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11	!!Example Subpages:
12	[[index]]
13	* ''EnsembleDarkHorse/ChildOfTheStorm''
14	* ''EnsembleDarkHorse/CheatingDeathThoseThatLived''
15	* ''EnsembleDarkHorse/TheEndOfTheWorldFernWithy''
16	* ''EnsembleDarkHorse/TheVictorsProject''
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19	!!Other Examples:
20	* ''Fanfic/CheckmateAnlaShok'':
21	** SociopathicHero Wolfe is a particularly iconic Victor despite not appearing until more than eighty chapters in, with his ally Sawyer and rival Basil also doing a lot to make his Games so notable.
22	** Gilly's calculatingly clownish persona and braveness serving the Rebellion in several moments make her one of District 4's most popular Victors in the story even though she never gets much focus.
23	** District 10's Quell Victor-tribute is only shown in two chapters and doesn't even get a name, but is viewed with more interest than many other far more important Victors due to being a Rebel sympathizer who nonetheless collaborates with Snow to keep her family safe and winning her Games due to her FeelNoPain senses.
24	* ''FanFic/DungeonKeeperAmi'' features the Unraveller of Mysteries, one of a pantheon of dark gods hostile to Ami (So far she has encountered the god of martial force, the god of undeath/necromancy, the god of vermin; the Unraveller seems to be the dark god of mad scientists). It should come as no surprise that the Unraveller has such a huge following: the author has admitted that she was written with the voice of [=GLaDOS=] in mind.
25	* None can deny the glory that is Jim, from ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/20405/Fluttershy%27s-Bad-%26quot%3BHare%26quot%3B-Day Fluttershy's Bad "Hare" Day.]]''. [[spoiler: He died for our sins.]]
26	** Someone even wrote an [[http://xtheredmagex.deviantart.com/#/d51xu61 epic ballad]] for him. Not bad for a random squid who shows up out of nowhere [[spoiler: and immediately gets killed off]].
27	* ''WebVideo/FriendshipIsWitchcraft'' gives us Sweetie Bot, who has become one of the most recognizable characters and even has her own Tumblr.
28	* Yawning Squirtle and Boulder-Dropping Whale in ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}'', and Mary Lee Walsh, who is frequently the protagonist in various fanworks, and is drawn deliberately with a [[MsFanservice different design.]] This is mainly because many find that her real-life basis is actually pretty awesome. Plus, it ticks CWC off.
29	** Bill the Scientist also qualifies for this, since he's also one of the Moon Pals.
30	* Most ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' fans who've seen ''Film/MetalGearSolidPhilanthropy'' report little interest in [[DesignatedHero Solid Snake]]'s mildly OutOfCharacter behaviour, but absolutely love [[OriginalCharacter Pierre Leclerc]]. He has a decent-sized EstrogenBrigade, is popular with JournalRoleplay, and gets fanfic written about him.
31	* Brother-Captain Allen of ''Fanfic/TiberiumWars'' - stoic, calm, quiet, efficient, scary, and perfectly willing to [[spoiler:mutilate rapists and then hurl them out windows.]] Its no surprise that such a bit character has become so liked.
32	* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5706942/1/MWDC_Harry_Potter_and_the_Guardians_Light Harry Potter and the Guardian's Light]]'' gives us THE INDOMITABLE ARGUS FILCH. In the novels, he's a slightly scary background character. In the movies, he ranges from [[LovesTheSoundOfScreaming creepy]] to disgusting or comic relief. But in this fanfic, his first scene involves him arming himself alongside [[spoiler:ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} and [[ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine]]]] to go into the black forest and fight an army of trolls. Turns out, while he's not a janitor he turns a profit selling enchanted weapons. After he helps demolish the trolls with ease, we next see him tracking Harry down in his invisibility cloak despite not knowing it's Harry, or that he's in an invisibility cloak. Recently, [[spoiler:Voldemort invaded the castle with an army of trolls]] and Filch was first on scene. His response was to ask them for a hall pass. He then ducked around a corner and they traded some fire. He was ordered [[spoiler:BY VOLDEMORT]] to surrender. His response to that was to blow a troll's brains out, and say, [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome "Alright, I surrender, now come a little closer!"]] [[BadassNormal It's easy to see why Dumbledore trusts this man to clean his school's floors.]]
33	* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' has Nappa. In the actual series he was a bland GiantMook that was killed relatively expediently, but in ''Abridged'' he is quite possibly the funniest character in the series, and the fans loved him for it, to the point where [[spoiler:he got to reappear several times as a ghost]].
