Line #8 Main/StrangelyArousing


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11	[[quoteright:735:[[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rwby_pyrrha_pyrrha_nikos.jpg]]]]
12	->''"I have the weirdest boner right now."''
13	-->-- '''Troy Barnes''', ''Series/{{Community}}'', "[[Recap/CommunityS1E15RomanticExpressionism Romantic Expressionism]]"
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15	Sometimes, someone will come upon something they don't understand, or simply cannot comprehend. Maybe it's two (or more) people engaged in something so HeadTiltinglyKinky that it blows their mind. Maybe it is an EldritchAbomination made of nothing but tentacles and gaping orifices. Maybe it's [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Australian-rules football]]. It doesn't matter. All that we know is that:
16	#They have no clue what is happening.
17	#It's '''''hot!'''''
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19	Strangely Arousing is a trope that takes people far beyond the brink of arousal, with no understanding of why. The confusing element doesn't even have to be sexual in ''any'' way. Nor does the character have to be one that responds sexually to everything. In fact, the trope works infinitely better if the inciting incident ''isn't'' indecent. Though if it is, it should be [[CrossesTheLineTwice so far gone beyond "normal" sexuality it comes out the other side]].
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21	Compare HeadTiltinglyKinky. Note that StupidSexyFlanders is a very mild form of the trope, limited only to an [[HoYay unusual homoerotic sensation]]. Can overlap FantasticArousal, but only when a party witnesses it without understanding it, or to further drive home a sense of BlueAndOrangeMorality. Can also be referenced later as a CallBack when we later find the character has embraced this trope and turned it into a personal {{fetish}}.
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24	!! Examples:
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28	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
29	* One chapter of ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'' leads to Suzu suggestively [[AllWebbedUp wrapped up in silkworm threads]]. She tells Matsuri not to start a fight (turns out the ayakashi controlling the threads was just taking her measurements), and he uncomfortably resolves to just watch. Shirogane then give Matsuri a DopeSlap, with the obvious suggestion that [[{{Cuckold}} watching someone else do things to Suzu was arousing him]].
30	-->'''Shirogane''': What kind of kinky stuff is this?! Stop it already!
31	* Hana Isuzu from ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' gets aroused the first time she fires the Panzer IV's 75 mm gun, not exactly knowing why, and afterwards volunteers to be the team's gunner.
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34	[[folder:Fan Works]]
35	* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/Article2'' has to destroy a large cache of human weapons a pegasus researcher found fascinating. The available tools on hand? Explosives! After the resulting blast, said pegasus has problems keeping [[FantasticArousal his wings down]], and a small amount of teasing on the matter.
36	** Later, the main character introduces several male guards to the joys of centerfolds, with each and every one [[HeadTiltinglyKinky tilting their head when the pages unfold.]] Some things are universal: dudes like looking at photos of racing cars. What, what did you think I was going to say?
37	--> [[AC:I’m not even sure what I’m looking at... ''but I like it.'']]
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40	[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
41	* ''Film/ClerksII''. Upon witnessing the Donkey Show, Becky exclaims, "I'm disgusted and repulsed and... and I can't look away."
42	* In ''Film/{{eXistenZ}}'', the two main characters are in an advanced form of video game where their characters suddenly feel aroused and start making out; At first they are confused but quickly figure out that the game's script calls for their characters to start a love affair, so they just go with it to advance the plot, all the while talking on a meta-level about the significance of the whole thing and their situation.
43	* ''Film/{{Kinsey}}'': In a meta-example, during one of the survey interviews, one subject claims he only ever achieved orgasm once, while playing Mozart. The interviewer is clearly confounded by the idea.
44	* In ''Film/PrideAndPrejudiceALatterDayComedy'', Will has a less bizarre version, saying, "I find... I find, I find you strangely attractive. [beat] You're not the sort of girl I normally go out with--I mean, you're loud, you're disorganized, your friends are an embarrassment. But I like you, I don't know why. Will you... will you... will you have dinner with me tomorrow night?"
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47	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
48	* ''Series/{{Community}}'':
49	** In "[[Recap/CommunityS1E15RomanticExpressionism Romantic Expressionism]]", Troy is both confused and aroused by his perspective on Annie after Jeff and Britta manipulate him into thinking about her in a sexual manner.
