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* The ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' episode "Out of Gas" examined how the crew of Serenity came together. (It is supposed that Creator/JossWhedon had planned much more detailed Backstories for certain enigmatic characters, to be revealed over time, but the series infamously [[ScrewedByTheNetwork ended before they were revealed.)too soon]] to get to them. Some of these have managed to come out in other formats, though:
** TheMovie sequel ''Serenity'' gives us some of River Tam's backstory as a government experiment as well as the [[NightmareFuel backstory explanation]] for the [[TheDreaded Reavers]]' [[ImAHumanitarian inexplicably]] [[AxeCrazy psychotic]] behavior.
** A later GraphicNovel, ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenity_(comics)#The_Shepherd.27s_Tale Serenity: The Shepard's Tale]]'', finally gave us [[BadassPreacher Shepard Book]]'s full life story.
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenity_(comics) Additional comic book stories]] for the ''Serenity'' universe have expanded a little further on the other experimental subjects of the government project that River was shoved into, too.
** [[ZigZaggedTrope Semi-subversion]]: Inara Serra. Juicy details are teased or implied within the TV series, and Whedon has ''said'' she has a backstory worth telling...but Whedon has also openly stated he's hopeful to do another film or serial sequel ''someday'' and would [[SequelHook prefer to save her story for that]]. Though it's unlikely, he acknowledges, to happen any time soon.
** TheMovie sequel ''Serenity'' gives us some of River Tam's backstory as a government experiment as well as the [[NightmareFuel backstory explanation]] for the [[TheDreaded Reavers]]' [[ImAHumanitarian inexplicably]] [[AxeCrazy psychotic]] behavior.
** A later GraphicNovel, ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenity_(comics)#The_Shepherd.27s_Tale Serenity: The Shepard's Tale]]'', finally gave us [[BadassPreacher Shepard Book]]'s full life story.
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenity_(comics) Additional comic book stories]] for the ''Serenity'' universe have expanded a little further on the other experimental subjects of the government project that River was shoved into, too.
** [[ZigZaggedTrope Semi-subversion]]: Inara Serra. Juicy details are teased or implied within the TV series, and Whedon has ''said'' she has a backstory worth telling...but Whedon has also openly stated he's hopeful to do another film or serial sequel ''someday'' and would [[SequelHook prefer to save her story for that]]. Though it's unlikely, he acknowledges, to happen any time soon.
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note on the backstory-deseminating roles of Rowling's previous official website and subsequent Pottermore site, as well as the famous Dumbledore Word Of Gay announcement that had come post-Deathly Hallows (the latter is probably the most famous piece of backstory, after all, and had been not really discussed in the section on Deathly Hallows itself, which seemed to be focusing on in-book backstory revelations while hers was, well, Word Of God froma Q&A) For readability and the fact that it was revealed in a different manner, I kept the Word Of Gay piece as a separate bullet point, but for expediency's sake kept the official website note as the same bullet point, since effectively Pottermore replaced the backstory-sharing/Expanded Universe role of JK Rowling dot com, as soon as it went up.
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** Rowling is so prone to creating sprawling, involved character biographies in fact that she has made a ''habit'' of post-series backstory revelations. Probably the most notable of course, or at least most famous, was when she shocked much of the world shortly after the release of ''Deathly Hallows'' by revealing during a Q&A that [[WordOfGay Dumbledore had actually been a closeted gay man the whole time]].
