Distracted By The Sexy / Comic Books

Melody, my girl, you are a menace to navigation.

• Archie Comics:
  • Archie would occasionally have this problem. Once he somehow managed to trip over a floor buffer in a hallway that had been two frames earlier completely clear.
  • Another notable example is Veronica deliberately pulling this trope on the boys in gym class, much to Coach Kleats' annoyance. Archie gets back at her by strolling through the girls' gym class in the same way.
  • Melody (pictured) from Josie And The Pussy Cats is the poster girl for this trope. When male characters see her, they uncontrollably fall for her and lose all sense of anything else, frequently leading to chaos; although, she is usually oblvious to this.
    • She nearly got lynched by a town full of angry teenage girls whose boyfriends got distracted by her. And she only escaped because Alan M is her male counterpart. The other Pussycats have stated that they have "more of a chance" to get dates in winter simply because she has to cover her figure with warmer clothing.
    • She is also a dumb blonde. One time they put her in a heavy fur coat, and the guys are STILL going crazy, which prompts Josie to say, "I dunno. Maybe they have good memories?" And she ignores it.
    • In another, Melody chases off some boys to get "peace and quiet," while Josie and Valerie get depressed.
• Asterix:
  • In Asterix the Legionary, Obélix is distracted by the lovely Panacea walking by, and walks into a tree... knocking it over.
  • In Asterix and Cleopatra, Cleopatra's nose is very distracting (but only leads to verbal accidents).
• Batgirl: In an early story, some crooks fighting Batman and Robin get distracted when Batgirl checks her leg for a run in her tights. Batman later says that her feminine vanity came in handy, but she knew exactly what she was doing.
• Batwoman: When Katherine "Kate" Kane was just getting involved in crimefighting, before she first donned the Batwoman costume, she was eavesdropping on several criminals in a bar as they were discussing their upcoming operation. During the conversation one of the men questions the other, Jackson, on if he was paying attention or not. Jackson explains that he was "admiring the view" and is seen openly staring at Kate, then turns to the other man and dares him to say he was not having the exact same thoughts.
• Black Moon Chronicles: Early on in the series Wismerhill and his friends develop a routine where Feydriva will suffer an "accidental" Wardrobe Malfunction when one of her Breast Plates falls off so that Pilou can steal the purse of any gentleman who will be distracted by this sight.
• Championess: James invites Elizabeth to stay in his room for the night. The offer is purely platonic, and nothing sexual ends up happening between the two... but Elizabeth is still thrown for a loop when James removes his shirt while undressing for bed. She tries to snap herself out of it by becoming extremely interested in the room's furniture and floorboards.
• Deadpool (2022): In the first issue, Deadpool gains a massive Crush Filter when talking to his new handler Valentine. The second issue reveals that said filter was so powerful neither he nor the reader were able to notice that Lady Deathstrike was in the room with them, and she's rather pissed about being ignored by her supposed partner.
• Gold Digger: Seen every so often with characters of either gender. Gina Diggers herself isn't above being distracted by a nice piece of beefcake, for example.
• Hawkeye: In Hawkeye (2012), despite Kate Bishop not being romantically attracted to Clint Barton, it doesn't stop her from remarking on Clint's defined physique.
• Lula und Yankee: In the German comic Yankee and his buddies make a tour on a tractor through the countryside. Because this trope happens, they end up in a military area by accident. Hilarity Ensues (well, kind of).
• Queen and Country: Tara sneaks through a military checkpoint despite carrying forged paperwork, driving a stolen car, and bleeding from a bullet wound by passing over a nude picture of herself with her ID. It backfires later when one of the guards identifies her specifically because the incident cemented her appearance in his mind.
• Radioactive Man: In "The Heroic Life and Mortifying Death of Radioactive Man", when Plasmo the Mystic^moreactually an Eczema imposter has called the Superior Squadron to 665 1/2 South Purgatory:
  Captain Squid (thinking): Something isn't right here. Why did Plasmo contact us via video when he usually sends his astral image? And why are we meeting here, instead of at Plasmo's Sanctimonious Sanctum Sanctorum? Maybe I should share these concerns with the rest of the group to prepare us for a possible catastrophe! Wow! Lure Lass sure looks great in her new mini-skirt! Now, what was I going to warn the group about?
• Rat Queens: The Four Daves use this as a combat tactic: the illusionist conjures a floating naked woman while his party members attack the distracted enemies.
