History Main / AttentionDeficitOOHSHINY

-->'''Video store customer:''' Do you have that one with that guy who was in the movie that was out last year? ...Oooo! ''Film/NavySeals''!

* LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}} has claimed to have been diagnosed with ADHD in at least one of his videos.

* Website/YouTube personality Creator/{{Tobuscus}} is this trope personified in his "Lazy Vlog" series, which are often more of a MotorMouth-fueled stream of consciousness than anything planned. Some [[RunningGag recurring]] distractions approach the level of {{Catch Phrase}}s, such as "Ooh, an airplane!" or "[[MaleGaze Hot hot hot!]]" when seeing an attractive female. He also has a LetsPlay channel (called [=TobyGames=]), in which he can be counted on to constantly lose track of what he's supposed to be doing, leading to amusing (if occasionally frustrating) misadventures.

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There are a few simple reasons for this trope. First is a rampant misunderstanding about what ADHD actually is (in which case you should [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADHD go do some research]]), resulting in the oversimplification and exaggeration.[[note]] The misdiagnosis of ADHD/ADD, especially with the rampant Ritalin craze in the '80s, have really shaped public opinion towards this disorder. Bear in mind, though, there are people who suffer from this out there. [[/note]] Second, [[RuleOfFunny it's much funnier]] to have a character who just fidgets and spaces out occasionally without having to worry about the realism of adding other dimensions to their personality.

See also HollywoodPsych, HollywoodAutism, TheSchizophreniaConspiracy, and LIsForDyslexia. Similar types include the AbsentMindedProfessor, ForgetfulJones, and the {{Cloudcuckoolander}} (who may or may not have a disorder). This exaggeration is frequently seen in {{Genki Girl}}s and {{Keet}}s. Can often overlap with EasilyImpressed where people are amazed easily rather than distracted. These symptoms are well within the very wide range of symptoms that you might see in any character with an AmbiguousDisorder. AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder may be what you get when an artistically inclined individual has a case of this in RealLife.

Closely related is WhatDoesThisButtonDo, which you can expect to hear often from such individuals. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity may or may not ensue.]] Liable to [[ForgetsToEat Forget To Eat]], right up until the point that a [[DeliciousDistraction Delicious Distrac- HEY! Are those chocolate chip cookies?! Mmmm....]]

* ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'' has the titular Sonic, whose SuperSpeed causes his attention to move as fast as him, which results in it rapidly jumping from one thing to the next as they catch his attention.
* ''Film/Venom2018'': Venom shows shades of this, owing to his nature as an alien with non-human priorities.
-->'''[[Creator/StanLee Dapper dog-walker]]:''' Hey. Don't give up on her. ''Either'' of you.
-->'''Eddie:''' We won't.
-->'''Venom:''' Who was that guy? ''[notices dog]'' Wait, this thing looks delicious!

* The Kender race in the ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' setting of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' embodies this trope. They even have a racial ability to "Detect Shiny".

* Goblins of ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' have this, to the point where nothing can hold their attention for more than a few seconds. This ADOS even shows up in the middle of combat, when a goblin may waste a turn to do something completely stupid.

