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1'''Basic Trope''': A female liking a male weaker than her.
2* '''Straight''': Bob is shown to be stronger than Charles, but Alice chose to date Charles instead.
3* '''Exaggerated''': Charles is so weak, he can't squish a fly, but this makes Alice fall madly in love with him.
4* '''Downplayed''': Charles is not in any sports, unlike Bob, but Alice likes this quality of him.
5* '''Justified''':
6** Alice left an abusive relationship and feels safer with a guy she knows is too weak to beat her.
7** Alice wants someone she can take care of and [[DeclarationOfProtection protect]] because it makes her feel more confident, she wants people to like and respect her, and/or it gives her a sense of purpose.
8** Charles is a very sweet person all around, which is [[ActualPacifist why he's weak]].
9** Alice is actually evil and [[FetishizedAbuser takes pleasure in the suffering of others]], so she only dates guys she knows can't fight back.
10* '''Inverted''':
11** WomenPreferStrongMen[=/=]AllAmazonsWantHercules
12** AmazonChaser
13** TheSocialDarwinist
14* '''Gender Inverted''':
15** NoGuyWantsAnAmazon.
16** Alice, a lesbian, prefers women weaker than her.
17* '''Subverted''':
18** Bob is stronger than Charles, but Charles is smarter. Since Alice is already clever, she doesn't want to butt heads with Charles, so she chooses Bob.
19** Charles, as it turns out, is a master of WaifFu and came to Alice's attention after he kicked Bob's ass.
20* '''Double Subverted''': Bob turns out to be DumbMuscle and annoys Alice so much she goes back to Charles.
21* '''Parodied''':
22** Charles was dumped for a weaker man, who was, in turn, dumped for yet another weaker man.
23** Alice masturbates to Charles's {{Wangst}}; like that time he was [[InelegantBlubbering sobbing uncontrollably]] because he failed to open a pickle jar.
24* '''Zig Zagged''':
25** Bob is stronger than Charles, but Charles is smarter. Since Alice is already clever, she doesn't want to butt heads with Charles, so she chooses Bob. Bob turns out to be DumbMuscle and annoys Alice so much she goes back to Charles. Charles is an InsufferableGenius, and Alice eventually gives up on both of them and stays single.
26** Alice loves that Charles is skinny and weak, but she also loves that he's got some [[{{Determinator}} serious grit]].
27* '''Averted''':
28** Alice dates neither of them.
29** [[HaremSeeker Alice wants both of them at the same time.]]
30* '''Enforced''':
31** "That whole 'WomenPreferStrongMen' thing is getting a little old, don't you think? Pretty soon, it might develops UnfortunateImplications. Let's stay away from it."
32** Alternatively: "We want some AudienceSurrogate and/or PowerDynamicsKink for not-so-athletic men, let's GiveGeeksAChance for their WishFulfillment!"
33* '''Lampshaded''':
34-->'''Diane''': Wow... Alice... wouldn't you prefer that {{hunk}}, Bob, over there?\
35'''Alice''': No, no I wouldn't....
36* '''Invoked''': Charles started to act so weak and pathetic in a competition that Alice feels sorry for him and chose him over Bob.
37* '''Exploited''': Knowing Alice's taste in man, Charles decided not to train up for a competition.
38* '''Defied''': Charles decided that being weak in a strength competition just for Alice is not worth it.
39* '''Discussed''':
40-->'''Diane''': ...What do you prefer in men then?
41-->'''Alice''': Hmmm...Someone small, shy and could succumb to my every whim.
42-->'''Diane''': Sounds strange, why's that?
43-->'''Alice''': I like and want to feel that I'm the knight in shining armor and he's the damsel-in-distress princess.
44-->'''Diane''': Sounds sweet, I'm interested.
45* '''Conversed''': "Sure, let's make her boyfriend weaker than her. Wouldn't want to risk angering some feminists, would we?"
46* '''Deconstructed''':
47** Charles is TroubledButCute, insecure, and feels like he needs someone to protect him, and looks to Alice, who happily obliges. Charles is [[JerkJock harassed]] by Bob and his friends for it.
48** Alice only got with Charles because she is vain and likes feeling superior to him.
49** Bob's weak traits lead him to have a complex about fixing them, and he sees Alice admiring the traits he despises in himself to be insulting and condescending.
50* '''Reconstructed''': No one messes with Charles [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend knowing what Alice can do to them]].
51* '''Played For Laughs''': Charles comically plays out most of the tropes of housewives.
52* '''Played For Drama''': Bob takes time to talk to Charles and states that the only two reasons Alice is interested in him is either to take advantage of him or it's because [[SmugSuper she finds Charles amusing]].
53* '''Implied''': Charles is shown to be weak, and someone asks what Alice sees in him. She just smiles.
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