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Boy meets girl. Girl gives boy attention. Boy attempts to get girl's attention the wrong way. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
 
This trope occurs when the boy, having gotten the girl's attention passively -- ipassively—i.e. through quirky, unconventional, non-stereotyped aspects of his personality -- thenpersonality—then attempts to get her attention through a more "stereotyped" manner, a la [[Extroverted Nerd]] or [[Dogged Nice Guy]]. This either turns the girl off, or confuses her, or she misinterprets it.
 
Nearly always leads to [[An Aesop]]. Say it with me: ''"You should have just [[Be Yourself|been yourself]] all along!"''
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* Lieutenant Kiff from ''[[Futurama]]'' had already kicked it off with Amy, but he's too shy to follow it up. So Zapp Brannigan offers to give him romantic advice. Considering that Zapp's idea of a pick-up line is "I find that the most erotic part of a woman are their boobies", Kiff's next date doesn't go very well.
* Candace in ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]''. Jeremy obviously likes her just as much as she likes him, but she's so blinded by her own insecurities that she still goes out of her way to make him notice her.
* Happened in ''[[My Little Pony Tales]]'' with the [[Twice Shy]] Lancer and Bright Eyes each getting [[Unnecessary Makeover|Unnecessary Makeovers]]s from their friends [[Jerk Jock|Ace]] and [[Alpha Bitch|Melody]]. Acting 'cool' only causes them to lash out -- "I didn't you were such a ''JERK''!"/"And I always thought you were smart, not some AIRHEAD!" -- but—but they reconcile after dumping their makeovers and just acting normally, much to the mystification of their friends.
 
 
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