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[[File:katy_keene_pinup_13e_1763katy keene pinup 13e 1763.jpg|link=Katy Keene (Comic Book)|rightframe|It's thanks to fans like Gil, that Katy has [[Unlimited Wardrobe|so, so many]] [[Pretty in Mink]] [[Pimped -Out Dress|dresses]].]]

A common form is to directly ask fans for stuff, and they send it in. Sometimes there is a contest for a major thing to incorporate. Credit is usually given to the senders, partly as a courtesy to the fans, and partly to avoid [[Plagiarism]].

A [[Sub -Trope]] of [[Audience Participation]] (this trope require a process to submit and apply, unlike the other forms).

Compare [[Caption Contest]], [[Contest Winner Cameo]], [[Harpo Does Something Funny]] (having the actors submit stuff that wasn't in the script), [[Throw It In]], [[Promoted Fanboy]], [[Approval of God]].

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* The creators of ''[[Kinnikuman]]'' and ''[[Kinnikuman Nisei]]'' thrive off fan-submissions, with many of the series [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Ensemble Darkhorses]]s coming from fan characters that caught on, such as Ramenman.

* The 1980s version of the comic book ''[[Dial H for Hero (Comic Book)|Dial H for Hero]]'' had the protagonists use their H-dials to transform into fan-submitted characters.

** [[Harlan Ellison]] submitted a [httphttps://goodcomicswww.comicbookresourcescbr.com/2012/01/27/comic-book-legends-revealed-351/3/ villain].

* ''[[Katy Keene (Comic Book)|Katy Keene]]'' was able to have all that [[Costume Porn]] because the artists actually incorporated outfit submissions from fans. Virtually every submitted outfit has a caption nearby giving credit to whoever sent in the design.

* ''[[Millie the Model]]'' also incorporated costume submissions from fans.

* ''[[Comic Book/Patsy Walker|Patsy Walker]]'' also incorporated costume submissions from fans.

* Fans can have their submitted characters appear in ''[[Pride High]]''. One fan-created character even joined the main cast.

* In ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Theatre)|A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'', at one point Pseudolus pretends to be a [[Fortune Teller]] to distract Erronius. He will sometimes turn to the audience and ask for help.

* The ''[[Myth Busters (TV)|Myth BustersMythBusters]]'' requested socks for the Knock Your Socks Off Myth (was originally going to be the "Lost Socks in the Dryer" myth, but they changed their minds). This is in addition to all of the unsolicited items sent in by fans.

** The monster from the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[Doctor Who (TV)/NS/Recap/S2 S28/E10 Love and Monsters|Love and Monsters]]" was from the winner of a ''Blue Peter'' contest. (''Blue Peter'' also ran a similar competition back in the early days of the classic series, but that time the winning monster only appeared on ''Blue Peter'', not in ''Doctor Who'' itself.)

** The half-a-TARDIS-console-room used by Idris and the Doctor in [[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S32 E4/E04 The DoctorsDoctor's Wife|"The Doctor's Wife"]] was also designed by a ''Blue Peter'' contest.

* [[Barenaked Ladies (Music)|Barenaked Ladies]] had a contest for people to send in video of them lipsynching to their song "Wind it Up", and [http://youtu.be/4yIyumRRJkA various clips were made into the video].

* [[Placebo (Music)|Placebo]]'s music video for their cover of [[Kate Bush]]'s "Running Up That Hill" is made of clips from videos of fans lip-synching.

* The cover of [[Sonic Youth (Music)|Sonic Youth]]'s ''Washing Machine'' is a picture sent in by a fan.

* In 1986, MTV sponsored a contest called "Make My Video" in which viewers were encouraged to send in a video set to [[Madonna]]'s then recent single ''True Blue'' (from the album of the same name). [[Or So IheardI Heard|Evidently]], one day was dedicated to playing all of the submitted videos until the winning entry was announced. It was then shown until Madonna's official video for the song debuted.

* ''[[Magic: theThe Gathering (Tabletop Game)|Magic the Gathering]]'':

** ''Magic'' has held a "You Make the Card" event three times, allowing players to submit and vote on cards that would eventually become [http://www.magiccards.info/autocard.php?card=Forgotten+Ancient Forgotten Ancient]{{Dead link}}, [http://www.magiccards.info/autocard.php?card=Crucible+of+Worlds Crucible of Worlds]{{Dead link}}, and [http://www.magiccards.info/autocard.php?card=Vanish+Into+Memory Vanish Into Memory]{{Dead link}}.

** The now-discontinued annual [https://web.archive.org/web/20130807071618/http://wiki.mtgsalvation.com/article/Magic_Invitational Magic Invitational] tournament invited the game's top players to compete for the chance to submit their own custom card to the game and get their face featured in its artwork. Since the Invitational players included some of the best in the world, many of these cards turned out to be tournament powerhouses, like [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=83771 Dark Confidant], [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=49434 Solemn Simulacrum], and [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=227676 Snapcaster Mage].

* Occasionally, [[Capcom]] would hold a contest asking for drawings of villains to be in the next ''[[Mega Man (Videovideo Gamegame)|Mega Man]]'' game.

* On multiple occasions, ''[[RunescapeRuneScape]]'' has solicited fan ideas for content. The pub in southeast Ardougne, for example, was designed and voted on by players, and the name of the sea monster Thalassus from the "Deadliest Catch" quest was suggested and selected by the public.

* ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'' has added fan-created "community" weapons to the list of items that can be found during game.

* Free Software/Open Source games like ''[[Open Arena (Video Game)|Open ArenaOpenArena]]'' and ''[[Video Game/Nexuiz|Nexuiz]]''/''[[Video Game/Xonotic|Xonotic]]'' are composed entirely of fan-made content.

* In ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'', a contest was held where the winning fan would get to name one of the upcoming game's special super-bosses. The winner was a boy named Kurt Zisa, who promptly named the boss after himself.

* In ''[[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Atop the Fourth Wall]]'', Pollo's new robot design was decided by a submission contest.

* The ''[[Riff Trax (Podcast)|Riff Trax]]'' for ''[[Batman and Robin (Filmfilm)|Batman and Robin]]'' was of lines sent in by fans.

* Similarly, the [[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|Angry Video Game Nerd]]'s review of ''[[Deadly Towers (Video Game)|Deadly Towers]]'' consists almost entirely of lines written by fans.

* The ''[[Beetlejuice (Animationanimation)|Beetlejuice]]'' ep "Brides of Funkenstein" was written by young fans.

* ''[[DextersDexter's Laboratory (Animation)|Dexters Laboratory]]'' has an episode, "Dexter and Computress Get Mandark!", that looks like it was animated by a small child. The story was written, and narrated, by a young fan.<ref>with help from his mother</ref>

* The ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures (Animation)|Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' ep "Buster and Babs Go Hawaiian" was written by young fans.

* The ''[[Adventure Time (Animation)|Adventure Time]]'' episode “Jake vs. Me-Mow” featured a new character (Me-Mow) based on a drawing made by a young fan (used as the episode’s title card).

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