History Main / ThrillSeeker

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': [[Characters/AmphibiaMarcyWu Marcy Wu]] is into the fantasy/RPG genre, and treats her time in Amphibia as a real-life adventure game. [[spoiler:This takes a darker turn when it's revealed that she deliberately took her friends to Amphibia. When she found out she was moving away, she stumbled upon the Calamity Box, which she had read about in the library. Seeing it was actually real, she took the opportunity to go on an adventure beyond her wildest dreams with her friends where they would never have to be separated. Both Anne and Sasha are horrified by the revelation.]]

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': This is part of the reason Black Cat is a thief. Stealing things gives her a thrill.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': Marcy is into the fantasy/RPG genre, and treats her time in Amphibia as a real-life adventure game. [[spoiler:This takes a darker turn when it's revealed that she deliberately took her friends to Amphibia. When she found out she was moving away, she stumbled upon the Calamity Box, which she had read about in the library. Seeing it was actually real, she took the opportunity to go on an adventure beyond her wildest dreams with her friends where they would never have to be separated. Both Anne and Sasha are horrified by the revelation.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E24LostOurLisa Lost Our Lisa]]", Homer reveals to Lisa that he lives life like this.

A subtrope of InHarmsWay, for adrenaline junkies: characters who seek out adventures and danger specifically because of the excitement. This can be positive, neutral, or negative: one can just as easily get their thrill from rescuing kidnapped victims, or from snowboarding in the middle of a blizzard, or from engaging in good old-fashioned highway robbery.

Easily overlaps with ChallengeSeeker, GlorySeeker, ItAmusedMe, BloodKnight, or HotBlooded. Can be a motivation for AllGirlsWantBadBoys. Not to be confused with DeathSeeker, who looks for dangerous adventures because they ''want'' to die--the Thrill Seeker may consider death an acceptable risk, but they still want to live for that next adrenaline high.

* VillainOfTheWeek Sistermon Ciel in ''Anime/DigimonGhostGame'' was an AxCrazy BloodKnight obsessed with being the "fastest and strongest" to the point that she hijacked a group of Digimon's friendly race and turned it into a DeadlyGame by making a DealWithTheDevil with TheGrimReaper Digimon [=MetalPhantomon=], offering the losers' lives in order to make it "more exciting". Their races would cause them to wreak havoc in the real world, making panicked humans crash their cars.

* ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' villain sister team Double Dare turned to crime in hopes of finding excitement and challenge.

--> She’d found her first trap. She’d outwitted her first trap. Her cutie mark all but sang. She wanted to find another trap and relive that thrill again and again, feel her heart jump into her mouth on another gamble in the face of deadly odds.
* SelfInsert Jeremiah Cross from ''Fanfic/ThisBites'' is a reported adrenaline junkie. When his life's in danger from intense heights or antagonizing someone who ''could'' flatten him single-handedly, his blood starts to boil and he'll often break [[LaughingMad into fits of laughter in the face of the danger]]. He first discovered this aspect of himself in the One Piece world when nearly being thrown from the ship traveling Reverse Mountain.

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* Bohdi from ''Film/{{Point Break|1991}}'' is an extreme-sports enthusiast, surfer, and bank robber. He's described as an adrenaline junkie who'll do anything for a cheap thrill.

* Xander Cage from ''{{Film/XXX}}''. In his introductory scene, he steals a Senator's Corvette and destroys it to make a political point--and he specifically destroys the car by driving it off a bridge and parachuting into the valley below. Later, Xander's is able to infiltrate the terrorist cell Anarchy 99 specifically because of his reputation as an adrenaline junkie.

* ''Series/{{Psych}}'': The aptly named "Thrill Seekers and Hell Raisers" has Gus dating a girl named Ruby who is quite the adrenaline junkie, a trait she shares with her group of friends. Their idea of grieving their dead friend is indoor rock climbing or parasailing. [[spoiler:The killer of this episode is a negative example, openly admitting to getting a rush from tracking down and killing someone.]]
* Rocky Valentine, the protagonist of ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E28ANicePlaceToVisit A Nice Place to Visit]]" - and, naturally, he winds up in an IronicHell where he can have anything he wants for zero effort and is never truly in danger or even ''capable'' of failing.

