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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'', all Manolo wants is to live his life as a musician.
* Scrat from the ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' movies wants nothing more than to enjoy his acorn in peace.
* Scrat from the ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' movies wants nothing more than to enjoy his acorn in peace.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'', all ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'': All Manolo wants is to live his life as a musician.
* ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'': Scratfrom the ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' movies wants nothing more than to enjoy his acorn in peace.
* ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'': Scrat
* In ''Carry On Admiral'' (1957) (no relation to the ''Film/CarryOn'' films), all the nameless man wants is his clothes back.
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* In ''Carry On Admiral'' (1957) (no relation to the ''Film/CarryOn'' films), all the nameless man wants is his clothes back.
* ''Literature/TheBible'': In Proverbs 30:8-9, a Believer wants neither poverty nor riches, but only their daily bread (ie, 3 square meals a day), on the grounds that a rich man might become arrogant in that wealth, and a poor man might become a thief, but a man whose needs are fulfilled by God knows who puts the food on the table.
* ''Literature/CiaphasCain'': In "Death or Glory", Cain spends the book hoping to get a mug of "tanna" (which nobody outside the ice world of Valhalla has heard of, let alone has) -- and wanting to survive, but that's his usual raison d'etre. As luck would have it, after leading a massive army of survivors to safety and ending the Ork infestation by flanking them and killing their chief in single combat the first unit he meets up with is a Valhallan regiment...
* ''Literature/CiaphasCain'': In "Death or Glory", Cain spends the book hoping to get a mug of "tanna" (which nobody outside the ice world of Valhalla has heard of, let alone has) -- and wanting to survive, but that's his usual raison d'etre. As luck would have it, after leading a massive army of survivors to safety and ending the Ork infestation by flanking them and killing their chief in single combat the first unit he meets up with is a Valhallan regiment...
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* Poldarn from ''Literature/TheScavengerTrilogy'' wants to stay dry and not have people try to kill him. He doesn't generally achieve even this goal.
* In ''Literature/LesMiserables'', Little Cosette thinks that there would be nothing better in the world than to have a doll of her very own. [[spoiler: Of course, Jean Valjean brings her the doll she's wanted -- she at once clasps it and names it "Catherine."]]
* The Bear's only goal in ''Literature/IWantMyHatBack'' is to get his hat back. [[spoiler:Murdering the thief who stole it is secondary and only happened after he realises it was stolen, not lost]].
* All that the hobbits really want in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' is to continue living in peace in [[{{Arcadia}} the Shire]]. Unfortunately, the local [[BigBad Dark Lord]] has other plans. It is also the main reason why Frodo and Sam were able to resist [[ArtifactOfDoom The One Ring]]'s influence for so long, as it had very little to actually tempt them with.
* In the ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' story "Death or Glory", Cain spends the book hoping to get a mug of "tanna" (which nobody outside the ice world of Valhalla has heard of, let alone has) -- and wanting to survive, but that's his usual raison d'etre. As luck would have it, after leading a massive army of survivors to safety and ending the Ork infestation by flanking them and killing their chief in single combat the first unit he meets up with is a Valhallan regiment...
* In ''Literature/LesMiserables'', Little Cosette thinks that there would be nothing better in the world than to have a doll of her very own. [[spoiler: Of course, Jean Valjean brings her the doll she's wanted -- she at once clasps it and names it "Catherine."]]
* The Bear's only goal in ''Literature/IWantMyHatBack'' is to get his hat back. [[spoiler:Murdering the thief who stole it is secondary and only happened after he realises it was stolen, not lost]].
* All that the hobbits really want in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' is to continue living in peace in [[{{Arcadia}} the Shire]]. Unfortunately, the local [[BigBad Dark Lord]] has other plans. It is also the main reason why Frodo and Sam were able to resist [[ArtifactOfDoom The One Ring]]'s influence for so long, as it had very little to actually tempt them with.
* In the ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' story "Death or Glory", Cain spends the book hoping to get a mug of "tanna" (which nobody outside the ice world of Valhalla has heard of, let alone has) -- and wanting to survive, but that's his usual raison d'etre. As luck would have it, after leading a massive army of survivors to safety and ending the Ork infestation by flanking them and killing their chief in single combat the first unit he meets up with is a Valhallan regiment...
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* Poldarn from ''Literature/TheScavengerTrilogy'' wants ''Literature/TheElderEmpire'': Shera is unquestionably one of the greatest assassins to stay dry ever live, capable of following someone in an empty room without them noticing, and not have people has made an absurd amount of money for her guild. The [[EldritchAbomination Great Elders]] are actually scared of her, and act openly to try to kill him. He doesn't generally achieve even this goal.
* In ''Literature/LesMiserables'', Little Cosette thinksher on several occasions--something that there would be nothing better in the world than to have a doll of her very own. [[spoiler: Of course, Jean Valjean brings her the doll she's wanted -- she at once clasps it and names it "Catherine."]]
* The Bear'sthey normally only goal in ''Literature/IWantMyHatBack'' is to get his hat back. [[spoiler:Murdering ever did with the thief who stole it is secondary two-thousand year-old GodEmperor. What does she want? To take a nap. She does her jobs with such terrifying skill and only happened after he realises it was stolen, not lost]].
* All that the hobbits really want in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' is to continue living in peace in [[{{Arcadia}} the Shire]]. Unfortunately, the local [[BigBad Dark Lord]] has other plans. It is also the main reason why Frodo and Sam were able to resist [[ArtifactOfDoom The One Ring]]'s influence for so long, as it had very little to actually tempt them with.
* In the ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' story "Death or Glory", Cain spends the book hoping to get a mug of "tanna" (which nobody outside the ice world of Valhalla has heard of, let alone has) -- and wanting to survive, but that's his usual raison d'etre. As luck would have it, after leading a massive army of survivors to safety and ending the Ork infestation by flanking them and killing their chief in single combatefficiency mostly because if she gets everything right on the first unit he meets up with is a Valhallan regiment...try, her bosses will let her go to sleep.
* In ''Literature/LesMiserables'', Little Cosette thinks
* The Bear's
* All that the hobbits really want in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' is to continue living in peace in [[{{Arcadia}} the Shire]]. Unfortunately, the local [[BigBad Dark Lord]] has other plans. It is also the main reason why Frodo and Sam were able to resist [[ArtifactOfDoom The One Ring]]'s influence for so long, as it had very little to actually tempt them with.
* In the ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' story "Death or Glory", Cain spends the book hoping to get a mug of "tanna" (which nobody outside the ice world of Valhalla has heard of, let alone has) -- and wanting to survive, but that's his usual raison d'etre. As luck would have it, after leading a massive army of survivors to safety and ending the Ork infestation by flanking them and killing their chief in single combat
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* ''Literature/{{Edgedancer}}'' (side story of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''): Lift just wants to sample all of Yeddaw's famous ten types of pancakes. Of course, [[CloudCuckoolander being Lift]], while she's there she decides to check in on Nale, the horrifyingly dangerous man who has been trying to kill her for months--so that she can steal his dinner. At the very end of the novel, when Lift discovers that Yeddaw actually only has ''nine'' types of pancakes (the tenth is metaphorically left out for their god), she threatens to call Nale back [[FelonyMisdemeanor under the assumption that he'll kill them all for false advertising]].
* AsTheGoodBookSays in Proverbs 30:8-9, a Believer wants neither poverty nor riches, but only their daily bread (ie, 3 square meals a day), on the grounds that a rich man might become arrogant in that wealth, and a poor man might become a thief, but a man whose needs are fulfilled by God knows who puts the food on the table.
* ''Literature/RedDwarf:'' All Lister would really like to do, besides slobbing about, is end up happily married to Kristine Kochanski with two kids (called Jim and Bexley). While stuck in Better Than Life, which traps people with their deepest desires, Rimmer sees this, and is baffled by the idea that this is all Lister wants out of life, compared to Rimmer's own insanely self-indulgent fantasy.
* ''Literature/OrlandoABiography'': Bonthrop's main desire in life is to sail around Cape Horn, again and again and again. [[spoiler: He often shipwrecks and survives -- he's another one of those people who lives for centuries.]]
* AsTheGoodBookSays in Proverbs 30:8-9, a Believer wants neither poverty nor riches, but only their daily bread (ie, 3 square meals a day), on the grounds that a rich man might become arrogant in that wealth, and a poor man might become a thief, but a man whose needs are fulfilled by God knows who puts the food on the table.
* ''Literature/RedDwarf:'' All Lister would really like to do, besides slobbing about, is end up happily married to Kristine Kochanski with two kids (called Jim and Bexley). While stuck in Better Than Life, which traps people with their deepest desires, Rimmer sees this, and is baffled by the idea that this is all Lister wants out of life, compared to Rimmer's own insanely self-indulgent fantasy.
* ''Literature/OrlandoABiography'': Bonthrop's main desire in life is to sail around Cape Horn, again and again and again. [[spoiler: He often shipwrecks and survives -- he's another one of those people who lives for centuries.]]
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* ''Literature/{{Edgedancer}}'' (side story of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''): Lift just wants to sample all of Yeddaw's famous ten types of pancakes. Of course, [[CloudCuckoolander being Lift]], while she's there she decides to check in on Nale, the horrifyingly dangerous man who has been trying to kill her for months--so that she can steal his dinner. At the very end of the novel, when Lift discovers that Yeddaw actually ''Literature/IWantMyHatBack'': The Bear's only has ''nine'' types of pancakes (the tenth is metaphorically left out for their god), she threatens to call Nale back [[FelonyMisdemeanor under the assumption that he'll kill them all for false advertising]].
* AsTheGoodBookSays in Proverbs 30:8-9, a Believer wants neither poverty nor riches, but only their daily bread (ie, 3 square meals a day), on the grounds that a rich man might become arrogant in that wealth, and a poor man might become a thief, but a man whose needs are fulfilled by God knows who puts the food on the table.
* ''Literature/RedDwarf:'' All Lister would really like to do, besides slobbing about, is end up happily married to Kristine Kochanski with two kids (called Jim and Bexley). While stuck in Better Than Life, which traps people with their deepest desires, Rimmer sees this, and is baffled by the idea that this is all Lister wants out of life, compared to Rimmer's own insanely self-indulgent fantasy.
* ''Literature/OrlandoABiography'': Bonthrop's main desire in lifegoal is to sail around Cape Horn, again get his hat back. [[spoiler:Murdering the thief who stole it is secondary and again and again. [[spoiler: He often shipwrecks and survives -- he's another one of those people who lives for centuries.]]only happened after he realises it was stolen, not lost]].
* AsTheGoodBookSays in Proverbs 30:8-9, a Believer wants neither poverty nor riches, but only their daily bread (ie, 3 square meals a day), on the grounds that a rich man might become arrogant in that wealth, and a poor man might become a thief, but a man whose needs are fulfilled by God knows who puts the food on the table.
* ''Literature/RedDwarf:'' All Lister would really like to do, besides slobbing about, is end up happily married to Kristine Kochanski with two kids (called Jim and Bexley). While stuck in Better Than Life, which traps people with their deepest desires, Rimmer sees this, and is baffled by the idea that this is all Lister wants out of life, compared to Rimmer's own insanely self-indulgent fantasy.
* ''Literature/OrlandoABiography'': Bonthrop's main desire in life
* All that the hobbits really want in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' is to continue living in peace in [[{{Arcadia}} the Shire]]. Unfortunately, the local [[BigBad Dark Lord]] has other plans. It is also the main reason why Frodo and Sam were able to resist [[ArtifactOfDoom The One Ring]]'s influence for so long, as it had very little to actually tempt them with.
* ''Literature/LesMiserables'': Little Cosette thinks that there would be nothing better in the world than to have a doll of her very own. [[spoiler: Of course, Jean Valjean brings her the doll she's wanted -- she at once clasps it and names it "Catherine."]]
* ''Literature/OrlandoABiography'': Bonthrop's main desire in life is to sail around Cape Horn, again and again and again. [[spoiler: He often shipwrecks and survives -- he's another one of those people who lives for centuries.]]
* ''Literature/RedDwarf:'' All Lister would really like to do, besides slobbing about, is end up happily married to Kristine Kochanski with two kids (called Jim and Bexley). While stuck in Better Than Life, which traps people with their deepest desires, Rimmer sees this, and is baffled by the idea that this is all Lister wants out of life, compared to Rimmer's own insanely self-indulgent fantasy.
* ''Literature/TheScavengerTrilogy'': Poldarn wants to stay dry and not have people try to kill him. He doesn't generally achieve even this goal.
* ''Literature/LesMiserables'': Little Cosette thinks that there would be nothing better in the world than to have a doll of her very own. [[spoiler: Of course, Jean Valjean brings her the doll she's wanted -- she at once clasps it and names it "Catherine."]]
* ''Literature/OrlandoABiography'': Bonthrop's main desire in life is to sail around Cape Horn, again and again and again. [[spoiler: He often shipwrecks and survives -- he's another one of those people who lives for centuries.]]
* ''Literature/RedDwarf:'' All Lister would really like to do, besides slobbing about, is end up happily married to Kristine Kochanski with two kids (called Jim and Bexley). While stuck in Better Than Life, which traps people with their deepest desires, Rimmer sees this, and is baffled by the idea that this is all Lister wants out of life, compared to Rimmer's own insanely self-indulgent fantasy.
* ''Literature/TheScavengerTrilogy'': Poldarn wants to stay dry and not have people try to kill him. He doesn't generally achieve even this goal.
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* ''Literature/TheElderEmpire'': Shera is unquestionably one of the greatest assassins to ever live, capable of following someone in an empty room without them noticing, and has made an absurd amount of money for her guild. The [[EldritchAbomination Great Elders]] are actually scared of her, and act openly to try to kill her on several occasions--something that they normally only ever did with the two-thousand year-old GodEmperor. What does she want? To take a nap. She does her jobs with such terrifying skill and efficiency mostly because if she gets everything right on the first try, her bosses will let her go to sleep.
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* ''Literature/TheElderEmpire'': Shera is unquestionably one ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'': In ''Literature/{{Edgedancer}}'', Lift just wants to sample all of Yeddaw's famous ten types of pancakes. Of course, [[CloudCuckoolander being Lift]], while she's there she decides to check in on Nale, the greatest assassins to ever live, capable of following someone in an empty room without them noticing, and horrifyingly dangerous man who has made an absurd amount of money for her guild. The [[EldritchAbomination Great Elders]] are actually scared of her, and act openly to try been trying to kill her on several occasions--something for months--so that they normally she can steal his dinner. At the very end of the novel, when Lift discovers that Yeddaw actually only ever did with has ''nine'' types of pancakes (the tenth is metaphorically left out for their god), she threatens to call Nale back [[FelonyMisdemeanor under the two-thousand year-old GodEmperor. What does she want? To take a nap. She does her jobs with such terrifying skill and efficiency mostly because if she gets everything right on the first try, her bosses will let her go to sleep.
assumption that he'll kill them all for false advertising]].
