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{{quote|'''Negi:''' You certainly seem very happy, Tosaka-san. I've never seen you like this before.<br />
'''Tosaka:''' ''(holding an autographed picture of [[Self
Simply put, even heroes will have their heroes.
Maybe you think that answering [[The Call]] and becoming a hero may put our dear protagonists in a more elevated and level-headed position, and that they should not feel the need to admire anyone. Now they have the [[Magic and Powers|power]] and the [[Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?|nice toys]] and even some [[Instant Fanclub|fans]] of their own.
However, what we forget is that our dear protagonists used to have a life before (or even ''besides'') their duties, and are still individual people with likings and all. Maybe they [[Jumped At the Call]] because [[Ascended Fanboy|they wanted to be like their beloved childhood hero]], or had some of their decisions shaped by the "philosophy of life" of their idol. The person they admire and want to follow didn't have to be a "true" superhero, though. Could be a favorite celebrity, [[Idol Singer]], or something else. Maybe that doesn't even have to be a person; just [[MacGuffin|an object]], an animal (small cute creatures are a particular favorite), a [[Show Within a Show|show]], even a [[Moe|particular attitude]].
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Not to be confused with [[Monty Python and The Holy Grail (Film)|The Knights who Say Ni]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
* The girls of ''[[Wedding Peach (Manga)|Wedding Peach]]'' are like this with Yanagiba {{spoiler|until they learn his origins}}.
* Rena of ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni]]'' is a [[Kawaiiko]] who often spouts the phrase [[I'm Taking Her Home With Me|"I wanna take you home!"]] whenever Rika or Satoko do something cute. Any familiarity with ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni]]'' will allow you to understand how much this conflicts with the general mood of the story.
* In the ''[[Ratman (Manga)|Ratman]]'' manga, towards the end of issue one. Shuto had to break into Kizaki Manor, home of the president of the hero association! Obviously, [[Hilarity Ensues|things didn't go quite as planned.]] Eventually, an A-ranked hero is called onto the scene. Upon seeing him, Shouto forgets that he's in his [[Anti
* In ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew (Manga)|Tokyo Mew Mew]]'', [[The Ojou|Mint]] [[Fan Girl|fangirls]] over [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo|Zakuro]].
* Judai of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh GX (Anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh GX]]'' started {{spoiler|fanboying over Yugi when they met in the final episodes of ''GX''. At that point he'd just beaten the embodiment of darkness and was one of the strongest forces in the universe, probably.}} Of course, in terms of the card game, {{spoiler|Yugi}} is still a freaking ''legend''.
* ''[[Excel Saga (Anime)|Excel Saga]]''
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* Spidey has got this treatment himself a few times. Mattie Franklin (one of the [[Spider-Woman (Comic Book)|Spider-Women]]) was a total Spidey fangirl.
* ''[[Superman (Comic Book)|Superman]]''
** Likewise, during a [[Time Travel]] story, the [[Post
** In the same story, Superman sees [[Doctor Fate]], Dr. Mid-Nite, [[The Spectre]], and [[The Flash|Jay Garrick]] through a skylight and spends about a page fanboying to himself and wondering if he'll really ruin the timeline that badly if he just pops in for a moment to meet them.
** It's fairly common in DC crossovers for almost every character created after 1980 to have this reaction when they meet Superman.
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** In ''Dark Reign: Young Avengers'', upon meeting Norman Osborn superperson artist Coat-of-Arms has one of these moments. She (literally) lets out a "Squee!", then proceeds to go into super-fangirl mode, gushing about how she admires Norman's "works" while showing him paintings she did of some of his more infamous moments (including killing Gwen Stacey). This pisses Norman off and, for a brief moment, he loses his composure and flips out on her. The fact he "went into Green Goblin mode" makes her completely ecstatic.
** Most of the [[Young Avengers]] are total fanboys or fangirls, especially Wiccan and Hulkling.
* In ''[[Booster Gold]]'', time travellers had got [[Sinestro]] to come to Earth ahead of schedule, so that he would meet Guy Gardner and cause disaster, by telling him that he would no longer be the greatest of the Green Lanterns. Booster had to stop him. After a brief attempt at fighting, Booster tries, "[[I'm Your Biggest Fan|But I'm your greatest fan]]!" He gushes over him, tells him that he knows in his heart he can never be replaced, and convinces him that it was a plot by his enemies to find out what he feared. This meeting would go on to have a notable consequence: Sinestro asks Booster what Corps he belongs to, leading him [[Line
* Victor Mancha of ''[[Runaways (Comic Book)|Runaways]]'' got really excited about meeting the X-Men. Strangely, he was much calmer about meeting Spider-Man, who he cited as his favorite superhero in his very first appearance.
