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* The ''[[Buck Rogers in The 25th Century]]'' episode "Space Vampire" is [[Dracula]]...In Space, complete with a wrecked ship with a ship's log that documents the deaths of the crew and a passenger named William Helsing from "New London"
* While ''[[Power Rangers (Franchise)|Power Rangers]]'' repeatedly uses this trope (list below), the series actually titled ''[[Power Rangers in Space (TV)|Power Rangers in Space]]'' is ''not'' an example. The move to outer space brought a lot of changes to the status quo, such as more complex villains and mostly abandoning the [[City of Adventure]] setup in favor of searching alien planets for their kidnapped mentor. That said, most ''[[Power Rangers (Franchise)|Power Rangers]]'' series are recycled:
** ''In Space'' was preceded by ''[[Power Rangers Turbo (TV)|Power Rangers Turbo]]'', which was Power Rangers <small>WITH [[Cool Car|COOL CARS]]</small>!
** Despite coming right after ''In Space'', ''[[Power Rangers Lost Galaxy (TV)|Power Rangers Lost Galaxy]]'' is the season that's truly Power Rangers <small>IN [[Tropes in Space|SPACE]]</small>! or Power Rangers <small>LOST IN SPACE</small>!, complete with a Space [[City of Adventure]].
** ''[[Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue (TV)|Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue]]'': Power Rangers <small>AS [[Rescue|RESCUE WORKERS]]</small>!
** ''[[Power Rangers Time Force (TV)|Power Rangers Time Force]]'': Power Rangers <small>[[Time Police|FROM THE FUTURE]]</small>!
** ''[[Power Rangers Wild Force (TV)|Power Rangers Wild Force]]'': Power Rangers <small>WITH [[Animal Tropes|ANIMALS]]</small>!
** ''[[Power Rangers Ninja Storm (TV)|Power Rangers Ninja Storm]]'': Power Rangers <small>AS [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja|NINJAS]]...AGAIN</small>!
** ''[[Power Rangers Dino Thunder (TV)|Power Rangers Dino Thunder]]'': Power Rangers <small>WITH [[Everything's Better Withwith Dinosaurs|DINOSAURS]]...AGAIN!</small>!
** ''[[Power Rangers SPD (TV)|Power Rangers SPD]]'': Power Rangers <small>AS [[Space Police]]</small>!
** ''[[Power Rangers Mystic Force (TV)|Power Rangers Mystic Force]]'': Power Rangers <small>WITH [[Magic]]</small>!
** ''[[Power Rangers Operation Overdrive (TV)|Power Rangers Operation Overdrive]]'': Power Rangers <small>AS [[Adventurer Archaeologist|ADVENTURER ARCHAEOLOGISTS]]</small>!
** ''[[Power Rangers Jungle Fury (TV)|Power Rangers Jungle Fury]]'': Power Rangers <small>WITH [[Animal Tropes|ANIMALS]]...AGAIN</small>! <small>AND [[My Kung Fu Is Stronger Than Yours|KUNG FU]]</small>!
** ''[[Power Rangers RPM (TV)|Power Rangers RPM]]'': Power Rangers <small>[[After the End]]</small>! <small>AND WITH [[Cool Car|COOL CARS]]...AGAIN</small>!
*** Wait, wouldn't that make it ''[[Mad Max]]'' <small>WITH POWER RANGERS</small>?
** ''[[Power Rangers Samurai (TV)|Power Rangers Samurai]]'': Power Rangers <small>AS [[Everything's Better Withwith Samurai|SAMURAI]]</small>! ([[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|Obviously.]])
** Future seasons, based on the ''[[Super Sentai]]'' source material, would be [[Tensou Sentai Goseiger|Power Rangers]] <small>AS [[Our Angels Are Different|GUARDIAN ANGELS]]</small>!, [[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (TV)|Power Rangers]] <small>AS [[Space Pirates]]</small>!, and [[Tokumei Sentai Gobusters (TV)|Power Rangers]] <small>AS</small> ([[Overt Operative|not-so-]])<small>[[Espionage Tropes|SECRET AGENTS]]</small>!
* Many episodes of ''[[Battlestar Galactica Classic]]'' are lifted from classic movies;
** "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero" = ''[[The Guns of Navarone]]'' and ''[[Ice Station Zebra]]''. Both movies were based on books by Alistair MacLean.
