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5	->''"I wanted to be famous, now I want to take it back."''
6	-->-- '''Music/FiveIronFrenzy''', "Superpowers"
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8	Money makes life go around, and lots of people desire to be famous (hence, the proliferation of RealityTV shows and vlogging). It seems only a complete imbecile would throw away a shot at money or fame.
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10	However, characters who get their fame often regret it due to the problems it brings, and in certain series can even end up rejecting whatever brings them celebrity and wealth to embrace a more private lifestyle, even if it requires them to lose money as well. See AllThatGlitters and WantingIsBetterThanHaving.
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12	Named for a line in ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower'''s "Reggie's Big (Beach) Break"... which isn't quite an example of this trope, even though the button does get pushed.
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14	A variation is when the characters don't necessarily mind being famous so much; it's what they're famous ''for'' -- i.e. [[OldShame something they're embarrassed or ashamed of]] -- which is the problem.
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16	Can result in AngstDissonance if not handled carefully; for perhaps unsurprising reasons, people who ''aren't'' rich and famous but would very much like to be tend to react poorly to seeing people who ''are'' rich and famous spend a lot of time whining about how much it sucks. That said, it can also be TruthInTelevision, as living a life that is near-constantly in the public gaze, surrounded by people who constantly want something from you and having your every decision and action, creative or otherwise, evaluated and judged by people who don't know you but are often rather pettily envious of you brings with it its own problems.
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18	[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] HypeBacklash. Can lead to a ReclusiveArtist. Compare GracefullyDemoted and AmbitionIsEvil.
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29	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
30	* In ''Anime/APlaceFurtherThanTheUniverse'', Yuzuki notably resents her celebrity status when she's not on camera. It's gotten in the way of her having a normal social life, ever since her childhood, to the point where it's pretty heartbreaking.
31	* An episode of ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' is focused on this. To elaborate: When Doraemon and Nobita discover an IdolSinger napping in secret while she's hiding, they, after waking her up and agreeing to her request to keep her location a secret, invite her to their house so she can rest more comfortably. When she expresses her wish for someone else to trade places with her due to her sheer workload, [[FreakyFridayFlip Nobita, with the help of a gadget from Doraemon, swaps bodies with her]]. Soon after receiving the loving attention he craves, however, he's joined by the IdolSinger's StageMom, who puts such an intense amount of work on "her" that he quickly wishes to be turned back to normal. [[note]] Once Doraemon finds him, they use the same [[AppliedPhlebotinum gadget]] to have Nobita and the singer's mother swap bodies, freeing Nobita from the workload while also giving the singer's mother some LaserGuidedKarma (TheShowMustGoOn, after all). After the singer has had her share of rest and relaxation, they locate her mother, who has sneaked away due to the amount of workload, and, upon meeting Doraemon, Nobita, and the singer, apologizes for the sheer amount of pressure she has put upon her daughter. The episode ends with everyone being returned to his/her own body and the singer's mother promising never to push her daughter this hard again.[[/note]]
32	* Najimi from ''Manga/DoujinWork'' decides to delay being published commercially when she finds out that she will not be allowed to make {{doujinshi}} anymore. She'd hate to give up the friendship, competition, and the fun of doing what you really love, which is [[CharacterDevelopment very different from the money-grubbing attitude she had at first]].
33	* Hannah Weber from ''Anime/ElementHunters'' doesn't herself resent her celebrity status, but she does definitely behave very differently when not on camera; her voice is considerably less cutesy, as is her general demeanor, and she's more like a spoiled brat (at least at first). Her celebrity status doesn't contribute to the team, but if anything ends up just producing friction with her new teammates.
34	* Yang Wen-li from ''Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes'' refused to capitalize on his new-found fame as "Hero of El Facil"[[note]] where he successfully evacuated 3 million civilians from a planet that faced an Imperial invasion[[/note]] and allowed himself to lapse into (relative) obscurity. Eight years later, after he became a national hero again by successfully capturing the strategically vital Iserlohn Fortress[[note]] using only half a fleet and succeeding where his predecessors had failed with much larger forces for six times[[/note]], he again did nothing about his fame and even contemplated retiring because he hoped that capturing the fortress will create favorable conditions to conclude a peace treaty and end the war.
35	* ''Manga/LoveHina'', episode title "The Idol Shooting for Tokyo U is a Prep School Student: Sing!" -- Naru gains sudden success as a singing idol in the wake of a talent contest but gives it up to return to Hinata House, using the threat of a trivial scandal as an excuse. Lampshaded in the X-Mas episode. Naru calls out to Keitaro for help with a reporter who recognized her.
36	* The entire premise of ''Anime/PerfectBlue''.
37	* In ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'', Minmei feels this way towards the end of the Macross Saga (aka ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross''). A large part of it has to do with the fact that Earth just barely survived an orbital bombardment by over 4 million alien ships, people are struggling just to survive, and most importantly (to her), she never gets to spend time with her {{Love Interest\|s}}, [[DubNameChange Rick Hunter]]/Hikaru Ichijo.
38	* In ''Anime/SailorMoon'', Minako actually passes her idol singer audition at one point but chooses to remain with her friends (and continue fighting the BigBad) rather than pursue her dream of becoming an idol singer.
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42	* ''ComicBook/DeathTheTimeOfYourLife'': Hazel is cynical about her girlfriend Foxglove's quick rise to fame, commenting that it changed Foxglove and deeply strained their relationship. Foxglove's bodyguard Boris even says that the rock-and-roll lifestyle is no fit life. Foxglove eventually agrees by the end and gives it up to be with Hazel.
43	* ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'': Mary Jane, after hearing that he's Spider-Man, points out that Peter is now like a rockstar. And yes, he is... except for the money, fame, and everything good that would come from such a thing.
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47	* ''ComicStrip/MandrakeTheMagician'': Mandrake's sidekick Lothar becomes a champion wrestler in one story, surrounded by riches and glory. When he realizes that this means he cannot go on adventures with Mandrake and friends any longer, he decides to abandon it all and rejoin his old friend.
