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6	[[caption-width-right:253:Image from [[https://www.furaffinity.net/full/11605426/ Blueballs]][[note]]That second guy? He's got a crush on [[Anime/DigimonAdventure WereGarurumon]].[[/note]]]]
7	->''"[[Creator/CatherineZetaJones CATHERINE ZZZZZZZEEEEETA JOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNZZZZZ]]!... One day you will be mine."''
8	-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'''
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10	Celebrities are TheBeautifulElite. Even the [[HollywoodHomely ugly ones]] are usually just BeautifulAllAlong. In addition to their attractiveness, style, and glamor, their talent -- be it acting, singing, or something more strange and out there -- is what gets the attention of the media, who then brings it to the hungry viewing world.
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12	Take a gorgeous person, inundate the world with their image and charisma from their interviews and public appearances, and fans get the illusion of closeness and attainability, developing an imaginary parasocial relationship with the celebrity. Never mind that you're LovingAShadow or that you're at the potential risk of a BrokenPedestal.
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14	Thus people are prone to fall victim to the celeb crush, which can vary from hopeless, depressive mooning to innocent fantasizing to crazy schemes to meet and woo the object of their affections. Taken to the dark extreme, you get StalkerWithACrush on their celebrity.
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16	Teenagers everywhere of both sexes (and no small number of adults) will fall prey to the charms of the hottie du jour or favorite hunk.
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18	Happens in RealLife as well as in fiction, and in a combination (in the case of FictionalFanRealCelebrity). Fictional examples can include {{Yandere}}, LoonyFan, or StalkerWithACrush, though those can also be RippedFromTheHeadlines too. They may even be benign crushes, but [[RuleOfDrama where's the story in that?]] The opposite of this trope is PerverseSexualLust, where people (somehow) are attracted to fictional characters instead (though it can overlap if a person likes both the character and the person portraying them).
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20	More than a roomful of fans crushing on a celebrity could be a [[GroupieBrigade fan mob]], which is sort of the inverse of an AngryMob. [[GroupieBrigade Fan mobs]] tend to want to pepper their crush with kisses while simultaneously ripping off clothing or props for souvenirs. It may also include StarstruckSpeechless if the fan(s) instead become very awkward around the object of their fandom. Frequently overlaps with MeetTheCelebrityContest, where a character wins the chance to meet their favorite celebrity in person.
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24	!!Examples:
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28	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
29	* In ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'', Gintoki have a crush on the weather anchor Ketsuno Ana.
30	* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'':
31	** Quess Paraya from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack'' aggressively throws herself at [[TheHero Amuro Ray]], only to take his rejection poorly and immediately jump ship to join [[BigBad Char Aznable]]. Both men are Earthsphere-famous war heroes from their actions in the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam previous]] [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam wars]].
32	** In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'' Lunamaria Hawke, Meyrin Hawke, and Meer Campbell all have major hero crushes on AcePilot Athrun Zala, one of the protagonists of the previous series. They're all a little disappointed when they meet the [[TheCynic man]] [[TheStoic behind]] [[ShellShockedVeteran the]] [[BrokenAce legend]]. Athrun for his part, doesn't even seem to notice their interest (and in Luna's case brushes her off by saying that "I can't allow your feelings to jeopardise the ability of this team to cooperate."), though he does act kindly towards Meyrin [[spoiler: after she saves his life and they both defect]], and later [[spoiler: refuses to leave Meer alone with the enemy... then is VERY upset when she dies in an HeroicSacrifice.]] (And the ''Extended Edition'' [[spoiler:shows him alongside Meyrin, so the possibility of her developing ''real'' feelings for him is not necessarily outta the question.]]
33	%%** ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'': Amuro has Beltorchika Irma, while Char has Reccoa and possibly Emma.
34	** In ''Char's Deleted Affair'', Char is Zeon's most famous and photogenic surviving AcePilot after its defeat in the One Year War. This makes him widely admired on Axis and in the old Side 3 colonies. Haman Karn ([[UsedToBeASweetkid future evil overlord, now a mostly cheerful and innocent schoolgirl]]) is introduced with a starry-eyed crush and a desire to emulate him. Later, Oksana Boginskaya and a young Nanai Miguel are also shown to buy into his public image.
35	* Himiko Toga from ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' claims to have a crush on HeroKiller Stain. Of course, her idea of a crush is [[AxCrazy a desire to murder Stain and drink his blood]] in a KillAndReplace fantasy.
36	* ''Manga/SlamDunk'': Haruko Akagi is perfectly aware that her feelings for Kaede Rukawa are this, ever since the beginning. Therefore she fangirls him from afar, but never really expects him to notice her. (And in the anime, when it ''actually'' sinks in, [[TenderTears she's briefly driven to tears]])
37	* Magical Girls are celebrities in ''Manga/SpillItCocktailKnights'', riffing off idol culture complete with handshake events and merch. [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Sora]] actually befriends his celebrity crush when she's in her SecretIdentity as another [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent high school]] [[DisguisedInDrag boy]].
38	* The ''VideoGame/SuperRealMahjong'' OVA is probably most well known for the scene of a blue-haired anime girl freaking out when she sees her crush Creator/MichaelJFox on a magazine.
39	* Barnaby Brooks Jr. from ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' tends to collect fangirls like honey collects flies -- including his partner Kotetsu's own [[PrecociousCrush preteen daughter]]. Kotetsu is a bit annoyed by this, particularly since Barnaby [[TheCharmer actively encourages it.]]
40	-->'''Kotetsu:''' Don't you ever get tired of that?
41	* ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'': Mint has a huge crush on Zakuro, a famous fashion model (also an actress and IdolSinger in the [[Anime/TokyoMewMewNew 2022 reboot]]).
