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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"...I'm here to win."''
|'''At least one contestant per season on every [[Reality Show]] Competition ever.'''<ref>They rarely win.</ref>}}
{{quote|''"We're not here to make friends. We're here to become celebrities, remember?"''
|'''[[Alpha Bitch|Heather]]''', [[Total Drama Island]]}}
Along with reminding people that [[
Still, seeing how often this line comes up, you have to wonder whether or not the crew members of most shows are [[Manipulative Editing|actually feeding this line]] to the contestants. Either way, such characters tend to be prone to [[Cat Fight|catfights]].
It can be argued that this trope is an applied form of the [[GIFT]] - as it has been written by Reality TV columnists, many people who enter games with this attitude do not actually act like this in real life. They decide that the end justifies the means, and don't care at all about what others think about them, sometimes. As described below, this attitude is ''not'' exclusive to Reality game shows; it's just the origin of the trope. In video games, [["Stop Having Fun!" Guys]] and [[Scrub
Be very careful adding [[Real Life]] examples.
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== Reality Shows ==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w536Alnon24 This video] features a montage of clips of contestants from various reality shows of uttering this line.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0bOw1lqxBc and another...]
* Hutch played this archetype on ''[[The Joe Schmo Show]]''. The theme sequence gave a two-to-three-word description of each character; Hutch was described as "The Asshole".
* Referenced on an episode of ''Ace Of Cakes''. The decorators were designing shoe-shaped cakes that were going to be auctioned off in a charity drive, sparking some friendly rivalry over whose shoe-cake would earn the most. One designer went on a firmly-tongue-in-cheek spiel about how "I'm Not Here To Make Friends, [[Serious Business|This Is a Competition]] and I'm Here To Win, and I ''will'' throw you Under The Bus..." Leading to another designer asking if they actually ''talked'' like that on [[Reality TV]].
* ''[[The Apprentice (TV series)|The Apprentice]]'': Omarosa.
* ''[[America's Next Top Model]]'' has one contestant every year that says this. They never win... ever.
** Cycle six's Jade is particularly infamous for it, thanks to her furious exclamation of "This is not America's Next Top Best Friend!"
* Sometimes, a player who gets rather far averts this - there are some people who come onto reality shows just for the experience and winning is an added bonus if they manage to do so, At the same time though, there are people who know if they take this attitude to the game, there's quite a good chance they'll wind up in second or third leaving behind a trail of angry jurors.
* Daryl from ''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] Tough Enough'' was quite vocal about not being there to make friends. Apparently, he didn't make friends with the trainers, either; he was the first contestant to be cut from the show.
** But not before being called out by Al Snow for complaining under his breath when the contestants are asked to do something. When Al tells him that he doesn't take that crap from his ten-year-old son and he sure as hell won't take it from him, you knew his days were numbered.
* ''[[
* Hugh on ''[[Ice Road Truckers]]'' "I'm not here to make friends. I'm here to make money."
* On Season 3 of [[Beauty and
* Lee on the U.S. version of ''[[
* On ''[[The Amazing Race]] 17'', Rachel states in an interview "This is not Amazing Friend." She then turns to her partner and says "We're amazing friends."
** In the premiere of ''The Amazing Race 20'', yet another Rachel (of ''[[Big Brother]]'' infamy) gives this line in her opening interview.
*** The same Rachel proceeded to do what she did in ''[[Big Brother]]''...that is [[Wangst|cry like a baby]], insult everyone's gameplay, express desire to quit ''nearly every single leg of the race'' because it's "Too hard", yell at Brendon for antagonizing her (The latter of which isn't as unjustifiable given Brendon's personality!), then wonder why [[What an Idiot!|everybody else can't stand her]].
** A third Rachel invoked it later in Season 20, and somehow this one managed to win.
* The [[Ur Example]] of this has to be Richard Hatch, the [[Magnificent Bastard]] from the original ''[[Survivor]]'', who said the trope word for word. Interestingly, he managed to bring this attitude all the way to a win.
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* Early in Season 7 of ''[[The Next Food Network Star]]'', Penny Davidi uttered this word for word. A few episodes later, she attempted a [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]] by crying to the judges that she couldn't perform well because all the other contestants were just so mean and refusing to be friends with her. If her status as [[The Scrappy]] hadn't already been sealed, it certainly was at that point.
* Subverted on the second season of ''[[Top Chef]]: Just Desserts''. One person pointed out that even though they hadn't come her to make friends, it just sort of happens anyway.
* The sixth series of the UK version of ''[[The Apprentice (TV series)|The Apprentice]]'' had a rare instance of one contestant (Stella English) saying this line - and going on to win the job.
* Aaron, a contestant on the UK Big Brother quoted this trope word for word. He certainly didn't make many friends (receiving the most nominations in the series outside of Marcus and Freddie/Halfwit), but went on to win the series!
** However, he didn't totally stay true to his word. He made a close friend in Mark, and found a romantic partner in Faye.
* Lampshaded by Erica in her cast video for "The Glass House". she says, "I'm here to make friends - I know, weird for a Reality Show, right?"
== Film ==
* Violet Beauregarde in the 2005 version of ''[[Charlie and
== Literature ==
* Those businesspeople that aren't with the looters in ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'' repeatedly state some form of that they don't care about the public
== Live Action TV (Non-Reality) ==
* In a ''[[30 Rock
* At the start of Season 4 on ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', while House was using reality show formats to recruit his new team, Amber immediately fell into this role.
* Spoken in the 1984 dramatisation of the cricket [[wikipedia:Bodyline|Bodyline]] controversy by [[Evil Brit|Douglas Jardine]].
