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5[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
6->''You didn't notice me? This handsome... Me! Me! Me!''
7-->-- '''Tiger's Eye''', ''Anime/SailorMoon'', Episode 136
8[[/folder]]
9
10[[folder:Comic Books]]
11->''I won't be ignored anymore. I won't be contained. You'll learn. All of you. You'll learn [[VoluntaryShapeshifting how special I am]]. And you'll be sorry...''
12-->--'''Basil Karlo - AKA: Clayface''' ''[[ComicBook/New52 Batman: The Dark Knight #24]] - [[VillainEpisode Captive Audience]]''
13
14->''In the future, perhaps [[Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} you]] could choose a less destructive manner to beg for attention from your classmates?''
15-->-- '''Principal Pickelmeyer''', ''ComicBook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInThe8thGrade''
16[[/folder]]
17
18[[folder:Fan Works]]
19->''"What can I say? I'm a born show-off."''
20-->--'''Asuka''', ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime''
21
22->"Anchin-sama, [[{{Infodump}} stop monologuing]] and pay attention to me!"
23-->-- '''Kiyohime''', ''Webcomic/FateGamersOnly''
24
25->First of all, when [Asuka] arrived at school, Shinji in tow, she discovered that she was no longer the center of attention, and this inflamed her sensibilities deeply.
26-->--'''Asuka''', ''Fanfic/LastChildOfKrypton'', ''chapter 8''
27
28->''Regardless of your opinion on Asuka, one thing that I think really cannot be debated is that she's, well, an attention whore. And quite frankly, I can't see any other reason why she'd throw on a cape and start doing random heroic acts as this point. Especially considering that she feels, not without justification, that she's already busting her ass to save the world.''
29-->-- '''WordOfGod''', ''Fanfic/SOE2LoneHeirOfKrypton'', ''chapter 2''
30[[/folder]]
31
32[[folder:Film -- Animated]]
33->I'm [[spoiler:Turbo]], the ''greatest'' racer ''ever!'' And I did NOT [[spoiler:[[PoweredByAForsakenChild reprogram this world]]]] to let YOU, and that halitosis-riddled WARTHOG, ''[[VillainousBreakdown TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME!]]''
34-->--'''King Candy [[spoiler:aka Turbo]]''', ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph''
35[[/folder]]
36
37[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
38->''"If people I don't even know look at me and wanna fuck me, it means... I really have a shot at being a model. Which is great. Because there's... nothing worse in life than being ordinary."''
39-->--'''Angela Hayes''', ''Film/AmericanBeauty''
40
41->''Batman...Batman...Can somebody tell me what kind of a world we live in, where a man dressed up as a '''bat''' gets all of my press? [[PsychopathicManchild This town needs an enema!]]''
42-->--'''ComicBook/TheJoker''', ''Film/Batman1989''
43
44->'''James Norrington''': You are without doubt the worst pirate I've ever heard of.\
45'''Jack Sparrow''': But you have heard of me.
46-->--'''Characters/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanCaptainJackSparrow''', ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl''
47
48->''My friends? What world are you living in? [[NietzscheWannabe I don't need friends.]] I need '''fans.'''''
49-->-- '''[[spoiler:Jill Roberts]]''', ''{{Film/Scream 4}}''
50[[/folder]]
51
52[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
53->'''Gina Linetti''': I take my job very seriously. That's why I'm here right now helping you, and I'm the only one doing it. Or I was, until you insulted me. Now watch me walk away.\
54''[Gina walks out of the room while Terry looks away, guilty]''\
55'''Gina''': ''[Bangs on the window]'' I said watch me!
56-->--''Series/BrooklynNineNine''
57
58->''UsefulNotes/NorthKorea is willing to go to any lengths for the whole world to honor its demands of 'Ooh, please pay attention to us.'''
