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* In ''Manga/FairyTail'', Erza Scarlet is a ShamelessFanserviceGirl who is more than happy to let her male guild mates see her naked, but when her boyfriend Jellal accidentally gropped her breasts at the water park during the Grand Magic Games, she had a LuminescentBlush. In addition, in an omake chapter, where the [[ChristmasEpisode Fairy Tail guild held a Christmas party]], Erza and the rest of her guild mates got drunk and she played a cruel "master" game, where every time she was given the "master" position, she demanded Gajeel, Natsu, and Gray to strip naked and Lucy and Juvia to strip into their underwear. When Gray got the master position, he demanded Erza to walk home naked. She took off her clothes without hesitation and with a smile on her face, much to the chagrin of Lucy as well as all of the boys, including Gray who gave her the command in the first place. He insisted that he was just yanking her chain and begged her to put her clothes back on again, but she just punched him in the face and tells him to "grow a pair" and starts walking home anyway. She was only at worst mildly inconvenienced by the cold air, but then she noticed Jellal... and then she started blushing and acting all embarrassed, contrary to when she took her clothes off in the first place.

* In ''Manga/{{NEEDLESS}}'', Adam Blade was a shirt chaser but was never shown acting perverted towards Eve, who was meant to be Blade's soul mate.
** This is probably more due to the fact that [[TokenMiniMoe she isn't his type]].

* In ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'', Ginei acts unusually polite around Sun Otonashi.

* In the backstory of [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Jordan179 Jordan179]]'s WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fanfic novella ''Fanfic/ALongNightAtTheHippodrome'', the [[ChivalrousPervert lecherous but honorable]] stallion Piercing Gaze, owner and manager of the Baltimare Hippodrome, feels this way toward The Great and Powerful Trixie when she plays his house for about a month. He befriends her and begins to [[LadykillerInLove care for her greatly]]. Unfortunately, they get drunk together one night and he violates this precept, (from his point of view) seducing her. [[TheIngenue The formerly-virginal]] Trixie reacts afterward with [[ParalyzingFearOfSexuality horror]] and leaves Baltimare. Piercing totally blames himself for violating his normal code, and hopes that one day Trixie will forgive him. [[spoiler:Probably because she returns his love, Trixie doesn't judge him as harshly for this as he does himself]].

* In chapter 3 of ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/2712908/chapters/6377063#workskin Buy Your Love]]'', Nico gets annoyed at Nozomi [[ThanksForTheMammary always feeling her breasts]] (especially [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment as punishment for not focusing on her studies]]) and asks why doesn't she grope Eli [[BuxomBeautyStandard since hers are bigger than Nico's]]. Nozomi's awkward decline of feeling up Eli cues Nico in that her classmate has been using Nico as a substitute for Eli's body because she's too nervous to confess her feelings to Eli.
* ''Fanfic/QueensOfMewni'': Venus, despite her reputation as an EthicalSlut who bedded over 1000 lovers, when reunited with Eric Flowers and show proof of his love for her-''genuine'' love for Venus, not just because she's easy or because she's the queen-she didn't even kiss him until a month after they reunite, was celibate until they got married, and remained loyal to him for their entire marriage. (Only the two of them and Glossaryck know that's true, CommonKnowledge is that she took him to bed right away.)

* In ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'', Jay's [[GoodAngelBadAngel shoulder Angel]] tells him he can't be the same perv he usually is with Justice, and must instead be "Literature/DonJuan Delanooch".

* ''Film/SummerLovers.'' Cathy has read some books on sex and tries an experiment where she ties Michael to a bed and drips candle wax on him. He doesn't like it, and tells her not to read any more because he doesn't want to know what she might find next.

* Gleefully averted in the ''Literature/NightHuntress'' books. ChivalrousPervert Bones takes great delight in being as crude and as sexually explicit as he can, under the pretense of helping Cat overcome her blushing naïveté.

* ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'': Michael Scott refrains from making his usual "That's What She Said" jokes when he's with Holly, one of his only love interests that has real potential.

* When Barney from ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' gets a crush on his friend Robin, he tries to win her over by being a gentleman. Leads directly into a WeWantOurJerkBack moment.

