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Attractive male firefighters. Why firefighters? Perhaps it's their [[EmergencyServices occupational necessity]] to keep in prime physical condition, coupled with their tendency to [[RescueRomance heroically rescue]] people from [[BurningBuildingRescue burning buildings]]. Either way, this trope is prime EstrogenBrigadeBait, and one that is prone to heavy LampshadeHanging, such as male strippers tend to dress as firefighters, or women in comedies rescued by firefighters who happen to ''all'' be strapping studs.

Attractive male firefighters. Why firefighters? Perhaps it's their [[EmergencyServices occupational necessity]] to keep in prime physical condition, coupled with their tendency to [[RescueRomance heroically rescue]] people from [[BurningBuildingRescue burning buildings]]. Either way, this trope is prime EstrogenBridadeBait, and one that is prone to heavy LampshadeHanging, such as male strippers tend to dress as firefighters, or women in comedies rescued by firefighters who happen to ''all'' be strapping studs.

Attractive male firefighters. Why firefighters? Perhaps it's their [[EmergencyServices occupational necessity]] to keep in prime physical condition, coupled with their tendency to [[BurningBuildingRescue heroically rescue people from burning buildings]].

Even if you're the most dedicated ActualPacifist and against any form of violence, fire fighters are the ones who still make great heroes as they selflessly put themselves right in the middle of danger to save and protect people without any kind of agression or violence.

* "Backdraft". Oh, God, that shower scene.

For some reason, the [[HoYay potential implications of a bunch of beefy men spending lots of time together in a building with lots of beds and few women around]] never seems to enter into this trope. [[YaoiFangirl Then again]], '''strike'''some women like [[YaoiGuys men]] who are [[IncrediblyLamePun flaming]].

For some reason, the [[HoYay potential implications of a bunch of beefy men spending lots of time together in a building with lots of beds and few women around]] never seems to enter into this trope. [[YaoiFangirl Then again]], some women like [[YaoiGuys men]] who are [[IncrediblyLamePun flaming]].

* "Backdraft." Oh, God, that shower scene.

* It also appears to be a popular costume for both sexes. Check out this one:http://www.yandy.com/Shopping/products/prod_1415.asp.

Attractive male firefighters. Why firefighters? Perhaps it's their occupational necessity to keep in prime physical condition, coupled with their tendency to [[BurningBuildingRescue heroically rescue people from burning buildings]].

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* Jack, the [[EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench half-Japanese]] love interest-cum-EstrogenBrigadeBait from ''TheGreenAvenger''.
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!!For some reason, this also seems to apply to characters [[PlayingWithFire with fire powers]]:

* [[EstrogenBrigadeBait Warren Peace]] of ''SkyHigh''
* Zuko, Ozai, Iroh, Zhao... pretty much every male Firebender of ''AvatarTheLastAirbender''
** AND female too. Acctually, pretty much anyone from Fire Nation at all... Ah, Azula...
** And yet they lack that [[http://Mutenroushi.deviantart.com/art/Water-Tribe-Charm-73792602 Water Tribe Charm]]
* Johnny Storm of ''The Film/FantasticFour'' films
* Female example: Rei Hino of SailorMoon.
* Can't deny that [[FairyTail Natsu]] has a pretty good build...
* Kyo and Iori from KingOfFighters.
* [[OnePiece Portgas D. Ace]] definitely counts as well...
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->'''Chase:''' What is it about the wrong kind of man? In grade school, it was [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys guys with earrings]]. College, [[TroubledButCute motorcycles, leather jackets]]. Now, black rubber.
->'''Batman:''' Try firemen. Less to take off.
-->--''BatmanForever''

* ''TheSimpsons'' uses this while subverting the BachelorAuction trope. The auction is to raise money for a new fire engine, but all the town's bachelors are deeply unappealing. Lisa comments "Doesn't this town have any good bachelors", at which point we see all the firefighters who are, of course, muscular eligible bachelors.
** Another example from ''TheSimpsons'' was when Homer won a free boudoir photoshoot. One of his photos had him pose as a mostly-nude firefighter with the hose wound around his body. Could be considered a subversion in that Homer himself is far from most people's image of a sexy guy, but could also be considered played straight in that a) the photographer had the firefighting equipment available (implying that this is a common scenario for such photos) and b) ''Marge'' found it very alluring indeed.
*** Marge didn't find it alluring: she was more interested in the furnishings used in the shoot.
---->'''Homer''': But I was going to score!
---->'''Marge''': No you weren't.

