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{{quote|''And just to prove it, I wouldn't mind if she was a guy!''|'''Kaorin''', denying being lesbian for liking Sakaki, ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]''}}
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Sometimes a serious character type, sometimes a joke said by Charlie to describe Alice's infatuation with Bob.
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▲== Anime & Manga ==
* The manga ''[[Ai Kora]]'' appears to be this series main plot, as the main character Hachibei Maeda only finds attraction in women who have his "Ideal Parts". And openly shows no interest in women who do not have these parts.
* Edward Elric from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' never shows the slightest interest in any girl (at least in the manga) but his mechanic, Winry {{spoiler|the girl he eventually marries}}. May be a genetic trait, as there's no evidence that his father, Hohenheim, ever loved anyone but Trisha {{spoiler|despite living for 400 years.}}
* Boa Hancock from ''[[One Piece]]'' despises all men and is indifferent to most women; however, when it comes to Luffy, she has made it explicitly clear that no matter what the circumstances, even if he was the son of demons, she'd still love him.
* Kaede's life revolves around Rin in ''[[
* ''[[Kämpfer]]'''s Natsuru Senou. Oh Natsuru, you practically drive the plot with the fact that despite having a harem of girls who love you {{spoiler|and your crush is a [[Psycho Lesbian]]}}, you still remain [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|Kaede]]-sexual.
** And here's another one: [[The Tease|Asserts herself to win in a]] [[Love Dodecahedron]] she knows she might lose? [[Manipulative Bastard|Toys with Natsuru's emotions and thoughts]]? Likes Natsuru in [[Gender Bender|either gender]]? Please welcome [[Student Council President|Shizuku Sangou]]!
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* Itsuki from ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' is "Sensui-sexual". He even {{spoiler|loves all of Sensui's personalities, no matter how vile. His official favorite is Shinobu, the original one, although Naru - [[The Cutie|a young girl]] who is [[Naive Everygirl|naive and innocent]] - comes in second}}.
** It's worth pointing out that Itsuki's manga version talks about how he really started hanging around young Sensui because he knew the other would break eventually and he ''loves'' to see [[Break the Cutie|pure things shattered]]. Man who seemed cute in the anime turns out to be [[Author Appeal|seriously twisted]] in his own right.
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* Amane Misa from ''[[Death Note]]'' can be described as "Kira-sexual" or "Light-sexual". (Although if she had to choose one or the other, she'd choose Light.)
* Fandom has described Subaru in ''[[X 1999]]'' and ''[[Tokyo Babylon]]'' as "Seishirou-sexual" and vice versa, though it's pretty common for [[CLAMP]] characters to pick one person and stay with him or her for their entire life.
* It runs in the Kokutou family in ''[[
* Yukino and Haruka in ''[[
** In the same series, since Mikoto has [[No Social Skills]], it's very hard to pin down the object of her affection ([[Love You and Everybody|if she even has one]]), but given her protective nature toward the protagonist, she can best be described as "Mai-sexual" (pun intended).
** Potentially Natsuki toward Shizuru, as Natsuki's interest in her and main reason for considering her the most important person in her life is her reaching out to her when she couldn't trust anyone. In HiME, conversely, Shizuru is very clearly interested in Natsuki to the exclusion of anyone or anything else.
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** ...Who absolutely adores all things small, cute and adorable. Theoretically, this relationship ''could'' work. Except that Sakaki {{spoiler|eventually gets a cat of her very own after wanting one the whole anime}}. Poor little lesbian can't catch a break. And that's not counting the fact that Kimura is probably around the corner...
* An even more specific variant of this trope appears in ''[[Kamen no Maid Guy]]'', where the Leader of the Naeka's breasts fanclub only has eyes for her... or at least her chest. Strangely, Naeka finds this almost romantic. After he's put through [[Easy Amnesia]] (for the second time that episode), he reverts to normal, and his eyes are no longer on Naeka only.
* In ''[[Berserk]]'', Guts has yet to show even the slightest interest in any woman, man, demon, spirit or god-demon other then Caska. This despite a large number of the above throwing themselves on him.
* Yuki, who is, for all intents, a pre-op M-t-F [[
** At the end of the manga, {{spoiler|she momentarily seems to switch from Masato to her actual childhood friend.}}
* Souichi from ''[[The Tyrant Falls in Love]]'' is most likely "Morinaga-sexual," despite being utterly in denial about it; he states on more than one occasion that he puts up with Morinaga's sexual advances because he's ''Morinaga,'' and that not even blackmail will make him tolerate having sex with anyone else (and yet he manages to [[Selective Obliviousness|overlook the painfully obvious implications]] of this...). Admittedly, Souichi is a rabid homophobe, which would make him heterosexual by default and his relationship with Morinaga more of an [[If It's You It's Okay]] situation...if ''any'' sign was shown of him being interested in anyone else, male or female, much less having any friend other than Morinaga.
* In ''[[Zetsuai 1989]]'', Nanjo Koji is Izumi-sexual, having [[Love At First Sight|fallen in love with him at first sight]] and Izumi being the only person he ever felt emotion for. When they coincidentally meet again years later, Koji [[Stalker with a Crush|all but stalks]] Izumi and even declares to another prospective love interest that even if said love interest was Izumi's twin, he would still love only Izumi.
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** And, of course, Nina is Euphie-sexual. It's possible that Suzaku might be as well.
