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In OvertookTheManga, the adaptation and the source material are being produced at the same time, but the adaptation goes faster than the ongoing source material and is forced to find numerous ways to make up for this. This trope is ''almost'' like that trope outside one important distinction: the source material isn't ongoing.
No, in Overtook the Series, the original work already had an ending. In some cases, that original work wasn't a multi-part or even long-running series, but instead a shorter, standalone work. Either way, there are no plans on the part of the original creators to continue the source material any farther, but the writers behind the adaptation have already adapted everything and want to ([[ExecutiveMeddling or are told to]]) keep going. Padding is no longer an option; it's time to rely on brand-new, original plots from that point onward.
These new stories may or may not be made with the help or supervision of the original creator, though that also hinges on whether [[AuthorExistenceFailure they are still around]]. That said, not having the original author isn't a bad thing, as the creators of the adaptation could turn out to be fantastic writers in their own right that can match or even surpass the quality of the original. But if the original creator isn't involved ''and'' fans dislike those stories? Be prepared for comparisons between "bad fan fictions" and how the new stories serve as proof of how the adaptation should really have stopped on the same ending as the source material. Sequels based on works from the PublicDomain tend to get this negative response the most, being viewed as blasphemies of classic stories that dare to [[{{LiteraryNecrophilia}} continue something that was never intended to continue at all]], even if it's just an adaptation.
This seems to be particularly common with British mystery series. Compare AdaptationDecay, AdaptationDistillation, AdaptationExpansion.
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!!Examples:
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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* The manga series ''Anime/BtX'' ran from 1992 to 2001. Unlike the author's previous series ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', the show's anime didn't start until 1997, possibly with the assumption that a five-year head start would avoid the problem of {{filler}}. The good news? To an extent. The bad news? A number of fights in the manga had to be cut out and the final battle is entirely different, simply because they couldn't go at a slow enough pace to match the manga.
* ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' is an anime-only continuation of the series after Akira Toriyama ended the ''Manga/DragonBall'' manga.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Film -- Live-Action]]
* Over time, the Film/JamesBond movies went from being fairly close to Ian Fleming's novels to increasingly InNameOnly adaptations. Finally, when Fleming's titles were all but used up, they began using original titles starting with ''Film/LicenceToKill''. The ContinuityReboot began with an updated version of ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', followed by an InNameOnly adaptation of ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' (only taking its title from a Fleming short story), and then resumed with original stories as of ''Film/{{Skyfall}}''.
* ''Film/JurassicPark'' was pretty faithful to [[Literature/JurassicPark the novel]] for a big-budget Hollywood adaptation. ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' didn't fare nearly as well, but at least had one or two scenes from the book. ''Film/JurassicParkIII'', on the other hand, was made up almost entirely out of whole cloth, other than a scene in a pterodactyl aviary. The subsequent ''Film/JurassicWorld'' films are an original continuation of the story with an almost entirely new cast of characters, both human and dinosaur.
* The first ''Film/TheNeverendingStory'' movie was loosely based on the first half of [[Literature/TheNeverendingStory the book of the same name]]. The second movie was ''very, very loosely'' based on the second half of the book. The third movie was apparently based on little more than the opportunity to milk the franchise.
* The ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' film franchise outlasted the original ''First Blood'' novel by David Morrell due to the fact that unlike in the movies, [[spoiler:Rambo died in the original novel]]. Morell would go on to write novelizations of ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'' and ''Rambo III'', but he had no involvement in writing the actual movies themselves.
* ''Film/BladeRunner'' was adapted from ''Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep'' and was in turn followed by a trilogy of novels written by K.W. Jeter that combined the story of the film and book into one. The books were titled as if they were numbered sequels to the ''Blade Runner'' film (e.g. ''Blade Runner 2: Edge of Human'', ''Blade Runner 3: Replicant Night'', ''Blade Runner 4: Eye and Talon''), which is why the actual movie sequel that was released years later (''Film/BladeRunner2049''), had to be titled after the year it was set on.
* There may be four (or five, if you include the spinoff) ''Shrek'' films, but only [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} the original film]] was a direct adaptation, albeit an extremely loose one. This is because ''Shrek!'' was always one of cartoonist William Steig's lesser-known children's books, and it never sold well enough for him to write a sequel, even after the huge success of the film. Granted, [[AuthorExistenceFailure Steig died shortly after the film came out]].
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[[folder: Literature]]
* In a very odd tv/book reversal, the Target ''Series/DoctorWho'' novelizations eventually adapted ''all'' of the source material (or at least, all that they could secure the rights to - they novelised all but four of the over 150 serials that made up the original series) and turned to unproduced scripts before finally striking out with new original stories.
* ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'' had several tie-in novel series, which continued for a few years after the show ended production. While some of the books were novelizations of the episodes, most of them ended up being original to the book series.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/{{Dexter}}'' has gone down this route. The first season was a somewhat loose, but still faithful, adaptation of the original novel. The second season after that used some elements from the later books, but mostly went on its own. After that, the series has gone down its own path.
* Many of the first season of the black and white ''Franchise/PerryMason'' series are based on the novels, but from then on it overtook the series. In an interesting twist, the early novels had so many plot elements that the screenwriters had to edit some out, so some of these unused elements from novels adapted in the first season were reworked into new scripts.
* The first series of ''Series/TheLastDetective'' was based upon Leslie Thomas' "Dangerous Davies" novels, but the next three were entirely original plots.
* Filipino CopShow ''Series/AngProbinsyano2015'' (lit. ''The Man from the Province'') shared the same basic premise with the original 1997 Creator/FernandoPoeJr [[Film/AngProbinsyano film]], but the ''teleserye'' became so wildly popular amongst viewers that the series was expanded upon with original plots and story arcs based on real-world crimes, local incidents, as well as ComicRelief and SliceOfLife elements, all of which were absent from the film it was based upon.
* While the ''Series/InspectorMorse'' series was already a mixture of adaptations and original plots, it now invokes this trope with [[spoiler:Morse deceased and his partner Sgt. Lewis now having his own series]].
* Done after the first eleven episodes of the ''Series/InspectorLynley'' mysteries, resulting in an AlternateContinuity [[CharacterDevelopment so divergent]] with later books that the characters of the novel series and the characters of the television series are generally considered separate entities by the fandom.
* Inverted with ''Series/RumpoleOfTheBailey'', as the TV show came first and John Mortimer then adapted his screenplays into short stories and novellas, and while Mortimer has written newer books, the series has ended.
* ''Series/TheWorstWitch'' ran out of material to adapt after the fourth book. The actresses were all getting too old by this point, so the show was [[ReTool ReTooled]] into ''Weirdsister College'', replacing half the cast in the process (although Felicity Jones returned as Ethel Hallow, after two seasons of the role being played by Katy Allen). After that, a new series was made out of whole cloth.
