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{{quote|'''Bart Simpson:''' [[Alan Moore]]! You wrote my favorite Radioactive Man comics.
'''[[Alan Moore]]:''' Oh, really? You liked how I made your favorite superhero a heroin-addicted jazz critic who's not radioactive?
'''Bart Simpson:''' I don't read the words, I just like it when he punches people.
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Anyone who creates works of fiction will often try to make it big and large to justify your money's worth. They want to make each new installment bigger and better than the last, adding in new stories and conventions, and just make it a lot more fun than the last title in a series.
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Often, however, creators of works may put obstacles in your way to force you to go through all of their new quirks before getting a chance to see the action (like you being in a theater, sitting through hours and hours until you get to that glorious part) or play the same mode over and over. Sometimes they make it [[Fake Difficulty|even harder]] for you to get to your true goal.
[[Sister Trope
Compare [[I Read It for the Articles]], [[Complacent Gaming Syndrome]], [[Black Sheep Hit]], [[Estrogen Brigade]], [[Estrogen Brigade Bait]], and [[Come for the X, Stay for the Y]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* [[Anime]] became the only reason a lot people were attracted to the [[Cartoon Network]] [[Adult Swim]] line up. Another group of people just came to watch it for the re-runs of ''[[Family Guy]]'', ''[[American Dad]]'', and (formerly) ''[[Futurama]]'', and were reeled in by the network's original comedies. Unfortunately, [[Network Decay]] had hit [[Cartoon Network]] badly and sadly for the first group, [adult swim]'s management [[Screwed by the Network|has been relegating such programming to increasingly late in the night, with little promotion]]. Most fans have since abandoned [adult swim] nowadays for the interwebs or other networks.
* ''Odin: Photon Space Sailor Starlight'' isn't generally regarded as a good film, but it may be of interest to fans of the band [[Loudness]] whose music is featured in the film.
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* Many people who watch ''[[Hamtaro]]'' only watch it for its human characters (mainly Laura and Kana).
* Any show with [[Loads and Loads of Characters]] will have a Fandom affected by this.
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' was initially intended to be a cute little spinoff for people Just Here For the cute little sister from ''[[Triangle Heart 3 ～sweet songs forever～]]''. Halfway through the first season, which had by then pulled more viewers than the ''Toraha 3'' OVA released around the same time had, the game cast starts to fade out and the plot gets complicated. By the end, Nanoha is the only game cast member with a major role, the universe has made many major breaks with the originals, and most people seeking the ''Triangle Heart'' games and [[OVA
* ''[[Happiness! (visual novel)|Happiness!]]'' is an anime that was originally a [[Visual Novel]]. Most agree it's a fairly mediocre high school drama with a really generic magic system attached. It doesn't matter though, because nearly everyone watches it to see [[Wholesome Crossdresser|Jun]], who steals [[Ensemble Darkhorse|every]] single scene he's in.
* Lesser example; ''[[Mirai Nikki]]'': Just here for the [[Ax Crazy]] [[Yandere]]
* It seems like a lot of fans watch ''[[
* Some people watch ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' simply for the unique giant robot battles.
** Other people watch it just for [[Emotionless Girl|Rei]] and [[Tsundere|Asuka]].
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** And, on the other end [[Broken Base|of the spectrum]], there are some people who really connected to the [[Dysfunction Junction|characters' psychological and emotional problems]] and could give a rat's [[Unusual Euphemism|sweet bippie]] about the Evas and [[Faux Symbolism|symbolism]].
* While the manga has a bit more existent plot, pretty much the only reason most people watch ''[[Kanokon]]'' is because it should have just been titled [[Fan Service]]: The Anime.
** That describes any Ecchi, especially [[Panty Fighter
* Many watchers of ''[[Black Butler]]'' stick around simply for the sheer awesomeness that is [[Battle Butler|Sebastian]]. He is after all, one hell of a butler.
** And a lot of others came for the apparent [[Ho Yay]] that fans always boast about.
* The film adaptation of "Buddha" by [[Osamu Tezuka]] seems to be shaping up to be this, due to the soundtrack including "Scarlet Love Song" by [[X Japan]].
* A lot of people watched ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' for the gore, fan service, and [[Gorn]]. On a similar occasion, people check out the ''[[When They Cry]]'' series for the gore but typically stay for other reasons.
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* The ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh Tenth Anniversary Movie]]'' we all know you don't care about the plot, you're just there to see [[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)|Yami]], [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (anime)|Jaden/Judai]], and [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's|Yusei]] dueling together
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* Marvel's has been known to place [[Wolverine]] [[Wolverine Publicity|prominently on covers of comics he barely appears in]] because of this.
** Lampshaded when during one promotion where each cover in one particular month featured Wolverine ''whether or not he even appears in the story.'' On some (such as the short-lived adaptation of Laurel K. Hamilton's Stephanie Blake series) the cover (always showing Wolvie teaming up with the comic's hero(es)) there was a small disclaimer, obviously [[Our Lawyers Advised This Trope|suggested by Marvel's legal counsel]] that read "Wolverine does not actually appear in this comic."
** Also parodied by The Sensational She-Hulk, where they have a cover of Wolverine and a couple of other heroes at the charge and the blurb ''"Wolverine is on this comic!"''... and a crumpled bottom having been pushed up by Jen, who looks at the reader while glibly saying "Note the cover doesn't say he's actually ''in'' this comic!"