** For a time, Rowling was [[WordOfGod revealing most of these extra details]] on her Flash-format [[https://www.jkrowling.com official website]], often as EasterEggs accessible by poking around and playing with the items on her simulated "desk". And then the [[MeaningfulName aptly-named]] interactive game/{{Expanded Universe}} site [[https://www.pottermore.com Pottermore]] was created as an official tie-in to the series, and Rowling had an even better place to expound on the canon, often at length, ranging from the creation of details on [[ExpandedUniverse non-European wizarding culture]] and "[[AllThereInTheManual wandlore]]", to yes, backstory on characters, like say [[http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Minerva_McGonagall#Biography Professor McGonagall]], who is given everything from named family members to a prior love life and...well, basically an outline of her whole life's story up until the books. Almost none of this is so much as alluded to in the original books, because Harry and his friends have generally little reason to have interest in their teachers' pasts or in some cases even the pasts of their classmates, what with [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld all the shenanigans going on all the time]], and the original novels are told almost exclusively from Harry's POV. A lot of this backstory can seem interesting but not particularly plot relevant... though [[https://www.pottermore.com/features/petunia-dursleys-unlikely-hogwarts-ambitions some]] have [[WhatMightHaveBeen surprisingly huge implications]].
** For a time, Rowling was [[WordOfGod revealing most of these extra details]] on her Flash-format [[https://www.jkrowling.com official website]], often as EasterEggs accessible by poking around and playing with the items on her simulated "desk". And then the [[MeaningfulName aptly-named]] interactive game/{{Expanded Universe}} site [[https://www.pottermore.com Pottermore]] was created as an official tie-in to the series, and Rowling had an even better place to expound on the canon, often at length, ranging from the creation of details on [[ExpandedUniverse non-European wizarding culture]] and "[[AllThereInTheManual wandlore]]", to yes, backstory on characters, like say [[http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Minerva_McGonagall#Biography Professor McGonagall]], who is given everything from named family members to a prior love life and...well, basically an outline of her whole life's story up until the books. Almost none of this is so much as alluded to in the original books, because Harry and his friends have generally little reason to have interest in their teachers' pasts or in some cases even the pasts of their classmates, what with [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld all the shenanigans going on all the time]], and the original novels are told almost exclusively from Harry's POV. A lot of this backstory can seem interesting but not particularly plot relevant... though [[https://www.pottermore.com/features/petunia-dursleys-unlikely-hogwarts-ambitions some]] have [[WhatMightHaveBeen surprisingly huge implications]].
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* ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'' has such a long and complex backstory that it takes up twelve volumes of the manga and nearly the whole animated series. The backstory focuses mainly on Guts, but Griffith and Casca have their own pasts and motivations revealed as well. Serpico and Farnese also received their own backstory arc in the manga.
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* ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'' has such a long and complex backstory that it takes up twelve volumes of the manga and nearly the whole animated series. The backstory focuses mainly on Guts, but Griffith and Casca have their own pasts and motivations revealed as well. Serpico and Farnese also received receive their own backstory arc episodes in the manga.
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* Explored a lot with different characters in the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' series. There's ''The Rise of Scourge'', ''Bluestar's Prophecy'', ''Crookedstar's Promise'', ''Yellowfang's Secret'', and then a number of short stories in the field guides, such as the one about Barley's past. Even the main series has some of these moments.
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* Explored a lot with different characters in the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' series. There's ''The Rise of Scourge'', ''Bluestar's Prophecy'', ''Crookedstar's Promise'', ''Yellowfang's Secret'', the "prequel" Super Editions, many novellas, and then a number of short stories in the field guides, such as the one about Barley's past. Even the main series has some of these moments.
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* In ''TheGunganCouncil'', all characters have some sort of backstory given in their first biography. However, in roleplays such as "It's Not That I Keep Hanging On, I'm Never Letting Go," the backstory for characters is described in detail to explain character relationships never written out before.
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* In ''TheGunganCouncil'', ''Roleplay/TheGunganCouncil'', all characters have some sort of backstory given in their first biography. However, in roleplays such as "It's Not That I Keep Hanging On, I'm Never Letting Go," the backstory for characters is described in detail to explain character relationships never written out before.
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* Creator/CSLewis's ''TheMagiciansNephew'' is explicitly billed, in the text, as backstory to the rest of Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia books.
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* Kavi has a particularly unpleasant one in Creator/HilariBell 's FarsalaTrilogy.
