History Main / IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn

** Sometimes it goes both ways. While the two are studying in the library, Ichikawa notices a piece of candy that Yamada left in the open when the librarian walks into the room. Fearing she'll get banned from the library for bringing food in, Ichikawa whispers into her ear for her to hide the candy. Then Yamada's ''whole face'' [[LuminescentBlush turns red,]] and she jumps out of her chair banging her head against the window.

* ''Manga/TheDangersInMyHeart'': Quite often in early chapters, Anna Yamada unknowingly sends [[IllBeInMyBunk Kyōtarō Ichikawa on a trip to the bathroom]] after he makes too much physical contact. She also has a habit of saying something [[TheTease tease worthy]] to him without even realizing it.

** The set-up of the second one-shot in ''Fanfic/AbraxasEmptyFullness'' is the ''hilarious'' hijink that ensues from Monster X continuing this behavior towards Rodan for long enough, which ultimately leads to Rodan doing a bird-like courtship dance and X finding out what they've been unknowingly doing. Oh, and given they're both [[{{Kaiju Titans}}]], [[InstantHumiliationJustAddYouTube the entire courtship dance attempt is recorded by watching humans and subsequently goes viral]].

** The set-up of the second one-shot in ''Fanfic/AbraxasEmptyFullness'' is the ''hilarious'' hijink that ensues from Monster X continuing this behavior towards Rodan for long enough, which ultimately leads to X finding out what they've been unknowingly doing.

** The set-up of the second one-shot in ''Abraxas: Empty Fullness'' is the ''hilarious'' hijink that ensues from Monster X continuing this behavior towards Rodan for long enough, which ultimately leads to X finding out what they've been unknowingly doing.

* ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'': When Rei tried a new dress and innocently asked Asuka if she looked good, Asuka felt very flustered and very hot all of sudden (that was her first hint that she liked both Shinji and Rei).

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* ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'': Before getting together, Asuka constantly turned Shinji on constantly and unintentionally. One of those instances happened When Shinji saw her twirling a gun after decking his father, and all that he could think of was "God, she is hot".
* ''FanFic/AmelieInAmity'': Amelie Lemieux is a very attractive teenager with black wavy hair, dark blue eyes, freckles, and large breasts. All the boys in Casper High are interested in her, while the other girls resent her for taking the boys' attention from them. Amelie herself does not like the attention at all, nor does she mean to attract the boys, but has resigned to the fact the boys will give her unwanted attention.
* ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfAnElderGod'': After fighting Amaliel Asuka wraps her arm around Shinji's and drags him away, urging him to tell her all about his battles. She was not intending to turn Shinji on, but "with Asuka's arm entwined with his and her warm tone of voice, his mind turned to mush".
* ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'': When Rei tried a new dress and innocently asked Asuka if she looked good, Asuka felt very flustered and very hot all of sudden (that was her first hint that she liked both Shinji and Rei).
* ''Manga/Evangelion303'': During their dates Kaworu unintentionally does many things (such as smiling or kissing her hand) that unintentionally get Rei flustered and even aroused.
* Let's just say when Italy was showing Germany and Japan the ''David'' statue in the ''Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze'' in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'', they weren't appreciating the art. They were imagining Italy as the youth.
* In ''Fanfic/ADayIndoors'' by Ambrant Arandel, [[Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi Kotaro]] accidentally gets Natsumi, Chizuru, and Ayaka all hot and bothered without meaning to [[InnocentInnuendo or even knowing he did it]].
* Played with in an ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' fanfic where Holly and Artemis are discussing something while her headset is on (meaning, in this case, that Foaly and the majority of the [=LEPrecon=] can hear her). She asks a question, which inevitably leads to [[InsufferableGenius Artemis]] diving into a complex answer. About two sentences in, she irritably mutters, "I didn't mean to turn you on," referring to his habit of going into overly-detailed explanations. Recon, being the perverts they are, mistake it for this trope and burst out laughing. Embarrassed, she starts yelling at them (quite loudly) about what perverts they are and how no, she didn't turn Artemis on ''that way.'' Artemis stares blandly at her until she's finished and says something {{deadpan|Snarker}}.
* In some of ''Chance Encounter 2'' and almost all of ''3'', Balian is this to Cassandra. Everything he does makes her love him more, and, Balian being Balian, he is totally oblivious until he is told. Whereupon he goes bright red.
* The ''Literature/HarryPotter'' {{fanfic}} ''Semantics''[[note]]Probably[[/note]] subverted this trope. Most of the fic revolves around Harry struggling with an attraction to Hermione, not helped by the fact that every other thing that comes out of her mouth seems to be AccidentalInnuendo, and it suddenly seems like she [[EroticEating eats everything in an erotic way]], unknowingly of course. At the end of the fic, after Harry's given in and jumped Hermione, it's revealed that she was doing it all on purpose to entice him.
* Naruto and a blind Hinata do this to each other through the years in ''Blind''.
* In chapter 7 of ''[[Fanfic/WeightlessMassEffect Weightless]]'', after losing Kaidan on Virmire, Shepard isolates and starves herself in her cabin. Garrus brings her some food and she ends up turning him on with her [[EroticEating eating]]. One thing leads to another to an AlmostKiss, and it gets worse (not in a good way) after that.
* In ''Fanfic/AnAnthemForShelteredBays'', Eren, who was a former mermaid and an InnocentFanserviceGuy, who shares a bed with Levi [[SleepsInTheNude sleeping in the buff]]. Levi, who [[SlashFic has romantic feelings]] for Eren, gets understandably frustrated.
* Jaune and Pyrrha to each other in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9721717/3/Massages Massages]]'' while Jaune was giving her a massage. Crosses into DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything since their [[LifeEnergy Auras]] were melded together for the massage.
* In the ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/ASkitteringHeart'' Taylor repeatedly does this or mentions to have done this to her best friend Sabah. She bakes Sabah cakes, puts bubbles on her nose when doing the dishes, cuddles up to her on the couch, wanders around their shared flat in her underwear… Taylor is unaware of the reaction her actions cause though as she is ObliviousToLove.
* In ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'', Asuka unintentionally turns Shinji on when she battles. And when she yells. And when she gets angry. And... all the time, really.
* In ''Fanfic/UndertaleFanNovelization'', Frisk encounters a Moldsmal, a slime monster resembling a gelatin mold. Frisk comes to the conclusion it cannot speak or understand human language, so tries to communicate with a different method and realizes too late that Moldsmal interprets hip-wiggling as a form of flirting.

