History Main / PerverseSexualLust

* ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'': A very negative in-universe example: Omnios appeared in a three-strip run in November 2008, a 26-year-old social outcast with [[UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome "Aspergers-y" symptoms]] who continuously raves about his crush on [[WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot Jenny Wakeman]]. Turns out that Omnios was a real user on the Allspark Forums, which David Willis is a member of. Omnios has since been banned, but he's achieved a bit of MemeticMutation as one who [[HeWhoMustNotBeNamed One Who Must Not Be Spoken Of]] amongst the Allspark users.

When a fictional character lusts after a RealLife person, then it may be a CelebCrush. If a creator falls in love with their ''own'' character, who then comes to life, see PygmalionPlot. AuthorAppeal sometimes involves the real-life creator being attracted to their own fictional characters. If this is directed at a poster or painting, see AdmiringThePoster. Often a trait of most nerdy characters (not just Otaku) as NerdsArePervs.

* Played with in regards to Jessica Rabbit from ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. While she's a bombshell Toon who attracts many human admirers in-universe, in this universe Toons are real creatures who live in a town adjacent to Los Angeles. So, because Jessica is a real, live person (so to speak), the humans have no hesitations about fawning over her and Jessica has no problem with the attention. Now, if it is ''possible'' for Toons to have sex, the film sidesteps that one by implying Toons play "patty-cake" together in place of intercourse.

* ''Film/CoolWorld'': Not only does Jack Deebs have it for Holli, a cartoon character he himself created, it could be argued that ''the entire movie'' is in fact ''about'' the subject, and may be the only major Hollywood production to deal with the subject.

* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In the episode "Mutiny on the Windbreaker", Gene falls in love with Marilyn the Talking Manatee, a manatee puppet from a ventriloquist's act.

* The main character of "WebOriginal/NothingLikeTheSun", [[LittleMissAlmighty a hot girl with omnipotent powers]], assumes that this trope is the reason that [[spoiler:her authors created her]]. She is none too happy about this.

Obviously people who have this call it something else, like aegosexuality or the Galatea effect. No real life examples, please.

Also known as the Galatea Effect, named for the statue Pygmalion fell in love with whether or not he made it.

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->"They're safe. It's not like they're gonna ask you to have sex with them."
-->--random asexual Facebook commenter

* In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS13E16ScoobyNatural "ScoobyNatural"]], Sam and Dean are unwittingly sucked into a ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' cartoon. While there, Dean repeatedly attempts to hook up with Daphne and mentions having always had a crush on her.

* ''Series/EveryWitchWay'': Andi harbors it for a zombie from a video game, even going so far as to consider him her actual boyfriend.

* In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS13E16ScoobyNatural "ScoobyNatural"]], Sam and Dean are unwittingly sucked into a ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' cartoon. While there, Dean repeatedly attempts to hook up with Daphne.

* In an episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', the girls get a Franchise/DisneyPrincess makeover at Disneyland. When Penny walks into Leonard's apartment he immediately drops his pants after seeing her dressed as Aurora. Howard does pretty much the same thing. Poor Amy fails to get Sheldon's attention. In another episode, during a conversation with Leonard, Penny reveals how both she and a former childhood friend had crushes on Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street and how the friendship ended because they both wanted Ernie. Leonard is surprised by this and Penny replies "the Heart wants what the heart wants".

It's somewhat justifiable in live action, especially if the character is played by a hot person, although it does raise the question of what is actually being fancied. Is a viewer fancying ''Series/{{CSINY}}'''s Lindsay Monroe [[CelebCrush because of Anna Belknap]], the character herself, or a combination of the two?.

It gets into the seriously weird when you're dealing with animated characters, although putting purely fictional characters into ''ahem'' situations has less creepy spillover to any real life people. Of course, many animated characters are ''[[FanService intended]]'' [[MsFanservice to be attractive]] [[MrFanservice to the viewer]], in which case it could be argued that [[IntendedAudienceReaction this is the response the character designers intended in the first place]].