== [[Film]] ==
* In general, if you have a favorite B-movie actor and plenty of time and/or disposable income on your hands, you'll watch droves of otherwise unwatchable films just to catch a glimpse of your hero - and that goes double if you're a horny male and the "star" is a sexy babe. Take Anna Nicole Smith, for instance. How many boys aged 14 to 25 watched the crappy movie ''To the Limit'' just to see her naked body - when she wasn't even the main character in that film, and in fact it was a sequel to an earlier film, ''Da Vinci's War'', which she wasn't in and which was made before most people had even heard of her?
* The ''[[Godzilla]]'' franchise, which probably became famous only for the monster fights (hence the [[Trope Namer|trope title]]).
** A common complain about ''Godzilla Final Wars'' is that Godzilla finally goes into action only near the end of the movie despite the movie is supposed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the series.
* Most action films score very low on plot originality, character development or any kind of message. Audiences simply want to see explosions, people fighting each other or fast paced special effects.
* Most romantic drama films and comedies are extremely predictable, yet women and couples just want to see a romantic story on a fairy tale level to leave the cinema with a happy feeling.
* ''[[Alexander]]'' was a somewhat boring, overly long and drawn out film. A large amount of people watched it for that one scene with [[Rosario Dawson]].
* A LOT of Japanese people only watch Hollywood films because they find the American actor/actresses in them attractive.
** A lot of audiences in general seem to like movies more for the costumes and set design than for the actual plot.
* Most audiences went to see ''[[The Forbidden Kingdom]]'' simply to see [[Jackie Chan]] fight Jet Li for the first time in their careers.
** You can say that about Martial Arts movies in general. The plot is secondary. You're here to watch [[Jet Li]], [[Jackie Chan]], [[Tony Jaa]], [[Jason Statham]], [[Bruce Lee]], [[Jean
*** The same thing can be said about non-martial arts action stars as well -- [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], [[Sylvester Stallone]], [[Charles Bronson]], [[Clint Eastwood]] and others.
* No matter [[Sequelitis|how bad you think the sequels are]], the one thing every fan can look forward to in ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' is Captain Jack Sparrow.
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** Averted in the first ''Halloween''. It features no gore and actually focuses on the characters.
** The "Plot" such as it is, of most ''[[Friday the 13th (film)|Friday the 13 th]]'' movies, serves only as a vehicle to deliver (usually Teen) Victims to Jason. This is further confirmed by the "Jump to a Death" option present on the home DVD versions.
** In fact, "Halloween III" was a huge flop because the star of the series, Mickey Myers, wasn't in it. Today the film is re-evaluated for it's original story and atmosphere, but back in 1982 audiences simply wanted Myers to kill people and nothing more complicated or original than that.
* A major complaint about ''[[Cloverfield]]'' was "I came to see a giant monster trash New York, not [[Developing Doomed Characters|watch these annoying jerks]] through [[Jittercam|shakycam]] for 2 hours."
* In the Japanese film [[Always Zoku San Choume No Yuuhi]] (Always Sunset on Third Street 2) Godzilla himself makes a brief cameo appearance in the first 2 minutes of the film in a dream sequence and in CGI form, Many Godzilla fans don't know what this film is about or even care, all they want to see is Godzilla as this is his most recent appearance as of 2010.
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* While a lot of people won't admit it, social stigmas related to nudity and sex means many people's only exposure to such is through generic action movies. The watchers are not especially interested in the story at all, they're just there for the nudity, sex and violence. This means movies are released with this in mind, leading to [[Viewers are Morons]], which pisses off the [[Viewers Are Geniuses|other group.]]
** Ironically, this can (and does) happen with quite a lot of highbrow films that feature nudity. Many, especially in the 50s and 60s when nudity in mainstream film was illegal, patiently sat through [[True Art Is Incomprehensible|incomprehensible art films]] they wouldn't have otherwise.
** Same issue comes up with nudist resorts in [[Real Life]]. People are so stigmatized to nudity only being in late-night movies and pornography that they don't realize that there are family-friendly nudist resorts out there which are not only intended to be non-sexual but go out of their way to keep the wrong element out. (For instance wearing underwear around is frowned upon at nudist resorts. It may ''seem'' odd to the non-nudist, but it makes sense when you realize lingerie is underwear, and a short look at porn shows half-dressed people are considered sexier than simply naked people)
* [[Milla Jovovich]] is a compelling reason to watch ''[[Ultraviolet (film)|Ultraviolet]]'' ([[Fan Service|to her fans]]), despite being considered to be a very bad movie by critics in general.
** Milla Jovovich is a compelling reason to watch many things - ''[[Zoolander]]'' (as [[Dark Action Girl|Katinka]]) and ''The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc'' to name two.
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* The ''[[Home Alone]]'' movies usually have a story about a child learning to act on his own and getting into trouble, but really the only reason people went to see those movies was for the [[Death Trap]] houses.
* Probably the biggest complaint about the live-action ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' movies is the focus on the humans. Optimus Prime doesn't even get introduced in the first movie until an hour in. There are subplots that lead to nothing and very scatological humans. ''Revenge of the Fallen'' is a little better, offering flashy fights in the beginning, middle and end, but all the time between that is just waffle.
** At least one person appears to have been interested in the film only because of [[Megan Fox]].
** This is something the ''[[Transformers]]'' producers have long failed to grasp. Fans are just here for the robots, and it's an ''extremely'' rare human who catches on with viewers of ''any'' age. The adults who were annoyed by [[Transformers Generation 1|Spike and Daniel]] were kids when they ''first'' watched, and with the newer series, for every [[Transformers Animated|Sari]], there's three [[Transformers Film Series|Sams]] or [[Transformers Energon|Kickers]] whose not-remotely-interesting home lives are only unwanted interruptions to the giant-robot-armies-at-war thing everyone ''really'' came for, and any scene with them will be considered [[Developing Doomed Characters]]. The humans who ''do'' get popular are never the [[Tagalong Kid
* Even [[2012|the movie itself]] didn't really seem to care ''why'' the Apocalypse was going to strike in ''[[2012]]'', but it didn't half put [[Money Making Shot|the money up on the screen]] when it was time for [[Scenery Gorn|the geological shit]] [[Holy Shit Quotient|to hit the fan]].
