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The contest winner's cameo could turn out to be anything from a simple appearance in the background, to playing a role in an important scene in the story. Or, depending on the tone, [[Death By Cameo|to be horribly killed]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
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* The creator of the manga [[Zodiac PI]] held a contest to create one of the little Zodiac sprites that assist the main character, Lilli. The winner, a Libra sprite, was featured in a full chapter with her own name and personality, and even appeared in several omakes!
* The ''Rallis the Star Bird'' card featured in one episode of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh GX]]'' was a fan design.
* A pretty regular feature of [[Kongoh Bancho]]: some of the fan-designed Banchos get to be prominent antagonists (three members of [[Five
* The upcoming anime short film (29 mins) ''Mai no Mahō to Katei no Hi'' is the winning story from a contest to create an anime to promote the Toyama Prefectural Family Day (or 'Katei no Hi') (the third Sunday in each month). The contest winner Moeko Shimizu was in fourth grade when she won the contest in 2005.
* Makoto Hanamatsuura, who appears in a bonus chapter of the ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' manga, was a real person who won a 2 million yen bid at a charity auction benefiting the victims of the Kobe Earthquake in 1995. No word on whether he was happy with his "Tubby Mask" scene.
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* Several [[NPC|NPCs]] in ''[[Fable II (Video Game)|Fable II]]'' are named for people that won lots at the [[Penny Arcade]] [[Childs Play]] charity auction.
* A few [[NPC|NPCs]] in ''[[Breath of Fire]] III'' are named after contest winners. These same people also named some in-game items and a few fish.
* ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum (Video Game)|Batman Arkham Asylum]]'': in the room were you find Clayface there are a set of stairs that lead to a cell where a creepy prisoner with one arm is being held; this prisoner was the winner of a contest.
** Strangely, the prisoner isn't even really one-armed; using Detective Mode reveals it's just behind his back.
* ''[[Ratchet and Clank]]: A Crack in Time'':
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* Dan Emmerson won a contest for his [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_AexmWZZL4&feature=player_embedded Meat Cello] entry and wound up in the second level of ''[[Dead Space 2 (Video Game)|Dead Space 2]]''. The name of the contest, [[Death By Cameo|"Get Dismembered in Dead Space 2"]], gives away what would happen to him.
* ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]] 2'' has Nikko, a pazaak player who appears on Onderon during the course of the game. His appearance was based off the likeness of a contest winner named Paul Keeler, who also won a trip to the [[Lucas Arts]] studios in the deal.
* ''[[Tales of Monkey Island (Video Game)|Tales of Monkey Island]]'': Lizink's Wig of Foppery, {{spoiler|which Bailiff Killick Hardtack is compelled to wear after losing his case against Guybrush}} in Chapter 4, is named after the [http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-498 screen name of Liz Johnston], [http://pc.ign.com/articles/102/1027699p1.html a native of British Columbia], [[Canada, Eh?]], and Telltale Games' winner of the "How Has Guybrush Wronged You Competition" in the "Game Designer for a Day" contest ([http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-474 which started on July 14, 2009, a week after the release of Chapter 1]); her winning line, "He dug up my perfectly good X!", appears in Hardtack's accusation against Guybrush. Not only that, but her name also appears on the list of "Designer for a Day Finalists" in the end credits of Chapter 4.
* Irrational Games ''[[Bio Shock Infinite (Video Game)|Bio Shock Infinite]]'' held a contest to get a fan's name in the game. The winner was a fellow named Payton Lane Easter who is now the proud owner of a [http://irrationalgames.com/files/2011/05/paytonlaneeaster_finalasset.jpg robot horse company].
* The winner of a contest at E3 2009, Charlie Malone, was made into a patient in ''[[Trauma Center|Trauma Team]]''.
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