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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.
|''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''}}
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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* 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 ==
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* 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.
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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.]]
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** 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.
▲* 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.
* 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!"}}▼
▲* 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.
== Music ==
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** 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.
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* Some people are 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]].▼
* 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!"}}
== [[Professional Sports]] ==
* 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 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.
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*** 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).
== [[Recorded and Stand Up Comedy]] ==▼
* [[w:Gallagher
== 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 ==
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** The incredibly detailed costumes in ''[[Cats]]''
* ''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.
▲== Stand Up Comedy ==
▲* [[Gallagher|Liam Gallagher]] made the ''Sledge-O-Matic'' closer into such a signature routine that he had to get the courts to stop his brother 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.
== Video Games ==
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* [[Tim Schafer]] was aggravated when he was playing his game [[Brutal Legend]] online, only to find a player send him a message "surrendur plz," which meant the player was just trying to trade wins for achievements without trying to play. [[Tim Schafer]] tweeted "surrender plz? SURRENDUR PLZ? Is that what I go online for? To be asked to surrendur plz at my own game?!"
* A good bit of the reaction to ''Pokemon + [[Nobunaga's Ambition]]'' and "day one buy" reactions to this were solely because of how out-there the crossover idea was.
* 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.
▲== [[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
* 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 newsshow 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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* 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).
* A lot of people just watched ''[[Wreck-It Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks the Internet]]'' for the [[Disney Princess]]es who made a prominent appearance in two scenes.
▲== [[New Media]] ==
▲* 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 newsshow 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]]." }}
▲* Some people are on [[Facebook]] not for the social or communication aspects for it so much as games like ''Mafia Wars'' and ''[[FarmVille]]''.
▲* 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.
▲* 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.
▲* In the webcomic ''[[The Dreamer]]'', a lot of people just read it for Nathan Hale and Alexander Hamilton.
▲* 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. }}
▲* 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]].
▲* Many people have the Internet for one reason and one reason only - there's even a trope for it - [[The Internet Is for Porn]].
▲* ''[[Off White]]'': Anytime the story switches focus to the humans there are people wanting it to go back to the wolves.
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