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** "The Lost Warrior" = ''[[Shane]]''
** "Fire in Space" = ''[[The Towering Inferno]]''
** "Murder on the Rising Star" = ''[[Murder Onon the Orient Express]]''
** Both the old and new series was heavily inspired by series creator Glen Larson's Mormon faith, making it effectively ''[[The Book of Mormon (Literaturenovel)|The Book of Mormon]]'' <small>IN SPACE</small>!
*** Hmm...the twelve <s>tribes</s> colonies, originated from <s>Eden</s> Kobol, was forced to move from their homeland to find <s>a promised land</s> Earth that only was known from legend, all due to the actions of a certain man, who after receiving visions and power from a higher being, eventually become the founder and leader of <s>Judaism Christianity</s> a monothestic religion and preach about grace, and after wandering around <s>the desert</s> space for <s>forty</s> four years, manage to arrive on a lush green <s>place</s> planet {{spoiler|that is eventually OUR Earth}}, all according to the plan of the higher being. Hmm, sounds like a [[The Bible|familiar book]]...
** The re-imagined series gave us the episode "The Captain's Hand" = ''[[Crimson Tide]]'' <small>IN SPACE</small>!
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*** Hardly "seriously" when you have Cylon fetish-dungeon ships, and crank the [[Fan Service]] [[Up to Eleven]]. More like a [[Darker and Edgier]] version.
*** With the revival of serial-formatted TV such as ''24'' and others, rather than episodic tales, the Re-imagined Series and J.J. Abrams's ''Lost'' were can't-miss-an-episode shows at the time. The subject matter and [[Mind Screw]] plots between these two shows were too similar for some fans, jesting that the new BSG was [[Incredibly Lame Pun|"LOST:]] <small>IN SPACE</small>!"
** The prequel ''[[Caprica]]'' is ''[[The Godfather (Film)|The Godfather]]'' <small>IN SPACE</small>!
* ''[[I CarlyICarly]]'': ''iSpace Out'' is an iCarly episode...IN SPACE! Well, [[Defied Trope|not really.]]
** [[Word of God]] even stated in his blog that the characters doing a webcast in space would be [[Jumping the Shark]].
** Also, [[I CarlyICarly]] is ''[[Lizzie McguireMcGuire]]'' <small>WITH A WEBSHOW, MINUS HER ANIMATED COUNTERPART</small>!
* ''Suite Life on Deck'' is ''[[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody]]'' <small>ON A LUXURY LINER</small>! This one is a direct continuation, a sequel series with the setting changed from a hotel to a cruise liner.
* ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' is ''[[Even Stevens]]'' <small>WITH MAGIC</small>! and reversed gender roles.
* Many episodes of ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]'' and ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' are lifted from classic movies, themes or tropes, especially in later seasons. (Probably too many to list individually!)
* ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess|Xena]]'' was ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys|Hercules]]...<small>WITH CHICKS</small>! And <small>INCREASINGLY BLATANT LESBIAN SUBTEXT</small>!
* The ''[[Star Trek: theThe Original Series (TV)|Star Trek the Original Series]]'' episode "Balance of Terror" is the 1957 WWII submarine movie ''The Enemy Below'' <small>IN SPACE</small>! Even the bearing of the unidentified initial contact and the captain's maneuvering orders to the helm are copied nearly verbatim. The Romulan ship is cramped and has lots of piping and conduits in all background scenes. The Enterprise's phasers act like depth charges, and at one point the Enterprise and the Romulan ship both go to silent running, fearing to ''talk loudly'' [[Space Is Noisy|lest the other vessel hear them]].
** The Romulans in this episode were [[The Roman Empire]] <small>IN SPACE</small>!, as exemplified by Mark Lenard's dignified Centurion character. They didn't stay that way, though. Compare the Romulans in the ''[[Star Trek (Filmfilm)|Star Trek]]'' reboot movie.
* The ''[[Star Trek: theThe Next Generation (TV)|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' episode "Starship Mine" is ''[[Die Hard (Film)|Die Hard]]'' <small>[[Die Hard Onon an X|ON THE USS ENTERPRISE]]</small>!
** "Face of the Enemy", in addition to being the [[Trope Namer]] for [[Good Troi Episode]], was also ''[[The Hunt for Red October]]'' <small>IN SPACE</small>!
** "The Next Phase" is ''[[Ghost (Filmfilm)|Ghost]]'' <small>IN SPACE, MINUS THE ACTUAL DEATH OF THE HEROES</small>!
* ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]'' itself is, in the words of its creator, [[Wagon Train to Thethe Stars|Wagon Train]] <small>TO THE STARS</small>!
