Series of films in which the first two or three have boy as main character, then comes a sequel with girl in main role
Apparently, the reverse -- series starting with girls, later replaced by boy
characters -- has never been done, except perhaps with Little Men
(Louisa May Alcott, Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871) which followed
Little Women (Alcott, same publisher, 1868/1869)
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Air Bud Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch (film, 2002)[No.4 in series] Andrea Framm (Caitlin Wachs) is the dog's wrangler in this version; Josh is off to College, so his sister gets the dog involved in sport this time around. Air Bud Spikes Back (film, 2003)[No.5 in series] Andrea Sullivan (formerly Framm) (Katija Pevec) is primary "dog agent" again, this time with the dog playing volleyball. Tagline: A teenager and her athletic dog . . . ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bang! You're Dead Alfred Hitchcock Presents (CBS, 1955-1960; NBC, 1960-1963; NBC, 1985-1987; USA Network, 1987-1988) "Bang! You're Dead", 1961 Jackie Chester (Billy Mumy) has a gun. Be worried. "Bang! You're Dead" (segment of "Pilot", 5 May 1985 Amanda (Bianca Rose) is now the one with the gun. Keep worrying. ------------------------------------------------------------------ The Black Stallion The Young Black Stallion (film, 2003)[No.3 in series] This is a "prequel" to The Black Stallion (1979) and The Black Stallion Returns (1983), all three by the same author. This installment is the story of Neera (Biana Tamimi), "a young girl who befriends a young black stallion". [quote from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Young_Black_Stallion] ------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr Dolittle Dr Dolittle 3 (film, 2006)[No.3 in series] Maya Dolittle (Kaya Pratt) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Willy Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove (film, 2010)[No.4 in series] Kirra Cooper (Bindi Irwin) bonds with whale and tries to help him find his pod (home). ------------------------------------------------------------------ Karate Kid The Next Karate Kid (film, 1994)[No.4 in series] Julie Pierce (Hilary Swank) (NOTE: in 2010, the franchise returned to a main-character boy in the remake The Karate Kid, with Jaden Smith as Dre Parker) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lassie Courage of Lassie (1946)[No.3 in series] After beginning her long road home with Joe Carraclough (Roddy McDowall) in Lassie Come Home (1943) and a sequel, Son of Lassie (1945, featuring Laddie along with Joe Carraclough [Peter Lawford]), the dogs took a break from boy-humans in this film, which has Kathie Merrick (Elizabeth Taylor) adopting the canine, then misplacing her -- wait, it's actually him, and the dog's name is Bill! The Lassie franchise, of course, continues ad infinitum in movies as well as TV, with most of the human-handling done by boys: Jeff Miller (Tommy Rettig) in the Lassie TV series from 1954-1957; Timmy Martin (Jon Provost) continuing in the TV series, 1957-1964 and in the feature Lassie's Great Adventure (1963); Chip Stratton (Shane Sinutko) along with his sister, Samantha Stratton (Sally Boyden), who share the caretaking chores in Lassie: A New Beginning (tv film, 1978); Will McCullough (Will Estes [Will Nipper]) in The New Lassie, back on TV (1989-1992); Matthew Turner (Thomas Guiry) in Lassie (film, 1994, story updated; not a remake); Timmy Cabot (Corey Sevier) in yet another TV series called Lassie (1997-1999); and so on, and so on . . . [For a more complete list (when you've got lotsa time), see at IMDb.com/ ] ------------------------------------------------------------------ Oliver! (stage) Girls commonly play the parts of Fagin's "boys" in productions mounted in the 1990s and later. ------------------------------------------------------------------ The Omen Omen IV: The Awakening (film, 1991)[No.4 in series] Delia York (Asia Vieira) replaces the evil (and dead) Damien Thorn. (NOTE: in 2006, it's back to the boy as evil incarnate, with Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick as Damien, alive again in The Omen, a remake of the 1976 original) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Prehysteria! Prehysteria! 3 (film, 1995)[No.3 in series] Ella MacGregor (Whitney Anderson) and her family get help from the dinosaurs to save their family mini-putt (miniature golf) business that has been taken over by an evil villain (!).