History Main / SailorEarth

** Creator/GrantMorrison revealed in ''ComicBook/NewXMen'' that, in the Weapon X program Wolverine belongs to, X is actually the roman numeral 10. He then introduced Weapons [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica I]] through XV.

* It's ''very'' easy to just create new Merry Men to follow Myth/RobinHood, and writers have been doing so for literal centuries (the most recent - as in beginning in the 1990s - has been adding a TokenMinority).

* The most common plot trope in wrestling fics in the last few years is the introduction of a new WWE Diva (or in some very rare occasions, a new male wrestler). Understandable as there are always wrestlers coming and going. Either the girl is a legitimate fighter trying to be the second coming of Chyna and bring credibility back to the Divas division, or she's there to be the romance object of a male wrestler (the members of the Shield have been very popular targets lately). Often, these new wrestlers are the children or younger sisters of an current star.

* One could argue that any long running character in any promotion who suddenly gains a rival who is somehow tied to that character's past is technically a Sailor Earth, regardless of whether that character is an ally or adversary. This has most recently been seen being utilized in ''Wrestling/LuchaUnderground'', who introduced Dante Fox, who would become an on again/off again rival for Killshot.

** There have been [[Literature/FateStrangeFake Grail]] [[Literature/FateApocrypha Wa]][[VideoGame/FateExtra rs]] outside of the Fuyuki one, meaning one can set a story in an all-new Grail War. Creating a Servant is quite simple: find a legendary figure and make Noble Phantasms based off the most notable artifacts and events in said legend's life. For example, ''Literature/FateApocrypha'' does this with two sets of 7 masters with 7 servants '''and''' a member of a new servant class called Ruler whose function is that of a referee and judge. ''Apocrypha'' furthermore has ''Variant'' [[CrypticBackgroundReference Holy Grail Wars taking place all over the world]], which any mage can participate in any time with references to a "golden age of Hassans" when Masters directly targeted each other, conflicts in Greece stalling out due to the scramble to get the best heroes first, and even an InUniverse [[TheWikiRule wiki]] to consult!

* Creating a Skeksis OC from ''{{Film/TheDarkCrystal}}'' isn’t particularly hard, since all they require is a suffix to their name, an occupation, and an UrRu counterpart with a similar role. Special mention goes to SkekYi and his counterpart UrYa, who both shortly after their split and thus can have their jobs speculated by the audience.

* ''Creating a Skeksis OC from ''{{Film/TheDarkCrystal}}'' isn’t particularly hard, since all they require is a suffix to their name, an occupation, and an UrRu counterpart with a similar role. Special mention goes to SkekYi and his counterpart UrYa, who both shortly after their split and thus can have their jobs speculated by the audience.

* ''Creating a Skeksis OC from {{''Film/TheDarkCrystal''}} is particularly hard, since all they require is a suffix to their name, an occupation, and an UrRu counterpart with a similar role. Special mention goes to SkekYi and his counterpart UrYa, who both shortly after their split and thus can have their jobs speculated by the audience.

* ''Creating a {{Skeksis ''Film/TheDarkCrystal''}} is rather easy, since all they need is a suffix to their name, an occupation, and a Mystic counterpart with a similar specialty. Special mention goes to SkekYi and his counterpart UrYa, who were killed following their split and thus can have their roles speculated by viewers.

* This is extremely easy in ''Comicbook/XMen'' fan fics. Everything from new members, new students at the school, even entire teams can be dreamed up easily, since the only criterion is that one was born with one's powers (and even that isn't set in stone). The series was actually created with this principle in mind, as it saved Stan Lee the trouble of coming up with unique origin stories.

* ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' is set in the mind of a young girl, and involves her five personified emotions -- Joy, Anger, Disgust, Fear, and Sadness (based off the theory of the Six Basic Emotions -- the sixth was Surprise, but [[PragmaticAdaptation writers thought a Surprise character would be too similar to Fear]]), so it's pretty easy to add other emotions like Love, Hope, or whathaveyou (and indeed, earlier in development Riley had other emotional personifications that ended up being cut -- Pride, Hope, and Gloom, to name a few). Also, since other characters' sets of emotions are shown, you could just make up another character and show what's going on inside ''their'' heads.

