[[RosarioToVampire http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cit_rosario_to_vampire_c39_-_unwanted_harem.png]]
[[caption-width:200: Is... is he [[CursedWithAwesome lucky]] or [[BlessedWithSuck unlucky]]?]]
--> ''Well, I'm driving down the road''
--> ''trying to loosen my load,''
--> ''I've got seven women on my mind.''
--> ''Four that wanna own me.''
--> ''Two who wanna stone me.''
--> ''One says she's a friend of mine.''
--> -- '''The Eagles'''

This is a subset of the LoveDodecahedron -- a young man (often an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent), who never before had much effect on women, suddenly becomes the focus of the romantic attentions of a number of lovely young ladies, all of whom view themselves as being in competition for his exclusive affection. Often these young ladies are [[ExtraordinarilyEmpoweredGirl super-powered]] or [[MagicalGirlfriend otherwise exceptional]], leading to highly destructive arguments and fights. Even if he does like one or more of the girls, the young man won't or can't admit it. Besides, until the point comes where one of the girls is in danger, the young man would [[IJustWantToBeNormal rather have his nice quiet life back]].

While this is, as might be gathered, usually a male wish-fulfillment trope, gender-reversed versions of TheUnwantedHarem have recently begun to appear. One of the best-known examples is Yuuki Miaka and the Suzaku Seishi from ''FushigiYuugi''.

Some fans believe true harem shows currently exist mostly in the realm of adaptations of [[DatingSim dating simulation]] computer games, since those plots are implicitly built to be [[MultipleEndings open ended]]. If the author has an [[OfficialCouple obvious preference towards a certain character]], this is established quite early, and anyone else becomes a harmless PrettyFreeloader over time.

In the rare cases the center of the harem isn't specifically averse to the attention (or outright encouraging it) they will never be able to enjoy it. Other times, the character is protected by having an extremely innocent viewpoint towards the whole thing, and will only see the harem as a [[{{nakama}} group of friends]]. In many of these cases the central character is also designed to actually be appealing to the audience to explain why the harem likes them, while still being harmless.

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'''Typical harem members might include (individually or in blended combinations):'''

For male harem leads:
* {{Bishoujo}}
* {{Bokukko}}
* BitchInSheepsClothing
* BottleFairy
* ClingyJealousGirl
* CuteClumsyGirl
* {{Cute Mute}}
* TheCutie
* {{Defrosting Ice Queen}}
* {{Dojikko}}
* EmotionlessGirl
* GayOption
* GenkiGirl
* GoodLookingPrivates
* HaremNanny
* HelloNurse
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold
* HospitalHottie
* HotAmazon
* HotLibrarian
* HotMom
* IllGirl
* {{Kuudere}}
* TheLibby
* LittleMissBadass
* LittleMissSnarker
* {{Meganekko}}
* {{Meido}}
** NinjaMaid
* MsFanservice
* MysteriousWaif
* NaughtyNuns
* {{Not Blood Siblings}}
* TheOjou
* {{Pettanko}}
* {{Robot Girl}}
* {{Shorttank}}
* ShrinkingViolet
* TallDarkAndBishoujo
* TokenLoli
* {{Tsundere}}
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend
* VictoriousChildhoodFriend
* YamatoNadeshiko
* {{Yandere}}
* WrenchWench (May be a GadgeteerGenius)

For female harem leads:
* AloofBigBrother
* BadassBiker
* BattleButler
* BigBrotherMentor
* {{Bishonen}}
* ChivalrousPervert
* ChickMagnet
* CuteShotaroBoy
* DoggedNiceGuy
* DudeLooksLikeALady
* EvenTheGuysWantHim
* EstrogenBrigadeBait
* FunPersonified
* GentlemanThief
* GoodLookingPrivates
* HandsomeDevil
* HandsomeLech
* HotShoujoDad
* JerkJock
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* {{Kuudere}}
* TheLeisureSuitLarry
* {{Meganekko}}
* MysteriousProtector
* NiceGuy (a genuine one)
* {{Oranyan}}
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent
* SchoolgirlLesbians
* RomanticRunnerUp
* TallDarkAndHandsome
* TallDarkAndSnarky
* TroubledButCute
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend
* TheWhitePrince
* {{Yandere}} (male version, rare but not unheard of)

As shown by poor Tsukune in the above picture, the most common and immediate consequences of said Harems is the hilarious (if incredibly painful to watch) TugLoverWar.
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!!Examples:

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* The best known example of TheUnwantedHarem is seen in the various versions of ''TenchiMuyo!'' (Especially the one where the girls use AppliedPhlebotinum to turn his bathroom into a literal harem.)
