History Main / WinTheCrowd

* It gets a lot easier to get people into ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'' after they get to the first psychotic outburst.

Compare with GrowingTheBeard (which can also win viewers), KillerApp (which wins the crowd for a system), SugarWiki/AndTheFandomRejoiced, and SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome.

-->:Riker: ''Mr. Worf, fire.''

-->Riker:''Mr. Worf, fire.''

* The opening of the first ''Film/{{Superman}}'' film as the score by JohnWilliams really gets going as Superman's chest symbol appears, marking the beginning of the SuperHero film as a big time movie genre.

Compare with GrowingTheBeard (which can also win viewers), KillerApp (which wins the crowd for a system), SugarWiki/AndTheFandomRejoiced, and CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

* Many ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' fans didn't start to enjoy ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamAge Gundam AGE]]'' until they got to the last three episodes of the First Generation (that's [[AnimationBump episodes]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome 13]], [[TearJerker 14]], and [[WhamEpisode 15.]])

* Although ''Disney/TheLionKing'' is an awesome movie overall with a soundtrack of [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome CMOA]], showing the "Circle Of Life" scene before the opening title definitely counts. The music, the animals, the SceneryPorn, etc. It's all good. It's telling that the initial trailer consisted of nothing but this sequence. [[MagnumOpusDissonance Before that, Disney was just making it as a filler film before]] ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}'' [[MagnumOpusDissonance came out the next year,]] but after that it became clear that it would be a massive success.

* The opening crawl and the [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome kickass John Williams theme]] won the crowd for ''Franchise/StarWars'' and that even before the [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome shot of the puny Tantive IV being chased by the miles huge Star Destroyer]].

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' is an interesting example. It was first created on the heels of ''ProblemSleuth'', then rather popular in its own right. Andrew Hussie wanted to create a more serious story than the heavily RuleOfCool and RuleOfFunny fueled world of Problem Sleuth, so he introduced the more dramatic aspects gradually, winning his old crowd over with the beginning and undergoing CerebusSyndrome deliberately once they were already reading. However, the more dramatic and overcomplicated aspects of Homestuck later became much more famous than the silly humour, meaning that most of its fans started reading after hearing tales of the less Problem Sleuth-like later acts. For these fans, the beginning of the comic is actually generally the hardest to get through, and it won't be until they see signs of that complexity and badassery that comes later on that they'll be won - when that happens will vary, but it's generally somewhere between [S] WV?: Rise Up and the end of act 4 flash [S] Descend.

* ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'':
** After Hawkeye got shafted in screentime in the first movie (to the point where Creator/JeremyRenner voiced how he felt disappointed), Creator/JossWhedon confirmed that Hawkeye was getting a larger role.
** After Captain America's new suits from ''The Avengers'' and ''The Winter Soldier'' both were less well-received than the ''First Avenger'' suit, this film has his new costume resembling ''First Avenger'''s design, albeit modernized. Yet there's still some contention about the newest suit.
** Fans who were annoyed with how War Machine was completely absent without explanation in the first movie got a kick out of seeing Rhodey suit up and kick some ass in the finale this time around.

->''"I wasn't the best because I killed quickly. I was the best because the crowd loved me. [[TropeNamer Win the crowd]], and you win your freedom."''

* An InUniverse example is the PlayStation2 game, ''ShadowOfRome'', where the segments that have you play as Agrippa the gladiator requires you to have a lot of flash and impressive moves, because if you play for speed and simple efficiency, the crowd wouldn't like your performance and it's GameOver.

* The much more Turtle-centric second trailer for ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'', featuring franchise-style humor and playfulness from the Turtles, impressive action scenes, and a MoneyMakingShot of the Shredder, is generally agreed to be a much better advertisement for the film and has turned some detractors around into supporters while in general calming the fanbase.

* In Chapter 3 of ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', you have to defeat your opponents in a particularly spectacular manner in order to advance to the next rank.
** Winning the crowd over during regular fights (yes, you're on stage) can earn you bonuses for style.

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* Although ''Disney/TheLionKing'' is an awesome movie overall with a soundtrack of [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome CMOA]], showing the "Circle Of Life" scene before the opening title definitely counts. The music, the animals, the SceneryPorn, etc. It's all good. It's telling that the initial trailer consisted of nothing but this sequence.
** [[MagnumOpusDissonance Before that, Disney was just making it as a filler film before]] ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}'' [[MagnumOpusDissonance came out the next year,]] but after that it became clear that it would be a massive success.

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory''. When the first song, "You've Got a Friend in Me" started playing over the opening credits as Andy played with Woody, the crowd was won over.

* ''{{Gladiator}}'' is the TropeNamer, and the opening battle likely was this for many.

* ''{{Scanners}}''. [[YourHeadASplode You know the scene.]]

* The opening of the first ''{{Superman}}'' film as the score by JohnWilliams really gets going as Superman's chest symbol appears, marking the beginning of the SuperHero film as a big time movie genre.

* The first few episodes of ''[[Series/TwentyFour 24]]'' were solid, but it was the sixth episode, where Janet York was murdered in her hospital bed by the man who, up until that point, the audience had believed to be her father and Jack Bauer was told his daughter had been kidnapped and would be killed if he didn't comply with the terrorist's instructions, that proved the show could live up to its hype.

** Then, after 16 years of being off the air, ''came back'' and became even more ridiculously popular than it was during the old series and has been on for 5 years already.

* The Oprah Winfrey Network struggled until January of 2013, when Lance Armstrong was interviewed by Oprah, and admitted to doping on national television.

-->-- '''Proximo, ''Film/{{Gladiator}}''

-->-- '''Proximo (OliverReed)''', ''Film/{{Gladiator}}''

->''"I wasn't the best because I killed quickly. I was the best because the crowd loved me. Win the crowd, and you win your freedom."''

* With ''Ground Zeroes'', the prologue game for ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'', [[TaintedByThePreview there were two things that fans were very skeptical about]]: Creator/KieferSutherland as Snake and its villain, Skull Face (as well as his voice actor, James Horan), with none of the trailers particularly convincing them. Each won fans over when the game was leaked and eventually came out. For Sutherland, it was at the end of the campaign, due to the emotion put in during those final scenes. For Skull Face, it was the seven-minute interrogation tape and end credits, due to his chilling and terrifying performance.

* With ''Ground Zeroes'', the prologue game for ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'', [[TaintedByThePreview there were two things that fans were very skeptical about]]: Creator/KieferSutherland as Snake and its villain, Skull Face (as well as his voice actor, James Horan), with none of the trailers particularly convincing them. Each won fans over when the game was leaked and eventually came out. For Sutherland, it was at the end of the campaign, due to the emotion put in during those final scenes. For Skull Face, it was the seven-minute interrogation tape and end credits, due to a terrifying performance.