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  • Our Miss Brooks: Mr. Boynton, by way of a combination of Oblivious to Love and bashfulness. He's the object of Miss Brooks' affection. And Miss Enright's. And an obnoxious reporter for SNAP magazine in the "Model Teacher". And the newly hired biology teacher in "Life Can Be Bones". And a Phys. Ed. teacher in "Connie and Frankie" . . . . Miss Brooks finally gets her man in the cinematic Grand Finale.
  • Angel turned out to be this trope in his own show. Justified because before meeting Buffy he spent one hundred years as a drunk homeless guy and a century before that as soulless demon guy. And he doesn't have a reflection.
  • The Big Bang Theory:
    • Sheldon Cooper, who is unable to comprehend social niceties and appears to have no interest in the opposite sex at all. And yet, has managed to pick up five girls so far.
    • In one episode Leonard was distracted by some issues (Penny was spending time with a male classmate) and while talking to a pretty female grad student named Alex, she tried to comfort him about the situation by saying girls likely flirt with him without him realizing it, with her obviously flirting with him (this provides the former page quote). He laughs off the notion.
  • Spencer Reid of Criminal Minds is like this. He has an IQ of 187, but can't tell when a woman is hitting on him. He is convinced that he's unattractive and that women don't like him, despite all evidence to the contrary; he is hit on regularly, even by a movie star played by Amber Heard in "Somebody's Watching"note . In another, he and the team hit the streets to question witnesses to a crime. They don't get any information, but Reid is propositioned by every prostitute they talked to. That's not even counting the hordes of female fans watching the show...
    Reid: [regarding his odd interests] Do you think that's why I can't get a date?
    Elle: Have you ever asked a girl out?
    Reid: ... no.
    Elle: That's why you can't get a date.
  • Doctor Who: Depending on the regeneration, the Doctor can come off like this, particularly in the revival era. While the Tenth Doctor appeared well aware that he was attractive to women - and some men, such as Jack Harkness - the Ninth and Eleventh Doctors appeared to be oblivious at their attractiveness to women, with Eleven caught off-guard in "Flesh and Stone" when his companion, Amy, actually attempts to seduce him. The episode "Deep Breath" includes dialogue suggesting the Doctor unconsciously adopted younger-looking incarnations to be more attractive. So far, the Twelfth Doctor era hasn't played with this trope on screen, though there are a few exceptions, such as "Listen" when the Doctor is taken off-guard when Clara compares his accent to mood lighting, and in "Mummy on the Orient Express" when one character assumes Clara and the Doctor are a couple.
  • Game of Thrones: Jaime is oblivious to the attention he gets from women because he's only interested in Cersei (or Brienne), which Bronn points out with considerable irritation.
  • Odo from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Mentioned in a season 2 episode where Dax and Odo are in a runabout headed toward the wormhole, and Lt. Dax mentions that she has noticed that a certain Bolian woman had been making a lot of visits to the security office. Odo then replies that she had only been making those visits because her cousin was interested in a career in law enforcement; cue the 'yeah, right' look from Dax.
  • Simon Tam of Firefly, who is too focused on his medical career (and later, helping his Brainwashed and Crazy sister) to have much luck with the opposite sex (especially Kaylee, who has a crush on him from the beginning of the show). This leads to In Vino Veritas.
  • Friends:
    • Chandler lampshades this trope when he's transferred to Tulsa and his colleague unexpectedly tries to seduce him.
      Chandler: Whoa-ho, back off, Missy!
      Wendy: ...Missy?
      Chandler: I don't know; I'm not used to girls making passes at me! ...Wait a minute... am I sexy in Oklahoma?
      Wendy: You are to me...
    • Being Chandler (genuinely not a chick magnet and totally crazy about his wife Monica), he instantly turns her down.
  • Glee
    • Coach Beiste, who has a huge crush on a college football recruiter but cannot fathom him being attracted to her. His many attempts to ask her out or otherwise show interest are completely rebuffed because she has no clue that's what they are.
  • Gentaro of Kamen Rider Fourze seems pretty surprised when he has multiple girls express interest in taking him to their prom (he's in the year below them). Some of them were formerly Zodiarts, too. There's also Miu, and in a later episode, Yukina. Lampshaded with Yukina, who tells Gentaro that she wants to be more than friends. Gentaro looks incredibly confused that anybody would reject friendship. The only woman he's ever actually expressed interest in is Nadeshiko, who first appeared in his crossover movie with OOO, and she's explicitly his first love.
  • Clark Kent in Smallville. He has more girls after him than you could count, but Chloe's long-time crush on him probably fits best, thanks to him being completely Oblivious to Love until Pete points out she's in love with him. This becomes Harsher in Hindsight when in "Truth" it is revealed Pete had a crush on Chloe.
  • Castiel from Supernatural. Because he's an angel, he doesn't really get human sexuality and the concept of attraction. That doesn't stop women from being attracted to him, or rather his vessel, Jimmy. Despite multiple recurring characters coming on to him throughout the series, there's no indication that Castiel is aware of either their attraction or his attractiveness. In fact, he tends to display a Paralyzing Fear of Sexuality when it's specifically pointed out to him in early seasons and annoyance in later seasons when Dean tries to push him to flirt back.
  • Stefan from The Vampire Diaries. Stefan attracted so much female attention when he first arrived at school but he was completely oblivious to all of the attention and brushed all of the girls off.
  • Ted from Schitt's Creek is gorgeous and a Nice Guy but tends to get rejected once he hooks up with women on account of being too nice. This has led to him being somewhat unaware of his physical gifts, and he is quite oblivious to the attention he is getting from Patrick's party guests once he strips down to his boxers and tank top.
  • Charlie Kelly from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia has managed to draw the attention of several attractive women (and one twelve year-old), but he's only interested in the Waitress. In the episode Charlie And Dee Find Love, he even starts a relationship with Ruby, a gorgeous Nice Girl, just to make the Waitress jealous. Even though Ruby is legitimately crazy about him, Charlie doesn't reciprocate at all - and then he brutally dumps her in the middle of a party.

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