History Main / GenreRelaunch

* 3D movies have had this [[PopularityPolynomial a few times]] - the most recent in the 2000s, first with IMAX 3D, then animated flicks such as ''ThePolarExpress'', and culminating in 2009's ''{{Avatar}}''.

* Titles such as ''AceAttorney'' and the TelltaleGames ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' {{retool}} helped restart the popularity of {{Adventure Game}}s in America after roughly a decade of dormancy. Note that this genre was never dead overseas, however; it largely mutated into genres such as {{Visual Novel}}s.

* Depending on who you ask, the strategy RPG genre was revived by either FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance or {{Disgaea}}, two games that came out in summer of 2003.
* KingdomCome pretty much revived the Silver Age super hero.

** After a rather dormant period in the late 1990s, the genre got another major reboot in 1999 with the success of ''WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire''. The show revitalized the entire genre and was the TropeMaker for many game show elements in use today — AllOrNothing money ladders, {{Lifelines}}, dramatic sets and music, {{Commercial Break Cliffhanger}}s and of course, massive payoffs.

* As mentioned on the GenreKiller page, the once great genre of British telefantasy was pretty much killed by ''CrimeTraveller'' (some might argue that it was killed by the cancellation of ''Series/DoctorWho'', and ''CrimeTraveller'' was just a death rattle). Since ''Doctor Who'''s revival in 2005 showed that there's still a vast audience for SF&F, we've had ''{{Primeval}}'', ''Series/{{Merlin}}'', ''LifeOnMars'', ''AshesToAshes'', ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', ''Series/BeingHuman'', the ''{{Discworld}}'' TV movies...

* {{Nintendo}} and the NES single-handedly brought the home video game console market back from the dead, after {{The Great Video Game Crash of 1983}}.

* The {{Pirates of the Caribbean}} franchise made pirates fun for the twenty-first century (although its influence has mostly been in literature rather than in more films).
* The DisasterMovie genre was left for dead by 1980, but experienced a resurgence in 1996 with RolandEmmerich's IndependenceDay.

* The disaster movie genre was left for dead by 1980, but experienced a resurgence in 1996 with RolandEmmerich's IndependenceDay.

* As mentioned on the GenreKiller page, the once great genre of British telefantasy was pretty much killed by ''CrimeTraveller'' (some might argue that it was killed by the cancellation of ''Series/DoctorWho'', and ''CrimeTraveller'' was just a death rattle). Since ''Doctor Who'''s revival in 2005 showed that there's still a vast audience for SF&F, we've had ''{{Primeval}}'', ''Series/{{Merlin}}'', ''LifeOnMars'', ''AshesToAshes'', ''{{Torchwood}}'', ''Series/BeingHuman'', the ''{{Discworld}}'' TV movies...

* The updated ''Film/{{X-Men}}'' film franchise brought redemption to the superhero movie industry after the travesty of the Schumaker ''{{Batman}}'' films.

* The 2d fighting game genre was in decline until the release of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' and BlazBlue in 2009.

* Titles such as ''AceAttorney'' and the TelltaleGames ''Game/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' {{retool}} helped restart the popularity of {{Adventure Game}}s in America after roughly a decade of dormancy. Note that this genre was never dead overseas, however; it largely mutated into genres such as {{Visual Novel}}s.

* As mentioned on the GenreKiller page, the once great genre of British telefantasy was pretty much killed by ''CrimeTraveller'' (some might argue that it was killed by the cancellation of ''Series/DoctorWho'', and ''CrimeTraveller'' was just a death rattle). Since Nu-''Who'' showed that there's still a vast audience for SF&F, we've had ''{{Primeval}}'', ''Series/{{Merlin}}'', ''LifeOnMars'', ''AshesToAshes'', ''{{Torchwood}}'', ''Series/BeingHuman'', the ''{{Discworld}}'' TV movies...

* The updated ''XMen'' film franchise brought redemption to the superhero movie industry after the travesty of the Schumaker ''{{Batman}}'' films.

* The 2d fighting game genre was in decline until the release of StreetFighterIV and BlazBlue in 2009.

** ''{{Jeopardy}}'' helped re-popularized quiz-type game shows, which were previously thought dead after the rigging scandals of the 1950s. In fact, the show's signature "answer and question" format was inspired by a discussion between creator Merv Griffin and his wife about those very scandals. Between the 1950s and ''Jeopardy!'''s debut, most game shows were either {{Panel Game}}s or very low-stakes parlor games such as ''{{Password}}''.

* As mentioned on the GenreKiller page, the once great genre of British telefantasy was pretty much killed by ''CrimeTraveller'' (some might argue that it was killed by the cancellation of ''Series/DoctorWho'', and ''CrimeTraveller'' was just a death rattle). Since Nu-''Who'' showed that there's still a vast audience for SF&F, we've had ''{{Primeval}}'', ''Series/{{Merlin}}'', ''LifeOnMars'', ''AshesToAshes'', ''{{Torchwood}}'', ''BeingHuman'', the ''{{Discworld}}'' TV movies...

* The 2d fighting game genre was in decline until the release of StreetFighter4 and BlazBlue in 2009.

* As mentioned on the GenreKiller page, the once great genre of British telefantasy was pretty much killed by ''CrimeTraveller'' (some might argue that it was killed by the cancellation of ''DoctorWho'', and ''CrimeTraveller'' was just a death rattle). Since Nu-''Who'' showed that there's still a vast audience for SF&F, we've had ''{{Primeval}}'', ''Series/{{Merlin}}'', ''LifeOnMars'', ''AshesToAshes'', ''{{Torchwood}}'', ''BeingHuman'', the ''{{Discworld}}'' TV movies...

* Titles such as ''AceAttorney'' and the TelltaleGames ''SamAndMax'' {{retool}} helped restart the popularity of {{Adventure Game}}s in America after roughly a decade of dormancy. Note that this genre was never dead overseas, however; it largely mutated into genres such as {{Visual Novel}}s.

* The disaster movie genre was left for dead by 1980, but experienced a resurgence with RolandEmmerich's IndependenceDay.

So, some work had the ''gall'' to be a GenreKiller in some fashion. But then some work comes along and manages to revitalize that entire genre! That of course would be the GenreRelaunch.

* ThrashMetal had a resurgence in the mid 2000's on the backs of bands like {{Evile}} and MunicipalWaste

* ThrashMetal had a resurgance in the mid 2000's on the backs of bands like {{Evile}} and MunicipalWaste

* Titles such as ''AceAttorney'' and the TelltaleGames ''SamAndMax'' remake helped restart the popularity of {{Adventure Game}}s in America after roughly a decade of dormancy. Note that this genre was never dead overseas, however; it largely mutated into genres such as {{Visual Novel}}s.

* Titles such as ''AceAttorney'' helped restart the popularity of {{Adventure Game}}s in America after roughly a decade of dormancy. Note that this genre was never dead overseas, however; it largely mutated into genres such as {{Visual Novel}}s.

* Moulin Rouge brought back the movie musical after the disaster that was Hello Dolly.
* The industry only had an eight-year slump between Batman Returns and X-Men. Whether you want to use it is up to you:
* The updated XMen film franchise brought redemption to the superhero movie industry after the travesty of the Schumaker {{Batman}} films.

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