History Main / ImNotHereToMakeFriends

* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': In a nonreality show example, in the ChristmasEpisode, Sean asks Mitchell if he wants to join them, saying that "we're all friends", but Mitchell claims he "doesn't do friends". [[IJustWantToHaveFriends Of course, he's lying]].

* Competitive gaming of any kinds. Such as little league - there's almost always that person who thinks, "I'm not here to make friends - I'm here to play ball."
** Tabletop card games. "I'm not here to make friends. I'm here to play cards." And in the case of competitive gambling (e.g. TabletopGame/{{poker}}), it's "I'm not here to make friends - I'm here for money." Normally, Slot tournaments avert this, because a lot of the time they're just there to advertise the casino in question and the people who're there are pretty much there to have fun anyways.
** One person has joked that you can notice the people who're there to make friends are the ones who're actually having fun. The people who're there to win? They're the ones who aren't on familiar terms with everyone else and often vanishes off to their home/hotel room/whatever or go off and do whatever.
** The issue is also more complicated than it might appear on the surface: These people who are very serious in gaming competitions usually DO have friends. It's just that these friends were made outside of competitions, and they're not interested in adding any more people to their social circles. They also might prefer to make friends outside of the competition circuit, since it avoids potentially damaging or destroying their friendships should the competition eventually turn ugly.
* As mentioned, SeriousBusiness is practically a sister trope to this. Make something SeriousBusiness, and then you get these people crawling out of the woodwork left and right.
* People on art sites: I'm not here to make friends. I'm here to show off my art.
* Before a trial, a judge might remind you that when this is over, half the room will hate his guts, so he has no cause to act friendly.

* Take a game online. ''Any'' game. You haven't seen as many people say "I'm not here to make friends" as you would have on say, a reality game show, but this is more or less the mentality of everyone online. They're not there to make friends - they're there to win.
* Any "Pro" or "hardcore" gaming environment. Seriously. They are ''not'' there to just have fun and make friends, they're there to compete for trophies. Let's just say, there's a reason that people who don't give a shit about trophies, statistics, ratios, etc are the ones who have the most fun.
* [=PvP=] games tend to suffer from this a lot. Most people online have the thought process of, "I'm not here to make friends - I'm here to kill other players."
* Even in [[PlayerVersusEnvironment PvE]] areas... "I'm not here to make friends, I'm here for loot."
* And in {{Sandbox}} areas... "I'm not here to make friends. I'm here to build." But this is often averted; since some Sandbox games like ''VideoGame/SecondLife'' happen to be all about the social aspect. Especially since if you're not there to make friends, good luck finding anyone to let you build on ''their'' land, server, area, whatever.

* ''Series/{{MASH}} has Major Burns express this shortly after taking command of the unit and introducing widely unpopular regulations.

** Heather says this word for word:

** Notably a few other contestants, like Leshawna and Duncan, at some point express this thought too. The thing is, they ''do'' make friends, even though they still keep their eyes on their goal. Heather is the DesignatedVillain because this is ''all'' she cares about.

** Alejandro in ''World Tour'' and Scott in ''Revenge of the Island'' are just as bad as Heather, if not worse.

** Julia makes clear that she is uninterested in making friends by comparing them to zits: she doesn't have any, she doesn't want any, and she doesn't want to see people having any either.

* While not a RealityShow or a parody thereof, this concept is presented as an obstacle in the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon first episode]] of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. Twilight Sparkle was sent to Ponyville to oversee festival preparations and to make friends. However, she makes it clear quickly that her priorities are overseeing the festival and researching the prophecy of doom she found; friendship just isn't a priority for her. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Too bad no one told her the title of the show]]. [[CharacterDevelopment She learns her lesson eventually]].

* "Not Here to Make Friends" by Music/SamSmith is a subversion:
--> I'm! Not here! To make friends! ({{beat}}) I want a lover.

** [[spoiler:She even won Total Drama World Tour (technically) when she actually had to rely on friends!]]

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* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Spoken word for word by [[BrokenAce Shoto Todoroki]] after he challenges Midoriya during the Sports Festival.
-->'''Kirishima:''' What's with the belligerence all of a sudden? Don't spring this on him just before--!
-->'''Todoroki:''' I'm not here to play nice and make friends. But whatever.
** In chapter 191, Hitoshi Shinso also says this. Time will tell if the [[DefeatMeansFriendship results]] are the same.