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4	* Creator/PieterBruegelTheElder was enormously influenced by Creator/HieronymusBosch. One of Bruegel's early {{paintings}}, "De Dulle Griet" ("Mad Meg") shows a Hellish scene right that is very Boschesque.
5	* Creator/SalvadorDali adored Creator/BusterKeaton and Creator/TheMarxBrothers. He even gave a speech at a Surrealist Movement meeting dressed in a diving suit, because he had seen the Keaton movie "The Navigator" recently, in which Keaton does the same. He also painted a portrait of Harpo Marx.
6	** Dali was also obsessed with Creator/JohannesVermeer, Creator/DiegoVelazquez and the painting "L' Angelus" by Jean-François Millet and recreated these images several times in his own paintings.
7	* Creator/AndyWarhol once said: "[[ComicBook/{{Tintin}} Hergé's work]] had a tremendous influence on my work, as much as Creator/WaltDisney did." Warhol and Hergé met later in life and as a tribute, Warhol painted Hergé's portrait in several styles, rather than Tintin's.
8	* Creator/RoyLichtenstein was a huge ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' fan too.
9	* Paul Delprat the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Delprat#The_Principality_of_Wy Prince of Wy]] [[http://principalityofwy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Principality-of-Wy-with-rabbit-and-brush2.jpg painted]] the MoeAnthropomorphism representing his "land" in ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers''.
10	** [[PromotedFanboy It's canon now.]] Guy must be happy.
11	** Not only that... [[http://principalityofwy.com/principality-of-wy-promotes-world-peace/ "There is no line on the www that has made Wy more proud than 'One Of Us: Prince Paul Of Wy' on Axis Powers TV Tropes'."]] He's a Troper. And very, very awesome.
12	* Creator/ReneMagritte was a huge fan of Creator/EdgarAllanPoe. A copy of ''Literature/TheNarrativeOfArthurGordonPymOfNantucket'' can be seen in his painting ''La Reproduction Interdite'''. The title of the painting ''Le Domain d' Arnheim'' was inspired by the [[Literature/TheDomainOfArnheim Poe short story of the same name]].
13	* Creator/HRGiger loved authors like Creator/JeanPaulSartre, Creator/AlbertCamus, Creator/SamuelBeckett, Creator/FranzKafka, and Creator/IngmarBergman.
14	* Creator/MarcelDuchamp, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, was a TabletopGame/{{Chess}} nerd, one of the top French players of his generation. He co-wrote a technical book about a rare type of chess endgame position. There’s a story about his young bride who, in retaliation to his obsession for the game, got up one night when he was asleep and glued the chess pieces to the board. They were divorced soon thereafter.
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18	* NASA is a big fan of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and ''Series/BabylonFive''.
19	* Creator/FrankFrazetta has many fans for his [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Dealer_(painting) Death Dealer]] painting. The [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks US Army's]] III Corps made it their mascot and even has a statue of the character in their Corps Headquarters.
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23	* Roberto Calvi, head of the Vatican Bank, was obsessed with the novel ''Film/TheGodfather'' and carried a copy along with him everywhere he went. To him, it was ''the only book that tells you how the world is really run''. He would have known because he was heavily involved in mafia intrigues, which eventually brought him into debt troubles. In 1982 he went missing and his body was found hanging on top of a bridge in London, which [[DeathByIrony ironically]] would inspire the character Kenzig in ''The Godfather III'', who is murdered by the Mafia in the same fashion.
24	* Isaiah Mustafa, the actor from ''Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike'' commercials ([[MemeticMutation he's on a horse]]), is a general paragon of manliness... and he absolutely loves comic books. He has said that he'd love to play ComicBook/LukeCage in a movie. He also did a video response to [[{{Imageboards}} Anonymous]], complete with referencing the meme "Delicious Cake".
25	* Denny's is one of the few casual family restaurant chains that are quite open and free with their own social networking such as Facebook and Twitter. Their official Twitter account made [[https://twitter.com/DennysDiner/status/368019461053247488 an interesting Photoshop response]] to [[Manga/AttackOnTitan potato girl]] when [[https://twitter.com/weepysweetmonty/status/368014823902035968 someone posted her]] as their "official mascot".
26	** Looks like Denny's isn't the only one. It seems that Nature Valley, a company known for their granola bars, have the PR to be [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2014-04-30/start-your-day-off-right-with-some-granola-bar-social-media-fun anime geeks themselves]].
27	** Arby's [[https://twitter.com/Arbys Twitter account]] put a lot of references to video game and anime works.
28	* Billionaire Website/{{Facebook}} founder Mark Zuckerberg is reputedly a geek who learns Chinese by himself[[note]]It also helps that his wife is Chinese[[/note]], owns and drives a [=VW=] Golf [=GTi=].
29	* Warren Buffett, one of the wealthiest and most successful investors and businessmen in the world, is a big ''Series/BreakingBad'' fan, even writing papers about what people can learn about business from watching the show and dressing up as Walter White.
30	* The Betty Crocker corporation (or at least their Twitter publicists) [[https://twitter.com/BettyCrocker/status/324216626021027840 have admitted]] to being ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' fans (the company plays a villainous role in the webcomic).
31	* Creator/SteveRitchie, a {{pinball}} designer so influential in his industry that he gets to pick his own themes (and he always picks a theme he's personally into), has recently chosen ''[[Pinball/StarTrekStern Star Trek]]'' and ''Pinball/GameOfThrones''. For the latter, he admits to having read every [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire book]] that has been released and seen every episode of the [[Series/GameOfThrones TV show]] at least [[SawStarWarsTwentySevenTimes five times each]].
32	* It's not that surprising for the founder of a tech company to be a geek, but Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is a huge Trekkie, crediting the Star Trek computer as an inspiration for Alexa. He also appeared in ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'' as a Federation official.
33	* Unsurprisingly given how many tech-based companies he has under his belt, Elon Musk is quite the nerd himself, at one point changing his Twitter profile picture to [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Edward Elric]], appearing AsHimself on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' and hosting [[LetsPlay/{{Pewdiepie}} Meme Review]] with Creator/JustinRoiland. He is also a notorious Twitter shitposter, to the point that [[https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/elon-musk-says-twitter-locked-his-account-over-fear-it-n923191 Twitter once locked his account out of concerns that it had been hacked]], because they simply couldn't believe that the sentences "i <3 anime" and "I own a chibi ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}" could come out of a multibillionnaire's mouth. Infamously, he has also once [[https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1055653541317042177?lang=en posted]] fanart of ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' character Kagerou Imaizumi, although he mislabeled her as a CatGirl, many fans believe (not without reason, given his history) that was an intentional act of {{troll}}ing and that he is actually a closet ''Touhou'' fan.
34	** This carries over into Tesla itself; the company's cars are known for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Easter_eggs_in_Tesla_products several Easter eggs]] that reference works like ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'', ''Creator/MontyPython'', ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', and ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'', among others.
