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16This trope refers to when a work is adapted, and then [[AdaptationSequence the adaptation is adapted]], and this leads to the work being adapted ''back'' into its original medium. Often occurs because the original version [[InNameOnly is so different from the adapted version]] that it's useless as a tie-in, leading the work to be adapted back. It can also be due to AdaptationDisplacement, however. Other reasons are quite possible as well because this trope cares not for the motives of the recursive adapter, merely that the adaptation "stack" curves back on itself (for example, book ⟿ movie ⟿ TV show ⟿ book).
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18This is the result of making a {{novelization}} of a movie based on a book, or making a movie out of a ScreenToStageAdaptation, effectively [[TheRemake remaking]] the original movie. See also RecursiveImport, RecursiveFanfiction, RetCanon, ThirdOptionAdaptation, and CanonImmigrant.
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23[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
24* ''Manga/BattleAngelAlita: Last Order'', manga → game → manga.
25* ''Franchise/CardfightVanguard'' gives us this on an individual card level with "Majesty Lord Blaster":
26** The original 2011 adaptation of the manga features a card that did not feature anywhere in the manga called "Majesty Lord Blaster" which despite only being relevant for one episode gained instant icon status for its relation to [[TheHero Aichi's]] character development and its at-the-time unique effect which makes use of cards from clans other than its own which to this day has only been seen on one other card.
27** Then years later the climax of the manga gave us "Messianic Lord Blaster", which is meant to emulate "Majesty Lord Blaster", having a similar design and the same initials of "MLB".
28** A couple of months after the manga's conclusion, a 2018 reboot that aimed to serve as a more faithful adaptation began airing. So naturally, it had its own take on "Messianic Lord Blaster".
29** The final season of the 2018 reboot, which began ''long'' after it ran out of manga chapters to animate, features "Majesty Lord Blaster" as a central plot device.
30* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack'': Novel (''High-Streamer'') → Movie → Novel (''Beltorchika's Children''). Note that both novels were written by series creator Creator/YoshiyukiTomino, and none of these are straight adaptations, with ''Beltorchika's Children'' particularly being based on [[WhatCouldHaveBeen an earlier concept]] for ''Char's Counterattack'' that Sunrise ended up vetoing.
31* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' had a double recursive adaptation: the fourth ''Dragon Ball Z'' {{RPG}} for the [[Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Family Computer]] was titled ''[[GaidenGame Dragon Ball Z Gaiden]]'', which featured a new storyline written specifically for the game. A two-part video guide for the game was then released that was essentially a ''Manga/DragonBall Z'' {{OVA}} with footage of the Famicom game spliced in between. The animated segments of the video guide were then reused for two [[PreRenderedGraphics FMV games]] released for Bandai's short-lived Macintosh-based Pippin game console in Japan.
32** ''Dragon Ball'' Jump Festa special, ''[[Anime/DragonBallYoSonGokuAndHisFriendsReturn Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!]]'', was adapted into a one-shot manga by Ooishi Naho. ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF'' also received a three-chapter manga adaptation by Creator/{{Toyotaro}} which began serialization before the movie's release.
33** ''Anime/DragonBallZBardockTheFatherOfGoku'' featured an original storyline that wasn't in the original manga. Years later Naho Ooishi wrote a manga miniseries called ''Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock'' set after the events of the TV special which got [[Anime/DragonBallEpisodeOfBardock adapted into a TV special]]. That makes it an OVA adapted from a manga which is a sequel to an anime TV special that was spun off from a manga. Also, just to make it more confusing, Bardock as a character received CanonImmigrant status in a flashback in Toriyama's original manga.
34** And then of course there's the "animanga", which is a manga that uses screenshots of the TV series, which itself is based on the manga. Its main upside was that it was in colour while the original manga was black and white, but then it became "[[RunningGag redundantly redundant]]" with the release of Dragon Ball Colour, which coloured in the original manga panels at a much higher quality.
35* ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' is an anime inspired by the original ''Manga/GhostInTheShell'' that establishes its own continuity. This anime series received a manga adaptation, which makes it a manga based on an anime inspired by manga.
36* ''Manga/LupinIII'' is a [[SeriesFranchise multi-media franchise]] that began as a serial manga. After making its way to Anime, some of the stories have become full-colour manga volumes.
37** Comic Souris has made full-colour manga from: ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'' (a three-book set) and Anime/LupinIIIPart1 (Volumes 2 through 12). The best example of recursion is when a Green Jacket episode was aired based on a manga chapter and turned into a manga volume.
38** Action Comics made a four-volume set from ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro''.
39* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' (manga) → ''[[Anime/NegimaSecondSeason Negima!?]]'' (anime) → ''Negima!? Neo'' (manga).
40* ''Manga/OnePiece'' had a video game adaptation that had an original story, and the story of the game later got adapted into the Ocean's Dream {{Filler}} arc in the anime.
41* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' is a strange beast; it began as a manga, which ended prematurely due to publication issues but shortly after was adapted as an anime with a definite conclusion to the story; later the original manga was republished under a different magazine, and continued on while borrowing story elements from ''its own adaptation''.
42* ''Manga/YuGiOh'' was originally a manga which was adapted into an [[Anime/YuGiOh anime]]. The anime received a spinoff, ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', which was adapted back into a [[Manga/YuGiOhGX manga]], though this is not a full example of this trope as the manga is almost completely different from the anime, sharing only characters, setting, and the card game. The same goes for [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds subsequent]] [[Anime/YuGiOhZexal spinoffs]] too, the first of which also has a decent amount of changes from the anime, starting with the rules of the game (certain cards are not required and monsters are summoned differently).
43* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'':
44** The {{Novelization}} of Levi's backstory, ''A Choice with No Regrets'' being adapted into a {{Manga}}, then being adapted into a two-part OVA.
45** The music composer for the anime was heavily inspired by the Dutch SymphonicMetal band Music/{{Epica}}. In 2017 Epica covered several ''Attack on Titan'' songs on an EP.
46* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' (anime) → ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamTheOrigin'' (manga) → ''Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin'' (anime adaptation of new manga material as a {{Prequel}} series)
47* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' (anime) → ''[[VideoGame/MagiaRecordPuellaMagiMadokaMagicaSideStory Magia Record]]'' (video game spinoff) → anime adaptation of the latter.
48* The ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaReflection''[=/=]''[[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaDetonation Detonation]]'' duology are movie adaptations of the ''[[VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable Gears of Destiny]]'' video game, which in turn was a SpinOff of the ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' anime franchise, which in turn was a MorePopularSpinoff of [[VisualNovel/TriangleHeart3SweetSongsForever a visual novel]].
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52* The animated show ''Animation/BoBoiBoy Galaxy'''s comic book adaptation, ''[=BoBoiBoy=] Galaxy Season 2'', got turned into an animated TV show in its own right in 2023.
53* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': It began as an animated series, and it was later adapted into a comic series in a magazine, which then got adapted back into an animated series called ''Man Jing Tou''.
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57* Various non-comic Creator/DCComics properties have received their own continuing comic book series:
58** The Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse is a famous example, with ''ComicBook/TheBatmanAdventures'', ''ComicBook/TheSupermanAdventures'', ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Adventures'', ''Justice League Unlimited'', and ''ComicBook/BatmanBeyond''.
59** ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'' had its own comic book tie-in.
60** ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperFriends'' goes an extra step. Comic → Toys → Cartoon → Comic. And it's adorable and fun.
61** DC once had a comic based around a Bruce Timm-inspired animated world called ''Adventures in the DC Universe'', with its own version of the Justice League. This was before ''Justice League Unlimited'' but seemingly taking place in the world of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' and ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''. So it was a comic series based on a cartoon that would later have its own [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse cartoon equivalent]].
62** ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'' was a popular LighterAndSofter comic, which was adapted thematically into the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' cartoon, which got a comic book version called ''ComicBook/TeenTitansGo'' drawn by the former artist of the YJ comic. There was later a ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' cartoon based on the DarkerAndEdgier TT comic, which in turn received its ''own'' tie-in comics. To complete the loop, the TT cartoon was spun off into the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' cartoon, which is a comedic series unrelated to the comic by that name: the full loop is comic → cartoon → comic → two cartoons → comic.
63** ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' was adapted into ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', which had a continuation comic for a comic → series → comic loop.
64** ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' was adapted into a ''[[Film/Supergirl1984 movie]]'' which was adapted into a ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl1984 comic]]''. Similarly, her ''[[Series/Supergirl2015 show]]'' was also adapted into a ''[[ComicBook/AdventuresOfSupergirl limited comic series]]''.
65** The Super Powers toy line from the 80s and the Total Justice toy line from the 90s had comic book mini-series as tie-ins.
66** DC Comics used to have a title called ''ComicBook/HumanTarget'', about MasterOfDisguise Christopher Chance who would disguise himself as people whose lives were in danger in order to draw out their attacker. This later got an InNameOnly [[Series/HumanTarget TV adaptation]], where Chance isn't a MasterOfDisguise, he's just an undercover bodyguard. Creator/DCComics have released a new ''ComicBook/HumanTarget'' comic based on this.
67** DC has launched ''Toys/AmeComiGirls'', a comic based on a popular line of {{Animesque}} figurines of comic characters, which would make it a comic based on merchandise based on comics. Later, DC launched ''ComicBook/DCComicsBombshells'' and ''ComicBook/GothamCityGarage'', both of which were also alternate-continuity series based on statue lines, which had been respectively themed around "1940s pin-up art" and "post-apocalypse bikers".
