Spin-Off: Difference between revisions

# Shared Continuity - more common nowadays, this spinoff generally carries no characters over from the show that spawned it, though both are in the same continuity that allows for [[Crossover]]s from the original.

 

 

See also [[Distaff Counterpart]]. When a TV series is successful enough to produce a film '''Spin-Off''', this is [[The Movie]]. When the same principle is applied to [[Video Games]], the result is a [[Gaiden Game]].

{{examples}}

== Cases where a character leaves a show and the two run concurrently ==

=== Anime and Manga ===

* ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' (''Hokuto no Ken'') has a series of spinoff works known as the ''Hokuto no Ken Gaiden'' series, which centers around side-characters from the original manga, depicting what happened to them prior to the events of ''Hokuto no Ken'', although they do deviate from canon a bit. Almost all of them, with the exception of ''Yuria Gaiden'', were published in ''Weekly Comic Bunch'' (the manga anthology that serializes ''[[Fist of the Blue Sky|Souten no Ken]]'') at the time the ''Legends of the True Savior'' movies were released.

 

=== [[Comic Books]] ===

* ''[[Horndog]]'' → ''[[Here Wolf]]''

 

=== [[Literature]] ===

* [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]] → ''[[Faction Paradox]]''

* Telos ''[[Doctor Who]]'' novellas → ''[[Time Hunter]]''

 

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

* ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' → ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''

* ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'' → ''Enos''

 

=== [[Radio]] ===

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' / [[Big Finish Doctor Who]] → ''[[Sarah Jane Smith]]'', ''[[I Davros]]'', ''[[UNIT]]'', ''[[Counter-Measures]]'', ''[[Cyberman]]'', ''[[Gallifrey]]'', ''[[Jago And Litefoot]]'', ''[[Kaldor City]]'', ''[[Dalek Empire]]''

 

=== [[Video Games]] ===

* ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]'' → ''Ace Attorney Investigations'', featuring the prosecutor from the first game as the main character.

 

=== [[Web Comics]] ===

* ''[[Eerie Cuties]]'' got two spin-offs - the first, ''[[Magick Chicks]]'', was created when Melissa and her coven were transferred out of Charybdis Heights (to Artemis Academy), and second, ''Dangerously Chloe'', when Chloe was transferred (to Tarterus Academy).

 

=== [[Web Original]] ===

* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series]]'' → ''[[Marik Plays Bloodlines]]''

* ''[[The Annoying Orange]]'' → ''[[Liam the Leprechaun]]'' <ref>Liam actually predates the orange but the series is considered a spinoff anyway</ref>

 

=== [[Western Animation]] ===

* ''[[Dora the Explorer]]'' → ''[[Go, Diego, Go!]]''

* ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'' → ''[[Postcards From Buster]]''

 

== Cases where a show comes to an end and a character from it is given his or her own new show ==

=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===

* ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' → ''[[Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya]]''

* After ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' ended, subsequent gaiden animes set in the verse focused on characters such as Raoh, Yuria, Jagi and others.

* ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'' → ''[[A Certain Scientific Railgun]]'', starring the [[Unknown Rival]]. It also shares continuity as the two series happen in parallel.

** ''A Certain Magical Index'' → ''A Certain Magical Index: New Testament'', a sequel to the original novels with side character Shiage Hamazura becoming a primary cast member.

 

=== [[Film]] ===

* The fourth ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' movie starts a completely new plotline which goes completely unmentioned and contains only three characters from the first three.

 

=== [[Literature]] ===

* ''Gotrek and Felix'' → ''Thanquol and Boneripper''

* ''Gotrek and Felix'' → ''Ulrika the Vampire''

 

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

* ''[[That's So Raven]]'' → ''[[Cory in The House]]'' (A small [[Time Skip]]. CITH takes place some time after TSR, after Raven goes to college.)

* ''[[Caerdydd]]'' → ''[[Gwaith Cartref]]''. (Neither Emyr nor Sara mentions Lea, Peter, or any of the other characters from the earlier show – which is strange, given how it ended.)