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38	* ComicBook/{{Tintin}} creator Creator/{{Herge}} loved the novels of Creator/JulesVerne and Creator/AlexandreDumas and considered ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' and ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' to be among his favorite books. He was also inspired by early American comic strips like ''ComicStrip/BringingUpFather, ComicStrip/KrazyKat'' and ''ComicStrip/TheKatzenjammerKids''. The influence of early slapstick comedians like Creator/CharlieChaplin, Creator/HaroldLloyd and Creator/BusterKeaton is also evident in his work. Herge's main inspiration was French comic strip artist Alain Saint-Ogan, best known for ''"Zig et Puce"''. Later, when the magazine ''"Tintin"'' was founded Hergé even managed to publish ''"Zig et Puce"'' in Tintin and gave his idol much publicity. Hergé was also a known collector and admirer of modern painting and sculpture and later in life he expressed his love for the music of Music/JacquesBrel, Music/GeorgesBrassens, Music/TheBeatles, and Music/PinkFloyd.
39	* Albert Uderzo, best known for ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'', is a gigantic fan of Creator/WaltDisney and Creator/CarlBarks. His scriptwriter, Creator/ReneGoscinny, enjoyed watching Creator/WaltDisney and Creator/TexAvery cartoons and was very much influenced by ''[[Magazine/{{MAD}} MAD Magazine]]''.
40	* Creator/{{Gotlib}} is a huge Creator/TexAvery fan. His creation ''Gai-Luron'' is even an {{Expy}} of WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}}.
41	* Charles M. Schulz, best known for ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'', watched ''Film/CitizenKane'' more than 40 times. The biopic ''"Good Ol' Charles Schulz"'' examines Schulz' personal life through his obsession over this movie.
42	* Bill Amend, creator of ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'', has a degree in physics from Amherst and avidly plays ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', often making accurate jokes about both. Not to mention other video games, internet memes and just about any aspect of nerd culture you can reference in a family friendly comic. Bill Amend may well be the geekiest [[strike:daily]] weekly cartoonist out there.
43	** The fact he did a ''[[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/9/9/ Penny Arcade]]'' comic probably speaks for itself...
44	** And ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' [[http://xkcd.com/824/ too]]
45	** ... and ''Webcomic/PvP'' (Patreon locked.)
46	* Hidenori Kusaka, creator of the ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' manga, doesn't get any inside info from Game Freak to help him out on his series. Instead, he plays the games when they come out and figures out which parts he wants to incorporate into the story. Some of his author notes have him [[{{Squee}} squeeing]] over whatever new features the games have.
47	* The mid-[[TheNineties '90s]] staff of ''Magazine/DisneyAdventures'' absolutely ''loved'' showing off their nerd cred in the magazine. For the better part of the decade, it was difficult to find an issue that ''didn't'' have some kind of reference to ''Franchise/StarTrek'', ''Series/TheXFiles'', and/or ''Franchise/StarWars''.
48	** The comics editors were ''huge'' outspoken fans of indie comics, and managed to put (among other things) Creator/EvanDorkin's ''Kid Blastoff!'' and Creator/JeffSmith's ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'' into the magazine.
49	* Gabe Newell, head of Creator/ValveSoftware, said in an interview once that he was [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic a brony]]. The internet's reaction was exactly what one would expect.
50	* [[http://www.dorktower.com/2003/04/02/comics-archive-407/ This sequence of strips]] from ''Webcomic/DorkTower'' relishes in it.
51	* [[http://www.weregeek.com/2007/02/26/ This strip]] from ''Weregeek''.
52	* Creator/CarlBarks said he was very influenced by ''ComicStrip/PrinceValiant'', particularly Harold Foster's drawing style. He also liked the drawing style of ''ComicStrip/FlashGordon'' by Alex Raymond, even though Barks felt the stories lacked humor and were "really awful stories".
53	* Creator/RobertCrumb has been a comic book fan ever since he was young, with Creator/CarlBarks as his personal hero. He also loved the early 1950 ''[[Magazine/{{MAD}} MAD Magazine]]'' under command of Harvey Kurtzman and the ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'' comics by E.C. Segar. Apart from that Crumb has a passion for everything from the 1920s and 1930s. He has a huge collection of old {{Jazz}}, {{Blues}}, {{Bluegrass}}, CountryMusic records dating from this time period and even said it's one of the few things that gives him a love for humanity. Crumb also loves ''Film/TheLittleRascals'', Creator/TheMarxBrothers, Creator/LaurelAndHardy and Creator/WoodyAllen. When the Dutch cover band the Beau Hunks released a CD with music from the Creator/HalRoach comedies of the 1920s and 1930s Crumb went on record saying: "This is something I've been looking for all my life!" He even allowed this quote to be printed on the CD and some of his artwork to be used to decorate the CD.
54	* Creator/ArtSpiegelman has written several essays about comic strips and their creators, a passion that goes back to his youth. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, in his hometown New York City Spiegelman fell into a long depression, with only old newspaper comics from the early 20th century being able to cheer him up. He also likes Music/ComedianHarmonists and played their music constantly while working on ''ComicBook/{{Maus}}''.
55	* Willy Vandersteen (''ComicBook/SuskeEnWiske'') was a huge fan of adventure and fantasy novels ever since his youth, which inspired many of his own stories. He also admired Creator/PieterBruegelTheElder. Creator/{{Herge}} lent him a huge compliment by comparing Vandersteen's comics to Bruegel.
56	* Marc Sleen (''ComicStrip/{{Nero}}'') is a huge art lover, from Creator/HieronymusBosch, Creator/PieterBruegelTheElder to James Ensor, and the novels and poetry of Creator/TSEliot. He is also an avid reader of philosophy and poetry and would let his characters quote lines regularly.
57	* Pom (''ComicStrip/PietPienterEnBertBibber'') had two personal heroes: Creator/{{Herge}} and Creator/AndreFranquin.
58	* Merho (''ComicBook/DeKiekeboes'') loves Creator/LaurelAndHardy so much that he referenced the duo in many of his stories. He has also given countless other comedians a cameo in his albums.
59	* Willy Linthout (''ComicBook/{{Urbanus}}'') is a gigantic collector of comic strips and associated merchandise. Fellow comedian and scenarist Urbanus shares the same passion. In fact, this was the reason why they started their creative collaboration in the first place. They also reference other comic strips frequently in their stories, to the point that you could make an entire list with pop culture references in each album.
60	** Urbanus himself also has three major heroes: Creator/WoodyAllen, Music/BobDylan and Marc Sleen (''ComicStrip/{{Nero}}''), the latter with whom he shared a personal friendship.
61	* Creator/AndreFranquin (''ComicBook/GastonLagaffe'') and Morris (''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'') were both huge fans of jazz and animated cartoons.
62	* Martin Lodewijk (''ComicBook/{{Agent327}}''), despite being Dutch, is tremendously influenced by BelgianComics. He calls Willy Vandersteen (''Suske en Wiske'') and Marc Sleen (''Nero'') his personal heroes. Though he equally loves other comics just as much.
