History FollowTheLeader / Fanfic

* ''FamilyGuy'' fanfiction was never too great, until a guy named Malcolm Fox wrote a story named [[FanFic/MegsFamilySeries Meg's Boyfriend]]. The story was funny, amusing, had a varied cast of characters, hilarious [=OCs=], great plots, and [[OriginalFlavor it emulated the show's essence like no other fanfic]]. Many other authors began to write similar stories, in an attempt to achieve Malcolm's success.

* While [[OlderThanTheyThink not the first]] fanfic to explore [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6281893/ servants from other media sources]], [[Fanfic/FateZeroSense Fate: Zero Sense]] is known as the most popular take on this, with equal parts action and comedy. Several other FateStayNight and LightNovel/FateZero fanfics explore this possibility, and most of them admit they were inspired by The Infamous Man's story, right on the summary no less.

* While [[OlderThanTheyThink not the first]] fanfic to explore [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6281893/ servants from other media sources]], [[Fanfic/FateZeroSense Fate: Zero Sense]] is known as the most popular take on this, with equal parts action and comedy. Several other FateStayNight and FateZero fanfics explore this possibility, and most of them admit they were inspired by The Infamous Man's story, right on the summary no less.

** Often there are (usually unauthorized) fan-sequels written for popular stories, many of which have a completely different writing style and a tone that is sometimes quite changed from the original. The good ones stand out on their own so that they can be seen as an extension (or in some cases, a {{Deconstruction}}) of the original author's work, and have plenty of fresh ideas to make them just as likable if not more so. The bad ones are nothing more than cheap attempts to try and ride the coat-tails of another author, and are quickly derided as such by reviewers.

* [[DantesNightAtFreddys Dante's Night at Freddy's 2: Animatronic Boogaloo]] [[PlayedForLaughs plays this for laughs]] with a one-off joke involving lots of entertainment restaurants also being inhabited by [[HauntedTechnology killer animatronics]] and including varying kinds of food from Chinese to Ethiopian.

** Oh, they're still there. The ''AxisPowersHetalia'' section of Fanfiction.net is currently being saturated with them...

* After seeing the popularity of Screw Attack's DeathBattle series, DeviantArt user [[http://dimension-dino.deviantart.com/gallery/ Dimension-Dino]] followed the same style for writing his own, which has so far spawned dozens of imitators. Coincidentally, while the hosts for all the writers started as carbon copies of [[AffablyEvil Wiz]] and [[AxCrazy Boomstick]], they gradually began to [[CharacterizationMarchesOn develop their own personalities]], such as Dimension-Dino's Ray developing into a legimate case of TheStraightMan, unlike Wiz.

* The ''{{Naruto}}'' fandom has started a following of SelfInsert via {{Reincarnation}} fanfics - the AuthorAvatar[=/=]OriginalCharacter is reborn into the Narutoverse. Although the first noteworthy story to try this might well be ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4842566/1/Only_a_Moron Only a Moron]]'' by swabloo (which actually veers into DarkFic territory at times), this trope is applied to ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7347955/1/Dreaming_of_Sunshine Dreaming of Sunshine]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/315314/Silver_Queen Silver Queen]]. In addition to having a likeable, relatable person as protagonist (Shikako Nara is ''no'' MarySue), ''[=DoS=]'' touches on other innovative elements: the person being "chakra sensitive", since having memories of their past life means chakra is an unfamiliar feeling, like an extra limb; trying to ''not'' change things too much because they're aware of how the ripple affect could render their knowledge useless; feelings of alienation from their friends (even while befriending even Naruto); not remembering all significant details due to fading memories over time; and most of all managing to focus on the protagonist without making it feel like the world 9or story) revolves around them.

* Once upon a time, a fanfic writer called Roxius wrote a CrackFic for ''Anime/CodeGeass'' titled ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4730588/1/You_Got_LuluRolled You Got LuluRolled]]''. This spawned many similar [[CrackFic 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 ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Haruhi]]'' version, ''FanFic/YouGotHaruhiRolled'', which is generally considered superior to its inspiration.

* One time, a fanfic writer called Roxius wrote a CrackFic titled ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4730588/1/You_Got_LuluRolled You Got LuluRolled]]''. This spawned many similar [[CrackFic 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 ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Haruhi]]'' version, ''FanFic/YouGotHaruhiRolled'', which is generally considered superior to its inspiration.

