Pirates of the Caribbean

Pirates of the Caribbean is a canon and multibillion dollar franchise derived from a movie series, which was in turn derived from a disney theme park ride. The fact that the series is good (or maybe just the first movie is good, depending on who you ask) is a small miracle, given that unlikely origin story. Various supplemental novels and games have been released as well.

It is set in an indeterminate time in the Golden Age of Piracy, in a universe where myths and legends sailors tell are actually true. This includes things like ghost/zombie pirates, cursed aztec gold, Davy Jones, the Kraken, the Edge of the World, and the Fountain of Youth.

Installments

 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)

Fanfic Explosion
Girl meets man.

Girl meets boy.

Girl meets the passage of time.

Man proposes to girl, despite an age difference that would have even a fairly liberal modern audience flinging their hands up in horror. Girl takes death-defying plunge to escape said proposal.

Girl is rescued from both ocean and bodice by scurrilous pirate.

Girl is kidnapped by scurrilous undead pirates with a hankering for really tacky jewelery.

Boy and scurrilous pirate set off to rescue girl.

Girl meets undead monkey. Fangirls swoon.

Plot happens, yada yada, blah blah blah, implausible fight scenes, etc, etc.

Boy declares undying love for girl. (Boy's actions, however, suggest undying love for scurrilous pirate - or so say the slash fans.)

Scurrilous pirate sails into sunset, boy and girl snog, spurned man is woeful but honorable in defeat, Cue funky theme tune and the creation of approximately seventeen million rabid fangirls.

Mission Reports from this Continuum

 * Mission Reports from the Department of Mary Sues, Pirates of the Caribbean Division
 * Agents Isaiah and Mara (DTE)
 * "Piratates" of the Caribbean: When Stories Run Amok (alternate link) Isaiah and Rosie Cotton Bomull, DTE
 * The Most Beautiful Women (alternate link)
 * Imposter (alternate link), with Quen
 * Shay Leigh Turner (Part 1 and Part 2 of alternate link)
 * A Visit to OFUCI (alternate link)
 * The Smiting Ceremony (alternate link)
 * All About You (alternate link)
 * The Monkeys of Doom, with Quen and trainee Tiranel
 * Mara-thon
 * Skylar James
 * Caribbean Ding-Dong
 * Unpaid in Full


 * Love in a Storm (Part 1), (Part 2), (alternate link). Marcus Langston (DF) and Luke Celinus (DMS-Freelance).
 * Of Pirates and Annoyed Partners Ian Nahinu and Lee Keaton (DMS-Freelance).
 * Pirates Don't Cry, Gabriella (DMS-Vampire Diaries) and Dylanae
 * 'Twas Many and Many a Year Ago, in a Nondescript Random Town by the Sea, Agents Suicide and Ithalond
 * "I just met a 'Sue named Maria...", Agents Glass and Lena Montrose