History AscendedExtra / FanWorks

* ''Fanfic/TheVinylScratchTapes'' turns the spotlight on DJ-[=P0n3=] and Octavia. In canon, these characters have had only brief {{cameo}}s with no dialogue, and they haven't even met. In the fic, they become VitriolicBestBuds.[[spoiler:..and eventually move in together.]]

* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainStarFinder'':
** Stella Zhau was merely a supporting character in canon. Here, she becomes the protagonist of the story.
** Tulip Olsen was always TheGhost whenever she was mentioned in the stories from the ''Blossomverse''. In this verse, she gains her own side story called ''Infinity Train: Coded Tulips'', where she researches the titular train.

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/34709092/chapters/86419399 from porcelain to ivory to steel]]'':

** Anne in the manga was the TagalongKid for the Crusders for a few arcs before being PutOnABus for her own safety after the fight with ZZ[[note]]In the manga, she didn't even have a name until the anime adaptation[[/note]]. Here, she ends up staying with the Crusaders longer (especially bonding Sherry, viewing her as her CoolBigSis) [[spoiler:and later develops her own Stand]].

** Fizzmitz was an ally of Dib's in one two-part story in the comics, then never appeared again. Here, he joins up with Dib and Gaz after they cross paths at [=NASAPlace=] and he finds out about the threat posed by [[BigBadEnsemble the Irkens and Aldrich]], agreeing to help them and even becoming their mentor in learning Poop magic.

!!''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD''

!!''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline''

* ''Fanfic/TheKiritaChronicles'': In this semi-[[GenderBender genderbent]] ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' fan fiction, numerous characters in receive this treatment.

* ''Fanfic/BloodThatFlows'', a ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''/''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' crossover, gives a few little-seen ''Nanoha'' characters more time to shine:

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/34117885/chapters/84881281 JoJo New Universe: Steel Ball Run]]'': Sadao Kujo in ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'' was Jotaro Kujo's DisappearedDad and was [[TheGhost unseen]] during the manga. Here, he is the protagonist of a 20th-century adaptation of ''Manga/SteelBallRun'', which also acts as an interquel between the ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/2530663 Jojo New Universe]]'' editions of ''Manga/BattleTendency'' and ''Stardust Crusaders''.

* ''Fanfic/ShadowsOverMeridian'': Jax, one of the guards at [[TheAlcatraz Cavigor]] who happily goes along with the [[WardensAreEvil Warden's orders to kill all the prisoners]] so that Frost can't free them, is revealed to be one of the three unnamed guards from [[Fanfic/{{Kage}} the original fic]] whom Caleb ordered to take Jade to the Infinite City dungeon when she first arrived on Meridian. He reveals this while fighting Drake and Vathek when they try to stop him slaughtering the prisoners, in the process exposing Caleb as the one who went against Elyon's orders at the time regarding Jade.

!!''Literature/{{Twilight}}''

* ''Fanfic/{{Luminosity}}'' diverges from the plot of the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' novels radically enough that it's unsurprising that we get multiple examples of this:

* ''Fanfic/TheWeddingCrashers'': Claire, who was just a baby in the original ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' books, gets an expanded role here -- and despite her young age, manages to be one of the few [[OnlySaneMan sane people]] on the ''Twilight'' side of the crossover.

** The Enforcers' nephews Frank, Charlie, and Rocko transfer to Sheffield in "Seeds of Doubt", and the chapter notes make it clear that they're going to have a semi-major role in the story instead of being one-shot characters like in canon.

*** Mei goes from being an occasional ComicRelief character who appears whenever the hero students need something from the support course to being Izuku's first friend ([[PromotedToLoveInterest and eventual love interest, according to the tags]]).

* Due to its AdaptationExpansion nature, The Geeky Zoologist's [[Fanfic/JurassicWorld2020 reimagining of Jurassic World]] has several minor or unnamed characters from the film going through varying levels of this.

* ''Fanfic/PokemonCrossingFlyMeToTheMoon'': Most Animal Crossing fics focus on important town residents like Tom Nook, Isabelle, the player character, or a popular villager like Raymond or Rosie. Here, the main protagonists are the lazy chicken Benedict, smug goat Kidd, and jock rhino Tank.

* ''Fanfic/PokemonCrossingFlyMeToTheMoon'': Most Animal Crossing fics focus on important town residents like Tom Nook or Isabelle, or the human villager. Here, the main protagonists are the lazy chicken Benedict, smug goat Kidd, and jock rhino Tank.

* AscendedExtra/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail

* ''Fanfic/AGrowingAffection'' makes Yugao Uzuki a major supporting character. She has a romantic subplot, gets her own team, and gets a BackStory linking her to Anko and Iruka, who also appear in a more pivotal role in this story.

* ''Fanfic/ANewChanceSeries'': Latios and Latias, two legendary Pokemon who played a central role in the 5th movie, join Ash's team for the rest of Johto and then to Hoenn.
** Bianca, the girl who played a minor role in the 5th Pokemon Movie as well [[spoiler: as the girl whom Latias based her human form on]] becomes a recurring character in the first story in the series, and goes on to join Ash on his journey to Hoenn in the second story.

* ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' and its growing ExpandedUniverse do this a lot. Several characters of the day from the anime, such as A.J. and Jeanette Fisher have become recurring characters in the main story and even starred in their own tie-in one-shots, delving more into their personalities and backgrounds, [[spoiler:as well as Anabel becomes a regular travelling companion and future love interest of Ash's]].
* ''Fanfic/PokemonSecretJourneys'' features Angie, a minor character from the Diamond and Pearl anime, as a main character and an eventual love interest to Ash.