* Violator, a demon from hell who takes the appearance of a balding, middle-aged clown, and an enemy of Spawn in the comic franchise by Todd McFarlane.

Unlike the previous games in the Zork franchise, which were text adventures, Return to Zork takes place from a first-person perspective and makes use of video-captured actors as well as detailed graphics ; a point-and-click interface replaced the text parser for the first time in a Zork game.

It is a part of the Gundam franchise that started in 1979, but takes place in an alternate universe called After War Era.

The series takes a wildly different turn from the rest of the franchise.

Departing from previous games of the franchise, Uru takes place in the modern era and allows players to customize their onscreen avatars.

Uru is a revolutionary adventure game that takes the best qualities of the Myst franchise and makes them even better.

The East Midlands franchise takes over all of Midland Mainline's and some of Central Trains services, both of which were formerly owned by National Express Group.

Sing takes a multi-million dollar payment and leaves, but O ’ Day refuses his payment, stating that his payment will be in the form of a share of ownership of the new franchise.

Although no part of the book's story takes place in the Land of Oz, by the time the movie was made, it had become clear that the Oz franchise was Baum's most popular creation.

The story takes place initially in a " alternative " universe, on a world much like Earth where Digimon is just a franchise, composed of video games, and a collectible card game.

At times, the network takes the form of a franchise.

The show serves as an alternative sequel to the first Mortal Kombat film and takes a Saturday morning cartoon-style approach to the Mortal Kombat franchise, including the toning down of the violence.

It also competes in the Vodacom Cup, a competition for provincial teams which takes place during the annual Super Rugby ( previously Super 10, Super 12 and Super 14 ) competition in which franchise sides from South Africa, Australia and New Zealand compete.

Like the first two series in the franchise, Stargate Universe takes place during the present time, not in the distant future.

A five-minute-long impromptu dance number, featuring Ronald McDonald, takes place in a McDonald's franchise, which led Leonard Maltin to call the film " more like a TV commercial than a movie ".

Turning down a buyout by a local businessman Sam Jones, George takes over Brad's patrol franchise to seek revenge.

What does Tri-State actually want to do, now that it has the meters under franchise and certain phases of its piping system in the `` patent applied for '' stage??

Bidwill, with plans already in the works to leave St. Louis, opted instead to sign a long term lease with Arizona State University to use its Sun Devil Stadium as the home of his soon-to-be Arizona-based NFL franchise.

The modern Orioles franchise can trace its roots back to the original Milwaukee Brewers of the minor Western League, beginning in 1894 when the league reorganized.

In addition to the development and publishing of home, online, mobile, arcade, pachinko, and pachislo games, the company publishes strategy guides, maintains its own arcade centers, and licenses its franchise and character properties for use in tie-in products, movies, television series, and stage performances.

Capcom launched its Street Fighter franchise in 1987.

In 1993, with Oracle losing its franchise to Teletext Ltd, the running of 4-Tel was taken over by Intelfax, and in 2002 was renamed FourText.

The team was founded in the 1940s as a charter franchise in the All-America Football Conference ( AAFC ), with Paul Brown, the team's namesake and a pioneering figure in professional football, as its first coach.

The franchise recorded its 700th win on November 18, 2010.

Due to the impending merger of the American Football League and the National Football League, which was due to take full effect in the season, Brown agreed to join the AFL as its tenth and final franchise.

The Cleveland franchise was among its eight charter members.

When the Cubs clinched the Eastern Division with a Sutcliffe complete-game 2-hitter at Pittsburgh on September 23, the franchise had its first title of any kind since 1945.

Since first being aired, it has been one of the most financially lucrative programmes on British commercial television, underpinning the success of its broadcaster ITV and its franchise Granada Television.

In the Halo franchise, the weak, low-ranking Grunts of the Covenant originate on a frozen exoplanet named Balaho, where methane is a primary constituent of the atmosphere, prevents the planet becoming even more frigid than it already is due to its distance from its parent star, and thus, Grunts have evolved to utilize the gas for respiration.

In his first season as head coach, Phillips and his coaching staff led the franchise to its best seasonal start ever, a conference-best 13 – 3 record, and the franchise's 16th NFC East championship title, the most of any team in that division.

Delaware's franchise taxes supply about one-fifth of its state revenue.

The Marlins ' franchise got its second no-hitter from ace Kevin Brown on June 10, 1997.

A franchise usually lasts for a fixed time period ( broken down into shorter periods, which each require renewal ), and serves a specific territory or geographical area surrounding its location.

