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A film based, sometimes loosely, on a television series. Like [[The Film of the Book]], with one subtle difference. Unlike [[The Movie]] and the [[Reunion Show]], which feature the original cast of ([[The Remake|whatever incarnation of]]) the series, these most often happen when the series in question has been off the air for a while, giving it a new cast and updated sensibilities and commonly take place in an [[Alternate Continuity]] from the original. Sometimes, though, as ''[[
Usually, these adaptations will raise the stakes and use a more traditional "heroes saving the day" style of plot to ensure that it's a [[Big Damn Movie]]. Contrast with [[The Movie]], compare with [[Continuity Reboot]]. A subtrope of [[The Remake]].
These were especially popular in [[The Nineties]].
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|''[[Doctor Who]]''||1963-89;
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|''[[Dragnet]]''||1949-59||''Dragnet''||1987||Film was an [[Affectionate Parody]] of the original. Harry Morgan plays his character from the 1967-70 [[Revival]] series.
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|''[[
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|''[[The Fugitive (TV series)|The Fugitive]]''||1963-67||''[[The Fugitive (
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|''[[Car 54, Where Are You?]]''||1961-63||''Car 54, Where Are You?''||1994||Filmed in 1990 but not released until 1994, the film basicly tried to turn ''Car 54'' into a ''[[Police Academy]]'' type movie. Original cast members Al Lewis and Nipsey Russell appeared as their original characters.
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|''[[The Flintstones]]''||1960-66||''[[The Flintstones (
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|''[[Maverick (TV series)|Maverick]]''||1957-62||''[[Maverick (
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|''[[
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|''[[The Phil Silvers Show]]''||1955-59||''Sgt. Bilko''||1996||[[Steve Martin]] starred as Sgt. Bilko.
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|''[[Mission: Impossible (TV series)|Mission Impossible]]''||1966-73||''[[Mission: Impossible (
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|''[[George of the Jungle]]''||1967||''[[George of the Jungle (
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|''[[Leave It to Beaver]]''||1957-63||''Leave It To Beaver''||1997||
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|''[[McHales Navy]]''||1962-66||''McHale's Navy''||1997||Tom Arnold played McHale. Ernest Borgnine returns as the original McHale, now an admiral, and Arnold is his son, but we're not told these facts until the final scene; Borgnine's McHale uses a codename.
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|''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]''||1961-69||''[[The Avengers (1998
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|''[[Lost in Space]]''||1965-68||''Lost in Space''||1998||Most of the original cast have cameos in early scenes set on Earth.
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|''[[Inspector Gadget]]''||1983-86||''[[Inspector Gadget (
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|''[[
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|''[[My Favorite Martian (TV)]]''||1963-66||''My Favorite Martian''||1999||
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|''[[The Wild Wild West (TV series)|The Wild Wild West]]''||1965-69||''[[Wild Wild West (
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|''[[Charlie's
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|''[[I Spy]]''||1965-68||''I Spy''||2002||
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|''[[Scooby
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|''[[Starsky and Hutch (TV series)|Starsky and Hutch]]''||1975-79||''[[Starsky and Hutch (
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|''[[Thunderbirds]]''||1965-68||''Thunderbirds''||2004||Series was [[Supermarionation]]; film is live action. The art direction was the only part that was a faithful adaptation.
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|''[[
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|''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]''||1979-85||''The Dukes of Hazzard''||2005||R-rated parody remake of the family friendly TV series with Bo and Luke dumbed down, Boss Hogg and Uncle Jessie slimmed down and Sherrif Roscoe still dumb but more menacing.
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|''[[Miami Vice]]''||1984-90||''Miami Vice''||2006||
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|''[[Land of the Lost (TV series)|Land of the Lost]]''||1974-76||''[[Land of the Lost (
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|''[[Star Trek:
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|''[[Edge of Darkness (TV series)|Edge of Darkness]]''||1985||''[[Edge of Darkness (2010
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|''[[Yogi Bear
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|''[[21 Jump Street (TV series)|Twenty One Jump Street]]''||1987-91||''[[21 Jump Street (
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|''[[Dark Shadows (TV series)|Dark Shadows]]''||1966-71||''[[Dark Shadows (
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|''[[
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|''[[The Equalizer]]''||1985-89|| ||2013||(projected)
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|''[[MacGyver]]''||1985-92|| ||2013||(projected; currently{{when}} in [[Development Hell]] due to [[Author Existence Failure|executive producer's death]])
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|''[[Gilligan's
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|''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica
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|''[[Magnum,
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|''[[The Prisoner]]''||1967|| ||?||Release year unknown as of March 2018. Project announced in 2016 with [[Ridley Scott]] as the director.
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* Semi-example: The 1987 film ''[[The Untouchables]]'' was pitched as the film of the 1950s TV series, but the director and writer went back to the original historical source material, then completely ignored that history and made up a totally fictional story. Coming full circle, it was adapted into a syndicated [[Revival]] series six years later.
* Despite what you might think, the [[Transformers Film Series|live action]] ''[[Transformers]]'' films are not an example as it's not based exclusively on the original series, but just the latest part of a franchise that actually
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