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** At Omnipotence City in ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'', Zeus attempts to remove Thor's disguise and reveal his identity with a light flick of his finger, but accidentally ends up stripping him completely naked. All of Zeus's attendants ([[FemaleGaze women]] and [[EvenTheGuysWantHim men]]) faint from the sight, and Jane and Valkyrie, rather than jumping right in to assist, decide they'll intervene to help "eventually", drinking in the view [[PassThePopcorn while literally eating grapes]].

* ''Film/FarAndAway'' has a scene where Shannon tries to ogle Joseph while he's undressing (without letting him know she's doing it) through the flimsy screen that divides [[InnocentCohabitation their room]].

* Sôsuke from ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' is subject to this a ''lot'' by all of his admirers. His looks are enough to get everyone (and I mean ''[[EvenTheGuysWantHim everyone]]'') to stop in their tracks and check him out. Even small part bystanders that never show up again (which is made especially obvious in the novels). One [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] instance was with Nami (from the novels), where she [[{{Tsundere}} pretended that]] she was only watching him change clothes because she wanted to make sure he was an AS pilot. Lemon teases her and notes that she was [[CovertPervert just checking him out]]. [[{{Tsundere}} Kaname is hardly immune either]]. On the very first day, when Kaname complains about the NewTransferStudent's weird, restless scanning and pacing, Kyoko suggests that maybe it wouldn't bother her so much if she'd stop checking him out at every opportunity.
-->'''Kaname:''' Ugh, I ''hate'' watching nervous types like him. It ''so'' gets on my nerves.
-->'''Kyoko:''' Then... don't watch him, maybe?

* In ''LightNovel/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool: Reminiscence'', Miyuki enjoys watching Tatsuya exercise shirtless. She feels embarrassed when he almost catches her doing this, although- being just a teenager- she doesn't quite understand why.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Katanagatari}}'', Togame doesn't even bother with a pretense for ogling the [[WalkingShirtlessScene perpetually shirtless]] Shichika -- she just tells him to sit still so it's easier to do.

* Similarly, Ash of ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'' pulls this one on Misty when he meets up with her between the ''Advance'' and ''Battle Frontier'' arcs. [[ShipTease Misty doesn't chastise him for it.]]

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': Due to Akira [[HeIsAllGrownUp growing taller]], and more muscular (from training) over the series, he gets a few scenes of this.
** When the tailor Celene is taking Akira’s measurements for a custom outfit he ordered, she gets so distracted with this that [[DiggingYourselfDeeper she keeps sounding more and more like a pervert]], but it goes over his head.
** In one of Sheryl’s BathtubBonding scenes with Akira, it’s noted seeing him undressed is too much for her and she reddens. Sheryl proceeds to use all of her GuileHero talent to persuade him into bathing with her regularly, talking up the health benefits of the luxury bath she had installed at their HomeBase.

* ''LightNovel/StrikeTheBlood'': In episode 21 Asagi gets possessed by Nina Adelard while showering. She [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl steps out of the bathroom in the buff]] to ask Kojou for his help, but he's too busy staring to know what she's saying until he eventually gets a {{Nosebleed}} and tells her to PleasePutSomeClothesOn.

* ''Anime/GargantiaOnTheVerdurousPlanet'' has the BeachEpisode, where Amy and her friends force Ledo out of his pilot suit. They then unabashedly stare at him while he's in his boxers, one of them even commenting out loud that he has a nice body. Ledo isn't immune to eye candy either, as he finds Amy's belly dance to really show off her curves, and so orders an encore just for himself. Amy is more than happy to oblige.

* In ''I Can Get It For You Wholesale'', long paragraphs of Harry Bogen's first-person narration are devoted to his lecherous contemplation of Miss Marmelstein's figure.
* ''[[Literature/TheCaseFilesOfIbrahimHelsing The Miskatonic Affair]]'' has Ibrahim and a bystander taking great interest in the physique of special agent Abba Kaatz [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl while he's changing clothes in front of them.]]

