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* ''Series/TheNewAdventuresOfOldChristine'': Christine is perpetually lonely and treated like a loser, except that she's dated the likes of Tim Dekay, Eric Mccormack and freakin' BLAIR UNDERWOOD.

* ''Series/ThirtyRock'': Liz Lemon. She's dated Jon Hamm, for goodness' sake. The show does make it out to seem more like she doesn't have a problem finding men to date, but rather that everyone she does date turns out to be completely insane in the end so she's forced to end all her relationships.

* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'': George Costanza is a slow-witted, self-centered, ugly failure who repulses women and can't get them to go out with him... except for, oh, the forty or fifty gorgeous women he dated over the course of the show. He even got a model whom he suspected was bulimic. He winds up getting engaged to the attractive daughter of a rich, Upper East Side, [=WASPy=], old money couple- Susan Ross. Even if they were evenly-matched looks-wise, it's completely far-fetched status, class and money-wise.

* Kamijou Touma from ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex''. In the first novel, he describes his [[AntiMagic Imagine Breaker]] as: "it was a useless right hand that would not let him defeat even a single delinquent, would not raise his scores on tests, and would not make him popular with girls". As of time of writing, there are over 10,000 girls interested in him. Though to be fair, the quoted line is [[UnreliableNarrator his own opinion]].

In some media, though, this would be a [[ThisLoserIsYou pathetic showing]] for six months of dating.

Closely related to HollywoodHomely, and a subtrope of InformedAbility. This trope is a reference to those SitCom characters who are [[InformedFlaw constantly referred to as being totally inept with their preferred sex and never scoring]], when [[ChickMagnet we've seen them with more beautiful people on their arm than most people have ever met]], and are sometimes quite attractive themselves.

This can actually be somewhat justified. A big thing to remember is that the solitary nature of only a few dozen episodes a year means we are only seeing a small fraction of the lives the characters lead. Two or three dates over the course of a season can still indicate a lot of empty weekends. Also bear in mind how many times the characters actually "score", as it's entirely possible they got their reputation from getting all these dates but perpetually screwing them up.

** Ross, despite his numerous girlfriends and dates during the show's run and him being kind of an Adorkable ChickMagnet (evidenced by "The One with the Girl from Poughkeepsie" and "The One With The Cooking Class"), is regularly referred to be as hopeless with women for some reason. There's even an episode named "The One Where Ross Can't Flirt", and Joey once said to him that he (and Chandler) "repels women all the time". To be fair, [[ReallyGetsAround James Bond would probably look like a dateless loser compared to Joey]].

* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': Ted Mosby's love life is generally unsatisfactory to him, not because he can't get dates but because he's LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces. He is often teased by his friends for falling too quickly for women and trying to turn each new date into a potential wife. Still he has several hot women per season (minus season 2 when he's in a committed relationship with Robin). And apparently the characters in this show all think it's mind-boggling for someone to go more than a few months without getting laid.

* Kamijou Touma from ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex''. The first volume of the LN says about his right hand, the [[NoSell Imagine Breaker]], that "it was a useless right hand that would not let him defeat even a single delinquent, would not raise his scores on tests, and would not make him popular with girls". The first and the last are BlatantLies, as later volumes prove.
** In volume 3, he uses his Imagine Breaker to ignore Accelerator's impenetrable [[NoSell Vector Transformation]] power and defeat him, and by the end of Volume 22, Kamijou's right hand has won him the affection of over 10000 girls.

Real-life data is tricky to pin down, but studies suggest the average adult in the Western world will have somewhere between seven and ten sexual partners in their lifetime.

A related idea is that if you don't go out on a date (and/or have sex) at least once a month, that constitutes a [[ThisLoserIsYou pathetic social life]].

--> '''Jason''': And we're telling ''him'' how to meet girls?

* ''Film/BatmanReturns'': Selina Kyle, at least in the beginning. As CinemaSins says, "Uh, this universe where Michelle Pfeffier can't get a date? I'd like to live ''there'', please."

This is actually somewhat justified. A big thing to remember is that the solitary nature of only a few dozen episodes a year means we are only seeing a small fraction of the lives the characters lead. Two or three dates over the course of a season can still indicate a lot of empty weekends. Also bear in mind how many times the characters actually "score", as it's entirely possible they got their reputation from getting all these dates but perpetually screwing them up.

* ''Series/{{Amen}}'': Thelma's constant whining about her lack of a social life and ChristmasCake status is undermined by the fact that she actually dates a decent amount of men, several of whom wanted to marry her, all before finally snagging the handsome Reverend that she's been pining after since the show's first episode.

* Film/{{Clerks}} and ''Film/{{ClerksII}}'': Dante. The same CoolLoser having to choose between [[{{UglyGuyHotWife}} two different, noticeably attractive women]] in the first movie and then a ''second'' pair of attractive women in the sequel. Notice {{Lampshade Hanging}} by both Randal and Creator/KevinSmith himself in the credits.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Fry's been with: [[CuteClumsyGirl Amy Wong]], Chief of Police [[ReallyGetsAround Colleen]], former girlfriend [[NewOldFlame Michelle]], bureaucrat [[UptightLovesWild Morgan Proctor]], his [[StableTimeLoop own grandmother]] and, of course, [[ActionGirl Leela]], who he's now in a relationship with. But everyone still acts like he's the poster boy for loserdom.

