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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]].

 

Bad guys have [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us|taken over the good guys' ship/station/what have you]], but, unbeknownst to the villains, [[One-Man Army|one]] or more good guys are hiding out in their midst, [[Spanner in the Works|engineering their overthrow]]. At least one [[Air Vent Passageway|air vent]] will be crawled through. At least one hostage will be a member of [[The Hero]]'s family and another will be executed while trying to negotiate with the villains.

 

[[Recycled in Space]] is the general trope for remaking works in a new setting.

 

* ''[[Daphne in the Brilliant Blue]]'' has a two-part episode that mashes up ''Die Hard'' with a [[Homage]] to classic disaster movie parody ''[[Airplane!]]'', of all things, called "Die Hard, Play Hard".

* The ''[[Zone of the Enders]]'' anime series ''[[Dolores I]]'' has an episode titled "Die Hard", where James Links does this on an oxygen plant on Mars. He even [[Lampshade Hanging|Hangs a Lampshade]] when he wishes it were Christmas halfway through the episode.

* ''[[Chuck]]'', which not only has bad guys taking over the Buy More, but also has has Al from ''Die Hard'' in it, as Big Mike's cousin.

** And in a different episode, different bad guys take over the store after Black Friday when Morgan, Jeff and Lester are the only ones inside. The bad guys take Jeffster hostage while Morgan was in his office taking a foot bath...in a tank top...without shoes. Yes, he uses the vents to get around, yes, he knocks a box of tacks off a shelf...and steps on them. Yes, he decides to make a rescue with a gun taped to his back.

** So this would be ''Die Hard'' [[In Space]]!

* ''[[Burn Notice]]'' had an episode where Michael and a rival go ''Die Hard'' in a Bank.

 

 

* ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'' is basically ''Die Hard'' in Arkham Asylum started by the Joker.

* ''[[System Shock]]'' is ''Die Hard'' on a space station. With an AI and cyborgs.

 

 

* ''"[[The Dragon Doctors]]"'' arc "Thieves of life" is a "''Die Hard'' In A Hospital" scenario. Goro, the sickly surgeon, is fighting off four thieves while awaiting her [[Life Energy]] transplant.

* ''[[Bob the Angry Flower]]'': From the people who brought you ''Submarine Action Movie'' and ''Airplane Action Movie''', now comes ''[http://www.angryflower.com/traina.gif Train Action Movie!!!]''