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== Fan Works ==
* ''[[Luminosity]]'' is doing to the ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' universe what ''[[Harry Potter and Thethe Methods of Rationality]]'' did to the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' universe—that is, take the main character, make him/her intelligent and rational, and [[Alternate Universe Fic|write the story from there]]. Bella isn't quite as much of a [[Child Prodigy]], though.
* Horrifyingly, [[Fanfic/Sweet Apple Massacre|Sweet Apple Massacre]] could be considered this to [[Cupcakes]].
** There's also ''Muffins'' and ''Dresses''.
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* ''[[Runaway Bride]]'' is the spiritual successor to ''[[Pretty Woman]]'' (shared lead couple).
* ''[[Foxy Brown]]'' was the successor to ''[[Coffy]]''. It was originally meant to be a sequel titled ''Burn, Coffy, Burn,'' but the [[Executive Meddling|producers changed it at the last minute.]]
* [[Tim Burton]]'s version of ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (film)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'' could be the spiritual successor to ''[[Sleepy Hollow (Film)|Sleepy Hollow]]'' - When Johnny Depp's character brings his gorgeous blonde wife back to the city things [[It Got Worse|go horribly wrong, and then they get worse]].
* ''[[eXistenZ]]'' is essentially ''[[Videodrome]]'' for the new millennium.
* It could be said that ''[[2012]]'' is the Spiritual Successor to ''[[The Day After Tomorrow]]''.
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== Literature ==
* [[Dave Barry]]'s two novels ''[[Big Trouble]]'' and ''[[Tricky Business]]''.
* [[John Christopher]]'s ''[[The Tripods]]'' trilogy is, as the name suggests, a Spiritual Successor to H.G. Wells' ''[[The War of the Worlds (novel)|The War of the Worlds]]''.
* Joe Haldeman's ''[[Forever Peace]]'' is, as the name implies, a Spiritual Successor to ''[[The Forever War]]'' despite taking place in a very different setting and, indeed, having very different basic assumptions about the setting. It reads as a more "mature" attempt to understand war by probing questions about the inevitable results of technological advances in warfare in the future that ''[[The Forever War]]'' glossed over so that its sci-fi war could be a clearer parallel to Vietnam.
* [[Lewis Carroll]]'s epic nonsense poem ''The Hunting of the Snark'' is a Spiritual Successor to the ''Alice'' stories, and includes a number of references to "Jabberwocky."
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** Not to mention numerous online ''MST3K''-inspired projects - most notably ''[[Unskippable]]''.
*** A significant portion of the [[Caustic Critic]] wave of recent years (including [[The Angry Video Game Nerd]] and [[The Nostalgia Critic]] among others) were directly inspired by ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', with the creators being huge fans; Doug Walker even won a contest to do a [[Riff Trax]] of ''[[The Lion King]]''.
* ''[[The Young Ones]]'' had two spiritual successors, ''[[Filthy Rich and& Catflap]]'' and ''[[Bottom]]''.
** One of the live ''Bottom'' stage shows had them going back in time and reverting to their characters from ''The Young Ones''.
* [[Tokusatsu]] series ''[[Tomica Hero Rescue Force]]'' is the Spiritual Successor to ''[[Madan Senki Ryukendo]]'', made by the same people and sponsored by the same [[Merchandise-Driven|toy company]].
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* ''[[Psychoville]]'', to ''[[The League of Gentlemen]]''.
* ''[[The West Wing]]'' was born of material and ideas left over from creator Aaron Sorkin's movie ''The American President.''
** ''[[Studio 60 Onon the Sunset Strip]]'' was a spiritual successor to ''The West Wing.'' In fact, the show's biggest problem was often cited as the fact that the style and tone that worked so well for a show about running the government of the United States felt hilariously out of place on a show about running a ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' [[expy]].
* ''[[All That]]'' was a spiritual successor to the early 90's Nick sketch show ''Roundhouse'', which was a spiritual successor to the immensely popular ''[[You Can't Do That on Television]]''.
