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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"Do to them what you do to us at times like that. [...] Tell them ''what'' you're doing but not ''why''. [[Figure It Out Yourself|Then let them speculate]]. Listen to them as they speculate. When they come up with an idea you really, really like, tell them 'You finally guessed right. That was my reasoning all along."'''|'''Hobbie Klivian''', ''[[X-wing Rogue Squadron
▲{{quote|''"Do to them what you do to us at times like that. [...] Tell them ''what'' you're doing but not ''why''. [[Figure It Out Yourself|Then let them speculate]]. Listen to them as they speculate. When they come up with an idea you really, really like, tell them 'You finally guessed right. That was my reasoning all along."'''|'''Hobbie Klivian''', ''[[X-wing Rogue Squadron|X Wing Series]]''}}
The case of the fan's explanations becoming [[Canon]].
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Small [[Doujinshi|Doujin]] companies are infamous for this sort of thing, as their characters are designed and occasionally modified accordingly to appeal to their fanbase.
If a particular work has a long and continuous run, fanon may be promoted to canon because a [[Promoted Fanboy]] is now [[Running the Asylum|calling all the shots]]. Longer running works, especially [[Shared Universe]]s and/or those that entered the [[Show of Theseus]] stage, may have commonly accepted fanon canonized by accident as a result of the creators not realizing something wasn't official.
When this happens between fictional characters, it's a [[Sure, Let's Go with That]]. When it's built into the story, it's [[
Compare with [[I Knew It!]] (where the crazy fan explanation happens to match the one the author had planned all along), [[Ascended Meme]] (where this happens to memes), [[Word of Dante]] (where fans believe the fan explanation is from the author but it's bnot), [[Canon Immigrant]] (when elements of an officially licensed non-canon/[[Expanded Universe]] source find their way into official canon), [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]] (where the phrase that's well known was never uttered in canon), [[Official Fan
Contrast [[Jossed]] (when popular fan theories are explicitly sunk by [[Word of God]] or onscreen events).
Inverse of "[[Shrug of God]]". This is the screenwriter's version of [[
{{examples}}
== Anime and Manga ==
* The author of ''[[One Piece]]'' has a question and answer column, but half of the time when someone asks about a fact he'll agree with any reasonable guess the writer makes (for instance several of the main characters' birthdays).
{{quote|'''Fan''': "Chopper's birthday should be December 24th."
'''Odacchi''': "Okay." }}
** At one point, a fan noted that one of the
{{quote|"You know me. I'm the guy who comes up with the deep meaningful names. Yep. In fact, "Rob Lucci" even means "steal the light," or SO I HEAR (had no idea)." }}
* The authors of ''[[Kinnikuman]]'' routinely adapted fan suggested characters into the story, both minor and major.
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* During the first season, fans of ''[[Code Geass]]'' joked that Lelouch's maid Sayoko was secretly a [[Ninja Maid|ninja]], explaining the occasional flashes of competence seen behind her quiet exterior. Between seasons the staff acknowledged the joke, and in ''R2'' it's revealed that she is in fact the heiress to the Shinozaki ninja clan.
** Denied by herself, though. She's an "SP". Which is to say, while she practices ninja martial arts, from assuming the identity of other people, and using throwing knives with deadly accuracy... She doesn't assassinate people or spy on anyone, she's just Lelouch and Nunnally's bodyguard. Or as the Japanese say, an SP or Security Police.
** Somebody made a gag comic in which the Emperor delivers a speech about breasts.<ref>A parody rewrite of his funeral speech for Clovis from episode 4</ref>
* The author of ''[[Saiyuki]]'', previous to the [[Animated Adaptation]], wrote down in [[Stepford Smiler|Cho]] [[Beware the Nice Ones|Hakkai's]] character profile "voiced by [[Akira Ishida]]" as a joke, not expecting to be taken seriously, and was pleasantly surprised that her casting suggestion was accepted.
* ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' fanfiction has given Vegeta enough [[Sailor Earth|long-lost siblings]] to populate a galaxy (and then some). The 2008 special went ahead and ran with that premise.
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* [[Marvel Comics]] would often get reader mail that would try to explain away some of the continuity or logical fallacies in the stories. A sufficiently clever explanation would win the fan a "No Prize". When some apparently-not-so-clever fans started writing in asking when they would receive ''their'' No Prize, Marvel responded to them by mailing them... an empty envelope. Sadly, this practice has fallen to the wayside, though oddly, the empty "No Prize" envelope is considered of some value by the more hardcore fans.
* The [[Death Is Cheap|return]] of Stephanie Brown to the [[Batman]] universe used the [[Retcon]] that Leslie Thompkins had not basically killed Steph as we were led to believe, but rather faked her death and dragged her off to hide out in Africa with her where she'd be safe from psychos in costumes. Decide for yourself whether this was simply the most obvious fix, or whether the legion of forum threads and fix-it fanfics using this exact scenario during the intervening years of her death inspired DC.
* Ravage in ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass]]'' was originally invented by Dave Willis to star in a couple of ''[[Shortpacked]]'' strips, and later got [[Facebook]] and [[Twitter]] pages as a joke. He ended up so popular that the writers incorporated him into the real comic.
* The Disney/Boom Comics ''[[Darkwing Duck (comics)|Darkwing Duck]]'' series reveals that DW had been receiving a stipend from the S.H.U.S.H.
* The [[Fan Nickname]] "Clor" for the clone of Thor from Civil War got used in the recap page of Ant-Man and the Wasp, which is from current Ant-Man Eric O'Grad's POV. Officially though, the character's name is Ragnarok.
* When ''[[Animal Man]]'' meets his writer, ''[[Grant Morrison]]'', the latter expressed regret that he didn't have time to use a few ideas some of the fans suggested (it was his last issue), namely to have Buddy fight animal-themed villains and his [[Foil|polar opposite]], a [[Complete Monster]] who finds pleasure in animal cruelty. To make up for that Morrison makes them both materialize out of thin air and attack Animal Man, while he is thanking everybody he worked with on the series. On the related note, he also mentioned that Buddy is what writers wants him to be, so if they'll decide to make him eat meat, he will. Next writer on the series decided to play with that and wrote a story where Buddy copies the abilities of a lion, its overcome by its instincts and tries to eat a gazelle.
* This was the exact reason we have the explanation for the origin of [[Captain America (comics)|Captain America]]'s legendary shield. A fan by the name of "Fred Janssen" wrote in to the 60's-era Captain America comic with a theory involving Dr. Myron McClain and his work with Adamantium and Vibranium, the fictional super alloys in the Marvel Universe. Marvel liked the idea so much that, with a bit of altering, they took it and ran with it!