* Likewise ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'', which can be viewed as Ranma having an unwanted harem, plus Akane in an inverse of the trope having an unwanted harem of guys interested in her, plus a load of related complications.
** ''Female'' Ranma also has an UnwantedHarem of guys, which is even bigger than Akane's or male Ranma's own harem. Thankfully, most of them are one-shot characters.
* KyoAni's ''{{AIR}}, {{Kanon}} 2006'', and ''{{Clannad}}'' feature an ordinary (or not so ordinary) high school student who attracts girls of every moe and general description type into a long-running harem.
* ''ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld''
* ''SakuraTaisen'', naturally, as it's based on a game that is partially a DatingSim.
* ''LoveHina'', and by extension, ''MahouSenseiNegima'' (both by Ken Akamatsu) -- ''Negima'' is different in that the male lead is ''[[CuteShotaroBoy 10 years old]]'', and all the girls are well above his age, so the romance is mostly played for laughs.
** Of course, ''MahouSenseiNegima'' [[GenreShift starts heading off into]] {{Shonen}} territory around the 3rd volume, and as of right now barely resembles an UnwantedHarem.
* In ''ParallelTroubleAdventureDual'', Kazuki Yotsuga accumulates a harem made up of TheLibby, an {{Alien}} RobotGirl, a sleepwalking [[TheDitz ditz]] with a {{split personality}} who is also the [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter daughter of the enemy leader]], and an ex-[[TheAce Ace]] robot pilot who is also [[HotForStudent his homeroom teacher]]. In a clever subversion, the girls compete by cooking for him, rather than by blowing up things.
* ''UruseiYatsura'' shows how this was already a cliche back in the 1980s -- Ataru Moroboshi, who is actively ''trying'' to assemble a harem, repulses most girls and has to "settle" for the alien princess Lum, who lives in his closet and thinks they're married.
* A particularly interesting (and unusually non-romantic) variation on this trope can be found in the anime ''SisterPrincess'', in which a young man discovers that he has a baker's dozen half-sisters he never knew existed. Having grown up alone except for a few servants, he finds their slavish adoration of their "[[BigBrotherComplex big brother]]" somewhat overwhelming, but grows to love and treasure them all.
**There is, however, a romantic version in the DatingSim games. Some of the MultipleEndings reveal that many of the sisters (not coincidentally, all the ones that are legal) are NotBloodSiblings.
* ''AngelTails'' features a harem of {{Magical Girlfriend}}s.
* ''SaberMarionetteJ'', in which the entire harem is made up of {{Robot Girl}}s and one guy (on an all-male world, where this would be expected). In its various sequels, the [[spoiler:one real girl in the entire world]] also apparently wants in on the harem.
** This makes a certain amount of sense however - the robot girls in question were created based on her personality. If they want him, it stands to reason she would too.
* The same thing with ''SteelAngelKurumi'' except for the spoiler detail.
** And ''SteelAngelKurumi2'', ups the ante by placing a girl in the center and adding a flesh-and-blood RichBitch to the harem.
* ''{{Mahoromatic}}'', with Mahoro as the obvious winner and catalyst for the harem situation. Other competitors are the Triomatic (Rin, Miyuki, and Chizuko) and the very disturbing [[HotForStudent Ms. Shikijo]].
* ''HanaukyoMaidTai''.
* ''{{Vandread}}''.
* ''{{Photon}}''.
* ''IrresponsibleCaptainTylor''.
* ''{{Yumeria}}''.
* ''{{Shuffle}}!''
* ''AiYoriAoshi''. In a surprising twist, the [[FirstGirlWins first girl]] has [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend already won]], long before anyone else gets a shot thanks to a ChildhoodMarriagePromise which she and Kaoru have kept for over a decade. The other haremettes are kept from becoming PrettyFreeloaders with help from HaremNanny Miyabi, as they're called on to do housework whenever [[YamatoNadeshiko Aoi]] is unable to perform. Miyabi-san takes her job ''very'' seriously.
* ''TheWallflower'' has a rare male harem surrounding a girl.
**Although it's made clear fairly early on that Kyouhei's the only love interest, since two are in a steady relationship, and the third is a ChivalrousPervert thats something of a CakeEater.
* ...as does ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub''. She was popular with the girls at her own school, but for [[{{Bifauxnen}} other reasons]].
** Only two or three guys have shown romantic interest in Haruhi, the others have been hinted at.
*** When you count Tamaki, Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin, Kasanoda, and Arai (an old friend of Haruhi's from middle school) there's about five known guys in the show who are explicitly or implicitly shown to have at least some romantic feelings for Haruhi.
*** Honey and Mori even mention at one point when by themselves that they figure that either Kaoru or Kyouya also likes her but hasn't noticed yet. Renge also claimed to like her, but that only came up again one more time before being forgotten.