* The premiere of the third season of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' introduces two new characters - Subcommnder T'Rul from the Romulan Empire and Michael Eddington of Starfleet Security. When Commander Sisko tries to make introductions to his senior staff, T'Rul cuts him off by stating that she already knows everyone's names and then states specifically "I'm not here to make friends." Eddington then turns around and says that he is there to make friends and introduces himself, an irony as {{spoiler|he turned out to be a spy for the Maquis resistance movement.}}
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== Video Games ==
* Take a game online. ''Any'' game. You haven't seen as many people say "I'm not here to make friends" as you would have on say, a reality game show, but this is more or less the mentality of everyone online. They're not there to make friends - they're there to win. Suffice to say, [[GIFT|it]] [[Unstoppable Rage|really]] [[Internet Tough Guy|really]] ''[["Stop Having Fun!" Guys|REALLY]]'' [[Small Name, Big Ego|shows]], [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy|Big time]].
* Any "Pro" or "hardcore" gaming environment. Seriously. They are ''not'' there to just have fun and make friends, they're there to compete for trophies. Let's just say, there's a reason that people who don't give a shit about trophies, statistics, ratios, etc are the ones who have the most fun.
* [[PvP]] games tend to suffer from this a lot. Most people online have the thought process of, "I'm not here to make friends - I'm here to kill other players."
* Even in [[Player Versus Environment|PvE]] areas... "I'm not here to make friends, I'm here for loot."
* And in [[Sandbox Mode]] areas... "I'm not here to make friends. I'm here to build." But this is often averted; since some Sandbox games like ''[[Second Life]]'' happen to be all about the social aspect.
** Especially since if you're not there to make friends, good luck finding anyone to let you build on ''their'' land, server, area, whatever.
* Inverted in ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'', a game which is all ''about'' making [[Fire-Forged Friends]]. Four strangers are thrown into a [[Zombie Apocalypse]], where they must cooperate or die. In case one of them turns out to be a griefer, there's a fairly-effective ban function on hand. Oh, and, the [[Player Characters]] don't know each other either.
** In theory. In practice, it's pretty much full of [["Stop Having Fun!" Guys]] and [[Entitled Bastard]] players who [[Rage Quit]] at the drop of a hat.
== Western Animation ==
* Heather of ''[[
** Notably a few other contestants, like Leshawna and Duncan, at some point express this thought too. The thing is, they ''do'' make friends, even though they still keep their eyes on their goal. Heather is the [[Designated Villain]] because this is ''all'' she cares about.
** {{spoiler|She even won Total Drama World Tour (technically) when she actually had to rely on friends!}}
** Scott in ''Revenge of the Island'' is as bad as Heather, if not worse; he resorts to [[Throwing the Fight|intentionally throwing challanges]] to force his team into elimination ceremonies, then [[Consummate Liar|convince his teammates to vote for someone]] [[Manipulative Bastard|other than him]] off the island.
*** Lightning and Jo also show traces of this too. When Zoe's [[Berserk Button]] is pressed one too many times, she goes into this, but gets snapped back to reality. Cameron likewise also is a good aversion of this, he's there to make friends.
* While not a [[Reality Show]] or a parody thereof, this concept is presented as an obstacle in the [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
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== Real Life ==
''Please do not add examples of specific people, just cases in general. Most of the editors of All The Tropes ''are'' here to make friends - or, at least, not make enemies.''
* Jaison in ''[[Survivor]]'' mentioned that people like this happen in real life, there's that one person in every workspace who pretty much thinks, "I'm not here to make friends - I'm here to get the job done". He also proceeds to mention that this person is pretty much disliked or only tolerated, whereas the people like Natalie who were there to make friends are the ones who're invited to get-togethers and parties. While he certainly is right in that these people certainly exist in every workspace, there are also aversions who fit into both categories; people who aren't necessarily there to make friends, but they do want to get the job done because they feel if they can at least identify with their coworkers, they can get the job better. Or people who make friends simply because they work better with friends. ▼
* Competitive gaming of any kinds. Such as little league - there's almost always that person who thinks, "I'm not here to make friends - I'm here to play ball." ▼
▲* Jaison in ''[[Survivor]]'' mentioned that people like this happen in real life, there's that one person in every workspace who pretty much thinks, "I'm not here to make friends - I'm here to get the job done". He also proceeds to mention that this person is pretty much disliked or only tolerated, whereas the people like Natalie who were there to make friends are the ones who're invited to get-togethers and parties. While he certainly is right in that these people certainly exist in every workspace, there are also aversions who fit into both categories; people who aren't necessarily there to make friends, but they do want to get the job done because they feel if they can at least identify with their coworkers, they can get the job better. Or people who make friends simply because they work better with friends.
** [[TCG|TCGs]]. "I'm not here to make friends. I'm here to play cards." ▼
▲* Competitive gaming of any kinds. Such as little league - there's almost always that person who thinks, "I'm not here to make friends - I'm here to play ball."
*** And in the case of competitive gambling (eg poker), it's "I'm not here to make friends - I'm here for money." Normally, Slot tournaments avert this, because a lot of the time they're just there to advertise the casino in question and the people who're there are pretty much there to have fun anyways. ▼
▲*** And in the case of competitive gambling (eg poker), it's "I'm not here to make friends - I'm here for money." Normally, Slot tournaments avert this, because a lot of the time they're just there to advertise the casino in question and the people who're there are pretty much there to have fun anyways.
* As mentioned, [[Serious Business]] is practically a sister trope to this. Make something [[Serious Business]], and then you get these people crawling out of the woodwork left and right.
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