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* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'''s fandom is mostly made out of females despite being far from a cute anime. [[Even the Girls Want Her|Each]] [[Bishonen|main character]] has a following, even the ones outside of the [[True Companions]].
* ''[[Gundam Wing]]'' introduced the Estrogen Brigade to [[Real Robot]] anime.
** According to [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]], ''Gundam'' hasn't been a stranger to female fans ever since the [[Mobile Suit Gundam|original series]]. ''Wing'' was the ''Western'' entry point.
* While ''[[Durarara!!]]'' is [[Shonen|targeted to young males]], the series is infamous for the the huge Estrogen Brigade that congregates around [[Troubled but Cute|Shizuo]] and [[Evil Is Sexy|Izaya]].
** How could you forget [[Moe|Mikado]] and [[Handsome Lech|Kida]]?
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* ''[[Saint Seiya]]'' maybe is the manga and anime which Clamp drew the doujin as their debut, this series being created by Kurumada guaranteed many bishonen to satisfy fangirls' eyes especially [[Yaoi Fangirl]] with it's infamous Libra Temple's scene between [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|Shun]] and [[Human Popsicle|Hyoga]]. Added that most of the male characters are more attractive than the females. And in sanctuary arc {{spoiler|Saga}} was taking a loooooooong bath time, no wonder there is so many bath scene fanart of him. All of these make one think if this series really created for boys, because there is only one [[Shower Scene]] for girl which not all fans even the male one even remember it.
* Thanks to estrogen-brigade drawing efforts of [[Hot Dad|Kotetsu]], [[Troubled but Cute|Barnaby]], and [[The Ace|Keith]], many fans of ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'' started to suspect that it was specifically geared towards women and [[Yaoi Fangirl]]s despite statements to the contrary.<ref>Kotetsu, for example, was written to draw in older ''men''</ref>
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* The John Crichton Estrogen Brigate was very vocal during the run of ''[[Farscape]]'.
* For an example of this phenomenon at its peak, go visit a ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' convention. Guaranteed at least 90% women. One notable convention, Wincon (formerly known as WinchesterCon) used to have a women-only policy—male fans were only admitted if they were accompanied by a female fan. They've relaxed that restriction, but still maintain a strict anti-harrassment policy to create a "safe space" for female fans to express themselves.
** Female fans ''and'' [[Even the Guys Want Him|queer fans too.]] For a sample of ''Supernatural'''s appeal to the GBTQ community, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130703060836/http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show/supernatural/recaps.php check the recaps on] on [[Television Without Pity]], where longtime recapper Demian (a gay man) provides strong story analysis while calling Jensen Ackles "Ducky Lips."
* The ''[[Sliders]]'' fandom came to be referred to as JODSers, short for "'''J'''erry '''O''''Connell '''D'''roolers '''S'''ociety".
* The ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise has had one from the beginning—in fact, Chekov was added to the show specifically for just such appeal.
** Come ''[[Star Trek: The
** And the [https://web.archive.org/web/20131029110500/http://www.trekdoc.com/database/fan/9.htm Spiner Femmes].
* Jamie Bamber, most recently of ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' fame, has a posse of girl fans known in the community as "The Bamber Bunnies", and yet people still misspell his name as "Barber".
** Not mentioning, of course, "Baltar's Nymph Brigade." Note that by the final season, he had gained an ''in-show, religiously fanatical Estrogen Brigade'' derided as a "nymph-squad" by the President.
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* ''[[The Magnificent Seven (TV series)|The Magnificent Seven]]'' has seven of these, one for each character. They are: Larabee's Ladies, Buck's Babes, Vin's Vixens, Josiah's Jezebels, Nathan's Nightingales, Dunne's Darlins, and (the only non-alliterative one) Ezra's Brigadears.
* [[Angel]] and Wesley have the biggest Brigades from ''Angel''.
* The men from ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' all seem to have their own little pockets of fangirls if one puts enough effort into finding them (i.e.: head onto [[Deviant ART]] or [[
** And if you look on youtube, you will find that Crow and Tom both have their fair share of fangirls too. Despite (or because?) being robots.
