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15	->''"I was brought up to believe one should preserve one's purity until marriage."''
16	-->-- '''Dorien Green''', ''Series/BirdsOfAFeather'', "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherCS6ChristmasInDreamland Christmas in Dreamland]]"
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18	The Chaste Hero is a character, usually a teenage male, who is [[FailedASpotCheck completely]] [[ObliviousToLove oblivious]] to the appeal of women and to romance in general. Flirtation is dismissed, often without a shred of embarrassment, because he honestly doesn't get it, and sexual advances from the HardDrinkingPartyGirl are shrugged off with irritation. This can be a paradoxical commentary on the character's lack of "maturity," but strangely, this rule does not necessarily mean the younger male characters of the cast won't react to attractive people.
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20	The female version is usually tomboyish and a slightly dense jock slowly being cultivated into a budding HardDrinkingPartyGirl.
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22	One bonus from this is immunity from awkwardly placed [[CrashIntoHello falls]], gestures, and hands that plague [[AccidentalPervert a lot of characters]] — and, if it happens, no apologies for it, something the average male would be expected to do. Similarly, it pretty much allows him to interact and talk to any woman in the series, something another friend [[AllergicToLove may be incapable of doing]]. This is especially useful if the writers are trying to avoid {{Shipping}}, simply don't want it to seem the guy is taking advantage of [[UnwantedHarem having many admirers]], or want to set up a romantic admirer who just doesn't get that he just doesn't get it. Quite a few times, in order to allow the Chaste Hero to string along a romantic admirer without seeming like a [[{{Jerkass}} jerk]], they might say something that sounds like a [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove love confession]], only for them to continue on by saying that they [[BaitAndSwitchSentiment also love everyone]].
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24	The Chaste Hero is very common in "juvenile" fiction, especially in the past. It gets rather annoying when he sometimes wonders why his close female friend [[NatureAdoresAVirgin is so nice to him.]] Additionally, this is famous as a stereotypical trait of the StockShonenHero due to the genre's general focus on action and friendship over romance; if the trope is in play, expect the main character to be one of these or at the very least ObliviousToLove, while the StockShonenRival is usually [[CelibateHero more aware of such things but isn't interested]].
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26	Contrast with the CelibateHero, who knows what romance and sex are but deliberately chooses not to pursue it.
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28	Compare InnocentFanserviceGirl and MsFanservice. To double on the appeal, Chaste Heroes often double as {{Chick Magnet}}s. See also CluelessChickMagnet. If a seeming Chaste Hero turns out to be far more interested in sex than they appear, you've just met the CovertPervert. The evil version of this trope may be NoLoveForTheWicked.
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30	!!Examples:
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35	* Eren Yeager from ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' is fairly oblivious to anything involving women. He considers his adopted sister Mikasa's [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend protective]] behavior annoying, shrugs off Annie's multiple teasing comments, and states he considered [[ChickMagnet Dude Magnet]] Krista to be kind of "creepy". His utter lack of interest in women is often played up in official parodies, often portraying him as the clueless "Archie" with Mikasa and Annie as his BettyAndVeronica. [[spoiler: In the very last chapter of the series though, this is Subverted; he is revealed to have learned to appreciate and reciprocate Mikasa's romantic feelings for him during the TimeSkip, but by this point, he's so absorbed in his mission to save Paradise that he settles into the life of a CelibateHero]].
36	* Manga/{{Azumi}} was so naive as a young teen she didn't even know what the differences between boys and girls were, having been raised in complete isolation from the outside world amidst a group of boys. She later grows out of her naivety, but every man she falls in love with is killed, usually right in front of her.
37	* ''Anime/BrigadoonMarinAndMelan'''s hero, Melan Blue, is completely clueless about romance; he doesn't even know what a kiss is. Justified in that he belongs to a race of robots that apparently don't reproduce sexually (he tells Marin that he doesn't have parents), so why would he need to know about sexuality or romance?
38	* Fear from ''Literature/CubeXCursedXCurious'' is also a female example. She doesn't seem to clue in much about love.
39	* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
40	** Son Goku only agreed to marry Chi-Chi in the first ''Manga/DragonBall'' because he thought "marriage" was a type of food (their wedding night must have been an exercise in patience for Chi-Chi...). Goku must have learned ''something'' from it, considering the two kids they had, and he at least has some knowledge on the subject by the time the anime shifts into ''[[Anime/DragonBallZ Z]]''. Interestingly, while Goku himself is chaste, he isn't above noticing that other people are attracted to ladies on a sexual level, which is presumably where he got the idea to tempt Old Kai into giving Gohan a power-up by offering naughty pictures of Bulma as a reward (which he says in front of her husband, Vegeta).
41	*** The classic example of Goku's approach is when Master Roshi tries to explain to him as a child what a pretty girl is with two photos: one of a hot lady, and one who, well, looks different than that. When Roshi asks which one Goku prefers, Goku nonchalantly says that he likes both, prompting Roshi to ask "What are you, a saint?".
42	*** Of course how often do we actually see Goku kiss his wife? Sure, he may have learnt where babies come from (although he probably doesn't understand too many of the mechanics of it beyond the obvious) but he never gives the appearance of having a normal male sex drive either.
43	** Their son, Gohan, seems to have inherited this from his father where Videl is concerned. At least he picked up on it a lot faster than Goku did, and by the end of the Buu Saga, the two are an item ''before'' marriage.
44	** Their other son, Goten, averts this trope. He seemed to be more similar to his father than his brother did, but when puberty hit him, Goten became more interested in girls and dating than fighting.
45	** It is worth noting that, in [[Anime/DragonBallZBardockTheFatherOfGoku either]] [[Manga/JacoTheGalacticPatrolman version]] of the Bardock backstory, this appears to be a trait among Saiyan men. Goku's mother, Gine, notes that it's very unusual for a Saiyan male to care at all about his offspring or mate. In either version, having sex is implied to be purely for procreation and lineage alone.
46	* Eureka from ''Anime/EurekaSeven'' is a rare female example of this at first, but she does eventually [[CharacterDevelopment grow out of it]].
47	* Zigzagged with Natsu in ''Manga/FairyTail''. Natsu has a lovable sense of naivety in moments where any normal teenage boy would either be uncomfortable, or much too eager. He doesn't seem to understand why Lucy would be upset when he breaks into her house without permission, ''while she's bathing''. However, there was a time he tried to peek at the girls in the hot springs. Later, when a naked Lucy is thrown into him, she desperately asks him to not look at her breasts. Natsu's reaction? He covers her breasts with his hands. It's ambiguous whether he did it on purpose to get a feel or if it was an InnocentlyInsensitive solution (after all, if he covered her up, he couldn't look at her, and she only asked him to stop looking, not to stop touching). And shortly after that, he bathes in the same hot spring as Lucy, Erza, and Wendy, but says it's no big deal since he has seen them naked before. There's also multiple ShipTease moments between him and Lucy suggesting he may be attracted to her.
48	* Sagara Sousuke from ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'', who doesn't recognize romance when it walks up to him and slaps him in the head with a PaperFanOfDoom. Repeatedly. He thinks that "kissing" is a synonym for "CPR", tries to "pick up women" by ambushing random women on the street, putting them in cages, and holding them captive at gunpoint, and wonders what high schoolers would need condoms for since it's unlikely they'll ever need emergency water containers. Piecing together the shreds of a love letter, he assumes it's a death threat, and the pink paper, perfume, and heart signature are an attempt at ReversePsychology; chances are good that even if the letter hadn't been mostly destroyed, he still wouldn't have gotten it. The only LoveConfession he doesn't completely misinterpret or blow off is the one that wasn't meant for him in the first place.
