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This is the very work that practically begins the career of a creator. This is the hit that gives the creator success in their medium. This is the [[Breakthrough Hit]].
 
You can bet that any creator who you can name off the top of your head has his/her [[Breakthrough Hit]]. For some creators, it could be the very first work he/she created. For others, it comes only after a series of unsuccessful attempts, although these early attempts stand a chance of being [[Vindicated Byby History]]. For many [[Breakthrough Hit|Breakthrough Hits]], creators are often subject to the curse of [[Tough Act to Follow]], as practically every subsequent work may be compared to the [[Breakthrough Hit]].
 
Compare [[Killer App]] (equivalent for game systems) and [[Star-Making Role]] (equivalent for actors). Compare ''and'' Contrast [[Magnum Opus]], another landmark in a creator's career. There may be some overlap for a few creators, but [[Magnum Opus]] usually represents the pinnacle of the career while [[Breakthrough Hit]] represents the beginning. Contrast [[Creator Killer]] and [[One-Hit Wonder]].
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* ''[[Zombie Powder]]'' for [[Tite Kubo]] in his own country, ''[[Bleach]]'' worldwide. Likewise, ''Butsu Zone'' for Hiroyuki Takei country-wide, ''[[Shaman King]]'' internantionally''.
* ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' for Bisco Hatori; prior to it, she had written some shojo which was never well-known.
* ''[[Dr. Slump]]'' for [[Akira Toriyama]] in his home country. He would later make it big worldwide with ''[[DragonballDragon Ball]]''.
* ''[[Gun BusterGunbuster]]'' for [[Hideaki Anno]].
* ''[[Love Hina]]'' for [[Ken Akamatsu]].
* ''[[Naruto]]'' for [[Masashi Kishimoto]].
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' for Kazuki Takashi, ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]] Duelist'' worldwide.
* ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' for [[Gen Urobuchi]]
 
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* ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|The New Teen Titans]]'' for [[Marv Wolfman]].
* ''[[V for Vendetta]]'' for [[Alan Moore]].
* [[Chris Claremont]] and John Byrne, ''The Uncanny [[X -Men]]''
* [[Jack Kirby]], ''[[Captain America]]''
* [[Stan Lee]], ''[[The Fantastic Four]]''
* [[Steve Ditko]], ''The Amazing [[Spider -Man]]''.
* [[Frank Miller]], ''[[Daredevil]]''
* [[John Buscema]], ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]''.
* [[Kurt Busiek]] and [[Alex Ross]], ''[[Marvels]]''
* [[Jim Lee]], ''The Uncanny [[X -Men]]''
* [[Mark Waid]], ''[[The Flash]]''
* [[Neal Adams]], ''[[Batman]]''
* [[Jim Steranko]], ''[[Nick Fury]] Agent Of SHIELD''.
* [[Brian Michael Bendis]], ''[[Ultimate Spider -Man]]'' and ''Daredevil''.
* [[Grant Morrison (Creator)|Grant Morrison]], ''[[Doom Patrol (Comic Book)|Doom Patrol]]'' and ''[[Animal Man (Comic Book)|Animal Man]]''
* [[Neil Gaiman (Creator)|Neil Gaiman]], ''[[The Sandman (Comic Book)|The Sandman]]''
* [[Scott Snyder]], ''[[American Vampire]]''
 