** Ross, despite his numerous girlfriends and dates during the show's run and him being kind of an Adorkable ChickMagnet (evidenced by "The One with the Girl from Poughkeepsie" and "The One With The Cooking Class"), is regularly referred to be as hopeless with women for some reason. There's even an episode named "The One Where Ross Can't Flirt", and Joey once said to him that he (and Chandler) "repels women all the time".

* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': Harry Dresden. The man's friends, co-workers, and magical spirit servants mock his lackluster love life. His love life actually isn't all that great - the books, 11 so far, each take place about a year or so apart, so he's had two girlfriends in about 11 years - but it's not all ''that'' horrible. Over the course of the series he has been in two committed relationships so far ([[spoiler:one was TheMole, but it wasn't her fault and they're still friends]]) with very attractive women, plus one paper-thin {{Will They Or Wont They}}, one at least somewhat attractive lover in his backstory, and probably dozens of women who have thrown themselves at him only for him to turn them down.[[note]]At least according to Harry Dresden himself; it has been suggested that there might be [[UnreliableNarrator a little wishful thinking going on]].[[/note]] His love life isn't that great only because Harry has a DarkAndTroubledPast and a tendency to place HonorBeforeReason, not because he's really all that ugly or socially inept. In the books he's tall, dark, mysterious, probably relatively good-looking when he bothers to clean himself up, and has a sharp wit. In the TV series he was played by [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085860/ this guy]]. There's ''no way'' he couldn't get a date if he actually wanted to. Though, it's less that he's mocked for being ''unable'' to get a date so much as being ''unwilling'' to. He makes it clear how hard what happened to Susan (his first girlfriend in the series) hit him and [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies spent a lot of time worrying about the potential danger for any hypothetical relationships after that]].

** Chandler is constantly knocked by himself and others for being terrible with women. While he does have commitment isues that prevent his relationships lasting long, he has no trouble getting women. Later in the show, once he's in a stable relationship with Monica, the show claims he's always been terrible with women, unable to even talk to them, despite the early seasons showing he successfully uses humour to smooth-talk and charm women without any problem at all and the later seasons having him and Monica being the only two in a [[HappilyMarried functional]] (rather than dysfunctional) relationship.

** With Peter, alot of is due to his time as being the dork everyone picked on in high school and things didn't change until he became SPider-MAn (which included becoming physically fit to boot). Beyond that, his superheroics do play alot in his relationship troubles (especially with thelarg RoguesGallery he has.)

* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': Ron Stoppable is considered pretty low on the food chain of the high school and does have some odd trais. Yet he seems insanely popular among girls - notably Yori and Kim (the latter of whom he later does date), along with Zita, and a crush by another cheerleader. Not to mention a handful of episodes where he gets involved with [[AlphaBitch Bonnie]].

* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': Ron Stoppable who's overly concerned with social rankings and considered a loser by his school peers. Yet he seems insanely popular among girls - notably Yori and Kim (the latter of whom he later does date), along with Zita, and a crush by another cheerleader. Not to mention a handful of episodes where he gets involved with [[AlphaBitch Bonnie]].

* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': Ted Mosby's love life is generally unsatisfactory to him, not because he can't get dates but because he's looking for true love. He is often teased by his friends for falling too quickly for women and trying to turn each new date into a potential wife. Still he has several hot women per season (minus season 2 when he's in a committed relationship with Robin). And apparently the characters in this show all think it's mind-boggling for someone to go more than a few months without getting laid.

* ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'': Alan is often depicted as a pathetic loser yet he's dated a number of attractive women and was even married to a couple of them.

* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': Harry Dresden. The man's friends, co-workers, and magical spirit servants mock his lackluster love life. His love life actually isn't all that great - the books, 11 so far, each take place about a year or so apart, so he's had two girlfriends in about 11 years - but it's not all ''that'' horrible. Over the course of the series he has been in two committed relationships so far ([[spoiler:one was TheMole, but it wasn't her fault and they're still friends]]) with very attractive women, plus one paper-thin {{Will They Or Wont They}}, one at least somewhat attractive lover in his backstory, and probably dozens of women who have thrown themselves at him only for him to turn them down.[[note]]At least according to Harry Dresden himself; it has been suggested that there might be [[UnreliableNarrator a little wishful thinking going on]].[[/note]] His love life isn't that great only because Harry has a DarkAndTroubledPast and a tendency to place HonorBeforeReason, not because he's really all that ugly or socially inept. In the books he's tall, dark, mysterious, probably relatively good-looking when he bothers to clean himself up, and has a sharp wit. In the TV series he was played by [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085860/ this guy]]. There's ''no way'' he couldn't get a date if he actually wanted to. Though, it's less that he's mocked for being ''unable'' to get a date so much as being ''unwilling'' to.