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* {{Jem}} fanfic will create Mockumentaries based on VH1's ''Behind The Music,'' recapping the team's adventures. These range from playing it mostly straight to DeconstructiveParody.

* The ''Mega Man'' fandom contains a ton of stories about [[MegaManX Dr. Cain]] completing one final case before either retiring or dying.

* {{Jem}} fanfic will create Mockumentaries based on VH1's ''Behind The Music,'' recapping the team's adventures. These range from playing it mostly straight to DeconstructiveParody.

* The ''MegaMan'' fandom contains a ton of stories about [[MegaManX Dr. Cain]] completing one final case before either retiring or dying.

* ''{{Naruto}}'' has tons of PeggySue fics. It also has a lot of fics in which the genin teams are different, either because someone else is teaching Team 8 or someone else wanted Naruto, which shuffled the teams around. (These fics are most often [[IdiotHero Naruto]]/[[ShrinkingViolet Hin]] future arc means that the KatekyoHitmanReborn kink meme is filled with age specific pairing fics such as TYL!(10 Years Later)Xanxus with 14!Squalo. Kinda [[JustifiedTrope justified]] with the Adults![[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Acro]][[EnfanteTerrible balenos]] if you want to [[{{Lolicon}} avoid]] [[{{Shotacon}} the]] {{Squick}}

* Dumbledore's a ManipulativeBastard setting Harry up as a sacrifice in order to defeat Voldemort (in more extreme cases with Dumbledore planning to take all the credit afterward). But Harry has managed to get emancipated and come into his own, with all the money and political power he needs to thwart both Dumbles and Riddle. In well-done instances, Harry must race to learn who to trust and what he needs to know in order to save himself before Dumbledore's plans come to fruition; in poorly-written implementations, Harry effortlessly defangs and counters all opposition, leaving them blinking in stupefaction in his wake.

* Two plotlines unique to GalaxyRangers fandom are "Eliza's rescue" (at least 4 versions are floating around), and ones where the other three find out about the ''full'' extent of the dirty politics and hellish conditions at Wolf Den - usually in the form of some threat to Shane. Queue the Series 5 team making the guilty parties ''wish'' they were dealing with Supertroopers.

* ''SailorMoon'': Mamoru abuses Usagi or dies. Usagi runs to Demand/Haruka/SEIYA. [=ChibiUsa=] is either handwaved into a new child or ignored outright.
** Alternatively, Mamoru abuses Usagi but she still stays with him for the good of the world and to have [=ChibiUsa=]. She then has an affair with Demand/Haruka/Seiya.
*** Usagi and Seiya's bastard child goes to the past/Earth to learn about her history (and accidentally get her parents back together)/purposely get her parents back together/stop her own birth.
** [=ChibiUsa=] comes back from the future as a chesty teen and is much more badass.
** Usagi is betrayed by Mamoru and/or the Inner senshi. She joins the Outers or Starlights, romances Haruka or Seiya, and is suddenly totally badass/capable/intelligent.
* ''PrincessTutu'' ends on a bittersweet note, with Ahiru [[spoiler:remaining a duck because it's her true self]]. Lots of fans were unhappy with that, and that means 90% of fanfiction out there for the series is [[spoiler:Fakir turning her back into a girl with storyspinning]]. No exaggerating. Almost. Every. Single. Fic.

* ''AxisPowersHetalia'' has works regarding current and past politics and unions. This is (obviously) pretty much only feasible in this continuity, considering that the show is about [[JustifiedTrope personified countries]].
** An [[AxisPowersHetalia APH]] fanfic writer's motto could practically be "If you look hard enough, any pairing can be historical." And it's generally true.

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* In fanfic for ''StarTrekXI'', the idea that Kirk received some of Spock Prime's memories of his friendship (or "[[HoYay friendship]]") with Kirk Prime during the mindmeld on Delta Vega is particularly common -- especially among Kirk/Spock shippers.

* The SherlockHolmes fandom is peculiarly fond of giving the detective [[HurtComfortFic hypothermia.]]

* Fic dealing with Don't Ask, Don't Tell is common in ''StargateVerse'' Franchise slash, though there are a few other fandoms where it's possible.

* {{Gears of War}} fandom has a few very predictable plots that take up at least 1/2 of the fics. These either fall into these categories:
** Girl (almost always a {{Mary Sue}} or a {{Jerk Sue}}, but always a {{Tsundere}}) joins Delta Squad. It turns out she's usually like either an awesome stranded badass or the greatest sniper ever in 70% in cases (the other 30%, she's just a random woman who turns badass the moment she starts tagging along with Baird.) Then, she falls in love with Baird, have a brief {{Slap Slap Kiss}} relationship buildup (sometimes literally), and then ultimately Baird falls in love with her and they have sex.