68** ''DC Universe Online: Legends'' is a comic based on a [[VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline game]] based on DC Comics.
69** 2013's ''ComicBook/Batman66'' comic is an adaptation of the 1966 Adam West ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' series, which of course was itself an adaptation of the Franchise/{{Batman}} comics that had been printed up to that time.
70*** The success of the series led to DC launching ''ComicBook/WonderWoman77'', a continuation of the live-action ''Series/WonderWoman'' TV show.
71*** In 2021 this trend continued with ''ComicBook/Superman78'' and ''ComicBook/Batman89'', based on the first Christopher Reeve and Michael Keaton movies, respectively.
72*** A Brazilian GagDub [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4aO5V8ovsQ of one episode]] [[http://batimahq.blogspot.com.br/ was adapted into a webcomic]]. Comic → series → GagDub → (web)comic.
73** The comic ''Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse'' is based on the video game ''VideoGame/InfiniteCrisis'', which is based on the comic book ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' and similar {{Crisis Crossover}}s.
74** The comics ''ComicBook/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' and ''ComicBook/Injustice2'' are based on the games ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' and ''VideoGame/Injustice2'', based on DC Comics.
75** ''Series/TheFlash1990'' received tie-in comics, which ended up having a major influence on ''Series/TheFlash2014''.
76** Similarly, ''ComicBook/BatmanArkhamUnhinged'' is a comic book set in the universe of the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'' of video games, which was inspired by comics focused on Arkham like ''ComicBook/ArkhamAsylumASeriousHouseOnSeriousEarth'' and ''ComicBook/ArkhamAsylumLivingHell''. Several other comics based on the ''Arkham'' game continuity have been released since then.
77** ''ComicBook/WonderWomanAndTheStarRiders'' is a promotional comic set in the same universe as the TV show and toy line which is very different than ComicBook/WonderWoman's usual continuity. In a twist, the TV show and toy line were canceled before they came out leaving the comic adaptation the only thing that was completed and released to the public outside of advertisements.
78** ''ComicBook/SupermanSmashesTheKlan'' is a comic adaptation of the most famous story arc in ''Radio/TheAdventuresOfSuperman'', the 1940s radio adaptation of the comic character.
79** Steppenwolf's unique design from ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' (which doesn't look anything like the original ComicBook/NewGods version and borrows the "horns" and battleaxe to the ComicBook/New52) would be [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DC_Cinematic/comments/q9zga8/zack_snyders_justice_league_steppenwolf_design/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf incorporated into the comics seven months]] after the film's release.
80* Dark Horse had ''Adventures of the Mask'', adapting the [[WesternAnimation/TheMask animated series]] based on [[Film/TheMask the film]] based on [[ComicBook/TheMask the comic]].
81* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' went [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage comic book]] → [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 animated series]] → [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesAdventures Archie comic book]]. Eventually occurred with the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 second cartoon]] as well, although the resulting comic book ended up having a much shorter shelf-life than its predecessor. Then there was a comic based on [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 the 2012 cartoon]], courtesy of IDW.
82** There's also comic book → the first movie → comic book adaptation written and drawn by the original creators, resulting in the slightly weird case of the Turtles looking just like they do in the [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage Mirage stories]], but behaving like their [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990 movie counterparts]] (ordering pizza, for example).
83* In a slightly different case, the plot of the ''VideoGame/UltimateSpiderMan2005'' game was adapted back into the comic as the "War of the Symbiotes" StoryArc.
84* The ''ComicBook/DuckTales'' comic book series is a comic book based on a [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 cartoon]] based on a [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse comic book]] based on a [[WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts cartoon]].
85** The [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 new reboot series]] is continuing the tradition by having a comic book series based on it.
86** In addition, the theatrical cartoon movie ''WesternAnimation/DuckTalesTheMovieTreasureOfTheLostLamp'' is based on the television cartoon based on the comic book based on the original theatrical cartoon shorts.
87* The ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' comics were adapted into the ''WesternAnimation/HellboyAnimated'' direct-to-DVD films, which were then adapted into a ''Hellboy Animated'' comic series.
88* ''Series/TheMiddleman'' started off as a TV pitch that ended up being a series for Viper Comics which became a TV show on ABC Family which returned to comic form for the show's unaired 13th and final episode.
89* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' has a comic book adaptation. The animated version incorporated elements from the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, ComicBook/UltimateMarvel, and the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. Naturally, it went by the name ''ComicBook/MarvelUniverse - ComicBook/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes''
90* The ''[[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' animated series also has a comic adaptation called ''Marvel Universe-Ultimate Spider-Man''. That's a comic retold as [[UltimateUniverse another comic]], adapted into WesternAnimation, and adapted back into a comic. The cartoon also incorporates unique elements of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, which itself is an adaptation of both the Marvel Universe and ComicBook/UltimateMarvel.
91** Incidentally, ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' had an original character, a new ComicBook/WhiteTiger, become a CanonImmigrant to the Marvel Universe before the series even premiered.
92* The films in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse usually have comic book tie-ins that either outright adapt the events of the movies, or [[AllThereInTheManual explain what went on in-between each installment]]. For example, there's a comic set in-between ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' and ''Film/IronMan3'' that explains where ComicBook/WarMachine was during the Chitauri invasion of New York.
93* ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'': Following the release of [[Series/Daredevil2015 the Netflix show]], the comics depictions of Matt and Foggy were reworked to resemble Charlie Cox and Elden Henson. In addition, the show renamed Wilson Fisk's wife from Vanessa Fisk to Vanessa Marianna, which the comics began doing in 2017. Mitchell Ellison from the ''New York Bulletin'' has also been adapted into the comics, but he has only been mentioned and not yet seen.
94* Likewise, there were a few one-shot comic prequels published for ''Film/XMen1'' and ''Film/X2XMenUnited''. A lot of them were pushed into CanonDiscontinuity by the later films in the franchise.
95* IDW have announced they're publishing a comic based on ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'', which was based on the short-lived Creator/ImageComics title ''M. Rex''.
96* ''Film/{{Dredd}}'' had a prequel comic printed in the ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd Megazine'' which told [[BigBad Ma-Ma's]] origin story. There's also an AlternateContinuity series carrying on from the film's continuity.
97* ''Spidey Super Stories'' was a LighterAndSofter Spider-Man series adapted from the skits of the same name that appeared in the PBS show ''Series/TheElectricCompany1971'' (which of course had picked them up from the original franchise).
98* Marvel's [[ComicBook/SHIELD2014 S.H.I.E.L.D. comic]] is an adaptation of the ABC series ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', which was written to be set in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse of films based on the original Marvel comics. The show's main cast of {{Canon Foreigner}}s ([[spoiler:barring Grant Ward, who turned out to be TheMole in the show, and Skye, who turned out to be the MCU version of [[ComicBook/SecretWarriors Daisy Johnson a.k.a. Quake]]]]) are {{Canon Immigrant}}s.
99* ''ComicBook/ContestOfChampions2015'' is an adaptation of the ''VideoGame/MarvelContestOfChampions'' video game, which was named after and loosely inspired by the ''ComicBook/ContestOfChampions1982'' comic from 1982. The series adapts the events of the game into the official Marvel continuity.
100* ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'', the Disney movie loosely based on a Marvel comic book series, later got its own comic series by Creator/IDWPublishing, as well as a prequel manga.
101* ''Smurfs: The Village Behind The Wall'' is a five-story comic book album based on the movie ''WesternAnimation/SmurfsTheLostVillage'', which in turn is based on the original comic book franchise ''Franchise/TheSmurfs''.
102* ''WesternAnimation/{{Duckman}}'' was an animated series adapted from a one-shot comic published by Creator/DarkHorseComics and got its own ComicBookAdaptation published by Topps Comics, consisting of five issues as well as a three-issue miniseries titled ''The Mob Frog Saga''.
103* ''Series/UltramanTiga'' had a comic series by Dark Horse, which appeared to take some elements from the 4Kids English dub. The most notable example is the Color Timer being referred to as the "Biotic Sensor" and the setting being in the year 2049 as opposed to 2007; however, many elements were retained from the original version, such as the extra statues in the Pyramid of Light being Tiga's lost companions rather than fakes and much of the rest of the terminology (Ultraman's "types" as opposed to "modes", for instance). This is a case of TropesAreNotBad, though, as much of the universe was expanded on in a way neither version did, such as Kyreloid/Kilalien having a more extensive backstory.
104* ''[=WildC.A.T.s=] Adventures'' was a comic tie in to ''WesternAnimation/WildCATs1994'', which itself was an adapted from ''ComicBook/WildCATsWildStorm''.
105* As pointed out in [[https://www.fanverse.org/threads/fantastic-four-thread.895087/page-10#post-47271676 this post in a Fantastic Four respect thread ]], ''ComicBook/ShogunWarriors'' was a Marvel comic based on a line of Japanese toys, which were themselves based on various tokusatsu series, including the [[Series/SpiderManJapan Japanese Spider-Man series]], which was, obviously, based on Marvel's [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Spider-Man comics]].
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109* ''Film/TheProducers'': movie about a musical (1968) → Broadway musical (2001) → movie of the musical (2005).