63	* Jef Nys (''ComicBook/{{Jommeke}}'') was a huge fan of Creator/WaltDisney, especially ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''. He also named ''Film/CityLights'' his favorite movie of all time.
64	* Jean-Claude Fournier was a huge fan of Creator/AndreFranquin's take on ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'' to the point of drawing FanArt. Not only did this get him into contact with Franquin himself, but he was offered to take over as Franquin's immediate successor -- and happily accepted.
65	* Likewise, what landed comic legend Creator/DonRosa his job as a writer and artist in the ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'' was being one of the biggest Creator/CarlBarks fans under the sun. He wove such numbers of ContinuityPorn from Barks' comics into his own that his idol himself tried desperately to tell him to tone it down. To no avail. It's fair to say that Rosa's comics border would qualify as both FanFiction and FanArt if they weren't official.
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69	This section is where obsession over something becomes MisaimedFandom:
70	* There is an ongoing debate about the effect of watching too many violent films and TV series. Over the years several criminals have done copy-cat crimes, inspired by stuff they saw on TV or in the cinema. Though truth be told, they were usually all mentally unstable from the start and came from dysfunctional backgrounds.
71	* It has been said that quite some real-life Mafiosi love ''Film/TheGodfather''. The inauguration of the new "don" by kissing his hand was an invention of author Mario Puzo but has become a staple with real-life Mafiosi ever since.
72	* UsefulNotes/CharlesManson was a fan of Music/TheBeatles and Music/TheBeachBoys and read "hidden messages" in their lyrics.
73	* [[http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2002/aug/24/alqaida.sciencefictionfantasyandhorror There has been some speculation]] that UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden named his organization, al-Qaeda (which means "base" or "foundation"), after... the sci-fi novel ''{{Franchise/Foundation}}'' by Creator/IsaacAsimov.
74	** Also, he was apparently a big fan of 9/11 conspiracy theories.
75	** Strangely enough, a declassified CIA document revealed that among other items held in his compound, bin Laden had a Playstation 2 with copies of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'', an anime based on ''Film/TheStormRiders'', ''WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamKnight'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}''.
76	* Both Mark David Chapman (assassin of Music/JohnLennon) and John W. Hinckley, Jr. (who tried to shoot UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan) were obsessed with the novel ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye'' by Creator/JDSalinger. Though some conspiracy theories have pondered if this was genuine affection or just being subject to brainwashing. Hinckley also watched ''Film/TaxiDriver'' so much that he tried assassinating Reagan in order to impress Creator/JodieFoster, just like De Niro's character committed an assassination to seemingly win over Foster's character in the movie.
77	** Assassin Robert John Bardo, who murdered actress Rebecca Shaeffer, was also arrested with a copy of ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye'' in his coat. During his trial he claimed he was inspired to kill thanks to the track "Exit" on the Music/{{U2}} album ''Music/TheJoshuaTree''.
78	* Serial killer Richard Ramirez was a tremendous fan of Music/{{ACDC}}. When the police arrested him he wore a T-shirt of the band and left a hat of the group at one of the crime scenes. He specifically loved "Night Prowler" from ''Music/HighwayToHell'' and nicknamed himself "The Night Stalker". Naturally, all this was bad publicity for the group, who were targeted by MoralGuardians for having "inspired" Ramirez' crimes.
79	* Serial killer and necrophiliac rapist Jeffrey Dahmer was a fan of Music/BlackSabbath, blasting their music through the speakers when he was in the army spending time in the barracks.
80	** Unsurprisingly, Dahmer was also a horror movie nerd; his favorite film was ''Film/TheExorcistIII''. He was also a big ''Franchise/StarWars'' fan and his favorite character was Emperor Palpatine.
81	* Wayne Williams, who murdered several children, once asked for cassettes with music by B.B. King, Bobby Bland, Tyrone Davis, and Z.Z. Hill to be sent to his prison cell.
82	* Arthur Shawcross, aka the "Genevese River Killer" and notorious murderer of prostitutes, was a fan of Music/GGAllin.
83	* Serial murderer John Wayne Gacy, aka "the Killer Clown", read Creator/WilliamSBurroughs and listened to Music/REOSpeedwagon. Music/GGAllin even visited John Wayne Gacy while he was in prison.
84	* Ronnie Biggs, an accomplice of the Great Train Robbery and refugee in South America from 1965 until 2001, once recorded a single with The Music/SexPistols, "Nobody Is Innocent" (1978). The band literally visited him in his hiding place, though without [[Music/JohnLydon Johnny Rotten]], who had already left the band at that point and would distance himself in the strongest possible terms from this RefugeInAudacity stunt.
85	* UsefulNotes/AlCapone was a music lover. He frequently visited the opera, had jazz pianist Fats Waller more or less forced to perform at his birthday party in 1926 and cited "Rhapsody In Blue" by Music/GeorgeGershwin as his favorite piece. When Capone was in prison he wrote several sappy love songs. His favorite film was ''Film/CityStreets'' (1931), a gangster movie with Creator/GaryCooper. He also loved Creator/FattyArbuckle and had a photo of the comedian hung on a wall of his apartment until his death.
86	* Infamously, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who murdered thirteen people and then themselves at [[UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}} Columbine High School]] in Colorado in 1999, were massive fans of ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'', leading to a backlash from MoralGuardians against the game and against [[MurderSimulators video game violence]] in general. Harris was even involved in the game's modding community, leading to speculation that some of the maps he created were based on the school. While they did make custom-made levels, they were not designed like this.
87	** Harris and Klebold were also avid fans of IndustrialMetal listening to Music/NineInchNails, Music/{{KMFDM}}, and Music/{{Rammstein}}. The pair were also avid movie geeks, code naming their massacre "NBK" after the movie ''Film/NaturalBornKillers'', and in their taped recordings bragged that movie producers would fight over getting the rights to their story and speculated that Creator/StevenSpielberg or Creator/QuentinTarantino would be the one to make the movie. Naturally, this caused alternative music and violent movies to get flak from MoralGuardians as well.
88	** Ironically, they were accused of being inspired by Music/MarilynManson...even though it was eventually revealed they hated his music.
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92	* Paul Krugman, who received the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (it is technically not a Nobel Prize) in 2008. It is not unusual for those with a Ph.D. to be nerds but he deserves a special mention. Reasons: 1) His interest in economics began when he read Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/FoundationSeries''. He wanted to, just as in the book, be one of the social scientists "who understand the true dynamics save civilization". Since psychohistory does not exist, he turned to the closest thing, economics. 2) He posted [[http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/limited-posting-for-the-next-few-days/ this]] [[WebOriginal/LOLCats LOLcat]] on his blog upon leaving for Sweden to get his Nobel prize. 3) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuRabL3lFPg This]] video. 4) To cheer himself up he once wrote [[http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/economics-the-final-frontier/ The Theory of Interstellar Trade]], a paper where he outlines how trade between different star system might work. It does among other things take up how time dilation could affect economics. ''And'' he's a ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' fan!
