There are two kinds of Elsewhere Fic.

The first is clearly inspired by the canon, [[HeroOfAnotherStory but happens entirely elsewhere]]. It contains none of the canon events or characters and often none of the locations; only Original Characters playing by the Verse's [[MagicAIsMagicA rules]]. So, there's very little chance of damaging continuity or having canon characters act Out Of Character. So no [[Franchise/StarTrek Kirks]], no [[Series/TheXFiles Mulders]], no [[Franchise/HarryPotter Harry Potters]]... just original characters. Thus you might have (say) a ''Series/{{Buffy|TheVampireSlayer}}'' fic dealing with a Slayer in AncientEgypt or a ''Franchise/StarWars'' fic about a Wookiee Jedi in the Old Republic.

The second type takes place somewhat closer to canon. With a canon location, there will be canon characters doing canon things. [[HeroOfAnotherStory They may appear in cameos and small roles, but the real story revolves around one or more Original Characters]]. Writers new to the Elsewhere Fic may turn this into a self-insert fic, with the canon characters existing only to heap praise on the OC, but better examples have the canon characters around only to give the OC their next mission, or to emphasise the universe the fic is set in, sitting around in bars and talking about their missions.

There's some overlap and edge cases as well in which canon characters and events may be ''known'' but are distant, or the canon characters who do appear are minor ones getting ADayInTheLimelight, or perhaps only slightly more focus than canon.

The result is something a bit like the relationship between the various ''Franchise/StarTrek'' series: set in the same universe but telling a different story. ThematicSeries lend themselves well to this (the rules are general enough to be portable with new characters and/or [[FantasyCounterpartCulture settings]] yet [[RecurringElement strong enough to recognize the brand from the rules alone]]). An ExpandedUniverse typically includes professional examples of this.

Compare with the POVSequel or SpinOff, which can be an official equivalent of the second type of Elsewhere Fic.

Contrast with TransplantedCharacterFic, which supposedly does focus on canon characters, but drops almost everything canon about them. It is important to realize that in order to qualify as an Elsewhere Fic, as opposed to an Original Work with Cameos or a Transplant, the ''rules of the Verse'' ([[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness as of when the]] [[{{Jossed}} fanwork was written]]) must be obeyed. As such, fics that have [[HighConcept the premise]] of, e.g.: "[[Series/{{Seinfeld}} George Costanza]] is on a Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Journey" would be considered, e.g., a Transplant from the POV of ''Seinfeld'' but potentially also an Elsewhere from the POV of ''Pokémon''; and, therefore, a type of FusionFic.
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!!Examples sorted by the media they are based on:

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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* Due to the way it's structured, ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' has a lot of these, often called "fanparts."
** ''Webcomic/CityLiving'' briefly mentions the events of ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureJoJolion JoJolion]]'', but aside from that focuses entirely on original characters in a new setting.
** ''Fanfic/IronTouch'' combines this with a KidFic, focusing on the daughter of [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJeanPierrePolnareff a major character from the series]], but otherwise fits the bill.
** ''Fanfic/TheLightedStage'' is almost entirely divorced from the main series canon, only borrowing the concept of [[FightingSpirit Stands]] and some naming conventions.
* Many ''Anime/StrikeWitches'' doujinshi, such as "Witch in Africa" (considered to be "semi-canonical") involves AlternateHistory equivalents to other UsefulNotes/WorldWarII campaigns in that setting, such as Northern Africa and the Suez Canal.
* It's more common for writers to create fanmade ''Anime/PrettyCure'' continuities with their own characters, setting, and premise than it is to write fanfic based on the established seasons. The canon, what with its constant continuity reboots, lends itself well to this.
* If shipping isn't involved [[GottaShipEmAll (though that's a big if)]], this may be ''the'' most common ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' fanfic type. Most of them focus entirely on the duels, with an OriginalGeneration cast and frequently much more resemblance to the actual card game. Given how most shipping stories tend to involve duels as little as possible, [[TransplantedCharacterFic if not AU-ing them out of existence]], it can be a bit of a surreal experience to scroll through an archive.
* Also a common type of ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' fic, in no small part thanks to the franchise's canon being made up of [[AlternateContinuity alternate universes and continuity reboots]], with only the concept of the Digimon themselves to link them.
* The ''Franchise/OnePiece'' fanfiction community is also quite well known for this, with many fics being centered on the adventures of completely original crews.
* ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'''s setting: Even in canon while there are many ninjas, each one is unique in his or her own way.
* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2241483/1/Scoop Scoop]]'' and ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5534801/1/Dire_Straits Dire Straits]]'' are examples of two ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'' first-person second type of this, though the protagonists of both stories meet some of the canon characters at various points. Notably, neither of the protagonists of the stories are named.
