Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Difference between revisions

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** Also Mai seems to have been attracted to Zuko in the first place, exactly because he was not a megalomanic [[Aristocrats Are Evil|evil aristocrat]] like his father and his sister. They only get back together after he gets over his anger issues (during the [[Troubled but Cute]] phase he is in for the early half of the series) and returns to being a nice friendly young prince. While she's seriously pissed about him leaving in the dark of the night to join the Avatar, she's impressed enough by his descision to do the right thing that she fights Azula to cover his escape.

** Ty Lee, who was also inspired by Mai's aforementioned turn to finally revolt against Azula as well, has typical Fire Nation college party dudes dreaming about being with her. Yet who's she got a crush on? [[Plucky Comic Relief|Sokka]].

** In ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'', both [[The Hero|Korra]] and [[The Ojou|Asami]] settle for this after their failed relationships with [[Tall, Dark and Handsome|Mako]]. {{spoiler|Uniquely, this makes [[Bi the Way|both girls]] [[Official Couple|fall for each other and become a couple]].}}

* In ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'', there are three examples of this:

** [[Genki Girl|Numbuh 3]] gets exasperated whenever [[The Napoleon|Numbuh 4]] acts like a [[Jerkass]]. Instead, she loves him for his [[Hidden Heart of Gold|inner]] [[Tsundere|kindness]] and [[Pet the Dog|sweetness]] towards her. It goes also the other way around: He loves her because she's a [[The Cutie|cute]], [[Kawaiiko|adorable]] [[Nice Guy|sweetheart]]. {{spoiler|They end up [[Happily Married]], obviously.}}

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* The only problem that ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' fans can find with Candace's [[Love Interest]] Jeremy is that he's so ''ridiculously'' nice that he seems ''too'' perfect. Which is probably good, because a less calm and understanding guy might not be able to handle a girl as neurotic and excitable as her.

** For that matter, we could probably count [[The Chick|Isabella]] and [[Oblivious to Love|Phineas]] for the [[Toy Ship]] version, or Linda and Lawrence for a [[Happily Married]] take on this.

* In ''[[Winx Club]]'', Bloom, Flora, Tecna, Layla, and even Stella's [[Love Interest]]s have been shown to be really decent guys. [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|Musa... not so much.]] (Though he ''does'' go through [[Character Development]].)

* In ''[[Winx Club]]'', Bloom, Flora, Tecna, Layla/Aisha, and even Stella's [[Love Interest]]s have been shown to be really decent guys. [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|Musa... not so much.]] (Though he ''does'' go through [[Character Development]].) The series seems to support this trope, {{spoiler|as seen when Musa and Riven [[Reality Ensues|inevitably break up]] while the rest of the girls enjoy long, steady relationships by comparison.}}

* In ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'', [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Helga]] [[Tsundere|Pataki]]'s relationship with Arnold plays this trope. Her crush started when, after [[Parental Neglect|her parents]] forget to get her to kindergarten (due to them being busy [[Parental Favoritism|wooing]] her [[Stepford Smiler|seemingly perfect sister]] [[Broken Ace|Olga]]) on a rainy day, [[Nice Guy|Arnold]] [[Because You Were Nice to Me|gave her an umbrella, complimented her trademark bow, and gave her his snacks for lunch, giving her the attention she needed for the first time]]. From them on, she has adored him, but [[Broken Bird|her massive issues]] prevent her from showing it, resorting to [[Loving Bully|bullying him]] to cover it.

* In ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'', [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Helga]] [[Tsundere|Pataki]]'s relationship with Arnold plays this trope.

** Arnold himself is an example of the gender-flipped version. He had many crushes on seemingly lovely girls, and he grew out of them when they showed either [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing|they're not as nice as they seemed]] (Summer) or simply [[All Love Is Unrequited|don't reciprocate his feelings]] (Lila). More to the point, it's seen in many episodes he would return Helga's affections if she just stopped to be so bullying and mean to him and showed her [[Hidden Heart of Gold|sweet, kindhearted true self]] to him. {{spoiler|Which is fully confirmed in ''The Jungle Movie'', as Arnold finally reciprocates her feelings when she fully shows her noble personality, and they become an [[Official Couple]] at last.}}