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* [[Conspicuous Trenchcoat]]: The 'verse has two examples of this trope:

** Magnesite, a general from the Dark Kingdom created in the setting, becomes so enamored of [[Humphrey Bogart]] movies (due to his coincidental resemblance to the actor) that when he is imprisoned he keeps reviewing them in his mind to avoid [[Fate Worse Than Death|death by boredom]]. The result several hundred years later is a person who uncontrollably acts like Bogey, spending his (unlife) trying to bring private detective work and noir to sparkling-white Crystal Tokyo. His trenchcoat is his trademark, something all the Senshi know.

** Ferrite is a cursed human from the Silver Millennium who keeps being reincarnated throughout history until he finally meets up with the Sailors in the 20th century. His former Guardian powers change into a trenchcoat with infinite pockets, the ability to throw yellow roses from the trenchcoat similar to Tuxedo Mask, and he uses an ancient blunderbuss that can kill with one shot. Ferrite's alter ego calls himself Trenchcoat Mask in the modern day.

** Justified (well, as justified as such a thing can be in the fanfic industry): a method of trans-dimensional travel allows characters from the ''Sailor Moon'' universe to travel to other dimensions on the conceit that ''every anime and manga ever produced'' has its own separate universe. The various Dark Kingdom Renegades seemed to run into this quite often in their early years on Earth, having traveled to the worlds for ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]'' and ''[[Ranma ½]]'' just for starters, and later to ''[[Urotsukidouji]]'' (aka ''Legend of the Overfiend''), where Titanite encountered said Overfiend. With her disguise device set to her Sailor uniform... [[Squick|and broken]]. Thankfully, the author managed to avoid following the obvious to its conclusion in a manner most awesome. And in an [[Dead Fic|unfinished story]], Titanite finds herself in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', and unfamiliar with the series, tries to understand it in terms of the classic [[Humongous Mecha]] shows she's seen in the past.

** To make things doubly interesting, the laws of these various dimensions seem to apply themselves to trans-dimensional visitors over time. Thus, in the Ranmaverse, [[Aloof Big Brother|Calcite]] takes on the mannerisms of a wizened martial arts master, and felinoid Margrave becomes even more [[catgirl]]ish than usual. The Renegades use this to their advantage; as long as they remain in the ''Sailor Moon'' universe and work on behalf of the forces of good, they are nigh indestructible.

* [[Meta Fic]]: ''SME'' has a series of stories which deal with the everyday lives of the various characters. They operate with the conceit that all of the characters, original and fan created, are actors on a vast movie set, with the various authors as the directors. This would lead to a number of instances where segments of "actual" stories would be transcribed, only to veer off-track when a completely unrelated character wanders "on screen" with some actor-related grievance.

** Of particular hilariousness was an instance where the author of a long-running-but-never-quite-finished story was kidnapped by his own characters and locked in a room with a supply of MREs, a chemical toilet, and a computer, there to remain until he finally finished the story. Though he was prematurely released by the impact of an asteroid soundstage belonging to a newly arriving author, the story was eventually completed.