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** While his ArchEnemy Light has at least two relationships in the series, both are based entirely on manipulation and usefulness, so he may qualify as this as well. It's not clear how far either girl "gets" with him, but the second isn't with him very long [[spoiler:before he murders her]] and as for the first, Misa, he only shows interest in ''her'' when he wants her to kill or otherwise do something for him; he also thinks about killing her on several occasions, and the only reason Misa lives is due to XanatosSpeedChess necessitating Light keeping her alive. It's established early on that Light is quite popular with the ladies but rarely showed interest in them even before becoming a SerialKiller.

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** While his ArchEnemy [[Characters/DeathNoteLightYagami Light Yagami]] has at least two relationships in the series, both are based entirely on manipulation and usefulness, so he may qualify as this as well. It's not clear how far either girl "gets" with him, but the second isn't with him very long [[spoiler:before he murders her]] and as for the first, Misa, he only shows interest in ''her'' when he wants her to kill or otherwise do something for him; he also thinks about killing her on several occasions, and the only reason Misa lives is due to XanatosSpeedChess necessitating Light keeping her alive. It's established early on that Light is quite popular with the ladies but rarely showed interest in them even before becoming a SerialKiller.



* Sasuke from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' seems to be this, since though he plans to eventually revive his dead clan, he shows zero interest in all of the InUniverse fangirls who have been throwing themselves at his feet since he was at least '''8'''. [[spoiler:This all changes by the end of the series, however, as he marries Sakura Haruno and has a daughter with her named Sarada.]]

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* [[Characters/NarutoSasukeUchiha Sasuke Uchiha]] from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' seems to be this, since though he plans to eventually revive his dead clan, he shows zero interest in all of the InUniverse fangirls who have been throwing themselves at his feet since he was at least '''8'''. [[spoiler:This all changes by the end of the series, however, as he marries Sakura Haruno and has a daughter with her named Sarada.]]
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** Downplayed with Lord Vetinari. While there are some implications as to a long-running relationship with Lady Margolotta, there doesn't seem to be much of a physical component given that they live hundreds of miles apart and mostly communicate by the equivalent of telegrams. Vetinari is also eccentric in a cold-blooded sort of way, noted for his habits like reading music off the sheet so it can't be spoiled by the flaws of mere human musicians, and is shown to be a genius in the field of politics whose departure from a position of power [[VetinariJobSecurity wouldn't so much shake up the board as take an axe to the table]].
** Wizards are mostly required to be celibate, at least when it comes to women (the prohibition is mainly to prevent anyone from giving birth to unexpected [[RealityWarper sourcerers]]), and are consistently expected to be eccentric. Genius is less common, and indeed the system of Unseen University tends to discourage too much of it by directing wizards' minds away from great breakthroughs and towards big dinners, but Ponder Stibbons's research ''has'' produced some legitimately impressive discoveries and [[ObfuscatingStupidity Mustrum Ridcully is much, much smarter than he acts]].
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Eccentric genius types are sometimes implied to have UsefulNotes/{{autism}}, and some evidence suggests higher-than-average levels of UsefulNotes/{{asexual}}ity among that population.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': For a value of "genius" that includes "villainous schemer", ComicBook/TheJoker is too focused on his schemes to care that ComicBook/HarleyQuinn is throwing herself at him. Disturbingly, this series includes probably one of the most brutal (halfway realistic) depictions of DomesticAbuse ever put to western animation.

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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': For a value of "genius" that includes "villainous schemer", ComicBook/TheJoker [[Characters/DCAUJoker The Joker]] is too focused on his schemes to care that ComicBook/HarleyQuinn is throwing herself at him. Disturbingly, this series includes probably one of the most brutal (halfway realistic) depictions of DomesticAbuse ever put to western animation.



* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', The Author [[spoiler: Stanford Pines]] turns out to be like this. He's a brilliant scientific and paranormal researcher [[spoiler: and built an interdimensional portal]], he's at least as eccentric as the rest of the generally quirky cast (among other things, he shaves with ''fire''), and unlike almost every other major human character, he never gets a canonical love interest or crush. (The Author is also a fan of Nikola Tesla, a real-life example of this trope.)
* Rick from ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' isn't himself an example, having been in a relationship with [[HiveMind Unity]] and being married long enough to someone that he has grandkids, but he encourages Morty to be one in "Rick Potion #9".

