History Main / InstantFanClub

* ''VisualNovel/{{Shuffle}}'' parodies this rather sharply. The fanclubs have even [[SeriousBusiness carried over into real life]], with all the seriousness of ShipToShipCombat - their object of affection might be a [[{{Yandere}} psycho]], but ''don't'' say this in front of members of ''Kitto Kitto Kaede''!
* Kakashi is implied to have one of these in ''Manga/RockLeesSpringtimeOfYouth''. Strangely enough Yamato/Tenzou also appears to be a part of the club. Don't believe me? Take a look at [[http://miyukicosplay.deviantart.com/art/A-fangirl-xD-337755942 this]]
* In ''LightNovel/MayoChiki'' Subaru has an all-female one. It undergoes a schism as some members don't object to Jiro's (alleged) relationship with Subaru, while others do.

* Mitsuki's Fanboys in ''Manga/HeIsMyMaster''.
* The all-male fan club that worships a pretty nurse on the Nautilus, in ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater''.
* The second episode of ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'', "Golden Shoes," revolves around a sixth grade boy's Instant Fan Club and the pressure he feels to keep up appearances.
* Megumi attracts one in ''Manga/CheekyAngel'', much to her disgust.
* Lum's Stormtroopers and Mendou's army of fangirls in ''Anime/UruseiYatsura''.
* The Zuka Club in ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', especially Benio Amakusa ("Benibara"), have their own legion of screaming fans, who are organized, drilled, and kept disciplined (with the threat of massive violence) by officers of the Benibara Society.
** A less obvious but more prevalent example: the fans of the Host Club itself. Perhaps they were once a loosely-related group of fangirly teenagers, but they organized fast, especially once Renge took the lead. She even made Host Club doujinshi.

** Aaand then comes back. With some guys to boot.
* Rukawa's admirers in ''Manga/SlamDunk'', complete with bandannas with his name, and the propensity to transform into an instant cheerleading club when in actual games.
* The males at the school in ''Manga/MyBrideIsAMermaid'' are divided into two militant, warring fan clubs over San and Luna. Luna personally leads ''her'' club in efforts to take over the school. Mawari is left leading an equally-violent third club comprised of the girls, united under "[[KnightTemplar restoring order]]" with the motto "All men are beasts."
* Fuuko's fanboys in ''VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}}'', whom she gains when Tomoya and Nagisa teach her how to make friends. Hilariously, she then uses them as a defense mechanism by summoning them (by whistling) to carry off Sunohara when he's annoying her. "PROTECT FUUKO-CHAN!!!!"
* Daichi and Kouichi in ''Manga/HimeChanNoRibon'' get one. Daichi's club causing direct trouble for Hime-chan when the rumours of them dating start spreading around. At least the main leaders of said group have badges with his face on it.

