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Line 1: {{~~trope~~Just for Fun}} You're browsing around, and you find out about something that looks neat. A new TV show, a new movie, a new book, maybe a video game. You don't know anything about it, but it looks neat. Something about it jumps out at you. Could be the humor, could be the action, could be the eye-candy. So you decide to try it out. Line 9: {{examples}} == [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == * ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'': Come for the historical references, stay for the quirky characters and the [[Ho Yay]]. Come for the [[Ho Yay]], stay for [[Memetic Molester\|Russia]]. Line 71: Alternatively, come for Konata, stay for Kagami, Akira, and Misao (as well as the rest). * ''[[Macross Frontier]]'': Come out of a misguided loyalty to Robotech, stay for the epic soundtrack and frenetic space battling robots. * ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' is based upon this: come for the [[Token ~~Mini-Moe~~Loli]] of ''[[Triangle Heart 3 ～sweet songs forever～\|Triangle Heart 3 Sweet Songs Forever]]'' doing cute things (not to mention the [[Fan Service]]), stay for the deep plot, the well-developed world and technology, and [[Mix and Match\|a genre-blend]] you've never seen before. Look at the evolution of the logo, the music and the episodes; it starts like a typical [[Magical Girl]] series, but when [[Growing the Beard\|things get further]], it resembles a [[Humongous Mecha]] series progressively more and more. Of course, now the whole thing's been reversed... see Video Games below. In short, come for cute loli [[Magical Girl]], stay for the drama. And the fighting. And [[Memetic Mutation\|befrien]][[Defeat Means Friendship\|ding]]. Come for [[Badass Adorable\|Badass '''Adorable''']], stay for [[Badass Adorable\|'''Badass''' Adorable]]. Line 102: * ''[[Spice and Wolf]]'': Come for the [[Fan Service\|naked]] [[Petting Zoo People\|wolf-girl]], stay for the character interaction and the [[I Read It for the Articles\|economics lessons.]] * ''[[Strike Witches]]'' and ''[[Sky Girls]]'': Come for the fanservice, stay for the history jokes ([[Strike Witches]]), character development ([[Sky Girls]]), and dogfighting (both). * ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'': Come for the [[Reconstruction]]. [[Hot-Blooded\|Stay for the manliness]]. [[Rule of Cool\|And stay for the manliness]]. [[Mundane Made Awesome\|And stay for the manliness]]. [[The Grim Adventures of Billy ~~and~~& Mandy\|Destroy us all!]] [[Running Gag\|And stay for the manliness]]. Or, come for Kamina (or Yoko), stay for, well, whatever is up there. * Come for Kamina, stay for Simon. Line 112: ** ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)\|Yu-Gi-Oh]]:'' Come for the card games, stay for the card games. == [[Comic Books]] == == Comics ==▼ * ''[[Empowered]]'': Come for the [[Fan Service]] and comedy, stay for the intricately-weaved plot and well-written characters. * ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'': Come for the simple premise and video game references, stay for the surprisingly deep story that comes from it. Line 121 ⟶ 120: * ''[[The Sandman]]'': Come for the horror stories, stay for one of the best comic books that can be compared to a fantasy novel. * ''[[Cable and Deadpool]]'': Come for [[Deadpool]], stay for the complex plots, [[Cable and Deadpool/Ho Yay\|Ho Yay]], and interesting character developments. * [[Mad]]: Come for the TV and Movie parodies, stay for [[Spy vs. Spy]], [[Ask a Stupid Question\|Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions]], and so forth.▼ * [[Cracked.com]]: Come for the gut-busting "top five" lists, stay for the even more gut-busting fan poster contests.▼ == [[Fan Works]] ==▼ ▲== Fan Works == * ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion\|A Glass of Wine]]'': Come for the sex, stay for the heartwarming. * ''[[~~Necaberints~~ Phalanx (fanfic)\|Phalanx]]'' by necaberint: Come for the unique concept, stay for the [[Character Development]]. * ''[[Ah! My Goddess\|Scordatura]]'': Come for the [[Love Triangle]], stay for the humor and well, the [[Love Triangle]]. * ''[[Gears of War\|Snowblind]]'': Come for the concept, stay for the epicness. Line 138 ⟶ 134: * ''[[Undocumented Features]]'': Come for the storyline involving your favorite show/film/book. Stay for the freakin' Awesome it inevitably crosses over into. == [[Film]] == == Films -- Animation ==▼ * ''[[WALL-E]]'': Come for the impossibly adorable robots, stay for the [[WALL-E/Heartwarming\|heartstring-pulling]] love story. * ''[[Yellow Submarine]]'': Come for [[The Beatles (band)\|The Beatles]]' music, stay for the trippy