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* ''Film/BladeRunner'', being the original source of just about all of the seminal {{Cyberpunk}} tropes, along with the CyberpunkWithAChanceofRain FutureNoir setting. Although it didn't itself inspire the term "cyberpunk",[[note]]which predates the film by about a year[[/note]], many instantly connected the term with ''Blade Runner's'' visual style.

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* ''Film/BladeRunner'', being the original source of just about all of the seminal {{Cyberpunk}} tropes, along with the CyberpunkWithAChanceofRain [[CyberpunkWithAChanceofRain FutureNoir setting.setting]]. Although it didn't itself inspire the term "cyberpunk",[[note]]which predates the film by about a year[[/note]], many instantly connected the term with ''Blade Runner's'' visual style.

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* ''Film/BladeRunner'', being the original source of most of the seminal {{Cyberpunk}} tropes, namely, the now cliched CyberpunkWithAChanceofRain.

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* ''Film/BladeRunner'', being the original source of most just about all of the seminal {{Cyberpunk}} tropes, namely, along with the now cliched CyberpunkWithAChanceofRain.
CyberpunkWithAChanceofRain FutureNoir setting. Although it didn't itself inspire the term "cyberpunk",[[note]]which predates the film by about a year[[/note]], many instantly connected the term with ''Blade Runner's'' visual style.

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* ''Franchise/StarTrek'' (too numerous to list them all)
** TheSpock
** BadassCrew/The Legendary Starship Crew that somehow stays together forever.
** TheMainCharactersDoEverything/The senior officers do just about everything.
** The RedShirt
** It's "WagonTrainToTheStars".
** TheGoodCaptain is Literature/HoratioHornblower...InSpace.
** The MildlyMilitary space organization.
** [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Green Skinned Space Babes]] and the starship captains who love them.




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* ''Film/BladeRunner'', being the original source of most of the seminal {{Cyberpunk}} tropes, namely, the now cliched CyberpunkWithAChanceofRain.
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* For a while in TheNewTens, Any NintendoHard video game drew comparisons to ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' to the point where it's become cliche to refer to something as "X meets ''Dark Souls''" or "The ''Dark Souls'' of X" when a franchise entry spikes in difficulty. However, there's been [[DiscreditedMeme pushback against this]], with many pointing out that ''Dark Souls'' was far from the first difficult video game; after all, the trope gets its name from the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem. Still, many credit ''Dark Souls'' with demonstrating that demand did exist for more difficult games after roughly two decades of games becoming steadily easier, which led to other developers catering to players seeking more of a challenge.

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* For a while in TheNewTens, Any NintendoHard video game drew comparisons to ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' to the point where it's become cliche to refer to something as "X meets ''Dark Souls''" or "The ''Dark Souls'' of X" when a franchise entry spikes in difficulty. However, there's been [[DiscreditedMeme pushback against this]], with many pointing out that ''Dark Souls'' was far from the first difficult video game; after all, the trope gets its name from the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem.Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem. Still, many credit ''Dark Souls'' with demonstrating that demand did exist for more difficult games after roughly two decades of games becoming steadily easier, which led to other developers catering to players seeking more of a challenge.
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* {{Animated Shock Comedy}} shows are often compared to ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', to the point where the former name of the trope was All Adult Animation is South Park.

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* {{Animated Shock Comedy}} shows are often compared to ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', to the point where the trope's former name of the trope was All Adult Animation is South Park.
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* WizardingSchool ([[Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians or any place where magical children go to train]]) will be invariably compared to ''Literature/HarryPotter''

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* WizardingSchool ([[Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians or any place where magical children go to train]]) will be invariably compared to ''Literature/HarryPotter''''Literature/HarryPotter''.
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* WizardingSchool, [[Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians or otherwise any place where magical children go to train]] will be invariably compared to ''Literature/HarryPotter''

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* WizardingSchool, [[Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians WizardingSchool ([[Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians or otherwise any place where magical children go to train]] train]]) will be invariably compared to ''Literature/HarryPotter''
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* Any BlobMonster will draw comparisons to the original ''Film/{{The Blob|1958}}'' and its amorphous, voracious space amoeba.
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* ''Series/FamilyMatters'': Though there are earlier famous examples, a character as flamboyantly nerdish as Steve Urkel, an ExtravertedNerd character often sparked comparisons to ''Family Matters'', for some time after the show.

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* ''Series/FamilyMatters'': Though there are earlier famous examples, a character as flamboyantly nerdish as Steve Urkel, an ExtravertedNerd character a StereotypicalNerd character, often sparked comparisons to ''Family Matters'', Matters'' for some time after the show.
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* Since 1954, you can't make a {{Kaiju}} movie without ''Film/{{Godzilla}}'' being brought to mind.

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* Since 1954, you can't make a {{Kaiju}} movie without ''Film/{{Godzilla}}'' ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' being brought to mind.
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* Any PlatformFighter will be compared to ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''.

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* Any PlatformFighter will be compared to ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''.''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', especially if it is also a MascotFighter or MassiveMultiplayerCrossover.
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* In TheNineties, FirstPersonShooter games were often compared to ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'', with the term "Doom clone" often used to refer to the genre as a whole. This died out after after shooters diversified in design enough to avoid immediate comparisons to ''Doom'', and the term "First-Person Shooter" was coined in order to give a name to the genre without needing to invoke ''Doom''.
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* When you see a SongParody, you probably immediately think of Music/WeirdAlYankovic. It's probably why so many of them are [[MisattributedSong misattributed to him]].

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* When you see a SongParody, you probably immediately think of Music/WeirdAlYankovic. It's probably why so many of them are [[MisattributedSong misattributed to him]].
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** It's not to see TheCape without thinking of ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}''. The same is true of TheCowl and ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}''. It's rare to see these tropes played entirely straight unless they're a deliberate homage, parody, or {{Expy}}.

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** It's not hard to see TheCape without thinking of ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}''. The same is true of TheCowl and ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}''. It's rare to see these tropes played entirely straight unless they're a deliberate homage, parody, or {{Expy}}.
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* Any use of the ForbiddenLove trope will invariably draw comparisons to ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''.

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* Any use of the ForbiddenLove trope will invariably draw comparisons to ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''.

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