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A bonus that is added to, but separate from, a particular work. The practice of adding such a bonus to one's work has been around [[Older Than Radio|for a long, long time]]: [[
▲A bonus that is added to, but separate from, a particular work. The practice of adding such a bonus to one's work has been around [[Older Than Radio|for a long, long time]]: [[Charles Dickens (Creator)|Charles Dickens]], for example, was a regular practitioner of it, back when he wrote his stories for newspapers and magazines.
If this extra material is another story in the universe, it generally doesn't interact with the primary plot of the work, and is seen as "stand-alone" material. Some times that extra material isn't even considered canon, though [[Loose Canon|such additions can add depth and insight to]] the primary characters if the writer makes an effort to connect the "extra" to the main material.
Other kinds of extras are "making
Nearly all types of media feature extras: artwork is popular for anime and manga, particularly holiday art (''especially'' if the artists can draw the ladies in [[Sexy Santa Dress
"Omake" is the anime fanspeak term. "Lagniappe" is a Louisiana Creole word commonly used by chefs that means "a little something extra".
[[Print Bonus]] and [[Side
{{examples|Examples:}}▼
== Anime
* ''[[Penguin Revolution]]'' ends each volume with an out-of-continuity short involving the characters - for example, at the end of a volume in which Ryo was injured shielding a producer, Yukari polls some of the other characters to find out if they would have done the same, getting humorous results from each. These shorts are then followed by an author's note in panel format - also usually humorous, but in one volume it is devoted to the recent [[Tear Jerker|death of the author's dog]].
* Every volume of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' comes with some truly side-splitting [[Yonkoma]] strips and assorted drawings by the author parodying the events of her own comic. For example, there's the ongoing drama of Roy Mustang in a 1970s [[Shoujo]] romance comic.
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** Some of the four panel strips were also adapted into the first anime including the rather well known line about a certain colonel and [[Memetic Mutation|TINY MINI-SKIRTS]].
* ''[[Hellsing]]'' has these at the end of most volumes. Generally they involve Super Deformed versions the Valentine brothers or Seras giving commentary on the series thus far.
* ''[[Blue Seed]]'' has a regular "Omake Theatre" segment after the end of every other episode. These range from goofball jokes and sketches to brief but poignant character pieces. (Particularly outstanding is the segment that reveals that pink-jumpsuited gun-nut Kome once had a schoolgirl crush on a boy who never noticed
* ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]'' has an "omake" option on the extras menus of its North American DVD release, but this writer's player steadfastly refuses to play them.
** Not to mention all the artwork, often showing them [[Super
** This is actually common among most [[
** ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'' and ''[[
* The Japanese DVD release of ''[[
** The show itself also provides one after every episode's [[Post Episode Trailer]]. Some are silly, some are serious, and at least one is a [[Tear Jerker]], but the vast majority of them provide [[Fan Service]].
* ''[[Ghost in
* ''[[
** Those segments have been dubbed in English as well, but they're only on the DVD's and are renamed "Illustrated Guide To Soul Reapers."
** There's also the Arrancar Encyclopedia, in which [[Draco in Leather Pants|Gin]] tells us about the aspects of the Arrancar; and the Quincy Encyclopedia, where Ryuken discusses Quincy equipment, and other segments.
* ''[[Shakugan no Shana]]'' had as DVD specials two mini-episodes of "Shakugan no Shanatan" and one of "Itadaki no Hecatetan", featuring a pocket-sized version of the titular character that spoofed events in the main series.
** Ditto for ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Gun X Sword]]'' has ''Gun X Sword-san'', what amounts to a computer-generated hand-puppet show involving Wendy, Kameo (her pet turtle), and other characters as needed.
* [[Saiyuki]] Reload's UraSai segments are random bits of silliness at the end of each episode, meant to be more kid-friendly because the show originally aired right before [[Pokémon (
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'''Goku:''' A little... fanservice...
'''Sanzo:''' For whom? }}
* ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]'' has ten ''omakes'' that contain [[Crack Fic|crack plots]] and [[All There in the Manual|supplementary information]] about the plot, the characters, and ''20,000 Leagues under the Sea''.
** There also exist fairly kitschy official Nadia Anime Music Videos, which were originally released on Nadia LCDs.
** The omake set is called ''[[Nadia Omake Gekijou|Nadia's Omake Theater]]''.
* Every episode of ''[[
* ''[[Pokémon (
* The DVDs of the full ''[[Sky Girls]]'' series contain comedic extras in which Eika tries her hand at fishing. No, really.
