Come for the X, Stay for the Y: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Chu-Bra]]'': Come for the [[Fan Service]], stay for the character relationships and your brand new understanding of what middle-school girls go through.

* ''[[Code Geass]]'': Come for the mecha and [[World of Ham]] (and glorious Fanservice), stay for MORE ham and the resident [[Magnificent Bastard]]'s epic tactical [[Xanatos Gambit|Xanatos Gambits]] while observing the fairly realistic feudal and social politics. And for why this show has a [[Broken Base]] nearly as epic.

** Come for the space battles, stay for the [[Hong Kong Blood Opera]].

** Come for the spaceships and gunfights, stay for [[Badass|Spike]] (and [[Cloudcuckoolander|Ed]]).

* ''[[FLCL]]'': Come for the Gainax [[Mind Screw]] and [[Freud Was Right|endless sexual symbolism]], stay for <s>the actually complex and interesting characters</s> [[Crazy Awesome|Haruko]].

* ''[[Franken Fran]]'': Come for the implied yuri and fanservice, stay for the over the top [[Body Horror]] and black comedy.

* ''[[GetBackers]]'': Come for <s>Juubei</s> the [[Ho Yay]] and [[Fan Service]], stay for the surprisingly intricate plot.

* ''[[Grenadier]]'': Come for the [[Fan Service]] and stay for the action and [[Improbable Aiming Skills]].

* ''[[Gunslinger Girl]]'': Come for [[Badass Adorable|little girls kicking ass]], stay for the touching and well-executed drama centered around the girls and the political subplots.

* ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' - Come for the [[Dancing Theme]] and [[Memetic Mutation|smoked cheese]], stay for the engaging story and complex characters.

** Also, the numerous [[Image Song|Image Songs]] and [[The Power of Friendship]].

** The manga: Come for a better adaptation or just because you love the series, stay for everything you said took to eleven with sound novel stuff drizzled over it.

* ''[[K-On!]]'': Come for the guitar play, stay for the [[Slice of Life|slice-of-life]] [[Moe]].

** Or the other way around.

** In short, come for cute loli [[Magical Girl]], stay for the drama. And the fighting. And [[Memetic Mutation|befrien]][[Defeat Means Friendship|ding]].

** Come for [[Badass Adorable|Badass]] '''[[Badass Adorable|Adorable]]''', stay for '''[[Badass]]''' [[Badass Adorable|Adorable]].

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' Come for the [[Fan Service]] from ''[[Love Hina]]'' [[Expy|Expys]], stay for the humor and ([[Rule of Cool|epic]]) [[Shonen Demographic]] action.

* ''[[Mai-HiME]]'': Come for the fanservice and [[Fan-Preferred Couple|lesbians]] that the fanbase always seems to talk about, stay for the fanservice, humor, and characterization.

* ''[[My Balls]]'': Come for the hentai, stay for the comedy.

* ''[[My Lovely Ghost Kana]]'': Come for the hentai, stay for the heartwarming.

* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'': Come for the [[Innocent Fanservice Girl|naked]] [[Moe]] girl, stay for the [[Deconstruction]] of just about every previous anime genre. [[Misaimed Fandom|And to watch the director cry himself to sleep when you find Rei attractive.]]

** Or, come for the [[Mind Screw]] [[Gainax Ending]], stay just to watch what leads up to it.

* ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'': Come for the humor, stay for the character development.

* ''[[Potemayo]]'': Come for the [[Azumanga Daioh|Chiyo-chan]]-level [[Kawaisa|cute]], stay for the many varied styles of humour and high weirdness.

* ''[[Queen's Blade|Queens Blade]]'': Come for the [[Fan Service]] [[Panty Fighter|concentrating on warrior women]], stay for the [[Growing the Beard|interesting story line and intriguing characters]]. And of course more [[Fan Service]].

* ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'': Come for the [[Revolutionary Girl Utena/Ho Yay|Les Yay]], stay for the complex character relationships and the [[Mind Screw]].

* ''[[Rozen Maiden]]'': Come for the [[Memetic Mutation|Desu]], stay for the well developed cast of endearingly quirky characters. And [[Watch It for the Meme|moar Desu]].

* ''[[Saikano]]'': Come for the lolicon, stay for the heartbreaking storyline, awesome fight scenes and gut-wrenching transformations.

* ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'': Come for the trope references and being advertised as a [[TV Tropes]] crossover, stay for the character interactions, the fighting scenes and the [[Reconstruction]] of the harem plot.

* ''[[My Immortal]]'': Come to [[Bile Fascination|see if it really is as terrible as you've heard]], stay because [[So Bad It's Good|you can't]] [[Crowning Moment of Funny|stop laughing]].

* ''[[Tamers Forever Series]]'' Come for the insanely hilarious antics and touchingly realistic romance. Stay for the incredibly engaging plot.

* ''Batman Versus Barney'': Come for the novelty - and sheer perversity - of seeing [[Barney and Friends|Barney the Dinosaur]] in the ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'' continuity, stay because it's a surprisingly well-written and dark tale with violence and horror you'll scarcely see on the actual show, plus a thoroughly bloodthirsty and oddly [[Foe Yay]] [[The Joker|Joker]].