* ITV crime show ''Series/MidsomerMurders'' overtook the Caroline Graham book series long, long ago.
* ''Series/WireInTheBlood'' was based on a few novels by Val [=McDermid=], but quickly ran out of books to adapt and developed new stories.
* ''Series/TalesOfTheUnexpected'' ran out of adaptable Creator/RoaldDahl short stories after a series and a half but [[FranchiseZombie ran on until series nine]] by adapting stories from other authors.
* ''Series/HappyTogether'', the Russian remake of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', is already longer than the original by 69 episodes... [[LongRunner and more are to come]].
* Even with a degree of AdaptationExpansion, ''Series/CallTheMidwife'' exhausted the source books in two seasons. Showrunner Heidi Thomas then sought out other people who were midwives in the 1960s, and used their memories as source material for later seasons.
* ''Series/AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall'', the TV adaptation of Creator/JamesHerriot's short stories about a vet in the Yorkshire Dales, ran out of source material from the original books. Although Herriot was initially retained as a script consultant, he became upset with the way the new scripts caused the cast members to behave in ways that he thought were out of character for them. As they were based on real people who were still alive, Herriot was forced into embarrassing apologies to the real-life "Siegrfried Farnon" (and Mrs Farnon) when his TV persona suddenly became a philandering divorcee. Herriot eventually disclaimed responsibility for later TV episodes unscripted by him.
* ''Series/{{The 100}}'' TV series entered production almost simultaneously with the publication of the first volume of the book trilogy. The first book ends with a cliffhanger where [[spoiler:the 100 discover that they're not alone on Earth]]. The TV series uses that cliffhanger for the ending of the ''pilot episode''. From that point on, the TV series charts its own course, developing its story completely independent from the books.
* The TV adaptation of ''Literature/DalzielAndPascoe'' abandons Reginald Hill's novels after ''On Beulah Height'', although there's a quick detour into ''Dialogues of the Dead''.
* On ''Series/GameOfThrones'', parts of season 5 and all of seasons 6-8 fall into this trope. However, the showrunners had a story outline given to them by Creator/GeorgeRRMartin, so they did have some idea as to how he wanted the story to end.
* ''Series/TheHandmaidsTale'' series' first season ends where the book ended but will continue Offred's story, with author Margaret Atwood as a consultant.
* Again on HBO, the first season of ''Series/BigLittleLies'' was an adaptation of the source novel. When the show proved popular enough to justify a second season, new plots were created.
* The first two seasons of another HBO series, ''Series/InTreatment'', are fairly faithful, sometimes word-for-word, adaptations of the Israeli original. The third season was written entirely from scratch.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Video Games]]
* The first ''VideoGame/NancyDrew'' PC game were based on actual Nancy Drew books; the first five were adapted from the SpinOff ''Nancy Drew Files'' series, with the next few coming from the primary ''Nancy Drew Mystery Stories.'' They drifted back and forth between the two series after that, including adapting both the very first book (''The Secret of the Old Clock'') and the most popular book (''The Secret of Shadow Ranch.'') Somewhere around ''The Legend of the Crystal Skull,'' they started writing their own stories.
* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' had a console RPG adaptation titled ''Hokuto no Ken 3'' (since it was the third game based on the series on the Famicom) that adapted the storyline of the entire manga (up to the Kaioh arc at least). The game ended up having a sequel titled ''Hokuto no Ken 4'' that featured a new storyline set several years later that revolved around the next Hokuto Shinken successor.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Western Animation]]
* Many of the DirectToVideo sequels to Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon film fall under this, as many of the original films are adaptations to works (be they fairy tales, myths, or novels) that had no proper or official continuation.
* Series 1-2 and 4 (and half of 3) of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' were based on the Railway Series books, but the other half of Series 3 and Series 5 onwards have been original. Ironically, not every story in the Railway Series has been adapted to television, but since the books and TV series are now completely different from each other there is little chance of these stories making it to the screen. However, Season 20 adapted the book ''Small Railway Engines''. Yes, 25 years later, more stories were adapted.
* ''Literature/{{Franklin}}'' did an entire season based almost entirely on material from Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clarks' original picture books, but then went on to air six seasons as well as CGI spinoff of original material. The first two movies, however, were also based loosely on elements from the books, the first movie more than the second.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}'': The graphic novels that the show is based on contained only five books when the first season went into production, and the fifth had to be omitted due to ending on a cliffhanger that wouldn't be resolved for another few years. Meanwhile, the four books they ''did'' adapt only provided enough material for five episodes, so several new stories had to be created to get a complete 13-episode season.
* ''WesternAnimation/WatershipDown1999'': After the show runs out of source material from [[Literature/WatershipDown the novel]] at the end of season 2, it uses original storylines for its third season.
* ''WesternAnimation/MrBenn'': With one exception, the television series adapted all the original books, and even had a one-off revival to adapt a later novel. Later books, in fact, adapted episodes of the television series.
[[/folder]]
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In OvertookTheManga, the adaptation and the source material are being produced at the same time, but the adaptation goes faster than the ongoing source material and is forced to find numerous ways to make up for this. This trope is ''almost'' like that trope outside one important distinction: the source material isn't ongoing.
No, in Overtook the Series, the original work already had an ending. In some cases, that original work wasn't a multi-part or even long-running series, but instead a shorter, standalone work. Either way, there are no plans on the part of the original creators to continue the source material any farther, but the writers behind the adaptation have already adapted everything and want to ([[ExecutiveMeddling or are told to]]) keep going. Padding is no longer an option; it's time to rely on brand-new, original plots from that point onward.
These new stories may or may not be made with the help or supervision of the original creator, though that also hinges on whether [[AuthorExistenceFailure they are still around]]. That said, not having the original author isn't a bad thing, as the creators of the adaptation could turn out to be fantastic writers in their own right that can match or even surpass the quality of the original. But if the original creator isn't involved ''and'' fans dislike those stories? Be prepared for comparisons between "bad fan fictions" and how the new stories serve as proof of how the adaptation should really have stopped on the same ending as the source material. Sequels based on works from the PublicDomain tend to get this negative response the most, being viewed as blasphemies of classic stories that dare to [[{{LiteraryNecrophilia}} continue something that was never intended to continue at all]], even if it's just an adaptation.
This seems to be particularly common with British mystery series. Compare AdaptationDecay, AdaptationDistillation, AdaptationExpansion.
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!!Examples:
[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* The manga series ''Anime/BtX'' ran from 1992 to 2001. Unlike the author's previous series ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', the show's anime didn't start until 1997, possibly with the assumption that a five-year head start would avoid the problem of {{filler}}. The good news? To an extent. The bad news? A number of fights in the manga had to be cut out and the final battle is entirely different, simply because they couldn't go at a slow enough pace to match the manga.
* ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' is an anime-only continuation of the series after Akira Toriyama ended the ''Manga/DragonBall'' manga.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Film -- Live-Action]]
* Over time, the Film/JamesBond movies went from being fairly close to Ian Fleming's novels to increasingly InNameOnly adaptations. Finally, when Fleming's titles were all but used up, they began using original titles starting with ''Film/LicenceToKill''. The ContinuityReboot began with an updated version of ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', followed by an InNameOnly adaptation of ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' (only taking its title from a Fleming short story), and then resumed with original stories as of ''Film/{{Skyfall}}''.
* ''Film/JurassicPark'' was pretty faithful to [[Literature/JurassicPark the novel]] for a big-budget Hollywood adaptation. ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' didn't fare nearly as well, but at least had one or two scenes from the book. ''Film/JurassicParkIII'', on the other hand, was made up almost entirely out of whole cloth, other than a scene in a pterodactyl aviary. The subsequent ''Film/JurassicWorld'' films are an original continuation of the story with an almost entirely new cast of characters, both human and dinosaur.
* The first ''Film/TheNeverendingStory'' movie was loosely based on the first half of [[Literature/TheNeverendingStory the book of the same name]]. The second movie was ''very, very loosely'' based on the second half of the book. The third movie was apparently based on little more than the opportunity to milk the franchise.
* The ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' film franchise outlasted the original ''First Blood'' novel by David Morrell due to the fact that unlike in the movies, [[spoiler:Rambo died in the original novel]]. Morell would go on to write novelizations of ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'' and ''Rambo III'', but he had no involvement in writing the actual movies themselves.
* ''Film/BladeRunner'' was adapted from ''Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep'' and was in turn followed by a trilogy of novels written by K.W. Jeter that combined the story of the film and book into one. The books were titled as if they were numbered sequels to the ''Blade Runner'' film (e.g. ''Blade Runner 2: Edge of Human'', ''Blade Runner 3: Replicant Night'', ''Blade Runner 4: Eye and Talon''), which is why the actual movie sequel that was released years later (''Film/BladeRunner2049''), had to be titled after the year it was set on.
* There may be four (or five, if you include the spinoff) ''Shrek'' films, but only [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} the original film]] was a direct adaptation, albeit an extremely loose one. This is because ''Shrek!'' was always one of cartoonist William Steig's lesser-known children's books, and it never sold well enough for him to write a sequel, even after the huge success of the film. Granted, [[AuthorExistenceFailure Steig died shortly after the film came out]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Literature]]
* In a very odd tv/book reversal, the Target ''Series/DoctorWho'' novelizations eventually adapted ''all'' of the source material (or at least, all that they could secure the rights to - they novelised all but four of the over 150 serials that made up the original series) and turned to unproduced scripts before finally striking out with new original stories.
* ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'' had several tie-in novel series, which continued for a few years after the show ended production. While some of the books were novelizations of the episodes, most of them ended up being original to the book series.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/{{Dexter}}'' has gone down this route. The first season was a somewhat loose, but still faithful, adaptation of the original novel. The second season after that used some elements from the later books, but mostly went on its own. After that, the series has gone down its own path.
* Many of the first season of the black and white ''Franchise/PerryMason'' series are based on the novels, but from then on it overtook the series. In an interesting twist, the early novels had so many plot elements that the screenwriters had to edit some out, so some of these unused elements from novels adapted in the first season were reworked into new scripts.
* The first series of ''Series/TheLastDetective'' was based upon Leslie Thomas' "Dangerous Davies" novels, but the next three were entirely original plots.
* Filipino CopShow ''Series/AngProbinsyano2015'' (lit. ''The Man from the Province'') shared the same basic premise with the original 1997 Creator/FernandoPoeJr [[Film/AngProbinsyano film]], but the ''teleserye'' became so wildly popular amongst viewers that the series was expanded upon with original plots and story arcs based on real-world crimes, local incidents, as well as ComicRelief and SliceOfLife elements, all of which were absent from the film it was based upon.
* While the ''Series/InspectorMorse'' series was already a mixture of adaptations and original plots, it now invokes this trope with [[spoiler:Morse deceased and his partner Sgt. Lewis now having his own series]].
* Done after the first eleven episodes of the ''Series/InspectorLynley'' mysteries, resulting in an AlternateContinuity [[CharacterDevelopment so divergent]] with later books that the characters of the novel series and the characters of the television series are generally considered separate entities by the fandom.
* Inverted with ''Series/RumpoleOfTheBailey'', as the TV show came first and John Mortimer then adapted his screenplays into short stories and novellas, and while Mortimer has written newer books, the series has ended.
* ''Series/TheWorstWitch'' ran out of material to adapt after the fourth book. The actresses were all getting too old by this point, so the show was [[ReTool ReTooled]] into ''Weirdsister College'', replacing half the cast in the process (although Felicity Jones returned as Ethel Hallow, after two seasons of the role being played by Katy Allen). After that, a new series was made out of whole cloth.
* ITV crime show ''Series/MidsomerMurders'' overtook the Caroline Graham book series long, long ago.
* ''Series/WireInTheBlood'' was based on a few novels by Val [=McDermid=], but quickly ran out of books to adapt and developed new stories.
* ''Series/TalesOfTheUnexpected'' ran out of adaptable Creator/RoaldDahl short stories after a series and a half but [[FranchiseZombie ran on until series nine]] by adapting stories from other authors.
* ''Series/HappyTogether'', the Russian remake of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', is already longer than the original by 69 episodes... [[LongRunner and more are to come]].
* Even with a degree of AdaptationExpansion, ''Series/CallTheMidwife'' exhausted the source books in two seasons. Showrunner Heidi Thomas then sought out other people who were midwives in the 1960s, and used their memories as source material for later seasons.
* ''Series/AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall'', the TV adaptation of Creator/JamesHerriot's short stories about a vet in the Yorkshire Dales, ran out of source material from the original books. Although Herriot was initially retained as a script consultant, he became upset with the way the new scripts caused the cast members to behave in ways that he thought were out of character for them. As they were based on real people who were still alive, Herriot was forced into embarrassing apologies to the real-life "Siegrfried Farnon" (and Mrs Farnon) when his TV persona suddenly became a philandering divorcee. Herriot eventually disclaimed responsibility for later TV episodes unscripted by him.
* ''Series/{{The 100}}'' TV series entered production almost simultaneously with the publication of the first volume of the book trilogy. The first book ends with a cliffhanger where [[spoiler:the 100 discover that they're not alone on Earth]]. The TV series uses that cliffhanger for the ending of the ''pilot episode''. From that point on, the TV series charts its own course, developing its story completely independent from the books.
* The TV adaptation of ''Literature/DalzielAndPascoe'' abandons Reginald Hill's novels after ''On Beulah Height'', although there's a quick detour into ''Dialogues of the Dead''.
* On ''Series/GameOfThrones'', parts of season 5 and all of seasons 6-8 fall into this trope. However, the showrunners had a story outline given to them by Creator/GeorgeRRMartin, so they did have some idea as to how he wanted the story to end.