* A large percentage of the ''[[Tekken]]'' film's sparse audience likely went just to see Lateef Crowder playing Eddy Gordo. The smart ones just settled for watching his scenes on [[YouTube]].
* You may like the [[Melodrama]] of [[Tyler Perry]]'s movies and plays, but you are more likely there to watch Madea's shenanigans.
* ''[[Avatar (film)|Avatar]]'' is the highest-grossing film of the 21st Century so far. However, just about ''everyone'' went to watch it only for [[Visual Effects of Awesome|the stunning effects.]]
* The sole reason to watch ''[[Gone in Sixty Seconds]]'' (1974) is the [[Chase Scene]] that makes up the second half of the movie.
* German Neo-Nazis often bought tickets for ''[[American History X]]'' just to see the violence scenes during the first ten minutes. After that, they left the cinema again.
* The first album by [[Procol Harum]] includes a song titled "Salad Days (Are Here Again)", and the track listing on the back cover says that this song is "From The Film 'Separation'". ''Separation'' is an obscure [[Le Film Artistique|art film]] which remained unavailable for a long time after its initial (limited) theatrical run in 1968, leaving Procol Harum fans wondering what it was like. In 2009, the film was released on video for the first time, and thus many of those watching it are Just Here For Procol Harum (though maybe [[Come for the X, Stay for the Y]] is in effect too).
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* A small minority of the audience for ''[[Black Swan]]'' is Just There For The [[But Your Wings Are Beautiful|Wingfic]].
** And quite a few more are Just There for [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot|the Mila/Natalie sex scene.]]
* Many people watched ''[[The Machinist]]'' for the shock of seeing Christian Bale's [[Dyeing for Your Art|Nightmare Fuel
* Some people watched [[James Cameron]]'s ''[[Titanic]]'' only because of ship's sinking scenes.
** Back when it was released most teenage girls went to see the film solely because they were so in love with [[Leonardo DiCaprio]]. In fact many people only remember the romantic scenes and are completely unaware that the entire story was based on a real life incident.
** Many people have seen it multiple times, and still have not seen the beginning. The "Making of" documentary created a lot of interest in the special effects in people who had originally chosen not to sit through the four-hour film.
*** It's pretty common knowledge that the crow's nest scene (when the look-outs spot the iceberg) occurs just about five minutes into the third hour, when it plays on TV, so when it's on, you can tune in exactly halfway through for the special effects, and skip the romance entirely.
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** Many people also watched it for [[Zachary Quinto]], widely regarded as the best thing in ''[[Heroes]]'' even at its best, as the new Spock. Other people watched for the [[Stuff Blowing Up|space battles]].
** As a sidenote, a lot of people who knows Romulans was involved in the story also expected for their ship to "disappear" (due for the fact that Romulans possess the best cloaking device) sooner or later during the chase scene. Too bad that the ship in question was not a military vessel.
* Many people went to see ''[[The Rite]]'' for one thing: Anthony Hopkins possessed.
** And in Mexico, many went to [[Watch It for the Meme]] that spawned thanks to certain national news anchor that interviewed Hopkins.
* Probably the main reason sci-fi folks will never get their wish of a film that explains the backgrounds of either/[[Alien vs. Predator|or]] the [[Alien (franchise)|Alien]] and [[Predator]] franchises. [[Sci Fi Ghetto|Folks just want to see the eponymous creatures kick butt, not have their origins explained]].
* A rare one-minute cameo by [[Daft Punk]] and their soundtrack were good enough reasons for people to watch ''[[Tron: Legacy]]''.
* Many people went to see [[Snakes on a Plane]] solely to hear Samuel L. Jackson deliver his line.
* Some people watched ''[[Space Jam]]'' mostly just for Lola Bunny, who [[Canon Immigrant|made her debut]] in that film, which is lampshaded in this [http://s3.amazonaws.com/kym-assets/photos/images/original/000/120/431/Lola%20Bunny.jpg?1304625599 motivational poster.]
* Some people probably watched ''[[Way of the Dragon]]'' just to watch the [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]] between [[Bruce Lee]] and [[Chuck Norris]]. {{spoiler|Which is won by Lee.}}
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* A lot of people only saw ''[[The Expendables]]'' to see the scene that features [[Sylvester Stallone]], [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] and [[Bruce Willis]] together (which was also highlighted in all of the trailers).
* A number of people only see ''[[Con Air]]'' for the toy bunny, a major plot point in ''[[Homestuck]]'', and/or because it is the favorite movie of Homestuck's protagonist, John Egbert.
* Even since his cult following formed in the late 1990's, does anyone watch the [[TV Movie]] ''[[Sarah Plain And Tall]]'' for anything other than the fact that it has [[Christopher Walken]] in a romantic role?
* The ''[[House of Wax]]'' remake promising [[Paris Hilton]] at her most [[The Scrappy|scrappiest]] to die, which she ''does,'' but [[Eight Deadly Words|there's still about a half hour or so left of teenyboppers running around in the eponymous house.]]
* Many ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fans went to see the reboot of ''[[Fright Night]]'' with the sole intention of seeing David Tennant shirtless.
