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{{quote|''"Hi, Tick! I'm your mind! Sorry we don't talk much, but I'm easily distracted by shiny objects."''
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In media, the symptoms of attention deficit disorders tend to be exaggerated to the point of absurdity. Sufferers seem to be on a constant caffeine high. They are unable to maintain focus on anything for more than a few minutes before getting distracted by a shiny object, hence the trope title.
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[[Reality Is Unrealistic|Very few]] real-life sufferers have it that bad, but [[Rule of Funny|it's much funnier]] than a character who's just fidgety and occasionally spaces out.
See also [[Hollywood Psych]], [[The Schizophrenia Conspiracy]], and [[L Is for Dyslexia]]. Contrast [[Cloudcuckoolander]], who doesn't have a disorder (or at least isn't required to), but acts similarly. This exaggeration is frequently seen in [[Genki Girl
Closely related is [[What Does This Button Do?]], which you can expect to hear often from such individuals. [[Hilarity Ensues|Hilarity may or may not ensue.]]
This trope is not to be confused with-- [[Self-Demonstrating Article|oh, wow! Look at all the examples!]]
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Sakura, an [[Ill Girl]] from ''[[Betterman]]''. Her ADHD is only referred to once, but it's a severe case, and she receives heavy, ''heavy'' medication for it. Also, while she ''can'' be considered a [[Cloudcuckoolander]], she's a thoroughly creepy and tragic [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant]].
* ''All'' of ''[[Yes! Pretty Cure 5]]''—the ''entire series'', as well as its [[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo]]—happens because Nozomi gets distracted one morning before school and chases a passing butterfly. In a later episode, she displayed more realistic ADHD symptoms. ADHD was never explicitly mentioned, but much like Cosmo, the intention was clear.
* Rightly or wrongly, ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' is sometimes used to illustrate the difference between ADHD (Tomo, [[Genki Girl]] [[Jerkass]] extraordinaire) and ADD (Osaka, [[Cloudcuckoolander]] extraordinaire).
* [[Yotsubato|Yotsuba Koiwai]], from the same author, being the [[Cheerful Child|cheerful]] [[Genki Girl|hyperactive]] [[Cloudcuckoolander]] she is, also has her moments.
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'''Yotsuba''': (Pointing out to the side) Ah! A bus! }}
* Shinobu of ''[[
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'''Kaede:''' I'm happy for you.
'''Shinobu:''' Yes. Thank you very much. A kitty! ''(wanders off)'' }}
* ''[[Kenichi:
* Hinako Ninomiya of ''[[Ranma ½
* ''[[
* Yui in ''[[
* Yu Touma from ''[[
* The main children in ''[[
* ''[[
* Hotaru from ''[[
* ''[[The Idolmaster (
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* [[DC Comics]] has [[Green Lantern|Larfleeze]], a.k.a. Agent Orange. His greed makes him distracted by almost anything, making his scenes hilarious. In fact, he says that shiny things are his weakness.
* Marvel Comics' [[Deadpool]] has complete ADD, along with a [[Medium Awareness|very unique form of insanity]].
* [[Johnny the Homicidal Maniac]] seems to have ADD trouble. On a positive note, it makes it hard for him to commit suicide because he tends to lose focus on it halfway though. It got downplayed as the series got [[Cerebus Syndrome]], though.
** [[Jhonen Vasquez]] is apparently very close to a [[Real Life]] example of this.
* Bart Allen, the aptly codenamed [[The Flash|Impulse]]. Until he got kneecapped, read an entire library in under
** It came back when he came [[Back
* Bean the Dynamite from the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* Momoko from ''[[Wedding Peach Abridged]]''.
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTEjM6QCmH0&playnext_from=TL&videos=MevkfYxncW4 "Ooh, a DUCK!"]
* [[Rouge Angles of Satin|Councilmen]] Raynold([[Spell My Name
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6339067/1/Due Due]'': "OOOH! My pen!"
* ''[[Yet
* Ryuk in the original ''[[Death Note Abridged]]'' by TioH and Dargonakis.