93	** He also did a panel at the 2009 Worldcon with Charles Stross, of whom he is a fan. Also, he wrote this with he says is the closest thing to science fiction he's written: http://mit.edu/krugman/www/BACKWRD2.html
94	** ''Wired'' did an [[http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/05/paul-krugman-geeks-guide-galaxy/all/1 interview]] with him about science fiction, in which he revealed himself to be a fan of everything from Creator/IainBanks to [[Literature/TheWheelOfTime Robert Jordan]].
95	* Creator/KarlMarx was a pretty big geek as well. His favorite authors were Creator/{{Aeschylus}}, Creator/WilliamShakespeare, Creator/JohannWolfgangVonGoethe, and Creator/HonoreDeBalzac. He also loved ''Tristram Shandy'' and attempted to write a novel in that style. He and Friedrich Engels bonded over their love for Balzac and they planned to write a book about him, with Engels saying that Balzac taught them more about economics than any writer.
96	* Noah Smith is known as something of an OccidentalOtaku, and frequently discusses foreign pop culture in his analyses alongside more solid economic analysis.
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100	* The [[BeautyContest Miss USA]] winner [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alyssa_Campanella Alyssa Campanella]] was [[http://tv.yahoo.com/daytime/video/miss-usa-hate-high-heels-loves-star-wars/25399253/ revealed]] to be a huge ''Franchise/StarWars'' fan, even answering a few surprise trivia questions correctly, and going as far as admitting that if she knew she'd be quizzed on ''Franchise/StarWars'', she would've worn her hair with Princess Leia's {{Odango\|Hair}}s.
101	* The original ''Series/AmericasNextTopModel'' winner, Adrianne Curry, is a hardcore ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' player and a very dedicated cosplayer.
102	* Canadian glamour model Marie-Claude Bourbonnais is at least as well known for her costume design skills as for her short, spiky blonde hair and her, um, [[MostCommonSuperpower super powers]].
103	** She also indulges in a little cosplay. [[http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8315/8060383167_c2cef6635c_b.jpg Here she is]] as Ryofu from ''Manga/IkkiTousen''.
104	* Creator/DitaVonTeese collects vintage china tea sets and classic cars.
105	* Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach admitted to being a fan of ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' and ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', [[https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/44cg33/iama_miss_universe_pia_wurtzbach_ama/czp7zj2 based on her Reddit AMA]].
106	* Chrissy Teigen is a passionate fan of ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'', as evidenced by [[https://kotaku.com/chrissy-teigen-reviews-animal-crossing-pocket-camp-1820758494 her extended Twitter rant]] lambasting the [[BribingYourWayToVictory free-to-play mechanics]] in ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingPocketCamp'' as a disgrace to the series.
107	* Karlie Kloss is a computer programmer, and in 2016 launched a summer camp program called [[https://techcrunch.com/2016/04/01/supermodel-karlie-kloss-chats-with-us-about-the-launch-of-kode-with-klossy-a-coding-camp-for-girls/ Kode with Klossy]] to get teenage girls interested in computer science and software engineering.
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111	* Creator/HowardStern is a big fan of science fiction and comic books, even saying that he only watches TV shows and movies about superheroes. He also plays chess every day.
112	* Radio/OpieAndAnthony
113	** Anthony Cumia is a longtime PC gamer. He and many of the comedians who appeared regularly would also discuss video games on occasion. This even led to them doing voice work in several games developed by Creator/RockstarGames.
114	** Comedian Jim Norton is a massive Music/OzzyOsbourne fan, which has led to him developing a close relationship with Ozzy and his wife Sharon, including being invited to Ozzy's birthday party.
115	* Peter Sagal, host of the news trivia game show [[Radio/WaitWaitDontTellMe ''Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me!'']], dropped so many ''Series/GameOfThrones'' references that the powers that be created a ''Game of Thrones'' podcast with the hosts of ''Nerdette'' ("We're all a little nerdy about something!") partly so he could get it out of his system every week.
116	** Their theme music was composed and performed by [[Series/DoctorWho Blue Police Box]].
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120	* UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein was such a huge fan of ''WesternAnimation/TimeForBeany'' that one time he interrupted a meeting because a new episode was about to start. He also loved reading Creator/KarlMay and liked the Professor character in the comedy shows of Creator/SidCaesar.
121	* Theoretical physicist and futurist Dr. Michio Kaku is a big science fiction fan, even hosting a show called "Sci-Fi Science" where he would figure out how to theoretically achieve popular sci-fi tropes in real life such as traveling to a parallel universe, building an artificial planet, and even building a lightsaber and destroying a Death Star among others.
122	** His biggest inspiration was ''ComicStrip/FlashGordon''. Not Flash Gordon himself, but [[EnsembleDarkhorse the scientist that was always helping Flash Gordon]].
123	* Astrophysicist UsefulNotes/NeilDeGrasseTyson is a huge comic book fanboy and ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fan who frequently references both in his lectures and during his television appearances.
124	* The astronaut Steven Swanson is such a big ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' fan that he added a copy of the box set and ''Serenity'' to the International Space Station library.
125	** For perspective on how significant this is, it costs several million dollars per pound to bring stuff up there, and even there, space is really, really, really at a premium.
126	** As a child, Ronald [=McNair=] refused to leave the local segregated library without being allowed to check out his books. Although police were called, he was allowed to check out the books. The whole incident occurred after he saw Uhura on ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and decided he wanted to be a black astronaut like her and figured he needed to study hard. [=McNair=] became the second African-American Astronaut to fly in space. Following his death in the Challenger incident, the library was named in his honor and even published a children's book about [=McNair=]'s determination to check out his books.
127	** Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti supervised the installation of [[MustHaveCaffeine an espresso machine]] aboard the ISS, during which she was photographed wearing a Starfleet uniform and said [[Series/StarTrekVoyager "There's coffee in that nebula"]]. She and Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaperlov also made reference to the fact that they were on [[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxyTrilogy ISS Mission 42]]. During the mission, Creator/LeonardNimoy died and was commemorated by the crew; Cristoforetti giving the Vulcan Salute while wearing a Starfleet pin, and American astronaut Terry Virts gave the salute while passing over Boston, Nimoy's hometown.
128	* Scientists discovered a gene that causes an embryo to grow spikes like a hedgehog, so they called it a hedgehog gene. Then they discovered the protein that the gene produces, so of course, they called it [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic Hedgehog]]. It gets better: Another group of scientists found a potential antagonist to the protein in question, and decided to name it "Robotnikinin". And better: Sonic Hedgehog was later joined by [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pikachurin]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikachurin so named because it is "nimble"]].
129	* Upon discovery of a new planet, Kuiper Belt Object, or landform on a celestial body, before it gets named formally expect the discoverers to name it after something from science fiction or fantasy.
130	** Scientists found a planet that orbited around two suns. They promptly named it [[Franchise/StarWars Tatooine]].