59-->--'''Creator/StephenColbert''', ''Series/TheColbertReport''
60
61->'''Liz Lemon''': You're so insecure, you get jealous of babies for their soft skin!\
62'''Jenna Maroney''': ''And'' how much attention they get.
63-->--''Series/ThirtyRock''
64
65->''I'm being ''extremely'' clever up here and there's no one to stand around looking impressed! What's the point in having you all?!''
66-->-- '''The Eleventh Doctor''', ''Series/DoctorWho''
67[[/folder]]
68
69[[folder:Music]]
70->''I wanna be in the headlines\
71Anything to be in the headlines\
72As long as they spell my name right\
73I hope that they catch my best side''
74-->-- '''Music/AliceCooper''', "Headlines"
75
76->''I don't care what you think as long as it's about me''
77-->--'''Music/FallOutBoy''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhMGKSRIwGM I Don't Care]]''
78
79->''We're shameless, we will do anything\
80To get our fifteen minutes of fame\
81We have no integrity, we're ready to crawl\
82To attain celebrity, we'll do anything at all''
83-->-- '''Music/PetShopBoys''', "Shameless"
84
85->''You asked me what I wanted to be\
86And now I think the answer is plain to see!\
87I want to be famous!''
88-->-- "Wanna Be Famous", by '''Music/VoodooHighway'''
89
90->''When I was young I wanted attention\
91And I promised myself that I'd do anything\
92Anything at all for them to notice me...''
93-->-- "When I Grow Up", by '''Music/ThePussycatDolls'''
94[[/folder]]
95
96[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
97->You are the star, and if you're not, you will upstage him. Unlife is a competition for finite glamour, and no-one remembers the loser.
98-->--'''The Degenerate,''' ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade - Clanbook: Giovanni (Revised)''
99[[/folder]]
100
101[[folder:Video Games]]
102->''Look at me!''
103-->--'''The Scout''', ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''
104
105->'''Sarah "Suki" Stevens:''' Pay attention to meeeeeeee!
106->'''PlayerCharacter:''' I AM paying attention to you…
107->'''Sarah:''' No you're noooooot! Not really, not enough… I need MORE attention! 'Cause, 'cause, 'cause, umm, I'm cute and nice and cool and awesome and, and, annnnd… and Suki!
108-->--''VideoGame/HuniePop2''
109
110->''After being overwhelmed by the demise of her pet rock, Diva discovered herself to be gifted with a knack for aesthetic sadness. [[SelfHarm She often resorts to cutting herself]] as a pain outlet, but even more as an attention inlet.''
111-->-- ''VideoGame/FallingFred'', the description for Emotica Diva
112
113->'''Dark Exotic Woman:''' Welcome to the Temple of Beauty. And am I not beautiful, o'man? Look at my hair, black as a moonless night. Look into my eyes, deep pools of desire. Look at my complexion... pale white and glistening...\
114'''Steve:''' You're incredibly beautiful.\
115'''Dark Exotic Woman:''' And what else?\
116'''Steve:''' Your lips are like cherries.\
117'''Dark Exotic Woman:''' And what else?\
118'''Steve:''' Your hair is like silk.\
119'''Dark Exotic Woman:''' And what else?
120-->--''VideoGame/{{Harvester}}''
121
122->''"Are you alright being center of attention like this? You don't seem the type to enter a tournament."''
123-->--'''Chris''' to '''Goenitz''', ''Videogame/TheKingOfFightersXV'', lampshading the trope
124[[/folder]]
125
126[[folder:Web Animation]]
127->''"Something I previously didn't mention about [[Theatre/MedievalTimesDinnerAndTournament this show]] is that whenever a knight wins one of the games he's competing in, he gets to take a bunch of flowers back to his section, and throw them at all the lovely maidens! And, you know, it's... kinda fun to get one. […] So, you know, maybe I wanted one! ...Very badly! And I was sitting in the front row, too, so, little hard to ignore all ''this'' happening just a few feet in front of ya'? But the first time our knight rode by with flowers, he just completely ignored me. He wouldn't even look at me! Eh, okay, n-no big deal. He'll see me next time. Second time he came back with flowers, I stood, and waved, and screamed! Yet, he ''still'' would not even look at me. Excuse me! Man pretending to be knight! Maiden in need of flower, right in front of you! By the third time this guy returned with flowers and ''completely'' ignored me, ya' lady was getting rather peeved! So, as he was riding by, I stood up and ''screamed''... [='=]'''YOU SUCK!'''[='=] ''(audience gasps)'' Well, can you blame me? I was vexed! I mean, really, the ''audacity''."''