49	** This winds up being subverted in later light novels. Sousuke is sincerely clueless about romantic conventions, [[LiteralMinded the vast majority of sexual innuendo]], and how it feels to be in love, but he does know what actual ''sex'' is and that a lot of people are interested in doing it with him--because he's used to that interest leading to AttemptedRape. And since sex had always been largely divorced from love in his experience, [[ParalyzingFearOfSexuality he often finds sexual situations outright threatening]].
50	* Makoto Kousaka from ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}'' partially fits this trope; he has a girlfriend, and is hardly chaste, but is otherwise a good embodiment, oblivious to flirtation even (most of the time), his girlfriend's, as well as any sense of embarrassment.
51	** Then again, given his demeanor no one can guess what he does during his time alone with Saki.
52	** It's made pretty clear that he isn't a virgin and that he has slept with Saki numerous times. He does partially fit the trope in terms of his personality though.
53	* Shungo Ninomiya, the titular character from ''Literature/GoodLuckNinomiyaKun'', is a martial artist with a HardDrinkingPartyGirl big sis who knows kung-fu. Because of his being more or less a Chaste Hero who also knows his way around a fight, and because his being Chaste makes him semi-immune to her out-of-control magical sex appeal, she saddles him with the task of trying to "heal" a young succubus's fear of men using shock therapy... [[spoiler:or so they say]]. He's also pretty much the only one unaware that his rich admirer-turned-maid friend is head over heels for him.
54	* ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'':
55	** The titular character. He lives in the house with a master who has a crush on him and daily interacts with her circle of female friends who all also have crushes on him and never notices. He also completely misinterprets all attempts to explain otherwise to him.
56	** [[http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae279/Bastion_Arcion/ButlersMeme.jpg Hayate]] expressly states that he falls into this trope.
57	** It's been revealed that his devotion to his ex-girlfriend [[PuppyLove from age]] ''[[PuppyLove 6]]'' and his FailureKnight status to her, combined with her ingraining on him that only a self-sufficient male should pursue romance, has killed his libido. So it's a cross between this and CelibateHero.
58	** Strangely enough, there's no hint of this when he's staying at Hinagiku's house. He clearly has [[RuleThirtyFour unclean]] thoughts of three of the members of his harem, and a negative reaction to the implication of her sister in the same position.
59	** Hayate isn't exactly a Chaste Hero; he simply doesn't see his 13-year-old Mistress and other girls of her age who are in love with him as a potential love interest because he considers them kids and he definitely isn't a Lolicon. The situation changes when he is dealing with girls of his own age like Hinagiku, Ayumu, or Maria. Probably best exemplified when Hina tries to figure out whether he likes anyone.
60	--->'''Hina:''' Do you have feelings for [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Ayumu]]?\
61	'''Hayate:''' I-I don't know...\
62	'''Hina:''' ...how about [[EnsembleDarkhorse me]]?\
63	'''Hayate:''' Well, th-that's--\
64	'''Hina:''' How about [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl my sister]]?\
65	'''Hayate:''' ''(instantly)'' No.
66	* Ichika Orimura from ''Literature/InfiniteStratos'' has this trope forced upon him since there are at least 5 girls interested in him (with them perceiving his older sister to be a 6th rival). While he may seem [[ObliviousToLove incredibly dense]] most of the time, other times when he seems to be a little too friendly with one of the girls, the other ones get [[ClingyJealousGirl really jealous]] and will do what they can to stop it. Whether it's smacking him with a kendo stick while he's pinned down in bed by a naked girl grappling his arm, or nearly getting his head shot off by the girls wearing their PoweredArmor suits because he tried to [[AlmostKiss kiss one of them]].
67	* In ''Literature/JigokuNoGoukaDeYakaReTsuzuketaShounen'', Flare seems to have little attraction to the opposite sex, if any. He's simply baffled when Aishera accuses him of being ready to jump Primavera at any time. He also doesn't understand why Primavera and Aishera are so mad at him for stripping them naked in their sleep so he can take their measurements given that it wasn't his first time seeing naked women.
68	* In ''Manga/KemonoJihen'', Kabane can't tell the difference between friendship, familial love, and romantic love due to lacking all of these things growing up. As a result, when Akira and Shiki ask who Kabane likes (as in, has a crush on), he simply says Inugami's name due to the gratitude he feels towards him. This is continually PlayedForLaughs throughout the series.
69	* Kouji Kabuto from ''Anime/MazingerZ''. He was not so bad in the original manga, but in the anime series, he ''doesn't'' get when a woman is interested in him, especially if that woman is Sayaka (or Maria from ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer''). If they tried to flirt, often he replied by teasing them. Given that the two of them were hot-tempered {{Tsundere}}s, you can tell how well it ended for him.
70	** Tetsuya Tsurugi from ''Anime/GreatMazinger'' was even worse, since he was so obsessively focused on fulfilling his mission (due to he thought piloting Great Mazinger was everything that he had) that if Jun tried to seduce him he didn't get it or taunted her or both (and since she had no patience for stupidity, they ended up fighting).
71	* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' has Setsuna F. Seiei, who sneaks into a young princess's bedroom ''at night'' and doesn't seem to understand the implications... Then again, Setsuna pretty much has NoSocialSkills and is TheStoic, which doesn't exactly help his situation.
72	** Plus, he himself has stated twice that he shares no romantic feelings for Marina. She was just as quick with that "No". This means he actually "graduated" to CelibateHero since he's now aware of what romance and sex are and just doesn't act on anything romance-related. It doesn't help that he seems to view Marina more as a mix of a CoolBigSis and a ReplacementGoldfish for his MissingMom...
73	*** On the other hand, he's clearly clueless about [[DefrostingIceQueen Feldt's]] open feelings for him in TheMovie. Even though [[spoiler:one of his fellow Innovators was shown to have PsychicPowers]]! Example: [[spoiler:Feldt is a BridgeBunny and as such, she has no reason to personally go to the docking bay to greet Setsuna as the latter is coming back from a successful mission. Yet she does exactly that and even offers him a drink, only to get ignored in Setsuna's pre-CharacterDevelopment gruff manner.]] [[HandsomeLech Lyle]] even lampshades it.
74	--->'''Lyle:''' That guy can be such an idiot sometimes...
75	*** Or maybe he does know... And has no idea what to do about it. He's not a sterling example of family values, considering why his MissingMom went missing...
76	* ''Manga/MonsterMusume'': Kimihito Kurusu lives with seven women who are each a different monster species. Each one of them loves him and several have tried to have sex with him. They are usually stopped by the competition in the house. Kimihito isn't oblivious to their affections and would like to return someone's but knows by picking one the others would be crushed, so he strives to try and please all of them. Beyond those seven, he has earned the affections of some monster women who work on a farm and refused their passionate plea for him to stay with them on the farm. There is a moment where he [[spoiler:is locked in a room wearing a chastity belt with several dozen sexually aggressive lamia who are tasked with testing his ability to resist their temptations and not give into their touch. He comes out with the belt untouched]].
77	* Catarina in ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' can get borderline confessions, proposals and even have pretty blatant passes made at her without having the faintest idea. Her suitors think she's way too innocent for her own good and have to protect her from each other. Her denseness is so strong that [[spoiler:she manages to shrug off being kissed by her fiancé ''twice'']].
78	* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': Sasuke is either a straight example of this or a CelibateHero, pre-FaceHeelTurn at least. But Sasuke would be more likely this than CelibateHero. The fact that one of his goals was to revive his clan and how he just tells every girl to get lost says much. Many fans even joke about how Sasuke doesn't know how babies are made. [[spoiler:Once Sasuke pulls a HeelFaceTurn for good, he and Sakura become a couple and also have a daughter.]]
79	* ''Franchise/{{Negima}}'':
80	** Negi Springfield from ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' is very innocent about love and doesn't have an interest in dating any of the cute girls in the class he teaches. Well, he ''is'' [[AdorablyPrecociousChild only ten years old]].
