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The below is a list of shows that are considered twisted reflections of each other. Which is the original and which is the rip-off is not always completely clear.
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| ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' || ''[[Flame of Recca]]'' || Manga/Anime show starring a [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits|ragtag bunch of youngsters]] joining forces to fight evil with supernatural powers. || Both manga were adapted into anime by the same studio. || A bit complicated. Technically, Yu Yu Hakusho as it's more popular worldwide. However while YYH had a more successful anime, the manga was canceled prematurely and not as fondly remembered. Flame of Recca on the other hand had a very succesful manga that manged to complete its story with no problems, but a largely unsuccessful anime.
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| ''[[Eden of the East]]'' || ''[[Future Diary]]'' || Anime show featuring a group of individuals who recieved cellphones with special properties, forced to take part in a twisted [[There Can Be Only One|elimination game]]. || ''Future Diary'' started earlier as a manga, but was adapted into anime years later. || ''Eden of The East'' had its rightful share of love from critics and viewers as well, but nothing like the fad caused by ''Future Diary'', mostly thanks to its gruesome story and [[Ax Crazy|unusual]] [[
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| ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' || ''[[Digimon]]'' and ''[[Monster Rancher]]'' || [[Mon]] series about kids [[Walking the Earth]]. Usually involves defeating some sort of [[Big Bad]] too. || All three went off in different directions. Though all three were [[Merchandise-Driven]], ''Pokémon'' become a blatant merch show after its third season, while ''Digimon'' and ''Monster Rancher'' remained plot-driven series. || ''Monster Rancher'' was the first to go, dying quietly right at the end of the [[Mons]] boom of the early 'Aughts. ''Digimon'' soldiered on for a few more years before it too died with the end of ''[[Digimon Frontier]]''. However, it was revived a few years later with ''[[Digimon Savers]]'', and ''[[Digimon Xros Wars]]''. Meanwhile, ''Pokémon'' is still a [[Cash Cow Franchise|massive titan of a franchise]]. The common refrain of the Poké-Digi [[Fandom Rivalry]] is "''Pokémon'' has better games, ''Digimon'' has better animes."
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| ''Kidnapped'' || ''Vanished'' || Serialized story arc about a kidnapping. || ''Kidnapped'' was on [[NBC]], ''Vanished'' was on [[FOX]]. || Both got 13 episodes. ''Kidnapped'' got better reviews, but ''Vanished'' got buzz from [[Killed Off for Real|killing off its main character]], played by Gale Harold.
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| ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' || ''[[wikipedia:Fridays (TV series)|Fridays]]'' || [[Sketch Comedy]] [[Variety Show]] || [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''Fridays'' was a formidable duelist, to the point of getting higher ratings and arguably having higher quality than the ''SNL'' episodes it was up against. || [[The Other Wiki]] explains that when ''Fridays'' was forced into a later time slot just as ''SNL'' was successfully revamped, the newcomer faded.
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| ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' || ''The New Show'' || [[Sketch Comedy]] [[Variety Show]] || Both shows have guests and musical guests and were produced by Lorne Michaels. || ''SNL'' won, of course.
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| ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' || ''[[Mad TV]]'' || [[Sketch Comedy]] [[Variety Show]]. || The first is a classic of the genre, though there'll always be arguments of its ups and downs. The second is an attempt to imitate the sketch comedy success, a good 20 years later, and videotaped. || ''SNL''. ''[[Mad TV]]'''s cancellation in 2009 makes SNL 2-0 in battles with other-network sketch comedy.
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| ''Real People'' || ''That's Incredible!'' || ''[[America's Funniest Home Videos]]'' meets ''Ripley's Believe It Or Not!''. || [[NBC]]'s ''Real People'' debuted in 1979 and was a smash hit. [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''Thats Incredible'' came out next year and looked eerily similar. The similarity between these two shows was even parodied in a ''MAD Magazine'' satire titled "That's Real Incredible, People!", and by an ''SNL'' sketch called ''Real Incredible People''. NBC's original was primarily devoted to humorous real-world absurdity, a la Dave Barry's; ABC's knockoff tried to have more of a ''Ripley's Believe It or Not!'' flavor to it and quickly became a bastion of pseudoscience. || ''Real People'' lasted longer, though ''That's Incredible!'' had a later spin-off called ''Incredible Sunday''. Neither aged well at all and are both looked at as quaint and non-shocking years later.
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| ''[[The A-Team]]'' || ''High Performance'' || Action-adventure shows featuring do-gooders for hire. || Another [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] knockoff of an [[NBC]] smash hit. || ''High Performance'' died after three episodes, while ''[[The A-Team]]'' lasted five seasons, becoming a pop culture sensation and a [[Fountain of Memes]].