*** Pepper Potts tells off [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] for 'ogling' the GreenEyedRedhead who's their new legal secretary, as she's a "very expensive sexual harassment lawsuit" waiting to happen. Turns out [[ComicBook/BlackWidow she doesn't need a lawsuit to put men in their place]].

* Near the end of [[Recap/TengenToppaGurrenLagannS1E07YoureGonnaDoIt episode 7]] the HotSpringsEpisode of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', most of the gang beat up the beastmen who operated the Ganmen-disguised-as-hot-springs-resort. The camera pans across the cast... revealing that [[MsFanservice Yoko]] is peeking at the completely naked [[MrFanservice Kamina]]'s butt from the corner of her eye. When he makes a move that would bring her into his sight, she blushes and quickly looks upwards. Shortly afterwards, [[{{Gainaxing}} her jumping up and down in victory celebration makes her top suffer a]] WardrobeMalfunction... and Kamina immediately [[DistractedByTheSexy returns the favor]].

* In ''Marilyn: A Biography'', this is how Creator/NormanMailer tells us about Creator/MarilynMonroe's fascination with the [[MuscleBeachBum muscle boys]] while indulging in one of her favorite pastimes, which was to go to the muscle beach in Santa Monica "oppressively hot days" to to [[WorkoutFanservice watch them lift weights]] [[BriefsBoasting in speedos]] and look at thier smooth and hairless beach bodies, muscles and sweat:

* ''Series/FlashGordon2007'': Flash does this to [[Creator/KarenCliche Bailyn]] at the end of "Pride" when he catches her taking an "oil bath" in his backyard, complete with a BathKick. [[ClingyJealousGirl Dale]] has to physically pull him away from the sight.

* ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'': At one point in "The Beasts of Karn", if you look closely, you'll see that Buzz and XR are ogling at [[HotScientist Dr. Ozma Furbanna's]] backside.

** In ''ComicBook/YoungLove'', Linda Danvers and [[LoveInterest Dick Malverne]] spend the day at the beach and a while ogling to at other.

* In the early days of ''ComicBook/XMen'' there was a LoveTriangle subplot between ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}, ComicBook/JeanGrey and ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}. In ''ComicBook/AdjectivelessXMen'' #8, Scott stares intently at Betsy [[SexySurfacingShot rising out of the water]] in her leotard and started stuttering causing Jean to get [[ClingyJealousGirl extremely jealous]]. Later in #17 he [[ShowerOfAwkward walks in on her in the bathroom fresh out of the shower]] dressed in short a ModestyTowel. He gapes at her for a moment before stuttering an apology and bolting out of the bathroom, while an unperturbed Betsy smiles knowingly.

** In ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 2005 story arc]]'' ''ComicBook/GirlPower'', Kara Zor-El gets so entranced when she sees ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} than she barely hears what he is speaking
** In ''ComicBook/YoungLove'', Linda Danvers and [[LoveInterest Dick Malverne]] spend the day at the beach and a while ogling to each other.

** This happens automatically whenever a [[HornyDevils White Court vampire]] is in line of sight. It's not voluntary, either; the White Court exudes a natural aura that draws everyone's attention to their physical beauty, both male and female. This helps them "hunt" their prey, drawing mortals to them so they can [[EmotionEater feed on their emotions]] (lust, fear, and despair being the big three). Its also deconstructed, however, when one of them, Thomas, tries to live a normal life without maliciously feeding on humans, as he can't hold down a job because his coworkers inevitably get drawn to him through his involuntary mojo and he gets fired when they jump his bones and his innate hunger for emotions takes over.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': There are plenty of moments when Lestat de Lioncourt is mentally undressing Louis de Pointe du Lac with his eyes.

