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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''"Do I really inspire that sort of frothing desire in the female masses?"''
|'''Miles Edgeworth''', ''[[Ace Attorney]]''}}
He's not [[The Casanova]], he's not [[Kavorka Man]], but he pulls girls in about as fast as they do, if not ''faster''. It's probably a good thing [[Chaste Hero|he's too innocent to notice]].
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But unlike the scoundrels mentioned above, even when he ''does'' finally realize the feelings of the girls around him, he never tries to take advantage of them. He usually ends up digging himself in deeper, because by this time, he's come to [[Love You and Everybody|care for all of them]], even if just as friends, and [[Tenchi Solution|doesn't want to break their hearts]], or lose any of them if/when he finally chooses the girl he really loves. This sometimes [[A Man Is Not a Virgin|makes him look like a wimp in the eyes of some fans]], especially those who have [[OTP|their own favorite girl]], and usually don't share his concern for the others. [[A Man Is Not a Virgin|Some fans may even question his sexuality]].
Overlaps often with the [[Unlucky Everydude]]. [[Up To Eleven|Crank this magnetism up]] and then [[Even the Guys Want Him]], [[Even the Girls Want Her]], [[A Threesome Is Hot]] and [[A Threesome Is Manly]].
If he is young and seeks out girls like [[Casanova]], he's [[Kidanova]]. The [[Gender Inverted|Gender Inversion]] (and this trope's alternate title) is [[Dude Magnet]].
See [[Mr. Fanservice]] for the guy designed to be a magnet for chicks in the real world. For the girl designed to be a dude magnet see [[Ms. Fanservice]]. Don't forget [[Clueless Chick Magnet]], when the
{{examples}}
== Male ==
=== Anime and Manga ===
* Pick a [[Harem Anime]] protagonist. ''Any'' [[Harem Anime]] protagonist.
* Tenchi Masaki from ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' is the classic [[Unlucky Everydude]] version.
**
** Seina from ''[[Tenchi Muyo! GXP|GXP]]'' is Tenchi turned [[Up to Eleven]]. He seems pretty normal on Earth, but once he gets into space, he starts attracting girls ''outside'' his harem too.
* Rei from ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'' breaks up loving couples just by walking past them, causes squees whenever anything of the female gender sees him. His being dumb as a plank and loving only food does nothing to dissuade the girls. His [[Involuntary Shapeshifting|transforming into a giant goofy tiger-bull whenever excited]] might. Sometimes.
* Ranma Saotome of ''[[Ranma ½]]'' is a little more competent but no less hapless when it comes to girls.
** That's just girls. Let's not even get into [[Even the Guys Want Him|how many boys want him]] or the whole [[Even the Wombats Want Him|panda doodle incident]].
* ''[[Maison Ikkoku]]'' has both Yusaku ''and'' a [[Gender
* Negi Springfield from ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''. He's [[Adorably Precocious Child|a little too young]] to be worrying about love. Unfortunately for him, he's also a little too cute for his own good, which draws in girls that ''don't'' have any romantic interest in him yet. (A prime example is a chart, apparently made by Chamo, measuring the type and extent of several girls' affection for Negi is partially shown. One girl, while having rather low ''romantic'' feelings for him, has a ''maternal'' score of [[Off the Chart|12 out of a possible ''10'']].) Having insane fighting and magical skills (and selective maturity) helps. As many have noted, the situation is most likely going to get worse once he hits puberty, which has prompted Chisame to wonder if it's not best that they kill him now (chapter 125).
** That's not even factoring in the "age deceiving pills" which reveal that in five years or so, he's going to be really, ''really'' [[Bishonen]].
** To make matters even ''worse'', he has a habit of unintentionally saying things that sound like love confessions or even ''proposals''. With a totally straight face (by which we mean an adorably innocent smile).
** Lampshaded in chapter 285 by [[Meta Guy|Chisame]] again with an exasperated "We've got us another one..." after {{spoiler|Shiori}} shows visible signs of attraction to Negi.
** If you thought Negi was dense, you clearly haven't seen Kotaro. Natsumi, Mei and Madoka plus nearly as many nameless fangirls as Negi, yet manages to be even more oblivious than Negi. At least Negi ''understood'' the confessions he's gotten and picked up on, {{spoiler|although Ako's not really getting over Nagi like she pretended.}}
** Hell, Negi's such a
** In chapter 344, the ramifications of being such a powerful chick magnet are finally kicking in, and it doesn't look like it's going to be pretty for ''anyone''.
* Fubuki from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]''; he not only has most of the female students at Duel Academy fawning over him, but some female teachers. He's fully aware of his powers, and occasionally humors them, but is too carefree to consider exploiting it.
* Kei Takishima of ''[[Special A]]'', and probably every male member of Special A.
* The ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'', especially Tamaki Suoh.
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* Akito Tenkawa of ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'' manages to attract the eyes of about half the female crew over the course of the series, to the vocal annoyance (and sometimes ''envy'') of some of the male crewmembers. It gets [[Lampshaded]] ''constantly''.
* The tenants in ''[[The Wallflower]]'', with varying levels of embracement and sympathy between them. Kyohei, who is poor, is sympathetic since he has to leave most of his jobs due to sexual harassment ([[Even the Guys Want Him|even male bosses, and his headmaster at school try to come on to him]]). Ranmaru is the exact opposite, embracing the role fully to his own advantage.
* Rito of ''[[To
* Takuya Enoki from ''Aka-chan to Boku'' ''([[Baby and Me]])'' is this to a lot of girls. When he finds out that several girls are in love with him he almost has a mental breakdown. It appears to run in the family; his widower father Harumi has several coworkers who crush on him, and two little girls at the daycare fight over Takuya's little brother Minoru.
* ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]''
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* Hakuoh, [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]] from ''[[Duel Masters]]'', was one of these during the first season, but he was too busy being aloof and dealing with the [[Serious Business]] of card games to care. After his [[Heel Face Turn]], the effect seems to wear off.
* ''[[Rental Magica]]'''s Itsuki Iba is one of these, since he has at least three girls displaying affection for him, plus a younger one who looks up to him as her [[Big Brother Worship|"onii-chan"]].
** ...and an older lady sort of likes him. And this doesn't stop on living or
* Sasuke Uchiha from ''[[Naruto]]'' has ''so'' many emotional problems that he hardly even notices the girls that become entranced by him.
** Naruto doesn't do too bad for himself, either. Especially not if you consider the [[Filler]] arcs. And the movies. (thinking of a particular post-credits gag in particular...)
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* Keitaro from ''[[Love Hina]]'' fits in. By the end of the manga, only two girls had not fallen in love with him. One of them was eight years old...
* ''[[One Piece]]''
** Luffy actually fits this trope pretty well, especially with {{spoiler|the Kuja Amazons being all over him.}} It's not surprising, seeing as how thanks to Alvida he's never been short of admirers for most of the series. You know you're a big time
** Likely played for laughs, because in spite of all obvious evidence, Luffy does not have any clue of their attraction to him, nor does he show any attraction to anyone. Even if all the women sent him Valentine cards (if it exists in that universe), he'd probably wonder what all the paper hearts are for.
** Boa Hancock, and [[Even the Girls Want Her|she has the fangirls to prove it]]. "Is there no end to her sex appeal?"
** Alvida has all the men and women of '''R'''oguetown [[
** Also, [[Badass Princess| Vivi]], [[Mermaid| Shirahoshi]], [[Gladiator| Rebecca]], [[The Vamp| Viola]], [[Nubile Savage| Marguerite]], and [[Dark Action Girl| Reiju]] have all shown some adoration towards Luffy, though rarely anything beyond flirting. Interestingly, all of these girls except Marguerite but including Hancock have royal blood in some way.
* Jing from ''[[King of Bandit Jing]]'' is definitely a
* Sagara Sousuke from ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' (coupled with apparently being a Whispered magnet). Kaname, Tessa, and
** He's even more of a
*** It gets much worse. You know that Whispered girl (Mira Kudan) he rescued who appeared briefly in the beginning? Yeah, she apparently also fell for him and "gave her heart to him" ever since he saved her life. Except she actually [[
* Suguru Misato of ''[[Mahoromatic]]'' has pretty much all the girls in the series after him, including two (maybe all three) members of triomatic, Mahoro, and his slutty, depraved, insane teacher miss Shikijo.
* Train from ''[[Black Cat (manga)|Black Cat]]'' is. He has three women vying for his attention (okay, well, one of them was cut short), but only manages to see them as friends / acquaintances because he's a [[Chaste Hero]]. Although he could be considered an even more extreme example in that [[Even the Guys Want Him]].
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* Allen Walker from ''[[D.Gray-man|D Gray Man]]'' doesn't do too badly for himself. Rohfa is infatuated with him, Road claims to love him, and one interpretation is that For may have a crush on him. In the second Reverse novel, it is also implied that Lenalee has someone she secretly likes, and that that person is probably Allen. And that's not even getting into the aspect of how [[Even the Guys Want Him]], where Allen is shown to be able to manipulate Komurin (a ''robot'') by turning up his charm (complete with [[Bishie Sparkle]]) which makes Komurin ''fall for him'', or how Tyki ''[[Foe Yay|really really likes]]'' Allen.
* Akio Asakura from ''[[Wangan Midnight]]''. In fact, when he ends up repeating his last year of high school due to excessive absences caused by driving the Devil Z at night so much, the lower-grade female students got excited over being able to attend high school with Akio for another year. Said obsession with the Devil Z prevents him from hooking up with them.
* ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'' has Touma, possibly the most extreme example in all fiction. Early in the series, nearly ten thousand girls (9969 clones and their genetic donor) fall in love with him. That's not including various girls before ''and'' after this incident. He [[Clueless Chick Magnet|has absolutely no idea of any of their feelings]].
**
** Later on, there's Kakeru, who has over a hundred girls in love with him.
* Nozumu Itoshiki (the titular 'Mr Despair' of [[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei]]), the certifiably suicidally depressed teacher whose fashion sense is stuck in the 19th century and whose personal goal is self-annihilation, somehow manages to get almost every girl in his class to fall in love with him by accident (or at the least make him the subject of their various fetishes and insanities, which is just as good... right?)
* Li/Hei from ''[[Darker than Black]]''. Apart from the standard [[UST]] with [[Hero Antagonist|Kirihara]], he's also attracted the romantic interest of two [[Loony Fan|Loony]] [[Fan Girl|Fangirls]], a Contractor that regularly forgoes the [[Planet of Hats|hat]] of rational self-interest because she's in love with him, and a girl that isn't even [[Tin Man|supposed to feel]] ''[[Empty Shell|any]]'' [[Emotionless Girl|emotions]], much less love.
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* Apart from the requisite [[Love Triangle]], [[Macross Frontier]]'s Alto Saotome has an unofficial fanclub including not only the SMS [[Bridge Bunnies]] (and [[Camp Gay|Bobby]]) but also around half of his school's female population -- [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|All of which he's probably prettier than]].
* Tsukune Aono from ''[[Rosario + Vampire]]''. Any female monster who comes within smelling distance of him will want him for her own. Of course, this might be because his human blood is highly attractive to any monster, so the women just interpret it as sex appeal. Although his [[Nice Guy]] attitude and [[Bishonen]] appearance are clearly contributing factors. In some chapters it's been shown that human girls find him attractive as well (possibly even [[Kissing Cousins|his cousin]]).
