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The male choices in female-centered love triangle usually comes with two archetypes: the kind-hearted, safe Gentleman and the edgy, dangerous Scoundrel. The Gentleman is a good guy: honest, upright, and noble. The Scoundrel is an outsider to the heroine's world (most of the time), dangerous and wild. It is a love triangle between a heroine and NobleMaleRoguishMale: a man who is safe versus a man who is dangerous.
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The male choices in female-centered love triangle usually comes with two archetypes: the kind-hearted, safe Gentleman and the edgy, dangerous Scoundrel. The Gentleman is a good guy: honest, upright, and noble. The Scoundrel is an outsider to the heroine's world (most of the time), dangerous and wild. It is a love triangle between a heroine and NobleMaleRoguishMale: a man who is safe versus a man who is dangerous.
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* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Princess Leia Organa has a brief love triangle with good-hearted, loyal, and friendly farmboy/Jedi Luke Skywalker as the Gentleman. Roguish, rough, and experienced Han Solo is the Scoundrel. Rather luckily (given the later revelation that she was Luke's LongLostSibling), she chose Han. bonus points in ''Empire'' for Leia ''actually'' calling Han a scoundrel, and Han saying he likes the sound of it. And then teasing Leia later on by calling Lando as a scoundrel as well.
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* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Princess Leia Organa has a brief love triangle with good-hearted, loyal, and friendly farmboy/Jedi Luke Skywalker as the Gentleman. Roguish, rough, and experienced Han Solo is the Scoundrel. Rather luckily (given the later revelation that she was Luke's LongLostSibling), she chose Han. bonus Bonus points in ''Empire'' for Leia ''actually'' calling Han a scoundrel, and Han saying he likes the sound of it. And then teasing Leia later on by calling Lando as a scoundrel as well.
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* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', the trope is PlayedWith in the Lily/Snape/James triangle: ** From Snape's perspective, he was always the Gentleman: the childhood friend who dearly loved the gentle Lily despite of her heritage, and James was the Scoundrel, an arrogant showoff.
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** From Snape's perspective, he was always the Gentleman: the childhood friend who dearly loved the gentle Lily despite of her heritage, and James was the Scoundrel, an arrogant showoff.
** From Snape's perspective, he was always the Gentleman: the childhood friend who dearly loved the gentle Lily despite of her heritage, and James was the Scoundrel, an arrogant showoff.
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* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', the trope is played with in the Lily/Snape/James triangle. From Snape's perspective, he was always the Gentleman: the childhood friend who dearly loved the gentle Lily despite of her heritage, and James was the Scoundrel, an arrogant bully only interested in Lily for her looks. While Lily sees James this way at first, his treatment of her personally and Snape's treatment eventually ends up with James as the Gentleman, and Snape as the Scoundrel.
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* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', the trope is played with PlayedWith in the Lily/Snape/James triangle. triangle: ** From Snape's perspective, he was always the Gentleman: the childhood friend who dearly loved the gentle Lily despite of her heritage, and James was the Scoundrel, an arrogant bully only interested in Lily for her looks. While Lily sees James this way at first, showoff.
** From James' perspective, he is the Gentleman: he comes from a good family and barring histreatment of her personally and Snape's treatment eventually ends up mutual animosity with James as the Gentleman, and Snape, he gets along well with most people. He saw Snape as the Scoundrel.Scoundrel: someone with a negative personality and chooses to affiliate himself with unsavory individuals whose core belief system includes dsicrimination in the type of people Lily is.
** With Lily, she was somewhat mercurial with James though there were hints she was attracted to him while she did have her friendship with Snape. While James eventually cooled down and stopped being so cocky, Snape continued associating with those who would becoem Death Eaters and by fifth year, Lily ceased being friends with him. By seventh year, she was going out with James, with her choosing the Gentleman and Snape the Scoundrel.
** From James' perspective, he is the Gentleman: he comes from a good family and barring his
** With Lily, she was somewhat mercurial with James though there were hints she was attracted to him while she did have her friendship with Snape. While James eventually cooled down and stopped being so cocky, Snape continued associating with those who would becoem Death Eaters and by fifth year, Lily ceased being friends with him. By seventh year, she was going out with James, with her choosing the Gentleman and Snape the Scoundrel.
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* ''RomeoAndJuliet'': Juliet's decision between her two suitors. Paris courts her in the "proper" way, by asking her father's permission. Romeo falls in love with her, marries her in secret and even kills a beloved family member.
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* ''RomeoAndJuliet'': Juliet's decision between her two suitors. Paris courts her in the "proper" way, by asking her father's permission. Romeo falls in love with her, marries crashes her in secret and even kills a beloved family member.
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* ''Manga/GakuenAlice'': Mikan has Ruka (the Gentleman) and Natsume (the Scoundrel).
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* ''Manga/GakuenAlice'': ''Manga/AliceAcademy'': Mikan has Ruka (the Gentleman) and Natsume (the Scoundrel).
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* French sitcom ''Les Filles d'à Côté'' has the flat-sharing characters of Daniel and Marc. Daniel is a suave sophisticate in a settled well-paying job with a model girlfriend. His ligger best friend and embarrassing flatmate Marc... isn't.
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* Subverted in ''NotAnotherTeenMovie'', where [[BeautifulAllAlong Janey]], having to choose between [[BigManOnCampus Jake]] (TheJock who dates her only because of a bet with his JerkJock buddy) and Ricky (the annoying, whiny loser of a "friend"), chooses the former, causing him to have a change of heart, while the latter remains an annoying whiny loser.
* ''Film/BramStokersDracula'' has (although Bram Stoker's ''{{Dracula}}'' does not) a version with Mina chooses between Dracula as the Scoundrel and her much more average fiance Jonathan as the Gentleman. [[spoiler: Dracula dies, but it is not made entirely certain that Mina goes back to Jonathan.]]
* ''Film/BramStokersDracula'' has (although Bram Stoker's ''{{Dracula}}'' does not) a version with Mina chooses between Dracula as the Scoundrel and her much more average fiance Jonathan as the Gentleman. [[spoiler: Dracula dies, but it is not made entirely certain that Mina goes back to Jonathan.]]
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* Subverted in ''NotAnotherTeenMovie'', ''Film/NotAnotherTeenMovie'', where [[BeautifulAllAlong Janey]], having to choose between [[BigManOnCampus Jake]] (TheJock who dates her only because of a bet with his JerkJock buddy) and Ricky (the annoying, whiny loser of a "friend"), chooses the former, causing him to have a change of heart, while the latter remains an annoying whiny loser.