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' started its life as a [[The Anime of the Game|mini-game]] that was included in the ''[[Triangle Heart 3
* ''[[Naruto
** Also to note is that the ''Shippuden'' Omakes have been dubbed into English, which doesn't happen that often.
*** Though they're only on the DVDs; the [[Disney XD]] broadcast cuts them out (which is probably true for a lot of anime aired in countries with more commercial time per episode).
* Played straight in both ''[[To Heart]]'' and ''[[To Heart]]: Remember My Memories'', where six stand-alone omakes were made for each series. The ''[[To Heart]]'' omakes were more of slice of life themed, while the ''Remember My Memories'' omakes had a continuous plotline for the six omakes.
** An [[Early
* ''[[
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
** The latter ends up resulting in [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Shinn imitating Lacus at a concert, dressed in one of her dresses and shredding the stage with one of Impulse's swords as he sings "Quiet Night"]]. [[It Makes Sense in Context]].
* ''[[Princess Princess]]'' is published with actual slipcovers. If you happen to take the slipcovers off, you find that there are omake printed on the covers of the books themselves. The mini comics are called "Prince Prince" and feature the main characters in an [[Alternate Universe]] as girls crossdressing as guys. (As opposed to the canon, where they are guys crossdressing as girls.)
* Third season episodes of ''[[Konjiki no Gash Bell]]'' would end with a gag section where they switched two characters' hairstyles.
* ''[[Darker
* ''[[
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** The picture drama associated with the last episode of Code Geass R2 actually extends the show's ending, showing what some might consider to be the true conclusion of the series.
* ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'''s Pioneer DVDs contain a lot of omake, including raw commercials, artwork, music clips, a [[Love Dodecahedron|relationship chart]], interviews and footnotes. There's also a special omake known as "The Tale of the Forbidden Women's Hot Spring Resort", which parodies the Nyosei arc that the anime omitted.
** The second OVA had short, humorous segments after each "chapter" called "''Fushigi Akugi''" ("''Bad Play''"), which were generally three "bloopers" from scenes in that episode.
* ''[[Harukanaru Toki no Naka
* There's a Yonkoma in between every chapter of ''[[
* The DVDs of ''[[
* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro
* At the end of every ''[[Mirai Nikki]]'' volume, there is an Omake that explains certain things easy to miss in the main work, or reveals a little about other Future Diary holders.
* ''[[Rosario
* ''[[Mayoi Neko Overrun]]'' has ''Mayoi Neko Neko Douga'', 3 minute shorts that involve, in order, Nozomi dancing, Rock Paper Scissors matches, fanservice and surreal short sketches. Possibly the only thing weirder than the series itself.
* The pre-opening shorts in ''[[Oretachi
* In the start of the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' manga volumes, Kazuki Takahashi would have a small paragraph explaining either how he got started on the story itself (he wanted a ''shounen'' hero who never hits anyone, hence games), how a certain character was conceived (Kaiba started from him overhearing an arrogant card player and Marik from a fear of having a cellphone meant his publishers would annoy him in his free time), or random observations as the story progressed (noting his [[Art Evolution]] from the first manga).
** Likewise in the GX manga, his student Naoyuki Kageyama would insert small Yonkomas about his life as a Mangaka student. (Like how he was thrust with doing the GX manga by a drunk Takahashi).
* ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' has these at the end of most volumes. Included are special missions, a dating misunderstanding, a tour of the local girls' dormitory while searching for treasure, a [[High School AU]], Happy's backstory, and others. The latest one details Lucy's adventure in invading Natsu's house instead of the other way around for once. Several have already been incorporated into the anime, and two of these have been adapted into full-length OVAs.
* ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' is somewhat well-known for having hilarious omakes, which are different for the anime and manga. These range from having the [[Blood Knight]] partially [[Axe Crazy]] Revy turning into a [[Magical Girl]] who kills everyone because of [[Blue and Orange Morality]], to a [[High School AU]] where the most hard-core criminals become students, teachers, and the faculty.
== Comic Books ==
* Arguably, the [[Freaky Friday Flip]] story arc from ''[[
** The very first annual for [[The Amazing Spider Man|The Amazing Spider-Man]] in 1964 had a humorous segment about how [[Stan Lee]] and [[Steve Ditko]] create a typical Spider-Man story.