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny/Webcomics

[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* Alice Fuji from ''Manga/{{Arachnid}}'' has a condition named "Congenital Excessive Concentration" that makes her overfocused on random things and lose track of everything else. With some unspecified training, though, it becomes a DisabilitySuperpower that [[InstantExpert improves her learning skills]] and gives her SuperReflexes.
* Rightly or wrongly, ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' is sometimes used to illustrate the difference between ADHD (Tomo, GenkiGirl {{Jerkass}} extraordinaire) and ADD (Osaka, {{Cloudcuckoolander}} extraordinaire).
* Sakura, an ill girl from ''Anime/{{Betterman}}''. Her canon ADHD is only referred to once, but it's a severe case, and she receives heavy, ''heavy'' medication for it. Also, while she ''can'' be considered a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, she's a thoroughly creepy and tragic NightmareFuelStationAttendant.
* The villain Princess Buburina from ''Anime/{{Catnapped}}'' is easily distracted by shiny objects and Chu Chu distracts her at one point by dangling a toy on a string in front of her, slightly justified because she's a cat.
* Excel of the ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' anime is this every second she's on screen, & can't even focus when she's talking, twisting her [[MotorMouth lightning fast sentences]] into twisting paths of unrelated subjects. In a meta sense, her poor English VA Jessica Calvello, herself diagnosed with ADD, ended up ''damaging her vocal cords'' by Episode 14 because she couldn't keep it up.
* The main children in ''Manga/HanamaruKindergarten'' see their attempts to follow Tsuchi during his day off hampered by their kindergartener attention spans. After the trio is distracted by a toy machine, a cat, and a panda-cat poster, Hiiragi decides that perhaps kindergarteners shouldn't be detectives.
* ''Manga/HellTeacherNube'': "Tremble before Baki, the Supreme Oni sealed in Nube's left hand that has been loosed upon the human world! With but a wave of his hand, this AttackOfThe50FootWhatever gigantic, blood-red demon will [[PlayingWithFire incinerate the city]] and [[NothingCanSaveUsNow there is no-one with the power to stop h]]-- OH MY GOD did that man just [[DiagonalCut cut a can with a Ginsu knife]]? How did he do that? Whee, the kiddy train at the park looks fun, I wanna ride it! One, two, one, two! Aerobics is fun! Wh-what is this... ''slinky''? Can I eat it? Look, [[BrotherSisterTeam Minki]]! The man with the animal balloons made me a giraffe, yay!" Then again, if Minki [[BerserkButton is hurt in any way]], [[BigBrotherInstinct Baki will become fiercely focused]] and absolutely nothing will distract him from annihilating the offender.
* From ''Literature/{{Hyouka}}'', Episode 12 has Chitanda, who has been tasked with asking the Student Council President to allow the Classic Literature Club to have an additional booth for the Cultural Festival. However, she just can't seem to make it there without being drawn in by all the various activities around her.
* ''Anime/TheIdolMaster''. Hibiki stops in the middle of her swimming race with Makoto to catch a fish.
* Cocoa of ''Manga/IsTheOrderARabbit'' is very easily distracted. In episode 9, she goes to the park to help look for Aoyama's lost fountain pen. She looks under a bench without any luck. Later when she spots a rabbit, she chases after it, completely forgetting about looking for the pen. In episode 10, she starts spouting off prime numbers. She [[GoodWithNumbers gets into the thousands]], then turns her head, notices a picture album, and gets distracted by that. Sharo [[LampshadedTrope wonders how she gets so easily distracted]].
* ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'': "Renka has a habit of chasing moving objects!"
* In ''Anime/KillLaKill'', Mrs. Mankanshoku keeps getting distracted by Mikisugi's shiny purple crotch glow, on several occasions. Her daughter Mako is much worse, getting mostly distracted by [[BigEater food]].
* Yui Hirasawa from ''Manga/KOn'' tends to get very easily distracted, especially by things that she considers cute (such as dogs). This is prominently displayed in episode 8 when she proves immune to nerves after finding a 100 yen coin on stage right before the Light Music Club's concert.
* Hanako from ''Manga/MassuguNiIkou'' is scattered-brained and gets distracted easily. She is a dog, after all, and Kishu have a high prey drive.
* Miyako from ''Manga/HidamariSketch'' is quite hyperactive and prone to distractions around her. Despite this, she is shown to be the smartest and most artistically talented of the main characters.
* Catarina tends to zone out during conversations in ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'', which tends to result in her gaining siblings, fiancees and destroying absolutely any dignity she had been showing off until that point. And then she forgets and does it again the next day.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': Naruto is shown to be this. From the beginning of the series, he shows some clear signs of having ADHD. He even earned the nickname, "hyperactive knucklehead ninja."
* Shinobu of ''Manga/NinjaNonsense'' has a great one of these in the first episode.
-->'''Shinobu:''' I passed the exam! [[ItMakesSenseInContext Your panties gave me a high mark!]]\\
'''Kaede:''' I'm happy for you.\\
'''Shinobu:''' Yes. Thank you very much. A kitty! ''(wanders off)''
* Yu Touma from ''Manga/{{QED}}'', which, in a rare case, [[DeconstructedTrope is not played for laughs]]. To clarify, as a little girl she was unknowingly responsible for their beloved family dog getting out of the house and getting run over because she was supposed to shut the door but got distracted. Many years later, while visiting her older brother Sou, she finally realises [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone what had happened]] and breaks down in tears.
* ''Manga/RamenFighterMiki'':
** Miki literally cannot focus on making deliveries without being distracted by helping stray dogs, beating BitPartBadguys or chasing insects.
** Kayahara Sensei seems to take her responsibilities as a teacher and a BullyHunter seriously until she gets her TrademarkFavoriteFood and then forgets everything else.
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'':
** Hinako Ninomiya is both hyperactive and easily distracted, especially in [[DualAgeModes child form]]. This certainly doesn't help in her job as an English teacher, the students frequently taking advantage of her distractions. She's more focused as an adult, but if she stays too long this way she starts reverting to her childish behavior.
** Happōsai is one of the series' most powerful martial artists, and the man responsible for teaching Hinako Ninomiya her draining technique. However, he's such a DirtyOldMan that he can easily be distracted with an exposed cleavage or some woman's underwear, something that Ranma has exploited on more than one occasion.
* [[CatGirl Suzu]] from ''Manga/{{Rinne}}'' is a prime example of this. Special mention goes to when she took part in an obstacle course race filled with many cat toys alongside other black cats. All of them fell for the trap and started playing with the toys instead of advancing, except for Oboro, whose owner, Ageha, is filthy rich so he doesn't care for cheap toys (but he does get disqualified for exiting the course). Suzu, however, arrived first by a wide margin. Why? [[ExaggeratedTrope Her attention span is so short that she quickly becomes bored with the current toy and moves to the next one, eventually reaching the finish line]].
* [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Usagi]] from ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' often gets easily distracted when trying to accomplish important tasks. Especially if it involves either [[BigEater food]] or [[ClingyJealousGirl boys]].
* Hotaru from ''Manga/SamuraiDeeperKyo'' has a fairly realistic display of ADD, but it's played for laughs in the way that the people around him react to him. He comes off as a mix between {{Cloudcuckoolander}} and ObfuscatingStupidity.
* In ''Anime/SonicX'', Sonic spends a lot of the time he isn't running around lying on rooftops and snoozing, yet goes utterly insane when cooped up on a ship for ten days and nights. This may be because he's [[WeaksauceWeakness somewhat aquaphobic]] and [[SuperDrowningSkills can't swim]].
* The [[HarpingOnAboutHarpies Harpies]] of ''Manga/TwelveBeast'' are highly excitable, curious, and very energetic, but never remember for more than five minutes -- or less, really. Poster Girl Aero is a (partial) subversion. This is a common trait of harpies in Okayado's works. See also the other Aero from ''Manga/DeadlineSummoner'' and Papi from ''Manga/MonsterMusume''.
* ''All'' of ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'' -- the ''entire series'', as well as its OddlyNamedSequel -- happens because Nozomi gets distracted one morning before school and chases a passing butterfly. In a later episode, she displayed more realistic ADHD symptoms. ADHD was never explicitly mentioned, but much like Cosmo, the intention was clear.
* The five-year-old titular character of ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'', from the same author of ''Azumanga'', being the [[CheerfulChild cheerful]] [[GenkiGirl hyperactive]] {{cloudcuckoolander}} she is, also has her moments.
-->'''Fuuka:''' ''(After explaining to Yotsuba about how everyone has two sets of grandparents)'' Understand?
-->'''Yotsuba:''' ''(Pointing out to the side)'' Ah! A bus!
* Yuzuko and Yukari from ''Manga/{{Yuyushiki}}'' are prone to this, often talking about one thing, then immediately switching the subject when another topic comes up.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* Momoko from ''WebVideo/WeddingPeachAbridged''.
-->'''Momoko:''' It must be hard on Yosuke [to clean the Olympic length pools all by himself]. (''pause'') Hey, this ring gets so shiny when you move it around!
* [[RougeAnglesOfSatin Councilmen]] Raynold ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS or is it Reynold]]?)'s only defining characteristic in ''Fanfic/SoullessShell''.
* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6339067/1/Due Due]]'': "OOOH! My pen!"
* Chives the Dog, a minor character in the ''Anime/SonicX'' fanfic ''Fanfic/DontKeepYourDistance''. Incidentally, she seems to be the only Mobian child imprisoned in a diamond mine (along with the main characters) who doesn't mind this line of work.
* ''Fanfic/YetAgainWithALittleExtraHelp'': "Ice Cream People!!"
* Ryuk in the original ''[[WebVideo/DeathNoteAbridgedTioHAndDargonakis Death Note Abridged]]'' by [=TioH=] and Dargonakis.
* Brutally parodied in ''WebVideo/SonicF'':
-->'''Chris:''' Cream! Aren't you still mad about--\\
'''Cream:''' I'm only six years old. I have the attention span of a hamster, so I've forgotten why I was angry-- OOH A SHINY OBJECT!
* The pug in ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' rarely holds onto one mood for long. As Hobbes puts it:
--> "He's a furry little emotional rollercoaster."
* Light in ''WebVideo/DeathNoteTheAbridgedSeriesKpts4tv'':
-->'''Ryuk:''' ...now what you need to know about the Shinigami eye deal is...\\
'''Light:''' ''[thinking]'' ...shoes... I need to get shoes...
* In ''Fanfic/TheLionKingAdventures'', the Uchoyo Diamond has this effect on animals. [[spoiler: Simba uses it to take over the entire pride.]]
* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
** In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5183586/3/The-Feel-of-Feelings-Rewrite The Feel of Feelings]]'' after Harry is released from an unjust two-year stint in Azkaban and goes to Gringotts to claim his inheritance he spends several minutes playing with the Black and Potter rings before putting them on, while his reaction to all the galleons in the Potter vault is "Ooh, shiny."
** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9538425/7/Shadows-And-Light Shadows and Light]]'':
-->...[Harry] rolled his eyes and decided not to try to say anything unless Ash got distracted by something shiny.
** In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6690487/6/Growing-Up-Kneazle Growing Up Kneazle]]'', Harry, having been raised from a young age by Arabella Figg's resident Kneazle pride, is easily distracted by shiny objects and yarn balls.
** In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8933408/16/Wizard-Runemaster Wizard Runemaster]]'' Harry is usually very focused, right up until he spots a bit of magic he's never seen before, especially runes. At one point it took [[HeelFaceTurn Onyxia]] promising to strip naked to get him back on track after he stopped warding their new base/home to study an old ward stone.
** In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12833921/19/Two-is-a-crowd Two is a crowd]]'' Harry and his friends are playing a magical version of hide-and-seek.
-->Whatever the reason, [Luna's] hiding ability was incredible, and so far Michael hadn't been able to spot her. Luckily, she often became visible again because a beautiful snow flower, a cute hare in the snow or some other fancy something or someone distracted her.
* ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'' uses this as an occasional gag, rather than a consistent trait of any one character.
** In the opening episode, Twilight Sparkle sets off to save the world from an impending apocalypse. One run-in with Rainbow Dash later, she completely forgets about the apocalypse and makes it her goal to destroy Rainbow Dash instead.
** In "Copywrong", Rarity devises a ZanyScheme to wreck Fluttershy's modeling career, but the scheme immediately derails and ends with punching Rainbow Dash rather than hurting Fluttershy in any way.
* In ''Fanfic/AgeofDragons'', Kathan Adaar is a Qunari Inquisitor prone to going off on random tangents and forgetting what particular quest he is on at any given moment. Somehow he manages to be the smartest guy in the series anyway, proving that sometimes TheCuckoolanderWasRight.
* ''Fanfic/FantasyOfUtterRidiculousness'': Alice is gifted with a scarf early in the Extra Stage. Several times after, she gets distracted enough with its quality that several conversations fly right over her head.
* ''Fanfic/JoysOfTheParenthoodTheTepesEdition'': Being easily distracted like all other three-year-olds, Lisa has little faith in bringing Adrian to a council meeting.
--> "I'd prefer later," Lisa frowned. "When he's capable to look after himself."\\
Dracula looked at his wife, furrowing his brows. "None of them would dare to harm our son, love. They know I would tear their pathetic souls to shreds if they laid a finger on Adrian intending to harm him."\\
"I meant his attention span," Lisa pointed at the toddler in vampire's arms who had abandoned Dracula's collar when his attention was drawn to older vampire's pointed ear and soon tiny fingers with sharp beginnings of nails dug into the flesh, tugging.
* [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14919122 This fanfic of]] ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' depicts Pink Pearl as having ADHD, as a contrast to the autistic Crystal Gem Pearl.
* In [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Marik's third Evil Council video]], Marik sends new member '''[[Creator/DanGreen DAN GREEN]]''' to steal Yugi's Millennium Puzzle. When Dan meets Yugi, however...
--> '''Dan:''' Hello, I'm Dan Green. You may remember me from such animated products as ''Stepmother's Sin'' and ''The Little Panda Fighter''.\\
'''Yugi:''' Can I help you with something?\\
'''Dan:''' ''[thinking]'' Oh, dear, I've completely forgotten what I was supposed to be doing. Come on, Dan, ''think''! Hmmm...I know! I'll just activate my Sexy Man Voice! That usually works! ''[in deep voice]'' I'm going to do my laundry. Could I have some change?\\
'''Yugi:''' I guess that's okay. So is that everything?\\
'''Dan:''' Um, yes. I think so.\\
''[cut to Marik's Evil Council]''\\
'''Marik:''' It didn't work!\\
'''Bakura:''' [[SarcasmMode Personally, I'm shocked.]]\\
'''Marik:''' Dan Green, you are a most disappointing villain!
* In ''Fanfic/LuzBelosPrincessOfTheBoilingIsles'', Luz being diagnosed with ADHD is one of the contributing factors to her lack of skill with magic, having gone through multiple magic teachers (Lilith included) before managing to make any breakthroughs with Eda.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13914804/2/Ignore-the-Dementor Ignore the Dementor]]'' Harry turns into a dementor body after being Kissed by one. He decides that they must be fascinated by shiny objects after spending several minutes staring at Dumbledore's purple robe with silver stars on it.
* In ''Fanfic/DragonsButterfliesAndWhoKnowsWhatElse'', Valentina completely forgot about the life-changing news that she was pregnant after enjoying a pair of Gronkles sparring in the streets.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* [[TheDanza Tracy]] [[AdamWesting Jordan]] of ''Series/ThirtyRock'' almost refers to this trope by name; his exact words were "... I have Attention Deficit Disor-- Jack, your shoes are ''shiny''."
* In the ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' episode "The Luminous Fish Effect," Sheldon is in the middle of proving to Penny why she needs to slow down driving to the supermarket, citing her car's weight & speed, combined with their collective weight when...oh, putt-putt golf!
* ''Series/{{Bluestone 42}}'' gives us Rocket. The Colonel summarily executes his beloved pet rat Smokey for trying to eat the Colonel's prized flowers.
-->'''Rocket:''' Smokey! You were *sniff* the best pet a boy could want!\\
'''Mac:''' Look, Rocket! Breakfast pizza!\\
'''Rocket:''' Ooh, food!
* [[{{Meganekko}} Valeria]] [[{{Tsundere}} Ferrer]] from ''Series/{{Carrusel}}'' was very [[GenkiGirl energetic and cheerful]], but had serious difficulties staying focused and at the beginning she didn't exactly fit in the class due to how [[NoIndoorVoice loud]] and [[MotorMouth fast-speaking]] she was. Her teacher Ximena tried to tone her attitude down via putting on a facade and treating her harshly; Valeria, however, got so depressed that she actually ''[[HeroicBSOD got sick]]''.
* ''Series/TheColbertReport''. On more than one occasion, Stephen has begun to speak about something serious, only to be distracted by a feathery cat toy hanging from the ceiling, which he bats and swings at like a kitten. While still very much in character, it's probably meant as an allusion to how real news programs will cut short or tangent off more serious or important stories with more fluff/opinionated pieces that don't require an unbiased view.
* ''Series/TheDailyShow'''s Jon Stewart believes the press has an attention problem.
-->"Ever see six-year-olds play soccer? The ball goes somewhere and twenty-two kids go, 'The ball!' ''Brbrbrbrbrm, kick,'' 'BALL!!' ''Brbrbrbrbrum.''"
* ''Series/DoctorWho''. The Doctor, Two, especially Four ("Jelly baby?"), Six (the coat), Eight ("These shoes!"), Ten ("New teeth!") and Eleven ("Big flashy lighty thing! That just has me written all over it. Not actually. Give me time... and a crayon." Also, in response to a question about why he put a glass of water on the floor, "I don't know. I think a lot, it's hard to keep track."). Sure, he can focus when it's needed, like when the universe itself is threatened, but most of the time he has the attention span of a squirrel. The odd numbered Doctors (besides 11) tend to exhibit fewer ADHD traits than the even-number incarnations. The Doctor (at least the Eleventh) does seem to honestly have some sort of ASD[[labelnote:*]]Autism Spectrum Disorder[[/labelnote]], given the fact that it manifests in other ways than simply inattention (such as difficulty engaging in social interactions, impatience, overlooking things that seem obvious to others, and becoming bored easily, but maintaining excellent focus when he knows what he's doing or he's emotionally invested in something). Given his flamboyant personality, some of the "ADD... Ooh, Shiny" reactions could be intentional exaggerations. In the prequel minisode to (New Who) Series 9 "The Doctor's Meditation", the Doctor remarks that Clara keeps telling him he has "attention deficit, uh, something-or-other."
** The Thirteenth Doctor actually displays many true-to-life signs of ASD; she is socially awkward, can barely complete a thought without going off on tangents, expresses childlike excitement about basically everything, and often becomes overwhelmed when there is too much that needs to be done in a short space of time or too many variables in a situation. When this happens, she has to stop and verbally reassure herself that she can handle it; she just needs to slow down and think through the problem one piece at a time. This is a ''very'' accurate depiction of the way an autistic mind works. [[note]]People on the spectrum tend to have narrow, but occasionally varied interests, an attention deficit such as ADHD/ADD and social awkwardness. Again, 13 has a very obvious version of the latter...[[/note]]
* Drake from ''Series/DrakeAndJosh''. He gets distracted so easily. One time Josh was pouring his heart out to Drake who was listening, only to walk away when a beautiful girl walked by. Also when Josh was taken away to be submerged in a chemical bath, Drake looks like he's about to do something, only to see someone left mashed potatoes on the floor.
* ''Series/TheFosters'' has Jesus, who's a subversion similar to Stiles in Teen Wolf, in that it manifests in impulsive decisions, as well as an inability to remember certain things (like taking his medication), and forgetting things right after he's been told them (such as no skateboarding inside the house). When he goes off his meds [[spoiler:to protect his sister, who was selling them]], his body language gets more anxious and fidgety, his tendency to make impulsive decisions gets worse, and the tendency to flip back and forth between several activities (fiddling with his phone and listening to music) while simultaneously hyperfocusing on one (flipping through his skating photos).
* In one episode of ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Joey is at Central Perk when he realizes he should have been at work two hours ago. Then he gets distracted talking to Chandler and sits back down. Chandler reminds him about work, so he leaves, only to see an attractive girl outside and get distracted talking to her. Chandler yells out the window, "Joey, for God's sake, go to work!" and he runs off.
** Joey has proposed to Phoebe, thinking she is pregnant, then proposes to Rachel, who actually is pregnant. Phoebe is hurt, but says "I'll take you back, Joey Tribbiani... hey, look, a Salami Buddy!" (one of Monica's wedding presents nobody could figure out).
* Jason in ''Series/TheGoodPlace'' is so easily distracted that at one point, hoping to forestall an endless string of questions about the Jacksonville Jaguars, Eleanor has Janet conjure up "something shiny" for him. Janet obligingly provides a sparkler, and Jason immediately runs outside to play with it.
* Elsbeth Tascioni on ''Series/TheGoodWife'' is a brilliant yet scatterbrained lawyer. It's to the point where when Alicia and Dean face her in court in "Shiny Objects" they pretty much render Elsbeth useless for the day by randomly taking magazines with pictures of steamships and penguins out of their folders during her cross-examination. Later we get an ImagineSpot from Elsbeth's perspective featuring random images of a steamship and a clown.
* ''Series/GrowingPains'': It has often been speculated that one reason behind Mike's (Kirk Cameron) poor academic performance is ADD. Episodes have seen him buy a "magic rock" (from a school scam artist) to help him with an extemporaneous essay, stay home from school to catch up on ''Series/GilligansIsland'' and fail to take an IQ test seriously. His possible problems are particularly spelled out in the late 1987 episode "Nasty Habits," where Mike's bad habits, constant distraction and inability to concentrate for a few minutes have put him in danger of possibly not graduating from high school on time. Here, he struggles to start an English essay that, after putting it off, is due the next day. At one point, he envisions dancing with a pretty girl he met at the pizza parlor (with the Tiffany song "Could've Been" used to frame the scene) ... before he finally is able to clear his mind and write a coherent paper.
* ''Series/HorribleHistories'' has hyperactive reporter Bob Hale, who goes off topic exceedingly easily. Somehow he turns a list of Roman emperors [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kRwJJwxGZE into the Macarena]]...
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': When Ted calls Barney the worst student in the episode "Robin 101", he answers that his teachers said he has "AD... something. Can we have class outside?"
* ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'': Parado is all too playful for his (supposed) age, gets bored extremely easily and tends to switch between what he is toying with at a moment's notice. The only thing he focuses on is fighting other riders, namely [[ArchEnemy Emu]].
* ADHD was the topic of one episode of ''Series/LastManStanding''. The school psychiatrist diagnoses Boyd with ADHD after he becomes too disruptive in class and prescribes medicine. Mike goes on a tirade about the situation, feeling that the school just uses ADHD as an excuse to drug kids that are too energetic and Boyd doesn't really have the disorder. He's proven right when Boyd calms down in school after he begins playing ice hockey to burn off energy. However, it's later revealed that Mandy took some of Boyd's medication while studying for her exams and did better than usual, suggesting she actually has ADHD and explaining a lot of her seeming absent-minded personality.
* ''Series/LazyTown'': Ziggy is easily distracted by things, especially candy.
* Battie in ''Series/LittleLunch'' is notoriously distractable. Best demonstrated on "The Lost-And-Found Box":