* The controversial [[Spider-Man]] story ''Sins Past'' revealed that in the past, Gwen Stacy slept with Norman Osborn, without revealing when or why. [[Big Name Fan]] J.R. "Madgoblin" Fettinger pored through his back issues and found a time when it could have happened and a reason why she might have done so at that point in time; namely, that Osborn had saved her father from the Kingpin, she had gone to see him to thank him, and one thing led to another. After posting this theory on his website, [https://web.archive.org/web/20131028091230/http://www.spideykicksbutt.com/GreenwithEvil/DeFloweringGwen.html here], some of Marvel's writers found it and decided it worked, so they canonized it.
* It was a fan theory that the Marvel Universe is called Earth-616 because Fantastic Four #1 (the first Marvel Universe comic) came out in 1961 in month 6. Neither the explanation nor the date of FF 1 is actually true, but in the [[Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe]] other universes were numbered based on their first appearances and using this scheme.
== Fan Works ==
* ''[[Nobody Dies]]'' is particularly notable for going meta. It's an ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Evangelion]]'' fan fiction with multiple [[Expanded Universe|fan fictions]] of it. A few of them, like ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5881723/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies_The_Kei_Files The Kei Files]'' and ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6061370/1/Nobody_Dies_The_Story_of_NERVAlaska The Story of Nerv-Alaska]'', were canonized and referenced in the main material.
** Sometimes it also happens just from the discussion threads:
{{quote|'''Poster''': "So, given Unit 05's original personality, I would not be surprised if [[Stephen Colbert]] was the President of the United States in this story."
'''[[Word of God|Gregg]]''': "It's canon in my book!" (President Colbert later makes an appearance in the story.) }}
* "[[Uncyclopedia|Uncycylopedia]] (which is online encyclopidia like [[Wikipedia|wikiped]]) said [[Peter Chimaera|I]] was writing story called [[
* Several small aspects of the revised canon of ''[[Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality]]'' were proposed by posters to the author's blog; for instance, the distribution of [[Stable Time Loop]]-inducing [[Time Machine
** Because they've never heard of event-scheduling being a textbook application of greedy algorithms?
* A fanfiction author wrote how [[The Grim Adventures of Billy
* Two of Jakayrta's stories in the ''[[Poke Wars]]'' universe are regarded as canon by Cornova himself.
* In ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'', Kyon's [[Morph Weapon
* A reviewer proposed during the St. Galleria arc of ''[[The Tainted Grimoire]]'' to have Luso get Parivir clothing when he actually becomes a Parivir. The author worked this into the story in Chapter 65.
== Film ==
* ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: At World's End'' featured one of these when Keith Richards was written into the film as Captain Teague, Keeper of the Code {{spoiler|and Jack Sparrow's father}} after, as Terry Rossio put it, "the world collectively woke up one day and decided that Keith Richards was going to be in these films." This was likely due to [[Johnny Depp]] discussing it in interviews, since he was an influence of Depp's portrayal of Jack Sparrow.
** It happened again in the same film with Barbossa's first name becoming "Hector", an idea that was worked out privately with Depp and Rush while filming ''Curse of the Black Pearl'', and caught on with fans after Depp mentioned it in the DVD's commentary.
** Also happened with the minor character of Lt. Theodore Groves, played by Greg
* In ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' (2007), a very common fan theory was that {{spoiler|[[The Starscream|Starscream]] was among the F-22s that fire on Megatron in the climax.}} The producers haven't said definitely that it's canon, but their stance so far has been "Sure, why not?"
** The tie-in comic ''The Reign of Starscream'' acknowledged this by having Starscream consider it, but decide not to.
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* The very last scene of ''[[The Grifters]]'' is a distant shot of [[Anjelica Huston]]'s character driving away down a dark street. Just before the [[Fade to Black]], a man dressed similarly to [[John Cusack]]'s character runs across the street. When someone asked the producer, [[Martin Scorsese]], if it ''was'' Cusack's character, he reportedly replied, "Sure, Why Not?" In actuality, it was just some random civilian who wasn't supposed to be in the shot.
* Subverted in ''[[The Birds]]'' in classic Hitch style. Suzanne Pleshette, who played Annie, suggested for her character's death that her ear should be found half torn off and bloody. Hitchcock sent her to the makeup department to let them make her ear look like that, but when filming the actual scene placed her body with her other side facing the camera so that the viewer never sees the torn off ear.
* There was a popular [[Fanon|fan theory]] that the little boy in an Iron Man mask from ''[[Iron Man 2]]'' was a young [[Spider-Man|Peter Parker]]. Tom Holland, who was cast as Parker when Spider-Man was brought back into the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]], heard about this, he liked the idea so much he convinced ''[[Spider-Man: Homecoming]]'' producer (and Marvel Studios president) [[Kevin Feige]] to let him declare this to be [[Canon]].
== Literature ==
* In [[Piers Anthony]]'s ''[[Xanth]]'' series, Prince Dolph (who is still a child) manages to find himself engaged to two different women, both of whom have to marry him [[Because Destiny Says So]]; one, Nada Naga, because of a prophecy, and the other, Electra, because she's under a curse that will kill her if Dolph doesn't go through with the marriage. Obviously, he can't [[Tenchi Solution|marry them both]] (though Dolph doesn't understand why not), and to make matters worse, although Dolph prefers Nada, she would much rather be [[Just Friends]], while Electra really does love him (even if it's magically compelled). Piers Anthony's originally planned resolution, to occur in a later book in the series, was to have him marry Electra, divorce her one day later, and then marry Nada, who will get around the whole "not in love" thing by voluntarily drinking a [[Love Potion]]. However, a ''reader'' spotted a [[Prophecy Twist|loophole in the prophecy]]
** Anthony has openly allowed the Xanth fandom to [[Running the Asylum|run the asylum]] through write-in submissions for years, so there are many other examples of readers' suggestions becoming [[Canon]].
** It would be remiss to mention [[Xanth]] Fanon and not mention the puns, which are a form of
*** To the point where he has spent the last several books asking his readers to ease off. He's repeatedly said the books would be much easier to write if the readers stopped trying to help him.
* In later ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' books, after [[The Film of the Book]] made "I shouldn't 'ave said that!" into Hagrid's [[Catch Phrase]], it then became one in the books as well.