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* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', The Author [[spoiler: [[Characters/GravityFallsTheAuthor Stanford Pines]] Pines]]]] turns out to be like this. He's a brilliant scientific and paranormal researcher [[spoiler: and built an interdimensional portal]], he's at least as eccentric as the rest of the generally quirky cast (among other things, he shaves with ''fire''), and unlike almost every other major human character, he never gets a canonical love interest or crush. (The Author is also a fan of Nikola Tesla, a real-life example of this trope.)
* [[Characters/RickAndMortyRickSanchez Rick Sanchez]] from ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' isn't himself an example, having been in a relationship with [[HiveMind Unity]] and being married long enough to someone that he has grandkids, but he encourages Morty to be one in "Rick Potion #9".




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* ''Franchise/GhostBusters'': Egon Spengler is TheSpock and a bit of an eccentric, though not nearly as eccentric as either Ray Stantz or [[DeadpanSnarker Peter Venkmann.]] Yet he's the one their SassySecretary, Janine, has the hots for. Too bad Egon's [[ForScience married to science.]]

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* ''Franchise/GhostBusters'': Egon Spengler is TheSpock and a bit of an eccentric, though not nearly as eccentric as either Ray Stantz or [[DeadpanSnarker Peter Venkmann.]] Yet he's the one their SassySecretary, Janine, has the hots for. Too bad Egon's [[ForScience married to science.]]]] However, [[spoiler:in ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'', it's revealed that he had a daughter]].
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* ''Literature/TheWolfDenTrilogy'''s portrayal of Pliny the Elder falls into this trope. True to real life, Pliny never married or had children (though he adopted his nephew), but in the books he is not even interested in having sex with a hired concubine (he actually hired her so he could examine her body and have her read to him). His single-minded focus on his work causes others to perceive him as eccentric. Still, he is a very intelligent and insatiably curious man who is compiling his Natural History when he and the protagonist Amara first meet.
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* In ''Theatre/{{Chess}}'', Freddie prefers to get his kicks "above the waistline". He's also the second-best chess player in the world. He's also ''freaking insane''.

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* In ''Theatre/{{Chess}}'', Freddie prefers to get his kicks "above the waistline".waistline" (which may be a reference to his [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed inspiration]] Bobby Fischer claiming chess is BetterThanSex). He's also the second-best chess player in the world. He's also ''freaking insane''.
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* Rick from ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' isn't himself an example, having been in a relationship with [[HiveMind Unity]] and being married long enough to someone that he has grandkids, but he encourages Morty to be one in "Rick Potion #9".
-->"What people call "love" is just a chemical reaction that compels animals to breed. It hits hard, then it slowly fades, leaving you stranded in a failed marriage. I did it. Your parents are gonna do it. Break the cycle. Rise above. Focus on science."

