History Main / Prequel

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'' reveals before they served Gru by the time of ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe1'', the minions served Scarlet Overkill. This movie's sequel, ''WesternAnimarion/MinionsTheRiseOfGru'' serves even more as a prequel as it concentrates on Gru, the ''Franchise/DespicableMe'' franchises adult protagonist Gru as a child.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'' reveals before they served Gru by the time of ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe1'', the minions served Scarlet Overkill.

** ''Literature/TheStarsLikeDust'': This book is a follow-up to ''Literature/PebbleInTheSky'', still taking place in a [[TheFuture far future]] where the Earth has become radioactive, but before the [[RisingEmpire growing empire]] renames itself the Trantorian Empire.

* As the events of ''Film/WonderWoman2017'' happened before and in the same universe of ''Film/ManOfSteel'' and ''Film/BatmanVsSuperman'' then is a prequel of both, though more directly connected to the latter.

* In the [[Literature/JackRyan Ryanverse]]:

-> ''“Every generation has a legend. Every journey has a first step. Every saga has a beginning.”''

* ''Film/UnderworldRiseOfTheLycans'' is the prequel to the Underworld series.

* ''Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui'' and ''Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows'' take place before the first DirectToVideo ''Toys/{{BIONICLE}}'' movie ''Mask of Light'', detailing the struggles of the Toa Metru/Hordika before they became the Turaga of Mata Nui and how the Matoran of Metru Nui ended up on the island of Mata Nui in the first place.

** ''Dances on the Snow'' takes place about a century prior to the events of ''Literature/{{Genome}}'', the first novel of the series. However, the author insists that ''Genome'' should still be read first, even though the novels target completely different issues (DesignerBabies in ''Genome'', CloningBlues in ''Dances on the Snow'') and don't feature any of the same characters (except for one mentioned off-hand).

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' has had two print-only books. The first, numbered 0, is ''On The Origin of [=PCs=]'', which shows what the heroes were doing before joining together. The second, #-1, is StartOfDarkness, which shows the backstory and origins of Team Evil leaders Xykon and Redcloak, along with how the Monster in the Dark ended up as their secret weapon.

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* The 1998 TV film ''[[Recap/BabylonFiveFilm01InTheBeginning Babylon 5: In the Beginning]]'' is a prequel to ''Series/{{Babylon 5}}'', which depicts the Earth-Minbari War (2245-2248), a major part of the series' backstory. Its storyline explores the involvement, direct and indirect, of numerous regular characters in the war, including Sheridan, Sinclair, Delenn, Londo, G'Kar, Franklin and Ivanova. The major exception is Garibaldi, who was said to have served as a Ground Pounder (GROPO) during the war in "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS02E05TheLongDark The Long Dark]]". The {{Framing Device}}, which ties into the future sequences of "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS03E17WarWithoutEndPart2 War Without End Part 2]]" featuring a devastated Centauri Prime, takes place in 2278. It involves the elderly Londo, the Emperor of the Centauri Republic, telling two young children and their nanny of humanity's heroism during the Earth-Minbari War and how it inspired the Babylon Project, the last, best hope for peace. The film ties into several other episodes as well such as "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS01E08AndTheSkyFullOfStars And the Sky, Full of Stars]]", "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS03E13ALateDeliveryFromAvalon A Late Delivery from Avalon]]" and "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS04E09Atonement Atonement]]".

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'' reveals before they served Gru by the time of ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'', the minions served Scarlet Overkill.

* ''WesternAnimation/AllHailKingJulien'' serves as a prequel to the ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' franchise, as it explains how King Julien became king in the first episode, and is otherwise set chronologically before the first movie.

* ''Animation/MiniforceNewHeroesRise'' is this to [[Animation/Miniforce the TV show]] as it shows how they became the team they are today.

* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainKnightOfTheOrangeLily'' (taking place during the ''Sun and Moon'' season of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' and some time after the end of Book 2 of ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'') starts months before ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'' (which takes place sometime before Episode 29 of ''Journeys'' and starting just when Book 3 of ''Infinity Train'' begins)

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' did this as well. The Sword/Shield series' first episode serves as a prequel to the entire first season, also revealing that Ash's Pikachu was a wild Pichu prior to evolving into a Pikachu.

* Like ''Sailor V'', ''LightNovel/HighSpeed2013'' turned into a strange hybrid of source material and prequel for ''Anime/{{Free}}'' over its run. The first book came out well before its sequel anime, but the second was released before ''Eternal Summer'' and adapted afterwards as a [[Anime/HighSpeedFreeStartingDays prequel film]].

* ''LightNovel/FateZero'' is a series of novels that detail the events leading up to famous VisualNovel ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''. Considering the relatively short timespan between the two story-wise (ten years), much of the events in ''[[LightNovel/FateZero Zero]]'' had a significant impact on ''[[VisualNovel/FateStayNight stay night]]''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAnimatrix'', an animated anthology film and prequel to ''Film/TheMatrix''.

* ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'' is envisioned as a five-film original [[SequelSeries prequel series]] to the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' series, both [[Literature/HarryPotter books]] and [[Film/HarryPotter films]], at first exploring the titular fantastic beasts but later putting more focus to the campaign against the series' PredecessorVillain, Gellert Grindelwald. The first is set in 1926 (65 years before ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone''), while the second, ''[[Film/FantasticBeastsTheCrimesOfGrindelwald The Crimes of Grindelwald]]'', is set nine months afterward in 1927. Subsequent films are expected to take place between the year 1927 and 1945, the year of Grindelwald's defeat.

* ''Webcomic/MyImpossibleSoulmate'' is one to ''Webcomic/Rain2010''. Centering around the life of Chiaki Koizumi, the author of the [[ShowWithinAShow fictional manga]] ''Black Wings: Kaminari'' which is Rain’s favorite manga.

* ''Webcomic/MyImpossibleSoulmate'' is one to ''Webcomic/Rain2010''. Centering around the life of Chiaki Koizumi, the author of ''[[ShowWithinAShow Black Wings: Kaminari'']] which is Rain’s favorite manga.