* Brutally parodied in ''[[Sonic F]]'':
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'''Cream:''' I'm only six years old. I have the attention span of a hamster, so I've forgotten why I was angry-- OOH A SHINY OBJECT! }}
== [[Film]] ==
* All of the dogs in the [[Pixar]] film ''[[Up (animation)|Up]]'' seem to have thi--[[Verbal Tic|SQUIRREL!!]]... ... ...s problem. And a new meme is born. Note that this may not be an accurate representation of human ADHD, but it's a much more accurate representation of dog psychology. If there's even a suspicion, a dog will do exactly what it does in the movie, minus speaking—jerk its head away and stare waiting to see its target. If it spots it, it wi-- [[Running Gag|SQUIRREL]]! ...will typically bark or growl uncontrollably.
* Hammy in ''[[Over the Hedge (animation)|Over the Hedge]]'' behaves in a spastic, hypercaffienated manner and exhibits Hollywood's definition of ADD. A plot point [[Invoked Trope|relies on]] [[Caffeine Bullet Time|giving caffeine]] to th--
** [[Rule of Three|SQUIRREL!!]]
* Dory from ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' fits the bill, though her "disorder" is rather attributed to a condition of "short term memory loss". As she can only remember a relatively short span of time clearly, it's easy for her to forget what she was originally doing and thus is likely to switch to a new topic. It runs in her family... she thinks. This is actually a disorder known as Anterograde Memory Dysfunction, or AMD. This is the same mental condition shown in the [[Christopher Nolan]] movie ''[[
* In ''[[Monsters vs. Aliens]]'', both [[Kaiju|Insectosaurus]] and B.O.B. are like this. The former because he has the personality of a [[All Animals Are Dogs|dog]]. The latter because he has no brain ([[Memetic Mutation|turns out you don't need one]]). Both of them were distracted during the fight with a [[Humongous Mecha|giant alien robot]].
* The "What's This" sequence in ''[[
* The movie ''[[Charlie Bartlett]]'' had a scene involving the title character taking too much Ritalin. It was depicted as causing him to run around, singing in his underpants. A more realistic depiction of an overdose would show the character having an anxiety attack while trying to read three books at once.
* Matt Stone's character in ''[[Baseketball]]'' seems to suffer from this—as Ted Denslow (Ernest Borgnine) is explaining his idea for taking the sport pro to Stone and Trey Parker, Stone is distracted by a bird sitting on a branch.
* The main character's younger sister in the film ''[[Pecker]]'' is diagnosed with ADHD, when in reality she just consumes way, way, way too much sugar. After being prescribed Ritalin, she acts quite zombie-ish, culminating with her nearly choking on a pill after she refuses to wash it down with a soda. By the end of the film, she's off both the sugar and the meds.
== [[Literature]] ==
* Greebo from ''[[Discworld]]'' tends to keep his cat personality even when human, which leads to a somewhat ADD-esque behaviour pattern.
* Averted in ''[[Percy Jackson & the Olympians]]'', where all the halfbloods are ADHD and dyslexic, but since the author's own son has both, it's pretty accurate.
* In ''[[The League of Peoples Verse]]'', the entire Cashling species suffer from this: always bored, easily distracted, and unable to focus their attention on anything for very long.
* Helen Burns from ''[[Jane Eyre]]'' probably had inattentive type ADD. The list of personal flaws Helen confesses to Jane all match the diagnostic criteria: "I am... slatternly; I seldom put, and never keep, things in order; I am careless; I forget rules; I read when I should learn my lessons; I have no method; and sometimes I say... I cannon bear to be subjected to systematic arrangements." She goes on to describe how, although she does very well in classes that catch her interest, her thoughts "continually rove away" during uninteresting lessons.
* In the somewhat farcical ''[[Star Wars]]'' Expanded Universe novel ''[[The Callista Trilogy|Darksaber]]'' this trope becomes a crucial "plot point", as {{spoiler|the Hutts' titular superweapon is let down by the Tauril workers who constructed it, who as a race seem to have this trope as their Hat.}}
* Mr. Smith, father of [[
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Bonanza]]'': One of the early episodes, "The Ape," dealt with a lonely man who had a form of autism, but had dreams of becoming a farmer and a land owner. Two things stood in his way: His short temper, which he could neither understand nor control (and when he became angry, he became extremely violent). The other fits this trope: His fascination with a beautiful saloon girl named Shari, a seductress who soon realizes she can manipulate Arnie into buying her expensive things such as drinks and jewelry. Hoss - knowing Shari's true character as a mean, manipulative
* In the '80s, ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' had a series of "Mr. Short-Term Memory" skits starring Tom Hanks.
