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Feeling bored? Here's a challenge. Find a trope page on this site that '''doesn't''' reference at least one of these series.▼
Being [[Trope Overdosed]] indicates how popular a series is among [[The Contributors]]. The longer a series has been around has an effect. It's not hard to use a lot of [[
▲Feeling bored? Here's a challenge. Find a page on this site that '''doesn't''' reference at least one of these series.
▲Being [[Trope Overdosed]] indicates how popular a series is among [[The Contributors]]. The longer a series has been around has an effect. It's not hard to use a lot of [[Trope|tropes]] when you're a [[Long Runner]].
Not to be confused with [[Overdosed Tropes]], which are the same but inverted.
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* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' (4290 inbound links as of March 17, 2020) - Pretty impressive for a 3-season, 61-episode TV show without that much in the way of supplementary material. Has a live-action adaptation, ''[[The Last Airbender]],''
▲'''[[Trope]] Saturated''' -- on more than 4000 pages
▲* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' - Pretty impressive for a 3-season, 61-episode TV show without that much in the way of supplementary material. Has a live-action adaptation, ''[[The Last Airbender]],'' an ongoing [[Sequel Series]], ''[[The Legend of Korra]],'' and a concurrently published ongoing [[Interquel]] graphic novel trilogy, ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender The Promise]]''.
* ''[[Batman]]'' - [[Long Runner]] franchise about a [[Badass Normal]] superhero; spans multiple comic books, television series and movies.
* ''[[Bleach]]'' - more than 400 chapters of manga, 366 episodes of anime, several movies, and [[Loads and Loads of Characters|more or less every character trope in existence]].
* [[Buffy Verse]] - Which makes sense considering the original [[
* ''[[Digimon]]'' - Seven anime series and a separate film, five manga and at least thirty video games, almost all within their own [[Alternate Continuity]], and all spawned from the [[Spear Counterpart]] of ''Tamagotchi''.
* ''[[Discworld]]'' - Tons of books in a setting where Stories (and thus many [[
* ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' - Old-school martial arts [[Science Fantasy]] manga. 500 episodes and manga chapters (not counting its ongoing Recut with 60+ more episodes), 16 animated theatrical films, 3 TV specials and a live action movie, with dozens of video games along with an MMO in the works.
* ''[[Dungeons
▲* ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' - Old-school martial arts [[Science Fantasy]] manga. 500 episodes and manga chapters (not counting its ongoing Recut with 60+ more episodes), 16 animated theatrical films, 3 TV specials and a live action movie, with dozens of video games along with an MMO in the works. <!-- GT, Evolution, Kai, The Magic Begins -->
▲* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' - Ubiquitous [[Tabletop Game]]. A key [[Trope Maker]] with a lot of supplemental material.
* ''[[Fallout]]'' - Long Running post-apocalyptic video game series. Four main games, two spinoffs, somehow lighthearted and dark all at once, and [[Bloody Hilarious|plenty of humor]] to spare.
* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' - Extremely popular Eastern RPG series, with over a dozen games in the main series, some of which are overdosed in their own right.
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' - one manga, two different anime, and a few videogames for good measure.
* ''[[Futurama]]'' - A series in its sixth season that was [[
* ''[[Gundam]]'' - [[Long Runner|About thirty years old at this point]], running on and off that entire time. Multiple separate series as well, [[G Gundam|one of which]] hits an almost ''entirely separate'' [[Super Robot Genre|set of tropes]] from all of the other ones.
* ''[[
* ''[[James Bond]]'' - 22 official [[James Bond (film)|films]], some [[James Bond (novel)|books]] and video games.
* ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' - 40 years worth of shows and movies with only a break in the 90s.
* ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' - [[Disney Animated Canon]] mega crossover video game series. Also has one of the most active shipping fandoms '''ever'''.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' - A [[Long Runner|long running]] and very popular [[Video Game]] series with over a dozen titles, containing at least one [[Alternate Continuity]], several manga as well, and is [[Trope Maker]] for many [[Video Game]] (especially game puzzle) [[
* ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' - Over 1000 short subjects lasting from [[The Golden Age of Animation|1930]] to [[The Dark Age of Animation|1969]], [[Loads and Loads of Characters]], dozens of TV projects, [[Long Runner]], [[Cash Cow Franchise]], and nine feature length movies.
