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* 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.
* ''[[Airplane!|Airplane 2]]'' had the thing with lights that go back and forth. Seen in the background in some Sci-Fi series. Was also in an episode of ''[[Star Trek:
* ''[[Star Wars]]''
** The Homestead set from ''[[A New Hope]]'' was unearthed (as in, literally disinterred from the sands of Tunisia) for ''[[Attack of the Clones]]''.
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** The griddle-like corridor panels have shown up in ''[[Doctor Who]]'', ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy (TV series)|The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]'', ''[[Blake's 7|Blakes Seven]]'' and ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' ''at least'', and probably in various other productions.
* Old Tucson Studios. Built initially for the movie ''Arizona'' in 1939, its buildings were used as the sets of countless [[Western]] television shows and movies, including episodes of ''[[Gunsmoke]]'', ''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House On the Prairie]]'', ''[[Bonanza]]'', and ''[[Have Gun Will Travel]]''. It is also a tourist attraction, though most of the original sets were lost in a fire.
* Defied by ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'': all the original props were unavailable for the sequel ''[[2010: The
** In spite of which, the audio commentary for ''[[The Phantom Menace]]'' claims that one of the original ''Discovery'' EVA pods can be seen in Watto's scrapyard on Tatooine. More likely it's the EVA pod built for ''2010''.
* [[Roger Corman]]'s ''The St. Valentine's Day Massacre'' re-used sets from ''[[Hello, Dolly!|Hello Dolly]]'' and ''[[The Sound of Music]]''. Corman actually had the resources of a studio behind him, and probably could have built new sets, but stuck to cost-saving measures out of habit.
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** And so does an episode of ''[[Family Guy]]''. Yes, an ''animated series'' used Prop Recycling.
* In ''[[Mulholland Drive]]'', when Betty Elms arrives at the movie studio for her audition, the car from ''[[Sunset Boulevard]]'' is parked at the entrance.
* Steve Martin's dentist instruments from ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]'' were reused as surgical instruments for the backroom surgeon who treated the Joker in Tim Burton's ''[[Batman (film)|Batman]]''.
* The monster penis from ''[[Tromeo and Juliet]]'' is reused in ''Citizen Toxie: [[The Toxic Avenger]] IV''.
* The armors from ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]'' gets around a lot...
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