| 1 | ->''"To recap: Saturdays at noon in the early 90s, Argentinian television aired a wrestling show based on toys based on [[WesternAnimation/RamboTheForceOfFreedom a cartoon]] based on [[Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII a movie]] based on [[Literature/FirstBlood a book]]."'' |
| 2 | -->-- '''Art O'Donnell''', ''Website/WrestleCrap'' ([[http://wrestlecrap.com/inductions/active-inductions/rambo-y-sus-titanes describing]] ''Franchise/{{Rambo}} y sus titanes'') |
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| 4 | This is where a work is adapted, then the adaptation is adapted, and so forth. The adaptations pile on a ridiculous number of times, usually resulting in the [[AdaptationDecay actual source material appearing completely unrelated]]. |
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| 6 | This is often done to capitalize on a popular franchise, especially when an [[PublicDomain expired copyright is involved]]... |
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| 8 | It's important to note that this is not necessarily a bad thing, as the adapted works sometimes end up being genuinely good, or at [[CashCowFranchise least lucrative.]] |
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| 10 | This trope often results in (and is not to be confused with) RecursiveAdaptation, AdaptationDisplacement, LostInImitation, and AdaptationOverdosed. |
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| 12 | !!Examples |
| 13 | * ''[[Franchise/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians 101 Dalmatians]]'': [[Literature/TheHundredAndOneDalmatians Children's novel]] → [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Animated film]] → Second children's novel → [[Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians1996 Live-action film]] → [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries Television series]] → [[Film/OneHundredAndTwoDalmatians Second live-action movie]] → [[VideoGame/OneHundredAndTwoDalmatiansPuppiesToTheRescue Non-canon video game]] → DirectToVideo [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansIIPatchsLondonAdventure sequel of animated movie]] → [[Film/{{Cruella}} Prequel film]] |
| 14 | * ''Franchise/TheAddamsFamily:'' Newspaper Comic → [[Series/TheAddamsFamily TV show]] → [[WesternAnimation/TheAddamsFamily1973 Cartoon]] → Video Game → [[Film/TheAddamsFamily Movie]] → [[WesternAnimation/TheAddamsFamily1992 TV show loosely based on movie]] → Video Game → [[Film/AddamsFamilyValues Sequel to movie]] → Broadway Musical → [[WesternAnimation/TheAddamsFamily2019 Animated movie]] → [[Series/{{Wednesday}} TV show focusing on a core character]] |
| 15 | * The Marx Brothers' ''Theatre/AnimalCrackers'': Play → What the Marxes did to the play → Movie → Play based on the movie |
| 16 | * The life of UsefulNotes/AnastasiaNikolaevnaRomanova, and the woman pulled out of a river in Germany who claimed to be her: Historical events → stage play → Ballet → [[Film/{{Anastasia}} live-action film]] → [[WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}} animated film]] → [[Theatre/{{Anastasia}} Broadway musical]] |
| 17 | * ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'': Film trilogy → Video games → [[Ride/BackToTheFutureTheRide Theme park ride]] → [[WesternAnimation/BackToTheFuture Cartoon]] → [[ComicBook/BackToTheFuture Comics]] → [[Theatre/BackToTheFutureTheMusical Musical]] |
| 18 | * ''Beauty and the Beast'': [[Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast Fairy tale]] → Rewritten fairy tale → [[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast1946 Film]] → [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Animated film]] → [[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017 Live-action film]] |
| 19 | * ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'': Toys → Comics → Web games → Novels → Non-canon video game → DirectToVideo movies → Novels based on those movies → Another non-canon video game → Novels → Another DTV movie → Web serials → Web novel. |
| 20 | * ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'': Novels → Rewritten novels → Comic books → [[Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982 Movie]] → [[Film/ConanTheBarbarian2011 Remake movie]]. |
| 21 | * ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', Manga Pilot (Kagarigari) → Manga Serialization → Anime → Anime Movie (Canonical) → Stage Play → Video Games |
| 22 | * ''Franchise/DieHard'': |
| 23 | ** ''The Detective'' (novel) → 1968 Music/FrankSinatra movie |
| 24 | ** ''Nothing Lasts Forever'' (sequel novel) → ''Film/DieHard''… and [[Film/DieHard2 the]] [[Film/DieHardWithAVengeance sequels]] [[Film/LiveFreeOrDieHard that]] [[Film/AGoodDayToDieHard followed]] |
| 25 | * ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' and ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'', as well as their characters. |