* ''Fanfic/BoyScoutsOneHalf'' (readable [[http://bs1-2.weebly.com/boy-scouts-frac12.html here]]) is set in the same universe as Creator/RumikoTakahashi's ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', but follows an entirely original group of characters who are Boy Scouts living in Massachusetts, some of whom are a group of {{Self Insert}}ed MartyStu characters who have curses from the same training ground of cursed springs that some of the ''Ranma ½'' characters had once visited. There are brief occasional appearances by ''Ranma ½'' characters, most notably a RunningGag of brief appearances by a very lost Ryoga. There is more potential for characters from the original work to make appearances in the second year (story-wise) of the series, which has been retitled ''Boy Scouts ½ in Japan'' (and also throws ''Manga/MaisonIkkoku'' into the mix), but WordOfGod says that there will still be no appearances by either Saotomes or Tendos.
* ''Fanfic/AngelsBreath'', a ''Manga/FairyTail'' fic. It contains a completely original guild during the time that most of the Fairy Tail guild are frozen in time, although it is in a boat where it can progress past the point canon resumes and converge.
* The vast majority of ''Anime/GundamBuildFighters'' fics use original characters with the author's own personal dream machines. To be honest, the setting practically ''begs'' for it.
* Many ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' fanfics center around original characters attending an original superhero school, which could be located anywhere from elsewhere in Japan to another country. All Might may be referenced, but that's usually it.
* ''Fanfic/SideStoryOfSupport'' starts out as one of ''Anime/RedoOfHealer,'' focusing on a separate group of much more "heroic" heroes who had all been overlooked by the kingdom in some fashion. However, the latter half of the first chapter evolves it into an AlternateUniverseFic, as Vega ends up being the one to purchase Setsuna as he encounters her while looking for information on a group of bandits lead by another rogue Hero.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* Many fics set in ''Franchise/TheCrow'''s setting will have an original character resurrected by the title bird to seek vengeance for their loved ones, keeping with the original graphic novels' premise of doing the same.
* ''Franchise/XMen'' has "Tales of the Common People" fics which involve non-superheroes in the world of mutants.
* There is a blog dedicated to the average citizens in Gotham and their everyday lives, sometimes interacting with the Franchise/{{Batman}} family or their many rogues.
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[[folder:Films - Live Action]]
* In the ''Film/Titanic1997'' fanfiction ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3512069/1/Come_What_May Come What May]]'', the main characters are two girls who board the ship and fall in love with two of the ''Titanic'''s real officers, with characters and scenes from the movie appearing occasionally. There are a number of ''Titanic'' fanfics that work along these lines: sometimes the movie characters only make cameos, or sometimes a secondary character is the OC's love interest.
* For the ''Franchise/StarWars'' series:
** ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' is basically this in video game form.
** ''[[FanFic/StarWarsParanormalitiesTrilogy Paranormalities]]'' takes place in the five-year gap between the end of [[Literature/NewJediOrder The New Jedi Order]] (although the prologue takes place shortly before the beginning of that series) and [[Literature/DarkNestTrilogy The Dark Nest Trilogy]]. However, it features a mostly OC cast while the few canon characters present (or mentioned) have minor roles. And it doesn't necessarily require any knowledge of the two book-series it's set between to understand (although there are references to the former and other parts of the ''Star Wars'' canon).
** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8525600/1/Rise-of-the-Red-Eclipse Rise of the Red Eclipse]]'' is a type one fic, using the ''Forces of Corruption'' expansion for ''VideoGame/EmpireAtWar'' as a jumping point to write an entirely new universe and not interrupt the official ''Star Wars'' canon. Events like the Clone Wars and other bits of Galactic history are mentioned and even analyzed at times from the perspective of the author and protagonists. It's Star Wars just in a different galaxy and without the technological stagnation that the EU makes mention of at times.
* ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'' is an Elsewhere Fic set in Palestine in roughly 30 AD in which a certain Jesus son of Joshua makes one very brief cameo appearance in the background. But events in his life are mirrored in that of the more important, but historically obscure, Brian of Nazareth.
* ''FanFic/IntoTheWild'' is an ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' fanfic roughly set during Jake's training with the Na'vi. It primarily follows two [=OCs=] as they travel through Pandora and develop their characters. A few canon characters get cameos, but they don't affect the story much. It even goes for DoomedByCanon with gusto. [[TearJerker It's a bit like that.]]