131	** An asteroid is named [[Series/StargateSG1 Apophis]]. Two of the scientists who discovered it admitted to being ''Stargate'' fans.
132	** When the dwarf planet now officially named Eris was discovered to also have a moon, it was immediately called [[Series/XenaWarriorPrincess Xena and the moon, Gabrielle]] (the moon is now named Dysnomia, after the Greek goddess of [[Creator/LucyLawless lawlessness]]).
133	** The New Horizons team that informally named features on Pluto and Charon, as well, as taking suggestions from the public, went to town with the naming: Pluto has regions named Cthulhu, Morgoth and Balrog as well as a canyon named Sun Wukong. Charon takes it to 11 since all the features there are named after fictional characters or places from science fiction: canyons named Macross, Tardis, Serenity and Nostromo; craters named Kirk, Sulu, Uhura, Spock, Ripley, Skywalker, Vader, and Organa; and regions named Gallifrey and Vulcan.
134	* Creator/StephenHawking was a big ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fan, and requested to sit in the captain's chair during his guest spot on ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. He also said of the warp core while touring the engineering set, "I'm working on that." He had a guest appearance [[AsHimself portraying himself]] in the opening scene of "Descent: Part I", where Data plays poker while conversing with three great physicists on the holodeck (the others being actors portraying Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein). Making him the only person to "play" themselves in ''Star Trek''.
135	** Hawking also loved ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' and named ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' "the best show on TV ever." Naturally, he also was a special guest voice in both series.
136	*** But he also stated that his favorite SF franchise of all is ''Series/RedDwarf''.
137	* Mathematician Kurt Gödel, best known for his incompleteness theorems, was a huge Disney fan and fascinated by ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''. He even tried to get Albert Einstein interested in the movie but failed. Eventually Gödel's fascination with this film resulted in an obsessive fear of being poisoned, like what happened to Snow White. He would only eat food that his wife prepared for him. When she was hospitalized for six months in 1977 and could no longer cook his meals, Gödel simply starved to death because he refused to eat.
138	** British scientist UsefulNotes/AlanTuring also enjoyed "Snow White", especially the scène where the wicked witch holds the poisoned apple. He even used to quote from her song: “Dip the apple in the brew / Let the Sleeping Death seep through.”. His fascination also has a disturbing afternote: Turing committed suicide the same way by injecting cyanide into an apple and then eat it.
139	* CERN are aware of ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate''. They are tired of getting asked about their plans for world domination in public Q&A sessions, thank you very much.
140	* When asked in a 1930 interview, UsefulNotes/ThomasEdison named the infamous ''Film/{{The Birth of a Nation\|1915}}'' as his favorite movie of all time.
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143	[[folder:Video Game Creators and Actors]]
144	* Creator/CharlesMartinet, the voice of [[Franchise/{{Mario}} the Mario Brothers]], created a Vine account dedicated to videos of him with his Mario and Luigi figures, talking in their voices; he likes playing with toys just as much as his fans and isn't afraid to show it.
145	** Xander Mobus, voicing the Announcer and Master Hand in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'', is also known to this with his amiibo on Youtube, where he roleplays the amiibo character fighting Master Hand.
146	* Creator/HideoKojima, creator of the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series, is a hardcore cinephile: this can be clearly seen in his games, which are inspired by action movies. His twitter feed also shows him picking up new movies left and right. He's also a huge fan of ''Franchise/JamesBond'' and Music/DavidBowie.
147	* Creator/DavidHayter, best known for being [[VideoGame/MetalGear Solid Snake]], is the one of the few ''Metal Gear Solid'' voice actors to have played and finished said game[[note]]Christopher Randolph (Otacon) has also played and finished it. Kim Mai Guest (Mei Ling) played it but quit around the torture sequence[[/note]]. He also speaks fluent Japanese, has named his only daughter Natasha after the character in the Franchise/{{Marvel\|Universe}} comic book Black Widow, and once stated in an anime convention that he was present because he was "a big fan of ''Anime/FushigiYuugi''" (he voiced Tamahome over there).
148	** And, of course, he wrote the script for the ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'' film adaptation.
149	** He also wrote the scripts for the first two parts in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', and played a security guard in the [[Film/XMen1 first movie]].
150	** And he's also aware of the web-series thing, particularly the ''WebAnimation/AwesomeSeries''. When he's in a con with Egoraptor, Hayter was kind enough to use his Snake-voice to say one of the lines in ''Metal Gear Awesome'': "[=OhMyGodHotnessIWannaBangYou!=]"
151	** When the ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' subreddit's rallying threatened to upend the status quo in the 2013 Website/GameFAQs Character Battle, the regulars on the contest board went to insane lengths trying to find ways to counterrally, eventually trying to appeal to famous people to help. [[https://twitter.com/DavidBHayter/status/379120492176621568 David answered the call]] [[https://twitter.com/DavidBHayter/status/379122279528931328 in spectacular fashion.]]
152	* Stefanie Joosten who plays Quiet in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' is not only a gamer but a longtime fan of the ''Metal Gear'' franchise. When auditioning for an "undisclosed video game" she actually figured out that it was for a ''Metal Gear'' game when she recognized series creator Hideo Kojima during the audition. Additionally, she also streamed the game on her own Twitch and [=YouTube=] channels.
153	* Yoji Shinkawa, the mecha designer for ''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders'', is a big fan of ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}''. He imagined the protruding front sections of the Vic Viper to be like the legs of a TransformingMecha, [[AscendedFanboy an idea he got to realize]] in ''The 2nd Runner'' when he included the Vic Viper as the mecha of choice for Leo Stenbuck.
154	* Lucas Gilbertson, the voice of [[VideoGame/MegaManX Zero]] barring in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'', apparently shares our pain from the {{Narm}}y dub of ''VideoGame/MegaManX4'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOEEPShmdoA so he redubs it himself]].
155	* Joe Kucan, known to gamers as the actor who portrays Kane in ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'', noted that he is an avid fan of the games and is known to be very friendly to people who've met him. The fanbase rejoiced when it was announced that he would reprise the role for Tiberium Wars and Tiberian Twilight.
156	* John J. Dick, voice of VideoGame/SeriousSam, posts on the Serious Zone forums under the handle "booger". Among his most famous posts were the threads in which he allowed fans to suggest lines for him, which he then read and recorded in Sam's voice.
157	* Game and anime voice actor Creator/MatthewMercer is a big fan of the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' series, his favorite character being Leon Kennedy, whom he got to voice in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6''.
158	** He's also a big fan of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', having created the web series ''WebVideo/ThereWillBeBrawl''. He eventually got to do voice acting for the 3DS, Wii U, and Ultimate iterations of the series, reprising his role as [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Chrom]] in Robin's Final Smash, an EasterEgg conversation with Palutena, and in the latter, as a playable character.
159	** Another AscendedFanboy moment for him: He's been a fan of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'' since 1996, and got to portray one of its most iconic characters, Jotaro Kujo, in the dub.
