original character
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Meaning · English
A fictional character created by an author or artist, usually one from a fanwork that is not present in the official canon.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
I currently have a document of My Little Pony story ideas that is, at the time of this writing, over 250 pages in length. It consists of over 400 premises for stories categorized with more than thirty-five different color-coded tags, a timelime of events spanning over 400,000 years and fourteen page
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “original character” mean?
A fictional character created by an author or artist, usually one from a fanwork that is not present in the official canon.
Is “original character” formal or informal?
original character is generally slang.