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{{quote|''" I'' should ''want to cook ''[Mr. Belvedere]'' a simple meal. But I'' shouldn't ''want to [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|cut into him, to tear the flesh, to wear the flesh, to be born unto new worlds where his flesh becomes my key]]."''|'''Deranged fan of [[Mr. Belvedere]]''', ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''}}

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A nut who follows the main characters everywhere out of obsessive admiration, either causing trouble or just creeping them out. Extreme loony fans may go to great lengths and evil deeds to [[Psycho Supporter|"help" the hero they idolize]]. They take their eventual rejection very personally. Occasionally this character will really go off the deep end and attempt to ''replace'' their hero.

This can also overlap with the [[Straw Fan]], [[The Collector]], the [[Yandere]], the [[Poisonous Friend]], and/or the [[Stalker ~~With~~ a Crush]]. See also [[Actor Role Confusion]]. Contrast with [[Ascended Fanboy]].

This can also overlap with the [[Straw Fan]], [[The Collector]], the [[Yandere]], the [[Poisonous Friend]], and/or the [[Stalker with a Crush]]. See also [[Actor Role Confusion]]. Contrast with [[Ascended Fanboy]].

Sad (and a little scary) to say, this is ''very'' much [[Truth in Television]].

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== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==

* Played for laughs in ''[[Darker Than Black]]'' (and maybe a little torpedo aimed at shippers). [[Sassy Secretary|Kiko]] is portrayed as slightly crazy anyway, but her crush on "Li" tops all other quirks. She almost jumps on him with [[Squee]], loudly insults her "rival" Kirihara, and generally attracts unnecessary attention... which is somewhat disconcerting for her hero, as "Li" is the facade identity of a lad who ''earned'' his nickname "Black [[Shinigami]]".

** Hei has another one in the [[OVA]], Mayu, with the added bonus that she manages to connect his identities ([[Bunny Ears Lawyer|thereby beating out the entire police force]]) and starts [[Stalker ~~With~~ a Crush|actively stalking him]].

** Hei has another one in the [[OVA]], Mayu, with the added bonus that she manages to connect his identities ([[Bunny Ears Lawyer|thereby beating out the entire police force]]) and starts [[Stalker with a Crush|actively stalking him]].

* Gokudera from ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]''. He frequently goes off to beat people up for Tsuna's sake, and [[Stalker ~~With~~ a Crush|follows Tsuna around]] trying desperately to be his "Right Hand Man." Although the funny thing is that his attempt to replace the hero was actually his initial feeling, and that it's ''after'' being [[Defeat Means Friendship|defeated]] by Tsuna that he becomes his [[Loony Fan]].

* Gokudera from ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]''. He frequently goes off to beat people up for Tsuna's sake, and [[Stalker with a Crush|follows Tsuna around]] trying desperately to be his "Right Hand Man." Although the funny thing is that his attempt to replace the hero was actually his initial feeling, and that it's ''after'' being [[Defeat Means Friendship|defeated]] by Tsuna that he becomes his [[Loony Fan]].

* {{spoiler|Kasaya's girlfriend Eri}} from [[Zetsuai 1989]] goes so over the edge that {{spoiler|she tries to stab her idol Kouji because he's about to go into retirement}}

* Arguably the basis of the 1998 anime film ''[[Perfect Blue]]'' (unarguably, a [[Loony Fan]] does at least ''appear'' in the anime).

* {{spoiler|[[Stalker ~~With~~ a Crush|Toto Sakigami]]}} of [[Deadman Wonderland]] is apparently this toward {{spoiler|the Wretched Egg}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Stalker with a Crush|Toto Sakigami]]}} of [[Deadman Wonderland]] is apparently this toward {{spoiler|the Wretched Egg}}.