42	* Mentioned in ''Manga/WanderingSon''. One of Nitori's classmates mentions to her that he likes Anna, a popular teen model. Nitori awkwardly says the same as she's in a SecretRelationship with Anna.
43	* In ''Anime/YuriOnIce'', Yuri Katsuki has admired famous Russian figure skater Victor Nikiforov ever since he was a child, and his admiration veers into this. He grows out of it after Victor becomes his coach and they get to know each other better, [[spoiler:and eventually their relationship becomes a genuine romance]].
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46	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
47	* Doctor H. of ''Animation/HappyHeroes'' has a massive crush on Planet Xing Xing's celebrity news reporter, Miss Peach. There are a few episodes that primarily focus on this crush or otherwise have him try to be with Miss Peach, such as one where he tries to win a fitness competition because the prize is going out for dinner with her and one where he tells a genie he wishes he were married to her.
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50	[[folder:Comic Books]]
51	* ComicBook/{{Batwoman}}[=/=]Kate Kane has one on both ComicBook/WonderWoman and [[ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} Zatanna Zatara]] (who is a famous stage magician in-universe outside of being a superhero).
52	* In ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Season 8'', Buffy and Willow list various crushes, such as Creator/DanielCraig and a TwinThreesomeFantasy with Creator/ChristianBale for Buffy and Creator/TinaFey for Willow. Naturally Faith tries to get Angel to drag Craig to her.
53	* Early on in his comics, ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} often mentioned having a crush on Cindy Crawford. Since the early 2000s, it's become a running gag that he's attracted to Creator/BeaArthur. No, not a ''young'' Bea Arthur.
54	* ''ComicBook/TheEaglesOfRome'': At a Roman camp in Germania around 9CE, one of the German recruits talks about how much he'd like to meet "that beautiful Egyptian queen", UsefulNotes/CleopatraVII. Someone with more knowledge of recent history has to tell him that she's been dead for more than half a century.
55	* Creator/MarvelComics character ComicBook/JessicaJones had a crush on Johnny Storm of the ComicBook/FantasticFour.
56	* ''ComicBook/RedEars'': The set-up to a vulgar joke involves a married man who is a huge fan of Creator/BrigitteBardot. His wife knows that he loves doggystyle and wants to get him a birthday present, so she has the initials "B.B." tattooed on her ass. She tells him to close his eyes while she "gets him his present", but when she tells him to open his eyes he just angrily replies "BOB? Who the hell is Bob?"
57	* ComicBook/SquirrelGirl had one on [[ComicBook/NewWarriors Speedball]] (who, at the time, was also a reality TV star). They did end up interacting a few times (even sharing a kiss), but then ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'' happened, Speedball became [[DarkerAndEdgier Penance]], and she lost her crush on him.
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60	[[folder:Fan Works]]
61	* The plot of ''Fanfic/TheChampionAndTheSinger'' starts with Weiss having been a huge fan of the athlete Pyrrha for a decade and having a crush on her. As it turns out, it goes both ways: Pyrrha is a fan of Weiss' music and also likes her back.
62	* Takara Tsukuda of ''Fanfic/DespairsLastResort'' has one on a famous newscaster that she doesn't want anyone to know about. Hikaru Nagai seems to be the victim of this, as it's mentioned that he has a ton of fangirls.
63	* ''Fanfic/LadyLuckMiraculousLadybug'': Rose's canon crush on Prince Ali gets brought up when she is [[BrainwashedAndCrazy akumatized]] into Princess Fragrance and tries to marry him, despite the fact she's dating Juleka.
64	-->'''Lady Luck:''' Rose, what the fuck? You have a girlfriend.\
65	'''Princess Fragrance:''' Prince Ali is on the freebie list!
66	* In ''Fanfic/TheManyDatesOfDannyFenton'', It's shown that Danny used to have a big crush on fellow hero Supergirl before the accident...which resurfaces when he goes on a date with her civilian self Kara.
67	* ''Fanfic/MischiefInMusutafuAndOtherSuchTales'': Sir Nighteye used to have a crush on All Might, but it was extinguished when they started arguing over All Might pushing himself too hard with his debilitating injuries. His remaining adoration for All Might [[BrokenPedestal vanishes entirely]] when it's revealed that he is [[FantasticAbleism racist against Quirkless people]].
68	* This is the entire plot of ''Fanfic/RainbowInTheDark'', which is about the relationship between Rainbow Dash and an ordinary stallion who recently moved to Ponyville.
69	* Many ReaderInsertFics are about the reader's romance with a celebrity or a popular band.
70	* In ''Fanfic/RWBYScars'', Weiss has a crush on the athletic Pyrrha, but it isn't noted outside of their initial meeting.
71	* Vivienne of ''Fanfic/SoulmateSurvey'' is a total LoonyFan, no matter what celebrity she worships. She even changes her name to match whatever celeb she currently idolizes. Right now, the object of her obsession is teen supermodel and heartthrob Adrien Agreste, so of course, her new name is Adrienne.
72	* ''Fanfic/TheSuperheroGame'': Jason Todd's favorite superhero growing up was Wonder Woman, and he instantly had a crush on her kid sister Donna Troy (the then-Wonder Girl) during his first visit to Titans Tower with his older brother Dick Grayson. The crush faded after his first death, and when the two met again they instead developed a solid friendship that didn't evolve into an actual romance until they were both middle-aged.
