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You're browsing around, and you find out about something that looks neat. A new TV show, a new movie, a new book, maybe a video game. You don't know anything about it, but it looks neat. Something about it jumps out at you. Could be the humor, could be the action, could be the eye-candy. So you decide to try it out.
And it turns out the show is pretty good, too, and you like it. But over time, you start to like it for a completely different reason. This show with the cute lead character actually has an interesting side character with an in-depth story that you're really getting into. Or this movie might be very funny, but it also has some great undercurrents of drama that you weren't expecting, and that really jump out at you. Either way, you end up really liking the show/movie/book/game/etc for a reason completely different from why you started to check it out.
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== [[Anime]]
* ''[[
** Come for the [[Ho Yay]], stay for [[Memetic Molester|Russia]].
** Come for the [[Ho Yay]], stay for the surprisingly in-depth (usually) [[Fandom]].
* ''[[
* ''[[Baccano
** [[Fan Girl|Fangirls]] [[Mr. Fanservice|come for]] [[Decoy Protagonist|Firo]] [[Mr. Fanservice|and stay for]] [[Ax Crazy|Vi]][[Crazy Awesome|no]].
* ''[[
* ''[[Beck (
* ''[[
* ''[[
** ''[[
*** Stay for the [[Genius Bonus]] ''and'' for the incredibly complicated darker take on [[Slap Slap Kiss]] between Revy and Rock.
* ''[[
** Come for the sword fights, stay for the characters.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
** 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]]).
** Come for the action, stay for the ''[[Crowning Music of Awesome|soundtrack]]''.
** Come for the [[Yoko Kanno|soundtrack]], stay for the characters and the gorgeous art.
* ''[[Darker
* ''[[
** For this one, it was Come for the [[Xanatos Gambit]], stay for the ''multiple'' [[Gambit Roulette
*** Admit it: ''Somebody'' came for the [[Foe Yay]] and stayed because [[Xanatos Planned This Index|you had to.]] <ref>
** Or, come for the Shinigami, stay for the [[Gambit Roulette
** Or come for the delicately unresolved social commentary and ethical debate, stay for the coffee-fetching [[Butt Monkey]], for some fans.
* ''[[
** For most seasons Come for the plot, stay for digivolutions.
* ''[[
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* ''[[
** Also, come for [[Genki Girl|Haruhi]], stay for [[Deadpan Snarker|Kyon]], [[Ho Yay|Koizumi]], [[Moe|Mikuru]], and [[Badass Bookworm|Nagato]].
* ''[[
* ''[[
** Alternatively: come for the violence, stay for the Alucard and the [[Norio Wakamoto]]-voiced Alexander.
* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro
** Also, the numerous [[Image Song
** 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.
* ''[[
* ''[[
** Or the other way around.
* ''[[
* ''[[
** Which it does, if only for a handful of frames.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
** Alternatively, come for Konata, stay for Kagami, Akira, and Misao (as well as the rest).
* ''[[
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' is based upon this: come for the [[Token
** 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
** The vast amount of cute females, lack of males, and [[Ho Yay|lesbian subtext]] can make you stay too.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
** Or just come to see what all the fuss is about, and stay for the interesting plot development.
** Or come to see what the fuss is about, and stay for your new favorite [[Ensemble Darkhorse|side character]].
* ''[[
** Or, come for the [[Mind Screw]] [[Gainax Ending]], stay just to watch what leads up to it.
** Better yet, come for the [[Giant Mecha]] badassery, stay for the intense psychological drama. Or vice-versa.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Rosario
* ''[[Rozen Maiden]]'': Come for the [[Memetic Mutation|Desu]], stay for the well developed cast of endearingly quirky characters. And [[Watch It for
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Seikon no Qwaser]]'': Come for the [[You're Drinking Breast Milk|breast sucking]], stay for the interesting plot, and fight scenes.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
** Or, come for Kamina (or Yoko), stay for, well, whatever is up there.
*** Come for Kamina, stay for Simon.
**** Come for Kamina, stay for Nia.
* ''[[
* ''[[Witchblade (
* ''[[
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!
** ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* ''[[Empowered]]'': Come for the [[Fan Service]] and comedy, stay for the intricately-weaved plot and well-written characters.
== Comics ==▼
* ''[[
* ''[[
* [[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]: Come for strange pastiche of Victorian fiction, stay for the [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], [[Deconstructor Fleet]], [[Darker and Edgier]] and much, much more.