** This has also been used for more minor errors, like when it was brought to her attention that Marcus Flint seemed to have repeated a year. [http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/faq_view.cfm?id=16 Her response]: "Either I made a mistake or he failed his exams and repeated a year. I think I prefer Marcus making the mistake."
** Near the end of ''[[
** Lupin's facial scars, which are never described in the books, have supposedly been appearing in fanart before his appearance in the third Harry Potter movie.
** Big time Harry Potter fan John Noe is a huge fan of the Auror Dawlish, who despite [[Informed Ability|getting O's in all his O.W.L.s]] [[The Worf Effect|can be bewitched and hexed by everyone including Neville's grandmother]]. Dawlish doesn't have a first name, and when Noe interviewed J.K. Rowling, she decided to give him the first name John, being named after John Noe.
** An interesting shipping example in ''Harry Potter''. About the time ''[[
** It's unknown whether it's this trope or [[I Knew It!]], but ''[[The Draco Trilogy]]'' popularized "Malfoy Manor" as the name of Draco Malfoy's family home. Seven years later, the name was used in ''Deathly Hallows''.
* The case of how Terry Pratchett came up with Hersheba in ''[[Discworld]]''. "Say Djelibeybi OUT LOUD. I must have had twenty letters (and one or two emails) from people who didn't twig until the third time round... Oh god...do they have them in the US? Should it have been called Emmenemms, or Hersheba... Hmm, Hersheba... Could USE that, yes, little country near Ephebe..."
* The Trakata lightsaber combat, ''[[Star Wars]]'' fanon made canon by ''Roleplaying Game: Saga Edition Core Rulebook''.
* Philip Pullman was once asked why certain minor characters in ''[[His Dark Materials]]'' have daemons who are the same gender as they are (most people have daemons of opposite gender and the narrative says so). When his questioner asked if it meant that those characters were gay, he basically said "sure, why not"
* Peter Goldworthy's ''Maestro'' features a piano teacher/virtuoso living in Darwin, Australia; having fled the Nazis from his native Vienna. As Maestro is a high-school study favorite in Australia, it spawned a classroom theory that this was intentional on the part of the author: Having fled from Der Wien in Austria to Darwin in Australia was a metaphor showing that the maestro had never really come to terms emotionally with his forced migration. On part of a speaking tour, one high school student finally got to put this theory to the author, and ask if it was true. Peter Goldworthy's memorable response: "It is now."
* Armistead Maupin had already named his ''[[Tales of the City]]'' secretly transsexual character Anna Madrigal when a fan pointed out that this name was an anagram for “a man and a girl”. He later had Anna claim that she had chosen her post-op new name specifically to give this "clue".
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** Also, ''[[Dawn of the Clans]]'', the [[Fan Nickname]] for [[Prequel|the fifth arc]] is now the official [[Working Title]].
▲== Live Action TV ==
* In ''[[Star Trek]]'', the Klingons' gaining forehead ridges between the original series and the movies and later series has long been a subject of fan speculation. In the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Deep Space 9]]'' [[Time Travel]] episode "Trials and Tribble-Ations", two popular fan theories are brought up by two non-Klingon characters, but are told by Worf that Klingons don't discuss the situation with outsiders. Eventually, the prequel series ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise|Enterprise]]'', which had ridged Klingons, had to tackle not just the "how'd Klingons get ridges?" question, but "how'd Klingons lose their ridges and then get them back?" A multi-part episode shows it happening in a way that actually incorporates both theories.
** They shot themselves in the foot by having Kor, Kang, and Koloth from the original series show up in ''[[Deep Space Nine]]'' as modern Klingons.
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* The popular ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fan theory about a series of unaired adventures known as "season 6B" (essentially, that the Second Doctor continued adventuring in some capacity after he was captured but before regenerating at the end of season 6) that is used to plug up continuity holes has been used in some of the [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe]] media.
** Eve Myles' characters Gwyneth and [[Torchwood|Gwen Cooper]] were originally meant not to have any relationship to one another, but fans continued to speculate about it. {{spoiler|The Series 4 finale briefly "explains" the resemblance as [[Techno Babble|"spatial-genetic multiplicity"]].}}
** Part of the [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] in "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S32
** Fans had long speculated about the possibility of Time Lords regenerating into the opposite sex. In "The Doctor's Wife", a comment by the Doctor regarding the Corsair's past regenerations brings it solidly into canon.
*** The same episode also confirms several fan theories about the TARDIS and her relationship to the Doctor {{spoiler|not least that the TARDIS actually ''is'' a 'she' (Well, not exactly - it's transferred into a female body, and it apparently has a thing about Rory, but it' doesn't necessarily ''have'' a gender)}}, including the popular idea that her unreliability in taking the Doctor where he wants to go is not just due to unreliability, but also because she is taking him to where he is needed or needs to go.
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** The name for Torchwood's pet pterodactyl, "Myfanwy", started as an off-screen joke by cast and crew but made it onto the extra-textual website canon if not the show itself.
* The tendency of ''[[Power Rangers]]'' fandom to refer to the Power Coins by their totem animal rather than their color has absolutely no basis in the series itself, and its earliest known use was in the fanfics of [[Big Name Fan|Joe Rovang]]. However, as this caused a great deal of confusion when discussing different sets of coins with the same color, his precedent was followed above the show's. This is particularly apparent when Disney's official site for PR uses "Dragon Coin" for the Green Ranger's Power Coin, as Rov did, rather than "Dragonzord Coin" as the morphing call ''used in every episode featuring the Green Ranger'' would imply.
** As it only originated in obscure production documents from Saban Entertainment, Billy's surname of "Cranston" was known mostly by fans and not even staff members of the series. When Disney later culled the knowledge of those selfsame fans to construct their official site they just ran with it. This also led to the
** In ''[[Power Rangers SPD]]'', among the A-Squad members, only Charlie was actually named, so the fans made up names for the other four and the creators agreed, even though the names themselves were never mentioned on-screen.
* Jack O'Neill and Samantha Carter of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' were originally not intended to have romantic feelings for each other. Only when the fans began the Jack/Sam ship did the show writers realize that, indeed, the chemistry was there, and began working this into their story. Whether or not it was actually to the benefit of said story, though, is [[Plot Tumor|another question]].
