Come for the X, Stay for the Y: Difference between revisions

{{tropeJust for Fun}}

This is an example of [[Come Forfor Thethe X, Stay Forfor Thethe Y]]. You originally start to get into something for reason X, but in the end, it's reason Y that causes you to get hooked and stick around.

See also [[HelloSex BoysSells]], which is the sub-trope of this. [[Watch It for Thethe Meme]] may lead to this. Compare [[I Read It for Thethe Articles]] and contrast [[Just Here for Godzilla]].

== [[Anime]] &and [[Manga]] ==

* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|Axis Powers Hetalia]]'': Come for the historical references, stay for the quirky characters and the [[Ho Yay]].

* ''[[Agent Aika (Anime)|Agent Aika]]'': Come for the fight scenes, stay for the [[Panty Shot|panty shots]].

* ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano!]]'': Come for the levels of gore on par with a [[Quentin Tarantino (Creator)|Quentin Tarantino]] movie, stay for [[Superlative Dubbing|the best English dub since]] ''[[Cowboy Bebop (Anime)|Cowboy Bebop]]''.

* ''[[Basilisk (Manga)|Basilisk]]'': Come for the ninja fights, stay for the touching drama.

* ''[[Beck (Mangamanga)|BECK Mongolian Chop Squad]]'': Come for the awesome [[Woolseyism|dubbed music]], stay for the best [[Slice of Life]] this side of ''[[The Wonder Years]]''.

* ''[[Berserk (Manga)|Berserk]]'': Come for Guts being a [[Badass]], stay for the compelling, human story and character development.

* ''[[Black Lagoon (Manga)|Black Lagoon]]'': Come for the over-the-top Tarantino action, stay for the surprisingly deep philosophizing. Seriously, name me one other action anime where they quote Nietzsche and Jean-Paul Sartre.

** ''[[Ergo Proxy (Anime)|Ergo Proxy]]''?

* ''[[Bleach (Manga)|Bleach]]'': Come for the spinning leeks, stay for the sword fights.

* ''[[Brigadoon Marin and Melan (Anime)|Brigadoon Marin and Melan]]:'' Come for the robot battles, stay for the heart-wringing drama. Or, come for the [[Slice of Life]], stay for the epic science fiction adventure.

* ''[[Candy Boy (Anime)|Candy Boy]]'': Come for the hope of some [[Twincest]] [[Yuri]], stay for a surprisingly sweet show about sisters, with some real heartwarming moments.

* ''[[Chu-Bra (Manga)|Chu-Bra]]'': Come for the [[Fan Service]], stay for the character relationships and your brand new understanding of what middle-school girls go through.

* ''[[Code Geass (Anime)|Code Geass]]'': Come for the mecha and [[World of Ham]] (and glorious Fanservice), stay for MORE ham and the resident [[Magnificent Bastard]]'s epic tactical [[Xanatos Gambit|Xanatos Gambits]]s while observing the fairly realistic feudal and social politics. And for why this show has a [[Broken Base]] nearly as epic.

* ''[[Cowboy Bebop (Anime)|Cowboy Bebop]]'':

* ''[[Darker Than Black (Anime)|Darker Thanthan Black]]'': Come for the vicious subversion of everything that makes the superhero genre what it is, stay for the surprisingly sympathetic characters and [[Yoko Kanno]] [[Crowning Music of Awesome|soundtrack]].

* ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'': Come for the [[Mundane Made Awesome|potato chips]], stay for the [[Magnificent Bastard|Magnificent Bastards]]s.

** For this one, it was Come for the [[Xanatos Gambit]], stay for the ''multiple'' [[Gambit Roulette|Gambit Roulettes]]s and the [[Gambit Pileup]].

*** Admit it: ''Somebody'' came for the [[Foe Yay]] and stayed because [[Xanatos Planned This Index|you had to.]] <ref> Or vice versa...</ref>

** Or, come for the Shinigami, stay for the [[Gambit Roulette|Gambit Roulettes]]s... [[Affably Evil|and]] [[Sociopathic Hero|Kira]].

* ''[[Digimon Adventure (Anime)|Digimon Adventure]]'': Come for the [[Attack of the Fifty 50-Foot Whatever|giant fighting monsters,]] stay for the very compelling and [[Character Development|constantly evolving]] characters, well written plots and the awesome soundtrack.

* ''[[Elfen Lied (Manga)|Elfen Lied]]'': Come for the [[Gorn]] and [[Fan Service]], stay for the [[The Woobie|sympathetic]] and wonderfully human characters and ''[[Elfen Lied (Manga)/Tear Jerker|heart-wrenchingly]]'' tragic story.

* ''[[Eureka Seven (Anime)|Eureka Seven]]'': Come for the [[Humongous Mecha]] on surfboards, stay for the awesome story line and catchy music.

* ''[[Fairy Tail (Manga)|Fairy Tail]]'': Come for the Fanservice and Badass magic, stay for the Nakama and other Heartwarming moments.

* ''[[Fist of the North Star (Manga)|Fist of the North Star]]'': Come for the [[Badass]] protagonist and his way of making foes [[You Are Already Dead|already dead]], stay for the [[Manly Tears]].

* ''[[FLCL (Anime)|FLCL]]'': Come for the Gainax [[Mind Screw]] and [[Freud Was Right|endless sexual symbolism]], stay for <s>the actually complex and interesting characters</s> [[Crazy Awesome|Haruko]].

* ''[[Franken Fran (Manga)|Franken Fran]]'': Come for the implied yuri and fanservice, stay for the over the top [[Body Horror]] and black comedy.

* ''[[Gakuen Heaven (Visual Novel)|Gakuen Heaven]]'': come for the actual [[Ho Yay]], stay for the well-rounded characters and the [[Childhood Marriage Promise|overdose]] of cute. Also, the catchy theme-tune and the decent animation.

* ''[[Get Backers (Manga)|Get BackersGetBackers]]'': Come for <s>Juubei</s> the [[Ho Yay]] and [[Fan Service]], stay for the surprisingly intricate plot.

* ''[[Grenadier (Anime)|Grenadier]]'': Come for the [[Fan Service]] and stay for the action and [[Improbable Aiming Skills]].

* ''[[Gun X Sword (Anime)|Gun X Sword]]'': Come for the mid-air [[Humongous Mecha|mecha swordfights]], stay for the characters, the quirky sense of humor, and the tight, fast-paced plotting of the last 15 episodes.

* ''[[Gunslinger Girl (Manga)|Gunslinger Girl]]'': Come for [[Badass Adorable|little girls kicking ass]], stay for the touching and well-executed drama centered around the girls and the political subplots.

* ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' - Come for the [[Dancing Theme]] and [[Memetic Mutation|smoked cheese]], stay for the engaging story and complex characters.

* ''[[Hajime no Ippo (Manga)|Hajime no Ippo]]:'' Come for the boxing, stay for the [[Character Development|personality growth]].

* ''[[Hellsing (Manga)|Hellsing]]'': Come for the OTT violence, stay for the awesome plot.

* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Higurashi no Naku Koro Nini]]'': Come for the "killer lolis" and horror, stay for the [[Bad End|depressing]] [[Downer Ending|storyline]], [[True Companions]] and [[Hot-Blooded|willingness to stop]] the [[Groundhog Day Loop|everlasting June]]... Also, the [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship|yuri]]-[[Fan Service Withwith a Smile|filled]] [[Innocent Fanservice Girl|official art]].

** Also, the numerous [[Image Song|Image Songs]]s and [[The Power of Friendship]].

* ''[[Jo JoJoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'': Come for the [[Kiai|"Ora Ora"]] and [[Car Fu|steamrollers]], stay for the epic battles of wits.

* ''[[K-On! (Manga)|K-On!]]'': Come for the guitar play, stay for the [[Slice of Life|slice-of-life]] [[Moe]].

* ''[[Kamen no Maid Guy (Manga)|Kamen no Maid Guy]]'': Come for Naeka's boobs, stay for Kogarashi's [[Crazy Awesome|Crazy Awesomeness]]ness... and [[Action Girl]] [[Meido]] Fubuki.

* ''[[Kanokon (Light Novel)|Kanokon]]'': Come for the fanservice, stay to see if it'll accept it is softcore porn and show some nipple.

* ''[[KaranoKara Kyoukai (Light Novel)|Karanono Kyoukai:]]'': Come for the ''[[Tsukihime (Visual Novel)|Tsukihime]]'' tie-in, stay for the eye bleeding visual quality, deep character relations, and [[Yuki Kajiura]] [[Crowning Music of Awesome|soundtrack]].

* ''[[Kiddy Grade (Anime)|Kiddy Grade]]'': Come for the fanservice (and some hints of [[Ho Yay]]), stay for the philosophical thoughts and [[Heartwarming Moments]].

* ''[[Lucky Star (Manga)|Lucky Star]]''. Come for the Haruhi references, stay for the lovable characters.

* ''[[Macross Frontier (Anime)|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-MoeLoli]] of ''[[Triangle Heart 3 ～sweet songs forever～ (Video Game)|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.

** Come for [[Badass Adorable|Badass]] '''[[Badass Adorable|Adorable]]''']], stay for [[Badass Adorable|'''[[Badass]]''' [[Badass Adorable|Adorable]].

** The vast amount of cute females, lack of males, and [[Ho Yay|lesbian subtext]] can make you stay too.

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima (Manga)|Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' Come for the [[Fan Service]] from ''[[Love Hina (Manga)|Love Hina]]'' [[Expy|Expys]]s, stay for the humor and ([[Rule of Cool|epic]]) [[ShonenShōnen Demographicmanga]] action.

* ''[[Mai-HiME (Anime)|MaiMy-HiME]]'': Come for the fanservice and [[Fan-Preferred Couple|lesbians]] that the fanbase always seems to talk about, stay for the fanservice, humor, and characterization.

* ''[[Mirai Nikki (Manga)|Mirai Nikki]]'': Come for [[Yandere|Yuno]], stay for the developing relationship between her and Yukiteru.

* ''[[My Balls (Manga)|My Balls]]'': Come for the hentai, stay for the comedy.

* ''[[My Lovely Ghost Kana (Manga)|My Lovely Ghost Kana]]'': Come for the hentai, stay for the heartwarming.

* ''[[Nana to Kaoru (Manga)|Nana to Kaoru]]'': Come for BDSM, stay for character development.

* ''[[Naruto (Manga)|Naruto]]'': Come for the [[Ninja|ninjasninja]]s, stay for the [[Fan Dumb]].

* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'': Come for the [[Innocent Fanservice Girl|naked]] [[Moe]] girl, stay for the [[Deconstruction]] of just about every previous anime genre. [[Misaimed Fandom|And to watch the director cry himself to sleep when you find Rei attractive.]]

** Better yet, come for the [[Giant Mecha]] badassery, stay for the intense psychological drama. Or vice-versa.

* ''[[Ouran High School Host Club (Manga)|Ouran High School Host Club]]'': Come for the humor, stay for the character development.

* ''[[Potemayo (Anime)|Potemayo]]'': Come for the [[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Chiyo-chan]]-level [[Kawaisa|cute]], stay for the many varied styles of humour and high weirdness.

* ''[[Princess Tutu (Anime)|Princess Tutu]]'': Come for the ridiculous premise and [[Magical Girl]], stay for the deep characters, original plot, and affecting story.

* ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Anime)|Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'': Come for the [[Puni Plush|ador]][[Moe|able]] [[Magical Girl|Magical Girls]]s, stay for the [[Deconstruction|storyline]], the [[Design Student's Orgasm|art direction]], and [[Yuki Kajiura|the]] [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Anime)/Awesome Music|music]].

* ''[[Queens Blade (Anime)|QueensQueen's Blade]]'': Come for the [[Fan Service]] [[Panty Fighter|concentrating on warrior women]], stay for the [[Growing the Beard|interesting story line and intriguing characters]]. And of course more [[Fan Service]].

* ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena (Anime)|Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'': Come for the [[Revolutionary Girl Utena (Anime)/Ho Yay|Les Yay]], stay for the complex character relationships and the [[Mind Screw]].

* ''[[Rosario to Vampire (Manga)|Rosario to+ Vampire]]'': Come for the [[Cute Monster Girl|cute monster girls]], stay for the [[Growing the Beard|awesome fights]].

* ''[[Rozen Maiden]]'': Come for the [[Memetic Mutation|Desu]], stay for the well developed cast of endearingly quirky characters. And [[Watch It for Thethe Meme|moar Desu]].

* ''[[Saikano (Manga)|Saikano]]'': Come for the lolicon, stay for the heartbreaking storyline, awesome fight scenes and gut-wrenching transformations.

* ''[[Saint Seiya (Manga)|Saint Seiya]]'': Come for the [[Cast Full of Pretty Boys]] and the [[Ho Yay]], stay for the epic characters, the [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|ridiculously far-fetched and fabulous plot]], the battles, the [[Tear Jerker|surprisingly emotive moments]] and the [[Crowning Music of Awesome|awesome music]] (amongst other things.)

* ''[[Sekirei (Manga)|Sekirei]]'': Come for the boobies, stay for the characters.

* ''[[Simoun (Anime)|Simoun]]''. Come for the [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]], stop laughing for the music, stay for the war story and character drama.

* ''[[Spice and Wolf (Light Novel)|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 Thethe Articles|economics lessons.]]

* ''[[Strike Witches (Anime)|Strike Witches]]'' and ''[[Sky Girls (Anime)|Sky Girls]]'': Come for the fanservice, stay for the history jokes ([[Strike Witches]]), character development ([[Sky Girls]]), and dogfighting (both).

* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Anime)|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 (Animation)|Destroy us all!]] [[Running Gag|And stay for the manliness]].

* ''[[Venus Versus Virus (Manga)|Venus Versus Virus]]'': Come for the [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship|yuri subtext]], stay for the action and... more yuri subtext.

* ''[[Witchblade (Animeanime)|Witchblade]]'': Come for the [[Fan Service]] and asskicking scenes, stay for the [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|heartwarming moments]] and [[Crowning Moment of Funny|comedy]], topped with [[An Aesop|aesops about the positive effects of the love between mother and children]]

* ''[[Yami no Matsuei (Manga)|Yami no Matsuei]]'': Come for the supernatural detectives, stay for the character development and handsome death gods.

* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5 Ds (Anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh 5 Ds5D's]]'': Come for the crazy concept of card games on motorbikes, stay for the kickass plot and [[Cast Full of Pretty Boys]].

** ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (Animeanime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]:'' Come for the card games, stay for the card games.

* ''[[EmpoweredScott (Comic Book)|EmpoweredPilgrim]]'': Come for the [[Fansimple Service]]premise and comedyvideo game references, stay for the intricately-weavedsurprisingly plotdeep andstory that comes well-writtenfrom charactersit.

* ''[[Scott PilgrimWatchmen (Comic Bookcomics)|Scott PilgrimWatchmen]]'': Come for theanother simplenice premise[[Alan and videoMoore]] gamecomic referencesbook, stay for the[[Crowning surprisinglyMoment deepof storyAwesome|Watch]][[Deconstructor that comes from it.Fleet|men]]

** Come for the [[Sarcasm Mode|amazing]] [[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Filmfilm)|movie]], stay for the real deal.

* ''[[The Sandman (Comic Book)|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 (Comic Book)|Cable and Deadpool]]'': Come for [[Deadpool]], stay for the complex plots, [[Cable and Deadpool (Comic Book)/Ho Yay|Ho Yay]], and interesting character developments.

== Fan Works[[Film]] ==

* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)|A Glass of WineWALL-E]]'': Come for the seximpossibly adorable robots, stay for the heartwarming[[WALL-E/Heartwarming|heartstring-pulling]] love story.

* ''[[NecaberintsYellow Phalanx (Fanfic)|PhalanxSubmarine]]'': Come for the[[The uniqueBeatles (band)|The Beatles]]' conceptmusic, stay for the [[Charactertrippy Development]]animation.

* ''[[Ah!The My Goddess (Manga)|ScordaturaIncredibles]]'': Come for the [[Love TriangleDeconstruction]], stay for the humoraction and well, the [[Love Triangle]]plot.

* ''[[Toy Story (Animationfranchise)|Toy Story]]'': Come for the groundbreaking CGI, stay for the heartwarming and funny plot.

* ''[[Cloudy Withwith a Chance of Meatballs]]'': Come for the two [[Mr. T|memelious]] [[Bruce Campbell|actors]], or because you read the book as a kid, or for the 3D, stay for the plot, [[Crowning Moment of Funny|the humour]], and the hot nerds.

* ''[[The Princess and The Frog (Disney)|The Princess and Thethe Frog]]'': Come for the 2D animation and [[Nightmare Fuel|nightmare fuel-erific]] villain, stay for the characters, the romance actually acted more realistic than the average [[Disney Princess]] one, the music, the story and {{spoiler|well, let's just say they were following [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Linkara's]] advice with this movie.}}

* ''[[Fantasia (Disney)|Fantasia]]'': Come for the dancing hippos and [[Mickey Mouse]] dressed as a wizard, stay for [[Fantasia (Disney)/Nightmare Fuel|Chernabog]].

* ''[[Despicable Me (Film)|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]]}}.

* ''[[StargateA (Film)|StargateHard Day's Night]]'': Come for the [[Sci-FiThe Beatles (band)|The Beatles]]' music, stay for the religiouswitty dialogue and humorous discussioncharacterizations.

** Also ''[[Across the Universe (Filmfilm)|Across the Universe]]''. Come for the music, stay for the clever story, interesting directing, and solid acting.

* ''[[Repo! the Genetic Opera (Film)|Repo theThe Genetic Opera]]'': Come for the name(s) you recognize, stay for the music.

* ''[[300 (Film)|Three Hundred]]'': [[Punctuated! forFor! Emphasis!|Come! For! The! YELLING!!!]], stay for the action and heroics.

* ''[[The Matrix (Film)|The Matrix]]'': Come for the action, stay for the mountain of symbolism.

* ''[[Inglourious Basterds (Film)|Inglourious Basterds]]'': Come for the promised [[Acceptable Targets|revenge on the]] [[Those Wacky Nazis|Nazis]], stay for the rivetingly dialogue-based plot and copious amounts of [[Fetish Fuel]].

* ''[[Avatar (Filmfilm)|Avatar]]'': Come for [[James Cameron]], stay for the special effects. There's not much of a plot to stay for anyway.

* ''[[Hairspray]]'': Come for the lively music and plucky, sweet heroine, stay for <s>the uplifting social commentary</s> [[John Travolta (Creator)]] cross dressing in a fat suit.

* ''[[Annie Hall (Film)|Annie Hall]]'': Come for the [[Woody Allen]]/Diane Keaton element, stay (if you're reluctant about Woody Allen films) for the bittersweet romantic elements.

* The ''[[Harry Potter (Filmfilm)|Harry Potter]]'' movies. Come to see live action put into the plot... and stay for the actors.

* ''[[Inception (Film)|Inception]]'': Come for the visual spectacle and the [[All-Star Cast]], stay for the [[Mind Screw]].

* The ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Filmfilm)|Lord of the Rings]]'' films. Come because you read [[The Lord of the Rings (Literature)|the books]] they were based on, stay because they're ''epic.''

* ''[[Sucker Punch (Film)|Sucker Punch]]'': Come for the [[Fetish Fuel]] and epic special effects, stay for the deconstruction and epic fantasy plot.

* ''[[Black Swan (Film)|Black Swan]]'': Come for the lesbian sex scene, stay for the ABSOLUTE BATSHIT INSANITY!!!!!

* ''[[Real Steel (Film)|Real Steel]]'': Come for the giant robots fights (both in size of the fights and the fighters) stay for the story of Father and Son bonding.

* ''[[Starship Troopers (Filmfilm)|Starship Troopers]]'': Come to watch [[Bug War|guy'sguys shoot giant bugs]], stay for the hammy propaganda. "[[Memetic Mutation|Would you like to know more?]]"

* ''[[Henry V (Theatre)|Henry V]]'': Come for the fun times with the lovable rogue Prince Hal, stay for the drama.

* ''[[Animorphs (Literature)|Animorphs]]'': Come for the [[Animorphism|teens turning into animals,]] stay for the human drama.

* ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Literature)|The Lord of the Rings]]'': Come because you heard that all those fantasy books you love were inspired by it, stay because it's epic.

* ''[[Harry Potter (Literaturenovel)|Harry Potter]]'': Come for the [[Changeling Fantasy|wish-fulfillment fantasy,]] stay for the human drama and to find out [[The Verse|all the details]] of the deeply-plotted [[Backstory]].

* ''[[1632]]'' by Eric Flint (and several other people): Come for the [[Fish Out of Temporal Water|crazy premise]] -- the—the town of Grantville is suddenly teleported from West Virginia in 2000 to Germany in 1632, and decides to start the American Revolution a few yearsdecades early; stay for cool characters and ''[[Shown Their Work|insanely]]'' [[Shown Their Work|detailed research]] on every imaginable subject, from "Where in the world can you mine zinc?" to "What did the Pope really think about Galileo?"

* ''[[Kushiel's Legacy (Literature)|Kushiels Legacy]]'': Come for the BDSM porn, stay for the political subterfuge.

