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The stereotypical fangirl is a girl who loves a story/series for one or more of the male characters. They have existed for longer than you may think: the David Duchovny Estrogen Brigade was a terrifying force on The X-Files' group on Usenet. The term has since widened beyond that stereotype to include girls who are merely fans of something or other.

It is not always a pejorative term but it can be among people who don't "get" a particular fandom. Most folks today use the term to mean nothing more than a female nerd. Someone describing herself as a fangirl is usually expressing enthusiasm for the subject.

See Groupie Brigade if they come in swarms. If the fangirl is a fan of a villain, see Monster Fangirl.

See also Estrogen Brigade, Squee!, and Groupie.

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Examples:

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Anime & Manga

Comic Books

Comic Strips

FoxTrot: Consummate geek Jason Fox loved the first two The Lord of the Rings movies. The Return of the King was less enjoyable; the difference being that his teen sister Paige was now an Orlando Bloom fangirl. Paige: I hope Orlando is in every shot of this movie! Please, please, please, let Orlando be in every shot! You read Return of the King, Jason — does Tolkien mention Orlando Bloom a lot? Wait, don't tell me! I want to be surprised!

Jason: [turns to someone off-panel] You, with the orc arrows — please shoot me. A blog post eventually reveals that this is based on Bill Amend's wife's real-life fangirlism.



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Fan Works

Films — Animation

Cars had Mia and Tia, the two little convertibles. After the race in the film's beginning, they "flash" their "headlights" at him. They later appear repainted light green when their adoration has shifted to Chick Hicks. But when Chick's penchant for Unnecessary Roughness is exposed in the tiebreaker race, they switch back to adoring Lightning again. They even move to Radiator Springs and become waitresses at Flo's V8 gas station in the "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue.

Films — Live-Action

An Older Than They Think example as Marcia from the film It's Love I'm After (1937) is a big fan of a Shakespearean actor, Basil, and will stop at nothing to get him to marry her.

In Galaxy Quest, a fangirl at a convention faints upon seeing Jason and Gwen kiss.

In Colette, Willy assumes that the first Claudine novel will mostly sell to men, thanks to its erotic elements. However, it takes off with young women who identify with the lead character, and he finds that he and Colette have quite a fangirl following — some of whom become significant characters in the film.

Literature

Live-Action TV

The West Wing's Josh Lyman has in-show fangirls ("The Lyman Hos" and those from lemonlyman.com). A bit of Truth in Television, as he's pretty much Rahm Emanuel. Although it is also a little bit of Aaron Sorkin's experiences with commenting on Television Without Pity.

Supernatural added an in-show fangirl Becky Rosen, who meets Sam and Dean in the first episode of season 5 and the 9th episode of season 5, is a crazed fangirl who epitomizes the fangirl role as she can't seem to contain her excitement or stop touching Sam. And in one episode she even gave him a love potion, married him while he had it in him, took his pants, tied him to a bed, and almost went as far to sell her soul for more of the drug. And writing creepy Wincest fanfiction

Castle: Detective Kate Beckett is a devoted fan of the novels of Richard Castle, and has been since before she met him. Since after meeting him he has exasperated and infuriated her in equal measure by tagging along on her investigations, she would rather die than have him find out. As such, she's something of an aversion in that she manages to restrain any squeeing urges she might have remarkably well; this is primarily to avoid giving Castle the satisfaction, however, and they have been in danger of slipping out on occasion. It's all for naught, however, since Castle knows full well that she's a fangirl anyway and eagerly teases/flirts with her based on it regardless (not that he needs the excuse). Some years ago, Kate was also a serious fan of a sci-fi show that was canceled after one season. She even used to go to conventions and do cosplay. The whole episode is also a hilarious meta-nod to Firefly.

The web show within a show of iCarly has an obsessed and annoying fangirl named Mandy.

In Leverage, after Eliot plays the guitar once in public he gains a shocking amount of fangirls - in one scene they recognize him on the street and chase after him en masse. Later in the episode, Hardison spreads a rumor online, causing the fangirls to attack a car that they believe Eliot is in.

In the show Power Rangers Ninja Storm, specifically the episode I Love Lothor, Lothor stars in a tv show ala I Love Lucy, which sways the minds of anyone who watches the show to fall in fangirl love with him through subliminal signals, instantly creating an army of fangirls who swarm the studio with homemade signs and attack anyone who dares say anything against Lothor.

Penelope of The Amanda Show, who's obsessed with Amanda (and is played by Amanda).

Goes back a long way further than the David Duchovny Estrogen Brigade. Seventies cop show Starsky & Hutch saw its own Estrogen Brigade volunteering in the devoted service of the two titular actors, most noticeably David "Hutch" Soul. Soul was propelled into a lucrative second career as a crooning pop star on the back of the series, with a long string of chart hits, lapped up by his adoring and swooning fan base. Who even now, in their fifties, still go to his gigs.

Doctor Who has presented us with several examples. Recent ones include: Osgood (to the extent that she actually cosplays as the Doctor). O'Donnell ("Under the Lake" and "Before the Flood") who has a squee moment when she first meets the Doctor and displays a detailed knowledge of his exploits. Generally speaking, the Doctor's companions do not come off as "fangirls" or "hero-worshippers", but Clara Oswald has exhibited these tendencies from time to time, such as with Robin Hood in "Robot of Sherwood", Jane Austen, and even the Doctor himself.



Music

First emerged in Western culture with stereotypical female responses to Frank Sinatra and The Beatles.

Die Ärzte parodied the fandom of German-language rock (not to be confused with Kraut Rock) in their song "Kleines Deutschrockgirl".

Podcasts

Episode two of Mystery Show, entitled "Britney," features Andrea, who was a big Britney Spears fan even before Britney was photographed carrying Andrea's book.

Pro Wrestling

Roleplay

We Are Our Avatars: Though normally stoic, Caroline Parton/Athena gets a fangasm whenever a Bishounen from a video game she likes comes into the picture. She immediately asks for their autographs and/or hugs them.

Video Games

Visual Novels

Web Animation

MGT School: Rasta was like to Seira. She had heart eyes when Seira came by, jumped up eagerly, and got excited when Seira knew her name. She stopped being a fangirl when she realized that Seira is a cold-hearted monster . Creamy Chan from "Fan Freak" is also a huge fangirl to Akira, refers to her as "Akira-senpai", and even follows Akira around.



Web Comics

Web Original

Web Videos

Western Animation