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10	->''"If there's one thing that I just can't stand, it's ugly old men taking advantage of young girls. That's for us beautiful men to do."''
11	-->-- '''Allen Schezar''', ''WebVideo/VisionOfEscaflowneAbridged''
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16	A CasanovaWannabe with the added bonus of being conventionally attractive. Unfortunately, this may not apply to the rest of that person’s personality.
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18	The Handsome Lech is a shameless skirt chaser (even if his flirting is of the playful and charming kind). But when the more negative parts of this character’s personality become obvious (irresponsibility, fear of commitment, possible misogyny, etc.), this will drive away potential suitors.
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20	These are almost guaranteed to have luck with the one character (who is attracted to him, if only in a SlapSlapKiss way) willing to put up with these problems. If not, then FailureIsTheOnlyOption.
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22	The Handsome Lech is more likely to be an IntentionalHeartbreaker, but this isn't inherent.
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24	Compare and contrast ChivalrousPervert, which this may or may not overlap with. While characters can be both if they are both charming ''and'' legitimately care about those they charm, frequently a work will contrast an awkward but sincere ChivalrousPervert with the ManOfWealthAndTaste charm of a Handsome Lech only interested in adding tally marks to his list of "conquests". Also contrast the KavorkaMan, an unattractive male character who is quite successful with the ladies.
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26	!!Examples:
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31	* Frau from ''Manga/ZeroSevenGhost''. Porn connoisseur, incorrigible flirt, and occasional patron of some sketchy establishments. He's also a Bishop in the Church.
32	%% * Prince Kail and Ramses from ''AnatoliaStory''.
33	%% * Raphael of ''Manga/AngelSanctuary''.
34	* 8th Grade rookie [[UsefulNotes/FootyRules football]] player Kouta in ''Manga/AreaNoKishi'' is known for his skirt-chasing tendencies, often finding him on the receiving end of a slap, MegatonPunch, or being buried up to his shoulders in the ground (and usually buried ''headfirst'', at that.)
35	* ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'': Claire Stanfield, as he confesses to Rachel, has never so much has gotten beyond a second date with a woman. It's not because he's unattractive (he isn't), or because he's crazy (He is, but ''they'' didn't know that), but rather -- as it turns out -- because he's very, ''very'' forward and insists on heading straight to the altar without so much as knowing the girl's name. He insists that [[spoiler:Chane]] is different (beyond the fact that she didn't immediately reject him) but his longtime buddies are more than a little skeptical.
36	-->'''Luck:''' Wait, you didn't propose to a stranger again, did you?\
37	'''Claire:''' Something like that...
38	* Roger Smith from ''Anime/TheBigO'' fits into this category, due to his openly acknowledged prejudice in favor of beautiful young women; in fact, Dorothy calls him a "louse" on several occasions, but for the most part Roger manages to behave himself fairly well.
39	* In ''Manga/Brave10'', Yukimura is always flirting with Ana and sneaking out to brothels and talking about how much he likes women, but he's not very successful as all of his efforts are foiled by Rokuro's interference. Jinpachi also spends a lot of his screentime talking about women and their charms but is repeatedly rejected by Ana.
40	* Daisuke Misumi in ''VisualNovel/ChaosHead''. All his conversations with Takumi either start with or contain at least one mention of a girl he's chasing.
41	* ''Manga/CityHunter'': Ryo and his friend Mick Angel sway between this and ChivalrousPervert depending on the situation... and whether or not Kaori and her ultra-heavy mallet are around.
42	* ''Anime/{{Daimos}}'': [[TheAlcoholic Melvi]] is built like a Greek statue and has a handsome face, alongside unkempt hair and SultryBangs. After he rescues [[SilkHidingSteel Erika]], he remarks to her that she's gotten more beautiful since the last time he saw her and laughs. He also proposes marrying Erika to [[WarriorPrince her brother]]'s anger, and taunts him by [[{{Nepotism}} threatening to have his uncle]] legitimize it.
43	* ''Anime/ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld'': Alielle's lover, Princess Fatora is a handsome lech throughout, albeit a very ineffectual one since she never gets the women she chases after.
44	%% ** Alielle sometimes verges on this trope.
45	* ''Anime/EngageKiss'': Mikhail is a good-looking guy and hits on Kisara, despite her constantly brushing him off.
46	* Loke from ''Anime/FairyTail'' will flirt with any female that is not a celestial wizard.
47	* Kurz Weber from ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'' often gets slapped around by the female series leads for lecherous behavior.
48	* ''Anime/FutureGPXCyberFormula'':
49	** [[{{Eagleland}} Jackie Gudelhian]]. He more than often has a [[ALadyOnEachArm bunch of ladies on his arms]] and in one episode of ''11'', he is seen hitting on a nurse while he's recuperating from a crash.
50	** Leon Earnhardt. In ''SAGA'', he walks around in the hotel with his shirt mostly unbuttoned and with women in tow.
51	* Many male main characters have an affair in ''Anime/{{Gankutsuou}}'', but Andrea Calvacanti wins an honorable mention because of his antics with Hermine and [[spoiler:Eugenie Danglars, considering they are his [[ParentalIncest mother]] and [[BrotherSisterIncest sister]].]]
52	* Fukuyama from ''Manga/GirlsBravo''. Pretty much every non-cast female character falls for him, and he is the biggest pervert of the show [[spoiler: but is overshadowed -in this regard- in the manga's last arc by his [[EvilTwin Dimensional Twin]]]].
53	* In ''Anime/GreatPretender'', Laurent is a shameless tease, who is both comfortable with the topic of sex and more than willing to flirt with his compatriots. However, given his [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative tendencies,]] they don't exactly appreciate it. Abbie tends to [[FlippingTheBird flip him off]] whenever he makes sexual comments around her, and Makoto reacts peevishly whenever Laurent [[AmbiguouslyBi tries to get cute with him.]] Cynthia, however, [[SnarkToSnarkCombat teases him right back.]]
54	* The Doctor from ''Anime/HareGuu'' is smart, handsome, and uses his position to feel up women.
55	* France from ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'', going after [[DepravedBisexual male or female]]. However, in ''Hetalia Bloodshed 2010'', [[spoiler: it seems Kitty!America from the parallel world takes up this role]], seen when he kidnaps [[spoiler: a very drunk China and Hong Kong]] and forces them to wear cute skimpy outfits.
56	* ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'':
57	** Riser Phenex is (initially) a rather successful case, who openly admits his Peerage is a checklist of harem member stereotypes and is quite happy to molest them in public to make someone jealous. After Issei kicks his ass at an EngagementChallenge, he loses nearly all his prestige and nearly all his allure with it, and [[VillainousBreakdown doesn't cope exceptionally well]].
58	** An interesting example is Issei himself. An open HaremSeeker and [[LovableSexManiac unabashed pervert]], he at first sees Riser as something to strive for. Then the above public groping happens, in the context of Riser targeting a girl Issei likes, and Issei shocks himself with how revolted he is. This kick-starts his subtle development to a ChivalrousPervert plenty of girls willingly throw themselves at, to Riser's immense frustration [[BrickJoke when he shows up again volumes later]].
59	* Genpou Saji from ''Manga/IkkiTousen''. His introduction is groping Hakufu (which was also the first time they met and stole her magatama), sleeps with Ryoufu [[spoiler: and uses this to turn her against Toutaku]] (and may have ''raped'' her, according to the ''Battle Vixens'' {{Macekre}} manga), teases the {{Tsundere}} Ryomou (who's in love with him) mercilessly, [[spoiler: fingers a nurse when he's hospitalized, much to Ryumou's anger]], makes Ryuubi (who's the leader of another warrior group) almost ''cry'' by groping her breasts in ''Dragon Destiny'', which was the first time they ever met...