** Come for the [[Sarcasm Mode|amazing]] [[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (
* ''[[
* ''[[
* [[Mad (Magazine)|Mad]]: Come for the TV and Movie parodies, stay for [[Spy vs. Spy (Magazine)|Spy vs. Spy]], [[Ask a Stupid Question|Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions]], and so forth.▼
* [[Cracked (Website)|Cracked.com]]: Come for the gut-busting "top five" lists, stay for the even more gut-busting fan poster contests.▼
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Phalanx (fanfic)|Phalanx]]'' by necaberint: Come for the unique concept, stay for the [[Character Development]].
* ''[[Ah! My Goddess|Scordatura]]'': Come for the [[Love Triangle]], stay for the humor and well, the [[Love Triangle]].
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Kyon:
* ''[[
* Red Witch's newest{{when}} fanfic sums up her entire output in its title: ''Come For the Madness, Stay For the Insanity''.
* ''[[
* ''Batman Versus Barney'': Come for the novelty - and sheer perversity - of seeing [[Barney and Friends|Barney the Dinosaur]] in the ''[[Batman:
* ''[[Undocumented Features]]'': Come for the storyline involving your favorite show/film/book. Stay for the freakin' Awesome it inevitably crosses over into.
==
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
▲* ''[[Gears of War (Video Game)|Snowblind]]'': Come for the concept, stay for the epicness.
▲* ''[[Nobody Dies (Fanfic)|Nobody Dies]]'': Come because it's freakin' hilarious, stay for the awesome fight scenes and well-thought-out universe expansion. Alternatively, come for Terrifying!Rei, stay for Woobie!Asuka.
▲* ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero (Fanfic)|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 (Fanfic)|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]].
▲* Red Witch's newest fanfic sums up her entire output in its title: ''Come For the Madness, Stay For the Insanity''.
▲* ''[[Tamers Forever Series (Fanfic)|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]].
== Films -- Animation ==▼
* ''[[The Incredibles (Animation)|The Incredibles]]'': Come for the [[Deconstruction]], stay for the action and plot.▼
** Or vice versa.
* ''[[Toy Story (
* ''[[Cloudy
** Come for the comedy, stay for the [[Scenery Porn]] of giant food.
* ''[[The Princess and
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Stargate (film)|Stargate]]'': Come for the [[Sci-Fi]], stay for the religious discussion.
▲* ''[[The
** ''[[The Princess Bride (
== Films -- Live-Action ==▼
* ''[[
▲** ''[[The Princess Bride (Film)|The Princess Bride]]'' is more "Come for the witty quotes, stay for the pure [[Fairy Tale]]!" Especially now.
** Similarly, ''Help!''. Come for the Beatles' music, stay for the fun spy movie spoof.
** Also ''[[Across the Universe (
* ''[[Repo!
** Or: come for the camp, stay for the [[Fetish Fuel|Graverobber.]]
* ''[[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.
* ''[[300
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Avatar (
* ''[[Hairspray]]'': Come for the lively music and plucky, sweet heroine, stay for <s>the uplifting social commentary</s> [[John Travolta
* ''[[Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind]]'': Come for the novelty of seeing [[Jim Carrey]] in a ''serious'' role, stay for the novelty of [[Kate Winslet]] in a ''free-spirited'' role as well as the brilliant plot and beautiful direction.
* ''[[The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou]]'': Come for the experience of seeing [[Bill Murray]] do a riff on Jacques Cousteau, stay for the experience of seeing a fantasy for grownups.
* ''[[
* Any Russ Meyer film: Come for the Boobies, stay for the crazy-assed plot.
* The ''[[Harry Potter (
* ''[[
* The ''[[The Lord of the Rings (
** And for the fangirls: Come for [[Bishonen|Legolas,]] stay for [[The Woobie|Frodo.]]
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Animal House]]'': Come for the food fight and the toga party, stay for some surprisingly sharp Swiftian satire and shockingly dark comedy. Oh, and John Belushi.
* ''[[
* ''[[Starship Troopers (
== [[Literature]] ==▼
* ''[[The Bible]]'': Come for the [[Jesus]]; stay for the sixty-two other Books.
▲== Literature ==
▲* ''[[The Bible (Literature)|The Bible]]'': Come for the [[Jesus]]; stay for the sixty-two other Books.
