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* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' (though applies across '''all''' media)


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* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' (though applies across '''all''' media)
* ''Franchise/CrashBandicoot''
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* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' is widely credited with generating a huge amount of new interest in both ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' and Tabletop [=RPGs=] in general.
* The fan-made crossover ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm'' is known for making [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Bronies]] into ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' fans, and ''Ace Attorney'' fans into Bronies.
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->''"It starts with an innocent game of ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cake_Mania Cake Mania]]'', and soon you've bought a UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, and before you know it, BAM! You're out on the street corner, teeth chattering, waiting in line for ''[[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Burning Crusades]]''."''

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->''"It starts with an innocent game of ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cake_Mania Cake Mania]]'', and soon you've bought a UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, Platform/NintendoDS, and before you know it, BAM! You're out on the street corner, teeth chattering, waiting in line for ''[[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Burning Crusades]]''."''
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** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' served as many peoples exposure to the wider parts of the DC Universe, giving them their first introductions to ComicBook/TheFlash, ComicBook/GreenLantern, ComicBook/MartianManhunter, and Hawkgirl, among many other heroes that at the time weren't widely known, as well as antagonists like ComicBook/AmandaWaller, the Suicide Squad, Vandal Savage, Gorilla Grodd, and Amazo.

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** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' served as many peoples exposure to the wider parts of the DC Universe, giving them their first introductions to ComicBook/TheFlash, ComicBook/GreenLantern, ComicBook/MartianManhunter, and Hawkgirl, among many other heroes that at the time weren't widely known, as well as antagonists like ComicBook/AmandaWaller, the Suicide Squad, Ultra-Humanite, Vandal Savage, Gorilla Grodd, and Amazo.
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** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' served as many peoples exposure to the wider parts of the DC Universe, giving them their first introductions to ComicBook/TheFlash, ComicBook/GreenLantern, ComicBook/MartianManhunter, and Hawkgirl, among many other heroes that at the time weren't widely known, as well as antagonists like ComicBook/AmandaWaller, the Suicide Squad, Vandal Savage, Despero, and Amazo.

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** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' served as many peoples exposure to the wider parts of the DC Universe, giving them their first introductions to ComicBook/TheFlash, ComicBook/GreenLantern, ComicBook/MartianManhunter, and Hawkgirl, among many other heroes that at the time weren't widely known, as well as antagonists like ComicBook/AmandaWaller, the Suicide Squad, Vandal Savage, Despero, Gorilla Grodd, and Amazo.
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* Series like ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', and ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'' are a gateway ''back'' into cartoons. Many viewers are teens and adults who abandoned (American) cartoons years ago for other more "mature" mediums, but the plot-heavy and dark themes of those cartoons attracted them back into the medium.

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* Series like ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', and ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'' are a gateway ''back'' into cartoons. Many viewers are teens and adults who abandoned (American) cartoons years ago for other more "mature" mediums, but the plot-heavy and dark themes of those cartoons attracted them back into the medium.medium (which has not been lost on creators, which frequently try to follow in ''Gravity Falls''' footsteps and cater more to the adult demographic than to kids).
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* ''The Amazing 3'': The main characters are aliens disguised as a rabbit, a horse, and a duck


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* ''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion''
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* ''VideoGame/StarFox''

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* ''VideoGame/StarFox''''Franchise/StarFox''
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* [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment The Spoony One]], and his review of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' in particular, introduced a lot of people who came in late to internet reviewers, and specifically the critics on Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses. (Given the amount the reviewers cameo in each other's videos, someone who starts with one will soon be aware of most of the main cast.)

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* [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment The Spoony One]], and his review of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' in particular, introduced a lot of people who came in late to internet reviewers, and specifically the critics on Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.Website/ChannelAwesome. (Given the amount the reviewers cameo in each other's videos, someone who starts with one will soon be aware of most of the main cast.)

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Even if you don't grow too passionate about the genre after watching a GatewaySeries, after a few years you'll still end up with a vast knowledge about it and maybe a big pile of [=DVDs=]. If you do become passionate, then your room may be devoted to your new addiction. It all depends on how strongly you embrace your new tastes.

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Even if you don't grow too passionate about the genre after watching a GatewaySeries, Gateway Series, after a few years you'll still end up with a vast knowledge about it and maybe a big pile of [=DVDs=]. If you do become passionate, then your room may be devoted to your new addiction. It all depends on how strongly you embrace your new tastes.



* ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' is one partly because it is an English-language {{Freeware}}, partly because its relation to Website/FourChan and its concept as a DisabledLoveInterest HGame made it [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity somewhat famous]], and partly because it is well made. ''Katawa Shoujo'' is such a GatewaySeries that it made the '''front page''' of Website/GameFAQs as the top of the list of 10 Most Wanted Faqs.

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* ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' is one partly because it is an English-language {{Freeware}}, partly because its relation to Website/FourChan and its concept as a DisabledLoveInterest HGame made it [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity somewhat famous]], and partly because it is well made. ''Katawa Shoujo'' is such a GatewaySeries gateway that it made the '''front page''' of Website/GameFAQs as the top of the list of 10 Most Wanted Faqs.



* ''[=MegaTokyo=]'' itself is often a GatewaySeries to webcomics for anime fans.

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* ''[=MegaTokyo=]'' itself is often a GatewaySeries gateway to webcomics for anime fans.
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Compare BreakthroughHit, the gateway to a creator; StarMakingRole, the gateway to an actor; and KillerApp, the gateway to a console. Contrast ItsPopularNowItSucks. Not to be confused with the ''Literature/{{Gateway}}'' series or its [[VideoGame/{{Gateway}} video game adaptation]]. See also JustForFun/TVTropesAsAGatewayDrug.

