History Main / FictionalFanRealCelebrity

* TheMovie for Animation/BabySharksBigShow reveals that Baby Shark and William are die-hard fans of Music/{{ENHYPEN}}.

* Creator/WilliamBrittan wrote a series of stories (collected as ''The Man Who Read Mysteries'') each featuring a protagonist who is a keen fan of one specific crime writer, and solves (or ''commits'') a crime based on that knowledge.

* ''Literature/{{You|2015}}'': All over the place.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'': The titular Sterling Archer is a fan of Burt Reynolds, fawning over him before discovering that Burt Reynolds was dating his mother, much to his disgust.

* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': Barney is a huge fan of William Zabka, who played his favorite character from ''Film/TheKarateKid'', Johnny Lawrence. During his bachelor party in Season 8, he expects his favorite actor to be there but it turns out Ted and Marshall invited Creator/RalphMacchio, who played Daniel [=LaRusso=], Barney's least favorite character in the movie. Fortunately, Zabka did come to Barney's bachelor party [[spoiler:disguised as a clown which is part of Robin's plan to get even with Barney for pulling the Playbook stunt on her]]. Then in Season 9, Zabka shows up at Barney's wedding because Barney is one of the few people who didn't see him as a villain.

* ''Literature/ThingsWeHaveInCommon'': Yasmin is a big fan of ''Series/StarTrek'', and goes so far as to consider Spock and Kirk's friendship inspiration for her own life and badly-thwarted methods of making friends.

** Patty and Selma are huge fans of ''Series/MacGyver'', so when they meet his actor, Creator/RichardDeanAnderson, they act like a LoonyFan, going so far as to kidnap him.

* Momo Ayase from ''Manga/{{Dandadan}}'' has a huge CelebCrush on actor Ken Takakura, which has lead to her dating at least one BastardBoyfriend because he looked like him and refusing to call Okarun by his real name (also Ken Takakura) because he looks and acts nothing like his namesake apart from sometimes calling himself an "awkward fellow" (which [[ShipTease flusters her to no end]]).

* ''Manga/EensyWeensyMonster'': Nanoha loves sumo. In a scene, she is showing to her besties her cell phone strap, whhich is a doll of the sumoo wrestler Kotomitsuki Keiji. Renge says she prefers Kokkai Futoshi, another wrestler.

* ''Literature/IThinkILoveYou'': Protagonist Petra is a fangirl of David Cassidy during girlhood.

* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': Barney is a huge fan of William Zabka, who played his favorite character from ''Film/TheKarateKid'', Johnny Lawrence. During his bachelor party in Season 8, he expects his favorite actor to be there but it turns out Ted and Marshall invited Creator/RalphMacchio, who played Daniel [=LaRusso=], Barney's least favorite character in the movie. But it turns out Zabka did come to Barney's bachelor party [[spoiler:as a clown which is part of Robin's plan to get even with Barney for pulling the Playbook stunt on her]]. Then in Season 9, Zabka shows up at Barney's wedding because Barney is one of the few people who didn't see him as a villain.

* Patrick Bateman from ''Literature/AmericanPsycho'' is described as a fan of UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump, often emulating his fashion and [[AppealToAuthority Patrick is merely convinced of the quality of a restaurant's pizza after one of his colleagues shows him a New York Times article where Trump is said to have he liked it.]]

** One of Alan's core characteristics is how he is a fan of Ariel Music/{{Noah|Indoesia}}. He sings Noah's songs pretty often, his dormitory room is full of Ariel posters, and he eventually [[spoiler:moves out of the dorm to [[AscendedFanboy become Noah's roadie]].]]

* ''Series/TheNanny'': Fran adores Music/BarbraStreisand. In ''Ode to Barbra Joan'', Fran makes friends with C.C.'s father, who invites her to see a Streisand show (which C.C. had refused). She gives up in the end because C.C. gets depressed and jealous of the attention her father is giving to Fran, but in the end, he asks Barbra to talk to Fran on the telephone. Fran eventually goes to one of Barbra's shows with Maxwell in another episode, and comments she'll never forget when Barbra told her "Give my boots back".

* Music/{{Eminem}}'s song "Stan" features Stan and Matthew Mitchell, two brothers who are {{Loony Fan}}s of Eminem. Stan eventually goes insane from perceived abandonment by his idol and commits MurderSuicide; over a decade later, the SequelSong "Bad Guy" will detail a young adult Matthew getting revenge on Eminem for his part in his brother's death.

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* ''Film/TheKillingOfASacredDeer'': Kim is a fan of Music/EllieGoulding. She listens to "Explosions" while she's in her bedroom with Martin, and sings "Burn" for him in an eerie moment of foreshadowing both her crush and the devastating consequences his involvement in her family will have.

''' Charlotte:''' ''(dreamily)'' I just love to look at him.\\

* ''Film/Scream2022'': Tara and Amber are both huge fans of so-called elevated horror, with Tara saying ''Film/TheBabadook'' is her favorite movie and Amber praising Creator/JordanPeele. In Tara's case, it explains why she wouldn't know anything about ''Stab''; in Amber's case, it's [[spoiler:pure misdirection, since she's actually a LoonyFan of the fictional ''Stab''.]]

* ''Literature/You2015'': All over the place.

--->'''Sheldon:''' [''in shock''] I possess the [=DNA=] of Leonard Nimoy!

* ''Series/MacGyver2016'': Jack Dalton is a notable fan of Creator/BruceWillis. ''Film/DieHard'' marathons are a common occurrence with him, and when he died his friends held one in his honor.

* ''Series/TheWilds'': In Season 2, [[spoiler: Leah Rilke]] mentions having a crush on Music/BenFolds when she was younger. Later on, she [[spoiler:hallucinates him showing up on the beach, wearing a tux and singing to her]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3'': In the episode "Kootie Pie Rocks", both Kootie Pie and Princess Toadstool are fans of Music/MilliVanilli, the former to the point where her father kidnaps them to perform for her.

* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' is a huge fan of Creator/FarrahFawcett, because "she's the only person in the world whose hair is prettier than mine." When the InkSuitActor Farrah visits Johnny's neighbor Suzie, he goes to absurd lengths to get a chance to meet her. Farrah also voiced a minor character: an elderly lady with the hots for Farrah's bodyguard.

** A frequent trope of ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies'' and ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndGuessWho'', since many of the weekly guest stars were [[InkSuitActor Ink Suit Actors]] that Mystery Inc. would express admiration for. These included Film/TheThreeStooges, Creator/DickVanDyke, and Music/SonnyAndCher for the former show; and Music/{{Sia}}, Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy, and Music/WeirdAlYankovic for the latter.
** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndKISSRockAndRollMystery'' featured the members of Music/{{KISS}}, whom the gang meet while going to their concert at the fictional KISS World amusement park.