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1	->''"This might be that film you saw or the song stuck in your head.\
2	Or this might be that novel that already read.\
3	Well the point is that you won't have to think at all during this show\
4	It's Something You Already Know!"''
5	-->-- '''Rob Paravonian''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcawjG3L-jA Something You Already Know]]
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7	Nothing could be more natural than following up on a success. And sometimes, nothing could be harder. This page is for all kinds of sequels, prequels, translations, adaptations and spin-offs that attempt to do that, and the ways in which they succeed or fail.
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9	See also ContinuityTropes and LocalizationTropes.
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11	[[index]]
12	!!Tropes and trivia
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14	[floatboxright:
15	'''Categories:'''
16	+ CanonUniverse
17	+ FanWorks
18	++ FanFic
19	+++ FanficTropes
20	+ MediaAdaptationTropes
21	++ AdaptationDecay
22	++ AdaptationDeviation
23	+ {{Sequel}}
24	+ TranslationTropes
25	'''Related pages'''
26	+ DerivativeWorks.HomePage
27	]
28	* TheAbridgedSeries: A shortened adaptation with humorous dubbing.
29	* ActionizedAdaptation: An adaptation has more action scenes than the original.
30	* AdaptationAmalgamation: An adaptation that mixes two or more works.
31	* AdaptationalAbomination: An adaptation makes a character an EldritchAbomination.
32	* AdaptationalAngstDowngrade
33	* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade
34	* AdaptationalAttractiveness: An adaptation makes a character better-looking.
35	* AdaptationalBadass: A character is more powerful or tough in an adaptation.
36	* AdaptationalComicRelief: A character is more comedic in an adaptation.
37	* AdaptationalContextChange
38	* AdaptationalDiversity: An adaptation alters the cast of its source material to represent more cultural groups.
39	* AdaptationalDumbass: A character is stupider in an adaptation.
40	* AdaptationalExplanation: The adaptation provides an explanation for something that wasn't explained in the original.
41	* AdaptationalHairstyleChange: A character's hairstyle is noticeably changed in an adaptation.
42	* AdaptationalHeroism: A character is more heroic in an adaptation.
43	* AdaptationalIntelligence: A character is smarter in an adaptation.
44	* AdaptationalJerkass: A character is more of a jerk in an adaptation.
45	* AdaptationalMundanity: An adaptation is less fantastical than the source material.
46	* AdaptationalNiceGuy: A character is nicer in an adaptation.
47	* AdaptationalSeriousness: A character is more serious in an adaptation.
48	* AdaptationalSympathy: An adaptation makes a character more sympathetic.
49	* AdaptationalTimespanChange: An adaptation changes the timeframe.
50	* AdaptationalUgliness: An adaptation makes a character more hideous.
51	* AdaptationalVillainy: A character is more villainous in an adaptation.
52	* AdaptationalWimp: A character is weaker or less capable in an adaptation.
53	* AdaptationDisplacement: The adaptation becomes more well-known than the source material.
54	* AdaptationDistillation: The adaptation omits some of the source material in order to tell the story in a more limited time frame.
55	* AdaptationDyeJob: An adaptation changes a character's hair and/or eye color.
56	* AdaptationExpansion: An adaptation that added a lot more flesh than the source material. Tends to happen when short children's books gets remade into feature-length movies, or a film below two hours of runtime gets expanded into more than ten episodes.
57	* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: The adaptation isn't going to bother explaining stuff from the source material, under the assumption that audiences would ''already'' figure out any missing pieces by themselves.
58	* AdaptationFirst: The adaptation is released first before the original came out.
59	* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: It made sense in the original source material, not so much in the adaptation.
60	* AdaptationInspiration
61	* AdaptationNameChange: A character has a different name in an adaptation.
62	* AdaptationOverdosed: A source material can be adapted into plenty of different forms. Turning a comic book into a cartoon, movie, TV series, video game, graphic novel, [[RecursiveAdaptation back to a comic]]...
63	* AdaptationPersonalityChange: A character's personality is significantly different in an adaptation.
64	* AdaptationSequence
65	* AdaptationSpeciesChange: A character is a different species in an adaptation.
66	* AdaptationTitleChange: An adaptation of a work has a different title than the source material.
67	* AdaptedOut: A character or plot element from the original work is omitted in the adaptation.
68	* AfterShow
69	* AlternateSpeciesCounterpart: A character is created by changing the species of an existing character.
