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A [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Bonus Material]], where artists make what could be described as official [[Fan Art]]. They draw scenes of the characters doing things that aren't actually in the work as such.

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' occasionally has these. The earlier ones are generally more [[Fan Service]]-y, (like having a few of the girls in swimsuits or a [["Happy Holidays" Dress]]) but more recent ones features stuff like [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v32/c286/6.html group shots of Ala Alba] looking [[Badass]].

** Invoked/[[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in a [[Breather Episode]] chapter after the Kyoto Arc; it revolves around [[School Newspaper Newshound|Asakura]] trying to take pictures for the [[Class Trip]], resulting in a chapter that's full of these types of pictures.

* Done for some covers of ''[[The Law of Ueki]]''; one [[Beach Episode]] cover is mentioned in an omake inside as a weird dream a character had. (And another character mentions that she wouldn't be wearing her glasses in that situation.)

* The credits sequence for ''[[Divergence Eve]]'' is nothing but this sort of stuff.

* [[Rumiko Takahashi]] indulges in this trope A LOT. But of particular note is ''[[Ranma ½]]'', where she takes the chance to put [[Ms. Fanservice|the titular, self-assured and macho]] [[Gender Bender]] [[Pimped-Out Dress|in]] [["Happy Holidays" Dress|extremely]], [[All Guys Want Cheerleaders|uncharacteristically]] [[She Cleans Up Nicely|feminine]] [[Sexy Santa Dress|clothes]] ([[Mini-Dress of Power|or]] [[Stripperiffic|less]]) [[Beach Episode|and]] [[Jungle Princess|settings]] ''[[Showing Off the New Body|and]] [[Out-of-Character Moment|enjoying it]]'' --[[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|even the]] [[Catgirl]] [[Cosplay|outfits]]! This is [[Rule of Funny|possibly deliberate]], as a subversion of [[Fan Service]] and gender roles at the expense of fans and the character her[him]self, since Ranma ''vehemently'' DESPISES wearing feminine clothes or doing girly things [[Manipulative Bastard|unless it's for an ulterior motive]], and even then she/he doesn't like it. Other characters, both in this series and others, get this treatment too, but it's not as unusual or surprising (or [[Author Appeal|as common]].)

* [[Naoko Takeuchi]] released 5 different collections of this of the ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' characters, one for each season. She liked drawing them in outer space, teleporting to Paris, or wearing princess outfits, swimsuits, bride's dresses, lingerie, just about anything out of the catalogs she had lying around her house.

* The manga of ''[[Maoyuu Maou Yuusha]]'' sometimes include a page showing the characters in 21st-century clothing rather than the medieval styles appropriate to their setting (well, Head Maid's [[Meido]] costume is already anachronistic). [[Playboy Bunny]] suits, Head Maid as an [[Office Lady]], Demon Queen in [[Sailor Fuku]], Lady Knight with a cell phone up to her ear, Demon Queen '''and''' Grand Princess Fire Dragon dressed as maids....

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

** [[Supergirl]] often [http://www.flickr.com/photos/33158682@N06/5171222532/ asked her readers for costume designs], and even wound up wearing some of them in actual stories.

** This wasn't exclusive to girls or girl-oriented comics. [[Batman|Robin]] was a frequent target for reader-designed costumes -- [http://moongemcomics.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-look-for-robin.html here, for example].

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* The [http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/warrior-xmas/ Warrior Christmas comic book]. People try to read it as a story but it's really just a series of pinups.

* ''[[Twokinds]]'' has the author's whole [[Deviant ART]] full of [http://twokinds.deviantart.com/ such images]. (Some are NSFW, so they can't be seen without registering.)

{{quote|'''R.K.Milholland:'''Here's a fun game! Seeing how all the characters are based (closely) on real people whom I call friends, start a deadpool to guess which of them will be the first to kill me for the swimsuit issue. }}

* In ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', the Sketchbook and Newspaper, with parts [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-05-21 occasionally] squirreled into the canon.

* ''[[Skin Horse]]'' periodically has non-canon one-off drawings of the characters having fun (or with Kip showing off a pretty dress).

 

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