** In ''TOS'', the Klingons are Russians <small>IN SPACE!</small> while the Romulans are the then-inscrutable Chinese...<small>IN SPACE</small>!
** Vulcans are Elves. <small>IN SPACE</small>!
** Romulans are Dark Elves/Drow, Klingons are Orcs/Orks, Borg are Undead, et cetera.
*** Borg are more like Horror Film Zombies in space!
** Nicholas Meyer, director of ''[[Star Trek II: theThe Wrath of Khan (Film)|Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan]]'' and ''[[Star Trek VI: theThe Undiscovered Country (Film)|Star Trek VI the Undiscovered Country]]'', describes the series as "''[[Horatio Hornblower]]'' <small>IN SPACE</small>!"
** Or, according to [[Mitchell and Webb]], it's ''[[Gilbert and Sullivan|HMS Pinafore]]'' <small>IN SPACE</small>!
* The much-maligned ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV)|Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "Meridian" was, as admitted by producer Ira Steven Behr, ''[[Brigadoon]]'' <small>IN SPACE</small>! Recalling this idea at a later date, Behr admitted: "I am a moron."
** The original concept for ''Deep Space Nine'' (before they shifted the location from a Federation colony planet to a space station after [[J. Michael Straczynski]] pitched ''[[Babylon 5]]'' to Paramount) would have been ''Star Trek'' <small>ON LAND</small>!
** The episode "Starship Down" is basically ''[[Das Boot]]'' <small>IN SPACE</small>.
* ''[[Sea QuestSeaQuest DSV (TV)|Sea Quest DSV]]'' is ''[[Voyage to Thethe Bottom of The Sea (TV)|Voyage to The Bottom of Thethe Sea]]'' <small>IN THE FUTURE</small>! Or ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]'' <small>UNDER WATER</small>!
* And ''seaQuest 2032'' was ''seaQuest DSV'' <small>A BIT FARTHER IN THE FUTURE</small>! This may mean that ''seaQuest'' is [[My Own Grampa|its own grandpa]].
* ''[[Stargate SG-1 (TV)|Stargate SG-1]]'' is ''[[Stargate (Filmfilm)|Stargate]]'' <small>WITH MORE GATES</small>!
* ''[[Stargate Atlantis (TV)|Stargate Atlantis]]'' is ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' <small>IN A DIFFERENT GALAXY</small>! <small>WITH <s>VAMPIRES</s> LIFE-FORCE-EATING ALIENS</small>!
* ''[[Stargate Infinity (Animation)|Stargate Infinity]]'' is ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' <small>IN THE FUTURE</small>! The episode "200" toyed with this concept. Imaginary pitching segments show SG-1 <small>AS TEENAGERS</small>! and the show remade <small>WITH PUPPETS</small>!, among other things.
* [http://www.gateworld.net/news/2008/09/meet_the_istargate_universei_tea.shtml Commenters to Gateworld] are already calling the new spinoff ''Stargate: Universe'' "90210 <small>IN SPACE</small>!" and "[[Gossip Girl]] <small>IN SPACE</small>!". And they're <small>NONE TOO PLEASED ABOUT IT, EITHER</small>! Actually, it's more like "''[[Lost]]'' <small>IN SPACE</small>!" (but definitely not ''[[Lost in Space]]'').
** The "you can't go home again" and "big ancient structure with lots of rooms to explore" premise means that ''Universe'' is ''Stargate Atlantis'' <small>IN SPACE</small>!
* The [[In Name Only]] film version of ''[[The Lawnmower Man]]'' is best summed up as, "the first two thirds of ''[[Flowers for Algernon (Literature)|Flowers For Algernon]]''...<small>IN CYBERSPACE</small>!"
* Half of all ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episodes ever are "Hammer Horror/Classic Literature/Contemporary Movie/Greek Mythology etc., <small>WITH ALIENS</small>!" Doctor Who author Ben Aaronovitch once said that "Talent borrows, genius steals, and ''Doctor Who'' authors get it off [[Fell Off the Back of Aa Truck|the back of a lorry]], no questions asked."
** The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "Voyage of the Damned" was ''The Poseidon Adventure'' <small>IN SPACE</small>! It's even lampshaded, since the space ship is appropriately named ''The Titanic''.
** Its seems to be a recurring theme for the specials, 2010 had "A Christmas Carol" which was, of course, [[A Christmas Carol]] <small>IN SPACE</small>! ...[[Everything's Even Worse Withwith Sharks|WITH A FLYING SHARK]]!
