History Main / CelebCrush

Celebrities are TheBeautifulElite. Even the [[HollywoodHomely ugly ones]] are usually just BeautifulAllAlong. In addition to their attractiveness, style and glamor, their talent -- be it acting, singing, or something more strange and out there -- is what gets the attention of the media, who then brings it to the hungry viewing world.

Take a gorgeous person, inundate the world with their image and charisma from their interviews and public appearances and fans get the illusion of closeness and attainability, developing an imaginary parasocial relationship with the celebrity. Never mind that you're LovingAShadow or that you're at the potential risk of a BrokenPedestal.

More than a roomful of fans crushing on a celebrity could be a [[GroupieBrigade fan mob]], which is sort of the inverse of an AngryMob. [[GroupieBrigade Fan mobs]] tend to want to pepper their crush with kisses while simultaneously ripping off clothing or props for souvenirs. It may also include StarstruckSpeechless, if the fan(s) instead become very awkward around the object of their fandom. Frequently overlaps with MeetTheCelebrityContest, where a character wins the chance to meet their favorite celebrity in person.

** In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'' Lunamaria Hawke, Meyrin Hawke, and Meer Campbell all have major hero crushes on AcePilot Athrun Zala, one of the protagonists of the previous series. They're all a little dissapointed when they meet the [[TheCynic man]] [[TheStoic behind]] [[ShellShockedVeteran the]] [[BrokenAce legend]]. Athrun for his part, doesn't even seem to notice their interest (and in Luna's case brushes her off by saying that "I can't allow your feelings to jeopardise the ability of this team to cooperate."), though he does act kindly towards Meyrin [[spoiler: after she saves his life and they both defect]], and later [[spoiler: refuses to leave Meer alone with the enemy... then is VERY upset when she dies in an HeroicSacrifice.]] (And the ''Extended Edition'' [[spoiler:shows him alongside Meyrin, so the possibility of her developing ''real'' feelings for him is not necessarily outta the question.]]

** In ''Char's Deleted Affair'', Char is Zeon's most famous and photogenic surviving AcePilot after its defeat in the One Year War. This makes him widely admired on Axis, and in the old Side 3 colonies. Haman Karn ([[UsedToBeASweetkid future evil overlord, now a mostly-cheerful and innocent schoolgirl]]) is introduced with a starry-eyed crush and desire to emulate him. Later, Oksana Boginskaya and a young Nanai Miguel are also shown to buy into his public image.

* The ''VideoGame/SuperRealMahjong'' OVA is probably most well known for the scene of a blue haired anime girl freaking out when she sees her crush Creator/MichaelJFox on a magazine.

* Doctor H. of ''Animation/HappyHeroes'' has a massive crush on Planet Xing Xing's celebrity news reporter, Miss Peach. There are a few episodes which primarily focus on this crush or otherwise have him try to be with Miss Peach, such as one where he tries to win a fitness competition because the prize is going out for dinner with her and one where he tells a genie he wishes he were married to her.

* The plot of ''Fanfic/TheChampionAndTheSinger'' starts with Weiss having been a huge fan of the athlete Pyrrha for a decade and having a crush on her. As it turn out, it goes both ways: Pyrrha is a fan of Weiss' music and also likes her back.

* ''Fanfic/MischiefInMusutafuAndOtherSuchTales'': Sir Nighteye used to have a crush on All Might, but it was estinguished when they started arguing over All Might pushing himself too hard with his debilitating injuries. His remaining adoration for All Might vanishes entirely when it's revealed that he is [[FantasticRacism racist against Quirkless people]].

* In ''Film/{{Backstage|2005}}'', 17 year old teen Lucie (Isild Le Besco) is [[LoonyFan obsessed beyond reasonable]] by singer Lauren Waks (Creator/EmmanuelleSeigner) and manages to make her way to her inner circle. At one point it simply morphs into a celeb crush as Lucie's SanitySlippage goes, particularly when she decides to interrupt Lauren when she has sex with a man ("It disgusts me that she has a man. She is pure!"). Lucie also ends up having an affair (and a baby) with Lauren's ex.

* There's that woman in ''Film/SouthlandTales'' who's obsessed with Boxer Santoros, and tries to force him at gunpoint to let her blow him.

* ''Literature/IThinkILoveYou'': As an adolescent, Petra is passionately obsessed with Creator/DavidCassidy, to the point of wearing nothing but brown because she's read it's his favorite color. Twenty-four years later, her daughter Molly is in love with Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio, but not nearly as desperately. Petra thinks it's because Molly is happier with her life and doesn't need to escape into celebrity fantasies, like Petra did.

* In the ''Literature/SnarkoutBoys'' books, Rat has devoted her life to the memory of Creator/JamesDean, and refuses all relationships with anyone unless they resemble James Dean in every respect. She's incredibly sad that he has passed away by the time of the events of the stories.