* ''Series/TheHandmaidsTale'' series' first season ends where the book ended but will continue Offred's story, with author Margaret Atwood as a consultant.
* Again on HBO, the first season of ''Series/BigLittleLies'' was an adaptation of the source novel. When the show proved popular enough to justify a second season, new plots were created.
* The first two seasons of another HBO series, ''Series/InTreatment'', are fairly faithful, sometimes word-for-word, adaptations of the Israeli original. The third season was written entirely from scratch.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Video Games]]
* The first ''VideoGame/NancyDrew'' PC game were based on actual Nancy Drew books; the first five were adapted from the SpinOff ''Nancy Drew Files'' series, with the next few coming from the primary ''Nancy Drew Mystery Stories.'' They drifted back and forth between the two series after that, including adapting both the very first book (''The Secret of the Old Clock'') and the most popular book (''The Secret of Shadow Ranch.'') Somewhere around ''The Legend of the Crystal Skull,'' they started writing their own stories.
* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' had a console RPG adaptation titled ''Hokuto no Ken 3'' (since it was the third game based on the series on the Famicom) that adapted the storyline of the entire manga (up to the Kaioh arc at least). The game ended up having a sequel titled ''Hokuto no Ken 4'' that featured a new storyline set several years later that revolved around the next Hokuto Shinken successor.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Western Animation]]
* Many of the DirectToVideo sequels to Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon film fall under this, as many of the original films are adaptations to works (be they fairy tales, myths, or novels) that had no proper or official continuation.
* Series 1-2 and 4 (and half of 3) of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' were based on the Railway Series books, but the other half of Series 3 and Series 5 onwards have been original. Ironically, not every story in the Railway Series has been adapted to television, but since the books and TV series are now completely different from each other there is little chance of these stories making it to the screen. However, Season 20 adapted the book ''Small Railway Engines''. Yes, 25 years later, more stories were adapted.
* ''Literature/{{Franklin}}'' did an entire season based almost entirely on material from Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clarks' original picture books, but then went on to air six seasons as well as CGI spinoff of original material. The first two movies, however, were also based loosely on elements from the books, the first movie more than the second.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}'': The graphic novels that the show is based on contained only five books when the first season went into production, and the fifth had to be omitted due to ending on a cliffhanger that wouldn't be resolved for another few years. Meanwhile, the four books they ''did'' adapt only provided enough material for five episodes, so several new stories had to be created to get a complete 13-episode season.
* ''WesternAnimation/WatershipDown1999'': After the show runs out of source material from [[Literature/WatershipDown the novel]] at the end of season 2, it uses original storylines for its third season.
* ''WesternAnimation/MrBenn'': With one exception, the television series adapted all the original books, and even had a one-off revival to adapt a later novel. Later books, in fact, adapted episodes of the television series.
[[/folder]]
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to:
In OvertookTheManga, the adaptation and the source material are being produced at the same time, but the adaptation goes faster than the ongoing source material and is forced to find numerous ways to make up for this. This trope is ''almost'' like that trope outside one important distinction: the source material isn't ongoing.
No, in Overtook the Series, the original work already had an ending. In some cases, that original work wasn't a multi-part or even long-running series, but instead a shorter, standalone work. Either way, there are no plans on the part of the original creators to continue the source material any farther, but the writers behind the adaptation have already adapted everything and want to ([[ExecutiveMeddling or are told to]]) keep going. Padding is no longer an option; it's time to rely on brand-new, original plots from that point onward.
These new stories may or may not be made with the help or supervision of the original creator, though that also hinges on whether [[AuthorExistenceFailure they are still around]]. That said, not having the original author isn't a bad thing, as the creators of the adaptation could turn out to be fantastic writers in their own right that can match or even surpass the quality of the original. But if the original creator isn't involved ''and'' fans dislike those stories? Be prepared for comparisons between "bad fan fictions" and how the new stories serve as proof of how the adaptation should really have stopped on the same ending as the source material. Sequels based on works from the PublicDomain tend to get this negative response the most, being viewed as blasphemies of classic stories that dare to [[{{LiteraryNecrophilia}} continue something that was never intended to continue at all]], even if it's just an adaptation.
This seems to be particularly common with British mystery series. Compare AdaptationDecay, AdaptationDistillation, AdaptationExpansion.
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!!Examples:
[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* The manga series ''Anime/BtX'' ran from 1992 to 2001. Unlike the author's previous series ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', the show's anime didn't start until 1997, possibly with the assumption that a five-year head start would avoid the problem of {{filler}}. The good news? To an extent. The bad news? A number of fights in the manga had to be cut out and the final battle is entirely different, simply because they couldn't go at a slow enough pace to match the manga.
* ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' is an anime-only continuation of the series after Akira Toriyama ended the ''Manga/DragonBall'' manga.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Film -- Live-Action]]
* Over time, the Film/JamesBond movies went from being fairly close to Ian Fleming's novels to increasingly InNameOnly adaptations. Finally, when Fleming's titles were all but used up, they began using original titles starting with ''Film/LicenceToKill''. The ContinuityReboot began with an updated version of ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', followed by an InNameOnly adaptation of ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' (only taking its title from a Fleming short story), and then resumed with original stories as of ''Film/{{Skyfall}}''.
* ''Film/JurassicPark'' was pretty faithful to [[Literature/JurassicPark the novel]] for a big-budget Hollywood adaptation. ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' didn't fare nearly as well, but at least had one or two scenes from the book. ''Film/JurassicParkIII'', on the other hand, was made up almost entirely out of whole cloth, other than a scene in a pterodactyl aviary. The subsequent ''Film/JurassicWorld'' films are an original continuation of the story with an almost entirely new cast of characters, both human and dinosaur.
* The first ''Film/TheNeverendingStory'' movie was loosely based on the first half of [[Literature/TheNeverendingStory the book of the same name]]. The second movie was ''very, very loosely'' based on the second half of the book. The third movie was apparently based on little more than the opportunity to milk the franchise.
* The ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' film franchise outlasted the original ''First Blood'' novel by David Morrell due to the fact that unlike in the movies, [[spoiler:Rambo died in the original novel]]. Morell would go on to write novelizations of ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'' and ''Rambo III'', but he had no involvement in writing the actual movies themselves.
* ''Film/BladeRunner'' was adapted from ''Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep'' and was in turn followed by a trilogy of novels written by K.W. Jeter that combined the story of the film and book into one. The books were titled as if they were numbered sequels to the ''Blade Runner'' film (e.g. ''Blade Runner 2: Edge of Human'', ''Blade Runner 3: Replicant Night'', ''Blade Runner 4: Eye and Talon''), which is why the actual movie sequel that was released years later (''Film/BladeRunner2049''), had to be titled after the year it was set on.