* Brooke O'Brian of Jill Shalvis's ''{{Flashpoint}}''.

* It also appears to be a popular costume for both sexes. Check out this one:http://www.yandy.com/Shopping/products/prod_1415.asp.
* In ''SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', one of Sabrina's aunts had a thing for milk-drinking firemen, to the point of making one out of magical dough for a perfect date.
* ''RescueMe'' toys with this trope a lot. Granted, they also deal with the hardships of being married and/or related to someone whose life is constantly on the line. They also had a hot female firefighter for a while, not to mention some hot gay firemen having the hots for each other.
* One of these appeared in an episode ''TheThinBlueLine''. Maggie had the hots for a hunky firefighter who turned out to have the hots for her male colleague Kevin. HilarityEnsues.
* Referenced in, of all things, ''AnimalCrossing.'' One of the letters you can receive from the player character's mother talks about her being rescued by a hunky firemen after an aerobics accident (Apparently, YouDoNOTWantToKnow.) She ends on the line, "Firemen are cute! * heart* "
* [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/11/27/ This]] ''PennyArcade'' strip.
* [[TruthInTelevision Don't forget the "Firefighter Hunks" calendars]].
** Seriously. Go to Google Images and look up "New York City Firemen Calender". Burly sweaty men who ride around on a big red truck, slide down poles, and know how to handle a hose. Oh my, it certainly is getting hot in here...
** Oddly enough, no-one ever argues that such images are objectifying, or that it invalidates the firemen's skills and important work by reducing them to objects of lust...
** Men in photoshoots like this are simply having fun and enjoying their sex appeal, but it's much harder to convince female professionals to go along for the same thing, since they've had a hard enough time being taken seriously. There are more sexual politics at play here than a simple DoubleStandard.

* Dawn French was once asked what uniform, if any, she would make her husband wear. She picked a fireman's helmet, and nothing else.

* One "The Girls Room" sketch on ''TheAmandaShow'' featured a stripteasing fireman.
* Hannelore from QuestionableContent had a thing for [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1219 sexy firemen]] ... until [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1224 meeting one up close]], anyway.

* Optimus Prime from ''TransformersAnimated'' transforms into a fire truck. Who says he's not sexy?
** What about the fireman who was actually named 'Optimus Prime'? (After having it legally changed)
* Firefighter Jimmy Doherty, of ''ThirdWatch'', receives a ''lot'' of female attention. He even posed for an advert for a Viagra-type product.
* In ''TheWrestler'', the titular character has a drug and booze fueled one night stand with a random girl in a bar that mentioned having a thing for firemen. [[WhatDidIDoLastNight When he wakes up]], he's in a room ''full'' of firefighter posters and other firefighter related paraphernalia. Even the ''sheets'' on the bed he wakes up in have firemen stamped on them.
* In an episode of ''TheBill'', the coppers encounter a female Fire Investigation Officer, who has big breasts and is wearing a low cut white T-shirt under her firefighter outfit. Eddie tries to hit on her- but finds out she has a boyfriend.
* Jack, the [[EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench half-Japanese]] love interest-cum-EstrogenBrigadeBait from ''TheGreenAvenger''.

* The song "Here Kitty" by {{Sparks}} points out the danger in this trope: sure, rescuing cats from trees gets firemen laid, but some cats are too big to handle.
--> A four-alarmer and the circus is ablaze / Panicky people run out madly through the haze / I fight my way into the Big Top, wipe my eyes / There stands a tiger trainer, lovely, hear her cry! / She points up to the high-wire, there a tiger stands / "Oh help me, help me, bring my tiger down, dear man" / "If you will save him, I will be yours every night!" / I climb the pole and look the tiger in the eye...
* Janette, Nick's fellow vampire on ForeverKnight, gets together with a hunky firefighter. When she says "He knocked down my door, swept me off my feet and carried me off," She is not speaking figuratively. She is however neglecting to mention that her apartment was on fire at the time.

* In ''ATreeGrowsInBrooklyn'', Sissy's first husband was a fireman. Sissy being a GoodBadGirl, lots of sex was involved.

-->'''Shaz''': Would you slide down his pole, ma'am?
-->'''Alex''': Like a shot.