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* Feeling nostalgic, Ash would suddenly call in his [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Charizard]] late in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhite''. Iris makes the assumption that Charizard is a Dragon-type, much to the disbelief of everyone, mirroring those who don't know Charizard's actual typing (fire/flying), and the fans who would repeatedly correct them, respectively.

** The episode [[PandaingToTheAudience "Pandamonium"]] had several pandas being Heloise's {{Loony Fan}}s, but her not liking them and only caring about Jimmy liking her. [[WordOfGod Edward Kay]] admitted this was a ShoutOut to Heloise's enormous popularity.

* A minor example in ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''. Some images meant to represent the characters' in-universe profile pictures (including, for example, Luka's in the Season 4 and 5 intro) are taken from the [[TheWikiRule Miraculous Fandom wiki]]. [[spoiler: In the second episode of Season 5, "Multiplication", Adrien's family tree appears, which is borderline identical to the one compiled by fans for the wiki.]]

** Due to fans bombarding almost every post made by the show's official social media page with queries about DVDs, the show's fifth season created a RunningGag of the characters talking about getting DVDs of the show made.

** In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'', Rainbow Dash's "[[IAmSong Awesome As I Wanna Be]]" song uses a variation of her [[BootstrappedLeitmotif iconic verse melody]] from "At the Gala" for its chorus, and includes the {{catchphrase}} [[TwentyPercentMoreAwesome "20% cooler"]] in its lyrics.

* ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosU'' has lots of references to ''VideoGame/BrutalMario'', and even uses the "villain transforms Peach's Castle into hellish landscape" plot from that game.

* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'':

* ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland'' has always been open for OfficialFanSubmittedContent. Episode 2 of ''BFDIA'', though, includes a sneaky nod to a particular fan, as seen above. In case you are unaware, [[https://www.youtube.com/user/katyj98 katyj98]] is best known for dissecting ''BFDI'' and ''BFDIA'' to show all kinds of interesting trivia within the show.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': In Episode 135, the main four make their own TV show and it's clearly a parody of the actual show. Stumpy asks them whether the characters based on Kaeloo and Mr. Cat will end up as a couple or not, which is a reference to the multitude of fans on the Facebook page who bombard all the posts' comment sections with questions about whether Kaeloo and Mr. Cat will ever admit their feelings for one another or not.

** The episode "Fame and Misfortune" has the fanponies echoing a lot of questions that are asked by fans - "Twilight was better before she got wings" and "Are Pinkie Pie and Applejack related or what?"

** The episode "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheEmberIslandPlayers The Ember Island Players]]" had several, such as Sokka noting [[HesJustHiding the vagueness]] of Jet's death when Suki asks for clarification, and a cheeky acknowledgement [[FanPreferredCouple Zutara]] pairing by way of the playwrights promoting it (which makes Aang sad and the characters in question to scoot away from each other).

** Directly including instrumental version of fan songs by Youtubers Kyle Allen, Creator/DAGames, Music/JTMusic and WebVideo/RandomEncounter.

* In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars30'', the DLC mission to recruit Anime/VoltesV takes place in Manilla, the capital of UsefulNotes/ThePhilippines, a country that [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff loved the series more than Japan did]].

* The ''ComicBook/SonicUniverse'' #89 "& Knuckles" variant cover has Espio shout "Why am I connected to the bee?!", a line Espio himself says in [[WebAnimation/AwesomeSeries Awesome Chaotix]].

** The comic book story "The Forgotten" involves a scene where the Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor in an [[EvilCostumeSwitch all-black outfit and a beard]] appears and starts telling the Doctor that he's a future version of him who wanted his regenerations, and he has now become the Valeyard. The Tenth Doctor is unconvinced because 1) it's impossible for him to have got there, and 2) he would never think a rubbish BeardOfEvil was a good idea, causing the Meta-Crisis Doctor to identify himself as actually being a villainous alien in disguise. This is all a swipe at the popular fandom theory that the Sixth Doctor villain, the Valeyard, said to be 'a regeneration from between the Doctor's tenth and final regenerations' and motivated by a desire to steal the future regenerations of his past self, is actually the Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor (a clone of the Tenth Doctor created without the ability to regenerate).