60	* Miroku in ''Manga/InuYasha'' is infamous for his smooth if perverted behavior of groping women and casually asking them to bear his children. [[http://www.asfdotcom.net/download/inuyasha.php See here under "Miroku Promo".]] Further supported in that he stops almost entirely once he finally gets around to [[spoiler: proposing to Sango.]] The key word in that sentence being almost. Hilarious in that when, with eyes sparkling, she asks him, "Does this mean you'll stop womanizing?" he answers with a confused, "huh?" and then dons a pained expression.[[spoiler: He does feel bad about it when he almost loses Sango forever over it.]] Though to his "possible" defense for a long while, he's cursed with a windy-sucking palm that will consume him whole very soon.
61	* The eponymous ''Franchise/LupinIII'' is a shameless flirt, and "rich" enough to afford the best clothes. Sometimes his appearance is mocked, but women usually adore it.
62	%% * In ''Literature/MariaWatchesOverUs'', Sei loves flirting with the other Lilian students.
63	* Nagare Akatsuki in ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'', while having the looks and personality of a playboy, has no luck with any of the women on the titular battleship.
64	* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'': Lyle Dylandy exploits this trope. [[spoiler: aka the second Lockon Stratos]] [[spoiler:He acts the part towards ''both'' his teammate Tieria (praising his beauty and nicknaming him "Mr. Cute Instructor" in episode 3) and ex EmotionlessGirl Feldt Grace (stealing a kiss from her and getting slapped for that, in episode 4).]] However, lechery plays ''less'' of a part than you'd think; this is a small plan from the guy, destined [[spoiler: to have them see less as a ReplacementGoldfish for his deceased twin brother Neil, the local BigBrotherMentor ''and'' the first Lockon, who played an important part in Tieria's and Feldt' lives]].
65	* {{Gender Inverted\|trope}} by "prince" Kashima of ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun''. Though she is a {{bifauxnen}} [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer popular with the girls]], after Nozaki actually meets Kashima every role he tries to write for her ends up with the prince character being an obnoxious flirt. She also sometimes forgets the names of the people she's flirting with.
66	* Shizuru of ''Anime/MyOtome''. Despite being in love with [[BodyguardCrush her client, Natsuki]], she ''will'' playfully flirt with other girls [[strike: from time to time]] whenever she gets a chance (witness her exchanges with Arika in a few early episodes). "Bewitching Smile", indeed.
67	* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': Jiraiya is a self-proclaimed Super Pervert. Despite this, he was shown with beautiful women on his arms several times, who are implied to be prostitutes or something similar.
68	* Albireo Imma in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' straddles the line between this and LovableSexManiac; he's handsome enough to have little difficulty with women, but most turn away due to his 'subtly directly subtle' technique -- he'd have you believe he's a ChivalrousPervert, but he'll smile a [[CheshireCatGrin smile]] you know you can't trust, act politely as he can deceive, then do something perverted enough to surprise even resident [[DirtyOldMan Dirty Old Ermine]] Chamo.
69	* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'':
70	** Kaji frustrates Misato by disappearing at the worst times and flirting with other women to make her jealous.
71	** In the manga adaptation, Kaworu appears to be unaccustomed to human social mores: he walks into Shinji’s shower stall to ask for soap while they’re showering, and later gives him mouth-to-mouth when he’s hyperventilating and can’t find a paper bag. Shinji is often very uncomfortable around him, [[spoiler:but he admits he fell for him anyway after he dies]].
72	* Sanji from ''Manga/OnePiece'' is an odd case as he was ''originally'' presented in this manner, finding plenty of women who found him attractive, but later on he became a combination CasanovaWannabe and ButtMonkey as all of his advances became universally rejected and often met with physical abuse. In the Fishman Island arc, however, the mermaids are pretty enthralled with him, and later Pudding and Carrot are attracted to him. In Wano, Sanji has a conga line of women after him (and his cooking).
73	* Gene Starwind of ''Manga/OutlawStar'', who hires prostitutes, plays grabass with the local bar's waitress, and [[BodyguardCrush sleeps with his client, Hilda]].
74	* Sakura from ''Manga/PenguinMusume Heart'' exhibits this sort of behavior, as a RareFemaleExample. It could be blamed on her extreme {{otaku}}-ness, but perhaps there is more to it.
75	* Gold from ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' was this during the Johto arc at times - at one point he even smacked Green on the ass teasingly. Silver was not amused. (Though for the record, the US translation tried to play that incident off as an accident.) By the time the ''Emerald'' arc rolled around, he had gotten over it.
76	%% * A teen version of this trope is Kiyosumi Sengoku (sub-captain of the Yamabuki team) from ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis''.
77	* Oreldo from ''Manga/PumpkinScissors'' fits the bill perfectly, has the looks, and doesn't need a library card to check the "file folders" in the records office (the records keeping girl is hot, and the only obstacle keeping him from important information). He is also well known for showing up in the series with disheveled uniform and lipstick on him.
78	* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'':
79	** Tatewaki Kuno sits on the border between this and CasanovaWannabe -- very handsome, rich, excellent vocabulary, and apparently a figure well-skilled in the arts of polite romance. He's also so incredibly egotistic that he can't conceive of the idea of a girl ''not'' being attracted to him, as well as being willing to [[TheGlomp glomp]] the girls he is interested in at a moment's notice, his efforts to be romantic are often so narcissistic that they insult the women he's flirting, and he's also something of a hypocrite who is capable of such feats as ranting about how mixed bathing is for "moral degenerates" while racing eagerly for the baths with a girl in his arms. Whilst some background girls have expressed admiration for Kuno, all the girls who know him -- especially the two he actively tries to court -- can't stand him.
80	** Kuno isn't much of a playa compared to Mikado Sanzenin from the same manga/anime, whose very name is a pun in Japanese meaning "sex-obsessed neurotic" and who openly boasts of his plan to have kissed over 1000 girls -- Kuno is simply fixated on two girls at once (well, he ''thinks'' [[GenderBender one is a girl]]) and openly proclaims that he will date them both at the same time because he can't bear to choose either one.
81	* ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'''s werewolf Gin. He's pretty, even if he does have girls sticking posters in high places just so he has a chance to look up their miniskirts. He's even prone to groping girls while he's having a casual conversation with them!
82	* [[ButchLesbian Haruka Tenoh]] from ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' is a rare ''[[GenderInvertedTrope female]]'' example of this trope, as she was seen hitting on [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Usagi]], a maid, and several other female characters during the course of the story, until she's caught by her girlfriend [[LipstickLesbian Michiru]] in the act. HilarityEnsues.
83	* Gojyo from ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'' - with his long red hair and smooth talk come-ons whenever the group stops anywhere populated. Always garnering severe upbraiding by Sanzo ("lecherous bastard"); or ridicule from Goku ("pervy kappa"). Ironically, regarding the [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest source material]] for this manga, the perverted personality of his happens to be one half of the original Hakkai's; Goku has the BigEater part.
84	* Straight Cougar's constant failures when hitting on Mimori in ''Anime/SCryed'', mainly because he forgets people's names.
85	* Takeo from ''Manga/ShadowStar'' is quite popular with the ladies and has ''five'' illegitimate children. He's also a jerk and treats said ladies very badly.
86	* Carrot Glace from ''Manga/SorcererHunters'' will chase anything female that moves except for his [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood friends who want him]].
87	* ''Manga/SoulEater'': Spirit's behaviour cost him his marriage and his daughter's respect but he still flirts with anything in a skirt. It's revealed later in the manga that despite being a regular at a local host club, all he does is talk about Maka and her mother. That's it. Every. Single. Time.
88	* The titular Anime/SpaceDandy is a great lover of booty--his first appearance ''in the series'' has him claiming women should be appreciated for their butts. Almost OncePerEpisode we are reminded of how much Dandy loves the ladies, and while many don't return his advances he has had some success in the past (Honey, Scarlet, several unnamed partners).