110* ''Hairspray'': [[Film/{{Hairspray|1988}} movie]] (1988) → [[Theatre/{{Hairspray}} Broadway musical]] (2002) → [[Film/Hairspray2007 movie musical]] (2007) → tie-in novel
111* ''Franchise/LittleShopOfHorrors'': [[Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors movie]] (1960) → [[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors off-Broadway musical]] (1982) → [[Film/LittleShopOfHorrors musical movie]] (1986) → [[WesternAnimation/LittleShop animated series]] (1991).
112* ''Film/{{Ninotchka}}'' (1939) became the Broadway musical ''Silk Stockings'', which was in turn filmed in 1957.
113* Federico Fellini's 1957 film ''Film/NightsOfCabiria'' was adapted into the Broadway musical ''Theatre/SweetCharity'', which was filmed in 1969.
114* Fellini's ''Film/EightAndAHalf'' became the Broadway musical ''Theatre/NineMusical'', a film adaptation released in 2009.
115* ''Film/ReeferMadness: The Movie Musical''
116* ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'' is a borderline example. It started out as a movie, then Creator/OsamuTezuka made a manga that was [[SuggestedBy inspired by a single still from that movie of a female robot being born]], and then someone made [[Anime/Metropolis2001 a feature film]] out of ''that'' -- which actually resembled the original film more than the manga did, as it heavily emphasized the elements of the manga that were ''already'' coincidentally similar to the film.
117* ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' produced the AlternateContinuity TV spinoff ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'', which stars the EnsembleDarkHorse penguins from the film. And in 2014, the Penguins got [[WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar their own film]] in canon with the original movies.
118* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'': Construction toys → movie → [[http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/The_LEGO_Movie_%28Theme%29 construction toys]].
119* ''Film/{{Elf}}'': movie (2003) → stage musical (2010) → animated TV special (2014).
120* The four additional songs from the film version of ''Film/{{Grease}}'', "Grease", "Sandy", "Hopelessly Devoted to You" and "You're The One that I Want", were later incorporated into revival productions of the stage musical.
121* Creator/WarnerBros, being determined to promote ''Film/Batman1989'' through every medium possible, unsurprisingly produced a ComicBookAdaptation.
122* The Film/JamesBond story ''Thunderball'' began life as an unproduced screenplay. It was then adapted by Creator/IanFleming into the novel ''Literature/{{Thunderball}}'' (leading to a highly publicized court case with the co-writers of the original script), which was then adapted as the 1965 film ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'', which was, in turn, remade in 1983 as ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain''.
123* ''Film/{{Fanny}}'': Started out as a couple of stage plays, which were adapted into movies, which were adapted into a 1954 stage musical, which was adapted into the 1961 film ''Fanny''.
124* Creator/TommyWiseau's ''Film/TheRoom2003'' received a "making of" story in the form of actor Greg Sestero's book ''Literature/TheDisasterArtist.'' Creator/JamesFranco went on to make a FilmOfTheBook [[Film/TheDisasterArtist in 2017]].
125* In a WhatCouldHaveBeen example, filmmaker Creator/PeterBerg was once involved in plans to develop a feature film sequel to his TV show ''Series/FridayNightLights'', which was itself a spinoff of a film that he directed [[Film/FridayNightLights of the same name]].
126* ''Film/CityHunterTheCupidsPerfume'' is a partial example, being a mix of both the original manga and the (notoriously {{bowdlerised}}) French dub of the anime.
127* ''Film/MeanGirls'' was adapted as a Broadway [[Theatre/MeanGirls musical in 2018]]. The musical would eventually receive its own [[Film/MeanGirls2024 film adaptation in 2024]].
128* ''WesternAnimation/SpiritUntamed'' is a feature film based on the TV show ''WesternAnimation/SpiritRidingFree'', which in turn is based on another feature film, ''WesternAnimation/SpiritStallionOfTheCimarron''.
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132* ''Literature/TheBeastPlayer'': ''Erin'' adapts the original novel into an anime series. Jun'ichi Fujisaki, the chief writer of ''Erin'', wrote "And Kiriku", a short story about the CanonForeigner Kiriku. It's available in the first fanbook.
133* Both the films ''Film/BramStokersDracula'' and ''Film/MaryShelleysFrankenstein'' had new {{novelization}}s written, despite being based on classic novels themselves. ''And'' having included the original author's name [[InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt in the title of the movie]], as if to give an air of authenticity. Creator/FredSaberhagen wrote the novelization of ''Bram Stoker's Dracula''; Saberhagen reportedly offered his services on the Frankenstein novel as well, solely for the purpose of being able to put "''Mary Shelley's Frankenstein'': From the author of ''Bram Stoker's Dracula''" on the cover. Ah, WhatCouldHaveBeen...
134* ''Film/TheThing1982'' also had a {{novelization}}... making it a novel based on a film based on a short story (ignoring the previous film version of the short story which had little to do with the original).
135* Hollywood producers offered Creator/PhilipKDick the chance to write the {{novelization}} of ''Film/BladeRunner'', itself a loose FilmOfTheBook (the screenwriters had not read the original book) of his ''Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep'' They would have paid him a lot of money to do this, but feeling insulted he refused. This led to the release of tie-in editions of ''Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?'' re-titled and looking for all the world like ''Film/BladeRunner'' novelizations. Later, his short story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" [[AdaptationDisplacement inspired]] the movie ''Film/TotalRecall1990''. Having gone through DevelopmentHell and many screenwriters, the script was essentially an original script with even less in common with its source material than ''Film/BladeRunner''. By the time of the film's release, Creator/PiersAnthony had written a novelization of ''Total Recall''. The novelization came out in 1989. The movie came out in 1990.
136* ''Literature/BlackBeauty'', originally a novel, had a movie made out of it. And then the movie was novelized into a children's book with pictures from the movie in the middle.
137* Several movies based on children's books wind up getting adapted into children's books again. Examples include ''Literature/TheTaleOfDespereaux''.
138* Creator/AnthonyTrollope's six-volume Literature/{{Palliser}} series (long) was adapted into a twenty-six episode miniseries (also long) only to be novelized again in a single volume (very, very short).
139* Creator/FritzLeiber adapted ''Tarzan and the City of Gold'' starring Mike Henry into a prose Franchise/{{Tarzan}} novel. He took pains to footnote past Tarzan adventures by Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs to make this a canonical continuation of the Tarzan continuity of Burroughs.
140* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'' example: the episode "The Slaver Weapon" was adapted by Larry Niven from his own original (unrelated to Star Trek) short story "The Soft Weapon". The episode itself was then subsequently novelised by Alan Dean Foster as a Star Trek novel. This means that there are two print versions of the exact same story, both of which are similar but also startlingly different from each other.
141* Many ''Series/TheSaint'' comic strip arcs and TV episodes received prose adaptations by Leslie Charteris and other writers. These adaptations fit into the Saint's [[Literature/TheSaint literary continuity]]. Examples include The Saint in Trouble (has a footnote to the events of The Last Hero) and Salvage for the Saint.
142* Will Murray wrote some Remo Williams comic books, at least one of which he adapted into a prose novel.
143* Max Allan Collins wrote a ''Series/{{Bones}}'' novel. This counts as a recursive adaptation as the Bones TV series adapts Kathy Reichs' concepts from her novels.
144* Carl Dreadstone adaptations of the Franchise/UniversalHorror universe, many of whom started in prose.
145* 1977 novelization of ''Film/TheIslandOfDrMoreau1977'', itself an adaptation of a novel.
146* The novelization of Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/{{Planet of the Apes|2001}}'' remake was a novelization of a remake of a film adapted from an English translation of a French novel.
147* Joy Hakim's ''A History of US'' middle-school textbook series was adapted into a PBS documentary series ''Freedom: A History of US,'' which was released concurrently with a history book (not quite written for middle-schoolers, but for all casual readers) adaptation of the documentaries, sharing the revamped title with the documentaries. So Textbook → Documentary → history book.
148* The run-up to the Jackson ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' adaptation inspired [[http://www.revolutionsf.com/article.php?id=838 this memorable parody]].
149* Both ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Franklin}}'' began their lives as popular book series, and have since been made into television series. In turn, episodes of those series have been released as books, though they've generally avoided releasing episodes as books that were adapted from books in the first place.
150** The ''Literature/MagicSchoolBus'' series also had books based on the TV series based on the book. They were by far the least educational of the versions.
151* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon: The Chapter Book.'' Seriously, that's the actual title.
152* The ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' series by R.L. Stine was [[Series/Goosebumps1995 adapted into a TV show]], which then was adapted back into books based on the episodes (though, these books were written by someone else).
153* ''Literature/JamesBond'':
154** ''Literature/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' has an interesting history as a book → movie → book. It was the tenth ''James Bond'' novel by Creator/IanFleming. Fleming only licensed the title to EON, due to him being unhappy with the novel and with Bond only appearing in the final third of it. An entirely new plot was created for the 1977 film ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe''. Since the book and the film had so little in common, a novelization was commissioned; the first for James Bond. The film’s screenwriter, Christopher Wood, adapted his screenplay into the novelization, titled ''James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me'' to differentiate it from the original novel.
155** Done again with ''Literature/{{Moonraker}}'', the third ''Bond'' novel by Ian Fleming. The 1979 ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'' film only incorporated the villain (Hugo Drax) and the idea of a rocket from the novel. While it wasn't ''nearly'' as deviant from its source novel as ''The Spy Who Loved Me'', it was still far enough removed to have another novelization commissioned, again by screenwriter Christopher Wood. As before, the novelization was titled ''James Bond and Moonraker'' to distinguish it from the Fleming novel.