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' examples:
** ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheManOfUnknown'', the very first ''Potter'' fanfic posted on Website/FanFictionDotNet back in 1999, is the second type. It's set almost entirely at another WizardingSchool with its own faculty and students, but the canon characters pop up occasionally and an extended sequence towards the end takes place at Hogwarts. Harry himself is TheGhost in that the story pretty much revolves around him, but he just barely makes an actual appearance.
** ''[[http://www.fictionalley.org/authors/snorkackcatcher/CT01a.html Conspiracy Theory]]'', set in the ''Harry Potter'' universe, proposes a Grand Unified [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy Theory]] of [[HistoricalInJoke everything]] weird that happened in mid-20th-century America.
** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5461818/1/Hogwarts-1835 Hogwarts 1835]]'' is a ''Harry Potter'' Fic taking place in, wouldn't you know it, 1835. With none of the canon characters, it focuses on the lives of 'normal' Hogwarts students.
** ''Fanfic/TheOllivanderChildren'' features very few of the original ''Harry Potter'' characters, mostly Tonks, Mr. Ollivander (natch), and Dolores Umbridge.
** The ''Fanfic/AlexandraQuick'' series takes place in the ''Harry Potter'' universe, but is set in America more than a decade after the fall of Voldemort. Apart from a brief mention of Voldemort in the first story, none of the canon characters are so much as alluded to -- though SPEW, surprisingly enough, plays a slightly more important role, as it has spread to America (with the slightly changed acronym, ASPEW) and house-elves are vital to the series.
** [[http://www.harrypotterfanfiction.com/viewstory.php?psid=247000 The Anguis Series]] is set in Hogwarts around the same time as the Canon period, but follows a group of Slytherin students who are 1 year ahead of Harry. Some of Harry's exploits are mentioned in passing, and one of the main characters become Prefect alongside Ron and Hermione, but otherwise, the characters have their own lives that don't really involve the Canon characters.
** Here's a curious case of this that is also a {{crossover}} (with ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura''): [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6684132/1/ Sakura and the Scottish School of Magic]] as well as its sequel [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9252837/1/ Sakura and the Whirlwind of Discovery]]. It manages to fit smoothly into canon without contradicting it—at least until [[OutdatedByCanon Rowling revealed details on Pottermore that contradicted what the fic had already written]]. Unfortunately, the author’s self-imposed rule that the story could not be an AU forced it into a ShaggyDogStory, since [[spoiler:Sakura not only has to return to Japan in time for [[SequelSeries the Clear Cards arc]], but she can’t be at Hogwarts when [[CerebusSyndrome shit hits the fan]] or else her and Syaoran’s presences would cause too many divergences]]. This means that she doesn’t even accomplish what she went to Britain to do in the first place, namely, develop a better understanding of magic.
* ''Literature/{{Otherverse}}'':
** ''Fanfic/{{Pass}}'' is roughly contemporaneous with ''Literature/{{Pale}}'', as Naomi mentions that one of her relatives ended up getting involved in an event in Canada implied to be when Musser's forces assaulted Kennet during fall 2020, but is otherwise completely self-contained.
* Popular in ''Literature/WarriorCats'' fanfiction, with stories being set either before or after the established canon but in the same universe; also, fics in the same style in different locations, like [[CreatorProvincialism America]]:
** ''Fanfic/ApprenticeAndPregnant'' takes place in the four Clans but doesn't feature any canonical characters.
** ''Fanfic/WarriorsTheDayTheClansDied'' begins post-series with a new cast of cats.
* Most ''Literature/BattleRoyale'' fanfiction tends to be the first type, ignoring everything but the base premise - young people killing each other in an isolated location with a variety of weapons over a short time period. Besides some version of the explosive collars and danger zones, absolutely everything else, including the specific rules of the Program, are alterable by the writer. Also, the setting is likely to be changed from an alternate version of UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} to an alternate version of the author's own country of origin. That said, the original characters/plotlines are considered archetypal. ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'' and ''Fanfic/SeventyTwoHours'' are examples of this.
* Similar to the ''Battle Royale'' example, a lot of ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' fan fiction is this. We are told from the beginning that the basic premise (24 teenagers forced by a cruel government into a DeadlyGame each year, with only one victor allowed to survive) has been going on for 73 years before the main characters really enter the story, so there is plenty of room for fan fiction. A less common type II variant involves a canon character as a mentor in the Games, trying to keep an original character tribute alive.
