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"Fear not!"
-Fanboy's catchphrase

"Chum Chum, we are gonna rule the school."
-Fanboy to Chum Chum[source]

Aptly dubbed a "fan of everything", Tobias Cranapple III[1], better known as Fanboy, is a hyperactive, odd, energetic and slow-witted superhero-in-training and one of the two titular main protagonists (alongside Chum Chum) of Fanboy & Chum Chum.

Physical Appearance[]

Fanboy is a tall, thin kid with pale skin and a faint blush. He has a cylinder-shaped head with a flat top, large ears, thick brows, and large eyes. In Secret Club, he is revealed to have short golden-brown hair with two cowlicks at his crown and his initials "FB" shaved onto the back of his head. He's particularly proud of his buckteeth and shows them off with every grin.

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Fanboy wears his beloved superhero outfit wherever he goes: to school, to the store, even in the shower. It consists of a short sleeved, lime green unitard sporting his black and white emblem on the chest, a violet satin spandex cowl, cape with three arched dips, gloves with two matching spikes running along the outer arms, black high-top covers, and, of course, trademark tighty-whities.

Pilot Short[]

In the pilot short, Fanboy's superhero outfit sports minor differences. His unitard is long-sleeved and a light greyish purple instead of lime green. The mask, gloves, and cape are tinted blue, and the emblem's background is yellow, most likely a nod to the classic Batman design.

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Formal[]

Fanboy's formal outfit consists of a purple tailcoat, lime-green dress shirt, lime-green cuffs, purple satin top hat, and a bowtie. His lime-green unitard, cowl, gloves, tighty-whities, and shoes remain.

Formal Fanboy

Fanboy's fancy/formal outfit

Pirate[]

As a pirate, Fanboy wears a captain's hat, an eye patch over his right eye, has a peg on his left leg (while his real lower leg is tied to his thigh) and has a black beard on his face. The suit remains.

Fanboy in a Pirate Costume

Fanboy's Pirate outfit (as seen in Fanboy A'hoy!)

Nurse[]

Fanboy's nurse costume is a white zipper shirt with red cross on the left side and a miniskirt to match, silver gloves and high heel boots, and a nurse's cap with red hair wig. His mask remains the same.

Fanboy as a Nurse

Fanboy as a Nurse

Frankenstein[]

When Fanboy dresses as Frankenstein for Halloween, he wears a dark purple suit with rips along the edge of the sleeves and feet. The sleeves are white along the wrist, with silver buttons. His mask, gloves, and shirt remain the same, except the mask is ripped along the edges, and the fingers of the gloves are cut off. He has a short black hair wig that sticks out along the edge, and a stitch on his left eyebrow. His fake nails dark and broken, probably due to his scary personality. The shoes are now bigger, so he appears to be one foot taller than he really is.

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Fanboy wearing his Frankenstein costume for Halloween.

Fandrea[]

When Fanboy disguises himself as a girl for Yo's slumber party, he wears a lime-green and black checkered midriff shirt, a light blue tutu with a black and pink checkered belt, and hot pink legwarmers. The right one is smaller than the left. He has a blonde wig with a hot pink hairband with white polka dots, and a curve swoop to the left. His jewelry includes hot pink earrings in the shape of orbs, and white, green and red bangles on his right wrist. He now has hot pink lipstick and blush, and the fake eyelashes were borrowed from his nurse outfit. His mask, gloves and shoes remain the same.

Fanboy as Fandrea

Fanboy disguised as Fandrea during Yo's sleepover.

Personality[]

Fanboy is free-spirited and ready for anything. He and Chum Chum are always doing lots of things together, and often have fun together. They have several friends and will occasionally be strong and fearless. Like Chum Chum, Fanboy enjoys Frosty Freezy Freezes (a slushie drink based off of their favorite superhero, Man-Arctica), and is bullied by Boog. He is the leader of his main group of friends: Chum Chum, Kyle, Oz, and Yo. He is extremely hyperactive and loves candy. Fanboy is unaware that he is hated by many people, such as Lenny and Kyle. He and Chum Chum unintentionally annoy them often, and even though they respond in a bad way, he still thinks of them as friends. Fanboy claims to be good with animals, and even knows how to care for them. However, he has a tendency to get mad sometimes. If he is bullied and tormented enough, he becomes fused and demands it to stop. When he becomes sad enough, his cape and the spikes on his gloves droop, and his body's brightness starts to darken.