89	* ''Manga/SteppingOnRoses'' (''Hadashi de Bara wo Fume'') has Eisuke Kitamura, the protagonist Sumi's brother, who largely earns money by being the boy toy of wealthy - and oftentimes ''married'' - older women.
90	* Kamina of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' is apparently handsome enough to make the page picture for PerverseSexualLust, but spends the uncut HotSpringsEpisode trying to get a good look at the nude females.
91	* Vash the Stampede of ''Anime/{{Trigun}}'' won’t miss an opportunity to perv on attractive women, but intriguingly when a couple a of beautiful prostitutes want to thank him for saving he goes all ChasteHero and pretends to be asleep. It’s revealed later that he’s worried girls will be scared off by the horrific scars and injuries on his torso.
92	* Shutaro Mendo from ''Anime/UruseiYatsura'' is frequently mentioned to be the same as the CasanovaWannabe Ataru Moroboshi, except Mendo is rich, handsome, and suave, to the point he has virtually every girl in his class fanboying out over him. Karma pays him back for his shallow, lecherous inner nature in two hilarious ways. Firstly, his class includes a [[{{Bifauxnen}} crossdressing girl]] who is an even ''bigger'' ChickMagnet than he is, despite not being interested in girls. Secondly, he spends the series fixating on trying to win the heart of Lum, the one girl in class who couldn't care less if he existed, because she's absolutely smitten with, of all people, Ataru.
93	%% * Yuto from ''Manga/{{X1999}}''.
94	* Jaeha from ''Manga/YonaOfTheDawn'' loves to make advances towards any women (including Yona) he sees and has stated that he enjoys being the pursuer and not being pursued.
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98	* Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} became like this after being de-aged to his teens by an evil witch (boy). "Hey, baby. Wanna get ''wet''?" This stood starkly in contrast with his then-current DarkerAndEdgier look and characterization, making it all the funnier.
99	%% * ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}'': Major Havoc.
100	* This is Prince Charming's power in ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}''. He is supernaturally attractive and has pointed out that when he sets his sights on something he always gets it (this works with more than women). Naturally, Charming is hollow and emotionally cold inside. However, the fact that he managed to wake Sleeping Beauty with his kiss proves that he truly loved her at that moment. His problem is that his True Love has absolutely no staying power, shifting from one woman to another at moment's notice.
101	-->'''Charming:''' "I always truly love a woman when I'm first chasing her- I'm just no damned good at the "happily ever after" part."
102	* Woody from ''ComicBook/QuantumAndWoody'', who thinks nothing of flirting with a cute girl while in the middle of a hostage situation... even after he ''shoots'' her.
103	-->'''Woody:''' "So, hey, I'm Woody. Maybe I can call you sometime--"\
104	'''Hostage:''' "--?! You ''shot'' me--?!"\
105	'''Woody:''' "So, what, meet for drinks, then--?"
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109	* Steve Dallas from ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty''. Women immediately spot that he's a jerk.
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113	* Paris is said to have been this trope before he met Helen in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3699832/1/Chance_Encounter_II_Pirate_Kingdom_of_Troy Chance Encounter II]]. Later in the series, during an unfortunate incident involving Legolas, an evil, power-hungry Cardinal from the 12th century, a poisoned arrow, a Maiar with healing abilities, Legolas gains the ability to (temporarily, thank God) read minds such as Will (who is contemplating what he is going to do to Elizabeth when they get home) and Paris, who Legolas claims, 'has extensive knowledge of all matters carnal".
114	* ''Fanfic/ThePokemonSquad'': [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist RM]] is sometimes depicted as pretty desperate in later seasons. Larry even describes him as one in the episode "Why Do You Think the Net Was Born?", after they discover each other's addictions to dating websites:
115	-->'''Larry:''' "I mean, while your personality is probably the most undesirable one I know of, you're at least physically attractive to a certain extent."
116	* Commander Rawne in ''Fanfic/TiberiumWars'' is an unabashed skirt chaser whose tendencies are regularly called out, and aren't overlooked by his superiors; at one point, General Killian Qatar "bribes" him by giving him a billet in a mostly-female barracks. At another point int he story, he grants a wounded female soldier high-priority and expensive medical treatments and replacements for her damaged eyes, and the scene implies the entire reason he did so was that he found her attractive.
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120	* Chow (played by Creator/TonyLeungChiuWai) from Creator/WongKarWai's ''Film/TwoThousandFortySix''. He's handsome, always ready with a charming smile or a flirtatious compliment, and is never without a woman on his arm or a conquest to chase. [[spoiler:The truth is that he uses his charm to keep women at a distance because [[DarkAndTroubledPast he already lost the woman he truly loves]].]]
121	* Will (Hugh Grant) from ''Film/AboutABoy''. He's a terrible womanizer. He realizes that single hot moms are the best kind of women he can get lucky with because they have unresolved relationships and they break it off -- so he gets laid, then gets an easy break-up and he needn't feel guilty. When he finally finds a woman he would also want to ''talk to'', he finds out he has nothing to talk about. He's ''that'' shallow. But he's friends with this lonely kid, and he talks about him.
122	* Daniel Cleaver from ''Literature/BridgetJones' Diary'', played by Creator/HughGrant who moved into this type of character once he got too old for the standard rom-com hero. He's an attractive boss who starts an OfficeRomance with Bridget but he makes it clear the strings are not quite attached. He cheats on her and was cheating with Bridget on his fiancée (who presumably knew about Bridget and okayed it). He later gets dumped by said fiancée and begs Bridget to take him back, feeling she's the only one who could make him better. It's also revealed he slept with a young wife of his (former) best friend.
123	* In ''Film/TheChargeAtFeatherRiver'', Pvt. Ryan is the base lothario and keeps going AWOL to visit his numerous girlfriends. His attempt to woo Sgt. Baker's wife is what gets him sent back to the guardhouse and then immediately bounced onto Archer's squad of {{Boxed Crook}}s.
124	* Snake of the Blackwater Gang in ''Film/DeadInTombstone''. He's always flirting or getting handsy with pretty women. [[spoiler: One of the last things he does is take a little too much pleasure in having Calathea at his disposal.]]
125	* The caddish Simon Russell in ''Film/LaughterInParadise'' is handsome in a polished, roguish fashion. He is also quite successful with the ladies, having a black book full of girlfriends.
126	* ''Film/MeanGirls'': Jason. He is a member of the Varsity Jocks who is dating one of the Plastics, Gretchen Wieners, who tolerates his unfaithfulness because she is so insecure. He also has another pretty girl who seemingly has a crush on him, as he took her out on two dates.
127	* ''Film/PleaseTurnOver'' has Dr. Gay from ''Naked Revolt'', who makes love to all his female patients and tries to put the moves on Blanche when she calls him out for this:
128	-->'''Blanche''': You rotten devil, you. Call yourself a doctor?
129	-->'''Dr. Gay''': "Doctor", "layman". What difference does it make as long as the treatment's right? An' I can give you ''that'', pretty one...
130	* Quiberon in ''Film/TheRevengers''. A Frenchman who hits upon just about every female he encounters and seems to have a reasonable success rate. After deserting Benedict, he returns to the camp the next morning, having lost all of his money to a girl in town.
131	* ''Film/StarTrek2009''. Kirk lusts after every woman in the vicinity (even when being dragged through Sickbay by [=McCoy=], sick as a dog from anaphylactic shock) but the only woman with whom he (visibly) scores (almost, at least) is Uhura's ReallyGetsAround GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe[[note]] an Orion.[[/note]] roommate (see below, under '''Live-Action Television''' regarding how Kirk was portrayed in [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries TOS]]). Federation society as portrayed on Earth and within Star Fleet within the [[ContinuityReboot Reboot]] was realized as the sexually conservative form found in previous iterations.[[note]]Note the traditional gender roles in the bar scene, in which Uhura tried to wave off "Cupcake" (and failed) when Kirk was flirting with her.[[/note]] Whether or not Starfleet's [[FreeLoveFuture sexually opened society]] remains an InformedAttribute[[note]]out of necessity, with today's [[MediaWatchdog MPAA]].[[/note]] or has intentionally been {{retool}}ed out, (without Roddenberry around to [[WordOfGod veto]] such a change) remains to be seen in future sequels.