* In the ''Anime/KanColle'' fic ''Fanfic/BlizzardOfTheRedCastle'', we have Haruki Misaki, Akagi's lover and [[spoiler:Fubuki's father]], where he told her how she was ''more'' than a weapon to him. According to Kongo's recollection of the event, he... ''awakened'' something.

* Michelle Jones in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1193564 Don't touch [=MJ's=] stuff]]'' often finds herself getting aroused when her crush, Peter Parker, does, well, just about anything. It only gets worse for her after they become an OfficialCouple.

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* As seen above, in the earlier chapters of ''Manga/GirlFriends'', Akko does this quite often to poor Mari. Of course, Akko might have [[spoiler:acted subconsciously.]]

* In ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'', Sousuke might as well be called a human aphrodisiac. This trope is such a common occurrence with Sousuke, with him [[ChasteHero not even realizing]] that he's doing something to make his admirers' hearts beat faster. It most commonly occurs with Kaname (including an instance where he accidentally touched her breast, which resulted in her getting ''really'' turned on, an instance where she misunderstood that he was going to kiss her, an instance where she misunderstood his proposition to her as wanting to have sex with her, and an instance where she got turned on seeing him asleep, and [[DudeShesLikeInAComa had a hard time resisting not kissing his soft lips while he was asleep]]). He tends to have this effect on Tessa, during the fewer times when he interacts with her, as well. And during ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'', his admirer Ena Saeki confesses that watching him work so diligently "made her heart beat out of her chest" (though the things he was working diligently on were [[HeroicComedicSociopath planting land mines in the school]]). And then there's how he accidentally managed to turn [[AxCrazy Gauron]] on ''immensely'' during their [[LoveAtFirstSight first meeting]] when Sousuke was twelve... simply by Sousuke [[InLoveWithYourCarnage killing soldiers and looking at Gauron with his "beautiful" eyes.]] Which had [[StalkerWithACrush disastrous results]] for Sousuke in the long run. Later, it's even revealed that Sousuke unknowingly turned Gauron on yet again, as Gauron reveals to him that during their fight in Khanka, he was so pleased that Sousuke still had such [[WhatBeautifulEyes beautiful eyes]], and he [[DepravedHomosexual "really wanted to fuck him up the ass."]]

%%* Occurs between [[HoYay Shion and Nezumi]] in ''LightNovel/{{No 6}}'' volume 5 of the novel.

* ''LightNovel/TrappedInADatingSimTheWorldOfOtomeGamesIsToughForMobs'': This is a RunningGag with the BDSM themed Roseblade sisters Deirdre and Dorothea.

