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It could have had great humor, brilliant action sequences, diabolical villains or even philosophical ideas that could make you think. What everyone remembers, however, is the female lead's [[YouCanLeaveYourHatOn striptease]] in the UsefulNotes/{{Sweeps}} one year. Or, in an even more extreme case, [[MaleFrontalNudity a penis]] when it pops up on-screen. This trope refers to the actions of characters rather than characterization.
This is the common tendency for {{fanservice}} to overshadow everything else about a work, regardless of the amount that actually occurs in it (sometimes the most remembered bit of {{fanservice}} actually comes from promotional materials, which [[NeverTrustATrailer don't accurately depict what actually happens in the show]]). This can be so powerful and effective in Hollywood that the HollywoodHypeMachine will go into overdrive and make an actress who bared all (or most) of herself an instant, overnight household name. Don't laugh--Creator/ShannonElizabeth and Creator/DeniseRichards got ''years'' of movie roles because of this trope thanks to ''Film/AmericanPie'' and ''Film/WildThings'' respectively. At times this effect can become self-perpetuating: the mainstream audience first discovers a work due to its fanservice, and when word starts to spread about it, the fanservice is what newcomers hear about first as well. Ultimately, large portions of the public may end up knowing nothing else about the work.
Of course, one person's fanservice is another's FetishRetardant. This is particularly prominent ("[[DoubleStandard for some reason]]") any time there's [[MrFanservice a dude on full display]] in a work with any meaningful proportion of straight men in the audience. But hey, remembered positively or [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity negatively]], it's all the same in the end--hype is hype. Such {{inver|tedTrope}}sions go below all the same.
For the more romantic equivalent, see MostFanficWritersAreGirls. When viewers watch a show specifically for fanservice, they're JustHereForGodzilla. See also FanserviceExtra and DancingBear. OneSceneWonder is a similar phenomenon, but mostly unrelated. If the fanservice is controversial, the work may be OvershadowedByControversy. Can result in AudienceAlienatingPremise if it's more than just one or a few scenes. See also SignatureScene, which is often this. A subtrope of NeverLiveItDown.
{{Jiggle Show}}s rely on this trope for their success since they heavily rely on FanService.
Crosses over into TruthInTelevision, as there are many, many films, TV series and literary works that are known primarily for sex scenes or other suggestiveness and not for their plot, acting, etc. And this often extends to the actors and writers, not all of whom are pleased to be associated forever with a particular scene. Some admittedly don't care or take an [[DoingItForTheArt I did it for the art]] approach (these folks are more likely to vehemently defend the decision in interviews even years later); others express regret and treat it as an OldShame (see also NeverLiveItDown), especially if their career has evolved in the direction of more prestigious or family-friendly productions or if they have found themselves typecast into a certain type of role as a result. The tendency of the media and Internet communities to fixate on fanservice aspects of a production have led a number of text books and manuals for aspiring screenwriters and filmmakers to outright recommend ''against'' overdoing sexual content in order to avoid this trope from coming into effect. (Hint: if the most prominent media coverage you see for a TV series or film is devoted to its sexual content, then you've come across an example of this trope.)
For when the "fanservice" is a scene where the audience gets their (safe for work) wish, see JustHereForGodzilla.
This is the common tendency for {{fanservice}} to overshadow everything else about a work, regardless of the amount that actually occurs in it (sometimes the most remembered bit of {{fanservice}} actually comes from promotional materials, which [[NeverTrustATrailer don't accurately depict what actually happens in the show]]). This can be so powerful and effective in Hollywood that the HollywoodHypeMachine will go into overdrive and make an actress who bared all (or most) of herself an instant, overnight household name. Don't laugh--Creator/ShannonElizabeth and Creator/DeniseRichards got ''years'' of movie roles because of this trope thanks to ''Film/AmericanPie'' and ''Film/WildThings'' respectively. At times this effect can become self-perpetuating: the mainstream audience first discovers a work due to its fanservice, and when word starts to spread about it, the fanservice is what newcomers hear about first as well. Ultimately, large portions of the public may end up knowing nothing else about the work.
Of course, one person's fanservice is another's FetishRetardant. This is particularly prominent ("[[DoubleStandard for some reason]]") any time there's [[MrFanservice a dude on full display]] in a work with any meaningful proportion of straight men in the audience. But hey, remembered positively or [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity negatively]], it's all the same in the end--hype is hype. Such {{inver|tedTrope}}sions go below all the same.
For the more romantic equivalent, see MostFanficWritersAreGirls. When viewers watch a show specifically for fanservice, they're JustHereForGodzilla. See also FanserviceExtra and DancingBear. OneSceneWonder is a similar phenomenon, but mostly unrelated. If the fanservice is controversial, the work may be OvershadowedByControversy. Can result in AudienceAlienatingPremise if it's more than just one or a few scenes. See also SignatureScene, which is often this. A subtrope of NeverLiveItDown.
{{Jiggle Show}}s rely on this trope for their success since they heavily rely on FanService.
Crosses over into TruthInTelevision, as there are many, many films, TV series and literary works that are known primarily for sex scenes or other suggestiveness and not for their plot, acting, etc. And this often extends to the actors and writers, not all of whom are pleased to be associated forever with a particular scene. Some admittedly don't care or take an [[DoingItForTheArt I did it for the art]] approach (these folks are more likely to vehemently defend the decision in interviews even years later); others express regret and treat it as an OldShame (see also NeverLiveItDown), especially if their career has evolved in the direction of more prestigious or family-friendly productions or if they have found themselves typecast into a certain type of role as a result. The tendency of the media and Internet communities to fixate on fanservice aspects of a production have led a number of text books and manuals for aspiring screenwriters and filmmakers to outright recommend ''against'' overdoing sexual content in order to avoid this trope from coming into effect. (Hint: if the most prominent media coverage you see for a TV series or film is devoted to its sexual content, then you've come across an example of this trope.)
For when the "fanservice" is a scene where the audience gets their (safe for work) wish, see JustHereForGodzilla.