70	* AnimatedAdaptation: An animated remake of a non-animated work. Manga-to-Anime doesn't count.
71	* AscendedExtra: A minor character is given a more important role.
72	* AscendedFanFic: A work that started out as a fanfiction of another story becomes an original work.
73	* AudienceColoringAdaptation: The adaptation greatly influences the original work in the eyes of the audience.
74	* BasedOnAnAdviceBook
75	* CanonFodder
76	* CipherScything
77	* ComicBookAdaptation: A work is adapted into a SequentialArt or {{Comic\|s}} medium.
78	* CompilationMovie: Clips from a series gets edited together (may or may not include original footage) into becoming a feature-length film.
79	* CompositeCharacter: Two or more characters from the original source are merged into one.
80	* CompressedAdaptation: Cramming a reasonably lengthy source material into a much, much shorter adaptation, like a twenty-episode TV show quashed into a movie less than two hours.
81	* ContinuityReboot: An installment of the franchise that ignores the canon of the previous installments in favor of establishing a new continuity.
82	* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: The main character of a sequel is a {{foil}} to the main character of the original.
83	* CreatorDrivenSuccessor: A creator makes a work that shares elements of one of their previous works without being a true sequel.
84	* CreatorPreferredAdaptation: The creator of the original work finds the adaptation to be better than their original creation.
85	* CreatorsApathy: The creator admits that they didn't care about the quality of the work.
86	* CuttingOffTheBranches: Sequels to a video game with MultipleEndings only regard one ending as canon.
87	* DeathByAdaptation: The adaptation kills off a character who remained alive in the original work.
88	* DerivativeDifferentiation
89	* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: The way a character dies in the adaptation is different from how they died in the original work.
90	* DisownedAdaptation: The creator of the original work dislikes the adaptation.
91	* DistaffCounterpart: The female equivalent of a pre-existing male character (the reverse of this would be a Spear Counterpart)
92	* DivorcedInstallment: A work originally planned as part of a specific franchise ends up retooled into being its own thing.
93	* DolledUpInstallment: Slapping a franchise onto an initially unrelated product.
94	* DramaticReading: A recording of a written work being read dramatically.
95	* EarlyAdaptationWeirdness: Related to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, something seems a little off regarding the character as portrayed in their debuts compared to later installments.
96	* EarlyBirdCameo: A character makes a brief appearance before being properly introduced later within the work or within their own story.
97	* EraSpecificPersonality
98	* ExternalRetcon
99	* FairyTaleEpisode
100	* FanFic: A story based on a work of fiction written by a fan of the work and posted online.
101	* FanMusic
102	* FanVerse
103	* {{Fanon}}: Fans' interpretations of what isn't confirmed within the work or by the work's creators.
104	* FanWorkBan: Fan-made content is forbidden.
105	* FictionScience: RealLife science is used to examine fictional works.
106	* FilkSong
107	* FilmComic: PhotoComic based on some other media.
108	* TheFilmOfTheSeries: A film adaptation of a television series.
109	* FollowTheLeader: A successful work inspires numerous similar works (end results vary).
110	* ForeignRemake: A remake of the source material... in another country. May or may not violate copyright.
111	* FranchiseKiller: A poorly-received adaptation or sequel prevents any further installments from being made.
112	* {{Frankenslation}}
113	* FromTheAshes: A fictional work's ending is the starting point of a SpinOff.
114	* GagDub
115	* GagSub
116	* GameMod
117	* TheGameOfTheBook: An adaptation of a book in game-form.
118	* GenderedOutfit
119	* GenderFlip: An adaptation changes the gender of a character.
120	* GenreKiller
121	* GodCreatedCanonForeigner: An adaptation features a new character created by the creator of the original work.
122	* HumanFocusedAdaptation: Source materials that focused on the cute animals/mons/critters are now shifted to focus on the human characters instead.
123	* HumbleBeginnings
124	* IndecisiveMedium
125	* InTheStyleOf
126	* InspiredBy: A work that draws influence from another work in terms of plot, characters, themes etc. but isn't a direct adaptation.
127	* LiteraryMashUps
128	* LiveActionAdaptation: A live-action adaptation of a non-live-action work.
129	* LiveOnStage: A show, often temporary in nature with a small budget, adapting a work.
130	* LostInImitation: An adaptation is influenced more by previous adaptations than the original work.