* ''FireEmblem: The Sacred Stones'' fandom is in love with the "Seth and Eirika angst over their social positions and how it affects their love for each other, but end up together anyway because they're soul mates" plot.

* An awful lot of ''TotalDramaIsland'' fics crop up that depict a second season at Camp Wawanakwa using {{Original Character}}s for the new cast of campers. Sometimes some mixture of OCs and originals are used.
** Crossovers are also fairly common, pulling in characters from other works as contestants.
** A new common theme is {{Whole Plot Reference}}s, the majority of which involve ''{{Twilight}}'' (usually using Gwen and Trent or Courtney and Duncan as Bella and Edward).
*** Scratch that: [[FanPreferredPairing Gwen and Duncan]] are now officially Bella and Edward, it seems.
* ''InvaderZim'' has a ton of these:
** The Tallests tell Zim his mission was a fake (and he ''believes'' them [[OutOfCharacter for some reason]]). Zim will usually get angsty, and either a.) kill himself or b.) be comforted by Dib (resulting in either friendship or [[FoeYay ZADR]]).
** Dib realizes humanity stinks and decides to help Zim conquer/destroy the planet. Usually results in [[FoeYay ZADR]].
** Tak comes back to get her ship, and she and Dib get together.
*** Or else crashes back to Earth and decides to team up with Zim.
** A [[MarySue new girl]] winds up in Ms. Bitters' class. She will either a.) turn out to be an Irken and fall for Zim or Dib (despite the fact there's [[CopyCatSue already an episode where that happens!]]), or b.) be human, believe Dib about Zim and then fall in love with him.
** Dib kills Zim, or Zim destroys the world, and then angsts about it.
** It's also fairly common to write a fic based on the unfinished episodes, particularly "Invader Dib," in an attempt to "finish" the series. These can actually be good.
* ''PhineasAndFerb'' has a lot of stories where Perry somehow becomes a human, and oh, it also turns out he and Dr. Doofenshmirtz are [[FoeYay both gay]]. Often Dr. D is the one who transforms him in the first place, though usually for ostensibly different reasons.
** It's also fairly common to speculate about the boys' respective [[ParentalAbandonment missing biological parents]]. This contains a whole subgenre where [[spoiler:Doofenshmirtz]] turns out to be [[spoiler:Phineas's father]], with various back stories trying to fit this into canon.

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** Girl (almost always a {{Mary Sue}} or a {{Jerk Sue}}, but always a [[Tsundere]]) joins Delta Squad. It turns out she's usually like either an awesome stranded badass or the greatest sniper ever in 70% in cases. Then, she falls in love with Baird, have a brief {{Slap Slap Kiss}} relationship buildup (sometimes literally), and then ultimately Baird falls in love with her and they have sex.

** Girl (almost always a Mary Sue or a Jerk Sue) joins Delta Squad. It turns out she's usually like either an awesome stranded badass or the greatest sniper ever in 70% in cases. Then, she falls in love with Baird, have a brief [[Slap Slap Kiss]] relationship, and then ultimately Baird falls in love with her and they have sex.

* In response to the medical finding that Purebloods have become so inbred that they have reduced fertility rates and/or are likely to give birth to Squibs, The Ministry of Magic establishes a Marriage Law which forces Purebloods to marry Muggleborns. Almost always ends up pairing [[UnequalPairing Hermione with Snape]] (since the concept originated as a fanfic-writing challenge on a Snape/Hermione mailing list), but sometimes includes other pairings.

* A lot of DarkestPowers fanfiction features werewolf Derek and necromancer Chloe realizing that they are mates. In canon, the only mention of them being mates was made by [[CompleteMonster Liam]], who was taunting them. Also, in the [[WomenOfTheOtherworld main series]], the werewolves DO have mates...but it's nothing huge, compelling, or life-changing as it's often made out to be in the DP fanfics. Rather, the only time it's treated as a somewhat big thing is in ''Personal Demon'', when Karl attempts to explain to Hope that the reason he left her is because he was terrified by how completely attracted to her he was (and still is).

* A common theme for Dimentio/Mimi from [[PaperMario Super Paper Mario]] is him stealing her diary and using the contents to tease her. However, it should be noted that this DOES stem from a canon incident.

* A common theme for Dimentio/Mimi from [[PaperMario Super Paper Mario]] is him stealing her diary and using the contents to tease her. However, it should be noted that this DOES stem from a canon incident, [[SoYeah so...yeah]].

