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{{trope}}
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Spinoffs are when part of a successful show, usually characters, but sometimes a general concept (first you have the Law, then you have the Order), are taken and given a second show of their own.
 
From a producer's perspective, it's a chance to explore other aspects of a concept. Actors can find opportunities to grow in their craft, as well as rise in importance by moving from just being part of an ensemble to having a show built around them. For the networks, it's a chance to establish a show with a built-in audience, making it that much easier for them to sell advertising.
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Lots of spinoffs go on to be successful shows in their own right, sometimes even [[More Popular Spinoff|surpassing the parent series in popularity]]. Others crash and burn (''Joanie Loves Chachi'', anyone?), suggesting that there is no such thing as a sure thing. Nevertheless, networks keep trying them.
 
==== '''There are several main types of spinoffs: ===='''
 
# Where a character leaves a show and the two run concurrently. Characters [[Crossover]] from time to time.
# Where a show comes to an end and a character from it is given his or her own new show. Provides an opportunity to [[Retool]] the character as well.
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# [[Companion Show|Official Fanzine Show]] - a trope usually applying to [[Reality TV]], usually offering Behind The Scenes info or coverage that wouldn't fit into the main programme, often (but not always) broadcast immediately after the main show, on a sister channel.
# Online Spin-Off - A spin-off that's only shown online, sometimes overlaps with Segment Spin-Off, sometimes a spin-off [[In Name Only]]. Generally only an advert for the broadcast programme.
# 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|Crossovers]]s from the original.
 
SpinoffsSpin-offs are [[Older Than You Think]]. Plantagenet Palliser was a minor character in ''The Small House at Allington'', one of the novels in the Barchester series by [[Anthony Trollope (Creator)|Anthony Trollope]]. Plantagenet Palliser became one of the main characters of Trollope's Palliser series, written in the 1860's and 1870's;. And earlier than furtherthat, the character of Falstaff, from Henry IV parts 1 and 2, was given his own play, at Royal request, by [[The Zeroth Law of Trope Examples|by Shakespeare]].
 
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]].
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== Cases where a character leaves a show and the two run concurrently ==
== Type 1 Examples ==
=== 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.
 
=== [[ComicsComic Books]] ===
* ''[[Horndog]]'' -->→ ''[[Here Wolf]]''
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Private]]'' --> ''Privilege''
* [[Virgin New Adventures]] --> ''[[Bernice Summerfield]]''
* [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]] --> ''[[Faction Paradox]]''
* Telos ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' novellas --> ''[[Time Hunter]]''
 
=== [[Literature]] ===
* ''[[Private]]'' → ''Privilege''
* [[Virgin New Adventures]] → ''[[Bernice Summerfield]]''
* [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]] → ''[[Faction Paradox]]''
* Telos ''[[Doctor Who]]'' novellas → ''[[Time Hunter]]''
 
