History Main / UniverseBible

* For ''Franchise/DragonAge'' Bioware has apparently lost sections of the bible including the elven language and several developers admit to using the fan made wiki when convenient.

* The series bible for ''Series/BabylonFive'' was sold by the official fan club as a collectible. It's no longer available, but copies can sometimes be found on eBay.

-->--'''Joel Watson''' of Webcomic/HijinksEnsue [[http://hijinksensue.com/2011/01/26/the-b-s-g-b-i-b-l-e/ takes the concept of the BSG bible a little too literally.]]

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* You wanna write a ''Franchise/{{Star Wars|Expanded Universe}}'' novel? You'd better get used to long conversations with Leland Chee. Then get Abel G. Peña to fix any mistakes you made. And that's if [[WordOfGod George Lucas]] doesn't Joss your idea himself. It's even got a cool name: [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Holocron_continuity_database The Holocron]]. However, several official writers have admitted to consulting the fan-maintained Wookieepedia for obscure facts. Then the whole shebang was declared non-canon as ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' following the Creator/{{Disney}} purchase of Creator/{{Lucasfilm}}; continuity across the franchise is now coordinated by a special committee, the Lucasfilm Story Group.

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* Part of a series bible for ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' found it's way online at one point. Oddly, it lists Gentleman Ghost among the characters, despite none of the writers actually using him. He would be used for ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited''. Despite the character later being revealed as a lesbian in the comics, the series bible also stated that Renee Montoya because a cop after her husband died.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series has it's own bible, available [[http://fallout.gamepedia.com/Fallout_Bible here]] among other places.

* WordOfGod has said that the WhateleyUniverse has a universe bible for the {{Canon}} authors that's three or four hundred pages long. So far. And is also infamous amongst the canon cabal for being incomplete by now.

* The Series Bibles for a number of Creator/{{Sunrise}} anime, including ''VisionOfEscaflowne'' and ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'', were actually published and sold.

->''And the gods said, "Fallest not into the temptation of [[MirrorUniverse parallel universe]] subplots. For therein lies the realm of [[Evil Twin evil twins]]. And you shall see [[BeardOfEvil their goatees]] and know them to be unclean in my sight. And woe be unto thee that assumest all extraterrestrials would [[RubberForeheadAliens appearest as humans save for a bumpy forehead]]. Thinkest thou outside the box, for this is my commandment." Takest thou these words and go forth that you may multiply scripts and have them on my desk to review by Monday.''

->''And the gods said, "Fallest not into the temptation of parallel universe subplots. For therein lies the realm of evil twins. And you shall see their goatees and know them to be unclean in my sight. And woe be unto thee that assumest all extraterrestrials would [[RubberForeheadAliens appearest as humans save for a bumpy forehead]]. Thinkest thou outside the box, for this is my commandment." Takest thou these words and go forth that you may multiply scripts and have them on my desk to review by Monday.''

* The Series Bibles for a number of {{Sunrise}} anime, including ''VisionOfEscaflowne'' and ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'', were actually published and sold.

-->--'''Joel Watson''' of HijinksEnsue [[http://hijinksensue.com/2011/01/26/the-b-s-g-b-i-b-l-e/ takes the concept of the BSG bible a little too literally.]]

* Alluded to in one of the DVDCommentary tracks for ''FreaksAndGeeks'', where John Francis Daley says of the set, "I opened the drawer of the nightstand, and there was a notebook, with journal entries ''by Sam Weir'' [his character]."

* The entire Franchise/TransformersAlignedUniverse'', which includes ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', has one.

* Interestingly, Nate Morgan, a prominent supporting cast member of ArchieComics' later ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehog'' comics, was culled from [[http://www.sonicsatam.com/?s=bible#bible an early series bible]] for [[WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM the animated series]]. Seemingly it also utilized original plans to adapt game badniks Crabmeat and Caterkiller as recurring henchmen of Robotnik, as well as other details such as Rotor's prototype name "Boomer" for a short while.

* Creator/{{Bungie}} Studios, the original developers of ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', had a "Halo Story Bible" which contained all the facts, design elements, and history of the ''Halo'' universe. Their successors at Creator/ThreeFourThreeIndustries have maintained their own extensive bible.

* Creator/{{Bungie}} Studios, the original developers of ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', had a "Halo Story Bible" which contained all the facts, design elements, and history of the ''Halo'' universe. Their successors at Creator/ThreeFourThreeIndustries have their own extensive bible.

* Bungie Studios, developers of ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', have a "Halo Story Bible" which contains all the facts, design elements, and history of the ''Halo'' universe.

* ''Franchise/{{Bionicle}}'' famously had a massive one, and it was a recurring entity in on-line discussions. It was essentially a detailed overview on the basic stories and characters, powers, items, etc. of any given year. It was in fact so detailed that the written fiction had to ignore many of its facts out of sheer necessity, but it also severally expanded upon it with new info. Due to these hasty updates, several external story sources (like {{LEGO}} set catalogs) came with strongly outdated, incorrect facts.

* Inherent Natural Laws (e.g., MagicAIsMagicA, MinovskyPhisics / CartoonPhysics).

* Inherent Natural Laws (e.g., MagicAIsMagicA, CartoonPhysics).

* Part of a series bible for ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' found it's way online at one point. Oddly, it lists Gentleman Ghost among the characters, despite none of the writers actually using him. He would be used for ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited''. Despite the character later being revealed as a lesbian in the comics, the series bible states that Renee Montoya was once married and because a cop after her husband died.

** Creator/MalibuComics' ComicBook/TheUltraverse is the most elaborate comic book example of it -- the line described the verse's mythology, setting, major characters, and plotlines in considerable detail, allowing the creators to use it as a guide for several years. Notable because some of the more elaborate parts of the backstory never made it into actual comics (thanks to ExecutiveMeddling on the part of their new owners, MarvelComics).

* Part of a series bible for ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' found it's way online at one point. Oddly, it lists Gentleman Ghost among the characters, despite none of the writers actually using him.

* ''Series/MightyMorpihnPowerRangers'' had one, which was where the diea of Zordon coming from an alien planet called Eltar came from; it's just [[Film/MightyMorpihnPowerRangers the movie]] used it first.

** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' had one, [[spoilers: including an entry on Hawkgirl that the creator admitted was [[LyingCreator fake]], to keep from spoiling the Season 2 finale reveal that she was [[TheMole a mole]] for Thanagar.]]

* You wanna write a ''Franchise/{{Star Wars|Expanded Universe}}'' novel? You'd better get used to long conversations with Leland Chee. Then get Abel G. Peña to fix any mistakes you made. And that's if [[WordOfGod George Lucas]] doesn't Joss your idea himself. It's even got a cool name: [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Holocron_continuity_database The Holocron]]. However, several official writers have admitted to consulting the fan-maintained Wookieepedia for obscure facts.

* Interestingly, Nate Morgan, a prominent supporting cast member of ArchieComics' later ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehog'' comics, was culled from [[http://www.sonicsatam.com/behind.php#bible an early series bible]] for [[WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM the animated series]]. Seemingly it also utilized original plans to adapt game badniks Crabmeat and Caterkiller as recurring henchmen of Robotnik, as well as other details such as Rotor's prototype name "Boomer" for a short while.

* Interestingly, Nate Morgan, a prominent supporting cast member of ArchieComics' later ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehog'' comics, was culled from [[http://www.sonicsatam.com/behind.php#bible an early series bible]] for [[WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM the animated series]]. Seemingly it also utilized original plans to adapt games badniks Crabmeat and Caterkiller as recurring henchmen of Robotnik, as well as other details such as Rotor's prototype name "Boomer" for a short while.