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* Tomoko Kuroki from ''[[Manga/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular Watamote]]'' is an example of this gone ''horribly wrong''. Her knowledge of perverted media only makes her that much more unapproachable, and ''because'' she's so obsessed with that stuff she initially had no idea how to approach real life and real people. She's horribly antisocial and judgmental, and even her closet kin, her brother, is annoyed with her. Luckily over the course of the series she starts to get better, but she's still the universe's ChewToy.

*** Of course, a lot of women ''do'' play eroge with naked women. Some of these games have huge female fanbases, like ''Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke Wo'', to the point of most Sonohana fanart being done by female fans. The author himself was surprised about it. This may be TruthinTelevision. Later made stronger by the introduction of two friends, one of whom is more of an '[[YaoiFangirl Bukuro]] than [[OtakuSurrogate Akiba]]' fangirl while another (relevant to the series) is a YuriFan.

* Kimiko of ''DresdenCodak'' has been accused of fitting this trope by various critics, as an attractive female transhumanist and extreme technophile in a comic written by a man who has also written for various futurist publications. {{Mad Scientist}}s, {{otaku}} or otherwise, tend to be rather thin on the ground in real life.

* Italy from her {{webcomic}}, ''{{The Lounge}}''. Not only does she like {{video game}}s, {{comic book}}s, and {{anime}}, she fancies women too.

* [[KillBill Chiaki Kuriyama]], according to video interviews, has a house full of ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]]'' stuff.

* Kaede Mizuno from ''Manga/NyanKoi'' loves anything yakuza related. A subversion on her part, since we're led to believe she's a MoeMoe girl.

* Kirino from ''[[LightNovel/OreNoImoutoGaKonnaNiKawaiiWakeGaNai Oreimo]]'' is a closet middle-schooler otaku and a popular fashion model. Kuroneko and Saori are these, too--little wonder they met in an online community called "Otaku Girls Unite"?

* [[http://feliciaday.com/ Felicia Day]]. Star of Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}} and [[DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog Dr. Horrible]], among others, and creator of "The Guild", a web series about a bunch of {{MMORPG}} gamers. She even based her character's addiction to MMO gaming to her own self-diagnosed addiction to WorldOfWarcraft.

* In ''LightNovel/BokuWaTomodachiGaSukunai'', Sena Kashwazaki is one. While she doesn't take it to the extreme other examples of this do, she does seem to enjoy gal games a lot, and is usually seen playing them in the club room.

* Morinas in ''{{Simoun}}'' is a total Simoun otaku, who makes plastic models in her spare time is even planning to be male after [[GenderBender going to the Spring]].
* Konata in ''Manga/LuckyStar'' (the current page image for CosplayOtakuGirl) is a complete over-the-top {{otaku}}, obsessed with anime and video games, mostly to allow for [[ShoutOut mentions]] of ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya, [[VideoGame/GalaxyAngel Galaxy Angel II]], ''VisualNovel/{{Shuffle}}'', [[ActorAllusion Haruhi Suzumiya]], VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}, VisualNovel/ToHeart,'' ''[[RuleOfThree Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', and so forth... but very little of what most [[{{Shoujo}} girls are expected to watch]], save for [[RuleOfFunny a notable brush with]] ''[[LightNovel/MariaSamaGaMiteru Mari Mite]]'' (and a brief reference to ''Manga/WeddingPeach'' while the other girls talk about wedding dresses). This is lampshaded when Konata explains them as habits picked up to be closer to her father, although her friends then have more questions about [[DirtyOldMan her father's choice of habits]]...

*** Of course, a lot of women ''do'' play eroge with naked women. Some of these games have huge female fanbases, like ''Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke Wo'', to the point of most Sonohana fanart being done by female fans. The author himself was surprised about it. This may be TruthinTelevision.]** Later made stronger by the introduction of two friends, one of whom is more of an '[[YaoiFangirl Bukuro]] than [[OtakuSurrogate Akiba]]' fangirl while another (relevant to the series) is a YuriFan.

* Hikaru Amano of ''MartianSuccessorNadesico'': as big a Gekiganger fan as Akito.

* ''FairlyOddParents'' The episode, "The Boy Who Would Be Queen" revealed Trixie Tang was secretly a {{Tomboy}} who was both one of these and a GamerChick. This was a CompressedVice and never brought up again.

