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* A very popular trope in libertine poetry of the English Restoration.
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* Happens to Frank in ''Far From Heaven'' when he tries to have sex with his wife Cathy--he's drunk, but there are [[IncompatibleOrientation other]] [[ArmouredClosetGay problems]] as well. She tries to comfort him by saying she doesn't care and that he's "all man," but [[{{Understatement}} it doesn't quite help.]]
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* A chronic problem with Charlie "Lucky" Luciano on "BoardwalkEmpire"--probably because of the syphilis. [[HeGotBetter He gets better]] with [[spoiler:Gillian]], however.
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* Dr. Herbert Bock, George C. Scott's character in ''The Hospital'', claims he's been "impotent for years", then goes into a rant where he declares, "Impotence is beautiful, baby!"
** The impotence Bock speaks of, however, goes beyond the physical. He goes on:
--->"When I say impotent, I don't mean merely limp. Disagreeable as it may be for a woman, a man may lust for other things, something less transient than an erection, some sense of permanent worth. That's what medicine was to me, my reason for being. When I was 34, Miss Drummond, I presented a paper before the annual convention of the Society of Clinical Investigation that pioneered the whole goddamn field of lmmunology. A breakthrough! I'm in all the textbooks. I happen to be an eminent man, Miss Drummond. You know something else? I don't give a goddamn. When I say impotent I mean I've lost even my desire to work. That's a hell of a lot more primal passion than sex. I've lost my reason for being. My purpose. The only thing I ever truly loved. It is all rubbish, isn't it? Transplants, antibodies, we manufacture genes, we can produce birth ectogenetically, we can practically clone people like carrots, and half the kids in this ghetto haven't even been inoculated for polio! We have established the most enormous medical entity ever conceived and people are sicker than ever! We cure nothing! We heal nothing! The whole goddamn wretched world is strangulating in front of our eyes. That's what I mean when I say impotent."
** The impotence Bock speaks of, however, goes beyond the physical. He goes on:
--->"When I say impotent, I don't mean merely limp. Disagreeable as it may be for a woman, a man may lust for other things, something less transient than an erection, some sense of permanent worth. That's what medicine was to me, my reason for being. When I was 34, Miss Drummond, I presented a paper before the annual convention of the Society of Clinical Investigation that pioneered the whole goddamn field of lmmunology. A breakthrough! I'm in all the textbooks. I happen to be an eminent man, Miss Drummond. You know something else? I don't give a goddamn. When I say impotent I mean I've lost even my desire to work. That's a hell of a lot more primal passion than sex. I've lost my reason for being. My purpose. The only thing I ever truly loved. It is all rubbish, isn't it? Transplants, antibodies, we manufacture genes, we can produce birth ectogenetically, we can practically clone people like carrots, and half the kids in this ghetto haven't even been inoculated for polio! We have established the most enormous medical entity ever conceived and people are sicker than ever! We cure nothing! We heal nothing! The whole goddamn wretched world is strangulating in front of our eyes. That's what I mean when I say impotent."
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*Takezaki in SensitivePornograph. His girlfriend is not pleased. He gets slapped good.
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* Happens to Simon in ''TheInbetweeners'' when he attempts to have sex with Tara. However, this was down to taking Jay's [[{{Understatement}} rather poor advice]] of having a [[ADateWithRosiePalms "tactical wank"]] very shortly beforehand. He does manage to get it up again, but not before he has totally scared her off and is subsequently dumped.
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-->"It's not that common, it doesn't happen to every guy, and it ''is'' a big deal!"
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* [[AnimalHouse Greg honey, is it supposed to be this soft?]]
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* Clyde in [[Film/BonnieAndClyde Bonnie And Clyde]], which might be TruthInTelevision.
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* In ''BeingThere'', the President suffers from this, as a literal reflection of his corresponding "impotence" as a political leader.
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--> Ken: I'm sorry, this has never happened to me before.
--> Barbie: Not having a penis has never happened to you before?
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->''"The spirit was willing but the testicles were weak."''
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* In ''[[VorkosiganSaga Cetaganda]]'', Ivan gets himself into a threesome with two ghem-ladies, and finds out that his host had slipped him an anti-aphrodisiac in his drink earlier, resulting in great personal embarrassment until he finds a way to bluff his way out of it.
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* In ''SurvivalOftheFittest'' version 4, [[{Casanova}: Dustin Royal]] suffers this embarrassment when attempting to have sex with Maria Graham. Comedic, but also a relief, given he was taking advantage of Maria's highly distressed state at the time to make a move on her.
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* In ''SurvivalOftheFittest'' version 4, [[{Casanova}: [[{{Casanova}} Dustin Royal]] suffers this embarrassment when attempting to have sex with Maria Graham. Comedic, but also a relief, given he was taking advantage of Maria's highly distressed state at the time to make a move on her.
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* In ''SurvivalOftheFittest'' version 4, [[Casanova: [[{Casanova}: Dustin Royal]] suffers this embarrassment when attempting to have sex with Maria Graham. Comedic, but also a relief, given he was taking advantage of Maria's highly distressed state at the time to make a move on her.
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* In ''SurvivalOftheFittest'' version 4, [[Casanova: Dustin Royal]] suffers this embarrassment when attempting to have sex with Maria Graham. Comedic, but also a relief, given he was taking advantage of Maria's highly distressed state at the time to make a move on her.
