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[[File:ComicforThursdayJul32003-2_90312 9031.gif|link=El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|frame|[[Distracted Byby the Sexy|Yes. Yes, she is...]]]]
 
{{quote|''"Ohh, this is how it all ends. Pond flirting with herself. It's true love at last."''|'''The Doctor,''' ''[[Doctor Who]]'', "[[Doctor Who/Recap/2011 Red Nose Day Special Space and Time/Recap|Time]]"}}▼
 
Describe [['''Distracted Byby My Own Sexy]]''' her- ''Oh.'' Well, hel-''lo.'' Aren't ''I'' something? ▼
▲{{quote|''"Ohh, this is how it all ends. Pond flirting with herself. It's true love at last."''|'''The Doctor''' ''[[Doctor Who]]'', "[[Doctor Who/2011 Red Nose Day Special Space and Time/Recap|Time]]"}}
 
Ah... Where was I? ▼
▲Describe [[Distracted By My Own Sexy]] her- ''Oh.'' Well, hel-''lo.'' Aren't ''I'' something?
 
Oh, right. [['''Distracted Byby My Own Sexy]]''' is a subtrope of [[Distracted Byby the Sexy]] in which a character is distracted from their objective by their own good looks. This often suggests that the character is exceedingly vain, though there can be [[Man, I Feel Like a Woman|other]] [[She's All Grown Up|reasons]], usually by looking at themselves in the mirror or another reflective surface.▼
▲Ah... Where was I?
 
▲Oh, right. [[Distracted By My Own Sexy]] is a subtrope of [[Distracted By the Sexy]] in which a character is distracted from their objective by their own good looks. This often suggests that the character is exceedingly vain, though there can be [[Man, I Feel Like a Woman|other]] [[She's All Grown Up|reasons]], usually by looking at themselves in the mirror or another reflective surface.
 
In literature, this is sometimes used as an [[As You Know]] to introduce how the character looks to the reader. They often stop to consider themselves and how attractive (or unattractive) they are. Expect any given [[Lemon]] to start this way.
 
While this can often occur in mundane situations, as with the mirror or reflective surface described above, this reaction may be caused by more fantastic reasons. A person having undergone some type of transformation may stop to admire their new looks, while [[Time Travel]] or cloning might give characters a chance to [[Screw Yourself|eye themselves up]].
 
Compare [[Distracted Byby the Sexy]], where a character's sex appeal distracts others; see also [[Man, I Feel Like a Woman]], where a man is distracted by his own newly gender-swapped sex appeal. Contrast [[Rage Against the Reflection]], where characters hate to see their own image.▼
 
▲Compare [[Distracted By the Sexy]], where a character's sex appeal distracts others; see also [[Man, I Feel Like a Woman]], where a man is distracted by his own newly gender-swapped sex appeal. Contrast [[Rage Against the Reflection]], where characters hate to see their own image.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* In the H-manga ''[[Bondage Fairies]]'', the fairies avoid mirrors because they have a maddening tendency to fall in love with their own reflections (pond reflections are all right, because the ripples spoil the effect). Naturally, Pfil is tasked with guarding a mirror alone after an incident...
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== Film ==
* In ''[[American Psycho]]'', ''during the porn film he's making with two prostitutes'', [[Villain Protagonist|Patrick Bateman]] manages to get distracted by his own sex appeal.
* In the [[RifftraxRiff Trax]] for ''[[Casino Royale (Film)|Casino Royale]]'', the guys make fun of Bond's prolonged examination of himself in a new tuxedo by invoking this trope.
{{quote| '''Kevin''': My God, I'm hot. This tuxedo would look best on the floor! Heh heh. Seriously, though, I'd do me in a heartbeat. }}
 
== Literature ==
* In one of [[Isaac Asimov]]'s ''Black Widowers'' stories, the guest is a man whose specialty is job interviews. He keeps a variety of objects on his desk, and judges people's character by how they interact with those objects. The fashion-conscious Mario Gonzalo asks how ''he'' did on his interview, and the guest replies that he never reveals his secrets, but he will mention one thing: "There was a mirror in the room."
* [[Bishonen|Bishie]] werewolf [[Cross DresserCrossdresser]] Markus from the ''[[Lonely Werewolf Girl]]'' series has gotten stuck in front of a mirror admiring himself a couple of times. Especially if there is a blouse, or a frock for him to try on at the same time.
* [[The Bible (Literature)|Eve]] falls to an innocent version of this in ''[[Paradise Lost]]'': the first thing she sees after being made is her reflection and is captivated by its beauty, then she sees Adam and decides he is not as good looking as her and tries to go back to looking at her reflection. {{spoiler|They end up together}}.
* One of the minor characters in Frank Yerby's [[Pirate]] novel ''The Golden Hawk'' wore a thick, unkempt beard. When the protagonist, as part of disguising the whole crew, shaved him by force, he was shocked to discover, "I'm right pretty!" (the narration acknowledged that he ''was'', indeed, [[He Cleans Up Nicely|quite a handsome fellow under all that facial hair]]) and thereafter he was often seen checking himself out in a mirror.
 
