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* ''Franchise/{{Tsukipro}}'' (5 anime series, over 50 drama [=CDs=], and over 30 stage plays, almost all of which tell different stories -- not to mention about 5 video games, and a manga adaptation for each anime season, and near-constant daily short stories delivered through Twitter).

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' (the number of games that feature characters from the series was well over a hundred around 2001. Five American cartoon series, the ''Sonic X'' anime, an OVA in TheNineties, two live-action movies with a third plus TV spin-off on the way, a couple of manga, and at least three official long-running comic books, one of which had numerous spin-offs of its own and [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW another of which]] is still ongoing.)

* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' (The main [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Continuity_family continuity family]] includes three [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 American]] [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars cartoons]] and five {{anime}} series, each of which has ''at least'' one accompanying comic ''and'' a {{manga}}. There's also another several mangas and a couple of other comics which without corresponding cartoons. Breaking off into {{alternate universe}}s there's the Japanese-made ''[[Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise Robots in Disguise]]'', consisting of a cartoon and manga, and [[Anime/TransformersArmada the]] [[Anime/TransformersEnergon Unicron]] [[Anime/TransformersCybertron Trilogy]], which comprises three anime series, each of which has a corresponding comic. More recently, there's been an American [[Film/{{Transformers}} live-action movie series]], [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated three]] [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime new]] [[WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots cartoons]] and [[VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron a video game series]], and guess what? Each of those have a comic as well. Oh, and if we tried to list all the tie-in books, toys, clothing, etc? We'd break the internet. And we still can't get enough.)

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' (the number of games that feature characters from the series was well over a hundred around 2001. Three American cartoon series, the ''Sonic X'' anime, an OVA in TheNineties, a couple of manga, and at least two official long-running comic books [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics one of them]] ongoing)

* Perhaps the king of them all, ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' (19 in the main series, counting the first ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'' and the first ''VideoGame/WarioLand'', plus many, many spinoffs, a movie, several television series, a comic book series and a breakfast cereal.)

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' (19+ games, featuring at ''least'' ten Links and eleven Zeldas, and that's not going into spinoffs and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames noncanonical]] [[VideoGame/CadenceOfHyrule games]])

* ''Series/GamesOfThrones'' (2 series -- the wider franchise, ''Franchise/ASongOfIceAndFire'', has a lesser known title) received a SpinOff, ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'', and more are scheduled.

* ''Franchise/StargateVerse'' (movie, 3 series, two series movies, plus non-canonical AnimatedAdaptation.)

* ''Series/DoctorWho'' during its 21st-century revival (the Davies era had the main show, the DarkerAndEdgier ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', and the LighterAndSofter ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'', all broadcast during the same period; the Moffat era spawned the Young Adult spin-off. ''Series/{{Class}}''). There has also been the huge Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse in other media, from the 1960s to date.

* ''Franchise/MyHime'': ''Anime/MyHime'', ''Anime/MyOtome'', the Otome-verse spinoffs (''Anime/MyOtomeZwei'', ''Anime/MyOtome0Sifr''), and ''LightNovel/MaiHimeDestiny''.

** The first wave, Project .hack, originally consisted of the ''Anime/DotHackSign'' anime, [[VideoGame/DotHackR1Games the Infection, Mutation, Outbreak and Quarantine]] [[OneGameForThePriceOfTwo games]] (which were each bundled with an episode of the OVA series ''Anime/DotHackLiminality''), and the ''Manga/DotHackLegendOfTheTwilight'' manga. Other canon included the ''LightNovel/DotHackAIBuster'' light novels. Then there were ''two'' manga adaptations of the games, XXXX and Another Birth (from [=BlackRose=]'s point of view), neither of which are canon.

* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' (Six games in the main series, two in the ''[[VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth Investigations]]'' series, [[VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney a historical spinoff duology]], a [[VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsAceAttorney crossover]] with ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'', appearances in two MassiveMultiplayerCrossover [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 video]] [[VideoGame/ProjectXZone games]], [[Film/AceAttorney2012 a film]], [[Anime/AceAttorneyAnime an anime]], three musicals, two stage plays, two manga series, a doujinshi series, and a pachinko machine)

* ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' (or just ''Stitch'') -- A main Western-produced continuity consisting of [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch four]] [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch2StitchHasAGlitch animated]] [[WesternAnimation/StitchTheMovie feature-length]] [[WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch films]], [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries an animated television series]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheOriginOfStitch an animated short film]], plus [[ComicStrip/ComicZoneLiloAndStitch a number of magazine comics]], [[Anime/{{Stitch}} an anime spin-off series]] set after the last animated film on one timeline, [[Animation/StitchAndAi a Chinese animated spin-off series]] set after the last animated film on another timeline, a number of video games including a ([[CanonDiscontinuity decanonized]]) [[VideoGame/StitchExperiment626 prequel]], a few theme park attractions including a (since-closed) [[Ride/StitchsGreatEscape non-canon prequel]], an AlternateUniverse [[Manga/StitchAndTheSamurai manga]], and, of course, [[TheMerch a merchandise line]] that's [[SpotlightStealingSquad over 90% focused on]] [[WolverinePublicity a cute, popular alien]] despite having a wide variety of unique characters including [[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments other cute aliens like him]]. And there's also reports of a live-action/CGI remake in the works, too.

* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' (Six games in the main series, two in the ''[[VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth Investigations]]'' series, [[VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney a historical spinoff duology]], a [[VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsAceAttorney crossover]] with ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'', appearances in two MassiveMultiplayerCrossover [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 video]] [[VideoGame/ProjectXZone games]], [[Film/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney a film]], [[Anime/AceAttorney an anime]], three musicals, two stage plays, two manga series, a doujinshi series, and a pachinko machine)

* ''Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' -- Two animated series, and several comic books, set in the same universe.

On Wiki/TVTropes, multimedia franchises may receive pages in the dedicated Franchise/ namespace if they exist in at least three ''different'' forms of media, and they already have pages in each. They are indexed on the FranchiseIndex.

* ''Franchise/MegaMan'' (10 in [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic the main series]], 9 in the ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' series, 7 in the ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' series (counting different editions as part of the same game), 5 in the UsefulNotes/GameBoy series, 4 in the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' series, 2 in the ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'' series, 3 in the ''VideoGame/MegaManStarforce'' series, 3 in the ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends'' series, an [[WesternAnimation/MegaMan American TV series]], and three {{anime}} series, plus comic book series)

* ''Franchise/{{Tsukipro}}'' (5 anime series, over 50 drama [=CDs=], and over 30 stage plays, almost all of which tell different stories -- not to mention about 5 video games, and a manga adaptation for each anime season).

* ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'': One main series, three spin-off manga, and a two season anime.

On Wiki/TVTropes, multimedia franchises may receive pages in the dedicated Franchise/ namespace if they exist in over three ''different'' forms of media, and they already have pages in each. They are indexed on the FranchiseIndex.

* ''Franchise/MyHime'': ''Anime/MyHime'', ''Anime/MaiOtome'', the Otome-verse spinoffs (''Anime/MaiOtomeZwei'', ''Anime/MaiOtome0Sifr''), and ''LightNovel/MaiHimeDestiny''.