Although Fanboy is usually nice, he can also take things too far at times. Sometimes, he can be petty, rude, and arrogant. At one point, when the duo was sick, Fanboy intentionally sneezed on Chum Chum's face after Chum Chum asks him not to (Cold War). Another example is when he tried to take lemonade from Yo and Lupe's lemonade stand without paying, because he was annoyed, they had their lemonade stand across the street from his and Chum Chum's (Battle Of The Stands). He continually harassed Kyle under the pretense that Kyle wasn't really a wizard, leading to the latter's limit and motive to harm the former (Wizboy). Though Chum Chum usually accompanies Fanboy in these antics, Fanboy is usually shown to be more responsible for the duo's problems.

Fannihilator[]

Kyle complaining that Fanboy needs the sun s1e18a - cropped Except you need the sun for that, you idiot!!!


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Fannihilator "I guess my bears" s2e21a

Fannihilator is Fanboy's supervillain alter ego. He only appeared in two episodes: Heroes vs. Villains and Super Chums. He is Super Chum's arch-nemesis, and he MEANS IT! He is the main antagonist of Heroes vs. Villains and the anti-heroic deuteragonist of Super Chums.

Background[]

Fannihilator's background is unknown but his current livelihood as the main villain of an alternate version of Galaxy Hills is established. He is Super Chum's chief enemy and do what he can to reign victorious over him. Despite his rivalry towards the protagonist, Fannihilator deeply cherishes his and Super Chum's rivalry and bitter-sweet friendship.

Relationships[]

Fanboy and Chum Chum

Chum Chum[]

Main article: Fanboy-Chum Chum Relationship

Chum Chum is Fanboy's very best friend and loyal sidekick. Despite their differences, they get along almost flawlessly, have countless things in common, and even perform elaborate song and dance numbers to express their appreciation for each other. In fact, their bond is so strong that a forced separation will rip a hole into space-time continuum and put the fate of the universe at stake ("Separation Anxiety"). They first become acquainted in preschool as toddlers and now live together in the Fanlair as a heroic duo. Fanboy cares deeply for Chum Chum and will express said emotions with hugs, kisses, and cuddles. They make every moment fun by making bets "Book Report Of The Dead", playing games, causing trouble "The Janitor Strikes Back", executing pranks "Prank Day" (on each other and others), and make-believing "Wizboy".

Kyle[]

FanKyle!
Main article: Fanboy-Kyle Relationship

Kyle is one of Fanboy's schoolmates. They share a very one-sided friendship; Fanboy consistently exhibits great admiration for Kyle while Kyle himself usually harbors an intense dislike for the superfan (a fact that Fanboy is hilariously unaware of). When Kyle is first introduced in "Wizboy", he becomes so enraged by Fanboy's hyperactive antics that he attempts to kill him in a wizard-off. Luckily (or unluckily), a griffin swoops down and captures Kyle before he can carry out the plan, thanks to a spell Fanboy accidentally cast earlier. Despite the grudge, Kyle expresses reluctant appreciation for Fanboy's friendship, however rare, such as in "Sigmund the Sorcerer".

Yo[]

Yo's rocketboots

Yo shares a rather tense friendship with Fanboy due to her obsessive crush on Chum Chum and her refusal to recognize Fanboy's leadership. Fanboy will never admit it, but he is a bit intimidated by her. These two are often at odds due to their similar personalities: intelligent, assertive, manipulative, and excitable. On rare occasions when they must team up for a common goal, like in Saving Private Chum Chum, they work well together like Captain and Cadet. On even rarer occasions, like in The Incredible Shrinking Fanboy and Slime Day, Yo offers him refuge and help. In turn, Fanboy happily agrees to cat sit her Yamaguchi digital pet, Scampers in Digital Pet Cemetery.

Lenny[]

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Lenny doesn't like Fanboy AT ALL. In fact, his hatred is so intense that he risks traveling back in time to prevent him from ever meeting the duo. His job is made constantly worse by having to clean Fanboy's countless messes. All his attempts to have a relaxing day are squandered whenever Fanboy kicks down the door. From ice-monsters to robots, he's guaranteed a long session of stress-twitches. On the other end, Fanboy is oblivious to Lenny's contempt and clings to him like an older brother.

Boog[]

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Boog is nothing short of a bully, tormenting Fanboy for fun and sometimes beating him to Beethoven! He just can't stop his constant bopping, and just likes to see him scream. But he eventually calms down once in a while and helps Fanboy sometimes, like when they pranked Yo. When he first came to the Frosty Mart, he didn't bop then, he usually just followed the rule of B.O.P. (Bring Out Products). Now, he's bop happy. Fanboy only managed to one time temporarily stop Boog's addiction to bopping.

