History PlayingWith / CelibateHero

** Bob is aromantic and/or asexual.

* '''Downplayed''': While Bob is secretly intrigued by women, he has no interest in romance.

** Alice is a nonhuman species who are normally {{Literal Maneater}}s, but she herself is a BenevolentMonster who is horrified at the thought of killing innocents and refuses to get romantically involved with anyone lest her instincts be tempted.

** Bob was scorned by a former lover and has lost all interest in love or romance.
** Bob scorned a former lover and [[TheAtoner feels guilty about it.]]
** Bob's former lover became a {{Yandere}} and he doesn't want that to happen again.
** Bob is a widower and he still loves his dead wife.

** Bob is {{asexual|ity}} and aromantic.

** Bob is a monk.
** Bob knows that when you enter a romantic relationship, things can get complicated and it usually ends up with a kid. He wants to focus on himself and or his career for right now.
** Bob is a eunuch.
** Bob is a castrato.
** Bob enjoys the single life and finds romantic relationships a complete hindrance to his freedom.
** Bob has a very dangerous STD and lives in a world which is completely devoid of Contraception. He does not want anyone else to get his disease, so he avoids romantic relationships.
** Bob was [[RapeAsDrama molested as a child]], and so he is unable to form a healthy relationship.
** Bob values self control, and as such does not want his sexual urges to get in the way of his work.
** Bob has [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizoid_personality_disorder Schizoid Personality Disorder]], which really hampers his ability to establish bonds with other people... Let alone something as complex and nuanced as a romantic bond.
** Bob considers love to be nothing more than a [[LoveIsAWeakness sign of weakness.]]
** Bob is TheCaptain, and regulations forbid him from getting involved with his subordinates.
** Bob has seen relationships go bad and he does not want to put himself through that pain.
** Bob has a developmental disorder that would make a relationship difficult, if not impossible.
** Bob is an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinatalism anti-natalist]],[[note]]A person who believes that procreation is morally wrong.[[/note]] so he avoids romantic love and sex to avoid procreation and further suffering.
** Bob is [[KidHero too young]] to care about relationships.

*** Or Bob is the husband/boyfriend in an UnholyMatrimony.
** Or simply a ChivalrousPervert...

** Bob and Alice are a heroic BattleCouple who rely on ThePowerOfLove to battle villainy.

* '''Parodied''': Bob's celibacy turns him into the ultimate ForbiddenFruit; women and HornyDevils from everywhere try their damnest to try and seduce him... And [[IgnoreTheFanservice fail spectacularly]].

** This film is being produced by the Catholic church, and Bob is an adventuring priest who '''must''' remain celibate.

* '''Lampshaded''': "What are you going to do, Bob, be a single person for the rest of your life?"

** The woman who is deeply in love with Bob is finally able to break through his icy exterior and open him up to romance again.

* '''Discussed''': "Bob, I know you think love is a waste of time, but you can't just give up."

** Bob is very clearly sexually repressed to an unhealthy degree, and is deep in denial about it.

** Despite being uninterested in romance, Bob always wanted to have children. Since he can not find a woman to bear his children, he will probably be childless his whole life.
** Bob's rejection of romantic or sexual relationships doesn't stop Alice or [[UnwantedHarem other women from pursuing him relentlessly.]]

** Bob doesn't care about their opinions, so if they don't like it, that's their own problem.
** Unless Bob is already an anti-natalist, he becomes one. If Bob wants to be a father, [[HappilyAdopted he happily adopts and raises an orphaned child]] rather than procreate.

** Bob is an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinatalism anti-natalist]],[[note]]A person who believes that procreation is morally wrong.[[/note]] so he avoids both romantic love and sex as ways to avoid procreation and further suffering.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob never shows any romantic feelings towards the opposite sex, nor the same sex, nor anyone outside the norm, and is proud of it.

** Bob finds romantic relationships a waste of time. He would rather enjoy the single life than sacrificing his freedom to be with a woman.

* '''Downplayed''': While Bob is [[CovertPervert secretly intrigued by women]], he has no interest in romance.

** Bob is an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinatalism anti-natalist]], so he avoids both romantic love and sex as ways to avoid procreation and further suffering.

** Despite not being interested in romance, Bob always wanted to have children. Since he can not find a woman to bear his children, he will probably be childless his whole life.

** Alternatively (or in addition) Bob turns out to be asexual, so the absence of romance in his life doesn't affects him at all.
** But Bob doesn't care about their opinions, so if they don't like it, that's their own problem.
** Unless he's already one, Bob becomes an antinatalist,[[note]]A person who believes that procreation is morally wrong.[[/note]] so [[HappilyAdopted he happily adopts and raises an orphaned child]] rather than procreate.
** Bob kindly turns down any women [[EvenTheGuysWantHim or men]] for potential relationships, but since he likes to make more friends along the way, he influence them to become his friends instead.

** Unless he's already one, Bob becomes an antinatalist[[note]]A person who believes that procreation is morally wrong.[[/note]] so [[HappilyAdopted he happily adopts and raises an orphaned child]] rather than procreate.

** Bob is an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinatalism anti-natalist]], so he avoids both romantic love and sex as ways to avoid procreation.

** Bob becomes an antinatalist,[[note]]A person who believes that procreation is morally wrong.[[/note]] so [[HappilyAdopted he happily adopts and raises an orphaned child]] rather than procreate.

** Bob is an antinatalist because he does not want to bring any child to a flawed existence where the only things guaranteed are death and suffering, so he avoids both romantic love and sex as ways to avoid procreation.

** Bob's former lover became a Yandere and he doesn't want that to happen again.

** Bob is an antinatalist, because he does not want to bring any child to a flawed existence where the only things guaranteed in life are death and suffering, so he avoids both romantic love and sex as ways to avoid procreation.

** Bob is a Celibate Villain who is too busy plotting for world domination to find a woman.

** The author is sick of the PowerOfLove's dominance in fiction, so the author makes an aromantic hero to not only make a breath of fresh air, but to make a positive role model that single people can look up to.

Back to CelibateHero. No, I'm not into a relationship.

** Bob becomes an antinatalist[[note]]A person who believes that procreation is morally wrong.[[/note]], so [[HappilyAdopted he adopts and raises an orphaned child with great compassion and kindness]] rather than procreate.

'''Basic Trope:''' A protagonist who avoids all romantic relationships.

** Bob has a developmental disorder that would prevent him from being in a relationship.

** Bob has [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizoid_personality_disorder Schizoid Personality Disorder]], which really hampers his ability to stablish bonds with other people... Let alone something as complex and nuanced as a romantic bond.

** Bob becomes an antinatalist[[note]]A person who believes that procreation is morally wrong.[[/note]], so he adopts and raises an orphaned child with great compassion and kindness rather than procreate.

** Bob is WalkingTheEarth, or perhaps being pursued. He will not (or ''can't'') put down roots, and doesn't want to break any hearts when he leaves, so he simply refuses any sort of romantic attraction.

** Bob becomes an antinatalist[[note]]A person who believes that procreation is morally wrong.[[/note]], so he adopts and raises an orphan child with great compassion and kindness rather than procreate.