| 26 | * ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'' is an interesting case, being an AscendedFanfic rather than an official adaptation. It all started with a dream Stephenie Meyer had, which inspired ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'', which was adapted into a film series. That inspired an erotic fan fiction by E. L. James, which became a novel series, which got adapted into its own film series. Then ''that'' inspired [[Film/BookClub a romantic comedy]] with its own sequel in the works. ''Fifty Shades of Grey'' also heavily influenced ''Literature/ThreeHundredSixtyFiveDays'', a trilogy of erotic romance novels published by Polish author Blanka Lipińska which contains the same themes and concepts, in addition to being [[Film/ThreeHundredSixtyFiveDays adapted to the big screen]]. |
| 27 | * ''Literature/TheFly'' has two different continuities: |
| 28 | ** Short story → [[Film/TheFly1958 1958 movie]] → [[Film/ReturnOfTheFly Sequel to movie]] → [[Film/CurseOfTheFly Second sequel]] |
| 29 | ** Short story → [[Film/TheFly1986 1986 movie]] → [[Film/TheFlyII Sequel to movie]] → Comic book continuation of sequel → Opera adaptation of 1986 movie |
| 30 | * ''Literature/FreakyFriday:'' Children's novel → [[Film/FreakyFriday1976 Movie (1976)]] → [[Film/FreakyFriday1995 Movie (1995)]] → [[Film/FreakyFriday2003 Movie (2003)]]. |
| 31 | ** Also: Children's novel → Sequel → TV show |
| 32 | * ''Literature/GodsAndGenerals:'' Actual Events → Book → Movie → Video Game |
| 33 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch'' was an unlicensed AnimatedAdaptation of the sitcom ''Series/HogansHeroes'', which was an unlicensed adaptation of the film ''Film/{{Stalag17}}'', which was adapted from the Broadway play of the same name, which was based on real experiences in a prisoner-of-war camp in Austria. It was a steady slide from reality, to talking bears with funky hair. |
| 34 | * ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy:'' Radio Serial → Books → TV Series → Adventure Game → Movie |
| 35 | * ''DerivativeWorks/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'': [[Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Novel]] → [[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1923 Film]] → [[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1939 Remake film]] → [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Animated film]] → [[Theatre/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Musical]] |
| 36 | * ''The King and I'': Anna Leonowens's memoirs → ''Anna and the King of Siam'' (novel) → [[Theatre/TheKingAndI Broadway musical]] → Live-action film → [[WesternAnimation/TheKingAndI Animated children's film]] |
| 37 | * ''Theatre/LaCageAuxFolles'': French stage play → Franco-Italian movie (with two sequels) → Broadway musical → [[Film/TheBirdcage Americanization]] |
| 38 | * ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': Video games → [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda1989 Cartoon]] → [[ComicBook/TheLegendOfZelda Comic]] |
| 39 | * ''DerivativeWorks/LesMiserables'': [[Literature/LesMiserables Novel]] → [[Theatre/LesMiserables Musical]] → [[Film/LesMiserables2012 Film]]. This one is interesting, as multiple movies have been made of the book, but only in 2012 did they actually make a movie of the musical |
| 40 | * ''Little Shop of Horrors'': [[Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors Movie]] → [[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors Stage musical]] → [[Film/LittleShopOfHorrors Movie of musical]] → [[WesternAnimation/LittleShop (Extremely) short-lived Saturday morning cartoon show]] |
| 41 | * ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'': Game → Comic Book adaptation → KineticNovel adaptation of the Comic Book adaptation → Movie adaptation of the KineticNovel adaptation of the Comic Book adaptation |
| 42 | ** The same applies to its [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty sequel]], albeit it was never adapted into a KineticNovel. |
| 43 | * ''The Mighty Ducks'' : [[Film/TheMightyDucks Movie]] → [[{{Defictionalization}} Actual hockey team]] → [[WesternAnimation/MightyDucksTheAnimatedSeries Cartoon]] → [[Series/TheMightyDucksGameChangers Revival TV show]] |
| 44 | * ''Literature/{{Misery}}'': Novel → Movie → Play |
| 45 | * The entire ''Franchise/TheMummy'' franchise: [[Film/TheMummy1932 1932 Movie]] → [[Film/TheMummysHand 1940 semi-remake]] → [[Film/TheMummysHand trilogy]] of sequels to the semi-remake → [[Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetTheMummy comedic spoof]] → [[Film/TheMummy1959 1959 Remake]] → [[Film/TheCurseOfTheMummysTomb trilogy]] [[Film/TheMummysShroud of]] sequels to the Remake → [[Film/TheMummy1999 1999 Reboot]] → [[VideoGame/TheMummy Video Game]] → [[Film/TheMummyReturns Sequel]] → [[VideoGame/TheMummyReturns Video Game]] → [[WesternAnimation/TheMummyTheAnimatedSeries Animated Series]] → [[Film/TheScorpionKing Prequel Spin-Off]] → [[VideoGame/TheScorpionKingRiseOfTheAkkadian Video Game]] → Prequel to spin-off → [[Film/TheMummyTombOfTheDragonEmperor Sequel to Reboot sequel]] → Sequel to original spin-off → Interquel to original spin-off and its sequel → [[Film/TheMummy2017 2017 Reboot]] → Another sequel to original spin-off |
| 46 | * ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'': Manga → Alternative retelling OVA → [[Anime/NegimaSecondSeason alternative retelling anime]] → alternative retelling Manga (which outlasted the anime its based on). |