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* ''Videogame/{{Halo}}'' has a surprisingly substantive backstory told through a multitude of novels, comics, [[AlternateRealityGame Alternate Reality Games]], guidebooks, online exclusives, live-action specials, and even an [[Anime/HaloLegends anime series]]. Hell, [[Literature/TheForerunnerSaga one book trilogy]] is even set over ''100,000 years'' before the start of the games.
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* ''Videogame/{{Halo}}'' ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' has a surprisingly substantive backstory told through a multitude of novels, comics, [[AlternateRealityGame Alternate Reality Games]], guidebooks, online exclusives, live-action specials, and even an [[Anime/HaloLegends anime series]]. Hell, [[Literature/TheForerunnerSaga one book trilogy]] is even set over ''100,000 years'' before the start of the games.
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* BioWare uses player-party member dialogue to reveal backstory in ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights,'' ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'', ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', ''Franchise/DragonAge'', ''Franchise/MassEffect'', and probably more.
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* BioWare Creator/BioWare uses player-party member dialogue to reveal backstory in ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights,'' ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'', ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', ''Franchise/DragonAge'', ''Franchise/MassEffect'', and probably more.
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* ''HajimeNoIppo'' gives us episodes/chapters about how Kimura and Aoki as well as Takamura got into boxing. Sendo's backstory is also told by his grandma, but even more importantly, he gets his very own ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaiden gaiden]]'' chapter which shows how the Naniwa Tomcat became the Naniwa Tiger. And yes, it is as badass as it sounds. There's also a flashback to Kamogawa's and Nekota's past, which involves Kamogawa beating a U.S. soldier in a boxing match.
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* ''HajimeNoIppo'' ''Manga/HajimeNoIppo'' gives us episodes/chapters about how Kimura and Aoki as well as Takamura got into boxing. Sendo's backstory is also told by his grandma, but even more importantly, he gets his very own ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaiden gaiden]]'' chapter which shows how the Naniwa Tomcat became the Naniwa Tiger. And yes, it is as badass as it sounds. There's also a flashback to Kamogawa's and Nekota's past, which involves Kamogawa beating a U.S. soldier in a boxing match.
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* The ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequel films had existed in brief notes just to get things together for the original movie. Creator/GeorgeLucas wanted the original ''Star Wars'' to have the Episode IV title to resemble the ''ComicStrip/BuckRogers'' and ''[[Film/FlashGordonSerial Flash Gordon]]'' serials, but only used "Part IV" in the opening expository crawl. ''Film/ANewHope'' has a lot of imagery that is intended to make you think you're seeing something familiar, such as the first appearance of [[TheObiWan Obi-Wan]].
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* The ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequel films had existed in brief notes just to get things together for the original movie. Creator/GeorgeLucas wanted the original ''Star Wars'' to have the Episode IV title to resemble the ''ComicStrip/BuckRogers'' and ''[[Film/FlashGordonSerial Flash Gordon]]'' serials, but only used "Part IV" in the opening expository crawl. ''Film/ANewHope'' has a lot of imagery that is intended to make you think you're seeing something familiar, such as the first appearance of [[TheObiWan Obi-Wan]].Obi-Wan.
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* ''vSketDance'', while a gag manga for the most part, features three separate backstory arcs for the main cast that are either sufficiently melodramatic (Bossun and Switch) or heartwarming (Himeko) that help flesh out their personalities and how they ended up becoming the people they are now.
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* ''vSketDance'', ''Manga/SketDance'', while a gag manga for the most part, features three separate backstory arcs for the main cast that are either sufficiently melodramatic (Bossun and Switch) or heartwarming (Himeko) that help flesh out their personalities and how they ended up becoming the people they are now.
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* All the playable characters, including minor ones, in any ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' between ''Genealogy'' and ''Radiant Dawn'' have at least some backstory and/or personality, which in some games can be explored through "support conversations". ''Path of Radiance'' and ''Radiant Dawn'' added base conversations that function similarly, but they're easier to get.
