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** It could also pass for a damn good Gundam series.
** It could also pass for a damn good Gundam series.
* ''[[Simoun]]'' is essentially what happens when you add [[Les Yay]]-tastic action to ''[[A Canticle for Leibowitz]].'' [[Better Than It Sounds]].
* ''[[Simoun]]'' is essentially what happens when you add [[Les Yay]]-tastic action to ''[[A Canticle for Leibowitz]].'' [[Better Than It Sounds]].
* ''[[Histeria (Animation)|Histeria]]'' and ''[[Horrible Histories]]'' may be long gone, but really they live as a series called ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]].''
* ''[[Histeria!]]'' and ''[[Horrible Histories]]'' may be long gone, but really they live as a series called ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]].''
** Though one couldn't help but wonder whether the overblown [[National Stereotypes]] in ''[[G Gundam]]'' might have been foreshadowing.
** Though one couldn't help but wonder whether the overblown [[National Stereotypes]] in ''[[G Gundam]]'' might have been foreshadowing.
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory]]'' is basically an anime adaptation of ''[[Top Gun]],'' if it took place in the future and involved Gundams. Even the openings are reminiscent of ''Danger Zone'' and late 80s-early 90s power ballads.
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory]]'' is basically an anime adaptation of ''[[Top Gun]],'' if it took place in the future and involved Gundams. Even the openings are reminiscent of ''Danger Zone'' and late 80s-early 90s power ballads.
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* The ''Nina Wilde'' series by Andy McDermott, about a semi-reluctant [[Adventurer Archaeologist]], obviously takes more than a few cues from (and frequently references) Indiana Jones and Lara Croft. However, the number of pitched gun battles in exotic locations and rare vehicles which inevitably explode makes it far more akin to the written form of ''[[Uncharted]]''.
* The ''Nina Wilde'' series by Andy McDermott, about a semi-reluctant [[Adventurer Archaeologist]], obviously takes more than a few cues from (and frequently references) Indiana Jones and Lara Croft. However, the number of pitched gun battles in exotic locations and rare vehicles which inevitably explode makes it far more akin to the written form of ''[[Uncharted]]''.
* ''[[The Hunger Games]]'' is probably the closest that we'll get to an American remake of ''[[Battle Royale]]''. '''[[Fan Dumb|And that is]] [[They Copied It, So It Sucks|all that needs]] [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment|to be said]].'''
* ''[[The Hunger Games]]'' is probably the closest that we'll get to an American remake of ''[[Battle Royale]]''. '''[[Fan Dumb|And that is]] [[They Copied It, So It Sucks|all that needs]] [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment|to be said]].'''
** ...unless, of course, the success of the [[The Hunger Games (film)|film adaptation]] is enough to convince Hollywood that it's no longer [[Too Soon]] after [[Useful Notes/Columbine|Columbine]] to pull said remake out of [[Development Hell]].
** ...unless, of course, the success of the [[The Hunger Games (film)|film adaptation]] is enough to convince Hollywood that it's no longer [[Too Soon]] after [[Columbine]] to pull said remake out of [[Development Hell]].