History Main / RecursiveAdaptation

** Full-scale adaptations are [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E8HumanNature "Human Nature"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E9TheFamilyOfBlood "The Family of Blood"]] (a Tenth Doctor TV story based on the Seventh Doctor novel ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresHumanNature Human Nature]]''), [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E10Blink "Blink"]] (a Tenth Doctor TV story based on the prose Ninth Doctor annual short story "What I Did on my Summer Holidays, by Sally Sparrow"), [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E11TheLodger "The Lodger"]] (an Eleventh Doctor TV story based on a Tenth Doctor ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comic story of the same title), and "The Star Beast" (a Fourteenth Doctor TV episode based on a Fourth Doctor ''Doctor Who Magazine'' comic of the same title").

** Full-scale adaptations are [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E8HumanNature "Human Nature"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E9TheFamilyOfBlood "The Family of Blood"]] (a Tenth Doctor TV story based on the Seventh Doctor novel ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresHumanNature Human Nature]]''), [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E10Blink "Blink"]] (a Tenth Doctor TV story based on the prose Ninth Doctor annual short story "What I Did on my Summer Holidays, by Sally Sparrow") and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E11TheLodger "The Lodger"]] (an Eleventh Doctor TV story based on a Tenth Doctor ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comic story of the same title).

* The ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' series by R.L. Stine was [[Series/{{Goosebumps}} adapted into a TV show]], which then was adapted back into books based on the episodes (though, these books were written by someone else).

* As pointed out in [[https://www.fanverse.org/threads/fantastic-four-thread.895087/page-10#post-47271676 this post in a Fantastic Four respect thread ]], ''ComicBook/ShogunWarriors'' was a Marvel comic based on a line of Japanese toys, which were themselves based on various tokusatsu series, including the [[Series/SpiderManJapan Japanese Spider-Man series]], which was, obviously, based on Marvel's [[Franchise/SpiderMan Spider-Man comics]].

* ''Film/RoadToPerdition'': ''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub'' manga → ''Lone Wolf and Cub'' movies → ''ComicBook/RoadToPerdition'' graphic novel → film.

** DC Comics used to have a title called ''ComicBook/HumanTarget'', about MasterOfDisguise Christopher Chance who would disguise himself as people whose lives were in danger in order to draw out their attacker. This later got an InNameOnly TV adaptation, where Chance isn't a MasterOfDisguise, he's just an undercover bodyguard. Creator/DCComics have released a new ''ComicBook/HumanTarget'' comic based on this.

* The ''[[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' animated series also has a comic adaptation called ''Marvel Universe-Ultimate Spider-Man''. That's a comic retold as [[UltimateUniverse another comic]], adapted into WesternAnimation, and adapted back into a comic. The cartoon also incorporates unique elements of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, which itself is an adaptation of both the MarvelUniverse and ComicBook/UltimateMarvel.
** Incidentally, ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' had an original character, a new ComicBook/WhiteTiger, become a CanonImmigrant to the MarvelUniverse before the series even premiered.

* The PBS Kids cartoon ''WesternAnimation/SevenLittleMonsters'' was adapted from a children's book by Maurice Sendak and received several book adaptations of its own that were published by Hyperion imprint Volo.

* The ''Literature/MagicSchoolBus'' series had books based on the TV series based on the book. They were by far the least educational of the versions.
* Both ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Franklin}}'' began their lives as popular book series. Both have since been made into television series. In turn, episodes of those series have been released as books, though they've generally avoided releasing episodes as books that were adapted from books in the first place.

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' had a double recursive adaptation: the fourth ''Dragon Ball Z'' {{RPG}} for the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Family Computer]] was titled ''[[GaidenGame Dragon Ball Z Gaiden]]'', which featured a new storyline written specifically for the game. A two-part video guide for the game was then released that was essentially a ''Manga/DragonBall Z'' {{OVA}} with footage of the Famicom game spliced in between. The animated segments of the video guide were then reused for two [[FullMotionVideo FMV games]] released for Bandai's short-lived Macintosh-based Pippin game console in Japan.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'' had a video game adaptation that had an original story, and the story of the game later got adapted into a {{Filler}} arc in the anime.

* ''[[VideoGame/DoctorRobotniksMeanBeanMachine Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine]]'', which was a [[DolledUpInstallment creative localization]] of ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' based off the ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' animated series, which was based off of the ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' ''games''.