* Detective Comics #347 had a rare after-story "what if" segment that showed what ''would'' have happened to Robin if the villain of the story had actually killed [[Batman]]. (This was in 1966. Who says Bats only got [[Darker and Edgier]] ''after'' the Adam West years?)
* During the 80's, several DC Comics titles would feature "backup stories" in the last five or six pages of each issue. Most notably, the ''[[
* ''[[Star Wars|Star Wars Tales]]'' featured one-page strips in most issues starring editors Dave Land and Jeremy Barlow, numerous artists, writers and other personnel interacting with the characters. Featured responses to fan mail, [[Running Gag
* ''[[
* ''[[
* The later installments of ''[[Neon Exodus Evangelion]]'' by [[Eyrie Productions, Unlimited]] are prone to "Bonus Theater" segments, which showcase short humorous pieces, bizarre [[Spin-Off]] ideas and lighter (often [[Fourth Wall]]-breaking) views "behind the scenes" of the production.
* The final chapter of ''[[Heir to the Empire]]'' by Ozzallos includes a complete copy of the original first concept of the story.
* Many of the chapters of the ''[[Harry Potter]]/[[Sailor Moon]]/[[Ranma ½]]'' crossover fic ''[[The Girl Who Loved]]'' end with "non-canonical" scenes (explicitly labeled "[[Omake]]"), usually borderline [[Lemon]] in content. Interestingly, one such scene provided such significant [[Character Development]] to all involved that after it was released it was almost immediately promoted to being part of the actual plot of the story.
* It's pretty clear that [[First Girl Wins]] applies in the ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' fanfic ''[[Isekai by Moonlight]]''. An [[April Fools' Day]] omake showed where the story would have diverged if it had been an [[Unwanted Harem]] crackfic instead.
==
▲* ''[[Aeon Natum Engel (Fanfic)|Aeon Natum Engel]]'' has several Code: OMAKE chapters which are mostly crossovers with ''[[Nobody Dies (Fanfic)|Nobody Dies]]''. As of this writing, it ended with Creepy!Rei and Terrifying!Rei arguing with each other.
▲* ''[[Stars Above (Fanfic)|Stars Above]]'' has some. {{spoiler|Each of the Nine are fleshed out in [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7920813/1/ Demon profiles], written in the style of the [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica|Madoka]] website's Witch Cards.}}
* Pixar always throws extras in. In addition to their cartoon shorts, they usually add some supplementary material related to the main movie.
** ''[[
** The ''[[Ratatouille]]'' DVD has a short film featuring some fun facts about rats.
** ''[[The Incredibles]]'' featured a 1950s style cartoon featuring Mr. Incredible and his "sidekick".
** ''[[WALL-E]]'' had an entire second film for those who bought the 2-disc special edition, ''The Pixar Story''
* The DVD of the first ''[[The Ring|Ringu]]'' movie features Sadako's cursed video as an ''omake''. After the end of the video, {{spoiler|the screen blurs and a close-up of Sadako's creepy eye displays}}, which might also be a [[Nightmare Fuel
▲== Film ==
▲* The DVD of the first ''[[The Ring|Ringu]]'' movie features Sadako's cursed video as an ''omake''. After the end of the video, {{spoiler|the screen blurs and a close-up of Sadako's creepy eye displays}}, which might also be a [[Nightmare Fuel|nightmare fuel]] to some.
** The American remake also included the cursed movie on the DVD, but with two extra [[Nightmare Fuel]]-inducing factors: first, you couldn't pause, stop, or fast-forward through it, forcing you to watch the whole thing (unless you turned the TV off.) Second, after it's finished and it returns to the menu -- ''it plays the sound of a phone ringing.'' Creepy as hell.
* The ''[[I Am Legend]]'' DVD has four cartoon shorts done in still-frame comic book style. The one by Orson Scott Card was [[Nightmare Fuel|scarier than the actual movie itself]].
* ''FearNet.com'' broadcast a series of half-hour long films that were set in the same continuity as ''[[
* Some films have connected online content that's so extensive it might as well be second films.
* ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'' included the entire [[Show Within a Show|movie within a movie]], ''Nation's Pride'', directed by [[Eli Roth]] (aka Donny 'Bear Jew' Donowitz in the movie).
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings (
* The DVD of [[Monty Python and
* [[The Chronicles of Riddick]] had special features that looked into the backstory of the character's life, his weapons and training; background information on the Necromonger cult; the video diaries of the bounty hunter Toombs, which serves as a sort of prequel to the film and a virtual guide to the universe with info on characters and settings.
