->''"That whole pathetic, no self-esteem thing you have going on right now, I'm really vibing that. That's why I sleep with fat guys."''
-->-- '''Denise''', ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''

->'''Soren''': No matter if you're good, or bad, or how well you shook paws or ''*sniff*'' played fetch.\\
'''Katie''': Is it awful that I'm, like, totally turned on right now?
-->-- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D97eeIrnsmc The 4 Best Movie Universes to Die In]], ''WebVideo/AfterHours''

->'''Grem''': Something's wrong with Fox. I have to get back over there.\\
'''K'Seliss''': That's not a battle cry, that's a whiny, overreaction cry. You're a moron.\\
'''Grem''': I'm a moron because I want to help Fox?!\\
'''K'Seliss''': That's EXACTLY why you're a moron. You're a protector, I get it, but so is Fox. She doesn't want a male to protect her, she wants a male that SHE can protect.
-->-- ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'', [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/09072010/ "Saves A Fox’s Fox"]]

->'''Yuuji''': Let's see... what part of me did you fall in love with?\\
'''Amane:''' Hmm... let's see... the way you seem sort of hopeless, I guess? "If I'm not around, how is this guy gonna keep himself alive?" and all that. I'm kind of a sucker for that kind of man, it seems.
-->-- ''VisualNovel/TheFruitOfGrisaia''

->"Look! It's Hanabusa! He's so dreamy—but have you heard what everyone's saying about him?"
->"That he's faint of heart and feels sick when he gets nervous? Yeah."
->"Hee hee. Isn't that cute? It makes me want to, like, protect him from the evils of the world!"
-->-- ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost''

->You know, I actually think its pretty hot when guys show a little weakness. Its all about the gap. The gap! It hits me right in the heart when a man who's usually so put together accidentally lets his weak side slip!
-->-- Unnamed nurse to Shirogane, ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' chapter 147

-> "I will never stop finding it funny how there's single straight dudes on Reddit who are like, 'Women want nothing less than a man who's 6 foot tall with a sixpack and 3 doctorates from an Ivy League university who will be able to provide for a family of 6 with a single income' and there's straight single women on tumblr who are like, 'hnnngh love me a guy who looks like he's only alive because the 3 different causes of whoy he should already be dead somehow managed to cancel each other out'"
-->-- Tumblr post by user homunculus-argument