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* UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla, real-life MadScientist and life-long bachelor. Modern historians theorize that he was most likely asexual.
* UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton supposedly said on his deathbed that his proudest accomplishment was managing to die a virgin. Not calculus, not gravity, not the minted coin. Dying a virgin.
* UsefulNotes/HenryCavendish was an eccentric recluse who rarely communicated with anybody except a small circle of fellow scientists (communicating with his servants with notes) and had no known romantic or sexual attachments in his life.
* UsefulNotes/PaulErdos, the mathematician who famously only loved numbers.
* UsefulNotes/GHHardy was thought to be celibate throughout his life (Creator/BertrandRussell described him as a "non-practicing homosexual"), though some have speculated that he and fellow mathematician Ramanujan were lovers.
* UsefulNotes/ImmanuelKant was so devoted to philosophy that he had little time for socializing and no interest in sex or romance.
* UsefulNotes/BaruchSpinoza was another philosopher who by most accounts had little or no interest in romantic or sexual relationships.
* Mathematician, physicist, theologian, and philosopher UsefulNotes/BlaisePascal was also something of a recluse and had no known romantic attachments during his life.
* Creator/ErikSatie had one romantic relationship with a woman in his youth, but after that ended, he devoted the rest of his life to composing music with no evident interest in relationships or sexuality of any kind.
* Music/MauriceRavel may fit this trope, though some have claimed that he was a closeted homosexual, others that he regularly sought out sex with women in brothels.
* Creator/HenryDavidThoreau: Poet, hermit, nonconformist, life-long virgin. This could be a case of SingleTargetSexuality, as he and his brother had a falling-out over a woman (whom neither ended up with).
* Thoreau's contemporary Creator/EmilyDickinson was another ReclusiveArtist and experimental poet who stayed single for life (although there is speculation, largely fueled by the many love poems she wrote, about secret romantic relationships).
* UsefulNotes/AntoniGaudi was so devoted to his career as an architect that he had no time or interest in relationships.
* Creator/LewisCarroll is often interpreted as this, given that he ''was'' an eccentric genius and a life-long bachelor. There's still debate as to whether he had certain...''[[PaedoHunt unsavory]]'' sexual interests, as he sometimes took naked pictures of little girls (granted, [[ValuesDissonance this wasn't uncommon]] in UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain), and he hung around with a lot of little girls (like ten-year-old Alice Liddell, the inspiration for [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland that other Alice]]). But it's not certain that that behavior was due to any perversions, and even if he ''did'' have any shady urges, there's no evidence that he took his urges any further than that. What's more, Carroll appears to have had a number of love affairs with adult women, but his family swept those under the rug.
* Creator/SalvadorDali is an interesting case. He was married and would use eroticized images of his wife in paintings, but by his own admission he only had sex with her once (and had no other sexual experiences with women). He also admitted to trying homosexual intercourse and finding it similarly distasteful. Dali's sex life was otherwise entirely limited to voyeurism and masturbation.
* Cambridge don, medievalist, and ghost-story author Creator/MRJames was a lifelong bachelor -- although some who knew him have said that he was probably what we would call a "non-practicing" homosexual.
* Creator/THWhite, author of ''Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing'' was apparently celibate throughout his life, though he may have been secretly gay.
* Critic UsefulNotes/JohnRuskin famously never consummated his first marriage to Effie Gray, and then remained celibate the rest of his life.
* William James Sidis was a child prodigy who entered Harvard at age eleven and excelled in most fields throughout his life...and was also celibate.
* Temple Grandin. At 72 years old, she still hasn't had romance or sex (and adamantly refused to let the makers of [[Film/TempleGrandin the film about her]] put romance in it) and wears cowgirl shirts even when not in Colorado where she lives and works in the cattle industry in spite of being born to an upper-class family in Massachusetts.
* Lise Meitner was a physicist who was a driving force behind the discovery and articulation of nuclear fission and even seemed to be a [[PlatonicLifePartners platonic life partner]] to her married collaborator Otto Hahn, yet there is no evidence of romance in her life.