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' and other works in [[J. R. R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s vast [[Mythopoeia|Legendarium]] of Middle-earth history, an important fantasy [[Trope Maker]].
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' - Multiple series, most tropes coming from the manga, which is ''incredibly'' [[Troperiffic]] and ''loves'' [[Playing with a Trope|playing around]] with almost everything.
* ''[[Mass Effect]]'' - A critically acclaimed and commercially successful ''[[Reconstruction|Reconstructor]]'' [[Deconstructor Fleet|Fleet]] of 70's and 80's sci-fi space operas, it merrily throws in tropes from outside the genre as well and has become incredibly popular over the past three years. Three main games, one spin-off game, three books, and a comic series and ''OVER 30 PAGES before the third game was even released.''
* ''[[Mega Man]]'' - Multiple series and spinoffs, that like ''[[Transformers]]'', [[Mega Man (video game)|have]] [[Mega Man X|received]] [[Mega Man Zero|separate]] [[Mega Man Battle Network|pages]] [[Mega Man Legends|for]] [[Mega Man ZX|each]] [[Mega Man Star Force|continuity]].
* ''[[Metal Gear]]'' - Most referring to ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]''; this has multiple long, story-heavy games and oodles of spin-offs.
* ''[[My Little Pony]]'' - A [[Long Runner|three decade-old]] [[Merchandise-Driven]] franchise. The latest incarnation, [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|Friendship Is Magic]], has [[Periphery Demographic|a notably large internet following]].
* ''[[Naruto]]'' - Shonen manga about a [[Highly-Visible Ninja]]. Official [[Long Runner]] as of 2012 and still going.
* [[Nasuverse]] - A [[Long Runner|long-running]] [[Urban Fantasy]] [[Multiverse]] franchise of [[Visual Novels]], [[Light Novels]] and their animated adaptations. Consists of ''[[Tsukihime]]'' and its [[Melty Blood|spin-off fighting game]], ''[[Fate/stay night]]'', its [[Fate/Zero|prequel]], [[Fate/hollow ataraxia|sequel]], and [[Fate Extra|spin]][[Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya|-offs]], ''[[
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' - Most of them are from the original 26 episode series and the ''End of Evangelion'' movie, by themselves making this franchise one of the shortest works to be included on this list. There's also an ongoing manga and 4 planned ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion|Rebuild]]'' movies, 2 of which were released as of this writing. [[Cash Cow Franchise|And lots of other adaptations]].
* ''[[One Piece]]'' - Over 600 manga chapters, 500 TV episodes, and ten movies. [[Long Runner]], since its first publication on [[Shonen Jump]] was in 1997.
* ''[[Pokémon]]'' - [[Cash Cow Franchise|Billion-dollar media franchise]] with multiple games and a [[Long Runners|long-running]] [[Pokémon (anime)|show]] (with 15
* ''[[Power Rangers]]'' - [[Long Runner]] children's [[Sentai]] series. Helped by its nature. Each year, the cast, story, props, sets, and costumes (and all associated [[
* [[Real Life]] - The non-fictional world where we all live, [[Older Than Dirt]] and still going strong.
* ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' - Video game franchise that [[Long Runner|kicked off on the NES]], as the video game adaptation of a ''novel''. Currently has four main games, a couple of obscure OVAs, and countless spin-offs with their own merchandise, including the ''Persona'' games (two of which are
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' - ''The'' animated sitcom. 23 seasons, '''500+''' episodes, a movie, comic books, some shorts on ''The Tracey Ullman Show'' and a lot of games and other merchandise.
* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' - A long-running game series, [[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog|several]] [[Sonic Sat AM|different]] [[Sonic Underground|animated]] [[Sonic X|series]] of varying degrees of success, [[Sonic the Hedgehog The Movie|a movie]], and [[Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)|three]] [[Sonic the Comic|comic book]] [[Sonic X (comics)|series]].
* ''[[Spider-Man]]'' - Multiple comic books, cartoons, [[Spider-Man (film)|movies]] and video games; [[Long Runner]].
* ''[[Stargate Verse]]'' - Four series - [[Long Runners|one long-running]] - and three movies.