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* In ''Series/KungFu1972'', the reason Caine is on the run from the Chinese authorities: Master Po had one ambition: to visit a specific city. It's a small ambition but he still admonishes himself for having it -- as a Shaolin Master, he shouldn't have ''any'' ambitions. Sometime after Caine graduates from Monk School, he encounters his old master in that city -- he finally got his wish. At that moment the emperor's nephew comes by on his palanquin, shoving Master Po off the road and (eventually) killing him. Caine kills the emperor's nephew in a fit of rage and then must flee China.
* In the first season of ''Series/{{Glee}}'', Rachel sees Quinn as the AlphaBitch who feels entitled to steal her LoveInterest. As it turns out, for all her popularity, Quinn has very modest and realistic goals for herself, and doesn't believe that Rachel would be happy with the same life.
* In the first season of ''Series/{{Glee}}'', Rachel sees Quinn as the AlphaBitch who feels entitled to steal her LoveInterest. As it turns out, for all her popularity, Quinn has very modest and realistic goals for herself, and doesn't believe that Rachel would be happy with the same life.
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* In ''Series/KungFu1972'', ''Series/BabylonFive'': The Centauri are a [[PlanetOfHats planet full of]] [[DecadentCourt scheming aristocrats]], all of whom want power and the reason Caine is on majority of whom are after the run from the Chinese authorities: Master Po had one ambition: to visit big chair. Except for [[DefectorFromDecadence Vir Cotto]], who [[spoiler:naturally, [[ReluctantRuler becomes Emperor]].]]:
-->'''Vir:''' All I ever wanted was aspecific city. It's a good ''job''! A small ambition but he still admonishes himself for having it -- as a Shaolin Master, he shouldn't have ''any'' ambitions. Sometime after Caine graduates from Monk School, he encounters his old master in that city -- he finally got his wish. At that moment title, nothing fancy... A wife I could love. Maybe even one who could love someone like me. I never wanted ''[[TheseHandsHaveKilled this]]''
* ''Series/{{Blackadder}} The Third'': Baldrick's life goals revolve entirely around theemperor's nephew comes by on his palanquin, shoving Master Po off acquisition of turnips. If he had a million pounds, he would buy a large turnip in the road country and (eventually) killing him. Caine kills the emperor's nephew in raise a fit family of rage and then must flee China.
little turnips.
* ''Series/{{Glee}}'': In the firstseason of ''Series/{{Glee}}'', season, Rachel sees Quinn as the AlphaBitch who feels entitled to steal her LoveInterest. As it turns out, for all her popularity, Quinn has very modest and realistic goals for herself, and doesn't believe that Rachel would be happy with the same life.
-->'''Vir:''' All I ever wanted was a
* ''Series/{{Blackadder}} The Third'': Baldrick's life goals revolve entirely around the
* ''Series/{{Glee}}'': In the first
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* Baldrick's life goals in ''Series/{{Blackadder}} The Third'' revolve entirely around the acquisition of turnips. If he had a million pounds, he would buy a large turnip in the country and raise a family of little turnips.
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* Baldrick's life goals in ''Series/{{Blackadder}} ''Series/KillingEve'': In the first season finale, Eve finally confronts her [[FoeRomanceSubtext foe]], Villanelle.
-->'''Eve:''' What do you want? Honestly. Don't be a dick.\\
'''Villanelle:''' Normal stuff. [[TheHedonist A nice life]]. [[ManOfWealthAndTaste Cool flat]]. [[ProfessionalKiller Fun job]]... [[VillainousCrush Someone to watch movies with]].
* ''Series/KungFu1972'': TheThird'' revolve entirely around reason Caine is on the acquisition of turnips. If he run from the Chinese authorities: Master Po had one ambition: to visit a million pounds, specific city. It's a small ambition but he would buy still admonishes himself for having it -- as a large turnip Shaolin Master, he shouldn't have ''any'' ambitions. Sometime after Caine graduates from Monk School, he encounters his old master in that city -- he finally got his wish. At that moment the country emperor's nephew comes by on his palanquin, shoving Master Po off the road and raise (eventually) killing him. Caine kills the emperor's nephew in a family fit of little turnips.rage and then must flee China.
-->'''Eve:''' What do you want? Honestly. Don't be a dick.\\
'''Villanelle:''' Normal stuff. [[TheHedonist A nice life]]. [[ManOfWealthAndTaste Cool flat]]. [[ProfessionalKiller Fun job]]... [[VillainousCrush Someone to watch movies with]].
* ''Series/KungFu1972'': The
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* In ''Series/BabylonFive'', the Centauri are a [[PlanetOfHats planet full of]] [[DecadentCourt scheming aristocrats]], all of whom want power and the majority of whom are after the big chair. Except for [[DefectorFromDecadence Vir Cotto]], who [[spoiler:naturally, [[ReluctantRuler becomes Emperor]].]]:
-->'''Vir:''' All I ever wanted was a good ''job''! A small title, nothing fancy... A wife I could love. Maybe even one who could love someone like me. I never wanted ''[[TheseHandsHaveKilled this]]''
-->'''Vir:''' All I ever wanted was a good ''job''! A small title, nothing fancy... A wife I could love. Maybe even one who could love someone like me. I never wanted ''[[TheseHandsHaveKilled this]]''
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* In ''Series/BabylonFive'', the Centauri are a [[PlanetOfHats planet full of]] [[DecadentCourt scheming aristocrats]], ''Series/RedDwarf:'' For all of whom want power and the majority of whom are after the big chair. Except for [[DefectorFromDecadence Vir Cotto]], who [[spoiler:naturally, [[ReluctantRuler becomes Emperor]].]]:
-->'''Vir:''' All I ever wanted washe is a good ''job''! A small title, nothing fancy... A wife I could love. Maybe even one who could pompous, cowardly, slimey, weaselly smeghead, Rimmer's most deeply held desire as he admits when ''incredibly'' drunk is simply to love someone like me. I and just be loved in return.
* In the nineties Fox sitcom ''Roc,'' the title character is a Baltimore garbageman whose fondest dream is to someday live in a semi-detached house. He knows he'll neverwanted ''[[TheseHandsHaveKilled this]]''have enough money for a fully free-standing house, but he'd be happy having at least ''one'' wall with nothing on the other side.
-->'''Vir:''' All I ever wanted was
* In the nineties Fox sitcom ''Roc,'' the title character is a Baltimore garbageman whose fondest dream is to someday live in a semi-detached house. He knows he'll never
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* In the first season finale of ''Series/KillingEve'', Eve finally confronts her [[FoeRomanceSubtext foe]], Villanelle.
-->'''Eve:''' What do you want? Honestly. Don't be a dick.\\
'''Villanelle:''' Normal stuff. [[TheHedonist A nice life]]. [[ManOfWealthAndTaste Cool flat]]. [[ProfessionalKiller Fun job]]... [[VillainousCrush Someone to watch movies with]].
* In ''Series/TheWesterner'', Dave's only goal in life is to make enough money to buy himself a modest ranch.
* ''Series/RedDwarf:'' For all he is a pompous, cowardly, slimey, weaselly smeghead, Rimmer's most deeply held desire as he admits when ''incredibly'' drunk is simply to love someone and just be loved in return.
* In the nineties Fox sitcom ''Roc,'' the title character is a Baltimore garbageman whose fondest dream is to someday live in a semi-detached house. He knows he'll never have enough money for a fully free-standing house, but he'd be happy having at least ''one'' wall with nothing on the other side.
-->'''Eve:''' What do you want? Honestly. Don't be a dick.\\
'''Villanelle:''' Normal stuff. [[TheHedonist A nice life]]. [[ManOfWealthAndTaste Cool flat]]. [[ProfessionalKiller Fun job]]... [[VillainousCrush Someone to watch movies with]].
* In ''Series/TheWesterner'', Dave's only goal in life is to make enough money to buy himself a modest ranch.
* ''Series/RedDwarf:'' For all he is a pompous, cowardly, slimey, weaselly smeghead, Rimmer's most deeply held desire as he admits when ''incredibly'' drunk is simply to love someone and just be loved in return.
* In the nineties Fox sitcom ''Roc,'' the title character is a Baltimore garbageman whose fondest dream is to someday live in a semi-detached house. He knows he'll never have enough money for a fully free-standing house, but he'd be happy having at least ''one'' wall with nothing on the other side.
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* In the first season finale of ''Series/KillingEve'', Eve finally confronts her [[FoeRomanceSubtext foe]], Villanelle.
-->'''Eve:''' What do you want? Honestly. Don't be a dick.\\
'''Villanelle:''' Normal stuff. [[TheHedonist A nice life]]. [[ManOfWealthAndTaste Cool flat]]. [[ProfessionalKiller Fun job]]... [[VillainousCrush Someone to watch movies with]].
* In ''Series/TheWesterner'',''Series/TheWesterner'': Dave's only goal in life is to make enough money to buy himself a modest ranch.
* ''Series/RedDwarf:'' For all he is a pompous, cowardly, slimey, weaselly smeghead, Rimmer's most deeply held desire as he admits when ''incredibly'' drunk is simply to love someone and just be loved in return.
* In the nineties Fox sitcom ''Roc,'' the title character is a Baltimore garbageman whose fondest dream is to someday live in a semi-detached house. He knows he'll never have enough money for a fully free-standing house, but he'd be happy having at least ''one'' wall with nothing on the other side.ranch.
-->'''Eve:''' What do you want? Honestly. Don't be a dick.\\
'''Villanelle:''' Normal stuff. [[TheHedonist A nice life]]. [[ManOfWealthAndTaste Cool flat]]. [[ProfessionalKiller Fun job]]... [[VillainousCrush Someone to watch movies with]].
* In ''Series/TheWesterner'',
* ''Series/RedDwarf:'' For all he is a pompous, cowardly, slimey, weaselly smeghead, Rimmer's most deeply held desire as he admits when ''incredibly'' drunk is simply to love someone and just be loved in return.
* In the nineties Fox sitcom ''Roc,'' the title character is a Baltimore garbageman whose fondest dream is to someday live in a semi-detached house. He knows he'll never have enough money for a fully free-standing house, but he'd be happy having at least ''one'' wall with nothing on the other side.
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* Played for camp in ''Film/ReeferMadness: The Musical'':
-->I've taken a life,\\
Been stripped to my essence,\\
And to think all I wanted was swing dancing lessons!
-->I've taken a life,\\
Been stripped to my essence,\\
And to think all I wanted was swing dancing lessons!
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* Played ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'': Audrey, who lives on Skid Row, sings an IWantSong, "Somewhere That's Green", which details her grand fantasy... of living a stereotypical suburban life. Granted, her dream is leagues better than her current life in the slums, but its modesty is played for camp in ''Film/ReeferMadness: The Musical'':
-->I've taken a life,\\
Been strippedcomedy due to my essence,\\
Andhow kitschy and normal it seems to think all I wanted was swing dancing lessons!the viewer.
-->I've taken a life,\\
Been stripped
And
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* Vladimir and Estragon are just ''Theatre/WaitingForGodot'' to arrive. [[spoiler:He doesn't.]]
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* In ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'', Audrey, who lives on Skid Row, sings an IWantSong, "Somewhere That's Green", which details her grand fantasy... of living a stereotypical suburban life. Granted, her dream is leagues better than her current life in the slums, but its modesty is played for comedy due to how kitschy and normal it seems to the viewer.
* Emma from ''Theatre/TheProm'' only wishes to bring her girlfriend Alyssa to her senior prom and dance with her, like any other normal teenage girl. Because she's in a small conservative town with a HeteronormativeCrusader (who's also total ControlFreak, to boot) in charge of the PTA, this goes over like an atom bomb, thus starting the main plot. Even as the whole mess grows into a political media frenzy, Emma repeatedly emphasizes that she never wanted to become the face of a movement, or bring some sort of uproar to her town; she literally just wanted to take her girlfriend out on a date, and while she expected some resistance, she never imagined it'd become the big deal everyone's making it.
* Emma from ''Theatre/TheProm'' only wishes to bring her girlfriend Alyssa to her senior prom and dance with her, like any other normal teenage girl. Because she's in a small conservative town with a HeteronormativeCrusader (who's also total ControlFreak, to boot) in charge of the PTA, this goes over like an atom bomb, thus starting the main plot. Even as the whole mess grows into a political media frenzy, Emma repeatedly emphasizes that she never wanted to become the face of a movement, or bring some sort of uproar to her town; she literally just wanted to take her girlfriend out on a date, and while she expected some resistance, she never imagined it'd become the big deal everyone's making it.
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* In ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'', Audrey, who lives on Skid Row, sings an IWantSong, "Somewhere That's Green", which details her grand fantasy... of living a stereotypical suburban life. Granted, her dream is leagues better than her current life in the slums, but its modesty is played for comedy due to how kitschy and normal it seems to the viewer.
*''Theatre/TheProm'': Emma from ''Theatre/TheProm'' only wishes to bring her girlfriend Alyssa to her senior prom and dance with her, like any other normal teenage girl. Because she's in a small conservative town with a HeteronormativeCrusader (who's also total ControlFreak, to boot) in charge of the PTA, this goes over like an atom bomb, thus starting the main plot. Even as the whole mess grows into a political media frenzy, Emma repeatedly emphasizes that she never wanted to become the face of a movement, or bring some sort of uproar to her town; she literally just wanted to take her girlfriend out on a date, and while she expected some resistance, she never imagined it'd become the big deal everyone's making it.it.
* Played for camp in ''Film/ReeferMadness: The Musical'':
-->I've taken a life,\\
Been stripped to my essence,\\
And to think all I wanted was swing dancing lessons!
* Vladimir and Estragon are just ''Theatre/WaitingForGodot'' to arrive. [[spoiler:He doesn't.]]
*
* Played for camp in ''Film/ReeferMadness: The Musical'':
-->I've taken a life,\\
Been stripped to my essence,\\
And to think all I wanted was swing dancing lessons!