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** "Heart" gives us two more in {{spoiler|Sugar and Rory}} as well as {{spoiler|Karofsky}} being in love with Kurt
* In ''[[Community]]'', the overwhelming fan response to the semi-accidental Jeff/Annie pairing seems to have influenced writers to {{spoiler|have Jeff/Annie make out in the season 1 finale.}}
* In ''[[Law
* In ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' season five finale Mike gets married to a woman, whose identity isn't revealed. The woman was supposed to be {{spoiler|Katherine}}, but because of insisting fans plans were remade and {{spoiler|Susan}} became the bride.
* In the ''[[Babylon 5]]'' episode "Shadow Dancing", a ritual (one of the 333 Minbari marriage rituals) is mentioned whereby Delenn must watch Sheridan while he is sleeping in order to see his "True Face." A Usenet user commented "So a man's true face is all mushed up against the pillow and drooling?". A few months later, this is referenced in the episode "Atonement" by Sheridan when the ritual is performed.
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* On ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'', Caroline and Klaus's budding relationship seems to be a result of an almost [[Crack Pairing]] that was popular in fanfiction.
* The city the North American half of ''[[Highlander (TV series)|Highlander]]'' takes place in was officially named Seacouver after fans began using the name to refer to the previously unnamed city.
== Music ==
* The song "Alive" by [[Pearl Jam]], wherein the lyrics are about a widowed woman who grows sexually attracted to her son because he looks just like his deceased father, a textbook example of [[Lyrical Dissonance]]. This hasn't stopped fans from embracing it as an anthem of celebrating life. Eddie Vedder, having written the song partly from his own experience, gradually found that what he saw as the "curse" of the song had been lifted by fans' more uplifting interpretation.
* Ascended [[Mondegreen]]s:
** "Purple Haze" by [[Jimi Hendrix]]; the lyric "excuse me while I kiss the sky" was [[Mondegreen|so commonly heard as]] "excuse me while I kiss this guy," that Hendrix changed it. He was also known to point and kiss in the direction of a guy (usually his tour manager) immediately after singing the line.
** This is the same case with "Bad Moon Rising" by [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]]. The actual lyric is "There's a bad moon on the rise," but it was often misheard as "There's a bathroom on the right." John Fogerty has been known to sing this line in live performances of "Bad Moon Rising."
** Likewise, in [[They Might Be Giants]]' song "Ana Ng" the line "Where the world goes by like the humid air" is often misheard as "Where the world goes by like the human hair." They occasionally sing the mondegreen instead of the original line live.
** Also "Come Together" by [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]] the line "Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease" was originaly supposed to be "Hold you in his arms yeah" but it was so commonly misheard that the [[Greatest Hits Album|Blue Album]] had the former on its inner sleeve, and John Lennon liked the former lyric more and so all of the covers of the song has the words "his armchair".
* Music software, but music nonetheless. Crypton's Rin and Len Kagamine [[Vocaloid
** Also Haku Yowane and Neru Akita, fan-created Vocaloids that have been acknowledged by Crypton as semi-official, to the point that they're making an appearance in Miku's game, ''Project Diva''.
* A statue of [[Frank Zappa]] in Vilnius, Lithuania, basically has this [https://web.archive.org/web/20131014022014/http://www.balticsworldwide.com/news/features/zappa.htm as its backstory].
* [[Devo]]'s "Whip It" was originally meant to be a inspirational song addressed to President [[Jimmy Carter]]. Naturally, though, people thought it was an [[Obligatory Bondage Song]] or about [[A Date with Rosie Palms]]. This amused them, and they kind of enforced the first interpretation with the music video.
{{quote|'''Jerry Casale''': "We didn't want to ruin it and tell them the truth, because they just wouldn't get off on the truth."}}
* After the chorus of Fall Out Boy's "This Ain't a Scene" was famously misheard as "I'm a little man, and I'm also evil, also into cats," friend of FOB member Pete Wentz and frontman of [[Cobra Starship]] Gabe Saporta made a Youtube video where he showed off a fake tattoo of a cat and said he got it because he was "also into cats."
== Newspaper Comics ==
* Without meaning to, Scott Adams made Phil, Prince of Insufficient Light, look similar to [[Dilbert]]'s boss. A reader asked if they were brothers, and Adams decided to indicate as much in a mini-arc.
** When Adams wrote a week-long series involving a cat character that he didn't intend to use again, he got a flood of fan emails not only wanting to see more of the cat, but all calling him "Catbert" even though Adams never named him. Adams himself said "When a group of fans spontaneously and unanimously name a character for you, it's a good idea to keep him."
== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' / WH40RPG
** There are also multiple (probable) nods to the fanfic
*** Another fan-made character, [[Badass Bookworm|adept]] [https://1d4chan.org/wiki/The_Guy_Who_Cried_Grendel Castus Grendel] from [[Dark Heresy]] game logs ''The Guy Who Cried Grendel'' who, despite having neither good strength nor combat skills, managed with some lucky rolls to defeat several Daemons, an Ork warboss and assorted other big nasties). Referenced in ''Radical's Handbook'' (in the part chosen for preview, at that), along with some exploits and companions. ''Knowledge is Power'' also mentions some Adept Grendel working for Malleus in the same area, but says he's a psyker.
▲*** Similarly, the Obelisks of Galahar that became central to the Craftworld Eldar objective were originally the creation of a player called Sabbad. Also, no fewer than 3 fan craftworlds (Tyriande, Vassiera, and Reia-Hal) were [[Canon Immigrant|promoted to canon]] in the campaign summary.
* Most of the monsters in the original ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiend_Folio|Fiend Folio]''{{Dead link}} were fan-made monsters submitted by readers to the ''White Dwarf'' magazine's "Fiend Factory" department. Many of them, including the githyanki and dark creepers, have become longstanding additions to ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]''.
▲** There are also multiple (probable) nods to the fanfic, Love Can Bloom, in one of the [[Dark Heresy]] sourcebooks. Among others: LIIVI, the Vindicare Assassin, speaking a quote straight out of the game. One of the chapters even depicts a Vindicare stalking an Eldar Farseer.
* In the ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' Storm of Chaos campaign, the members of an Orc fansite and forum ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120128181439/http://
* Heck, any [[Game Master
▲* In the ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' Storm of Chaos campaign, the members of an Orc fansite and forum ([http://www.da-warpath.com Da Warpath]) were getting increasingly annoyed (and increasingly vocal) about being sidelined in the campaign background. Some members were also writing background pieces and fan rules, such as DEMOLISHER, one of the Orc Warbosses, falling off a bridge on his boar and the use of the [[Abnormal Ammo|Squigcannon of Gork]]. Then some of the later campaign newsletters came out, with references to an Orc Warboss falling off a bridge on a boar and squig-firing cannon...
