History AttentionWhore / AnimeAndManga

* Briefly discussed and name-dropped in Episode 4 of ''Manga/BocchiTheRock'', specifically while Bocchi is in the middle of a [[HeroicBSOD nervous breakdown]] prompted by Nijika and Kita suggesting that Kessoku Band create individual accounts on [[BlandNameProduct Isstagram]] to improve its reputation. Horrified by the very idea of having a social media account, Bocchi claims that someone with as low a self-esteem as herself being forced into an environment requiring constant validation will turn her into an "Attention-Whore Monster", represented in an ImagineSpot as a giant chibi version of herself in a {{Kaiju}} costume shouting for her posts to be liked. Luckily, the other girls quickly realize their mistake and openly redact it, snapping her out of her panicked state.

* LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya. Of course, [[ItsAllAboutMe as it turns out]], [[RealityWarper the world really]] ''[[RealityWarper does]]'' revolve around her.

* Yukari-sensei from ''LightNovel/HarukaNogizakasSecret'' is a big [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl drunken flirt]]. She'll often make outrageous statements to her class and express disappointment (read: throw a tantrum) if the class doesn't react as she likes or ignores her.

* Petralka from ''LightNovel/OutbreakCompany'' demands constant attention. Often from Shinichi.

* Ami from ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'' is behaving like this for Ryuuji, at the beginning.

* Misaki from ''Anime/WelcomeToTheNHK''. In the manga, when the self-inflicted cigarette burns on her arm don't impress her schoolmates, Misaki cuts her wrist to get attention.

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': Asuka Langley Sohryu is desperate for attention due to deeply-ingrained insecurities caused by her mother's psychotic break, subsequent murder-suicide with the doll she called "Asuka", and her father's abandonment. She needs that people acknowledges her existence because otherwise she feels worthless.
** Her ''Anime/{{Rebuild|OfEvangelion}}'' self is notably not this, possibly because its hinted her backstory is signifiantly different. She doesn't really seem to care if anyone pays attention to her at all and her attempts to show off in battle are mostly to prove she doesn't need anyone's help rather than to show off.

%%* Don Patch from ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo''.
* Briefly discussed and name-dropped in Episode 4 of ''Manga/BocchiTheRock'', specifically while Bocchi is in the middle of a [[HeroicBSOD nervous breakdown]] prompted by Nijika and Kita suggesting that Kessoku Band create individual accounts on [[BlandNameProduct Isstagram]] to improve its reputation. Horrified by the very idea of having a social media account, she claims that someone with as low a self-esteem as herself being forced into an environment requiring constant validation will turn her into an "attention-whore monster", represented in an ImagineSpot as a giant chibi version of herself in a {{Kaiju}} costume shouting for her posts to be liked. Luckily, the others quickly realize their mistake before openly backpedaling, immediately snapping her out of her panicked state.

* Yukari-sensei from ''Manga/NogizakaHarukaNoHimitsu'' is a big [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl drunken flirt]]. She'll often make outrageous statements to her class and express disappointment (read: throw a tantrum) if the class doesn't react as she likes or ignores her.

* Haguro Dou from ''Manga/WolfGuyWolfenCrest'' wants main character Inugami Akira to pay attention to him on a ''[[FoeYay very]]'' ''[[{{Yandere}} disturbing level]]''.

** [[SchoolgirlLesbians Lily]] ''loves'' being the center of attention, and the manga makes it clear that it's part of the reason why she hangs out with Majime so much (the other reason being that she has a crush on her).

* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', Team Rocket's very own Jessie LOVES being the center of attention, which is why she decides to compete in Pokémon Contests and Showcases, and gets really angry when the reflectors aren't on her.

* ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'':
** [[LoveFreak America]], who is not only afflicted with a case of ChronicHeroSyndrome and is obsessed with AmericaSavesTheDay, but who has a particular CatchPhrase: "I'LL BE THE HERO, OF COURSE!" or "I'M THE HERO!" In fact, when he's not the center of attention, he tends to lose the will to act completely.
** [[BloodKnight Prussia]], too. Not only is he a LargeHam and BoisterousBruiser who goes around constantly proclaiming his "awesomeness," but he demands that other characters bow to him and worship him for it. One of his goals, as said by Prussia himself, is to "burn the memory of his existence" into the hearts of others, so that he'll never be forgotten. [[spoiler: Which takes on something of a dark tone, as one strip implies that he may be beginning to die or fade away as he's no longer a country.]]

