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** Stephen Colbert as CaptainAmerica, [[CrazyAwesome no less]]!

* FictionAsCoverUp: Practically everything on TV serves this function. Even ''SesameStreet''.

** Rumy's sensei Kana is ''clearly'' the basis for their world's version of ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]''.

* WordOfGay: Guth, two (unspecified) of the eight "newbies."
** They just got pretty specific.

** Tim and Julia get a rather nasty taste of this in 'Fade to Black'. Tim gets an innocent text from his wife, letting him know that an old school friend has stopped by the house to visit. However, Tim quickly realizes that it's actually Agent Sully, a vampire and an old enemy of the group from early in the comic. Tim races home, his mind full of thoughts of what could be happening to his family. Then when he bursts in, he and Julia are treated to the sight of Sully baring her fangs and making subtle threats as she ''holds Tim's infant daughter in her arms.''

* AdultFear: Alysin's parents dealt with the helplessness of watching as their daughter suffered from a rare and deadly disease, to say nothing of the severe personality changes that resulted. Will's father murdered his mother, and Will lived in fear that he would turn out like his dad. Shanna reined in her imaginative impulses, fearing that she would end up like her insane mother.

* TheMessiah: Rikk.

* Jesse - A master actor who can take on any personality or role 100% convincingly but suffers from the {{Peter Sellers}}ian problem of possibly not having his own identity thanks to his ability to become the role.

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Many of the shows and games the club members are fans of may seem oddly familiar to fans in our world: ''[[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Why]]'', ''[[TheXFiles The XYZ Files]]'', and most notably, ''[[Franchise/StarTrek Startec]]''. To add to the surreality, sometimes the shows were shown to be fictionalized accounts of true stories; that is, FIB Agent Miller and his partner Sully were the basis for ''The XYZ Files'''s "Miller" and "Sully," the Alternate Company Equivalents of AgentMulder and AgentScully.

*** Taking it one step further, Clara Strudenberry's character on ''Startec'', "Dottie," was a mix between ''Franchise/StarTrek'''s Nurse Chapel and Scotty. Three guesses who Majel played on ''Franchise/StarTrek''. (The Scotty elements were likely added because of James Doohan's peaceful, happy acceptance of his role as Scotty, and especially one [[http://www.faans.com/index.php?p=712 story Doohan told about a fan.]] The original of that speech, which is virtually the same except for that it's Doohan talking and the names are appropriately different, is from the documentary ''Trekkies''.)
** Note also that Rumy's sensei Kana is ''clearly'' the basis for their world's version of ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]''.

* ArtShift: Combined with StylisticSuck in one case when a character was suffering the after effects of amnesia pills.

* AdultFear: Alysin's parents dealt with the helplessness of watching as their daughter suffered from a rare and deadly disease, to say nothing of the severe personality changes that resulted. Will's father murdered his mother, and Will lived in fear that he would turn out like his dad. Shanna reined in her imaginative impulses, fearing that she would end up like her insane mother.

** A few real-life celebrities got Alternate Company Equivalents, too, most notably Clara Strudenberry, based on Majel Barrett Roddenberry, and Arlen Staranka, based on HarlanEllison.

* TheCameo: Two of the [[spoiler: mock-up golem versions of the]] [[http://www.faans.com/books1-6/index.php?p=1631 representations of America]] that attack Obama are [[TheColbertReport Stephen Colbert]] and ''[[WebVideo/YugiohTheAbridgedSeries Bandit Keith]]''.

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: As shown with Keith Feddyg, this is averted HARD. Thanks to his encounter with [[spoiler:"Alisin"]], he's become an oppressive, manipulative, all-American asshole who will more or less do whatever he wants to prove a point. [[spoiler:Which includes burning one of Ally's {{Littlest Cancer Patient}}s ''ALIVE''.]] Still, although no one excuses what she's done completely, everyone who isn't Keith Feddyg is quick to forgive her.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Rumy is the absolute ''epitome'' of this trope, especially [[TenchiSolution at the end]]...

As of July 30, 2012, ''Fans!'' has ended. The creative team ran Webcomic/{{Webmasters}} on the ''Fans'' site through the remainder of 2012.

As of July 30, 2012, ''Fans!'' has ended. The creative team is currently working on {{Webmasters}}.

* IntercontinuityCrossOver: The characters are accidentally transported to the ''ItsWalky'' universe, among others.

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: As shown with Keith Feddyg, this is averted HARD. Thanks to his encounter with [[spoiler:"Alisin"]], he's become an oppressive, manipulative, all-American asshole who will more or less [[CompleteMonster do whatever he wants to prove a point.]] [[spoiler:Which includes burning one of Ally's [[LittlestCancerPatient Littlest Cancer Patients]] ''ALIVE''.]] Still, although no one excuses what she's done completely, everyone who isn't Keith Feddyg is quick to forgive her.
** It helps that she's such a dedicated [[TheAtoner Atoner]], she's got a pretty good FreudianExcuse of her own, and her victim is a CompleteMonster who uses her crime as his FreudianExcuse for ''everything'', as opposed to just his [[PayEvilUntoEvil attempts at vengeance on her]].

''[[http://www.faans.com/ Fans!]]'' is a webcomic written by T Campbell and drawn by numerous artists but primarily Jason Waltrip, about the members of a ScienceFiction fanclub who battle various monsters, mad scientists, aliens, and time travellers. They were partially opposed by the Fantasmagoric Integration Board (F.I.B), a [[GovernmentConspiracy top secret group]] of ''[[TheMenInBlack Men in Black]]'' led by the charming but manipulative Desmond Jones, who policed the far-out and even fictional threats the club came up against. Ran from 2000 to 2005, and [[AffectionateParody gently parodied]] the obsessions of genre fans whilst at the same time celebrating them. At its best, it was even epic.

As of July 30, 2012, ''Fans!'' has ended.

As of July 30, 2012, Fans! has ended.

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Many of the shows and games the club members are fans of may seem oddly familiar to fans in our world: ''[[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Why]]'', ''[[TheXFiles The XYZ Files]]'', and most notably, ''[[StarTrek Startec]]''. To add to the surreality, sometimes the shows were shown to be fictionalized accounts of true stories; that is, FIB Agent Miller and his partner Sully were the basis for ''The XYZ Files'''s "Miller" and "Sully," the Alternate Company Equivalents of AgentMulder and AgentScully.

*** Taking it one step further, Clara Strudenberry's character on ''Startec'', "Dottie," was a mix between ''StarTrek'''s Nurse Chapel and Scotty. Three guesses who Majel played on ''StarTrek''. (The Scotty elements were likely added because of James Doohan's peaceful, happy acceptance of his role as Scotty, and especially one [[http://www.faans.com/index.php?p=712 story Doohan told about a fan.]] The original of that speech, which is virtually the same except for that it's Doohan talking and the names are appropriately different, is from the documentary ''Trekkies''.)

* TheCameo: Two of the [[spoiler: mock-up golem versions of the]] [[http://www.faans.com/books1-6/index.php?p=1631 representations of America]] that attack Obama are [[TheColbertReport Stephen Colbert]] and ''[[YugiohTheAbridgedSeries Bandit Keith]]''.