81	** ''Manga/UQHolder'': Touta Konoe, Negi Springfield's grandson, also seems to be mostly oblivious to sexuality and romance. A later chapter revealed that, due to various circumstances like [[YoungerThanTheyLook him being only four years old despite looking fourteen]], he had no idea what sex even was, and thought that the phrase "Going all the way" meant a kiss. After that revelation, he was given TheTalk.
82	* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': Deconstructed with Shinji. Asuka flirted with him several times (suggesting him sleeping in her bed in a very veiled way, pushing her breasts against his face, goading him to kiss her...), but even though he was attracted to her, he was too shy and [[ObliviousToLove oblivious]] to recognize her (admittedly clumsy) seduction attempts for what they were, or he mistook them for cruel teasing. Hence, Asuka mistook his confusion and obliviousness for indifference or rejection and her fragile self-esteem took a severe blow each time that she flirted with him, making her feeling worthless and more unstable. Cue her falling completely apart during her MindRape.
83	* ''Manga/OnePiece''
84	** Monkey D. Luffy isn't completely oblivious to the opposite sex; it's just that he generally doesn't pay attention to stuff like that unless he's in mixed company. Also, he's aware that Boa Hancock is in love with him and wants to marry him, he just isn't interested. Which is pretty impressive, since Hancock is considered to be the WorldsMostBeautifulWoman, and can [[TakenForGranite turn people to stone]] with her Love-Love Beams if they find her attractive. When Hancock tried this beam on Luffy, [[NoSell it did absolutely nothing]].[[note]]And keep in mind the first time this happened, Hancock was ''[[NakedFirstImpression completely stark naked]]'' due to Luffy [[AccidentalPervert accidentally crashing in on her bath]]. To be able to behold the naked body of the most gorgeous woman in the world and not even feel an ''iota'' of attraction towards her (which is all it takes for the Love-Love Beam to work, [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer even on women]]) all but confirms Luffy as UsefulNotes/{{Asexual\|ity}}.[[/note]]
85	** [[UpliftedAnimal Chopper]] is an interesting case. He's quoted as saying he does not feel physical attraction to humans. Nami trusts him enough that she permits him to see her naked in the shower in Episode 574. [[WordOfGod Oda]] explained later that while Chopper may have the intelligence of and act human, he's still a reindeer in all other ways and doesn't find ''human'' women physically attractive, and his first romantic crush is on a [[BeastMan Mink girl]] who's part reindeer.
86	* Ash Ketchum of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' is this, though [[CharacterizationMarchesOn he wasn't always like this]]:
87	** As of the latest of the anime series, the list of girls to have shown canon feelings for him include [[PlayingWithFire Macey]], [[PsychicPowers Anabel]], [[BirdsOfAFeather Angie]], and [[ChildhoodFriends Serena]]. To say nothing of the ''[[InterspeciesRomance Pokémon]]'' (like [[ClingyJealousGirl Chikorita]], [[OlympusMons Latias]], Smoochum, Aipom, [[HoYay Oshawott]] and Meloetta) who have developed crushes on him. Although, as of the Unova League, he does seem to have picked up on the concept of HoYay, at least when ''he's'' in [[HotSpringsEpisode the compromising situation]]...
88	** He's been having trouble recognizing love between Pokémon too. He assumed Grovyle had a fever when Grovyle was clearly crushing on a Meganium and, throughout Sinnoh and Unova, he's been clueless to it all, to the point that his then-newborn Pokémon Scraggy understood more about love than he does. He does employ his female Snivy's [[EmotionBomb Attract]] against opponents, though it's most likely because he recognizes it as an effective move when it hits without understanding ''how'' it works.[[note]]Attract makes opponents not act half the time, though it only affects Pokémon of the opposite gender.[[/note]]
89	*** His response to Dawn's Piplup crushing on [[GirlOfTheWeek another trainer's Marill]] says it all:
90	---->But Pokémon like each other all the time. I don't get it. What's the big deal?
91	*** In Unova, he doesn't understand that two Cottonees wish to mate, thinking that the male one just "wants a best buddy". This might just be the definitive showcasing of how his CharacterizationMarchesOn as, back in the first-ever season of the show, Ash's Butterfree fell in love and wished to mate and Ash was ''well aware'' of this fact. This can be supported by the fact that in the Decolore Islands, Ash was aware that his Oshawott was in love with Osharina.
92	** To a lesser extent, Dawn is similarly oblivious to the advances of [[ChildhoodFriends Kenny]] and [[InterspeciesRomance Piplup]] -- ironic, since she's probably the girliest of Ash's six female companions.[[note]]Yes, she even edges out Serena and Bonnie, though this note was written early in the ''XY'' arc.[[/note]] This gives her a more "childish" feel, which was probably necessary as the two "ten-year-old" companions that came before her [[ArtisticAge seemed a lot older]] (in both behavior and looks).
93	** James of Team Rocket could fall under this category as well, as the times he's shown to have fallen in love can be counted on one hand, and half the time he's under a spell (such as the Ghost on Maiden Peak episode.) The [[{{Shipping}} shippers]] will disagree, but [[ShipToShipCombat you don't even want to start there...]]
94	* Downplayed in ''Literature/RebuildWorld''. While Akira does understand sex appeal, as shown by how embarrassed he gets when he's subject to MarshmallowHell, he's not particularly interested in the actual act of sex due to his age and having bigger fish to fry. While staying over at Sheryl's place, he doesn't question it when Sheryl asks him to strip down to his underwear before climbing into her bed. He's equally confused when he discovers that Sheryl clung to him in his sleep in her underwear. An exasperated Alpha has to spell out that Sheryl wanted to have sex with Akira. This is subverted when Carol debunks Akira's claims to be this. The main issue is that Akira is TheParanoiac who [[ParalyzingFearOfSexuality associates sex]] with falling into a HoneyTrap then being thrown away once no long useful, due to his DarkAndTroubledPast. Sheryl sensed this attitude and had an ImagineSpot of Akira choking her to death during their first bath together, which made her [[DoggedNiceGirl prioritize earning his trust first.]]
95	* In ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar'', Deedlit is in love with Parn, but he seems oblivious and/or doesn't know how to handle his emotions. Even so, she persists, and he eventually falls for her.
96	* Averted in ''Manga/TheRedRangerBecomesAnAdventurerInAnotherWorld''. Red is ObliviousToLove, to the point of making loud, hammy speeches that could easily be misinterpreted as {{Love Confession}}s before responding with confusion at Idola's embarrassment over them. Despite this, he's quick to point out that Idola is indeed a HeadTurningBeauty, but seems to respect and care for her as a friend rather than displaying any kind of romantic attraction toward her.
97	* Played with in ''Anime/SaberRiderAndTheStarSheriffs''. Saber has had at least three [[GirlOfTheWeek Girls Of The Week]] (a circus artist, a school teacher, and [[DatingCatwoman a female Vapor Being]]), but in one episode he's shown childishly embarrassed when his female teammate April Eagle puts the moves on him and attempts to kiss him [[RescueRomance after he saves her life]]. We don't know what's the deal with his original Japanese self, though...
98	* Ken from ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman''. Justified in that he spent most of his life in training to be the leader of an elite ninja team. (His ''Anime/BattleOfThePlanets'' counterpart Mark, though, is a CelibateHero; while he acknowledges and admits to his feelings for Princess, he won't act on them because of duty.)
99	* Keith Goodman from ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' reacts to sexuality in one of two ways: [[VirginityMakesYouStupid stunning obliviousness]] or stammering embarrassment.
100	* Taiga in ''Anime/TomicaHyperRescueDriveHeadKidouKyuukyuuKeisatsu''. He is extremely popular with girls but doesn't seem to notice, he just finds the attention annoying due to being socially awkward. Unlike his comrades, he doesn't have any love interest.
