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'''''Bird spirit:''' No particular reason. I thought it’d be funny.''|''[[Fables]]''}}

 

* In [[Code Geass]] R2, {{spoiler|Lelouch}} (falsely) claims this is the reason for his various actions when {{spoiler|the Black Knights turn against him}}.

* Orochimaru from ''[[Naruto]]'' gives this as his reason for arranging the war against the Village Hidden in the Leaves.

** Also from the series, the [[Big Bad]] affected a goofball 'Tobi' persona for no tangible reason, especially since most of Akatsuki already knew it was fake, which can only lead to the conclusion that he did it for shits and giggles. {{spoiler|And this might be why he pretended to be Madara, too.}}

 

* [[Superman]]'s enemy the Prankster. Seriously, how can you not love a guy with no super powers, whose only real goal is to pull the biggest practical jokes on the largest number of people possible, and whose favorite target is the most powerful being on Earth?

* While most incarnations of [[Batman|the Joker]] are a [[For the Evulz]] [[Monster Clown]], some versions of the character (particularly Golden/Silver Age ones) fall into this category. Most notably is Joker's wild manner as portrayed in the animated show "The Batman" where he (although still wishing to either destroy Gotham or turn it into madness) will do things "...just for laughs..."

* [[Thanos]] gives this as his reason for aiding Annihilus in ''[[Annihilation]]''; just to see what would happen if the universal balance was completely thrown off-kilter.

* Are you freaking ''kidding'' me! This trope is, like, [[Deadpool|my]] prime motivation! That and money, so I can pay my phone bills. For example; I once fought Bullseye in a meatsuit for this very reason... That's to say, I wasn't fighting Bullseye wearing a meatsuit, but rather I was wearing a meatsuit while fighting Bullseye... Yeah, and it was also the reason behind me [[Disguised in Drag|wearing a lolita dress]] [[Faux Yay|and wailing]] [[Ho Yay|"save me Spider-Man!"]] Heheh, that was hella funny... Oh, oh! And that time I wore [[X-Men|Jean Grey's uniform]] and... you know what, if we listed all the times I've done this, we'll be here all day... so yeah, [[Motor Mouth|anyway, as I was saying]], I wore Jean Grey's uniform and [[Blah Blah Blah]] exciting-story-of-my-life [[Shameless Self Promoter|buy all of my comics for more information about that]].

 

 

== Fanfiction ==

* In [[I Put On My Robe and Wizard Hat]], ''why'' exactly does {{spoiler|Urobuchi}} Shirou piss off Lancer -- who's trying to ''kill'' him -- by forcing a download of dog porn directly into his brain?

* In ''[[Tiberium Wars (Fanfic)|Tiberium Wars]]'', this is the entire reason why [[Dark Messiah|Kane]] has Nod's facilities lit with dim red lights. He finds his minions' constant stubbing of toes and banging of shins against consoles to be ''hilarious''.

* Almost everything that [[Harry Potter|Harry]] {{spoiler|and Sirius}} do in ''[[Oh God Not Again (Fanfic)|Oh God Not Again]]'' is for this purpose.

* In ''[[With Strings Attached]]'', Brox, Grunnel, and As'taris are sadistic practical jokers. Brox's given name is, in fact, “Funny.” (The four would violently disagree with this.) Much of what Brox does is at least partially [[For the Lulz]]. Even Grunnel, who is genuinely fond of the four (at least, they're not his enemies), pulls some fairly nasty shit on them, including making them climb a hundred-foot staircase and not bothering to warn George that Ma'ar is a nympho or of her, um, tendencies during sex.

Grunnel: Sar uses a knife on me. }}

* [[Methods of Rationality]]!Quirrell: It has sometimes amused me to play the part of a hero.

== Film ==

* From ''[[Cruel Intentions]]'':

* From ''[[The Long Riders]]'':

* ''[[Dangerous Liaisons]]'', the original that ''[[Cruel Intentions]]'' was based upon.

* In ''[[Trading Places]]'', the Duke brothers decided to do their "social experiment" out of boredom and for a $1 bet, and completely ruined one of the protagonist's lives (they did help the other protagonist, but that was really only out of boredom as well; they didn't give a damn about him, and were planning to ruin him afterwards as well).

* In the infamous torture scene from ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'', this is Mr. Blonde's stated motive: "Look, kid, I'm not going to bullshit you, all right? I don't really give a good fuck what you know or don't know. I'm going to torture you anyway, regardless. Not to gain information: it amuses me to torture a cop."

* From ''[[Wall Street]]'':

'''Gordon Gekko''': Because it's ''wreckable'', alright? }}

* In ''[[Men in Black (film)|Men in Black]]'', as K grabs a [[Hyper-Destructive Bouncing Ball]]:

* From ''[[Gremlins|Gremlins 2]]'', the Brain Gremlin after he shoots one of his fellows in the face with a pistol:

 

 

** Dr. Cox constantly torments [[Nervous Wreck]] Doug Murphy for this reason, with notable cases being when Cox gives him 30 seconds to find a clipboard ([[Snipe Hunt|that Cox is holding out of Murphy's line of sight]]) or [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw3x8XxVLDQ this scene].

* From ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'':

** And then subverted by Troi, whom Armus has held hostage:

'''Armus''': You're right. It was too ''easy!'' }}

** Also from ''[[Star Trek]]'', this is why Trelane does the shit he does, although for him it may overlap with [[For the Evulz]].