128-->-- '''WebAnimation/LetMeExplainStudios''', "[[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y3TWVQJ9oes My Grievances with Medieval Times (the dinner show)]]"
129
130->'''Ink''': [[spoiler:[[ApocalypseHow/ClassX5 Erasing the Multiverse]]]] didn't do it for you??
131->'''Error''': SHUT UP!!! It's pointless if nobody's paying attention!! You stole the spotlight! [[BigBadWannabe Nobody's talking about me]]!!
132-->-- ''WebAnimation/{{Underverse}}''
133[[/folder]]
134
135[[folder:Webcomics]]
136-> I'M DOING [=S8METHING=] ''[=F8CKING=] IMPORTANT!'' AND WHEN I DO [=SOMETH8NG=] ''FUCKING [=IMPORT8NT=]'', [=EVERY88DY=] [=8ETTER=] [=D8MN=] WELL ''PAY [=ATT8NTION=] TO ME!!!!!!!!''
137-->-- '''Vriska Serket''', ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''
138[[/folder]]
139
140[[folder:Web Original]]
141->Someone who craves the spotlight. Usually this person has no talent to begin with. which makes it all the more horrid.
142-->--'''Website/UrbanDictionary'''
143
144->''If you go to public lectures, you know there’s always that one person who asks a question at the end. Only it’s not a question: it’s a rambling, meandering monologue. Eventually it hits five minutes and they have seemingly asked just about [[TheBore everything under the sun about pretty much nothing at all]]. The only reason they’ve sat down is they’ve run out of breath. If they had a pull-string on them, you could give it a tug and they’d [[TheThingThatWouldNotLeave spew shit for another five minutes]]. Now you get to enjoy that uncomfortable pause as the rest of the audience and the speakers try desperately hard to work out and salvage something from that pointless intervention. Bottle that train-wreck aesthetic and put it online and you’ve got Schneider’s literary interview series.''
145-->--'''[[https://tommorris.org/posts/2648 Tom Morris]]''' on Creator/DanSchneider, "Sanger meets Schneider; [[INeedAFreakingDrink I hit the bottle]]"
146
147->''We could include the emoticon bukkake that is Tila Tequila's {{Website/Twitter}} feed every single year. Creator/BretEastonEllis could write 900 pages about it.''
148-->--'''[[https://www.gq.com/gallery/25-least-influential-people-alive Drew Magary]]''', "The 25 Least I fluential People of 2011"
149
150->''Creator/AngelinaJolie may be taking great pains to avoid having to see or speak to her father Jon Voight, but that does little to deter him from trying, using the somewhat unorthodox, bad-grandpa technique of sending messages of love to his daughter, son-in-law, and their pancultural grandchildren through [[StageMom the nearest available red carpet lens.]]''
151-->--'''[[http://gawker.com/197377/jon-voight-sends-his-love-to-grandchildren-matrix-uhuru-and-shylock-poubelle Jezebel]]'''
152
153->''In a world where many celebrities have to hide from the paparazzi and fans, it's refreshing to see one that posts his whereabouts on the Internet and begs for company. When Herb Jefferson Jr., "Boomer" from the original ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|1978}}'', comes home from a long day at the autograph booth with 17 dollars, he reads Carlos Mencia's Website/{{Twitter}} and says, 'Man, that's just sad.'''