* A gag from a ''[[Taxi]]'' episode combines this with [[Why Didn't You Just Say So?]]: Louie is sued by an old lady for hitting her with his cab. Learning that she's a notorious scam artist, he welcomes taking her on in court. Just before the civil hearing, Reverend Jim discovers that this time Louie ironically ''did'' injure her for real, and tries to warn Louie:
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'''Jim:''' Boss, I think there's something you ought to know.
'''Louie:''' The only thing I wanna know is how fast you can get out of my sight.
'''Jim:''' Boss, this is really, really important, and you know how short my memory is, so let me tell you before I forget.
'''Louie:''' Okay, what is it?
'''Jim:''' What's what? }}
* In ''[[That's My Bush!]]'', Princess seems to suffer from this:
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* [[The Danza|Tracy]] [[Adam Westing|Jordan]] of ''[[30 Rock
* ''[[
* Cat on ''[[Victorious]]'' is this to a T. Especially if you have candy to help distract her with.
* ''[[Spaced]]'':
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* Francis is shown developing a serious case of ADD in an early episode of ''[[Malcolm in
* Shawn Spencer on ''[[Psych]]'' seems to have adult ADD. In order to deal with this in childhood, his father taught him how to combine his short, quick observations with his [[Photographic Memory|eidetic memory]]. Instead of being completely unfocused, Shawn can now be incredibly focused but only in short flashes.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* [[Meganekko|Valeria]] [[Tsundere|Ferrer]] from ''[[Carrusel]]'' was very [[Genki Girl|energetic and cheerful]], but had serious difficulties staying focused and at the beginning she didn't exactly fit in the class due to how [[No Indoor Voice|loud]] and [[Motor Mouth|fast-speaking]] she was. In a [[What an Idiot!]] moment, her teacher Ximena tried to tone her attitude down via putting on a [[Jerkass Facade]] and treating her harshly; Valeria, however, got so depressed that she actually ''[[Heroic BSOD|got sick]]''.
* ''[[Growing Pains]]'': It has often been speculated that one reason behind Mike's (Kirk Cameron) poor academic performance is ADD. Episodes have seen him buy a "magic rock" (from a school scam artist) to help him with an extemparaneous essay, stay home from school to catch up on ''[[Gilligan's Island
* Drake from ''[[Drake and Josh]]''. He gets distracted so easily. One time Josh was pouring his heart out to Drake who was listening, only to walk away when a beautiful girl walked by. Also when Josh was taken away to be submerged in a chemical bath, Drake looks like he's about to do something, only to see someone left mashed potatoes on the floor.
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* While not a commentary on ADHD, there was a strip from ''[[The Far Side]]'' showing a group of warriors storming a castle, running across the moat bridge while one guy points to the water and exclaims "Ooh, goldfish, everyone, goldfish!" Gary Larson stated that he's fond of that one because "that's me on the bridge."
* In a series of early ''[[Peanuts]]'' strips, Lucy is shown to be a golf prodigy. Charlie Brown notes: "You're going to make a great golfer [...] if only you didn't lose interest so fast..." as she sits down in the sand to make a sand castle.
* A ''[[Frazz]]'' [http://i43.tinypic.com/sb0e4y.gif comic] calls this "A.D.H.L.A.S." or "Attention-Defi-Hey-Look-A-Squirrel".
*And Who The Hell left Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes off this list?!
== [[Puppet Shows]] ==
* ''[[
** Many viewers feel that they [[Alternate Character Interpretation|may have introduced]] Elmo to set up a commentary on ADD or ADHD. It never happened, but he sure is easily... ooh, shiny! Or, if you want a simpler explanation... He's supposed to be THREE YEARS OLD.
** Speaking of ''Sesame Street'', another Muppet character Forgetful Jones is a living embodiment of this trope. [[Harsher in Hindsight|Or he may just have Alzheimers....]]
