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* ''[[Mega Man (Franchise)|Mega Man]]'' - Multiple series and spinoffs, that like ''[[Transformers (Franchise)|Transformers]]'', [[Mega Man (Video Game)|have]] [[Mega Man X (Video Game)|received]] [[Mega Man Zero (Video Game)|separate]] [[Megaman Battle Network|pages]] [[Megaman Legends|for]] [[Mega Man ZX|each]] [[Mega Man Star Force|continuity]]. <!-- All spinoffs listed, plus the TV series -->
* ''[[Metal Gear (Video Game)|Metal Gear]]'' - Most referring to ''[[Metal Gear Solid (Video Game)|Metal Gear Solid]]''; this has multiple long, story-heavy games and oodles of spin-offs. <!-- Metal Gear, Metal Gear Solid -->
* ''[[My Little Pony (Franchise)|My Little Pony]]'' - A [[Long Runner|three decade-old]] [[Merchandise -Driven]] franchise. The latest incarnation, [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|Friendship Is Magic]], has [[Periphery Demographic|a notably large internet following]].
* ''[[Naruto (Manga)|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 (Visual Novel)|Tsukihime]]'' and its [[Melty Blood|spin-off fighting game]], ''[[Fate Stay Night (Visual Novel)|Fate/stay night]]'', its [[Fate Zero (Literature)|prequel]], [[Fate Hollow Ataraxia (Visual Novel)|sequel]], and [[Fate Extra|spin]][[Fate Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya (Manga)|-offs]], ''[[Kara no Kyoukai (Literature)|Kara no Kyoukai]]'', ''[[Angel Notes (Literature)|Angel Notes]]'', and a couple of upcoming novels, remakes and adaptations.
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)|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 (Film)|Rebuild]]'' movies, 2 of which were released as of this writing. [[Cash Cow Franchise|And lots of other adaptations]].
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* ''[[Super Mario Bros (Franchise)|Super Mario Bros]]'' - Long-running, trope making, popular platform game franchise with various spinoffs; ''[[Paper Mario (Video Game)|Paper Mario]]'' alone is overdosed. <!-- Mario, all the games -->
* ''[[Super Sentai]]'' - [[Sentai]] show which ''[[Power Rangers]]'' borrows footage from. <!-- All seasons -->
* ''The [[Tales Series]]'' - JRPG series that always starts off with a ''massive'' [[ClicheCliché 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 (Website)|That Guy With the Glasses]]'' - Internet reviewer website known for its dozens of reviewers applying to various niches, notably [[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]] <!-- most of the sub and related pages listed apart from the TGWTG Index and The Angry Video Game Nerd -->
* ''[[Transformers (Franchise)|Transformers]]'' - So many series that there is a [[Cast Herd|Die Cast Herd]] used to divide ''continuities'' that [[Transformers Generation 1|have]] [[Beast Wars (Animation)|their]] [[Transformers Robots in Disguise|own]] [[Unicron Trilogy|separate]], [[Transformers (Film)|unique]] [[Transformers Animated|pages]]. [[Transformers Prime|A lot of separate pages]]. <!-- Hoo boy. Well, for starters, the ones already pot holed. Those are the big ones. -->
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* ''[[The World of Darkness (Tabletop Game)|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 (Franchise)|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 (Animation)|animated]] [[Wolverine and The X-Men (Animation)|series]], a [[Long Runner]]. <!-- the comics, the animated series, the film series -->
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (Franchise)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' - Card game marketed franchise that includes anime and manga. Spawned the [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: theThe Abridged Series (Web Video)|first known abridged series]]. <!-- Card Game, GX, 5Ds, Zexal, R, tenth anniversary movie -->
 
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* ''[[Ace Attorney (Visual Novel)|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 ItsIt's Not Awesome?]] for a series about FRIKKING LAWYERS.
* ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]''
* ''[[Babylon 5 (TV)|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]].
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* ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|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)|Heroes]]'' - Superhero show with four seasons (in the guise of five volumes), and a lot of characters to fit into 44 minutes.
* ''[[The HitchhikersHitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy (Franchise)|The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]'' - a science fiction series that has been adapted into just about every medium there is.
* ''[[Homestar Runner (Web Animation)|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. <!-- Teen Girl Squad, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People -->
* ''[[Indiana Jones (Franchise)|Indiana Jones]]'' - Four films, [[Young Indiana Jones (TV)|a short-lived TV spinoff]], several video game spinoffs and adaptations <!-- Fate of Atlantis, Young Indiana Jones -->
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* ''[[Phineas and Ferb (Animation)|Phineas and Ferb]]'' - Moooooooooooooom!!!! [[Phineas and Ferb (Animation)|Phineas and Ferb]] is [[Trope Overdosed]]!
