List of multimedia franchises originating in television series
Following is a list of multimedia franchises originating in television series, whether animated or live-action.
In the following tables, the initial media through which the franchise characters or settings became known is shown in boldface. Only works of fiction are considered part of the series; a book or a documentary film about the franchise is not itself an installment in the franchise.
Franchises originating in animated television series[]
| Franchise (Creator) |
Literature | Comics | Animated films | Live action films | Animated TV series | Live action TV series | Video games | Other media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Amazing World of Gumball | yes | yes | yes | no | The Amazing World of Gumball (2011-2019)
Darwin's Yearbook (2019) The Gumball Chronicles (2020-2021) |
no | yes | Toys
Music Theme Park Ride |
| Avatar: The Last Airbender (Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko) |
yes | various | no | The Last Airbender | Avatar: The Last Airbender The Legend of Korra |
Avatar: The Last Airbender (2021-) | various | Trading Card Game Lego theme |
| Ben 10 (Cartoon Network) |
no | yes | yes | yes | Ben 10 (2005–2008) Ben 10: Alien Force (2008–2010) Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (2010–2012) Ben 10: Omniverse (2012–2014) Ben 10 (Reboot) (2016-2021) |
no | yes | Action figures Toys |
| Bob the Builder (Keith Chapman) |
yes | no | various feature-length TV specials | no | Bob the Builder (1998-2004) :Project Build It (2005-2008) :Ready, Steady, Build (2010–2012) Bob the Builder (2015-2018) |
no | yes | several children's songs including the series theme song various toys theme park attractions live stage show |
| The Flintstones (Hanna-Barbera) |
no | yes | The Man Called Flintstone (1966) The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown! (2015) several TV specials and movies |
The Flintstones (1994) The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000) |
The Flintstones (1960–1966) several other animated series |
no | yes | 2 theme parks live stage show |
| Gundam (Yoshiyuki Tomino) |
numerous | List of Gundam manga and novels | Over 6 depending on criteria | G-Saviour (2000) | Mobile Suit Gundam (1979–1982), and 15 additional series | no | List of Gundam video games | Hundreds of model kits, traditional merchandise and exotic specials including a car. |
| The Loud House (Chris Savino) |
numerous | various graphic novels | The Loud House Movie (2021) | no | The Loud House (2016-) The Casagrandes (2019-) |
no | The Loud House: Outta Control | various toys |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion (Hideaki Anno) |
no | Neon Genesis Evangelion (manga) (1994–2013) | Five films | no | Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996) | no | several | Petit Eva: Evangelion@School dramas Music |
| RWBY (Monty Oum) |
no | yes | no | no | RWBY (2013-) | no | various | various stage shows |
| Scooby-Doo (Hanna-Barbera) |
yes | yes | Scoob! (2020); various others |
Scooby-Doo (2002), Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) | Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969–1970), 11 others | no | yes | - |
| The Simpsons (Matt Groening) |
yes | List of The Simpsons comics | The Simpsons Movie (2007) | no | The Simpsons shorts from The Tracey Ullman Show (1987–1989) The Simpsons (1989-) |
no | yes | The Simpsons Ride |
| Space Battleship Yamato (Yoshinobu Nishizaki) |
no | Cosmoship Yamato manga (1974–1975) Great Yamato manga (2000–2001) |
Space Battleship Yamato (1977) and various sequels (1978–2002) |
Space Battleship Yamato (2010) | Space Battleship Yamato (1974–1980) Star Blazers (1979–1984) Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2013) |
no | Space Battleship Yamato (1999) and sequels | Toys Action figures pre-fabricated kits Music |
| SpongeBob SquarePants (Stephen Hillenburg) |
yes | yes | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020) |
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) | SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–) Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years (2021-) |
several scenes | yes | Toys Action figures Music |
| Steven Universe (Rebecca Sugar) |
yes | yes | Steven Universe: The Movie (2019) | no | 'Steven Universe' (2013-2019) Steven Universe Future (2019-2020) |
no | yes | Action figures soundtracks |
| Voltron (World Events Productions) |
no | various | Voltron: Fleet of Doom (1986) | no | Voltron: Defender of the Universe (1984–1985) Voltron: The Third Dimension (1998) Voltron Force (2010) |
no | Voltron: Defender of the Universe (2011) | Toys Action figures |
| Winx Club (Iginio Straffi) |
yes[1] | yes[2] | Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom (2007) Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure (2010) Winx Club: The Mystery of the Abyss (2014)[3] |
no | Winx Club (2004–Present) PopPixie (2011) World of Winx (2016-2017)[4] |
Fate: The Winx Saga (2021–Present) | various | Merchandise[5] Soundtracks[6] (2008–2010) |
| Yogi Bear and Friends (William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, and Ed Benedict) |
yes | yes | Hey There It's Yogi Bear! Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10 | Yogi Bear (2010) | The Huckleberry Hound Show and many other series | no | many | Merchandise, Yogi Bear's Honey Fried Chicken restaurant chain, Jellystone Park |
Franchises originating in live action television series[]
| Franchise (Creator) |
Literature | Comics | Animated films | Live action films | Animated TV series | Live action TV series | Video games | Other media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ali G (Sacha Baron Cohen) | yes | no | no | Ali G In Da House (2002) Borat (2006) Brüno (2009) Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm (2020) |