== [[Recorded and Stand Up Comedy]] ==
* Referenced in a [[Bill Engvall]] sketch about parent-teacher conferences. The teacher asks if there's a history of ADD in the family, and Bill says "Yes, we add, subtract, multiply... why are you spelling it?" His wife then says, "M-O-R-O-N. She means attention deficit disorder." And by that point, Bill is looking out the window at birds.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* The Kender race in the ''[[
* The Batwinged Bimbo From Hell class in ''[[Macho Women
* ''[[Warhammer
** There is a running joke among players that creatures with the Stupidity rule (which means there is a chance the unit will do nothing other than wander forward a few inches for a turn) suffer from this, in particular Dark Elf Cold Ones (dinosaur horse thingies) thinking "kill kill kill kill, ooooh shiny".
** This is actually accurate in the case of Sigvald the Magnificent, who at random times during the battle will actually become so distracted by how awesome and shiny his armour is that he will stop fighting ''and demand his henchmen to polish it and tell him how wonderful he is''.
* Corax in ''[[
* Goblins of ''[[
* The Izzet guild from ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]''{{'}}s Ravnica block combine this, [[Absent-Minded Professor]] and [[Cloudcuckoolander]]. One [http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mc28 flavour article] is even titled "A Close Look at the Izze-hey, look at that!" Also Squee, the goblin deck hand.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131108195505/http://wow.tcgplayer.com/db/world_of_warcraft_tcg_single_card.asp?cn=Pugg This card] on the ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' trading card game.
== [[Theatre]] ==
* ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]'' (Cherubino) and ''[[The Magic Flute]]'' (Papageno), both composed by Mozart. Those who were close to the composer marveled at how [[Write Who You Know|familiar]] the characters seemed.
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* [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] arguably has issues with staying still for extended periods of time, though whether he fits this [[Trope]] depends entirely on which continuity you're watching/playing/reading, and occasionally, which ''episode'' of which continuity. Sonic spends a lot of the time he isn't running around in ''[[Sonic X]]'' lying on rooftops and snoozing, yet goes utterly insane when cooped up on a ship for ten days and nights. This may be because he's [[Weaksauce Weakness|somewhat aquaphobic]] and [[Super Drowning Skills|can't swim]]. This is sometimes chalked up to his [[Personality Powers|speedster nature]], a fairly common trope (see: [[The Flash|Impulse]]).
* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]'', Link can manage to defeat Ganondorf by waving a fishing pole around to distract him while taking potshots at him. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140529140212/http://www.freelanceastronauts.com/view.php?id=713 See it in action in Let's Play form here.]
* In ''[[EarthBound]]'', an [[Nigh Invulnerability|otherwise indestructible]] Master Belch can be defeated if you use Fly Honey to distract him; he'll waste turns guzzling that mess down, leaving himself vulnerable to attack.
* Melissa from ''[[Knights in The Nightmare]]'' is often characterized as having a mild case of ADHD. Unlike many other examples, she actually displays hyperfocus—Ancardia is all she can really be bothered to concentrate on, and she's otherwise fairly easily distracted. The more commonly attributed characteristics of the disorder get [[Flanderized]] by the fandom.
* ''[[EverQuest II]]'' gives us the collection quest items, often nicknamed "shinies" by the players for two reasons. The first is that, well, they glow—they're small, glowing points on the ground with a question mark on top. The second is that you can expect many people to instantly take a leave of their senses and drop whatever it is they were doing (such as traveling, trying to avoid dangerous mobs, healing their group or trying ''not'' to aggro everything in sight) in order to dig them up. Even more so in groups, where there's a competitive aspect to it—first person to activate the shiny gets it, and the rare ones sell for a mint. A shiny popping up in the middle of a difficult fight can quite easily spell "wipe".
* The basis for a joke in ''[[Dragon Age]]'' where the programmers fall victim to this trope. It unfolds as follows in the description of a Glamour Charm:
{{quote|''This minor magical charm captures the viewer's attention and distra... ooo, pretty...''}}
* One of the "silly" jokes a male orc can say in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'':
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** A Dryad named Mylune will actually get distracted by a butterfly halfway through her quest-ending text.
* In ''[[
* ''[[
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* Taokaka from ''[[
* The Arakun race in the text-based ''[[Retro Mud]]'' game are famous for being like this. They also have a racial emote called "ashiny". Players tend to ham it up for all it's worth.
* The [[Cute Machines|Curiosity Core]] in ''[[Portal (
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* Dwarves in ''[[
* A [[Catfolk|Caitian]] Duty Officer in [[Star Trek Online]] has [[Flavor Text]] implying that he has a certain amount of this.