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** The Doctor is prone to this generally right after a regeneration. "Yes, we're in great danger, but I want to see what I look like now!"
** In the ''Doctor Who'' Comic Relief special ''The Curse of Fatal Death'', the version of the Doctor played by Richard E. Grant is so distracted by his own reflection that he licks the mirror.
** And it may not be a mirror, but Amy gets distracted by checking out her [[Time Travel Tense Trouble|future/past]] self in the Comic Relief short "[[Doctor Who/Recap/2011 Red Nose Day Special Space and Time/Recap|Time]]".
** It turns out that the Doctor is not the only one who has to stop and check themselves out after regenerating- {{spoiler|as demonstrated by Melody Pond's regeneration into River Song}} in the [[Adolf Hitler|Fuhrer]]'s headquarters.
** And Lady Cassandra, the self-proclaimed Last Human, does this ''twice'' (okay, almost-sort-of three times) in one episode- once after having hijacked Rose Tyler's body, once after stealing the Doctor's and once, in a weird example involving time travel, to her original body after having borrowed the dying body of her clone-bred body servant.
* In ''[[Power Rangers]]'', the [[Monster of the Week]] Octophantom had this weakness. To defeat him, they used a mirrored shield, causing him to stop his attack to admire himself. Earlier, a similarly-named monster named Octoplant was distracted by her reflection in a skyscraper, allowing the Rangers to kill her with the Power Sword.
* The Cat in ''[[Red Dwarf (TV)|Red Dwarf]]'' would often get distracted when he looked at himself in the mirror, commenting on how sexy and good looking he was. In one episode he claimed to be physically incapable of pulling himself away, and Lister had to drag him.
{{quote| '''Cat''': Thanks, buddy. That was a bad one.}}
* ''[[Scrubs]]'' played it for laughs in an episode where narcissist Dr. Cox constantly falls in love (or at least pretends to) with his own mirror image.
* John Lithgow's character on ''[[3rd Rock Fromfrom the Sun]]'', whose catch phrase was "My God! I'm [[Large Ham|GORGEOUS!]]"
* In the first ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' [[Mirror Universe]] episode, Intendent Kira was definitely distracted by Major Kira. In [[Word of Saint Paul|her episode commentary]], [[Nana Visitor]] says that she played this attraction as more narcissism than lesbianism; however, later episodes portrayed the Intendant as someone [[Incredibly Lame Pun|prone]] to being distracted by ''[[Anything That Moves|anybody]]'' [[Depraved Bisexual|of either sex]].
* On ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', this sort of thing apparently happens to Marshall whenever he drinks a daquiri.
** In a variation, Lily thinks her stripper doppelganger is incredibly hot.
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== Music ==
* ''[[Hello! Project]]'' member Matsuura Aya was accused on several occasions of, and has [[Self-Deprecation|freely admitted]] to, being distracted by her own reflection in mirrors while someone was trying talk to her or by monitors when she's on camera.
 
== Mythology ==
* In Shinto, [[Japanese Mythology|Japan's indigenous Religion]], this happens to the Sun Goddess Amaterasu, though unlike many other versions of this trope it was a deliberate ruse on the part of the other Gods to get her to leave a cave she was hiding in due to a [[Heroic BSOD]].
* Narcissus from Ovid, making this [[Older Than Feudalism]]. He's put under a spell that made him fall in love with his own reflection in a pool of water and stared at it until he wasted away into nothing. Other versions say he was just that damn conceited (this would be where we get the word "narcissist" and its kin - they refer to this guy). Yet other versions speed up his death by having him try to kiss himself, only to fall in and drown.
** Though he didn't die as such - the nymph who had sought him saved him by turning him into a flower. And now you know why that one kind is called a Narcissus.
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== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==
* ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]'': Dragon magazine #50 had an artifact called Barlithian's Mirror. One day its owner woke up and found several monsters vainly admiring themselves in the Mirror.
* Toreador-clan vampires in ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade (Tabletop Game)|Vampire: The Masquerade]]''. Their clan weakness is that they're easily entranced by anything beautiful, including themselves.
* In ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'', there is Sigwald the Magnificent, a champion of Slaanesh. He wears a magic armor of solid gold, and his retinue has mirrored shields so he can watch his reflection during the battle. (In game terms, he is subject to stupidity — as sometimes he will get distracted in the least appropriate moment.) Anyone who might try to use this distraction for attack will quickly discover that Sigwald, vain as he might be, is still a haughty [[Bishonen]] with a cool sword... which is bad news in most universes.
 
