History Main / JustHereForGodzilla

* For the UsefulNotes/PlayStation line as a whole:
** Creator/SonyInteractiveEntertainment banked on the trope with its consoles acting as secondary devices. The UsefulNotes/PlayStation was also a CD audio player, the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 could play [=DVDs=], and the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 played Blu-Ray. While there were stand alone devices at the time each of the consoles came out, they were very expensive due to [[NewTechIsNotCheap new technology generally being very expensive]]. Since the [=PlayStation=] brand was cheaper, people would buy them just to play their music and movies while the ability to play video games was either just a bonus or a feature they didn't care about using.
** For some in the West, the reason they chose a UsefulNotes/PlayStation console over an UsefulNotes/XBox is purely for OccidentalOtaku reasons: Since the Xbox has historically been unpopular in Japan, most [[EasternRPG JRPGs]] and licensed anime games are [=PlayStation=] exclusives.

** The Platform/Xbox360 port of ''VideoGame/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheBurningEarth'' has a total of 5 Achievements worth 1,000 Gamerscore, which you can unlock within the first five minutes of playing the game. The game gained a thriving aftermarket on Amazon and in gaming stores on the basis of this alone, and was eventually included in the backwards compatibility program on the UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS, a rarity for a licensed kids game.

* ''VideoGame/StarlinkBattleForAtlas'' is an action-adventure space exploration game from Ubisoft with some optional "toys-to-life" elements. Pre-release interest for the game was lukewarm at best, with many dismissing it due to that last bit and even quickly forgetting its existence in the year following its original announcement. Then its second showing revealed that the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch version was a collaboration with Creator/{{Nintendo}} that would feature ''Franchise/StarFox'' elements, with Fox [=McCloud=] as a playable character and several exclusive missions. That was when the title would begin receiving actual attention, but it was mostly in the form of both the gaming media and Nintendo fans referring to it as the spiritual next entry in the ''Star Fox'' franchise.

Compare IReadItForTheArticles, ComplacentGamingSyndrome, CultSoundtrack, BlackSheepHit, EstrogenBrigade, MrFanservice, MsFanservice, TestosteroneBrigade, DancingBear, WolverinePublicity (when the publishers attempt to invoke this reaction), JustForFun/ComeForTheXStayForTheY (where something besides the Godzilla comes into play), WatchedItForTheRepresentation (when portrayals of minorities drive viewership) and BestKnownForTheFanservice (which is not necessarily what they come for).

** ''VideoGame/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheBurningEarth'' that has a total of 5 Achievements worth 1,000 Gamerscore, which you can unlock within the first five minutes of playing the game. The game gained a thriving aftermarket on Amazon and in gaming stores on the basis of this alone, and was eventually included in the backwards compatibility program on the UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS, a rarity for a licensed kids game.

** There is a game based on ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' that has a total of 5 Achievements worth 1,000 Gamerscore, which you can unlock within the first five minutes of playing the game. The game gained a thriving aftermarket on Amazon and in gaming stores on the basis of this alone, and was eventually included in the backwards compatibility program on the UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS, a rarity for a licensed kids game.
** There's an early 360 game based on the ''[[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles TMNT]]'' franchise, which is similar. No hidden achievements, just 100 chevos per level till you beat it. You can put it on Easy and breeze through the game in an hour and get 1000 points. It's also easy to pick up the game for 5-10 bucks used at game stores and online. This game in particular is said to be a reason game designers were mandated by Microsoft to put a degree of difficulty in at least SOME of the Achievements.

** Come Update 2.0 the game drew in more players who just want to see the ridiculousness of a ''[[VideoGame/AkatsukiBlitzkampf tank]]'' [[TankGoodness playable in a fighting game]].

Many fans of anything watch movies, or play games, for exactly one reason (generally RuleOfFun) and one reason only. To them, your work has only one purpose: they're [[TitleDrop Just Here For]] [[MoneyShot Godzilla]].

* The story Hulk Hogan and The WWF want you to believe is that the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation was done as dinner after Hulk Hogan left it. The truth is, Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors Hawk and Animal attracted enough fans for the AWA to remain a viable competitor to the WWF.

* Watching the UsefulNotes/SuperBowl for the [[SuperBowlSpecial high-budget commercials]], or the half-time show.

* The story Hulk Hogan and The WWF want you to believe is that the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation was done as dinner after Hulk Hogan left it. The truth is, there were still two guys that enough fans wanted to see for the AWA to remain a viable competitor to the WWF. They were the Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors Hawk and Animal.

