History Main / IReadItForTheArticles

* Many people only read ''{{Twilight}}'' to make fun of it.

* SuicideGirls.
** WHAT!? Please explain

* I watch ''HighSchoolOfTheDead'' for the interesting sociological implications of a real-world ZombieApocalypse as seen thru the eyes of [[OrdinaryHighschoolStudent ordinary teenagers]]; the [[{{Fanservice}} gratuitous T&A]] is a bonus.

* In CodenameKidsNextDoor, Numbuh Five accuses Numbuh Two of reading Rainbow Monkey comics. Numbuh Two claims that he only reads them for the video game ads.

Name comes from a common justification for reading ''{{Playboy}}'' magazine, which an incredible number of people only read for the articles, of course.

* ''{{Friends}}'':
--> Is that ''{{Baywatch}}''?\\
I only watch it for the articles.

** Without exception, every eroge to have a console release has had [[BleachedUnderpants sex scenes removed.]] [[{{Kanon}} Which]] [[{{Air}} is]] [[LittleBusters more]] [[KanaLittleSister often]] [[SchoolDays than]] [[CrossChannel you'd]] [[DaCapo think.]]

* Most ''WhenTheyCry'' fans do not (simply) like the show for the gore or "crazy" loli's. In fact, the gore is rare and always has a reason, and [[spoiler:almost]] no one is [[HatePlague crazy]].

* Of course I read ''LostGirls'' for the lesbian por... er, the {{Deconstruction}} of the classical stories and pre-World War I society.

* Referenced in ''{{Coupling}}'' where the men visit a lap dancing club, Steve claims their visit is 'strictly for the articles'

** ''{{Playboy}}'' used to be downright draconic about what they would accept. StephenKing, in the foreword to one of his short story collections, recounts a time when he brushed off a friend ragging on him for the high cut his agent took from a the pay from a story: "He damn well earned it. He got me in ''{{Playboy}}''."
** The novel ''Farenheit451'' actually started off life as a series of short stories in Playboy.

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While certainly [[DiscreditedTrope discredited]] today as a ''legitimate'' excuse, this could have reasonably been TruthInTelevision on a small scale throughout the 20th century. See below for why reading ''{{Playboy}}'' for the article made sense, once upon a time.

Compare JustHereForGodzilla, WatchItForTheMeme, ComeForTheXStayForTheY, OrSoIHeard.

** Rachel Leigh Cook is the sole reason why this troper watched Antitrust, Scorched, and Josie and the Pussycats.

* The articles in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayfair_%28magazine%29 Mayfair Magazine]] (still the leading men's rag in the UK) are commonly of topics suited to TheHistoryChannel ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_Channel]]) or [[DiscoveryChannel Discovery]], such as articles on the common myths surrounding Drake's defeat of the Spanish Armada or the tactics and techniques of contemporary era snipers, or the design of new-line Rolls Royce engines. [[ThisTroper Some of us]] would get the mag for the women, and [[ComeForTheXStayForTheY stay to read the articles]].

* [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids For a surprising number of people,]] the ''HarryPotter'' novels seem to require some rationalization for reading (let alone ''enjoying'') them.
** Perhaps not too surprising given the fact it was originally marketed at children before sheer popularity and acclaim made the adult readership more 'acceptable'. Now its considered one of those so-called 'crossover' series.
*** In many stores, the whole series is still sold as children literature.
*** Bullcrap, in the library 5-7 is separate from 1-4. It makes it ''hell'' for asocial first-time volunteers to have ''many'' random people come up on their first day and ask where they are and often get accusing looks like it's ''our'' fault the main staff chose to order it that way.

** Considering the show's cast range from the lovable to the loathsome, that's perfectly believable.

** Considering the treatment that show gets from fans of the former maybe they do.

** Several people have subscriptions so they can appreciate the quality of the photography. [[OrSoIHeard They have some real talents taking those pictures]].
** According to an [[UrbanLegend apocryphal story]] from the late [[TheSixties 1960s]], at least one would-be upwardly mobile African man read {{Playboy}} because he liked the advertisements for [[BrandNamesAreBetter high-end products]].
** Any fan of TheBeatles or music historian in general would tell you that an interview with John Lennon published after his death is one of the most introspective sources of information on Lennon and the The Beatles.

** [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow Is that what they call them now?]]
*** To be fair, the wings are actually pretty good, and the chain is confident enough in its food to also offer it to-go. Try the fried pickles, you'll become an addict.
* A sign that middle age is just around the corner: you pick up an erotic magazine and find yourself reading the articles. Whimper. [[hottip:*: Unless, of course, you're reading recent ''Playboy''s, where the erotic content is so soft you'll probably get more titillation flipping through the interview section...]]

** Or if you're from /a/ so you can rage about it.

* DO you read ''{{Empowered}}'' for the [[IncrediblyLamePun titular]] [[MsFanservice heroine]]'s [[BoundAndGagged unfortunate accidents]]? Of course not! You read it for the {{Deconstruction}} of the misogyny of the comic book medium and the clever and subversive characterization of FanService.

* {{Eroge}} aside BraveSoul is still basically a perfectly ordinary RPG with a romance plot. Except, you get to do the girl on screen.

** In an older episode, Bart asks Sherry Bobbins what she'd do if she caught him reading a ''Playdude''. Her answer? Make him read ALL the articles, including Norman Mailer's "latest claptrap about his waning libido".

* ''{{Fansadox}}'' has it so bad because of all the {{gorn}} and sadism, that nobody even uses even ''this'' excuse. Before the article on it was ever made, it only had one search result on the whole site. No wonder only [=IPs=] edit it.

** ''{{Playboy}}'' used to be downright draconic about what they would accept. Stephen King, in the foreword to one of his short story collections, recounts a time when he brushed off a friend ragging on him for the high cut his agent took from a the pay from a story: "He damn well earned it. He got me in ''{{Playboy}}''."

* A sign that middle age is just around the corner: you pick up an erotic magazine and find yourself reading the articles. Whimper.

** Proof of the first point can be seen in the massive number which become anime. Case in point: {{Kanon}}, which actually has a non-PlotWithPorn version of the game, and an anime as well.