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** Not to mention the adventures of Harry's parents' generation, which has been a staple of fanfiction since ''[[Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' established the broad strokes of their [[Backstory]].
** Any of the books (or, for the more ambitious, the whole series) [[POV Sequel|retold from the perspective of a character other than Harry]]. Some of the more common choices:
*** ''[[Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets]]'' from Ginny's point of view - Arabella's ''[[Harry Potter/Fanfic Recs/Day in The Lime Light
*** ''Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets'' from Luna's point of view - Basically, an origin story for her, since it's before her first appearance in canon, but we retroactively know it would be her first year at Hogwarts.
*** ''[[Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' from Lupin's point of view
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* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' has been doing this a lot since the 2005 revival. Jenny from "The Doctor's Daughter", and Lady Christina de Souza in "Planet of the Dead" (last seen flying off into the night in a flying London bus) are perfect examples.
** Not to mention Meta-Crisis 10th Doctor, who, depending on if you count the deleted scene (it's up in the air as to if its canon) will have a TARDIS soon and has Rose with him.
** Also Sally Sparrow from Doctor-Lite episode "Blink", and now even Amelia Pond (the 7-year-old version of Eleventh Doctor companion Amy Pond, who doesn't actually travel with him until age 21). This last is possibly because the BBC created a genuinely believable companion character, but then could never get away with having a 7yo girl running off in the TARDIS in the dead of night without even so much as a goodbye note to her aunt Sharon. So the fans wrote the stories instead.
** Madame Vastra and her [[Ninja Maid]] Jenny from "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S32
** In ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' episode ''Death of the Doctor,'' Sarah Jane mentions that she's been looking up other companions online. She mentions Ben and Polly are running an orphanage, Ace is running a charity, etc. Fans assumed that, "running a charity" or "running an orphanage" are like Sarah Jane's title of "Freelance Journalist," a small part of what they do, and possibly a cover for other things. That scene was ripe for a blossoming of ''SJA''-like fanfic spinoffs, with every single companion up for grabs. (Also, the one-time return of Jo Grant and her grandson is a more direct example.)
* [[Star Trek: The Original Series|Captain Kirk]]'s nephew Peter Kirk, who appeared in an original series ep but then was never even reffed again outside the [[Expanded Universe]], is easily used by fic writers. Usually, he seems to join Starfleet, and rarely does he have anything even remotely approaching the career of his famous uncle. But he could be a farmer, a Locarno/Paris-type, an S31 agent, or the builder of the later Enterprises, because he has no canonical fate beyond being sent to Earth to live with his grandmother in Iowa, and that came from unshot scenes.
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** What about Ursa? She gets a million fics explaining what happened to her, because we as viewers have ''absolutely no clue.''
*** Avatar: The Legend of Korra even has a [[Shout-Out]]. It's likely to never be explained.
* ''[[Tale Spin]]'' has more than its share of interesting one-shot characters. Many of these have become popular with fan writers and artists, including [[Adventurer Archaeologist|Adventurer Archaeologists]] Myra ("In Search of Ancient Blunders") and Katie Dodd ("For Whom the Bell Klangs") and spunky [[Everything's Better with Princesses|Princess]] Lotta Lamour ("The Road to Macadamia").
* ''[[South Park]]'': One-shot characters Damien, Gregory, The Mole, and Thomas (the Tourette's kid) are featured in a number of fanfics - but 99.9% of these are for shipping purposes only.
* Red X (as his own character, not {{spoiler|Robin}}, who was X in his first appearance) appeared twice in ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'', and is the show's [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] with many fanfics. It helps that he's an [[Anti-Hero]] / [[Anti-Villain]] whose identity [[Riddle for the Ages|is still a mystery]].
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