=== [[Live -Action TV]] ===
* ''[[Dallas]]'' -->→ ''[[Knots Landing]]''
** Interestingly enough, ''Knots Landing'' was actually shopped first to CBS, but rejected. When ''Dallas'' took off, they inserted one of the Ewing brothers and re-shopped KL as a spin-off.
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' -->→ ''[[Angel]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' -->→ ''[[K-9 and Company (TV)|K-9 and Company]]'', ''[[Torchwood (TV)|Torchwood]]'', ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures (TV)|The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' and ''[[K 9K9]]''
** Note that ''K9'' does not fulfill the "crossover" aspect of Typethis 1type dueof tospin-off, as it notwas beingnot produced by the BBC.
* ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]'' -->→ ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]''
* ''[[GreysGrey's Anatomy]]'' -->→ ''[[Private Practice]]''
* ''[[All in The Family]]'', was the king of this trope and spun off no fewer than ''three'' shows [[Up to Eleven|some of which had their own spinoffs!]]: ''[[The Jeffersons]]'', ''[[Maude]]'', and Maude's housekeeper Florida, was spun off into ''[[Good Times]]''. It also was an example of #8 below, as ''All In The Family'' became ''Archie Bunker's Place''. Similarly, but less successfully, the Jeffersons' housekeeper Florence received her own spin-off ''[[Checking In]]'' which was cancelled after one season.
** ''Archie Bunker's Place'' itself had a one season spin-off ''Gloria'' that featured Archie's daughter [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|Gloria]] , having divorced Mike, starting a new life in New York.
* ''[[The Daily Show]]'' -->→ ''[[The Colbert Report]]''
** Sort of; even though [[Stephen Colbert]] was on ''[[The Daily Show]]'' for eight years, his persona on that show was different from the character he plays on ''[[The Colbert Report]]''. This mayis actualyalso bea closer to Type 7[[Defictionalization]], since it started as a series of fake promos on ''[[The Daily Show]]''.
* ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'' -->→ ''[[Rhoda]]'' and ''[[Phylis]]''.
* ''[[Happy Days]]''--> → ''[[Joanie Loves Chachi]]''
* ''[[Family Ties]]''--> → ''[http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Being_Nick:The Art of Being Nick|The Art of Being Nick]]''
* ''[[Perfect Strangers]]''--> → ''[[Family Matters]]''
* ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs]]'' -->→ ''Thomas and Sarah''
* ''[[Star Trek: theThe Next Generation]]'' -->→ ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''
* ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'' -->→ ''Enos''
 
=== [[Radio]] ===
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|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.
* ''[[Donkey Kong]]'' → ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]''
* ''[[Might and Magic]]'' → ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic]]'' → ''[[Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes]]''.
 
=== [[Web OriginalComics]] ===
* ''[[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).
* ''[[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>
 
=== [[WesternWeb AnimationOriginal]] ===
* ''[[FamilyYu-Gi-Oh!: GuyThe (Animation)|FamilyAbridged GuySeries]]'' -->→ ''[[The Cleveland Show (Animation)|TheMarik ClevelandPlays ShowBloodlines]]''
* ''[[The Annoying Orange]]'' → ''[[Liam the Leprechaun]]'' <ref>Liam actually predates the orange but the series is considered a spinoff anyway</ref>
* ''[[Beavis and Butthead (Animation)|Beavis and Butthead]]'' --> ''[[Daria (Animation)|Daria]]''
* ''[[Wacky Races (Animation)|Wacky Races]]'' --> ''[[Dastardly and Muttley In Their Flying Machines (Animation)|Dastardly and Muttley In Their Flying Machines]]'' and ''[[The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (Animation)|The Perils of Penelope Pitstop]]''
* ''[[Dora the Explorer (Animation)|Dora the Explorer]]'' --> ''[[Go Diego Go (Animation)|Go Diego Go]]''
* ''[[Arthur (Animation)|Arthur]]'' --> ''[[Postcards From Buster]]''
 
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* ''[[Family Guy]]'' → ''[[The Cleveland Show]]''
* ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'' → ''[[Daria]]''
* ''[[Wacky Races]]'' → ''[[Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines]]'' and ''[[The Perils of Penelope Pitstop]]''
* ''[[Dora the Explorer]]'' → ''[[Go, Diego, Go!]]''
* ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'' → ''[[Postcards From Buster]]''
* ''[[Liquid Television]]'' → ''[[Aeon Flux]]''
 
== Cases where a show comes to an end and a character from it is given his or her own new show ==
== Type 2 Examples ==
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* ''[[Triangle Heart 3 Sweet～sweet Songssongs Foreverforever～]]'' -->→ ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (anime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' (see [[From the Ashes]])
* ''[[Fate/stay Stay Nightnight]]'' -->→ ''[[Fate/kaleid Kaleid Linerliner 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.
* ''[[ToA AruCertain Majutsu noMagical Index]]'' -->→ ''To[[A AruCertain Kagaku NoScientific Railgun]]'', starring the [[Unknown Rival]]. Though itIt also has elements of Typeshares 11continuity as the two series happen in parallel.
** ''ToA AruCertain Majutsu NoMagical Index'' -->→ ''To AruA MajutsuCertain NoMagical 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]] ===
* ''[[The Iliad (Literature)|The Iliad]]'' -->→ ''[[The Odyssey (Literature)|The Odyssey]]''
* ''Gotrek and Felix'' -->→ ''Thanquol and Boneripper''
* ''Gotrek and Felix'' -->→ ''Ulrika the Vampire''
 
