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{{quote|'''German Terrorist''': Attention American workers: Your plant has been taken over by an all-star team of [[Terrorists Without a Cause|freelance terrorists]]. |
{{quote|'''German Terrorist''': Attention American workers: Your plant has been taken over by an all-star team of [[Terrorists Without a Cause|freelance terrorists]]. |
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'''Homer''': Not on ''my'' shift! ''[ [[Air Vent Passageway|jumps into an overhead vent]] ]''.|''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', "And Maggie Makes Three"}} |
'''Homer''': Not on ''my'' shift! ''[ [[Air Vent Passageway|jumps into an overhead vent]] ]''.|''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', "And Maggie Makes Three"}} |
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* In the 9th and worse season ''[[Roseanne]]'' copied "Under Siege II... of course, [[It Was All Just a Dream]]. |
* In the 9th and worse season ''[[Roseanne]]'' copied "Under Siege II... of course, [[It Was All Just a Dream]]. |
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* ''[[Star Trek]]'' has done ''Die Hard'' on a spaceship for a number of episodes across the series: |
* ''[[Star Trek]]'' has done ''Die Hard'' on a spaceship for a number of episodes across the series: |
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** ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'': "[[Star Trek/Recap/S1/E22 Space Seed|Space Seed]]". However, this aired before ''[[Die Hard]]'' was released. So ''[[Die Hard]]'' is sort of "''Space Seed'' in an office building"! Sort of... |
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** ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'': "Starship Mine" and "Rascals" (with the added dis-/advantage that Picard, Guinan, Ro and Keiko were transformed into children before the Ferengi takeover). Arguably, ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]'' is like this as well. |
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** TNG: "Timescape" has elements of "''Die Hard'' in a temporal anomaly". |
** TNG: "Timescape" has elements of "''Die Hard'' in a temporal anomaly". |
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** ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'': For the first part of Season 6, the eponymous station is in enemy hands. Also, the beginning of Season 2 sees the crew temporarily handing the station over to Bajoran radicals. And then there's the shrunken shuttlecraft episode, definitely the [[Spiritual Successor]] of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|The Next Generation]]''. |
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** ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'': "Basics," "Macrocosm," and "Message in a Bottle". The Doctor was frequently the Bruce Willis, his [[Projected Man]] status making him immune to whatever incapacitated everyone else. |
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** ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'': "Acquisition", "Catwalk", and "Chosen Realm". |
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** Usually any time that Jefferies Tubes are mentioned, you know there's going to be a ''Die Hard'' plot, except for that one episode where Picard ended up playing the flute in them like an insane homeless man. |
** Usually any time that Jefferies Tubes are mentioned, you know there's going to be a ''Die Hard'' plot, except for that one episode where Picard ended up playing the flute in them like an insane homeless man. |
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* ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'': "The Box". |
* ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'': "The Box". |
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* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' has a Die Hard on the Normandy scene when Joker has to escape the Collectors and find Shepard to go rescue the rest of the crew. |
* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' has a Die Hard on the Normandy scene when Joker has to escape the Collectors and find Shepard to go rescue the rest of the crew. |
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* The various ''Pokémon'' games include ''Die Hard'' in an [[Pokémon Red and Blue|office building]], [[Pokémon Gold and Silver|a radio tower]], [[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire|a volcano, an oceanic museum, a weather institute, a submarine pen, a space centre,]] [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl|a wind farm, two office buildings, another mountain]], [[Pokémon Black and White|a forest, a cold-storage warehouse, a castle,]] ''and then some''. |
* The various ''Pokémon'' games include ''Die Hard'' in an [[Pokémon Red and Blue|office building]], [[Pokémon Gold and Silver|a radio tower]], [[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire|a volcano, an oceanic museum, a weather institute, a submarine pen, a space centre,]] [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl|a wind farm, two office buildings, another mountain]], [[Pokémon Black and White|a forest, a cold-storage warehouse, a castle,]] ''and then some''. |
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** In fact, there's pretty much a guarantee that you'll deal with a situation like this at least once in a Pokemon game ([[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon]] [[Pokémon Snap|and]] [[Hey You Pikachu|other]] [[Pokémon Channel|spin-offs]] [[Pokémon Rumble|excluded]]). [[Justified Trope|Justified]], in that the villainous groups pretty much ''are'' [[Die Hard]] terrorists/crime syndicates, especially Team Rocket. |
** In fact, there's pretty much a guarantee that you'll deal with a situation like this at least once in a Pokemon game ([[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon]] [[Pokémon Snap|and]] [[Hey You, Pikachu!|other]] [[Pokémon Channel|spin-offs]] [[Pokémon Rumble|excluded]]). [[Justified Trope|Justified]], in that the villainous groups pretty much ''are'' [[Die Hard]] terrorists/crime syndicates, especially Team Rocket. |
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* In ''[[Paper Mario]]'', there is a "Die Hard starring Princess Peach" [[Unexpected Gameplay Change|segment]] after every chapter. The castle has been taken over by Bowser, and you have to use secret passages and disguises to sneak around and, at one point, [[A Rare Sentence|stealthily bake a cake.]] |
* In ''[[Paper Mario]]'', there is a "Die Hard starring Princess Peach" [[Unexpected Gameplay Change|segment]] after every chapter. The castle has been taken over by Bowser, and you have to use secret passages and disguises to sneak around and, at one point, [[A Rare Sentence|stealthily bake a cake.]] |
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* Parodied with the page-quote exchange on ''[[The Simpsons]]''. Just to clarify, those events didn't really happen. They're a fabrication by Homer. |
* Parodied with the page-quote exchange on ''[[The Simpsons]]''. Just to clarify, those events didn't really happen. They're a fabrication by Homer. |
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** The episode where Maggie rescues the other babies from a creche made a lot of references to ''[[The Great Escape]]'', but was actually more like ''Die Hard'' In A Nursery. |
** The episode where Maggie rescues the other babies from a creche made a lot of references to ''[[The Great Escape]]'', but was actually more like ''Die Hard'' In A Nursery. |
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* The ''[[Fillmore]]'' episode "A Cold Day at X". |
* The ''[[Fillmore!]]'' episode "A Cold Day at X". |
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* The ''[[South Park]]'' episode "Super Fun Time" is essentially ''[[Die Hard]]'' at Ye Olde Settlement, where a team of terrorists, complete with a Hans lookalike, takes a frontier-town educational park hostage after robbing a Burger King. |
* The ''[[South Park]]'' episode "Super Fun Time" is essentially ''[[Die Hard]]'' at Ye Olde Settlement, where a team of terrorists, complete with a Hans lookalike, takes a frontier-town educational park hostage after robbing a Burger King. |
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* An episode of ''[[Beast Wars]]'' does this with a unique twist: It's the building where Rattrap is hiding that is trying to kill him. He sets off the security system and tries to deactivate it. |
* An episode of ''[[Beast Wars]]'' does this with a unique twist: It's the building where Rattrap is hiding that is trying to kill him. He sets off the security system and tries to deactivate it. |
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