-->'''Battie:''' My dad says that I lose stuff because I get distrac... ''(tails off as as he starts staring at the rope in his hand he has been winding up)''
* Francis is shown developing a serious case of ADD in an early episode of ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'': even after his roommate has stripped the room of every possible form of entertainment, Francis still can't focus on his homework, to the point that upon seeing a cockroach on his desk, he prefers to build a racetrack for it.
* In the "Valentime's Day" episode of ''Series/NickyRickyDickyAndDawn'', the quads are looking for reasons their parents don't celebrate Valentine's Day. Dicky finds a large roll of bubble wrap and the quads immediately stop their quest in order to pop all the bubbles. Two hours later...
** It happens in "Sweet Foot Rides" when the quads go to the hotel room to get their father's prototype shoes back from the man they thought stole them. Instead, they go immediately to the bed and jump up and down on it, taking so long that the man comes back.
* Andy on ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' has a tendency to lose focus mid-conversation. Or sometimes mid-sentence:
-->'''Andy:''' (singing) "Ron and Dianne sitting in a tree / K-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I." (points) "Did you see that bird?"
* Shawn Spencer on ''Series/{{Psych}}'' seems to have adult ADD. In order to deal with this in childhood, his father taught him how to combine his short, quick observations with his [[PhotographicMemory eidetic memory]]. Instead of being completely unfocused, Shawn can now be incredibly focused but only in short flashes. In "Shawn Takes A Shot In The Dark", he outright says he probably has ADD.
* In the '80s, ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' had a series of "Mr. Short-Term Memory" skits starring Tom Hanks.
* ''Series/{{Spaced}}'':
-->'''Tim:''' Tyres has got a really short attention span; I remember once we were -- oh look, wrestling!
* Done as a joke on ''Series/{{Taskmaster}}'' when the competitors had to write a song about a woman they'd just met.
-->I saw you watching the Hangover DVD,
-->But I was busy with the Hangover Part III,
-->I saw you listening to a Mozart symphony,
-->But my attention span is - hey, look at that tree!
* A gag from a ''Series/{{Taxi}}'' episode: Louie gets sued by an old lady for hitting her with his cab. Learning that she's a notorious scam artist, he welcomes taking her on in court. Just before the civil hearing, Reverend Jim discovers that this time Louie ironically ''did'' injure her for real, and tries to warn Louie:
-->'''Louie:''' Ignatowski, get the hell outta here.\\
'''Jim:''' Boss, I think there's something you ought to know.\\
'''Louie:''' The only thing I wanna know is how fast you can get out of my sight.\\
'''Jim:''' Boss, this is really, really important, and you know how short my memory is, so let me tell you before I forget.\\
'''Louie:''' Okay, what is it?\\
'''Jim:''' What's what?
* Subverted on ''Series/TeenWolf''. Stiles does have ADHD, but it manifests more in a somewhat wacky body language, impulsive decisions and the tendency to ramble. It's stated by one of his teachers that he has trouble focusing in class, but you could make a case for him hyper-focusing on other things. Also, he doesn't ramble that much. More of a zingy one-liner dude. He hyper-focuses as well, as shown in "Wolf Moon" when he ends up spending hours researching lycanthropy on little more than a whim.
* In ''Series/ThatsMyBush'', Princess seems to suffer from this:
-->"This is the way we lock the door, lock the door, lock the door. This is the way we lock the door -- Oh, what a pretty bell."
* As seen in "A Hero is Born" episode of ''Series/TheThundermans'', King Crab is very easily distracted, even in a battle, by bubbles.
* Sometimes [[InvokedTrope invoked]] on ''Series/{{Top Gear|UK}}'' to interrupt an argument during the News segment. None of the presenters will stop talking on whatever topic is going on when Jeremy Clarkson will point at a member of the audience and declare "JESUS IS HERE!"
* Cat on ''Series/{{Victorious}}'' is this to a T. Especially if you have candy to help distract her with.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* Meta-wise, most gamers are ''expected'' to drop everything related to the fate of the world when they see a vividly-colored beam of light radiating from a piece of equipment; you can always save the world next time, but that ultimate epic legendary shiny must be picked up or it's gone.
* WideOpenSandbox games in general. Set out to save the world, spend 200 hours running subquests and exploring.
* [[CatGirl Taokaka]] from ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' has a three-second or three-step (depending on which comes first) attention span/memory combo. Of course, HilarityEnsues.
* ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'' has one example with Tiny Tina, as you get ready to destroy a train with some missiles:
-->'''Tiny Tina''': Awwrite counting down. Ten! Nine!
-->''(the missiles fire prematurely and blow up the train)''
-->'''Tiny Tina''': I got bored.
* In ''VideoGame/DevilishHairdresser'', the Angelic Hairdresser's FatalFlaw is her short attention span. She will often turn away from her work to make a phone call, prepare a cup of coffee, or look at some books, giving the Devilish Hairdresser time to mess with her clients.
* The basis for a joke in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' where the game designers fall victim to this trope. It unfolds as follows in the description of a Glamour Charm:
-->''This minor magical charm captures the viewer's attention and distra... ooo, pretty...''
* Dwarves in ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'', all too often. It isn't uncommon for a dwarf to [[MemeticMutation Urist McTroper cancels post: Pick Up Equipment]]. Dwarves will cancel a task to pull a lever to activate a critical series or traps or other defensive mechanisms to go get a drink or take a nap. Military dwarves will, on some occasions, literally stop fighting an invading horde of monsters because they're sleepy or hungry.
** An entire invading army can be distracted by one of your pet cats, chasing after it instead of laying siege to your fortress.
* In ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'', an [[NighInvulnerability otherwise indestructible]] Master Belch can be defeated if you use Fly Honey to distract him; he'll waste turns to guzzle that mess down, leaving himself vulnerable to attack.
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'':
** Depending on your playstyle, there is a high chance your PlayerCharacter in any game in the series falls victim to this trope, due to the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfSidequests high amount of content]] in said games' [[WideOpenSandbox open worlds]]. It's very easy to take on a quest, only to forget said quest because of all the optional dungeons you encounter on your way, followed by taking on other quests only for them to also be postponed because you encountered, depending on the game, a [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion gate to Oblivion]] or a [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim dragon]].
** This is a trait of the [[DivineParentage Demiprinces]], a form of [[OurDemonsAreDifferent lesser Daedra]] born of the union between a [[HalfHumanHybrid Daedra and a mortal]]. Demiprinces tend to have short attention spans and get bored very easily. Fa-Nuit-Hen, for example, can barely stay focused on questions during his interviews and outright interrupts people so he can answer them before he loses track of what they're saying.
* Subaru of ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'' loves to play around and have fun and hates having to do boring things. And as the trope name might suggest, he absolutely loves anything shiny to a crow-like extent, hoarding coins and anything else that sparkles such as ramune bottle marbles.
* ''VideoGame/EverQuestII'' gives us the collection quest items, often nicknamed "shinies" by the players for two reasons. The first is that, well, they glow -- they're small, glowing points on the ground with a question mark on top. The second is that you can expect many people to instantly take a leave of their senses and drop whatever it is they were doing (such as traveling, trying to avoid dangerous mobs, healing their group or trying NOT to aggro everything in sight) in order to dig them up. Even more so in groups, where there's a competitive aspect to it -- first person to activate the shiny gets it, and the rare ones sell for a mint. A shiny popping up in the middle of a difficult fight can quite easily spell "wipe".
* ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'' gives us the Skritt, who have a unique form of Hive Mind. They all have individual intelligence, but the more Skritt are around each other at a time, the smarter they get. Form up a whole Warren (underground city) and they rather effortlessly start repurposing snatched Asura and Charr tech into their own proto-industrial revolution. When there's only one or two around, though, they have the minds of the rodents they evolved from and are basically this trope made flesh.
* Shimakaze from ''VideoGame/KanColle'' has this as part and parcel of her fixation on speed. Especially emphasized in episode 4 of the AnimatedAdaptation: when she's called in for a briefing, Shimakaze bounces around excitedly asking "When do we start?!", but when the briefing actually ''does'' start, she's playing with one of her Rensouhou-chan[[note]]a pet-slash-familiar resembling a mix between a naval gun and a Franchise/{{Pokemon}}[[/note]] and not listening. When the mission is set to launch, she's nowhere to be found, presumably having gotten bored and wandered off. After [[HilarityEnsues some hilarious failed attempts to draw her out]], her teammates sit down for tea...and Shimakaze eagerly skips up, asking "What are you guys doing? Can I have one of those scones?"
* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' has an Attention Deficit Demon as a potential familiar (though as a rare one by now, since it was available for a limited time).
-->[[HelloInsertNameHere [Your Demon] ]]bounces around, helping you pick stuff up. "Did you know that chili peppers aren't actually peppers? And a coconut isn't a nut, either! Hey, remember that one monster you fought? He was crazy. Do you like music?"
* Melissa from ''VideoGame/KnightsInTheNightmare'' is often characterized as having a mild case of ADHD. Unlike many other examples, she actually displays hyperfocus -- Ancardia is all she can really be bothered to concentrate on, and she's otherwise fairly easily distracted. The more commonly attributed characteristics of the disorder get {{Flanderized}} by the fandom.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'':
** Link can defeat Ganondorf by waving a fishing pole around to distract him while taking potshots at him. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTUiVAgOA0M See it in action here.]] This is actually pretty common in the ''Zelda'' series -- a good quarter of the final bosses will stop and stare at your fishing pole/bug net.
** Zelda herself has a case of this in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap The Minish Cap]]''. Multiple times during the festival when she's talking to Link, she'll run off mid-sentence because she got distracted by another booth or person.
* The Piglins in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' are prone to this, even when they're aggressive, but they soon get back to fighting you afterwards. There's even an advancement for taking advantage of this love of gold. Averted for the Piglin Brutes, they don't get distracted by gold.
* A poster of a troll in ''Mishap 2: An Intentional Haunting'' includes four speech balloons containing simple utterances. "Oooh, shiny!" is one of them.
* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter3Tri'': Deviljho is [[HorrorHunger perpetually hungry]] and [[DropInNemesis crashes Unstable environments]] in search of more food (which, more often than not, includes ''[[PersonOfMassDestruction everything that moves]]''). However, if you drop a piece of meat on the ground, it'll immediately stop what it's doing and go chow down. This can be used to your advantage, as you can [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink apply certain items to the meat beforehand]] to [[SlippingAMickey put the Deviljho to sleep]], poison it or paralyze it for a short time. The variant Savage Deviljho that debuted in ''3 Ultimate'' is even hungrier and thus more prone to aiming at dropped meat, due to its high metabolism.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** In ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'', your rival shows this at least once. He comes barging into your room, then after a few seconds notes you have a new laptop.
