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19* [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ellen-baker-new-horizon Ellen Baker]] became an overnight sensation on Pixiv and Twitter, an especially impressive feat considering she originated from a ''textbook''. Her internet presence first went viral when a Japanese user tweeted pages from his brother's 2016-19 edition of New Horizon (a long-running English language textbook series for junior high classrooms) and commented on its surprisingly animesque illustrations and attractive character designs, most particularly of its blonde English tutor. Being a dorky GorgeousGaijin, {{moe}} [[HotTeacher teacher]], Ellen Baker proceeded to lead an explosion of fanart and [[RuleThirtyFour R34]] images, and many overseas fans professed a desire for similar characters on their own textbooks. Even the original artist took notice, appreciating Ellen's newfound popularity but worrying that her purpose as an instructor would be derailed.
20* ''[[Literature/TheMagicForIdiots Mabaka!]]'' has [[CatBoy Maruchi]], Rokuro's magic teacher. He was almost certainly ''designed'' to be a [[{{Jerkass}} major prick]], yet most readers can't help but love him.
21* [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/new-guy New Guy,]] from [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1693001-new-guy this]] webcomic has garnered a large collection of fans, painting him as an AllLovingHero and a symbol of positivity and empathy. Most people saw him as far more sympathetic than the [[DesignatedHero protagonist]].
22* The Queen of Rogues and Robbers was originally supposed to be a one-shot villain in ''Literature/TheQuestportChronicles'', but has been brought back every year due to her popularity.
23* ''Literature/TheRuinsOfAnAmericanPartySystem'' gives us [[RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman FBI Special Agent Richard Nixon]]. His plot, of leading the fight against religious extremist terrorists and political corruption, is by far one of the most popular in the timeline.
24* ''Website/SCPFoundation'':
25** [[CuteMonsterGirl SCP-811]], a swamp-dwelling female humanoid who has become incredibly popular with the online fandom, likely because of her [[MakeThemRot creepy abilities]], an [[UglyCute oddly endearing]] and [[NonMaliciousMonster unique personality]] and a backstory that makes her [[TragicMonster genuinely sympathetic]].
26** Other than [[CreepyChild SCP-053]], some of the other child SCP items, such as [[BlackEyesOfEvil SCP-134]] and [[RoseHairedSweetie SCP-040]], are also quite popular, likely due to being CreepyCute.
27* For Website/{{Tumblr}}'s 2016 April Fool's prank, they held a parody of the year's elections. ''Decision 2016'' had users vote between four lizards for...''[[ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation something]].'' Each lizard had a basic personality and a blog to use as their platform. The candidates were [[TheAllAmericanBoy Ricky]], [[OnlySaneMan Deb]][[GoGetterGirl orah]], [[CloudCuckoolander Mop]], and [[SeeminglyProfoundFool Wretched Tooth]]. Mop and Deborah were instant hits with the users, who quickly provided tons of posters, speeches and ads for their favorite candidates. By the end of the event, Ricky had about 6 million votes (though the counter jokingly edited it to 2 votes), Wretched with 8 million, and Mop and Deborah having about double that. Mop ended up winning, with over 14 million votes.
28* Originally just a mention in the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'', Aquerna has become this trope. She's one of the least powerful students at [[SuperheroSchool Whateley Academy]], and became popular enough that one of the {{Canon}} authors is now writing Aquerna stories, too.
29* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', a character appears once, in the midst of a crisis, a fat superhero who is named only in passing as ''Chubster'', as the casualties are tallied. He remains unconscious throughout his appearance; the protagonist tries her hand at CPR, fails, and she abandons him to die. Despite his unglamorous nature (or because of it?) and lack of dialogue or action, he is repeatedly referred to in the site's comments section, appears or gets a mention in numerous pieces of fanfiction, and is part of several in-jokes among fans.
30** The character of Mouse Protector, a hero who deliberately acts like a campy Silver Age goofball to embarrass villains who lose to her, is only ''slightly'' more developed than Chubster, but you'd never know it by the number of fanfics that portray her as a very prominent character, usually depicted as a full-blown {{Cloudcuckoolander}} but nonetheless awesome. Some fans really took to the idea of such a silly and [[LargeHam hammy]] character existing in the CrapsackWorld of Earth Bet, and wanted to run with it, in-spite (or probably ''because'') her [[BodyHorror canon fate]] was so abysmally dark.
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