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7->'''Timon:''' Waaaait, wait wait wait, hold on a second. Three? What's with the three? No, no, no, the three has ''got'' to go.\
8'''Pumbaa:''' Timon, you can't use Two! [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride There's already been a Two!]]\
9'''Timon:''' Mmm, you've got a point there, big fella. It's not a sequel, anyway.\
10'''Pumbaa:''' Yeah, more like a Behind-the-scene-quel!\
11'''Timon:''' A what-a-who-quel?\
12'''Pumbaa:''' Oh, you know, an Inbetween-quel!
13-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingOneAndAHalf''; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0germ7pQeVI&t=13s teaser]][[note]]The ironic fact being that some countries saw the release of the film with the 3 still on the end.[[/note]]
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15Also called a Midquel, this can be one of two things: when a new entry in a series is a sequel to one existing entry, and a {{prequel}} to another, or when it takes place during a TimeSkip within an earlier entry rather than continuing the story. This device is often used to expand a portion of the story only touched upon in other entries, or if more story is desired but there's no logical place for it either before the beginning or after the end.
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17The two terms are sometimes differentiated, where an "Interquel" is referred to as an entry happening strictly ''between'' two previous ones of the franchise (e.g., Movie 3 takes place between Movie 1 and 2), while a "Midquel" takes place ''within'' a single work of the franchise (e.g., Movie 2 takes place within a TimeSkip in 1). But continuity can sometimes be so convoluted (depending on whether it is an ImmediateSequel or not, or whether TheStinger overlaps with events from the other works), that establishing a work is in-between two others will usually suffice.
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19Compare {{Prequel}}, POVSequel. Not to be confused with SimultaneousArcs which is a story that takes place at the same time as another story, but focusing on different characters.
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24* ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'': The novel sections included in the "Korotan" series of educational reference books are midquels that take place over the course of the students' year in Class E. The exception to this is the story in "Korotan D" which is regarded as canon and takes place in the gap after Class E graduates middle school but before the epilogue.
25* The ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' graphic novel series, beginning with ''[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderThePromise The Promise]]'' and ending with ''[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderImbalance Imbalance]]'' acts to bridge the gap between the ''Avatar'' animated series and its SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''.
26* ''Series/DoctorWho'' [[Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]]:
27** The ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comic strip story "Emperor of the Daleks" is specifically intended to explain what happened to recurring villain Davros between "Revelation of the Daleks" and "Remembrance of the Daleks".
28** ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan'': Although many of this megaseries' stories take place between ''Series/DoctorWho'' TV stories anyways, the opening arc of ''The Thirteenth Doctor: Season 2'' cranks this up a degree by being set ''during'' the events of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E10Blink "Blink"]].
29* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: The films are generally released in the order they happen internally, but there are some exceptions: %%(examples must be films that are set between two previously released entries to count)
30** ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' is set between ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' and ''Film/ThorRagnarok''. [[note]]''Ragnarok'' ends with Thanos intercepting the Asgardian refugees, which leads into T'Challa's next appearance in ''Infinity War''[[/note]]
31** ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}'' is set in the large gap of time (specifically six decades) between ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', chronologically the earliest entry in the franchise, and ''Film/IronMan'', the first one that was actually released.
32** ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' is set during (and slightly after) ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''. [[note]]The first post-credits scene is set moments after Thanos snaps his fingers with the Infinity Gauntlet, while the second one happens sometime after[[/note]]
33** ''Film/{{Black Widow|2021}}'' is set between ''Civil War'' and ''Infinity War''. Even though it is the first MCU film released after the Infinity Saga, it's still within that saga in terms of internal chronology.
34** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', released in 2017, is set in 2014 very shortly after the events of ''[[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 Vol. 1]]'' placing it before any film that came between them including ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', ''Film/AntMan1'', ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' and ''Film/{{Doctor Strange|2016}}''.
35** ''Series/AgentCarter'' takes place between ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' and the rest of the MCU.
36* ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'':
37** ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'' is set between ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''.
38** Similarly, ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Rebels]]'' was originally set between ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' and ''Film/ANewHope''. With the release of ''Film/RogueOne'', an [[ImmediateSequel Immediate Prequel]] to ''A New Hope'', ''Rebels'' is now an Interquel between ''Revenge of the Sith'' and ''Rogue One''.
39** ''Film/RogueOne'' is set just before ''A New Hope''.
40** ''Film/{{Solo}}'' is also set between ''Revenge of the Sith'' and ''A New Hope''.
41** ''Series/TheMandalorian'', the franchise's first live-action TV show, is set five years after ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', and over twenty years before the Sequel Trilogy.
42** ''Series/ObiWanKenobi'' takes place eight years after ''Revenge of the Sith'', and thus eleven years before ''A New Hope''. It is also set between ''Jedi: Fallen Order'' and ''Rebels'', both of which having stories that deal with the remaining Jedi being hunted down by the Empire in the aftermath of Order 66 in ''Revenge of the Sith'', Kenobi being one such Jedi.
43** ''[[VideoGame/StarWarsJediFallenOrder Jedi: Fallen Order]]'' is set between ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' and ''Film/{{Solo}}'' (and between ''Revenge of the Sith'' and ''A New Hope'' if one prefers referring to the Jedi MythArc).
44** ''[[VideoGame/StarWarsSecretsOfTheEmpire Secrets of the Empire]]'' is set sometime prior to ''Rogue One'', and after ''Revenge of the Sith''.
45** There are numerous ExpandedUniverse books and comics set at various times in-between major ''Star Wars'' cinematic or television installments and published long after them. Several of Marvel's post-Disney buyout ''Franchise/StarWars'' comics most notably ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel2015'', ''ComicBook/StarWarsDarthVader'' and ''ComicBook/StarWarsPrincessLeia'' take place between ''Film/ANewHope'' and ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', with ''ComicBook/StarWarsLando'' also set between the two films. ''ComicBook/StarWarsKanan'' takes place after the events of ''Revenge of the Sith'' while ''ComicBook/StarWarsShatteredEmpire'' is chronologically set just a few weeks after the Battle of Endor as depicted in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' but before ''Film/TheForceAwakens''.
46* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'':
47** ''Literature/ShadowsOfTheEmpire'' takes place between ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' and ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', designed as a multimedia project that would have all of the tie-ins to a movie - a {{novelization}} as the centerpiece along with a video game, a six-issue comic book, a soundtrack, toys, trading cards, there was even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we7B9hFO308 a trailer]] - without actually making a movie, sort of a marketing dry-run for the later prequel trilogy. The game adaptation is in effect one of these to itself, with a few levels showing events that weren't featured in the novel or comic, or showing them from Dash's point of view (UnreliableNarrator notwithstanding, such as the Gall Spaceport level which [[AdaptationalHeroism simply never happened]]).
48** ''VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed'' takes place between the ''Star Wars'' prequel trilogy and the original trilogy as another multimedia project, with the main difference being that the game was the centerpiece.
49** The first ''VideoGame/DarkForces'' is essentially an outerquel to ''Film/ANewHope'' in particular, with the first mission involving Kyle Katarn stealing the plans to the Death Star for the Rebellion, and the rest taking place after they've put those to good use and blown it up.
50** ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII''[='=]s campaign stretches from all across the finale of ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' (the optional training mission is set during the Battle of Geonosis) to the opening of ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' (the final mission is set during the Battle of Hoth).
51** ''VideoGame/RepublicCommando'' as well, with its first mission set during Geonosis from ''Attack of the Clones'', the second mission set sometime later, and the third mission set just before the proper battle for Kashyyyk from ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' (something between this and an EarlyBirdCameo, since the film proper released three months after the game).
52* The two-part comic ''Portal 2: Lab Rat'' bridges the gap between the video games ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' and ''VideoGame/Portal2''.
53* The comic ''Tron Betrayal,'' the game ''VideoGame/TronEvolution'', and the animated series ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'' spell out what happened between ''Film/{{Tron}}'' and ''Film/TronLegacy''.
54* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel'':
55** The first two games mostly take place concurrently with ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure'', with ''II''[='=]s [[AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent Divertissement]] and Epilogue chapters taking place shortly after.
56** ''Anime/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteelNorthernWar'' takes place in between the second and third game and focuses on the aforementioned [[Main/GreatOffscreenWar Northern War]] through the perspective of a new protagonist.
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59[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
60* ''Anime/CowboyBebopKnockinOnHeavensDoor'' is set sometime during the last third of the TV series and features the team at the high point of their arc before things all start coming apart. Specifically, it occurs between episodes 22 and 23, judging from background details ("Cowboy Andy" has a cameo in the samurai getup he adopted in the last minute of 22, while the ShowWithinAShow "Big Shot" has not yet been cancelled as it was at the beginning of 23).
61* One of the manga adaptations of ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'', ''Jet Black Flowers'', is set between the two seasons, as are the side-story {{OVA}}s to be included on the second season [=DVDs=].
62* ''Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries'' occurs after ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'' and the first ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry1'', but before ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry2'' and ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'', according to WordOfGod and some {{Continuity Nod}}s. [[note]]Dante is in his ''[=DMC1=]'' attire instead of his ''[=DMC3=]'' version. Interactions depicted in ''[=DMC4=]'' also show Lady and Trish talking to each other as acquaintances, and the fourth episode of the anime is centered around the two meeting for the first time[[/note]]
63* ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri'' takes place three years after [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 the battle with MaloMyotismon]], but set before 02's epilouge.
64* The first ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' [[Recap/DigimonTamersM1BattleOfAdventurers movie]] takes place in between episodes 18 and 19, and one of the characters from the movie even shows up later in the anime.
65* ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'', ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF'', and ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' take place after the Buu saga, but before the actual end of the manga, which was a DistantFinale.
66* ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheSacredStarOfMilos'' is set during the events of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''.