Oz[]

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Fanboy, Chum Chum and Oz with prizes

As Fanboy's second-best friend, Oz always tags along on Fanboy's advice route. He lives next door to the Fanlair at Oz Comix, his comic store. Fanboy goes there often, and he and Chum Chum will come to Oz for advice. One time, he saved the store from being turned into a yogurt shop (The Hard Sell). Another time, He met Oz's cousin Brizwald, and stopped him from stealing the very first Man-Arctica comic (Risky Brizness). He also once went inside Oz's mind, with help from Dollarnator, to find out why he started selling his comics (HypnotOZed).

Sigmund[]

Fanboy "with your mind" s1e17a

Fanboy is a big fan of Sigmund the Sorcerer. He and Chum Chum watch his TV show every week. When they first met him, Fanboy was super excited and talked to him rapidly.

Marsha[]

Marsha yelling at Fanboy



Marsha is, without a doubt, Fanboy’s worst enemy. This was revealed in “Marsha, Marsha, Marsha”, when she showed Fanboy her former class photo, and was continuously shouting at him about the fact that Fanboy ruined her assignment by sneezing on it; and it made her score so low that her former teacher sent her back to preschool. She also had a BURNING desire to literally ANNIHILATE Fanboy. It also looks like he is scared of Marsha, knowing that she is considered dangerous.

Skills and Abilities[]

Superpowers[]

Boys' powers activated

Fanboy's superhero abilities were first visited in "Brain Freeze". Two of his most common powers are flight and strength, as he is seen flying several times over the course of the series and can even lift heavy things. When he pulls out his underwear and releases it, they release "Sonic Waves", causing the entire place to vibrate and knock others back. It also breaks ice. He also said he has x-ray vision, but this was not further explained. The most important power of all is the Super Punch; he needs Chum Chum to perform it. When he gets in his underwear, they glow and spin around, finally slingshotting around and punching the villain. He also has weapons, like his glass eye. When it aims at the right time, it fires a red ray that causes metal poles to temporarily bend.

Acting[]

Wizard[]

Wizboy

Fanboy is first seen impersonating as a wizard, whom he calls "Wizboy". He did this due to extreme skepticism over Kyle's wizardry. The first trick he did was a trick in which he holds up one finger each, then adds the other to the opposite hand to hold up two. The second trick had the volunteer start to pull his finger, then get farted instantly. He faked a phonebook as his book of spells, pretending the ads were "magic words", and even had Chum Chum fake-levitate a ketchup bottle. His last trick was the lame cut-off finger trick, which caused Chum Chum to faint.

According to the script, there were a few elements that Fanboy used as a fake wizard that didn't make the episode, such as using a bendy straw as a wand and bending a spoon with his mind (literally).

Nurse[]

The nurse disguise is the most common one. It was first seen in "Pick a Nose", where he impersonated as the school nurse Pam (who was later first seen in "Lice Lice Baby"). where he faked a disease of "Nose Lice". After luring Chum Chum to the nurse's office, he said to him: "the only way to be sure your nose isn't crawling with lice is to send it out to have it professionally picked". Chum Chum was prepared to have his (Fanboy's) nose removed, but at the last minute, Fanboy sneezes, revealing the disguise.

In "The Tell-Tale Toy", Fanboy dressed as a nurse while working to repair Chum Chum's Ultra Ninja, which he accidentally broke.

He wore the disguise yet again in "GameBoy", this time as a nurse from the "Video Game Disease Control Center". He says he needs to have the Chimp Chomp game due to it having "Digital Monkey Fungus" but fails to the game being vaccinated last month.

In "Robo-mance", he wore the costume during the nurse's office scene of the episode's titular song.

Other disguises[]

In "GameBoy", Fanboy is shown to go through a variety of disguises since Boog's house is next to a costume shop. He poses as, in order, a repairman, an old lady, a prom kid, a sad young child, a meter reader, a security guard, and a city controller.

Singing[]

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Fanboy singing

Fanboy is shown to possess an excellent singing voice. Usually, when he sings, Chum Chum backs him up or does a duet with him. Some of their songs include The Dollar Dance, Friends Forever, The Frosty Bus Song, Together Forever, Live at the Frosty Mart!, No Work And All Play, Scooter and many others. He also sings by himself once in a while.