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Compare BreakthroughHit, the gateway to a creator; StarMakingRole, the gateway to an actor; and KillerApp, the gateway to a console. Contrast ItsPopularNowItSucks. Not to be confused with the ''Literature/{{Gateway}}'' ''[[Literature/HeecheeSaga Gateway]]'' series or its [[VideoGame/{{Gateway}} video game adaptation]]. See also JustForFun/TVTropesAsAGatewayDrug.
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->''"It starts with an innocent game of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cake_Mania Cake Mania,]] and soon you've bought a UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, and before you know it, BAM! You're out on the street corner, teeth chattering, waiting in line for [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Burning Crusades]]."''
-->-- ''WebAnimation/ExtraCredits'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8ZVZRsy8N8 Video Games and the Female Audience,]] a [[FanNickname Pre-Escapist]] Episode. [[note]]Daniel Floyd actually uses the term, "Gateway Drug" prior to the quote.[[/note]]

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->''"It starts with an innocent game of [[http://en.''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cake_Mania Cake Mania,]] Mania]]'', and soon you've bought a UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, and before you know it, BAM! You're out on the street corner, teeth chattering, waiting in line for [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft ''[[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Burning Crusades]].Crusades]]''."''
-->-- ''WebAnimation/ExtraCredits'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8ZVZRsy8N8 Video "Video Games and the Female Audience,]] a [[FanNickname Pre-Escapist]] Episode. Audience"]] [[note]]Daniel Floyd actually uses the term, term "Gateway Drug" prior to the quote.[[/note]]

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* [[JustForFun/TVTropesAsAGatewayDrug This very wiki]], due to [[ImageSource/Webcomics webcomics being a common source for page images]].

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* [[JustForFun/TVTropesAsAGatewayDrug This very wiki]], due to webcomics being a common source for page images.

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** {{WebAnimation/hololive}}'s English branch catapulted [=Vtubers=] as a concept from "that weird LetsPlay fad from Japan" to a massive trend to Anglophones, featuring not just popular streamers, but collaborations tying them to the preexisting Japanese and Indonesian branches. In many ways, this led to massively increased curiosity of cultural exchange through livestreaming, with western audiences developing more interest in clipping and translating streamers of different cultures, and many of those cultures returning the favor in covering increasingly popular western [=VTuber=] content.

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** {{WebAnimation/hololive}}'s English branch catapulted [=Vtubers=] as a concept from "that weird LetsPlay fad from Japan" to a massive trend to for Anglophones, featuring not just popular streamers, but collaborations tying them to the preexisting Japanese and Indonesian branches. In many ways, this led to massively increased curiosity of cultural exchange through livestreaming, with western audiences developing more interest in clipping and translating streamers of different cultures, and many of those cultures returning the favor in covering increasingly popular western [=VTuber=] content.

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* WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd is seen by many as arguably the most important video game critic of all time, blazing a trail for the whole medium of online reviews to enter the mainstream. And don't even get us started on the [[ColbertBump publicity]] he's given to all of the obscure games he's covered..

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* WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd is seen by many as arguably the most important video game critic of all time, blazing a trail for the whole medium of online reviews to enter the mainstream. And don't Don't even get us started on the [[ColbertBump publicity]] he's given to all of the obscure games he's covered..covered.
* [[VirtualYoutuber Virtual YouTubers]] received a massive spike in publicity around 2020, especially in the west, following a few major acts:
** {{WebAnimation/hololive}}'s English branch catapulted [=Vtubers=] as a concept from "that weird LetsPlay fad from Japan" to a massive trend to Anglophones, featuring not just popular streamers, but collaborations tying them to the preexisting Japanese and Indonesian branches. In many ways, this led to massively increased curiosity of cultural exchange through livestreaming, with western audiences developing more interest in clipping and translating streamers of different cultures, and many of those cultures returning the favor in covering increasingly popular western [=VTuber=] content.
** On a smaller, but still significant scale was the early popularity of WebVideo/VOMSProject, specifically Amano Pikamee, one of the first bilingual [=VTubers=] (Japanese native, fluent in English) to become popular among audiences of both languages. In addition to helping carry more of [=VTubing=] beyond Japan, VOMS features a loose, indie-style structure compared to the likes of hololive and WebAnimation/{{Nijisanji}} (which are run by full-blown talent agencies), with its popularity also inspiring the viability of independent [=VTubers=].
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* Starbucks has gotten a lot of Americans into gourmet coffee and espresso, even if hipsters still scoff at them. It's also where a lot of teenagers since the '90s have had their first taste of coffee.
** Many Canadian teenagers however get their first taste of coffee from Tim Hortons, especially after growing up with eating Timbits and other baked goods.

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* Starbucks has gotten a lot of Americans into gourmet coffee and espresso, even if hipsters still scoff at them. It's also where a lot of teenagers since the '90s have had their first taste of coffee.
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coffee due to the chain's ubiquity.
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Canadian teenagers however get their first taste of coffee from Tim Hortons, especially after growing up with eating Timbits and other baked goods.
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* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog''
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* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda''

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* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda''''Franchise/KungFuPanda''



* ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}''

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}''
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* WebAnimation/YouTubePoop introduces many younger people who weren't able to watch them when they first aired to cartoon adaptations of popular video games such as ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'', to the ''Philips CD-i'' as well as Advertising/{{Volvic}} mineral water, ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' and since the rise of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwoOWTABYbk #71519 fad]] to ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic''.

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* WebAnimation/YouTubePoop YouTubePoop introduces many younger people who weren't able to watch them when they first aired to cartoon adaptations of popular video games such as ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'', to the ''Philips CD-i'' as well as Advertising/{{Volvic}} mineral water, ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' and since the rise of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwoOWTABYbk #71519 fad]] to ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic''.

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