* The Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob at Wrestling/{{WWE}} Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 1997. "Ring the fucking bell!" There were six other matches that night; does ''anybody'' ever talk about them?

* ''VideoGame/{{Ehrgeiz}}'' is most commonly known as "[[TheCameo that terrible fighting game that had]] ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' [[GuestFighter characters in it]]."

* The Wii version of the otherwise [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames bad]] ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheStaffOfKings'' included the much loved and difficult to obtain ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheFateOfAtlantis'' as an unlockable. This one saving grace was also rendered moot when Lucasarts released the game (along with many of their other old adventure games) on Steam a month or so later.

* Most people watch ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' to witness [[spoiler:Mami getting decapitated]] in episode 3, or to experience the other [[WhamEpisode horrifying twists]] and {{Gut Punch}}es. The show is a {{tragedy}} and does have some dramatic twists, but it isn't meant to be one giant TraumaCongaLine; many people find the twists too predictable because they were hoping for something shocking. And occasionally there's the opposite extreme where [[YuriFan some]] seem to only watch the series for the {{Yuri|Genre}} despite most of it being subtext and [[spoiler: Homura's attraction to Madoka]] only being confirmed via WordOfGod ([[spoiler:Not that's the most stable either as shown in ''[[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion Rebellion]]'']]). The show has the dubious distinction of frequently winning "best yuri series" polls despite technically not being one. This is not helped by Japan's MisaimedMarketing focusing more on the {{Moe}} aspects of the series to the point of being borderline-SchmuckBait for those excepting to just watch it for cute girls.

* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': Fans all over the Internet are having {{Nerdgasm}}s from seeing their favourite video game characters make cameos. Subverted for many when the cameos stop coming about 15 minutes into the movie and the audience is hooked on the film's own characters and plot. Even then, you'll still hear complaints that Bowser got no lines ([[VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine though it was probably]] [[{{Narm}} for the better]]). The film's sequel, ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'', got a similar reaction, as while those who were just there for the video game cameos and references dropped out upon learning that they'd be a severe lack of them (as did fans of main characters who had screentime severely cut, such as Felix and Calhoun), some of the movie's interest came from people who were excited to see their favorite Disney and Disney-owned characters having virtual cameo appearances, including all the Franchise/{{Disney Princess}}es.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'': While the film was very successful throughout the 1970s, even gaining two spin-off comics in the early 1970s, starting in the early to mid 1990s (or early to mid 1980s), [[CuteKitten Marie]] suddenly caught the attention from the general public and immediately [[BreakoutCharacter become the most popular character of the film]]. As a result, people ([[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff especially from Japan, Asia, and Brazil]]) mainly watched the movie for any scene featuring Marie (and her brothers to a lesser extent). Disney took notice of the character's popularity and made tons of Marie merchandise, Aristocats books starring Marie, and [[WhatCouldHaveBeen attempted on making two animated projects starring her in the early 2000s]]. Due to Marie's popularity, The Aristocats is the only [[AudienceAlienatingEra 70s era Disney movie]] from the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon that gets tons of representation alongside films from the Classic Era, the Disney Renaissance Era, and The Modern Renaissance of the 2010s.

* PlayedForLaughs in the WebVideo/ScreenRantPitchMeetings take on Film/CocaineBear, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8x6oyusAIE here]], where the producer constantly tries to shift the focus back to the bear while the screenwriter talks about the human characters.

* ''WesternAnimation/FernGullyTheLastRainforest'': The few fans it has mainly just watch it to see Creator/RobinWilliams as Batty Koda and/or Creator/TimCurry as [[BigBad Hexxus]].

** Many older LEGO fans are just here to see all the classic LEGO cameos, including [[Toys/LEGOAdventurers Johnny Thunder]] and [[Toys/ClassicLEGOSpace 1980-something space guys]].
** And others might come just to see if their favorite themes will make an appearance *cough* Toys/{{Bionicle}} *[[CoughSnarkCough cough]]* Blink and you'll miss them, but a shot of the Toa appear during an exposition dump.
** For that matter, who else is just going to watch this movie just to see Creator/MorganFreeman voice an animated character for the first time?