* ''Film/BramStokersDracula'' has (although Bram Stoker's''{{Dracula}}'' ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' does not) a version with Mina chooses between Dracula as the Scoundrel and her much more average fiance Jonathan as the Gentleman. [[spoiler: Dracula dies, but it is not made entirely certain that Mina goes back to Jonathan.]]
* ''Film/BramStokersDracula'' has (although Bram Stoker's
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* In ''HisGirlFriday'', Hildy is to choose between gentleman [[DisposableFiance Bruce]] and scoundrel Walter. Fits the trope to a t, seeing how she [[FirstGirlWins ends]] [[ComedyOfRemarriage up]] with the man she originally chose, Walter, after divorcing him and starting her relationship with Bruce.
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* In ''HisGirlFriday'', ''Film/HisGirlFriday'', Hildy is to choose between gentleman [[DisposableFiance Bruce]] and scoundrel Walter. Fits the trope to a t, seeing how she [[FirstGirlWins ends]] [[ComedyOfRemarriage up]] with the man she originally chose, Walter, after divorcing him and starting her relationship with Bruce.
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* ''GakuenAlice'': Mikan has Ruka (the Gentleman) and Natsume (the Scoundrel).
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* ''GakuenAlice'': ''Manga/GakuenAlice'': Mikan has Ruka (the Gentleman) and Natsume (the Scoundrel).
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* ''KitchenPrincess'': Najika has Sora (the Gentleman) and Daichi (the Scoundrel).
* ''VampireKnight'': Yuuki has Kaname (the Gentleman) and [[MyHeroZero Zero]] (the Scoundrel). However, the roles could potentially be switched. Zero is her [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend "safe, comfortable friend"]], while Kaname is the exotic one that she believes she literally can't have.
* ''{{Pretear}}'' seems to set this up between Himeno, Sasame (a good listener, explains things to Himeno) and Hayate (troubled, acts like a jerk who wants nothing to do with Himeno), especially in the manga. The anime is more... [[LoveDodecahedron complicated]]. Note that she meets them both at the same time, and that in the manga they are presented as equal candidates. In the anime, well. Again, it's complicated.
* In ''PeachGirl'', Momo spent years with a crush on the chivalrous and polite Toji, until she finally gets him. They guy helping her out on the way is [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Kairi]], a [[ChivalrousPervert lecherous]], school-skipping bad boy she discovers she now has feelings for. Throughout the series she bounces back and forth between them, until finally [[spoiler:she ends up with Kairi]].
* ''VampireKnight'': Yuuki has Kaname (the Gentleman) and [[MyHeroZero Zero]] (the Scoundrel). However, the roles could potentially be switched. Zero is her [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend "safe, comfortable friend"]], while Kaname is the exotic one that she believes she literally can't have.
* ''{{Pretear}}'' seems to set this up between Himeno, Sasame (a good listener, explains things to Himeno) and Hayate (troubled, acts like a jerk who wants nothing to do with Himeno), especially in the manga. The anime is more... [[LoveDodecahedron complicated]]. Note that she meets them both at the same time, and that in the manga they are presented as equal candidates. In the anime, well. Again, it's complicated.
* In ''PeachGirl'', Momo spent years with a crush on the chivalrous and polite Toji, until she finally gets him. They guy helping her out on the way is [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Kairi]], a [[ChivalrousPervert lecherous]], school-skipping bad boy she discovers she now has feelings for. Throughout the series she bounces back and forth between them, until finally [[spoiler:she ends up with Kairi]].
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* ''KitchenPrincess'': ''Manga/KitchenPrincess'': Najika has Sora (the Gentleman) and Daichi (the Scoundrel).
*''VampireKnight'': ''Manga/VampireKnight'': Yuuki has Kaname (the Gentleman) and [[MyHeroZero Zero]] (the Scoundrel). However, the roles could potentially be switched. Zero is her [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend "safe, comfortable friend"]], while Kaname is the exotic one that she believes she literally can't have.
*''{{Pretear}}'' ''Manga/{{Pretear}}'' seems to set this up between Himeno, Sasame (a good listener, explains things to Himeno) and Hayate (troubled, acts like a jerk who wants nothing to do with Himeno), especially in the manga. The anime is more... [[LoveDodecahedron complicated]]. Note that she meets them both at the same time, and that in the manga they are presented as equal candidates. In the anime, well. Again, it's complicated.
* In''PeachGirl'', ''Manga/PeachGirl'', Momo spent years with a crush on the chivalrous and polite Toji, until she finally gets him. They guy helping her out on the way is [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Kairi]], a [[ChivalrousPervert lecherous]], school-skipping bad boy she discovers she now has feelings for. Throughout the series she bounces back and forth between them, until finally [[spoiler:she ends up with Kairi]].
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* The one-episode LoveTriangle from ''KaleidoStar'' had Sarah choosing between Kalos as the Gentleman, and Andy as the Scoundrel. [[spoiler: Sarah chooses Kalos -- in fact, ''she had chosen him quite a while before'' and that's why she had stayed in the Stage in the first place. Andy never really stood a chance, [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy and he immediately acknowledges it]].]]
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* The one-episode LoveTriangle from ''KaleidoStar'' ''Anime/KaleidoStar'' had Sarah choosing between Kalos as the Gentleman, and Andy as the Scoundrel. [[spoiler: Sarah chooses Kalos -- in fact, ''she had chosen him quite a while before'' and that's why she had stayed in the Stage in the first place. Andy never really stood a chance, [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy and he immediately acknowledges it]].]]
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* Another genderflipped example: In ''EdenOfTheEast'', Osugi (Betty) and Takizawa (Scoundrel) to Saki's Archie.
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* Another genderflipped example: In ''EdenOfTheEast'', ''Anime/EdenOfTheEast'', Osugi (Betty) and Takizawa (Scoundrel) to Saki's Archie.
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* ''{{Inuyasha}}'': As a potential love interest for Kagome, the title character is usually the Scoundrel in comparison to characters such as Hojo (although in Koga's first appearance, he sort of fills the Gentleman role).
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* ''{{Inuyasha}}'': ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'': As a potential love interest for Kagome, the title character is usually the Scoundrel in comparison to characters such as Hojo (although in Koga's first appearance, he sort of fills the Gentleman role).
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* As in the comics, happens in ''Film/XMen''. There's a minor one with Bobby/Rogue/Pyro and the more central Scott/Jean/Logan, which comes complete with lampshade hanging.
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* As in the comics, happens in ''Film/XMen''. There's a minor one with Bobby/Rogue/Pyro Bobby/Rogue/Pyro, with Bobby as the gentleman and Pyro as the scoundrel. The more central Scott/Jean/Logan, which Scott/Jean/Logan comes complete with lampshade hanging.
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* As in the comics, happens in ''Film/XMen''. There's a minor one with Bobby/Rogue/Pyro and the more central Scott/Jean/Logan, which comes complete with lampshade hanging.