101	* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'':
102	** Judai of ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', not seen much only because there's only one female main character in his world. (Of course, he's just as oblivious to the feelings of [[EvenTheGuysWantHim members of the same sex]], anyway.) The point is driven home in one episode where he accepts a duel with a wager from an Obelisk snob, the winner being allowed to be Asuka's "fiancée." Judai accepts and ultimately wins... but then it becomes clear he doesn't even know what a fiancée is.
103	*** Although that scene could just as easily be taken as him understanding perfectly well and jokingly working his way out of it/siding with Asuka, making it clear he was in it for the duel—[[ChallengeSeeker "I never turn down a challenge"]]—and not the bet. Which would still leave it as an example of this trope.
104	** Yuma in ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'' shows that he is a Chaste Hero in a pretty hilarious way. In Episode 9 he repeatedly interrupts Cathy trying to confess to him during a duel only to beat her in it. Even Astral notices afterwards: "Observation #11: It seems Yuma still doesn't understand the thoughts of females."
105	*** He's the same way with Kotori ''and'' Anna. They both have crushes on him, but he [[ObliviousToLove clearly doesn't realize it]] and is largely too focused on Dueling and [[InterspeciesRomance Astral]] to notice.
106	*** Later, Tetsuo gets a crush on Rio and is too shy to confess. Yuma has no idea what he is trying to do.
107	*** In the GrandFinale when Kotori outright confesses to him, he finally gets it, though his reaction is ambiguous and he's still mostly focused on Astral.
108	** ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' has [[CluelessChickMagnet Yuya]] being generally [[ObliviousToLove oblivious]] to [[ClingyJealousGirl Yuzu's]], [[SelfProclaimedLoveInterest Mieru's]] and [[HeelFaceTurn Grace's]] interest, only noticing Mieru's advances because she's so unsubtle about them. It doesn't help [[ChildhoodFriends Yuzu's]] case that he considers her his [[PlatonicLifePartners platonic life partner]]; though they both [[MistakenForRomance deny being a couple]] on multiple occasions, [[{{Tsundere}} she's]] often angered by just how much he means it.
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112	* Jughead Jones from ''ComicBook/ArchieComics''. There's a reason for this, though. He hates women because [[spoiler:he fears his heart is going to get broken a second time; the first was when his first love and childhood friend Joani Jump moved out of town. [[RetCon Or it was he who moved away from her.]]]]
113	** Another reason is that he already has a girlfriend, January [=McAndrews=], who is from the future and works with him in the Time Police and is thus kept secret.
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117	* The grown-up Godzilla Junior has this trope knocked in ''Fanfic/TheBridge''. While he is a benign soul and his new unicorn form [[TallDarkAndHandsome is alicorn size, dark; and not bad looking]], he's completely clueless about romance. When a guardsmare named Blade Dancer starts flirting with him, his reaction is an odd mixture of confusion, shyness; and being creeped out. He eventually grows out of it when he realizes and admits he has feelings for Princess Luna.
118	-->'''Author in response to being asked why:''' The only prolonged female contact he's had is his human caretakers during his youth, his cousin Raiga; and a moth the size of two 747s. He hasn't exactly been acquainted with with the wide, scary world of dating.
119	* ''Manga/{{Evangelion 303}}'': In chapter 5 [[FieryRedhead Asuka]] is trying to seduce [[ObliviousToLove Shinji]] but he hesitates because [[{{Tsundere}} she has been giving him mixed signals]] since they met and she drank several beers that afternoon (although Asuka claimed that she was perfectly sober and aware of her actions). After a short argument, she lies down beside him and says: "Last chance: Do you want to do this or not?". He takes up her offer.
120	** Bonus points for both Shinji and Asuka being virgins up to that point.
121	* ''Fanfic/FireEmblemThreeHousesFifthPath'': Dimitri doesn’t seem to understand sexual or romantic attraction which results in him being unaffected when everyone else is distracted by Yuri’s sexy.
122	* ''Fanfic/{{HERZ}}'': Subverted. When [[StalkerWithACrush Kurumi]] met Shinji, she thought he was not interested in women because he was shy and oblivious. Although it is true he IS shy and oblivious, the real reason was he was fixated on Asuka.
123	* [[VideoGame/MassEffect Ashley Williams]] in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13695718/5/I-m-Nobody I'm Nobody]]'' finds [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Roxas]] so naïve in regards to romance and sex that she becomes [[BigBrotherInstinct fiercely overprotective]] of him when he encounters a pair of flirtatious asari with NoSenseOfPersonalSpace.
124	* In ''Fanfic/ALeafOfTheTree'', Shikamaru doesn't understand why others bother with relationships, finding them to be "too troublesome".
125	* Unlike his canon self, Ash in ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' becomes a bit of a subversion, partly because [[AgeLift he's aged up to 15 years old]] and thus old enough to notice the physical appeal of his female companions, but he tries not to show it. A sidestory has him go on a swimsuit-shopping spree with Misty, and he lets slip that she actually looks good.
126	* Roxas in ''Fanfic/ASongOfIceFireAndHeart'' may be a skilled and badass warrior who can take on armies of Heartless without breaking a sweat, but he also has a child-like innocence when it comes to things like romance and sex. When he meets Ros, he has no idea that she's a prostitute who propositioning him, as her innuendos go straight over his head.
127	-->'''Gared:''' Even I have my virtue, but I find this oddly ridiculous.\
128	'''Rodrick:''' God's, this must be like what Asher was like when keeping me away from the brothel girls.\
129	'''Roxas:''' What are you guys talking about?\
130	'''Gared:''' Don't you worry your pretty blond head over it, Roxas.\
131	'''Rodrick:''' All you need to know is that your will is stronger than most men.\
132	'''Roxas:''' I don't get what ya mean by that.\
133	'''Gared:''' And you don't have to. Just know you have our respect.
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135
136	[[folder:Films — Animation]]
137	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone'': Upon being turned into a squirrel, Arthur/Wart finds himself [[AttractiveBentSpecies being courted]] by a cute female squirrel, [[AbhorrentAdmirer one who quickly gets on his nerves]] because he doesn't comprehend why she's acting "funny" around him. Justified, as he's a boy who is barely about to reach puberty and seems to have never interacted with girls his age, while the girl squirrel isn't even of his species. He does, however, realize he broke her heart when he turns back to human form.
138	[[/folder]]
139
140	[[folder:Films — Live-Action]]
141	* Though she wants desperately to change it, the socially awkward title character in ''Film/MurielsWedding'' is utterly clueless about sex and dating.
142	* Inverted in ''Film/{{Pleasantville}}'', with the entire cast being chaste and unaware of sexuality, except for the heroes.
143	* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'': Will Turner constantly misses his opportune moment with Elizabeth in the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl first film]], and is so gentlemanly during their engagement that Elizabeth was practically shaking with frustration. "I'm so ''ready'' to be married...."
144	* ''Film/TheVillain'': Handsome Stranger. [[spoiler:Because of this, he does NOT get the girl in the end.]]
145	[[/folder]]
146
147	[[folder:Literature]]
148	!!By Author:
149	* Creator/RobertAHeinlein's early "juvenile" science fiction has several examples of this. He admitted the problem was more about outraging school librarians than boy readers, who would be either [[GirlsHaveCooties indifferent to girls]] or, once they reached a certain age, [[HormoneAddledTeenager intensely interested in them]].
150	** His ''Literature/BetweenPlanets'' has the protagonist assisted by a woman who convinces her father to loan him money, despite the fact he has nothing to guarantee it. When he asks her to hold on to a ring for him (he thinks it has important secret information in it) she is startled about being given a ring and he doesn't understand why a woman would consider being given a ring something unusual. When her father finds out that the protagonist gave his daughter a ring, he questions it also, but the protagonist is still clueless about why it might be considered strange.