* Guts from ''[[Berserk]]''. Not at all obvious in the Golden Age, of course, which has as a plot point his slowly building relationship with Casca. Rather, it happens to him afterwards, where he seems to have more of a knack for having girls [[Precocious Crush|several generations his junior fall for him]]. Farnese (who is a generation younger than him) falls in love with and practically worships the ground he walks on. And then there's Schierke, who is more than a generation younger than him, and has a huge crush on him. Not to mention that it's implied that Jill (who looks to be around the same age as Schierke), an abused village girl, developed a huge crush on him as well (to the point where she repeatedly kept begging for him to allow her to permanently follow and come with him). And along with (much) younger girls, he also seems to be a demon magnet, and not just because of the [[Magnetic Plot Device|Brand of Sacrifice]] he bears. There's Slan, the only female member of the Godhand, who is ''very'' attracted to him in an evil and sadistic way. And even Rosine, a fairy-like Apostle, flirts with and [https://web.archive.org/web/20111115100318/http://view.thespectrum.net/series/berserk-volume-11.html?ch=Volume+16&page=53 mentions how attractive he is] (despite her almost [[Single-Target Sexuality]] obsession with [[Les Yay|Jill]]). And getting into [[Even the Guys Want Him]], {{spoiler|Griffith}}, who would become the latest member of the Godhand, had a [[Yandere
* ''[[Gundam Seed]]'' has Kira Yamato. His best friend Athrun Zala becomes a more perfect example in [[Gundam Seed Destiny|the sequel]].
* By the end of ''[[Girls Bravo]]'' the male lead Yukinari has about four girls after him, or who expressed interest in him at one time or another.
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* America of ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]''. Two or three sketches have him swooned at by many girls.
* Yunoki of ''[[Kiniro no Corda]]''.
* Julio, Guiche, and ''especially'' Saito of ''[[
* Naota of ''[[FLCL]]''.
* ''[[Vampire Knight]]'': Kaname. He already has Yuki, Ruka, Sara, and countless screaming Day Class girls who want him. Not to mention all those Nobles practically shoving their daughters at him at the Aido family's soiree.
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* Takashi of ''[[Highschool of the Dead]]''.
=== Comics ===▼
* Archie Andrews from the ''[[Archie Comics]]''. For some reason.
** Thoroughly deconstructed when Betty brings over some photos of Archie. Veronica points out he's actually kind of ugly. This leads into them realizing he's selfish, boorish, and is generally bad, and they should both dump him. [[Beat]]. "You first." "No, ''you'' first." They glumly conclude that Archie is some sort of [[Kavorka Man]].
* And speaking of Archie Comics, [[Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)|Sonic the Hedgehog]] has attracted several potential love interests such as Princess Sally, Amy Rose, and Mina Mongoose.
* Ryan Choi, ''The All-New [[The Atom|Atom]]'', finds himself utterly baffled by the way the women of Ivy Town find him
* Connor Hawke, the unworldly second [[Green Arrow]], pretty much just has to show up for women to start throwing themselves at him (occasionally literally).
** The irony, of course, is that unlike [[Casanova|his father, Ollie Queen]], Connor is [[Celibate Hero|pretty much a monk-for-life]].
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* The apple didn't far fall from the adoptive tree, as [[Batman|Bruce Wayne]] has never had a problem with the ladies. Well, technically he ''has'', but it's more of a "getting them to go away" problem than a "getting them to come by in the first place" problem.
** His animated version even ''hooked up with Lois Lane.'' Even the Joker had to express his admiration for that one.
* Former Robin and current{{when}} Red Robin, Tim Drake, is no slouch either. While he's only ever been in a committed relationship with Stephanie (Batgirl), Darla Aquista (the Warlock's Daughter), Hong Kong gangster {{spoiler|possibly undercover cop}} Lynx, Cassandra Sandsmark aka Wondergirl (though they ultimately decided they were [[Better as Friends]]), and possibly Cassandra Cain (she wasn't really herself at the time, being drugged up and crazy) have all been attracted to Tim at one time or another. Even Lady Shiva was a bit too touchy-feely with him when they first met than was really necessary.
* [[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]] as well. His lovers' gallery is probably exceeded only by Batman, and in Batman's case most of the relationships are merely used to maintain his playboy image. In fact, the Human Torch "snaps" when he learns that his best bud Spider-Man is actually Peter Parker, who he was extremely envious of for his ability to attract women. Johnny even labeled Peter's ability the "Parker Luck", much to Spidey's amusement, who uses the same term to describe his bad luck. If you still needs proof, take a look at the 'Love Interest' section of [[wikipedia:List of Spider-Man supporting characters|this page]]. ''He even nabbed [[Incredible Hercules|Hercules]]' former wife!''
* Clark Kent/[[Superman]]. He's attracted: Lana Lang, Lori Lemaris (a mermaid!), Lois Lane, Cat Grant, [[Wonder Woman]], Maxima, [[New Gods|Amazing Grace]], The Queen Of Fables, La Encantadora, [[Supergirl]]!, [[White-Haired Pretty Girl|Ice]] (Guy Gardner's main squeeze), Obsession (Dana Dearden), a Latina cop, an alien insect queen that had taken Lana's form, and Lyla (a [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|purple-haired chick]] from Kandor).
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* [[The Hulk]], surprisingly enough. A lot of women, both human and non human, seem to fall for him. To date he has been married at least three times (two now dead and one partially insane) and bedded many more. Bruce Banner on the other hand...
