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The moment in the lifetime of a community, usually a fandom, when the number of newcomers [[Earthshattering Kaboom|explodes]]. This is often the result of a [[The Remake|remake]], an adaptation, an English translation, a [[Colbert Bump]] or any other development that introduces something formerly obscure to a whole lot of new folks. These inevitably rush to find out as much as they can about this new big thing. [[Fan Dumb|Bad things]] can happen when they meet the [[
There are no examples of it being used as a weapon of retaliation, as [http://xkcd.com/591/ here]. Yet.
Compare [[Eternal September]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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== [[Music]] ==
* People who became fans of [[Marilyn Manson]] when the cover of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" got heavy rotation on [[MTV]] were a great irritation to fans who had been following the group for several years before that song/video was released. They were known to old-school fans as "Sweet Dreamers," and Manson himself would often follow up live performances of the song with "All you kids can go home now."
* Muse and [[Paramore]] both gained a lot of new fans when their songs were featured in ''[[Twilight (Literature)|Twilight]]''. Many long-time fans of both bands believe that [[
* The polarizing practice of [[Sampling]] tends to result in this. Like with ''[[Guitar Hero]]'', it's not a bad thing if gives the newbies exposure to classic songs they otherwise would probably never hear. If said newbies disrespect the original stuff in front of its dedicated fans, however, they're liable to ''lose a kidney''.
* [[The Grateful Dead]] experienced a surge in fans after their [[New Wave (Music)|New Wave]]-influenced single "Touch of Grey" became a Top 10 hit in the United States in 1987. The Deadhead community disparagingly call those who became fans of the band in the late 80's and early 90's as "Touch Heads".
* [[Genesis (Music)|Genesis]] experienced a [[Newbie Boom]] among their followers in 1986 after the release of ''Invisible Touch''. Both eventually saved the band from falling into oblivion, but displeased the older fans who still mourned the departure of [[Peter Gabriel]] and their steady [[Genre Shift]] [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|from prog rock to pop music]].
** The same can be said for [[Yes (Music)|Yes]], following 1983's very successful ''90125'', with a (slightly) changed lineup and more [[New Wave]]-influenced and pop-friendly songs like "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" topping the charts. Fans of th more progressive Yes call themselves "Troopers" (after "Starship Trooper") and the newbies "Generators" (after ''90125'''s followup, ''Big Generator''.)
* [[Queensryche]] experienced this after the release of the hit single "Silent Lucidity" off the album ''Empire'' in 1990. It became a "crossover" hit, so to speak, into the pop-music genre. When the band toured, they realized during at least one show in New York State, that many of the attendees were there solely for that one song, and had no idea about the concept of the rest of the album- or the band's music otherwise. They stopped the concert long enough to explain who the characters were and the basic plot.
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* [[Zero Punctuation]] gave The Escapist a huge boom in members.
* Some [[Image Boards|4chan]] users think this happened after the Scientology protests. The general mindset being [[
** This isn't the first time this has happened to 4chan. In 2006, 4chan got e-famous for spam raids of Habbo Hotel, Ebaumsworld and other sites which led to a massive influx of new users. Guess what the response of the users who had been there since 2003-2005 was?
*** To give yourself an idea: post-2005 users are called "THE CANCER THAT IS KILLING /b/" (in all caps).
** Encyclopedia Dramatica may be to blame here.
** Every summer, /b/ sees a bit of extra traffic due to school being out. This is referred to by the /b/tards as "Newfag Summer". Naturally, "summerfags" are hardly welcomed.
* The creation of the TV Tropes page for ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'', followed by an attempt to get it to [[Trope Overdosed]], caused a flood of new members to join the site from TV Tropes. While this was initially met with [[
* The Web itself drew a lot of people to the Internet, much to the annoyance of people who were regulars on [[
* This happened to [[Reddit]] when flocks of diggers who were [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|angry with the release]] of [[Digg]] v4 [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here|fled]], making Digg a no-man's-land.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* This happened to the ''[[My Little Pony]]'' fandom when ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' started to air. Previously, the fandom was a haven for mostly females (not that male fans didn't exist though) who loved the toys and fondly remembered the G1 cartoons. Then when ''Friendship is Magic'' was introduced, the previous fandom was swamped by a huge influx of new fans (dubbed [[Fan Community Nicknames|"bronies"]]) with the force of an ocean warming itself against a candle.
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