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== [[Web Animation]] ==
* Chicken of ''[[Chicken and Moose]]'' has this, seemingly paired with hallucinations. He gets distracted by a "rainbow," which is actually an oil slick.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In many furry comics, characters that are raccoons or ferrets tend to be easily distracted, especially by shiny objects.
* Fluffy from ''[[
* Kiki from ''[[
* Pixies in the webcomic ''[[Chasing the Sunset]]'' have the attention span of a moth, probably as a counter for their omnipotence. A pixie can do anything she believes she can, but it vanishes as soon as her attention goes elsewhere. Naturally, all pixies love "shinies".
* Larxene from ''[[Ansem Retort]]'' fits this trope, big time. The fact that she's also addicted to crack, PCP, crystal meth, and nearly every other illegal drug in existence makes it worse.
* Scarlet, the squirrel from the webcomic ''[[Sequential Art (
* The Girl, from ''[[A Girl and Her Fed]]'', is [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.288.html confirmed attention-deficit].
* The [[MS Paint Adventures]] series ''[[
* ''[[
** The Salamanders from the Land of Wind and Shade.
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** Clubs Deuce from the Midnight Crew cannot possibly hope to remember more than one thing at a time, and gets easily distracted by clocks.
** [[Heroic BSOD|"You were very foolish to believe you could be a leader of men. Look at what bearing that flag has wrought. Perhaps one day you will find something new to bear. A burden befitting of the peasant you truly are.]] [[Mood Whiplash|Oh my what's that shiny thing in the water?"]]
* Unity of ''[[Skin Horse]]'', which is sort of a large drawback for someone who was intended to be a [[Super Soldier]].
* Fighter from ''[[8-Bit Theater
* [[Cloudcuckoolander|Eddie]] from ''[[Emergency Exit]]''.
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'''Eddie:''' OOH, where? I collect those! }}
* Nina Delacroix of ''[[Eerie Cuties]]'' is easily distracted by butterflies and her unfortunate werewolf classmate Ace, calling out "Puppy!" whenever she spots him and chasing after him.
* Walky from ''[[Walkyverse]]''.
* ''[[Footloose (
* ''[[Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic]]''
** Cap'n Fang, who would give Tomo and Osaka tag-teaming together a run for their money. Ironically it's his specific mental disability which makes him the greatest kobold pirate ever. Though, [[Rule of Funny|everyone eventually gets at least one of these moments.]]
** Also from this comic: "Satyrs have a rather short attention span."
* ''[[
** V's familiar, Blackwing, seems to be easily distracted by shiny objects, whether it's a bauble or a giant swirly rip in space and time (although to be fair to Blackwing, a giant swirly rip in space and time {{spoiler|with what would seem to have a planet on the other side}} isn't something you exactly need ADHD or ADD to be distracted by).
** [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0726.html To Elan], at least, [[Everything's Better
** Roy pretty much spells it out on [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0325.html their first trip to the Oracle].
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130612162743/http://www.brokenplotdevice.com/2008/10/27/its-all-those-marker-fumes/ Hilariously parodied] on ''[[
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130825190328/http://ozyandmillie.org/2008/08/04/ozy-and-millie-2103/ Millie] from ''[[
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110717184744/http://www.pvponline.com/comics/pvp20100820.png This] ''[[
* Minmax the Invicible Warrior, from ''[[
* Gertrude in ''[[The
* ''[[Familiar Ground]]'': [https://web.archive.org/web/20140528110306/http://www.familiar-ground.com/2009/03/12/attention-span/ "ooh, pretty!"]
* ''[[Archipelago]]'': Blitz. To give you an idea, in the second book a man lost in the woods asks him for help. Blitz rather focuses on a shiny bauble he is wearing and asks to show it to his friend. Given permission, he grabs the shiny and gleefully runs back home, unaware that he is ''dragging the man behind him.''
* In ''[[Rusty and Co
* ''[[Blade Bunny]]'' is either this or pretending to be.
* In ''[[Shifters]]'' [[Our Werebeasts Are Different|Werebeasts]] are often subject to the drawbacks of their animal forms as well as the advantages.