▲* Heck, any [[Game Master|Game Masters]] worth their salt under any system turn on their listening ears when their players enter a [[Wild Mass Guessing]] phase or burn the carefully-crafted plot down, at which point it usually overlaps with [[Throw It In]]. It makes the players feel smart.
** And if they burn down your carefully crafted plot, this is a really easy way to construct a new one: let your players do it for you!
* ''[[Exalted]]'' actually had an ''accidental'' case of
== Theme Parks ==
* The names of the Hitchhiking Ghosts at ''[[The Haunted Mansion]]'' at [[Disney Theme Parks]] (Gus, Ezra, and Phinneas) were thought up by Cast Members, and eventually became popular enough in [[Fanon]] that it was semi-officially adopted.
== Toys ==
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* Another ''[[Transformers]]'' example is the fact that Decepticons who turn into planes are referred to as Seekers. This term was possibly invented by the fandom and got adopted as the official term, but there are still questions over whether an old catalog advertisement citing them as "Decepticon Seekers" influenced the use of the term years later.
* In ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe|Masters of the Universe]]'' the race of the pre-accident Skeletor blue elf Keldor is known as "Gar" and has been officially refrenced as such in the Classics toyline bios. This is because in the 2002 MYP Cartoon series there is an island called Anwat Gar. This is a clever play on the name of the asian city of Angor Wat. The only resident of Anwat Gar is Sy Klone, a character based on the vintage toy that happens to have a blue face. So it is reasoned by the fans that Sy Klone must be a blue elf, (by virtue of his skin colour) like Keldor. And wouldnt "Gar" be an obvious name for the race, since it could be reasoned that Anwat Gar sounds kinda like it could be a foreign term for "City of Gar" or something like that? After years of common usage by fans on fansites, ect, Mattel decided "sure, why not?"
* ''[[Star Wars]]'' fans pleaded and petitioned for years with Kenner to make a Slave Leia (Leia in the metal bikini from ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'') action figure; such a figure was #1 on ''Wizard'' magazine's ''Top Ten Most Requested Action Figures'' for months. Eventually, Kenner did indeed create one. It caused [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVV7nLNRcW4 some controversy] by [[Moral Guardians]] until [https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/watch/carrie-fisher-talks-about-the-controversy-over-slave-leia-costume/vi-AAg5b3T Carrie Fisher herself set them straight] by reminding everyone that Leia had been captured by a "giant slug" who forced her to wear it until [[Laser-Guided Karma| she used the chain to strangle him.]]
== Video Games ==
* The entire ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' franchise came from this trope. Originally, the game was supposed to be a racing game, and the cops would pull people over. When the game was tested, a bug in the AI cop logic made the cops extremely aggressive. Testers ignored the race goals and started trying to challenge the cops. The games developer saw this and ''Grand Theft Auto'' was born from their "Sure, why not?" moment.
** A moment that some say was for the worse in terms of the gaming word... However, your opinion
* Sometimes developers can do this to themselves. In the Hard Rain campaign of ''[[Left 4 Dead]] 2'', the players must navigate an abandoned sugar refinery. During development, Valve found that there were an unusually high number of Witches spawning in the zone. They like the glitch, and made it canon that Witches are attracted to the scent of sugar.
** Similarly, during the development of [[Half Life]] 2: Episode 1, a small joke ended up in the game due to a glitch. During a scene where the player and [[Action Girl|Alyx]] are about to be thrown over a chasm by [[Badass Automaton|Dog]], Alyx reassures the player by saying that, as a robot, he has done the math. Then she quietly asks him if he has done the math. During playtesting, right after she had said it, a glitch caused Dog's head to shake. The playtester assumed this was supposed to happen and laughed at the perceived joke. Valve quickly made that not a glitch.
*** Not a glitch. Dog's idle animation is for him to shake his head, and it timed perfectly with the question.
* The [[DS]] originally stood for "Developer's System", as units released at that time were purely for developers to use in their production process (the intended name for the final market product being "Nintendo Nitro".) The press kept insisting it stood for "Dual Screen", so Nintendo - realising that they were already getting brand-name recognition from it - just made DS the official name.
** Another theory: the name "Developer's System" only came about because of a misinterpretation of what was said in an interview about how easy the DS was to develop for, but the internet took the quote and ran with it until suddenly it became the name many people thought DS originally stood for.
** This happened
* Although ''[[Betrayal at Krondor]]'', an RPG based on ''[[The Riftwar Cycle]]'', was produced and made with Feist's blessings and under his watchful eye, the in-game texts and the story itself were in fact ''not'' written by him, as the common misconception is. Neal Hallford takes the credit for coming up with the story, which was later canonised by Feist in a [[Novelization]].
* ZUN, creator of ''[[Touhou]]'', is notorious for this, being both highly aware of the gargantuan fandom that has arisen around the games as well as equally willing to add things he likes. Probably the most famous examples both involve characters from ''The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'', Hong Meiling and two unnamed mid-bosses:
** For the former, for a long time fans could never decide what Hong's name was, as it could be read as either Japanese or Mandarin, so they [[Fan Nickname|decided to call her China]]. At the same time that ZUN confirmed her name was actually Hong Meiling, he also said he calls her China as well, and the name remains popular.
** For the latter, the mid-bosses of Stage 2 and Stage 4 were never identified despite their unique sprites, with no dialogue, character profiles or even names, and after they became [[Ensemble Darkhorse|disproportionately popular]] they were given the [[Fan Nickname
* Fans of ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'' still aren't sure whether the DS version's reveal that {{spoiler|[[Not-So-Harmless Villain|Dalton]] was the one responsible for the Porre rebellion that [[Shrug of God|may or may not have]] killed Crono and Marle prior to ''[[Chrono Cross]]''}} is this, "[[I Knew It!]]," or a [[Promoted Fanboy]]'s [[Running the Asylum|canonization of his preferred theory]].
** {{spoiler|Actually saying whether Crono or Marle are actually dead would make Cross a lot less of a [[Mind Screw]].}}
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** This also led to the creation of the character Ermac, despite messages in the second game which Midway used to deny his existence.
*** Meat, Blaze and Skarlet have a similar story.
** The revelation of Noob Saibot being {{spoiler|1=the specter form of the original Sub-Zero from MK1}} was actually the result of a Midway employee [https://web.archive.org/web/20110731014256/http://highervoltage.net/mb/showpost.php?p=400646&postcount=12 taking suggestions from a fan].