34	** There is also popularity upon Super Kami Guru, Nail, Dodoria, Zarbon and The Ginyu Force (Specifically Recoome - these guys even got their own opening between Episodes 19 and 23.).
35	* [[PintsizedPowerhouse Tempest]] is bar-none ''the'' most popular character of [[{{Fanfic/FuzzyMemories}} Fuzzy Memories]], due to her insane personality bringing a lot of laughs, her odd perspective on the world giving some interesting hindsight, her incredible strength and endurance bringing about some of the best fight scenes in the series, and her relationship with [[UnluckyEverydude Zetsu]] easily being one of the highlights of the entire series. She's become popular enough now to be recognized by people who haven't even ''read'' the story. Zetsu himself is also pretty notably popular.
36	** Other notably popular characters include the likes of Alfred, [[BigEater Bari]], [[LovableJock Chad]], [[AntiHero Cynthia]], [[{{Troll}} Doc]], [[NobleDemon Droog]], [[CuteGhostGirl Juvia]], [[SassyBlackWoman Nazira]], [[DorkKnight Nedrick]], and [[FriendToAllLivingThings Quincy]].
37	* The moment Rocky and Adam stepped foot into ''Fanfic/OfLoveAndBunnies'', the story became almost as much about them as it did the ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' and ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder''.
38	* ''Fanfic/WarriorsTheAbridgedSeries'' (the abridged series of ''Literature/WarriorCats'', not something else), the most popular characters are Bluestar, Redtail, Matthias and Rainstorm. Redtail and Matthias each only appear in one scene. [[spoiler: Well, there is [[ShoutOut Ghost Redtail]], but then again, Redtail gained his popularity before that segment. And Ghost Redtail leaves when he realizes Tigerclaw doesn't like him.]]
39	* While she was included mainly to intentionally avert the RonTheDeathEater treatment the character often gets, Ember in ''Fanfic/TheLegendOfSpyroANewDawn'' has been very well received by readers for being a kindhearted, friendly version of the character. This is part of the reason she ended up having ADayInTheLimelight chapter were she [[spoiler:defeated TheDragon of Empresss Tyrania, the BigBad of the Gargoyle StoryArc, to save her father herself, instead of ending up a team boss fight as originally intended.]] This also enabled the writer to give her more character growth and an excuse to TakeALevelInBadass, so it worked out in more ways than one.
40	* [[MemeticBadass Brian Hahnel]] and Joan's dad (named [[{{fanon}} Hugo]] by those on TwilightSucks) were originally minor characters in ''Fanfic/BrewdeningLove'', a [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Twilight]] fanfic. Then the TS snarkers started [[HoYay shipping them]], and [[FanFic/BrewdeningLoveExpandedUniverse the rest is history.]]
41	* ''Webcomic/BeTheSeaDwellerLowblood'''s OriginalCharacter of Cuvier seems to be getting this treatment. It's pretty much become a {{meme\|ticMutation}} among the forum fans to photoshop his [[IconicItem iconic half-glasses half-]][[CoolShades shades]] onto photo manips, avatars, etc.
42	* Bentley the crazy {{Adorkable}} hyena from the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' fanfic Snakes With Guns is easily one of the most lovable [[OriginalCharacter OC]]s in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' fandom.
43	* In the ''Fanfic/TheWizardInTheShadows'', Emrys Ap Derfel. Originally created, as WordOfGod admits, as an unintentional {{Expy}} of the author and of Harry himself - green eyes, difficult past, great power and destiny, something which has previously been lampshaded, he was surprisingly well received. Several plot developments, an epilogue and the start of a sequel, he's developed into a key member of the main cast and WordOfGod has hinted that he'll take over Harry's role as TheHero later on in the ExpandedUniverse.
44	** Eirian and Miriel are given expanded roles in the sequel (the latter had merely been a throwaway reference before hand) and a third, [[spoiler: Maglor]] is pure SpotlightStealingSquad.
45	** Unfortunately, the series is now entirely composed of DeadFic.
46	* Yuuka Kazami of Fanfic/ImperfectMetamorphosis was growing to be such a focal point of the plot that the [[Tropers/TakerFoxx author]] ended up having to devote several chapters to a giant brawl between her and Yukari to take them out of the direct action for a while and realign the focus to [[spoiler: Rin and Rumia]]. Being a maniacal, sadistic, overpowered [[TheGadfly gadfly]] tends to have that effect. Being a [[spoiler: [[Creator/HPLovecraft Great Old One]]]] doesn't hurt much either.