* Creator/BlizzardEntertainment has been using the phrase [[ZergRush "the rush begins"]] in some of the advertising for ''VideoGame/StarCraftIIHeartOfTheSwarm'', including in banner ads seen on [[Wiki/TVTropes This Very Wiki]].

** Fan art includes about a million pictures of [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Bill Cipher]] as a human or semi-human, almost always [[ManOfWealthAndTaste wearing a nice suit]] (to match his canon [[NiceHat top hat]]). In "Sock Opera", he actually gets a human body ([[spoiler:[[GrandTheftMe specifically Dipper's]]]]) and the plot finds a reason for him to get dressed up in the third act. WordOfGod later depicted Bill Cipher in a human form as looking rather grotesque rather than the popular {{bishonen}} interpretation.

* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' had a scene in which Mr. Popo uncharacteristically threatens Vegeta should he break the Time Chamber again, with an extreme close-up on Popo's eyes while he made that threat. This seems a bit ''too'' similar to the way ''WebVideo/DragonballZAbridged'' [[AdaptationalVillainy portrays Mr. Popo]] to be coincidence, and many fans have guessed it was a reference. This would be surprising if true, since Creator/{{Toei|Animation}} (the copyright holders for the ''Dragon Ball'' anime) have a notorious hatred of ''Dragon Ball Z Abridged''.

* ''Manga/FairyTail'': At first, certain sections of the fandom bemoaned the idea of an anime filler arc following the conclusion of ''Grand Magic Games'' arc, and this kind of reaction is nothing new to anime in general and {{SHONEN}} in particular. Though a good portion of these fans have since come around to at least being more open-minded about the filler arc after finding the new character designs for the [[spoiler:Eclipse Celestial Spirits]] interesting, the first actual episode of the filler arc was positively chock-full of references and {{foreshadowing}} for the then-upcoming ''[[DarkerAndEdgier Tartarus]]'' [[DarkerAndEdgier arc]], including [[MemeticMutation Happy getting an afro]] and CharacterDevelopment for Lucy and Aquarius' relationship (and given what happens in the ''Tartarus'' arc between the two, this can [[spoiler:very easily be considered a {{Tearjerker}} to those who have read it]]. It's hardly a secret that the fandom had been eager to see Tartarus animated, and if these {{Mythology Gag}}s are any indication, the studio is well aware of this.

* A much speculated Creator/KeyVisualArts question was answered in an episode of the ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} After Story'' anime. What will happen if [[LethalChef Sanae's bread]] and [[VisualNovel/{{Kanon}} Akiko's]] [[GargleBlaster jam]] [[WeaponOfMassDestruction were used together?]] As Nagisa innocently said: "It's the ultimate combination!" Knocked-out members of Kazuto Miyazawa's gang is what we get.

* The ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' [[SuperDeformed SD]] Character Theater gag shorts nod to the jokes about Kira and Athrun being [[HoYay a little too close]] by showing them holding hands and [[SayMyName saying each others' names]] while love hearts appear around them, [[{{Squick}} to the confusion and disgust of Shinn, Rey, and Lunamaria]]. They also contain a potential nod to "[[FanNickname Darth Lacus]]" by having her get shadowy and super-scary when confronted by a stray dog. Likewise, ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsGundam'' has a non-canon story path where Lacus jumps in a Gundam and kicks her boyfriend Kira's ass, proving who really wears the pants in the relationship.

* In ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation'', what was once a throwaway line in [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} the game]] about cabbage became Adachi's signature item thanks to the fandom. And that became immortalized in the animated adaptation. This is further expanded in the UpdatedRerelease of the game, ''Persona 4 Golden'', in Adachi's Social Link.
* Feeling nostalgic, Ash would suddenly call in his [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Charizard]] late in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhite''. Iris makes the assumption that Charizard is a Dragon-type, much to the disbelief of everyone, mirroring those who don't know Charizard's actual typing (fire/flying), and the fans who would repeatedly correct them, respectively.

** In ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'', there was speculation leading all the way up to the event that there would be White Lantern that would be the one to defeat the Black Lantern Corps. As the event grew closer and every new storyline involved Hal Jordan at one point or another putting on or being consumed by different rings, it became obvious it was meant to be him. [[spoiler: While Hal Jordan did eventually merge with the White Entity, Sinestro did it first, making it look like ''he'' was going to be White Lantern. While this might've been pre-planned, there's no denying Sinestro being on the cover of one of the Green Lantern issues, as the White Lantern, and saying directly to the camera "You were expecting someone else?" wasn't intended to poke fun at the fan assumption Hal was going to be the White Lantern.]]

