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BabClayton
Since: Apr, 2016
11th Oct, 2020 06:43:04 PM
I have a couple of potential suggestions.
Author Catchphrase, Creator Thumbprint, Recycled Script, Signature Style, or Suspiciously Similar Song?
Are any of these the one, you're thinking of?
FishiousRend
Since: Jul, 2020
11th Oct, 2020 11:59:40 PM
There is also Self-Plagiarism.
Chabal2
Since: Jan, 2010
12th Oct, 2020 12:03:02 AM
Transplant for characters, I think.
jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
12th Oct, 2020 12:38:30 AM
Note - Robby example is the page image for Prop Recycling
iwantedtoaddsomething
Since: Feb, 2015
13th Oct, 2020 11:41:11 AM
Self-Plagiarism seems closest, thanks
mwop
E.g. "Down In It" by Nine Inch Nails contains some reshuffled, pitch-shifted material from "Mechanical Movements" by Keith LeBlanc (released earlier in the same year), who was a producer on Down In It and its associated album.
Thinking mostly music but this could be for any medium - Robby the Robot would probably count.
Edited by iwantedtoaddsomething