History Main / AttractivenessIsolation

* ''Magazine/{{Mad}} Magazine'': One issue featured one of their "You'll Never Win Because..." comics which revolved around this trope. At a night club, almost every man present, including the ThisLoserIsYou focus character, decide that competing for the attention of the beautiful girl will be an exercise in futility, and turn their sights on a rather dumpy-looking girl. This not only causes said girl to think she's way more attractive than she actually is and become a haughty jerk who makes the guys jump through hoops for her attention, but the beautiful girl who everyone ignored because they thought they'd have to fight tooth and nail for her, ends up with a nerd who didn't join the hussle for the uglier girl because he didn't think he had a chance.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': It's known as "jerk syndrome".

* A variation in ''Webcomic/MenageA3'', where Didi's problem isn't a lack of dates, it's the lack of non-SpeedSex (all the men she dates end up lasting less than a minute on seeing her naked). Thus when she meets people able to last long enough, she falls headlong into SexIsLove, which causes its own share of problems.

* Miu Furinji from ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' is strongly implied to [[StockShoujoBullyingTactics have been bullied by the girls of her former school]] because of her good looks [[GagBoobs and her massive knockers]].

* One of the reasons why Kotonoha Katsura from ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'' is bullied or ignored by other girls is her AloofDarkHairedGirl plus GagBoobs appearance, which makes her pretty popular with the guys [[ShrinkingViolet even when she wouldn't necessarily like to have their eyes on her]].

* ZigZagged in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9285638/8/Leftovers Leftovers]]''. Kurenai's beauty attracted many admirers back when she was still in the academy, but the only ones who actively showed their affection for [[IncompatibleOrientation the very straight Kurenai]] [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer were other women]], while the guys wrote her off as unobtainable due to her IceQueen nature and didn't even bother. Asuma was able to become Kurenai's boyfriend because he was the first guy to actually try to ask her out.

* [[DefrostingIceQueen Lena]] from ''Literature/TheSisterhoodOfTheTravelingPants'' is said by many different characters to be strikingly pretty, but to the point people are intimidated by her. [[AloofDarkHairedGirl Her personality]] [[TheQuietOne makes this difficult as well.]]

* The [[HighSchoolDance prom episode]] of ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'' makes a mention or two of how "hot girls don't get asked out". Rex is skeptical until [[HotScientist Dr. Holiday]] confesses no one ever asked her to prom.

* LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya is an odd example; boys ask her out, but because she has rejected all of them, everyone who hasn't (including [[ObliviousToLove Kyon]], who she ''is'' actually interested in) assumes there's no point in trying. It's something like a rite of passage; students do it because all their peers have done it, not because anybody really expects it to go anywhere.

Compare and contrast TheSchlubPubSeductionDeduction, when a man is so unattractive that any attention he gets from beautiful women is probably due to [[HoneyTrap ulterior motives]]. Also compare SoBeautifulItsACurse. Overlaps with CannotTalkToGirls, in that this girl causes that effect on everybody.

Compare and contrast TheSchlubPubSeductionDeduction, when a man is so unattractive that any attention he gets from beautiful women is probably due to [[HoneyTrap ulterior motives]]. Also compare SoBeautifulItsACurse.

* ''VideoGame/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'': Rather heavily implied to be Monika's problem. She's beautiful, nice, and a great poet, so the main character doesn't even consider her a romance options despite her attempts to be approachable and encourage him to lighten up around her. [[spoiler: And Monika ''knows'' that she's a non-romanceable character, and most of the game's horror is caused by her desperate attempt to subvert this trope by ''forcing'' the player to romance her.]]

Compare and contrast TheSchlubPubSeductionDeduction, when a man is so unattractive that any attention he gets from beautiful women is probably due to [[HoneyTrap ulterior motives]].

* [[{{Expy}} Himemiya]] Yukio from ''Manga/GokujouDrops''. She's jealous about how her girlfriend/servant Komari can get close to people so easily. As Komari put it, "Yukio-chan's fans are weird".

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Manga/SuperGals''. Aya thinks at one point that boys are too intimidated by her looks and [[BrainyBrunette brains]] to ask her out.

This trope is not AlwaysFemale, but because an important part of the situation is that she cannot simply ask ''him'', it tends to be a female trope. Leads to ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe if she ''does'' simply ask him. Related to SoBeautifulItsACurse, GreenEyedMonster and also BeautyIsBad- if other females act bitchy to the girl just because they think [[AlphaBitch she's pretty and therefore a bitch]]. Those [[AmazonianBeauty whose beauty is of the intimidating, self-sufficient type]] often have this trope.

