History Main / SeriesFranchise

* ''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 canonicicity).

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

* ''Radio/MyFriendIrma'' was once a famous American franchise centered around a DumbBlonde character named Irma Peterson (played by Marie Wilson.) Aside from the original radio series (which ran 1947 to 1953) it was also a television series (1952 to 1954), two feature films (''My Friend Irma'' in 1949 and ''My Friend Irma Goes West'' in 1950) and a comic strip published by Marvel Comics writted and drawn by Stan Lee and Dan [=DeCarlo=] (1950 to 1955).

* ''Franchise/MyFriendIrma'' was once a very famous American franchise centered around a DumbBlonde character named Irma Peterson (played by Marie Wilson.) Aside from the original radio series (which ran 1947 to 1953) it was also a television series (1952 to 1954), two feature films (''My Friend Irma'' in 1949 and ''My Friend Irma Goes West'' in 1950) and a comic strip published by Marvel Comics writted and drawn by Stan Lee and Dan [=DeCarlo=] (1950 to 1955).

** ''Franchise/ToeiFushigiComedySeries'' (14 series 1981-1993)

* ''Franchise/KamenRider'' (split between the Creator/ShotaroIshinomori era[[note]]7 series from 1971-1981 and 2 series in 1987-1989 (all of which take place in the same universe), then 1 DirectToVideo [[Film/ShinKamenRiderPrologue film]] in 1992 and 2 [[Film/KamenRiderZO theatrical]] [[Film/KamenRiderJ features]] in 1993-1994 (which occupy their own little continuities)[[/note]] and the [[OutlivedItsCreator Post-Ishinomori]] era [[note]]one TV series per year from 2000-present, each of which has at least one movie, all seperated by TheMultiverse as mapped out by ''Series/KamenRiderDecade''[[/note]])

* ''Series/MetalHeroes'' (17 series from 1982-1999 + a number of films in the 2010s)

* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' (45+ series since 1975)
* ''Franchise/ToeiFushigiComedySeries'' (14 series 1981-1993)

* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' (35+ series since 1975)

* ''Franchise/PrettySeries'' (Three generations of games, 5 anime series, 5 manga adaptations, and an AnimeFirst spinoff franchise)

* ''Franchise/PrettyRhythm'' (Three generations of games, 5 anime series, 5 manga adaptations, and an AnimeFirst spinoff franchise)

* ''Franchise/AssaultLily''

!!Examples of concurrent Live-Action UK franchises:
* ''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.

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!!Examples of concurrent Live-Action US franchises:
* ''Series/{{CSI}}'' (3 series, seven PC games, console games, plus non-canon comics and novels.)
* ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' (5 series [6 if you count ''[[Series/LawAndOrderUK UK]]''], two PC games.)
* Creator/DickWolf's ''Chicago'' franchise (4 series -- ''[[Series/ChicagoFire Fire]]'', ''[[Series/ChicagoPD PD]]'', ''[[Series/ChicagoMed Med]]'' and ''[[Series/ChicagoJustice Justice]]'' -- connected to ''L&O'' via ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU''.)
* ''Franchise/{{Stargate|Verse}}'' (movie, 3 series, two series movies, plus non-canonical AnimatedAdaptation.)
* ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'' (4 live action series (5 if you count ''Series/{{Constantine}}'''s retroactive inclusion), 3 animated web series, and some ExpandedUniverse comic books.)
* ''Franchise/GreysAnatomy'' (3 TV series, 1 web series, 1 video game, and 2 series of webisodes.)

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!!Examples of consecutive Live-Action US franchises:
* ''Franchise/GIJoe'' (An uncommonly large number of action figures, 4 different animated series, live-action films, and comic books and video games.)
* ''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, a lot of comics, and several video games.)
* ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' (3 series, or 4, depending on how ''Good Morning Miss Bliss'' is counted.)
* ''Franchise/StarTrek'' (5 series [some of which ran concurrently], 12 movies, an AnimatedAdaptation and a great many video games for pretty much every platform, plus a bazillion tie-in novels and comic books.)

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!!Examples of {{Anime}} and {{Toku}} franchises:
* ''Franchise/AssaultLily''
* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' (6 series and 9 movies across five continuities, 6 manga series and at least 40 games)

** ''Franchise/SDGundam'' (Multiple anime, three of which are series, plus manga, a light novel, and a plethora of cardass series)

* ''Franchise/KamenRider'' (split between the Creator/ShotaroIshinomori era[[note]]7 series from 1971-1981 and 2 series in 1987-1989 (all of which take place in the same universe), then 1 DirectToVideo [[Film/ShinKamenRiderPrologue film]] in 1992 and 2 [[Film/KamenRiderZO theatrical]] [[Film/KamenRiderJ features]] in 1993-1994 (which occupy their own little continuities)[[/note]] and the [[OutlivedItsCreator Post-Ishinomori]] era [[note]]one TV series per year from 2000-present, each of which has at least one movie, all seperated by TheMultiverse as mapped out by ''Series/KamenRiderDecade''[[/note]])

* ''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.
* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' (35+ series since 1975)

* ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' (30+ series and a bunch of movies since 1966; some sharing one universe, others in their own continuities)

* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' (a long-running card game, six anime series, and countless video games, as well as several manga series, [[AdaptationDisplacement one of which being where the series started from]].)