** The Poké Doll is a brightly-colored toy that will distract wild Pokémon and allow the player to run away from them. In ''Pokémon Platinum'', you can use it to [[TakeAThirdOption escape the plot-mandatory battle with Giratina]] and end its universe-destroying rampage. [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Yes, I did just distract Cthulhu with a dolly]].
* ''VideoGame/PonyIsland'': Satan in a nutshell -- I've got to finish this current game I'm working on! It's got to have many levels, suspense, build-up, an epic final boss, and, and ooh... [[MissingStepsPlan here's a cute mascot for a brand NEW game!]]
* The [[CuteMachines Curiosity Core]] in ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''.
-->"What's that? Hey, what's ''that''? Ooh, [[ExactTimeToFailure that thing has numbers on it]]! '''Ewww''', what's wrong with your legs?! Hey, you're that lady from the tests! ''Hi''! Look at that thing! No, that other thing! [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Do you smell something burning?]]"
* The intro sequence of ''VideoGame/APrincessTale'' states that this is how the main character earned her nickname, "Princess Ooh Look, a Kitty."
* In ''VideoGame/{{Rakuen}}'', Alice and Dean are a couple of Leebles that live next to Winston. During the festival, Alice is trying to ask Dean how was the work that day, but he gets constantly distracted, at one point by the fact that [[ExaggeratedTrope Alice has ears]]. ([[DontExplainTheJoke For the record]], every Leeble has huge triangular ears that are impossible to not notice).
* The Arakun race in the text-based ''VideoGame/RetroMUD'' game are famous for being like this. They also have a racial emote called "ashiny". Players tend to ham it up for all it's worth.
* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** Sonic has issues with staying still for extended periods of time.
** Also Tails, to a certain extent. He's a bit more focused and patient than Sonic is, usually, but he's VERY easily distracted by things he finds interesting. Which, since he's a ChildProdigy GadgeteerGenius, mostly includes killer robots.
* The Novakids from ''VideoGame/{{Starbound}}'' are an entire race of these, as they can't focus on any task for long before getting distracted by something new and interesting, have very poor long-term memories, and don't recognize the importance of writing things down for later. They're actually stunningly intelligent on an intuitive level (a Novakid can build a working FTL drive and spaceship just by seeing one pass by and inventing what they need to get it to work), but they keep having to reinvent the wheel. For this reason, Novakid communities tend to fluctuate between stone and digital age (usually lingering on the "steel and steam" age out of affectation more than anything) as one generation makes groundbreaking discoveries and the next one forgets how they work. The beta versions of the game reflected this in the character intro blurbs; while the other races had long-term reasons for their situations, the Novakid's boiled down to "You're on a malfunctioning ship and you can't remember how you got there."
* A Liberated Borg [[CatFolk Caitian]] Duty Officer in ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'' has FlavorText implying that he has a certain amount of this.
-->''"My time in the Collective honed me. I am more focused on ... hey, that light is blinking!"''
* Fairies in the ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' franchise have this in general, due to being ephemeral and short-lived (but immortal) youkai. In the spin-off game ''Fairy Wars'' (which stars fan-favorite Cirno), you have a "motivation meter" in place of a life bar; when it hits 0, [[NonStandardGameOver Cirno gets bored of the whole adventure and wanders off to find something more interesting to do]].
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'':
** One of the "silly" jokes a male orc can say:
--->"I will CRUSH and DESTROY and... ooo... shiny..."
** A Dryad named Mylune will actually get distracted by a butterfly halfway through her quest-ending text.
** This trope even applies to player characters now, as anything lootable by your character sparkles in your view.
** The gorlocs in Sholazar Basin demonstrate this literally, having an obsession with collecting shiny objects. Jaloot is an especially bad case, with the item that calls him having the added FlavorText of "Should he be managing to pay attention at the time".
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* Fighter from ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', so very much so. Invoked nearly word-for-word in [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/10/03/episode-083-a-shout-out-to-all-you-web-heads-out-there/ this]] strip.
* Larxene from ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort'' fits this trope, big time. The fact that she's also addicted to crack, PCP, crystal meth, and nearly every other illegal drug in existence makes it worse.
* ''Webcomic/{{Archipelago}}'''s [[TalkativeLoon Blitz]] is practically the poster child for this trope, exclaiming "Look Credenza, I found a shiny!" in various forms throughout the entire comic. For example, a man lost in the woods asks him for help. Blitz instead focuses on a shiny bauble he is wearing and asks to show it to his friend. Given permission, he grabs the shiny and gleefully runs back home, unaware that he is ''dragging the man with it.''
** The man being dragged is also an example.
-->'''Paolo''': My friends and I had just arrived on the island and I was stretching my legs when I got...um...distracted. ''("Oooh! Butterfly!")'' It happens a lot to me.
* In one ''Webcomic/ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'' strip Fasha asks Guenevere what the documentary about ADHD she was watching was like. Guenevere replies that she doesn't know, she switched channels to watch cartoons.
* ''Webcomic/TheBirdFeeder'' has Tina, a hyperactive hummingbird. Clearly set forth in her very first appearance in [[http://thebirdfeeder.com/comic/6 #6]], "Short Attention Span," when a conversation is cut short when she is distracted by something off-panel.
* ''Webcomic/BladeBunny'' is either this or pretending to be.
* Elliot from ''Webcomic/BloodStain'' suffers from a lack of focus, lapsing every so often into {{Imagine Spot}}s whenever she is talked to. In a deconstruction of this trope, this makes her unable to hold a job for very long and causes her [[PoorCommunicationKills to not communicate at all]], in fear of her superiors admonishing her for her lack of focus.
* Pixies in the webcomic ''Webcomic/ChasingTheSunset'' have the attention span of a moth, probably as a counter for their omnipotence. A pixie can do anything she believes she can, but it vanishes as soon as her attention goes elsewhere. Naturally, all pixies love "shinies".
* Fluffy from ''Webcomic/CommanderKitty'' is a small pink female cat. She likes to push shiny red buttons, and rarely if ever knows what's happening around her. She has a 50% chance of either causing complete catastrophe or miraculously saving the day.
* In the world of ''Webcomic/CrystalHeart'' people can implant crystals as their hearts to gain special powers. The crystal Muna starts the adventure with, Good Fellow, has this as a side effect -- it allows her to sense emotions and even read minds, but makes her easily distractable.
* In ''Webcomic/DragonSanctuary'', Dean's fae blood makes him incredibly restless, and evidently the trait is common amongst most human-fae-hybrids -- Merno comments that he's never known one to sit still. Unfortunately for Dean this manifests in him abandoning his duties and wandering into places he shouldn't.
* Rolan of ''Webcomic/EarsForElves'' [[http://www.earsforelves.com/archives/475 has this problem]] when Tanna's showing him around the Taurecuiva Festival. Well, surely he has a ''right'' to be distracted when it's all so new to him, what with being a different culture and such...
* Nina Delacroix of ''Webcomic/EerieCuties'' is easily distracted by butterflies and her unfortunate werewolf classmate Ace, calling out "Puppy!" whenever she spots him and chasing after him.
* [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Eddie]] from ''Webcomic/EmergencyExit''.
-->'''Bob:''' ''(pointing)'' LOOK! A DISTRACTION!\\
'''Eddie:''' OOH, where? I collect those!
* ''Webcomic/{{Footloose}}'': Jin the half-werewolf has the doggish tendency to be distracted by anything she sees.
* ''{{Webcomic/Freefall}}:'' Dvorak, the robot inventor. Or should that be MadScientist?
-->'''Dvorak:''' I'll keep an eye on things here.\\
'''Qwerty:''' Unless you get distracted by a new idea, or something shiny.\\
'''Dvorak:''' New ideas ARE shiny. That's why they're so hard to resist!
* ''Webcomic/{{Galaxion}}'' has [[GadgeteerGenius Zan Wilder]]. He simply is more interested in building improbable gadgets than anything else (like, say, holding a job).
* Minmax the Invincible Warrior, from ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}''. [[https://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/07312005 "...OOO! A shiny rock!"]] He probably [[MinMaxing traded this for a combat bonus]].
* Both Halo and Dabbler of ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' have versions of ADD. Dabbler is an alien/demon/something so her version may be a little different. Halo is just ''different'', and has an Adderall prescription that doesn't seem strong enough.
** The [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-732-party-pauser/ bottom three panels]] are probably the most obvious case yet.
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'':
** The Salamanders from the Land of Wind and Shade.
-->"Look at this! Another Cherished Idol profaned! Such sacrilege has become commonplace with the recent glut of the Underlings. It would bring a tear to my eye if I were not so clearly fit to be tied with these hyperactive mannerisms and [[LampshadeHanging severe attention deficit]] oh my god look a bug."
** Clubs Deuce from the Midnight Crew cannot possibly hope to remember more than one thing at a time and gets easily distracted by clocks.
** [[HeroicBSOD "You were very foolish to believe you could be a leader of men. Look at what bearing that flag has wrought. Perhaps one day you will find something new to bear. A burden befitting of the peasant you truly are.]] [[MoodWhiplash Oh my what's that shiny thing in the water?"]]
** Jade can be a bit like this while asleep.
* Daisy, on the cover of the third ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'' book, looking at King's swinging collar instead of King himself. Although to be fair, it's about all you'd expect from a pup who's only words (so far) have been "Hi! I'm Daisy!".
* The ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures'' series ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'' treats this as a useful skill for one character: Pickle Inspector dodges attacks by getting distracted by something else and randomly stepping out of harm's way.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** V's familiar, Blackwing, seems to be easily distracted by shiny objects, whether it's a bauble or a [[SwirlyEnergyThingy giant swirly rip in space and time]] (although to be fair to Blackwing, a giant swirly rip in space and time [[spoiler:with what would seem to have a planet on the other side]] isn't something you exactly need ADHD or ADD to be distracted by).
** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0726.html To Elan]], at least, dinosaurs are more important than any sort of ethical concerns.
** Roy pretty much spells it out on [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0325.html their first trip to the Oracle]].
--->'''Roy:''' Proof once again that we are the only adventurers for whom the letters "AD&D" stand for "Attention Deficit Disorder".
** When [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1065.html Elan is trying to mend the airship]], he wonders why Bard Camp never explained how to concentrate on a spell in difficult conditions. Cue FlashBack to the bardic instructor explaining exactly that, while Young Elan is wondering what flavour clouds are. Then return to the present, where Elan has forgotten what he's doing because he's ''still'' wondering what flavour clouds are.
* ''Webcomic/{{Precocious}}'':
** [[WordOfGod Chrispy]] states [[http://chrispco.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-dont-like-drugs-but-drugs-like-me.html in his sketch blog]] that Vincent has an undiagnosed case of ADHD.
* [[http://www.pvponline.com/comics/pvp20100820.png This]] ''Webcomic/PvP'' strip. Scratch, being a cat, naturally.
* Sabrina "Ultragirl" Mancini in ''Webcomic/RivalAngels'' isn't usually prone to this, but it happens to her once at a very inconvenient time. Her best friend, Sun Wong, almost falls off the edge of the stage (twenty-foot drop), but Sabrina saves her by grabbing the waistband of her shorts at the last second. Sabrina then uses her other hand to grab the comic's BigBad (who pushed Sun toward the edge in the first place) to prevent herself from being dragged over the edge along with Sun. And just when it looks like all three of them are going to fall, one of the Big Bad's two [[TheDragon Dragons]] grabs her and pulls. Which is when this exchange happens:
-->'''Sun:''' Don't let go, Sabrina!\\
'''Sabrina:''' [looking down] OH MY GOD, SUN! When did you start wearing a thong?
* In ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'', [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/6/ a summary is blamed on the readers' need for it.]]
* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' gives us [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2003-04-03 Nick,]] the DumbMuscle of Tagon's Toughs;
-->'''Narrator:''' Meet Corporal Burt "Nick" Nicholson, special forces. Metallic metaphors work best on Nick: Iron sinews...heart of gold...\\
'''Nick:''' Dere's lotsa words on these shelves. Are dey important?\\
'''Narrator:''' Mind like a steel anvil...\\
'''Schlock:''' Just books, Nick. Stay focused.\\
'''Nick:''' Ooh! Pictures!\\
'''Schlock:''' ''Focus'', Nick.\\
'''Narrator:''' ...Attention span of lawrencium 258.
** Schlock himself has been described as "[[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2014-05-04 an overstimulated child]]", but he does have an excuse, based on both his 'birth' and biology.
---> "I find my perspective refreshing."
* Scarlet, the squirrel from the webcomic ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'' is an example of [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/SA_0202_small.jpg this]]. Part of what affects her is that she used to be hooked up to a giant supercomputer (along with three others) where their savant-like intelligence was used to crunch numbers. Coming from a world where things really are instantaneous, the real world would come off as a big distraction to her. Also might have something to do with [[spoiler:the accident that ended up getting her out of the corporation where she was being kept involved lots of really intense heat. Which damages computer chips.]]
* In ''Webcomic/{{Shifters}}'' [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent Werebeasts]] are often subject to the drawbacks of their animal forms as well as the advantages.
** Shown in the "Original Run" by Holly Tate [[http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20030808.html here]]
** Shown in the "Original Run" by Ben Harkus [[http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20040916.html here]]
* Unity of ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'', which is sort of a large drawback for someone who was intended to be a SuperSoldier.
* Kiki from ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' embodies this trope. But as she's a ferret experimented on by a MadScientist (nobody knows whether the mad scientist part has anything to do with it, but being a ferret sure does) who can ''literally'' go ballistic after a pixie stick, it's probably not surprising. In one of the most extreme cases ever, Bun-bun once told all his recent personal secrets he wouldn't want anyone to know to her (while wearing earplugs to avoid hear her [[MotorMouth chattering]] in response), because he needed someone to talk to and he knew he could instantly erase all that from her memory by showing her some shiny car keys.
* [[http://shubbabang.tumblr.com/post/92451386213/funny-story-my-5th-grade-elementary-school-teacher#notes One webcomic artist did a comic on how her 5th grade teacher discovered she had "crazy bad ADD".]] She also frequently makes comics that highlight her attention problems even as an adult.
* ''Webcomic/UhOhItsADinosaur'': Kyra has a bad case of this.
* Walky from ''Webcomic/{{Walkyverse}}''.
* Illustrated in ''Webcomic/{{Xkcd}}'' strip #1106 "ADD".
* ''Webcomic/YetAnotherFantasyGamerComic'':
** Cap'n Fang, who would give Tomo and Osaka tag-teaming together a run for their money. Ironically it's his specific mental disability which makes him the greatest kobold pirate ever. Though, [[RuleOfFunny everyone eventually gets at least one of these moments.]]
** Also from this comic: "Satyrs have a rather short attention span."
* Mayy Storm of ''Webcomic/{{Zelfia}}'' [[http://zelfia.tumblr.com/tagged/113 isn't the task-oriented type.]]
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* Jake from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''. It's especially evident in "Power Animal" when Finn has gone missing and Jake, though genuinely worried about him and determined to track him down, keeps getting distracted by random fun things going on along the way.
--> '''Jake:''' Take my sandwich, BMO! I'm gonna go find Fi--''(gasp)'' A dancing bug!
* In the ''WesternAnimation/AngryBirdsToons'' episode, "Chuck Time", Chuck gets sidetracked by a butterfly when he's supposed to save Red from falling off a cliff.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', Buster isn't usually this way, but:
-->'''Buster:''' We're patient, attentive, and -- Ooh! Look at the monkey!
** George is diagnosed with Dyslexia, but the episode in question sees George get caught up in his imagination several times. It's even entitled "The Boy with his Head in the Clouds."
* ''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman'' villain Magpie is a kleptomaniac who steals pretty shiny things without concern for whether or not they're valuable. This is ''not'' PlayedForLaughs; instead, it [[PlayedForDrama underscores]] her [[AxCrazy downright terrifying insanity]].
* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': Gene Belcher is notorious for being easily distracted, to the point where "Best Burger" reveals that his family members refer to goofing up due to losing focus as [[PersonAsVerb "Gene-ing out"]].
* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman:'' Mr. Peanutbutter, being a dog, gets easily distracted, especially whenever he spots his friend [[TheGhost Erica]].
* ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'':
** Gandhi:
--->'''Gandhi:''' Did you hear? Did you hear? Don't tell Paul Revere. Gandhi is contagious. Totally outrageous. A disease with initials. That's the worst kind. ADD. Has warped. His mind.
** And SpecialGuest Tom Green:
--->'''Tom Green:''' Hi, I'm Ottawa's Tom Green. I live in Hollywood, thank you. So some of you may have been mean to a kid with ADD. That's not cool. [[RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic Coffee? Anyone for -- coffee anyone?]] All right, sorry. I like cotton candy. Check out my muscle. Potato chips. It's a Ferris wheel! So I guess what I'm trying to say is -- [''a plastic grocery bag blows by''] Plastic bag! Plastic bag! Plastic bag! Plastic bag! Plastic bag! Plastic bag!
* Chowder of ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'', although in his case, food is usually involved.
* On ''WesternAnimation/CliffordsPuppyDays'', it is typically possible for one of the puppies to [[ExploitedTrope end a conversation they don't want to have]] by simply asking "Are we going to talk about X all day, or are we going to play?", which prompts an excited response of "Play, play, play!" At least for a little while.
* Webwolf, WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck's ancestor from the episode "Inherit the Whimp" is a barbarian warrior who is easily distracted by round things, every time he spots one he stops what he's doing and says "Ooh a roundy, roundy, roundski!" and goes off to play with it.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Detentionaire}}'': The skater clique, much to Lee's frustration.
-->'''Lee:''' Yeah, sort of in the middle of something here! It happened two seconds ago... you probably forgot.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'': In the very first episode, Claudia enters in her very first scene absorbed in a book and almost bumping into a tree. Technically, this was a sign of hyperfocus and is a giveaway for ADD. Next to that she has impulsive and chaotic responses, including "ooh shiny" moments for an elf's braid. She is quirky and often misses social cues, which is a symptom as the disorder causes distractions (to ones own thoughts or anything else) in the middle of conversations.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Timmy. In "Genie Meanie Minie Mo", when Cosmo and Wanda couldn't grant his wish for a cheese and ham omelet because it was 10:31 [=AM=] and it was against Da Rules to grant breakfast wishes after 10:30 [=AM=], Timmy said nothing would take his mind off it until... he noticed a garage sale. Though to be fair, he did still remember his desire for an omelet and checking out that garage sale did ''coincidentally'' lead to him getting one.
-->'''Timmy:''' Well, I'm Timmy Turner. I'm ten years old and I have a short attention span. Also... (''pauses for a moment, then walks off'')
** Cosmo lampshades his own attention problems in one episode:
---> '''Cosmo:''' I'm not bright. Big words confuse me. I have the attention span of a rodent!
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
** Cleveland Jr., before his departure to ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'', was a very hyperactive boy who [[FleetingPassionateHobbies often found lost interest in something he was good at then turned to something else]]. In the only episode where he had a major appearance, he becomes a very talented golfer but by the end of the episode, he loses interest and starts kicking the golf ball around like a soccer ball.
** Peter is no different either in later seasons. Chris even lampshaded one episode after Peter's stint as a pirate in which he quickly loses interest after losing his parrot and found a piano. Most of Peter's antics is due to his "ItAmusedMe" attitude. If something is not amusing him, he will quickly find something else that will, which makes his focus waver all over. Peter also has a nasty habit going completely off topic when he speaks to someone without missing a beat at all. Brian lampshades this when he asks Peter if he is asking for his help or if he is going to ask another pointless question again.
** One episode has Peter display an extreme case of being easily distracted. When Peter screws up the timeline in the past by going with Cleveland to a club instead of going out with Lois, it causes him to be married to another woman in the present instead of Lois. Death gives Peter another chance to fix his screw-ups, but Peter winds up screwing up several times (pissing off Lois and then going to the club with Cleveland every time Death gives Peter another shot). Death finally gets pissed off at Peter and tells him he is on his own. Of course, Peter manages to fix everything in the last minute.
** James Woods, whose animated likeness served as a murderous antagonist for the Griffin family, would often contemplate his revenge against the Griffin family before being distracted by a trail of Reeses Pieces ("Ooh, a piece of candy!" "Ooh, a piece of candy!" "Ooh, a piece of candy!" ... ), before falling victim to a trap box, where he would be restrained until his ultimate arrest -- or as the show made it out, to await examination by scientists.
* Reed from ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourWorldsGreatestHeroes'' is this from the very first episode, "[[Recap/FantasticFourWorldsGreatestHeroesDoomsday Doomsday]]".
-->'''Reed:''' These creatures come from an alternate dimension... A Negative Zone, if you will. It's actually really amazing that-- \\
'''Susan:''' Reed! Big alien monster about to eat us?\\
'''Reed:''' Oh. Sorry.
* ''WesternAnimation/FishHooks'':
** Clamantha; her band is even ''named'' "Clamantha and the Shiny Objects".
** Milo is shown to have this in "Fail Fish".
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' frequently dropped whatever he was doing to go on [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment some mundane activity with Cosgrove]].
-->'''Freakazoid:''' Nothing will stand in my way!
-->'''Cosgrove:''' Hey, Freakazoid, wanna go out for a mint?
-->'''Freakazoid:''' Okay.
* ''WesternAnimation/GlitchTechs'': Miko tends to be very hyper and not able to focus on any one thing for more than a few minutes.
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
** Soos veers into this at times. For example, Soos was distracted by a laser pointer in "Double Dipper".
--->'''Soos:''' I am so glad I turned my head. That dot did not disappoint.
** Also Mabel; there's this moment from "The Time Traveler's Pig":
--->'''Mabel:''' Don't worry, brother. Whatever happens, I'll be right here, supporting you every step of the '''OH MY GOSH, A PIG!!!'''
* ''WesternAnimation/HipHipAndHurra'':
** Hurra on occasion.
** One episode features a Magpie. As you can imagine, this is her main character flaw...
** The Coco bird acts this way whenever she sees an occasion to drop other birds her egg.
* Gir from ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''. Where do we even start?
%%* WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest might have some degree of ADHD.
* Mikey from ''WesternAnimation/KappaMikey'' has a really short attention span, which even he himself has lampshaded.
* WesternAnimation/KimPossible's boyfriend is the poster child of this trope. Lampshaded, of all places, in the episode where Ron is tested whether or not he is actually the hero.
