| 1 | A collection of distinct series which are often considered as a collective unit under a blanket title. They often, but not always, share a common continuity; even when they do not, they are more closely bound than {{Spinoff}}s. |
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| 3 | While characters may come and go, formats may change from live action to animated and back again, and even production houses/creators may change over time, the thing that remains constant for a franchise is the [[TheVerse universe in which it takes place]]. |
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| 5 | In the US, series franchises are fairly rare, and usually result from a series spawning several successful {{Revival}}s, though in recent years, an increasing number of successful US series have spawned concurrent franchises, where more than one installment has aired simultaneously. |
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| 7 | Franchises are more common in other countries, especially in the {{Anime}} and {{Toku}} genres of Japan. However, they are frequently implemented by way of {{Alternate Continuit|y}}ies that employ the same core cast in slightly (or greatly!) different settings, rather than alternate casts in the same continuity. This version is also very common in video games. A group of these combined via a CrossOver series is a ModularFranchise. |
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| 9 | {{Reality show}}s are also often counted as franchises, with each season being counted as a distinct series in its own right. (Thus ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' is considered a Franchise, whose installments include ''Survivor: Borneo'', ''Survivor: The Australian Outback'', et cetera.) |
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| 11 | On Website/TVTropes, multimedia franchises may receive pages in the dedicated Franchise/ namespace if they exist in at least three ''different'' forms of media, and they already have pages in each. They are indexed on the FranchiseIndex. |
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| 13 | !!Examples: |
| 14 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 15 | |
| 16 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 17 | * ''Anime/ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld'' (three series in continuity, plus a fourth that's an alternate version) |
| 18 | * ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' (Eleven series, plus {{OAV}} releases, movies, in-canon games and even a ''ride'', some in the same continuity, some not) |
| 19 | * ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'': (3 manga series, 1 anime adaptation, 1 light novel, and a live-action movie). |
| 20 | * ''Franchise/LupinIII'' was much more successful than initially expected, to the point that some of the titles have been retroactively renamed to differentiate between them. It began as a Manga, [[AdaptationDisplacement but is much better known as an anime, even in Japan]]. The Lupin-verse is held in place through a combination of BroadStrokes, NegativeContinuity, and MythologyGag. |
| 21 | * ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' (five anime, five manga, four movies, three video games, and one audio drama across five separate continuities) |
| 22 | * ''Anime/{{Macross}}'' (now on its fourth TV series, with three OAV series, three movies[[note]]four if we're counting the compilation/crossover ''[=FB7=]''[[/note]], and a number of other [=OVAs=]. |
| 23 | * ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'': One main series, four spin-off manga, and a two season anime. |
| 24 | * ''Franchise/MyHime'': ''Anime/MyHime'', ''Anime/MyOtome'', the Otome-verse spinoffs (''Anime/MyOtomeZwei'', ''Anime/MyOtome0Sifr''), and ''Literature/MaiHimeDestiny''. |
| 25 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': Six distinct series (original: 1997-2002; ''Advanced Generation'': 2002-2006; ''Weekly Pokémon Broadcast'''s sidestory episodes (US: ''Pokémon Chronicles''): 2002-2004; ''Diamond & Pearl'': 2006-2010; ''Best Wishes'': 2010-2013); ''XY'' (2013-2016); ''Sun & Moon'' (2017-present) and 20+ annual movies. The anime franchise is just about as big, if not bigger, than the actual video game franchise; see below.) In the English dub, the main series anime gets divided up even more, in a setup like typical television seasons. |
| 26 | * ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' (one OAV series, two TV series, and three movies, one of which is in a different continuity than any of the series) |
| 27 | * ''Anime/TimeBokan'' (9 TV series, one of which became its own franchise below) |
| 28 | * ''Franchise/{{Tsukipro}}'' (5 anime series, over 50 drama [=CDs=], and over 30 stage plays, almost all of which tell different stories -- not to mention about 5 video games, and a manga adaptation for each anime season, and near-constant daily short stories delivered through Twitter). |
