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1->''"I'm a huge fan of Literature/TheHungerGames, but I have become an even bigger fan of Hunger Games fan fiction. When I go back and read Creator/SuzanneCollins's original novels, I imagine the world and the characters created on [[Website/FanFictionDotNet this platform]]. This story is a tribute (pun unintended but appreciated) to some of these stories."''
2-->-- Opening to ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13674686/1/74th-Hunger-Games-A-Fanfic-Tribute 74th Hunger Games: A Fanfic Tribute]]''
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4{{Fanfiction}} is a popular medium, and thanks to the nature of SturgeonsLaw, some of it can indeed be quite good to read.
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6And some of that fanfiction may actually become so interesting to some readers, that those readers are inspired to write fanfiction based on those stories, despite the fact (or perhaps ''because'' of it, in some cases) that the original story is fanfiction in and of itself…
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8This is Recursive Fanfiction.
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10Care should be taken with this trope, as the story that said fanfic is based on ''must'' be a fanfiction as well. If the fiction that it is based on is not itself based on another work of fiction, then that’s a normal FanFic, and not this trope.
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12Or, schematically:
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14Original fiction → regular fanfiction → Recursive Fanfiction → still Recursive Fanfiction, but of a higher (deeper?) level.
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16The reaction of the author of the ''original'' FanFic tends to vary. Responses may range:
17* At one extreme, they may outright encourage it, and even adopt some or all of it into the canon of their own continuity (creating a shared FanVerse).
18* They may have a positive reaction, but without "adopting" the new material.
19* They may give it ambivalent acknowledgement or ignore it entirely.
20* They may express a polite distaste or criticism of the new material.
21* At the other extreme, they may, [[{{Hypocrite}} quite ironically]], get upset at people for "stealing" their ideas.
22* If it's Rule34 or {{Squick}}, [[RuleThirtyFourCreatorReactions that's another story]].
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24RecurringFanonCharacter is when this happens to an individual character rather than an entire story. Not to be confused with MetaFic.
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27!!Examples:
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29!!Series with their own pages:
30[[index]]
31* ''RecursiveFanfiction/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
32* ''RecursiveFanfiction/PureLight''
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37[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
38* {{Crossover}} Works:
39* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'' has spawned several of these (though most of them are short one-shots), and there's Fanfic/DungeonKeeperOfLoveAndJustice, an AU fanfic.
40** ''[[http://lesswrong.com/lw/18g/the_finale_of_the_ultimate_meta_mega_crossover/ The Finale of the Ultimate Meta Mega Crossover]]'' technically counts, since it contains references to at least four different fanworks (''Manga/ReTake'', ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'', ''Fanfic/ShinjiAndWarhammer40K'', and ''Fanfic/OnceMoreWithFeeling''). However, it's more notable for being infinitely self recursive.
41** ''Fanfic/InFlight'' has spawned several spin-offs, most notably ''Fanfic/TheEmiyaClan''.
42* The ''Manga/DeathNote'' fandom has at least two fanfics that inspire recursive fanfiction:
43** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3813281/1/Poison_Apple Poison Apple]]'' by [=RobinRocks=] and Narroch has five: ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4823586/1/Human Human]]'', ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6807006/1/Doom Doom]]'', ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6807013/1/My_love My love]]'', ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7339651/1/The_End The End]]'' and ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4304231/1/Broken_Fairytale Broken Fairytale]]''.
44** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5154854/1/PITCH PITCH]]'' by uberneko-zero has two: ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7274051/1/A_Different_Shade_of_Pitch A Different Shade of Pitch]]'' and ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6836104/1/Lips Lips]]''.
45** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3529129/1/ True Elision]]'' very recently inspired a KinkMeme fill: ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7595429/1/The_End The End]]'' which in turn got its own sequel ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7543896/1/Heart Heart]]''. Ironically, the first two [[GuyOnGuyIsHot are yaoi]] and the last one is {{Het}}.
46** ''Fanfic/LightAndDarkTheAdventuresOfDarkYagami'' has inspired several fan sequels: ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9793696/1/Light-and-Dark-Returning-of-D-ark Returning of D'ark]]'', ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9232528/1/Light-and-Dark-DEUX-The-New-Adventures-of-Dark-Soichiro Light and Dark DEUX]]'', ''[[http://dn-kink2.livejournal.com/1491.html?thread=1606355 SAD GOODBYES]]'' and a RoundRobin ''[[http://dn-kink2.livejournal.com/1491.html?thread=1638099 post game]]''.
47* The ''Literature/DirtyPair'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/157673/1/I-Am-One I Am One]]'' by Sean Gaffney is a followup to Larry Mann's [[WordOfDante influential story]] ''[[http://www.eyrie.net/ETC/DP/E-101E/Experiment101.txt Experiment 101-E]]''. (The story covers the same basic ground as the sequel Mann co-wrote with Ryan Matthews, ''[[http://www.eyrie.net/ETC/DP/Reunions/ Reunions]]'', but goes in a different direction.) Gaffney's sequel to ''I Am One'', ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/228050/1/Won-t-Get-Fooled-Again Won't Get Fooled Again]]'', raises the stakes on this trope by including several other authors' Dirty Pair original characters as cameos ([[FusionFic along with the multiple]] [[IntercontinuityCrossover crossover characters]]).
48* ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'':
49** ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'' has ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7106575/1 Traveller.]]''
50** ''Fanfic/MeetTheSuzumiyas'' has ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8540246/1/The-Observations-of-Damon-Rizuela The Observations of Damon Rizuela]]'', written with permission from [=JonBob0008=].
51* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'':
52** Say what you will about the infamous ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' "Economic Crisis Gangbang" KinkMeme fill and its [[RapePortrayedAsRedemption content]], but it proved popular enough to spawn a plethora of spinoffs about America's PTSD after the event, what would have happened if the other nations had mistaken Canada for America or if America had [[ForgotICouldFly actually put his]] SuperStrength [[ForgotICouldFly to good use]] or [[WhatTheHellHero chewed out the other nations for their heartlessness]], a consensual or at least less disturbing version of it, etc.
53** The TearJerker ending of the US/UK {{Doujin|shi}} ''Silencer'' affected some readers enough to write/draw FixFic for it.
54** The infamous {{Gorn}} fic ''Debt'' has a recursive parody fanfic written by its own authors, in which the first chapter is rewritten as a cosplay game GoneHorriblyWrong in which the China cosplayer turns out to be a psychopath and breaks out the knives. Taking this as an implication that the writers wouldn't mind it being parodied, someone made a [[http://chelonianmobile.deviantart.com/art/Repaid-292831424?q=gallery%3Achelonianmobile&qo=3 fanart piece]] depicting China confronting his replacement (not work safe for swearing, blood, and suggested extreme violence).
55** Not to mention all the fanfics on what the ending could've been for ''VideoGame/HetaOni''...
56** ''Fanfic/HumanCuriosity'' has a prequel fic, ''What Curiosity Brings'', which is being written with permission by the original fanfiction's author.
57* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'':
58** ''Fanfic/OneForAllAndEightForTheNinth'' has inspired dozen of fics, including ''Fanfic/MyHeroAcademiaMechanicalGreen'' and ''Fanfic/WatashiNoHeroAcademia''.
59** ''Fanfic/OneX'' was inspired by the one-shot ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/34123255 Belonging]]'' by [=SonnieCelanna=], sharing a similar initial premise of having Izuku in a class full of girls with a female pro-hero as his teacher who placed him in said class out of concern Aizawa would treat him poorly, and several of the students from the canon 1-A {{gender flip}}ped to fill out the Class roster, including Shoto Todoroki and Eijiro Kirishima. Whereas ''Belonging'' had Kaoruko Awata/Bubble Girl as his homeroom teacher and had {{gender flip}}s of Tenya Iida, Denki Kaminari, and Minoru Mineta, ''1-X'' has Ryuko Tatsuma/Ryukyu as his homeroom teacher and has gender flips of Koji Koda, Tokoyami, Sato, and Sero.