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| ''[[The Addams Family]]'' || ''[[The Munsters]]'' ||[[Sitcom]] about an altogether ooky [[Quirky Household|family of freaks]]. || Premiered six days apart. While the Addamses were proudly and extremely eccentric, very little was explicitly supernatural about them. The Munsters, meanwhile, were a couple of vampires, a wolf-boy and a Frankenstein's monster, and considered themselves ordinary. The Addamses were portrayed as well-to-do and WASPy, while the Munsters seemed to be more working-class and ethnic. ''[[The Addams Family]]'' generally had the odder storylines and a more macabre sense of humor, while ''[[The Munsters]]'' was played more as a traditional [[Sitcom]]. || Ended in a stalemate, since they were both canceled in the same week. Even at their ratings peaks, both had the same amount of popularity. ''The Munsters'' has done better in syndication and ''The Addams Family'' had a major revitalization because of two successful movies in the early 90's.
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| ''[[Lexx]]'' || ''[[Farscape]]'' || Space opera shows about a gang of weirdos on the loose in a [[Living Ship]], with a bit more sex and moral ambiguity than usual for the genre. || ''Lexx'' generally stayed pure camp, with a tendency to amateurism that turned off many viewers, while ''Farscape'' achieved much more emotional depth. || Both lasted four seasons, ''Lexx'' ending with a relatively clear finale, while ''Farscape'' got cancelled on an extreme cliffhanger, finally resolved in a [[Grand Finale]] mini-series. Both continue to have loyal fanbases, although ''Lexx'' fans tend to be more defensive about it.
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| ''[[Auction Hunters]]'' || ''[[Storage Wars]]'', ''Storage Hunters'' || Reality shows focused on auctioning off repossessed storage units. || The content of the shows are very similar, but the execution varies between them. ''Auction Hunters'' puts more emphasis on testing and appraising their finds, ''[[Storage Wars]]'' puts more focus on the four factions bidding and ''Storage Hunters'' keeps most of the show on the auction grounds unless something needs appraised || Ratings are good for both ''Auction Hunters'' and ''[[Storage Wars]]'' but ''[[Storage Wars]]'' has its own spinoff show ''[[Storage Wars: Texas]]''. ''Storage Hunters'' wrapped up eight episodes last summer and is in dead last.
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| ''[[Kitchen Nightmares]]'' || ''[[Restaurant: Impossible]]'', ''Bar Rescue'' || Restaurant or bar renovation reality shows || All three shows have a similar premise and no-nonsense hosts. ''Nightmares'' has a week to get the restaurant going again, ''Impossible'' '''two days''' and a budget of $10,000 and ''Bar Rescue, five days. ''Rescue'' is also different because it focuses more on a business aspect than menu/makeover aspect.|| Unknown for now but ''[[Kitchen Nightmares]]'' has a HUGE head start.
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| [[Prime Time Entertainment Network]] || [[Action Pack]] || Big Studio-produced, part-anthologies/part-syndicated networks. trying to emulate the success of [[FOX]]'s launch || PTEN (a joint venture from [[Warner Brothers]] and [[UPN|United Television]]) boasted ''[[Babylon 5]]'' along with ''[[Time Trax]]'' and ''[[Kung Fu]] : The Legend Continues''. [[Universal]]'s Action Pack was led by the one-two punch of ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]] and ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' || PTEN lasted four seasons, with only B5 lasting more than two. Action Pack lasted longer (ten seasons) with a much fuller roster of shows.
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| ''[[Survivorman]]'' || ''[[Man vs. Wild]]'' || A host demonstrates survival techniques by stranding himself in varying wildernesses. || Both are shown on the [[Discovery Channel]]. The most notable difference is that ''Wild'' tends to have many more "stunt" oriented segments, and takes many more unnecessary risks than ''Survivorman'' does (to show it can be done if necessary). Both avoid direct competition with each other by having one air new episodes while the other is still filming. ''Man'' also has a camera and safety crew on hand, and is occasionally staged, while ''Survivorman'' shoots the footage himself. || ''Man'' by default, with Les Stroud deciding to move on to other projects. Both were about equal in ratings and fan following.
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| ''Man vs. Wild'' || ''[[Wild Recon]]'' || See above. || For once, ''Wild Recon'' is actually on a ''different'' network this time -- specifically, [[Animal Planet]], [[Network Decay|for some reason]]. ''Wild Recon'' is also quite a bit closer to ''Man vs. Wild'' than ''Survivorman'' was, especially after ''Man vs. Wild'''s slight [[Retool]]. || ''Wild Recon'' is a new series for 2010, so it's too early to tell, but ''Man vs. Wild'' does have the advantage of being a long-established series.
