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* ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'': The Beast and Gaston are like this towards Belle; the Beast doesn't really care for Belle's beauty, tries to get to know her as a person, and respects [[{{Bookworm}} her love of books]]. Meanwhile, Gaston's ''explicit reason'' for going after Belle is that she's the [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman most beautiful woman in the village]] and nothing else; he sees her like a [[TrophyWife prize to be won and shown off]] rather than a person and disapproves of her love for books.

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* ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'': The Beast and Gaston are like this towards Belle; the Beast doesn't really care for Belle's beauty, beauty outside of acknowledging it, tries to get to know her as a person, and respects [[{{Bookworm}} her love of books]]. Meanwhile, Gaston's ''explicit reason'' for going after Belle is that she's the [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman most beautiful woman in the village]] and [[InLoveWithLooks nothing else; else]]; he sees her like a [[TrophyWife prize to be won and shown off]] rather than a person and disapproves of her love for books.
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* Shrek becomes a love interest in contrast to Prince Charming's lust interest in ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'' despite already being married to Fiona. Shrek loved Fiona for who she was whereas Prince charming only wanted to marry Fiona so he could be King. The real competition happens after Shrek drinks a happily ever after potion to turn himself human. During his time as a human, he was competing against Charming due to the Fairy Godmother manipulating Shrek into believing that Fiona would rather be with charming than him. Once Shrek realizes that he was being manipulated, that's when he was willing to do anything to keep Charming from Fiona.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'': Shrek and [[BigBad Farquaad]] are this to Fiona; while Shrek appreciates her good looks, he also respects her as a person, [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy is willing to let her go]], and couldn't care less about her royal status. Meanwhile, Farquaad only wants to marry her for her looks and royal status, and when he learns of her curse, loses interest in her and decides to have her locked in the dungeon while still being married to her so he can become king.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'': ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'': Shrek and [[BigBad Farquaad]] are this to Fiona; while Shrek appreciates her good looks, he also respects her as a person, [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy is willing to let her go]], and couldn't care less about her royal status. Meanwhile, Farquaad only wants to marry her for her looks and royal status, and when he learns of her curse, loses interest in her and decides to have her locked in the dungeon while still being married to her so he can become king.
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* If the target of the two parties' affections is beautiful, then one party will only be interested in a person's looks while the other cares more about their personality.

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* If the target of the two parties' affections is beautiful, then one party will [[InLoveWithLooks only be interested in a person's looks looks]] while the other cares more about their personality.
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* ''Fanfic/DannyPhantomStranded'': Colette is the Lust Interest to [[CainAndAbel her stepsister]] Star's Love Interest; Colette would often [[SerialHomewrecker steal Star's boyfriends]] for the sake of [[SeductionAsOneUpmanship one-upping her stepsister]] and dump them when she gets bored. When she sees that Star's new boyfriend Danny is loyal, she becomes obsessed with trying to steal him away, not because she's genuinely interested in him, but because [[ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou she enjoys the challenge of seducing a guy who resists her]]. Meanwhile, Star is serious about her relationship with Danny, unlike Colette who only views relationships as a game. In addition, while Danny is unpopular, Star is okay with that, as she chose to be with Danny for his [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan kind-hearted personality]] rather than his status. In contrast, Colette [[ICanChangeMyBeloved desires to shape Danny into someone popular after she steals him]], showing that she cares more about status than love.

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* ''Fanfic/DannyPhantomStranded'': Colette is the Lust Interest to [[CainAndAbel her stepsister]] Star's Love Interest; Colette would often [[SerialHomewrecker steal Star's boyfriends]] for the sake of [[SeductionAsOneUpmanship one-upping her stepsister]] and dump them when she gets bored. When she sees that Star's new boyfriend Danny is loyal, she Colette becomes obsessed with trying to steal him away, not because she's genuinely interested in him, but because [[ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou she enjoys the challenge of seducing a guy who resists her]]. Meanwhile, Star is serious about her relationship with Danny, unlike Colette who only views relationships as a game. In addition, while Danny is unpopular, Star is okay with that, as she chose to be with Danny for his [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan kind-hearted personality]] rather than his status. In contrast, Colette [[ICanChangeMyBeloved desires to shape Danny into someone popular after she steals him]], showing that she cares more about status than love.
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* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus'': Goh and Tony Clark play this role towards Chloe Cerise. [[ChildhoodFriend Goh]] doesn't focus on Chloe's looks, let alone anything ''else'' about her, for the longest of times until he thinks back at how Chloe was always supporting him in different ways, whether it was being the only person to ever celebrate his birthday or being the only person in their school to give him his homework (not that he needs them or anything). Goh states to her that he doesn't want lots of friends, he only wanted ''her''. Meanwhile [[AmazonChaser Tony]] instantly latches onto Chloe's badass persona of "Chloe of the Vermillion" -- thanks to her saving him from GentlemanThief Indigo -- and they have a date that involves beating up masked thugs. However, Tony isn't a jerk like most Lust Interests are, just mostly unaware of a lot of problems Chloe is going through.

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