* ''[[Dragon Quest]]'
** There is also the case of the [[Dragon Quest I|first game's]] villain, the Dragonlord. He goes down pretty quickly in the Japanese version; but then his [[Dragon Their Feet|pet Superdragon attacks you.]] The western translation had him turning into this [[One-Winged Angel|final form.]] Later depictions in ''[[Dragon Quest Monsters]]'' and ''[[Dragon Quest IX]]'' have this be the Dragonlord's true form.
** In an inverse "developers doing it to themselves" crossed with PAL Bonus and some psuedo-[[Recursive Import]], the English localizations of the games tend to have this effect on the later Japanese rereleases. Much like the Dragonlord example, games that come West get a graphics/sprite overhaul that is usually ported back to Japanese rereleases, with a very specific case of this being ''[[Dragon Quest III]]'' giving Ortega a proper sprite and a proper opening sequence.
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* The long used Pokémon fan term "Eeveelution" (for the many different evolved forms of Eevee) appears in the second ''[[Pokémon Ranger]]'' title. While a previous use existed in the TCG (as a deck name), it was the first "in universe" use.
** Nintendo has [http://www.pokemonvgc.com/en/shiny-eevee.php started using the term "Shiny"] to refer to Pokémon with alternate color schemes.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120505152445/http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?pager.offset=2&cId=3145765&p= The story behind the abbreviation for Blue Mage] in ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'' is as follows:
{{quote|'''1up.com''': First, what is the abbreviation of the Blue Mages -- will it be "BLU?"
'''Hiromichi Tanaka''': Thanks, the check's in the mail. We're going to borrow your abbreviation. We didn't have one yet. [laughs] }}
* Kamek, the Magikoopa master from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', has been retroactively established as being in some of the games that featured a Magikoopa since his first appearance in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''. ''Yoshi's Safari'' featured an unnamed Magikoopa as a boss, now he's Kamek's first official appearance. Some appearances by a singular Magikoopa have also been considered Kamek appearances: the Magikoopa who teaches Bowser how to use his abilities and cares for the injured Koopa King in ''Bowser's Inside Story''; the Magikoopa who blasted Mario away from Peach's Castle in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140710154444/http://www.mariowiki.com/images/9/9b/KamekTradingCard.PNG confirmed by an official trading card]); the Magikoopa who was going to be in ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' but was replaced by [[Donkey Kong]]; and a Magikoopa who informed Kammy Koopa of Peach's abduction in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. The Magikoopa the party fights in Bowser's Keep in ''[[Super Mario RPG]]'' was intended to be Kamek, which is made more clear by his Japanese Psychopath message, which reads "The baby from that time!?" {{spoiler|He's called Kamezard in the Japanese version of the game.}}
** More of a case of [[Did Not Do the Research]] on Nintendo of America's part. In Japan, "Kamek" is a single character ([[Negative Continuity|or species in some games]]) with minions called Kokameks (Toadies in English). This distinction has for the most part been preserved in non-English translations.
*** Alternatively, this could be considered as an attempt by the localisers to add some internal logic to the series, given the confused nature of Kamek/Magikoopa appearances between Mario games.
* Whether or not it was intended, some fans of ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' believe someone in Banpresto pitched an idea to the staff to compile all their in-house [[Original Generation]] characters, [[Humongous Mecha]] and storylines from previous games into a new sub-series for the franchise, rather than go with formula and pay the licensing fees for ''[[Gundam]]'', ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' and ''[[Getter Robo]]'' for another crossover like the last game. Sure enough, ''[[Super Robot Wars Original Generation]]'' was the result, expanding into two titles for the [[Game Boy Advance]], a [[Video Game Remake]] for the [[PlayStation 2]] (with a follow-up sequel), various manga, two [[Animated Adaptation|animated adaptations]], tons of model kits and three [[Gaiden Game
* Several Abomination units in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' have a Scourge Hook ability, that allows them to reel enemies in with their hooks. Abominations in Warcraft 3 did have hooks, but the ability to pull enemies in was originally an ability for an Abomination hero in the popular custom map ''[[Defense of the Ancients]]''.
** Chris Metzen confirmed in a [[WoW]] Magazine interview that Bolvar being alive and his expanded role to that of {{spoiler|the Lich King}} was due to the forum speculation about him.
* At the beginning of the ''[[Backyard Sports]]'' series, Pablo was just a normal (though often [[Game Breaker|overpowered]]) character. When the programmers found out about his [[Memetic Badass]] status, they put a ''huge stained glass window'' of him in ''Backyard Skateboarding''.
* Occasionally, on the ''[[Billy vs. SNAKEMAN]]'' forums, someone speculates/jokes about some part of the game world and the game's creator responds "hahaha, that's awesome, and it is now true." ([http://www.animecubed.com/billy/forum/viewtopic.php?p=119779&sid=d2666fbaf2f2fda12f55d2517424dcfa#p119779 Actual quote of one of those times])
* On The Consumer's edition Soundrack of ''[[
* Rumor has it that [[Ms. Fanservice|Rouge the Bat]] from ''[[Sonic Adventure Series|Sonic Adventure 2]]'' was originally created by a fan. A female fan, nonetheless. [[Deviant ART|Unfortunately, this does nothing to help the problem of "Sonic recolors".]]
** On a more related note, the fan use of the name [[Sonic Unleashed|Werehog]] was so commonplace in both the English and Japanese fandom, that SEGA actually made it its official name (similarly, WereSonic was used to describe the character in the Wii/PS2 version on several occasions).
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* Despite [[BioWare]]'s initial fears, Tali'Zorah and Garrus' popularity from the game ''[[Mass Effect]]'' exploded and fans demanded they became romance options. [[BioWare]] said "sure, why not?" Garrus even invokes the trope during his [[Relationship Upgrade]] with Shepard, musing over her interest in him before figuring "Why the hell not?".
* In the manual for ''[[Wing Commander (video game)|Wing Commander]] Arena'', many of the fighter designations are lifted from those given to craft that previously had no alphanumerical designation, in fan mods.
* Wild rumors spread, for no apparent reason, of a Secret Cow Level in ''[[Diablo]]''. There wasn't one. Blizzard, taking it all in good fun, made "thereisnocowlevel" a cheat code in ''[[
* In ''[[Harvest Moon]]'' several names are considered fanon, and most have been not used officially. However, two typical fanon names for the male protagonist are Jack and Pete; Jack became the official name of the protagonist for Save the Homeland and Hero of Leaf Valley games. In a spin-off example, the series ''Puzzle De Harvest Moon'' refers to the previously unnamed male protagonist(s) from the original through [[GBC 2]] series as Pete (the names weren't official until GBC 3 and on up).
