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* The edutainment ''WebVideo/TheBenHeckShow'' had the 2011 [[VerySpecialEpisode special]] HalloweenEpisode ''Ghost Hunting with Ben Heck!'', which is a thinly veiled pilot for the Pinball/AmericasMostHaunted pinball.
* ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'' has ''Tales from the SMP'', a series of one-shot roleplay livestreams focused on Karl's time travel adventures. Sometimes these streams feature characters that are ancestors or descendants of characters we see in the main series.

* ''[[WebVideo/StopSkeletonsFromFighting The Happy Video Game Nerd]]'': His 'SSFF' and 'Is it really that bad?' series of videos, usually featuring his friend Calvin. They're all improvised, edited-for-length-and-highlights videos of Derek playing various games not featured on HVGN.

** ''Watashi no Hero Academia'' (known as ''My Heroine Academia'' among english fans), a 4-koma series focusing on the heroines and villainesses-

* The ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' franchise was successful enough to spawn quite a few spinoffs. The spinoffs basically just take the original mob hack'n'slash gameplay formula of Dynasty Warriors, and apply it to different settings and universes. Some of them are even licensed properties, such as anime, manga, or other video game franchises.

** ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' originally started as a spinoff to Dynasty Warriors. Its popularity and success has lead it to becoming its own separate series, with its own spinoffs, sequels, and expansions. Yep, this is a spinoff that spawned spinoffs of itself.

** ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsGundam'', crossed over with the Gundam franchise.
** ''VideoGame/FistOfTheNorthStarKensRage'', based on Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar.
** ''VideoGame/OnePiecePirateWarriors'', based on the popular manga Manga/OnePiece.
** ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'', based on the ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' franchise. It is also one to ''The Legend Of Zelda''. A non-canon entry handled by Tecmo-Koei that uses gameplay similar to ''Dynasty Warriors'' but with a ''Zelda'' twist (like incorporating ''Zelda'' items into combat). It's basically [[JustForFun/XMeetsY Zelda meets Dynasty Warriors]].

** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriors'', based on the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' video game franchise. Like Zelda above, is also one to the ''Fire Emblem'' franchise, as well as a non-canon entry handled by Tecmo-Koei that uses gameplay similar to ''Dynasty Warriors'' but with a ''Fire Emblem'' twist (like incorporating Fire Emblem strategic elements into combat). It's basically [[JustForFun/XMeetsY Fire Emblem meets Dynasty Warriors]]

** ''VideoGame/DetectivePikachu'' is a dialogue focused mystery-adventure game where the player is tasked with solving crimes alongside the titular character. It also spawned [[Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu a movie]] in 2019.

** ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'', the longest running spinoff series as of now, are entries in the ''Mystery Dungeon'' series of {{Roguelike}}s. The games are most well known for their narratives, putting a stronger, more [[TearJerker emotional]] emphasis on their stories than most of the mainline games.
** ''VideoGame/PokemonSnap'' is a game that tasks players to take photos of Pokémon in an on-rails perspective, ranking them based on the quality of the photos.

** ''Pokémon Puzzle League'' and ''Puzzle Challenge'' are entires in the ''VideoGame/PanelDePon'' series of competitive puzzle games, with a Pokémon skin.

** ''Chin Piece'' can easily be considered the most bizarre of all, as the main character Kusopp and his friends want to be as great as the Straw Hats, and encounter Chimpy who rssembles Luffy and ''whose penis can stretch like Luffy's''.

** ''ComicBook/TheDeadBoyDetectives'', the ghosts of two deceased schoolboys named Edwin Paine and Charles Rowland who first appeared during the "Season of Mists" arc and subsequently played a major role in ''ComicBook/TheChildrensCrusadeVerigo'' before receiving several of their own titles.

* ''Literature/DearAmerica'' spun off ''Dear Canada'' (historical stories set in Canada), ''My America'' (trilogies focused on one character each and with younger characters), ''My Name Is America'' (the SpearCounterpart that focused on male characters), and Literature/TheRoyalDiaries (diaries from the viewpoint of historical royal women when tehy were young).

* ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'' initiated the launch of ''Baby-Sitters Little Sister'' (a series all about Karen Brewer, Kristy's seven year old stepsister--which itself had a spinoff focusing on the students in her class and aptly titled ''The kids in Mrs. Coleman's Class''), ''BSC Mysteries'' which were the sitters in mystery settings, ''Literature/CaliforniaDiaries'' which focused on Dawn after she moved back to California, the ''Friends Forever'' series that continued after the end of the main series and only focused on the first four members and was more about interpersonal problems leading up to the series finale, a [[Film/TheBabysittersClub 1995 feature film]], two TV series in [[Series/TheBabySittersClub1990 1990]] and [[Series/TheBabySittersClub2020 2020]], and the ''ComicBook/TheBabySittersClub'' graphic novels of the original series--and ''that'' spun off graphic novels of the original ''Baby-Sitters Little Sister'' series. Whew.

* The ''Literature/BabySittersClub'' initiated the launch of ''Baby-Sitters Little Sister'' (a series all about Karen Brewer, Kristy's seven year old stepsister--which had a spinoff focusing on the students in her class as ''The kids in Mrs. Coleman's Class''), ''BSC Mysteries'' which were the sitters in mystery settings, ''Literature/CaliforniaDiaries'' which focused on Dawn after she moved back to California, the ''Friends Forever'' series that continued after the end of the main series and only focused on the first four members, a [[Film/TheBabysittersClub 1995 feature film]], two TV series in [[Series/TheBabySittersClub1990 1990]] and [[Series/TheBabySittersClub2020 2020]], and the ''ComicBook/TheBabySittersClub'' graphic novels of the original series--and ''that'' spun off graphic novels of the ''Baby-Sitters Little Sister'' series. Whew.

* ''Toys/MonsterHigh'' had the spin off Toys/EverAfterHigh, which focused on the children of fairy tale characters.

* ''Literature/DearAmerica'' spun off ''Dear Canada'' (historical stories set in Canada), ''My America'' (trilogies focused on one character each and with younger characters) ''My Name Is America'' (the SpearCounterpart that focused on male characters), and Literature/TheRoyalDiaries (diaries from the viewpoint of historical royal women when tehy were young).

* ''Literature/DearAmerica'' spun off ''Dear Canada'' (historical stories set in Canada), ''My Name Is America'' (the SpearCounterpart that focused on male characters), and Literature/TheRoyalDiaries (diaries from the viewpoint of historical royal women when tehy were young).

* ''Toys/AmericanGirl'' has done this multiple times. The Bitty Baby line started as "Our New Baby," designed to introduce children to the concept of a new baby in the house and is now its own brand. AG Minis was a brand of minature light-up rooms that let buyers [[AnInteriorDecoratorIsYou design small rooms]], aimed at older children. The Toys/WellieWishers is the more sucessful attempt to fill the age gap between the Bitty Baby and main line, as there was no brand specifically aimed at early elementary students (which [[OlderThanTheyThink was first attempted]] as the Hopscotch Hill brand.) And ''Literature/GirlsOfManyLands'' was an attempt to aim at older consumers again, with display dolls and chapter books focused on girls around the world instead of just within the United States.

* The ''Literature/BabySittersClub'' initiated the launch of ''Baby-Sitters Little Sister'' (a series all about Karen Brewer, Kristy's seven year old stepsister), ''BSC Mysteries'' which were the sitters in mystery settings, ''Literature/CaliforniaDiaries'' which focused on Dawn after she moved back to California, a [[Film/TheBabysittersClub 1995 feature film]], two TV series in [[Series/TheBabySittersClub1990 1990]] and [[Series/TheBabySittersClub2020 2020]], and the ''ComicBook/TheBabySittersClub'' graphic novels of the original series--and ''that'' spun off graphic novels of the ''Baby-Sitters Little Sister'' series.