* Creator/AlgernonCharlesSwinburne was one of Victorian England's most brilliant poets, and despite the transgressive and sexually-charged nature of a lot of his writing (which features explicit kink, crossdressing and queer eroticism) he never married. This has been attributed to his SingleTargetSexuality for a childhood love, who [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend married someone else.]] He only had one brief fling as an adult, and it's debatable if they even slept together. Overall he's a strange mixture of NerdsAreVirgins and NerdsArePervs.
* Author and artist Creator/EdwardGorey professed to be UsefulNotes/{{asexual|ity}} and to find the whole question of sex "tiresome", and devoted his life to his work and his hobbies (like attending every performance of the New York City Ballet for about two decades straight) -- not that this stopped him from producing works that treated sex in a satirical manner, most notably ''The Curious Sofa''.
* UsefulNotes/TELawrence of ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia'' fame was a BadassBookworm polymath adventurer and lifelong bachelor. The celibacy and the eccentricity are intertwined in this case, as Lawrence [[HatesBeingTouched hated being touched]] (under ''most'' circumstances; [[BrainsAndBondage he did enjoy being whipped]]) and appeared to find corporeal existence in general rather {{squick}}y. Despite his distaste for sexuality, though, he is speculated to have experienced ''romantic'' feelings for other men.
* Renowned experimental jazz musician Music/SunRa was a prolific and innovative composer, multi-instrumentalist, and bandleader, and a lifelong bachelor whose work eschewed sexual and romantic themes for science fiction and cosmic philosophy. He was also a self-proclaimed extraterrestrial from Saturn.
* TruthInTelevision: Historically, ''all'' dons at [[{{UsefulNotes/Oxbridge}} Oxford and Cambridge universities]] were required to take a VowOfCelibacy. This had a fair bit to do with the expectation that they would also serve in the priesthood or holy orders, which was very much the case prior to the Reformation although the rule remained in place until the nineteenth century — although by that time, it was tacitly understood as a prohibition on ''marriage'', not on love affairs.
* Avant-garde artist Creator/AndyWarhol liked to [[InvokedTrope cultivate this image]] due to the widespread homophobia in his lifetime, [[SubvertedTrope though he was in fact gay and sexually active]].
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* UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla, real-life MadScientist and life-long bachelor. Modern historians theorize that he was most likely asexual.
* UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton supposedly said on his deathbed that his proudest accomplishment was managing to die a virgin. Not calculus, not gravity, not the minted coin. Dying a virgin.
* UsefulNotes/HenryCavendish was an eccentric recluse who rarely communicated with anybody except a small circle of fellow scientists (communicating with his servants with notes) and had no known romantic or sexual attachments in his life.
* UsefulNotes/PaulErdos, the mathematician who famously only loved numbers.
* UsefulNotes/GHHardy was thought to be celibate throughout his life (Creator/BertrandRussell described him as a "non-practicing homosexual"), though some have speculated that he and fellow mathematician Ramanujan were lovers.
* UsefulNotes/ImmanuelKant was so devoted to philosophy that he had little time for socializing and no interest in sex or romance.
* UsefulNotes/BaruchSpinoza was another philosopher who by most accounts had little or no interest in romantic or sexual relationships.
* Mathematician, physicist, theologian, and philosopher UsefulNotes/BlaisePascal was also something of a recluse and had no known romantic attachments during his life.
* Creator/ErikSatie had one romantic relationship with a woman in his youth, but after that ended, he devoted the rest of his life to composing music with no evident interest in relationships or sexuality of any kind.
* Music/MauriceRavel may fit this trope, though some have claimed that he was a closeted homosexual, others that he regularly sought out sex with women in brothels.
* Creator/HenryDavidThoreau: Poet, hermit, nonconformist, life-long virgin. This could be a case of SingleTargetSexuality, as he and his brother had a falling-out over a woman (whom neither ended up with).
* Thoreau's contemporary Creator/EmilyDickinson was another ReclusiveArtist and experimental poet who stayed single for life (although there is speculation, largely fueled by the many love poems she wrote, about secret romantic relationships).
* UsefulNotes/AntoniGaudi was so devoted to his career as an architect that he had no time or interest in relationships.
