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[[caption-width-right:350:He's a bad boy {{Hunk}}, and she's a FieryRedhead. Why shouldn't they have the hots for each other?]]

Characters are drawn to someone for some reason. The person has sex appeal and is called [[TheBeautifulTropes beautiful]], sexy, hot, handsome, desirable, or plain attractive. Might be LoveInterests or just lust interests.

Can lead to KissingTropes and SexTropes or DatingTropes and FlirtingAndCourtship. More realistic than RuleOfSexy and more for the character than {{Fanservice}}, FanserviceCostumes or NudityTropes. Not related to the attractions found at ThemeParks, except for the TunnelOfLove.

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!!Tropes:
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'''Sub-categories:'''
+ AttractionToOutliers\\
A character is attractive because they aren't socially ideal.
+ DelicateIsBeautiful\\
A character who's delicate and fragile is considered attractive.
+ TheseTropesAreEvilAndSexy\\
Tropes related to sexualized villains.
]
* AccidentalDeclarationOfLove: Because this attraction might go somewhere, even by accident.
* AdmiringThePoster: Character lusting in front of a pin-up poster.
* AgentsDating: Secret agents are most attracted to other secret agents.
* AllAmazonsWantHercules: Tough women tend to be attracted to men who are just as strong as, if not stronger than them.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Moody, anti-social bad boys attract a lot of attention from girls.
* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Cheerleaders tend to be considered desirable to guys.
* AllGuysWantSororityWomen: A woman is likely to be considered desirable if she's in a sorority.
* AmazonChaser: This guy is attracted to girls who kick ass.
* AmazonianBeauty: A girl with an athletic build who is also quite beautiful, often sought after by an AmazonChaser.
* ArousedByIdiocy: A character who is attracted to people with low I.Q.
* ArousedByTheirVoice: The sound of a character's voice is a turn on.
* ArtistsAreAttractive: A character is attractive due to their artistic talents
* AttractiveBentGender: A character looks attractive when disguised as a member of the opposite sex.
* AttractiveBentSpecies: A character changes into a highly attractive member of another species.
* AttractiveZombie: Undead corpses can even be found attractive.
* AttractivenessDiscrimination: Attractive people tend to be treated better than unattractive people.
* AttractivenessIsolation: They're very attractive to the point that people are too intimidated to ask them out.
* BigBeautifulMan: A heavyset man who is considered attractive.
* BigBeautifulWoman: A heavyset woman who is considered attractive.
* BigBrotherAttraction: Character feels attracted to their older brother.
* BigotWithACrush: A character has romantic and/or sexual feelings for a member of a group whom they are prejudiced against.
* ButIWouldReallyEnjoyIt: A character isn't having sex for a (usually pretty respectful) reason—but damn, it would be fun to.
* CelebCrush: Celebrities have many fans, some of which who are attracted to them.
* CharmPoint: A character's InUniverse most appealing physical feature or personality trait.
* ChickMagnet: A guy who attracts a lot of ladies.
** AnimalChickMagnet: A pet-owning guy who attracts lots of ladies.
** CluelessChickMagnet: A guy who attracts a lot of ladies but who is awkward when it comes to dating.
* ChubbyChaser: A character who is attracted to more heavyset people.
* CoquettishLipBiting: Biting the lip to show attraction.
* CrushFilter: A person appears ethereally attractive through the viewpoint of someone who's crushing on them.
* CupidsArrow: Attraction to people is caused by the god of love, Cupid.
* DevotedToYou: Being committed to the one you're attracted to.
* DistractedByMyOwnSexy: You find yourself attractive.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Someone is so beautiful it can be used to distract others.
* EatingTheEyeCandy: A character is attracted to the characteristics of another character.
* ElegantClassicalMusician: Characters who play music are very desirable.
* EndearinglyDorky: A character's dorkiness makes them highly desirable.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: A girl is so attractive that other girls love her.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: A guy who's so attractive that other guys love him.
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Blondes tend to get the most attention from people.
* EverybodyWantsTheHermaphrodite: Since they have both genitals, intersex characters are found attractive by everyone regardless of gender.
* EyelashFluttering: Batting the eyes out of attraction, to catch someone's fancy.
* FairCop: An attractive police officer.
* FairySexy: Attractive fairies.
* FavorsForTheSexy: Someone volunteers to perform favors for an attractive person, because they're attractive.
* FiremenAreHot: Male firefighters tend to be quite handsome.
* FlexibilityEqualsSexAbility: Being flexible makes someone more attractive.
* GayGuySeeksPopularJock: The star quarterback attracts the attention of a gay guy.
* GeekyTurnOn: Being turned on by how smart someone is.
* GirlsLikeMusicians: Girls are attracted to boys who can play music.
* GiveGeeksAChance: Someone is attracted to a nerd because NerdsAreSexy.
* GoodLookingPrivates: Men in uniform tend to be studs.
* HasAType: Characters have specific kinds of people they're attracted to.
* HeadTurningBeauty: A girl is so hot, guys drool and throw themselves at her.
* HelloAttorney: Attractive lawyers.
* HistoricalRelationshipOverhaul: Two historical domain characters are attracted to each other even though this wasn't the case in RealLife. The opposite may also be true.
* HospitalHottie: An attractive doctor/nurse.
* HotAsHell: Attractive infernal beings.
* HotConsort: The attractive spouse of a royal.
* HotGod: A divine being who is very beautiful.
* HotInHumanForm: A non-human character becomes human and is seen as very attractive in-universe.
* HotLibrarian: Not all librarians are stuffy old hags.
* HotMenAtWork: When attractive men go to work, expect lots of {{Fanservice}} out of it
* HotTeacher: Attractive school teachers.
