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* ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'' runs on this, as the titular dog compares events in his life to stories like ''Romeo and Juliet'' and ''Cyrano de Bergerac''.

* ''Film/BallofFire'' was said by WordofGod to be based on the Seven Dwarves

* The film ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' begins with the eponymous ogre reading a traditional fairy tale and saying "Like that's ever going to happen." Despite the fact that the film is a parody of fairy tales, that plot is roughly the one used in the film.

* The 1995 adaptation of ''Literature/ALittlePrincess'' threads in bits of the ''{{Literature/Ramayana}}'' by making it Sara Crewe's favorite book. The strong implication is that King Rama's story mirrors Captain Crewe's—the two characters are even [[AndYouWereThere played by the same actor]].

An Allegory Adventure is a creative work in which the characters, plot, or both parallel those in another creative work. It isn't a WholePlotReference, because the reenacted story is acknowledged -- sometimes as fiction, other times as [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis a record of real events]]. In fact, there is usually an explicit connection between the two stories.

The characters in an Allegory Adventure might be [[CaptainErsatz clones]] of those in the story being imitated, or some of them might actually ''be'' those characters. In the latter case, expect to see the LiteraryAgentHypothesis in effect. In either case, the events in the Allegory Adventure are likely to be suspiciously similar to the the ones in the story being aped-- but don't expect anyone to notice.

An AllegoryAdventure is a creative work in which the characters, plot, or both parallel those in another creative work. It isn't a WholePlotReference, because the reenacted story is acknowledged -- sometimes as fiction, other times as [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis a record of real events]]. In fact, there is usually an explicit connection between the two stories.

The characters in an AllegoryAdventure might be [[CaptainErsatz clones]] of those in the story being imitated, or some of them might actually ''be'' those characters. In the latter case, expect to see the LiteraryAgentHypothesis in effect. In either case, the events in the Allegory Adventure are likely to be suspiciously similar to the the ones in the story being aped-- but don't expect anyone to notice.

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* ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'' runs on this, as the titular dog compares events in his life to stories like ''Romeo and Juliet'' and ''Cyrano de Bergac''.

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* The character Nemo from ''NadiaAndTheSecretOfBlueWater'' apparently named himself after Verne's Captain Nemo.

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* The film ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' begins with the eponymous ogre reading a traditional fairy tale and saying "Like that's ever going to happen." Despite the fact that the film is a parody of fairy tales, that plot is roughly the one used in the film.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' has an in-universe example, as [[spoiler:the entire plot of the film was a metaphor for Finn's playtime in his dad's study.]] But it's notably ambiguous just how much the movie conforms to this trope.

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* In Jackie Chan's ''Film/TheForbiddenKingdom'', a teenager obsessed with kung fu movies is transported to ancient China, where he must return the Ruyi Jingu Bang to the Monkey King.
* The 1995 adaptation of ''Literature/ALittlePrincess'' threads in bits of the ''{{Literature/Ramayana}}'' by making it Sara Crewe's favorite book. The strong implication is that King Rama's story mirrors Captain Crewe's—the two characters are even [[AndYouWereThere played by the same actor]].
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* In Jackie Chan's ''TheForbiddenKingdom'', a teenager obsessed with kung fu movies is transported to ancient China, where he must return the Ruyi Jingu Bang to the Monkey King.

* The 1995 adaptation of ''Literature/ALittlePrincess'' threads in bits of the ''Literature/Ramayana'' by making it Sara Crewe's favorite book. The strong implication is that King Rama's story mirrors Captain Crewe's—the two characters are even [[AndYouWereThere played by the same actor]].

* In the 1995 adaptation of ''Literature/ALittlePrincess'' threads in bits of the ''Literature/Ramayana'' by making it Sara Crewe's favorite book. The strong implication is that King Rama's story mirrors Captain Crewe's—the two characters are even [[AndYouWereThere played by the same actor]].

* In ''OrangesAreNotTheOnlyFruit'', the fairy tales that pepper the text usually mirror Jeanette's life in some fashion.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' has an in-universe example, as [[spoiler:the entire plot of the film was a metaphor for Finn's playtime in his dad's study.]]

* The film ''{{Shrek}}'' begins with the eponymous ogre reading a traditional fairy tale and saying "Like that's ever going to happen." Despite the fact that the film is a parody of fairy tales, that plot is roughly the one used in the film.

An AllegoryAdventure is a creative work in which the characters, plot, or both parallel those in another creative work. It isn't a FableRemake, because the reenacted story is acknowledged -- sometimes as fiction, other times as [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis a record of real events]]. In fact, there is usually an explicit connection between the two stories.

* In ''Literature/SomeoneElsesWar'', [[KidHero Matteo]] compares himself, at one point, to the East African folk story of Shing'weng'we, a monster who devoured everyone in the world until a brave young boy he forgot to swallow slits open his belly and frees everyone. ''Literature/SomeoneElsesWar'' is about a [[ChildSoldiers child soldier]] trying to free fellow child soldiers from the [[ChurchMilitant Lord's Resistance Army]].

An AllegoryAdventure is a creative work in which the characters, plot, or both parallel those in some other creative work. It isn't a FableRemake, because the story being reenacted is acknowledged to exist-- sometimes as fiction, other times as [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis a record of real events]]. In fact, there is usually an explicit connection between the two stories.

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* In the 2001 miniseries ''The Lost Empire'', a Chinese-literature expert joins forces with with the Monkey King, Friar Sand, and Monk Pig to save the kidnapped Wu Chen'en (author of ''{{Journey to the West}}'').

* In the 2001 miniseries ''The Lost Empire'', a Chinese-literature expert joins forces with with the Monkey King, Friar Sand, and Monk Pig to save the kidnapped Wu Chen'en (author of ''{{Journey to the West}}'').
* In Jackie Chan's ''TheForbiddenKingdom'', a teenager obsessed with kung fu movies is transported to ancient China, where he must return the Ruyi Jingu Bang to the Monkey King.
* The film ''{{Shrek}}'' begins with the eponymous ogre reading a traditional fairy tale and saying "Like that's ever going to happen." Despite the fact that the film is a parody of fairy tales, that plot is roughly the one used in the film.