Crossover
- In Amazing Fantasy, Mysterio's crimes began as petty theft. He sank lower and lower as he became more and more obsessed with fame and defeating Spider-Man. Eventually, he became tired of being the punchline and turned to much darker and sinister crimes to get the attention and respect he craved.Mysterio: [to Spider-Man] You can't do this to me! Not when I've come so far!
Peter: Yeah, and at what cost Quentin? [glanced at the portal] Selling lives and drugs? Were you really that desperate to be a big shot?
Mysterio: [gritting his teeth] Better than being a joke… better than being your punchline. Over there I'm something more. I've got respect… hell, soon I'll be bigger than any movie star! - Children of an Elder God: Subverted. Asuka's foster mother helped her with her temper and self-esteem issues, but the German girl still liked and needed to being the centre of attention. However she develops powers and abilities during the War which bring the wrong sort of attention and freak other people out. After the Final Battle Asuka just wants to be unnoticed and remain anonymous.
- Last Child of Krypton:
- Subverted with Shinji. Asuka thinks this is the Superman's -a. k. a. Shinji- motivation to perform heroic deeds, but later she learns he simply does not want to see people hurt.
- Played straight with Asuka. Due to deep childhood trauma she yearns for someone else’s attention in order to convince herself she is worth of something.
- In chapter 2 she expected being met by a huge reception at the airport, not knowing Misato wanted everything low key. Kaji was gradually letting her down during the whole flight so that she did not get angry.
- As seen in chapter 8:
First of all, when she arrived at school, Shinji in tow, she discovered that she was no longer the center of attention, and this inflamed her sensibilities deeply.
- Superwomen of Eva 2: Lone Heir of Krypton: At the beginning Asuka becomes an heroine to earn extra attention. However, her motivation gradually changes as she becomes a true heroine.
- Thousand Shinji: As soon as he met Asuka Shinji realized she was an attention-seeker and deduced why. And as far as he was concerned, she had earned her swagger and he would love doing the same thing.
- The Ever Twisting Wind: The Lightning Thief
gives this to Andi as her Fatal Flaw. After spending her whole childhood at the Dursleys to pretend she never existed at all, she's desesperate for people's recognition but thinks they will never care for her as a person, only for what she did. - Black Sky gives this as a common character trait for Lightning Flame Users. Even when they are brainwashed into utter submission and dependence, they enjoy flashy stuff showing their prowess off. Terrence Higgs is seen as kind of odd because he doesn't enjoy attention when it doesn't come from his Lady-liege.
- ResurrectedMemories: With the exception of Danny, Paulina really doesn't like it when somebody else gets more attention than her. Ember herself is one, since her biggest goal in the series is to use her power to get legions of fans to idolize her and then take over the world she eventually outgrows this over the course of the story.
- Cheating Death: Those That Lived: Tabbock, District 9's last Victor, relishes the spotlight. This is most evident in his magic show and how he directly addresses the audience during his Games. He even enjoys being publicly whipped as a child for misbehaving, because it means people are watching him.
- The Magic Goes Away: Naru proves to be one when she finds herself bothered that boys aren't paying attention to her. Most noticeably, she gets upset when a trio of boys she has to clean classrooms with spend all their time cleaning and talking to each other about designing a videogame rather than ogling her.
- Fashion Upgrade: Exploited. At several points, Lila grouses about the fact that everyone is talking about Marinette instead of paying attention to her. Marinette's new classmates weaponize this against her after she tries to sabotage their fashion show. Rather than try to retaliate directly, they ignore her entirely and instead give Marinette's former classmates a helping hand in their well-deserved rise to fame while Lila is left in obscurity.
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
- A Diplomatic Visit: Comes into play in the sequel Diplomat at Large. This is the Storm King's motivation, as he reveals before his fight starts.The Storm King: "Why, I'm gonna be a star, little princess! The biggest, baddest bad guy this world has ever seen! The Storm King isn't just a person, it's a whole brand! And when I get your Power, and all your other Princess's and all the rest of your precious Powers, I'm gonna be a King the whole wide world of universes!"
- Naru-Hina Chronicles Mini-sodes: Naruko, Naruto's female clone, decides to make an impromptu bikini contest. However, she doesn't take it well when she's not chosen to be the winner, with those attending the contest choosing Hinata instead. Naruko then has a breakdown where she yells that she, not Hinata, is the one who is supposed to be ogling at. Soon enough, she ends up exploding like any of Naruto's clones because of her reaction.
- A Crown of Stars: Since she was four Asuka had sought other people's attention and praise as a way to validate her existence. Even after her mind and her body had been thoroughly broken and her pride shattered she still craved acknowledgment and she was glad when she had a chance to show off.
- Advice and Trust: At the beginning, Asuka yearned for other people's attention so that she did not feel alone, but thanks to her relationship with Shinji she gradually starts to realize she does not need their approval as long as Shinji is by her side.
- The Child of Love: Asuka yearns for and loves attention due to be abandoned when she was a child. She tries to be the best at everything and as loud and bold as possible because she believes nobody will ever care about her otherwise.Shinji (realizing that he just said what he thought):"I-I...I was just saying that you were cute....err..."
Asuka:"Really? I'm not so surprised. I know I'm cute. But anyway, thanks."
Shinji (to himself):"Jeez...if you were any more egotistic, you'd die from it." (to Asuka:) "That kimono fits you very well." - Doing It Right This Time: Although Asuka is trying to ditch her negative character traits in the altered timelilne, she still likes when people pay attention to her:Asuka:"What can I say? I'm a born show-off."
- Evangelion 303: Asuka needed to be the best because she liked to be valued, and she went to greath lengths to crush any rival threatened her top place. However, while she was going through a rough patch, she wished for finding a place where nobody knew about her. When she recovered from her breakdown, she again enjoyed being the center of attention, but she did not need it so badly.
- Ghosts of Evangelion: Asuka used to be one to assuage her inferiority complex. After Third Impact, though, she doesn't want people to pay attention to her because she often draws the wrong kind of attention.
- HERZ: When she was a child, Asuka always tried to stand out and be the center of attention due to her self-esteem and abandonment issues. During a dream she remembered she was thrilled to fight Gaghiel because she thought it was a good opportunity to show everyone -specially Shinji- her worth.
- Higher Learning: Asuka was one at the beginning. However she gradually mellowed down after hooking up with Shinji.
- Deconstructed in Neon Genesis Evangelion: Genocide. Asuka tried to draw everyone's attention to feel less lonely... but she realized eventually that even if they paid attention to her, they didn't care.
- Once More With Feeling (Crazy-88): Asuka is a very big attention-seeker. Shinji does not mind, though, since he now knows why she craves for attention, and he actually helps her to stand out as he makes clear he will always care about her, not matter what.
- The One I Love Is...: During several talks Asuka explains Shinji why she yearns for being looked and valued, and reveals she is frightened of being alone and disregarded as if she was a worthless thing.
- The Second Try: Subverted. Although she got over that phase several years ago and drawing attention towards herself is the last thing she wants right now, Asuka gets forced to play the part so that nobody realizes that she and Shinji are time-travelers. Ironically, since she is a twenty-years-old woman stuck into the body of her thirteen-years-old self, she realizes how childish was that attitude.
- Admeh Keter, the Starter Villain for Ruby and Nora, is a vicious Serial Killer and Card-Carrying Villain who is quick to anger when people don’t pay attention to him or consider him lesser than someone else.
