Ignore the Fanservice: Difference between revisions

Why? Usually because the [[Knight in Shining Armor|intended "victim"]] [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness|is completely]] [[The Fettered|and totally]] [[Celibate Hero|above such things]]. Or maybe he just knows better than to [[Honey Trap|play Ms. Fanservice's game]]. Or he's pre-occupied. Or else [[Asexuality|he's just not interested]].

 

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== Anime & Manga ==

* ''[[Yakitate!! Japan]]'' does this with Suwabara Kai and Monica. She tries to wreck his concentration by stripping to a bikini; he counters by stripping to his loincloth and the [[Cooking Duel]] continues.

* ''[[Code Geass]]''

** During the Cupid's Day episode, one of Milly's plans to stop Lelouch involves putting a bunch of scantily-clad girls in suggestive poses in his way. However, "Lelouch" is actually Sayoko in disguise, and she just jumps over them. For extra comedy points, Sayoko says "Those bodies have no effect on me!", causing the appropriate confused reaction from the girls, and Lelouch asking her to "please quit making me say such things".

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' does this a lot, given as the seductress' target is usually Negi, who is [[Adorably Precocious Child|ten years old]].

** The most obvious one is probably when Evangeline goes into full [[The Vamp|vamp]] mode, stripping him naked and dragging him into a bath with her and [[Blood Lust|licking the cut on his arm]]. The attempt at seduction fails completely.

** Older fans point out the irony of ''Negima!'' being described as "an escape from ''[[Love Hina]]''", considering the lead of ''that'' series had no ability to Ignore the Fanservice.

* In the ''[[Battle Royale]]'' manga, Mitsuko Souma strips naked in order to try to seduce Kazuo Kiriyama, and later kill him. Kiriyama can feel no emotions, and Mitsuko's unoriginal plan not only fails miserably, but backfires spectacularly when she is tortured and then shot in the face. Disturbingly enough, it does seem to have worked a little. This is the first (and almost only) time we ever see Kiriyama display clear emotion, [[Nightmare Fuel|smirking as he intentionally and repeatedly shoots to wound rather than kill]].

** Misa Amane goes to various lengths to entice her fiancé Light Yagami into bed. These include parading around in a [[Ms. Fanservice|corset and panties or a sexy nightdress]]. She also becomes quite frustrated when Light doesn't want to interact with her. Which is pretty much all the time, unless he needs her to do his dirty work.

** We also have Halle Lidner, who gets her kit off in front of Mello, a man she hardly knows, without hesitation. She then has a very suggestive shower, and offers Mello a place to stay, in a very seductive manner which as we all know can only mean one thing. Mello is completely unaffected by Halle's behaviour, and instead points a gun at her.

** As Kyon is flirting with Mikuru, Haruhi kept trying more and more [[Fan Service|revealing]] attire, culminating in a partial [[Playboy Bunny|bunny suit]] (as in, she wasn't wearing part of it, not that she wore it with something else) but was entirely ignored. This did not go over well with her.

** Kyon seems to ignore every aspect of Haruhi's fanservice-oriented outfits except for how socially disruptive they are to everyone else. "Seems" being the operative word, as he is a notoriously [[Unreliable Narrator]].

* Not quite the same, but when Alice makes an appearance in ''[[MAR]]'', all of the character's comment on how [[Stripperific]] she looks. Except Ginta (her summoner) who never even seems to look her way. Even Babbo, who changes into the form, is embarassed about it. Given that we ''know'' he's a normal boy for his age (he makes several comments about Dorothy and very clearly has a crush on Koyuki/Snow), it makes you wonder. Probably justified that Ginta consider Koyuki/Snow as cute [[Love Interest]] and Dorothy as a Beautiful [[The Tease]], [[Chaste Hero|he never REALLY comments anything about a]] *cough*[[Male Gaze|girl's body]]*cough* after all.

** He also knows it's [[Gender Bender|Babbo.]] When Nanashi makes a comment about Alice's body, Dorothy is quick to remind him that [[Shapeshifting Squick|Alice is Babbo.]]