151	** His ''Literature/CitizenOfTheGalaxy'' has the protagonist becoming friends with a woman who makes an enemy of her stepfather to help him, as well as being there for him all the time. For some reason, he is mystified why she is so willing to help him. And then there's this scene earlier in the book after the hero meets a new girl on his ship:
152	--->"Oh, just talking with Loeen. I was introducing her to n-space... and darned if she didn't catch on fast." \
153	Fritz looked judicial. "Yes, she's bright... Want to know how bright?" \
154	"Well?" \
155	"So bright that she taught in ''El Nido's'' school. Her specialty was math. Multi-dimensional geometry, in fact."
156	** In ''Literature/FarmerInTheSky'', Bill doesn't understand why Gretchen would get upset when she comes over to help him work and he immediately mentions they should also ask her sister to help. "Women are funny". When he is injured and she visits him in the hospital, "...[she] could hardly talk, which isn't like her".
157
158	!!By Title:
159	* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
160	** Lance-Constable Carrot in the novel ''Literature/GuardsGuards'' never got TheTalk, because his dwarf foster parents think of puberty as happening in one's fifties. Amongst other things, his innocence leads to him mishearing "bawdy house" as "boarding house" and taking lodgings in Ankh-Morpork's most popular brothel, run by the formidable Mrs. Palm, without noticing anything odd, even though his letters home make it clear one of the girls is very flagrantly propositioning him. In his next appearance (''Literature/MenAtArms'') he meets Angua, falls in love, and it's stated he always knew the "mechanics", even if he didn't see how they applied to him, so that meant an end to conversations like this:
161	--->'''Carrot:''' What's a virgin?\
162	'''Colon:''' ''(quickly)'' An unmarried girl.\
163	'''Carrot:''' ''(horrified)'' What, like my friend Reet?\
164	'''Colon:''' Well, no.\
165	'''Carrot:''' She's not married, you know. None of Mrs. Palm's girls are married.
166	** Discworld also has the Nac Mac Feegle, on a race-wide scale. It actually makes perfect logistical sense as there is only [[MenAreGenericWomenAreSpecial one female]] Feegle per community, the [[EarthMother Kelda]], so the only male who ever even gets the chance to have sex is her husband, the Big Man. The rest of the men seem to be oblivious to romance -- and perfectly happy being so -- as well as indifferent once they do learn about it. Several dozen overhear Tiffany giving Letitia TheTalk in ''Literature/IShallWearMidnight'' and find it interesting, but not much more.
167	* Galahad is given a CaptainErsatz in ''Literature/TheElenium'' with Berit, a novice knight whose chastity makes him a CluelessChickMagnet. The other knights, both amused and slightly annoyed by the attention he gets, contrive to get him laid in ''Literature/TheTamuli''.
168	* Creator/IsaacAsimov's "Literature/TheFoundationOfSFSuccess": (ConversationalTroping) This poem advises that aspiring authors should avoid romantic subplots, making their [[AlwaysMale male heroes]] avoid getting entangled with distracting women.
169	-->Then eschew all thoughts of passion of a man-and-woman fashion from your hero's thoughtful mind.\
170	He must spend his time on politics, and thinking up his shady tricks, and outside that he's blind.\
171	It's enough he's had a mother, other females are a bother, though they're jeweled and glistery.\
172	They will just distract his dreaming and his necessary scheming with that psychohistory.\
173	And all the fans will say, As you walk your narrow way, If all his yarns restrict themselves to masculinity,\
174	Why, what a most particularly pure young man that pure young man must be.
175	* Sir Galahad, as the French chivalric addition to the Arthurian myths just about qualifies as ''OlderThanPrint'' and, as the paragon of knighthood conceived by trickery to succeed in the quest for the Holy Grail, he is the epitome and archetype of this trope. That aspect is treated with their customary irreverence by Monty Python in ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''.
176	* ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': HeroOfAnotherStory Alvin Godfrey, the StudentCouncilPresident and head of the Campus Watch, is the apex of a BisexualLoveTriangle between Ophelia Salvadori, Tim Linton, and [[AbhorrentAdmirer Leoncio Echevalria]]. Godfrey himself has never indicated romantic attraction to anyone at all.
177	* From the ''Literature/TheSquiresTales'' series by Gerald Morris, both Sir Dinadan and Beaufils. Galahad reads more as a deconstruction.
178	* In H. G. Wells' ''Literature/TheTimeMachine'', the hero saves and bonds with Weena, a member of the obviously quite promiscuous and beautiful Eloi race, and she follows him around. He finds her attractive and charming, but, as he says when narrating his story, "I didn't come here to find a wife" and that's it. He sleeps with her, completely innocently. He is not even sure if she is male or female.
179	* ''Literature/WarriorCats'' has Firestar in the first arc. Leafpool in ''Starlight'' might also count.
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181
182	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
183	* Sheldon from ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' apparently has no interest in sex, but he's also shown to be oblivious to women (and men) coming on to him.
184	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQGjNtolhKY Case in point.]]
185	* ''Series/DoctorWho'': Depending on which regeneration we're talking about, the Doctor comes off this way from time to time.
186	** The Classic series indulged in ShipTease at times but never, ever confirmed sexual relationships between the Doctor and his companions, which due to the Doctor's state as an immortal superbeing was thought to have limited prospects.
187	*** Tom Baker claimed he made a point of always handling Sarah Jane in a slightly awkward way to give the impression that the Doctor wasn't used to touching women, and the Fourth Doctor referenced his lack of ability to tell if human women were beautiful in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E2CityOfDeath "City of Death"]] — though he still had a certain amount of {{UST}} with many girls, and made a point of showing he genuinely loved them.
188	*** Peter Davison, the young and conventionally handsome Fifth Doctor, was prevented from even ''[[NoHuggingNoKissing touching]]'' his female companions in case the audience thought "hanky-panky" was going on in the TARDIS. Eventually, 1980s {{Fanon}} insisted the Doctor was Chaste, despite being confirmed a grandfather, with contrived explanations even appearing in print about how this may be (such as Time Lords being born on "genetic looms" due to their race's UsefulNotes/{{asexuality}}).
189	*** In the ''[[Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures New Adventures]]'' novel ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresDeathAndDiplomacy Death and Diplomacy]]'', the Seventh Doctor [[LampshadeHanging acknowledges the discrepancy]], admitting that failing to notice or completely misunderstanding sexual overtures [[CelibateHero just makes his life simpler]].
190	*** The New Adventures novel ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresTheDyingDays The Dying Days]]'' breaks from tradition by having companion Bernice Summerfield initiate a sexual encounter with the Eighth Doctor (debated for nearly 20 years, the fact they had sex was finally confirmed in "Benny's Story", a Big Finish audio drama).
191	** The new series Doctors are generally a lot more sexual (though this is never depicted on-screen).
192	*** The Ninth Doctor makes a point of [[OfCourseImNotAVirgin getting offended]] when Rose implies he might never have had sex.
193	*** Ten has never been hinted at having had sex with anyone, but he's quite attractive, which causes him to unwillingly [[ChickMagnet attract a lot of girls]] ([[EvenTheGuysWantHim and guys, sometimes]]). He's quite clueless about people's advances, but when he does catch on, most of the time he quickly and awkwardly refuses.
194	*** Eleven shows something of a girls-are-icky kissing-is-gross reaction to physical affection between Amy and Rory, even on their honeymoon, but that doesn't stop him from kissing River Song, a character who later confirms a sexual relationship existed (justified by the fact the two eventually marry).
