There are fans, there are FANS then there are Olympic FAN-ATICS. The 2012 Summer Olympics are here and we can't wait to see who creeps out of the woodwork this year.

We want to see craziest, most inventive costumed fans from all corners of the globe. Grown men and women lathered up in country colors and screaming bloody vuvuzela murder until their lungs implode.

Here's to the enthusiastic tossers who shave their hair in the shape of the Olympic logo. Raise a glass of thick London nut brown ale to those devoted fans tattooing misspelled London 2012 logos on their bodies. Good show old chap, we love you. Please keep it up this year.

To prepare you for the Olympic insanity that is already taking hold, we've scoured the archives of past Olympic events to find the true fan-atics.

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  • Subtle Promotion

    A Brazilian's understated method of vying for the attentions of the Olympic board. (Photo credit Vanderlei Almeida/AFP/Getty Images)

  • 1984

    Mustaches in 1984 had more character than these young, hipster upstart mustaches today. (Photo credit: Getty)

  • Canadian Clowing Around

    Yeah, not terrifying at all. Not at all. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

  • Captain Team America

    America! F**k yeah! (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)

  • Oh Man Oman

    (Photo credit Mohammed Mahjoub/AFP/Getty Images)

  • Viva Brazil!

    Viva! Er, ring face! (Photo credit Monirul Bhuiyan/AFP/Getty Images)

  • Oh Canada

    A Canadian fan tries his best to color coordinate eh. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

  • Fire Fans

    Vuvuzela what? This Venezuelan fan takes it up a notch. (Photo credit Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images)

  • Canadian With A Crowd Control Hat

    Tough luck for the folks sitting behind her. (Photo credit Vincenzo Pinto/AFP/Getty Images)

  • Canada Again

    Lady Gaga? (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

  • Pin Head

    Each pin represents a lost soul. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

  • French Fry Hair

    McDonald's might have a new mascot on their hands. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

  • Mexican Wrestler Or Serial Killer?

    Not creepy at all. (Photo by Francis Bompard/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)

  • I Look Good In Orange

    Dear Canadian: Orange isn't your national color. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

  • Afro Fin

    Just a small step away from being really offensive. But he's Finish, and everybody knows the Fins are just odd. No harm no foul. (Photo credit Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images)

  • Bald Eagle American

    If you go bald, go Bald Eagle. (Photo credit Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images)

  • The Knights Of Neee

    I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries! (Photo credit Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images)

  • Yetis Were So In In 2010

    Because in Canada you can never get too much Yeti. (Photo credit David Hecker/AFP/Getty Images)

  • Canadian Hipster

    How to be an ironic fan-atic. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

  • VANCOUVER, BC - FEBRUARY 15: Canadian hockey fans use the bathroom before the Women's preliminary game between Switzerland and Canada to start on day 4 of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics at the UBC Thunderbird Arena on February 15, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

  • Baaaaaaaa

    What's up with all of the Canadians stealing the thunder? Oh right, they're dressed like sheep. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

  • Skate Head

    You're doing it wrong. (Photo credit Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images)

  • Pin The Pin On The Santa

    You vill look at my hat and you vill like it! (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images)

  • German Mustachio

    The stuffed bird was later rescued. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images)

  • Olympic Do

    We're thinking this would go over well at a job interview. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

  • Sun Dingguo displays spent eleven months riding his bicycle from China's southeast Zhejiang to the Beijing Olympics. If only he'd put as much effort into finding a decent hair stylist. (Photo credit should read Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images)

  • German Football Fan

    German's don't like football (soccer for the Americans in the audience) at all. (Photo credit Thomas Lohnes/AFP/Getty Images)

  • Pink Hair, Orange Hat

    Color coordination are not these fan's strong suit. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images)

  • Muppet Head

    Like something from a David Lynch film, only more Dutch. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images)

  • 10481 Gallon Hat

    'Merica. (Photo credit Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images)

  • Skull Cappin'

    We're all for skull skin caps, but might want to snug that up there a bit darlin'. Love what she did with the mohawk though. Divine. (Photo credit Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images)

  • Skate Away With My Dutch Heart

    Heeeeyyyyyy! I've got two Star Wars characters kissin' on me. (Photo credit Torsten Silz/AFP/Getty Images)

  • Go France Goatee

    There is nothing more iconic than the French goatee. (Photo credit Hrvoje Polan/AFP/Getty Images)

  • I'm Running! I'm A Torch Carrier!

    If you can't carry em, join em...with a fake torch bought from the corner shop. (Photo by Todd Warshaw/Getty Images)

  • Optimism For The Netherlands

    Optimism from the Netherlands. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

  • Couple Hundred Years Late

    Context photo is lacking context. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images)

  • Feeling Blue

    SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 24: Must have been a difficult childhood growing up with a flag face. (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)

  • Irish Or American?

    SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 20: Irish American? Confused Australian? (Photo by Lutz Bongarts/Bongarts/Getty Images)

  • Call Me Maybe

    September, 2000: USA! USA! USA! Y2K! Y2K! (Photo by Hamish Blair/ALLSPORT)

  • Fan-atical

    Yeah, we don't know either. (Photo credit: Getty)

  • Silver Surfer

    People were still ridiculous in 1988, if not more so. (Photo credit: Getty)

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