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Putting the series into space, though, is the big one.
 
See also [[Animated Adaptation]], [[Gender Flip]], [[Whole-Plot Reference]], [[Recycled: Thethe Series]], [[Setting Update]], [[X Meets Y]], [[This Is Your Premise Onon Drugs]], and [[Better Byby a Different Name]]. See also [[Space X]] for what this trope first sounds like.
 
Note: ''Please'' make sure you understand what this trope means before posting examples. It does ''not'' refer to a normal sequel, a remake, an adaptation, or to something that is simply like something else in the same genre.
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'''Some common things to avoid.'''
* This trope is not literal. Just because you can define something as "in space" doesn't mean it counts. It still needs to be recycled from an older idea. Even if it has "In Space" in the title. [[Zap in Space]], for example, was removed, because there's no Zap NOT-in-Space.
* A game or story following (or if you want to [[Accentuate the Negative|get negative]], "stealing") the tropes or concepts laid down by earlier games/stories is [[Follow the Leader]], not this. Most platformers are not "Mario {{smallcaps|In Space}}" (except perhaps [[Super Mario Galaxy (Video Game)|Super Mario Galaxy]]) and most fighting anime are not "[[Dragonball Z]] [[Shaped Like Itself|In Space]]" (mostly because they get off Earth fairly quick by the series's standard).
* If an idea seems to be ripping off another idea, it's [[Better Byby a Different Name]]. It needs to be blatant in its advertising that it is a copy for it to count. You could argue that "[[Inheritance Cycle (Literature)|Eragon]] was better when it was called [[Star Wars]]" but since nothing ever advertises the similarities, it doesn't count as this.
* If an idea seems to be crossing two different ideas it's [[X Meets Y]].
* If an idea seems to be stealing the plot/premise/pitch of another idea, but the characters and setting are different, it's [[Whole-Plot Reference]].
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