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* ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' originally ended after it's third season in 2007 until it got a DirectToVideo Finale movie three years later in 2010 when the producers wanted to give the show a proper send off

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* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' was originally going to end after 52 episodes, with the episode ''Take This Ed and Shove It''. Its continued popularity led to Cartoon Network ordering three holiday specials and two additional seasons, before the creator decided to scrap that final season early in production in lieu of a television movie. As such, the Season 5 finale "Fistful of Ed" was marketed as the final episode, while the two Season 6 episodes that were too far along to scrap aired as "lost episodes" the following year.[[note]]Creator/HBOMax simply lumps it together with Season 5.[[/note]] The series ended a year after that with the airing of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddysBigPictureShow''.

* ''WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle2007'' originally ran for a single season that ended in 2008, but in 2015, Creator/{{Teletoon}} suddenly commissioned a second season. Due to the rights to the show having changed between seasons however, this new season {{retool}}ed the show significantly and was produced by a completely different studios with none of the cast and crew for Season 1 returning.

** The series got four made-for-DVD movies years after its original Fox run was over, thanks to the impressive ratings the reruns pulled in on Adult Swim. These movies were successful enough for Comedy Central to pick up the series, with the show lasting four years on the network. This appeared to be the end of things, outside the odd ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' crossover or audio play, but then the show managed to nab a third run of episodes a decade later by way of Hulu.
** The cold open of "Bender's Big Score", the first DVD movie, is the first of many jokes the show would make about its inability to die.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' was cancelled and renewed '''four''' times over the course of its ten season run, as a result of it not getting [[AdoredByTheNetwork ratings as high as]] [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants a certain sponge]], yet still performing better than every ''other'' animated show on the network. The show was originally planned to end with Season 5 and the crossover special "WesternAnimationTheJimmyTimmyPowerHour 3: The Jerkinators!" (which was intended to loosely act as a joint finale for both it and ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron''). Afterwards, Seasons 8 and 9 were both intended to be the final seasons of the show, before it finally ended with Season 10. Creator Butch Hartman joked that the network would reliably take him aside and renew the show for another season or two as soon as he'd leave each wrap party.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' was cancelled and renewed '''four''' times over the course of its ten season run, as a result of it not getting [[AdoredByTheNetwork ratings as high as]] [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants a certain sponge]], yet still performing better than every ''other'' animated show on the network. The show was originally planned to end with Season 5 and the crossover special "The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators!" (which was intended to loosely act as a joint finale for both it and ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron''). Afterwards, Seasons 8 and 9 were both intended to be the final seasons of the show, before it finally ended with Season 10. Creator Butch Hartman joked that the network would reliably take him aside and renew the show for another season or two as soon as he'd leave each wrap party.

* The bankruptcy of Creator/TelltaleGames led to all of their upcoming games being cancelled, including the final two episodes of ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadSeasonFour''. However a month later it was announced that Skybound Entertainment would work with the original team to finish the game.

*** The last numbered installment without a significant SequelGap was ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'' (which came out in 1996/1997). Not counting ''VideoGame/MegaManAndBass'' (a 2003 UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance port of a 1998 [[NoExportForYou Japan-only]] [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Famicom]] and UsefulNotes/WonderSwan game), ''it took over a decade'' for Creator/KeijiInafune to bring [[VideoGame/MegaMan9 a ninth entry]] to the series, [[{{Retraux}} which was presented as an homage to the golden days of gaming]]. It was followed two years later in 2010 by ''[[VideoGame/MegaMan10 10]]''.

* ''[[VideoGame/DragonQuest Dragon Warrior]]'' went on a very extended hiatus in North America after ''[[VideoGame/DragonQuestIV Dragon Warrior IV]]'' was released in 1992. [[Creator/SquareEnix Enix]] apparently had intentions to localize one of the next two games on the SNES, but these efforts died when they closed their American branch in the mid 1990s. The series was resurrected eight years later when Enix brought over a UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor compilation of the first two ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' games, but the release of ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVII'' the year after really cemented the uncancellation of the series in America. Then plans for bringing the ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'' remake to the U.S. were scrapped when the original development studio shut down. It took seven years and the Square-Enix merger before the U.S. finally saw the [=PS1=] version's bonus content on the DS.

* The UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita port of ''VideoGame/ReadOnlyMemories'' was cancelled in October 2017 after developer Midboss trying and failing several times to get the game to work properly on Vita. On December 9 of the same year, it was announced as no longer being cancelled and then was released.

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' was canceled after its second season ended in early 2013, with the final tag blatantly confirming the oft-hinted-at alliance between Darkseid and The Light. [[note]]While fans called this a cliffhanger, it wasn't; it simply confirmed a common theory, but no fates were left hanging and the plot was resolved.[[/note]] Despite a passionate campaign from fans, Cartoon Network wasn't swayed. However, fans would only have to wait a few more years, as a third season would be made for Creator/DCUniverse and begin airing January 2019. A fourth season confirmed to be in production for Creator/HBOMax.