* The DVD for the 2001 remake of ''[[
* ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' includes a post-credits scene which echoes the bookshop-window scene early in the movie; however, Professor Lockhart's book is replaced with another, bearing a different title and cover artwork, reflecting the events of the movie.
== Literature ==
* [[Stephen King]]'s short-story collection ''[[Night Shift]]'' includes two stories in the same continuity as ''[[
* Every second chapter of Herman Melville's ''[[Moby Dick]], or The White Whale'' is old-style Bonus Material; they have nothing to do with the story of Ahab and the
* The appendices in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. Which is somewhere around 10% the size of the rest of the trilogy put together.
** ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' also includes a "note on pronunciation", an "index of names" and "elements in Quenya and Sindarin" names. All are interesting, but the second one can be [[Loads and Loads of Characters|particularly useful]] when reading the book for the first time.
* As noted in the Trope Description, [[
* Printed versions of East Asian webnovels tend to add extra chapters, usually backstory of fan favorite characters or, in the case of novels of the [[Boys Love Genre|''dammei'' genre]] printed outside continental China, the steamy sex scenes that cannot be published because of state censorship.
== Live
* Similar to ''The Ring'' example above, the ''[[
** We also have [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW1x2TmIq8s this] out of Character moment [[Cloudcuckoolander|(But no really)]] where we get to see what The Doctor really said to Martha during his video tape in "Human Nature".
** ''[[Doctor Who
* ''[[Friends]]'' was good at adding extra scenes that only had a peripheral connection to the primary plot of an episode over the end credits.
** ''[[Seinfeld]]'' did this a lot too.
* The number of television shows that offer "exclusive online content" on their network's websites is truly staggering. Common offerings include behind-the-scenes blogs; extended interviews with the actors, writers, or competitors; games; photo galleries; and unaired footage.
* Mockumentary-type shows like ''[[The Office]]'' and ''[[
== Music ==
* The 2012 re-issue of the discography of the science-fiction [[Death Metal]] band Timeghoul had the CD contained a digipak that had exclusive artwork as a completely wrap-around cover and a booklet containing lyrics and background notes on the band.
== Newspaper Comics ==
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* Newspaper comics, published in the Sunday edition, often are designed with an embedded, "thrown-away" panel or two, usually at the beginning. That is, the comics are designed to make sense even if the first panel or two are not printed. This is because some newspapers provide less space for the comics than do others. (Ironically they are now more likely to be included if the paper has less space, because the smallest full-width layout involves shrinking and rearranging the panels, leaving enough room for all of them.) In some cases the first couple of panels are a separate, but perhaps related, introductory gag and in other cases, the comic is so cleverly written that the elimination of the first two panels has no effect.
** This was eventually averted by [[Calvin and Hobbes]]. Later Sunday strips cannot be rearranged, at Bill Watterson's insistence.
== Video Games ==
* ''[[Halo]]'' 2 and 3 both had Collectors Editions with some extra stuff, but Halo 3's Legendary edition came with even more and also had a model of Master Chief's helmet.
* The War Room tutorial segments in ''[[Advance Wars]]: Days of Ruin'' feature exaggerated, less-serious versions of the
* Another Day in ''[[
** It also has the rare distinction of being a canon version of an Omake-everything that happens in the Another Day chapter takes place in a parallel universe from the main game, and reading the Secret Reports will clue you in that {{spoiler|one of the Joshuas and the Mr. Hanekoma on top of the rooftop are actually the versions from the regular universe, and that this is where Joshua spent his time in between getting blown away by Minamimoto and coming back for the ending!}}
* The ''[[Metal Gear|Metal Gear Solid]]'' games generally do this in their expanded re-releases. ''Metal Gear Solid 3'' was the most notable contributor, featuring a 'Secret Theatre' with movies such as the humorous Metal Gear Raiden shorts, dedicated to humiliating him, and the Snake vs. Monkey minigame, which featured Snake and...a monkey.
** ''MGS4's'' ginormous encyclopedia may have come close to toppling that though, at least in terms of effort put in by the contributors.
* [http://kotaku.com/5030327/learn-about-soul-calibur-iv-from-a-cute-manga This] was released prior to ''[[Soul Calibur]] 4's'' Japanese release. In it, recurring character Cassandra explains the gameplay to new character Hilde.