== Film - Animated ==
* ''[[Snow White and The Seven Dwarves (Disney film)|Snow White and The Seven Dwarves]]'' for [[Walt Disney]] in the feature-length animated film industry.
* After breaking away from [[Disney]], [[Don Bluth]] had his breakthrough with ''[[The Secret of NIMH]]''.
* ''[[Toy Story]]'' for [[Pixar]].
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== Film - Live Action ==
* ''[[The Terminator (Filmfranchise)|The Terminator]]'' for [[James Cameron]]
* ''[[American Graffiti]]'' as a director and ''[[Star Wars]] Episode V: [[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' as a producer for [[George Lucas]].
* ''[[Jaws (Filmfilm)|Jaws]]'' for [[Steven Spielberg]].
* ''[[Alien (Filmfranchise)|Alien]]'' for [[Ridley Scott]].
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Filmfilm)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' for [[Peter Jackson]].
* ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' for [[Quentin Tarantino]].
* ''[[The Godfather (Film)|The Godfather]]'' for [[Francis Ford Coppola]].
* ''[[Taxi Driver]]'' for [[Martin Scorsese]].
* ''[[Carrie]]'' for [[Brian De Palma]].
* ''[[Clerks]]'' for Kevin Smith.
* ''[[Romancing the Stone]]'' for [[Robert Zemeckis]].
* ''[[Halloween (Filmfilm)|Halloween]]'' for [[John Carpenter]].
* ''[[RosemarysRosemary's Baby]]'' for [[Roman Polanski]].
* ''[[Animal House]]'' for [[John Landis]].
* ''[[The Usual Suspects]]'' for [[Bryan Singer]]
* ''[[Pi]]'' for Darren Aronofsky
* ''[[Memento]]'' for [[Christopher Nolan (Creator)|Christopher Nolan]]
 
 
== Literature ==
* ''[[The Da Vinci Code]]'' for [[Dan Brown]].
* ''[[Twilight (Literaturenovel)|Twilight]]'' for [[Stephenie Meyer]].
* ''[[Tortilla Flat]]'' for [[John Steinbeck (Creator)|John Steinbeck]].
* ''Nightfall'' for [[Isaac Asimov (Creator)|Isaac Asimov]]. As he himself described it "The writing of 'Nightfall' was a watershed in my professional career ... I was suddenly taken seriously and the world of science fiction became aware that I existed. As the years passed, in fact, it became evident that I had written a 'classic'".
* ''[[The Hobbit (Literaturenovel)|The Hobbit]]'' for [[JRRJ. TolkienR. (Creator)R. Tolkien|JRR Tolkien]].
* ''[[The Lion, the Witch Andand Thethe Wardrobe]]'' for [[CSC. LewisS. (Creator)Lewis|CS Lewis]].
* ''[[Ender's Game]]'' for [[Orson Scott Card]].
* ''[[The Andromeda Strain]]'' for Michael Crichton
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* ''[[CSI]]'' for Jerry Bruckheimer.
* ''[[Veronica Mars]]'' started Rob Thomas' career as a television producer, although his book ''Rats Saw God'' started his career as a novelist.
* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' for Tim Kring (although his previous series ''[[Crossing Jordan]]'' lasted longer).
* ''[[Magnum, PIP.I.]]'' for [[Donald Bellisario]]
 
== Music ==
* "Love Me Do" for [[The Beatles (Musicband)|The Beatles]] in their home country. Their international breakthrough would be "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
* "Just Dance" for [[Lady Gaga]], after several years in the business and a [[Genre Shift|shift from being]] a piano-pop-type singer/songwriter
* "Run It!" for [[Chris Brown]].
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* [[Pink Floyd]] hit it big with the album ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon]]''. For a specific song, [[Money Song|"Money"]] is probably the best fit.
* "Piano Man" for [[Billy Joel]].
* [[Supertramp (Music)|Supertramp]]'s first two albums were commercial failures, and then ''Crime of the Century'' was released to commercial and critical acclaim, with "Dreamer" being a major hit.
* "White Liar" for [[Miranda Lambert (Music)|Miranda Lambert]]. Her first two albums had modest hits but impressive sales; "White Liar" was her first #1 and kicked her career into high gear.
* After a dud of a first album, [[Tim McGraw]] broke through with his fourth single, "Indian Outlaw", and never looked back.
* "She's Got It All" was the first big hit for [[Kenny Chesney]], who had three albums' worth of modest hits before it.
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Magic: theThe Gathering]]'' for [[Richard Garfield]] and [[Wizards of the Coast]]
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' for [[Gary Gygax]].
 
