1 | [[quoteright:350:[[Literature/BorderLord https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/border_lord_and_lady.jpg]]]] |
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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4 | Characters 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. |
5 | |
6 | Can 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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9 | |
10 | !!Tropes: |
11 | [[index]] |
12 | [floatboxright: |
13 | '''Sub-categories:''' |
14 | + AttractionToOutliers\ |
15 | A character is attractive because they aren't socially ideal. |
16 | + DelicateIsBeautiful\ |
17 | A character who's delicate and fragile is considered attractive. |
18 | + TheseTropesAreEvilAndSexy\ |
19 | Tropes related to sexualized villains. |
20 | ] |
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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