60** ''Fanfic/{{Think Before You Speak|MHA}}'' is based off the ''[[https://gentrychild.tumblr.com/tagged/engine%20trouble%20au/chrono Engine Troubles]]'' AU, in which [[PointOfDivergence Tenya is injured during the Heroes vs. Villains training exercise]].
61** ''Fanfic/YesterdayUponTheStair'', a ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' fanfiction, has inspired at least 4 works, which can be found on its Fanfic Rec page. There's even [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/15130238/chapters/35084441 recursive fanfic]] of [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/13253055 a recursive fanfic]].
62* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
63** ''Fanfic/DreamingOfSunshine'' has a single sidestory by the same author and a lot of fics written by fans. There is a community in ffnet dedicated to collecting the side stories.
64** An AnimatedAdaptation of part of the ''Naruto'' comic ''Webcomic/KonohaHighSchool'' has been produced. It also has some fanart.
65** In addition to ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7449361/1/Quietus Quietus]]'', Seraphina Scribes has also written ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7997200/1/Quietus-The-Appendices Quietus: The Appendices]]'', a companion piece with multiple bonus vignettes and outtakes, and co-authored ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13642600/1/Angelus-Mortis Angelus Mortis]]'' with a fan based on an alternate timeline in the same universe. Aside from that, there’s an entire [=DeviantArt=] community based around the fic, and at one point one fan on Tumblr even created an indie game inspired by ''Quietus''.
66* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'':
67** ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'': This fanfic is the authorized sequel to ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5158315/1/A-Throne-of-Bayonets "A Throne Of Bayonets"]]''. After reading that fanfic Strypgia felt that Shinji and Asuka deserved a happier ending, so he asked the author of "A Throne Of Bayonets" permission to continue his story.
68** ''Fanfic/TheSecondTry'' and ''Webcomic/AkiChansLife'' have a fancomic based on it. And a [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/17797301/chapters/41987879 non-official crossover]] with ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust''. And [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13867910/1/The-2nd-Try-Short-Stories a series of short stories]]. And more.
69** ''Fanfic/NobodyDies'' has several sidestories written by both the author and others, including ''Six [=AIs=], One Continent'' and ''The Kei Files''.
70** ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionR'' has ''[[http://fanfic-mausoleum-n-grill.dreamwidth.org/tag/evangelion+redemption Evangelion: Redemption.]]''
71** ''Fanfic/TheOneILoveIs'': Several fans wrote a bunch of side-stories, parodies, and even an authorized sequel.
72* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
73** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1230438/1/Shadow_League Shadow League]]'' is a fanfic based off the infamous DarkFic ''Fanfic/PokemonMaster'', amongst countless others.
74* ''Fanfic/BoyScoutsOneHalf'' is a ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' ElsewhereFic centering on a group of SelfInsert characters from Massachusetts. When three acquaintances of the creator of ''Boy Scouts ½'' were given cameo appearances in one story, one of those acquaintances began a {{Spinoff}} series called ''Perspectives''.
75* ''Fanfic/{{Game Theory|LyricalNanoha}}'' served as a large inspiration for ''[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/ragazza-magica-renza-veneti-pmmm-lyrical-nanoha-fusion.247741/ Ragazza Magica Renza Veneti]]'', a crossover with ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', though more in the way of setting than plot.
76* ''Fanfic/ToTheStars'', a ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''/Hard Sci-Fi mashup set several centuries after the end of the series, has several fanfictions based on the fic's universe, which were [[AscendedFanon integrated into the story canon]]:
77** The biggest one, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9831632/1/Solemnis Solemnis]]'' (and its sequels, ''Sodales'' and ''Aevitas'') set a few years before the beginning of the main fic story, following an average Magical Girl as she contracts and through her military training and first battles.
78** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8516649/1/Puppets Puppets]]'', a spin-off set in a rogue colony hidden from everyone decades before the main story, following a Magical Girl's journey to free her world from its tyrannical regime.
79** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9402909/1/Those-Who-Take-the-Sword Those Who Take The Sword]]'', set during WWI, involving Clarisse Von Rossum, immortal Magical Girl historian and explorer and part of the supporting cast from the main story.
80** It also spawned a couple of non-canon crossover fics, such as ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9107321/1/Reaching-for-Eternity Reaching for Eternity]]'' (crossover with ''Manga/MinamiKe'') or [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8627626/1/L-Effetto-Magico L'Effecto Magico]] (crossover with ''VideoGame/MassEffect'')
81* ''Fanfic/HalkegeniaOnline'' has numerous fan-made side stories. One of them, ''Fanfic/HalkegeniaOnlineZeroHour'' has grown to be a full size fanfic in its own right, for which people are starting to write fan-made side stories.
82* The ''Fanfic/ElementalChessTrilogy'' has a few of these.
83* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13695083/1/THIS-IS-IT THIS IS IT!]]'' is the title of a ''Manga/LuckyStar'' fanfic of another, long-deleted one titled ''Cries Unheard'', detailing its antagonists' demises that lead to the flash-forward prologue with Miyuki under police interrogation by Yui but never got to play out way back then. That, however, is the ''only'' thing its author meant to resolve, albeit with some actual buildup that revolves mostly around Konata and Yutaka's liberation.
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86[[folder:Comic Strips]]
87* There's a lot of unofficial [[Fanfic/TheCalvinverse Calvinverse]] stories out there. Among them is ''Fanfic/ThePezDispenserAndTheReignOfTerror''.
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90[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
91* The well-known ''Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/{{Hitchups}}'' got one, a oneshot based off the story with the author's permission called ''The Elder's Prediction.''
92* This occurs at times in ''Franchise/TheLionKing'' fandom:
93** ''Fanfic/TheLionKingAdventures'' is the most famous example, with no shortage of fan fiction being made by the fans. Even the [[{{Spinoff}} spin-offs]] have fanfics.
94** "Chronicles of the Pridelands" invented the character Tanabi, Simba’s son. Nearly every ''TLK'' fan began using the character in their own SpinOffspring. His popularity soon declined though, due to the release of the semi-official ''Six New Adventure'' book series, which gave Simba a different son, Kopa. The release of the second film with the arrival of Kiara made all but the oldest fans forget Tanabi.
95** [[http://tlk-fancomics.deviantart.com/gallery/42286638 Joanna-TLK’s fancomic]] continues on from the last chapter of [[http://tlk-fancomics.deviantart.com/gallery/?set=30863120&offset=0 Savu0211’s fancomic]], which by then, had almost nothing to do with the original films.
96** Koda, Leah, and Asha from ''Webcomic/TheLionKingKiarasReign'' are three of the more popular Kiara and Kovu offspring characters. They have other fan-works about them.
97** Kuzimu and Azola are two popular fan-characters, to the point where they're mistaken for canon by some fans. They're Zira's parents. Azola is essentially a blue-eyed, lighter furred Zira, while her mate Kuzimu is a dark furred lion. Azola is a sweet {{Good Parent|s}} and Kuzimu is a cruel {{Abusive Parent|s}}. Kuzimu's usually also presented as [[DomesticAbuse having killed Azola]].
98** Fan-artist Creator/{{Savu0211}} is the creator of several popular fan-characters, including Azra (a Scar/Zira fan-child) and Baridi.
99* ''WebVideo/{{Illuminated}}'' is a Jane/Amelia CrossoverCouple video that has led to two different {{novelization}}s: [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/2684999 one]] complete oneshot and [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/6961672/chapters/15871267 one]] unfinished DeadFic.
100* ''Fanfic/HeritageOfTheWolf'' is a series of fan-remakes based on fanfic writer Cyberwulfe's ''Balto'' fics.