* ''FanFic/TheServantsOfUngoliant'', an Elsewhere Fic based on ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', is set in the same world and time period as the original story. However, it occurs in the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen unused]] continent known as the [[LostWorld Dark Land]], rather than in the familiar lands of Middle-earth or Beleriand. In addition to this, only a few canon characters appear or are mentioned in the story, while the others are [[CanonForeigner Canon Foreigners]], [[OriginalCharacter Original Characters]], or a mixture of the two. This story also recycles and utilizes various unused elements that were featured in ''Literature/TheHistoryOfMiddleEarth'' and various licensed Tolkien-related works.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8869552/1/Snowmaiden Snowmaiden]]'' is set somewhere in Middle Earth, none of the original characters appear, but the [[OurElvesAreDifferent elves]] are recognizably Tolkien's.
* ''Fanfic/{{Splint}}'' takes place in Middle-earth and even features appearances or mentions of canon characters such as Eowyn, Faramir, Aragorn, Saruman and Sauron, but otherwise follows the story of OC's not directly relevant to the main story of ''The Lord of the Rings'' — mainly the orcs that served the Dark Lord or Saruman, and the ordinary humans who fought in the War of the Ring. It also occasionally references people and events from Tolkien's other Middle-earth-based works such as ''The Silmarillion''.
* Many ''Literature/WorldWarZ'' fanfics fall into this category, or at least those which follow the same canon as the book do. Authors follow the basic "interview with a survivor of the Zombie War" format, but with their own characters.
* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' fans are [[FandomSpecificPlot quite fond]] of stories that focus on a pair of human/[[PuppeteerParasite Yeerk]] {{Original Character}}s, with the "Andalite bandits" not necessarily needing to interfere with the plot.
* The ''Literature/{{Gate}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{STALKER}}'' crossover fic ''FanFic/FromExclusionToFantasticZones'' avoids the fandom cliche of having the gate at Alnus hill connect to another world. Instead, a smaller secondary gate connects The Zone to a region of the Empire that's quite far from Alnus, which allows for the stalkers' excursions to happen at roughly the same time as the JSDF's campaign. No canon characters from Literature/{{Gate}} has appeared thus far, but some have been alluded to.
* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': The fanfic, ''Fanfic/{{Maat}}'': Is set mainly in AncientEgypt where no canon story has been about, and has all {{Original Character}}s.
* ''Fanfic/AnAcceptableArrangement'' is one of these for ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi''. It takes place a couple of decades before canon events and focuses on the Nie parents, who by the time canon rolled around were all dead.
* The two main books of ''{{Fanfic/Luminosity}}'' end with the DawnOfAnEra under a new vampire government. A number of the side stories in ''Flashes'', as well as much of the RecursiveFanfiction spawned by the series, focus on ordinary people (be they humans, [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent wolves]], [[{{Dhampyr}} hybrids]], or [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Friendly Neighborhood Vampires]]) living in this new era as they coexist with the other species, deal with the complications of all the different forms of magic floating around, or find ways to use their [[SuperpowerLottery powers]] to advance society.
* This is also popular in the '' Literature/WingsOfFire'' fandom, possibly due to [[FriendlyFandoms cross-pollination]] with ''Warrior Cats'' above. Most Wings Of Fire fics are of this sort, and tend to be set in the near (or far) future of the series, involving OCs going on adventures within the world. For the second type of elseworld fic, having OCs be students at Jade Mountain Academy is popular.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4258238/1/A_Different_Prison A Different Prison]]'' is set inside a Watcher prison in the Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}, an institution implied to exist but unvisited in canon.
* Another non-fanfic example: The ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' tabletop roleplaying game offers a number of these settings for original characters to play around in, including [[UsefulNotes/TheOtherRainforest the modern-day American northwest]], a post-apocalyptic {{Cyberpunk}} setting and [[WeirdWest a vampire-infested old west]].
* ''Fanfic/{{Gemini}}'' is a ''Series/DoctorWho'' fic about a team of time travelers, led by a former Time Agent and including an sentient time ship, who discover a military research facility kidnapping victims for genetic experiments in an attempt at creating Time Lord super-soldiers to fight against the Daleks.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** The series first used this trope as early as 1965. [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E2MissionToTheUnknown "Mission to the Unknown"]] (a teaser episode for [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan "The Daleks' Master Plan"]]) features none of the regular characters, the protagonist being a Space Security agent who learns of the Daleks' invasion plans and tries (unsuccessfully) to alert the Earth authorities.
** The show used this trope a couple of times during the Creator/RussellTDavies era, filming an episode each series where the main cast had little more than ContinuityCameo roles in order to fit shooting fourteen episodes into a production schedule designed for thirteen. The first, "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E10LoveAndMonsters Love & Monsters]]", is essentially an AffectionateParody of ''Doctor Who'' fandom, focusing on a group of people who bond over their past encounters with the Doctor and the dark turn their friendship takes when their group is taken over by an alien that absorbs humans. The second, "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E10Blink Blink]]", involved a photographer being sent cryptic messages in the present day from the Doctor (and later, her own friend) who were trapped in the past thanks to the Weeping Angels.
