Line #45 Main/FanBoy


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4	->''"It's true that it is always the winners that write history. But it is the losers that do the Transformers Wikipedia entry."''
5	-->-- '''Website/TFWikiDotNet''' on '''[[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Comic_issue_2.7#Starscream.27s_stars Starscream]]'''
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7	The term used for obsessive fans of a particular activity that goes a bit too far onto the creepy side. Unlike {{fangirl}}s (which usually refers to women obsessed with characters and their relationships with either other characters or themselves to the exclusion of the rest of the elements of the canon), the term "fanboy" is usually reserved for antisocial people with a self-inflated ego over their knowledge and/or mastery of the topic in question, often parading it around and belittling those around him.[[note]]Which means that yes, you can have [[GenderInvertedTrope male fangirls and female fanboys]].[[/note]] They are to fandoms what StopHavingFunGuys are to tournament rules. Other times, the term is used to describe people who overzealously defend the perceived objective quality of the object of their obsession.
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9	In Japanese, the term {{Otaku}} is synonymous with this, but once implied almost stalker-like attitude as well. The original meaning got lost when it was adopted by English-language fans of {{Anime}}, but nowadays, "Otaku" is used in Japan as widely and positively as elsewhere.
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11	See also AscendedFanboy, PromotedFanboy, FanDumb, SawStarWarsTwentySevenTimes, StrawFan, TestosteroneBrigade, and RunningTheAsylum.
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14	!!Examples:
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17	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
18	* Mitsuru from ''Manga/BattleRoyale'' is a Kiriyama fanboy, that promised to serve him after being saved from a beat down.
19	* Graham Specter from ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'' is the No. 1 Ladd Russo fanboy.
20	* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', the two racist classmates who bully Suzaku - the FatAndSkinny ones - are credited as "Otaku 1 and 2". In their first appearance, they're taking pictures of the scene of a massacre, and lamenting that the military didn't use heavier weapons. Then they complain that Suzaku broke their cameras when he ''saved them''.
21	* [[LoonyFan Mikami]] of ''Anime/DeathNote'' is a Kira fanboy that would do just about anything for "God".
22	* Akito Tenkawa and Gai Daigouji of ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' are such huge fans of ''Geikiganger 3'' that they even use attacks and battle cries from that show when fighting the Jovians.
23	* Bartolomeo from ''Manga/OnePiece'' is a ''massive'' fanboy of Luffy ever since Loguetown, an event that would eventually lead him to becoming a pirate. To the point that his ship is a nearly exact replica of the Going Merry, save that the figurehead is Luffy and the name is "Going Luffy-senpai".
24	* ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'':
25	** Rua is a fan of both Yusei and Jack, since both have held the title of 'King of Riding Duels'. Yusei also has huge fans in fellow inmate Yanagi and Team Taiyou's Yoshizo. [[spoiler: A more creepy example is Z-One, who is ''such'' a Yusei fanboy that he surgically altered himself to look ''exactly like Yusei''.]]
26	** A young boy called Toby is a big Aki fanboy, to the point that he joined the Arcadia Movement due to his admiration of her. [[spoiler: This ends up [[KillTheCutie horribly]] for him.]]
27	* In ''Manga/Eyeshield21'', Akira "Chuubou" Nakabou is a big fan of the protagonist Sena Kobayakawa. He stated that he planned to enroll in Deimon High School after graduating middle school to join the Devil Bats. He immediately jumps at the chance of joining the Japanese High School Football team for the world cup and is the only player from Kansai that is not a member of the prestigious Teikoku Alexanders to be included in the first string team.
28	* Minami Kenjirou of ''Anime/YuriOnIce'' is a huge Katsuki Yuuri fanboy (though not to an unhealthy extent), getting extremely excited about competing against him and defending his honor when Yuuri starts self-deprecating himself, telling him that he doesn't have a "dark past" and that by criticizing himself so harshly, he's also condemning those who look up to him. Yuuri repays him by loudly wishing Minami good luck before his performance, increasing his confidence.
29	* Yosuke Shibazaki, from ''Manga/UncleFromAnotherWorld'', is a hardcore Creator/{{Sega}} fanboy. When he awakens from his coma[=/=]returns from his {{Isekai}} adventures, the news that Sega had been out of the console industry for years hits him hard.
