History AttentionWhore / AnimatedFilms

* Bobby from ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'' and ''WesternAnimation/AnExtremelyGoofyMovie'' takes every opportunity he can to draw attention to himself, even if doing so would be a fundamentally bad idea (such as shouting "a little smokeage!" and ''howling'' during the "Stand Out" stunt, at which they did not at all want to be caught.) His friends [[CoolLoser Max]] and [[ShrinkingViolet PJ]] have ''both'' given him weird looks for some of his attempts--Max for his badly timed "Leaning Tower of Cheesa" pun, PJ for putting spoons and straws all over his body ostensibly to impress the Gammas, and both for his loudly declared guzzling of [[TrademarkFavoriteFood spray cheese straight from the can]] in the middle of the high school hallway. Bobby does tend to get attention, but it's usually not of the positive variety--people find him to be weird or annoying or a loser or a loudmouth, depending on their relationship to him and the situation.

* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'':

* Darla Dimple, a mixture of an {{Expy}} and a dark parody of Shirley Temple, from ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance''. She's the biggest star in Hollywood at the time protagonist Danny rolls into town, and when he [[LargeHam puts way more effort into a performance than necessary]], briefly upstaging her at a rehearsal, she [[DisproportionateRetribution works to ruin his life and the lives of anyone he comes into contact with]].

** [[EnthrallingSiren The Dazzlings]] have shades of this, given that their songs have lyrics like:

* Xibalba from ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'', is a curiously downplayed example. It's not the attention of ''everyone'' he wants, it's only ''La Muerte's'' attention.

* WesternAnimation/DespicableMe:
** Gru doesn’t want to be a villain. He wants to be the number one supervillain. Doctor Nefario assures him he is still number one when he talks to him. His minions are there only to give him the attention his mother denied him in his childhood.

-->'''Margo''': Four boxes of Mini-Mints, two Toffee-Totes, two Caramel Clumpies, and... fifteen boxes of Coconutties.
-->'''Vector''': Exactly! I'd like to see somebody else order that many cookies! Not likely! Name one person who would order more cookies than me!
-->'''Margo''': That'll be $52.

* Turbo from ''Disney/WreckItRalph''. He was the main character of a popular racing game, ''Turbo Time''. When another racing game, ''[=RoadBlasters=]'', upstaged him, he got jealous and left his game to invade it. This resulted in both games being declared defective and being unplugged. Turbo's story has become a cautionary tale in the arcade, and "going Turbo" has become general lingo for abandoning one's game. [[spoiler:After crashing that, he invaded a new racing game, ''Sugar Rush'', and attempted to delete the game's main character, Vanellope Von Schweetz. When that failed, he just modified her into a glitch and locked away everyone's memories of her as he became King Candy, having the citizens shun Vanellope. And it stayed that way until Ralph accidentally crash-landed in the game.]]

* Turbo from ''Disney/WreckItRalph''. He was the main character of a popular racing game, ''Turbo Time''. When another racing game, ''[=RoadBlasters=]'', upstaged him, he got jealous and left his game to invade it. This resulted in both games being declared defective and being unplugged. Turbo's story has become a cautionary tale in the arcade, and "going Turbo" has become general lingo for abandoning one's game.
** [[spoiler:After crashing that, he invaded a new racing game, ''Sugar Rush'', and attempted to delete the game's main character, Vanellope Von Schweetz. When that failed, he just modified her into a glitch and locked away everyone's memories of her as he became King Candy, having the citizens shun Vanellope. And it stayed that way until Ralph accidentally crash-landed in the game.]]

* Xibalba from ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'', is a rather unique example. It's not the attention of ''everyone'' he wants, it's only ''La Muerte's'' attention.

* Darla Dimple, an {{Expy}} of Shirley Temple, from ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance''. She's the biggest star in Hollywood at the time protagonist Danny rolls into town, and when he [[LargeHam puts way more effort into a performance than necessary]], briefly upstaging her at a rehearsal, she [[DisproportionateRetribution works to ruin his life and the lives of anyone he comes into contact with]].

* Turbo from ''Disney/WreckItRalph'' was the best racer in the most popular racing game in the arcade. When a new racing game stole attention from him, he got extremely jealous and jumped into the new game to hijack it. Unfortunately, his antics got both the new game and his own game unplugged. This is used as a warning to other video game characters not to abandon their games.

* [[EnthrallingSiren The Dazzlings]] from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'' have shades of this, given that their songs have lyrics like:
-->''We will be adored!''
-->''Tell us that you want us''
-->''We won't be ignored!''
-->''It's time for our reward!''

-->'''Margo''': [[CrowningMomentOfIndifference That'll be $52]].

* Bobby from ''AGoofyMovie'' and ''WesternAnimation/AnExtremelyGoofyMovie'' takes every opportunity he can to draw attention to himself, even if doing so would be a fundamentally bad idea (such as shouting "a little smokeage!" and ''howling'' during the "Stand Out" stunt, at which they did not at all want to be caught.) His friends [[CoolLoser Max]] and [[ShrinkingViolet PJ]] have ''both'' given him weird looks for some of his attempts--Max for his badly timed "Leaning Tower of Cheesa" pun, PJ for putting spoons and straws all over his body ostensibly to impress the Gammas, and both for his loudly declared guzzling of [[TrademarkFavoriteFood spray cheese straight from the can]] in the middle of the high school hallway. Bobby does tend to get attention, but it's usually not of the positive variety--people find him to be weird or annoying or a loser or a loudmouth, depending on their relationship to him and the situation.

* Bobby from ''AGoofyMovie'' and ''AnExtremelyGoofyMovie'' takes every opportunity he can to draw attention to himself, even if doing so would be a fundamentally bad idea (such as shouting "a little smokeage!" and ''howling'' during the "Stand Out" stunt, at which they did not at all want to be caught.) His friends [[CoolLoser Max]] and [[ShrinkingViolet PJ]] have ''both'' given him weird looks for some of his attempts--Max for his badly timed "Leaning Tower of Cheesa" pun, PJ for putting spoons and straws all over his body ostensibly to impress the Gammas, and both for his loudly declared guzzling of [[TrademarkFavoriteFood spray cheese straight from the can]] in the middle of the high school hallway. Bobby does tend to get attention, but it's usually not of the positive variety--people find him to be weird or annoying or a loser or a loudmouth, depending on their relationship to him and the situation.

* Xibalba from ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'', is a rather unique example. It's not the attention of ''everyone'' he wants, it's La Muerte's attention, is what he wants.

* Darla from ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance''.

* DespicableMe:

* Turbo from ''Disney/WreckItRalph'' was the best racer in the most popular racing game in the arcade. When a new racing game stole attention from him, he got extremely jealous and jumped into the new game to hijack it. Unfortunately, his antics gets both the new game and his own game unplugged. This is used as a warning to other video game characters not to abandon thair games.

* Turbo from ''Disney/WreckItRalph'' was the best racer in the most popular racing game in the arcade. When a new racing game stole attention from him, he got extremely jealous and jumped into the new game to hijack it. Unfortunately, his antics gets both the new game and his own game unplugged.

* Turbo from ''Disney/WreckItRalph'' was the best racer in the most popular racing game in the arcade. When a new racing game steals attention from him, he gets extremely jealous and jumps into the new game just to crash it. Unfortunately, his antics gets both the new game and his own game unplugged.