->'''Razputin:''' If you hate the show so much, why don't you just leave?\\
'''[[StrawCritic Jasper:]]''' I just can't take my eyes off it! It's like watching the scene of a '''horrible''' car accident... [[{{Dissimile}} An accident where the victims can't act, and the paramedics forget their lines!]]
-->--''{{Psychonauts}}''

->And yet I cannot not watch it. May God have mercy on us all.
-->--'''Dr. Paul Armstrong''', ''TheLostSkeletonOfCadavra''

There's HypeAversion, when numerous people's rabid touting of the latest masterpiece deter you from rushing out and buying it. And then there's the reverse phenomenon, when numerous people's rabid ''panning'' of the latest [[SoBadItsHorrible uber-stinker]], complete with detailed lists on why you should never, ever, ''ever'' buy this piece of dung actually fill you with the masochistic urge to rush out and buy it just to see if it's ''that'' bad.

It's like hearing about the train wreck of the century: [[GoodAngelBadAngel Your better sensibilities are repulsed at the thought of it, and yet part of you wants to see that wreck in all its magnificent destruction]]. You ''want'' to see just how [[SoBadItsHorrible gloriously terrible]] it must be for all the high-profile people to be expressing their horror over it.

Don't feel ashamed about it; it's the natural foil to our obsession with the best of the best. Just as we want to know how high in brilliance art can rise, we also want to know how low it can sink in sheer awfulness. Plus the fact that [[SnarkBait reviews spewing bile over the many ways something stinks]] tend to be far more entertaining to read than reviews extolling the virtues of the latest OscarBait.

Distinct from NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity in that the criticism is concerning the ''quality'' of the work - rather than the ''content''. Compare and contrast JustHereForGodzilla and WatchItForTheMeme. Can make the film in question become a GuiltyPleasure for some and, if enough people [[SoBadItsGood disagree with the majority]], a CultClassic.

Ironically, if the descriptions of any of the examples below makes you want to check the example out, that is Bile Fascination at work.
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!!Examples:

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[[folder: Anime ]]

* This is essentially the sole reason that people watch Mars Of Destruction, arguably the worst anime ever made.
* During the final half of its second season, ''CodeGeass'' had a "trainwreck" following of viewers who were eager to see how the show would [[BeyondTheImpossible top its own over-the-topness]].
* ''[[{{Ptitlej427kbk7}} Queen's Blade]]'' has apparently somehow managed to reach this.
* ''Warriors of the Wind'', the '80s American TV version of ''NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'', [[http://5x5media.com/eye/film/wotw.php has been]] called one of the worst victims of LostInTranslation.

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[[folder: Comic Books ]]

* ''All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder''. Opinions are divided on FrankMiller's take of "the goddamn Batman". The reviews of it are unfailingly hilarious, and there is also a minority opinion of it being a genuine parody.
* We love you, JackChick!

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[[folder: Fan Fic ]]

* If you're willing to look [[SturgeonsLaw hard enough]], you can find a surprising number of [[FanFicRecommendations excellent fanfics]]. The one fanfic with the most feedback? ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'', purported to be the [[http://www.google.com/search?q=worst%20fanfic%20ever worst fanfic ever]], believed by some to be a {{troll}}. Opinions are divided on whether it's SoBadItsGood or just simply bad.
** It just '''HAS''' to be a parody. Has to be. [[{{BrainBleach}} Because if it isn't...]]
* ''Fanfic/{{Celebrian}}''. It's almost magnificent in how it keeps drawing more and more people in to its fold in spite of it being outlined as a true [[NightmareFuel nightmare inducing horror]].
* ''[[FanFic/ChristianHumberReloaded Christian Humber Reloaded]]'', among other horrible [[FanFic fanfics]].
* Not quite a fanfic, but ''HowIBecameYours'' is a source of bile fascination for many ''[[AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar]]'' fans. Rampant OOC (Azula, we hardly knew ye), poor grammar and spelling and a plot so melodramatic it would make a SoapOpera blush are the least of this comic's problems. (Ballgowns ''did not exist in the Avatar world''.)
* There's tons of people who legitimately enjoy Peter Chimera's work. A poster on the [=LiveJournal=] community fandomsecrets even non-ironically praised the [[FreudWasRight Oedipal themes]] of ''[[Fanfic/DoomRepercussionsOfEvil Doom: Repercussions Of Evil]]'' (the "{{and then John was a zombie}}" fic).
* On a similar note, there are entire communites on Livejournal dedicated to finding and sporking {{Mary Sue}}s in all their forms. The fanfics they're spawned from are hilarious in a nausea-inducing way.