* The ''Literature/BabySittersClub'' initiated the launch of ''Baby-Sitters Little Sister'' (a series all about Karen Brewer, Kristy's seven year old stepsister), ''BSC Mysteries'' which were the sitters in mystery settings, a [[Film/TheBabysittersClub 1995 feature film]], two TV series in [[Series/TheBabySittersClub1990 1990]] and [[Series/TheBabySittersClub2020 2020]], and the ''ComicBook/TheBabySittersClub'' graphic novels of the original series--and ''that'' spun off graphic novels of the ''Baby-Sitters Little Sister'' series.

** In turn, Mork appeared on the first episode of another spinoff, ''Out Of The Blue,'' and its main character also appeared on HD.

** ''Series/JoanieLovesChachi.'' While remembered as a flop, it actually had decent ratings the first season and might have been a QuietlyPerformingSisterShow if the network hadn't played with its scheduling.
** Happy Days itself was a spin-off of the anthology series, ''Series/LoveAmericanStyle''.

* ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn'' spun off the daytime series ''Letters to Laugh-In,'' where a celebrity panel read jokes sent in by viewers and were scored by an enclave of judges. It replaced the original ''Series/MatchGame'' on NBC and ran thirteen weeks.

* ''Series/{{Soap}}'''s sarcastic butler, Benson, was given his own show, ''Series/{{Benson}}'', where the character eventually became [[spoiler:Lt Governor of the state]].

** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' was set approximately a century after TOS and focused on a new ship named Enterprise which was the successor to the original.

** Each ''Franchise/StarTrek'' series from TNG to ENT featured a crossover at the beginning of each new spin-off as a symbolic "passing the torch": the first episode of TNG included a cameo appearance by an aged Dr [=McCoy=]; the pilot of [=DS9=] prominently featured Captain Picard; the first episode of VOY included a cameo by [=DS9=]'s Quark; the first episode of ENT showed a video recording of Dr Zefram Cochrane, a major character in the TNG film ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact''.

* In 2013, ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' was awarded by the Guinness Book of World Records with [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/09/12/video-ultraman-gets-guinness-record-for-most-spin-off-shows the record for most spin-offs]] (which form the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' franchise). There were 27 series in 2013, and in 2017 there were 30 series, with the number increasing with every year. Ironically, ''Ultraman'' itself is a MorePopularSpinOff of ''Series/UltraQ'', but since the former show is [[PopularityPower better known worldwide]], it gets the award instead.

* The Scotland based Insane Championship Wrestling opened a sister promotion called Fierce Females in 2012, in order to give more focus to said group. However, FF and ICW parted ways in 2014 and ICW started a women's division that ran on the same shows as all its other talent instead.

* Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling was an [[SerendipityWritesThePlot unintentional]] one to Ring Of Honor. Wrestling/{{Cody|Rhodes}} took [[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Dave Meltzer's]] claim ROH couldn't draw 10,000 fans into an arena, as a challenge. But when ROH instead gave Cody and Wrestling/TheYoungBucks the okay to try to draw a crowd that large on their own, ''All In'' did just that and then some. The show's success led to the trio meeting billionare Tony Khan, and with his finances, and a roster of departing ex-ROH talent, Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling was formed.

* ''Series/{{Baptiste}}'' is a spinoff from ''Series/TheMissing''.

* A lesser known arcade game called ''Pistol Daimyo no Bouken'' (The Adventures of Pistol Shogun), is a spinoff of the arcade game that was released in the U.S. on the UsefulNotes/Turbografx16 as ''Bravoman'', where Pistol Shogun appears as a boss.

** The ''UsefulNotes/PokemonMini'' was an entire '''console''' dedicated to small ''Pokémon'' spinoffs. It didn't stay on shelves long enough to get many, though.

** ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger'' was a trilogy that focused on the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS' touch screen, having the player draw circles around Pokémon to capture them and use them to bypass obstacles.

%% * ''Series/{{Friends}}'' → ''Series/{{Joey}}''

* ''ComicStrip/HiAndLois'' is a spin-off of ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey'' as Lois is Beetle's older sister.

* ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'' spawned a spinoff manga in ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'', featuring Mikoto Misaka and delving into her background, friends, and some of the cases which Judgement handles. It later spawned a second manga spinoff, ''[[Manga/ACertainScientificAccelerator A Certain Scientific Accelerator]]'', following Accelerator and the events after he receives his drama-preserving handicap. ''Railgun'' then spawned a third manga spinoff, ''A Certain Scientific Railgun Gaiden: Astral Buddy'', starrring a minor character from said manga. Yup. A spinoff of a spinoff.

* Where a character leaves a show and joins or starts another one, and the two run concurrently. Sometimes called a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_show sister show]]. Characters {{Crossover}} from time to time.

* Some of the segments featured on ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons'' were the pilots for ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'', and ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone''

** The ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures'' were published by Virgin Publishing under license from the BBC. When the BBC decided to take the license back to start publishing their own Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures, Virgin spun off the ''Franchise/BerniceSummerfield'' novels, which continued to tell similar sci-fi adventure stories using characters and worldbuilding elements that had been created for the New Adventures (and which Virgin consequently retained rights to) or which could be licensed separately from the writers that had created them.

** Other shows began separately but were added to the Arrowverse retroactively: ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'', ''Series/{{Constantine|2014}}'' and ''Series/BlackLightning|2018''.
** ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}} was spun off from the 2018 "Elseworlds" crossover.

*** Maude had a housekeeper named Florida, who was spun off into the equally successful ''Series/GoodTimes''.
*** While the character of Florida was the lead in ''Series/GoodTimes'', it's spin-off status is hazy since much of the backstory we're given would have made it impossible for Florida to have been Maude's maid due to living in Chicago.
** ''Series/TheJeffersons'' was about Archie's neighbors, George and Louse Jefferson (natch), who unexpectedly became wealthy and moved away to their own show. Like Florida, their housekeeper Florence later received her own spin-off, ''Checking In'', which was ''not'' equally successful -- cancelled after four episodes. Florence returned to her former employers.
** As its original stars moved on to other projects, ''Series/AllInTheFamily'' spun off its sequel, ''Series/ArchieBunkersPlace''. The sequel itself had a one season spin-off, ''Gloria,'' which featured Archie's daughter [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Gloria]], having divorced Mike, starting a new life in New York.

* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' spun into ''Series/TheFlash2014''. The titular character of the latter show was introduced in - and gained his powers at the end of - a two-parter in the middle of Arrow's second season. Episode 2x20 was originally going to be a BackdoorPilot before the execs decided to make it a standalone episode. Both shows then spun off ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' and two animated shows: ''WesternAnimation/{{Vixen}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/FreedomFightersTheRay''. Two other shows have since been retroactively added to the so-called Series/{{Arrowverse}}: ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' and ''Series/{{Constantine}}''.

* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' (''Hokuto no Ken'') has a series of spinoff works known as the ''Hokuto no Ken Gaiden'' series, which centers around side-characters from the original manga, depicting what happened to them prior to the events of ''Hokuto no Ken'', although they do deviate from canon a bit. Almost all of them, with the exception of ''Yuria Gaiden'', were published in ''Weekly Comic Bunch'' (the manga anthology that serializes ''[[Manga/FistOfTheBlueSky Souten no Ken]]'') at the time the ''Legends of the True Savior'' movies were released.
* Various side story episodes of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' featured former party members after they had left the group. The early ones focusing on Tracey and Misty along with TournamentArc rival Ritchie were dubbed as the ''Anime/{{Pokemon Chronicles}}'' subseries.
* ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'' spawned a spinoff manga in ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'', featuring Mikoto Misaka and delving into her background, friends, and some of the cases which Judgement handles. It later spawned a second manga spinoff, ''[[Manga/ACertainScientificAccelerator A Certain Scientific Accelerator]]'', following Accelerator and the events after he receives his drama-preserving handicap
** ''Railgun'' then spawned a third manga spinoff, ''A Certain Scientific Railgun Gaiden: Astral Buddy'', starrring a minor character from said manga. Yup. A spinoff of a spinoff.