** Creator/BigFinish is the ... wait for it... [[{{Pun}} Master]] of this trope, as along with their ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' audio dramas, they also have a LOAD of dramas concerning other parts of the 'verse. BF actually started out this way, as Creator/VirginPublishing first entrusted them with the ''Franchise/BerniceSummerfield'' series (itself mostly an Elsewhere Fic series based on a novel-only companion of the Doctor).
* Fan fiction writer Mr. Chaos is famous for using this type of writing, especially the second type. ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5401471/1/Glimpses Glimpses]]'', ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2686652/1/GX_Hunters GX: Hunters]]'', and ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3349763/1/The_Greatest_Story_Finally_Told The Greatest Story Finally Told]]'' are all examples of this. His ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' Fanfic even goes so far as to lampshade this with its title: ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3184188/1/ELSEWHERE ELSEWHERE]]''. It has run as long as the ''Heroes'' TV show, includes a massive cast of original characters, and has featured cameos by almost the entire cast of ''Heroes'' (with some, such as Claire Bennett and Adam Monroe, revealed to be related to the main characters) , with the story itself referencing each episode the newest chapter goes along with.
* ''TroperWorks/PisayHeroes'' occurs ''entirely'' in the UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}}, with original characters and scattered references to the original Company in ''Series/{{Heroes}}''.
* ''FanFic/TheGiftBMeph'' is almost not even the first type of this for ''Series/QuantumLeap'', except it does (will?) mention the main OC tutoring a [[ChildProdigy pre-teen genius]] [[spoiler: with the last name of Beckett]]. Well, that and the whole premise aside from the GenderBender stuff.
* The ''Franchise/StarTrek'' franchise:
** Creator/PeterDavid's ''Literature/StarTrekNewFrontier'' novels are nearly a pure example of this, except that a few of his characters played minor roles in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''.
** Other than Riker, Troi, and Tuvok in high positions,[[note]]And Melora, who previously appeared in an eponymous ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode.[[/note]] ''Literature/StarTrekTitan'' does this as well.
** In fact, many novel-only spinoff series of ''Trek'' are like this. The ''I.K.S. Gorkon/Klingon Empire'' series, for example, is a completely new crew other than Klag (Riker's rival in "A Matter of Honor") and Rodek (formerly Kurn, given a new identity in ''Deep Space Nine'''s "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E15SonsOfMogh Sons of Mogh]]"); and the ''Literature/StarfleetCorpsOfEngineers'' series is mostly new crew as well.
** Due to legal restrictions dealing with actor likenesses and Cryptic's policies about in game [=NPCs=] (No-go to avoid confusion with official storylines), this is often what player-created missions in ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'' end up as. You can talk about things that happen and refer to events or people, but no established characters are allowed to appear in missions.
* Fanmade seasons of ''Franchise/SuperSentai''/''Franchise/PowerRangers'', ''Franchise/KamenRider'', and the like are also rather common, since as with ''Anime/PrettyCure'', every new season has its own continuity. For example: ''FanFic/PowerRangersTakeFlight'', an Elsewhere Fic adaption of ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman''.
** Doubly so for Kamen Rider, as most of the seasons have it so that anyone can just pick up the belt (barring any requirements like being a monster or having some sort of power) and thus the [[FandomSpecificPlot common idea]] would be to merge one Kamen Rider show with another show and then throw some original characters into the mix and have them don the belts.
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* The entirety of ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' fiction is basically Elsewhere Fic, even the professional works; it's actually rare for the story to cover something from the tabletop or vice versa. But sometimes, some Elsewheres do {{Ascend|edFanon}}:
** The least Elsewhere Fic book of all 40 or 50-odd novels is ''Grave Covenant''; two of its battles were included in ''The Dragon Roars'' amid another fifteen scenarios.
** Also the ''Warrior Trilogy'' by Michael Stackpole, which details the 4th Succession War, which was detailed in a number of sourcebooks.
* Similar to the ''[=BattleTech=]'' example, pretty much all fiction set in the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' 'verse, professionally published or not, falls into this category.
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[[folder:Toys]]
* Many, many, many ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' fanfics feature a team of OC Toa, on a different island somewhere on the planet. Whether or not they're fighting the Makuta as well varies, though.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* The ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' fic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6236116/1/Bloody_Way Bloody Way]]'' is of the type two variety, as it takes place in Santa Destroy, the setting of the first two games. Most of the characters and assassins are original, but the author has said that the original characters will make appearances.