* There are numerous ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' fan works that introduce at least one all-new {{kaiju}}. The Franchise/MonsterVerse continuity has it especially easy: All the canon and continuity-original kaiju have a MythicalMotif based off some kind of mythological creature, monster, or god with an animal motif (Behemoth, Scylla, Bunyip, Quetzalcoatl, etc). Making an OC is as easy as picking a mythological critter (scientific explanations for its abilities optional) and there you have it. As of this writing, creatures from Norse Mythology are especially popular, in particular the Fenris Wolf.

* There are numerous ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' fan works that introduce at least one all-new {{kaiju}}.

** And as ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' demonstrates, you don't even need to have a Grail War, or stick to its limits on Servants, as it features a single Master calling on hundreds of Servants to assist them in saving humanity, including many of the various Extra classes from across the Fate series -- Avenger from ''VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia'', Ruler from ''Literature/FateApocrypha'', Moon Cancer and Alter Ego from the ''VideoGame/FateExtra'' series, and Foreigner and Pretender, ''FGO''-original classes. (Of the other prominent Extra classes, the Voyager class from ''Literature/FateRequiem'' was folded into Foreigner, the Faker class from ''Literature/LordElMelloiIICaseFiles'' was folded into Pretender, the Saver class from ''VideoGame/FateExtra'' has been left alone, and it's anyone's guess what they might do with the Watcher class from ''Literature/FateStrangeFake'', especially since it has no combat capabilities.)

* When designing ''WebAnimation/EpithetErased'' [=OCs=], the first step is to pick a word to be your character's Epithet. Almost any word will do (the only exceptions are obscure slang and most proper nouns) You can even use a random word picker app if you can't decide.

** The ExtranormalInstitute setting and color-coded characters open a lot of room for Sailor Earths. Just pick a color, give the character an outrageous (and often impractical) looking outfit (with the impractical for female characters usually involving a skirt/dress and/or [[CombatStilettos high heels]]), an equally outrageous and complex weapon, a Semblance (a special power unique to the character) and you're done. For the furries out there, you can also make your character a Faunus by adding one and ''only'' one animal part to your character[[note]]so you can't have both [[LittleBitBeastly animal ears and a tail]], although some people just ignore that rule[[/note]], which may or may not come with additional powers such as SuperSenses, WolverineClaws, {{flight}}, or [[BewareMyStingerTail venom]].

** There have been [[Literature/FateStrangeFake Grail]] [[LightNovel/FateApocrypha Wa]][[VideoGame/FateExtra rs]] outside of the Fuyuki one, meaning one can set a story in an all-new Grail War. Creating a Servant is quite simple: find a legendary figure and make Noble Phantasms based off the most notable artifacts and events in said legend's life. For example, ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'' does this with two sets of 7 masters with 7 servants '''and''' a member of a new servant class called Ruler whose function is that of a referee and judge. ''Apocrypha'' furthermore has ''Variant'' [[CrypticBackgroundReference Holy Grail Wars taking place all over the world]], which any mage can participate in any time with references to a "golden age of Hassans" when Masters directly targeted each other, conflicts in Greece stalling out due to the scramble to get the best heroes first, and even an InUniverse [[TheWikiRule wiki]] to consult!

** And as ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' demonstrates, you don't even need to have a Grail War, or stick to its limits on Servants, as it features a single Master calling on hundreds of Servants to assist them in saving humanity, including many of the various Extra classes from across the Fate series -- Avenger from ''VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia'', Ruler from ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'', Moon Cancer and Alter Ego from the ''VideoGame/FateExtra'' series, and Foreigner and Pretender, ''FGO''-original classes. (Of the other prominent Extra classes, the Voyager class from ''LightNovel/FateRequiem'' was folded into Foreigner, the Faker class from ''LightNovel/LordElMelloiIICaseFiles'' was folded into Pretender, the Saver class from ''VideoGame/FateExtra'' has been left alone, and it's anyone's guess what they might do with the Watcher class from ''Literature/FateStrangeFake'', especially since it has no combat capabilities.)
** Thanks to ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'''s introduction of Pseudo-Servants (and further expansion from ''Grand Order'' and ''Lord El-Melloi II Case Files'', such as naming the idea and adding the related Demi-Servants), even established canon characters in the Fateverse have no excuse not to become Servants one way or another. As long as a connection between the legendary figure and their host character can be made, the sky's the limit.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''. Creator/MontyOum came up with [[https://twitter.com/montyoum/status/406894139746172928 rules on how to name original characters:]]

* Following Music/SiIvaGunner's ''King for Another Day'' event (a tournament where viewers vote for their favorite contestants, and the winner gets an entire day's worth of video game remixes themed around them) has inspired fans to come up with their own contestants. All you have to do is pick any fictional character and come up with a list of the types of music they'd be associated with (which includes music from the character's source material, but also music from media from the same genre or creator, or which is thematically appropriate for the character. Oh, and some contestants are teams, so another source of inspiration is to group up multiple characters with a common theme and come up with a clever name for the team.

