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1->''"When ''Film/AnimalHouse'' turned out the way it did, they all rushed to me with barrels of money begging me to make them rich."''
2-->--'''Creator/JohnLandis'''
3
4This is the very work that practically begins a creator's career and gives them success in their medium. This is the [[TitleDrop Breakthrough Hit]].
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6For some creators, it could be the very first work they created. For others, it comes only after a series of unsuccessful attempts; these early attempts may end up being VindicatedByHistory, though. For many of these, creators are often subject to the curse of ToughActToFollow, as practically every subsequent work may be compared to the breakthrough. More often than not, creators (musicians in particular) often dread the idea of a BlackSheepHit becoming their breakthrough, as what is intended to be a one-off experiment in other areas may result in the publisher forcing them to follow that style from that point on.
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8Compare KillerApp (equivalent for game systems), StarMakingRole (equivalent for actors), and GatewaySeries (equivalent for an entire genre or multimedia franchise). Contrast CreatorKiller and OneHitWonder.
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10!!Example subpages:
11[[index]]
12* BreakthroughHit/AnimeAndManga
13* [[BreakthroughHit/{{Film}} Films]]
14* BreakthroughHit/{{Music}}
15* BreakthroughHit/VideoGames
16[[/index]]
17
18!!Other examples:
19[[foldercontrol]]
20
21[[folder:Comic Books]]
22[[AC:Created the property]]
23* ''ComicBook/OneHundredBullets'' for Creator/BrianAzzarello.
24* ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #1 for Creator/DCComics, which featured the debut of ComicBook/{{Superman}}.
25* ''ComicBook/AlbedoErmaFelnaEDF'' for Steven A. Gallacci.
26* ''ComicBook/AmericanVampire'' for Creator/ScottSnyder.
27* ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' for Joe Simon and Creator/JackKirby.
28* ''ComicBook/{{Casanova}}'' for Creator/MattFraction.
29* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' for Creator/StanLee.
30* ''ComicBook/{{Lucifer}}'' for Creator/MikeCarey.
31* ''ComicBook/{{Marvels}}'' for Creator/KurtBusiek and Creator/AlexRoss.
32* ''ComicBook/{{Phonogram}}'' for Creator/KieronGillen.
33* ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'' for Creator/GarthEnnis.
34* ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' for Creator/BrianKVaughan
35* ''ComicBook/{{The Sandman|1989}}'' for Creator/NeilGaiman (though his greater body of work is in regular literature).
36* ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' for Bryan Lee O'Malley.
37* ''ComicBook/TheSixthGun'' for Creator/CullenBunn.
38* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' for Creator/SteveDitko.
39* ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'' for Creator/WarrenEllis.
40* ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'' for Creator/StanSakai.
41* ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead'' for Creator/RobertKirkman.
42* ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'' for Creator/AlanMoore.
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44[[AC:Did not create the property but first made their name with it]]
45* ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan1963'' for Creator/RogerStern.
46* ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' for Creator/JohnBuscema and Creator/GeorgePerez (separate runs).
47* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' for NealAdams and Creator/ChuckDixon (separate runs).
48* ''[[ComicBook/TheLongHalloween Batman: The Long Halloween]]'' for Creator/JephLoeb and Tim Sale.
49* ''ComicBook/BatmanGatesOfGotham'' and ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' for Kyle Higgins.
50* ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' for Creator/GailSimone.
51* ''ComicBook/BlackWidow'' for Creator/NathanEdmondson.
52* ''ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}'' for Creator/KellySueDeConnick.
53* ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' for Creator/FrankMiller.
54* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' for Creator/JoeKelly.
55* ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'' and ''ComicBook/AnimalMan'' for Creator/GrantMorrison.
56* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' for Creator/JonathanHickman.
57* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'' for Creator/GeoffJohns and Creator/MarkWaid (separate runs).
58* ''ComicBook/GothamCentral'' for Creator/GregRucka and Creator/EdBrubaker.
59* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern/ComicBook/GreenArrow'' for Creator/DennisONeil.
60* ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2008'' for Andy Lanning.
61* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk1968'' for Creator/PeterDavid.
62* ''ComicBook/IronMan'' for David Micheline.
