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* Similarly, ''[[On a Clear Day You Can See Forever]]'' is a great story, but Ranma's been drastically changed by having almost literally been through hell, and the 'parallel' universe that the [[Sailor Moon]] characters are from is a dark [[Urban Fantasy]] complete with gods, mages, vampires, werewolves, and airships, with only lingering archetypal resemblances to the source material.

* ''[[Final Fantasy VIII: The Altimate Rewrite]]'' is not so much an attempt at passing an original story off as a fanfic as it is the writer's attempt to improve on the original by making extensive changes to just about every element of the game's setting, characters, and plot. The result is, in any case, very far removed from its source material.

* The entire 'uberfic' movement within the ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess|Xena]]'' fandom quite often (but not always) even did away with the ''names'' of the canon characters, and simply wrote original fiction with characters who archetypally resembled Xena and Gabrielle. Many of these stories ''did'' go on to be published as small-press fiction. If you encounter a lesbian romance that features a strong dark-haired woman with a painful past and an innocent blonde who believes in helping others and has had an unsatisfying relationship with an ex-or-dead husband, you've probably found an Uber.

* The ''[[Pokémon]]'' fanfic author [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1706782/StaraptorEmpoleon StaraptorEmpoleon] is infamous for taking this trope to its logical extreme: it's not uncommon for her to change everything about the ''[[Pokémon]]'' characters often up to and including their ''names'' such that it often seems like the only thing they have that's connected to their canon selves is their star pokemon (if that)!

* ''[http://ten.waxwolf.com/ Ten]'' by "Richard E" is allegedly a ''[[Ranma ½]]'' fic, but the only things it has in common with ''Ranma'' are the names of the characters. And everything about them is radically different from who they are in the source -- for instance, direction-challenged, super-strong human tank Ryoga as a crippled, intellectual scientist. Huh?

* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/67364/1/ Rendezvous With Fate]'' by iCe, also a ''[[Ranma ½]]'' fic. Here Akane is the twenty-something widow of Ryoga; [[Mental Time Travel|her mind/soul is sent back in time]] to [[Jidai Geki|Edo-period Japan]], where she finds herself occupying the body of Kodachi, estranged wife of Ranma Saotome, a high-ranking warrior in the service of Happosai and twin brother of Nabiki... It's an extraordinary story, well-written and engrossing, but once again, the characters and settings are so vastly divorced from ''Ranma ½'' canon that there is no real reason for it to be a ''Ranma'' fanfic.

 

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