** Or sixty-nine other books, depending on your denomination.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
** I found it was "Come for the quotables, stay for the awesome."
* ''[[Harry Potter (
* ''[[1632]]'' by Eric Flint (and several other people): Come for the [[Fish Out of Temporal Water|crazy premise]]
* ''[[Kushiel's
** 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."
* ''[[
** ''[[
** Alternately, come for the funny, stay for the unexpected wisdom and badass.
** Or, come for the funny, stay for the characters.
* ''[[
* [[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.
* ''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray]]'': Come for the [[Ho Yay]], stay for the [[Nightmare Fuel]].
* ''[[Wuthering Heights (
* ''[[
* ''The [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe]] [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'': come for the [[Ho Yay]], stay for the [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made
* ''[[
* In the [[Dale Brown]] novel ''Warrior Class'', new POTUS Thomas Thorn's appeal is described this way: "if they had come to see [[Retired Badass|the monster]], they had stayed to hear the message."
* ''[[Left Behind]]'': Come for the homophobia, stay for the... [[Ho Yay|homoeroticism]].
* ''[[Heralds of Valdemar]]'': Come for the [[Cool Horse
* ''[[
* The ''[[Old Kingdom]]'' trilogy: Come for the [[High Fantasy]] [[Zombie Apocalypse]], stay for [[Cryptic Background Reference|the world you can never see enough of]].
* ''[[Dracula (
* ''[[
** Come for the beautiful illustrations. Stay for the masterful poetry.
* In-universe in ''[[Satyricon]]'' by Gaius Petronius. ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/article_20464_5-words-you-use-every-day-with-shockingly-dark-backstories.html 5 Words You Use Every Day With Shockingly Dark Backstories] links the word "fornication" to prostitutes finding clients in bakeries. It gives ''Satyricon'' as an example, which "talks about bakers tricking clients into coming for the bread and staying 'thither for the base gratification of wantonness.'"
* ''[[Power Rangers]]'': Come for the action, stay for [[Live Action TV/Awesome Music|Ron Wasserman]].
** For both ''[[Power Rangers]]'' and ''[[Super Sentai]]'' come for the rangers, stay for the [[Combining Mecha]].
* ''[[Power Rangers SPD]]'': Come for [[Memetic Mutation|Buttery toast]], stay for feminist subtext.
* ''[[Stargate Verse]]'': Come for the [[Sci-Fi]], stay for the humor!
*
** Or, indeed, come for the political drama, stay for the awesome spaceship battles.
* ''[[
* ''[[Friday Night Lights (TV series)|Friday Night Lights]]'': Come for the football, stay for the human drama. Interestingly enough, TV execs realized this was what was happening and started targeting the female audience in commercials.
* ''[[
** Come for [[
*** Come for Joss, stay for [[Summer Glau]] as a kickass, psychic assassin is how it generally works it. For proof, scroll down to ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]''.
** Or, come for the hype, stay for everything else.
* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'': Come for the superpowers, [[Most Common Superpower|familiar or otherwise]]; stay for <s>Hiro Nakamura</s> the [[Fan Service]].
** Or: Come for the [[Mr. Fanservice|sweet, innocent, pretty-boy hero]], stay for the [[Draco in Leather Pants|surprisingly sexy, brain-stealing serial killer]].
* ''[[
* In general, ''[[
** Stay for Giles and/or Spike became common reasons among the female audience.
** Or come for the horror tropes, stay for the humor and characterization.
** One feels compelled to throw in a quote from the show directly referencing the Trope title (though, of course, not the trope itself):
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* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'': Come for the [[Mr. Fanservice|pretty boys]], stay for the intelligence, the psychology and the seriously good acting.
** Or: Come for the hot female guest stars, stay for the awesome music, the comedy and the [[Gorn|copious amounts of gore.]]
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': Come for the [[Sci-Fi]], stay for the great jokes and [[Fan Service|sexy companions.]] Or: come for the sexy Doctor, stay for the jokes and stories.
* ''[[
* ''[[
** Alternatively: Come for the explosions/overkill, stay for the character dynamics, the humor, the crazy gadgets and experiments, and the truth behind those many urban legends you may have heard.
* ''[[Top Gear]]'': Come for the cars, stay for the funny.
** Come for the funny... stay for the funny.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Veronica Mars]]'': Come for Kristen Bell, stay for the surprisingly-dark-yet-still-compelling plot complications.
* ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'': Come for [[Summer Glau]], stay for the amazing character development and jaw-dropping plot twists.
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* ''[[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]]'', ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[True Blood]]'': Come for the sexy vampires, stay for the character development and intriguing plot.