-->Jean: Girls flirt with the dangerous guy, Logan. They don't take him home.
-->Jean: Girls flirt with the dangerous guy, Logan. They don't take him home.
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** However, Rin is ultimately a true NiceGuy potential HouseHusband who is very considerate of Shiemi despite his NoSocialSkills while Yukio has various issues [[spoiler: that results in him using Shiemi as a LivingEmotionalCrutch]] and is [[ShrinkingViolet cripplingly shy]] in regards to Shiemi, as well as dealing with some FantasticRacism that is partially internalized due to his heritage. In short, Yukio's Gentleman Facade hides someone who's [[TheCorruptible increasingly unstable]] due to the pressures he gets put on him and ''puts on himself'', while Rin's Scoundrel Facade is more from a lack of true experience at ''being'' and gentleman. So both fall under ''both options'' for Shiemi ultimately, as both are [[NiceGuy Nice Guys]] and both are dangerous in different ways.
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** However, Rin is ultimately a true NiceGuy potential HouseHusband who is very considerate of Shiemi despite his NoSocialSkills while Yukio has various issues [[spoiler: that results in him using Shiemi as a LivingEmotionalCrutch]] and is [[ShrinkingViolet cripplingly shy]] in regards to Shiemi, as well as dealing with some FantasticRacism that is partially internalized due to his heritage. In short, Yukio's Gentleman Facade hides someone who's [[TheCorruptible increasingly unstable]] due to the pressures he gets put on him and ''puts on himself'', while Rin's Scoundrel Facade is more from a lack of true experience at ''being'' and an gentleman. So both fall under ''both options'' for Shiemi ultimately, as both are [[NiceGuy Nice Guys]] and both are dangerous in different ways.
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** However, Rin is ultimately a true NiceGuy potential HouseHusband who is very considerate of Shiemi despite his NoSocialSkills while Yukio has various issues [[spoiler: that results in him using Shiemi as a LivingEmotionalCrutch]] and is [[ShrinkingViolet cripplingly shy]] in regards to Shiemi, as well as dealing with some FantasticRacism that is partially internalized due to his heritage.
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** However, Rin is ultimately a true NiceGuy potential HouseHusband who is very considerate of Shiemi despite his NoSocialSkills while Yukio has various issues [[spoiler: that results in him using Shiemi as a LivingEmotionalCrutch]] and is [[ShrinkingViolet cripplingly shy]] in regards to Shiemi, as well as dealing with some FantasticRacism that is partially internalized due to his heritage. In short, Yukio's Gentleman Facade hides someone who's [[TheCorruptible increasingly unstable]] due to the pressures he gets put on him and ''puts on himself'', while Rin's Scoundrel Facade is more from a lack of true experience at ''being'' and gentleman. So both fall under ''both options'' for Shiemi ultimately, as both are [[NiceGuy Nice Guys]] and both are dangerous in different ways.
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** However, Rin is ultimately a true NiceGuy potential HouseHusband who is very considerate of Shiemi despite his NoSocialSkills while Yukio has various issues [[spoilers: that results in him using Shiemi as a LivingEmotionalCrutch]] and is [[ShrinkingViolet cripplingly shy]] in regards to Shiemi, as well as dealing with some FantasticRacism that is partially internalized due to his heritage.
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** However, Rin is ultimately a true NiceGuy potential HouseHusband who is very considerate of Shiemi despite his NoSocialSkills while Yukio has various issues [[spoilers: [[spoiler: that results in him using Shiemi as a LivingEmotionalCrutch]] and is [[ShrinkingViolet cripplingly shy]] in regards to Shiemi, as well as dealing with some FantasticRacism that is partially internalized due to his heritage.
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* ''Manga/BlueExorcist''; Shiemi appears to be liked by both the lead protaganist Rin, a {{Delinquent}} HotBlooded AntiAntiChrist, and his twin brother Yukio, an [[ImprobableAge absurdly young]], very polite teacher who has known Shiemi for many years.
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* ''Manga/BlueExorcist''; Shiemi appears to be liked by both the lead protaganist protagonist Rin, a {{Delinquent}} HotBlooded AntiAntiChrist, and his twin [[BigLittleBrother younger]] brother Yukio, an [[ImprobableAge absurdly young]], very polite teacher who has known Shiemi for many years.years.
** However, Rin is ultimately a true NiceGuy potential HouseHusband who is very considerate of Shiemi despite his NoSocialSkills while Yukio has various issues [[spoilers: that results in him using Shiemi as a LivingEmotionalCrutch]] and is [[ShrinkingViolet cripplingly shy]] in regards to Shiemi, as well as dealing with some FantasticRacism that is partially internalized due to his heritage.
** However, Rin is ultimately a true NiceGuy potential HouseHusband who is very considerate of Shiemi despite his NoSocialSkills while Yukio has various issues [[spoilers: that results in him using Shiemi as a LivingEmotionalCrutch]] and is [[ShrinkingViolet cripplingly shy]] in regards to Shiemi, as well as dealing with some FantasticRacism that is partially internalized due to his heritage.
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* ConversationalTroping in ''Literature/{{Wintersmith}}'', when Tiffany reads a romance novel in which the heroine must choose if she wants to marry William, an honest man with two and a half cows, or Roger, who rides a black stallion and calls her "My proud beauty". Tiffany isn't sure why the character needs to marry ''either'' of them.
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* ConversationalTroping in ''Literature/{{Wintersmith}}'', ''Discworld/{{Wintersmith}}'', when Tiffany reads a romance novel in which the heroine must choose if she wants to marry William, an honest man with two and a half cows, or Roger, who rides a black stallion and calls her "My proud beauty". Tiffany isn't sure why the character needs to marry ''either'' of them.
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* BlueExorcist; Shiemi appears to be liked by both the lead protaganist Rin, a {{Delinquent}} HotBlooded AntiAntiChrist, and his twin brother Yukio, an [[ImprobableAge absurdly young]], very polite teacher who has known Shiemi for many years.
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* BlueExorcist; ''Manga/BlueExorcist''; Shiemi appears to be liked by both the lead protaganist Rin, a {{Delinquent}} HotBlooded AntiAntiChrist, and his twin brother Yukio, an [[ImprobableAge absurdly young]], very polite teacher who has known Shiemi for many years.
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* ''PrincessTutu'' plays with this trope in a way that approaches CyclicalTrope levels. First, we have Fakir (the {{Tsundere}} Scoundrel) and Mytho (the Gentleman) for Ahiru. However ,[[spoiler: their roles are subverted in the second season with Fakir as the the Gentleman to the Raven Prince Mytho's Scoundrel]]. On the other hand, while Ahiru seems The Betty to Rue's Veronica... Rue's certainly The Betty to Princess Tutu's Veronica for Mytho. And if we bring Princess Kraehe in this, this starts all over again. Plus, Autor could be the Gentleman for Rue while Mytho is the Scoundrel.