154-->--'''{{Creator/Seanbaby}}''', [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/a-special-look-at-carlos-mencias-twitter/#ixzz31q3Y2CPA "Carlos Mencia's Twitter: 25 Posts Too Unfunny to be Stolen"]]
155
156->''Is there a division of Animal Control that is able to remove [[WhiteDwarfStarlet reality has-beens who won’t leave]]? I have a [[Series/JonAndKatePlusEight Kate Gosselin]] problem. No matter how often she’s kicked out, Kate keeps coming back with her pups and trying to nest, and it’s becoming a real pain in the ass. I tried searching the Animal Control website, but all I could find was a number for possum extermination (which might work).''
157-->--'''[[http://dlisted.com/2014/01/28/kate-gosselin-doesnt-talk-to-her-family-because-theyre-not-famous-enough/ Michael K.]]''', "Kate Gosselin Doesn’t Talk To Her Family Because They’re Not Famous Enough"
158
159->''‘Scuse me a moment as I whore myself out to Blog/EquestriaDaily. This’ll get us featured for sure!''
160-->-- '''Fanfic Masochism''' [[http://www.fimfiction.net/blog/478043/critique-review-with-guest-reviewer-iowaforever-my-little-avengers on]] ''FanFic/MyLittleAvengers''[[note]][[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/10/story-my-little-avengers.html Well, it worked, didn't it?]][[/note]]
161
162->''The dumbest and worst among you are probably saying, "Those two made money by doing nothing -- they just knew how to game the system!" They didn't. Heidi and Spencer are DNA swabs that somehow grew to adulthood and escaped the crime lab. Their book makes it clear that all they did was anything and everything to get attention with no foresight or regard to their dignity. Spencer Pratt would put his cock in his own father if he thought it would get his proctologist to ask him to move. And it's strange that I bring up fathers and asses, because Heidi Montag's penis was actually formed from her father's ass tissue. It was an unorthodox procedure, but when the Argentine plastic surgeon with a bag of her father's ass and a gun to his head asked her if she was sure, she replied, "Yay, someone's looking at me!"''
163-->--'''{{Website/Cracked}}''', [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-6-most-spectacular-low-points-modern-pop-culture/ The 6 Most Spectacular Low Points of Modern Pop Culture]]
164[[/folder]]
165
166[[folder:Web Video]]
167->''Time out for thee, and time out for thee. Focus on issues, or focus on me.''
168-->--'''Princey''', ''WebVideo/SandersSides''
169
170->'''Twilight Sparkle:''' Why do you want on this [[Blog/EquestriaDaily website]] again?\
171'''Rainbow Dash:''' [[SuddenlyShouting I NEED TO BE LOVED]].
172-->--''[[WebVideo/MyLittlePonyTheMentallyAdvancedSeries Rainbow Dash Presents]]'', "[[Fanfic/RainbowFactory Captain Hook the Biker Gorilla]]"
173[[/folder]]
174[[folder:Western Animation]]
175->''I can't stand this any longer. Somebody please pay attention to me! ''Hello'', pay attention to me! Look at me! I'm Bart, I'm Bart! Look at me, look at me, look at me! ''(waggles tongue)''''
176--> -- '''Bart Simpson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E14LisaVsMalibuStacy Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy]]"
177
178->''I want to be famous.... I want my name spoken with awe. I want people to throw themselves at my feet!''
179-->--'''Pizzazz''', ''{{WesternAnimation/Jem}}'', "Starbright, Pt. 1: Falling Star
180
181->''I NEED ATTENTION'' '''''TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY!!!'''''''
