History Main / HeroWorshipper

* Gaboo from ''Manga/DigimonVTamer01'' admits he'd more afraid to travel around the war-torn continent of server if he wasn't with the two protagonists. He nags and frets for a long time before he gets any desire to be like them though.
* Krillin in later chapters of ''Manga/DragonBallZ''.

* Sanae from ''LightNovel/ChuunibyouDemoKoiGaShitai'' worships "Mori Summer," a self-proclaimed mage who wrote the ''Mabinogion'', a journal of philosophical-sounding rants of the other dimension. This is the basis of her SitcomArchnemesis relationship with Shinka[[spoiler:, the girl behind "Mori Summer" who wants to purge that part of her life seen as her OldShame.]]

* ''{{Paranatural}}'': PJ the [[UndeadChild ghostly child]] that lives in Max's house admires Max like he was a superhero.

* ''Webcomic/Paranatural'': PJ the [[UndeadChild ghostly child]] that lives in Max's house admires Max like he was a superhero.

*** Cassandra continues to hold Hawke in the highest regard in Inquisition. She even goes as far as to say that perhaps the Champion [[spoiler:could have saved the Divine and prevented the Breach.]] The Inquisitor could not, but Cassandra believes Hawke could.

* A rare, non-comedic and much more complex literary example occurs in the ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen''. Ahlrada Ahn becomes [[DespairEventHorizon so broken by the atrocities]] he's commited while in the company of the Tiste Edur he focuses all the good he still manages to see in the world on Trull Sengar, the only Tiste Edur warrior he ever respected and admired. Ahlrada Ahn comes to basically worship Trull, convinced that the latter is dead and he himself will be soon as well. When they unexpectedly meet again, Ahlrada basically has a mental breakdown in the midst of a battle and becomes utterly focused on getting Trull's attention and begging him for forgiveness. [[KilledOffForReal It does not end well.]]

->''"They'll write [[FolkHero legends]] about you someday. When the world was at its darkest, [[BigDamnHeroes there you came]], fire in your eyes like something out a storybook."''

* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' both Soris and Shianni have shades of this towards City Elf Warden. This can be later subverted if you leave them both on mercy of humans.

* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''
** Varric accuses Cassandra of becoming hero-worshipper towards Hawke. She is visibly captivated by the Champion's legend, especially [[spoiler: if the Arishok is defeated in a single combat.]] If Hawke is male, Varric additionally teases her about developing a little crush along the way.
** If Hawke helps [[DreamWeaver Feynriel]] [[spoiler:and lets him go to Tevinter to learn how to control his abilities,]] it's hinted he develops a case of hero-worship toward the Champion as well.
** If Hawke saves the elven girl Lia and kills her kidnapper, her father sends you later a letter thanking for rescuing her and claims she "has found a hero in you". She can reappear in Act 3 in the Alienage and if [[DaChief Aveline]] is in your party, it's revealed that Lia was inspired to join the City Guard and help protect the innocent the way she had been by you.
** Many letters Hawke can receive are from people you've helped along the way, who developed similar attitudes.
* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' takes this to a practically literal level. Following a number of events over the course of the game, [[PlayerCharacter The Inquisitor]] comes to be seen by a very large part of the population as the Maker's chosen and hailed as "The Herald of Andraste". It's quite telling that they continue to do this, and the number grows, even after the Chantry denounces him/her as a false prophet and heretic, and even if the character is a non-human, considering the amount of FantasticRacism in the ''Dragon Age'' universe. Following the [[spoiler:fall of Haven]], in their DarkestHour, the people that s/he saved start kneeling to him/her in absolute reverence, whether the Inquisitor really believes or not.

* Sakura Kasugano in the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series is this to her mentor Ryu.

* Ryouko Izumo from ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' is this to both [[JeanneDArchetype Janne]] and [[{{Ninja}} Hanzou]].

Compare IrritationIsTheSincerestFormOfFlattery (if this character goes too far in an innocent way), LoonyFan (if he goes too far in a less-innocent way), TheKnightsWhoSaySquee (if the worshiper becomes a hero himself).

* Daidouji Tomoyo of ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura''.

* Robert E.O. Speedwagon in Part 1 of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''.

* Konohamaru from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''.
* Kensuke in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' fits this trope to a T.
* Koby in the initial arc of ''Manga/OnePiece''.
* Professor Kid from ''Obake no Q-tarō''.

* Futaba from ''Anime/PuniPuniPoemy'' serves as a parody of this trope.
* Manta from ''Manga/ShamanKing''.
* Komatsu from ''Manga/{{Toriko}}''.

* In ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar'', Parn hero-worships Kashue very very much.

* Goombario in ''VideoGame/PaperMario''.

* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' takes this to a practically literal level. Following a number of events over the course of the game, [[PlayerCharacter The Inquisitor]] comes to be seen by a very large part of the population as the Maker's chosen and hailed as "The Herald of Andraste". It's quite telling that they continue to do this, and the number grows, even after the Chantry denounces him/her as a false prophet and heretic. Following the [[spoiler:fall of Haven]], in their DarkestHour, the people that s/he saved start kneeling to him/her in absolute reverence, whether the Inquisitor really believes or not.

* Ryouko Izumo from ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' is this to both [[JeanneDArchetype Janne]] and [[{{Ninja}} Hanzou]].
* In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', one of the potential recruits for the heist crew, Norm Richards, is a huge fanboy of Michael Townley. In fact, he became a criminal specifically because he was inspired by Michael's exploits. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Norm is a terrible thief. He almost always dies during his first heist and has a high probability of somehow screwing up even if he lives.]]
* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' both Soris and Shianni have shades of this towards City Elf Warden. This can be later subverted if you leave them both on mercy of humans.

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* Isidro from the ''{{Berserk}}'' manga admires Guts to the point of wanting to copy Guts' fighting style, until Guts tells him that things like different height and speed would make {{BFS}} wielding for someone as small as Isidro nearly impossible.

* Gaboo from ''Manga/{{Digimon V-Tamer|01}}'' admits he'd more afraid to travel around the war torn continent of server if he wasn't with the two protagonists. He nags and frets for a long time before he gets any desire to be like them though.

* Naomichi Yamada from HajimeNoIppo started out as Ippo's biggest fanboy, then joined Kamogawa Gym to improve himself ''and'' be closer to his idol.

* Everyone that Misaki's ever [[DefeatMeansFriendship beaten]] in ''KidouTenshiAngelicLayer'' becomes her CombatCommentator and squealing fan, even those who would rather not admit it.
* Subaru Nakajima from ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' towards that title character. With the amount of {{Shout Out}}s the series does, one wonders if her fair resemblance to ''StreetFighter'''s Sakura was intentional.

* Koby in the initial arc of ''OnePiece''.
* Professor Kid from ''ObakeNoQtaro''.

* Futaba from ''PuniPuniPoemy'' serves as a parody of this trope.
* Manta from ''ShamanKing''.
* Komatsu from ''{{Toriko}}''.
* Joshua Christopher from ''ChronoCrusade'' is an odd twisted example. He's incredibly devoted to Aion and often speaks about him in glowing terms, and is very excited when he gets a chance to watch him fight. The thing that makes this twisted is (a) Aion is the BigBad; (b) Joshua has been given incredible power by Aion in order to do his bidding, and (c) that power has turned him [[ComesGreatInsanity absolutely bonkers]]. He would maybe be a LoonyFan if it wasn't that Aion was the one that drove him nuts in the first place and doesn't actively discourage him.

* Gau from ''NabariNoOu'''s devotion to Raikou is so strong that he's willing to ''[[SelfSacrificeScheme commit suicide if he thinks it'd make Raikou happier]]''.

* In ''RecordOfLodossWar'', Parn hero-worships Kashue very very much.
* In GundamSeedDestiny a large portion of the Miverva's crew look up to Athrun as a legend from the previous war. Meer Campbell does this as well.

* Eddie Bloomberg aka Kid Devil from the DCU used to worship ComicBook/BlueDevil, even in the earliest days of his hero career.
* ''ComicBook/TransformersLastStandOfTheWreckers'' has two - Ironfist and Pyro. Ironfist is an AscendedFanboy of the titular Wreckers who finds that [[WarIsHell the reality of war]] is very different from reading about it. Pyro, on the other hand, has a borderline creepy obsession with Optimus Prime... he looks like Prime, imitates Prime's motto, references Prime's opinions, fantasizes about dying in a blaze of glory while Optimus watches...

* [[GreatGazoo Bat-Mite]] worships the ground [[Franchise/{{Batman}} the Dark Knight]] stands on, despite (and because of) the fact that he's a [[PhysicalGod god]] and could obliterate Batman with a thought (while Batman is a [[BadassNormal mere mortal]] who isn't intimidated by this for one second).
* In SuperiorFoesOfSpiderMan, Boomerang has an obsession with DrStrange villain, Dormammu. To the point where an ImagineSpot of Boomerang getting married to a girl he was dating featured Dormammu both as Boomerang's best man and as his baby's real father.

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* Buddy to Mr. Incredible of ''TheIncredibles'', initially. Crosses over to LoonyFan territory eventually.
* Star to Steele from ''{{Balto}}''

* From ''Film/{{Up}}'', Carl with Muntz. As a kid, he adored him; however, [[spoiler:as an old man, he lost all respect for him, realizing what kind of man he was.]]
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* Colin Creevey from ''Literature/HarryPotter''.