** In a similar vein, ''[[Mad TV]]'' was a spiritual successor to ''In Living Color,'' being Fox's competitor to ''Saturday Night Live'' with there being only a year between the two. In Living Color is known for giving rise to the careers of [[Jim Carrey]], [[Jamie Foxx]], Jennifer Lopez, and Shawn and Marlon Wayans, while [[Mad TV]] arguably did the same for Orlando Jones, Phil Lamarr, Nicole Sullivan, Alex Borstein, Bobby Lee, and current SNL featured player Taran Killam.
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* ''[[The Pacific]]'' to ''[[Band of Brothers]]''.
* ''[[Choujinki Metalder]]'' was produced by [[Toei]] to be an [[The Eighties|Eighties]]' version of ''[[Kikaider|Jinzou Ningen Kikaider]]''. Both involved robotic superheroes with a two-tone color scheme on their body (blue on the left side and red on the right), both end their names with "der" ("Kikaider" literally means "Machineder"), their human forms are modeled after the likeness of their creator's dead son (Jiro's likeness came from Taro's, while Ryusei Tsurugi's was from Tatsuo Koga), and they're both assisted by a rival cyborg in black who formerly worked for the enemy (Hakaider and Topgunder).
* ''[[The Wire]]'' is generally seen as a spiritual successor to David Simon's earlier Baltimore police series, ''[[Homicide: Life Onon the Street]]''.
* ''[[Night Gallery]]'', a supernatural anthology narrated by [[Rod Serling]], can be considered one for ''[[The Twilight Zone]]''.
** Although considering that Serling didn't have script approval on ''[[Night Gallery]]'' it might be more of a dispirited sequel.
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* The short-lived sitcom "Good News" is this to ''Amen'' as they were both created by the same people, took place in a church, shared the same sets, shared a Hettabrink sister (Amelia), and most of the plots involved an [[Amoral Attorney]] and the church's reverend. The only thing that's different on GN is that there's no Thelma or Rolly, and GN is set in inner-city [[Los Angeles]] while Amen is set in Philadelphia.
* The Lifetime mini series, ''Marry Me'' is a spiritual successor to ''Maneater''.
* ''[[ANT Farm|A.N.T. Farm]]'' is a spiritual successor to ''[[That's So Raven]]''.
* ''[[Deadliest Warrior]]'' is a spiritual successor to ''[[Animal Face Off]]''.
* ''My Summer With Des'' (one-off slice-of-life dramedy by Arthur Smith against the backdrop of Euro '96) is a spiritual successor to ''An Evening With Gary Lineker'' (one-off slice-of-life dramedy by Smith and Chris England against the backdrop of the 1990 World Cup).
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* ECW was so great it needed two promotions to fill the void it left. [[Ring of Honor]] is the successor to the technical wrestling and [[Combat Zone Wrestling]] is the successor to hardcore wrestling. Both promotions run most of their shows in ECW's home venues such as The Arena in Philadelphia and The Manhattan Center in New York.
* The [[UFC]] is considered by most to be the successor to Pro Wrestling in general, since it follows the same exact model, although lately they have been trying to move away from that stucture.
** More accurately, UFC is [[Doing inIn the Wizard|what pro wrestling would be like if it weren't fake]].
* WWE's World Heavyweight Championship is this to the WCW's top title of a similar name and design, which was unified into the WWE Championship months after the "entertainment company"'s purchase of WCW.
 
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Pathfinder]]'' is Paizo's refinement of ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]'' 3.5 edition rules, made after Wizards Of The Coast released 4.0 edition and upset a lot of fans because it was completely incompatible with 3.5.
 
 
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* Fumito Ueda's ''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]'' was thought to be a Spiritual Successor to his previous game, ''[[Ico]]''. However, he revealed a direct connection between the two games in an interview several months after the game's release: {{spoiler|the protagonist of Shadow of the Colossus is actually a direct ancestor of the protagonist in Ico}}. However, the two play very differently and have no further storyline connections.
