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In TV Land, whenever a famous musician or actor (or any kind of celebrity really) ventures out in public, there is good chance they will be descended upon by a horde of screaming fans who will pursue, attempting to get their autographs, rip their clothes off, etc. The celebrity will probably find themselves forced to tactics such as hiding in garbage bins or donning ridiculous disguises to escape the
Very much [[Truth in Television]], versions of this trope have probably existed as long as there have been celebrities. However, it reached its apex in the 1960s and 70s as result of Beatlemania. These days it is something of a [[Dead Horse Trope]] as most celebrities have security too tight to allow anything like this to happen, and fans must content themselves with flinging their underwear at their idols and other such shows of affection.
Compare [[Instant Fanclub]]. Can become an [[Angry Mob]] if someone expresses disdain for the focus of the group's adoration. See also: [[Celeb Crush]] which can result in
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* ''[[The Rutles]]''. There's a rather surreal sequence at the start of the film, where they hop from limo to limo to escape the hordes of fans.
** To be fair, there's a similar sequence in ''A Hard Day's Night''.
* At the beginning of ''[[Austin Powers]]: International Man of Mystery'', Austin (a ''photographer'') was being pursued by his
* ''[[Bye Bye Birdie]]''.
* The movie ''Nickelodeon'' has silent movie stars being stripped naked by screaming fans ripping off their clothing for souvenirs.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[The Monkees]]''
** Although situations like these were more than plentiful in the real life mid-60’s era of Monkeemania, rarely is this trope actually seen, because, in their wacky TV show universe, the Monkees are not famous at all...in fact, they're [[Starving Artist
** One notable exception would be the documentary episode “The Monkees On Tour” and, to a much different extent, “The Monkees In Paris.”
* Played with in ''[[Power Rangers Ninja Storm]]'', in which the [[Big Bad]] casts a spell city-wide to cause this to happen, and the conveniently immune Rangers nearly get trampled to death by stampeding fans.
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