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* ''PrincessTutu'' ''Anime/PrincessTutu'' plays with this trope in a way that approaches CyclicalTrope levels. First, we have Fakir (the {{Tsundere}} Scoundrel) and Mytho (the Gentleman) for Ahiru. However ,[[spoiler: their roles are subverted in the second season with Fakir as the the Gentleman to the Raven Prince Mytho's Scoundrel]]. On the other hand, while Ahiru seems The Betty to Rue's Veronica... Rue's certainly The Betty to Princess Tutu's Veronica for Mytho. And if we bring Princess Kraehe in this, this starts all over again. Plus, Autor could be the Gentleman for Rue while Mytho is the Scoundrel.
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* {{Disney}}'s ''{{Pocahontas}}'' presents a lifestyle choice with the steady home-building Kocuom, choice of her father, as the Gentleman, and the Native killing foreigner John Smith as the Scoundrel. She does not end up with either, as Kocoum dies and John Smith must go back to England, but her choice lies with John.
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* {{Disney}}'s ''{{Pocahontas}}'' Creator/{{Disney}}'s ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}'' presents a lifestyle choice with the steady home-building Kocuom, choice of her father, as the Gentleman, and the Native killing foreigner John Smith as the Scoundrel. She does not end up with either, as Kocoum dies and John Smith must go back to England, but her choice lies with John.
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* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Princess Leia Organa has a brief love triangle with good-hearted, loyal, and friendly farmboy/Jedi Luke Skywalker as the Gentleman. Roguish, rough, and experienced Han Solo is the Scoundrel. Rather luckily (given the later revelation that she was Luke's LongLostSibling), she chose Han.
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* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Princess Leia Organa has a brief love triangle with good-hearted, loyal, and friendly farmboy/Jedi Luke Skywalker as the Gentleman. Roguish, rough, and experienced Han Solo is the Scoundrel. Rather luckily (given the later revelation that she was Luke's LongLostSibling), she chose Han. bonus points in ''Empire'' for Leia ''actually'' calling Han a scoundrel, and Han saying he likes the sound of it. And then teasing Leia later on by calling Lando as a scoundrel as well.
--> '''Han:''' You like me because I'm a scoundrel. There aren't enough scoundrels in your life.\\
'''Leia:''' I happen to like nice men.\\
'''Han:''' I'm a nice man.\\
'''Leia:''' No, you're not. You're... \\
''They kiss.''
--> '''Han:''' You like me because I'm a scoundrel. There aren't enough scoundrels in your life.\\
'''Leia:''' I happen to like nice men.\\
'''Han:''' I'm a nice man.\\
'''Leia:''' No, you're not. You're... \\
''They kiss.''
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* In ''HisGirlFriday'', Hildy is to choose between gentleman [[DisposableFiance Bruce]] and scoundrel Walter. Fits the trope to a t, seeing how she [[FirstGirlWins ends]] [[ComedyOfRemarriage up]] with the man she originally chose, Walter, after divorcing him and starting her relationship with Bruce.
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* In ''{{Thundercats 2011}}'': Lion-O (Gentleman) has a crush on Cheetara which makes Tygra (Scoundrel) jealous. [[spoiler: She chooses Tygra]].
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* ''{{Inuyasha}}'': As a potential love interest for Kagome, the title character is usually the Scoundrel in comparison to characters such as Hojo (although in Koga's first appearance, he sort of fills the Gentleman role).
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* In ''{{Thundercats 2011}}'': Lion-O (Gentleman) has a crush on Cheetara which makes Tygra (Scoundrel) jealous. [[spoiler: She chooses Tygra]].
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The male choices in female-centered love triangle usually comes with two archetypes: the kind-hearted, safe Gentleman and the edgy, dangerous Scoundrel. The Gentleman is a good guy: honest, upright, and noble. The Scoundrel is an outsider to the heroine's world (most of the time), dangerous and wild. It is a love triangle between a heroine and NobleMaleRoguishMale: a man who is safe versus a man who is dangerous.
The Gentleman is likely someone the heroine has known previously, the kind of man who represents the safety of her youth and home. The Scoundrel has a dangerous spark that attracts her into his world. That kind of danger is usually emotional in nature--the heroine risks a wild and unstable relationship with him, especially in contrast to the relative dependability of the Gentleman. Parents will favor the Gentleman and discourage dalliance with the Scoundrel, regardless of personality.
A discretionary angle features the heroine committing to a lifestyle via a man: choosing [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys traditionalism vs passion]] or [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan lasting happiness vs transient excitement]]. In these cases, one of the two men will almost always have a clearly undesirable personality. If the poorer character seems to fit the patterns of Gentleman better (or vice versa), the trope is RichSuitorPoorSuitor.
Unlike with BettyAndVeronica, the heroine often chooses early or midway into the story, and who she ends up with is [[SpoiledByTheFormat usually dependent on the length of the work and how early she made a choice]]. If a choice is made very early, the heroine is more likely to end up with with that first choice after agonizing {{UST}} and WillTheyOrWontThey with the other man. If the choice is made mid-way, then it was the WrongGuyFirst.
Bear in mind that not ''every'' love triangle with two men is going to fit.
SpearCounterpart to BettyAndVeronica. Compare NobleMaleRoguishMale, AllGirlsWantBadBoys and SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan. See RichSuitorPoorSuitor.
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!!Examples:
[[AC: {{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', there's Sakura who seems to be choosing between Naruto (the Gentleman) and [[EvilFormerFriend Sasuke]] (the Scoundrel).
* ''GakuenAlice'': Mikan has Ruka (the Gentleman) and Natsume (the Scoundrel).
* ''Manga/ShugoChara'': Amu has Tadase (the Gentleman) and Ikuto (the Scoundrel).
* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'': Tohru has Yuki, a stoic princely type who is always polite to Tohru, and Kyo, a hotblooded delinquent who tends to insult Tohru. She only meets Yuki a short time before Kyo.
* ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'': Sakura has Yukito (the Gentleman) and Syaoran (the Scoundrel). Played with in the end: [[spoiler: Yukito ended up with Sakura's ''brother'', and by the time Sakura fell for Syaoran, he was ''far'' more of a Gentleman than a Bad Boy.]]
** In the anime, Syaoran has Sakura (Gentleman) and Meiling (Scoundrel). [[spoiler: Again, Sakura and Syaoran get together, and shortly before that Meiling says "IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy!".]]