** Q from ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', who it is theorized may be related in some way. Though most ''Trek'' fans tend to forget the pilot episode where Q has a very clear reason for doing what he does: to "prosecute and judge" humanity as a directive from the Q Continuum. The audience is reminded of this in the series' final episode, too, when Picard finds himself back in the same court room he encountered Q in the first time:

'''Q''': No. The trial never ended. We never reached a verdict. But now we have: You're guilty. Guilty of being inferior. }}

*** And by the end of that episode, Q subverts everything again by also acting secretly as Picard's defense against the judgment of the Q Continuum, and had been doing so since roughly halfway through the series, after Picard and crew saved his life while he was briefly depowered. This of course didn't stop Q from [[Trickster Mentor|screwing with Picard and crew in relatively minor ways]] as [[Secret Test of Character|secret tests of character]] at the same time.

*** One of the [[Star Trek Expanded Universe|novels]] has Q say that the only reason he sent Picard and company to [[Robin Hood|Sherwood Forest]] was just to [[Ho Yay|see him in tights.]]

** Dax is one of the most trustworthy and dutiful officers on [[Deep Space Nine]] and very reliable when it comes to important things. However, being over 350 years old and having seen and done more things than most people ever will, she outright refuses to give in to boredom and instead constantly works to keep her life exciting and entertaining. For some reason, this includes marrying the most uptight and humorless [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Klingon]] in the galaxy.

'''Dax:''' It's more fun this way. }}

* The title character of ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' might qualify, although in the end, he often does it to either A) get the paycheck, or B) teach his associates, or even C) both. Of course, there's a ''reason'' he's sometimes considered the [[Trope Codifier]] for [[Dr. Jerk]]...

** River seems to make commentary designed to deliberately anger or annoy Jayne just because it is amusing to her. Particularly when she insinuated that he has a "girl's name" and solemnly warns him that "I can kill you with my brain."

* In ''[[Two and A Half Men]]'', Charlie and Alan are talking to Herb, and Charlie keeps talking in sexual innuendos that only Alan, and the audience, notices.

'''Charlie:''' Haven't we covered this before? It amuses me! }}

* The real culprit's motive for pooping the bed in the [[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]] episode [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|"Who pooped the bed?"]]

'''{{spoiler|Frank}}''': Because poop is funny. }}

* This is basically the whole idea behind [[An Idiot Abroad]].

* In [[Dead Ringers]] , Gandalf's explanation for sending Frodo on his epic quests: "Because I am a bastard."

* ''[[The George Lopez Show]]'' had an episode where George and Angie find old love letters that said bad things about them. It turns out they were forged by {{spoiler|Benny}} because she was bored.

== Stand-up Comedy ==

* [[Gabriel Iglesias]]' "friend" Felipe constantly pulls off dickish pranks on his friends. Because of him, Gabriel has been nearly arrested for giving the impression that they were crossing the U.S.-Mexico border smuggling illegals in the boot of his car. Felipe made light of a cop showing off his scars ("Bullet wound, '96.") by showing the cop Gabriel's stretch marks ("Donuts, 1996."), which Gabriel thinks could have incited the cop to kill them. But what's Felipe's response to situations like these?

 

 

== Webcomics ==

* Part of the reason why [[Token Evil Teammate|Richard]], from ''[[Looking for Group]]'', follows [[The Hero|Cale]] on his adventure to protect those in need. The other part is [[For the Evulz]]... Do note, he has never been in on the quest, he pretty much just tags along because of the opportunity for destruction, the pleasure of killing, and the fact that watching Cale attempt to convince the survivors of Richard's onslaughts to forgive him on his lapses in morality, and steadily getting more and more disillusioned and cynical as the adventure unfolds, relieves him of boredom.

'''Richard:''' Thanks? It was fun? }}

** A bit more recently, it was explained he has a good... Well, he has ''a'' reason: being an evil psychopathic [[Jerkass]] was fueling his power as a semi-immortal regenerating lich. As he actually [[Heel Face Turn|started to care]], he felt some amount of pain when injured for the first time in who knows how long. Now it seems that he feels [[Even Evil Has Standards|the cost is getting too high]].

* Some of the stuff that Belkar does in ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' is [[For the Evulz]], and some of it is this. He particularly likes messing with other people's heads in harmless but disturbing ways. Often, he'll do something that people don't expect from him just because it will confuse them. See [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0620.html here].

** Xykon also entertains himself in ways that straddle the line between this trope and [[For the Evulz]]:

'''Xykon:''' Because I'm BORED! }}

 

* "The Twins" from ''[[Superjail]]''.

* Season 4 Megabyte in ''[[Re Boot]]'', though he doesn't get enough screen time to change sides. He even says the trope name when asked about {{spoiler|why he would disguise himself as Bob and marry Dot.}}

'''Megabyte''': (laughs) [[It Amused Me]]. }}

* King Bumi, from ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', actually stated that the reason he screwed with Aang so much is "Mostly because it's fun messing with people!"

* During all the drama that surrounded Lebron James going to play for Miami, Chris Bosh's explanation for not doing the same with any more tact? [http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Chris-Bosh-I-played-with-people-s-emotions-du?urn=nba-262662 "It's entertaining to see people react to your real emotions, because if it wasn't fun I wouldn't do it."]

* The entire schtick of the ''[[Jackass]]'' boys.

 

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