195	*** The relationship between Clara Oswald and both the young-looking Eleventh and older-looking Twelfth Doctor was a love affair, but there was no indication of it ever progressing into anything sexual; that didn't stop (thanks to the chemistry between the actors) intense UST being noticed throughout (with notable examples being [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor "The Day of the Doctor"]], [[Recap/DoctorWho2013CSTheTimeOfTheDoctor "The Time of the Doctor"]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E4Listen "Listen"]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E8MummyOnTheOrientExpress "Mummy on the Orient Express"]], [[Recap/DoctorWho2014CSLastChristmas "Last Christmas"]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E3UnderTheLake "Under the Lake"]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E5TheGirlWhoDied "The Girl Who Died"]]).
196	* Benton Fraser of ''Series/DueSouth'' has skirted this trope more than a few times; while he has been [[DatingCatwoman known]] to take an interest in women, he can be astonishingly naive about sexual matters, and he is perfectly capable of carrying on a conversation with a half-dressed exotic dancer without even thinking of breaking eye contact. (Of course, [[HoYay the fans have a theory about this...]])
197	* Carter in ''Series/HogansHeroes'' seems absolutely clueless when it comes to women or the appeal of women, while all the other characters jump at the chance to even hang out with attractive girls. He has had one girlfriend, later his fiancee, later leaving him for a man of lower rank a year after he was captured by the Germans, but unlike the other men, he only describes her in romantic terms rather than anything relating to her physical appeal.
198	* ''Series/{{Monk}}'''s title character, Adrian Monk is actually a widower, so he is presumed to have had a sex life once. But he's also saddled with plot-dependent [=OCD=] and phobias (which are implied to be so severe ''because'' of his wife's death). He's afraid of many things and disgusted by that which he isn't afraid of, so generally he does not consider himself available, nor is he generally considered worth approaching romantically by any female who happens to cross his path.
199	** More to the point, Monk thinks of himself as very married, and the mere fact that his wife happens to be deceased does not make it any less so. He dates occasionally and halfheartedly, and in the end always returns to his default condition of being in love with his wife.
200	** According to Monk while talking to his psychiatrist, the most physical his love life, even with Trudy, ever was is falling asleep holding Trudy's hand and waking up holding it.
201	*** Monk eventually came to regret not having a child with Trudy, adored a toddler after taking him in, and absolutely gushed over Molly Evans, [[spoiler: treating her like his own simply because she was Trudy's child]].
202	* In ''Series/MrBrain'', Tsukumo is totally clueless about Kazune's advances on him (mostly due to partial brain damage caused by an accident) and keeps wondering why he's in possession of a porn magazine in the first place.
203	* Isaac from ''Series/TheOrville'' is an interesting variation. He is a genderless robot who is literally incapable of affection or sexual attraction. However, he forms a relationship with Doctor Finn as an experiment and while he, by his own admission, cannot love her, he comes as close as he constitutionally can. [[spoiler:In his wedding vows he says that she "will ensure my continued efficiency"]]. He can also perform sex as a physical action, although he derives no pleasure from it.
204	* Number Six from ''Series/ThePrisoner1967'' takes this trope to its logical extreme. Created as a subversion of the womanizing secret agent recently popularized by ''Film/JamesBond'', Number Six is presented with numerous female guest characters over the course of the series, and he only shows any kind of sex drive [[spoiler:towards his fiancé]].
205	** It's worth noting that the episode with Six's [[spoiler:fiancé]] is the episode that Creator/PatrickMcGoohan is, for the most part, not in (they did a brain swap episode to get around the fact that he was in Hollywood filming ''Film/IceStationZebra'' at the time). [=McGoohan=] was uncomfortable performing love scenes and tended to avoid them throughout his career.
206	* An episode of ''Series/SpinCity'' features the procurement manager of City Hall. He is utterly immune to the charms of the SexySecretary and the TokenGay. His sole passions in life appear to be his job and ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}''.
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208
209	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
210	* In the ''Book of Exalted Deeds'' supplement for ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', there are many Exalted Feats that can be taken after taking the Sacred Vow Feat, all of which give a Player Character benefits if they heed the vow. Vow of Chastity is one of them. (In other words, the character gains certain useful abilities by remaining chaste.)
211	* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} Supers: Mixed Doubles''. The superheroine Justice doesn't realize how attractive she is and doesn't notice most of the compliments and passes she receives from men.
212	[[/folder]]
213
214	[[folder:Video Games]]
215	* In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'', the hero Connor has no known love interest or sex life despite meeting many quite attractive female characters. When one of the NPC falls in love with a woman, it takes ages for him to understand what's happening, and the first advice he offers (giving flowers to a tomboyish girl) is completely inappropriate. Canonically however, he'd eventually have a child in order to be the ancestor of Desmond Miles.
216	* ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'': Euden is quite the ChickMagnet and EvenTheGuysWantHim. Despite this, Euden never shows any romantic interest in anyone. He knows that people like [[{{Yandere}} Mym]] have feelings for him, but he just doesn’t really understand what romance is.
217	* Terra from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' is a Chaste Heroine, because she doesn't know WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove. The Figaro Castle guards, and even Edgar, are surprised that Terra didn't react negatively to Edgar hitting on her. She eventually learns about the feeling of love later, but she's probably still a Chaste Heroine.
218	* Similarly Justin from ''VideoGame/Grandia1''. Super-hot Feena's rather overt moves on him are totally lost on him, to the point where, when she asks if he loves her, he replies, "Of course I love you! And-" [[BaitAndSwitchSentiment goes on to name all the other people in their party, who also "love" her]].
219	** In the epilogue, it is made perfectly clear that at some point [[BabiesEverAfter he got the hint]].
220	* While it never comes up in-story, the [[SuperSoldier SPARTAN IIs]] of ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' also bear mention as they quite literally ''are'' this trope on paper, due to their sex drive being suppressed by their augmentations (specifically, the catalytic thyroid implant). "On paper" because this hasn't stopped some [=IIs=] from feeling vague romantic emotions.
221	* ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'''s titular character is kissed- on the lips- by a grateful rescuee, which results in a case of the jibblies one might get after grinding their nails over a chalkboard. Mind you, said rescuee was a kidnapped girl who had been forced into prostitution, so the 'jibblies' might just be {{Squick}} from wondering what that mouth's been doing recently. In the remade version of that mission in ''VideoGame/HitmanContracts'', he just sneers at her grumpily. Agent 47 does seem to fit the trope, but that might have more to do with the only female in the games who isn't an unimportant civilian is his MissionControl.
222	** Crosses over to TheMovie, where Nika practically comes at him crotch-first at one point, and he goes so far as to use a sedative to get her off him. Very likely [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by the fact that 47 was bred to be a superior assassin, and a sex drive isn't very conducive to efficient killing. One reviewer noted 47's asexual proclivities and accused the movie of appealing to "adolescent male fantasies," strongly suggesting that said reviewer has no idea what an adolescent male actually ''is''.
223	* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon'', Dart is like this at first with Shana (not to be confused with the above show), but he warms up to her by the end of the second disc.
224	* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''
225	** Link of the games has been the target of flirtation from a number of female characters, but he seems to be more taken aback than tantalized. To be fair, in most of the games he's prepubescent, but he seems no less innocent when portrayed as an adult.
226	** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' is when it happens the most, and it's also when it's most justified. He's only '''nine''', and even as Adult Link he only has the ''body'' of an adult. Being raised among the [[TheAgeless eternally-young Kokiri]] who have no interest in that sort of thing didn't help. This also happens to be the most ironic case, as the game [[WhatCouldHaveBeen was originally conceived]] to have a DatingSim element and Link was only going to be playable as an adult, which means there are more potential love interests here than in any other ''Zelda'' title. Ironically, given that the Link of ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' is the Hero of Time's descendant, this makes the latter the only confirmed Link to have relations with a woman.