* ''Manga/KareKano'': Yukino Miyazawa, the main character, puts on the facade of being a perfect honor student because she loves being praised and told she's special. Only her parents and sisters know that at home she's hilariously selfish and vain, while devoting herself so completely toward perfecting herself that she doesn't have a life. She was like that ever since kindergarten, when she discovered that adults would pay attention to her and her peers would look up to her if she excelled in school. Her LoveInterest Arima is the first person outside her family who finds out what she's really like and accepts her anyway, causing her to start dropping her act in front of other people as she becomes more comfortable in her own skin.

* Mr. Satan from ''Anime/DragonballZ''. Note however that [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools this actually works in the protagonists' favor,]] helping to maintain TheMasquerade by claiming responsibility for acts of world-saving or alternately garnering public support for the otherwise unknown heroes. The world has never heard of Goku or Vegeta or even Krillin, but they ''have'' heard of Mr. Satan, and will follow his orders without question.

* LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya. Of course, [[ItsAllAboutMe as it turns out,]] [[RealityWarper the world really]] ''[[RealityWarper does]]'' revolve around her.

* ''Manga/RealAccount'''s Ayame Kamijou reveals she is this when her team has to pacify the giant "Attention-Chan" robot before it explodes. In Ayame's case, she came to rely on her brother's attention excessively when her classmates started ignoring her, even to the point of obsessing about him texting her and constantly clinging on him. She even continues seeking his attention after he essentially leaves her for dead to save himself. [[spoiler: Attention-Chan is actually also an attention seeking middle aged man, who started pretending to be a girl online after his wife left him so he felt supported and doted on.]] Ayame's own 'expertise' proves to be a method of victory, and she admits it is something she needs to work on.

* Mr. Satan from ''Anime/DragonballZ''. Note however that [[TropesAreNotBad this actually works in the protagonists' favor,]] helping to maintain TheMasquerade by claiming responsibility for acts of world-saving or alternately garnering public support for the otherwise unknown heroes. The world has never heard of Goku or Vegeta or even Krillin, but they ''have'' heard of Mr. Satan, and will follow his orders without question.

* Yamai from ''Manga/WastefulDaysOfHighSchoolGirls'' loves being the center of attention. It's been speculated that her {{Chuunibyou}} nature is a side-effect of this, as she hams it up to get views and likes on social media.

** A subversion: Haruhi's {{AttentionWhore}} tendencies are due to to the fact that she doesn't care what anyone thinks of her and her eccentric [[GenkiGirl personality]].

* ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'': Probably the motivation behind Nozomu's [[strike: attempts at suicide]] every action. There's also Nami Hito, but her AttentionWhore tendencies only really show in her first appearance, in which she tries all kinds of gimmicks to gain pity and attention from her classmates (culminating with a threat of suicide). [[TheGenericGuy They all fail, of course.]]

** America: "I'LL BE THE HERO, OF COURSE!"
** Prussia, too.

* Origami Cyclone in ''Manga/TigerAndBunny'' (at least, the superhero persona; Ivan himself is more of the shy type.) Because his powers, while useful for more stealth and espionage-related activities, are useless in the world of theatrical heroics, he's unable to do much crimefighting on Hero TV. Fortunately, since Hero TV is as much about corporate sponsorship and ProductPlacement as it is fighting crime, his sponsors find a different use for him: constant photo-bombing.

* America from ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia''. "I'LL BE THE HERO, OF COURSE!"

* AttentionWhore:

* Saki from ''Manga/ToLoveRu''. It never works, as Lala keeps inadvertently upstaging her.
* Sae from ''Manga/PeachGirl''. This is pretty much what drives her to do everything in her power to undermine Momo because she's jealous of Momo for gaining the attention of their sought after {{Bishonen}} classmates Kairi and Toji, and she wants to remain the most popular girl in school. In fact, she gets extremely nervous whenever it appears Momo is the focus of their classmates attention.