* ''[[
* ''[[Life On Mars]]'': Come for the [[Fish Out of Temporal Water|time travel,]] stay for the Gene Hunt [[Deadpan Snarker|snark.]]
* ''[[Star Trek
** ''[[Star Trek:
** ''[[Star Trek:
** ''[[Star Trek
** ''[[Star Trek
* ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?
** Alternatively, come for the stars of ''[[
* ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'': Come because Maria Canals Barrera is [[Parent Service|smoking hot]], stay because the show is actually pretty funny.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Mork and Mindy]]'': Come for [[Robin Williams]] in his [[Star-Making Role]] as a [[Amusing Alien|wacky alien]], stay for the heartwarming [[Interspecies Romance]] of the title characters and the sly social satire of the late 70s/early 80s. Oh, and the [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]].
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Around the World
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Castle]]'': Come for Nathan Fillion, stay cause it's actually a good show. or for Stana Katic.
* ''[[Kamen Rider Double|Kamen Rider W]]'': Come for the humor and superhero action, Stay for the [[Hardboiled Detective|detective premise]] and [[Ho Yay|homosexual subtext]].
* ''[[
* ''[[Twin Peaks]]'': Come for the murder mystery, stay for the wacky townspeople and [[Mind Screw]].
* ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'': Come for the clever premise, stay for Lee Pace.
* ''[[
* ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'': Come for [[Hugh Laurie]], stay for the enthralling character subplots. The medicine's okay, I guess…
== [[Music]] ==▼
* ''[["Weird Al"
▲== Music ==
▲* ''[["Weird Al" Yankovic (Music)|Weird Al Yankovic]]'': Come for the song parodies, stay for the well-written and hilarious original songs.
▲** Or come for a parody or two and stay for his vast amounts of ingenious parodies.
* [[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.
* [[
* [[
* K-pop: Come for the cute guys, stay for the catchy tunes. Most would vouch for vice versa, though.
* [[
* [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.
* [[
* [[The Beatles (
** 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 [[
* [[
* [[
* [[
== Periodicals ==
▲* ''[[
==
* [[ECW]]: Come for the [[Gorn|bloodshed]] and [[Garbage Wrestler|Garbage Wrestling]], stay for the incredibly well-done matches, surprisingly deep characterization, brilliant promos, and awesome commentary from [[Joey Styles]]. This is as opposed to the current [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]-backed ECW [[Revival]], where you come for the name, and stay for Matt Striker's awesome commentary.
* [[WCW]]: Come for the [[New World Order|nWo]], stay for the cruiserweights.
* [[TNA]]: Come for [[Kurt Angle]] and [[
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==▼
* ''[[Magic:
* ''[[
▲== Tabletop Games ==
▲* ''[[Magic the Gathering (Tabletop Game)|Magic the Gathering]]'': Come to build an army of [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink|all different kinds of monsters and spells]], stay for the surprisingly in-depth and realistic color/alignment system.
** Or, come for the funny-shaped dice, stay for the funny faces your DM will make when he hears your character's latest in-game plan.
*** For the [[Game Master|Dungeon Master]] in you, come for the excuse to build your impassable dungeon to crush your friends, stay for the moments when you let the same friends win anyway, because their solution was just that [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|COOL!]]
* ''[[
== [[Theatre]] ==
* [[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.
* ''[[Miss Saigon]]'': Come for the helicopter, stay for the love story set against the Vietnam War.
* ''[[Walking
* ''[[Les Misérables (
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Ghost Trick:
* ''[[
* ''[[Halo (
* ''[[
** Or come for the monsters, stay for the sheer ''imagination'' of the games' worlds.
* ''[[Fate/stay
* ''[[
** You stay because you can't leave, since [[Memetic Mutation|there are no buses in Gensokyo]].
** Or, come for the [[Bullet Hell]], stay for the [[Touhou
** Or, come for the [[Ear Worm/Video Games|music]], ''stay'' for the [[Bullet Hell]]
* ''[[
** [[Parrot Exposition|Complex story, huh?]]
** ''[[Rule of Three|Complex Story!?]]''
* ''[[
** ''[[
* ''[[
** Or, alternatively, come for the cute and funny characters and [[Affectionate Parody|Affectionate Parodies]] of [[Eagle Land|American life]] and various RPG cliches, stay for the increasingly weird and [[Mood Whiplash|unsettling]] plot twists leading up to the epic [[Nightmare Fuel]] of the last dungeon and boss.
