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* Belldandy in the earlier OVA of ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]''. She comes off as a more [[Rounded Character]] in the original manga and its other adaptations, something [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] usually have difficulty doing.
* Subverted in ''[[Gunnm]]''. In an argument with Gally over her choice to become a Hunter-Warrior, Ido lets it slip that he revived her with the expectation that she would be one of these. Gally, like any sane person would be upon hearing this, ''is pissed''.
* Himawari of [[
* Fatina from ''[[The Tower of Druaga (anime)|The Tower of Druaga]]''. She spends the first 3/4ths of the first season as a character whose sole character traits were being a bitchy Neeba fangirl. This changes later on, where we get an episode where she and the main character are stranded together and bond a little, removing her from Neeba and giving viewers a bit more insight into her character. She never really goes back to being a complete Neeba fangirl after that. To add to things, {{spoiler|Neeba offers Fatina and Fatina alone an invitation to join him and Kaaya after they betray their groups. She turns down his offer and stands by Jil's side.}}
* Saya from ''[[Peacemaker Kurogane]]''. She pretty much exists only to be Tetsunosuke's love interest. She fits very much with the question, "What would her personality be if she never met the male lead?" Nothing. Come on, we know she's mute and all, but even mute people have personalities and quirks.
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* Miharu from ''[[Girls Bravo]]''.
* A lesser-known example [[Adaptation Displacement|outside of Japan]] is Millina the treasure hunter from the second half of the ''[[Slayers]]'' novel series. While it's [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] in that she does not romantically like her pursuer, the [[Hot-Blooded]] Luke, she pretty much serves as his [[Morality Chain]], {{spoiler|a given, considering that Luke has a fragment of the verse's [[Big Bad]] inside of him.}} The finale of the novel series is triggered by {{spoiler|Luke going [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|crazy]] over her being assassinated}}. Like [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Zelgadiss]] before her, she's a [[Deadpan Snarker]] and a [[Magic Knight]]...with no given reason. Of course, Luke himself isn't much better.
* Mayu from ''[[Goshuushou
* ''[[School Days]]'': In the anime the two main female love interests get reduced to only being known for their obsession with Makoto. [[Deconstructed Trope|And that is the point, actually]]: the series shows the psychological strain ''and'' the extremes that being completely centered on a single person can bring... specially when said person is a [[Jerkass]] who uses both of them ''and'' others for his own pleasure.
* Tsunetsuki Matoi from ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei]]'' [[Crosses the Line Twice]] with this. Literally, her whole personality is about stalking her love interest (hence [[Punny Name|her name]]). What would she be like if she didn't meet the protagonist? Stalking other guys that catch her interest.
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* Taken to its logical extreme in [[Don Bluth]]'s ''[[Anastasia]]''. Bartok the Bat [[Heel Face Turn|abandons Rasputin]] near the end, and is rewarded with a [[Pink Girl, Blue Boy|pink]] bat who flies in and kisses him. She has no name, no dialogue, and apparently only exists to demonstrate, as [[The Nostalgia Chick]] put it, that "[[Redemption Equals Sex|Do the right thing; karma will get you laid]]."
* Irina, the Greek princess in ''[[Asterix]] at the Olympic Games'', whose entire personality is pretty much 'I love poetry, I love Lovesix, I don't want to marry Brutus'. The person chasing after her, Lovesix, is pretty shallow as well.
* Bo Peep from ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]''. Sure, she's sweet and has a bit of a naughty side, but both those traits are used in order to demonstrate her affection for Woody (grabbing him around the neck with her shepherdess's crook, for example). She never really interacts with any other toy on-screen and she exists mainly as a sympathetic ear to Woody. {{spoiler|Bo Peep's lack of development -- and the popularity of the other female characters, Jessie the Cowgirl and the tour guide Barbie doll from the second Toy Story movie, and the logistics of having Bo Peep actually be involved in the action of the third movie (given that she wasn't actually a toy at all, but a china figurine) -- were the reason why she didn't appear in the third movie}}
* Subverted HARD in ''[[Shrek]] Forever After''. [[For Want of a Nail|We actually get to see what Fiona would have become]] [[Rebel Leader|if she had never been rescued]].
* [[Disney Animated Canon]]-
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* Moira McTaggert in ''[[X-Men: First Class|X Men First Class]]''. She has absolutely nothing in common with her namesake from the [[X-Men|comic]] and her re-imagining as an American CIA agent tracking a conspiracy led by the primary villain seems to serve mainly as a reason to hook her up with Charles.
* Pretty much every so-called [[Ms. Fanservice|"Bond girl"]] in any of the [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] movies. While some effort is usually made to give them some kind of useful character trait, by and large their function in the movies is to be the [[Damsel in Distress]], and of course to sleep with James.
