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{{quote|''It's true that it is always the winners that write history. But it is the [[You Suck|losers]] that do the [[Transformers]] Wikipedia entry.''
|'''[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Comic_issue_2.7#Starscream.27s_stars Starscream]'''}}
The term used for obsessive fans of a particular activity that goes a bit too far onto the creepy side. Unlike [[Fan Girl|fangirls]] (which usually refers to women obsessed with characters and their relationships with either other characters or themselves to the exclusion of the rest of the elements of the canon), the term "fanboy" is usually reserved for antisocial people with a self-inflated ego over their knowledge and/or mastery of the topic in question, often parading it around and belittling those around him. They are to fandoms what "[["Stop Having Fun!" Guys]]" are to tournament rules.
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== Fictional examples ==
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* Graham Specter from ''[[Baccano!]]'' is the No. 1 Ladd Russo fanboy.
* Tamaki from ''[[Code Geass]]'' is a member of the Black Knights, who's always Fanboying about his "best buddy" [[My Hero Zero|Zero]].
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=== [[Comic Books]] ===
* [[Deadpool]] is a huge fan of [[Captain America (comics)]] and [[The Mighty Thor|Thor]].
* The ''[[X-Men]]'' villain Sauron is obviously a ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' fanboy, as he named himself after that trilogy's [[Big Bad]].
=== [[Film]] ===
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*** And oh, does the [[Hilarity Ensues]] when Edgeworth finds out {{spoiler|the guy under the Steel Samurai costume who he's been fanboying all evening? It's Larry Butz.}}
* Francis in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''.
* Jewel Man's subtitle in ''[[Rockman 6: Unique Harassment]]'' is "Admiring [[Super Mario RPG|Culex]]". To prove that, he even copies Culex's elemental crystals for his first phase.
=== [[Web Comics]] ===
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* In ''[[The Specialists]]'', [http://thespecialistscomic.com/page-81/ Max to Captain Victory]. Poor Max.
* ''[[Mr. Brilliant's Reviews]]'':
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=== [[Web Original]] ===
* Captain Hammer from ''[[
* [[That Guy With The Glasses]] has [[Fail O'Suckyname|Douchey McNitpick]], a repulsive kid who [[Basement Dweller|lives in his mother's basement]] and represents [[Fan Dumb]] to the [[The Nostalgia Critic]], [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]] and [[The Nostalgia Chick]].
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