** Shirley for Lelouch who nicknamed him Lulu and {{spoiler|[[Dying Declaration of Love|died telling him]] that if she were reborn, she would still fall in love with him over and over again.}}
* [[Delinquent]] Dojima from ''[[Tokimeki Memorial|Tokimeki Memorial
* Hinata Hyuga from ''[[Naruto]]'' is "Naruto-sexual", as a result of her admiring Naruto's persistence and determination, and having become more self-confident as a result of his influence.
** Karin is very much "Sasuke-sexual
** Jiraiya may hit on anything with a skirt, but he is eventually shown to have feelings for Tsunade.
** Sakura was a "Sasuke-sexual" right at the start. And even after Sasuke {{spoiler|tried to kill her twice}} she's still shown to have feelings for him.
* Prince Demand only has eyes for [[Sailor Moon]], and he greatly desires for her to feel the same way about him.
** It's actually pretty tragic in the anime since he's an [[Anti-Hero]], but in the manga he's a [[Complete Monster]]. The musical plays up both sides of his personality, including one scene where he's singing his character song while Sailor Moon is lying passed out on an altar. He later turns into a complete monster.
* Although Chizuru from the ''[[Hen]]'' manga has sex with men often, the only person she has ever fallen truly in love with is
* Yuno in ''[[Mirai Nikki]]'' is [[Love Makes You Crazy|completely obsessed]] with Yukiteru. Also, in the [[Alternate Universe]] spin-off, ''Mirai Nikki: Paradox'', Akise Aru is shown to be "Yukiteru-sexual." Murumuru asks him if he's gay, to which he responds that he's not - he just loves [[Ho Yay|Yukiteru]].
* Chinese Amazon Shampoo of ''[[Ranma ½]]'' could conceivably be dubbed a "Ranma-sexual". She has absolutely no qualms whatsoever over embracing, dating or otherwise being affectionate towards her reluctant [[Gender Bender]] fiancee no matter what form he's in, despite the fact that she canonically called Akane a pervert whilst insinuating that Akane was really a lesbian in love with Ranma's cursed form. She displays no interest in any other man, even men who manage to prove themselves as being stronger than Ranma.
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* Kisshu in ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' for Ichigo.
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|Chizuru]] from ''[[Kanokon]]'' is like this ([[Shotacon]]) for [[Cute Shotaro Boy|Kouta]]. It actually becomes in some ways rather disturbing, as Chizuru looks like a voluptuous young adult, but Kouta has a rather boyish appearance about him, so it's sexually inexplicit shotacon. It also frequently gets turned up to near [[Rape Is Love]] levels by Chizuru with elements of [[Double Standard Rape (Female on Male)]] thrown in.
* [[Stalker with a Crush|Gauron]] for Sousuke in ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]''. Especially noticeable when one considers that Gauron is a [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!|40-50 year old]], wealthy terrorist that has [[Twin Threesome Fantasy|two]] [[Wife Husbandry|incredibly loyal, beautiful girls]] at his beck and call (and that both [[Love Martyr|love him obsessively]]). Yet his greatest sexual fantasies that he always wanted to satisfy always seem to be along the lines of "rape Sousuke." Yes, the only one he has eyes for is a [[Shotacon|16-year-old]], [[Chaste Hero|chaste boy]] that hates his guts and would like nothing more than to beat the shit out of him. Oh, and it doesn't matter if Sousuke is [[Shotacon|only 12 years old]], or if he's [[Murder the Hypotenuse|fallen in love with someone else]], or if he's [[A Love to Dismember|a dead body]] - if it's Sousuke, it's all good to him.
** Subverted in the original novel, as his assistants in ''Owaru Day by Day'', on which the ''Second Raid'' was based, were ''[[Depraved Homosexual|boys]]''.
* ''[[Black Butler]]'': Agni is definitely a Soma-sexual, and [[No Yay|Baron Kelvin for Ciel]]. He even leaves his wife after meeting Ciel.
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** The original Japanese version is much more blatant with this, while the English version tries to make it seem more like passionate loyalty. It doesn't work.
* ''[[Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito]]'' has a debatable case of this with Hazuki. It's pretty clear she's a lesbian, but the only one she has eyes for is her adoptive older sister and best friend Hatsumi, to the point that she automatically trashes a gift given to her by an akogare-ing classmate within 5 minutes of the start of the first episode.
* Congratulations, [[Fushigi Yuugi|Miaka/Tamahome]]
* Chizuru in ''[[
* [[Fruits Basket|Kagura Sohma]] is disturbingly attached to her [[Kissing Cousins|cousin]] Kyo, and tends to express her psycho-love through violence. Then she'll snap out of it and go ultra-[[Tsundere|dere]] before abruptly switching back to pummeling the poor guy. She extracted a [[Childhood Marriage Promise]] from him by threatening his life, for Pete's sake! And even though she later realizes that her love for Kyo stemmed mainly from her belief that loving him would make up for her earlier horrible behavior towards him and willingly concedes him to Tohru, the [[Word of God|mangaka herself says]] that a part of her will always love Kyo.
* [[Soul Eater|Black Star and Tsubaki]] are all but [[Happily Married]]. {{spoiler|They are even raising a kid together}}! Gopher is Noahsexual with a [[Yandere]] streak a mile wide.