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*** Shown in the "Original Run" by Ben Harkus [http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20040916.html here]
* Sabrina "Ultragirl" Mancini in ''[[Rival Angels]]'' isn't usually prone to this, but it happens to her once at a very inconvenient time. Her best friend, Sun Wong, almost falls off the edge of the stage (twenty foot drop), but Sabrina saves her by grabbing the waistband of her shorts at the last second. Sabrina then uses her other hand to grab the comic's [[Big Bad]] (who pushed Sun toward the edge in the first place) to prevent herself from being dragged over the edge along with Sun. And just when it looks like all three of them are going to fall, one of the Big Bad's two [[The Dragon|Dragons]] grabs her and pulls. Which is when this exchange happens:
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'''Sabrina:''' [looking down] OH MY GOD, SUN! When did you start wearing a thong? }}
* Rolan of ''[[
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'': [https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20201123 This discussion about what happens if we don't do our jobs is so fascinating, we can't do our jobs.]
== [[Web Original]] ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130423035310/http://iyamlol.com/2162 This] is just about as close to a literal demonstration of this trope as you can get.
* Fidget, a [[Kid Hero]] [[Super Speed|speedster]] who attends the [[Super-Hero School|Hyperion Academy]] in the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'' suffers from this problem. In his case, it's usually over-exaggerated in the storylines, though the writers did do one thing right: when his attention isn't flitting from place to place like a butterfly in a field of posies, it's hyper-focused like a laser beam to the exclusion of everything around him
* Crops up very frequently in ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]''. Some portrayals of ADHD (such as Lance Barrett) are very low-key and realistic. Others however, like with Owen Fontaine, are of the plain old bouncing off the walls variety.
* [[Uncyclopedia]] has a [[Self-Demonstrating Article|self-demonstrating]] [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Attention_Deficit_Disorder article] on the subject.
* ''[[WALL-E Forum Roleplay]]'': Spectrum, oh so very much.
{{quote|'''Spectrum:''' Hi! You're colorful!}}
* ''[[Whateley Universe]]'' example: Joanne Gunnarson, codename Murphy, but her problem is written fairly accurately. Has ADHD, and has just manifested as a mutant so her meds don't work right. Spends all her time walking around drinking coffee. When she gets distracted or upset, her power kicks in, which is bad. She's a [[Reality Warper]], and reality usually warps so that she gets the short end of the stick.
* Brandon from ''[[Trinton Chronicles]]'' has this problem.
* ''[[My Opinions On Every Pokémon Ever]]'': "Ooh, look! He's wearing a bowtie!"
* [http://www.youtube.com/nigahiga NigaHiga] on [[YouTube]] claims to have ADHD and has vlog segments of what he's like when he's "Off the Pill"
* [[
* Similarly, [[
* [[YouTube]] personality [[
* Atlus employees suffer this, at least according to [[Zero Punctuation
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* ''[[Noka]]'': Found has the [[Sarcasm Mode|brilliant idea]] of smashing the furniture down and refashioning all of it into a fort-igloo hybrid. Albeit, he did almost none of the work and spent most of the time searching for his bacon-print underwear to fly as the fort's flag, he still managed to convince Abel and Solo to help him.
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'''Az:''' Yes! Convince! How do you sell someone the angle of "Wanna destroy the furniture in this room and turn it into a fort? We can stick my underwear on top and call it the flag!" -- [[Dumbass Has a Point|actually that's pretty convincing]] in itself... }}
* [[
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131022011240/http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php/hharchive Dan Carlin's hardcore history] says that the Romans describe Germanic invaders in more or less this way. Tall, strong, unbelievably brave, skillful with weapons, a monstrous horde descending on Rome! Then they get distracted by Spain for a few years.
* #6 on ''[[Cracked.com]]''{{'}}s [https://web.archive.org/web/20140530041648/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_259_if-everything-got-adorable-mascot_p2/ If Everything Got An Adorable Mascot] is Addie the ADHD tornado. "Let us help you learn to cope with... Ohh!!! Shiny!!!"
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''
** Bart, after pulling a few too many pranks in one day, was diagnosed with ADD and put on "Focusyn". The episode was more focused on the side-effects of the drug, which wound up making him insane and paranoid. Although...he [[Properly Paranoid|turned out to be right]] about major league baseball spying on people with satellites. In fact, his reaction to the medication is [[Truth in Television]]. ADHD medications like Ritalin and Adderall have increased anxiety as one of the nastier side effects. Psychiatrists sometimes prescribe anti-depressants or anti-anxiety meds with the stimulants to balance that out and symptoms of depression are official contraindications against usage of the drugs.