** The Third Doctor story "The Daemons" is ''[[Quatermass and The Pit]]'' <small>IN WILTSHIRE INSTEAD OF KNIGHTSBRIDGE</small>!
*** And the Fourth Doctor story "The Seeds of Doom" is ''[[The Quatermass Experiment]]'' <small>IN DORSET</small>! -- when it's not being ''[[The Thing (Filmfilm)|The Thing]]'' or "[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Man-Eater of Surrey Green]]".
** The Fourth Doctor story "The Androids of Tara" is ''[[The Prisoner of Zenda]]'' <small>IN SPACE</small>!
** In the [[Big Finish]] Eighth Doctor story ''Max Warp'', the eponymous [[Show Within a Show]] is ''[[Top Gear]]'' <small>IN SPACE</small>!
** "Chimes of Midnight" is ''[[House of Leaves]]'' <small>AS A MURDER MYSTERY FARCE</small>!
** Of course, between 1970-1973 the show was noticable for being ''Doctor Who'' <small>NOT IN SPACE</small>!
** In one ''[[Dead Ringers (TV series)|Dead Ringers]]'' sketch, the Tenth Doctor is referred to as "Jarvis Cocker <small>IN SPACE</small>!"
** The Tenth Doctor Donna story "The Unicorn and the Wasp" is an Agatha Christie mystery <small>WITH AGATHA CHRISTIE</small>! <small>AND ALIENS</small>!
** The Second Doctor is often described as Charlie Chaplin <small>IN SPACE</small>!
** The Tenth Doctor [[Playing Withwith a Trope|plays with this trope]] in "Smith and Jones":
{{quote| '''Doctor:''' Have you seen?! There are these things, these great big space Rhino things, I mean, Rhinos from space, and we're on the moon! Big space Rhinos, with guns! <small>ON THE MOON</small>!}}
** The Eleventh Doctor story "The Lodger" is lampshaded as ''[[Doctor Who]]'' <small>ON EARTH</small>.
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* ''[[Homeboys in Outer Space]]'' was, well...ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
* Parodied on ''[[The Daily Show]]'' during a short in which Jon Stewart, Steve Carell and [[Stephen Colbert]] are TV producers trying to come up with a new reality show. At one point, Colbert complains that "Every pitch [Stewart] makes is just one of mine with the words <small>IN SPACE</small> added to the end."
* ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]'', with varying degrees of delight, made several such episodes. Possibly the most memorable is the one where, locked inside his own mind, Crichton turns his existence into a Looney Tunes cartoon, with a ''lot'' of reference to the Wile E. Coyote/Roadrunner cartoons.
* ''[[Lost in Space]]'' is ''[[Swiss Family Robinson]]'' <small>IN SPACE</small>! They are, quite literally, the Space Family Robinson!
* In 1993, thanks to the popularity of ''[[Saved Byby the Bell]]'', NBC replaced its Saturday Morning lineup with TNBC, a lineup composed completely of shows that were ''Saved by the Bell'' <small>[[Follow the Leader|IN SPACE]]</small>!
** ''[[California Dreams]]'' is ''Saved by the Bell'' <small>WITH A BAND</small>!
** ''[[Hang Time]]'' is ''Saved by the Bell'' <small>WITH BASKETBALL</small>!
** ''[[Saved By The Bell The New Class]]'' is ''Saved by the Bell'' <small>WITH A DIFFERENT CAST</small>!
** In fact, any show aimed at teens with a [[Six-Student Clique]] and a gimmick is ''Saved by the Bell'' <small>WITH A GIMMICK</small>! Even if it's a drama.
* ''[[Babylon Five|Babylon 5]]: Thirdspace'' was ''[[Cthulhu Mythos|The Call of Cthulhu]]'' <small>IN SPACE</small>!
* As Lampshaded in a Voltaire filk, ''[[Star Trek: Voyager (TV)|Star Trek Voyager]]'' was ''[[Lost in Space]]'' <s><small>IN SPACE</small>!</s> <small>IN THE ''[[Star Trek]]'' UNIVERSE</small>!
* ''[[Extreme Makeover: Home Edition]]'' is ''[[Extreme Makeover]]'' <small>FOR HOUSES</small>! [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|Need we say more?]]
* ''[[Pirate Master]]'' is ''[[Survivor]]'' <small>WITH PIRATES</small>!
