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Examples of [[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]] in [[{{SUBPAGENAME}}]] include:
* ''[[Community]]'' Jeff Winger and his [[It Makes Sense in Context|naked pool game]]. Also, as of Epidemiology, Troy also qualifies
** Thanks to a scene involving Jeff, a locker, and a shirt that wasn't working, there's probably a lot of happy viewers (both female [[Even the Guys Want Him|and male]]) after "Origins of Vampire Mythology".
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* [[Doctor Who|Pick a doctor, any doctor!]] Or at least post-reboot. (The first couple of Doctors were rather old.)
** The [[Christopher Eccleston|Ninth Doctor]] had a shirtless scene while shackled to a rack and being tortured. This apparently was producer Julie Gardner's idea. Also, Captain Jack Harkness - they even filmed a butt shot, but couldn't get it past the BBC's censors.
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** Series 5 has a nice scene in "The Lodger", where the Doctor comes charging out of the bathroom clad only in a towel, interrupting his shower because he thought his flatmate was in danger. We get to see quite a bit of Matt Smith's nicely toned, albeit pale, torso.
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** Mohinder, at least before he carried the [[Idiot Ball]] one too many times. He's ridiculously gorgeous, tends to get sweaty and strip down to a wifebeater or less, displaying [[Hollywood Nerd|surprisingly great biceps for a nerd]], and has demonstrated proficiency in [[Everyone Looks Sexier If French|French]].
* [[Desperate Housewives]]: John, Gabriel's gardener early on; if he had a purpose other than walking around shirtless, it wasn't in evidence.
* Even though Tom Welling actually has the main role on ''[[Smallville]]'', it's pretty obvious he wasn't hired for his acting.
** Ollie Queen is definitely an example. Nice blonde hair, cute smile, half of his scenes are shirtless... not to mention his Green Arrow uniform is designed in such a way that it shows off his extremely nice arms.
* Sayid on ''[[Lost]]''. Especially after seeing how well he cleaned up in "The Economist".
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* He may be 10 years out of his heyday, and overacted to annoying levels, but [[Sixth Ranger|Tommy]] [[Memetic Badass|Oliver]] of ''[[Power Rangers]]'' still got just as many beach scenes as the girls, and many fans today still wish they could be the ones slathering him in suntan lotion.
** Allow me to [[Fan Girl]] squee for a minute. My ten yr old self greatly appreciated the tanks and long brown locks. Squeeeeeee!!
** He's since chopped off the ponytail, got a ton of tattoos, and transitioned into MMA, but Jason David Frank remains [http://pureadrenalineradio.unfilteredmma.com/files/2010/06/Jason-David-Frank.jpg pretty damn hot]{{Dead link}}.
** Tommy might be the apex bait in the series, but lets face it, pretty much ALL the guys, even nerdy Billy Cranston was built like an Adonis. It can't be coincidental that there were so many sleeveless scenes where they'd show off their massive biceps.
** That's the beautiful thing about ''[[Power Rangers]]''. Every year, we get a brand new cast of ''ridiculously'' hot, athletic and heroic men. And if we're really, really lucky, we'll get more than a few shirtless scenes throughout the season. There's a very good reason ''[[Power Rangers]]'' has a ''very strong'' female and gay male audience, let me tell you.
** After a while, it seems like they've begun to realize this, because ''[[Power Rangers Samurai]]'' is full of it. One of the very first scenes in the very first episode was a shirtless (and bandaged, but still...) scene of Mike, whose played by [https://web.archive.org/web/20141102054412/http://img.poptower.com/pic-39162/hector-david-jr.jpg?d=600 this guy.] They made [http://www.takacomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Najee-De-Tiege15.jpg Kevin]{{Dead link}} a swimmer, so he's spent at least one scene in nothing but swim trunks. [http://nick.mtvnimages.com/nick-assets/video/images/power-rangers/power-rangers-samurai-117-broken-dreams-just-like-old-days-clip.jpg?format=jpeg&matteColor=white Jayden and Antonio] keep the [[Ho Yay]] tradition between Red and Sixth Rangers alive. And then there's Deker; [[Evil Is Sexy]] [[Hell-Bent for Leather]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130309184443/http://morphinlegacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/deker_human.png Deker.]