156** A strange case happened with the novelisation of ''Film/LicenceToKill''. John Gardner, who was writing the {{continuation}} novels at the time, wrote the novelisation to fit into his ongoing novel continuity. However, the film used [[RefittedForSequel a lot of set pieces from the original books that had been cut from previous adaptations]]. This led to strangeness like Felix Leiter getting his false leg bitten off by a shark. The same leg he'd lost years earlier in the novel ''Literature/LiveAndLetDie''... when it was bitten off by a shark.
157* ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum'', based on a children's picture book, was adapted into a young adult novel.
158* Mary Roberts Rinehart adapted her detective novel ''The Circular Staircase'' in collaboration with Avery Hopwood into the play ''Theatre/TheBat'', whose runaway success led to a novelization.
159* ''Literature/TheFoxAndTheHound'', a novel by Daniel P. Mannix, and obviously literature to begin with, was very very loosely adapted into a [[WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound Disney movie]] which was then further adapted into another series of books.
160* ''Literature/WhereTheWildThingsAre'' started as a picture book, then was adapted into [[AdaptationExpansion a much longer and more detailed movie]], and the movie has its novelized version, titled ''Wild Things.''
161* ''Conan the Barbarian'', both the [[Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982 1982]] and [[Film/ConanTheBarbarian2011 2011]] versions, received novelizations. (Admittedly, this an unusual entry, since the films did not especially specifically adapt the tales from the 1950s reprint volume ''Conan the Barbarian''.) Robert Jordan also wrote a novelization of ''Film/ConanTheDestroyer'', but no anthology or novel had used that title.
162* Significant changes were made to ''[[Literature/JohnCarterOfMars A Princess of Mars]]'' to get the movie ''Film/JohnCarter'', but at least the novelization included the original novel as an added feature in the back of the book!
163* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' was based off the book ''Literature/WhoCensoredRogerRabbit''. The film then led to the book ... ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit''. Not a straight example because only the characters were used but rather close.
164* ''Film/JurassicPark1993'' was based fairly directly on Creator/MichaelCrichton's [[Literature/JurassicPark1990 novel]], though differed in several major respects -- including just which characters [[SparedByTheAdaptation survive]] or [[DeathByAdaptation not]]. Crichton's subsequent book ''Literature/TheLostWorld1995'' was written more as a sequel to the movie, rather than the novel, given the sudden UnexplainedRecovery experience necessary for one major protagonist to appear after his [[NotQuiteDead apparent]] fate in the original novel. This new book was itself swiftly followed by a movie of (partly) the same name, although adapted more loosely still. A second sequel movie was then produced titled ''Film/JurassicParkIII'', combining some characters from the first book/film with the setting of the second and at least one major inspiration (the pterosaur 'cage') from the original novel. By the time we got to the third movie, we were 4 steps away from the original book in general, though.
165** As a straighter example, the film adaptation of ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' was given the junior novelization treatment. So, the book of the film of the book. The same is true of ''Westernanimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'', ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'' and ''Film/{{Zathura}}''.
166* Pretty much any fairy tale that Disney adapted was later released by them as either a picture book, a movie novelization, a manga, or all of the above, including ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'', to name just a few.
167* Creator/RobertSheckley novelized ''Condorman'', loosely based on his novel ''The Game of X''.
168** He also novelized ''The 10th Victim'' which was based on his short story, ''The Seventh Victim'' and wrote two sequels, ''Victim Prime'' and ''Hunter/Victim''.
169* Some Ellery Queen film adaptations received novelizations.
170* The dramatic novel by Peter George ''Red Alert'' was adapted to the Kubrick film ''Film/DrStrangelove'' with many satirical elements. George would go on to make a novel of the film.
171* Literature/JaneAndTheDragon was a series of children's books that got an animated series, which in turn had a few episodes get the {{Novelization}} treatment.
172* David Morell wrote ''Literature/FirstBlood'', which was adapted into the ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' series of films. Morell then penned novelizations of the first two sequels, which have more in common with the films than the original book since [[spoiler: Rambo dies at the end of the original story.]]
173* ''Film/ReturnToOz'', loosely based on ''Literature/TheMarvelousLandOfOz'' and ''Literature/OzmaOfOz'', received a novelization.
174* Julie Burchill's novel ''Sugar Rush'' was adapted into [[Series/SugarRush a popular TV show]] that ran for [[BritishBrevity two series]]. Burchill was inspired by the performance of the two leads to writing a follow-up novel, ''Sweet'', that incorporated aspects of both the original novel and the TV show but wasn't canonical to either, essentially creating a third version of the story.
175* If you guessed this has happened to any of the {{Live Action Adaptation}}s to Creator/DrSeuss's books, give yourself some [[Literature/GreenEggsAndHam green eggs and ham]]!
176* Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse prose sub canons: ''[[Literature/DoctorWhoNovelisations Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen]]'': Began as an unfilmed script for the series, later [[DolledUpInstallment dolled-up]] into the third ''[[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Hitchhiker's]]'' novel, and finally adapted into a Doctor Who novel based on the original script, with a few subtle {{Shout Out}}s to the ''Hitchhiker's'' novel.
177* David Pinner's novel, ''The Ritual'' was adapted into ''[[Film/TheWickerMan1973 The Wicker Man]]'' to which director Robin Hardy and scriptwriter Anthony Schafer wrote a novelization. Hardy wrote a sequel called ''Cowboys For Christ'' which he adapted into a movie called ''The Wicker Tree''.
178* ''Literature/BoneChillers'' was turned into a television series, made mostly of original stories. One of them, ''Romeo and Ghoulette'', was later turned into a book for the series.
179* ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' was an InNameOnly adaptation, or fairly heavy AdaptationExpansion of a fairly simple picture book. A novelization of it was released, described humorously on the cover as being "Based on the movie inspired by Marla Frazee's award-winning picture book, The Boss Baby."
180* Literature/TheCatInTheHat: book → [[Film/TheCatInTheHat movie]] → book
181* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' → [[Film/Goosebumps2015 movie]] → tie-in novel.
182* ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang'' is based on a book by Creator/IanFleming but due to differences from the original book, the movie was novelized by John Burke.
183* The third ''Literature/DiamondBrothers'' book, ''South by South East'', is extremely complicated in this regard. It wasn't actually a book to start with, but a TV series that served as a sequel to the film adaptation of the first book. However, Anthony Horowitz then novelised the series, and the novelisation actually came out before the TV series was screened, leaving people to presume that the series was an adaptation of the book. This was not helped by the fact that the TV series was never repeated or released on home media, and a few years later Horowitz rewrote the novelisation to bring it in line with the continuity of the first two books; this revised version is by far the better-known version, further fuelling the belief that the book came first.
184* ''Umi Ha Sono Nazotoki Wo Nozomu Noka?'', a novel by Hinata Haruhana, was adapted into the pair of {{Music/Vocaloid}} songs ''Nazotoki'' and ''Nazokake'', which in turn were made into a novel, also called ''Nazokake''. Noteworthy that all of these adaptations were [[SelfAdaptation also done by Hinata Haruhana]].
185* There were several books based on the ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' TV series, but the series itself is an adaptation of ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' novels. However, several of these books were written by Rev. W. Awdry himself.
186* ''Scarface'': book → [[Film/{{Scarface|1932}} 1932 film]] → [[Film/{{Scarface|1983}} 1983 film remake]] → book
187* The PBS Kids cartoon ''WesternAnimation/SevenLittleMonsters'' was adapted from a children's book by Maurice Sendak and received several book adaptations of its own that were published by Hyperion imprint Volo and had the monsters drawn to resemble how the cartoon depicted them.
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191* Creator/TheHistoryChannel MiniSeries of ''Series/TheBible2013'' released a {{novelization}} called ''The Story of God and All of Us''.
192* ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' inspired two television movies, ''The Brady Girls Get Married'' and ''A Very Brady Christmas'', which each had a spin-off series (''The Brady Brides'' and ''The Bradys'', respectively).
193* After ''Series/DoctorWho'' was revived on TV, there have been a few cases of ExpandedUniverse stories being remade as television episodes.
194** Full-scale adaptations are [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E8HumanNature "Human Nature"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E9TheFamilyOfBlood "The Family of Blood"]] (a Tenth Doctor TV story based on the Seventh Doctor novel ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresHumanNature Human Nature]]''), [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E10Blink "Blink"]] (a Tenth Doctor TV story based on the prose Ninth Doctor annual short story "What I Did on my Summer Holidays, by Sally Sparrow"), [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E11TheLodger "The Lodger"]] (an Eleventh Doctor TV story based on a Tenth Doctor ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comic story of the same title), and "[[Recap/DoctorWho60thASTheStarBeast The Star Beast]]" (a Fourteenth Doctor TV episode based on a Fourth Doctor ''Doctor Who Magazine'' comic of the same title).
195** Looser adaptations are [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek "Dalek"]] (a Ninth Doctor TV story loosely based on the Sixth Doctor ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' drama ''[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho040Jubilee Jubilee]]'', earlier drafts of which were reportedly much more heavily based on the audio), [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E2TheShakespeareCode "The Shakespeare Code"]] (a Tenth Doctor TV story loosely based on the Ninth Doctor ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comic strip story "A Groatsworth of Wit"), and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E8TheHauntingOfVillaDiodati The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]"[=/=]"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E9AscensionOfTheCybermen Ascension of the Cybermen]]"[=/=]"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E10TheTimelessChildren The Timeless Children]]" (a Thirteenth Doctor TV story that takes major plot elements from [[spoiler:the ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan'' multi-Doctor story "Supremacy of the Cybermen"]]).
