History AttentionWhore / Videogames

* ''[[VideoGame/FatalFury Mark of the Wolves]]'' has Bonne Jenet, who took up piracy out of boredom. Every facet of her existence seems designed to get her noticed. Try running with her. '''''She waves the entire time.'''''

* In the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'', 90% of the Riddler's actions and dialogue can basically be summed up as "Batman, pay attention to ''meeeeeeeeeee''!" His subplots in each of the games are basically him taking Batman's attention away from the various [[Videogame/BatmanArkhamAsylum asylum riots]] / [[Videogame/BatmanArkhamCity gang]] [[Videogame/BatmanArkhamOrigins wars]] / [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight apocalyptic attacks]] on Gotham that Batman is faced with to show off how cleverly he's hidden his various riddler trophies. The other 10%, incidentally, is the Riddler yelling at Batman for finding his trophies and solving his various riddles / death traps and therefore proving that Batman's cleverer than he is.
** ComicBook/TheJoker is also shown to be this, especially in [[spoiler:''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight Arkham Knight]]'' where it's revealed that underneath his InsanityImmunity, he ''does'' have one true fear: being forgotten.]]

* After the official tests end and you escape the scheduled incineration, [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLaDOS]] quickly degenerates and switches between childish threats and pleading, all the way to begging for a relationship that doesn't really exist. It's implied that she's been doing this over and over while the subjects get closer and closer to actually getting to her.

* In the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'', 90% of the Riddler's actions and dialogue can basically be summed up as "Batman, pay attention to ''meeeeeeeeeee''!" His subplots in each of the games are basically him taking Batman's attention away from the various asylum riots / gang wars / apocalyptic attacks on Gotham that Batman is faced with to show off how cleverly he's hidden his various riddler trophies. The other 10%, incidentally, is the Riddler yelling at Batman for finding his trophies and solving his various riddles / death traps and therefore proving that Batman's cleverer than he is.

* Welcome to the [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends League of DRAVEN!]]

* In the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'', 90% of the Riddler's actions and dialogue can basically be summed up as "Batman, pay attention to ''meeeeeeeeeee''!" His subplots in each of the games are basically him taking Batman's attention away from the various asylum riots / gang wars / apocalyptic attacks on Gotham that Batman is faced with to show off how cleverly he's hidden his various riddler trophies. The other 10%, incidentally, is the Riddler yelling at Batman for finding his trophies and solving his various riddles / death traps and therefore proving that Batman's cleverer than he is.
** ComicBook/TheJoker is also shown to be this, especially in [[spoiler:''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight Arkham Knight]]'' where it's revealed that underneath his InsanityImmunity, he ''does'' have one true fear: being forgotten.]]

* In ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'', Wataru's LargeHam antics can make him come across as this, but he's actually more of TheGadfly who lives by borderline BlueAndOrangeMorality. Keito also accuses Eichi of being an attention whore in Quarrel Fes due to his plot to potentially break apart Akatsuki; while Eichi does turn out to have (mostly) charitable intentions this time, he ''is'' capable of going to very great lengths to keep audiences paying attention to him, and tends to be pretty displeased when Keito in particular ignores him too much.
* After the official tests end and you escape the scheduled incineration, [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLaDOS]] quickly degenerates and switches between childish threats and pleading, all the way to begging for a relationship that doesn't really exist. It's implied that she's been doing this over and over while the subjects get closer and closer to actually getting to her.
* Mothiva from ''VideoGame/BugFables''. Unlike the other explorers who are in it for justice, money, or just the thrill of exploring, Mothiva is in it entirely to add to the fame she already has as a pop idol. She even repeatedly gets in the way of Team Snakemouth's quest so that she'll be the one to get credit for fulfilling the Ant Queen's missions instead of them.

* Shadow Rise in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' is a stripper who wants everyone to look at her and is willing to "bare it all" to ensure it. She represents hidden desires within the real Rise Kujikawa, who once was an IdolSinger and stopped doing to since she feared no one would see her as anything ''but'' that.
** Mitsuo is shown to be this, and is probably a bigger one than Rise. [[spoiler: He kills Mr. Mooroka simply to get attention, and the times he shows up in town before then all his remarks are long-winded rants about what he thinks about this and that.]]

-->'''Spark:''' "I've destroyed their turret with my powers of- is anyone even paying attention?" [sigh] "I'm not going to narrate myself if no-one can be bothered to even listen..."