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': Akira with his NoSocialSkills perpetually does this with Sheryl. For instance, when he gets too close to Sheryl watching her [[GamerGirl beat a game he couldn't]]. And then there's the EatingTheEyeCandy scenes focusing on him, which with Sheryl makes him think she's wanting to say something, and with the tailor Celene who's taking his measurements, Akira thinks her perverted comments were talking about the health of his skin.

* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'':

* During one scene of [[CatGirl Tao]]'s story mode in ''VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift'', Tao goes to retrieve the resident nurse [[MsFanservice Litchi Faye-Ling]] from her clinic. Tao's standard greeting of [[GagBoobs "Boobie Lady"]] is a SkinshipGrope, and she proceeds to feel up the first person she meets- [[LargeHam Bang]] [[HighlyVisibleNinja Shishigami]]. His reaction is, predictably, [[{{Nosebleed}} explosive.]]

** In "Christmas is Coming", Meg takes Stewie to the mall to see Santa Claus. Stewie is terrified of the MallSanta, so Meg sits on Santa's lap with Stewie to calm him down. The mall Santa starts bouncing them on her knee to further help Stewie relax, which instead stimulates Meg to the point of orgasm. It's subverted later on, however. When she tracks him down later, he turns out to be the real Santa, and he knew exactly what he was doing.

** In "Christmas is Coming", Meg takes Stewie to the mall to see Santa Claus. Stewie is terrified of the MallSanta, so Meg sits on Santa's lap with Stewie to calm him down. The mall Santa starts bouncing them on her knee to further help Stewie relax, which instead stimulates Meg to the point of orgasm.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': In a rare, emotional scene, Lois has to politely let down Brian by informing them that they are just friends and she doesn't want to cause problems between them, despite his growing interest for her.

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* Sometimes a person you're close to may mistake a kind gesture as a sign of grand romantic affection, especially if that person is somebody you interact with on a frequent basis and have a strong bond with already.
* This is a frequent misfortune for people who have a certain innocuous fetish that their friends don't know about. For example, if someone has a foot fetish, a person absent-mindedly wiggling their toes might drive them wild.
* Making a DoubleEntendre with someone you're already close to may result in them assuming that you're propositioning them.
* Can sometimes be a result of LoveAtFirstSight.
* The unfortunate extreme of this misinterpretation is [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rapists]] or rape apologists who claim that victims of sexual assault are "asking for it" by wearing skimpy clothing or even just being friendly. (Although seeing as rape usually results in clothing damage for the victim whatever they wear, this argument can be claimed to be redundant.)
* Women who are Muslim wear full-body covers to prevent this. In some countries, this is law, as it is stated that if a woman isn't wearing any covering and gets raped they are at fault for sexually enticing the man. Some have even been killed for adultery if said rapist was married.
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-->-- '''Cherelle''', "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On"

*** Still ''another'' example can be found in a scene where the two fight in hand-to-hand combat and Train ends up trying to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_%28grappling%29 immobilize Creed through a grappling maneuver.]] Having been trapped in this position, the latter proceeded to ''writhe'' and ''moan'' in '''''[[ImmodestOrgasm complete and total ecstasy.]]'''''

* [[Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar Herald Talia]] gets an indirect sexual thrill whenever her [[BondCreature Companion Rolan]] gets amorous (due to Empathy being her gift and their bond being unusually tight). When she can't get close to the man she ''wants'' to love, Herald Dirk, Rolan obliviously makes her even more miserable by having a protracted dalliance with Ahrodie, Dirk's Companion.

