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{{Just for Fun}}
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.
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.


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== Anime & Manga ==
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'': Come for the historical references, stay for the quirky characters and the [[Ho Yay]].
* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'': Come for the historical references, stay for the quirky characters and the [[Ho Yay]].
** Come for the [[Ho Yay]], stay for [[Memetic Molester|Russia]].
** Come for the [[Ho Yay]], stay for [[Memetic Molester|Russia]].
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** Alternatively, come for Konata, stay for Kagami, Akira, and Misao (as well as the rest).
** Alternatively, come for Konata, stay for Kagami, Akira, and Misao (as well as the rest).
* ''[[Macross Frontier]]'': Come out of a misguided loyalty to Robotech, stay for the epic soundtrack and frenetic space battling robots.
* ''[[Macross Frontier]]'': Come out of a misguided loyalty to Robotech, stay for the epic soundtrack and frenetic space battling robots.
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' is based upon this: come for the [[Token Mini-Moe]] of ''[[Triangle Heart 3 ~sweet songs forever~|Triangle Heart 3 Sweet Songs Forever]]'' doing cute things (not to mention the [[Fan Service]]), stay for the deep plot, the well-developed world and technology, and [[Mix and Match|a genre-blend]] you've never seen before. Look at the evolution of the logo, the music and the episodes; it starts like a typical [[Magical Girl]] series, but when [[Growing the Beard|things get further]], it resembles a [[Humongous Mecha]] series progressively more and more. Of course, now the whole thing's been reversed... see Video Games below.
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' is based upon this: come for the [[Token Loli]] of ''[[Triangle Heart 3 ~sweet songs forever~|Triangle Heart 3 Sweet Songs Forever]]'' doing cute things (not to mention the [[Fan Service]]), stay for the deep plot, the well-developed world and technology, and [[Mix and Match|a genre-blend]] you've never seen before. Look at the evolution of the logo, the music and the episodes; it starts like a typical [[Magical Girl]] series, but when [[Growing the Beard|things get further]], it resembles a [[Humongous Mecha]] series progressively more and more. Of course, now the whole thing's been reversed... see Video Games below.
** In short, come for cute loli [[Magical Girl]], stay for the drama. And the fighting. And [[Memetic Mutation|befrien]][[Defeat Means Friendship|ding]].
** 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]].
** Come for [[Badass Adorable|Badass '''Adorable''']], stay for [[Badass Adorable|'''Badass''' Adorable]].
** The vast amount of cute females, lack of males, and lesbian subtext can make you stay too.
** The vast amount of cute females, lack of males, and [[Ho Yay|lesbian subtext]] can make you stay too.
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' Come for the [[Fan Service]] from ''[[Love Hina]]'' [[Expy]]s, stay for the humor and ([[Rule of Cool|epic]]) [[Shōnen manga]] action.
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' Come for the [[Fan Service]] from ''[[Love Hina]]'' [[Expy]]s, stay for the humor and ([[Rule of Cool|epic]]) [[Shōnen manga]] action.
* ''[[My-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-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.
* ''[[Mirai Nikki]]'': Come for [[:Category:Yandere|Yuno]], stay for the developing relationship between her and Yukiteru.
* ''[[Mirai Nikki]]'': Come for [[Yandere|Yuno]], stay for the developing relationship between her and Yukiteru.
* ''[[My Balls]]'': Come for the hentai, stay for the comedy.
* ''[[My Balls]]'': Come for the hentai, stay for the comedy.
* ''[[My Lovely Ghost Kana]]'': Come for the hentai, stay for the heartwarming.
* ''[[My Lovely Ghost Kana]]'': Come for the hentai, stay for the heartwarming.
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* ''[[Spice and Wolf]]'': Come for the [[Fan Service|naked]] [[Petting Zoo People|wolf-girl]], stay for the character interaction and the [[I Read It for the Articles|economics lessons.]]
* ''[[Spice and Wolf]]'': Come for the [[Fan Service|naked]] [[Petting Zoo People|wolf-girl]], stay for the character interaction and the [[I Read It for the Articles|economics lessons.]]
* ''[[Strike Witches]]'' and ''[[Sky Girls]]'': Come for the fanservice, stay for the history jokes ([[Strike Witches]]), character development ([[Sky Girls]]), and dogfighting (both).
* ''[[Strike Witches]]'' and ''[[Sky Girls]]'': Come for the fanservice, stay for the history jokes ([[Strike Witches]]), character development ([[Sky Girls]]), and dogfighting (both).
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'': Come for the [[Reconstruction]]. [[Hot-Blooded|Stay for the manliness]]. [[Rule of Cool|And stay for the manliness]]. [[Mundane Made Awesome|And stay for the manliness]]. [[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy|Destroy us all!]] [[Running Gag|And stay for the manliness]].
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'': Come for the [[Reconstruction]]. [[Hot-Blooded|Stay for the manliness]]. [[Rule of Cool|And stay for the manliness]]. [[Mundane Made Awesome|And stay for the manliness]]. [[The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy|Destroy us all!]] [[Running Gag|And stay for the manliness]].
** Or, come for Kamina (or Yoko), stay for, well, whatever is up there.
** Or, come for Kamina (or Yoko), stay for, well, whatever is up there.
*** Come for Kamina, stay for Simon.
*** Come for Kamina, stay for Simon.
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** ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]:'' Come for the card games, stay for the card games.
** ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]:'' Come for the card games, stay for the card games.