* In response to the medical finding that Purebloods have become so inbred that they have reduced fertility rates and/or are likely to give birth to Squibs, The Ministry of Magic establishes a Marriage Law which forces Purebloods to marry Muggleborns. Almost always ends up pairing [[UnequalPairing Hermoine with Snape]] (since the concept originated as a fanfic-writing challenge on a Snape/Hermione mailing list), but sometimes includes other pairings.

* SailorMoon: Mamoru abuses Usagi or dies. Usagi runs to Demand/Haruka/SEIYA. [=ChibiUsa=] is either handwaved into a new child or ignored outright.

** [=ChibiUsa=] comes back from the past as a chesty teen and is much more badass.

* PrincessTutu ends on a bittersweet note, with Ahiru [[spoiler:remaining a duck because it's her true self]]. Lots of fans were unhappy with that, and that means 90% of fanfiction out there for the series is [[spoiler:Fakir turning her back into a girl with storyspinning]]. No exaggerating. Almost. Every. Single. Fic.

* Roughly 50% of [[TheChroniclesofNarnia Narnia]] fanfiction that doesn't feature a MarySue will tackle the so-called "Problem of Susan," either making her out to be TheWoobie that [[DracoInLeatherPants got screwed over by Aslan and everyone else]], or [[EpiphanyTherapy having her]] [[spoiler: whole family killed in a train crash]] [[EpiphanyTherapy causes her to realize the Error of Her Ways.]] On the other hand, there are a handful of [[TropesAreNotBad really good fics out there...]]

* Roughly 50% of [[TheChroniclesofNarnia Narnia]] fanfiction that doesn't feature a MarySue will tackle the so-called "Problem of Susan," either making her out to be TheWoobie that [[DracoInLeatherPants got screwed over by Aslan and everyone else]], or [[EpiphanyTherapy having her]] [[spoiler: whole family killed in a train crash]][[EpiphanyTherapy causes her to realize the Error of Her Ways.]] On the other hand, there are a handful of [[TropesAreNotBad really good fics out there...]]

** ChibiUsa comes back from the past as a chesty teen and is much more badass.

* SailorMoon: Mamoru abuses Usagi or dies. Usagi runs to Demand/Haruka/SEIYA. ChibiUsa is either handwaved into a new child or ignored outright.
** Alternatively, Mamoru abuses Usagi but she still stays with him for the good of the world and to have ChibiUsa. She then has an affair with Demand/Haruka/Seiya.

* ''{{Naruto}}'' has tons of PeggySue fics. It also has a lot of fics in which the genin teams are different, either because someone else is teaching Team 8 or someone else wanted Naruto, which shuffled the teams around. (These fics are most often [[IdiotHero Naruto]]/[[ShrinkingViolet HinFuture Arc means that the KatekyoHitmanReborn kink meme is filled with age specific pairing fics such as TYL!(10 Years Later)Xanxus with 14!Squalo. Kinda [[JustifiedTrope justified]] with the Adults![[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Acro]][[EnfanteTerrible balenos]] if you want to [[{{Lolicon}} avoid]] [[{{Shotacon}} the]] {{Squick}}

** So many CrossoverFics have been written between ''Buffy'' and ''{{Firefly}}'' that such stories have their own tropes. For example:

* The "Skinner finds out about Mulder's and Scully's relationship" stories in the ''[[TheXFil

* ''{{Naruto}}'' has tons of PeggySue fics. It also has a lot of fics in which the genin teams are different, either because someone else is teaching Team 8 or someone else wanted Naruto, which shuffled the teams around. (These fics are most often [[IdiotHero Naruto]]/[[ShrinkingViolet Hinata]], presumably to give [[CannotSpitItOut Hinata]] a boost towards Naruto's romantic favour.) Finally, it is a not-uncommon trope to have Might Guy train characters who he would have otherwise never trained, thus giving them [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Charles Atlas Superpowers]] as well as their current jutsu.
* As does ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''. This may because the fans want to [[FixFic rewrite the series]].
* Any fanfics of series featuring a BlueBishonenGhetto, especially those found in ''ShonenJump'', will be disproportionately {{HoYay}}. This is particularly true if the series name is ''KatekyoHitmanReborn''.
* SailorEarth ElsewhereFic has always been common, but ''PrettyCure'' has gotten piles of it in recent years, due to a combination of one semi-rare factor (constant cast reboots) and one incredibly rare factor (a fandom that will not shoot original characters on sight).
* ''PetShopOfHorrors'' has a '''lot''' of [[{{Hermaphrodite}} full hermaphroditism]] and [[MisterSeahorse male pregnancy]], with the latter being because of the former half of the times only; [[AWizardDidIt the others...]] And, hell, considering the manga is ''not even about that'' makes it more disturbing than it should.

