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== Automobiles ==
* The MINI, launched in 2001 by BMW is one such example. However, it's not a [[R EmakeRemake]] and is [[Canon Discontinuity]] of the original - larger, fatter and heavier than the original. Not to mention that 1.6-litre engines and diesel ''were never available in the original''.
* 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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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Though not the first example, surely the most famous is ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'', which spawned the modern era of the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise. Set some seventy years after the original, it returned to the fictional world of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek the Original Series]]'' with a new starship and crew.
** 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 Motion Picture|Star Trek the Motion Picture]]'' while some of the scripts written for the show were used in ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' during a writer's strike.
* Due in part to the success of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'', about the same time, ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]'' was revived as ''The New WKRP In Cincinnati'', which returned to the titular radio station a decade later. Some of the original characters remained, some had departed, but most made guest appearances.
** 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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