* ''[[Discworld (Literature)|Discworld]]'': Come for the [[Crowning Moment of Funny|funny]], stay for the world-building.

** ''[[Discworld (Literature)/The Science of Discworld|The Science of Discworld]]'': Come for the ''[[Discworld (Literature)|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.

* ''[[The Dresden Files (Literature)|The Dresden Files]]'': Come for the urban fantasy, stay for the [[First-Person Smartass]] main character and [[Serial Escalation|increasingly cool]] plotlines.

* ''[[Wuthering Heights (Literaturenovel)|Wuthering Heights]]'': Come for the romance and/or [[Say My Name|name]] [[Watch It for Thethe Meme|calling]], stay for the dark, absorbing story and interesting -- [[Jerkass|if amoral]] -- protagonists.

* ''[[Anna Karenina (Literature)|Anna Karenina]]'': Come for the [[It Was His Sled|train]], stay for the well-drawn characters, history lesson and love story.

* ''The [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe]] [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'': come for the [[Ho Yay]], stay for the [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made Onon Drugs?|crack]]!<ref>''And'' the [[Ho Yay]], too...</ref>

* ''[[Honor Harrington (Literature)|Honor Harrington]]'': Come for the [[Badass]] main character, stay for the [[Badass]] side characters. ''[[Loads and Loads of Characters|All]]'' of them.

* ''[[Heralds of Valdemar]]'': Come for the [[Cool Horse|Cool Horses]]s, stay for - everything else. But especially the love stories. Or, y'know, the plot and stuff. Whatever.

* ''[[Codex Alera (Literature)|Codex Alera]]'': Come for the [[World of Badass]] and [[Crazy Awesome]] [[Guile Hero]], stay for the deep and complex characters, well-plotted story, and the fact that you ''still'' [[Underestimating Badassery|underestimated]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|the amounts of badassery involved]].

* ''[[Dracula (Literaturenovel)|Dracula]]'': Come to see [[Adaptation Overdosed|what all the fuss was about]], stay because, contrary to [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny|your]] [[Ink Stain Adaptation|expectations]], [[Nightmare Fuel|you're too freaked out not to]].

* ''[[Abarat (Literature)|Abarat]]'': Come to see [[ShmuckSchmuck Bait|if Clive Barker can pull off YA fiction]]. Stay because [[Clive Barker]] ''can'' pull off YA fiction!

* ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]](2004 TV series)|''Battlestar Galactica'' 2004]]: Come for the [[Sci-Fi]], stay for the political drama.

* ''[[Friends (TV)|Friends]]'': Come for [[Sit ComSitcom|the humor]], stay for the [[Love Dodecahedron]]!

* ''[[Friday Night Lights (TV series)|Friday Night Lights]]'': Come for the football, stay for the human drama. Interestingly enough, TV execs realized this was what was happening and started targeting the female audience in commercials.

* ''[[Firefly (TV)|Firefly]]'': Come because it's Joss, stay because of the perfectly-balanced cast.

** Come for [[Joss Whedon (Creator)|Joss Whedon]], stay for Nathan Fillion [[Estrogen Brigade|in tight leather pants]], Morena Baccarin [[Ms. Fanservice|taking a sponge bath]] or Adam Baldwin's smutty dialogue, cunning hat and [[Estrogen Brigade|occasional shirtlessness]].

* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'': Come for the superpowers, [[Most Common Superpower|familiar or otherwise]]; stay for <s>Hiro Nakamura</s> the [[Fan Service]].

* ''[[The Daily Show (TV)|The Daily Show]]'' and ''[[The Colbert Report (TV)|The Colbert Report]]'': Come for the spot-on political satire, stay because [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/16/business/media/16pew.html?_r=1&oref=slogin it becomes your source for the news.]

* In general, ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' is: Come for the vampires and the hot chicks with superpowers, stay for the incredibly well-done dialogue and characterization.

{{quote| '''Xander:''' Sunnydale: Come for the food, stay for the dismemberment.<br />

* ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]'': Come for the sexy vampire and the generally sexy cast, but stay for the well-done and intriguing [[Story Arc|Story Arcs]]s and some random humor sprinkled in.

* ''[[Smallville (TV)|Smallville]]''. Come for Superman, stay because you just have to know how it goddamn ends already! Grah!

* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'': Come for the [[Mr. Fanservice|pretty boys]], stay for the intelligence, the psychology and the seriously good acting.

* ''[[Scrubs (TV)|Scrubs]]'': Come for the medical humour, stay for the endearing cast and [[Live Action TV/Awesome Music|brilliant music]].

* ''[[Myth Busters (TV)|Myth BustersMythBusters]]'': Come for the truth behind those many urban legends you may have heard, stay for the character dynamics, the humor, the crazy gadgets and experiments, and the [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|even crazier amount of overkill]].

* ''[[Psych (TV)|Psych]]'': Come for a guy faking his way through amazing detective work, stay for the eighties references.

* ''[[Seinfeld (TV)|Seinfeld]]'': Come for the one-liners and [[Catch Phrase|catchphrases]], stay for the brilliantly constructed plots.

* ''[[The Office (TV)|The Office]]'': Come for the pranks and the quirky, awkward, and inappropriate humor, stay for the large buffet of genuinely sweet romantic subplots.

* For many Americans, ''[[Jeeves and Wooster (TV series)|Jeeves and Wooster]]'', ''[[Blackadder (TV)|Blackadder]]'', and ''[[A Bit of Fry and Laurie]]''. Come for pre-''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' [[Hugh Laurie]], stay because they're ''amazing''.

* ''[[Sherlock (TV)|Sherlock]]'': Come because it's [[Sherlock Holmes]] [[Setting Update|in the modern day]] written by [[Steven Moffat (Creator)|Steven Moffat]] and [[Mark Gatiss]], stay for the ''blazing'' chemistry between [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] and [[Martin Freeman]]. And the sheer cleverness of it all. And the [[Ho Yay]]. The buckets and buckets and ''buckets'' of [[Sherlock (TV)/Ho Yay|Ho Yay]].

* ''[[Leverage (TV)|Leverage]]'': Come for the actors you know, stay for the top-notch stories, character development, and acting (from ''everyone'').

* ''[[Star Trek Enterprise (TV)|Star Trek: Enterprise]]'': Come for the sexy Captain, stay for the sexier, repressed <s>and probably [[Ho Yay|gay]]</s> British weapons officer.

** ''[[Star Trek: the Original Series (TV)|Star Trek theThe Original Series]]'': Come because it's a classic, stay for the world's [[The Not Love Interest|greatest]] [[Star Trek (Franchise)/Ho Yay|love]] [[Heterosexual Life Partners|story]].

** ''[[Star Trek: the Next Generation (TV)|Star Trek theThe Next Generation]]'': Come for the Captain, stay for the android. And Worf. And Dr. Crusher.

** ''[[Star Trek Deep Space Nine (TV)|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'': Come for the [[Fiery Redhead]], stay for the [[Character Development]] and ongoing [[Story Arc|Story Arcs]]s.

** ''[[Star Trek Voyager (TV)|Star Trek: Voyager]]'': Come for the hot Captain, stay for the [[Hilarity Ensues|hijinx]]. And the heartwarming.

* ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (TV)|Whose Line Is It Anyway]]'': Come for the humor, stay because if you get up everyone will see you laughed so hard you wet yourself.

** Alternatively, come for the stars of ''[[The Drew Carey Show (TV)|The Drew Carey Show]]'', stay for the bald guy and the black dude (everybody really).

* ''[[Criminal Minds (TV)|Criminal Minds]]'': Come for [[Mandy Patinkin]], stay for Matthew Gray Gubler. And the plot and stuff.

* ''[[The A-Team (TV)|The A-Team]]'': Come for [[Memetic Badass|Mr. T]], stay for [[Crazy Awesome|Murdock]].

* ''[[Only Fools and Horses (TV)|Only Fools and Horses]]'': Come for the memorable jokes and catchphrases, stay for the surprisingly complex characters.

* ''[[Community (TV)|Community]]'': Come for Joel McHale from ''[[The Soup]]'', stay for the characters, meta humor and brilliant parodies.

* ''[[Around the World Inin Eighty Days]] with [[Michael Palin (Creator)|Michael Palin]]'': Come for one of the stars of ''[[Monty Python]]'', stay for the genuine sense of adventure.

* ''[[Mad Men (TV)|Mad Men]]'': Come for the fascinating look at an earlier era where everyone smoked, had three-martini lunches and were openly chauvinistic, stay for the complex characters and surprising plot turns.

* ''[[Big Time Rush (TV)|Big Time Rush]]'': Come for the [[Mr. Fanservice|cute guys]], stay for the [[Hilarity Ensues]][[Crowning Moment of Funny|rity]], [[Ho Yay]], and [[Boy Band|surprisingly]] [[Ear Worm|good]] [[Crowning Music of Awesome|music.]]

* ''[[Dirty Jobs (TV)|Dirty Jobs]]'': Come for the premise of a [[Sadist Show]], [[Mr. Fanservice|stay]] [[Even the Guys Want Him|for]] [[Classically-Trained Extra|M]][[Deadpan Snarker|i]][[Epic Fail|k]][[Getting Crap Past the Radar|e]].

* ''[[How I Met Your Mother (TV)|How I Met Your Mother]]'': come for Barney Stinson's antics, stay for the [[Continuity Porn]].

* ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'': Come for [[Hugh Laurie]], stay for the enthralling character subplots. The medicine's okay, I guess…

* [[Frank Zappa (Music)|Frank Zappa]]: Come for the [[Refuge in Audacity|well-]][[Refuge in Vulgarity|written lyrics]], stay for the music.

* [[Taylor Swift (Music)|Taylor Swift]]. Come for the sappy love music. Stay because she's cute.

* [[Iron Maiden (Music)|Iron Maiden]]: Come for [[Mascot|Eddie]], stay for the [[Iron Maiden (Music)/Awesome Music|a]][[Filk Song|we]][[Number of the Beast|so]][[Lucky Seven|me]] music.

* [[Jonathan Coulton (Music)|Jonathan Coulton]]: Come for [[Portal (Video Gameseries)|Still Alive]], stay for the [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|mad scientist ballads]].

* [[The Beatles (Musicband)|The Beatles]]. Come for the Pop music, stay for the experimental stuff and drug trips.

*** Come for [[Paul McCartney (Music)|Paul McCartney]], stay for [[John Lennon (Music)|John Lennon]] (or vice versa of course).

* [[KISS (Music)|KISS]]: Come for the makeup and spitting blood, stay for the riffs, some gleefully twisted humor, and the [[Surprisingly Gentle Song]] [[Tear Jerker|"Beth."]].

* [[Oingo Boingo (Music)|Oingo Boingo]]: Come because of [[Danny Elfman]], stay for an extravagant musical freak show that [[Neoclassical Punk Zydeco Rockabilly|defies categorization]].

* [[Elton John (Music)|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]].

== 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.

* [[TNA]]: Come for [[Kurt Angle]] and [[Wrestler/Sting (wrestling)|Sting]], stay for the X-Division.

* ''[[SuperDungeons Bowl& Dragons]]'': Come forto see what the footballfuss is about, stay for the commercialsadventures (sometimesyou the main reason peoplewill arehave watchingand the Superbowl,stories exceptyou maybewill hopes for another [[Wardrobe Malfunction]])share.

* ''[[Exalted (Tabletop Game)|Exalted]]'': Come because your D&D friend said it was worth a shot, stay for the ability to punch gods' faces in.

* ''[[Miss Saigon]]'': Come for the helicopter, stay for the love story set against the Vietnam War.

* ''[[Walking Withwith Dinosaurs]]: The Arena Spectacular'': Come for the life-sized dinosaurs, stay for the [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] between the mother T-rex and her baby.

* ''[[Les Misérables (Theatretheatre)|Les Misérables]]'': Come for the ginormous barricade and/or well-known songs, stay for the epic story.

== [[Video Games]] ==

* ''[[Ghost Trick: (Video Game)|GhostPhantom TrickDetective]]'': Come because it's the [[Spiritual Successor]] of ''[[Ace Attorney (Visual Novel)|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 (Video Game)|Gears of War]]'': Come for [[Impossibly Cool Weapon|the rifle with a chainsaw for a bayonette]], stay for the tactical combat.

* ''[[Halo (Video Gameseries)|Halo]]'': Come for the tactical combat, stay for the plot and [[Halo (Franchiseseries)/Awesome Music|the soundtrack.]]

* ''[[Pokémon (Franchise)|Pokémon]]'': Come for the [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|cute critters]] -- and—and possibly [[Hype Aversion|to see what all the fuss is about]] -- stay—stay for the deep, strategic [[RPG]], and possibly [[Gotta Catch Them All|pure obsessive-compulsion]].

* ''[[Fate/stay Stay Nightnight|Unlimited Blade Works]]'': Come for [[Memetic Mutation|GARcher]], stay for GAR Lancer.

* ''[[Touhou (Video Game)|Touhou]]'': Come for the [[Memetic Mutation|precious things]], stay for the hope that you'll finally 1cc Lunatic this time.

** Or, come for the [[Bullet Hell]], stay for the [[Touhou (Video Game)/Memes|meme]] [[Fountain of Memes|overdose]].

* ''[[Metal Gear Solid (Video Game)|Metal Gear Solid]]'': Come for the Stealth Action, stay for <s>[[Stupid Sexy Flanders|Snake's sweet, sweet ass]]</s> the complex story.

* ''[[Silent Hill 1 (Video Game)|Silent Hill 1]]'': Come for the [[Silent Hill 1 (Videovideo Gamegame)/Nightmare Fuel|High Octane Nightmare Fuel]], stay because you just have to know [[Mind Screw|what in]] [[Jigsaw Puzzle Plot|the hell]] [[Gainax Ending|just happened]].

** ''[[Silent Hill 2 (Video Game)|Silent Hill 2]]'': Come for [[Memetic Molester|Pyramid Head]], stay for the epically tragic characters.

* ''[[Earthbound (Video Game)|EarthboundEarthBound]]'': Come for the horrifying final boss, stay for the cute and funny rest of the game!