* The parody fan game ''Merry Gear Solid 2'' made a joke that Snake still believed in Santa Claus. In ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]: Peace Walker'', it's revealed that Snake still believes in Santa Claus. There's no indication from [[Hideo Kojima]] as to whether or not he's played ''Merry Gear Solid'', but considering he confesses to looking at fanart and following cosplayers of his own series, it's not too much of a stretch.
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* The in-universe explanation for how the "Girl Power" system works in [[Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica]] was a fan-theory that gained approval from series' creator Akira Tsuchiya.
* in the sound novel ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'' Episode 5, {{spoiler|Battler learns the truth of Beatrice's games and becomes the Endless Sorcerer. Fans started depicting him wearing a cape similar to Kinzo's to signify his ascension from mere human player to Game Master, and when Episode 6 rolled around, the creator made the fan design official.}}
* In ''[[Cave Story]]'', it's stated once that the player character's hat has something written on it, but what this writing says is never revealed. When concept art of the [[What Could Have Been|beta version]] was released, fans noted that the protagonist's hat said "Curly Brace"
* Roleplayers in ''[[
* Fans of ''[[Halo]]'' compiled info on the series in a ''Halo'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20120702163337/http://www.halopedian.com/Main_Page wiki] online. While wikis are good, they're not perfect. When the official ''Halo Encyclopedia'' was released, it was clear that it had copied material directly from the wiki because it duplicated some of its errors and flawed ways of presenting information. As the ''Encyclopedia'' is supposed to be canon, the errors are errors no longer.
** Not always. Several bits of fanon that had snuck into the pages, such a faction called "the United Rebel Front", or clear errors like the fleet at Reach being 750 ships instead of 314 and there being a First and Second Battle of Earth, were discarded later on the wiki despite being in the ''Encyclopedia'' because they were recognized as mistakes.
* ''[[Fallout]]'' series:
** Several gameplay-expanding functions in ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'', such as the weapon modifications (which allow you to fit certain weapons with scopes, sights and expanded magazines), were directly adapted from fanmade game modules for ''[[Fallout 3]]''. Interestingly, while the NV modificationss only worked for a few of the weapons, the original designer went on to make ''another'' module for NV that provided a full three improvements for ''every weapon in the game''. Including the DLCs and some more popular modules.
**
** In ''[[Fallout 2]]'', potential companion John Cassidy used a generic sprite sheet and had no talking head or voice acting, unlike the most prominent companions, rendering his only description "an elderly man with deep wrinkles along his face".<ref>This was eventually confirmed by writer [[Chris Avellone]] to be due to the development team wanting a companion to flesh out the Vault City area, but without being as intensive as the other companions.</ref>.Many years later, a fan-made talking head and voice acting for it was included as an optional extra in the game's unofficial patch, depicting him with a distinctive thin, wiry, white beard around his jawline. 2017's ''Fallout: The Board Game'' would include a card depicting Cassidy with the same features as the fan-made talking head.
* ''[[Minecraft]]'' had beta 1.8 leaked to the public early by mistake. Instead of trying to rectify the problem, Mojang decided to have pre-release versions of the next update revealed to the public from now on in the form of "snapshots". The results were twofold: players can get a sneak peek at new features and bug fixes while Mojang gets feedback from the players about the snapshot so they can fix whatever bugs there are before making the snapshot official.
* [[Valve
* ''[[Might and Magic: Swords of Xeen]]'' started out as fanmade freeware mod introduced as an enhancement to ''World of Xeen''; it was eventually authorized and published by New World Computing and 3DO as an "unofficial" bonus game, and was included in official compilations and re-releases.
* In the ''[[Doom]]'' franchise, "Pinky" was a [[Fan Nickname]] given to the generic demon mooks. You know, [https://doom.fandom.com/wiki/Demon/Doom_RPG this big fella]. In ''[[Doom Eternal]]'', this was the monster's official name.
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Penny Arcade]]
** Mike got the same [[Pac-Man]] tattoo Gabe had, because the fans always asked to see it. He also recently [http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2012/04/02 caricatured both of them] for the sake of an iPad 3 resolution joke.
* Many fans claim that ''[[The Order of the Stick]]
▲* Many fans claim that ''[[Order of the Stick]]'s'' author originally intended Vaarsuvius to have a specific gender, but [[Jerkass|deliberately made it]] [[Ambiguous Gender|ambiguous]] after a few fans started bickering about V's gender early on. The author confirmed this in the first compilation book.
* [[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'s [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]] behavior in ''[[Bob and George]]'' was originally just [[Rule of Funny|an unexplained joke]]. Then some continuity-minded fans noticed that [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/index.php?date=000802&commentary=on an earlier strip] gave a surprisingly plausible reason for this behavior, and Dave Anez ran with it.
** A less important detail, mentioned [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/index.php?date=011211&commentary=on here], was that Bob's scarf was burned and tattered, due to his suit being a scorched Proto Man costume.
** Dave Anez's entire MO was "Do what's funny on the spot, come up with an explanation later," so a large portion of the comic runs on this trope.
* [http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0076.html This page] of ''[[Darths and Droids]]'' shows the process in action. So ''that's'' where the [[Doing
** This actually happens constantly over the run of the series, with the DM playing along with Sally's suggestions for various things in the game world (including the entire Gungan race, their home, and the two-headed podrace announcer, among other things). Basically, if something just plain weird happened in the movies, it's probably Sally's idea in D&D.
** [http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0491.html Then it's Jim's turn...]
* ''[[Terinu]]
* ''[[The Wotch]]'': Compare the [http://www.thewotch.com/?epDate=2005-07-08 first] canon appearance of the character Anibelle with [http://www.thewotch.com/?epDate=2008-08-12 the second]. Now consider [http://www.thewotch.com/?epDate=2005-06-10 this non-canon filler done by a guest artist] in between those two appearances. Yeah, exactly.
* Among the many submitted [[
* Averted in ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]''. After one close call, the author refuses to read any fan speculation. All spec is banished to another forum section that he never looks at.
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' author Phil Foglio gave the response "sure, why not?" to a question about whether [http://twitter.com/Othar Othar's Twitter] was canonical.
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** The forum is chock full of [[Wild Mass Guessing|WMGs]] and some not-so-wild-MGs. The author just goes through and harvests his favorites, now that the suggestion box is shut and only opens for naming characters- and even then the comic may not have any charactrs left to name.