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* In ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'', Momoka is clearly Fuyuki-sexual; when she thinks that he's been turned into a girl (it's actually [[Hot Mom|his mother]] aged down by Kululu, long story), she's completely okay with it. Tamama could also be said to be Keroro-sexual.
** Giroro and Koyuki are both Natsumi-sexual. More prominent in the manga with Koyuki, though.
* ''[[Durarara!!]]'''s Shinra is a very vocal Celty-sexual, claiming that, were she not to exist, he would probably be asexual. Celty, for her part, is worried that he might be [[Headless Horseman|Dullahan]]-[[Nightmare Fetishist|sexual]], and dreads another one showing up and stealing him away.
* Usui Takumi in ''[[Kaichou wa Maid-sama]]'' seems thus far to be terminally Misaki-sexual. Not only is he notorious for turning girls down at the beginning of the series, once Misaki piques his interest he doesn't seem to have more than a passing interest in other people ''at all'' except so far as how they relate to Misaki.
* In ''[[Sensual Phrase]]'', both Sakuya and Aine are like this for each other, though Sakuya is more extreme about it.
* In ''[[Hana Kimi]]'', Nakao stated to Ashiya Mizuki that he wasn't actually gay, he just had a
* Despite being in a harem manga, and clearly [[Genre Savvy]] about it, Miki of ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'' has only shown interest in one person, [[Even the Girls Want Her|Hinagiku]]. She's even gone so far as to tell the one who's the center of the (main) [[Harem]], that she has no interest in him.
** On the other side of the wagon, Kotetsu {{spoiler|Izumi's older brother}} has been shown to have no interest in anyone but [[Even the Guys Want Him|Hayate]]. This may simply be that we haven't seen any interest being displayed beyond that in Hayate and trains.
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* In ''[[Kimi ni Todoke]]'', Sawako and Shota are both like this for each other.
** Ryuu seems to be one, since he says to Sawako that he "can only love Chizuru" and is a [[Patient Childhood Love Interest]] to her.
* Naoi from ''[[Angel Beats!]]'' is obsessed with [[Ho Yay|Otonashi]].
* Sweden from ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' could be interpreted as either "Finnsexual" towards Finland or [[If It's You It's Okay|making an exception for him.]] It's an [[Official Couple]], either way.
** Apparently, the author actually dubbed Sweden as "homosexual for Finland" [[Word of God|in his old notes]]. They were ''very'' old notes though, and aren't around anymore, so the situation might be different now.
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** One joke/explanation for Germany/Italy shippers is that the usually stoic Germany is Ita-sexual.
** Come on, you guys forgot that Holy Roman Empire is Ita-sexual? {{spoiler|Some fans will tell you this doesn't count because of the Germany-is-HRE theory, making this a double-submisson.}} If I recall correctly:
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* In ''[[Bakuman｡]]'', Miho Azuki has never been interested in anyone other than her classmate Moritaka Mashiro, as she has been attracted to him since fourth grade.
* From all indications, Firo from ''[[Baccano!]]'' seems to be Ennis-sexual, despite the fact that she [[Artificial Human|takes a long time]] [[Asexual|to catch on]]. And even though they're both immortal and have plenty of time, there's still something to be said for the fact that Firo waited ''fifty years'' for her to agree to marriage, and even though they're now living together hasn't tried anything.
* Illsaide from ''[[Vampire Game]]'' seems very much to be this way towards Ci Xeneth's princess Falan, even after {{spoiler|it's discovered that he's her half-brother via her father Jened and the Lord of the Sea's daughter, making him half sea monster as well.}}
** However, Illsaide shows some attraction towards Duzzel in his Ishtar form for a little while. Even going as far as kissing Duzzel.
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* [[Fountain of Youth|Conan Edogawa/Shinichi Kudo]] and Ran Mouri of ''[[Detective Conan]]'' are like this to each other.
* Randoll of ''[[Future GPX Cyber Formula]]'' has no interest in anyone other than Asuka, though he tries to flirt with Rena in the PlayStation game (but ultimately fails).
* Andre Grandier of ''[[Rose of Versailles]]'' loves Oscar and nobody else. Likewise, Rosalie is also this towards [[Les Yay|Oscar]], although at the end of the series {{spoiler|she hooks up with Bernard, but she still has some longing for Oscar}}.
* ''[[Okane ga Nai]]'': Kanou is attracted to Ayase and nobody else.
* Possibly Chiba from ''[[Wandering Son]]''. In the several years from 5th grade to high school she has shown no signs of liking anyone but the protagonist, whom she likes no matter his [[
* In ''[[Steel Angel Kurumi]] 2'', Uruka and Kurumi are [[Les Yay|Nako-sexual]].
** This is a result of the Steel Angel's design. She is literally programmed to love whomever awakens her. Male, female, who cares? Whomever awakens her is her only love.
* Shirai Kuroko from ''[[
* In ''Karakuridoji Ultimo'', Rune toward Yamato, by way of [[Reincarnation Romance]]. As a result of his gender changing, he goes from being a heterosexual girl in the past to a homosexual boy in the present, but still longs for the same person.
** And Yamato is Sayama sexual.
* ''[[Special A]]'': Kei is very much Hikari-sexual.
* In ''[[Arakawa Under the Bridge]]'', [[Official Couple
* Gui from ''[[Half Prince|1/2 Prince]]'' has stated that he would like Prince no matter the gender or age. He's not homosexual, he's Prince-sexual.