** Team Ico's upcoming game "[[The Last Guardian]]" appears very likely to be one to both Ico AND SOTC.
* ''[[StarcraftStarCraft]]'' can be argued to be a spiritual successor to the first two ''[[Warcraft]]'' games, also made by [[Blizzard Entertainment]].
* Chris Taylor's ''[[Total Annihilation]]'' and ''[[Supreme Commander]]''.
* The ''[[Paper Mario (franchise)|Paper Mario]]'' series was conceived and created in-house by Nintendo's Intelligent Systems after a direct sequel to ''[[Super Mario RPG]]: Legend of the Seven Stars'' became impossible due to Nintendo and Square's late-nineties falling-out.
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** [[Ultima VI]] received its own spiritual sequel in the form of ''[[Cythera]]'', which featured an improved resolution and expanded skills.
* ''[[Lego Indiana Jones]]'' to ''[[Lego Star Wars]]'', and ''Lego [[Batman]]'' to both of ''them'' - we tropers have even filed all three as [[Lego Adaptation Game|a single series]]. It helps that they ran out of [[Star Wars]] movies to adapt.
** Similarly, ''[[Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures]]'' was a Spiritual Successor to the ''[[Super Star Wars]]'' games, being built on the same engine.
* ''[[Hotel Dusk: Room 215]]'' is considered to be the Spiritual Successor to ''[[Trace Memory]]'' (''Another Code'' outside the U.S.).
** ''[[Again]]'' is the Spiritual Successor to ''[[Hotel Dusk: Room 215]]''.
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* Some people consider the ''[[Ryu ga Gotoku|Yakuza]]'' series as a Spiritual Successor to ''[[Shenmue]]'', due to a shared publisher (Sega), a similar emphasis on hand-to-hand combat and time-killing minigames, and an elaborate, intricately-told story.
* Despite being a [[Beat'Em Up|beat-'em-up]] instead of a competitive [[Fighting Game]], ''[[Final Fight]]'' is a spiritual successor to the original ''[[Street Fighter]]''. It was even marketed at trade shows under the [[Working Title]] ''Street Fighter '89''. Guy and Sodom would later show up as playable characters in the original ''[[Street Fighter Alpha]]'', followed by Rolento and Cody in the sequels.
* ''[[Blaz BlueBlazBlue]]'' is a Spiritual Successor to ''[[Guilty Gear]]'', with more emphasis on offense and greater penalty for turtling. Early in development, [[Arc System Works]] received a lot of flak for basically just giving ''Guilty Gear'' a huge makeover.
* ''[[Guilty Gear]] 2: Overture'' is a spiritual successor to the ''[[Herzog Zwei|Herzog]]'' Real-Time-Strategy/Action hybrid games. Really.
* The Pandora is the spiritual successor to the GP2x which is the spiritual successor to the GP32. While all three handhelds differ in developers, companies, and even nationalities, the philosophy of being and open games device anyone can make games for has been present and strengthened throughout the series.
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** According to [[Word of God]], the inspiration for ''Prototype'' came about due to Hulk's "weaponize" ability; that is, the ability to turn vehicles and such into [[Improvised Weapon|improvised weapons]], rather than limiting the player to "pick up and throw." Reportedly, during testing, somebody posed the question "[[What If]] you could weaponize the ''player?''"
* ''Demon Sword'': Spiritual successor to ''[[Legend of Kage]]''. Irem's ''Ninja Spirit'', although made by completely different developers, was also a spiritual successor (pardon the pun).
* The popular, but now dated, ''[[X-COM]]'' series has a number of unrelated spiritual successors, including the ''[[UFO: AfterblankAfter Blank]]'' series, the open-source ''[[UFO Alien Invasion]]'', and ''Rebelstar:Tactical Command'' for the GBA.
* ''Krazy Rain'' is a spiritual sequel to the massively-multipler online [[Rhythm Game]] ''O2Jam''.