* Asagi of the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' series is a sympathetic example. She was supposed to be the star of her own game, ''Makai Wars'', a follow up to ''VideoGame/MakaiKingdom''. When it fell into DevelopmentHell, she was so distraught that she started showing up in ''other'' characters' games in an attempt to [[MediumAwareness seize main character status for herself]]. By the fourth game, her desire is so great that it turns her into a RealityWarper, and after joining the party one of her quotes is admitting that the despair has made her somewhat Bi-Polar.

* In the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'', 90% of the Riddler's actions and dialogue can basically be summed up as "Batman, pay attention to ''meeeeeeeeeee''!" His subplots in each of the games are basically him taking Batman's attention away from the various asylum riots / gang wars / apocalyptic attacks on Gotham that Batman is faced with to show off how cleverly he's hidden his various riddler trophies. The other 10%, incidentally, is the Riddler yelling at Batman for finding his trophies and solving his various riddles / death traps, and therefore proving that Batman's cleverer than he is.

* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'': Foxy the Pirate will charge toward your office and can kill you if your cameras are not on him.

-->'''Spark:''' I've destroyed their turret with my powers of- is anyone even paying attention?" [sigh] "I'm not going to narrate myself if no-one can be bothered to even listen..."

** Mitsuo is shown to be this, and is probably a bigger one than Rise [[spoiler: He kills Mr. Mooroka simply to get attention, and the times he shows up in town before then all his remarks are long-winded rants about what he thinks about this and that]]

* Mothiva from ''VideoGame/BugFables''. Unlike the other explorers who are in it for justice, money, or just the thrill of exploring, Mothiva is in it entirely to increase her fame. She even repeatedly gets in the way of Team Snakemouth's quest so that she'll be the one to get credit for fulfilling the Ant Queen's missions instead of them.

* Narshen in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade''.

* After the official tests end and you escape the scheduled incineration, [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLaDOS]] quickly degenerates and switches between childish threats and pleading, all the way to begging for a relationship that doesn't really exist. It's implied that she's been doing this over and over while the subjects get closer and closer to actually getting to her.

* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'': Foxy the Pirate will charge toward your office and can kill you if your cameras are not on him.

* Foxy the Pirate Fox from ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' will charge toward your office and kill you if your cameras aren't on him enough.

* The Scout of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''. His particular brand of insanity is highly narcissistic. In "Meet The Scout" he cheerfully brags about himself without the slightest shred of modesty, and he has a similar attitude in every movie and comic he shows up in, apparently loving being the center of attention. At least 5 of his lines are some form of "LOOK AT ME!". It may have something to do with being the youngest of eight brothers.
** One of his responses to being Ubercharged is, explicitly, 'Look at me!'

* Narshen in ''Franchise/FireEmblem: [[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe The Sword of Seals]]''.
** Deconstructed with Serra in ''The Blazing Sword'', who only acts out and demands acknowledgement... due to her loneliness and abandonment issues. Under the cheerful, loud, bitchy exterior, there's a ''deeply'' damaged and scared BrokenBird.

* ''HotlineMiami2WrongNumber'' has [[SerialKiller the Miami Mutilator]] [[spoiler: a.k.a. Manny Pardo, who wants the same media attention that Jacket got in the previous game by killing a bunch of people and then investigating his own crimes and eventually "catching" himself. Unfortunately for him, he gets upstaged by the Fans and their own brutal murders, and ultimately nobody really cares about him in the grand scheme of things.]]
* In the VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries. 90% of the Riddler's actions and dialogue can basically be summed up as "Batman, pay attention to ''meeeeeeeeeee''!" His subplots in each of the games are basically him taking Batman's attention away from the various asylum riots / gang wars / apocalyptic attacks on Gotham that Batman is faced with to show off how cleverly he's hidden his various riddler trophies. The other 10%, incidentally, is the Riddler yelling at Batman for finding his trophies and solving his various riddles / death traps, and therefore proving that Batman's cleverer than he is.

* ''VideoGame/ValkyrieDriveBhikkhuni'' Mana Inagawa has this trope as her defining characteristic. Nearly all of her actions are fueled by her need to acknowledged as special by everyone else.

** TheJoker is also shown to be this, especially in [[spoiler:''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight Arkham Knight]]'' where it's revealed that underneath his InsanityImmunity, he ''does'' have one true fear: being forgotten.]]

* The Spellican in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'' is shown to be this, especially when [[{{TheLancer}} Riku]] ignores him at one point to crack a joke with [[{{TheWorldEndsWithYou}} Beat and Rhyme]].