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* Arguably, ''Tetsuwan Atom'' / ''AstroBoy'' launched anime itself.

* {{Rammstein}} is usually considered the creators of Neue Deutsche Harte, either a a sub-genre of industrial metal or a fusion genre of industrial metal and trance, depending on how one views it, though they originally called it dance metal. However, they are merely the [[TropeCodifier codifier.]] the actual creator was Oomph!, who formed five years before Rammstein.

*** Wasn't SystemShock the first RPG\FPS hybrid, followed by {{DeusEx}}, {{Bioshock}}, etc.

* Tabletop wargames using miniature figures have existed for centuries, especially in the Prussian Army where they were used to train officers in tactics. It wasn't until HGWells ([[TheWarOfTheWorlds yes]], [[TheInvisibleMan that]] [[TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau H.G.]] [[TheTimeMachine Wells]]) published a book of rules called "[[OverlyLongName Little Wars: A Game for Boys From Twelve Years Of Age to One Hundred and Fifty, and for That More Intelligent Sort of Girl Who Likes Boys' Games and Books]]" (better known just as "Little Wars") in 1913, that the general populace got to play one.

* Horror web series and {{ARG}}s were seen sporadically during the TurnOfTheMillenium, but it wasn't until ''MarbleHornets'' and ''JustAnotherFool'' that they really took off. Aside from more directly influencing the direction of TheSlenderManMythos, they also inspired the creation of other horror series such as TheFearMythos.

* ''TheWarOfTheWorlds'' by HGWells took an existing genre speculating about foreign armies invading the United Kingdom and gave it a twist by casting as the invaders a race of [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien highly intelligent alien beings]] invading Earth from another planet. This idea of an 'AlienInvasion' [[{{Understatement}} proved somewhat influential]].

* UK speed metal band {{Venom}} usually get a lot of credit for laying the roots for what is now known as extreme metal.

* ''AmazingStories'', the first English language ScienceFiction PulpMagazine, "created" the genre. (The slightly earlier American pulp ''Weird Tales'' published general fantastic fiction: ScienceFiction, ghost stories, HorrorFiction, et cetera.)

* ''{{Tetris}}'' pioneered [[strike:stack-falling-things-in-a-vertical-shaft]] FallingBlocks puzzle games.

* Joseph Haydn almost singlehandedly developed the sonata form and was the first big composer of the First Viennese School.

* Basically every mecha anime that emphasizes psychology/dementia/the human condition and/or heavy philosophical/religious subtexts owes a debt to ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''. ''Eva'' is also one of the superflat movement's most primary influences.
** While it probably wasn't called this back then. Evangelion also started the whole {{Moe}} thing with [[EmotionlessGirl Rei Ayanami.]]

** ''SuperMario64'' is pretty much the predecessor to almost every 3D platformer in existence.

* ''TheWarOfTheWorlds'' by HGWells took an existing genre speculating about foreign armies invading the United Kingdom and gave it a twist by casting as the invaders a race of [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien highly intelligent alien beings]] invading Earth from another planet. This idea of an 'alien invasion' [[{{Understatement}} proved somewhat influential]].

* The first two ''{{Alien}}'' films started off genres of their own, to an extent. ''Alien'' kickstarted the "trapped on a spaceship with an alien monster" setting, and ''Aliens'' acted as a TropeCodifier of sorts for the BugWar. And it set itself apart from the ''StarshipTroopers'' novel by making the aliens pure monsters devoid of any type of technology.

** A decade later ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' popularized the sub-genre of MagicalGirlWarrior tailored especially for the young adult male demographic with less romance, more StuffBlowingUp and the same amount of [[TransformationSequence gratuitous nudity]].
*** And mostly eliminated the token male love interests, focusing more on GirlLove undertones in newer games

* The work, which becomes a new genre itself, will be called... ''CowboyBebop''.
** Which is actually referencing the creation of the bebop style of jazz.

*** ''SuperMario64'' is pretty much the predecessor to almost every 3D platformer in existence.

** A decade later ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' launched the sub-genre of MagicalGirlWarrior tailored especially for the young adult male demographic with less romance, more StuffBlowingUp and the same amount of [[TransformationSequence gratuitous nudity]].

* ''KingaQuest'' popularized the graphic AdventureGame genre.

** No it did not. LostInSpace premiered a year earlier. Both became DuelingShows for a while, and BOTH helped shape the genre.

** The similar but not-quite-identical genre launched by MSPaintAdventures is often referred to as "MSPA Fan Adventures."

** Which is debatable, as one could see ''Dune II'' being to the first ''Command&Conquer'' what ''Wolfenstein 3D'' was to ''Doom''.

* ''{{Doom}}'' launched the FirstPersonShooter genre, to the point that other games in the genre were simply called "''Doom''-clones" before a more neutral name was coined. However, its predecessor ''Wolfenstein3D'' was the first really successful example of the genre.