63* ''[[ComicBook/NickFury Nick Fury, Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'' for Creator/JimSteranko.
64* ''ComicBook/MsMarvel2014'' for Creator/GWillowWilson.
65* ''ComicBook/NewTeenTitans'' for Creator/MarvWolfman (an update of a [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] property).
66* ''ComicBook/{{Silk|MarvelComics}}'' for Robbie Thompson.
67* ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan2000'' and ''Daredevil'' for Creator/BrianMichaelBendis.
68* ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' for Creator/ChrisClaremont, Creator/JohnByrne, and Creator/JimLee.
69* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'' for Creator/JasonAaron.
70* ''ComicBook/Youngblood2017'' for Jim Towe. He has gone on to professional comic art after only doing fan art and commissions on Website/DeviantArt, thanks to this series.
71[[/folder]]
72
73[[folder:Literature]]
74* ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer'' for Creator/MarkTwain.
75* ''Literature/TheAndromedaStrain'' for Creator/MichaelCrichton.
76* ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'' for Ryohgo Narita.
77* ''Literature/TheBadGuys'' for Aaron Blabey.
78* ''Literature/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' for Creator/NisioIsin.
79* ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'' for Creator/StephenKing. Although it was released on a low print run, its successful movie adaptation brought newfound attention onto the book and King.
80* ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'' for Creator/KazumaKamachi.
81* ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode'' for Creator/DanBrown.
82* Miguel de Cervantes was regarded as a very mediocre playwright and author of a mildly successful pastoral romance before he published ''Literature/DonQuixote''. The rest is history.
83* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' for Creator/JimButcher.
84* ''Literature/EndersGame'' for Creator/OrsonScottCard.
85* ''Literature/TheFaultInOurStars'' for Creator/JohnGreen. He has had many popular books before this, but this was his first massive hit and the book that really brought him into the public eye. In 2014 alone, only the ''Literature/{{Divergent}}'' trilogy has been able to rival it in sales.
86* ''Literature/AGameOfThrones'' for Creator/GeorgeRRMartin (although it was the TV adaptation, ''Series/GameOfThrones'' that got him mainstream recognition).
87* ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'' for Creator/JKRowling.
88* ''Literature/TheHobbit'' for Creator/JRRTolkien. While he is mainly known for its sequel, ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' nowadays, Tolkien wrote it after scoring a hit with the former.
89* ''Literature/HortonHatchesTheEgg'' for Creator/DrSeuss.
90* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' for Creator/SuzanneCollins. Her previous book series, ''The Underland Chronicles'', was not very successful and did not gain retroactive recognition upon "The Hunger Games"' success.
91* ''Literature/TheHuntForRedOctober'' for Creator/TomClancy.
92* ''Literature/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'' for Creator/RoaldDahl.
93* ''Literature/KonoSuba'' for Natsume Akatsuki.
94* ''Literature/LessThanZero'' for Creator/BretEastonEllis.
95* ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'' for Creator/CSLewis. Most of his work is in Christian apologetics, but he's mainly known for ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' today.
96* ''Literature/MoribitoGuardianOfTheSpirit'' for Creator/NahokoUehashi.
97* ''Nightfall'' for Creator/IsaacAsimov. As he himself described it "The writing of 'Nightfall' was a watershed in my professional career ... I was suddenly taken seriously and the world of science fiction became aware that I existed. As the years passed, in fact, it became evident that I had written a 'classic'".
98* ''Literature/ThePickwickPapers'' for Creator/CharlesDickens.
99* ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'' for Reki Kawahara.
100* ''Literature/TortillaFlat'' for Creator/JohnSteinbeck.
101* ''Literature/{{Trainspotting}}'' for Creator/IrvineWelsh.
102* ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'' for Creator/StephenieMeyer.
103* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' for Creator/DanAbnett.
104* ''Where Are the Children?'' for Creator/MaryHigginsClark (her second published novel). Previously, she'd only written short stories and a historical novel that sold poorly. ''Where Are the Children?'' quickly became a bestseller and launched her long, successful career as a suspense novelist.
105[[/folder]]
106
107[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
108* ''Series/AllInTheFamily'' for its creator, Norman Lear.
109* ''Series/AllThat'' for Creator/DanSchneider.
110* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'' for Creator/RyanCondal.
111* ''Series/LawAndOrder'' for Creator/DickWolf.
112* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' for Creator/JossWhedon, Creator/JaneEspenson and David Greenwalt. It also gave a start for Steven S. [=DeKnight=] (''Series/{{Spartacus}}'' and ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}'') and Drew Goddard (''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods'').
113* ''Series/{{CSI}}'' for Creator/JerryBruckheimer as a TV producer (since he was already famous for his film work).
114* ''Series/VeronicaMars'' started Rob Thomas' career as a television producer, although his book ''Rats Saw God'' started his career as a novelist.
115* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' for Tim Kring (although his previous series ''Series/CrossingJordan'' lasted longer).
116* ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'' for Creator/AlexandreAstier.
117* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'' for J. D. Payne and Patrick [=McKay=].
118* ''Series/MagnumPI'' for Creator/DonaldPBellisario.
119* ''Series/{{Lost}}'' for Creator/JJAbrams (though he'd already written or co-written several films and this wasn't his first series, having previously co-created ''Series/{{Felicity}}'' and created ''Series/{{Alias}}'').
120* ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' for Haim Saban.
121* ''Series/DoubleDare1986'' for Marc Summers and Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}.
122* ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' for Creator/MarkBurnett.
123* ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' for Creator/ChuckLorre (though he was already known for ''Series/GraceUnderFire'' and ''Series/DharmaAndGreg'').
124* ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' for Shonda Rhimes.
125* ''Series/HRPufnstuf'' for Creator/SidAndMartyKrofft.
126* ''Series/HouseOfCardsUS'' for Creator/{{Netflix}} as a provider of original programming.
127* ''Series/MadMen'' for Creator/{{AMC}}.
128* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' for Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Andrew Kreisberg. Berlanti and Guggenheim worked on the less successful but still well-received ''Series/EliStone'' beforehand, while Kreisberg was a writer for various shows.
129* ''Series/GameOfThrones'' for David Benioff and DB Weiss. Benioff was a prolific author and screenwriter and was probably best known for his screenplay to ''Film/{{Troy}}'', which while very successful hasn't made a fraction of ''Game of Thrones'' cultural impact. Weiss was also and author and screenwriter, but didn't have much to his resume at the time of the show's launch.
130* ''Series/PushingDaisies'' for Creator/BryanFuller.
131* ''Series/TheXFiles'' for Creator/ChrisCarter. It also gave a start for Creator/VinceGilligan and Michelle [=MacLaren=] (both on ''Series/BreakingBad'').
132* ''Series/BreakingBad'' for Gilligan, [=MacLaren=], plus Melissa Bernstein, Thomas Schnauz, Peter Gould, Sam Catlin, Gennifer Hutchison and Moira Walley-Beckett.
133* ''Series/AgentCarter'' for Tara Butters and Michele Fazekas.
134* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' for Mitchell Hurwitz. It also gave a start for Joe and Anthony Russo (''Series/{{Community}}'', ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', and ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'').
135* ''Series/{{Community}}'' for Creator/DanHarmon.
136* ''Series/TheHandmaidsTale'' for Creator/{{Hulu}} as a provider of original programming.
137* ''Series/{{Transparent}}'' for Amazon Prime.
138* ''Series/{{Supergirl}}'' for Ali Adler.
139* ''Series/StrangerThings'' for the Duffer Brothers.
140* Creator/DisneyChannel
141** ''Series/LizzieMcGuire'' was the network's first big original show, and marked a hit for Terri Minsky, known for writing two episodes of ''Series/SexAndTheCity''. Minsky would later return to the network for ''Series/AndiMack''.
142** ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'' for Michael Poryes and Susan Sherman. Poryes would go on to co-create the much more successful ''Series/HannahMontana''.
143** ''Series/PhilOfTheFuture'' for Douglas Tuber and Tim Maile, both of whom were writer/producers on ''Series/LizzieMcGuire''.
144** ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' for Jim Geoghan, who was known at the time for his work on ''Series/FamilyMatters''. The sequel series ''The Suite Life on Deck'' put Pamela Eells O'Connell in the hot seat for the first time after her work on the original. She later created SpiritualSuccessor show ''Series/{{Jessie}}'' and its spin-off ''Series/{{Bunkd}}''.