* Lecto from [[Magical X Miracle]] has a series-long obsession with Yue (as well as great admiration for Merleawe for being so close to him), to the point where things get... [[Ho Yay|awkward]]. However, this turns out well for both of them; Lecto eventually becomes an in-series [[Promoted Fanboy]] as one of Yue's top aides, and his nerdy personality quirks and stalker-like obsession settle down after Yue puts him through three years of [[Workaholic]] boot camp.

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== [[Comic Books]] ==

* Jimmy from Jhonen Vasquez's ''[[Johnny the Homicidal Maniac]]'', although he is considerably less insane than [[Ax Crazy|Nny]].

* The extradimensional imp Bat-Mite in the wackier [[~~Batman (Comic Book)|~~Batman]] comics.

* The extradimensional imp Bat-Mite in the wackier [[Batman]] comics.

* Jenny in [[The Punisher]] comes across as this. After seeing Frank shot by the women she is targeting she saves him and takes him to her apartment. The scenes between them invoke [[Misery]], and Frank feels a little like her prisoner, but Jenny does nothing to stop him and the reason he can't leave is his gunshot injuries, and he patiently listens as she describes what was done to her, and sympathy for what was done to him. Jenny then has two requests: his shirt and jacket so she can become The Punisher and kill the women who hurt her, and that he stay until she finishes it. Frank feels more and more like he's trapped, and that Jenny would stop him even if he could leave, before passing out and ending up handcuffed so Jenny can show him how to torture criminals.

* In ''[[Green Lantern Corps]]'', Iolande's brother Ragnar was so obsessed with the Corps he murdered every potential Lantern candidate in their sector so he would end up the best candidate for the position, including his brother Stentar and Soranik Natu's partner Myrrt. When Ragnar was finally exposed, captured, and set for execution, Soranik purposefully chose to reveal that Iolande would be the new Green Lantern of Sector 1417 right before Ragnar would be beheaded. To add to this [[Kick the Son of A Bitch]] moment, Ragnar made an empty admission of guilt and repentance to show he "wasn't afraid" before his execution, thinking he ''still'' had a chance to be a Lantern. The look on his face when Soranik takes out the ring, then gives it to his sister, is satisfying.

* In ''[[Green Lantern Corps]]'', Iolande's brother Ragnar was so obsessed with the Corps he murdered every potential Lantern candidate in their sector so he would end up the best candidate for the position, including his brother Stentar and Soranik Natu's partner Myrrt. When Ragnar was finally exposed, captured, and set for execution, Soranik purposefully chose to reveal that Iolande would be the new Green Lantern of Sector 1417 right before Ragnar would be beheaded. To add to this [[Kick the Son of a Bitch]] moment, Ragnar made an empty admission of guilt and repentance to show he "wasn't afraid" before his execution, thinking he ''still'' had a chance to be a Lantern. The look on his face when Soranik takes out the ring, then gives it to his sister, is satisfying.

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* Robert DeNiro's roles in ''[[The Fan]]'' and ''The King of Comedy'' fit this trope as well.

* The Kid in the ''[[Matrix]]'' sequels is portrayed as a mild example of this.

* From the ''[[Halloween (~~Film~~)|Halloween]]'' series: The radio show callers in ''The Curse of Michael Myers'', Harold in ''Resurrection'', Chett in ''Halloween II'' (2009).

* From the ''[[Halloween (film)|Halloween]]'' series: The radio show callers in ''The Curse of Michael Myers'', Harold in ''Resurrection'', Chett in ''Halloween II'' (2009).

* In [[Blades of Glory]], Jimmy having one of these is kind of what causes the plot to kick off, but in a surprisingly non-scary way in spite of some of the creepy things that the [[Loony Fan]] says to him. This particular fan of his is so obsessed with the idea of having Jimmy back on the rink and is so much the type to think about these things a lot that he manages to find a loophole in the Figure Skating Championships rulebook that Jimmy then exploits.

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* ''[[Harry Potter]]'': Colin Creevey.

* "[[The Culture]]": A less technologically advanced civ, the GFCF, imitate the Culture and think that they are the best people in the galaxy. They don't do it very well, and although the Culture consider them vague allies, they don't take them seriously. This could be a mistake...