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* The ''{{Merlin}}'' fandom seems to be inordinately fond of putting Merlin in Morgana's dresses. There is also a surplus of alcohol in [[FanFic fics]]. Not to mention the oodles of alternate universes, many set in [[HighSchoolAU High School]] or College.
* While the amount of {{Buffy}}/{{House}} crossovers with him turning out to be her father is kinda odd.
* There is an entire livejournal community called [[http://community.livejournal.com/sick_wilson/ sick_wilson]], purely for HurtComfortFic in which [[{{House}} Wilson]] is sick or injured. Many of these feature him learning to live with a disability.
** There's also a sister (brother?) community called [[http://community.livejournal.com/sick_house/ sick_house]], where fic writers can torture {{House}} to their heart's content. Most of these involve brain damage, abuse (childhood or some sort of adult torture) or his leg pain getting unbearable.
* ''{{iCarly}}'': Having a "Sam gets pregnant" fic is pretty much a rite of passage for any Seddie (Sam/Freddie) writers.
** As is a "Root and Berry Retreat" fic for Creddie (Carly/Freddie) writers.
** Earlier specific plots include Sam and Freddie ending up in a play, usually Romeo and Juliet.
** Ship fics based on the end to the episodes ''iSpeed Date'' and ''iThink They Kissed.''
*** Creddie reworkings of the episode ''iKiss''.

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* ''DannyPhantom'' fanfics tend to have a ''lot'' of stories in which [[PsychoForHire Dark Danny]][[FanNickname /Dan Phantom]] and/or [[BigBad Vlad Plasmius]] redeem themselves for one reason or another. Vlad redeeming himself isn't that far-fetched, but Dark Danny's ''perfectly fine'' with being a murderous bastard.
* In ''TheFairlyOddparents'', killing Timmy has gotten popular, as have plots based on [[TrappedInTVLand ChannelChasers]]. Also, Cosmo and Wanda having babies was popular before Poof's birth, which {{Jossed}} all the fics with that plot.
** Timmy/Tootie fics set in high school are really common lately.
* ''{{Avatar the Last Airbender}}'': A couple makes one completely innocent comment about [[MemeticMutation not needing "protection"]], and suddenly there's a surge in FanFic where she's pregnant. [[FreudWasRight Freud really ]]''[[FreudWasRight was ]]''[[FreudWasRight right]].
** Three Words: ''[[SequelHook Book 4: Air]]''.
*** Technically, [[CompletelyMissingThePoint that's two words and a number.]]
* Try to find a fanfic about Jérémie and Aelita from ''CodeLyoko'' that doesn't involve them [[SleepCute falling asleep in the same bed]].
* For one reason or another, in the ''KimPossible'' fandom it's incredibly common for the [[FoeYay two main adversaries]], Kim and Shego, to fall in love and have babies, [[YouFailBiologyForever despite all the many biological implications of such a union]]. And, of course, the little walking medical headaches always seem to be named Kasy Ann and Sheki Go Possible, with [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2809863/1/Maternal_Instinct few exceptions]]. On a whole the number of [[PortmanteauCoupleName Kigo]] stories has reached critical mass on FanfictionDotNet, with Kigo stories outnumbering other pairings six to one on any given browsing page within the last couple of months, most of them having almost the exact same description.
