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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''We're shameless, we will do anything''
''To get our fifteen minutes of fame''
''We have no integrity, we're ready to crawl''
''To attain celebrity, we'll do anything at all''
|'''[[Pet Shop Boys]]''', "Shameless"}}
Whatever the cost, these characters have to be the center of attention. They don't even care about embarrassing themselves. That would just get them more attention... [[No Such Thing as Bad Publicity|negative or positive]], as long as all eyes are on them.
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But isn't this page what they want? No, this page is telling you attention is all they want, and warning you that such people in [[Real Life]] are only out for themselves. They don't really care about any side, and if you think they do, you are actually giving them what they want.
Usually an attribute of the [[Alpha Bitch]]. A few [[Upper Class Twit
''
Compare [[Cam Whore]] and [[Drama Queen]]. Contrast [[Shrinking Violet]].▼
▲Contrast [[Shrinking Violet]].
▲[[No Real Life Examples, Please]] - you know someone like this. For the many minor celebs famous for being famous (for a very low value of 'famous') this trope is a mandatory job requirement as well as inevitable character trait.
{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Demegawa from ''[[Death Note]]''. It gets so bad that "Kira" {{spoiler|Teru Mikami (though Light Yagami approves of his new understudy's taste [[Strange Minds Think Alike|and timing]])}} winds up killing him. Considering he was [[The Scrappy]] who all sides of the [[Death Note]] fandom found annoying, his death was a massive relief.
** There's also Kiyomi Takada who loves to be the center of attention.
* Saki from ''[[To
* Sae from ''[[Peach Girl]]''. This is pretty much what drives her to do everything in her power to undermine Momo because she's jealous of Momo for gaining the attention of their sought after [[Bishonen]] classmates Kairi and Toji, and she wants to remain the most popular girl in school. In fact, she gets extremely nervous whenever it appears Momo is the focus of their classmates attention.
*
** Mr. Satan is a guy who does this the same way pro wrestlers do.
** Vegeta. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOn3MmbV_II As this clip illustrates], while most of the Z-Fighters are pulling their punches to avoid frightening the onlookers (and still scoring higher than any human could), Vegeta has to be a show-off, and hits the punching machine as hard as he can, breaking it.
* Kanon the [[Idol Singer]] from ''[[The World Only God Knows]]'' is a dramatic example of this who isn't in it for the attention in and of itself, [[Freudian Excuse|having spent much of her school life being completely ignored]], later finding fame and a sense of worth by joining an idol trio, then breaking out as a solo act.
* Asuka Langley Soryuu from ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''. This is eventually revealed to originate from deeply-ingrained insecurities caused by her mother's psychotic break and subsequent murder-suicide...with the doll she called "Asuka".
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* The Luchadora Castor, a.k.a. Rachel Stanley, in ''[[Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple]]'', absolutely ''must'' be the center of attention of all times. If someone is receiving more spotlight than her, no depth is too low to sink to in order to steal it back. She goes as far as to listen to ''[[Dirty Old Man|Ma Kensei's]]'' advice on what to do.
* Yukari-sensei (No, not [[Azumanga Daioh|that one]], though she might qualify too) from ''[[Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu]]'' is a big [[Bottle Fairy|drunken flirt]]. She'll often make outrageous statements to her class and express disappointment (read: throw a tantrum) if the class doesn't react as she likes or ignores her.
* Kyouka from ''[[Kyouran Kazoku Nikki]]'' who wants, no ''demands'', to be worshiped as a god.
* [[His and Her Circumstances|Yukino Miyazawa]], especially at the start of [[His and Her Circumstances]].
* One of the possible interpretations of Autor in ''[[Princess Tutu]]''. Although he comes across as a [[Loners Are Freaks|loner]], he sets up a dramatic meeting with Fakir and quickly offers him his knowledge of Drosselmeyer, seeming rather giddy about the chance to get to show off. On top of that, when he runs into Rue and is instantly attracted to her, he flirts with her by... talking about himself and how great he is. He even has several cameos showing him yelling at people in the library to be quiet, and quite possibly making even ''more'' noise than the offenders were. He seems to have an inferiority complex, which doesn't help.
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* Liliath from ''[[Kaze to Ki no Uta]]''.
* Mayu from ''[[Kaguyahime]]'' often pretends to be sick and faints on the spot to get attention.
* ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei]]'': Probably the motivation behind Nozomu's <s> attempts at suicide</s> every action. There's also Nami Hito, but her
* The [[Monster Clown|Millennium Earl]] in ''[[D.Gray-man]]''. In chapter 188, Road and Wisely are seen commenting on the Earl's need to always be the center of attention.
* Both Shiori Takatsuki and Kozue Kaoru of ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' have shades of this.
* Ryuumonbuchi Touka of ''[[Saki (manga)|Saki]]''.
* Ami from ''[[Toradora!]]'' is behaving like this for Ryuuji, at the beginning.
* Don Patch from ''[[
* [[Psycho Lesbian|Liang Qi]] of ''[[Canaan]]'' takes this to [[Yandere|disturbing]] [[Ax Crazy|levels]] to attract her [[Onee-Sama]] [[Dark Action Girl|Alphard]], up to wearing skimpy lingerie and literally throwing herself at her feet. Alphard however couldn't care less about her, so Liang Qi takes out her frustrations on her [[Beleaguered Assistant]] Cummings with an airsoft gun.
* [[Slam Dunk]]: Hanamichi Sakuragi's biggest flaw is this.
* Miu Matsuoka from ''[[Ichigo Mashimaro]]''.
* Haguro Dou from ''[[Wolf Guy Wolfen Crest]]'' wants main character Inugami Akira to pay attention to him on a ''[[Foe Yay|very]]'' ''[[Yandere|disturbing level]]''.
* ''[[Naruto]]'' starts out as one of these as a result of the [[All of the Other Reindeer|extreme social isolation]] he suffered from being the [[Sealed Inside a Person
* Mt. Lady from ''[[My Hero Academia]]''. Straight from her first appearance in Chapter 1, it's obvious she's a "media glutton" in this line of work for the attention.
** Also true for her rival Midnight, a heroine who actually tried to start a trend of heroines who were self-confident enough to flaunt their looks with her own skimpy outfit. Didn't work - the government ended up legislating heroine-decency laws!
* Mai Valentine, ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''. She doesn't even deny that she wears the corset and short skirt out of a desire to be the center of attention. Probably a holdover from when she was a "party pit dealer" at casinos.<ref>A "party pit dealer" is a female blackjack dealer who dresses like a showgirl, often employed (off the record, of course) with the intent to distract customers.</ref>
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]''.
** Elixir
** Also, the Mimic, from earlier in the X-Men. This is about 90% of his motivation for screwing around with the X-Men, showing off.
** Emma Frost. She wears those [[Stripperific|skimpy, slutty outfits]] on purpose. Although it's also partially for psychological warfare against men, as she has claimed.
** Wolverine. Right from his debut in ''The Incredible Hulk #181'', the man has been a show-off. To give one example, in one story, he's on a boat near Madripoor with a group of folks he's just met, and offers to get dinner; he dons his costume, dives overboard, finds a shark, wrestles it until its neck snaps, and then throws the carcass on the ship, telling them he hopes they like sushi.
* [[The Avengers| Janet van Dyne, aka the Wasp]]. The reason she has the most [[Unlimited Wardrobe]] in comic books is not only to show off her beauty, but also her wealth and skill as a fashion designer.
* One of the reasons why the Riddler from ''[[Batman]]'' does what he does.
* [[Booster Gold]], he often ruins covert hero operations by alerting his publicist to where he and the rest of the Justice league will be just so he can draw a crowd.
** Later subverted when Booster gets recruited by Rip Hunter as a guardian of the time stream. By this point Booster has become a competent, serious hero, but he has to maintain his public image as a screw-up attention whore to avoid getting killed in the crib.
== [[Film]] ==
* Darla from ''[[Cats Don't Dance]]''.
* Veruca Salt from ''[[Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory]]''.
* One of the villains of ''[[The Lives of Others]]'', having just declared that "there are only seven types of subversive artists", declares one of the main characters to be one of these. To curb his subversiveness, it's recommended that the government's spies gather enough information to prove he's guilty, then give him a perfectly fair trial so he can't grandstand and make himself into a martyr. If he's convicted, he should be sentenced to solitary confinement for months on end, and when he gets out, he'll never write anything again. (There are hints he's underestimating the artist in question, but it's never made entirely clear.)
* [[Russell Crowe|Sid]] in ''[[Virtuosity]]'' is one hell of a "virtual" attention whore.
* Dr. Frank N. Furter from ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' just loves to be the center of attention and [[Berserk Button|Lord help you if you steal his spotlight (even if by accident).]]