== [[Comic Books]] ==

== Comics ==
* ''[[Empowered]]'': Come for the [[Fan Service]] and comedy, stay for the intricately-weaved plot and well-written characters.
* ''[[Empowered]]'': Come for the [[Fan Service]] and comedy, stay for the intricately-weaved plot and well-written characters.
* ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'': Come for the simple premise and video game references, stay for the surprisingly deep story that comes from it.
* ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'': Come for the simple premise and video game references, stay for the surprisingly deep story that comes from it.
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* ''[[The Sandman]]'': Come for the horror stories, stay for one of the best comic books that can be compared to a fantasy novel.
* ''[[The Sandman]]'': Come for the horror stories, stay for one of the best comic books that can be compared to a fantasy novel.
* ''[[Cable and Deadpool]]'': Come for [[Deadpool]], stay for the complex plots, [[Cable and Deadpool/Ho Yay|Ho Yay]], and interesting character developments.
* ''[[Cable and Deadpool]]'': Come for [[Deadpool]], stay for the complex plots, [[Cable and Deadpool/Ho Yay|Ho Yay]], and interesting character developments.
* [[Mad]]: Come for the TV and Movie parodies, stay for [[Spy vs. Spy]], [[Ask a Stupid Question|Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions]], and so forth.
* [[Cracked.com]]: Come for the gut-busting "top five" lists, stay for the even more gut-busting fan poster contests.



== Fan Works ==
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|A Glass of Wine]]'': Come for the sex, stay for the heartwarming.
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|A Glass of Wine]]'': Come for the sex, stay for the heartwarming.
* ''[[Necaberints Phalanx|Phalanx]]'': Come for the unique concept, stay for the [[Character Development]].
* ''[[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]].
* ''[[Ah! My Goddess|Scordatura]]'': Come for the [[Love Triangle]], stay for the humor and well, the [[Love Triangle]].
* ''[[Gears of War|Snowblind]]'': Come for the concept, stay for the epicness.
* ''[[Gears of War|Snowblind]]'': Come for the concept, stay for the epicness.
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* ''[[Undocumented Features]]'': Come for the storyline involving your favorite show/film/book. Stay for the freakin' Awesome it inevitably crosses over into.
* ''[[Undocumented Features]]'': Come for the storyline involving your favorite show/film/book. Stay for the freakin' Awesome it inevitably crosses over into.