196** The Third Doctor was partially based on Film/JamesBond, who was allegedly partially based on Creator/JonPertwee.[[note]]ItMakesSenseInContext, after [[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2283542/Double-O-Who-Jon-Pertwees-secret-life-wartime-agent--years-did-battle-Daleks.html old audiotapes of a 1994 interview with Pertwee were unearthed]] that revealed that during his wartime service he was part of a top-secret Allied spy organization headed by Creator/IanFleming, who had created Bond. Although according to Pertwee's reminiscences (he only felt comfortable coming forward in '94 due to concerns about violating the Official Secrets Act), he'd have been much more likely to have been a model for Q, as Pertwee was Fleming's "gadget guy" and briefed spies on such equipment as hidden pistols in pipes and playing cards that had hidden maps.[[/note]]
197* ''Series/{{Monk}}'' received a series of non-canon tie-in novels set throughout the series. Two of the plots from these novels (''Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse'' and ''Mr. Monk and the Blue Flu'') were later loosely adapted into episodes of the main television series ("Mr. Monk Can't See a Thing" and "Mr. Monk and the Badge", respectively), albeit with some differences (the most significant being the main plot point of [[TemporaryBlindness "Can't See a Thing"]]).
198* ''Muffin the Mule'' puppet show had a book based upon it. Some of the shorts from the book were remade into cartoons in the Soviet Union.
199* ''Series/RedDwarf'''s novel "Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers" had some plots used for episodes of the TV show, notably in "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIVWhiteHole White Hole]]". The book also explains a lot of what happened before most of the crew were killed, and some of it was adapted into Series 8. The book is often inconsistent with the show's plot, but this was done deliberately (it is inconsistent in the show too). The other books, "Better Than Life", "Backwards" and "Last Human" had some features put into the show too, but none as much as the first book.
200* The BigBad of ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGoBusters'' is clearly inspired by ''Series/PowerRangersRPM''[='=]s, the [[Franchise/PowerRangers Western version]] of one of its predecessor series ''Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger''. ''Go-Busters''[='=] [[Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers own adaptation]] then decided to make it a StealthSequel to ''RPM''. [[spoiler:They even went so far as to adapt its BigBad [[CompositeCharacter as the same one from the latter show]] he was inspired from in the original.]]
201* Television (''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'') → theme park ride (''[[Ride/DisneyThemeParks The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror]]'') → television (MadeForTVMovie ''Film/TowerOfTerror'').
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205* Music/LudwigVanBeethoven's Violin Sonata No.9 in A major, known as the ''Kreutzer'' sonata after its dedicatee,[[note]] Even though he never played the sonata (calling it "outrageously unintelligible"), only met Beethoven once, and didn't care for his music.[[/note]] inspired the novella ''The Kreutzer Sonata'' by Creator/LeoTolstoy about an adulterous affair between a violinist and pianist who perform the Beethoven work. Tolstoy's novella was then adapted back into music as Leoš Janáček’s String Quartet No.1, also called ''Kreutzer Sonata'', which paraphrases a theme from the first movement of the original ''Kreutzer'' sonata in its third movement.
206* Any time a song, album, musical artist, or musical genre inspires a movie, musical, etc. a soundtrack album is inevitably produced. For example:
207** The music of Music/TheBeatles inspired the film ''Film/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'', which of course had a soundtrack album.
208** Music/TheWho album ''Music/{{Tommy}}'' was adapted as a musical in the 1990s, and produced an album of the original cast recording.
209** ''Music/AmericanIdiot'' spawned a Broadway Musical in 2009, which in turn spawned an album of the original cast recording. It even won a Grammy for Best Musical Show Album.
210* Music/FrankZappa's ''200 Motels'', originally conceived as a classical music piece (and performed in fragments at various Zappa shows over a span of two years), then made into a [[Film/TwoHundredMotels film in 1971]], which was also going to be performed in concert at the Royal Albert Hall around the time of the film's release, until the orchestra and organizers balked at the [[BawdySong bawdy]] lyrics. Eventually, a newly-adapted version, ''200 Motels: The Suites'', with elements of the film and of Zappa's [[{{Doorstopper}} 300-page]] original score, was performed by the LA Philharmonic and the BBC Concert Orchestra in 2013.
211* Music/{{MFDOOM}}'s "Rap Snitch Knishes" was mixed with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4xI1gua748 I'm here to see Paco.]] into the meme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZrYFGigX8k im here to see doom]], which in turn inspired [[https://youtu.be/nzhGfKuzw-Q "I'm here to see..."]], an arrangement of the former with vocal clips from the latter. In short: Song → Meme → Meme → Song.
212* Russian artist Music/RadioTapok made his name {{cover|Version}}ing various Western HeavyMetal songs in Russian, including Music/{{Sabaton}}. He later wrote the original song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw0jQBLbhLU "Битва за Москву"]] ("Battle for Moscow") as an {{homage}} to Music/{{Sabaton}}'s music. Sabaton translated it into English and covered it under the title [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXGTo8K9nR0 "Defence of Moscow"]].
213* The songs that Creator/JohnCarpenter composed for his films are frequently cited as influential in the Synthwave genre, so much so that in 2015 John Carpenter started a second career as a standalone musician.
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217* Season one (and elements of season two) of ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1978'' were adapted into the [[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxyTrilogy first two novels]]. The four subsequent novels were later adapted for radio.
218* ''Series/RedDwarf'' was based on the ''Dave Hollins: Space Cadet'' sketches from ''Radio/SonOfCliche''. The audiobook versions of the first two {{Tie In Novel}}s were adapted for radio.
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222* The role-playing game phenomenon inspired the Niven & Barnes novel ''Literature/DreamPark'' and its sequels. Creator/RTalsorianGames then adapted the novel into an actual tabletop RPG.
223* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' sells a few of the decks used in its ''Duels of the Planeswalkers'' video game as pre-made decks. Of course, there's nothing [[CrackIsCheaper but money]] preventing the dedicated player from making the decks himself.
224* ''Words With Friends: The Boardgame.'' Zynga copies the concept of Scrabble to make a video game, then licenses it back to Hasbro, the company they copied it from.
225* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': tabletop game → [[WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983 animated series]] → "Dungeons & Dragons Animated Series Handbook", a third-edition supplement that started out several characters and races exclusive to the cartoon.
226* ''TabletopGame/StarWarsD20'' strongly influenced the ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' video game series, which inspired a [[ComicBook/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic comic book]], both of which spawned a Campaign Guide for the tabletop game a few years later.
227* TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}}: {{Board Game|s}} → [[Series/{{Scrabble}} game show]] → [[HomeGame board game]].
228** ''TabletopGame/TrivialPursuit'' followed a similar path.
229* ''VideoGame/EuropaUniversalis''. Board games to series of computer games to board games.
230* Creator/RTalsorianGames has announced an RPG based on ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'', based on ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'', based on ''TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}}''
231* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': The Second Edition remastered version of the Kingmaker Adventure Path expands on the original by adding three new chapters, two of which originated from the [[VideoGame/PathfinderKingmaker video game adaptation]] of the AP before being adapted to tabletop form. The ''Kingmaker Companion Guide'' additionally provides rules to incorporate NPC companions, who originated as the PC's companions in the video game, into your tabletop game. Creator/{{Paizo}} also released the ''Kingmaker Bestiary'' containing First Edition statblocks for the same companions.
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235* The musical ''Theatre/MyFairLady'' was based on the 1938 film adaptation of ''Theatre/{{Pygmalion}}'' [[LostInImitation as much as on George Bernard Shaw's original play]]. It was made into a film in 1964.
236* The 1939 Broadway play ''The Philadelphia Story'' was adapted to [[Film/ThePhiladelphiaStory a film of the same name]] in 1940. In 1956, the movie was remade as a musical film called ''Film/HighSociety''. In 1997, ''High Society'' was adapted into a Broadway musical.
237* In 1952, French playwright Marcelle Maurette wrote the play ''Anastasia'', based on [[DidAnastasiaSurvive the claims of Romanov imposter Anna Anderson]]. Four years later, it was adapted into the film ''Film/{{Anastasia}}'', starring Creator/IngridBergman and Creator/YulBrynner. In 1997, the 1956 film was loosely remade by Creator/DonBluth as the [[{{Disneyfication}} Disneyfied]] animated musical ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}''. The 1997 animated film inspired, in turn, a [[{{Theatre/Anastasia}} 2016 Broadway musical]].
238* ''The Rocky Horror Show'', a 1973 stage musical was adapted into the movie, ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' in 1975 which got a sequel called ''Film/ShockTreatment'' in 1981, which was adapted into a play in 2015.
239* ''Grease'' was a 1971 stage musical, turned into [[Film/{{Grease}} a movie]] in 1978, which got a sequel, ''Film/Grease2'' in 1982, which was adapted into the play, ''Cool Rider'' in 2014.
240* ''Film/TheProducers'' was supposed to have been a Broadway play originally, but Creator/MelBrooks was turned down by the theatre companies he took it to. So he adapted his play into a feature film, which he was then able to turn into a Broadway musical [[RescuedFromDevelopmentHell four decades later]].
