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Works based entirely around featuring forgotten and abandoned sections of the canon and going beyond A Day in the Limelight but making an entire Ensemble Cast of Ascended Extra / Ensemble Darkhorse characters.

Compare Team-Up Series.

Examples of Limelight Series include:

Anime and Manga

Pokémon Chronicles, a Spin-Off of the Pokémon anime centering around characters that had been Put on a Bus, including Misty, Tracey, Richie, and various One Shot Characters.
The various gaiden manga series for Fist of the North Star are these, with different miniseries for Raoh, Toki, Rei, Jagi, and Juza, currently.

Comics

Watchmen was originally supposed to star a team of Charlton Comics superheroes, though that plan was cancelled when it was decided to integrate said characters into the DC Universe at large.
Marvel Comics' The Defenders, for most of its versions.
DC's The Outsiders too.
DC's Gotham Central focuses on the Gotham City Police Department with only cameo appearances by Batman, the Joker, etc.
Archie's Sonic Universe, which focuses on anyone not named Sonic the Hedgehog (and even then, he can take center stage!) and allows for storylines that can't be fit into the main comic to be addressed.

Live Action TV

Arguably Noels Christmas Presents is the Trope Codifier for this on live-action TV, not to mention its Crowning Moment of Heartwarming.

Video Games

Epic Mickey.
The (sadly Japan-only) Wii game Captain Rainbow, in which the player controls a superhero who has to fulfil the wishes of a bunch of Z-List Nintendo characters, including Birdo, Little Mac, a platoon of Advance Wars soldiers and Lip from Panel de pon.

Western Animation

Batman the Brave And The Bold, which, among other services to the DC Rogues Gallery, made a Memetic Badass out of Aquaman.
Justice League Unlimited gave plenty of screen-time to minor and B-Level DC Heroes, with Character Focus on Captain Atom, Green Arrow, Black Canary, Huntress and The Question, and plenty A Day in the Limelight episodes.

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 {{trope}}
-Works based entirely around featuring forgotten and abandoned sections of the canon and going beyond [[A Day in The Limelight]] but making an entire [[Ensemble Cast]] of [[Ascended Extra]] / [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] characters.
+Works based entirely around featuring forgotten and abandoned sections of the canon and going beyond [[A Day in the Limelight]] but making an entire [[Ensemble Cast]] of [[Ascended Extra]] / [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] characters.
-Compare [[Team Up Series]].
+Compare [[Team-Up Series]].
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 == [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
-* ''Pokémon Chronicles'', a [[Spin-Off]] of the ''[[Pokémon (Anime)|Pokémon]]'' anime centering around characters that had been [[Put On a Bus]], including Misty, Tracey, Richie, and various [[One-Shot Character|One Shot Characters]].
+* ''Pokémon Chronicles'', a [[Spin-Off]] of the ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' anime centering around characters that had been [[Put on a Bus]], including Misty, Tracey, Richie, and various [[One-Shot Character|One Shot Characters]].
 * The various gaiden manga series for [[Fist of the North Star]] are these, with different miniseries for Raoh, Toki, Rei, Jagi, and Juza, currently.
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 * ''[[Watchmen]]'' was originally supposed to star a team of Charlton Comics superheroes, though that plan was cancelled when it was decided to integrate said characters into the [[DC Universe]] at large.
 * Marvel Comics' [[The Defenders]], for most of its versions.
-* DC's [[Batman and The Outsiders|The Outsiders]] too.
+* DC's [[Batman and the Outsiders|The Outsiders]] too.
 * DC's [[Gotham Central]] focuses on the Gotham City Police Department with only cameo appearances by Batman, the Joker, etc.
-* Archie's ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Comic Book)|Sonic Universe]]'', which focuses on anyone not named Sonic the Hedgehog (and even then, he can take center stage!) and allows for storylines that can't be fit into the main comic to be addressed.
+* Archie's ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)|Sonic Universe]]'', which focuses on anyone not named Sonic the Hedgehog (and even then, he can take center stage!) and allows for storylines that can't be fit into the main comic to be addressed.
 == [[Live Action TV]] ==
-* Arguably ''[[Noels Christmas Presents (TV)|Noels Christmas Presents]]'' is the [[Trope Codifier]] for this on live-action TV, not to mention its [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]].
+* Arguably ''[[Noel's Christmas Presents|Noels Christmas Presents]]'' is the [[Trope Codifier]] for this on live-action TV, not to mention its [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]].
 == [[Video Games]] ==
 * ''[[Epic Mickey]]''.
-* The ([[No Export for You|sadly Japan-only]]) Wii game ''[[Captain Rainbow]]'', in which the player controls a superhero who has to fulfil the wishes of a bunch of Z-List Nintendo characters, including [[Super Mario Bros|Birdo]], [[Punch Out|Little Mac]], a platoon of ''[[Advance Wars]]'' soldiers and Lip from Panel de pon.
+* The ([[No Export for You|sadly Japan-only]]) Wii game ''[[Captain Rainbow]]'', in which the player controls a superhero who has to fulfil the wishes of a bunch of Z-List Nintendo characters, including [[Super Mario Bros.|Birdo]], [[Punch Out|Little Mac]], a platoon of ''[[Advance Wars]]'' soldiers and Lip from Panel de pon.
 == [[Western Animation]] ==
-* ''[[Batman the Brave And The Bold (Animation)|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'', which, among other services to the DC [[Rogues Gallery]], made a [[Memetic Badass]] out of '''[[Aquaman (Comic Book)|Aquaman]]'''.
+* ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'', which, among other services to the DC [[Rogues Gallery]], made a [[Memetic Badass]] out of '''[[Aquaman (Comic Book)|Aquaman]]'''.
-* ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' gave plenty of screen-time to minor and B-Level DC Heroes, with [[Character Focus]] on [[Captain Atom]], [[Green Arrow]], [[Black Canary]], Huntress and [[The Question]], and plenty [[A Day in The Limelight]] episodes.
+* ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' gave plenty of screen-time to minor and B-Level DC Heroes, with [[Character Focus]] on [[Captain Atom]], [[Green Arrow]], [[Black Canary]], Huntress and [[The Question]], and plenty [[A Day in the Limelight]] episodes.
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