227	* Vayne from ''VideoGame/ManaKhemiaAlchemistsOfAlrevis'', being [[RaisedByWolves raised by a cat for six years]], he has no grasp on such a concept. When [[{{Catgirl}} Nikki]] starts to develop feelings for him (mainly through her [[SideQuest character quests]]), he remains absolutely clueless. At one point Vayne receives a letter; the others think it's a love letter, while Pamela says [[LampshadeHanging "This is Vayne we're talking about! That's impossible!"]]
228	* Despite Mayl's obviously hitting on him, Lan in ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' is mostly clueless about Mayl's feelings for him, although from time to time he's aware, and the ending of the sixth game reveals that they are married together twenty years later.
229	* By the time of ''VideoGame/MegaManX8'', Zero's pretty much [[CelibateHero celibate]], but he's also quite clueless to the feelings that his new navigator has on him. On the other hand, after what happened [[LetsYouAndHimFight the last time he]] [[MyGreatestFailure almost had a girlfriend]], can't fault the guy for not being much for feelings.
230	** In the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' series, it's questionable how much he cares for Ciel on the "Love" scale as well (despite the latter being very obviously in love with him by the end of the series) -- whether he's a Chaste Hero, a CelibateHero, or simply too [[TheStoic stoic]] to say anything out loud is left entirely [[ShipTease ambiguous]].
231	* Boxing team captain Akihiko Sanada in ''VideoGame/Persona3'' is a variation of this trope. He finds his [[SexyManInstantHarem legions of fangirls]] to be highly annoying, and is completely oblivious to both any romantic/flirtatious cues or other peoples' feelings (Junpei's budding feelings for [[HighHeelFaceTurn Chidori]] are a good in-game example of this; whereas the others are either worried for him or are [[ShipperOnDeck secret shippers on deck]], Akihiko is constantly annoyed with his behavior and doesn't get the hint.) In fact, the ''only'' women he's comfortable talking to are the female members of SEES, and his longtime female friend is not only a woman with a lot of power but has her [[NoSocialSkills own closet of social issues.]] If you play as a female protagonist in the Playstation Portable re-release, his Social Link involves him being interested in her primarily because she is SEES' new field leader, at least at first. Should you choose [[LevelUpAtIntimacy5 to become his lover]], you will literally ''need to explain to him'' that his edginess around the heroine equals being in love.
232	** The variation appears in later games; in ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'', Akihiko hits it off with kung-fu enthusiast [[VideoGame/Persona4 Chie]], and for a humorous event in ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'', in a conversation about finding "the one," you can have the P3 protagonist tell him to "find a buff girl," in which Akihiko reacts enthusiastically. These basically imply that the ''only'' women he takes interest in are ones who are as athletic or devoted to fighting as he.
233	* In ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', those Pokémon with the ability "Oblivious" is immune to being charmed.
234	** Taken a step further in ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' with [[spoiler: Ash's Greninja]] who cannot breed at all.
235	* Sanada Yukimura from ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'', a naive teenager who knows no life other than the battlefield, is not only oblivious to any romantic feelings girls may have toward him, but gets extremely embarrassed when anyone mentions love, sex, or relationships (something [[TheTease Keiji]] teases him about relentlessly). It doesn't help that the only mentors he has are [[EccentricMentor Shingen]] and [[DeadpanSnarker Sasuke]].
236	-->'''Yukimura''': "I don't understand. Women are so complicated..."
237	* Ryo Hazuki of the ''VideoGame/{{Shenmue}}'' series appears to not only be chaste, but asexual. Despite the very obvious advances of attractive females (Nozomi in Youkuska, and Joy in Hong Kong) stoic old Ryo can usually only muster a "Have you seen a black car?" when his love is clearly making advances. For all its sandbox and open-world play and decision-making structure, the complete lack of interaction options that make use of other characters' romantic feelings towards Ryo is quite jarring, as ''Webcomic/ChugworthAcademy'' illustrates [[http://chugworth.com/archive/?strip_id=54 here]].
238	* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
239	** This trope is Sonic's attitude towards [[MadLove Amy Rose]]. Sonic has no romantic interest in her at all, but because he's [[SaveThePrincess saved her]] a few times in the past, she takes this as evidence that he loves her. She tries to make moves on him almost constantly, ''especially'' when she saves him.
240	** Tails. Rouge flirting with him confuses him and makes him think (correctly) that she has an ulterior motive.
241	* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
242	** Mario, in both video games and every other iteration. He is described as Princess Toadstool/Peach's "love interest", but they don't seem to enjoy a physical relationship. Perhaps with good reason, as at least one Nintendo-approved source describes her as [[JailbaitWait still being a teenager]], while he appears significantly older.
243	** This arguably applies to Mario's younger brother Luigi as well. Granted, Mario and Luigi ''do'' blush whenever Princess Peach kisses them in gratitude for saving her.
244	* PlayedForLaughs with Ryusei Date from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''. His obliviousness to Mai Kobayashi and Latooni Subota's crushes on him was apparently because he was too busy [[{{Robosexual}} swooning over their feminine-shaped]] HumongousMecha. Even though Lamia Loveless is a RobotGirl, he ignores her too in favor of ''her'' mecha.
245	** Masaki Andoh is also like this, as he's oblivious to the fact that he somehow amassed an instant [[UnwantedHarem cluster of admirers]]. Polygamy isn't outlawed in his new homeworld of La Gias, but he decided not to get with any of them to make things easier for himself. His [[TheRival rival]], Shu Shirakawa, has his ''own'' harem but chooses not to mess around with any of them in favor of messing with Masaki's head.
246	* ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'':
247	** This fully describes Senel Coolidge from ''VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia''. There's even a point in the game where one of the female characters suddenly grabs him and pulls him into a deep, passionate kiss...twice. He, however, is completely unaffected both times. He's just too fixated on [[SayMyName STELLAAAAAAAAAAA!]] to notice any other girl.
248	** Lloyd Irving from ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' is much the same way. Observe the following exchange between him and Sheena in Flanoir:
249	--->'''Lloyd:''' You and I are a lot alike Sheena. I think we could be great friends!\
250	'''Sheena:''' Great... Friends.\
251	'''Lloyd:''' What, you don't wanna?\
252	'''Sheena:''' ''(aside)'' ...Idiot!
253	** [[VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny Stahn]] plays the trope straight... and then doesn't. He's completely oblivious to the romantic infatuation he suffers from/causes towards Philia or Rutee, but when Ilene mentions she's taking him on a date, he... gets pretty expressive about the whole thing.
254	* ''VideoGame/TuroveroTheCelestialTower'': Sigurd is tall, blonde, handsome, and regularly gets the attention of women, including that of a snake woman he can score free items from mid-game ([[GotVolunteered not that he particularly wants to]]). Naturally, this earns the ire of the actual ChivalrousPervert of the party, Ruby, who accuses him of not even utilizing the gifts the Four Gods gave him, to which he dismissively replies that he'll worry about romance once their mission is complete.
255	* ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}'': While not actually ''physically'' chaste, sleeping with six different women throughout the storyline, Hakuoro somehow fails to realize they all love him until the very end. Oh, and the bunny princess also has a thing for him. It's most obvious with Karura, Yuzuha, and Eruruw. And Urtoriy. Doriy and Guraa also express some interest, but they're more into Oboro. Seriously, that's at least nine and he only expresses vague awareness of two or three tops before the story ends.
256	* Basically everyone in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'' is this. There's a co-ed bathing scene early on that no character involved in even thinks twice about. [[spoiler:It's revealed later on that the Flame Clocks essentially repress all feelings of love and attraction, and the main party eventually have to learn what love and romance are in addition to where babies come from. After all, what good is a soldier that has their mind on anything that's not killing the opposition?]]
257	* Adol from the ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' series. One can even say Adol is a CelibateHero since his job description says, "After saving beautiful women and making them swoon all over for you, leave for another adventure."
