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1	[[quoteright:182:[[WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/garfield_and_friends_7.jpg]]]]
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3	A title that consists of the main character's name with "And Friends" or some variation[[note]]e.g. "and company", "and '''his''' friends", "and pals", etc.[[/note]] attached to the end of it. This is commonly justified, as these type of shows are often adapted from more than one franchise (''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' having ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' and ''ComicStrip/USAcres'', for example).
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5	This is extremely common in children's shows and sitcoms, the latter usually being the SyndicationTitle.
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7	A SubTrope of CharacterTitle. May also sometimes overlap with SpotlightStealingTitle. See also ArtistAndTheBand.
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9	There are ''[[http://www.imdb.com/search/title?title=and%20friends 163 movies, TV shows, and episode titles with "and friends" in the title]]'' at Website/IMDb.com.
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11	Not to be confused with MyFriendsAndZoidberg, which despite the name, is unrelated.
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14	!!Examples:
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18	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
19	* The fourth episode of ''[[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Hetalia: The Beautiful World]]'' is called "Russia and Friends".
20	* ''Anime/TamaAndFriends''
21	* ''Anime/LittleLulu and her Little Friends'' (shortened to just "Little Lulu" in English dubbed compilation movie).
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24	[[folder:Comic Books]]
25	* One ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Nate Big Nate]]'' book is titled ''"Big Nate And Friends"''.
26	* ''Jughead and Friends'' is a spin-off of ComicBook/ArchieComics.
27	* The ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' book ''Obelix and Co.''
28	* {{Inverted\| Trope}} by ''The Deadly Foes of ComicBook/SpiderMan'', its follow-up ''The Lethal Foes of Spider-Man'', and its much later sucessor, ''Comicbook/TheSuperiorFoesOfSpiderMan''.
29	* ''ComicBook/EmmieAndFriends''. The series started with ''Invisible Emmie'', making it also a case of NamedAfterFirstInstallment.
30	* In 1962, Creator/GoldKeyComics gave [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes The Tasmanian Devil]] his own special issue book, titled ''The Tasmanian Devil and His Tasty Friends.'' The cover had Taz about to tuck into a giant hoagie with Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Tweety in it.
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33	[[folder:Fan Works]]
34	* Referenced in ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'', where Jaqueline notes that [[MediumAwareness if the show gets any more Brainstorm-centered]], it would have to be renamed "Dr. Brainstorm and Friends".
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37	[[folder:Literature]]
38	* ''Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep'' includes an in-universe example in the television show ''Buster Friendly and His Friendly Friends'', a talk show presenting a philosophy counter to the empathy-based religion of Mercerism that most of humanity has embraced.
39	* ''Literature/AmeliaBedelia & Friends'' is a spinoff of the young ''Amelia Bedelia'' chapter books featuring the same basic style but as the title implies, with a greater emphasis on Amelia Bedelia's friends.
40	* ''Literature/EllaAndFriends''
41	* ''Swami and Friends''
42	* ''Literature/ThereIsNoEpicLootHereOnlyPuns'': The chapter, [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/there-is-no-epic-loot-here-only-puns-dungeon.590739/page-20#post-41958244 "DEO! and Friends"]].
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45	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
46	* ''Series/BarneyAndFriends''
47	* ''[[RepetitiveName Ray Rayner]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Rayner and his Friends]]''
48	* ''Carol Burnett and Friends'', the SyndicationTitle of ''Series/TheCarolBurnettShow''
49	** ''Carol and Company'', a short-lived Carol Burnett show post-''Carol Burnett Show''. An {{Anthology}} sitcom where the actors stayed the same from week to week but each episode's story & characters were completly different.
50	* ''Laverne & Shirley & Company'', the SyndicationTitle of ''Series/LaverneAndShirley''
51	* ''Series/RomperRoom'': Well, it's more like Show Title and Friends in this case, but this show was renamed ''Romper Room and Friends'' when it was revamped in 1981.
52	* ''Van Dyke and Company'', a Creator/DickVanDyke variety show from the 1970s. Featured early TV appearance by Creator/AndyKaufman.
53	* ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' parodied this as a rejected show title.
54	--> "It's now time for ''Drew and '''Friend'''.''"
55	* ''Huckleberry Finn and His Friends''
56	* ''Series/JohnsonAndFriends''
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59	[[folder:Music]]
60	* Although the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' cartoon has simply a ProtagonistTitle, the first music album release for the series was titled ''Arthur And Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape)''.
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64	[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
65	* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield_Goose_and_Friends Garfield Goose and Friend]]'' (later changed to ''...and Friends''). Garfield is a sockpuppet who thinks he's King of the United States, and his "friend" is real person Frazier Thomas, whom Garfield appointed Admiral of the Royal Navy and Prime Minister.