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* All the playable characters, including minor ones, in any ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' between ''Genealogy'' and ''Radiant Dawn'' have at least some backstory and/or personality, which in some games can be explored through "support conversations". ''Path of Radiance'' and ''Radiant Dawn'' added base conversations that function similarly, but they're easier to get.
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* In ''[[Comicbook/{{Spider-Man}} The Amazing Spider-Man]]'', Mary Jane "MJ" Watson was the happy-go-lucky [[BettyAndVeronica Veronica]] to Peter Parker's Archie...until she returned to the book in the early '80s after a few years' absence, and revealed at one point that she knew he was Spider-Man. In the following issue, MJ decided to confide in Peter, revealing her unknown back story. Turns out that she was [[StepfordSmiler laughing to hide the tears of her broken home.]]
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* In ''[[Comicbook/{{Spider-Man}} ''[[Comicbook/SpiderMan The Amazing Spider-Man]]'', Mary Jane "MJ" Watson was the happy-go-lucky [[BettyAndVeronica Veronica]] to Peter Parker's Archie...until she returned to the book in the early '80s after a few years' absence, and revealed at one point that she knew he was Spider-Man. In the following issue, MJ decided to confide in Peter, revealing her unknown back story. Turns out that she was [[StepfordSmiler laughing to hide the tears of her broken home.]]
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* ''Fanfic/CodeGeassMaoOfTheDeliverance'' takes the titular EnsembleDarkHorse who [[OneSceneWonder only premiered for three episodes]] in the original ''CodeGeass'' and introduces an in-depth, {{Perspective Flip}}ped personal history which actually forms an engaging storyline that is both plausible and woven into established {{canon}} very well, explaining HowWeGotHere.
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* ''Fanfic/CodeGeassMaoOfTheDeliverance'' takes the titular EnsembleDarkHorse who [[OneSceneWonder only premiered for three episodes]] in the original ''CodeGeass'' ''Anime/CodeGeass'' and introduces an in-depth, {{Perspective Flip}}ped personal history which actually forms an engaging storyline that is both plausible and woven into established {{canon}} very well, explaining HowWeGotHere.
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* Creator/CSLewis's ''TheMagiciansNephew'' is explicitly billed, in the text, as backstory to the rest of TheChroniclesOfNarnia books.
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* Roleplay/SuperSmashBrothersLifeItself Has this in the form of the Flashback section which explains how certain characters got to LI or Origins of major events that have occurred in the site.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' started out simple but the sequel ''Night Warriors'' rewrote the character origins into surprisingly interesting back stories and Vampire Savior expanded it further, giving back stories to the different worlds the game takes place in.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' started out simple but the sequel ''Night Warriors'' rewrote the character origins into surprisingly interesting back stories and Vampire Savior ''Vampire Savior'' expanded it further, giving back stories to the different worlds the game takes place in.
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* In ''ChronoCrusade'', most of the important characters have backstories that connect them to the pasts of the other characters, especially in the manga. Chrono's is particularly important in driving the plot forward--so, of course, [[CanNotSpitItOut he avoids telling the other characters about it]] until late in the series.
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* In ''ChronoCrusade'', ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'', most of the important characters have backstories that connect them to the pasts of the other characters, especially in the manga. Chrono's is particularly important in driving the plot forward--so, of course, [[CanNotSpitItOut he avoids telling the other characters about it]] until late in the series.
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* ''MahouSenseiNegima'' has a few chapters that go into Negi's backstory, explaining his motivations and where he got his goals.
** Later on it goes into Asuna's backstory, which happens to be ''massively'' important to the current plot, even moreso than Negi's backstory. [[spoiler: Remeber that massive war that Negi's father was the hero of? Turns out Asuna was at the center of it.]]
** Later on it goes into Asuna's backstory, which happens to be ''massively'' important to the current plot, even moreso than Negi's backstory. [[spoiler: Remeber that massive war that Negi's father was the hero of? Turns out Asuna was at the center of it.]]
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* ''MahouSenseiNegima'' ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' has a few chapters that go into Negi's backstory, explaining his motivations and where he got his goals.