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75	[[folder:Film]]
76	* In ''Film/{{Backstage\|2005}}'', 17-year-old teen Lucie (Isild Le Besco) is [[LoonyFan obsessed beyond reasonable]] by singer Lauren Waks (Creator/EmmanuelleSeigner) and manages to make her way to her inner circle. At one point it simply morphs into a celeb crush as Lucie's SanitySlippage goes, particularly when she decides to interrupt Lauren when she has sex with a man ("It disgusts me that she has a man. She is pure!"). Lucie also ends up having an affair (and a baby) with Lauren's ex.
77	* ''Film/{{Borat}}'' is obsessed with Creator/PamelaAnderson. He even [[LoonyFan tries to kidnap her]] during a meet-and-greet event.
78	* ''[[Film/BroadwayMelodyOf1936 Broadway Melody of 1938]]'' featured Creator/JudyGarland singing "You Made Me Love You" to a photograph of Creator/ClarkGable.
79	* Phil Foster from ''Film/DateNight'' confesses to his wife that his "sex fantasy" involves Music/CyndiLauper.
80	* Arlene from ''Film/{{Dick}}'' is originally infatuated with Creator/BobbySherman before settling on UsefulNotes/RichardNixon. By the end of the movie, she's moved on to Creator/DavidCassidy.
81	* ''Film/DonnieDarko'': While under the influence of [[HypnoFool hypnosis]], Donnie tells his psychiatrist that he wants to smash Creator/ChristinaApplegate and almost starts masturbating to her, forcing the shrink to hastily end the session. (In an earlier draft, it was Creator/AlyssaMilano.)
82	* Prince Char from ''Film/EllaEnchanted'' had [[FanMob mobs of]] screaming fangirls.
83	* ''Film/EnemyOfTheState'': Robert Dean assures his wife she's the only woman for him - unless Music/JanetJackson came calling, in which case he'd drop her in a second.
84	* ''Film/TheFifthElement'': Korben Dallas' hotel concierge lady has a crush on Ruby Rhod. "I just love him. He's so talented, don't you think? He's so sexy."
85	* ''Film/IWannaHoldYourHand'' circled around celeb crushes on Music/TheBeatles.
86	* ''Film/JayAndSilentBobReboot'': Millie and Jihad go on at length about what they'd like to do to Creator/ChrisHemsworth.
87	* Sammy from ''Film/KeepTheChange2017'' is in love with David's cousin Matt Cone, an actor who is FamedInStory. When the group is asked what superpowers they wish they could have, Sammy's is the ability to make Matt Cone fall in love with him.
88	* In ''Film/KillBill Volume 2'', Bill's father figure Esteban Vihaio, a Mexican pimp, tells a story about how he once took Bill to the movies when he was a little boy. He could tell that Bill was drawn to blondes when he noted that the boy had a PrecociousCrush for 1940s-1950s movie star Creator/LanaTurner.
89	* ''Literature/LoveAndDeathOnLongIsland'' adapts the novel about a highbrow novelist who becomes obsessed with a TeenIdol.
90	* In ''Film/TheLoveGuru'', Le Coq Grande has a thing for fellow French-Canadian Music/CelineDion.
91	* In ''Film/OperationFortuneRuseDeGuerre'', Greg Simmonds has a fascination with movie star Danny Francesco that borders on obsession; having once offered him $10 million to jump out of a cake and sing "Happy Birthday" to him.
92	* As part of their BatmanGambit in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'', the pirates must enact a ritual involving words spoken as if to a lover, but the pirates are all a LargeHam who've never known a love they didn't pay for... except one:
93	--> '''Ragetti:''' [whispers tenderly] "Calypso... I release you from your human bonds."
94	%%* ''Film/PlayMistyForMe'' was about the LoonyFan variety.
95	* ''Film/QuizLady'': Played for laughs. The cranky old coot Francine adores Creator/PaulReubens, except she thinks he's Creator/AlanCumming. [[spoiler:When they [[CelebrityCameo meet Reubens]] at the end of the film, Anne gets him to pretend to be Cumming to make Francine happy.]]
96	* There's that woman in ''Film/SouthlandTales'' who's obsessed with Boxer Santoros and tries to force him at gunpoint to let her blow him.
97	* ''Film/SpeciesII'': Patrick the astronaut meets a female fan in a supermarket after he has returned from his journey to Mars. Too bad that he's possessed by an alien symbiote that spreads through sex, so he exploits her star-struck interest for an AttemptedRape.
98	* In ''Film/Stalag17'', Animal is crazy about Creator/BettyGrable, having sat through her pictures several times, and being so entranced by her he wouldn't even eat his popcorn.
99	* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei has a special one for Robaire from the BoyBand 4*Town.
100	* ''Film/WinADateWithTadHamilton'' was about exploiting the crush.
101	* In ''Film/YouAndYourStupidMate'', Jeffrey's favorite ''[[SoapWithinAShow Sons and Surf]]'' character is Emma, a blonde who spends most scenes [[MsFanservice in a bikini top]]. When he finds out she's going to be killed off, he's even more upset than when he found out ''Sons and Surf'' was going to be cancelled.
102	-->'''Jeffrey''': I think you are the most amazing woman on Australian television. And may I just add that I think that you represent everything that is kind and good and wholesome and beautiful in Australian womanhood.
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105	[[folder:Literature]]
106	* ''Literature/AngelaNicely'': “Starstruck!” establishes that Angela and her friends (all six-year-old girls) find a pop star “dreamy”.
107	* In the twelfth ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' book, Rachel and Cassie both have a crush on a teen heartthrob named Jeremy Jason [=McCole=], who is, unfortunately, now getting involved with The Sharing, a youth group/secret cult that serves as the villains' front.