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50	[[folder:Fan Works]]
51	* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': Penny and Bolt chafe under their former TV celebrity status at times, most obviously in "The Walk," where the girl discusses the issue in detail.
52	-->'''Penny:''' Believe me, being famous isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. You're always needed somewhere. People get jealous of you, even folks who don’t know anything about you. It gets real hard to tell if someone actually likes you or is just using you. Makes it tough to have friends -- real friends, I mean. You haven’t got any privacy, either. Everyone gawks at you -- and the nicest ones simply leave it at that. Others come up and pester you about all kinds of dumb stuff. If you're lucky, they just ask for an autograph, say how much they liked your show, and shake your hand. Like I'm telling you anything you don't already know, huh buddy? Could you believe that one weirdo we ran into at the mall last week? She insisted on getting a souvenir swatch of hair from your tail! You were awfully cooperative with that loony tune, big guy.
53	* As per canon, Harry in ''FanFic/ChildOfTheStorm'' hates being bowed to and worshipped. It gets even worse when TheReveal comes that he's the son of Thor and therefore in line for the throne of Asgard. Eventually, [[CharacterDevelopment he becomes more assertive and less uncomfortable with it]] (or at least, willing to put up with it), though he still remains a HumbleHero and NiceToTheWaiter (in between [[ShellShockedVeteran the PTSD]], anyway) who would rather people not make a big fuss over him. [[TheGadfly Fred and George Weasley]], naturally, play it for laughs by bowing, scraping, and loudly asking "What is thy bidding, my master?"
54	* In ''Fanfic/CodexEquus'', [[Music/ElvisPresley Blue Suede Heartstrings]], the [[DeityOfHumanOrigin Alicorn god]] of Music, Humility, Performance, and Love, experienced this as a mortal during his music career. In his youth, Blue Suede's prodigious talent in music led to him being discovered by "Colonel" Hollow Note, who turned him into ''the'' biggest star in Ponyland. But then his life took a downturn thanks to various tragedies, such as his parents' deaths, [[ShellshockedVeteran fighting in a war]], and years of being psychologically abused and [[{{Gaslighting}} gaslit]] by Hollow Note, who wanted to control him. The last straw for Blue Suede was being hospitalized for overworking himself and learning Hollow Note only saw him as a source of income. During a heated argument, Blue Suede [[RageBreakingPoint snapped]], having been pushed past his breaking point, and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating up Hollow Note]] in a rage. Out of guilt, Blue Suede talked the police into arresting him, and after Luminiferous bailed him out, he became a reclusive shut-in, intending to fade into anonymity. Fortunately, the efforts of his first wife, Venerable Grace, and Luminiferous motivated him to take up globe-trotting and perform music on his own terms, leading to him eventually becoming an Alicorn god through his good deeds.
55	* In ''FanWorks/CyberpunkAnotherDaybreak'', the Night City press is all over David following his first outing as a Kamen Rider and failure to maintain his SecretIdentity. He can't go home to his apartment because reporters have already turned it upside down looking for salacious headlines to write and any house he buys with his new salary will be bugged within days. This means he's forced to hole up in his new office at Hiden Intelligence as the only place secure enough for him to maintain any kind of privacy.
56	* ''[[https://mcheang.tumblr.com/post/646697149241982976/dangerous-fan-club Dangerous Fan Club]]'' reveals that Marinette used to be Cheng Hua, arguably China's most famous actress who starred in many popular movies and tv shows. She eventually retired of her own free will and moved to Paris where no one would recognize her because her fame (and LoonyFan club) made it impossible for her to have a normal life.
57	* ''Fanfic/TheManyDatesOfDannyFenton'': Danny Fenton becomes annoyed with his new popularity. He does like that his peers respect him and take his side over Dash and the A-Listers; however, he dislikes that people he does not know are asking for his advice on dating, the number of his previous dates, and act like they're his friends. Danny would much rather hang out with his real friends and girlfriend and deal with the situation with Vlad.
58	* ''Fanfic/PeopleLikeUs'': [[spoiler: At the end of the story, Arthur talks to Murray Franklin on the phone about coming on his show. He's tempted to finally get some of the recognition he wanted, but then he realizes that Murray is probably going to bully him on the show; besides, he doesn't want to rope Travis into it]].
59	* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' fanfic ''Fanfic/ResurrectedMemories'': Danny Fenton has come to believe this due to his worldwide fame from having saved the world and revealing his secret identity. After several months of being subjected to having to deal with the {{Paparazzi}} and people obsessing over him, he ends up greatly missing his privacy.
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63	* ''WesternAnimation/ShrekForeverAfter'': Seen as a local hero and role model, Shrek finds himself constantly pestered by tour groups and villagers, to the extent [[WeWantOurJerkBack he actually wishes humans were still afraid of him]] so he could have peace. He [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor gets his wish]] thanks to Rumpelstiltskin, but soon [[GrassIsGreener realizes what exactly he gave up]] and comes out of the misadventure with a newfound appreciation for his life.
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67	* ''Film/TheAirIBreathe'': Trista is a newly popular singer, but falls in the clutches of a gangster when her manager gives away her contract to pay off a gambling debt. She starts DrowningHerSorrows before she is mobbed by a group of fans and paparazzi.
68	* ''Film/CountryStrong'' revolves around the country music industry. The protagonist is an alcoholic diva who has constant mental health problems because of the pressures of fame, as well as her collapsing marriage with her manager. The film has her marking a comeback tour [[spoiler:but she then dies of suicide at the end]]. There's also conflict between two supporting characters - a beauty queen launching a mainstream career, and a country singer content to just play at small bars without fame. Three guesses which one we're meant to side with.
69	* In ''Film/EDtv'', a film that deconstructed RealityTV [[UnbuiltTrope even before there was such a thing]], Ed, who becomes the world's first Reality TV star, ends up learning that it's hard to have meaningful relationships when TV cameras are following you around everywhere.
70	* ''Film/IShotJesseJames'': Robert Ford finds this out after he kills UsefulNotes/JesseJames, as he's known only as "the man who killed Jesse James" and [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten can't escape the reputation]]. It also doesn't help that the action brands him [[DirtyCoward a coward]] by the public, as well as leading to [[{{Gunslinger}} gunslingers]] taking shots at him in the street.