67* ''Manga/GetterRobo'' manga has two. ''Shin Getter Robo'' was made because Creator/KenIshikawa wanted to explain how things went from ''Getter Robo G'' to the shape they were in ''Getter Robo Go'' and answer such question as why Ryoma was scared of Getter Rays in ''Go'' or what happened to Benkei. Then there's ''Getter Robio Hien: An Earth Suicide'', based on Ishikawa's notes, set between ''Go'' and ''Manga/GetterRoboArc''.
68* ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'': After ending up the series, the creator published ''Shonan - 14 Days'', which happens between two arcs of the original run.
69* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'':
70** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory'', set between the original ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' and ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'', explains the origins of Titans, antagonists from Zeta. There are also several [[HeroOfAnotherStory sidestories]] taking place during first Gundam.
71** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]'' on similiar note has ''Gundam SEED Astray'' manga, which takes place during events of SEED and tie several of it's loose ends. Which itself has two interequels, who were published at the same time as original manga - ''Red Frame'' manga and ''Blue Frame'' novel, focusing more on the pilot of titular mecha, overlaping with Astray at several points.
72* ''Anime/MyHeroAcademiaTwoHeroes'' is set between the Hero Killer and Training Camp arcs, falling directly between Season 2 and Season 3 of [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia the anime]]. The anime-original episode [[Recap/MyHeroAcademiaS3E20SpecialEpisodeSaveTheWorldWithLove "Special Episode: Save the World with Love!"]] was also aired to coincide with the release of the movie, and functions as a prologue of sorts to the events of ''Two Heroes''.
73* The true GrandFinale ending to ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', takes place between the second-to-last chapter and the DistantFinale epilogue.
74* The second season of ''Manga/NonNonBiyori'', ''Non Non Biyori Repeat'', takes place in-between the events of the first season and covers chapters of the manga that weren't shown in the first season. Seeing as how the show is very much a relaxed slice-of-life, this manages not to feel forced or out of place.
75* ''[[Anime/PhantasyStarOnline2 Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation]]'' takes place during a TimeSkip in between ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline2: EPISODE 3'' and ''EPISODE 4'' where the PlayerCharacter is in [[HumanPopsicle Cold Sleep]]. However, thanks to a combination of featuring a nearly-completely original cast and introducing ''Phantasy Star Online 2'' [[CelebrityParadox in-universe]], [[StealthPrequel you wouldn't know unless you followed both and picked up the hints.]]
76* ''Anime/SakuraWarsTheMovie'' takes place at the end of ''VideoGame/SakuraWars3IsParisBurning'', placing it two months before ''VideoGame/SakuraWars4FallInLoveMaidens'' by the time Ogami returns in January.
77* ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'':
78** The Calibur arc (the first story in Volume 8) takes place between Phantom Bullet (Volumes 5-6) and Mother's Rosary (Volume 7). However, the anime averts this, since Calibur was adapted before Mother's Rosary.
79** The Moon Cradle Arc (Volumes 19-20) takes place after the climax of Volume 18, but before Kirito and Asuna log out of the Underworld.
80* ''[[Manga/{{Trigun}} Trigun Badlands Rumble]]'' takes place sometime between episode 9 and episode 11 of the anime of the anime, after Vash meets Wolfwood but before the CerebusSyndrome kicks in. This is so there wouldn't be any continuity issues.
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84* ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'':
85** Every Big Finish audio drama featuring the Doctor takes place between television stories during the relevant incarnation's run, except for a couple of First Doctor and Susan {{Prequel}}s. In several cases, they are set during a television story:
86*** All of the stories in the Companion Chronicles and the Early Adventures featuring the First Doctor, Steven Taylor and Sara Kingdom take place during "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan The Daleks' Master Plan]]", specifically between the seventh episode "The Feast of Steven" and the eighth "Volcano".
87*** In "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoSpecialsExcelisDawns Excelis Dawns]]", the Fifth Doctor and the unseen Tegan Jovanka arrive in Excelis on the planet Artaris after they drop off the Gravis on Kolkokron in the fourth episode of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E3Frontios Frontios]]" and before they return to the titular planet for Vislor Turlough later in the same episode.
88*** "Winter", the fourth story in the anthology "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho091CircularTime Circular Time]]", takes place during the Fifth Doctor's regeneration in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani The Caves of Androzani]]".
89** "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoSpecialsReturnOfTheDaleks Return of the Daleks]]" takes place between the second and third ''AudioPlay/DalekEmpire'' stories, "The Human Factor" and "Death to the Daleks!".
90** The spin-off series ''Rose Tyler - The Dimension Cannon'' takes place between the TV stories "Doomsday" and "Turn Left".
91* ''AudioPlay/IndependenceDayUK'' parallels, from a British perspective, the [[AlienInvasion first act]] of ''Film/IndependenceDay''.
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95* Creator/MarvelComics produced ''Amazing Fantasy #16-18'' in the 1990s to bridge the gap between ComicBook/SpiderMan's debut in ''Amazing Fantasy #15'' and ''The Amazing Spider-Man #1'', where his adventures continued due to ''Amazing Fantasy'' being canceled.
96* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
97** In between ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'' and its SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' are several comic book series, consisting of ''[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderThePromise The Promise]]'', ''[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheSearch The Search]]'', ''[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderRebound Rebound]]'', ''[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheRift The Rift]]'', ''[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderSmokeAndShadow Smoke and Shadow]]'', ''[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderNorthAndSOuth North and South]]'', and ''[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderImbalance Imbalance]]''. All of them [[TheBusCameBack bring back]] characters who were PutOnABus, explain what the main characters did after the original series ended, and overall tie both series together. ''Rebound'' is notable for not only giving Mai ADayInTheLimelight, but also being an interquel ''within'' an interquel, as it takes place either in-between or alongside the plots of ''The Promise'' and ''The Search''.
98** The original series also has comic stories of its own, that take place in between episodes of the actual show. Even though they aren't needed to understand the story, they do give important info about canonical characters and what happened to them before the end of the show, and expand on what said show couldn't elaborate on.
99* The ''[[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers World]]'' storyline "Before Time Ran Out" takes place during the eight month TimeSkip that sets up "Time Runs Out", the lead-in to ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015''.
100* ''ComicBook/FiendsOfTheEasternFront'': The follow-up ''Stalingrad'' is set during the original story, which primarily takes place between 1941 and 1945.
101* All of the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' comics, apart from ''Float Out'', take place between the end of the series and TheMovie.
102* Some of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' comics have references to the show's episodes, giving a rough idea of where the comics fall into the continuity.
103* ''ComicBook/Gambit2022'': The 2022 miniseries is set midway through 1990's ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' #267, which established that Gambit and Storm spent some time working together as thieves while the X-Men believed Storm was dead, but didn't go into any detail.
104* ''ComicBook/GhostbustersIDW'': The final miniseries that didn't follow the ongoing story arc is ''Ghostbusters: Year One'', which explains what happened shortly after the events of [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 the original movie]].
105* ''ComicBook/GravityFallsLostLegends'' is an interesting case since the chapters ''Face it'' and ''Comix Up'' take place after the episode ''A Tale of Two Stans'', but before ''Weirdmageddon''. The third chapter, ''Don't Dimension It'' takes place after the final battle with Bill Cipher, but before Dipper and Mabel's birthday.
106* Disney used the term "inbetweenquels" for all the "B" (and in one case, "C") chapters of Creator/DonRosa's ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck''.
107* Marvel usually publishes prequel comics for their Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse films. Barring the ones for films that are the first entries in their respective franchises, the comics usually serve as a bridge between the character's last cinematic appearance and their upcoming one.
108* ''ComicBook/NightmaresOnElmStreet'' is set between the fifth and sixth ''[[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Elm Street]]'' films, and gives a closure to most of the previous main characters.
109* ''ComicBook/RiversOfLondon'': The first volume of this comic book {{spinoff}} of the [[Literature/RiversOfLondon book series]], ''Body Work'', is set between the previously-published novels ''Broken Homes'' and ''Foxglove Summer''.
110* In 1966, various Marvel comics were reprinted in the UK in a magazine called ''Smash!''. They produced one original story, "Monster and the Matador!", which was set directly after [[ComicBook/TheAvengers "The Avengers meet Sub-Mariner!"]] (following [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce Banner]], who was now stuck in Spain), which had originally been released almost three years earlier.
111* The ''Spike'' comics take place near the end of the last season of ''Series/{{Angel}}''... sort of. They're not exactly {{canon}}, which is {{lampshade|Hanging}}d.
112* The miniseries ''ComicBook/StarTrekUntoldVoyages'' takes place between the events of ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'' and ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan''. It depicted the second five-year mission of the U.S.S. ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701) under the command of Admiral James T. Kirk from 2273 to 2278.
113* ''ComicBook/SupermanAndBatmanGenerations'' starts in 1939 and jumps forward a decade each chapter. ''Generations II'' starts in 1942 and jumps forward eleven years each chapter, interweaving with the earlier story.
114* ''The Arrival'' takes place between and during episodes of season 1 of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', except the last issue, ''Rise of Safeguard'', which takes place between the third and seventh episodes of season two.
115* The ''Series/BetterCallSaul'': ''Client Development'' online comic takes place between the third to last and last scenes of Saul's ''Series/BreakingBad'' debut episode, "[[Recap/BreakingBadS2E8BetterCallSaul Better Call Saul]]".
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119* Many fanfics are interquels to segments of their {{canon}}, meant to explore {{Time Skip}}s or omissions.
120* ''Fanfic/IntoTheHedge'' is this for ''Fanfic/DividedRainbow'', taking place between its 25th and 26th chapters.
121* "Fanfic/ShakedownShenanigans" is set two years after ''Fanfic/FromBajorToTheBlack'' and three months or so before ''Fanfic/{{Bait and Switch|STO}}'', detailing how Eleya got the USS ''Bajor''.
122* The FramingDevice in "Fanfic/RemembranceOfTheFallen" means that its semi-sequel "Fanfic/TheOnlyWayToGo" takes place ''between'' the two timeframes depicted in the previous story. Additionally the story takes place between two of the novella-length stories that make up the main series of ''Fanfic/TheWarOfTheMasters'', ''Fanfic/FacesInTheFlames'' and ''Fanfic/TheSignAtTheCrossroads''.
