Fan Community Nicknames: Difference between revisions

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* Haruhiists or The S.O.S. Brigade (''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]''); less kindly, Harutard

* Hetalians (''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'')

** Also, from the [[~~Live Journal~~|Capslock Community]] Captalia, we have the [[Cloudcuckoolander|Captalians]]

** Also, from the [[LiveJournal|Capslock Community]] Captalia, we have the [[Cloudcuckoolander|Captalians]]

** Another one from [[~~Live Journal~~]] is the [[Hetalia Fandomly]]

** Another one from [[LiveJournal]] is the [[Hetalia Fandomly]]

* 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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*** 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: ~~Deep Space Nine|Star Trek~~ Deep Space Nine]]'' to the rest of the series to put it somewhat mildly. If it's being used positively or derogatorily depends on where and who it's being said about.

** Niners, for people who prefer ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' to the rest of the series to put it somewhat mildly. If it's being used positively or derogatorily depends on where and who it's being said about.

*** 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 Justice]]: Victorians

** [[Victoria Dawn Justice]]: Victorians

** [[Ariana Grande]]: Arianators/Ariana's Army

** [[Jennette McCurdy]]: McCurdians

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== [[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 ~~40000~~|the Ork Faction of Warhammer]] have been known to call themselves "Nobz," "Gitz," or simply, "Da Boyz," which are all terms for groups of orkish individuals in the game.

* Fans of [[Warhammer 40,000|the Ork Faction of Warhammer]] have been known to call themselves "Nobz," "Gitz," or simply, "Da Boyz," which are all terms for groups of orkish individuals in the game.

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** In ''[[Mass Effect]]'', we have Talimancers and Jokermancers.

** In ''[[Dragon Age]]'', we have Fengirls and Fanders.

* Starmen (''[[~~Earthbound~~]]'')

* Starmen (''[[EarthBound]]'')

* "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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** 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.

** 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 (''[[~~College Roomies from Hell~~]]!!'' (especially those who are members of the [[Fanfic]] group FLEET))

* Boardies (''[[CRFH]]!!'' (especially those who are members of the [[Fanfic]] group FLEET))

* Schlockers (''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'')

* Bunnies (''[[El Goonish Shive]]'')

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* Posters on the [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/ Straight Dope Message Board] call themselves "Dopers".

* Diggers (''Digg'')

* AH.commers ([[~~Alternatehistory~~.com]])

* AH.commers ([[AlternateHistory.com]])

* 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 [[~~Mai~~-HiME|Mai Universe]] forum)

* MUnchkins (the [[My-HiME|Mai Universe]] forum)

* 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 (''[[~~Earthbound~~|Starmen.net]]'')

* Starmen (''[[EarthBound|Starmen.net]]'')

* 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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* 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 (''[[~~Ka Blam~~!]]'') Double points for it coming from a term for the fans used in the show itself.

* KaBlammoids (''[[KaBlam!]]'') Double points for it coming from a term for the fans used in the show itself.

* 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 (~~Comic~~ ~~Book~~)|Simon Furman]].

** 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 (Marvel Comics)||Simon Furman]].

* [[Heavy Metal (animation)|\m/ HEADBANGERS \m/]]

* The ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers]]'' fan list sometimes refers to themselves as "Rangers" and / or "Slaverlords"