no | Da Ali G Show' (2000-2004) (though the characters of Ali G and Borat debuted on The 11 O'Clock Show in 1998 and F2F in 1997 respectively) | no | soundtracks to mentioned feature films |
| Babylon 5 (J. Michael Straczynski) |
various | various | no | no | no | Babylon 5 (102 episodes, 1994–1998) Crusade (1999) and six TV films (1998–2007) |
no | - |
| Battlestar Galactica (Glen A. Larson) |
various | Battlestar Galactica (comics) | no | no | no | Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979) Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009) |
yes | - |
| The Brady Bunch (Sherwood Schwartz) |
no | no | no | The Brady Bunch Movie (1995) A Very Brady Sequel (1996) The Brady Bunch in the White House (2002) |
The Brady Kids (1972–1974) | The Brady Bunch (1969–1974) The Brady Brides (1981) |
no | numerous albums A Very Brady Musical |
| Charlie's Angels (Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts) |
no | yes (1979; 2019) | no | Charlie's Angels (2000) Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) Charlie's Angels (2019) |
no | Charlie's Angels (1976–1981) Charlie's Angels (2011) |
yes (2003; 2008; 2019) | Charlie's Angels: Animated Adventures (2003) |
| Doctor Who[7] (Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber, and Donald Wilson) |
List of Doctor Who novelisations (1965–2012) various |
List of Doctor Who comic stories | no | Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966) |
The Infinite Quest (2007) Dreamland (2009) |
Doctor Who (26 seasons from 1963–1989, new series 2005–present); one TV film and several spin-offs | various | Website animated series Radio and audio serials Stage productions |
| The Equalizer (Michael Sloan and Richard Lindheim) |
yes | no | no | The Equalizer (2014) The Equalizer 2 (2018) |
no | The Equalizer (1985–1989) The Equalizer (2021–) |
- | - |
| Mission: Impossible (Bruce Geller) |
yes | several | no | Mission: Impossible film series | no | Mission: Impossible (1966–1973, 1988–1990) | yes | - |
| Monty Python | various | no | A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman | several | no | Monty Python's Flying Circus several TV specials |
various | Record albums |
| Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis) |
various | no | no | Bean (1997) Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) |
Mr. Bean: The Animated Series | Mr. Bean (1990-1995) Comic Relief sketches |
no | Facebook videos TV commercial appearances |
| The Muppets (Jim Henson) |
no | The Muppet Show (comics) various |
no | The Muppet Movie (1979), and seven additional films | Muppet Babies (1984–1991) Muppet Babies (2018–ongoing) |
Sam and Friends (1955-1961) The Muppet Show (1976–1981) Muppets Tonight (1996–1998) Muppets Now (2020-present) |
yes | Discography, live shows |
| Power Rangers/Super Sentai (Haim Saban and Shuki Levy/Shotaro Ishinomori) |
no | yes | no | various Sentai Films Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995) Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997) |
no | Himitsu Sentai Gorenger (1975–1977) various Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993–1996) various |
various | Power Rangers Collectible Card Game various stage shows |
| Sesame Street (Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett) |
various | Sesame Street (comic strip) | no | Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985) The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999) |
Mecha Builders (upcoming) | Sesame Street (1969-) The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo (2020-) various TV specials |
various | - |
| Star Trek[8] (Gene Roddenberry) |
List of Star Trek novels | Star Trek (comics) | no | Thirteen feature films (beginning in 1979) | Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973–74) Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020-) |
Star Trek: The Original Series (1966–69) Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–99) Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001) Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–05) Star Trek: Discovery (2017–) Star Trek: Picard (2020-) |
numerous | - |
| The X-Files (Chris Carter) |
no | The X-Files (comics) | no | The X-Files (1998) The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008) |
no | The X-Files (1993–2002; 2016–2018) Millennium(1996–1999) The Lone Gunmen (2001) |
yes |
See also[]
- List of fictional shared universes in film and television – many multimedia franchises are based in fictional universes
- List of public domain works with multimedia adaptations
- List of highest-grossing media franchises
- Media mix
References[]
- ^ Noble, Barnes &. "Online Bookstore: Books, NOOK ebooks, Music, Movies & Toys". Barnes & Noble.
- ^ "Winx Club Magazine (Volume) - Comic Vine". comicvine.com.
- ^ "Winx Club: The Mystery of the Abyss" – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (September 25, 2014). "Netflix Orders 'Winx Club' Spinoff Series". Deadline.
- ^ "Winx Club Dolls Mattel - eBay". eBay.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-21. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Miles Booy, Love and Monsters: The Doctor Who Experience, 1979 to the Present (2012), p. 155, ISBN 184885479X: "If treating the programme as a multimedia franchise – and at this point it becomes hard to think of it as anything else – is a good thing, then this was the point where the BBC began to connect the dots".
- ^ Mark Clark, Star Trek FAQ: Everything Left to Know about the First Voyages of the Starship Enterprise (2012), p. 1, ISBN 1557839638: "Star Trek, which once struggled to survive from one season to the next, has become immortal—and, beyond that, inescapable. The series, and the multimedia franchise that grew from it, is now woven inextricably into the fabric of America and the world".
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