71	* Subverted in ''Film/MyWeekWithMarilyn'', a dramatization of Creator/MarilynMonroe starring in ''Film/ThePrinceAndTheShowgirl''. The protagonist - a young assistant director - wants to save Marilyn from her crazy Hollywood life. But she admits that, despite it driving her crazy, she does love the limelight.
72	* In ''Film/TheParty'', this is the ultimate decision made by the French girl seeking to enter Hollywood.
73	* Anna Scott from ''Film/NottingHill'' is far too aware of this.
74	-->"''One day my looks will go, people will discover I can't act and I'll end as some sad middle-aged woman who used to be famous for a while''".
75	* In ''Film/RockStar'', Chris Cole becomes the lead singer of the fictional heavy metal band Steel Dragon. At first, it's a dream come true for him, but the SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll lifestyle puts a strain on his relationship with his longtime girlfriend and eventually, they break up. When his bandmates refuse to let him participate in the writing process for their new album, Chris finally decides he's had enough of the rock star lifestyle. He quits the band and becomes an independent musician playing at bars and coffee houses in Seattle.
76	* ''Film/{{Somewhere}}'': Johnny, a Hollywood actor, appears to have all the trappings of success, but his perks-filled life is devoid of meaning except for his young daughter.
77	* ''Film/SpiceWorld'': When the Spice Girls have threatened not to turn up for their first-ever live gig, their personal assistant Deborah tries to comfort their manager Clifford by saying she is glad they themselves are not famous.
78	-->'''Deborah:''' If it makes you feel any better, I have a degree in politics, philosophy, and economics, and I spend my entire life worrying about whether Mel C is wearing the right [[ProductPlacement Nike Air Max]]. Mind you, I'd rather be us than the girls. Fame is such a fickle thing.
79	* ''Film/{{Privilege}}'': Steve Shorter, the biggest pop star in Great Britain, is utterly exhausted from his years of fame and the constant demands on his time and energy. Everyone sees him as either a deity or a pawn rather than a human being, and he is used for everything from selling dog food to promoting social conformity, with no interests or personality traits allowed that aren't approved by his handlers.
80	* ''Film/AVeryPrivateAffair'': As a movie star, Jill puts up with crowds of crazed fans, ravenous paparazzi, and the media which scrutinizes her love life and calls her a whore. It gets to the point where she won't leave her house for fear of being swarmed.
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84	%%% * OlderThanRadio: ''Myth/{{Faust}}''.
85	* ''Literature/AudreyWait'' is pretty much a novel about this trope. Audrey struggles with becoming famous for something she couldn't reasonably be considered responsible for and has to deal with the fallout.
86	* In direct contrast to the damned sodomites of ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'', a proud soul in Purgatory, Oderisi da Gubbio, rants that worldly fame changes with the breeze and that every person who has had fame has lost it and every person who gets it must lose it to another. Dante, who aspires to artistic greatness, is greatly affected by this advice and spends the rest of Purgatory identifying himself with the sin of {{Pride}}.
87	* Creator/KnutHamsun, as portrayed in the novel ''Literature/{{Gog}}'', believes so, as people constantly pester him for money, critiques, good words, or even things that he cannot provide. That is why he became a recluse.
88	* ''Literature/GoodInBed'' has Cannie Shapiro getting a taste of the Hollywood life after her screenplay is approved by a major studio. But, gradually, she really starts to become homesick for her (comparatively) simpler life in Philadelphia. (It also doesn't help that, as a pregnant woman, she feels self-conscious about sticking out among the thin, fit celebrities like her friend, Maxi Ryder.)
89	* The ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' book ''Literature/HowILearnedToFly'' is based around this, making it seem really out-of-place in a series dedicated to supernatural horrors. This is best seen in the end, when [[spoiler: the hero pretends to lose his powers to live a happy life with his {{Love Interest\|s}}, while his rival leads a miserable and empty life being famous]].
90	* Literature/HarryPotter doesn't particularly enjoy being famous for killing Voldemort. He doesn't mind being praised for his Quidditch skills, however, but that's slightly different for a couple of reasons: a) He's earning ''those'' accolades by his own merits, whereas the thing with the Dark Lord happened when he was eighteen months old and was at least partly sheer dumb luck, b) it resulted in him having an exceedingly shitty childhood on account of his sole remaining relatives being horrible people who hated him for inconveniencing them, and c) it turns out that Voldemort was OnlyMostlyDead, and nursing a grudge. If anyone can claim to have a reason to angst about their fame, Harry can. And when other students started to be the target of gossip for similar reasons (their relatives being killed by Death Eaters), one of them (Susan Bones) lampshaded to Harry how horrible she finds the whole thing.
91	* ''Literature/TheTemp'': A whole chapter is devoted to the realities of fame, which are not revealed until the contract has been signed and the dogs are unleashed, following the downfall of the ex-pop star Ben.
92	* In the ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' web serial ''Literature/SquidSistersStories'', many of Callie and Marie's worries about their relationship surround how their increased popularity and fame following the final Splatfest they hosted has pulled them into different life directions, to the point that they [[LonelyAtTheTop barely even see each other]] despite being roommates. Callie in particular gets the brunt of it, becoming a major television and film star, which causes her so much stress that she eventually skips town without telling anyone. The game itself dedicates a Sunken Scroll to this as well, showing her being incredibly uncomfortable around the paparazzi.
93	* ''Literature/ValleyOfTheDolls'' centers around the seediness of celebrity and centers around three young starlets who either succumb to the pressures, end up in the loony bin, or give up celebrity life altogether.
94	* In the kids' book, ''Thelma the Unicorn'', a horse named Thelma dreams of being a unicorn, and after attaching a carrot on her head, and a truck full of glitter accidentally spills some on her, some passersby assume she's a unicorn, and relishes in the fame she immediately gains. However, she discovers that celebrity has its downsides as she's hounded by paparazzi and obsessed fans everywhere she goes and also has to worry about people who start and spread smear campaigns against her just for the hell of it. Eventually she washes off the glitter and decides to go back to her far and be a regular horse.