50	** In "[[Recap/CommunityS6E10BasicRVRepairAndPalmistry Basic RV Repair and Palmistry]]", while looking at Britta trying to squeeze through the giant hand, Jeff wonders out loud what's wrong with him if he finds it hot.
51	* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' has Marshal learn that Lily has been subtly training him to use good hygiene via sex, which he says explains why he gets aroused when he flosses. In another episode he shares that to even look at a woman other than Lily he has to concoct an elaborate ImagineSpot of her death and him waiting a respectable amount of time to move on, which only made death and sex interconnected and he's "sporting a partial" when they pass a cemetery.
52	* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'': A running gag about Tom Servo is that some of the strangest and AmbiguouslyGay things sort of turn him on. It carries over into TheMovie.
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55	[[folder:Web Animation]]
56	* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue''. Upon learning that multiple assumptions regarding the other cast members were wrong, Sheila the Tank says, "I am confused. I thought your name was López. And I thought you were a man. This is all so strange. I feel like my circuits are crossed... And I like it."
57	** In season 11, Sarge, Grif, and Doc find a HumongousMecha on board a crashed ship. Grif and Doc beg Sarge to stop describing the mech with female pronouns as they find it weird. Sarge responds:
58	-->'''Sarge:''' Not as weird as the throbbing erection she's giving me!
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61	[[folder:Web Original]]
62	* ''WebVideo/AttackOnTitanAbridged'' has Connie's reaction to Sasha drooling over the meat she got from Shardis.
63	-->'''Connie''': "'''[[NoIndoorVoice I HAVE THE MOST AWKWARD BONER!]]'''"
64	* ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged'':
65	** Episode 4 has [[CombatSadomasochist Alucard's]] reaction to Schrödinger, the [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot girly-looking metaphysical Nazi catboy.]]
66	--->'''Alucard''': "Ah, the return of the "why" boner. ''With a '''vengeance'''''."
67	** The outtakes in Episode 10 bring this back with the aged Integra.
68	--->'''Alucard''': Y'know, you do look like a gender-bent Walter... ''"Why Boner 3: '''THE RECKONIIIIIIIING!"'''''
69	* One episode of ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' makes a RunningGag over the phrase "I have the weirdest boner right now.":
70	** The first part has it with Kaiba at the beginning:
71	-->'''Kaiba:''' A Blue-Eyes White Dragon Train! [[CargoShip I have the weirdest boner right now.]]
72	** Then Téa's reaction when Yami challenges Noah for possession of his body:
73	-->'''Yami:''' My body, Noah. Take it or leave it.\
74	'''Téa:''' [[YaoiFangirl I have the weirdest boner right now.]]
75	** And finally Yami when Noah tries to forcibly take possession of his body:
76	-->'''Noah:''' You're not getting away that easy! (Grabs Yugi's chests) Your nipples belong to me! I want your body! Give it to me! Let me in! LET ME IN!\
77	'''Yami:''' [[RuleOfThree I have the weirdest boner right now!]]
78	** The first episode of Season Zero Abridged has Yugi unable to stop looking at Ushio's BigOlEyebrows.
79	-->'''Yugi''': ''(Thinking)'' "God, those eyebrows are huge! I can't stop staring at them! It's like Creator/MartinScorsese and Creator/JenniferConnelly had a baby. And now I'm picturing Martin Scorsese having sex with Jennifer Connelly... Why do I keep doing that?!"
80	-->'''Ushio''': "Something wrong?"
81	-->'''Yugi''': "I AM EXTREMELY AROUSED!"
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84	[[folder:Western Animation]]
85	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. Quagmire finds it strangely arousing to [[InLoveWithYourCarnage see Lois beat up a bunch of New Yorkers]]. Not paying attention, he accidentally drops the window he opened up on his manhood and had to call 911.
86	-->'''Quagmire:''' Hello, 911? [[AcquaintedWithEmergencyServices It's Quagmire.]] Yea-yeah, [[OhNoNotAgain it's in a window this time]].
87	* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. Butters, upon watching ''Back Door Sluts 9'', experiences arousal for what we can assume is the first time. "What's going on down there?". It acts as a double-down of the trope, as both the porno ''and'' his arousal are strange and exciting.
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