"...I'm here to win." Show — At least one contestant per season on every Reality Show Competition ever Along with reminding people that they're in a competition, contestants on competitive reality shows also like to remind their fellow contestants that they did not come on the show to make friends (or further their acting career, but that's a different issue entirely). Well, that makes sense. When you're trying to win a large sum of money or the love of a D-list celebrity, it's not exactly a good idea to be all buddy-buddy with your competition—unless you plan on backstabbing them later—instead of focusing on your own performance. An NPR segment (9/12/2009) on this trope shows that studios do feed this line sometimes. The segment also shows that the person/people who actually use the line never win—not surprisingly, as it tends to signpost them as arrogant douchebags who, unless they can really win the audience over, will be at risk of being voted off before long. Especially in a social game show, fellow contestants have to like you, or at least respect you as a Worthy Opponent if you want to actually get further. There is also an implication that the contestant thinks they can win the contest all by themselves... and you know what people think of those kinds of folks. It's ultimately a redundant and self-destructive attitude since everyone on the show is there to win; there's nothing to gain in being a jerkass about it. It goes without saying that these characters are prone to Cat Fights. Bonus points if the person who says it also make it into a Pun on the show's name (i.e. "This is not America's Next Top Best Friend.", "This is Flavor of Love, not Flavor of Friendship!", "This is not RuPaul's Best Friend Race!") This trope may be an applied form of the GIFT —as has been written by Reality TV columnists, many people who enter games with this attitude do not actually act like this in real life. They decide that the end justifies the means, and don't care at all about what others think about them. As described below, this attitude is not exclusive to reality game shows; it's just the origin of the trope. In video games, "Stop Having Fun" Guys and Scrubs can embody this trope. Be very careful adding Real Life examples. See This Is a Competition. Related to Serious Business. Contrast I Just Want to Have Friends. Examples:open/close all folders Reality Shows
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Who first said Im not here to make friends?The first recorded mention of “I'm not here to make friends” was bestowed upon the public — unwittingly sparking hundreds of copycats for decades to come — by Kelly Wiglesworth in the first season of “Survivor.”
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