* Kanon the IdolSinger from ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'' is a dramatic example of this who isn't in it for the attention in and of itself, [[FreudianExcuse having spent much of her school life being completely ignored]], later finding fame and a sense of worth by joining an idol trio, then breaking out as a solo act.

* Unfortunately, one of the characters from ''Manga/BitterVirgin'' (Daisuke's self-proclaimed girlfriend, Kazuki) combines this with {{Yandere}} and threatens to claim rape if Daisuke doesn't date her. Later on [[spoiler:she ''does'' try to (falsely) accuse Daisuke of rape, but fortunately no one believes her]].
* America from ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia''. "I'LL BE THE HERO, OF COURSE!"
** Prussia, too.
* A creepy and very self-destructive version of this trope is Akito Sohma from ''FruitsBasket''. The more traditional version would be Kimi.
* The Luchadora Castor, a.k.a. Rachel Stanley, in ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'', absolutely ''must'' be the center of attention of all times. If someone is receiving more spotlight than her, no depth is too low to sink to in order to steal it back. She goes as far as to listen to ''[[DirtyOldMan Ma Kensei's]]'' advice on what to do.
* Yukari-sensei (No, not [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh that one]], though she might qualify too) from ''Manga/NogizakaHarukaNoHimitsu'' is a big [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl drunken flirt]]. She'll often make outrageous statements to her class and express disappointment (read: throw a tantrum) if the class doesn't react as she likes or ignores her.
* Kyouka from ''LightNovel/KyouranKazokuNikki'' who wants, no ''demands'', to be worshiped as a god.
* ''Manga/KareKano'': Yukino Miyazawa, the main character, puts on the facade of being a perfect honor student because she loves being praised and told she's special. Only her parents and sisters know that at home she's hilariously selfish and vain, while devoting herself so completely toward perfecting herself that she doesn't have a life. She was like that ever since kindergarten, when she discovered that adults would pay attention to her and her peers would look up to her if she excelled in school. Her LoveInterest Arima is the first person outside her family who finds out what she's really like and accepts her anyway, causing her to start dropping her act in front of other people as she becomes more comfortable in her own skin.

* LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya. Of course, [[ItsAllAboutMe as it turns out,]] [[RealityWarper the world really]] ''[[RealityWarper does]]'' revolve around her.
** A subversion: Haruhi's {{AttentionWhore}} tendencies are due to to the fact that she doesn't care what anyone thinks of her and her eccentric [[GenkiGirl personality]].
** Even when she does grab the spotlight, it's a way of getting what she wants, rather than ''just'' for the attention. Promoting her club or one of her projects for example.
** She doesn't get jealous of attention paid to others for example, although her nature makes it really difficult to upstage her. [[spoiler: Nagato manages once or twice, like in ''Day of Sagittarius'' ]]

* Liliath from ''Manga/KazeToKiNoUta''.
* Mayu from ''Manga/KaguyaHime'' often pretends to be sick and faints on the spot to get attention.
* ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'': Probably the motivation behind Nozomu's [[strike: attempts at suicide]] every action. There's also Nami Hito, but her AttentionWhore tendencies only really show in her first appearance, in which she tries all kinds of gimmicks to gain pity and attention from her classmates (culminating with a threat of suicide). [[TheGenericGuy They all fail, of course.]]
** This is pretty much proven when it's revealed that everything in Nozomu's suicide kit is designed to ''not'' kill him, and that he regularly goes to the gym to ''strengthen his neck'' to survive his frequent hanging attempts.
--> '''Nozomu:''' *after an attempt to save him from hanging himself nearly kills him anyway* [[HypocriticalHumor What if I had died!?]]
* The [[MonsterClown Millennium Earl]] in ''DGrayMan''. In chapter 188, Road and Wisely are seen commenting on the Earl's need to always be the center of attention.
* Both Shiori Takatsuki and Kozue Kaoru of ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' have shades of this. And of course, Nanami Kiryuu.
* Ryuumonbuchi Touka of ''Manga/{{Saki}}''.
* Ami from ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'' is behaving like this for Ryuuji, at the beginning.
* Don Patch from ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo''.
* [[PsychoLesbian Liang Qi]] of ''Anime/{{Canaan}}'' takes this to [[{{Yandere}} disturbing]] [[AxCrazy levels]] to attract her OneeSama [[DarkActionGirl Alphard]], up to wearing skimpy lingerie and literally throwing herself at her feet. Alphard however couldn't care less about her, so Liang Qi takes out her frustrations on her BeleagueredAssistant Cummings with an airsoft gun.
* SlamDunk: Hanamichi Sakuragi's biggest flaw is this.
* Miu Matsuoka from ''Manga/StrawberryMarshmallow''.