* ''KitchenPrincess'': Najika has Sora (the Gentleman) and Daichi (the Scoundrel).
* ''VampireKnight'': Yuuki has Kaname (the Gentleman) and [[MyHeroZero Zero]] (the Scoundrel). However, the roles could potentially be switched. Zero is her [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend "safe, comfortable friend"]], while Kaname is the exotic one that she believes she literally can't have.
* ''{{Pretear}}'' seems to set this up between Himeno, Sasame (a good listener, explains things to Himeno) and Hayate (troubled, acts like a jerk who wants nothing to do with Himeno), especially in the manga. The anime is more... [[LoveDodecahedron complicated]]. Note that she meets them both at the same time, and that in the manga they are presented as equal candidates. In the anime, well. Again, it's complicated.
* In ''PeachGirl'', Momo spent years with a crush on the chivalrous and polite Toji, until she finally gets him. They guy helping her out on the way is [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Kairi]], a [[ChivalrousPervert lecherous]], school-skipping bad boy she discovers she now has feelings for. Throughout the series she bounces back and forth between them, until finally [[spoiler:she ends up with Kairi]].
* ''PrincessTutu'' plays with this trope in a way that approaches CyclicalTrope levels. First, we have Fakir (the {{Tsundere}} Scoundrel) and Mytho (the Gentleman) for Ahiru. However ,[[spoiler: their roles are subverted in the second season with Fakir as the the Gentleman to the Raven Prince Mytho's Scoundrel]]. On the other hand, while Ahiru seems The Betty to Rue's Veronica... Rue's certainly The Betty to Princess Tutu's Veronica for Mytho. And if we bring Princess Kraehe in this, this starts all over again. Plus, Autor could be the Gentleman for Rue while Mytho is the Scoundrel.
* The one-episode LoveTriangle from ''KaleidoStar'' had Sarah choosing between Kalos as the Gentleman, and Andy as the Scoundrel. [[spoiler: Sarah chooses Kalos -- in fact, ''she had chosen him quite a while before'' and that's why she had stayed in the Stage in the first place. Andy never really stood a chance, [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy and he immediately acknowledges it]].]]
* Another genderflipped example: In ''EdenOfTheEast'', Osugi (Betty) and Takizawa (Scoundrel) to Saki's Archie.
* BlueExorcist; Shiemi appears to be liked by both the lead protaganist Rin, a {{Delinquent}} HotBlooded AntiAntiChrist, and his twin brother Yukio, an [[ImprobableAge absurdly young]], very polite teacher who has known Shiemi for many years.
[[AC: ComicBooks]]
* ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}'':
** One example was a long-running LoveTriangle with Jean Grey, Cyclops (the Gentleman), and Wolverine (the Scoundrel). Cyclops was the square-jawed, righteous leader of the team who had been with Jean since the beginning. Wolverine was the short, hairy AntiHero who had a smoking, drinking, and killing problem.
** The love triangle between Havok, Polaris, and Iceman has Havok as the Scoundrel and Iceman as the Gentleman. Havok and Polaris have been through hell and back together since the earliest days of the comic.
** For a brief time, Rogue, she had the polite and sincere Magneto clone, Joseph, as the Gentleman and the dangerous charming thief Gambit as the Scoundrel. Eventually, she then she has Gambit as the Gentleman, who was the traditional choice that had a lasting love for her, and Magneto, the Scoundrel, former super villain.
[[AC: {{Film}}]]
* In ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' Elizabeth must choose between Jack as the Scoundrel and Will as the Gentleman. Since Elizabeth chooses Will early, she ends up with him after some amount of flirtation with Jack.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Princess Leia Organa has a brief love triangle with good-hearted, loyal, and friendly farmboy/Jedi Luke Skywalker as the Gentleman. Roguish, rough, and experienced Han Solo is the Scoundrel. Rather luckily (given the later revelation that she was Luke's LongLostSibling), she chose Han.
* Subverted in ''NotAnotherTeenMovie'', where [[BeautifulAllAlong Janey]], having to choose between [[BigManOnCampus Jake]] (TheJock who dates her only because of a bet with his JerkJock buddy) and Ricky (the annoying, whiny loser of a "friend"), chooses the former, causing him to have a change of heart, while the latter remains an annoying whiny loser.
* ''Film/BramStokersDracula'' has (although Bram Stoker's ''{{Dracula}}'' does not) a version with Mina chooses between Dracula as the Scoundrel and her much more average fiance Jonathan as the Gentleman. [[spoiler: Dracula dies, but it is not made entirely certain that Mina goes back to Jonathan.]]
* The 2010 Rupert Grint movie ''Film/{{Cherrybomb}}'', with Michelle having to choose between the (relatively) safe and dependable Malachy (Gentleman) and the rebellious, dashing Luke (Scoundrel).
* In ''Film/TheNotebook'' Allie has to choose between Lon Hammond Jr., a dashing young lawyer who is funny, charming, sophisticated, and comes from old Southern Money or the local country boy Noah Calhoun who threatens to jump off of the Ferris wheel if she doesn't go on a date with him and constantly fights fights with her.
[[AC: {{Literature}}]]
* This is a common theme throughout the novels of Creator/JaneAusten, of the heroine being torn between a dependable, caring man and a libertinish cad. She will always choose the former, but Austen will keep you guessing as to who it is.
** ''Literature/SenseAndSensibility'': With Marianne choosing between Brandon the Gentleman and Willoughby, the Scoundrel.
** ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'': With Elizabeth, Darcy is the Gentleman and Wickham is the Scoundrel.
** ''Literature/MansfieldPark'': With Fanny, Edmund is the Gentleman and Henry is the Scoundrel.
** ''Literature/{{Emma}}'': With Emma, [[spoiler: George Knightley]] is the Gentleman and Frank Churchill is the Scoundrel.
* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', the trope is played with in the Lily/Snape/James triangle. From Snape's perspective, he was always the Gentleman: the childhood friend who dearly loved the gentle Lily despite of her heritage, and James was the Scoundrel, an arrogant bully only interested in Lily for her looks. While Lily sees James this way at first, his treatment of her personally and Snape's treatment eventually ends up with James as the Gentleman, and Snape as the Scoundrel.
* In Stephanie Meyer's ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' saga, Edward is the Scoundrel, and Jacob is the Gentleman. While Jacob is more forceful and direct than the well-mannered Edward, Edward's life invited danger and death into her life, and was the choice her parents couldn't stand, while Jacob is the old friend boy-next-door who dependably offers Bella emotional support.
