A movie star meeting her adoring crowd.
"Fans are great. Fandom is weird."
The term used for the collective of fans for any given work, person, or other thing, that came together for mutual benefit. Often have different terms for more specific things, but this trope covers them all.
The term "fandom" can be traced back as far as 1903. Fanwank has featured a few vintage wanks that show fans have always been as crazy as they are now. This might have existed since the beginning of fiction.
Compare Fame and Reputation Tropes, Admiration Tropes.
Contrast Hatedom and Fan Hater.
Is not the opposite of Fan Sub.
Sub Tropes (as long as they are about the fans themselves, not just what they do):
Categories:
- Approval of God
- Ascended Fanboy
- Big Name Fan
- Broken Base
- Cosplay Otaku Girl
- Estrogen Brigade
- Fan
- Fan Boy
- Fan Community Nicknames
- Fan Convention
- Fandom Heresy
- Fandom Life Cycle
- Fandom Rivalry
- Fan Dumb
- Fangirl
- Fanon
- Fanwork Only Fans
- Friendly Fandoms
- Furry Fandom
- Hypocritical Fandom
- Instant Fan Club
- Juggalo
- The Law of Fan Jackassery
- Loony Fan
- Metalhead
- Notable Fanfiction Archives
- Occidental Otaku
- Official Fan-Submitted Content
- One of Us
- Otaku
- Periphery Demographic
- Promoted Fanboy
- Saw "Star Wars" 27 Times
- Silent Majority
- Smart Mark
- “Stop Having Fun” Guys
- Straw Fan
- Teen Idol (aka Pin Up Girl)
- Testosterone Brigade
- Trekkie
- Unpleasable Fanbase
- Vocal Minority
- Whovians
- Yaoi Fangirl
- Yuri Fan
