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* Bianca in ''[[Beverly Hills Teens]]'' does everything she can to be on top, and have her way. But always loses to Larke.

* Bart from ''[[The Simpsons]]'' is very much this.

** Bart's 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.

* Rainbow Dash from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' can slip into becoming a real attention horse at times, up to the point that in the episode "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2/E08 The Mysterious Mare Do Well|The Mysterious Mare Do Well]]", she puts people in danger by insisting on shouting her new catchphrase instead of saving them from accidents.