* ''[[Portal (Video Game)|Portal]]'' - From the makers of [[Half-Life (Video Game)|Half-Life]], a 2007 hit game and [[Portal 2 (Video Game)|its sequel]]. Also tied in to the [[Half-Life (Video Game)|Half-Life]] universe.
* ''[[Ranma One Half½ (Manga)|Ranma One Half]]''
* ''[[Resident Evil]]'' - [[Survival Horror]]/Action Horror video game series, originating on the [[Play Station]]. Six major titles and more spinoffs. <!-- All of the games and movies -->
* ''[[Sailor Moon (Manga)|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 (Webcomic)|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 (Literature)|A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' - [[Doorstopper]] fantasy series. Five books released and seven planned in total. Now has an [[Game of Thrones (TV)|HBO adaptation.]]
* ''[[South Park (Animation)|South Park]]'' - [[Refuge in Audacity|Famously rude and offensive]] adult cartoon [[Long Runner]] starring paper cutouts.
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* ''[[Touhou (Video Game)|Touhou]]'' - With a cast of [[Loads and Loads of Characters|over 80]] [[Improbably Female Cast|cute girls]], their relative distinctions cover all sorts of tropes.
* ''[[Watchmen (Comic Book)|Watchmen]]'' - Acclaimed graphic novel that helped create [[The Dark Age of Comic Books]], had a [[Watchmen (Film)|film adaptation]].
* ''[[When They Cry (Visual Novel)|When They Cry]]'' - A series of four [[Visual Novel|Visual Novels]] and their various adaptations (manga for each arc, manga arcs made for the manga, multiple seasons of anime and [[OVA|OVAs]], remakes on various consoles, new arcs on consoles, spinoff games..) which involve people [[Kill 'Em All|dying over]] [[Groundhog Day Loop|and over again]] while the protagonists figure out the driving forces behind the murders. Includes ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni]]'' and ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Umineko no Naku Koro Ni]]''.
* [[Wikipedia (Wiki)|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 (TV)|The X-Files]]'' - Long Running American Sci-Fi series. ''Defined'' [[The Nineties]]. Is the [[Trope Namer]] for [[Shipping]].
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* ''[[Twenty Four (TV)|Twenty Four]]'' - A hit TV series notable for taking place in nearly real-time.
* ''[[Eight 8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'' - [[Webcomics Long Runners|1224 strips plus an epilogue and other extras]]; [[Affectionate Parody]] of ''[[Final Fantasy I (Video Game)|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 (Animation)|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 (Comic Book)|comic book series]] published by [[Boom Studios]].
* ''[[Aladdin (Literature)|Aladdin]]'' - An [[Older Than Radio]] French (maybe) tale supposedly from the ''[[Arabian Nights (Literature)|Arabian Nights]]'', [[Adaptation Displacement|most popularly known]] as the [[Aladdin (Disney)|1992 box-office hit]].
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* ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]'' - [[Slice of Life]] anime concerning high school girls.
* ''[[Back to The Future (Franchise)|Back to The Future]]'' - Successful 80's [[Time Travel]] franchise, with three movies, an [[Animated Adaptation]] and an adventure game series.
* ''[[BaldursBaldur's Gate (Video Game)|Baldurs Gate]]'' - A [[High Fantasy]] [[Role Playing Game]] series that takes place in the [[Forgotten Realms]] setting for [[Dungeons and Dragons]].
* [[The Beatles (Music)|The Beatles]] - Best selling band of all time, major influence in both rock and popular music. <!-- Main/TheBeatles -->
* ''[[Beauty and The Beast (Literature)|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 (Disney)|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)|CBS television series]].
* ''[[Ben 10 (Animation)|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 (Animation)|sequel]] [[Ben 10 Ultimate Alien (Animation)|series]] about the now [[Time Skip|teenage Ben]].
* ''[[Berserk (Manga)|Berserk]]''
* ''[[Bionicle (Franchise)|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.
* ''[[Bioshock (Video Game)|Bioshock]]'' - [[Bio Shock 1 (Video Game)|Two]] [[Genre Busting]] [[Bio Shock 2 (Video Game)|games]], with [[Bio Shock Infinite (Video Game)|a third one on the way.]]