132	* Lomax in ''Film/TheWarWagon''. He hits on every attractive female he meets and is living with a pair of Chinese prostitutes.
133	* ''Film/WelcomeHome2018'': Federico is a handsome guy who also happens to be a creepy stalker and voyeur who records the couples that rent his villa. His creepy stalker-ish behavior actually turns off the heroine despite her thinking he was friendly at first.
134	* Creator/PeterOToole plays one in ''Film/WhatsNewPussycat'', but tries to overcome it through psychoanalysis for the sake of his impending marriage. Unfortunately, his analyst (Creator/PeterSellers) is something of a CasanovaWannabe and little help.
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138	* Shinji Mimura in ''Literature/BattleRoyale'', who is well-aware of how popular he is with the girls at school, and uses this to shamelessly sleep around.
139	* Daniel Cleaver from ''Literature/BridgetJones' Diary''. Handsome, charming, womanizing, cheating.
140	* Thanks to the tutelage of his cousin [[ChivalrousPervert Lylia]], Cullen Moorland of ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'' is shaping up this way. He's entirely fascinated by sex, but because it's important that he remain a virgin until marriage, the best he can do is flirt, which he's become good at. Eldest Whistler finds him harmless and charming.
141	%% * Morley Dotes from the ''Literature/GarrettPI'' books fits perfectly.
142	* Literature/CiaphasCain, [[FakeUltimateHero HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!]], openly admits in his memoirs that he has (ab)used his prestige to enjoy the favors of high-ranking officials -- specifically, their wine cellars and their daughters (or at least he did before he met Inquisitor Vail and possibly afterward, too).
143	* Howl from ''Literature/HowlsMovingCastle''. He's proud of the title [[spoiler:as it gives him a bad reputation and less work from the King]]. Howl falls for Sophie the first time he sees her, but he maintains the appearance of being a Handsome Lech while he's actually trying to find out more about Sophie from her sisters.
144	* ''Literature/CodexAlera'': Antillar Maximus, who is determined to have as much fun as possible over the course of his [[spoiler:(he suspects, short)]] life. He constantly snuck out of his room at the Academy, and once he even hit on Gaius Caria, the First Lord's wife. He's also said to have had occasional disagreements with others over the proper treatment of women, making him of a ChivalrousPervert as well.
145	* In ''Creator/GeorgetteHeyer's'' ''Literature/DevilsCub'', Vidal is a lech who chases every pretty girl.
146	-->'''Mary''': You must know then that I have a sister who is very young, foolish as girls are sometimes, and very very lovely. Her path was crossed, not so long ago, by the Marquis of Vidal.
147	-->'''Avon''': Naturally
148	-->'''Mary''': Naturally, sir?
149	-->'''Avon''': Oh, I think so. If she is very very lovely I feel sure that the Marquis of Vidal would cross her path.
150	%% * Rhett Butler in ''Literature/GoneWithTheWind''.
151	* Allison Chou-Harrington, mother of Literature/HonorHarrington, plays at being the female version of this. In truth, she's faithful to her husband, but she enjoys scandalizing the more prudish members of society.
152	* Henry Crawford of ''Literature/MansfieldPark''. He's not that handsome, but he has a great deal of charisma and wit, plus he's tall, dark, and ''rich''. He flirted with his sisters' friends who fell in love with him one after another. He courts Julia and Maria Bertram simultaneously and they both fall for him. When the only single girl present is Fanny Price, he decides he will make a hole in her heart as well. He later genuinely falls in love with her, however, this petite EnglishRose thinks he's amoral and rejects him, to the utter shock of everybody. [[RejectionAffection Her rejection only makes her more charming in Henry's eyes and he continues pursuing her]]. His love for her shows his better side and improves him a lot, but he cannot resist his ways and later has a love affair with a married woman.
153	* Aiden from ''Literature/OfFearAndFaith'', although he tends to be [[TheCasanova quite successful]] in his flirting despite being kind of a jerk with women and cheating on all of his paramours.
154	* Sergeant "Chopper Jim" Chopin in the ''Literature/KateShugak'' mysteries by Dana Stabenow. He is nicknamed "father of the Park" because of his sexual proclivities (although he is actually very careful to ensure that he has no children). He is eventually transformed into a LadyKillerInLove.
155	%% * Milo Banda in ''Literature/SeptimusHeap''. More specifically, he's inclined towards Marcia Overstrand, but he's usually embarrassing for the people around him.
156	* Andy Evans in ''Literature/{{Speak}}'', who basically feels up anything with two X chromosomes and is established as the JerkJock of the high school that he goes to. [[spoiler:However, this becomes a ''very'' dark example when it is revealed that he raped the protagonist Melinda.]]
157	* Garrid from ''Literature/TalesOfTheFrogPrincess''. He's hot but is also a womanizer. Before [[LoveRedeems Li'l came along]], that is.
158	* In ''Literature/TanteiTeamKZJikenNote'', [[SubvertedTrope this is Aya's first impression]] of Kuroki, since the first conversation they had was practically him trying to pick her up, with [[StoicSpectacles Uesugi]] commenting he was picking up girls ''again''. Turns out he's more of a natural [[TheCharmer charmer]] and does not appear to have the intention to be romantically involved with anyone.
159	* The various ''Franchise/TransformersTimelines'' series have a few handsome leches portrayed in them, particularly [[ComicBook/TransformersTransTech Jackpot]], [[ComicBook/TransformersWingsOfHonor Swindle]], and [[ComicBook/TransformersWingsOfHonor Side Burn]], all with varying degrees of success with the [[FemBot ladies]].
160	* Ivan Vorpatril from the ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'' may qualify as one, given the way he goes after any good-looking woman. As he grows older, he goes from this to a ChivalrousPervert. The transformation is complete by ''Literature/CaptainVorpatrilsAlliance''.
161	* Dyrstin Venomavat in ''Literature/WisePhuul''. He uses his good looks and political connections as a Native Assistant to sleep with as many women as he can. Of course, this doesn't always work out, and even the girls he does get don't hang around for long.
162	* Ashley Owens in ''Literature/ZoraBanks'' is a sleazy skirt-chasing mercenary who is an awful friend to have around. He's also a major bad boy and devastatingly good-looking. Unsurprisingly, he has no end of willing partners.
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166	* Bryce Walker from ''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy'' is described as being a "frat boy Darth Vader"; he's a handsome, superficially charming, and [[BigManOnCampus popular jock]] who really likes the ladies. However, Bryce is also very self-absorbed, lacks empathy, and has a strong sense of entitlement towards women, which is rather off-putting. It takes a ''very'' dark turn when it's eventually revealed that Bryce [[spoiler:is in fact a SerialRapist who genuinely doesn't think he's done anything wrong (or just doesn't care) and that it was [[RapeAsDrama his rape of Hannah Baker]] that ultimately [[DrivenToSuicide drove her to suicide]]. And he ultimately [[AssholeVictim ends up murdered]] as a direct consequence of his behavior.]]
167	%% * In ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', GOB Bluth, and [[spoiler: his estranged son]] Steve Holt.
168	%% * Alistair in ''Series/AsTimeGoesBy''.
169	* Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck from ''Series/TheATeam''. It helps that he's an awesome ConMan who tends to scam his way into penthouses, so he can make women believe he's rich and powerful.