** Then, when you take into account episode 3 in the anime when Kyoya reveals that Haruhi received at least one declaration of love from a different boy each month in middle school, she could very well have some sort of secret male harem lurking in the shadows somewhere.
* And the manga ''Me and my Brothers'', a non-romantic one.
** It's worth noting that in both male harem series there is a clear OfficialCouple pairing with one of the guys.
* Another all male harem is in ''KyouKaraMaou'': The reason it is unwanted is the central figure in this harem is Yuuri, a man.
* The manga ''AiKora'' (from the creator of ''MidoriDays'') plays with this: Hachibe Maeda, a guy with very particular tastes in women definitely wants the harem so long as they have exactly one of the attributes he's looking for in a girl: Tsubame-sensei, the HaremNanny, has long, streamlined legs; Sakurako, the {{Tsundere}}, has big, blue eyes; Yukari, the {{Meganekko}}, has big, perky breasts like a bullet train; and Kirino, the LittleMissSnarker, has a husky voice. Later we meet Ayame, the {{Ojou}}, who has Maeda's ideal waist. This is taken to the extreme with Haiji, who has the ideal ass but is technically a guy.
** ''MidoriDays'' also has harem elements. Seiji has horrible luck with girls [[MoralityPet until Midori shows up]], at which point everyone seems to be after him. (In the manga, this includes a guy.)
* Subverted in ''{{Elfen Lied}}''. What could've been a major Harem Show is actually one really' screwed up drama.
* ''NagasareteAirantou''. Not only is it an UnwantedHarem, it's also on a deserted island.
* ''MartianSuccessorNadesico'' could be described as the wacky, bipolar love child of ''TenchiMuyo'' and ''MobileSuitGundam''. There's a lot of women on that ship, and much to the chagrin of the male crew, almost all of them insist on fighting over the UnluckyEverydude who has enough problems of his own. Lampshaded in one scene where one of them points out it's a popular anime trope.
* The ''SuzumiyaHaruhi'' anime/novels. An alien, [[HoYay an ESPer]], a time traveler, [[TimeTravel a time traveler]], and an unknowing goddess. Remember, this is [[TropeOverdosed a show that sinks its meathooks into any trope it can find and folds and spindles it to shreds...]]
** The show rather averts (but not completely) this trope in that it's not focused on the "harem" aspect and it's not really unwanted. Kyon has a crush on MoeMoe Mikuru, who is ''not'' the archetypical "first girl" (And has admired BadassBookworm Yuki on multiple occasions, too.) He simply can't, [[{{Jerkass}} because]] [[{{Tsundere}} you]] [[GenreSavvy know how "special"]] [[DepravedBisexual Haruhi is]]. Lots and ''lots'' of ShipTease would fit the description better.
**One also has wonder whether its Kyon's harem or Haruhi's.
***Yuki appears to be uninterested in Haruhi romantically and vice-versa, so while Haruhi had a harem mentioned in-show, Kyon's is larger in terms of characters. We also have [[spoiler: Sasaki and maybe even Kyoko and [[FoeYay Fujiwara]]]] in Kyon's harem.
*''SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' has this with how the girls randomly fall in love with the teacher Itoshiki, when he promises to "take them with him" when he commits suicide. Unfortunately for Sensei, most of the characters fall square in the {{Yandere}} type...
*''TokyoMewMew'', sort of (and gender-reversed). Ichigo, whose official love interest is the [[NeutralFemale Neutral Male]] (who has ''his own'' UnwantedHarem of fangirls), has to deal with a bunch of other guys having feelings for her -- MissionControl, StalkerWithACrush and MysteriousProtector. [[spoiler:It doesn't help that the latter turned out to be said [[NeutralFemale "Neutral" Male]]]].
* Averted (somewhat) in ''CodeGeass''. In the first season, Lelouch/Zero accumulates a rather large group of girls who have feelings for him, including [[MysteriousWaif C.C.]], [[{{Tsundere}} Kallen]], [[NaiveEverygirl Shirley]], [[CoolBigSis Milly]], [[GenkiGirl Kaguya]], and even his half-sister [[RebelliousPrincess Euphemia]]. He just doesn't do anything about it, since for the most part he's too busy trying to overthrow the government [[CelibateHero to pursue romance]]. The staff has said that the second season will deal more with his romantic entanglements. (And note that all this is ignoring the BrotherSisterIncest and HoYay-slash-FoeYay ships with Nunnally and Suzaku, respectively.)
** The second season seems to poke fun at this; as a result of his NinjaMaid running around in a LatexPerfection Lelouch disguise and being generally nicer, Lelouch ends up scheduled to go on dates with no less than ''OneHundredAndEight'' girls. And there's Kaguya fantasizing about a TenchiSolution...