* A lot of people only watch the first half of ''[[Full Metal Jacket]]'' because of [[Large Ham|Gunnery]] [[Drill Sergeant Nasty|Sergeant]] [[R. Lee Ermey|Hartman]].
* A lot of people have watched ''Zabriskie Point'' solely because of its [[Pink Floyd]] connection.
* ''[[Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day]]'' took seventy years of [[Development Hell]] before being released. That's a good enough reason for many people to watch it.
* Due to the way [[Bollywood|Indian]] [[The Otherwoods|cinema]] and [[Filmi Music|music]] works, most films promote themselves via the songs in the film, hence the popularity and predominance of [[Item number]]s as a way to drag people to see the film, if only for the chance of see their favorite artist dancing scantly.
* For people who grew up on Hong Kong cinema, the main attraction of ''[[Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings]]'' looks to be it being [[Tony Leung]]'s Hollywood debut as Wenwu/The Mandarin.
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* Many writers have readers who have readers who are reading it because they're interested in the time period and/or country where it takes place.
* ''[[Fu Manchu]]'' novels back in the day. No one cared about the heroes, they were just there to see Fu Manchu kick ass.
* The [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] does this. Even if it's about someone unique to the EU, you'll see cameos by your favorite characters [[My Friends and Zoidberg|and Jar Jar]].
* A lot of new readers of ''[[Good Omens]]'' are just there for [[Our Angels Are Different|Aziraphle]] [[Ho Yay|and]] [[Our Demons Are Different|Crowley]] who are [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad|the only characters you hear about online 95% of the time]] due to their very easy to see UST. For those how don't know, it's more of an [[Loads and Loads of Characters|ensemble cast]] type book.
** Though the eleven-year-old [[Anti Christ|Antichrist]] and the [[Horsemen of the Apocalypse|Horse-persons of the Apocalypse]] do have some fans.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* ''[[MythBusters]]''. You mean there's more to it than [[Stuff Blowing Up]]?
** [[Comically Missing the Point|Oh course there is.]] [[Everybody Remembers the Stripper|There's Kari.]]
* One of the best examples of all times is ''[[Baywatch]]'', where to the fans the plot was nothing and [[Fan Service|bouncing boobs on the beach in slow motion]] was everything.
** In fact, it's become something of a cliché in itself to quip that the bay wasn't what was being watched in that world, or to outright dub the show ''[[Fan Nickname|Babewatch]]''.
* Many sitcoms rely heavily on a [[Breakout Character]], a [[Catch Phrase]] or a [[Running Gag]]. The audience enjoys these predictable elements so much that they want to see it happen at least once in every episode.
** A classic example is ''[[Family Matters]]'', many of whose viewers were less interested in the Winslows than they were in whatever it was Steve Urkel was up to this week. They could have easily redubbed it ''The Urkel Show'' and the ratings probably wouldn't have been affected very much.
* Depending on your opinion G4Tv is only good for ''[[X-Play]]'', ''Totally Outrageous Behavior'' or ''Movies That Don't Suck''. [[Network Decay]] killed all the other tech or game related shows, replacing them with ''Cops and Cheaters''.
** There's also the camp of those who watch it just for ''[[Ninja Warrior]]'' and its kin.
* The largest demographic of people now checking out the ''[[Green Hornet]]'' TV show are those interested in [[Bruce Lee]]'s early career.
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* As Ben Browder found out by conducting a poll at his first Stargate convention, some people started watching [[Stargate SG-1]] when Ben and Claudia joined season 9 and others started watching ''[[Farscape]]'' after seeing Ben and Claudia on ''SG-1''.
** This happens a lot with [[Joss Whedon|Whedonverse]] actors - ''[[Castle]]'' was basically marketed as "[[Nathan Fillion]] is on TV again!" and ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'' were similarly marketed as "[[Summer Glau]] is a killer robot!"
* Many people have said that the only reason to watch ''[[
** There are also some ''[[Lost]]'' fans, or ex-fans, who started watching it simply because they still miss Charlie. ABC [[Fake Crossover|probably predicted this]].
* Many people watch ''[[American Idol]]'' in the beginning just to see the horrible no talent singers make fools of themselves on national television. Everything else after that is just a waste of time.
* It is very hard to get non-nerds to watch any part of a space mission except launch and touchdown.
* BBC America will readily admit that most of the people who subscribe to their channel are only in it for ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
** As a tangent to that, when the series 3 DVD of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' was released, it had a sticker that said, "David Tennant's last recorded scenes as the Doctor." Since he was only in 2 episodes of a 12 episode season, likely that little bit of advertising angered somebody.
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* ''[[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody]]'' enjoyed a [[Periphery Demographic]] of older males who just liked [[Fan Service|looking at]] the supporting characters played by [[Ashley Tisdale]] and [[Brenda Song]].
* The short-lived ''[[Painkiller Jane]]'' TV series departed significantly from its source material and did not perform well enough to merit a second season, But some of us weren't paying attention to all that: we tuned in to see [[Kristanna Loken]] have some [[Les Yay]] and Bondage Fun once a week. And near the end of the show's run, the producers seemed to catch on...
* A lot of fans of [[Monty Python]] merely laugh at the silliness and men dressing up as women. The intellectual and satirical references just go right over their head.
* Some people started watching [[American Horror Story]] in order to catch up when they heard [[Zachary Quinto]] would make a guest appearance. {{spoiler|He's a pissed off ghost who tied to the backstory of the house.}}
* Many people watch award ceremonies just for the awards that the shows they like have been nominated for.