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98	* ''Series/HanginWithMrCooper'': Raven Symone's character proves to be good at chess, but when her mom Geneva finds out that training her for world championships would be a hassle, she decides against letting her train.
99	* Inverted in ''Series/{{Friends}}'' where Joey, an aspiring actor, absolutely basks in his celebrity status when he is successful.
100	* ''Series/{{Extras}}'' plays with this; Andy Millman spends the first series yearning to be famous, only to find it's not all he hoped for in the second series and the Christmas special. However, it's more what he's famous ''for'' that bothers him (a cheap comedy show riddled with detrimental - in his eyes - ExecutiveMeddling and broad humor he doesn't appreciate) than being famous itself, which is something he continues to yearn for. It's also noted by several people that he's more than a little bit ungrateful and hypocritical about it since he clearly looks down on the general public whose acceptance he nevertheless pathetically craves, he'll spend hours [[{{Wangst}} whining]] about having to sell out to be famous only to turn around and eagerly sell out even more in order to keep up his public profile, and he's constantly looking down on other celebrities and sneering at them for being more famous for less reason when really, he's just jealous.
101	* Deconstructed by ''Series/TheColbertReport''. Stephen (in character) considers applause to be only slightly more important to his survival than oxygen, but the only reason he loves fame so much is that he's incredibly insecure; if the public doesn't know who he is, neither does he.
102	* Although overall he's quite happy being a wealthy, famous bestselling novelist, the first episode of ''Series/{{Castle\|2009}}'' makes it quite clear that Richard Castle is getting a little bored with the repetitive monotony of fame and the shallow world he's found himself in (except for the bits where he gets to sign the breasts of attractive, flirty women. He doesn't mind those bits much), which is partly why he finds the idea of solving mysteries with down-to-earth cops quite appealing.
103	* An episode of ''Series/BlackBooks'' has Bernard and Manny writing the world's greatest children's book, which initially ends up being a quite good adult book and then rewritten as a somewhat average children's book. They eventually burn it while drunk due to the fact they can't handle the fame it will no doubt bring them. When they sober up, they can't remember what the book was about or why they burned it.
104	* In an episode of ''Series/AlienNation'', a camera crew is following the {{Human Alien\|s}} Detective George Francisco and his human partner on a case. The journalists portray George as a super-detective, mostly to improve relations between Newcomers and humans, while completely ignoring his partner. While George is initially flattered by all the fame, he eventually ditches the camera crew to go solve the crime with his partner, after getting tired of the pressure.
105	* In the episode "Second Thoughts" of ''Series/EightIsEnough'', Nancy's modeling career takes off. But as she explains to her father:
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107	-->'''Nancy:''' I can't go anywhere anymore without being mobbed, screamed at, sung for, or proposed to.
108	-->'''Tom:''' In other words, fame isn't all you dreamed it would be, right?
109	-->'''Nancy:''' Well, Dad, I think it's exactly what I dreamed it would be. I just never figured it would bother me like this.
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111	* Explored in ''Series/CSIMiami''[='=]s episode "Cyber-lebrity" in which an average swimmer ended up becoming a web celebrity as a result of a photo of her and now she had all these cyberstalkers who update her location wherever she is. She ended up getting threatened for her life as a result of all this. She was thankful when people stopped stalking her.
112	* Also shown in the ''Series/Numb3rs'' episode "Obsession", where singer Skyler Wyatt (Creator/SamaireArmstrong) is shown to be unhappy with paparazzi trying to get photos of her, saying she was more happy in her own hometown where they treat her like a regular person, and also has to deal with the fact that her husband is having an affair with his co-star.
113	* When ''Series/{{Weinerville}}'' got a magic lamp, Dottie [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor wished to be the most famous person in the world]]. Never even learned what she was famous for.
114	* [[Series/TheRedGreenShow Red Green]] talked about this, saying fame is not something to strive for, as there are a lot of people who become truly infamous; he suggests going for [[OnlyInItForTheMoney the money]].
115	* On the ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'' episode "Talk Show," Mitch helps to rescue Jay Leno and becomes a celebrity as a result. He hates it.
116	* ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' did this twice:
117	** Season 2's "The Band Episode". Sabrina and her friends take 'Bottled Talent' to beat AlphaBitch Libby in a school talent show, after which they land a TV performance. A side effect of the potion leads to their egos being inflated and their friendship dissolving. Sabrina learns that if they let the potion go flat and drink it again, it'll remove the talent (and therefore the egos). When the producer starts talking about the benefits that could come with stardom, Sabrina seems to change her mind...[[OhCrap just as Harvey and Valerie drink the flat potion]].
118	** Season 7's "Ping Ping A Song" uses a similar set-up - this time Sabrina and friends are entering a TV talent show that the press are barred from (Sabrina is now an undercover journalist). She gives them Talent Lozenges to improve their nerves - which turns them into egotistical divas. Sabrina this time saves their friendship by admitting she's a journalist, therefore disqualifying them from the contest. Interestingly enough, this episode used obvious {{Non Singing Voice}}s, while "The Band Episode" had Creator/MelissaJoanHart actually singing.
119	* ''Series/AmericanCrimeStory: Series/ThePeopleVOJSimpson'' has Robert Kardashian ''try'' to teach this lesson to his kids Creator/{{Kim\|Kardashian}}, Khloe, Kourtney, and Robert Jr., telling them that fame is hollow if you're not a good person. Given [[YoungFutureFamousPeople what the entire Kardashian family would later be famous for]], this scene is laced with enough DramaticIrony to cut with a knife. Throughout the series, the Kardashian kids' first brush with fame as a result of the Creator/OJSimpson trial is presented as their StartOfDarkness.
120	-->'''Rob Jr.:''' Dad, why are you famous?\
121	'''Robert:''' I'm not. Listen, guys, listen to me. Look, you know your grandparents, you know me and what I try to pass on to you. We are Kardashians. And in this family, being a good person and a loyal friend is more important than being famous. Fame is fleeting. It's hollow. It means nothing at all without a virtuous heart.