** And yes, the staff sort-of delivered it. Not only [[TykeBomb Rolo]] became a ''second'' GayOption (who was all "Bitch, PLEASE!" at Sayoko for the 108 dates), but there ''is'' more focus on Lelouch's love life... [[spoiler: Specially when it hit FatalAttractor levels and later Suzaku manages to ensnare the position of TheDragon to Lelouch, with all the HoYay squeals it implies. See the entry.]]
** This was played with in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYsycP8DecU one of the first seasons audio dramas]] where Shirley considers asking him to go to a concert and with her and imagines him revealing that he was in love with and getting married to Kallen, Nunnally, Suzaku, Milly, Rivalz, and even Arthur the cat in that order. At the end they all decide to share him and invite Shirley in on the action. Note that Nina was not in the fantasy and it was set only hours before the Table-Kun incident.
*** Holy Goddamned Shit. That's ''awesome''. ILU SHIRLEY.
* Tsukune of ''RosarioToVampire'' accidentally enrolls in a monster school and acquires -- mostly through [[DefeatMeansFriendship conquest]] -- a vampire, a succubus, two witches, a snow woman, adn recently a [[HoYay MALE Yasha]]. [[strike:A TenchiSolution is ruled right out, due to the harem's tendency to spontaneously break out into superpowered free-for-alls both over and ''against'' him during bouts of jealousy]], though the loli witch ''does'' repeatedly ask for a threesome [[LesYay with the vampire]]. Even harem aside, their unique... quirks... would make a relationship with any rather hazardous (though Ruby is a pretty safe option, if you WhipItGood like Tsukune).
** Notable in that he's already [[OfficialCouple clearly picked his favorite,]] which the others notice.
** Surprisingly it was the newcomer of the harem, a guy to boot, who actually proposed a TenchiSolution. Most of the girls like it. The OfficialCouple doesn't.
*** Neither does inner Moka, if you want to consider her a separate character.
* Nagisa from ''StrawberryPanic'' has her share of unwanted admirers. Since she lives at the dorms of an all-girl high school, [[SchoolgirlLesbians you know what that means]]. Hikari also boasts her fair share of unwanted admirers, making ''StrawberryPanic'' a series that has two sets of unwanted harems.
* ''RuneSoldierLouie'' looks like a HaremAnime at a glance -- Louie ''does'' get unexpectedly involved with a bunch of beautiful women, after all -- but it never really plays up any of the genre's tropes beyond Louie being stuck between Ila and Melissa (and Melissa doesn't even like him that much); Merill and Jeannie just treat him as a cool brotherly type/drinking partner. In any case, the action and comedy take precedence over the relationships.
* ''{{Maburaho}}''
* ''TransformersSuperGodMasterforce'' has a gender-flipped and G-rated version -- each of the boys has a crush on Minerva. Minerva herself just seems to think they're being childish.
* Athrun Zala from the series ''GundamSeedDestiny'' has this. At its height, there are no less than four lovely young ladies vying for his attention in the series. And to make things worse, by the end of the series he still hasn't settled on anyone in particular. ''[[InternetBackdraft Much]]'' [[DieForOurShip wank]] [[ShipToShipCombat has followed]]
** He already settled for the first one at the end of the GundamSeed, before Destiny even started, and he was never interested in the others. Not to mentioned they either died or moved on.
*** Not quite true. [[spoiler: He broke up amiably with the {{Tsundere}}, saw the IdolSinger [[TakingTheBullet die]] [[TearJerker tragically]], and remained friends with the {{Shorttank}} (who hooked up with someone else) and the NaiveEverygirl. Whether he returns to the side of the {{Tsundere}}, chooses the NaiveEverygirl over her or just stays alone... ''that'' is what we don't know]].
*** [[spoiler: Considering he only broke up with the {{Tsundere}} because [[ExecutiveMeddling the writer did not like her voice actor]], a good number of fans [[DisContinuity do not want to see it that way]].]]
**** What about us who [[spoiler: want him to hook up with [[{{OT3}} the Tsundere AND the Naive Everygirl]], ExecutiveMeddling and [[DieForOurShip rabid haters of the poor]] NaiveEverygirl be goddamned]]? That, and [[spoiler: the Tsundere is now a ''Queen'' and she's got ''much more'' important things to do, like ''working on her kingdom's well-being''. [[DoubleStandard How dares a woman choose duty over love without crying self to sleep, indeed]].]]
* Most of the ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' manga out there are high school romantic comedies with [[{{Tsundere}} Asuka]], [[{{Kuudere}} Rei]], and [[GayOption Kaworu]] lusting after Shinji. SoYeah...