== [[Film]] ==

== Films -- Animation ==
* ''[[WALL-E]]'': Come for the impossibly adorable robots, stay for the [[WALL-E/Heartwarming|heartstring-pulling]] love story.
* ''[[WALL-E]]'': Come for the impossibly adorable robots, stay for the [[WALL-E/Heartwarming|heartstring-pulling]] love story.
* ''[[Yellow Submarine]]'': Come for [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]]'' music, stay for the trippy animation.
* ''[[Yellow Submarine]]'': Come for [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]]' music, stay for the trippy animation.
* ''[[The Incredibles]]'': Come for the [[Deconstruction]], stay for the action and plot.
* ''[[The Incredibles]]'': Come for the [[Deconstruction]], stay for the action and plot.
** Or vice versa.
** Or vice versa.
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* ''[[Fantasia]]'': Come for the dancing hippos and [[Mickey Mouse]] dressed as a wizard, stay for [[Fantasia/Nightmare Fuel|Chernabog]].
* ''[[Fantasia]]'': Come for the dancing hippos and [[Mickey Mouse]] dressed as a wizard, stay for [[Fantasia/Nightmare Fuel|Chernabog]].
* ''[[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]]}}.
* ''[[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]]}}.


== Films -- Live-Action ==
* ''[[Stargate (film)|Stargate]]'': Come for the [[Sci-Fi]], stay for the religious discussion.
* ''[[Stargate (film)|Stargate]]'': Come for the [[Sci-Fi]], stay for the religious discussion.
* ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'': Come for the [[Fairy Tale]], stay for the quotables!
* ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'': Come for the [[Fairy Tale]], stay for the quotables!
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* ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]'': Come to watch [[Bug War|guys shoot giant bugs]], stay for the hammy propaganda. "[[Memetic Mutation|Would you like to know more?]]"
* ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]'': Come to watch [[Bug War|guys shoot giant bugs]], stay for the hammy propaganda. "[[Memetic Mutation|Would you like to know more?]]"


== [[Literature]] ==

== Literature ==
* ''[[The Bible]]'': Come for the [[Jesus]]; stay for the sixty-two other Books.
* ''[[The Bible]]'': Come for the [[Jesus]]; stay for the sixty-two other Books.
** Or sixty-nine other books, depending on your denomination.
** Or sixty-nine other books, depending on your denomination.
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* ''[[Charles and Emma]]'' is promoted under the blurb "Come for the science, stay for the love story."
* ''[[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]]'': 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 Science of Discworld]]'': Come for the ''[[Discworld]], stay for the [[Captain Obvious|science]].
** Alternately, come for the funny, stay for the unexpected wisdom and badass.
** Alternately, come for the funny, stay for the unexpected wisdom and badass.
** Or, come for the funny, stay for the characters.
** Or, come for the funny, stay for the characters.
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* 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.'"
* 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.'"


== Live-Action TV ==
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Power Rangers]]'': Come for the action, stay for [[Live Action TV/Awesome Music|Ron Wasserman]].
* ''[[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]].
** For both ''[[Power Rangers]]'' and ''[[Super Sentai]]'' come for the rangers, stay for the [[Combining Mecha]].
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* ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'': Come for [[Hugh Laurie]], stay for the enthralling character subplots. The medicine's okay, I guess…
* ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'': Come for [[Hugh Laurie]], stay for the enthralling character subplots. The medicine's okay, I guess…


== [[Music]] ==

== Music ==
* ''[["Weird Al" Yankovic]]'': Come for the song parodies, stay for the well-written and hilarious original songs.
* ''[["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.
** Or come for a parody or two and stay for his vast amounts of ingenious parodies.
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* [[Elton John]]: Come for the [[Making a Spectacle of Yourself|goofy glasses]] and [[Costume Porn|wacky costumes]] (at least until [[The Nineties]]), stay for the [[Crowning Music of Awesome|catchy, diverse and well-written music]].
* [[Elton John]]: Come for the [[Making a Spectacle of Yourself|goofy glasses]] and [[Costume Porn|wacky costumes]] (at least until [[The Nineties]]), stay for the [[Crowning Music of Awesome|catchy, diverse and well-written music]].


