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[[File:freakazoid-17_8079.jpg|link=Freakazoid|frame|Don't worry, it's not always this bad.]]
{{quote|''It's true that it is always the winners that write history. But it is the [[You Suck|losers]] that do the [[Transformers]] Wikipedia entry.''|'''[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Comic_issue_2.7#Starscream.27s_stars Starscream]'''}}
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The [[Fan Boy]] is usually the first one to belittle, put down, and mock anyone who suggests that there might be [[Ho Yay]] in a series, ''even if it was deliberately put there by the creators''. Shockingly, he generally reacts [[Double Standard|quite differently]], and [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot|more favorably]], to any possibility of [[Les Yay]]. One could say this was due to his own crushing insecurities, but it might just be that he expects [[Depraved Homosexual|a gay character to be different]]. At any event, he's the one who writes articles like [[No Yay]] and who whines about "brain bleach" if any character who isn't [[Camp Gay]] is even hinted to be slightly bisexual - and of course he'll never notice even the most blatantly obvious subtext, or he'll hotly deny that it exists after it's pointed out. Basically he expects [[Fan Service]] to service him and him alone, and squeals in rage if anyone suggests the show wasn't written for his viewing pleasure only. This has changed in some fandoms, but in others it's still just as prevalent as it was twenty years ago. In some, it's even worse.
With the term [[Fan Girl]] having come into prominence, fanboy is starting to see itself get used in the same way. However, when the term fanboy is used this way, it's usually suggesting something even more base about their sexual obsession. Whereas a stereotypical [[Fan Girl]] will usually find some base element in the personality of the character to
In the original Japanese, the term [[Otaku]] is synonymous with this, but also implies an almost stalker-like attitude as well as personal hygiene deficits. The original (very pejorative) meaning got lost when it was adopted by English language fans of [[Anime]].
See also [[Ascended Fanboy]], [[Promoted Fanboy]], [[Fan Dumb]], [[Saw Star Wars 27 Times]], and [[Running the Asylum]].
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== Fictional examples ==
=== [[Anime and Manga]] ===
* Graham Specter from ''[[Baccano]]'' is the No. 1 Ladd Russo fanboy.
* Tamaki from ''[[Code Geass]]'' is a member of the Black Knights, who's always Fanboying about his "best buddy" [[My Hero Zero|Zero]].
** And Diethard. So much that, {{spoiler|on his deathbed, he asks Lelouch to kill him with Geass.}}
=== [[Comic Books]] ===
* [[Deadpool]] is a huge fan of [[Captain America]] and [[The Mighty Thor|Thor]].
* The ''[[X-Men]]'' villain Sauron is obviously a ''[[Lord of the Rings]]'' fanboy, as he named himself after that trilogy's [[Big Bad]].
=== [[Film]] ===
* [[Patton Oswalt]]'s character Paul in ''[[Big Fan]]''. Unlike most fanboys, Paul does not obsesses over Sci Fi, Fantasy, Comics, Anime, or Video Games, he is a football fan. He was beaten up by his sport hero, and does not press charges in order to support his favorite team The Giants.
* The film ''[[Fanboys]]''. Duh.
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* Walt the Fanboy in [[The View Askewniverse]] movies (''[[Mallrats]], [[Chasing Amy]], [[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]'').
=== [[Literature]] ===
* Colin Creevey is [[Harry Potter]]'s very eager fanboy.
=== [[Live Action Television]] ===
* You wont really see it in the show, but if you go to [[Sherlock The|Blog Of Dr. John H. Watson]] you can see comments from two fanboys (Jacob Sowersby and theimprobableone) in the comments sections of several posts.
* During the ''iStart A Fan War'' episode of ''[[iCarly]]'', there is one fanboy for the Sam/Freddie 'Seddie' [[Shipping]] couple who is a textbook version of this. He stands up and shouts "SEDDIE!" over and over. For those with knowledge of the fandom, he's obviously based on one specific [[Big Name Fan]] who became well known for those antics on the creators blog and websites.
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* The character of "Whizzkid" in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S25 E4 The Greatest Showinthe Galaxy|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]" is widely-seen as a demonstration of how the show's creators at the time regarded fanboys. Especially his rapid and horrible death.
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* The Adoring Fan of ''[[The Elder Scrolls]] IV: Oblivion'' was a character who would appear after you became the Arena Grand Champion and follow you everywhere. His obsessive devotion to your character has led many people to try to kill him by any means necessary, and his tendency to respawn only made him more annoying.
* Elder Xelpud in ''[[La-Mulana]]'' is an [[MSX]] fanboy, and a few of his quotes have him [[Take That|railing against the]] [[NES]].
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* Francis in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''.
=== [[Web Comics]] ===
* In ''[[Sinfest]]'':
** Seymour to God
** Lil' E to Satan
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* In ''[[The Specialists]]'', [http://thespecialistscomic.com/page-81/ Max to Captain Victory]. Poor Max.
=== [[Web Original]] ===
* Captain Hammer from ''[[Doctor Horribles Sing Along Blog]]'' has a fan trio composed of two [[Fan Girl|fangirls]] and a [[Camp Gay]] fanboy. After his humiliating defeat, they abandon him in favor of Dr. Horrible.
* [[That Guy With The Glasses]] has [[Fail O'Suckyname|Douchey McNitpick]], a repulsive kid who [[Basement Dweller|lives in his mother's basement]] and represents [[Fan Dumb]] to the [[The Nostalgia Critic]], [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]] and [[The Nostalgia Chick]].
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* Darth on ''[[Sixteen]]'' is a ''[[Star Wars]]'' fanboy. He wears a cape and a Darth Vader helmet, carries a red lightsaber, and is part of the Jedi Knights club. Oddly, one of the "clones" (mean girls) is also in the Jedi Knights club, [[An Aesop]] about how you shouldn't label people.
* On ''[[Almost Naked Animals]]'', Howie is so obsessed with a stuntman named Dirk Danger that he hangs out in Dirk Danger's cave and tries to coax him out of retirement.
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