* ''[[Survive This]]'' is ''[[Survivor]]'' <small>WITH TEENS</small>!
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* ''[[One In A Million]]'' is [[American Idol|''Malaysian Idol'']] <small>WITH A MILLION RINGGIT AS ITS PRIZE</small>!
* ''[[Baywatch Nights]]''? ''[[Baywatch]]''...<small>WITH DETECTIVES</small>! And when that didn't work out, <small>WITH THE PARANORMAL</small>! And also <small>WITH SCI-FI</small>! And shortly thereafter, <small>WITH PROMPT [[Cancellation]]</small>!
* ''[[Space Above and Beyond|Space: Above and Beyond]]'' is ''[[Baa Baa Black Sheep]]'' <small>IN SPACE</small>! (And also <small>WITH EARLY CANCELLATION</small>! Because they were <small>[[Screwed Byby the Network|WITH FOX]]</small>!)
* ''[[My Hero (TV)]]'' is ''[[Mork and Mindy]]'' <small>WITH A CAPE</small>!
* ''[[Space Knights (TV)|Space Knights]]'' is [[King Arthur]] <small>IN SPACE</small>!
* ''Acceptable TV'' had a tease for ''Operation Kitten Calender: In Space!''
* ''Unhappily Ever After'' is ''[[Married... Withwith Children]]'' with <small>A TALKING BUNNY</small>! (And the dog became a third kid.)
* ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' is [[Sherlock Holmes]] <small>IN A HOSPITAL</small>! Which brings the recycling full circle, since the Sherlock Holmes character was real-life diagnostician Joseph Bell <small>AS A DETECTIVE</small>!
** In that case, ''[[Mystery Diagnosis]]'' is ''House'' <small>AS A [[Documentary|DOCUMENTARY]]</small>!
** Also, ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' is ''[[Black Jack (Manga)|Black Jack]]'' <small>IN REAL LIFE</small>!
* ''[[Earth: Final Conflict]]'' has the 4th season episode "Phantom Companion" which is basically the ''[[Phantom of the Opera]]'' set on the Taelon mothership, or to put it simply, <small>IN SPACE</small>!
* ''[[Code Red]]'' is ''[[Bonanza]]'' <small>IN CONTEMPORARY TIMES WITH THE CARTWRIGHTS AS A FAMILY OF FIREFIGHTERS</small>!
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** ''[[CSI: Miami]]'' is ''[[CSI]]'' <small>IN A COMIC-BOOK WORLD!</small>
*** Or maybe as a cartoon, but if that were true, David Caruso would be a little more...*[[Glasses Pull|removes sunglasses]]*...animated. <small>([[Memetic Mutation|YEEAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!]])</small>
* The ''[[Alarm FurFuer Cobra 11]]'' episode "Die schwartze Madonna" is ''[[Indiana Jones (Franchise)|Indiana Jones]]'' and ''[[The Maltese Falcon]]'' <small>IN GERMANY ON THE AUTOBAHN</small>!
* [[Cartoon Network]]'s new game show ''Brain Rush'' is ''Cash Cab'' <small>ON A ROLLER COASTER</small>!
* ''Virtuality'' (from the producers of ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'') is ''[[Two Thousand One|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' with <small>A REALITY TV SPIN, MORE CHARACTERS, WOMEN, AND VIRTUAL REALITY</small>!
* ''[[Dustys Trail]]'' is both ''[[GilligansGilligan's Island]]'' <small>IN THE OLD WEST</small> and ''[[Wagon Train]]'' <small>WITH GILLIGAN, THE <s>SKIPPER</s> WAGONMASTER TOO, THE MILLIONAIRE AND HIS WIFE, THE <s>MOVIE STAR</s> DANCEHALL GIRL, THE PROFESSOR AND MARY ANN</small>!
* ''[[Defying Gravity]]'' is ''[[GreysGrey's Anatomy]]'' <small>IN SPACE</small>!
* ''[[Mercy Point]]'' (UPN, 1998) was ''[[ER]]'' <small>IN SPACE</small>!
* ''Newsradio'', episode "Space"; radio station, you guessed it, <small>IN SPACE</small>! Episode "Sinking Ship"; radio station <small>ON THE ''TITANIC''</small>!
* The Norman Lear pilot ''<nowiki>McGurk: A Dog's Life</nowiki>'' is ''[[All in The Family]]'' <small>WITH [[Furry Fandom|FURRIES]]</small>!