* Scott Cohen (and Scott Cohen's voice) starring as Wolf, the soft-spoken [[Troubled but Cute]] [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|half-(were)wolf]] and unlikely love interest for the heroine Virginia Lewis in the made-for-TV Fantasy mini-series ''[[The Tenth Kingdom]]''. Alternates between [[Stalker with a Crush]], [[The Funny Guy]], [[The Woobie]] and [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]. Not to mention Wolf suffers (hilariously) from a number of neuroses and (tragically) from at least two instances of [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished]].
* Shepherd and Ronon soooo qualify for this on ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]''. Good lord, Ronon Dex could have been grown in a lab, so close to physical perfection is he. And he's playing the new Conan too; Loin Cloths at dawn!!
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** Or, if you're not into big blatant beefcake, Mr. Big is certainly very, ''very'' blessed with lots of tall, dark, and handsome! Chris Noth also got people panting when he was the extremely hot, very serious, somewhat [[The Woobie|woobie]]-esque [[Law and Order|Detective Mike Logan]].
* ''[[The Tudors]]''. Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. [[Shirtless Scene|Shirtless scenes]] a-plenty! Of course, he's not the only one in the male half of the cast who's hot.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140531143848/http://ones2watch4.com/content/wp-content/gallery/henry-cavill/henry-17.jpg Henry Cavill]. Wow, wow, and double wow. Henry VIII has nothing on the Duke of Suffolk.
** [http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/10/08/article-1073331-02ADDC6D00000578-627_634x657.jpg Max Brown] has his share of fangirls too. It really is a pity Edward Seymour's wife apparently shags everyone ''but'' him.
* ''[[Knight Rider]]''. Old or new. [[David Hasselhoff]] was actually quite attractive in the 80s. As for the new series, well, Mike is a rugged military man with dark eyes and a wicked grin, and Billy has boy-next-door appeal and looks about ten years younger than his character probably is. For added estrogen-baiting, KITT is apparently voiced by the Bat-o-licious Val Kilmer. Even Sarah's dad is hot, for an old dude. And Torres ain't bad. Contrast this with three women in the main cast.
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* ''[[Noah's Arc]]'' has a [[Cast Full of Pretty Boys]], by Trey is a notable example in that he's portrayed as fanservice in-universe.
* ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]'': Richard Armitage. He's sexy no matter what, but in that one he has all the traits: broody bad boy with a sexy voice and all the qualms of a Brad Pitt about losing his shirt for the skimpiest of reasons.
* Tarrant in ''[[Blake's
** Forget Tarrant! What about Blake and Avon and yes, even Vila?? All adorable, all often shirtless...one with a passion for leather.....(swoon).
* The entire male cast of ''[[Kamen Rider Kiva]]''. Hot Japanese guys in many different flavors? YES PLEASE!
** Akira Date in ''[[Kamen Rider OOO]]''. Occasionally rips off his shirt for no reason other than that it looks sexy.
*** The main character Eiji Hino counts as well, probably more due to the much more constant scenes in which he is in nothing but his boxers.
** ''[[Kamen Rider Double]]'' has Kirihiko, who appears nude (in side/behind views) on three occasions. For this reason his [[Fan Nickname|Fan Nicknames]] in Japan are "Shirihiko" or "Ketsuhiko" - ''shiri'' and ''ketsu'' both being slang for butt.
* Not your typical Mr. Fanservice, but given the amount of times [[Engine Sentai Go-onger|Sosuke Esumi]] appears in various states of undress, from a fairly ordinary shirtless bandaged scene in GP19 to [[It Makes Sense in Context|going as far as pulling his pants down in order to get rid of an eel that slipped inside his clothes]] three episodes earlier, and despite the fact that most of these scenes were [[Played for Laughs]], he could probably fall under this category. The fact that his actor is [http://kurenaiwataru.tumblr.com/post/6426697510 actually quite attractive when he wants to be] doesn't help matters.