47	* The ''Series/SouthOfNowhere'' fanfic 'Romance on the Set' has one InUniverse on the show Spencer and Ashley star in. Rachel, a character played by Creator/TaylorMomsen was intended to be recurring, but gets promoted to regular due to her popularity and even becomes part of the FanPreferredCouple with the main character
48	* The ''Literature/BridgeToTerabithia'' fanfic "[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9326187/1/Unearthing-Secrets Unearthing Secrets]]" has Conrad, the ''very'' British exchange student and Jesse's best guy-friend, due to his realizing Jess and Leslie want to be more than friends before even they do and making frequent and amusing attempts to cockblock Leslie's egotistical RomanticFalseLead whenever he is able.
49	* Prince Heins of ''Fanfic/FrozenHeartsSakume'', largely because he cares a great deal for his brother, [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Hans]], unlike the majority of their brothers [[spoiler:and even after everything Hans has done]].
50	* Donut in ''WebAnimation/DusksDawn'', or at the bare-minimum he's the ''least'' despised character. Having one of the few somewhat competent voice actors probably helps.
51	* ''Fanfic/MyBravePonyStarfleetMagic'': Ace Ray, Brass Bolt, and Windy Bag are basically three versions of the same character: a strawman that exists to get shown up by the protagonists and prove how good the heroes are. However, they got this treatment by virtue of [[StrawmanHasAPoint actually bringing up some good points]] and, for the latter two, giving the {{Designated Hero}}es the biggest middle fingers they could with their actions.
52	** [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle and Princess Cadance]] both get this treatment from those that sympathize with them essentially being TheChewToy, as well as actually remaining somewhat faithful to their original counterparts (Twilight's LeeroyJenkins moments notwithstanding). It helps that the reason the author hates them is because the former stands for ThePowerOfFriendship, and the latter is HappilyMarried while [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 his]] [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 OTPs]] didn't happen, both of which are [[DisproportionateRetribution extremely petty reasons]] to make characters suffer. The pity then increased tenfold for both of them when [[spoiler:the former is murdered in battle and subsequently [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming blamed for not following orders]], including from [[OutOfCharacter her own mentor, Celestia]], and the latter winds up having a ConvenientMiscarriage and she and Shining Armor are left infertile.]] [[TheWoobie Really, the only thing these ponies deserve is a hug.]] Yes, even [[spoiler:the dead one. ''Especially'' the dead one]].
53	* [[AlphaBitch Emiru]] and [[BrattyHalfPint Binbeat]] are the most popular characters in ''FanFic/FutariWaPrettyCureBlueMoon'', the former for being a DarkMagicalGirl and the latter for his backstory and for his many funny moments.
54	* ''FanFic/TheBridge'' gave us a fanon example within a fanon example. Despite starring the A-list names of various kaiju franchises and the roster of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', one of the most popular characters with the readers is completely fan made and wasn't even made by the author. Blade Dancer was a Free-To-Use character on Fimfiction.net the author wanted to use for a single scene. Fans took to her moments of hilarity so much that Blade Dancer reappeared in subsequent chapters and is arguably the lead of the secondary cast.
55	* Terry Boot and Michael Corner in ''FanFic/DumbledoresArmyAndTheYearOfDarkness''.
56	* [[LittleMissBadass Vivi]] the [[LivingToys living plushie]], [[Literature/FateZero Alexander Arc]], Jaune's uncle, and [[RobotMaid Norn Belladonna]], Blake's personal assistant [[Manga/{{Chobits}} Persocom]] from ''Fanfic/WeissReacts''.
57	** From its sister fic ''Fanfic/LucinaReacts'', Reflet, Robin's DistaffCounterpart, to the point that people are clamouring for Reflet to appear in ''Fanfic/WeissReacts''.
58	** Professor Faust from ''Fanfic/TheDiaryOfGlyndaGoodwitch''. She first appears as a small, off-handed mention as a teacher in Signal and ended up as a recurring character in both it and ''Fanfic/WeissReacts''.
59	** Fiora, [[spoiler: Gangrel's daughter]], is well-liked for some unfathomable reason.
60	* From the sheer amount of fan-requested Omakes about her in ''FanFic/TheFifthAct'', Yuffie. She only appears in a small subplot and as the punchline to a BrickJoke but the readers lapped it up. Probably because her scenes are the few purely funny scenes and because her {{Noodle Incident}}s are ripe for extra stories.
