Basic Trope: Latin men (and those of adjacent cultures) portrayed as sensual and exotically handsome.
- Straight: Unlike his non-Hispanic peers, the Spanish Fernando is a swarthily handsome casanova.
- Exaggerated: Fernando is the only Hispanic man in town. He is also considered the hottest man in town; women frequently throw themselves at him, extol his exotic accent, and gossip about what a devoted lover he is.
- Downplayed: ???
- Justified: ???
- Inverted: Fernando is awkward and touch-averse, in contrast to his more dashing, flirtatious and sensual non-Hispanic friends.
- Subverted: Jane agrees to go on a blind date with her sister's friend Fernando, expecting him to be alluring based purely on his name and nationality. He turns out to be a dumpy nerd.
- Double Subverted: Jane agrees to go on a blind date with her sister's friend Fernando, expecting him to be alluring based purely on his name and nationality. He turns out to be a dumpy nerd... who is incredible in bed.
- Parodied: Ferdinand learns that his father was Spanish, and instantly gets a makeover into Fernando, swarthily handsome casanova.
- Zig-Zagged: Fernando is handsome and attractive. His friend, Javier is unattractive. But his other friend, Antonio is a Sex God.
- Averted: Fernando isn't particularly loverlike.
- Enforced: The actor who plays Fernando is Hispanic and conventionally attractive.
- Lampshaded: "Of course, the Hispanic guy is the sexy one."
- Invoked: To be more successful with the ladies, Fernando is advised to lean in to his "exotic" Spanish attributes.
- Exploited: John who can't get a date, decides to take advantage of the whole "Latin Lover" stereotype and reinvent himself as Javier.
- Defied: Fernando heavily downplays his own sexuality because he doesn't want to contribute to stereotypes.
- Discussed: "Fernando is so dreamy! Like a young Ricardo Montalbán, or Antonio Banderas."
- Conversed: ???
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