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| ''[[Wife Swap]]'' || ''Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy'' || Two polar opposite families trade spouses for several days. || [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] broadcasts ''Wife Swap'' and claims to have done it first, while [[FOX]] aired ''Trading Spouses'' a few weeks before ''[[Wife Swap]]'''s debut in what seems to be a blatant ripoff (though both appeared to rip off a ''[[Chappelle's Show]]'' skit that aired one year earlier.) || ''Wife Swap''.
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| ''[[Bewitched]]'' || ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]'' || [[Sitcom]] in which a guy tries to live an ordinary life despite having a long-term relationship with [[Magical Girlfriend|a blonde with magical powers]]. || ''[[Bewitched]]'' had Elizabeth Montgomery, Agnes Moorehead and [[The Other Darrin]]. ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]'' had JR Ewing and [[Ms. Fanservice|Barbara Eden in revealing clothing]]. Actually, if you like 1960s sitcoms, these are both pretty good. || Both won -- and so did viewers.
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| ''[[Life After People]]'' || ''Aftermath: Population Zero'' || What happens after [[After the End]] || Just about the only thing preventing outright intellectual infringement is the fact that both shows are documentaries based on a general concept that's not even original to ''either'' show (cashing in on the "what would happen if humans vanish?" craze due to the book "The World Without Us" the previous year) though ''Aftermath'' features humans disappearing Rapture-style while ''Life After People'' goes out of its way to stay mum on the subject || The National Geographic Channel's ''Aftermath: Population Zero'' remained a one-time special, but after [[The History Channel]] execs discovered that ''Life After People'' was [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/07/AR2008030703256.html?hpid=artslot literally] their highest-rated program ''ever,'' they immediately approved a series version.
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| ''[[Modern Family]]'' || ''[[Parenthood (TV series)|Parenthood]]'' ||Comedy series about the different kinds of families in the 21st century (straight, gay, step, single-parent, interracial, young, experienced), all found under one extended family headed by classic TV patriarchs [[Married... with Children|Al Bundy]] and ''Coach'' ([[The Incredibles|Mr. Incredible]] or [[Blades of Glory|an redemption-seeking ice-skating coach]] to you young'uns), respectively. ||''Parenthood'' had the undignified burden of being the first 10pm show to try to fix the damage [[Jay Leno]] wrought on the NBC schedule, but has the credentials of Ron Howard producing and a who's who of the best actors and actresses of the last three decades; ''Modern Family'' has Ed O'Neill returning in front of the camera
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| ''[[Big Time Rush]]'' || ''[[I'm in The Band]]'' || Shows about young men who rather arbitrarily end up in the music industry in bands. Tween [[Sit Coms]] premiering at around the same time. || One has FOUR young adults for the male audience to look up to and the tween (and teen) girls to swoon over (hence the [[Boy Band]]), while the other only has one (and he's [[Putting the Band Back Together]]). One show has more music production ([[Big Time Rush]]) || Big Time Rush; they've made small dents on Billboard and iTunes while I'm In The Band has yet to make an impact. And at least Big Time Rush doesn't use the [[Laugh Track]].
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| ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' ([[Kids WB]]) || ''[[Spider-Man Unlimited]]'' (FOX Kids) || [[Merchandise-Driven]] [[Spin-Off|Spinoffs]] of [[Batman: The Animated Series]] and [[Spider-Man: The Animated Series]] respectively, released in 1999. Both shows centered on familiar heroes with new [[Powered Armor]] costumes with [[Invisibility Cloak]] powers, in a [[Dystopia]]. || [[Batman Beyond]] was set in a [[Bad Future]] [[Dystopia]], centered upon a teenager trained by Bruce Wayne in the [[Batman]] role and somehow developed into a [[Darker and Edgier]] show than its predecessor, particularly in [[The Movie]] that was based on it. [[Spider-Man Unlimited]] - which was originally planned to be a [[Animated Adaptation]] of [[Marvel 2099|Spider Man 2099]] - eventually came to be about Peter Parker in an [[Alternate Timeline]] [[Dystopia]], where [[Beast Man|Beast Men]] ruled the Earth. || [[Batman Beyond]], which lasted for three seasons and inspired [[The Movie|a full-length animated film]]. [[Spider-Man Unlimited]] was canceled after one season.
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| ''[[Captain Planet and the Planeteers]]'' || ''[[Widget, the World Watcher]]'' || Saving the environment through use of superpowers. || || ''Captain Planet'' is generally more remembered than ''Widget'', although their critical reception was quite similar for both of the shows.
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| ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' || ''[[Recess]]'' || A group of fourth grade kids and their usual adventures with their friends || ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' didn't have school as its main focus (while a bunch of episodes focused on school, it wasn't the main point of the show), while ''[[Recess]]'' focuses more on the kids at school. || Tie. Both are very well-remembered and have a following among adults, as well as having a similar run time and both having feature films. However, ''Recess'' got two direct-to-video specials after the show ended, and was shown in repeats on a daily basis until recently.
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