61	** Initially set to be a foil to Zack, Kunsel's reinterpretation as a savvy AlmightyJanitor won him the adoration of the fans. He gets as many Omakes as Cloud does.
62	* Xavier, the reptilian Cyn'Taak, from ''FanFic/ZeldasHonor'' is a very popular one with readers. She is described as being very loyal and innocent but still highly lethal and dangerous. [[spoiler: Her survival of the endgame events]] prompted a rather overjoyed response from one reviewer.
63	* From Creator/RoseOfPollux's ''Metamorphosis'', we have The Piper, a [[spoiler: Chameleon-arched Jamie]]. He's had positive fan reaction, a few pieces of fan art drawn of him, and [[spoiler: will apparently be making a return soon]].
64	* The Fairy Godfather, an OriginalCharacter in the [[Fanfic/{{Cinderjuice}} Contractually Obligated Chaos]] series, is this. He's so popular with the readers that a number of them have mistaken him for being an actual character from the ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'' cartoon, and expressed a desire to watch the episodes where he can be found.
65	* Fu is easily one of the most popular characters from ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin'' being a badass CrazyIsCool {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.
66	* Ash's ''Pokédex'', of all things, in ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines''. InUniverse, Ash and co. can't stand its [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]], [[InsufferableGenius know-it-all]] attitude, [[UnpopularPopularCharacter but the readers can't get enough of it]].
67	* When it comes to ''Fanfic/DuelingTriggerFinger'' [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Celestia Ludenburg]] is getting rather high praise across the border for not just being a competent duelist, but also because she is playing [[Anime/YuGiOh Marik]] like a freaking fiddle. Her talent as the Ultimate Gambler is also being put to good use.
68	* ''WebAnimation/ButtonsAdventures'' has the titular character's mother, an original character. She turned out so sexy (for a horse) that she easily outshone Button Mash himself. At [[FanConvention GalaCon 2018]], after years of staying [[NoNameGiven nameless]], the creator revealed that her name is Cream Heart. Not that the [[FanCommunityNickname Bronies]] cared much, though; most of them still call her "[[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Button's]] [[StacysMom Mom]]". Oh, and before you ask, seeing as how big and active the Brony music scene is: [[https://pony.fm/tracks/3714-buttons-mom That certain song was parodied]]. [[https://pony.fm/tracks/6418-buttons-mom Twice]].
69	* While [[FanNickname "Trollouche"]] of ''FanFic/CodesAndGeassEmbracingYourInnerMegalomania'' is unquestionably the star of the show (on account of being an SI merged with the canon main character), fans were wowed by the unexpected character breakout of ne'er-do-well [[TheEveryman everyman]] Tamaki Shin'ichiro. His street-punk view on things and connections to the seedy underside of Japan, along with his relatively normal perspective, has proved surprisingly entertaining, especially contrasted with the epic hamminess and batshit insanity of… well, just about everyone else.
70	* ''Digimon Abridged'':
71	** Sora has the best lines from the show like "obey your salad".
72	** Tentomon for being voiced by the Professor from Cutrerama.
73	* Creator/TeamFourStar:
74	** [=Takahata101=] ended up getting a lot of attention thanks in part to his portrayal of Nappa. Creator/LittleKuriboh would even lampshade his popularity by mentioning one of the best ways to have a Abridged series is by having Takahata provide a voice in the show.
75	** Nappa from ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' has easily become one of the series' most popular characters, to the point where he made occasional appearances as a ghost despite having been completely forgotten in the original work after his death. The Abridged version of the Abridged series lampshades this by giving Nappa the line "I am hilarious and you will quote everything I say!" After that, he even [[spoiler:[[DeathIsCheap was brought back to life]], became a Hollywood producer, and was inserted into the backstory of a later character, Mr. Satan]].
76	* ''Fanfic/EquestriaGirlsAFairlyOddFriendship'': The EG version of Gilda has been well-received for being a genuinely caring, albeit crass and snide, mentor, bodyguard, and martial arts instructor to Timmy Turner. Her sympathetic backstory, bravely defending Timmy from threats to his well-being, and her harsh, albeit honest, critique of others give her considerable depth, have all made Gilda a fan favorite and as popular as the Rainbooms in this story.
