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Furry Friends

Furry Friends only aired in a few States in the late 1900's. It starred an androgynous gay character and their friends in a world of anthropomorphic animals. The animals still had the needs of their real world counterparts, so predators had to wear collars to regulate their feral desires to hunt down the prey. This showed that no matter how civilized they acted, they were still savage animals deep down. The show had modern technology while still having a sort of high fantasy feel to it. Magic existed in two halves, light and dark, fueled by LOVE and HATRED, or anger. The show used this to show how damaging negative emotions can be to others and to one's self, advocating self harm awareness. The idea of sexuality and gender, along with the implications of paganism shown in the show's in-world religion, which had a goddess of plant life and a horned god akin to Cernunnos or Pan(representing the relationship between flora and fauna, and looked similar to Wicca in many aspects of the fictional faith) caused many conservative mothers to attempt to get the show shut down, saying it taught immoral things, such as evolution, homosexuality, gender expression, witch craft, and Satanism. The Furry Fandom quickly latched onto Furry Friends, and children could not look up their show without seeing smut of their favorite anthro characters. This inevitably lead to the cancellation of the show, only having 2 and a half Seasons. Season 3 was wrapped up in a straight-to-dvd movie, but did so poorly, angering many die-hard adult fans of the show. The show eventually faded into obscurity in the following years.

DC

A blanket term, theoretically encompassing all DC Comic properties, including those from the animated series and the various movies is called the DC Universe. In practice, individual DC properties (such as Smallville) with larger fandoms are not considered to be part of the DCU fandom. The movies are generally acknowledged to be their own continuities--for instance, the recent Batman movies directed by Christopher Nolan are referred to as the "Nolanverse"--but there is, of course, significant fan overlap between comics and movie fandom.

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Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)

Marvel Cinematic Universe (short: MCU) is the shared universe that is the setting of the superhero films independently produced by Marvel Studios. It is divided into three phases, The first two phases are completed. Phase three began with Captain America: Civil War on May 6, 2016.

Also set in the MCU are the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013-present), Agent Carter (2015), Daredevil (2015), Jessica Jones (2015), and several Marvel One-Shots. Upcoming television shows that are to be set inside the MCU are Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and eventually The Defenders on Netflix.

http://fanlore.org/wiki/Marvel_Cinema...

Harry Potter

arry Potter, the seven-book series written by J. K. Rowling, tells the story of Harry Potter, a young orphan marked by fate to fight the evil wizard Lord Voldemort.

Harry Potter has also been adapted into movies by Warner Bros. The first six films were released between 2001 and 2009. The final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was made into two films and released in November 2010 and July 2011. However, Warner Bros are to make three new films based on Rowling's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, scripted by Rowling and set in the 1920s; the first is planned for a 2016 release.[1] A prequel play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, also premiered in 2016.

http://fanlore.org/wiki/Harry_Potter

Percy Jackson

Percy Jackson is main protagonist and narrator of Percy Jackson series, as well as one of main protagonists of its sequel, Heroes of Olympus. The books follow him from his twelfth year till his seventeenth, during which he grows up in a dangerous world of modern-day Greek Mythology.

http://fanlore.org/wiki/Percy_Jackson

Undertale

Undertale is an indie-produced video game created by Toby Fox, who was well-known as a composer for Homestuck. It is a 2-D pixel-art RPG with turn-based combat and a strong focus on the story. Unlike the vast majority of video game RPGs, Undertale's tag line is "The friendly RPG where nobody has to die."[1]. Within three months of release, Undertale had sold just short of 500,000 copies on Steam.[2] It is available on Steam and as a DRM-free download for Mac and PC.

http://fanlore.org/wiki/Undertale

Creepypasta

Creepypasta is a literary horror genre that crosses over into many fandoms. It includes "lost episode" stories, stories about video games purported to infect your computer (or your life), and urban legends like Slenderman. The term originates from the internet term "copypasta", which means any block of text that is copied and pasted over and over again on different websites. Creepypastas are sometimes supported by images or audio.

The Creepypasta fandom also appears to have developed characters of its own.

Shadowhunters

Shadowhunters is an American fantasy television series based on The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare, and developed for television by Ed Decter. It is the second adaptation of the novel series, after the 2013 film The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, which like Shadowhunters was produced by Constantin Film. The show received a straight-to-series order on March 30, 2015,[1] and premiered on January 12, 2016 on Freeform. In March 2016, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a second season of 20 episodes.

Supernatural

Supernatural is an American television drama that follows the nomadic lives of brothers Sam and Dean Winchester as they travel around the United States in their black 1967 Chevy Impala. They hunt down and vanquish supernatural foes like ghosts, demons, and other mythical creatures. The Winchesters were raised in the hunting lifestyle by their father, who spent years seeking revenge against the demon responsible for his wife's death in 1983.

Each episode of Supernatural has a monster of the week theme with a self-contained plot, as well as a season-long narrative arc that deals with the repercussions of the Winchesters' hunting lifestyle. In later seasons (5-9) the seasons have evolved to be more about angels and demons than other creatures.