131	* MissionPackSequel
132	* MorePopularSpinOff: The spinoff becomes more successful than the show it is derived from.
133	* MovieBonusSong
134	* NonLinearSequel: A sequel that doesn't directly take place after the previous entry of the series.
135	* OnIce
136	* OriginalGeneration
137	* TheOriginalSeries
138	* PacifiedAdaptation: An adaptation is less action-filled than the original.
139	* {{Parody}}
140	* {{Pastiche}}
141	* PatchworkStory
142	* PerspectiveFlip: An adaptation that tells the story from perspective of a different character than the original.
143	* PlotTumor: A sub-plot that takes up way too much away from the main plot.
144	* POVSequel: An episode is given a follow-up where the episode's events are shown from another character's perspective.
145	* PragmaticAdaptation: The adaptation changes or omits elements from the original story that would be difficult or impossible to leave as they were in the source material.
146	* PredecessorCastingGag: When an actor who played a certain character is cast as that character's InUniverse forebearer, usually a parent or mentor.
147	* {{Prequel}}: A series installment that takes place before the first installment.
148	* QuietlyPerformingSisterShow
149	* RebootSnark: Making fun of the abundance of derivative works, especially remakes or reboots.
150	* RecurringFanonCharacter
151	* RecursiveAdaptation: An adaptation is given its own adaptation in the medium of the original work.
152	* RecursiveImport
153	* RecycledTheSeries
154	* RecycledWithAGimmick
155	* {{Redubbing}}
156	* ReimaginingTheArtifact
157	* RemadeAndImproved: A remake that is considered better than the original.
158	* RemadeForTheExport: A game that never got an overseas release gets a remake that actually does get released internationally.
159	* TheRemake: Because audiences like the original, why not give it another stab?
160	* RemakeCameo: The reboot features a cameo by one of the actors from the original version of the work.
161	* RemixComic
162	* {{Revival}}: A show that ended its run some time ago is renewed for more episodes.
163	* TheRolePlayingGame: An RPG inspired by a specific fictional work.
164	* RunningTheAsylum
165	* SameStoryDifferentNames
166	* SequelInAnotherMedium: The SequelHook of this movie is followed up on in a TV show. Can apply for all mediums, of course.
167	* SettingUpdate: Same story, different era. Usually by moving an older source material to the present time of the adaptation.
168	* ShotForShotRemake: Compare the adaptation with the source material. What do you mean, they didn't change a damn thing?
169	* SoftReboot: A series installment that has the aesthetic of a reboot, but still regards older installments as canon.
170	* SparedByTheAdaptation: A character who died in the original work remains alive in the adaptation.
171	* {{Spinoff}}: A show that exists in the same continuity of an older show and often shares some characters with it.
172	* SpinoffBabies: An adaptation starring younger versions of the original show's cast.
173	* SpinOffCookbook: A cook book consisting of recipes for food used in the work the cook book is based on.
174	* SpinOffspring: The show gets a sequel starring the children of the characters from the original show.
175	* SpinoffSendoff: A character in the original show who is to star in the spinoff gets one last time to shine before the spinoff starts.
176	* SpiritualAntithesis: A work that is basically the polar opposite of another work, sometimes intentionally.
177	* SpiritualSuccessor: A work that isn't a direct continuation of a previous work, but still has enough similarities that it can be taken as a continuation of the original work in spirit.
178	* StationsOfTheCanon: Anchor points that are consistent across different continuities, fanfic or official.
179	* StealthSequel: A work that appears to be a new continuity turns out to be a subtle prequel or sequel to the original version.
180	* StillbornFranchise: A work is intended to start a franchise, but isn't successful enough to warrant further installments.
181	* SuggestedBy
182	* TheThemeParkVersion
183	* ThirdOptionAdaptation: An adaptation of an interactive work has a new choice made to go around deciding which of the choices the protagonist makes in the adaptation.
184	* TwiceToldTale: You think you know this very well-known story... but you've never heard it told like this.
185	* TwoPartTrilogy: The first part tells its own story, and audiences liked it. So let's turn the whole thing into a trilogy by making the second and third installments interconnected.
186	* WholePlotReference
187	* {{Xenafication}}: Let's inject some testosterone into a GirlyGirl in the source material and turn her into an ass-kicking ActionGirl in the adaptation.
188	* YouDontLookLikeYou: An adaptation has a character look drastically different from the appearance they are normally depicted with.
189	* YoungerAndHipper
190	[[/index]]

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