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Post by Lance Uppercut on May 20, 2023 2:40:40 GMT -5
And it was so obvious, you’d think it odd that someone in that writers room should have noticed.
I say this as I’m watching last weeks episode of the simpsons and where Krispy decided to start a klown college.
He not only did that before, but homer was enrolled in that class. The infamous killing of the ham burglar.
Also, saved by the bell had two episodes centered around a Teen Line.
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Post by Non Banjoble Tokens on May 20, 2023 2:51:59 GMT -5
Ever notice how the Simpsons: Krusty Gets Busted has virtually the same plot as Garfield & Friends: Binky Goes Bad?
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Post by SmashTV on May 20, 2023 3:13:31 GMT -5
I think Frasier had two separate episodes that repeated plots - one where a gay character was interested in one of the leads and another where several people on a camping trip and were all interested in someone else’s partner....but nobody was interested in Frasier.
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Post by Bobeddy on May 20, 2023 3:16:21 GMT -5
Given that they tend to grab concepts from real life cases I'm surprised it hasn't happened more often, but I've seen two separate procedural crime shows with the exact same episode. In this case it was an episode of SVU and Cold Case that were the exact same beat for beat.
- Father convicted of committing arson and killing his two daughters.
Alternative theory is put forward where there was an accidental electrical fire in the kids room and the father tries to save the kids but by opening the door he caused oxygen to flood the room and the fire to spread.
- The fire marshall/inspector on the case dismisses the alternative theory
- Fire marshall is ultimately discredited when they are able to replicate the scenario.
- With the new scenario the father's name is cleared.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on May 20, 2023 4:31:28 GMT -5
The Simpsons have done about 398 versions of "Homer and Marge's marriage is in jeopardy"
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Post by thechase on May 20, 2023 4:37:26 GMT -5
David Wise was notorious for reusing plots for episodes he wrote for He-Man, TMNT, Transformers, Mighty Ducks etc
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on May 20, 2023 4:37:53 GMT -5
Given that they tend to grab concepts from real life cases I'm surprised it hasn't happened more often, but I've seen two separate procedural crime shows with the exact same episode. In this case it was an episode of SVU and Cold Case that were the exact same beat for beat. - Father convicted of committing arson and killing his two daughters. Alternative theory is put forward where there was an accidental electrical fire in the kids room and the father tries to save the kids but by opening the door he caused oxygen to flood the room and the fire to spread. - The fire marshall/inspector on the case dismisses the alternative theory - Fire marshall is ultimately discredited when they are able to replicate the scenario. - With the new scenario the father's name is cleared. That one's a ripped from the headlines case which'd explain the similarities. Though speaking of SVU, they did two separate episodes where a teenager who's been missing for years miraculously returns only for them to discover it's actually an impostor pretending to be them while the real one was actually killed by their sibling who they then have to save the impostor from. |
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Post by Glitch on May 20, 2023 7:40:22 GMT -5
To join in on the low hanging fruit that is the Simpsons, the show has two Treehouse of Horror episodes where the Simpsons deal with a zombie outbreak. The first was Treehouse III in 1992, which was about Bart casting a spell that causes the dead to rise. The second one was Treehouse XX in 2009, which is about tainted meat from Krusty burger causing a zombie virus. The first one is more in line with zombies films of the 80s, whereas the second seems to be about the resurgence of zombies in media that happened in the late 2000s. It was a recycled concept but I'll give credit for at least being about different eras of zombies.
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Post by chrom on May 20, 2023 7:49:10 GMT -5
This week on King of The Hill, Hank disapproves of Bobby's hobbies yet again.
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Post by Tiger Millionaire on May 20, 2023 8:07:31 GMT -5
Simpsons has been on almost 35 years, so I get them having some or many recycled plots. Just wish they would recycle the good ones and not Lisa is in a national contest and Homer does something stupid to jeopardize it(Spelling Bee, Scrabble, Singing).