* ''[[Ray Series|Raystorm]]'': spiritual successor to ''Rayforce''. ''Raycrisis'' is the official prequel to ''Rayforce''.
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* ''[[Border Down]]'': Successor to ''[[Metal Black]]'', a [[Shoot'Em Up]] by Taito. Hiroyuki Maruyama, the president of G.rev, started the company and did subcontracting work for [[Treasure]] and Taito to generate revenue just to make this game. Why? He just really liked ''Metal Black''.
* ''[[Hellgate:London]]'' to ''[[Diablo]]''.
* ''[[Razing Storm]]'' is the spiritual sequel to ''Crisis Zone'', the [[Gaiden Game]] to ''[[Time Crisis]]''. Like ''Crisis Zone'', you use a machine gun instead of ''Time Crisis'''s handguns (though for bigger targets, you (automatically) switch to stronger weapons), and instead of hiding behind objects, you take cover behind a heavy-duty shield. ''Razing Storm'' has since been renamed ''Time Crisis: Razing Storm'' for its [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] release.
* The ''[[Tetris]]'' clone ''[http://tetrisconcept.net/forum/showthread.html?t=1381 NullpoMino]'' is somewhat of a spiritual successor to ''Heboris: Unofficial Expansion'' (sharing the same font and a similar level of customization), developed from scratch due to ''Heboris UE'''s source code—a mixture of C++ and a gaming script—being an [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Programming Abomination]].
* ''[[Metal Slug]]'' is the spiritual successor to ''Gunforce 2'' and ''[[In the Hunt]]'', which were made by the same staff back when they were working for Irem.
** Bu the same developers, the golf game ''Neo Turf Masters'' is a spiritual sequel to the ''Major Title'' series.
* The Konami arcade game ''M.I.A.: Missing In Action'' is pretty much an unofficial official sequel to ''[[Rush N Attack]]'' (aka ''Green Beret''), using what is essentially a more advanced version of the same engine, but with a different setting (being set in Vietnam instead of Russia).
* Irem's ''[[Vigilante (video game)|Vigilante]]'' is pretty much a more advanced version of their earlier single-plane [[Beat'Em Up]] ''[[Kung -Fu Master]]'' in a different setting, although there was an official sequel for the Family Computer in Japan titled ''Spartan X 2''.
* ''Tear Ring Saga'', a Japanese-only strategy RPG for the [[PlayStation]] designed by ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' creator Shozo Kaga, is practically an unofficial ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' sequel, to the point that Nintendo sued Kaga's company, Tirnanog, for copyrights infringement (but lost the case).
** One of the games in the series ''[[Fire Emblem: theThe Sacred Stones|Sacred Stones]]'' is a successor to ''[[Fire Emblem Akaneia|Fire Emblem Gaiden]]'', featuring [[It's Easy, So It Sucks|unlimited XP, branching paths and a world map]]. The games have no connection in storyline, but are technically part of the same series, so this may or may not count.
* ''[[Gunstar Heroes]]'' was considered a spiritual successor to ''[[Contra|Contra III: The Alien Wars]]'' due to the fact that two of its main programmers worked on both games. In fact, it was the closest thing to a ''Contra'' game for the [[Sega Genesis]] before Konami decided to release ''Contra: Hard Corps''.
* ''[[Tetris the Grand Master]]'' is the spiritual successor to Sega's ''Tetris'' games, and borrows many elements such as the piece colors, the bottom-biased rotation system, fast sideways movement and soft drop, and piece lock delay (a feature present in all of Sega's ''Tetris'' games but not in Nintendo's, at least for a while).
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** But that hasn't stopped the fans from theorising that there is a connection between the series, especially around {{spoiler|Bernkastel and Rika since it is hinted that Bernkastel is the collection of memories that was used to revive Rika each time she died in Higurashi}} plus that Higurashi was labeled When They Cry 1 & 2 (Higurashi and Higurashi Kai) while Umineko is When They Cry 3 & 4 (Umineko and Umineko Chiru). This might indicate a closer connection between the series.
