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Compare [[Spiritual Licensee]].
Contrast [[They Copied It, So It Sucks]], [[Dolled
The [[Inverted Trope|opposite]] is [[Spiritual Antithesis]], though it is possible to be [[Spiritual Successor]] to one work and [[Spiritual Antithesis]] to another at the same time.
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== Anime ==
* ''[[Kiddy Grade]]'' is a [[Spiritual Successor]] to ''[[Dirty Pair (Light Novel)|Dirty Pair]]'': both series revolve around a team of [[Lovely Angels|two young female]] operatives for a [[Heroes
* [[Keiko Takemiya]]'s ''[[Kaze to Ki no Uta (Manga)|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|OVAs]].
** Both of these series in turn are spiritual successors to ''In the Sunroom'', a lesser known manga of hers, which also have similar story elements of the two series mentioned above.
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* ''[[Air Gear (Manga)|Air Gear]]'' is a [[Spiritual Successor]] to the ''[[Jet Set Radio]]'' games. (The Korean [[MMORPG]] ''[[Street Gears Online]]'' appears to be a [[Spiritual Successor]] to both.)
* ''[[Xamd Lost Memories]]'' is an obvious [[Spiritual Successor]] to ''[[Eureka Seven]]''.
* Subverted to hell and back with ''[[Daitarn 3]]'', by [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]]. Similar name as the series that came before it, ''[[Zambot 3]]''? Check. Similar design for the robot? Check. Similar weapons like a "Sun Attack" which is almost identical to Zambot's "Moon Attack"? Check. Three main characters? Check. [[Kill
** Speaking of Tomino, ''[[Overman King Gainer]]'' is one to ''[[Combat Mecha Xabungle]]''.
** ''[[The Big O (Anime)|The Big O]]'' could be seen as a successor to Daitarn3, only using Batman instead of James Bond.
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* ''[[Durarara]]'' is this to ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano]]'', although the two are different in tone and setting, they share the same creator, the same "[[Loads and Loads of Characters]] with distinct plotlines on a collision course" writing style, and the same jazzy musical style.
** They also happen to share the universe, though taking place in different countries and decades apart, only two characters from the first make a brief cameo in the second.
* First, Junichi Sato directed ''[[Prétear]]'', a [[Magical Girl]] series that is (very) loosely based on "[[Snow White (Literature)|Snow White]]", and features a [[Redheaded Hero|Redheaded Heroine]] with a [[White
* ''[[Space Carrier Blue Noah]]'' to ''[[Space Battleship Yamato]]'', by the same producer.
* ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena (Anime)|Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' to ''[[Rose of Versailles]]''.
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* ''[[Tamayura]]'' is the spiritual successor to ''[[Kamichu]]''. Not only is the show about a tightly-knit group of teenage girls, with the mood, art style and theme practically lifted from its illustrious predecessor, but it also [[Real Place Background|takes place in Takehara]], an old town not far from ''[[Kamichu]]'s'' Onomichi and similar to Onomichi in many respects. Still, an argument could me made for ''[[Sketchbook]]'' as an influence, considering the age of the characters and the art theme (not to mention the opening).
* ''[[Nodame Cantabile]]'' is seen as the spiritual succesor to ''[[Honey and Clover]]''. Both are about students in art schools (drama ensues, obviously), both anime adaptations were made by the [[JC Staff|same studio]], with a very similar drawing style.
* People have started seeing ''[[Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple]]'' as a spiritual successor to ''[[Ranma One Half]]''. Granted, just think about it: a comic martial arts series with pretty [[Action Girl|Action Girls]], which results in lots of [[Fan Service]], a [[Love Dodecahedron]] and a [[Will They or Won't They?]] type of relationship between the protagonists. Sure, there's no [[Tsundere]] female character in here, but if it was, then it'd be called a rip off instead of a resemblant work.
* Several themes in ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Anime)|Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' can be traced to scriptwriter [[Gen Urobuchi]]'s afterword to the first volume of ''[[Fate Zero (Literature)|Fate Zero]]'', of which he was also the author.
** And to [[Bokurano]]
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* ''[[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure]]'' to ''[[Dragonball]]''.
* ''[[Spotted Flower (Manga)|Spotted Flower]]'' is one to ''[[Genshiken (Manga)|Genshiken]]'', both by the same author and focusing on the otaku culture, although there are subtle hints pointing that the former might be a true [[Sequel]] to the later, with the two of the main characters grown-up and married.