* There may be four (or five, if you include the spinoff) ''Shrek'' films, but only [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} the original film]] was a direct adaptation, albeit an extremely loose one. This is because ''Shrek!'' was always one of cartoonist William Steig's lesser-known children's books, and it never sold well enough for him to write a sequel, even after the huge success of the film. Granted, [[AuthorExistenceFailure Steig died shortly after the film came out]].
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* In a very odd tv/book reversal, the Target ''Series/DoctorWho'' novelizations eventually adapted ''all'' of the source material (or at least, all that they could secure the rights to - they novelised all but four of the over 150 serials that made up the original series) and turned to unproduced scripts before finally striking out with new original stories.
* ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'' had several tie-in novel series, which continued for a few years after the show ended production. While some of the books were novelizations of the episodes, most of them ended up being original to the book series.
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* ''Series/{{Dexter}}'' has gone down this route. The first season was a somewhat loose, but still faithful, adaptation of the original novel. The second season after that used some elements from the later books, but mostly went on its own. After that, the series has gone down its own path.
* Many of the first season of the black and white ''Franchise/PerryMason'' series are based on the novels, but from then on it overtook the series. In an interesting twist, the early novels had so many plot elements that the screenwriters had to edit some out, so some of these unused elements from novels adapted in the first season were reworked into new scripts.
* The first series of ''Series/TheLastDetective'' was based upon Leslie Thomas' "Dangerous Davies" novels, but the next three were entirely original plots.
* Filipino CopShow ''Series/AngProbinsyano2015'' (lit. ''The Man from the Province'') shared the same basic premise with the original 1997 Creator/FernandoPoeJr [[Film/AngProbinsyano film]], but the ''teleserye'' became so wildly popular amongst viewers that the series was expanded upon with original plots and story arcs based on real-world crimes, local incidents, as well as ComicRelief and SliceOfLife elements, all of which were absent from the film it was based upon.
* While the ''Series/InspectorMorse'' series was already a mixture of adaptations and original plots, it now invokes this trope with [[spoiler:Morse deceased and his partner Sgt. Lewis now having his own series]].
* Done after the first eleven episodes of the ''Series/InspectorLynley'' mysteries, resulting in an AlternateContinuity [[CharacterDevelopment so divergent]] with later books that the characters of the novel series and the characters of the television series are generally considered separate entities by the fandom.
* Inverted with ''Series/RumpoleOfTheBailey'', as the TV show came first and John Mortimer then adapted his screenplays into short stories and novellas, and while Mortimer has written newer books, the series has ended.
* ''Series/TheWorstWitch'' ran out of material to adapt after the fourth book. The actresses were all getting too old by this point, so the show was [[ReTool ReTooled]] into ''Weirdsister College'', replacing half the cast in the process (although Felicity Jones returned as Ethel Hallow, after two seasons of the role being played by Katy Allen). After that, a new series was made out of whole cloth.
* ITV crime show ''Series/MidsomerMurders'' overtook the Caroline Graham book series long, long ago.
* ''Series/WireInTheBlood'' was based on a few novels by Val [=McDermid=], but quickly ran out of books to adapt and developed new stories.
* ''Series/TalesOfTheUnexpected'' ran out of adaptable Creator/RoaldDahl short stories after a series and a half but [[FranchiseZombie ran on until series nine]] by adapting stories from other authors.
* ''Series/HappyTogether'', the Russian remake of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', is already longer than the original by 69 episodes... [[LongRunner and more are to come]].
* Even with a degree of AdaptationExpansion, ''Series/CallTheMidwife'' exhausted the source books in two seasons. Showrunner Heidi Thomas then sought out other people who were midwives in the 1960s, and used their memories as source material for later seasons.
* ''Series/AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall'', the TV adaptation of Creator/JamesHerriot's short stories about a vet in the Yorkshire Dales, ran out of source material from the original books. Although Herriot was initially retained as a script consultant, he became upset with the way the new scripts caused the cast members to behave in ways that he thought were out of character for them. As they were based on real people who were still alive, Herriot was forced into embarrassing apologies to the real-life "Siegrfried Farnon" (and Mrs Farnon) when his TV persona suddenly became a philandering divorcee. Herriot eventually disclaimed responsibility for later TV episodes unscripted by him.
* ''Series/{{The 100}}'' TV series entered production almost simultaneously with the publication of the first volume of the book trilogy. The first book ends with a cliffhanger where [[spoiler:the 100 discover that they're not alone on Earth]]. The TV series uses that cliffhanger for the ending of the ''pilot episode''. From that point on, the TV series charts its own course, developing its story completely independent from the books.
* The TV adaptation of ''Literature/DalzielAndPascoe'' abandons Reginald Hill's novels after ''On Beulah Height'', although there's a quick detour into ''Dialogues of the Dead''.
* On ''Series/GameOfThrones'', parts of season 5 and all of seasons 6-8 fall into this trope. However, the showrunners had a story outline given to them by Creator/GeorgeRRMartin, so they did have some idea as to how he wanted the story to end.
* ''Series/TheHandmaidsTale'' series' first season ends where the book ended but will continue Offred's story, with author Margaret Atwood as a consultant.
* Again on HBO, the first season of ''Series/BigLittleLies'' was an adaptation of the source novel. When the show proved popular enough to justify a second season, new plots were created.
* The first two seasons of another HBO series, ''Series/InTreatment'', are fairly faithful, sometimes word-for-word, adaptations of the Israeli original. The third season was written entirely from scratch.
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* The first ''VideoGame/NancyDrew'' PC game were based on actual Nancy Drew books; the first five were adapted from the SpinOff ''Nancy Drew Files'' series, with the next few coming from the primary ''Nancy Drew Mystery Stories.'' They drifted back and forth between the two series after that, including adapting both the very first book (''The Secret of the Old Clock'') and the most popular book (''The Secret of Shadow Ranch.'') Somewhere around ''The Legend of the Crystal Skull,'' they started writing their own stories.
* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' had a console RPG adaptation titled ''Hokuto no Ken 3'' (since it was the third game based on the series on the Famicom) that adapted the storyline of the entire manga (up to the Kaioh arc at least). The game ended up having a sequel titled ''Hokuto no Ken 4'' that featured a new storyline set several years later that revolved around the next Hokuto Shinken successor.
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* Many of the DirectToVideo sequels to Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon film fall under this, as many of the original films are adaptations to works (be they fairy tales, myths, or novels) that had no proper or official continuation.
* Series 1-2 and 4 (and half of 3) of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' were based on the Railway Series books, but the other half of Series 3 and Series 5 onwards have been original. Ironically, not every story in the Railway Series has been adapted to television, but since the books and TV series are now completely different from each other there is little chance of these stories making it to the screen. However, Season 20 adapted the book ''Small Railway Engines''. Yes, 25 years later, more stories were adapted.