** In "The Squab and the Quill", Ioan Gruffudd plays Eric Vaughn, a genius-level inventor, billionaire and all-round innovator. He's FamedInStory and both Beckett and the coroner fancy him and gush about him being handsome, hot, rich, and having a [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench British accent]].
* ''{{Series/Charmed|1998}}'': Phoebe becomes a local celebrity for her advice column and faces one or two admirers - particularly in Seasons 5 and 6. She's even convinced to do a sexy photo-shoot to cater to them.

** Monica has hots for the actor Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme who plays himself as an actor in a film being made in New York. The gang is allowed to be on the set because they are friends with Marcel the monkey who used to belong to Ross. Rachel has guts to go to talk to Jean-Claude and he finds her cute and asks her out, and Monica thus thinks Rachel stole him from her.

*** Ross spends the whole episode trying to come up with a perfect list, and his final version involves Creator/UmaThurman, Creator/WinonaRyder, Creator/ElizabethHurley, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, and Dorothy Hamill. He wanted to include Creator/IsabellaRossellini, but the guys convinced him that she's too international, so his odds would be very low. Too bad Rossellini did appear in their favourite coffee place; however, Rachel allowed him to hit on her despite being out of the list. It doesn't go well.
** When Rachel and Phoebe discuss pregnancy hormones, Phoebe says she remembers trying to steal a cardboard cutout of Evander Holyfield when she was in her fourth month. At the end we find out she ''did'' steal it and she offers it to Rachel. However, her affection for the cutout is too strong and she cannot bring herself to lend it to her. Quite an example of in-universe PerverseSexualLust.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Some of the highborn-nobles are so well-known that they becomes the target of desire for commoners.

* Murr from ''Series/ImpracticalJokers'' grew up with a crush on Creator/DanicaMcKellar. He's StarstruckSpeechless when he gets to meet her -- during a punishment where he has to interview her while he's wearing American-flag briefs.

* In ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', while [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Clark]] has always been a super-ChickMagnet, he got his share of crazy fangirls when he becomes an InUniverse celebrity in "[[Recap/SmallvilleS08E15Infamous Infamous]]." Trust me, they aren't ''half'' as crazy as the real world fans of Creator/TomWelling.

* ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' establishes that London and Maddie have a major crush on Creator/OrlandoBloom (which caused a NoodleIncident) and both are quite enamoured with Music/JesseMccartney as well, when he pops up as a SpecialGuest.

* "#1 Crush" by Music/{{Garbage}} could have anybody substitute for the crush, including a celebrity. The "#1" in the title could be referring to a pop hit on the charts, or a movie's position in the box office charts.

-->"I will not apologize for appreciating the Queen's body. She might be a far off, purely symbolic head of state to you, but to me she's just Betty from the block."

* The ''WesternAnimation/GalaxyHigh'' episode "Those Eyes, Those Lips" shows Booey Bubblehead to be infatuated with a singer named Mick Maggers.

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' plays with this trope. The main character, Marinette, has a [[CannotSpitItOut hopeless crush]] on her classmate Adrien, a teenage fashion model whose picture is all over Paris. Meanwhile, Adrien has a crush on the superheroine Ladybug (who is Marinette, but [[TwoPersonLoveTriangle he doesn't actually know that]]) and constantly flirts with her as Chat Noir. However, in both cases, neither is attracted by the other's fame; Chat falls for Ladybug after she shows courage in the face of danger, while Marinette initially mistakes Adrien for a jerkass and is won over by his kindness ([[ObliviousToLove not that he realizes that]]).
** In a straighter example, "Princess Fragrance" shows that resident sweetheart Rose has a crush on an equally-kind prince. Unfortunately, so does [[AlphaBitch Chloé]], which ends up leading to Rose's akumatization.

* Analysed in ''Series/{{Coupling}}'' with Jeff's theory about what happens when two lovers' Celebrity Crushes meet -- which occurs [[BrickJoke at the end of the episode]], between Steve's crush ([[Series/{{Panorama}} Mariella Frostrup]]) and Susan's ([[Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou Angus Deayton]]). Jeff reckons this phenomenon is the reason there are so many celebrity marriages.

--->'''Dracula:''' Do you know why [[KissOfTheVampire you cannot resist me?]]
--->'''Buffy:''' Because you're famous?

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'':

** When Rachel and Phoebe discuss pregnancy hormones, Phoebe says she remembers trying to steal a cardboard cutout of Evander Holyfield when she was in her forth month. At the end we find out she ''did'' steal it and she offers it to Rachel. However, her affection for the cutout is too strong and she cannot bring herself to lend it to her. Quite an example of in-universe PerverseSexualLust.