* Used straight and subverted in ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis''. Subverted: [[GenkiGirl Tomoka Osakada]] does her best to create and form a fanclub for [[TroubledButCute Ryoma Echizen]] but in the end she and [[ShrinkingViolet Sakuno]] are pretty much the only stable members. Played straight: Wakato's fangirls from the Jyousei Shounan arc and the Rikkaidai cheerleaders. And there's no forgetting Atobe's ''army'' of fangirls, who can become even ''[[YokoOhNo violent]]'' towards the main girl of the DatingSim ''Gakuensai no Oujisama'' if you have her befriending Atobe.
* In ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' we even have a mini-arc dedicated to Kuno's biggest fangirl: Cheerleader Queen Mariko Konjou. She uses cheerleading pretty much as a ''fighting style'', too, and yes - Ranma (as a girl) and Akane have to "fight" her, if not for Kuno, for their sports teams.
** Much to [[{{Tsundere}} Akane Tendo's]] [[DoesNotLikeMen despair]], she also had a fanclub in the beginning of the series. After [[KendoTeamCaptain Tatewaki]] [[StalkerWithACrush Kuno]] said that the Furinkan guys [[BestHerToBedHer would have to beat her in combat to date her]], ''many'' guys from the sport teams would wait for her every morning at the school gates to try beat her up, and she had to defeat ''every single one'' to go to class. They didn't give up until they learnt that Ranma not only was Akane's fiancé, but he had defeated Kuno in a fight.
* Sakaki acquires one at the beginning of her second year in ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'', but they don't really figure into the plot beyond a quick scene. On the other hand, Kaorin might constitute a "Sakaki [[{{Fangirl}} fan club]]" all by herself.
* In the first episode of ''LightNovel/HarukaNogizakasSecret'', we're treated with one for the titular character, who proceed to clobber the male protagonist for chasing her, even though it's just to clear up some misunderstanding.
* About half of the school instantly becomes Nagi's fanclub/bodyguards in ''Manga/KannagiCrazyShrineMaidens''.
** She even has her own webpage and a good balance of male and female fans! Her good looks and comical personality wouldn't be enough to explain this ordinarily, but it may be a JustifiedTrope if you add in the speculation that a goddess would naturally, subconsciously draw followers.
* ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'''s first season has Moka, Kurumu and Yukari having three "fanclubs" made up of lame fanboy stalkers who cause more harm than good. By the second season, they (and Mizore) have developed large, screaming mostly ''female'' fanclubs.
** This is case is most particularly bizarre in Yukari's case as in Episode 3 (her debut), she is shown to be hated by the entire student body. Then the fanclub guys are introduced ''the very next episode.'' While just as abrupt in the manga, the greater emphasis on the pervasive nature of school bullying (most of the students don't dare express themselves) maybe makes it work better: she becomes more outgoing and publicly visible to the school as the people who would be breaking such a fan club up stop.
* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' shows that Utena is extremely popular for her {{Bifauxnen}} qualities and all of the female students address her as "Utena-sama". To the point where photos of her acting feminine (due to a BodySwap with the extremely feminine Anthy) start selling like hot cakes.
* There's one for Tsukasa in ''Manga/StrawberryOneHundredPercent'', who won't even allow her one-time-and-possibly-again-depending-on-how-the-plot-unfolds semi-boyfriend talk to her without him disguising as one of them and slipping through the crowd. It's a rather organized fanclub at that, complete with identification numbers and hierarchy.
* ''Manga/KamenNoMaidGuy'' has an even more specific variation. Naeka has fan club for her breasts. Not her, [[GagBoobs her breasts]].

* In ''Manga/KamichamaKarin'', both Kazune and Micchi have fanclubs like this.
* In ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' pretty much half of Negi's class turns into this as soon as they see him. Then when he goes to the magic world, he and Kotaro enter a tournament and become celebrities, complete with legions of fangirls.
** And in the magic world, Nagi and the members of Ala Rubia have their followers.
* In ''Manga/KOn'', Mio gets one after a minor [[PantyShot panty-flashing incident]] during a concert.
** Another [[LightNovel/{{MM}} Mio]] get one too just for an entirely different reason.
* Misaki of ''Manga/MaidSama'' gains one for an episode. She finds it difficult to keep her secret life from them.
* Duke Devlin gets one in his first appearance in ''Anime/YuGiOh'', and three of them become his cheerleading squad for the next few episodes. They disappear when Duke joins the TrueCompanions.
** They seem to be quite fickle; they were previously seen hanging out with Bakura.
* High school sports start Aizawa Suguru in ''Manga/AreaNoKishi'' is nearly always hounded by throngs of squealing fan-girls whenever he's at school.
* [[SmallNameBigEgo Gary Oak]] of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' fame had one in the form of a group of [[AllGuysWantCheerleaders cheerleaders]] who followed him ''everywhere'' in the first season.
* In ''[[LightNovel/{{Kampfer}} Kämpfer]]'', there is the "Mistress Shizuku, Please Violate Me" club, which is briefly mentioned but never shown.
* Fakir and Mytho of ''Anime/PrincessTutu'' also have been mentioned to have their own fan clubs. Pique is part of Fakir's fanclub and Lilie is presumably part of Mytho's group.