%% * ''Manga/OutlawStar'' → ''Anime/AngelLinks''
* The ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' franchises is one long string of these and even started as a spin-off of ''VisualNovel/TriangleHeart3SweetSongsForever''. Within the current canon there's the [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha original series]] and [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs its]] [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers three]] [[Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce sequels]], an [[Audioplay/StrikerSSoundStageX audio play]] spin-off focusing on characters introduces in the third season, a SpinOffspring [[Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid manga]] focusing on Nanoha's adopted daughter, a [[Anime/VividStrike spin-off]] of the SpinOffspring focusing on brand new characters, and [[Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaINNOCENT an alternate universe manga]] where everyone plays card games.

%% * * ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'' → ''Ojamajo Doremi # (Sharp)'' → ''Motto! Ojamajo Doremi'' → ''Ojamajo Doremi Dokkan!'' → ''Ojamajo Doremi 16/17''

%% * ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'' → ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5GoGo''
%% * ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'' → ''Rosario + Vampire Season II''
%% * ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'' → ''Bakutech! Bakugan!''
%% ** ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'' → ''Anime/{{Zoobles}}'' (Toy Concept Only)

* There was a manga called ''Manga/TenTheBlessedWayOfTheNiceGuy'', which was about mahjong being serious business, there was a character called Akagi which was an awesome old man who the characters feared and respected, the character was so popular the author made an spinoff prequel series focused on Akagi's early life, at one point he meets his match in an old man called Washizu, who was so popular the author made a spinoff series focused on Washizu's early life (yes, Fukumoto made a spinoff of a spinoff).
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' has ''Manga/MyHeroAcademiaVigilantes'', set a few months before the main series. It focuses on a group of vigilante heroes trying to prevent the PsychoSerum Trigger from spreading.
** Another one is ''Manga/MyHeroAcademiaSmash'', which is a gag manga showing the characters in chibi form.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' has ''Manga/RockLeesSpringtimeOfYouth'', a comical spinoff focusing on Rock Lee. It got an anime adaptation as well.
** Also ''Manga/UchihaSasukesSharinganChronicles'', another comical spinoff showing Sasuke and Taka's wacky side.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'' has a few:
** ''Chopperman'', which stars Chopper as a super hero fighting against the evil Dr. Usodabada. It was initially a gag story in one of the databooks, before it was adapted into its own spin-off manga.
** ''One Piece Party'', a LighterAndSofter comedic spinoff with self-contained stories and SuperDeformed designs.
** ''Koisuru One Piece'' is an odd spin-off as it revolves about three fans of the manga series (even named after Luffy and his crew), who encounter situations similar to their favorite series.
** Similarly, ''One Piece: Kobiyama Who Looks Like Koby - Two Piece in a Pod'' deals with the titular Kobiyama -- who oddly enough does not know of the series -- and his interactions with other characters who resemble those from the main series.
** ''Chin Piece'' can easily be considered the most bizarre of all, as the main character Kusopp and his friends want to be as great as the Straw Hats, and encounter Chimpy who rssembles Luffy and ''whose penis can stretch like Luffy's''.
** ''One Piece School'', from the same author of ''Party'', which is a middle school AU featuring Coby enrolling into New World Middle school and befriending Luffy and the other Straw Hats as students.
** ''Food Wars! Shokugeki no Sanji'', a semi-crossover authored by the very creators of ''Manga/ShokugekiNoSoma'' Yūto Tsukuda and Shun Saeki and revolves about Sanji's cooking delighting several characters in the same manner as Soma does in his own series.
%% * ''Manga/InuYasha'' → ''Kagome the Adventurer''
%% * ''Manga/CrayonShinChan'' → ''Manga/ActionMask''

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' has the manga series ''Manga/ShinjiIkariRaisingProject'', based in the video game of the same name. It takes the alternate reality from Episode 26 as inspiration, and as such is more comedic and most of its characters are much more emotional stable, all while keeping their most notable traits, albeit more subdued.
** Before that, there was ''Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days'', based on the eponymus game as well. As with the above example, its characters are alternate versions of the main continuity. It ended with a much happier ending than the anime.
** ''Manga/NeonGenesisEvangelionCampusApocalypse'' is an Elseverse where Shinji attends NERV --which is a Catholic school and he and the other children must use EVAS (not mechas, but wieldable weapons) used to fight Angels (which in this series are parasitic beings which uses human bodies as hosts) in order to secure cores without which Yggdrasil may eventually cause a collapse of reality.

