Prop Recycling: Difference between revisions

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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: ~~Enterprise|Star Trek~~ Enterprise]]''. There is a site detailing its [http://starringthecomputer.com/computer.php?c=73 numerous appearances].

* ''[[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: Enterprise]]''. There is a site detailing its [http://starringthecomputer.com/computer.php?c=73 numerous appearances].

* ''[[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 ~~Year We Make Contact|Two Thousand Ten the~~ Year We Make Contact]]'' because Stanley Kubrick deliberately destroyed them all, along with any design notes, after filming was completed, specifically to avert this trope. The prop department for ''2010'' had no choice but to make replicas of everything from scratch based on examining what was visible in the film.

* Defied by ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'': all the original props were unavailable for the sequel ''[[2010: The Year We Make Contact]]'' because Stanley Kubrick deliberately destroyed them all, along with any design notes, after filming was completed, specifically to avert this trope. The prop department for ''2010'' had no choice but to make replicas of everything from scratch based on examining what was visible in the film.

** 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 Joker in Tim Burton's ''[[Batman (film)|Batman]]''.

* 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...