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* Although they are quite different stylistically, ''[[Samurai Champloo]]'' has several episodes that have similar plots to those of another [[Jidai Geki]] anime, ''[[Kazemakase Tsukikage Ran]]''. Both have episodes that homage ''[[Yojimbo]]'', an episode where an artist wanting one of the characters to model is a front for a sex slavery ring, and both have the main cast interacting with one of the few foreigners in Japan during that period.

* ''The Simpsons'' often has recycled themes of its past episodes, entirely unintentionally (the writers have lost track of what's going on; no one can tell Lou from Eddie). Homer has dressed up as Santa repeatedly, Homer has twice become a Smithers, family members have switched religions and Marge used Reverend Lovejoy's help to get them back, the Simpsons have gone on vacations full of gags based on the location with a third act involving them in danger, Lisa has been upstaged by a peer twice while Homer is involved in a wacky scheme to make money off of a fatty food additive, Lisa has gone to a better school to find out she's been challenged, a Simpson kid has become Krusty's assistant, both children have won parent-constructed project contests based on the fact that their father's job on them looks so shoddy that it "obviously" was done with no help from their parents; the line "There's a New Mexico" is said once in season five, again in season twelve. Professor Frink has become a suave casa nova. Some of these ''might'' be running jokes. Who knows?

* ''[[Body of Proof]]'' has been criticized for basically being a generic combination of ''[[Bones]]'' (female medical examiner with [[No Social Skills]]) and ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' (snarky doctor with mild disability).

* The ''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series]]'' episode "One Of Our Planets Is Missing" is basically a reworking of the [[Star Trek: The Original Series|Original Series]] episode "The Immunity Syndrome," but this time done in such a way that the science mostly makes sense.