* Each of the nine prince/ princesses in ''Manga/CastleTownDandelion'' has this. Episode 4B/ Chapter 6 deals with Akane's.

* Kaguya from ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' has an unofficial fanclub consisting of [[ThoseTwoGuys Karen and Erika]] (they admit that it's not a real club, it's just something that they like to call themselves), though she is unaware of their existance for the most part. [[ServileSnarker Hayasaka]] ends up getting roped in to joining when they mistakenly believe that she's a fellow Kaguya fan.
* In ''Manga/CellsNotAtWork'', [[YouAreNumberSix 328]] has a fan club for Macrophages; among its members are a Red Blood Cell (DW7310), a Neutrophil (2310), and an unnamed Erythroblast.

* Also pre-Crisis, ComicBook/{{Robin}}, whilst attending Hudson University as Dick Grayson, had his own on-campus fan-club, and occasionally attended meetings of the self named (at least one hopes so) Robin-Rooters, whose members were mostly female, but not exclusively so. They even designed new costumes for him, which they then had made up for him to wear, which he did.
* ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfWonderWoman2016'': Superheroes are only just appearing in the world but Etta mentions that her little brother Mint is already a member of a [[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica JSA]] fanclub.

* ''FanFic/PonyPOVSeries'': After [[spoiler:Princess Gaia's rule]], Fluttershy results in getting a sizable following due to how much it healed many ponies. Her popularity as a fashion model not withstanding.

* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/15033803/chapters/35463378 Fluffy Hero Izuku]]'', Izuku recalls the time a fan club of his had formed because his efforts at cleaning Dagobah Beach had inspired many people. Izuku, however, found the fan club to be ''less'' than helpful due to the fact that cleaning up the beach was part of his training, and [[UnwantedAssistance receiving help would have negated that]].

* Mulan's girl followers in ''WesternAnimation/MulanII''.
* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'': "You have saved our lives! We are eternally grateful!"
* The three girls obsessed with Gaston in ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''.

* This is the function that the Blue Blaze Irregulars serve in Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension.

* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': Angelus' groupies, Karl and Paco.

* After winning the S.T.A.R. Game in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', Link ends up with one.

* ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoIIMelodyOfMetafalica'' provides something just a touch more realistic. It takes time for Reine to build the Cloche fan club but otherwise they fit perfectly. They tell people how great Cloche is, protect her in battle, and provide the energy for [[CombinedEnergyAttack Replakia.]]
* Delsin Rowe in ''VideoGame/InfamousSecondSon'' gains a ([[EvenTheGuysWantHim mostly]]) female fan club shortly after starting his campaign against the D.U.P. in Seattle. They call themselves the "[[FanCommunityNicknames Rowe-mantics]]"

* Vanilla in ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'' gains a fanclub among the Elsior's crew, which has about 50 members. In her route in the second game, Tact sees himself at odds with the president of the club [[ShippingTorpedo who tries to interfere with his attempts to get close to her]].

* ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'''s Kimiko suddenly acquires an enormous horde of fanboys when she mouths off on public radio in their defense. Erika also has a fanclub so obsessed that they stay loyal to her even after she disappears from the public eye for years. The series goes deeper into exploring the phenomenon than just using it for comedy, portraying the fanboys as [[ThisLoserIsYou everything from sympathetic losers (Piro) to immoral, pathetic perverts (Kuro)]].
* Shion [[http://www.tsunamichannel.com/index.php?date=2003-12-09&comic=ExCoKo gets one of these]] in ''Experimental Comic Kotone''.

* In ''Webcomic/TaikiTheWebcomic'', Kai has one.