* Cyclops of the [[X-Men]] has had at least six different girlfriends, and that's just counting his mainstream version. Psylocke also once tried it on with him. In particular, he seems to be irresistible to telepaths.
* One of the main running gags for Ivar Anni-Padda in Valiant's ''[[Timewalker]]'' series. Whether he's walking down the street minding his own business, running for his life from the villain of the month or falling from the top of a skyscraper, all anybody can say about it is "Gorgeous!"
* Doug Ramsey/Cypher of the ''[[New Mutants]]''. He dated [[Ms. Fanservice|pre-bodyswap]] [[Likes Older Women|Psylocke]] as well as teammate Wolfsbane, but has also managed to earn himself quite the following of female villains.
* White Feather, a member of the super-hero parody team ''[[The Inferior Five]]''. He's a hunky, muscular fellow who tends to attract a lot of girls. Sadly, he's afraid of them, much like he's afraid of everything else; he's often used the need to be a hero simply as an excuse to get away from them, even though he's usually scared of whatever the team has to fight against. Not surprisingly, the only girl he's truly comfortable around is his friend and teammate Dumb Bunny, a fortunate situation as he's a photographer and she's a model in their civilian identities. It would be difficult for either to make a living otherwise.
=== Fan Works ===
▲=== Fanfiction ===
* Kyon, the titular character in ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]''. Being a brilliant martial artist as well as breaking up an illegal voyeuristic photography ring probably has something to do with it.
** Koizumi too. All he has to do is walk into Kyon's class, and all the girls just stop what they're doing and stare.
* [[Glee|Blaine]] is a [[Dude Magnet]] in ''[[Hunting the Unicorn]]''. What he lacks in numbers, he makes up for in [[All Love Is Unrequited|sadness.]] [[Stalker with a Crush|And terror.]]
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7330418/1/My_Life_Cant_Lose_Its_Normality My Life Can't Lose Its Normality]'', being a [[Fix Fic]], turns [[Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai!|Kyousuke]] into one of these. So far, every girl in the series (except Manami) acts like a [[All Women Are Lustful|total pervert]] around him.
* George in ''[[With Strings Attached]]''; he's singled out for sex by Fi'ar and Ma'ar.
** Paul attracts his share of women (and men), but for one or another reason he never actually wants or gets any.
** After Ringo defeats Mung, he is mobbed by the Warrior Women and has so much sex that the next day he's “little better than a smear on the ground.”
* In ''[[The Tainted Grimoire]]'', Luso has three girls who definitely likes him. They are Kanin, Anna and {{spoiler|Maria}}.
* ''[[Pootie Tang]]'': For the viewers, he's a [[Kavorka Man]], but none of the women in the film can (or want to) resist him. Of course, he rejects their affections until being tricked into losing his magical belt.
* The title character in ''[[Austin Powers]]: International Man of Mystery''. He also has allied female agents falling for him in the other movies.
* In ''[[Captain America: The First Avenger]]'', Howard Stark is the straightforward ladies' man, as shown in his first appearance. Post-procedure Steve was able to catch the attention of Peggy, the foxy secretary and a starstruck blond due to a combination of his stage celebrity, Greek God physique, courage and [[Adorkable]] [[Nice Guy]] attitude.
=== Literature ===
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* Mikael Blomkvist in Stieg Larsson's "[[Millennium Trilogy]]". The amount of women falling over themselves to sleep with this financial journalist is incredible, and one can't help but feel there is a certain amount of wish-fulfillment going on on the author's part. In The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo he is already having a long-term affair with his business partner Erika. Upon moving out to Hedeby island he is quickly seduced by Cecilia Vanger, whom he has an ongoing relationship with throughout the book. Then Lisbeth comes to town as his research partner and ends up falling in love with the guy. In the sequel, The Girl Who Played With Fire, Blomkvist is sleeping with Harriet, the woman he had believed to be dead for 90% of the first book.
* ''[[Harry Potter]]'': [[First Girl Wins|Ginny]], Cho, [[Abhorrent Admirer|Romilda Vane]], and [[Our Ghosts Are Different|Moaning Myrtle]]
** Hermione [[
* Thomas Raith of ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', supernaturally so. He tries to hold down a job like a normal person... and keeps losing his job when women throw themselves at him. He eventually solves it, in a rather hilarious but inarguably effective way.
** It's a sort of ''thing'' with House Raith of the White Court to be that.
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* Laharl in the [[Disgaea Novels]] seems to fit this trope well. It seems in the novel he was able to attract multiple girls, this includes, Etna, Flonne, Jade {{spoiler|( Gordon and Jennifer's daughter ),}} and {{spoiler|Sakura}}
* Georgina and Dorothea in ''[[Sorcery and Cecelia]]''. The former is just that good-looking. The latter has a spell cast on her to make her irresistible to all men (and she hates it).
=== Live-Action TV ===
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** Secondly, Gibby with Tasha.
** Thirdly, Carly, with [[Hide Your Lesbians|Missy, Carly, Wendy, Valerie.]]
** Fourthly, Freddie, with Valerie, Shannon, Rona (alternate universe), Melanie, Shelby Marx, Magic Malika, Jamie, Ariana, Leslie, Sabrina, Patrice, three random girls at a party (iPity the Nevel) and pretty much the entire female fandom in iStart a Fanwar
** And those were just the main Chick Magnets.
* The wheelchair-bound Dr. John Ballard in ''[[Seven Days]]''.
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* [[Kamen Rider (TV series)|Hayato Ichimonji]] had three women fawning over him when he first debuted.
* John Crichton of [[Farscape]] so so much. In addition to his main love interest Aeryn, there was Gilina, Chiana, Jenavian, Jool...just about any female character to show up in the show instantly falls for Crichton or at least gets ship-teased with him pretty intensely.