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[[folder: Film ]]

* This is the main reason film buffs seem to have for watching films like ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'' and ''BatmanAndRobin''.
** By the end of the ''Battlefield Earth'' {{Rifftrax}}, [[spoiler:even the riffers are losing their minds]].
* Many people watch ''[[PlanNineFromOuterSpace Plan 9 From Outer Space]]'' after they hear about its SoBadItsGood reputation. They are rarely disappointed. It's even become the centerpiece of the yearly BMovie festival B-Fest, complete with AudienceParticipation routine (when the hubcap flying saucers appear, throw your paper plates!).
** Thereby ''proving'' the alien antagonist's claim that all those of Earth are idiots!
* Online film critic James Berardinelli considers the direct-to-video ''Zombie! Vs. Mardi Gras'' the worst film ever. He was chagrined when he learned that his "[[http://www.reelviews.net/comment/bot10_99.html worst film of all time]]" citation for it was being used to lure customers to buy it.
* Roughly half the films from ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' qualify - the others are camp classics.
* ''TheConqueror'' with JohnWayne as ''Genghis Khan''. Infamous for being both bad and deadly (it was filmed downwind from nuclear tests), and very much non-PC... also, John Wayne ''[[WTHCastingAgency playing Genghis Khan]]''. Complete with droopy Fu Manchu-style moustache.
* FrankMiller's ''Film/TheSpirit'' appears to be qualifying.
* Other than the chance to see [[SavedByTheBell Jessie Spano]] naked, this appears to be the only reason ''anyone'' has seen ''{{Showgirls}}''.
* UweBoll practically makes a living creating works that garner BileFascination.
* The hype generated by the [[SoBadItsGood sheer awfulness]] of ''{{Troll 2}}'' was enough to generate a dedicated full-scale ''Troll 2'' convention.
* Yes, it's ''[[ManosTheHandsOfFate Manos! The Hands of Fate!]]''
** [[MysteryScienceTheater3000 Well, not in so many words]]...
* ''SaloOrThe120DaysOfSodom''
** To be fair, this is a critically acclaimed movie based on the Marquis de Sade's ''120 Days of Sodom'' contrasting the sadism and irreverence of humanity, and is an important film for any student to watch... albeit it ''is'' quite disgusting and said film student must have an iron stomach. Think a movie-length 2girls1cup. And don't forget the BrainBleach.
* ''TitanicTheLegendGoesOn'', the animated musical fairy tale also applies here. Now that more people are finding out this film actually exists (and thanks to the NostalgiaCritic), more people will probably be seeing it just to see how bad it is.
* ''DragonBallEvolution''
* ''Tequila Body Shots''. A bad Joey Lawrence flick set during the Day of the Dead in Mexico. [[{{Grev}} This Troper]] only watched it because his favorite actress is in it, and by the end was shaking his head wondering how she got roped into doing it. (Helpfully, she explains this in [[http://dvdpodblast2.blogspot.com/2007/05/tequila-body-shots-dvd-podblast.html this]] non-Rifftrax AlternateDVDCommentary of the movie.)
* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337877/ Birth Rite]]'' features [[spoiler: attack of the hungry toilet]], and is sexploitation at its finest.
* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457270/ Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life]]'' has been widely acknowledged as laughter inducing. It's a story of a boy whose life is ruined by looking at underwear ads online. [[spoiler: Or Red Bull overdosing.]] Features {{straw feminist}}s.
** The [[http://www.somethingawful.com/d/movie-reviews/cyber-seduction-his.php Something Awful review]] shows [[spoiler: a still of the actress playing the concerned mother running around topless in another film.]]
* The ''{{Bratz}}'' movie.
* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264796/ Life as a House]]'' is cliché, preachy, and bland as an assembly line house.
* A member of SomethingAwful attempted this for ''ShootEmUp'' by listing some of the film's RefugeInAudacity moments as being too ridiculous and warning everyone to not see it. The Goons, being GenreSavvy, weren't fooled.
* ''Leprechaun 4: In Space''
** This direct-to-DVD movie's premise actually started out as an [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15016_5-completely-unnecessary-direct-dvd-movie-sequels.html in-joke among the executives]]. Eventually, it somehow led to a script.