* Vladimir and Estragon are just ''Theatre/WaitingForGodot'' to arrive. [[spoiler:He doesn't.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': Bob is practically defined by humble goals. The series as a whole is about him running a burger restaurant and making the burgers he creates. Any given episode can have his goal range from minding his own business to buying cranberries for Thanksgiving, to cooking a turkey to being in a cooking contest. His family and friends' zaniness and neuroses, however, often cause these to [[GoneHorriblyWrong go horribly wrong]]. Sometimes things work out for Bob but often he ends up [[ShaggyDogStory not so well off]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'': WesternAnimation/BugsBunny seems really excited about ordinary things like going to jail or attending a high school reunion. It turns out that Bugs has done so many amazing things all throughout his life (like going to space and becoming president of Mexico) that he [[IJustWantToBeNormal wants to do ordinary things for once]].
* ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots'': In the episode "Zima Blue", the brilliant, reclusive android painter Zima Blue started out his life as a [[InTheFutureWeStillHaveRoombas simple pool-cleaning robot]], used as a test bed by his roboticist owner for new upgrades until he became a sentient DoAnythingRobot. After travelling the galaxy from edge to edge searching for the answers to life's questions, creating truly incredible murals, earning acclaim and wealth from everyone, he decides to jettison all his upgrades in the end and go back to being a simple pool-cleaning robot, though he has the sentience now to appreciate his simple job.
* ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots'': In the episode "Zima Blue", the brilliant, reclusive android painter Zima Blue started out his life as a [[InTheFutureWeStillHaveRoombas simple pool-cleaning robot]], used as a test bed by his roboticist owner for new upgrades until he became a sentient DoAnythingRobot. After travelling the galaxy from edge to edge searching for the answers to life's questions, creating truly incredible murals, earning acclaim and wealth from everyone, he decides to jettison all his upgrades in the end and go back to being a simple pool-cleaning robot, though he has the sentience now to appreciate his simple job.
* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': Jerry used Rick's meeseeks box to help him get two strokes off his golf game. Guess what that led to.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish", Mr. Burns blames Homer for the demise of his gubernatorial campaign and vows to make sure all his dreams go unfulfilled. As Homer worries about what will happen, Marge cheers him up by reminding him that his dreams are so simple and universal, that no one man, not even someone as powerful as Mr. Burns, can take them away.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish", Mr. Burns blames Homer for the demise of his gubernatorial campaign and vows to make sure all his dreams go unfulfilled. As Homer worries about what will happen, Marge cheers him up by reminding him that his dreams are so simple and universal, that no one man, not even someone as powerful as Mr. Burns, can take them away.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish", Mr. Burns blames Homer for the demise of his gubernatorial campaign and vows to make sure all his dreams go unfulfilled. As Homer worries about what will happen, Marge cheers him up by reminding him that his dreams are so simple and universal, that no one man, not even someone as powerful as Mr. Burns, can take them away.
* WesternAnimation/BugsBunny from ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' seems really excited about ordinary things like going to jail or attending a high school reunion. It turns out that Bugs has done so many amazing things all throughout his life (like going to space and becoming president of Mexico) that he [[IJustWantToBeNormal wants to do ordinary things for once]].
* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': Jerry used Rick's meeseeks box to help him get two strokes off his golf game. Guess what that led to.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots'' episode "Zima Blue", the brilliant, reclusive android painter Zima Blue started out his life as a [[InTheFutureWeStillHaveRoombas simple pool-cleaning robot]], used as a test bed by his roboticist owner for new upgrades until he became a sentient DoAnythingRobot. After travelling the galaxy from edge to edge searching for the answers to life's questions, creating truly incredible murals, earning acclaim and wealth from everyone, he decides to jettison all his upgrades in the end and go back to being a simple pool-cleaning robot, though he has the sentience now to appreciate his simple job.
* Bob from ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' is practically defined by humble goals. The series as a whole is about him running a burger restaurant and making the burgers he creates. Any given episode can have his goal range from minding his own business to buying cranberries for Thanksgiving, to cooking a turkey to being in a cooking contest. His family and friends' zaniness and neuroses, however, often cause these to [[GoneHorriblyWrong go horribly wrong]]. Sometimes things work out for Bob but often he ends up [[ShaggyDogStory not so well off]].
* WesternAnimation/BugsBunny from ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' seems really excited about ordinary things like going to jail or attending a high school reunion. It turns out that Bugs has done so many amazing things all throughout his life (like going to space and becoming president of Mexico) that he [[IJustWantToBeNormal wants to do ordinary things for once]].
* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': Jerry used Rick's meeseeks box to help him get two strokes off his golf game. Guess what that led to.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots'' episode "Zima Blue", the brilliant, reclusive android painter Zima Blue started out his life as a [[InTheFutureWeStillHaveRoombas simple pool-cleaning robot]], used as a test bed by his roboticist owner for new upgrades until he became a sentient DoAnythingRobot. After travelling the galaxy from edge to edge searching for the answers to life's questions, creating truly incredible murals, earning acclaim and wealth from everyone, he decides to jettison all his upgrades in the end and go back to being a simple pool-cleaning robot, though he has the sentience now to appreciate his simple job.
* Bob from ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' is practically defined by humble goals. The series as a whole is about him running a burger restaurant and making the burgers he creates. Any given episode can have his goal range from minding his own business to buying cranberries for Thanksgiving, to cooking a turkey to being in a cooking contest. His family and friends' zaniness and neuroses, however, often cause these to [[GoneHorriblyWrong go horribly wrong]]. Sometimes things work out for Bob but often he ends up [[ShaggyDogStory not so well off]].
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* In ''Manga/{{Nana}}'', Misato states that her purpose in life is being a blast groupie.
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* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': In ''Manga/{{Nana}}'', Misato states a flashback, Armin finds an old book in his grandfather's library, describing places like a "land of fire", deserts, and large bodies of saltwater. Although Eren initially expressed doubt that these places really existed, it served to motivate Armin into exploring the world beyond the walls, which Eren came to support him in.
* ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}'': Ogawa and Kato -- in contrast to most of the other assistants who are fleshed out as characters -- are satisfied with being assistants and do not even attempt to get serialized.
* ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' deals with these as a major theme.
** Denji's life of extreme poverty leaves him with extremely simple goals, as mundane as going on a date, touching boobs, or getting to have jam on his toast.
** The goal of the legendary strongest Devil, the "Hero of Hell"? [[spoiler: Chainsaw/Pochita simply wanted to be hugged. After being mortally-wounded and forced into the form of Pochita, he was able to finally achieve his dream by meeting Denji]].
** The Control Devil, one of the HorsemenOfTheApocalypse, has a surprisingly mundane true goal. [[spoiler: Pochita explains that at herpurpose core, Control longed to have a personal connection not based around enslaving others. Her inherent nature and powers made it impossible, until Denji killed Makima and erased her from existence. The reborn Control, as a child, is entrusted to Denji with the hope that he can fulfill her wish]].
* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'': Daisuke/Davis just wants to run a ramen cart. The DistantEpilogue shows he achieves his goal.
* ''Anime/ExcelSaga'': Il Pallazzo, the would-be ruler of the world, has scaled-down his ambitions to simply [[TakeOverTheCity taking over a single city]] so that he can ''eventually'' broaden his horizons to the prefecture and then Japan and so on. He later says to someone on the phone that "just wishing to 'rule the world' is a childish fantasy for simplistic morons."
* ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'':
** There are a lot of epic and/or self-destructive wishes that people want to make on the Holy Grail. Fiore's is simple: She wants her legs fixed. To be more specific, she wants her legs fixed while remaining a mage; her family has the ability to heal her without the Grail, but the process would ruin her magic circuits and leave her unable to use magecraft.
** Mordred's wish initially sounds like yet another example of "epic and/or self-destructive" wishes: She wants to go back in time and receive a chance to draw the sword from the stone and become king. But the reason she wants to do this is that [[spoiler:she wants to take some of the burden from her father, King Arthur, as she realized how terrible being king was]]. The fact that she chose such a roundabout wish and didn't explain it properly [[ManChild is a sign of her immaturity]].
* ''Manga/FoodWars'': Soma Yukihira zigzags on this. On one hand, his goal in life as a chef isbeing to carry on the family business, which is running a blast groupie.small restaurant in a middle-class district. On the other, before he does so, he wants to surpass his father, who is a world-famous chef, by becoming the top student in the prestigious Tootsuki Institute, an elite culinary academy notorious for a graduation rate of 1%.
* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'': [[ShrinkingViolet Ritsu]]'s goal is to eat noodles with the same confidence that Ayame does.
* ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'': One chapter plays it for laughs by making the protagonist get dragged across a lot of trouble (good vs. evil, mobs, gangster...) because his fan broke and he was trying to replace it.
-->'''Gintoki:''' I JUST CAME TO BUY AN ELECTRIC FAN!
* ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}'': Ogawa and Kato -- in contrast to most of the other assistants who are fleshed out as characters -- are satisfied with being assistants and do not even attempt to get serialized.
* ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' deals with these as a major theme.
** Denji's life of extreme poverty leaves him with extremely simple goals, as mundane as going on a date, touching boobs, or getting to have jam on his toast.
** The goal of the legendary strongest Devil, the "Hero of Hell"? [[spoiler: Chainsaw/Pochita simply wanted to be hugged. After being mortally-wounded and forced into the form of Pochita, he was able to finally achieve his dream by meeting Denji]].
** The Control Devil, one of the HorsemenOfTheApocalypse, has a surprisingly mundane true goal. [[spoiler: Pochita explains that at her
* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'': Daisuke/Davis just wants to run a ramen cart. The DistantEpilogue shows he achieves his goal.
* ''Anime/ExcelSaga'': Il Pallazzo, the would-be ruler of the world, has scaled-down his ambitions to simply [[TakeOverTheCity taking over a single city]] so that he can ''eventually'' broaden his horizons to the prefecture and then Japan and so on. He later says to someone on the phone that "just wishing to 'rule the world' is a childish fantasy for simplistic morons."
* ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'':
** There are a lot of epic and/or self-destructive wishes that people want to make on the Holy Grail. Fiore's is simple: She wants her legs fixed. To be more specific, she wants her legs fixed while remaining a mage; her family has the ability to heal her without the Grail, but the process would ruin her magic circuits and leave her unable to use magecraft.
** Mordred's wish initially sounds like yet another example of "epic and/or self-destructive" wishes: She wants to go back in time and receive a chance to draw the sword from the stone and become king. But the reason she wants to do this is that [[spoiler:she wants to take some of the burden from her father, King Arthur, as she realized how terrible being king was]]. The fact that she chose such a roundabout wish and didn't explain it properly [[ManChild is a sign of her immaturity]].
* ''Manga/FoodWars'': Soma Yukihira zigzags on this. On one hand, his goal in life as a chef is
* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'': [[ShrinkingViolet Ritsu]]'s goal is to eat noodles with the same confidence that Ayame does.
* ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'': One chapter plays it for laughs by making the protagonist get dragged across a lot of trouble (good vs. evil, mobs, gangster...) because his fan broke and he was trying to replace it.
-->'''Gintoki:''' I JUST CAME TO BUY AN ELECTRIC FAN!
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* Daisuke/Davis in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' just wants to run a ramen cart. He gets it.
* In ''Anime/PaniPoniDash'', Ichijo claims her ultimate desire is to be a domestic kind of woman, like her mother. This is probably the most ordinary anything she ever did in the show.
* One chapter of ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' plays it for laughs by making the protagonist get dragged across a lot of trouble (good vs. evil, mobs, gangster...) because his fan broke and he was trying to replace it.
-->'''Gintoki:''' I JUST CAME TO BUY AN ELECTRIC FAN!
* In ''Manga/HeavensLostProperty'', all Sakurai Tomoki really asks for is having a peaceful and normal life. Unfortunately for him, The {{Plot}} had different plans for him. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarious plans]].
* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', [[BrilliantButLazy Shikamaru]] just wants to be an ordinary ninja who marries an average girl, having a son and a daughter, and eventually retiring to play Shogi and Go all day after his son is a ninja and his daughter is married. Unfortunately for him, the various circumstances he encounters force him to improve his skills, put himself at risk, and challenge himself in order to survive. [[spoiler:He does partially achieve his goals, being married to Temari and having a son Shikadai. However, he also ends up becoming an advisor to Naruto, who achieves his dream of becoming Hokage. He even compares it to how the more pragmatic and intelligent Second Hokage helped out the First Hokage.]]
* In ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}'', Ogawa and Kato -- in contrast to most of the other assistants who are fleshed out as characters -- are satisfied with being assistants and do not even attempt to get serialized.
* In ''Manga/UQHolder'', main character Touta's big dream is to ascend to the top of the space elevator. This perplexes most other characters... while it is a bit expensive, getting up there only requires purchasing a ticket.
* [[SmallRoleBigImpact The bandit girl]] from chapter 28 of ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' dreamed of becoming a maid. TheStinger at the end of the chapter reveals that she got her wish.
* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' character [[ShrinkingViolet Ritsu]]'s goal is to eat noodles with the same confidence that Ayame does.
* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', for all their power and infamy, three of the Four Emperors have startlingly humble goals:
* In ''Anime/PaniPoniDash'', Ichijo claims her ultimate desire is to be a domestic kind of woman, like her mother. This is probably the most ordinary anything she ever did in the show.
* One chapter of ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' plays it for laughs by making the protagonist get dragged across a lot of trouble (good vs. evil, mobs, gangster...) because his fan broke and he was trying to replace it.
-->'''Gintoki:''' I JUST CAME TO BUY AN ELECTRIC FAN!
* In ''Manga/HeavensLostProperty'', all Sakurai Tomoki really asks for is having a peaceful and normal life. Unfortunately for him, The {{Plot}} had different plans for him. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarious plans]].
* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', [[BrilliantButLazy Shikamaru]] just wants to be an ordinary ninja who marries an average girl, having a son and a daughter, and eventually retiring to play Shogi and Go all day after his son is a ninja and his daughter is married. Unfortunately for him, the various circumstances he encounters force him to improve his skills, put himself at risk, and challenge himself in order to survive. [[spoiler:He does partially achieve his goals, being married to Temari and having a son Shikadai. However, he also ends up becoming an advisor to Naruto, who achieves his dream of becoming Hokage. He even compares it to how the more pragmatic and intelligent Second Hokage helped out the First Hokage.]]
* In ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}'', Ogawa and Kato -- in contrast to most of the other assistants who are fleshed out as characters -- are satisfied with being assistants and do not even attempt to get serialized.
* In ''Manga/UQHolder'', main character Touta's big dream is to ascend to the top of the space elevator. This perplexes most other characters... while it is a bit expensive, getting up there only requires purchasing a ticket.
* [[SmallRoleBigImpact The bandit girl]] from chapter 28 of ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' dreamed of becoming a maid. TheStinger at the end of the chapter reveals that she got her wish.
* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' character [[ShrinkingViolet Ritsu]]'s goal is to eat noodles with the same confidence that Ayame does.
* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', for all their power and infamy, three of the Four Emperors have startlingly humble goals:
to:
* Daisuke/Davis in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' just wants to run a ramen cart. He gets it.
* In ''Anime/PaniPoniDash'', Ichijo claims her ultimate desire is to be a domestic kind of woman, like her mother. This is probably the most ordinary anything she ever did in the show.
* One chapter of ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' plays it for laughs by making the protagonist get dragged across a lot of trouble (good vs. evil, mobs, gangster...) because his fan broke and he was trying to replace it.
-->'''Gintoki:''' I JUST CAME TO BUY AN ELECTRIC FAN!
* In ''Manga/HeavensLostProperty'', all''Manga/HeavensLostProperty'': All Sakurai Tomoki really asks for is having a peaceful and normal life. Unfortunately for him, The {{Plot}} had different plans for him. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarious plans]].
*In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'': [[SmallRoleBigImpact The bandit girl]] from chapter 28 dreamed of becoming a maid. TheStinger at the end of the chapter reveals that she got her wish.
* ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'': Having died as a teenager in her previous life, Katarina has resolved to dying of old age in this one, specifically to become an old woman sitting in a rocking chair, staring at the sunset with a cat on her lap.
* ''Manga/{{Nana}}'': Misato states that her purpose in life is being a blast groupie.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': [[BrilliantButLazy Shikamaru]] just wants to be an ordinary ninja who marries an average girl, having a son and a daughter, and eventually retiring to play Shogi and Go all day after his son is a ninja and his daughter is married. Unfortunately for him, the various circumstances he encounters force him to improve his skills, put himself at risk, and challenge himself in order to survive. [[spoiler:He does partially achieve his goals, being married to Temari and having a son Shikadai. However, he also ends up becoming an advisor to Naruto, who achieves his dream of becoming Hokage. He even compares it to how the more pragmatic and intelligent Second Hokage helped out the First Hokage.]]
*In ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}'', Ogawa and Kato -- in contrast to most of the other assistants who are fleshed out as characters -- are satisfied with being assistants and do not even attempt to get serialized.
* In ''Manga/UQHolder'', main character Touta's big dream is to ascend to the top of the space elevator. This perplexes most other characters... while it is a bit expensive, getting up there only requires purchasing a ticket.
* [[SmallRoleBigImpact The bandit girl]] from chapter 28 of ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' dreamed of becoming a maid. TheStinger at the end of the chapter reveals that she got her wish.
* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' character [[ShrinkingViolet Ritsu]]'s goal is to eat noodles with the same confidence that Ayame does.
* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', for''Manga/OnePiece'': For all their power and infamy, three of the Four Emperors have startlingly humble goals:
* In ''Anime/PaniPoniDash'', Ichijo claims her ultimate desire is to be a domestic kind of woman, like her mother. This is probably the most ordinary anything she ever did in the show.
* One chapter of ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' plays it for laughs by making the protagonist get dragged across a lot of trouble (good vs. evil, mobs, gangster...) because his fan broke and he was trying to replace it.
-->'''Gintoki:''' I JUST CAME TO BUY AN ELECTRIC FAN!
* In ''Manga/HeavensLostProperty'', all
*
* ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'': Having died as a teenager in her previous life, Katarina has resolved to dying of old age in this one, specifically to become an old woman sitting in a rocking chair, staring at the sunset with a cat on her lap.
* ''Manga/{{Nana}}'': Misato states that her purpose in life is being a blast groupie.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': [[BrilliantButLazy Shikamaru]] just wants to be an ordinary ninja who marries an average girl, having a son and a daughter, and eventually retiring to play Shogi and Go all day after his son is a ninja and his daughter is married. Unfortunately for him, the various circumstances he encounters force him to improve his skills, put himself at risk, and challenge himself in order to survive. [[spoiler:He does partially achieve his goals, being married to Temari and having a son Shikadai. However, he also ends up becoming an advisor to Naruto, who achieves his dream of becoming Hokage. He even compares it to how the more pragmatic and intelligent Second Hokage helped out the First Hokage.]]
*
* In ''Manga/UQHolder'', main character Touta's big dream is to ascend to the top of the space elevator. This perplexes most other characters... while it is a bit expensive, getting up there only requires purchasing a ticket.
* [[SmallRoleBigImpact The bandit girl]] from chapter 28 of ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' dreamed of becoming a maid. TheStinger at the end of the chapter reveals that she got her wish.
* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' character [[ShrinkingViolet Ritsu]]'s goal is to eat noodles with the same confidence that Ayame does.
* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', for
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* Il Pallazzo, the would-be ruler of the world in ''Anime/ExcelSaga'', has scaled-down his ambitions to simply [[TakeOverTheCity taking over a single city]] so that he can ''eventually'' broaden his horizons to the prefecture and then Japan and so on. He later says to someone on the phone that "just wishing to 'rule the world' is a childish fantasy for simplistic morons."
* The titular protagonist of ''Manga/FoodWars'' zigzags on this. On one hand, his goal in life as a chef is to carry on the family business, which is running a small restaurant in a middle-class district. On the other, before he does so, he wants to surpass his father, who is a world-famous chef, by becoming the top student in the prestigious Tootsuki Institute, an elite culinary academy notorious for a graduation rate of 1%.
* In a flashback in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', Armin finds an old book in his grandfather's library, describing places like a "land of fire", deserts, and large bodies of saltwater. Although Eren initially expressed doubt that these places really existed, it served to motivate Armin into exploring the world beyond the walls, which Eren came to support him in.
* ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'': Having died as a teenager in her previous life, Katarina has resolved to dying of old age in this one, specifically to become an old woman sitting in a rocking chair, staring at the sunset with a cat on her lap.
* ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'':
** There are a lot of epic and/or self-destructive wishes that people want to make on the Holy Grail. Fiore's is simple: She wants her legs fixed. To be more specific, she wants her legs fixed while remaining a mage; her family has the ability to heal her without the Grail, but the process would ruin her magic circuits and leave her unable to use magecraft.
** Mordred's wish initially sounds like yet another example of "epic and/or self-destructive" wishes: She wants to go back in time and receive a chance to draw the sword from the stone and become king. But the reason she wants to do this is that [[spoiler:she wants to take some of the burden from her father, King Arthur, as she realized how terrible being king was]]. The fact that she chose such a roundabout wish and didn't explain it properly [[ManChild is a sign of her immaturity]].
* ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' deals with these as a major theme.
** Denji's life of extreme poverty leaves him with extremely simple goals, as mundane as going on a date, touching boobs, or getting to have jam on his toast.
** The goal of the legendary strongest Devil, the "Hero of Hell"? [[spoiler: Chainsaw/Pochita simply wanted to be hugged. After being mortally-wounded and forced into the form of Pochita, he was able to finally achieve his dream by meeting Denji]].
** The Control Devil, one of the HorsemenOfTheApocalypse, has a surprisingly mundane true goal. [[spoiler: Pochita explains that at her core, Control longed to have a personal connection not based around enslaving others. Her inherent nature and powers made it impossible, until Denji killed Makima and erased her from existence. The reborn Control, as a child, is entrusted to Denji with the hope that he can fulfill her wish]].
* The titular protagonist of ''Manga/FoodWars'' zigzags on this. On one hand, his goal in life as a chef is to carry on the family business, which is running a small restaurant in a middle-class district. On the other, before he does so, he wants to surpass his father, who is a world-famous chef, by becoming the top student in the prestigious Tootsuki Institute, an elite culinary academy notorious for a graduation rate of 1%.
* In a flashback in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', Armin finds an old book in his grandfather's library, describing places like a "land of fire", deserts, and large bodies of saltwater. Although Eren initially expressed doubt that these places really existed, it served to motivate Armin into exploring the world beyond the walls, which Eren came to support him in.
* ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'': Having died as a teenager in her previous life, Katarina has resolved to dying of old age in this one, specifically to become an old woman sitting in a rocking chair, staring at the sunset with a cat on her lap.
* ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'':
** There are a lot of epic and/or self-destructive wishes that people want to make on the Holy Grail. Fiore's is simple: She wants her legs fixed. To be more specific, she wants her legs fixed while remaining a mage; her family has the ability to heal her without the Grail, but the process would ruin her magic circuits and leave her unable to use magecraft.
** Mordred's wish initially sounds like yet another example of "epic and/or self-destructive" wishes: She wants to go back in time and receive a chance to draw the sword from the stone and become king. But the reason she wants to do this is that [[spoiler:she wants to take some of the burden from her father, King Arthur, as she realized how terrible being king was]]. The fact that she chose such a roundabout wish and didn't explain it properly [[ManChild is a sign of her immaturity]].
* ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' deals with these as a major theme.
** Denji's life of extreme poverty leaves him with extremely simple goals, as mundane as going on a date, touching boobs, or getting to have jam on his toast.
** The goal of the legendary strongest Devil, the "Hero of Hell"? [[spoiler: Chainsaw/Pochita simply wanted to be hugged. After being mortally-wounded and forced into the form of Pochita, he was able to finally achieve his dream by meeting Denji]].
** The Control Devil, one of the HorsemenOfTheApocalypse, has a surprisingly mundane true goal. [[spoiler: Pochita explains that at her core, Control longed to have a personal connection not based around enslaving others. Her inherent nature and powers made it impossible, until Denji killed Makima and erased her from existence. The reborn Control, as a child, is entrusted to Denji with the hope that he can fulfill her wish]].
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* Il Pallazzo, the would-be ruler of the world in ''Anime/ExcelSaga'', has scaled-down his ambitions to simply [[TakeOverTheCity taking over a single city]] so that he can ''eventually'' broaden his horizons to the prefecture and then Japan and so on. He later says to someone on the phone that "just wishing to 'rule the world' is a childish fantasy for simplistic morons."
* The titular protagonist of ''Manga/FoodWars'' zigzags on this. On one hand, his goal in life as a chef''Anime/PaniPoniDash'': Ichijo claims her ultimate desire is to carry on be a domestic kind of woman, like her mother. This is probably the family business, which is running a small restaurant most ordinary anything she ever did in a middle-class district. On the other, before he does so, he wants show.
* ''Manga/UQHolder'': Main character Touta's big dream is tosurpass his father, who is a world-famous chef, by becoming ascend to the top student in the prestigious Tootsuki Institute, an elite culinary academy notorious for a graduation rate of 1%.
* In a flashback in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', Armin finds an old book in his grandfather's library, describing places like a "land of fire", deserts, and large bodies of saltwater. Although Eren initially expressed doubt that these places really existed, it served to motivate Armin into exploring the world beyond the walls, which Eren came to support him in.
* ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'': Having died as a teenager in her previous life, Katarina has resolved to dying of old age in this one, specifically to become an old woman sitting in a rocking chair, staring at the sunset with a cat on her lap.
* ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'':
** There are a lot of epic and/or self-destructive wishes that people want to make on the Holy Grail. Fiore's is simple: She wants her legs fixed. To be more specific, she wants her legs fixed while remaining a mage; her family has the ability to heal her without the Grail, but the process would ruin her magic circuits and leave her unable to use magecraft.
** Mordred's wish initially sounds like yet another example of "epic and/or self-destructive" wishes: She wants to go back in time and receive a chance to draw the sword from the stone and become king. But the reason she wants to do this is that [[spoiler:she wants to take someof the burden from her father, King Arthur, as she realized how terrible being king was]]. The fact that she chose such a roundabout wish and didn't explain space elevator. This perplexes most other characters... while it properly [[ManChild is a sign of her immaturity]].
* ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' deals with these as a major theme.
** Denji's life of extreme poverty leaves him with extremely simple goals, as mundane as going on a date, touching boobs, orbit expensive, getting to have jam on his toast.
** The goal of the legendary strongest Devil, the "Hero of Hell"? [[spoiler: Chainsaw/Pochita simply wanted to be hugged. After being mortally-wounded and forced into the form of Pochita, he was able to finally achieve his dream by meeting Denji]].
** The Control Devil, one of the HorsemenOfTheApocalypse, hasup there only requires purchasing a surprisingly mundane true goal. [[spoiler: Pochita explains that at her core, Control longed to have a personal connection not based around enslaving others. Her inherent nature and powers made it impossible, until Denji killed Makima and erased her from existence. The reborn Control, as a child, is entrusted to Denji with the hope that he can fulfill her wish]]. ticket.
* The titular protagonist of ''Manga/FoodWars'' zigzags on this. On one hand, his goal in life as a chef
* ''Manga/UQHolder'': Main character Touta's big dream is to
* In a flashback in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', Armin finds an old book in his grandfather's library, describing places like a "land of fire", deserts, and large bodies of saltwater. Although Eren initially expressed doubt that these places really existed, it served to motivate Armin into exploring the world beyond the walls, which Eren came to support him in.
* ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'': Having died as a teenager in her previous life, Katarina has resolved to dying of old age in this one, specifically to become an old woman sitting in a rocking chair, staring at the sunset with a cat on her lap.
* ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'':
** There are a lot of epic and/or self-destructive wishes that people want to make on the Holy Grail. Fiore's is simple: She wants her legs fixed. To be more specific, she wants her legs fixed while remaining a mage; her family has the ability to heal her without the Grail, but the process would ruin her magic circuits and leave her unable to use magecraft.
** Mordred's wish initially sounds like yet another example of "epic and/or self-destructive" wishes: She wants to go back in time and receive a chance to draw the sword from the stone and become king. But the reason she wants to do this is that [[spoiler:she wants to take some
* ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' deals with these as a major theme.
** Denji's life of extreme poverty leaves him with extremely simple goals, as mundane as going on a date, touching boobs, or
** The goal of the legendary strongest Devil, the "Hero of Hell"? [[spoiler: Chainsaw/Pochita simply wanted to be hugged. After being mortally-wounded and forced into the form of Pochita, he was able to finally achieve his dream by meeting Denji]].
** The Control Devil, one of the HorsemenOfTheApocalypse, has
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* Tallahassee's Twinkie obsession in ''Film/{{Zombieland}}''. Though it's revealed that he's obsessing with this in order to distract himself from the grief of [[spoiler:his son dying.]]
* In the original ''Film/TheSantaClause'' movie, the reason Neil, Scott Calvin's ex-wife's new husband, says he stopped believing in SantaClaus at age 3: He wanted an Oscar Meyer Weenie Whistle in his stocking, and never got it. At the end, when Scott/Santa is flying overhead, Neil finally gets his gift.
