Basic Trope: Character has a preference when comes to Love Interests.
- Straight: Bob has a preference for Action Girls.
- Exaggerated:
- Downplayed: While Bob does prefer it when a woman is an Action Girl, it does not stop him being interested in women who are not.
- Justified:
- Truth in Television
- Bob very actiony himself so it is only logical he wants some who has something in common with.
- Bob was saved from danger by Claire, a heroic action girl, and that was the seed planted in him to like women who can fight.
- Inverted: Action Girls have a preference for Bob.
- Subverted: Bob's type is... Women. Just women.
- Double Subverted: Then, Bob is saved from danger by Claire, a heroic Action Girl, and realizes that women who can fight are way more attractive than other women.
- Averted: No character has any particular preferences in Love Interests.
- Deconstructed:
- True Love is Exceptional
- As result of his very particular preferences Bob is unable to have relationsihip.
- Reconstructed: While it causes him problems it is clear that he can only be truly satisified with a woman who fits his preferences.
- Played for Drama:
- Bob is very unhappy because he is unable to find anyone who fits his preferences.
- The plot is about Bob desperately trying to find woman who fits his preferences and starting a relationship with her.