== Theater ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* [[Final Fantasy VI|Kefka]], when engaging in a [[Mirror Match]] in ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'', utters this squicky little piece of gold:
{{quote| "Oooh! Who's ''that'' handsome devil!?"}}
* In ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (Video Game)|Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds]]'', [[Doctor Strange|Shuma-Gorath]] actually seemes pleased with his [[Mirror Match]] partner's physical appearance.
* Wear the [[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater|Raikov]] mask in front of the actual Raikov and wait a little.
 
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* A V5-ed Susan in ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'' gets distracted by her own sudden-sexy in [http://egscomics.com/?date=2003-07-03 this strip]. [[Justified|Understandable]], as in addition to the [[Hello, Nurse!|appearance]] this form has a rather... unusual hormonal status, which she wanted to experience in the first place. She stood enthralled until [[Insulted Awake]]... and only the second attempt at that.
** [[Man, I Feel Like a Woman|Genderbent]] Sarah also has one of these moments [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2006-01-09 here.], for a rare [[Inverted Trope|inversion]] of [[Man, I Feel Like a Woman]].
{{quote| "NO! BAD Sarah! Stop thinking of yourself as a sex object!!"}}
** Elliot did it on purpose (though [http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=1178 not at the first attempt]), due to the theory that he will continue picking up girly transformations until he likes at least one):
*** Notable for actually being a rare [[Inverted Trope|inversion]] of [[Man, I Feel Like a Woman]].
{{quote|'''Elliot''': (as a goth girl) The world is cold, but this form is ''hot''.}}
* ''[[Eerie Cuties]]'': Ace (a[[Gender guy who wasBender|while turned into a girl]]) gets distracted bywhen [[Genderplaced Bender|her]]before owna sexymirror after abeing subjected to makeover by the local succubus in [http://www.eeriecuties.com/dstrips-ec/20101208.htmloooooh_boy this strip].
{{quote| '''Layla:''': Are you and that mirror gonna need some alone time?}}
** Brooke when [http://www.eeriecuties.com/dstrips-ec/20110504.htmlone_peek she walked into boys' locker room] wearing Ace's old boy's uniform has [http://www.eeriecuties.com/d/20110509.html the same reaction].
* [http://www.viruscomix.com/page487.html This] ''[[Subnormality (Webcomic)|Subnormality]]'' strip, panel eight. The recurring [[Ms. Fanservice]] character needs a ''40 minute shower'' after "regarding" herself.
* In ''[[Girl Genius]]'', after Lucrezia has just [[Grand Theft Me|hijacked]] Agatha's body, her thoughts are briefly interrupted when she finds a mirror.
{{quote| '''Lucrezia:''' Oh, ''do'' forgive me. It's been so long since I... well, since I was really human, I suppose. Very nice... now- you were saying?}}
* ''[[Misfile]]'': Ash comments early on that "if it weren't ''me'' in the mirror, I'd be pretty turned on about now." when trying on bras. Later she worries that the fact that she's no longer distracted by her own sex appeal is a sign that she's losing mascilinity.
 
== [[Web Original]] ==
* While striding purposely to fight the Nerd, [[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]] can't resist checking himself out in a shop mirror.
* In the [[Whateley Universe]], Jobe has this problem more than once. After all, he is stuck in a body he designed to be his ideal girlfriend.
* [[Edds WorldEddsworld]] has Matt.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* The classic Disney example is Gaston from ''[[Beauty and The Beast (Disney)|Beauty and Thethe Beast]]'', who pauses ''while proposing to Belle'' to check out his reflection in the mirror.
* Blitz from ''[[Road Rovers (Animation)|Road Rovers]]'' has been shown kissing himself a number of times on the show.
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': Sokka's very first scene has him being distracted from hunting and arguing with Katara by the reflection of his muscles in the water.
* ''[[Family Guy]]'' has the instance when Peter, entranced by his own physical improvements after being subjected to a considerable amount of surgeries, becomes obsessed with staring at his car's mirror... ignoring the fact he's driving straight to a cliff... [[Status Quo Is God|and into a vat of lard]].
* [[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy|Eddy]] was distracted by his own reflection. In a mirror strapped to a remote controlled car. While in the middle of a race.
* [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|Rarity]] does this on occasion, such as after getting butterfly wings in one episode.
 
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