History Main / ItAmusedMe

* In ''Manga/TwinStarExorcists'', this is the explanation Kamui gives for most, if not all, of his actions. He states outright that his "hobby" is leaving [[SadisticChoice mostly sadistic]] choices to humans, although it can be anything from "Do you want to die with your head crushed or your body squashed?" to "Do you want me to give you power or die?", immediately followed by [[{{Catchphrase}} "I'll wait while I count down to ten."]] . The reason he even considers the former is because he likes [[BloodKnight fighting strong opponents]].

* The reason HK-47 in the VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic series [[CallAHumanAMeatbag calls organics "meatbags"]] is because after [[spoiler: Revan]] saw it annoyed [[spoiler:Malak]], HK-47 was reprogrammed to call ALL organics meatbags.

* In Harold Pinter's "The Collection" the play's main conflict culminates in this exchange:
-->'''James:''' Isn’t it strange that you confirmed the whole of her story?
-->'''Bill:''' It amused me to do so.
-->'''James:''' Oh?
-->'''Bill:''' Yes. You amused me. You wanted me to confirm it. It amused me to do so.

* The King of Super villains, The Dark is sometimes prone to this in ''Literature/{{Brennus}}''. His daughter Gloom Glimmer claims the reason the old system for classifying superpowers was so confusing, was because he used his powers to sneak into the meeting of scientists creating it and telepathically screw with their heads. The reason? [[{{Troll}} He was bored]]. Later in the story, when [[TheDragon Wyrm]] questions [[spoiler: why he didn't cut ties with [[TheDarkChick Mindstar]] after discovering someone had altered her and [[TheHero Basil's]] [[FakeMemories memories of their lives]] before living in New Lennston]] he responds with: "And ruin the suspense? This is the most interesting thing to happen in years!" Cue FacePalm from Wyrm.

* In ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'', [[spoiler:[[BigBad Z]] reveals to the Heroes during their confrontation with him at the end of the game that he set up the ForeverWar between Keves and Agnus simply for his own entertainment.]]

* Season 4 Megabyte in ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'', though he doesn't get enough screen time to change sides. He even says the trope name when asked about [[spoiler:why he would disguise himself as Bob and marry Dot]].

* Heartseed in ''LightNovel/KokoroConnect'' constantly explains that the reason he continually screws with the protagonists' mental and physical states (i.e. switching bodies, releasing their innermost desires, reversing their ages, and allowing them to hear each other's thoughts) is for no greater reason than it entertains him to watch them constantly struggle. [[spoiler:The light novel explains that he is actually doing it to prepare them for facing Second, who is legitimately messing with them out of malicious intent, but the anime adaption never got that far, due in large part to the extremely cruel "prank" several of the Japanese crew and cast members pulled on an auditioning voice actor.]]

* Pretty much everything Kanade Suzutsuki does in ''LightNovel/MayoChiki'' is simply because it amuses her at the time.

-->'''Kathryn:''' "You were very much in love with her. And you're still in love with her. But it amused me to make you ashamed of it. You gave up on the first person you ever loved because I threatened your reputation. Don't you get it? You're just a toy, Sebastian. A little toy I like to play with. And now you've completely blown it with her. I think it's the saddest thing I've ever heard."

** Lucifer [[spoiler:had Beelzebub join the fight for the Throne Of Bel]] for this reason. He's also willing to fight you as a BonusBoss because he's basically bored.

* [[spoiler:Ronnie Schiatto]] of ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' cites this as the motivation for most of his actions. Very old and very powerful {{Eldritch Abomination}}s tend to also get very ''bored''.

* Why Izaya does ''anything'' in ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}''. For instance, he onced framed Shizuo for a NoodleIncident because it was funny.

* The reason Haruhi does anything in ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya''. And considering her [[RealityWarper god-like powers]], one shudders to consider what she would do if aware of them.

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': When Akira asks his VirtualSidekick Alpha why some of the MechanicalMonster and WeaponizedAnimal designs he fights seem so odd or hobbled, Alpha explains that the ArtificialIntelligence installed by the {{Precursors}} to run the factories making these droids, after hundreds of years, simply got bored and designed their monsters as such for kicks.

* '''''Xellos''''', from ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}''. After about fifteen episodes' worth of hunting for the Claire Bible, it turns out that he knew where it was all along. He just didn't tell Lina and the others because he found it more entertaining to watch their antics as they went on multiple wild goose chases for the better part of a season. He also is prone to "forgetting" to state key pieces of information to watch the results.
* In ''LightNovel/SoImASpiderSoWhat'' this is the sole motivation of Evil God D. She even outright admits to Kumoko that she's observing her solely for the entertainment of watching a weak spider struggle to survive.

* In ''LightNovel/TheTestamentOfSisterNewDevil'', Yahiro Takigawa, a boy at Mio and Basara's school, mentions befriending the latter because he found it amusing how he instantly became hated by all the guys at school due to being fought over by Mio and Yuki, another girl in his class that seems to be a childhood friend and like Mio, is considered an untouchable idol by the boys. When Basara asks if that wouldn't be a problem for him as well being associated with him, Yahiro casually mentions throwing him under the bus if it ever came down to it.

* ''Literature/TheBible'': Proverbs 16, verse 27-29 reads, "Idle hands are the devil's workshop; idle lips are his mouthpiece. An evil man sows strife; gossip separates the best of friends. Wickedness loves company—and leads others into sin." In other words, an unoccupied or bored individual will get up to all kinds of mischief and sin to alleviate their boredom. Best to stay busy, then.

* In Creator/GeorgetteHeyer's ''Arabella'', when the heroine proposes to the hero so she can ask him for £700 once the ring is on her finger, he knows exactly what she is doing and why, and has actually already paid out the £700 to rescue her brother. Nevertheless he goes along with her request for an elopement because it amuses him. He also made her the toast of London by pretending she was fabulously wealthy for the same reason. In fact the reason she doesn't agree to marry him earlier is because everyone has warned her that he has pretended to like girls and then dumped them for fun.

** In one strip, Calvin asks Moe why he bullies him all the time. Moe's answer is "Because it's fun." Calvin, lying in the dirt, remarks, "Oh, he's a ''sportsman.''"

* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': In one strip, Calvin asks Moe why he bullies him all the time. Moe's answer is "Because it's fun." Calvin, lying in the dirt, remarks, "Oh, he's a ''sportsman.''"

* ''WebAnimation/AbilityNoX'': Rindo has the ability to see other's abilities from a glance. He found out about [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us3oI7Zfxt0 Yuria]]'s ability to [[spoiler: kill people by writing by cursing their pictures]], he keeps sending her threatening letters to expose her, causing her to be paranoid and start killing anyone that she suspects and ruining her life in the process. All because he was bored.

* ''WebAnimation/AbilityNoX'': Rindo has the ability to see other's abilities from a glance. He found out about [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us3oI7Zfxt0 Yuria]]'s ability to [[spoiler: kill people by writing DIE repeatedly on their pictures]], he keeps sending her threatening letters to expose her, causing her to be paranoid and start killing anyone that she suspects and ruining her life in the process. All because he was bored.