** Kasy and Sheki (first seen in ''A Small Possibility'' by "[=NoDrogs=]" and adopted by a number of other authors) appear in stories by themselves, at any ages between toddlers to adults. There doesn't appear to be "standardised" children for any other pairing, even the canon ones.
** Thanks to the "[[AppliedPhlebotinum Attitudinator]]", both of the main antagonists, Drakken and Shego, were (separately) turned good and sidekick Ron was turned evil. So the missing corner is Evil Kim, a fairly recurrent plot where Kim either gives up caring about anything but gratifying herself, or becomes a greater world-conquering villain than any of her foes.
* ''TeenTitans'' has many fanfics where Terra being a local school girl in one episode is explained. Usually it is that Terra had amnesia after being frozen in lava and started going to school in the city. There is always a Raven/Beast Boy/Terra love triangle. Another ''extremely'' common plot is to put them in a HighSchoolAU. Expect everyone to have the same general background story: Robin is the adopted child of a rich old man, Raven (she may be called Rachel) is emo and has an abusive father and an absent mother, Starfire (will most likely be named Kori Anders -- the name she occasionally used in the comics -- or some variation) will be a hyper cheerleader or an immigrant from some Eastern European country (or both), and Beast Boy and Cyborg will usually be satellite characters. The same shipping rules apply, though.
** There's also an ungodly amount of Robin/Raven fics that involve Robin using ThePowerOfLove to save both Raven ''and'' the world. Alternately, they endure wacky hijinx on the part of the other Titans trying to set them up.
* War stories seem to be surprisingly popular in fanfics dealing with TheLandBeforeTime. Granted, it could be an answer to criticism of the sequels becoming LighterAndSofter, but one does have to wonder why all the T.Rexes suddenly want to wipe out the leaf eaters instead of...um...eating them?
** There's also a large number of time travel stories and cross over stories. In all fairness, this is probably due in part to the limitations of the story's usual settings.
* IronManArmoredAdventures likes to either have Tony become an alcoholic like his IronMan original canon self. Given what he's been through in season one alone, this is fairly plausible. There's also fanfic speculation about what happened to Gene's parents since canon only stated his mother died without ever specifying why.
* {{Galaxy Rangers}} has four episodes that ''everyone'' has written a "before/after/during" vignette for; "Scarecrow," "Psychocrypt," and the Supertrooper duology.
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* Common in the SonicTheHedgehog fandom are stories set in a future or present in which Sonic is no longer a hero and the world is somehow in shambles. Often, Eggman defeated Sonic and established an empire, but other variants occur as well, including [[ForWantOfANail time travel or a simple change to the backstory causing Sonic never to be a hero for some reason]], [[IssueDrift problems coming up]] that [[CrapsackWorld Sonic can't fix]], or occasionally, [[FallenHero Sonic]] [[CharacterDerailment himself]] [[HeWhoFightsMonsters becoming]] [[RogueProtagonist the]] [[VillainCorner villain.]]
* It's not uncommon for someone try to make a novelization of any FinalFantasy game, but FinalFantasyVI seems to have them a lot more than usual, of various quality.
* ''KingdomHearts'' fandom is [[YourMilageMayVary either blessed or cursed]] with a very high incidence of AlternateUniverse fic, especially ones that take place in a [[HighSchoolAU high school setting]]. Since [[EnsembleDarkhorse the members of Organization XII]] are [[KillEmAll very restricted]] by the canon timeline in regards to who they can interact with, how, and when, many authors choose to discard the canon setting entirely and keep the characters, rather than discard the canon timeline while keeping the setting the same.
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[[folder: Literature]]
* In LordOfTheRings fanfic, ''Aragorn and Legolas are captured and tortured by orcs'' no longer qualifies as a summary. It's a genre.
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!!Examples of case Two