* In ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'' V4, Reiko Ishida got one of these due to her success in ice skating, often referred to as her "entourage". Bit of a subversion, though, as, unlike most characters that have found themselves in this trope, she's actually quite close friends with them.
* In ''Franchise/{{Noob}}'' there is a guild called Gaea Admirers that formed for the sole purpose of helping out Gaea, whom they believe to be a DoubleAgent loyal to the Coalition, while Gaea herself in the Empire. The recurring character among them, Meuhmeuh, tends to appear out of nowhere if he considers Gaea needs his help. [[spoiler:They give Gaea a place to go when she does an opportunistic Face Heel Turn.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
** Speaking of sexy princes, Prince Zuko gets a sudden audience of blushing girls (complete with floating hearts!) when he takes off his shirt in the BeachEpisode.
** Aang gets one when he visits Kyoshi village for the first time. In fact, Aang gets a share of fans in every place he goes to. This becomes a plot point in the after-series comics, where he decides that, rather than wasting their devotion on nothing, he would teach his fans all he knows about Air Nomad culture. By the time ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' rolls around, the fan club has transformed into the Air Acolytes, a group of non-bender people who live by the ways of the Air Nomads, making them just as much a part of the nation as Aang's airbender son and grandchildren are.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': In the episode "Dadbra-Cadabra", after Mr. Turner's magic act is a huge success, he is instantly a huge hit and has many fans. As a one-off joke, he is followed home by a huge mob of screaming fangirls who try to barge into the Turners' house by breaking into a window. Luckily, Mrs. Turner is able to stop them by boarding them up.

* In ''Manga/KOn'', Mio gets one after a minor pantries-flashing incident during a concert.

* In ''Manga/KOn'', Mio gets one after [[PantyShot a minor incident]] during a concert.

* Kaguya from ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' has an unofficial fanclub consisting of [[ThoseTwoGuys Karen and Eria]] (they admit that it's not a real club, it's just something that they like to call themselves), though she is unaware of their existance for the most part. [[ServileSnarker Hayasaka]] ends up getting roped in to joining when they mistakenly believe that she's a fellow Kaguya fan.

** Besides the Jimmy Olsen Fan Club, there was also (in [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] comics) the ''[[{{Superman}} Clark Kent]]'' Fan Club, consisting of female fans of Clark (from his WGBS evening newscasts).

* The [[SchoolgirlLesbians Zuka Club]] in ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', especially Benio Amakusa ("Benibara"), have their own legion of screaming fans, who are organized, drilled, and kept disciplined (with the threat of massive violence) by officers of the Benibara Society.

* ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'''s first season has Moka, Kurumu and Yukari having three "fanclubs" made up of lame fanboy stalkers who cause more harm than good. By the second season, they (and Mizore) have developed large, screaming mostly ''female'' fanclubs.

-->-- '''Strong Bad''', ''WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail''

* During ''{{Literature/Dinoverse}}'', AlphaBitch Candacye Chambers is put into the body of a small dinosaur called a Leptoceratops, much to her dismay. Other, real Leptoceratops take a great interest in her and follow her wherever she goes, trying to feed and groom her. Reminded of when guys would flock around her human body she assumes it's this trope and nicknames them the Leptomaniacs. While this is a factor, it's largely because they are concerned about [[TyrannosaurusRex the company she's keeping]] and would like her to be safe.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' featured this with Quistis Trepe, the youngest instructor in the history of the school. In the American translation they are called "Trepies."

* Haruto Sakuraba from ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'' is frequently harassed by mobs of girls who are members of his fan club. After he gives up being a teen idol to focus on football (and, in the process, abandons his clean-cut pretty-boy look by [[ImportantHaircut growing a beard and getting a buzzcut]]), most of them drop out.

* In the first episode of ''LightNovel/NogizakaHarukaNoHimitsu'', we're treated with one for the titular character, who proceed to clobber the male protagonist for chasing her, even though it's just to clear up some misunderstanding.

* ''Manga/KitsuneNoYomeiri''

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* About half of the school instantly becomes Nagi's fanclub/bodyguards in ''Manga/{{Kannagi}}''.

* While not prominent, both Arima and Miyazaki develop them early on in ''Manga/KareKano''. One arc deals with what happens when Yukino's turns against her.

* In ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' pretty much half of Negi's class turns into this as soon as they see him. Then when he goes to the magic world, he and Kotaro enter a tournament and become celebrities, complete with legions of fangirls.