241* ''Film/StrictlyBallroom'' began life as a play produced by Creator/BazLuhrmann while at drama school. After a successful run in Sydney, the play was adapted into a movie. In 2014 a new stage version, this time a full musical, debuted in Sydney.
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245* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'': [[Ride/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Theme park ride]] → [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl movie]] → revamped theme park ride.
246* Epcot's ''Mission: SPACE'': a theme park ride based on a movie (''Film/MissionToMars''), which itself was based on a defunct ride (''Mission to Mars'').
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250%%* Many fighting games starting in the 7th generation onwards start off as East Asia-only arcade releases, then get an internationally released Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 port, in which the Xbox 360 version gets an unofficial arcade release in Latin America via arcade cabinets running on jailbroken Xbox 360s.
251* ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' inspired a LiveActionAdaptation simply titled ''Film/StreetFighter'', which in turn inspired two fighting games based on it, both titled ''VideoGame/StreetFighterTheMovie''. The arcade version was made by Incredible Technologies and featured a unique gameplay system that combined conventional ''Street Fighter II'' play mechanics with ''Mortal Kombat''-style tap commands. The console version, often mistaken to be a port of the arcade version, was developed in-house by Capcom and plays more like a standard ''Street Fighter'' game (specifically like a slower ''Super SF II Turbo'').
252** ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie'' also had its own game version, albeit one that [[NoExportForYou came out only in Japan]]. Instead of being a traditional fighting game, it was a raising simulator where you control the newest model of Shadaloo's Monitor Cyborgs and develop his fighting abilities by traveling around the globe to observe the World Warriors fight each other (which basically meant moving a cursor over FMV footage from the movie itself, mixed with new footage created specifically for the game). There is a ''Super Turbo''-style fight sequence in the end, but the Cyborg's moves are the same ones that Ken has in ''Super Turbo'' (including his ''Shoryu Reppa'').
253* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
254** Video game → [[TabletopGame/{{Pokemon}} collectible card game]] → [[VideoGame/PokemonTradingCardGame video game]]. And the promotional cards that came with the game and its strategy guide are based on those from the video game, adding another layer.
255*** Also worth noting that several aspects of the TCG directly affected later generations of the main series, prime examples including moves like [[TakingYouWithMe Destiny Bond]] and Rain Dance, and "Pokemon Powers" from the early card game being the basis for abilities beginning in [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Gen 3]].
256** Also, ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon Yellow]]'' is video game → [[Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries anime]] → video game. This eventually went double-recursive when Ash and Gary finally battled each other in the anime: Ash uses Pikachu while Gary uses an Eevee, which are the Pokémon their game counterparts start with in ''Yellow''. ''VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee'' are based loosely on ''Yellow'', and add elements of the spinoff game ''VideoGame/PokemonGo'' to the mix.
257*** Special mention goes to the [[Manga/PokemonAdventures manga adaptation]] based off this particular game. It's a manga chapter based off a game based off an anime based off a game.
258** The Surfing Pikachu card is a reference to the anime via ''Pokémon Yellow'', and is included in the video game version of the TCG. Surfing Pikachu has also been available in games other than ''Yellow'' via events. That's video game → [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries anime]] → video game → trading card game → video game.
259** ''Pokémon Puzzle League'', aside from being an updated version of ''VideoGame/PanelDePon'', is a pretty massive recursive adaptation in its own right, given that the Puzzle Master is Mewtwo from [[Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie the first film]]. So the adaptation goes: game --> anime --> movie --> game.
260* ''VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo'' was loosely [[TheAnimeOfTheGame adapted into]] [[Anime/VariableGeo a 3-part OVA]] by Creator/{{KSS}} in 1996. Part of which was used for the beginning of ''Advanced V.G. II's'' (released in '98) story mode. Specifically, by reusing the exact same footage of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoRvUOdUbzo Yuka's match with Jun]] to explain how Tamao [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EybYE3jQPDY first saw Yuka in action.]]
261* ''Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls'' by Tradewest was a tie-in to the 1993 ''WesternAnimation/DoubleDragon1993'' animated series, which in turn was a show loosely based on the earlier ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' games. Instead of being a side-scrolling beat-'em-up like the earlier games, ''Double Dragon V'' was a one-on-one fighting game (clearly ''[[FollowTheLeader inspired by]]'' ''Street Fighter II'') featuring characters lifted from the show, including the Lee brothers themselves (who went from unarmed combatants to swordsmen), although the game also deviated slightly from the show too (Billy and Jimmy never wore masks like their counterparts on the show).
262** Technos, developers of the original ''Double Dragon'' games, would later make their own fighting game version of the series for the Neo-Geo, simply titled ''[[RecycledTitle Double Dragon]]'', as a tie-in to the live-action ''Film/DoubleDragon1994'' movie. While the attract demo uses footage from the movie, the game itself uses traditional hand-drawn sprites instead of digitized actors and barely half of the roster are actually characters featured in the movie (Billy, Jimmy, Marian, Abobo, and Koga Shuko). Still, there are some visual references to the movie, such as Billy and Jimmy having transformed forms, or Abobo swelling into a mutant when performing some of his super moves.
263* Hoo boy, ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''. Initially a series of games centered around anime [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover crossovers]] which eventually got a sub-series of games based on its OriginalGeneration. Said subseries got its own AnimatedAdaptation and an OVA sequel. And ''then'' the first two OG games got a remake that changed plot elements to accommodate scenes from the anime, and a bonus segment based on the OVA. And after ''that'', a GaidenGame was released that continued the plot of the bonus segment and threw in elements from what was essentially a ''radio play''. Together with all the {{Canon Immigrant}}s getting tossed around between series and mediums, ''Super Robot Wars'' has more loops than your average roller coaster ride.
264* ''[[VideoGame/DoctorRobotniksMeanBeanMachine Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine]]'', which was a [[DolledUpInstallment creative localization]] of ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' based off the ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' animated series, which was based off of the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' ''games''.
265** ''VideoGame/SonicSpinball'' is a video game loosely based on ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' and ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' (which were both based on the original games, and shared quite a few elements due to the former having started as a tie-in with the latter), which eventually got its own comic adaptation within the former's continuity.
266** There was going to be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pnsn0_w6K9Q a straight example of this]]--that is, a ''Sonic'' game based on the ''[=SatAM=]'' cartoon, which in turn was based on the video games--but it was canceled.
267** ''VideoGame/SonicChronicles: The Dark Brotherhood'' was heavily inspired by the [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Archie Comics' comic line]], which in turn took some ideas from the game. It also contains a subtle reference to the anime series ''Anime/SonicX'', which is a very different adaption of the games.
268** ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' is a reimagining of the ''Sonic'' universe as an animated CGI cartoon series with the [[VideoGame/SonicBoom companion video games]] ''Rise of Lyric'' and ''Shattered Crystal'' acting as a prologue to the story of the former.
269* ''VideoGame/FZeroGPLegend'': A video game based on the anime of the same name, based upon the ''F-Zero'' franchise of video games.
270* ''VideoGame/PacMan'' → the Saturday morning cartoon ''Pac-Man'' → ''VideoGame/PacLand'', a sidescrolling platformer based on the cartoon.
271** In Japan, however, it became a (slightly) DolledUpInstallment. It was still ''VideoGame/PacLand'', but with changes made to certain sprites, including Pac-Man himself, where he looks more like Namco's official artwork.
272** ''VideoGame/PacMan'' game franchise → ''WesternAnimation/PacManAndTheGhostlyAdventures'' cartoon → ''VideoGame/PacManAndTheGhostlyAdventures'' LicensedGame
273* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', the ''VideoGame/TriangleHeart3SweetSongsForever'' added mini-scenario (game) → ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' series (anime) → ''VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable - The Battle of the Aces (game)
274* ''Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel'' is a video game adaptation of the ''Metal Gear Solid'' graphic novel illustrated by Creator/AshleyWood, which in turn was an adaptation of the first ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''. The game basically consists of reading through the comic with added visual and sound effects while trying to build a database based on elements that appear in each of the images.
275* The 2006 installment of Midway's ''VideoGame/SpyHunter'' series was actually based on the movie that was based on the game series. Except for the ''Spy Hunter'' movie upon which the game was based ''never ended up being released''. Apparently they got tired of waiting and decided to just release the game with no context.
276* ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman}}'' → ''Anime/BombermanJetters'' → ''VideoGame/BombermanJetters'' video game.
277* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' series (video game) → ''Strange and Bright Nature Deity'' ({{manga}} spinoff) → ''Fairy Wars'' (video game continuation of a story from the ''[=SaBND=]'' manga)
278* ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' goes ComicBook > MMORPG > ComicBook.
279* Not across mediums, but across companies: Konami's ''Guitar Freaks'' → Harmonix's ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'' → Konami's ''VideoGame/RockRevolution''.
280** Another RhythmGame non-pure example; Pac Man and other old arcade games → ''[[Music/PacManFever1982 Pac-Man Fever]]'' by Buckner and Garcia → ''Pac Man Fever'' on ''Rock Band'', including a song about Donkey Kong available on Xbox 360 and [=PS3=].
281* ''Literature/RoadsidePicnic'' (novel) → ''Stalker'' (short story[[note]]expanded into a script, by the same people plus Tarkovsky[[/note]]) → ''Film/Stalker1979'' (Tarkovsky movie) → ''VideoGame/{{STALKER}}'' (video game) → numerous novelizations → movie based on one of them.