* As seen above, in the earlier chapters of ''Manga/GirlFriends'', Akko does this quite often to poor Mari. Of course, Akko might have [[spoiler:acted subconsciously]].
* In [[http://www.batoto.net/read/_/2246/mahou-sensei-negima_v21_ch190_by_aquastar/16 chapter]] [[http://www.batoto.net/read/_/2246/mahou-sensei-negima_v21_ch190_by_aquastar/17 190]] in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', Negi [[WindUpKey winds up]] [[RobotGirl Chachamaru]] in order to keep her going. Chachamaru normally finds this mildly pleasurable when done by someone who knows what they're doing. When Negi does it, he winds the key too hard and pumps way too much magic into it, and Chachamaru has to clamp her hands over her mouth to keep from [[TheImmodestOrgasm screaming in pleasure]]. Completely oblivious to what just happened, Negi then promises to wind her up every day, as long as she needs him to. Considering the [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything obvious subtext]], Evangeline's oft-repeated threats to [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment "wind her up"]] from earlier on in the series -- complete with Chachamaru begging "not too hard, please" -- suddenly become [[BlackComedyRape a lot funnier]]. The winding thing comes up again later when [[http://www.batoto.net/read/_/2266/mahou-sensei-negima_v23_ch210_by_aquastar/7 Asakura realizes the implications]]. Naturally, she [[CrossingTheLineTwice takes it a bit too far]]. [[http://www.batoto.net/read/_/2319/mahou-sensei-negima_v29_ch263_by_enigma Chapter 263]] takes the "winding" into '''overdrive'''. Poor Chachamaru.
** In the anime adaptation ''Anime/NegimaSecondSeason'', Konoka's attempts to cheer Asuna up during the {{Fanservice}}-laden BeachEpisode ends up with her unwittingly waving her ass in Setsuna's face, which nearly gives her a heart attack.
** It also appears that Asuna does this to Setsuna [[http://www.batoto.net/read/_/2256/mahou-sensei-negima_v22_ch200_by_aquastar/17 here]] by touching [[FantasticArousal her wings]] a certain way.
** Negi [[HeadbuttThermometer checking Asuna's temperature]] while she's under the effects of a LovePotion.
* In chapter 39 of ''Kodomo no Jikan'', Aoki-sensei is showing the kids how to calm a cow and milk it -- which entails calling its name in a low and soothing manner -- while a bra-less (broke it early in the chapter) Houin-sensei stares nervously. It makes her become increasingly turned-on as her crush massages and squeezes the teats of the cow, which shares her given name.
* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'':
** The Italy brothers have [[IdiotHair curls]] that act as [[FantasticArousal erogenous zones]]. [[HoYay/HetaliaAxisPowers Germany is shown pulling on Italy's more than once]] without having the slightest idea of the reaction it causes. Given their status as OfficialCouple, this is to be expected.
** Spain with Romano. At one point he pulls on Romano's curl to get his attention, not knowing that it only serves to make Romano more distracted. Romano immediately freaks out thinking that Spain is a pervert.
* ''Manga/TheTyrantFallsInLove'': What should have been a simple haircut becomes a test of Morinaga's self-control when he discovers highly sensitive areas around Souichi's ear; areas which he could conceivably put to good use. His will finally cracks when he tells Souichi to close his eyes and tilt his face upward so that he can snip his bangs… only to find that he's inadvertently set Souichi up into the perfect posture for a kiss. Souichi himself has fallen victim to this trope at least once when Morinaga's efforts ''not'' to jump him only ended up turning him on instead.
* In chapter 200 of ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'', in which the [[MoeAnthropomorphism personification]] of a dimensional gate asks [[UnluckyEverydude Keichi]] to unlock her with a '''very''' big key. [[TheHecateSisters Various other characters]] [[LampshadeHanging comment on what their dialogue sounds like]].
* Genkaku from ''Manga/DeadmanWonderland'' gets incredibly turned on by Nagi killing people, including an instance where it's made obvious he gets a hard-on from Nagi crushing some poor guy's skull.
** Which is a case of InLoveWithYourCarnage from Genkaku's side of things.

* ''Manga/OmamoriHimari'' offers a strange example: [[spoiler: Ageha bites Yuuto's neck and drinks his blood. Next frame, we see Ageha panting in pleasure, fondling her own breasts with one hand and trying desperately to not put the other one between her legs and satisfy herself. Or rape him right there, for that matter. And Yuuto? Unconscious on the floor. Seems his blood is waaaaay too delicious and arousing for demons. And that's a demon hunter we're talking about...]]
** Makes a certain kind of sense. Such appealing targets would naturally be sought out first, naturally leading to training. In terms of the present day, it draws the various youkai to those that can handle it, instead of letting them prey on others.
* In ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'', Sousuke might as well be called a human aphrodisiac. This trope is such a common occurrence with Sousuke, with him [[ChasteHero not even realizing]] that he's doing something to make his admirers' hearts beat faster. It most commonly occurs with Kaname (including an instance where he accidentally touched her breast, which resulted in her getting ''really'' turned on, an instance where she misunderstood that he was going to kiss her, an instance where she misunderstood his proposition to her as wanting to have sex with her, and an instance where she got turned on seeing him asleep, and [[DudeShesLikeInAComa had a hard time resisting not kissing his soft lips while he was asleep]]). He tends to have this effect on Tessa, during the fewer times when he interacts with her, as well. And during ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'', his admirer Ena Saeki confesses that watching him work so diligently "made her heart beat out of her chest" (though the things he was working diligently on were [[HeroicComedicSociopath planting land mines in the school]]). And then there's how he accidentally managed to turn [[AxCrazy Gauron]] on ''immensely'' during their [[LoveAtFirstSight first meeting]] when Sousuke was twelve... simply by Sousuke [[InLoveWithYourCarnage killing soldiers and looking at Gauron with his "beautiful" eyes.]] Which had [[StalkerWithACrush disastrous results]] for Sousuke in the long run. Later, it's even revealed that Sousuke unknowingly turned Gauron on yet again, as Gauron reveals to him that during their fight in Khanka, he was so pleased that Sousuke still had such [[WhatBeautifulEyes beautiful eyes]], and he [[DepravedHomosexual "really wanted to fuck him up the ass."]]
** Kaname manages to do this to Sousuke while giving him his IntimateHaircut when she tells him to hold still while she cuts his fringe and he finds himself staring directly down her shirt. While he (mostly) manages to quietly maintain his composure, [[ParalyzingFearOfSexuality he feels ashamed at appreciating the view]] and immediately averts his eyes "as if he'd stared at the sun" once he's free to move. Kaname, for her part, either didn't notice or didn't mind.

