History Main / SexyManInstantHarem

* ''Series/HappyDays'': The Fonz can get a whole herd of woman to flock to his side by simply snapping his fingers. An {{Outtake}} showed the guys of the show mocking this characteristic by going in place of the girls after the finger snap. Well, we ''are'' talking about [[EvenTheGuysWantHim The Fonz]] here, or at least the ''{{Flanderized}}'' Fonzie; before this, he was just a loser-mechanic who scored the lowest female trash in Milwaukee.

* Wesley Snipes reported in an interview that Actor/WoodyHarrelson had this going on back in the Nineties. Snipes couldn't understand how Harrelson could be dating several women at once, who all ''knew about each other'' and didn't break up with him.

* In ''VisualNovel/IkemenSengoku'', Shingen's route has a scene of him greeting the female main character with numerous scantily-clad women draped over him, causing her to liken him to "a villainous James Bond." However, this scene is actually a subversion: the [[PerspectiveFlip His Perspective]] version of it reveals that the women are actually spies who only pretend to be his harem as a disguise and that while he ''has'' slept with some of them, it was limited to only occasional one-night stands that they knew were done just for friendly comfort.

* ''Series/GossipGirl'''s Chuck Bass. If you can get past the {{Narm}}, that is.
* Gaius Baltar gets one in Season 4 of ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}''. Probably due to his running a cult at the time.
%% Commented out for ZCE * TwoWords: [[Series/DoctorWho Jack]] [[Series/{{Torchwood}} Harkness]].

* Never quite played straight in Disney's ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}''. The chorus girls start out mockingly describing Aladdin's charm as a street urchin, and mostly seem to praise him as Prince Ali because of Genie's magic. Their counterpoint adoration of him during the "Prince Ali" song is ''[[CrowningMusicOfAwesome awesome]]'', regardless.

* Subverted in ''Film/CatchMeIfYouCan,'' in which Abegnale escapes an airport filled with FBI agents by tricking hot college girls into posing as flight attendants. He strolls right by two police officers in his pilot costume, and all they can say is "I wish I was a pilot." Also counts as a [[CrowningMomentofAwesome crowning moment of awesome]].

[[caption-width-right:350:[-The perks of being the man in charge.-] ]]

* TruthInTelevision. For Hugh Hefner anyway. The ability of a man to do this outside of the Magazine/{{Playboy}} Mansion has yet to be demonstrated, though. It's speculated that it's more about Hef's unfathomable wealth and connections than it is his raw sexuality; which, at this point, simply ''has'' to be running on fumes. (And a little blue pill). Six of one, seven of the other. There's a theory that old men who can provide are more attractive than young men who can do as well; any young man can provide stamina and vigor, but an old dude needs to be really fit to do as well, and thus is a better mate.

* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules'' provides the current page image. Being a Greek god probably helps. As Wolverine puts it, "I've seen it in bar after bar. Whatever women want, that guy has it."

* Gaius Baltar gets one in Season 4 of ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}''.

** Everyone is {{shotacon}} for Negi Springfield, so he's gotten this on occasion. It gets even worse when Asuna force feeds him his own LovePotion because she doesn't think it will work. [[LoveIsInTheAir It does.]] Though oddly not on ''[[AntiMagic her]]''. Then he breaks out the magic aging pills, turns into a {{Bishounen}}, and pretty much [[InstantFanClub instantly acquires ''a fan club''.]]

* Naze Turbine from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' probably beats most of the examples here, for having a harem [[spoiler:large enough to maintain a CoolStarship.]]

* Happens to Kuzco in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool'' when he drinks a potion that makes every girl see him as a hunk... it does not turn out well.

* TruthInTelevision. For Hugh Hefner anyway. The ability of a man to do this outside of the {{Playboy}} Mansion has yet to be demonstrated, though. It's speculated that it's more about Hef's unfathomable wealth and connections than it is his raw sexuality; which, at this point, simply ''has'' to be running on fumes. (And a little blue pill). Six of one, seven of the other. There's a theory that old men who can provide are more attractive than young men who can do as well; any young man can provide stamina and vigor, but an old dude needs to be really fit to do as well, and thus is a better mate.

See also: ChickMagnet, EvenTheGuysWantHim, KavorkaMan, HelloNurse, InstantFanClub. Contrast UnwantedHarem.

* Gaius Baltar gets one in Season 4 of ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}''.

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* Girls tend to behave this way around Kiryuu Touga in ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''. Including, at one point, [[spoiler: his sister]]. Although that was a misunderstanding... Mostly.
** Akio, who appears later in the series as the main antagonist, has a ''much'' stronger (and creepier) influence. Case in point? His SexyManInstantHarem [[YaoiGuys includes Touga]].
*** The only thing in the series that seems to get more action than Akio is his CAR.
* Hiroshi Abe in ''[[Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka GTO: The Early Years]]''. Once his character is established, a random woman or harem can be seen in nearly all of his appearances.