160	** Once admitted to uttering ''[[PreMortemOneLiner "It's High Noon..."]]'' into the voice chat during a game of ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' to freak out his teammates. Mercer is, of course, the voice of [[TheGunslinger McCree]].
161	* David Gaider, who wrote a lot of the script for ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'', has written fanfiction for his own video game (including a ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' crossover) and posted it on fan forums. Occasionally he'll review fics and help out with fan mod dialogue.
162	** He's also a huge Creator/JossWhedon fanboy, to the point that he based several characters in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' on Whedon characters (Alistair as Xander being the most obvious), and liberally sprinkled the game with BuffySpeak and subtle references to Whedon's shows.
163	* Katsuhiro Harada, creator of ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'', is a big fan of ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster''. His favorite character is [[{{Tsundere}} Iori Minase]], whose birthday once celebrated by [[http://sgcafe.com/2014/05/tekken-producer-katsuhiro-harada-celebrates-birthday-waifu-idolmsters-iori/ showing off some of her memorabilia and changing his twitter icon to her face.]]
164	* Most of the voice cast from ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'', including Danielle [=McRae=] (Painwheel), Creator/LauraPost (Valentine), and Creator/ErinFitzgerald (Parasoul), are big gamers. [=McRae=] and Post often even play their own characters in ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends''.
165	* The above-mentioned Creator/DanielleMcRae and Creator/ErinFitzgerald are particularly big fans of ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'', so much so that they run a podcast called "[[http://www.waifusofoverwatch.com/ Waifus of Overwatch]]". [=McRae=]'s favorite characters are Widowmaker and Zarya.
166	** On a similar note, Kimlinh Tran, the voice actress of Ms. Fortune, is also the voice actress of Sombra and D.Va in the Overwatch AWNN crew.
167	* Creator/JenniferHale, the voice of [[Franchise/MassEffect Commander Shepard]], loves science fiction. In particular, because of her love for ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'', she was even the one who recommended Creator/TriciaHelfer to play EDI and Michael Hogan to play Bailey in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''. She also makes a point of researching any technical subject that any of her characters are going to talk about, such as quantum physics for ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite''. This is both because she wants to sound convincing when talking about them and because she is just fascinated by them.
168	* After being exposed to a gamer fanbase from his voice roles as Albert Wesker in ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'', Creator/DCDouglas has proven time and time again through his twitter and youtube accounts that he as definitely in touch with his fans among the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' and ''Franchise/MassEffect'' (where he voices Legion) fanbases.
169	** How much does he love Wesker? He had a convention event dedicated to reading {{Lemon}} fanfics of Wesker. Yeah, ''that'' much.
170	* Creator/SorayaSaga, freelance scenario writer for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' is a huge ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' fan and publicly draws fanart for it.
171	* Whoever is responsible for quests with titles such as ''FissionMailed'', ''[[Fanfic/HalfLifeFullLifeConsequences Foal Life Consequences]]'', ''[[SenselessViolins Mindless Violins]]'', ''ShownTheirWork'', or ''[[FixItInPost We'll Fix It In Post]]'' in the fan-game ''VideoGame/LegendsOfEquestria''.
172	* Late Nintendo president Creator/SatoruIwata professed to be an executive with the mind of a programmer and the heart of a gamer. In one TV appearance, he explained the NintendoHard qualities of old-school games by saying that developers like himself were in the habit of playing long hours in a game in order to debug it, and frequently found themselves making the game harder to give themselves a challenge.
173	** The game music site Music/OverClockedRemix created an album in tribute to Mr. Iwata's work, appropriately entitling it ''[[http://ocremix.org/album/71/heart-of-a-gamer-a-tribute-to-satoru-iwata Heart of a Gamer]]''.
174	* Creator/CristinaValenzuela, best known for voicing Noel Vermillion in ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', has covered numerous video game related songs (like "Music/BadApple", probably the most well-known English version of it) and has often lent her voice to Fan Works surrounding characters she voices, like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epn-fg48i9M fandubbing a Noel-centric]] ''Webcomic/{{Blazen}}'' strip or doing some voices for Homura in ''WebAnimation/MadokaAbridged''.
175	* Creator/TroyBaker, who has done many voices for video games, such as Booker Dewitt in ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'', had to tackle the role of replacing Mark Hamill as The Joker in ''Batman: Arkham Origins''. To prove he could do this he read lines from ''The Killing Joke'' at the San Diego Comic Con, absolutely nailed it, and the crowd went wild. He did this because he is a huge fan of comics, and also a huge fan of Hamill's portrayal of The Joker.
176	* Creator/YasumiMatsuno is a huge fan of Music/{{Queen}} and ''Franchise/StarWars''. Recently as of 2009, he became a fan of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' and as luck would have it, the official ''Series/GameOfThrones'' twitter account watches him back.
177	* Almir Listo, one of the developers of ''VideoGame/PAYDAYTheHeist'' and ''VideoGame/PAYDAY2'' [[https://twitter.com/almirlisto/status/820331283326767104 admitted that he's a big fan of]] WebVideo/FilthyFrank.
178	* Creator/DavidBateson proclaims himself to be [[Characters/HitmanGamesAgent47 Agent 47]]'s biggest fan. Among the games in the series, his favorite is ''VideoGame/Hitman2SilentAssassin''. Though in later years he just got so caught up in his acting work that he just couldn't have the time to play the games he loves.
179	* Utako Yoshino, who has worked on a few ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' and ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' games, is an avid ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' player. This actually influenced a scene in ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo20thAnniversary'' where, with no prompting whatsoever, Maguro tells Risukuma that he worries about the dwindling popularity of tabletop gaming. Utako Yoshino is also a fan of Creator/MichaelEnde's books, to the point that she named her dog after him.
180	* Creator/Suda51 is a sef-professed megafan of ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', having played and beaten almost every game in the series (save for the Game Boy titles).
181	* Creator/TributeGames, which created notable indie games like ''VideoGame/MercenaryKings'' and ''VideoGame/PanzerPaladin'', is just about all staffed with big ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' fans (that sneaked in references in the two aforementioned games). Besides their founders Jean-Francois Major, Jonathan Lavigne and Justin Cyr having worked on the Game Boy Advance version of ''VideoGame/{{TMNT}}'' under Creator/UbiSoft Montreal, the company itself would go on to make ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesShreddersRevenge'', a brand-new [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 1987 cartoon]] arcade BeatEmUp homage, after they spent roughly 10 years trying to persuade Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}.