** Or, alternatively, come for the cute and funny characters and [[Affectionate Parody|Affectionate Parodies]] of [[Eagle Land|American life]] and various RPG cliches, stay for the increasingly weird and [[Mood Whiplash|unsettling]] plot twists leading up to the epic [[Nightmare Fuel]] of the last dungeon and boss.

* ''[[Triangle Heart 3 ～sweet songs forever～ (Video Game)|Triangle Heart 3 Sweet Songs Forever]]'', and possibly the whole [[Triangle Heart 3 ～sweet songs forever～]] franchise: Come for the fandom prestige of actually knowing what ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' was spun off from, stay for the characters and the [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]].

** Alternatively: Come to see what the fuss was about, stay to see what insane plot twist the writers pull next.

* ''[[Max Payne (Video Gameseries)|Max Payne]]'': come for the John-Woo bullet-time gun play, stay for the metaphors and Noir.

* ''[[Kingdom of Loathing (Video Game)|Kingdom of Loathing]]'': Come for the humor, stay because you're addicted.

* ''[[Super Robot Wars (Video Game)|Super Robot Wars]] [[Original Generation]]'' exists as a result of this trope occurring in the main series. People came for the ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam (Anime)|Gundam]]'' (or whatever your favorite series is) and stayed for the entirely new characters.

* ''[[Disgaea (Video Game)|Disgaea]]'': Come for the [[Level Grinding]], stay for the [[Fetish Fuel]].

* ''[[Soul Nomad and The World Eaters (Video Game)|Soul Nomad and The World Eaters]]'': Come for Gig, stay for the surprisingly addictive gameplay. And the [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]. And Gig.

* ''[[Guilty Gear (Video Game)|Guilty Gear]]'': Come for the 2D fighting revival, stay for the insanely whacked out characters.

** ''[[Blaz Blue (Video Game)|Blaz BlueBlazBlue]]'': Come for ''Guilty Gear'' [[Spiritual Successor|in HD]], stay for BANG INSTALL.

* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]'': Come for Link, Zelda, and Ganondorf, stay for '''Midna.'''

** ''[[The LegendofLegend Zelda CDI Games (Video Game)|The Legendofof Zelda CDI Games]]'': Come for [[Memetic Mutation|MAH BOI,]] stay for the [[Over Nine Thousand]][[Fountain of Memes|other Memes.]]

* ''[[Portal (Video Gameseries)|Portal]]'': Come for the brilliant puzzles, stay for the dark humor and [[Memetic Mutation|the cake.]]

* ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'': Come for the madcap FPS action, stay for the gorgeous animation and wacky characterization.

** Or vice versa -- comeversa—come for the unique art style and humor exhibited in the "Meat the Team" videos; stay for the well-balanced and refreshingly lighthearted multiplayer combat. People who were not "gamers" by any stretch, but got sucked into ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'' and/or ''Portal'', wound up loving the whole ''Orange Box'' set, and eventually settled into the world of video games.

* ''[[City of Heroes (Video Game)|City of Heroes]]'': Come for the character creator, stay because you're a superhero.

* ''[[Diablo (Video Gameseries)|Diablo]]'': Come for the [[Dark Fantasy]] [[Hack and Slash]], [[Memetic Mutation|stay a while and listen]].

* ''[[Fallout (Video Game)|Fallout]]'': Come for the ludicrously gleeful amount of gore, stay for the equally gleeful deconstruction of every 50's future-tech optimisms ever.

** ''[[Fallout 3 (Video Game)|Fallout 3]]'': Come for the [[Nuke'Em|Fatman]], [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|MIRV]], and [[Ray Gun|Alien]] [[Disintegrator Ray|Blaster]], stay for the [[Gotta Catch Em All|weapon schematics, unique weapons, sidequests, Bobbleheads]], and [[Scenery Porn|drop dead gorgeous landscapes.]]

** ''[[Fallout New Vegas (Video Game)|Fallout: New Vegas]]'': [[Magnificent Bastard|Come]] [[Crazy Awesome|for]] [[Badass Grandpa|the]] [[Memetic Badass|people,]] [[Scenery Porn|stay]] [[Scenery Gorn|for]] [[Wide Open Sandbox|the]] [[Memetic Mutation|sunshine.]]

* ''[[Tetris the Grand Master (Video Game)|Tetris the Grand Master]]'': Come because you're bored of mainstream ''[[Tetris (Video Game)|Tetris]]'', stay for the hope of one day getting Grand Master rank.

* ''[[Guild Wars (Video Game)|Guild Wars]]'': Come for the lack of monthly fees, stay for the lack of grind (and the [[Scenery Porn]]).

* ''[[Last Scenario (Video Game)|Last Scenario]]'': Come to see if the storyline [[It Gets Better|gets better]] than it [[Cliché Storm|begins]], stay for the tactical and balanced battle system, [[Playing the Player|get hit in the face by some plot twists]] and finish the game for the improbably gorgeous story.

* ''[[Blaz Blue (Video Game)|Blaz BlueBlazBlue]]'': Come for probably the closest thing you'll ever get to another 2D ''[[Guilty Gear (Video Game)|Guilty Gear]]'', stay to find out [[Nightmare Fuel|why the bug guy can't talk]].

* ''[[TheStar ForceWars: Unleashed (Video Game)|The Force Unleashed]]'': Come for the gratuitous Force usage, stay for the plot.

* ''[[Persona 3 (Video Game)|Persona 3]]'' and ''[[Persona 4 (Video Game)|Persona 4]]'': come for the dating sim elements, stay for the fun battle system, deep character development and awesome J-pop music.

* ''[[First Encounter Assault Recon (Video Game)F.E.A.R.|First Encounter Assault Recon]]'': Come for the awesome slow-mo action, stay for the surreal atmosphere and the [[Nightmare Fuel]].

* ''[[Command and Conquer (Video Game)|Command and& Conquer]]'': Somewhat subverted in the "General's Challenge" mode in the ''Zero Hour'' expansion pack -- onepack—one of Dr. Thrax's taunts is "You'll come for the toxins, but stay... ''because you're dead!''"

* ''[[Pac-Man (Video Game)|Pac-Man]] Championship Edition DX'': Come because, well, it's ''Pac-Man'', stay until you S-rank all the stages.

* ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum (Video Game)|Batman Arkham Asylum]]'': Came for [[Mark Hamill]] as Joker, stay for the awesome gameplay and atmosphere.

* ''[[Summon Night]] Swordcraft Story'': Come for the [[Video Games/Ho Yay/Video Games|lesbian subtext]], stay for the likable characters and fast paced battle system.

* ''[[Fire Emblem (Video Game)|Fire Emblem]]'': Come because [[Marth Debuted in Smash Bros|of that blue-haired sword-dude in that fighting game]] and stay for the mentally stimulating strategy, lovable characters, and intricate stories.

* The [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] did this intentionally because [[The Great Video Game Crash of 1983]] made consoles very hard to sell on their own: Come for R.O.B., stay for ''[[Super Mario Bros. (Videovideo Gamegame)|Super Mario Bros]]''.

** Some gamers' reasons for owning a Nintendo console: "Come for [[Super Mario Bros (Franchise).|Mario]], stay for all the other Nintendo all-stars.