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== [[Literature]] ==
* [[Discworld]] played with this in the book ''[[
* The titular murder victim at center of James Ellroy's ''[[The Black Dahlia]]'' is characterized as the epitome of this trope (and pays the price for it).
* Carmelita Spats from ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]''. As well as Esmé Squalor and to some extent, Count Olaf. Naturally, Carmelita is adopted by Esme and Count Olaf in book eleven and thought of as "the daughter she never had".
* Gilderoy Lockhart from the ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' series. Even after {{spoiler|he accidentally erased his own memory with Ron's broken wand}} he still thinks people want his autograph. Why? "I suspect it is simply my good looks!"
** The Ministry of Magic also forces the newspapers to portray Harry as this after the events of ''[[
** The staff of the hospital seem to think Lockhart's penchant for autographs means he's recovering. That said, he's vaguely aware that some people think he's a big deal, he just has no idea why that might be. But he likes the attention (another good sign, according to the healers), so he doesn't really let it cost him any sleep.
* Joyce Reynolds from the [[Hercule Poirot]] novel ''Hallowe'en Party.''
* Lydia from ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]''.
** Mary as well, though she has more of an excuse. She's the least beautiful of the sisters, tries to be "accomplished" to make up for it, and thus never passes up an opportunity to show of her "accomplishments."
* ''[[The Idiot]]'': Ippolit Terentyev seems to be constantly seeking attention. Other characters think his main motivation is bitterness over the fact that other people can be happy while he's dying of tuberculosis. At one point, he interrupts a party in order to read aloud a letter he
* Misty Carpenter from ''[[The Identity Matrix]]'' is a ''literal'' attention whore: She's a prostitute who becomes a stripper to get more attention and an upgrade in her johns.
* The Vernicious Knids from ''[[Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator]]''. They are show offs who are proud of being able to shape their bodies so as to form words, even though the only word they know is "SCRAM". In fact, the reason Wonka and the Buckets escaped with their lives the first time they encountered them was because, as Charlie noted, they wasted time doing that rather than attack at once.
* Jenna Maroney of ''[[30
▲== [[Live Action TV]] ==
▲* Jenna Maroney of ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]'', due especially to her fear of becoming a [[White Dwarf Starlet]]. That [[Freudian Excuse]] makes her more sympathetic than most examples of this trope... but she still had this exchange:
{{quote|'''Liz''': You're so insecure you get jealous of babies for their soft skin!
'''Jenna''': ''And'' how much attention they get. }}
{{quote|'''Jenna''': Oh, no. Someone's going to get more attention than me.}}
{{quote|'''Jenna''': Oh, don't be so dramatic. That's my thing and if you take it away from me, I will kill myself [[Logic Bomb|and then you]].}}
* Jane on ''[[Coupling]]''. When viewed through "subtext vision", all her speech registers as "Let's all talk about ''me!''" Oliver even reasons that Jane says weird things just to seem provocative, and probably isn't even really bisexual, if she were to be completely honest with herself.
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* Stephen Colbert's character, Stephen Colbert, from the Colbert Report.
** Perfectly [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/167613/may-08-2008/r-i-p--albert-hoffman this clip where he trips on LSD] and becomes aware of his atttention-whoring ways.
* Both Nathan and Alisha from ''[[Misfits]]'' pretty much fit the bill, which is probably why they don't like each other much. Although Alisha at least seems to prefer positive attention, and she shamelessly flaunts her body, flirts and simulates sex on inanimate objects <ref>
** Alisha grows up ''a lot'' in season 2, and probably doesn't qualify as an
* Vince Noir of ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]'' has elements of this.
* Mahna Mahna from ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' is an example of this trope.
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* Michael Scott on ''[[The Office]]'':
** At Christmas, he insists on being Santa, even though there's already a Santa.
** At Phyllis and Bob's wedding, he tries to get into all the pictures and feels he needs to keep talking, even though he only has a minor role in the wedding.
** At the Dunder Mifflin shareholders' conference, he was only supposed to wave when he was introduced, but he insisted on giving his own version of a pep rally.
** When Dwight goes to the hospital for a possible concussion, Michael insists on talking about the burn on his foot and even goes so far as to try to stick his foot into the MRI machine when they're scanning Dwight's head.
** In every meeting he attends, he tries to be the center of attention.
** He comes up with "Scott's Tots" as a way to get attention by claiming he will pay for college for a bunch of kids, but then doesn't follow through. He did it all for the attention he got.