* ''[[Star Trek]]'' - Six series - three of which ran for seven seasons each
* ''[[Star Wars]]'' - Six movies made in [[Anachronic Order]], an animated full-length feature and the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]; ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Knights of the Old Republic]]'' and the ''[[X Wing Series]]'' also appear on this list, and the SWEU has ''71'' pages devoted to it.
* ''[[Superman]]'' - Really [[Long Runner]], since he's the first superhero; multiple comic books, television series and [[Superman (film)|movies]].
* ''[[Super Mario Bros.|Super Mario Bros]]'' - Long-running, trope making, popular platform game franchise with various spinoffs; ''[[Paper Mario (franchise)|Paper Mario]]'' alone is overdosed.
* ''[[Super Sentai]]'' - [[Sentai]] show which ''[[Power Rangers]]'' borrows footage from.
* ''The [[Tales (series)]]'' - JRPG series that always starts off with a ''massive'' [[Cliché Storm|list of cliches]] before [[Deconstructor Fleet|dismantling them all]] [[Nightmare Fuel|in the most brutal and downright terrifying ways possible]]. [[Animation Age Ghetto|The colourful graphics]] [[Sarcasm Mode|mean they're for kids]]!
* ''[[That Guy With The Glasses]]'' - Internet reviewer website known for its dozens of reviewers applying to various niches, notably [[The Nostalgia Critic]]
* ''[[Transformers]]'' - So many series that there is a [[Cast Herd|Die Cast Herd]] used to divide ''continuities'' that [[Transformers Generation 1|have]] [[Beast Wars|their]] [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise|own]] [[Unicron Trilogy|separate]], [[Transformers (film)|unique]] [[Transformers Animated|pages]]. [[Transformers Prime|A lot of separate pages]].
* ''[[Warcraft]]'' - A franchise of [[Warcraft|three strategy games]], [[World of Warcraft|the MMORPG]] and [[Warcraft Expanded Universe|other stuff]]. Has a total of eighteen articles about official works set in the universe on the wiki right now.
* ''[[Warhammer
* ''[[Whoniverse]]'' - 32-season-long and consummate [[Trope Maker]] ''[[Doctor Who]]'', and its adult-themed spinoff ''[[Torchwood]]'' (itself overdosed) and more child friendly spinoff ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', all which spawned [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe|a whole expanded universe of material]]. ''Doctor Who'' in particular has novels, comic books, stage plays and audio plays on radio and CD, to ensure that some iteration of ''Doctor Who'' can cover all the tropes missed by the TV show. Additionally, tropers [[Time Lord/WMG|collectively speculate]] [[TV Tropes Drinking Game|on the Time Lord nature of one or more characters in everything, ever]].
* ''[[The World of Darkness]]'' - A long-running series of [[Tabletop Games]] with two [[Vampire: The Masquerade Redemption|computer game]] [[Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines|spinoffs]].
* ''[[X-Men]]'' - [[X-Men (Comic Book)|multiple comic books]], [[X-Men (film)|a movie trilogy with prequel films]], and [[X-Men (animation)|three]] [[X-Men: Evolution|animated]] [[Wolverine and the X-Men|series]], a [[Long Runner]].
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' - Card game marketed franchise that includes anime and manga. Spawned the [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|first known abridged series]].
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* ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' - [[Courtroom Antics]] in Video Game form. 7 games and a musical (soon to be 2) that has lots of [[Lampshading]], [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]], and general [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]] for a series about FRIKKING LAWYERS.
* ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]''
* ''[[Babylon 5]]'' - A 90's Sci-Fi show that ran for five seasons, took the use of the [[Story Arc]] to a new level and is the [[Trope Namer]] for [[Wham! Episode]].
* ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' - Three different series, the third of which ran for over four seasons; also has a prequel series
* ''[[The Bible]]'' (2607 inbound links as of March 17, 2020) - [[Older Than Feudalism]] religious text, the main text of the world's largest religion, and has inspired many [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]], [[Rule of Symbolism|symbolism]] and [[Faux Symbolism]] in other works.
* ''[[Call of Duty]]'' - Runs neck-and-neck with [[Halo]] as the defining FPS franchise of the 00's thanks to the [[Modern Warfare]] sub-series. Eight games in total.
* ''[[Castlevania]]'' – A [[Long Runner|long-running]] franchise that [[Trope Namer|helped shape up the]] [[Metroidvania]] genre.
* ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'' - A popular, critically-acclaimed RPG by Square which involves [[Time Travel]]. Produced a [[Radical Dreamers|spinoff visual novel]], and in turn a well-received, but [[Base Breaker|polarizing]] [[Chrono Cross|sequel]].
* [[Classical Mythology]] – What we would call Greek, and eventually Roman mythology.
* [[Classic Disney Shorts]] - One of the most well-known series of cartoons to take off from [[The Golden Age of Animation]].
* ''[[Code Geass]]'' - What would you expect from a show that's best described as "''[[Mobile Suit Gundam|Gundam]]'' + ''[[Death Note]]''?"
* The [[CSI Verse]] - ''[[CSI]]'' (an official [[Long Runner]]), ''[[CSI: Miami]]'', ''[[CSI: NY]]'' and two spinoff series (''[[Without a Trace]]'' and ''[[Cold Case]]'') and other expanded universe material.
* ''[[Death Note]]'' - a long and popular manga, its equally popular anime adaptation, and three live-action movies.
* ''[[Disgaea]]'' - Three [[Strategy RPG
* ''[[Dragon Age]]'' - A computer RPG equivalent of a [[Doorstopper]] set in a [[Darker and Edgier]] ([[Deconstruction]] of the) [[Standard Fantasy Setting]].
* ''[[Dragon Quest]]'' - [[Trope Maker|Inventor]] of the [[Eastern RPG]]-genre, [[Video Game Long Runners|Long Runner]].
* ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' - A very [[Lampshade Hanging|consciously]] [[Troperiffic]] series.
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' - An RPG franchise renowned for its [[Wide Open Sandbox|open-ended worlds.]] Has five official titles, numerous spinoffs, and a devoted modding community the creators have been very welcome to.
* ''[[The Fairly
* ''[[Family Guy]]'' - [[Long Runner]], [[
* ''[[Fantastic Four]]'' - A [[Long Runner|long-running]] comic book that has been adapted into several films and animated series.
* ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' - Long running cult [[Turn-Based Strategy]] game by Nintendo; twelve games spanning five continuities, with a thirteenth on the way.
* ''[[Firefly]]'' - A series that's [[Too Good to Last|only 14 episodes]], [[Big Damn Movie|a movie]] and a few comics.
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto (series)|Grand Theft Auto]]'' - Rockstar's controversial [[Long Runner|long-running]] flagship franchise, consisting of four main games and several spinoffs.
* ''[[Half-Life (series)|Half-Life]]'' - [[Valve
* ''[[Halo (series)|Halo]]'' - Five games and some [[Expanded Universe]] covered.
* ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' - Eleven [[Light Novels]] and an internationally-acclaimed anime; has [[Genre Busting|no one clearly-defined genre]] and highly [[Genre Savvy]] protagonists who make a business of [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshading everything]].
* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' - Superhero show with four seasons (in the guise of five volumes), and a lot of characters to fit into 44 minutes.
* ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]'' - a science fiction series that has been adapted into just about every medium there is.
* ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' - Eccentric Flash animated series with famous [[Fourth Wall Mail Slot]] spinoff show with over 200 episodes and a ton of further spinoffs from that. Created in 2000, on hiatus since late 2009.
* ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' - Four films, [[Young Indiana Jones|a short-lived TV spinoff]], several video game spinoffs and adaptations
* ''[[Iron Man]]'' - Multiple comic books, [[Iron Man (animation)|animated series,]] and [[Iron Man (film)|movies]]; [[Long Runner]].
* ''[[Justice League (animation)|Justice League]]'' - Animated series starring numerous cast of [[The DCAU]], spawned from a similar [[Justice League of America|comic book]].
* ''[[Kim Possible]]'' - A [[Fiery Redhead]] [[Action Girl]], her blond male [[Sidekick]], and a [[Voice with an Internet Connection]]. [[They Fight Crime]]. And [[Lampshade]] everything whilst they do.
* ''[[Law & Order|Law and Order]]'' - Concluded crime and punishment series, lasting 20 seasons, survived by various spinoffs.
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* ''[[Lyrical Nanoha|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' - Loves [[Playing with a Trope|playing with tropes from]] [[Mix and Match|multiple genres]].
