Hot Guys Are Bastards: Difference between revisions

According to many movies, books, and TV shows, seriously good-looking men will usually turn out to have character defects making them just short of the [[Anti Christ]]. Can be a case of [[Truth in Television]].<ref> due to the fact that people who are both caring and good-looking are likely to find mates quickly (often creating [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]), and if an attractive person is available and looking for a notable amount of time, it's most likely because of their personality that they haven't found someone already. Then there's the unfortunate scenario where someone is labeled a bitch because they merely rejected someone's advances</ref>. Polar opposite of [[Beauty Equals Goodness]] - originally a subversion of the trope, now has pretty much become a stereotype in itself. The [[Jerk Jock]] stereotype all grown up. In contrast, nerdy-looking or plain characters are usually nice.

== Straight (Male) examples: ==

* Angel and Spike in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. They've both spent a good amount of their lives [[Cold-Blooded Torture|torturing]], murdering and [[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil|even raping]] various people, and never reform completely, but it doesn't seem to detract from their sexual appeal. They dress a lot more stylishly than either [[Cool Loser|Xander]] or [[Good Is Boring|Riley]] and, [[Informed Ability|judging by the reactions of other characters in universe ]], they are supposed to be more physically attractive.

== [[Distaff Counterpart|Female]] examples: ==