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103[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
104* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'', a Franchise/MonsterVerse fanfiction set after ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'', has so far spawned [[https://cowabungaitis.tumblr.com/ a series of Interquels]] and [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/34734553/chapters/86484385 another series of sequel one-shots]] by two different authors as of December 2021.
105* ''FanFic/ThePrivateDiaryOfElizabethQuatermain'' has some, or did at the time it was being written; at least one has since been taken down.
106* ''Star Wars'' fanfiction author Fialleril created the Tatooine Slave Culture tag with their series [[https://archiveofourown.org/series/8580 The Tatooine Cycle]] and ''FanFic/DoubleAgentVader'', featuring unique fictional mythology and traditions of resistance. There are now many stories from several authors in this started multiverse.
107* The ''FanFic/LostInTimeSeries'' has one called ''Lost in Time: Destiny''.
108* The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse fanfiction series ''Fanfic/InfiniteCoffeeAndProtectionDetail'' is one of the highest rated MCU fanfic series on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn, and checking the "Works Inspired By This One" sections at the ends of the various installments will reveal that it's inspired dozens of fans to create fanfiction of the series themselves, featuring a snarky, protective Bucky Barnes who loves baking.
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112* Diane Castle's multi-crossover ''A Brane of Extraordinary Women'' series has spawned dozens of fanfics, especially based on ''Fanfic/TheSecretReturnOfAlexMack''. In fact, ''almost all the [[Series/TheSecretWorldOfAlexMack Alex Mack]] fanfiction in existence'' is derived from the "Teraverse".
113* ''Fanfic/DrunkardsWalk'' has inspired a number of fanfics, collectively known as ''The Drunkard's Stagger''.
114* ''Fanfic/EdventureOfTheThousandYearDoor'' has ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7145922 As This Train Goes]]'', a WhatIf fic asking what would happen if Sarah was the legendary hero and if Edd and the others weren't charged with collecting the Crystal Stars. Sadly, it's a DeadFic.
115* ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'': This MegaCrossover {{Fan Webcomic|s}} has a whole ExpandedUniverse worth of fanfiction based on it called the ''{{Webcomic/Buildingverse}}''. With five separate spin-offs (''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor'', ''Webcomic/DownTheStreet'', ''Webcomic/{{Superintendent}}'', ''Webcomic/MeanwhileUpstairs'' and ''Fanfic/OnlyADream'') having trope pages and if we wanted to be perfectly precise ''Webcomic/DownTheStreet'' is a ''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor'' fancomic.
116** To make things even more complicated a lot of these works add even more {{Crossover}}s or take characters / concepts from yet other fanfiction creating a TangledFamilyTree that rivals the magical people's.[[note]]In this 'verse each and every magical being from every fanon EVER is related somehow.[[/note]]
117** And then there's the fact that ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'' [[AscendedFanon sometimes uses ideas and OCs from]] ''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor'' (and its other spin-offs), to the point where they could almost be considered fanfics for ''each other''.
118** To make it "clearer" a flowchart of the relationship between the three main troped ones (misses ''Meanwhile Upstairs'' and ''Only A Dream'' also adding all would be bad for sanity) and the world [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Building-verse_relationships_6402.jpg here]]. Block arrow main relationship, normal arrow other influence / ascended fannon / etc..
119* The ''Film/{{Thor}}''[=/=]''Series/{{Being Human|UK}}'' fanfiction series, ''FanFic/{{Housemates}}'', has a few spin-offs. The first is ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1089687/chapters/2192950 Clean: a Housemates series story]]'' by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/flutterflap/pseuds/flutterflap flutterflap]], is a rewrite Series 2 of ''Series/{{Being Human|UK}}'' in the "Housemates universe". Another is the one-shot ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9068598/1/The-Morning-After The Morning After]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/257559/Mikkeneko Mikkeneko]].
120* ''Fanfic/ProjectBluefield'': The ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates: Devastation'' stories are set in an AlternateContinuity of fellow writer Creator/TheApocryphalOne's ''Unexplored Chronicles'' series--specifically, ''FanFic/TheInvisiblePrincess'' and ''FanFic/TheLostKing''. (''Project Bluefield's'' WordOfGod says that ''FanFic/FireEmblemFatesAftermath'' may not occur--certainly not in the same way as the original.) Apocrypha's ''Unexplored Chronicles'' are in turn fanfiction of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates''.
121* The ''Fanfic/MaribatAU'' created by ozmav inspired many spinoffs and [=AUs=] based on this fic. This basically started and shaped the Damien ([[Franchise/{{Batman}} Robin]]) x Marinette ([[WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug Ladybug]]) ship.
122* The Franchise/DCUniverse[=/=]Franchise/{{RWBY}} fanfic ''Fanfic/HuntersOfJustice'' ended up inspiring the fanfic ''Fanfic/RemnantsMightiestHeroes'', which features a similar premise: a comic book villain attacks Remnant, and teams RWBY and JNPR end up on Earth and meeting a team of superheroes--only with the Franchise/MarvelUniverse instead of DC, so ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}'s role as the one attacking Remnant and the ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica's role as the first superheroes to meet RWBY and JNPR are respectively replaced with ComicBook/KangTheConqueror and ComicBook/TheAvengers.
123* ''Fanfic/TheInfiniteLoops''. It started as a collection of fanfics from Innortal revolving around seven fandoms (''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', ''Literature/HarryPotter'', ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'', ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', ''Manga/SailorMoon'' and ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''). Now, it's a '''''massive''''' project on Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom with dozens upon dozens of authors, and featuring an insane amount of fandoms; from ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' to ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', from ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' to ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', from the ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'' to ''VideoGame/GoatSimulator''. Innortal has [[ApprovalOfGod expressed his approval]].
124** In addition, ''The Infinite Loops'' has the possibility of loopers appearing in fanfic settings as one of its rules. For example, the Ree from ''Fanfic/NobodyDies'' is looping, and ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureau'' is a common MLP loops setting.
125* ''Fanfic/BoldoresAndBoomsticks'' has accumulated a few series of omake that tell their own stories.
126** ''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/lazy-beacon-days-reading-boldores-and-boomsticks.785212 Lazy Beacon Days,]]'' where another version of Team RWBY comes across and reads a book containing the story, and reacts to both their counterparts' actions, and the things revealed about each other. Blake got the book for free from a bookstore run by [[VideoGame/FireEmblem Anna]].
127** ''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/boldores-and-boomsticks-rwby-pokemon-crossover.627805/page-268#post-64819365 Meanwhile in Mantle,]]'' an Apocryphal story about a Leavanny, Petlil, Audino, and Elesa's Emolga that end up on Remnant and fall in with Robyn Hill and her Happy Huntresses.
128** ''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/boldores-and-boomsticks-rwby-pokemon-crossover.627805/page-342#post-69716085 You Teach Me and I'll Teach You]]'' is another apocryphal story set after communication and travel between Earth and Remnant has been established. It sees Weiss send Whitley on his own journey to let him grow away from Jacques.
129* This happens InUniverse for ''Fanfic/CindersAndAshesTheChroniclesOfKamenRiderDante'' twice. Hoshi's fanfic, [[ShowWithinAShow Kamen Rider Dante]], gets adapted into a doujinshi by Tachibana. It also manages to get itself fanart by a few talented artists.
130* ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm'', a crossover between ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' and ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', was followed by a sequel made by a separate group of fans, ''WebAnimation/ElementsOfJustice''.
131* ''Fanfic/BeyondTheOuterGatesLiesAHighSchoolLibrary'' continues from where ''Fanfic/BeyondTheOuterGateLies'' left off.
