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* ''[[The Baxter]]'' is built around a subset of this trope, in which a straight-laced, stable, and slightly boring boyfriend is dumped for a more exciting and edgy suitor. The main character is a repeat offender who has been "the Baxter" in all of his previous relationships.
* Another example of the "Baxter" style boyfriend is in ''[[Liar Liar]]'', where the woman's current boyfriend is a nice, boring guy in contrast to the more charismatic but flaky Jim Carrey.
** Happened again with the adaptation of ''[[Mr
* Bill Pullman's character in ''[[Sleepless in Seattle]]'' is a decent guy, but he has bad sinuses, so its apparently alright for Meg Ryan to dump him for [[Tom Hanks]]. She does, at least, feel very bad about it. When she says she's not worthy of him, he doesn't contradict her, even if he accepts the inevitable break-up in good grace.
* Used in ''[[The Lizzie Mc Guire Movie]]''. As it happened, the character's name was Paolo, the former name for this trope (though not the [[Trope Namer]]).
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