** In the very first episode/chapter, Bulma offers to let Goku feel up her butt in exchange for his Dragon Ball. Goku's response? "I don't wanna touch your dirty butt."

** Again, in the 21st Tenka'ichi Budokai, Ranfan whose entire fighting style relies on [[Fan Service]] to let the guard down of the predominantly male fighters, tries this on Nam, an ascetic monk. Nam, thinking about his villagers in the drought in his homeland, closes his eyes and quickly defeats Ranfan (although he was flustered during the match when she started stripping).

* In ''[[Please Twins]]'', Mike ignores all the fanservice provided by... well, every single female in the series. Therefore, they logically conclude that he is gay (he isn't). [[Hilarity Ensues]].

* When Killer Bee refuses to teach [[Naruto]] how he learned to control his tailed-beast, Naruto tries to use the Harem Jutsu to persuade him... and literally gets the door slammed in his face for it, much to his surprise.

* In ''[[Full Metal Panic]]'''s [[Beach Episode]], Kaname specifically wears a rather revealing bathing suit in an attempt to get [[The Stoic|Sôsuke]]'s attention. Unfortunately, [[Chaste Hero|he doesn't notice]], [[Tsundere|which ticks her off]] (among other things that day).

* ''[[One Piece]]''

** Zoro was the only one not to go peek at Nami and Vivi bathing. Even Vivi's own [[Squick|father]] and [[Parental Substitute]] went to do it!

** This happens with Luffy when Boa Hancock is completely naked before him, with the first thing he says after seeing this is "there is no food back here".

 

 

** Also considering [[Power Perversion Potential|he could take a peek whenever he wants to]], it probably isn't a big deal to him. Not to mention, X-ray vision would presumably make... augmented... breasts look rather different from the real thing.

* When Ava Lord of ''[[Sin City]]: A Dame to Kill For'' allies with Wallenquist, he tells her, "I'll warn you once and only once, Mrs. Lord -- do not flirt with me. I have no use for your charms."

 

 

== [[Fan Works]] ==

 

 

* In the (musical) film adaptation of ''[[Hairspray]]'', Velma attempts to seduce Wilbur, meeting with utter failure, so she resorts to physical force to put them in a compromising position for his wife Edna to see.

* In ''[[Moulin Rouge]]!'', Satine's blatant acts of sexiness are ignored by Christian, but not because he isn't interested...

* In ''Kingpin'', two corrupt bowlers fix a tournament by stationing Ms. Fanservice next to the lane to throw the other bowlers off their game. A farmer in denim overalls isn't at all flustered... until one of the characters produces an adorable baby lamb.

* In ''[[Clueless]]'', Cher attempts to seduce Christian. Unfortunately, he's [[Gay Best Friend|not really into girls]].

** She literally jumps him almost completely naked. He produces a syringe with a sedative and injects her, allowing him to get back to work.

* "You have nothing I need". Those were the Mariner (Kevin Costner)'s words in ''[[Waterworld]]''.

* There is an ignored naked girl waiting in the bed in ''[[Trading Places]]''. The prostitute is also mostly ignored in many (not all) scenes.

** The crazy younger sister turns up in Marlowe's bed, but he gets her dressed and drags her home. She's homicidally angry with him for turning her down.

{{quote| '''Marlowe:''' She tried to sit in my lap while I was still standing up.}}

** The older sister puts the moves on Marlowe too, but less blatantly. She also gets upset when turned down, but she's not as histrionic as her sister.

* In the [[Tim Burton]] ''[[Planet of the Apes]]'' remake, Leo pays absolutely no attention at all to the drop dead gorgeous [[Nubile Savage|Daena]] even after she puts the full liplock on him.

* In ''Clones of Bruce Lee'', Bruce #2 is completely unaffected by the naked prostitute he finds in his hotel room. Good thing, considering she was an assassin sent by Dr. Ny to assassinate him.