* In ''Film/{{Fanboys}}'', the main characters' goal is to see ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ThePhantomMenace'' before it hits theaters. [[BittersweetEnding Only one of them does.]] [[spoiler:And it's because he wouldn't live to see it in theaters.]] The rest of the group have to wait until it hits theaters. The movie ends with the line: [[TemptingFate "What if the movie sucks?"]]
* In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'', Captain Barbossa may have many goals, but what he really wants is to taste an apple again.
* In the original ''Film/TheSantaClause'' movie, the reason Neil, Scott Calvin's ex-wife's new husband, says he stopped believing in SantaClaus at age 3: He wanted an Oscar Meyer Weenie Whistle in his stocking, and never got it. At the end, when Scott/Santa is flying overhead, Neil finally gets his gift.
* In ''Film/{{Fanboys}}'', the main characters' goal is to see ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ThePhantomMenace'' before it hits theaters. [[BittersweetEnding Only one of them does.]] [[spoiler:And it's because he wouldn't live to see it in theaters.]] The rest of the group have to wait until it hits theaters. The movie ends with the line: [[TemptingFate "What if the movie sucks?"]]
* In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'', Captain Barbossa may have many goals, but what he really wants is to taste an apple again.
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* Tallahassee's Twinkie obsession in ''Film/{{Zombieland}}''. Though it's revealed ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'': Tony Stark reveals that he's obsessing he wants "the fight to end" and to retire to a peaceful life [[CallToAgriculture on a farm]] with Pepper. There are hints of TragicDream as Tony's ChronicHeroSyndrome constantly clashes with this in order wish. [[spoiler: In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', he does manage to distract himself from the grief of [[spoiler:his son dying.]]
* In the original ''Film/TheSantaClause'' movie, the reason Neil, Scott Calvin's ex-wife's new husband, says he stopped believing in SantaClaus at age 3: He wanted an Oscar Meyer Weenie Whistle in his stocking,retire and never got it. At the end, when Scott/Santa is flying overhead, Neil finally gets his gift.
* In ''Film/{{Fanboys}}'', the main characters' goal is to see ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ThePhantomMenace''build a family before it hits theaters. [[BittersweetEnding Only one of them does.]] [[spoiler:And it's because he wouldn't live to see it in theaters.]] The rest of the group have to wait until it hits theaters. The movie ends with the line: [[TemptingFate "What if the movie sucks?"]]
* In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'', Captain Barbossa may have many goals, but what he really wants is to taste an apple again.going on OneLastJob.]]
* In the original ''Film/TheSantaClause'' movie, the reason Neil, Scott Calvin's ex-wife's new husband, says he stopped believing in SantaClaus at age 3: He wanted an Oscar Meyer Weenie Whistle in his stocking,
* In ''Film/{{Fanboys}}'', the main characters' goal is to see ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ThePhantomMenace''
* In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'', Captain Barbossa may have many goals, but what he really wants is to taste an apple again.
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* ''Film/MemoirsOfAnInvisibleMan'' (1992) tagline: "Women want him for his wit. The C.I.A. wants him for his body. All Nick wants is his molecules back."
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* ''Film/MemoirsOfAnInvisibleMan'' (1992) tagline: "Women want him for his wit. The C.I.A. ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'': Jack Burton has very little invested in the plot. His truck has been stolen, and he wants him for it back, but that's it. It's clear that he's risking life and limb mostly because he sees himself as a lantern-jawed hero who helps his body. All Nick wants friends and defeats the bad guys.
* ''Film/CityHunter'': Creator/JackieChan's character ishis molecules back."hungry.[[note]] He came home after a busy day, when he had no time to eat, then he had to chase Kaori, stow on a cruise ship, fight some terrorists...[[/note]] To the point of beating senseless the terrorist who stepped on a piece of bread. His last wish before the execution is to eat.[[note]] Don't worry, he survives.[[/note]]
* ''Film/CityHunter'': Creator/JackieChan's character is
* ''Film/{{Extract}}'': All Step really wanted, from the beginning, was to be promoted to floor manager. After he's injured and manipulated into a massive lawsuit that could bankrupt the company, he admits that he'd rather just go back to work... as long as he gets to be floor manager.
* ''Film/{{Fanboys}}'': The main characters' goal is to see ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ThePhantomMenace'' before it hits theaters. [[BittersweetEnding Only one of them does.]] [[spoiler:And it's because he wouldn't live to see it in theaters.]] The rest of the group have to wait until it hits theaters. The movie ends with the line: [[TemptingFate "What if the movie sucks?"]]
* Similarly Lucas from French comedy ''Film/LesFugitifs'' and its remake ''Film/ThreeFugitives'' just got out of jail and wants to pawn his gold watch and become an honest locksmith. [[spoiler:He succeeds by the middle of the movie, only to abandon his quiet life to save Jeanne/Meg.]]
* ''Film/{{Fanboys}}'': The main characters' goal is to see ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ThePhantomMenace'' before it hits theaters. [[BittersweetEnding Only one of them does.]] [[spoiler:And it's because he wouldn't live to see it in theaters.]] The rest of the group have to wait until it hits theaters. The movie ends with the line: [[TemptingFate "What if the movie sucks?"]]
* Similarly Lucas from French comedy ''Film/LesFugitifs'' and its remake ''Film/ThreeFugitives'' just got out of jail and wants to pawn his gold watch and become an honest locksmith. [[spoiler:He succeeds by the middle of the movie, only to abandon his quiet life to save Jeanne/Meg.]]
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* ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'': Jack Burton has very little invested in the plot. His truck has been stolen, and he wants it back, but that's it. It's clear that he's risking life and limb mostly because he sees himself as a lantern-jawed hero who helps his friends and defeats the bad guys.
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* ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'': Jack Burton ''Film/HudsonHawk'': The title character really just wants to get an honest job and a cappuccino. Getting dragged into other people's plots keeps preventing either.
* ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'': Vasily Borodin, ''Red October'''s executive officer, a man who hasvery little invested risen pretty much as far as is possible in the plot. His truck has been stolen, Soviet Navy, dreams of settling in rural Montana, raising rabbits, [[ChubbyChaser marrying a chubby Midwestern woman with a good rabbit stew recipe]] and owning an RV so he wants it back, but that's it. It's clear that he's risking life and limb mostly because he sees himself as a lantern-jawed hero who helps his friends and defeats can go to Arizona over the bad guys.winter.
* ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'': Vasily Borodin, ''Red October'''s executive officer, a man who has
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* ''Film/TheTerminal'': Creator/TomHanks' character Victor Navorski just wants to get into New York to complete the autograph set of his father's favorite jazz musicians.
* In ''Film/{{Payback}}'', Porter takes on the city's entire underworld to retrieve his $70,000 cut of stolen heist money. Though $70K isn't insignificant, it's peanuts to the people he's fighting against, with one mob boss complaining that the suits Porter had shot up were worth more than that. Just about everyone he encounters either reacts with disbelief that he'd go to war with the mob over such a paltry amount.
* In ''Carry On Admiral'' (1957) (no relation to the ''Film/CarryOn'' films), all the nameless man wants is his clothes back.
* ''Film/HudsonHawk'': The title character really just wants to get an honest job and a cappuccino. Getting dragged into other people's plots keeps preventing either.
* ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'': Vasily Borodin, ''Red October'''s executive officer, a man who has risen pretty much as far as is possible in the Soviet Navy, dreams of settling in rural Montana, raising rabbits, [[ChubbyChaser marrying a chubby Midwestern woman with a good rabbit stew recipe]] and owning an RV so he can go to Arizona over the winter.
* Similarly Lucas from French comedy ''Film/LesFugitifs'' and its remake ''Film/ThreeFugitives'' just got out of jail and wants to pawn his gold watch and become an honest locksmith. [[spoiler:He succeeds by the middle of the movie, only to abandon his quiet life to save Jeanne/Meg.]]
* Creator/JackieChan's character in the ''Manga/CityHunter'' movie is hungry.[[note]] He came home after a busy day, when he had no time to eat, then he had to chase Kaori, stow on a cruise ship, fight some terrorists...[[/note]] To the point of beating senseless the terrorist who stepped on a piece of bread. His last wish before the execution is to eat.[[note]] Don't worry, he survives.[[/note]]
* In Creator/OrsonWelles's ''Film/MrArkadin,'' all Jakob Zouk wants -- and all he was dreaming of in his years in prison -- was a dish of goose liver with apples and onions. [[spoiler:He gets killed before he can have it.]]
* In ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'', Gary King just wants to finish the Golden Mile pub crawl. It's taken to the point of psychotic obsession. Although it ends up taking on a darker note: [[spoiler: he wants this because he's suicidal and it's the only thing he feels he has left.]]
* In ''Film/{{Extract}}'', all Step really wanted, from the beginning, was to be promoted to floor manager. After he's injured and manipulated into a massive lawsuit that could bankrupt the company, he admits that he'd rather just go back to work... as long as he gets to be floor manager.
* In ''Film/MisterRoberts'', all that the eponymous Navy officer wants, more than anything, is to get reassigned to a front-line ship (because the boredom is killing him). It is a whole lot more epic a trip to get this done than it should be (courtesy of his tyrannical captain) [[spoiler:and, quite tragically, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor leads to his death, mere weeks before World War II truly ends]].]]
* ''Franchise/StarWars'': In the ExpandedUniverse, it's been shown that all [[TheHero Luke Skywalker]] ever really wanted was a wife and family of his own.
* In ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', Tony Stark reveals that he wants "the fight to end" and to retire to a peaceful life [[CallToAgriculture on a farm]] with Pepper. There are hints of TragicDream as Tony's ChronicHeroSyndrome constantly clashes with this wish. [[spoiler: In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', he does manage to retire and build a family before going on OneLastJob.]]
* In ''Film/{{Payback}}'', Porter takes on the city's entire underworld to retrieve his $70,000 cut of stolen heist money. Though $70K isn't insignificant, it's peanuts to the people he's fighting against, with one mob boss complaining that the suits Porter had shot up were worth more than that. Just about everyone he encounters either reacts with disbelief that he'd go to war with the mob over such a paltry amount.
* In ''Carry On Admiral'' (1957) (no relation to the ''Film/CarryOn'' films), all the nameless man wants is his clothes back.
* ''Film/HudsonHawk'': The title character really just wants to get an honest job and a cappuccino. Getting dragged into other people's plots keeps preventing either.
* ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'': Vasily Borodin, ''Red October'''s executive officer, a man who has risen pretty much as far as is possible in the Soviet Navy, dreams of settling in rural Montana, raising rabbits, [[ChubbyChaser marrying a chubby Midwestern woman with a good rabbit stew recipe]] and owning an RV so he can go to Arizona over the winter.
* Similarly Lucas from French comedy ''Film/LesFugitifs'' and its remake ''Film/ThreeFugitives'' just got out of jail and wants to pawn his gold watch and become an honest locksmith. [[spoiler:He succeeds by the middle of the movie, only to abandon his quiet life to save Jeanne/Meg.]]
* Creator/JackieChan's character in the ''Manga/CityHunter'' movie is hungry.[[note]] He came home after a busy day, when he had no time to eat, then he had to chase Kaori, stow on a cruise ship, fight some terrorists...[[/note]] To the point of beating senseless the terrorist who stepped on a piece of bread. His last wish before the execution is to eat.[[note]] Don't worry, he survives.[[/note]]
* In Creator/OrsonWelles's ''Film/MrArkadin,'' all Jakob Zouk wants -- and all he was dreaming of in his years in prison -- was a dish of goose liver with apples and onions. [[spoiler:He gets killed before he can have it.]]
* In ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'', Gary King just wants to finish the Golden Mile pub crawl. It's taken to the point of psychotic obsession. Although it ends up taking on a darker note: [[spoiler: he wants this because he's suicidal and it's the only thing he feels he has left.]]
* In ''Film/{{Extract}}'', all Step really wanted, from the beginning, was to be promoted to floor manager. After he's injured and manipulated into a massive lawsuit that could bankrupt the company, he admits that he'd rather just go back to work... as long as he gets to be floor manager.
* In ''Film/MisterRoberts'', all that the eponymous Navy officer wants, more than anything, is to get reassigned to a front-line ship (because the boredom is killing him). It is a whole lot more epic a trip to get this done than it should be (courtesy of his tyrannical captain) [[spoiler:and, quite tragically, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor leads to his death, mere weeks before World War II truly ends]].]]
* ''Franchise/StarWars'': In the ExpandedUniverse, it's been shown that all [[TheHero Luke Skywalker]] ever really wanted was a wife and family of his own.
* In ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', Tony Stark reveals that he wants "the fight to end" and to retire to a peaceful life [[CallToAgriculture on a farm]] with Pepper. There are hints of TragicDream as Tony's ChronicHeroSyndrome constantly clashes with this wish. [[spoiler: In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', he does manage to retire and build a family before going on OneLastJob.]]
* ''Film/MemoirsOfAnInvisibleMan'' tagline: "Women want him for his wit. The C.I.A. wants him for his body. All Nick wants is his molecules back."
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* In ''Film/{{Ophelia}}'', Ophelia has little interest in the power struggles of the Danish court unless she or her loved ones are potentially caught in the crossfire. Her interest in Hamlet is also not because he's a prince and the potential heir to the throne, but is instead based upon genuine love for him as a person. When Hamlet is passed over as king and suggests they start a new life elsewhere together she's enthusiastic, wanting only to live a peaceful life with someone who loves her and where she's free to be herself. [[spoiler:She gets her wish in the end, though sadly without Hamlet and most of her other family members]].
to:
* ''Film/MisterRoberts'': All that the eponymous Navy officer wants, more than anything, is to get reassigned to a front-line ship (because the boredom is killing him). It is a whole lot more epic a trip to get this done than it should be (courtesy of his tyrannical captain) [[spoiler:and, quite tragically, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor leads to his death, mere weeks before World War II truly ends]].]]
* In''Film/{{Ophelia}}'', Creator/OrsonWelles's ''Film/MrArkadin,'' all Jakob Zouk wants -- and all he was dreaming of in his years in prison -- was a dish of goose liver with apples and onions. [[spoiler:He gets killed before he can have it.]]
* ''Film/{{Ophelia}}'': Ophelia has little interest in the power struggles of the Danish court unless she or her loved ones are potentially caught in the crossfire. Her interest in Hamlet is also not because he's a prince and the potential heir to the throne, but is instead based upon genuine love for him as a person. When Hamlet is passed over as king and suggests they start a new life elsewhere together she's enthusiastic, wanting only to live a peaceful life with someone who loves her and where she's free to be herself. [[spoiler:She gets her wish in the end, though sadly without Hamlet and most of her other family members]].