* In ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder'' #6, ComicBook/JimmyOlsen visits Vicki Vale in the hospital, and can't take his eyes off [[ShesGotLegs her legs]] as she's only wearing a skimpy hospital gown. She asks him to fetch her clothes for her then begins [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl taking off the gown right in front of him]] so she can change. The reader is [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment repeatedly informed by the narration boxes]] that Jimmy doesn't stare, but he is [[UnreliableNarrator clearly shown turning his head]] near the bottom of the page.

* Downplayed but evident in ''Film/WomanOfTheYear'' (1942): Sam's first view of Tess is of her [[ShesGotLegs shapely leg]] as she adjusts her stocking. He's clearly impressed.

MaleGaze and FemaleGaze are related, but distinct, as they are concerned with how a work is presented to the audience (i.e., presuming the viewer will come from a male or female perspective, respectively). Eating The Eye Candy refers to a ''character's'' interest (which can, however, carry over into framing and presentation). Gender-inverted examples exist for both tropes. Subjected to DoubleStandard since FemaleGaze doesn't carry the implications of MaleGaze: a woman who looks at a man sexually is more often than not written as "cute" (blushing and swooning), whereas a man looking at a woman sexually is commonly written as [[TheUnfairSex "vulgar" and "predatory"]] (making rude remarks and even hooting). Can be used quizzically in combination with AllWomenAreLustful, BiggerIsBetterInBed, BriefsBoasting, ChippendalesDancers, CovertPervert, FemaleGaze, GuyOnGuyIsHot, LongHairedPrettyBoy, LustObject, ReactionShot, MaleFrontalNudity, MuscleBeachBum, ShirtlessScene, WalkingShirtlessScene, WorkoutFanservice, YaoiFangirl, BeautifulDreamer and StuffyOldSongsAboutTheButtocks.

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'': Shortly after meeting Crunchbite the alien, Tucker has a hard time pulling Tex's attention away from his... alien... [[GagPenis muscle structure]].

** Dany clearly enjoys Daario stripping for her in "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS4E7Mockingbird Mockingbird]]".

** In "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS5E1TheWarsToCome "The Wars to Come]]", Margaery [[InterruptedIntimacy walks in on her brother Loras and Olyvar gettin' busy]]. While she's understandably unfazed by her brother's nudity, she does seem to appreciate Olyvar's butt.
** In "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS4E7Mockingbird Mockingbird]]", Dany seems very appreciative of Daario's package when he strips naked in front of her.

** In ''ComicBook/SensationalSheHulk'' #16 she [[HulkingOut Hulks Out]] to a huge savage gray form, [[ClothingDamage tearing her clothes in the process.]] When she returns to her normal She-Hulk form, she's topless, using [[HandOrObjectUnderwear an arm to cover her chest while using the other to hold the tattered remains of her pants]]. The onlookers greatly enjoy the sight.
** In the ''ComicBook/SensationalSheHulk'' graphic novel, a group of {{Jerkass}} ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} agents force Jen to [[ShamefulStrip take off her clothes for a strip search.]] She [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl refuses to be humiliated]] and strips naked in front of all of them, defiantly putting her hands on her hips. All the agents are shown to enjoy the show, until "Dum Dum" Dugan comes in and is furious at their perverted behavior.

** She did this a lot with her LoveInterest Wyatt Wingfoot, especially during her time in the ''ComicBook/TheFantasticFour'', since he's a WalkingShirtlessScene. {{Lampshaded}} in ''ComicBook/SensationalSheHulk'' #38, when after [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/she_hulkv2_38pic3.gif ogling him]] shirtless for a bit she [[FourthWallObserver turns to the camera]] to say her [[FemaleGaze female viewers deserve some eye candy]] too.

* ''Anime/AhMyGoddess'': Episode 11 has Keiichi getting [[BalefulPolymorph turned into a scooter]] by Marller. At the end of the episode Belldandy and Urd turn him back human, [[ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing but without any clothes.]] Both goddesses eyes immediately wander down with Belldandy [[LuminescentBlush blushing bright red]] while Urd grins with an interested "Hmm..." before kneeling down to his crotch level to get a better look.

