History OneOfUs / TVDweebs

** Creator/TerryJones was a enormous intellectual geek. He was very interested in history, particular medieval history, which has made its way into a lot of Python sketches and films, as well as his own fantasy novels. He also wrote books about medieval history and devoted documentary TV series to the topic. He counts Creator/JacquesTati, Radio/TheGoonShow, Creator/SpikeMilligan and Creator/BusterKeaton among his comedic heroes.

** Creator/TerryJones was a enormous intellectual geek. He is very interested in history, particular medieval history, which has made its way into a lot of Python sketches and films, as well as his own fantasy novels. He also wrote books about medieval history and devoted documentary TV series to the topic. He counts Creator/JacquesTati, Radio/TheGoonShow, Creator/SpikeMilligan and Creator/BusterKeaton among his comedic heroes.

* Creator/AlysonCourt, star of ''Series/TheBigComfyCouch'', the animated ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'' series, the 1992 ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' cartoon, and ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingSpiez'', as well as being the voice of Claire Redfield in the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' series, plays ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' (2nd edition, no less), is a big time politics nerd (calls herself a "[[BunnyEarsLawyer punditz]]"), and she's also the one who named the Mavericks in the English version of ''VideoGame/MegaManX5''.

** [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2013/11/hodor-from-game-of-thrones-rockin-pony.html#idc-container Also he's a Brony]]

* Creator/MatthewMercer and Creator/KiraBuckland are both big fans of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', with the former [[PromotedFanboy providing the voice of Jotaro Kujo]] in the dub of ''Stardust Crusaders'' and the latter not only playing [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Reimi Sugimoto]], but cosplaying as Jolyne Cujoh at conventions and stating that she would jump at the chance to voice Jolyne.

** Robert Smith (Music/TheCure) saving the day in the episode [[Recap/SouthParkS1E12MechaStreisand "Mecha Streisand"]] was sincere. Creator/MattStone is a huge fan of Music/TheCure and especially ''Music/{{Disintegration|Album}}''.

** Robert Smith (Music/TheCure) saving the day in the episode [[Recap/SouthParkS1E12MechaStreisand "Mecha Streisand"]] was sincere. Creator/MattStone is a huge fan of Music/TheCure and especially ''Music/{{Disintegration}}''.

** Anno is also a massive fan of {{Toku}}, especially ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' and the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'', whose influences appear in a lot of his work. In fact, the sound effect heard with his studio's logo is that from when Ultraman transforms from his human identity. He also directed both ''Film/ShinGodzilla'' and ''Film/ShinUltraman''.

* Creator/JohnKricfalusi of ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy'' fame loves classic cartoons, especially WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes, early ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' and the cartoons of Creator/TheFleischerBrothers. He also collects various merchandising related to these characters.

* Creator/CraigBartlett loves oldies music, especially Music/DavidBowie and smooth jazz, the latter of which inspired the ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' soundtrack. He also loves ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'', dinosaurs (inspiring ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain''), ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', astronomy (inspiring ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo''), ''Literature/MobyDick'', and the works of Creator/StudioGhibli and Creator/HayaoMiyazaki.

* David Raynolds, teen actor and child popstar known for being in ''Series/WaywardPines'', ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'' and many others, is a fan of ''Anime/AttackOnTitan'', and once dressed up as Levi Ackerman for a convention in 2019.

* UK comedian creator/JimDavidson is a huge fan of both ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and prog rock, and would throw in references to both when he hosted ''Series/TheGenerationGame'' in the 1990s.

* UK comedian Jim Davidson is a huge fan of both ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and prog rock, and would throw in references to both when he hosted ''Series/TheGenerationGame'' in the 1990s.

* Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, known for his role as Appa in ''Series/KimsConvenience'' is an avid ''Franchise/StarWars'' and ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' fan. He posted photos of himself with memorabilia of his beloved franchises. [[PromotedFanboy This landed him a small role]] in ''Series/TheMandalorian''. Proof that you're never too old for cosplaying.

* Creator/MichelleRodriguez is an avid gamer. The ''Film/ResidentEvil'' DVDCommentary confirms it (as well as making her and Creator/MillaJovovich sound like a pair of 16-year old girls at a slumber party.)

* The members of Creator/{{CLAMP}} are rather notorious for their fangirling of, of all things, ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. Apart from their roots as [[{{Doujinshi}} shounen-ai doujinshi]] artists for the series (to say nothing about the rumors of ''Manga/{{Wish}}'''s origins), the crew are said to have ''[[http://users.skynet.be/mangaguide/au228.html single handedly]]'' pushed Jotaro Kujo to the top of a fanart-based magazine poll in 1994. And, yes, [[http://imageshack.us/a/img145/7568/clampjojo.jpg they still draw fanart of him]].

** Anno is also a massive fan of {{Toku}}, especially ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' and the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'', whose influences appear in a lot of his work. He also directed 2016's ''Film/ShinGodzilla''.

* Gosho Aoyama of ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' fame is a ''VideoGame/KanColle'' fanboy, and apparently will spend a health-related hiatus playing Kancolle.

* ''Creator/VeronicaTaylor'' is not only the original dub voice of [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries} Ash Ketchum]], but a Pokemon Trainer herself, thanks to ''VideoGame/PokemonGo''.