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Donkey Kong (Video Game)|Donkey Kong]]'' for [[Nintendo (Creator)|Nintendo]] (and [[Shigeru Miyamoto (Creator)|Shigeru Miyamoto]]). ''[[Super Mario Bros. (Videovideo Gamegame)|Super Mario Bros]]'' would later be their breakthrough in the console games business.
** For Nintendo's sub-companies: ''[[Donkey Kong Country (Videovideo Gamegame)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' for [[Rare]] (before they were bought by Microsoft), ''[[Kirbys Adventure (Video Game)|Kirbys Adventure]]'' for HAL Laboratory, ''[[Metroid Prime (Video Game)|Metroid Prime]]'' for [[Retro Studios]].
* The original ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Videovideo Gamegame)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' for [[Sega]] and [[Sonic Team]]. Before then, [[Sega]] remained in the shadow of [[Nintendo]] as a console developer.
* ''[[Half-Life (Video Gameseries)|Half-Life]]'' for [[Valve Software (Creator)|Valve Software]].
* ''[[Final Fantasy I (Video Game)|Final Fantasy I]]'' for [[Square Enix (Creator)|Square]]. Before then, they were just a struggling company who couldn't make a hit.
* ''[[Dragon Quest I (Video Game)|Dragon Quest I]]'' for [[Square Enix (Creator)|Enix]], the [[JRPG]] [[Square Enix (Creator)|juggernaut]]'s other half.
* ''[[Halo (Video Gameseries)|Halo]]'' for [[Bungie]] (and for Microsoft in the game business). Bungie did make several games before, most notably the ''[[Marathon (Video Game)Trilogy|Marathon]]'' series, but didn't achieve mainstream popularity before ''Halo''.
* ''[[Warcraft (Video Game)|Warcraft]]: Orcs and Humans'' for [[Blizzard]].
* ''[[Bejeweled (Video Game)|Bejeweled]]'' for [[Pop Cap Games]].
* ''[[Crash Bandicoot 1996 (Video Game)|Crash Bandicoot 1996]]'' for [[Naughty Dog]].
* ''[[Spyro the Dragon 1998 (Video Game)|Spyro the Dragon 1998]]'' for [[Insomniac Games]].
* ''[[Disgaea Hour of Darkness (Video Game)|Disgaea Hour of Darkness]]'' for [[Nippon Ichi]] Software.
 
 
== [[Web Original]] ==
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series (Web Video)|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'' for [[Little Kuriboh (Creator)|Little Kuriboh]].
* ''[[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|The Angry Video Game Nerd]]'' for [[James Rolfe (Creator)|James Rolfe]]
 
 
== Western Animation (Excluding Film) ==
* ''[[Steamboat Willie]]'' for [[Walt Disney (Creator)|Walt Disney]].
* ''[[DextersDexter's Laboratory (Animation)|Dexters Laboratory]]'' for [[Craig McCracken]] and [[Genndy Tartakovsky]].
* ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents (Animation)|The Fairly Odd Parents]]'' for [[Nickelodeon (Creator)|Nickelodeon]] animator Butch Hartman.
* ''[[Batman: The Animated Series (Animation)|Batman the Animated Series]]'' for [[Paul Dini (Creator)|Paul Dini]] and [[Bruce Timm (Creator)|Bruce Timm]].
* ''[[Gargoyles (Animation)|Gargoyles]]'' for [[Greg Weisman]].
* [[John Kricfalusi]] had a long career before then, but ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show (Animation)|The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'' is what made him truly famous.
* ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'' for [[Matt Groening]] and for the [[FOXFox]] network.
* ''[[South Park (Animation)|South Park]]'' for [[Trey Parker and Matt Stone (Creator)|Trey Parker and Matt Stone]].
* ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]'' for [[Seth MacfarlaneMacFarlane]].
* ''[[Johnny Bravo (Animation)|Johnny Bravo]]'' for Van Partible. It also gave a start to the aforementioned [[Seth MacfarlaneMacFarlane]] and Butch Hartman (as well as [[Sonny With a Chance|Steve Marmel]]) in the art of writing.
* ''[[Johnny Test (Animation)|Johnny Test]]'' for [[Scott Fellows]].
* ''[[Gerald McBoing-Boing]]'' for [[UPA]].
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' and/or ''[[Transformers Prime (Animation)|Transformers Prime]]'' for [[The Hub (Creator)|The Hub]] network.
 
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