Gallery[]

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Trivia[]

Fanboy's emblem
  • Fanboy in fact, has a glass eye due to having Chum Chum poke one of his eyes out when they were in preschool, as revealed in the episode "Fan vs. Wild". He can use it to shoot a fire ray that bends iron bars.
  • His appearance and name are similar to Larryboy, from the Veggietales series.
  • He can drink Frosty Freezy Freeze super-fast.
  • Fanboy is presumably the first kid in his class to kiss a girl (offscreen) in (Fanboyfriend)
  • Fanboy loses his memory in "Brain Drain" following a stunt gone wrong. As a result, "narwhal" was the only word he knew.
  • Fanboy's revealed to be allergic to fish sticks in "The Incredible Chulk".
  • As a pirate, he goes by the name "Captain Fanbeard". (Fanboy A'Hoy!)
  • He has a grandfather whom he nicknames "Grandboy", and mentions him in "I, Fanbot" and "Fanboy A'Hoy!".
    • The second time Fanboy mentions him, it's revealed that he gave him a super-deluxe multipurpose knife.
  • He can sing very well.
  • His first dialogue voice-singing role was in "Dollar Day", when he and Chum Chum performed their Dollar Dance, while his first singing voice-singing role was in "Chicken Pox", when he conducted a song in Kyle's Cone of Silence.
  • He's shown to have an obsession with mayonnaise ("Trading Day", "Brain Drain", "The Great Bicycle Mystery" and "I'm Man-Arctica!".)
  • He dressed like Frankenstein for Halloween. (There Will Be Shrieks)
  • With his mask on, he can open the top of his head to store anything in it.
  • His real name is Tobias Cranapple III, as revealed in "Separation Anxiety". (Lance Corporal is a Military title and not a part of the name.)
    • To add, Fanboy was the first main character to have his full name revealed on the show.
  • The only time Fanboy, along with his chummy sidekick, had no speaking lines was in the "Head Suckage" teaser short.
  • He claps and plays the frying pan in a square-dance band, as the leader. (Kids in the Hall)
  • He's shown to be skilled in kung-fu in "Precious Pig".
  • His favorite food is a toasted mayonnaise sandwich. ("Brain Drain")
  • He is trained in the art of snack calls as shown in "Fan vs. Wild".
  • He once hallucinated, thinking Professor Flan was a birthday cake. ("Brain Freeze")
  • He's shown to be a master of disguise in "GameBoy".
  • He was crowned King of the Janitors in "The Sword in the Throne", however only temporarily.
  • He can stick pencils up his nose as shown in "Marsha, Marsha, Marsha".
  • Despite him being the main character, his name isn't said so often sometimes, and at other times, is not said even once in some episodes. Fanboy's name wasn't said in 16 episodes of season 1, and 10 episodes of season 2.
  • "Lord of the Rings" reveals he's a magician and has a nickname, "The Great Fantini".
  • He can speak Spanish as shown in "Fanboy A'Hoy!" and "I'm Man-Arctica!".
  • It is revealed that Fanboy likes liverwurst as it was revealed in “Fanboy Stinks”.
  • In "Secret Shopper" and "Tooth or Scare", Fanboy got gum stuck to the bottom of his shoe.
  • The episode "A Very Brrr-y Icemas" shows that Fanboy wants to be green.
  • He has a fear of rollercoasters as shown in "Man-Arctica the Ride".
  • Because Fanboy is one of the two titular characters, he has appeared in every episode and short so far, even as a cameo. He has not missed a single episode. He is the only character along with Chum Chum, to hold this distinction.
  • In the pilot episode "Wizboy", Fanboy's name was not said at all until the end, when Kyle cries out that he's going to rough he and Chum Chum up.
  • Fanboy is known to be unaware of some events and actions as shown in "Wizboy", "Secret Shopper", "Cold War" and "Stan Arctica".
  • Fanboy had damages to his teeth in "Norse Code" and "Dental Illness".
  • It was shown in "Lice Lice Baby" that removing his mask would reveal his secret identity. He was seen without his mask for the first time in "Secret Club", but only the back of his head was visible when that happened.
  • During some points in the second half of season 2, Fanboy's voice appears to be auto-tuned.
  • In the theme song, his singing voice was voiced by Jeff Bryon of The Mae Shi.
  • Fanboy's voice actor, David Hornsby, also did the voice of Joel Zymanski on the short-lived adult animated series Unsupervised and Tyson on the Nicktoons cartoon Sanjay and Craig.
  • Fanboy's Italian voice actor is Alessio De Filippis.
  • The episode "Dental Illness" reveals Fanboy had a tooth in his lower left jaw that was never brushed, whom he calls "Toothy". Toothy was removed in the episode, though.
  • "Total Recall" reveals that Fanboy was born with an outside voice.
  • According to his YTV profile, Fanboy doesn't like to watch paint dry.
  • He was the first ever voice-over role done by David Hornsby.
  • According to Eric Robles himself on Nick Message Boards, Fanboy's birthday is May 9th.
    • His birthday is the same day as the creator's birthday.
  • He may weigh 90 lbs., as revealed in The Incredible Shrinking Fanboy when he mentions his doctor said he had "the courage of a 90-pound boy".
  • He is inspiration and parody of Batman, lead superhero in DC universe.
  • According to a comment made by Eric Robles, Fanboy would have brown eyes if he had an actual eye color.[2]