* The titular character of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' starts out as one of these as a result of the [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer extreme social isolation]] he suffered from being the [[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan Kyuubi Jinchuuriki]]. People would actively try to ignore and avoid him, but by acting out and playing pranks he could bring some attention his way, even if it was negative. He mostly gets over this once he makes real friends.
* Panda from ''Manga/ShirokumaCafe''. Once he heard a magazine was coming to check out the cafe, he starts preening in hopes of getting interviewed and his picture taken. He also tries out different jobs at the zoo and returns to his original job after seeing how many compliments Llama received for portraying Panda, and has gotten angry at how much attention Shirokuma received compared to him when the gang go to the beach.
* The ''AxCrazy Intention of the Abyss'' from ''Manga/PandoraHearts'' certainly qualifies. She gets angry when no one listens to her, and even [[spoiler:kills a chain because it INTERRUPTS her while she's talking. At which point, she goes psycho and starts laughing and dancing in the blood.]] She is conceited and vain to the point where she even tries to lure away the main character from his chain, Alice the B-rabbit, simply out of jealousy.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'' gives us "White Horse" Cavendish, a Bishounen pirate who was all the rage and loved every minute of it. That is, until the antics of Luffy and the rest of the Eleven Supernovas at Sabaody and Marineford overshadow him. Now he wants to kill them for making him old news. [[IdiotHero Luffy]] himself points out how stupid this grudge is. Even possessing a [[spoiler:SuperpoweredEvilSide]], normally considered a bad thing, doesn't bother Cavendish because it results in even more attention coming to him. In spite of all of that, however, he's an overall good guy, [[spoiler:especially after Usopp saves his life, resulting in him giving up his grudge and becoming Luffy's ally.]]
* Origami Cyclone in TigerAndBunny (at least, the superhero persona; Ivan himself is more of the shy type.) Because his powers, while useful for more stealth and espionage-related activities, are useless in the world of theatrical heroics, he's unable to do much crimefighting on Hero TV. Fortunately, since Hero TV is as much about corporate sponsorship and ProductPlacement as it is fighting crime, his sponsors find a different use for him: constant photo-bombing.
* Petralka from ''LightNovel/OutbreakCompany'' demands constant attention. Often from Shinichi.
* Unlike her roommate Akane who [[ShrinkingViolet desperately tries to avoid being center-stage]], Hikari of ''Manga/CastleTownDandelion'' basks in the spotlight. Lampshaded by Misaki in Chapter 20/Episode 6A as Misaki claiming this is the reason she's running for the [[ElectiveMonarchy King]].
* ''Literature/TanteiTeamKZJikenNote'': Wakatake is noted to "like to stand out" in the official character bios. A more specific example would be at the end ''The Egg Hamburg Steak Knows'' arc, when he lost the chance to make a press conference over the pork contamination of burger patties (owing to the company in question declared a recall themselves), he ends up in a CornerOfWoe...
-->'''Uesugi''': The case is solved. What's the problem?
-->'''[[TheSocialExpert Kuroki]]''': The problem is [[LampshadeHanging Wakatake the Great didn't get his time in the spotlight.]]
-->'''[[DeadpanSnarker Uesugi]]''': In other words, the problem is with Wakatake's character.