282* ''VideoGame/TakAndThePowerOfJuju'' started out as its own game series, became a [[WesternAnimation/TakAndThePowerOfJuju cartoon]], them Tak from the cartoon appeared in ''VideoGame/NicktoonsUnite'' and got two games based loosely off the cartoon.
283** It goes deeper than that. The games were meant to launch with the cartoon, but the cartoon ended up getting stuck in DevelopmentHell while the games went on to become a trilogy. So, there are games based on a cartoon, which are based on a series of games, which were meant to tie in with a cartoon.
284* ''Autobahn Raser'': racing game (1998) → InNameOnly [[TheMovie movie adaptation]] (2004) → racing game based on the movie (2004).
285* The additional cars and tracks from the home versions of ''VideoGame/SanFranciscoRush 2049'' were incorporated into the UpdatedRerelease [=/=]SpecialEdition of the arcade version, as well as two of the BGM's from the Dreamcast version to go with the new tracks. The tracks also had new shortcuts added.
286* The ''Franchise/StarWars'' films lead to the space simulator ''VideoGame/XWing'', which lead to the ''Literature/XWingSeries'' starring Wedge Antilles and his Rogue Squadron, which lead to the ''VideoGame/RogueSquadron'' series of games.
287* ''VideoGame/AdventureIsland'' → ''Bug-tte Honey'' (anime) → ''Takahashi Meijin no Bug-tte Honey'' (video game)
288* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' → ''The King of Fighters Kyo'' (manga) → ''The King of Fighters Kyo'' (video game)
289* ''VideoGame/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego'' → ''WesternAnimation/WhereOnEarthIsCarmenSandiego'' (cartoon) → ''VideoGame/CarmenSandiegoJuniorDetectiveEdition'' (PC game)
290* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' (original game) → ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'' (animated movie sequel) → ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIEverCrisis'' ([[VideoGameRemake mobile game remake]])
291* ''Arcus'' (early RPG series by [[Creator/TelenetJapan Wolf Team]]) → gag {{Yonkoma}} in ''Micom BASIC Magazine'' → ''[[http://mercenaryforce.web.fc2.com/x68k/x68000/00584.html Arcushu]]'' (adventure game)
292* After making his debut in the crossover MOBA game ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'', Lucio from ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' gained new features in his native game based on his appearance in HOTS: namely, a visual indicator for the range of his auras and increased movement speed while wall-riding.
293* Parodied with ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy'': The Movie: The Game.
294** It also is the source of an extremely unusual example. The creator of ''I Wanna Be The Guy'' [[FollowTheLeader was inspired to create the game]] when he played an unfinished Japanese flash game entitled ''The Life-Ending Adventure''. The creator of ''The Life-Ending Adventure'' must have noticed because they finished the game by adding a ''I Wanna Be The Guy'' section.
295* ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'': GBA games → [[Anime/MegaManNTWarrior anime]] → Platform/WonderSwan games
296* ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter'' → TheAnimeOfTheGame → ''Virtua Fighter Animation'' for the Platform/GameGear.
297* ''VideoGame/Metro2033'' is based on the [[Literature/Metro2033 novel of the same name]], and the game's sequel ''VideoGame/MetroLastLight'' got its own sequel by the original author called ''Literature/Metro2035''.
298* ''VideoGame/RavingRabbids'' → ''WesternAnimation/RabbidsInvasion'' cartoon → ''Rabbids Invasion: The Interactive TV Show''
299* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002'' → ''WesternAnimation/RatchetAndClank'' film → ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2016'' video game. This a complex example because while some levels like Veldin, Quartu, and the Deplanetizer are this trope, many others like Novalis, Batalia, and Kalebo III are [[VideoGameRemake Video Game Remakes]] placed in the context of the movie's plot. [[LampshadeHanging Its tagline is even "The game, based on the movie, based on the game"]].
300** In-universe, there was also a holo-film based on the adventure as seen in [[WesternAnimation/RatchetAndClank the real-life film]], [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall which spawned a holo-game based on that film]] (the [=PS4=] game is the adventure being told by [[UnreliableNarrator Captain Qwark]]).
301* An unusual one is ''[[VideoGame/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraft Hearthstone]]'', which follows the unusual path of ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' (The original PC RTS) -> ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' (The MMO) -> the ''World of Warcraft CCG'' -> ''Hearthstone'' (video game)
302* ''Mighty Bomb Jack'', the NES adaptation of the arcade game ''VideoGame/BombJack'' was backported to arcades as ''Vs. Mighty Bomb Jack''. Similarly, the NES version of ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'' had the recursive arcade port ''Vs. Gradius''.
303* ''VideoGame/{{Zanac}}''(MSX)->''Zanac''(NES)->''Zanac EX''(MSX)
304* ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'' → TheAnimeOfTheGame → ''[[UpdatedRerelease Steins;Gate Elite]]''. What makes this interesting is that ''Elite'' is an UpdatedRerelease of both the game ''and'' the anime; it contains a visual novel-adapted version of the anime's version of the game in its entirety, all 24 episodes, but also adds new routes on top of that.
305* ''{{VideoGame/Shadowverse}}'': Game -> ''{{Anime/Shadowverse}}'' anime -> ''Shadowverse: Champion's Battle'' for the Nintendo Switch.
306* ''VideoGame/{{Rampage}}'' the arcade game -> ''Film/{{Rampage|2018}}'', the film adaptation of the arcade game -> Rampage, the arcade game based off the film, based off the arcade game.
307* ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'' is considered by some to be a ''very'' loose adaptation of a video game with many similar concepts called ''VideoGame/TaiFuWrathOfTheTiger'', which [=DreamWorks=] also worked on. ''Kung Fu Panda'' itself went on to spawn a few video games of its own, with a few based on the first two movies and some of its spinoffs.
308* ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasonsFriendsOfMineralTown'' is a 3D remake of ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonFriendsOfMineralTown'', which is a sprite-based remake of the Playstation game ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonBackToNature''.
309* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDIGames'' are infamous for being extremely far removed from anything resembling the main Zelda games. This is because it's inspired more by the [[TheAnimeOfTheGame cartoon]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda1989 based on the games.]]
310* As with Dark Horse's ''Ultraman Tiga'' example (see Comic Books folder), ''VideoGame/OnePiece'' for Game Boy Advance is based on the 4Kids dub of the anime. Drawing more comparisons to ''Ultraman Tiga'', it seems the developers are familiar with the original source material; however, many elements from the 4Kids dub remain, such as the names (Chaser, Zolo, etc.) as well as Sanji receiving lollipops.
311* The release of ''VideoGame/{{Battletech}}'', a spin-off of the tabletop game series of the same name, was followed by a sourcebook covering the region where the game takes place in greater detail. This makes it one of a very few ''Battletech'' videogame adaptations to be fully canon, albeit in BroadStrokes.
312* ''VideoGame/CrimzonClover'' started life as a Windows release. It would then get ported to arcade hardware as ''Crimzon Clover for [=NESiCAxLive=]''. This version would then get an UpdatedRerelease as ''Crimzon Clover World Ignition'', bringing the game back to Windows. Then this game would be ported with extra content to Nintendo Switch as ''Crimzon Clover World [=EXplosion=]''. Finally, this version was ported back to Windows under the same title.[[note]]In other words: It's a Windows port of a Switch port of a Windows port of an arcade adaptation of a PC game.[[/note]]
313* ''VideoGame/ArmoredHunterGunhound'' was first released as a Japanese doujin game. It was later picked up and co-developed by Creator/GrevLtd for remake on the PSP as ''Armored Hunter Gunhound EX''. The PSP remake would finally find its way back onto PC under the same name via an upgrade tool for owners of the original game and as a standalone game through PLAYISM and Steam... up until the developers got suspended.
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317* The Website/SCPFoundation wiki was adapted into the video game ''VideoGame/SCPContainmentBreach''. ''Containment Breach'' has [[https://scpcb.fandom.com/wiki/SCP_-_Containment_Breach_Wiki its own wiki]].
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320* The Season 3 ''WebAnimation/BravestWarriors'' episode "Fast Times at Saturn Oaks" is adapted from the 14th issue of the Boom Studios comic book tie-in, the story itself reworked from a scrapped episode idea.
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324* ''WesternAnimation/TheAnimalsOfFarthingWood'', which was adapted from Colin Dann's book series of the same name, received abridged story book adaptations of the show's episodes from the first-two seasons by Reed Children's Books under their Buzz Books subtitle.
325* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' had two episodes in its retool season ''The New Batman Adventures'' that were adapted from its comic book tie-in ''ComicBook/TheBatmanAdventures''.
326** The ChristmasEpisode "Holiday Knights", which was adapted from a Holiday Special one-shot. Aside from a few changes in character dialogue (both to make the language more appropriate for television and for reasons less clear), one of the most notable changes made in adapting the comic book into an episode of the animated series was the omission of Mr. Freeze's story, as it had discrepancies with the changes made to his story as of the film ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAndMisterFreezeSubZero'' and his ''New Batman Adventures'' episode "Cold Comfort".
327** "Mad Love", Harley Quinn's OriginsEpisode adapted from a one-shot of the same name, which changed little aside from leaving out the implications that Harleen Quinzel got her degree by [[SextraCredit sleeping with her professor]].
328* The Cartoon Hangover animated short ''WebAnimation/DeadEnd'' would later spawn the comic ''Webcomic/{{Deadendia}}''. ''WesternAnimation/DeadEndParanormalPark'' would finally come full circle and return the story to the medium of animation.
