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* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'': (3 manga series, 1 anime adaptation, and a live-action movie).

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

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

Franchises are more common in other countries, especially in the {{Anime}} and {{Toku}} genres of Japan. However, they are frequently implemented by way of {{Alternate Continuit|y}}ies that employ the same core cast in slightly (or greatly!) different settings, rather than alternate casts in the same continuity. This version is also very common in video games.

* ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'': Three main games, several spinoff games, One anime series and one [=OVA=], and prequel, flash-sideways, and AlternateUniverse novels galore)

* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' (which itself started as a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover for SNK's other fighting games before becoming its own game series, plus a series of animated shorts, [=OVA=]s, and manga. Currently on its fourteenth game, as well as three in the ''Maximum Impact'' AlternateContinuity

* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' by way of ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' below. (Has had consecutive installments for 20 years, [[SequelNumberSnarl but exactly how many installments that IS has gotten complicated]]. Counting the installments roughly yearly is a good rule of thumb. In addition there are at least three movies and several video games.)

* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' (which itself started as a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover for SNK's other fighting games before becoming its own game series, plus a series of animated shorts. Currently on its twelfth game, as well as two in the ''Maximum Impact'' AlternateContinuity)
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' (19+ games, featuring at ''least'' ten Links and eleven Zeldas, and that's not going into spinoffs and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames noncanonical games]])

* ''Anime/{{Yatterman}}'' (2 TV series (1977-1979 and 2008-2009), a 2-episode OVA, a 2009 live-action movie and a 2009 anime movie)

* ''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, at least two official long-running comic books [[[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehog one of them]] ongoing])

* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' (Six games in the main series, two in the ''[[VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth Investigations]]'' series, [[VisualNovel/DaiGyakutenSaibanNaruhodouRyuunosukeNoBouken a historical spinoff]], a [[VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsAceAttorney crossover]] with ''Franchise/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)

On Wiki/TVTropes, multimedia franchises may receive pages in the dedicated Franchise/ namespace if over three ''different'' forms of media of them have pages here.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Project'' (15 official games, seven spinoffs (counting ExpansionPack ''Hisoutensoku''), numerous side manga and stories on top of artbooks and UniverseCompendium's. And almost all of it done by a single man. Plus two characters who were added in by way of the creator's ''musical CD works''.

* ''[[StargateVerse Stargate]]'' (Movie, 3 series, two series movies, plus non-canonical AnimatedAdaptation.)

* ''Franchise/MaiHime'': ''Anime/MaiHime'', ''Anime/MaiOtome'', the Otome-verse [=spinoff=]s (''Anime/MaiOtomeZwei'', ''Anime/MaiOtome0Sifr''), and ''LightNovel/MaiHimeDestiny''.

* ''VideoGame/BreathOfFire'' (five main games in the series: the first three of which are officially in the same universe, the fifth in an AlternateUniverse, and the fourth being a position best described as ''controversial''; two manga adaptations and a manga [=spinoff=] of ''I'' which were officially directed by Capcom; {{Novelization}} of ''III'' and ''IV''; a manga adaptation of ''IV'' which was officially directed by Capcom; ''numerous'' licensed 4-koma and anthology comics of ''IV'' (and one licensed 4-koma of ''III''); four separate GaidenGame treatments of ''IV'' for Japanese smartphones; artbooks (including separate artbooks for each series and a compilation artbook) containing a great deal of AllThereInTheManual material ''never mentioned in the games''; AND there's the additional complication of remakes of ''I'' and ''II'' to shortly be licensed to Creator/SquareEnix)
* ''VideoGame/BubbleBobble'' (two to three "officially" in [[NonLinearSequel its original series which branched off]], although there are three second-installments and two third-installments, not counting subsequent games, one [=spinoff=] and its own four-installment arcade series, sub-series, and subsequent games.)

* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'' (10+ games, including [=spinoff=]s, plus a few novelizations)

* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' (11 in the main series plus a {{Mon}} [=spinoff=] series and a few others, plus {{anime}} series)

* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' (15 in the main series plus a few [=spinoff=]s (and three true sequels), plus two movies and two TV series)

* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' (9 in the main series [counting the [[Franchise/TheDCU DC Universe]][[VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse crossover]]], 3 [=spinoff=] adventure games, two movies and a third in the works, two TV series, a web series, several comic books and a CollectibleCardGame)

* Creator/ElectronicArts[=/=]Maxis' ''VideoGame/SimSeries'' franchise (five official ''VideoGame/SimCity'' games, three ''VideoGame/TheSims'' games, and many, ''[[CashCowFranchise many]]'' [=spinoff=]s from the former (including ''VideoGame/TheSims'' itself) and expansion packs for the latter)

* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' (5 "officially" in the main series, though ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' has [[CapcomSequelStagnation many variations]], plus numerous spinoffs and [[VideoGame/CapcomVsWhatever crossovers]], plus movies, TV series and {{manga}}.)
* ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' (5 games in the main series, plus 3 [=spinoff=]s)
* 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 [=spinoff=]s, a movie, several television series, a comic book series and a breakfast cereal.)

* The ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Project'' (15 official games, seven [=spinoff=]s (counting ExpansionPack ''Hisoutensoku''), numerous side manga and stories on top of artbooks and UniverseCompendium's. And almost all of it done by a single man. Plus two characters who were added in by way of the creator's ''musical CD works''.

* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' (three generations of real time strategy games, plus expansions, then ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', an MMO, plus its expansions, [[Film/WarCraft2016 a film]] and numerous [[Franchise/WarcraftExpandedUniverse spin off materials]] of varying quality and canonicalness).

* ''Franchise/WingCommander'' (twelve games including the Privateer [=spinoff=]s [but not [[ExpansionPack add-ons]]], eleven [[Literature/WingCommander novels]] including {{novelization}}s of other works, [[WesternAnimation/WingCommanderAcademy cartoon]], and [[Film/WingCommander movie]])

* ''Videogame/FireEmblem'' (15 games across different Nintendo platforms, plus several manga adaptations, an {{OVA}} adaptation, a card game, and a spinoff crossover with ''Shin Megami Tensei'')

* Creator/ElectronicArts[=/=]Maxis' ''VideoGame/SimSeries'' franchise (five official ''VideoGame/SimCity'' games, three ''TheSims'' games, and many, ''[[CashCowFranchise many]]'' [=spinoff=]s from the former (including ''TheSims'' itself) and expansion packs for the latter)

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': Six distinct series (original: 1997-2002; ''Advanced Generation'': 2002-2006; ''Weekly Pokémon Broadcast'''s sidestory episodes (US: ''Pokémon Chronicles''): 2002-2004; ''Diamond & Pearl'': 2006-2010; ''Best Wishes'': 2010-2013); ''XY'' (2013-2016); ''Sun & Moon'' (2017-present) and 20+ annual movies. The anime franchise is just about as big, if not bigger, than the actual video game franchise; see below.)
** In the English dub, the main series anime gets divided up even more, in a setup like typical television seasons.

* ''BreathOfFire'' (five main games in the series: the first three of which are officially in the same universe, the fifth in an AlternateUniverse, and the fourth being a position best described as ''controversial''; two manga adaptations and a manga [=spinoff=] of ''I'' which were officially directed by Capcom; {{Novelization}} of ''III'' and ''IV''; a manga adaptation of ''IV'' which was officially directed by Capcom; ''numerous'' licensed 4-koma and anthology comics of ''IV'' (and one licensed 4-koma of ''III''); four separate GaidenGame treatments of ''IV'' for Japanese smartphones; artbooks (including separate artbooks for each series and a compilation artbook) containing a great deal of AllThereInTheManual material ''never mentioned in the games''; AND there's the additional complication of remakes of ''I'' and ''II'' to shortly be licensed to Creator/SquareEnix)

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

* ''PhantasyStar'' (Phantasy Star I-IV, four episodes of Phantasy Star Online, Phantasy Star Universe and its expansion pack, the Nintendo DS Phantasy Star Zero and Phantasy Star Online 2)

* ''ShinMegamiTensei'' (40+ games; four in the main series (eight if you count the unnumbered installments), four ''Devil Summoner'' games, five/[[OneGameForThePriceOfTwo six]] separate ''Persona'' games (counting ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena''), and a truckload's worth of other spin-offs, not to mention the various anime/manga/novels/Drama-[=CDs=]/etc.)
* Creator/ElectronicArts[=/=]Maxis' ''Sim'' franchise (five official ''VideoGame/SimCity'' games, three ''TheSims'' games, and many, ''[[CashCowFranchise many]]'' [=spinoff=]s from the former (including ''TheSims'' itself) and expansion packs for the latter)

* ''Series{{Arrowverse}}'' (4 live action series (5 if you count ''Series/{{Constantine}}'''s retroactive inclusion), 3 animated web series, and some ExpandedUniverse comic books.)

* Larry Niven's KnownSpace, which includes the {{Ringworld}} series of novels, the Man-Kzin Wars series, and even a WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries episode (which is why TAS isn't in continuity with the live-action Star Trek series.)

* ElectronicArts[=/=]Maxis' ''Sim'' franchise (five official ''VideoGame/SimCity'' games, three ''TheSims'' games, and many, ''[[CashCowFranchise many]]'' [=spinoff=]s from the former (including ''TheSims'' itself) and expansion packs for the latter)

* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' (9 in the main series plus a {{Mon}} [=spinoff=] series and a few others, plus {{anime}} series)

* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' (13 in the main series plus a few [=spinoff=]s (and two true sequels), plus two movies and two TV series)
* ''Videogame/FireEmblem'' (14 games across different Nintendo platforms, plus several manga adaptations, an {{OVA}} adaptation, a card game, and a spinoff crossover with ''Shin Megami Tensei'')

* ''Videogame/TheLegendOfZelda'' (15+ games, featuring at ''least'' ten Links and eleven Zeldas, and that's not going into spinoffs and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames noncanonical games]])

* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' (9+ games, including a VideoGameRemake)

* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' (4 "officially" in the main series, though ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' has [[CapcomSequelStagnation many variations]], plus numerous spinoffs and [[VideoGame/CapcomVsWhatever crossovers]], plus movies, TV series and {{manga}}.)

Franchises are more common in other countries, especially in the {{Anime}} and {{Toku}} genres of Japan. However, they are frequently implemented by way of [[AlternateContinuity Alternate Continuities]] that employ the same core cast in slightly (or greatly!) different settings, rather than alternate casts in the same continuity. This version is also very common in video games.

On Wiki/TVTropes, multimedia franchises may receive pages in the dedicated Franchise/ namespace if over three ''different'' mediums of them have pages here.

* ''DragonQuest'' (9 in the main series plus a {{Mon}} [=spinoff=] series and a few others, plus {{anime}} series)