* ''[[Red Dwarf (TV)|Red Dwarf]]'' is a double whammy: it was actually pitched by its creators as ''[[Steptoe and Son]]'' <small>IN SPACE</small> [[This Is Your Premise Onon Drugs|on acid]]."
* The [[Disney Channel]]'s "Brian O'Brian" shorts are [[Mr. Bean]] <small>[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: theThe Abridged Series|IN AMERICA]]</small>!
* ''Fibrilando'' is ''[[Camera Cafe]]'' <small>IN AN HOSPITAL</small>! <small>AND AS EVEN MORE OF A [[Crapsack World]]</small>!
* ''[[NCIS]]'' is ''[[CSI]]'' <small>[[Village People|IN THE NAVY]]</small>!
** Only if you're dyslexic.
* ''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]'' is ''[[NCIS]]'' <small>IN L.A. AND RUN BY [[The Incredibles|EDNA MODE]]</small>!
* ''The Duck Factory'' featured a young [[Jim Carrey]] tasked with rebooting a stale cartoon show. After finding he'd just proposed killing off the producer's favorite character, he notes the producer's office decor and saves the day by adding, "did I mention this all happens <small>IN SPACE</small>?"
* ''[[Firefly (TV)|Firefly]]'''s premise is the American Civil War...<small>IN SPACE</small>!
* ''[[V]]'' is Nazism <small>WITH ALIENS</small>!
* ''Woops!'' is ''[[GilligansGilligan's Island]]'' <small>POST-NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST</small>!
* ''[[Far Out Space Nuts (TV)|Far Out Space Nuts]]'' is a Saturday morning ''Gilligan's Island'' <small>IN SPACE</small>! Complete with Bob Denver playing Gilligan's [[Expy]]. "I said LUNCH, not LAUNCH!"
* The ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' episode "School Hard" is [[Die Hard (Film)|Die Hard]] <small>AT SUNNYDALE HIGH</small>!
** "Listening to Fear" (5x09) provides this gem:
{{quote| '''Xander''': I still don't get why we had to come here to get info about a killer snot monster.<br />
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* ''[[Kings]]'' is the biblical story of King Saul and David in <small>IN THE MODERN DAY</small>!
* ''[[The Mentalist]]'' is any old [[Police Procedural]] <small>WITH A PSYCHIC</small>! <small>AND WITH BETTER JOKES</small>!
* ''[[Torchwood (TV)|Torchwood]]'' is ''[[Doctor Who]]'' <small>ON EEEEEEEARTH</small>! <small>WITH MORE SEEEEEEEX</small>!
** ...or [[Angel (TV)|Angel]] <small>IN WAAAAAAAAALES</small>!
* ''[[Law and Order: Criminal Intent]]'' is ''[[Columbo (TV)|Columbo]]'' <small>WITH [[UST]]</small>! <small>AND JEFFGOLDBLUM</small>!
** The Episode of ''CI'', "Silencer" is the Classic ''L&O'' episode, "Benevolence" <small>WITH A 40-YEAR-OLD ALCOHOLIC BABY FOR A DETECTIVE</small>!
* ''[[Lost in Oz]]'' seemed to be ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''...IN [[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Literature)|OZ]]!
* ''[[Jersey Shore]]'' is ''[[The Real World]]''...<small>WITH GUIDOS! [[Captain Obvious|IN NEW JERSEY]]</small>!
* ''[[Northern Exposure]]'' is ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' <small>[[Lighter and Softer|WITHOUT THE CREEPINESS]]</small>!
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** Although it was beaten to the punch in the 1940's by the Rathbone/Bruce Sherlock Holmes movie series which was ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' <small>IN (THEN) MODERN TIMES-....AND HE SOMETIMES FIGHTS NAZIS</small>!
* ''[[Glee]]'' is ''[[Class of 3000]]'' <small>IN LIVE ACTION</small>!
* The episode "Duet" of ''[[Deep Space Nine]]'' is a [[Recycled in Space]] take on the play ''The Man in the Glass Booth''. The main difference is that the latter is about Nazis and their victims, while the former centers on the Cardassians, who are [[A Nazi Byby Any Other Name]].
** Brandon Tartikoff originally pitched [[Deep Space Nine]] itself as "[[The Rifleman]] IN SPACE".
* ''The Littlest Groom'' (a reality TV series that only lasted 2 episodes) was ''[[The Bachelor]]'' <small>WITH MIDGETS</small>!