* ''[[Magic: The Gathering|Magic the Gathering]]'' - Long-running [[Collectible Card Game]] that's used just about every fantasy trope in the book by now.
* ''[[The Matrix]]'' - Three [[Mind Screw
* ''[[Metroid]]'' - Science fiction adventure game series which both [[Trope Maker|made]] and [[Trope Codifier|codified]] the [[Metroidvania]] genre. Consists of eleven games.
* ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' - Fighting game known for its brutality, use of [[Xtremely Kool Letterz]] and running neck-to-neck with [[Street Fighter]] in America.
* ''[[Mother]]'' - [[Eastern RPG]] [[Cult Classic]] trilogy by [[Shigesato Itoi]]. Known for [[Widget Series|strange humor]], simplistic cartoony graphics, and endings that range from [[Tear Jerker|sad]] to [[Nightmare Fuel|terrifying]].
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* [[The Muppets]] - Long-running puppet franchise, with [[Sesame Street|many]], [[The Muppet Show|many]], [[Fraggle Rock|many]], [[Muppet Babies|many]], [[Muppets Tonight|many]] TV series, and [[The Muppet Movie|several]] [[The Muppets Take Manhattan|film]] [[Muppet Treasure Island|adaptations.]]
* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' - [[Cult Classic]] TV Show, with its main focus on skewering bad movies. [[Genre Popularizer|Popularized a new brand of "film criticism as entertainment." Continues to be a major influence on online]] [[Video Review Show|video review shows.]]
* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' (2395 inbound links as of March 17, 2020) - With over
* ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' - Moooooooooooooom!!!! [[Phineas and Ferb]] is
* ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'' - From the makers of [[Half-Life (series)|Half-Life]], a 2007 hit game and [[Portal 2|its sequel]]. Also tied in to the [[Half-Life (series)|Half-Life]] universe.
* ''[[Ranma ½
* ''[[Resident Evil]]'' - [[Survival Horror]]/Action Horror video game series, originating on the [[
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' - Probably the best-known [[Magical Girl]] series in the West. Its anime adaptation ran for five seasons (spanning 6 arcs), though not everyone got to see all five. Also 3 movies and 6 specials. Also the orginal manga spanning 5 arcs. Also adapted into a [[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon|live-action series]] and 29 different [[Sera Myu|stage musicals]] and a number of video games including an [[Sailor Moon: Another Story|RPG]]. Also the prequel manga, [[Codename: Sailor V]].
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' - One of the longest of [[Long Runner]], a [[Web Comic]] about a [[Five-Man Band]] and two animals trying to find a fulfilling life.
* ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' - [[Doorstopper]] fantasy series. Five books released and seven planned in total. Now has an [[Game of Thrones|HBO adaptation.]]
* ''[[South Park]]'' - [[Refuge in Audacity|Famously rude and offensive]] adult cartoon [[Long Runner]] starring paper cutouts.
* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' - Long runner children's show about a fast food frycook underwater.
* ''[[Street Fighter]]'' - Famous fighting game series, best known for the second game and its various additions. Important [[Trope Maker]] and [[Trope Codifier|Codifier]].
* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' - Cult hit TV show with seven seasons and two series of supplemental comics, about five tie-in novels, and a [[All There in the Manual|monster guide]].
* ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' - Turn Based Strategy Game [[Crossover]] series of many a [[Humongous Mecha|Mecha]] anime, with original characters thrown in. [[Long Runner]] but with [[No Export for You|licensing problems in the US]].
* ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' - Video game massive multiplayer crossover of numerous Nintendo franchises (and in its third game, ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' and ''[[Metal Gear]]'').
* ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' - Crazy multiplayer FPS filled with over-the-top espionage assassins from the minds behind ''[[Half-Life (series)|Half-Life]]''. Updated frequently since 2007, and features quite a bit of [[Team Fortress 2/Supplemental Material|supplemental material]].
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' - A [[Long Runner|long-running]] comic-turned-multimedia empire, consisting of the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (comics)|several comics series]], two [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987|animated]] [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003|cartoon shows]] with one upcoming, [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film)|four films with one upcoming,]] a [[Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation|live-action TV series]] that neither [[Canon
* ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'' - [[Animesque]] [[Teen Titans (animation)|animated series]] (and [[Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo|its]] [[Teen Titans Go!|spin-offs]]), plus [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|its original comic book series]].
