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Pretty much every fan's dream is to see their beloved series return to the airwaves, and every once in a great while, it actually happens, occasionally as the reaction to a particularly successful [[Reunion Show]].
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Differs from a [[Transplant]] in scale and in the passage of real-world time. It is not strictly necessary for ''any'' of the original characters to return (though this depends on the nature of the show: shows set in the "real world" typically need a character (or family) to link the incarnations, while in [[Speculative Fiction]], the universe of the show can serve this purpose), but when they don't, you can usually count on one of them to return as a [[Special Guest]]. Often, a front-line character from the original series is now [[Older and Wiser]], and promoted to the position of [[The Obi-Wan]].
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In [[Theatre]] "revival" has a slightly different meaning, closer to a straight [[Remake]]. Any production that has not been performed in a significant amount of time and is brought back to the stage is called a revival - usualy it will be recast, sometimes it will get bonus material added in the form of a new song or two, sometimes the production values of the show such as the set design will get a revamp. The [[Tony Awards]] give separate awards to revival productions including Best Revival of a Musical and Best Revival of a Play.
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== [[Anime]] ==
* ''[[Macross]]'' is fairly unique among other anime series in the fact that it goes through constant revivals every few years with a few movies, [[OVA
* ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion]]'', for the original ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''.
** Subverted. The first film closely follows the beginning of the anime, but the second quickly diverges and never looks back.
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== Automobiles ==
* The MINI, launched in 2001 by BMW is one such example. However, it's not a [[
* The [[wikipedia:Fiat Nuova 500|Fiat 500]], a supermini that is considered utterly terrible in some nations (even the United Kingdom), and to be launched in the United States sometime in 2011 where such vehicles are considered as [[Americans Hate Tingle]].
* Volkswagen Santana, which is basically the 1981-1988 Passat with some slight changes and engine changes. [[wikipedia:Volkswagen Santana|The Other Wiki]] has a full article. Supposed to end production in 2012...
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* A number of ''[[Disney Afternoon]]'' shows have been revived in the comics pages, including ''[[Gargoyles]]'' by Slave Labor Graphics, and ''[[DuckTales (1987)]]'' (in ''Uncle Scrooge'' comics), ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'', and ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' by [[Boom Studios]]. Neither publisher was able to hang on to the licenses very long, however.
* The original ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes]]'' was revived after 28 years of alternate continuities, futures wiped out of history, etc. They even got the old writer and old cover logo.
* ''[[Captain America (comics)]]'' may have the most successful revival of a comic character in American history. The original ''Captain America Comics'' ran for 9 years, while the second revival in the [[Silver Age]] onward has lasted, off and on, over ''forty''!
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Though not the first example, surely the most famous is ''[[Star Trek: The
** And yes, there was even a [[Shout-Out]] or two and a [[Special Guest]] from the first series from time to time; DeForrest Kelley (Dr. "Bones" McCoy) had a small guest appearance in the premiere episode, sparking a "send-off" tradition where a character from the previous ''Trek'' series would appear in the premiere of the next; Spock became a focal character for two-part episode and even his father Sarek had an episode revolving around him.
** Scotty also made an appearance, after being locked in transporter for decades. He managed to show his old school engineering beats the new engineer.
** This almost happened a few years earlier with ''Star Trek: Phase Two'' which was going to be the headliner for a new Paramount cable network. This eventually morphed into ''[[Star Trek: The
* Due in part to the success of ''[[Star Trek: The
** Around the same time, the 70s sitcom ''What's Happening!'' was updated to ''What's Happening Now!'', starring nearly all of the original's surviving stars as older version of their characters.
* ''[[Get Smart]]'' was briefly revived with Maxwell Smart promoted to [[The Obi-Wan|Chief of CONTROL]] over his own son Zach in the new ''Get Smart''.
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* A revival of ''[[Blake's 7|Blakes Seven]] '' set years after the original with Avon as [[The Obi-Wan]] was announced in 2003, but appears to have been scrapped.
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' Revived under the same title in 2005, it not only kept the old series in continuity, it * also* kept events from the made for TV movie that tried but didn't manage to revive the series a number of years earlier. It even put the long break in as a plot point. "During" the missing period (on the Doctor's personal timeline, anyway), the Last Great Time War happened, rendering the Doctor the [[Last of His Kind]] (and regenerating him offscreen into [[Christopher Eccleston]]). The show squeezes the mystery of what precisely happened for all the drama and suspense they can.
** The revival engaged in a few [[
* After ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' ended and the Muppets went on to make movies, two attempts were made to revive the show as a TV franchise. Neither ''[[The Jim Henson Hour]]'' nor ''[[Muppets Tonight]]'' were as successful as the original. More recently, the show has been revived in [[Comic Book]] form.
** Partially ''The Jim Henson Hour'' failed because instead of reviving the Muppets in their familiar form, it was a deliberate attempt by Jim Henson to do something new with them. With the exception of Kermit and Gonzo, most of the cast were brand new (or quite obscure). The fact that Frank Oz had semi-retired from puppetry, reducing Miss Piggy and Fozzie to only rare cameos didn't help. That and the other half of the program was usually Jim's darker, more trippy stuff.
