History Main / PropRecycling

** Speaking of ''Harry Potter'', sections of the Diagon Alley set were redressed and rearranged for the barricade scenes in the new ''Film/LesMiserables''.

** In ''SuperRobotWarsW'', a sprite of the (broken) TokyoTower used on a ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' chapter is later re-used as a (broken) EiffelTower for a ''Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}}'' one. Except ''the Eiffel Tower isn't red''.
** ''W'' in general reused a lot of sprites from series' it shared with ''[[SuperRobotWarsJudgment Super Robot Wars J''. ''[[SuperRobotWarsK K]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsL L]]'' also did the same. Most of the games did however add to or improved the animations and effects for many attacks. J is the first game using that engine.

* The ColdWar DayOfTheJackboot mini-series ''{{Amerika}}'' has the DirtyCommunists flying over the United States in helicopters reused from ''Film/BlueThunder''. Except they're [[BlackHelicopter no longer blue]].
* Most of the set from the failed 2001 revival of ''CardSharks'' was reused for ''[[Series/{{Whammy}} Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck]]'', as was announcer Gary Kroeger.

* Anyone who played {{Rayman 2}} will probably notice that a certain very characteristic texture of grating was reused for walls that Pey'j from {{Beyond Good and Evil}} can cut with his tool.

* One of ''{{Ultraman}}'s'' earliest monster battles was against Jirass, a monster that was very clearly a old Franchise/{{Godzilla}} costume painted green and a neck frill added. Said frill is ripped off very early in the fight, presumably because the scriptwriters knew they wouldn't be fooling anybody.

** In ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'', the SixthRanger's TransformationTrinket was actually the Trinket from ''GoseiSentaiDairanger'', a series that didn't get a ''Power Rangers'' equivalent (though its HumongousMecha and SixthRanger were used in the second season of ''[[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Mighty Morphin']]'').

* ''KamenRider''
** The franchise has recycled settings several times the last couple of series. That river under the bridge? The construction site full of concrete pipes? That building with all the windows? {{Tokusatsu}} in general is kind of bad about this. Despite every ''KamenRider'' and ''SuperSentai'' series supposedly using a distinct set of enemies and for the most part being distinct some costumes have clearly been used in at least a dozen series over the years. There's one in particular (yellowy brown with lots of spiky appendages sticking out) that seems to have been used at least once every couple of years since the early nineties.
** ''KamenRiderDecade'' has this built right in naturally. Decade can turn into past Riders, [[TheRival Diend]] can summon copies of them, and visiting AlternateUniverse versions of past series allowed the re-use of Rider '''and''' MonsterOfTheWeek costumes and props. In a smaller example, Diend's card holder originally belonged to [[KamenRiderDenO Kamen Rider Zeronos]], the only change being a small disc with Diend's logo being put on the front.
** ''KamenRiderRyuki'' borrows the masks of the [[Series/JikuuSenshiSpielban Kinclons]] / [[Series/VRTroopers Skugs]].
* ''Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon'' is another Toku example in that one set of Mooks is togged out in long robes and hoods over some very familiar masks: the Golem Hei/Putty Patrollers from ''KyoryuSentaiZyuranger''/''MightyMorphinPowerRangers''.

* Given ''{{Ultraman}}'' is made by Toho like ''{{Godzilla}}'' , it's not surprising [[http://www.historyvortex.org/LostGodzilla.html some monster costumes were recycled]].
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* ''Series/The [[Series/TheTwilightZone Twilight Zone]]'' is famous for recycling pieces of the set. Some examples:

** ''KamenRiderRyuki'' borrows the masks of the [[JikuuSenshiSpielban Kinclons]] / [[Series/VRTroopers Skugs]].

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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Escape from Planet Earth}}'', some of the aliens from ''WesternAnimation/{{Planet 51}}'' including Eckle were recycled as Baabians. For example, Kip was a recycled version of Eckle. The Baabians had their bodies, clothing, skins and everything else refurbished. The Baabians are almost identical to the original version of the Planet 51 aliens.

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* The monster penis from ''TromeoAndJuliet'' is reused in ''Citizen Toxie: Film/TheToxicAvenger IV''.

** ''KamenRiderRyuki'' borrows the masks of the [[JikuuSenshiSpielban Kinclons]] / [[VRTroopers Skugs]].

* Old Tucson Studios. Built initially for the movie ''Arizona'' in 1939, its buildings were used as the sets of countless [[TheWestern Western]] television shows and movies, including episodes of ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}'', ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'', ''{{Bonanza}}'', and ''Series/HaveGunWillTravel''. It is also a tourist attraction, though most of the original sets were lost in a fire.

* ''BattlefieldPlay4Free'', in addition to reusing levels from ''Battlefield 2'', also reuses weapons and vehicles from it, as well as from ''VideoGame/BattlefieldBadCompany'' and, after it came out, ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield 3}}''.

** And the other way around: robot drones from ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' had the same design as the "V-headed" [[TheZetaProject Zeta]] model that first appeared in ''Batman Beyond''.

* Various {{Metroidvania}} entries in the {{Castlevania}} series (especially [[CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Rondo of Blood]], SymphonyOfTheNight, the DS games and [[CastlevaniaHarmonyOfDespair Harmony of Despair]]) have been known to take the same spriteset for an enemy and possibly just put in some more shading at most. For example, take a look at all the similar [[http://castlevania.wikia.com/wiki/Werewolf Werewolf sprites]].