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' - [[Troperiffic]] [[Reconstruction|Reconstructor]] [[Deconstructor Fleet|Fleet]] for the [[Super Robot]] genre that goes [[Beyond the Impossible]] more times than it's possible to count.
* ''[[Terminator (franchise)|Terminator]]'' - Four films and [[The Sarah Connor Chronicles|a short-lived TV spinoff]].
* ''[[Touhou]]'' - With a cast of [[Loads and Loads of Characters|over 80]] [[
* ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]'' - Acclaimed graphic novel that helped create [[The Dark Age of Comic Books]], had a [[Watchmen (film)|film adaptation]].
* ''[[When They Cry]]'' - A series of four [[Visual Novel
* [[Wikipedia]] - Referred to as [[The Other Wiki]] around these parts, it's nonetheless the most popular and powerful source for information on the Web.
* ''[[The X-Files]]'' - Long Running American Sci-Fi series. ''Defined'' [[The Nineties]]. Is the [[Trope Namer]] for [[Shipping]].
* [[YouTube]] - Ubiquitous video-sharing website.
* ''[[8-
▲* ''[[24|Twenty Four]]'' - A hit TV series notable for taking place in nearly real-time.
* ''[[Adventure Time]]'' - [[Troperiffic]] [[Widget Series|widget]] cartoon with a rather big cult following about two heroes named Finn and Jake; been on the air since 2010
▲* ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'' - [[Webcomics Long Runners|1224 strips plus an epilogue and other extras]]; [[Affectionate Parody]] of ''[[Final Fantasy I]]'' and role-playing games in general; [[Troperiffic]] [[Sadist Show|and uses just about]] [[Black and Gray Morality|every trope associated with]] [[Crapsack World|a flawed world and characters]].
▲* ''[[Adventure Time]]'' - [[Troperiffic]] [[Widget Series|widget]] cartoon with a rather big cult following about two heroes named Finn and Jake; been on the air since 2010 and its fifth season is currently being written. Also has a [[Adventure Time (comics)|comic book series]] published by [[Boom Studios]].
* ''[[Aladdin (novel)|Aladdin]]'' - An [[Older Than Radio]] French (maybe) tale supposedly from the ''[[Arabian Nights]]'', [[Adaptation Displacement|most popularly known]] as the [[Aladdin (Disney film)|1992 box-office hit]].
* ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' – [[Lewis Carroll]]'s well-known tale in two parts. Adapted numerous times.
* ''[[Alien (franchise)|Alien]]'' - Four films, and among the related material a [[Alien vs. Predator|spinoff franchise]]
* ''[[American Dad]]''
* ''[[Animaniacs]]'' - A popular 1990's [[George Lucas Throwback|throwback]] to the likes of the [[Looney Tunes]].
* ''[[Animorphs]]'' - Popular series of children's books from the nineties.
* ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''
* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' - A webcomic, manga, and anime series describing the history of the world with [[Anthropomorphic Personification
* ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' - [[Slice of Life]] anime concerning high school girls.
* ''[[Back to The Future]]'' - Successful 80's [[Time Travel]] franchise, with three movies, an [[Animated Adaptation]] and an adventure game series.
* ''[[Baldur's Gate|Baldurs Gate]]'' - A [[High Fantasy]] [[Role
* [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]] - Best selling band of all time, major influence in both rock and popular music.
* ''[[Beauty and The Beast]]'' - "Tale as old as time," first known as a [[Rags to Riches]] French fairy tale and [[Adaptation Displacement|most popularly known]] as the [[Beauty and the Beast|1991 box-office hit]], the first animated film to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. Has had numerous other adaptations, including a [[Beauty and the Beast (TV series)|CBS television series]].
* ''[[Ben 10]]'' - A story about a young boy who finds himself with the [[Clingy MacGuffin|Omnitrix]], a watch that just happens to be able to turn him into different aliens. It's so much [[Better Than It Sounds]]. Has spawned numerous movies and two [[Ben 10: Alien Force|sequel]] [[Ben 10: Ultimate Alien|series]] about the now [[Time Skip|teenage Ben]].
