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* Two of the ''Series/BabylonFive'' movies, ''Thirdspace'' and ''[[Film/BabylonFiveTheLostTalesVoicesInTheDark The Lost Tales]]'', are both interquels. ''Thirdspace'' takes place [[ContinuitySnarl somewhere]] in the fourth season, and ''The Lost Tales'' takes place between the final season's penultimate episode and the series finale (mind you, there was an eighteen year TimeSkip between the last two episodes).

The two terms are sometimes differentiated, where an "Interquel" is referred to as an entry happening strictly ''between'' two previous ones of the franchise (i.e. Movie 3 takes place between Movie 1 and 2), while a "Midquel" takes place ''within'' a single work of the franchise (i.e. Movie 2 takes place within a TimeSkip in 1). But continuity can sometimes be so convoluted (depending of whether it is an ImmediateSequel or not, or whether TheStinger overlaps with events from the other works), that establishing a work is in-between two others will usually suffice.

*** The third book, ''Literature/ThrawnTreason'', takes place during the second half of the fourth season of ''Rebels'', showing what Thrawn was doing on Coruscant between his departure in [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS4E08JediNight "Jedi Night"]] and his return in [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS4E13FamilyReunionAndFarewell "Family Reunion]] [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS4E14FamilyReunionAndFarewellPartII - and Farewell"]].

* ''Webcomic/TheDreamer'' has short stories that can be read as these and as ADayInTheLimelight stories.

The two terms are sometimes differentiated, where an "Interquel" is referred to as an entry happening strictly ''between'' two previous ones of the franchise (e.g. Movie 3 takes place between Movie 1 and 2), while a "Midquel" takes place ''within'' a single work of the franchise (e.g. Movie 2 takes place within a TimeSkip in 1). But continuity can sometimes be so convoluted (depending of whether it is an ImmediateSequel or not, or whether TheStinger overlaps with events from the other works), that establishing a work is in-between two others will usually suffice.

* WesternAnimation/OpenSeasonScaredSilly takes place inbetween the first and second films.

* Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/FoundationSeries'':

** John Gardner's last ''Bond'' novel ''Literature/{{COLD}}'' is divided into two parts, the first being set 1990, which is right after the [[Literature/WinLoseOrDie ninth]] and before the [[Literature/{{Brokenclaw}} tenth]] book of his, and has Bond learning about the eponymous organization. The second half of the novel is set right after his previous non-novelization effort, ''Literature/SeaFire''.

*** The third book, ''Literature/ThrawnTreason'', takes place during the second half of the fourth season of ''Rebels'', showing what Thrawn was doing on Coruscant between his departure in [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS4E08JediNight "Jedi Night"]] and his return in [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS4E13FamilyReunionAndFarewell "Family Reunion]] [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS4E14FamilyReunionAndFarewellPartII -- and Farewell"]].

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776'' (the fifth ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' released) begins shortly before Chapter Six and ends at the conclusion of Chapter Eight of the previous game, ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar''.
* While deducing the chronology of the series is [[AmbiguousTimePeriod hard]], the most commonly accepted theory of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'''s place in the ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' timeline is that it is an interquel set sometime between ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4'' and ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2''.

* ''VideoGame/HatofulBoyfriend: Holiday Star'' technically takes place during the Christmas break of the first game, which spans an entire school year.

* The ''VisualNovel/SteinsGateZero'' is this for ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate''.

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* ''Webcomic/TheDreamer'' has short stories that can be read as these and as ADayInTheLimelight stories.

* ''Anime/TheAnimatrix'' bridges the gap between the first and second films of ''Film/TheMatrix'' trilogy.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham'' is set in the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'', taking place between ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOriginsBlackgate'' and ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum Arkham Asylum]]'' (two years before the latter, in fact, according to WordOfGod on a behind-the-scenes featurette).

The two terms are sometimes differentiated, where an "Interquel" is referred to as an entry happening strictly ''between'' two previous ones of the franchise (i.e. Movie 3 takes place between Movie 1 and 2), while a "Midquel" takes place ''within'' a single work of the franchise (i.e. Movie 2 takes place within a TimeSkip in 1). But continuity can sometimes be so convoluted (depending of whether it is an ImmediateSequel or not, or whether TheStinger overlaps with events from the other works), that establishing a work is in-between two others will usually suffice.