* Creator/LewisCarroll is often interpreted as this, given that he ''was'' an eccentric genius and a life-long bachelor. There's still debate as to whether he had certain...''[[PaedoHunt unsavory]]'' sexual interests, as he sometimes took naked pictures of little girls (granted, [[ValuesDissonance this wasn't uncommon]] in UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain), and he hung around with a lot of little girls (like ten-year-old Alice Liddell, the inspiration for [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland that other Alice]]). But it's not certain that that behavior was due to any perversions, and even if he ''did'' have any shady urges, there's no evidence that he took his urges any further than that. What's more, Carroll appears to have had a number of love affairs with adult women, but his family swept those under the rug.
* Creator/SalvadorDali is an interesting case. He was married and would use eroticized images of his wife in paintings, but by his own admission he only had sex with her once (and had no other sexual experiences with women). He also admitted to trying homosexual intercourse and finding it similarly distasteful. Dali's sex life was otherwise entirely limited to voyeurism and masturbation.
* Cambridge don, medievalist, and ghost-story author Creator/MRJames was a lifelong bachelor -- although some who knew him have said that he was probably what we would call a "non-practicing" homosexual.
* Creator/THWhite, author of ''Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing'' was apparently celibate throughout his life, though he may have been secretly gay.
* Critic UsefulNotes/JohnRuskin famously never consummated his first marriage to Effie Gray, and then remained celibate the rest of his life.
* William James Sidis was a child prodigy who entered Harvard at age eleven and excelled in most fields throughout his life...and was also celibate.
* Temple Grandin. At 72 years old, she still hasn't had romance or sex (and adamantly refused to let the makers of [[Film/TempleGrandin the film about her]] put romance in it) and wears cowgirl shirts even when not in Colorado where she lives and works in the cattle industry in spite of being born to an upper-class family in Massachusetts.
* Lise Meitner was a physicist who was a driving force behind the discovery and articulation of nuclear fission and even seemed to be a [[PlatonicLifePartners platonic life partner]] to her married collaborator Otto Hahn, yet there is no evidence of romance in her life.
* Creator/AlgernonCharlesSwinburne was one of Victorian England's most brilliant poets, and despite the transgressive and sexually-charged nature of a lot of his writing (which features explicit kink, crossdressing and queer eroticism) he never married. This has been attributed to his SingleTargetSexuality for a childhood love, who [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend married someone else.]] He only had one brief fling as an adult, and it's debatable if they even slept together. Overall he's a strange mixture of NerdsAreVirgins and NerdsArePervs.
* Author and artist Creator/EdwardGorey professed to be UsefulNotes/{{asexual|ity}} and to find the whole question of sex "tiresome", and devoted his life to his work and his hobbies (like attending every performance of the New York City Ballet for about two decades straight) -- not that this stopped him from producing works that treated sex in a satirical manner, most notably ''The Curious Sofa''.
* UsefulNotes/TELawrence of ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia'' fame was a BadassBookworm polymath adventurer and lifelong bachelor. The celibacy and the eccentricity are intertwined in this case, as Lawrence [[HatesBeingTouched hated being touched]] (under ''most'' circumstances; [[BrainsAndBondage he did enjoy being whipped]]) and appeared to find corporeal existence in general rather {{squick}}y. Despite his distaste for sexuality, though, he is speculated to have experienced ''romantic'' feelings for other men.
* Renowned experimental jazz musician Music/SunRa was a prolific and innovative composer, multi-instrumentalist, and bandleader, and a lifelong bachelor whose work eschewed sexual and romantic themes for science fiction and cosmic philosophy. He was also a self-proclaimed extraterrestrial from Saturn.
* TruthInTelevision: Historically, ''all'' dons at [[{{UsefulNotes/Oxbridge}} Oxford and Cambridge universities]] were required to take a VowOfCelibacy. This had a fair bit to do with the expectation that they would also serve in the priesthood or holy orders, which was very much the case prior to the Reformation although the rule remained in place until the nineteenth century — although by that time, it was tacitly understood as a prohibition on ''marriage'', not on love affairs.
* Avant-garde artist Creator/AndyWarhol liked to [[InvokedTrope cultivate this image]] due to the widespread homophobia in his lifetime, [[SubvertedTrope though he was in fact gay and sexually active]].
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* UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton supposedly said on his deathbed that his proudest accomplishment was managing to die a virgin.