145** ''Series/HannahMontana'' was the first lead outing for sitcom veterans Rich Correll and Barry O'Brien.
146** ''Series/CoryInTheHouse'' for Dennis Rinsler and Marc Warren, both best known at the time for their work on ''Series/FullHouse''.
147** ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'' for ''Series/HannahMontana'' writer and NBC alumnus Todd Greenwald.
148** ''Series/SonnyWithAChance'' for animation veteran Steve Marmel as a live-action creator.
149** ''Series/JonasLA'' for ''Series/{{Friends}}''' Michael Curtis and ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'' co-writer Roger Schumann
150** ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'' for the team of Phil Baker and Drew Vaupen, formerly of ''Series/SonnyWithAChance''.
151** ''Series/ANTFarm'' for Dan Signer of ''Suite Life'' fame. He would later go on to create a pair of {{Kid Coms}} in his native Canada, ''Series/MrYoung'' and ''Series/SomeAssemblyRequired''.
152** ''Series/AustinAndAlly'' for Kevin Kopelow and Heath Seifert, who had worked on Nickelodeon hits in the past.
153* ''Series/SmartGuy'' for Danny Kallis, who would go on to create ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody''.
154* ''Series/BosomBuddies'' for the late Chris Thompson, who would later re-emerge to create the Disney Channel hit ''Series/ShakeItUp''.
155* ''Series/{{Fleabag}}'' for Creator/PhoebeWallerBridge (for whom it was also a StarMakingRole as lead actor).
156* ''Series/PressGang'' for Creator/StevenMoffat.
157* ''Series/TheYoungOnes'' for Creator/BenElton.
158* ''Series/BabylonFive'' for Creator/JMichaelStraczynski.
159* ''Series/{{Spaced}}'' for Creator/EdgarWright.
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161
162[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
163* ''ComicStrip/LilAbner'' for Al Capp.
164* ''ComicStrip/KrazyKat'' for George Herriman.
165* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' for Charles M. Schulz.
166* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' for Jim Davis.
167* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' for Bill Watterson.
168[[/folder]]
169
170[[folder:Pinball]]
171* ''Pinball/StarWarsDataEast'' for Creator/JohnBorg.
172* ''Pinball/MonsterBash'' for Creator/GeorgeGomez.
173* ''Pinball/{{Wizard}}'' for Creator/GregKmiec.
174* ''Pinball/FunHouse1990'' for Creator/PatLawlor.
175* ''Pinball/TheatreOfMagic'' for Creator/JohnPopadiuk.
176* ''Pinball/{{Flash}}'' for Creator/SteveRitchie.
177* ''Pinball/{{Contact}}'' for Creator/HarryWilliams.
178* Based on early playtests, ''Pinball/BigBangBar'' was expected to be this for Creator/CapcomPinball, but the division was closed before it was released.
179[[/folder]]
180
181[[folder:Radio Drama]]
182* ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1978'' for Creator/DouglasAdams.
183[[/folder]]
184
185[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
186* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' for Creator/RichardGarfield and Creator/WizardsOfTheCoast
187* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' for Creator/GaryGygax and Creator/{{TSR}}.
188** ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons 3rd Edition'' for Monte Cook.
189** ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', a derivative of the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 3.5 edition [=OGL=], for Paizo Publishing.
190* While ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' made Creator/GamesWorkshop popular enough to begin their own gaming system, ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' and ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'', the strategy game based off it, would be what eventually put them on the map.
191** ''TabletopGame/DarkHeresy'' and ''TabletopGame/RogueTrader'' for Creator/FantasyFlightGames in the TabletopRPG market, though they were already well-established as a BoardGame company beforehand.
192* ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' for Creator/WhiteWolf.
193* Though already known as a WarGaming company at the time, Game Designers' Workshop is better known today for its first foray into the TabletopRPG market, a little SpaceOpera game called ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}''.
194* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' or ''TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}}'' for Creator/SteveJacksonGames.
195* ''TabletopGame/{{Champions}}'' for Hero Games.
196* ''TabletopGame/MutantsAndMasterminds'' for Green Ronin Publishing.