* ''[[Berserk]]''
* ''[[Bionicle]]'' - [[LEGO]]'s [[Merchandise-Driven]] [[Science Fantasy]] toyline, powered by [[Rule of Cool]] and surprisingly in-depth [[World Building]]. A [[Long Runner]] which spanned a good decade before throwing in the towel.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Bones]]''
* ''[[Breath of Fire]]''
* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' - Classic newspaper comic
* ''[[Captain America (comics)]]'' - Another Golden Age superhero that's still going strong, with a [[Captain America: The First Avenger|long-awaited film adaptation.]]
* ''[[Charmed]]'' - The [[Dueling Shows]] to ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''; not as critically well-regarded, but still pretty [[Troperiffic]].
* ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' - Fantasy literature series, with seven books. Has had a [[Television Serial]] and several film adaptations to its name.
* ''[[City of Heroes]]'' - A superhero MMORPG.
* ''[[Command
* ''[[Community]]'' - An [[Ensemble Cast]] [[Sitcom]] that is very self aware of tropes.
* ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' - The most iconic creation of [[Robert E. Howard]], [[Trope Maker]] and [[Trope Codifier]] for much of [[Sword and Sorcery]] genre.
* ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' - One of the few anime series that attempts to emulate a Western style, and pulls it off. Has since become a [[Gateway Series]] for many anime newcomers.
* ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' - A show that centers around a team of FBI profilers who use their knowledge of the human mind to get into the heads of the worst
* [[Cthulhu Mythos]] - Influential horror [[The Verse|Verse]] created by [[H.P. Lovecraft]] and fleshed out further by successive writers, [[Trope Codifier]] for [[Cosmic Horror Story]], [[Eldritch Abomination]], and [[Go Mad
* ''[[Danny Phantom]]''
* ''[[Dept. Heaven]]''
* ''[[Deus Ex]]'' - A critically acclaimed stealth FPS trilogy with RPG elements.
* ''[[Devil May Cry]]''
* ''[[Diablo (series)|Diablo]]''
* [[Disney Ducks Comic Universe]] - A well-known Disney universe that eventually spun off into [[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck|a comic series]] and [[DuckTales (1987)|a very well-known cartoon]].
* ''[[Donkey Kong Country (video game)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' - A spinoff series to the Mario universe featuring the eponymous ape.<ref>though not necessarily the one from the original arcade game</ref
* ''[[Doom (series)|Doom]]'' - A groundbreaking FPS series, with one more game on its way.
* ''[[Dune]]'' - A series of [[Speculative Fiction]] novels currently [[Outlived Its Creator|on its second author.]]
* ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]''
* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' - A [[Transformation Comic]] that's been [[Webcomics Long Runners|running for over a decade]].
* ''[[Exalted]]'' - A [[Troperiffic]] [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]] that runs on the [[Rule of Cool]].
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* ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' - [[Trope Maker]] for shonen fighting manga
* ''[[Friends]]'' - Acclaimed sitcom, [[Long Runner|ran for 10 years]]
* ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]''
* ''[[Garfield (Comic Strip)|Garfield]]'' - Long-running newspaper comic that has since evolved into a multimedia empire. Spawned [[Garfield and Friends|two]] [[The Garfield Show|animated shows]], two live-action movies, and a handful of games.
* ''[[Gargoyles]]'' - A [[Too Good to Last|short-lived]] Disney cartoon, but its main villain had such an impact an [[Xanatos Gambit|a couple of tropes]] [[Xanatos Speed Chess|were named after him.]]
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* ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' - Mystery show, starring a curmudgeon cripple and has diseases instead of crimes. Has its eighth season in the can.
* ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' - A late 2000's sitcom, probably the closest things to ''[[Friends]]'' since ''[[Friends]]''.
* ''[[
* ''[[The Incredible Hulk]]''
* ''[[Inuyasha]]'' - [[Long Runner|Long-running]] manga series, with an equally long-running anime adaptation. The anime became infamous for [[Overtook the Manga|overtaking the manga]] and being [[Cut Short]] without a proper resolution. It has since been re-aired and resolved once the manga finally finished.
* ''[[Invader Zim]]''
* ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes|Jimmy Two Shoes]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' - Two science fiction novels that in turn resulted in a very well-known series of films and some spinoff video games.