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* UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton supposedly said on his deathbed that his proudest accomplishment was managing to die a virgin. Not calculus, not gravity, not the minted coin. Dying a virgin.



* UsefulNotes/PaulErdos, the mathematician who famously loved only numbers.

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* Vanyel Ashkevron, the hero of the ''Literature/LastHeraldMageTrilogy'', is gay, but by the third book of the trilogy he's become extremely FamedInStory for his powers and dedication to his country. It's LonelyAtTheTop and he's cut himself off from most other people - he has a ''few'' friends, but most of them including his nephew are really closer to friendly acquaintances, kept at arm's length. Said nephew becomes determined to pair him off with an openly gay young Bard thinking it will help them both.

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* Vanyel Ashkevron, the hero of the ''Literature/LastHeraldMageTrilogy'', is gay, but by the third book of the trilogy he's become extremely FamedInStory for his powers and dedication to his country. Most people think of him as asexual and a kind of marble icon of power and duty. It's LonelyAtTheTop and he's cut had no lovers for many years and cuts himself off from most other people - he has a ''few'' friends, but most of them including his nephew are really closer to friendly acquaintances, kept at arm's length. Said nephew becomes determined to pair him off with an openly gay young Bard thinking it will help them both.
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* Vanyel Ashkevron, the hero of the ''Literature/LastHeraldMageTrilogy'', is gay, but by the third book of the trilogy he's become extremely FamedInStory for his powers and dedication to his country. It's LonelyAtTheTop and he's cut himself off from most other people - he has a ''few'' friends, but most of them including his nephew are really closer to friendly acquaintances, kept at arm's length. Said nephew becomes determined to pair him off with an openly gay young Bard thinking it will help them both.
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* In general, not uncommon for people with schizoid personality disorder or autism spectrum disorder. However, it is far from universal, as many autistic people do end up falling in love, often with other autistic people, and living HappilyMarried lives.
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* Senku of ''Manga/DrStone'' is a TeenGenius who can't be bothered to care [[CatchPhrase even one millimeter]] about intimate relationships. Don't get us wrong, he respects and appreciates the assistance he gets from his female cohorts, but don't expect any romantic vibes between them. He'd much rather focus on rebuilding a scientific society in the stone world (though it's implied that he ''might'' become more open to such relationships once he's accomplished his goal of restoring humanity back to how it was before the petrification event).

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* Senku of ''Manga/DrStone'' is a TeenGenius who can't be bothered to care [[CatchPhrase even one millimeter]] millimeter about intimate relationships. Don't get us wrong, he respects and appreciates the assistance he gets from his female cohorts, but don't expect any romantic vibes between them. He'd much rather focus on rebuilding a scientific society in the stone world (though it's implied that he ''might'' become more open to such relationships once he's accomplished his goal of restoring humanity back to how it was before the petrification event).
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* In general, not uncommon for people with schizoid personality disorder or autism spectrum disorder.

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The Celibate Eccentric Genius is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin -- an intellectually brilliant, eccentric character who does not, in canon, engage in sexual or romantic entanglements. They may or may not be considered a potentially desirable partner by others, but to count as this trope, their celibacy must be, to some degree, voluntary - an eccentric genius who just can't get a date does not qualify.

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The Celibate Eccentric Genius is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin -- an intellectually brilliant, eccentric character who does not, in canon, engage in sexual or romantic entanglements. They may or may not be considered a potentially desirable partner by others, but to count as this trope, their celibacy must be, to some degree, voluntary - -- an eccentric genius who just can't get a date does not qualify.



These characters often lack a canonical sexual orientation but are often perceived as UsefulNotes/{{asexual|ity}} or UsefulNotes/{{Aromantic}} by the fandom, or, for the ones involved in close same-sex platonic friendships, AmbiguouslyGay. On that note it's not uncommon for gay characters in homophobic settings to invoke this by either merely presenting this image to the public (see Creator/AndyWarhol for a famous example in RealLife), or repressing their attraction in genuine aspiration to this trope. However, a heterosexual Celibate Eccentric Genius is possible.

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These characters often lack a canonical sexual orientation but are often perceived as UsefulNotes/{{asexual|ity}} UsefulNotes/{{asexual}} or UsefulNotes/{{Aromantic}} UsefulNotes/{{aromantic}} by the fandom, or, for the ones involved in close same-sex platonic friendships, AmbiguouslyGay. On that note it's not uncommon for gay characters in homophobic settings to invoke this by either merely presenting this image to the public (see Creator/AndyWarhol for a famous example in RealLife), or repressing their attraction in genuine aspiration to this trope. However, a heterosexual Celibate Eccentric Genius is possible.
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In Fiction Land, being very smart can [[IntelligenceEqualsIsolation damage your social prospects]]. This can hold particularly true in the area of [[NerdsAreVirgins sex and dating.]] However, ''this'' character doesn't care about driving off potential suitors with their intelligence or unusual interests. The Celibate Eccentric Genius knows that there are many more interesting and intellectually stimulating activities in this world than dating.

The Celibate Eccentric Genius is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin - an intellectually brilliant, eccentric character who does not, in canon, engage in sexual or romantic entanglements. They may or may not be considered a potentially desirable partner by others, but to count as this trope, their celibacy must be, to some degree, voluntary - an eccentric genius who just can't get a date does not qualify.