* ''[[BridgetJones Bridget Jones's Diary]]'' plays this fairly straight between Mark Darcy (Gentleman) and Daniel Cleaver (Scoundrel). The film version even describes them as "[[WrongGuyFirst too good to be true]]" and "[[AllGirlsWantBadBoys so wrong he might just be right]]", respectively. [[spoiler:By the end of the books, Mark has won, although when Helen Fielding continued the column, apparently Bridget was still torn between them and even ends up having Daniel's baby. Sigh.]]
* In the StephaniePlum series, the protagonist of the same name is caught in a love triangle between her childhood friend Joe Morelli and the more mysterious Ranger.
* In ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', Katniss' original choice was not between a Gentleman and a Scoundrel, as they were both dependable people. However, as the series progresses, Peeta reveals himself as the Gentleman who cares deeply for Katniss and desires her safety, and Gale the Scoundrel revolutionist who desires to entangle Katniss in that world.
* ''Literature/WutheringHeights'' has this as a central theme. Catherine must decide between Heathcliff and Edgar Linton-- one a childhood friend with whom she shares a relationship approaching siblinghood, the other the eldest son of a neighboring wealthy family. While Catherine repeatedly asserts that she and Heathcliff are one, her family believes marrying Linton will bring them more prestige, and this is her ultimate choice. [[spoiler: Arguably, it is this decision that ultimately kills her, as after a prolonged separation from Heathcliff, seeing him again throws her into a fatal coma presumably from sheer excitement.]]
* ConversationalTroping in ''Literature/{{Wintersmith}}'', when Tiffany reads a romance novel in which the heroine must choose if she wants to marry William, an honest man with two and a half cows, or Roger, who rides a black stallion and calls her "My proud beauty". Tiffany isn't sure why the character needs to marry ''either'' of them.
[[AC: LiveActionTV]]
* From ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** Early seasons also have Buffy's friend Xander as the Gentleman and the vampire Angel as the Scoundrel.
** While both relatively dangerous, Angel is the original man who ultimately tries to do good and be a good choice for Buffy, and Spike is the dangerous and deadly killer who was fairly remorseless through most of the series.
* ''Series/{{Angel}}'' example: Fred had to choose between the tough, street-smart former gang leader Gunn (Scoundrel) and the bookish, nerdy SmartGuy Wes (Gentleman). (Ironically in Season 5 these roles are reversed, due to Wesley taking a level in badass and Gunn getting a brain implant). Eventually, [[spoiler: she chose her Scoundrel, then broke up with him, turned to her Gentleman, died, became an ancient goddess, nearly killed both of them (one inadvertently), and then Wes died]].
* In ''Series/VeronicaMars'', there's several instances of this throughout the entire series. Duncan, the Gentleman, and Logan, the Scoundrel. Piz (Gentleman)-Veronica-Logan (Scoundrel).
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' has [[TheyDo (or had)]] Amy between childhood friend and eternally devoted Rory (Gentleman) and the adventurous Doctor (Scoundrel).
* From ''Series/{{Lost}}'', Kate must choose between noble doctor Jack, the Gentleman, and Southern con-artist Sawyer, as the Scoundrel.
[[AC: {{Theatre}}]]
* ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' has Christine choose between her childhood sweetheart and general KnightInShiningArmor Raoul and the insane, brooding, but more passionate Phantom. [[spoiler: Although WordOfGod says that Christine loves The Phantom the most, in the end she chooses the Safe Option, Raoul.]]
* ''RomeoAndJuliet'': Juliet's decision between her two suitors. Paris courts her in the "proper" way, by asking her father's permission. Romeo falls in love with her, marries her in secret and even kills a beloved family member.
[[AC: VideoGames]]
* Creator/{{BioWare}} is particularly fond of this trope whenever a female has more than one love interest:
** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', Alistair is the sweet-hearted, noble Gentleman and Zevran the sex-crazy assassin Scoundrel.
** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'': Garrus and Jacob are both steady, reliable people (and Garrus is an old friend), while Thane is a dark, mysterious, broody assassin.
** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', Anders and Fenris are both broody, mysterious, and lead dangerous lives, while Sebastian is a chaste Chantry boy.
* From ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'', the quiet medic and old acquaintance Mical is the gentleman, and Atton Rand is the Han Solo like Scoundrel smuggler.
[[AC: {{Webcomics}}]]
* In ''Webcomic/PennyAndAggie''. Although Penny has dated both BadassBiker Rich and NiceGuy Duane, she finds that she genuinely loves only the former. Thus, when one of her hypothetical future selves urges her to use "common sense" in deciding whether to run away with Rich, this is her sarcastic response:
-> Ooh, what if he doesn't make six figures? Ooh, what if I want kids and he doesn't? [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud Whiiiine]] I better hook up with the nice class president!
[[AC: WesternAnimation]]
* {{Disney}}'s ''{{Pocahontas}}'' presents a lifestyle choice with the steady home-building Kocuom, choice of her father, as the Gentleman, and the Native killing foreigner John Smith as the Scoundrel. She does not end up with either, as Kocoum dies and John Smith must go back to England, but her choice lies with John.
* In ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', Nancy Hicks-Gribble has been carrying on an affair with the Scoundrel, John Redcorn, while married to her CrazySurvivalist husband Dale (the Gentleman).
* In ''{{Thundercats 2011}}'': Lion-O (Gentleman) has a crush on Cheetara which makes Tygra (Scoundrel) jealous. [[spoiler: She chooses Tygra]].
The male choices in female-centered love triangle usually comes with two archetypes: the kind-hearted, safe Gentleman and the edgy, dangerous Scoundrel. The Gentleman is a good guy: honest, upright, and noble. The Scoundrel is an outsider to the heroine's world (most of the time), dangerous and wild. It is a love triangle between a heroine and NobleMaleRoguishMale: a man who is safe versus a man who is dangerous.
The Gentleman is likely someone the heroine has known previously, the kind of man who represents the safety of her youth and home. The Scoundrel has a dangerous spark that attracts her into his world. That kind of danger is usually emotional in nature--the heroine risks a wild and unstable relationship with him, especially in contrast to the relative dependability of the Gentleman. Parents will favor the Gentleman and discourage dalliance with the Scoundrel, regardless of personality.
A discretionary angle features the heroine committing to a lifestyle via a man: choosing [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys traditionalism vs passion]] or [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan lasting happiness vs transient excitement]]. In these cases, one of the two men will almost always have a clearly undesirable personality. If the poorer character seems to fit the patterns of Gentleman better (or vice versa), the trope is RichSuitorPoorSuitor.
Unlike with BettyAndVeronica, the heroine often chooses early or midway into the story, and who she ends up with is [[SpoiledByTheFormat usually dependent on the length of the work and how early she made a choice]]. If a choice is made very early, the heroine is more likely to end up with with that first choice after agonizing {{UST}} and WillTheyOrWontThey with the other man. If the choice is made mid-way, then it was the WrongGuyFirst.
