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* ''{{Castlevania}}'' games are linked by its main villain Dracula.
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* ''{{Castlevania}}'' games are linked by its main villain Dracula. This even extends to the [[CastlevaniaSorrow Sorrow Games]], which are set in the future after Drac's FinalDeath. Who is the player character? [[spoiler:His reincarnation!]]
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* {{Fantomas}}, from the series of french pulp novels writen by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre (and later by Allain alone after Souvestre's death) starting in 1911.
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* The ''{{Friday The 13th}}'' series featuring Jason Voorhees. The first movie did not feature Jason as the killer, but his [[AxCrazy crazy]] [[MamaBear mom]] instead.
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* The ''{{Friday The 13th}}'' series featuring Jason Voorhees. The first movie did not feature Jason as the killer, but his [[AxCrazy [[spoiler:[[AxCrazy crazy]] [[MamaBear mom]] mom]]]] instead.
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** Though the heroes return as well . . . sort of
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* The lesser-known ''SleepawayCamp'' series.
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* The heroes asking the question cycles depending on the series, but they're ''always'' asking the question "Where in |the World/America/Time/etc.| is CarmenSandiego?"
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* The heroes asking the question cycles depending on the series, but they're ''always'' asking the question "Where in |the World/America/Time/etc.World/America/Time/Hell/etc.| is CarmenSandiego?"
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* Though just Villain ''Named'' Franchise (all games star Samus, after all): both ''{{Metroid}}'' ([[PersonalSpaceInvader a really dangerous alien species]]) and ''MetroidPrime'' (though it gets a new name and a new look in the second installment). (Perhaps you could say that from their point of view, Samus is the villain.)
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* Though just Villain ''Named'' Franchise (all games star Samus, after all): both ''{{Metroid}}'' ([[PersonalSpaceInvader a really dangerous alien species]]) and ''MetroidPrime'' (though it gets a new name and a new look in the second installment). (Perhaps Perhaps you could say that from their point of view, Samus [[MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds Samus]] is the villain.)
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* Though the ''MetroidPrime'' subseries keeps quite a few links from [[{{Metroid}} its source series]], the trilogy is named after the enemy that serves as the final boss in all three games.
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* The {{Mother}}/{{Earthbound}} series is a special case. None of the heroes ever return, but the BigBad from the first one reappears in the next one, in which a [[TheDragon Dragon]] for him is introduced. [[spoiler: The third one then features only TheDragon from the second one, since the original BigBad was killed in the second game. A couple of characters ([[WildMassGuessing how many exactly depends on the player]]) from the second game appear, though, and Ness, the hero from it, is referenced a lot.]]
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* Every Kingdom Hearts game is linked by the same mysterious evil figure who just won't stay dead.
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* Every Kingdom Hearts ''KingdomHearts'' game is linked by the same mysterious evil figure who just won't stay dead.
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* ''TheSlenderManMythos''. Many authors, many situations, 1([[WildMassGuessing ?]]) EldritchAbomination.
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* ''TheSlenderManMythos''. Many authors, many situations, 1([[WildMassGuessing ?]]) EldritchAbomination.HumanoidAbomination.
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* Every Kingdom Hearts game is linked by the same mysterious evil figure who just won't stay dead.
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* Though the ''MetroidPrime'' subseries keeps quite a few links from [[{{Metroid}} its source series]], the trilogy is named after the enemy that serves as the final boss in all three games.
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* SuperRobotWars is so named because the villains in the games start these, with the good guys having to end them.
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** Averted by the third movie, which was hated by critics and fans alike.
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* Though just Villain ''Named'' Franchise (all games star Samus, after all): both ''{{Metroid}}'' ([[PersonalSpaceInvader a really dangerous alien species]]) and ''MetroidPrime'' (though it gets a new name and a new look in the second installment).