**So do several [[FanFic fan fics]], which may also include [[BottleFairy Misato]] in the roster... and/or [[HotScientist Ritsuko]]... and/or [[BridgeBunnies Maya]]... and/or [[YamatoNadeshiko Hikari]] (and/or [[TenchiSolution one or both of]] [[SiblingTriangle her sisters]])... and/or [[MagicalGirlfriend Mana Kirishima]] (from Girlfriend of Steel)... and/or [[ShrinkingViolet Mayumi Yamagishi]] (NGE: 2nd Impression)... and/or [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters one or more]] [[OriginalCharacter fan]]-[[AuthorAvatar made]] [[MarySue characters]]... and/or Yui as a MamaBear HaremNanny (Not [[OedipusComplex that]] [[ParentalIncest way]], [[FreudWasRight you preverts]]... [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2751276/1/Evangelion_Revisited Usually]]). Yeah, turns out being the universe's ButtMonkey in your previous life (assuming the [[spoiler:"Third Impact spawning a zillion alternate universes"]] theory) is a sure way to make such an attractive ChickMagnet out of you that [[EvenTheGuysWantHim even the guys want you]]. Too bad Shinji is usually a ChasteHero.
* ''HappyLesson'' has a school full of [[HotForStudent hot teachers]] who all decide to play mom for the [[HikkikoMori socially withdrawn]] Chitose, who doesn't really grow to appreciate this sudden forced invasion of personal space until well into the series, and even then he still blows his top when he thinks they go too far.
* ''{{To Heart 2}}'' fits this trope extremely well.
** It got downright ridiculous and [[HilarityEnsues hilarious]] in episode one of the ''Another Days'' OVA. Takaaki gains amnesia because [[spoiler:Tamaki used the Iron Claw on him since he almost read a love letter she wrote to him when they were little]] and the girls take advantage of this by filling up his memory with events that never actually occurred.
---> '''Manaka:''' "Takaaki-kun, you and I are lovers, and we're happy together."
---> '''Takaaki:''' "Lovers!?"
** It should be noted that Takaaki's seiyuu was [[strike:Lelouch vi Britannia]] Jun Fukuyama. Hoo boy...
* Not a harem anime but every single guy in ''{{Touch}}'' wants Minami. They don't stand a chance against the [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend Childhood friend]] {{Jerk with a Heart of Gold}} Tatsuya but they still persist.
* In ''KatekyoHitmanReborn'', Tsuna has one... unfortunately for him, instead of being beautiful and sweet YamatoNadeshiko, it consists of a bunch of aggressive {{Bishounen}}, many of which express their affection for him violently and possessively. [[ItGotWorse And the harem has been getting bigger]].
** Way back in the begining of the series, remember all the fangirls in the school dying to give Gokudera and Yamamoto chocolates? Gokudera, of course, considered it an this, and told them to "Stop following [him] around!"
* In ''ToLoveRu'' Rito unwittingly ends up gathering a harem of his own, due largely to the attentions of his GenkiGirl [[MagneticGirlfriend Magnetic]] [[MagicalGirlfriend Magical Alien "Fiance"]], Lala.
* ''IonoTheFanatics'', with the small twist that a) [[LovableSexManiac it's not Unwanted]] and b) [[GirlsLove the center of all the attraction is the eccentric queen of a foreign country]]. By the end of the series, Iono's lesbian harem numbers in the tens of thousands (and rising), and she had caused a [[CastFullOfGay noticeable enough drought of straight females]] that the males are complaining.
* In ''{{Omamori Himari}}'', Amakawa Yuuto has an {{Unwanted Harem}} comprising two {{Unlucky Childhood Friend}}s and at least twice that number of {{Cute Monster Girl}}s.
** Three {{Unlucky Childhood Friend}}s. Himari is booth {{Cute Monster Girl}} and (to at least some degree) {{Unlucky Childhood Friend}}, Rinko and Kueso just {{Unlucky Childhood Friend}}s.
* ''GokujouDrops'' uses a GirlsLove version of this trope with a {{Seme}} harem and an {{Uke}} harem lead.
* ''NininGaShinobuden'' parodies this in episode 11 when Sasuke [[HostileShowTakeover takes over the show]]. He promptly makes all the female cast members (including Kaede's mom) fall in love with him.
* ''KuroganePukapukaTai'' is a GirlsLove version of this, in which [[ObliviousToLove Oblivious To Lesbianism]] Commander Kuki is the center of a harem of women after her: violently protective but shy XO Mamiya, (mostly) ChivalrousPervert U-Boat captain Nina, and aggressively womanizing Royal Navy Captain Ann. Much violence (but little blood) ensues, naturally.
* Maiku from ''{{Onegai Twins}}'' reluctantly starts harboring a pair of girls the same age as him; both of them (a) think they may be his twin sister and (b) are in love with him. There are two other harem members at his school (one of each gender), but it turns out that [[spoiler:they're only pursuing Maiku to avoid facing their feelings for each other]].