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!!Examples of VideoGame franchises:
* ''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/{{Danganronpa}}'' (Three main games, several spinoff games, Two anime series and one [=OVA=], and prequel, flash-sideways, and AlternateUniverse novels galore)

* ''VideoGame/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 (not counting spin-offs), and a truckload's worth of other spin-offs, not to mention the various anime/manga/novels/Drama-[=CDs=]/etc.)
* Creator/ElectronicArts[=/=]Maxis' ''VideoGame/SimSeries'' franchise (five official ''VideoGame/SimCity'' games, three ''VideoGame/TheSims'' games, and many, ''[[CashCowFranchise many]]'' spinoffs from the former (including ''VideoGame/TheSims'' itself) and expansion packs for the latter)

* The ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' 16 mainline games, 11 notable spin-offs (counting [[{{VideoGame/TalesOfTheTempest}} Tempest]] and [[{{VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld}} Dawn of the New World]]) and 20+ other spin-offs, including ones for mobile phones.
* ''VisualNovel/ToHeart'' and ''VisualNovel/ToHeart2'' (3 {{visual novel}}s, a ''To Heart 2'' {{Dungeon Crawl|ing}}er RPG spin-off that's itself being spun-off into its own non-''To Heart'' series, 3 TV series, a ''To Heart'' manga and [[CashCowFranchise god knows how many]] ''To Heart 2'' {{OVA}}s are there)

* ''Franchise/WhenTheyCry'' (four main games under two separate titles [''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'', ''Higurashi Kai'', ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'', ''Umineko Chiru''], two fandiscs, two spin-off fighting games and several console ports, as well as animated and manga adaptations for both series)

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!!Examples of literature franchises:
* Most of Frank Herbert's books and short stories (especially his non-''Franchise/{{Dune}}'' works) share many common historical aspects, despite being set across vast expanses of spacetime.
* Larry Niven's ''Literature/KnownSpace'', which includes the ''Literature/{{Ringworld}}'' series of novels, the ''Literature/ManKzinWars'' series, and even a ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'' episode.

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!!Examples from WesternAnimation franchises:
* ''[[Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar]]'' -- Two animated series, and several comic books, set in the same universe.
* ''[[Franchise/{{DCAU}} DC Animated Universe]]'' (DCAU for short) -- A group of six animated series, two web series, and a number of comic books and video games based on Creator/DCComics characters, all in the same continuity.

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!!Examples of cross-media franchises:
* ''Franchise/DotHack'' is just plain ridiculous about this:
** 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.
** The second wave consisted mainly of the second anime, [=.hack//Roots=], and the ''VideoGame/DotHackGU'' (Rebirth, Reminisce and Redemption). There was also a CGI movie adaptation, a manga adaptaion and a light novel adaptation of the games, all of which were done differently.
** The third, and probably final, wave consists of the anime Anime/DotHackQuantum and [=.hack//LINK=], which could refer to a manga or a PSP game that (as far as I can tell) follow the same story. There's also a movie in the works.

* ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'': Five seasons on radio and one on television, five books (six if you count ''Literature/AndAnotherThing''), two short stories, a computer game, three theatrical performances (including one musical), two singles, a feature film, three comic books, two records, and two bath towels -- all in their own continuities mutated off the first two radio series and last three books -- the result is that, for all that mess, it covers somewhere around six installments of one story.
* ''Franchise/LupinIII'' was much more successful than initially expected, to the point that some of the titles have been retroactively renamed to differentiate between them. It began as a Manga, [[AdaptationDisplacement but is much better known as an anime, even in Japan]]. The Lupin-verse is held in place through a combination of BroadStrokes, NegativeContinuity, and MythologyGag.
* ''Franchise/MyFriendIrma'' was once a very famous American franchise centered around a DumbBlonde character named Irma Peterson (played by Marie Wilson.) Aside from the original radio series (which ran 1947 to 1953) it was also a television series (1952 to 1954), two feature films (''My Friend Irma'' in 1949 and ''My Friend Irma Goes West'' in 1950) and a comic strip published by Marvel Comics writted and drawn by Stan Lee and Dan [=DeCarlo=] (1950 to 1955).
* ''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/AceAttorney'' (Six games in the main series, two in the ''[[VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth Investigations]]'' series, [[VisualNovel/DaiGyakutenSaibanNaruhodouRyuunosukeNoBouken a historical spinoff]], 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)

* The ''Franchise/{{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''.

* ''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]])

* ''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]])

* ''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/SonicTheHedgehog one of them]] ongoing])

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

* ''Franshise/AssaultLily''

* ''VideoGame/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.)

* The ''VideoGame/TalesSeries''

** ''Franchise/SDGundam'' (Multiple anime, three of which are series, plus manga, a light novel, and a plethora of cardass series)

* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' (5 "officially" in the main series, though every one after ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' has [[CapcomSequelStagnation at least three variations]], plus numerous spinoffs, [[VideoGame/CapcomVsWhatever crossovers]], movies, TV series and {{manga}}.)

* ''Franchise/FateSeries'': 6+ mainline games, 6+ novels, multiple manga, over 20 anime adaptations (including serial movies and [=OVAs=]), multiple spinoffs ([[VideoGame/FateExtra three]] [[VideoGame/FateGrandOrder of]] [[Anime/FatePrototype which]] became sub-franchises of their own), and counting.

* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' (Five main series games with a sixth announced, four GaidenGame spin-offs with different styles compared to the main series with a fifth announced, two novels, and tens of thousands of pages of in-universe books and documents)

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

!!Examples of concurrent UK franchises:

!!Examples of concurrent US franchises:

!!Examples of consecutive US franchises:

!!Examples from WesternAnimation:
* ''[[Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar]]'' -- two animated series set in the same universe.
* ''[[Franchise/{{DCAU}} DC Animated Universe]]'' (DCAU for short) -- a group of animated series based on DC comics characters, all in the same continuity.

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. 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 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/LyricalNanoha'' (five anime, five manga, three movies, two video games, and one audio drama across five separate continuities)