* Inverted for ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]''
* ''Warhammer Online'' had a collectors edition filled with this. It had a map, comic, miniature, and artwork book.
* Infocom text adventures nearly always came with "feelies" such as matchbook covers, calendars, etc. that contained important hints, copyright protection info or both.
* ''Freddy Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist'' came with a "medical manual" that doubled as copyright protection and the solution to several pharmaceutical-related puzzles.
* ''[[
* [[The Suffering]] provides an entertaining little documentary on haunted prisons as a little extra you don't even have to unlock!
* [[Deadly Premonition]] gives you the entire damn soundtrack upon completion.
* The collector's edition of [[Alan Wake]] gives you a bonus making of DVD, the soundtrack and an proper hardback book all detailing bits of Bright Falls' history.
* The collector's editions of [[Gears of War]] 1, 2 and 3 all contained making-of DVD's and art books.
* The limited edition of [[Halo: Reach]] gave you a bulky black case in which was a note from the 'owner' and a diary filled to the brim with bits of paper, notes, drawings, maps and some kind of ID cards or somesuch, all contained within a black bubblewrap seal.
* The collector's edition of [[Oblivion]] came with a fold out map of Cyrodiil; a bonus DVD filled with concept art, early renders and a substantial making-of; a 112 page 'Pocket Guide to the Empire' and a reproduction of a Septim, the in-game currency.
* [[Skyrim]] comes with a very nice linen fold out map of the region, but the collector's edition comes with the Art of Skyrim, a map, a making of DVD and a statue of Alduin, the [[Big Bad]].
▲== Webcomics ==
* ''[[Goodwill Heroes]]'' has one of the main characters updating his [http://twitter.com/#!/theWeldren Twitter account] via his cell phone every time a new page is uploaded.
* ''[[Megatokyo]]'' ends each chapter with an omake featuring the protagonists as completely different from their [[Canon]] selves. The Chapter 4 omake ''[http://www.megatokyo.com/strip/516 Grand Theft Colo: Otaku City]'', for example, shows Makoto, an [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of the main Megatokyo server owned by ColoGuys, stolen by a Largo that looks more like a 70's pimp; Piroko, Piro's gaming avatar, is an [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]] [[Action Girl]], Kimiko is a gun-toting [[Yakuza]], Piro is an [[Ax Crazy]] [[Otaku]], Miho is a [[Wrench Wench]] [[Cute Witch]], and Erika and Yuki are cops who run a shady auction business.
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** Also the intermissions.
* ''[[Errant Story]]'' has had two varieties of Omake, first a sequence called "Fun With Familiars" featuring familiars Ellis and Rape-kun back in the old high-school days, and later, "Errant Commentary" featuring characters Bani and Sara at the end of each chapter.
* ''[[
** There's also [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/fun/freestuff.php Free Stuff], like wallpapers, gift tages, downloadable gift tags, and bookplates available on the website, but not incorporated into the comic.
* ''[[
* ''[[Lackadaisy Cats]]'' has what are called "preview comics" which explain things like why Rocky has a hole in his ear and why Rocky refers to Calvin as "Freckle".
* ''[[
* ''[[Coga Suro]]'' has a 'Coga Suro Review' at the end of the first chapter of Coga Suro 2, which looks to be a recurring feature. Appears to be heavily influenced by [[
* The ''[[
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' whenever Pete Abrams [[Print Bonus|wants to make the print volumes more appealing]], encourage people to become registered "Defenders of the Nifty," celebrate a special occasion, or just provide some quick filler.
* ''[[A Loonatics Tale]]'' features exclusive stories, artwork, and creator commentary in the collection books.
* ''[[Nature of
* Some ''[[The
== Web Original ==
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!:
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[
* One of the ''[[Futurama]]'' DVD sets gave us an episode of the [[Show Within a Show]] "Everybody Loves Hypnotoad". Hilarity ensues.
** An in-universe example is the ''Everybody Loves Hypnotoad'' DVD box set. As well as all 365 episodes, it has deleted scenes (identical to the rest of the show), a blooper reel (where the toad is shown upside down) and an audio commentary ("ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD").
* ''[[
** It's set between the last two episodes of the last season. {{spoiler|[[Cloning Blues|Or in the first half of season two]]}}.
* The [[Walt Disney]] animation collection DVDs come with a lithograph.
* The [[
* ''[[Teen Titans (
* The ending credits of ''[[Evil Con Carne]]'' and ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
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