[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* ''DeathNote'' has a lot of fics involving the time the two male protagonists were [[ChainedHeat chained together]].
* The Jigokiller episodes of ''ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' inspired a ''lot'' of "let's explore Ken's feelings for Jun" fic. Of course, this is a [[{{OTP}} Good Thing]].
* You have to look ''hard'' among ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' {{Self Insert Fic}}s to find one where the author avatar ''doesn't'' get a Duelist ring. The likeliness of this happening seems to be inversely proportional to the quality of the fic.
* ''[=~Pokémon~=]'' has countless adventure fics about young new trainers who receive a starter Pokémon, leave home, and explore the world. At least half of these follow Ash's adventures exactly, more than half of them mention Ash himself either as a fellow trainer or the champion, and if you can find ''one'' where the new trainer doesn't become the next Pokémon Master, you deserve to win a prize. Assuming one can do it without being put in an "I love me" jacket and put in a padded room with no sharp corners before that point.
** ''[[FanficRecommendations Dragon Master]]''. Where's my prize?
* Similarly, {{Digimon}} fanfic tends to use a template. Introduce human characters, get digivices, meet Digimon partners, wander the Digital World.. It doesn't have to be in that order, however. (This isn't a bad thing when done right, as this is the way that the majority of the various continuities start off; from there each series elaborates into something distinct from the others, which works equally well for fanfic.)
* There's a relatively large amount of ''CodeGeass'' AU fics out there that revolve around Lelouch either never losing his royal status or somehow gaining it back.
* In ''FruitsBasket'', there is the wolf of the zodiac story, in which a new animal is added to to the Zodiac. It is almost always a "cool" animal like a wolf or a fox, never anything like a jellyfish or a slug.
* ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}!'': most fanfics which ship Mana and [[spoiler:Atem]] will depict one of them hiding in a vase, this being how we were introduced to Mana in the manga. Shipping this pairing is even referred to as "Vaseshipping".
* ''TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' has the almost obligatory "Mokona takes the group to a new world! Insert crossover here!" That is, for the few fics not focused on Kurogane and Fai [[HoYay screwing like bunnies]].
* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/380886/Solid_Shark Solid Shark]]'s ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2384630/1/Brothers_in_Arms Brothers in Arms]]'', if it didn't "make" the concept, certainly was a key codifier of the ''[[MobileSuitGundam Mobile Suit]] GundamSeed'' plot of ex-EA or -ZAFT DefectorFromDecadence or PhlebotinumRebel joining the Archangel crew and altering the course of the war.
* Thanks to the BittersweetEnding of ''PrincessTutu'' (as well as the overwhelming popularity of a particular pairing), there are many, many, many fanfics set after the end in which [[spoiler:Fakir, realizing his love for Ahiru, [[RewritingReality writes a story]] to turn her back into a girl.]] The results go anywhere from angst to BabiesEverAfter, depending on the author. This type of fanfic is common enough that some authors actively try to {{subvert}}, {{avert}} or {{invert}} this plot -- for example, one popular author has a series of short stories about [[spoiler:Fakir writing a story to turn himself into a ''duck'', instead]].
* The presence of the 10-Year-Bazooka which induces PlotRelevantAgeUp plus a whole BadFuture Arc means that the KatekyoHitmanReborn kink meme is filled with age specific pairing fics such as TYL!(10 Years Later)Xanxus with 14!Squalo. Kinda [[JustifiedTrope justified]] with the Adults![[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Acro]][[EnfanteTerrible balenos]] if you want to [[{{Lolicon}} avoid]] [[{{Shotacon}} the]] {{Squick}}
* In ''LoveHina'' fandom it's not unusual to find a fic in which Su permanently changes into her older form to become a viable love interest for Keitaro.
* ''AxisPowersHetalia'' has works regarding current and past politics and unions. This is (obviously) pretty much only feasible in this continuity, considering that the show is about [[JustifiedTrope personified countries]].
** An [[AxisPowersHetalia APH]] fanfic writer's motto could practically be "If you look hard enough, any pairing can be historical." And it's generally true.
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[[folder:Film]]
* In fanfic for ''StarTrekXI'', the idea that Kirk received some of Spock Prime's memories of his friendship (or "[[HoYay friendship]]") with Kirk Prime during the mindmeld on Delta Vega is particularly common -- especially among Kirk/Spock shippers.
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* The "Skinner finds out about Mulder's and Scully's relationship" stories in the ''[[TheXFiles X-Files]]'' fandom.
* Fic dealing with Don't Ask, Don't Tell is common in ''StargateVerse'' Franchise slash, though there are a few other fandoms where it's possible.
* If you write for ''HowIMetYourMother'' and you like Barney/Robin, you have written an episode tag to "Benefits" and/or "Sandcastles in the Sand".
* ''PowerRangers'' stories that feature Tommy post-''Zeo'' have two options: tackle the reason for the infamous Dear John letter that caused Tommy and Kimberly to break up, or completely ignore it. Fans have since gotten very tired of new stories that choose to tackle it, to the extent that even season 12, ''Dino Thunder'', which brought Tommy back as an active Ranger, completely ignored his romantic past. Stories that feature Kimberly have no choice but to tackle it, unfortunately.
