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Famous for Being Famous
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When someone is a celebrity simply because that person is well-known — and little else. Perhaps they did gain genuine notability with past pursuits — for example, a celebrity was a famous singer or actor in decades past — but that has fallen by the wayside or been buried with all the media attention. The only thing that matters is they are well-known and they are invited to talk shows and gala events. When they are interviewed in celebrity magazines, they are asked about their lifestyle, love life and social activities. The celebrity may be Shrouded in Myth or a Glory Hound. Compare Idle Rich, including the Millionaire Playboy and Socialite — though in those cases, be on the lookout for subversions (perhaps it's merely a Secret Identity). Contrast with Fame Through Infamy. This trope is how the term is applied in fiction. Real life examples are completely redundant and may be easily lead to Flame Bait. |
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In Bedtime Stories (2008), Teresa Palmer plays Violet Nottingham, a No Celebrities Were Harmed version of Paris Hilton (a young, blonde 20-something hotel heiress celebutante notorious for partying and winding up in the tabloids). As such, she fits this trope quite well. | |
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Discworld: Moving Pictures is a novel in which the phenomenon of Hollywood movies emerges temporarily in a fantasy universe for various reasons: It's suggested that lead character Ginger's desire for fame is something new in the universe; she doesn't particularly want to be recognised as a great actress, or even a great beauty, she just wants to be recognised. When Lord Vetinari observes this phenomenon, he believes that people being famous for being famous is a dangerous thing and "he would probably have to have someone killed someday, though it would be with reluctance. On his part, that is. Their reluctance goes without saying." This is partly because a movie audience that recognizes the movie stars has no idea who he is despite the fact that he rules the city and the years he's put in making it work. He's too self-controlled to be jealous, but he is fascinated... |
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Discussed in an episode of Crash Course, where John Green tries to figure out what made Alexander the Great great, and cites some modern celebrities who are "professional famous persons." | |
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Glenn Martin, DDS: Courtney cites this trope word for word in one episode regarding Paris Hilton. | |
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In Darwin's Soldiers, Aisha makes a rather unsubtle jab at Paris Hilton | |
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The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. London Tipton is an obvious Expy of Paris Hilton, and seems to be fairly well known In-Universe despite not doing much except being a hotel heiress. | |
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The rather unremarkable protagonist of Dream Scenario finds that he suddenly has a walk-on part in millions of people’s dreams. It's a satire on modern culture's ability to make people famous for nothing in particular. | |
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Fallout 2 has some "celebrities" who are celebrities because the Hubologists say so. There're even some humorous response options like "Ooh! Celebrities!" Technically, they are actors but they're actors in porn. | |
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The Sims 3 expansion "Late Night" introduces a Celebrity system which rates celebrities from one to five stars. Lower-ranked celebrities gain stars by impressing higher-ranked celebrities, which they can do by bragging about their careers, skills, wealth, or name-dropping other celebrities. Although it is possible to gain celebrity solely by being great at a skill or career, it is much quicker and easier to climb the fame ladder by schmoozing and name-dropping, resulting in this trope being widespread. | |
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On NCIS, Ducky laments this trope's existence as opposed to those who are famous for more well-deserved reasons. | |
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Funhouse (2020): Many of the contestants are people who have become famous for being tabloid fodder. Kasper in particular is singled out because he became a reality TV star by happening to marry a female pop star. | |
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On Ted Lasso, Keeley Jones starts out as football player Jamie Tartt's girlfriend. Her initial career followed the stereotypical WAG path of lowbrow modelling gigs and taking care of her boyfriend's PR. Throughout the series everybody keeps running into old gigs she was hired to do that she has no memory of. | |
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South Park: Discussed on one episode; when Wendy asks what Paris Hilton actually does, the other girls only answer that she's famous. In "It's a Jersey Thing" regarding Snooki. |
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Technobabylon has Imogen Natalia Revilla-Quintanilla de Florez, a women who's famous mostly for just being rich and making various public appearances. She's also a member of Jeong's conspiratorial circle to remove the Central AI from it's administrative position, allowing it to unlock it's true potential over the entire internet rather than being stuck overseeing a single city. | |
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In "It's a Jersey Thing" regarding Snooki. | |
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How I Met Your Mother. One episode has Marshall have an (imagined) conversation with Kim Kardashian, whom he refers to as "super hot lady who my wife keeps telling me why you're famous but I keep forgetting." | |
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