** In "[[Recap/CharmedS3E2MagicHour Magic Hour]]" Christopher, [[BalefulPolymorph who was cursed into being an Owl]] at night, first appears at the girls porch being chased by their cat and they arrive just in time for him to turn back human, [[ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing without any clothes]]. Phoebe and Prue happily enjoy the eye candy while Piper tries her best to avert her gaze.

* ''Series/{{Dope}}'': The trio all stare at Nakia early on as she passes them on the sidewalk due to her good looks. It happens again with Lily later.

* In issue 9 of ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManDanSlott'', [[Comicbook/SpiderMan Peter]] is [[SleepsInTheNude sleeping naked on his bed]] when he's woken by ComicBook/{{Silk}} who begins enjoying the eye-candy, not helped by the [[FantasticArousal the pheromones]] that make them attracted to each other.

* During ''ComicBook/FallOfTheHulks'' [[Comicbook/SheHulk Savage She-Hulk Lyra]] gets her [[ClothingDamage clothes burnt off]] in a fight with ComicBook/HumanTorch who immediately starts enjoying the view.

* Comicbook/SheHulk is often the [[MsFanservice target]] ''or'' [[AllWomenAreLustful instigator]] of this trope.

* In ''Comicbook/SecretSix'', when the Six are on a mission to Atlantis ''all'' the female (and genderfluid) characters ''stop what they're doing'' because Catman is fighting Aquaman.

* In the early days of ''ComicBook/XMen'' there was a LoveTriangle subplot between Comicbook/{{Cyclops}}, ComicBook/JeanGrey and ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}. In ''ComicBook/AdjectivelessXMen'' #8, Scott stares intently at Betsy [[SexySurfacingShot rising out of the water]] in her leotard and started stuttering causing Jean to get [[ClingyJealousGirl extremely jealous]]. Later in #17 he [[ShowerOfAwkward walks in on her in the bathroom fresh out of the shower]] dressed in short a ModestyTowel. He gapes at her for a moment before stuttering an apology and bolting out of the bathroom, while an unperturbed Betsy smiles knowingly.
* ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'': ComicBook/KateBishop spends a few panels staring at a half-naked [[Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}} Clint Barton]] and at her one night stand, Noh-Varr, as he dances in their room in his underwear.

** {{Subverted}} when [[Comicbook/InvisibleWoman Sue]] walks into the room wearing a [[FormFittingWardrobe skintight]] [[SensualSpandex spandex]] [[LatexSpaceSuit spacesuit]]. It looks for a second like Reed is checking her out... but then he just starts [[NotDistractedByTheSexy nerding about the suit's material]], much to her [[{{Tsundere}} displeasure]].

*** ComicBook/PepperPotts tells off [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] for 'ogling' the GreenEyedRedhead who's their new legal secretary, as she's a "very expensive sexual harassment lawsuit" waiting to happen. Turns out [[ComicBook/BlackWidow she doesn't need a lawsuit to put men in their place]].

* ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'': When Comicbook/HarleyQuinn changes clothes in the middle of a military base, everyone stops to ogle her, including [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer a female soldier]].

** Clark happens to accidentally activate his XRayVision in "[[Recap/SmallvilleS01E04XRay X-Ray]]" just as he's looking at the direction of the female locker room. It becomes less of an AccidentalPervert moment when he sees [[Comicbook/LanaLang Lana]] disrobing and [[PowerPerversionPotential starts enjoying the view]].

** In "[[Recap/SmallvilleS04E01Crusade Crusade]]", When Comicbook/LoisLane [[NakedFirstImpression first meets the amnesiac Clark]] he is NakedOnRevival and [[InnocentFanserviceGuy no longer understand the concept of a nudity taboo]]. She attempts to IgnoreTheFanservice and tells herself to [[MyEyesAreUpHere keep her eyes on his face]] but fails and lets her eyes wander... ''lower''. Later in the episode when Clark discards the blanket she gave him in the hospital, Lois seems to give up resisting and joins a nurse in blatantly ogling him.