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Author: Xtifr

Aug 31st 2012 at 1:59:01 AM

^ That's just a straight SpinOff.

One solution to the dilemma here might be to make this the supertrope of SpinOff (though straight examples like the one above should just go in that trope).  I think there's also a trope about an author retroactively making a work a part of a series.  I know of at least one case where an entire series was retroactively included (retconned) in a larger series, and I think that would count as a subseries.

It may also ''overlap'' with ShowWithinAShow, in cases like ItchyAndScratchy, where the S-W-A-S is developed enough to count as its own show.

Literature:
* Creator/CJCherryh's ''Literature/AllianceUnion'' series contains a couple of sub-series: the ''ChanurSaga'', the ''MorgaineCycle'', and the Ariane Emory series (''Literature/{{Cyteen}}'' and ''Regenesis'').
* The ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' series has several sub-series: The Rincewind series, the Three Witches series, the City Watch series, the Death/Susan Sto Helit series, and the Tiffany Aching series.