* [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Trey Parker]] is an admitted Japanophile. He majored in Japanese studies in college, speaks the language, and married a Japanese woman. Episodes of South Park such as "Chinpokomon" (the season three episode where all the kids in town -- except Kyle -- are into a ''Pokemon''-style toy fad from Japan) and "Good Times with Weapons" (season eight premiere where Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny buy Japanese ninja weapons at a flea market and pretend they're anime warriors) are windows into how much Trey Parker is into Japanese culture. ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' references are also prominent in the show.

* Creator/JimHenson was heavily influenced by comedians like Creator/MiltonBerle, Creator/SidCaesar and Creator/ErnieKovacs. He based the early Muppet designs on the comic strip ''ComicStrip/{{Pogo}}''. Obviously he was also greatly influenced by Creator/WaltDisney and ventriloquist Creator/EdgarBergen.

* Creator/SummerGlau is said to like science fiction movies, and judging from the TV shows and films she's been in, one starts to suspect this is true. Apparently she was a big [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]] fan and at a Franchise/StarTrek convention she [[{{Fangirl}} almost cried]] [[TheKnightsWhoSaySquee when she met]] Marina Sirtis. She's also apparently a DC comics fan (even showing up to conventions wearing comic shirts) and jumped at the chance to voice Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanApocalypse''.
** Word is that she tried out for the part of Kitty Pryde in ''[[Film/XMenTheLastStand X-Men 3]]'' (which ultimately went to
Creator/ElliotPage). During her audition, she used some dialogue written for Kitty by Creator/JossWhedon for his run on ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen''.

* Lisa Foiles, of the newer seasons of ''Series/AllThat'' and also notable as the female version of Malcolm during an episode of ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'', is a ''huge'' video game nerd. She runs [[http://www.loadsavepoint.com/ her own gaming website]] and also [[http://kotaku.com/#!5394818/harley-quinn-hearts-kotaku cosplayed as Harley Quinn]], Lilith from VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}, and a Badass Princess Peach.

* Creator/JerrySeinfeld has an encyclopedic knowledge of all things Franchise/{{Superman}}, which explains why there is a Superman statue in Seinfeld's apartment on the show, ''and'' why every episode has a reference to Superman canon.

* ''Creator/HiroyukiImaishi'' loves American cartoons like ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'', ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', and ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether''.

* ''Creator/WayneGrayson'' has said he reads manga when he's free in the recording booth.

** Before he was on ''Heroes'', Oka was a digital effects artist for Industrial Light & Magic and among his credits are all three Franchise/StarWars prequel films. After he began his acting career in 2000, he juggled his two jobs until he had to quit his beloved job at ILM to star in ''Heroes''.
* Creator/SpragueGrayden of ''Series/{{Jericho}}'' is a big fan of ''Franchise/StarWars'' and ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}''.

* ''Creator/VeronicaTaylor'' is not only the original dub voice of [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Ash Ketchum]], but a Pokemon Trainer herself, thanks to ''VideoGame/PokemonGo''.

** When Herman Cain suspended his campaign with a quote from ''Anime/{{Pokemon 2000}}'', Jon and the rest of the crew [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-december-5-2011/indecision-2012---the-sh-t-s-gettin--real responded as only they could]].

* Creator/ZacharyLevi (''Series/{{Chuck}}'') is practically glued to his own games console. So much so that he and fellow ''Series/{{Chuck}}'' star Joshua Gomez Morgan Grimes ran up to Creator/AdamBaldwin {{squee}}ing at having heard his voice in a game.

* Creator/MattGroening: Where to start? He may be the ultimate geek, enjoying underground comics, underground music, animated cartoons, comic strips, B-movies, exotica, cult novels, as well as 20th century classical music, jazz, blues, reggae, arthouse stuff,... As a child he watched awful TV shows and got in trouble often for doodling during lessons. His tutors and parents often told him he was wasting his time, but as he puts it: "All this stuff was preliminary research for the TV shows I would later make." Among the many things he absolutely adores are Music/FrankZappa, Music/CaptainBeefheart, Music/TheFugs, Music/TheBeatles, WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes, Creator/LaurelAndHardy, Creator/MontyPython, Radio/TheGoonShow, ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'', Creator/RobertCrumb, ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'', Music/LeeScratchPerry, Augustus Pablo, Music/BobMarley, Music/IgorStravinsky, Lynda Barry, Daniel Clowes, Creator/WaltDisney, Creator/CarlBarks, WesternAnimation/BettyBoop and ''WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}, ''Music/OlivierMessiaen, Creator/JDSalinger, Creator/PhilipKDick, Creator/IsaacAsimov, Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000, WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy, Creator/StanleyKubrick, Creator/QuentinTarantino, Yma Sumac, Juan Garcia Esquivel, Creator/TheCoenBrothers, Creator/FriedrichWilhelmMurnau, Creator/DianeArbus, Creator/JackieChan, Music/FelaKuti, Music/PereUbu, Music/TheResidents....

* Creator/PendletonWard, the creator of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' really seems to like video games, particularly ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''. He was always influenced by ''TabletopRPG/DungeonsAndDragons''.

* If it means anything, Matt Braly of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' follows the official Twitter account of ''[[Anime/KamisamaMinaraiHimitsuNoCocotama Himitsu no Cocotama]]'', a Japanese anime franchise aimed at young girls.