=== Mythology ===
* Adonis of [[Greek Mythology]]. So handsome that two goddesses fell in love with him at first sight. Aphrodite took a shine to him when he was ''[[Squick|born]]'' and Persephone fell for him when he was about [[Shotacon|thirteen]]. It didn't end well for
* Diarmid O'Dyna of [[Celtic Mythology]] (who was Lancer in the aforementioned [[Fate/Zero]]) had this as an actual magical
=== [[Professional Wrestling]] ===
* The Miz in the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] used to call himself a Chick Magnet, to the point where one of his [[Merchandise-Driven|T-shirts]] includes a chick (read: baby bird) being drawn to a horseshoe red-and-white magnet, just in case [[Viewers are Morons|some people]] didn't get the gist of his gimmick.
** It's probably more because Miz's character is basically that he is a massive tool, so he'd be the sort to provide an illustration of the concept.
* [[Daniel Bryan]] seems to be this in WWE, drawing the WWE Divas to him without even trying (or acting upon it). In one instance, he's got the Bella twins hanging on each arm.
=== Video Games ===
* Ludwig von Koopa. And, very, very likely, most popular Koopaling. Of all the Koopalings, he's the one with the girls chasing after him. Everybody loves his deep voice in New Super Mario Bros Wii.
* [[Mario]] in the [[Paper Mario (franchise)|Paper Mario]] games is treated as such.
* Many protagonists of [[RPG
* Link isn't usually a
** Made utterly hilarious when you consider the fact that Link is essentially a 10 year old in a 17 year old's body.
** And, in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]'', not only does he get Midna and Ilia, but the girl who runs the fishing hole seemed to have a definite thing for him. Then there's the group of fangirls he gains by making it through the clawshot minigame in Hyrule Town. Not bad for a [[Heroic Mime]].
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* The Prince of Falena, in ''[[Suikoden V]]''. Several characters and NPCs [[Lampshade Hanging|comment on the large number of attractive women in his army]], to the point of it being a [[Running Gag]]. The more lecherous characters seem almost offended that he never takes advantage of the situation, or even seems to notice.
** In ''[[Suikoden IV]]'', the hero also recruits an awful lot of women, and at least two cliques of three get together to gush and giggle over him. One of said cliques even declares themselves his personal bodyguards.
* Despite being a mecha [[Otaku]] with no knowledge on romance with women nor interest in them, Ryusei Date from ''[[Super Robot Wars]] OG'' has manage to make no less than three girls seriously fall for him. This is considerably more than most other characters with the exception of Masaki, who is himself a
* Clank, Ratchet's [[Robot Buddy]] from the ''[[Ratchet and Clank]]'' series has a strange habit of attracting various women, both robotic and organic. This starts with Edwina the RoboShack owner and the HelpDesk Girl in the first game, then a pink robot fangirl spends the next game chasing him over the galaxy in the next game, then in the third game, he gets to play a James bond-esque secret agent surrounded by adoring women, has pop star seductress Courtney Gears move in on him, in the fourth game, he begins a relationship with a robot called Venus (who is never seen again), in the Secret Agent Clank spinoff, all women in the game are in love with him. Meanwhile, the only definite love interest Ratchet has ever had is Sasha (Talwyn from the Future series seems to be on her way to becoming one, too, though).
* [[My Hero Zero|Zero]] from ''[[Mega Man X]]'' and ''[[Mega Man Zero|Zero]]'' had 3 girls who had been attracted to him. One became his [[I Let Gwen Stacy Die|tragic]] girlfriend, while another had the unfortunate luck of meeting Zero when he's ''both'' [[Chaste Hero|chaste]] ''and'' [[Celibate Hero|celibate]] at the same time. As for the third, ''[[Interspecies Romance|Ciel's human]]''.
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* A male Commander Shepard of [[Mass Effect]] counts here, if you don't play him as a dick. Over 2 games (so far) he's attracted [[Hot Amazon|Gunnery Chief Ashley Williams]], [[Hot Scientist|Dr Liara T'Soni]], [[Wrench Wench|Tali'Zorah Vas Neema]], [[Defrosting Ice Queen|Miranda Lawson]] and [[Broken Bird|Jack]]. Also Morinth, [[Out with a Bang|but that's not such a great idea...]]
** That's only crewmembers. We also have Gianna Parsini, Shiala, [[Crowning Moment of Funny|and at least one krogan.]]
{{quote|'''EDI:''' Killing the Thresher Maw has produced several mating requests for [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Grunt]]. [[Interspecies Romance|And one for Shepard]].
'''Grunt:''' '''''HA!''''' }}
** A female Commander Shepard is a dude magnet. She's attracted [[Good-Looking Privates|Kaiden Alenko]], Liara T'Soni (her species is omnisexual), [[Nice Guy|Jacob Taylor]], [[Cowboy Cop|Garrus]] [[Fan-Preferred Couple|Vakarian]], and [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Thane]] [[Troubled but Cute|Krios]].
** Then there's [[Anything That Moves|Kelly]], who [[Wild Mass Guessing|some fans cite as responsible]] [[Poison Oak Epileptic Trees|for the varren STD on the Normandy]].
** Forget all the above, in the second game both Shepards get a '''[[Cargo Ship|GETH]]''' who's clearly in love, and Harbinger...[[Squick|wait, best not to think about that one]].
** The Shadow Broker's records in the latest download content suggests ''The Illusive Man'' is trying to be a bigger
* Souji in [[Suika]] to the extent that ''random girls walking up to him on the street and kissing him'' is not that strange an occurrence for him.
* Guy from ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]''. Unfortunately he also suffers from severe gynophobia and thus ends up freaking himself out every time he accidentally manages to charm a girl to take interest in him.