* ''Literature/{{Franklin}}'' did an entire season based almost entirely on material from Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clarks' original picture books, but then went on to air six seasons as well as CGI spinoff of original material. The first two movies, however, were also based loosely on elements from the books, the first movie more than the second.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}'': The graphic novels that the show is based on contained only five books when the first season went into production, and the fifth had to be omitted due to ending on a cliffhanger that wouldn't be resolved for another few years. Meanwhile, the four books they ''did'' adapt only provided enough material for five episodes, so several new stories had to be created to get a complete 13-episode season.
* ''WesternAnimation/WatershipDown1999'': After the show runs out of source material from [[Literature/WatershipDown the novel]] at the end of season 2, it uses original storylines for its third season.
* ''WesternAnimation/MrBenn'': With one exception, the television series adapted all the original books, and even had a one-off revival to adapt a later novel. Later books, in fact, adapted episodes of the television series.
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* Series 1, 2, 1-2 and 4 (and half of 3) of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' were based on the Railway Series books, but the other half of Series 3 and Series 5 onwards have been original. Ironically, not every story in the Railway Series has been adapted to television, but since the books and TV series are now completely different from each other there is little chance of these stories making it to the screen. However, Season 20 adapted the book ''Small Railway Engines''. Yes, 25 years later, more stories were adapted.
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* ''Film/BladeRunner'' was adapted from ''Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep'' and was in turn followed by a trilogy of novels written by K.W. Jeter that combined the story of the film and book into one. The books were titled as if they were numbered sequels to the ''Blade Runner'' film (e.g. ''Blade Runner 2: Edge of Human'', ''Blade Runner 3: Replicant Night'' and ''Blade Runner 4: Eye and Talon''), which is why the actual movie sequel that was released years later (''Film/BladeRunner2049''), had to be titled after the year it was set on.
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* Filipino CopShow ''Series/AngProbinsyano2015'' (lit. ''The Man from the Province'') shared the same basic premise with the original 1997 Creator/FernandoPoeJr [[Film/AngProbinsyano film]], but the ''teleserye'' became so wildly popular amongst viewers that the series was expanded upon with original plots and story arcs based on real-world crimes, local incidents along with ComicRelief and SliceOfLife elements, all of which were absent from the film it was based upon.
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* Filipino CopShow ''Series/AngProbinsyano2015'' (lit. ''The Man from the Province'') shared the same basic premise with the original 1997 Creator/FernandoPoeJr [[Film/AngProbinsyano film]], but the ''teleserye'' became so wildly popular amongst viewers that the series was expanded upon with original plots and story arcs based on real-world crimes, local incidents along with incidents, as well as ComicRelief and SliceOfLife elements, all of which were absent from the film it was based upon.
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* On ''Series/GameOfThrones'', parts of season 5 and all of seasons 6, 7 and 6 through 8 fall into this trope. However, the showrunners had a story outline given to them by Creator/GeorgeRRMartin, so they did have some idea as to how he wanted the story to end.
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* Series 1, 2 and 4 (and half of 3) of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' were based on the Railway Series books, but the other half of Series 3 and Series 5 onwards have been original. Ironically, not every story in the Railway Series has been adapted to television, but since the books and TV series are now completely different from each other there is little chance of these stories making it to the screen. However, Season 20 adapted the book ''Small Railway Engines''. Yes, 25 years later, more stories were adapted.
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* Series 1, 2 2, and 4 (and half of 3) of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' were based on the Railway Series books, but the other half of Series 3 and Series 5 onwards have been original. Ironically, not every story in the Railway Series has been adapted to television, but since the books and TV series are now completely different from each other there is little chance of these stories making it to the screen. However, Season 20 adapted the book ''Small Railway Engines''. Yes, 25 years later, more stories were adapted.
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No, in Overtook The Series, the original work already had an ending. In some cases, that original work wasn't a multi-part or even long-running series, but instead a shorter, standalone work. Either way, there are no plans on the part of the original creators to continue the source material any farther, but the writers behind the adaptation have already adapted everything and want to ([[ExecutiveMeddling or are told to]]) keep going. Padding is no longer an option; it's time to rely on brand-new, original plots from that point onward.
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* The manga series ''Anime/BtX'' ran from 1992 to 2001. Unlike the author's previous series ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', the show's anime didn't start until 1997, possibly with the assumption that a five year head start would avoid the problem of {{filler}}. The good news? To an extent. The bad news? A number of fights in the manga had to be cut out and the final battle is entirely different, simply because they couldn't go at a slow enough pace to match the manga.
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* The manga series ''Anime/BtX'' ran from 1992 to 2001. Unlike the author's previous series ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', the show's anime didn't start until 1997, possibly with the assumption that a five year five-year head start would avoid the problem of {{filler}}. The good news? To an extent. The bad news? A number of fights in the manga had to be cut out and the final battle is entirely different, simply because they couldn't go at a slow enough pace to match the manga.
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* ''Film/JurassicPark'' was pretty faithful to [[Literature/JurassicPark the novel]] for a big-budget Hollywood adaptation. ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' didn't fare nearly as well, but at least had one or two scenes from the book. ''Film/JurassicParkIII'', on the other hand, was made up almost entirely out of whole cloth, other than a scene in a pterodactyl aviary. The subsequent ''JurassicWorld'' films are an original continuation of the story with an almost entirely new cast of characters, both human and dinosaur.
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* ''Film/JurassicPark'' was pretty faithful to [[Literature/JurassicPark the novel]] for a big-budget Hollywood adaptation. ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' didn't fare nearly as well, but at least had one or two scenes from the book. ''Film/JurassicParkIII'', on the other hand, was made up almost entirely out of whole cloth, other than a scene in a pterodactyl aviary. The subsequent ''JurassicWorld'' ''Film/JurassicWorld'' films are an original continuation of the story with an almost entirely new cast of characters, both human and dinosaur.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}'': The graphic novels that the show is based on contained only five books when the first season went into production, with the fifth was omitted due to ending on a cliffhanger (that wouldn't be resolved until a sixth entry that came out after the season finished). The four books they ''did'' adapt only provided enough material for five episodes, so several new stories had to be created to get a complete 13-episode season.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}'': The graphic novels that the show is based on contained only five books when the first season went into production, with and the fifth was had to be omitted due to ending on a cliffhanger (that that wouldn't be resolved until a sixth entry that came out after for another few years. Meanwhile, the season finished). The four books they ''did'' adapt only provided enough material for five episodes, so several new stories had to be created to get a complete 13-episode season.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}'': The series of graphic novels that the show is based on contained only five books when season 1 of the series went into production, and the fifth was omitted (most likely since it ended on a cliffhanger that will be resolved in the upcoming sixth book). The four books they did adapt provided just enough material for five episodes, so new stories were created to get a 13 episode season.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}'': The series of graphic novels that the show is based on contained only five books when the first season 1 of the series went into production, and with the fifth was omitted (most likely since it ended due to ending on a cliffhanger that will (that wouldn't be resolved in the upcoming until a sixth book). entry that came out after the season finished). The four books they did ''did'' adapt only provided just enough material for five episodes, so several new stories were had to be created to get a 13 episode complete 13-episode season.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BlakeAndMortimer'': Only one of the continuation albums (''The Francis Blake Affair'') was adapted when the series was done adapting the Edgar Pierre Jacobs canon, due to the others not existing at the time it was made (the next one, ''The Voronov Plot'', was published in 2000, over one year after the end of the animated series in 1998). As a result, the remaining episodes are original stories.