== Periodicals ==
* ''[[Mad]]'': Come for the TV and Movie parodies, stay for [[Spy vs. Spy]], [[Ask a Stupid Question|Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions]], and so forth.


== Pro Wrestling ==
== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
* [[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 [[WWE]]-backed ECW [[Revival]], where you come for the name, and stay for Matt Striker's awesome commentary.
* [[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.
* [[WCW]]: Come for the [[New World Order|nWo]], stay for the cruiserweights.
* [[TNA]]: Come for [[Kurt Angle]] and [[Wrestler/Sting|Sting]], stay for the X-Division.
* [[TNA]]: Come for [[Kurt Angle]] and [[Sting (wrestling)|Sting]], stay for the X-Division.


== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

== Sports ==
* [[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]]).


== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[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.
* ''[[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.
* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'': Come to see what the fuss is about, stay for the adventures you will have and the stories you will share.
* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'': Come to see what the fuss is about, stay for the adventures you will have and the stories you will share.
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* ''[[Exalted]]'': Come because your D&D friend said it was worth a shot, stay for the ability to punch gods' faces in.
* ''[[Exalted]]'': Come because your D&D friend said it was worth a shot, stay for the ability to punch gods' faces in.


== [[Theatre]] ==

== 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.
* [[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.
* ''[[Miss Saigon]]'': Come for the helicopter, stay for the love story set against the Vietnam War.
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* ''[[Les Misérables (theatre)|Les Misérables]]'': Come for the ginormous barricade and/or well-known songs, stay for the epic story.
* ''[[Les Misérables (theatre)|Les Misérables]]'': Come for the ginormous barricade and/or well-known songs, stay for the epic story.


== [[Video Games]] ==

* ''[[Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective]]'': Come because it's the [[Spiritual Successor]] of ''[[Ace Attorney]]'', stay for the plot twists, smooth animation, plot twists, deep mysteries, plot twists, and [[Department of Redundancy Department|plot twists]].
== Video Games ==
* ''[[Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective|Ghost Trick]]'': Come because it's the [[Spiritual Successor]] of ''[[Ace Attorney]]'', stay for the plot twists, smooth animation, plot twists, deep mysteries, plot twists, and [[Department of Redundancy Department|plot twists]].
* ''[[Gears of War]]'': Come for [[Impossibly Cool Weapon|the rifle with a chainsaw for a bayonette]], stay for the tactical combat.
* ''[[Gears of War]]'': Come for [[Impossibly Cool Weapon|the rifle with a chainsaw for a bayonette]], stay for the tactical combat.
* ''[[Halo (series)|Halo]]'': Come for the tactical combat, stay for the plot and [[Halo (series)/Awesome Music|the soundtrack.]]
* ''[[Halo (series)|Halo]]'': Come for the tactical combat, stay for the plot and [[Halo (series)/Awesome Music|the soundtrack.]]
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* ''[[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.
* ''[[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 ''[[Mass Effect]]'' as a female Shepard: come for the [[Ho Yay|lesbian alien sexual tension]], stay for [[Jennifer Hale]]'s voice acting.
* Playing ''[[Mass Effect]]'' as a female Shepard: come for the [[Ho Yay|lesbian alien sexual tension]], stay for [[Jennifer Hale]]'s voice acting.
* ''[[Warcraft]]'' III come for the awesome gameplay and storyline, stay for [[Defense of the Ancients|DOTA]].
* ''[[Warcraft]]'' III: Come for the awesome gameplay and storyline, stay for [[Defense of the Ancients|DOTA]].
* ''[[Civilization]]'' come to win the games in different endings, stay for the leaders.
* ''[[Civilization]]'': Come to win the games in different endings, stay for the leaders.
* ''[[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]] ==

