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{{trope}}
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Be advised when using these terms that by the time the name becomes well known to outsiders, it's often gathered some distaste by those within the fandom. "Trekkie" has reached universal status and even appears in reputable dictionaries, but many within ''[[Star Trek]]'' fandom only ever use the term derisively, preferring the term "Trekker". Likewise, "Whovian" comes primarily from US Public
A subtrope of [[Fan Nickname]], but not to be confused with it. A Fan Community Nickname originating within a fandom might qualify as a [[Fandom Tic]].
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== Anime
* Azutard (''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'')
** 'A proud member of Team Seaslug!' has also been spotted.
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* Haruhiists or The S.O.S. Brigade (''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]''); less kindly, Harutard
* Hetalians (''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'')
** Also, from the [[
** Another one from [[
* Miniskirt Army for the ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' fangirls, presumably
** And "Risembool Rangers". Specifically, these two are often used to refer to fans of [[Vic Mignogna|Vic]] and [[Travis Willingham|Travis]] as well. To clarify, Vic's official fan club is the Risembool Rangers, and Travis's is the Miniskirt Army.
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** Some of the more neutral fan groups refer to themselves as Seishi and assign counterparts in each group for each character.
* T&Bros (''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'')
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* ''[[Sonic the Comic]]'' and its fan continuation ''[[Sonic the Comic Online]]'' have the term "Boomers", which is actually canon.
* Ben "Gryphon" Hutchins,
▲== [[Fanfic]] ==
* Fans of ''[[Glee]]'' fanfic writer Caitlin (also known as 'Keitorin Asthore' or 'redbullandcupcake batter') refer to themselves as 'Cake Pops'. They also refer to Caitlin herself as 'Mama Cake Pop'.▼
▲* Ben Hutchins, while writing ''[[Undocumented Features]]'', wrote that the forums for his work had the patience of "rabid crack weasels". He sometimes regrets having done this, as they've taken the name as their own, even having shirts and hats made for it.
▲* Fans of Glee fanfic writer Caitlin (also known as 'Keitorin Asthore' or 'redbullandcupcake batter') refer to themselves as 'Cake Pops'. They also refer to Caitlin herself as 'Mama Cake Pop'.
== [[Film]] ==
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* 9-Tards (''[[9]]'')
* Programs (''[[Tron]]'' universe)
== [[Literature]] ==
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** There's also a subgroup called Twilight Moms (Twimoms, for short).
** Twi-hards (from "[[Die Hard on an X|diehard]]") and Twitards (more derogatory, from "Twihards" - not to be confused with Twittards, who are Twitter users).
** And more recently, twerds (''Twilight''+ [[
** Also, Twifags, from the ever-so-subtle depths of /b/. They use nounfag for everything, though.
** Twiguys, for those middle-aged men who walk around wearing ''New Moon'' T-shirts.
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* Fans of [[His Dark Materials]] who inhabit the [[Bridge To The Stars]] website style themselves Sraffies.
* The ''[[American Idol]]'' forums make fan clubs for each contestant, each with their own unique name, which can range from simply being based on the contestant's name (last year's "Arch Angels" for David Archuleta (now shortened to just "Archies"), this year's "Gokey Gang", "Anoop Troop", etc.) to a reference to a prominent feature (fans of last year's dreadlocked contestant Jason Castro called themselves "Dreadheads") to the more arcane (after David Cook called himself a "word nerd" in reference to his love of crossword puzzles in an early interview, his fan group christened themselves the Word Nerds), to the just plain weird (last year's contestant Ramiele Malubay was small, cute, Asian, and had a powerful
▲== [[Live Action TV]] ==
▲* The ''[[American Idol]]'' forums make fan clubs for each contestant, each with their own unique name, which can range from simply being based on the contestant's name (last year's "Arch Angels" for David Archuleta (now shortened to just "Archies"), this year's "Gokey Gang", "Anoop Troop", etc.) to a reference to a prominent feature (fans of last year's dreadlocked contestant Jason Castro called themselves "Dreadheads") to the more arcane (after David Cook called himself a "word nerd" in reference to his love of crossword puzzles in an early interview, his fan group christened themselves the Word Nerds), to the just plain weird (last year's contestant Ramiele Malubay was small, cute, Asian, and had a powerful voice--so the fan group decided to christen themselves the "[[Pokémon|Pikachu]] Posse.")
** ''[[Big Brother]]'' fans do the same.
* Babblers or Fivers for ''[[Babylon 5]]'' fans.
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*** Lampshaded by The Great Luke Ski: "A Trekker is a ''Star Trek'' fan, and a Trekkie is someone who ''insists'' you call them a Trekker."
** The 2008 [[Cult Classic]] ''Fanboys'' gives us the derogatory "Spock Suckers".
** Niners, for people who prefer ''[[Star Trek:
*** For added bonus, it ties in nicely with Fivers, given the rivalry shared between the fans of ''DS9'' and ''[[Babylon 5]]''.
