Fan and Mainstay

Fan

Fan noun - A person with a strong and habitual liking for something.

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Mainstay and fan are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mainstay" instead a noun "Fan".

Nearby Word: fanatic

Mainstay noun - Something or someone to which one looks for support.

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Fan and mainstay are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fan" instead a noun "Mainstay".

The episode has certainly been vindicated in later years as a fan favourite, possibly because such humour has become much more mainstay.

Source: Parody Retcon
In Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, Fasttrack is highly disliked among the fanbase, due to his powers and coloration seeming very similar to that of XLR8, who is a fan favorite and a series mainstay since the original show.

Source: Replacement Scrappy
Jelly Jiggler himself was originally intended to be a one-off joke character, but when the author received fan mail demanding that he appear more, he became a full-blown series mainstay.

Source: Manga / Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo

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