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Sometimes a story isn't a remake, but borrows themes and/or situations from an earlier story. This isn't a [[Whole
When one work is inspired by another, oftentimes its creators will slip in an affectionate [[Shout Out]] to the original as an [[Easter Egg]]. Nothing too overt--just a slight nod acknowledging the older work's influence on the newer one.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Love Hina]]'' has taken some flack for lifting story ideas and plot developments from ''[[Maison Ikkoku]]''. It is probably not a coincidence that Keitaro's aunt is named Haruka, the same as {{spoiler|Godai and Kyoko's daughter}} from the end of ''Maison''. This is further suggested by vocal casting [[Megumi Hayashibara]] as Haruka (casting an A-list star in a support role); Hayashibara actually ''debuted'' in in ''Maison'' (minor characters and background voices).
* In ''Ray: the Animation...'' sort of... the story takes a lot of inspiration from ''[[Black Jack (Manga)|Black Jack]]''. In the manga, a character that is [[Lawyer
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== Western Animation ==
* An episode of the short-lived ''[[Clerks the Animated Series]]'' features a weird plot that devolves into a fight with the animator, who keeps painting Dante and Randall into weirder and weirder situations. The similarity to the [[Looney Tunes|Daffy Duck]] short ''[[Duck Amuck]]'' is shown through this trope by having Randall temporarily turn into the same flower-head creature that Daffy turned into.
* In the ''[[Batman Beyond (Animation)|Batman Beyond]]'' [[Fully
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