* [[Older Than Steam]]: ''[[~~Don Quixote (Literature)|~~Don Quixote]]'': Sanson Carrásco presents himself as the number one fan of Don Quixote and discusses various [[Series Continuity Error|continuity errors]] with him and Sancho. However, his real goal is to [[Pitying Perversion|help the poor, mad fool]] regain his sanity by following in his third quest. [[Hilarity ~~Ensues|HIlarity~~ Ensues]].

* [[Older Than Steam]]: ''[[Don Quixote]]'': Sanson Carrásco presents himself as the number one fan of Don Quixote and discusses various [[Series Continuity Error|continuity errors]] with him and Sancho. However, his real goal is to [[Pitying Perversion|help the poor, mad fool]] regain his sanity by following in his third quest. [[Hilarity Ensues]].

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* Played for laughs in an episode of ''[[Friends]]'', where Brooke Shields portrayed a [[Loony Fan]] stalking Joey, convinced [[Your Secrets Safe With Me Superman|he was really the character]] he played in a soap opera (they got rid of her by convincing her that Joey was actually the [[Evil Twin]] instead).

* [[Sarah Silverman]]'s character in ''[[Monk]]''.

* The ''[[~~Jonathan Creek (TV)|~~Jonathan Creek]]'' episode "Danse Macabre" featured am obsessed fan who followed a horror writer from the US to the UK and eventually {{spoiler|cut the head off her dead body and carried back to America with him}}.

* The ''[[Jonathan Creek]]'' episode "Danse Macabre" featured am obsessed fan who followed a horror writer from the US to the UK and eventually {{spoiler|cut the head off her dead body and carried back to America with him}}.

* Played with in an episode of the short-lived HBO series of Tenacious D. It starts with Lee, a fan who is overly-obsessed with Tenacious D, but afterwards the Tenacious D duo becomes overly-obsessed with Lee, culminating with his murder.

* Mel in ''[[Flight of the Conchords]]'' - president and sole member of the band's fan club and relentless stalker.

* Mandy from ''[[~~I Carly|~~iCarly]]''. After appearing as a guest their web show, she followed Carly, Sam, and Freddie around constantly and even switched schools to be around them, which drove them crazy. Mandy eventually became obsessed with a band and seemingly moved onto to pestering them but a more recent episode showed she was back to obsessing over iCarly.

* Mandy from ''[[iCarly]]''. After appearing as a guest their web show, she followed Carly, Sam, and Freddie around constantly and even switched schools to be around them, which drove them crazy. Mandy eventually became obsessed with a band and seemingly moved onto to pestering them but a more recent episode showed she was back to obsessing over iCarly.

* An episode of music group [[S Club 7]]'s TV series featured an annoying fan that was at first obsessed over Bradley and then later Rachel.

* Joxer from ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' initially. Xena gets a handful of other "I've studied your every move!" (sometimes followed by "Now we must fight with knives!") type of meetups, but they're generally not the following-around kind of groupies.

* In one episode of ''[[Dollhouse]]'', the title organization is hired to protect a rock star from a [[Loony Fan]]. Echo becomes a back-up singer, while another Active becomes a [[Big Name Fan]].

* In the ''[[~~Doctor Who (TV)|~~Doctor Who]]'' mini-episode "Time Crash", the Fifth and Tenth Doctors accidentally meet. Ten, delighted, immediately recognizes his former self, but Five takes him for an obsessive fan and is most annoyed.

* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' mini-episode "Time Crash", the Fifth and Tenth Doctors accidentally meet. Ten, delighted, immediately recognizes his former self, but Five takes him for an obsessive fan and is most annoyed.

* [[The Amanda Show]] had Penelope Taynt (played by Amanda, herself), a nerdy fangirl and webmistress of her own Amanda fan site (which actually exists!)

* ''[[Supernatural (TV)|Supernatural]]'' had Becky Rosen, a parody of some of the show's more extreme fans, who wrote incest fanfiction about Sam and Dean.

* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' had Becky Rosen, a parody of some of the show's more extreme fans, who wrote incest fanfiction about Sam and Dean.

** She later used a [[Love Potion]] supplied by a [[Deal ~~With~~ the Devil|crossroads demon]] to entice Sam into marrying her.

** She later used a [[Love Potion]] supplied by a [[Deal with the Devil|crossroads demon]] to entice Sam into marrying her.

* In ''[[~~Charmed (TV)|~~Charmed]]'', when their secret is finally revealed, they encounter a young witch who wants to join their coven. After she breaks into their house and is promptly shut down, she doesn't take it well and ends up shooting Piper.

* In ''[[Charmed]]'', when their secret is finally revealed, they encounter a young witch who wants to join their coven. After she breaks into their house and is promptly shut down, she doesn't take it well and ends up shooting Piper.

* An episode of ''[[NCIS]]'' had a fan of McGee's book series was real and start killing people that resembled his characters, who are based on people he sees. This due to the fact he read some pages that stated were trying to kill the character McGee's character.

* After G'Kar's book is published (without his permission, as he hadn't finished it yet) in the fifth season of ''[[Babylon ~~Five~~]]'', he is hailed by his people as a prophet, gaining a following in the hundreds of thousands. Hundreds (at a minimum) of Narns travel to the station to learn at his feet, to his utter horror. He ends up ordering the Narn who created the G'Kar religious statuettes (which he despised) to leave him be and go back home. Shortly before G'Kar leaves the station for good (to get away from his followers), that Narn tries to shoot him and ends up wounding Garibaldi's fiancee by accident.

* After G'Kar's book is published (without his permission, as he hadn't finished it yet) in the fifth season of ''[[Babylon 5]]'', he is hailed by his people as a prophet, gaining a following in the hundreds of thousands. Hundreds (at a minimum) of Narns travel to the station to learn at his feet, to his utter horror. He ends up ordering the Narn who created the G'Kar religious statuettes (which he despised) to leave him be and go back home. Shortly before G'Kar leaves the station for good (to get away from his followers), that Narn tries to shoot him and ends up wounding Garibaldi's fiancee by accident.

* Subverted in the ''[[Shake It Up]]'' episode "Copy Kat it Up", wherein a shy, socially-awkward girl named Kat seems to have a near-stalkerish obsession with the girls, especially CeCe. {{spoiler|It turns out to be a [[Batman Gambit]] to get a spot dancing on the show}}.

* The current page quote comes from a ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch about a support group for obsessive fans of ''[[Mr. Belvedere]]''. They play a game called "Should and Shouldn't" which "helps keep the line between fantasy and reality a little less blurry":

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* Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi" is about such a fan.

* The White Stripes song "Take, Take, Take" is an interesting version: Jack White describes meeting Rita Hayworth at a restaurant and acting like a complete fanboy. Every action of his (seeing her, standing close to her, talking to her, etc.) ends with the words "AND THAT WAS ALL THAT I NEEDED". After every time he says it's all he needed, he thinks of something else he needs from her, until finally she gets up and leaves. "IT WAS AS IF SHE / COULD NOT APPRECIATE / HOW COOL I WAS BEING."

* "Martin Scorsese" by [[~~King Missile (Music)|~~King Missile]]. The lyrics to the song are the singer impersonating a crazed fan of [[Martin Scorsese]], shouting profane lines about how he wants to meet the director and do various violent acts to him, basically just beating him to death (or at least to a bloody pulp) while thanking him for making the greatest films he's ever seen in his life.

* "Martin Scorsese" by [[King Missile]]. The lyrics to the song are the singer impersonating a crazed fan of [[Martin Scorsese]], shouting profane lines about how he wants to meet the director and do various violent acts to him, basically just beating him to death (or at least to a bloody pulp) while thanking him for making the greatest films he's ever seen in his life.