* The ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' series is so rife for these kinds of stories that it was only a matter of time before [[http://m.fanfiction.net/community/Meanwhile-In-Another-Place-And-Time/101700/ it got its own community on Fanfiction]]. This includes ''Fanfic/AssassinsCreedRisingSun'', which is mostly set in Japan during the Boshin War and has only featured one canon character thus far.
* Since ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' is a long series of stories about varying protagonists, many of whom are related, who attack the well-established villain's castle, it is trivially simple to create an original character (related to canon ones or not) in a new year and have them get involved. It's not too different from how the actual series is written.
* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10474069/1/Red-Dead-Redemption-Dead-West Dead West]]'' is set in the same universe, but seven years prior to the main game. The cast is almost entirely made up of original characters, though has the same locations and various {{Continuity Nod}}s to the main game's characters and events.
* ''A Rose And A Thorn 4'' by Harley Quinn hyenaholic is an example of the second type of Elsewhere Fic. There are Canon Characters doing canon things, and it's set slap bang in the middle of the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' universe (or at least, 50 years before the events of ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'')... but the real story revolves around two Original Characters.
* ''Fanfic/EnemyOfMyEnemy'' does not feature any of the original ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' characters or settings, instead focusing on several [[OriginalCharacter Original Characters]], both human and [[http://www.halopedia.org/Sangheili Sangheili]] as they struggle to defend the colony of Crassus against a Covenant Loyalist attack force.
** Its sequel ''Fanfic/HaloChimeraRising'' also features a completely original cast and setting.
* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtCandys'' takes place in the same universe than the game it was inspired, ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'', the events of the original games are briefly mentioned in the first installment but none of the characters appears in the fangame.
* The ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' world: [[{{Mons}} creatures derived from real creatures and/or philosophical concepts]], regions that (mostly) [[FantasyCounterpartCulture resemble regions on earth]], a hierarchical league structure that can be easily duplicated (or modified)... Very given to this.
** This trope was effectively [[EnforcedTrope enforced]] on the ''Pokémon'' fanfic forum at pojo.com around the year 2000. Several prominent forum members (including some of the moderators) objected strongly to fics which starred the canon protagonists on the grounds that they were "unoriginal". It was also claimed that [[OnlyTheCreatorDoesItRight writers could not do justice to someone else's characters]]. Stories which revolved around an OriginalCharacter going on a Pokémon journey came in for similar criticism. As a result, though neither type of story was officially banned, members generally avoided writing them and instead wrote about their own characters in various versions of the Pokémon world, some of which were far removed from canon.
** ''Fanfic/WhispersOfTheAbyss'' is a ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'' fanfic starring original characters in original locations.
* Several {{Game Mod}} s of ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' are focused on a place other than Pelican Town, they usually introduce original characters which may or may not visit the canon locations or participate in the canon events; like ''VideoGame/RidgesideVillage'' which focuses on the eponymous village and ''Downtown Zuzu'' which is set in the city.
* ''Fanfic/WarriorsOfTheWorld'' is a type two variant for ''Videogame/RagnarokOnline'' in that it features original characters in canon locations and meeting various canon [=NPCs=] and characters along the way. The main feature is that the canon locations and characters are part of an expanded lore that was generated from a "what if this world was more realistic?" situation.
* ''Agents Acquired'', part of the ''Fanfic/TwiceUponAnAge'' series of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' stories, is the second type of Elsewhere Fic; it features canon characters, like Master Dennet and the Blades of Hessarian, and takes place during the events of the game (and first story), but has a completely different focus.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** Downplayed with ''Fanfic/BlindCourage''. The main characters are technically the canonical characters, and Ganondorf does have PastLifeMemories, however they're not based on any canon reincarnations of them. This allows for wiggle room without being an AlternateUniverseFic.
** ''Lost In Termina'' and ''Shadows Over Termina'' are set in Termina [[FlashForwardFic 50 years after]] the events of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask''. While it looks like a SpinOffspring fic showing the descendants of various Terminans, the main protagonists are a pair of Deku Scrubs that are not related to any of the canon characters. [[spoiler:However, Jace's lineage has a past history with Majora's Mask, and their backstory is closely connected with the fall of the Ikana civilization.]]
* The ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' fanfic ''Fanfic/TheProgenitorChronicles'' features 2 protagonists, one of which is an original character who interacts with canon characters - mostly with the other protagonist, Rebecca Chambers. While he references and reacts to the various canon events in the series, those events serve mostly as backdrops. A prime example is the finale of Volume I, where he is in Terragrigia during the Terragrigia Panic - a bioterror attack featured in the backstory of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations'' - but doesn't meet any canon characters during his stay. It's just him and his friends doing their best to survive and escape the city while it's under attack by Hunters.
* ''Fanfic/AYearToFillAnEmptyHome'' revolves around the parents of Akira Kurusu/Joker and takes place completely in Akira's hometown, with the only look into Tokyo's goings-on and the events in canon ''VideoGame/Persona5'' being news reports. The Phantom Thieves don't even show up until the last few scenes.
* ''Videogame/{{Battletech}}'': As with the examples in Literature above, the events of the game's storyline are largely disconnected from the canon timeline. The setting is a tiny Periphery nation sandwiched between the Magistocracy of Canopus and the Taurian Concordat, who are considered minor regional powers in the canon sourcebooks but in this context are very much NormalFishInATinyPond. Averted in subsequent {{DLC}}s that add "flashpoint" mini-campaigns, some of which feature appearances by major characters like Natasha Kerensky or Morgan Kell.
* The ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' fic ''Fanfic/FilteredLight'' follows Sora's mother (who never appears and has one line in the original ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'') and Selphie on their own adventure, after they escape from the invasion of the Destiny Islands by the Heartless, in a home-built Gummi Ship.
* ''VideoGame/FalloutSonora'' is effectively this: a total conversion of ''VideoGame/Fallout2'' that takes place around the Sonora desert (mostly in Arizona) six years after the first ''VideoGame/Fallout1''. None of the characters are canon, though several groups are and The Master is referenced, and while some of the locations are canon, they're canon of the "mentioned as existing" variety rather than "shown". The events are only canon in the sense that they are written such that whatever the outcome they can plausibly end up leading to what ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' describes about a century down the line.
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* ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' has a whole genre of fanfics featuring original casts in their own mutual killing games, with or without Monokuma present. Some of the many examples are:
** ''Fanfic/DanganRonpaForeverDespair''
** ''Fanfic/DanganRonpaLegacyOfDespair''
** ''FanFic/DespairsLastResort''
** ''Fanfic/GraduateMeetingOfMutualKilling''
** ''Fanfic/TheOutcastsOfHopeAndTheRemnantsOfDespair''
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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': ''WebAnimation/{{SLVR}}'' is an animated series based off of ''RWBY''. It stars a new team of {{Original Character}}s--Simin, Lycan, Vella, and Ragora--who go by "[=SLVR=]".
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* The ''Basalt City Chronicles'' (a fanfic of ''Webcomic/GeneCatlow'') is of the second type, but much of it also takes place in the comic's original setting.
* ''Webcomic/ProjectFuture'' is made by a collaboration of ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' fans and takes place in the same world, but 150 years in the future and only a couple characters from the original comic have appeared, and usually just a panel or two. Granted, there is a lot of in-universe roleplaying on the ''DMFA'' forum, which is where most of Project Future's creators met.
* ''{{FanFic/Selfstuck}}'' is a type II of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''. It is set in the same world as the Beta kids, with callbacks and repercussions being passed back and forth without breaking canon in any way.
* ''Roleplay/SburbPatchNotes'' is a type II of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' solely due to its use of Andrew Hussie as the CEO of Skaianet Laboratories. As Skaianet Laboratories was never really expanded upon in Homestuck proper, it has become a small ball of fanon.
* ''[[http://www.scribd.com/doc/104926625/Old-Main-eBook-version Old Main]]'' is a Type 2 story based on ''Webcomic/TimesLikeThis'', and although the same temporal physics are in place (time windows created by Sesquicentium), the setting is not [[UsefulNotes/DFWMetroplex Dallas]] but Whitewater, Wisconsin, and the focus of the story is on two college students using time travel to rescue a physics experiment from fire-induced oblivion. Cassie and Agent Scott show up halfway in and have supporting roles.
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* ''Lots'' of ''Franchise/TheLionKing'' fanfic features an entirely OC cast, or canon characters in minor roles only. Stories set many generations before or after the events of the movies are common.
* Another non-fanfic example: in addition to being a DeconstructiveParody of ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'', ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' also took place in the same continuity. At least, [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness at first]]...
* ''[[TroperWorks/PathsLessTraveledBy Paths Less Traveled By]]'' is a ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' fanfic set ''inside Cosmos' mind.'' Cosmos himself has no relation whatsoever to the characters in the cartoon save for waving his arms around in a crowd scene. It's generally considered AU, though, since the relationship between the characters (Cosmos and Beachcomber) is not canon (the characters themselves, though, [[OCStandIn most definitely exist]]).
* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5606288/1/Villains Villains]]'' is the GrandFinale of the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' cartoon (the one with ComicBook/LexLuthor and ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}) through the eyes of the Franchise/TheFlash's RoguesGallery as they watch it in their [[BadGuyBar bar]].
