Prop Recycling: Difference between revisions

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{{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...]]"}}

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** ... are used as walkie-talkies by the alien security guards in ''[[They Live!]]'' .

** And ''[[Suburban Commando]]'' uses it as a tracking device.

** And so does an episode of ''[[Family Guy]]''. Yes, an ''animated series'' used [[Prop Recycling]].

** 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]]''.

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== Literature ==

* Frank Herbert has been known to reuse elements in his works. Chairdogs, which orignally appears in [[Con Sentiency|Whipping Star]], are seen in ''Heretics of Dune''. Inversely, the Galach language from [[Dune]] is reused in the [[Con Sentiency]] stories.

* Keith Laumer reused his [[Bolo~~|Bolos~~]] in his ''[[Retief]]'' tales.

* Keith Laumer reused his [[Bolo]]s in his ''[[Retief]]'' tales.

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== Theme Parks ==

* [[Universal]] Studios Hollywood was built on this ~~trope -- the~~ [[Theme Park]] was originally created to allow visitors to see the actual sets and filming used by the studio. Nowadays, the rides get more attention, and the tram tours avoid areas with actual filming, but the sets themselves are still frequently used. People familiar with the Tram Tour are able to recognize [[Back to the Future (film)|Courthouse Square]], [[Desperate Housewives|Wisteria Lane]], and other parts of the studio when they appear in movies and TV shows.

* [[Universal]] Studios Hollywood was built on this trope—the [[Theme Park]] was originally created to allow visitors to see the actual sets and filming used by the studio. Nowadays, the rides get more attention, and the tram tours avoid areas with actual filming, but the sets themselves are still frequently used. People familiar with the Tram Tour are able to recognize [[Back to the Future (film)|Courthouse Square]], [[Desperate Housewives|Wisteria Lane]], and other parts of the studio when they appear in movies and TV shows.

* [[Disney Theme Parks]]

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* ''[[Super Robot Wars]]''

** In ''[[Super Robot Wars W]]'', a sprite of the (broken) [[Tokyo Tower]] used on a ''[[GaoGaiGar|Gao Gai Gar]]'' chapter is later re-used as a (broken) [[Eiffel Tower]] for a ''[[Mazinkaiser]]'' one. Except ''the Eiffel Tower isn't red''.

** ''W'' in general reused a lot of sprites from series' it shared with ''[[[[Super Robot Wars Judgment]] Super Robot Wars J''. ''[[Super Robot Wars K|K]]'' and ''[[Super Robot Wars L|L]]'' also did the same. Most of the games did however add to or improved the animations and effects for many attacks.

** ''W'' in general reused a lot of sprites from series' it shared with ''[[Super Robot Wars Judgment]] Super Robot Wars J''. ''[[Super Robot Wars K|K]]'' and ''[[Super Robot Wars L|L]]'' also did the same. Most of the games did however add to or improved the animations and effects for many attacks.

* In the ''[[Mass Effect 2]]: Arrival'' DLC, the animation and prop seen when Dr. Amanda Kenson breaks out of her restraints after being rescued by Shepard uses the same motions (she uses both hands to rip the neck collar off, and grimaces while doing so, before staggering to her feet) as Jack does during her recruitment mission in the same game.

* Some of the objects and scenery in the game ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' were actually taken from the games ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''.