 

=== [[Web Comics]] ===

=== Anime and Manga ===

* ''Betterman'' → ''[[Betterman Legends]]''

 

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

* ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' → ''[[Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior]]''

* ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'' → ''Mayberry RFD'' (Storylines also carry over from ''Andy Griffith'' into ''Mayberry RFD'')

 

=== [[Western Animation]] ===

** ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure]]'' → ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart]]''

* ''[[Yes! Pretty Cure 5]]'' → ''[[Yes! Pretty Cure 5]]''

 

=== [[Western Animation]] ===

=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===

* ''[[Beyblade]]'' → ''[[Metal Fight Beyblade]]''

 

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

* ''[[The Real World]]'' → ''[[Road Rules]]''

* ''[[Name That Tune]]'' → ''[[Face the Music]]''

 

=== [[Web Original]] ===

* ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'' → ''SOTF Mini''

 

== Segment spin-offs ==

* ''[[Naruto]]'' → ''Rock Lee's Springtime Of Youth''

* ''[[One Piece]]'' → ''Chopperman''

 

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

* ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O]]'' → ''Imagin Anime''

* ''[[The Carol Burnett Show]]'' → ''[[Mama's Family]]''

* ''[[Love, American Style]]'' → ''[[Happy Days]]''

 

=== [[Radio]] ===

* ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'' → ''You'll Have Had Your Tea: The Doings of Hamish And Dougal''

 

=== [[Western Animation]] ===

* ''[[Animaniacs]]'' → ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]''

* ''[[Cow and Chicken]]'' → ''[[I Am Weasel]]''

* ''Liquid Television'' → ''[[Aeon Flux]]'' and ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]''

* ''Huckleberry Hound'' → ''Yogi Bear''

* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' → ''[[Shinji Ikari Raising Project]]''

* ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'' → ''[[Gekiganger 3]]''

 

=== [[Film]] ===

* ''[[Grindhouse]]'' → ''[[Machete]]''

 

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

* ''Community'' → The Comumunity College Chronicle

* ''[[Childrens Hospital]]'' → ''NTSF:SD:SUV::''

 

=== [[Western Animation]] ===

* ''[[To LOVE-Ru]]'' → ''[[To Love Ru Darkness]]''

* ''[[Ojamajo Doremi|Motto! Ojamajo Doremi]]'' → Ojamajo Doremi Naisho

 

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

* ''[[All in The Family]]'' → ''[[Archie Bunker's Place]]'' → ''704 Hauser'' a long forgotten 90s show that featured a new (and black) family living in the Bunkers' house, with a role reversal of the original series' dynamic, that last only six episodes.

* ''[[Da Vinci's Inquest]]'' → ''Da Vinci's City Hall''

 

=== [[Web Comics]] ===

* ''[[Better Days]]'' → ''[[Original Life]]''

 

=== [[Western Animation]] ===

* A concrete anime example is ''[[To Heart 2]]'', which takes place in the same school as the original ''[[To Heart]]'', only that it is set three years after. Some [[Continuity Nod|nods]] and [[Continuity Cameo|cameos]] reinforce this.

* ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' has ''[[Puella Magi Kazumi Magica]]''. Its other spin-off, ''[[Puella Magi Oriko Magica]]'' is either a [[Prequel]] or an [[Interquel]].

** ''[[Waiting in the Summer]]'' is set in the same universe, with no (or possibly one) returning characters.

 

=== [[Comic Books]] ===

* ''[[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]]'': After the death of a prominent member of the book, the book ended at issue 588 and was revamped as ''FF'' ("FF" in the title standing for Future Foundation). After 11 issues of ''FF'', Marvel revived the Fantastic Four for issue 600 (the previous issues being ''FF'') and it will continue forward with ''FF'' also being released concurrently focusing on the non-Fantastic Four members of the Future Foundation.

 

 

=== [[Literature]] ===

* [[Mercy Thompson]] Series and Alpha and Omega, along with a few short stories set in the same unvierse.

 

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

* ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' and ''[[Stargate Universe]]''

** When spin-offs share a setting, there's also often a temptation to eventually include characters from the earlier series. eg. O'Brien and Worf ending up on ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', Samantha Carter ending up on ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]''.

* The first seven seasons of ''[[Power Rangers]]'' used the few characters variant, starting with ''Lightspeed Rescue'', they used the no character variant, all set in the same universe, with characters only returning for team-up episodes (except for ''[[Power Rangers Dino Thunder]]'' and ''[[Power Rangers Samurai]]'', where Tommy and Bulk returned as main characters, respectively).

* ''[[Eureka]]'' and ''[[Warehouse 13]]'' are established as a shared canon during an episode on each show in which each had a character visiting from the other.

 

=== [[Video Games]] ===

* The ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'' [[Portal 2|series]], spinoff from ''[[Half Life]]''.

 

=== [[Western Animation]] ===

 

{{reflist}}

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]