** Plenty only watch the Spike Video Game Awards for the trailers and announcements.
* In April, 2012, ITV premiered a 4 part ''Titanic'' mini-series to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of that ship. Around the same time, it was revealed that the next Companion for ''[[Doctor Who]]'' would be one Jenna-Louise Coleman...who happens to have a supporting role in the aforesaid ''Titanic'' mini series. Cue the [[YouTube]] clips of her scenes ONLY.
* The final two years of Australian [[Talk Show]] ''Rove'' (previously known as ''Rove Live'') had a segment called Kevin Rudd PM. What was pretty much a [[Gag Dub]] of news footage spliced together of then Prime Minster Kevin Rudd as [[They Fight Crime|a secret agent]]. Looking episodes up on [[YouTube]] you'll see people saying they only watched the show for this.
* Watching ''[[JAG (TV series)|JAG]]'' for the aviation scenes and zoning out when the legal drama occurs.
== [[Music]] ==
* The Australian comedy group Tripod had a song on this subject, with particular reference to the Peter Jackson ''[[King Kong]]'' film; the refrain, which could easily serve as an alternate trope title: ''"Get to the fucking monkey."''
* This happens a lot in rap music. You take a popular or respected rapper and put them on a lesser known or just slightly less popular rapper's song ([[Wolverine Publicity|they might be appearing on every song that summer actually]]) either dropping a verse or just doing the hook. What'll happen is people completely ignore the rest of the song (unless they happen to enjoy the other rapper or they turn out to be really good) and just skip to the guest portions.
* This happens to a lot of bands when they have a popular song, especially if its a one hit wonder or [[Black Sheep Hit]]. A lot of musicians will have [[Creator Backlash]] and be annoyed when fans beg them to play it at concerts.
** [[Radiohead]] fans often demand from the start of the concert that "Creep" be played, then leave as soon as it's over. Radiohead is less than happy with this state of affairs, as documented in another song, "My Iron Lung."
** According to King Missile frontman Tom S Hall, around 1992 or so, their audiences were entirely made up of people who were either long-time fans or were just here for "Detachable Penis" - they dealt with it by always playing the song live, but deliberately making sure it came very early in the set. Thus, everyone who was just there for their hit would stream out of the club and they could play for the people who were really interested.
* This can happen at double-billed concerts or festivals if you're a fan of only one of the artists playing.
* Many classical music concerts often feature the more melodic tunes by popular composers ("William Tell Overture" ([[Gioacchino Rossini]]), "The Blue Danube" ([[Johann Strauss]]), "Bolero" ([[Maurice Ravel]]), "5th symphony" ([[Ludwig Van Beethoven]])"Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart),...), because most audiences just want to hear the most famous portions and not the obscure, less danceable work. In fact many well known classical tunes are played as a stand alone piece instead of in the context of the original work. For instance, everyone knows the first part of Beethoven's 5th symphony, but are unaware that there are more, less well known portions to the work.
* Often happens at concerts of older bands that were once more popular, but are still putting out new material. Fans want to hear the older hits, not the new stuff.
** Along those lines, ''[[Michael Jackson:
* This is often why [[Hank Williams III]] gets concert bookings. He sounds just like his late grandfather Hank Williams Sr. and so starts off every concert by doing some country songs and his grandfather's hits. Once that's done he informs the country fans that the part they came for is done with and that they can leave before launching into the Psychobilly Death Metal songs from his group Assjack that he actually likes to perform.
* [[Hawkwind]] attribute a large portion of their live audiences from mid-1971 to mid-75 (particularly in Germany) to Stacia, a [[Most Common Superpower|statuesque]] brunette standing a little over 6 foot tall, who would dance on stage.
* The music video for "Dance (A$$)" by hip hop artist [[Big Sean]] would likely have been forgotten quickly had [[Nicki Minaj]] not been featured in it.
** Also true for [[Kanye West]]'s video "Monster". While it was a joint project with ''five'' contributing artists, Minaji's part stood out the most among critics and fans.
== [[New Media]] ==
* Some people were on [[Facebook]] not for the social or communication aspects for it so much as games like ''Mafia Wars'' and ''[[FarmVille]]''.
* Many people have the Internet for one reason and one reason only - there's even a trope for it - [[The Internet Is for Porn]].
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* Paige in ''[[FoxTrot]]'' goes to see ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|The Return of the King]]'' just because Orlando Bloom is in it, and wishes the movie would stop wasting time with that "filler stuff about a ring."
== Periodicals ==
* Some people only subscribe to certain gaming magazines just for the freebies that they provide every so often, such as game demos.
** A subscription to ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' in the late '80s could net you a copy of [[Dragon Quest I]]. A full version of a game worth roughly half again (at the time) the value of the subscription. Not a bad promo. Probably brought in a lot of business for the magazine.
* There's people who won't read a review to see what the reviewer said, but to just look at the score they gave it.
** [[Amiga Power]] knew this well, and in their final issue gave ''Alien Breed 3D 2: The Killing Grounds'' a score of 98% (one of their highest scores in the entire run of the magazine), adding in the review itself that they'd always wanted to give a fake score and that it was actually only worth 59%.
* Let's face it: You've probably bought a periodical that you wouldn't normally care about because a character from some work you're interested in was on the cover. Bonus points if it was an import. Even more bonus points if it's in some foreign language you can't read.