** There's another one, in which he's committed to writing a school essay:
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'''Recruiter:''' What are you talking about? There was nothing like that in the movie...
'''Homer:''' I know, you see when I get bored I make up my own movie, I have a very short attention span... look a bird!
''(runs outside and chases it)'' }}
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* Chowder of ''[[Chowder]]''.
* Cosmo of ''[[The Fairly
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* In ''[[Animaniacs]]'', ''every'' Buttons and Mindy short would start with Mindy noticing something interesting - like a balloon, a butterfly, or a small animal - and chase after it, followed by [[Badly-Battered Babysitter| the hapless Buttons]] chasing after her.
* ''[[Clone High]]''
** Gandhi:
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* An episode of ''[[
* ''[[Kim Possible]]'''s boyfriend is the poster child of this trope. Lampshaded, of all places, in the episode where Ron is tested whether or not he is actually the hero.
* Bobby from ''[[King of the Hill]]'' is once put on drugs for what appeared to be ADHD. The drug's actions on his body are rather realistic, causing him to count the ridges on checkers rather than playing the game, to everyone's surprise.
* Mikey from ''[[Kappa Mikey]]'' has a really short attention
* ''[[
** Cleveland Jr., before his departure to ''[[
** Peter is no different either in later seasons. Chris even lampshaded one episode after Peter's stint as a pirate in which he quickly loses interest after losing his parrot and found a piano. Most of Peter's antics is due to his "[[It Amused Me]]" attitude. If something is not amusing him, he will quickly find something else that will, which makes his focus waver all over. Peter also has a nasty habit going completely off topic when he speaks to someone without missing a beat at all. Brian lampshades this when he asks Peter if he is asking for his help or if he is going to ask another pointless question again.
** One episode has Peter display an extreme case of being easily distracted. When Peter screws up the timeline in the past by going with
** James Woods, whose animated likeness served as a murderous antagonist for the Griffin family, would often contemplate his revenge against the Griffin family before being distracted by a trail of Reeses Pieces ("Ooh, a piece of candy!" "Ooh, a piece of candy!" "Ooh, a piece of candy!" ... ), before falling victim to a trap box, where he would be restrained until his ultimate
* [[
* Pinkie Pie from ''[[My Little Pony:
* The animals on ''[[My Gym Partner's a Monkey
* Violet from ''[[
* Fred from ''[[Scooby
* [[The Tick (animation)]], of course. In a [[Journey to
* In ''[[The Problem Solverz]]'' it doesn't take much to distract Alfe. "Did somebody say ''ninjas''?!"
* [[Daffy Duck]] from ''[[
* ''[[Metalocalypse]]'': The members of Dethklok are constantly fiddling with items such as laser pointers and cell phones, even while Ofdensen is trying to convey important matters to them
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'''Nathan:''' No, we're not! }}
* ''[[Fish Hooks]]''
** Clamantha; her band is even ''named'' "Clamantha and the Shiny Objects".
** Milo is shown to have this in "Fail Fish".
* Pinky in ''[[
* Gir from ''[[
* From the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode Lrrr tries to invade the Earth, but makes the mistake of landing at a comic book convention:
{{quote|'''Lrrr:''' I don't understand, why are the humans continuing to eat their soft pretzels instead of surrendering?
'''Leela:''' They're probably just waiting for [[Joss Whedon]].
'''Lrrr:''' Joss Whedon's here??}}
* Entrapta is frequently a victim of this in ''[[She-Ra and the Princesses of Power]]'', mostly regarding technology. In one episode where Netossa analyzes the [[Weaksauce Weakness]]es of each Alliance member, this is the one she claims Entrapta has.
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== [[Other Media]] ==
* The obligatory [[Light Bulb Joke]]:
{{quote|'''Alice:''' How many kids with A.D.D. does it take to change a light bulb?
'''Bob:''' How ma--
'''Alice:''' Hey, wanna go ride bikes? }}
* As seen on an A.D.D. T-shirt:
{{quote|"I don't have A.D.D., I'm just -- look, a chicken!"}}
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