, especially once Famous Studios entered into the 1950s and the writers ran out of ideas.
  • When the final season of Hanna-Barbera's All-New Popeye Hour during the late 1970s 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!!
• Pound Puppies (especially the 2010 revival, which is made by the creators of Recess) is Hogan's Heroes IN A DOG POUND!
• Puppy Dog Pals is The Secret Life of Pets AS A PRESCHOOL TV SERIES!
• A Pup Named Scooby-Doo is Scooby-Doo AS KIDS!
• Randy Cunningham: Ninth Grade Ninja is Spider-Man WITH NINJAS!
• Recess is essentially Hogan's Heroes on a 1990s 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 expies of the characters are in a Hogan's Heroes-style WWII POW camp; complete with the Colonel Klink expy wearing a monocle.
  • Alternatively, it's Saved by the Bell IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL!
  • Lloyd in Space is Recess IN SPACE. Right there in the title.
• Ready Jet Go! is Rick and Morty FOR PRESCHOOLERS, IS EDUCATIONAL, AND WITHOUT NIHILISM OR BLACK COMEDY!
  • Or 3rd Rock from the Sun IN CARTOON FORM!
• Regular Show's eighth and final season was actually advertised as REGULAR SHOW IN SPACE, as it's about the characters having adventures in outer space.
• Rescue Heroes is Thunderbirds IN THE PRESENT DAY!
• The Raccoons and the Lost Star is literally The Raccoons IN SPACE!
• Ricky Zoom is Blaze and the Monster Machines WITH MOTORCYCLES! And Ricky is basically Blaze IN MOTORCYCLE FORM!
• Roary the Racing Car is Thomas & Friends WITH RACE CARS!
• The Robonic Stooges is The Three Stooges AS ROBOTS! AND THEY FIGHT CRIME!
• Robot Chicken is KaBlam! FOR ADULTS!
  • While KaBlam! itself was Liquid Television FOR KIDS!
• Robotomy is Superjail!! FOR KIDS! AND WITH ROBOTS! It doesn't help that Robotomy was directed by the co-creator of Superjail.
• Rocket Monkeys is The Angry Beavers IN SPACE WITH MONKEYS!
• Rocket Robin Hood is Robin Hood IN THE FUTURE!
• The Roman Holidays is Make Room for Daddy IN ANCIENT ROME!
• Rosie's Rules is Alma's Way IN THE SUBURBS OF TEXAS!
• Rubbadubbers is Toy Story WITH BATH TOYS!
• Rubble & Crew is Bob the Builder WITH DOGS!
• Rusty Rivets is The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius FOR PRESCHOOLERS!
• Ruff Ruff Tweet And Dave is Kerwhizz WITH ANIMALS!
• Rugrats itself is not an example, but it has a Show Within a Show called Space Trek Babies. Which is Star Trek WITH BABIES!
• Rugrats (2021) is Muppet Babies (2018) WITH HUMANS!
• Sabrina and The Groovie Goolies is The Archie Show UNDEAD!
• Sabrina: The Animated Series is Sabrina the Teenage Witch IN MIDDLE SCHOOL!
• Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat is Chi's Sweet Home IN CHINA!
• Salty's Lighthouse is Shining Time Station IN A LIGHTHOUSE!
• Sydney Sailboat is Dive Olly Dive! WITH BOATS!
• The New Archies is The Archie Show IN MIDDLE SCHOOL
• The Animated Adaptation of Scaredy Squirrel is SpongeBob SquarePants WITH FURRIES!
• Regarding the other various incarnations of Scooby-Doo:
  • The New Scooby-Doo Movies is Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! WITH SPECIAL GUEST STARS!
  • Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo is Scooby-Doo WITH SCRAPPY!
  • The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo is Scooby-Doo Darker and Edgier!
  • Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue! is Scooby-Doo Denser and Wackier!
  • Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated is Scooby-Doo STILL MORE DARKER AND EDGIER!
• Shimmer and Shine is The Fairly OddParents! WITH GENIES!
• The Shnookums & Meat Funny Cartoon Show is Ren & Stimpy BY DISNEY!
• Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century is Sherlock Holmes... IN THE TWENTY-SECOND CENTURY! (No shit Sherlock.)
• Silverhawks is ThunderCats IN SPACE!
  • On a related note, Tigersharks (part of a short-lived programming block called The Comic Strip) is Silverhawks... UNDER WATER!
• The Simpsons is The Flintstones IN MODERN TIMES! (AND YELLOW!) This one is actually lampshaded quite a bit.
• South Park referenced the trope by having a sequel to the Season 1 episode "Starvin' Marvin" two seasons later, called "Starvin' Marvin IN SPACE".
• Space Ghost Coast to Coast is Space Ghost AS A TALK SHOW!
• Spider-Man Unlimited is Spider-Man...ON ANOTHER PLANET!
• Spidey and His Amazing Friends is PJ Masks WITH MARVEL CHARACTERS!
• Spliced is SpongeBob SquarePants WITH Mix-and-Match Critters!