132* ''Fanfic/WithPearlAndRubyGlowing'' has several stories written by fans of the series: ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24465001/chapters/59043946 Campfire Stories]]'', ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/37356484 Aftermath]]'', and ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/38325241 A Story about the Butterfly Prince]]''
133* ''Fanfic/{{Kage}}'', a ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''/''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' crossover that was part of the ''Fanfic/ProjectDarkJade'' community, became a DeadFic in 2017. In 2022, a couple of fans of it created a sequel called ''Fanfic/ShadowsOverMeridian'', which picks up in what would be the midpoint of ''W.I.T.C.H.'' Season 2, following after what those fans deduce would have happened in the original fic up to that point.
134* ''Fanfic/ThePrinceAndTheThief'' was inspired by ''Fanfic/MoxxieMorningstar'' by An_undead_gamer_45, another fanfic where Moxxie was Charlie's adopted brother. He even has the same [[MarkOfTheSupernatural supernatural scar on his chest]].
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138* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
139** ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality'' has not only inspired its own fanfics, such as ''Once Upon a Tower'' and ''Nightmares of Azkaban'', but "Rational" fics have become a kind of sub-genre. The epilogue was purposely delayed a year to allow sequel fics time to get established, and examples like [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11117811/1/Ginny-Weasley-and-the-Sealed-Intelligence Ginny Weasley and the Sealed Intelligence]] started popping up in less than a week.
140*** The most famous Rational fic beside ''Methods'', ''FanFic/{{Luminosity}}'', has spawned several fan short stories.
141*** ''Following the Phoenix'', a fan AU of Methods of Rationality, has in turn a fan sequel ''Squiring the Phoenix''.
142** The large projects ''The Shoebox Project'', ''Dumbledore's Army and the Year of Darkness'' and the Fanfic/{{Dangerverse}} have their own fanfic.
143** All the sequels or rewrites to the infamous ''Fanfic/MyImmortal''.
144** ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheNightmaresOfFuturesPast'' has inspired ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10213764/1/ G for Ginevra]]'' and ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4019762/1/A-Night-at-the-Burrow-A-Fan-Short A Night at the Burrow,]]'' which were endorsed by the author of [=NoFP=]. Less canonically, [=NoFP=]!Harry makes an appearance in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8426689/1/The-Potter-Plot The Potter Plot,]]'' facing off against other versions of Harry including canon and various fanfics.
145** [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2318355/1/ Make a Wish]] was the inspiration for [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11965672/1/Terminal-Justice-by-Overkill-AKA-Irrational-Intelligence Terminal Justice.]]
146** ''Fanfic/TheRigelBlackChronicles'' has inspired a wide variety of recursive fanfics, some very short, and others approximately as long as the original series (specifically, the ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1722145 Revolutionary Arc]]''); the fandom also holds regular gift exchanges in which authors write spinoff stories for each other. The Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn tag [[https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Inspired%20by%20The%20Rigel%20Black%20Chronicles/works "Inspired by The Rigel Black Chronicles"]] has over 300 stories. (And one of those stories, ''The Detersive Divulge'', has in turn inspired its own spin-off, ''Harry Is Woman Hear Her Roar''.)
147** ''FanFic/{{crawlersout}}'' has two, both Harry/Grindelwald, with Grindelwald's POV. One is by the original author, called ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11660037/1/begin-again begin again]]''. The other is by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2221413/Tsume-Yuki Tsume Yuki]], called ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11521284/1/Fineshine Fineshine]]''.
148** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7768275/1/The-Fate-Changed-Now-What The Fate Changed Now What?]]'' was inspired by ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5725656/1/Fate-s-Favourite Fate's Favourite,]]'' a Harry/Tom Riddle fic.
149** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10843405/1/Kaleidoscope-of-Magic-Machinations-of-Time Kaleidoscope of Magic: Machinations of Time]]'' is a spinoff of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9101451/1/Kaleidoscope-of-Magic Kaleidoscope of Magic.]]''
150** ''FanFic/HarryPotterBecomesACommunist'' features brief crossover appearances by [[Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality rationalist!Quirrell]], [[Fanfic/MyImmortal Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way]], and [[Fanfic/TheDracoTrilogy Rhysenn Malfoy]]. All are portrayed as "bourgeois" enemies, and killed off after about ten chapters.
151** ''Fanfic/TheAwakeningOfAMagus'' has at least two. The first one is ''Who Wants to Live Forever'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/85489/LoneWolf5 LoneWolf5]] (removed due to being a songfic). That one is a DistantPrequel and actually had the details there [[CanonImmigrant becoming canon]]. The second one is called ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6778223/1/The-Oldest-Plans The Oldest Plans,]]'' serving as both a DistantSequel and a DistantPrequel.
152* ''Literature/TheHungerGames''
153** ''74th Games: a Fanfic Tribute'' describes the events of the first novel from the perspective of Victors developed in the fan fic, ''Fanfic/TheVictorsProject''. It also features characterizations of the tributes developed in other ''Hunger Games'' fan fics.
154** Fanfic/TalesOfTheHungerGames adapts the stories of both Cirrus Quell (from the web series of the same name) and [[WebVideo/WeepingWillow Tristan Terrace]], where they're "chronicled" from a Capitolcentric viewpoint.
155** Speaking of ''Tales'', the author also left the ending of his series open to listener interpretation, which has inspired a few of his fans to write about what happens after the 100th Hunger Games. Examples include Fanfic/PanemReborn, ''After the 100th'', ''Tales of Panem'', and ''Hunger Games Chronicles''.
156* ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'':
157** ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/49849651/chapters/125840020 "What did I do to deserve this? I only wanted to help..."]]'', is explicitly stated to be inspired by ''Fanfic/FortuneLoverTGSBetaSaruRipTPlusEng0Point75SincereDotZip'' by swapping to Katarina's (as reincarnated into Sincere's mod) point of view. The title is a reference to '' [=Fortune_Lover_(TGS Beta)(SARU_rip)[T+Eng0.75_Sincere].zip=]''; it's one of Sincere's additions to Katarina's lines, lamenting at her BewilderingPunishment.
158** ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/47376982/chapters/119381722 Lazy Maria Days]]'' is a LetsWatchOurShowPlot of ''Fanfic/MariaCampbellOfTheAstralClocktower'', except the viewers are the canonical ''My Next Life as a Villainess'' cast.
159* ''{{Literature/Worm}}''
160** ''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/internship-worm.463000/ Internship]]'' spawned the fic of the fic [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/deputy-internship-worm-au-au.483163 Deputy]], which has now spawned the fic of the fic of the fic [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/aegis-must-die-deputy-internship-worm-au-au-au.505904/ Aegis Must Die]], as well as the truly dizzying [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/emissary-a-deputy-recursive-crossover-worm-au-canon.532150/ Emissary: A Deputy Recursive Crossover,]] which crosses the Taylor from "Deputy Commander" with canon Worm.
161** ''[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/sanctioned-splintered-reboot-qaylor-crack-quest.46208 Sanctioned,]]'' already a rewrite of ''[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/splintered-worm-qa-quest.24509 Splintered,]]'' has spawned two crossover fics with Sanctioned's QA and Taylor being placed in the worlds of ''Literature/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'' in ''[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/its-not-wrong-to-make-friends-in-the-dungeon-danmachi-sanctioned-worm.59498/#post-13547309 It's Not Wrong To Make Friends In The Dungeon]]'' and ''RolePlay/BattleActionHaremHighschoolSideCharacterQuest'' in [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/calibration-bahhscq-sanctioned.61266 Calibration.]]
162** ''Fanfic/IncenseAndPowderedDiamond'' began as an omake of ''Fanfic/{{Implacable}}'' before it was retooled as a different story.
163* ''Literature/WarriorCats'':
164** The TrollFic ''Fanfic/StarkitsProphecy'' has numerous reaction fics, fix fics, and parodies. It even has a few animated and comic adaptations.
165** ''WebAnimation/CabinetManCompleteEvilSpottedleafMAP'''s popularity led to a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSpP1C-K1e4 parody MAP]] with a ''Minecraft'' theme.