* ''[[Guilty Crown]]'': General consensus is that this series could be considered a partial one to ''[[Code Geass]]'', particularly in the beginning, given that it shares the same "resistance group taking on oppressive entity" premise. While Shu and Lelouch have very different personalities and interests, they are both 17-year old youths accompanied by mysterious girls (Inori and C.C. respectively, who also differ from each other) and capable of using mysterious powers. To a certain extent, it also doubles as a [[Whole
* ''[[Claymore]]'' and ''[[Vinland Saga]]'' are often said to be the spiritual successors of ''[[Berserk]]''. In fact, if you put ''Claymore'' and ''Vinland Saga'' [[X Meets Y|in a blender,]] you'd get a serving of ''Berserk''.
** Speaking of ''Berserk'', [[Kentaro Miura]] cites several works as his influences, but the series seems to take the most from ''[[Guin Saga (Light Novel)|Guin Saga]]'', ''[[Devilman]]'' and ''[[Violence Jack]]''.
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== Film ==
* ''[[Colombiana]]'' to ''[[The Professional]]''
* ''[[Parker Lewis Can't Lose]]'' is seen as the [[Spiritual Successor]] to the movie ''[[Ferris
* ''[[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]]''.
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* Both ''[[Babel (Film)|Babel]]'' and ''[[Twenty One Grams (Film)|Twenty One Grams]]'' which were directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu are considered the spiritual sequels of the Mexican film ''[[Amores Perros]]'' (also directed by him).
** The three films also share a screenwriter. The director and screenwriter consider the three films a trilogy.
* Mexican director Luis Estrada has made a series of satirical films depicting the country's ailments, starting with ''La Ley de Herodes'' depicting the political corruption, continuing with ''Un Mundo Maravilloso'' portraying the poverty of the people and finishing the trilogy with the upcoming ''Infierno'' that will deal with the violence of the drug cartels. All of them cast the actor [[Dami Ã]]¡n [[Alc Ã]]¡zar ([[Hey
* A sequel was planned for ''[[Blade Runner]]'', and after the script was rewritten and handed down through several different creative teams, it eventually reached the screen as ''[[Total Recall]]''. The same process led from ''[[Total Recall]]'' to ''[[Minority Report]]''.
** Not surprising since all three movies are based on works by ''[[Philip K Dick]]''.
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* ''[[Horrible Bosses]]'' to ''[[Office Space]]''. Both feature three men getting revenge on a boss and have [[Jennifer Aniston]] in a supporting role.
* ''[[The Hangover]]'' to ''[[Very Bad Things]]''. The former features nearly the exact same premise as the latter, but [[Lighter and Softer]] (for one, a baby replaces the dead hooker in ''The Hangover'').
* ''[[Halloween (Film)|Halloween]]'' is a [[Spiritual Successor]] to [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[Psycho (Film)|Psycho]]''. Not only does [[Jamie Lee Curtis|Janet Leigh's daughter]] play the [[Final Girl]], but the hero of the movie, Sam Loomis, has the [[
* [[Jerry Lewis]]'s comic style has been so influential in movies that many latter-day comedy film stars have been dubbed his successors. Pee-wee Herman, [[Jim Carrey]], and [[Adam Sandler]] have all been explicitly compared to Lewis.
* The plot points don't match up exactly, but 1999 Best Picture Academy Award winner ''[[American Beauty]]'' feels uncannily like a [[Darker and Edgier]] retelling of the 1955 [[Billy Wilder]] comedy ''[[The Seven Year Itch]]''. Both feature as their protagonists disillusioned, frustrated middle-aged men, [[Henpecked Husband|harassed by their wives]] and sick of their jobs, who develop a sexual fixation on a much younger woman (in the case of ''American Beauty'', ''[[Lolicon|much]]'', [[Lolicon|much younger]]); both men are prone to [[Imagine Spot|Imagine Spots]], as well. What makes this theory tricky to refute is that one of the producers of ''American Beauty'', while accepting his award, actually acknowledged Wilder as an influence; ostensibly he was probably referring to the {{spoiler|"dead man" narration}} from Wilder's ''[[Sunset Boulevard]]'' that he recycled for his own film, but he just might have been thinking of ''The Seven Year Itch'' too.
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* ''[[The Young Ones]]'' had two spiritual successors, ''[[Filthy Rich and Catflap]]'' and ''[[Bottom]]''.
** One of the live ''Bottom'' stage shows had them going back in time and reverting to their characters from ''The Young Ones''.
* [[Tokusatsu]] series ''[[Tomica Hero Rescue Force]]'' is the [[Spiritual Successor]] to ''[[Madan Senki Ryukendo]]'', made by the same people and sponsored by the same [[Merchandise
* ''Endurance'' was a clear successor to JD Roth's previous kids-reality show ''Moolah Beach''.
