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== Western Animation ==
* Ever wondered why you don't hear much about ''[[Felix the Cat]]'' anymore outside of merchandising or that 2004 direct-to-video film? You can pin the blame on the failure of ''[[Felix the Cat: The Movie]]'', as well as the surprisingly good ''[[The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat|Twisted Tales of Felix]]'' series (Then again, Felix is getting a supposed upcoming CGI series, but still).
* After ''[[Beast Machines]]'' there was supposed to be a sequel series (complete with prototype toys made) called ''[[Transformers Trans Tech|Transtech]]'' and it would have continued even further into the series timeline. While ''Beast Machines'' still had solid ratings, the reception was mediocre and the toys themselves were subpar and didn't sell. Recognizing they had taken the Beast era franchise as far as it could go, they scrapped ''Transtech'' and imported ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' while they worked on a complete [[Continuity Reboot]] with ''[[Transformers Armada]].'' This did have the interesting effect of splitting ''[[Transformers]]'' into many [[Alternate Universe]]s rather than just [[Alternate Continuity|Alternate Continuities]].
* After the second season of ''[[Gargoyles]]'', creator [[Greg Weisman]] jumped ship, and a third season called ''Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles'' sank the franchise on TV. Greg wrote a comic series to replace the third season, but unfortunately it didn't sell well enough to keep up once [[Screwed by the Network|Disney hiked up the licensing fee]].
* In a rare example of a character being a one-person Franchise Killer, Elmyra managed to be the prime cause for the untimely demise of ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]''.
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