122	* ''Series/MimpiMetropolitan'': Although it's not his dream job, Bambang at first takes interest in becoming a famous ''selebgram''. When he gets to be viral on the Internet for a while, he concludes that being a celebrity is tiring, choosing something as basic as a manager is too hard for him, and the entertainment industry is full of lying to the audience.
123	* ''Series/TedLasso'': In one episode, Nate, who wants to secure a specific table at a restaurant for his parents' anniversary, approaches Keeley for help. He asks her to help make him famous so he can get perks like the table, to which Keeley explains her time as fodder for vicious tabloid papers has given her a fairly dim view of fame as a whole and she outright tells him any benefits are not worth the loss of privacy and emotional damage. Sadly, this is just one of the many lessons Nate fails to learn over the season.
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127	* Music/{{Metallica}}'s song "Moth Into Flame" says that fame is fleeting, and that music stars will quickly get replaced. The lyrics were inspired by Music/AmyWinehouse, a good case of a famous artist going on a self-destructive path.
128	-->Sold your soul, built a higher wall\
129	Yesterday, now you’re thrown away\
130	Same rise and fall! Who cares at all?\
131	Seduced by fame, a moth into the flame
132	* Music/JohnLennon's song "Watching the Wheels" is his apologia for dropping out of the rock star biz. "No longer riding on the merry-go-round, I just had to let it go."
133	* Music/LilyAllen's "The Fear" is about a girl who desperately craves fame and the materialistic lifestyle it results in, only to feel ambivalent and empty when she actually achieves it.
134	* Music/{{Nirvana}}'s "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" from ''In Utero'' spells out Kurt Cobain's dismissive attitude to his fame (see below) with lines like "Love you for what I am not, did not want what I have got."
135	* Music/FiveIronFrenzy had a couple of songs about this; further, Reese Roper, the band's singer and frontman, refused to indulge in some of the more egocentric trappings of celebrity, like signing autographs (this was also because he was the only one that ''all'' the fans could even name, let alone recognize, and he felt signing autographs himself took away attention from his equally talented bandmates).
136	* Music/KanyeWest: "I used to want this thing forever, y'all can have it back."
137	* "Limelight" by Music/{{Rush\|Band}} touches on this theme, with lyrics about a "gilded cage" and such.
138	* "Napoleon" by Music/AniDiFranco has the singer reconnecting with an old friend who wins fame and fortune and then promptly cuts ties with the old crowd in favor of their "new friends".
139	-->"They told you your music, could reach millions. That the choice was up to you.
140	-->You told me they always pay for lunch, and "They believe in what I do".
141	-->And I wonder if you'll miss your old friends, once you've proven what you're worth.
142	-->Yeah I wonder, when you're a big star, will you miss the Earth?"
143	* "Under and Over It" By Five Finger Death Punch has shades of this with lyrics like
144	--> You can be me and I will be you.
145	--> You can live just like a star.
146	--> I'll take my sanity, you take the fame.
147	** The entire song is done from the perspective of someone who is fed up with the rumors commonly associated with fame, such as [[SellOut selling out]].
148	* "Celebrity" by the Music/BarenakedLadies uses this trope to demonstrate the old adage, "The grass is always greener on the other side." When you're nobody, you want to be famous. When you're famous, you want to be nobody.
149	* Music/PinkFloyd had entire '''albums''' dedicated to this trope: ''Music/WishYouWereHere1975'' (fame brings pressure from the industry higher-ups and makes you yearn for old friends) and ''Music/TheWall'' (fame isolates akin to a wall between artist and audience, and [[CreatorBreakdown terrible breakdowns might ensue]]).
150	* ''Can You Rock It Like This?'' from Music/RunDMC's album ''Music/KingOfRock'' describes the fantastic life the band has, but also talks about the lows.
151	* Music/{{Radiohead}}'s "Life In a Glass House" is (elliptically) about how horrible Thom Yorke found people being interested in him to be. You could probably already have guessed from the steep drop in musical accessibility and lyrical openness between all the songs on ''OK Computer'' and ''Kid A''.
152	* This is the point of the Music/DavidBowie song "Fame": "What you like is in the limo/What you get is no tomorrow".
153	* Music/TaylorSwift's "The Lucky One" does this:
154	--> It was a few years later, I showed up here
155	--> And they still tell the legend of how you disappeared
156	--> How you took the money and your dignity and got the hell out
157	--> They say you bought a bunch of land somewhere
158	--> Chose the rose garden over Madison Square
159	--> And it took some time but I understand it now
160	--> Cause now my name is up in lights
161	--> But I think you got it right
162	* "Music/SuperTrouper" by Music/{{ABBA}}. The singer is a rich and successful pop star who is nevertheless AloneInACrowd and tries to draw strength from the fact that the man she loves is in the audience of her latest gig.
163	* "[[VideoGame/DeadRising Gone Guru]]" by Lifeseeker. A famous rock star gives up his [[SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll hedonistic lifestyle]] to become a hermit living in nature as a result of this trope. Ironically, his new lifestyle choice causes him to end up becoming even ''more'' rich and famous as a self-help guru (and/or possible cult leader), and he falls back into his former party animal lifestyle, even going as far as spending his entire fortune in his old age to get his head cut off and put on a robot body so he can keep partying for eternity.
164	* Music/ReelBigFish: The entirety of "Don't Start A Band", but verse 2 in particular.
165	* b.O.b.'s "Airplanes" is about a rap artist tired of all the posturing and [[MusicIsPolitics politics]], who wishes he could go back to the simple days when it was just about the music.
166	* Music/MarilynManson has never been a big fan of his fame, especially thanks to the numerous death threats, bomb threats, arrests, [[MisBlamed misblaming]], and other problems it's brought him. Two albums of the Triptych, ''Mechanical Animals'' and ''Holy Wood (In The Shadow of The Valley of Death)'' are dedicated to this, and it's come up again and again in songs from other albums and interviews, as well as his Celebritarian Art Movement, a movement based around mocking the religion society has made out of celebrities. Ironically, he started out wanting to be a rock star, only to get there and hate it.