* ''[[I Carly]]'' is the spiritual successor to ''[[Drake and Josh]]''.
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* ''[[The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff]]'' (surreal [[Charles Dickens (Creator)|Dickensian]] parody written by Mark Evans) is a Spiritual [[Sound to Screen Adaptation]] of ''[[Bleak Expectations]]'' (surreal Dickensian parody written by Mark Evans).
* ''[[Homeland]]'' is a [[Spiritual Successor]] to ''[[Twenty Four|24]]''. In addition to sharing a lot of writers, executive producers and production staff, both shows are concerned with intelligence and counter-terrorism work, what motivates terrorists and double agents, the personal costs of such a life (both terrorists and counter-terrorism agents) and the lengths that both sides will go to. ''Homeland'', however, skips ''24'''s [[Real Time|major gimmick]].
* ''[[Downton Abbey]]'' can be considered a spiritual successor to ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs]]'', given the similar themes (both deal with the lives of a large aristocratic family and their servants, both are period pieces, and both feature numerous characters) that both shows share. As a bonus, Julian Fellowes, the creator of ''Downton'', even admits to his show being a successor to ''Upstairs Downstairs''.
** It can also be seen as a [[Spiritual Successor]] to Fellowes' film, ''[[Gosford Park]]''.
* ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' was a [[Spiritual Successor]] to an unrealised Mark Frost/David Lynch plan to dramatise the life of Marilyn Monroe. Both stories featured the mysterious death of a beautiful blonde with a murky secret life, all recounted in a secret diary. Lynch's film ''[[Blue Velvet]]'' could also be considered the spiritual ancestor of ''[[Twin Peaks]]''.
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** Fans of ''[[Prince of Persia]]'' are very confused by that notion, seeing as the two titles have almost nothing in common, gameplay and story wise.
* Some people consider the ''[[Ryu ga Gotoku|Yakuza]]'' series as a [[Spiritual Successor]] to ''[[Shenmue]]'', due to a shared publisher (Sega), a similar emphasis on hand-to-hand combat and time-killing minigames, and an elaborate, intricately-told story.
* Despite being a [[Beat
* ''[[Blaz Blue]]'' is a [[Spiritual Successor]] to ''[[Guilty Gear]]'', with more emphasis on offense and greater penalty for turtling. Early in development, [[Arc System Works]] received a lot of flak for basically just giving ''Guilty Gear'' a huge makeover.
* ''[[Guilty Gear]] 2: Overture'' is a spiritual successor to the ''[[Herzog Zwei|Herzog]]'' Real-Time-Strategy/Action hybrid games. Really.
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* ''[[Robo Warrior (Video Game)|Robo Warrior]]'' (''Bomber King'' in Japan) to ''[[Bomberman (Video Game)|Bomberman]]'', both developed by [[Hudson Soft]] and starring protagonists who use bombs as their main weapon (though ''RoboWarrior's'' hero also has a rather weak-by-comparison [[Arm Cannon]] in case he runs out of bombs).
* ''[[Nexus War]]'' to ''[[Urban Dead]]'', with the added twist that the former made off with a substantial chunk of the latter's ''player base'' when it came out. So not only does it have similar mechanics and interface, it's played by all the same people.
* ''[[Sigma Star Saga]]'' is considered this in regards to ''[[The Guardian Legend]]''. While both games are hybridizations of the [[Action Adventure]] and [[Shoot
* ''[[Super Robot Wars]] [[Super Robot Wars Original Generation|OG Saga:]] [[Endless Frontier]]'' is considered a [[Spiritual Successor]] to ''[[Namco X Capcom (Video Game)|Namco X Capcom]]''. Both games are developed by Monolith Soft, and shared a similar action-styled battle system, even though the latter game was structured like a [[Turn Based Strategy]] game, and the former being more a [[Eastern RPG]]. The kicker is though that the protagonists of ''[[Namco X Capcom (Video Game)|Namco X Capcom]]'', Reiji Arisu and Xiaomu, get caught up in the events of ''[[Endless Frontier]]'', while chasing down the [[Big Bad]] [[Not Quite Dead|they thought they had killed]] at the end of ''Namco X Capcom'', thus making the two games in continuity.
* ''[[Persona (Video Game)|Persona]]'' is an obvious spiritual successor to one-off [[Mega Ten]] [[Gaiden Game]] ''[[Shin Megami Tensei If|Shin Megami Tensei: If...]]'' -- most prominently in the first one, with a truly astounding number of parallels between the two games, but even later ones have some of this; if nothing else, the "persona" system remains a greatly revised and expanded version of the "guardian" system found in ''If...''.