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In Fiction Land, being very smart can [[IntelligenceEqualsIsolation damage your social prospects]]. This can hold particularly true in the area of [[NerdsAreVirgins sex and dating.]] dating]]. However, ''this'' character doesn't care about driving off potential suitors with their intelligence or unusual interests. The Celibate Eccentric Genius knows that there are many more interesting and intellectually stimulating activities in this world than dating.

The Celibate Eccentric Genius is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin - -- an intellectually brilliant, eccentric character who does not, in canon, engage in sexual or romantic entanglements. They may or may not be considered a potentially desirable partner by others, but to count as this trope, their celibacy must be, to some degree, voluntary - an eccentric genius who just can't get a date does not qualify.



These characters often lack a canonical sexual orientation but are often perceived as UsefulNotes/{{Asexual}} or UsefulNotes/{{Aromantic}} by the fandom, or, for the ones involved in close same-sex platonic friendships, AmbiguouslyGay. On that note it's not uncommon for gay characters in homophobic settings to invoke this by either merely presenting this image to the public (see Creator/AndyWarhol for a famous example in RealLife), or repressing their attraction in genuine aspiration to this trope. However, a heterosexual Celibate Eccentric Genius is possible.

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These characters often lack a canonical sexual orientation but are often perceived as UsefulNotes/{{Asexual}} UsefulNotes/{{asexual|ity}} or UsefulNotes/{{Aromantic}} by the fandom, or, for the ones involved in close same-sex platonic friendships, AmbiguouslyGay. On that note it's not uncommon for gay characters in homophobic settings to invoke this by either merely presenting this image to the public (see Creator/AndyWarhol for a famous example in RealLife), or repressing their attraction in genuine aspiration to this trope. However, a heterosexual Celibate Eccentric Genius is possible.
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* Creator/AlgernonCharlesSwinburne was one of Victorian England's most brilliant poets, and despite the (for its time) incredibly shocking and sexually-charged nature of a lot of his writing (which features explicit kink, crossdressing and queer eroticism) never married. This is likely due to his SingleTargetSexuality for his childhood love, who [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend married someone else.]] He only had one brief fling as an adult, and it's debatable if they even slept together. Overall he's a strange mixture of NerdsAreVirgins and NerdsArePervs.

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* Creator/AlgernonCharlesSwinburne was one of Victorian England's most brilliant poets, and despite the (for its time) incredibly shocking transgressive and sexually-charged nature of a lot of his writing (which features explicit kink, crossdressing and queer eroticism) he never married. This is likely due has been attributed to his SingleTargetSexuality for his a childhood love, who [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend married someone else.]] He only had one brief fling as an adult, and it's debatable if they even slept together. Overall he's a strange mixture of NerdsAreVirgins and NerdsArePervs.
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* Creator/AlgernonCharlesSwinburne was one of Victorian England's most brilliant poets, and despite the (for its time) incredibly shocking and sexually-charged nature of a lot of his writing (which features explicit kink, crossdressing and queer eroticism) never married. This is likely due to his SingleTargetSexuality for his childhood love, who [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend married someone else.]] He only had one brief fling as an adult, and it's debatable if they even slept together. Overall he's a strange mixture of NerdsAreVirgins and NerdsArePervs.

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* The ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures'' largely follows the series in this, at least as far as the Seventh Doctor goes. (At one point, when a woman is hitting on him so blatantly that even ''he'' can't ignore it, he outright tells her that he makes a point of missing or misunderstanding such things, because it's simpler.) The single Eighth Doctor NA, however, follows up his kiss with Grace by [[spoiler: strongly implying he bonked Benny Summerfield]].



** Subverted by the Sherlock in ''Series/{{Elementary}}'' (the [[DuelingWorks American show]]), who has lots of sex. It's ([[GenderFlip Joan]]) ''Watson'' who isn't getting any (most of the time). A fact regarding which [[{{Jerkass}} Sherlock]] is entirely too happy to {{troll}} her.

