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This trope occurs when the boy, having gotten the girl's attention passively -- ipassively—i.e. through quirky, unconventional, non-stereotyped aspects of his personality -- thenpersonality—then attempts to get her attention through a more "stereotyped" manner, a la [[Extroverted Nerd]] or [[Dogged Nice Guy]]. This either turns the girl off, or confuses her, or she misinterprets it.

* One episode of ''[[MASHM*A*S*H (television)|M*A*S*H]]'' features Radar catching a girl's attention through just being sweet and Radar-like, and without realising it, and tries to grab her attention again by pretending to be an ex-footballer, through ignoring her and 'playing cool', and then by trying to be 'interesting' with talk about rabbits. She's mostly confused, but in the end he admits what he's been trying to do and they end up together... [[Snap Back|until the next episode.]]

* Happened in ''[[My Little Pony Tales]]'' with the [[Twice Shy]] Lancer and Bright Eyes each getting [[Unnecessary Makeover|Unnecessary Makeovers]]s from their friends [[Jerk Jock|Ace]] and [[Alpha Bitch|Melody]]. Acting 'cool' only causes them to lash out -- "I didn't you were such a ''JERK''!"/"And I always thought you were smart, not some AIRHEAD!" -- but—but they reconcile after dumping their makeovers and just acting normally, much to the mystification of their friends.