123* In the [[Fanfic/{{Cinderjuice}} Contractually Obligated Chaos]] series, ''Meteor Shower'' is a one-shot interquel, taking place during and slightly after the last three chapters of ''The Bug Princess''.
124* "The Year of the Unicorn and the Emerald Princess" is this to ''Fanfic/{{Skyhold Academy|Yearbook}}'', showing the events of that story from the point of view of three students at the eponymous school.
125* ''Fanfic/InTheEyeOfTheBeholder'' takes place between ''VideoGame/Persona4'' and ''VideoGame/Persona5''.
126* ''Fanfic/JoJoNewUniverse''
127** ''Steel Ball Run'' takes place between the adaptations of ''Battle Tendency'' and ''Stardust Crusaders'', with Jotaro Kujo's father Sadao as the protagonist.
128** ''A Gentleman, A Thief, A King, and A Hero'' is primarily an adaptation of ''Literature/FateZero'', but it is also an interquel between ''Stardust Crusaders'' and ''Diamond is Unbreakable'', with Jonathan Joestar [[BackFromTheDead returning]] as the Saber servant to Kiritsugu Emiya.
129* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMissingLink'' takes place in between ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]''.
130* ''VideoGame/EntropyZero'', a mod for ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', is set eleven months prior to the events of that game, while ''VideoGame/EntropyZero2'' takes place between ''Half-Life 2'' and ''Episode One''.
131* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD-7v-VH0EM What If Goku Went To Space BEFORE DBZ?]]'' by ''Creator/MasakoX'' acts as an in-between story taking place in the timeskip between ''Manga/DragonBall'' and ''Dragon Ball Z'', giving Goku, Chichi, and Piccolo an early encounter with space and aliens before Raditz's arrival.
132* ''Fanfic/PackStreet'' takes place during the timeskipped months of ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' when Bellweather was mayor. This is mostly only alluded to, but the cultural tensions that resulted from the still occurring-Nighthowler incidents provide a backdrop to the story.
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136* The DirectToVideo installments of the ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' series can be viewed as interquels between the first and the second movie, as Fievel's family are still living in New York instead of the western frontier.
137* ''Anime/TheAnimatrix'' bridges the gap between the first and second films of ''Film/TheMatrix'' trilogy.
138* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham'' is set in the ''Franchise/BatmanArkhamSeries'', taking place between ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOriginsBlackgate'' and ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum Arkham Asylum]]'' (two years before the latter, in fact, according to WordOfGod on a behind-the-scenes featurette).
139* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamKnight'' is an AnimatedAnthology film consisting of six-interlocked short episodes that is ([[ContinuitySnarl theoretically]]) set between ''Film/BatmanBegins'' and ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', which are respectively the first and second installments of ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''.
140* ''Toys/{{Bionicle}} 3: Web of Shadows'' takes place within the last ten minutes of the previous movie (which is itself a {{Prequel}}, making it an Interquel on two levels), detailing how the Toa Metru returned to Metru Nui after finding the island of Mata Nui in order to bring the rest of the Matoran to safety.
141* Sequels to the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon:
142** Most deliberately coined with the title ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingOneAndAHalf'' -- although ironically in Website/TVTropes terms, it's more of a POVSequel with a touch of Point-Of-View prequel since some of it takes place before the movie (the section before Timon meets Pumbaa).
143** The two ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' direct-to-video titles, ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeastTheEnchantedChristmas'' and ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeastBellesMagicalWorld'', are these, taking place during Belle's long stay in the Beast's castle in the original film, though the former is told in flashback by the castle residents on the first Christmas after the curse was broken. Considering Disney has done quite a few sequels set after the characters had their {{happily ever after}}s, this is most likely because they thought nobody would want a B&tB movie without a Beast and singing furniture in it. This is a fair assessment, seeing how many people prefer the Beast over his human form.
144** ''WesternAnimation/BambiII'' is an interquel because it takes place right in between when Bambi's mom dies and when it instantly shifts to happy springtime songs. Apparently more than a few people thought the first movie was a little too quick in the mood change.
145** The same goes for ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound 2''.
146** And ''WesternAnimation/TarzanII''.
147** ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch2StitchHasAGlitch'' and its accompanying short film ''WesternAnimation/TheOriginOfStitch'' both take place after [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch the first film]] and before the PilotMovie of ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' - ''WesternAnimation/StitchTheMovie''.
148** ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'' takes place between ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' and its short film sequel ''WesternAnimation/TangledEverAfter''.
149* ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'':
150** At the end of the first film, there's a gag with Scrat being stuck in an ice cube. The film skips two thousand years to show how he eventually defrosts and loses his famous acorn for the umpteenth time. And yet, this lone scene means that technically, all the sequels should be considered as a Midquel series of the first film. However, the gag only makes sense in the context of the first film (as a continuation of the previous scene when he got stuck), so despite it is not impossible to imagine he got frozen twice, it is also necessary to take in account that sequels were not intended at the time, and considering the little importance of the character, who is just a running gag to fill ellipses, most viewers prefer to flatly ignore this detail.
151** The franchise also has two made-for-TV specials: ''[[ChristmasSpecial A Mammoth Christmas]]'', set between the [[WesternAnimation/IceAgeDawnOfTheDinosaurs third]] and [[WesternAnimation/IceAgeContinentalDrift fourth]] films, and ''[[EasterSpecial The Great Egg-Scapade]]'', set between the fourth and [[WesternAnimation/IceAgeCollisionCourse fifth]] films.
152* The ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'' franchise has two [[DirectToVideo direct-to-DVD]] specials that take place in between the franchise's main movies; ''[[ChristmasSpecial Merry Madagascar]]'', and ''[[ValentinesDayEpisodes Madly Madagascar]]''. The former takes place in between the first and [[WesternAnimation/MadagascarEscape2Africa second]] films, and the latter takes place in between the second and [[WesternAnimation/Madagascar3EuropesMostWanted third]] films.
153* ''WesternAnimation/OpenSeason: Scared Silly'' takes place in between the first and second films.
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157* Technically, ''Film/ThreeHundredRiseOfAnEmpire'' is set concurrently to ''Film/ThreeHundred'', as the Battle of Salamis took place before the battle of Plataea. As such, scenes from ''300'' are mentioned as happening off screen (as they are happening simulatenously InUniverse), as well as a number of in-jokes.
158* ''Film/ArmyOfThieves'' is one to ''Film/ArmyOfTheDead'', taking place between the opening sequence (and during the opening credits montage) and the main action of that film while serving as an OriginsEpisode for {{Safecracking}} expert Ludwig Dieter.
159* ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'' plays with this while doubling as a POVSequel taking us to 1955 in the hours leading up to the "Enchantment Under the Sea" Dance and the lightning storm in [[Film/BackToTheFuture1 the first film]].
160* Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse
161** ''Film/WonderWoman1984'' is set in 1984, between the first ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' (set in 1918) and her first screen appearance in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' (set in 2015). It also happens before the bulk of ''Film/ManOfSteel'' (set in 2013), although the latter has parts set in 1980 at the time of Kal-El's birth and adoption by the Kents.
162* ''Film/SawX'' is set between ''Film/SawI'' and ''Film/SawII''.
163* ''Film/DeadRisingWatchtower'' is set between the ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'' and ''VideoGame/DeadRising3'' games, during the rise of the Phenotrans corporation and Frank West's short-lived brush with fame.
164* ''Film/{{Dragonheart}}: Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire'' takes places 70 years after the prequel ''Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse'' but years before the original film.
165* ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' series has done this twice.
166** A short film released on the ''Film/TwoFastTwoFurious'' DVD set chronicles police officer Brian's journey from Los Angeles, as he's become a wanted man for helping Dominic escape at the end of the first film. He ends up in Florida, which is where the sequel begins.
167** This has been the basic pattern for films four through six, respectively ''Fast and Furious'', ''Fast Five'' and ''Fast and Furious 6''. In the sixth movie the timelines converge with the previously last chronological installment [[spoiler:when Han dies]], ''The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift''. The series then plays chronologically from there with ''Furious 7'', ''The Fate of the Furious'', ''Hobbs and Shaw'', ''F9'', and ''Fast X''.
168* Every single ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'' movie after ''Film/HellraiserBloodline'' takes place in between that film's 1996 and 2127 segments.
169* ''Film/LChangeTheWorld'' is a variation of this. The bulk of it doesn't take place between the two Manga/DeathNote movies, but between two scenes of the second movie.
170* The DirectToVideo ''Film/MarleyAndMeThePuppyYears'' is about what the title says. Also, Marley is SuddenlySpeaking.
171* Inverted with ''Film/TheGodfatherPartII'' as its both a prequel and sequel to ''Film/TheGodfather'' showing parallel stories of what happened prior with Vito Corleone's early life after emigrating to the States and what happened after with Michael being the new don of the Corleone crime family.
172* Also inverted with ''Paranormal Activity 2'' as it shows everything that happened immediately before and immediately following the events of the first ''Film/ParanormalActivity''.
173* The short ''Rings'', available on the ''Film/TheRing'' Special Edition DVD, chronicles the journey of the deadly VHS made to get into the hands of the unlucky victim in ''Film/TheRingTwo''.
174* ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' has been said by its director Creator/GeorgeMiller to loosely fit somewhere in between the original ''Film/MadMax1'' film (1979) and its sequel ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior'' (1981).
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178* Inverted with ''Literature/TheBookOfDust'', which is an "outerquel"; the first book takes place before ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'', and the subsequent two take place afterwards. Creator/PhilipPullman calls it an "equal".
179* ''Literature/{{Brotherband}}'' takes place in the same universe as ''Literature/RangersApprentice''. It takes place after book 4 (where Erak was elected Oberjarl), and before book 10 (where Hal's achievements are discussed).