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[[folder: Literature ]]

* The infamous ''{{Gor}}'' series.
* A majority of the (already small) sales of ''TheLegendOfRahAndTheMuggles'' were from curiosity over the FrivolousLawsuit the author launched against ''HarryPotter'', but soon benefited from this trope once word got out how [[SoBadItsHorrible awful]] the book was.
* This is the only reason the two sequels to ''Touched By Venom'' (a.k.a. "The ''Venom Cock'' book") ever saw the light of day. They were much better than ''Venom'', but that's like saying a punch to the gut is much better than a punch to the face.
* Fred "[[http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/ Slacktivist]]" Clark has been painstakingly tearing apart the ''LeftBehind'' novels, documenting their bad writing, terrible plotting, and worse theology. After five years of this, he's finished deconstructing the first book.
* This trope is the entire reason why ''TheEyeOfArgon'' hasn't slipped into obscurity.
** ''TheEyeOfArgon'' may well be the literary king of this trope. What other novella has become so infamous through its sheer lack of quality?
** One of the activity panels at AnthroCon involved the story being passed around while the people attending took turns doing dramatic readings.
* {{Twilight}} has the unique ability to combine HypeAversion and BileFascination. Many people avoid even touching the books, because the Hatedom has hyped its awfulness, so they don't want to inadvertently fall victim to BileFascination by accidentally getting into it.
* The ''Eragon'' books, formally known as the ''[[InheritanceCycle Inheritance]]'' Cycle, have built up a significant trainwreck following after the initial, FlameWar-laden HypeBacklash.
** TheFilmOfTheBook ''Eragon'' was far worse. No sooner was it out than countless blog entries on how terrible the movie is and how ''god forbid'' the readers should waste time on it.
*** Don't forget the [[HazardousWater Dramatic Drow-]]''[[SuperDrowningSkills Blubblubblub]]''!
* This is the only reason anyone who knows what they're doing has read [[ChroniclesOfBloodAndStone The Fifth Sorceress]].
* Amazingly enough, one of the sidebar ads on this site uses this as a selling point. ''The Cat's'' (remainder of the title illegible, and I am NOT clicking that link) is "maybe the worst fantasy novel ever. Even the author makes fun of it. $2.50."
* In-universe example: In DiaryOfAWimpyKid, Greg and his dad cannot help but read the gag comic ''Li'l Cutie'' each day to see how bad it is.

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[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

* ''Living Lohan'' and similar shows attract a little of this.
* Most of the people who have read about what Stargate:Universe is going to be about are in this mode.

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[[folder: Music ]]

* Techno/disco remixes of old songs. Seriously, you wouldn't think something like ''Walking in Memphis'' or ''Can You Feel the Love Tonight'' would lend themselves to the disco style, but here we are.
** The disco remix of the StarWars theme by JohnWilliams

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[[folder: Newspaper Comics ]]

* Many, many people (many of whom gather in [[http://community.livejournal.com/binky_betsy/427469.html one central spot]]) feel this way about the last five years or so of the once-brilliant comic strip ''ForBetterOrForWorse'', especially after Elizabeth hooked up with Anthony. Basically it's the train-wreck analogy applied to the talent, insight and general humanity of a cartoonist.
** And more at [[http://joshreads.com/ the Comics Curmudgeon site]].

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[[folder: Video Games ]]

* This is precisely why ''[[BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing Big Rigs: Over The Road Racing]]'' sold more than about 5 units.
** Much more: [[http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/bestof2004/day3w_12.html GameSpot reported]] that it outsold half the "Best Game of 2004 No One Played" nominees. Criteria to enter the category: less than ''20,000 copies''.
* An Australian magazine, PCPowerPlay, reviewed an exceptionally bad game. In the review they include the publisher details, which for this game had been misspelled. They received a lot of email pointing this out and ''asking where they could get this game'', despite the extremely low score and scathing review.
** A British magazine, NGamer, listed ''Doki Doki Majo Shinpan'' (a notorious [[NoExportForYou Japan-only]] {{Lolicon}} vehicle made by '''''SNK''''') as their most played DS game, simply because they'd spent so much time showing everyone how bad and [[{{Squick}} wrong]] it was. In fact, the game has enjoyed massive exports because of this trope.
* ''Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon'' and ''ZeroWing'' are a mixed case of this and WatchItForTheMeme. Any gamer worth his/her salt has watched these memes or even actually played them, whether by image macros, Newgrounds or YoutubePoop.
**Though ZeroWing is actually a pretty good game.
* ''{{Daikatana}}''
* ''LimboOfTheLost''
* ''SonicTheHedgehog2006'' - This is the entire reason Pokecapn's crew did their famous [[LetsPlay Let's Play]] of it.