**goals. Later on it goes into Asuna's backstory, which happens to be ''massively'' important to the current plot, even moreso than Negi's backstory. [[spoiler: Remeber that massive war that Negi's father was the hero of? Turns out Asuna was at the center of it.]]
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* Yusuke, Kuwabara, Keiko, and Botan are about the only ones on ''YuYuHakusho'' who ''don't'' get backstories...
* The [[AudioAdaptation second Sound Stage]] of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'''s first season revolved around Fate's life before the series began.
* The [[AudioAdaptation second Sound Stage]] of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'''s first season revolved around Fate's life before the series began.
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* Yusuke, Kuwabara, Keiko, and Botan are about the only ones on ''YuYuHakusho'' ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' who ''don't'' get backstories...
* The [[AudioAdaptation second Sound Stage]] of''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'''s ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'''s first season revolved around Fate's life before the series began.
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* In the manga adaptation of ''FruitsBasket'' just about every character that appears has a backstory and many of them are connected. For example, [[spoiler:Kyo Sohma met Tohru Honda's mother Kyoko when he was little. They talked about many things, including Tohru, and Kyo makes a promise to protect Tohru without ever having met her. Later, Kyo sees Kyoko at the site of a crash when she is about to die and Kyoko reminds him of the promise, though Kyo mistakes what she says and believes that she blames him for her death.]]
* The plot of ''GameXRush'' essentially revolves around the Backstory, most of which is held back entirely until the second volume.
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* In the manga adaptation of ''FruitsBasket'' ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' just about every character that appears has a backstory and many of them are connected. For example, [[spoiler:Kyo Sohma met Tohru Honda's mother Kyoko when he was little. They talked about many things, including Tohru, and Kyo makes a promise to protect Tohru without ever having met her. Later, Kyo sees Kyoko at the site of a crash when she is about to die and Kyoko reminds him of the promise, though Kyo mistakes what she says and believes that she blames him for her death.]]
* The plot of''GameXRush'' ''Manga/GameXRush'' essentially revolves around the Backstory, most of which is held back entirely until the second volume.
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* ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' has a backstory for each of the hosts, often with a whole chapter devoted to one character's past. There's even a whole chapter dedicated to Haruhi's parents showing us how they met and fell in love. The anime has two entire episodes dedicated to flashbacks of how Kyouya and Tamaki met, and also how Hikaru and Kaoru met Tamaki and joined the Host Club.
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* ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' has a backstory for each of the hosts, often with a whole chapter devoted to one character's past. There's even a whole chapter dedicated to Haruhi's parents showing us how they met and fell in love. The anime has two entire episodes dedicated to flashbacks of how Kyouya and Tamaki met, and also how Hikaru and Kaoru met Tamaki and joined the Host Club.
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* In ''CodeGeass'', this is provided by the sound and picture episodes.
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* ''VideoGame/WingCommander'' has a fairly detailed backstory, told mostly [[AllInTheManual in the manuals]] (including official game guides, and the Confederation Handbook for the movie) and novels, both {{novelization}}s of the games and new works within the setting.
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* ''VideoGame/WingCommander'' has a fairly detailed backstory, told mostly [[AllInTheManual [[AllThereInTheManual in the manuals]] (including official game guides, and the Confederation Handbook for the movie) and novels, both {{novelization}}s of the games and new works within the setting.
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* Taken up to eleven in ShakuganNoShana which has a backstory for the characters in the backstory. To elaborate, Shana's remembering her past and three other characters are remembering their collective past in the backstory.
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* Taken up to eleven in ShakuganNoShana ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'' which has a backstory for the characters in the backstory. To elaborate, Shana's remembering her past and three other characters are remembering their collective past in the backstory.
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* The ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequel films had existed in brief notes just to get things together for the original movie. Creator/GeorgeLucas wanted the original ''Star Wars'' to have the Episode IV title to resemble the ''BuckRogers'' and ''[[Film/FlashGordonSerial Flash Gordon]]'' serials, but only used "Part IV" in the opening expository crawl. ''Film/ANewHope'' has a lot of imagery that is intended to make you think you're seeing something familiar, such as the first appearance of [[TheObiWan Obi-Wan]].