170	* [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy G'Kar]] from ''Series/BabylonFive'' started out as Handsome Lech. He's had liaisons with multiple human and Centauri (his much-hated blood enemy) women. In one of the first scenes we see him, he's trying to [[MarsNeedsWomen convince the resident human telepath]] Lyta Alexander to sell her genetic material to re-introduce the telepath gene into the Narnish gene pool. Several seasons later, she asks whether the offer is still valid.
171	%% * Both incarnations Flashheart from ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' played by Creator/RikMayall.
172	%% * Nodate Shijiro in ''Series/{{Boss}}''.
173	* Alec/X5-494 on ''Series/DarkAngel'', is attractive (he's Creator/JensenAckles) and flirty but isn't seen to have much success. Asha is hung up on Logan, Mia is manipulating him to help her boyfriend and bring down a mob boss, and it's a matter of fan interpretation whether he's interested in Max that way. One time we see that he has been dating two of his [[{{Courier}} Jam Pony]] co-workers at the same time, they found out about it and quit.
174	* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
175	** Captain Jack Harkness (who got his own {{spinoff}}, ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'') is utterly charming and so strikingly handsome that EvenTheGuysWantHim. The creators describe him as [[ExtremeOmnisexual "omnisexual"]], and this passes into his behaviour — most of the other characters find his flirting charming and quirky, except the Doctor, who regards it as quite an irritation:
176	--->'''Jack:''' ''[to a man]'' I'm Captain Jack Harkness, and who are ''you''?\
177	'''The Doctor:''' Stop it!\
178	'''Jack:''' I was just saying 'hello'.
179	** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E6TheLazarusExperiment "The Lazarus Experiment"]]: After being rejuvenated by his machine, Professor Lazarus has vibes of this, after indications he was a DirtyOldMan before de-aging. This is particularly noticeable in his efforts to charm Martha's sister Tish. However, given that the rejuvenation ''also'' turned him into a life-draining monster, he could be putting it on to secure easy prey.
180	%% * Matt Dowd on ''Series/EliStone''.
181	* Bright Abbott of ''Series/{{Everwood}}''. He's a charming JerkJock[=/=]LovableJock and girls at school ''swoon'' over him. He even manages to convince several girls to go with him to the prom at the same time. However, it later bites him in the butt when he's almost sued for sexual harassment by a woman from work who felt jilted that he wasn't serious about her. He's also not pleased to realize that women see him as someone who's fun to date, but not a serious guy to settle with. He gets better when he falls for ShrinkingViolet Hannah.
182	* Sebastian Smythe from ''Series/{{Glee}}'' is as of the Sectionals episode of season 3 too new a character to know for certain, but he seems to be this, what with hitting on a clearly uncomfortable [[HoYay Blaine]] right in front of his boyfriend.
183	* Barney Stinson, from ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' shags one bimbo after another and keeps scores of his conquests. He devised plenty of tricks on how to manipulate women into sleeping with him. He gets a few slaps and drinks in his face. Although he's not without his [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold redeeming qualities]], shown especially in later seasons. Unfortunately, this also means that when he falls in love with Robin, he has no idea how to have a committed relationship.
184	* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'': Dennis manages to be both a serial womanizer and a CasanovaWannabe. He is both good-looking and superficially charming and does get women and (unintentionally) gay men attracted to him. However, he is a FauxAffablyEvil SissyVillain with an ego inflated to [[AGodAmI god-like proportions]]. So as a result, some women were turned off by his sociopathic behavior, seeing him as a {{Jerkass}}. While others confuse his {{camp\| straight}} mannerisms for [[CampGay another trope]], it probably doesn't help that he's AmbiguouslyBi either. One episode, centering on a "rate your date" site for women, revealed him to be averaging one star - for comparison, Charlie, a glue-snorting, illiterate PsychopathicManChild who beats rats to death with a spiked bat, and Mac, a dimwitted, muscle-obsessed BoisterousWeakling who lives in the TransparentCloset, both got two stars.
185	* Eliot Spencer of ''Series/{{Leverage}}''. If anyone's going to hook up with the GirlOfTheWeek, it'll be him, but he's Christian Kane, so probably none of them mind.
186	%%* The title character of ''Series/LifeWithDerek'' strikes out about as often as he scores.
187	* The main character of ''Series/Lucifer2016'' hits on every woman he meets and some of the men, has lots of one-night stands and orgies, openly ([[RefugeInAudacity and publicly]]) admits wanting to sleep with his partner Detective Decker, pays his therapist through sex and his demon employee Maze is implied to be another FriendWithBenefits. The actor Tom Ellis is not unattractive.
188	%% * Napoleon Solo in ''Series/TheManFromUNCLE'' (depending on the episode, writer, and dictates of the plot; Solo tends to bounce between Handsome Lech, TheCasanova, TheCharmer, and ChivalrousPervert. A lot).
189	* Hawkeye on ''{{Series/MASH}}'' was sleeping around with all the attractive nurses who mostly fell for him, but struck out several times as well.
190	* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': Tony [=DiNozzo=] was this initially, but CharacterDevelopment has gradually guided him away from this kind of behavior starting with season four. It helps that Ziva, a BadassIsraeli who can snark right back and turn his come-ons around on him, became his partner in that season.
191	%% * Bill [=McNeal=] from ''Series/NewsRadio'' such as when he takes Beth out to a fancy lunch, or when Beth and Matthew think they're in his apartment.
192	%% * Dan Fielding of ''Series/NightCourt''.
193	* ''Series/{{Oz}}'': Unit Manager Tim [=McManus=] manages to sleep with every female character who works in the prison, but this backfires badly when PsychoExGirlfriend Claire Howell hits him with a false sexual harassment charge after he dumps her. [=McManus=] admits that even though he's not guilty of the charge, he is guilty of acting like a jerk towards women.
194	%% * Snafu Shelton of ''Series/ThePacific''.
195	* Tony from ''Series/{{Pataclaun}}'' thinks of himself very talented and handsome, and very succesful with the ladies, but the other characters from the cast see him as the pathetic loser he is and the girls barely give him the time of the day when he flirts with them.
196	* Nick Balco from ''Series/RaisingTheBar'', who just will not stop flirting with his ''subordinates''. Seems to be immune to sexual harassment lawsuits.
197	%% * Christopher Walken's "The Continental" character on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.
198	* On an episode of ''Series/SchittsCreek'' David's ex-boyfriend Sebastien Raine comes to town to do an art project with Moira. David immediately calls him a monster who uses people, and in fact the very handsome, globetrotting photographer flirts with Stevie, seduces David, and manipulates Moira into taking grotesque/campy photos. [[spoiler: But David knew what he was up to and only had sex with him to steal the memory card with the photos and destroy it. He also enjoyed the sex.]]
199	* Gary Wilde of ''Series/ShakeItUp'', trying to pick up ladies such as [[FairCop CeCe's mom]] using lines like:
200	-->'''Gary:''' You have the right to remain, ''foxy!''
201	%% * Both Tony and Cook on ''Series/{{Skins}}''.
202	* ''Franchise/StarTrek'': Captain Kirk in ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries TOS]]'' has always had a reputation for this, but he is commonly assumed by fandom to have had sex ''for certain'' with one or two of the [[GirlOfTheWeek women of the week]]. This, however, was due to [[ValuesDissonance kissing as an acceptable substitute for sex]] during [[TheSixties an era]] when television was highly conservative, e.g. when a WagonTrainToTheStars series was considered fringe, and a [[PeoplePuppets coerced]] interracial kiss[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platos_Stepchildren]] was too spicy for the {{Media Watchdog}}s. It was made about as clear as they could get away with in one episode -- Kirk and the girl of the week (who is looking for outsider males because [[OnlyYouCanRepopulateMyRace the men on her world are all sterile]]) are seen in his quarters getting friendly, and when we see them again she's combing her hair and he's putting his boots on. According to [[WordOfGod Roddenberry]], mainstream [[TheFederation Federation]] was a [[FreeLoveFuture Free Love Society]] and Kirk was exemplary of that culture, so he likely was sexually active with every woman he smooched.