* In ''SurvivalOftheFittest'' version 4, [[Casanova: Dustin Royal]] suffers this embarrassment when attempting to have sex with Maria Graham. Comedic, but also a relief, given he was taking advantage of Maria's highly distressed state at the time to make a move on her.
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Deleted Megatokyo example; later comics reveal it was the opposite problem.
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* Happens to the protagonist of the Hard-boiled Wonderland section of HarukiMurakami's novel ''Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World'', when he attempts to have sex with a librarian who lent him some books about unicorns.
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* Happens to the protagonist of the Hard-boiled Hard boiled Wonderland section of HarukiMurakami's novel ''Hard-boiled ''{{Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World'', World}}'', when he attempts to have sex with a librarian who lent him some books about unicorns.
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* StephenKing uses this in two novels ''Rage'', the protagonist recalls a time when he tried to have sex with a girl at a party and this happened to him, and in ''Apt Pupil'', where Todd Bowden has a girlfriend, because he wants to [[StepfordSmiler look normal]]. However, by this time, he is a misogynistic, hateful monster, and he's only able to perform when he's thinking of rape and abuse; eventually not even then.
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* StephenKing uses this in two novels novels: In ''Rage'', the protagonist recalls a time when he tried to have sex with a girl at a party and this happened to him, and in ''Apt Pupil'', where Todd Bowden has a girlfriend, because he wants to [[StepfordSmiler look normal]]. However, by this time, he is a misogynistic, hateful monster, and he's only able to perform when he's thinking of rape and abuse; eventually not even then.then.
** Perhaps not coincidentally, King once confessed in a ''Playboy'' interview to suffering periodically from this in RealLife.
** Perhaps not coincidentally, King once confessed in a ''Playboy'' interview to suffering periodically from this in RealLife.
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* In ''RevengeOfTheNerds'', JerkJock Stan is shown at least twice having "problems" (even when getting a handjob from his girlfriend Betty); this eventually leads to Betty's HeelFaceTurn when the nerdy Lewis [[GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex gives her a good time]] while disguised as Stan.
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* In the {{yaoi}} manga ''Brother'', Asuka has been completely unable to get it up with [[ADateWithRosiePalms Rosie Palms]] ever since his stepbrother Yui [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown caught him in the act]] and expressed his contemptuous disapproval. He's been trying to fix it ever since, but it isn't until Yui confesses to him that ''he'' hasn't been able to get it up either after Asuka unknowingly made him [[JizzedInMyPants jizz in his pants]] and then [[FlirtyStepsiblings initiates sex with him]] (mainly because he believes [[GoingDownWithTheShip they're going to die soon]]) that Asuka's impotence is cured. ...Hey, [[GuiltyPleasures why are you looking at me like that]]?
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Contrast RagingStiffie, SomethingElseAlsoRises, ThinkUnsexyThoughts. Parodies of the latter are occasionally used as a visual gag - e.g. a skyscraper collapsing.
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Contrast RagingStiffie, SomethingElseAlsoRises. Parodies of the latter are occasionally used as a visual gag - e.g. a skyscraper collapsing.
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* In the original movie of ''[[{{MASH}} M* A* S* H]]'', camp dentist Painless Pole Waldowski (known to all as the "best equipped man" in the Army Medical Corps) becomes suicidal after he finds himself unable to rise to the occasion. He comes to Hawkeye asking for some pill that will make it quick and painless (the suicide), but instead [[spoiler: is given a weak sleeping pill and provided with a friendly nurse who is shipping home the next day. He's back to himself by morning and the nurse is seen smiling uncontrollably as her chopper departs.]]
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* In ''DeathBecomesHer'' Madeline accuses Ernest of this. He doesn't deny it, just tells her to shut up. Since he's a middle-aged alcoholic and she's turned into a shallow bitch he no longer loves, this is pretty well justified.
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* Clyde in [[Film/BonnieAndClyde Bonnie And Clyde]], which might be TruthInTelevision.
* Clyde in [[Film/BonnieAndClyde Bonnie And Clyde]], which might be TruthInTelevision.
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* ABeautifulMind - Tragically so. Thank goodness he gets better.
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* When Miharu is introduced in ''AkiSora'', he says that he can only get aroused when he's watching his girlfriend having sex with another guy; in a later chapter, he yells out a window that he's impotent.
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* In the original movie of ''[[{{MASH}} M*A*S*H]], the side character camp Dentist (known to all as the "best equipped man" in the Army Medical Corps) becomes suicidal after he finds himself unable to rise to the occasion. He comes to Hawkeye asking for some pill that will make it quick and painless (the suicide), but instead [[spoiler: is given a weak sleeping pill and provided with a friendly nurse who is shipping home the next day. He's back to himself by morning and the nurse is seen smiling uncontrollably as her chopper departs.]]
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* Done without the comedy in ''{{Watchmen}}''. It represents Dan's powerlessness resulting from quitting the superhero business.
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* One of Naomi's former partners in ''{{Skins}}'' had this problem. Seventeen times.
-->'''Naomi:''' I was getting tennis elbow!
** Of course, that may be because Naomi's heart wasn't really in it - she was trying to convince herself that she wasn't [[LoveAtFirstSight in love with Emily]]...
-->'''Naomi:''' I was getting tennis elbow!
** Of course, that may be because Naomi's heart wasn't really in it - she was trying to convince herself that she wasn't [[LoveAtFirstSight in love with Emily]]...