197* ''TabletopGame/LegendOfTheFiveRings'' for Alderac Entertainment Group.
198* ''TabletopGame/BigEyesSmallMouth'' for Guardians of Order.
199* ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'' for Creator/{{Chaosium}}.
200* ''TabletopGame/StarWarsTheRoleplayingGame'' for West End Games.
201* ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'' for Creator/PalladiumBooks.
202* ''UsefulNotes/{{Fate}}'' for Evil Hat Productions.
203* ''TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}}'' for Pinnacle Entertainment Group.
204* Mongoose Publishing's versions of ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'' and ''TabletopGame/RuneQuest'', which allowed them to branch out from [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons d20/OGL products]].
205* ''TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}}'' for Creator/RTalsorianGames.
206* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' for Creator/{{FASA}} Corporation.
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208
209[[folder:Theatre]]
210* ''Theatre/JosephAndTheAmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat'' for Creator/AndrewLloydWebber.
211* ''Tancredi'' for Music/GioachinoRossini.
212* ''Nabucco'' for Music/GiuseppeVerdi.
213* Rodgers and Hart made their breakthrough with ''Garrick Gaieties'', a 1925 revue that began as a benefit concert put on to furnish the Theater Guild's new home.
214* ''Rienzi'' was Music/RichardWagner's third opera and the first to be produced to success. Wagner later disowned it, however.
215* ''Theatre/LeCirqueReinvente'' for Creator/CirqueDuSoleil. In hindsight, this show (the company's third) has a lot of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, being conceptually simple compared to what followed, but it was their first show to tour beyond Canada and served as an introduction to the contemporary circus genre for U.S. audiences who mostly knew only the (at the time) fairly stale traditional style performed by Ringling Bros. and the like.
216* ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'' for John Kander and Fred Ebb, and Harold Prince as a director. (Prince had been previously involved with the hit shows ''Theatre/ThePajamaGame'', ''Theatre/DamnYankees'', ''Theatre/WestSideStory'', ''Theatre/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum'' and ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'', but only on the producing side.)
217* ''Theatre/{{Brigadoon}}'' for Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe.
218* Jerome Kern's songs for the 1914 musical ''The Girl from Utah'' moved him into the top tier of Broadway songwriters. Ironically, he wasn't the principal songwriter, which he had been on two less successful previous musicals, though a new MedleyOverture was devoted to his interpolated songs.
219* ''Theatre/PeterGrimes'' for Benjamin Britten.
220* Agnes de Mille had her first major success on the ballet stage with ''Rodeo'', and shortly thereafter made the breakthrough in musical theatre which had previously eluded her with ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}''.
221* ''Manon Lescaut'' for Music/GiacomoPuccini.
222* ''Theatre/BeyondTheHorizon'' for Creator/EugeneONeill.
223* ''Theatre/AllMySons'' for Creator/ArthurMiller.
224* ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}'' for Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein. The two writers were known independently beforehand for productions such as ''Theatre/ShowBoat'' (for Hammerstein) and ''Theatre/AConnecticutYankee'' (for Rodgers), then ''Oklahoma!'' ensured that the two creators would be inseparable in public knowledge from then on.
225* ''Theatre/WestSideStory'' for Music/StephenSondheim.
226* ''Theatre/OnTheTown'' established the Broadway careers of Creator/ComdenAndGreen and Creator/JeromeRobbins, and could have done the same for Music/LeonardBernstein if his mentor Serge Koussevitzky had not convinced him to not dedicate his career to musicals--though this didn't stop him from composing several more.
227* ''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix'' for Peter Stone.
228* ''Lucia di Lammermoor'' for Gaetano Donizetti. Several factors helped in making this opera a success. At the time, Gioachino Rossini had retired and Vincenzo Bellini had passed away, which left Donizetti as "the sole reigning genius of Italian opera". There was also a large European interest in Scotland's history and culture, especially the romance of the country's violent wars and feuds, as well as its folklore and mythology.
229* ''Theatre/InTheHeights'' for Creator/LinManuelMiranda.
230* There is considerable debate on the exact chronology of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's plays, but it is generally agreed on that his first big hits were the ''Theatre/HenryVI'' plays.