* The team that worked on ''Pro Wrestling'' for the NES later formed Human and developed the ''[[Fire Pro Wrestling]]'' series.
* ''[[Stella Deus the Gate of Eternity|Stella Deus: The Gate of Eternity]]'' is a successor to ''[[Hoshigami]]: Ruining Blue Earth'', as the two games share a lot of the same battle mechanics.
* [[Word of God]] says that ''[[Golden Sun]]'' is this to the ''[[Shining Force]]'' tactical RPG series, which makes sense considering Camelot was the ones who developed said series before they split with SEGA. In fact, the [[Executive Meddling|botched release]] of ''Shining Force III'' on the [[Sega Saturn|Saturn]] is the whole reason why they split and started ''[[Golden Sun]]''.
* According to Turn10, they consider ''[[Forza Motorsport]] 3'' to be the true spiritual successor to Polyphony Digital's ''[[Gran Turismo]]'' series. To paraphrase Polyphony Digital president Kazunori Yamauchi, "No it bloody well isn't".
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* While ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'' is the official sequel to [[Red Dead Revolver]], ''Redemption'' has a lot more in common with the Activision-made ''Gun'' than it's true predecessor.
** Also, [[Red Dead Redemption]] is considered a Spiritual Successor to [[Grand Theft Auto]] (namely, Grand Theft Horse).
*** [[LA Noire|L.A. Noire]] is also considered a Spiritual Successor to [[Grand Theft Auto]] (what if GTA was a film noir?), though arguably less so, due to the fact that this one's much more story-driven; the [[Wide Open Sandbox]] aspect of GTA and Redemption is not used in the main storyline. Instead, it has you moving from one mission directly into the next.
* ''Blur'' is this to the ''Project Gotham Racing'' series, which itself was a spiritual successor to the Dreamcast game ''Metropolis Street Racer''.
* ''[[Ikari Warriors]]'' is a spiritual successor to ''Front Line''. Both had a rotary aiming control.
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* ''[[Bayonetta]]'' to ''[[Devil May Cry]]'', moreso the first DMC game, but the traits are shared with later DMC games. Both were created by Hideki Kamiya, both share over the top action, and both have [[Rule of Cool|styles of attacking]] where mixing it up grants a [[Rank Inflation|higher score]] at the end of each section/chapter.
* ''[[Bangai-O]]'' was originally supposed to be a remake of an old Japanese PC game called ''Hover Attack''.
* ''[[Jumping Flash]]'' is very similar to an earlier game by the same developers, ''Geograph Seal'' for the [[Sharp X 68000X68000]].
* [[Treasure]]'s ''Bleach'' fighting games for the Nintendo DS are considered to be spiritual successors to ''Yu Yu Hakusho: Maky?t? Issen'' for the Japanese Mega Drive.
* ''[[One Piece]]: Gigant Battle'' for the DS was developed by Ganbarion, makers of ''Jump Super Stars'' and ''Jump Ultimate Stars'', and reuses many of the same assets.
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* ''Obliterator'', a [[Platform Game]] by [[Psygnosis]], features a slightly more refined form of the mouse-based control system and gameplay of their earlier game ''Barbarian'' (not to be confused with ''Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior''), but takes place in a science fiction setting instead.
* The Vic Tokai [[Platform Game]]s ''Kid Kool'', ''Psycho Fox'' and ''[[De Cap Attack]]'' all feature different characters (and the Japanese versions are different still), but have many elements in common, including the acceleration physics.
* [[Word of God]] claims that [[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]] is a spiritual successor to their previous game, [[Transformers: War for Cybertron|War for Cybertron]] rather than a true sequel.
* Doublesix's ''All Zombies Must Die'' is a spiritual successor to their earlier zombie-slaying game, ''Burn Zombie Burn''.
* ''[[Fire Pro Wrestling]]'' is this to Nintendo's classic ''Pro Wrestling'' game, following the same style of gameplay mechanics as well as the use of [[Captain Ersatz]] versions of existing wrestlers.