** He creates his own presentation to compete with the sensitivity training.
** The Dundies.
** When he is on board ship and no one is paying attention to him, he goes so far as to claim the ship is sinking!
* This type of character makes up the vast, ''vast'' majority of Rik Mayall's body of work. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3NiKO8hYBk This live appearance] at Comic Relief in the mid-'80s pretty much says it all.
* The Doctor of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' can drift into this at times. He rather likes to be admired and adored, and that's part of both his hero complex and the reason he has companions (besides the [[The Watson|many]], [[Morality Chain|many]] other things they do for him.) On the other hand, he does always leave before he can get credit for all the life and universe saving he does.
{{quote|'''Doctor''': I'm being extremely clever up here, and if there's no one to stand around and look impressed, what's the point of having you all?!}}
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* [[Sherlock]] also likes lots of attention, and in the first episode he clearly enjoys it when Watson tells him how fantastic his deduction are. Later he says of Moriarty that 'genius needs an audience', to which Watson gives a non-committal answer, because Sherlock likes an audience too.
== [[Music]] ==▼
▲== Music ==
* Subject of a song by That Handsome Devil, ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbENj2pN_mQ Powderbomb]'';
{{quote|''Guilt don't stop you anymore; Attention whore, attention whore''}}
* Deconstructed in "Save Me", by [[Poets of the Fall]]: the singer is developing self-destructive tendencies in his quest for attention. Lampshaded in the chorus:
{{quote|''Save me
''I'm my own worst enemy
''Running headlong to the wall
''{{'}}Cause I want my freebie.'' }}
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* Snoopy from ''[[Peanuts]]'' occasionally. Many jokes involve him over-dramatizing something - like putting on a top hat and cloak simply to come into the house when Charlie Brown invites him in - and Charlie Brown saying, "Why does he always make a big deal about everything?"
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* In ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' the drow, [[Depending on the Writer]], are a whole race of this and the reason the females tend to be [[Shameless Fanservice Girl]] types who wear [[Stripperiffic]] outfits and [[Chainmail Bikini]]. Being a [[Social Darwinist]] society [[A Nazi by Any Other Name|obsessed with perfection]], they love to show off their allegedly-perfect looks to allies and foes alike.
* In the ''[[Spelljammer]]'' setting, the Reigar are an entire race who always have to be the center of attention. Their bizarre, exotic clothing is designed in a way to accent - and often emphasize - their tattoos, body piercings, and hairstyles, and they're also surrounded by a magical aura of light, the color changing to match their emotions. (Like blue for depressed, red for angry, or yellow for happy.) When they have to fight, they use magical plate armor made of gleaming, colored metal, always use fancy weapons (often of the "Exotic" classification), and their fighting style can best be described as the most elaborate type of [[Dance Battler]]. Even their minions help make them stand out, their helots being golem-like constructs made of gem-like crystal with animal-themes, and [[Bodyguard Babes|the lakshu]] being [[Statuesque Stunner]] warrior-women who use lesser versions of the aforementioned plate armor and weapons. Such grandiose appearance and style is natural, given their reputation as a [[Mad Artist|race obsessed with achieving perfection in all forms of art.]]
== [[Theatre]] ==
* ''[[Cyrano De Bergerac]]'': Raguenau is one at Act II Scene IV, [[False Friend|Ragueneau’s friends, the poets, don’t make much of an attempt to conceal that they are there not to hear Ragueneau’s poetry, but to eat his pastries]]. But he is so charmed by the attention they give to him to care:
{{quote|'''Lise''' ''(entering, to Ragueneau):'' Here they come, your mud-bespattered friends!
'''First Poet''' ''(entering, to Ragueneau):'' Brother in art!...
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Narshen in ''[[Fire Emblem
* The third ''[[Phoenix Wright]]'' game features a character named [[Meaningful Name|Luke Atmey]]. Even better, his [[Leitmotif|theme song]] is titled ''"I Just Want Love..."'', and his Japanese name is ''Aiga Hoshiidake'' which translates to ''"I just want love"''.
* The [[King of All Cosmos]] qualifies. Also, the in-game profiles for a few of the [[Katamari Damacy|Royal Cousins]] label them this; mainly [[The Ace|Ace]], [[Everything's Better with Sparkles|Dipp]], [[Kawaiiko|Ichigo]] and [[Idol Singer|Peso]]. And considering the profiles are provided by the King himself...
