Names of fan groups
Names of fan groups
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#0Names of fan groups
Posted: 3/19/06 at 3:23pm
While revisiting Jane Eyre, I was reminded that fans of the show had named themselves "Eyre-heads". My friend and I then came up with the idea that fans of Parade should be called either the Factory Girls, or the Lynch Mob.
So that said, anyone else have other goofy fan names? I vote for "Suckers", for all fans of vampire musicals.
CJR
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#1re: Names of fan groups
Posted: 3/20/06 at 4:36pmThe cast of Chicago used to call the fans who came all the time "Skidoos". Most of that group doesnt go with the same regularity as before..... and even so, with the rush seats on the sides, it's harder for the cast to tell if they're there.
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#2re: Names of fan groups
Posted: 3/20/06 at 4:37pm
Some of the people on the Lestat board say "Lestatics," but I don't think it's really caught on.
I've heard Mizzies or Mizzers for Les Miz fans. They don't seem to have a definite term, either.
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#3re: Names of fan groups
Posted: 3/20/06 at 4:44pm
well, for greg jbara, we are GFUs (Greg Fans United).
or sometimes known as Gregheads.
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#4re: Names of fan groups
Posted: 3/20/06 at 4:53pm
RENTheads and Shiz Kids are the ones I find particularly annoying.
Not to mention Phans 
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#5re: Names of fan groups
Posted: 3/20/06 at 5:01pmShiz Kids? Is that what Wicked folk have settled on?
#6re: Names of fan groups
Posted: 3/20/06 at 5:02pm
Is there a name for obsessive Wicked fans?
There's also Q-Tips for Avenue Q.
#7re: Names of fan groups
Posted: 3/20/06 at 5:04pmI've heard Shiz Kids and Shiz Heads.
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#8re: Names of fan groups
Posted: 3/20/06 at 5:05pm
Oh, and don't forget the FORKs (Fans of Randal Keith, many of whom weird me out), Jekkies, Pimpies, and Civvies.
Did the Dracula fans call themselves Draccies?
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Over_the_Moon
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#9re: Names of fan groups
Posted: 3/20/06 at 5:15pm
I thought Wicked kids were "Ozians" or something of the like...
I like Eyre-heads.
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CJR
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#10re: Names of fan groups
Posted: 3/20/06 at 5:33pm
I dont mind RENTHeads. Mostly because I am one. I do think it should only pertain to a portion of Rent fans -- the old school ones who camped out on the line and all that..... For some reason it irks me to meet a person who's only seen Rent once, very recently and goes all over the place proclaiming to be "SUCH a RENTHead!"
But that's just me!
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#12re: Names of fan groups
Posted: 3/20/06 at 6:07pmThere were the Ozalots from Boy From Oz.
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#13re: Names of fan groups
Posted: 3/20/06 at 6:10pm
I thought Wicked fans were Wickedites...I dunno.
Updated On: 3/20/06 at 06:10 PM
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#15re: Names of fan groups
Posted: 3/20/06 at 6:56pmBeing a Sutton fan, I remember on the TMM board we were "Millie-heads" and on the LW forum we were "Pickwicks."
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#16re: Names of fan groups
Posted: 3/20/06 at 7:04pm
Bee Hive, that's a good one. Also Q-Tips =)
'Phans' annoys me because if you said 'I'm a phan' it wouldn't sound differen't than 'I'm a fan'. Not as catchy as some others.
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#17re: Names of fan groups
Posted: 3/20/06 at 7:16pm
I'm not sure if it's still around, but there used to be a group calling themselves the Church Of Erik that weren't just fans ("phans") of the show, but I had developed a whole philosophy stemming from the character.
And you thought Wicked fans and Rent heads did scary things?
EDIT:
http://www.phantomoftheopera.com/ucoe/
Updated On: 3/20/06 at 07:16 PM
#18re: Names of fan groups
Posted: 3/20/06 at 7:36pm
OK, that Church of Erik link was pretty strange. I've been to that site, but...mercifully...never noticed THAT before.
I don't object to the term "phans," though I don't use it much...it's when they spell everything with a ph..."phavorite" and so on.
#19re: Names of fan groups
Posted: 3/20/06 at 7:40pmLol. What are Sweeney fans being called these days?
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QMAN03
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#22re: Names of fan groups
Posted: 3/20/06 at 8:49pm
Wicked is Wicklyns I thought... Is there one for Jersey Boys?
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Updated On: 3/20/06 at 08:49 PM
QMAN03
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#24re: Names of fan groups
Posted: 3/20/06 at 8:52pmHa.Ha.
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