Supernatural was created by Eric Kripke, who wanted to cross American Folk Tales with traditional horror. [1]

The show is known for its tendency to break the fourth wall and include tongue-in-cheek references to its production and nods to its fandom in various episodes.

http://fanlore.org/wiki/Supernatural

Sherlock

Sherlock is a BBC series that adapts the classic Sherlock Holmes series for modern times. The three episodes of the first season received good ratings and positive feedback from critics and fans alike.

The show returned for a second season of three episodes in January, 2012.

The third season consisted of a mini Christmas Episode and three new, full length episodes which aired in January, 2014.

A full-length Christmas special aired on New Year's Day of 2016.

The fourth season will air sometime in early 2017, consisting of three full length episodes.

http://fanlore.org/wiki/Sherlock_(TV_...

Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a UK science fiction television show that first aired on BBC One in 1963.

The central character is an alien adventurer known as The Doctor who looks human but is actually a "Time Lord". He travels through time and space in his ship, the TARDIS (an acronym for Time And Relative Dimension In Space), which appears in the form of a blue police box from the 1950s. Due to its transdimensional nature, it is much larger on the inside.

Each episode finds the Doctor visiting another planet, or a moment in Earth history.

The Doctor often travels with one or more companions or assistants, the majority of whom are human women. The Doctor "regenerates" into a new body rather than dying, allowing a variety of actors to play the role; each incarnation has a different personality as well as physical appearance but retains most of the accumulated memories and knowledge of previous Doctors. Fans often refer to each different incarnation numerically; for example, the incarnation of the Doctor portrayed by Christopher Eccleston would be referred to as "The Ninth Doctor" or simply "Nine". (See the Naming the Doctor section of the Doctor Who Fandom Glossary page.)

A fan in 2010 said: "Doctor Who has so much canon the BBC has lost some of it."

http://fanlore.org/wiki/Doctor_Who

Star Wars

At the time of the first movie's release in 1977, Star Wars fandom grew rapidly, with fan clubs, zines, and fan-run conventions.

One of the earliest fan clubs was The Royal Order of the Rebel Forces formed in 1977. It was run by Paula Truelove, who was later co-editor of the Harrison Ford fanzine Flip of a Coin. Another club was Forces of the Empire[1], which was established in 1980 and is still in existence today. Clubs were not restricted to the United States: both the Moons of Yavin Fan club in England [2] and Maikel Das's Northern German Star Wars group [3] located in Hamburg [4] sprang into existence and operated for many years, producing both fanzines and art.


cover of an issue of Empire Review, portrait of Our Founder
There was an official Star Wars newsletter that did publish some fan art and meta articles by fans. Bantha Tracks[5] was published from 1978 to 1987 by LucasFilm as part of the Fan Relations department.

The first Star Wars movie came out just as the new Star Trek movie was in early production at Paramount. The success of the Star Wars movie helped persuade Hollywood to move ahead with a Star Trek feature film rather than a revised television series. However, Star Wars was not entirely welcomed by all Star Trek fans. "Not all of Star Trek fandom reacted favorably to Star Wars, however. Two extremes have already formed, one saying that 'Trek is doomed' (a new slogan) citing Star Wars as its killer, and the other faction maintaining a grin-and-bear-it attitude, assuming that the enthusiasm will wane eventually leaving ST fandom intact and Star Wars as 'just another...movie.'" [6]

1978, the editors of the Star Trek fanzine Sol Plus advertised for new submissions, saying: "...and please, Star Trek only, no Star Wars!" This showed that Star Trek fans were increasingly writing Star Wars material, and sending it to Star Trek editors for publication. [7]

By 1979, however, Star Wars was being recognized at fan run conventions and the first FanQ awards were given to Star Wars fans: Maggie Nowakowska for her Star Wars stories the Thousandworlds Collected series, and Martynn, who illustrated Star Wars stories.[8]

In 1980, the annual convention for fanzine producers and readers moved from Michigan to New York for one year. "The name, Mos' Eastly Con, showed the growing influence of Star Wars. Organizers evenly split the panels between Star Trek and Star Wars; the remaining panels covered general topics (such as "the art of editing")." [9]

Star Wars fanzines and other fan works continued to be published through the 1980s and 1990s, with interest in the fandom waxing and waning over the years, often timed to the release of a new movie. For example, in 1993 and again from 2004-2008, there were no Star Wars specific FanQ awards.

http://fanlore.org/wiki/Star_Wars

Star Trek

Trek. The Mother Fandom. The one that boldly took us where no fandom had before. There were other sources before it that had appealed strongly to women, especially Sherlock Holmes, James Bond, The Avengers (TV), Route 66, The Wild Wild West, The Prisoner and The Man From U.N.C.L.E., but nothing grabbed us quite like Star Trek. Trek became the first fanzine-based media fandom, and Kirk/Spock, of course, the first slash pairing, and the source of the word 'slash' itself.

http://fanlore.org/wiki/Star_Trek

Disney

Fandoms for individual Disney films and television shows exist, but many people are fans of multiple works or of Disney films and television shows in general.

http://fanlore.org/wiki/Disney_Fandom

Dreamworks

DreamWorks Studios, founded in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen, is an American media company best known for producing many popular animated films for children plus various live-action films and television series. See the Wikipedia article for more information.

There are fandoms for many individual DreamWorks films and television shows; some fans have also described themselves as being part of a general DreamWorks fandom.

http://fanlore.org/wiki/DreamWorks