History PlayingWith / PlatonicProstitution

* '''Lampshaded''': "You just wanna talk, huh? That means you've got the 'I'm going to hell unless I stop doing what I do.' speech prepared, right?"

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** Alice reminds Bob of his late mother/sister/daughter too much for him to have sex wit her.

** Bob hires Alice to talk his daughter Brittany out of a life of prostitution.

** Alice reminds Bob of his late mother/sister/daughter.

** One of Bob's relatives or friends hired Alice as a birthday present, he's not actually interested in her.

** Bob convinces Alice to.

* '''Implied''': Alice comes back from a "date" with Bob and tells her co-workers how much he likes to talk with no indication that they had sex.

** Bob's unusual behavior ends up attracting the attention of Alice's [[PimpDuds "manager"]], who starts to suspect he might be an undercover cop, a head hunter or even a serial killer. Eventually, he gets too paranoid and decides to get rid of Bob for trying to mess with his business.

** Alice is a fallen AlphaBitch and Bob hires her to accompany her to the reunion to humiliate her.

* '''Played For Drama''':

* '''Played For Drama''': Bob is a SerialKiller [[DisposableSexWorker who targets prostitutes]] and his 'just wanting conversation' act is part of the mind games he plays with his prey before he kills them.

** Bob hires Alice to have sex with her, [[CompletelyMissingThePoint but all Alice wants to do is talk]].

** Bob's unusual behavior ends up attracting the attention of Alice's [[PimpDuds "manager"]], which starts to suspect he might be an undercover cop, a head hunter or even a serial killer. Eventually, he gets too paranoid and decides to get rid of Bob for trying to mess with his business.

** Knowing a surprising amount of clients talk to prostitutes either instead of or in addition to having sex with thel, Alice, who is either TheVamp or a HeroicSeductress, takes up a job as a prostitute to gather intel on her enemies.

* '''Lampshaded''': "You just wanna talk, huh? That means you've got the 'I'm going to hell unless I stop doing what I do' speech prepared, right?"

** After a moment's awkwardness, Bob and Alice end up having a really pleasant conversation They even start playing video games together, have lots of fun, and it turns out that they actually have a surprising amount in common, ending up becoming really good friends.

* '''Downplayed''': Bob hires Alice and, while they do remove their clothes, Bob immediately starts talking and it's only when time is almost up that he asks Alice for a quickie.

* '''Implied''': Alice comes back from a "date" with Bob and tells her co-workers how much he likes to talk with no indication that they had sex.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

** Bob's unusual behavior ends up attracting the attention of Alice's [[PimpDuds "manager"]], which starts to suspect he might an undercover cop, a head hunter or even a serial killer. Eventually, he gets too paranoid and decides to get rid of Bob for trying to mess up with his business.

%%* '''Implied''': ???

* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob and Alice, both of whom are aware of how awkward this is, have a teeth-grindingly uncomfortable conversation together.

* '''Justified''': Bob hires prostitutes to try and persuade them to quit being prostitutes.

* '''Inverted''': Bob hires Alice to have sex with her, [[CompletelyMissingThePoint but all Alice wants to do is talk]].

* '''Parodied''': Bob hires prostitutes to do ridiculously trivial things, like mowing his lawn, because he's too lazy to do them himself.

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob paying prostitutes to sermonize about their lives to them is merely indicative of his self-righteous hypocrisy; he's not really interested in improving these women's lives or the hardships they go through, but just gets off on the thrill of superiority he feels about trying to 'rescue them from sin'.
** Bob's actions are indicative of his insecurity and hangups about sex.
** Bob's unusual behavior ends up attracting the attention of Alice's [[PimpDuds "manager"]], which starts to suspect he might an undercover cop, a head hunter or even a serial killer. Eventually, he gets too paranoid and decides to get rid of Bob for trying to mess up with his business.
* '''Reconstructed''': When she learns that Bob 'just wants to talk', Alice wearily ''expects'' Bob to start giving her a lecture about how 'unclean', 'sinful' and 'impure' she is, but it turns out Bob actually wants to talk about something completely different.
** Because Bob doesn't demand or expect her to do anything she feels uncomfortable with besides talking, Alice regards him as her favourite customer or even as a friend.

* '''Averted''': Bob hires prostitutes to have sex with them, and Alice is no exception.

* '''Invoked''': Bob makes it known among the red light district that he's not interested in sex, but he's looking for conversation.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob hires prostitutes for [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean the usual reason]], but ends up suffering from a GroinAttack. He still hires them to talk. Then he recovers and returns to his usual ways. Near the end of the series he becomes less of an {{Antihero}} and ends up taking up just talking.