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* Travis Touchdown of ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' is a shameless otaku, and wears an anime t-shirt under his more traditional badass-[[AntiHero anti-hero]] leather outfit. He uses otaku slang terms, including {{moe}}. Unusually, though, despite his fandom, he's [[MadeOfIron an outright bruiser]] more than capable of winning any fight he's in; and he also lacks the gentle, shy personality associated with the stereotypical otaku, instead having been inspired by the [[JerkAss rather violent]] and [[ClusterFBomb foul-mouthed]] anonymous frequenters of the [[Website/FourChan anime boards on the Japanese message board Nii Channeru (2chan)]].

* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' has a rather hilarious take on the otaku phenomenon, with Po as a Kung Fu enthusiast. Not only does he know all the tales of great Kung Fu masters like the Furious Five, recognizes each sacred or amazing artifact in the temple with ecstatic glee, and pours out gushing praise of Crane in his bedchamber to the point he hovers outside the door waiting for the master to speak again, but he confesses to them that he has all their action figures--which of course are much smaller than the real thing, except Mantis who is "the same size." The fact he is chosen to learn Kung Fu at their side and becomes [[TheChosenOne the Dragon Warrior]] is probably an example of an AscendedFanboy as well--the artifact-examining scene certainly smacks of it.

* ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'': The "monkey girl" and Atsuko loved anime, manga, and otome games. After the monkey girl reincarnates as Katarina, she begins reading ChivalricRomance novels with gratuitous CourtlyLove to fuel her addiction, bonding with Sophia due to their shared tastes and even getting Mary interested in them too. However, given that Sophia is a reincarnated Atsuko, [[ReincarnationFriendship this is most likely not a coincidence]].

** Almaz in ''VideoGame/Disgaea3|AbsenceOfJustice}}'' is also an otaku but focused completely on heroes. Mao is a closet hero otaku as well (he refuses to admit it).

See also: OccidentalOtaku, {{Chuunibyou}}. Compare: LoonyFan (who are more weird than obsessive) and TheMovieBuff (a similar type of obsession over movies.)

** Patricia Martin is a parody of the typical American weeaboo, knowing nothing about Japan and its culture besides what she learned from anime, manga, and yaoi. She learned most of her Japanese from subbed anime, only listens to Japanese bands whose songs have been used as anime themes, and believes Akihabara is a more important cultural landmark than anything else in Japan. Needless to say, she's way geekier than even ''Konata''.