166* ''Franchise/TheWitcher'' fic verse ''Fanfic/TheAccidentalWarlordAndHisPack'' spawned numerous other fics taking from its premise or using the character Milena, including ''Fanfic/{{Wolfblood}}''.
167* ''Fanfic/{{Goldstein}}'' has ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12785258/1/Goldstein-Shanah-Bet Goldstein: Shanah Bet]],'' featuring a few vignettes leading up to Yehudah's bar mitzvah.
168* The ''Literature/LesMiserables'' fanfic ''FanFic/ParisBurning'' became the seed of its own fictional universe with numerous contributors.
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172* There are quite a few stories written by authors other than the original CP Coulter that use original characters from the ''Series/{{Glee}}'' fanfic ''Dalton''.
173* ''FanFic/TheHarmonVerse'', a series of ''Series/{{Glee}}'' fanfics centred around the OriginalCharacter of Jack Harmon. It includes four ongoing novelizations of ''Series/{{Glee}}'' and over 40 stories altogether.
174* ''Fanfic/TheContract'' has ended up spawning a number of other fanfics, forming [[TheVerse a world]] known as the Contractverse. They include:
175** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2896318/1/Lifeline Lifeline]]'', a companion piece to ''The Contract''.
176** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3388312/1/Exigencies Exigencies]]'', a ContinuationFic for ''The Contract''.
177** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3428758/1/ Recovery]]'', ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3557391/1/ Where the Rails Converge]]'', and ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5092702/1/A_Gentle_Knock_at_the_Door A Gentle Knock at the Door,]]'' all separate sequels to ''Exigencies''.
178** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5412732/1/PATIENT PATIENT]]'', a sequel to ''A Gentle Knock At The Door''.
179** ''[[http://diysheep.livejournal.com/20287.html#cutid1 Creepy Pencil Story]]'', a short "What-If" story,
180** ''[[http://alex51324.livejournal.com/32577.html Pencils are Dangerous]]'', a sequel series to ''Creepy Pencil Story''.
181** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5299378/1/The_Kindness_of_Strangers The Kindness of Strangers]]'', a oneshot addition to ''Pencils are Dangerous''.
182* ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/180121/chapters/264839 Two Two One Bravo Baker]]'', a military ''[[Main/AlternateUniverseFic AU]]'' of the ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' universe, has spawned its own works of fanart and fanfic.
183* Series/TheMightyBoosh fandom has several rather famous fanfictions, notably Stockholm Syndrome, that were so popular that they spawned countless fanfictions based on it from other authors. The number of fanfictions and fanarts based on Stockholm Syndrome ballooned after it was revealed Creator/NoelFielding himself was a fan of the fanfiction and inserted references to it into a live performance.
184* [[http://www.tthfanfic.org/Author-22082/DianeCastle.htm DianeCastle's]] ''Fanfic/TheSecretReturnOfAlexMack'' has spawned dozens of recursive fanfics, thanks in part to its epic length and regular updates (now completed), including two heartfelt tributes to [[spoiler: Pyre after her HeroicSacrifice in chapter 219]]. There are so many now that it has spawned the so-called "Teraverse," named after Alex's superhero secret identity Terawatt.
185* The ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/MaybeSproutWings'' has inspired a number of other fanfics set in the author's AU. She keeps a running tab of them on [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26446129/chapters/64434856 the fic's page]].
186* [[Series/TheWitcher2019 The Witcher]] fanfic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1683661 The Accidental Warlord and His Pack]]'', wherein Geralt and the Witchers band together to overthrow the various tyrannical rulers of the setting, has inspired a vast number of fics either set in the same universe or based on the same premise. The 'Works Inspired By' section at the end of the main stories is ''extensive''.
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190* There are multiple fanfics based around ''Act 1'' and ''The father of Death'' by Music/TheProtomen. Which themselves are a set of two [[DarkFic Dark]] AlternateUniverse Fics based on the original ''VideoGame/MegaMan1'' game.
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194* [[https://www.deviantart.com/lutherniel/art/Megane-Tech-Priestess-640239217 This fan art]] for ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' ended up becoming the inspiration for ''WebAnimation/WarhammerIdolMonth''.
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198* Lunarstar from ''Fanfic/{{Worlds Apart|MLP}}'' is one of the most popular pre-''Friendship is Magic'' WingedUnicorn characters. She has received a lot of recursive fanart.
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202* ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIASoldiersContingency Final Fantasy VI: A Soldier's Contingency]]'' is a ROM hack of the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' ROM hack ''General Leo Edition'', with the hack expanding on General Leo's survival that the source hack set the stage for.
203* ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'':
204** ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkinCorruption'' is a popular reskin/overhaul mod that takes the ''FNF'' cast and adds a ZombieApocalypse-styled conflict, turning each of the characters corrupted; making them tar black with pink maniac expressions. As such, there are many, ''many'' mods based off it, typically following the basic premise of Corrupted BF facing against a preexisting FNF mod characters to corrupt them by the end of the week/song. Consequently, many of these mods are heavily formulaic and of low-quality, with Phantom Fear [[FanworkBan blocking all recursive mods]] in an attempt to avoid those confusing fanmade with the official story till it's done.
205** A multi case for the GameMod ''[[https://gamebanana.com/mods/348921 Monika.exe]]'' - it is created by same team of the ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' crossover mod ''VideoGame/DokiDokiTakeover'', and is itself a mod of fellow game mod ''VideoGame/VsSonicExe'', replacing that mod's cast with horrific versions of the ''Doki Doki'' cast.
206* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'':
207** ''[[VideoGame/PatchCon PatchCon! Defend the Library!]]'': ''VideoGame/TouhouNingyougeki'' is a based on the premise of the puppets reproducing in the wild to populate and integrate into the world following the events of Patchouli's and Marisa's puppet armies getting nuked by the impatient former, resulting in the multiple ''Pokémon'' ROM hacks that replace the Mons with the ''Touhou'' cast.
208** People seems to like the concept of [[Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren Advent]] [[RecycledINSPACE Cirno]] a lot, and there are a lot of fanarts of it in Platform/{{Pixiv}}.
209** Many ''Touhou Project'' doujins use personality quirks ascribed/invented/{{Flanderized}} by previous authors (such as Sakuya's ACupAngst, Aya's paparazzi behavior, Cirno's idiocy, etc.) that have no basis in canon, due in part to the lack of CharacterDevelopment in the official games and WordOfGod that comes out years later people are used to the fanon personalities. For example, most doujin portray Keine as teaching human and youkai children alike despite it being official that she doesn't like youkai. Similarly, Momiji is often shown as Aya's long-suffering subordinate when they actually don't like each other very much.
210* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
211** ''Fanfic/PokeWars'' has spawned at least ''twelve'' fics based on Cornova's world.
212** There have been multiple fanfics written based on ''Webcomic/BlackAdventures''.
213** And a huge community based on ''Fanfic/{{Pokeumans}}'', with literally hundreds of members.
214* The infamous ''Videogame/{{Portal}}'' fic ''[[FanFic/{{ITSMYLIFE}} ITS MY LIFE!]]'' has at least several. It doesn't help that one of the authors of those fics largely drew elements from ''another'' shared universe based on ''Portal'', namely the ''FanFic/PortalThe4thMillenniumFranchise''.
215* ''[[http://forums.darknestfantasyerotica.com/showthread.php?260-Ethereum-Gladiator-Kynrind-s-Capture Kynrind's Capture]]'' is one based on the PornWithPlot ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' fic, ''Ethereum Gladiator''.
216* Subverted with ''FanFic/{{Morphic}}'', where a new author was supposedly going to write his own sequel to the original fic... only it turns out the whole thing was planned out ahead of time by the original author as part of an elaborate April Fool's prank.
