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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A film adaptation of ''The Cardinal of the Kremlin'' was planned as the follow-up to ''Clear and Present Danger'', but after Harrison Ford's departure from the franchise the project was put on hold and eventually canceled.
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* NamesTheSame: Particularly JustForFun/{{egregious}} in some cases, when Clancy uses the same names for characters that either die or are separated by years. The most notable examples include:
** Anne Pretloe, a doctor who helped to treat John Kelly[[spoiler:/Clark]] in ''Without Remorse'', and a girl who was kidnapped and murdered by [[spoiler:Horizon Corporation's Project]] in ''Rainbow Six''.
** Dmitriy A. Popov, a Soviet diplomat present during the Middle East peace agreement in ''Sum of All Fears'', and a former KGB terrorist liaison in ''Rainbow Six''.
** Tony Wills, a star football player [[spoiler:who was killed in the nuclear explosion in Denver]] in ''Sum of All Fears'', a Secret Service agent looking after the children of Roger Durling in ''Debt of Honor'' and ''Executive Orders'', and a former CIA intelligence analyst who mentors Jack Ryan, Jr. in ''Teeth of the Tiger''.
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* NamesTheSame: Particularly JustForFun/{{egregious}} in some cases, when Clancy uses the same names for characters that either die or are separated by years. The most notable examples include:
** Anne Pretloe, a doctor who helped to treat John Kelly[[spoiler:/Clark]] in ''Without Remorse'', and a girl who was kidnapped and murdered by [[spoiler:Horizon Corporation's Project]] in ''Rainbow Six''.
** Dmitriy A. Popov, a Soviet diplomat present during the Middle East peace agreement in ''Sum of All Fears'', and a former KGB terrorist liaison in ''Rainbow Six''.
** Tony Wills, a star football player [[spoiler:who was killed in the nuclear explosion in Denver]] in ''Sum of All Fears'', a Secret Service agent looking after the children of Roger Durling in ''Debt of Honor'' and ''Executive Orders'', and a former CIA intelligence analyst who mentors Jack Ryan, Jr. in ''Teeth of the Tiger''.
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* ExtrudedBookProduct: In addition to the name-branded CashCowFranchise series, Clancy’s later Ryanverse novels were collaborative works. How much of the writing was actually Clancy’s, if any, is unclear. After Clancy’s death in 2013, the Ryanverse series continued.
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* ExtrudedBookProduct: In addition to the name-branded CashCowFranchise series, Clancy’s later Ryanverse novels were collaborative works. How much of the writing was actually Clancy’s, if any, is unclear. After Clancy’s death in 2013 the Ryanverse series continued.

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* ExtrudedBookProduct: In addition to the name-branded CashCowFranchise series, Clancy’s later Ryanverse novels were collaborative works. How much of the writing was actually Clancy’s, if any, is unclear. After Clancy’s death in 2013 2013, the Ryanverse series continued.
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* CashCowFranchise: The reason for the existence of ''Net Force'' and ''Op Center'', not to mention all the Clancy spinoff games. Heck, the entire Clancy franchise became this long ago - he sold the ''rights'' to his name and, until recently, had ghostwriters.

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* CashCowFranchise: The reason for the existence of ''Net Force'' and ''Op Center'', not to mention all the Clancy spinoff Clancy-branded video games. Heck, the entire Clancy franchise became this long ago - he sold the ''rights'' to his name and, until recently, shortly before his passing, had ghostwriters.
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* ScienceMarchesOn: Several books set TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture make use of proposed weapons systems that never went into production, or never existed in the first place.

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* ExtrudedBookProduct: In addition to the name-branded CashCowFranchise series, Clancy’s later Ryanverse novels were collaborative works. How much of the writing was actually Clancy’s, if any, is unclear. After Clancy’s death in 2013 the Ryanverse series continued.
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* CashCowFranchise: The reason for the existence of ''Net Force'' and ''Op Center'', not to mention all the Clancy spinoff games. Heck, the entire Clancy franchise became this long ago - he sold the ''rights'' to his name and, until recently, had ghostwriters.
* FollowTheLeader: Clancy's work popularized the techno-thriller genre.
* ScienceMarchesOn: Several books set TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture make use of proposed weapons systems that never went into production, or never existed in the first place.

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