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2[[caption-width-right:350:He's a bad boy {{Hunk}}, and she's a FieryRedhead. Why shouldn't they have the hots for each other?]]
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4Characters are drawn to someone for some reason. The person has sex appeal and is called [[TheBeautifulTropes beautiful]], sexy, hot, handsome, desirable, or plain attractive. Might be LoveInterests or just lust interests.
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6Can lead to KissingTropes and SexTropes or DatingTropes and FlirtingAndCourtship. More realistic than RuleOfSexy and more for the character than {{Fanservice}}, FanserviceCostumes or NudityTropes. Not related to the attractions found at ThemeParks, except for the TunnelOfLove.
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10!!Tropes:
11[[index]]
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13'''Sub-categories:'''
14+ AttractionToOutliers\
15A character is attractive because they aren't socially ideal.
16+ DelicateIsBeautiful\
17A character who's delicate and fragile is considered attractive.
18+ TheseTropesAreEvilAndSexy\
19Tropes related to sexualized villains.
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21* AccidentalDeclarationOfLove: Because this attraction might go somewhere, even by accident.
22* AdmiringThePoster: Character lusting in front of a pin-up poster.
23* AgentsDating: Secret agents are most attracted to other secret agents.
24* AllAmazonsWantHercules: Tough women tend to be attracted to men who are just as strong as, if not stronger than them.
25* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Moody, anti-social bad boys attract a lot of attention from girls.
26* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Cheerleaders tend to be considered desirable to guys.
27* AllGuysWantSororityWomen: A woman is likely to be considered desirable if she's in a sorority.
28* AmazonChaser: This guy is attracted to girls who kick ass.
29* AmazonianBeauty: A girl with an athletic build who is also quite beautiful, often sought after by an AmazonChaser.
30* ArousedByIdiocy: A character who is attracted to people with low I.Q.
31* ArousedByTheirVoice: The sound of a character's voice is a turn on.
32* ArtistsAreAttractive: A character is attractive due to their artistic talents
33* AttractiveBentGender: A character looks attractive when disguised as a member of the opposite sex.
34* AttractiveBentSpecies: A character changes into a highly attractive member of another species.
35* AttractiveZombie: Undead corpses can even be found attractive.
36* AttractivenessDiscrimination: Attractive people tend to be treated better than unattractive people.
37* AttractivenessIsolation: They're very attractive to the point that people are too intimidated to ask them out.
38* BigBeautifulMan: A heavyset man who is considered attractive.
39* BigBeautifulWoman: A heavyset woman who is considered attractive.
40* BigBrotherAttraction: Character feels attracted to their older brother.
41* BigotWithACrush: A character has romantic and/or sexual feelings for a member of a group whom they are prejudiced against.
42* ButIWouldReallyEnjoyIt: A character isn't having sex for a (usually pretty respectful) reason—but damn, it would be fun to.
43* CelebCrush: Celebrities have many fans, some of which who are attracted to them.
44* CharmPoint: A character's InUniverse most appealing physical feature or personality trait.
45* ChickMagnet: A guy who attracts a lot of ladies.
46** AnimalChickMagnet: A pet-owning guy who attracts lots of ladies.
47** CluelessChickMagnet: A guy who attracts a lot of ladies but who is awkward when it comes to dating.
48* ChubbyChaser: A character who is attracted to more heavyset people.
49* CoquettishLipBiting: Biting the lip to show attraction.
50* CrushFilter: A person appears ethereally attractive through the viewpoint of someone who's crushing on them.
51* CupidsArrow: Attraction to people is caused by the god of love, Cupid.
52* DevotedToYou: Being committed to the one you're attracted to.
53* DistractedByMyOwnSexy: You find yourself attractive.
54* DistractedByTheSexy: Someone is so beautiful it can be used to distract others.
55* EatingTheEyeCandy: A character is attracted to the characteristics of another character.
56* ElegantClassicalMusician: Characters who play music are very desirable.