203	%% * Tom Paris in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' for the first two seasons. Then he fell in love with B'Elanna Torres and turned into a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
204	* ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'': Kurt Martin, the twins' father, is a forty-something pretty boy who drools over women way out of his league.
205	* Dean Winchester from ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': A very handsome man (his actor was a former model and much has been made of his looks on the show), he flirts with anything in a skirt. The man's first thought upon returning from the dead? He had to re-lose his virginity. Anytime he's shown on a computer or with a magazine, it's invariably open to [[RaceFetish Busty Asian Beauties]]. The episode "The End" continues to portray Future!Dean this way, but also his angelic BFF Castiel, an erstwhile virgin, is now running a cult of the enlightenment through sex variety and has become if anything more lecherous than Dean.
206	* Charlie Harper in ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' is the guy who would be in the dictionary under "man-whore" if the word was in there. It's made all the weirder by the fact that his (current) career is writing children's songs.
207	* Lord John Marbury of ''Series/TheWestWing''. Every female character appears to like him, sometimes even going so far as to profess love (in his absence) yet there is no evidence that he's gotten past flirtation with any of them. Kate Harper seemed to be the first (female) character not to find him charming at all, and Lord John seemed to find this quite jarring.
208	-->'''Lord John Marbury:''' Abigail! May I grasp your breasts? ''[said to the First Lady at her birthday celebration]''
209	* Detective Jimmy [=McNulty=] of ''Series/TheWire'' is prone to banging random chicks in the most inopportune places possible. He's a FairCop and ladies like it, but his ex-wife is disgusted with him.
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212	[[folder:Music]]
213	%%* This is Gary Puckett's entire persona.
214	* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV99NZmurVA Madness of Duke Venomania]], said [[LightNov/TheMadnessofDukeVenomania Duke]] is this thanks to a deal he made with a devil.
215	* The ''Relapse'' version of Music/{{Eminem}}'s Slim Shady alter-ego is described as sharing Eminem's [[TeenIdol MTV-friendly]] looks and superstar-rapper wallet size, but he's also a SlasherMovie SerialKiller and the SelfProclaimedLoveInterest of every media punchbag celebrity of 2008.
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218	[[folder:Mythology and Religion]]
219	* Gilgamesh himself originally was this in ''Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh'' since he was a [[{{Hunk}} hunky ruler]] who went around [[DroitDuSeigneur bedding/raping newly weds]]. At least that was until Enkidu snapped him out of it.
220	* Is there is anyone who could claim the title "God of One Night Stands", it would be Zeus
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223	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
224	* TabletopGame/BlissStage: Keenan Caine. In game terms, he's a [[TheCasanova Carefree Hedonist]]. His [[LevelUpAtIntimacy5 Intimacy scores]] in the one shot are 4 (out of 5) or higher with every female character but [[{{Tsundere}} Anna Lin]], with whom he has a '''Broken''' relationship, and it's heavily implied the reason why is a vicious break-up. He is [[MurderTheHypotenuse the hypotenuse that Josh tried to murder]] over Sara. [[{{Jerkass}} He's also a bastard.]]
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227	[[folder:Theatre]]
228	* Robert is more or less portrayed this way in the musical ''Theatre/CompanySondheim'', as he juggles three girlfriends, enjoying a little of each but without showing signs that he really loves any one person (which "Being Alive" suggests is his deep dark desire). He's just good friends with a bunch of married women and their husbands, who envy his hedonistic bachelorhood.
229	* ''Theatre/DonGiovanni'' is a mixture of this and TheCasanova. He actually does (reportedly) get lots of women to sleep with him, but he's a total {{Jerkass}} once you get to know him.
230	* ''Theatre/{{Drood}}'' - John Jasper to the extreme; though an absolute and total creeper (albeit due to being ''way'' bipolar), is often played as a charming and handsome man, and there's no doubt that Rosa feels something for him, as disturbed as she is at the same time.
231	* The character of the Trickster from Creator/CirqueDuSoleil's ''Theatre/{{KOOZA}}'' is portrayed like this, wooing every girl he sees with his magnetic charm and gaining fans from the audience.
232	* ''Theatre/TheMoonIsBlue'' Defied this with David Slater, a divorced, middle-aged avowed [[TheHedonist hedonist]]. He promises not to make passes at Patty, and to her amazement and Don's, he keeps to his word.
233	-->'''Patty''': Oh, you're not nearly as depraved as you'd like people to think.
234	* Guido Contini from ''Theatre/NineMusical'' is a first-class charmer who just can't stay faithful to his long-suffering wife.
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237	[[folder:Video Games]]
238	* In ''VideoGame/AlwaysRememberMe'', Hugh, one of the love interests, shamelessly flirts with and pursues the main character, and at one point, they jokingly trade cheesy pickup lines.
239	* Ezio Auditore da Firenze from ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII''. By the end of the game, he has either attempted to or successfully slept with every female character that he meets that isn't related to him. [[ThePornomancer The ladies don't seem to mind.]] By ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'', however, Ezio's habits have changed. In his forties, he's shown flirting with a woman who promises to reward him later and hooks up with [[FieryRedhead Caterina Sforza]] within the first half-hour of the game... then [[ItsPersonal Uncle Mario]] is killed, [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs his home villa is conquered,]] and Caterina is captured and sent to Rome; when Ezio rescues her, she reveals that [[spoiler:she only slept with him to secure an alliance between them.]] Ezio takes it in stride, but he's [[ConsummateProfessional not shown flirting with any women after that.]] Though this could also be caused by him growing older and reflecting on his disastrous FirstLove. Nonetheless in the Da Vinci Disappearance DLC, he's not above trying to seduce Lucrezia Borgia to get what he needs. In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'', he's still quite the womanizer in his fifties, though his main love interest is Sofia Sartor, with whom he eventually settles down and has a family with in his final years. According to WordOfGod, while Desmond Miles is presumably a descendent of Ezio and Sofia, Ezio may have fathered many illegitimate children in his lifetime.
240	* Luka from ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' will never not flirt with a sexy lady. No, it does not matter if he's currently running away from the police. No, it does not matter if they [[spoiler:apparently]] murdered his father. No, it does not even matter if they don't ''[[CrossoverShip live in the same universe]]''. He lists off the girlfriends he's had at one point: [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Claire]], [[VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe Sylvia]], [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Trish]] and... [[VideoGame/{{Okami}} Ammy]]?
241	** [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. Official concept art of Luka shows him taking care of four animals, with the names Claire, Sylvia, Trish, and Ammy written on the food bowls.
242	* In ''Franchise/BlazBlue'', Kagura Mutsuki flits between Handsome Lech and ChivalrousPervert. His brief introduction in ''Remix Heart'' establishes him as a ladies' man when he flirts with Mai Natsume and Estella [=McKenzie=] and is described by Taro as a potential sex offender if left unchecked. Heck, his special match intro against MsFanservice Makoto has him parried for trying to cop a feel.
243	%% * Kou Leifou from ''VideoGame/TheBouncer''.
244	* Eustache from ''VideoGame/DeadInVinland'' is this despite being a ''monk''. [[spoiler: Or, rather, he used to be a monk before becoming a pirate known as "the Black Monk."]] He's charming and vain with pretty, piercingly blue eyes, and his assiduous pursuit of the married Blodeuwedd doesn't deter him from [[{{Squick}} also]] hitting on her teenage daughter Kari.
245	%% * Angelo from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII''.
246	%% * Zevran Arainai from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''.
247	* Leo in ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' appears to be one, although it's really only so he can paint his masterpiece (he even spurns his InstantFanClub, so that he may attract [[Art/TheMonaLisa Mona]].)