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* Hiroki in [[Canvas 2]] has seven heroines, an optional sex encounter and numerous students after him. And he's completely unaware.
* Yuuto in [[Eien no Aselia]] was popular at his school before ending up in Phantasmorgia, and after that he ends up winning the affections of essentially every named female in the cast.
* [[Fatal Fury|Rock Howard]] [[Raised by Dudes|spent most of his adolescence in the company of men]], thus explaining his easily-flustered nature around the opposite sex
* The ''[[Tokimeki Memorial]]'' series has a few of them, with the good-looking and popular Takumi Oosawa, Tooru Sawatari, and Jun Ebisutani in the first game's saga, and Teru Saeki, Katsumi Shiba, and Shota Amachi in ''Girl's Side 2''.
** In the original ''Tokimeki Memorial'' this is Rei Ijuin's gimmick. On Valentine's Day he has to bring a truck to school to fit all the chocolates he receives. Of course he's actually {{spoiler|A [[Sweet Polly Oliver]] and a winnable girl in the game.}}
* Marumaro of [[Blue Dragon]], [[The Scrappy|for all his faults]] turns into one of these in Kelaso village. He also manages to score the [[Ms. Fanservice|the hottest chick in the game!]]
* Ein from [[Riviera: The Promised Land]]. He develops 4... no, 5 love interests throughout the game.
* Every protagonist in the [[Violated Hero]] game series is this. Since every [[All Women Are Lustful|women in the series is a rapist]], it's a case of [[Blessed with Suck]].
==== Visual Novels ====▼
* Okazaki Tomoya of ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]''. Ends up with six girls in love with him, and denies that any of them are.▼
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▲* Okazaki Tomoya of ''[[Clannad]]''. Ends up with six girls in love with him, and denies that any of them are.
* Hisao Nakai of ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]'' has five very good looking women as potential love interest within only three days of arriving at Yamaku. Its a pity that he is there because of his cogential arrythmia
* ''[[Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!|Maji De Watashi Ni Koi Shinasai]]'' has Cap and Touma who're both popular enough to have their own fan clubs.
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** In the magical girl spin-off [[Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya|Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya]] Shirou has the unnoticed favours of Illyasviel von Einzbern, her Dark [[Alter Ego]] Kuro (think Illya in Archer fashion), their best friend Miyu and of course Rin Tohsaka, Sakura Matou and Luvia Edelfeldt. Also, he seems to have a questionably good relationship with [[Cool Big Sis]] Sella.
** Lancer from ''[[Fate/Zero]]'' has this as a literal superpower - any woman (without sufficient magical resistance, that is) who looks at his face is charmed to fall in love with him. This never goes well for him.
=== Web Comics ===
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' plays with the trope in [https://web.archive.org/web/20120830045308/http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=020412 this strip from 2002].
* El Chupacabre (better known as "Chuy") in the webcomic ''[http://www.go-girly.com Girly]'', who initially is under the mistaken impression that he is using his powers for good. Unfortunately, he's also a sort of unintentional [[Kavorka Man]], and his [[Heel Face Turn]] is complicated by the fact that, no matter what he does, any woman he gets near develops a sudden and overpowering attraction to him. And let's not even ''start'' on [[Freaky Friday|what happened when everyone got shuffled into different bodies and his girlfriend got his, mojo and all]].
* In ''[[Least I Could Do]]'', Rayne Summers is able to seduce virtually any and every girl he meets.
** Well, I don't know about ''that''. Check out [[Informed Ability]] on the LICD article.
* From ''[[Funny Farm]]'', Flink's ability to turn women (and gay men) on is inexplicable, given that he's an [[Kavorka Man|anthropomorphic pig]]. Furthermore, he's not doing anything other than standing there and talking (or just standing), and most of the time doesn't think anything of the fact that they're hanging off him. He's [[The Fool]], but he also might be the first truly asexual
* Tip in ''[[Skin Horse]]'' even when he's [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/shaenongarrity/skinhorse/series.php?view=archive&chapter=40132 transformed into a different species]
** So much so that he even has this effect on women who are so lesbian as to be ''[[Up to Eleven|off the Kinsey scale]]''.
=== Web Original ===▼
=== Western Animation ===
* [[Peter Pan (Disney film)|Disney's Peter Pan]] has Tinker Bell, Wendy, Tiger Lily and a gang of mermaids all over him and easily jealous.
* ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]''
** Gender-flipped version: [[The Ditz|Kuki/Numbuh Three]] has shown to attract a lot of guys. Much to [[Crazy Jealous Guy|Wally/Numbuh 4]]'s irritation.
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' has two such characters. Sokka has had four girls swooning during the series, only liking two of them back {{spoiler|(the first didn't end well)}}, and not even being aware of one. Zuko is also in a relationship, but this doesn't stop him from attracting two girls he has met, plus a few additional ones when he [[Shirtless Scene|went shirtless]].
* [[Sequel Series]] ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'' episode "A Leaf in the Wind" introduces young [[Fictional Sport|pro-bender]] Bolin, who has "crazy [[Fan Girl|fangirls]]." As his team enters the arena, one can be heard in the audience screaming his name.
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* Lance from [[Sym-Bionic Titan]].
* Despite being a [[Handsome Lech]], [[Looney Tunes|Pepe LePew]] typically sent the female cats he fell in love with running for the hills, partly because of his skunk smell and partly because he just comes on too damn strong. On the other hand, when his odor is neutralized (on one occasion, the female cat's nose became clogged after an allergic reaction, which made her lose her sense of smell) or he gets black paint on his back which covers his white stripe (the female cats typically have white stripes painted on their backs, which makes them look like skunks), the female cats fall head-over-heels in love with him and the whole formula is [[Gender Flip|gender flipped]] as they fall madly in love with Pepe and begin chasing him.