167	* "Turn the Page" by Music/BobSeger is a slightly bitter lament about a musician's life on the road. The cover version by Music/{{Metallica}} sounds like said musician is one bad gig away from turning a shotgun on somebody.
168	* Music/{{Nickelback}}: "Rock Star" zig-zags the trope, singing about how everyone wants to be a rock star but then focusing on the nastier parts of the SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll lifestyle.
169	* Music/TheWeeknd's "Starboy" presents this in a deconstruction of the BoastfulRap. On its surface, Abel points out the fancy houses, cars, and women that fame has brought him, but the song's somber tone and lyrics imply that in spite of it all, he feels empty and lonely because of his newfound fame. Additionally, the music video portrays his "new" ''Starboy'' self is killing his "old" ''Beauty Behind the Madness'' self who brought him fame in the first place.
170	* Music/{{Poison}}'s "Fallen Angel" tells the story of a small-town girl who moves to Hollywood to become an actress, only to find that the high life isn't all it's cracked up to be.
171	--> ''Just like a lost soul\
172	caught up in the Hollywood scene\
173	All the parties and limousines\
174	Such a good actress hiding all her pain\
175	Trading her memories for fortune and fame\
176	Just a step away from the edge of a fall\
177	Caught between heaven and hell\
178	Where's the girl I knew a year ago''
179	* "Deep Inside" by Music/MaryJBlige explores this trope, namely the stress of living a life in the limelight and knowing people might only be dating or befriending her for her money.
180	* Music/{{Eminem}}:
181	** The songs "The Way I Am" and "Don't Approach Me" (with Music/{{Xzibit}}) are about the downsides to newfound wealth and fame. In fact, "Don't Approach Me" was less a song and basically the two artists ranting about their frustrations: stalkers, babymamadrama, greedy friends, etc.
182	** Over time, Eminem began to reimagine Slim Shady as [[AllegoricalCharacter the personification of his fame]], switching up his self-mutilating, trashy violence to megalomaniacal, rich-person violence - such as in "My Band", in which Slim is played as a self-regarding, prissy idiot hogging all the attention from the rest of D12, who hate him.
183	** "Evil Deeds" from ''Encore'' ends with Slim begging God that fame wasn't supposed to be like this, and pleading for a switch that he can just turn off and on, so he can take his daughter to the theme park.
184	** ''Relapse'' has this as a [[ConceptAlbum theme]], though expressed as subtext in a series of [[{{Horrorcore}} horror raps]] about an AddledAddict Slim Shady murdering and lusting after celebrity women. The entire album title is a double-entendre - Eminem (in [[KayfabeMusic kayfabe]]) was relapsing on drugs, [[JekyllAndHyde transforming back into Slim Shady]], but also [[CareerResurrection choosing fame again]] despite it having [[CreatorBreakdown nearly killed him]].
185	* "Lonely" by Music/JustinBieber is a short, somber song about how Bieber became '''very''' famous while he was still a [[ChildPopstar teenager]]. Jacob Tremblay plays a teenage Bieber in the music video.
186	* "Tom Cruise Crazy" by Music/JonathanCoulton is about the [[Creator/TomCruise titular actor]], reflecting on how his rocky marriage with Katie Holmes was entirely in the public eye, his roles are going to start drying up as he ages, and even though literally everyone on the planet knows who he is, almost nobody actually ''knows'' him. The second line of the chorus sums it up: "Just be glad it's him, not you."
187	* Music/EltonJohn's "Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road" is about a star wanting to leave behind their fame and fortune for a simpler life away from the glitz and glamour.
188	* "Loser of the Year" by Music/SimplePlan is about the singer realizing that his fame and fortune aren't worth losing his girlfriend, leading to him wanting to throw all of it away if it means getting her back.
189	--> ''You make me wanna shut it all down\
190	Throw it all away\
191	'Cause I'm nothing if I don't have you\
192	What's the point of being on top\
193	All the money in the world\
194	If I can't blow it all on you?''
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198	* ''Pinball/Rush2022'': [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] during "Limelight." While successfully making relevant shots adds to the player's fame (implicitly a good thing, since it awards points), the ultimate goal of the mode is to ''escape'' the limelight.
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202	* The [[Creator/{{jmtb02}} John Cooney]] flash game [[http://armorgames.com/play/3102/run-elephant-run Run Elephant Run]] tells the story of a world-famous elephant who gives it all up to go home and be with his beloved wife.
203	* [[MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong Aleksandra Zaryanova]] of ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' is the [[WorldsStrongestMan World's Strongest Woman]], an accomplished weightlifter and bodybuilder who had a shot at international fame and fortune...and then [[AIIsACrapshoot Omnics]] invaded her Siberian village on the eve of the world championships. [[JumpedAtTheCall She immediately dropped everything and rushed to enlist with the Russian army and fight on the front lines]], mainly because the whole reason she became an athlete in the first place was to get strong enough to protect her friends and family, [[HarmfulToMinors having been born and grown up in a warzone from the FIRST time the Omnics attacked her village nearly thirty years before]].
204	* One of the main Aesops of ''VideoGame/NeedyStreamerOverload'' is that internet fame is not worth one's sanity. Ame, who moonlights as internet streamer [=OMGKawaiiAngel=], spends the game trying to become the biggest and most popular streamer in the world. But it is gradually made clear that this desire is simply a way to [[DesperatelyCravesAffection get external validation]] to stave off her self-hatred and [[spoiler:replace the love [[ParentalNeglect her parents never gave her]]]], yet the more she pursues this goal, the more Stress and Mental Darkness she undergoes. Becoming famous also means she gains a lot of haters, trolls, and outright cyberbullies who do things like doxx her in one route, while many of her actual fans scrutinize every facet of her. It is all too easy to end up driving her into a live, on-stream CreatorBreakdown [[invoked]] that, at minimum, permanently ruins her reputation, rendering her a subject of ridicule, and potentially even [[DrivenToSuicide drives her to suicide]] or [[AxCrazy violent madness]]. By contrast, many of the happier [[MultipleEndings endings]] are those where she quits streaming entirely to focus on bettering herself and her own life instead of seeking the approval of complete strangers.