* Pornographic mags. [[Subverted]] ''and'' [[Lampshaded]], as we like to ''say'' it's [[I Read It for the Articles|just for the articles]]... but for a good half the readership, it's closer to {{spoiler|"Someone get these words out, they're blocking my pictorials!"}}
== [[Recorded and Stand Up Comedy]] ==
* [[w:Gallagher (comedian)|Gallagher]] made the ''Sledge-O-Matic'' closer into such a signature routine that he had to get the courts to stop his brother (who would tour as "Gallagher II: The Living Sequel") from performing it. Given the splatter protection fans came up with so they could see the "carnage" up close and protect their outfits, it's clear they were just there for it.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Every [[Game Master]] who has focused on plots has encountered this. The entire joke about The Munchkin File's [[Player Archetypes|archetypes]] reveals ''three'' of the four are there just for Godzilla. [[The Loonie]] is there for a laugh, [[The Real Man]] is there to put the hurt on something in a power fantasy, and the [[Munchkin]] is there just for whatever gives the most plusses. Other RPG guides talk about players who just want to play out their personal fantasy over and over, those who like outfoxing the GM's best antagonists, and gamers who are there just to hang with their friends.
* This happens in war games with extensive historical backgrounds or in universe mythologies. Some players are trying to recreate the Roman Legio XX, refight Midway, or celebrate the [[Expanded Universe]] of their favorite setting. Others just want things to die and could care less about any of the supposed backdrop. And some players want the big win so bad, they'll try to make the most deadly force the rules allow, real-world doctrine (for historical games), in-universe fluff, or even [["Stop Having Fun!" Guys|sportsmanship]] be damned.
== [[Theatre]] ==
* This is the origin of modern musical theatre. Some people were putting on a play, the ballet house next door burnt down, so they offered the ballerinas a part in their show. They threw together some songs and dance numbers ''et voilà'', they had created a five and a half hour abomination against all that has ever been held as art: ''The Black Crook''. But, having women in pants, which, in an age where women wore skirts, was considered very sexy.
** Similarly, the modern burlesque evolved out of a segment of the minstrel shows devoted to parody of famous works. After the minstrel show disappeared and its segments were scattered, the burlesque continued as parody, but as more and more women entered it playing men's parts, more and more men showed up to see women in pants. Wasn't long before they just gave up the pretense and started giving the audience [[Fan Service|exactly what they wanted]].
* A selling point of many major "spectacle" musicals are the huge special effects set-pieces:
** The falling chandelier in ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]''
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* ''The Mountaintop'' is a play centered on the civil rights activist [[Martin Luther King]] which took a new perspective on him. But a lot of people simply watch it to see [[Samuel L. Jackson]] play as Martin Luther King.
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* Let's just get straight to the point and say that any multiplayer-oriented game falls into this.
** id Software made the decision with the ''[[Quake]]'' series to move towards competitive multiplayer-only gaming. They eventually abandoned single-player entirely with ''Quake 3''. When they tried to return with ''[[Doom]] 3'', [[Broken Base|half the fandom]] [[Fan Dumb|hated it]].
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* The [[Boss Battle]] is such a core and dramatic gameplay element many gamers will want to skip right to them rather than breaking them up with less awesome levels.
* While ''[[Call of Duty]]: World At War'' was a fun game in its own right, many people got the game for [[Nazi Zombies]].
* ''[[Super Smash Bros.]].'' was originally just a platformer-fighting game hybrid with generic characters, but marketing said it wouldn't sell, so they added Nintendo characters and began a series full of mostly [[Pandering to the Base]]. To this day, most of the appeal comes not from the fighting and deep single player modes, but for the chance to have [[Super Mario|Mario]] fight [[Pokémon|Pikachu]] or see [[The Legend of Zelda|Zelda kick Link's ass]].
** The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A0DcI25QPQ advertising] was completely aware of this.
* ''[[Bomberman]]'' always adds something new to single-player mode, but it gets ignored for the multi-player.
** It's come to the point where the seventh-generation ''Bomberman'' games are multiplayer-centric download titles with little to speak of in the way of singleplayer.
* Some people just play the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' titles for the [[Bishounen|pretty boys]]. Or for the [[Yaoi Fangirl|slash potential]].
** And ''some'' only play it for the [[Stripperiffic|scantily clad women]]. Or the [[Yuri Fan|fem]][[Final Fantasy VII|slash]] [[Final Fantasy X
* Some people only play ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' to explore and cause mayhem in the cities.
** Or drive around and listen to the soundtrack, especially in ''[[Grand Theft Auto Vice City]]''.
** Likewise, the ''[[Driver]]'' series doesn't really need a story either. It's just an unlimited supply of interactive [[Chase Scene
** But [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] insisted on thrusting the story on the player, with occasionally harsh wake-ups from the escapist fun. This is why ''[[Saints Row]] 2'' sold itself as a refreshing break from the wangstmire. There's story, but players who are only here for the fast cars, [[More Dakka|gunsgunsguns]] and explosive sociopathy can race right over such speedbumps.
* ''[[Dead or Alive]] Xtreme Beach Volleyball'' is often considered one of the better volleyball simulators on the market, not that there are many to begin with. Most people only played it for the [[Fan Service]]. (Naturally, the sequels focused on fanservice at the expense of gameplay.) Mind you, given that it was created as the videogame equivalent of a [[Fan Service|fanservicey]] [[Beach Episode]] (with minigames where you buy bikinis for the other characters), the players who are just there for the volleyball are probably the ones who fit this trope.
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** And of course, ''[[Deadpool]]'', who gets all the best lines of the first game and is even more advertised for the second.
* ''[[Grand Chase]]'' advertisement: "GRAND CHASE HAS ONE OF THE MOST "SKILL BASED" PVP SYSTEMS EVER! Wait... there's dungeons too? WHO CARES? NEW TOURNAMENT! CASH IN NOW TO BE THE BEST!!"
** Similarly, all the ''[[Dungeons
* ''[[Warcraft]] III'': When ''[[Defense of the Ancients]]'' came out, some people bought it only for that and other custom maps, others stick purely to ladder, the majority don't care either way. Rumors of a story-heavy campaign mode remain unconfirmed.