* ''[[Blaz Blue (Video Game)|Blaz Blue]]'' - [[Spiritual Successor]] to the almost as popular [[Guilty Gear]]-[[Fighting Game]] series.
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* ''[[Ghostbusters (Film)|Ghostbusters]]'' - A staple of [[The Eighties]]. The franchise has two movies, [[The Real Ghostbusters (Animation)|two cartoon]] [[Extreme Ghostbusters (Animation)|adaptations]] and [[Ghostbusters the Video Game (Video Game)|a video game]]. A rumoured third movie has long been in [[Development Hell]].
* ''[[Ghost in The Shell (Franchise)|Ghost in The Shell]]'' - Based on the famous manga series that spawned two movies and a 52 episode anime- itself followed by another movie (and spawned another manga), with a live-action adaptation stuck in [[Development Hell]]. [[Trope Codifier|Codified]] many tropes for [[Cyberpunk]] anime. Was a big influence on ''[[The Matrix (Film)|The Matrix]]''.
* ''[[G.I. Joe (Franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' - A [[Long Runner|long-running]] [[Merchandise -Driven]] franchise, spawning some animated shows and a live action film
* ''[[Girl Genius (Webcomic)|Girl Genius]]''
* ''[[Glee (TV)|Glee]]'' - A musical dramady, having gone through two seasons with a third on its way.
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* ''[[House (TV)|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 (TV)|How I Met Your Mother]]'' - A late 2000's sitcom, probably the closest things to ''[[Friends (TV)|Friends]]'' since ''[[Friends (TV)|Friends]]''.
* ''[[I CarlyICarly (TV)|I Carly]]'' - Live Action [[Kid Com]] about [[Genki Girl|Carly]], [[Jerk Sue|Sam]] and [[Hollywood Nerd|Freddie]] making a [[Web Original|web]] [[Show Within a Show|show]] in [[Seattle]]. [[I CarlyICarly (TV)/Radar|Destroys Radars.]] [[I CarlyICarly (TV)/Ho Yay|Constant Les Yay]]. Also has a hyperactive [[Fandom]] that [[Ship to Ship Combat|revolves]] around a [[Love Triangle]] between the [[Power Trio]].
* ''[[The Incredible Hulk]]''
* ''[[Inuyasha (Manga)|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 (Animation)|Invader Zim]]''
* ''[[Jimmy Two Shoes (Animation)|Jimmy Two Shoes]]''
* ''[[Jo JosJo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'' - A long-running Manga series covering multiple story arcs and eras.
* ''[[Jurassic Park (Franchise)|Jurassic Park]]'' - Two science fiction novels that in turn resulted in a very well-known series of films and some spinoff video games. <!-- Trespasser, Operation Genesis, Jurassic Park: The Game -->
* ''[[King of the Hill (Animation)|King of the Hill]]''
* ''[[King's Quest (Video Game)|King's Quest]]''
* ''[[Kirby (Video Game)|Kirby]]''
* ''[[Land of Oz (Literature)|Land of Oz]]'' - A book series by [[L. Frank Baum (Creator)|L Frank Baum]] that [[Long Runner|originated in the turn of the 20th century]], [[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Literature)|the first book of which]] [[Adaptation Displacement|more remembered as]] [[The Wizard of Oz (Film)|a classic 1939 film]].
* ''[[Left 4 Dead (Video Game)|Left 4 Dead]]'' - From the makers of [[Half-Life (Video Game)|Half-Life]], one of the first video games to truly capture the feel of the Zombie genre, includes co-op play and has a sequel with a host of new characters and settings.
* ''[[The Lion King (Disney)|The Lion King]]'' - Disney's biggest box-office hit. Spawned two sequels, some games, a non-canon TV spinoff, and a Broadway musical that [[Long Runner|is still running to this day.]]
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* ''[[Star Fox (Video Game)|Star Fox]]'' - A [[Long Runner|long-running]] Nintendo franchise consisting of six games, not including [[Star Fox 2|a planned sequel to the first that never got released]].
* ''[[Suikoden (Video Game)|Suikoden]]''
* ''[[Tenchi Muyo! (Anime)|Tenchi Muyo]]''
* ''[[Total Drama Island (Animation)|Total Drama Island]]''
* ''[[Toy Story (Animation)|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.
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* ''[[The World Ends With You (Video Game)|The World Ends With You]]''
* ''[[WWE (Wrestling)|WWE]]'' <!-- Raw, Showdown -->
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: theThe Abridged Series (Web Video)|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 (Manga)|Yu Yu Hakusho]]''
 
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