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*** Also, the vast majority of reboot fanfic writers write Kirk's stepfather as an alcoholic, ultra-abusive, evil child molester and his mother as depressed and emotionally distant.
*** Deleted scenes from that movie do reveal that Kirk's stepfather was at least mean, loud, and both kids hated him. Kirk's brother ''left home'' because he hated the guy so much. Remember the stepfather yelling at Kirk to bring back "his car"? The same deleted scene shows that the car belongs to George Kirk, and that the stepfather was trying to sell it. The line "[Mom] doesn't know what he's like when she's not around," just adds fuel to the fire.
** ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise|Enterprise]]'' also caused fits when it introduced Captain Erika Hernandez, commander of the second warp-five starship (''Columbia'' NX-02). This stems from the TOS episode "[[Star Trek/Recap/S3
*** One theory is that given her exact wording, "your world of starship captains has no room for women" she could have simply meant that Kirk's life as a captain left no room for a stable long term relationship. Of course blaming him being [[The Captain]] on his [[Anything That Moves]] libido just shows how nuts she was.
** It's commonly suggested (often taken as fact) that [[Voyager]]'s bio-neural gel packs, which arrange information in a similar manner to the human brain, are the reason Voyager's holograms had a tendency to become sentient (while those on the Enterprise-D did not). However, it was never stated on the show.
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** Fanfic tends to portray Anya and Tara as best friends, since neither canonically had one.
** Conventional wisdom is that Anya starting life as a human was a [[Retcon]], but this was in fact part of the character from her first appearance. Giles refers in "The Wish" to the destruction of her power center making her an ordinary woman ''again''. The original script, available on the DVD, included a line about her becoming Anyanka after she summoned a demon who cursed her.
** There is also a common idea that vampires can choose "mates" from the humans around them. Not "mates" in the sense of turning someone into a vampire for companionship, but that a human can be bitten and marked by a vampire, thus taking a form of ownership over that particular human. This would, in turn, offer a sort of protection from other vampires, who would sense the mark, and leave that human alone. There is nothing, repeat ''nothing'', in the Buffy or Angel series that indicates a vampire could do this, or would even be inclined to do so. They are much more likely to either kill or turn a person.
*** There's more fanon about Buffyverse vampires. Like that they have a psychic connection with the vampires they sire, which is ''sometimes'' true, but that only showed up once, and even then it was only in the form of Angel [[Psychic Dreams for Everyone|dreaming about the other vampire's kills]]; it didn't let Angel control him as it does in fanfiction. The fandom also seems to believe that a newly turned vampire is called a 'fledgling.' They are never once referred to as such in canon. Also, while vampires do get stronger with age, there's no particular point at which a vampire becomes a 'master'; it just seems to be a general term used for the leader of a large group of vampires, who is typically the strongest because vampires usually operate on [[Klingon Promotion]] and [[Asskicking Equals Authority]].
* On ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'', the character Tristin repeatedly called Rory "Mary" as a nod to her innocent appearance and actions. In fanon, Rory and other characters often call Tristin "Bible Boy" though it was never spoken on-screen.
* With 500+ significant characters in 17 seasons, ''[[Power Rangers]]'' has a fairly hefty showing of this, to the point where some of the fanon actually conflicts with ''itself'', and not just canon. Rangerwiki, a PR Wiki, has a [http://www.rangerwiki.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=extra:fanon list] of some of the more common instances of fanon.
** One notable example of ''PR'' fanon becoming canon happened in 2002: a long-time fan began writing for the show in its tenth season, and made multiple references to an older fandom-wide missing episode hoax in a pivotal episode, suddenly canonizing the hoax's storyline.
** Some of the more popular bits of fanon are:
*** Billy's last name (he was never given one in-show, but the fans made it up, and when the official website was put together, they just [[Throw It In|threw it in]]).
*** After the death of actress Thuy Trang in 2001, the fandom has generally agreed that her character Trini Kwan [[The Character Died with Him|passed away as well]].
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** I once read a review of a fanfic where the reviewer said that "Dean wouldn't be able to call Sam 'Samantha' anymore". As a matter of fact, Dean has never used that particular insult outside of fanfics (and not this one, other ones). Apparently this meme got to the point of the reviewer thinking it had happened in the show.
* Fans of ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' generally assume that Gwen's mother is dead (often she is said to have died in childbirth, to parallel Ygraine) and that Merlin was named for the [[wikipedia:Merlin (bird)|falcon]]. They also sometimes use 'Ambrosius' and 'Myrddin Wyllt' as some of the 'many names' for Merlin mentioned by the Dragon. And whether Gaius being Merlin's uncle is this or, Word of Actor (Richard Wilson believes Hunith to be Gaius' sister) or [[Word of God]] is a matter of some confusion.