=== [[Live -Action TV]] ===
* ''[[Cheers]]'' -->→ ''[[Frasier]]''
* ''[[Friends]]'' -->→ ''[[Joey]]''
* ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'' -->→ ''[[Lou Grant]]''.
* ''[[Homicide: Life Onon the Street]]'' -->→ ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' ([[Homicide]] and [[Law and Order]] were already a Shared Continuity before [[John Munch]] and Captain Cragen transferred to [[SVU]] from those respective shows.)
* ''Peter Kay's [[Phoenix Nights]]'' -->→ ''Max & Paddy's Road To Nowhere''
* ''[[Inspector Morse]]'' -->→ ''[[Lewis]]'' (A minor [[Time Skip]], with the series picking up in 2007 after ''[[Inspector Morse]]'' ended in 2000.)
* ''[[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]] ===
* ''[[Penny and Aggie]]'' -->→ ''[[QUILTBAG]]''
* ''[[Queen of Wands (Webcomic)|Queen of Wands]]'' -->→ ''[[Punch an Pie]]''
 
=== [[WesternWeb AnimationOriginal]] ===
* [[Ben Drowned]] → ''[https://johnisdead.fandom.com/wiki/Story Johnisdead]'' (You heard me, ''Johnisdead'' is actually a Spin-Off of a [[Creepypasta]], and it also has [[Alternate Reality Game|an ARG adaptation]].)
* ''[[The Flintstones]]'' --> ''The Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm Show''
 
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* ''[[The Flintstones]]'' → ''The Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm Show''
* The finale of ''[[Hong Kong Phooey]]'' featured three inept cowboys who were unofficially named "Posse Impossible". Three years later they would get a cartoon of their own as a segment of the 1977 show ''[[CB Bears]]''.
* ''[[The Archie Show|The Archie Comedy Hour]]'' -->→ ''[[Sabrina and The Groovie Goolies]]''
* ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: (Animation)Boy Genius|The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron]]'' -->→ ''[[Planet Sheen (Animation)|Planet Sheen]]''
* ''[[Shrek]]'' -->→ ''[[Puss in Boots]]'' (a variation since its a prequel)
 
 
== [[Poorly-Disguised Pilot|Cases where a character is brought on to an existing show simply in order to be spun-off]] ==
== Type 3 Examples ==
=== Anime and Manga ===
* ''Betterman'' -->→ ''[[Betterman Legends]]''
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Golden Girls]]'' --> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empty_Nest_(TV_series) Empty Nest]
* ''[[JAG]]'' --> ''[[NCIS]]'' --> ''[[NCIS Los Angeles]]''
* ''[[Happy Days]]'' --> ''[[Laverne and Shirley]]'' and ''[[Mork and Mindy]]''
* ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' --> ''[[Criminal Minds Suspect Behavior|Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior]]''
* ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'' --> ''Mayberry RFD'' (Mixed with type 8)
 
=== [[WesternLive-Action AnimationTV]] ===
* ''[[Golden Girls]]''→ [[wikipedia:Empty Nest (TV series)|Empty Nest]]
* ''Tijuana Toads'' --> ''The Blue Racer'' and ''Crazylegs Crane''
* ''[[Danger MouseJAG]]'' -->→ ''[[CountNCIS]]'' Duckula→ ''[[NCIS: (Animation)|CountLos DuckulaAngeles]]''
* ''[[Happy Days]]'' → ''[[Laverne and Shirley]]'' and ''[[Mork and Mindy]]''
* ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' → ''[[Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior]]''
* ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'' → ''Mayberry RFD'' (Storylines also carry over from ''Andy Griffith'' into ''Mayberry RFD'')
 
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* ''Tijuana Toads'' → ''The Blue Racer'' and ''Crazylegs Crane''
* ''[[Danger Mouse]]'' → ''[[Count Duckula]]''
 