** An equally captivating problem for the fans is that of Tommy and Kat, as a FlashForward episode outright shows them as eventually marrying, which makes the lack of any mention of her and of any implication of Tommy's romantic life from ''Dino Thunder'' a complicated issue for 'ficcers to address, as most take the earlier episode as gospel truth.
* A subset of ''{{Charmed}}'' fanfics are known as "Chris revelation fics", which alter how his true identity is revealed, invariably in ways which increase the drama and/or angst level compared to canon. "Almost obligatory" for a writer in the fandom to have written such a story.
** There's a related subset, often the same fic or a sequel to one of the above, which allows Chris to in some way [[spoiler:survive the end of the sixth season.]]
* If you're a {{House}}/Wilson fan who's also into Dark!Wilson, it's almost obligatory for you to write a post-''Wilson's Heart'' fic where Wilson loses it after Amber's death and takes it out on House, who is either so brain-damaged or so guilty that he doesn't fight back.
* The ''DoctorWho'' episode "Doomsday" spawned hundreds, if not thousands, of 10/Rose Reunion fics.
** Including season 30.
** Post series four, now everyone is writing the 10.5/Rose-in-the-alternate-universe fic.
** It seems you don't actually get your ''DoctorWho'' [[WeirdTradeUnion fanfic writer's union card]] until you've written an "Eighth Doctor fights in the Time War / Ninth Doctor regenerates in the Time War / both angst about the Time War / some or all of the above" fic.
** More like Fandom Specific Title, but the LiteraryAllusionTitle "world enough, and time" is practically irresistible to Whofic writers.
* It seems as if there is no one in ''{{Torchwood}}'' fandom who ''hasn't'' written the Countrycide follow up fic.
* With ''JeevesAndWooster'' being such an innocent series, there's a good handful of fics involving Bertie discovering the concept of sexuality.
* ''{{Supernatural}}'' -- Dean and/or Sam is turned into some kind of monster; one of them isn't a Winchester, so they can be paired safely; a character from another fandom turns out to be their sibling; female equivalents to both brothers are introduced; Dean is also one of the special children.
** A demon summoning calls forth a character from another fandom who does not behave the way demons in ''Supernatural'' usually do. Ex: An attempt to summon "the Morning Star" results in [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Dawn]] appearing, dressed up like TheDevil for a Halloween party. Or cultists call upon "the Yellow-Eyed Demon" and get [[GoodOmens Crowley.]]
** One of the Winchester brothers gets turned into a dog, usually Sam.
* ''{{Top Gear}}'' [[{{CrackFic}} crack]][[{{Fanon}} fanon]] considers the Stig an alien with reality-altering powers. This means that [[AWizardDidIt "The Stig did it"]] is an incredibly common explanation for wackiness in crackfic. Sometimes Top Gear Dog or May's cat gets the blame.
* For some reason, any ''StarTrekTOS'' Kirk/Spock author worth [[MostFanficWritersAreGirls her]] salt has written a, if not several, fic(s) featuring the duo in a cave. The "Kirk and Spock are in a shuttlecraft together, it crashes on a godforsaken planet, they hide in a cave, and Spock goes into [[MateOrDie Pon Farr]]" plot has even become a DeadHorseTrope in the fandom, parodied by GenreSavvy fans with the "[[http://www.fanpop.com/external/5045495 rude person]]" meme.
** Kirk/Spock fics set immediately after "Amok Time" are extremely common, using the idea that the shock of "killing" Kirk didn't ''stop'' Spock's pon farr so much as ''postpone'' it. And now that he doesn't have a wife to mate with....
* It's not entirely surprising that many, ''many'' [[{{SVU}} Alex/Olivia]] fics write the missing scene from "Ghost", because the preceding scene [[ShipTease deliberately written like that]] to cheer the shippers up, and then left it nice and ambiguous what it was that they were doing, [[ShippingGoggles all by themselves in a hotel room]] after a [[{{Subtext}} meaningful conversation about being someone you're not]]. [[LesYay Hoo, boy...]]
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* It's a running joke in ''MetalGear'' fandom that everyone has to write at least one "Tankerfic" -- a fic about the alluded-to-but-never-elaborated-upon scene in ''Metal Gear Solid 2'' where Otacon [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome pulls Snake out of a shipwreck in the middle of a raging storm.]]
* ARF (Aeris Resurrection Fic) for ''FinalFantasyVII.''
* ''FireEmblem: The Sacred Stones'' fandom is in love with the "Seth and Eirika angst over their social positions and how it affects their love for each other, but end up together anyway because they're soul mates" plot.
* The ''MegaMan'' fandom contains a ton of stories about [[MegaManX Dr. Cain]] completing one final case before either retiring or dying.
* ''MassEffect'' fandom has quite a few variations of Samara's loyalty mission since the second game came out, but the chief plot of such stories is either 'the love interest voices disapproval with Shepard being the bait' or another character entirely -usually one of the other squaddies- takes Shepard's place instead. Both styles of this plot are commonly seen with the Female Shepard/Male Love Interest combo.
* One type of story that has gained some traction in ''DragonAge'' fandom is having one or more of the other origins meet up with the Warden character and in some instances, have them join the group. (example: a Dwarven Commoner meets a Human Noble and the dwarf joins The Warden, Alistair, Morrigan and the gang) They may or may not be Grey Wardens.
