History Main / BonusMaterial

* ''Series/TeenTitans'' had a half-length "Lost Episode."

* The appendi[[strike:x]]ces in ''TheLordOfTheRings''. Which is somewhere around 10% the size of the rest of the trilogy put together.

* StephenKing's short-story collection ''NightShift'' includes two stories in the same continuity as ''[=~'Salem's Lot~=]'', one set a century before the events of the novel, and one a couple of years after.

* The Walt Disney animation collection [=DVD=]s come with a lithograph.

* ''TeenTitans'' had a half-length "Lost Episode."

*** It's things like this that make one wish the IAmNotMakingThisUp page was still around.

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[[caption-width:475:And you thought you were just getting a movie.]]

"Omake" is the anime fanspeak term. For {{manga}}, omake generally refers to the extra chapter typically added when a serialized work is collected into book format, to encourage people who have read the serialization to buy the book. "Lagniappe" is a Louisiana Creole word with a similar meaning.

A bonus that is added to, but separate from, a particular work. The practice of adding such a bonus to one's work has been around [[OlderThanRadio for a long, long time]]: Charles Dickens, for example, was a regular practitioner of it, back when he wrote his stories for newspapers and magazines.

** ''TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' and ''{{xxxHolic}}'' share an omake [[AlternateUniverse Alternate Universe]] called [[HighSchoolAU Horitsuba Gakuen]]. It was used both in the Drama CDs and in short extra comics.

* ''CodeGeass'' has quite a few. Some are serious (like Picture Dramas which fill in gaps in the backstory), but mostly they're comedic, like the Flash-animated and highly nonsensical Baba Theater included with the ''R2'' DVDs. Even the Manga Spin Offs have been known to add the occasional omake pages, involving such characters as Lelouch, Clovis, and Bartley.

SideStoryBonusArt is a SubTrope.

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* The appendix in ''TheLordOfTheRings''. Which is somewhere around 10% the size of the rest of the trilogy put together.

* RosarioToVampire has a few extra pages at the ends of volumes, usually a collection of [[{{Yonkoma}} 4-Komas.]] One notable strip has Nekonome-sensei reading a fan mail [[LampshadeHanging asking how]] the girls' MagicPants work.

* Every volume of ''FullmetalAlchemist'' comes with some truly side-splitting {{Yonkoma}} strips and assorted drawings by the author parodying the events of her own comic. [[{{Tropers/Filby}} This editor's]] favorite is the ongoing drama of Roy Mustang in a 1970s {{shoujo}} romance comic.

* [=FearNet.com=] broadcast a series of half-hour long films that were set in the same continuity as ''30 Days of Night''.

* How has ''LordOfTheRings'' not been mentioned yet? It is the mother of this trope. The Extended Editions included more hours of bonus material than the running time of the actual (pretty darn long) movies. Depending on which EE you bought, you also got a figurine and an additional bonus DVD.

* StephenKing's short-story collection ''Night Shift'' includes two stories in the same continuity as ''[=~'Salem's Lot~=]'', one set a century before the events of the novel, and one a couple of years after.

* The appendix in ''TheLordOfTheRings''.
** Which is somewhere around 10% the size of the rest of the trilogy put together.

** There's also the Arrancar Encyclopedia, in which Gin tells us about the aspects of the Arrancar, the Quincy Encyclopedia, where Ryuken discusses Quincy equipment, and other segments.

* ''LordOfTheRings'' is the mother of this trope. The Extended Editions included more hours of bonus material than the running time of the actual (pretty darn long) movies. Depending on which EE you bought, you also got a figurine and an additional bonus DVD.

* How has ''LordOfTheRings'' not been mentioned yet? It is the mother of this trope. The Extended Editions included more hours of bonus material than the running time of the actual (pretty darn long) movies. Depending on which EE you bought, you also got a figurine and an additional bonus DVD.

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* The [[TMNT2003 second TMNT series]] was supplemented by various types of bonus material during its run, including several one-minute shorts and character profiles, as well as "Mayhem From Mutant Island", a series of thirteen shorts which combined to make a full-lenght episode.

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* ''NarutoShippuden'' has omake at the end of most episodes; they ranged from characters talking about the history of Konoha to downright silliness like Shikamaru and Asuma talking about changing the show's name to Shikamaru/Asuma Shippuden. The latter is particularly memorable when Naruto shows up indignantly in the end and is handed the script for future episodes, only to find that he's barely in any of them. (A subtle dig at the manga's and its titular character's lack of screentime for a long period.)

** The latter ends up resulting in [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Shinn imitating Lacus at a concert, dressed in one of her dresses and shredding the stage with one of Impulse's swords as he sings "Quiet Night"]]. ItMakesSenseInContext.

* ''CodeGeass'' has quite a few. Some are serious (like Picture Dramas which fill in gaps in the backstory), but mostly they're comedic, like the Flash-animated and highly nonsensical Baba Theater included with the ''R2'' DVDs. Even the Manga Spin Offs have been known to add the occasional omake pages, involving such characters as Lelouch, Clovis, and Bartley.

* ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'' manga volumes tend to have at least two omakes. The anime also has omakes of their own. The sound novels have bonuses too.

** The very first annual for [[TheAmazingSpiderMan The Amazing Spider-Man]] in 1964 had a humorous segment about how StanLee and SteveDitko create a typical Spider-Man story.

** This was eventually averted by CalvinAndHobbes. Later Sunday strips cannot be rearranged, at Bill Watterson's insistence.

* ''GirlGenius'' is generous with bonus material within the comic, such as [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20051212 A parody of Mary Sue fanfic]]; [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060515 "Personal Trainer"]]; The [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070827 "Revenge of the Weasel Queen"]] storyline; one-page bonuses like [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071015 the "Spark Roast Coffee" ad]] and [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071225 "Santa Klaus"]]; [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081121 "Fairy Tale Theatre Break: Cinderella"]]; a [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091211 "Holiday Hilarity Break"]];

* ''CogaSuro'' has a 'Coga Suro Review' at the end of the first chapter of Coga Suro 2, which looks to be a recurring feature. Appears to be heavily influenced by LuckyStar's 'Lucky Channel'.

* The Walt Disney animation collection [=DVD=]s come with a lithograph.
* The [[TMNT2003 second TMNT series]] was supplemented by various types of bonus material during its run, including several one-minute shorts and character profiles, as well as "Mayhem From Mutant Island", a series of thirteen shorts which combined to make a full-lenght episode.