* The ''[[Literature/{{CradleSeries}} Cradle]]'' series has a number of nods to the fandom.

* The S.D. Perry novelizations of ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' are ''full'' of these, many of which are justifications or nods to complaints about the games. Some include: Characters tend to avoid shooting out locks unless necessary due to how dangerous it actually is, Jill solves a puzzle by simply breaking the glass rather than attempting to move the statues like she would have to in the game, and Claire describes Steve Burnside as "looking like [[Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio that actor]] from [[Film/{{Titanic 1997}} that film]] about the sinking ship"[[note]]Steve looking like [=DiCaprio=] was before ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica Code: Veronica]]'' was ported to the [=PS2=][[/note]].
* The {{Novelization}} of ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'' contains a nod to the [[HoYay Kirk/Spock]] [[SlashFic shippers]]--apparently there are rumors about the relationship even in their universe. Kirk's response to these rumors (in a footnote, since the book is presented as an in-universe dramatization of actual events) is that, while [[NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat he has no moral objections to "physical love" in any form]], he himself prefers women. (K/S shippers are quick to point out that Kirk doesn't say he is ''only'' interested in women.)

* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'':

* The ''Series/KamenRiderOOO'' net movies (released with the MilestoneCelebration movie) poke fun at ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'''s MerchandiseDriven and often-mocked [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting Final Form Ride]] power by having him use it to [[MundaneUtility cheat at cards]], prompting [[Series/KamenRiderKiva Kivat]] to remark "I guess there's no need to be subtle when you turn strangers into crazy shapes and toss them around."

-->'''Tyrell''': Thank you, Elliot. I love--
-->'''Elliot''' ''(as Mr. Robot)'': Some things are better left unsaid. Subtext. You know?

* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' had some DownloadableContent called [[VillainEpisode ''The Darkspawn Chronicles'']], which named the party's dog Barkspawn after the name ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' gave it. The ExpansionPack, ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening Awakening]]'', included a mage staff called Lamppost in Winter, after a [[MemeticMutation memetic]] DoubleEntendre from the original game. ("Have you ever licked a lamppost in winter?")

--> "A flute specifically designed for battle. Can also be used to play music."
--> "An iron flute with dazzling ornamentation. Also useful as an instrument."

* An issue of ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' put to rest the fan theory that [[spoiler:Black Belt]] was going to be brought back to life. The theory: resurrect a discarded copy of the character who had been turned to stone by a spell. The resolution: LudicrousGibs in the form of the top of the character's head having eroded off due to being submerged, upside down, in a lake. Resolved ''again'' in a second (joke) strip when Black Mage gathers up the pieces of the original [[spoiler:Black Belt]] and casts '''[[EpicFail LYFE]]''' (which he learned from some bathroom stall graffiti). The result is a borderline EldritchAbomination proclaiming that each second is nothing more than a thousand agonies before it is [[MercyKill put out of its misery]]'

** Another episode had Heloise stating "I'm successful! [[EnsembleDarkhorse I'm popular!"]] Then she gives an AsideGlance. "That's right, I said popular."

** For example, a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTPqjKk_xCo promo video]] on Creator/TheHub not only gave a ShoutOut to the FanCommunityNickname ("bronies"), but also a FanNickname for a [[OneSceneWonder minor]], but [[EnsembleDarkhorse extremely popular]] character ([[TheRockStar DJ Pon-3]]).

** The character of [[EnsembleDarkhorse Derpy Hooves]] originates from a [[FunnyBackgroundEvent background joke]]/animation error from the first episode, which the fans [[MemeticMutation immediately latched on to.]] "Feeling Pinkie Keen" not only re-crossed her eyes, but worked her into a {{slapstick}} gag that reinforced the fan interpretation that she is [[TheKlutz clumsy]] and [[TheDitz ditzy.]] "The Last Roundup" elevates her FanNickname to official canon, much like DJ Pon-3's was, and draws even further from her fanon personality.

