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Interquel

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In a series of works, an '''interquel''' is a narrative that portrays events that are chronologically set in the intermission 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 (fiction) continuity, as is the case in which a novel is set in a universe whose canon is primarily defined by a television series or film movie. Side story Side stories are often considered, or may be, interquels or midquels.

Examples of interquels
*The book ''Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire 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 Ender's Game series#Shadow series 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 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 (video game) 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.

List of interquels

Gaming
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" |- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" ! Interquel !! Former !! Latter !! Chronological Position |- | ''Megaman Battle Network Transmission'' || ''Megaman Battle Network'' || ''Megaman Battle Network 2'' || unknown |- | ''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) .html">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) .html">Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse'' (1989) | ''The Castlevania Adventure'' (1989) || three years after former and 97 years before later |- | *''Street Fighter Alpha'' (1995) *''Street Fighter Alpha 2'' (1996) *''Street Fighter Alpha 3'' (1999) || ''Street Fighter'' (1987) || ''Street Fighter II'' (1991) || unknown |- |''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge'' (2003) .html">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) .html">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 |}

Cross media
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" |- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" ! Interquel !! Former !! Latter !! Chronological Position |- | *''Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure'' (1984) *''Ewoks: The Battle for Endor'' (1985) || ''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 |}

See also
*prequel *sequel *midquel Category:Portmanteaus Category:Narrative forms

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