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Many fanbases on TV have their own nicknames. Some are generated by themselves, some from observers and some from detractors.

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 ~~Television -- it~~ was originated by, and for some time a trademark of, the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' Fan Club of ~~America -- and~~ many fans outside the US think it sounds a bit silly, preferring the considerably more baroque but less jargonish "fans of the programme".

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 Television—it was originated by, and for some time a trademark of, the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' Fan Club of America—and many fans outside the US think it sounds a bit silly, preferring the considerably more baroque but less jargonish "fans of the programme".

A subtrope of [[Fan Nickname]], but not to be confused with it.

See also~~: [[~~Estrogen Brigade~~]].~~

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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''+ [[~~Nerd|nerds~~]])

** And more recently, twerds (''Twilight''+ [[nerd]]s)

** 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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== [[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.")

* 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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* [[The Hold Steady]]: The Unified Scene

* [[Hollywood Undead]]: The Undead Army

* [[Insane Clown Posse]]: [[Juggalo~~|Juggalos~~]]

* [[Insane Clown Posse]]: [[Juggalo]]s

* [[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 [[Fan Community Nicknames]] for each of the members.

* [[Super Junior]]: ELF. It stands for [[Fun with Acronyms|Ever-LastingFriends]]. And that’s not counting all the Fan Community Nicknames for each of the members.

* [[Taylor Swift]]: Swifties

* [[They Might Be Giants (band)|They Might Be Giants]]: Giantheads.

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* Lifers (''[[Real Life Comics]]'')

* Fancy Bastards (''[[Hijinks Ensue]]'')

* Clairets or Acolytes (''[http://www.sisterclaire.com/\]Sister Claire'')

* Clairets or Acolytes (''[http://www.sisterclaire.com/\] Sister Claire'')