** He falls for [The Virgin] Connie Swail because she is every bit as straight-laced and ultraconservative as him, which also explains why he didn't pay much mind to the earlier fanservice.

* The Rebbe's son does this to a female undercover cop in ''A stranger among us''.

* In ''[[Cruel Intentions]]'', Sebastian sucessfully seduces Cecile, the woman that Kathryn originally bet he would be able to sleep with. Kathryn later tells Cecile how to learn the art of sex from Sebastian. Cecile, in turn, tries to seduce Sebastian by climbing on top of him half-dressed while he's working. Sebastian literally shoves Cecile off the bed like a toy and keeps typing.

 

 

== Literature ==

** This happens several times, with a [[The Fair Folk|fairy]], several [[Vampires Are Sex Gods|vampires]], and Harry's apprentice -- and good friend's daughter -- Molly (but not at the same time). Sometimes it does take some effort [[Incredibly Lame Pun|on Harry's part]].

** Especially in the first book, when reporter and love interest Susan Rodriguez [[Crowning Moment of Funny|accidentally drank a love potion instead of an escape potion]] and wound up [[It Makes Sense in Context|trapped in a magic circle with an acid-spitting toad demon outside]] and a [[Black Comedy Rape|dosed-up Susan making forays into attempted rape inside]].

* Likewise with [[Mike Hammer]] in ''The Twisted Thing''. He mentions afterwards that she went about it the wrong way, as he likes to be teased a little.

* Many Jedi in the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]. Most notably Corran in ''[[Jedi Academy Trilogy|I, Jedi]]'' -- the [[Big Bad]] tempted him, and he thought about it, but he didn't bite -- and Luke's son Ben in ''[[Legacy of the Force|Invincible]]''. In the prequel era, Anakin, of course, manages to Ignore the Fanservice [[Single-Target Sexuality|from anyone but Padmé]].

** Dunno what the contraband in question was, but if it's food or something like that, some things take priority over nekkid chicks. Food, ammo, medical supplies, things of that kidney.

** Liquor, smokes and porn, in that order. Unsurprisingly, during the pay off, things go awry.

* In ''[[Shadow of the Lion]]'', Lucretia resents that Eneko and Marco spurned her advances despite magical aphrodisiacs. This is just another reason for her to kill them as painfully as possible.

* In the ''[[Doctor Who]] [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'' novel ''Camera Obscura'', the first chapter concerns [[Noble Demon]] Sabbath meeting his [[Morality Pet]] ''du jour''. She's a [[Cute and Psycho|violent]], [[Broken Bird|troubled]], [[The Ophelia|crazy teenage girl]]. Being used to men sexually harassing her, she decides to [[Show Some Leg]] to get him interested, as she's in a [[Bedlam House]] and would like to leave. He ignores what she's doing until she gets bored of it. When she suggests that he might have prurient motives for hiring her, he's neither startled nor interested by it. By the end of the book, it's implied that they're having some sort of chaste love affair.

* In ''[[Girl Genius|Agatha H and the Airship City]]'' by Phil and Kaja Foglio, Princess Zulena declares that "There's no male guard on this ship that can resist a beautiful and oh-so-lonely princess." She's wrong; one of two scenes where the princess gets her comeuppance.

* In [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s ''[[The Number of the Beast]]'', this is how Zeb and Deety clue to the fact that the "park ranger" accosting them is an alien; Deety's abrupt strip tease does not distract him or even engage his interest.

* In ''Magic's Pawn'', of [[Mercedes Lackey]]'s ''[[Heralds of Valdemar]]'' series, a tavern wench tries to seduce protagonist Vanyel while he is en route to the city of Haven. His complete disinterest surprises her -- and more importantly, him, because thanks to some rather bigoted parents, he's been [[Locked Out of the Loop|sheltered all his life]] from knowing about homosexuality.