* Duke Devlin from ''Anime/YuGiOh'' has this immediate impact on the school environment once he appears. For extra implausibility points, he pulls this off with card tricks. Lucky for him card games in ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' is SeriousBusiness.
** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', where sexy theme music plays every time he opens his mouth -- which the other characters find annoying.

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'': Everyone is {{shotacon}} for Negi Springfield, so he's gotten this on occasion. It gets even worse when Asuna force feeds him his own LovePotion because she doesn't think it will work. [[LoveIsInTheAir It does.]] Though oddly not on ''[[AntiMagic her]]''.
** Then he breaks out the magic aging pills, turns into a {{Bishounen}}, and pretty much [[InstantFanClub instantly acquires ''a fan club''.]]

* [[TokenMiniMoe Hani]] already had a fan-club before joining the ''Manga/OuranHighschoolHostClub''. Tamaki and the twins also seem to attract a great deal of fangirls. Even [[AttractiveBentGender Haruhi]] has extreme {{chick magnet}} powers despite lacking the '[[{{Bifauxnen}} man]]' part of this trope, [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer even to those who know]]. Also at least a few guys, who [[SweetOnPollyOliver tend to feel a bit uncomfortable about it]].
** The commentaries even point out the bit about the fangirls not having names, apparently they keep track of recurring fangirls by the formula <character being lusted after><distinctive trait of hair> - "twins girl, blonde".

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* Skywise in ''ElfQuest'' is the trope's poster boy for the series, having a few girlfriends (and a boyfriend or two) in every tribe. It seems the only thing he has to do to get the girls is to ''show up''. And then he ends up in a long-term relationship with the series' equivalent of a ''goddess''.
* There's a rarely recurring pin that Jughead has in ''{{Archie}}'' comics that not only draws every woman not related to him (we hope) to him with insatiable lust, but it also makes the chronic girl-hater actually love the attention. Another one-shot comic has Reggie claim that this happened to him on vacation, with various nationalities of bimbos featured.
* In MarvelStarWars, Luke Skywalker [[http://images.plurk.com/959ed025cc50e8c9971fd072fb0c540b.jpg has this effect]] on Zeltrons. They actively pursue him, and the first time he ended up surrounded by them he [[UnwantedHarem ran away]] and was alarmed whenever someone propositioned him. Later he matures and becomes composed enough to be "used to it", but he still tries to get away when it's not too rude to do so. The Zeltron [[PlanetOfHats hat]] is {{Ethical Slut}}hood, and they're attracted to novelty in general... but the StarWarsExpandedUniverse later makes it clear that they can also pick up on Force-Sensitivity and find it immensely appealing.
* ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules provides the current page image. Being a Greek god probably helps. As Wolverine puts it, "I've seen it in bar after bar. Whatever women want, that guy has it."

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* Many, many advertisements for body spray. Character uses body spray product. Character becomes so sexy that all nearby women actually start ''attacking'' him to get after the sexy. At this point, this is used so much that it might as well be BrandX.
** Brilliantly self-parodied in the ''Hai Karate'' ads of the 70s, where the guy tries to fight off the girls using karate and HilarityEnsues.
** Another '70s ad, for a cologne called "Bacchus," pretended that this was the real secret of the Roman army's victories: they arranged to splash the stuff on the men of enemy towns, who are then mobbed by their own (all very beautiful) womenfolk. "Because when a man is irresistible to women, he has more interesting things to do than fight a war."
** Axe body spray probably takes the crown for this one, implying that it can render ''bathing'' unnecessary, and still drive women into a sexual frenzy. Sadly, many users believe it, if the smell on most college campuses is any indication.
** College? Try ''middle school.''
** Parodied rather amusingly in a new [=SpecSavers=] advert.
** Another Axe commercial shows women being turned on by their pots and pans, which (we discover) are made from recycled Axe spray cans.

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* ''HappyDays'': The Fonz can get a whole herd of woman to flock to his side by simply snapping his fingers.
** An {{Outtake}} showed the guys of the show mocking this characteristic by going in place of the girls after the finger snap.
** Well, we ''are'' talking about [[EvenTheGuysWantHim The Fonz]] here, or at least the ''{{Flanderized}}'' Fonzie; before this, he was just a loser-mechanic who scored the lowest female trash in Milwaukee.
* ''GossipGirl'''s Chuck Bass. If you can get past the {{Narm}}, that is.

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* TruthInTelevision. For Hugh Hefner anyway. The ability of a man to do this outside of the {{Playboy}} Mansion has yet to be demonstrated, though.
** It's speculated that it's more about Hef's unfathomable wealth and connections than it is his raw sexuality; which, at this point, simply ''has'' to be running on fumes. (And a little blue pill).
*** Six of one, seven of the other. There's a theory that old men who can provide are more attractive than young men who can do as well; any young man can provide stamina and vigor, but an old dude needs to be really fit to do as well, and thus is a better mate.