* ''[[Iron Chef]]'', particularly in the later years. Sakai, Chen, Kobe, and Morimoto all have their fangirls. Kaga's got some as well, naturally, but surprisingly there are quite a few for the announcer, Kenji Fukui.
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** On account of Perlman rarely giving interviews and being a virtual nobody at the time. Most viewers didn't even know what he looked like out of makeup and the Brigade was therefore based on sheer romanticism.
* Peter Capaldi of ''[[The Thick of It]]'' has a sizeable Estrogen Brigade, including plenty of women who [[Too Kinky to Torture|want to be bollocked by Malcolm Tucker]]. Most of them seem to be around [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!|half his age]], and many are also fans of [[Badass Adorable|Jamie]]. [[Violent Glaswegian|Angry Scots]] seem to be very attractive [[Evil Is Sexy|for some reason]].
* ''[[Sherlock]]'s'' [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] and his loyal [[Fan Community Nicknames|Cumberbitches]]. After all, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140103033554/http://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/Benedict/ dirty, dirty girls love Benedict Cumberbatch].
** WARNING: [[Ear Worm|You will never get that song out of your head.]]
* "The Giddies", a group of female ''[[The Goodies]]'' fans, described in ''The [[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue|Clue]] Bible'' as having a shared interest in the shortness of Graeme's shorts in "Scoutrageous".
* [[Conan O'Brien|Conan's]] HCPN (Hot Coco Picture Night) Wenches. Go to the Team Coco Facebook page on a Sunday night to witness lots of R-rated drooling over photos of him.
* ''KTLA News'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUJppdiNm7k#t=0m12s This interview] with Ryan Lochte and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5mmy8mpQSE this interview] with an "Aussie hunk" named James.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efNouGJgkss This] postgame interview with a [[Shirtless Scene|sweaty, barechested and heavy breathing soccer player]] Bojan Krkic.
== Music ==
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* Raziel from ''[[Legacy of Kain]]'' has this, despite lacking a lower jaw.
** well, ''every single male character'' in Legacy of Kain.
* The vast majority of ''[[Star Control|Star Control II]]'' fans are male, but the [http://community.livejournal.com/frungylovers/profile FrungyLovers] [http://www.livejournal.com LiveJournal] community is almost 100 percent female, and ''was'' 100 percent female until recently. Several of them are Admiral ZEX fangirls (unsurprising if you've played the games, but if you think it's only because of the [[Ho Yay]], [[Naughty Tentacles|you have no idea]]). They like to call themselves [[Fan Community Nicknames|Deviant Schoolgirls On Speed]], thanks to a [http://starcontrol.classicgaming.gamespy.com/forum/index.php?topic=1582.0 colorful description of them]{{Dead link}} made by a poster on a more... 'conservative' forum.
* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' games tend to have a large estrogen brigade, and, naturally, so does ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'', to the point that they [[Beyond the Impossible|seem to have female-dominated fandoms with a Testosterone Brigade]].
** ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' deserves a special mention.
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* ''[[Devil May Cry]]''. Sexy Sparda Syndrome. Discuss.
** To say nothing of Dante, Vergil and Nero, who stack RIDICCULOUS amounts of of fangirls. On their own and [[Yaoi Fangirl|in any combination]].
* ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'' fan fic writers have a lot of discussion (and drooling) over [http://www.kotorfanmedia.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=69 Carth]{{Dead link}}, [http://www.kotorfanmedia.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1928 Atton]{{Dead link}}, [http://www.kotorfanmedia.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=38 Mical]{{Dead link}}, Canderous, and even [http://www.kotorfanmedia.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2065 Bao-Dur]{{Dead link}}.
* Also from [[BioWare]], ''[[Dragon Age]]'''s [[Adorkable|Alistair]] has an Estrogen Brigade to the point of [[Memetic Sex God]] status - not bad for a character who's canonically a virgin.
* ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' sure has a ''lot'' of [[Slash Fic|slash]]y fanart and fanfics for a gratuitously violent first person shooter with ([[All There in the Manual|seemingly]]) no plot, doesn't it?
* [[Anti-Hero|Shadow the Hedgehog]] is disturbingly popular among ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' fans.
* [[The Atoner|The Arbiter]] and possibly [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Sangheili/Elites]] ''as a whole,'' have their own Estrogen Brigade. Not to mention of course, the [[Super Soldier|''Master]] [[One-Man Army|Chief.'']] Despite how hard it is to find a [[Halo]] fangirl (not just a casual player, but a straight-up ''fangirl)'' they are out there.
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** This applies to nearly every man on [[That Guy With The Glasses]].
* The [http://www.youtube.com/user/STORYOFSHIRTLESS Fit Media Channel] on [[YouTube]] gets a lot of female viewers because the segments like the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGuLwqXFXkM Alan Valdez Fat-Burning Super Sweat Workout] just to [[Eating the Eye Candy|watch]] guys lift weights [[Shirtless Scene|with their shirts off]] and look at their muscles and sweat.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H77DRYI2ytw& This] [[YouTube]] slideshow of photos of men's butts.
* [[YouTube]] blogger [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etJNgWyjCfw Connor Murphy], because he [[Walking Shirtless Scene|never wears a shirt]].
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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** Perhaps to answer this question one should partake in a bit of a drinking game. Whenever you [[Shirtless Scene|see a male character on Avatar lack a shirt]] take one shot. If you can see their chest but they still have their clothes on, take half a shot. There is your answer.
*** ''Don't go through with this drinking game.'' Your liver will die before you're halfway through the episode.
** Although, it ''is'' [[
* ''[[Transformers]]'' has always been aimed at boys, with female characters in the franchise few and far-between. Despite this, the series has a female fanbase—which is commonly [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fan_fiction portrayed] in the fandom as being full of fangirls who ship [[Foe Yay|Megatron/Starscream]].
** Starscream in general seems to be fangirl bait, no matter the [[Unicron Trilogy|continuity]]. Nobody's really sure [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|why]].
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** [[wikipedia:Louis de Saint-Just|Saint-Just]] fans. Enough said. Show up for the [[Knight Templar]], stay for the [[Bishonen]].
** Camille Desmoulins also qualifies in a slightly cuter, revolutionary-next-door way. Shouting love letters to his wife while he was being led to the guillotine? Awwwwwwww!
* [[Vic Mignogna]], arguably. Originally famous for his English voice-acting of [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Edward Elric]], not something originally aimed at preteen girls, Mignogna
** Arguably nothing. It definitely
* [[Barack Obama]], his chief of staff, and for that matter most of his administration. Yes, it's [http://community.livejournal.com/rahmbamarama true].
** At least two entries in ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s 2008 Photoplasty contest [http://www.cracked.com/photoshop_15_the-campaigns-candidates-wish-they-could-run The Campaigns Candidates Wish They Could Run].
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* [[Vladimir Putin]], what with him being a [[Magnificent Bastard]], [[Rated "M" for Manly|hunting tigers]], and [[Shirtless Scene|posing shirtless]].
* [[The Doctor Oz Show|Dr. Oz]]'s fans. The audience is always ''at least'' 80% female; some days it's hard to spot a guy at all.
* [http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/world-news/topless-tonga-flag-bearer-pita-8573242 Pita Taufaofua], [[Tonga|Tonga's]] [[Walking Shirtless Scene|shirtless and covered with coconut oil]] flag-bearer at the opening ceremonies at the [[Olympic Games|2016 Summer Olympics]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h8YBxsJjmc as demonstrated] by Jenna Bush and Hoda Kotb on ''[[Today]]''.
* The "[[wikipedia:Odagiri effect|Odagiri effect]]", which [[The Other Wiki]] says is "a television phenomenon in which a program attracts a larger than expected number of female viewers because the program stars attractive male actors or characters". It's named for actor [[Joe Odagiri]], whose casting in ''[[Kamen Rider Kuuga]]'' codified the [[Odagiri effect]].
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