| 29 | * ''Anime/{{Yatterman}}'' (2 TV series (1977-1979 and 2008-2009), a 2-episode OVA, a 2009 live-action movie, a 2009 anime movie, and a 2015 TV sequel) |
| 30 | * ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' (six anime series, a long-running card game, and countless video games, as well as several manga series, [[AdaptationDisplacement one of which being where the series started from]].) |
| 31 | [[/folder]] |
| 32 | |
| 33 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 34 | * ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'': Several movie and TV series, along with other media including comic books and animated shows. |
| 35 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'': Several movie and TV series, along with other media including novels, video games, comic books and animated shows. |
| 36 | * ''Franchise/StargateVerse'' (movie, 3 series, two series movies, plus non-canonical AnimatedAdaptation.) |
| 37 | [[/folder]] |
| 38 | |
| 39 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 40 | * ''Literature/TheBeastPlayer'' (four main books, one spinoff book, one manga series, one anime series, and a short story for the anime) |
| 41 | * Most of Frank Herbert's books and short stories (especially his non-''Franchise/{{Dune}}'' works) share many common historical aspects, despite being set across vast expanses of spacetime. |
| 42 | * ''Literature/KnownSpace'', which includes the ''Literature/{{Ringworld}}'' series of novels, the ''Literature/ManKzinWars'' series, and even a ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'' episode. |
| 43 | * ''Literature/{{Moribito}}'' (fourteen books, one radio drama, one anime series, three manga series, and one live-action drama) |
| 44 | * ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' (40+ games; four in the main series (eight if you count the unnumbered installments), four ''Devil Summoner'' games, five/[[OneGameForThePriceOfTwo six]] separate ''Persona'' games (not counting spin-offs), and a truckload's worth of other spin-offs, not to mention the various anime/manga/novels/Drama-[=CDs=]/etc.) |
| 45 | [[/folder]] |
| 46 | |
| 47 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 48 | * ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'' (4 live action series (5 if you count ''Series/{{Constantine}}'''s retroactive inclusion), 3 animated web series, and some ExpandedUniverse comic books.) |
| 49 | * ''Series/{{CSI}}'' (3 series, seven PC games, console games, plus non-canon comics and novels.) |
| 50 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'' during its 21st-century revival (the Davies era had the main show, the DarkerAndEdgier ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', and the LighterAndSofter ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'', all broadcast during the same period; the Moffat era spawned the Young Adult spin-off ''Series/{{Class|2016}}''). There has also been the huge Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse in other media, from the 1960s to date. |
| 51 | * ''Series/DragRace'' grew from the original American ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' series into a international franchise with over a dozen foreign versions, plus ''Series/RuPaulsDragRaceAllStars'' for returning competitors and companion shows such as documentary ''Werq the World'' and Brazilian drag tour ''Grag Hearts Drag''. |
| 52 | * ''Series/GameOfThrones'' (2 series -- the wider franchise, ''Franchise/ASongOfIceAndFire'', has a lesser known title) received a SpinOff, ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'', and more are scheduled. |
| 53 | * ''Franchise/GIJoe'' (An uncommonly large number of action figures, 4 different animated series, live-action films, and comic books and video games.) |
| 54 | * ''Franchise/GreysAnatomy'' (3 TV series, 1 web series, 1 video game, and 2 series of webisodes.) |
| 55 | * ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' (5 series [6 if you count ''[[Series/LawAndOrderUK UK]]''], two PC games.) |
| 56 | * ''Series/OneChicago'' (4 series -- ''[[Series/ChicagoFire Fire]]'', ''[[Series/ChicagoPD PD]]'', ''[[Series/ChicagoMed Med]]'' and ''[[Series/ChicagoJustice Justice]]'' -- connected to ''L&O'' via ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU''.) |
| 57 | * ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' (Has had consecutive installments for 20 years, [[SequelNumberSnarl but exactly how many installments that IS has gotten complicated]]. Counting the installments roughly yearly is a good rule of thumb. In addition there are at least three movies, a lot of comics, and several video games.) |
| 58 | * ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' (3 series, or 4, depending on how ''Good Morning Miss Bliss'' is counted.) |
| 59 | * ''Franchise/StarTrek'' (5 series [some of which ran concurrently], 12 movies, an AnimatedAdaptation and a great many video games for pretty much every platform, plus a bazillion tie-in novels and comic books.) |
| 60 | * ''Franchise/ToeiTokusatsu'' |