== Type 4 Examples ==
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Naruto]]'' --> ''Naruto Shippuuden''
* ''[[Dragonball]]'' --> ''Dragonball Z/[[Dragonball Z Kai]]'' --> ''Dragonball GT''
* * ''[[Ojamajo Doremi]]'' --> ''Ojamajo Doremi #'' --> ''Motto! Ojamajo Doremi'' --> ''Ojamajo Doremi Dokkan!"
** ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure]]'' --> ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart]]''
* ''[[Yes Pretty Cure 5]]'' --> ''[[Yes Pretty Cure 5 Go Go]]''
 
== Cases where the main character is [[Time Skip|revisited elsewhere in his narrative]] ==
== [[Western Animation]] ==
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* ''[[Ben 10 (Animation)|Ben 10]]'' --> ''[[Ben 10 Alien Force (Animation)|Ben 10 Alien Force]]''
* ''[[Rugrats (Animation)|RugratsNaruto]]'' -->→ ''[[AllNaruto Grown Up]]Shippuuden''
* ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' → ''Dragonball Z/[[Dragonball Z Kai]]'' → ''Dragonball GT''
* ''[[Dora the Explorer (Animation)|Dora the Explorer]]'' --> ''[[Doras Explorer Girls]]''
* * ''[[Ojamajo Doremi]]'' → ''Ojamajo Doremi #'' → ''Motto! Ojamajo Doremi'' → ''Ojamajo Doremi Dokkan!"
** ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure]]'' → ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart]]''
* ''[[Yes! Pretty Cure 5]]'' → ''[[Yes! Pretty Cure 5]]''
 
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* ''[[Ben 10]]'' → ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force|Ben 10 Alien Force]]''
* ''[[Rugrats]]'' → ''[[All Grown Up!]]''
* ''[[Dora the Explorer]]'' → ''[[Doras Explorer Girls]]''
 
== Type 5 Examples ==
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Beyblade]]'' --> ''[[Metal Fight Beyblade]]''
 
== [[Live Action TV]]Reimaginings ==
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* ''[[Knight Rider (TV)|Knight Rider]]'' --> ''[[Team Knight Rider (TV)|Team Knight Rider]]''
* ''[[Bionic WomanBeyblade]]'' -->→ ''[[BionicMetal WomanFight Beyblade]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Life On Mars]]'' --> ''[[Ashes to Ashes]]'' (also partially Type 2 and Type 8)
* ''[[V]]'' --> ''[[V-2009]]''
* ''[[The Real World]]'' --> ''[[Road Rules]]''
* ''[[Name That Tune (TV)|Name That Tune]]'' --> ''[[Face the Music (TV)|Face the Music]]''
 
=== [[WebLive-Action OriginalTV]] ===
* ''[[SurvivalKnight of the FittestRider]]'' -->→ ''SOTF[[Team MiniKnight Rider]]''
* ''[[Bionic Woman]]'' → ''[[Bionic Woman]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Life On Mars]]'' → ''[[Ashes to Ashes]]''
** Additionally, characters and their associated storylines from ''Mars'' jumped to ''Ashes'' when the former ended.
* ''[[V (TV series)|V]]'' → ''[[V-2009]]''
* ''[[The Real World]]'' → ''[[Road Rules]]''
* ''[[Name That Tune]]'' → ''[[Face the Music]]''
* ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' → ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' (2004)
 
=== [[Web Original]] ===
* ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'' → ''SOTF Mini''
 
== TypeSegment 6 Examplesspin-offs ==
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* There was a Manga called ''Ten'', which was about mahjong being serious business, there was a character called Akagi which was an awesome old man who the characters feared and respected, the character was so popular the author made an spinoff prequel series focused on Akagi's early life, at one point he meets his match in an old man called Washizu, who was so popular the author made a spinoff series focused on Washizu's early life (yes, Fukumoto made a spinoff of a spinoff).
* ''[[Naruto]]'' -->→ ''Rock Lee's Springtime Of Youth''
* ''[[One Piece]]'' -->→ ''Chopperman''
 