* While ''Webcomic/OfMiceAndMayhem'' did not kick off a wave of ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' FanFiction GraphicNovel|s, many authors of later stories found the idea of Tammy being a nurse to their liking.

** This is the reason why fanfiction is known largely for its (in)famous "Starring You" fanfics.

* This is the reason why ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland'' fanfiction is known almost solely for its (in)famous ''Starring You'' fanfics.
** Many fics can be considered snowclones of TotalDramaComeback.

** ''Brony in Equestria'' stories (where the [[AuthorAvatar main character]] is usually male, has knowledge of the series and more often than not gets turned into a pony and has [[GodModeSue incredible powers]]) are so widespread and often of terrible quality to the point that EquestriaDaily has banned them completely, and in general they are also frowned upon elsewhere unless they are ''very'' good. Go to the My Little Pony section of [=FanFiction.net=] or [=FiMFiction.net=] and you are almost guaranteed to find at least one or two stories of this type on the main page, due to the ''massive'' LongingForFictionland this series has. This is not to be confused with ''Human in Equestria'' stories, where the character(s) have no knowledge of Equestria or its inhabitants whatsoever.

** The same also goes for ''[[{{Fanfic/MyLittleDashie}} My Little Dashie]]''. Nowadays, knock-offs of it with another pony in the place of Rainbow Dash are a dime-a-dozen, and not one of them has gained as much fame / infamy.

** Alot of Naruto crossovers depending on the story it could take a formula like this; Naruto is a VillianProtagonist who under goes major CharacterDerailment to a callous angry bitter hypocrite who usually take a IdealismIsForKids mentality when dealing with characters like [[''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' Aang]] for example and can pretty much be inserted into places where he's not needed or doesn't do much and to top it off his flaws from his character derailment will pretty much go unnoticed by everyone usually this also include the readers.

* While [[OlderThanTheyThink not the first]] fanfic to explore [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6281893/ servants from other media sources]], [[Fanfic/FateZeroSense Fate: Zero Sense]] is known as the most popular take on this, with equal parts action and comedy. Several other FateStayNight and FateZero fanfics explore this possibility, and most of them admit they were inspired by The Infamous Man's story.

* Cassandra Claire's Very Secret Diaries for TheLordOfTheRings 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.

* The MassEffect section of fanfiction.net was known for having relatively few self-inserts. Enter Herr Wozzeck with his self-insert ''FanFic/MassVexations''. After that, a great number of self-inserts began to show up around the website, with varying results.

* Nearly every ''Literature/HarryPotter'' story in which Harry is betrayed and sentenced to Azkaban follows the exact same template: Most of his friends repeatedly KickTheDog, and instead of dying or going insane, Harry becomes a GodModeSue 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.

* An interesting trend has popped up amid the MahouSenseiNegima fanfic authors. After ShadowCrystalMage popularized the idea of crossing over Negima with MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha, 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 EqualAndOppositeAttractions, has garnered the most press. Mainly this is because Mage has many more projects on his plate.

* Everybody wants to write about what SherlockHolmes 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 [[TheWatson Dr. Watson]], InspectorLestrade, and UsefulNotes/ScotlandYard, and the [[CanonFodder 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 {{Fangirl}} 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 UsefulNotes/ScotlandYard 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.

* [[ShamelessSelfPromotion Voltalia]] has admitted to liking the idea of giving her favorite shippings [[UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn mixed-gender twins]], so much so that when she created mixed-gender twins for the popular ''Superjail!'' FoeYay shipping Warden/Mistress, another author put them in upon the suggestion of a reviewer on [[http://www.fanfiction.net/ {{FanFiction.net}}]] when she decided to write in the Mistress being pregnant in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8803490/1/Extended-Stay Extended Stay]]. It looks like they're going to be quite popular.

* [[ShamelessSelfPromotion Voltalia]] has admitted to liking the idea of giving her favorite shippings [[UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn mixed-gender twins]], so much so that when she created mixed-gender twins for the popular ''Superjail!'' FoeYay shipping Warden/Mistress, another author put them in upon the suggestion of a reviewer on FanFiction.net when she decided to write in the Mistress being pregnant in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8803490/13/Extended-Stay Extended Stay]]. It looks like they're going to be quite popular.