* In poorly written adaptations of SherlockHolmes, Dr. Watson is portrayed in this fashion.
* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' (Bella Swan towards Edward Cullen)
* Owen of Jesslaw, in TamoraPierce's ''Literature/ProtectorOfTheSmall'', is an instant groupie of Keladry.
* In ''Literature/SammyKeyes and the Wild Things," Sammy is somewhat unnerved to learn that her classmate Cassie Kuo has been eagerly watching her exploits all year, rooting for her against her ArchEnemy Heather, and basically enjoying Sammy's life as a soap opera.

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* J.D. from ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' somewhat falls into this when it comes to Dr. Cox. He even admits himself that he is "prone to hero worship". However, he's not incompetent by any means.

* Colonel Mitchell in ''Series/StargateSG1''. When he takes over command of SG-1 in season 9 (because Teal'c, Sam, and Daniel have all moved on), his first order of business is PuttingTheBandBackTogether. He apparently finagled his way into Stargate Command explicitly to work with them (it helps that he saved their lives previously; he could basically do whatever he wanted after that.)

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* All three media of the ''Fanchise/{{Noob}}'' franchise have moments that give the impression that Omega Zell has nothing else going on in his life besides his obsession for [[TheAce Fantöm]]. He's actually a bigger source of trivia about Fantöm than Arthéon, ''who used to be Fantöm's guildmate''. The fourth novel still has Omega Zell get in "groupie mode" when he unexpectedly runs into Fantöm, despite [[spoiler:getting explicitly viewed as a friend by him and becoming his teammate in the later part of the story]].
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* Goombario in ''VideoGame/PaperMario''.
* ''SuikodenII'' had that kid in Banner Village, who worshipped not one, but ''two'' heroes. Namely, Tir, the hero of ''SuikodenI'', and Riou, the hero of ''SuikodenII''. He's instrumental to getting Tir into your entourage.
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* CyranoDeBergerac: Ragueneau has shades of this to Cyrano at Act II scene III:
--> '''Ragueneau''' ''(following him):'' Bravo! I saw...
--> '''Cyrano:''' Well, what saw you, then?
--> '''Ragueneau:''' Your combat!...
--> '''Cyrano:''' [[ButForMeItWasTuesday Which?]]
--> '''Ragueneau:''' That in the Burgundy Hotel, 'faith!
--> '''Cyrano''' ''(contemptuously):'' [[ButForMeItWasTuesday Ah!. . .the duel!]]
--> '''Ragueneau''' ''(admiringly):'' Ay! the duel in verse!. . .
--> '''Lise:''' [[LampshadeHanging He can talk of naught else!]]
--> '''Cyrano:''' Well! Good! let be!
--> '''Ragueneau''' ''(making passes with a spit that he catches up):'' 'At the envoi's end, I touch!. . .At the envoi's end, I touch!'. . .'Tis
--> fine, fine!
--> ''(With increasing enthusiasm):'' 'At the envoi's end—'
--> '''Cyrano:''' [[RuleOfThree What hour is it now, Ragueneau?]]
--> '''Ragueneau''' ''(stopping short in the act of thrusting to look at the clock):'' Five minutes after six!. . .'I touch!'
--> ''(He straightens himself):'' ...Oh! to write a ballade!

* Alyx Vance, along with being Gordon's sidekick, becomes this during ''VideoGame/{{Half-Life 2}}: Episode One'', commenting on Gordon's extraordinary feats.
* Shingo Yabuki in the ''KingOfFighters'' series. The parallels between him and Sakura Kasugano (''see below'') (who debuted around the same time) are so strong he might be a DistaffCounterpart.
* Alex from ''Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete'' is a worshipper of the Dragonmaster Dyne. However, the trope's completely inverted in that Alex is the main character and actually gains the chance to live out his dream.
* Otacon in the first ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', but he's very much a deconstruction of this too.

* Sakura Kasugano in the ''StreetFighter'' series is this to her mentor Ryu.
* Dallas, a prisoner from ''TheSuffering'' to the hero Torque. Yes, admiring the guy who saves you from monsters is natural, but... It's notable in that genuine good emotions, like friendship and loyalty are darned hard to come by in the setting, due to Plot Reasons. Latter partners in the game are notably crazy-pants. Dallas is also notable for being comfortably bisexual.

* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', Varric accuses Cassandra of becoming hero worshipper towards Hawke. She is visibly captivated by the Champion’s legend, especially [[spoiler: if the Arishok is defeated in a single combat.]] If Hawke is male, Varric additionally teases her about developing a little crush along the way.
** If Hawke helps [[DreamWeaver Feynriel]] [[spoiler: and lets him go to Tevinter to learn how to control his abilities,]] it’s hinted he develops a case of hero worship toward the Champion as well.

