History Main / DistractedByTheLuxury

* There's no courting involved, but in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear: The Doomsday Ship'' the Arrandas spend a while on a nice cruise ship. Made GenreSavvy by all the prior books in which disaster happened to them no matter where they went, Zak accuses his sister of this.

* DoubleSubversion on ''TheBigBangTheory'', where Sheldon and Amy have a fight, and Sheldon gives Amy jewelry. Amy is chewing Sheldon out for such a shallow gesture, until she sees it's [[CoolCrown a tiara]]. She goes into PrincessPhase mode and kisses Sheldon in delight.

--[[GTARadio Radio advertisement]] in ''GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas''

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* ''FamilyGuy'' has a fake ad where the shadow of the lady shows her going down on the guy. Has the fake slogan "Diamonds. She'll Pretty Much Have To."

* [[GenderInvertedTrope gender inverted]] parody on ''DrawnTogether''. Captain Hero is quickly able to get over losing the love of his life when he realizes he won fifty dollars!
* FairlyOddParents has an episode where Timmy discovers that this works on his mother and fairy-godmother, so he wishes up the perfect boyfriend for his evil babysitter. Since said wish resulted in a human, this also counts as DistractedByTheSexy.

* [[GenderInvertedTrope gender inverted]] parody on ''DrawnTogether''. Captain Hero is quickly able to get over losing the love of his life when he realizes he [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome won fifty dollars!]]

* Lily in ''{{Legend}}'' can be distracted from mortal peril by a huge, glittery diamond studded necklace.

* [[GenderInvertedTrope Gender Inverted]] with Bertie of ''Literature/JeevesAndWooster''. There are times when the only thing that can cheer him up is [[TheDandy wearing a ridiculous new article of clothing]].

* ''MadameBovary'' uses this trope as a way to deal with depression... and lose your shirt over it.

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* After NBA player Kobe Bryant was accused of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Bryant_sexual_assault_case committing sexual assault in Colorado]] and admitted to police that he had committed adultery, he [[http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,626534,00.html bought his wife a $4 million purple diamond ring as an apology]]. She decided to stay with him, so apparently it worked.
** This may now be a subversion, as she's divorcing him anyhow. Whether or not it counts as a subversion depends on whether or not the earlier sexual assault case was a factor in her recent decision to divorce.
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Has absolutely nothing to do with [[ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum Agent Luxury]], but many agents ''are'' very distracted by her.

* Lily in ''Legend'' can be distracted from mortal peril by a huge, glittery diamond studded necklace.

-->'''Woman:''' You ''asshole''! What were you doing with my sister in that ''hot tub''?... A diamond? So you ''do'' love me!... I don't even know what I was mad at you about!\\

* Kitten in the episode "Date With Destiny" from TeenTitans is shown dating a guy named Fang with a human body and a spider head on top. Apparently looks don't matter in their relationship, or lack thereof, considering how Fang regularly steals jewelry and gives them to her as gifts.

* Gender inverted parody on ''DrawnTogether''. Captain Hero is quickly able to get over losing the love of his life when he realizes he [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome won fifty dollars!]]

[[RoseOfVersailles http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/her_mothers_ring.jpg]]
[[caption-width:330:[-She won't see her family again, but ''just look at this ring''!-] ]]

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* When MarieAntoinette is about to leave home in ''RoseOfVersailles'', her mother gives her a ring as a memento (just in the anime). Marie's expression for a moment certainly fits this trope. Heck, being told she has to give up the ring causes her to almost run away.

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