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** Subverted by the Sherlock in ''Series/{{Elementary}}'' (the [[DuelingWorks American show]]), who has lots of sex. (It's ''emotional attachments'' he tries to avoid, and he doesn't see why the two things should be related.) It's ([[GenderFlip Joan]]) ''Watson'' who isn't getting any (most of the time). A fact regarding which [[{{Jerkass}} Sherlock]] is entirely too happy to {{troll}} her.



* The Doctor in ''Series/DoctorWho'', depending on his regeneration. Five and Seven were extremely celibate, which became a plot point with some frequency in the Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse. From his Eighth regeneration onwards, the Doctor starts getting more and more intimate with his companions (though Creator/TomBaker loves to imply that this started way back with Four). And of course, the First Doctor had a granddaughter and even got engaged to a GirlOfTheWeek.

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* The Doctor in ''Series/DoctorWho'', depending on his regeneration. Five and Seven were extremely celibate, which became a plot point with some frequency in the Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse. From his Eighth regeneration onwards, the Doctor starts getting more and more intimate with his companions (though Creator/TomBaker loves to imply that this started way back with Four).Four, who, on the other hand, also gave us the line "You're a beautiful woman, probably"). And of course, the First Doctor had a granddaughter and even got engaged to a GirlOfTheWeek.
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These characters often lack a canonical sexual orientation but are often perceived as UsefulNotes/{{Asexual}} or UsefulNotes/{{Aromantic}} by the fandom, or, for the ones involved in close same-sex platonic friendships, AmbiguouslyGay. On that note it's not uncommon for gay characters in homophobic settings to invoke this trope by either merely presenting this image to the public (see Creator/AndyWarhol for a famous example in RealLife), or repressing their attraction in genuine aspiration to this trope. However, a heterosexual Celibate Eccentric Genius is possible.

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These characters often lack a canonical sexual orientation but are often perceived as UsefulNotes/{{Asexual}} or UsefulNotes/{{Aromantic}} by the fandom, or, for the ones involved in close same-sex platonic friendships, AmbiguouslyGay. On that note it's not uncommon for gay characters in homophobic settings to invoke this trope by either merely presenting this image to the public (see Creator/AndyWarhol for a famous example in RealLife), or repressing their attraction in genuine aspiration to this trope. However, a heterosexual Celibate Eccentric Genius is possible.
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These characters often lack a canonical sexual orientation but are often perceived as UsefulNotes/{{Asexual}} or UsefulNotes/{{Aromantic}} by the fandom, or, for the ones involved in close same-sex platonic friendships, AmbiguouslyGay. On that note it's not uncommon for gay characters in homophobic settings to invoke this trope by either presenting this image to the public (see Creator/AndyWarhol for a famous example in RealLife), or repressing their attraction in genuine aspiration to this trope. However, a heterosexual Celibate Eccentric Genius is possible.

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These characters often lack a canonical sexual orientation but are often perceived as UsefulNotes/{{Asexual}} or UsefulNotes/{{Aromantic}} by the fandom, or, for the ones involved in close same-sex platonic friendships, AmbiguouslyGay. On that note it's not uncommon for gay characters in homophobic settings to invoke this trope by either merely presenting this image to the public (see Creator/AndyWarhol for a famous example in RealLife), or repressing their attraction in genuine aspiration to this trope. However, a heterosexual Celibate Eccentric Genius is possible.
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These characters often lack a canonical sexual orientation but are often perceived as UsefulNotes/{{Asexual}} or UsefulNotes/{{Aromantic}} by the fandom, or, for the ones involved in close same-sex platonic friendships, AmbiguouslyGay. On that note it's not uncommon for gay characters in homophobic settings to either aspire to this trope by repressing their attraction, or merely present this image to the public. However, a heterosexual Celibate Eccentric Genius is possible.

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These characters often lack a canonical sexual orientation but are often perceived as UsefulNotes/{{Asexual}} or UsefulNotes/{{Aromantic}} by the fandom, or, for the ones involved in close same-sex platonic friendships, AmbiguouslyGay. On that note it's not uncommon for gay characters in homophobic settings to either aspire to invoke this trope by repressing their attraction, or merely present either presenting this image to the public.public (see Creator/AndyWarhol for a famous example in RealLife), or repressing their attraction in genuine aspiration to this trope. However, a heterosexual Celibate Eccentric Genius is possible.

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