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232
233[[folder:Visual Novels]]
234* Palmer was the lead developer for ''VisualNovel/DaughterForDessert'', and pretty much built his fan base from this game.
235[[/folder]]
236
237[[folder:Webcomics]]
238* ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' for Creator/BrianClevinger.
239* ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' for Christopher Hastings.
240* ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics'' for Creator/RyanNorth.
241* ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures'' (more specifically, ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'') for Creator/AndrewHussie.
242* ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' for Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins.
243* ''Webcomic/Rain2010'' for Creator/JocelynSamara.
244* ''Webcomic/ScaryGoRound'' for John Allison.
245[[/folder]]
246
247[[folder:Web Original]]
248* ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' for Creator/LittleKuriboh.
249* ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' for Creator/JamesRolfe.
250* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'' for Creator/DougWalker and Website/ChannelAwesome. While the site had a number of characters and series, the Nostalgia Critic quickly became synonymous with the website and by far its most popular offering. In spite of attempts to distance himself and retire from the character, Walker was forced to return to it due to lukewarm reactions to his subsequent efforts.
251* ''[[WebVideo/{{React}} Kids React]]'' (specifically, to Rebecca Black's "Music/{{Friday}}") for Creator/TheFineBrothers.
252* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' for Creator/RoosterTeeth.
253* ''Fails of the Weak'' for Creator/AchievementHunter. Later on, ''[[LetsPlay/AchievementHunterMinecraftSeries Let's Play Minecraft]]'' for their LetsPlay videos.
254* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' for Creator/TeamFourStar.
255* ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'' for Mark Cope and Carlo Moss.
256* WebVideo/RedLetterMedia was put on the map by its ''WebVideo/MisterPlinkettReviews'' series after their seven-part ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' review went viral as a pioneer of long-form video essays. Fans continued to clamor for more Plinkett reviews even after the channel branched out into additional shows, prompting the creators to [[TakeThatAudience snark back]] at fans who only wanted Plinkett. Over the years, however, the other shows gained followings of their own, and Plinkett reviews have been shifted to the back burner.
257* ''[[Recap/SMG4WhoLetTheChompOut Who Let the Chomp Out?]]'' for Creator/Supermarioglitchy4.
258[[/folder]]
259
260[[folder:Western Animation]]
261* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and ''WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies'':
262** WesternAnimation/PorkyPig, created by Creator/FrizFreleng and introduced in 1935's "WesternAnimation/IHaventGotAHat", was their breakthrough star. Incidentally, Porky wasn't the main star of this film: the twin dog duo of Ham and Ex (who sing the title theme), were earmarked as the future stars of Warner Bros. cartoons.
263** WesternAnimation/BugsBunny and WesternAnimation/ElmerFudd: "WesternAnimation/AWildHare", released in 1940. Earlier cartoons had templates of both characters, but this was the first film to feature official versions of the iconic cartoon stars.
264** WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck: "WesternAnimation/PorkysDuckHunt" from 1937, in which he was a supporting character who drove Porky Pig nuts.
265** WesternAnimation/{{Sylvester the Cat|AndTweetyBird}}: Although his first film was "WesternAnimation/LifeWithFeathers" (where a suicidal bird tries to get eaten but the cat refusing because he thinks he's poison), it was the puddy tat's pairing with a certain yellow, blue-eyed canary – Tweety Bird, in "WesternAnimation/TweetiePie" – that made our hapless, lisping black-and-white cat a star.
266** WesternAnimation/FoghornLeghorn: The loud-mouthed rooster's breakthrough was "WesternAnimation/WalkyTalkyHawky".
267** WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales: Although his first film was 1953's "Cat-Tails for Two", it was [[WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales1955 his eponymous Oscar-winning 1955 short]] that cemented him as a star.
268** Creator/TexAvery: his first big hit was his 6th short "WesternAnimation/ILoveToSinga" (1936).
269** Creator/BobClampett: his first big hit was "WesternAnimation/PorkyInWackyland" (1938).
270** Creator/ChuckJones: while he had been directing for a few years beforehand, his first big hit was "WesternAnimation/TheDoverBoys" (1942).
271* ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie'' for Creator/WaltDisney.
272* ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker'' for the Creator/WalterLantz cartoon studio.
273* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' for Creator/KlaskyCsupo studios and Franchise/{{Nicktoons}} on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}.
274* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' for Creator/GenndyTartakovsky, Creator/CraigMcCracken as a writer, and Creator/CartoonNetwork's original programming.
275* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' for Creator/CraigMcCracken as a producer, also giving Creator/LaurenFaust a start as a writer and director.
276* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' for Creator/ButchHartman.
277* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' for Creator/WarnerBrosAnimation.
278* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' for Alan Burnett, Creator/PaulDini and Creator/BruceTimm.
279* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' for Creator/GregWeisman.
280* Creator/JohnKricfalusi had a long career before then, but ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' is what made him truly famous.
281* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' for Creator/MattGroening and the Creator/{{Fox}} network.
282* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' for Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone.
283* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' for Creator/SethMacFarlane. It also gave a start for [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Dan Povenmire]] via its "Road to..." episodes.
284* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' for Van Partible. It also gave a start to the aforementioned Creator/SethMacFarlane and Butch Hartman (as well as [[Series/SonnyWithAChance Steve Marmel]]) in the art of writing.
285* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' for Creator/ManOfActionStudios.
286* ''WesternAnimation/GeraldMcBoingBoing'' for Creator/ColumbiaCartoons.
287* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' and ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' for The Hub network (which would later become Creator/DiscoveryFamily). The former also established Creator/LaurenFaust as a producer even though she departed after its second season.
288* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' for Creator/BryanKonietzko and Creator/MichaelDanteDiMartino. It also gave a start for Creator/DaveFiloni (''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'') and Giancarlo Volpe (''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'').
289* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' for Creator/WaltDisneyTelevisionAnimation.
290* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' for Creator/AlexHirsch.
291* While ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'' put Creator/FreshTV on the map in Canada with its success on Creator/{{Teletoon}}, it was ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' that truly helped the company skyrocket internationally due to it being a massive hit on Creator/CartoonNetwork in the United States.
292* ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' for Creator/DiCEntertainment.
293* ''WesternAnimation/CareBears1980s'' for Creator/{{Nelvana}}. The studio's acquisition of the franchise in 1986 played a massive role in saving them from their struggles with near-bankruptcy following the BoxOfficeBomb of ''WesternAnimation/RockAndRule'' in 1983.
294* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' for Jumbo Pictures.
295* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' for Paul Germain, Joe Ansolabehere, and Creator/OneSaturdayMorning.
296* ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009'' for Creator/ChristopherYost.
297* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' for the team of Bob Schooley and Mark [=McCorkle=], as well as Creator/DisneyChannel original animation.
298* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'' for Victor Cook and Andrew Robinson.
299* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' for JG Quintel.
300* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' for James Tucker and Michael Jelenic.
301* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' for Mitch Watson.
302* ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'' for Jim Krieg.
303* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' for Henry Gilroy, Steven Melching, Katie Lucas, Matt Michnovetz and Brent Friedman.
304* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' for Pendleton Ward.
305* ''WesternAnimation/HuckleberryHound'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' for Creator/HannaBarbera.
306* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' for Creator/RainbowS.R.L.
307* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' for Creator/{{Zagtoon}}.
308* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' for Stephen Hillenburg, and possibly the peak for {{Creator/Nickelodeon}} as a whole in terms of popularity.
309* While Keith Chapman's other children's TV show ''WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder'' was popular, ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'' became extremely popular when it was released, to the point where he's earning more money off this show than he did with ''Bob The Builder'' back when it was popular. It's also considered this for the toymaker Spin Master, as they did not have a flagship franchise like most toy companies do until the release of the ''PAW Patrol'' toyline.
310* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'' is one of the only two shows planned for Creator/{{TBS}}'s ill-fated animation line-up which actually made it to air, the other being the ShortRunner ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarantula}}'', this was the only one which saw any success.
311* ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer1964'' for Creator/RankinBassProductions.
312* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' for Creator/JoeMurray. It also gave a start for the aforementioned Stephen Hillenburg.
313* While the Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer cartoon studio was reasonably successful to begin with, it was ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' that catapulted them into fame. It also kickstarted the long careers of [[Creator/HannaBarbera Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera]].
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