* In one way or another, the main stories of the FatalFury and ArtOfFighting series seem to revolve around Geese Howard. By the time KingOfFighters [[UpdatedRerelease 2002 UM]] comes around, he's also present in that as a secret boss, [[BeyondTheImpossible out-bossing]] a considerable cast of [[SNKBoss SNK bosses]]. Also, in [[CapcomVsWhatever Capcom Vs SNK]], [[MemeticMutation Geese is ratio 6]] when fought as a boss, since you fight him twice as ratio 3, when the highest a character goes in the game, [[StreetFighter Gouki]] as a secret character, is ratio 4.
* In one way or another, the main stories of the FatalFury and ArtOfFighting series seem to revolve around Geese Howard. By the time KingOfFighters [[UpdatedRerelease 2002 UM]] comes around, he's also present in that as a secret boss, [[BeyondTheImpossible out-bossing]] a considerable cast of [[SNKBoss SNK bosses]]. Also, in [[CapcomVsWhatever Capcom Vs SNK]], [[MemeticMutation Geese is ratio 6]] when fought as a boss, since you fight him twice as ratio 3, when the highest a character goes in the game, [[StreetFighter Gouki]] as a secret character, is ratio 4.
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* Though just Villain ''Named'' Franchise (all games star Samus, after all): both ''{{Metroid}}'' ([[PersonalSpaceInvader a really dangerous alien species]]) and ''MetroidPrime'' (though it gets a new name and a new look in the second installment).
installment). (Perhaps you could say that from their point of view, Samus is the villain.)
* In one way or another, the main stories of theFatalFury ''FatalFury'' and ArtOfFighting ''ArtOfFighting'' series seem to revolve around Geese Howard. By the time KingOfFighters ''KingOfFighters [[UpdatedRerelease 2002 UM]] UM]]'' comes around, he's also present in that as a secret boss, [[BeyondTheImpossible out-bossing]] a considerable cast of [[SNKBoss SNK bosses]]. Also, in [[CapcomVsWhatever Capcom Vs SNK]], [[MemeticMutation Geese is ratio 6]] when fought as a boss, since you fight him twice as ratio 3, when the highest a character goes in the game, [[StreetFighter Gouki]] as a secret character, is ratio 4.
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* ''TheSlenderManMythos''. Many authors, many situations, 1([[WildMassGuessing ?]]) EldritchAbomination.
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* ''{{Dexter}}'' is an AntiVillain based show.
* ''{{Dexter}}'' is an AntiVillain based show.
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A series linked by a recurring villain. The heroes and the locations may change or be dropped, but the central link remains the villain.
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A series linked by a recurring villain. The heroes and the locations may change or be dropped, but the central link remains the villain.
villain. The villain is frequently the BigBad of the franchise and most or all of its installments, though this doesn't have to be the case to qualify for the trope.
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becoming the protagonist isn't a sign of badass decay and doesn't mean the series isn't still based around the villain
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* [[TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter]], though he [[{{Badass Decay}} becomes more and more of a protagonist]] as new books come out.
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* [[TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter]], though he [[{{Badass Decay}} becomes who became more and more of a protagonist]] the protagonist as new books come out.came out, though he suffered from BadassDecay.
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villain isn't always the protagonist
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Very popular with SlasherMovies, probably because the heroes can die off in the end without ruining the series. Often though, the villain protagonist will appear to die at the end, to allow closure to the series if another one is not made. OrIsIt ending optional.
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Very popular with SlasherMovies, probably because the heroes can die off in the end without ruining the series. Often though, the villain protagonist will appear to die at the end, to allow closure to the series if another one is not made. OrIsIt ending optional.
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a little obvious to say the heroes are the ones we root for; other part changed earlier because you could have a villain based franchise in which the villain is also the protagonist
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Not the same as a series with a VillainProtagonist. Each installment may introduce a whole new set of heroes, but they may still be the guys we follow around and (supposedly) root for.
protagonists.
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Not the same as a series with a VillainProtagonist. Each installment may introduce a whole new set of heroes, but they are still the guys we follow around and (supposedly) root for.
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Not the same as a series with a VillainProtagonist. Each installment may introduce a whole new set of heroes, but they are may still the guys we follow around and (supposedly) root for.