* ''{{UFO Princess Valkyrie}}'' is this, in the classic line of ''TenchiMuyo''. Alien princess crash lands into a bath house, severely injuring the (young {{bishounen}}) owner in the process. Princess ends up indebted to him and stays on earth, several of her alien sisters (and her head maid) follow. HilarityEnsues.
* ''TenshiNaKonamaiki'' has another female main character with a male harem although there are some [[GenderBender gender issues]].
* After the DramaBomb, ''{{Toradora}}'' settles into this trope.
* ''TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'' is a rare example of the lead character ''working'' for his harem. It's still unwanted though: he's only doing it because he has an ExplosiveLeash forcing him to.
* According to an un-canon pre-anime sketch, this happens in ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi''. After Keiichi goes even more {{bishonen}} then he already is, it's shown that Rena, Mion, ''Rika and Satoko'' all like him.
* Nadja Applefield ([[spoiler: or better said, Nadja Preminger]]), from ''AshitaNoNadja'' is another of the female examples, having one of these (with four pre-teen boys and three guys in their mid-to-late teens) when she's just ''thirteen''.
* Can't forget the lesbian LoveTriangle in ''KashimashiGirlMeetsGirl'' from which Hazumu has to choose either Yasuna or Tomari. In addition to that loads of other characters be they guys, girls, aliens, or ''family members'' all have a thing for Hazumu.
* This seems to be the situation in ''TonaGura'', til you scratch the surface. While nearly all the cast is female, very few are interested in Yuuji; the one who seriously is reels from how he apparently changed from a sweet boy to a 'pervert'.
* EVERYONE IS [[AttractiveBentGender STRAIGHT OR GAY]] FOR [[{{Kampfer}} NATSURU!!!]]
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[[folder:comics]]
* [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/LegionRomanceSplash.jpg This]] ''LegionOfSuperHeroes'' comic panel.
* Subverted in ''[[{{YTheLastMan}} Y: The Last Man]]'' where just about every woman Yorick comes across is either trying to kill him or capture him as a bargaining chip.
** Unless you count Beth, Other Beth, Captain Kilina, the mechanic chick and [[spoiler: 355, for all of five minutes]].
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[[folder:Film]]
* ''There's Something About Mary'' subjects the title character to three [[spoiler:(four if you count her boyfriend Ted who hires one of her love-/lust-smitten stalkers, and five if you count Brett Favre)]] [[StalkerWithACrush amorous suitors]].
* Didier, the French exchange student in ''SonOfRambow,'' was ''so'' androgynously beautiful that he had '''two''' harems; one for girls, and [[EvenTheGuysWantHim one for boys.]]
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[[folder:Literature]]
*HarryPotter ends up with a large number of admirers in the sixth book.
*''TheOdyssey:'' dozens of foreign nobles seek Penelope's hand in marriage after her husband is presumed dead. [[spoiler:He returns and kills them all.]]
* Bella from ''{{Twilight}}'' is a female example of this with a total of five guys in love with her, two of them supernatural. And she didn't have any boyfriends before moving to Forks. SoYeah.
** Of course, Robert Pattinson gets this in real life, to his bewilderment.
*** Ironically, he said in an interview that he often gets out of dates with random girls by acting like Edward, albeit, his [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation own interpretation]].
* AnitaBlake, the eponymous heroine of Laurell K. Hamilton's monster hunting series, although as the harem gets bigger it seems to be less and less unwanted. When it was just a vampire and a werewolf she was stressing over it.
* Sookie in ''TheSookieStackhouseMysteries'' has been romantically/sexually persued by Bill, Sam, Eric, JB, Alcide, Calvin, and Quinn, at least. She is inexperienced with relationships, both sexually and socially, because her [[BlessedWithSuck telepathy]] means that any human she dates will drive her crazy with unwanted eavesdropping. Combine with supernatural politics and the rarity of telepaths, and her love life becomes quite unmanageable. As of ''All Together Dead'' she has dated four of them (one at a time) and her exes are still hovering hoping to kiss and make up.
* In the ''House of Night'' series, heroine Zoey Rebird has three admirer/boyfriends: Heath, her human ex-boyfriend, the quarterback of the football team, Erik Night, the hottest guy in the vampyre high school, and Loren Blake, a teacher and poet.
**Don't forget stark inn the later books
* In [[TheDreamlandChronicles In the Net of Dreams]] various events result in Riplakish traveling alone with seven beautiful women. To be fair, only five of them are attracted to him at the time.
* In ''{{The Wheel of Time}}'' series, each of the main three male characters (Rand, Mat and Perrin) all end up with multiple women pursuing them, sometimes even teaming up against the man.