** Also, some fans say that Merlin is a warlock and not a sorcerer because he was born with his powers, and sorcerers have to learn magic. This is because Merlin is referred to as a warlock in the show, but all others are called sorcerers (some [[Fan Fiction]] has him angrily defending himself against accusations of being a sorcerer on these bounds). However, it's never addressed in the show, so we don't know if that's canon or not.
* Strangely common in ''[[Glee]]'' fanfic is the idea that [[Alpha Bitch|Quinn]] [[Fallen Princess|Fabray]] is a brilliant pianist. Occasionally added is the idea that her parents sold her beloved piano after she became a Cheerio.
** Kurt and Puck adore ''[[Harry Potter]]''. If one of them only shows up in a fic once, it will be to agree with the other one that HP is [[A Very Potter Musical|totally awesome]].
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* Parts of the ''[[iCarly]]'' fandom are quite convinced that Carly and Sam are lesbians based on many moments between the two.
** There is also Wendy, who is a recurring [[Mr. Exposition]] on the show, being blown up into the Seattle version of [[Gossip Girl]].
* In [[Victorious]] fanfiction, Jade and Beck often reveal their full names are Jadelyn and Beckett. There's been no indication in canon that their names are anything but Jade and Beck.
* Sheldon of the ''[[Big Bang Theory]]'' displays classic signs of Asperger's Syndrome, but the creators have shot down that idea. It doesn't stop the fans from making this guess though.
* One bit of widely accepted ''[[NCIS]]'' fanon is that Ziva was raped at some stage, most likely multiple times. Somalia is pretty much the epitome of Ziva going through hell.
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** ''[[Ninja Sentai Kakuranger]]'': The Kakurangers all have the same family names as their legendary ancestors: Ōhōri Tsuruhime, Sarutobi Sasuke, Kirigakure Saizou and Miyoshi Seikai.
** ''[[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger]]'': Marvelous was born and brought up on a pirate ship, or otherwise joined his first pirate crew while still a young child.
* ''[[Blake's
* ''[[Kamen Rider]]'':
** ''[[Kamen Rider Double]]'': Shotaro was a petty criminal in the past. This is based on a flashback in one of the Jewel Dopant episodes to him running from Jinno when Jinno was a beat cop.
*** [[Kamen Rider Ryuki|Ren Akiyama]] is the father of the little girl featured in episodes 5-6, because the doll her father gave her resembles Kamen Rider Knight.
** ''[[Kamen Rider Kuuga]]'': Yuusuke Godai is dead. Possibly a theory to explain his absence from ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'', where the Riders who appeared in the movies were all implied to be the originals, except for Kuuga, replaced by his AU counterpart Yuusuke Onodera. This is because Godai's actor now considers Kamen Rider an [[Old Shame]] and does not want to be associated with the franchise.
** ''[[Kamen Rider OOO]]'': Chiyoko Shiraishi is related to Mako Shiraishi from ''[[Samurai Sentai Shinkenger]]'', or (since ''Decade'' states that the Shinkengers' world has never had a Kamen Rider) is some kind of AU counterpart to Mako or her family. Both OOO and Shinkenger were written by Yasuko Kobayashi.
* Most members of the ''[[Sliders]]'' fanbase tend to hold the fanon claim that the Professor Arturo who [[Dropped a Bridge on Him|had his brain sucked out, was shot and left to die on an exploding planet]] in "The Exodus, Part 2" was a double of the team's real Arturo, who was left behind by the team (by accident) in "Post Traumatic Slide Syndrome". This is supported by producer Tracy Torme, who said in interviews afterwards that there was a loose plan to have the "real Arturo" be found when the Slider team return to the planet he was stuck on, but she was [[Executive Meddling|shown the door]] before she ever had a chance to put this plan into motion.
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*** In post-Reichenbach fics, {{spoiler|Sherlock sometimes dies his hair red while he's pretending to be dead.}}
** Sherlock's eventual {{spoiler|reunion with John post-Reichenbach is normally after three years (as it was in the novels)}} and John either punches Sherlock, kisses him, or faints (depending on whether or not ther person is a shipper and if they've read the originals).
** John also seems to have a jam fetish.
** Lestrade apparently got Sherlock off of drugs as a condition for letting him consult.
** It's commonly accepted that the Holmes family is very, very rich. Many stories involve the "Holmes Estate".
** John's father was either an alcoholic or a soldier, or both.
** Lestrade has a young daughter.
* In [[The OC]], fans think Alex's ex-girlfriend Jodie is an emancipated minor and also a lesbian [[Casanova]].
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