* In the video for the [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]' "By the Way", the lead singer is kidnapped by a taxi driver and has to be rescued.

* [[The Arrogant Worms]] have a song dedicated to this trope, reminding her of such things as how none of their songs are about her...except for ''this'' one. Which is ''all'' about her.

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== [[Web Original]] ==

* In [[~~The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|~~The Angry Video Game Nerd]]'s review of the ''[[Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'' game, he gets kidnapped by a crazed fan and Leatherface.

* In [[The Angry Video Game Nerd]]'s review of the ''[[Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'' game, he gets kidnapped by a crazed fan and Leatherface.

* [[~~The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|~~The Nostalgia Critic]]'s Douchey McNitpick, a "fan" that watched all his videos 37 times solely to find all of the Critic's mistakes and harshly call him out on them.

* [[The Nostalgia Critic]]'s Douchey McNitpick, a "fan" that watched all his videos 37 times solely to find all of the Critic's mistakes and harshly call him out on them.

* [[Stupid Mario Brothers]] had the Crazy-obsessed-stalker-who-makes-you-unable-to-sleep-at-night Fan, as evidenced by her "Let's Get Hammered" Mario T-Shirt.

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* Played for laughs in an early episode of ''[[Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi]]'', "Dis-Harmony", where Ami and Yumi found themselves being followed everywhere (and I do mean ''[[The Cat Came Back|everywhere]]'') by a crazy fangirl named Harmony, who would constantly remind them "I'm your #1 fan!"

* Fan Boy of ''[[Freakazoid]]'' is another example played for laughs.

* Guaca in ''[[The Emperor's New School ~~(Animation)~~|The Emperors New School]]''. "Kuzco RULES!"

* Guaca in ''[[The Emperor's New School|The Emperors New School]]''. "Kuzco RULES!"

* Lorne, the "Friend for Life" (complete with his own musical jingle) who won't leave [[Sam and Max Freelance Police|Sam and Max]] alone.

** This gets comes to a [[Funny Aneurysm Moment|darker in retrospect]] head in "Fools Die on Friday", where Lorne highjacks a Swedish blimp and tries to crash into New York City in order to attract Sam and Max' attention.

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* Irving is so big a fan of ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' that he carries around a scrapbook of their adventures and often joins in their endeavors even if he's not invited. In an interesting case here, Irving started out as a one-off character but then began to recur, and shows signs of possibly becoming a [[Sixth Ranger]] to the boys' group of friends.

{{quote| '''Irving:''' I got in the car when your mom stopped for gas!}}

* An episode of ''[[Ka Blam]]!'' had to do with a fan visiting the set of the show, and constantly annoying Henry and June due to his huge obsession with them. He even wears Henry's outfit, June's sweatshirt, and even has his hair blue dyed to match June's (either that or it's natural). June constantly refers to him as "Weird Ryan from school", meaning the duo already knew him.

* An episode of ''[[Ka Blam!]]!'' had to do with a fan visiting the set of the show, and constantly annoying Henry and June due to his huge obsession with them. He even wears Henry's outfit, June's sweatshirt, and even has his hair blue dyed to match June's (either that or it's natural). June constantly refers to him as "Weird Ryan from school", meaning the duo already knew him.

* "Foamy" from ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', who appears ''[[One-Scene Wonder|twice]]'', is one of these. His only distinguishing characteristic is how he foams at the mouth and collapses on the ground whenever Aang is nearby. Zuko also seems to have his own in "Nightmares and Daydreams"; she has to be carted off by his guards.

* An episode of ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' had a bunch of [[Pandaing to ~~The~~ Audience|pandas]] becoming these to Heloise.

* An episode of ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' had a bunch of [[Pandaing to the Audience|pandas]] becoming these to Heloise.

* One episode of [[Robot Chicken]] has a sketch in which "Hannah Montana" gives an autograph to a crazed fan who then shoots her dead.

* Parodied in the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "That's Lobstertainment", when Bender becomes the ''official'' stalker to robot actor Calculon.