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{{quote|[[The Nineties]] saw a wave of middle-brow adaptations of [[William Shakespeare|The Bard's plays]], otften taking them to new and interesting territory. There was [[Henry IV]] [[My Own Private Idaho|with rent boys]], [[wikipedia:Richard III (1995 film)|a Fascist]] [[Richard III]], [[The Taming of the Shrew]] [[
Adaptations of old stories will frequently move them closer to the production in time and/or space, even if the original is only a couple of decades old, in a [[Derivative Works]] kind of [[Creator Provincialism]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Ikki Tousen]]'' is ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'' <small>AS A HIGH SCHOOL [[Panty Fighter]] ANIME!</small>
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* ''[[Koihime Musou]]'' is ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'' <small>AS A [[Gender Flip|GENDER FLIPPED]] [[Girls Love|YURI]] FEST!</small>
* ''[[Koutetsu Sangokushi]]'' is {{spoiler|(loosely)}} ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'' <small>WITH [[Bishonen]] / [[Ho Yay]]!</small>
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* ''Rapunzel's Revenge'' is "[[Rapunzel]]" <small>IN A [[Schizo-Tech]] OLD WEST!</small>
** This is borderline, though. It has some big differences besides the setting change -- for instance, Mother Gothel is an [[Evil Overlord]], Rapunzel is an [[Action Girl]], and [[Jack the Giant Killer]] is her wacky sidekick.
* In [[Marvel Comics]] or [[DC Comics]] superhero lines, almost any retelling of a character's origin will fall into this category, especially as regards technology, the status of minorities and who the President is. The only exceptions are characters whose origins are fixed in history, e.g. [[Captain America (comics)]]. (That said, compare the versions of Cap's awakening in the modern day from the original in ''Avengers'' #4-10, and the more recent ''Captain America: Man Out of Time'' miniseries for a perfect example of this trope.)
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* The film adaptations of [[The Bourne Series]], which was written in the '70s, which also necessitated major changes to the plot since the [[Ripped from the Headlines]] villains of the books was no longer relevant in the 2000s (being just a teensy bit ''in prison for the rest of his life'').
* [[The Saint]] and [[Mike Hammer]] have so far never appeared in film or TV adaptations in period pieces. The Armand Assante remake presented an updated story with Hammer as a Vietnam veteran instead of a Pacific Theater World War II veteran. Even though the last time Stacy Keach played Hammer aired over fifty years since the first appearance of Mike Hammer, it presented an updated story. Roger Moore's [[The Saint (TV series)|version of The Saint]] debuted over thirty years after the first appearance of the Saint in print in 1928, but presented an updated story, as did subsequent adaptations with Ian Ogilivy, Andrew Clarke, and Simon Dutton. The Val Kilmer film took place in contemporary times, arriving in theaters in 1997-almost seventy years after the Saint's debut.
* Usually, adaptations of comic book heroes, no matter how many decades after the character's debut, appear as contemporary stories. For example, the 2008 ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]]'' took place in contemporary times, even though it arrived 45 years after [[Iron Man]]'s debut. (Exceptions, where the World War II roots of a property did appear in a TV or movie adaptation include Lynda Carter's ''[[Wonder Woman (TV series)|Wonder Woman]]'', which initially took place in World War II, and the Salinger ''[[Captain America (comics)]]'' film, whose early scenes took place during World War II.)
* ''[[Scrooged]]'' is Charles Dickens' ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' <small>IN THE 1980s!</small> It works, though, because of the cleverness of using a [[Show Within a Show]] concept - the Scrooge analogue is producing a live TV adaptation of the original ''A Christmas Carol'', yet clearly misses the point until it happens to him.
* The movie ''Guess Who?'' was a remake of the classic film ''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?'', updated to the modern day, <small>WITH THE RACES REVERSED!</small>
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* ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'' is ''[[Metroid Prime]]'' <small>WITH BATMAN!</small> ''and...''
* ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]'' is ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' <small>WITH BATMAN!</small>
* ''[[Duke Nukem 3D]]'' is basically ''[[They Live!]]'' the video game, <small> even including a [[Recycled in Space| space level]] </small>.
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