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The Expanded Universe is a wonderful place, where new ideas can frolic without having to worry about fitting into the Canon. However, sometimes an idea is so interesting that the people who create the canon decide it deserves to become real. If they're successful enough, they'll be included in new entries in the Expanded Universe, cross-pollinating concepts. Canon Immigrants are often part of an Adaptation Distillation, and new, canonical version usually has extra details to tie them into the more complex backstory of the original. This is what every Canon Foreigner strives to be.

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  • The Expanded Universe is a wonderful place, where new ideas can frolic without having to worry about fitting into the Canon. However, sometimes an idea is so interesting that the people who create the canon decide it deserves to become real. If they're successful enough, they'll be included in new entries in the Expanded Universe, cross-pollinating concepts. Canon Immigrants are often part of an Adaptation Distillation, and new, canonical version usually has extra details to tie them into the more complex backstory of the original. This is what every Canon Foreigner strives to be.
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  • The Expanded Universe is a wonderful place, where new ideas can frolic without having to worry about fitting into the Canon. However, sometimes an idea is so interesting that the people who create the canon decide it deserves to become real. Thus, we have the Canon Immigrant, who is a character created and nurtured in another medium and, eventually, imported back into the original. Note that, often, surface details are brought in to play off a new movie or TV series; this isn't that. Rather, it's usually a completely new character, who over time becomes more and more popular with the fandom, often filling some niche that was never quite complete before. As a recurring trend, these tend to be female characters (likely to be "spunky") who serve to break up an otherwise male Rogues Gallery or ally contingent. If they're successful enough, they'll be included in new entries in the Expanded Universe, cross-pollinating concepts. Canon Immigrants are often part of an Adaptation Distillation, and new, canonical version usually has extra details to tie them into the more complex backstory of the original. One should always be aware of the Canon Rule of Cherrypicking and Broad Strokes: the fact that one or two elements from an Alternate Continuity or Expanded Universe have made their way into canon does not make the rest of the Alternate Continuity or Expanded Universe canon, as a whole. A character is more likely to become a Canon Immigrant, and be embraced as such, if s/he is God-Created Canon Foreigner. This trope applies exclusively to entire characters or concepts who make the move from adaptation to original material. When dealing with alterations to existing canon that ends up changing the original material, see Ret Canon. This is what every Canon Foreigner strives to be. Examples of Canon Immigrant include:
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