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{{quote|'''Rupert:''' [[The Lord of the Rings|Hobbits will be mustering under Gandalf]] as usual in the Ops Room. Esoterica with the Master Mage is in a dimension yet to be fixed... [[Filk Song|Filking]] will be in Home Universe this year... ...Stan, who ''are'' these people?
'''Stan:''' Ordinary people having fun, I expect.
|''[[The Magids|Deep Secret]]''}}
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Frequently parodied in the case of a [[Show Within a Show]], where in(s)ane questions to stars are common. The Trope Codifier for these parodies is from a December 1986 episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' with [[William Shatner]] - the famous "Get a life" sketch.
== Anime and Manga ==▼
The largest fan convention in the world is [[Comiket]], the twice-annual [[doujinshi]] show in Tokyo. Other famous cons include the [[World Science Fiction Convention]] (or "Worldcon", the second-oldest extant SF fan convention - they decide who gets the [[Hugo Award]]s each year), the [[San Diego Comic-Con]] (originally covering [[Comic Books]], but has grown to also cover comic-book-related media such as superhero films) and [[Gen Con]] (the largest [[Tabletop Games]] convention in North America).
[[The Other Wiki]] has a set of pages about fan conventions, starting logically enough with their "[[wikipedia:Fan convention|Fan convention]]" page.
{{noreallife|[[The Other Wiki]] does a better job of listing these than we could ever hope to do.}} Feel free to add "Fan Convention" as a category to any fan convention page here, though.
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▲== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
[[Comiket]] and its [[Bland-Name Product]]s has a separate page.
* ''[[Drama Con]]'' takes place at the fictional "Yatta!con".
* From ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'':▼
{{quote| '''Florence''': I activate Dark Sanctuary! Now the duel will take place in a twisted and horror-filled environment where only the bravest souls dare to venture.<br />▼
'''Yami Yugi''': [[Take That|An anime convention?]] }}▼
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* In the ''[[Sandman]]'' series, a hotel puts on just such a convention...for serial killers.
== [[Fan Works]] ==
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▲'''Yami Yugi''': [[Take That|An anime convention?]] }}
* At one point in ''[[The Secret Return of Alex Mack]]'', Alex and Willow attend [[w:San Diego Comic-Con|San Diego Comic-Con]], where in addition to enjoying the convention and taking part in cosplay, Alex makes an appearance in her superhero identity, Terawatt (to judge a contest of Terawatt cosplayers!) while Willow disguises herself as Alex in cosplay to help support Alex's secret identity.
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'' had a major, mostly affectionate, parody of this.
* The documentary ''Trekkies'' touched on the subject.
* ''The Bag Witch Project'', a ''Blair Witch'' parody short film by Toxic Bag Productions, tells the sorry tale of three attendees at GenCon, who get hopelessly lost in the hallways of the Milwaukee convention center.
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* Sharyn McCrumb's novel ''[[Bimbos of the Death Sun]]'' sets a murder mystery at a con, where a popular but volatile author is murdered while writing his latest novel.
* Most of the [[Diana Wynne Jones]] book ''[[The Magids|Deep Secret]]'' takes place at a sci-fi/fantasy convention. Of course, [[Mage in Manhattan|there are real wizards there.]]
* ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' novel ''[[The Dresden Files/Proven Guilty|Proven Guilty]]'' takes place in part at a horror movie convention.
* ''Night of The Living Trekkies'' is a book about a [[Zombie Apocalypse|zombie outbreak]] at a ''[[Star Trek]]'' convention; there is a trailer for the book [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyO2k-jApng here].
* ''Lost at the Con'' is about a [[Gonzo Journalism|Gonzo Journalist]] sent to cover Griffin*Con, a thinly-veiled [[Expy]] of
== [[Live
* One episode of ''[[CSI]]'' involved a [[Furry Fandom|Furry convention]].
** ''Vanity Fair'' and ''MTV'' also had [[
** Conventions and ''CSI'' seem to go well together; aside from the Furry Convention, they also had episodes involving a convention for midgets and one for large people.
** And one for Astro Quest, the [[Fictional Counterpart]] to ''[[Star Trek]]''.
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' has a fair number of these, with the [[Outpost Gallifrey]] "Gallifrey One" conventions being fairly well known. [[Peter Davison]] turned up to a few in his Fifth Doctor costume, before deciding that since others were doing it, it was a bit odd and stopping. Of course, [[Patrick Troughton]] famously died at such a convention.
* The episode "The Real Ghostbusters" of ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' has Sam and Dean attending a convention for fans of the novel series based on their lives, which most fans assume is fiction. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
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** Within the comic, Dave Davenport travels to Dave-Con, the annual convention of the Dave Conspiracy (every member wearing a badge that reads, "Hello, my name is DAVE").
** In [[Real Life]], the readers of the comic organized ''Narbonicon'', an annual event celebrating the comic and its author, Shaenon Garrity. It was held during the six years of the comic's original run, but discontinued once the "Director's Cut" version (*cough*reruns*cough*) began.
* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' had a non-canon side story that took place at [[San Diego Comic
* The first ''[[Umlaut House]]'' comic had Evil Con, for [[Mad Scientist|mad scientists]].
* ''[[Insecticomics]]'' includes several instances of characters (actually, the author cosplaying) attending the real-life [[Transformers|BotCon]].
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* [[That Guy With The Glasses]] runs into a convention in pursuit of Casper the Friendly Ghost, during the Nostalgia Critic's review of the movie ''[[Casper]]''. Variously-costumed conventiongoers help him with the chase.
** Chester A. Bum and [[Atop the Fourth Wall|90s Kid]] attend Youmacon once, where Chester discusses yaoi with a Chester cosplayer, 90s Kid has a 'Dude-off' with a 90s Kid cosplayer, and they interact with other con-goers.
** In a later video, Chester and Lester A. Bum gather con-goers at Daisho Con 2010 to re-enact ''[[Harry Potter and
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In an ''[[American Dad]]'' episode, the [[Villain of the Week]] is hiding in a convention, and the only way to get to him is using Steve´s proficiency in elven language.
* ''[[Freakazoid!]]'' chased Caveman and was chased by Fanboy during a convention.
** The Caveguy episode was notable, as Freakazoid talks to the fans in lieu of his creator, and scares Caveguy off by speaking Klingon to him
** In an earlier episode, while trying to escape from Fanboy (who was trying to become his sidekick), Freakazoid fell into a sci-fi convention. He then finally got Fanboy off his back by pointing out Mark Hamill and tempting Fanboy with the more glamourous prospect of Jedi Knighthood.
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