animation. Line 150 ⟶ 145: * ''[[Fantasia]]'': Come for the dancing hippos and [[Mickey Mouse]] dressed as a wizard, stay for [[Fantasia/Nightmare Fuel\|Chernabog]]. * ''[[Despicable Me]]'': Come for the funny moments, a [[Harmless Villain]] and his adorable minions trying to conquer the world, stay for {{spoiler\|[[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming\|the story that leads to Gru's puppet book]]}}. ~~== Films -- Live-Action ==~~ * ''[[Stargate (film)\|Stargate]]'': Come for the [[Sci-Fi]], stay for the religious discussion. * ''[[The Princess Bride (film)\|The Princess Bride]]'': Come for the [[Fairy Tale]], stay for the quotables! Line 182 ⟶ 174: * ''[[Starship Troopers (film)\|Starship Troopers]]'': Come to watch [[Bug War\|guys shoot giant bugs]], stay for the hammy propaganda. "[[Memetic Mutation\|Would you like to know more?]]" == [[Literature]] ==▼ ▲== Literature == * ''[[The Bible]]'': Come for the [[Jesus]]; stay for the sixty-two other Books. ** Or sixty-nine other books, depending on your denomination. Line 196 ⟶ 187: * ''[[Charles and Emma]]'' is promoted under the blurb "Come for the science, stay for the love story." * ''[[Discworld]]'': Come for the [[Crowning Moment of Funny\|funny]], stay for the world-building. ''[[~~Discworld/The Science of Discworld\|~~The Science of Discworld]]'': Come for the ''[[Discworld]], stay for the [[Captain Obvious\|science]]. Alternately, come for the funny, stay for the unexpected wisdom and badass. ** Or, come for the funny, stay for the characters. Line 216 ⟶ 207: * In-universe in ''[[Satyricon]]'' by Gaius Petronius. ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/article_20464_5-words-you-use-every-day-with-shockingly-dark-backstories.html 5 Words You Use Every Day With Shockingly Dark Backstories] links the word "fornication" to prostitutes finding clients in bakeries. It gives ''Satyricon'' as an example, which "talks about bakers tricking clients into coming for the bread and staying 'thither for the base gratification of wantonness.'" == [[Live-Action TV]] == * ''[[Power Rangers]]'': Come for the action, stay for [[Live Action TV/Awesome Music\|Ron Wasserman]]. ** For both ''[[Power Rangers]]'' and ''[[Super Sentai]]'' come for the rangers, stay for the [[Combining Mecha]]. Line 289 ⟶ 280: * ''[[House (TV series)\|House]]'': Come for [[Hugh Laurie]], stay for the enthralling character subplots. The medicine's okay, I guess… == [[Music]] ==▼ ▲== Music == * ''[["Weird Al" Yankovic]]'': Come for the song parodies, stay for the well-written and hilarious original songs. ** Or come for a parody or two and stay for his vast amounts of ingenious parodies. Line 307 ⟶ 297: * [[Elton John]]: Come for the [[Making a Spectacle of Yourself\|goofy glasses]] and [[Costume Porn\|wacky costumes]] (at least until [[The Nineties]]), stay for the [[Crowning Music of Awesome\|catchy, diverse and well-written music]]. == Periodicals == ▲* ''[[Mad]]'': Come for the TV and Movie parodies, stay for [[Spy vs. Spy]], [[Ask a Stupid Question\|Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions]], and so forth. == ~~Pro~~[[Professional Wrestling]] == * [[ECW]]: Come for the [[Gorn\|bloodshed]] and [[Garbage Wrestler\|Garbage Wrestling]], stay for the incredibly well-done matches, surprisingly deep characterization, brilliant promos, and awesome commentary from [[Joey Styles]]. This is as opposed to the current [[World Wrestling Entertainment\|WWE]]-backed ECW [[Revival]], where you come for the name, and stay for Matt Striker's awesome commentary. * [[WCW]]: Come for the [[New World Order\|nWo]], stay for the cruiserweights. * [[TNA]]: Come for [[Kurt Angle]] and [[~~Wrestler/~~Sting (wrestling)\|Sting]], stay for the X-Division. == [[Tabletop Games]] ==▼ ▲== Sports == * [[Super Bowl]]: Come for the football, stay for the commercials (sometimes the main reason people are watching the Superbowl, except maybe hopes for another [[Wardrobe Malfunction]]).▼ ▲== Tabletop Games == * ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'': Come to build an army of [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink\|all different kinds of monsters and spells]], stay for the surprisingly in-depth and realistic color/alignment system. * ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'': Come to see what the fuss is about, stay for the adventures you will have and the stories you will share. Line 325 ⟶ 312: * ''[[Exalted]]'': Come because your D&D friend said it was worth a shot, stay for the ability to punch gods' faces in. == [[Theatre]] == ~~== Theater ==~~ * [[Cirque Du Soleil]]: Come for the surreal acrobatics, stay for the heartwarming characterizations, fantastic music, and some of the greatest [[Non-Ironic Clown\|non-ironic clowns]] in the world. * ''[[Miss Saigon]]'': Come for the helicopter, stay for the love story set against the Vietnam War. Line 332 ⟶ 318: * ''[[Les Misérables (theatre)\|Les Misérables]]'': Come for the ginormous barricade and/or well-known songs, stay for the epic story. == [[Video Games]] ==▼ * ''[[Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective~~\|Ghost Trick~~]]'': Come because it's the [[Spiritual Successor]] of ''[[Ace Attorney]]'', stay for the plot twists, smooth animation, plot twists, deep mysteries, plot twists, and [[Department of Redundancy Department\|plot twists]].