Interquel
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In a series of works, an interquel is a narrative that portrays events that are chronologically set in the time frame between two previously published works that sparked its creation, being the sequel to former work and the prequel to the latter work, which was previously the sequel to the former. The former is usually published before the latter, but the reverse is true in some cases. The term was coined after prequel, pre- meaning before and inter- meaning between. Interquels are often used to supplement an existing universe without creating problems in continuity, as is the case in which a novel is set in a universe whose canon is primarily defined by a television series or movie.
Side stories are often considered, or may be, interquels or midquels.
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Examples of interquels
- The book Shadows of the Empire is the interquel of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, and is set six months both after the former and before the latter, thus halfway between.
- Orson Scott Card's Shadow series books are an interquel of Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead.
- The Game Boy Advance video game Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge is the interquel of the Nintendo 64 games, Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie. It is chronologically set two months after the former and one and a half years before the latter.
- Of Technos Japan's Nekketsu Kouha: Kunio-Kun series, Shin Nekketsu Kouha: Kunio tachi no Banka is the interquel of Nekketsu Kouha: Kunio-Kun (the game that Renegade is based on) and Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari (known in North America as River City Ransom).
- The Metroid Prime series is the interquel of the first two installments of the Metroid franchise.
- BioWare started a challenge for a fan-created interquel of Neverwinter Nights occurring between expansion I, Shadows of Undrentide and expansion II Hordes of the Underdark. There had been two finalists.
- Of the Ys series, Ys IV: Mask of the Sun is the interquel of Ys II: The Final Chapter and Ys III: Wanderers from Ys. It is chronologically set two years after the former and one year before the latter.
- Mega Man Network Transmission is an interquel of Mega Man Battle Network and Mega Man Battle Network 2.
- Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories is NOT (literally) an interquel of Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II, as - while it does bridge the gap between the two games - it was published before KH2.
- Even in non-fiction and/or ancient literature, there are examples. The apocryphal books of the Maccabees can be considered interquels of the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, comprising the "inter-testimental" period.
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List of interquels
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Gaming
| Interquel | Former | Latter | Chronological Position |
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| Megaman Battle Network Transmission | Megaman Battle Network | Megaman Battle Network 2 | One weeek after MegaMan Battle Network |
| Megaman 1 GB (1990) | Megaman 1 (1987) | Megaman 2 (1988, 1989) | halfway between |
| Ys IV: Mask of the Sun (1993) | Ys II: The Final Chapter (1988) | Ys III: Wanderers from Ys' (1991) | two years after former and one year before latter |
| Dragon Quest VI (1994) | Dragon Quest II (1987) | Dragon Quest IV (1989) | former and latter are distant |
| Metroid Prime (2002) Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (2004) Metroid Prime: Hunters (2006) | Metroid and Metroid: Zero Mission (1986, 2004) | Metroid II: Return of Samus (1991) | unknown |
| Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (2002) | Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (1988) | Dracula X: Rondo of Blood (1993) | 50 years after former and 44 years before latter |
| Castlevania: Curse of Darkness (2005) | Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (1989) | The Castlevania Adventure (1989) | three years after former and 97 years before later |
| Street Fighter (1987) | Street Fighter II (1991) | unknown |
| Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge (2003) | Banjo-Kazooie (1998) | Banjo-Tooie (2000) | two months after the former and one and a half years before the latter |
| Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) | Grand Theft Auto III (2001) | San Andreas takes place in 1992, where Vice City - the prequel to III - takes place in 1986 while Grand Theft Auto III takes place in 2001 |
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Cross media
| Interquel | Former | Latter | Chronological Position |
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| Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) | unknown | |
| Star Wars: Empire at War (2006) | Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) | Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) | 14 years after the former and five years before the latter |
| Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (1997) | Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) | Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1983) | with the exception of the final and secret levels |
| Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (1996) | Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) | halfway between former and latter |
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