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** ''[[Choujuu Sentai Liveman]]'' is ''[[Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan]]'' <small>[[Three Plus Two|PLUS TWO]]</small>!
** ''[[Kousoku Sentai Turboranger]]'' is ''[[Kagaku Sentai Dynaman]]'' <small>WITH [[Cool Car|COOL CARS]]</small>!
** ''[[Choujin Sentai Jetman]]'' is ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (Anime)|Science Ninja Team Gatchaman]]'' <small>AS A SUPER SENTAI SHOW</small>!
** ''[[Kyouryuu Sentai Zyuranger]]'' is ''Kousoku Sentai Turboranger'' <small>WITH [[Everything's Better Withwith Dinosaurs|DINOSAURS]]</small>!
** ''[[Gosei Sentai Dairanger]]'' is ''Kyouryuu Sentai Zyuranger'' <small>WITH CHINESE ANIMALS</small>!
** ''[[Gekisou Sentai Carranger]]'' is ''Kousoku Sentai Turboranger'', <small>BUT THIS TIME [[Affectionate Parody|MAKING FUN]] OF THE SUPER SENTAI SERIES ITSELF</small>!
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** ''[[Ninpuu Sentai Hurricanger]]'' is ''Choujuu Sentai Liveman'' <small>WITH NINJAS</small>!
** ''[[Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger]]'' is ''Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan'' <small>WITH DINOSAURS</small>!
** ''[[Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger]]'' is basically a [[Cop Show|cop show]] <small>WITH [[Sentai]]</small>!
** ''[[Mahou Sentai Magiranger]]'' is ''[[Harry Potter]]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' <small>AS A SUPER SENTAI SHOW</small>!
** ''[[Juken Sentai Gekiranger]]'' is ''Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger'' <small>WITH WILD CATS</small>!
** ''[[Engine Sentai GoongerGo-onger]]'' is ''Choujuu Sentai Liveman'' <small>WITH COOL CARS</small>! <ref>Alternatively, [[Gekisou Sentai Carranger]] <small>WITH TALKING CARS</small>!</ref>
** ''[[Samurai Sentai Shinkenger]]'' is ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' <small>AS A SUPER SENTAI SHOW</small>!
** ''[[Tensou Sentai Goseiger]]'' is ''[[Go Go Sentai Boukenger]]'' <small>AS GUARDIAN ANGELS</small>!
** ''[[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (TV)|Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger]]'' is ''[[One Piece]]'' <small>AS A SUPER SENTAI SHOW</small>! <ref>Alternatively, [[Denshi Sentai Denjiman]] <small>AS [[Space Pirates]]</small>!</ref>
** ''[[Tokumei Sentai Gobusters (TV)|Tokumei Sentai Gobusters]]'' is ''Engine Sentai Go-onger'' <small>AS SPIES</small>!
* ''[[Sonny With a Chance]]'' is ''30 Rock'' <small>DISNEY STYLE</small>!
* Nickelodeon ran [[All That]], a vastly popular show, was [[Saturday Night Live]] for kids.
* ''MOB Wives'', a recent reality TV series on [[VH -1]], is ''The Real Housewives'' <small>WITH MOBSTERS AND MAFIA-RELATED THEMES</small>!
* ''[[Canadian Idol]]'', ''[[So You Think You Can Dance Canada]]'' and ''[[Canadas Next Top Model]]'' are ''[[American Idol]]'', ''[[So You Think You Can Dance]]'' and ''[[America's Next Top Model]]''...IN CANADA
** Of course, ''American Idol'' was originally ''[[Pop Idol]]''...[[Memetic Mutation/Anime|IN]] [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: theThe Abridged Series|AMERICA]]!
* Disney's new show ''[[ANT Farm]]'' is just [[The WB]]'s ''[[Smart Guy (TV series)|Smart Guy]]'' with the gender switched.
* ''[[Dinosaurs]]'' is ''[[The Simpsons]]'' <small>WITH DINOSAURS!</small>
* ''[[Nashville Star]]'' was ''[[American Idol]]'' <small>WITH COUNTRY MUSIC!</small>
* ''Drew Carey's Green Screen Show'' is ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'' <small>WITH ANIMATION!</small>
** ''[[Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza]]'' is ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'' <small>IN A VEGAS THEATRE WITH LESS CENSORSHIP!</small>
* ''[[Community (TV)|Community]]'' episode "[[Community (TV)/Recap/S2 E05 Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples|Messianic Myths And Ancient Peoples]]" is ''The Man With the Movie Camera'' <small>WITH RELIGIOUS SUBTEXT</small>.