* ''Film/{{Payback}}'': Porter takes on the city's entire underworld to retrieve his $70,000 cut of stolen heist money. Though $70K isn't insignificant, it's peanuts to the people he's fighting against, with one mob boss complaining that the suits Porter had shot up were worth more than that. Just about everyone he encounters either reacts with disbelief that he'd go to war with the mob over such a paltry amount.
* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'': Captain Barbossa may have many goals, but what he really wants is to taste an apple again.
* In the original ''Film/TheSantaClause'' movie, the reason Neil, Scott Calvin's ex-wife's new husband, says he stopped believing in SantaClaus at age 3: He wanted an Oscar Meyer Weenie Whistle in his stocking, and never got it. At the end, when Scott/Santa is flying overhead, Neil finally gets his gift.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'': In the ExpandedUniverse, it's been shown that all [[TheHero Luke Skywalker]] ever really wanted was a wife and family of his own.
* ''Film/TheTerminal'': Victor Navorski just wants to get into New York to complete the autograph set of his father's favorite jazz musicians.
* ''Film/TheWhiteBalloon'': Young protagonist Razieh just wants to have a pretty and fat goldfish for the New Year.
* ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'': Gary King just wants to finish the Golden Mile pub crawl. It's taken to the point of psychotic obsession. Although it ends up taking on a darker note: [[spoiler: he wants this because he's suicidal and it's the only thing he feels he has left.]]
* ''Film/{{Zombieland}}'': Tallahassee's Twinkie obsession. Though it's revealed that he's obsessing with this in order to distract himself from the grief of [[spoiler:his son dying.]]
* In ''Carry On Admiral'' (1957) (no relation to the ''Film/CarryOn'' films), all the nameless man wants is his clothes back.
* In
* ''Film/{{Ophelia}}'': Ophelia has little interest in the power struggles of the Danish court unless she or her loved ones are potentially caught in the crossfire. Her interest in Hamlet is also not because he's a prince and the potential heir to the throne, but is instead based upon genuine love for him as a person. When Hamlet is passed over as king and suggests they start a new life elsewhere together she's enthusiastic, wanting only to live a peaceful life with someone who loves her and where she's free to be herself. [[spoiler:She gets her wish in the end, though sadly without Hamlet and most of her other family members]].
* ''Film/{{Payback}}'': Porter takes on the city's entire underworld to retrieve his $70,000 cut of stolen heist money. Though $70K isn't insignificant, it's peanuts to the people he's fighting against, with one mob boss complaining that the suits Porter had shot up were worth more than that. Just about everyone he encounters either reacts with disbelief that he'd go to war with the mob over such a paltry amount.
* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'': Captain Barbossa may have many goals, but what he really wants is to taste an apple again.
* In the original ''Film/TheSantaClause'' movie, the reason Neil, Scott Calvin's ex-wife's new husband, says he stopped believing in SantaClaus at age 3: He wanted an Oscar Meyer Weenie Whistle in his stocking, and never got it. At the end, when Scott/Santa is flying overhead, Neil finally gets his gift.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'': In the ExpandedUniverse, it's been shown that all [[TheHero Luke Skywalker]] ever really wanted was a wife and family of his own.
* ''Film/TheTerminal'': Victor Navorski just wants to get into New York to complete the autograph set of his father's favorite jazz musicians.
* ''Film/TheWhiteBalloon'': Young protagonist Razieh just wants to have a pretty and fat goldfish for the New Year.
* ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'': Gary King just wants to finish the Golden Mile pub crawl. It's taken to the point of psychotic obsession. Although it ends up taking on a darker note: [[spoiler: he wants this because he's suicidal and it's the only thing he feels he has left.]]
* ''Film/{{Zombieland}}'': Tallahassee's Twinkie obsession. Though it's revealed that he's obsessing with this in order to distract himself from the grief of [[spoiler:his son dying.]]
* In ''Carry On Admiral'' (1957) (no relation to the ''Film/CarryOn'' films), all the nameless man wants is his clothes back.
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* ''[[VideoGame/TheSims The Sims 2]]'':
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* ''[[VideoGame/TheSims ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'': Secret character Gogo the Mimic joins your party because they're bored.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'': Quina joins your party just to travel the world and sample new foods.
* ''Videogame/NightInTheWoods'': A somewhat tragic example with the song "Die Anywhere Else". TheSims 2]]'':singer isn't wishing for a great life, or even much of a life at all; all they want is to be somewhere better than their [[DyingTown dead-end hometown.]]
-->''I just wanna die anywhere else\\
If only I could die anywhere else\\
So come with me, let's die anywhere else\\
Anywhere... just not here...''
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'': Although perhaps not a ''lofty'' goal, Travis initially only joins the ranking battles because Sylvia said she would bang him if he made it to the top. She also only seemed to have been manipulating him and he was simply stupid and horny enough to fall for it.
* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'': Koops joined your team to impress his girlfriend.
* ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'': PlayedForLaughs. SelfDemonstrating/GLaDOS believes ([[UnreliableNarrator or wants you]] to [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow think that she believes]]) that test subjects can be motivated to complete [[NoOSHACompliance extremely dangerous]] test chambers just by promising them that they'll get [[TheCakeIsALie cake]][[note]]And grief counseling, but mainly cake[[/note]] if they succeed. In reality, of course, they're actually motivated by [[AvertedTrope the fact that they're locked in, and completing the tests is the only apparent way out]].
* ''VideoGame/TheSims 2'':
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'': Secret character Gogo the Mimic joins your party because they're bored.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'': Quina joins your party just to travel the world and sample new foods.
* ''Videogame/NightInTheWoods'': A somewhat tragic example with the song "Die Anywhere Else". The
-->''I just wanna die anywhere else\\
If only I could die anywhere else\\
So come with me, let's die anywhere else\\
Anywhere... just not here...''
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'': Although perhaps not a ''lofty'' goal, Travis initially only joins the ranking battles because Sylvia said she would bang him if he made it to the top. She also only seemed to have been manipulating him and he was simply stupid and horny enough to fall for it.
* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'': Koops joined your team to impress his girlfriend.
* ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'': PlayedForLaughs. SelfDemonstrating/GLaDOS believes ([[UnreliableNarrator or wants you]] to [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow think that she believes]]) that test subjects can be motivated to complete [[NoOSHACompliance extremely dangerous]] test chambers just by promising them that they'll get [[TheCakeIsALie cake]][[note]]And grief counseling, but mainly cake[[/note]] if they succeed. In reality, of course, they're actually motivated by [[AvertedTrope the fact that they're locked in, and completing the tests is the only apparent way out]].
* ''VideoGame/TheSims 2'':
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* PlayedForLaughs in the ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' series. SelfDemonstrating/GLaDOS believes ([[UnreliableNarrator or wants you]] to [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow think that she believes]]) that test subjects can be motivated to complete [[NoOSHACompliance extremely dangerous]] test chambers just by promising them that they'll get [[TheCakeIsALie cake]][[note]]And grief counseling, but mainly cake[[/note]] if they succeed. In reality, of course, they're actually motivated by [[AvertedTrope the fact that they're locked in, and completing the tests is the only apparent way out]].
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', Quina joins your party just to travel the world and sample new foods.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', secret character Gogo the Mimic joins your party because they're bored.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Vindictus}}'', even though it is obviously not true, everyone assumes that [[HelloInsertNameHere the rookie]] completes the quest to become a paladin for some tea. [[YankTheDogsChain Which Brynn never even gives you]].
* Although perhaps not a ''lofty'' goal, Travis in ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' initially only joins the ranking battles because Sylvia said she would bang him if he made it to the top. She also only seemed to have been manipulating him and he was simply stupid and horny enough to fall for it.
* In ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', Koops joined your team to impress his girlfriend.
* Makoto, in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'', wants simply to get money to open her dojo.
* A somewhat tragic example in ''Videogame/NightInTheWoods'' with the song "Die Anywhere Else". The singer isn't wishing for a great life, or even much of a life at all; all they want is to be somewhere better than their [[DyingTown dead-end hometown.]]
-->''I just wanna die anywhere else\\
If only I could die anywhere else\\
So come with me, let's die anywhere else\\
Anywhere... just not here...''
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', Quina joins your party just to travel the world and sample new foods.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', secret character Gogo the Mimic joins your party because they're bored.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Vindictus}}'', even though it is obviously not true, everyone assumes that [[HelloInsertNameHere the rookie]] completes the quest to become a paladin for some tea. [[YankTheDogsChain Which Brynn never even gives you]].
* Although perhaps not a ''lofty'' goal, Travis in ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' initially only joins the ranking battles because Sylvia said she would bang him if he made it to the top. She also only seemed to have been manipulating him and he was simply stupid and horny enough to fall for it.
* In ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', Koops joined your team to impress his girlfriend.
* Makoto, in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'', wants simply to get money to open her dojo.
* A somewhat tragic example in ''Videogame/NightInTheWoods'' with the song "Die Anywhere Else". The singer isn't wishing for a great life, or even much of a life at all; all they want is to be somewhere better than their [[DyingTown dead-end hometown.]]
-->''I just wanna die anywhere else\\
If only I could die anywhere else\\
So come with me, let's die anywhere else\\
Anywhere... just not here...''
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* PlayedForLaughs in the ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' series. SelfDemonstrating/GLaDOS believes ([[UnreliableNarrator or ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'': Makoto wants you]] simply to [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow think that she believes]]) that test subjects can be motivated to complete [[NoOSHACompliance extremely dangerous]] test chambers just by promising them that they'll get [[TheCakeIsALie cake]][[note]]And grief counseling, but mainly cake[[/note]] if they succeed. In reality, of course, they're actually motivated by [[AvertedTrope the fact that they're locked in, and completing the tests is the only apparent way out]].
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', Quina joins your party justmoney to travel the world and sample new foods.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', secret character Gogo the Mimic joins your party because they're bored.
open her dojo.
*In ''VideoGame/{{Vindictus}}'', even ''VideoGame/{{Vindictus}}'': Even though it is obviously not true, everyone assumes that [[HelloInsertNameHere the rookie]] completes the quest to become a paladin for some tea. [[YankTheDogsChain Which Brynn never even gives you]].
* Although perhaps not a ''lofty'' goal, Travis in ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' initially only joins the ranking battles because Sylvia said she would bang him if he made it to the top. She also only seemed to have been manipulating him and he was simply stupid and horny enough to fall for it.
* In ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', Koops joined your team to impress his girlfriend.
* Makoto, in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'', wants simply to get money to open her dojo.
* A somewhat tragic example in ''Videogame/NightInTheWoods'' with the song "Die Anywhere Else". The singer isn't wishing for a great life, or even much of a life at all; all they want is to be somewhere better than their [[DyingTown dead-end hometown.]]
-->''I just wanna die anywhere else\\
If only I could die anywhere else\\
So come with me, let's die anywhere else\\
Anywhere... just not here...''you]].
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', Quina joins your party just
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', secret character Gogo the Mimic joins your party because they're bored.
*
* Although perhaps not a ''lofty'' goal, Travis in ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' initially only joins the ranking battles because Sylvia said she would bang him if he made it to the top. She also only seemed to have been manipulating him and he was simply stupid and horny enough to fall for it.
* In ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', Koops joined your team to impress his girlfriend.
* Makoto, in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'', wants simply to get money to open her dojo.
* A somewhat tragic example in ''Videogame/NightInTheWoods'' with the song "Die Anywhere Else". The singer isn't wishing for a great life, or even much of a life at all; all they want is to be somewhere better than their [[DyingTown dead-end hometown.]]
-->''I just wanna die anywhere else\\
If only I could die anywhere else\\
So come with me, let's die anywhere else\\
Anywhere... just not here...''
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* In ''VisualNovel/{{Hakuouki}}'', where the other Shinsengumi captains are occupied with grand ambitions and high ideals which prove unattainable, Harada Sanosuke admits in his route that his dream is to marry a woman he loves and live a peaceful life with her. This simple and humble dream is one of the reasons that Sanosuke has the most unequivocally happy ending in the game, where the others' endings are more bittersweet.
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* In ''VisualNovel/{{Hakuouki}}'', where ''VisualNovel/{{Hakuouki}}'': While the other Shinsengumi captains are occupied with grand ambitions and high ideals which prove unattainable, Harada Sanosuke admits in his route that his dream is to marry a woman he loves and live a peaceful life with her. This simple and humble dream is one of the reasons that Sanosuke has the most unequivocally happy ending in the game, where the others' endings are more bittersweet.
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* In ''Webcomic/HeroOhHero'' Burk's quests so far have consisted of finding a toilet and acquiring a giant pig for a mount (or to get the pig he found/defeated to grow giant again).
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* In ''Webcomic/HeroOhHero'' ''Webcomic/HeroOhHero'': Burk's quests so far have consisted of finding a toilet and acquiring a giant pig for a mount (or to get the pig he found/defeated to grow giant again).
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* The plot to many ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episodes involves the kids wanting something relatively mundane -- say, getting the latest gaming system, or returning a rented video -- but getting waylaid by assorted weirdness. In the case of Cartman, the means to getting to that goal might get [[ComedicSociopathy a little intense.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'', all Coop wants to do with his giant robot is to cruise around, pick up chicks, and have fun smashing stuff. One episode has him craving a Mega Slush, but an annoying evil robot keeps destroying the places that serve them.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble were only going out for some groceries; they weren't expecting to have to help the enigmatic superspy Madame Yes defeat the sinister Doctor Sinister.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'' episode "A Lame Duck Mind" when they [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind go into]] [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Dodgers']] [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind mind]], they discover his greatest desire is to own a bait shop. Specifically a ''failing'' bait shop. He does have a hot trophy wife randomly there, but he doesn't seem interested in her.
* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', [[RetiredBadass retired]] [[CoolOldGuy General Iroh]] is at the head of the army that conquers Ba Sing Se, the largest and best-defended city in the world. [[spoiler: He is, [[ProphecyTwist rather unexpectedly]], ''re''conquering it from his own people.]] What are his plans once the job is done? He's going to re-conquer his tea shop, and play pai sho every day.