* HotWitch: A witch who is a bombshell rather than an ugly, old hag.
* {{Hunk}}: A tall muscular man who is very handsome, often comes with a LanternJawOfJustice.
* IfItsYouItsOkay: A character finds themself attracted to someone outside of their preferred gender.
* InconvenientAttraction: A character is attracted to somebody and they hate it.
* InformedAttractiveness: They are considered attractive in-universe despite what the audience might think.
* InherentlyAttractiveProfession: When a job itself is part of someone's appeal.
* InLoveWithLooks: A character only wants to be in a relationship with someone because of their looks.
* KavorkaMan: A seemingly unappealing male who nonetheless gets all the female action he can handle, and more.
* LadyInRed: A sexy seductress wearing red.
* LasciviousBeautyMark: A facial beauty mark is used to characterize someone as flirtatious, seductive, generally sexually forward, and/or highly desired InUniverse.
* LikeGoesWithLike: Characters are only attracted to those of the same ethnicity as them.
* LikesOlderMen: A female character is attracted to guys who are much older than her.
* LikesOlderWomen: A male character is attracted to girls who are much older than him.
* LikeParentLikeSpouse: A character is attracted to people similar to their parents.
* LivingAphrodisiac: A character that can manipulate pheromones to make people be attracted to them.
* LoveInterestVsLustInterest: Two people are interested in the same person, with one being genuinely in love and the other having only superficial feelings.
* LoveIsInTheAir: A LovePotion causes a bunch of people to feel attraction towards each other.
* LovePotion: A magical potion that causes a person to feel romantic attraction for another.
* LustfulMelt: Characters are so attracted to somebody they literally melt.
* MixedAncestryIsAttractive: Mixed race people are seen as inherently more attractive.
* MixtapeOfLove: Mixtapes are a way to show your affection for someone.
* {{Moe}}: They're cute and huggable, so naturally they get lots of attention.
* MoreExperiencedChasesTheInnocent: A more sexually and/or romantically experienced person pursues someone who has very little to no romantic or sexual experience.
* MrsRobinson: An older woman who is attracted to much younger men.
* NerdsAreSexy: Nerds are considered attractive rather than repulsive.
* OnlyHasSameSexAdmirers: This character attracts people of the same sex but never anyone of the opposite sex.
* PerverseSexualLust: Attraction to a fictional character.
* PinkIsErotic: The color pink is used to indicate arousal, attraction, eroticism, and scenes of a sexual nature
* PowerDynamicsKink: A character is drawn to someone whom they can control and punish (or who can control and punish ''them'').
* PowerIsSexy: Having loads of power makes a character desirable.
* PrettyBoy: A guy who is attractive in a delicate and feminine way.
* PsychosexualHorror: A subgenre that explores psychosexual development as a subject matter, including themes of sexual development and sexual activities.
* RaceFetish: A character is attracted to people of a different ethnicity than them.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Jet black hair and pale skin make a character very attractive.
* RedheadsAreRavishing: Red hair is associated with attractiveness.
* RidiculouslyHighRelationshipStandards: A character is only attracted to people who meet a narrow set of criteria.
* RightHandHottie: A character's attractive assistant.
* RivalryAsCourtship: Attraction that starts with two people competing against each other.
* RomanticFusion: Attraction that results in the lovers performing a FusionDance.
* SeductiveMummy: An attractive, undead mummy.
* SexinessScore: Ranking, rating or scoring a character's attractiveness and sexual desirability.
* SexyFlaw: Various imperfections ([[BlemishedBeauty physical deformities]], {{speech impediment}}s, etc.) serving as a romantic and/or sexual "turn-on".
* SexyPriest: A man of God who's considered attractive, often has a VowOfCelibacy for an extra ForbiddenFruit angle.
* SexySecretary: Attractive assistants.
* SexyStewardess: Attractive flight attendants.
* SexyVillainsChasteHeroes: Villainous characters are very attractive, while heroic characters are more modest.
* SilverFox: An attractive and visibly old character.
* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy: The shy, unpopular girl is attracted to the most handsome and most popular guy in school.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: A woman is attracted to sweet and compassionate men.
* SmellsSexy: Attraction based on how someone smells.
* SpeechImpededLoveInterest: Attraction towards a character with a speech disability.
* StacysMom: A middle-aged man/woman that is crushed on by someone much younger than them.
* StupidSexyFlanders: Being heterosexual doesn't stop you from admiring an attractive person of the same sex.
* StupidSexyFriend: Feeling attraction towards someone who's supposed to be only a good friend.
* SultryBangs: The use of eye-covering bangs to denote sensuality or seductiveness.
* SweetOnPollyOliver: A guy is attracted to a girl who is disguised as a guy.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Tall stature + dark hair and dark eyes = very desirable.
* TeamworkSeduction: Two characters team up to attract someone's attention.
* AThreesomeIsHot: Being turned on at the thought of having sex with two people at the same time.
* TroubledButCute: Despite being anti-social and possibly a criminal, they're considered desirable.
* TurnedOffByTheJerkass: A character stops being attracted to someone for being a jerk.
* UnwantedHarem: A bunch of people are attracted to this character, much to their chagrin.
* VillainessesWantHeroes: Evil women tend to be attracted to heroic men.
* WeaknessTurnsHerOn: Guys with softer, weaker (by typical masculine standards) dispositions attract this girl's attention.
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Black men tend to be most attracted to white women.
* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: This woman is truly the fairest in all the land and has many admirers likewise.
* YoureNotMyType: A character turns down someone for not fitting their ideal type.
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