* ''Franchise/DishonoredSeries'':

** ''Literature/DishonoredTheReturnOfDaud'' is set one year after the above novel and paves the way for ''VideoGame/DishonoredDeathOfTheOutsider'' by showing Daud's perspective and why he returned after being missing for years.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' [[Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]]: All the ''Literature/DoctorWhoMissingAdventures'' and ''Literature/PastDoctorAdventures'' are in the gaps between TV episodes[[note]]Except ''Face of the Enemy'', which is a POVSequel set during "Monster of Peladon"[[/note]]. The final ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures'' novel, ''The Gallifrey Chronicles'', was released in June 2005, when the revival series and its ''Literature/NewSeriesAdventures'' tie-in line with the Ninth Doctor had started.

* The ''VideoGame/MegaMan8BitDeathmatch'' adaptation of ''VideoGame/MegaManAndBass'' plays this up for what it's worth, according to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0TPBPqjhgE the teaser trailer]]. Taking place after the events of ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'', a robot expiration date law would be coming into existence in weeks in response to Dr. Wily's repeated robot reprogrammings, and King initiates a campaign for robot rights. Of course, by ''VideoGame/MegaMan9'', [[DoomedByCanon the law is already in effect]].
** The UsefulNotes/GameBoy ''Mega Man'' games could be Interquels, set between the main games. ''VideoGame/MegaManDrWilysRevenge'' between ''2'' and ''3''; ''VideoGame/MegaManII'' between ''3'' and ''4''; ''VideoGame/MegaManIII'' between ''4'' and ''5''; ''VideoGame/MegaManIV'' between ''5'' and ''6''; and ''VideoGame/MegaManV'' probably between ''5'' and ''6'', but could be anytime between ''5'' and ''9''. Or they could be {{Gaiden Game}}s. It's not really clear.

* ''VideoGame/RobocopRogueCity'': The game is set between ''Film/Robocop2'' and ''Film/Robocop3'', and seeks to explain how the Detroit of 2 spiraled into the situation seen in 3. Becker's UED forces are a precursor to the Rehabs from 3, while the absence of the Old Man is explained as him trying (and failing) to be made into Robocop 2, functionally destroying the old OCP building in the process. The ending sets up the Kanemitsu corporation coming in as part of development of Delta City.

* ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead: 400 Days'' explores the game world from a perspective outside of the main duo of Lee and Clementine, subtly bridging the overarching storyline between seasons 1 and 2 as well as setting up future threads to be explored.
* Most of the Caverns of Time missions in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' fit this description. The Caverns of Time allows players to visit points in Azeroth's history mostly to help the Bronze Dragonflight prevent the mysterious Infinite Dragonflight from altering the past. Of the four Caverns of Time instances, one takes place before any of the ''Warcraft'' games (Opening the Dark Portal), making it a {{Prequel}}. Two more instances recreate and expand on key campaigns in ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' (Culling of Stratholme and Battle for Mount Hyjal), making them arguably Interquels or arguably {{POV Sequel}}s, depending on whether you regard the original versions as [[TimeyWimeyBall the real timeline]] or the Caverns of Time versions. The remaining one, Escape from Durnholde Keep, is definitely an Interquel, set years after ''VideoGame/WarcraftII'' and years before ''Warcraft III'' and featuring a storyline never shown in any released game.
* ''VideoGame/XCom: Interceptor'' was released in 1998 and takes place between the events of ''VideoGame/XComTerrorFromTheDeep'' (1995) and ''VideoGame/XComApocalypse'' (1997). It's also a flight sim with some base management instead of a TurnBasedStrategy. The game makes references to ''Apocalypse'' and the cancelled ''X-COM: Alliance''.
* ''XCOM Legends'' is a mobile game that's the follow-up to ''VideoGame/XCOMChimeraSquad'', but it takes place somewhere between the resistance's victory 's in ''VideoGame/XCOM2'' and Chimera Squad. In this game Jane Kelly is still an XCOM soldier in full battle gear and military hair styling in contrast to her role as the Director of XCOM Reclamation Agency and having civilian clothes and hair. XCOM's role here is fighting ADVENT remnants and new plots from alien sources rather than dealing with local crime like the Reclamation Agency did.
* The ''VideoGame/XCOM2: Tactical Legacy Pack'' expansion provides four "mini-campaigns" showing some of what happened in the twenty years between ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' and the sequel, such as Central Officer Bradford's attempts to put together a resistance movement, and Lily Shen's efforts to construct the ''Avenger''. That said, they have to be taken as BroadStrokes since in them the squad will be using weapons and fighting enemies that won't be seen until the very end of an ''XCOM 2'' campaign. While narrating, [[UnreliableNarrator Bradford admits that he might not be remembering all the details right.]]