* ''[[Mega Man (Videovideo Gamegame)|Mega Man]]'': Come for the goofy/cool [[Monster of the Week|Robot Masters]] that you can fight in any order, stay for the [[Nintendo Hard|challenging]] gameplay and [[Mega Man (Franchise)/Awesome Music|addicting music]].

* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Franchise)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'': Come for the variety of characters and simplistic yet fun gameplay, stay for the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Franchise)/Awesome Music|kickass music]] and [[Scenery Porn|gorgeous stages]].

* ''[[Soul Series (Video Game)|SoulCalibur]]'': Come for [[The Legend of Zelda (Franchise)|Link]], stay for the refined fighting gameplay.

* ''[[Dead or Alive (Video Game)|Dead or Alive]]'': Come for the fighting, stay for the [[Fetish Fuel|girls]].

* Playing ''[[Mass Effect (Video Game)|Mass Effect]]'' as a female Shepard: come for the [[Ho Yay|lesbian alien sexual tension]], stay for [[Jennifer Hale]]'s voice acting.

* ''[[Warcraft (Video Game)|Warcraft]]'' III: comeCome for the awesome gameplay and storyline, stay for [[Defense of the Ancients (Video Game)|DOTA]].

* ''[[Civilization]]'': comeCome to win the games in different endings, stay for the leaders.

* ''[[AceSchool Attorney (Visual Novel)|Ace AttorneyDays]]'': Come for the [[Mundanemany Madeendings Awesome|ridiculousand premise]]adorable wooable characters, stay for the addictive mysteries, quirky characters, andmany [[World ofBad HamEnd]]s.

* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Higurashi no Naku Koro Nini]]'': Come for the scenes left out from the [[All There in the Manual|anime]] and [[All There in the Manual|TIPS]], stay for the same reasons you stayed for the anime and ''more''.

* ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Umineko no Naku Koro Nini]]'': Come for the magic, stay for the mystery.

** Alternatively, come for the [[Memetic Mutation|memetic]] [[Troll|trollingtroll]]ing and [[Gorn|bloody deaths]], stay for the romance.

* ''[[Katawa Shoujo (Visual Novel)|Katawa Shoujo]]'': Come for hot cripple sex, stay for the well written and lovable characters, the witty dialogues, and the fantastic soundtrack, not to mention the intelligent and mature observations of some very difficult themes.

* ''[[Kana Little Sister (Visual Novel)|Kana: Little Sister]]'': Come for one kind of [[A Date Withwith Rosie Palms|jerker]], stay for the [[Tear Jerker|other]].

* ''[[Fate/stay Stay Nightnight]]'': Come for the swords, stay for the [[Character Development]] and [[Determinator|unbreakable]] main characters.

* ''[[Girl Genius (Webcomic)|Girl Genius]]'': [[XXXenophile|Come for the hope that it is similar to the author's past work]], stay for the well-drawn [[Mad Scientist|MAD SCIENCE]]!

** Come for the Steampunk, stay for the Jagers.

* ''[[OrderThe of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]'': Come for the [[Tabletop Games|role-playing]] parody, stay for the well-done [[Cerebus Syndrome]].

* ''[[Questionable Content (Webcomic)|Questionable Content]]'': Come for the robots, stay for the well-developed interpersonal relationships, the constant introductions to new indie-rock bands, and the fact that it never forgets to be funny. Oh, and don't forget [[The Merch|to buy a T-shirt]].

* ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'': Come for the ''[[Final Fantasy I (Video Game)|Final Fantasy I]]'' geekery, stay for the wicked [[Deconstruction]] of just about every RPG trope ever invented.

* ''[[Ménage à 3 (Webcomic)|Ménage à 3]]'': Come for [[Distracted Byby the Sexy|the hot girls/guys]], stay for the zany characters and story.

* ''[[Goodbye Chains]]'': [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Come]] for the [[Yaoi Fangirl|gay]], stay 'cause it's ''hilarious''.

* ''[[Misfile (Webcomic)|Misfile]]'': Come for the [[Fan Service]] and/or [[Fetish Fuel]], stay for the emotional story, funny jokes, and well-done [[Deconstruction]] of the entire [[Gender Bender]] genre.

* ''[[Megatokyo (Webcomic)|Megatokyo]]'': Come for the crazy, stay for the drama. And the surrealism.

* ''[[Fanboys (Webcomicwebcomic)|Fanboys]]'': Come for the video game humor, stay for the [[Tastes Like Diabetes|sickeningly cute romance]].

* ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja (Webcomic)|The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'': Come for the [[Crazy Awesome|Chainsaw Nunchucks]], stay for the hilarious writing.

* ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'': Come because you just finished ''[[Problem Sleuth (Webcomic)|Problem Sleuth]]'', stay for the intricate characterization, intense action, [[Crowning Music of Awesome|sick beats]], and the sheer amount of both [[Trope Overdosed|tropes]] and [[Homestuck (Webcomic)/WMG|theories]]. [[Archive Panic|It's not like you'd be able to leave]] [[Webcomics Long Runners|any time soon!]]

* ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'': Come for the [[Gender Bending]] stay for the [[Character Development]].

* ''[[Schlock Mercenary (Webcomic)|Schlock Mercenary]]'': come for the gag-a-day [[Sci Fi]] starring a talking pile of crap, stay for the deep, serious, intricately plotted [[Space Opera]] epic starring [[Chekhov's Gun|Chekhov's Guns]]s you never saw coming.

* ''[[Darths and Droids (Webcomic)|Darths and Droids]]'': Come for the ''[[Star Wars (Franchise)|Star Wars]]'' and [[Tabletop RPG]] jokes, stay for the [[Character Development]] as the players and GM become [[True Companions]].

** ''[[Irregular Webcomic (Webcomic)|Irregular Webcomic]]'': Come for the insanely overpowered fireballs, stay for [[The Rant|the often insightful comments and literal rants]]. Doubly so now that the comic itself is essentially finished but the rants keep getting updates.

* ''[[Shiniez (Webcomic)|Shiniez]]'': Come for the well-drawn fetish artwork, stay for the characterisation, story-telling and sense of humor.

== [[Web Original]] ==

*** ''[[TV Tropes]]'': Come for the interesting, [[Impossible MissionTask|stay awhile... STAY FOREVER!]]

***** ''[[TV Tropes]]'': Come for the fun, stay because it is a better place to look up media than [[Wikipedia (Wiki)|The Other Wiki]] is.

****** ''[[TV Tropes]]'': Come because of [[Xkcd (Webcomic)|Xkcd]], stay because of [[Wiki Walk]]. -->

* ''[[Red vs. Blue (Machinima)|Red vs. Blue]]'': Come for the humor and wacky characters, stay for the surprisingly deep storyline that [[Cerebus Syndrome|eventually emerges]].

* ''[[That Guy With the Glasses (Website)|That Guy With theThe Glasses]]'': Come for the reviews, stay for the [[Deadpan Snarker|Snark]].