The Franchise Association originally supported the positive regulation of the franchise sector but its eventual submission to the review was in favour of the status quo – self-regulation.

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In 1950 Grenada had its constitution amended to increase the number of elected seats on the Legislative Council from 5 to 8, to be elected by full adult franchise at the 1951 election.

The Continental League folded before it ever started, but if its real object was to secure Houston a Major League franchise, it clearly succeeded.

Additionally, the agreement stipulated that the Browns ' name, colors, uniform design and franchise records would remain in Cleveland.

The Orioles name had been used by previous major league baseball clubs in Baltimore, including the American League Baltimore Orioles franchise from 1901 – 1902 that became the New York Yankees and the National League Baltimore Orioles.

However, in 1991, as part of Major League Baseball's two-team expansion ( they also added the former Florida ( now Miami ) Marlins ), an ownership group representing Denver led by John Antonucci and Michael I. Monus were granted a franchise ; they took the name “ Rockies ” due to Denver's proximity to the Rocky Mountains, which is reflected in their logo.

The name which was chosen, the " Houston Texans ," had previously been the name of a defunct World Football League franchise, which moved to Louisiana to become the Shreveport Steamer.

The nickname " Texans " was also used by the precursor of the NFL's present-day Kansas City Chiefs, the Dallas Texans, which was also the name of a former Arena Football League franchise.

The Intellectual Property and trading rights of Onis Homes Limited were later purchased by new shareholders with the strategy to grow the Onis brand throughout the U. K. as a one stop shop home refurbishment franchise using the trading name Onis living.

The name also followed a theme of the other professional franchises in the city, including the Kansas City Chiefs football team and the-then Kansas City Kings basketball franchise.

A contest was held in 1965 to choose the name of the new Miami AFL franchise.

The rights to the Might and Magic name were purchased for USD 1. 3 million by Ubisoft, who " rebooted " the franchise with a new series with no apparent connection to the previous continuity, starting with the games Heroes of Might and Magic V and Dark Messiah of Might and Magic.

Under new ownership, the current name was adopted in 1963 and the franchise was relocated to Shea Stadium in 1964 and then to the Meadowlands Sports Complex in 1984.

From 1972 through 1980, the team nickname was officially " Oakland A's ," although, during that time, the Commissioner's Trophy, given out annually to the winner of baseball's World Series, still listed the team's name as the " Oakland Athletics " on the gold-plated pennant representing the Oakland franchise.

The Enterprise or USS Enterprise ( often referred to as the " Starship Enterprise ") is the name of several fictional spacecraft, some of which are the main setting for various television series and films in the Star Trek franchise.

According to the official site of the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Barron Hilton agreed after his general manager, Frank Leahy picked the Chargers name when he purchased an AFL franchise for Los Angeles.

The aspects of style and gameplay from Super Mario Kart that have been retained throughout the series have led Nintendo to face criticism for a lack of originality but the franchise is still considered to be a beloved household name by many, known for its familiar core gameplay.

He was hired by New York's AFL franchise, which had just changed its name from Titans to Jets.

The franchise was established in 1961 by the name of the Washington Senators, an expansion team awarded to Washington, D. C., after the city's first ballclub, the original Washington Senators, moved to Minnesota and became the Twins.

Yankee is also the name of a Major League Baseball franchise, the New York Yankees.

In the United Kingdom, the National Milk Bar franchise is an ordinary café / restaurant chain which is related to the original milk bars in name only.

The name was a parody of London Weekend Television, the independent television franchise that provided Londoners with their ITV services at weekends ; Rutland had been England's smallest county, but had recently been ' abolished ' in an administrative shake-up.

The team left the franchise history and team name and colors in Seattle.

The WFL also arguably had an impact on locations of other professional football teams: from the NFL, Hawaii hosted the Pro Bowl from 1980 through 2009, Jacksonville got the Jacksonville Jaguars in 1995, Charlotte received the Carolina Panthers in the same year, and Houston's expansion franchise, the Texans, revived the name of the WFL team in 2002.

In 2010, Jacksonville received an Arena Football League expansion franchise, which revived the Sharks name.

The NFL's Houston Texans revived the name of the WFL's franchise for that city ; " Texans " has also been used by an NFL Dallas team in 1952 – the remnants of which became the Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts, by an AFL Dallas team in the early 1960s – who became the Kansas City Chiefs, by an arena football team in Dallas in the early 1990s, and by a CFL San Antonio team for one year in the 1990s.