* ''[[Triangle Heart 3 ~sweet songs forever~
* ''[[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]].
** Alternatively: Come to see what the fuss was about, stay to see what insane plot twist the writers pull next.
* ''[[Max Payne (
* ''[[
* ''[[Urban Dead]]'': Come for the Zombies, stay to survive.
* ''[[
** Come for Gundam, stay for Huckebein.
* ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'': Come for the [[Foe-Tossing Charge]], stay for the [[World of Ham]].
* ''[[
** Or, come for the over the top attacks and story, stay for the intricate battle system.
* ''[[
* ''[[
** Or, come for the insanely whacked out characters, stay for the incredible background music.
** ''[[
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
** ''[[The
*** And before they ''were'' memes, the people who ''made'' them memes stayed because the lines were all hilarious in their own right.
* ''[[Portal (
** Or come for [[Blatant Lies|the cake]] and stay for [[Magnificent Bastard|GLaDOS]].
* ''[[
** Or vice
* 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?''
* ''[[
* ''[[Diablo (
** 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
* ''Mushihime-sama Futari'': Come for the [[True Final Boss]], stay for [[Expansion Pack|Black Label]].
* ''[[Thunder Force]]'': Come because it's an awesome [[Shoot'Em Up]] series, stay for the [[Crowning Music of Awesome|awesome music]].
* ''Jewelry Master Twinkle'': Come for its resemblance to a [[Dating Sim]], stay for hours.
* ''[[
* ''DJMAX Technika'': Come for the interesting gameplay, stay for Platinum Crew (or to painfully wait for the day your arcade gets it).
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
** For others... Come for the plot, [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|stay for the insane amount of ways to SLAUGHTER your enemies.]]
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Command
** 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]]!"
* ''[[
* ''[[Batman:
* ''[[Summon Night]] Swordcraft Story'': Come for the [[
* ''[[
* The [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] did this intentionally because [[The Great Video Game Crash of 1983]] made consoles very hard to sell on their own: Come for R.O.B., stay for ''[[Super Mario Bros. (
** Some gamers' reasons for owning a Nintendo console: "Come for [[Super Mario Bros
* ''[[Mega Man (
* ''[[
* ''[[Soul Series
** Alternatively come fore the awesome fighting, stay for the guest star characters.
* ''[[
* ''[[Suikoden]]'': Come for [[Lots and Lots of Characters|the 108 characters from your party]], stay for the amazing political plots, fun gameplay and likable characters amongst the 108s.
* Playing ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Civilization]]'':
* ''[[Goddess of Victory: Nikke]]'': Come for the [[Third-Person Seductress]]es and their entire bakeries, stay for a twisty, heartwrenching plot that hits you with a [[Player Punch]] for a [[First Episode Spoiler]] and doesn't let up.
== [[Visual Novels]] ==▼
* ''[[Ace Attorney]]'': Come for the [[Mundane Made Awesome|ridiculous premise]], stay for the addictive mysteries, quirky characters, and [[World of Ham]].
▲== Visual Novels ==
* ''[[
** For some people, it's the other way around!
* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro
* ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro
** Alternatively, come for the [[Memetic Mutation|memetic]] [[
* ''[[
* ''[[Kana
* ''[[Fate/stay
▲== [[Web Comics]] ==
▲* ''Enjuhneer'' Come for the geek-college, stay for the increasingly in-depth characters.
** Also, come for the geeky-ness, stay for the geeky-ness
* ''[[
** Come for the Steampunk, stay for the Jagers.
** Also, the Heterodyne museum advertised: "Come for the crushing, stay for the snow cones".
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[8-
* ''[[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.
* ''[[
* ''[[Goodbye Chains]]'': [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Come]] for the [[Yaoi Fangirl|gay]], stay 'cause it's ''hilarious''.
* ''[[
* ''[[
** And the Rent-A-Zilla.
** Or, come for the cute girls, stay for the story.
* ''[[The Dreamer]]'': Come for the time travel drama/romance and American history, stay for the [[Estrogen Brigade|hot guys]] (or vice versa).
* ''[[Fanboys (
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Insecticomics]]'' has a storyline with a title like this: ''Come For the Wedding, Stay For the Open Bar!''
* ''[[
** ''[[
* ''[[
== [[Web Original]] ==
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* ''[[TV Tropes]]'': Come for the laughs, stay for the [[Tropes Will Ruin Your Life|crippling addiction!]]