77	* From Howe's Life, Quentin "Quinn" Dubois became quite popular due to his [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic and snarky remarks]] towards a number of the guards, as well as being one of the first prominent original gay characters in the Walking Dead Game Fanfiction genre. It also helps that he's considered to be a well-developed character. This popularity would eventually result in him being the only survivor post-story and even him becoming the protagonist of his own spin-off.
78	* Speaking of his spin-off in Hell That Runs, [[ViolentGlaswegian Andrew]] and [[NiceGuy Gabriel]] proved to be fairly popular.
79	* From The Hell that Walks, Ray became a surprisingly popular character despite [[spoiler: being bitten and killed off rather quickly]]. This would mainly be due to him being the only person able to keep Penelope in line, as well as being the [[OnlySaneMan most competent in his group]]. Notably, after he was killed off, the viewership for the series dropped quite a bit, leading to jokes that fans liked him so much, that they refused to read the rest of the series.
80	* The ''Fanfic/RandomDramaSeries'' has several.
81	** Ezekiel has BaseBreakingCharacter status in canon, here, he is by far one of the most popular characters from ''Revenge of the Island'', to the point where people were even upset that he was removed from the ''All-Stars'' cast.
82	** Dave (surprisingly) and Britney were incredibly popular in ''Pahkitew Island'', despite the fact that they were the 5th and 6th eliminated contestants respectively.
83	** Victor is another one, he's arguably the most well-liked out of the OCs, many people like him because of his gentleman and polite attitude, even Fangren, the author of the original ''Fanfic/TotalShuffledIslandSeries'' liked him.
84	** Malcolm is this too, although not to the same extent of Victor, many people find him pretty entertaining and hilarious due to his constant injuries and were even sad when he was out early in ''World Tour''. Many readers were extremely happy when he was revealed to be replacing Owen as Noah's race partner.
85	** Although he was a major character in ''Revenge of the Island'', Natasha is also this due to the fact that he is also just an OC, most people thought he was an [[EvilIsCool awesome]] [[BigBad villain]], to the point that there were even people [[RootingForTheEmpire rooting]] for him, even the author was pretty surprised by this.
86	* The Hell's Kitchen RP has had several.
87	** Season 1 had Shane for being a truly dominant winner, Angie for being a likable finalist, and Jake for being one of the most underestimated chefs in the competition.
88	** Season 2 had Mehgan for being a no-nonsense chef, Craig, who initially started out useless, [[TookALevelInBadass got better over the course of the series]], and Hal, who was considered one of the more likable black jackets of the season. However, the most popular was without a doubt Ewan, due to his LargeHam personality, being a mentor to eventual winner Danny, and being the most direct competition for [[HateSink Jangue]], with his injury and withdrawal resulting in many clamoring for him to make a return.
89	** Season 3 had Pory for his laidback attitude and relationship with [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap Brynn]], Kiibo for being dominant and yet staying very likable, and in particular Mick, for [[TookALevelInBadass taking several levels in badass]] over the course of the season.
90	** Season 4 (All-Stars) had Angie and Ewan carry this over. Hunter was also fairly popular before his surprisingly early elimination.
91	* The Spinoffs are no exception.
92	** The first spin-off had Malcolm for his HiddenDepths and being the best of the already dominant blue team, Isabel for being a NiceGirl, Charles for his comedic relief, and eventual winner of the season Heather for being the strongest leader of the notoriously weak red team, her DeadpanSnarker tendencies, and her ShipTease with Malcolm. Her being based off another darkhorse from WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge helps quite a bit as well.
93	* Out of all the new original characters from the sequel to Jason's Rampage in Friday the 13th: Back From the Grave, [[TheLeader Marco]] proved to be one of the more well-liked characters of the story, due to him being a HandicappedBadass with HiddenDepths and being perhaps the OnlySaneMan of the Pinehurst group, as well as his HeroicSacrifice.
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95	* ''Fanfic/JohannaMasonTheyWillNeverSeeMeCry'':
96	** District 3 victor Byte is one of the best-liked characters despite only appearing in about ten chapters due to how he gets a VictoryByEndurance without killing anyone and gets some emotional moments with Johanna when he seeks comfort while being out of his depth mentoring.
97	** Johanna's AdorablyPrecociousChild little brother Joey is absent from large parts of the story due to how he stays behind whenever Johanna is in the Capitol or the arena, but he is a fan favorite.
98	** Johanna's arena ally Red is very popular for being part of a BadassFamily and being a BruiserWithASoftCenter who has some good chemistry with Johanna.

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