* Chuck with Blair on ''Series/GossipGirl''. He has no problem ''forcing'' other girls, but when it comes to Blair he asks "Are you sure?" the first time, wants to ''wait'' later on, and even refuses to have sex until they can admit they love each other.
* Averted by Morgan and Garcia of ''Series/CriminalMinds''. Between Garcia's photoshopped-picture collection, the rated-R phone banter, and the fact that their nicknames include "my vision," "tech kitten," "sexy mama," "sweetness," "baby girl," and "gorgeous," it's safe to say there's no lack of sexualization occurring. And they're not even a canonical ''romance'' -- they flirt a lot over the phone, but it's all in good fun; they're more like a male-female version of HeterosexualLifePartners. Garcia even gets one or two genuine {{Love Interest}}s in the course of the show.
** What makes it even more hilarious is that the rest of their team no longer notice or comment on their banter anymore. Even when Garcia makes up a fictional child between them to oust a skeevy adoption agency, no one so much as bats an eye.

* One episode of ''Series/That70sShow'' has Kitty remember an incident before she and Red were married when he had cheated on her by making out with another woman at a movie. When she angrily demands to know why he did that with another woman but never assumed that ''she'' would have enjoyed something like that (which, keep in mind, would have been rather improper around the time they were dating), he more or less [[InvokedTrope invokes]] this trope.
* The ''Series/{{Coupling}}'' episode "Inferno" is devoted to Steve's girlfriend Susan finding his collection of lesbian porn videos. And the excruciating consequences afterwards.
* Lampshaded in ''Series/{{House}}''. Wilson points out that since House ''isn't'' objectifying his hallucination of Amber, he must have feelings for her.
* When the otherwise lecherous [[Series/{{Taxi}} Louie]] starts dating Zena, it turns out that he won't even ''hold her hand'', and Alex eventually comes to the conclusion that Zena is Louie's "first ''nice'' girl."
* ''Series/{{Cheers}}'': Sam says, "I love you" casually to every woman he dates, but finds himself unable to say it to Diane because he actually cares about her. He also generally acts less sleazy toward her and doesn't put moves on her like he does with other women because, [[LampshadeHanging as he says]], he respects her and wants her to think well of him.
** Which led to this great ending line:
-->'''Diane''': [excitedly] Everyone! Sam can't say he loves me!
-->'''Carla''': Who ''can?''
* ''Series/LawAndOrderUK''. DS Matt Devlin flirts with CP Alesha Philips regularly--until she's raped, at which point it becomes obvious to the viewers that his feelings for her go beyond mere lust. From then on, he settles for [[LongingLook longing looks]], even apologizing for saying something that could be construed as making advances, at which point, she has to assure him that it's okay if he does.

* Yuri in the first ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts1'' game is a megaperv toward Alice after they first meet, contemplating molesting her in her sleep, and telling monsters that literally want to eat them "If anyone's going to eat her, it's me!" He knocks it off when he starts to genuinely care for her.
* Averted in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', where the ChivalrousPervert Zidane makes open passes at Garnet throughout most of the game. In fact, as he gets closer to Garnet, his passes at other women become less frequent.
* Averted with Thoma in ''[[VideoGame/AgarestSenki Record of Agarest War]]''. Doesn't matter if one of his three LoveInterest gets closer to him. He'll still make a pass towards them as much as any other woman. ''Even towards a {{Hermaphrodite}} goddess''.

* ''Franchise/MassEffect'':
** Engineers Kenneth Donnelly and Gabriella Daniels in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''. Kenneth makes lewd but lighthearted comments on just about every woman aboard the ship aside from Gabby. If they survive and return to the ''Normandy'' in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', the trend continues with Gabby beginning to drop hints. Near the end of the game Gabby fiercely confronts Kenneth, thinking he finds everyone attractive but her. If Shepard supports her, they consummate their relationship.
** Subverted with Joker and EDI in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''. When EDI shows off her new android body (which happens to be very curvaceous), the usually shameless Joker tries to be gentlemanly and say that she didn't need to conform to some standard of feminine beauty. EDI, quote, "proceeded to call him on his bullshit", and from there they talked normally.

