->''"This might be that film you saw or the song stuck in your head.\\
Or this might be that novel that already read.\\
Well the point is that you won't have to think at all during this show\\
It's Something You Already Know!"''
-->-- '''Rob Paravonian''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcawjG3L-jA Something You Already Know]]

Nothing could be more natural than following up on a success. And sometimes, nothing could be harder. This page is for all kinds of sequels, prequels, translations, adaptations and spin-offs that attempt to do that, and the ways in which they succeed or fail.

See also ContinuityTropes and LocalizationTropes.
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+ CanonUniverse
+ FanWorks
++ FanFic
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+ MediaAdaptationTropes
++ AdaptationDecay
++ AdaptationDeviation
+ {{Sequel}}
+ TranslationTropes
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* TheAbridgedSeries: A shortened adaptation with humorous dubbing.
* ActionizedAdaptation: An adaptation has more action scenes than the original.
* AdaptationAmalgamation: An adaptation that mixes two or more works.
* AdaptationalAbomination: An adaptation makes a character an EldritchAbomination.
* AdaptationalAngstDowngrade
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: An adaptation makes a character better-looking.
* AdaptationalBadass: A character is more powerful or tough in an adaptation.
* AdaptationalComicRelief: A character is more comedic in an adaptation.
* AdaptationalContextChange
* AdaptationalDiversity: An adaptation alters the cast of its source material to represent more cultural groups.
* AdaptationalDumbass: A character is stupider in an adaptation.
* AdaptationalExplanation: The adaptation provides an explanation for something that wasn't explained in the original.
* AdaptationalHairstyleChange: A character's hairstyle is noticeably changed in an adaptation.
* AdaptationalHeroism: A character is more heroic in an adaptation.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: A character is smarter in an adaptation.
* AdaptationalJerkass: A character is more of a jerk in an adaptation.
* AdaptationalMundanity: An adaptation is less fantastical than the source material.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: A character is nicer in an adaptation.
* AdaptationalSeriousness: A character is more serious in an adaptation.
* AdaptationalSympathy: An adaptation makes a character more sympathetic.
* AdaptationalTimespanChange: An adaptation changes the timeframe.
* AdaptationalUgliness: An adaptation makes a character more hideous.
* AdaptationalVillainy: A character is more villainous in an adaptation.
* AdaptationalWimp: A character is weaker or less capable in an adaptation.
* AdaptationDisplacement: The adaptation becomes more well-known than the source material.
* AdaptationDistillation: The adaptation omits some of the source material in order to tell the story in a more limited time frame.
* AdaptationDyeJob: An adaptation changes a character's hair and/or eye color.
* AdaptationExpansion: An adaptation that added a lot more flesh than the source material. Tends to happen when short children's books gets remade into feature-length movies, or a film below two hours of runtime gets expanded into more than ten episodes.
* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: The adaptation isn't going to bother explaining stuff from the source material, under the assumption that audiences would ''already'' figure out any missing pieces by themselves.
* AdaptationFirst: The adaptation is released first before the original came out.
* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: It made sense in the original source material, not so much in the adaptation.
* AdaptationInspiration
* AdaptationNameChange: A character has a different name in an adaptation.
* AdaptationOverdosed: A source material can be adapted into plenty of different forms. Turning a comic book into a cartoon, movie, TV series, video game, graphic novel, [[RecursiveAdaptation back to a comic]]...
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: A character's personality is significantly different in an adaptation.
* AdaptationSequence
* AdaptationSpeciesChange: A character is a different species in an adaptation.
* AdaptationTitleChange: An adaptation of a work has a different title than the source material.
* AdaptedOut: A character or plot element from the original work is omitted in the adaptation.
* AfterShow
* AlternateSpeciesCounterpart: A character is created by changing the species of an existing character.
* AnimatedAdaptation: An animated remake of a non-animated work. Manga-to-Anime doesn't count.
* AscendedExtra: A minor character is given a more important role.
