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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.
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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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== Music ==
* ''[[Hello Project]]'' member Matsuura Aya was accused on several occasions of, and has [[Self
== Mythology ==
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== [[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.]
{{quote| "NO! BAD Sarah! Stop thinking of yourself as a sex object!!"}}
*** Notable for actually being a rare [[Inverted Trope|inversion]] of [[Man, I Feel Like a Woman]].
* ''[[Eerie Cuties]]'': Ace (a guy who was turned into a girl) gets distracted by [[Gender Bender|her]] own sexy after a makeover in [http://www.eeriecuties.com/d/20101208.html this strip].
{{quote| '''Layla:''' Are you and that mirror gonna need some alone time?}}
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* ''[[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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