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This is often inverted for humorous purposes; the guy might ''think'' the girl will be scared, [[Screams Like a Little Girl|but he's the one who freaks out.]] There's also the possibility that she's [[Invoked Trope|putting on an act]] just to get closer to Bob (Similarly, when it's played straight, the guy might [[Invoked Trope|deliberately]] take his squeamish girlfriend to a scary movie so she'll freak out and want him to hold her). But for maximum [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|heartwarming]] points, combine the two; Alice can tell that Bob is terrified but too macho to admit it, and plays the [[Damsel in Distress]] to make ''him'' feel better.
This is often inverted for humorous purposes; the guy might ''think'' the girl will be scared, [[Screams Like a Little Girl|but he's the one who freaks out.]] There's also the possibility that she's [[Invoked Trope|putting on an act]] just to get closer to Bob (Similarly, when it's played straight, the guy might [[Invoked Trope|deliberately]] take his squeamish girlfriend to a scary movie so she'll freak out and want him to hold her). But for maximum [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|heartwarming]] points, combine the two; Alice can tell that Bob is terrified but too macho to admit it, and plays the [[Damsel in Distress]] to make ''him'' feel better.


This trope isn't usually true in real life, but is sometimes played with strangely. Given that, according to a well known psychological study, fear triggers romantic attraction (presumably when the fear is caused by something present in the environment and not the second person's actions, although some tropes might say otherwise), attending a horror movie might be a particularly good decision for a first date. Also, a second study found that girls and women would often act more scared (either unconsciously or through deliberation) if they watched a movie with a date than they would act if they were watching the same movie alone. It also found that guys would act less scared when watching a movie with a girl than if they were watching it alone.{{citation needed}}
This trope isn't usually true in real life, but is sometimes played with strangely. Given that, according to a well-known psychological study,{{citation needed}} fear triggers romantic attraction (presumably when the fear is caused by something present in the environment and not the second person's actions, although some tropes might say otherwise), attending a horror movie might be a particularly good decision for a first date. Also, a second study found that girls and women would often act more scared (either unconsciously or through deliberation) if they watched a movie with a date than they would act if they were watching the same movie alone. It also found that guys would act less scared when watching a movie with a girl than if they were watching it alone.


Compare [[Kids Shouldn't Watch Horror Films]].
Compare [[Kids Shouldn't Watch Horror Films]].
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