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* Subverted in Creator/TomStoppard's ''Theatre/RosencrantzAndGuildensternAreDead,'' where Rosencrantz and Guildenstern's lack of a backstory is lampshaded by their inability to recall any event earlier than having been summoned the morning of the opening action. Stoppard is commenting on the undeveloped characterization that these characters have in ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''.
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* In ''{{Endstone}}'' -- lots. Starting with the way Kyri's estranged husband tried to destroy the world.
* Details of the Valkyrie backstory in ''CwynhildsLoom'' are slowly revealed in the comic, and a brief written history is available on the website.
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* In ''{{Endstone}}'' ''Webcomic/{{Endstone}}'' -- lots. Starting with the way Kyri's estranged husband tried to destroy the world.
* Details of the Valkyrie backstory in''CwynhildsLoom'' ''Webcomic/CwynhildsLoom'' are slowly revealed in the comic, and a brief written history is available on the website.
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* The "Literature/HorusHeresy" novels are the BackStory to the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' universe.
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* Much of the plot structure of ''{{Lost}}'' (for the first three seasons at least) has centered on revealing the characters' backstories while showing how these pasts inform the characters' actions on the island.
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* ''SketDance'', while a gag manga for the most part, features three separate backstory arcs for the main cast that are either sufficiently melodramatic (Bossun and Switch) or heartwarming (Himeko) that help flesh out their personalities and how they ended up becoming the people they are now.
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* ''SketDance'', ''vSketDance'', while a gag manga for the most part, features three separate backstory arcs for the main cast that are either sufficiently melodramatic (Bossun and Switch) or heartwarming (Himeko) that help flesh out their personalities and how they ended up becoming the people they are now.
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* In the ''{{Getbackers}}'' manga, almost all the major characters, including villains, have complicated backstories peppered with angst and feuds. In every arc (except the minor filler types) there will be one or more flashbacks to explain new plot developments: [[spoiler: Kazuki and Jyuubei as childhood friends, the story behind Ban's jagan, Makubex's abandonment, just to name a few]]
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* In the ''{{Getbackers}}'' ''Manga/{{Getbackers}}'' manga, almost all the major characters, including villains, have complicated backstories peppered with angst and feuds. In every arc (except the minor filler types) there will be one or more flashbacks to explain new plot developments: [[spoiler: Kazuki and Jyuubei as childhood friends, the story behind Ban's jagan, Makubex's abandonment, just to name a few]]
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* The ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' episode "Out of Gas" examined how the crew of Serenity came together. (It is supposed that JossWhedon had planned much more detailed Backstories for certain enigmatic characters, but the series ended before they were revealed.)
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* The ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' episode "Out of Gas" examined how the crew of Serenity came together. (It is supposed that JossWhedon Creator/JossWhedon had planned much more detailed Backstories for certain enigmatic characters, but the series ended before they were revealed.)
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* The "HorusHeresy" novels are the BackStory to the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' universe.
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* The "HorusHeresy" "Literature/HorusHeresy" novels are the BackStory to the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' universe.
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* ''Videogame/{{Halo}}'' has a surprisingly substantive backstory told through a multitude of novels, comics, [[AlternateRealityGame Alternate Reality Games]], guidebooks, online exclusives, live-action specials, and even an [[HaloLegends anime series]]. Hell, [[Literature/TheForerunnerSaga one book trilogy]] is even set over ''100,000 years'' before the start of the games.
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* ''Videogame/{{Halo}}'' has a surprisingly substantive backstory told through a multitude of novels, comics, [[AlternateRealityGame Alternate Reality Games]], guidebooks, online exclusives, live-action specials, and even an [[HaloLegends [[Anime/HaloLegends anime series]]. Hell, [[Literature/TheForerunnerSaga one book trilogy]] is even set over ''100,000 years'' before the start of the games.
