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*** ''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
*** ''[[Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows]]'' from Neville's point of view - ''[[DumbledoresDumbledore's Army and Thethe Year of Darkness (Fanfic)|Dumbledores Army and The Year of Darkness]]'' follows this, of course.
** Bill Weasley. It's mentioned that he is more-or-less an [[Adventurer Archaeologist]], but this is never actually shown.
** The Hogwarts founders. These fics are mostly a vehicle for demonstrating that fanfic writers have [[You Fail History Forever|absolutely no concept of how different life in 1000 A.D. was]].
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** Madame Vastra and her [[Ninja Maid]] Jenny from "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S32 E7 A Good Man Goes to War|A Good Man Goes to War]]". From the day the episode aired there has been an active Facebook group petitioning for them to have their own spin-off show.
** 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: theThe 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-Disguised Pilot|go off on their own adventures]], but never did.
** 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: theThe Next Generation]]'', eventually became a major character in the ''Millennium'' novels.
* Mini-Jack, the clone of Jack O'Neill who appeared in one episide of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' and was never mentioned again.
** The [[Noodle Incident]] mentioned in the episode "Emancipation" in which Carter drank something which apparently caused her to partially or completely strip. Fuel for [[Shipping|shippers]], naturally.
* [[I CarlyICarly]] featured a one-episode, badass, smoking hot [[Gamer Chick]] named Sasha Striker. She's kinda like Lilah from ''[[Ctrl +Alt +Del]]'', shares some [[Foe Yay]] with Spencer, and finishes the show by giving him a big sexy kiss before leaving.
* Recent ''[[Power Rangers]]'' biggies include: The [[Power Rangers Operation Overdrive|Retro Rangers]]' extended offscreen period of action, [[Power Rangers Dino Thunder|Conner's brother]], previous teams [[After the End]] in the ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]'' universe, and any departing team to keep their powers.
* [[Hikari Sentai Maskman|X1 Mask]], the Ranger who appeared only once.
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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 [[Everything's Better Withwith 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 (Animationanimation)|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 Thethe Ages|is still a mystery]].
 
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