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Compare with [[Canon Fodder]], [[OC Stand In]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
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** 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.
** Gary Seven and Roberta Lincoln, who were actually ''designed'' to [[Poorly
** So why did [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome|Yeoman Rand]] leave the ''Enterprise'' anyway? One ''[[Star Trek Expanded Universe]]'' novel explained she had been pregnant, possibly with Captain Kirk's child.
* Vash, the [[Adventurer Archaeologist]] on ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation]]'', eventually became a major character in the ''Millennium'' novels.
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== Toys ==
* The [[Hero Factory]] Recon Team was specifically set up by [[LEGO]] as a place where fans can insert their own Hero into the [[Hero Factory]] 'verse. ([[Merchandise
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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 (Animation)|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 [[
* ''[[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
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