* ''[[Silver Diamond]]'' 's [[Accidental Pervert|Chigusa]] will forever be Rakan-sexual. (And considering he's immortal, that is ''very'' literal.)
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* Lucy/Nyu of ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' is Kouta-sexual even if she does tend to initiate [[Les Yay]] with other girls.
* Naruse from the yaoi manga ''[[Kawaii Akuma]]'' and its sequel is definitely Akiyoshi sexual.
* Tsukune of ''[[Rosario
* In ''[[Hot Gimmick]]'' both Shinogu and Ryoki are Hatsumi-sexuals.
* In ''[[Gravitation]]'' Shuichi is Yuki sexual and Tatsuha is completely and utterly obsessed with Ryuichi. Whether it's faking illnesses or dressing up in an animal suit, Tatsuha will do anything to get Ryuichi. Unfortunately for Shuichi, if Tatsuha can't get his hands on Ryuichi he forces his UST upon Shuichi as Shuichi resembles Ryuichi.
* ''[[To
* Gokudera of ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'' is [[Ho Yay|Tsuna-sexual]] and Tsuna is Kyoko-sexual.
* Tatsuya of ''[[Hekikai no AiON|Hekikai no Ai ON]]'' is Seine-sexual. Being the [[Nice Guy]], he doesn't show any kind of attraction to any other girl who isn't Seine; and he has other options that he already knows love him, but still, his eyes are upon the kuudere Seine {{spoiler|so much that he may cross the line and almost opendly be a [[Lolicon]] for her 8-year-old form when he go intro her dreams of the past}}.
* ''[[Medaka Box]]'': Besides [[Rule of Funny]], Zenkichi Hitoyoshi has been Medaka-sexual for nearly his entire life.
* [[Shout-Out|Oscar]] in ''[[Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine]]'' is all about [[Inspector Zenigata]]. Up to [[Yandere]] levels.
* ''[[Suzuka]]'': Yamato even when in other relationships, is obsessed with her. In the manga, he turns down other women who are interested in him, and even flat out refuses sex because of his obsession.
* Jack from ''[[Pandora Hearts]]'' is Lacie-sexual, Oz is Alice-sexual, Alice is Oz-sexual, Gilbert seems to be [[Ho Yay|Oz-sexual]], and Vincent seems to be Gilbert-sexual who is his brother.
* Souma Mizuno from ''[[Fire in His Fingertips]]'' has only ever loved his childhood friend, Ryo Fujihashi and was only a womanizer as a coping mechanism for not being in a relationship with her. It took ten years for them to become boyfriend and girlfriend.
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* Katchoo in ''[[Strangers in Paradise]]'' only has eyes for Francine. Period. Oh, sure, she has a history of [[Really Gets Around|wild promiscuity]] covering [[Bi the Way|men and women]], and another history [[Rape as Backstory|of a slightly less amusing nature]], but when it comes right down to it Francine has always been the only one for her. [[Dogged Nice Guy|David grows to accept this]] and, eventually, [[If It's You It's Okay|so does Francine]]. The entire series is a lead up the realization that, for these two people, [[They Do|they are simply meant to be together]].
* In ''[[Camelot 3000]]'', when Sir Tristan is reincarnated as ''Lady'' Tristan, it causes her considerable distress and confusion. But Isolde (reincarnated as a woman, as in her first life) has no confusion at all. She's in love with Tristan, regardless of Tristan's sex.
* Mr. Gosh from ''[[Lenore the Cute Little Dead Girl]]'' is Lenore-sexual.
== Fan
* Many slash fics use this trope on [[If It's You It's Okay|characters who may have canonically been hetero/homo/bisexual]]. For example, [[Harry Potter|"He's not gay, he's Sirius-sexual."]]
* This is prevalent in TOS-verse [[Star Trek: The Original Series|Kirk/Spock]] slashfic, in that Spock was not a sexual being outside Pon Farr except where Kirk was concerned. Actually, the same could be said for Spock/McCoy fanfic as well.
* A lot of ''[[South Park]]'' fanfics portray Kyle as being [[Slash Fic|Stan-o-sexual.]] Yes, really.
* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' fans sometimes dub America as "[[Fan Nickname|Iggy]]sexual" towards England and vice versa, mainly because they're a very popular [[Fan-Preferred Couple]] (and it not being that hard to see America as being [[Tsundere]] for England only); ditto with Romano as "Spain-sexual". Japan is also sometimes depicted as being "Greece-sexual" with Greece as the only nation he can overcome his emotional reservedness and intimacy issues with.
* [[
* In the ''[[Naruto]]'' fanfic ''[[The Girl from Whirlpool]]'', Minato Namikaze seems to be this way when it comes to Kushina Uzimaki.
* A couple of [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2950900/RugenZorak this author's] stories take this trope to a ludicrous extreme, whereby literally ''every single character'' in the story appears to have Single-Target Sexuality for... whoever the main character is. Even the Pokemon!
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6931679/1/Whisper_to_a_Scream This ''Scream'' fanfic]
* In ''[[Armored Core: From the Ashes]]'', {{spoiler|Fiona Jarnetfeld}} is [[Yandere|
* Many,
* ''[[Megamind]]'' fanfiction is rather split about this. One one side, the titular [[Anti-Villain]] is paired with [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|practically every other major character, and then some]]. Then, on the other side, many fanfics portray him as {{spoiler|Roxanne-sexual}}. At least one or two fanfics have his species mate for life.