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Also called a Midquel, this can be one of two things: when a new entry in a series is a sequel to one existing entry, and a {{prequel}} to another, or when it takes place during a TimeSkip in an earlier entry rather than continuing the story. This device is often used to expand a portion of the story only touched upon in other entries, or if more story is desired but there's no logical place for it either before the beginning or after the end.

** The Creator/DisneyPlus series about Obi-Wan Kenobi takes place eight years after ''Revenge of the Sith'', and thus eleven years before ''A New Hope''. It is also set between ''Jedi: Fallen Order'' and ''Rebels'', both of which having stories that deal with the remaining Jedi being hunted down by the Empire in the aftermath of Order 66 in ''Revenge of the Sith'', Kenobi being one such Jedi.

** There are numerous ExpandedUniverse books and comics set at various times in-between major ''Star Wars'' cinematic installments and published long after them. Several of Marvel's post-Disney buyout ''Franchise/StarWars'' comics most notably ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel2015'', ''ComicBook/StarWarsDarthVader'' and ''ComicBook/StarWarsPrincessLeia'' take place between ''Film/ANewHope'' and ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', with ''ComicBook/StarWarsLando'' also set between the two films. ''ComicBook/StarWarsKanan'' takes place after the events of ''Revenge of the Sith'' while ''ComicBook/StarWarsShatteredEmpire'' is chronologically set just a few weeks after the Battle of Endor as depicted in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' but before ''Film/TheForceAwakens''.

* The comic ''Tron Betrayal,'' the game ''VideoGame/TronEvolution'', and the animated series ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'' spell out what happened between the two movies.

** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRogue'' takes place between ''Black Flag'' and before and partially during Connor's portion of ''Assassin's Creed III''.
** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedValhalla'' takes place between ''Origins'' and the first game.

* ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone'': The early season one episode "Rudy's Story" is established as Rudy's first meeting with Penny (particularly showing her as a new student of Mr. Wilter's class) and has her under the impression that [=ChalkZone=] is merely a product of Rudy's imagination, which indicates that it chronologically takes place before Penny's debut in the ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons'' short "Rudy's Date", where she and Rudy already know each other and she first entered [=ChalkZone=].

** In between ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'' and its SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' are several comic book series, consisting of ''[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderThePromise The Promise]]'', ''[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheSearch The Search]]'', ''[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderRebound Rebound]]'' and ''[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheRift The Rift]]''. All of them [[TheBusCameBack bring back]] characters who were PutOnABus, explain what the main characters did after the original series ended, and overall tie both series together. ''Rebound'' is notable for not only giving Mai ADayInTheLimelight, but also being an interquel ''within'' an interquel, as it takes place either in-between or alongside the plots of ''The Promise'' and ''The Search''.

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* The finale arc of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' technically counts as one for ''Film/StarWarsEpisodeIIIRevengeOfTheSith'', with Anakin and Obi-Wan [[spoiler: leaving to go rescue Palpatine, Dooku's death being a minor plot point, and, of course, Order 66.]]

* The finale arc of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' technically counts as one for ''Film/StarWarsEpisodeIIIRevengeOfTheSith'', with Anakin and Obi-Wan [[leaving to go rescue Palpatine, Dooku's death being a minor plot point, and, of course, Order 66.]]

* The ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' series is set between the very first ''VideoGame/StreetFighterI'' and the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' series. Next is the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' series, where it is a NonLinearSequel set after ''Street Fighter II'', but before ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII''. Then there is ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', which is an interquel between ''IV'' and '''III''.

* ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'' plays with this while doubling as a POVSequel taking us to 1955 in the hours leading up to the "Enchantment Under the Sea" Dance and the lightning storm in [[Film/BackToTheFuture the first film]].

* ''Literature/TheLastHours'' also takes place in between ''The Infernal Devices'' and ''The Mortal Instruments''.

** The first two books from ''Literature/TheEldestCurses'' are both interquels. The first book, ''The Red Scrolls of Magic'', takes place in the TimeSkip in between ''City of Glass'' and ''City of Fallen Angels'' from Literature/TheMortalInstruments series. The second book, ''The Lost Book of the White'' will take place in between ''Literature/TalesFromTheShadowhunterAcademy'' and ''Literature/LadyMidnight''.

* The first ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' movie takes place in between episodes 18 and 19, and one of the characters from the movie even shows up later in the anime.

** The old Star Wars EU was ''packed'' with interquels. Creator/TimothyZahn's ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'' took place five years after ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''; the New Republic was still fighting a defiant Empire, the Empire's capital world had been taken over, Han and Leia had married. When this trilogy jumpstarted the EU, and a lot of novels explored the years after that, others took on the intervening space. And there's always [[IncrediblyLamePun intervening space]] and new stories to tell.