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'''s staff got the memo that they were working on the final season in the middle of said season's production, forcing them to scrap many plans they'd made having to get an additional season. Things were quickly wrapped up in a one-hour GrandFinale, but the development of the Creator/HBOMax streaming service and the need for various production arms of the then newly-formed Creator/WarnerMedia to create original content for it resulted in Cartoon Network greenlighting the ''[[WesternAnimation/AdventureTimeDistantLands Distant Lands]]'' miniseries just a month after the show ended.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' was cancelled and renewed '''four''' times over the course of its ten season run, as a result of it not getting [[AdoredByTheNetwork ratings as high as]] [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants a certain sponge]], yet still performing better than every ''other'' animated show on the network. The first cancelation being after "The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators!" aired and the show went on a 15 month hiatus afterward, the second cancelation being after "Meet the [=OddParents=]", the third cancelation being after "The Fairy Beginning", and the fourth and final cancelation being after "The Kale Patch Caper". Creator Butch Hartman joked that the network would reliably take him aside and renew the show for another season or two as soon as he'd leave each wrap party.

* Creator/G4TV is an example of ''an entire television network'' getting revived, having originally shut down in 2014 before relaunching as an Internet-only presence in 2020, followed by the return of its cable channel the following year.

'''Peter:''' Well, I suppose if ''all'' those shows go down the tubes, we might have a shot.

* ''Series/TheMysteryFilesOfShelbyWoo'' was uncancelled for a fourth season after a [=IATSE=] strike targeting the show shut down production after the third season ended. This had the side effect of [=CINAR=] taking over as co-producer and production moving to UsefulNotes/{{Montreal}} from the Nickelodeon Studios in Orlando, Florida.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' was cancelled and renewed '''four''' times over the course of its ten season run, as a result of it not getting [[AdoredByTheNetwork ratings as high as]] [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants a certain sponge]], yet still performing better than every ''other'' animated show on the network. First cancelation being after "The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators!" aired and the show went on a 15 month hiatus afterward, the second cancelation being after "Meet the [=OddParents=]", the third cancelation being after "The Fairy Beginning", and the fourth and final cancelation being after "The Kale Patch Caper". Creator Butch Hartman joked that the network would reliably take him aside and renew the show for another season or two as soon as he'd leave each wrap party.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' was cancelled and renewed '''four''' times over the course of its ten season run, as a result of it not getting [[AdoredByTheNetwork ratings as high as]] [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants a certain sponge]], yet still performing better than every ''other'' animated show on the network. First time being after "The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators!" aired and the show went on a 15 month hiatus afterward. Creator Butch Hartman joked that the network would reliably take him aside and renew the show for another season or two as soon as he'd leave each wrap party.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' was cancelled and renewed '''four''' times over the course of its ten season run, as a result of it not getting [[AdoredByTheNetwork ratings as high as]] [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants a certain sponge]], yet still performing better than every ''other'' animated show on the network. Creator Butch Hartman joked that the network would reliably take him aside and renew the show for another season or two as soon as he'd leave each wrap party.

* ''Series/ThePaperChase'' is a 1971 novel that was adapted into a 1973 film, then adapted into a TV series that ran for one season on Creator/{{CBS}} in 1978 before being canceled. The series was syndicated on Creator/{{PBS}} for several years before being revived on Creator/{{Showtime}} in 1983, with much of the cast returning, to run for three more seasons.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekProdigy'' was cancelled by Paramount+ and erased from it streaming service in 2023 despite a second season already being greenlit and announced as forthcoming. Tax write-offs and UsefulNotes/HollywoodAccounting were allegedly to blame for the show's erasure from Paramount+, and after a vocal and dedicated fan campaign to see the series saved by another network, Season 2's episodes, finished and unfinished alike, were sold to {{Creator/Netflix}} to air in early 2024. This marks the second such time a ''Star Trek'' show was saved by a fan campaign, the first time being [[Series/StarTrek the Original Series]] all the way back in 1968.

* ''MOTHER'' was stated to be released in North America, but due to the NES being at the end of its life cycle, and the SNES taking off in popularity, Nintendo canceled the English release after it was finished. Nearly 30 years later, the game was finally released on the Wii U's Virtual Console as ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'' in order to differentiate itself from ''VideoGame/EarthBound'', [[SequelFirst which was released first]].

* ''Series/APBio'' was cancelled after its second season by [=NBC=], only to be revived for a third season by [=NBCUniversal=]'s upcoming streaming service a couple of months later.