Ripoffs
These are shows or movies that are amazingly similar and borrow a lot of elements. (sometimes it could be mutual if they are concurrent long running shows) Pretty much anything by the Asylum is a rip-off but that is deliberate and obvious.
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- CreatorTim KringStarsJill HennessyMiguel FerrerRavi KapoorBrash, stubborn and resourceful ME Jordan Cavanaugh revives her career in Boston, occasionally breaking the rules and ticking off the cops or her co-workers. On the home front, she gets crime-solving help from her retired-cop dad.Ripped off by: Bones
- CreatorHart HansonStarsEmily DeschanelDavid BoreanazMichaela ConlinF.B.I. Special Agent Seeley Booth teams up with the Jeffersonian's top anthropologist, Dr. Temperance Brennan, to investigate cases where all that's left of the victims are their bones.Rips off: Crossing Jordan
- CreatorRick BermanMichael PillerStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisCirroc LoftonIn the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, the Federation space station Deep Space Nine guards the opening of a stable wormhole to the far side of the galaxy.I'm not going to say who rips off whom on this one between DS9 and B5 they both borrow elements from each other.
- CreatorJ. Michael StraczynskiStarsMira FurlanRichard BiggsStephen FurstIn the mid 23rd century, the Earth Alliance space station Babylon 5, located in neutral territory, is a major focal point for political intrigue, racial tensions and various wars over the course of five years.With Deep Space Nine
- DirectorJohn LasseterAndrew StantonStarsKevin SpaceyDavid FoleyJulia Louis-DreyfusA misfit ant, looking for "warriors" to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers, recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troupe.Ripped off by Antz
- DirectorEric DarnellTim JohnsonLawrence GutermanStarsWoody AllenSharon StoneGene HackmanA rather neurotic ant tries to break from his totalitarian society while trying to win the affection of the princess he loves.Ripped off A Bug's Life
- DirectorMimi LederStarsRobert DuvallTéa LeoniElijah WoodA comet is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. As doomsday nears, the human race prepares for the worst.Ripped off and outperformed by Armageddon
- DirectorMichael BayStarsBruce WillisBilly Bob ThorntonBen AffleckAfter discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas will impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.perhaps not direct a rip-off of Deep impact but the themes are very similar.
- CreatorDick WolfRick EidStarsJerry OrbachJesse L. MartinDennis FarinaNew York's finest police detectives and prosecutors fight to make the city a safer place. With integrity as the guiding force from investigation to verdict, the teams weigh every perspective in their commitment to finding justice.By CSI
- CreatorAnthony E. ZuikerStarsWilliam PetersenLaurence FishburneTed DansonIn Las Vegas, a squad of forensic investigators are trained to solve crimes by meticulously examining the evidence. They employ advanced technology and their rationality to detect the perpetrators.The concepts are very similar to Law&Order and both have multiple spinoffs.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsTatsuya FujiwaraAki MaedaTarô YamamotoIn the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill one another under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.Ripped off by the Hunger Games
- DirectorGary RossStarsJennifer LawrenceJosh HutchersonLiam HemsworthKatniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games: a televised competition in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to fight to the death.While there are other movies with a similar theme (such as Running Man) it is just way too similar to Battle Royal.
- DirectorCharles GrosvenorStarsMichael CrawfordBen VereenEllen BlainA young mouse, mole and hedgehog risk their lives to find a cure for their badger friend, who's been poisoned by men.With Fern Gully
- DirectorBill KroyerStarsSamantha MathisChristian SlaterRobin WilliamsThe magical inhabitants of a rainforest fight to save their home, which is threatened by logging and a polluting force of destruction called Hexxus.While not technically a rip-off, since it was made by many of the same people as Once Upon a Forest, it still shares themes.
- StarsYvonne MurrayBillie Lou WattRay OwensThe adventures of a brave and optimistic little white lion, moral leader for good animals in a jungle surrounded by dangers.Ripped off by the Lion King
- DirectorRoger AllersRob MinkoffStarsMatthew BroderickJeremy IronsJames Earl JonesLion prince Simba and his father are targeted by his bitter uncle, who wants to ascend the throne himself.While the plot is meant to be a loose interpretation of Hamlet, many aspects of it are amazingly similar to Kimba.
- DirectorJonathan AckleyLarry AhernStarsDominic ArmatoAlexandra BoydEarl BoenAfter unwittingly turning his true love Elaine into solid gold with a cursed engagement ring, Guybrush Threepwood must find a map, a ship and a crew, sail to Blood Island and track down an uncursed diamond ring to reverse the curse.Ripped off by Pirates of the Caribbean
- DirectorGore VerbinskiStarsJohnny DeppGeoffrey RushOrlando BloomBlacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.On the surface it is meant as a reference to the Disney ride, but it is eerily similar to the Monkey Island games. The story behind this is rather circular however. The creator of the Monkey Island games was inspired by the Pirates of the Caribbean ride as well as the Story On Stranger Tides which was a large part of the basis for the 4th Pirates of the Caribbean movie.