180* ''Literature/CaptainBloodHisOdyssey'' has [[EarnYourHappyEnding a very satisfying finale]]. Continuing after that would have diluted the effect. Not to mention a possible moral dilemma of Peter Blood going against his former friends. But readers wanted more Captain Blood, and Creator/RafaelSabatini wrote 15 shorter stories set between the chapters of the original novel. Those were collected as ''Captain Blood Returns'' (retitled ''The Chronicles of Captain Blood'' in Britain) and ''The Fortunes of Captain Blood''.
181* ''Literature/ChildrenOfTheRedKing'' : ''Gabriel and the Phantom Sleepers'' is the latest book written to date but is apparently set some time before ''Charlie Bone and the Red Knight'', as [[spoiler:Bloor's Academy hasn't been renamed Bone's Academy yet and Ezekiel and Manfred are briefly mentioned in the present tense, meaning they are still alive.]]
182* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' - The entirety of the fifth (or third) book, ''The Horse and His Boy'', occurs in the middle of the TimeSkip before the final chapter of the first (or second) book, ''The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe''. The Pevensie siblings are twentysomething kings and queens, and they haven't returned to England and de-aged yet.
183* ''Literature/{{Circleverse}}'': The eleventh book, ''Literature/BattleMagic'', is set between ''Literature/TheCircleOpens'' and ''Literature/TheWillOfTheEmpress'', detailing the war between Gyongxe and Yanjing that Briar, Rosethorn and Evvy got involved in.
184* The eighth novel of ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'', ''Literature/TheWindThroughTheKeyhole'' takes place chronologically between the fourth and fifth novels of the series.
185* This trope is a major feature of the ''Literature/{{Deryni}}'' portion of Creator/KatherineKurtz's works. Several short stories, the Heirs of Camber trilogy (published 1989-1994) and the Childe Morgan trilogy (first published in 2003 and still incomplete as of 2011) are set between the Camber trilogy (published 1976-1981) and The Chronicles of the Deryni trilogy (published 1970-1973).
186* ''Literature/DetectiveJoeSandilands'': ''The Palace Tiger'' takes place between chapters 27 and 28 of ''[[Literature/DetectiveJoeSandilands Ragtime in Simla]]''. There is a time skip between chapters during which Sandilands goes from Simla to a steamship bound for France, and mentions in passing that he was sent to deal with 'an incident in the northwest' while aboard. ''The Palace Tiger'' covers that incident.
187* ''Franchise/{{Dishonored}}'':
188** ''Literature/DishonoredTheCorrodedMan'' takes place between the ending of ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'' and right before the start of ''VideoGame/Dishonored2'', and helps to establish the CanonEnding (Low Chaos, Duad spared) of the first game.
189** ''Literature/DishonoredTheReturnofDaud'' is set one year after the above novel and paves the way for ''VideoGame/DishonoredDeathOfTheOutsider'' by showing Daud's perspective and why he returned after being missing for years.
190* ''Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse'': All the ''Literature/DoctorWhoMissingAdventures'' and ''Literature/PastDoctorAdventures'' are in the gaps between ''Series/DoctorWho'' TV episodes[[note]]Except ''Face of the Enemy'', which is a POVSequel set during "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E4TheMonsterOfPeladon The Monster of Peladon]]"[[/note]]. The final ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures'' novel, ''The Gallifrey Chronicles'', was released in June 2005, when the revival series and its ''Literature/NewSeriesAdventures'' tie-in line with the Ninth Doctor had started.
191* Because the books in Steven Brust's ''Vlad Taltos (Literature/{{Dragaera}})'' novels are not written in chronological order, the majority of them are interquels. ''Dragon'' deserves special mention, as due to its telling of multiple separate-but-related plots, it takes place both before ''and'' after the book ''Yendi''.
192* Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman released a new ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' trilogy (''The Lost Chronicles'') that fill in the gaps between the books in the original ''Dragonlance Chronicles'' trilogy. Specifically, only the first novel, ''Dragons of the Dwarven Depths'' is an interquel, filling the gap between the end ''Dragons of Autumn Twilight'' and the beginning of ''Dragons of Winter Night''. The other two novels in the trilogy take place concurrently with ''Dragons of Winter Night'' and ''Dragons of Spring Dawning''.
193* The first book in the ''Literature/DragonridersOfPern'' series actually starts the chronologically latest {{arc}} (9th Pass). Several books since then have been a mix of prequel and interquel.
194* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'':
195** ''Literature/SideJobs'' and ''Literature/BriefCases'' contain short stories and novellas that take place between one book and another, and quite conveniently tells the reader exactly where they fall in the series chronology.
196** The short story "Christmas Eve" takes place ''after'' book 16, ''Literature/PeaceTalks'', but came out some time before the book's publication.
197* ''Literature/TheEmpiriumTrilogy'': The events of ''Queen of the Blazing Throne'' novella run concurrent with what happens in Kingsbane. Some scenes from the later book are even shown through Obritsa's perspective.
198* Creator/OrsonScottCard's ''Literature/EndersGame'' series: The entire "Shadow" series (''Literature/EndersShadow'', ''Literature/ShadowOfTheHegemon'', ''Literature/ShadowPuppets'', ''Literature/ShadowOfTheGiant'') all take place alongside/in-between ''Ender's Game'', ''Literature/SpeakerForTheDead'', and ''Literature/{{Xenocide}}''. ''Literature/EnderInExile'' then goes back and expands on the last chapter of ''Ender's Game''.
199* ''Literature/FoundationSeries'':
200** Due to [[CanonWelding retroactive connections]] and [[SerialNovel serializing]] vs finalized {{novel}}s, a significant portion of Creator/IsaacAsimov's output are in an ambiguous relation to this classification, but the two ''Literature/FoundationSeries'' prequels, (''Literature/PreludeToFoundation'' and ''Literature/ForwardTheFoundation'') were written with the intent to be read chronologically after ''Literature/TheEmpireNovels'' and before ''Literature/TheFoundationTrilogy''. They focus on Hari Seldon's career, and the rise of psychohistory.
201** "Literature/TheTraders": Despite being published in {{Pulp Magazine}}s as the fourth story in his growing ''[[Literature/TheFoundationTrilogy Foundation]]'' trilogy, Dr Asimov counted it as the third story in his publication of ''Literature/Foundation1951'', taking place before "Literature/TheMerchantPrinces".
202** ''Literature/PreludeToFoundation'': Because this book was written after [[CanonWelding this series was tied to]] the three ''[[Literature/TheEmpireNovels Galactic Empire]]'' novels, it fits between both that {{Trilogy}} and ''Literature/TheFoundationTrilogy''. However, it was primarily marketed as a {{Prequel}} to the ''Foundation'' series.
203** ''Literature/ForwardTheFoundation'': This story takes place between the events of ''Literature/PreludeToFoundation'' and ''Literature/Foundation1951'', and partially overlaps with events from "Literature/ThePsychohistorians".
204** Creator/HarryTurtledove's "Literature/TrantorFalls": This story takes place between the events of "Literature/TheGeneralFoundation" and "Literature/TheMule", telling how the Dagobert dynasty had to evacuate Trantor yet the University survived.
205** Creator/OrsonScottCard's "Literature/TheOriginist": This begins soon after the events of "Literature/ThePsychohistorians", but from (mostly) Leyel Forska's perspective. Hari Seldon refuses to allow him to join the Encyclopedia Foundation, and the story primarily follows his perspective as he struggles with doing real science during the collapse of the Galactic Empire, long before the events of "Literature/TheEncyclopedists".
206** Creator/GregoryBenford's ''Literature/FoundationsFear'': This book picks up [[{{Continuation}} directly after]] the events of "Eto Demerzel", from ''Literature/ForwardTheFoundation''.
207** Creator/DavidBrin's ''Literature/FoundationsTriumph'':
208*** This story overlaps with ''Literature/ForwardTheFoundation'', taking place between the events of "Wanda Seldon" and the epilogue.
209*** The climax of this story overlaps with "Literature/ThePsychohistorians", recontextualizing some of the interplay shown there by showing [[POVSequel Linge Chen's and Hari Seldon's perspective]] instead of Gaal Dornick's.
210* The ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' series has been a briar patch of sequels and interquels since book 10, as a dramatic expansion of the plot led to the creation of not one but two subsidiary series that overlap with the main plot books, which themselves overlap each other -- for instance, the thirteenth book begins about a month before the twelfth book ended, only catching up about a third of the way in. If one didn't get into the the series before the expansion they'll have a hard time understanding it all.
211* ''Literature/JamesBond''
212** John Gardner's last ''Bond'' novel, ''Literature/{{COLD}}'', is divided into two parts, the first being set 1990, which is right after the [[Literature/WinLoseOrDie ninth]] and before the [[Literature/{{Brokenclaw}} tenth]] book of his, and has Bond learning about the eponymous organization. The second half of the novel is set right after his previous non-novelization effort, ''Literature/SeaFire''.
213** ''Literature/TriggerMortis'' by Creator/AnthonyHorowitz is set right after ''Literature/{{Goldfinger}}'', placing it in the exact middle of Creator/IanFleming's original 14-book run.
214** Charlie Higson's last work in the ''Literature/YoungBond'' spin-off series was the short story "A Hard Man to Kill", which is set between the [[Literature/HurricaneGold fourth]] and [[Literature/ByRoyalCommand fifth]] books of his, as it details Bond's return from his adventure in Mexico.
215* The Alan Quatermain books by Creator/HRiderHaggard. The first, ''Literature/KingSolomonsMines'', introduces the character, already an old man; the second, ''Alan Quatermain'', kills him off. Some of the other books in the series fall between them, although most tell of his younger days.
216* ''Literature/ManyWaters,'' the fourth book published in Creator/MadeleineLEngle's Time Quartet/Quintet, is set sometime between the [[Literature/AWindInTheDoor second]] and [[Literature/ASwiftlyTiltingPlanet third]] installments, with Sandy and Dennys still teenagers while Meg is mentioned being in college. The fact that it's ADayInTheLimelight for the twins helps explain why nothing in this story is mentioned in the third book.
217* ''Literature/MaryPoppins in the Park'' contains stories set in between various chapters of the first three books.
