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* The chase scene at the end of the silent film version of ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'' uses sets from Lon Chaney's previous film, ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' (most notably the cathedral facade). The opera stage set built for the film was reused in several pictures, including the 1943 ''Phantom'' film and the Chaney biopic ''Man of a Thousand Faces''.
* ''[[Just Imagine]]'', a sci-fi musical from the 1930s, had a lavish set costing a quarter million Depression-era dollars, but flopped in the theaters. Producers recouped some of their money by reusing [[Stock Footage]] of the cityscape in the Universal film serials ''[[Flash Gordon Serial]]'' and ''[[Buck Rogers]]'', while Z-4's Rocket Plane was recycled as Zarkov's rocketship.
* The colored "Michelin Man" spacesuits from ''[[Destination Moon]]'' were later used in cheaper sci-fi efforts like ''Flight to Mars'', the TV series ''[[Space Patrol (US)|Space Patrol]]'', and the spoof ''[[Amazon Women on the Moon]]''.
* ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the
* Miho's swords from ''[[Sin City]]'' were the Crazy 88's from ''[[Kill Bill]]''.
* The PKE meters from ''[[Ghostbusters]]''...
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* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' has several examples of this. [[The BBC]] has large amounts of props and costumes in storage, so the original series has quite a few examples of prop recycling, both in show, and across other BBC series.
** Not all of them were BBC originals in the first place; for example the BBC bought a load of ex-Gerry Anderson props in the early '70s, so one sonic screwdriver prop was from the movie ''[[Thunderbirds]] Are Go'', and various control panels from ''[[UFO]]'' turn up occasionally up to the mid '80s.
** This is most prominent in the late 70s and early 80s between ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and ''[[Blake's 7
** Several sets constructed in Italy for [[HBO]]'s ''Rome'' were reused for the episode "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S30/E02 The Fires of Pompeii|The Fires of Pompeii]]" in the new series.
** Also, the {{spoiler|Sontaran cloning table on which Martha was held}} in "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S30/E04 The Sontaran Stratagem|The Sontaran Stratagem]]" is obviously made from a Cyber Conversion Unit.
** The spaceship set used in "The Lodger" showed up again, slightly modified, in "Day of the Moon", with no clear connection between the two uses. Some fans believe that they are meant to be the same, but this is not stated in the show.
* The duck lamp seen in Newman's
* The Vogon spaceship interiors in the TV version of ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy (TV series)|The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]'' are from ''[[Alien (franchise)|Alien]]''.
* A phone from the failed ''[[Global Frequency]]'' pilot was [http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=3124 recycled] in ''[[Smallville]]''.
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** The Federation transporter pads in the various series all use parts of the original one from ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek the Original Series]]'', usually flipping it or swapping out decals. This sort of thing was done fairly often, using parts of one show's sets for the ones that follow.
** The propmasters of all incarnations of ''Trek'' were rather quite, well, masterful at prop recycling; most props were recycled either from other shows or movies or even recycled from other episodes of any given preceding ''Trek'' incarnation including itself. Starship models, even in the CGI era, were particularly prone to this, the end result being several different alien races, separated by the entire length of the galaxy or even by centuries in some cases (or even both) used variations of the same ship design in various scales (or their medical scanner or communications relay would bear an odd resemblance to a certain race's ship).
** Most of the sets from the ''[[Star Trek: The
** [http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/inconsistencies.htm This site] has a massive list of re-used ''Trek'' props, sets, [[Rubber Forehead Aliens|make-up]], etc. Just scroll down and click on anything that starts with "Re-Used". [http://www.modernprops.com/Details1b.asp?dept=195&category=290&item=1 These bad boys] (a.k.a. the Blinky double tube that serve no purpose) have to be the ''patron saint'' of recycled props.
** This also occurs with special effects and models. A [[Retcon]] was made to justify why both Klingons and Romulans had the same D-7 Battle Cruiser, just so they could reuse the model. The ''Voyager'' episode "Dragon's Teeth" has a series of subspace corridors that was simply a different color and miscellaneous debris thrown into the quantum slipstream drive effect. In the ''Voyager'' episode "Warlord", they reused a ship model from the ''Next Generation'' episode "Unification". And especially as the series tilted towards CG ships, many different ships were recolored, resized and/or slightly modified from prior CG models to save time and money.
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== Theme Parks ==
* [[Universal]] Studios Hollywood was built on this trope—the [[Theme Park]] was originally created to allow visitors to see the actual sets and filming used by the studio. Nowadays, the rides get more attention, and the tram tours avoid areas with actual filming, but the sets themselves are still frequently used. People familiar with the Tram Tour are able to recognize [[Back to the Future (film)|Courthouse Square]], [[Desperate Housewives|Wisteria Lane]], and other parts of the studio when they appear in movies and TV shows.
* [[Disney Theme Parks]]:
** In the Disneyland version of ''[[The Haunted Mansion]]'', the organ in the dining room is the same one used in Disney's version of ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]''.▼
▲In the Disneyland version of ''[[The Haunted Mansion]]'', the organ in the dining room is the same one used in Disney's version of ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]''.
** Also, several animatronics from the now-closed ''America Sings'' show were reused in [[Song of the South|Splash Mountain]].
** Sometimes props are recycled as [[Writer Revolt|a nod to the attraction before it.]] For instance, one of the aliens in the pre-show at ''Stitch's Great Escape'' was Skippy, who was in the pre-show of ''Alien Encounter''.
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Batman Beyond]]'':
** The commentary for the episode "Splicers" of noted that the gun design was reused for some ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' episodes.
** And the other way around: robot drones from ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' had the same design as the "V-headed" [[The Zeta Project|Zeta]] model that first appeared in ''Batman Beyond''.
** ''Batman Beyond'' also reused the Batmobile from ''[[Batman: The
* [[Scenery Porn|The Prop Room]] from ''[[House of Mouse]]'', which consists of props from every single animated Disney film up to 2001's ''[[Atlantis: The
* Utilized to rather impressive extent in ''[[Ed, Edd 'n'
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