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32	[[folder:Comic Books]]
33	* ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} is such a huge fan of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] that he doesn't mind the latter beating him up.
34	* ''ComicBook/ThePunisherWelcomeBackFrank'': The Russian mentions that he is a founding member of the "Daredevil: Man Without Fear"-fan club in Smolensk, and expresses a hope that he will be able to get Spider-Man's autograph before leaving New York.
35	* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': Ironfist is an ''enormous'' nerd for [[BadassCrew the Wreckers]], including writing tons of data files on them, buying memorabilia, and knowing all sorts of minutae that would only interest hardcore fans of the team (the Transformers Wiki even notes "Oh dear lord, he's ''us!''"). He [[AscendedFanboy ascends]] to join the team he idolizes in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersLastStandOfTheWreckers''. Flashbacks reveal he has ''always'' been like this--before the Wreckers came into being, he geeked out over the Primal Vanguard, an early Cybertronian peacekeeping detachment.
36	* Luther in ''ComicBook/MisfitCity'' is revealed to be a huge fan of Garth Hemming, to the point he forgets about his mission with his sister to gush over him in-person.
37	* ''ComicBook/MollyDanger'': Brian, Austin's stepson, is a [=HUGE=] fan of Molly Danger. He knows all the villains she faced, and is over the moon when he meets her in person.
38	* The ''ComicBook/XMen'' villain Sauron is obviously a ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' fanboy, as he named himself after that trilogy's BigBad.
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41	[[folder:Fan Works]]
42	* In ''Fanfic/AlmostPsychoChuckChicken'' Chuck is a fanboy of the Hated Six, another crossover group from ''Fanfic/TheHaterGood''.
43	* Hiro (of ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'') is a huge [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] fan in ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/3212093/chapters/8076183 Magnets for Trouble]]''; after meeting him unexpectedly, Hiro nearly starts hyperventilating.
44	* In ''Fanfic/{{Traveler}}'', Max is a massive fanboy of Ash's, knowing all his stats (something Ash himself doesn't know) and asking numerous, often uncomfortable, questions such as whether Sneasel is responsible for Ash's facial scar. In contrast, Brendan is a fan too but is able to hold a normal conversation with Ash.
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47	[[folder:Films — Animation]]
48	* In ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'', Hiro Hamada is shown to be a mild fanboy of Professor Callaghan, complete with a small gush moment when he meets him.
49	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'', Goth Kid becomes quickly enamored with both La Muerte and Xibalba. [[spoiler:He ''faints'' when La Muerte waves goodbye to him and the others.]]
50	* Syndrome of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'' used to be this for Mr. Incredible. He didn't take rejection well.
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53	[[folder:Films — Live-Action]]
54	* In ''Film/ArmyOfFrankensteins'', Dr. Finski did his experiments out of a love of ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' and its adaptations, down to naming his adopted son Igor.
55	* ''Film/TheAvengers2012'':
56	** Agent Phil Coulson has vintage Captain America trading cards. Completing the set took him years. Also, [[ThatCameOutWrong he watched Rogers while he was sleeping]].... we-we mean, he was... he was present, while [[HumanPopsicle Rogers was unconscious...from the... ice]].
57	** Tony Stark is a fan of Bruce Banner for the latter's work on anti-electron collisions, and he claims that he is a huge fan of the way Bruce [[UnstoppableRage loses control and]] [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk turns into an enormous green rage monster]].
58	--> '''Bruce''': [[DeadpanSnarker "....thanks."]]
59	* Creator/PattonOswalt's character Paul in ''Film/BigFan''. Unlike most fanboys, Paul does not obsesses over Sci Fi, Fantasy, Comics, Anime, or Video Games, he is a football fan. He was beaten up by his sport hero, and does not press charges in order to support his favorite team The Giants.
60	%%* The film ''Film/{{Fanboys}}''. Duh.
61	* ''Film/FreeEnterprise'' is a whole film devoted to this. It follows two fanboys who fulfill the nerd dream of striking up a friendship with Creator/WilliamShatner, only to find out he's as much of a loser (in-universe, mind you) as they are.