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* The ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" features Xander trying to do a love spell on Cordelia after she has dumped him for being too uncool for her to date, only for the spell to go wrong and every woman in Sunnydale (including Buffy, Buffy's mother, Drusilla and witch Amy) to fall head over heels for him. The only person who seems unaffected is Cordelia, but it transpires that she was already in love with him, she was just pretending not to be, so the spell wouldn't work on her anyway.
** Yes, Xander was indeed BlessedWithSuck, by obtaining his UnwantedHarem, but your review needs a couple of adjustements. First of all, Cordelia didn't dump Xander "for being too uncool for her to date", she was just mocking him out of anger. Cordelia dumped Xander because she caught him cheating on her with another girl (Willow). Second of all, the reason why the spell didn't work for Cordelia has nothing to do with her loving him. The spell was intended for Cordelia, and when it backfired it just hit ''any woman but Cordelia''. In fact, there was another girl who was in love with Xander at the time, Willow (straight, back then): on her, the spell had a worse effect than on all the other women, turning her into AxCrazy.
** Another Buffy episode, "Him", has Buffy, Willow (who by this time has come out as a lesbian), demon Anya and teenaged Dawn falling for a high school boy, to the point where they are each trying to kill perceived rivals (or in Willow's case, work a spell to turn him into a girl) for his affections. The boys manage to work out that the boy is unwittingly wearing an enchanted letterman jacket which causes women to fall madly in love with the wearer.
* Ned's Unwanted Harem on the live action but {{Animesque}} ''NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'' call themselves "Club Ned" (but are referred to by Ned and his friends as The Huge Crew). They may be a tough, intimidating, leather-and-bandanna-wearing gang, but on the bright side, they don't see any other girls who like Ned as competition, but invite them to join the club!
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* ''FateStayNight''. Shirou's harem includes (depending on the route) four girls who live with him ([[LastGirlWins Saber]],[[{{Tsundere}} Rin]], [[FirstGirlWins Sakura]] and [[{{Lolicon}} Ilya]]), one who might as well ([[HaremNanny Taiga]]), and one outsider (Rider - see the sequel ''Fate/hollow ataraxia''), though [[AlternateContinuity never all at the same time]]. (Doujin writers like to throw in Ayako, Bazett, and Caren too.) Almost ''all'' of these girls are magical, though in different ways. Which one Shirou actually ends up with depends on the route you take; the potential winners are Saber, Rin, and Sakura.
**Who lives with him depends on the route. Rin moves in at some point in every route, but never stays past the end of the war, even in her route (although it's likely that she's there a lot following UBW, [[spoiler:as his girlfriend]], and it's stated in the HF true epilogue that [[spoiler:she was a "regular visitor" prior to moving to London]]). Saber lives with him [[spoiler:as long as she is alive]] throughout all three routes. Ilya moves in [[spoiler:after her defeat]] in Fate and Heaven's Feel, [[spoiler: but only stays following the war in Fate]], and Sakura moves in ([[spoiler:and remains following the war]]) in Heaven's Feel (but, in the other two routes, she's there for pretty much every meal, at least until the war gets serious). Rider, of course, [[spoiler:moves in with Sakura, and ''remains'' with Sakura, because her sole interest is in protecting her.]]
* In ''TalesOfSymphonia'', Lloyd already has the [[{{Dojikko}} klutzy]] [[TheMessiah Messiah]] and [[SummonMagic Monster-summoning]] {{Ninja}} girl after him. If they so desire, the player can also get the CuteBruiser or his teacher (who happens to be his best friend's sister) after him as well.
* ''{{Tsukihime}}''. Five girls with their own routes plus [[IsntItSad one without]]. Most of them are quite violent about it too; the fact that many of them already hate each other's guts for other reasons doesn't help the matter.
** Mustn't forget [[MeltyBlood Sion]] or Akira! Arihiko even lampshades the 'unpopular guy suddenly having 42378978 admirers' tendency in his Kagetsu Tohya side story.
** Hell, even [[TokenLoli Len]] might considering that [[spoiler:in order to make a contract, there are two choices. She prefers the one where she has sex with him.]] Even the girls at school seem to think he's cool. They're not utterly insane though so it's a limited attaction.
* ''BaldursGate'' only has three options, although due to class and/or alignment you're pretty unlikely to keep them all in the same party...
* ''{{Persona 3}}'' plays this trope straight: the main character has quite a lot of potential followers: considering the 6 datables girl + the [[MrsRobinson homeroom teacher]] + the [[{{Lolicon}} girl at the shrine]] + [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove Elisabeth]] + the subtext with [[FoeYay Ryoji]] and the [[DyingAlone Dying young man]] it seems that the writters tried to put as much fetisch as they could in a single game. Then again, none of them is exactly ''unwanted'' by the main character, as he could (ahem) [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean Boldly Accept]] or Politely Refuse any of them at any time.