%% * ''Anime/YuGiOh'' → ''Anime/TheMagicalAdventuresOfDarkMagicianGirl''
%% ** ''[[Anime/OjamajoDoremi Motto! Ojamajo Doremi]]'' → ''Ojamajo Doremi Naisho''
* A concrete anime example is ''VisualNovel/ToHeart2'', which takes place in the same school as the original ''VisualNovel/ToHeart'', only that it is set three years after. Some [[ContinuityNod nods]] and [[ContinuityCameo cameos]] reinforce this.
* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' has ''Manga/PuellaMagiKazumiMagica'', which is about another group of {{magical girl}}s. Its other spin-off, ''Manga/PuellaMagiOrikoMagica'' is either a {{Prequel}} or an {{Interquel}}. A third spin-off entitled ''Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Different Story'' was released for the CompilationMovie, and it is part {{Prequel}}, POVSequel, and WhatIf story. Three new spin-offs began after the premiere of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion''. One is an ''Oriko Magica'' {{prequel}}. The other ones are ''Manga/PuellaMagiSuzuneMagica'', which is about another group of magical girls, and ''Manga/PuellaMagiTartMagica'', which elaborates on a [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy background detail]] from the anime.

%% * ''Anime/YuGiOh'' → Anime/YuGiOhGX → Anime/YuGiOh5Ds → Anime/YuGiOhZexal
* ''Toys/{{Jewelpet}}'' → ''Anime/JewelpetTwinkle'' → ''Anime/JewelpetSunshine'' → ''Jewelpet Kira Deco!'' → ''Jewelpet Happiness''. All of the series share the same Jewelpets, but not the same characters in general to prevent canon confusion.
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': ''Attack On Titan Levi Side Story: A Choice With No Regrets'' manga, which is based on the ''Choice With No Regrets'' visual novel included with the ''Attack On Titan'' Vol.3 Blu-ray. This spin-off features Levi as the main character and serves as a prologue to the main series.
* ''Manga/FairyTail'': Several have been serialized:
** ''Manga/FairyTailZero'', a backstory series starring [[BigGood Mavis Vermillion]] about the founding of Fairy Tail
** ''Manga/FairyTailIceTrail,'' which is another backstory about Gray Fullbuster.
** ''Manga/FairyTailBlueMistral'', another one focused on Wendy and Carla.
** ''Manga/FairyGirls'', which as the name implies, has the female members of Fairy Tail as the main characters.
** ''Manga/FairyTailGaiden'' is a sub-series written by Kyouta Shibano:
*** ''The Twin Dragons of Saber Tooth'', which is focused on Sting and Rogue.
*** ''Rhodonite'', focused on Gajeel.
*** ''Flash of Great Lightning'', detailing the events of Laxus and the Raijin Tribe during [[spoiler:Fairy Tail's disbandment.]]
* ''Manga/FateKaleidLinerPrismaIllya'': a spinoff MagicalGirl story involving [[CuteBruiser Illya]] as the protagonist.

