Mini-episode of a broadcast or cable series, available online or by other new media.
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!!Examples:

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[[folder:Advertising]]
* A few of UsefulNotes/GeneralMills' different brands were given short series of webisodes to promote their brands, often expanding the cast of each mascots setting with new characters not seen in the commercials, Some examples of this include "[[Advertising/TrixRabbit Trix Toons]]" and Lucky Charms' "The Quest".
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' has a short web chapter that looks like Chiyo recording her class with a camcorder. In actuality, this webisode came out two years before the anime, and had a completely different cast (almost; Minamo's webisode voice actress went on to voice Yukari in the anime).
* ''Manga/HaruhiChan'', a super-deformed SelfParody of ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya''.
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[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
* ''Anime/TheAnimatrix'' previews that were released online to hype the release of ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded''.
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* Between seasons 3 and 4, ''Series/{{Lost}}'' created a series of 13 mobisodes, dubbed "Missing Pieces," which were delivered to cell phones, then posted online. They were later included on the DVD box set for season 4.
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' issued a webseries, "Going Postal" between seasons 2 and 3.
* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' has done this three times.
** "The Resistance" ran between the second and third seasons, showing how relations between the humans and the Cylons occupying New Caprica broke down and the Resistance movement formed.
** "Razor Flashbacks" was produced to promote the ''Razor'' special. The series is an expansion of the movie's flashbacks to young Bill Adama serving during the Cylon Wars.
** "Face of the Enemy" was released during the mid-season break of the final season. These episodes flesh out Gaeta's disillusion with the Human-Cylon alliance and foreshadows his leading TheMutiny.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' had them for its second new series. They were called TARDISODES.
** The "prequels" for series six episodes also qualify.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33PrequelPondLife Pond Life]]" helped set up the first half of Series 7. There were also webisodes tied to "[[Recap/DoctorWho2012CSTheSnowmen The Snowmen]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor The Name of the Doctor]]", and "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor The Day of the Doctor]]".
* ''Series/TheOfficeUS'' has them. (Compensation to the writers of these became an issue in the 2007-08 WGA strike.)
* Season 8 of ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' had a video-blog by Sunny Day, one of the new interns.
* ''The Chloe Chronicles'', which tied into seasons 2 and 5 of ''Series/{{Smallville}}''.
* ''Series/BreakingBad'' has done them ever since season 2 began. Most of them are far LighterAndSofter than the show.
* ''Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou'' tried it with ''Have I Got News for You: The Inevitable Internet Spin-Off'', which mostly featured unused footage from that week's show, outtakes and an audience competition, but seemed hamstrung by the fact that most of the airtime was taken up all the contestants laughing at how ridiculous the word "webisode" was (and that several of the guest hosts didn't really understand the concept).
* ''Series/{{Community}}''
* ''Series/ParksAndRecreation''
* ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010''
* ''Series/KungFu3D''
* The ''Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger'' and ''Series/KamenRiderKiva'' net movies, used as tie-ins for TheMovie. While ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' hasn't really used them since (except for ''[[Film/KamenRiderXSuperSentaiSuperHeroTaisen Super Hero Taisen]]''), they've become a staple for ''Franchise/KamenRider'' -- and are frequent sources for the funniest moments in the franchise.
* Episode 4 of [=NBC=]'s ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'' was "cannibalized" into a series of webisodes, as it was considered [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents too similar to current events]] to be broadcast in the US. Outside of the US, it was shown as scheduled.
* ''Series/MurdochMysteries'' has had three webseries tying in with different seasons.
** Season 4 had ''The Curse of the Lost Pharoahs'', a 13 part animated series based on [[ShowWithinAShow Crabtree's novel of the same title]].
** Season 5 had ''The Murdoch Effect'', a six-part webseries in which Detective Murdoch [[MentalTimeTravel wakes up in the present day]], with [[AndYouWereThere 21st century versions of the other main characters]].
** Season 6 had ''Nightmare on Queen Street'', a 6 part interactive series in which the viewer is a detective visiting Toronto.
* ''Series/RedDwarf'' has "Red Christmas", a ChristmasEpisode for the series that was released in 2007 as part of the Red Dwarf Mobile Service.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/GaryTheRat'' originally started out as these.
* ''WesternAnimation/MonsterHigh'' has quite a few of these.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' was briefly revived as a web series.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' has a trio of web shorts called "Republic City Hustle".
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'' has largely been expanded outside the films and specials by multiple series of web shorts:
** ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks Rainbow Rocks]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsFriendshipGames Friendship Games]]'' each received [[WebAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocksShorts their own]] [[WebAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsFriendshipGamesShorts series]] of shorts. ''Friendship Games'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsLegendOfEverfree Legend of Everfree]]'' also received [[AnimatedOuttakes blooper reels]] that were released online.
** Summer 2017's ''[[WebAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSummertimeShorts Summertime Shorts]]'', consisting of 10 "Canterlot Shorts" and six music videos.
** 2017-18's ''[[WebAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsDigitalSeries Digital Series]]'', consisting of three sub-series: ''Better Together'' Shorts, ''[[MultipleEndings Choose Your Own Adventure]]'' Shorts, and ''Summer Vacation'' Shorts.
** The special ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsForgottenFriendship Forgotten Friendship]]'' was planned as a five-part series of ten-minute webisodes, and after it debuted on TV in [[EditedForSyndication a trimmed-down form]], it was released as such on a weekly basis, with the previously cut footage restored.
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