=== [[Live -Action TV]] ===
* ''The Tracey Ullman Show'' -->→ ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''
* ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O]]'' -->→ ''Imagin Anime''
* ''[[The Carol Burnett Show]]'' -->→ ''[[MamasMama's Family]]''
* ''[[Love, American Style]]'' -->→ ''[[Happy Days]]''
 
=== [[Radio]] ===
* ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (Radio)|I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'' -->→ ''You'll Have Had Your Tea: The Doings of Hamish And Dougal''
 
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'' -->→ ''[[Pinky and The Brain (Animation)|Pinky and The Brain]]''
* ''[[Cow and Chicken (Animation)|Cow and Chicken]]'' -->→ ''[[I Am Weasel]]''
* ''[[Grim And Evil]]'' -->→ ''[[Evil Con Carne (Animation)|Evil Con Carne]]'' and ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (Animation)|The Grim Adventures of Billy and& Mandy]]''
* ''Liquid Television'' -->→ ''[[Aeon Flux]]'' and ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]''
* ''Huckleberry Hound'' -->→ ''Yogi Bear''
* ''[[Ka BlamKaBlam!]]!'' -->→ ''Action League Now''
 
 
== Cases where a [[Show Within a Show]] is [[Defictionalization|defictionalized]] ==
== Type 7 Examples ==
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* ''[[Genshiken]]'' -->→ ''[[Kujibiki Unbalance]]''
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' -->→ ''[[Shinji Ikari Raising Project]]''
* ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'' -->→ ''[[Gekiganger 3]]''
 
=== [[Film]] ===
* ''[[Grindhouse]]'' -->→ ''[[Machete]]''
 
=== [[Live -Action TV]] ===
* ''[[The Daily Show]]'' -->→ ''[[The Colbert Report]]''
* ''[[Sonny With a Chance]]'' -->→ ''[[So Random (TV)|So Random]]''
* ''Community'' -->→ The Comumunity College Chronicle
* ''[[Childrens Hospital]]'' -->→ ''NTSF:SD:SUV::''
 
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'' -->→ ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]''
 
 
== [[Fully-Absorbed Finale|Cases where the storyline ends on one show and continues under a different name]] ==
== Type 8 Examples ==
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* ''[[To Love LOVE-Ru]]'' -->→ ''[[To Love Ru Darkness]]''
** ''[[Ojamajo Doremi|Motto! Ojamajo Doremi]]'' -->→ Ojamajo Doremi Naisho
 
=== [[Live -Action TV]] ===
* ''[[M*A*S*H (TVtelevision)|MashM*A*S*H]]'' -->→ ''[[After MASH (TV)|After MASHAfterMASH]]''
* ''[[The Golden Girls]]'' -->→ ''The Golden Palace''
* ''[[ThreesThree's Company]]'' -->→ ''Three's a Crowd''
* ''[[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody]]'' -->→ ''[[The Suite Life On Deck]]''
* ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'' -->→ ''Mayberry RFD'' (Mixed with type[[Poorly-Disguised 3Pilot]])
* ''[[All in The Family]]'' -->→ ''[[Archie BunkersBunker'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 6six episodes.
* ''[[Da Vincis Inquest (TV)|Da VincisVinci's Inquest]]'' -->→ ''Da Vinci's City Hall''
 
=== [[Web Comics]] ===
* ''[[Better Days]]'' -->→ ''[[Original Life (Webcomic)|Original Life]]''
 
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* ''[[Sabrina the Animated Series]]'' -->→ ''Sabrina's Secret Life''
* ''[[Ben 10 Alien Force (Animation)|Ben 10: Alien Force]]'' -->→ ''[[Ben 10: Ultimate Alien]]''
 
== [[Companion Show|Official Fanzine Show]]s ==
=== [[Live Action TV]] ===
* ''[[Big Brother]]'' (UK) → ''[[Big Brother]]'s Little Brother'', ''[[Big Brother]]'s Big Mouth'' etc
* ''[[The Apprentice (TV series)|The Apprentice]]'' → ''[[The Apprentice (TV series)|The Apprentice]]: You're Fired''
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' → ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]''
* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' → ''[[wikipedia:The Post Show|The Post Show]]''
* ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]'' → ''[[wikipedia:Talking Dead|Talking Dead]]''
 
