Handsome Devil - Television Tropes & Idioms

You hate him. But oh my God he just looks oh-so hot. He makes fun of you, is an absolute jerk and there is no one else on the planet you hate more. But still, he looks gorgeous... doesn't he?

But no! You hate him despite all that hotness because he hates you too... or does he?

And there you have the Handsome Devil. The guy you love to hate or hate to love. Sometimes, it's even both.

The Handsome Devil is often someone the main character hates for his or her own reasons. Every other girl is often in love with him. Symptoms of being a handsome devil include being good-looking, rich and a jerk. Often a playboy. May or may not have a relationship gone wrong with the protagonist's best friend.

Similar but not the same with All Girls Want Bad Boys. This one is about the fine line between love and hate. All Girls Want Bad Boys often has main protagonists who just like bad boys.

May be The Casanova. Compare with Love at First Punch. A more fetishized and kinky version is the Bastard Boyfriend. Contrast Creepy Good, which is an inversion.

Not to be confused with a literally handsome devil or "everybody�s favorite psychedelic-rockabilly-jazz-R&B-blues-surf band" That Handsome Devil. Compare Foe Yay and Draco in Leather Pants.

Examples:

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Anime and Manga

Dragon Ball Z: Vegeta to Bulma, full stop. The story, being an action comic, skips their romance and gets straight to their Messianic son, but that only fueled a million fangirls worldwide to write fanfics of "the three lost years."
Read some Shōjo (Demographic) romance manga. The hero will most likely be this, a handsome asshole. Most notable are:
- Kyou Koi Wo Hajimemasu has Kyouta, who is this to a T, at least for a while, anyway.
- Moe Kare has the Perverted Prince aka Arata.
- Shou from Skip Beat! is an unusual example for shojo because the heroine dumps him in the first chapter and he ends up as her main rival rather than her love interest.
- Ryoki from Hot Gimmick.
- Takeru from Akuma De Sourou.
- Any lead by Mayu Shinjo, with Hakuron from Haou Airen as the biggest example.

Fanfic

Many stories on Fictionpress follow this trope.
- And Fanfiction.net. Pick a Hero/Rival shipping fic. Any Hero/Rival shipping fic. It will touch on this.
While Seto Kaiba is not an example of this in canon, any romance-oriented fanfic he appears in will turn him into this.

Film

Gone with the Wind has Rhett Butler.
Patrick to Kat in 10 Things I Hate About You.

Literature

Mr. Darcy in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice seems like this to Elizabeth Bennett at first.
Kalona from the House Of Night book series.
Handsome Devil. Synonyms: Ian Kabra.
Irial from Wicked Lovely. Hottest Dark King ever.
James Steerforth from David Copperfield.

Live-Action TV

Duke Crocker of Haven. The fact that he's a Magnificent Bastard makes him even more irresistible.
The synopsis of Taiwanese drama, Devil Beside You pretty much fits this trope exactly.
- It was actually based on Akuma de Sorou, already mentioned in the manga section.
Henry from Frenemies.
You could probably stick Chad Dylan Cooper from Sonny With A Chance on this page as the trope picture.
Gossip Girl: Chuck Bass.
The Mentalist himself is a little like this, although he's a pretty benevolent version.
Goo Jun Pyo, the leader of F-4 from the Korean Series Boys Before Flowers. Then again, he is based on Tsukasa from Hana Yori Dango.
Xena: Warrior Princess: Ares is officially the sexiest, baddest God of War ever.
The Vampire Diaries: Damon Salvatore.

Music

Invoked in a Cheer Up, Charlie Daniels song.
- "They say that he ain't got a soul/ He'll make your knees lose full control"
Has no Connection to That Handsome Devil
- Though arguably does to Godforbid and every girl he's ever spoken to, ever. See Dating Tips.
The Smiths actually did a song called "Handsome Devil"

Video Games

Matt Engarde from Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice for All thinks of himself as one.
Jin Kisaragi of BlazBlue fits this trope nicely considering his status as a Memetic Sex God and the god of Jerkass.

Western Animation

After abusing plastic surgery, Peter Griffin of Family Guy becomes an even huger jerkass than he already was, and Lois was willing to accommodate him (at least initially) because he was so attractive.
Justin on Total Drama Action. Of course the point of the show is that every character represents a Trope.
- Season 3 brings us Alejandro who is an even better example of this trope.

Alpha Bitch

Romance Novel Plots

Millionaire Playboy

The Fighting Narcissist

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Long-Haired Pretty Boy

Gym Bunny

Always Male

Handy Man

Good-Looking Privates

Attraction Tropes

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