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184	[[folder:Web Original folk]]
185	* WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd and Creator/{{Cinemassacre}}: Creator/JamesRolfe is a huge horror movie fan. He has a huge collection of movies and really likes the Franchise/UniversalHorror and Film/HammerHorror franchise. Apart from that, he is very fond of practical special effects makers, which explains his glee over the original ''Film/KingKong1933'' and Creator/RayHarryhausen. Musically he is a huge Music/{{ACDC}} fan. He is also fond of Music/BlackSabbath, Music/DeepPurple, Music/JudasPriest, Music/LedZeppelin, Music/{{Metallica}}, Music/TheWho, Music/TheOffspring, Music/{{Queen}}, Music/GunsNRoses, Music/PinkFloyd, Music/ZZTop, Music/TheRollingStonesBand, Music/IronMaiden, Music/RobZombie, Music/{{Tool}}, Music/{{Primus}}, Music/SystemOfADown, Music/{{Boston}}, Music/{{Survivor\|Band}}, Music/VanHalen, Music/{{Slayer}}, Music/DefLeppard, Music/{{Heart\|Band}}, Music/{{Aerosmith}}, Music/{{Rush\|Band}}, Music/MotleyCrue, Music/TheMisfits, Music/TheRamones, Music/BlueOysterCult, Music/{{Whitesnake}} and Music/{{Motorhead}}.
186	** Like many young creative people Rolfe started out making home movies as a child. He is still doing it today and the production values of his movies have seriously improved. Apart from that, he hosted an annual haunted house in his parent's garage.
187	** In his ''Creator/{{Cinemassacre}}'' series he devoted many tribute episodes to franchises, actors or directors he likes: Creator/JackieChan, ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'', ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'', ''Franchise/{{Frankenstein}}'', ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'', ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'',... He also made a tribute video to the horror TV show ''Series/MonsterVision'' and the TV channel ''Creator/TurnerClassicMovies''.
188	* Creator/BradJones is, of course, a huge fan of [[ExploitationFilm exploitation]] and other sorts of B-movies. He likes Creator/PierreKirby movies and considers Creator/BrunoMattei his favorite exploitation director. But he also takes pride in watching all Creator/NicolasCage movies he can get his hands on. Brad is obviously a huge fan of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', but he references countless other films and TV series in his projects, some so obscure that you have to consult an encyclopedia.
189	** Jones is also a Franchise/JamesBond fan and surprisingly likes Creator/GeorgeLazenby the best.
190	** He also said that his favorite novel is ''Literature/LessThanZero'' and his favorite author Creator/BretEastonEllis.
191	* Several members of Website/ChannelAwesome are big fans of ''Series/RedDwarf'' - Linkara and Spoony frequently reference the show in their videos, Creator/DougWalker cites it as his favorite live-action show, and fourth-favorite television show overall (behind ''WesternAnimation/HomeMovies'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'') and Rob Walker has stated that Santa Christ was inspired by Ace Rimmer.
192	* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic: Doug Walker is such a massive ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' fan that he named [[Film/Batman1989 the 1989 Batman film]] and ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' two of his favorite movies, Batman as his second most favorite fictional character ever, cited ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' as one of his favorite TV shows ever and frequently discusses and references the franchise in his videos and editorials. It gets to the point that he will dress himself up as Batman whenever he can.
193	** Doug is also a gigantic WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes fan and especially loves WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck. Other stuff he has a particularly strong love for are ''Series/{{Blackadder}}, Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus, Anime/CowboyBebop, WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''. Doug has managed to interview and invite most of ''Animaniacs'' writers and actors to provide cameos to some of his reviews. It's the show that appears most frequently on the Nostalgia Critic's Top 11 lists.
194	** The Walkers are also fans of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. Whilst Doug is only a recent convert to the show (which he initially watched primarily for research for a review of ''Film/TheLastAirbender''), his brother Rob (who co-writes The Nostalgia Critic) has been a fan for quite some time, and when asked about his opinion of the show, his response was "I'm the one who's been telling [Doug] to watch it for the past 5 years."
195	** Doug also stated in a recent Facebook post that since he's started watching it, he's "in love" with ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''.
196	** In one of Doug's Gravity Falls Vlogs, Rob reveals that he's something of an Anime fan, possessing some knowledge of Japanese Dating Sims and mentions having watched ''Anime/WelcomeToTheNHK''.
197	** He frequently quotes ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'' ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh2nnPDyZpQand as shown here]]) and ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'' in everyday conversation, although his favorite comedy is actually ''Film/HotFuzz''. He's also very fond of mocking ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' or just referencing ''Franchise/StarWars'' in general, even though it's not one of his favorite movies.
198	** By default, the franchise whose videos he's made the most about is ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime!'' as he made vlogs for over a ''hundred episodes''.
199	* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick: Creator/LindsayEllis is a huge Creator/JRRTolkien fan and follows all movies Creator/SpikeLee makes. She also has a guilty pleasure for every movie starring robots.
200	* WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall: Creator/LewisLovhaug has many passions outside of comic books - ''Franchise/StarTrek'', ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'', ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' (hence why he also does ''WebVideo/HistoryOfPowerRangers''), several horror movies, several [[BritCom British sitcoms]], etc. And he's been known to CosPlay in his videos whenever the comic gives him the opportunity to do so.
201	** In addition, he's a huge fan of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', and often pulls out an appropriate clip as a response to the stupidity of the comics.
202	* James A Janisse (aka WebVideo/DeadMeat) is a fan of WWE, ''The Simpsons'', ''Star Wars'' and Billy Madison. He has even made reference supercuts to them
203	* Online film critic James Berardinelli is a self admitted geek, having from youth been a fan of such things as ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Franchise/StarTrek'', ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Creator/MontyPython'', ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', and more. He's even written a trilogy of fantasy novels found [[http://www.reelviews.net/PriceCrown/contents.html here]], [[http://www.reelviews.net/PriceMagic/contents.html here]], and [[http://www.reelviews.net/PriceTerror/contents.html here]].
204	* Foster Dad John, who runs WebVideo/TheCritterRoom (a live webcam stream depicting mother cats raising their litters) is a big geek, naming some of the toys used by the kittens [[Series/DoctorWho The TARDIS]] and [[Franchise/StarTrek The Enterprise]], as well as often speaking at length about the tech he uses to record and broadcast the livestream.
205	* While we're on the subject of bloggers, at least half The Atlantic's bloggers right now are geeks, self-confessed or otherwise. The most blatant example is Creator/TaNehisiCoates, who rolls with the [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Horde,]] enough to write about it for Time. Business Editor Megan [=McArdle=] is also a gamer, though to what extent is unknown (She loves ''Civ'', at least). Chief blogger Andrew Sullivan, being English-born, is an obvious ''Series/DoctorWho'' and ''Creator/MontyPython'' fan. Josh Green is limited to music geekery, enough to put up a fight with a music website. The rest (Ambinder, Fallows, Goldberg, and Crooks) remain uncertain (unless you count Fallows's beer fanaticism as geekery).
206	* [[http://lol.gamepedia.com/Tabzz Tabzz]] is a professional ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' AD Carry player, he also happens to be an anime geek. Here's his [[http://myanimelist.net/profile/Tabzz MAL profile]].
207	** [[http://lol.esportspedia.com/wiki/Kami Kami]] is also a ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' pro player from Brazil who plays ''Touhou'' to practice his reflexes while in queue.