217* The ''VideoGame/{{Oolite}}'' project is a FanRemake of ''VideoGame/{{Elite}}'', so all ''Oolite'' fan works are essentially ''Elite'' fan works by proxy. Additionally, the game is also highly moddable; well-received [[GameMod Oolite Expansion Packs]] inspire authors to incorporate their features into their fics, and new ideas from fanfic writers in turn inspire new [=OXPS=]. Furthermore, developers and community regulars frequently [[{{Tuckerization}} include versions of one another's in-game personas]] in their own fan works.
218* ''Franchise/DragonAge'' fandom has spawned [[http://http://feynites.tumblr.com/ Feynite]], an author whose work seems to inspire a significant amount of this.
219* This is extremely prominent in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' fandom, which has not only a FanVerse, but an expansive fan ''multiverse''. Among the fanworks there is an endless tangle of AlternateUniverseFic, where there are more ''popular'' [=AUs=] than most fandoms get ''total'' [=AUs=], and there are several [=AUs=] of [=AUs=]; for example, [[FlowerMotifs Flowerfell]], an alternate universe of the preexisting AU Underfell, gave rise to the fanfic [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/5734642 Overgrowth]], which itself spawned several more fics. There are also mashups of [=AUs=], such as Swapfell, which combines the DarkerAndEdgier Underfell AU with the role-swapped Underswap AU. To go with all that, there are many fanfics where different versions of the characters from assorted [=AUs=] interact.
220* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
221** ''Fanfic/SonicExe'' is one of the most famous fanfics in the ''Sonic'' fandom, if not in the {{creepypasta}} fandom, to the point it gained a large variety of fan games and fanfics.
222** This occasionally happens to very popular [=OCs=] and especially fan-children. For example, [[Creator/{{Evay}} one artist]] created a ''[[WesternAnimation/SonicBoom Boom]]''-verse Sonic/Amy daughter named Aurora which has received fanart and fanfics from others. It's especially impressive considering the... infamous reputation of ''Sonic'' Original Characters, even on the website where they are popular.
223*** A half-example of this is the Custom Hero feature from ''VideoGame/SonicForces''. It's technically an official character who [[VirtualPaperDoll you can design]] to be any character you want, hence the half-example bit, but the template design of a red wolf is so popular that people are drawing it in spades, and asking SEGA to make him an actual character in and of his own right.
224** Someone created a design for Shadow the Hedgehog's long-dead sister-figure Maria Robotnik as a hedgehog. Since then, Maria the Hedgehog is a mainstay of ''Sonic'' fanworks. Try to find Maria fanart or even fanfics, and you'll undeniably find Maria the Hedgehog fanworks too. Some have an ExcusePlot of "What if Maria was reincarnated or resurrected as a hedgehog?" while others just make her a hedgehog just because.
225** The most current one of these comes from ''VideoGame/SonicMania''. The boss fight of the [[NostalgiaLevel remade Flying Battery Zone]], a spider, has Eggman hung upside down within the machine. An artist by the username of Alpha Gamboa, however, saw something else entirely and created an image of what they saw. [[https://www.sonicstadium.org/2017/09/meet-omelette-sonic-manias-accidental-new-boss-character/ Meet Eggette (or Omelette, if you prefer)]], a fan character who is essentially to Eggman what Bowser Jr is to Bowser, and has become so popular that fan art, videos and even custom boss themes have been made for her. Not bad for a comical misinterpretation of an upside-down sprite.
226** Similar to with Maria, a fan-design for Elise as a FunnyAnimal was created. Almost all Sonic/Elise fanart uses it instead of Elise's canon [[InterspeciesRomance human]] design.
227* ''Fanfic/QuarterLifeHalfwayToDestruction'' has ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5235619 QuarterLife: Origin of Doom]]'', which also ties it into ''Fanfic/HalfLifeFullLifeConsequences''. Notable in that it explains a number of random occurrences in the first fic, explaining the origin of the headcrab officer, the wepon John Freeman finds in Ravenholdm, who wrote "u sudnt come here" on the sign, the origins of the zombie goasts, and even goes so far as to explain ''where the Combine hug tower at the end of the saga comes from.''' [[http://youtu.be/8G04fz2JxsM Now in machinima form]] by [=PKMNEmerald=].
228* The immensely popular novel-length ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'' AU fanfiction ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/28755084 Passerine]]'' has inspired an entire category of recursive fanworks on Archive Of Our Own. Notable entries include ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31810831 You Don't Bring Me Flowers Anymore]]'' by ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Shrai/pseuds/Shrai Shrai]]'', in which normal canon DSMP!Tommy and Passerine!Tommy switch places after [[spoiler:Passerine!Tommy's death]], and ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/2415514 Kaleidoscope]]'' by ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/users/ExpositionFairy/pseuds/ExpositionFairy ExpositionFairy,]]'' an unofficial direct continuation that incorporates some other well-known DSMP story arcs into the AU and expands the setting to include characters from other popular Minecraft Youtube series.
229* ''FanFic/TheCrownAtomic'' is a fan fiction written for the GameMod ''VideoGame/KaiserreichLegacyOfTheWeltkrieg'', specifically a version of the mod ported over to ''Darkest Hour'', which itself started life as a fan-made overhaul of ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIron II''. In other words, this is a fan work of a fan work of a fan work -- four layers deep.
230* Link and Mipha's triplets from ''Fanfic/{{Offspring}}'' have some fanart based off of them.
231* The fan game ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaAnother'' and its sequel ''VisualNovel/SuperDanganronpaAnother2'' have spawned quite a few fan works of their own, including the ongoing ''Nextgenronpa'', which stars the children of several members of the cast.
232* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''
233** ''VideoGame/BeyondSkyrim'', a massive multi-team GameMod project for ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', have always cited ''VideoGame/TamrielRebuilt'', a similarly ambitious modding project for ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'' as one of its main inspirations. In the case of ''Beyond Skyrim''[='s=] own Morrowind project, the close relationship between the two projects are taken it a bit further, as the team have stated that they will at least partially share their in-house lore with ''Tamriel Rebuild''[='s=] team.
234** There are a great many fanfictions that borrow elements from {{Game Mod}}s. VideoGame/{{Inigo}}, VideoGame/{{Lucien}}, and [[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/19075 Kaidan]], three very popular companion mods, each have over 250 works on the fanfiction website Archive of Our Own that include them in the tags, and there are far more that include characters, spells, items, story elements and more from a wide variety of other mods.
235* The ''VideoGame/Persona5'' fic ''Fanfic/TheDelinquentAndHisLover'', was revived by another author after four years as a DeadFic.
236* The ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}'' fic ''Fanfic/FalseHeaven'' is based on ''Fanfic/HandsOmori'' and has the same basic concept- [[spoiler:Sunny was a victim of molestation by his sister Mari]]- but takes place in a slightly different continuity as the hospital confession scene plays out differently than it did in ''Hands''. It is also primarily from Aubrey's perspective and has her in an explicit romantic relationship with Sunny- the conflict being her struggle with her inability to [[HatesBeingTouched give him physical affection]].
237* It's implied in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'' that [[spoiler:main heroine Mio]] is the daughter of [[spoiler:Queen Nia]]. Revelations at the end of the game also mean that she would have two siblings. The fandom constantly speculates about who those siblings are, whether they're in the game already, whether they're new characters, and what those new characters should be called. Rozteka published the fic ''Fanfic/MomentaryWeakness'', followed by a sequel ''Endless Strength'' that focused on the family and the children. People liked the names and personalities the author used so much that people started writing short ficlets in the same universe. Even fics that are not explicitly in the same universe often use Rozteka's names.
238* ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' has a very large modding community, and sometimes these mods start referencing each other:
239** ''VideoGame/StardewValleyExpanded'' is hands-down the most popular mod, so there are many other mods that make use of the elements introduced by it.