** ''VideoGame/SonicChronicles: The Dark Brotherhood'' was heavily inspired by [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Archie Comics' comic line]], which in turn took some ideas from the game. It also contains a subtle reference to the anime series ''Anime/SonicX'', which is a very different adaption of the games.
** ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' is a reimagining of the Sonic universe as an animated CGI cartoon series with the [[VideoGame/SonicBoom companion video games]] ''Rise of Lyric'' and ''Shattered Crystal'' acting as a prologue to the story of the former.

** Also, ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon Yellow]]'' is video game → [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} anime]] → video game. This eventually went double-recursive when Ash and Gary finally battled each other in the anime: Ash uses Pikachu while Gary uses an Eevee, which are the Pokémon their game counterparts start with in ''Yellow''. ''VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee'' are based loosely on ''Yellow'', and add elements of the spinoff game ''VideoGame/PokemonGo'' to the mix.

** The Surfing Pikachu card is a reference to the anime via ''Pokémon Yellow'', and is included in the video game version of the TCG. Surfing Pikachu has also been available in games other than ''Yellow'' via events. That's video game → [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} anime]] → video game → trading card game → video game.

* ''Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel'' is a video game adaptation of the ''Metal Gear Solid'' graphic novel illustrated by Creator/AshleyWood, which in turn was an adaptation of the first ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''. The game basically consisted of reading through the comic with added visual and sound effects while trying to build a database based on elements that appeared in each of the images.

* ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' inspired a LiveActionAdaptation simply titled ''Film/StreetFighter'', which in turn inspired two fighting games based on it, both titled ''Street Fighter: The Movie''. The arcade version was made by Incredible Technologies. The console version, often mistaken to be a port of the arcade version, plays more like a standard ''Street Fighter'' game (specifically like a slower ''Super SF II Turbo'') and it's generally considered a decent game, albeit not at the same level as the other games in the series.

* The Website/SCPFoundation wiki was adapted into the video game ''VideoGame/SCPContainmentBreach''. As per TheWikiRule, ''Containment Breach'' has [[https://scpcb.fandom.com/wiki/SCP_-_Containment_Breach_Wiki its own wiki]].

* The PBS Kids cartoon ''WesternAnimation/SevenLittleMonsters'' was adapted from a children's book by Maurice Sendak and received several book adaptations of its own.

* ''Hairspray'': [[Film/{{Hairspray}} movie]] (1988) → [[Theatre/{{Hairspray}} Broadway musical]] (2002) → [[Film/Hairspray2007 movie musical]] (2007) → tie-in novel

* Creator/TommyWiseau's ''Film/TheRoom'' received a "making of" story in the form of actor Greg Sestero's book ''Literature/TheDisasterArtist.'' Creator/JamesFranco went on to make a FilmOfTheBook [[Film/TheDisasterArtist in 2017]].

* ''Franchise/LittleShopOfHorrors'': [[Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors movie]] (1960) → [[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors off-Broadway musical]] (1982) → [[Film/LittleShopOfHorrors musical movie]] (1986) → [[WesternAnimation/LittleShop animated series]] (1991). The musical is receiving a new film adaptation sometime in the 2020s.

* ''Series/TheMiddleman'' started off as a TV pitch that ended up being a series for Viper Comics which became a TV show on ABC Family which returned to comic form for the show's [[TheResolutionWillNotBeTelevised unaired 13th and final episode]].

** The Franchise/{{DCAU}} is a famous example, with ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman]] Adventures'', ''[[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Superman]] Adventures'', ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Adventures'', ''Justice League Unlimited'', and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''.

** DC once had a comic based around a Bruce Timm-inspired animated world called ''Adventures in the DC Universe'', with its own version of the Justice League. This was before ''Justice League Unlimited'' but seemingly taking place in the world of WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries and [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Superman]]. So it was a comic series based on a cartoon that would later have its own [[Franchise/{{DCAU}} cartoon equivalent]].

* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': It began as an animated series, and it was later adapted into a comic series in a magazine, which then got adapted back into an animated series.

* [=Radicalfaith360=] is a Website/YouTube user known for his re-enactments of WebAnimation/YouTubePoop. Since becoming popular, his re-enactments have become sources for poops on their own — often by the very same users who made the poops he was re-enacting in the first place.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' had a ChristmasEpisode in its retool season ''The New Batman Adventures'' titled "Holiday Knights", which was adapted from a Holiday Special one-shot of the cartoon's comic book tie-in ''ComicBook/TheBatmanAdventures''. Aside from a few changes in character dialogue (both to make the language more appropriate for television and for reasons less clear), one of the most notable changes made in adapting the comic book into an episode of the animated series was the omission of Mr. Freeze's story, as it had discrepancies with the changes made to his story as of the film ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAndMisterFreezeSubZero'' and his ''New Batman Adventures'' episode "Cold Comfort".