spinoff
Branched-off production
A spinoff is something derived from a larger original.
A television spinoff takes characters or settings from an existing show and builds a new series around them: The show was a spinoff of the original sitcom.
In business, a spinoff is a new company formed by separating part of an existing one.
The word can also describe any product, idea, or benefit that emerges as a byproduct of something else: The technology was a spinoff of the space program.
Also spelled spin-off.
Of lesser importance
- ventureRisky new undertaking
- startupNew business enterprise
- divestitureDisposal of assets
- separationState of being apart
IPO · parent company · equity · shares · restructuring · corporate · acquisition · merger
Continuation of prior work
- prequelLater work, earlier setting
- rebootCycle power intentionally
- remakeNew version created
- seriesOrdered set of related items
franchise · universe · saga · characters · episodes · television · film · comics
Secondary outcome of production
- outgrowthSomething developing from another
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- brainchildOriginal idea one conceived
- consequenceResult of an action
result · extension · branch · variation · adaptation · iteration · divergence · ramification
subsidiary
Of lesser importance
- ventureRisky new undertaking
- startupNew business enterprise
- divestitureDisposal of assets
separation · IPO · parent company · equity · shares · restructuring · corporate · acquisition · merger · carve-out
sequel
Continuation of prior work
series · franchise · universe · saga · characters · episodes · television · film · comics · animation
byproduct
Secondary outcome of production
- outgrowthSomething developing from another
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- brainchildOriginal idea one conceived
consequence · result · extension · branch · variation · adaptation · iteration · divergence · ramification · legacy
innovation
Creating something original
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
incubator · biotech · fintech · commercialization · licensing · NASA · Teflon · memory foam · satellite · invention
- Television Historygolden age, broadcast networks, network television, color TV, live broadcasts
- sitcomssitcom, sitcoms, episode, episodic, season
- TV seriesTV series, drama series, sitcom, soap opera, miniseries
- mangamangaka, serialization, shonen, shojo, seinen
- adaptationsfilm adaptation, film adaptations, movie adaptation, TV adaptation, TV adaptations
- moviesblockbuster, film, Titanic, films, Jurassic Park
spinofforiginal
First or inventive
source material · flagship · original series · source · parent
spinoffmerger
Corporate combination
acquisition · consolidation · parent company · takeover · buyout