62	* Kylo Ren is completely obsessed with Darth Vader and fulfilling his legacy in ''Film/TheForceAwakens''. He keeps Vader's melted mask in his room like a shrine and talks to it like someone might pray, and Rey finds out that his greatest fear is not being as strong as Vader was.
63	* [[AffectionateParody Affectionately parodied]] in ''Film/GalaxyQuest'' with the character Brandon, played by Justin Long. Not only does he find that the franchise he obssesses over is 'real', he helps save the day!
64	* Jimmie "The Rocketman" Zara is this to Troy Bolton in ''Film/HighSchoolMusical 3.''
65	* Walt the Fanboy in Film/TheViewAskewniverse movies (''Film/{{Mallrats}}'', ''Film/ChasingAmy'', ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'').
66	* In ''Film/KayfabeAFakeRealMovieAboutAFakeRealSport'', Cam Cunningham is obsessed with the wrestling business and with Randy Tyler, and yearns to be a wrestler himself.
67	* In ''Film/IngridGoesWest'', Dan Pinto is writing an unofficial Batman screenplay, jams out to the ''Film/BatmanForever'' soundtrack, calls his car the Batmobile, and starts his dates by talking about how great Creator/JimCarrey was as the Riddler. His fanaticism is PlayedForLaughs until he reveals his obsession started when he was orphaned and coped by pretending to be Bruce Wayne.
68	* In ''Film/SaveYourLegs'', Teddy Brown is a UsefulNotes/{{Cricket}} fanboy, and in particular of legendary Indian player Sachin Tendulkar. His entire life revolves around cricket, with him working a cricket centre. As a teenager he sneaked into the Indian dressing room during a test match in Melbourne and stole Tendulkar's box from his gear bag. As an adult, he tricks his boss into sponsoring his extremely average suburban team on a tour of India, where he hopes to meet Tandulkar.
69	* ''Film/WonderWoman2017'': Steve Trevor makes it clear that he is an avid fan of Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs.
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72	[[folder:Literature]]
73	* ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' Believe it or not, the Count is this for his own homeland. When Jonathan asks him about the history of his people, Dracula happily regales him in a long story about his people's badassery back in the day.
74	* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': Colin Creevey is Harry Potter's very eager fanboy, including asking for an autographed picture, though he tones it down in later books.
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77	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
78	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Mr Trick is one of ''ComicStrip/{{Marmaduke}}''. "Nobody can tell Marmaduke what to do. That's my kinda dog."
79	* On ''Series/{{CSINY}}'', Mac's team joke about "that eight-hour documentary of Reagan" he's always watching. He keeps a framed 8x10 of the president displayed in his office as well.
80	* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
81	** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E4TheGreatestShowInTheGalaxy "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy"]]: The character of "Whizzkid" is widely-seen as a demonstration of how the show's creators at the time regarded fanboys. Especially his rapid and horrible death.
82	** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E15PlanetOfTheDead "Planet of the Dead"]]: UNIT scientist Malcolm Taylor is so excited to be speaking to his idol over the phone that the Doctor is slightly put off.
83	** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E3TheUnquietDead "The Unquiet Dead"]] the Ninth Doctor himself gushes to Creator/CharlesDickens that he's the author's "biggest fan". He then has to explain that "fan" is short for "fanatic". Dickens is a bit put off, but warms to the excited Time Lord soon enough.
84	* During the "iStart A Fan War" episode of ''Series/ICarly'', there is one fanboy for the Sam/Freddie 'Seddie' {{Shipping}} couple who is a textbook version of this. He stands up and shouts "SEDDIE!" over and over. For those with knowledge of the fandom, he's obviously based on one specific FandomVIP who became well known for those antics on the creators blog and websites.
85	* ''Series/Sense8'': Nomi's friend Bug denies the actual "fanboy" term but is still a ''huge'' fan of telenovela star Lito Rodriguez. He's very excited when he learns that Nomi and Lito are part of the same [[PsychicLink Sensate Cluster]] and asks Nomi to pass on his compliments about Lito's work.