* Game shows are quite popular targets for revivals. The current incarnation of ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' is a revival of the original, and then there's NBC's new version of ''[[
* [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] attempted a revival of defunct wrestling federation [[ECW]] as its third "brand"; however, [[Executive Meddling]] on the part of Vince McMahon pretty much destroyed any connection to the original except the name and a handful of wrestlers. And even the handful of wrestlers (save one) were gone within a couple of years.
* ''[[Mission: Impossible]]'' was revived in the late 1980s with Peter Graves reprising his role as Jim Phelps and Bob Johnson returning as the voice on the recording, though the rest of the Impossible Missions Force personnel were new characters and the technology was updated (for example, the famous self-destructing reel-to-reel tape became a self-destructing CD). Many of the original scripts were recycled nearly verbatim for the revival.
** That was more a "revival of necessity" though, because of the 1988 writer's strike. ABC decided that they needed "new" product, but wanted it on the cheap. So they dusted off the old scripts, sent the production off to Australia (which saved them 20%, and avoided other union headaches). It was originally planned as a full remake, but later shifted to the revival that ended up on film.
* [[Hawaii Five-O]]
* ''[[The Tomorrow People]]'' was briefly revived with the help of Nickelodeon in the early '90s. Though the premise was largely unchanged, it drew more heavily from American kids' show
* The 1960s [[Spy Couple]] show ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' was revived as ''The New Avengers'' in the 1970s, but lasted only one season. It uncomfortably straddled the line between the original series's ludicrous plots and the growing fashion for grittier, meaner shows such as ''[[The Professionals]]''.
** ...which was made by the same people who made ''The New Avengers''.
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* ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'' has been revived (fittingly enough, by [[The CW]]) as simply ''90210''. Original cast members Shannen Doherty, Tori Spelling, and Jennie Garth have all reprised their roles (if only for guest parts), and Jason Priestly set to direct an episode. [[The CW]] is now doing the same for the similar ''[[Melrose Place]]''.
* ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' was revived with three new episodes, the three-part story ''Back to Earth'', after 10 years off the air. A full tenth series is set to air autumn 2012.
* ''Double Dare 2000'' for the original Nickelodeon ''[[Double Dare (1986 TV Show)|Double Dare]]''.
* After an 11-year absence from the airwaves and a 6-year absence from any form of media, ''[[Kamen Rider Kuuga]]'' inaugurated the return of the ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' franchise. The title of the first episode? "Revival".
* ''[[Rab C. Nesbitt]]'' returned in a [[Christmas Special]] after a ten year gap, and got a full series in 2010.
* ''[[Eerie, Indiana]]'' was revived as ''Eerie Indiana The Other Dimension''. It lasted just one season of 15 episodes.
* James Garner reprised his ''[[Maverick (TV series)|Maverick]]'' role in the short-lived 1981 series ''Bret Maverick''.
* ''[[The Love Boat]]'' was revived with ''The Love Boat: The Next Wave''.
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* [[TNT]] has one for [[Dallas]] in the [[Incredibly Lame Pun|pipeline]] for a summer 2012 premiere date. The new show will focus on the children of JR and Bobby and will feature Larry Hagman and Patrick Duffy once again playing the roles that made them famous.
** [[I Dream of Jeannie|Major Anthony Nelson]] and The Man from [[Atlantis]]?
* There have been two failed attempts to revive ''[[The Time Tunnel]]''. The first one, in 2002, resulted in a never-broadcast unsold pilot
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Warhammer
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Neverland released information and pictures of their ''Revival of Estpolis''/''Lufia'' second game ''Rise of the Sinistrals'' with ''[[Final Fantasy]]''-influenced characters and more action-based gameplay.
* The ''Oddworld'' franchise, which had seemingly died in 2005 with Stranger's Wrath, is set for a revival. See this Joystiq article for news: https://web.archive.org/web/20141007205713/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/07/15/new-oddworld-games-in-the-works-at-just-add-water/
* Nintendo dropped a whole bunch of these at [[
* Also hyped at E3 2010 was ''[[Epic Mickey]]'', which Disney planned as a revival for the titular mouse.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In 1997, ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'' was revived as ''[[Extreme Ghostbusters]]'', with Egon heading a new team. The original Ghostbusters returned for its first season finale.
** And, on that note, 1986's ''[[Filmation's Ghostbusters|Filmations Ghostbusters]]'' was a revival of 1975's live-action series ''The Ghost Busters''
* ''[[Transformers]]'' does this constantly - in fact, whenever Hasbro feels like making more money. At first there was ''[[Beast Wars]]'', which took place in the same continuity as ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'' and as such fully fits the defnition of a revival, but after that Hasbro decided to go the way of [[Alternate Universe
** This only applies to the Transformers fiction though. The toyline as a whole has never had a break from production at any time since it began in the 80s.
* Also from Hasbro are the ''[[My Little Pony]]'' cartoons. Less frequent than ''Transformers'', but nonetheless they've had three or four different cartoons. ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' has experienced a massive explosion in popularity, due in no small part to the fact that the creative director is [[Lauren Faust]] of ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' and ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'' fame,<ref>Who apparently didn't particularly care for the original cartoons, and was a little skeptical when her bosses told her this is what they wanted her to be doing</ref>
* ''[[Code Lyoko]]'' is going to be revived soon, with Code Lyoko Evolution. Although, live-action will be in place of the original animation for Earth.
* ''[[Xiaolin Showdown]]'' is going to be revived in the form of ''Xiaolin Chronicles'', starting Spring of 2013.
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