One aspect of BishoujoSeries, and the cause of many tropes such as TheUnwantedHarem and ImprobablyFemaleCast, is that you really shouldn't have too many important male characters. But, y'know, girls like ''girly'' things.

So instead, why not have a girl who likes the things that guys do? You may not want to use a [[{{bifauxnen}} crossdressing girl]] or even a {{Tomboy}} -- just give her a FanBoy personality. And if you're a male author, this is even better, because you can go for authenticity the reader immediately understands.

* In LightNovel/BokuWaTomodachiGaSukunai, Sena Kashwazaki is one. While she doesn't take it to the extreme other examples of this do, she does seem to enjoy gal games a lot, and is usually seen playing them in the club room.

* Konata in ''Anime/LuckyStar'' (the current page image for CosplayOtakuGirl) is a complete over-the-top {{otaku}}, obsessed with anime and video games, mostly to allow for [[ShoutOut mentions]] of ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya, [[VideoGame/GalaxyAngel Galaxy Angel II]], [[{{Shuffle}} SHUFFLE!]], [[ActorAllusion Haruhi Suzumiya]], VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}, ToHeart,'' ''[[RuleOfThree Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', and so forth... but very little of what most [[{{Shoujo}} girls are expected to watch]], save for [[RuleOfFunny a notable brush with]] ''[[LightNovel/MariaSamaGaMiteru Mari Mite]]'' (and a brief reference to ''Manga/WeddingPeach'' while the other girls talk about wedding dresses). This is lampshaded when Konata explains them as habits picked up to be closer to her father, although her friends then have more questions about [[DirtyOldMan her father's choice of habits]]...
** ''And'' she plays [[{{H-Game}} eroges]]. Y'know, the sort of videogame for men that features naked young girls. Is it a wonder that so many fans interpret her as a [[SchoolGirlLesbians schoolgirl lesbian]]?
*** Of course, a lot of women DO play eroge with naked women. Some of these games have huge female fanbases, like [[VisualNovel/SonoHanabiraNiKuchizukeWo Sono Hanabira]], to the point of most Sonohana fanart being done by female fans. The author himself was surprised about it. This may be [[TruthinTelevision Truth in Television.]]
** Later made stronger by the introduction of two friends, one of whom is more of an '[[YaoiFangirl Bukuro]] than [[OtakuSurrogate Akiba]]' fangirl while another (relevant to the series) is a YuriFan.

** The english dub is even more specific. She writes SelfInsertFic-type SlashFic.
* Haruka of ''NogizakaHarukaNoHimitsu''--beautiful, popular, and... otaku (the eponymous secret)
* Kaede Mizuno from NyanKoi loves anything yakuza related. A subversion on her part, since we're led to believe she's a MoeMoe girl.

* ''YuruYuri'''s Kyouko Hoshino is a doujin artist obsessed with the MagicalGirl anime ''Miraku-run''. She even has her own booth at Comiket.

* Naruko "Anaru" Anjo from Anime/AnoHanaTheFlowerWeSawThatDay is this, more of a nerd as a child, but is trying to grow out of this and fit in with her other trendy friends as a teenager. She works at a shop that sells anime and games, and still kept a lot of games and manga in her room.

* Tomoko Kuroki from ''[[Manga/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular Watamote]]'' is an example of this gone ''horribly wrong''. Her knowledge of perverted media only makes her that much more unapproachable, and ''because'' she's so obsessed with that stuff she initially had no idea how to approach real life and real people. She's horribly antisocial and judgmental, and even her closet kin, her brother, is annoyed with her. Luckily over the course of the series she starts to get better, but she's still the universes's ChewToy.

* Brittany Diamond of ''TheShipsCloset''

* Konata in ''Anime/LuckyStar'' is a complete over-the-top {{otaku}}, obsessed with anime and video games, mostly to allow for [[ShoutOut mentions]] of ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya, [[VideoGame/GalaxyAngel Galaxy Angel II]], [[{{Shuffle}} SHUFFLE!]], [[ActorAllusion Haruhi Suzumiya]], VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}, ToHeart,'' ''[[RuleOfThree Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', and so forth... but very little of what most [[{{Shoujo}} girls are expected to watch]], save for [[RuleOfFunny a notable brush with]] ''[[LightNovel/MariaSamaGaMiteru Mari Mite]]'' (and a brief reference to ''Manga/WeddingPeach'' while the other girls talk about wedding dresses). This is lampshaded when Konata explains them as habits picked up to be closer to her father, although her friends then have more questions about [[DirtyOldMan her father's choice of habits]]...

