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Influenced by and based on are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Influenced by" instead an adjective phrase "Based on".

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Frank Herbert's Dune, which took John Carter of Mars and Lensman and imagined what it would be like if the settings of said space operas (a) obeyed real physical laws, (b) were populated by grown-ups, and (c), were based on/influenced by non-western societies.

Source: Deconstructor Fleet
Sho'nuff is influenced by Japanese culture; aside from his "Shogun of Harlem" nickname, his costume was influenced by samurai, while his gangs' costumes were based on ninja.

Source: Film / The Last Dragon
Even the album it's based on was influenced by misaimed fandom; Roger Waters (Pink Floyd's bassist and leader) once stated this in an interview.

Source: Misaimed Fandom / Film

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