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* [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Worf]] joined the cast of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' in Season 4 in order to boost ratings.
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* [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Worf]] Worf joined the cast of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' in Season 4 in order to boost ratings.ratings. It helped that ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' had had its finale two years previous.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' had [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Captain Rex]] join the main cast starting in the second season.
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RequiredSpinoffCrossover. See also {{Sidequel}}.
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Crankshaft}}'': "Mopey" Pete Reynolds, from ''Crankshaft'''s parent strip ''ComicStrip/FunkyWinkerbean''. Pete basically never appeared in ''Crankshaft'' before ''FW'' ended, [[note]]Pete had been dating Crankshaft's granddaughter for years in ''FW'', but they weren't yet dating in ''Crankshaft'' because of the ten-year time difference between the two strips. Shortly before ''FW'' ended in 2023, Batiuk removed this obstacle by fudging/merging the timelines together.[[/note]] but he had multiple appearances the year after it ended, including a major storyline about him buying and re-opening Montoni's Pizza (and also [[spoiler:proposing to his girlfriend]]).
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Crankshaft}}'': "Mopey" Pete Reynolds, from ''Crankshaft'''s parent strip ''ComicStrip/FunkyWinkerbean''. Pete basically never appeared in ''Crankshaft'' before ''FW'' ended, [[note]]Pete had been dating Crankshaft's granddaughter for years in ''FW'', but they weren't yet dating in ''Crankshaft'' because of the ten-year time difference between the two strips. Shortly before ''FW'' ended in 2023, 2022, Batiuk removed this obstacle by fudging/merging the timelines together.[[/note]] but he had multiple appearances the year after it ended, including a major storyline about him buying and re-opening Montoni's Pizza (and also [[spoiler:proposing to his girlfriend]]).
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Crankshaft}}'': "Mopey" Pete Reynolds, from ''Crankshaft'''s parent strip ''ComicStrip/FunkyWinkerbean''. Pete basically never appeared in ''Crankshaft'' before ''FW'' ended, [[note]]Pete had been dating Crankshaft's granddaughter for years in ''FW'', but they weren't yet dating in ''Crankshaft'' because of the ten-year time difference between the two strips. Shortly before ''FW'' ended in 2023, Batiuk removed this obstacle by fudging/merging the timelines together.[[/note]] but he had multiple appearances the year after it ended, including a major storyline about him buying and re-opening Montoni's Pizza (and also [[spoiler:proposing to his girlfriend]]).
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Crankshaft}}'': "Mopey" Pete Reynolds, from ''Crankshaft'''s parent strip ''ComicStrip/FunkyWinkerbean''. Pete basically never appeared in ''Crankshaft'' before ''FW'' ended, [[note]]Pete had been dating Crankshaft's granddaughter for years in ''FW'', but they weren't yet dating in ''Crankshaft'' because of the ten-year time difference between the two strips. Shortly before ''FW'' ended in 2023, Batiuk removed this obstacle by fudging/merging the timelines together.[[/note]] but he had multiple appearances the year after it ended, including a major storyline about him buying and re-opening Montoni's Pizza (and also [[spoiler:proposing to his girlfriend]]).
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** Wesley also became a regular on ''Angel'' halfway through the first season, replacing series-original character Doyle.
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* While ''Manga/UQHolder'' was always touted as a sequel to ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', early on the two series shared little in common other than Evangeline returning as a more prominent character. Seeing as the series was set roughly 80 years later, most cast members from ''Negima'' were presumed dead, including its lead character Negi Springfield. Cue [[spoiler:[[BigBad the Lifemaker]]]] returning as the main antagonist about halfway into the series, possessing [[spoiler:Negi Springfield]] and bringing along [[spoiler:Jack Rakan, Albiero Imma, Nodoka Miyazaki, and Yue Ayase]] as companions. Debate amongst fans about whether this was a ploy to boost low ratings or was always the plan from the beginning is common.
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* While ''Manga/UQHolder'' was always touted as a sequel to ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', early on the two series shared little in common other than Evangeline returning as a more prominent character. Seeing as the series was set roughly 80 years later, most cast members from ''Negima'' were presumed dead, including its lead character Negi Springfield. Cue [[spoiler:[[BigBad the Lifemaker]]]] returning as the main antagonist about halfway into the series, possessing [[spoiler:Negi Springfield]] and bringing along [[spoiler:Jack Rakan, Albiero Imma, Nodoka Miyazaki, and Yue Ayase]] as companions. Debate amongst fans about whether this was a ploy to boost low ratings or was always the plan from the beginning is common.
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* ''Series/TheFlash2014'': Wally West moves to ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' during Season 3.
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* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'': Morgan leaves at the end of Season 8 to find himself after the emotional trauma of the war with the Saviors, and ends up bumping into the cast of ''Series/FearTheWalkingDead'' during their fourth season.
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A popular series will inevitably get a SpinOff (or {{Prequel}} or SequelSeries) containing {{Transplant}}s from the original series. However, there may come a point when a character from the original moves to the spinoff at some point after it premiered.
