History WebVideo / TheBadMovieBible

* FountainOfExpies: [[invoked]] ''Borrowing Blockbusters'' has so far covered MayTheFarceBeWithYou, TerminatorImpersonator, TuxedoAndMartini and XenomorphXerox.

* FountainOfExpies: [[invoked]] Some episodes touch on which famous characters in a given blockbuster are often Xeroxed for {{Mockbuster}}s.
** ''Jaws''' characters are broken down by name and narrative purpose, and it's noted when clones tend to play with their role; i.e. [[SuitWithVestedInterests Mayor Vaughn]] expies tend to be eaten by the beast, and [[TheSmartGuy Hooper]] expies are often [[GenderFlip Gender Flipped]].

* ScreenToStageAdaptation: ''Terminator the Second'', a stage adaptation of ''Film/Terminator2'' where all dialogue is replaced by dialogue from Creator/WilliamShakespeare plays, is given special mention.

* StockFootage: Creator/RogerCorman films' frequent reuse of stock footage from his earlier movies is pointed out often. One particular sequence of a spaceship from ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars'' is seen in half a dozen other sci-fi films.

** ''Borrowing Blockbusters: The Best, Worst and Weirdest Star Wars Knock Offs'' showcases several early cash-ins made in Italy and Japan before ''Star Wars'' released in those territories, so the creators didn't have much to work with beyond the "space adventure" theme. They draw visual inspiration from ''Series/StarTrek'' instead.

** ''Borrowing Blockbusters: The Best, Worst and Weirdest Star Wars Knock Offs'' showcases two early cash-ins made in Italy and Japan before ''Star Wars'' released in those territories, so the creators didn't have much to work with beyond the "space adventure" theme. They draw visual inspiration from ''Series/StarTrek'' instead.

** The splicing of reused footage from other movies in ''[[{{Film/Carnosaur}} Carnosaur 3: Primal Species]]'' is shown to be so poorly done that much of it feature revealing frames from adjacent shots.

** 1997's ''Hybrid'' features a montage at the beginning comprised of footage lifted directly from ''Film/GalaxyOfTerror'', ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars'', ''Star Hunter'', ''Film/Earthquake'', ''Fatal Justice'', ''Biohazard: The Alien Force'', ''The Great Los Angeles Earthquake'', and ''Film/ForbiddenWorld''.

->"Whatever the reason, Michael Dudikoff, Steven Seagal, Andrew Divoff, Bryan Genesse, Ice-T and others have each appeared in half a dozen or so ''Try Hard''s, while Eric Roberts has played multiple [=McClanes=], Grubers and every character in between. It's almost like this little subgenre has its own repertory company."

* InNameOnly: Occasionally movies featured will only copy the name or iconic imagery of a movie they're ripping off such as twofer ''Film/ShockingDark'', originally released as ''Terminator 2'' in Italy but is instead a blatant SerialNumbersFiledOff expy of ''{{Film/Aliens}}''.

** ''Jaws''' characters are broken down by name and narrative purpose, and it's noted when clones tend to play with their role; i.e. [[SuitWithVestedInterests Mayor Vaughn]] expies tend to be eaten by the beast, and [[TheSmartGuy Hooper]] expies are often GenderFlipped.

* DirectToVideo: Invoked; many films featured were part of the genre boom driven by the VHS rental market.

* FountainOfExpies: Invoked; some episodes touch on which famous characters in a given blockbuster are often Xeroxed for {{Mockbuster}}s.

* MisaimedMerchandising: Invoked; an ''Alien'' action figure commercial aimed at children is shown in ''The Best Worst Alien Knock-Offs of the 1990s and Beyond'', as well as interviews with families who saw the film early in its run and believed it was going to be the next ''Star Wars''. One features a child [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids discouraging his friends from seeing it]], and another features a father who believed it was important that children see the movie so [[DayDreamBeliever they are prepared for such possible situations in reality]].
* ProductionPosse: In-universe, of sorts; the second ''Die Hard'' episode notes actors that tend to pop up in this particular breed of knock-off.

* TroubledProduction: Invoked; they have two videos chronicling the rocky productions of ''Film/SpaceMutiny'' and ''Ninja III: The Domination''.

* DirectToVideo: Many films featured were part of the genre boom driven by the VHS rental market.

* FountainOfExpies: Some episodes touch on which famous characters in a given blockbuster are often Xeroxed for {{Mockbuster}}s.

* MisaimedMerchandising: An ''Alien'' action figure commercial aimed at children is shown in ''The Best Worst Alien Knock-Offs of the 1990s and Beyond'', as well as interviews with families who saw the film early in its run and believed it was going to be the next ''Star Wars''. One features a child [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids discouraging his friends from seeing it]], and another features a father who believed it was important that children see the movie so [[DayDreamBeliever they are prepared for such possible situations in reality]].
* ProductionPosse: Of sorts; the second ''Die Hard'' episode notes actors that tend to pop up in this particular breed of knock-off.

* TroubledProduction: They have two videos chronicling the rocky productions of ''Film/SpaceMutiny'' and ''Ninja III: The Domination''.

* StockFootage: One particular sequence of a spaceship from ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars'' is seen in half a dozen other sci-fi films, usually other Creator/RogerCorman movies.

* StockFootage: Especially prevalent in ''Star Wars'' knock-offs, where the same spaceship footage appears in nearly a dozen different movies, and not always legally.

* DirectToVideo: Most films featured were part of the genre boom driven by the VHS rental market.

* DieHardOnAnX: The ''Borrowing Blockbusters: The Best, Worst & Weirdest Die Hard Knock Offs'' is broken up into:

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