* In ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' the boys get up to some ''[[ComplexityAddiction impossibly]]'' elaborate [[ZanyScheme schemes]] in the name of scamming the other kids of their money, so one wouldn't be faulted for assuming they're saving up for something ''big,'' like a college fund or opening a business. All they ''really'' wanna do with this money, however, is stock up on [[TrademarkFavoriteFood jawbreakers.]] Granted, these suckers are ''bigger than their own heads,'' but still, they're only twenty-five cents each.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'', all Coop wants to do with his giant robot is to cruise around, pick up chicks, and have fun smashing stuff. One episode has him craving a Mega Slush, but an annoying evil robot keeps destroying the places that serve them.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble were only going out for some groceries; they weren't expecting to have to help the enigmatic superspy Madame Yes defeat the sinister Doctor Sinister.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'' episode "A Lame Duck Mind" when they [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind go into]] [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Dodgers']] [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind mind]], they discover his greatest desire is to own a bait shop. Specifically a ''failing'' bait shop. He does have a hot trophy wife randomly there, but he doesn't seem interested in her.
* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', [[RetiredBadass retired]] [[CoolOldGuy General Iroh]] is at the head of the army that conquers Ba Sing Se, the largest and best-defended city in the world. [[spoiler: He is, [[ProphecyTwist rather unexpectedly]], ''re''conquering it from his own people.]] What are his plans once the job is done? He's going to re-conquer his tea shop, and play pai sho every day.
* In ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' the boys get up to some ''[[ComplexityAddiction impossibly]]'' elaborate [[ZanyScheme schemes]] in the name of scamming the other kids of their money, so one wouldn't be faulted for assuming they're saving up for something ''big,'' like a college fund or opening a business. All they ''really'' wanna do with this money, however, is stock up on [[TrademarkFavoriteFood jawbreakers.]] Granted, these suckers are ''bigger than their own heads,'' but still, they're only twenty-five cents each.
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* The plot to many ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episodes involves the kids wanting something relatively mundane -- say, getting the latest gaming system, or returning a rented video -- but getting waylaid by assorted weirdness. In the case of Cartman, the means to getting to that goal might get [[ComedicSociopathy a little intense.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'', all Coop wants to do with his giant robot is to cruise around, pick up chicks, and have fun smashing stuff. One episode has him craving a Mega Slush, but an annoying evil robot keeps destroying the places that serve them.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble were only going out for some groceries; they weren't expecting to have to help the enigmatic superspy Madame Yes defeat the sinister Doctor Sinister.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'' episode "A Lame Duck Mind" when they [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind go into]] [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Dodgers']] [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind mind]], they discover his greatest desire is to own a bait shop. Specifically a ''failing'' bait shop. He does have a hot trophy wife randomly there, but he doesn't seem interested in her.
*''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': At the end of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', end, [[RetiredBadass retired]] [[CoolOldGuy General Iroh]] is at the head of the army that conquers Ba Sing Se, the largest and best-defended city in the world. [[spoiler: He is, [[ProphecyTwist rather unexpectedly]], ''re''conquering it from his own people.]] What are his plans once the job is done? He's going to re-conquer his tea shop, and play pai sho every day.
* ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'': In''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' the episode "A Lame Duck Mind" when they [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind go into]] [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Dodgers']] [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind mind]], they discover his greatest desire is to own a bait shop. Specifically a ''failing'' bait shop. He does have a hot trophy wife randomly there, but he doesn't seem interested in her.
* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': The boys get up to some ''[[ComplexityAddiction impossibly]]'' elaborate [[ZanyScheme schemes]] in the name of scamming the other kids of their money, so one wouldn't be faulted for assuming they're saving up for something ''big,'' like a college fund or opening a business. All they ''really'' wanna do with this money, however, is stock up on [[TrademarkFavoriteFood jawbreakers.]] Granted, these suckers are ''bigger than their own heads,'' but still, they're only twenty-five centseach.each.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'': Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble were only going out for some groceries; they weren't expecting to have to help the enigmatic superspy Madame Yes defeat the sinister Doctor Sinister.
* ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'': All Coop wants to do with his giant robot is to cruise around, pick up chicks, and have fun smashing stuff. One episode has him craving a Mega Slush, but an annoying evil robot keeps destroying the places that serve them.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': The plot to many episodes involves the kids wanting something relatively mundane -- say, getting the latest gaming system, or returning a rented video -- but getting waylaid by assorted weirdness. In the case of Cartman, the means to getting to that goal might get [[ComedicSociopathy a little intense.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'', all Coop wants to do with his giant robot is to cruise around, pick up chicks, and have fun smashing stuff. One episode has him craving a Mega Slush, but an annoying evil robot keeps destroying the places that serve them.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble were only going out for some groceries; they weren't expecting to have to help the enigmatic superspy Madame Yes defeat the sinister Doctor Sinister.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'' episode "A Lame Duck Mind" when they [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind go into]] [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Dodgers']] [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind mind]], they discover his greatest desire is to own a bait shop. Specifically a ''failing'' bait shop. He does have a hot trophy wife randomly there, but he doesn't seem interested in her.
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* ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'': In
* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': The boys get up to some ''[[ComplexityAddiction impossibly]]'' elaborate [[ZanyScheme schemes]] in the name of scamming the other kids of their money, so one wouldn't be faulted for assuming they're saving up for something ''big,'' like a college fund or opening a business. All they ''really'' wanna do with this money, however, is stock up on [[TrademarkFavoriteFood jawbreakers.]] Granted, these suckers are ''bigger than their own heads,'' but still, they're only twenty-five cents
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'': Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble were only going out for some groceries; they weren't expecting to have to help the enigmatic superspy Madame Yes defeat the sinister Doctor Sinister.
* ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'': All Coop wants to do with his giant robot is to cruise around, pick up chicks, and have fun smashing stuff. One episode has him craving a Mega Slush, but an annoying evil robot keeps destroying the places that serve them.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': The plot to many episodes involves the kids wanting something relatively mundane -- say, getting the latest gaming system, or returning a rented video -- but getting waylaid by assorted weirdness. In the case of Cartman, the means to getting to that goal might get [[ComedicSociopathy a little intense.]]
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* ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' deals with these as a major theme.
** Denji's life of extreme poverty leaves him with extremely simple goals, as mundane as going on a date, touching boobs, or getting to have jam on his toast.
** The goal of the legendary strongest Devil, the "Hero of Hell"? [[spoiler: Chainsaw/Pochita simply wanted to be hugged. After being mortally-wounded and forced into the form of Pochita, he was able to finally achieve his dream by meeting Denji]].
** The Control Devil, one of the HorsemenOfTheApocalypse, has a surprisingly mundane true goal. [[spoiler: Pochita explains that at her core, Control longed to have a personal connection not based around enslaving others. Her inherent nature and powers made it impossible, until Denji killed Makima and erased her from existence. The reborn Control, as a child, is entrusted to Denji with the hope that he can fulfill her wish]].
** Denji's life of extreme poverty leaves him with extremely simple goals, as mundane as going on a date, touching boobs, or getting to have jam on his toast.
** The goal of the legendary strongest Devil, the "Hero of Hell"? [[spoiler: Chainsaw/Pochita simply wanted to be hugged. After being mortally-wounded and forced into the form of Pochita, he was able to finally achieve his dream by meeting Denji]].
** The Control Devil, one of the HorsemenOfTheApocalypse, has a surprisingly mundane true goal. [[spoiler: Pochita explains that at her core, Control longed to have a personal connection not based around enslaving others. Her inherent nature and powers made it impossible, until Denji killed Makima and erased her from existence. The reborn Control, as a child, is entrusted to Denji with the hope that he can fulfill her wish]].
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* ''Machinima/FreemansMind'' postulates that all Gordon Freeman really wants during his haphazard trek through Black Mesa is to go home and get stoned. He really couldn't care less about the whole alien invasion and marine retaliation if they would only stop shooting and/or biting him.
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* ''Machinima/FreemansMind'' postulates that all Gordon Freeman really wants during his haphazard trek through Black Mesa is to go home and get stoned. He really couldn't care less about the whole alien invasion and marine retaliation if they would only stop shooting and/or biting him.
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* ''WebVideo/FreemansMind'' postulates that all Gordon Freeman really wants during his haphazard trek through Black Mesa is to go home and get stoned. He really couldn't care less about the whole alien invasion and marine retaliation if they would only stop shooting and/or biting him.
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* When Eclipso tries to brainwash ComicBook/BlueBeetle by transforming him into his darkest power fantasy, she's perplexed when said power fantasy turns out to be him as a dentist. Keep in mind that he's a teenage boy with an alien killing machine grafted onto his back. As Jaime puts it, dentists earn good money which he can use to help his parents, put his little sister through college, and maybe get a vacation place close to where his grandma lives.
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* ''Literature/TheElderEmpire'': Shera is unquestionably one of the greatest assassins to ever live, capable of following someone in an empty room without them noticing, and has made an absurd amount of money for her guild. The [[EldritchAbomination Great Elders]] are actually scared of her, and act openly to try to kill her on several occasions--something that they normally only ever did with the two-thousand year-old GodEmperor. What does she want? To take a nap. She does her jobs with such terrifying skill and efficiency mostly because if she gets everything right on the first try, her bosses will let her go to sleep.
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* In the nineties Fox sitcom ''Roc,'' the title character is a Baltimore garbageman whose fondest dream is to someday live in a semi-detached house.
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* In the nineties Fox sitcom ''Roc,'' the title character is a Baltimore garbageman whose fondest dream is to someday live in a semi-detached house. He knows he'll never have enough money for a fully free-standing house, but he'd be happy having at least ''one'' wall with nothing on the other side.
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* In the nineties Fox sitcom ''Roc,'' the title character is a Baltimore garbageman whose fondest dream is to someday live in a semi-detached house.
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* In ''Series/KungFu'', the reason Caine is on the run from the Chinese authorities: Master Po had one ambition: to visit a specific city. It's a small ambition but he still admonishes himself for having it -- as a Shaolin Master, he shouldn't have ''any'' ambitions. Sometime after Caine graduates from Monk School, he encounters his old master in that city -- he finally got his wish. At that moment the emperor's nephew comes by on his palanquin, shoving Master Po off the road and (eventually) killing him. Caine kills the emperor's nephew in a fit of rage and then must flee China.
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* In ''Series/KungFu'', ''Series/KungFu1972'', the reason Caine is on the run from the Chinese authorities: Master Po had one ambition: to visit a specific city. It's a small ambition but he still admonishes himself for having it -- as a Shaolin Master, he shouldn't have ''any'' ambitions. Sometime after Caine graduates from Monk School, he encounters his old master in that city -- he finally got his wish. At that moment the emperor's nephew comes by on his palanquin, shoving Master Po off the road and (eventually) killing him. Caine kills the emperor's nephew in a fit of rage and then must flee China.
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* ''Literature/StickDog'': The goal of Stick Dog and his friends in each book is usually to get whatever piece of food they smell.
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* ''Series/RedDwarf:'' For all he is a pompous, cowardly, slimey, weaselly smeghead, Rimmer's most deeply held desire as he admits when ''incredibly'' drunk is simply to love someone and just be loved in return.
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** [[NiceGuy Boy Blue]] is [[BewareTheNiceOnes a veteran of countless battles in a]] HopelessWar and his RoaringRampageOfRescue through the homelands gets him described in-universe as the sort of guy Creator/ErrolFlynn only pretended to be in his films. The only problem is, while being a survivor from countless massacres may be testament to his badassery, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome it leaves him suffering from terrible]] SurvivorsGuilt from all the countless comrades he's watched die, and as such, all he really wants to be is a functionary in some boring office job for the rest of his eternal life, with ''finally'' not having a romantic attachment blow up in his face being a nice bonus. [[spoiler:When dying, he specifically requests that he not be buried among the soldiers, because he'd prefer to be remembered as a clerk and musician rather than a world-class badass. After meeting and giving reassurance the not-quite-dead Bigby in limbo, Blue says that it looks like his own personal heaven will, in fact, be something totally unremarkable that will fulfill his wish at long last]].
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** [[NiceGuy Boy Blue]] is [[BewareTheNiceOnes a veteran of countless battles in a]] HopelessWar and his RoaringRampageOfRescue through the homelands gets him described in-universe as the sort of guy Creator/ErrolFlynn only pretended to be in his films. The only problem is, while being a survivor from countless massacres may be testament to his badassery, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome it leaves him suffering from terrible]] SurvivorsGuilt from all the countless comrades he's watched die, and as such, all he really wants to be is a functionary in some boring office job for the rest of his eternal life, with ''finally'' not having a romantic attachment blow up in his face being a nice bonus. [[spoiler:When dying, he specifically requests that he not be buried among the soldiers, because he'd prefer to be remembered as a clerk and musician rather than a world-class badass. After meeting and giving reassurance to the not-quite-dead Bigby in limbo, Blue says that it looks like his own personal heaven will, in fact, be something totally unremarkable that will fulfill his wish at long last]].
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* ''Literature/JPod'': John Doe left the militant lesbian second-wave anarcho-feminist commune where he was raised because he wanted to have a door. The commune considered doors to be symbols of the male desire to isolate and confine women, and forbade them outright.
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* In ''Film/{{Ophelia}}'', Ophelia has little interest in the power struggles of the Danish court unless she or her loved ones are potentially caught in the crossfire. Her interest in Hamlet is also not because he's a prince and the potential heir to the throne, but is instead based upon genuine love for him as a person. When Hamlet is passed over as king and suggests they start a new life elsewhere together she's enthusiastic, wanting only to live a peaceful life with someone who loves her and where she's free to be herself. [[spoiler:She gets her wish in the end, though sadly without Hamlet and most of her other family members]].
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* Website/{{Kickstarter}} is famous for crowdfunding projects asking for six figures or even millions but there are some projects with small funding goals. Some are craft Kickstarters asking for US$1-100, such as pottery and carved smoking pipes. Myq Kaplan had a Kickstarter to [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/254903668/hang-out-with-me-season-1-a-myq-kaplan-podcast-web fund his podcast]] with a goal of just US$1; not surpisingly, he made his goal and exceeded it by nearly pulling in US$1,000.
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* ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'': Vasily Borodin, ''Red October'''s executive officer, a man who has risen pretty much as far as is possible in the Soviet Navy, dreams of settling in rural Montana, raising rabbits, [[ChubbyChaser marrying a chubby Midwestern woman with a good rabbit stew recipe]] and owning an RV so he can go to Arizona over the winter.
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* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', [[RetiredBadass retired]] [[CoolOldGuy General Iroh]] is at the head of the army that conquers Ba Sing Se, the largest and best-defended city in the world. [[spoiler: He is, [[ProphecyTwist rather unexpectedly]], ''re''conquering it from his own people.]] What are his plans once the job is done? He's going to re-conquer his [[SpotOfTea tea shop]], and play pai sho every day.