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** This gets UpToEleven in {{Hellsing}} where the Count is the titled HeroicSociopath protagonist [[spoiler: who ends up victorious. Lampshading the whole 'Dracula returns' at the end]].
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Nipping a few that are just "the series keeps the same villain for a while"
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* ''TheScorpionKing'' was the hero in his own movie, but before that, he was the [[SealedEvilInACan ancient evil]] the heroes fight at the end of ''[[TheMummyTrilogy The Mummy Returns]].''
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* ''KingdomHearts''. Dear lord, Kingdom Hearts. If something's gone wrong, you can bet that ''some'' permutation of Xehanort was involved at one point.
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* The [[FinalFantasy Ivalice]] [[IvaliceAlliance Alliance]], where most of the people actively trying to save the world are either {{Anti Villain}}s or ChaoticNeutral, and anyone that's of purely good alignment are just {{Xanatos Sucker}}s at best.
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* Possibly {{Silent Hill}}, [[EldritchLocation if a place can be a villain]].
* [[{{Kingdom Hearts}} KINGDOM HEARTS]]. Dear lord, Kingdom Hearts. If something's gone wrong, you can bet that ''some'' permutation of Xehanort was involved at one point.
* Metroid Prime in the MetroidPrime trilogy, although it gets a new name and a new look in the second installment.
** The {{Metroid}} race themselves for the franchise.
* [[{{Kingdom Hearts}} KINGDOM HEARTS]]. Dear lord, Kingdom Hearts. If something's gone wrong, you can bet that ''some'' permutation of Xehanort was involved at one point.
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* Possibly {{Silent Hill}}, ''SilentHill'', [[EldritchLocation if a place can be a villain]].
*[[{{Kingdom Hearts}} KINGDOM HEARTS]].''KingdomHearts''. Dear lord, Kingdom Hearts. If something's gone wrong, you can bet that ''some'' permutation of Xehanort was involved at one point.
*Metroid Prime in the MetroidPrime trilogy, although Though just Villain ''Named'' Franchise (all games star Samus, after all): both ''{{Metroid}}'' ([[PersonalSpaceInvader a really dangerous alien species]]) and ''MetroidPrime'' (though it gets a new name and a new look in the second installment.
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* The [[FinalFantasy Ivalice Ivalice]] [[IvaliceAlliance Alliance]], where most of the people actively trying to save the world are either {{Anti Villain}}s or ChaoticNeutral, and anyone that's of purely good alignment are just {{Xanatos Sucker}}s at best.
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* The [[FinalFantasy Ivalice Alliance]], where most of the people actively trying to save the world are either {{Anti Villain}}s or ChaoticNeutral, and anyone that's of purely good alignment are just {{Xanatos Sucker}}s at best.
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Presumably these are just a part of the Batman and Spider-Man franchises. Doesn't Punch-Out!! have the same hero? Removing a non-example. Numerous Zelda games feature a lack of Ganon (Link's Awakening, Majora's Mask, Four Swords, Minish Cap, Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks and almost certainly the new one). Do you have a speech impediment, Dr. Murphy?
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* [[{{Anti Hero}} Venom]], of [[{{Spider-Man}} Spider-Man]] fame, had his own spin-off as well.
* TheJoker had [[TooGoodToLast a very short-lived spin-off of his own]] in the seventies, [[CardboardPrison with his own lair under his cell at Arkham Asylum]] and everything.
* [[{{Anti Hero}} Venom]], of [[{{Spider-Man}} Spider-Man]] fame, had his own spin-off as well.
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* ResidentEvil centers around the Umbrella Corporation and its successors.
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* ResidentEvil With the exception of the fourth game (though they still influence the plot to a degree), ''ResidentEvil'' centers around the Umbrella Corporation and its successors.
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* This isn't actually the case in the ''{{Digimon}}'' anime SeriesFranchise, but Fox Kids seemed to think it was when they created an online game to generate publicity for the ''DigimonTamers'' dub. The final boss was a rather OffModel Vamdemon/Myotismon, a major villain from ''DigimonAdventure'' and ''DigimonAdventure02''.
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* CommandAndConquer revolves around Kane.