* ''TalesOfSymphonia'' has quite a few fanfics in which Lloyd has a twin sibling -- usually a female who, at least initially, serves Cruxis. Cruxis!Lloyd fics are also popular, most starting with [[spoiler:Kratos finding Lloyd and returning to Cruxis with him.]]
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* ''TheFairlyOddparents'' has a few fanfics about [[LiteralGenie Norm]] [[GenieInABottle the Genie]] falling in love with a female genie master OriginalCharacter [[MoralityPet who treats him right]]. Also, there are a lot of 'reflect on Cosmo and Wanda's failing relationship' oneshots, as well as how they met and how their Anti-Fairy counterparts met. There are many fanfics about [[EvilCounterPart Anti-Poof's]] birth as well.
** Each of the fanfics about Norm falling for the female genie master have their own unique, slightly weird twist. [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4324278/1/Wishes One]] of them is a {{Deconstruction}} of GenieInABottle (one of the reviews says "Most stories don't show a genie's perspective in granting wishes to humans who can be selfish, so I'm glad to see one that does!") and perhaps several other tropes. [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3877247/1/Wicked_Wishes Another]] has an {{OC}} that might be an {{Expy}} of [[{{Hercules}} Megara]]. [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2951210/1/Wrapped_In_His_Turquoise_Smoke Yet another]] is a {{Chobits}} FusionFic (with ProductPlacement). [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4729824/1/My_Mistress One]] is a limerick written by Norm the Genie about a MarySue named Rebekah Masters, who is Aladdin's sister, owns a keyblade, has [[UnwantedHarem many boyfriends]] ([[AuthorAppeal whatever fictional guys the author finds hot]]) and lives in the [[KingdomHearts KH]] world.
* Pretty much every [[KimPossible Drakken/Shego]] writer has done a piece dealing with the fallout from "Emotion Sickness" (where emotion-setting "[[AppliedPhlebotinum Moodulators"]] become attached to Kim and Shego, and for most of the episode they're crazy with love for Ron and Drakken.) So have a lot of Kim/Ron fans, of course, but to a lesser extent because they have considerably more canon to work with.
* An awful lot of ''TotalDramaIsland'' fics crop up that depict a second season at Camp Wawanakwa using {{Original Character}}s for the new cast of campers. Sometimes some mixture of OCs and originals are used.
** Crossovers are also fairly common, pulling in characters from other works as contestants.
** A new common theme is {{Whole Plot Reference}}s, the majority of which involve ''{{Twilight}}'' (usually using Gwen and Trent or Courtney and Duncan as Bella and Edward).
*** Scratch that: [[FanPreferredPairing Gwen and Duncan]] are now officially Bella and Edward, it seems.
* ''InvaderZim'' has a ton of these:
** The Tallests tell Zim his mission was a fake (and he ''believes'' them [[OutOfCharacter for some reason]]). Zim will usually get angsty, and either a.) kill himself or b.) be comforted by Dib (resulting in either friendship or [[FoeYay ZADR]]).
** Dib realizes humanity stinks and decides to help Zim conquer/destroy the planet. Usually results in [[FoeYay ZADR]].
** Tak comes back to get her ship, and she and Dib get together.
*** Or else crashes back to Earth and decides to team up with Zim.
** A [[MarySue new girl]] winds up in Ms. Bitters' class. She will either a.) turn out to be an Irken and fall for Zim or Dib (despite the fact there's [[CopyCatSue already an episode where that happens!]]), or b.) be human, believe Dib about Zim and then fall in love with him.
** Dib kills Zim, or Zim destroys the world, and then angsts about it.
** It's also fairly common to write a fic based on the unfinished episodes, particularly "Invader Dib," in an attempt to "finish" the series. These can actually be good.
* ''PhineasAndFerb'' has a lot of stories where Perry somehow becomes a human, and oh, it also turns out he and Dr. Doofenshmirtz are [[FoeYay both gay]]. Often Dr. D is the one who transforms him in the first place, though usually for ostensibly different reasons.
** It's also fairly common to speculate about the boys' respective [[ParentalAbandonment missing biological parents]]. This contains a whole subgenre where [[spoiler:Doofenshmirtz]] turns out to be [[spoiler:Phineas's father]], with various back stories trying to fit this into canon.
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* It's not entirely surprising that many, ''many'' [[{{SVU}} Alex/Olivia]] fics write the missing scene from "Ghost", because the preceeding scene [[ShipTease deliberately written like that]] to cheer the shippers up, and then left it nice and ambiguous what it was that they were doing, [[ShippingGoggles all by themselves in a hotel room]] after a [[{{Subtext}} meaningful conversation about being someone you're not]]. [[LesYay Hoo, boy...]]

* It's not entirely surprising that many, ''many'' [[{{SVU}} Alex/Olivia]] fics write the missing scene from "Ghost", because the preceeding scene [[ShipTease ''deliberately written like that'']] to cheer the shippers up, and then left it nice and ambiguous what it was that they were doing, [[ShippingGoggles all by themselves in a hotel room]] after a [[{{Subtext}} meaningful conversation about being someone you're not]]. [[LesYay Hoo, boy...]]

* It's not entirely surprising that many, ''many'' [[{{SVU}} Alex/Olivia]] fics write the missing scene from "Ghost", because the preceeding scene [[ShipTease ''deliberately written like that'']] to cheer the shippers up, and then left it nice and ambiguous what it was that they were doing, [[ShippingGoggles all by themselves in a hotel room]] after a [[{{Subtext}} meaningful conversation about being someone you're not]]. [[LesYay Hoo, boy...]]