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Story added by connieblackwood on July 25, 2022

There are roughly one-sh*t billion tropes so PLEASE look through them before adding one. Otherwise add what you like. ADDITION: PLEASE read through the trope description provided before submitting something. It's not a huge deal but too often people submit characters that don't fit just because they misinterpreted the title...read more

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Fan Casting Toyline-Exclusive Character(Merch-Exclusive Character)

Role added by connieblackwood on November 19, 2023

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Description of Toyline-Exclusive Character (Merch-Exclusive Character):

This trope refers to a character who only appears in toys and merchandise but not the actual work. When a series is made into toys (or vice-versa), writers must conceive a role for a character to play in the story, and toymakers must have a reasonable amount of merchandise to sell as part of an assortment, thus resulting in several characters never appearing in fiction and only appearing as toys. Alternatively, it may be easier for toymakers to Palette Swap an existing toy into a new character to keep the line going. Perhaps someday some writer will love them all.