Derived series

A derived series , or Spin-off , is a Televised series or of Cartoon which is held in same the Univers of fiction as a preceding series, but with new characters. The two series divide sometimes the same decorations, even certain characters. Thus, a supporting character of a given series can have the main role in his derived series.

The history put in scene in the spin-off can be the continuation of that told in original work (for example, Joey puts in scene the mishaps arriving at Joey Tribbiani after the oddment Friends ), but it is not obligatory (the action of the Experts: Miami is parallel, and nonposterior, with that of the Experts ). " Series dérivée" and " suite" are thus not synonyms.

This process is very much used in the United States for the successful series.

Examples

Televised series

Star Trek: Enterprise which takes again the universe of the series Star Trek (it exists about it four different).
Booker resulting from the series 21 Jump Street
the Successor resulting from the series Walker, Texas To arrange
Joey resulting from the series Friends
Angel resulting from the series Buffy against the vampires
Experts: Miami and Manhattan resulting from the series the Experts
NCIS: special investigations resulting from the series JAG
Stargate Atlantis resulting from the series Stargate SG-1
Private Practice resulting from the series Grey' S Anatomy
The Lone Gunmen resulting from the series X-files .
Heroes: Origins resulting from the series Heroes .
Prison Station-wagon: Cherry Hill resulting from the series Prison Station-wagon .
West coast resulting from the serial Dallas .
Melrose Places resulting from the serial Beverly Hills .
Models resulting from the serial Melrose Places .

In France, the spin-off are frequent at the beginning of the Années 1990, with the series of AB Production: Salut Muscular the had two spin-offs, Cruising foll' love and First Kisses ; First Kisses had like spin-off Helene and the boys , who in his turn had like spin-off the Miracle of the love , etc

The success of these derived series is very variable: whereas some are very popular and can last several seasons (the spin-offs of Star Trek or the Experts , for example), some do not like the public and have lifespans much shorter ( The Lone Gunmen ).

Cartoons

Schtroumpfs resulting from the series Johan and Pirlouit
Marsupilami resulting from the series Spirou and Fantasio
Rantanplan resulting from the series Lucky Luke
Lanfeust from the stars , Trolls of Troy , Gnomes of Troy and Conquerors of Troy resulting from the series Lanfeust de Troy

One has also recourse to a spin-off in the Comics . In this respect, one can quote the adventures of Superboy or Supergirl resulting from the data base Superman . The editions Marvel published a certain number of adventures of superman, initially supporting characters of preceding series, such as the Money Surfer which appears for the first time in an episode of the fantastic Four .

Cinema

In the cinematographic field, the process is more rarely employed but also exists. the Adventure of Ewoks is well a form of spin-off of the saga the Star Wars and more precisely the film the Return of Jedi where for the first time the Ewok S appear, of the extraterrestrial beings; Ewoks, which had only one secondary role in the Return of Jedi , are from now on in the foreground. Moreover, the Adventure of Ewoks does not evoke the history of Anakin Skywalker and its family, contrary to films of the saga the Star Wars . the Adventure of Ewoks is thus indeed a spin-off of the Star Wars , and not its continuation.

To the image of BDs that they adapted, the American productions devoted a film to the character of Elektra, appeared in Daredevil .

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