 

 

* In ''[[Rome]]'', Cleopatra, the woman who succeeded to keep her kingdom by seducing both Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony, tried to use her wiles on Octavius, Caesar's successor and the new Emperor of Rome. In response, he is polite, understanding, charming, and ''not fazed for even a second by her come-ons''. [[Driven to Suicide|Cleopatra's response to this]] [[It Was His Sled|is well known]].

* An episode of ''[[Spin City]]'' had the team trying to get a new chair for the office, but the guy in charge wouldn't give it to them because they had broken it by racing in the corridor. When the girls tried to seduce him, he didn't even look up. They decide that he is gay and send Carter after him, but he quit in disgust before they could confirm it.

{{quote| '''Liz:''' How long is the wait?<br />

'''Maître d'hôtel:''' About 45 minutes.<br />

* ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]''. Shelly Godfrey (actually a Number Six Cylon) tries to seduce Commander Adama, but this only makes him suspicious of her. This may have been [[Xanatos Gambit|her intention though]], in order to throw doubt on her accusations of Baltar (thereby placing him above suspicion).

** According to [[The Movie|The Plan]], that bit was never planned. Baltar's just very lucky (again), because his "dreamy hair" led Shelly to subconsciously sabotage herself.

** When Samantha has nude pictures taken of herself she was grievously offended when the photo developer made no comment on them. Later, a delivery guy notices said picture on her wall and receives a 20 dollar tip when he compliments her ass.

** Happens to Charlotte, when she gets a sexy nightgown to try to [[The Loins Sleep Tonight|arouse some interest from her husband Trey]]. He's dismissive, telling her that the nightgown just isn't her. She is able to get his attention when she starts touching herself, however...

* In ''[[CSI New York]]'' Mac Taylor's ability to remain completely focused on his job when said job lands him in a room full of half-dressed Roller Derby queens, one of whom is visibly trying to throw herself at him, is nothing short of impressive. That said, though, he [[Absolute Cleavage|does have practice]].

* ''[[Gossip Girl]]'''s Serena van der Woodsen tries to [[Brainless Beauty|orchestrate a cunning scheme]] in season three, to expose Jenny's boyfriend Damian as a sleaze and make her dump him. The idea is for her to do her usual [[Ms. Fanservice]] thing and Nate will walk in with Jenny just as Damian is throwing himself at Serena. She fails to take into consideration that Damian might not want to jump her bones the first chance he gets, and the plan of course fails.

* Amy attempts to seduce the Doctor at the end of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "Flesh and Stone". The Doctor refuses because he realizes she's just having an extreme case of pre-wedding jitters and really loves her fiancé.

* ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]''

** The guys are playing ''Halo'' when Penny walks in with a bunch of friends and says that they want to have sex. The guys don't even seem to hear her and continue playing, to which Penny then tells her friends "Told you so."

** Lola declares in song that she's irresistible and has an accompanying strip-tease routine. Only this time with Joe, what Lola wants, she doesn't get.

** The other ball players have a comic song all about this trope: "The Game."

* [[Cirque Du Soleil]]'s ''[[Hotter and Sexier|Zumanity]]'' had a segment where a (world-class - [[Serious Business|seriously]]) pole-dancer tried to get her husband's attention away from a football game, to no avail.

{{quote| ''I get my kicks'' above ''the waistline,'' sunshine!<br />}}

 

* Semi-subverted for ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'': [[The Stoic|Kyosuke Nanbu]] does appreciate and love his girfriend [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl|Excellen]] [[Bottle Fairy|Browning]]. It's just that he tends to ignore her [[Ms. Fanservice]] aspects.

* In ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]: Chain of Memories'', Larxene flirts with Axel near-constantly, and has zero respect for his personal space (see the [[Fetish Fuel/Kingdom Hearts|Fetish Fuel page]] for further details). He doesn't blink twice. Of course, Larxene isn't ''really'' flirting with him as much as trying to get on his nerves, but Axel's too cool-headed to get annoyed.