| 61 | ** ''Franchise/KamenRider'' (split between the Creator/ShotaroIshinomori era[[note]]7 series from 1971-1981 and 2 series in 1987-1989 (all of which take place in the same universe), then 1 DirectToVideo [[Film/ShinKamenRiderPrologue film]] in 1992 and 2 [[Film/KamenRiderZO theatrical]] [[Film/KamenRiderJ features]] in 1993-1994 (which occupy their own little continuities)[[/note]] and the [[OutlivedItsCreator Post-Ishinomori]] era [[note]]one TV series per year from 2000-present, each of which has at least one movie, all seperated by TheMultiverse as mapped out by ''Series/KamenRiderDecade''[[/note]]) |
| 62 | ** ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' (45+ series since 1975) |
| 63 | ** ''Series/MetalHeroes'' (17 series from 1982-1999 + a number of films in the 2010s) |
| 64 | ** ''Franchise/ToeiFushigiComedySeries'' (14 series from 1981-1993) |
| 65 | * ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' (30+ series and a bunch of movies since 1966; some sharing one universe, others in their own continuities) |
| 66 | * ''Series/{{Vikings}}'', 2 series with ''Series/VikingsValhalla''. |
| 67 | * ''Franchise/TheWalkingDeadTelevisionUniverse'', comprising (so far) 5 series: ''Series/{{The Walking Dead|2010}}'', ''Series/FearTheWalkingDead'', ''Series/TheWalkingDeadWorldBeyond'', ''Series/TalesOfTheWalkingDead'' and ''Series/TheWalkingDeadDeadCity''. |
| 68 | * ''Franchise/TheWitcher'', 2 series and an animated film with ''Series/TheWitcher2019'', ''WesternAnimation/TheWitcherNightmareOfTheWolf'' and ''Series/TheWitcherBloodOrigin''. |
| 69 | [[/folder]] |
| 70 | |
| 71 | [[folder:Radio]] |
| 72 | * ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'': Five seasons on radio and one on television, five books (six if you count ''Literature/AndAnotherThing''), two short stories, a computer game, three theatrical performances (including one musical), two singles, a feature film, three comic books, two records, and two bath towels -- all in their own continuities mutated off the first two radio series and last three books -- the result is that, for all that mess, it covers somewhere around six installments of one story. |
| 73 | * ''Radio/MyFriendIrma'' was once a famous American franchise centered around a DumbBlonde character named Irma Peterson (played by Marie Wilson.) Aside from the original radio series (which ran 1947 to 1953) it was also a television series (1952 to 1954), two feature films (''My Friend Irma'' in 1949 and ''My Friend Irma Goes West'' in 1950), and a comic strip published by Marvel Comics written and drawn by Stan Lee and Dan [=DeCarlo=] (1950 to 1955). |
| 74 | [[/folder]] |
| 75 | |
| 76 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 77 | * ''Toys/AssaultLily'' |
| 78 | * ''Franchise/SDGundam'' (toy lines, multiple anime, three of which are series, plus manga, a light novel, and a plethora of cardass series) |
| 79 | * ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' (The main [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Continuity_family continuity family]] includes three [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 American]] [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars cartoons]] and five {{anime}} series, each of which has ''at least'' one accompanying comic ''and'' a {{manga}}. There's also another several mangas and a couple of other comics which without corresponding cartoons. Breaking off into {{alternate universe}}s there's the Japanese-made ''[[Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise Robots in Disguise]]'', consisting of a cartoon and manga, and [[Anime/TransformersArmada the]] [[Anime/TransformersEnergon Unicron]] [[Anime/TransformersCybertron Trilogy]], which comprises three anime series, each of which has a corresponding comic. More recently, there's been an American [[Film/TransformersFilmSeries live-action movie series]], [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated three]] [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime new]] [[WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots cartoons]] and [[VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron a video game series]], and guess what? Each of those have a comic as well. Oh, and if we tried to list all the tie-in books, toys, clothing, etc? We'd break the internet. And we still can't get enough.) |
| 80 | [[/folder]] |
| 81 | |
| 82 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 83 | * ''Franchise/DotHack'' is just plain ridiculous about this: |
| 84 | ** The first wave, Project .hack, originally consisted of the ''Anime/DotHackSign'' anime, [[VideoGame/DotHackR1Games the Infection, Mutation, Outbreak and Quarantine]] [[OneGameForThePriceOfTwo games]] (which were each bundled with an episode of the OVA series ''Anime/DotHackLiminality''), and the ''Manga/DotHackLegendOfTheTwilight'' manga. Other canon included the ''Literature/DotHackAIBuster'' light novels. Then there were ''two'' manga adaptations of the games, XXXX and Another Birth (from [=BlackRose=]'s point of view), neither of which are canon. |