205	* The central moral of ''VideoGame/Simulacra2''. The whole mess happens because the four friends become so obsessed with keeping their social media presence, particularly on Kimera, fully positive that they fall prey to the {{deal\|WithTheDevil}} offered by the Ripple Man to eliminate all criticism. Said deal led to the death of Maya, as it always includes a sacrifice. This same thing is also what happened to many other victims of the Ripple Man. Getting the good ending requires [[spoiler:deleting the Kimera accounts of the characters]], which was also what a previous near-victim, Charlie Asther, did to escape- he [[spoiler:gave up all technology and fled to the woods]]. The article covering Charlie even brings up the negative effect that social media can have on mental health.
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209	* From {{Website/Cracked}}'s [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17061_5-things-you-think-will-make-you-happy-but-wont.html#ixzz17RaVATLZ "5 Things You Think Will Make You Happy (But Won't)"]]:
210	-->''"Experts say where you find kids who desperately want to be famous, you find a history of neglect at home. Parents were either absent completely or, at best, emotionally distant dicks. It turns out the whole surge in aspirations for fame came right along with the explosion of single parents and "broken" homes. Only half of today's children live with their original two parents.''
211	-->''You can see how this sad mechanism works in the attention-starved mind. The kid is programmed by biology to love a parent, but the parent doesn't return the love. Fame lets them turn the tables on that arrangement. When you're famous, millions love you, but you don't even know their names. It's purely one-sided. They wait for hours in the cold for your autograph, you barely glance at them on the way to your limo. You get to take their love and wipe your ass with it, the same as your parents did to you."''
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215	* A common theme in ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'':
216	** "Mr. Hyunh Goes Country": Hyunh becomes a famous country singer, but he announces at his Great Ol' Opry performance that his true dream is to be a chef, stating that his debut there is also his finale.
217	*** The song that made him famous, "The Simple Things", counts as one too, as it extols the simple pleasures of life over the glitz and glamor of stardom.
218	---->''I've got the summer breeze, got 16 cans of peas / A two-speed window fan when it's 93 degrees. / So forgive me for not grabbin' your brass ring; It's crystal clear - I'll stay right here and keep the simple things.''
219	** "Stinky Goes Hollywood": Stinky has been selected to do a commercial campaign for Yahoo Soda. After filming several ads, Stinky's family and friends want him to sign a $1m commercial contract, but Stinky has found out why he was picked ([[ExactEavesdropping having overheard an executive mocking his name]]), and, presumably fearing that the commercials will be mocking his hayseed image (and other personal inferiorities), decides that his pride is more important… and ends up being mocked as an idiot by Helga for not signing.
220	** "It Girl": Helga is against modeling for Johnny Stitches (guest star Michael [=McKean=]) from the start, only doing it for the money and the free stuff. Seeing everyone wearing her dress (even some ''boys'' are wearing it) pushes her over the edge, making her shove a model during another one of Stitches' shows, and then spitting in front of the press… and acting nice at Fashion Week. The last one is effective since Helga's nastiness [[SlaveToPR is much of her image]].
221	* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Braceface}}'', "The Good Life", explores this when Sharon and her friends are chosen by music star Leena to be in her newest music video. Sharon sees first-hand that, contrary to her fantasies about stardom being glamorous and luxurious, Leena's star life is miserable. She can't eat whatever she wants to eat, the media always gossips about her, she's homesick for her sister, and her overprotective bodyguard treats everyone ''she'' approaches like a stalker. In the end, Sharon lampshades it herself.
222	-->'''Sharon:''' My Mom was right, money can't buy happiness. I mean even with all those perks, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Leena still seemed totally miserable]]. To me, it looked like all she wanted were the things that had been taken away from her, family, her freedom, and the chance to be herself, things I've already got.
223	* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', "Sweet Stench of Success": Bloo gains fame as the spokesperson for Deo deodorant, but when he notices that his producer is overworking him (and won't let him have time with his pals, natch), Bloo goes on a live variety show and chews out the producer real hard, opening with a [[SuspiciouslyAproposMusic suspiciously apropos song]].
224	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' did this multiple times.
225	** Probably the most notable time was in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E12BartGetsFamous Bart Gets Famous]]" when Bart became the 'I-Didn't-Do-It Boy'. Bart at first loves the fame and attention it gets him but eventually gets sick of the fact that he's treated as a one-trick pony. He goes on a talk show, having actually researched current events so he could have something to talk about, but [[Creator/ConanOBrien the host]] only wants him to say the line and nothing else. Marge tells him that even if he hates it, he at least has the ability to make people happy which makes his fame worthwhile. Bart is encouraged by this, but ironically, his fame dies out when the people lose interest in the fad.
226	** Parodied towards the end of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E24Homerpalooza Homerpalooza]]", when Homer becomes famous as a carnival freak who withstands cannonballs to his stomach but is urged to stop by [[OpenHeartDentistry a veternarian]] because it's damaging his body. During his final show, Homer dodges the cannonball, losing his fans.
227	--->'''Homer:''' I'll miss you, [[Music/TheSmashingPumpkins Pumpkins]], but I just can't share your bleak worldview. I've got too much to live for.\
228	'''Billy Corgan:''' We envy you, Homer. [[CursedWithAwesome All we have is our music, our legion of fans, our million of dollars and our youth...]]
229	--->(''{{Beat}}'')
230	--->'''Smashing Pumpkins:''' Woo-hoo!
231	--->'''James Iha:''' Let's all go out and buy fur coats!
232	--->'''Jimmy Chamberlin:''' I want a walk-in humidor.
233	** In the "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E7TreehouseOfHorrorII Treehouse of Horror II]]" segment "Lisa's Nightmare", the Simpsons use a monkey's paw to wish for fame and fortune. Everybody knows who they are [[SelfDeprecation but are sick of them]].
234	** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E11That90sShow That '90s Show]]", Homer tells about the time he became famous as the leader of the grunge band Sadgasm:
235	--->'''Homer:''' I had finally realized every rock star's dream: hating being famous.
