History Main / LustMakesYouDumb

* ''Anime/{{Photon}}'': The {{Villain}} Papacharino Nanandan is a minor nobleman in the Emperor's court, and he harbors plans to attain godlike powers with which to seize the throne. His libido, however, tends to sabotage this effort. He has either 16 or 19 wives (depending on the source) and is wooing the Emperor's daughter Lashara Moon. He has a fine chance to capture Keyne Aqua aboard her starship but pauses to leer at her while she undresses. He blows his cash on booze and floozies while staying at an inn, for which he has to work off his debt. Lastly, he tries to cajole his adversary, Photon, into punching a peephole in the rock wall that separates the men's hot spring from the women's. Instead, Photon applies a MegatonPunch to smash Papacharino completely through the rocks, which he somehow survives.

* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'': [[DirtyOldMan Master Roshi]], [[AdaptationalKarma unlike the source material]], [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome has gotten in serious legal trouble for his actions]]; he's on a sex offender registry and has been banned from ''more than 500 Victoria's Secret stores''. The fact that he has to use a fake name in his everyday life (his actual name is never revealed) shows just how little self-control he has.

See also KarmicSTD and SexualKarma, which are like this trope, but with morality rather than stupidity, though they can certainly overlap, and ImAManICantHelpIt, which a male character might use as a "justification" for this type of behavior. Compare DistractedByTheSexy and OvercomeWithDesire. Can overlap with OutWithABang or ADeadlyAffair if a character ends up [[TooDumbToLive dying as a result of their stupidity]], or PervertRevengeMode if they are simply beaten. If the character doing this is a rapist, sexual predator, or some other kind of creep, then this trope overlaps with StupidEvil. If a character tries to [[ExploitedTrope exploit this trope]], it's either a case of IHaveBoobsYouMustObey or ShowSomeLeg. Contrast CovertPervert and ChivalrousPervert, who are perverts who usually have enough self-control to avoid this behavior, as well as CelibateHero and IgnoreTheFanservice. See DownfallBySex when its the act of having sex that leads to eventual ruin.

-->-- '''Robin Williams'''

-- ''"God gives you a penis and a brain, and only enough blood to run one at a time."''

SisterTrope to LoveMakesYouDumb, the love-based equivalent.

*** ''Fallen Leaves'' has Marada, a CreepyGymCoach who raped his students, ending up eventually getting arrested when he laid his hands on the wrong woman.

* MacrossMissileMassacre: Seryu fires tons of rockets at Tatsumi and Mine in chapter 37.

** Cosmina of Wild Hunt tends to indulge in sexual activities and flirt with men. When she tries to rape Run in the middle of a battlefield, she gets shot by Mine in the chest for her trouble. She does survive this but would end up experimented on by Dorothea and become a mindless monster.
** Syura's acts of StupidEvil include rape, and he actually tries to rape Kurome, a skilled assassin under General Esdeath's command. This not only would have earned her ire but also threatened Honest's alliance with her. When Wave comes to Kurome's rescue, rather than let Budo's interference settle the issue, he goads Wave into a ''public duel'' so he won't be able to hide the consequences. It's only Budo's obsession with "not spilling blood in the imperial castle" that saves his life.
** The corrupt noble Bach orders his men and [[BestialityIsDepraved dogs]] to rape Air, Fal, and Luna. When he lets Air go, she explains to Leone what he's done to Fal and Luna, allowing Night Raid to target and kill him.

A little TruthInTelevision, as the above paragraphs describes the mindset of a Nymphomaniac. In fact, the consequences of committing those actions often leads to depression and eventually [[spoiler:suicide.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast1991'': Gaston is dead set on marrying Belle by any means necessary, including trying to win her over by force, and acting like a total creep who stalks her and tries to kiss her against her will. Gaston is completely oblivious to the fact that these behaviors will only make Belle want him less. Is it any wonder that she chooses Beast over him? When Gaston finds out about Beast, his first impulse is to try to slay him, since he believes that he is trying to "steal" Belle from him, despite there being absolutely ''zero'' evidence to back that up. [[spoiler:[[WhatCouldHaveBeen Originally]], the townspeople were going to realize how Gaston's stupidity made them risk their lives for nothing, and they beat him to death. Another original fate for him was getting eaten by wolves after his fight with The Beast.[[note]]The crew didn't want that idea to go to waste, so they had it happen to [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Scar]] instead.[[/note]]]]

See also KarmicSTD and SexualKarma, which are like this trope, but with morality rather than stupidity, though they can certainly overlap, and ImAManICantHelpIt, which a male character might use as a "justification" for this type of behavior. Compare DistractedByTheSexy and OvercomeWithDesire. Can overlap with OutWithABang or ADeadlyAffair if a character ends up [[TooDumbToLive dying as a result of their stupidity]], or PervertRevengeMode if they are simply beaten. If the character doing this is a rapist, sexual predator, or some other kind of creep, then this trope overlaps with StupidEvil. If a character tries to [[ExploitedTrope exploit this trope]], it's either a case of IHaveBoobsYouMustObey or ShowSomeLeg. Contrast CovertPervert and ChivalrousPervert, who are perverts who usually have enough self-control to avoid this behavior, as well as CelibateHero and IgnoreTheFanservice.

** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SLzyY-S5Ddo Don]] is a [[DirtyCop police officer]] who cheats on his wife with a fellow police officer, which is stupid for three reasons:

*** Second, Don only married his wife, who's the district chief's daughter, in order to [[SleepingTheirWayToTheTop quickly climb the ranks]], and never actually loved her. Even if he was more discreet and never he loved her, cheating on your boss's daughter is not exactly a good idea if you want to climb the ranks. Plus, even if he hadn't been fired, his boss probably wouldn't be in a hurry to give him a promotion.

** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BsYpdosdsGc&pp=ygUjZXggZ2lybGZyaWVuZCB3ZWRkaW5nIHJlY2VuZ2UgZmlsbXM%3D The groom decides to have]] an affair with his ex-girlfriend ''[[MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces on the day of his wedding inside the wedding venue]]''; unsurprisingly, he and his ex get caught. To add to the humiliation they end up being taken to the hospital due to getting [[ItMakesSenseInContext stuck together]], sued by his ex-fiancee, unable to find a stable job due to his reputation, and [[IHaveNoSon disowned by his parents]].
** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W8MAbVZS4MQ Karen and Thomas]] are coworkers who decide to have their affair ''[[MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces in the office supply closet]]''. Naturally, they get caught, sued by their spouses, [[IHaveNoSon disowned by their parents]], and severely punished by their boss. Even if they weren't married, what they did could have still ended badly; as the boss pointed out, an office is no place to be ''having sex''.

* In ''[[Literature/HisDarkMaterials The Golden Compass]]'', Marisa Coulter meets Metatron, who, as an angel, spent millennia without physical contact and was a womanizer and a polygamist on Earth, and then seduced him to draw him into a trap laid by Lord Asriel.