208	* [[Website/TheBestPageInTheUniverse Maddox]] likes ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''. [[RatedMForManly Who knows why?]]
209	* WebVideo/MatthewSantoro is a fan of ''Literature/HarryPotter''.
210	* Creator/MrMendo is a huge fan of [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHipHop classic hip-hop]].
211	* Daniel Sulzbach, AKA [[WebVideo/MrRepzion Mr Repzion]], is a fan of ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1978'', ''Literature/HarryPotter'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', Music/MyChemicalRomance, and ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.
212	* Duncan of ''WebVideo/ACoupleOfCuntsInTheCountryside'' definitely qualifies, as does [[LovableNerd Computer Joe]].
213	* Irish [=LetsPlayer=] Sean [=McLoughlin=], better known as WebVideo/{{Jacksepticeye}}, is a fan of many types of video games (as one might expect), particularly ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus''. He also enjoys the work of [[Creator/HPLovecraft H.P. Lovecraft]].
214	* Website/YouTube [=ASMR=] video maker [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2eddeJoyByJBjE4CYXwNXQ Heather Feather]] is a fan of the ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' games, having used Aperture as inspiration for a science corporation in some of her roleplay videos. In some of them, she quotes Cave Johnson's recordings, including the famous "Lemons" rant. She has also made {{Shout Out}s to ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'', ''Series/BreakingBad'', ''Series/GameOfThrones'', ''Film/{{Alien}}'', Music/{{Queen}}, Music/{{Rihanna}} and more. And she does [[https://youtu.be/JxazG7_old0?t=1h5m41s a pretty amazing impersonation of GlaDOS]].
215	* Josh N. Hadley, podcast maker best known for ''Podcast/{{Radiodrome}}'', is deeply passionate about movies and TV series, though his nostalgia is mostly concentrated between the 1970s and early 1990s and focused on works outside the mainstream. He sincerely likes Creator/JohnCarpenter, especially ''Film/{{Videodrome}}'' whose film trailer music he uses as the theme of "Radiodrome". And, last but not least, he is not just a movie fan. He also reads {{novelization}}s of books and compares them to what the movie directors made of them. He's such a huge fan of the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' and ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'' series that he even owned the technical manuals.
216	* WebVideo/DiamandaHagan is a huge fan of Music/DiamandaGalas and Music/NinaHagen, after whom she named her pseudonym.
217	* Creator/JimSterling, of ''WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}}'' fame, is a passionate gaming enthusiast: two of their top favorite series are ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'' and ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' (the latter of which they spent an entire episode calling "the ''Film/CitizenKane'' of Gaming"). They are also a big fan of the ''Film/{{Alien}}'' series, so much so that they opened an episode on the infamous ''VideoGame/AliensColonialMarines'' by beating the snot out of a copy of said game with the dildo-bat from ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird''. They have also grown incredibly fond of Sega's ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' series and consider the spin-off game ''VideoGame/FistOfTheNorthStarLostParadise'' one of their favorite games (on top of the love they already have for ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'').
218	* Creator/RoosterTeeth's entire raison d'etre is that they're geeky folks who openly love video games and pop culture. After all, ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' started as a ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}'' fan series and snowballed from there.
219	* Andy Diamos is a doctorate alumnus of Arizona State University whose ongoing research includes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFXYKBt80Sg a vaccine for norovirus]]. You may know him better as ''Videogame/SuperMarioMaker'' (and assorted Mario hacks) streamer [[https://www.youtube.com/user/CarlSagan42/videos CarlSagan42]].
220	* The late Edd Gould, creator of ''WebAnimation/{{Eddsworld}}'', was a [[Series/DoctorWho Whovian]], a [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic brony]], a ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' and an ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' fan.
221	* WebVideo/TreyTheExplainer, who usually makes videos about science, has shown more than once that he's a big fan of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure''. He sprinkles references to it in his videos and on Twitter cosplayed as Diavolo for Halloween in 2019.
222	* Mike Robinson aka Mister X of [[https://geekjuicemedia.com/streams/lnglive/ Geek Juice Media]] can talk for hours on film theory and is a huge fan of ''Series/ThePrisoner1967'', ''Franchise/StarTrek'' (especially ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''), ''Series/DoctorWho'' and ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' among other things. The man is ''very'' well-versed in popular culture.
223	** His colleauge "Alex Jowski" also shares his love of ''Star Trek'' and ''Doctor Who''.
224	* WebVideo/VOMSProject
225	** Tomoshika is a big fan of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. Her quoting Echoes Act 3 ("[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5P1IzjagzI Let's kill the ho!]]") [[ColbertBump helped popularize VOMS to a western audience]].
226	** Pikamee is a big fan of ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'', and also played ''VideoGame/{{Skyrim}}'' while attending school.
227	* [=YouTuber=] Creator/AnnaBrisbin (aka Brizzy Voices) loves Disney, ''Harry Potter'' (to the point she met Creator/JKRowling and gave her a hug), The ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' series (especially the character of Harley Quinn), Dungeons and Dragons, fantasy and gaming.
228	* Arwyn, the "little girl" that appeared in some of the ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' puppet stuff, is now a huge fan of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' and ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' among other things.
229	* In addition to his interest in nerdy movies and TV shows, the podcaster and author Creator/MikeDuncan has also [[https://revolutionspodcast.libsyn.com/fundraiser-14-dec-2014-21-jan-2015 admitted to spending a lot of time on This Very Wiki]] while researching clichés for his satirical noir novel ''The Five-Sided Cross''.
230	* WebVideo/KsonOnAir absolutely loves the ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' series, deeming Kazuma Kiryu to be her "husbando" and taking inspiration from the series for her Vtuber lore. Getting to be involved in the series -- as an FMV cabaret club hostess in ''[[VideoGame/LikeADragonGaidenTheManWhoErasedHisName Gaiden]]'' and an [[InkSuitActor Ink Suit Actress]] in ''[[VideoGame/LikeADragonInfiniteWealth Infinite Wealth]]'' ([[MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor in English and Japanese no less]]) was [[PromotedFangirl a dream come true for her]].
231	* Relatability to the audience is a core part of the appeal of many V-tubers. Just within WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}, Kiryu Coco commonly reviews Hololive memes and is herself basically a shitposter in idol form, Houshou Marine is a '''massive''' fan of the ''Franchise/{{Touhou\|Project}}'' franchise and has made her own parodies of ''Touhou'' songs that are blatantly inspired by the works of Music/{{IOSYS}}, Amelia Watson of the EN branch is a toxic FPS gamer who cracks YourMom jokes, and the list goes on and on.
232	* Storytime animator Rebecca Parham of WebAnimation/LetMeExplainStudios has admitted time and time again to being a huge fangirl of musical theatre and several of her [=YouTube=] colleagues, and is an unashamed regular visitor of the Ride/DisneyThemeParks. On top of that, she attended art school to get into the animation industry prior to making it big as a [=YouTuber=]. She also really likes ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' and other Creator/{{Nintendo}} franchises.
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