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** ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1989'': A single player PlatformGame that took plot cues from ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'', despite basing more of the art style on the cartoon's comicbook origin, ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage''. It was initially released for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem console.
** ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheArcadeGame'': A 1989 single-to-four player BeatEmUp game based on ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'', which is based on ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage''. As its name implies, it was initially released as an arcade cabinet, but was also distributed on the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem console.
** ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTurtlesInTime'': A 1991 BeatEmUp game based on ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'', which is based on ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage''. It was initially released as an arcade cabinet, with up to four simultaneous players. When it was released on the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem console, some new features were added to make up for the fact that hardware constraints only allowed two player co-op, including a new Technodrome stage, and new bosses like Super Shredder (mutagen-infused from ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze'') and Rocksteady and Bebop.

* ''Pinball/{{Transformers}}'' is based on Creator/MichaelBay's ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' movies, which are in turn based on [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} the toy franchise of the same name]].

** ''Pinball/JurassicParkDataEast'' is based on ''Film/JurassicPark'', an adaptation of [[Literature/JurassicPark the novel of the same name]].

** ''Pinball/JurassicParkStern'' is primarily based on the original ''Film/JurassicPark'', which was in turn based on [[Literature/JurassicPark the novel of the same name]].

* ''Film/{{Pokemon}}'':

* ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf'': This animated series is an AlternateUniverse take on the live-action ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', which is an adaptation of ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' and other related comic book superheroes.

* ''Fuuto PI: The STAGE'' is a stage adaptation of the AnimatedAdaptation of ''Manga/FuutoPI'', itself a manga {{sequel}} to the live-action series ''Series/KamenRiderDouble''. Apart from [[Creator/FumihikoTachiki the pre-recorded announcer]], the play features only two returning actors from ''Double'' (with only one reprising their role), and heroes Shotaro and Phillip are clearly modelled more on their stylised anime designs than how they appeared in the original series (including [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair Phillip's hair now being green rather than black]]).

** ''Pinball/JamesBond007'' is based on the ''Film/JamesBond'' films, which were inspired by [[Literature/JamesBond the novels of the same name]].

** ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'': A 1989 single player PlatformGame that took plot cues from ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'', despite basing more of the art style on the cartoon's comicbook origin, ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage''. It was initially released for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem console.

** ''VideoGame/ShrekSuperSlam'': A 2005 videogame based on ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' (and {{sequel}}s), which themselves are adaptations of the 1990 Creator/WilliamSteig book, titled ''Literature/{{Shrek}}''.

* ''{{Pinball/Shrek}}'' is a 2007 pinball table[[note]]specifically a rethemed version of ''Pinball/FamilyGuy''[[/note]] based on ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'' and ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird'', all of which were themselves based on the 1990 Creator/WilliamSteig book ''{{Literature/Shrek}}''.

* ''Theatre/ShrekTheMusical'': A 2008 Broadway musical adaptation of ''{{WesternAnimation/Shrek}}'', a 2001 AnimatedAdaptation of the 1990 Creator/WilliamSteig book, also titled ''{{Literature/Shrek}}''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfPussInBoots'': The 2015 {{Spinoff}} to ''{{WesternAnimation/Shrek}}'', a 2001 AnimatedAdaptation of the 1990 Creator/WilliamSteig book, also titled ''{{Literature/Shrek}}''.

** ''VideoGame/{{Shrek}}'': A 2001 videogame based on ''{{WesternAnimation/Shrek}}'', a 2001 AnimatedAdaptation of the 1990 Creator/WilliamSteig book, also titled ''Literature/{{Shrek}}''.
** ''VideoGame/Shrek2'': A videogame released the same year as ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'', the 2004 {{sequel}} to ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', the 2001 AnimatedAdaptation of the 1990 Creator/WilliamSteig book, also titled ''Literature/{{Shrek}}''.
** ''VideoGame/ShrekSuperSlam'': A 2005 videogame based on ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' (and {{sequel}}s), which themselves are adaptations of the 1990 Creator/WilliamSteig book, titled ''{{Literature/Shrek}}''.

* ''Literature/HowToTrainYourDragon'' was adapted into the Creator/DreamWorks film ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon''. This proved to be popular enough that it got a RecycledTheSeries in the form of ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk''

* ''Anime/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'' is based on the manga adaptation of [[Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms the ancient Chinese literature of the same name]] by Mitsuteru Yokoyama.

* ''Anime/IkkiTousen'': Originally [[TheEpic an epic]] story called ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'', it was adapted into a manga called ''Manga/IkkiTousen'', which itself got an anime adaptation.