240** Another example is the mod ''East Scarp'' which is more of a loose collaboration by different models, but the mod ''VideoGame/RidgesideVillage'' also features cameos of some of the former's characters.
241* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' has a fan-comic called [[https://linkeduniverse.tumblr.com/post/173747189369/this-is-linkeduniverse-101-welcome-linked the Linked Universe]], an crossover AU wherein reimaginings of all of the various games' incarnations of Link meet up and go on adventures together. The AU has a huge quantity of fan-art and fanfiction based on its versions of the different Links, which the creator enjoys and encourages.
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245* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' out the [[HoldYourHippogriffs wastechute]]. Fans will create alternate universes, the alternate universes will become popular, people will write fanfics set in the alternative universes... and then there's the ''fanart'' of alternative universes.
246** RolePlay/TheGrandBattle is the most notorious in having fanart and other fan stuff based on itself.
247** There is genderbent fanart of a cosplay of a fanart of a memetic guy who randomly got into a picture of cosplay.
248** ''FanFic/UnwantedFreeUglyTroll'' gets one in ''FanFic/{{Loophole}}''.
249** The greater ''Replay Value Universe'' currently includes at least one roleplay that draws from a roleplaying-game handbook, which itself was written as a recap of the original freeform roleplay, which in turn is based on ''FanFic/SburbGlitchFAQ''. The author of the Glitch FAQ was apparently so intimidated by the size of his accidental subfandom that he evaporated.
250** ''FanFic/LikeOneSunderedStar'' takes the setting of fic Real Men Wear Tights, and turns it into an adventure longer than the estimated wordcount of Homestuck itself (with Like One Sundered Star reaching 1.5 million words in the main fic).
251* ''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor'' to ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}''.
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255* Much, if not most, of the fanworks surrounding ''WebVideo/DontHugMeImScared'' are based on a particular piece of fanart depicting the Clock and the Notepad [[HumanityEnsues in humanoid form]], and center around their [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]] {{fanon}} personalities, which really have [[InNameOnly nothing much to do with the original videos]].
256* While ''WebOriginal/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum'' is already a SharedUniverse of recursive fanfiction, the fanfic ''Fanfic/FledglingsOrEverythingsBetterWithPenguins'' involves agents going on a mission inside someone else's agent missions, which in turn are set within other fanfics.
257* ''LetsPlay/AScotsmanInEgypt'' (a ''VideoGame/TotalWar'' campaign where Scotland takes over the world) has a prequel by a different author in which Egyptian refugees make their new home in Scotland.
258* ''WebVideo/VaguelyRecallingJoJo'':
259** There's a edit of Jean Pierre Polnareff in VideoGame/{{MUGEN}}, which uses Polnareff's OhCrap face and vanilla.ice's voice and sounds.
260** A fan also recreated the scene where they confronted the truck in the Miku Miku Dance 3-D modelling program.
261* There is a [[http://www.fanfiction.net/community/Yu-Gi-Oh_The_Abridged_Series_Fanfiction/80293/ whole community]] of people writing fanfiction based on ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''.
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265* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' has an InUniverse example. Ice King wrote a RuleSixtyThree fanfic of the show, in the episode "Fionna and Cake." The episode "Bad Little Boy" has Marceline then writing her own continuation of it, followed by LSP in "The Prince Who Wanted Everything". Taken to its logical conclusion in "Five Short Tables". At the end of the episode the Ice Queen, Ice King's AuthorAvatar, tells how the Ice President is orating a fanfic to Flynn and Jacques about Lynn the Person's adventures. That's at least four layers of story right there.
266* In ''Fanfic/AvengersOfTheMultiverse'', while the crossover story follows the canon endings of ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'', ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays'' and ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'', for the ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' and ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'' aspects, the author drew from the ''Fanfic/FacingTheFutureSeries'' for the former and ''Fanfic/TheMoreThingsChangeSeries'' for the latter two.
267* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13424680/1/Cat-Ra-Prank-Buddies Cat-Ra: Prank Buddies]]'' is a side-story for the ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' AU fic ''Fanfic/CatRa'', taking place during the latter's second season. The writer was a reviewer who wanted to see a story in which [[TheTrickster Catra]] and [[BrattyHalfPint Frosta]] bond over their shared love of pranking, as the fic only mentions the duo doing so in passing; the original author liked the idea and suggested they write it themselves.
268* This has happened a number of times in the ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' fandom.
269** Rachel's ''[[http://rrdatabase.cdrrhq.ru/written/rachel_gloess/CG.html Caretaker]]'' is a sequel to Matt Plotecher's movie script ''[[http://rrdatabase.cdrrhq.ru/written/matt_plotecher/Sumouze.txt Somemouse to Watch Over Me.]]''
270** The instant popularity of ''Fanfic/TheNowakverse'' and its [[ByronicHero main original character]], starting with ''Under the Bridge'' already, has led to a whole number of fics by different authors set in the same universe.
271** The J.A.M. liked The Enduring Man-Child's ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3948111/1/Consummation Consummation,]]'' itself a sequel to the same author's ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3924855/1/Home-is-Where-You-Hang-Upside-Down Home Is Where You Hang Upside Down]]'', so much that he wrote [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6090454/1/LSCnDBSDATK-version-2 a tangent with two alternative endings]] and a highly-acclaimed sequel to each of these, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6345207/1/Death-of-a-Comedian-version-2 Death of a Comedian]]'' and ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6442104/1/I-Dream-of-the-New-Ranger-version-2 I Dream of the New Ranger]]''.
272** ''Fanfic/TheMidnightverse'' got one big fan named RR-Crusader who not only joined the forum where it was posted to tell the author how much he liked it, but even wrote a fic in the same universe, ''Knight Rangers'', a {{Crossover}} with ''Series/KnightRider''.
273** Tropers/MidnightMan himself included the two main original characters from [=BOC42=]'s ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2923232/1/Closer-Than-a-Brother Closer Than a Brother]]'' in the ''Theatre/DinnerForOne'' parody ''[[http://www.theacorncafe.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=15177 Dinner For One Mouse]]''. From the idea to getting [=BOC42=]'s consent to publishing the finished work, this project took only a few hours on New Year's Eve, 2006.
274* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' has some of these, which are often DarkFic. These include, among others, assorted variations on [[HorrorHunger "ghost hunger"]] (an idea which started with a series of fanfics called "Ghosts Must Dine"), and several stories based on ''FanFic/LabRat'' (including a crossover where [[Series/{{House}} Dr. House]] patches up Danny after the fact).
275* ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'':
276** The fanfic ''Fanfic/GodSaveTheEsteem'' has spawned a prequel, ''Moving Pictures'', as well as numerous other stories up to and including the obligatory lesbian SlashFic. Subverted as they both started being written at around the same time, so it's more likely that it's two different, but similar series that ended up sharing their continuity.
277** The ''Daria'' fandom also has a lot of {{Original Character}}s who pop up in other people's stories, even if the fanfics aren't supposed to share continuity; usually their creators give the green light for their use, or they're included as an in-joke. Popular ones include Veronica, a hypothetical [[CainAndAbelAndSeth third Morgendorffer sister]], and Danielle Todds, a [[LesYay female lover interest]] for [[LovableAlphaBitch Quinn]] if you don't want to use a canon character.
278* In the ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' fandom, there are several stories based on one fan's extensive mythos surrounding an AlternativeCharacterInterpretation of [[JerkJock Bradley Uppercrust]]'s backstory (specifically one that makes him a JerkassWoobie); ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8439426/1/Turning-Back-Time Turning Back Time]]'' and ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7690058/1/Vying-For-Your-Affection Vying For Your Affection]]'' are stories that [[AdaptationDisplacement seem to be better-known than anything the original author did]].
279* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' has the ''Fanfic/ReverseFallsAU''. What started as just a WhatIf has turned into dozens of fanfics, fanarts, and fanvids. The concept revolves around a role reversal where the Pine twins are in Gideon's role, while Gideon and Pacifica trade places with Dipper and Mabel.