== Type 9 Examples ==
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Big Brother]]'' (UK) --> ''[[Big Brother]]'s Little Brother'', ''[[Big Brother]]'s Big Mouth'' etc
* ''[[The Apprentice (TV)|The Apprentice]]'' --> ''[[The Apprentice (TV)|The Apprentice]]: You're Fired''
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' --> ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]''
* ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]'' --> ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Post_Show The Post Show]''
* ''[[The Walking Dead (TV)|The Walking Dead]]'' --> ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_Dead Talking Dead]''
 
== Online Spin-Offs ==
 
=== Type[[Live-Action 10 ExamplesTV]] ===
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Five Fwd]]'' is this for Channel Five's ''[[The Gadget Show]]'' and ''[[Fifth Gear]]'' - the former features a formalised news segment which has never been part of the main programme with a different presenter and games reviews and interviews with one of the regular presenters- something that rarely appears in the show proper.
* ''[[Monk]]'' -->→ ''Little Monk''
* ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' -->→ ''Mode After Dark''
* ''[[Offspring]]'' -->→ ''The Nurses''
* ''[[30 Rock (TV)|30 Rock]]'' -->→ ''Frank vs Lutz'' and ''Jack Donaghy: Executive Superhero''.
 
 
== Spin-offs connected only by shared continuity ==
== Type 11 Examples ==
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* 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]].
* Onegai''[[Please Twins!]]'' is set one year after the events of Onegai''[[Please Teacher!]]'', it shares most locations and many of the first anime characters come back either as cameo or secondary characters.
** ''[[Waiting in the Summer]]'' is set in the same universe, with no (or possibly one) returning characters.
 
=== [[Comic Books]] ===
* ''[[The Mighty Thor]]'': Has a interesting relationship with ''Journey into Mystery''. Thor debuted in ''Journey into Mystery'' and headlined it for a while before taking over the title completely and later getting another series. 49 years after his debut, ''Journey into Mystery'' is introduced as a spin-off taking over Thor's numbering and Thor gets another series.
* ''[[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.
 
=== [[ComicsFilm]] ===
* ''The Graveyard'' ([[Retroactive Recognition|notable]] for featuring Mark Salling, pre-''[[Glee]]'') exists in the same universe as the ''Bloody Murder'' duology.
* [[The Mighty Thor]]: Has a interesting relationship with Journey into Mystery. Thor debuted in ''Journey into Mystery'' and headlined it for a while before taking over the title completely and later getting another series. 49 years after his debut, ''Journey into Mystery'' is introduced as a spin-off taking over Thor's numbering and Thor gets another series.
* [[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.
 
=== [[FilmLive-Action TV]] ===
* Most ''[[Star Trek]]'' series.
* ''The Graveyard'' ([[Retroactive Recognition|notable]] for featuring Mark Salling, pre-''[[Glee]]'') exists in the same universe as the ''Bloody Murder'' duology.
* ''[[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]]''.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* The various ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' and ''[[Law and Order]]'' spinoffs.
* Most ''[[Star Trek]]'' series.
* ''[[Stargate Atlantis (TV)|Stargate Atlantis]]'' and ''[[Stargate Universe (TV)|Stargate Universe]]''
** When spin-offs share a setting, there's also often a temptation to eventually include characters from the earlier series. eg. Worf ending up on ''[[Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'', Samantha Carter ending up on ''[[Stargate Atlantis (TV)|Stargate Atlantis]]''.
* The various ''[[CSI]]'' and ''[[Law and Order]]'' spinoffs.
* 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 (Video Gameseries)|Portal]]'' [[Portal 2 (Video Game)|series]], spinoff from ''[[Half Life]]''.
 
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* ''[[The Amazing Spiez]]'', spinoff to ''[[Totally Spies!]]''.
* ''[[Planes (Animation)|Planes]]'', spinoff from [[Disney]]/[[Pixar]] ''[[Cars (Animation)|Cars]]''.
 
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