* Some of [[Nickelodeon]]'s [[Periphery Demographic]] played the ''[[Nicktoons Unite!]]'' series just for [[The Ren and Stimpy Show|Stimpy]], [[Rocko's Modern Life|Rocko]], [[Invader Zim|Zim, Dib and GIR]]. Well, pretty nice of THQ to acknowledge what Nick would rather forget, even to the point of getting the characters' original actors to reprise their roles.
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* Did you actually read '''428: Fuusasareta Shibuya de'''? You only started it because [[Nasuverse|Kinoko Nasu wrote one of the scenarios]], didn't you?
* Xbox Live's Gamerscore system has resulted in "achievement whores", players who buy games strictly to milk their achievements and then never touch them again.
* Despite [[Sega|Sonic Team's]] ''[[Sonic Adventure|numerous]]'' [[Sonic Adventure 2|attempts]] [[Sonic Heroes|at]] [[Shadow the Hedgehog (video game)|adding]] [[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006
* ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'' features [[Shown Their Work|weather simulation, realistic geology and climates, elaborate history simulation and genetically-controlled character appearances]]. People play it to slaughter [[Eldritch Abomination|horrible monsters]], find the most [[Video Game Cruelty Potential|gruesome ways to execute goblins]] and flood the world in boiling magma.
* And then there's ''[[Rollercoaster Tycoon]] 3''. Who cares for creating well-working, beautifully designed amusement parks when you can deliberately crash rollercoasters into your peeps instead?
* The Wii verison of the otherwise [[The Problem with Licensed Games|bad]] ''[[Indiana Jones and The Staff of Kings]]'' included the much loved and difficult to obtain ''[[Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis]]'' as an unlockable. This one saving grace was also rendered moot when Lucasarts released the game (along with many of their other old adventure games) on Steam a month or so later.
* For console gaming, some people may get a video game console just to play a few specific games that appeal to them and nothing else.
* Playing ''[[Space Channel 5]] Part 2''? There's a good chance you're playing it just for Purge.
* ''[[Rule of Rose]]'' features an interesting inversion to the usual trend, as the fans of the game typically consider the mediocre gameplay completely uninteresting compared to the complex [[Mind Screw]] storyline, and dig out the most minute details for further speculation about the character motives. Elitism isn't dead.
* Many people only get ''[[
** Interestingly, the free-to-play Starter Edition of ''StarCraft II'' includes full access to the Terrans... but ''only'' the Terrans, and only on certain maps/match types.
* ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'' has
* ''[[Soul Series|Soulcalibur]] II'' is one of the few titles (if not the ''only'' major release) to sell more on the Gamecube than the Xbox or Playstation 2. Why? It included [[The Legend of Zelda|Link]] as a playable character.
** ''Soulcalibur V'' seems to be aiming for a repeat performance, but with greater magnitude. Why? ''[[Assassin's Creed|Ezio Auditore]]'' as the game's [[Guest Fighter]].
*** One of the Namco Bandai producers would admit that this was part of why Ezio was picked, since he was so popular in the West where they want the series to do well.
*
* Many play ''[[
** For its sister series ''[[The Sims]]'' people often play it either to just kill people in horrible ways, make their Sims miserable, or to make their character [[Really Get Around]].
* Chances are that niche games which happened to include game demos for more popular products count here. ''[[Zone of the Enders]]'' with its ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' demo, most definitely (though ''ZOE'' managed to find its audience with ''2nd Runner''), and to a less successful extent, ''Tobal No. 1'' with its demo for ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]''.
* [[Tim Schafer]] was aggravated when he was playing his game ''[[
* A good bit of the reaction to ''
* Speaking of ''[[Pokémon]]'', while the storylines in the main games have gotten more complex and detailed, people still buy the games because they still want to catch, train and battle with the eponymous monsters.
* The original ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'' games on [[NES]] were notoriously [[Nintendo Hard]] and had ''excellent'' cutscenes. The reason many players stuggled to complete these games is because they wanted to see the whole story!
=== [[Visual Novels]] ===
* ''[[School Days]]'' actually features plenty of endings where the cheerful, well-adjusted protagonists live happily ever after... but no one cares about those. Most people playing ''School Days'' just want its infamous [[Multiple Endings|Bad Ends]] in which one or more characters are brutally murdered.
== [[Web Animation]] ==
* Most fans of ''[[Super Mario Bros Z]]'' just mash their space bar through the dialogue to get to the [[Holy Shit Quotient|stupidly]] [[Rule of Cool|awesome]] fight sequences faster.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In the web comic ''[[The Dreamer]]'', a lot of people just read it for Nathan Hale and Alexander Hamilton.
* From the way some people talk about ''[[Freefall]]'', you'd have no idea [[Uplifted Animal|Florence]] isn't the only protagonist. Especially true if you're [[Furry Fandom|discussing it on a furry site]].
* ''[[Off White]]'': Anytime the story switches focus to the humans there are people wanting it to go back to the wolves.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* The Escapist Magazine. You came for the [[Zero Punctuation|Yahtzee]], the rest is just window dressing. Though more videos ([[There Will Be Brawl]], [[Unskippable]], [[Moviebob]], [[Doomsday Arcade]], [[Unforgotten Realms]]) are slowly getting equally as popular, but there's no doubt Yahtzee was the [[Killer App]] for the site.
** Lampshaded in their spoof news show ENN, a weekly episode of which comes out at the exact same time as ''[[Zero Punctuation]]''.