* AscendedFanFic: A work that started out as a fanfiction of another story becomes an original work.
* AudienceColoringAdaptation: The adaptation greatly influences the original work in the eyes of the audience.
* BasedOnAnAdviceBook
* CanonFodder
* CipherScything
* ComicBookAdaptation: A work is adapted into a SequentialArt or {{Comic|s}} medium.
* CompilationMovie: Clips from a series gets edited together (may or may not include original footage) into becoming a feature-length film.
* CompositeCharacter: Two or more characters from the original source are merged into one.
* CompressedAdaptation: Cramming a reasonably lengthy source material into a much, much shorter adaptation, like a twenty-episode TV show quashed into a movie less than two hours.
* ContinuityReboot: An installment of the franchise that ignores the canon of the previous installments in favor of establishing a new continuity.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: The main character of a sequel is a {{foil}} to the main character of the original.
* CreatorDrivenSuccessor: A creator makes a work that shares elements of one of their previous works without being a true sequel.
* CreatorPreferredAdaptation: The creator of the original work finds the adaptation to be better than their original creation.
* CreatorsApathy: The creator admits that they didn't care about the quality of the work.
* CuttingOffTheBranches: Sequels to a video game with MultipleEndings only regard one ending as canon.
* DeathByAdaptation: The adaptation kills off a character who remained alive in the original work.
* DerivativeDifferentiation
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: The way a character dies in the adaptation is different from how they died in the original work.
* DisownedAdaptation: The creator of the original work dislikes the adaptation.
* DistaffCounterpart: The female equivalent of a pre-existing male character (the reverse of this would be a Spear Counterpart)
* DivorcedInstallment: A work originally planned as part of a specific franchise ends up retooled into being its own thing.
* DolledUpInstallment: Slapping a franchise onto an initially unrelated product.
* DramaticReading: A recording of a written work being read dramatically.
* EarlyAdaptationWeirdness: Related to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, something seems a little off regarding the character as portrayed in their debuts compared to later installments.
* EarlyBirdCameo: A character makes a brief appearance before being properly introduced later within the work or within their own story.
* EraSpecificPersonality
* ExternalRetcon
* FairyTaleEpisode
* FanFic: A story based on a work of fiction written by a fan of the work and posted online.
* FanMusic
* FanVerse
* {{Fanon}}: Fans' interpretations of what isn't confirmed within the work or by the work's creators.
* FanWorkBan: Fan-made content is forbidden.
* FictionScience: RealLife science is used to examine fictional works.
* FilkSong
* FilmComic: PhotoComic based on some other media.
* TheFilmOfTheSeries: A film adaptation of a television series.
* FollowTheLeader: A successful work inspires numerous similar works (end results vary).
* ForeignRemake: A remake of the source material... in another country. May or may not violate copyright.
* FranchiseKiller: A poorly-received adaptation or sequel prevents any further installments from being made.
* {{Frankenslation}}
* FromTheAshes: A fictional work's ending is the starting point of a SpinOff.
* GagDub
* GagSub
* GameMod
* TheGameOfTheBook: An adaptation of a book in game-form.
* GenderedOutfit
* GenderFlip: An adaptation changes the gender of a character.
* GenreKiller
* GodCreatedCanonForeigner: An adaptation features a new character created by the creator of the original work.
* HumanFocusedAdaptation: Source materials that focused on the cute animals/mons/critters are now shifted to focus on the human characters instead.
* HumbleBeginnings
* IndecisiveMedium
* InTheStyleOf
* InspiredBy: A work that draws influence from another work in terms of plot, characters, themes etc. but isn't a direct adaptation.
* LiteraryMashUps
* LiveActionAdaptation: A live-action adaptation of a non-live-action work.
* LiveOnStage: A show, often temporary in nature with a small budget, adapting a work.
* LostInImitation: An adaptation is influenced more by previous adaptations than the original work.
* MissionPackSequel
* MorePopularSpinOff: The spinoff becomes more successful than the show it is derived from.