| 47 | * ''Film/TheNotebook'': Novel → Movie → Musical |
| 48 | * ''Manga/OnePiece:'' Manga → Anime OVA → Anime TV series → Video games → [[Series/OnePiece2023 Live-action TV series]] |
| 49 | * ''Film/TheProducers: '' Movie about a musical → Musical → Movie adaptation of the musical |
| 50 | * ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'': [[Literature/FirstBlood Novel]] → [[Film/FirstBlood Film]] → Sequels to the film → Novelisations of the sequels, written by the author of the original novel |
| 51 | * ''Franchise/RoboCop'': [[Film/RoboCop1987 1987 film]] → 1988 animated adaptation → [[Film/RoboCop2 Two film]] [[Film/RoboCop3 sequels]] → Comic sequels → [[Comicbook/RobocopVersusTheTerminator Futuristic comic crossover]] → [[Series/RoboCopTheSeries 1994 television series]] based off the first two films only → 1998 animated series (with no ties to the first) → [[Series/RoboCopPrimeDirectives 2000 miniseries]] based on the first film only → [[Film/RoboCop2014 Film reboot]] |
| 52 | * ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': [[Manga/CodeNameSailorV Manga]] → [[Manga/SailorMoon Better known sequel]] → [[Anime/SailorMoon Anime]] → [[Theatre/SeraMyu Musicals]] → [[VideoGame/SailorMoonAnotherStory Non-canon video game]] → [[Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon Live-action television series]] → [[Anime/SailorMoonCrystal Another anime]] → [[Theatre/SeraMyu Second Set of Musicals]] |
| 53 | * ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'': Novel → Play → Many films based on the play |
| 54 | * ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles:'' Comic → Cartoon → Comic based on cartoon → Movie → Band → ... |
| 55 | * The Battle of Thermopylae: Actual events → unreliable historical document by [[Creator/{{Herodotus}} a man]] who was taking a break from writing about giant ants → [[Film/The300Spartans Movie]] → [[ComicBook/ThreeHundred Graphic Novel]] → [[Film/ThreeHundred Movie]] → [[Film/ThreeHundredRiseOfAnEmpire Sequel to second Movie]] → Graphic Novel originally meant to inspire the sequel but ended up borrowing from it |
| 56 | * ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': Toys → [[ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel Comic]] → [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Cartoon]] → [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie Animated movie]] → [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars Sequel]] [[WesternAnimation/BeastMachines cartoons]] → [[Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise Reboot]] [[Anime/UnicronTrilogy cartoons]] → [[ComicBook/TransformersGenerationOne Lots]] [[ComicBook/TheTransformersAllHailMegatron lots]] [[ComicBook/TheTransformersLastStandOfTheWreckers more]] [[ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW comics]] → [[Film/Transformers2007 Live-action 2007 movie]] → [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Another reboot cartoon]] → [[Franchise/TransformersTimelines Even more comics, and prose]] → [[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen Second movie]] → [[VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron Video game]] → [[Literature/TransformersExodus More prose]] → [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Slightly video game/movie-based reboot cartoon]] → [[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon Third Movie]] → [[WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots Spin-off to the previous cartoon]] → [[Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction Fourth Movie]] → [[WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise Sequel to video game/movie-based reboot]] → [[Film/TransformersTheLastKnight Fifth Movie]]. [[AdaptationOverdosed Whew]]. |
| 57 | * ''Franchise/TheTwilightZone'': |
| 58 | ** [[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 TV show]] → [[Film/TwilightZoneTheMovie Movie]] → [[Series/TheTwilightZone1985 TV revival]] → [[Ride/TheTwilightZoneTowerOfTerror Theme park ride]] → [[Series/TheTwilightZone2002 Second TV revival]] → [[Series/TheTwilightZone2019 Third TV revival]] |
| 59 | ** (Above-mentioned) Theme park ride → [[Film/TowerOfTerror TV Movie based off the ride’s storyline only]] |
| 60 | * ''Literature/UncleTomsCabin'': Pre-Civil War book about the hardships and immorality of slavery → Straight play adaptation → Jim Crow era minstrel show about the [[ComicallyMissingThePoint perks of being subservient to white people]] → Movie adaptation. Guess which one is [[UncleTomFoolery best remembered]]. |
| 61 | * ''The Thing'': ''Literature/WhoGoesThere'' (1938 Novella) →''Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld'' → ''Film/TheThing1982'' → 2002 video game sequel to the 1982 film → ''Film/TheThing2011'' → ''Frozen Hell'' (2019 novel version of the original novella) |
| 62 | !!In-Universe Examples |
| 63 | * Parodied by the ''Website/{{Neopets}}'' item "LDPBSTSCC", which stands for Lost Desert Paint Brush Stamp T-Shirt Collectable Card. Indeed, it is a collectable card depicting someone wearing a shirt depicting a stamp depicting a Lost Desert Paint Brush. |
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