* ''Manga/WWWWorking'' to ''Manga/{{Wagnaria}}'', focusing on a different set of employees at a different branch of the Wagnaria restaurant. Franchise wise, the latter is this to the former; anime wise, it's the opposite case (being based off of the print collection rather than the original webcomic, which was made long after the latter got its time in the animated sun).
* ''Brave Witches'' to ''Anime/StrikeWitches'', shifting the focus from the 501st to the 502nd Striker Unit.
* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' has two spin-offs. The first, ''Kaguya-sama: Love is War Doujin Edition'', is basically the main series but HotterAndSexier. The second, ''We Want to Talk About Kaguya'', is an InnocentBystanderSeries told from the perspective of two {{Recurring Extra}}s as they grossly misinterpret the events of earlier chapters and get involved with the series' BetaCouple.
* ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' has ''Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Kanna's Daily Life'', ''Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Elma's Office Lady Diary'', ''Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Lucoa is my xx'', and ''Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Fafnir the Recluse'' each of which focuses on one of the secondary dragons. The only one who doesn't have their own dedicated series is Ilulu.
* The [[TheAnimeOfTheGame Anime Adaptation]] of ''VideoGame/Idolish7'' has ''[=Idolish7=]: Vibrato'', a web series exclusive to ''Youtube Premium''.
* ''Anime/YokaiWatch'' has two spinoffs: the SpinOffspring series ''Anime/YokaiWatchShadowside'' and the [[HighSchoolAU Middle School AU]] ''Anime/YokaiWatchJamYokaiAcademyYCloseEncountersOfTheNKind''.
* ''Manga/CellsAtWork'' has produced many different Spin-Offs, each tackling a different bodily environment, subject matter, and even intended audience. Spin-Offs include ''Manga/CellsAtWorkAndFriends'', ''Manga/CellsNotAtWork'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkCodeBlack'', ''Bacteria At Work!'', ''Platelets At Work!'', ''Cells at Work! Baby'', ''Cells At Work! Lady'', ''Cells At Work! White Brigade'', ''Cells At Work! Illegal'', ''Cells At Work! Muscle'', ''Cells at Work!: Cat'' and ''Cells at Work!: Medicine''.
* ''Literature/GoblinSlayer'' has ''Year One'' (expanding on when Goblin Slayer was just starting out), ''Brand New Day'' (adapting a number of side stories) and ''Daikatana of Singing Death'' (expanding on Sword Maiden's rise from a broken woman to one of those who slayed the demon lord).

* ''Anime/KamisamaMinaraiHimitsuNoCocotama'' has two different spin-offs.
** ''Anime/KiraKiraHappyHirakeCocotama'' is a Magical Girl-style (sort of) reimagining with only one protagonist and a set of new Cocotamas.
** ''Mono No Kamisama Cocotama'' is about life in the eyes of a Cocotama.
* ''Manga/FourTownFourReal'' is about 4*Town as they spend their day before the climax of ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed''.
* ''Anime/RayTheAnimation'' is a spin-off of ''Manga/BlackJack'', focusing on one of Black Jack's students. The manga is ''technically'' one, but Black Jack is merely a LawyerFriendlyCameo; as the anime was made by the studio Creator/OsamuTezuka founded, which holds the rights to his creations, it didn't need to obfuscate things that way.

* ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'' began as a spin-off of ''ComicBook/{{Stormwatch}}''. It later spawned two spin-offs of its own - ''ComicBook/TheMonarchy'', about the surviving members of Stormwatch, and ''ComicBook/{{Kev}}'', about a hapless SAS operative who keeps having to team up with the Midnighter. There was also a very short-lived ''Midnighter'' solo series.
** Speaking of ''Stormwatch'', its original incarnation spawned a spin-off about ComicBook/{{Backlash}}.

** ''Series/TheJeffersons'' was about Archie's neighbors, George and Louse Jefferson (natch), who unexpectedly became wealthy and moved away to their own show.
*** Like Florida, their housekeeper Florence later received her own spin-off, ''Checking In'', which was ''not'' equally successful -- cancelled after four episodes. Florence returned to her former employers.
** As its original stars moved on to other projects, ''Series/AllInTheFamily'' spun off its sequel, ''Series/ArchieBunkersPlace''.
*** The sequel itself had a one season spin-off, ''Gloria,'' which featured Archie's daughter [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Gloria]], having divorced Mike, starting a new life in New York.