66	* ''Series/TheNoddyShop'' had a VHS release called "Noddy and Friends", which was also a WorkingTitle for the show.
67	* ''Series/SamAndFriends'', the Washington, D.C.-based show of the late '50s that launched the career of Creator/JimHenson and Franchise/TheMuppets.
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70	[[folder:Video Games]]
71	* ''[[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarepants SpongeBob SquarePants]] and Friends'', the PAL region name for the ''VideoGame/NicktoonsUnite'' series of games. By the fourth installment [=THQ=] had renamed it to a similar albeit more formal name in all regions, ''[=SpongeBob SquarePants=] featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom''.
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74	[[folder:Webcomics]]
75	* ''Webcomic/FlyingManAndFriends'', which has a wide cast of characters.
76	* ''Webcomic/SolarSystemAndFriends'' (also called ''Planetary Moe''), which is about the {{Moe Anthropomorphism}}s of the solar system.
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79	[[folder:Web Videos]]
80	* ''WebVideo/MrCoatAndFriends''
81	* ''Charleyyy and Friends'', a ShowWithinAShow from ''WebVideo/SuperMarioLogan''.
82	* ''WebVideo/BabyLambAndFriends''
83	* ''WebVideo/MittenSquad'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB-T-SHI81Q "Halo 2: Part 22 \| Rudolph and Friends"]]
84	* ''WebVideo/VesterAndFriends'', a low budget {{Puppet Show\|s}} that features a cat named Vester who is the mayor of Vesterland.
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87	[[folder:Western Animation]]
88	* ''WesternAnimation/AmigoAndFriends'', known in Spanish as ''Cantinflas y Sus Amigos''.
89	* ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends''. One intro sequence had Garfield and the U.S. Acres characters battling for screen time.
90	* ''WesternAnimation/HollyHobbieAndFriends''
91	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'' also used the above justification, adapting no less than ''four'' toy lines.
92	* ''WesternAnimation/OscarAndFriends'', a New Zealand StopMotion series.
93	* ''Rocky & His Friends'', the name of ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' for its first two seasons.
94	* ''WesternAnimation/TheWorldOfPeterRabbitAndFriends'' adapted the books of Creator/BeatrixPotter, only a couple of which had Peter Rabbit in.
95	* Parodied with the "Coon And Friends" gang on ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', so-named because Cartman [[SmallNameBigEgo wants his superhero alter ego, The Coon, to get top billing.]] This came back to haunt him when he was kicked out of the club for his selfishness by the others, who still kept the name to piss him off for fun.
96	* ''[[WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends]]'' (later just ''Thomas and Friends''), adapted from ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' and altered to make Thomas the BreakoutCharacter.
97	* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' segment "Freakazoid and Friends" which lists through a number of allies and co stars in the show (to the tune of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' theme song), some of which aren't even real.
98	* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster'''s SyndicationTitle was ''Captain N & the Video Game Masters''.
99	* ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'', Disney's animated film very loosely based on ''Oliver Twist''.
100	* ''WesternAnimation/OscarAndFriends'', a New Zealand Stop-motion animated series.
101	* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'' was an animated show in the '80s featuring the eponymous hero, Ice Man from ''ComicBook/XMen,'' and CanonImmigrant Firestar, who would later move to the comics and join the ''ComicBook/NewWarriors'' and ''Comicbook/TheAvengers''.
102	* In the late '70s Creator/HannaBarbera syndicated several of its cartoon series under the title ''[[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred Flintstone]] and Friends''.
103	* A ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' DVD was titled "Samurai Jack and Friends" Something of an odd title, given that most of the people who Jack met weren't exactly friendly.
104	* DVD releases of Creator/WalterLantz cartoons are usually titled ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker and Friends''
105	* Parodied on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' when Bart mentions a short-lived ''[[JustForFun/TheItchyAndScratchyShow Itchy & Scratchy & Friends Hour]]'' show and shows Lisa some of the "friends" made for it such as Disgruntled Goat, Uncle Ant, and [[BreadMilkEggsSquick Klu Klux Klam]].
106	* The first book adapted from material from the animated ''Literature/LlamaLlama'' series is titled ''Llama Llama and Friends''. This has led at least one source to incorrectly refer to the series itself as ''Llama Llama and Friends''. This is wrong - the animated show is called simply ''Llama Llama''.
107	* ''Literature/{{Franklin}}'' has the [=CGI=] follow-up series, ''Franklin and Friends''.
108	* [[Animation/YooHooAndFriends Both]] [[WesternAnimation/YooHooAndFriends versions]] of ''Toys/YooHooAndFriends'', as well as the franchise itself, does this.
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