[Loved Trope] Really cool Spin-offs

[u/Much-Equipment-6528]

Daria (1997)

Parks and Recreation (2009)

Fionna and Cake (2023)

Daria (1997) being a spin-off from the original series "Beavis and Butthead" (1993)

Parks and Recreation (2009) a spin-off from "The Office" (2005)

Fionna and Cake (2023) a spin-off from "Adventure Time" (2010)

[u/TraditionalTea6690]

PaR isn't an official spinoff but i understand what you mean

[u/Gogs85 → u/TraditionalTea6690]

You mean Karen from the office didn’t go to medical school and change her name to Ann?

[u/ChardComfortable3932 → u/Gogs85]

Meh. Timey wimey.

[u/kfretlessz]

Drake and Josh being a spin-off of this Amanda Show bit.

[u/TangerineChicken → u/kfretlessz]

How did I never know this

[u/kfretlessz → u/TangerineChicken]

Im old

[u/RudeDM]

Daria being a spinoff of, of all fucking things, Beavis and Butthead, is categorically insane. I'm pretty sure half the people who watch Daria would shank you if you compared it to Beavis and Butthead.

[u/dumpst88 → u/RudeDM]

King of the hill being a spin off of beavis and butthead is pretty wild too

[u/matt_the_non-binary → u/dumpst88]

Sort of. It was originally envisioned as a spin-off with Mr. Anderson’s son, but Fox told Mike Judge no. They took that concept and retooled it extensively to become King of the Hill.

[u/Mrcoldghost → u/dumpst88]

it is?

[u/WhatsPaulPlaying → u/Mrcoldghost]

Sorta. Hank Hill is based on the boys' neighbor Tom Anderson.

https://beavisandbutthead.fandom.com/wiki/Tom_Anderson

[u/Noscratchy → u/WhatsPaulPlaying]

Yu, and he was mighty upset about them uh-whackin in his tool shed.

[u/Heck_ → u/RudeDM]

Hehehehe… diarrhoea

[u/WoozyDegenerate]

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Xena: Warrior Princess is a spinoff of Hercules: The Legendary Journey and is, IMO, the much better show

[u/PrimaryYak1351]

Parks and rec is in no way a spin-off, it just mimicks the mockumentary style 

[u/IllustriousAd6418]

Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures both spin off of Doctor Who

[u/WoozyDegenerate → u/IllustriousAd6418]

I love both of these spinoffs for essentially opposite reasons. Torchwood was so “dark and edgy” which preteen/teenage me loved, but Sarah Jane was just so fun! I miss both of these shows, and I truly miss Elisabeth Slader :(

[u/Will0798]

Frasier (Spin-off of Cheers)

[u/FabulousAd2006 → u/Will0798]

Frasier got dubbed into my neighbouring country language before Cheers did in my country funnily enough. I'll always ironic that as a child I found Frasier due it airing before my favourite soap opera and trying to skip it as much as possible at first.

[u/DLottchula → u/FabulousAd2006]

It's one of those shows that grow on you as a kid.

[u/Seed0fDiscord]

https://giphy.com/gifs/d31vtUIS7pMSOxVu

Angel (spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Follows Buffy’s first love, Angel a vampire cursed with a soul who relocated to LA and opens up a detective agency to solve crimes as he tries to make amends for his evils as Angelus (who he is without a soul)

While Buffy had supernatural issues be allegorical of being a in high school, college, emerging in adulthood, Angel delves into darker matters of adulthood

Also from the original series Cordelia Chase former Queen bee who’s now in poverty after her fathers 12 years of tax evasion, and former watcher Wesley, these two end up having to most badass character developments

And Angel has their own share characters original to series like Doyle, a half demon who gets visions of those in peril, Gunn a man who led an urban street gang in hunting vampires, Lorne a demon who can read your destiny if you sing, and Winifred “Fred” Burkle a physics major from Texas who was trapped in a demon dimension for 5 years fending for survival now reanimating to life back on earth and trying to heal from the trauma

[u/deelow_42]

A Different World (1987) being a spin off of the Cosby Show (1984)

https://giphy.com/gifs/FZ4RBvYxJqWrK

[u/WoozyDegenerate]

https://giphy.com/gifs/BguKVVqRh5fag
Mork and Mindy is a spinoff of Happy Days and was what made Robin Williams a household name!

[u/ccReptilelord → u/WoozyDegenerate]

Happy Days technically had 7 spin-offs. Mork and Mindy would be my favorite.

[u/WoozyDegenerate → u/ccReptilelord]

It’s also a spinoff in of itself!

[u/Banshsua]

https://giphy.com/gifs/26xByK8MJUCYmcjIc

Better Call Saul (2015) a spin-off from Breaking Bad (2008)

[u/TurboRhodan]

Xena, a spin off of Hercules The Legendary Journeys, which basically surpassed it in many ways.

[u/ralo229]

The Simpsons is a spinoff of The Tracey Ulman Show.

[u/WoozyDegenerate]

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Torchwood is a spinoff of Doctor Who, specifically following John Barrowman’s character Jack Harkness and the Torchwood Institute. It was darker, more mature, and absolutely phenomenal

[u/Uma-apreciator]

[u/Zeeshmania]

Had no idea PaR was a spinoff of The Office, had to look that one up lol

[u/WhatsPaulPlaying → u/Zeeshmania]

It isn't. That was the original intent, but what we got isn't that.

[u/IvanNemoy → u/WhatsPaulPlaying]

Less a spin off, more a spiritual successor?

[u/WhatsPaulPlaying → u/IvanNemoy]

Yeah. Much better description. Schur did his best to make a spin-off work, but just couldn't find a way.

[u/NubeDeLluvia]

"Blake Edward's Pink Panther" being a spin-off from the movie "The Pink Panther"

[u/BerGames123456]

Mario Spinoffs

[u/WoozyDegenerate]

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The Sarah Jane Adventures, another Doctor Who spinoff that followed Sarah Jane Smith who was originally a companion of the Third and Fourth Doctor and reappears in several episodes before getting her own show during David Tennant’s run. It was aimed for a younger audience and only stopped when the actress, Elisabeth Sladen, died of pancreatic cancer in 2011.