# What fictional character are themselves rabid fanboys? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 25, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200 "2005-03-25T14:07:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/21 "2005-03-25T18:35:46Z")
Gai Daigoji & Akito Tenkawa, of Martian Successor Nadesico, are both rabid Gekigangar fanboys. The ‘anime-within-the-anime’ idea was pretty nifty. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/22 "2005-03-25T19:17:02Z")
Sasshi in Abenobashi, Magical Shopping Arcade (both manga and anime). It’s his love of various genres of story that gets him and Arumi transported into various strange versions of the shopping arcade. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/23 "2005-03-25T20:34:07Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > **Syndrome** from _The Incredibles_. …You just **know** he’s got a box of comix in his closet all bound up and labelled properly. And he has Star Wars (the original release) on Laserdisk from Hong Kong or something. Heck, you get brief glimpses of his room in his flashback scene with Mr. Incredible – just _look_ at all the schlock he’s got. Pure fanboy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/24 "2005-03-25T22:39:10Z")
> [@Scott\_plaid](#): > > I also recall there is an Otaku no video (anime fanboy) on one of those teen drama shows now. The words you want is simply ‘otaku’. Otaku no Video (Otaku’s Video) is the title of an early Gainax movie about a group of anime otaku. > [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > And of of the guys on _Stargate SG1_ is a Simpsons fanboy. And O’Niell’s a Trekkie. Examples: ‘Inertial dampeners?’ ‘… Cool. … And check. Phasers?’ ‘Sorry, Sir.’ And his insistance that the Prometheus should be named the Enterprise. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/25 "2005-03-26T00:28:19Z")
Koppy McFad aka [Supersnipe](http://www.toonopedia.com/suprsnip.htm) was probably the first fanboy superhero (at least, the first who was a comic book fanboy). According to the blurb, “He reads 'em, he breathes 'em, he sleeps 'em – the boy with the most comics in America.” This was in 1942. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/26 "2005-03-26T00:36:48Z")
Ralphie was a huge fan of Little Orphan Annie. ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/27 "2005-03-26T01:49:10Z")
Mulder’s seen _Plan 9 From Outer Space_ 42 times. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/28 "2005-03-26T02:41:02Z")
Well, Peter Griffin of “Family Guy” is a KISS fanboy! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/29 "2005-03-26T03:33:51Z")
Frank Mellish in the comic strip _Liberty Meadows_ is definitely a fanboy. ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/30 "2005-03-26T08:01:58Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, Peter Griffin of “Family Guy” is a KISS fanboy! He’s a fanboy of all sorts of things! He wanted to name Meg “Twikie”, but Lois didn’t think kids would get the reference. Bideebideebidee ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/31 "2005-03-26T08:26:19Z")
The entire cast of “Welcome to Eltingville.” Sigh, I would have liked to see where they went with that. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/32 "2005-03-26T08:38:18Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > Jeff Anderson. IIRC it was Jeff Albertson. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/33 "2005-03-26T09:02:46Z")
Remington Steele was an extreme film geek. One gets the feeling that his entire training regimen for the detective biz consisted of watching old movies over and over. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/34 "2005-03-26T14:55:45Z")
**Krokodil** , so true. The anime TV series **Martian Successor Nadesico** starts off with one character being a fanboy of another fictional anime. By the end of the series the whole cast is following this show. :wally ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/35 "2005-03-26T15:52:34Z")
> [@shy guy](#): > > He’s a fanboy of all sorts of things! He wanted to name Meg “Twikie”, but Lois didn’t think kids would get the reference. > > Bideebideebidee I don’t get that reference. Btw, let’s also remember that Peter’s TotemAnimal/SpiritGuide in his vision quest was Fonzie. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/36 "2005-03-26T16:00:30Z")
Twikie was the egregious robot from the also-egregious Buck Rogers 70s TV show. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/37 "2005-03-26T16:03:32Z")
Oh, and to contribute something on-topic, Randy from _Scream_ was a horror movie fanboy, and so were the killers, Billy and Stuart. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/38 "2005-03-26T20:04:35Z")
Bart and most of the child characters on _The Simpsons_ could also probably be considered Itchy and Scratchy fanboys (as opposed to Krusty proper). Data from _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ seems to be a Sherlock Holmes fanboy. There are several characters in _Galaxy Quest_ who are rabid fans of that fictional show. In the PBS cartoon show _Arthur_, Arthur and most of his friends are fans of the Bionic Bunny. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/39 "2005-03-26T22:36:44Z")
I figure stuff like Welcome to Eltingville, or Downtown might be too easy (since the premise is geeky characters). On the other hand, that brings up Undergrads, which has Gimpy, the Uber Star Wars fan, and ‘Number One’, the Star Trek geek who he clashes with occasionally. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2005, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/40 "2005-03-27T00:21:44Z")
The kids of **South Park** love Terrence & Phillip, even going so far as to watch “Russell Crowe’s Fightin’ Around the World” just to see the latest T&P movie trailer. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200.md?page=3)