108	* In ''Literature/{{Bounders}}'', the aeronaut Maximilian Sheek used to be an actor before he joined Earth Force. He has bulging biceps, immaculately poofed hair, and his own line of hair products, and is usually greeted with screams from the female Bounders. Jasper's sister Addy has a poster of him that says "Shrieks for Sheek."
109	* In the ''Literature/BridgetJones'' books, Bridget has a huge crush in Creator/ColinFirth.
110	* Creator/StephenKing's novel ''Literature/TheGirlWhoLovedTomGordon'', nine-year-old Trisha (the titular girl) has a crush on the baseball player Tom Gordon, though she doesn't admit it to anyone, and says that she only likes him because he's a good player.
111	* During Cannie Shapiro's stay in Hollywood, in ''Literature/GoodInBed'', she gets to meet and hang out with her crush, Adrian Stadt. She ends up having to make sure nothing bad doesn't happen after he passes out from the effects of the drugs he took, earlier.
112	* Exploited twice in ''Literature/AGrimmQuest'' by Amy, first when she "convinced" a bartender to save a guard's life by giving him a way to speak to Captain Piper, and then when she outed [[LongHairedPrettyBoy Ash]] as The Ashling Dresden to a teenage girl so she talk to him about Princess Capricorn.
113	* ''Literature/IThinkILoveYou'': As an adolescent, Petra is passionately obsessed with Creator/DavidCassidy, to the point of wearing nothing but brown because she's read it's his favorite color. Twenty-four years later, her daughter Molly is in love with Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio but not nearly as desperately. Petra thinks it's because Molly is happier with her life and doesn't need to escape into celebrity fantasies as Petra did.
114	* In Creator/PGWodehouse's ''Literature/JeevesAndWooster'' short story "The Love that Purifies", Aunt Dahlia has a bet with a friend that her son Bonzo can behave better than her Aunt Agatha's offspring Thomas while a mutual acquaintance is staying with Bertie; Bonzo is toeing the line so he can be worthy of movie star Creator/LillianGish, who he has a big crush on. Unfortunately, Thomas is behaving even better, because he has a crush on Creator/GretaGarbo.
115	* ''Literature/LoveAndDeathOnLongIsland'' gives this a slight twist by making the crush befall a highbrow novelist who's totally oblivious to pop culture and celebrity. His crush leads him not only to stalking but appreciating art that he thought was beneath him.
116	* ''Literature/{{Loveless}}'': Rooney and Pip have huge crushes on Creator/HenryCavill and Creator/KeiraKnightley, respectively. Georgia, on the other hand, can't relate to them because she's aromantic/asexual.
117	* In ''Literature/TheLunarChronicles'', Cinder's stepsisters have a huge crush on Prince Kai. So does Cinder herself, despite all her denial.
118	* In ''Literature/{{Newsflesh}}'', Shaun Mason was the target of many a girl with a crush on him as a famous Irwin.
119	** Elle Riley has to keep her girlfriend secret to maintain the interest of her show's viewers, who are mostly straight men attracted to her.
120	* In ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians,'' Percy mentions that he used to have a crush on an unnamed TV actress, and that [[LoveGoddess Aphrodite]], for whom AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder, looks to him like a cross between her and his LoveInterest, Annabeth.
121	* In ''Literature/QueensOfGeek'', Charlie has a crush on Alyssa Huntington, the vlogger who inspired her to take up vlogging. She's thrilled to meet her at [=SupaCon=].
122	* Newscaster Les Weathers from ''Literature/ShineShineShine'' is not only a local celebrity but also Sunny's neighbor, and is a crush object for many women in the neighborhood.
123	* In the ''Literature/SnarkoutBoys'' books, Rat has devoted her life to the memory of Creator/JamesDean and refuses all relationships with anyone unless they resemble James Dean in every respect. She's incredibly sad that he has passed away by the time of the events of the stories.
124	* In ''Literature/SpaceMarineBattles'' novel ''Rynn's World'', Maia Caglieri is heavily implied to have a crush on Pedro Cantor, only while she ''is'' a member of TheBeautifulElite as a noblewoman, he's a Space Marine Chapter Master, the Emperor's Angel of Death [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and actually asexual, like all of them.]]
125	* In ''Literature/WildOrchid'', Penny gives Creator/MattDamon as an example of a man who's a 10. Taylor says he can't be a 10 because he smokes.
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128	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
129	* ''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy'' has Jessica mentioning she's had sex dreams about all the Avengers. [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer "Including Scarlett Johansson"]].
130	* ''Series/TheBradyBunch'': Marcia Brady had a crush on Desi Arnaz Jr. and later, [[Franchise/TheMonkees Davy Jones]].
131	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''
132	** Played for laughs when Buffy reacts this way on meeting {{Dracula}}.
133	--->'''Dracula:''' Do you know why [[KissOfTheVampire you cannot resist me?]]\
134	'''Buffy:''' Because you're famous?
135	** Harmony clearly has one: "No threesomes unless it's boy, boy, girl. [[IfItsYouItsOkay Or]] Creator/CharlizeTheron."
136	* ''Series/{{Castle\|2009}}'':
137	** Ryan has a 'Free Five' list: five celebrities that he can sleep with and it 'won't count'. This causes problems, naturally, when one of those actresses works with the team briefly.
138	** In "The Squab and the Quill", Ioan Gruffudd plays Eric Vaughn, a genius-level inventor, billionaire, and all-around innovator. He's FamedInStory and both Beckett and the coroner fancy him and gush about him being handsome, hot, rich, and having a [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench British accent]].
139	* ''{{Series/Charmed\|1998}}'': Phoebe becomes a local celebrity for her advice column and faces one or two admirers - particularly in Seasons 5 and 6. She's even convinced to do a sexy photoshoot to cater to them.