{{quote|"We'll see you here next week, right after you watch ''[[Zero Punctuation]]''." }}
* Even you don't know or care about the film [[The Nostalgia Critic]] is reviewing, it's fun to see him break down in tears and/or rage over it.
** Likewise, you don't need to be familiar with whatever [[The Angry Video Game Nerd]] is reviewing (and it's likely you often won't; he's done some pretty obscure games) to enjoy the resultant emotional meltdown.
** And, similar to ''The Escapist'' above, it's likely that most visitors of Channel Awesome will only watch the videos of a handful of reviewers and, if it weren't for the yearly anniversary specials, may not even know that certain reviewers exist.
* 90% of site traffic on [[Literotica]] is to the [[Incest Is Relative|incest]] section, with many users never looking at any other section.
* Strong Bad and his emails on ''[[Homestar Runner]]'', overlapping with [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]. [[Lampshaded]] in the "First Time Here?" cartoon:
{{quote|'''Strong Bad:''' I'm Strong Bad, and you don't know it yet, but I'm the reason you're here.
'''Homestar:''' It's true. }}
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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* Parodied on ''[[Family Guy]]''. The guy Chris works for just watches movies (some of which are fairly obscure) for the [[Perverse Sexual Lust|female nude scenes]].
* For some people, the only reason why they change to The Hub is because of the [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|ponies.]]
** Other draws are ''[[Batman Beyond]]'', ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'', ''[[Jem]]'' and ''[[Transformers Prime]]''.
* A good portion of ''[[Generator Rex]]'' fans simply stick around because [[Badass Normal|Agent]] [[Papa Wolf|Six]] is just plain cool.
* Just as with ''Generator Rex'', ''[[Ben 10]]'' had people who just stuck around to watch Grandpa Max be incredibly awesome.
* Used in-story and taken to the extreme in a ''[[Family Guy]]'' cutaway gag: It seems that Peter only went to ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'' to see the Phantom's deformity, and shouts at the actor playing him to hurry up and show it. "That nose better be piggy!"
* There have been a number of people who only watched ''[[
* Many people watched ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'' just to see some their favorite cartoon characters in the same scene (Donald and Daffy, Mickey and Bugs).
** Later, there were viewers who watched just for Jessica Rabbit.
* A lot of people just watched ''[[Wreck-It Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks the Internet]]'' for the [[Disney Princess]]es who made prominent appearances in two scenes. While the Disney higher-ups initially had reservations over their depictions in the film, their scenes especially when they donned modern casual outfits proved to be so popular that merchandise based on their ''Ralph Breaks the Internet'' renditions, also known as the ''Comfy Squad'', were released, and plans for a spinoff movie featuring the Comfy Squad princesses were also discussed.<ref>[https://www.slashfilm.com/disney-princess-spin-off-movie/ Disney Princess Spin-Off Movie is “An Idea Worth Exploring”, According to ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ Directors]</ref>
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Michael Jordan. Once he left (and came back, and left and came back, and left and came back) the NBA saw a drop in their ratings that they still{{when}} haven't fully recovered from.
** Subverted, oddly enough, by Chicago Bulls fans. In the Post-Jordan era (after MJ left for the Washington Wizards), The Bulls have been #1 in overall attendance in the NBA, topping the NBA attendance charts most years - even during the Dark Ages in the early 2000's when the team was a laughingstock.
** And, to a lesser extent, Kobe Bryant as well.
*** May as well throw LeBron James here too: As far as [[Butt Monkey|Cleveland]] is concerned, the pre-2003 Cavs only existed to fill the gap between football and baseball. And considering the apocalyptic tone of the coverage of his move to Miami, apparently, many think James was the only reason to be in Cleveland period.
**** ''Capitalism: A Love Story'' had a little segment that stated exactly that.
**** And let me tell you, when you make the city of Cleveland long for the non-entity Browns and Indians... that's special.
* Tiger Woods brought in a lot of new golf fans.
** A ''lot'' of fans. Nielsens go way down in golf tournaments where Tiger isn't playing, and go way up when he's got a chance to win. This trope could be called Just Here For Tiger.
* Yeah, man. I love L.A. Galaxy. Been a fan since 11 January 2007.....what? David Beckham? Oh yeah. What a [[Blatant Lies|funny coincidence]].
** Likewise, Thierry Henry and the New York Red Bulls.
** The Minnesota Lynx had trouble getting butts in the seats before Lindsay Whalen and Maya Moore showed up.
* It's a well known fact that the Olympics are riddled with Godzillas. Some people only watch for the team sports, some only watch to see their country and don't care about events that don't have a hometown hero, some only watch to see the current big star (e.g., [[Michael Phelps]] in 2008), and some just watch for the events where women compete in skimpy outfits. The one universally understood constant is that no one on Earth is actually interested in every single event (and hardly anyone is interested in the non-competition portions of the television coverage).
* Two words: Lance Armstrong. Ever since he stopped competing in the Tour de France, American interest in that event has been tepid at best.
* How many people who watch [[NASCAR]] really know what "track bar adjustment" and "bump drafting" mean, and how many just want to see the big wreck?
* How about watching the [[Super Bowl]] just for the commercials?
** ...Or the halftime show.
* Often seen in Major League baseball when some player is about to tie or break a record, even if doing so doesn't mean anything for the team since they're out of contention and it might not even matter to the game outcome.
** Though, often this reflects more on the networks covering the player and their team and their immediate fan base than it does for sports fans as a whole. Basically, sports news loves reporting on the breaking of records and hometown fans love being able to brag, but no one else interested in baseball or sports really cares too much.
*** A lot of parks in the MLB have Premium Prices on games featuring specific rival teams and/or the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox (the latter for their name and reputation alone).
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