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* '''Played For Horror''': There is nothing on Earth that can stop Bob's lust. Not even Alice not giving her consent...

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* '''Played For Horror''': There is nothing on Earth that can stop Bob's lust.lust-powered super-strength. Not even Alice not giving her consent...
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* '''Played For Horror''': There is nothing on Earth that can stop Bob's lust. Not even Alice not giving her consent...

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* '''Defied''': Bob refuses the victory sex with Alice, for his own reasons.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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Bob refuses the victory sex with Alice, for his own reasons.reasons.
** "Bob, I won't do it with you ever. Not even if you were the last man on Earth. Or if you managed to kill every demon on the planet with your bare hands."
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** Bob notices Alice is [[OutdoorBathPeeping bathing in a hot spring on the other side of]] {{Mordor}} and stampedes to get a peek with the relentlessness of [[ImplacableMan a Terminator]], killing [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]], Vile Carl and TheLegionsOfHell in [[SingleStrokeBattle a nanosecond]] when they try to get in his way.
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** People could RapePillageAndBurn without impunity due to the Power of Lust.

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** Bob has VirginPower stemming from his totally chaste nature.



* '''Played For Drama''': The real reason the thought of sex with Alice motivates Bob so strongly is because he doesn't want to die a virgin, and this is a proxy for his fear that he hasn't accomplished anthing in his life.

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* '''Played For Drama''': The real reason the thought of sex with Alice motivates Bob so strongly is because he doesn't want to die a virgin, and this is a proxy for his fear that he hasn't accomplished anthing anything in his life.

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob's lust for Alice gives him motivation, but doesn't grant him power or strength.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Bob's lust for Alice gives him motivation, but doesn't grant him power or strength.strength.
** Bob motivates himself by thinking about a number of everyday things he'll get to do after defeating Vile Carl, sex with Alice being just one of these things.



* '''Subverted''': At first, Alice's offer doesn't seem to help Bob at all-he's still getting beaten...
* '''Double Subverted''': But then Alice offers the possibility of chains and whips, and Bob knocks out Carl with the next punch.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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At first, Alice's offer doesn't seem to help Bob at all-he's still getting beaten...
** Bob is motivated Alice's offer of "some stuff we could do in bed" but it turns out he just wanted a well-deserved nap.
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But then Alice offers the possibility of chains and whips, and Bob knocks out Carl with the next punch.punch.
** And once he's well rested, he has sex with Alice, confirming this was his motivation.



* '''Enforced''': The writer believes lust is not necessarily a bad thing, and wants to portray Bob as a positive example of someone motivated by lust.

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* '''Enforced''': The execs demand the writer believes lust put some {{Fanservice}} into the dark, emotional finale. The writers find the best way to put this in is not necessarily a bad thing, and wants to portray Bob as a positive example of someone motivated by lust.an ImagineSpot with Bob's lustful thoughts about Alice.



* '''Implied''': ???

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* '''Implied''': ???Bob's actual motivation is not discussed, but Alice gives him a lustful look shortly before he defeats Carl.



** Alice tells Bob she'll have sex with him so he can win, but she didn't actually want to have sex with him, hoping he'll forget. Afterwards, Bob feels [[EntitledToHaveYou entitled to have sex with Alice.]]



** Alice changes her offer to being his personal love coach to help him find another girl to have sex with, and Bob accepts this.



* '''Played For Drama''': The real reason the thought of sex with Alice motivates Bob so strongly is because he doesn't want to die a virgin, and this is a proxy for his fear that he hasn't accomplished anthing in his life.



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* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Bob]] is able to win a fight against [[TheDragon Vile Carl]] when [[GoodBadGirl Alice]] offers him victory sex afterwards.

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[[TheHero Bob]] is able to win a fight against [[TheDragon Vile Carl]] when [[GoodBadGirl Alice]] offers him victory sex afterwards.afterwards.
** In an inversion of DistractedByTheSexy, Bob gets a HeroicSecondWind when Alice flashes her boobs at him.


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** Alice is Bob's fiancee and it's [[HumbleGoal the promise of a nice little evening with Netflix and chill and no sex]] that makes him soldier on in the middle of an X-rated orgy of violence [[ShapedLikeItself and sex]].
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* '''Double Subverted''': But then Alice offers the possibility of [[UsefulNotes/BDSM chains and whips]], and Bob knocks out Carl with the next punch.

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* '''Double Subverted''': But then Alice offers the possibility of [[UsefulNotes/BDSM chains and whips]], whips, and Bob knocks out Carl with the next punch.
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'''Basic Trope''': Lust gives a character power.
* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Bob]] is able to win a fight against [[TheDragon Vile Carl]] when [[GoodBadGirl Alice]] offers him victory sex afterwards.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Alice promises Bob a kiss if he wins the fight. Even though Bob is [[HeroicRROD beat to hell and back]], it's still a CurbstompBattle in his favour.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob's lust for Alice gives him motivation, but doesn't grant him power or strength.
* '''Justified''':
** Bob is a magic user and magic is affected by emotion; the stronger Bob's lust for Alice, the stronger his magic is.
** The prospect of victory sex with Alice is an excellent motivator, and sometimes that's all it takes.
* '''Inverted''':
** ThePowerOfHate
* '''Subverted''': At first, Alice's offer doesn't seem to help Bob at all-he's still getting beaten...
* '''Double Subverted''': But then Alice offers the possibility of [[UsefulNotes/BDSM chains and whips]], and Bob knocks out Carl with the next punch.
* '''Parodied''':
** The power of lust is a literal power source.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Bob is either a ChasteHero or CelibateHero.
* '''Enforced''': The writer believes lust is not necessarily a bad thing, and wants to portray Bob as a positive example of someone motivated by lust.
** AuthorAppeal.
* '''Lampshaded''':
** "From cleaning a house to battering an evil sorcerer, nothing gets a job done better than a man expecting to get laid."
* '''Invoked''': Alice doesn't like the BigBad anymore than Bob does, but she's virtually powerless. So she deliberately tags along with Bob to help him win fight via providing motivation.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Bob refuses the victory sex with Alice, for his own reasons.
* '''Discussed''': "Lust is an excellent motivator. I shall now demonstrate: Bob, kick his ass and I'll let you bang me!"
* '''Conversed''': "Bob's getting his ass beaten. How long until Alice offers sex and he gets more powerful?"
* '''Implied''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''':
** Bob becomes dependent on sex with Alice as his only motivation, losing all reason to fight otherwise.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** Bob finds other reasons to fight, but sex with Alice is still his main source of motivation.
* '''Played For Laughs''':
** Bob has very weird fetishes, and Alice is highly Squicked out whenever he wins a fight, because she knows what it means...
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