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* Subverted by the horror film ''May''. The title character meets a semi-[[Goth]] filmmaker artist type who finds her [[No Social Skills]] quirkiness attractive. As it turns out, {{spoiler|she screws up, badly, by revealing her strangeness to the point where she just freaks him the hell out.}}
* Tim Burton's career thrives on this trope and the people who love it.
* In first ''[[Hellboy (film)|Hellboy]]'' movie where Hellboy hangs out with a little kid. It's a little less used in the second one, where Hellboy's some combo of urban legend come true, celebrity, and [[Humans Are
* Another instance of this trope going awry comes in Mary-Lou's fondness for the quiet, odd Thomas Jerome Newton in ''[[The Man Who Fell to Earth]]'': Early on in their relationship, she says "You know Tommy, you're a freak. I don't mean that unkindly. I like freaks. And that's why I like you." She becomes his mistress, but she doesn't know the basis for his oddness—he's actually a well-disguised [[Rubber Forehead Alien]]. Their relationship is already struggling when he reveals his true form to her, and she reacts with horror and revulsion.
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