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Following is a list of multimedia franchises.

A multimedia franchise is a media franchise for which multiple installments exist in multiple forms of media, such as books, comic books, films, television series, and video games. Multimedia franchises usually develop through a character or fictional world becoming popular in one media, and then expanding to others through licensing agreements with respect to intellectual property in the franchise's characters and settings.

In order to qualify as a multimedia franchise for purposes of this list, a franchise must have works in at least three forms of media, and must have at least two 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 remakes of a previously ended series are considered multiple works). A television series that spawned one film and one novelization would not qualify. For example, 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. In the following table, the initial media through which the franchise characters or settings became known is shown in boldface. Note: only works of fiction are only considered part of the series; a book or a documentary film about the franchise is not itself an installment in the franchise.

See also

• List of fictional universes in film and television - many multimedia franchises are based in fictional universes.

• Media franchises