86	* Fanbot from ''Series/VRTroopers''. Although mostly comic relief with his Hollywood fanboy personality and proved to be a bit clumsy, he was actually [[NotSoHarmlessVillain the most powerful monster of the week they faced all season]]. Before fighting the Troopers, he was assigned to destroy a traitorous ally's super powerful robot, which he did [[CurbStompBattle fairly easily]]. JB's normal finishing move (the laser lance) was so ineffective that be it impalement, slashing, you name it, it only tickled to the point where he made a joke about it. JB actually had to hit him with the techno-bazooka to defeat him, [[NighInvulnerable a weapon used against multiple aircraft]] (but repowered his laser lance and attacked the already defeated robot for some reason). His personality was lampshaded when JB said during the battle "sorry, no autographs" and "there's nothing worse than an angry fan". He actually wasn't a fanboy by designed but a giant industrial fan (he killed the other robot by sucking his parts through his blades), so his name was a [[{{Pun}} pun on fan]].
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89	[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
90	* 1900-30s wrestler Wrestling/EdStranglerLewis didn't actually have a reputation for using any strangleholds and gave himself the name because he was a fanboy of 1890s wrestler Evan "Strangler" Lewis. This was fairly obvious to crowds in the US but utterly confused the fans and promoters in France, who mistakenly called his sleeper hold a "strangle hold" despite it being a much safer blood choke that does not actually restrain the airway.
91	* Negro Navarro of the Lucha Libre Internacional PowerTrio "Los Misioneros de la Muerte" was a fan boy of Black Shadow, and followed in Shadow's footsteps when it came to trying to end the career of Wrestling/ElSanto. Lucha Libre is little different than other forms of pro wrestling when it comes to HeelFaceTurn, however, resulting in Black Shadow himself, along with his TagTeam partner Blue Demon, coming to Santo's side in further confrontations after Los Misioneros de la Muerte almost killed him.
92	* Wrestling/StevieRichards early days in Wrestling/{{ECW}} saw him wrestle under the ring names Stevie The Body, Stevie Flamingo and Stevie Polo. He was a fan boy of Wrestling/{{Raven}}.
93	* Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, a white wrestler, shares his ring name with a black ''Comicbook/{{Blade}}''[==]''Comicbook/GhostRider'' villain. ''That'' Christopher Daniels has a SuperVillain identity called Suicide and Christopher Daniels the wrestler has a masked identity called Suicide. Is any more elaboration needed?
94	* The Road Dogg got that name because the unflattering gimmick was that of a Wrestling/JeffJarrett roadie/groupie. He'd eventually follow in Jarrett's footsteps as a wrestling musician, although he preformed rap music for Wrestling/RonKillings and Wrestling/{{Konnan}} rather than continue with country.
95	* In Wrestling/{{WCW}}, Wrestling/{{Jimmy\|WangYang}} Yang's gimmick was that of a ''Film/TheLastDragon'' fanboy, to the extent that Wrestling/RingOfHonor, and later, Wrestling/{{N\|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA Vendetta brought in ''The'' Bruce [=LeRoy=] to serve as his manager(in the former) and avenge a loss he suffered to Jimi Mayhem(in the latter).
96	* Wrestling/JimmyJacobs to Wrestling/BruiserBrody, Wrestling/TheBarbarian, [[Wrestling/JohnNord Berserker]] and Wrestling/KevinSullivan. He's even had the pleasure of having his ass handed to him by the latter, but not before taking Sullivan's prized railroad spike. He has the fuzzy boots of Brody and recruited [[Wrestling/LukeHarper a Brody lookalike]] for his Age Of The Fall. And one of his {{red baron}}s was "Barbaric Berserker".
97	* Wrestling/TommyDreamer was a fanboy of the Puerto Rican version of the World Wrestling Council, as well as it's rival IWA PR and IWA PR's predecessor IWA Japan. He missed his chance to work for WWC and IWA Japan during his first trip through Puerto Rico but readily capitalized on another to work in WWC during 2010, when he showed up during the thirty seventh Aniversario tour to gush about all his favorite wrestlers who worked there before him, before he got beat up by Black Pain, then showed up the next night of the tour again before being taken out by Wrestling/SheltonBenjamin. ECW portrayed him in a much more flattering light during his feud with one of his IWA Japan idols Wrestling/MickFoley, though it also showed Dreamer being more ignorant than he really was in order to make him look like that much more of a Foley fan.