* Tru(e)bies (''[[True Blood]]'')
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** [[Debby Ryan]]: Deboraliens
* For fans of famous [[Nickelodeon]] celebrities:
** [[Victoria Dawn Justice]]: Victorians
** [[Ariana Grande]]: Arianators/Ariana's Army
** [[Jennette McCurdy]]: McCurdians
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* While there isn't one for the fandom as a whole, the ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' community on [[Television Without Pity]] is divided between the Unsullied (those who have not read the [[A Song of Ice and Fire|books]]), and the Bookwalkers (those who have read the books). Unlike [[Broken Base|most divisions among fandoms]], this one is quite amiable, aside from resentment among the Unsullied for when Bookwalkers drop spoilers.
* The recent popularity of certain crossover fandoms has produced such names as Wholockians (fans of [[Doctor Who]] and [[Sherlock]]), Superwhovians (fans of [[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]] and [[Doctor Who]]), and Superwholockians (fans of all three).
* ''[[Schitt's Creek]]'': Schittheads
== Music ==
* 2NE1: Blackjacks
* 30 Seconds to Mars: The Echelon
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* Bloc Party: Marshall (if you liked the band before their first album) or Pioneer (if you liked them after they released it). This used to refer to their paid membership on their old website. Some even call themselves Weekenders after AWITC.
* [[Bruno Mars]]: Hooligans
* [[BTS (band)|BTS]]: ARMY
* [[Children of Bodom]]: The Children of Bodom Hate Crew (Commonly abbreviated to COBHC.)
* [[Chris Brown]]: Team Breezy
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* [[The Hold Steady]]: The Unified Scene
* [[Hollywood Undead]]: The Undead Army
* [[Insane Clown Posse]]: [[Juggalo
* [[Jethro Tull]]: Tullaholics
* [[Jessie J]]: Heartbeats
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* Stone Sour: The Dead Generation
* Suicidal Tendencies: Suicidals
* [[Super Junior]]: ELF. It stands for [[Fun with Acronyms|Ever-LastingFriends]]. And that’s not counting all the
* [[Taylor Swift]]: Swifties
* [[They Might Be Giants (band)|They Might Be Giants]]: Giantheads.
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* [[Turbonegro]]: [[wikipedia:Turbojugend|Turbojugend]]
* [[Twisted Sister]]: S.M.F.. Dee Synder notoriously explained to Senator Al Gore that it stood for ‘Sick Mother Fuckers’ during the 1985 Senate hearing on offensive content in music.
* Ummet Ozcan: Ozclan
* [[Uriah Heep]]: Heepsters
* [[Vanilla Ice]]: V.I.P’s
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* Wiz Khalifa: Taylor Gang
* [[Wu-Tang Clan]]: Killa Bees
== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
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* BeliEVErs ([[Eve Torres]])
* The WWE seems dead set on branding fans of the promotion in general as, collectively, "The WWE Universe". The effort the announcers put into shilling the new name makes it seem [[Forced Meme|forced]] and unnatural in their dialogue.
== Radio ==
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* Fans of British radio star Terry Wogan are either TOGs (Terry's Old Geezers/Gals) or TYGs (Terry's Young Guys/Girls). There are also a number of other terms no longer in widespread use, such as TWITs (Terry Wogan Is Top).
* Australian radio host Philip Adams refers to his listeners as "Gladdies", a reference to a running joke that the only people who listen to his show are little old ladies called Gladys.
== Sports ==
* Libbies [https://web.archive.org/web/20090629004619/http://www.wnba.com/liberty/index_main.html (The New York Liberty) ]
* Arnie's Army (Arnold Palmer)
* Cheeseheads ([[American Football|Green Bay Packers]])
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* And the original sports "nation," Steeler Nation ([[American Football|Pittsburgh Steelers]]), coined in 1975.
* Canuckleheads, used by detractors of the [[National Hockey League|Vancouver Canucks]]
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* While fans of [[Ravenloft]] can't seem to agree on a collective name for themselves, the team of fanzine writers called "The Kargatane" deserve a mention, for naming themselves after the in-game brainwashed mooks of the Kargat: a secret police force for which Ravenloft's original TSR design team was nicknamed.
* Fans of [[Warhammer
== [[Theatre]] ==
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* Sondheads (fans of [[Stephen Sondheim]])
* [tos]ser (''[[Title of Show]]'')
== [[Video Games]] ==
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** In ''[[Mass Effect]]'', we have Talimancers and Jokermancers.
** In ''[[Dragon Age]]'', we have Fengirls and Fanders.
* Starmen (''[[
* "Fatlus" can refer to either the developer Atlus or the fans of their games, referencing the stereotype that most people who play [[JRP Gs]] outside of Japan are fat nerds.
* Fans of ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' are creatively referred to as Assassins by both developers and fans.
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* Sonicfags (''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'')
* Smashers (''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'')
== [[Web Animation]] ==
* Deleteheads ([[Homestar Runner|SBemail fans]])
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* The [[
* Hannafags (''[[Hanna Is Not a Boy's Name]]'')
** There's also Hannafans and fHannas, both of which came from the (new) forum.
* Homestuckers (''[[Homestuck]]'')
** These days, shortening it to Homestucks (as in, the singular [[Iconic Character, Forgotten Title|is also "Homestuck"]]) is much more common, generally used by the fandom humourously/ironically as well as calling the webcomic as a whole Homostuck (homo and stuck), Homesuck, or Homosuck by the hatedom.
