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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation/Phelous

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation/GameGrumps

** Slowbeef's interpretation of the ending of ''[[ColourMySeries Colour My World]]''.

* [[{{Wiki/SCP Foundation}} The SCP foundation]] is rife with this- is 682 an OmnicidalManiac or a poor soul trapped in a word so disgusting his only choice is to destroy it? Is the foundation itself truly working for the good of humanity, or is it a KnightTemplar organization, working more for their own gain? And what ''is'' going through 173's head? Considering it officially has ''no canon'', the choice is really up to you.

** Jeffy is ThePrimaDonna and the result of an extramarital affair with WilliamShatner.

* Occurs quite a bit in the WhateleyUniverse. Tansy has a thread on the forum devoted to her that is filled with this, Jobe tended to be argued a bit before he got his own story (And possibly after), and quite a few of Team Kimba has people in canon trying to look at their actions. Also, Razorback and Mega-Death had these a bit. One was a murderer and the other is a psychopath...but both are actually really nice guys with mental illnesses. (Razorback has Hulk-style raging, Mega-Death has Diedrick's, which turns him into a rampaging super-villain. But he's actually pretty nice when not dricking out!)

* The [[{{Usenet}} ancient]] RemixComic ''DysfunctionalFamilyCircus'' put the Keene family in a very [[VulgarHumor twisted way]]:

* Being a SharedUniverse comprised of several handlers with unique personalities and outlooks, ''SurvivalOfTheFittest'' has this in spades, often with even the people on the same side of a debate having different views. For example, there's debate as to whether Danya is a MagnificentBastard or [[SmugSnake just plain bastard]]. The idea that AntiHero Hawley Faust's role is as a [[spoiler:symbol of what Adam would be at the end of the game]] is also popular and controversial.

** Everyone's favorite HumanoidAbomination it/himself is subject to a lot of this too, with portrayals varying considerably between works within the VillainBasedFranchise that is [[TheSlenderManMythos the mythos]]. Is he tormenting his victims [[ForTheEvulz for fun]]? A being that feeds on fear? A lost and confused creature that's just trying to communicate somehow, but has no idea what he's doing to the people he encounters? Something so alien that [[BlueAndOrangeMorality conventional ideas of "morality," or even "intelligence" and "volition," no longer apply]]? [[spoiler:...[[NightmareRetardant Or maybe]] he just wants [[MemeticMutation twenty dollars]].]]

* In ''WebVideo/DeathNoteTheAbridgedSeriesKpts4tv'' Light is an AffablyEvil SissyVillain [[VillainousCrush with an obvious crush on L]], Ryuk [[MemeticMolester molests]] AnythingThatMoves, Mikami isn't particularly fanatical [[SpeechImpediment he just says "God" whenever he's nervous]], Takada is an [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]], Mello is a very [[BritishAccents British]], [[CampGay Camp]] ConspiracyTheorist, Near [[spoiler: [[EvilerThanThou is way eviler than Light]]]], and DaChief--well let's just say [[WhiteSheep Light]] takes after his father...

* The whole point of AVeryPotterMusical. And it works through CharacterDevelopment or the new characterizations being a hundred times funnier then canon. In fact Hermione is about the only person close to canon. Just some examples:

* Unlike most Machinima which create their own original characters, the characters of ''MeleesEnd'' are just Alternate Character Interpretations of the game's characters.

* ''PotterPuppetPals'' portrays Harry as a self-praising jerk, Ron as a StrawLoser ButtMonkey, Hermione as a FlatCharacter, Snape as the most emo character alive, and Dumbledore is just... Dumbledore.

* The Silver Order from {{Tasakeru}}. Are they ''really'' Good-aligned Paladins devoted to the Life Goddess, or fuzzy Nazis?

* Lear Dunham of ''BrokenSaints'': [[spoiler: WellIntentionedExtremist who was willing to sacrifice anything in order to make the world a better place?]] Or [[MadScientist who completely lost his marbles after his wife's death and started deluding himself into thinking he ease the pain by becoming a religious zealot and taking over the world]]? Or [[TakeAThirdOption a little of both?]]

* ''[[http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/09/27/smallville-recap-season-10-episode-1-lazarus/ Smallvillains]]'' likes to provide these for its characters, derived by deliberately watching ''{{Smallville}}'' episodes without research or context. Thus far Clark is a PinballProtagonist, Lana is flat-out crazy, Lois is actually the SilverAge Jimmy Olsen, and the Kents are assholes who drove Lex Luthor to villainy.

* In ''[[DNAKpts4tv Death Note The Abridged Series (Kpts4tv)]]'' Light is an AffablyEvil SissyVillain [[VillainousCrush with an obvious crush on L]], Ryuk [[MemeticMolester molests]] AnythingThatMoves, Mikami isn't particularly fanatical [[SpeechImpediment he just says "God" whenever he's nervous]], Takada is an [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]], Mello is a very [[BritishAccents British]], [[CampGay Camp]] ConspiracyTheorist, Near [[spoiler: [[EvilerThanThou is way eviler than Light]]]], and DaChief--well let's just say [[WhiteSheep Light]] takes after his father...