* Within ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' fandom, there is a large segment that tends to portray Utena as "Anthysexual". This isn't really supported by canon, as Utena was obviously attracted to Akio and occasionally Touga, but fic writers gonna fic.
* It is rather common in ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' fanon for Homura to be attracted exclusively to Madoka. For example [https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/devil_vs_goddess_round_2 here.] (That website has NSFW doujinshi, but the link is a SFW one). However in that example it's ambiguous whether Homura fits this trope or [[If It's You, It's Okay|is mostly straight, with being attracted to Madoka as the exception.]]
== Film ==
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* ''[[Forrest Gump]]'' never seems to notice any women other than Jenny, from when he was a kid.
* In ''Elektra Luxx'', Holly invokes this trope as she declares her love for Bambi.
* In ''[[Harry Potter]]'', possibly Snape for
* In ''[[Good Will Hunting]]'', Sean Maguire experiences this with his deceased wife.
'''Sean:''' My wife's dead.
'''Will:''' Hence the word: remarried.
'''Sean:''' She's dead.}}
== Literature ==
* This is common in racy romance novels. If the heroine is not [[The Ingenue|a virgin]], all her sexual experience before the hero will have been extremely lame to horrible. When she and the hero have sex, on the other hand, it will [[Did the Earth Move For You, Too?|move mountains and cause tidal waves]]. This is used to underscore how perfect they are for each other, but they often feel a strong attraction well before they acknowledge the romance.
** It's the same for the hero. She's [[A Man Is Not a Virgin|usually not his first]], but she's the first/only one he loves and sex with her is the best sex ever for him too.
* In ''[[Flowers for Algernon]]'', when all of Charlie's sexual experiences are passionless, confusing, or painful until he has sex with Alice Kinnian, the only woman he's truly loved.
* Edward Cullen of ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'', despite having lived for over 100 years as a teenage vampire at the age when males should be at their most sexually curious, has never been interested in any girls. Then he meets Bella, gets a whiff of the delicious scent of her blood, and becomes a committed Bella-sexual.
** Also occurs with Jacob Black, who follows Bella around and remains in love with her no matter how many times she tries to let him down or how married she might become. He insists to Bella that he will never imprint on anyone because he never even sees anyone but her. Jacob even drives around town trying to interest himself in other girls but it does not work. Switched up later, with the birth of Renesmee, when he imprints on here, and becomes Renesmee-sexual instead of Bella-sexual.
*** There's some implication that Jacob had in fact always ''been'' Renesmee-sexual, and had in fact imprinted on her before she was born but thought he had imprinted on Bella.
** We could add Bella herself to the mix as well, being mostly Edward-sexual with a little side of Jacob-sexual. There's no indication that she was ever interested in anyone before moving to Forks.
* In [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]'s [[Vorkosigan Saga|Barrayar]] books, Aral Vorkosigan is an interesting variation: he's attracted to other
** Got lampshaded in Barrayar, even.
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'''Cordelia:''' "[[Unfortunate Implications|Was bisexual. Now he's monogamous.]]" }}
* ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'': Jaime Lannister has, to the best knowledge of the reader, only ever loved/had sex with {{spoiler|his twin sister Cersei}}, to the point where he's disturbed when he experiences attraction to another woman. Not so much the other way around (to quote Tyrion, "{{spoiler|No one can say that my sister does not love her family}}").
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** Ginny is a mild example of the trope. Late in the series, she admits that she started to date Michael Corner largely to get over Harry, who at the time was not romantically interested in her but in Cho Chang. Before Harry finally sees the light, she also dates Dean Thomas. But from the time she first saw Harry when he was eleven and she was ten, he was always first in her affections.
* ''[[The Great Gatsby]]'' centers around Gatsby's unending pursuit for Daisy and no one else. The term "Gatsby" has even come to describe real people who have [[Single-Target Sexuality]].
* ''Orlando'' by Virginia Woolf demonstrates in passing that this is
* Justine in ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' is pretty much Thomas-sexual. However, {{spoiler|this is originally less about love and more about the fact that an [[Emotion Eater]] is about the only thing that can keep her mental illness under control. And while they finally admit they're in love later ... well, Thomas is a White Court vampire, so [[The Power of Love]] ''burns'' him. [[Star-Crossed Lovers|Ouch]].}}
** {{spoiler|Although Justine eventually realizes her Thomas-sexuality can be used a solution to that particular issue.}}
* Locke Lamora from Scott Lynch's ''[[Gentleman Bastard Sequence]]'' series is so in love with Sabetha that he's [[The Loins Sleep Tonight|unable to perform with anyone else]], even a hooker he specifically selected because she looked like her.
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* In the [[Charles de Lint]] novel, ''Memory and Dream'', the deceased Kathy describes herself as not being gay or straight, she doesn't love anyone else, just her best friend (and protagonist) Isabelle...who is, if not precisely homophobic, definitely very straight.
