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GastonRabbit C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
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#1: Mar 15th 2023 at 1:46:46 PM

Note: This thread was proposed by rmctagg09.

Matzo Fever is a trope that is supposed to be about non-Jewish characters expressing attraction towards Jewish characters precisely because they're Jewish.

After doing a wick check of 50 wicks this was what I found of the most notable examples:

  • Correct Usage: 4/50 (8%)
  • ZCEs: 30%
  • Direct Misuse:
    • "Jewish Character is Considered Attractive In-Universe": 12/50 (24%)
    • "Non-Jewish character's Love Interest Happens to be Jewish": 9/50 (18%)
    • "Jewish Character Attracted to Other Jews": 5/50 (10%)

As can be seen, a good number of examples have the issue where if they aren't just straight ZCEs, they just fall under "Jewish Love Interest" or "attractive woman who happens to be Jewish", which is simply chairs, rather than Gentile characters being attracted to a Jewish person because they're Jewish.

Apart from cleaning the Zero Context Examples and misuse, I think the trope could also use a new name to better reflect what it's supposed to be used for, which should cut down on misuse.

Potential Renames: Jew Fetishizer, Gentile Jew-Chaser.

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GastonRabbit C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
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#2: Mar 15th 2023 at 1:47:04 PM

Paging ~rmctagg09 to the thread. Anyway, I agree with renaming.

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GastonRabbit C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
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#3: Mar 15th 2023 at 1:47:28 PM

Duplicate thread; locking up.

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