There can be a few reasons for this. Maybe the original series ended while the spinoff is still around, freeing the person to join the spinoff. Maybe the spinoff isn't doing well, so it needs an additional character from the original to give it a boost in the ratings. Maybe the character didn't exist at the time the spinoff was created. Or maybe there is an in-universe reason that the character doesn't appear until later in the run.
This is for characters who join a spinoff as a regular. For characters who make periodic appearances only, it's a RequiredSpinoffCrossover.
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* Rictor had been a member of the ComicBook/NewMutants, but left the team shortly before the ''New Mutants'' title was relaunched as ''ComicBook/XForce''. He ends up joining X-Force over a year into its title's run.
* After Creator/BillWillingham took over ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'', he transferred villains Kid Karnevil and Blue Moon, both of whom he'd created for ''ComicBook/{{Shadowpact}}'', to the JSA's rogues gallery.
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* After ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' ended, Spike became a regular on ''Series/{{Angel}}'' during its fifth season.
* Gus Fring from ''Series/BreakingBad'' joined the prequel ''Series/BetterCallSaul'' during the latter's third season.
* ''Series/CSICyber'': D.B. Russell moved from the (recently ended) ''Series/{{CSI}}'' to this series (and the other side of the country) in its second ([[ShortRunners and last]]) season.
* Following the cancellation of ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'' sequel ''Series/GoldenPalace'', Sophia moved to the spinoff series ''Series/EmptyNest'' during Season 6.
* ''Series/LawAndOrder'':
** Alum Mike Logan was added to the cast of ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'' in season 5 in order to boost ratings and allow for several non-Goren episodes after health problems forced Creator/VincentDOnofrio to take time off.
** Following the end of ''Series/LawAndOrder'', ADA Connie Rubirosa was transplanted over to ''Series/LawAndOrderLA''.
* ''Series/TheFlash2014'': Wally West moves to ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' during Season 3.
* Screech from ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' joined the cast of the spinoff ''Series/SavedByTheBellTheCollegeYears'', but after its cancellation, he joined the cast of the other spinoff ''Series/SavedByTheBellTheNewClass'' in Season 2.
* Sam Carter only moved to ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' after ''Series/StargateSG1'' ended, in ''Atlantis''' fourth season.
* [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Worf]] joined the cast of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' in Season 4 in order to boost ratings.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'', though not technically a spinoff, is set in the same universe and same city as ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''. In season 2 of ''Milo Murphy's Law'', Heinz Doofenshmirtz from ''Phineas and Ferb'' joins the cast as a regular who now lives with Milo Murphy and is trying to become a good guy.
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There can be a few reasons for this. Maybe the original series ended while the spinoff is still around, freeing the person to join the spinoff. Maybe the spinoff isn't doing well, so it needs an additional character from the original to give it a boost in the ratings. Maybe the character didn't exist at the time the spinoff was created. Or maybe there is an in-universe reason that the character doesn't appear until later in the run.
This is for characters who join a spinoff as a regular. For characters who make periodic appearances only, it's a RequiredSpinoffCrossover.
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* Rictor had been a member of the ComicBook/NewMutants, but left the team shortly before the ''New Mutants'' title was relaunched as ''ComicBook/XForce''. He ends up joining X-Force over a year into its title's run.
* After Creator/BillWillingham took over ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'', he transferred villains Kid Karnevil and Blue Moon, both of whom he'd created for ''ComicBook/{{Shadowpact}}'', to the JSA's rogues gallery.
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* After ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' ended, Spike became a regular on ''Series/{{Angel}}'' during its fifth season.
* Gus Fring from ''Series/BreakingBad'' joined the prequel ''Series/BetterCallSaul'' during the latter's third season.
* ''Series/CSICyber'': D.B. Russell moved from the (recently ended) ''Series/{{CSI}}'' to this series (and the other side of the country) in its second ([[ShortRunners and last]]) season.
* Following the cancellation of ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'' sequel ''Series/GoldenPalace'', Sophia moved to the spinoff series ''Series/EmptyNest'' during Season 6.
* ''Series/LawAndOrder'':
** Alum Mike Logan was added to the cast of ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'' in season 5 in order to boost ratings and allow for several non-Goren episodes after health problems forced Creator/VincentDOnofrio to take time off.
** Following the end of ''Series/LawAndOrder'', ADA Connie Rubirosa was transplanted over to ''Series/LawAndOrderLA''.
* ''Series/TheFlash2014'': Wally West moves to ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' during Season 3.
* Screech from ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' joined the cast of the spinoff ''Series/SavedByTheBellTheCollegeYears'', but after its cancellation, he joined the cast of the other spinoff ''Series/SavedByTheBellTheNewClass'' in Season 2.
* Sam Carter only moved to ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' after ''Series/StargateSG1'' ended, in ''Atlantis''' fourth season.
* [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Worf]] joined the cast of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' in Season 4 in order to boost ratings.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'', though not technically a spinoff, is set in the same universe and same city as ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''. In season 2 of ''Milo Murphy's Law'', Heinz Doofenshmirtz from ''Phineas and Ferb'' joins the cast as a regular who now lives with Milo Murphy and is trying to become a good guy.
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