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* ''[[GaoGaiGar]]'' (The [[Combining Mecha]] boom of the late 70s & early 80s. Earlier ''Brave'' shows were more a replacement for the ''[[Transformers]]'' franchise after licensing problems occured with the animation studio).
** ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' took a different [[Just for Pun|spin]] on shows of the same era.
* Most of the works of Naoki Urasawa (''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'', ''[[
** His ''[[Yawara]]'' is largely a throwback to classic sports manga like ''[[Captain Tsubasa]]'' or ''[[Kyojin No Hoshi]]''.
* ''[[Cannon God Exaxxion]]'' (Early 70s [[Super Robot]] anime, only with much more realistic politics between the humans & alien invaders.)
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* ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' is a reimagining of 1940s ghost/haunted house comedies such as ''The Ghost Breakers'' and ''Spook Busters'', except it featured actual ghosts and HP Lovecraft-esque overtones.
* ''[[Doomsday]]'': 1980s dystopian sci-fi.
* ''[[28 Days Later|Twenty Eight Days Later]]'' and the ''[[Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]'' remake, along with the [[Affectionate Parody]] ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'', went a long way towards reviving 1970s [[Zombie Apocalypse]] movies.
* [[Word of God|George Romero himself has said]] the original ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]'' film was inspired by the [[EC Comics|EC horror comics]] he enjoyed when he was younger.
* Romero collaborated with [[Stephen King]] on the movie ''[[Creepshow]]'' which is also a direct throwback to EC horror comics.
* ''[[The Rocketeer (film)|The Rocketeer]]'': 1930s adventure serials.
* ''[[Gladiator (film)|Gladiator]]'': [[Sword and Sandal]] epics.
* ''[[The Host (2006 film)||The Host]]'': All those cheesy [[Kaiju|Asian monster movies]] that followed ''[[Godzilla]]''.
* ''[[Independence Day]]'': '50s [[Alien Invasion]] movies.
* ''[[The Forbidden Kingdom]]'': '60s kung fu films.
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* ''[[Inception]]'': '90's [[Cyberspace]] or [[Cyberpunk]] movies, or the [[Platonic Cave]] idea in general.
* ''[[Drive (film)|Drive]]'': '80's crime films
* ''[[Australia (2008 film)|Australia]]'': [[Golden Age of Hollywood]] sweeping romantic epics
* ''[[Attack the Block]]'': '80s monster movies and horror-comedies, like ''[[Gremlins]]'' and ''[[The Goonies]]''
* ''[[Red Tails]]'': '40s and '50s war movies; gets bonus points for being produced by [[George Lucas]] himself
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* ''[[Uncharted]]'' is a throwback to [[Pulp Magazine|pulp adventure stories]], and features (and updates) many of their tropes.
* ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'' not only does this to [[The Western]], but a case can be made for each part of the game being a throwback to a different type of Western. The first third of the game harkens back to the old-school John Ford/[[John Wayne]] Westerns, where morality was more [[Black and White Morality]] and the focus was on [[Manifest Destiny|America's westward expansion]], complete with [[Cattle Drive|cattle drives]], [[cowboy]]s and [[outlaw]]s. The middle part of the game, meanwhile, feels more like [[Sergio Leone]]'s [[Genre Deconstruction|revisionist]] "[[spaghetti Western]]s," where there were [[Black and Gray Morality|no clear-cut heroes]] and the harsh reality of life in [[The Wild West]] was emphasized. Finally, the last parts of the game, set in the comparatively "civilized" town of Blackwater and on the Great Plains, have very strong elements of the [[New Old West]] to them.
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* The future in ''[[Space Channel 5]]'' reminds very much of 60s and 70s style future, if that makes sense.
* ''[[Interstate '76]]'' and its [[Spiritual Successor]], ''[[Vigilante 8]]'', throw back to a number of '70s genres and tropes.
* ''[[Duke Nukem Forever]]'', thanks to being a sequel with [[Duke Nukem Forever/Development History|a 12-year development cycle]], manages to be an unintentional throwback to ''[[Duke Nukem 3D]]'' due to its failure to really evolve with the times.
** It may have been better received if they had done this on purpose, since it still has changes like [[Regenerating Health]] and weapon carrying limits.
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** The trope is lampshaded in the Batmite episode where the little imp reads a "prepared statement" in response to some 4th wall breaking humor, explaining that this incarnation of Batman is just as legitimate and true to source material as the "tortured dark avenger crying out for mommy and daddy".
* ''[[Venture Brothers]]'' does a bit of this and a bit of parody with 1960's action shows like ''[[Jonny Quest]]'' and such, plus a hefty dose of increased badass. Instead of lame plots about random monsters, we get genuine nightmare fuel about a dead twin-brother still living inside his twin and eventually building a robot body for itself.
* ''[[Fillmore!]]'' takes a lot of inspiration from 70s buddy cop shows, not that any kids noticed.
** More specifically, those made by Quinn Martin Productions.
* ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'' took most of its inspiration from the classic [[Disney Animated Canon|Disney animated musicals]] of [[The Golden Age of Animation]]. It was so successful, it wound up [[Genre Turning Point|resurrecting the entire genre]] and kicking off what came to be known as [[The Renaissance Age of Animation|the Disney Renaissance]].
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