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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Kiddy Grade]]'' is a Spiritual Successor to ''[[Dirty Pair]]'': both series revolve around a team of [[Lovely Angels|two young female]] operatives for a [[Heroes-R-Us|galaxy-wide troubleshooting organization]] that uses incredibly advanced Phlebotinum, [[Action Girl|brute force]], [[Hero Insurance|property damage]], and [[Spanner in the Works|good luck]] to right wrongs and triumph over evil.
* [[Keiko Takemiya]]'s ''[[Kaze to Ki no Uta]]'' is the spiritual successor to "The Door To Summer", a one-volume manga she wrote. They both contain similar story elements, as well as both being adapted into 60-minute [[OVA]]s.
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== Fan Works ==
* ''[[Luminosity]]'' is doing to the ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' universe what ''[[Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality]]'' did to the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' universe—that is, take the main character, make him/her intelligent and rational, and [[Alternate Universe Fic|write the story from there]]. Bella isn't quite as much of a [[Child Prodigy]], though.
* Horrifyingly, ''[[
** There's also ''Muffins'' and ''Dresses''.
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== Film ==
* ''[[Colombiana]]'' to ''[[Léon: The Professional]]''
* ''[[Parker Lewis Can't Lose]]'' is seen as the Spiritual Successor to the movie ''[[Ferris Bueller's
* ''[[The Wonder Years]]'' is reasonably seen as a Spiritual Successor to the movie ''[[Stand by Me]]'', both coming-of-age tales about boys on the cusp of adolescence, with voice-overs by the adult versions of the protagonists.
** It's also seen as a successor to ''[[A Christmas Story]]''.
** And don't forgot ''[[Boy Meets World]]'' which stars Ben Savage, the younger brother of Fred Savage, who was the main character in ''The Wonder Years''.
** ''[[Everybody Hates Chris]]'' could be seen as the African-American version of ''[[The Wonder Years]]''.
* ''[[Dead Set]]'' can be seen as the spiritual [[Prequel]] to ''[[28 Days Later]]'', showing how the disease spread in its first few days, and how society fell to the point that we see it in ''28 Days Later''.
** Actually, this can't be a case. Dead Set is about undead zombies, 28 Days Later is about rage-infected (but still living) victims who do not consume flesh.
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** ''[[Big Fish]]'' is also kinda similar to ''[[Forrest Gump]]''
* The 2007 movie ''[[Knocked Up]]'' is considered by many to be a spiritual sequel to ''[[The 40-Year-Old Virgin]]''. It was originally intended to be a direct sequel.
** And now a direct sequel to ''Knocked Up'' is in the works for a Christmas 2012 release.{{verify}}
* 1997's ''[[Fierce Creatures]]'' featured the same core cast and much of the same crew as 1988's ''[[A Fish Called Wanda]]'', and includes at least one explicit [[Shout-Out]] to the earlier film, although they are in no way connected to each other.
** The actors also play more-or-less similar characters, with Kevin Kline as a dimwitted egomaniac, Jamie Lee Curtis as seductive and manipulative, John Cleese as a stuffy square, and Michael Palin as a weird guy.
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