** Come for the comedy, stay for the [[Scenery Porn]] of giant food.

* ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'': Come for the 2D animation and [[Nightmare Fuel|nightmare fuel-erific]] villain, stay for the characters, the romance actually acted more realistic than the average [[Disney Princess]] one, the music, the story and {{spoiler|well, let's just say they were following [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara's]] advice with this movie.}}

* ''[[Despicable Me]]'': Come for the funny moments, a [[Harmless Villain]] and his adorable minions trying to conquer the world, stay for {{spoiler|[[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|the story that leads to Gru's puppet book]]}}.

 

* ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'': Come for the Brit-humor [[Deconstruction]] of every cop-movie trope ever, stay for the [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|awesome]] playing-straight of every cop-movie trope ever.

** That goes double for ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'' with zombie-movie tropes.

* ''[[The Matrix]]'': Come for the action, stay for the mountain of symbolism.

* ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'': Come for the promised [[Acceptable Targets|revenge on the]] [[Those Wacky Nazis|Nazis]], stay for the rivetingly dialogue-based plot and copious amounts of [[Fetish Fuel]].

* Any Russ Meyer film: Come for the Boobies, stay for the crazy-assed plot.

* The ''[[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter]]'' movies. Come to see live action put into the plot... and stay for the actors.

* The ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|Lord of the Rings]]'' films. Come because you read [[The Lord of the Rings|the books]] they were based on, stay because they're ''epic.''

** And for the fangirls: Come for [[Bishonen|Legolas,]] stay for [[The Woobie|Frodo.]]

* ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'': Come for the [[Changeling Fantasy|wish-fulfillment fantasy,]] stay for the human drama and to find out [[The Verse|all the details]] of the deeply-plotted [[Backstory]].

* ''[[1632]]'' by Eric Flint (and several other people): Come for the [[Fish Out of Temporal Water|crazy premise]] -- the town of Grantville is suddenly teleported from West Virginia in 2000 to Germany in 1632, and decides to start the American Revolution a few years early; stay for cool characters and ''[[Shown Their Work|insanely]]'' [[Shown Their Work|detailed research]] on every imaginable subject, from "Where in the world can you mine zinc?" to "What did the Pope really think about Galileo?"

** And for the [[Shown Their Work|history geeking.]]

* ''[[Charles and Emma]]'' is promoted under the blurb "Come for the science, stay for the love story."

* ''[[Discworld]]'': Come for the [[Crowning Moment of Funny|funny]], stay for the world-building.

** ''[[Discworld/The Science of Discworld|The Science of Discworld]]'': Come for the ''[[Discworld]], stay for the [[Captain Obvious|science]].

* ''[[The Dresden Files]]'': Come for the urban fantasy, stay for the [[First-Person Smartass]] main character and [[Serial Escalation|increasingly cool]] plotlines.

* [[Tamora Pierce]]. Come for the [[Girls Need Role Models|female protagonists]], stay for the detailed world-building and non-killing-people storylines. And to find out who everyone marries.

* ''[[Skins]]'': Come for the [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]], stop for the music, hang around for the storyline, stay for the realization that it's the new ''[[As If]]''.

** Given the single-character emphasis some TV guides had for series 3, you could also easily say "come for Effy, stay for Naomily."

* ''[[QI]]''. Come for the trivia, stay for the jokes. Or vice versa. Either way.

* For many Americans, ''[[Jeeves and Wooster (TV series)|Jeeves and Wooster]]'', ''[[Blackadder]]'', and ''[[A Bit of Fry and Laurie]]''. Come for pre-''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' [[Hugh Laurie]], stay because they're ''amazing''.

== Music ==

* ''[["Weird Al" Yankovic|Weird Al Yankovic]]'': Come for the song parodies, stay for the well-written and hilarious original songs.

* [[Death Metal]]: At least one case of coming for the awesome, hard hitting metal, staying for the ability to piss off most passerby. And the jiggy juggas.

* [[Frank Zappa]]: Come for the [[Refuge in Audacity|well-]][[Refuge in Vulgarity|written lyrics]], stay for the music.

* [http://www.youtube.com/user/bandarestart Restart]: Come for the [[Mr. Fanservice|cute guys]] in colorful clothes, stay for the [[Ear Worm|catchy]] and sometimes [[Sweet Dreams Fuel|heartwarming]] music. Or the other way around.

* [[Jonathan Coulton]]: Come for [[Portal (series)|Still Alive]], stay for the [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|mad scientist ballads]].

** Or come to check out all of the hype and stay for the surprising amount of personality that the fab four manage to inject into their songs.

*** Come for [[Paul McCartney]], stay for [[John Lennon]] (or vice versa of course).

== Theater ==

* [[Cirque Du Soleil]]: Come for the surreal acrobatics, stay for the heartwarming characterizations, fantastic music, and some of the greatest [[Non-Ironic Clown|non-ironic clowns]] in the world.