▼ ▲== Video Games == ▲* ''[[Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective\|Ghost Trick]]'': Come because it's the [[Spiritual Successor]] of ''[[Ace Attorney]]'', stay for the plot twists, smooth animation, plot twists, deep mysteries, plot twists, and [[Department of Redundancy Department\|plot twists]]. * ''[[Gears of War]]'': Come for [[Impossibly Cool Weapon\|the rifle with a chainsaw for a bayonette]], stay for the tactical combat. * ''[[Halo (series)\|Halo]]'': Come for the tactical combat, stay for the plot and [[Halo (series)/Awesome Music\|the soundtrack.]] Line 409 ⟶ 394: * ''[[Suikoden]]'': Come for [[Lots and Lots of Characters\|the 108 characters from your party]], stay for the amazing political plots, fun gameplay and likable characters amongst the 108s. * Playing ''[[Mass Effect]]'' as a female Shepard: come for the [[Ho Yay\|lesbian alien sexual tension]], stay for [[Jennifer Hale]]'s voice acting. * ''[[Warcraft]]'' III: ~~come~~Come for the awesome gameplay and storyline, stay for [[Defense of the Ancients\|DOTA]]. * ''[[Civilization]]'': ~~come~~Come to win the games in different endings, stay for the leaders. * ''[[Goddess of Victory: Nikke]]'': Come for the [[Third-Person Seductress]]es and their entire bakeries, stay for a twisty, heartwrenching plot that hits you with a [[Player Punch]] for a [[First Episode Spoiler]] and doesn't let up. == [[Visual Novels]] ==▼ ▲== Visual Novels == * ''[[Ace Attorney]]'': Come for the [[Mundane Made Awesome\|ridiculous premise]], stay for the addictive mysteries, quirky characters, and [[World of Ham]]. * ''[[School Days]]'': Come for the many endings and adorable wooable characters, stay for the many [[Bad End]]s. Line 424 ⟶ 409: * ''[[Fate/stay night]]'': Come for the swords, stay for the [[Character Development]] and [[Determinator\|unbreakable]] main characters. ▲== [[Web Comics]] == == Web Comics ==▼ * ''Enjuhneer'' Come for the geek-college, stay for the increasingly in-depth characters. ** Also, come for the geeky-ness, stay for the geeky-ness Line 453 ⟶ 437: * ''[[Shiniez]]'': Come for the well-drawn fetish artwork, stay for the characterisation, story-telling and sense of humor. ▲== [[Web ~~Comics~~Original]] == ~~== Web Original ==~~ <!-- Commented out pending a reasonable conversion to ATT * ''[[TV Tropes]]'': Come for the laughs, stay for the [[Tropes Will Ruin Your Life\|crippling addiction!]] Line 497 ⟶ 480: * ''[[Marble Hornets]]'': come for [[Slender Man]], stay because [[Nightmare Fuel\|you're too afraid to move]]. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20111008114125/http://www.patheos.com/community/slacktivist The Slacktivist's blog]: Come for ''[[Left Behind]]'' getting [[MST\|ripped a new one]], stay for the political and philosophical posts. And ''[[Left Behind]]'' [[Snark Bait\|getting ripped a new one]]. ▲* [[Cracked.com]]: Come for the gut-busting "top five" lists, stay for the even more gut-busting fan poster contests. ▲== ~~Films --~~[[Western Animation]] == ~~== Western Animation ==~~ * ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': Come for the bending hijinks, stay for the sincere and unexpectedly wise writing. This troper found it to be "come for the bending hijinks, stay for the all-around awesomeness." Line 528 ⟶ 511: Come for the [[Watch It for the Meme\|Memes]], stay for the good animation, characters, and writing. * ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'': Come because you read Garfield as a kid, stay for the hilarious jokes and fourth wall breaking. == [[Real Life]] == ▲* [[Super Bowl]]: Come for the football, stay for the commercials (sometimes the main reason people are watching the Superbowl, except maybe hopes for another [[Wardrobe Malfunction]]). * College: Come for the additional education, stay for the shenanigans. ** For some, it's the other way around. Line 561 ⟶ 544: {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:This Trope Is X]] [[Category:Audience Reactions]] [[Category:Just for Fun]] ~~[[Category:Come for the X, Stay For the Y]]~~ [[Category:Example as a Thesis]]