History Main / MorePopularSpinoff

* The anime adaptation of ''ToAruKagakuNoRailgun'' was originally presented as a spin-off of the anime adaptation of ''ToAruMajutsuNoIndex'', but wound up being more popular and selling more DVDs than the ''Index'' anime.

* MarvelComics' Wolverine first appeared as antagonist for the TheIncredibleHulk, and has gone on to eclipse him in some [[WolverinePublicity respects]].

** Arguably ''{{Daria}}'' and (sort of) KingofTheHill (''BeavisAndButthead'')

* ''MegamanX'' to the original ''{{Megaman}}'' (though you could also say its a sequel). And while Megaman is still insanely popular, you wouldn't dare say that it is better than X. [[SchmuckBait Would you?]]

* ''GodzillaTheSeries'' (better loved by {{Godzilla}} fans disappointed by the American film on which the series is based)

* You ever hear of the bands Rainbow? No? Wicked Lester? No? What about {{KISS}}? Yeah, Gene and Paul founded Rainbow which became Wicked Lester and then, under the names Gene Simmons (his name during the Wicked Lester times was Gene Kline and his real name is Chaim Witz) and Paul Stanley (real name Stanley Eisen) they founded KISS. Both Peter Criss (also not his real name) and Ace Frehley (also not his real first name) were in Wicked Lester and others had been as well.

** What about ''Triangle Heart'' or ''Triangle Heart 2: The Sazanami Women's Dormitory''? [[SequelDisplacement Doubt you've heard]] of ''those''.

** This is also true for most anime or manga series which began as [[VisualNovel visual novels]] or [[HGame H games]]. In a few rare cases, a [[RomanceGame romance game]] has been fan translated not long after the anime/manga spinoff is translated. [[DaCapo Da Capo]] is a rare instance where the original H game was professionally translated, but the anime spinoff was only known through fansubs.

* ''LawAndOrderSVU'' (''LawAndOrder'')

* ''TheColbertReport'' was popular enough to be shown in its entirety (as opposed to just the [[ClipShow Global Edition]] in the UK for a while. Its parent show, ''TheDailyShow'' never got this privilege.
** "TheDailyShow" does have more viewers per episode though.
** The More 4 channel have shown all episodes of The Daily Show in their entirety (in addition to the Global Edittion) for several years. I'm not aware of the Colbert Report ever being shown in the UK (full episodes or Global Edittion).

** "TheDailyShow" does have more viewers per episode though
* ''TheJeffersons'' to ''AllInTheFamily.''

* ''TheAndyGriffithShow'' (''The Danny Thomas Show'')

* ''TheAndyGriffithShow'' was a spin-off of the ''TheDannyThomasShow''.

* If we're basing this on which one is a larger CashCowFranchise, then ''ToHeart2'' is this in regard to ''ToHeart''.
* ''OutlawStar'' is combination of both AdaptationDisplacement ''and'' MorePopularSpinoff, as most people only remember the anime, which was adapted from the manga, which itself was a spin-off of a manga called ''[[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=1975 Future-Retro Hero Story]].

* Fallout 3 is a spinoff in all but name from the rest of the core ''Fallout'' series, the real spinoffs were forgotten completely, though.

* New Zealand? Where is old Zealand anyway?
** Zeeland (with 2 e's) is a region in the Netherlands.
** And Zealand (''Sjælland'') is an island in Denmark. Copenhagen is mostly on it.

* ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' had to work hard to get out of its predecessor's shadow (the [[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries original series]] was cancelled due to ExecutiveMeddling more than anything else and ''had'' had a sequel series planned which ended up being developed into the movies). The first series of TNG was lukewarm at best (and SoBadItsHorrible at worst), sneered at by more purist fans, and yet [[GrowingTheBeard by the second or third season]] it was well and truly its own show and went on to be the longest running out of all StarTrek Spin-offs (beating ''DeepSpaceNine'' by only two episodes). Whether it's actually ''more'' popular is [[YourMileageMayVary all up for debate]].

* {{Marathon}} and {{Halo}}. Just... Marathon and Halo.

* ''NinjaGaiden''...are we talking about the XBox version or the NES version?

*** True story: Portland, Oregon was named with the flip of a coin. One of the founders was from Portland, Maine and the other from Boston, Massachusetts and both wished to name the new settlement after their hometown. The coin they used to settle it is now on display in the Oregon Historical Society Museum.

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* ''TalesOfSymphonia'' (''TalesOfPhantasia'')

* ''{{Mother 2}}'' (''Mother'')