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* Few people know that the film ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'', itself based (very loosely) on the Gary K. Wolf novel ''[[Who Censored Roger Rabbit? (Literature)]]?'', has some nicely concise [[Expanded Universe]] material. The novel ''Who P-P-P-Plugged Roger Rabbit?'' (it's really spelled that way, because Roger stutters his p's) is a direct [[Sequel]] to the film, and gives us plenty of more material on how the series' world functions, and much more about the life and family of Eddie Valiant. There are also comics and a couple of short stories.
* ''[[Aliens]]'' and ''[[Predator]]'' have their own [[Expanded Universe]], including several cross-over miniseries published by Dark Horse Comics during the late 80s and 90s. The first three miniseries for Aliens were originally a continuation of the second Alien movie; however, the release of ''Alien 3'' rendered the events of those series incompatible with the movie's [[Continuity]] since it killed Newt and Hicks at the beginning of the movie, and Ripley at the very end. Dark Horse got around this by rereleasing the series in graphic novel format, with new names for the series as well as [[Retcon|renaming Newt as Billie and Hicks as Wilkes]], and stuck with using original characters after that. There have also been many ''[[Aliens]]'' and ''[[Predator]]'' novels and [[Video Game|video games]] released, including a few ''[[Alien vs. Predator]]'' games for the PC.
* Each of the eight major characters from ''[[Repo! The Genetic Opera]]'' have their own Myspace page. Whatever happens there is considered [[Canon]]. Rotti is understandably a very busy man and only occasionally present, but his children are there whenever they're supposed to be working, and Grave-Robber apparently drums up a lot of new clientele through the site.
* Not counting (though some do) the [[In Name Only]] [[Friday the 13th: The Series|television series]], ''[[Friday the 13th (film)|Friday the 13th]]'' has a surprisingly large number of books and comics.
* Other New Line Cinema horror properties such as ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'', ''[[Final Destination]]'' and ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'' also have a large number of novels, short story collections, comic books, and in Freddy's case, [[Freddy's Nightmares|a television series]].
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== Literature ==
* The ''[[Cthulhu Mythos]]'' is a particularly informal [[Expanded Universe]] based around the works of [[H.P. Lovecraft]], all writers (and [[Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)]] game designers) after him are generally considered to be outside "The Mythos Proper".
* ''[[Warrior Cats]]'' has 13 comic books, 2 plays and 4 guidebooks (as well as one that was [[What Could Have Been|cancelled]]). These are all canon, being written by the authors themselves, except possibly ''Brightspirit's Mercy'', which happens in the middle of a book's story rather than in one the series' plentiful [[Time Skip|time skips]].
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* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' has a small [[Expanded Universe]] with comic books and graphic novels, not much of it [[Canon]] and [[Retcon|the rest getting smaller the longer the show goes on.]] Now that the show itself has been canceled, the [[Expanded Universe]] presumably has free rein again.
* ''[[Babylon 5]]'' has [[Expanded Universe]] in the form of Role-playing game sourcebooks. There are [[Canon|canonical]] comics and a lot of novels. Of the novels, only To Dream in the City of Sorrows, the Psi Corps trilogy, the Passing of the Techno-mages trilogy, the Legions of Fire trilogy, and the Anna Sheridan plot of The Shadow Within are [[Canon]]. The John Sheridan plot of The Shadow Within is not [[Canon]]. That's right, [[Canon]] and non-[[Canon]] in the same book.
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' has many novels and comic books written by writers of the series that are of varying apocryphal status, and a [[Joss Whedon|Whedon-helmed]] comic-book series (along with a similar comic-book series for its [[Spin-Off]] series ''[[Angel]]'') that's considered the [[Canon]] post-television storyline.
** The other, Non-Season 8/After The Fall comics are up in the air in [[Continuity]], as are all non-Post Chosen novels (those that are Post-Chosen are just non-[[Canon]]). Many of the novels are either side stories or [[Prequel|prequels]]. The novel ''Go Ask Malice'', for example, is a backstory for Faith that goes up until the episode ''Faith, Hope, Trick''. It's status as [[Canon]], like all of the novels, is unknown, but it does give a backstory for a character with very little and it doesn't violate [[Canon]].
*** The only bit of non-show or non-Season 8 comic that is considered "[[Canon]]" came from the fairly short-lived ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' role-playing game, and that is Faith's last name; Lehane. This has been confirmed as [[Canon]] by its use in the Joss-Whedon-written last issue of the Season 8 comics.
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' took its first stab at this with [[Assassin's Creed the Fall]], a comic miniseries. It's canon, too.
* ''[[Halo]]'''s [[Expanded Universe]] consists of multiple novels, comics, guidebooks, online exclusives, live-action commercials, and [[Alternate Reality Game|Alternate Reality Games]], along with an [[Halo Legends|anime series]]. All of it, whether created directly by staff from Bungie or 343 (the studios behind the games), or by third parties working under their direct control, is not only completely canonical, but is closely integrated with the games. For example, much of ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' will only be understood by people who read the books; heck, this disclaimer even applies to its ''official website''.
** When canon does conflict, policy is that new material overrides old material, and that games and other media created directly by Bungie/343 staff take precedence over everything else.
* Some [[Video Game|games]] like ''[[Starcraft]]'', ''[[Diablo]]'' and ''[[Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri]] '' have a small [[Expanded Universe]], mainly consisting of a few books.
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* [[Super Mario Bros.]] has/had one, having multiple TV shows, the movie, the anime movie, the various comics and the choose your own adventure books in various different 'continuities'. They tend to be even stranger than the original games.
** Note that Mario does not have a continuity, which means that each of these is as canon as any of the games.
* Surprisingly Gears of War has a very big one that includes the games, several books, and a comic book that as of 2012 is still going.
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** ''[[Beast Wars]]'' itself is an example of an [[Expanded Universe]]. The TV series, due to the expense of CGI, could only have a limited roster of characters, which meant that most of the [[Merchandise-Driven|toyline didn't get to be in it.]] The later IDW ''[[Beast Wars]]'' comics exploited this situation by using all the toy-only characters they could, as well as some from the Japanese-only ''[[Beast Wars]] II'' and ''[[Beast Wars]] Neo'' shows-albeit chronally displaced or on Cybertron, so the TV series and the comics didn't clash.
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' has a number of comics that chronicle the adventures of the Gaang that are not shown in the TV series.
* ''[[Daria]]'' has one, including the show, its two [[All There in the Manual|published manuals]], its parent show ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'' and any of its spin-offs. However, the ''term'' "Expanded Universe" usually refers to a group of interconnected [[Fan Verse|Fan Verses]] that most serious fans know, with its own set of [[Original Character|Original Characters]] who appear in multiple creators' fanworks.
* ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' has had comic books, movies, picture books, TV specials, spinoffs, and story CDs galore.
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