Lists of multimedia franchises

A multimedia franchise (or a transmedia franchise) is a media franchise for which installments exist in multiple forms of media, such as books, comics, films, television series, animated series and video games. Multimedia franchises usually develop due to the popularization of an original creative work, and then its expansion to other media through licensing agreements, with respect to intellectual property in the franchise's characters and settings, although the trend later developed wherein franchises would be launched in multiple forms of media simultaneously.

In order to qualify for these lists, a franchise must have works in at least three forms of media, and must have two or more separate works in at least two of those forms of media (a television series or comic book series is considered a single work for purposes of this list; multiple spin-off series or reboots of a previously ended series are considered multiple works). For example, a television series that spawned one film and one novelization would not qualify; a television series that had a spin-off series, or was remade as a new series, and which spawned two films and one novelization does qualify. These lists do not include public domain works from which adaptations have been made in multiple media only after the works entered the public domain, which do not involve licensing or other means by which an author or owner controls the franchise. A franchise may be included if it obtained multimedia franchise status prior to works within the collection entering the public domain.

Following are lists of multimedia franchises, divided by media characteristics:

Multimedia franchises originating in print

Franchises originating in literary works
Franchises originating in comics strips, comic books, and other printed cartoons

Multimedia franchises originating in television and web series

Franchises originating in animated television and web series
Franchises originating in live action television and web series

Multimedia franchises originating in films

Franchises originating in animated films
Franchises originating in live-action films

Multimedia franchises originating in games, toys, and merchandise

Franchises originating in video games including film and/or television works
Franchises originating in video games not including film and/or television works
Franchises originating in board games, card games, tabletop games and role-playing games
Franchises originating in toys, attractions and other media

See also


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