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* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', [[RetiredBadass retired]] [[CoolOldGuy General Iroh]] is at the head of the army that conquers Ba Sing Se, the largest and best-defended city in the world. [[spoiler: He is, [[ProphecyTwist rather unexpectedly]], ''re''conquering it from his own people.]] What are his plans once the job is done? He's going to re-conquer his [[SpotOfTea tea shop]], shop, and play pai sho every day.
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* In the ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' story "Death or Glory", Cain spends the book hoping to get a mug of "[[SpotOfTea tanna]]" (which nobody outside the ice world of Valhalla has heard of, let alone has) -- and wanting to survive, but that's his usual raison d'etre. As luck would have it, after leading a massive army of survivors to safety and ending the Ork infestation by flanking them and killing their chief in single combat the first unit he meets up with is a Valhallan regiment...
* ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' all Arthur Dent wants is to sort out his lifestyle and have a nice SpotOfTea. Ford just wants to get drunk and dance with girls.
* ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' all Arthur Dent wants is to sort out his lifestyle and have a nice SpotOfTea. Ford just wants to get drunk and dance with girls.
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* In the ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' story "Death or Glory", Cain spends the book hoping to get a mug of "[[SpotOfTea tanna]]" "tanna" (which nobody outside the ice world of Valhalla has heard of, let alone has) -- and wanting to survive, but that's his usual raison d'etre. As luck would have it, after leading a massive army of survivors to safety and ending the Ork infestation by flanking them and killing their chief in single combat the first unit he meets up with is a Valhallan regiment...
* ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' all Arthur Dent wants is to sort out his lifestyle and have a niceSpotOfTea.cup of tea. Ford just wants to get drunk and dance with girls.
* ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' all Arthur Dent wants is to sort out his lifestyle and have a nice
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* In ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}'', Ogawa and Kato - in contrast to most of the other assistants who are fleshed out as characters - are satisfied with being assistants and do not even attempt to get serialized.
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* In ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}'', Ogawa and Kato - -- in contrast to most of the other assistants who are fleshed out as characters - -- are satisfied with being assistants and do not even attempt to get serialized.
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* In the ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' story "Death or Glory", Cain spends the book hoping to get a mug of "[[SpotOfTea tanna]]" (which nobody outside the ice world of Valhalla has heard of, let alone has) - and wanting to survive, but that's his usual raison d'etre. As luck would have it, after leading a massive army of survivors to safety and ending the Ork infestation by flanking them and killing their chief in single combat the first unit he meets up with is a Valhallan regiment...
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* In the ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' story "Death or Glory", Cain spends the book hoping to get a mug of "[[SpotOfTea tanna]]" (which nobody outside the ice world of Valhalla has heard of, let alone has) - -- and wanting to survive, but that's his usual raison d'etre. As luck would have it, after leading a massive army of survivors to safety and ending the Ork infestation by flanking them and killing their chief in single combat the first unit he meets up with is a Valhallan regiment...
* ''Literature/OrlandoABiography'': Bonthrop's main desire in life is to sail around Cape Horn, again and again and again. [[spoiler: He often shipwrecks and survives -- he's another one of those people who lives for centuries.]]
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* In ''Series/KungFu'', the reason Caine is on the run from the Chinese authorities: Master Po had one ambition: to visit a specific city. It's a small ambition but he still admonishes himself for having it — as a Shaolin Master, he shouldn't have ''any'' ambitions. Sometime after Caine graduates from Monk School, he encounters his old master in that city — he finally got his wish. At that moment the emperor's nephew comes by on his palanquin, shoving Master Po off the road and (eventually) killing him. Caine kills the emperor's nephew in a fit of rage and then must flee China.
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* In ''Series/KungFu'', the reason Caine is on the run from the Chinese authorities: Master Po had one ambition: to visit a specific city. It's a small ambition but he still admonishes himself for having it — -- as a Shaolin Master, he shouldn't have ''any'' ambitions. Sometime after Caine graduates from Monk School, he encounters his old master in that city — -- he finally got his wish. At that moment the emperor's nephew comes by on his palanquin, shoving Master Po off the road and (eventually) killing him. Caine kills the emperor's nephew in a fit of rage and then must flee China.
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* In ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', Tony Stark reveals that he wants "the fight to end" and to retire to a peaceful life in a farm with Pepper. There are hints of TragicDream as Tony's ChronicHeroSyndrome constantly clashes with this wish. [[spoiler: In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', he does manage to retire and build a family before going on OneLastJob.]]
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* In ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', Tony Stark reveals that he wants "the fight to end" and to retire to a peaceful life in [[CallToAgriculture on a farm farm]] with Pepper. There are hints of TragicDream as Tony's ChronicHeroSyndrome constantly clashes with this wish. [[spoiler: In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', he does manage to retire and build a family before going on OneLastJob.]]
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* ''VisualNovel/DaughterForDessert'':
** All that the protagonist and Amanda want to do is rescue their business from failure.
*** [[spoiler:Becomes subverted in Heidi’s endings, when the protagonist decides to franchise the diner.]]
** After college, [[spoiler:the protagonist wanted a run-of-the-mill industrial engineering job. Due to offshoring, he couldn’t even get that.]]
** All that the protagonist and Amanda want to do is rescue their business from failure.
*** [[spoiler:Becomes subverted in Heidi’s endings, when the protagonist decides to franchise the diner.]]
** After college, [[spoiler:the protagonist wanted a run-of-the-mill industrial engineering job. Due to offshoring, he couldn’t even get that.]]
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It's MundaneLuxury they get their wish, or a TragicDream if they don't.
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It's MundaneLuxury if they get their wish, or a TragicDream if they don't.
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-->'''Our parents came to this country, fleeing poverty, oppression, and hunger. Hunger! They were very, very hungry! And they dreamed of a land, filled with hamburger restaurants. And not just one type of hamburger, but hundreds of types, with different sizes, toppings, and condiments. That land was America. America, Harold! ''America.'' Now, this is about achieving what our parents set out for. This is about the pursuit of happiness. This night... is about The American Dream."
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* In ''Film/{{Payback}}'', Porter takes on the city's entire underworld to retrieve his $70,000 cut of stolen heist money. Though $70K is a large amount in general, it is considered minuscule given to the challenges he will face and compared to the amount of money usually at risk in the criminal underworld. Everyone keeps assuming that he wants the whole $140,000, but he constantly insists that he only wants his original share. Everyone reacts with surprise at the low sum, and one mobster complains that he has ''suits'' worth more than $70,000. In the director's cut, the head of the Outfit says she would not get out of bed for that much money.
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* In ''Film/{{Payback}}'', Porter takes on the city's entire underworld to retrieve his $70,000 cut of stolen heist money. Though $70K is a large amount in general, it is considered minuscule given isn't insignificant, it's peanuts to the challenges he will face and compared to the amount of money usually at risk in the criminal underworld. Everyone keeps assuming people he's fighting against, with one mob boss complaining that he wants the whole $140,000, but he constantly insists that he only wants his original share. Everyone reacts with surprise at the low sum, and one mobster complains that he has ''suits'' suits Porter had shot up were worth more than $70,000. In the director's cut, the head of the Outfit says she would not get out of bed for that. Just about everyone he encounters either reacts with disbelief that much money.he'd go to war with the mob over such a paltry amount.
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* ''Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle''. Of course, the way to White Castle is not as straightforward as that.
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* ''Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle''. Of course, The entire goal is there in the way title. No matter how bad the night gets, they never give up on their goal.
-->'''Our parents came toWhite Castle is this country, fleeing poverty, oppression, and hunger. Hunger! They were very, very hungry! And they dreamed of a land, filled with hamburger restaurants. And not as straightforward as that.just one type of hamburger, but hundreds of types, with different sizes, toppings, and condiments. That land was America. America, Harold! ''America.'' Now, this is about achieving what our parents set out for. This is about the pursuit of happiness. This night... is about The American Dream."
-->'''Our parents came to
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* ''Film/MidnightRun'': Jack takes the eponymous job because it will finally make him enough money to give up bounty hunting and start a little coffee shop. He has to run a gauntlet involving organized crime, old vendettas, the FBI and rival bounty hunters, but the coffee shop is his ultimate prize. [[spoiler: In the end, Mardukas gives him enough money to get it.]]
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* In ''Film/{{Extract}}'', after all the legal fuss and bother caused by Step's workplace injury and the various manipulations of others trying to get money out of him through it, his boss Joel ends up just sitting him down and asking him what he really wants. It turns out all Step really wants is a promotion he feels he's deserved and been long overdue for, which Joel is happy to provide.
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* In ''Film/{{Extract}}'', after all the legal fuss and bother caused by Step's workplace injury and the various manipulations of others trying to get money out of him through it, his boss Joel ends up just sitting him down and asking him what he really wants. It turns out all Step really wants is a promotion he feels wanted, from the beginning, was to be promoted to floor manager. After he's deserved injured and been manipulated into a massive lawsuit that could bankrupt the company, he admits that he'd rather just go back to work... as long overdue for, which Joel is happy as he gets to provide.be floor manager.
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* In ''Series/{{Glee}}'', Quinn is the head cheerleader and one of the more popular girls in school. Despite that, she's entirely realistic about (and comfortable with) the fact that Rachel will leave town to pursue stardom, while she has much more modest goals.
-->'''Quinn:''' I get Finn, you get heartbroken. And then Finn and I stay here and start a family. I'll become a successful real estate agent and Finn will take over Kurt's dad's tire shop. You don't belong here Rachel, and you can't hate me for helping to send you on your way.
-->'''Quinn:''' I get Finn, you get heartbroken. And then Finn and I stay here and start a family. I'll become a successful real estate agent and Finn will take over Kurt's dad's tire shop. You don't belong here Rachel, and you can't hate me for helping to send you on your way.
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* In the first season of ''Series/{{Glee}}'', Rachel sees Quinn is as the head cheerleader AlphaBitch who feels entitled to steal her LoveInterest. As it turns out, for all her popularity, Quinn has very modest and one of the more popular girls in school. Despite that, she's entirely realistic about (and comfortable with) the fact goals for herself, and doesn't believe that Rachel will leave town to pursue stardom, while she has much more modest goals.
would be happy with the same life.
-->'''Quinn:''' I get Finn, you get heartbroken. And then Finn and I stay here and start a family. I'll become a successful real estate agent and Finn will take over Kurt's dad's tire shop. You don't belong here Rachel, and you can't hate me for helping to send you on your way.
-->'''Quinn:''' I get Finn, you get heartbroken. And then Finn and I stay here and start a family. I'll become a successful real estate agent and Finn will take over Kurt's dad's tire shop.
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** [[NiceGuy Boy Blue]] is [[BewareTheNiceOnes a veteran of countless battles in a]] HopelessWar and his RoaringRampageOfRescue through the homelands gets him described in-universe as the sort of guy Creator/ErrolFlynn only pretended to be in his films. The only problem is, while being a survivor from countless massacres may be testament to his badassery, [[RealityEnsues it leaves him suffering from terrible]] SurvivorsGuilt from all the countless comrades he's watched die, and as such, all he really wants to be is a functionary in some boring office job for the rest of his eternal life, with ''finally'' not having a romantic attachment blow up in his face being a nice bonus. [[spoiler:When dying, he specifically requests that he not be buried among the soldiers, because he'd prefer to be remembered as a clerk and musician rather than a world-class badass. After meeting and giving reassurance the not-quite-dead Bigby in limbo, Blue says that it looks like his own personal heaven will, in fact, be something totally unremarkable that will fulfill his wish at long last]].
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** [[NiceGuy Boy Blue]] is [[BewareTheNiceOnes a veteran of countless battles in a]] HopelessWar and his RoaringRampageOfRescue through the homelands gets him described in-universe as the sort of guy Creator/ErrolFlynn only pretended to be in his films. The only problem is, while being a survivor from countless massacres may be testament to his badassery, [[RealityEnsues [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome it leaves him suffering from terrible]] SurvivorsGuilt from all the countless comrades he's watched die, and as such, all he really wants to be is a functionary in some boring office job for the rest of his eternal life, with ''finally'' not having a romantic attachment blow up in his face being a nice bonus. [[spoiler:When dying, he specifically requests that he not be buried among the soldiers, because he'd prefer to be remembered as a clerk and musician rather than a world-class badass. After meeting and giving reassurance the not-quite-dead Bigby in limbo, Blue says that it looks like his own personal heaven will, in fact, be something totally unremarkable that will fulfill his wish at long last]].
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* In ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}'', Ogawa and Kato- in contrast to most of the other assistants who are fleshed out as characters- are satisfied with being assistants and do not even attempt to get serialized.
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* Il Pallazzo, the would-be ruler of the world in ''Anime/ExcelSaga'', has scaled-down his ambitions to simply taking over a single city so that he can ''eventually'' broaden his horizons to the prefecture and then Japan and so on. He later says to someone on the phone that "just wishing to 'rule the world' is a childish fantasy for simplistic morons."
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* Il Pallazzo, the would-be ruler of the world in ''Anime/ExcelSaga'', has scaled-down his ambitions to simply [[TakeOverTheCity taking over a single city city]] so that he can ''eventually'' broaden his horizons to the prefecture and then Japan and so on. He later says to someone on the phone that "just wishing to 'rule the world' is a childish fantasy for simplistic morons."
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** It's [[EasterEgg possible]] to change a Sim's Lifetime Aspiration (instead of "Money", "Family", "Romance", etc.) to "Grilled Cheese". Characters with this aspiration seek to eat grilled cheese sandwiches and talk to people about grilled cheese sandwiches.
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** It's [[EasterEgg possible]] to change a Sim's Lifetime Aspiration (instead of "Money", "Family", "Romance", etc.) to "Grilled Cheese". Cheese" by misusing a reward from the University expansion. Characters with this aspiration seek to cook grilled cheese sandwiches, eat grilled cheese sandwiches sandwiches, and talk to people about grilled cheese sandwiches.
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** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', secret character Gogo the Mimic joins your party because they're bored.
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* In ''Series/BabylonFive'', the Centauri are a [[PlanetOfHats planet full of]] [[DeadlyDecadentCourt scheming aristocrats]], all of whom want power and the majority of whom are after the big chair. Except for [[DefectorFromDecadence Vir Cotto]], who [[spoiler:naturally, [[ReluctantRuler becomes Emperor]].]]:
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* In ''Series/BabylonFive'', the Centauri are a [[PlanetOfHats planet full of]] [[DeadlyDecadentCourt [[DecadentCourt scheming aristocrats]], all of whom want power and the majority of whom are after the big chair. Except for [[DefectorFromDecadence Vir Cotto]], who [[spoiler:naturally, [[ReluctantRuler becomes Emperor]].]]:
