History Main / ADayInTheLimelight

** Peach gets one in ''VideoGame/SuperPrincessPeach'', where she gets to turn the tables and rescue Mario and Luigi from Bowser. She gets another in ''VideoGame/PrincessPeachShowtime'' where she has to save a theater from the Sour Bunch led by the evil Grape with the help of the theater's guardian Stella.

** Tails has also gotten two games of his own: ''VideoGame/TailsAdventure'' and ''VideoGame/TailsSkypatrol'', but the second was a very obscure UsefulNotes/GameGear game [[NoExportForYou only released in Japan]] (at least until ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure DX'').

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* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': Every once in a while, a story is told from a minor character's point of view. One of the earliest examples is "[[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/stories/364 It's Good to be the Don]]", following Don Sebastiano.

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' does this quite a bit:

** The now-cancelled but very excellent ''Spider-Man's Tangled Web'' series was based on this premise. Only 2 stories actually starred Spider-Man rather than his rogues and supporting cast.
** ''ComicBook/TheSuperiorFoesOfSpiderman'' follows an iteration of the Sinister Six consisting of [[NonIndicativeName five C-Listers]]. Issue #7 in particular is focused on The Beetle's childhood and origin story.

* Wrestling/RingOfHonor eventually started making some of its dark matches available for viewing on its Website/YouTube channel and eventually there were enough for some to become their own series, such as ''Women Of Honor Wednesday'' and ''Future Of Honor Friday'', though past aired matches are sometimes included as well.

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':

** In the mid-1980s, Chris Claremont went through a Day in the Limelight phase, writing whole issues focused on a single character with only cursory appearances, or none at all, by the rest of the team. Examples include: the "Lifedeath" duology, where a depowered Storm (she gets better) travels the world; "Whatever Happened to Nightcrawler?" where the titular teleporter romances a movie starlet and battles Arcade; and "Wounded Wolf", which features a dazed Wolverine teaming up with one of the Power Pack to fight cyborgs in a blizzard.
** [[Characters/XMen90sMembers Jubilee]] got more than a couple over the course of her original appearances.

* In ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionR'', [[IJustWantToBeSpecial Kensuke]] is the central character of an episode during the ''Prime'' sequence of events, in which he even gets shipped with a [[DisabledLoveInterest beautiful but blind Chinese girl]]. He also [[spoiler:has the last scene at the end of the story all to himself and her]].

** Cream and Cheese, two characters first introduced in ''[[VideoGame/SonicAdvanceTrilogy Sonic Advance 2]]'' are not only a playable character but a key part of ''VideoGame/SonicDreamTeam'''s narrative, after having few playable appearances after ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' and not appearing since 2011's ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''.

** If you purchase both episodes of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog4'' on the same device, a bonus episode will be unlocked that features Metal Sonic as the main character. The episode itself follows what happen after his defeat in ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD Sonic CD]]''.

* Jim Crowe received one of these in ''ComicBook/TheInvisibles'' which also doubled as his debut appearance.

* ''Fanfic/ThanksToHer'': The fic focuses on Vee and what she did while Luz and her friends were fighting Belos in the series finale.

* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'':
** Vinny, Joey, and Bobby, three New York pigeons who are minor characters in canon and minimally appear in the fanfic series, are the focus characters in "The Protection Payment." It follows the trio's quest to obtain food tribute for Mittens, aided by their canine friend Kelvin.
** The Director, ([[NamedInTheAdaptation named "James" in this series after his voice actor]]), is the primary character in "The Pilot," the fic serving in part as his {{Backstory}}. He otherwise appears minimally in these stories and is a minor character in canon.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki I'' has the first, second, and fourth chapters primarily focus on Feri, Aaron, and Quatre respectively, showing the events that lead to each of them joining the Arkride Solutions Office.

** Peach gets one in ''VideoGame/SuperPrincessPeach'', where she gets to turn the tables and rescue Mario and Luigi from Bowser. She gets another in ''VideoGame/PrincessPeachShowtime'' where she has to save a theatre from the Sour bunch led by the evil Grape with the help of the theater's guardian Stella.

** Peach gets one in ''VideoGame/SuperPrincessPeach'', where she gets to turn the tables and rescue Mario and Luigi from Bowser.

** The Director, ([[NamedInTheAdaptation named "James" in this series after his voice actor]]) is the primary character in "The Pilot," the fic serving in part as his {{Backstory}}. He otherwise appears minimally in these stories and is a minor character in canon.

** The Director, ([[NamedInTheAdaptation named “James” in this series after his voice actor]]), is the primary character in “The Pilot,” the fic serving in part as his {{Backstory}}. He otherwise appears minimally in these stories and is a minor character in canon.

* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': Vinny, Joey, and Bobby, three New York pigeons who are minor characters in canon and minimally appear in the fanfic series, are the focus characters in "The Protection Payment." It follows the trio's quest to obtain food tribute for Mittens, aided by their canine friend Kelvin.

* ''[[Fanfic/UltimateSleepwalker Ultimate Sleepwalker: The New Dreams]]'' takes an unusual twist with this trope in that the action has occasionally focused on Franchise/SpiderMan rather than on Sleepwalker. The reason it's unusual is that subverting PopularityPower and CListFodder is one of the hallmarks of the series, giving second-stringers the spotlight and relegating A-listers to guest star appearances.

* Different Franchise/SpiderMan characters have gotten this treatment over the years. [[{{Muggles}} Ordinary supporting cast members]], villains, and second-tier heroes who made their debuts in the spider-comics have all been spotlighted in various one-shots and side stories.
** The now-cancelled but very excellent "Spider-Man: Tangled Web" series was based on this premise. Only 2 stories actually starred Spider-Man rather than his rogues and supporting cast.
** ComicBook/TheSuperiorFoesOfSpiderman follows an iteration of the Sinister Six consisting of [[NonIndicativeName five C-Listers]]. Issue #7 in particular is focused around The Beetle's childhood and origin story.

* ''Animation/BoBoiBoyGalaxy'': Cattus and Bellbot are minor characters, but they become the main stars [[https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10157770273572280&type=3 in an exclusively online comic in 2019]] when they get accidentally sent to Planet Londari, where Admiral Tarung's battle suit was sent to be cleaned. Cattus and Bellbot help save a village from giant hostile monkeys and are considered heroes among the locals. Unfortunately, when the two return to the TAPOPS station, it had already been destroyed by Retak'ka as per the events of ''[=BoBoiBoy Movie 2=]'', which explains how [[WorfHadTheFlu the powerful Admiral Tarung lost so easily to Retak'ka in the film; because he didn't have his suit]].