fan service

fan service

The act (by writers, creative directors, etc.) of attempting to please the fans of a work of fiction (typically a TV show) by depicting or incorporating certain aspects or character pairings that fans have promoted, requested, or shown interest in. With all the callbacks to the previous 199 episodes, and allusions to the interests of the show's rabid fan base, the musical episode of "Supernatural" is total fan service—and I love it.
See also: fan, service
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • fans are slans
  • fishing
  • blackfishing
  • canon
  • fan canon
  • head canon
  • fanon
  • cult following
  • following
  • look on (someone or something) as (something)
References in periodicals archive
There have been observations that 'Endgame' has a lot of fan service. That's not accurate; it's all fan service, and that's a good thing.
Yes, Devil May Cry 5 is the epitome of fan service. But what lucky, lucky fans.
We are really excited about this new fan service that will also help us attract football fans from outside of Northern Ireland."
The shows will be presented by Live Nation, and tickets are on sale through Ticketmaster's verified fan service.
Instead, EXO show their sincere affection toward the EXO-Ls through real-life fan service. The ElyXiOn show will also be filled with exchanges of banters among the boys.
The said love team is very consistent about doing fan service.
In keeping with the comprehensive fan service on offer, OSN delivers many feature presentations for Bond zealots.
It's great fan service and motivates the player to keep racing after the cups have been won.
EXO is known to be the best in giving fan service. A segment of their concert is always allotted to songs where they can interact more closely with their fans.
But as all good things must come to an end at some point, Nintendo announced that the fan service site will be permanently closed on Nov.
Beyond the fashion, the swag, the showmanship and the fan service, Big Bang is primarily all about the music.
The club's fan services account tweeted that the full list of squad numbers will now only be revealed on Friday - the day after the transfer window in the UK shuts.