** "Hamsteak" is also sometimes used in certain places.
* Housers (''[[All Over the House]]'')
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* Lynchers (''[http://www.avalonhigh.com Avalon]'')
* Sluggites (''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'')
* Boardies (''[[
* Schlockers (''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'')
* Bunnies (''[[El Goonish Shive]]'')
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* Wotchers (''[[The Wotch]]'')
* Cheerleaders (''[[Cheer]]'')
* Kitties (''[
* Acheheads (''[[Achewood]]'')
* Brunatics (''[http://brunothebandit.com Bruno the Bandit]'')
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* Lifers (''[[Real Life Comics]]'')
* Fancy Bastards (''[[Hijinks Ensue]]'')
* Clairets or Acolytes (''[http://www.sisterclaire.com/\] Sister Claire'')
== [[Web Original]] ==
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* Smogonites (''[[Smogon]]'')
** Smogonites often deride members of another ''[[Pokémon]]'' fansite, Serebii.net (its owner is infamous for trying to start fights between his site and other ''Pokémon'' communities, and pretty much everyone else), as "'Biitards".
* And fans of the [[Image Board]] [[4chan]] have names depending on which of the boards they prefer to post. To name a handful -
** /a/ is for /a/ssholes OR wee/a/boos.
** /b/ is for /b/tards, /b/astards, /b/rothers, /b/rethren, /b/edophiles, /b/ronies (if they happen to be fans of [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]) and others. They stick, and depends on the situation.
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** /toy/ is for /toy/ soldiers
** /adv/ is for /adv/isors and s/adv/irgins
** /pol/ is for /pol/lacks
* Users on [[
** 4chan has a variation on the "____fag" theme for almost everybody; some ("moralfags", "tripfags") are meant to be insults, but others ("drawfags") usually aren't. It gets confusing.
* Posters on the sabermetric baseball site [http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org Baseball Primer] refer to themselves as "[https://web.archive.org/web/20111012070650/http://digamma.net/btfwiki/Primate Primates]".
* Deviants (''Deviantart'') (or Tartlets, as /b/ prefers to call them)
* Posters on the [https://web.archive.org/web/20131030234700/http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/ Straight Dope Message Board] call themselves "Dopers".
* Diggers (''Digg'')
* AH.commers ([[
* EDiots (''Encyclopedia Dramatica'')
* [http://www.facepunch.com Facepunch] users refer to themselves as [[Face Punchers]] or [[F Pers]]
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* ''[[Lonelygirl15]]'' fans, particularly those using the official website, are sometimes known as "lonelycrackers", due to their addiction to the series.
* lulzwhores/b_lulzers at [http://community.livejournal.com/batman_lulz/ batman_lulz]
* MUnchkins (the [[
* MeFites (''MetaFilter'')
* Evil Lesbian Minions (''Pottersues'') It comes from an angry letter from someone who got sporked.
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* Redditors (''Reddit'')
* Snopesters (''snopes.com'')
* Starmen (''[[
* TaBBers (''Truth and Beauty Bombs'', the forum for ''[[The Non-Adventures of Wonderella]]'' and formerly the ''[[Dinosaur Comics]]'' and ''Wondermark'' forum)
* Tropers (''[[TV Tropes|Rather obvious, isn't it?]]'')
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* Fans of [[Regretsy]] are affectionately referred to as "Fat Jealous Losers", something they are often called by detractors of the site. "[[CF 4 L]]" (Club Fuckery 4 Life) is also used.
* Readers of [http://yoisthisracist.com Yo, Is This Racist?] are called "racecars". Readers of the dating advice-related [[Spin-Off]] [http://yoshouldidumpthisahole.com Yo, Should I Dump This Asshole?] are therefore called "dumptrucks".
* [[Tumblr]] users are usually called "tumblirites", often derisively.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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* In-universe examples from ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'': Fans of ''Space Adventure'' are called "Spekkies" while fans of ''Stumpleberry Finkbat'' are "Finkies." They have a [[Fandom Rivalry]].
* Go-ers (''[[Filmation's Ghostbusters|Filmations Ghostbusters]]'' animated series)
* KaBlammoids (''[[
* Rangerphiles (''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'')
* Spinners (''[[Tale Spin]]'')
* Transfans (''[[Transformers]]'') - hey, it's better than [[Transsexualism|Trannies]].
** The even dodgier "Wrecktums" is the self-depreciating term for fans of ''[[Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'', and the Wreckers in general. Then there's "Furmanites", for fans of [[The Transformers (
* [[Heavy Metal (animation)|\m/ HEADBANGERS \m/]]
* The ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers]]'' fan list sometimes refers to themselves as "Rangers" and / or "Slaverlords"
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* Kids of the playground (''[[Recess]]'')
* While the fans of ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' do not yet have a nickname for the fandom as a whole, the word "Spongetards" has been recently coined to describe the [[Fan Dumb|less-intelligent part of the fandom]].
== [[Real Life]] ==
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