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* Shadow Rise in ''[[Persona 4]]'' is a stripper who wants everyone to look at her and is willing to "bare it all" to ensure it. She represents hidden desires within the real Rise Kujikawa, who once was an [[Idol Singer]] and stopped doing to since she feared no one would see her as anything ''but'' that.
** Mitsuo is shown to be this, and is probably a bigger one than Rise {{spoiler|He kills Mr. Mooroka simply to get attention, and the times he shows up in town before then all his remarks are long-winded rants about what he thinks about this and that}}
* ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'':
** Johnny Cage; he's humbled a little in games where he's older, but is always Mr. Center of Attention.
** Kitana starts to show this in ''11''; while her costume shows a lot less skin than previous games, one of her Arcade Ladder entrances has her enter the arena in a fancy royal litter carried by four servants.
* The Scout of ''[[Team Fortress 2]]''. At least 5 of his lines are some form of "LOOK AT ME!".
* Captain Spark of Super [[Monday Night Combat]]. He perpetually narrates his own actions to draw attention to himself:
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* Count Zap from ''[[Mega Man Battle Network]]''. He wears clothes adorned with ''flashing lights'' so people can't help but see him, even in the dark.
* Asagi of the [[Disgaea]] series is a sympathetic example. She was supposed to be the star of her own game, Makai Wars, a follow up to [[Makai Kingdom]]. When it fell into [[Development Hell]], she was so distraught that she started showing up in ''other'' characters' games in an attempt to [[Medium Awareness|seize main character status for herself]]. By the fourth game, her desire is so great that it turns her into a [[Reality Warper]], and after joining the party one of her quotes is admitting that the despair has made her somewhat Bi-Polar.
* ''YOU'' are this if you play a MMORPG, and don't deny it. If you manage to unlock some cool new weapon, vehicle, armor set, or whatever, you're going to take it to the game's [[Hub Level]] just to show it off to everyone. Everyone does it.
* If you play an undead character in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', Sylvanus gives off this vibe in an early quest where you simply have to escort her from one Horde encampment to another, and she decides to tell you her life story on the way. Seeing as your character is just a newly-recruited Horde conscript at the time, this implies that the Banshee Queen ''really'' likes talking about herself.
* G, the true [[Final Boss]] of ''[[Street Fighter V]]'' claims to be President of the World, and as such, he seems to feel obligated to put on a great show for his "constituents". His appearance does tend to stand out, with his stovepipe hat and tailcoat without sleeves (showing off his huge, tattooed biceps) with a full beard and muttonchops, making him look like a cross between Abraham Lincoln and a pro wrestling champ. Every move he makes during a fight (even simply walking back and forth) is exaggerated with his dramatic posturing, with dance-like flamboyance and swaggering, often addressing the crowd [[Fourth Wall Observer| (and player)]] with a wave, a bow, or tip of his hat. Clearly, he wants everyone - heroes and villains alike, in-universe and out - to notice him. The strange part is, he's very closemouthed about his background and motives.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Union Jackie in ''[[Fans]]!'' hides a narcissistic, self-obsessed craving to be the centre of all attention beneath a bubbly, perky exterior and [[Fake Brit]] accent; when she learned that Will was interested in her, she loudly and publicly shot him down, going so far as to shamelessly flirt with another guy almost immediately afterwards. She was genuinely shocked when Will's friends told her that they didn't really like her that much as a result of this. Then, when it looked like Will had moved on and was attracted to someone else, she immediately launched a campaign to outshine her plainer rival and once more be the centre of his universe, shamelessly leading him on - this ''fails'', however, and Will ends up with the other girl. By the end of the first run of the strip, when it seems like her self-obsession has almost doomed humanity, she eventually resolves to change her ways.
** Mentioned in-continuity by said rival, in fact, when they faced down a horde of mechanical spiders that caused them all to be mentally consumed by their worst fears/personal versions of hell.
{{quote|'''Shana''': Jeezum, Crow, it really ''is'' all about you, isn't it? (As she was trying to snap Will out of his own fugue-state) }}
** Bonus points: This was the exact point Jackie started her campaign, and did it in a truly underhanded manner. She hypnotized him with certain triggers that were supposed to push him further towards her.