218* The ''Literature/MaryRussell'' series, in ''O Jerusalem'', goes back and explores what [[Literature/SherlockHolmes Holmes]] and Russell did while they were hiding out in Jerusalem in the middle of the first book.
219* The ''Literature/TheMazeRunner'' interquel ''The Fever Code'' takes place sometime after the fourth book, ''The Kill Order'', and ends right before the beginning of the first book (technically, it overlaps with it, since the book's first two chapters are attached at the end).
220* Robert Lynn Asprin's ''Literature/MythAdventures'' series got one, ''Myth-ion Improbable'', published in 2001 and set between the third and fourth books (released in 1982 and 1983, respectively). The previous book, published in 1995, had ended on a cliffhanger, and Asprin felt he needed to get used to writing the characters again before he could deal with the situation properly.
221* Both volumes of Brian Lumley's aptly-titled ''Literature/{{Necroscope}}: The Lost Years'' take place during the {{timeskip}} between the second and third ''Necroscope'' books. Due to how he [[DownerEnding ended]] the [[DistantFinale series]], his subsequent short stories and novellas have all been plugging into barely-there gaps too.
222* Book four of ''Literature/RangersApprentice'' has Will going back to Araluen, still Halt's apprentice. Book five skips about five years and sees Will getting his first assignment as a fully-fledged Ranger. JohnFlanagan said that while he was writing book six, he realised missed an entire story there, so he wrote book seven, which details Will's final months as an apprentice and his graduation. Book eight continues where six left off.
223* The ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' series has a bunch of these, particularly for Martin's lifetime. He was one busy mouse.
224* ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'': Novella ''The Furthest Station'' was published after book 6, ''The Hanging Tree'', but is set before it and after book 5, ''Foxglove Summer''.
225* ''Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman'' is set 80 years after the second part of ''Literature/ACanticleForLeibowitz'', but over five centuries before the third and final part.
226* Several books from ''Literature/TheShadowhunterChronicles'' are interquels:
227** The first two books from ''Literature/TheEldestCurses'' are both interquels. The first book, ''The Red Scrolls of Magic'', takes place in the TimeSkip in between ''City of Glass'' and ''City of Fallen Angels'' from Literature/TheMortalInstruments series. The second book, ''The Lost Book of the White'' takes place in between ''Literature/TalesFromTheShadowhunterAcademy'' and ''Literature/LadyMidnight''.
228** Most of the short stories from ''Literature/TheBaneChronicles'' are interquels too. The fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and ninth stories are set between the events of ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'' and ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'' series. The eighth story is set between ''City of Ashes'' and ''City of Glass'' and the tenth story takes place during the events of ''City of Bones''. Finally, the last story is set sometime between ''City of Lost Souls'' and ''City of Heavenly Fire''.
229** ''Literature/TheLastHours'' also takes place in between ''The Infernal Devices'' and ''The Mortal Instruments''.
230* More than a third of Bernard Cornwell's ''Literature/{{Sharpe}}'' novels were written to slot between the existing stories, often expanding on {{NoodleIncident}}s or historical events that occurred geographically and temporally close to previous novels.
231* The Literature/SherlockHolmes novella ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' was written as an explicit Interquel as the author had ostensibly killed Holmes off in the short story "The Final Problem" but felt like revisiting the character. [[spoiler:He revived Holmes for real in "The Empty House" three years later.]]
232* ''VideoGame/StarControl: Interbellum'' takes place between the games ''Star Control II'' and the [[FanDiscontinuity nonexistent]] ''Star Control 3''.
233* ''Literature/StarTrekNovelVerse'':
234** ''Literature/StarTrekFederation'' follows story threads in three different time periods that eventually merge. Of those, two storylines qualify. The ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries TOS]]'' storyline picks up just after [[Recap/StarTrekS2E10JourneyToBabel "Journey to Babel"]] in the middle of season 2, with Kirk recuperating in sickbay from being stabbed by Thelev. The ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]]'' storyline starts in the epilogue of [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E23Sarek "Sarek"]] near the end of season 3 as Sarek and Perrin are leaving the ship.
235** All 23rd and early 24th century-set novels are interquels, either set between episodes/movies of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' or between the TOS movies and ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''.
236** The ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' novel ''Hollow Men'' was published in 2005, long after the series, but set during the Dominion War. To make the point, it used the "classic" [=DS9=] logo, rather than the version from the ''Literature/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineRelaunch'' novels.
237* ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'':
238** ''[[Literature/StarWarsQueensShadow Queen's Shadow]]'' is set between ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' and ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', detailing Padmé's transition from Queen to Senator.
239** ''[[Literature/StarWarsAhsoka Ahsoka]]'' is set one year after ''Revenge of the Sith'', and explains how Ahsoka became Fulcrum, which she was first seen as in ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Rebels]]''.
240** ''[[Literature/StarWarsLostStars Lost Stars]]'' is a sidequel that starts eight years after ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', and ends shortly after the Battle of Jakku, which takes place one year after ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.
241** ''[[Literature/StarWarsThrawn Thrawn]]'' is set between ''Revenge of the Sith'' and the third season of ''Rebels'' (it came out a few weeks after the third season finale aired), detailing how Thrawn joined the Empire and rose to the rank of Grand Admiral.
242*** Its sequel ''Literature/ThrawnAlliances'' follows suit: It's split between a plot in the Clone Wars and a plot in the Imperial Era. The Imperial Era events are set between ''Rebels''[='=] third and fourth seasons. The novel was released several months after the series finale of ''Rebels'' aired.
243*** The third book, ''Literature/ThrawnTreason'', takes place during the second half of the fourth season of ''Rebels'', showing what Thrawn was doing on Coruscant between his departure in "[[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS4E08JediNight Jedi Night]]" and his return in "[[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS4E13FamilyReunionAndFarewell Family Reunion]] -- [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS4E14FamilyReunionAndFarewellPartII and Farewell]]".
244** ''Literature/LeiaPrincessOfAlderaan'' is set between ''Revenge of the Sith'' and Leia's [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS2E10APrincessOnLothal appearance]] in season 2 of ''Rebels'', explaining how she came to join the Rebellion.
245** ''[[Literature/StarWarsBloodline Bloodline]]'' is set between ''Return of the Jedi'' and ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', specifically six years before the latter film, explaining how Leia founded the Resistance.
246* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'':
247** In a probably rare occurrence, ''Literature/TheHanSoloTrilogy'' manages to be an interquel, an outerquel, and a prequel. The trilogy as a whole was a prequel to ''Film/ANewHope'' as it ended just before Han met Luke and Obi-Wan. But there were already books that told of Han Solo and Lando Calrissian's adventures before ''A New Hope''. These were incorporated into the plot - "Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu" and "Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon" take place during the events of ''The Han Solo Trilogy #2 - The Hutt Gambit'', with "Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of [=ThonBoka=]" taking place after the events of that book and prior to ''The Han Solo Trilogy #3 - Rebel Dawn'', while "Han Solo at Stars' End", "Han Solo's Revenge", and "Han Solo and the Lost Legacy" all take place between chapters of ''Rebel Dawn''. So the third new novel is an interquel between the old novels and the movie and the trilogy is an outerquel to the older novels.
248** The old Star Wars EU was ''packed'' with interquels. Creator/TimothyZahn's ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'' took place five years after ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''; the New Republic was still fighting a defiant Empire, the Empire's capital world had been taken over, Han and Leia had married. When this trilogy jumpstarted the EU, and a lot of novels explored the years after that, others took on the intervening space. And there's always [[{{Pun}} intervening space]] and new stories to tell.
249** Years after ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'' was concluded, the story/homework assignment ''Death in the Slave Pits of Lorrd, or How I Spent My Inter-Term Break'', was written to fill the gap between ''Army of Terror'' and ''The Brain Spiders''.
250* ''Literature/TortallUniverse'': The sixth series, ''Literature/TheNumairChronicles'', is the OriginStory of TheArchmage Numair Salmalín, who was introduced in the second series, ''Literature/TheImmortals''. The first book, ''Tempests and Slaughter'', overlaps with the later three books of the ''Literature/SongOfTheLioness'' quartet, ending shortly before the events of ''Lioness Rampant''[='s=] climax.
251* In Elizabeth Lowell's medieval RomanceNovel trilogy, the first book, ''Untamed'', ends with the heroine announcing her pregnancy to her husband, and the epilogue features the birth of their son. However, in the two subsequent books, ''Forbidden'' and ''Enchanted'', the character is still pregnant, meaning that they take place in the interval between the two chapters.
252* Creator/LoisMcMasterBujold has several times backtracked and filled the gaps between her earlier novels of the ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga''. Given that Bujold originally hoped to skip decades and centuries between novels, but ended up chronicling the life of Miles, there had to be a lot to fill:
253** ''Barrayar'' (1991), set between her debut ''Shards of Honor'' and ''The Warrior's Apprentice'' (both 1986), shortly after ''Shards''. Retconned several details mentioned in passing in ''The Warrior's Apprentice'', but becoming important in post-''Barrayar'' books.
254** ''Mountains of Mouring'' novella (1989), set shortly after ''The Warrior's Apprentice'' (1986). The scope of the story is so small, its events affect nothing and only get revisited once, in ''Memory'' (1997), which is choke full of {{continuity nod}}s and {{call|Back}}-backs. However, the story defines the subject of mutations and mutation phobia, a Barrayar's [[PlanetOfHats hat]], which was rather hazy in earlier novels.
255** ''The Vor Game'' (1990), between ''The Warrior's Apprentice'' and ''Ethan of Athos'' (both 1986). The latter seemed to imply that the transition from Oseran Free Mercenary Fleet to the Dendarii Free Mercenary Fleet was easy and Naismith's authority wasn't challenged later. ''The Vor Game'' tells how far from the truth that is. Amazingly, nothing was retconned.
256** ''Cetaganda'' (1996), midway between ''The Vor Game'' (1990) and ''Ethan of Athos'' (1986). Drastically changed the nature of Barrayar's arch-enemy -- Cetagandan Empire -- profoundly affecting every subsequent book. Also explained Dendarii involvement in the events of ''Ethan of Athos''.