* In the fifth ''[[Resident Evil]]'', Excella Gionne is introduced in her [[Stripperific]] dress, touching all over [[Big Bad]] Albert Wesker, talking about their plans and claiming she's interested in something "much ''[[Double Entendre|bigger]]''" and [[Female Gaze|glancing down]] right before sliding her hands down to below his waist level. He really doesn't care. In fact, he shuts her up and gets her to leave, much to her annoyance.

* There is a ''[[Fire Emblem]]: Seisen no Keifu'' [[Yonkoma|omake]] in which [[Stripperific|Sylvia]], a [[Magic Dance|Dancer]], gets quickly rebuffed by Sigurd when she tries to join. Recounting the experience to Levin, she concludes with, "I knew it, he's gay."

 

 

 

== Web Comics ==

** [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0352.html This strip] has Roy's attention-seeking little sister completely failing to distract Durkon from his spell with her "attributes".

** In [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0355.html this one], when Roy is confronted by a [[Catholic School Girls Rule|schoolgirl outfit]]-wearing [[Horny Devils|Sabine]] and she offered herself to him, he chooses to defenestrate her.

** Later, [[Chivalrous Pervert|Tedd]] himself does this. He is so caught up in trying to find the solution to a problem for Eliot that he [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2011-08-01 ignores Grace's attempts to get his attention.]

* [[Ménage à 3|Hello?]] [http://www.menagea3.net/d/20090707.html Naked girl upside down on a pole here!]

 

* During the episode [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhQVSyAAH0A "Lewd Lingerie"] of ''[[Neurotically Yours]]'', Germaine's second attempt at screwing with guys in the store (the first time resulted in [[Your Head Asplode|a guys head exploding]]) is met with no interest. Because it's [[Camp Gay|Franklin]]

{{quote| '''Franklin:''' Please [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|bitch]], I'm here shopping.}}

{{quote| '''Light:''' I have a question-why is it that whenever we want to work on the Kira investigation we always meet at my apartment? <br />

'''Mr. Yagami:''' Oh, you'll see in just a second, Light. <br />

 

== Western Animation ==

** The episode "Mad Love" shows [[Perky Female Minion|Harley]] trying to get Mr. J's attention by wearing the skimpiest red night dress that could '''ever''' have been allowed on a children's cartoon, and lying suggestively in front of him seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVAdPqZ6enU&feature=related here]. He roughly shoves her away, too absorbed in his plans. Later, Harley gets closer to killing Batman than anyone else in the series becauser Mr. J spends more attention on ''him'' than he does on her. Talk about [[Foe Yay]]...

{{quote| '''Harley:''' C'mon Mistah J! Don'cha wanna [[Double Entendre|rev up your Harley?]] VROOM! VROOM!}}

** There's also the scene where she celebrates their anniversary by rising up out of a giant pie covered in banana filling, and it's ambiguous whether she's wearing anything underneath. She's also singing "Happy Anniversary" like [[Marilyn Monroe]] and asking him to try some of her pie. The Joker promptly throws her out. Then [[Unfortunate Implications|hyenas]] start licking her, [[But You Screw One Goat!|while she's on all fours.]]

* ''[[Robot Chicken]]'': [[Expository Theme Tune|He's Randy the oblivious]] [http://robotchicken.wikia.com/wiki/Oblivious_Pizza_Delivery_Guy pizza delivery guy!]

* In ''[[Futurama]]'', Fry goes crazy in the "Insane in the mainframe" episode, thinking that he is a robot. Leela tries to restore Fry's humanity by giving him a passionate kiss... but i did not work. Even worst, when he got normal again, it seems he did not remember that.

== Real Life ==

* According to comedian Eddie Griffin, a theater was showing two movies once when he was a kid. One was Porn, the other was a [[Bruce Lee]] movie. Guess which one was completely empty?

* This can even be the reaction of the audience, the very people for whom the Fanservice is intended in the first place, if it's taken too far. If it's too gratuitous, too [[Squick|Squicky]] or otherwise detracts from the story, the audience may be more irritated or creeped out than turned on.