* Alec in Lynn Flewelling's [[Nightrunner
* Peeta Mellark from ''[[The Hunger Games]]'' is Katniss-sexual. He fell in love with her {{spoiler|when he was just 5 years old and heard her singing - at that moment he "knew he was a goner." He presumably went on to love her for the rest of his life (in the epilogue they were married and had two children) even overcoming the fact that he was tortured and brain-washed to hate her by the Capitol while captured.}}
* Derek of the web-novel ''[[Domina]]'' only has eyes for his [[Childhood Friend Romance|childhood friend Lizzy]]
* Vlad Tepes' feelings for Elizabeth Bathory in ''[[Count and Countess]]''.
== Live
* Although he once speaks of having had other girlfriends, Ned from ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'' pretty much only has eyes for Chuck, at one point telling her plainly that she's the only one for him. It's even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in "Smell of Success":
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* Dick Solomon of ''
** This is actually more of an aversion of this trope. From the beginning Dick was deeply interested in Mary, but any time they're not actually a couple he displays physical attraction to other women. There's also a period where he's having fantasies about Nina (and stupidly discusses it with Mary and Nina). However, he's only ever been in love with Mary and the few relationships and attractions he's had to other women have never been as powerful or important to him as her.
* Ianto Jones from ''[[Torchwood]]'' seems only capable of having infatuation with one person at time, which (might?) explain why he doesn't actually consider himself bisexual.
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* ''[[Oz]]'''s Chris Keller is very much [[Ho Yay|Beecher-sexual]].
** And Ryan is Dr. Nathan sexual. [[Stalker with a Crush|To a very]] creepy [[Yandere|extreme]].
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* Harper, from ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' is Justin-sexual. [[Stalker with a Crush|Justin-sexual-obsessed,]] actually.
** Except not, she's now with Zeke, and her Justin-sexual behavior has toned down greatly.
* Willow from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]],'' a lesbian, comments that she didn't first discover herself attracted to "women," but to one "woman"
** Another odd example with the same character: one episode features a boy who has a magical jacket which causes any woman who sees him wearing it to fall madly in love with him. And it '''does''' work on Willow, too, leading to several amusing jokes when she and the other girls start fighting over him.
** Actually, Willow seems to be a causer for this. Neither Oz or Tara are ever shown to be slightly interested in anyone but Willow.
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* Victor/{{spoiler|Anthony Ceccoli}} and Sierra/{{spoiler|Priya Tsetsang}} in ''[[Dollhouse]]'' remember each other's faces and in a near-[[Crowning Moment of Funny]], Victor-as-"Roger" {{spoiler|dumps his girlfriend he was programmed to unconditionally love because of this.}} It has led to many instances of a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]].
* Happened to Chuck Bass on ''[[Gossip Girl]]''. He may have been a healthy seventeen-year-old at the time, but neither the "erotical nor the pharmaceutical" did any good. If it wasn't Blair, [[The Loins Sleep Tonight|it wasn't working]]. For this, Serena dubbed him "the eunuck".
* This happened with John Paul and Craig on ''[[
* The sum total of Naomi's sexuality in ''[[Skins]]'' is "she's completely in love with Emily".
* Cole Turner in ''[[Charmed]]'' only has sex with women who [[Shapeshifting|look just like Phoebe]].
* Rory from [[Doctor Who]] is a raging Amy-sexual. So much so, that he is [[Mistaken for Gay]]... by Amy (she assumed he was gay because, though she'd known him since childhood, she'd never seen him show interest in girls. Turns out it was because from the beginning [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|he'd only wanted her.]])
** There's [http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/3457520.html a comic] in which Amy and the Doctor are [[Freaky Friday Flip|bodyswapped]]. Amy once comments that they'd better get this fixed or [http://images.plurk.com/9c3b518ccce321adfbe9d5caabf90884.jpg certain things] on and off the marriage front will be difficult, but after initial brainbreak Rory starts treating her and the Doctor exactly as before, down to holding Amy when Time Lord senses start overwhelming her and calmly threatening the Doctor when he does something that seems counter to Amy's long-term well being. At the end of the issue he says he doesn't care what she looks like, he loves her, and passionately kisses a Time Lord... but they've switched back. He's the last to know.
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* Whether intentionally or not, ''[[The X-Files]]'' has ''Mulder'' (of all people) becoming this towards Scully. In early seasons, Mulder would hit on other women, make lecherous comments, etc. By the end of the series, we hadn't seen that in quite
** Although Mulder does have a raging porn addiction.
** Scully occasionally attempts to have relationships with other men, but her interactions with them are always forced. After her one date in the first season, the only other date we see her go on in the series, she's drugged. She is, essentially, Mulder-sexual from the time she meets him on.
* [[Sherlock]] and John are constantly assumed to be a couple despite John's initial vehement denial (Sherlock never really says anything about it). Irene (and possibly Mycroft), at least, seems to assume [[Ho Yay|John is in love with Sherlock]] [[Bromance|even if not sexually attracted to him]] (yes, it is possible). Sherlock, on the other hand, seems to utterly despise all people who aren't John. He shows a fascination with Irene because of her cleverness, but refers to John as his only friend (in "The Hounds of Baskerville"), and Molly once comments to Sherlock "You look sad when you think [John] can't see you". Moriarty certainly seems to ascribe to this theory as well, since his way of getting Sherlock to {{spoiler|(fake) commit suicide}} is to threaten John's life.
== Music ==
* Incredibly widely used in popular music through the years. For example:
** The Platters, "Only You"
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can thrill me like you do
and fill my heart with love for only you }}
** "I only have eyes for you", composed in 1934 by Harry Warren and lyricist Al Dubin, and performed by artists as diverse as Frank Sinatra, Al Jolson, Billie Holliday, Rod Stewart, and The Flamingos.