* On ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', Bobby Hill is mistakenly diagnosed with ADHD and prescribed drugs to combat it. The effects on his behavior are fairly realistic, causing him (among other things) to count the ridges on checkers instead of playing the game and claim to pinpoint by smell the exact moment when a carton of milk in a closed refrigerator has spoiled. (In reality, Bobby had been on a sugar high caused by eating overly sweetened cereal that morning.)
* ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'' has Minka Mark, the excitable female monkey who fits this trope to a tee.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'':
** WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck has a severe case of this. One such example is when he realizes that Bugs' new dog is a dangerous Tasmanian devil... then he gets distracted by an ad for guitar lessons. Later he tries to warn him again but stops to buy a hooded sweatshirt.
** Also Lola's new version in the show, to the point she starts rambling in the middle of a short answer about random things and, most of the time, about Bugs.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'': The members of Dethklok are constantly fiddling with items such as laser pointers and cell phones, even while Ofdensen is trying to convey important matters to them
-->'''Ofdensen:''' You have a very short attention span!\\
'''Nathan:''' No, we're not!
* The animals on ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey'' go into a hypnotic trance if presented with a shiny object. For that reason, they're banned from school grounds. Jake uses a faceted glass doorknob from Adam's house to put the entire school under his power. They spend the whole day talking about "monkey butt". Pretty pretty, shiny shiny...
* In episode 7 of the second season of ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', Gigantitan, the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Villain of the week]] gets very easily distracted by anything that looks like a lollipop. Justified, since he is a baby who accidentally got akumatized after throwing a tantrum over some lollipop.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** Pinkie Pie from is sometimes prone to this. She interrupted her friends' ShutUpHannibal moment against '''The Spirit of Chaos''' for ''one last'' swig of chocolate milk rain.
** The Pinkie Pie clones created in the episode "Too Many Pinkie Pies" are an {{exaggerat|edTrope}}ion of this. So much so that the ultimate test to determine the real Pinkie is AGoodOldFashionedPaintWatching, which only the real Pinkie is determined enough to pass.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'': Sensei Wu:
--> '''Sensei Wu:''' Iron sharpens iron, perhaps— ''[licks cotton candy]'' —this Samurai will encourage you to find your true potentia... ''*GASP*'' FERRIS WHEEL! ''[runs towards Ferris wheel]''
* In ''WesternAnimation/PeterRabbit'', the kitten Mittens is "always alert and always on guard."
-->'''Mittens:''' Ooh, a feather! (''bats feather'') Mew, mew, mew, mew! (''falls asleep'')
* Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' has a bad case of this. He'll be explaining his latest evil scheme, then digress midway-through to ramble about how a particular word sounds weird to him, or pause mid-defeat to exclaim over a band.
-->'''Doofenshmirtz:''' ''(strapped to a giant rocket)'' CURSE YOU, PERRY THE PLAT--[[CatchphraseInterruptus Wait, is that Love Handel?]]
* Pinky in ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' has a severely limited attention span, which is made even worse by the fact that he barely understands [[TakeOverTheWorld Brain's monologues about world domination]] anyway. It's lampshaded several times.
** There's also Precious the evil cat when she announces her plans for world domination she'll get distracted by round shiny things or feel the urge to run around the house for no particular reason.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheProblemSolverz'', it doesn't take much to distract Alfe. "Did somebody say ''ninjas''?!"
* The kindergarteners from ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}''. Justified - they ''are'' all five years old.
* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo''
** {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Scrappy for the most part in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndScrappyDoo'', but-Did somebody say monster?! Lemme at it!
** Fred from ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' not [[CargoShip only obsesses over traps]], anything remotely shiny derails his train of thought.
* Entrapta from ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' has this, particularly in regards to anything technological.
** Scorpia has a bit of this too. In the middle of realising Seahawk is with LaResistance, she gets distracted by the ''prospect'' of seeing a duck and looks away from him.
* The ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'' episode "Beauty and the Bleats" has Sheep encounter a genie who gives him three wishes. After using them up and being trapped in a humanoid form, Sheep gets his chance to trick the genie into giving him three more wishes when he discovers that the genie is distracted by luminous objects and uses a giant torch to lure him into being trapped inside a lamp again before freeing him from the lamp once more so that he'll have to grant him three wishes again.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E2BrothersLittleHelper Brother's Little Helper]]", Bart, after pulling a few too many pranks in one day, was diagnosed with ADD and put on "Focusyn". The episode was more focused on the side-effects of the drug, which wound up making him insane and paranoid. Although... he [[ProperlyParanoid turned out to be right]] about major league baseball spying on people with satellites. In fact, his reaction to the medication is TruthInTelevision. ADHD medications like Ritalin and Adderall have increased anxiety as one of the nastier side effects. Psychiatrists sometimes prescribe anti-depressants or anti-anxiety meds with the stimulants to balance that out and symptoms of depression are official contraindications against usage of the drugs.
** There's another one, in which he's committed to writing a school essay:
--->'''Bart:''' Gotta focus, gotta focus, gotta look at that bird...
** Even in the early episodes before the characters became very exaggerated Bart showed signs of having concentration issues. In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E1BartGetsAnF Bart Gets an F]]", a season 2 episode, he promises to do better on the next history test, as the teachers were saying he might have to repeat his grade, and when he really sits down at his desk (which he put in the basement so he would not get distracted by the fun snow day everyone else was having), he finds he cannot remember anything and cannot concentrate. Even after studying hard he still fails the test, and only scrapes a D by remembering a bit of information that was historical and a fact but was not really relevant.
** Homer also shows signs of this one. For example, this exchange in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E13TheJoyOfSect The Joy of Sect]]" between him and a recruiter for the Movementarian cult:
--->'''Homer:''' Wait, I'm confused. So the cops knew that internal affairs were setting them up?\\
'''Recruiter:''' What are you talking about? There was nothing like that in the movie...\\
'''Homer:''' I know, you see when I get bored I make up my own movie, I have a very short attention span... look a bird!\\
''[runs outside and chases it]''
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E11FearOfFlying Fear of Flying]]", upon discovering [[IdenticalStranger a man identical to himself]] lying knocked out in front of Moe's:
--->'''Homer:''' ''[gasp]'' Oh, my god, this man is my exact double! ''[GASP]'' That dog has a puffy tail! ''[chases dog]'' Here puff, here puff! ''[giggles]''
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E3HomerGoesToCollege Homer Goes to College]]", he left the classroom to chase a dog, running merrily around a tree.
** When Marge wrote a novel and Homer promised to read it:
--->'''Homer:''' No, gotta read Marge's book. Can't get distracted. Distracted, that's a funny word. Does anyone ever get "tracted"? I'm gonna call the suicide hotline and ask them.
** More a case of IResembleThatRemark but it qualifies for this as well:
--->'''Homer:''' ...and I'm not easily impressed! WOW, a ''blue car''!
** PlayedForDrama in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E14AloneAgainNaturaDiddily Alone Again, Natura-Diddily]]" where Homer taunts girls at a racetrack into firing their T-shirt cannons at him. They do, but Homer gets distracted when he sees a bobby pin on the ground. He bends down to pick it up, and the T-shirts hit Maude as she returns to her seat with food for her family. Maude is knocked over the grandstand and falls to her death.
* The ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS4E3Timmy2000 Timmy 2000]]" has the ''entire elementary school'' diagnosed with ADHD, and every single kid in town was prescribed Ritalin; the teachers then complained that [[WeWantOurJerkBack the school was now calm to the point of dullness]] (and how did they illustrate this dullness? Everyone suddenly had a yearning to go and see Music/PhilCollins in concert), and everyone was prescribed a Ritalin antidote, [[JustForPun Ritalout]].
* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'':
** Lobo just might have this problem, if this line when he shoots up a police station to draw Supes is any indication...
--->'''Lobo:''' Man, this is getting lame, I thought he'd be here by now... WHOA!! MOSQUITO!!! ''(opens fire on bug)''
** Lois Lane gives her dockside informant Bibbo Bibbowski some coins with instructions to call the Daily Planet if she doesn't return from her investigation of a suspicious ship. He gets distracted and buys himself a soda instead. Fortunately, Superman shows up anyway.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' portrays Michelangelo as easily distracted. Best exemplified in this quote from "The Pulverizer".
-->'''Michelangelo''': You guys always underestimate me-- Ooh, gum!
* WesternAnimation/TheTick, of course. In a JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind episode, his own brain explains "I'm easily distracted by shiny objects." Later on, Tick sees something shiny in the distance and runs off to check it out.
* Rusty Venture from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' demonstrates a serious case of this in [[Recap/TheVentureBrosS2E4EscapeToTheHouseOfMummiesPartII "Escape To The House Of Mummies Part II"]], getting distracted from trying to rescue his sons and bodyguard to having a MagicVersusScience [[ShrinkRay shrinking]] contest with Dr Orpheus, getting distracted from ''that'' to filling out a celebrity crush questionnaire with White and Billy, and then they all go eat rice pudding (while Rusty wonders if he [[SomethingWeForgot forgot something]]). It shows up in other episodes too. Maybe his early-seasons amphetamine habit was a form of self-medication.
** Rusty's son Hank sure seems to have inherited whatever it is, but a lot more of a goofy "lookit the shiny" version. In one episode, while asking his twin brother Dean if his MrImagination tendencies might point to something more serious being wrong with him, Dean tells him he probably just has an overactive mind... but Hank has already gotten distracted.
--->'''Hank:''' Hey, is that the [[Film/NightAtTheMuseum museum where everything comes to life at night]]?\\
'''Dean:''' Definitely have ADD, though.
** Pete White has a repeated tendency to get distracted by shiny objects belonging to his and Billy's ArchEnemy St Cloud, which usually gets on Billy's nerves. Billy [[NotSoAboveItAll isn't totally above]] the shiny object fascination, though, getting swatted by White in one episode for trying to grab an OSI agent's shiny, shiny gun.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'':
** The Mask declares that he is going to save the day and stop the villains but first he's going to goof around or get distracted by trivial things which does tend to let the villains get away but he does get himself back on track to stop them eventually.
** Masked Milo gets distracted by other things as well but does get himself back on track as well.
** Eve also suffers from this as she tends to focus more on kissing Stanley while there's something happening but she does get herself back on track.
* In Episode 11 of ''WesternAnimation/WildKratts'', Martin is in a bass suit and sees a fish lure, causing him to say "Shiny... Flashy... YUMMY!" as he then darts at the lure, trying to eat it.
* Violet from ''WesternAnimation/WordGirl'' is easily distracted by anything remotely cute or pretty. Puppies, butterflies, paintings, cats...
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* In the ''Film/IronMan'' films, Tony Stark's eccentric nature makes him prone to zoning out of what he's ''supposed'' to be doing.

* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' gives us Nick, the DumbMuscle of Tagon's Toughs;
-->''Meet Corporal Burt "Nick" Nicholson, special forces. Metallic metaphors work best on Nick: Iron sinews...heart of gold..mind like a steel trap...''\\

''...Attention span of lawrencium 258.''

* Hammy in ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge'' behaves in a hyper, caffeinated manner and exhibits Hollywood's definition of ADD. A plot point [[InvokedTrope relies on]] [[CaffeineBulletTime giving caffeine]] to th-- [[RuleOfThree SQUIRREL!!]]

* ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'' has the titular Sonic, whose SuperSpeed causes his attention to move as fast as him, which results in it rapidly jumping from one thing to the next as they catch his attention.

* The Piglins in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' are prone to this, even when they're aggressive, but they soon get back to fighting you afterwards. There's even an advancement for taking advantage of this love of gold.
** Averted for the Piglin Brutes, they don't get distracted by gold.

* Deviljho of ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' is [[HorrorHunger perpetually hungry]] and [[DropInNemesis crashes Unstable environments]] in search of more food (which, more often than not, includes ''[[PersonOfMassDestruction everything that moves.]]'') However, if you drop a piece of meat on the ground, it'll immediately stop what it's doing and go chow down. This can be used to your advantage, as you can [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink apply certain items to the meat beforehand]] to [[SlippingAMickey put the Deviljho to sleep]], poison it or paralyze it for a short time.

--->'''Bart:''' Gotta study, gotta study, gotta look at that bird...

** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0726.html To Elan]], at least, [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaurs]] are more important than any sort of ethical concerns.

* Sakura, an IllGirl from ''Anime/{{Betterman}}''. Her canon ADHD is only referred to once, but it's a severe case, and she receives heavy, ''heavy'' medication for it. Also, while she ''can'' be considered a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, she's a thoroughly creepy and tragic NightmareFuelStationAttendant.

* [[http://wow.tcgplayer.com/db/world_of_warcraft_tcg_single_card.asp?cn=Pugg This card]] on the ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' trading card game.