If an [[TheOjou ojou]] or an AlphaBitch has an InstantFanClub, these are typically her minions (and may form a GirlPosse). This points out a major feature of the fan club; they don't necessarily have to be close friends, and the idol may not even like them.

* The second episode of ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'', "Golden Shoes," revolves around a sixth grade boy's InstantFanClub and the pressure he feels to keep up appearances.
* Megumi attracts an InstantFanClub in ''Manga/CheekyAngel'', much to her disgust.

* In the first episode of ''LightNovel/NogizakaHarukaNoHimitsu'', we're treated with the InstantFanClub of the titular character, who proceed to clobber the male protagonist for chasing her, even though it's just to clear up some misunderstanding.

* [[SmallNameBigEgo Gary Oak]] of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' fame had an InstantFanClub in the form of a group of [[AllGuysWantCheerleaders cheerleaders]] who followed him ''everywhere'' in the first season.

* Mulan's girl followers in ''Disney/MulanII''.

* The three girls obsessed with Gaston in ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast''.
* In ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', Prince Naveen takes all of three seconds to acquire a(n all-female) fan club upon stepping off the boat in New Orleans.

-->-- '''Strong Bad''', ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner''

* Motoko Minagawa's "Prince Yuki" Club in ''Manga/FruitsBasket''.

* Rukawa's admirers in ''Manga/SlamDunk'', complete with bandanas with his name, and the propensity to transform into an instant cheerleading club when in actual games.

* The ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' fanfic ''GirlDays'' has fun with this. When Ranma starts attending Furinkan High as a girl as part of the Girl Days training, a bunch of fan clubs almost immediately break out. One, the Ranma-chan club, is a group of girls devoted to Ranma remaining a girl; another, the Ranma-kun club, are girls who want their male Ranma back, no matter the cost. A third, a group of guys, have deluded themselves into thinking Ranma will go out on a date with them. Ranma and her friends simply call this club 'The Idiots'. And once Shampoo starts attend school as well, she gets her own fan club.

* In ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', Prince Naveen takes all of three seconds to acquire a(n all-female) fanclub upon stepping in New Orleans.

** A lighter example is the "London Investigations 'N Detective Agency" a.k.a "LINDA" who make it their business to track down the Doctor... mostly because they are huge fans of his adventures, so wind up being more of a fanclub. The Doctor is aware of them and even though they established themselves mostly by looking for his Tenth Incarnation he's been aware of them since at least his Fifth. He mostly finds them annoying.

* ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoIIMelodyOfMetafalica'' provides something just a touch more realistic. It takes time for Reine to build the Cloche fanclub but otherwise they fit perfectly. They tell people how great Cloche is, protect her in battle, and provide the energy for [[CombinedEnergyAttack Replakia.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo'', Beast Boy gains a literally instant fanclub when the Titans go to Japan after he wows a horde of Japanese school girls at a local arcade. [[spoiler:The one he's after, however, turns out to be an evil catgirl ink monster.]]

** Aang gets one when he visits Kyoshi village for the first time. In fact, Aang gets a share of fans in every place he goes to. This becomes a plot point in the after-series comics, where he decides that, rather than wasting their devotion on nothing, he would teach his fans all he knows about Air Nomad culture. By the time ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' rolls around, the fan club has transformed into the Air Acolytes, a group of nonbender people who live by the ways of the Air Nomads, making them just as much a part of the nation as Aang's airbender son and grandchildren are.

* Speaking of sexy princes, Prince Zuko of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' gets a sudden audience of blushing girls (complete with floating hearts!) when he takes off his shirt in the BeachEpisode.
** Aang gets one when he visits Kiyoshi village for the first time.

* The males at the school in ''Manga/MyBrideIsAMermaid'' (pictured above) are divided into two militant, warring fan clubs over San and Luna. Luna personally leads ''her'' club in efforts to take over the school. Mawari is left leading an equally-violent third club comprised of the girls, united under "[[KnightTemplar restoring order]]" with the motto "All men are beasts."