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A franchise entry names the landmark work or works that founded it, so the two groupings read as one connected story rather than two separate rosters.All Series and FranchisesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)All Series and FranchisesFilter Results152 entriesMediumAllAnimation (19)Comics (33)Film (41)Newspapers (1)Television (26)Video Games (33)CountryAllBelgium (1)Canada (1)China (1)Finland (1)France (2)Iceland (1)India (1)Italy (1)Japan (40)South Korea (1)United Kingdom (10)United States (70)United States, Australia (1)CreatorAllAditya Chopra (1)Akira Toriyama (1)Allen Adham (1)Anthony E. 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A. Milne (1)Arthur Conan Doyle (1)C. S. Lewis (1)Cressida Cowell (1)Elisabetta Dami (1)Gaston Leroux (1)Ian Fleming (1)J. R. R. Tolkien (1)Johnston McCulley (1)Roderick Thorp (1)Stephenie Meyer (1)Suzanne Collins (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 52Scream (franchise)Film-Originated FranchisesSesame StreetTelevision-Originated FranchisesSgt. 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