* Shonen Doll from ''VideoGame/TheCaligulaEffect'' ''[[UpdatedRerelease Overdose]]'' acts this way towards Suzuna Kagura. He's a very socially awkward person and loner, but Suzuna was the first person to reach out to him, so he tries his best to not act awkward or creepy in any way, terrified that it would chase her away. Though there is heavy implication that he has also developed a crush on her on first sight.
* ''VideoGame/Persona3'' has two characters that follow this trope.
** Junpei is usually a CasanovaWannabe who often makes sexual comments towards the female characters and the girls, especially Yukari, get fed up with him and his antics, but when he meets Chidori, he doesn't act that way towards her and instead, he tries to be nice and gentle with her, especially when she lands at the hospital when he finally gets a chance to get to know her more and when he starts to feel more worried for her.
** Ryoji is a known womanizer, but in the female route of ''Persona 3 Portable'', he feels uncomfortable using his usual flirting methods on his actual love-interest, the female protagonist, stating, it wouldn't "feel right" to talk about her that way.
* Likewise, [[LovableSexManiac Teddie]] from ''VideoGame/Persona4'' finds himself starting to stutter when trying to flirt with Labrys towards the end of his story path in ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'', though he doesn't realize why that is. His friend Rise even comments on how unusual it is for a girl to actually make him embarrassed.
** Also, while he's not actually a pervert, and their goal was mostly revenge for being given a haunted hotel room. When the boys attempt to invade the girls room at the Amagi inn Kanji attempts to sleep beside Chie, rather than Naoto, the one he's actually got a crush on.
* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', Niles claims in his supports with Nyx that he usually tones down his [[DoubleEntendre double entendres]] around people he cares about. It promptly gets [[SubvertedTrope subverted hilariously]] when she asks him to keep doing it anyway (should they get married).
** In his supports with Oboro, Niles at first antagonizes her but as the talk chain progresses, he gets more or less genuinely interested in befriending her. Since the serious and kinda straightlated Oboro ''detests'' his lewd tongue, he begins to tone down his innuendos in an attempt to approach her without getting her angry enough to [[DeathGlare shoot him her infamous "Demon Face"]].
** When Niles tries to start a talk with Azura in their supports, Azura is reluctant because she knows of his fame as TheTease. She tells him so, and then he tells her that he doesn't intend to hit on her and gives her his word about it. The rest of their talk chain focuses more on his DarkAndTroubledPast and how both of them have issues with people as a whole.
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', Sylvain also gets this - he can support with almost every female character, but most of them only go up to B rank. While he typically flirts with any girl he comes across, for those few he can end up together with, he either doesn't come on to them at all (Ingrid, Mercedes, and Byleth) or tries but gives up due to the girl seeing through his schtick very quickly (Dorothea).

* In ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries'', Hiro and Karmi would constantly snarl at each other for any reason. After [[TheBusCameBack she returns after having left halfway through season 2]], the two of them [[TwiceShy can barely make eye contact]].

->'''Adachi:''' I guess I noticed it recently. I can't get off to Yamada anymore! I mean, look. Don't they say when you really like someone you can't jerk it to her? That's how you know it's serious!!\\
'''Kyōtarō (thinking):''' ''I didn't need to hear that...''

* Nobita in ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}''. In a few episodes, he likes to take a peek at Shizuka's panties or when she showers. In others, he [[CantActPervertedTowardALoveInterest doesn't act perverted towards her]].

* Nobita in ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}''. In a few episodes he likes to watch Shizuka's panties or when she showers, but in others he cant act perverted toward her.

* The GirlsLove manga ''Manga/HaruNatsuAkiFuyu'' has the "She Wolf" character, a roguish lesbian at a girls school, stop making sexual advances on one girl when she falls in love with her. Much to said character's frustration; she ''wants'' to have sex now. In "Little Red Riding Hood Strikes Back" she makes this abundantly clear.

** When we first met the Flash, he was prone to flirting with just about every female cast member going. Two series and a bit of character development later, he develops a crush on Fire, and becomes completely flustered, while [[TheTease ''she's'' the one dropping all the hints]].

** When we first met the Flash, he was prone to flirting with just about every female cast member going. Two series and a bit of character development later, he develops a crush on Fire, and becomes completely flustered, while ''she's'' the one dropping all the hints.