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* Brock and Ash's Oshawott from ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]''.
* Brock and Ash's Oshawott from ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]''.
* Masomi Kida from ''[[Durarara!!]]''. His attempts at wooing women fail to the point where even his [[Heterosexual Life Partners|partner]] [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|Mikado]] lampshades his failures. However he stops when {{spoiler|he gets back with his former girlfriend, Saki Miyajima.}}
* Masomi Kida from ''[[Durarara!!]]''. His attempts at wooing women fail to the point where even his [[Heterosexual Life Partners|partner]] [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|Mikado]] lampshades his failures. However he stops when {{spoiler|he gets back with his former girlfriend, Saki Miyajima.}}
* Sunohara from ''[[Clannad]]'' has some elements of this. It is ''not'' helped by Tomoya and occasionally Kyou taking advantage of his gullibility and tricking him into thinking a girl is interested in him.
* Sunohara from ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]'' has some elements of this. It is ''not'' helped by Tomoya and occasionally Kyou taking advantage of his gullibility and tricking him into thinking a girl is interested in him.




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* Ron Burgundy of ''[[Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy]]''. Though he does wind up getting the girl, then losing her, then getting her again. But the news team's attempts to woo Veronica fit pretty much exactly into this Trope, complete with leisure suits. [[Small Name, Big Ego|Most of the characters]] [[Typecasting|Will Ferrell's played recently tend to be this]].
* Ron Burgundy of ''[[Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy]]''. Though he does wind up getting the girl, then losing her, then getting her again. But the news team's attempts to woo Veronica fit pretty much exactly into this Trope, complete with leisure suits. [[Small Name, Big Ego|Most of the characters]] [[Typecasting|Will Ferrell's played recently tend to be this]].
** Oddly enough, this is a bit of a [[Zig-Zagging Trope]] for this movie. Only with Veronica is he a wannabe - with other women, he's aloof enough and famous enough that even his lamest lines ''work''.
** Oddly enough, this is a bit of a [[Zig-Zagging Trope]] for this movie. Only with Veronica is he a wannabe - with other women, he's aloof enough and famous enough that even his lamest lines ''work''.
* ''[[Dawn of the Dead 2004]]'' 2004: Bart the security guard. The [[Zombie Apocalypse]] is on, and all he can think about is how now he's missed the chance to have sex with a fat chick from Dairy Queen.
* ''[[Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]'' 2004: Bart the security guard. The [[Zombie Apocalypse]] is on, and all he can think about is how now he's missed the chance to have sex with a fat chick from Dairy Queen.
* ''[[Brain Donors]]'': Roland T. Flakfizer talks a great game.
* ''[[Brain Donors]]'': Roland T. Flakfizer talks a great game.
{{quote|"Please, call me what everyone else calls me: 'Your Royal Sex Machine.'"}}
{{quote|"Please, call me what everyone else calls me: 'Your Royal Sex Machine.'"}}
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** ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' also toyed with the idea in "Teacher's Pet"; one of the victims was very embarrassed when told that the mantis only attacked virgins.
** ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' also toyed with the idea in "Teacher's Pet"; one of the victims was very embarrassed when told that the mantis only attacked virgins.
* ''[[Yo Soy Betty, la Fea]]'' provides us with two: [[Nicol Ã]]¡s Mora, nerd extraordinaire and self-assumed ugly, who nonetheless still tries to hit on pretty girls and constantly woo [[Small Name, Big Ego|Patricia Fernandez]]; and Freddy, the motorized messenger of Ecomoda, who, while better looking (and best dressed) than [[Nicol Ã]]¡s, still exudes a big "loser" aura. Freddy manages to have an on-off relationship with Aura Maria, the hot receptionist of the company, but he inadvertently and constantly ruins any progress he does with her thanks to his misguided flirting towards the models who flood the place.
* ''[[Yo Soy Betty, la Fea]]'' provides us with two: [[Nicol Ã]]¡s Mora, nerd extraordinaire and self-assumed ugly, who nonetheless still tries to hit on pretty girls and constantly woo [[Small Name, Big Ego|Patricia Fernandez]]; and Freddy, the motorized messenger of Ecomoda, who, while better looking (and best dressed) than [[Nicol Ã]]¡s, still exudes a big "loser" aura. Freddy manages to have an on-off relationship with Aura Maria, the hot receptionist of the company, but he inadvertently and constantly ruins any progress he does with her thanks to his misguided flirting towards the models who flood the place.
* Kirk St. Moritz (a.k.a. Eric Morris) from ''[[Dear John]]''.
* Kirk St. Moritz (a.k.a. Eric Morris) from ''[[Dear John (British series)|Dear John]]''.
* On ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' Barney flips back and forth between this and [[Casanova]], with a bit of [[Handsome Lech]] thrown in. On the one hand, he is quite handsome, dresses in legitimately stylish suits, and the notches on his bedpost are well into the triple digits. However, a lot of his pickup attempts can be pretty darn cheesy, it's clear that he's not always truthful about his sexual conquests, and, since the entire series is a story told by a potentially [[Unreliable Narrator]], separating the lies from the truth isn't so easy.
* On ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' Barney flips back and forth between this and [[Casanova]], with a bit of [[Handsome Lech]] thrown in. On the one hand, he is quite handsome, dresses in legitimately stylish suits, and the notches on his bedpost are well into the triple digits. However, a lot of his pickup attempts can be pretty darn cheesy, it's clear that he's not always truthful about his sexual conquests, and, since the entire series is a story told by a potentially [[Unreliable Narrator]], separating the lies from the truth isn't so easy.
** At one point, Marshall actually calculates that, given the number of women Barney's slept with, compared to the sheer number of women he hits on, his success rate is actually only a little over 1%, despite having slept with more people than the rest of the main characters combined.
** At one point, Marshall actually calculates that, given the number of women Barney's slept with, compared to the sheer number of women he hits on, his success rate is actually only a little over 1%, despite having slept with more people than the rest of the main characters combined.
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* XR from ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]''. This is funnier because his voice actor is actually named Larry.
* XR from ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]''. This is funnier because his voice actor is actually named Larry.
* ''[[Daria]]'': Charles "Upchuck" [[Meaningful Name|Ruttheimer]] III is Lawndale High's resident Cananova Wannabe.
* ''[[Daria]]'': Charles "Upchuck" [[Meaningful Name|Ruttheimer]] III is Lawndale High's resident Cananova Wannabe.
* Jonesy Garcia from ''[[Sixteen]]''.
* Jonesy Garcia from ''[[6teen]]''.
* Rover from ''[[Rover Dangerfield]]''.
* Rover from ''[[Rover Dangerfield]]''.
* Jamie from ''[[Megas XLR]]''. A lot of episodes have him fantisizing about picking up chicks but fails miserably every time. Even Goat the junk-yard owner has better luck than him.
* Jamie from ''[[Megas XLR]]''. A lot of episodes have him fantisizing about picking up chicks but fails miserably every time. Even Goat the junk-yard owner has better luck than him.
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