Bear in mind that not ''every'' love triangle with two men is going to fit.
SpearCounterpart to BettyAndVeronica. Compare NobleMaleRoguishMale, AllGirlsWantBadBoys and SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan. See RichSuitorPoorSuitor.
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!!Examples:
[[AC: {{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', there's Sakura who seems to be choosing between Naruto (the Gentleman) and [[EvilFormerFriend Sasuke]] (the Scoundrel).
* ''GakuenAlice'': Mikan has Ruka (the Gentleman) and Natsume (the Scoundrel).
* ''Manga/ShugoChara'': Amu has Tadase (the Gentleman) and Ikuto (the Scoundrel).
* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'': Tohru has Yuki, a stoic princely type who is always polite to Tohru, and Kyo, a hotblooded delinquent who tends to insult Tohru. She only meets Yuki a short time before Kyo.
* ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'': Sakura has Yukito (the Gentleman) and Syaoran (the Scoundrel). Played with in the end: [[spoiler: Yukito ended up with Sakura's ''brother'', and by the time Sakura fell for Syaoran, he was ''far'' more of a Gentleman than a Bad Boy.]]
** In the anime, Syaoran has Sakura (Gentleman) and Meiling (Scoundrel). [[spoiler: Again, Sakura and Syaoran get together, and shortly before that Meiling says "IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy!".]]
* ''KitchenPrincess'': Najika has Sora (the Gentleman) and Daichi (the Scoundrel).
* ''VampireKnight'': Yuuki has Kaname (the Gentleman) and [[MyHeroZero Zero]] (the Scoundrel). However, the roles could potentially be switched. Zero is her [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend "safe, comfortable friend"]], while Kaname is the exotic one that she believes she literally can't have.
* ''{{Pretear}}'' seems to set this up between Himeno, Sasame (a good listener, explains things to Himeno) and Hayate (troubled, acts like a jerk who wants nothing to do with Himeno), especially in the manga. The anime is more... [[LoveDodecahedron complicated]]. Note that she meets them both at the same time, and that in the manga they are presented as equal candidates. In the anime, well. Again, it's complicated.
* In ''PeachGirl'', Momo spent years with a crush on the chivalrous and polite Toji, until she finally gets him. They guy helping her out on the way is [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Kairi]], a [[ChivalrousPervert lecherous]], school-skipping bad boy she discovers she now has feelings for. Throughout the series she bounces back and forth between them, until finally [[spoiler:she ends up with Kairi]].
* ''PrincessTutu'' plays with this trope in a way that approaches CyclicalTrope levels. First, we have Fakir (the {{Tsundere}} Scoundrel) and Mytho (the Gentleman) for Ahiru. However ,[[spoiler: their roles are subverted in the second season with Fakir as the the Gentleman to the Raven Prince Mytho's Scoundrel]]. On the other hand, while Ahiru seems The Betty to Rue's Veronica... Rue's certainly The Betty to Princess Tutu's Veronica for Mytho. And if we bring Princess Kraehe in this, this starts all over again. Plus, Autor could be the Gentleman for Rue while Mytho is the Scoundrel.
* The one-episode LoveTriangle from ''KaleidoStar'' had Sarah choosing between Kalos as the Gentleman, and Andy as the Scoundrel. [[spoiler: Sarah chooses Kalos -- in fact, ''she had chosen him quite a while before'' and that's why she had stayed in the Stage in the first place. Andy never really stood a chance, [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy and he immediately acknowledges it]].]]
* Another genderflipped example: In ''EdenOfTheEast'', Osugi (Betty) and Takizawa (Scoundrel) to Saki's Archie.
* BlueExorcist; Shiemi appears to be liked by both the lead protaganist Rin, a {{Delinquent}} HotBlooded AntiAntiChrist, and his twin brother Yukio, an [[ImprobableAge absurdly young]], very polite teacher who has known Shiemi for many years.
[[AC: ComicBooks]]
* ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}'':
** One example was a long-running LoveTriangle with Jean Grey, Cyclops (the Gentleman), and Wolverine (the Scoundrel). Cyclops was the square-jawed, righteous leader of the team who had been with Jean since the beginning. Wolverine was the short, hairy AntiHero who had a smoking, drinking, and killing problem.
** The love triangle between Havok, Polaris, and Iceman has Havok as the Scoundrel and Iceman as the Gentleman. Havok and Polaris have been through hell and back together since the earliest days of the comic.
** For a brief time, Rogue, she had the polite and sincere Magneto clone, Joseph, as the Gentleman and the dangerous charming thief Gambit as the Scoundrel. Eventually, she then she has Gambit as the Gentleman, who was the traditional choice that had a lasting love for her, and Magneto, the Scoundrel, former super villain.
[[AC: {{Film}}]]
* In ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' Elizabeth must choose between Jack as the Scoundrel and Will as the Gentleman. Since Elizabeth chooses Will early, she ends up with him after some amount of flirtation with Jack.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Princess Leia Organa has a brief love triangle with good-hearted, loyal, and friendly farmboy/Jedi Luke Skywalker as the Gentleman. Roguish, rough, and experienced Han Solo is the Scoundrel. Rather luckily (given the later revelation that she was Luke's LongLostSibling), she chose Han.
* Subverted in ''NotAnotherTeenMovie'', where [[BeautifulAllAlong Janey]], having to choose between [[BigManOnCampus Jake]] (TheJock who dates her only because of a bet with his JerkJock buddy) and Ricky (the annoying, whiny loser of a "friend"), chooses the former, causing him to have a change of heart, while the latter remains an annoying whiny loser.
* ''Film/BramStokersDracula'' has (although Bram Stoker's ''{{Dracula}}'' does not) a version with Mina chooses between Dracula as the Scoundrel and her much more average fiance Jonathan as the Gentleman. [[spoiler: Dracula dies, but it is not made entirely certain that Mina goes back to Jonathan.]]
* The 2010 Rupert Grint movie ''Film/{{Cherrybomb}}'', with Michelle having to choose between the (relatively) safe and dependable Malachy (Gentleman) and the rebellious, dashing Luke (Scoundrel).
* In ''Film/TheNotebook'' Allie has to choose between Lon Hammond Jr., a dashing young lawyer who is funny, charming, sophisticated, and comes from old Southern Money or the local country boy Noah Calhoun who threatens to jump off of the Ferris wheel if she doesn't go on a date with him and constantly fights fights with her.
[[AC: {{Literature}}]]
* This is a common theme throughout the novels of Creator/JaneAusten, of the heroine being torn between a dependable, caring man and a libertinish cad. She will always choose the former, but Austen will keep you guessing as to who it is.