* MovieBonusSong
* NonLinearSequel: A sequel that doesn't directly take place after the previous entry of the series.
* OnIce
* OriginalGeneration
* TheOriginalSeries
* PacifiedAdaptation: An adaptation is less action-filled than the original.
* {{Parody}}
* {{Pastiche}}
* PatchworkStory
* PerspectiveFlip: An adaptation that tells the story from perspective of a different character than the original.
* PlotTumor: A sub-plot that takes up way too much away from the main plot.
* POVSequel: An episode is given a follow-up where the episode's events are shown from another character's perspective.
* PragmaticAdaptation: The adaptation changes or omits elements from the original story that would be difficult or impossible to leave as they were in the source material.
* PredecessorCastingGag: When an actor who played a certain character is cast as that character's InUniverse forebearer, usually a parent or mentor.
* {{Prequel}}: A series installment that takes place before the first installment.
* QuietlyPerformingSisterShow
* RebootSnark: Making fun of the abundance of derivative works, especially remakes or reboots.
* RecurringFanonCharacter
* RecursiveAdaptation: An adaptation is given its own adaptation in the medium of the original work.
* RecursiveImport
* RecycledTheSeries
* RecycledWithAGimmick
* {{Redubbing}}
* ReimaginingTheArtifact
* RemadeAndImproved: A remake that is considered better than the original.
* RemadeForTheExport: A game that never got an overseas release gets a remake that actually does get released internationally.
* TheRemake: Because audiences like the original, why not give it another stab?
* RemakeCameo: The reboot features a cameo by one of the actors from the original version of the work.
* RemixComic
* {{Revival}}: A show that ended its run some time ago is renewed for more episodes.
* TheRolePlayingGame: An RPG inspired by a specific fictional work.
* RunningTheAsylum
* SameStoryDifferentNames
* SequelInAnotherMedium: The SequelHook of this movie is followed up on in a TV show. Can apply for all mediums, of course.
* SettingUpdate: Same story, different era. Usually by moving an older source material to the present time of the adaptation.
* ShotForShotRemake: Compare the adaptation with the source material. What do you mean, they didn't change a damn thing?
* SoftReboot: A series installment that has the aesthetic of a reboot, but still regards older installments as canon.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: A character who died in the original work remains alive in the adaptation.
* {{Spinoff}}: A show that exists in the same continuity of an older show and often shares some characters with it.
* SpinoffBabies: An adaptation starring younger versions of the original show's cast.
* SpinOffCookbook: A cook book consisting of recipes for food used in the work the cook book is based on.
* SpinOffspring: The show gets a sequel starring the children of the characters from the original show.
* SpinoffSendoff: A character in the original show who is to star in the spinoff gets one last time to shine before the spinoff starts.
* SpiritualAntithesis: A work that is basically the polar opposite of another work, sometimes intentionally.
* SpiritualSuccessor: A work that isn't a direct continuation of a previous work, but still has enough similarities that it can be taken as a continuation of the original work in spirit.
* StationsOfTheCanon: Anchor points that are consistent across different continuities, fanfic or official.
* StealthSequel: A work that appears to be a new continuity turns out to be a subtle prequel or sequel to the original version.
* StillbornFranchise: A work is intended to start a franchise, but isn't successful enough to warrant further installments.
* SuggestedBy
* TheThemeParkVersion
* ThirdOptionAdaptation: An adaptation of an interactive work has a new choice made to go around deciding which of the choices the protagonist makes in the adaptation.
* TwiceToldTale: You think you know this very well-known story... but you've never heard it told like this.
* TwoPartTrilogy: The first part tells its own story, and audiences liked it. So let's turn the whole thing into a trilogy by making the second and third installments interconnected.
* WholePlotReference
* {{Xenafication}}: Let's inject some testosterone into a GirlyGirl in the source material and turn her into an ass-kicking ActionGirl in the adaptation.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: An adaptation has a character look drastically different from the appearance they are normally depicted with.
* YoungerAndHipper
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