Sailor Moon Expanded

Sailor Moon Expanded was an impressive Fan Verse project from the 1990s. The writings of over a dozen authors were combined with the goal of adding new and interesting characters, stories, and information to the Sailor Moon universe without contradicting established Canon (as defined by the original animated series). In many instances, particularly in the works of Mark Latus, the expanded material is more interesting and concise than the original source. Its stories ranged from before the fall of the Silver Millennium to the Crystal Tokyo era.

It demonstrates a few idiosyncrasies that can be linked to the era it was written in, a few of which resulted in some of the most inspired writing in the series. For instance, while the writers knew the basic outline of the early Sailor V manga (not to confused with the later Adaptation Expansion, Codename: Sailor V), they had precious few details and created their own villain for Sailor V to have fought -- Calcite, the human-appearing youma leader, who turned out to be not nearly as evil as he appeared, and the leader of the Dark Kingdom Renegades.

There are several main arcs to SME:


 * 1) The Dark Kingdom Renegades
 * 2) Bogosity
 * 3) Magnesite
 * 4) Trenchcoat Mask

The Sailor Moon Expanded project is sadly long dead. A Wayback Machine archive of the stories can be found here.


 * Alien Lunch: In the Crystal Tokyo era, humanoid youma Titanite (aka "Sailor Polaris") runs a restaurant that specializes in the cuisine of the Dark Kingdom. (Which is based around various alien fungi and arthropods, very heavily spiced.)  While originally intended as a "home cooking" place for the few other survivors of the Dark Kingdom, it unexpectedly becomes popular with humans, mainly because of the bragging rights earned from eating food even Klingons might hesitate to consume.


 * Alternate Universe: The Dark Kingdom Renegades discover how to travel to various parallel worlds, including a Mirror Universe and the world of the original Bubblegum Crisis.


 * Ambiguously Human: "Humanic" (human mimic) youma, who externally appear completely human.  They are an incredibly tiny minority among the typically monstrous and demonic youma.


 * Anti-Villain: Margrave.


 * Badass Longcoat: Trenchcoat Mask.


 * Battle Couple: Calcite and Sailor Venus in the Crystal Tokyo era, depending on what phase of their cyclic relationship they're in (they periodically break up and get back together over the centuries).


 * Break the Cutie: Reluctantly done to the Mirror Universe version of Titanite by the other Renegades because she was too young to understand the need to keep up the Masquerade they needed to maintain just to survive.  To save themselves they broke the mind of an innocent, loving girl and turned her into a Complete Monster.


 * Cat Girl: Margrave, a felinoid youma who managed to survive the fall of the Dark Kingdom.


 * Clap Your Hands If You Believe: In the Crystal Tokyo era, the undeniable power of the True Senshi engenders a degree of belief in sailor-suited supergirls that actually boosts the power of the Lesser Senshi -- any super-powered girl who puts on a Sailor Fuku and calls herself "Sailor something".


 * Coat, Hat, Mask: Trenchcoat Mask.


 * Corporate-Sponsored Superhero: In the Crystal Tokyo era, some of the Lesser Senshi serve corporations.

" "Brightness beyond dawn, Turquoise beyond blood that flows, Servant of the Eternal City, In Serenity's name, I pledge myself to the light. All the evil that threatens earth will be punished By the power of the Senshi. MALLET SLAVE!"
 * Curb Stomp Battle: From the incomplete side story Zeon Genesis Bogosity, Titanite/Sailor Polaris smashing Matariel, the ninth Angel with a giant Hyperspace Mallet.  For Bonus Points, she does it while Teleport Spamming to keep it from targeting her, while chanting:


 * One hit, and it's flattened.


 * Defector From Decadence: The Dark Kingdom Renegades.


 * Exclusively Evil: Subverted.  The youma of the Dark Kingdom initially appeared this way, but as stories were written it became clear that there were clear gradations of "evilness" among them, from Complete Monsters to some whose "evil" was more an Informed Attribute than anything else.  And then there were the "sports" like the Dark Kingdom Renegades, who were born with a more human sense of morality.


 * Expanded Universe: A rare fan-driven and fan-written example.


 * Fan Verse: One of the very first and a prime example.


 * Fan Girl: Titanite is a serious anime and Sailor Senshi fan girl.