248	* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
249	** Edgar of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''... though despite being very attractive, a master inventor, and a ''king'', none of the women in the game fall for his playboy act whatsoever. It apparently works at least on one woman seeing as how he finds out about The Empire betraying them later on in the game. There's a girl in Figaro Castle during the first trip there who says only 'most women are too smart to pay any attention to him'. Emphasis on the 'most'.
250	** Zack in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' was described as a 'ladies' man' in the original game, but ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'' and additional materials reveal him as more of a [[ChivalrousPervert cheerful, harmless flirt]] and [[TheAce all-around good guy]]. Note that the person who describes him as a 'ladies' man' is Aerith, who'd just spent almost five years waiting for him to come back from a mission. Or at least answer one of her 89 letters.
251	** Irvine from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' also this. He's good-looking, but also flirtatious and is seen to be trying too hard at times. [[spoiler: Also he holds feelings for Selphie since they were [[ChildhoodFriends kids]].]]
252	** Zidane "oo, soft" Tribal of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX''. The only girl that he doesn't flirt with (or better put, only does as a joke) is Freya. Unlike every other girl he's hit on, she's a giant humanoid rat. She was also in a committed relationship, though her love is currently MIA. She also hasn't given up on finding him, which Zidane is aware of. Zidane stops flirting with other girls as the game progresses and he falls in love.
253	* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
254	** Virion and Inigo from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' are both {{Bishonen}} who are horribly unsuccessful flirts. They're even both introduced hitting on someone; Virion's introduction goes a step beyond and has [[TheLadette Sully]] kick him for [[EngagingConversation proposing to her]]. In fact, [[RelationshipValues if you pair Virion up with Olivia]], then [[KidFromTheFuture Inigo is his son]], making it hereditary!
255	** Inigo/Laslow's daughter Soleil in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' is a RareFemaleExample, being quite attractive herself and quite fond of hitting on girls. While somewhat more successful than her father, Soleil is not as smooth as she thinks she is and tends to turn off the girls she flirts with when her pick-up lines become too pervy.
256	* Johnny from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' is the leader of an all-female pirate crew and makes advances on every woman he sees. This eventually [[UnsettlingGenderReveal backfires]].
257	* Jansen Friedh from ''VideoGame/LostOdyssey'' who goes as far as showing up drunk and in the company of three women as you leave on your first mission. His behavior, however, changes drastically when [[spoiler: he falls in love with Ming.]]
258	* Solid Snake in ''VideoGame/MetalGear''. He hits on girls half his age! He hits on his support staff! He reads Playboy magazines to restore his psyche gauge! He broods over whether or not it's a good idea to hit on Otacon's stepsister! He seems to have a pretty healthy libido, but he's not quite as successful as his behaviour would suggest. His war experiences have left his ability to open up to other people quite stunted. Meryl was more of a combat buddy than a woman, and even she dumped him.
259	* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'':
260	** Ryoji Mochizuki from ''VideoGame/Persona3'' quickly makes it known that he loves the ladies. He's smooth enough to charm the faceless NPC girls, but all the named female characters aren't impressed. If the female protagonist romances him, he becomes a LadykillerInLove.
261	** Amazingly enough, Teddie from ''VideoGame/Persona4'' after he [[spoiler: gains a human body.]] Coming off the heels of Shadow Yukiko's comments about scoring with people, Teddie takes her words to heart and tries "scoring" with any girl he sees ([[OnceDoneNeverForgotten much to the real Yukiko's annoyance]]). Having no idea how to actually flirt, Teddie never gets the results he wants.
262	* Sean Devlin from ''VideoGame/TheSaboteur''. One of his escape methods when he sets off alarms is to make out with random women on the street until the Nazis run right past him. There's even an achievement for using this method of escape 50 times.
263	* Josh Birk in ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'', despite being a handsome and wealthy actor, his egocentrism apparently turns off the ladies, seen when he asks a fan of the Saints if she wants him to sign her breasts. Shaundi even treats him as an AbhorrentAdmirer and seeing that Shaundi [[ReallyGetsAround is rather promiscuous]], that says a lot.
264	* Yoshitora from ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown''; he can run away from the middle of a fight if a girl calls his name. He's also the ''heir to the friggin' Tokugawa shogunate.''
265	* The mobile game ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiLiberationDx2'' has a character that's good-looking and aggressively hits on every pretty girl in sight, generally unsuccessfully. The character also happens to be a woman named Eileen. Among other things, she took a job at a CosplayCafe so she could ogle the other girls working there...
266	* ''Franchise/StarFox'' had [[RomanticFalseLead Panther Caroso]] and his constant attempts to win [[MsFanservice Krystal]].
267	%% * Doc from ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic''.
268	* Sean Webely in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'', who is tempered by both his age and the fact that he truly is an OfficerAndAGentleman. He doesn't leer, grope, or even hit on the many attractive females in the group, but he does make it clear that he ''definitely'' appreciates their presence. He is responsible for forcing one character to permanently wear a maid outfit.
269	* ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'':
270	** Zelos from ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', who made it clear that he would hit on anyone remotely attractive, race, age, or tendency to smack him silly be damned. If you have him as your [[PartyInMyPocket active character]], he really ''will'' flirt with every single female NPC you talk to (regardless of age). With the correct EX Gem skill equipped, he'll even charm a random item or money out of them (even from eternally depressed half-elves). [[spoiler: Later on it's revealed that his personality is mostly [[ObfuscatingStupidity a facade to compensate]] for his [[ParentalAbandonment very overall lousy life]].]] It's revealed in a skit that [[spoiler:not only is his lechery a mask, but his stupidity is as well. He's at least as smart and educated as Genis, the academic mage.]]
271	** Claus from ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'' was the original Handsome Lech in the ''Tales'' series, though this was exaggerated in the [[GagDub DeJap fan translation]].
272	** Judith from ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' is a ''[[DistaffCounterpart female]]'' version of this trope, being [[MsFanservice very attractive]] and TheTease to boot. [[AllWomenArePrudes The girls are not impressed]]. [[AllMenArePerverts Yuri and Raven are]].
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275	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
276	* ''VisualNovel/CrossChannel'': Taichi is pretty shameless in his attempts to sexually harass the female cast. He does have some standards and tries his best not to go too far. [[spoiler:He already did cross the line with half of them, which is why they hate him so much. It's a mask to hide some serious issues.]]
277	* Jonathan Ingram from ''VisualNovel/{{Policenauts}}''. Not only does he get a chance to hit on many of the girls he meets along the way (including the teenage daughter of his old partner), the player is even given a choice to fondle the breasts of every female character (including the aforementioned daughter of his partner) in the game.
278	* Makoto Itou from ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'' certainly fits here. He's quite good-looking, but in most adaptations of the story, he's quite TheCasanova with little concern for how his actions may come to affect others, so he has almost nothing to be proud of. Especially in the anime, where he barely atones for his mistakes, unlike in the manga.
279	* ''VisualNovel/{{Shuffle}}'' has Itsuki. He's mostly shown to be turned down, but he still gets girls to give him lunch boxes every lunch.
280	* Nothing stops ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'''s Gillian Seed, even the fact that he's technically married. In the original Japanese version, he can go so far as to sniff the panties of a fourteen-year-old girl - mercifully, in the American version, the panties were taken out and the girl was aged up.
281	* Battler Ushiromiya from ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' is pretty much this in spades, though he does eventually grow out of it as the story goes on.
282	* In ''VisualNovel/War13thDay'', Night is an open flirt, who isn't above giving [[ForcefulKiss forceful kisses]]. He's so dashing and debonair that even the woman he blackmails for her body ends up enjoying it. [[spoiler:Of course, given the UnreliableNarrator, this interpretation of her reaction and his character might be false.]]