* ''RivieraThePromisedLand''. Main character Ein has five canonical love interests ([[ClingyJealousGirl Fia]], [[{{Kawaiiko}} Lina]], [[{{Tomboy}} Serene]], [[GeniusDitz Cierra]], and [[{{Tsundere}} Rose]]) and two fanonical ones ([[HoYay Ledah]] and [[BrokenBird Malice]]) -- and several minor NPC characters after him.
* In ''YggdraUnion'', there's the [[{{Bishonen}} lovely]] [[{{Kuudere}} Roswell]]. [[ChristmasCake Mistel]], [[ChristmasCake Eudy]], [[CloudCuckooLander Pamela]], [[RapeAsComedy Ortega]], [[CannotStandThemCannotLiveWithoutThem Ros]][[{{Tsundere}} ary]], [[MeetCute Ygg]][[RescueRomance dra]], and [[LoveRedeems Nessiah]] all seem to want to get into his pants, but the poor guy isn't interested in ''any'' of them. [[ShipTease ...except maybe Yggdra]]. ''Maybe.''
* Hakuoro of ''{{Utawarerumono}}'' sleeps with six women throughout the game, five of whom love him. Kuuya, empress of the bunnypeople, also seems to love him and offers her best friend as a concubine without knowing quite what that means. Mikoto and possibly Mutsumi in the back story. Yet he's entirely oblivious of how most of them feel until the very end of the game, thinking of them as mostly friends/retainers and of the sex as being rather casual.
* You'd think [[GalaxyAngelGameverse Galaxy Angel]] is like this. [[SubvertedTrope Nope]], the game enforces a strict RoadCone early on in the game. The sequel even makes the fact about which girl Tact married very obscure until the last minute to keep it in line with your own choice in the previous games.
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* Marten from ''QuestionableContent,'' following [[WhamEpisode a series of events between strips 500 and 700]], [[spoiler:lives with a woman in whom he was once interested, while dating her boss, the owner of a coffee shop with an all-female staff, and spending most of his free time with the obsessive-compulsive neighbor girl, all while working at the Smith College library]]. Although this doesn't meet the common definition since only two of these women have ''ever'' been more than his friends, he once quipped to his mother ([[spoiler:before he started dating his roommate's boss]]) that he wanted to "build a harem of unattainable women," after which his mother takes to calling his female friends his "harem."
* Lampshaded in ''TsunamiChannel'' [[http://www.tsunamichannel.com/index.php?date=2003-04-24&comic=ExCoKo here]]
* Piro from ''{{Megatokyo}}'' is a geek and harem anime fan, yet he views his own with an increasing level of bemusement and disbelief, completely unable to communicate his feelings (mostly fear and confusion) to any of them.
* In ''TooMuchInformation'', Ace (despite [[TheAce his name]], more of an UnluckyEverydude) has as [[BettyAndVeronica his primary contenders]] a [[MsFanservice stripper/nurse]] and his boss's granddaughter, but has also had sex with the boss herself, a local police officer, a ghost haunting the house, and her great-granddaughter, and ShipTease moments with his ButchLesbian roommate, and the one ex-girlfriend who ''isn't'' [[EveryoneIsBi bisexual]].
* Inverted in ''Strange Candy'', where Daisuke ''wants'' a harem and uses magic to try to get one, but none of girls he summons is the least bit interested in him, and in fact are pissed off that he yanked them out of their home worlds.
* A rather unusual case in ''{{Misfile}}'', [[GenderBender boy turned girl]] Ash has [[{{Tsundere}} Emily]], [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Missi]], [[JerkAss Cassiel]] who is only tempting Ash to get at [[TheBeard Rumisiel]], [[LeisureSuitLarry Colin the counter guy]], [[CanNotTellALie Vashiel]], and finally [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend James]].
** But ''not'' Rumisiel, who all but a rare few know as Ash's boyfriend.
***It would be hilarious is Rumi did eventually fall for Ash.
* Cassie in ''TheWotch'' ends up accidentally building up one of these in her attempts to get Robin to drink a love potion, instead attracting [[McNinja Robin's younger brother Kirk]], [[ThoseTwoGuys Xander]], and finally [[CargoShip a plant.]] And now it's starting to look like Robin and Cassie might start going out anyway.
* Keith from ''TwoKinds'' has a gender-confused wolf-woman, an ex-fiancee, and a cute seargent gunning for him. This would be a good thing except his people can only [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean get off]] once a year.
* Mye of ''CharbyTheVampirate'' appears to have admirers wherever she goes, although she describes herself as not all that pretty.
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*Jimmy Reed had a song about it. "But I Ain't Got You".
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