98	* Rory Gulak attended Wrestling/{{CZW}} events as a fan, dressed up as "Sick" Nick Mondo, before becoming a pro wrestler. [[AscendedFanboy Upon getting onto CZW shows as a wrestler]] he went right back to dressing as Nick Mondo, began calling himself Rory Mondo and used all of Nick Mondo's moves.
99	* Wrestling/KennyOmega is a fan boy of Capcom video games ''Franchise/MegaMan'' and ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', the latter of which he references in his matches, when able. Because ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' was still hot when he debuted, he also has elements of that in his [[TheGimmick gimmick]], making him a big video game fan boy in tights.
100	* Wrestling/{{Abyss}} is a Mick Foley mark, which wasn't entirely obvious aside from his ring gear resembling Foley's Mankind gimmick. That was until Abyss began to work for Wrestling/{{TNA}}, which saw him slowly transition from WrestlingMonster to GarbageWrestler in the vein of Foley and going from TheStoic to lots of verbalization that even sounded like Mankind. Then TNA brought in Foley himself, who wasn't very impressed with Abyss's imitation of him. This didn't stop Abyss from getting his own version of Foley's {{named weapon\|s}} of choice "Barbie" in "Janice".
101	* The Super Smash Brothers of Canada's International Wrestling Syndicate are fan boys of Nintendo video games, especially the eight bit ones. [[Wrestling/HunterJohnston Delirious]]'s promo at a Chikara event stressing that they "upgrade to HD" quickly became {{memetic\|mutation}} (even more later when Nintendo actually did "upgrade" to such with the Wii U).
102	* Sonjay Dutt, [[Wrestling/MotorCityMachineGuns Chris Sabin]] and Wrestling/JayLethal were given a ''Series/{{Jackass}}'' fanboy gimmick in TNA during 2006 to help promote an upcoming ''Jackass'' movie. Unfortunately the fans who had came to see pro wrestling did not find it very endearing. Much better liked was Lethal's fan boy imitations of pro wrestling legends Wrestling/RandySavage and Wrestling/RicFlair.
103	* Wrestling/EddieKingston is a huge fan of Tommy Dreamer. His ArchNemesis Wrestling/ChrisHero and Hero's TagTeam partner Wrestling/ClaudioCastagnoli purposefully crashed Wrestling/{{Chikara}}'s eighth anniversary show in order [[EvilIsPetty to deprive Kingston]] a chance to wrestle Dreamer.
104	* In spite of his Jujitsu gimmick, which would seemingly put them at odds, Wrestling/KyleOReilly of reDRagon is a huge Wrestling/KazushiSakuraba fanboy, as revealed during Wrestling/RingOfHonor's talent exchange with Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling. He frequently [[IgnoredEnemy forgot]] all about Sakuraba's partner, Gedo, when happily telling everyone who would listen Sakuraba was challenging him and Fish for ROH's TagTeam Title belts.
105	* Wrestling/MikeBennett of The Kingdom turned XPacHeat into good heat at Ring Of Honor shows by acting as one to Wrestling/CMPunk and using all of the moves Punk was known for in ROH.
106	* Dragon Shynron, ACH and Mr. 450 are fan boys of ''Franchise/DragonBall'', the former two even [[TagTeam team]] together as "FusionDance". Unlike most depictions of fan boys, they're also ''awesome''. 450 eventually toned down the ''Dragon Ball'' elements of his gimmick when he decided to turn his "Mecha Wolf" Playstation tag into a gimmick, but ACH has since gone on to reference other comics like ''Manga/OnePiece''.
107	* Wrestling/MontelVontaviousPorter is one to Wrestling/MasahiroChono, to the point he basically became Chono, while wrestling under a mask in Wrestling Retribution Project. After Nosawa Rongai brought him in New Japan, as a replacement for himself in Kojima gun, Porter became one to that very Wrestling/SatoshiKojima, being the only remaining member of the stable to remain loyal to him when Wrestling/MinoruSuzuki took it over. He set out to beat wrestlers Kojima lost to, such as Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi and still followed him after succeeding!
