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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]].

 

== Anime and Manga ==

*** 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.

** Averted in the first ''Halloween''. It features no gore and actually focuses on the characters.

** 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."

* Pornography. As John Carmack of id Software said, "[The story] It's expected to be there, [[Porn Without Plot|but it's not that important]]."

** Ironically, many ''Skinemax' films go the opposite direction, with as few as two or three sex scenes (tastefully obscured sometimes, at that!) in a two hour movie about the most boring and trite corporate/scientific espionage imaginable. Makes a good insomnia cure though!

** 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)

* ''[[Bound]]'' is probably a compelling modern film-noir classic. But people only watch it for [[Girl On Girl Is Hot|certain scenes]].

* On that note, ''[[Wild Things]]'': Denise Richards gets 'em out, makes out with Neve Campbell in a swimming pool and they have a threesome with Matt Dillon. Yes there was a plot, and it wasn't half bad either. The sequels have a similar reputation, [[Sequelitis|except for the "plot" part]].

* The three ''[[Cruel Intentions]]'' movies, are this to MANY many people. Say it with me now... [[Memetic Mutation|Up and down, back and forth, faster, faster...]]

* 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.

* Arguably the only reason the film 'Just My Luck' got any success in the UK was because [[Back to The Future (Film)|McFly]]'s fangirls were flooding in to see their cameo.

* One [http://www.fisheye.co.il/wolverine/ review] (sorry folks, it's in Hebrew) claimed that basically, the only reason to watch ''[[X Men Origins Wolverine (Film)|X Men Origins Wolverine]]'' is because it has [[Wolverine Publicity|Wolverine]] kicking ass.

* A number of people only see ''[[Con Air (Film)|Con Air]]'' for the toy bunny, a major plot point in ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|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?

* 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]].

** Though the eleven-year-old [[Anti Christ|Antichrist]] and the [[Horsemen of the Apocalypse|Horse-persons of the Apocalypse]] do have some fans.

 

== 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.

 

 

* ''[[Hulk Vs]]'' contained two stories: Hulk vs Wolverine and Hulk vs Thor. A lot of people just watched it for [[Deadpool]], who wasn't even in one of them.

* 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]].

** 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.