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Naturally, this only serves to make the fan more enthusiastic. Occasionally the fandom is impressed by this lack of [[Comedic Sociopathy]], making them candidates for [[Better Than Canon]] pairings.
See also [[
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[
* Tamao looks up to "victim-chan" Nagisa in ''[[Strawberry Panic
* Shinobu Maehara in ''[[Love Hina]]'' seemed inordinately optimistic of Keitaro compared to other others. It makes a bit more sense if you [[Alternate Character Interpretation|consider *her* as a LoserProtagonist]]; many of her problems are feminized versions of the troubles he has.
* Hinata Hyuuga in ''[[Naruto]]'' is pretty much defined by her deep-seated crush on the titular character.
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* Tohru Honda from ''[[Fruits Basket]]'' could be considered a straight take on this, she's easily the cat of the zodiac's biggest fan (this includes Kyo). She's not so much oblivious of his faults as understanding that there are some ''serious'' underlying causes. When she heard the legend of the zodiac as it's usually told she explicitly declared the cat her favorite for exactly this reason before she even met him.
* One of the results of Yurika Misumaru's similarly obsessive crush on Akito in ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]''.
* When Sora Naegino from ''[[Kaleido Star]]'' is shunned by almost all the performers and her mentor isn't sure she can make it, her only supporters were two new recruits (Mia and Anna), her stage manager (Ken), the dorms manager (Sarah) and the lead stagehand's daughter (Marion).
* Cesilee and Marcus in ''[[The Cyantian Chronicles]]''
* Pretty much half the cast of [[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]] admires Tsuna for unclear or misguided reasons.
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== [[Comic Book]] ==
* [[Don Rosa]]'s two [[The Three Caballeros|Three Caballeros]] comic stories portray Panchito and José as idolizing hapless [[Chew Toy]] [[Donald Duck]], in a [[Throw the Dog
* In ''[[Identity Crisis]]'', Ralph Dibny recounts how he and his wife Sue met. He and [[The Flash]] had shown up at some fancy event and saved everyone there. A-lister Flash had nearly everyone's
== [[Film]] ==
* Walter from ''[[The Muppets (
== [[Literature]] ==
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== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
* Many [[Jobber
== [[Video Game]] ==
* In ''[[
* ''In [[Fire Emblem]],'' if you choose to have them support each other, Rebecca the Archer becomes this towards Lowen the Cavalier; she embellishes his 'daring rescue' of her village knowing full well that she's doing so, simply because she prefers to remember it that way.
== [[Web Comic]] ==
* Ricky "Turtle" Tuttle in ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* One episode of ''[[Captain Planet]]'' had a boy named Jason idolize Wheeler. It would be a stretch to call Wheeler a "loser," but he ''is'' usually the least knowledgeable and biggest screw-up of the team.
* One episode of ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' combines this with [[Warts and All]]. The chronically-unlucky geek Eugene discovers his favorite superhero's actor is really a [[Jerkass]] and abandons his usual attitude in order to "go bad." Unfortunately, there's a younger kid who looks up to ''Eugene,'' and suffers a similar sense of disillusionment at Eugene's change. (In the end, though, both get a happy ending after being rescued from near-death by [[Jerk
* Milo of ''[[Pepper Ann]]'' only cheered for the school team when they were on a loosing streak, his mantra regarding sports being "choose to lose." Once they started winning, he quickly lost interest.
* ''[[X
* In one ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' episode, Acme Loo has lost every single football game of the season. Sneezer is the only fan, specifically of Plucky.
* The more outspoken, zealous fans of the character Lemongrab of the show ''[[
* ''[[Recess]]'' had Gus (the underdog, and general [[Unlucky Everydude]] of the series) being idolized by a kindergartener who called him "safety man" and believed him to be the coolest of ''all'' the older kids on the playground. In a later episode when Gus ''does'' become "cool" in the eyes of his peers, the kidergartener is the one who tells him he was more respectable before as "safety man."
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