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Sometimes, either to promote a product and generate interest in it, or maybe to maintain interest in it, or maybe just for the hell of it, a company will hold a contest in which the winner will get to make a brief appearance in a future work by that company. Sometimes this contest takes the form of a charity auction.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* There are at least a couple dozen examples of these in ''[[Digimon]].'' Examples include [[Digimon Adventure|Kabuterimon, Birdramon, Angemon]], and [[Digimon Tamers|Cyberdramon]].
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** The Elegolea from ''[[Crossbone Gundam]]'' was submitted by an amateur designer. That designer was Kanetake Ebikawa, who would go on to design mecha for ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'', ''[[Vandread]]'', ''[[Soukou no Strain]]'' and, of course, ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]''.
* The classmates in the ''[[Prince of Tennis]]'' manga were named by reader submission.
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* Just as much of a "cameo" as Kick-Ass's real name above is, the ''[[Animorphs]]'' character Erek King was named after a fan. He made several more appearances as the Animorphs' "inside man" after #10, when he was introduced, and was a crucial part of the [[Batman Gambit]] {{spoiler|that won the war. After that, his disgust with Jake's methods led him to bleed the power from the weapons; their inability to attack led to Rachel's death.}}
* ''[[Discworld]]'' novels often include characters named after (and perhaps slightly based on) winners of charity auctions. Once they exist, they may appear in later books. Known examples include:
** Marco Soto in ''[[
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** Dr John "Mossy" Lawn in ''Night Watch'', ''[[
** Professor Ladislav Pelc in ''Going Postal''.
** Dr John Hix in ''[[
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** Ditto Linda Paquette, the protagonist's love interest, from ''The Good Guy''.
* [[Matthew Reilly]] auctions character names, ranging from a [[The Lord of the Rings|Gandalf]] role spanning a trilogy to a spy killed (by jet engine) in his only scene.
* Sean Tourangeau won a contest to design the ''Luna''-class of starships for the ''[[Star Trek: Titan]]'' novel series. The novel with the design in it also established a Dr Tourangeau as one of the design team in-story. Who was [[Death by Cameo|killed horribly]] when the USS ''Luna'' suffered a core breach.
* Robert Asprin's ''[[Myth Adventures|Myth-Nomers and Im-Pervections]]'' features a Pervect cabbie who at one point casually mentions bidding for a cameo in a book at an art auction, before adding that [[No Fourth Wall|if he hadn't won, Skeeve would be talking to someone else]].
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* Dan Emmerson won a contest for his [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_AexmWZZL4&feature=player_embedded Meat Cello] entry and wound up in the second level of ''[[Dead Space 2]]''. The name of the contest, [[Death by Cameo|"Get Dismembered in Dead Space 2"]], gives away what would happen to him.
* ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]] 2'' has Nikko, a pazaak player who appears on Onderon during the course of the game. His appearance was based off the likeness of a contest winner named Paul Keeler, who also won a trip to the [[LucasArts]] studios in the deal.
* ''[[Tales of Monkey Island]]'': Lizink's Wig of Foppery, {{spoiler|which Bailiff Killick Hardtack is compelled to wear after losing his case against Guybrush}} in Chapter 4, is named after the [http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-498 screen name of Liz Johnston], [https://web.archive.org/web/20110318141812/http://pc.ign.com/articles/102/1027699p1.html a native of British Columbia], [[Canada, Eh?]], and Telltale Games' winner of the "How Has Guybrush Wronged You Competition" in the "Game Designer for a Day" contest ([http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-474 which started on July 14, 2009, a week after the release of Chapter 1]); her winning line, "He dug up my perfectly good X!", appears in Hardtack's accusation against Guybrush. Not only that, but her name also appears on the list of "Designer for a Day Finalists" in the end credits of Chapter 4.
* Irrational Games ''[[BioShock Infinite]]'' held a contest to get a fan's name in the game. The winner was a fellow named Payton Lane Easter who is now the proud owner of a [http://irrationalgames.com/files/2011/05/paytonlaneeaster_finalasset.jpg robot horse company].
* The winner of a contest at E3 2009, Charlie Malone, was made into a patient in ''[[Trauma Center|Trauma Team]]''.
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* Toward the end of ''[[Its Walky]]'', many of the die-hard message board fans were made into members of the army, and were, naturally, horribly killed.
* [[The Cyantian Chronicles]]: There's several instances, but the most notable is the fan scripted bonus comic at the end of Akaelae # 5. Although, The Scripting Game only let me cameo as the writer. It didn't get a character included.
* Connecticon '07 auctioned off a guest spot in ''[[Something*Positive]]''. Randy [
* ''[[Kevin and Kell]]'' has had a number of these.{{verify}}<!-- Cameos in this strip go to sponsors, not contest winners... unless there's a contest that this mod isn't aware of. -->
* ''[[Least I Could Do]]'' holds a contest every [[Valentine's Day]] where the winner gets to go on a date with a character of their choosing (which means, yes, they get to live out their [[Perverse Sexual Lust]]). Interestingly, [[Butt Monkey]] John has had the most luck so far with two dates; protagonist Rayne has also had two, but one was with a [[Ho Yay|gay man]] and the other was with a beautiful blonde, but the rest of the cast did their best to sabotage it.
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