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[[folder: Tabletop Games ]]

* After Darren [=MacLennan=] and Jason Sartin [[http://web.archive.org/web/20080208091645/http://atrocities.primaryerror.net/fatal.html reviewed]] the RPG ''{{FATAL}}'', declaring it the worst game of all time, in no uncertain terms, numerous people became interested in seeing "if it really was that bad", which led to RPG.net declaring it the "Game That Must Not Be Named".
* [[http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/14/14347.phtml Wraeththu]] attracts attention for similar reasons. Specifically [[{{Squick}} the whole "sea-anemone-penis" thing]].

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[[folder: Web Comics ]]

* ''{{Sonichu}}''. Pretty much its entire "fanbase" reads it just because it is ''so bad''.
** Hell, ANYTHING having to do with Christian Weston Chandler, be it the strip itself, his angry/pathetic Youtube videos, the real-life stories about him, the infamous "Bob Walks In" clip, the fact that there's ''an entire wiki dedicated to making fun of him''...He has a real "talent" for making you ''almost'' feel sorry for him, then doing something that throws that right out the window.
*** Including, but not limited to, sexual harassment, cybering with a 13 year old boy (albeit unkowningly), refusing to associate with other autistics, sexism (both ways), racism, antisemitism, disrespecting and mooching off of his parents for ''27 years,'' blaming every single thing that goes wrong with his life on his autism, insulting a mentally retarded young girl who was probably the only actual ''fan'' on Sonichu on the entire Internet, using 9/11 as an opportunity to mock a troll... yeah you get the idea. You want to know more now, [[http://cogsdev.110mb.com/cwcki/index.php/Main_Page don't you]]?

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* This is just about the only reason to watch animations by ''DingoPictures''.

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[[folder: The Internet ]]

* For a lot of people, visiting [[FourChan 4chan]] is motivated by Bile Fascination.
** The same goes for Encyclopedia Dramatica.
*** Or Conservapedia, that and it's fun to try to guess which articles are stealth parodies and which are made by people [[SeriousBusiness taking themselves seriously]].
*** And since the sword cuts both ways, let me point out that Liberapedia is ''also'' funny for all the wrong reasons.
* All {{Shock Site}}s, including Goatse, 2girls1cup and BME Pain Olympics can make some rather curious. Being shock sites that should be in no way, shape or form, googled for, they find out that curiosity did indeed kill the cat. Or, at least, make it sick.
** This troper makes a hobby specifically out of finding every shock site in existence, watching them, and cataloging them.
* Really bad {{YouTube Poop}}s for some.
* [[http://fstdt.com Fundies say the darnedest things]] is a mix of this and trying (usually failing due to [=~Poe's Law~=]) to distinguish the trolls from the real thing...
* This trope is what drives a number of "retro review" sites like the AngryVideoGameNerd and about 50% of the [[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Nostalgia Critic]].
** Used very specifically in the Nostalgia Critic's review of ''{{North}}''.
-->"[Siskel and Ebert] are the guys who reviewed ''BatmanAndRobin'', ''{{Kazaam}}'', the ''SuperMarioBros'' movie, and ''The {{Tom and Jerry}} Movie'', and '''this''' is the film that made them "feel unclean"? What the hell could be in it that could be so bad? ...C'mon, kids! Let's find out!"
-->(after Ebert's "I hated, hated, hated this movie clip") "YOU'RE ''TOO'' FUCKING NICE!"
** Speaking of ThatGuyWithTheGlasses, this trope is the only reason why [[{{goodtimesfreegrog}} this troper]] keeps coming back and watching ''Bad Movie Beatdown''. He considers it an exercise in catharsis at this point.
* Dare I mention Portal of Evil? Fortunately looking like a spent force these days.
* Navgtr, a horrible 90s video game reviewer whose work has been archived on Youtube. Guaranteed to show terrible taste and get several things wrong in every review, but...can't...stop...watching...
** Let me add two reasons that he's an awful game reviewer: he calls anyone who doesn't go out and buy Donkey Kong Country right now "stupid," and he suggested that ''Lara Croft getting breast cancer in the next Tomb Raider game would be an amazing idea''.
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