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* The title character of ''[[Sherlock]]''. Just look at [[Benedict Cumberbatch|those cheekbones]] (not to mention his voice, ohoho). AND Sherlock has clearly learned that the suit is everything. Seeing as they gave everyone a practically perfect cut. (When I say everyone... I really mean Sherlock (and Lestrade!). I mean, it should be a science: the art of suit wearing bringing sex-appeal to new heights. (There has been an attempt to analyze it [http://celestafiesta.blogspot.com/2010/10/tux-bomb.html\]. The suit is really all I remember of men's fashion from those shows. So, does this count as writing? Steve Moffatt is attributed with the styling.)
* ''Lost Girl'' has Dyson: cute, sweet, hints at a...complicated past and yes, frequently shirtless.
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* [[Dexter]] Morgan. Let's see: [[Troubled but Cute]]? Check. [[Nerds Are Sexy]]? LaGuerta seemed to think so. [[Shirtless Scene|Shirtless Scenes]]? Oh yes.
* Spartacus: Blood and Sand has Spartacus, Varro, Crixus (often with full frontal nudity), Quintus Batiatus and a lot more musclely hot hot Gladiators.
* Spartacus: Gods of the Arena: Gannicus! Oh oh oh Gannicus.
** Even though Oenameous is very hot too...
* [[The Vampire Diaries]]: Seriously, can we just go ahead and say that pretty much all of the named male characters fit, considering that most of them seem to have [[Shirtless Scene]] clauses in their contracts?
* Michael Landon, the creator and star of ''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House On the Prairie]]'' obviously thought he was providing fanservice judging by how often his character had his shirt off.
* [[Burn Notice]]: Michael Weston who spends a lot of time working out shirtless.
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** Colton Haynes is the jerk jock Jackson. He's not a werewolf, but there seem to be a lot of scenes of him changing in locker rooms. His best friend in-show is gay, which lends itself to fanfic rather beautifully.
** Indeed, the only male main character that's kept his clothes on thus far is Stiles, played by Dylan O'Brien, who isn't exactly hard on the eyes either. Let's just say that the producers have made promises to the largely female fanbase regarding Stiles' future state of dress.
* [[Food Network|Robert]] [[Restaurant: Impossible|Irvine]]. The tight black t-shirts are much appreciated.
* [[How I Met Your Mother|Barney]] spends lots of time shirtless. Not that anyone's complaining.
* Richard in the ''[[Sword of Truth]]'' adaptation ''[[Legend of the Seeker]]
** The river scene. Full stop.{{context}}
** The bathhouse. Darken Rahl.
* Let's not forget ''[[Grimm (TV)|Grimm]]''. Aside from Nick, Captain Renard had a quite nice shirtless scene recently and isn't exactly unappealing when dressed.
* Derek Morgan in ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' anyone? He always wears those tight 'granddad' shirts, and when he's not wearing those, he's coming out of Garcia's bathroom naked all except for a tiny towel (well in one episode anyway).
* Even ''[[The West Wing]]'' got in on the act. The first four seasons had Rob Lowe as [http://extras.inyork.com/yorkblog/flipside/sam.jpeg Sam Seaborn]{{Dead link}}, who was replaced by Joshua Malina as [http://westwing.bewarne.com/images2/willbailey.jpg Will Bailey]. Both were catnip to geek-loving girls. Bradley Whitford as [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/Josh_Lyman.jpg/250px-Josh_Lyman.jpg Josh Lyman] developed an incredibly devoted fanbase. And then there was Jimmy Smits as Presidential candidate [http://assets.texasmonthly.com/images/magazine/issues/2010-10-01/tvtexans/8_Santos.jpg Matt Santos]{{Dead link}} in the final two seasons. ''All'' of the above lost their shirt more than once for absolutely no plot-related purpose whatsoever. Women had a ''lot'' of reasons to watch this show.
* ''[[Supernatural]]''. Brothers Sam and Dean Winchester fight the forces of evil, and even when sweaty and bloody they manage to look smoking hot. There have been numerous [[Shirtless Scene|shirtless scenes]], a few [[Modesty Towel|towel scenes]], and Sam is built like a brick house. Add [[Perma-Stubble|stubble-jawed]] [[Power Makes Your Voice Deep|growly-voiced]] blue-eyed pretty boy angel Castiel to the mix, and you’ve got a trio of drool-worthy men. Plus there are [[Cast Full of Pretty Boys|plenty other characters]] that can be added to the list.
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