** The canonisation of [[Dry Docked Ship|Gamzee having red feelings for Tavros]], a [[Ho Yay]] [[Fan-Preferred Couple]] based on a single interaction, probably qualifies as this.
** After the mysterious villain Lord English was finally revealed, someone made [http://ib.skaia.net/post/view/22819 fanart of him]{{Dead link}} in the style of a classic monster movie poster. Then {{spoiler|Jake English}} was introduced, and the walls of his room were completely covered in movie
** On [https://web.archive.org/web/20130310171324/http://mspandrew.tumblr.com/post/12680094125/answers his tumblr], Andrew Hussie (facetiously, we hope) declared that all fantrolls, ever, are now canon.
{{quote|'''Q:''' Will another 12 alternate trolls be introduced?
'''AH:''' ... How about if I introduce 10,000 new trolls? Watch this.
I hereby declare all of your fantrolls to be canon.
Yes, even the shitty ones. }}
* ''[[Freefall]]'' has [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1500/fc01441.htm Nickel's new legs].
* In [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-02-02 one of the Q&A strips] of ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', the author acknowledges [http://elgoonishshive.wikia.com/wiki/El_Goonish_Shive_Timeline a fan-made timeline] for the series and declares in the commentary that he considers it canon.
* In one battle scene of ''[[Goblins]]'', there was one goblin (who was somewhat fatter than the others) the fans named "Joe Chubbs", and started writing legends of him. While the author usually doesn't let himself be influenced by the fans, he decided to draw that goblin in other scenes, one of them featuring him as the only character for a few panels.
** A similar thing happens in ''[[Looking for Group]]'', where a small girl zombie featured in a few strips gained a fandom and name of "Kalima", after the Kali god. When questioned on this at a convention, the artist Lar said (paraphrased) "Well, I guess if that many people say it, it must be true."
* [[Walkyverse|David Willis]] has taken to saying this on his [https://web.archive.org/web/20110311002155/http://www.formspring.me/shortpacked Formspring page] in response to frivolous questions such as "In DOA, will Ruth be breaking anybody in half?", "Does Dina read [[Dinosaur Comics]]?", and "[[Lampshade Hanging|Could you stop answering so many questions "Sure, why not?"]]"
* Similar to the [[Transformers]] example below, the city in ''.Memoria'' was introduced by having one of the guards assume that Nyroti's [[Easy Amnesia]] was because he was ''really wasted'' the night before and telling him "welcome to the Afterparty" as we get a view of the city for the first time. Naturally, the fans unanimously decided that "Afterparty" was the name of the city. [[Captain Obvious|It stuck]].
* In the 4th [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming|level]] of ''[[Rusty and Co.]]'', a fan dubbed the recently-introduced female elf band the [[Dixie Chicks|"Pixie Chicks"]]. The author, Mike, liked it so much he decided to "roll with it" and make it their official name. Check the comments section [http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-4-7/ here].
* ''[[Cucumber Quest]]'' has [http://gigidigi.tumblr.com/post/8795618268/questions-if-you-have-a-question-please-check Almond being ambidextrous]{{Dead link}}.
== Web Original ==
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* A popular joke among the handlers on ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'' during V4 was that characters who went inactive were fed to the [[Everything's Worse with Bears|inactivity bear]]. Then Megan Nelson went two weeks without a post, the admins dropped her into a cave, [[Take Our Word for It|a scream was heard]], and the rest is history. The bear's name is [[Fluffy the Terrible|Kenny]], by the way.
* For the [[Chaos Timeline]]: Some fan suggested that the head of the Socialist part of Germany should have the title "Oberster Politischer Kommissar", which became canon.
== Western Animation ==
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*** And then they made her name and the fanon personality (a klutzy, but friendly, mare) canon in "The Last Roundup".
*** The name, however, has been removed in later versions of the show, such as the episode available on iTunes. The author explained that she didn't know how pejorative the word "derpy" was. (She was also revoiced; her voice actress explained that she didn't know the character was supposed to be female.) There was Internet Drama about the whole affair.
*** Since reversed - Derpy gets an extensive appearance in season 5's "Slice of Life" and a new voice -- that ''just happens'' to match her single most popular fan-portrayal voice (the one used in 'Dr. Whooves and Assistant'). And to make it even more obvious, in that episode she helps Dr. Whooves putter around in his lab.<ref>On the other hand, the credits reveal that the character is apparently named 'Muffin' now, although her name is never actually used on-screen and the fanbase continues to call her Derpy/Ditzy.</ref>
** Faust, and a few other members of the production teams often around places where fans congregate, paying attention to what people are saying so that they can drop clever references to peoples' mad theories into episodes.
** One of the background ponies with a lyre cutie mark was dubbed "Lyra" by the fans. When the 4th wave of blind bag toys were released, the pony with the same coloration and cutie mark was officially named "Heartstrings". The fans compromised by making "Heartstrings" her surname, and when the 5th wave of blind bag toys rolled around, the character was official referred to as "Lyra Heartstrings".
*** Something similar happened to minor antagonist Trixie. One of the blind bag glitter ponies bearing Trixie's mark was called Lulamoon. Fans took it as either a last name or a stage name. The 5th wave of went with the former.
*** Likewise with Lyra's best friend, who had been nicknamed 'Bon-Bon' by the fandom virtually from her first appearance. Then the blind bag toys revealed that said pony was called 'Sweetie Drops'. And ''then'' season 5 revealed that Secret Agent Sweetie Drops had been living in Ponyville undercover... under the alias of "Bon-Bon".
** Fan art often portrayed Wonderbolt stallion Soarin to have the exact same cutie mark as he does with his flight suit on. This eventually became canon in the season 2 finale where he can briefly be seen without it.
* The makers of ''[[Adventure Time]]'' took a viewer's [[Fan Art]] character, Me-Mow the tiny cat assassin, and introduced her to the Land of Ooo in her own self-titled episode.
* "Squidward's Suicide" is a well-known [[Creepypasta]] about a [[Lost Episode]] episode of ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' where Squidward is [[Driven to Suicide]], and an intern at [[Nickelodeon]] trying to find the episode. (This may have inspired the whole genre of "Lost Episode Creepypastas".) Believe it or not, the story was referenced in the original airing of the season 12 episode "Randomland". In the door sequence, Squidward opens a door and sees himself with bloody tears, similar to an illustration from the original Creepypasta. Subsequent airings, however, removed this.
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