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[[AC:{{Web Comics}}]]
* WebComic/CommanderKitty dreams of being one, as pictured above.
* Count Vinny from ''{{Erfworld}}'' summons some [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Archons]] with a snap of his fingers [[http://www.erfworld.com/book-1-archive/?px=%2F073.jpg here]].

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* Gaston in Disney's ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast''. His fangirls appear to be identical triplets.
* Never quite played straight in Disney's ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}''. The chorus girls start out mockingly describing Aladdin's charm as a street urchin, and mostly seem to praise him as Prince Ali because of Genie's magic. Their counterpoint adoration of him during the "Prince Ali" song is ''[[CrowningMusicOfAwesome awesome]]'', regardless.
* Happens to Kuzco in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool'' when he drinks a potion that makes every girl see him as a hunk... it does not turn out well.

** To elaborate, his secretary says that the rumor about his curse has yet to be disproved (a whole article about the "Dentist who you'll want a drill from", he himself made a comment about how he always ends up invited to his ex-girlfriends' weddings. The main ones SPREADING the rumor are his happily married exes. The main reason that the woman are throwing themselves at him are because for all intents and purposes, they really will find true love after shagging him.

* TwoWords: [[DoctorWho Jack]] [[{{Torchwood}} Harkness]].

* ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules provides the current page image. Being a Greek god probably helps.

* Girls tend to behave this way around Kiryuu Touga in ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''. Including, at one point, [[spoiler: his sister]]. Although that was a misunderstanding. ... Mostly.

* ''Manga/DGrayMan'': General Cross Marian has this effect on women. As Allen Walker unwittingly demonstrates, the mere act of talking about him causes nearby women to swoon with what can only be explained as a [[GenderFlip gender-flipped]] [[TheDulcineaEffect Dulcinea-Effect]].

* ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules provides the current page image. Being a Greek demigod probably helps.

* Hiroshi Abe in ''GTO: The Early Years''. Once his character is established, a random woman or harem can be seen in nearly all of his appearances.

* At festival time it seems all King Sinbad from ''Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic'' has to do is sit still for a moment and he's swamped by scantily clad girls all taking turns to sit on his lap.

* At festival time it seems all King Sinbad from ''Manga/MagiTheLabyrinthOfMagic'' has to do is sit still for a moment and he's swamped by scantily clad girls all taking turns to sit on his lap.

* Girls tend to behave this way around Kiryuu Touga in ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena''. Including, at one point, [[spoiler: his sister]]. Although that was a misunderstanding. ... Mostly.

* ''MahouSenseiNegima'': Everyone is {{shotacon}} for Negi Springfield, so he's gotten this on occasion. It gets even worse when Asuna force feeds him his own LovePotion because she doesn't think it will work. [[LoveIsInTheAir It does.]] Though oddly not on ''[[AntiMagic her]]''.

* [[TokenMiniMoe Hani]] already had a fan-club before joining the ''OuranHighschoolHostClub''. Tamaki and the twins also seem to attract a great deal of fangirls. Even [[AttractiveBentGender Haruhi]] has extreme {{chick magnet}} powers despite lacking the '[[{{Bifauxnen}} man]]' part of this trope, [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer even to those who know]]. Also at least a few guys, who [[SweetOnPollyOliver tend to feel a bit uncomfortable about it]].
** The commentaries for ''Ouran'' even point out the bit about the fangirls not having names, apparently they keep track of recurring fangirls by the formula <character being lusted after><distinctive trait of hair> - "twins girl, blond".
* Many of the males of ''FruitsBasket'' have girls fall in LoveAtFirstSight, but certain characters, especially Yuki, but to a lesser extent, Momiji and Aya, inspire [[UnwantedHarem drooling fangirls]] to [[StalkerWithACrush follow him and swear to protect him from anything, ESPECIALLY other girls]].
* ''DGrayMan'': General Cross Marian has this effect on women. As Allen Walker unwittingly demonstrates, the mere act of talking about him causes nearby women to swoon with what can only be explained as a [[GenderFlip gender-flipped]] [[TheDulcineaEffect Dulcinea-Effect]].
* Way too many people at Kyouhei's school in ''TheWallflower'' seem to be entirely and unhealthily devoted to the four bishies.

* ''KongohBancho'' tends to subvert this pretty hard when it shows up. The first time occurs with [[ShelteredAristocrat Oyanana]] as an expression of how influential he is at school as the son of the school's chairman. After he's humbled by his encounters with the main character and stops relying on this influence, his "friends" all end up turning on him. [[spoiler: Fortunately, CharacterDevelopment kicks in and eventually makes him someone who earns the respect of others on his own merits.]] The other time this trope shows up, "White Rose" Bancho has a harem of beautiful young women as his underlings. [[spoiler: All it takes is for [[GuileHero Hikyou Bancho]] to make secret deals with each of them before one of them stabs him in the back in a bid for power, followed by all of them attacking each other thinking they're the one Hikyou Bancho wanted to team up with.]]
* ''{{Durarara}}'''s Rokujo Chikage is rarely seen without a number of women hanging off of him.