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286	* Betelgeuse is portrayed this way in ''Webcomic/CobwebAndStripes'', though it's slightly subverted when another ghost points out that, being a [[{{Shapeshifting}} shapeshifter]], he can obviously make use of that to land the ghost girls. This aspect of his personality is slowly being skimmed off, however, as a result of his growing attachment to his mortal {{Protectorate}}[=/=]LoveInterest.
287	%% * Gram Trellion from ''Webcomic/CwensQuest'' [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Cwens_Quest/index.php?p=422748 fits this perfectly]].
288	* Castor of ''Webcomic/DungeonCrawlInc'' uses a plethora of cheesy pick-up lines on virtually every woman he meets, usually to no avail. Eventually, he starts a [[DatingCatwoman real romance]] with [[spoiler: Teagan]], [[HeelFaceTurn which causes her to betray her villainous cohorts]] and [[LoveRedeems help save the day]].
289	%% * ''Webcomic/{{Earthsong}}'''s Jormand.
290	* Brad from ''Webcomic/{{Gnoph}}'' is a very villainous example; at one point, he gropes his imprisoned ex-girlfriend - whom he himself arrested - ''while telling her that she's going to be executed without trial''.
291	%% * Veser from ''Webcomic/HannaIsNotABoysName''.
292	* Velma of ''Webcomic/IWasKidnappedByLesbianPiratesFromOuterSpace'' is a RareFemaleExample in her dedication to bedding girls.
293	%% * Jean's ex-boyfriend Slick Simmons in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob''
294	%% * ''Webcomic/LeastICouldDo'''s Rayne. (And his brother.) (And his father.)
295	%% * Wander from ''Webcomic/MagicalMisfits''.
296	* ''Webcomic/MenageA3'':
297	** Matt is a bisexual underwear model and serial cheater. There was a moment where he reflected on how much of a jerk he is, but it was during a threesome after breaking up with his girlfriend because he'd had sex with his ex-boyfriend (who was an ex because he came home early and caught Matt with the girlfriend.) And no, the threesome didn't involve either ex.
298	** Zii, a rare female version, is generally better than Matt, if only because she tries to avoid getting into relationships that don't let her play around. She still has virtually no sense of consequences.
299	* Rainer from ''Webcomic/MSFHigh'' is either a Handsome Lech or a Chivalrous Pervert. Amongst other things, he's used his 360 vision to look up girl's panties, attempted to have one of his friends turned into a cute girl. (By the Friendly Neighborhood HIVE MIND!), and one telepath mentioned his mind 'was like a sewer'. Still, he's a really nice guy who has helped couples get together, at risk, (or LOSS) of his own life!
300	* Eloya of ''Webcomic/{{Seekers}}'' is interested in the heroine for one thing - her curves.
301	* Dmitri from ''Webcomic/{{Spacetrawler}}''. One of the first things he did after finding himself caught up in an epic SpaceOpera was to download an app on his space-smartphone that tells him the anatomical compatibility of any alien species he encounters. Much to his own disappointment, his character development has been shifting towards ChivalrousPervert.
302	* ''Webcomic/PixieTrixComix'' has Sharon, a rare female example of the trope, and a bad case. She has a sociopathic habit of using men for sex and whatever other services she can extract from them, and her looks enable her to make this work.
303	* Sven Bianchi from ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' is known for his ability to (figuratively) charm the pants off practically any girl he encounters. He prefers blondes. Sven has tried to move past his bad habits in this respect and seems to be succeeding after they lead to disaster in his relationship with Faye.
304	* Jacob Freeman from ''Webcomic/{{Shadownova}}'' gets sucked into the plot because he was trying to flirt with the main character at the wrong time. He spends a lot of time teasing the female cast but he's really just a harmless idiot.
305	* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance''[='=]s Sam constantly hits on any girl he meets, however, he has an awe-inspiringly terrible record at it despite being endued with hypnotism and being far stronger and faster than most of the cast.
306	* Vallant from ''Webcomic/TehGladiators'', whose backstory involves being kicked out of the door naked after an attempted conquest goes wrong.
307	* Konstantin from ''Webcomic/TsunamiChannel'' is an attractive omnisexual man who would hit on anything (except for {{Cat Girl}}s), but his very open ways and his love for {{hentai}} [[http://www.tsunamichannel.com/index.php?date=2003-05-19&comic=ExCoKo scares any potential dates.]] The exception is Anya the CatGirl, who is so in love with Konstantin that she doesn't mind how perverted he is.
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311	* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'': Linkara, in his LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/StarTrekEliteForce'', plays Ensign Munroe where he warps three-quarters of everything he says into some sort of DoubleEntendre. 'Cause he's Ensign Munrooooe!
312	* In ''Roleplay/TheGamersAlliance'', the [[DisabilitySuperpower blind swordsman Jono]] keeps flirting with girls and tends to be quite successful with bedding them. However, when he finds a challenge from [[FieryRedhead Vaetris]] who doesn't fall for him quite so easily, he's intrigued and smitten by her. They eventually grow close [[spoiler:until Jono discovers to his horror that Vaetris is in fact [[EvilAllAlong one of the four dreaded archdemons]] who has been deliberately manipulating his feelings for her to achieve her sinister goals]].
313	%% * Gavin Taylore from ''WebVideo/KateModern'' is often portrayed this way, when he's not too busy being [[DrowningMySorrows depressed and inebriated]] or [[NoFourthWall breaking the fourth wall]].
314	* ''WebVideo/TheLizzieBennetDiaries'':
315	** Lizzie thinks all the swimmers whom she met at the Carter's bar are Handsome Lechs. She's not above some classy and lady-like flirting with attractive sport guys, but according to her, they're all drunk and act like utter losers.
316	** George Wickham, at first presented as a sophisticated swimming coach. His flirting with Lizzie was charming and she really liked him. The ever level-headed Lizzie falls for him and when their relationship doesn't go anywhere, she says they were only casual and that there are no hard feelings and thinks well of him. However, his personality has more negative traits than positive ones. She's later absolutely disgusted with him, especially with his treatment of women.
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320	%%* Jonesy Garcia from ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}''.
321	* Archer and Barry from ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' HookersAndBlow is probably Archer's favorite pastime, while Barry spent most of Seasons 1 & 2 trying to sleep with Lana.
322	* The twins Jeremy and Ian from ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheDiamondCastle'', since they initially approach the [[TheHero heroines]] to hook up with them.
323	-->'''Jeremy''': They skipped out.
324	-->'''Ian''': Incredible! And we always get the girls.
325	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Zapp Brannigan, captain of the Nimbus and a member of DOOP, can basically be summed up as a bossy and overly sexist pervert. He constantly hits on women in hopes of getting them to jump into the sack with him and his is so sexist that DOOP has banned women from fighting in wars so they could be spared from his sexual harassment on them and he tries to justify his misogyny by claiming that he has a disorder called "sexlexia". After being tricked into having sex with Zapp, Leela grows to not respect Zapp at all for his lecherous behavior and rejects his advances, which Zap' will not stop doing on her.
326	* The title character of ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo''. The entire series was based around handsome, muscular Johnny trying -- and failing -- to get a girl every episode due to a mix of narcissism, his boorish personality, and just not being able to read the room.
327	* Duncan from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama''. Winking at the girls in "Brunch of Disgustingness", plus the pet names- princess, sweetheart, honey, darling, etc...
328	%% * Wonderman from Comedy Central's ''Series/TVFunhouse''
329	* Emperor Awesome from ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' is a muscular shark man, but nobody is interested. Not Sylvia, not a boa constrictor, not even an ''evil sandwich''.
330	* Lance from ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'' fits. He's very [[PrettyBoy pretty]], and there actually were a handful of female aliens who were attracted to him... But, at the same time, him flirting with pretty much every female the paladins meet annoys them most of the time, and his most frequent target early on was Allura, who is very much not interested.
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