These are tropes about what came "first". One set deals with where/how something started, the other is about things that occur in an order you would not expect.
In the second type, the British market may see a game released first, followed by the anime and manga, but in the original Japanese market, the manga came first, followed by the anime and then the game.
Trope Tropes:
- Trope Makers: The first full-fledged use of a trope.
- Ur-Example: The oldest known usage of a trope, but not necessarily an intentional one.
Tropes about which medium was first:
- Anime First: The anime came first, not the manga.
- The Anime of the Game: The video game came first, not the animated series.
- The Film of the Book: The book came first, not the film.
- The Film of the Play: The theatre play came first, not the film.
- The Film of the Song: The song came first, not the film.
- The Game of the Book: The book came first, not the (video) game.
- Novelization: The film came first, not the book.
- Web First: The web literature piece came first, not the print release.
- The Zeroth Law of Trope Examples: William used a trope first and way before anyone else.
Tropes about unexpected releases:
- Adaptation First: An adaptation is released before the original work gets localized in a certain region.
- Marth Debuted in "Smash Bros.": A character's first appearance in another country is in a sequel or spinoff.
- Novelization First: The novelization is released before the original work debuts.
- Recursive Adaptation: An adaptation gets adapted for the original's medium.
- Sequel First: A later installment is released before the first installment when a series finally gets localized in a certain region.
