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* ''[[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|OVAs]] are Just There For Nanoha.

* ''[[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.

* 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]].

** That describes any Ecchi, especially [[Panty Fighter|Panty Fighters]], that have a little more substance, either in story complexity, character depth or animation quality. Any given viewer may have a different Godzilla.

* 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.

* 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.

 

== Film ==

* 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.

* ''[[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.

* 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 Claude Van Damme]], [[Steven Seagal]], [[Wesley Snipes]], [[Michael Jai White]]... ''whoever''... kick ass.

** 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.

* 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.

* 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.

* [[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.

* 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.

** 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|Tagalong Kids]] who get all the screentime.

* 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]].

* ''[[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.]]

* 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).

* Many people watched ''[[The Machinist]]'' for the shock of seeing Christian Bale's [[Dyeing for Your Art|Nightmare Fuel Thiness.]]

* Some people watched [[James Cameron]]'s ''[[Titanic]]'' only because of ship's sinking scenes.

** 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.

** 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.

** 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]]''.

* 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.}}

* 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.

* 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. <ref> As for ''More'' and ''La Vallée'', the main reason that anyone even hears about these films today is that Pink Floyd is still selling the albums (''More'' and ''Obscured by Clouds'') of the music that they wrote for the soundtracks.</ref>

 

== Live-Action Television ==

* 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]]''.

** 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.

** 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.

* 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.

* ''[[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...

* 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.

* 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.

 

 

* 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."

* 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.

* 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 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.

 

 

* 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]].

** 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 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]]''.

* 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.

* ''[[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 ''[[Starcraft]]'' for the multiplayer ability.

* Lets be honest here, people: No-one cares about the storyline or gameplay or anything of ''[[Bullet Witch]]'', you just want to shoot stuff.

* Many play ''[[Sim City]]'' just for the disasters. Since monster attacks have been one such disaster, including one in Tokyo in [[The Sixties]], this is a literal invocation of this trope.

* 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 [[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?!"

* 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.]]

* 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.