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Most of the time, this is to combat particular instances of [[Character Derailment]], or because the author really just has a [[Single-Issue Wonk|particular dislike]] for a character, but feels that using a different version is more magnanimous than not at all. Sometimes it's due to not having seen a certain adaptation of the character (a comic book hero versus a television version of the hero). Other times, one odd version of the character ended up being more interesting than every other, especially a [[Ascended Extra]]. And perhaps the writer [[They Just Didn't Care|just doesn't]] ''realize'' that the character is different in this version.

*** Granted, the sequel has everyone (except Kirei, who no one likes) alive. Including someone who was dead at the ''beginning'' of the first game. {{spoiler|Then again, dream world, so...}}

** A good majority of Type-Moon [[Bat Family Crossover]] fanfics depict ''[[Tsukihime]]'' and ''[[Kara no Kyoukai:]]'' as happening in the same universe. Canon however has shown them to be [[Alternate Universe|separate universes to each other]]. [[Justified Trope|In fairness]], it's very likely that some version of the ''[[Kara no Kyoukai:]]'' characters exist in the ''[[Tsukihime]]'' universe and vice versa (with the notable exception of Arcueid -- [[Word of God]] has stated that the [[Our Vampires Are Different|True Ancestors]] don't exist in ''KnK''). Moreover [[Fan Wank|since there are canonically an infinite possible number of realities in the Nasuverse where anything can happen, it is possible for a reality where the events of both canons happened to exist.]]

* ''[[Dirty Pair]]'' fanfic tends to blur the lines between the various [[Alternate Continuity|Alternate Continuities]] of the series, like the '80s anime version or Adam Warren's Amerimanga.

* ''[[X-Men]]'' fanfics occasionally give comicverse Gambit his first animated counterpart's habit of talking in third person.

** The ''Daughter of Darkness'' movie is an example of an official work doing exactly this: it uses the OAV version of Tenchi's house, but also has Kiyone living there, and has no connection to any other version of the canon.

*** Actually, "Daughter of Darkness" takes place in the continuity of Naoko Hasegawa's Tenchi novels. Hasegawa's novels are set in a timeline that picks up where episode 6 of the OAV left off, and ignores everything from episode 7 onwards (mostly because those episodes hadn't come out yet when she started writing the novels). Incidently, these novels are where the character Kiyone was introduced for the very first time.

* There's been a recent fad of fics that attempt to incorporate Harley Quinn into the [[Dark Knight Trilogy|Nolanverse]].

* ''[[Wicked (novel)|Wicked]]'' Can you say Booksical? I knew you could. Granted, the mixes aren't that common besides the occasional vocabulary from the book, along with a few of the concepts in the book (such as Nessarose being religious) not taken in [[Adaptation Distillation|the musical version]] are included. And two and a half characters. (Crope, Tibbett, and reverting Avaric from servant boy to [[Draco in Leather Pants|the collected bastard he was]].)

** ''[[Wicked (novel)|Wicked]]'' itself is an example of this trope. For copyright reasons, it's officially supposed to be based on the original ''Oz'' books, but both the book and musical draw heavily from the MGM ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' film.

* This trope is so common with ''[[Transformers]]'' fanfic (in part due to the multiversal nature of the franchise), that it's acquired its own in-fandom term: [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Personal_canon personal canon].

* ''[[Winx Club]]'' fanfictions often note whether the characterization is based on the 4kids or RAI version of the cartoon

* ''[[Pokémon]]'' fanfiction, particularly those centered around an original trainer, will often use elements from both the games, such as the character facing the Elite Four (not a tournament), and the animé, such as professors routinely handing out the starter Pokémon to new trainers, or the concept of Pokémon only being able to say their names.

** The same can also happen with fics that place undeveloped characters from the games into the animé's continuity. In these cases, it's fairly common for the writer to give the character in question traits from their ''[[Alternate Continuity|Pokémon Special]]'' counterparts, along with what little characterization the game gives them.

*** Things can get a little confusing in this manner when it comes to talking about Gary Oak's sister. One manga gives her name as May, the games give her name as Daisy -- ''both'' of which are taken by other characters in the anime.

* ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fanfics often mix the book and movie canons, albeit probably unknowingly part of the time. This is particularly common with character quirks which only appeared in the films, such as Hermione referring to Ron as "Ronald" when she's displeased with him. Also, fanfiction generally assumes Hogwarts students wear the uniforms used in the movies.[[Justified Trope|Justified]] in that, based on the descriptions, the book uniforms would be rather impractical.

** Not to mention the fact that the Hogwarts uniform mysteriously stops including the pointy hats, [[Wild Mass Guessing|possibly around the time JKR saw the first movie and realised how silly they looked.]]