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'': While the film was very successful throughout the 1970s even gaining two spin-off comics in the early 1970s. The film is mostly viewed as SoOkayItsAverage from the general public. Starting in the early to mid 1990s (or early to mid 1980s), [[CuteKitten Marie]] suddenly caught the attention from the general public and immediately [[BreakoutCharacter become the most popular character of the film]]. As a result, people ([[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff especially from Japan, Asia, and Brazil]]) mainly watched the movie for any scene featuring Marie (and her brothers to a lesser extent). Disney took notice of the character's popularity and made tons of Marie merchandise, Aristocats books starring Marie, and [[WhatCouldHaveBeen attempted on making two animated projects starring her in the early 2000s]]. Due to Marie's popularity, The Aristocats is the only [[AudienceAlienatingEra 70s era Disney movie]] from the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon that gets tons of representation alongside films from the Classic Era, the Disney Renaissance Era, and The Modern Renaissance of the 2010s.

* There are two reasons why people watch the infamously bad ''WesternAnimation/TitanicTheLegendGoesOn'': 1. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment The rapping dog]] and 2. The reviews by WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic and WebVideo/JonTron.
* Similar to the ''Legend Goes On'', viewers are only interested in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTheTitanic'' because of how terrible it is and reviews on Website/YouTube. The same can be said for its even more awful sequel ''Tentacolino''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': After it was announced that Music/BillieEilish and FINNEAS would be writing songs for the fictional InUniverse BoyBand 4*Town, and that FINNEAS himself would be voicing Jesse, many of their fans are seeing the movie to hear their music and voices.

* Most people that buy ''VideoGame/{{ARMA}} II'' and its expansions only get it in order to play the ''VideoGame/DayZ'' mod that turns the game into a zombie survival horror game. Valve Software, the creators of UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} where the ''ARMA'' games can be bought from, are well aware of this, and mention on their store pages for each individual part of the full ''ARMA II: Combined Operations'' package that you need all of them for the mod version of ''[=DayZ=]''.

* Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}} has been known to place Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}} [[WolverinePublicity prominently on covers of comics he barely appears in]] because of this.

* ''WesternAnimation/HulkVs'' contained two stories: ''Hulk vs. Wolverine'' and ''Hulk vs. Thor''. A lot of people just watched it for Characters/{{Deadpool|WadeWilson}}, who was only actually in ''one'' of the stories.

* There are fans of ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'' that couldn't tell you anything about the story if you held a gun to their head... they just play to break things and hurt people. There's also Characters/{{Deadpool|WadeWilson}}, who gets all the best lines of the first game and is even more advertised for the second.

** Related to that, the main selling point of the second DirectToDVD sequel, ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves'' was that Williams returned as voice actor for Genie after sitting out for the previous movie, ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'' after some dispute between Williams and Disney.

* ''WesternAnimation/Fantasia'': The arguably most famous segment of the movie is of course the SorcerersApprenticePlot starring WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse. Mickey's role as Sorcerer's Apprentice are often featured in advertisment and brought up in other media like ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse''. Some modern viewers would only watch the movie to see the origin of the iconic look of Mickey.

* Interesting case with ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' as it was one of Cartoon Network's beloved shows. However, a lot of fans will often tune in to see the exclusive "Justice Friends" and "Dial M for Money" segments that air in between episodes. If you had Creator/{{Boomerang}} from 2008-2012, then you could've seen the latter series as a standalone program.

* 90% of site traffic on Website/{{Literotica}} is to the incest section, with many users never looking at any other section.

* As soon as the trailers for ''Videogame/ResidentEvilVillage'' revealed Lady Dimitrescu, lots of people, even outside the series' fandom, got interested in the game just to see that [[StatuesqueStunner enormous]] (nearly 2.9m / 9'6") [[EvilIsSexy vampire lady.]].

* The ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' series originally got a humble boost from two of its characters being featured in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'', but later received an even bigger NewbieBoom with the release of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening''. One of the biggest reasons for this was the ability to marry your PlayerCharacter to one of the many attractive characters in the game, leading to many topics on many websites discussing their "waifu" and which "waifu" is better. Additionally, the "support" system was overhauled -- originally reserved for important members of the cast in previous games, it now provides multiple unique interactions between ''any'' two members of the game's cast, which is prime fodder for {{shipping}} and ShipToShipCombat. It's generally agreed that the [[HotterAndSexier increased amount]] of {{fanservice}} in the ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' is Intelligent Systems' [[PanderingToTheBase response]] to this trend. ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' has less overt fanservice, but plays significantly into shipping, with strong focus given to supports throughout all of its branching storylines. It’s no wonder why ''VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage'' decided to go for a more colorful and {{Animesque}} art style, with more over-the-top character designs (in a good way). Quite tellingly, a remake of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden'', with virtually no fanservice and less in-depth supports, didn't sell as well as ''Awakening'' or ''Fates''.