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha AsA's Portable]]: The Gears of Destiny'' is this for the ''[[Wild ArmsARMs]]'' series. To start with, the [[Original Generation]] main character is a combined [[Expy]] of the various ''[[Wild ArmsARMs]]'' protagonists, and she comes from a dying wasteland planet that's a Filgaia [[Expy]] and whose restoration serves as one of the main plots of the game. It helps that the ''[[Wild ArmsARMs]]'' creator is the one in charge of the game's development, and that he and the ''[[Lyrical Nanoha]]'' creator are old acquaintances.
* People have joked that ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' is a Spiritual Successor to ''[[RunescapeRuneScape]]'', as both are games about collecting party hats, known for their "The one with the most hats wins" rule.
* The ''[[X Universe]]'' series is widely considered a Spiritual Successor to ''[[Elite]]'' and ''[[Video Game/Privateer|Privateer]]''.
* ''[[Skullgirls]]'' is being considered a spiritual successor to ''[[Arcana Heart]]'', according to people in the fighting game community who attend [[Tournament Play|professional tournaments]] and have played both of them.
* ''[[Kenka Bancho]]'' is sometimes considered to be the 3D version of ''[[Kunio -Kun|Nekketsu Koha Kunio-kun]]'' that Technos never got to made.
* The [[Those Two Guys|Two Guys]] [[Author Avatar|from Andromeda]], the guys behind the [[Space Quest]] games, have just recently come back together to try and create a "[http://tgakick.com SpaceVenture]" that looks every inch like it'll be a successor to their previous series. They've even gotten Gary Owens back to narrate again!
* The original ''[[Resident Evil (video game)|Resident Evil]]'' was conceived when Capcom wanted an updated version of their Famicom horror RPG ''[[Sweet Home]]''. An [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D15_EyEajMg early teaser] for ''Biohazard'' even used an arrangement of the ''Sweet Home'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsUdzKuXMFg battle theme] and it is believed that the international title of ''Resident Evil'' came from a line in ''Sweet Home'' which describes the mansion where the game is set "a place of residing evil."
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* ''[[The Jetsons]]'' to ''[[The Flintstones]]''. There's also the much more obscure series ''The Roman Holidays''.
* ''[[Animaniacs]]'' to ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]''
** ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' to both [[Looney Tunes]] and ''[[A Pup Named Scooby -Doo]]'' (which was the last project most of the WBA staff worked on together at Hanna-Barbera).
* It might be a stretch, since one is animated and the other wasn't, but ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'' often feels like the Spiritual Successor to the '60s ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]''.
* ''[[Adventure Time]]'' (and to a lesser extent ''[[Regular Show]]'') to ''[[The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack]]''.
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* ''[[Loonatics Unleashed]]'' to [[Road Rovers]] . Both are action cartoons with some comedy elements based on futuristic anthropomorphic superheroes, and are both made by Warner Bros. [[Expy|Also, there's a number of character similarities.]]
* ''[[The Boondocks]]'' is sometimes said to be this to ''[[Coonskin]]''.
* While ''[[MAD]]'' is more of a spinoff to ''[[Mad TV]]'', it's somewhat of this trope to ''[[Ka BlamKaBlam!]]'', featuring many of the same staff (mainly a different cast as well, [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|save for June]]).
* ''[[The Amazing World of Gumball]]'' to ''[[Chowder]]''.
* ''[[Moral Orel]]'' is an ironic- and ''very'' [[Black Comedy|dark]]- successor to ''[[Davey and Goliath]]''.
* ''[[Lloyd in Space]]'' and the 2010 reboot of ''[[Pound Puppies]]'' to ''[[Recess]]''
* ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'' and ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' to ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''
* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' to ''[[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents]]''
* ''[[The Flintstones]]'' to ''[[The Honeymooners]]'' deliberately.
* ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'' to ''[[Get Smart]]''.
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