* Jennifer from [[The Eighties]] kid-hacker movie ''[[
* From the same decade, Jennifer in ''[[Back to The Future]]''. She appeared very little in the first movie and apparently existed only so that Marty would have someone to spill exposition on in the opening scenes. Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale tried to write her out of the sequels, but the way they ended the first movie made that difficult; she did get some development in the second and third movies.
* In ''[[Cherry 2000]]'', the title character is a [[Robot Girl]] with a ''very'' limited AI (she probably wouldn't pass a Turing Test). The whole plot of the movie is the hero's trek to find a body to replace her lost one. She only appears for a few minutes of the movie, and is unceremoniously dumped to save the female tracker who the hero fell in love with during the journey.
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** The author eventually developed several pitches for several spin-off stories, realizing just how limiting Candi's point-of-view really is.
* Ping of ''[[Megatokyo]]'' was [[Robot Girl|programmed]] to start like this, and then slowly become an amalgamation of the favored love interests of her end user. But since no one has been "playing" with her ([[Wild Mass Guessing|except maybe Miho]]), she's forced to grow naturally. [[Fridge Brilliance|It's actually a little beautiful, when you think about it]].
== Web Original ==
* ''[[Darwin's Soldiers]]'' has Aydin Marcos. His only defining personality trait is the fact that he loves Aimee.
== Western Animation ==
* Another male example: David of ''[[Totally Spies!]]'', who is [[The Ace|good-looking, a book smart genius, an artist, and an athlete]]—something that appeals to each of the three spies (and sometimes the [[Alpha Bitch]] too!), making him a universal love interest who exists solely to provide [[Two Lines, No Waiting|romantic B-plots]].
* AndrAIa from ''[[
* [[Space Jam|Lola Bunny]], because Bugs Bunny needs to be romantically infatuated.
* [[Minnie Mouse]] certainly qualifies. Daisy Duck not so much, she's as close to an iconic Tsundere as Western Animation has.
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* Ruth MacDougal (the brunette sixth grader with braces whom Arnold had a crush on during the first season) on ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' is an example, though Arnold stopped pursuing her on the Valentine's Day episode when Ruth talks and Arnold [[Deconstructed Trope|discovers]] that she's very shallow and boring.
* In ''[[All Grown Up!]]'', Rachel (Tommy's girlfriend) is this to a T. Not only doesn't she receive any character development, but she has no close connections with any of the Rats, nor is she seen with anyone else aside from Tommy. Compared to more popular fan pairings such as Tommy/Kimi and Tommy/Lil, Rachel generally contributes nothing to the series. In addition, their romance has had its share of complications. In the end, because of her family moving away, she generally breaks up with Tommy. But to make matters worse, when Rachel sees Tommy with another girl, she tells him that she never wants to see him again.
* On ''[[The Fairly
* Jeremy Johnson from ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' used to qualify. Earlier episodes gave him no purpose other than being a bright spot in Candace's life, but recent episodes develop him more. He's shown to have his own life and friends, and is savvy to Candace's freak outs. He's even got extensive interaction with other characters up to and including [[Harmless Villain|Dr. Doofenshmirtz.]]
* Julie from ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force|Ben 10 Alien Force]]'' started out this way, but got better overtime.
* One-shot girly girl Dawn from ''[[
* On ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'', [[Rich Bitch|Jez]] and [[Crazy Awesome|Saffi]] exist only to be girlfriends of [[Satan|Lucius]] and [[The Hedonist|Beezy]], respectively, and are ignored when these connections aren't important. This is notable in one episode involving Beezy being put in an [[Arranged Marriage]], when he points out he has Saffi, she's wheeled out to say "I don't mind," then proceeds to disappear other than a cameo near the end.
* Queen Rapsheeba, Snap's love interest on ''[[
* Betty Quinlan of ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron]]''.
* Don Prima of ''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]'' for Jenny.
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* Parodied in ''[[Kim Possible]]'', where Senor Senor Junior kidnapped a computer expert so he can find the perfect girl that matched his Shallow requirements. Turns out it's {{spoiler|Bonnie}}.
* In ''[[The Proud Family]]'': Suga Mamma is attracted to Lasienaga's Grandpa, although the latter not only has no interest in her, but also seems to insult her every time, and in at least one episode also wished for her to disappear. Literally the only reason why she she continues with her crush anyways is because she doesn't understand Spanish (the grandpa always speaks in Spanish). Then again, in this case it's just a [[Running Gag]] so that the grandfather can insult her and [[Evil Laugh|laugh maniacally afterwards.]]
* Angel from ''[[Lilo
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