140	* ''Series/TheColbertReport'' for a long time had a RunningGag of the fictional Stephen Colbert lusting for the real CNN anchorwoman Soledad O'Brien.
141	** He also harbors one for Paulina Porizkova, which always pops up when her husband, Ric Ocasek of Music/TheCars, makes appearances.
142	* Analysed in ''Series/{{Coupling}}'' with Jeff's theory about what happens when two lovers' Celebrity Crushes meet -- which occurs [[BrickJoke at the end of the episode]], between Steve's crush ([[Series/{{Panorama}} Mariella Frostrup]]) and Susan's (Creator/AngusDeayton). Jeff reckons this phenomenon is the reason there are so many celebrity marriages.
143	-->'''Jeff:''' If you fantasize about someone else during sex, and so does your partner, and, you know, those two people that you're fantasizing about happen to meet while you're still doing it, they're bound to sense something, aren't they? Because they're connecting on, like, a virtual plane. So can you imagine what it was like when Posh first met Beckham? They were the epicenter of a non-stop, nationwide virtual shag! It's no wonder she got pregnant.
144	* ''Series/DontTrustTheBInApartment23'': June takes Creator/JamesVanDerBeek with her to a wedding where he happens to be the bride's Celeb Crush free pass. He promptly has sex with the bride at the reception. Her new husband is actually okay with this -- turned out that when they said "free pass", they meant it.
145	* In ''Series/{{Eureka}}'', Douglas Fargo has a celebrity crush on Creator/SarahMichelleGellar, which comes into play a couple of times, for instance when he names Sheriff Carter's smart house [[FunWithAcronyms S.A.R.A.H.]] or when his password is revealed to be [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer "Douglas the Vampire Slayer"]]. Carter also uses it at least once to blackmail him.
146	* ''Series/{{Friends}}'':
147	** One crazy woman not only has a crush on actor Joey, but actually [[IAmNotSpock thinks he is a doctor called Drake Ramoray]], a character he plays in ShowWithinAShow ''Series/DaysOfOurLives''.
148	** Rachel also had a Celeb Crush on Joey in "The One That Could've Been".
149	** Monica has hots for the actor Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme who plays himself as an actor in a film being made in New York. The gang is allowed to be on the set because they are friends with Marcel the monkey who used to belong to Ross. Rachel has the guts to go to talk to Jean-Claude and he finds her cute and asks her out, and Monica thus thinks Rachel stole him from her.
150	** In the one with the [[MemeticMutation laminated]] [[Memes/LiveActionTV list]], Chandler introduces the concept of having an agreement with your partner about being able to have sex with five celebrities of your choice, should you have a chance to score.
151	*** Chandler's girlfriend Janice has the magician David Copperfield among her freebies.
152	*** Chandler's own list includes Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/CindyCrawford, Creator/HalleBerry, [[Series/{{Baywatch}} Yasmine Bleeth]], and [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Jessica Rabbit]].
153	*** Rachel promptly makes her selection on the spot: Creator/ChrisODonnell, John F. Kennedy Jr., Creator/DanielDayLewis, Music/{{Sting}}, and [[Series/TheHardyBoysNancyDrewMysteries Parker Stevenson]]. Other episodes establish she also had a crush on Stevenson's co-star Creator/ShaunCassidy as a teenager.
154	*** Ross spends the whole episode trying to come up with a perfect list, and his final version involves Creator/UmaThurman, Creator/WinonaRyder, Creator/ElizabethHurley, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, and Dorothy Hamill. He wanted to include Creator/IsabellaRossellini but the guys convinced him that she's too international, so his odds would be very low. Too bad Rossellini did appear in their favourite coffee place; however, Rachel allowed him to hit on her despite being out of the list. It doesn't go well.
155	** When Rachel and Phoebe discuss pregnancy hormones, Phoebe says she remembers trying to steal a cardboard cutout of Evander Holyfield when she was in her fourth month. At the end, we find out she ''did'' steal it and she offers it to Rachel. However, her affection for the cutout is too strong and she cannot bring herself to lend it to her. Quite an example of in-universe PerverseSexualLust.
156	** The list concept gets mentioned again in "The One With Chandler and Monica's Wedding" when Jack Gellar cheerfully discussed his and Judy's lists with Ross, oblivious to [[ParentalSexualitySquick how squicked he was]]. Jack's includes Creator/RitaMoreno. (We don't get told what celebrities are on Judy's, but Gunther is.)
157	* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Some of the highborn nobles are so well-known that they become the target of desire for commoners.
158	** Salladhor Saan, a pirate allied with Stannis' army, talks about how he wants to seduce Queen Cersei as his only demand for taking part in the siege on King's Landing.
159	** Queen Daenerys' rule in Slaver's Bay leaves such an impression on Essos that [[SexyWhateverOutfit a prostitute in Volantis imitates her appearance]] to get more clients.
160	* ''Series/TheGoodPlace'': Judge Gen has crushes on both Creator/MarkHarmon and Creator/TimothyOlyphant. Janet exploits this by making a construct of Olyphant in costume as [[Series/{{Justified}} Rylan Givens]] to persuade Jen to stay and listen to a presentation by the protagonists.
161	* Creator/{{Disney}} sitcom ''Series/HannahMontana'' makes many jokes about Lily's [[StalkerWithACrush near-stalkerish]] pinings after Creator/OrlandoBloom.
162	* Murr from ''Series/ImpracticalJokers'' grew up with a crush on Creator/DanicaMcKellar. He's StarstruckSpeechless when he gets to meet her -- during a punishment where he has to interview her while he's wearing American flag briefs.
