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* IsaacAsimov's novelization of ''Film/FantasticVoyage'' came out six months before the movie, leading many people to believe that Asimov originated the story, which he had to constantly deny. Some confused fans even complained about the movie getting things wrong because the novelization had corrected a few glaring plot holes that were still present in the film.
** Eventually he had to write an entire science article both to sort this out ''and'' explain in how many ways the scientific problems of shrinking were ignored by the screenwriters.

* AlphaAndOmega.
* The novelization of ''Film/TheFunhouse'', by Owen West (a pseudonym of DeanKoontz), came out the year before the film.

* The novelization of Sozin's Comet, the GrandFinale of ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'', came out months before the actual episodes were shown on {{Nickelodeon}}.
* The novelization of ''PhineasAndFerb [[TheMovie Across the Second Dimension]]'' was available on June 28, 2011, earlier than the movie itself aired on DisneyChannel.

* ''IronMan 2'': Same as above.

* The novelization of ''The Funhouse'', by Owen West (a pseudonym of DeanKoontz), came out the year before the film.

* The novelization of Red Riding Hood was released three months before its theatrical debut

* The Novelization of Sozin's Comet, the GrandFinale of AvatarTheLastAirbender, came out months before the actual episodes were shown on {{Nickelodeon}}.
* The novelization of PhineasAndFerb [[TheMovie Across the Second Dimension]] will be available on June 28th, 2011, earlier than the movie itself aired on DisneyChannel.

** Partially averted, in that many of the novelizations will prematurely end, and visual guides will be missing siginifigant events and props from the end.

* The novelizations for all three Transformers films were released before the film's release. They also each had a prequel novel released two months prior of the release of the novelizatios

* This supposedly happened in the UK with the ''DoctorWho'' [[LongRunners 20th]] [[MilestoneCelebration anniversary special]] ''[[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors The Five Doctors]]''.

* IsaacAsimov's novelization of ''Fantastic Voyage'' came out before the movie, leading many people to believe that Asimov originated the story, which he had to constantly deny. Some confused fans even complained about the movie getting things wrong.

* Pretty much any movie that has a novelization has the novelization come out first.

* ''ToyStory 3'': Especially {{egregious}} because not only was a junior novelization released first, but there were also little picture books that compressed the plot. Seriously, you could go to a bookstore and see an entire stand of ''Toy Story 3'' books!

* This supposedly happened in the UK with the ''DoctorWho'' 20th anniversary special ''[[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors The Five Doctors]].

* Novelizations of the ''AlienNation'' [[MadeForTVMovie Made-for-TV Movies]] ''Dark Horizon'' (1994) and ''Body and Soul'' (1995) were both published in 1993, based on unfilmed scripts for future episodes of the series.

* The Novelization of Sozin's Comet, the GrandFinale of AvatarTheLastAirbender, came out months before the actual episodes were shown on {{Nickelodeon}}.

* Both novelizations of the Transformers films were released before the film's release. They also each had a prequel novel released two months prior of the release of the novelizatios

See also AdaptationFirst and SequelFirst.

* The novelization of Red Riding Hood was released three months before it's theatrical debut

* People studying literature and old German cinema to this day debate whether ''Metropolis'' was a movie adaptation of a book or the movie script got made into a novel. The novel came first, though.

* ''ToyStory 3'': Especially {{egregious}} because not only was a junior novelization released first, but there were also little picture books that compressed the plot. Seriously, you can go to a bookstore and see an entire stand of ''Toy Story 3'' books!
* Famously, ''StarWars'': every single movie plus adaptations of many ''StarWarsTheCloneWars'' episodes and games like ''TheForceUnleashed''. Notably, the novelization of the original ''StarWars'' was released ''six months'' before the movie, in December 1976.
** All prequel movies had novelizations, comic adaptations and ''Illustrated screenplays'' released a month before the movie's release. Add in the official soundtrack and the video game adaptation and by the time you see the movie for the first time, you not only know what happens, but ''every single line'' as well.

* People studying literature and old german cinema to this day debate wether ''Metropolis'' was a movie adaptation of a book or the movie script got made into a novel. The novel came first, though.

* Famously, ''StarWars''.

* People studying literature and old german cinema to this day debate wether ''Metropolis'' was a movie adaptation of a book or the movie script got made into a novel. The novel came first, though.

People studying literature and old german cinema to this day debate wether ''Metropolis'' was a movie adaptation of a book or the movie script got made into a novel. The novel came first, though.