| 85 | ** The second wave consisted mainly of the second anime, [=.hack//Roots=], and the ''VideoGame/DotHackGU'' (Rebirth, Reminisce and Redemption). There was also a CGI movie adaptation, a manga adaptaion and a light novel adaptation of the games, all of which were done differently. |
| 86 | ** The third, and probably final, wave consists of the anime Anime/DotHackQuantum and [=.hack//LINK=], which could refer to a manga or a PSP game that (as far as I can tell) follow the same story. There's also a movie in the works. |
| 87 | * ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman}}'' (20+ games and still running since the mid-1980s) |
| 88 | * ''VideoGame/BreathOfFire'' (five main games in the series: the first three of which are officially in the same universe, the fifth in an AlternateUniverse, and the fourth being a position best described as ''controversial''; two manga adaptations and a manga spinoff of ''I'' which were officially directed by Capcom; {{Novelization}} of ''III'' and ''IV''; a manga adaptation of ''IV'' which was officially directed by Capcom; ''numerous'' licensed 4-koma and anthology comics of ''IV'' (and one licensed 4-koma of ''III''); four separate GaidenGame treatments of ''IV'' for Japanese smartphones; artbooks (including separate artbooks for each series and a compilation artbook) containing a great deal of AllThereInTheManual material ''never mentioned in the games''; AND there's the additional complication of remakes of ''I'' and ''II'' to shortly be licensed to Creator/SquareEnix) |
| 89 | * ''VideoGame/BubbleBobble'' (two to three "officially" in [[NonLinearSequel its original series which branched off]], although there are three second-installments and two third-installments, not counting subsequent games, one spinoff and its own four-installment arcade series, sub-series, and subsequent games.) |
| 90 | * ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' (15+ games since 1987) |
| 91 | * ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'' (10+ games split between three distinct series/timelines, plus a novelization) |
| 92 | * ''Franchise/DeadSpace'' (Three main games, three spin-off games, two animated movies, two books, and three comics) |
| 93 | * ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' (at least 40 games, 6 series and 9 movies across five continuities, and 6 manga series) |
| 94 | * ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' (11 in the main series plus a {{Mon}} spinoff series and a few others, plus {{anime}} series) |
| 95 | * ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' |
| 96 | * ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' (Five main series games with a sixth announced, five GaidenGame spin-offs with different styles compared to the main series, two novels, a tabletop game, and tens of thousands of pages of in-universe books and documents) |
| 97 | * ''VideoGame/{{Fable}}'' (Five games and four spin-off books) |
| 98 | * ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' (15 in the main series plus a few spinoffs (and three true sequels), plus two movies and two TV series) |
| 99 | * ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' (15 games across different Nintendo platforms, plus several manga adaptations, an {{OVA}} adaptation, a card game, and a spinoff crossover with ''Shin Megami Tensei'') |
| 100 | * ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' (15+ games since 1997 on various systems, though mainly on Nintendo platforms) |
| 101 | * ''VideoGame/HeroBank'' (two main games, one manga series, one anime adaptation, one arcade game, and one trading card game) |
| 102 | * ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' (which itself started as a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover for SNK's other fighting games before becoming its own game series, plus a series of animated shorts, [=OVA=]s, and manga. Currently on its fourteenth game, as well as three in the ''Maximum Impact'' AlternateContinuity) |
| 103 | * ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' (19+ games, featuring at ''least'' ten Links and eleven Zeldas, and that's not going into spinoffs and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames noncanonical]] [[VideoGame/CadenceOfHyrule games]]) |
| 104 | * ''Franchise/MegaMan'' (10 in [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic the main series]], 9 in the ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' series, 7 in the ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' series (counting different editions as part of the same game), 5 in the UsefulNotes/GameBoy series, 4 in the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' series, 2 in the ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'' series, 3 in the ''VideoGame/MegaManStarforce'' series, 3 in the ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends'' series, an [[WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears American TV series]], and three {{anime}} series, plus comic book series) |