Memorable Quotes[]

  • "Fear not!" - Most episodes
  • "Which juice box goes best with Meat Larf?" - first line, Wizboy
  • "So, a wizard, huh? Are you classically trained, or self-taught?" - Wizboy
  • "Oh man, we're gonna have so much fun together. Chum Chum and I love to play wizard." - Wizboy
  • "I guess he left. I probably shouldn't have been so awesome! But we can make it up to him. We'll play wizard with him all day tomorrow. He'll like that." - Wizboy
  • "I would never do anything to hurt your real nose, buddy. You're my best friend." - Pick a Nose
  • "Chum Chum is NOT a TOY!" - Trading Day
  • "My mind is dizzy with possibilities." - Trading Day
  • "They have a name for people who steal. STEALERS!!!" - Dollar Day
  • "Water no touchy! No washy! Water bad!" - Fanboy Stinks
  • "Flurp." - I, Fanbot
  • "Uh, shutting down for scheduled maintenance. Please stand by." - I, Fanbot
  • "Give me your books, and I will give you...A BOUNCY HOUSE!" - I, Fanbot
  • "Chum Chum, am I missing something or are you missing something?" - Fangboy
  • "You left your mail slot unlocked." - Chicken Pox
  • "I'm going to Night Morning, I don't think I can sleep! I need a lullaby." - Night Morning
  • "Oh, I got a chill." - Secret Shopper
  • "AHH! WHAT HAVE I DONE?!?" - The Tell-Tale Toy
  • "Oh, I long to gaze upon that majestic mountain peak as it beckons like some kind of pointy super hill...thing." - Fan vs. Wild
  • "Poor dumb kid, he doesn't even realize the danger we're in. I'm gonna have to go for help." - Fan vs. Wild
  • "No! Mr. Mufflin, please! You can't separate us! We need to be together. It's our Ancient Chinese Destiny! Ple-he-he-hease! He can't live without me! We'll share a kidney! No! It'll -- it'll -- it'll rip a hole in the space-time continuum! The fate of the universe is at stake!" - Separation Anxiety
  • "Oh, you're gonna laugh about it! Why am I not surprised?! That is JUST SO YOU!" - The Incredible Chulk
  • "I'm not crying, the vortex blew something into my eye." - Norse Code
  • "Now, we won't miss a single pixel!" - I'm Man-Arctica!
  • "No, baby!" - No Toy Story
  • "Must! Get! Out of school!" - Schoolhouse Lock
  • "Oh, I've never been so excited for Summer in my whole life!" - Schoolhouse Lock
  • "Well, it may not be pleasant, but it'd sure beat Summer School!" - Schoolhouse Lock
  • "Only one day on the market and we already made a sale." - Tooth or Scare
  • "Boy. I thought Boog was getting the hang of it. But he didn't learn anything! And neither did I. And neither did you. Goodbye, everybody!" - The Big Bopper
  • "A briefcase? The perfect accessory! Chum Chum will love it! He can bring it to the office and use it casually at home. I'm saved!" - Present Not Accounted For
  • "Oh, Chum Chum. I forgot your birthday-y-y-y-y. I don't have a present! That confiscated briefcase was the only gift I could find!" - Present Not Accounted For
  • "Fanboy and Chum Chum, professional Hall Monitors, at your service." - Kids in the Hall
  • "You think we were raised in a trans dimensional barn?" - Kids in the Hall
  • "Well, Kyle, there's always a spot for you in the Hall Monitors." - Kids in the Hall
  • "Look at that depth, it's sooooo high!" - Power Out
  • "We started a club so secret, even we didn't know about it!" - Secret Club
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