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* The ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' film franchise outlasted the original ''First Blood'' novel by David Morrell due to the fact that unlike in the movies, [[spoiler:Rambo died in the original novel]]. There were follow-up novels after the movie sequels were made, but these were strictly novelizations written as tie-ins for the films.
* Combined with RecursiveAdaptation with Film/BladeRunner. The film was adapted from Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep. The film had four sequels, three of them novels, and [[Film/BladeRunner2049 one film]].
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*Combined with RecursiveAdaptation with Film/BladeRunner. The film ''Film/BladeRunner'' was adapted from Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep. The ''Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep'' and was in turn followed by a trilogy of novels written by K.W. Jeter that combined the story of the film and book into one. The books were titled as if they were numbered sequels to the ''Blade Runner'' film (e.g. ''Blade Runner 2: Edge of Human'', ''Blade Runner 3: Replicant Night'' and ''Blade Runner 4: Eye and Talon''), which is why the actual movie sequel that was released years later (''Film/BladeRunner2049''), had four sequels, three of them novels, and [[Film/BladeRunner2049 one film]].to be titled after the year it was set on.
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* ''Series/TalesOfTheUnexpected'' ran out of adaptable Creator/RoaldDahl short stories after a series and a half and [[FranchiseZombie then ran on until series nine.]]
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* Over time, the Film/JamesBond movies went from being fairly close to Ian Fleming's novels to increasingly InNameOnly adaptations. Finally, when Fleming's titles were all but used up, they began using original titles starting with ''Film/LicenceToKill''.
** The ContinuityReboot began with an updated version of ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', followed by an InNameOnly adaptation of ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' (only taking its title from a Fleming short story), and then resumed with original stories as of ''Film/{{Skyfall}}''.
** The ContinuityReboot began with an updated version of ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', followed by an InNameOnly adaptation of ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' (only taking its title from a Fleming short story), and then resumed with original stories as of ''Film/{{Skyfall}}''.
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These new stories may or may not be made with the help or supervision of the original creator, though that also hinges on whether [[AuthorExistenceFailure they are still around]]. That said, not having the original author isn't a bad thing, as the creators of the adaptation could turn out to be fantastic writers in their own right that can match or even surpass the quality of the original. But if the original creator isn't involved ''and'' fans think these new stories are terrible? Be prepared for cries of "bad fan fiction" and how the new stories serve as proof of how the adaptation should have really stopped on the intended ending. Sequels based on works from the PublicDomain tend to get this negative response the most, being viewed as blasphemies of classic stories that dare to [[{{LiteraryNecrophilia}} continue something that was never intended to continue at all]], even if it's just an adaptation.
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These new stories may or may not be made with the help or supervision of the original creator, though that also hinges on whether [[AuthorExistenceFailure they are still around]]. That said, not having the original author isn't a bad thing, as the creators of the adaptation could turn out to be fantastic writers in their own right that can match or even surpass the quality of the original. But if the original creator isn't involved ''and'' fans think these new stories are terrible? dislike those stories? Be prepared for cries of comparisons between "bad fan fiction" fictions" and how the new stories serve as proof of how the adaptation should have really have stopped on the intended ending.same ending as the source material. Sequels based on works from the PublicDomain tend to get this negative response the most, being viewed as blasphemies of classic stories that dare to [[{{LiteraryNecrophilia}} continue something that was never intended to continue at all]], even if it's just an adaptation.
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This seems to be particularly common with British mystery series. Compare with AdaptationDecay, AdaptationDistillation and AdaptationExpansion.
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* ''Film/JurassicPark'' was pretty faithful to [[Literature/JurassicPark the novel]], at least for a big-budget Hollywood adaptation. ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' didn't fare nearly as well, but at least had one or two scenes from the book. ''Film/JurassicParkIII'', on the other hand, was made up almost entirely out of whole cloth, other than a scene in a pterodactyl aviary.
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* ''Film/JurassicPark'' was pretty faithful to [[Literature/JurassicPark the novel]], at least novel]] for a big-budget Hollywood adaptation. ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' didn't fare nearly as well, but at least had one or two scenes from the book. ''Film/JurassicParkIII'', on the other hand, was made up almost entirely out of whole cloth, other than a scene in a pterodactyl aviary. The subsequent ''Jurassic World'' films are an original continuation of the story with an almost entirely new cast of characters, both human and dinosaur.
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* There may be four (or five, if you include the spinoff) ''Shrek'' films, but only [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} the original film]] was a direct adaptation, albeit an extremely loose one. This is because ''Shrek!'' was always one of cartoonist William Steig's lesser known children's books, and it never sold well enough for him to write a sequel, even after the huge success of the film. Granted, [[AuthorExistenceFailure Steig died shortly after the film came out]].
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* There may be four (or five, if you include the spinoff) ''Shrek'' films, but only [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} the original film]] was a direct adaptation, albeit an extremely loose one. This is because ''Shrek!'' was always one of cartoonist William Steig's lesser known lesser-known children's books, and it never sold well enough for him to write a sequel, even after the huge success of the film. Granted, [[AuthorExistenceFailure Steig died shortly after the film came out]].
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* Combined with RecursiveAdaptation with Film/BladeRunner. The film was adapted from Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep. The film had three sequels, all novels.
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* Combined with RecursiveAdaptation with Film/BladeRunner. The film was adapted from Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep. The film had three four sequels, all novels.three of them novels, and [[Film/BladeRunner2049 one film]].
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* Disney's line of DirectToVideo sequels use this a lot, since many of the main Disney movies are based on standard fairy tales that the original creator never made sequels to.
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* Disney's line Many of the DirectToVideo sequels use this a lot, since to Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon film fall under this, as many of the main Disney movies are based on standard fairy tales that the original creator never made sequels to.films are adaptations to works (be they fairy tales, myths, or novels) that had no proper or official continuation.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}'': the series of graphic novels that the show is based on contained only five books when season 1 of the series went into production, and the fifth was omitted (most likely since it ended on a cliffhanger that will be resolved in the upcomming sixth book). The four books they did adapt provided just enough material for five episodes, so new stories were created to get a 13 episode season.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}'': the The series of graphic novels that the show is based on contained only five books when season 1 of the series went into production, and the fifth was omitted (most likely since it ended on a cliffhanger that will be resolved in the upcomming upcoming sixth book). The four books they did adapt provided just enough material for five episodes, so new stories were created to get a 13 episode season.