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Post by BlackoutCreature on May 20, 2023 8:15:56 GMT -5
Star Trek would do this a lot between it's various series. The most egregious example of this is probably Enterprises' "E2", where about ninety percent of the plot is almost identical to DS9's "Children of Time".
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Post by tirtefaa on May 20, 2023 8:34:59 GMT -5
This week on King of The Hill, Hank disapproves of Bobby's hobbies yet again. I prefer that to "new neighbors (who only show up in this episode) who Hank has conflict with" episodes. |
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Post by agent817 on May 20, 2023 8:38:08 GMT -5
You could say a lot of the shows from Peter Engel recycled plots. "Saved by the Bell," "California Dreams," "City Guys," each show had a plot involving one of the lead female characters taking performance drugs and it affected them a lot. I can't say "Hang Time" had it because I never watched it, but I saw episodes of the other aforementioned shows and each had an episode like that.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on May 20, 2023 8:39:55 GMT -5
Star Trek would do this a lot between it's various series. The most egregious example of this is probably Enterprises' "E 2", where about ninety percent of the plot is almost identical to DS9's "Children of Time". TOS loved to recycle their plots so much it sometimes felt like they just alternated between God People, Evil Computers, and Starfleet Captains/Admirals Gone Crazy, usually with a subjugated pre-warp civilisation thrown in for good measure. |
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Post by James Fabiano on May 20, 2023 9:02:43 GMT -5
Phelous has talked a lot about this, when it comes to Spider-Man '67 and Rocket Robin Hood. And recently Spider-Man '81 and Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends.
COPS and G.I. Joe both had "factions team up against drug lord" plots. Not coincidentally, both were being produced by DiC by then.
Stretching, but Ghosts (CBS) had an episode that hit most of the same points as Flower's Article. Except it was about a podcast about Alberta. But yes, both had the main subject afraid to share a secret in the article/podcast.
Rock and Rule basically being an expanded, theatrical, more adult Devil and Daniel Mouse. (both Nelvana too)
Star Wars (or Episode IV/A New Hope, if you prefer) and SW Ep. VII: The Force Awakens ;-)
I think Family Feud in various incarnations recycled surveys time to time.
Batman Returns borrowing the Penguin mayor angle from Batman '66. I think the Joker defaced a museum on the series too, actually!
The Goldbergs where they parody an 80s movie.
The Three's Company where there's a misunderstanding.
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Post by Feyrhausen on May 20, 2023 9:36:18 GMT -5
Star Trek would do this a lot between it's various series. The most egregious example of this is probably Enterprises' "E 2", where about ninety percent of the plot is almost identical to DS9's "Children of Time". If I am thinking of the correct DS9 episode then John Byrne got some flak for also using that plot for his photonovel Star Trek comics series. He defended himself with the argument that he has never really watched any Star Trek except the original. John Ritter said that he knew it was time to wrap up Threes Company when they did the “hide a pet from the landlord” episode. In defense of the Frasier and gay suitors mistakes the episodes were completely different except for the basic starting point of a gay man mistaking Frasier for gay as well. |
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on May 20, 2023 9:51:23 GMT -5
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Post by ace on May 20, 2023 10:43:31 GMT -5
Smackdown has been recycling Roman doesn’t trust an Uso and everything ends up fine and no one loses anyway over and over and over and over for years.
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Post by Savage Gambino on May 20, 2023 10:50:33 GMT -5
Law and Order: SVU, full stop. While I accept that a show entering it's FOURTH decade, with over five hundred episodes, is bound to run out of material eventually, and you can only do so many "ripped from the headlines" episodes, I've seen some episodes that were such beat-for-beat retreads that I only realized it was a different episode because it had a different special guest star.
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Post by SmashTV on May 20, 2023 11:45:07 GMT -5
As much as I love them, a lot of Pixar plots are ‘something is missing/where it shouldn’t be and needs to be returned to its rightful place.’
Up
Toy Story 1 and 2
Monsters Inc
Finding Nemo/Dory
Inside Out
To name a few.
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