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** He also happened to be on the other end of this trope at least once. Back when he was writing WildCATS he created antagonist known as T.A.O., but these days when somebody talks about this character it's probably in context of EdBrubaker's ''The Sleeper''.

* While Matt Groening and James L. Brooks get the bulk of credit for creating ''TheSimpsons'', John Ortved in his book ''The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History'' argues that producer and writer Sam Simon deserves at least an equal share for making the series as good as it was. Simon worked on the series for only the first four seasons but for contractual reasons he still receives credit and royalties from the show.

-->''"Is [RobLiefeld] really the one who created [{{SelfDemonstrating/Deadpool}}] if everything about the character that people like that was done by others? You show me a Rob Liefeld character that people like, and I'll show you the other creators who are responsible for you liking him."''

-->''"Is [RobLiefeld] really the one who created [{{SelfDemonstrating/Deadpool}}] if everything about the character that people like that was done by others? You show me a Rob Liefeld character that people like, and I'll show you the other creators who are responsible for you liking him.
-->'''[[WebVideoAtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]'''

-->''"Is [RobLiefeld] really the one who created [SelfDemonstrating/Deadpool] if everything about the character that people like that was done by others? You show me a Rob Liefeld character that people like, and I'll show you the other creators who are responsible for you liking him.

** By contrast, the grimmer, propagandistic [[ScaryDogmaticAliens communist-inspired]] take on the [[WideEyeIdealist naively idealistic]] Tau Empire popularized by Relic's ''DawnOfWar: Dark Crusade'' RTS has become their definitive characterization. Though here it's more a case of giving the fans what they want, as this had already been part of {{Fanon}} for years.

** By contrast, the grimmer, propagandistic [[ScaryDogmaticAliens communist-inspired]] take on the [[wideEyeIdealist naively idealistic]] Tau Empire popularized by Relic's ''DawnOfWar: Dark Crusade'' RTS has become their definitive characterization. Though here it's more a case of giving the fans what they want, as this had already been part of {{Fanon}} for years.

** There are also many others prefer Murakami and [=McDuffie=]'s [[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce two]] [[Ben10UltimateAlien entries]] into the franchise due to the DarkerAndEdgier tone and the characters aging, and were outraged when the [[Ben10Omniverse next series]] fell into the hands of others and became LighterAndSofter, even when compared to the original series.

* WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker was conceived of by WalterLantz and Ben Hardaway, and designed by animation director Alex Lovy, yet many regard the cartoons that the trio worked on in the early-mid [=1940s=] to be mediocre at best, and that it was under subsequent directors Shamus Culhane and especially Dick Lundy under whom the series ''really'' got good.

* In ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'', Scourge the Hedgehog started out as a one-note MirrorUniverse EvilTwin of Sonic who wore shades, a leather jacket and boots (for extra blandness, he was also called either "Evil Sonic" or "Anti-Sonic"). Under the guidance of Ian Flynn, he was given a massive makeover, a total 180 in evil personality-ness, and, for extra pain, did this to his entire team.

** Likewise with ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'': ClancyBrown, MichaelIronside and CoreyBurton ''are'' LexLuthor, {{Darkseid}} and {{Brainiac}}. With {{Superman}} himself, fans tend to choose either TimDaly or ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'''s George Newbern.

* Matt Fraction and Ed Brubaker's run on ''ImmortalIronFist'', which laid down a lot of new ground for the character and was almost universally praised.

** On that note, Mary Joe Duffy is considered to be the reason ''[[LukeCageHeroForHire Power Man]] and [[ImmortalIronFist Iron Fist]]'' is such a fondly-remembered series. And, as mentioned below, MattFraction and EdBrubaker are are this for Iron Fist.

** In addition, George Lucas's ''wife'', Marcia Lucas is another figure argued to have been just as important (if not moreso) than her husband. After the initial cut assembled by British editor John Jympson turned out to be absolute crap, George asked Marcia to recut the film from scratch. Knowing that her husband's insistence on keeping useless bits of exposition and technical dialogue had been as much of a problem as Jympson's flaccid editing style, Marcia only agreed to do it on the condition that she had complete control over the edit, and that George couldn't make any suggestions until she and co-editors Paul Hirsch and Richard Chew had assembled a complete edit. George agreed, resulting in the cut that eventually made cinemas and was a big hit.

** Within the ''Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}'', the works produced outside of JossWhedon's direct involvement (ExpandedUniverse) are usually considered part of an AlternateUniverse or [[FanonDiscontinuity didn't happen]]. These usually include the novels and most of the comics besides the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' season 8/9, ''{{Fray}}, and ''Series/{{Angel}}'' ''After The Fall'' Series (though some don't consider any of the comics to be).

