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* ''Franchise/StarTrek''
** ''Star Trek: Spock Reflections'', while being a {{Flashback}} OriginsEpisode of the titular character, also serves as a sequel to ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'' [[spoiler: with Spock retrieving Kirk's body on Veridian III]].
** The ''Countdown'' comic tetralogy is both a sequel to ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'' and an immediate prequel to ''Film/StarTrek'' (2009).
*** ''Star Trek: Nero'' details the 25-year TimeSkip within the 2009 reboot.

* The ''Countdown to Darkness'' prequel comic for ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness''.

* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' had plans for a sequel that all made their way to DevelopmentHell making it one of the most financially successful films ''not'' to get one. Apart from the [[WesternAnimation/RogerRabbitShorts 3 theatrically-released animated shorts]] and (maybe) ''Film/ChipNDaleRescueRangers2022'', the closest thing the film has to a true follow-up, as of now, come in the forms of ''Roger Rabbit: [[spoiler:The Resurrection of Doom]]'', a Creator/MarvelComics sequel partially detailing [[spoiler:Judge Doom's]] origins, the ''Roger Rabbit's Toontown'' comic series, and a few books by Creator/GaryWolf, the author of the original novel, ''Literature/WhoCensoredRogerRabbit'', [[CreatorPreferredAdaptation who loved the film adaptation so much]], he {{retcon}}ned the events of that novel as AllJustADream to make the subsequent works fit the movie's canon.

** The film recieved a further continuation in the form of a Creator/DisneyPlus series, ''Series/{{Willow}}.''

* ''Film/GoodBurger'' got a sequel novel called ''Literature/GoodBurger2Go'' which was originally intended to be a movie.

* The ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' trilogy got follow-ups with [[WesternAnimation/BackToTheFuture an animated series]], a set of [[VideoGame/BackToTheFutureTheGame video games]], a [[ComicBook/BackToTheFuture comic book]], and even a (now defunct) [[Ride/BackToTheFutureTheRide theme park ride]].

* ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' got one in 2010 in the form of a comics that continue where the series left off where the rangers regroup once more. Lasted for only for eight issues due to Disney revoking Boom's license after gaining Marvel.

* ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' got one in 2010 that continue where the series left off where the rangers regroup once more. Lasted for only for eight issues due to Disney revoking Boom's license after gaining Marvel.

* ''Film/{{Willow}}'' had a trilogy of sequel novels, ''Chronicles of the Shadow War'', then a Creator/DisneyPlus [[Series/Willow2022 series]] (also titled ''Willow'').

* The Japanese live action movie ''Film/{{Zeiram}} was followed a few years latter by the anime ''Anime/IriaZeiramTheAnimation''.

* ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead'': ''Barbara's Zombie Chronicles'' covers what happened to Barbara after she was carried off by her zombie brother in the original movie.

* The japanese live action movie Zeiram was followed a few years latter by the anime Iria: Zeiram the Animation

* The ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' trilogy got follow-ups with [[WesternAnimation/BackToTheFuture an animated series]], a set of [[VideoGame/BackToTheFutureTheGame video games]], a [[ComicBook/BackToTheFuture comic book]], and even a now defunct [[Ride/BackToTheFutureTheRide theme park ride]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'':
** The film has a videogame sequel titled ''VideoGame/TheIncrediblesRiseOfTheUnderminer'' featuring the villain who appeared at the end of the film. The official ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'' wasn't announced until 13 years later.

** The Creator/SlaveLaborGraphics run in the mid-2000s that acted as a third season, {{retcon}}ning the show's original third season, ''The Goliath Chronicles''. It even got a spin-off, ''ComicBook/BadGuys'', which as the title states, focuses on the villains of the series. The comics ended up being cancelled when Disney increased their licensing fees, which prompted the publisher to drop the series.

See also TheResolutionWillNotBeTelevised and its inverse RecycledTheSeries. Related to ExpandedUniverse when the other media-sequels are treated as a lesser canon. Compare AnimeFirst, ComicBookAdaptation, and LiveActionAdaptation, as well as {{Continuation}}, FanSequel and FlashForwardFic for FanFic examples. If the continuation is in the same medium that the predecessor was itself adapted from, see RecursiveAdaptation.

* The ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' trilogy got follow-ups in ''WesternAnimation/BackToTheFutureTheAnimatedSeries'', a set of [[VideoGame/BackToTheFutureTheGame video games]] and a [[ComicBook/BackToTheFuture comic book]].

See also TheResolutionWillNotBeTelevised and its inverse RecycledTheSeries. Related to ExpandedUniverse when the other media-sequels are treated as a lesser canon. Compare AnimeFirst and ComicBookAdaptation, as well as {{Continuation}}, FanSequel and FlashForwardFic for FanFic examples. If the continuation is in the same medium that the predecessor was itself adapted from, see RecursiveAdaptation.

* The 1998 shooter ''VideoGame/{{SiN}}'' was originally followed by a 2000 anime movie in which Blade's partner died and was replaced by his sister, though this movie was later rendered non-canon when a sequel game came out in 2006.

** Originally [[ComicBook/TheIncredibles a comic book series]] continued from the first film and ended on a major cliffhanger, but was rendered non-canon when the sequel picked up from the first film itself. Ironically there's now ''another'' comic that takes place after the second movie.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' had a video-game follow up that preceded its [[WesternAnimation/Cars2 actual theatrical sequel]] with its [[VideoGame/{{Cars}} tie-in game]], wherein Lightning once again challenged Chick Hicks for the Piston Cup, and, unlike in the movie, succeeds in winning it.

* ''LightNovel/HighSpeed2013'' was given a sequel in the form of the anime franchise ''Anime/{{Free}}''.

* Even though the ''Franchise/DotHack'' franchise started with ''Anime/DotHackSign'', the entire storyline is told between numerous mediums. Chronologically, the story goes from novels (''LightNovel/DotHackAIBuster''), to anime (''Anime/DotHackSign''), to video games (''[[VideoGame/DotHackR1Games .hack//Infection, Mutation, Outbreak, and Quarantine]]''), to anime that takes place during the games (''Anime/DotHackLiminality''), to novels (''.hack//ZERO''), to manga (''Manga/DotHackLegendOfTheTwilight''), to anime (''.hack//Roots'') that serves as both the prequel and epilogue to the corresponding video games (''VideoGame/DotHackGU''), that features a novel (''.hack//CELL'') as a side story between the two, to manga (''.hack//LINK''), to anime (''Anime/DotHackQuantum'').