* Amnesty of the ''GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse''. On the one hand, she's an amazingly powerful superhuman who uses her abilities to aid people who are starving, who are sick, who are war ravaged, and who are drought-stricken around the world. On the other hand, she's listed as a terrorist by the governments of thirteen different countries for some of the things she's done to aid these unfortunates (slaughtering the army of one particular South American dictator because they were "pacifying" a rebellious peasant village is the best example).

* Is Penny from ''DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' a.) an idealistic SatelliteLoveInterest b.) a StepfordSmiler who helps the homeless to hide her own dissatisfaction c.) someone who got tired of wallowing in self-pity and decided to help others worse off than herself or d.) [[WildMassGuessing a deep-cover agent trying to get close enough to the nigh-invincible Captain Hammer to kill him, meaning Billy accidentally saved his enemy in an attempt to kill him?]] Well, it really depends on how much free time you have.

** Their patron deity Great Mother Rose can be seen as a StrawFeminist and [[FantasticRacism Purebred supremacist]] who murdered her sister in cold blood, consigned every male in her society to the status of SexSlave, stole the rights of an entire other people, and then founded a ScamReligeon [[PathOfInspiration around her actions]] so [[KarmaHoudini nobody would point out how despicable she really was.]]

* The Silver Order from {{Tasakeru}}. Are they ''really'' Good-alighned Paladins devoted to the Life Goddess, or fuzzy Nazis?

* ''LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon'' runs on this. The protagonists could be [[AmbiguousRobots robots]], [[NoSenseOfDirection very directionless children]], [[Jerkass Jerkasses]], [[MindHive possessed by millions of spirits]], or anything inbetween- it's all up to the viewer, and that's exactly what keeps the fandom going.

* The [[{{Usenet}} ancient]] RemixComic [[ComicStrip/TheFamilyCircus Dysfunctional Family]] [[http://dfc.furr.org/ Circus]] put the Keene family in a very [[VulgarHumor twisted way]]:

* ''ZeroPunctuation'' likes this. [[TombRaider Lara Croft]] is a remorseless VillainProtagonist fueled by greed, {{Pokemon}} trainers are delusional wanderers, [[HeavyRain Norman Jayden]] is a time-traveler, [[{{Prototype 2}} James Heller]] is a facet of Alex Mercer's HiveMind, [[{{Dark}} Eric Bane]] isn't really a vampire, [[SuperMarioBros Bowser]] is an insecure leader of a worker's union...

* ''Webcomic/BittersweetCandyBowl'': Did Mike simply outgrow the crush and [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c51/p13.html isn't interested?]] Or is it embarrassment after [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c45/p5.html all he said]] leading to him trying even harder to forget it?

* {{Fanfic/ChristianHumberReloaded}} with its massive size and ridiculousness, opens itself to some fun interpretations. Is it a stream of consciousness interpretation of the writer's dysfunctional life? A story of a clumsy PhysicalGod unable to control his impulses and anger? A self-imposed challenge to write the most ridiculous story ever?

* [[http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/cow This flash animation]] shows how a cow might view the farmer coming out to milk her...

* Being a SharedUniverse comprised of several handlers with unique personalities and outlooks, ''SurvivalOfTheFittest'' has this in spades, often with even the people on the same side of a debate having different views. For example, there's debate as to whether Danya is a MagnificentBastard or [[SmugSnake just plain bastard]]. The idea that AntiHero Hawley Faust's role is as a [[spoiler:symbol of what Adam would be at the end of the game]] is also popular and controversial.

* The whole point of AVeryPotterMusical. And it works through CharacterDevelopment or the new characterizations being a hundred times funnier then canon. In fact Hermione is about the only person close to canon. Just some examples:
** Harry and Ron are now huge jerks and Harry has a huge ego. But they learn.
** Voldemort and Quirrel are only AffablyEvil plus have major HoYay.
** Draco is a petite SmallNameBigEgo CloudCuckooLander whom no one can stand who is obsessed with a space school called Pigfarts. [[spoiler: He also joins the heroes through a HeelFaceTurn, is in love with Hermione only to hook up with Luna Lovegood and is the biological son of Dobby]].
** Dumbledore is openly gay TricksterMentor who mocks his students.
** Umbridge is steroid-pumped AxCrazy bitch with a FreudianExcuse and is in love with Dumbledore.
** Cho Chang is SouthernBelle white girl who is a FilleFatale.
** Lucius is an over the top dancer who couldn't care less about Draco.

* In the Netflix original series ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'', just how gay is Chapman? Is she bisexual, as she initially appears, or is she completely gay and just in denial about it? She seems much more passionate about Vause than she ever was or could have ever been about Larry. When the other inmates in "Bora Bora Bora" make her out to be some kind of [[PrisonRape lesbian rapist]] to scare Dina and the other girls as part of the scared straight program, the part she objects to is that she's completely gay. She then tells Dina, the girl in the wheelchair, that the scariest part of being in prison is having to confront your true self. What about her true self frightens her so much? Maybe the fact that she's not [[BiTheWay bi]], she didn't go through [[SchoolgirlLesbians a phase in college]], she's not going through SituationalSexuality in prison; she's just completely gay.