* In the ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' 25th anniversary special, the trope was played for laughs during the Weekend Update segment with three popular, former anchors. It begins with Chevy Chase talking about how he originated the sketch and how he did it "the best ever." Then Creator/DennisMiller enters and takes issue with that, comparing Chase's one season to his six. ("You might've knocked her up, but I married her.") And then [[Creator/NormMacDonald Norm [=MacDonald=]]] shows up. (Though in a nod to his infamous firing, Norm says he didn't know about the special and just saw them on TV.)

* GeneRoddenberry created and wrote most of the episodes for ''Franchise/StarTrek'' but it was later revealed that a co-producer on [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries original series]], GeneCoon, was nearly as important to the series' narrative excellence such as creating the PrimeDirective, the Klingons, Khan Noonien Singh in his own stories as well as doing rewrites for others. Later, it's generally agreed by the fans that ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Next Generation]]'' and the movies got better once Roddenberry was [[KickedUpstairs promoted to executive consultant.]] While the Trek shows have all had numerous writers, Michael Piller and Ronald D. Moore are typically credited with setting the bar for ''Next Generation'' and ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'' respectively.

* And on the Marvel side of things: Creator/SteveBlum ''is'' {{Wolverine}}, FredTatasciore ''is'' TheHulk, Creator/NolanNorth ''is'' {{Deadpool}}, and Creator/JoshKeaton ''is'' SpiderMan.

** There are also many others prefer Murakami and [=McDuffie=]'s [[Ben10AlienForce two]] [[Ben10UltimateAlien entries]] into the franchise due to the DarkerAndEdgier tone and the characters aging, and were outraged when the [[Ben10Omniverse next series]] fell into the hands of others and became LighterAndSofter, even when compared to the original series.

** The JLI refrences in Booster Gold were even more prominent when Giffen and [=DeMatteis=] themselves took over.

* Creator/ChristopherPriestComics is this for BlackPanther, to the point that it's made it nearly impossible for any other writer to have success with the character. Reginald Hudlin's series did OK... right up until he stopped copying Priest and started trying to do his own thing, at which point sales immediately tanked. This is an odd case, because Priest's run didn't sell particularly well, but has nonetheless become the go-to interpretation of the character.
* FrenchBelgianComicBooks: Most people who know ''SpirouAndFantasio'' consider André Franquin as the series' father, regardless of whether or not they know it existed before: Franquin made it the Spirou we remember, and artists Tome and Janry were faithful to that (except maybe towards the end).

* In the ''SaturdayNightLive'' 25th anniversary special, the trope was played for laughs during the Weekend Update segment with three popular, former anchors. It begins with Chevy Chase talking about how he originated the sketch and how he did it "the best ever." Then Dennis Miller enters and takes issue with that, comparing Chase's one season to his six. ("You might've knocked her up, but I married her.") And then NormMacDonald shows up. (Though in a nod to his infamous firing, Norm says he didn't know about the special and just saw them on TV.)

** Others simply consider this groundwork for the {{DCAU}} version. This leads to the conundrum that since the DCAU's Question is clearly inspired by [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Rorschach]] (who, of course, was written parly as an {{Expy}} for TheQuestion), one wonders whether AlanMoore is in the running for the MyRealDaddy status of a character ''he never actually wrote for''.

* Creator/ChristopherPriestComics is this for BlackPanther, to the point that it's made it nearly impossible for any other writer to have success with the character. Reginald Hudlin's series did ok... right up until he stopped copying Priest and started trying to do his own thing, at which point sales immediately tanked. This is an odd case, because Priest's run didn't sell particularly well, but has nonetheless become the go-to interpretation of the character.

** Out of all people who worked on the Marvel's First Family after Byrne, two most foundly remembered runs, who had the lasting impact and helped redefine the characters for new audience are respectively MarkWaid's and JonathanHickman's.

* FloydGottfredson is often considered the Mouse Counterpart to CarlBarks. Though the disney shorts eventually toned down Mickey's character, Gottfredson maintained MickeyMouse 's adventurous spirit for several decades, which are considered an influence on modern interpretations of Mickey.
* While it's too early to talk about the characterisation, it's safe to say that in terms of character desing Miss America Chavez's real daddy is ''YoungAvengers'' artist Jamie [=McKelvie=], who turned her forgettable {{Stripperiffic}} costume, given by her original artist Nick Dragotta, into extremely popular CivvieSpandex outfit.

** Likewise, both [=McCracken=] and Tartakovsky, along with the less celebrated Paul Rudish, were all equally repsonsible for the creation and success of ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory''.

* [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos The Slender Man]] was created on the Something Awful boards for a photoshop contest, but he didn't really start catching on until the WebVideo/MarbleHornets web series started. Interestingly, the Marble Hornets Slender Man is a fairly distinct character [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness from the original,]] who was more tied to FairFolk mythology than film, water and fire.