* ''Music/{{Vocaloid}}'': "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTDS_hMlguc Headline Love]]", a song by Kodakami ft. Sweet Ann and Big Al, features Ann in the role of a woman who is constantly seeking out the joy and excitement of life, and doing everything to make her name known. Eventually, she turns to robbing a bank just for the pure thrill of it, [[spoiler:which leads to her death in a car crash while being chased by police.]]
* Another ''Music/{{Vocaloid}}'' song, "The Faulty Feline Philosophy," about a girl who becomes addicted to life-threatening exploits after a cat deity gives her multiple lives to spare.
-->Why would I need your discretion\\

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''. His love for adventure and thrills is a large part of the reason he fights Doctor Eggman and [[VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog other]] {{Big Bad}}s.
* In ''VideoGame/SpudsAdventure'', according to the manual, Spud lives for danger and adventure--the bigger the risk, the better.
* ''VideoGame/{{Transistor}}'': Speed demon Preston Moyle's Background calls him "Ever the thrill-seeker".

* In ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'', [[spoiler: [[BigBad Junko's]] all-consuming need to feel and inflict despair can be seen as this; despair is the only thing that makes her feel alive because her analysis skills cause her to feel soul-crushingly bored with the world since she can predict [[EvilCannotComprehendGood almost]] all the outcomes of every situation. It's only when things are completely chaotic and unpredictable that she doesn't feel empty.]]

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Yang has mentioned that she wants to be a Huntress--which amounts to hunting the monstrous Grimms and protecting the populace -- for the thrill and excitement of such things.

* Some of the players ''WebComic/DarthsAndDroids'', and consequently their characters:

--->'''Bianca:''' Anyone who shared my life...would share the danger.\\
'''Sonya:''' [whispers] Some people like danger.\\

'''Sonya:''' [blushing and smitten] Try me.

* In ''WebComic/TowerOfGod'', before Jahad became GodEmperor of the Tower, he used to be an adventurer. His younger self from the time he'd been to the Hell Train was already overwhelmingly powerful, but he'd always use [[JustToyingWithThem only enough power]] to keep ahead of his opponents in battle, and nothing pleased him more than when he actually had to use all of it. His version of FutureMeScaresMe involved seeing that the older King Jahad was working to secure absolute, unchallengeable power, which was the opposite of what he wanted. [[spoiler: He even sent an opponent after his older self that he expected would be the greatest threat to him yet, just so that his older self could experience the thrill of challenge again.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': Marcy is into the fantasy/RPG genre, and treats her time in Amphibia as a real-life adventure game. [[spoiler: This takes a darker turn when it's revealed she deliberately took her friends to Amphibia. When she found out she was moving away, she stumbled upon the Calamity Box, which she had read about in the library. Seeing it was actually real, she took the opportunity to go on an adventure beyond her wildest dreams with her friends where they would never have to be separated. Both Anne and Sasha are horrified by the revelation.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', Roxy Rocket is a professional stuntwoman who pulled several high-profile heists primarily for the thrill of it. Unlike most Batman rogues, she is not actively malicious and was quite amicable when he caught her and sent her to jail.
-->'''Bruce:''' Roxy Rocket, AKA, Roxanne Sutton. She did all the stunts for Jennifer Westing in her action series. They say she doubled for some of the men too.\\

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', ComicBook/{{Batwoman}} underwent AdaptationalVillainy and became one of these, becoming a vigilante ripping off Batman just for the thrill of it and endangering the public with her stunts. When ComicBook/TheRiddler ruins her fun by unmasking her and causing legal repercussions, she pulls a GrandTheftMe on Batman so she could get revenge on Riddler and frame Batman to take his place.

* In the episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E24LostOurLisa 'Lost Our Lisa']] from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Homer reveals to Lisa that he lives life like this.

''[Homer stops the car.]''\\

'''Homer:''' If I hadn't've taken a stupid risk with that cherry picker I would have never found you!\\

''[The car starts rolling backwards towards the river.]''\\