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* ''[[The Land Before Time]]'' fanfiction. Considering that the series is set in a relatively limited environment (prehistoric times), whenever one writer does something different that gets respect, you can expect to see a ''lot'' of clones pop up. Such types include war stories, [[Time Travel]] stories, crossovers. Not that these fics are necessarily ''bad'', but they tend to all come at once as trends, resulting in you finding that all new fanfics lately are centred around Chomper perhaps, while you were particularly hoping for something based more on the main five characters.
* Count the number of ''[[Pokémon (
** There are sometimes fics that appear to be OC journeys at the start, then have a twist at the end that makes you think "what the heck..." until you re-read it. Then there are Pokémorph fics where a human turns into a Pokémon with no prior warning...
* At one time, there were far too many ''[[
* According to the [[
* Cassandra Claire's Very Secret Diaries for [[The Lord of the Rings]] fandom inspired several copycats in several fandoms, some acknowledging their inspiration coming from her. Even to this day, several years after their creation you still see some of her more infamous quotes scattered about fandom.
* Speaking of Cassandra Claire, ''[[The Draco Trilogy]]'' started ([[Trope Namer|and named]]) the [[Draco in Leather Pants]] portrayal of Draco Malfoy. It also started or at least popularized some other ''Harry Potter'' fanfic clichés, like making Draco more sympathetic by portraying his father as an abusive bastard. The funny thing is, the vast majority of young fanfic writers who currently use these clichés have likely never heard of Cassandra Claire. They just copied them from earlier fanfics, who copied them from still earlier fanfics and so on, going all the way back to ''The Draco Trilogy''. Cassandra Claire also popularized the idea of certain characters being "Magids", which are especially powerful wizards. When ''The Draco Trilogy'' was at its height, the concept of Magids was borrowed by numerous other ''Harry Potter'' fanfics, but now it's a [[Forgotten Trope]].
* 75% of all Dragonball Z fanfiction starts with an alien spaceship crashing down on Earth, and ends with a character using a new form of Super Saiyan to beat them. It will also be set during the 3 months before the Androids, the 7 years before Cell or the 10 years after Buu. Other common elements include Vegeta or Broly getting possessed by Babidi, Buu or Cell absorbing someone new or each other, Saiyans inexplicitly growing back their tails, Bardock being rewritten as an honourable anti-hero and Future Trunks travelling to New Namek to use the Dragon Balls there.
* The current trend among people who write [[Troll Fic|Troll Fics]] (or who just want a lot of reviews and attention and don't care about the quality of their work) seems to be to copy ''[[
* For a while, there were ''[[Gundam Seed]]'' fanfics following the lead of ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2384630/1/Brothers_in_Arms Brothers in Arms]'' by having a [[Defector From Decadence]] join the crew of the Archangel at the series' start and cause changes to the canon from there.
* In 2001, Potato Salad of Fanfiction.net wrote ''Ask Sonic (and other associated characters)'', which had reviewers sending questions through reviews or e-mail and having [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] and the rest of the cast answering them as fan mail. It became very popular and soon numerous ''Ask Fics'' began to show up on Fanfiction.net until it and other interactive fanfiction were banned from the site.
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*** Yes. 'Tis very annoying, especially since Hetalia is based on history, much of which would make a great story concerning these characters, if written well
* Nearly every ''[[Harry Potter]]'' story in which Harry is betrayed and sentenced to Azkaban follows the exact same template: Most of his friends instantly morph into [[Complete Monster|Complete Monsters]] and repeatedly [[Kick the Dog]], and instead of dying or going insane, Harry becomes a [[God Mode Sue]] in prison and later wipes out Voldemort and all his Death Eaters with a single attack. Depending on the author, he then proceeds to kill everyone else as well or spend the rest of the story brooding with those who stuck by him (usually Snape, Neville, Luna, and a few others), while those who betrayed him plead for his forgiveness.
* ''[[
* ''[[Nobody Dies (Fanfic)|NGE: Nobody Dies]]'' have spawned a whoppingly large [[Expanded Universe]] around it. The author of the original even made some of these canon, like ''Ichi's Birthday Party'', ''The Story of NERV-Alaska'' and ''The Kei Files''.
* This is the reason why ''[[
** Many fics can be considered snowclones of [[Total Drama Comeback]].
* The [[Mass Effect]] section of fanfiction.net was known for having relatively few self-inserts. Enter Herr Wozzeck with his self-insert ''[[
* ''[[Family Guy]]'' fanfiction was never too great, until a guy named Malcolm Fox wrote a story named [[
* 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
* Quite a few ''[[Zero no Tsukaima
* Since the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** 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.
* Common Itachi/Sakura plots in [[Naruto]] fic involve Sakura running off to get Sasuke back from Orochimaru's clutches, and getting captured/used as bait for Naruto by Itachi. Many cite [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2633721/1/Metamorphosis Metamorphosis] as inspiration or influence.
* Everybody wants to write about what [[Sherlock Holmes]] did during his Great Hiatus (the three-year period during which he faked his death), right? It's been the subject of numerous pastiches and online fics. [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1460858/aragonite Aragonite] a.k.a Marcia Wilson has made the argument that none of these stories, however, deal with [[The Watson|Dr. Watson]], [[Inspector Lestrade]], and [[Scotland Yard]], and the adventures ''they'' must have been having in that time period. So she wrote her own series, which she plans to convert into self-published books. Thus far, only one other [[Fan Girl]] has taken up the torch, so to speak, but that's not the only thing Aragonite started. She was arguably the first [[Fanfic]] author to give any serious depth to the men of [[Scotland Yard]] and use ''them'' as the protagonists, rather than using Holmes or Watson. She also bestowed the name ''Geoffrey'' upon Inspector G. Lestrade, and that name has gained popularity among both the canon and [[Sherlock]] branches of the fandom.
** The [[Fanfic]] series following in Aragonite's footsteps is the ''[[Deliver Us
** Another fic on the wiki to utilize the name "Geoffrey" is ''[[
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