* ''[[Batman]]''
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* Ted Mallory of [[Diana Wynne Jones]]' novels ''[[The Magids|Deep Secret]]'' and ''The Merlin Conspiracy'' is a big-name fantasy author and a detective novel fanboy.
* A much more restrained than usual version of this is seen with Caspian in [[CS Lewis (Creator)|CS Lewis]]' ''[[Prince Caspian]]''. The film less so.
* Many, ''many'' characters behave this way toward Gilderoy Lockhart in ''[[Harry Potter (Literature)|Harry Potter]] and the Chamber of Secrets'', to the point where Harry -- the actual hero of the series -- gets forced to spend a detention helping the man answer his fan mail. Lockhart's general incompetence, though, implies that he doesn't deserve his fame; he eventually reveals that {{spoiler|he made a career out of finding people who did impressive things, [[Laser
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* In ''[[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]'', Usagi is a big fan of Minako Aino, who also happens to be Sailor V's real identity, though Usagi doesn't find this out until ''very'' late on in this version.
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]''
** In the special "[[Doctor Who (TV)/2007 Ci NS Time Crash/Recap|Time Crash]]", the Tenth Doctor fanboys over ''himself'' (the Fifth Doctor). By the end it's pretty clear that it's really [[David Tennant]] and [[Steven Moffat]] [[Awesome, Dear Boy|who are doing it to]] [[Peter Davison]].
{{quote| "Cause you know what Doctor? You were'' my ''Doctor!"}}
** ''[[Doctor Who (TV)/NS/Recap/S2 E4 The Girl in The Fireplace|I just snogged Madame de Pompadour!]]''
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** Plus there is one where a MAD agent also happens to be Gadget's favorite actress.
* Katara of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' is a total Jet [[Fan Girl]] for one episode. Hey, [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]. She loses her capacity to squee harder than most examples here when she learns that he's not just bad, he's a narrow-minded jingoist who considers killing a town full of innocent Earth Kingdom civilians a ringing success for the rebellion, just because there happens to be a Fire Nation camp nearby.
* The ''[[Batman:
* ''[[Batman the Brave And The Bold (Animation)|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]''
** [[Blue Beetle]] spends most of his time in awe of [[Batman]]. He's also fanboyed over previous [[Blue Beetle]] Ted Kord and [[Aquaman (Comic Book)|AQUAMAN]].
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* The ''[[Legion of Super Heroes (Animation)|Legion of Super-Heroes]]'' over [[Superman|Clark Kent]] in the animated series. With Brainiac 5, it never stopped, and we had scenes of [[Unwinnable Training Simulation|Danger Room-like sessions]] with Brainy heroically stopping the bad guys, being fatally wounded, and dying in the arms of Superman.
* Early in ''[[Gargoyles (Animation)|Gargoyles]]'', Lexington is excited to meet [[Show Within a Show|The Pack]]... [[Fan Disillusionment|until they try to kill him]].
* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', Rainbow Dash is a very skilled flier, winner of many awards, and bearer of the Element of Loyalty, but she's still a total [[Fan Girl]] of the Wonderbolts and hopes to join them someday
* ''[[Wakfu (Animation)|Wakfu]]''
** Sadlygrove Percedal greatly idolizes his mentor Goultard. Though ironically back when the two met, Sadlygrove was the only person not to know Goultard in a town populated by fanatic fans of the legendary warrior.
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* Allegedly, Gabe and Tycho of ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]'' and [[Karen Traviss]] (best known for her ''[[Wess Har]]'' books and ''[[Republic Commando]]'' novels) reacted this way to one another when they read each other's blogs and found out they were fans of one another.
* When [[Mark Hamill]] and [[Maurice La Marche]] first met, Maurice hoped that he wouldn't fanboy-out at meeting [[Star Wars|Luke Skywalker]]. Only for ''Mark'' to fanboy-out at meeting [[Pinky and The Brain|the Brain]]!
* In the 1993 NHL playoffs, the Los Angeles Kings eliminated the Vancouver Canucks in the second round. During the team handshake, [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?|up-and-coming]] young Canuck star Petr Nedved asked his idol, the Kings' Wayne Gretzky, for his stick as a souvenir. Needless to say, [[What the Hell, Hero?|Vancouver fans were not amused]] at the antics. For [[Money, Dear Boy|completely]] [[
* Reportedly, one of the New York firefighters doing rescue work in the wake of the 9/11 attacks had a complete fanboy moment upon discovering that one of the volunteers serving them food and water was none other than Kevin Conroy of ''[[Batman the Animated Series]]'' fame.
* Similarly, more than one volunteer helping out after the Kanto Earthquake/Tsunami of 2011 apparently had had similar reactions when they found out that the famous seiyuu [[Norio Wakamoto]] (who actually was a policeman before becoming a voice actor) was among them.
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