* ''[[King of the Hill]]''
* ''[[King's Quest]]''
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* ''[[Lucky Star]]'' - [[Slice of Life]] [[Kyoto Animation|KyoAni]] anime whose primary genre is [[Seinfeldian Conversation]].
* ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross|Macross]]'' - Long-running mech anime franchise, with [[Macross Plus|many]] [[Macross 7|successful]] [[Macross Zero|spinoff titles]] [[Macross Frontier|to its name.]]
* ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom]]'' - The best known among [[Capcom vs. Whatever]] crossover fighting games.
* ''[[Monkey Island (series)|Monkey Island]]'' - A popular 1990's comedy adventure game series by [[
* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' - Not all that long-running, but oh, the [[Memetic Mutation]]...
* ''[[
* ''[[NCIS]]'' - A very popular crime show with a lot of [[Recurring Character
* ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'' - Based off the [[Dungeons
* ''[[Peanuts]]'' - A famed comic series that [[Print Long Runners|ran for nearly fifty years]] until the death of Charles Schulz in 2000. Spawned several animated specials and is still syndicated to this day.
* ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]'' - Popular gaming webcomic, and codifier of the [[Two Gamers on a Couch]] format.
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* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' - One of Cartoon Network's most popular shows.
* ''[[The Princess Bride (novel)|The Princess Bride]]'' - A fantasy novel, particularly well-known as [[The Princess Bride (film)|the 1980's film]].
* ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' - A [[Deconstruction]] of the Magical Girl challenge. Premiering in 2011, it is the youngest work at this status, and with only twelve episodes, a manga adaptation and two [[Puella Magi Kazumi Magica|spin-off]] [[Puella Magi Oriko Magica|manga]] (the latter of which is already over), is one of the shortest works on this list. It also has three
* ''[[Ratchet & Clank|Ratchet and Clank]]'' - A lombax with a wrench joins forces with a little robot and goes around beating stuff with weapons.
* ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' - Cult mainstream comedy show from Britain set on a mining vessel.
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* ''[[Scooby-Doo (animation)|Scooby Doo]]'' - [[Long Runner|Long-running]] cartoon show featuring four teenagers (and their dog) investigating mystery cases.
* ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'' - Acclaimed indie comic series about a twenty-some slacker in a video game-esque [[Toronto]]. Also spawned [[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World|a cult classic film]] and [[Scott Pilgrim (video game)|a side-scrolling beat 'em up.]]
* ''[[Scrubs]]'' - Medical dramedy known for its [[Imagine Spot
* ''[[Seinfeld]]'' - Groundbreaking 90's sitcom, though some younger people [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny|may wonder what the big deal is.]]
* ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' - The [[Trope Codifier]] for the [[Great Detective]].
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* ''[[Soul Eater]]''
* ''[[Soul Series]]'' - [[Fighting Game]] franchise most commonly known for ''Soul Calibur'' and its three sequels.
* ''[[
* ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star
* ''[[Suikoden]]''
* ''[[Tenchi Muyo!|Tenchi Muyo]]''
* ''[[Total Drama Island]]''
* ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'' - The flagship franchise for [[Pixar]], it [[Genre Popularizer|ushered in a new era of computer-generated animation.]] The three films have almost universal acclaim, with the third one breaking box-office records.
* ''[[Trigun]]''
* ''[[Tron]]''
* ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' - Four books and three films.
* ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' - An influential science fiction series dating back to the 60's.
* ''[[The Venture Brothers]]''
* ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' - A fantasy [[Tabletop Games|tabletop game]]. Spawned [[Warhammer
* The [[Whateley Universe]]
* ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' - [[Long Runner]] fantasy book series.
* ''[[Wild
* ''[[Wonder Woman]]'' - The most iconic female superhero in all of comics.
* ''[[The World Ends With You]]''
* ''[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]''
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'' - Very silly Internet-based [[Gag Dub]] of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]''. [[Trope Codifier|A Codifier]] for [[The Abridged Series]].
* ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]''
This doesn't mean that these series are actually better, just that more tropers watch them and add examples. Or possibly that [[Entry Pimp|one really, really crazy troper]] watches it and adds examples. Or possibly that the show just happens to have a [[Troperrific|really, really high trope quotient]] while a show you don't see on here doesn't.
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