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* One time, a fanfic writer called Roxius wrote a [[Crack Fic]] titled ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4730588/1/You_Got_LuluRolled You Got LuluRolled]''. This spawned many similar [[Crack Fic|Crack Fics]] in several different fandoms, not all of them titled with some variation of "You Got [Character Name] Rolled!" Most of the imitations are actually derived from superstarultra's ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|Haruhi]]'' version, ''[[You Got Haruhi Rolled (Fanfic)|You Got Haruhi Rolled]]'', which is generally considered superior to its inspiration.

* Quite a few ''[[Zero no Tsukaima (Light Novel)|Familiar Of Zero]]'' fanfics have been made with the premise of 'What if X got summoned instead of Saito?' All of them were complete crap, at least until gabrielblessing's ''[[The Hill of Swords (Fanfic)|The Hill of Swords]]'' came along with its lauded execution of the concept. One well-timed Plot Bunny thread later, SpaceBattles.com's Creative Writing forum was flooded with copycats. A fair few of these, such as ''[[Unfamiliar (Fanfic)|Unfamiliar]]'', ''[[Zero Shock (Fanfic)|Zero Shock]]'' and ''[[Shadow of Zero (Fanfic)|The Shadow of Zero]]'' match or exceed the original in quality.

** Same with ''[[Cupcakes (Fanfic)|Cupcakes]]''. Ever since it became popular, there have been many other ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' [[Dark Fic|dark fics]] set out to copy it's success.

* An interesting trend has popped up amid the [[Mahou Sensei Negima]] fanfic authors. After [[Shadow Crystal Mage]] popularized the idea of crossing over Negima with [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]], a few other authors have taken up the mantle. Currently, Mage and two others are writing stories in which negi is sent to Uminari as a teacher for Nanoha after the events of A's. Ironically, one of the copycats, Zephyr-Fiction's [[Equal And Opposite Attractions]], has garnered the most press. Mainly this is because Mage has many more projects on his plate.