** ''[[TV Tropes]] Wiki'': Come to look something up. Stay for the witty remarks.
*** ''[[TV Tropes]]'': Come for the interesting, [[Impossible
**** ''[[TV Tropes]]'': Come to find out what the hell everyone else is talking about, stay because [[Tropes Will Ruin Your Life|you have no choice.]]
***** ''[[TV Tropes]]'': Come for the fun, stay because it is a better place to look up media than [[Wikipedia
****** ''[[TV Tropes]]'': Come because of [[
* ''[[
* A running joke on AH.com was incorporated into ''[[AH Dot Com the Series]]'': "I came for the [[Alternate History]], I stayed for the Homosexual Innuendo." (Sometimes inverted for humor.)
* ''[[Darth Wiki]]'': Come for the fun, stay for the cries of agony!
** [[Sugar Wiki]]: Come because of [[Pothole|one of these]], stay because [[Good Feels Good]]!
* ''[[That Guy With
** [[
* Fandom: Come for the porn, stay for the people (and the porn).
* Furries: Come for the people, stay for the porn and the drama.
* [[
* ''[[
* ''[[The Joker Blogs]]'': Come for the acting, stay for the suspenseful story.
* ''[http://www.thehillywoodshow.com/ The Hillywood Show]'': Come for the [[Johnny Depp]] impressions and ''[[Twilight (
* ''The Escapist'': Come for the [[Zero Punctuation
* NASA Edge and Space Vidcast: Come for the humor, stay for the quotability and the spaceflight.
* [[
* ''[[Cat
* ''[[
* ''[[I'm a Marvel And
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The
* [[
* The trope is referenced in an Easter Egg featuring the [[Homestar Runner
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* Personality Cafe: Come for the personality typing, stay for the community.
** Or come because Typology Central banned you, stay for the community.
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** Or you come for more of your favorite works and stay to find truly great fics hidden underneath piles of [[Mary Sue|Sues]] and [[Yaoi]].
** Alternatively, come to make crappy fanfics, stay to gradually improve and make something fairly interesting! (It takes some time though!)
* ''[[
* [[Neopets]]: Come for the cute creatures, stay for the games.
** Or alternatively, come for the games, stay for the plots and possibly the community.
* ''[[
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111008114125/http://www.patheos.com/community/slacktivist The Slacktivist's blog]: Come for ''[[Left Behind]]'' getting [[MST|ripped a new one]], stay for the political and philosophical posts. And ''[[Left Behind]]'' [[Snark Bait|getting ripped a new one]].
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* ''[[
▲* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': Come for the bending hijinks, stay for the sincere and unexpectedly wise writing.
** This troper found it to be "come for the bending hijinks, stay for the all-around awesomeness."
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Batman: The
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Justice League (
* ''[[
** Or come because it's [[Jhonen Vasquez]], stay because it's the best "kid's" show ever.
* ''[[
** Come for all the hype, stay because you've started [[Shipping]] Elisa/Goliath.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Batman
* ''[[
* ''[[Teen Titans (
* ''[[
** [[Layman's Terms|So... come because you're bored,]] [[Fridge Brilliance|stay for the entire show?]] <ref>
* ''[[
* ''[[WITCH (
** The same goes for ''[[Winx Club]]''.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[My Little Pony:
** Come for the [[Watch It for
* ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'': Come because you read Garfield as a kid, stay for the hilarious jokes and fourth wall breaking.
== [[Real Life]] ==
* [[Super Bowl]]: Come for the football, stay for the commercials (sometimes the main reason people are watching the Superbowl, except maybe hopes for another [[Wardrobe Malfunction]]).
* College: Come for the additional education, stay for the shenanigans.
** For some, it's the other way around.
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* 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."
* [[Tear Jerker|Sad example:]] [[People's Republic of Tyranny|North Korea]] (if you're Japanese or South Korean): Come because they invited you, stay because they won't let you leave.
* Whatcom County,
* Dark chocolate. Come because it's delicious, stay because it's a natural source of antioxidants.
* Movie posters and advertisements run on this trope. See [[Covers Always Lie]] for more.
* Food: Come for the deliciousness, stay because your newly-gained fat won't let you do otherwise.
* Sarcasm: Come to subtly vent about your life, stay because you've corrupted your innocence.
* Ballet: Come for the dancing and story, stay for the [[Panty Shot
** Or vice versa (also applies to figure skating).
* Getting a pet: Come for the [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]] (or [[Ugly Cute]] depending on the species), stay for the bonding and unconditional love.
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