** Many letters Hawke can recieve are from people you've helped along the way, who developed similar attitudes.

* SonicTheComicOnline has Silver who hero worships Tails, having grown up hearing about Tails' adventures, [[spoiler:however some of what he belives are Tails' adventures are actully Sonic's adventures, this is because in Silver's future Sonic has been [[UnPerson Un-Personed]]]].

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* Spiderman to Batman in ''[[FanFic/ImAMarvelAndImADC Marvel/DC After Hours]]'' [[FanFic/ImAMarvelAndImADC and]] ''[[FanFic/ImAMarvelAndImADC Happy Hour]]''.
** He was like this to Superman too back in the day. And Goblin has this going for Willem Defoe.

* Cooper in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce''...but worships TheChick.
* Deconstructed in the ''JusticeLeague'' episode "Legends", with Ray Thompson. [[spoiler: It turns out that Ray is a RealityWarper who couldn't cope with the fact that the Justice Guild were killed in battle, and has effectively turned the entire city into his own personal LotusEaterMachine.]]
* Junior, Sylvester's [[Film/AustinPowers mini-me]] son in a series of ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''. Although his admiration tended to expire fairly rapidly once Dad actually started to ''demonstrate'' his mouse-catching abilities (or lack thereof)...
* Also from WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes, the page picture comes from a pair of cartoons, "WesternAnimation/TreeForTwo" and "Dr. Jerkyl's Hide", in which Spike/Alfie the Bulldog is hero-worshiped by Chester the Terrier. Their relationship is inverted after a series of humiliating defeats is inflicted on Spike, and he ends up hero-worshiping the smaller dog.

* Enzo Matrix in ''ReBoot'' admired Bob the Guardian when he was a little sprite in the first two seasons. In the fourth season, the grown-up Enzo (Matrix) finds himself the target of admiration from... Enzo Matrix (it's a long story). Younger Enzo eventually learns to stop imitating his grown-up self and become his own Sprite.
* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' had Paco embodying this trope in regards to El Toro Fuerte. Granted, his worship waned when he found out the secret of his hero's strength, but it was soon revitalized, and he followed El Toro just about [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan everywhere]] he went. To a similar extent, Jade was often Jackie's loudest cheerleader, and once stated she wanted to be "a female Jackie Chan" (even though, technically, she was saying that after seeing [[DarkActionGirl Viper]] in action).
* Irving from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' worships the titular duo to the point of dressing up like them, sneaking into their mom's car so he can go to the beach with them, and takes pictures of their exploits (one of which was eating some soup). Even BollywoodNerd Baljeet thinks he's an embarrassment.

* KimPossible was the object of hero worship from her younger cousin Joss Possible. By the end of the story, she began to see Ron as a hero instead, since Kim shrugs off the dangers she faces easily, while Ron has to [[CowardlyLion conquer his fear]] to fight alongside Kim.

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* Carl [[spoiler:formerly]] with Muntz. As a kid, he adored him, [[spoiler:but as an old man, he lost all respect for him, realizing what kind of man he was.]]

->''"They'll write [[FolkHero legends]] about you someday. When the world was at its darkest, [[BigDamnHeroes there you came]], fire in your eyes like something out a storybook."''
-->-- '''Shianni''', ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''

* Junior, Sylvester's [[AustinPowers mini-me]] son in a series of ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''. Although his admiration tended to expire fairly rapidly once Dad actually started to ''demonstrate'' his mouse-catching abilities (or lack thereof)...

* Subverted with Lugnut in ''TransformersAnimated''. He's practically a one-mech Megatron cult to the point where even Megatron gets sick of his constant loud praises, but he's also the largest and strongest member of the Decepticons on Earth and his "Punch of Kill Everything" is not named ironically.

* Also from WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes, the page picture comes from a pair of cartoons, ''Tree for Two'' and ''Dr. Jerkyl's Hide'', in which Spike/Alfie the Bulldog is hero-worshiped by Chester the Terrier. Their relationship is inverted after a series of humiliating defeats is inflicted on Spike, and he ends up hero-worshiping the smaller dog.

* Mako Mori in ''PacificRim'' has this to both Raleigh Becket and Stacker Pentecost. Raleigh because she studied everything about his fighting techniques in hopes that [[spoiler: she could be his co-pilot]]. Pentecost because [[spoiler: he had saved her as a child from Onibaba and then adopted her.]]

* Owen of Jesslaw, in TamoraPierce's ''[[TortallUniverse Page]]'', is an instant groupie of Keladry.