On Thursday evening, followers of Teen Titans Go have been launched to “Wally T,” the workforce’s largest fan.

What many probably did not know is that the character relies on a real-life fan and aspiring voice actor who has a uncommon genetic dysfunction.

That may be Maryville (Tennessee) Excessive Faculty scholar Walter Thompson, who instructed WBIR 10 that he felt like a star after watching it at a neighborhood pizzeria and being cheered on by supporters.

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Thompson has Barakat syndrome, along with renal failure and listening to impairment; he was flown out to California to document his position by the Make-A-Want Basis.

“I used to be just about in tears the entire time,” stated Thompson’s mom AmyBeth McBride. “He simply learn proper alongside and jumped in when it was his time to talk, and that, to me, that was simply superb to observe him.”