257** ''Captain Vorpatril's Alliance'' (2013), between ''Diplomatic Immunity'' (2002) and ''Cryoburn'' (2010). Since ''Cryoburn'' is set far from Barrayar, it is plausible that the evens of ''Alliance'' are never mentioned.
258* A majority of the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' ExpandedUniverse is made of interquels, many of which take place between ''[[Literature/WarriorCatsTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]]'' and ''[[Literature/WarriorCatsTheNewProphecy The New Prophecy]]''.
259* ''Tales From Literature/WatershipDown'' is about two-thirds {{prequel}} and/or [[ShowWithinAShow story within a story]] focusing on the adventures of rabbit folk hero El-ahrairah (sometimes using the Watership rabbits for a FramingDevice, sometimes not) to one-third stories filling in the gap between the last full chapter of ''Watership Down'' and the DistantFinale epilogue.
260* ''Literature/WoodwalkersAndFriends'' as a whole is supposed to be an {{Anthology}} series set between the novels of ''Literature/{{Woodwalkers}}''. For example, it's first novel ''Katzige Gefährten'' is set between the last book of ''Woodwalkers'' and ''Literature/{{Seawalkers}}''.
261* ''Literature/TheYearOfTheFlood'' takes place in the same universe, and in the same time period, as ''Literature/OryxAndCrake'', as does most of the third volume in this series, ''Literature/MaddAddam''.
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265* Two of the ''Series/BabylonFive'' movies, ''Thirdspace'' and ''[[Film/BabylonFiveTheLostTalesVoicesInTheDark The Lost Tales]]'', are both interquels. ''Thirdspace'' takes place [[ContinuitySnarl somewhere]] in the fourth season, and ''The Lost Tales'' takes place between the final season's penultimate episode and the series finale (mind you, there was an eighteen year TimeSkip between the last two episodes).
266* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}: [[TheMovie Razor]]'' has an [[TwoLinesNoWaiting A plot]] which takes place between the Season Two episodes ''The Captain's Hand'' and ''Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I'', a B plot that takes place between the time of the Miniseries pilot and the first eight-or-so episodes of Season One, and a C plot that takes place during the Cylon War.
267** They did it again with ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaBloodAndChrome'' which is based at the time of the original Cylon Wars, which is between the beginning of the mini-series and the prequel SpinOff ''Series/{{Caprica}}''.
268* ''Technically'', every ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' series between ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' (taking place in the year 2025) and the ''actual'' year 2025 will be one of these.
269* A twenty-minute midquel released before season 6 of ''Series/TheShield'' follows up on the events of the fifth-season finale. The Strike Team attends the funeral of their colleague, [[spoiler:Curtis "Lem" Lemansky]], and reflect on his time with the group.
270* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
271** The ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "Flashback" has Tuvok [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin flashing back]] to his time on the USS ''Excelsior'' during the events of ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry''. In his recollection, the ''Excelsior'' was being pursued by the Klingon captain Kang while they were to rendezvous with the USS ''Enterprise'' at Khitomer.
272** While all of ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' is a prequel to the original ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' but also serves as a sequel to the events of ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'' (Creator/JamesCromwell even did a video cameo in the first episode as Cochrane, the inventor of warp drive). And the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS04E18InAMirrorDarkly In a Mirror Darkly]]" is a sequel/prequel to the TOS episode "The Tholian Web", due to time travel and universe shifting that occurred to the USS Defiant.
273** ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' takes place in the century between ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' and ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' (closer to the latter). Season 2 firmly establishes that it takes place between the TOS pilot and the series proper, while Pike is still captain of the ''Enterprise''.
274* ''Series/TheThornBirds'' MiniSeries has a TimeSkip after the birth of Dane, Meggie's son, till when he and his sister Justine are in their late teens. A 1996 MiniSeries titled, appropriately, ''The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years'' was meant to depict the events of those 19 years. The problem is, none of the original cast, save Richard Chamberlain, was present, and the storyline and characterizations were completely inconsistent with both the original miniseries and the book on which it was based.
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278* ''Radio/TorchwoodTheLostFiles'' was set between series 2 of ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' and the miniseries ''Children of Earth'' [[spoiler:except the last one]] since the team [[spoiler:ceases to exist]] at the end of ''Children of Earth'' and [[spoiler:wasn't reformed until ''Series/TorchwoodMiracleDay'']]. Also, this means that [[spoiler:Ianto can be in it]].
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282* The stunning, lightning-fast plot of ''Literature/TheProgeny'' take place in between Sophocles's first two Oedipus plays and his first play, ''Theatre/{{Antigone}}''.
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286* ''VideoGame/AceCombat3Electrosphere'' decided to make the jump from [[NextSundayAD maybe one year ahead of release]] like the previous two games to a full 40 years in the future. With the exception of ''VideoGame/{{Ace Combat Zero|TheBelkanWar}}'' (a prequel to [[VideoGame/AceCombat5TheUnsungWar the fifth game]], albeit it's also technically concurrent to the not-quite-canon [[VideoGame/AirCombat original]]), ''[[VideoGame/AceCombatAssaultHorizonLegacy Assault Horizon Legacy]]'' (a remake of ''[[VideoGame/AceCombat2 2]]'') and [[VideoGame/AceCombatJointAssault the ones]] [[VideoGame/AceCombatAssaultHorizon set in]] the [[VideoGame/AceCombatInfinity real world]], every game in the series since has technically been an interquel between ''Ace Combat 2'' and ''3''.
287** ''Skies of Incursion'' and ''[[VideoGame/AceCombatNorthernWings Northern Wings]]'' are explicitly interquels, with the former putting you in control of a pilot you flew with for one mission in ''[[VideoGame/AceCombatXSkiesOfDeception Skies of Deception]]'', and the latter consisting of your squadron covertly influencing the wars depicted in the [[VideoGame/AceCombat04ShatteredSkies fourth]] through [[VideoGame/AceCombat6FiresOfLiberation sixth]] games.
288* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'':
289** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag'' takes place between Ezio's era and Connor's.
290** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRogue'' takes place between ''Black Flag'' and before and partially during Connor's portion of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII''.
291** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedValhalla'' takes place between ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOrigins'' and the first game.
292** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedMirage'' is set between ''Origins'' and ''Valhalla''
293* ''VideoGame/AtelierSophie2TheAlchemistOfTheMysteriousDream'' has Sophie mention during the opening cutscene that she wants to become a licensed alchemist, setting the story in between ''VideoGame/AtelierSophieTheAlchemistOfTheMysteriousBook'' and its sequel ''VideoGame/AtelierFirisTheAlchemistAndTheMysteriousJourney''.
294* ''VideoGame/AxiomVerge2'' takes place during a TimeSkip that occurs in ''VideoGame/AxiomVerge''.
295* ''VideoGame/BaldursGateSiegeOfDragonspear'' is technically an add-on to [[VideoGame/BaldursGate the first Baldur's Gate]], but story-wise, it's an interquel to bridge the gap between that game and [[VideoGame/BaldursGateII the sequel]] (both of which were released more than a decade earlier).
296* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooieGruntysRevenge'' took place in-between the two Nintendo 64 games ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' and ''VideoGame/BanjoTooie''.
297* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamVR'' takes place between ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' and ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' and is about [[spoiler:[[AllJustADream a nightmare Bruce has]] about the Joker's blood driving him to kill Nightwing and Robin.]]
298* ''VideoGame/BlacksadUnderTheSkin'' serves as this to [[ComicBook/{{Blacksad}} the comic book series it is based on]], taking place chronologically between the comic's second and third installments, ''Arctic Nation'' and ''Red Soul''.
299* ''VideoGame/BladeRunner'' takes place [[Film/BladeRunner during the events of the 1982 film]], and several characters from the film, such as Tyrell and Leon, will be encountered.
300* ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'' takes place between the first and second game and deals with Handsome Jack's [[StartOfDarkness rise to power]] with the help of (with DLC) six hired guns, two of which are bosses in the second game and one of which is from the General Knoxx DLC of the first game. ''VideoGame/TalesFromTheBorderlands'' reveals that the Pre-Sequel is also an interquel to the Tales games, with episode 3 showing [[spoiler:Athena being captured by Brick and Mordecai in order to set up the FramingDevice of the Pre-Sequel]]. ''VideoGame/TinyTinasWonderlands'' presumably takes place sometime after 2 but long before the events of the third game since Tina is still a child.
301* Given that the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series covers nearly 950 years of time, the majority of entries are interquels of two pre-existing games. Thus far, ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence Lament of Innocence]]'' (1094 AD) is the first, and ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaDawnOfSorrow'' (2036 AD) is the last. Given the nature of both of those games - ''[=LoI=]'' shows how Dracula came into being, while the ''Sorrow'' duology revolves around the aftermath of [[GreatOffscreenWar his final defeat in 1999]] - it's likely that any future games (barring {{alternate continuit|y}}ies like the ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow Lords]] of [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2 Shadow]]'' duology) will be interquels between those two.
302* ''Trilby's Notes'' and ''6 Days A Sacrifice'', the final two games of the VideoGame/ChzoMythos, are both interquels to the first two games. What is interesting is that ''6 Days A Sacrifice'' includes a part that takes takes place after the second game, set after ''6 Days'', technically making it part-sequel.
303* The ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' GaidenGame ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls'' was released after ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' but set before it and after [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc the first game]].
304* ''VideoGame/DarksidersII'' is set in the same timeframe as ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}''. In this case, it follows Death's adventures through the underworld while War is busy on [[ApocalypseHow what's left of Earth]].
305* ''VideoGame/{{Daxter}}'' shows how the eponymous sidekick managed to bust Jak out between the first ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' and ''VideoGame/JakIIRenegade''.
306* In between ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'' and ''VideoGame/DeadSpace2'' are ''VideoGame/DeadSpaceExtraction'' developed for the Wii and an interquel also named ''VideoGame/{{Dead Space|Mobile}}'' for the [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iPhone]].
307* ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' has an expansion appropriately called The Missing Link, about a particular period of time spent by the protagonist unaccounted for in the main game.
308* Originally, ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' was stated to take place after the [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry1 first game]] and the [[Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries 2007 anime]], but before [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry2 the second game]]. However, this trope was {{subverted|Trope}} after a decade when Creator/{{Capcom}} {{Retcon}}ned the timeline so that ''[=DMC4=]'' now takes place after ''[=DMC2=]''.
309* ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' had an UpdatedRerelease called ''The Ultimate Doom'' that featured a new episode titled "Thy Flesh Consumed" that takes place between "Inferno" (the third episode of ''Doom'') and the beginning of ''VideoGame/DoomII''.
310** In 2019, John Romero released ''VideoGame/{{Sigil}}'', an expansion for ''The Ultimate Doom'' that takes place between "Thy Flesh Consumed" and ''Doom II'', chronicling Doomguy's efforts to escape Hell and return to Earth.
311* The PSP re-release of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'', ''The Complete Collection'', comes with the original game, direct sequel ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears'', and a new short playable interlude which covers the 17-year TimeSkip [[note]]also the amount of RealLife time between the releases[[/note]] between the original game and ''The After Years''.
312* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776'', the fifth ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' game released, begins shortly before Chapter Six and ends at the conclusion of Chapter Eight of the previous game, ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar''.
313* While deducing the chronology of the ''Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' series is [[AmbiguousTimePeriod hard]], the most commonly accepted theory of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'''s place in the timeline is that it is an interquel set sometime between ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4'' and ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2''.
314* ''Forever Kingdom'' is an interesting example. It is a {{Prequel}} to ''Evergrace'', chronicling the events of the main character Darius before the original game. However, those events are happening concurrently to Sharline's path through ''Evergrace'', which took place before Darius', making it both a Prequel AND an Interquel to the original game.
315* ''VideoGame/GodOfWarGhostOfSparta'' on PSP is set between the [[VideoGame/GodOfWarI first]] and [[VideoGame/GodOfWarII second]] games in the ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' series.
316* ''VideoGame/HalfLifeAlyx'' is set during the Combine's occupation of Earth, five years before ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' and fifteen years after ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' and its expansions.
317* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'':
318** ''VideoGame/Halo3ODST'' takes place during ''VideoGame/Halo2''. Specifically, right after Master Chief goes through a slip space rupture from Earth to the second Halo after the second level of the latter game.
319** ''VideoGame/HaloReach'' could possibly be considered this, as it chronologically takes place between ''VideoGame/HaloWars'' and ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved''.
320* ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead'':
321** ''The House of the Dead 4'' is an interesting case. Although ostensibly a midquel taking place before ''III'', it's probably more accurate to call it a ''replacement'' for ''III''. Apparently big {{time skip}}s were all the rage at the time ''III'' came out (cf. ''Tekken 3, Garou: Mark of the Wolves''); Sega realized that there really wasn't anywhere to go from there, and so decided to make ''4'' a more traditional follow-up to ''2''. That doesn't stop one of the endings from telling you continue the adventure in ''The House of the Dead III'', however.
322** ''Scarlet Dawn'' is set two years after ''4'' but still ends long before ''III''. The MultipleEndings suggest that if there are sequels to come, they will continue to fill the gap between ''4'' and ''III''.
323* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
324** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsCoded'' is a midquel taking place entirely within the epilogue of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''. Specifically, it starts after Donald, Goofy, and Mickey return to Disney Castle and ends before Sora, Riku, and Kairi receive Mickey's letter.
325** ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'' is an interquel that starts shortly after the end of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'', overlaps with ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'', and ends right before the beginning of ''Kingdom Hearts II''.
326** ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts02BirthBySleepAFragmentaryPassage'' is an interquel that takes place immediately after the Secret Episode in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep: Final Mix'' and overlaps with ''Kingdom Hearts I'', ending at the same time as the latter.
327** The upcoming ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsMissingLink'', the successor to the series’s previous mobile phone outing ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsX'', is an interquel filling in the gap between χ’s last two major updates, ''Union χ [cross]'' and ''Dark Road''.
328* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' has a DLC titled ''Left Behind''; half of the gameplay consists of flashbacks which function as a sort of prequel and explore the relationship between Ellie and her friend Riley prior to Ellie meeting Joel. The other half is set between the end of the main game's Fall chapter and the beginning of its Winter chapter.
329* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
330** The series as a whole is [[NonLinearSequel a series of both disconnected and connected stories on a branching timeline]], with ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]'' at the very beginning, ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' serving as the branching point, and with the three respective branches ending on ''[[VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink Zelda II]]'' (the "Downfall" Era[[note]]branching off from if [[TheHeroDies Link is killed]] in the final fight of ''Ocarina''[[/note]]), ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures Four Swords Adventures]]'' (the "Child" Era[[note]]branching off from Child Link uses his knowledge of the future to warn the kingdom of Ganondorf's treachery[[/note]]), and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Spirit Tracks]]'' (the "Adult" Era[[note]]what goes on after Ganon's defeat in the future timeline of ''Ocarina''[[/note]]), before everything [[MergedReality merges back together]] at some point before ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]''.
331** As for explicit Interquels (i.e, [[LegacyCharacter having the same Link]]), the ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames Oracle games]]'' not only take place between ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]]'', but also hold the distinction of being direct sequels to '''each other''' via NewGamePlus.
332** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'' takes place centuries after ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' and acts as an indirect sequel to it, but still takes place before [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI the]] first [[VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink two games]].
333* ''VideoGame/MafiaII'' has the ''Joe's Adventures'' DownloadableContent campaign, which is set following [[spoiler:Vito's arrest and [[PrisonEpisode time in prison]] in Chapter 6, and a year before his release in Chapter 7.]]
334* ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'', relatively speaking, takes its characters from some time before ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', then places them in [[HumanPopsicle cryo stasis]] and sends them to a neighboring galaxy as a colonization effort. Technically the events of the game take place 650 years later, but the characters talk of their home galaxy being in the state it was when they left. A few hints do clue in the characters that something happened.
335* The Platform/GameBoy ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' games could be Interquels set between the main games: ''VideoGame/MegaManDrWilysRevenge'' between ''[[VideoGame/MegaMan2 2]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MegaMan3 3]]'', ''VideoGame/MegaManII'' between ''3'' and ''[[VideoGame/MegaMan4 4]]'', ''VideoGame/MegaManIII'' between ''4'' and ''[[VideoGame/MegaMan5 5]]'', ''VideoGame/MegaManIV'' between ''5'' and ''[[VideoGame/MegaMan6 6]]'', and ''VideoGame/MegaManV'' probably between ''5'' and ''6'', but could be anytime between ''5'' and ''[[VideoGame/MegaMan9 9]]''. Or they could be {{Gaiden Game}}s. It's not really clear.
336* The ''VideoGame/MegaMan8BitDeathmatch'' adaptation of ''VideoGame/MegaManAndBass'' plays this up for what it's worth, according to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0TPBPqjhgE the teaser trailer]]. Taking place after the events of ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'', a robot expiration date law would be coming into existence in weeks in response to Dr. Wily's repeated robot reprogrammings, and King initiates a campaign for robot rights. Of course, by ''VideoGame/MegaMan9'', [[DoomedByCanon the law is already in effect]].
337* ''[[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork Mega Man Network Transmission]]'''s story takes place between the events of ''Battle Network'' and ''Battle Network 2.'' The game was released after ''Battle Network 3''.
338* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'':
339** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPortableOps'' and ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'' are both interquels set between ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' and the very first ''VideoGame/MetalGear1'', covering Big Boss' exploits between his Cold War days and the Outer Heaven crisis. ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' is said to be the last of these interquels, being set only seven years prior to the original ''Metal Gear''.
340** ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally]] to be an interquel between ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty Sons of Liberty]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Guns of the Patriots]]'', explaining how Raiden become a cyborg, and the story itself much [[DarkerAndEdgier darker]] than the final version. After Kojima handed the concept to Creator/PlatinumGames, it became a sequel to ''Guns of the Patriots''.
341** The [[MissingEpisode basically unobtainable]] ''Metal Gear Solid Mobile'' was set between ''Metal Gear Solid'' and ''Metal Gear Solid 2'' and pits Snake against an AI version of Otacon, amongst other things.
342* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'':
343** The series has all games with the ''Prime'' moniker take place between ''VideoGame/Metroid1'' and ''VideoGame/MetroidIIReturnOfSamus''. Within that sub-series, there's ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeHunters'', which takes place between ''[[VideoGame/MetroidPrime Prime]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes Prime 2]]''.
344** ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'' takes place between ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' and ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion''.
345* ''VideoGame/MortalKombatShaolinMonks'' is an interquel that starts with a retelling of the first game and leads up to the events of the second game.
346* ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom'' is actually an interquel set between the first NES game and ''Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos''. While the English version's manual does somewhat imply that the game is set before ''Ninja Gaiden II'', most people didn't notice it and assumed that ''Ninja Gaiden III'' was a standard sequel. The Japanese version always had it clear that it was an interquel.
347* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'':
348** ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' and its sequel ''VideoGame/Persona4ArenaUltimax'' take place between ''VideoGame/Persona4''[='s=] original ending and its rerelease ''Golden''[='s=] epilogue.
349** ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'' is an odd example: it takes place in a PlaceBeyondTime, but the characters (the main casts of ''VideoGame/Persona3'' and ''VideoGame/Persona4'') are transported there from around the third quarter of their original games' timelines.
350* ''VideoGame/PhineasAndFerbAcrossThe2ndDimension'' takes place during the "Brand New Reality" sequence of [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossThe2ndDimension the film that the game's adapted from]], evidenced from [[https://youtu.be/G_MX_J0MaJY?t=8 the accompanying song]] recapping the events all the way until the first level of the game is shown. The levels then show several dimensions that the five main characters encountered, including ones with gelatin, balloons, and living garden gnomes.