* Himemiya Chikane from ''Manga/DestinyOfTheShrineMaiden''. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by a character, who says that "simply having the courage to directly ask her out makes one a hero". [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Even the girls feel intimidated by her charm]]. Deconstructed that in a way, it made Chikane a BrokenAce, and the fact that only the main heroine, Himeko Kurusugawa, befriended her so casually that [[SchoolgirlLesbians she fell in love with her]] and [[{{Gayngst}} was tortured with their forbidden romance.]]

* [[{{Expy}} Himemiya]] Yukio from ''Manga/GokujouDrops''. She's jealous about how her [[SchoolgirlLesbians girlfriend/servant]] Komari can get close to people so easily. As Komari put it, "Yukio-chan's fans are weird".

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Pyrrha Nikos is a tall, beautiful redhead and the star athlete of her generation. She's stunning, intelligent, talented, powerful and compassionate. Everyone is in awe of her and everyone thinks she's out of their league. She hates being put on a pedestal because it makes her feel isolated and incapable of forming friendships. One of the biggest reasons for why she falls for Jaune is because he has absolutely no idea who she is when he first meets her and therefore just treats her like she's an ordinary person. Through him, she is finally able to form real friendships for the first time in her life. Jaune doesn't realise this initially until the school dance, when he learns that no-one asked her to be their date because they automatically assumed they weren't good enough for her and therefore didn't even bother trying.

* Pretty and beautiful women often suffer from "somebody's girl syndrome" (SGS) in which they are [[HollywoodDateless perpetually single]] while cute and average looking girls have boyfriends or are hanging around guys. That's because many guys think the hot chicks already have gorgeous boyfriends and are out of their league and won't approach them. Therefore, the hot chick contracts SGS as a result. Guys also stay away from these particular women when they follow what self-help guru Robert Ringer calls the "Boyfriend Theory" which states that a man is better off physically by assuming that she has this big, buff and mean boyfriend, POSSLQ (person of opposite sex sharing living quarters), fiance or husband until he can assemble enough background information about the very attractive woman without [[StalkerWithACrush stalking her]].

* A gender inversion occurs in ''Manga/FamilyComplex''. Harumi, the eldest son of TheBeautifulElite Sakamoto family, is so handsome that everyone in his school treats him like a king, making him feel isolated from his peers. And since his wannabe servants are very overprotective towards him, girls are scared to come close to him.

* LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya is an odd example; boys ask her out, but because she has rejected all of them, everyone who hasn't (including [[ObliviousToLove Kyon]], who she ''is'' actually interested in) assumes there's no point in trying. It's something like a rite of passage; students do it because all their peers have done it, not because anybody really expects it to go anywhere.

->''"He's nice," said Tawneee. "And he's very dependable," said Tawneee. And, as if dimly aware that this was still not sufficient, she added sadly, "If you must know, he's the first boy who's ever asked me out." ... There were goddesses who'd kill to look like Tawneee. Angua and Sally exchanged a glance. Light dawned. Ah, that was the problem. And this one's a baaaad case.''

* Himemiya Chikane from ''Manga/KannazukiNoMiko''. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by a character, who says that "simply having the courage to directly ask her out makes one a hero". [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Even the girls feel intimidated by her charm]]. Deconstructed that in a way, it made Chikane a BrokenAce, and the fact that only the main heroine, Himeko Kurusugawa, befriended her so casually that [[SchoolgirlLesbians she fell in love with her]] and [[{{Gayngst}} was tortured with their forbidden romance.]]

This trope is not AlwaysFemale, but because an important part of the situation is that she cannot simply ask ''him'', it tends to be a female trope. Leads to ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe if she ''does'' simply ask him. Related to SoBeautifulItsACurse, GreenEyedMonster and also BeautyIsBad- if other females act bitchy to the girl just because they think [[AlphaBitch she's pretty and therefore a bitch]]. Those [[HotAmazon whose beauty is of the intimidating, self-sufficient type]] often have this trope.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' plays this trope and subverts it with different characters.
** Pyrrha Nikos- a star athlete and SignificantGreenEyedRedhead- is in love with Jaune Arc because he doesn't idolize her like the other students do. Jaune himself is in love with Weiss, and (unintentionally) ignores Pyrrha romantically despite the anvil-sized hints she keeps dropping. And when he finally does figure it out, [[spoiler:she dies only a few minutes later fighting the BigBad after sending him to safety against his will to protect him]].

** The heiress [[AcademicAlphaBitch Weiss]] [[IceQueen Schnee]], on the other hand, frequently has to deal with gold-diggers trying to curry her favour. At least, that's the excuse she uses for her perpetual denial of Jaune's advances; while it's pretty clear that Jaune actually does like her for who she is and not for her money.