108	* Chinese wrestler Jun Hado uses a Japanese ring name on the account of being a fan boy of [[Wrestling/KeijiMutoh The Great Muta]]. It's also why he teams with The Great Akuma(not to be confused with Wrestling/GranAkuma), a Japanese wrestler and Muta imitator[[note]]That's {{the gimmick}}. He was told he'd make more money in North America acting Japanese, on account of there being few Chinese wrestlers with any fan followings there, until Wrestling/{{Sabu}} told him otherwise[[/note]].
109	* If you ever wondered why a three hundred sixty five pound football player like [[Wrestling/QuinnOjinnaka Moose]] walked away from the NFL to do drop kicks to the rope(not from, ''[[LightningBruiser to]]'' those on it), it's because he's a fanboy of Wrestling/KazuchikaOkada. To that end he turned down offers from several larger promotions to follow Okada's path through Wrestling/DragonGate and thought his manager Stokley Carmichael was just joking when he told Moose he'd been booked against Okada at an ROH/NJPW cross promotional show. Okada(and Gedo) took a liking to Moose and recruited him as a TagTeam partner.
110	* Much to Wrestling/DaltonCastle's surprise, The Boys who wait on him hand and foot are also huge fans of Kazuchika Okada. Okada himself had no idea what to make of them but eventually drug them into the ring in order to pose with him [[UnderestimatingBadassery when he thought he had Castle dead to rights]].
111	* Wrestling/MattTaven is a fan boy of Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi, openly admitting that he thinks Tanahashi is cooler than any of his stablemates in The Kingdom. By Taven's own account it also drove him to stay up at night wondering why Tanahashi chose Michael Elgin as a TagTeam partner, as he would rant about while on the shelf with an injury.
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114	[[folder:Theatre]]
115	* In ''Theatre/CesareIlCreatoreCheHaDistrutto'', 16-year-old Cesare Borgia is the biggest Creator/DanteAlighieri fan in his class at Pisa University. He schools the others on the historical situation Dante was writing in, and essentially takes over the class from the famous professor everyone came there to hear from -- somewhat justified, since that professor wouldn't call on any of the students besides Giovanni de'Medici, who gave canned, superficial, proper answers. Cesare, on the other hand, acknowledges the side of Dante and his writing that the Florentines would rather cover up (see ''Monarchia'' on Dante's page). This is all shown as Cesare hearing the voice of the poet in his mind, and even singing duets with him (in which they debate, and eventually, Dante tells Cesare to go forth and become the emperor he believes Italy needs).
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118	[[folder:Toys]]
119	* Solek from ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' is a Kopaka-fanboy, to the point that he changed his color to white to look more like his idol. When they meet, Solek's overjoyed and starts asking about his legendary adventures, which Kopaka doesn't remember due to amnesia.
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122	[[folder:Video Games]]
123	* In ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'', Dennis becomes this to Amy when he finds out that she has her own Twitch channel on which she streams herself playing video games. Amy doesn’t appreciate it.
124	* The Adoring Fan of ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' was a character who would appear after you became the Arena Grand Champion and follow you everywhere. His obsessive devotion to your character has led many people to try to kill him by any means necessary, and his tendency to respawn only made him more annoying.
125	* Conrad Verner, Shepard's [[ThisLoserIsYou biggest fan]] in ''Franchise/MassEffect''.
126	* Elder Xelpud in ''VideoGame/LaMulana'' is an Platform/{{MSX}} fanboy, and a few of his quotes have him [[TakeThat railing against the]] [[Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]].
127	* Dr. Hal Emmerich, in the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' universe, is a brilliant scientist...who self-identifies as an Otaku. His code name, Otacon, is derived from Otakon, the Otaku Convention. (This was done with the con's permission; in return, their program each year lists "Dr. Hal Emmerich" as their "Scientific Adviser.")
128	* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'':
129	** The [[ShowWithinAShow fictional TV show]] ''Steel Samurai'' in the games has a few of these, as well as its spin-offs like the Nickle Samurai and the Pink Princess and rival show Jammin' Ninja. Maya is a huge fan of all of these and is always dragging Phoenix into the mix, and in the third case of the first game, we meet Cody Hackins, a kid who obsesses over the show so much that he photographs all of the Steel Samurai's finishing moves and refuses to believe that the Steel Samurai would lose a fight/get murdered. Cody's Japanese name, Kyuuta Ootaki, is a similar to that of {{Otaku}}.
