History Main / StalkerShrine

** Marinette, who has a huge crush on Adrien, has pictures of him plastered all over her room. She then has to take them out when he is going to visit her.

** Leela discovers one of herself while hiding from the angry-mob-of-the-week. [[spoiler:The shrine belongs to her birth parents, [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou who gave her up as a baby rather than raise her as a sewer mutant.]]]]

** In a [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] story about the Characters/{{Black Cat|MarvelComics}}, she has been stealing numerous artworks connected to love. Since she has a known obsession with her father, Spider-Man assumes this is some sort of dedication to him, "as if she was making a shrine". He is wrong; [[DatingCatwoman she is making a shrine for Spider-Man]].

* In [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]], Samuel Shaw had a shrine dedicated to Wrestling/ChristyHemme, as shown to viewers via supposed hidden camera footage. Bizarrely it seemed that Hemme must have actually watched the show, as she called him on it the following week.

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': In "A Little Mystery," we learn that Wild WIllie, the proprietor of a western-themed photo studio that Jeff requents, has a shrine dedicated to Jeff.

** Barnaby and Jones discover one in a storeroom at the killer's house in the episode "A Rare Bird".

What's a good way to show that a character is a bit more attached to someone than is really healthy? That this someone is a {{Yandere}} or a StalkerWithACrush or just very, very creepily obsessed? Have a special private place in the character's residence that is dedicated to the object of the person's obsession. A shrine to them.

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

* ''Film/Mimic2'' has Remy's door, covered in pictures of ''herself'', crying after some sort of poor experience with the person labeled under the photo.

* ''LetsPlay/EmpiresSMP'' Season 2: fWhip has proclaimed himself to be deeply devoted to Sheriff Jimmy and the Law he enforces. Reflecting this, he has a shrine to the Law filled with candles and toys made in the Sheriff's likeliness located deep in Gobland. When Grian accidentally digs into the cavern where it's located during the Hermitcraft crossover, he is understandably uncomfortable and voices a sneaking suspicion that he's not supposed to be there.

'''[[AsHimself Todd Carty]]:''' Oi! What are you doin' in [[ShrineToSelf my lockup]]?!\\

* Subverted in ''Series/ATouchOfCloth'' when the main characters find a creepy shrine to [[Series/EastEnders Todd Carty]] in a seemingly abandoned warehouse.

'''[[AsHimself Todd Carty]]:''' Oi! What are you doin' in [[ShrineToSelf my lockup]]?!

* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7336188/4/Black-Betrayals Black Betrayals]]'' Regulus Black has a secret room filled mostly with clippings and photos of Harry and his parents (with his dad crossed out), with a small section devoted to Sirius.

* Although he's one of the good guys, Bak from ''Manga/DGrayman'' spies on Lenalee and has a few pictures of her that he secretly takes.

* This trope is PlayedForLaughs in an {{omake}} of ''Literature/MariaWatchesOverUs'' where Yumi is made to be a stalker of Sachiko with her own Stalker Shrine.

** In a [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] story about the Comicbook/BlackCat, she has been stealing numerous artworks connected to love. Since she has a known obsession with her father, Spider-Man assumes this is some sort of dedication to him, "as if she was making a shrine". He is wrong; [[DatingCatwoman she is making a shrine for Spider-Man]].

* In ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 Supergirl: Identity]]'', Powerboy had one of ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, a wall of photos.
* Franchise/{{Superman}} used to have a bit of a habit about those. If you were one of his love interests, one of his enemies, or just someone he vaguely knew, there was a pretty good chance he had a room somewhere plastered with your pictures and complete with a life-sized statue. Here's [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/f/f4/Superman%27s_Girlfriend_Lois_Lane_2.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/335?cb=20060307194141 one he made for Lois Lane]].

* Alternate Universe Music/JohnWilliams [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/culturepulp/culturepulp/series.php?view=archive&chapter=17999 has one]] for Music/YokoKanno.

** In the non-Christian timeline from "Road to the Multiverse", Stewie mentions that without Christianity to inspire the ceiling of the Art/SistineChapel, they gave the job to John Hinkley, Jr., and the scene pans up to reveal that the ceiling is a shrine to Creator/JodieFoster.

* [[PlayingWith Played with]] in ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw''; although this is Zack's first thought when he discovers that Melissa has a room full of pictures of Milo, it's very much NotWhatItLooksLike. [[StringTheory Unless it looks like an attempt to discover the inner workings of Milo's condition, in which case it's exactly what it looks like]]. Either way, it's fair to be a little unsettled by the fact that she managed to procure his old toothbrushes.

* An even more disturbing variant occurs in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' where Darth Maul is shown to have a candlelit shrine to Duchess Satine, a woman he ''murdered''. Rather than it being a result of an obsession with her however, it was a symbol of [[TargetedToHurtTheHero his victory over her lover]], Obi-Wan Kenobi.

[[folder:Real Life]]
* This trope is common for many fans who are obsessed with famous people. They take pictures or videotape shrines they have for their favorite actors, actresses, musicians, etc. Fictional characters are by no means immune to this, especially in the {{anime}} fandom where character-themed merchandise is plentiful. [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/10/03-1/happy-birthday-to-madoka Here's some shrines]] to [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Kaname Madoka]].
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