163	* Mac from ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' has a crush on Chase Utley. He insists in isn't sexual, but [[TransparentCloset his friends are somewhat disbelieving]].
164	* Florence from ''Series/TheJeffersons'' had a crush on Creator/BillyDeeWilliams and got to meet him.
165	* ''Series/TheMakanaiCookingForTheMaikoHouse'': Grandma has a shrine in her room dedicated to Korean actor Hyun Bin.
166	* In ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', Gypsy's infatuation with Richard Basehart is a RunningGag.
167	* ''Series/NewTricks'' has had a case or two of the trio being involved in a case where they fancied the person when younger.
168	* On ''Series/NightCourt'' Harry Stone had a non-sexual crush on Mel Torme. Non-sexual... but still borderline stalkery.
169	* ''Series/NotTheNineOClockNews'' had a song dedicated to a woman's latest crush, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGBfYoldZQ4 Ayatollah Khomeini]]. The lyrics indicate she had a similar thing for [[UsefulNotes/ModernEgypt Anwar Sadat]], [[BadassIsraeli Menachem Begin]] and [[UsefulNotes/WestGermany Helmut Schmidt]].
170	* On ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' Leslie Knope's crush on UsefulNotes/JoeBiden is a bit of a RunningGag; when she gets engaged, her fiancé calls in favors to get her a meeting with Biden as an engagement present. (And yes, Biden [[CelebrityCameo appeared]] AsHimself for the episode.)
171	* In ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', while [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Clark]] has always been a super-ChickMagnet, he got his share of crazy fangirls when he becomes an InUniverse celebrity in "[[Recap/SmallvilleS08E15Infamous Infamous]]." Trust me, they aren't ''half'' as crazy as the real-world fans of Creator/TomWelling.
172	* On ''Series/{{Spaced}}'', Tim Bisley has a crush on Creator/GillianAnderson.
173	* ''Series/TheSopranos'': A throwaway line by [[TheDon Uncle Junior]] in "[[Recap/TheSopranosS1E13IDreamOfJeannieCusamano I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano]]" after he's been arrested by the FBI and they're trying to get him to turn federal witness:
174	-->'''Junior:''' I want to bang Angie Dickinson. See which one of us gets lucky first.
175	* On the show ''Series/StargateSG1'', Jack O'Neill has a crush on Creator/MarySteenburgen, which is mentioned in numerous episodes across several seasons of the show.
176	* ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' establishes that London and Maddie have a major crush on Creator/OrlandoBloom (which caused a NoodleIncident) and both are quite enamoured with Music/JesseMccartney as well when he pops up as a SpecialGuest.
177	* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
178	** In the episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E18HollywoodBabylon "Hollywood Babylon"]], Dean has a crush on an actor named Tara Benchley. When he meets her on the set of a horror movie, they end up having sex in her trailer.
179	** In [[Recap/SupernaturalS09E08RockAndAHardPlace "Rock and a Hard Place"]], Dean has sex with a fictional retired porn actress he was a huge fan of.
180	* ''Series/TwinPeaks'': FBI Deputy Director Gordon Cole (Creator/DavidLynch) tells his colleagues that he often has dreams featuring Creator/MonicaBellucci.
181	* ''Series/VeronicaMars'': One of Logan's friends recalls that he used to have a crush on Creator/RosiePerez as a kid, who showed up to one of his birthday parties (Logan's father is a fictional A-list actor named Aaron Echolls who frequents the same circles). However, he was pretty annoyed when she mistook him for a girl.
182	* ''Series/TheWire'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheWireS04E12ThatsGotHisOwn That's Got His Own]]", Bunk bemoans Creator/JenniferLopez's then-marriage to Mark Anthony, commenting that Anthony wouldn't know what to do with "that big ass", obviously wanting a piece of it himself.
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184
185	[[folder:Music]]
186	* "Your Voice" by The Downtown Fiction.
187	* Music/ThePixies' "Make Believe" is a joke song about drummer David Lovering's crush on Debbie Gibson.
188	* "Superstar" by Music/TaylorSwift.
189	* "Pictures of Lily" by Music/TheWho, about a boy who falls in love with a picture of a dead celebrity. (Pete Townshend later claimed that the song was inspired by British actress Lillie Langtry.)
190	* "My Baby's in Love with [[Music/PearlJam Eddie Vedder]]" by Music/WeirdAlYankovic.
191	* "Élodie"[[note]]About French actress Élodie Bouchez[[/note]] by David Mead.
192	* "Creator/NataliePortman" by Ozma.
193	* "#1 Crush" by Music/{{Garbage}} could have anybody substitute for the crush, including a celebrity. The "#1" in the title could be referring to a pop hit on the charts or a movie's position in the box office charts.
194	* "David Duchovny" by Bree Sharp.
195	* Music/BloodhoundGang's "The Ballad of Chasey Lain" - which degrades into the LoonyFan kidnapping said porn star.
196	* Music/VanHalen's "I'll Wait" is a love song to a model in a print ad. Though the distance is discussed ([[TheTreacheryOfImages "Are you for real, it's so hard to tell, from just a magazine"]]).
197	* Scott Cain's "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin I've Got A Crush On]] Music/HilaryDuff."
198	* LFO's "Girl On TV" isn't actually about a specific female celebrity, but the music video features Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt playing the role.
199	* ''Music/FountainsOfWayne'''s "Hackensack" is about the UnluckyChildhoodFriend who has watched from afar as his [[TheOneThatGotAway lifelong crush]] has become a jetsetting celebrity while he's led a [[SmallTownBoredom boring life in the titular town]], and expresses the TragicDream that someday she might come back for him.