== Visual Novels ==
* ''[[Ace Attorney]]'': Come for the [[Mundane Made Awesome|ridiculous premise]], stay for the addictive mysteries, quirky characters, and [[World of Ham]].
* ''[[Ace Attorney]]'': Come for the [[Mundane Made Awesome|ridiculous premise]], stay for the addictive mysteries, quirky characters, and [[World of Ham]].
* ''[[School Days]]'': Come for the many endings and adorable wooable characters, stay for the many [[Bad End]]s.
* ''[[School Days]]'': Come for the many endings and adorable wooable characters, stay for the many [[Bad End]]s.
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* ''[[Fate/stay night]]'': Come for the swords, stay for the [[Character Development]] and [[Determinator|unbreakable]] main characters.
* ''[[Fate/stay night]]'': Come for the swords, stay for the [[Character Development]] and [[Determinator|unbreakable]] main characters.


== [[Web Comics]] ==

== Web Comics ==
* ''Enjuhneer'' Come for the geek-college, stay for the increasingly in-depth characters.
* ''Enjuhneer'' Come for the geek-college, stay for the increasingly in-depth characters.
** Also, come for the geeky-ness, stay for the geeky-ness
** Also, come for the geeky-ness, stay for the geeky-ness
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* ''[[Shiniez]]'': Come for the well-drawn fetish artwork, stay for the characterisation, story-telling and sense of humor.
* ''[[Shiniez]]'': Come for the well-drawn fetish artwork, stay for the characterisation, story-telling and sense of humor.


== [[Web Original]] ==

== Web Original ==
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* ''[[TV Tropes]]'': Come for the laughs, stay for the [[Tropes Will Ruin Your Life|crippling addiction!]]
* ''[[TV Tropes]]'': Come for the laughs, stay for the [[Tropes Will Ruin Your Life|crippling addiction!]]
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** Or alternatively, come for the games, stay for the plots and possibly the community.
** 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]].
* ''[[Marble Hornets]]'': come for [[Slender Man]], stay because [[Nightmare Fuel|you're too afraid to move]].
* [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]].
* [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]].
* [[Cracked.com]]: Come for the gut-busting "top five" lists, stay for the even more gut-busting fan poster contests.



== Western Animation ==
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': Come for the bending hijinks, stay for the sincere and unexpectedly wise writing.
* ''[[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."
** This troper found it to be "come for the bending hijinks, stay for the all-around awesomeness."
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** Come for the [[Watch It for the Meme|Memes]], stay for the good animation, characters, and writing.
** Come for the [[Watch It for the Meme|Memes]], stay for the good animation, characters, and writing.
* ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'': Come because you read Garfield as a kid, stay for the hilarious jokes and fourth wall breaking.
* ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'': Come because you read Garfield as a kid, stay for the hilarious jokes and fourth wall breaking.



== [[Real Life]] ==
== [[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.
* College: Come for the additional education, stay for the shenanigans.
** For some, it's the other way around.
** For some, it's the other way around.
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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.

This is an example of Come for the X, Stay for the Y. You originally start to get into something for reason X, but in the end, it's reason Y that causes you to get hooked and stick around.

See also Sex Sells, which is the sub-trope of this. Watch It for the Meme may lead to this. Compare I Read It for the Articles and contrast Just Here for Godzilla.

Examples of Come for the X, Stay for the Y include:

Anime and Manga

Comic Books

Fan Works

Film

Literature

Live-Action TV

Xander: Sunnydale: Come for the food, stay for the dismemberment.
Nancy: There's food?

Music

Periodicals

Professional Wrestling

  • ECW: Come for the bloodshed and 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 WWE-backed ECW Revival, where you come for the name, and stay for Matt Striker's awesome commentary.
  • WCW: Come for the nWo, stay for the cruiserweights.
  • TNA: Come for Kurt Angle and Sting, stay for the X-Division.

