A one-shot (or oneshot) is defined as a fanfic that has only one chapter. It can be one very long chapter or one very short chapter (sometimes referred to as a "drabble", though other people will tell you that's a misnomernote ), but as long as it's only one chapter then it counts. One-shots can also have sequel fics and still be considered one-shots.
One-shots will also be examples of either Flash Fiction, Novelette, Novella, or Short Story.
Compare to Completed Fic for multi-chapter stories that have finished.
Fanfics by the source work:
A Certain Magical Index
- Between the Lines: An anthology of one-shots.
- A Certain Crazy Christmas Special
Code Geass
Death Note
Fullmetal Alchemist
Haibane Renmei
Inuyasha
Kill La Kill
Naruto
Neon Genesis Evangelion
One Piece
Osomatsu-san
Pokémon
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure
Sailor Moon
Sword Art Online
Tokyo Ghoul
Wandering Son
Yuki Yuna Is A Hero
- Captains Crash (crossover of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and DuckTales (1987))
- Destiny (Disney Animated Canon)
- Fairytales (Disney Princess)
- Ghost in the Buggy (Filmation's Ghostbusters, The Transformers)
- Learning from the best (whether you want to or not) (The Incredibles, Miraculous Ladybug)
- Mononofu (Touken Ranbu, Onmyōji)
- To a Merry Christmas (Disney Princess)
- Wander over Foster's AU One-Shot (Wander over Yonder, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends)
- Tokimeki PokéLive! and TwinBee (Pokémon, Love Live!, Tokimeki Memorial and Twinbee The Main Stories are episodic, self contained stories that are lighthearted and comedic.)
Alvin And The Chipmunks
- Alvan an the Chipmunks 3: The Second Squeakuel (Five parts)
The Aristocats
Avatar
- Avatars II: When Qwaritch Takes Revenge (Special Edition)
The Black Cauldron
The Children's Hour
Cinderella
Frozen
- Fireside Tale
- In Pain And Blood
- Kingdom of Isolation
- Never Been Bothered
- When all is lost, then all is found
Hook
- Just a Little Bit of Pixie Dust (Five parts)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Mean Girls
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Discworld
Harry Potter
- Dumbledore's Army and the Year of Darkness
- Harry Potter And The Niceness And Merriment
- The Last War (Five parts)
- A Sad Story
Land of Oz
Max & Ruby
A Song of Ice and Fire
Warriors
Wicked
Doom
Fire Emblem
The Legend Of Zelda
Metroid
Pokémon
Sonic the Hedgehog
- Fallen Angel
- Fly Me to the Moon
- How Do I Admit I'm Falling Apart
- Snow Angel
- Sweet Sorrow
- Veritas Dolor
Story of Seasons
Super Mario Bros
Super Smash Bros
Higurashi: When They Cry
Avatar The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra
Batman the Animated Series
Blue's Clues
Carmen Sandiego
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
- Of Mice and Mayhem, a rather long one-shot because it comes in the shape of a 232-page Graphic Novel, but it was published as a whole in December 2002.
- The Rod Squad--In Color!
Duck Tales
DuckTales (2017)
Dungeons & Dragons
Infinity Train
Jem
Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures
Kim Possible
The Magic School Bus
Making Fiends
My Little Pony 'n' Friends
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
- Ah Ain't Got no Ack-cent!
- Advice from Pinkie Pie
- Applejack's Love
- Are You Kidding?! Theres Porn of Us?!
- Bon Bon Bon Bon Bon Bon
- Bubbles
- Chaos Is Very Good
- Chronomistress: Out of Time
- Claro de Luna
- The Contest
- Cupcakes
- Delusions
- Drop Of Moonshine
- Elementals of Harmony: Sideboard of Harmony
- Le Petit Four
- One Last Party Favor
- The Diary Of An Evil Pony
- Ditzy Doo's Dismally Derpy Day
- Dusk And Dawn
- Friendship is Empathy
- Gimme Shelter
- Last One Standing
- The Light in the Darkness
- My Fluttering Heart
- My Little Dashie
- Naked Singularity
- Out In The Cold (Four parts)
- Oversaturated World:
- Group Precipitation
- Swirled
- Sugarcatharsis
- Silicon Tiara
- House of Shadows
- The Palaververse:
- Foals and Mortals
- The First Stitch
- Once Upon A Winter (A one-shot anthology)
- Winterheart
- The Commander's Shilling
- The End of the Day
- The Strangest of These
- Noblesse
- Starscape
- Terra Incognita
- Moonlight Palaver
- Thunderstorm and the Four Winds
- The Motion of the Stars
- Triptych Continuum:
- The Elements Of Elements, an anthology of one-shots.
- Party of None
- Pinkie Watches Paint Dry
- Pink Personal Hell And Altering Fate
- Princess Celestia Hates Tea (Two parts)
- Psychedelic Epiphany Series: The first entry in the series, Floral Embrace, with its sole chapter, The Alignment Of The Self With Destiny
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- Rainbow Factory
- Rocket To Insanity
- The Spiderses (Five parts)
- Spikes Day Off
- Steel Soul Saga: The first story, Steel Soul.
- Step Right In and Start Again
- The Story Shuffle series: (A series of anthologies of one-shots.)
- Sunsplit Saga: The first story, Sunsplit.
- The Loneliest Laundromat: There's only one chapter, called The Loneliest Laundromat
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- Time Stand Still
- Today, Tomorrow, and Forever
- To Try For The Sun
- Westboro in Equestria (Five parts)
- White Box
Miraculous Ladybug
Octonauts
The Powerpuff Girls
Scooby Doo
Steven Universe
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)
Total Drama
- Dreams Scented Of Coconut And Apple
- Lunch Date with a Goth, an Indie Chick, and a Wide-Eyed Bubble Boy
Young Justice