130	** Miles Edgeworth. It's subtle enough in the other games, but it's {{exaggerated\|Trope}} in Edgeworth's own spin-off game. At one point he even tells someone they're not fit to call themselves a true fan of the Steel Samurai because [[spoiler: they claim to have gone to the bathroom during the climactic scene of the play.]] And does the {{hilarity ensue\|s}} when Edgeworth finds out [[spoiler: the guy under the Steel Samurai costume who he's been fanboying all evening is Larry Butz.]]
131	%%* Francis in ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario''.
132	* ''VideoGame/MarioPartyAdvance'':
133	** Mr. E is a huge fan of mysteries, and he pops up whenever one happens, usually getting in the way of the people who are actually trying to solve it. He has to be shooed away from the scene of a crime multiple times.
134	** The leader of the Toad Force V fanclub, Lantern Ghost, is insanely obsessive and owns way more merch for the show than is sane.
135	* Eusine from ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'' really, really likes Suicune.
136	* Hifumi Yamada from ''Franchise/DanganRonpa'' is literally known as "Super Duper High School Otaku."
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139	[[folder:Webcomics]]
140	* ''Webcomic/BlasterNation'' is heavy on this, especially Matt and the Fort Shadaloo group.
141	* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Nanase and Ellen [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2013-05-31 gain one]] [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2013-06-03 in Elijah]] due to [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?arcid=107 their mystery solving adventures.]]
142	* In ''Webcomic/{{Skins}}'' Jordan and Rabbit are huge geeks despite being hardened supernatural soldiers. Jordan is enough of nerd to cosplay as [[spoiler: Commander Shepard]] and Rabbit attends the costume party as [[spoiler:Dante]] and [[http://lj-phillips.deviantart.com/art/Under-My-Skin-4-Say-My-Name-374116884 refuses to even answer Jordan unless she addresses him as such!]]
143	* In ''Webcomic/TheSpecialists'', [[http://thespecialistscomic.com/page-81/ Max to Captain Victory]]. Poor Max.
144	* ''Webcomic/WeakHero'':
145	** Eugene is a self-described "delinquent fan", hence his extensive knowledge on all the ones that Gray comes across.
146	** Doyun was convinced to join the Cheongang due to a deep admiration for [[TheAce Juwon]] and his immense strength- the panel where Juwon brings him on shows him with a starstruck LuminescentBlush.
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149	[[folder:Web Original]]
150	* Captain Hammer from ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' has a fan trio composed of two {{fangirl}}s and a CampGay fanboy. After his humiliating defeat, they abandon him in favor of Dr. Horrible.
151	* Website/ChannelAwesome has Douchey [=McNitpick=], a repulsive kid who [[BasementDweller lives in his mother's basement]] and represents FanDumb to the WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic, [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] and WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick.
152	* All four main members of [[WebVideo/BrainScratchCommentaries The Brain Scratch Crew]] are fanboys of the [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic The Hedgehog series]].
153	* In ''WebVideo/VaguelyRecallingJoJo'', Kakyoin is a big fan of ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'' and he's a huge enthusiast of portable games, as he cried when his DS and PSP were broken.
154	* Chonny, of ''WebVideo/{{yourchonny}}'' fame, is a fanboy of Jessica from Music/GirlsGeneration.
155	* In season 2 of ''WebAnimation/XRayAndVav'', Dragonface (voiced by Kerry Shawcross) is a huge fan of the duo, despite having a restraining order on him.
156	* ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'' tweaks Kuradeel's character to reveal that [[spoiler:he is this to Laughing Coffin, and he wants to kill Kirito for "tainting their image".]]
157	* ''WebVideo/SgtDucky'': Ducky's videos are filled to the brim with video games, movies and TV show references. He also made a whole video on the shortcomings of Game of Thrones season 8's shortcomings.
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161	* Darth on ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'' is a ''Franchise/StarWars'' fanboy. He wears a cape and a Darth Vader helmet, carries a red lightsaber, and is part of the Jedi Knights club. Oddly, one of the "clones" (mean girls) is also in the Jedi Knights club, AnAesop about how you shouldn't label people.