* ''[[Skippy the Bush Kangaroo]]'' - [[Lassie (TV series)|Lassie]] [[Land Down Under|DOWN UNDER!]]
* ''Rob Drydek's Ridiculousness'' is ''[[Jackass (TV)|Jackass]]'' <small>WITH A SKATEBOARDER!</small>
* The Australian series ''[[Wild Boys]]'' is a Western <small>IN AUSTRALIA!</small>
* ''[[White Dwarf (Filmfilm)|White Dwarf]]'' is [[Akira Kurosawa]]'s ''[[Red Beard]]'' in a science-fiction setting; with an added subplot adding elements of political intrigue and exploration of prejudice and tolerance.
* ''[[Crownies]]'' is ''[[GreysGrey's Anatomy]]'' <small>WITH CROWN PROSECUTORS INSTEAD OF DOCTORS! IN AUSTRALIA!</small>
* ''[[Merlin]]'' is ''[[Smallville]]'' <small>IN CAMELOT!</small>
* ''[[That 70s Show]]'' is ''[[Happy Days]]'' <small>IN THE SEVENTIES!</small>
** And the short lived spinoff: "That '80s Show" is "That '70s Show" <small>IN THE EIGHTIES!</small>
* ''[[Work It (TV)|Work It]]'' is ''[[Bosom Buddies]]'' <small>IN THE WORKFORCE!</small>
* ''[[Rhyme and Reason]]'' is ''[[Match Game]]'' <small>WITH POETRY!</small>
* The ''[[True Life (TV)|True Life]]'' episode "The Theriot Family: The Riot in the Bayou" is ''[[Jersey Shore]]'' IN THE [[Deep South]] with [[Massive Numbered Siblings|A LARGE FAMILY]]!
* ''[[How to Rock (TV)|How to Rock]]'' is ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' <small>IN A BAND</small>!
* ''Boohbah'' is [[Teletubbies]] <small>AS [[Acrofatic]] [[Power Rangers|POWER RANGERS]] [[Captain Ersatz|SHAPED LIKE]] [[McDonald's|GRIMACE]]</small>!
* ''[[Dancing On Ice]]'' is ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'' <small>[[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|ON ICE]]</small>!
* ''[[Coupling]]'' is ''[[Friends]]'' <small>IN THE UK</small>!
* ''[[Juukou B-Fighter]]'' is ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' <small>AS A [[Metal Heroes|METAL HEROES]] SHOW</small>!
** While ''[[B-Fighter Kabuto]]'' is ''Juukou B-Fighter'' <small>[[Time Skip|TEN YEARS LATER]]</small>!
** ''[[B-Robo Kabutack]]'' is ''B-Fighter Kabuto'' <small>ONLY CUTER</small>!
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** ''[[Kamen Rider Double]]'' is ''[[Kikaider]]'' and ''[[Choujin Barom 1]]'' together <small>AS A KAMEN RIDER SHOW</small>!
** ''[[Kamen Rider Kabuto]]'' is ''Juukou B-Fighter'' and ''B-Fighter Kabuto'' <small>AS A KAMEN RIDER SHOW</small>!
** ''[[Kamen Rider Fourze (TV)|Kamen Rider Fourze]]'' is literally <small>KAMEN RIDER IN SPACE</small>!
* ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' is ''[[Friends]]'' <small>WITH NERDS</small>!
* MTV's ''[[Death Valley]]'' is ''[[Cops]]'' <small>WITH VAMPIRES, WEREWOLVES AND ZOMBIES!</small> (Oh my!)
* ''GCB'' (originally was supposed to be ''Good Christian Bitches'') is ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' <small>IN THE SOUTH</small>. The advertising is blatant with this one, since they are on the same network and ''Desperate Housewives'' is on its final season.
* The short-lived 70s kids show ''[[The Kids From Caper]]'' is basically ''[[The Monkees (TV series)|The Monkees]]'' as <small>TEENAGE CRIMEFIGHTERS</small>.
** This would make sense, since "The Kids" was created by Don Kirshner, who was the Monkees original music supervisor and record producer before the group had a falling out with him and he was fired.
* ''[[Charmed (TV)|Charmed]]'': "Dead Man Dating" is ''[[Ghost (Filmfilm)|Ghost]]'' <small>IN SAN FRANCISCO, WITH WITCHES AND DEMONS!</small>.
 
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