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I can't see anyone but you...
You are here, so am I
Maybe millions of people go by
But they all disappear from view
And I only have eyes for you }}
** "He Stopped Loving Her Today", written by Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman, and released in 1980 by George Jones:
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She told him you'll forget in time...
Kept some letters by his bed
Dated 1962
He had underlined in red
Every single "I love you"
He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today. }}
** "There Will Never Be Another You", written by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon
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This is all I want you to know...
There will be other lips that I may kiss,
But they won't thrill me,
Like yours used to do }}
** Even 90s indie pop got in on the game, as in "Anyone Else Isn't You" by The Field Mice, written by singer Bobby Wratten:
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If I can't have you, I want to be alone
Anyone else isn't you
And if they're not you, I don't want to know... }}
* Arguably [[Toshimitsu Deyama|Toshi]] of [[X Japan]], if the lyrics of "Crystal Piano no Kimi," his overwrought love poem for his lifelong (aside for 10 years) best friend and band co-founder [[Yoshiki Hayashi|Yoshiki]] are any indication.
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== Theatre ==
* ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'': The Phantom for Christine. Oh so much.
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== Video Games ==
* Nu-13 from [[
* Endrance/Elk from ''[[.hack|.hack//G.U.]]'' is "Haseo-sexual". Or "Mia-sexual" considering the first 5 games.
* [[Word of God|According to the creator]], Revolver Ocelot is this way about Big Boss in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''. Which certainly seems to explain some of his more disturbing behavior towards Solid Snake, a clone of Big Boss and a dead ringer for a young version of him.
** His Snakesexuality is, in fact, so potent it overpowers ''brainwashing.'' At the climax of the fourth game, choosing not to fight a grapple causes Ocelot to give (old, radiation-burned) Snake a tender kiss.
* Amy Rose of ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' is completely in love with Sonic, and no one else but Sonic.
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* Elis in ''[[Canvas 2]]'' is Hirokisexual. She gets 15 confessions in a single day even when she looks pale and zombie-like, but rejects every single one.
=== Visual Novels ===▼
* Unusually for a [[Visual Novel]] protagonist, Souta in ''[[
▲== Visual Novels ==
▲* Unusually for a [[Visual Novel]] protagonist, Souta in ''[[Kira Kira (visual novel)|Kira Kira]]: Curtain Call'' definitely has this going on for Yui, and won't let you forget it. His [[Inner Monologue]] points out pretty much any time he interacts with a woman who is not Yui that she is not as attractive to him as Yui. Combined with his [[Hot-Blooded]]-ness, he's been occasionally driven to spontaneously express his love for her in rather extreme (though not sexual) ways that have caused her friend to impose an informal restraining order on him.
* Mizuhara in ''[[Kara no Shoujo]]'' has a severe fixation on Toko, though she says she's not a lesbian. {{spoiler|Interestingly enough, there's a bad end where she convinces herself she ''is'' Toko (it's complicated) and decides the feelings of love and attraction she feels for Reiji are Toko's. Note that Toko admits to no such thing and hasn't slept with Reiji despite what Mizuhara thinks, meaning that Mizuhara appears to have fallen for him herself.}}
* Lambdadelta from ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'' has eyes only for Bernkastel and maybe vice versa. They've lived for [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|a very long time]] but has never mentioned another lover or romantic interest subside their declaration of love for each other. Lambda makes it very clear that she wants the game to keep on going forever so that Bern will be caged up in it like a bird and forever be hers. [[Psycho Lesbian]] much?
* Miyako in ''[[Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Grace from ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' is "[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-12-19 Tedd-sexual]". To expand on this, it appears to be simply a result of her Uryuom
* Collin of ''[[Boy Meets Boy]]'' [http://boymeetsboy.keenspot.com/d/20030511.html claims to be asexual with the sole exception of Fox]. However, the [[Spin-Off]] ''[[Friendly Hostility]]'' has him realize that he's actually a full-blown homosexual with the implication that if he was truly asexual, he wouldn't have become attracted to anyone in the first place.
** It's actually kind of a sliding scale. Fatima is described as "more [[Asexual]] than Collin", and by the end of the comic is married, though it's vaguely implied she's not planning on having sex with her husband. (He seems okay with it.)
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'': Thanks to [[Brainwashed|brainwashing]], Oasis is strictly Torg-sexual. {{spoiler|At least, until all of her brainwashing is countermanded.}}
* Alex/Murfs of ''[[Khaos Komix]]'' didn't see what the big deal about sex was until he met Tom and became intensely attracted to someone else for the first time in his life. He even calls himself "Tom-o-sexual."
* A mild subversion: In the [[Ciem Webcomic Series]], after Don Mendoza tries to rape Candi and fails several times, Candi [[Rape as Backstory|ends up]] fighting with herself to not let her interest in men affect her actions. Contrasting that is her sisters, who are [[Really Gets Around|much looser]]. That is, until she meets Donte. Afterward, Candi only considers men that remind her in some way of Donte. This leads to her meeting Denny. From that day onward, those two men are the only men she'll even consider having sex with. It doesn't stop her from taunting other men about how, no matter how hot or not they look to her, she'll never let them have any.