200	* "The Famous Polka" by Music/TheyMightBeGiants is about a guy making any comparisons he can to justify his crush on a famous person, but realizing in the end that she doesn't love him back.
201	* "Pop Princess" by Music/TheClickFive is, as the name implies, a song about a normal guy who's in love with a pop star.
202	* "Funny Little Frog" by Music/BelleAndSebastian describes a man's obsessive daydreaming about a girl on a poster on his wall. He knows he's [[ForgetsToEat neglecting his health]] and [[HairTriggerTemper alienating his real friends]], but insists it's CourtlyLove and he has no intention of making it real.
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204
205	[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
206	* Wrestling/TheBeautifulPeople had a crush on Vice Presidential Nominee Sarah Palin's husband, to the point they didn't even really know what Sarah herself looked like. Wrestling/VelvetSky and Wrestling/AngelinaLove anyway. Not [[Wrestling/BillyGunn Kip]].
207	* Jim Nye, science guy, for ''Series/{{Cosmos}}: A Spacetime Odyssey'' host, Astrophysicist Neil Degrasse Tyson.
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209
210	[[folder: Radio]]
211	* ''Radio/ChrisAndCiara'': Ciara has one on Roger Federer.
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213
214	[[folder:Roleplay]]
215	* PlayedForLaughs in ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues'' when Jemimah admits her celebrity crush is Kimura Masahiro- a ''deceased'' judoka.
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217
218	[[folder:Video Games]]
219	* In ''VideoGame/NancyDrew: The Curse of Blackmoor Manor'', inside Jane's room is a TV poster prominently featuring in-universe celebrity Brady Armstrong. When Nancy finds it, the kid gleefully asks her if she thinks Brady's cute. [[spoiler:The latter was probably a deliberate attempt to distract Nancy, as Jane is an experienced manipulator who has several things she wants to keep secret near the poster.]]
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221
222	[[folder:Web Animation]]
223	* ''WebAnimation/ADayWithBowserJr'': Bowser Jr is in love with famous Koopa journalist Kylie Koopa.
224	* ''WebAnimation/PrincessNatasha'': Greg has one on Princess Natasha. Somehow, he fails to realize the exchange student living with his family is the Princess in spite of his posters of her and the fact she doesn't hide her name and nationality.
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226
227	[[folder:Webcomics]]
228	* Several appear in ''Webcomic/DorkTower'' over the years, most notably Matt with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Carson the muskrat with Megan Morrone. Megan refuses to discuss whether her baby is actually Carson's...
229	* Vriska from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' has one on Creator/NicolasCage, complete with StalkerShrine.
230	** John, the guy who first showed a video of Cage to Vriska, has one on Liv Tyler. Or, if you ask [[DeadpanSnarker Dave]], Matt [=McConnaughey=].
231	* ''Webcomic/{{Marry Me\|BobbyCrosby}}'': Parker has a massive crush on pop-idol Stasia.
232	* Professor Madblood, the RobotMaster from ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'' has one on Creator/JenniferConnelly. He uses her voice and face for an ArtificialIntelligence he builds.
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234
235	[[folder:Web Original]]
236	* Jessica of ''Podcast/FatFrenchAndFabulous'' has a thing for both [[CargoShip the Metropolitan Transit Authority]] and the Queen of England.
237	-->"I will not apologize for appreciating the Queen's body. She might be a far-off, purely symbolic head of state to you, but to me she's just Betty from the block."
238	* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic has a ''huge'' one for Creator/CatherineZetaJones. Watch any review of his for a movie she's in and he will go gaga.
239	** Likewise WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick for Creator/WillSmith, not that she'd admit it.
240	** The Critic has ''also'' demonstrated a [[StupidSexyFlanders crush]] on [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Will Smith]], occasionally having to [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday remind himself he likes boobs]].
241	** So far WebVideo/TheRapCritic has made two jokes about being attracted to Music/NickiMinaj, one involving a FreudianSlip and the other implying masturbation. Well, there was a joke where he did a [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/rap-critic/specials/40129-rap-critic-has-a-special-message-for-nicki-minaj fake proposal]], but that was only to parody DJ Khaled's actual [[WackyMarriageProposal proposal to Nicki on MTV]].
242	** [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] admits that part of why he saw ''When In Rome'' regards Kristen Bell, though the quality of the movie kinda hurt his crush. His review of ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum 2'' also mentions the "absolutely adorable Creator/AmyAdams - I know you're all thinking of this...".
243	* Creator/SamAndMickey's videos give [[Franchise/{{Barbie}} Stacie]] a crush on Music/JustinBieber.
244	* ''WebVideo/SMPLive'':
245	** Schlatt has one towards [[FamedInStory [=AntVenom=]]], his self-described "childhood hero", who he wants to defeat the Ender Dragon with and sleep in the same bed with.
246	** While not as overt as Schlatt's, Connor does have this to say about [=AntVenom=]:
247	---> '''<[=ConnorEatsPants=]>''' god i just want him to kick my ass
248	* [=MK3=] of ''Swag Sold Separately'' has one on Music/CarlyRaeJepsen.
249	* Matt of ''WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay'' has expressed an attraction towards Creator/EmmaStone.
250	* In ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical'', this is presumably the reason why Ron wouldn't be able to destroy an [[Film/HighSchoolMusical Ashley Tisdale]] poster [[spoiler: if it was a horcrux, like the Creator/ZacEfron poster.]]
251	* ''WebVideo/VlogBrothers'': Music/HankGreen has one on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP1q5lo1cTo Helen Hunt]]. And who can blame him? She's ''Helen Hunt!''