* ''Fanfic/MiraculousThePhoenixRises'', while featuring Kwamis and Miraculous, features zero characters from the original series and is set over 4,000 miles away in Michigan. Along with being ''significantly'' DarkerAndEdgier and relying on BlackComedy.
* Elsewhere Fics of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' are very common. Much of the world so far is unexplored or unexplained, and while many fics usually include Canon characters, ones that don't take advantage of this openness.
** The fanfic ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestria'' is notable in that it managed to spawn its own universe, with other authors building on its foundation and using many of its original concepts. While the story (and the sequels) are set two centuries later and focus on the OC protagonists, the original Mane six are not only notable historical figures whose actions were largely responsible for the current postapocalyptic state of Equestria, but actually have a clear and strong impact on the lives and motivations of the heroes, despite being generally very dead.
** ''Webcomic/StarMares'' uses a similar approach (only with ''Franchise/StarWars'' instead of ''Fallout''), except that not only are the Mane Six sidelined into secondary roles in the ''Star Wars'' storyline, but the main action of the comic largely avoids the films' protagonists in favor of less heroic ponies who enable critical moments in the main plot more or less accidentally.
** On a less epic scale, there are also a lot of fics that are set within the show's canon, but deal primarily with background characters. An example is ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/27780 Lyra's Lousy Day]]'', which deals with the experiences of a popular background pony during the events of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E10SwarmOfTheCentury Swarm of the Century]]".
** ''Fanfic/WelcomeRealityPlusEquestria'' takes place in [[NewNeoCity New Canterlot]] 1808 years after season one, which, understandably, is a very different world.
** The ''Fanfic/StoryShuffle'' series of anthologies have chapters entirely with only {{Original Character}}s. For example:
*** The first anthology, ''Fanfic/StoryShuffle1'', with [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/216813/11/story-shuffle/in-the-details "In the Details"]].
*** The second anthology, ''Fanfic/StoryShuffle1'', with [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/469652/9/story-shuffle-2-double-masters/last-spark "Last Spark"]].
* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6475627/1/Operation_SIN Operation:SIN]]'' is a very slim type II for ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', with only 3 canon characters (Father and Cree Lincoln, and her sister Abigail Lincoln), making very brief appearances and few other canon characters being only mentioned. It mainly involves the 2 main {{Original Character}}s, for a a pair of teenaged girls who are former KND Operatives trying to elude the Decommissioning Squad. Only to be forced to join the Teen Ninjas for protection from them, much to their dismay, yet later [[spoiler: are both rescued by, and decide to join an anti-decommissioning rebellion called the Kids Eternally There, who both their parents have been secretly working for]]. This Elsewhere Fic serves as a {{Prequel}} to Captainwii's debut KND fanfic, Operation:ROGUE, which is currently being re-written.
* Brazillian fanfic ''The Guardian'' (O Guardião) is a type I, based on ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. It has currently [[GrowingTheBeard almost nothing to do with the actual show, aside from a few mentions to the Avatar himself and bending.]]
* ''Fanfic/SilenceOfTheHare'' for ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'' involves a team of OC's having their own adventures entirely separate from canon.
* ''Fanfic/BetterOffNotKnowing'' is concurrent with the finale of Book 3 of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''...but it's set in the Fire Nation, and no canon characters appear in person.
* ''Orion's Story'' is a ''WesternAnimation/Thundercats1985'' fanfic in which the protagonist is a Thunderian boy who is captured by Mutants and taken to the planet Plundarr, where he is sold into slavery. Pretty much every character featured is an OriginalCharacter, though Lion-O's father, Claudus (who's in two episodes of the cartoon) does put in an appearance towards the end.
* ''Fanfic/HalfPastAdventure'' is an ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' fanfic set 30 years after the finale that follows original characters, although many major canon characters have had minor roles so far (and one is [[AscendedExtra the main character's adoptive parent]]).
* ''Fanfic/PackStreet'' takes place during the TimeSkip of ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'', featuring ordinary citizens who have to deal with the ramifications of political upheavals like Bellweather becoming mayor.
* ''Fanfic/TheTennDuology'' is a pair of ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' fics focusing on AscendedExtra Invader Tenn, the first story following her mission on Meekrob before and after the events surrounding her minor appearance in the episode "[[Recap/InvaderZimS1E30Megadoomer Megadoomer]]", while the second is a continuation of the first based on an [[PointOfDivergence alternate ending]]. By focusing on Tenn, and later the Resisty, these stories effectively take place side-by-side with Zim's exploits on Earth, occasionally crossing over but mostly being independent of each other.
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