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When the author of a series abandons the storyline entirely, either from lack of interest, time, money, inspiration, or [[Author Existence Failure|pulse]], the series is said to be orphaned.

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On rare occasions, a seemingly '''Orphaned Series''' may be resurrected, either by the original artist or by another taking it over. Fans may wait for years in vain for this to happen, but it almost never does.

An even worse case is when the webcomic literally vanishes from the Internet because the account it was hosted on was deleted due to the bill not being paid in a long time.

An even worse case is when the webcomic literally vanishes from the Internet, because the account it was hosted on was deleted due to the bill not being paid in a long time.

The more extreme [[Schedule Slip]]s blur the line. See also [[Dead Fic]]. Compare [[Vaporware]], which is something the creator claims ''not'' to have given up on—but almost all the fans have.

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== Film ==

* The first two installments of [[Arthur C. Clarke]]'s Space Odyssey series, ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' and ''2010: Odyssey Two'' have film adaptations, but not ''2061: Odyssey Three'' or ''3001: The Final Odyssey''. Tom Hanks expressed interest in doing film adaptations of the last two, but this was ''ages'' ago.

* The first two installments of [[Arthur C. Clarke]]'s Space Odyssey series, ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' and ''2010: Odyssey Two'' have film adaptations, but not ''2061: Odyssey Three'' or ''3001: The Final Odyssey''. [[Tom Hanks]] expressed interest in doing film adaptations of the last two, but this was ''ages'' ago.{{when}}

== Literature ==

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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==

* ''[[Firefly]]'' was a dead-then-resurrected-then-dead series which wasn't able to put out a full season before its final-and-actual cancellation. Some semblance of closure was attempted with the movie ''[[Serenity]]''. {{spoiler|According to [[Joss Whedon]] on the DVD extras, one of the characters was [[Dropped a Bridge on Him|glibly killed]], to focus the audience on the seriousness of the final scenes.}}

* ''[[Firefly]]'' was a dead-then-resurrected-then-dead series which wasn't able to put out a full season before its final-and-actual cancellation. Some semblance of closure was attempted with the movie ''[[Serenity]]''. {{spoiler|According to [[Joss Whedon]] on the DVD extras, one of the characters was [[Dropped a Bridge on Him|glibly killed]] to focus the audience on the seriousness of the final scenes.}}

** ''Serenity'' was in fact made because Joss had become convinced that the show could not be revived. Instead, it was intended to finish the story of River and the Academy. Main characters only died because Joss was sure the series would not be renewed.

* ''[[Chappelle's Show]]'' ~~when~~ Dave couldn't handle the fame and pressure after the success of the first two seasons. He literally walked out on the production of the third even when Comedy Central offered a bigger paycheck.

* ''[[Chappelle's Show]]'': When Dave couldn't handle the fame and pressure after the success of the first two seasons, he literally walked out on the production of the third, even when Comedy Central offered a bigger paycheck.

== Music ==

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* Played straight with [[Homestar Runner|Strong Sad's blog]], which is otherwise a parody of [[LiveJournal]]. And then [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] when Strong Sad mentioned it in the Strong Bad Email "email thunder". Sadly, it seems that this has happened to Homestarrunner.com as well.

* ''[[Xiao Xiao]]'' ended with a demo of a beat-em-up game back in 2002. There have been no signs of that demo or the series ever continuing since then. In fact, the author's whereabouts are unknown as well.

* ''Sapphire Spindle Paw'' is either this or [[Stillborn Serial]]. Mystic(TheSpiritWolf) ~~Created~~ a prologue video and then a first episode, then posted about ~~his/her~~ intentions to make a third video~~, and then~~ ~~left~~ ~~the~~ site. Searching "Sapphire Spindle Paw", with quotes, gives around four or five results. ~~There~~ is no sign of an episode 2.

* ''Sapphire Spindle Paw'' is either this or [[Stillborn Serial]]. Mystic (TheSpiritWolf) created a prologue video and then a first episode, then posted about their intentions to make a third video before disappearing site. Searching "Sapphire Spindle Paw", with quotes, gives around four or five results, and there is no sign of an episode 2.

* [[Something Awful|Rock Tumbler's]] [[Let's Play]] of ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'' was discontinued due to his drug use. His former partners have started it up again and finished it.

* [[The Spoony Experiment|Spoony's]] [[Let's Play]] of ''Deadly Premonition'' is looking like it won't ever be continued (at least not any time soon), having only Part 1 up on the site. This doesn't stop fans on the forums starting a new thread every few weeks or so asking when he's going to finish it...

* [[Atlas of Medieval America]] was a very intriguing concept that never got more than a couple months of updates. [[Alternate History]] buffs have tried to carry on.

* ''[[Super Mario Bros Z]]'' due to how time consuming it took to the animate the fights. What was meant to be a twenty six episodes ended at eight after the creator called it quits.

* ''[[Super Mario Bros Z]]'', due to how time consuming it took to the animate the fights. What was meant to be a twenty-six episodes ended at eight after the creator [[Mark Haynes]] called it quits. He has since made an attempt to reboot the series, which has been progressing slowly - but progressing nonetheless.

* The [[SCP Foundation]] story "[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/metafiction Metafiction]" (one of the most popular tales on the site) ends with ''to be continued'' on a very interesting cliffhanger. The discussion page is filled with requests, pleads and threats to the author to just finish the damn thing already.

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* ''[[The Pirates of Dark Water]]'' eventually simply stopped, after about eight of the thirteen [[MacGuffin|treasures of rule]] were collected. A lack of budget and [[Channel Hop]]s were the responsible issues, here.

** The Genesis game ''does'' contain a proper ending to the series however.

* G3.5 of ''[[My Little Pony]]'' should have lasted at least three years but ended prematurely at only one year. It had one special and a few toys, however it was made around the same time as ''[[My Little Pony: ~~Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony~~ Friendship Is Magic]]'' (which ended up being the series to revive the brand).

* G3.5 of ''[[My Little Pony]]'' should have lasted at least three years, but ended prematurely at only one year. It had one special and a few toys - however, it was made around the same time as ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' (which ended up being the series to revive the brand).

* ''[[Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles]]'' ended abruptly before finishing the final story arc.