* It's ''very'' easy to just create new Merry Men to follow Myth/RobinHood, and writers have been doing so for literal centuries.

* It's pretty easy to make a Nomad in ''Roleplay/AGameOfGods'' -= just pick a Greek Letter and a color, and voila, one Nomad.

** And as ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' demonstrates, you don't even need to have a Grail War, or stick to its limits on Servants, as it features a single Master calling on hundreds of Servants to assist them in saving humanity, including the various Extra classes from across the Fate series -- Avenger from ''VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia'', Ruler from ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'', Moon Cancer and Alter Ego from the ''VideoGame/FateExtra'' series, and Foreigner and Pretender, ''FGO''-original classes.

** A more specific variation of this trope goes to [[ShadowArchetype Alter servants]]. Simply, pick one canonical servant, and think of a way for them to become more of a DarkerAndEdgier evil servant. From there, you got yourself an Alter servant people can easily use.

* ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' has a sort of most-wanted list of bad guys, the 27 Ancestors of the Dead Apostles. Several of these are still unrevealed, making it easy to introduce a new villain as one of them.

* ''Webcomic/SailorRanko'', another webcomic based on ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' fanfiction, in this case a well-known FukuFic series that uses the Sailor Earth trope to shoehorn ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' characters into ''Sailor Moon''.
* Prematurely shot dead by ''Webcomic/{{Periodus}}'', after the creator claimed that now someone could make a fic about Oxygen, and a commenter threw out a several-sentence parody.

* For original rap groups in ''Music/HypnosisMic'' fics, all one needs to do is pick a Tokyo ward or popular Japanese city not covered by the series, give it three oddballs themed around the place, and throw them into the ring.

* It's pretty easy to make a Nomad in ''Roleplay/AGameOfGods'' -= just pick a Greek Letter and a color, and voila, one Nomad.

* This is extremely easy in ''Comicbook/XMen'' fan fics. Everything from new members, new students at the school, even entire teams can be dreamed up easily, since the only criterion is that one was born with one's powers (and even that isn't set in stone). The series was actually created with this principle in mind, as it saved Stan Lee the trouble of coming up with unique origin stories.

* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' is no stranger to introducing male Gauls into the series. Just create a character whose name is based on a word or phrase ending with "ic", "icks", or "isk". As for male Vikings, any name based on a word or phrase ending with "af" or "aph". And for male Romans, any name based on a word or phrase ending with "us" will do just fine.
* The first special of ''ComicBook/TheWickedAndTheDivine'' focused on the 1831 Pantheon, but deliberately only named eleven members (the Brontë sisters counting as a single triplicate deity). WordOfGod from Creator/KieronGillen has said that this is so readers can take their own favourite [[{{Romanticism}} Romantic]] artist and their favourite deity in their headcanons for the pantheon. [[spoiler: This may be an example of Creator/KieronGillen in typical creator-troll mode, as later issues reveal that each Pantheon includes a Minerva, as the new form of Ananke, and a Persephone.]]

* ''Toys/MonsterHigh'' is littered with fan characters. All one has to do is think of a famous monster, then come up with their offspring's profile. The trouble is, fans have a hard time telling appropriate uncanonical monsters (like, say, selkies or harpies) from more figurative monsters (like [[Franchise/{{Saw}} Jigsaw]] or ''[[Franchise/HannibalLecter Hannibal freaking Lecter]]'')...

* A ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'' OC is easy to create, as the series takes place at a school. Adding a new character who attends St Pigeonation's is as easy as getting a stock photo of a bird and designing a human form for them (along with whatever ridiculous and/or tragic backstory the author feels they require). Members of the Hawk or Dove Parties aren't quite as common but still feasible.

* ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland'' gave way to {{Object Show|s}} [[OriginalCharacter [=OCs=]]], known more generally as "Objectsonas", which are rather simple to create: choose an object, [[ADogNamedDog name them after their species]] and... that's it. Optionally add an [[ALizardNamedLiz "-y"]] to the end of the object's name.
* ''WebAnimation/{{ENA}}'': As it is canon that multiple [=ENAs=] exist, many fans have created OriginalCharacter [=ENAs=] with different designs, colors, and personalities. This is helped by Joel G’s website, which allows people to create their own ENA avatar.
* ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'' [=OCs=] are ridiculously common. Just create a humanoid character, give them a reason to be in Hell and have them land at the hotel for whatever reason.
* When designing ''WebAnimation/EpithetErased'' [=OCs=], the first step is to pick a word to be your character's Epithet. Almost any word will do (the only exceptions are obscure slang and most proper nouns) You can even use a random word picker app if you can't decide.

* As one might guess from the title, the ''Webcomic/SailorSun'' webcomic makes full use of this trope even though it should not be confused with the trope itself.
* ''Webcomic/SailorRanko'', another webcomic based on ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' fanfiction, in this case a well-known FukuFic series that uses the Sailor Earth trope to shoehorn ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' characters into ''Sailor Moon''.
* Prematurely shot dead by ''Webcomic/{{Periodus}}'', after the creator claimed that now someone could make a fic about Oxygen, and a commenter threw out a several-sentence parody.

* A webcomic known as ''Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Earth'' exists, using an already existing character (Naru) as Sailor Earth. However, she was not a part of the original Sailor Senshi team/group of friends and is added based on an answer the creator gave to fans about using Naru as Sailor Earth should she ever be needed.
* Because ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'' has an on-site RP section this is very common, though there are [[http://forums.drowtales.com/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=12195#p494389 very]] [[http://forums.drowtales.com/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=12195#p494391 specific rules]] about how created characters can be related to canon characters, and a few characters have actually shown up [[AscendedFanfic in the main story as cameos]].

* The setting of ''Film/TheMatrix'' lends itself extremely well to original characters: just have someone new get unplugged from the Matrix. In fact, you can make a whole ship full of [=OCs=] if you want (preferably with a classical name, in the tradition of the ''Nebuchadnezzar'' and the ''Osiris''). [[SturgeonsLaw In most cases]], the fact that the vast majority of red pills are unplugged well before adulthood will be addressed in one of two ways: if the fanfic writer is an adult him/herself it'll be overlooked, and if they're a teenager or younger it'll be used to justify making the character their own age.

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'': There's fifty Freelancers (one for every American state -- and less than half were revealed [[note]]12 during the first ten seasons; and that's before Season 14 introduced "The Triplets", and 15 had nine dead ones in a WaxMuseumMorgue[[/note]]) and potentially a whole Greek alphabet's worth of AIs, so new Freelancers and AIs are ''extremely'' common.

* Myth/KingArthur's Knights of the Round Table basically consist of a handful of characters who were in the original Welsh stories, plus a significant accretion of these type of characters, many of whom have been around for long enough that it's hard to imagine the stories without them. The most notable of these is Lancelot, who Creator/ChretienDeTroyes basically invented (links to an earlier Welsh figure are at best extremely tenuous).

* ''[[http://www.sailorranko.com/ Sailor Ranko]]'', another webcomic based on ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' fanfiction, in this case a well-known FukuFic series that uses the Sailor Earth trope to shoehorn ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' characters into ''Sailor Moon''.

** Hell, they don't even need to be legendary figures. Some people have used UsefulNotes/SimoHayha as an Assassin, or Creator/AudieMurphy as a Berserker. While these two are very notable people, they're not "legendary" in the manner of King Arthur or Cú Chulainn, and thus, [[FlameWar debates]] over whether they ''should'' be Servants tend to flare up, ''especially'' if they bring up the WordOfGod regarding whether Servants can be based off people from the 20th century on (the issue [[https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/88yqgs/translation_of_roundtable_talk_kinoko_nasu_fate/ as far as Nasu is concerned]] being that contemporary figures are extensively documented, where he likes making liberal interpretations of comparatively brief information).[[note]]Most Servants born after 1900 so far have been original to the Nasuverse... aside from Anastasia in ''Fate/Grand Order'' and [[spoiler:Voyager in ''Fate/Requiem'']].[[/note]]