351* The [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire third]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl fourth]] generations of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' take place at the same time as respectively the [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue first]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver second]] generations; in the third generation it's just sort of implied, but the fourth makes it explicit by starting with your character watching a news report about the red Gyarados created by Team Rocket in ''Gold/Silver'' and ''Crystal''. The [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite fifth one]] onwards are pure sequels, each taking place two or three years after the previous generation.
352* In the ''Franchise/PrinceOfPersia'' Sands of Times series, ''VideoGame/BattlesOfPrinceOfPersia'' takes place in the 7 years gap between ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'' and ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaWarriorWithin'' with the exception of the first level taking place right before the former game. Three of the [[ReformulatedGame four different versions]] of ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheForgottenSands'' (360/PC/[=PS3=], Wii and PSP) take place between ''Sands of Time'' and ''Battles'', before the Prince first met the Dahaka to be precise. The specific order of those three games is unclear because they don't reference each others. The DS version on the other hand [[spoiler:is a StealthSequel to ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheTwoThrones'' and the last story in the timeline]].
353* ''VideoGame/RainbowSix: Vegas 2'' manages this twice over. The prologue mission is set in 2005, the same year that the events of the earlier ''Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield'' began. The rest of the game is in early July 2010, during the same time period as the first ''Vegas'': four missions are set a few hours beforehand, one mission is set concurrently, and then the final mission is set a day or so afterwards.
354* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'':
355** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'' is both a prequel and a sequel to ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2''. The first half takes place a day before the events of ''[=RE2=]'', but then Jill falls unconscious for a whole day after she gets infected by the Nemesis. The events of ''[=RE2=]'' transpire during the whole day that Jill is asleep and she regains consciousness after those events are over.
356** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations'' takes place sometime after ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' and tells a standalone story about Chris and Jill's time with the BSAA prior to the events of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5''.
357** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations2'' is set in between ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' and ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6''. The bonus episodes are set between episodes 3 and 4 of the main game.
358* ''VideoGame/RobocopRogueCity'' is set between ''Film/Robocop2'' and ''Film/Robocop3'', and seeks to explain how the Detroit of 2 spiraled into the situation seen in 3. Becker's UED forces are a precursor to the Rehabs from 3, while the absence of the Old Man is explained as him trying (and failing) to be made into Robocop 2, functionally destroying the old OCP building in the process. The ending sets up the Kanemitsu corporation coming in as part of development of Delta City.
359* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
360** ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD'' takes place between the original ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1'' and ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2''. Originally, this was only indirectly implied by the game's designer, [[https://shmuplations.com/soniccd/ Yasushi Yamaguchi]], but it was later reiterated as canon by the ''[[AllThereInTheManual Sonic the Hedgehog Encyclo-speed-ia]]'' and ''[[CompilationRerelease Sonic Origins]]''. This is why Tails (introduced in ''Sonic 2'') only makes a hidden cameo appearance, and why [[SuperMode Super Sonic]] doesn't appear -- though that's more due to the main collectibles being Time Stones rather than Chaos Emeralds.
361** ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' takes place after ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' and before ''VideoGame/SonicBattle''.
362** ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog4'' takes place after ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'' and before ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''. Since Knuckles was introduced in-story in ''Sonic 3 & Knuckles'' and Metal Sonic was destroyed in ''Sonic CD'' and wasn't rebuilt until ''Sonic 4'', classic games featuring both Metal and Knuckles such as ''VideoGame/KnucklesChaotix'' and ''VideoGame/SonicTripleTrouble'' must take place after ''Sonic 4'' and before ''Sonic Adventure''. ''Sonic 4'' also has its own interquel in the form of ''Episode Metal'', which takes place between Episodes I and II.
363** Originally a sequel to ''VideoGame/SonicMania'', ''VideoGame/SonicForces'' became this retroactively since the release of Encore mode for the former game, the events of which take place after ''Sonic Forces''.
364* ''VideoGame/SpiderManShatteredDimensions'' has a plot which works its way between existing story arcs of the comics, evidenced by the presence of certain characters who died in their canon. Deadpool even lampshades this by asking ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan where he thinks the game fits into the canon.
365* The ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' series is set between the very first ''VideoGame/StreetFighterI'' and the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' series. Next is the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' series, where it is a NonLinearSequel set after ''Street Fighter II'', but before ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII''. Then there is ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', which is an interquel between ''IV'' and ''III''.
366* The ''Unnkulia'' games had a prequel (''Unnkulia Zero''), followed by an Interquel (''Unnkulia One Half'').
367* ''VideoGame/{{The Walking Dead|Telltale}}: [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadSeasonTwo 400 Days]]'' explores the game world from a perspective outside of the main duo of Lee and Clementine, subtly bridging the overarching storyline between seasons 1 and 2 as well as setting up future threads to be explored.
368* Most of the Caverns of Time missions in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' fit this description. The Caverns of Time allows players to visit points in Azeroth's history mostly to help the Bronze Dragonflight prevent the mysterious Infinite Dragonflight from altering the past. Of the four Caverns of Time instances, one takes place before any of the ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' games (Opening the Dark Portal), making it a {{Prequel}}. Two more instances recreate and expand on key campaigns in ''Warcraft III'' (Culling of Stratholme and Battle for Mount Hyjal), making them arguably Interquels or arguably {{POV Sequel}}s, depending on whether you regard the original versions as [[TimeyWimeyBall the real timeline]] or the Caverns of Time versions. The remaining one, Escape from Durnholde Keep, is definitely an Interquel, set years after ''Warcraft II'' and years before ''Warcraft III'' and featuring a storyline never shown in any released game.
369* ''VideoGame/XCom'':
370** ''VideoGame/XComInterceptor'' was released in 1998 and takes place between the events of ''VideoGame/XComTerrorFromTheDeep'' (1995) and ''VideoGame/XComApocalypse'' (1997). It's also a flight sim with some base management instead of a TurnBasedStrategy. The game makes references to ''Apocalypse'' and the cancelled ''X-COM: Alliance''.
371** ''XCOM Legends'' is a mobile game that's the follow-up to ''VideoGame/XCOMChimeraSquad'', but it takes place somewhere between the resistance's victory 's in ''VideoGame/XCOM2'' and Chimera Squad. In this game Jane Kelly is still an XCOM soldier in full battle gear and military hair styling in contrast to her role as the Director of XCOM Reclamation Agency and having civilian clothes and hair. XCOM's role here is fighting ADVENT remnants and new plots from alien sources rather than dealing with local crime like the Reclamation Agency did.
372** The ''VideoGame/XCOM2: Tactical Legacy Pack'' expansion provides four "mini-campaigns" showing some of what happened in the twenty years between ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' and the sequel, such as Central Officer Bradford's attempts to put together a resistance movement, and Lily Shen's efforts to construct the ''Avenger''. That said, they have to be taken as BroadStrokes since in them the squad will be using weapons and fighting enemies that won't be seen until the very end of an ''XCOM 2'' campaign. While narrating, [[UnreliableNarrator Bradford admits that he might not be remembering all the details right.]]
373* ''VideoGame/YoshisNewIsland'' takes place between the original ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld2YoshisIsland'' and ''VideoGame/YoshisIslandDS'', being an ImmediateSequel where the Stork realizes he took the baby Mario brothers to the wrong parents and getting ambushed by Kamek once again.
374* [[VideoGame/YsIVMaskOfTheSun All]] three [[VideoGame/YsIVTheDawnOfYs versions]] of ''[[VideoGame/YsMemoriesOfCelceta Ys IV]]'' are set after ''[[VideoGame/YsIAncientYsVanishedOmen I]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/YsIIAncientYsVanishedTheFinalChapter II]]'', but before ''Wanderers From Ys'' / ''VideoGame/YsTheOathInFelghana''.
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378* ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth'' (released 2009) takes place between ''Trials and Tribulations'' (2004) and ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'' (2007). Specifically, one month after the events of the former and [[TimeSkip seven years]] before the latter. ''Investigations 2'' (2011) takes place only about a week after the first ''Investigations''.
379* ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend: Holiday Star'' technically takes place during the Christmas break of the first game, which spans an entire school year.
380* ''VisualNovel/SteinsGateZero'' is this for ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate''.
381* ''VisualNovel/ZeroTimeDilemma'' takes place 1 year after ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' and [[spoiler:''45'']] years before ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'', although this is [[TimeyWimeyBall complicated]] by [[spoiler:Sigma and Phi experiencing the events of VLR before ZTD]]. The release order of the games was 999 > VLR > ZTD.
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385* ''Webcomic/TheDreamer'' has short stories that can be read as these and as ADayInTheLimelight stories.
386* ''Webcomic/{{Nebula}}'' has "Nix", a short story from Pluto's perspective. It takes places at some point between #10 (Black Hole first contacting Pluto) and #14 (Black Hole finally making her move).
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390* ''Literature/SquidSistersStories'' is a short promotional web serial set between ''VideoGame/Splatoon1'' and ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'', setting up the plot of the latter game and giving explanations for some of the changes made to the setting during the two year TimeSkip.
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394* ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone'': The early season one episode "Rudy's Story" is established as Rudy's first meeting with Penny (particularly showing her as a new student of Mr. Wilter's class) and has her under the impression that [=ChalkZone=] is merely a product of Rudy's imagination, which indicates that it chronologically takes place after the first two ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons'' shorts where Rudy was eight years old and before Penny's debut in the short "Rudy's Date", where she and Rudy already know each other and she first entered [=ChalkZone=].
395* ''Dragons: Race to the Edge'' is set between ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'' and ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'', filling in some of the gaps in how things have changed.
396* The first season of ''WesternAnimation/MonstersAtWork'' takes place in-between the epilogue of the original movie, when Sulley and Mike have swapped screams for laughter and before Sulley reunites with Boo.
397* The finale arc of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' mostly counts as a midquel for ''Film/StarWarsEpisodeIIIRevengeOfTheSith'', with Anakin and Obi-Wan [[spoiler: leaving to go rescue Palpatine, Dooku's death being a minor plot point, and, of course, Order 66.]]
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