** [[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]]/[[The Nostalgia Chick (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Chick]]: Come for your nostalgic movie getting bashed ,<ref> or to think dirty thoughts about the [[Pretty Boy|pretty boy]]/[[Ms. Fanservice|hot girl]]</ref>, stay for their [[Hidden Depths|genuinely]] [[Jerkass Woobie|interesting]] [[Backstory|characters]].

* [[Live JournalLiveJournal]] Roleplay: Come for the character interaction, stay for the sparkle text.

* ''[[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|The Angry Video Game Nerd]]'': Come for the nostalgia, stay for the catharsis.

* ''[[The Joker Blogs]]'': Come for the acting, stay for the suspenseful story.

* ''[http://www.thehillywoodshow.com/ The Hillywood Show]'': Come for the [[Johnny Depp]] impressions and ''[[Twilight (Literaturenovel)|Twilight]]'' parodies, stay for the stellar musical numbers and professional production values.

* ''The Escapist'': Come for the [[Zero Punctuation (Web Animation)|Yahtzee]], stay for ''[[Unskippable (Web Video)|Unskippable]]'' and ''[[Doomsday Arcade]]''.

* [[Face BookFacebook]]: Come to communicate with your friends, stay for the games.

* ''[[Cat -Tales]]'': Come for the [[Fan Service]] and/or the [[Foe Yay]], stay because it's better written and better characterized than anything DC Comics has done in years.

* ''[[Whateley Universe (Literature)|Whateley Universe]]'': Come for the [[Gender Bender|TG wish fulfillment]] stories, stay for the superhero battles and the humor.

* ''[[I'm a Marvel And Im ADC (Web Video)|I'm a Marvel And Im ADCDC]]'': Come for the [[Crossover]] factor, stay for the characterization, witty dialogue, and many [[I'm a Marvel And ImI'm ADC (Weba Video)DC/Funny|hilarious highlights]].

* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series (Web Video)|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'': Come for the parody of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' (let's face it, it's a pretty easy target), stay for the parody of absolutely everything.

* [[Homestar Runner (Web Animation)|Homestar Runner]]: Come for Homestar, stay for [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Strong Bad]]!

* The trope is referenced in an Easter Egg featuring the [[Homestar Runner (Web Animation)|Teen Girl Squad]] in the sbemail "death metal":

{{quote| '''What's-Her-Face:''' Cheerleader! Are you here to see Brainkrieg?<br />

'''Cheerleader:''' I come for the wuggas, but stay for the jiggy juggas.<br />

* [[''Valenth]]'': Come for the pretty adoptable artwork, stay for the surprisingly complex storyline. (Or rather, you could, before the site shut down.)

* ''[[Dragon Ball Abridged (Web Video)|Dragon Ball Abridged]]'': Come to watch Nappa slowly drive Vegata insane, {{spoiler|''stay'' to watch Ghost Nappa slowly drive Vegeta insane}}.

* ''[[Marble Hornets (Web Video)|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]].

* ''[[The Venture Brothers (Animation)|The Venture Brothers]]'': Come for the adventure parody, stay for surprisingly deep characters and strong [[Continuity]].

* ''[[Twelve12 Ounce Mouse (Animation)|Twelve Ounceoz. Mouse]]'': Come for the [[Bile Fascination|terribly crude art]], stay for the complex story, well-defined characters, and awesome soundtrack.

* ''[[Batman: The Animated Series (Animation)|Batman the Animated Series]]'': Come to watch [[Batman (Franchise)|Batman]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|be awesome]], stay to see just how very very wrong the [[Animation Age Ghetto]] is.

* ''[[Code Lyoko (Animation)|Code Lyoko]]'': Come for the [[Magical Girlfriend]] [[Girl in Aa Box|in a Box]], stay for either the [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]] or the [[Aborted Arc|abandoned government conspiracy plot]]. (Or for [[Keet|Odd]].)

* ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]'': come for [[Magnificent Bastard|Bender]] and the [[Nerdgasm]] of science fiction combined with ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]''' humor. Stay for the [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|heartwarming]] but bittersweet romance, the devastatingly [[Tear Jerker|tragic]] time-displacement story; the complex, carefully constructed characters; and the scattering of episodes that reach the level of truly sublime television.

* ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'': Come because it's by the same creator as ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]'', stay because it's better at character and story.

* ''[[Justice League (Animationanimation)|Justice League Unlimited]]'': Come for [[Batman: The Animated Series (Animation)|the Batman]], stay for [[Crazy Awesome|the]] [[The Question|Question]].

* ''[[Invader Zim (Animation)|Invader Zim]]'': Come for [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|GIR]], stay for the social satire.

* ''[[Gargoyles (Animation)|Gargoyles]]'': Come for Demona's sexiness, stay for the story.

* ''[[Moral Orel (Animation)|Moral Orel]]'': Come for the parody of [[Moral Guardians]] and [[Useful Notes/American Churches|Fundamentalist Christianity]], stay for the dark characterization.

* ''[[Robot Chicken (Animation)|Robot Chicken]]'': Come for the humor, stay for the amazing stop-motion animation.

* ''[[Batman the Brave And: The Bold (Animation)|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'': Come for Batman, stay for the hilarious stories and [[Mythology Gag|Mythology Gags]]s.

* ''[[Metalocalypse (Animation)|Metalocalypse]]'': Come for the outright LOLs and brutal soundtrack, stay for the surprisingly deep plot and fantastic characters. And the buckets of [[Ho Yay]].

* ''[[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|Teen Titans]]'': Come because your little brother has it on the television, stay because... oh my god, they can't really be doing '''the''' Terra storyline in a kids show?!

* ''[[Phineas and Ferb (Animation)|Phineas and Ferb]]'': Come because you're bored, stayed for the writing, the music, the entertaining cast, the subtext and the humor

** [[Layman's Terms|So... come because you're bored,]] [[Fridge Brilliance|stay for the entire show?]] <ref> "I for one am starting to get bored, and boredom is something up with which I will not put!"</ref>

* ''[[Pinky and The Brain (Animation)|Pinky and The Brain]]'': Come because you watched it as a child, stayed because [[Ho Yay/Western (Animation)|of the complex character relationships.]]

* ''[[WITCH (Animationanimation)|WITCH]]'': Come for the [[Fetish Fuel|girls in spandex]], stay for the [[Gambit Pileup|awesome plot]].

* ''[[Total Drama Island (Animation)|Total Drama Island]]'': Come for the making fun of reality tv, stay for the awesome characters.

* ''[[The Batman (Animation)|The Batman]]'': [[Rule of Three|Came for Batman]]. Stay for the new spin on the villains.

* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'': Come for the stylish art style, stay for the clever writing, memorable characters, and humor. Or as it was put so eloquently [[Image Boards|"somewhere on the internets"]], "come for the trolling, stay for the ponies."

** Come for the [[Watch It for Thethe Meme|Memes]], stay for the good animation, characters, and writing.

* [[Tear Jerker|Sad example:]] [[People's Republic of Tyranny|North Korea]] (if you're Japanese or South Korean): Come because they invited you, stay because they won't let you leave.

* Whatcom County, WA -- comeWA—come on vacation, stay on probation...

* Ballet: Come for the dancing and story, stay for the [[Panty Shot|panty shots]]s.

[[Category:ComeExample Foras Thea X Stay For The YThesis]]