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No, in Overtook The Series, the original work already had an ending. In some cases, that original work wasn't even a series, but instead was a one-shot story like one single book with no sequel. Either way, there are no plans on the part of the original creators to continue the source material any farther, but the writers behind the adaptation have already adapted everything and want to ([[ExecutiveMeddling or are told to]]) keep going. Padding is no longer an option; it's time to rely on brand-new, original plots from that point onward.
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No, in Overtook The Series, the original work already had an ending. In some cases, that original work wasn't a multi-part or even a long-running series, but instead was a one-shot story like one single book with no sequel.shorter, standalone work. Either way, there are no plans on the part of the original creators to continue the source material any farther, but the writers behind the adaptation have already adapted everything and want to ([[ExecutiveMeddling or are told to]]) keep going. Padding is no longer an option; it's time to rely on brand-new, original plots from that point onward.
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No, in Overtook The Series, the original work already had an ending. In some case, that original work wasn't even a series, but instead was a one-shot story like one single book with no sequel. Either way, there are no plans on the part of the original creators to continue the source material any farther, but the writers behind the adaptation have already adapted everything already and want to (or are told to) continue going. Padding is no longer an option; it's time to rely on brand-new, original plots from that point onward.
These new stories may or may not be made with the help or supervision of the original creator. That being said, not having the original author isn't a bad thing, as the creators of the adaptation could still deliver quality storylines without input from the original author. Of course, if the original creator isn't involved and fans think these new stories are terrible? That's when you get a work looking like something that came from bad fanfiction and serves as proof how the adaptation should have really stopped on the intended ending. sequels based on works from the PublicDomain tend to get this negative response, being viewed as blasphemies of classic stories that dare to [[{{LiteraryNecrophilia}} continue something that was never intended to continue at all]], even if it's just an adaptation.
These new stories may or may not be made with the help or supervision of the original creator. That being said, not having the original author isn't a bad thing, as the creators of the adaptation could still deliver quality storylines without input from the original author. Of course, if the original creator isn't involved and fans think these new stories are terrible? That's when you get a work looking like something that came from bad fanfiction and serves as proof how the adaptation should have really stopped on the intended ending. sequels based on works from the PublicDomain tend to get this negative response, being viewed as blasphemies of classic stories that dare to [[{{LiteraryNecrophilia}} continue something that was never intended to continue at all]], even if it's just an adaptation.
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No, in Overtook The Series, the original work already had an ending. In some case, cases, that original work wasn't even a series, but instead was a one-shot story like one single book with no sequel. Either way, there are no plans on the part of the original creators to continue the source material any farther, but the writers behind the adaptation have already adapted everything already and want to (or ([[ExecutiveMeddling or are told to) continue to]]) keep going. Padding is no longer an option; it's time to rely on brand-new, original plots from that point onward.
These new stories may or may not be made with the help or supervision of the originalcreator. creator, though that also hinges on whether [[AuthorExistenceFailure they are still around]]. That being said, not having the original author isn't a bad thing, as the creators of the adaptation could still deliver turn out to be fantastic writers in their own right that can match or even surpass the quality storylines without input from of the original author. Of course, original. But if the original creator isn't involved and ''and'' fans think these new stories are terrible? That's when you get a work looking like something that came from bad fanfiction Be prepared for cries of "bad fan fiction" and serves how the new stories serve as proof of how the adaptation should have really stopped on the intended ending. sequels Sequels based on works from the PublicDomain tend to get this negative response, response the most, being viewed as blasphemies of classic stories that dare to [[{{LiteraryNecrophilia}} continue something that was never intended to continue at all]], even if it's just an adaptation.
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In some ways similar to OvertookTheManga, where the adaptation and the source material are being produced at the same time, but the adaptation goes faster, this is what happens when a successful franchise runs out of source material to adapt.
The original series already had an ending, or wasn't even a series and instead was an one-shot story like one single book with no sequel, and there are no plans to continue it, so the adaptation relies upon original plots from that point onward, albeit with an author's characters.
If the new stories are not made with the help or supervision of the original creator, even though the creator is alive and available for consultation, this can be a bad sign but that's not always the case, because new creators can still deliver quality storylines without input from the original author, but when the new storylines are not only bad, but unfaithful to the original creator's vision, looking like something that came from bad fanfictions, [[{{Main/Sequelitis}} this shows how this trope can be misused]] or even proving how the adaptation should have really stopped on the intended ending, sequels based on works from the PublicDomain almost always look like a blasphemy, [[{{LiteraryNecrophilia}} continuing something that was never intended to continue at all]], even if it's just an adaptation.
The original series already had an ending, or wasn't even a series and instead was an one-shot story like one single book with no sequel, and there are no plans to continue it, so the adaptation relies upon original plots from that point onward, albeit with an author's characters.
If the new stories are not made with the help or supervision of the original creator, even though the creator is alive and available for consultation, this can be a bad sign but that's not always the case, because new creators can still deliver quality storylines without input from the original author, but when the new storylines are not only bad, but unfaithful to the original creator's vision, looking like something that came from bad fanfictions, [[{{Main/Sequelitis}} this shows how this trope can be misused]] or even proving how the adaptation should have really stopped on the intended ending, sequels based on works from the PublicDomain almost always look like a blasphemy, [[{{LiteraryNecrophilia}} continuing something that was never intended to continue at all]], even if it's just an adaptation.
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In some ways similar to OvertookTheManga, where the adaptation and the source material are being produced at the same time, but the adaptation goes faster, this is what happens when a successful franchise runs out of faster than the ongoing source material and is forced to adapt.
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If the new stories are not made with the help or supervision of the original creator, even though the creator is alive and available for consultation, this can be a bad sign but that's not always the case, because new creators can still deliver quality storylines without input from the original author, but when the new storylines are not only bad, but unfaithful to the original creator's vision, looking like something that came from bad fanfictions, [[{{Main/Sequelitis}} this shows how this trope can be misused]] or even proving how the adaptation should have really stopped on the intended ending, sequels based on works from the PublicDomain almost always look like a blasphemy, [[{{LiteraryNecrophilia}} continuing something that was never intended to continue at all]], even if is just an adaptation.
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If the new stories are not made with the help or supervision of the original creator, even though the creator is alive and available for consultation, this can be a bad sign but that's not always the case, because new creators can still deliver quality storylines without input from the original author, but when the new storylines are not only bad, but unfaithful to the original creator's vision, looking like something that came from bad fanfictions, [[{{Main/Sequelitis}} this shows how this trope can be misused]] or even proving how the adaptation should have really stopped on the intended ending, sequels based on works from the PublicDomain almost always look like a blasphemy, [[{{LiteraryNecrophilia}} continuing something that was never intended to continue at all]], even if is it's just an adaptation.