* [[Cosplay Otaku Girl|Cosplay Girl]] from ''[[
* Monique of ''[[Sinfest]]'' is prone to striking provocative poses while exclaiming "[http://www.sinfest.net/
{{quote|'''Porn-hating Girl''': (stunned) What was
'''Slicky''': ''Hurricane 'Nique''. The attention-sucking vortex of doom. }}
* Julia Greenhilt, from ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]''. Not only is she The [[Alpha Bitch]] of her school, but she absolutely needs to have attention focused on her, whether that means shaking her boobs or exploiting her familial ties to [[The Hero]]. Nale eventually calls her out on it when she assumes he killed the guard captain just to recapture her.
* Miriam of ''[[Out There]]'' is an unabashed attention whore. She is [http://outthere.keenspot.com/d/20071126.html completely aware of it], and often [http://outthere.keenspot.com/d/20100824.html refers to it self-deprecatingly]. At times she comments on how [http://outthere.keenspot.com/d/20100821.html shallow and ultimately unfulfilling it is], but [http://outthere.keenspot.com/d/20100825.html that doesn't mean she doesn't still ''really'' dig it].
*
* Avery in ''[[Ozy and Millie]]''.
* Miranda, Jade's sister, from [[PvP]] . To the point that she got upset when their father brought home a locket for Jade, and nothing for her. The kicker? It was Jade's Sweet Sixteen.
* Shelly of ''[[Wapsi Square]]'' was a bit like this before her first round of [[Character Development]]. While she was more subdued than some people on this page, [http://wapsisquare.com/comic/07282003/ this] exchange really sealed it:
{{quote|'''Monica:''' Geeze Shelley, there
'''Shelly:''' ...
'''Monica:''' Well?!
'''Shelly:''' Oh, I was waiting to hear what the difference was. }}
* ''Science and Ink'' has Attention-seeking [https://web.archive.org/web/20170624080615/http://www.lab-initio.com/animals_aliens.html aliens]. And [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight|very unlucky ones]]. "Just what the hell is on your TV that's so very special?"
== [[Web Original]] ==▼
▲== Web Original ==
* Being inspired by [[Daffy Duck]], [[The Nostalgia Critic]] is like this at times, as are the rest of his [[Channel Awesome]] co-stars.
* Internet [[Troll
* Every [[Resident Freak]] you ever tried to offend.
* On ''[[Agents of Cracked]]'' at [[Cracked.com]], Swaim's character is so frustrated that Dan is getting more attention than him that he threatens to ''bomb the White House''. Watch it
* [[Psycho Ex-Girlfriend|Shan]][[Yandere|non]] from ''[[Echo Chamber]]''.
{{quote|"Can you believe him? I can't believe Tom is still doing his stupid little show with that... fat boy and that... ugly chick! Just thinking about it makes me wanna barf! Tom, why aren't you spending that time with ''me''?"}}
* The "Annoying Facebook Girl" meme takes this quite literally, and is often used to make fun of people who post attention whore comments on Facebook, among other things.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Michelangelo from the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 series)|
* Eddy from ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]''. {{spoiler| He has a [[Freudian Excuse]] though, as explained in [[The Movie]]}}.
* Angelica from ''[[Rugrats]]''.
* Bloo from ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'', with many storylines resulting from Bloo getting jealous of the attention received by other characters, then doing something [[Jerkass]]-ish in response. Several parts of his dialogue imply that [[Freudian Excuse|his greatest fear is not being loved by anyone]], a fear which Mac is shown to share sometimes. He probably even created Bloo for the sole purpose of having that NOT happen to him. Of course, Bloo's tries to get the others to like him backfire more than just frequently.
* Most of the ''[[Drawn Together]]'' housemates fit this trope, but Toot Braunstein is far and away the worst of the bunch.
* Chris from ''[[Total Drama Island]]''
{{quote|'''Chris:''' (to the campers who are all staring dreamily at Justin) Hey! Stop looking at the gorgeous man-candy! Focus on more on ''[[It's All About Me|me]]!'' }}
* Stewie and Peter on ''[[Family Guy]]'', to hilarious extremes. Meg qualifies as a more desperate and lonely version of this, though she's always played as the [[Butt Monkey]].
* A possible tragic example of this trope is Clay Puppington, the self-centered father of ''[[Moral Orel]].'' This is especially apparent in the third season episode where we see his past. {{spoiler|He thought himself the center of his mother's world, and was distraught when he learned he had several older siblings who were miscarried due to his mother's blithe ignorance of proper activities to do while pregnant (knitting: yes. going on roller coasters and trampolines: no). This caused the accidental death of his mother when he pretended to have died and gave her a heart attack. When his father ignored him after this, he deliberately and repeatedly goaded the man into hitting him, and now with his own son associates beatings with affection.}}
* Bender of ''[[Futurama]]'' pulls stunts all the time so that people will pay attention to him. The biggest probably being when he got a slave population to build a towering statue of him that said "Remember Me!" and then shot fire from its eyes.