236	** Happens to Milhouse Van Houten in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E2RadioactiveMan Radioactive Man]]". He didn't really want to be Fallout Boy in the first place and simply got forced into it. As the episode goes on, Milhouse is just further and further disillusioned no matter how much Bart or anyone else tries to spin being a celebrity to him. Eventually, he quits the production and refuses to return, even after an impassioned speech by Creator/MickeyRooney, and the film ultimately shuts down production for good.
237	** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E18DudeWheresMyRanch Dude, Where's My Ranch?]]", Homer writes a song, "Everybody Hates Ned Flanders", which becomes such a huge hit that he gets sick of it, saying "I've come to hate my own creation. Now I know how God feels.".
238	* WesternAnimation/KimPossible never hunts for celebrity, ever. Even when she's at the X-Games competition and have enough MAD SKILLZ to own the entire competition, she just hunts for the villain. Compare this with [[IJustWantToBeSpecial Ron Stoppable]] who spent the entire episode becoming a famous jock just so he could get any ladies. She's impressed when a film producer plans to make a movie about her, but it doesn't seem to have occurred to her that her adventures would make good entertainment. Though despite all her [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld Saving the World experience]], Kim doesn't mind being featured on the cover of a random teen magazine for her cheerleading moves. It makes more sense when considering she treats saving the world and helping people as simply the right thing to do, whereas cheerleading is something she chooses to do for personal enjoyment which she takes seriously.
239	* By the second half of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', Danny himself is a known celebrity across America. One episode proved Danny takes this trope to heart when he couldn't stand the constant fans chasing/berating him. He muses that he prefers the privacy and peacefulness as Danny Fenton whenever he doesn't have to don his alter ego. [[CharacterDevelopment A huge upgrade]] from the boy who wanted popularity so badly in his earlier heydays.
240	* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' had Timmy finding out he was the subject of a reality show in Fairy World. Now that he was a star, his life became the result of ExecutiveMeddling by the show's producer, Simon, causing him to lose his mother, his friends, and nearly his godparents.
241	* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In "The Two Faces Of Squidward" the titular cephalopod first enjoys the attention of everyone anxious to gaze at his new David-esque looks, but soon their excess devotion has him begging for his old face back.
242	* WesternAnimation/PepperAnn is not so sure about her mother doing a comedy act, but by story's end, she's warmed up to her act enough to be surprised to hear that mom's not pursuing a career in comedy.
243	* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' has [[ThePollyanna Jimmy]] becoming famous by coining a new catchphrase, with [[BigEater Beezy]] becoming his manager and [[EnfantTerrible Heloise]] his bodyguard. He likes it at first but quickly realizes he's mobbed whenever he goes outside, and he can't even go to the bathroom without attracting attention to himself.
244	* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' plays with this trope in the TDA special, [[AvertedTrope while the rest of the contestants are desperate to regain their fame after the show ends]], [[EnsembleDarkhorse Noah]] and [[PerpetualFrowner Eva]] don't seem to care.
245	** Ironically, Noah's ''lack'' of fame-seeking results in gossip networks trying to find out more about him, and Eva's hostility towards the paparazzi results in a "Biggest-Eva-Freakout" competition among fansites.
246	* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Something You Can Do With Your Finger"; after the boys form a boy band and perform one 'concert' in the mall which is mildly well received, this trope kicks in after one little girl asks for an autograph and a security guard complements them.
247	* Happens to Fluttershy in the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "Green Isn't Your Color" when she briefly becomes a famous fashion model. The ShrinkingViolet quickly grows to hate the spotlight but keeps it up because Rarity is being so supportive. (Rarity, meanwhile, is being so supportive because she's [[GreenEyedMonster fighting back envy]] and feels ashamed about it.)
248	-->'''Rarity:''' [[MemeticMutation I'm the one who should be mobbed by strangers wherever I go!]]
249	* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldGoesHollywood'' by Garfield himself. As Jon trots out the usual justifications for this trope, such as forgetting who they are and about the little people, Garfield welcomes all that in his usual snarky manner. It's still played straight with Jon though, as really, he's afraid that his pets will forget about him.
250	* Cherry Jam's reason for moving to Berry Bitty City in ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures''.
251	* ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow''. Stimpy wins the Gritty Kitty contest, becoming a star in Hollywood. However, he misses Ren and decides to give it all away. Ren is touched that Stimpy gave away all his fame and fortune for him… before realizing Stimpy gave away all his fame and fortune (but mostly the fortune).
252	* ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' features this as a CentralTheme. The titular protagonist is an old, washed-up Hollywood actor whose fame and fortune have done nothing to prevent him from becoming a chronically depressed, self-loathing drug addict with a long history of broken relationships with nearly all of his family, friends, and lovers. Also, [=BoJack=]'s younger colleague [[FormerChildStar Sarah Lynn]] had long lost her childhood innocence and became a similarly miserable junkie.
253	* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'' has this start happening to Ben. After working in the shadows and with a secret identity, his identity in terms of being an alien shapeshifting hero becomes known to the world. While it does mean he no longer has to live a double life nor hide things from people, it does also bring a large amount of pressure and unforeseen troubles. During his fight with a [[spoiler: remutated Kevin 11]], he actually responds that he wishes he had his anonymity back.
254	* ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' (several years before the live-action sitcom) has an episode where Sabrina, Hilda, Zelda, and Chloe form a GirlGroup for a talent show. They cast a spell to become famous pop stars, but fame ends up driving a wedge between the best friends Sabrina and Chloe - and Harvey turns his back on them after finding them too boring and self-interested. The witches in the group then discover that as a side effect of the spell, they lost their magic in exchange for fame. Everyone of course patches things up just in time for the spell to end.
255	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'', patriarch Rusty Venture spent his entire life [[StuckInTheirShadow stuck in the shadow]] of his FakeUltimateHero father, and wanted nothing more than the fame and prestige he had. He gets his wish after inheriting his brother's company and skyrocketing to the big leagues, but he grows tired of having to deal with public scrutiny and in the GrandFinale rants he was happier living in the middle of nowhere. [[spoiler:He gets his wish at the end when in order to prevent a ColonyDrop they manage to move the company headquarters [[BookEnds right where their old house used to be]].]]
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