* When ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' ended, Frasier Crane left Boston to move back home to Seattle, becoming the main character of his own show, ''Series/{{Frasier}}''. Crossovers with characters from ''Cheers'' were frequent, with all of Sam, Diane, Lilith, Carla, Norm, Cliff, and Woody all making appearances at one point or another.
** ''Cheers'' actually had a prior spinoff, ''Meet the Tortellis'', featuring Carla's ex-husband. The show did not last very long.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'' → ''Series/K9AndCompany'', ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'', ''Series/{{K9}}'', and ''Series/{{Class|2016}}'' are all part of the Franchise/{{Whoniverse}} which revolves around the Doctor, but do not usually feature him. However, the only thing linking ''K9'' to the Whoniverse is the presence of the eponymous robot dog. ''K9'' was not produced by the BBC, so it cannot directly reference ''Doctor Who'' and vice versa.

* The Creator/{{TLC}} series ''Dr. Pimple Popper'' is an inversion of the Online Spin-Off, and is possibly the UrExample of a web video property that moved to linear TV. It's an expansion of the Website/YouTube channel of Southern California dermatologist Sandra Lee, who became a major Internet celebrity as "Dr. Pimple Popper".

* ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'' led into ''Series/EmptyNest'', focusing on the life and adventures of the Girls' neighbor and friend Harry, a hospital pediatrician. Occasional crossovers between the two casts took place on both shows. ''Empty Nest'' had its own short-lived spinoff, ''Nurses'', which was about the nurses who worked with Harry at the hospital.

* By definition, ''Series/OddSquad'' has the spin-off ''Odd Squad Mobile Unit,'' taking place in the same universe with the same premise but with a different core setting and different characters. It's marketed as a spinoff in countries outside of the United States.
** Before that, there was ''WebVideo/{{OddTube}}'', a VlogSeries spin-off. Its first season focuses on the Season 2 main characters (Otis, Olympia, Oona and Oprah) with Olympia serving as primary host, while its second season shifts focus towards the Season 3 main characters (Opal, Orla, Omar, and Oprah, as the Big O) with Orla serving as primary host. Season 1 is considered canon in the main show, but it's left ambiguous as to whether that is the case with Season 2 as well.

* ''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue'' was spun off from ''Radio/ImSorryIllReadThatAgain'', featuring (at first) most of the same performers (plus Humphrey Lyttelton as chairman) but in a ridiculous PanelGame rather than a SketchShow. It has been running [[LongRunners since 1972]], far [[MorePopularSpinOff surpassing]] the original (which had a very respectable run itself).

* The "Grim" part of ''WesternAnimation/GrimAndEvil'' would break off on its own to become ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' while the "Evil" part became ''WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne''. ''Billy & Mandy'' would have the more prolific run.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace'' is a spinoff of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' that parodies ''Series/TheAmazingRace'' instead of ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' with a different host, four of the contestants from the parent show (Noah, Owen, Geoff and Leonard) appearing as competitors, and a few cameos from or mentions of the old cast here and there.

%% * ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' → ''LetsPlay/MarikPlaysBloodlines''

* ''WebVideo/SMPLive'' has two: ''[=SMPClassic=]'', a server that features [=SMPLive=] members playing on old versions of ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', and ''[=TekkitLive=]'', a modded server using the ''[[VideoGame/TechnicPack Tekkit Classic]]'' modpack that skews more roleplay-focused than the comedic main server.

* The ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' RPG subseries itself has multiple spin-offs. ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' and ''VideoGame/Persona4ArenaUltimax'' are fighting game sequels to ''VideoGame/Persona3'' and ''VideoGame/Persona4'', ''VideoGame/Persona3DancingInMoonlight'' is a RhythmGame side story to ''Persona 3'', while ''VideoGame/Persona4DancingAllNight'' is a RhythmGame sequel to ''Persona 4'', and '' VideoGame/Persona5DancingInStarlight'' is this to ''Persona 5''. ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'' is a crossover of ''Persona 3'' and ''4'' with ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey''-style gameplay, and ''VideoGame/PersonaQ2NewCinemLabyrinth'' adds ''5'' to the mix.