162	* On ''WesternAnimation/AlmostNakedAnimals'', Howie is so obsessed with a stuntman named Dirk Danger that he hangs out in Dirk Danger's cave and tries to coax him out of retirement.
163	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNJ6dFwh8a4&t=29s The Please Please Please Get a Life Foundation]] was created to help these people.
164	* "Frothy" on ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' counts, although personality-wise he's almost more of a male fangirl.
165	* In ''WesternAnimation/CentralPark'', Season 1 "[[Recap/CentralParkS1E7SquirrelInterrupted Squirrel, Interrupted]]", Cole's a big fan of a series of fantasy books about magical squirrels in Central Park called ''The Squirrel Quarrel''. He loves it so much that he breaks out into song and sings "Nuts Nuts Nuts" when there's a scavenger hunt based around his book that taking place at the park.
166	* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'' has Cleveland get into an Administrivia/EditWar with someone over the grams of fat content of a microwave snack. The war escalates when the other fan in question slanders Cleveland's image. When Cleveland finally meets the person slandering him, the person is revealed to be an obese pre-teen who admits to eating the snack five times a day because he loves the snack and is a true fan.
167	* ''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum'': The title characters were clearly meant to be this, but aside from wearing superhero costumes and occasionally being seen reading comic books, they don't exhibit typical fanboy behavior. Oz, their acquaintance and the owner of the local comic book shop, is a textbook example.
168	* [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Fanboy"]] (pictured) from ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}''.
169	* Melllvar from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' is a ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' fan[[strike: boy]]-energy-cloud-thing. To the point of hosting his own ''Franchise/StarTrek'' convention and being pissed that Fry's a bigger fanboy than him.
170	* On ''WesternAnimation/GoldieAndBear'', Bear and Goldie are this respectively to Prince Charming. He doesn't really care and is willing to put up with it so long as it gets him a day of fun away from his boring princely duties.
171	* ''WesternAnimation/LetsGoLuna'': Andy is a huge fan of the Amazing Man comics. He also becomes a huge fan of Syd and the Sydneys after listening to their song "Andy, My Boy" in "House Music".
172	* Irving, in ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''. A nerdy local kid who was introduced in "Hide and Seek" as an obsessive fan of Phineas and Ferb and their ambitious antics. He tags along with their daily projects on occasion in later episodes.
173	-->'''Irving:''' I jumped in the car when your mom stopped for gas: I'm just happy to be here!
174	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}'': "Jelly Wrestle Rumble" reveals that Huckleberry Hound has been a wrestling fan since he was a kid, with his favorite wrestler being WesternAnimation/TheFunkyPhantom. He has his own private museum of vintage wrestling memorabilia underneath his office.
175	* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': Even though Sean was already established to be a huge Neil Armstrong fanatic, he truly shows his fanaticism in ''[[Recap/ReadyJetGoOneSmallStep One Small Step]]''. The special can best be described as Sean gushing over the Apollo 11 mission for 60 minutes.
176	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Comic Book Guy: While often being used for TakeThat gags, [[Series/WonderWoman Lynda Carter]] has a restraining order on him and he was almost married with a [[Franchise/StarTrek Klingon]] priest. Of the three ''Star'' franchises, ''[[Franchise/StarTrek Trek]]'', ''[[Franchise/StarWars Wars]]'', and ''[[Franchise/StargateVerse Gate]]'', Richard Dean Anderson's is his third favorite.
177	* Control Freak of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''. Aqualad even calls him out on it.
178	* Chance Furlong, aka T-Bone of the ''WesternAnimation/SwatKats'' is a big fan of the infamous ace pilot Red Lynx. While the late pilot was evil, Chance acknowledges him for his skills. He watches the war documentary of the Red Lynx's battle with his rival, The Blue Manx, and wanted to check out the recovered biplane stored in a museum. He never expected to face the pilot who was BackFromTheDead.
179	* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': Oscar is a huge fan of Finnegan King, a music legend who is famous for playing the fiddle.
180	* ''WesternAnimation/WorkItOutWombats'': "[[Recap/WorkItOutWombatsS1E33ParrandaHappyNewAcornYear The Treeborhood Parranda]]" reveals that Mr. E is a huge fan of the Flapping Feathers, and he rattles off facts about them in rapid succession. Sammy and Louisa are also fans, for that matter.
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