* ''[[Les Misérables (theatre)|Les Misérables]]'': Come for the ginormous barricade and/or well-known songs, stay for the epic story.

 

** ''[[Silent Hill 2]]'': Come for [[Memetic Molester|Pyramid Head]], stay for the epically tragic characters.

* ''[[Earthbound]]'': Come for the horrifying final boss, stay for the cute and funny rest of the game!

* ''[[Triangle Heart 3 ～sweet songs forever～|Triangle Heart 3 Sweet Songs Forever]]'', and possibly the whole [[Triangle Heart 3 ～sweet songs forever～]] franchise: Come for the fandom prestige of actually knowing what ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' was spun off from, stay for the characters and the [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]].

* ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'': Come for the Disney characters, stay for the character interaction and addictive gameplay. And [[Draco in Leather Pants|Organization]] [[Evil Is Sexy|XIII]].

* ''[[Max Payne (series)|Max Payne]]'': come for the John-Woo bullet-time gun play, stay for the metaphors and Noir.

* ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'': Come for the humor, stay because you're addicted.

** Or come for [[Blatant Lies|the cake]] and stay for [[Magnificent Bastard|GLaDOS]].

* ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'': Come for the madcap FPS action, stay for the gorgeous animation and wacky characterization.

* Steam: Come for Valve's amazing games, stay for the wealth of other games you never would have heard of otherwise.

** Come because [[Copy Protection|your new game requires it]], stay because ''holy crap did you see those sale prices?''

** Come for the action, stay for two weeks without a break.

* ''[[Nethack]]'': Come to see what the fuss is about, stay because "this shit won't beat me."

** ''[[Fallout 3]]'': Come for the [[Nuke'Em|Fatman]], [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|MIRV]], and [[Ray Gun|Alien]] [[Disintegrator Ray|Blaster]], stay for the [[Gotta Catch Em All|weapon schematics, unique weapons, sidequests, Bobbleheads]], and [[Scenery Porn|drop dead gorgeous landscapes.]]

** ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'': [[Magnificent Bastard|Come]] [[Crazy Awesome|for]] [[Badass Grandpa|the]] [[Memetic Badass|people,]] [[Scenery Porn|stay]] [[Scenery Gorn|for]] [[Wide Open Sandbox|the]] [[Memetic Mutation|sunshine.]]

* ''[[Persona 3]]'' and ''[[Persona 4]]'': come for the dating sim elements, stay for the fun battle system, deep character development and awesome J-pop music.

* ''[[F.E.A.R.|First Encounter Assault Recon]]'': Come for the awesome slow-mo action, stay for the surreal atmosphere and the [[Nightmare Fuel]].

** Come for the invention of the RTS genre's gameplay style, stay for the awesome story. As Kane puts it in ''Tiberian Sun'', "Come for the sunshine but [[Dark Messiah|stay for the people]]!"

* ''[[Pac-Man]] Championship Edition DX'': Come because, well, it's ''Pac-Man'', stay until you S-rank all the stages.

 

== Web Comics ==

** Also, come for the geeky-ness, stay for the geeky-ness

* ''[[Girl Genius]]'': [[XXXenophile|Come for the hope that it is similar to the author's past work]], stay for the well-drawn [[Mad Scientist|MAD SCIENCE]]!

** Also, the Heterodyne museum advertised: "Come for the crushing, stay for the snow cones".

* ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'': Come for the [[Tabletop Games|role-playing]] parody, stay for the well-done [[Cerebus Syndrome]].

* ''[[Questionable Content]]'': Come for the robots, stay for the well-developed interpersonal relationships, the constant introductions to new indie-rock bands, and the fact that it never forgets to be funny. Oh, and don't forget [[The Merch|to buy a T-shirt]].

* ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]'': Come because you're the only person on the planet who hasn't read it, stay for the sick humor and the less-sick vocabulary lessons.

* ''[[Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]]''. Come for hilarious subversions on beloved tropes, stay for shirtless Zach.

* ''[[Ménage à 3]]'': Come for [[Distracted by the Sexy|the hot girls/guys]], stay for the zany characters and story.

* ''[[Misfile]]'': Come for the [[Fan Service]] and/or [[Fetish Fuel]], stay for the emotional story, funny jokes, and well-done [[Deconstruction]] of the entire [[Gender Bender]] genre.

* ''[[Megatokyo]]'': Come for the crazy, stay for the drama. And the surrealism.

** Or alternatively, come for the games, stay for the plots and possibly the community.

* ''[[Marble Hornets]]'': come for [[Slender Man]], stay because [[Nightmare Fuel|you're too afraid to move]].

 

 

* California: [[Place Worse Than Death|Come for the earthquakes, stay for the wildfires.]]

* [[The Onion|Our Dumb World]] on Malawi: "Come for the food shortages, stay because you've died."

* Whatcom County, WA -- come on vacation, stay on probation...

* Dark chocolate. Come because it's delicious, stay because it's a natural source of antioxidants.