Mini

A mini is a creature created by a misspelling usually, though not always, made in fanfics. A mini may be adopted, though if it is part of an Official Fanfiction University, one has to ask permission from the university head. Minis, unfortunately, cannot accompany agents on missions, but they're good for chasing off intruders and disposing of the body of your latest Sue.

Minis vary according to fandom. For example, Lord of the Rings has mini-Balrogs, Harry Potter has mini-Aragogs, Pirates of the Caribbean has Misspelled Monkeys, etc.

The first minis were mini-Balrogs, which appeared in Miss Cam's Official Fanfiction University of Middle-earth.

Creating New Mini Types
The creation of new mini types is reserved for either a) the creator of the OFU in that continuum, or b) if there is no OFU, the first person to write about them in a mission to that continuum. The reason for this is that, while it's fun to dream up mini types, it isn't fair to the people actually writing in a new continuum if the perks of doing so are gone when they get there.

There are probably some instances in which minis were named before this rule was agreed upon. In that case, if the original mini-namer can't be found and there are no instances of that type of mini anywhere, it's probably okay to petition the Board to make them something different if you want to.

Non-Continuum Minis

 * Mini-Agents have not been observed; they tend to be edited out of existence before they have a chance to spawn.
 * Mini-Boarders are usually small versions of the Boarder whose name was misspelled.
 * Mini-Sues are created when a Suethor misspells his own Mary-Sue's name. They tend to be pink and glittery, but not as dangerous as the Sue herself.
 * Cliffie is created by a badfic author overusing cliffhangers at the end of chapters and calling them cliffies. First mentioned by Indemaat.

List of Mini Types:
This list was originally created by Tawaki on the PPC Livejournal.

1984 -- mini-Telescreens

A-Team -- mini-Deckers -- First mention by IndeMaat

Aeschylus -- mini-Erinyes

Artemis Fowl -- mini-Roots

Avatar -- mini-Toruks

Avatar: The Last Airbender -- Varies depending on the nation of the party. Air Nomads create mini-Sky Bisons, Water Tribals create mini-Unagi, Earth Kingdom subjects create mini-Badgermoles, and Fire Nationals create mini-Fire Dragons.

Battlestar Galactica -- mini-Centurions

Bionicle -- mini-Rahkshi, mini-Bohrok

Black Jewels Trilogy -- mini-Lorns

Bleach -- mini-Menos Grandes

The Board -- Mini-Boarders

Bourne Trilogy -- mini-Jackals

Brother Cadfael -- mini-Jeromes

Card Captor Sakura -- Mini-Guardians

Cats -- mini-Pollicles

Chrono Trigger -- mini-Lavi

Demented Cartoon Movie -- mini-Hi-Blahs

Discworld -- mini-Luggages

Doctor Who -- mini-Reapers

Dragonback -- mini-Valahgua

DragonKeeper Chronicles -- mini-Blimmets

Dragonlance -- mini-Draconians

Dragonriders of Pern -- mini-Whers -- first mentioned by Neshomeh, hS, and Kippur

Dragons in our Midst -- mini-Watchers

Elder Scrolls -- mini-Cliffracers

Egyptian Mythology -- mini-Ammets

Euripides -- mini-Cyclopes

Fable -- mini-Balverines

Farscape -- mini-Budongs -- first mentioned by Neshomeh and Artemis in a never-finished mission (the badfic was deleted)

Final Fantasy -- mini-Moogles, mini-Neo-Bahamuts

Firefly -- mini-Reavers

Firebird Series -- mini-Kiel (the raptors, not the character)

Fullmetal Alchemist - mini-Chimerae -- first mentioned in the Alchemists' Fanfiction Academy

Garfield -- mini-Mondays

Gattaca -- mini-Ladders

Gilbert and Sullivan Operas -- mini-Major Generals

Good Omens -- mini-Hellhounds and mini-Hellpuppies -- first mentioned in the Good Omens Official Fanfiction Summer School

Gorillaz -- mini-Zombie Apes (agreed upon by the Boarders, featured in a pending mission)

Half-Life -- mini-Headcrabs

Halo -- mini-Hunters

Harry Potter -- mini-Aragogs -- first mentioned in the Hogwarts Fanfiction Academy

Heroes -- mini-Mr Muggles'

Hogan's Heroes -- unnamed, but they look like headware (helmets etc.) on tiny legs -- First mention by IndeMaat

Kingdom Hearts -- mini-Darksides

Kirby -- mini-Krackos

Labyrinth -- helping hands

Land Before Time -- a miniature version of whatever dinosaur has been misspelled.

Left 4 Dead -- mini-Tanks

Legend of Zelda - mini-Gohmas

Les Miserables -- mini-Bricks

Looney Tunes -- mini-Tazzes

Lord of the Rings -- mini-Balrogs -- first mentioned in the Official Fanfiction University of Middle-earth

M*A*S*H -- mini-P.A. systems

Mass Effect -- mini-Colossi

Merlin -- mini-Questing Beasts

Metroid -- mini-Metroids

Myst -- mini-Camoudiles

Narnia -- mini-Dragons

NCIS -- unnamed -- First mention by IndeMaat

Outsiders, The -- mini-Fuzzies

Percy Jackson and the Olympians -- mini-Harpies

Perfect Dark -- mini-Skedar

Phantom of the Opera -- not-so-mini-Grasshoppers and Scorpions -- first mentioned in the Official PhanPhiction Academy

PotC -- Misspelled Monkeys

Pokémon - mini-Rayquazas

Prydain -- mini-Gwythaints

Ransom Trilogy -- mini-Hnéraki

Redwall -- mini-Deepcoilers -- First mention by Laburnum

Retief -- mini-Groaci

Shakespeare's plays -- mini-Calibans

Sherlock Holmes -- mini-Hounds of the Baskervilles -- First mention by Miah NSFW

Skulduggery Pleasant -- mini-Cleavers

Sonic the Hedgehog -- mini-Chaoses

Spore -- mini-Grox

Square One -- mini-Mister Glitches

Stargate Movie -- mini-Mastadges

Stargate Atlantis -- mini-Wraith

Star Trek -- mini-Tribbles

Star Wars -- mini-Rancors

Sweeney Todd -- mini-Razors

Torchwood -- mini-Reapers, that due to being a spin-off can't fly in a straight line -- First mention by IndeMaat; the concept was however thought up much earlier, for a mission that was never finished.

Tortall -- mini-Stormwings

Transformers -- mini-Igyaks

Tsubasa Reservoir Chonicles -- mini-kiji, demons that appear in a particular province.

Uncle Tom's Cabin -- mini-Legrees

Valdemar -- mini-Companions, or later, mini-Wyrsa

Van Helsing -- Baby Vampires

VeggieTales -- mini-Fibs

ViewAskewniverse -- mini-Golgothans

Warcraft/World of Warcraft -- Wrath Cadets

Watership Down -- mini-Woundworts

The West Wing -- mini-Elefunkys (red-and-blue-splotched combinations of the elephant and donkey, the symbols of the Democratic and Republican parties.)

Wizard of Oz -- mini-Scoodlers

X-Men -- mini-Sentinels

Yu-Gi-Oh -- The character in question's signature monster

YuYu Hakusho -- mini-Death Trees