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* ''[[Mars Matrix (Video Game)|Mars Matrix]]'' is a spiritual sequel to the ''[[Giga Wing]]'' games.
* ''[[Strikers 1945]] series'': Successor to the ''[[Aero Fighters]]'' series, but more [[Bullet Hell]]-ish.
* ''[[Border Down]]'': Successor to ''[[Metal Black]]'', a [[Shoot
* ''[[Hellgate London]]'' to ''[[Diablo]]''.
* ''[[Razing Storm]]'' is the spiritual sequel to ''Crisis Zone'', the [[Gaiden Game]] to ''[[Time Crisis]]''. Like ''Crisis Zone'', you use a machine gun instead of ''Time Crisis'''s handguns (though for bigger targets, you (automatically) switch to stronger weapons), and instead of hiding behind objects, you take cover behind a heavy-duty shield. ''Razing Storm'' has since been renamed ''Time Crisis: Razing Storm'' for its [[PS 3]] release.
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** Bu the same developers, the golf game ''Neo Turf Masters'' is a spiritual sequel to the ''Major Title'' series.
* The Konami arcade game ''M.I.A.: Missing In Action'' is pretty much an unofficial official sequel to ''[[Rush'n Attack]]'' (aka ''Green Beret''), using what is essentially a more advanced version of the same engine, but with a different setting (being set in Vietnam instead of Russia).
* Irem's ''[[Vigilante (Video Game)|Vigilante]]'' is pretty much a more advanced version of their earlier single-plane [[Beat
* ''Tear Ring Saga'', a Japanese-only strategy RPG for the [[Play Station]] designed by ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' creator Shozo Kaga, is practically an unofficial ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' sequel, to the point that Nintendo sued Kaga's company, Tirnanog, for copyrights infringement (but lost the case).
** One of the games in the series ''[[Fire Emblem the Sacred Stones (Video Game)|Sacred Stones]]'' is a successor to ''[[Fire Emblem Akaneia|Fire Emblem Gaiden]]'', featuring [[It's Easy, So It Sucks|unlimited XP, branching paths and a world map]]. The games have no connection in storyline, but are technically part of the same series, so this may or may not count.
* ''[[Gunstar Heroes]]'' was considered a spiritual successor to ''[[Contra|Contra III: The Alien Wars]]'' due to the fact that two of its main programmers worked on both games. In fact, it was the closest thing to a ''Contra'' game for the [[Sega Genesis]] before Konami decided to release ''Contra: Hard Corps''.
* ''[[Tetris the Grand Master]]'' is the spiritual successor to Sega's ''Tetris'' games, and borrows many elements such as the piece colors, the bottom-biased rotation system, fast sideways movement and soft drop, and piece lock delay (a feature present in all of Sega's ''Tetris'' games but not in Nintendo's, at least for a while).
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** In 2007, Konami released ''Brooktown High'' in English. It was an [[In Name Only]] successor to the ''Tokimeki Memorial'' series. It received mixed reviews and weak sales.
** ''Shira Oka: Second Chances'' was meant to be an unofficial fan-made spiritual successor to ''Tokimeki Memorial'', but in English. It began development around 2005, but the full game was not released to the public until December 2010. Therefore, the title of "first fan-made spiritual successor in English with a commercial release" goes to the independent game ''Summer Session''.
* ''Refazel'' was supposed to ''be'' the sequel to ''Ferazel's Wand''--hence the similar title. Sadly, the fellow who was in charge of the first game left Ambrosia Software shortly afterwards, and they wouldn't give him the sequel rights, so he made it into a sort of inverted [[Dolled
* The ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' video game by Bandai for the [[Super NES]] is a spiritual successor to the ''[[Choujin Sentai Jetman]]'' game by Angel for the [[Famicom]]. Not that surprising, considering [[Natsume]] developed both.
* ''[[The Sky Crawlers]]: Innocent Aces'', a Wii flight sim game made by Project Aces with [[WW 2]] like planes, is this to the ''[[Ace Combat]]'' series.
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* ''[[Moral Orel]]'' is an ironic- and ''very'' [[Black Comedy|dark]]- successor to ''[[Davey and Goliath]]''.
* ''[[Lloyd in Space]]'' and the 2010 reboot of ''[[Pound Puppies]]'' to ''[[Recess]]''
* ''[[Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends]]'' and ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' to ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''
* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' to ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]''
* ''[[The Flintstones]]'' to ''[[The Honeymooners]]'' deliberately.
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