Tabletop Games

  • Magic: The Gathering: Come to build an army of all different kinds of monsters and spells, stay for the surprisingly in-depth and realistic color/alignment system.
  • Dungeons & Dragons: Come to see what the fuss is about, stay for the adventures you will have and the stories you will share.
    • 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 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 COOL!
  • Exalted: Come because your D&D friend said it was worth a shot, stay for the ability to punch gods' faces in.

Theatre

Video Games

Visual Novels

Web Comics

Web Original

What's-Her-Face: Cheerleader! Are you here to see Brainkrieg?
Cheerleader: I come for the wuggas, but stay for the jiggy juggas.
Death metal band on the stage: (offscreen) Jugga jigga wugga!

  • Valenth: Come for the pretty adoptable artwork, stay for the surprisingly complex storyline. (Or rather, you could, before the site shut down.)
  • Personality Cafe: Come for the personality typing, stay for the community.
    • Or come because Typology Central banned you, stay for the community.
  • Fanfiction.net: Come because you like the work, stay for awesome expansion upon Canon.
    • Or you come for more of your favorite works and stay to find truly great fics hidden underneath piles of Sues and Yaoi.
    • Alternatively, come to make crappy fanfics, stay to gradually improve and make something fairly interesting! (It takes some time though!)
  • Dragon Ball Abridged: Come to watch Nappa slowly drive Vegata insane, stay to watch Ghost Nappa slowly drive Vegeta insane.
  • Neopets: Come for the cute creatures, stay for the games.
    • Or alternatively, come for the games, stay for the plots and possibly the community.
  • Marble Hornets: come for Slender Man, stay because you're too afraid to move.
  • The Slacktivist's blog: Come for Left Behind getting ripped a new one, stay for the political and philosophical posts. And Left Behind getting ripped a new one.
  • Cracked.com: Come for the gut-busting "top five" lists, stay for the even more gut-busting fan poster contests.

Western Animation

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.
    • And for yet others, it's Come because you can't get a job without a degree, stay because... you can't get a job without a degree.
    • Come for your parents, stay because you're getting your $30,000's worth.
    • Surely it's come to avoiding getting a real job and laze around for a few years, stay for the realisation of how much money you have spent on it.
    • Come for the food, stay for the wireless and free movies. (Honestly, a school that shows movies every week on a 232 inch screen between the time when they leave the theatre and the DVD release? Awesome.)
    • Come to get away from your family, stay because your friends there have become your new family.
  • The Gym: Come to lose weight, stay for the endorphin addiction.
    • or stay for the girls.
      • Or guys.
  • Alcohol: Come for the social acceptance, stay for the drunkenness.
  • Your Career: Come for the chance to work in your specialist field, stay for the paychecks that allow you to have a roof over your head, food in your belly, a place to rest your head, and clothes to cover your body.
  • The Internet: Come for the vast stores of news and information, stay for teh joeks! (Or teh pr0n, depending on your libido.) (Or the "innovative" spelling, if you've been online for any given length of time.)
    • Applies for tvtropes. A huge number of people found tvtropes searching for lolita and incest. The picture of someone coming to their stuff and then get sidetracked for hours just seems inherently funny.
  • Caffeine: Come for the quick pick-me-up it gives you, stay for the ability to ward off the waiting crash and burn.
  • Acetominophen: Come for its ability to treat a cold's aches and pains, stay for its ability to lower your fever.
  • Life: Come because you've been kind of forced into it, stay because...well there aren't any real alternatives.
  • California: Come for the earthquakes, stay for the wildfires.
  • Our Dumb World on Malawi: "Come for the food shortages, stay because you've died."
  • Sad example: North Korea (if you're Japanese or South Korean): Come because they invited you, stay because they won't let you leave.
  • 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.
  • 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 Shots.
    • 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.
  1. Or vice versa...
  2. And the Ho Yay, too...
  3. or to think dirty thoughts about the Pretty Boy/hot girl
  4. "I for one am starting to get bored, and boredom is something up with which I will not put!"