* Rito of ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' does this to a great many of the girls, but the stand-out case is most probably Mikan in ''Darkness'', where a HeadbuttThermometer, combined with trying to hold back the effects of a LovePotion leads to what is most definitely an ''orgasm'' in the uncensored volume.
%%* Occurs between [[HoYay Shion and Nezumi]] in ''LightNovel/{{No 6}}'' volume 5 of the novel.
* One bonus chapter of ''Manga/FairyTail'' has Mira put the idea in Lucy's head that Natsu may like her. Suddenly the fact that Natsu has NoSenseOfPersonalSpace (to the point of frequently entering Lucy's house without permission) stops being something annoying her friend does because he doesn't totally get social norms and becomes proof that he really does have a crush on her.
* Happens practically OncePerEpisode in ''Manga/StrawberryShakeSweet'': somehow, Ran will always find a perfectly good reason to get all touchy-feely with her senpai Julia; a {{nosebleed}} from lovestruck Julia will usually ensue. Apart from the comedic value, this is also an early clue that [[spoiler: Ran herself is lowkey crushing on Julia from the start.]]
* Kase and Yamada of ''Manga/KaseSan'' are that special kind of TwiceShy that are both doing this to one another. In Kase's case, it's sometimes deliberate HintDropping, but Yamada just really is that awkward.

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': Akira with his NoSocialSkills perpetually does this with Sheryl. For instance, when he gets too close to Sheryl watching her [[GamerGirl beat a game he couldn't]]. And then there's the EatingTheEyeCandy scenes focusing on him, which with Sheryl makes him think she's wanting to say something, and with the tailor Celene who's taking his measurements, Akira thinks her perverted comments were talking about the health of his skin.

* Happens with almost every couple at least once in ''Manga/SekaiichiHatsukoi''. Almost said word for word when Takano is barely able to keep himself from going along with the mood. It even continues to happen when some of the guys become an OfficialCouple.

* ''Manga/BusoRenkin'': [[StockShonenHero Kazuki]] has a tendency to unintentionally get [[ActionGirlfriend Tokiko]] burst out in a LuminescentBlush, such as when he hugged her protectively while giving his InTheNameOfTheMoon without [[ShirtlessScene his shirt]], or in the episode when he [[spoiler:touches her scar]].

* ''WesternAnimation/LolitaLolita'': The title character is a very attractive red-headed woman who just goes about her day. Only, she ends up turning on every male who catches sight of her... [[[DoubleEntendra assets]] without even realizing it (if she ever even realizes it at all).

* The HGame series ''Monster Girl Quest'' features an extremely dark take on this trope. The hero, Luka, has a natural scent that is [[TheNoseKnows highly attractive]] to the {{Cute Monster Girl}}s that roam his world. However, since said monster girls have a strong need to procreate, they lose all inhibitions when they're around Luka - causing them to rape him in various scenarios (and that's not going into the myriad of [[NonStandardGameOver Non-Standard Game Overs]] the game has).

* In the Kidnapped Turnabout case of VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations, Lauren Paups suddenly panics in the middle of questioning for unexpected reasons--or entirely expected reasons, given [[HelloAttorney Miles Edgeworth]] is the interrogator.

Compare to CluelessChickMagnet, MasterOfTheMixedMessage.