* Hinted with Timmy Turner from ''[[The Fairly
** Mark Chang in his human disguise. His saying that any affection from him would cause him extreme pain, not knowing he's serious the girls just sigh dreamily.
* Trent, Justin and Alejandro from the ''[[Total Drama Island|Total Drama series]]''.
* While any crushes in ''[[The Magic School Bus]]'' are only hinted at, geeky guy Arnold seems to get [[Ship Tease
* A lot of princesses from ''[[Adventure Time]]'' have shown romantic interest in [[Chronic Hero Syndrome|Finn]]. Not very lucky for him, since he's [[The Last of His Kind]] and all of the girls are either dogs, elephants, slugs, cloud-like lumps, etc. The only [[Half-Human Hybrid|female]] ''he'' is genuinely interested in, [[All Love Is Unrequited|of course]], typically handwaves/doesn't notice any of the [[Freudian Slip
* Rex from ''[[Generator Rex]]'' has so far attracted the attention of at least four girls that were signififcant to the plot in one way or another.
* ''[[Ben 10
* Bob from ''[[
* Apparently, Big Macintosh from ''[[My Little Pony:
* Droopy, in Tom and Jerry kids and Droopy Master Detective, even his son describes him as a "Babe Magnet". In fact he always manages to conquer the beautiful Miss Vavoom on her various incarnations, even at first sight, [[Love Makes You Crazy|getting usually kisses that give him explosive reactions]].
=== Real Life ===
* Frank Sinatra. ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' cartoons featuring him frequently had the members of his audience fainting, sighing "Oh Frankie!" in ecstasy, going into seizures, or screaming. They always chased after him in huge crowds once he was done performing.
** Arguably a subversion: after his death it was revealed that many of the earlier swooning women were actually [[
** More or less the same things happened to [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]]. Including the paying of actresses. Their publicists must have known each other.
* It has been claimed that poet/artist/songwriter/[[Renaissance Man]] [[Shel Silverstein]] had to beat the ladies off with sticks. Not a perfect example, as he wasn't at all "innocent" about it.
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== Female ==
=== Anime and Manga ===
* The title character of ''[[Miyuki-chan in Wonderland]]'' attracts the attention of <s>all the girls</s> everyone in the worlds she stumbles in, since they're all inhabited by girls only.
* Haruhi Fujioka from ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' is probably one of the only heterosexual girls who's still a genuine
* Shizuma from the [[Girls Love]] series ''[[Strawberry Panic!
* The whole of ''[[Urusei Yatsura
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'': It was only a two-chapter interlude, but the whole Cinema Village incident proved that Sakurazaki Setsuna + [[Samurai]] Costume = [[Squee]]!!!!
** Yue has a claim to the title too. [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v32/c286/5.html "...she seems to attract girls left and right and drive them all to tears..."]
* While neither of the two protagonists in ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure]]'' have love interests hanging off them due to their [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]], Honoka is noted to get love letters from boys all the time. More relevantly, poor Nagisa is chagrined that she gets them from the ''girls'' all the time.
** Not entirely true. Nagisa had a very strong crush on Honoka's good friend Fuji P., while Honoka herself was in love with [[The Mole]], Kiriya, who ended up
*
* Yuria, Kenshiro's one true love from ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'', is sought after by a significant portion of the cast for one reason or another; most memorably by [[Rival Turned Evil|Shin]], but even big scary [[Noble Demon|Raoh]] fell for her ''hard.''
* ''[[Ranma ½]]'':
** Akane Tendo is wanted by Ranma, Ryoga, Kuno, ''the entire school'', etc. It isn't until it's confirmed that Ranma is Akane's fiancée that the school (but not Ryoga or Kuno) gives up on trying to woo her.
** Also, [[Gender Bender|Ranma's]] [[Attractive Bent Gender|female form]]. Those who don't know she is a he pursue her. Those who do openly ogle.
* Natsuru from ''[[Kämpfer]]'' only starts attracting females after his gender-bending transformations; even the ones interested in his male form weren't interested before. Though more girls want the female Natsuru, the male version gets this reputation amplified when rumor goes around that he has a secret affair with the female Natsuru.
* Celty of ''[[Durarara!!]]'' has had people fall in love with her headless body (it is a very nice body), as well as with her ''disembodied head''.
* Mikan of ''[[To
* Chiba from ''[[Wandering Son]]'' is a [[Dude Magnet]]. Few straight boys her age in the series have not taken a liking to her at one time or another.
* Momo from ''[[Peach Girl]]'' has about four guys after her at one time or another.
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* Hino of ''[[Kiniro no Corda]]''.
* Kirie of ''[[Girls Bravo]]'' is both a [[Dude Magnet]] and a [[Even the Girls Want Her|Chick Magnet]].
* Mikado Akira of ''[[Hayate
* Karan of ''[[No. 6]]''.
=== Comics ===▼
* Jessica Drew's [[Spider Woman]] is a reversion of this trope: she's actually a ''guy magnet'', thanks to her power which has a side effect of attracting men.
* [[Marvel Star Wars|Zeltrons]] are [http://images.plurk.com/7b4dada705f4bfbf1b0c332da452b38d.jpg drawn to] Leia Organa just as they are to her brother, and for the same reasons - she's heroic, famous, and Force-Sensitive.
* The entire plot of ''[[There's Something About Mary]]'' was based on the titular character being one of these.
** Although she tended to attract a [[Stalker with a Crush|particular type]] of man.
* In ''Chicago'', Roxie Hart imagines herself as a [[Dude Magnet]] (and a Marriage Proposal Magnet) in her "I'll be a star and boy will it be swell" song.