329* The ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' episode "Momdark" was adapted from a story featured in the fifth issue of the tie-in comic book by Creator/DCComics.
330* ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicKey'' was adapted from the ''Magic Key'' subseries of ''Literature/BiffChipAndKipper'', and ended up receiving novelizations (well, early reader book-ifications) of all of its episodes.
331* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' tie-in comic story "Remote Controlled" (which was originally written as an episode of the show, but was repurposed as a comic story out of concern that PBS would sue them over the plot spoofing ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'') was loosely adapted into the episode "Neighbor Hood".
332* ''WesternAnimation/TeachersPet'' had a four-page comic story titled "Food for Thought" that was featured in the October 2000 issue of ''Magazine/DisneyAdventures'' and was subsequently adapted into the cartoon's antepenultimate episode "The Nose Knows".
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336* Toy lines are prone to this, with MerchandiseDriven adaptions resulting in more toys.
337** ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' started out as toys, went to an animated series, which then introduced new toys, some of which were used for new Transformers series, or for TheMovie, which got ''its own'' line of toys.
338** Another Hasbro franchise to which something similar happened is ''Franchise/MyLittlePony''. It started out as a line of plastic toy ponies with accessories, and in order to boost sales, an animated series was produced. Three generations later, since ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' was launched, the toys are more and more based on the animated series which in turn is based partly on the first generation toys (or how Creator/LaurenFaust characterized them), part on the third generation (InNameOnly, though).
339** Even Franchise/{{LEGO}} has gotten in on this, with toys based [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie on movies]] based on the toys. ''WesternAnimation/{{Unikitty}}'' merch goes further, with toys based on an InNameOnly SpinOff of a movie based on toys.
340** The ''Franchise/{{Trolls}}'' franchise, originally based on the Franchise/TrollDolls toyline, had a lot of toy merchandise from many brands, as well as tabletop games, paper-related products, and a lot of other kinds of merchandise and promotions.
341* ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'': [[Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1978 Radio play]] → [[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxyTrilogy Series of books]] → [[AudioAdaptation Radio plays based on the last three books that didn't start as radio plays]].
342* ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}'': [[BoardGames Civilization]] → [[VideoGames Sid Meier's Civilization]] → [[TheBoardGame Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game]].
343* A recurring {{MST}} suggestion for Podcast/RiffTrax is... ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 TheMovie''! This kind of came true in places that never had ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' on TV, but where suddenly its treatment of ''Film/ThisIslandEarth'' appeared on an official DVD, looking like a movie adaptation.
344* The game of [[{{Calvinball}} Mornington Crescent]] on ''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue'' inspired two books detailing the history of the game: ''The Little Book of Mornington Crescent'' and ''Stovold's Mornington Crescent Almanac''. The later radio {{Mockumentary}} ''In Search of Mornington Crescent'' is essentially an AudioAdaptation of these books.
345* Japanese pro soccer player Hidetoshi Nakata cites the ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'' manga and anime as his inspiration for pursuing a career in soccer. He got a cameo in ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven 2'' via a secret character based on and named after him. Said character became an AscendedExtra in the third game and consequently also appeared in the corresponding arc of the anime adaptation. In short, anime → real life → game → anime.
346* ''Literature/AdrianMole'' started out in 1982 as a [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] radio play called ''The Diary of Nigel Mole''. The ''Adrian Mole'' books were then adapted for Radio 4, with the same voice actor, Nicholas Barnes. In 1985 Sue Townsend wrote some original ''Adrian Mole'' material for Radio 4's summer holiday programming (again with Barnes), which later became "Adrian Mole at Creator/TheBBC" in her ''True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole'' book. So radio → book → radio → radio → book. Further books have come out at random intervals every few years since, featuring Adrian's diaries from the age of 13¾ to over 40.
347* "Baby's Tears" started out as a Konami original song in ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution [=SuperNOVA=]''. It got drastically remixed (different instrumentals, different lyrics, slower tempo; about the only thing that stayed the same was the melody) into an AnimeThemeSong as the opening theme for the ''Anime/SkyGirls'' OVA. The anime version subsequently appeared alongside the original in ''DDR [=SuperNOVA=] 2'', listed as "Baby's Tears (Sky Girls Opening Theme)".
348* ''Rice Krispie Treats Cereal'': cereal → dessert → cereal.
349* A weird one occurred after ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' cosplay at various convention: A bystander [[http://ib.skaia.net/post/view/5003 appeared on a photo]] and quickly went memetic with [[http://ib.skaia.net/post/view/12447 fanart]], [[http://ib.skaia.net/post/view/23203 cosplay]], and [[http://ib.skaia.net/post/view/23311 fanart of the cosplay.]]
350* Taco Bell's [[https://www.tacobell.com/food/tacos/nacho-cheese-doritos-locos-tacos Doritos Locos Tacos]] were adapted into Doritos Locos Tacos flavored chips. It's a mix of either nacho cheese or cool ranch and "taco flavor" chips. The world quietly weeps but also gets ready to go grocery shopping.
351* [=Radicalfaith360=] is a Website/YouTube user known for his re-enactments of YouTubePoop. Since becoming popular, his re-enactments have become sources for poops on their own — often by the very same users who made the poops he was re-enacting in the first place.
352* The Heckler & Koch G3 rifle: Unproduced Nazi German gun ([=StG-45=]) → Spanish gun based on its plans (CETME Modelo B) → licensed German copy. Likewise, for the M20 Super Bazooka: Original American rocket launcher (M1 and M9 "Bazooka") → upscaled German copy (Raketenpazerbüsche 43 and 54 "Panzerschreck") → upgraded, further-upscaled original American rocket launcher based on the Panzerschreck.
353** Modern versions of the AR-10 came about like this as well: original 7.62mm rifle → scaled-down 5.56mm version with some other changes (AR-15) → 5.56mm version scaled back up to 7.62mm.
354* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius Radio Theatre'' strips: Webcomic → live performances and podcasts → webcomic.
355* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' garnered its own promotional magazine series, with some of its original stories actually adapted into episodes of the show itself in Seasons Three and Five. Incidentally, the magazine's writer at the time eventually ended up lead writer for the show come to Season Seventeen.
356* Combining this with HeyItsThatSound -- Creator/WilliamsElectronics' ''VideoGame/{{Defender}}'' reused sound effects from several of Williams' early solid-state {{Pinball}} games. When the game became a smash hit, Williams released ''Pinball/{{Defender}},'' a solid-state PinballSpinoff that used the video game's sound effects.
357* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpooktacularNewAdventuresOfCasper'' was a cartoon based on the film ''Film/{{Casper}}'', which in turn was based on the cartoon ''WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost''.
358* Parodied in ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'', where Will is hired to write a novelization of the Peter Jackson ''Lord of the Rings'' movies.
359* A strange example in regards to ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': The show got a ShoddyKnockoffProduct entitled ''Miracle Star'' that ripped off scenes from the show wholesale. The show, in turn, then made CaptainErsatz versions of those characters in the episode [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS5E11TheCopycats "The Copycats"]]. There's even an in-universe video where the parody character reenacts a specific scene of ''Gumball'' that was ripped off by ''Miracle Star''.
360* ''Music/{{Vocaloid}}'': A mascot character meant to be modeled after a Nendoroid collectible figure of Music/HatsuneMiku, created in order to promote the rhythm game ''[[VideoGame/HatsuneMikuProjectDiva Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai]]'' (which had an art style based on the Nendoroids of Miku and her fellow Crypton Vocaloids), became memetic for its strange look and awkward movements, gaining the nickname Mikudayo. [[AscendedMeme This became her official name]], and she got made into a figure of her own and started to make cameos in the same rhythm games she'd been created to promote. She was adapted from music software → [[http://images.goodsmile.info/cgm/images/product/20121213/3787/21955/large/d114faa3771efe0eb01e9f57b4ea4688.jpg figure]] → video game → [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/vocaloid/images/8/8e/Image_Mikudayo_byWonderFest.png mascot]] → [[http://images.goodsmile.info/cgm/images/product/20121102/3734/21205/large/84336bacd68947232e71df419a2619e5.jpg figure]] → [[http://miku.sega.com/miraidx/myroom.html video game]].
361* Through an elaborate set of videos, Creator/TheFineBrothers gave us [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg3hHaSzz08 Kids React to Poppy Reacts to Kids React to]] Music/{{Poppy}}. As Poppy is more or less performance art that invokes UncannyValleyGirl, it actually turned out to be a pretty good practical joke.
362* British supermarket Morrisons once sold its own-brand Cola Cube flavour soft drink. In other words, a ''soft drink'', based on a ''sweet'', based on a ''soft drink'', which tasted nothing like their actual own-brand cola. Wrap your brain around that one.
363* Anyone with knowledge of cuisine would understand that American Chinese food is far removed from "true" Chinese food, which is why it was a notable risk for [[http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34877507 an American Chinese restaurant to open in Shanghai]]. In spite of its challenges -- mainly its reliance on international exports and incompatibilities with local tastes -- it was an overall success, with the owners planning on opening additional restaurants in Shanghai.
364* ''Wrestling/{{TNA}}'' somehow managed to pull of the improbable-sounding ProfessionalWrestling → VideoGame → ProfessionalWrestling adaptation. In 2008 they released an (awful) video game based on their product, the story mode of which culminated with the player character adopting the persona of a masked wrestler named Suicide. This character somehow ended up making its way onto TNA television, portrayed by various performers.
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