As with many things, Japan has a specific term for Perverse Sexual Lust: "Nijigen no fechi" (二次元のフェチ)--literally, "two-dimensional fetish". More than a few otaku suffer from this syndrome, developing crushes on popular anime, manga, and even video game characters, in some cases to the point where they prefer the objects of their crushes to "real" people. In fact, according to [[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/3283463/Japanese-launch-campaign-to-marry-comic-book-characters.html these]] [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/98910-Korean-Otaku-Marries-Anime-Body-Pillow news]] [[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/magazine/26FOB-2DLove-t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 articles]], some fans even go so far as to attempt to marry the objects of their desire. The related terms [[GratuitousEnglish "waifu" and "husbando"]], which became subject to MemeticMutation, are broader in scope and can also apply to real people.

* ''Manga/AnneHappy'': There is nothing perverse or sexual about it given her personality, but Ruri is in love with the mascot found in construction sites safety signs.

When a fictional character lusts after a RealLife person, then it may be a CelebCrush. If a creator falls in love with their ''own'' character, who then comes to life, see PygmalionPlot. AuthorAppeal sometimes involves the real-life creator being attracted to their own fictional characters. If this is directed at a poster or painting, see AdmiringThePoster.

* ''WebVideo/{{Blixemi}}'': Mocked in the "What your Favorite Warrior Cat Says About You" videos, as liking certain characters apparently implies a taste in other characters as well. For example, liking Tigerheart means you had a crush on [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKingII Kovu]].

** Soren Bowie finds [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing Nala]] really attractive. (But only adult Nala, not cub Nala.)

* The main character of "WebOriginal/NothingLikeTheSun", [[LittleMissAlmighty a hot girl with omnipotent powers]], assumes that this trope is the reason that [[spoiler:her authors created her]]. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome She is none too happy about this.]]

When a fictional character lusts after a RealLife person, then it may be a CelebCrush. If a creator falls in love with their ''own'' character, who then comes to life, see PygmalionPlot. AuthorAppeal sometimes involves the real-life creator being attracted to their own fictional characters.

* ''Fanfic/MustLoveNedFlanders'' is about a woman who has a crush on Ned Flanders from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
* This ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxQtP82IT_Q Fan Video]]'' perfectly encapsulates the way the ''Webcomic/MobPsycho100'' fandom sees Reigen Arataka.

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* ''Magazine/NintendoPower'': Some of the writers seem to have crushes on Ada from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil''.
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* Soren Bowie on WebVideo/AfterHours finds [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing Nala]] really attractive. (But only adult Nala, not cub Nala.)

* ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'': An in-universe example; in "Barbara Manatee," one of the Silly Songs With Larry segments, Larry appears to be crushing on a manatee from a TV show. He even has a plush of her, which he sings to and dances with.

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* Those who are primarily or exclusively attracted to fictional characters may also identify themselves as fictoromantic or fictosexual.
* Creator/StephenieMeyer has joked that she would leave her husband for [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Edward Cullen or Jacob Black]].
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As with many things, Japan has a specific term for Perverse Sexual Lust: "Nijigen no fechi" (二次元のフェチ)--literally, "two-dimensional fetish". More than a few otaku suffer from this syndrome, developing crushes on popular anime, manga, and even videogame characters, in some cases to the point where they prefer the objects of their crushes to "real" people. In fact, according to [[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/3283463/Japanese-launch-campaign-to-marry-comic-book-characters.html these]] [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/98910-Korean-Otaku-Marries-Anime-Body-Pillow news]] [[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/magazine/26FOB-2DLove-t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 articles]], some fans even go so far as to attempt to marry the objects of their desire. The related terms [[GratuitousEnglish "waifu" and "husbando"]], which became subject to MemeticMutation, are broader in scope and can also apply to real people.

* An asexual microlabel known as autochoris- or anegosexuality is defined as the person feeling disconnected from the object of attraction, and involves sexual fulfillment through fantasies about fictional characters or people who might as well be for all the person in question is going to know them. Those who are primarily or exclusively attracted to fictional characters may also identify themselves as fictoromantic or fictosexual.

* Actually, experiencing sexual attraction to drawings or other fictional artistic depictions is so common this trope could apply to millions of people.

* Actually, experiencing sexual attraction to drawings or other fictional artistic depictions is so common this trope could apply to millions of people