• Red Sonja: This is sometimes used as justification for Red Sonja's Chainmail Bikini against her (usually) male opponents. There are no other justifications offered.
• Sabretooth: Sabretooth & Bonnie Hale in Sabretooth: Mary Shelley Overdrive. Creed saves Bonnie from the strange soldiers who were after her. Taking her to his place, he demands answers. Just as confused but turned on, Bonnie kisses Creed & says she loved the fighting. Undressing, she leans into him & mutters a please. Creed doesn't take much seducing & they have sex for a few hours. After finishing, Creed asks if she wants to answer his questions now.
• Scooby-Doo! Team-Up: Nelson can't tell if Sam Simeon looks like a gorilla or not because he's "too busy" looking at Angel.
  Angel: Keep that up, buddy, and you'll be seeing everything through two black eyes!
• The Smurfs: Smurfette elicits this kind of response from her fellow Smurfs, as seen on the cover of the children's book Meet Smurfette.
• The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis: After Farnsworth improves a walk signal by making it project a hologram of a pretty lady wearing a two-piece swimsuit, several drivers are distracted by it.
• Spider-Man:
  • In The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #43, Peter Parker reacts like this when he first meets Mary Jane at a dinner:
    Aunt May: Would you mind passing the butter, Peter?
    Peter: (staring at Mary Jane) No—not at all!
    Aunt May: Then why don't you pass it, dear?
    Peter: Pass what?
  • This was also a Running Gag whenever he had to sneak past the bikini-clad Candi, Randi, and Bambi, three neighbors who frequently sunbathed on the roof of their building. And to both Flash and Harry when they showed up at Peter and Mary Jane's housewarming party later.
• Superman:
  • The Death of Superman: When Superboy encounters Supergirl for the first time, his eyes gaze at her chest as he gags out "I was chest choking!"
  • Supergirl (2005): In the earlier runs, Supergirl was constantly distracted by Nightwing and made a fool of herself several times where she spent too long gawking at him.
  • "Those Emerald Eyes Are Shining": Brainiac 5 spends most of the story distracted and making silly mistakes due to Supergirl being around him and wearing tight short pants.
  • Superboy (1994): Kon-El has this problem constantly, exacerbated by the fact that he spends a lot of time near the beach where all the ladies are dressed in flattering swimwear. He's irritated by his Young Justice teammate Robin's apparent immunity to such distractions.
  • In Superman's Pal: Jimmy Olsen (2019), Julian, Jimmy's older brother, gets distracted from a conversation when a beautiful red-haired woman enters the room. He's so busy trying to put the moves on her that he doesn't even notice that she's obviously using an alias ("Sue Donym").
• Ultimate Marvel:
  • All-New Ultimates: Diamondback kisses Spider-Man, and he does not notice that Taskmaster is aiming at him. But when he fires, he shoots Diamondback by accident instead.
  • Ultimate Galactus Trilogy: Subverted. The scientists are taking their seats, but Lawson is taking his sweet time to do so because he's "just looking at her". Carol Danvers? No, the Asis ship, in the window right behind her.
  • Ultimate FF:
    Iron Man: Step away from her, you... extremely attractive fish lady. Hello there!
  • The Ultimates: Wasp has to lure the Hulk to the location of Captain America. To make him follow her, she shows him her boobs.
• Werner: In the German comic, Werner's dream woman in Volle Latte! She even spends a considerable amount of time totally naked because when Ørg drew her for Werner, he didn't draw any clothes on her.
• Wonder Woman (2006): Circe transforming into Wonder Woman, in an incredibly shrunk wrapped and low cut version of her leotard, before approaching and flirting with Tom Tresser means the usually capable agent is so flummoxed he doesn't even try to fight back when she captures him.
• X-Men:
  • An issue of X-Men: First Class detailing Black Widow's first foray into catsuits had several concussed members of A.I.M. taking the time to discuss her, rather than their severe Natasha-inflicted injuries.
  • During Joss Whedon's run on Astonishing X-Men, when the X-Men are trapped on Breakworld and Colossus, during a quiet moment, worries excessively about the situation, Kitty Pryde invokes this trope, stopping Piotr's downward angst spiral by emerging from behind a curtain, completely naked.
    Colossus: Now I am more confused. But somehow not as tired...
  • In issue #10 of Marauders, Emma Frost and Pyro sneak aboard a Russian ship and run into some guards. Emma unbuttons her jacket and flashes them her breasts and then makes them shoot each other using her telepathy.
  Pyro: Hot damn! How do you control so many at once?
  Emma: It's easy to control leering monkeys, Pyro, when they all have the same thought.
• Zatanna: In Zatanna (2010), one sidewalk cleaner gets distracted in the background while he stares at Zatanna as she walks past him, ending up flooding the sidewalk instead.

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