History Main / HeroOfAnotherStory

* ''Literature/ChildrenOfTheRedKing'': Benjamin's private investigator parents occasionally reference being involved in interesting cases unrelated to the magical war between good and evil that dominates the plot (although this also causes them to neglect their son at times). In ''Midnight for Charlie Bone'', Mrs. Brown mentions how an investigation into the disappearance of a window washer who later turned up in a cave in Scotland.

** Anne is herself this to Luz Noceda from ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' as the two series take place in the same universe (their respective stories even unfolding almost simultaneously), and she makes a brief background cameo during The Owl House's season 2 finale.

** ''Literature/TheFallOfGondolin'': As Tuor and Voronwë are travelling towards Gondolin, they briefly cross paths with "a tall man clothed in black and holding a long black sword then appeared and came towards them, calling out a name as if he were searching for one who was lost. But without any speech he passed them by." Tuor will never know who that person was, as they've never met before, but he is his own first cousin Túrin, fleeing from the ruin of Nargothrond as told in ''Literature/TheChildrenOfHurin''.

* The mysterious night shift team in the ''Hero Hotline'' mini-series in Franchise/TheDCU.
* Pick a superhero. Any superhero. Odds are they have had an adventure and encountered [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Spider-Man]], Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}}, Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}}, Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}}...

* In a ''[[ComicBook/TheSimpsons Simpsons Comics]]'' Halloween story parodying ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'', Homer runs from the pod people and, a little outside Springfield, crosses paths with a man from Shelbyville who is fleeing a horde of zombies. The two chat for a while about their respective predicaments before the Shelbyvillean gets to his turn, saying it was nice to meet Homer; Homer returns the compliment, wishing him luck with the undead.

* ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'':
** Superman at one point mentions Batman and Robin, but we never actually see them in the series.
** One issue sees him stranded on a planet of Bizarros, including Bizarro versions of his teammates in the Justice League, meaning they probably exist in this universe too, but just aren't shown.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': The Avalon travelers encounter new heroes in almost every location they go to on their World Tour. This was in part because most of these were PoorlyDisguisedPilots, in the hopes of building up a superhero universe with ''Gargoyles'' at the center (these hopes were ultimately never realized, and of the planned spinoffs, only ''Bad Guys'' got anywhere, albeit in comic book form).

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': The Avalon travelers encounter new heroes in almost every location they go to on their World Tour.

** Later on, she meets Chiaki Koizumi, protagonist of ''Webcomic/MyImpossibleSoulmate'', whilst attending an anime convention.

* ''Webcomic/Rain2010'': Rain meets a girl named Carmen Jimenez when she's visiting therapy. Carmen is one of the main protagonists of ''Webcomic/{{Magical}}''.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': By the time Anne meets Marcy, she managed to become well-known in Newtopia, directly working for King Andrias himself. Her Theme Song Takeover elaborates on some of her offscreen adventures, such as fighting pirates and arming a village with a catapult to fight a giant cobra. [[spoiler: It's implied that Andrias partially {{invoked|Trope}} this, in order to get Marcy on his side and trusting him, letting her play the fantasy out of being a hero in a fantasy world and giving her a ton of support and resources, whereas even Anne and Sasha hit some setbacks and bumpy patches through their friendships with Grime and the Plantars, Marcy has only ever seen the good side of living in Amphibia and was never really challenged to undergo CharacterDevelopment like they were through facing uncomfortable truths about themselves, allowing her to become lost in the fantasy and making her willing to accept Andrias' proposal to give him the charged Calamity box so she could remain being a 'cool hero' with her friends, rather than the nerdy weirdo she was back on Earth.]]

** The Cabbage Merchant. Somehow, despite the Gaang travelling on an air bison and him being presumably on foot, he managed to arrive at places at the exact time that they do, only for them to destroy his produce.

* ''Literature/Emberverse'': Although the PPA is an antagonist in the first part of the series, the citizens of Walla Walla regard them as heroes, as it was an expedition from Portland that rescued the city from convicts who had taken over after escaping the nearby state prison in the aftermath of the Change. This trope also applies to many characters the main cast encounter in their journeys. Abbott Dortje, the new Iowa civil government (and Ingolf's brother), the Senegalese pirates, Captain Wellman, the Last Eagle and his successors, and even Justin Gruber are just a few of the people who could become (or are already) heroes to their own people. The current tetrology introduces even more, including Reiko's grandmother and father and the Loyal Men who preserved the Nipponese royal line, King John of Darwin, and the leaders of Topanga and of the Mist Hills.