** In Season 1, fans noted that a recurring background pony had an hourglass cutie mark and a mane resembling Creator/DavidTennant's hair -- earning him the FanNickname [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Whooves]] and inspiring many fan works where he has adventures across time and space. The show creators acknowledged this in the episode "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000", by giving him a tie and a timekeeping job with an hourglass. Later, he was featured [[AllThereInTheManual on an official trading card.]] revealing that his canon name is Time Turner and that he's ''[[TimeyWimeyBall "the pony responsible for...pretty much all things timey-wimey".]]'' At least one of his toys gives him the alternate name Doctor Hooves (no "W").\\
His companion in fan works is most often Derpy, and the two are frequently [[{{Shipping}} shipped]]. In the Valentine's Day episode "Hearts and Hooves Day", [[ShipTease the two are seen spending the day together.]] and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E9SliceOfLife "Slice of Life"]] displays them as at least very close friends. The latter episode even gives him the Fourth Doctor's scarf and the quote, "Allons-y!"\\

---> Everypony appreciates the '''bang'''-up job pegasi do keeping the clouds and weather in line. Most pegasi do enjoy a little weather duty, so everypony '''wins'''!

* Three popular {{fanon}} concepts in the ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' fandom were that Kanan & Hera have a daughter (often named [[Literature/ANewDawn Dawn]] Syndulla), [[HoYay Zeb and Kallus]] get together, and Rex is one of the rebels at Endor in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. The latter two were publicly acknowledged by WordOfGod. [[spoiler:These ended up becoming AscendedFanon. The GrandFinale ends with Hera being pregnant with the late Kanan's child, and the DistantFinale shows that they had a son named Jacen. Zeb and Kallus, though they never become an OfficialCouple for [[DarkAndTroubledPast obvious]] [[ItsPersonal reasons,]] the epilogue shows that they became [[FireForgedFriends best friends.]] Rex and Hera were confirmed by narration to have fought at Endor.]]

** One of the post-series shorts has the Titans trying to unmask Red-X; Beast Boy speaks for the fandom by saying that he's ''obviously'' [[Comicbook/RedHood Jason Todd]].

** Noah and Cody returning to the competition was in response to their [[EnsembleDarkhorse unexpected popularity]] among the fans, Chris even lampshades this by looking straight into the camera and introducing them as, "returning favorites". Ezekiel is similar in that regard (thanks to the aforementioned ''Comeback'' fic making him a major character), although he doesn't last much longer than he did the first time.

** "Remembrances," a Book 4 ''Korra'' episode and spiritual successor to "The Ember Island Players," does this in spades. Among its jokes are some of the characters berating Mako for his role in [[RelationshipWritingFumble the sloppy]] LoveTriangle during the first half of the series, and Varrick claiming that even the other villains Korra has faced wouldn't want to acknowledge Unalaq's existence due to how lame he was.

* ''Fanfic/MikesNewGhostlyFamily'' references the popular ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' theory that the Mangle is possessed by soul of a dog that belonged to one of Missing Children Incident's victims, by having Mangle's Nightmare counterpart be a non-sapient {{Hellhound}} that serves as a pet to the other Nightmare animatronics (who are [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons from Hell]] in the fanfic) and behaves like a dog.

* Supposedly, the skit in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Powerpuff Girls|1998}}'' episode of "The City of Clipsville" where the girls are ValleyGirl teenagers who hook up with their evil counterparts, the Rowdyruff Boys, was intended to mock fans who ship them. The fact went over the shippers' heads and it incresed them ten-fold, to the point where a ''very'' large percentage of PPG fanfiction is made up of PPG/RRB shipping. Another episode has Ms. Keane and Professor Utonium pairing up but shows how ''awful'' it would be. The Keane/Professor paring is still one of the most popular pairings in the series.

* Supposedly, the skit in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Powerpuff Girls|1998}}'' episode of "The City of Clipsville" where the girls are ValleyGirl teenagers was intended to mock fan-depictions of the girls as teens. The fact went over shippers' heads and they still unironically use the designs. Another episode has Keane and Utonium pairing up but shows how ''awful'' it would be. Keane and the Professor is one of the most popular pairings in the series.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' showed (of all things) '''[[JumpScare Red Mist Squidward]]''' from the creepypasta "FanFic/SquidwardsSuicide" in the episode "[=SpongeBob=] in Randomland". [[{{Bowdlerise}} This scene was completely cut from the UK airing of the episode.]]