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{{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
Describe [[Distracted by My Own Sexy]] her- ''Oh.'' Well, hel-''lo.'' Aren't ''I'' something?
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.
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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 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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== 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 [[Riff Trax]] for ''[[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. }}
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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
** 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.
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== 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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{{quote|"Oooh! Who's ''that'' handsome devil!?"}}
* In ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3|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]] ==
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** Brooke when [http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/one_peek she walked into boys' locker room] wearing Ace's old boy's uniform has the same reaction.
* [http://www.viruscomix.com/page487.html This] ''[[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.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* The classic Disney example is Gaston from ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'', who pauses ''while proposing to Belle'' to check out his reflection in the mirror.
* Blitz from ''[[Road Rovers]]'' has been shown kissing himself a number of times on the show.
* ''[[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.
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