 * Fisher Kingdom: When the Dark Kingdom Renegades begin exploring other universes, they discover that there is an "adaptation effect" which forces extraplanar visitors to take on the characteristics of an existing native of that universe, usually one who is already similar to the visitor in some way.

"Ti spread her hands disarmingly. "Come on, you have to admit this is classic stuff. You've got giant robots fighting evil alien invaders. All it needs to complete the setup is for the robots to be operated by plucky kids and built by the mad scientist father or uncle of one of them. Or he's got a cute daughter and all the pilots have a crush on her." Misato blinked again and hesitantly muttered, "Uhm ... that's also classified.""
 * Genre Savvy: In Zeon Genesis Bogosity, during their first meeting Titanite points out to Misato Katsuragi how much like a giant robot anime the Neon Genesis Evangelion world is:


 * She also immediately susses out that the Angels are clearly after something in Tokyo-3. Although she immediately seems to dismiss it, she later investigates "the thing in the basement".


 * Half-Identical Twins: Calcite and Titanite, despite Titanite apparently being five or more years Calcite's junior.  It was revealed late in the Dark Kingdom Renegades series that the two were born twins, but their youma mother put the infant Titanite into Suspended Animation until Calcite was old enough to look after her himself.


 * Hammerspace: Called "pocketspace" in-universe.


 * Hyperspace Mallet: Humanoid youma anime fan Titanite figures out how to use her psychoplasm powers to create and dismiss mallets as needed.

""In that case I'm an emissary from the planet Sailor which orbits the star you call Polaris. Greetings earthling, I come in peace.""
 * I Come in Peace: When Misato Katsuragi refuses to believe Titanite has come from a universe full of Magical Girls, Titanite nods and says,


 * Legacy Hero: In Zeon Genesis Bogosity, set during the Crystal Tokyo era, Titanite offhandedly mentions that it's become a tradition for an Extraordinarily Empowered Girl of any stripe to put on a Sailor Fuku, call herself "Sailor something" and use her abilities for the public good.


 * Luke, I Am Your Father: It's eventually revealed that Calcite and Titanite's father is .  It's not too traumatic, because by that point he's long dead.


 * Magitek: Called both "magsci" and "technomagic" in-universe.


 * Mirror Universe: One of the first universes the Dark Kingdom Renegades discover when they first begin exploring parallel worlds is one where their counterparts led the Dark Kingdom to victory over the Earth.  Subverted in that most of their counterparts aren't "evil reflections" -- they were simply a little more pragmatic and a little more desperate to save themselves, and thus were willing to take slightly more extreme measures than the DKR had felt comfortable taking in their universe.  The only one of their counterparts who was actually evil was their Titanite -- and that was because she had been too young to maintain the Masquerade that kept them alive, and the others had been reluctantly forced to break her mind and turn her evil for real.


 * Post-Industrial Stasis: In the Crystal Tokyo era, there is a general perception that technological development essentially stagnated after the period known as "The Great Darkness".  This is in fact a misconception, but it has slowed considerably, and in some cases magic or technomagic provides easier solutions to specific problems that do not provide additional payoffs the way scientific solutions often do.


 * Private Eye Monologue: Magnesite lives to embody this trope. While a mid-ranking baron in the Dark Kingdom, he had his agents bring him earth video equipment so that he could watch old videos of Humphrey Bogart, to whom he bears a remarkable resemblance. He was eventually trapped in a crystal prison by the Sailor Senshi and his former subordinate Calcite, and the only way for him to pass the time for the next 800 years was to replay every Bogart movie he's ever seen. Line by line, scene by scene, from memory. After he is released and placed on parole by Neo-Queen Serenity, he seeks employment in his idol's footsteps as a seedy detective. Unfortunately, Crystal Tokyo is a utopia, which clashes with his desired dingy atmosphere. In addition, because of his prolonged confinement and means of passing the time, he constantly thinks to himself in terms of the Private Eye Monologue. Sometimes, though, in accordance with the Rule of Funny, he will accidentally monologue out loud; usually when the "dizzy dame with legs that could wrap around my waist with room to spare" standing in front of him is a Senshi looking for a reason to inflict harm.


 * Slowly Slipping Into Evil: The Mirror Universe versions of the Dark Kingdom Renegades.


 * Teleport Spam: As an adult Titanite can easily make use of this tactic when needed.