History Main / ChallengeSeeker

** In fact, this is partially {{Deconstructed}} with Goku & Vegeta; they seek a good challenge above any and all else, even the protection of their family and friends most of the time. One glaring example is the latest movie, DragonBallZResurrectionF. Frieza returns stronger than ever to challenge Goku for revenge. Goku & Vegeta, for their part, are mostly concerned with the challenge of fighting him one on one and absolutely refuse to do the sensible thing of teaming up against. [[spoiler: Frieza nearly kills Goku through a sneak attack, and successfully blows up the Earth because Vegeta wasted too much time in finishing him off. If not for a DuesExMachina, it would have been a pretty depressing ending.]]

* One of the defining features of Goku in {{Dragonball}}. He even rejects sensible solutions for tackling enemies (e.g. shutting down the androids) in favor of taking on strong opponents face-to-face.
** Vegeta is just as bad if not worse than Goku in this aspect. He allowed 17 and 18 to be re-activated because he found the fight with Androids 19 and 20 to be boring and he also allowed Cell to reach perfection because he was bored by how easily he was beating Cell's semi-perfect form.

** Vegeta is just as bad if not worse than Goku in this aspect. He allowed 17 and 18 to be re-activated because he found the fight with Androids 19 and 20 to be boring and He also allowed Cell to reach perfection because he was bored by how easily he was beating Cell's semi-perfect form.

** Vegeta is just as bad if not worse than Goku in this aspect. He allowed 17 and 18 to be re-activated because he found the fight with Android 19 and 20 to be boring and He also allowed Cell to reach perfection because he was bored by how easily he was beating Cell's semi-perfect form.

TruthInTelevision - the ChallengeGamer is this in RealLife applied to video games.

* Kenpachi from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', of the AxeCrazy BloodKnight variety.

* The ''DialMForMonkey'' episode "Rasslor". The title character comes to Earth and challenges its superheroes to wrestle him. He says, "For eons I have scoured the cosmos searching for the one adversary who could provide me with suitable sport." If none of the heroes can defeat him, he will destroy the planet. All of the superheroes go down to defeat except Monkey, who refuses to give up even after Rasslor beats him up.

* Zer0 of ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'' seeks a challenge above all else, with his personal ECHO entry telling one of his targets to make him work for it. He becomes a Vault Hunter because he sees it as the ultimate challenge. Unfortunately, he sometimes takes this a bit too far as he'll assume that the "challenge" of shutting up an idiot means that he can chop someone's head off.

* Sixshot, the [[OneManArmy "Solo Transformer Assault Group"]] of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersGeneration1'' sees the Great War as little more than an opportunity to test himself against other powerful warriors.

* Valmont in ''Literature/DangerousLiaisons'' does this as a {{Casanova}}.

* In MarvelComics the Champion of the Universe goes around to various worlds looking for a good boxing match. His first defeat ever comes from [[FantasticFour The Thing]], who refuses to stay down. He can ''beat'' the Thing but he can't ''defeat'' him, so the Champion concedes.

* Vyse fits certainly the bill. In ''VideoGame/{{Skies of Arcadia}}'', he repeatedly tackles challenges others deem impossible: such as escaping the Grand Fortress and crossing the Dark Rift. He even has a special ability called "challenge lover" in ''ValkyriaChronicles''. Vyse is not only made of this Trope, he eats it for breakfast.

* One of the defining features of Goku in {{Dragonbal}}. He even rejects sensible solutions for tackling enemies (e.g. shutting down the androids) in favor of taking on strong opponents face-to-face.

* Stinkoman from ''HomestarRunner''. "Are you asking for a CHALLEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEEEEEE?!!!"

* Kenpachi from ''{{Bleach}}'', of the AxeCrazy BloodKnight variety.
* ''OnePiece'' has Roronoa Zoro, who wants to be [[CatchPhrase the world's greatest swordsman]], basically duels everyone holding a sword to prove that he's the best and improve himself.
* From ''TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'', main character Katsuragi Keima. He plays multiple games at once to mostly save time, but partly to challenge himself.

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* Valmont in ''DangerousLiaisons'' does this as a {{Casanova}}.

* This is a lot of the stronger characters in the ''{{Pokemon}}'' series. Cynthia in particular is now at the point where she automatically identifies determined-looking ten-year-olds as godly powerful, which for her is reason enough to single them out for a challenge.

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* The core motivation behind the Deus of GrandmasterOfTheft is simply to have a greatest challenge. Upon reaching his peak within being simple PhantomThief, he aims for a BattleOfWits with the protagonist instead.

* Despite having ulterior goals, [[TheChessmaster Augustus]] from ''LastScenario'' treats his striving for power like a game.