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* ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' franchise: Angel (Experiment 624), a pink [[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments genetic experiment]] who looks like a DistaffCounterpart to Stitch, appeared in just ''two'' episodes of ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries''; [[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E30Angel her eponymous debut]] in the last third of season one, and "[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS2E25Snafu Snafu]]", which first aired nearly two-and-a-half-years later as the penultimate episode of the show and immediately before the premiere of finale film ''WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch''. But a Disney Channel online poll held during the break between the two seasons showed her and her episode to be the #1 fan favorite. As a result of her popularity, she became a recurring character in the subsequent anime spin-off series ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'', appears as a costumed character at the Ride/DisneyThemeParks (which even got a redesign to better match with Stitch's costume design), appears in a few Disney crossover video games including ''VideoGame/DisneyMagicKingdoms'' and ''VideoGameDisneySpeedstorm'' (she was even the first Creator/DisneyTelevisionAnimation character to appear in those games), and gets her own merchandise sold worldwide to this day, even in the United States where the polarizing anime had a ''very'' brief run before it was pulled from there. By comparison, nearly all the other experiments besides her and Stitch get very little to no representation in merch or marketing today.

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* ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' franchise: Angel (Experiment 624), a pink [[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments genetic experiment]] who looks like a DistaffCounterpart to Stitch, appeared in just ''two'' episodes of ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries''; [[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E30Angel her eponymous debut]] in the last third of season one, and "[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS2E25Snafu Snafu]]", which first aired nearly two-and-a-half-years later as the penultimate episode of the show and immediately before the premiere of finale film ''WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch''. But a Disney Channel online poll held during the break between the two seasons showed her and her episode to be the #1 fan favorite. As a result of her popularity, she became a recurring character in the subsequent anime spin-off series ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'', appears as a costumed character at the Ride/DisneyThemeParks (which even got a redesign to better match with Stitch's costume design), appears in a few Disney crossover video games including ''VideoGame/DisneyMagicKingdoms'' and ''VideoGameDisneySpeedstorm'' ''VideoGame/DisneySpeedstorm'' (she was even the first Creator/DisneyTelevisionAnimation character to appear in those games), and gets her own merchandise sold worldwide to this day, even in the United States where the polarizing anime had a ''very'' brief run before it was pulled from there. By comparison, nearly all the other experiments besides her and Stitch get very little to no representation in merch or marketing today.
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* ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' franchise: Angel (Experiment 624), a pink [[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments genetic experiment]] who looks like a DistaffCounterpart to Stitch, appeared in just ''two'' episodes of ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries''; [[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E30Angel her eponymous debut]] in the last third of season one, and "[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS2E25Snafu Snafu]]", which first aired nearly two-and-a-half-years later as the penultimate episode of the show and immediately before the premiere of finale film ''WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch''. But a Disney Channel online poll held during the break between the two seasons showed her and her episode to be the #1 fan favorite. As a result of her popularity, she became a recurring character in the subsequent anime spin-off series ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'', appears as a costumed character at the Ride/DisneyThemeParks (which even got a redesign to better match with Stitch's costume design), appears in a few Disney crossover video games including ''VideoGame/DisneyMagicKingdoms'' (she was even the first Creator/DisneyTelevisionAnimation character to appear in that game), and gets her own merchandise sold worldwide to this day, even in the United States where the polarizing anime had a ''very'' brief run before it was pulled from there. By comparison, nearly all the other experiments besides her and Stitch get very little to no representation in merch or marketing today.

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* ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' franchise: Angel (Experiment 624), a pink [[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments genetic experiment]] who looks like a DistaffCounterpart to Stitch, appeared in just ''two'' episodes of ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries''; [[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E30Angel her eponymous debut]] in the last third of season one, and "[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS2E25Snafu Snafu]]", which first aired nearly two-and-a-half-years later as the penultimate episode of the show and immediately before the premiere of finale film ''WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch''. But a Disney Channel online poll held during the break between the two seasons showed her and her episode to be the #1 fan favorite. As a result of her popularity, she became a recurring character in the subsequent anime spin-off series ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'', appears as a costumed character at the Ride/DisneyThemeParks (which even got a redesign to better match with Stitch's costume design), appears in a few Disney crossover video games including ''VideoGame/DisneyMagicKingdoms'' and ''VideoGameDisneySpeedstorm'' (she was even the first Creator/DisneyTelevisionAnimation character to appear in that game), those games), and gets her own merchandise sold worldwide to this day, even in the United States where the polarizing anime had a ''very'' brief run before it was pulled from there. By comparison, nearly all the other experiments besides her and Stitch get very little to no representation in merch or marketing today.



** Even Gaz gets this to a degree. While she's officially one of the show's four main characters, she shows up fewer times than the other three and many of her appearances are short cameos. Still plenty popular with the fans, though.

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** Even Gaz gets this to a degree. While she's officially one of the show's four main characters, she shows up fewer times than the other three three, and many of her appearances are short cameos. Still plenty popular with the fans, though.
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* Jasmine from ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' is a supporting character, while the main characters iw the titular Aladdin. That didn't prevent her from being included in the Franchise/DisneyPrincess franchise, where she is the only princess in the lineup who isn't the main character from their debut film.

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* Jasmine from ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' is a supporting character, while the main characters iw character is the titular Aladdin. That didn't prevent her from being included in the Franchise/DisneyPrincess franchise, where she is the only princess in the lineup who isn't the main character from their debut film.
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** Oichi from ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' is noteworthy for being the main female BreakoutCharacter in a CastFullOfPrettyBoys with a [[EstrogenBrigade largely female fanbase.]] She's the only character with her own ending in ''Sengoku Basara 2'', she has her own ImageSong, she is the only playable female character in ''Sengoku Basara X'', and she is the playable representative for the franchise in ''[[VideoGame/Teppen2019 TEPPEN]]''.

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** Oichi from ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' is noteworthy for being the main female BreakoutCharacter in a CastFullOfPrettyBoys with a [[EstrogenBrigade largely female fanbase.]] She's the only character with her own ending in ''Sengoku Basara 2'', she has her own ImageSong, she is the only playable female character in ''Sengoku Basara X'', ''VideoGame/SengokuBasaraX'', and she is the playable representative for the franchise in ''[[VideoGame/Teppen2019 TEPPEN]]''.
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* ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' may be one of the biggest examples of this. Xena started off as an arc villain in ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys,'' who was slated to reform and then die a heroes death. She proved popular enough [[BreakoutCharacter to warrant her own TV series.]] The show in question ended up becoming a MorePopularSpinoff and one of the highest rated television shows in the 90s. ''Hercules'', meanwhile, is pretty much forgotten today outside of being ''Xena'''s parent series.

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* ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' may be one of the biggest examples of this. Xena started off as an arc villain in ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys,'' who was slated to reform and then die a heroes hero's death. She proved popular enough [[BreakoutCharacter to warrant her own TV series.]] The show in question ended up becoming a MorePopularSpinoff and one of the highest rated television shows in the 90s. ''Hercules'', meanwhile, is pretty much forgotten today outside of being ''Xena'''s parent series.

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