| 105 | * ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' (10+ games, including two [[VideoGameRemake video game remakes]]) |
| 106 | * ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' (9 in the main series [counting the [[Franchise/TheDCU DC Universe]][[VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse crossover]]], 3 spinoff adventure games, two movies and a third in the works, two TV series, a web series, several comic books and a CollectibleCardGame) |
| 107 | * ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}'' (6+ games, depending on how you count, and 3 novels) |
| 108 | * ''VideoGame/PacMan'' (A game for each member of the family, plus Supers, Manias, Lands, and Worlds galore. And, of course, a breakfast cereal and a Saturday morning cartoon. This, of course, is before you count the several re-releases of the classic stuff...) |
| 109 | * ''VideoGame/PhantasyStar'' (Phantasy Star I-IV, four episodes of Phantasy Star Online, Phantasy Star Universe and its expansion pack, the Nintendo DS Phantasy Star Zero and Phantasy Star Online 2) |
| 110 | * ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' (Seven generations of games, plus spinoffs for each in genres like [[PuzzleGame puzzles]] and [[RaisingSim pet sims]]. Then there are [[Manga/{{Pokemon}} several manga]], the [[TheAnimeOfTheGame anime]] (which, as previously listed, is almost a franchise in itself), and the [[CollectibleCardGame Trading Card Game]]. Probably the most successful translation of a video game to other media, which has led to AdaptationDisplacement among some people.) |
| 111 | * ''VideoGame/PrettySeries'' (Three generations of games, 5 anime series, 5 manga adaptations, and an AnimeFirst spinoff franchise) |
| 112 | * ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' (At least nine games, plus four movies) |
| 113 | * ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'' (many video games, a 25-episode anime series, a movie, several [=OVAs=] and light novels, a manga, and multiple stage shows) |
| 114 | * ''VideoGame/SimSeries'' franchise (five official ''VideoGame/SimCity'' games, three ''VideoGame/TheSims'' games, and many, ''[[CashCowFranchise many]]'' spinoffs from the former (including ''VideoGame/TheSims'' itself) and expansion packs for the latter) |
| 115 | * ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' (the number of games that feature characters from the series was well over a hundred around 2001. Five American cartoon series, the ''Sonic X'' anime, an OVA in TheNineties, two live-action movies with a third plus TV spin-off on the way, a couple of manga, and at least three official long-running comic books, [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics one of which]] had numerous spin-offs of its own and [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW another of which]] is still ongoing.) |
| 116 | * ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' (5 "officially" in the main series, though every one after ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' has [[CapcomSequelStagnation at least three variations]], plus numerous spinoffs, [[VideoGame/CapcomVs crossovers]], movies, TV series and {{manga}}.) |
| 117 | * ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' (5 games in the main series, plus 3 spinoffs) |
| 118 | * Perhaps the king of them all, ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' (19 in the main series, counting the first ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'' and the first ''VideoGame/WarioLand'', plus many, many spinoffs, a live-action movie, an animated movie, several television series, a comic book series and a breakfast cereal.) |
| 119 | * ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' |
| 120 | * ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'': 16 mainline games, 11 notable spin-offs (counting [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheTempest Tempest]] and [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld Dawn of the New World]]) and 20+ other spin-offs, including ones for mobile phones. |
| 121 | * ''Franchise/TombRaider'' (8 games, 1 remake and 2 films, one of them [[VideoGameMoviesSuck financially]] successful) |
| 122 | * The ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' (15 official games, seven spinoffs (counting ExpansionPack ''Hisoutensoku''), numerous side manga and stories on top of artbooks and UniverseCompendium's. And almost all of it done by a single man. Plus two characters who were added in by way of the creator's ''musical CD works''. |
| 123 | * The ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}'' series, with nine core games, two first-person side story games and an MMORPG, as well as several novels and comics and other stuff. |
| 124 | * ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' (three generations of real time strategy games, plus expansions, then ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', an MMO, plus its expansions, [[Film/WarCraft2016 a film]] and numerous [[Franchise/WarcraftExpandedUniverse spin off materials]] of varying quality and canonicity). |