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260	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
261	* Saber in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' is completely impervious to sexual or even romantic innuendo unless it's pointed out to her. This is a popular joke in {{doujinshi}}, where she usually thinks you're talking about [[BigEater food]]. This tends to be exaggerated by the fans: in the actual game, she does start picking up on it once she's aware of Shirou's feelings for her. Before that, she simply wasn't thinking of herself as female in the first place so those thoughts never occurred to her. It'd be especially odd to think she has no sexual experience considering that in her previous life, she was ''married'' and had fathered ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, "fathered"]]) a child.
262	* Miles Edgeworth from ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' has all the sexual passion of a monk. Numerous women and girls try to catch his eye, but if he can't relate to them as "older brother figure" or "entirely professional colleague," their interest just makes him uncomfortable (if he notices it at all).
263	* Akira from ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG'' is mostly oblivious to the interest that Kaoru shows in him, gets irritated rather than flustered by Seiji shipping the two of them, and responds to [[FemmeFatale Rosé's]] offer of a date with 'I'd rather sleep'. Romance is clearly not on his mind.
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266	[[folder:Webcomics]]
267	* Unsettlingly deconstructed with Jin from ''Webcomic/{{Bastard\|2014}}''. Episode 15 reveals that he doesn't know what sex is, how it's done, or what its purpose is, despite being in high school. He has to ask classmate Kyun what porn is and doesn't understand why the question flusters her. He panics when he has his first wet dream and has to ask online to confirm what that "sticky and slippery liquid kinda thing" is. Given [[SerialKiller what his father is]] and [[AbusiveParents the nature of their relationship]], Jin has learned all about a woman's "[[OrganTheft parts]]" but has been deliberately kept in the dark by his father in regards to sexuality, likely to keep him from acting against him out of romantic or sexual passion.
268	* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': All signs point to Barry Heterodyne having been this. Barry always ends up with "the High Priestess" in the stories and plays, "The High Priestess" being the catch-all term for whatever lost priestess, DamselInDistress, or [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter mad scientist's beautiful but misguided assistant]] (other than Lucrezia) happened to figure in any given Heterodyne play (basically, an in-world trope). There is no indication the real Barry actually had a love life though; Klaus says at one point that having a child of Barry's turn up would be a "surprise."
269	* John Egbert of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''. At various points in the story, [[spoiler:Karkat, Vriska, Roxy, Terezi, and (as revealed by ''VisualNovel/{{Pesterquest}}'') Dave]] all develop crushes on him, which he remains [[CluelessChickMagnet completely oblivious to]] until explicitly spelled out for him. When Dave asks him if he likes Roxy, John is surprised and genuinely has no idea; when Karkat ''informs'' him that he [[BelligerentSexualTension hate-likes]] Terezi, John panics and tries to shut out the thought. Come the dubiously canon ''Literature/TheHomestuckEpilogues'', [[spoiler:his cluelessness regarding romantic relationships comes back to bite him in the ass: he's a pretty inattentive boyfriend who becomes an even less attentive husband in the Candy timeline, and Roxy eventually leaves him over it]].
270	* In ''Webcomic/MoonCrest24'', Derek doesn't quite get why Dory laughs at him when she sees him with Lucy's clothes on. Poor guy thinks he put them on backwards.
271	* ''Webcomic/RPGWorld'': Hero was [[ObliviousToLove completely oblivious to Cherry and Diane's crushes on him]]. [[IdiotHero Or anything else]] that didn't conform RPG combat tropes.
272	* ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'' has Criminy. Perfectly portrayed [[https://web.archive.org/web/20140209180817/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3204 here]]. Bonus points for the red demon Fucshia having a crush on him but him being oblivious to it.
273	** [[https://web.archive.org/web/20140209173831/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=4319 An episode of "Sinfest Nights" has her as a]] HotLibrarian and him oblivious.
274	** Recently he dug up a hole to hell to search for her, so he at least is fond of her.
275	** [[https://web.archive.org/web/20140209192616/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2508 Earlier he admitted to never kissing or even holding hands -- he's saving himself for marriage -- in obliviousness to what the woman asking him might mean by it.]]
276	* Twenty-Fifth Bam from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' doesn't really realize that two beautiful princesses have at least a minor crush on him. When he returns after five years, which he presumably spent with [[LadyInRed Hwaryun]], he at least knows how to push the buttons of a female.
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279	[[folder:Web Original]]
280	* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgKT3DEqCtk Hiro the Dense]] - [[StockShonenHero Dense Shonen Protagonist]]" has the titular hero on a quest to slay the Demon Lord, and he's single-mindedly focused on the goal. When the [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubus]] Izilith talks about playing with her, he takes this literally and demands to play an actual board game with her. She tries again to entice him with a "[[VictorySex reward]]", and he agrees - asking for her to take him to her boss. Then it turns out that [[spoiler:he'd misread the posting -- the quest was to ''lay'' the Demon Lord -- which he mistakes for [[ComicallyMissingThePoint finding her something to lay down and fall asleep on]]]].
281	-->'''Izilith''': [[ArentYouGoingToRavishMe But wouldn't you rather have me]]?~\
282	'''Hiro''': [[InnocentlyInsensitive Why would I want you]]?
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285	[[folder:Western Animation]]
286	* ''Series/AceLightning'' -- The titular main character doesn't even know how to ''flirt''.
287	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'': Huey doesn't get romance, and doesn't want to get it either.
288	* Phineas from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb,'' who remains completely oblivious to his best female friend's [[ShipTease repeated hints]] that she has a crush on him. The fact that his same-age (step)brother is a borderline CovertPervert only emphasises this.
289	** This dialogue shows this quite nicely:
290	--->'''Phineas:''' Ferb and I are going to use a laser to carve our faces in the comet so that when it passes over again in 73.5 years our grandchildren will see it. By the way, my parents are cooking outdoor steaks for everyone. What do you think, Isabella?\
291	'''Isabella:''' You had me at ''our grandchildren''...\
292	'''Phineas:''' Huh?\
293	'''Isabella:''' Steaks! You had me at steaks!
294	** Apparently, he still doesn't get it...
295	** At the end of ''[[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossThe2ndDimension Across The 2nd Dimension]]'', [[ForcefulKiss Isabella made sure he got it]]. However, [[StatusQuoIsGod she knew he wouldn't remember…]]
296	** It gets even better in the flash-forward episode "Act Your Age." [[spoiler: Phineas developed a crush on Isabella when they were in high school, but is STILL oblivious to her feelings and hasn't even tried to ask her out because he thinks he's too firmly situated in the friend zone. When he brings this up, his friends immediately set him straight, to his astonishment and disbelief.]]
297	--->'''Baljeet:''' [[spoiler:You are kidding, right? You do know she had a giant crush on you for ages.]]\
298	'''Phineas:''' [[spoiler: Uh...no...]]\
299	'''Buford:''' [[spoiler:Oh, come on! It was so obvious! She came over to your house every day for eleven years just to see what you were doin'!]]\
300	'''Baljeet:''' [[spoiler:[[WingdingEyes When she looked at you, her pupils actually formed little hearts.]] Like, I do not know how that is physically possible. She changed her eyeballs!]]\
301	'''Phineas:''' [[spoiler:We— I don't believe it. Ferb?]]\
302	'''Ferb:''' ''[[spoiler:[[EveryoneCanSeeIt (nods)]]]]''
303	* Freddy became this trope in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated''. Ironically enough, the series cranks the historic ShipTease up but he remains oblivious to all of Daphne's advances due to his obsession with solving mysteries and planting traps.
304	* [[Characters/SouthParkEricCartman Eric Cartman]] of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' is the anti-hero version of this trope. He seems to be more focused on making the lives of others miserable and other things than romance.
305	** Although in Season 4, he nursed a brief crush on Wendy and in the "Le Petit Tourette" episode, [[spoiler:Cartman did say he fancied and fantasized about kissing this girl named Patty Nelson]].
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