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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"The marvel is not that the bear dances well, but that the bear dances at all."''
|'''Russian proverb'''}}
Any work of media that attract viewers not because they're particularly entertaining—many of them, in point of fact, are dull or otherwise pointless—but because of some gimmick involved in the production: Any work for which the method by which it is created is more interesting than result.
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[[I Thought It Meant|And no, it's not meant to be followed with]] [[Anastasia|"painted wings"]].
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== [[Anime]]
* ''[[Voices of a Distant Star]]'' is an amazing short film as it is. What largely drew people's attention to it, on the other hand, was the fact that it was entirely animated by one man on his home computer.
* [[Tite Kubo]]'s previous work ''[[Zombie Powder]]'' began to draw attention in the West, not because its story was lauded or its artwork was praised, but because he was the [[Mangaka]] of ''[[Bleach]]'' and fans were interested in seeing his first work.
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* The primary reason people read ''[[100 Months]]'' is because it is the last work John Hicklenton completed before he died, and indeed completing it was the only thing that delayed him taking his own life.
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* ''[[Cupcakes]]'' - Pinkie Pie tortures and murders Rainbow Dash. As with ''[[The Human Centipede]]'' mentioned below, the premise is more horrifying than the execution, and the fic is better remembered for leaving an impact on the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' fandom than for the actual quality of the writing.
** Also, ''[[Rainbow Factory]]'', partially because it's sometimes described as "Cupcakes, except it's Rainbow Dash torturing/killing Scootaloo" and partially because of WoodenToaster's [[Creepy Awesome]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRx_iXgLAyw song] of the same title (Fun fact: The fanfic was inspired by the song!).
* Many
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* The films of [[Harryhausen Movie|Ray Harryhausen]] have this kind of appeal. Most of them are not what one would normally call "good" movies, but they still fill people with a sense of wonder at Harryhausen's skill, patience, and attention to detail.
* ''[[The Human Centipede]]'', which is about three people getting sewn together anus-to-mouth. The premise is far more horrifying than the execution. Film critic [[Roger Ebert]] [[Broke the Rating Scale|refused to give it a star rating]] because it was so absurd (the only other movies he did this with were ''[[Pink Flamingos]]'' and ''[[I Spit on Your Grave]]'').
* ''[[The Terror of Tiny Town]]'', a 1938 Western movie with an all-midget cast.
* [[Samuel L. Jackson]] claims he was in the movie ''[[Snakes on a Plane]]'' only because of the title. The title only made it vastly popular on the Internet.
* The movie ''Distant Drums'' is remembered only because it was the first film to use the Wilhelm Scream.
* ''[[Fitzcarraldo]]'' is best-known simply because of its [[Troubled Production]], and the fact that you're really watching people moving a ship through the jungle, even using techniques more difficult than the ones of the real event it's based on.
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