History Main / OfficialFanSubmittedContent

** This also applies to mini-comics he does for his data books. One story chosen ,"RPG Time", was actually based on a idea from the fan forum ''Arlong Park'', who themselves pooled together and voted on ideas to send to him for it.

* ''Website/NobodyHere'': The fish cursors in "[[https://nobodyhere.com/justme/download.here Download]]" were made by a fan by the name of Sanneke.

* Many Roleplay/DarwinsSoldiers side-stories written by the other players/fans have become canonized.

* Music/PeterGabriel: The music video for the Dark Side mix of "The Court" was created as part of a contest where people sent in AI-generated animations set to the first four singles from ''i/o'' (i.e. "Panopticom", "The Court", "Playing for Time", and the TitleTrack). The winning video was based on sculptures by prior Gabriel collaborator Tim Shaw, who also designed the cover art for the song's single release.

* Within a loose view of the ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse canon'', certain ideas or fancomics submitted to official creators' blogs and heartily approved by said official creators ''have'' got some credit, and are treated as such on {{the Wiki|Rule}}.

* In 1986, MTV sponsored a contest called "Make My Video" in which viewers were encouraged to send in a video set to {{Music/Madonna}}'s then recent single "True Blue" (from the album of the same name). [[OrSoIHeard Evidently]], one day was dedicated to playing all of the submitted videos until the winning entry was announced. It was then shown until Madonna's official video for the song debuted.

* Both the cover art and title of Music/{{Weezer}}'s ''Maladroit'' were submitted by fans - the cover was created by a fan for an official contest, while the title was a suggestion made in a less formal thread on the band's official forum asking for album name ideas. They also had fans contribute to the songwriting process less directly: The band would post demos of songs they were considering for the album, and would take fans' reactions into consideration when arranging songs, as well as letting them influence which songs appeared on the album to some extent.

Fans are asked to send in stuff that will be incorporated into the show's {{Canon}} or BonusMaterial (particularly SideStoryBonusArt). It could range from lines of dialogue, to [[FashionDesigner costume]]/character/vehicle/etc. designs, to entire plot points.

* In a cross-series case of this trope, Woolie Madden (of ''WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay'' and ''WebVideo/WoolieVersus'') latched onto a rejected ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' character named Zubaz, a.k.a. "The Baz", and has added him into several games by donating to their Kickstarter campaigns. The Baz debuted in ''VideoGame/{{Divekick}}'', and has since appeared in ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'', ''VideoGame/{{Indivisible}}'', and ''VideoGame/PetalCrash'', among other games.

* Occasionally, Creator/{{Capcom}} would hold a contest asking for drawings of Robot Masters to be in the next ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'' game. Most were held in Japan, except for ''VideoGame/MegaMan6'', which was an American tie-in with ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' that gave us Wind Man and Knight Man. The creator of both Dust Man from ''VideoGame/MegaMan4'' and Crystal Man from ''VideoGame/MegaMan5'' was Yusuke Morata, who you may know as the main artist for ''Manga/OnePunchMan''.

* During ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline2'''s Anniversary season, Sega held an item design contest consisting of costumes, weaponry and accessories. The top 3 winners of each category (there were some honorable mentions) got their designs in the game.

** In 1994, an official "Name a Goosebumps Book" contest sponsored by Scholastic was held, allowing for grade-schoolers to suggest the title for an upcoming book to be released around summer 1995. Over 1,600 titles were submitted, and there ended up being a winner announced on Halloween of that year -- ''Slime Doesn't Pay'', suggested by 11-year old Jimmy S. of Glencoe, Illinois. [[DevelopmentHell Unfortunately, for whatever reason, the book never actually came to be]].

* Occasionally, Creator/{{Capcom}} would hold a contest asking for drawings of Robot Masters to be in the next ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'' game. Most were held in Japan, except for ''VideoGame/MegaMan6'', which was an American tie-in with ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' that gave us Wind Man and Knight Man. The creator of Crystal Man from ''VideoGame/MegaMan5'' was Yusuke Morata, who you may know as the main artist for ''Manga/OnePunchMan''.

* Occasionally, Creator/{{Capcom}} would hold a contest asking for drawings of Robot Masters to be in the next ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'' game. Most were held in Japan, except for ''VideoGame/MegaMan6'', which was an American tie-in with ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' that gave us Wind Man and Knight Man.

* ''Anime/DokiDokiPrettyCure'' had [[http://asahi.co.jp/dokidoki_precure/news/130901dress.html a contest in conjunction with Kondansha's children's magazines Otomodachi and Tanoshii Youchien]] where children aged 2-5 had to draw a new dress for Makoto which would show up in episode 40. The winner was a girl named Chiba Hiyori

* Haley, Nightwing's dog in ''Comicbook/NightWingInfiniteFrontier'', was named by a fan contest.

* ''Comicbook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' had two characters created by fans in contests, Charcoal (winner of a Wizard magazine "Create A Villain" contest - remained on the main team for a while [[ExecutiveMeddling until the character asked for the rights]], so he was KilledOffForReal) and Humus Sapien (winner of a "Create An X-Man" contest in 1973, but who was never actually used until a small arc nearly 30 years later). There was a parody of the old Hostess ads, [[https://jimintomystery.tumblr.com/post/35896021955/hostess-makers-of-twinkies-and-other-fine-snacks Tastee Fruit Pies]], which a fan gave to writer Creator/KurtBusiek, and he liked it enough to bring it to Marvel for a redesigned version (albeit a plan to bring one of the artists in those 70s ads fell through).

* In the beginning, Samson of ''ComicBook/MonicasGang'' had no name. It was chosen in 1983, at the suggestion of a 2-year-old girl named Roberta Carpi, from Ribeirão Preto.

** Four user-created characters from the Steam Workshop ([[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1871989159&searchtext= Mollo]], [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2136440419&searchtext= Hodan]], [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1913517643&searchtext= Pomme]], and [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1943759600&searchtext= Olympia]]) were added to the official roster, including for the Nintendo Switch version.

*** The same goes for the sequel series, ''[[VideoGame/MegaManStarForce Star Force]]'', with fan-designed {{Bonus Boss}}es appearing in the second and third game.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', there was a paraplegic character named Lydia Fox, who was the winning entry in a contest to create and pitch a new character with a disability.

* Feeder did something similar as Placebo for the "Just a Day" music video.