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* Not the same show, but from the same writer: Kenneth Johnson wrote the two part ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]'' episode introducing Jaime, who was to be married to Steve until her bionics (recently acquired in the course of the two-parter's first half) malfunctioned and she ran amok during a tropical storm, after which she died from her condition. A couple of years later Kenny would write the season two opener of ''[[The Incredible Hulk]],'' where David Banner fell in love with a doctor with a terminal brain disease—that causes her to run amok in a tropical storm until she died.

* ''[[The Bionic Woman]]'' and ''[[Gemini Man]]'' once shared a script about a lookalike for the title character infiltrating the agency where she/he works despite being ignorant of the main character's superhuman abilities. They are both assassins, targeting the main character's superior. At the climax, the hero(ine) and the double are both claiming to be the real deal; the hero(ine) proves his/her identity by using their special abilities—one by bionic-jumping to the top of a tree, the other by turning invisible.

* ''[[~~Buck Rogers|~~Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'' had a script, "Journey To Oasis", which was very nearly identical to the original ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode "Journey To Babel". Actor Marc Lenard even appeared in both, playing very nearly the same character.

* ''[[Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'' had a script, "Journey To Oasis", which was very nearly identical to the original ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode "Journey To Babel". Actor Marc Lenard even appeared in both, playing very nearly the same character.

**Or not. ''Journey to Babel'' was very much a political thriller [[Recycled IN SPACE!]] The most striking parts of ''Journey to Oasis'' are blatant [[Science Fantasy]] with a gnome-like creature, orc-like creatures, a journey through dark caves filled with unnatural winds and a bridge guarded by a sword wielding invisible demon.

** Or not. "Journey to Babel" was very much a political thriller [[Recycled IN SPACE!]] The most striking parts of "Journey to Oasis" are blatant [[Science Fantasy]] with a gnome-like creature, orc-like creatures, a journey through dark caves filled with unnatural winds and a bridge guarded by a sword wielding invisible demon.

* In what is probably a specialized case, ''[[The New Odd Couple]]'' recycled eight scripts that were written for the original version of ''[[The Odd Couple]]''.

* An episode of ''[[Step by Step]]'' had the exact same plot as an episode of ''[[Happy Days]]''. A character is dating a woman. Another character suspects that the woman may secretly be a popular stripper (who wears a mask). They notice that the woman has a very distinctive laugh. So they hire the stripper in order to make her laugh and prove her identity.

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** Likewise the ''New Avengers'' episode "Complex" is essentially a remake of the original series episode "Killer".

* The plot of the ''[[Thunder in Paradise]]'' episode "Endangered Species" (a wolf child turns out to be the heir of a murdered co-owner of an aviation company, and the other co-owner wants to finish the job) was also featured in an episode of ''[[The Wizard (film)]]'' with the same title.

** And before that, it was an episode of ''Manimal'', "Female of the Species". The same writer is credited for all.

** And before that, it was an episode of ''[[Manimal]]'', "Female of the Species". The same writer is credited for all.

* One episode of ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'' in which Bobby pretends he's sick in order to get a visit from his favorite professional athlete, Joe Namath, was later re-used on ''[[Diff'rent Strokes]]'' with Muhammad Ali.

* After Curly Howard's stroke, ''[[The Three Stooges]]'' attempted to get the audience attached to his replacement Shemp by making several of their old shorts over again with Shemp in the Curly part. Results were less than successful.