  • Alternatively, The Ren & Stimpy Show WITH Mix-and-Match Critters!
• SpongeBob SquarePants is Rocko's Modern Life UNDERWATER!
• Star Trek: Prodigy is Space Cases AS AN OFFICIAL STAR TREK SERIES!
• Star vs. the Forces of Evil is Sailor Moon IN AMERICA! AND WITH JUST ONE MAGICAL GIRL!
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars seems to love it, especially during the second season:
  • "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 Saving Private Ryan IN SPACE.
  • "Legacy of Terror" and "Brain Invaders" are Zombie Apocalypse IN SPACE.
  • "Bounty Hunters" is Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress IN SPACE, indicated by the memory card at the beginning.
    • George Lucas was heavily influenced by Kurosawa. Guess which Kurosawa film's influence stands out most in the original Star Wars movie.
  • "Zillo Beast" is Godzilla IN SPACE, while "The Zillo Beast Strikes Back" is more like King Kong IN SPACE.
  • Cad Bane was designed to be Lee Van Cleef IN SPACE.
  • On a related note, a season one episode featuring Bane, "Hostage Crisis", is Die Hard IN SPACE.
• Steven Universe is Adventure Time WITH A LITTLE BOY AND CRYSTAL GEM-LIKE PEOPLE AND ALSO SET IN A BEACH CITY!
• SuperKitties is PAW Patrol WITH CATS!
• Super Monsters is Monster High IN PRESCHOOL!
• Super Why! is Blue's Clues WITH FAIRY TALE CHARACTERS!
• Super Wings is Go Jetters WITH AIRPLANES!
• Stella And Sam is Charlie and Lola IN CANADA!
• Stōked is 6Teen AT A BEACHFRONT RESORT!
• Stone Trek is Star Trek AS CARTOON CAVEMEN!
• Street Sharks is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles AS SHARKS!
• 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 ARTHURIAN 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.
• The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries is, as you can probably guess, Sylvester and Tweety (oh, and Granny) AS AMATEUR SLEUTHS!
• Team Galaxy is Totally Spies! IN SPACE!
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) is The Automatic Detective IN NEW YORK!
  • The first half of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)'s fourth season sends the turtles and their friends IN SPACE!
• Thundarr the Barbarian is Conan the Barbarian IN THE FUTURE!
• Tiny Toon Adventures is Looney Tunes AS AMAZING TECHNICOLOR KIDS! WITH THE ORIGINAL LOONEY TUNES APPEARING REGULARLY!
• Titanic: The Legend Goes On is James Cameron's Titanic (1997), AS A DISNEYESQUE CARTOON WITH THE MAIN CHARACTERS' GENDERS REVERSED! AND A RAPPING DOG!
  • The Legend of the Titanic is the same movie WITH TALKING ANIMALS! A SAVE THE WHALES MESSAGE! SHARKS ALIGNED WITH THE BIG BAD! AND AN EVERYBODY LIVES ENDING!
• Toad Patrol is Journey to the West WITH TOADS!
• 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."
• Top Wing is PAW Patrol AS BIRDS!
• T.O.T.S. is Wonder Pets! AS BIRDS!
• Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race is The Amazing Race IN CARTOON FORM!
• Total Drama is Survivor IN CARTOON FORM!
• Trollz is Winx Club WITH TROLL DOLLS!
• TUGS is Thomas & Friends DARKER AND EDGIER WITH BOATS!
• Twirlywoos is Teletubbies WITH BIRD-LIKE CREATURES and ON A BOAT!
• The French/Japanese series Ulysses 31 is Homer's The Odyssey set IN THE 31ST CENTURY IN SPACE!
• Several VeggieTales videos often do this to several stories from The Bible, such as the story of Joseph and the Exodus IN THE OLD WEST, and the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego AS FACTORY WORKERS!, the tale of David and Bathsheba AS A MEDIEVAL FAIRY TALE and the parable of the Good Samaritan AS A DR. SEUSS BOOK!
• The Venture Brothers is Jonny Quest POST-DECONSTRUCTION!
• Victor and Valentino is Gravity Falls IN MEXICO!
  • Welcome to the Wayne is Gravity Falls IN A NEW YORK HIGH-RISE!
• Wander over Yonder is Looney Tunes with The Power of Friendship and The Power of Love IN SPACE!
• Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! is SpongeBob SquarePants ON LAND AND FOR PRESCHOOLERS!
• Wild Kratts is Go, Diego, Go! FOR OLDER KIDS!
• Wild West COW Boys Of Moo Mesa is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles AS COWS IN THE WILD WEST!
• Winx Club is Sailor Moon WITH FAIRIES!
• Work It Out Wombats! is PB&J Otter WITH WOMBATS AND IN A TREE!
• Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum is Peabody's Improbable History WITH MORALS!
• Zorro: Generation Z is Zorro IN THE FUTURE! How far is unknown, because it looks a lot like the present with added "family friendliness".
• Zou is Caillou WITH ZEBRAS!

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