Fan nicknames
POSTED BY: lwaves
UPDATED: Monday, April 9, 2007 20:46
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Now we all know that fans of Firefly and Serenity are called Browncoats (stating the obvious, but you never know....), but I was wondering what other nicknames are out there for other TV shows and films?
I know there are 'Trekkies' and 'Trekkers' for Star Trek.
Fans of Buffy are called 'Scoobies'.
Lost fans are called 'Losties'
I've also seen 'Whovian' used for fans of Dr Who.
But what about Stargate? Farscape? Angel? Babylon 5? Smallville? Superman? Batman? Supernatural? Harry Potter? LOTR? and the many others out there.
Do they even have nicknames?
John
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I think Harry Potter fans are called "Potterheads."
Farscape fans are called "Farscapers" I think.
I can't tell you what the others are.
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Transformers = Transfans
Farscape = 'Scapers
Stargate = Gaters
DS9 = Niners (subset of Trekkies)
I don't really belong to any other fandoms that have their own name.
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I haven't heard of many, and I didn't watch many of the shows you listed but here's what I have found.
Starhunter fans: Trans-Utopians, Hunters, or Starhunters.
Galaxy Quest fans: I think are Questrians or Galaxians.
Space: Above and Beyond fans: Another rumour but I think I've heard them called the Angry Angels.
But these are smaller genres than say Star Trek, Star Wars or even Battlestar Galactica. I think Firefly got the Browncoats monicor due to the organizational skills involved and the fact that it was just plain addictive to ANYONE that watched it.
Plus it helped that one didn't have to be a predisposed Sci-Fi fan in order to like it.
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Originally posted by Cybersnark:
Transformers = Transfans
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In a lazy mood, I gotta ask... are there fan sites like this for Farscape and SG-1 ? Of course there are, but I've never even thought of seeking them out, even though I'm a fan of both.
Does that seem right to you ?
Anyone know some good sites for Farscape ? SG-1 ?
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Originally posted by safeat2nd:
Galaxy Quest fans: I think are Questrians or Galaxians.
I don't begrudge anyone their fandoms, and I personally loved Galaxy Quest...but it was one movie. Heck, at least we had half of a series and a movie, plus the comics and books and whatnot. Do Galaxy Quest fans identity as a fandom, and coordinate costumes (or whatever) at conventions? Or is it more low-key and in-passing that they use these nicknames?
EDIT: or are there games/comics/other manifestations I'm not aware of?
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Well they have their own web-site. http://www.questarian.com/index.shtml.
I found it looking for blueprints of various Sci-fi spaceships. That's how I found out about Firefly too.
Not through their site per-se, but sites similar to it.
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And a heart full of rain
And I know that I said
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Harry Potter fans = Potheads : )
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Not sure about sites, but there's a shiny Farscape podcast, run by Kevin Bachelder, same Kevin from The Signal and Firefly Talk.
http://www.scapecast.org/
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