252	[[/folder]]
253
254	[[folder:Western Animation]]
255	* Jake the Dog from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' has one [[TheKnightsWhoSaySquee on the legendary hero Billy]]. "I love you, Billy! [[HoYay I got a secret crush on you, Billy!]]"
256	* ''{{WesternAnimation/Animaniacs}}'':
257	** It's a RunningGag that Dot has a crush on Creator/MelGibson. Much to his [[AbhorrentAdmirer annoyance]].
258	** In the episode "The Taming of the Screwy" Yakko is desperate to attend the big Hollywood party so he can hit on Michelle Pfeiffer.
259	* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In "Boyz 4 Now", the boy-hating Louise is horrified to find herself crushing on Boo-Boo, the youngest member of the eponymous BoyBand.
260	* Sarah [=DuBois=] from ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' is openly attracted to ([[WhereDaWhiteWomenAt black male]]) celebrities such as {{Music/Usher}}, UsefulNotes/BarackObama, and [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Pretty Boy]] [[Music/ChrisBrown Flizzy]]; much to the chagrin of her husband Tom, who becomes paranoid that his wife might want to have extramarital affairs with these aforementioned celebrities (though fortunately Sarah [[MistakenForCheating doesn't actually commit adultery]] against Tom).
261	* ''WesternAnimation/TheCrumpets'' has Caprice, and Cassandra and her mother admiring the actor Cradley Booper, who try to meet him via helicopter at one point, with only Cassandra succeeding. Caprice owns a cutout of him that Cassandra fights for her turn at its custody in one episode, and her mother never realizes that it's not a real man. Then there's also Caprice's brother Pfff being drawn to the weather girl, who is Booper's publicized girlfriend.
262	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'':
263	** [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Both of Timmy Turner's parents]] have a crush on Chip Skylark, and so did Vicky until she found out he was broke.
264	** Cosmo has a crush on pop star Britney Britney, as does Timmy's bully Francis.
265	* Meg from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' has a crush on Tom Tucker and has a daydream sequence that recreates the SexySurfacingShot sequence from ''Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh''.
266	* On ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', Wilma and Betty crushed on [[PunnyName Stony Curtis]] and [[PunnyName Cary Granite]] and Fred and Barney crushed on [[PunnyName Ann Margrock]].
267	* The ''WesternAnimation/GalaxyHigh'' episode "Those Eyes, Those Lips" shows Booey Bubblehead being infatuated with a singer named Mick Maggers.
268	* Cleofatra from ''WesternAnimation/GravedaleHigh'' has a crush on werewolf soap star Billy Headstone from ''Trudy and the Beast''.
269	* In ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn'', the characters [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind go into Harley's mind]] and are helped by a teenage Creator/FrankieMuniz, guest-starring AsHimself. Apparently Harley used to have a huge crush on him! [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior Also, an elaborate plot to kidnap, marry, and get pregnant by him]].
270	* ''WesternAnimation/KickButtowski'' has an idol worship thing on [[PunnyName Billy Stumps]].
271	* ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyB'' has a hero worship thing for Miriam Breedlove.
272	* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' plays with this trope. Main character Marinette has a [[CannotSpitItOut hopeless crush]] on her classmate Adrien, a teenage fashion model whose picture is all over Paris. Meanwhile, Adrien has a crush on the superheroine Ladybug (who is Marinette but [[TwoPersonLoveTriangle he doesn't actually know that]]) and constantly flirts with her as Chat Noir. However, in both cases, neither is attracted by the other's fame; Chat falls for Ladybug after she shows courage in the face of danger while Marinette initially mistakes Adrien for a jerkass and is won over by his kindness ([[ObliviousToLove not that he realizes that]]).
273	** In a straighter example, "Princess Fragrance" shows that resident sweetheart Rose has a crush on an equally kind prince. Unfortunately, so does [[AlphaBitch Chloé]], which ends up leading to Rose's akumatization.
274	** That said, Marinette and Kagame (and potentially Chloé[[note]]Who knew him before he was famous and has also made a few GoldDigger comments explaining their potential relationship[[/note]]) are the ''only'' girls who like Adrien for himself. He has legions of fangirls (and a few [[EvenTheGuysWantHim fanboys]]) thanks to his good looks and having his pictures posted all around Paris.
275	* Played straight in the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E13SimpleWays Simple Ways]]" when Rarity develops a crush on famous travel writer Trenderhoof. This is quickly [[InvertedTrope inverted]] when Trenderhoof develops a crush on Applejack.
276	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies'' episode "The Frickert Fracas," Maude Frickert fancies Glen Campbell.
277	* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': Dr. Bergs seems to have one on Ellen Ochoa. He has a coffee mug with her face on it, and when she shakes his hand, he looks at his hand and smiles with absolute glee, almost like he's thinking "I'll never wash this hand again!". Dr. Rafferty can be seen giving him a funny look after that happens.
278	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': During her HighSchool days, Marge Simpson had a crush on [[Music/TheBeatles Ringo Starr]], and painted pictures of herself with him, including one of them getting married.
279	** In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E14BrotherFromTheSamePlanet "Brother From the Same Planet"]], Marge reveals to Lisa that when she was little, she had a crush on Creator/BobbySherman; Lisa responds by laughing openly.
280	* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': In the song "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel," Gerald sings about his crush on Creator/CourteneyCox to Kyle's bemusement and Sheila's annoyance.
281	* In ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'', Janna mentions she has a crush on Creator/JohnKeats.
282	* On ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Total Drama World Tour]],'' [[LoonyFan Sierra]] has a "[[StalkerWithACrush crush]]" on Cody from his time in the previous seasons (since ''Total Drama'' is also a Reality ShowWithinAShow).
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