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* Proof that [[Tropes Are Not Bad]] is ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5661265/1/ Gears And Springs]'' by superstarultra, a ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'' AU fic in a setting without any supernatural elements or anything to connect it to the source material aside from the character names. Basically, the fic is about a human Yuki who [[Gadgeteer Genius|builds a sentient, robotic Ryoko]] that {{spoiler|kills all of Yuki's friends in horrible ways, and Yuki herself is [[Driven to Suicide]].}}
* There's at least one fanfic out there that replaces the entire cast of ''[[Ai Yori Aoshi]]'' with ''[[Naruto]]'' characters.
* In ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' fandom, the fics that fall into this trope the most frequently are...''not'' the human AU ones, the majority of which actually at least try to keep the characters IC and their relationships reminiscent of their canon ones, even in [[High School AU]] (which was actually originated by ''the author himself''!). No, the fics that most often invoke this trope are the ones that ''do'' keep the "characters are [[Anthropomorphic Personification|Anthropomorphic Personifications]]s of nations" premise...but completely rewrite the characters' personalities (often [[Ron the Death Eater|for the worse]]) for the sake of "historical accuracy" (i.e. "fitting the fanwriters' own ideas about history, even if they directly contradict established APH canon" or even "using [[Historical Villain Upgrade|'history']] as an excuse to make a character [[Die for Our Ship]] or become [[Ron the Death Eater]]"), to the point where the characters are essentially national [[Anthropomorphic Personification|Anthropomorphic Personifications]]s that were created by someone other than the series' author.
** The most prominent examples of this are the [[Dark Fic|Dark Fics]]s ''[[All He Ever Wanted]]'' and ''The Chosen End''. It isn't even subjective opinion; the [[Word of God|authors themselves]] have admitted that their fics' characterizations don't match up with the canon ones. In AHEW's case, one of the authors later admitted that they began writing the fic when they didn't have a good grasp on the Hetalia characters and that their characterization of Prussia in particular turned out to not match up with Hetalia canon at all. In TCE's case, the author went on record saying that she wrote the characters differently from canon and even once outright said that she would [[Die for Our Ship|hate England solely because he was in love with America (and hence a threat to Russia/America, the fic's main pairing)]] if she wasn't able to [[Ship Mates|pair him out of the way with France]]...and even with ''that'' modifier, you can still sense her dislike of England at various parts of the fic.
* There are several AU ''[[Toy Story]]'' fics that depict the toys as humans. Quite a few of them feature these characters as ''[[High School AU|high school students.]]''
* While ''[[The Return (fanfic)|The Return]]'' is very well written and interesting, it has almost nothing whatsoever to do with its ostensible sources, [[Ranma ½]] and [[Sailor Moon]]. The Ranma elements suffer from changed setting and skillset, and all the characters' personalities being utterly destroyed and transformed into something [[Blue and Orange Morality|other]] ''in-story'', while the Sailor Moon characters come out with personalities and abilities more or less intact, but story tone so dark as to make it almost unrecognizable.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* [[Larry Niven]]'s ''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series]]'' episode "The Slaver Weapon" was actually another story of his, "The Soft Weapon", Trekified.
** Which, incidentally, makes his Kzin race-- andrace—and all that implies-- Starimplies—Star Trek canon. At least, if you consider TAS canon.
* [[Cartoon Network]]'s [[Adult Swim]] late night "adult" programming block has a few shows wherein the entire premise is the as-blatant-as-possible application of this trope to the original source material, usually utterly forgettable and short-lived [[Hanna-Barbera]] cartoon shows from the [[Animation Age Ghetto]]:
** ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'', using characters from the original ''Birdman'' now employed at a law firm taking on defendants/[[Main/Crossoverguest|characters from more famous cartoons of the same time period]]. Puts new meaning to the phrase [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]].
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