182-->--'''Jake Spidermonkey''', ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey'', "Disregarding Henry"
183
184->''PAY ATTENTION TO ME''
185-->--'''[[AIIsACrapshoot S.H.A.R.I.]]''', ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'', "[[Recap/WhatsNewScoobyDooS2E3HighTechHouseOfHorrors High-Tech House of Horrors]]"
186
187->'''Duncan:''' Dudes, this is messed. You're singing in a plane.\
188'''Harold:''' What did you expect? / [[BadBoss Chris]] is freaking insane!\
189'''Gwen:''' Yeah, but guys, you're singing on TV!\
190'''Courtney:''' Haven't you always wanted to? / It ''can't'' just be me!
191-->-- ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Total Drama World Tour]]'', "[[Recap/TotalDramaWalkLikeAnEgyptianPartOne Walk Like an Egyptian - Part 1]]"
192
193->'''Mama Miao (to Sheegwa):''' You're a princess now.\
194'''Sagwa (playing with flowers):''' Hey everybody look at me!!\
195'''Baba Miao (to Sheegwa):'''...and as a princess, you have a reputation to uphold. You have to be calm, graceful, and above all, wise.\
196'''Sheegwa:''' Really? Do you think they'll bring me tasty fish dishes?\
197'''Sagwa (ignoring them all):''' Look at my hat!!
198-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SagwaTheChineseSiameseCat'', "Princess Sheegwa"
199
200->''I will never get the credit that I deserve for the attention-grabbing things that I do.''
201-->-- '''Master Shake''', ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce''
202
203->''Their dream is to claw their way back to fame no matter what it takes! Cheating! Shameless self promotion! Sabotage! I LOVE THOSE KIDS!''
204-->-- '''Chris [=McLean=]''', ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Total Drama Action]]'', "[[Recap/TotalDramaCelebrityManhuntsTDAReunionShow Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Action Reunion Special]]"
205
206->''"Ew! Get off my stage, you're totally like, doing that thing where no one looks at ''me'' anymore!"''
207-->--'''Tina [=DeVeer=]''', ''WesternAnimation/GetAce''
208
209->''"I demand to be acknowledged!"''
210-->--'''Voltar''', ''WesternAnimation/LeagueOfSuperEvil''
211
212->''"Look at me! I am the smartest, most useful engine on the line!"''
213-->-- '''James''', ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'', "No Joke for James"
214
215->''"Notice meeeee..."''
216-->-- '''Craig''', ''WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek'', "The Kid from 3030"
217[[/folder]]
218
219[[folder:Real Life]]
220->''They're vile little creatures who would step on their mother's head to have a hit.''
221-->-- [[EvenEvilHasStandards The famously frugal and forgiving]] '''Simon Cowell''' on Music/{{Jedward}}.
222
223->''You know, I bitch all the time about [[Wrestling/TripleH Hunter]], but trust me, that guy has NOTHING on [[Wrestling/HulkHogan Hogan]], who manipulated [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince]] to such a degree that he basically buried two top stars in [[Wrestling/BretHart Hart]] and {{Wrestling/Yokozuna}} just to appease his ego by putting the strap on him once again.\
224At ''Wrestling/WrestleMania.''\
225In a match he wasn’t even in!''
226-->--''Website/{{WrestleCrap}}'', [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/classic-induction-wrestlemania-9-it-just-doesnt-get-much-crappier-than-this/ "WrestleMania 9 – It Just Doesn’t Get Much Crappier Than This!"]]
227
228->''At time of writing, Creator/ShiaLaBeouf is pretending to be crazy, as opposed to just being a tedious bell-end, because he thinks rebranding himself as a pretentious performance artist will make people forget that he's an artless plagiarist with nothing to say, who got famous in those shitty giant robot movies where shapes hit other shapes. Not only is he wrong, but it was painfully apparent what he was doing from the second he sent the first carefully-worded tweet.''
229-->--'''Creator/StuartMillard''', ''Smoke and Mirrors & Steven Seagal''
230
231->''Like/share if you agree!''
232-->--Message boards everywhere
233
234->''My father always wanted to be the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every wedding, and the baby at every christening.''
235-->-- '''Alice Roosevelt Longworth''' about UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt
236[[/folder]]

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