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{{quote|'''Fan''': "Chopper's birthday should be December 24th."

'''Odacchi''': "Okay." }}

{{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.

* In ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'', fans mentioned to the writer Chiaki J. Konaka, that clearly the character of Alice was a ghost. Konaka ''originally didn't intend this when he wrote it'' but when he looked back; admits that's a very possible theory on his webpage.

* ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'': "Hibird" was the fan nickname for Hibari's unnamed pet bird. Upon hearing this, Akira Amano just made it canon, finding the nickname cute.

 

== Comic Books ==

* 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 ==

* 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 ==

* Someone suggested on the facebook of [[Erin Hunter|the author]] of ''[[Warrior Cats]]'' that there should be a [[Doorstopper|Super]] [[Expanded Universe|Edition]] about Yellowfang. A few months later, she announced that the next Super Edition would be called Yellowfang's Secret.

** Also, ''[[Dawn of the Clans]]'', the [[Fan Nickname]] for [[Prequel|the fifth arc]] is now the official [[Working Title]].

 

== Live-Action TV ==

* 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 ==

** 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 in ''[[Dark Heresy]]: Ascension''. One of the chapters even depicts a Vindicare stalking an Eldar Farseer.

*** 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.

* In the ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' Storm of Chaos campaign, the members of an Orc fansite and forum ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120128181439/http://z3.invisionfree.com/Orc__Goblin_Warpath 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 Da 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]]s 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.

== 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 ==

* 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 ==

* 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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