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On The Way is an American animated comedy franchise focusing on a gang of five teenagers consisting of Lawrence Walters, Jake Miller, Gillan Karen, Flo Richard, and Sherrie MacLayne. The franchise was created by Xavier Mosley and the first three characters debuted in the first live-action film of the same name on June 8, 2018, while Flo and Sherrie debuted for brief scenes in the follow-up television special Lost in London. After doing the prequel One Year Ago, he went on to develop a fully animated half-hour prime time television series titled On The Way: The Animated Adventures that aired on Fox on December 6, 2020, leading to the animated series having full focus in the franchise and its media.

On The Way: The Animated Movie, a feature-length film to the television series, was released in 2028 (10 years after the first film). The franchise, as a whole, is the most popular comedy franchise to Lucasfilm Ltd. and Columbia Pictures.

On The Way (2018)
Lawrence Walters, Jake Miller and Gillan Karen, who are called The Boys, get told by Melvin Mendaler to bring a cake to his late brother's funeral to San Francisco, which leads them to a matter of life and death with a wanted couple.

On The Way: One Year Ago (2020)
Taking place in 2017, Lawrence meets Jake and Gillan from bumping into each other and become best friends. Meanwhile, a former mayor and his German hubby plan to get people to re-elect him for mayor.

On The Way: The Animated Movie (2028)
It is focused on Lawrence leaving Corpus Christi to go back to his original home Prescott, Arizona, but end up in New York instead with Jake and Gillan that have stowed away, so Flo and Sherrie get some word and bring them home.

On The Way: Lost in London
The Boys decide to go on vacation, but after getting to the airport, they get their suitcase swapped by an assassin from London, where she returns to. That in which the Boys follow her to London to get it back and later discover that she is out to kill Queen Elisabeth II.

On The Way: The Animated Adventures
The series focuses with the Boys and the recurring characters in Corpus Christi.

Those Guys crossover with On The Way
The 22-minute long crossover with Those Guys called "Those Guys and Those Boys" follows the Aux Jefferson and Pete Walker traveling the country, only to, later on, have their car's engine go out, leaving them stuck in Corpus, where they meet and befriend the Boys and MacLayne family.

Best Buds Forever
The short is a music video focusing on Jake and Gillan.

Two Girls and a Hamster
Sherrie gets the aid of Flo to help her find the school hamster.

On The Way: The Game
The Boys, Flo and Sherrie enter a virtual reality of their town.

On The Way: App-venture
Lawrence's latest invention causes destruction throughout Corpus, so he and the others must rebuild the town.

Merchandise
The merchandising business was to help promote the series' media such as the films and/or TV series.

Home releases
All three films have released on DVD and Blu-ray from October 16, 2018, to October 10, 2028. All nine seasons were only released on DVD.

Music
On The Way has three CD releases of original songs and licensed songs featured in the films and series with Songs To Dance To & Music To Listen To from On The Way: The Animated Adventures, and the score from and On The Way: The Animated Movie.

Action figures
Both McFarlane Toys and Hasbro released a line of action figures, respectively promoting the 100th episode of the series and the film.

Lego
In 2030, Lego produces a line of sets based on On The Way: The Animated Adventures, including a collectable series of Lego Minifigures, to celebrate the 200th episode of the series.

Cast and characters
NOTE: The empty bars mean that one of the characters did not make an appearance.

Chronology

 * 1) On The Way: One Year Ago (2020)
 * 2) On The Way (2018)
 * 3) On The Way: Lost in London (2019)
 * 4) On The Way: The Animated Adventures (2020-2029)
 * 5) On The Way: The Animated Movie (2028)