57* EndearinglyDorky: A character's dorkiness makes them highly desirable.
58* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: A girl is so attractive that other girls love her.
59* EvenTheGuysWantHim: A guy who's so attractive that other guys love him.
60* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Blondes tend to get the most attention from people.
61* EverybodyWantsTheHermaphrodite: Since they have both genitals, intersex characters are found attractive by everyone regardless of gender.
62* EyelashFluttering: Batting the eyes out of attraction, to catch someone's fancy.
63* FairCop: An attractive police officer.
64* FairySexy: Attractive fairies.
65* FavorsForTheSexy: Someone volunteers to perform favors for an attractive person, because they're attractive.
66* FiremenAreHot: Male firefighters tend to be quite handsome.
67* FlexibilityEqualsSexAbility: Being flexible makes someone more attractive.
68* GayGuySeeksPopularJock: The star quarterback attracts the attention of a gay guy.
69* GeekyTurnOn: Being turned on by how smart someone is.
70* GirlsLikeMusicians: Girls are attracted to boys who can play music.
71* GiveGeeksAChance: Someone is attracted to a nerd because NerdsAreSexy.
72* GoodLookingPrivates: Men in uniform tend to be studs.
73* HasAType: Characters have specific kinds of people they're attracted to.
74* HeadTurningBeauty: A girl is so hot, guys drool and throw themselves at her.
75* HelloAttorney: Attractive lawyers.
76* HistoricalRelationshipOverhaul: Two historical domain characters are attracted to each other even though this wasn't the case in RealLife. The opposite may also be true.
77* HospitalHottie: An attractive doctor/nurse.
78* HotAsHell: Attractive infernal beings.
79* HotConsort: The attractive spouse of a royal.
80* HotGod: A divine being who is very beautiful.
81* HotInHumanForm: A non-human character becomes human and is seen as very attractive in-universe.
82* HotLibrarian: Not all librarians are stuffy old hags.
83* HotMenAtWork: When attractive men go to work, expect lots of {{Fanservice}} out of it
84* HotTeacher: Attractive school teachers.
85* HotWitch: A witch who is a bombshell rather than an ugly, old hag.
86* {{Hunk}}: A tall muscular man who is very handsome, often comes with a LanternJawOfJustice.
87* IfItsYouItsOkay: A character finds themself attracted to someone outside of their preferred gender.
88* InconvenientAttraction: A character is attracted to somebody and they hate it.
89* InformedAttractiveness: They are considered attractive in-universe despite what the audience might think.
90* InherentlyAttractiveProfession: When a job itself is part of someone's appeal.
91* InLoveWithLooks: A character only wants to be in a relationship with someone because of their looks.
92* KavorkaMan: A seemingly unappealing male who nonetheless gets all the female action he can handle, and more.
93* LadyInRed: A sexy seductress wearing red.
94* LasciviousBeautyMark: A facial beauty mark is used to characterize someone as flirtatious, seductive, generally sexually forward, and/or highly desired InUniverse.
95* LikeGoesWithLike: Characters are only attracted to those of the same ethnicity as them.
96* LikesOlderMen: A female character is attracted to guys who are much older than her.
97* LikesOlderWomen: A male character is attracted to girls who are much older than him.
98* LikeParentLikeSpouse: A character is attracted to people similar to their parents.
99* LivingAphrodisiac: A character that can manipulate pheromones to make people be attracted to them.
100* LoveInterestVsLustInterest: Two people are interested in the same person, with one being genuinely in love and the other having only superficial feelings.
101* LoveIsInTheAir: A LovePotion causes a bunch of people to feel attraction towards each other.
102* LovePotion: A magical potion that causes a person to feel romantic attraction for another.
103* LustfulMelt: Characters are so attracted to somebody they literally melt.
104* MixedAncestryIsAttractive: Mixed race people are seen as inherently more attractive.
105* MixtapeOfLove: Mixtapes are a way to show your affection for someone.
