A variation of the YesMan; it's about someone whose adoration for an internet celebrity (sometimes a SmallNameBigEgo) results in them copying their speech patterns, writing style, slang, or general tone.

It's kind of like when your little brother or sister wanted to copy your hairstyle and listen to your music, except these people are probably 20 years old and ought to know better.

Compare SockPuppet, another internet identity someone created solely to provoke a reaction.
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[[folder: Comic Books ]]

* The Engine, a now-defunct forum run by ComicBook writer Creator/WarrenEllis, was full of these. They were the ones using nonsense compound words like "shiteyes" or "thoughtpeach", just like Ellis does in his wackier work. Also, they usually had a signature photo of themselves smoking a cigarette and trying to look moody or hard.
* The Truth and Beauty Bombs message board (loosely centered around ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics'', ''A Softer World'', and ''ComicStrip/ThePerryBibleFellowship'') tends to imitate the grammar/punctuation eccentricities of ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics'' and its author, Ryan North. The imitation was more pronounced in the past, however.

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[[folder: Web Comics ]]

* Many users of the forums associated with ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' use avatars in the creator's art style, you can even select one from a list at registration. This trope also extends to the plethora of WebComics on the forums. Many are posted as "at last, a non-[=OotS=] comic"- and are stick figure, heroic fantasy comics with slightly different facial styles.
* It is often easy to identify an ''Webcomic/{{Achewood}}'' reader by their usage of "hella" "rad" and "dogg," or typing entirely in lowercase in order to make a downbeat statement.
* With a comic primarily based on text, many fans of the comic ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' will imitate a particular character's [[VerbalTic typing quirk]] (mostly the Trolls', which are more noticeable) to evoke that character's qualities, sometimes going so far as to use it to have impromptu role playing sessions.

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[[folder: Web Original ]]

* On some Website/FourChan boards, such as /tg/, it has in past been something of a fad to WRITE WITH THE CAPS LOCK DOWN in imitation of the "tripfag" MR. RAGE. It got to the point where "MRS. RAGE" and "THE PROPHET OF FURY" turned up.
* Some ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' fans, especially on The Escapist forums, try to copy Yahtzee's SophisticatedAsHell style, often boiling down to them simply regurgitating whole phrases verbatim from his reviews. Yahtzee's thoughts on this? "What I do have a problem with is people (for this happens surprisingly often) who think the best way to impress me is to talk at me like we're at a fucking renaissance faire. What am I, a visitor from the magical kingdom of Faggotry?"
* On ''Website/GameFAQs'''s Current Events, the well-known troll [[http://wikifaqs.net/index.php?title=Butters_1188 Butters_1188]] has his own mimic by the name of Dead Guy Hubbin. He absolutely adores Butters and makes multiple topics about his undying love for him. He also copies many of Butters' gimmicks, like doing a topic search for "Butters" and posting in every single topic that comes up in the results seven hours after the last post. He's even been seen copying and pasting many of Butters' topics from other boards. Plus he has the exact same posting style even when not talking about Butters. This causes many people to think he's Butters' alt.
* ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' is covered with this, arguably the biggest reason why the fanbase is now withering down.
** Not even this website is safe. If there's a ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' example somewhere, expect it to have a line directly under it quoting the Abridged Series, relevant or not.
* Noted right-wing troll Gary Ruppert on liberal snark site Sadly, No! has inspired numerous imitators.
* ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' is notorious for his fanbase which believes his ReviewsAreTheGospel and constantly imitates his style in their reviews.
* ''LetsPlay/{{Raocow}}'' fans. Check the [[http://talkhaus.raocow.com/ forums.]] Expect to hear a lot of "like it was no thing," "Charlie," "Freakin' Horse", and really strange non sequiturs.
* The Website/{{Twitter}} examples under Real Life are parodied in ''Theatre/HolyMusicalBatman'', where Franchise/{{Batman}} snagged the twitter names "Franchise/{{Superman}}" and "UsefulNotes/BarackObama" and uses them to imitate and mock said celebrities.

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[[folder: Miscellaneous ]]

* Without naming any names, there's an individual who bops around forums variously devoted to ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', birdwatching, British politics, and UsefulNotes/FurryFandom who absolutely ''insists'' on making everyone think he is Michael Howard, MP. It takes all types...
* Sports example: Strangely enough, St. Louis Cardinals' general manager Tony [=LaRussa=] recently had a mimic who set up a Twitter account with his name and pretended to be him. Many St. Louisans followed the account and genuinely thought that [=LaRussa=] was Tweeting. The account was finally found to be a fraud, but not before the mimic managed to Tweet something like this: "Well, we just played in Chicago and managed to come back without anyone dying or getting a DUI." [=LaRussa=] is now suing Twitter.
** Hockey blog Down Goes Brown did the same thing with the Toronto Maple Leafs' general manager Brian Burke.
** There are a lot of these on Twitter. Some are parodies (Kim Jong Il being the obvious example), while others are just creepy-obsessed.
* Creator/HunterSThompson impressions are very common across all forms of media.
* It isn't hard to spot a regular troper in an internet forum. [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourVocabulary Use of phrases or expressions common on this website but uncommon in the real world will work their way into posts with an improbably high density, revealing their true colors to any other Tropers who happen to be browsing the forum]].
* ''National Catholic Register'' film critic Steven Greydanus is a big Creator/RogerEbert fan, and his prose frequently drifts into an imitation of Ebert's style. He's also made an explicit fan tribute in the form of his own [[https://decentfilms.com/articles/sdgs-very-very-little-movie-glossary Little Movie Glossary]].

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