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* ''[[Berserk]]'' plays it straight between [[Badass|Guts]] and [[Hot Amazon|Casca]]. It's not Guts' [[Testosterone Poisoning|ultra-macho behaviour]] nor his ability to destroy a whole army single-handedly that made Casca fall for him, it's rather his righteousness, his consideration towards her as well as their [[Not So Different]] backgrounds. The series then deconstructs the trope cruelly [[It Got Worse|as the Eclipse goes down]] and {{spoiler|Griffith-turned-Femto brutally rapes Casca to insanity and taints her unborn child right in front of Guts}}. Yet Casca was attracted to Griffith because she thought he was a formidable man after [[Rescue Romance|he saved her from servitude and prostitution]]. The same can be said as for the Griffith-Charlotte couple.
* ''[[Gunnm]]'' plays with this trope a bit. Alita falls like a brick for the idealistic and sweet boy Yugo, but he isn't much into her and turns out to be {{spoiler|a spine thief}}. When Alita finds out however, she doesn't care. {{spoiler|And when Yugo finally seems ready to return Alita's feelings, he dies.}}
* In ''[[Baccano!]]'', [[Scars Are Forever|scarred]] [[Pyromaniac]] [[Kuudere|Nice Holystone]] is in a relationship with her [[Victorious Childhood Friend|longtime friend]] Jacuzzi Splot, who has got to be the [[Chaste Hero|most]] [[Apologizes a Lot|nonthreatening]] [[Sorry I Fell on Your Fist|man]] [[The Messiah|in]] [[Martyr Without a Cause|America]] -- at least [[Beware the Nice Ones|most]] [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|of]] [[Let's Get Dangerous|the]] [[Cowardly Lion|time]], anyway...
* In ''[[Ai Yori Aoshi]]'', [[Memetic Mutation|everyone is]] [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]] [[Harem|for Kaoru]].
* In ''[[Battle Royale]]'', it's revealed that pretty much half the girls in class harbored a crush on protagonist Shuya (and he [[Oblivious to Love|was completely oblivious to it all]]). And to drive in the idea of how they seek a "good" man, Shuya is revealed to be one of the most [[Wide-Eyed Idealist|idealistic]], [[The Messiah|naive, kind-hearted]] boys in the entire series.
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== Western Animation ==
* There was an episode of ''[[All Grown Up!]]'' where Betty said something along the lines of "All girls date a Z, but then they settle down and marry a Howie."
** Though this episode was a subversion overall-everyone but Kimi thought Z was a badboy, but he was a genuinely nice, if quiet, guy who just liked to dress a certian way. He appeared in one other episode, and was also a nice guy there.
* ''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]'' hints that Jenny will eventually pick Sheldon because she's sick of smooth operators, and wants someone sweet and sincere. Sheldon walks by, and she greets him, still wondering where she can find someone like that. Confirmed by [[Word of God]] after the series' cancellation.
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