** Subverted even more strongly in the book. Since Don's rape attempt back in grade school was partially successful, she no longer believes she has any purity left to defend. She won't let most men near her; but she does make exceptions for Denny and Jack. However, her obsession with Donte is still very strong. She makes it clear that Donte is allowed more ''positions'' with her than anyone else would be allowed. And she insists most of the time on not using any protection with Donte, whereas she nearly ''always'' used protection with Denny and Jack (at least for non-vaginal forms of sex.) She [[Pity Sex|takes pity on Jack]] for being a [[Stalker with a Crush]], and lets Denny into her life because his gentlemanly treatment of her reminds her of Donte. When given the chance to live and let live and be with Jack or risk near-certain death saving Donte, Candi takes her chances with Donte. Maybe not ''single'' target, but her loyalty is very strong.
* In ''[[Dreamless]]'', Elanor and Takashi have only ever been in love with each other; not even the brief appearances of [[Arranged Marriage|Takashi's fiancee]] or [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold|the prostitute he confides in]] detract from that, and in fact are barely discussed.
* Mocked in the alt text of [http://xkcd.com/449/ this XKCD].
== Web Original ==
* ''[[Awkward]]'' has Alex, who is, as a result of years of harsh rejections, a [[Depraved Homosexual|depraved Lestersexual]] as of the start of the series. Rather than being the result of actual attraction or compatibility, Alex's record of rejection leads him to crave it; Lester being both heterosexual and Alex's housemate, he is perfectly positioned to give Alex the rejection he comes to crave on a regular basis.
* Doki of [[There She Is]] is 100% Nabi-sexual.
== Western Animation ==
* On ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'', Helga doesn't even notice the presence of any boys except Arnold.
* Waylon Smithers of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' can hardly be said to be gay ''all'' his life, as he was once happily and heterosexually married... until the creators decided to make him, in their own words, "Burns-sexual."
** Not really, though. The only reference to Smithers being married came late in Season 5, long after the show had started dropping [[Ambiguously Gay]] hints ''hard''. The marriage itself (as seen through flashback) is clearly a parody of ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'', a Tennessee Williams play/film about a man who neglects his wife and spirals into depression as he begins to realize he's in love with his dead (male) best friend.
** Apparently, it was decided early on to have Smithers be in love with Burns, but there was a lot of debate about whether it was a matter of
* Panini is [[Chowder]]-sexual.
* No matter [[Chick Magnet|how many guys she attracts]], ''[[Kids Next Door]]'''s [[The Chick|Numbuh 3]]/[[The Cutie|Kuki]] [[The Ditz|Sanban]] only has eyes for her Aussie sweetheart {{spoiler|and later husband}} [[The Big Guy|Numbuh 4]]/[[Blood Knight|Wallabee]] [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Beetles]]. [[Everyone Can See It|He definitely reciprocates]].
* This sums up Coach Stopframe's behavior towards Clay in ''[[Moral Orel]]''. {{spoiler|Until the finale, that is.}}
* On ''
** This was originally thought to be the case for ''all'' incarnations of the Avatar, but was subverted in Book 2 of ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'' when Korra decisively ends things with Mako on the grounds that they're not romantically compatible. {{spoiler|And then outright defied in the [[Grand Finale]], when she [[Second Love|moves on]] with [[Bi The Way|Asami Sato]].}}
* In the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "The Prisoner of Benda" we learn that Fry and Leela can be physically intimate even if Fry is in the body of a disgusting lobster person, and Leela has the body of an 180 year old man. Of course, there's a decent chance they did all that because they were too prideful to admit there are circumstances where one might find their significant other unattractive, which would make the person "shallow" in their kooky relationship.
** Also, in the episode [[wikipedia:War Is the H-Word|War Is The H-Word]] Leela disguises herself as a young man to enlist in the military, under which guise Zapp finds himself increasingly attracted to 'him':
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** And upon discovering her true identity after she's summarily kicked his ass:
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'''Leela:''' Let's do it again sometime. }}
* Heloise of ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' only loves Jimmy and no one else.
* While Cody from ''[[Total Drama Island]]'' started off flirting with any girl he could find, he quickly settled into being [[Perky Goth|Gwen]]-
* Mary and Susan from ''[[Johnny Test]]'' have no interest in any other boy than [[Dumb Blonde|Gil]] from next door.
** This may not count, as the only other boys we really see are their brother and their [[Abhorrent Admirer]].
** Even though the sisters are identical, except for their hairstyles, Bling-Bling Boy only has eyes for Susan.
*** Except when he was hypnotized and told to stop being in love with Susan. He instantly made Mary the new object of his desire.
*
* As noted at its official page, Isabella from ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' is Phineas-sexual and has not shown attraction to any other boy (except the Beak, but he was Phineas (and Ferb) in disguise).
** Candace is Jeremy-sexual. She's only ever gone after one other guy and he was essentially the British version of Jeremy.
* Sheldon of ''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]'' is definitely Jenny-sexual.
== Real Life ==
* [http://www.asexuality.org/wiki/index.php?title=Demisexual Demisexuality] is an identity on the [[Asexuality]] spectrum that can, but not always, result in this. What it means is that people who are demisexual only develop sexual attraction to those with whom they have formed an intimate emotional bond. While polyamorous demisexuals exist, many people who experience demisexuality are definitely Single Target Sexuals.
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