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[[File:Robby1 9254.jpg|frame|[[Lost in Space|And]] [[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.|Many]] [[Columbo|More]]]]
{{quote|''"I actually recognize this wall. It's been redressed a number of times, most recently for a scene in the ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise|Enterprise]]'' series finale "These are the Voyages...", but it's also been used as a backdrop on a Son'a ship in ''[[Star Trek: Insurrection|Insurrection]]''... This wall, I think, deserves an Emmy for withstanding so much crap."''
|''[[The Agony Booth]]'' [http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Star_Trek/Deep_Space_Nine/Let_He_Who_Is_Without_Sin___.aspx?Page{{=}}5 recap] of "[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Let He Who is Without Sin...]]"}}
The Hollywood version of "Waste Not, Want Not". When elaborate sets, costumes or props are made for one production, they may turn up again and again in other productions that may need elaborate props but don't have the budget to design and build their own.
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== Films -- Live-Action ==
* Robby the Robot, as seen in the page image. Originally created for the 1956 film ''[[Forbidden Planet]]'', Robby continued to be reused in many movie and TV productions up to the present day (although since the 1960s a lightweight replica has been used). Its two appearances in ''[[Lost in Space]]'' are particularly ironic in that Robby and Robot B-9 were both designed by Robert Kinoshita. Robby is so memorable that it is less a prop and more of an actual character. Along with all the sci-fi shows he turns up in, Robby also appears in of all things one of the NBC era ''[[Columbo]]'' episodes as a robot built by a child genius at a think tank. He's even [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1119475/ listed] on [[IMDb]] as an actual ''actor''.
* The uniforms from ''[[Forbidden Planet]]'' were used in the sci-fi [[B-Movie]] ''[[Queen of Outer Space]]''.
* ''[[The Matrix]]'' used several sets from ''[[Dark City]]'' (filmed at the same Sydney studio a few months before, and exploring some similar themes), most notably the roof-case from the teaser chase scene and the spiral staircase in the Lafayette Hotel.
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** IG-88's head was originally used as a drink dispenser in Ep. IV.
** Darth Vader's lightsaber in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'' is a repainted prop of Luke's saber from the previous two movies (the two props were similar, but not identical, in shape). Apparently the original prop of Vader's lightsaber was stolen.
* The wrecked plane set from ''[[Scary Movie]] 4'' is actually from the movie they were parodying, ''[[The War of the Worlds (2005 film)
* Likewise, the bathroom from the ''[[Saw]]'' parody was later used by the producers of ''Saw III'' to save money.
* [[Mel Brooks]] reused Kenneth Strickfaden's original electrical equipment from the 1931 version of ''[[Frankenstein (film)|Frankenstein]]'' in his [[Affectionate Parody]], ''[[Young Frankenstein]]''. This was done not to save money but as an homage to the original film.
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** The ''[[Gundam]]'' movie ''G-Saviour'' also recycled the uniforms from ''Starship Troopers''.
** A few other examples below in TV series.
* The Room of Requirement in
* The teddy bear Jack Ryan gets for his daughter at the end of ''[[The Hunt for Red October]]'' is the same teddy bear John McClane was bringing for his kids in the first ''[[Die Hard]]'' film. Both films were directed by John McTiernan.
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** The CIC set for the Battlestar ''Pegasus'' in [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|the 2000s ''Battlestar Galactica'']] was originally built as the bridge of the Jupiter 2 for an unaired pilot of a ''[[Lost in Space]]'' remake directed by John Woo; the set was put in storage, and underwent only minor alteration for its use on ''BSG''.
** ''Galactica'' itself averted this trope by auctioning off a huge number of props, uniforms, set pieces, and curios to raise money for ''[[Caprica]]''. [[Shaggy Dog Story|Which was canceled after less than one season.]]
** The
** Scenes from ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', including use of the ship, the shuttle, and Vipers were all re-used to make the movie ''[[Space Mutiny]]'', which was then parodied by ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''.
* ''[[Star Trek]]''
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