280* ''Fanfic/AnIdealGift'' is centered around Irrilia, a popular fanmade ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' character created by [[https://myrling.deviantart.com Myrling.]]
281* In the GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', "[[Recap/KimPossibleS4E22Graduation Graduation, Part 2]]", Warhok intending to mount Kim Possible [[DeadGuyOnDisplay as a trophy]] for Warmonnga inspired a [[https://www.deviantart.com/captainkodak1/art/Ron-s-Nightmare-64955269 fanart]] of [[HumanHeadOnTheWall Kim's head mounted on Warmonga's wall]]. Which itself inspired this fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4416443/1/For-the-Pride-of-Lorwardia For the Pride of Lorwardia,]]'' which birthed a few fanfics involving Kim becoming a Lorwardian trophy, usually by PublicExecution. Notable stories are ''Fanfic/MidnightSavior'', ''Fanfic/{{Nightmare}}'', and ''Fanfic/DeadManSwitch''.
282* The ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' fanfic ''Fanfic/ASmallPossibility'', with the author's given permission, has spawned many a Kim/Shego fanfic featuring their spawn from the original, Kasy Ann and Sheki Go.
283* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': The webcomic ''Webcomic/ItsNotYourFault'' has spawned one in the form of ''Fanfic/ReallyIsntYourFault'' that serves to {{deconstruct|ion}} the IdiotBall where everyone believes a clearly fake picture of Lincoln and Sam kissing.
284* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'':
285** ''Webcomic/BakeryEnemies'':
286*** ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/2304551 Bakery Enemies AU]]'' is a drabble series by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Keyseeker/pseuds/Keyseeker Keyseeker]], usually involving Marinette and Adrien finding out the other's SecretIdentity.
287*** A DarkFic example exists with ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/41196666?view_adult=true Remembering Games and Daisy Chains and Laughs...]]'', where Adrien is killed [[spoiler:accidentally by a paranoid Marinette]].
288** ''[[Fanfic/TheHighRoadMiraculousLadybug the high road]]'' features Marinette pretending to take Adrien's advice and forcing ''everyone'' to cater to Lila's various demands, taking considerable delight in everyone getting a taste of their own medicine. ''Fanfic/LongCon'' has her enacting the same plan; however, it's [[DeconstructionFic deconstructed]] by showing what a toll the deception takes upon her over time, as well as how ''uncomfortable'' she is with her classmates suffering.
289** ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'' has a few examples:
290*** ''Fanfic/TalesOfKarmicLiesAftermath'' serves as a {{Continuation}} exploring how several characters deal with the events of the original story.
291*** ''[[Fanfic/WhatGoesAroundComesAroundMiraculousLadybug What Goes Around Comes Around]]'', by the same author as ''Tales of Karmic Lies Aftermath'', explores the idea of Gabriel [[PointOfDivergence discovering Ladybug's secret identity]] and striking first.
292*** ''Fanfic/KarmicBacklash'' is also one to ''Fanfic/KarmaOverbalance'' below. [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructing]] the karma system and showing the repercussions of karma on its victims, while also showing that Marinette's DisproportionateRetribution has essentially turned her into [[YouAreWhatYouHate someone no better than Lila]].
293*** ''[[Fanfic/KarmaOverbalance Karma Overbalance]]'' questions the severity of the karmic backlash Adrien recieved.
294*** ''[[Fanfic/KarmasABitch Karma's A Bitch]]'' explores what would happen if another con artist showed up in Paris and disrupted Lila's plans.
295*** ''Fanfic/DownTheKarmicHole'' explores the idea of an alternate version of Bunnyx [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong going back to the past of this timeline in order to get her counterpart to help prevent the future/present of that timeline]].
296*** ''Fanfic/OneMoreTry'' explores the idea of Bunnyx taking [[DespairEventHorizon Adrien]] under her wing to [[ThrowTheDogABone offer him]] a [[MyGreatestSecondChance second chance]] to [[TheAtoner do better and help people]] alongside her.
297** The "Paladin Rose AU", strangely enough, is a fanfic written in the comments section of the inspiring work (''Fanfic/TheresMoreMagicOutThere''). Even having some input from the original author themselves, it takes their scrapped idea of Rose being from a family of paladins rather than a magical creature like the others, and explores how the story would have differed if her family was an antagonistic force that the Mystery Gang had to face early on.
298** The concepts for the ''Fanfic/TheLamentSeriesChaoticNeutral'' inspired works like ''[[Fanfic/RecklessnessMiraculousLadybug Recklessness]]'', putting the authors' own spins on those ideas.
299** ''Fanfic/TwoLetters'' has the LighterAndSofter ''Fanfic/WeightOffYourShoulder'', in which Marinette [[PointOfDivergence renounces her guardianship after Alya and the]] GirlPosse confront her in "Gang of Secrets".
300* ''Fanfic/TheMisfitsSeries'', a FusionFic of ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' and WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero, has inspired many spin-offs, some of which crossover with other series.
301* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' fandom has a FanCreatedOffspring pairing for which many people have taken to writing fanfic, Thomas Fletcher (son of Ferb and Vanessa) and Marie Garcia-Shapiro Flynn (daughter of Phineas and Isabella). They have their own PortmanteauCoupleName (Thomarie) and a ton of art for them on Website/DeviantArt. There's even artwork of them signed by the Latin-American voice actors for the show.
302* ''Fanfic/ShadowOfTheGuardian'' by Creator/ConveyusPrime is based on Creator/{{Shebakoby}}'s FanFic, notably ''Fanfic/PrisonerOfDestiny'' and ''Fanfic/TheBigCaptureOf19992006'', and it has become a shared FanVerse.
303* The fanfic ''{{Fanfic/Strays|Blackash26}}'', hosted in the ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' KinkMeme, has several future-fics set to it and attached its thread despite the story still being in its early stages and in the process of being fleshed out. There is also fanart for it, featuring the costume designs for the Batkids' new hero identities.
304* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6456941 Super Edventure Tale of the Prognosticus]]'' ([[HeAlsoDid created by the author of]] ''FanFic/EdAbuse'') is advertised as a sequel to ''Fanfic/EdventureOfTheThousandYearDoor''. The author claims that he created this fanfic in support of the original, and is not claiming to steal anything. He even claims that if the author of the original asks for him to take the story down, he would do so. So far, nothing's happened.
305* [[http://kateboat.deviantart.com/art/Fixed-331610708 This]] ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'' one-shot fic is actually a sequel/epilogue to ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6079358/1/Fix-You Fix You,]]'' written with the original author's given permission of course.
306** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9742382/1/Et-Mundus-Eos Et Mundus Eos]]'' is a sequel to ''Fanfic/ExtendedStay'', written with the original author's consent.
307* The ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' AlternateUniverseFic ''Fanfic/TotalDramaDoOver'' has a {{crossover}} fanfiction set in the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' universe, titled [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_1EzCWFCVGG1DB6uvnxrOLBXgNj4VnYHJc2DTW996fo "TDDO Pokemon Adventures."]]
308* ''Fanfic/UniverseFalls'', a FusionFic of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' and ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', has inspired a few fanfics of its own, based on [[AlternateUniverseFic fan AUs]] from both franchises, such as Reverse Pines/Steven Diamond, Gravity Rises/Momswap, or the original author's own "UF Swap" alternate universe where Steven is a normal kid and Dipper and Mabel are the human/gem hybrids.
309* ''Fanfic/TheRugratsTheory'', a {{Creepypasta}} fan theory that posits that the Rugrats are dead and figments of Angelica's imagination, has inspired some fanfics of its own over the years. One of them, ''Fanfic/BeautifulMonster'', actually expands upon the Rugrats' deaths and how they affect everyone.
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