** ''Literature/SenseAndSensibility'': With Marianne choosing between Brandon the Gentleman and Willoughby, the Scoundrel.
** ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'': With Elizabeth, Darcy is the Gentleman and Wickham is the Scoundrel.
** ''Literature/MansfieldPark'': With Fanny, Edmund is the Gentleman and Henry is the Scoundrel.
** ''Literature/{{Emma}}'': With Emma, [[spoiler: George Knightley]] is the Gentleman and Frank Churchill is the Scoundrel.
* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', the trope is played with in the Lily/Snape/James triangle. From Snape's perspective, he was always the Gentleman: the childhood friend who dearly loved the gentle Lily despite of her heritage, and James was the Scoundrel, an arrogant bully only interested in Lily for her looks. While Lily sees James this way at first, his treatment of her personally and Snape's treatment eventually ends up with James as the Gentleman, and Snape as the Scoundrel.
* In Stephanie Meyer's ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' saga, Edward is the Scoundrel, and Jacob is the Gentleman. While Jacob is more forceful and direct than the well-mannered Edward, Edward's life invited danger and death into her life, and was the choice her parents couldn't stand, while Jacob is the old friend boy-next-door who dependably offers Bella emotional support.
* ''[[BridgetJones Bridget Jones's Diary]]'' plays this fairly straight between Mark Darcy (Gentleman) and Daniel Cleaver (Scoundrel). The film version even describes them as "[[WrongGuyFirst too good to be true]]" and "[[AllGirlsWantBadBoys so wrong he might just be right]]", respectively. [[spoiler:By the end of the books, Mark has won, although when Helen Fielding continued the column, apparently Bridget was still torn between them and even ends up having Daniel's baby. Sigh.]]
* In the StephaniePlum series, the protagonist of the same name is caught in a love triangle between her childhood friend Joe Morelli and the more mysterious Ranger.
* In ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', Katniss' original choice was not between a Gentleman and a Scoundrel, as they were both dependable people. However, as the series progresses, Peeta reveals himself as the Gentleman who cares deeply for Katniss and desires her safety, and Gale the Scoundrel revolutionist who desires to entangle Katniss in that world.
* ''Literature/WutheringHeights'' has this as a central theme. Catherine must decide between Heathcliff and Edgar Linton-- one a childhood friend with whom she shares a relationship approaching siblinghood, the other the eldest son of a neighboring wealthy family. While Catherine repeatedly asserts that she and Heathcliff are one, her family believes marrying Linton will bring them more prestige, and this is her ultimate choice. [[spoiler: Arguably, it is this decision that ultimately kills her, as after a prolonged separation from Heathcliff, seeing him again throws her into a fatal coma presumably from sheer excitement.]]
* ConversationalTroping in ''Literature/{{Wintersmith}}'', when Tiffany reads a romance novel in which the heroine must choose if she wants to marry William, an honest man with two and a half cows, or Roger, who rides a black stallion and calls her "My proud beauty". Tiffany isn't sure why the character needs to marry ''either'' of them.
[[AC: LiveActionTV]]
* From ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** Early seasons also have Buffy's friend Xander as the Gentleman and the vampire Angel as the Scoundrel.
** While both relatively dangerous, Angel is the original man who ultimately tries to do good and be a good choice for Buffy, and Spike is the dangerous and deadly killer who was fairly remorseless through most of the series.
* ''Series/{{Angel}}'' example: Fred had to choose between the tough, street-smart former gang leader Gunn (Scoundrel) and the bookish, nerdy SmartGuy Wes (Gentleman). (Ironically in Season 5 these roles are reversed, due to Wesley taking a level in badass and Gunn getting a brain implant). Eventually, [[spoiler: she chose her Scoundrel, then broke up with him, turned to her Gentleman, died, became an ancient goddess, nearly killed both of them (one inadvertently), and then Wes died]].
* In ''Series/VeronicaMars'', there's several instances of this throughout the entire series. Duncan, the Gentleman, and Logan, the Scoundrel. Piz (Gentleman)-Veronica-Logan (Scoundrel).
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' has [[TheyDo (or had)]] Amy between childhood friend and eternally devoted Rory (Gentleman) and the adventurous Doctor (Scoundrel).
* From ''Series/{{Lost}}'', Kate must choose between noble doctor Jack, the Gentleman, and Southern con-artist Sawyer, as the Scoundrel.
[[AC: {{Theatre}}]]
* ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' has Christine choose between her childhood sweetheart and general KnightInShiningArmor Raoul and the insane, brooding, but more passionate Phantom. [[spoiler: Although WordOfGod says that Christine loves The Phantom the most, in the end she chooses the Safe Option, Raoul.]]
* ''RomeoAndJuliet'': Juliet's decision between her two suitors. Paris courts her in the "proper" way, by asking her father's permission. Romeo falls in love with her, marries her in secret and even kills a beloved family member.
[[AC: VideoGames]]
* Creator/{{BioWare}} is particularly fond of this trope whenever a female has more than one love interest:
** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', Alistair is the sweet-hearted, noble Gentleman and Zevran the sex-crazy assassin Scoundrel.
** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'': Garrus and Jacob are both steady, reliable people (and Garrus is an old friend), while Thane is a dark, mysterious, broody assassin.
** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', Anders and Fenris are both broody, mysterious, and lead dangerous lives, while Sebastian is a chaste Chantry boy.
* From ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'', the quiet medic and old acquaintance Mical is the gentleman, and Atton Rand is the Han Solo like Scoundrel smuggler.
[[AC: {{Webcomics}}]]
* In ''Webcomic/PennyAndAggie''. Although Penny has dated both BadassBiker Rich and NiceGuy Duane, she finds that she genuinely loves only the former. Thus, when one of her hypothetical future selves urges her to use "common sense" in deciding whether to run away with Rich, this is her sarcastic response:
-> Ooh, what if he doesn't make six figures? Ooh, what if I want kids and he doesn't? [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud Whiiiine]] I better hook up with the nice class president!
[[AC: WesternAnimation]]
* {{Disney}}'s ''{{Pocahontas}}'' presents a lifestyle choice with the steady home-building Kocuom, choice of her father, as the Gentleman, and the Native killing foreigner John Smith as the Scoundrel. She does not end up with either, as Kocoum dies and John Smith must go back to England, but her choice lies with John.
* In ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', Nancy Hicks-Gribble has been carrying on an affair with the Scoundrel, John Redcorn, while married to her CrazySurvivalist husband Dale (the Gentleman).
* In ''{{Thundercats 2011}}'': Lion-O (Gentleman) has a crush on Cheetara which makes Tygra (Scoundrel) jealous. [[spoiler: She chooses Tygra]].