* ''Franchise/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In ''The Gatekeeper Trilogy'', Buffy and her friends are busy globe-trotting to deal with an apocalyptic threat which is causing Sunnydale to be even more dangerous and plagued by monsters than usual. Willow's fellow teenaged witch Amy Madison finds herself stepping into the Scooby Gang's role to try and protect the people of the town and does a good job at it, even though her efforts are only shown in two chapters of the {{Doorstopper}} trilogy.

** A group of people on Madura have spent some time [[spoiler:resisting the Imperial occupiers with bold and clever acts of sabotage (although they do little more than inconvenience the garrison) and preparing covert messages asking for help]]. However, the protagonists only learn of their existence in the last quarter of the book.

* ''Literature/RuledBrittanica:'': Peter Foster, a suspected petty thief and neighbor of Shakespeare, is arrested and then promptly breaks out of jail after bidding Shakespeare a cordial goodbye, without ever revealing exactly what got him arrested or how he escaped.

* ''VideoGame/Splatoon2''[='=]s story mode revolves around Agent 4 and their adventure through Octo Canyon to help Marie find Callie. Cap'n Cuttlefish and Agent 3 (the MissionControl and [[PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo player character]] of ''VideoGame/Splatoon1'', respectively) don't show up in this campaign, with Marie explaining their absence as being on a mission of their own. Whatever mission this was leads into the game's ''Octo Expansion'' DLC campaign, which itself has an example in the form of Agent 3, who gets separated from Cap'n Cuttlefish and Agent 8 and is presumably wandering unseen parts of the subway and Kamabo Corporation up until they return for a BigDamnHeroes moment before the campaign's final stretch.

** We also never find out what the [[spoiler:rebel movement was up to before Katniss came on the scene (it's way too big and organized to just be a reaction to one defiant act), or how Finnick, Johanna, Beatee, etc all joined it and their stories]].

* In ''VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade'', Kisuke and Momohime can occasionally meet during the hot springs segments of the game, but aside from certain endings don't directly interact with each other.

Compare LowerDeckEpisode, where minor characters get a brief chance to shine, or SpinOff, where the character gets an entire series devoted to them.

* ''LightNovel/AnotherNote'''s Beyond Birthday. Except he's more properly [[VillainProtagonist the villain]] of another story. His case was mentioned briefly in ''Manga/DeathNote.''

* ''LightNovel/GoblinSlayer'' plays with this in that Goblin Slayer and his party ''are'' the "another story". While they clear out goblin dens, a battle against the Demon Lord for the fate of the world is occurring just offscreen, led by Hero, a young adventurer who has been crossing paths with Goblin Slayer since he saved her hometown from goblins.

** One such split in ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsW W]]'' can actually put the ''player'' into this role: [[spoiler: While trying to track down [[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic Kaname and Tessa]] in [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Orb]], the [[Anime/GreatMazinger Mycene]] [[Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}} Empire]] attacks all over the world. After fighting off the monsters sent to attack Orb, you rush off to Paris to help your other teammates there, and arrive just in time to see Mazinkaiser, Great Mazinger, and Shin Manga/GetterRobo [[CombinationAttack finish off]] Ankoku Daishogun.]]

* ''Fanfic/TheManyDatesOfDannyFenton'': [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Danny]]'s blind dates, each one can become his girlfriend in different timelines, include but not limited to WesternAnimation/KimPossible, Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}}, [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles Violet Parr]], [[Franchise/SailorMoon Sailor Jupiter]] and [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 Starfire]], all amazing heroines who have adventures and fight evil before being involved with him.

It turns out the supporting characters have their own adventures going on off-screen, where ''they’re'' the stars and the MainCharacters only make [[TheCameo cameo appearances]]. These characters are the Heroes of Another Story: we may not see much of their adventures, but it adds something to the fictional world if we know these people continue to lead interesting lives even when the MainCharacters aren’t around or before they show up.

* In the ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters King of Fighters]]'' series, Terry Bogard, Ryo Sakazaki, and Robert Garcia are only part of the supporting cast and have no real bearing on the series' key events. But, in their respective origin series:

** The same is true for Ralf Jones and his partner, Clark Steel, who originally were the heroes of the ''VideoGame/IkariWarriors'' series (as P1 and P2 respectively).

* The basic premise of [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/812850535/you-are-not-the-hero?ref=card You Are Not The Hero]] is that you are one, being an NPC that's chasing after the actual heroes because they stole your pendant (an essential {{Deconstruction}} of the KleptomaniacHero, as well as general RPG heroism).