| 125 | * ''Franchise/WingCommander'' (twelve games including the Privateer spinoffs [but not [[ExpansionPack add-ons]]], eleven [[Literature/WingCommander novels]] including {{novelization}}s of other works, [[WesternAnimation/WingCommanderAcademy cartoon]], and [[Film/WingCommander movie]]) |
| 126 | [[/folder]] |
| 127 | |
| 128 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 129 | * ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' (Six games in the main series, two in the ''[[VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth Investigations]]'' series, [[VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney a historical spinoff duology]], a [[VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsAceAttorney crossover]] with ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'', appearances in two MassiveMultiplayerCrossover [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 video]] [[VideoGame/ProjectXZone games]], [[Film/AceAttorney2012 a film]], [[Anime/AceAttorney2016 an anime]], three musicals, two stage plays, two manga series, a doujinshi series, and a pachinko machine) |
| 130 | * ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' (Three main games, several spinoff games, two anime series and one [=OVA=], and prequel, flash-sideways, and AlternateUniverse novels galore) |
| 131 | * ''Franchise/FateSeries'': 6+ mainline games, 6+ novels, multiple manga, over 20 anime adaptations (including serial movies and [=OVAs=]), multiple spinoffs ([[VideoGame/FateExtra three]] [[VideoGame/FateGrandOrder of]] [[Anime/FatePrototype which]] became sub-franchises of their own), and counting. |
| 132 | * ''VisualNovel/ToHeart'' and ''VisualNovel/ToHeart2'' (3 {{visual novel}}s, a ''To Heart 2'' {{Dungeon Crawl|ing}}er RPG spin-off that's itself being spun-off into its own non-''To Heart'' series, 3 TV series, a ''To Heart'' manga and [[CashCowFranchise god knows how many]] ''To Heart 2'' {{OVA}}s are there) |
| 133 | * ''Franchise/WhenTheyCry'' (four main games under two separate titles [''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'', ''Higurashi Kai'', ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'', ''Umineko Chiru''], two fandiscs, two spin-off fighting games and several console ports, as well as animated and manga adaptations for both series) |
| 134 | [[/folder]] |
| 135 | |
| 136 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 137 | * ''Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' -- Two animated series, and several comic books and novels, set in the same universe. |
| 138 | * ''Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse'' (DCAU for short) -- A group of six animated series, two web series, and a number of comic books and video games based on Creator/DCComics characters, all in the same continuity. |
| 139 | * ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' (or just ''Stitch'') -- A main Western-produced continuity consisting of [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch four]] [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch2StitchHasAGlitch animated]] [[WesternAnimation/StitchTheMovie feature-length]] [[WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch films]], [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries an animated television series]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheOriginOfStitch an animated short film]], plus [[ComicStrip/ComicZoneLiloAndStitch a number of magazine comics]], [[Anime/{{Stitch}} an anime spin-off series]] set after the last animated film on one timeline, [[Animation/StitchAndAi a Chinese animated spin-off series]] set after the last animated film on another timeline, a number of video games including a ([[CanonDiscontinuity decanonized]]) [[VideoGame/StitchExperiment626 prequel]], a few theme park attractions including a (since-closed) [[Ride/StitchsGreatEscape non-canon prequel]], an AlternateUniverse [[Manga/StitchAndTheSamurai manga]], and, of course, [[TheMerch a merchandise line]] that's [[SpotlightStealingSquad over 90% focused on]] [[WolverinePublicity a cute, popular alien]] despite having a wide variety of unique characters including [[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments other cute aliens like him]]. And there's a live-action/CGI remake in the works, too. |
| 140 | * ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' - A series of short films that ran from 1930 to 1969 (as well as shorts that have been released sporadically thereafter), several TV series starring characters from said shorts, three full-length animation and live-action crossover films, and don't get us started on all the comic books and video games. |
| 141 | * ''Franchise/{{Rugrats}}'' - Four animated series, two of which being spin-offs of the original 1991 series. There's also three full-length films, two direct-video films, and several comic books and video games. |
| 142 | [[/folder]] |
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