=== Literature ===
* Bella Swan of ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' fame. Apparently even her science teacher fancies her.
* Raven of ''[[Vampire Kisses]]'' has three guys after her at one time or another, the guys being Trevor, Jagger, and Alexander.
=== Live-Action TV ===
* Fred was a bit like this in ''[[Angel]]''. It took her forever to notice that both Gunn and Wesley liked her, plus [[Amy Acker]] apparently got quite a lot of attention on set as well.
** Characters who have been attracted to or [[Ship Tease
* Annie in ''[[Being Human (UK)]]''. Tully and Gilbert from Season 1; the [[Love Triangle]] with Hugh and Saul in Season 2; and now {{spoiler|Mitchell in Season 3.}}
* In one episode of ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', "The Window", Ted recalls his longtime crush Maggie whom he never got to date because, as he describes her, she is "catnip for men".
=== Video Games ===
* Asellus of ''[[
* Pamela from ''[[Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al
* Male [[Mass Effect|Commander Shepard]] (see above) is almost matched by his female counterpart, who gets [[Good-Looking Privates|Lt Kaiden Alenko]], [[Nice Guy|Jacob Taylor]], [[Troubled but Cute|Thane Krios]] and [[Cowboy Cop|Garrus Vakarian]]. Also [[Bi the Way|Liara, Morinth and Shiala]], but I'm not sure if that counts for this trope.
** [[Bi the Way|Kelly]] doesn't let something like gender bother her.
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* The [[Distaff Counterpart|female protagonist]] of [[Updated Rerelease|Persona 3 Portable]] counts as a Dude Magnet. Junpei (the only male in SEES [[Platonic Life Partners|she cannot have a romantic relationship with]]) notes that a number of guys he talks to are interested in her. At least two of her Social Links develop feelings for her, although she can't have a relationship with them, another one calls her beautiful, and she is able to (optionally. As noted above, the game developers have realized that it ''is'' possible for boys and girls to just be friends) romance Akihiko (himself a Chick Magnet), [[The Cutie|Ken]], Ryoji {{spoiler|who eventually turns out to be an unwilling [[Big Bad]]}}, and Shinjiro {{spoiler|who is implied to have fallen for her whether the player chooses to become lovers with him or not}}. Then there's Theo...
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▲=== Visual Novels ===
* Osanai Shouko from [[Girls Love]] [[Visual Novel]] ''[[Aoi Shiro]]'' attracts a lot of [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|girls]] {{spoiler|up to having something dangerously close to [[Twin Threesome Fantasy]] sex}}. The fact that she's an extremely charming [[Sempai]] doesn't help, though it's more obvious when the story is related from other characters' point of view.
** It's more [[Justified Trope|justified]] in case of [[Akai Ito|Hatou Kei]]: she is [[Supernaturally Delicious and Nutritious]], so a lot of characters want her as food. Most of them settles somewhere between treating her as blood dispenser and [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|lover]].
* Kaine from ''[[A Profile]]'', which is funny considering he's not even the protagonist. He actually gets more attention from girls than Masayuki does. {{spoiler|But if it wasn't for the fact that Masayuki hangs around with Miou, a suspected prostitute, he would get even more attention.}}
=== Web Original ===
* Thunderbird, in the [[Whateley Universe]]. He's gotten all the way into his sophomore year at [[Super-Hero School|Whateley Academy]] without noticing that all the girls on his training team, that girl who is always on his case about something, and that girl he thinks of as a 'little sister' are all crushing on him. Now he has Chaka after him too.
* [[Obscurus Lupa]] fends off the advances of [[Todd in the Shadows]] and Stickman from "[[What The Fuck Is Wrong With You?]]," in addition to [[Suburban Knights|Angry Joe calling her hot, Sage and the Nostalgia Critic offering to kiss her]], [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]] implying that he wants to make out with her, [[Atop the Fourth Wall|90s Kid]] outright saying he wants to make out with her and [[Diamanda Hagan]] being [[It Makes Just As Much Sense in Context|pregnant with Lupa's baby]]. The Linkara bit has Lupa ask "[[Lampshade Hanging|Why is everyone in love with me?]]" Parodied in a [["Previously On..."]] segment on "[[Atop the Fourth Wall]]" (in fact, the same one with Diamanda) where Welshy laments that "she got another one. Film Brain is now in love with Obscurus Lupa."
* In ''[[SCP Foundation]]'', the original version of SCP-166 (aka "the Teen Succubus") had some sort of supernatural ability to cause any man who saw her to fall madly in love and chase after her, possibly with the intent to commit rape, although this effect only lasted as long as they could see her. Unfortunately, SCP-166 - a [[Nice Girl]] raised in a convent - had no control over this power. Clearly, she was "contained" for her own protection.
=== Western Animation ===
* Gwen from the ''[[Total Drama Island|Total Drama series]]''
* Gadget from ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' definitely qualifies; Chip and Dale were constantly competing for her affection, and many guest characters fell for her charms, too, [[Clueless Chick Magnet|not that she often noticed]]. It helps that she was the [[Smurfette Principle|only regular female character]].
* The Lance Nine Trillion in his sole episode of ''[[Time Squad]]'' is a literal example of a dude magnet. This is also true of his human coworker, J.T. Laser, but only Lance actually attracts his adoring fanboy (the Larry 3000, in this case) magnetically.
* An episode of ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'' has Shake buying a literal Chick Magnet. It ends up feminizing those in its aura.
* ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'': Korra. Both Bolin and Mako are attracted to her. Tahno offers to show her [[Double Entendre|how a "real pro bends."]]
* Trixie of ''[[The Fairly
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