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{{quote|''"Is heaven missing an angel? 'Cause you got nice cans!"''|'''Dating Robot #1''', ''[[Futurama]]''}}
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Generally he's bound to succeed once or twice, by law of averages if nothing else. These relationships usually don't last long.
See also [[Looking for Love In All the Wrong Places]]
Compare [[Nerds Are Virgins]] and [[Extroverted Nerd]]. Contrast [[Kavorka Man]], [[Even the Guys Want Him]]. For a female version, see [[Abhorrent Admirer]].
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* Kazuharu Fukuyama in ''[[Girls Bravo]]'' is possibly an even ''better'' example than Leisure Suit Larry. He has a habit of feeling up women whenever he so much as talks to them, and he has the resources to have a mansion with such features as central air in the flooring to blow up skirts, and an elevator that takes women's measurements.
* Taniguchi, one of [[Those Two Guys]] in ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]''.
* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'': Francis Bonnefoy (aka France) is somewhere between this and the [[Casanova]]. None of the other countries find him very appealing, but it's [[Urban Legend Love Life|implied that he has lovers]], and he does manage to [[Black Comedy Rape|successfully molest]] ([[Shirtless Scene|or at least]] [[Naked People Are Funny|strip]]) several of the other male countries ([http://www.geocities.jp/himaruya/chrismas_bonsai5.html and at least one female])
Also seen in regards to Feliciano Vargas aka North Italy, much to the despair of [[Ho Yay|his partner]] Ludwig aka Germany.
* ''[[One Piece]]'': Sanji ''never has and most likely never will score'' with any of the chicks he's wooed so far in the story. Considering [[Word of God]] definitively states [[No Hugging, No Kissing]] for the main crew, of which Sanji is a part, of course he will always fail when it comes to the ladies. Early on in his characterization, he actually ''was'' capable of attracting women; that's just deteriorated over time. In this case, [[Failure Is the Only Option]].
* Takamura Mamoru from ''[[Hajime no Ippo]]''. The most infamous incident being him getting rejected in front of a [[Love Hotels|Love Hotel]]. To make matters worse, a [[paparazzi]] just happened to be there with a camera ready. Cue [[Amusing Injuries]] from [[Team Dad]] Kamogawa and horrified reactions from other boxers.
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== Comic Books ==
* ''[[Viz]]'' (the comic book, not the [[Viz Media|Anime distributor]]) gives us Sid the Sexist, who, while not wearing a leisure suit, is very much a virgin despite his claims to the contrary and his attempts to change that situation. His friends could also possibly come under the same category - while they have occasionally been shown having success with women, usually they appear to look up to Sid for his 'studliness'
One strip even featured the brother of one of Sid's friends, who wore a leisure suit and claimed to be a massive hit with the ladies. Sid attempts to one-up him by getting several love bites - with the aid of a bicycle pump. He is, of course, caught and mocked by his friends. But then the last panel shows the friend's brother, alone in a tiny bedroom, doing the same trick, surrounded by porn magazines, used tissues, inflatable dolls and other sexual paraphernalia, making him possibly the only character to have ever been made to look even more pathetic and lonely than Sid in the strip.
* Jonny Kizinski from ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]''. Jonny is actually married, but that doesn't stop him from hitting on every female gamer to cross his path (and failing miserably).
* From [[Superman]]: WGBS and Daily Planet sports reporter Steve Lombard, especially in ''[[All-Star Superman]]''.
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* ''[[The Young Ones]]'': Mike, the self-proclaimed stud, was revealed in one episode to be a virgin. But given the show's [[Negative Continuity]] it's hard to say whether that really counts.
* Murdock tries this in an episode of ''[[The A-Team]]'' when [[The Casanova|Face]] briefly leaves the team. Keyword, ''[[Epic Fail|tries]]''.
* The Todd from ''[[Scrubs]]'' may be the ultimate
{{quote|'''The Todd:''' Whoa, these are hot. [referring to two pieces of broccoli]
'''Turk:''' Please tell me you mean temperature-wise, because there's no way you could find broccoli sexy.
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* Fillmore from ''[[Sherman's Lagoon]]'' goes to mating season every year at Ascension Island and consistently fails horribly.
* Steve Dallas from ''[[Bloom County]]'', who apparently thinks a box of obscenely-shaped chocolates will win a woman's heart (or at least get her to sleep with him). Though apparently he ''did'' eventually have sex with a woman, as his son Augie shows up in the sequel comic ''Opus''.
* Nate Wright, the titular character from ''[[Big Nate]]'' is a [[Kidanova]]
* 'Spit' Murphy from ''[[Footrot Flats]]''.
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** Greg, as it happens, appears to be based on a similar character from ''MADTV''.
* ''[[Baldur's Gate|Baldur's Gate II]]'':
** An elf called Salvanas found a
** Imoen was pretty much added in at the last minute as a party member
** Also, Edwin (After a hilarious accident). He hits on ''Mazzy''.
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* In ''[[Misfile]]'' this trope is filled by Colin the Counter Guy in the local autoparts store.
* Sam "da Man" Sein from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]''.
* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' got one such
* Eastwood in ''[[Exterminatus Now]]'', who regularly suffers great physical harm from hilariously crude attempts at hitting on anything with a skirt. Probably the reason why he has the biggest [[Porn Stash]] in the world.
** On such a scale that he's begun to acclimatize to pepper spray.
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