106* {{Moe}}: They're cute and huggable, so naturally they get lots of attention.
107* MoreExperiencedChasesTheInnocent: A more sexually and/or romantically experienced person pursues someone who has very little to no romantic or sexual experience.
108* MrsRobinson: An older woman who is attracted to much younger men.
109* NerdsAreSexy: Nerds are considered attractive rather than repulsive.
110* OnlyHasSameSexAdmirers: This character attracts people of the same sex but never anyone of the opposite sex.
111* PerverseSexualLust: Attraction to a fictional character.
112* PinkIsErotic: The color pink is used to indicate arousal, attraction, eroticism, and scenes of a sexual nature
113* PowerDynamicsKink: A character is drawn to someone whom they can control and punish (or who can control and punish ''them'').
114* PowerIsSexy: Having loads of power makes a character desirable.
115* PrettyBoy: A guy who is attractive in a delicate and feminine way.
116* PsychosexualHorror: A subgenre that explores psychosexual development as a subject matter, including themes of sexual development and sexual activities.
117* RaceFetish: A character is attracted to people of a different ethnicity than them.
118* RavenHairIvorySkin: Jet black hair and pale skin make a character very attractive.
119* RedheadsAreRavishing: Red hair is associated with attractiveness.
120* RidiculouslyHighRelationshipStandards: A character is only attracted to people who meet a narrow set of criteria.
121* RightHandHottie: A character's attractive assistant.
122* RivalryAsCourtship: Attraction that starts with two people competing against each other.
123* RomanticFusion: Attraction that results in the lovers performing a FusionDance.
124* SeductiveMummy: An attractive, undead mummy.
125* SexinessScore: Ranking, rating or scoring a character's attractiveness and sexual desirability.
126* SexyFlaw: Various imperfections ([[BlemishedBeauty physical deformities]], {{speech impediment}}s, etc.) serving as a romantic and/or sexual "turn-on".
127* SexyPriest: A man of God who's considered attractive, often has a VowOfCelibacy for an extra ForbiddenFruit angle.
128* SexySecretary: Attractive assistants.
129* SexyStewardess: Attractive flight attendants.
130* SexyVillainsChasteHeroes: Villainous characters are very attractive, while heroic characters are more modest.
131* SilverFox: An attractive and visibly old character.
132* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy: The shy, unpopular girl is attracted to the most handsome and most popular guy in school.
133* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: A woman is attracted to sweet and compassionate men.
134* SmellsSexy: Attraction based on how someone smells.
135* SpeechImpededLoveInterest: Attraction towards a character with a speech disability.
136* StacysMom: A middle-aged man/woman that is crushed on by someone much younger than them.
137* StupidSexyFlanders: Being heterosexual doesn't stop you from admiring an attractive person of the same sex.
138* StupidSexyFriend: Feeling attraction towards someone who's supposed to be only a good friend.
139* SultryBangs: The use of eye-covering bangs to denote sensuality or seductiveness.
140* SweetOnPollyOliver: A guy is attracted to a girl who is disguised as a guy.
141* TallDarkAndHandsome: Tall stature + dark hair and dark eyes = very desirable.
142* TeamworkSeduction: Two characters team up to attract someone's attention.
143* AThreesomeIsHot: Being turned on at the thought of having sex with two people at the same time.
144* TroubledButCute: Despite being anti-social and possibly a criminal, they're considered desirable.
145* TurnedOffByTheJerkass: A character stops being attracted to someone for being a jerk.
146* UnwantedHarem: A bunch of people are attracted to this character, much to their chagrin.
147* VillainessesWantHeroes: Evil women tend to be attracted to heroic men.
148* WeaknessTurnsHerOn: Guys with softer, weaker (by typical masculine standards) dispositions attract this girl's attention.
149* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Black men tend to be most attracted to white women.
150* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: This woman is truly the fairest in all the land and has many admirers likewise.
151* YoureNotMyType: A character turns down someone for not fitting their ideal type.
152[[/index]]
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