{{quote|"Hey! Look at my head! Look at my head! Look at my head!"}}
* Kuzco from the ''[[The Emperor's New Groove|The Emperor's New Groove/School]]'' series. Even after his [[Character Development]] at the end of the movie, he still acts like a attention-loving jerk.
* This has become something of an [[Animal Stereotype]] for ducks.
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** [[Tiny Toon Adventures|Plucky Duck]]
** [[Darkwing Duck]].
** [[Donald Duck]] and his girlfriend, Daisy.
** Oddly enough, there's a level of [[Truth in Television]] to this, because this is how ducks actually behave. They're one of the few types of animals to walk right up to people without a hint of apprehension. They are noisy and always try to out-noise other ducks (and people). And when there are ducklings, the mother will parade them around everywhere.
* Ty Lee from ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', with a [[Freudian Excuse]]: She is from a very large family and will do anything to make herself stand out from her many look-alike sisters.
** Aang too, sometimes. Though he really just naturally finds himself at the center of attention, being [[The Chosen One|the Avatar]] and all, and likes it there. Especially when it comes to [[Ship Tease|Katara.]]
{{quote|Hey Katara, look what I just learned to do with earthbending!}}
* ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine
* Eric Cartman of ''[[South Park]]''.
* Bill Dauterive in ''[[King of the Hill]]'' is this when wanting to have someone to interact with.
* Bianca in ''[[Beverly Hills Teens]]'' does everything she can to be on top, and have her way. But always loses to Larke.
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** Bart is very much this. His attention-seeking behavior is emphasized heavily in "Treehouse of Horror II" (non-canon, but still pretty accurate):
{{quote|'''Dr. J. Loren Pryor:''' The way I see it, Bart, you crave attention. Am I right?
'''Bart:''' Hell, yes!
'''Pryor:''' The problem is, you don't care whether it's ''good'' attention, like getting good grades in school, or ''bad'' attention, like, oh say, turning your father into a jack-in-the-box.}}
:* In "Treehouse of Horror VI", specifically "Attack of the 50-Foot Eyesores", the ad company executive claims this is true of the giant advertising mascots and advertisements in general, and that they need attention to live; if people stop paying attention to them, they lose their power and die. (And indeed, isn't that exactly how advertising works?) Of course, it's hard for the townsfolk not to give attention to a group of monsters destroying the city, but Lisa and [[Paul Anka]] are able to convince everyone to ignore them.
* Allen in ''[[Allen Gregory]]'' is this in full spades. Everything he does always has to drawn attention to himself and everything has to be about him (he is only 7 years old!) His father, Richard, is even worse; if the attention isn't focused on him, he will ''make'' it be on him, regardless who it affects.
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'':
** Rainbow Dash
** Rarity spent pretty much all of the episode "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1
* Quinn in ''[[Daria]]'' seems to enjoy being the center of attention a little too much.
* The Equalist promoter in ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'' is said to be one, according to the official website.
* [[Catwoman]] in ''[[Harley Quinn (TV series)|Harley Quinn]]'' is depicted as a gloryhound who often steals things as a jest just to prove she can, such as in her first appearance on the show where she takes Poison Ivy's jacket and puts in on before Ivy even notices.
* ''[[Darkwing Duck (animation)|Darkwing Duck]]'', inaddition to the hero himself (as noted above), the villain Cementhead. The reason he has for going [[Mr. Exposition]] and relating his origin to Gosalyn is, as he admits, he loves talking about himself.
* Titania in ''[[Gargoyles]]''. Why does the Queen of the Fairies seem to have no dignity at all, with her [[Stripperiffic]] outfit with [[Bare Your Midriff|exposed midriff]] and [[Underboobs]]? According to [[Word of God]], "She got it, she flaunt it."
* [[Big Bad|Gaston]] from ''[[Beauty and The Beast]]''. Being a vain [[Narcissist]] is not an uncommon trait for a [[Disney]] villain, but it seems literally ''everything'' this man does is for public approval and validation; in fact, his entire motivation is getting everyone to adore him.
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