** ''And'' she plays eroges. Y'know, the sort of videogame for men that features naked young girls. Is it a wonder that so many fans interpret her as a [[SchoolGirlLesbians schoolgirl lesbian]]?

* Kat from ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt''. She's very interested in robots, ''TheXFiles'', videogames (particularly ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''), dance music (especially Orbital and Prodigy), and comicbooks (Franchise/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}). [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=180 Occasionally]], her interest approaches {{Fangirl}} levels:

* ''HaruhiSuzumiya'' is '''not''' one of these. The page image is from a [[FreezeFrameBonus momentary nod]] to this trope and the show's status as an AffectionateParody of anime/manga in general.

* [[PressHeartToContinue Brooke 'Dodger' Leigh Lawson]], human definition of the trope with a manga, game and anime collection that would make most gamers drool as shown in some of her DexBonus vidos.

* Most of the cast of ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}''. [[PerkyGoth Nico]] likes books about monsters (a plot point at least twice), [[CuteBruiser Molly]] has immense knowledge about the X-Men (even before she found out she was a mutant herself), [[AscendedFanBoy Victor]] was programmed to worship and know almost everything about superheroes (except [[CListFodder The Slingers]]). Gertie has the philosophical dorkiness of a SoapboxSadie. Alex is a clear MMORPG fanatic. Other characters have their moments but they aren't as prominent.

A lot of this depends on what the current stereotype of a fan is and finding a fandom that is noticeably gender-skewed (MoeMoe and HumongousMecha are popular targets) but the cast will still have ''only'' one character who is a fan of something with an overwhelmingly male fandom, and especially for obscure ''older'' things the adult audience immediately recognizes.

** Later made stronger by the introduction of two friends, one of whom is more of an '[[YaoiFangirl Bukuro]] than [[OtakuSurrogate Akiba]]' fangirl while another (relevant to the series) is a YuriFangirl.

* The title-hogging protagonist of ''LightNovel/HaiyoreNyarkoSan'', who spazzes out at the sight of otaku wares on a regular basis.

* Noah Izumi from ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' is a borderline example. She loves Mecha--but in a very different way from most otaku. Polishing her Labor, naming it Alphonse, writing "This Labor is Mine" on its leg at one point, smiting an enemy mecha with her robot's severed arm as [[CallingYourAttacks yelling]] [[RocketPunch ROCKETTO]] ''[[Anime/MazingerZ PAUNCH!!!]]''...

* Noah Izumi from ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' is a borderline example. She loves Mecha--but in a very different way from most otaku. Polishing her Labor, naming it Alphonse, writing "This Labor is Mine" on its leg at one point, whacking an enemy mecha with her robot's severed arm as [[CallingYourAttacks yelling]] [[RocketPunch ROCKETTO]] ''[[Anime/MazingerZ PAUNCH!!!]]...

* Noah Izumi from ''{{Patlabor}}'' is a borderline example. She loves Mecha--but in a very different way from most otaku. Polishing her Labor, naming it Alphonse, writing "This Labor is Mine" on its leg at one point...

** Then again, this is [[MemeticSexGod Char Aznable]] we're talking about.

* Most of the cast of ''{{Runaways}}''. [[PerkyGoth Nico]] likes books about monsters (a plot point at least twice), [[CuteBruiser Molly]] has immense knowledge about the X-Men (even before she found out she was a mutant herself), [[AscendedFanBoy Victor]] was programmed to worship and know almost everything about superheroes (except [[CListFodder The Slingers]]). Gertie has the philosophical dorkiness of a SoapboxSadie. Alex is a clear MMORPG fanatic. Other characters have their moments but they aren't as prominent.

* Kat from ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt''. She's very interested in robots, ''TheXFiles'', videogames (particularly ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''), dance music (especially Orbital and Prodigy), and comicbooks (ComicBook/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}). [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=180 Occasionally]], her interest approaches {{Fangirl}} levels:

* [[KillBill Chiaki Kuriyama]], according to video interviews, has a house full of ''[[NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]]'' stuff.