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Though the genderswapped version is of course possible, it appears to be rare-to-nonexistent in practice. Authors with traditional views about gender roles probably won't have women in this kind of confrontation, while more feminist writers are likely to shy away from [[Unfortunate Implications]] about physically capable women being unattractive. But see [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]].
Because this often leads to the [[After-Action Patchup]] or even more serious medical care, this often can be the result of the [[Florence Nightingale Effect]]. It can also be used as a [[Subversion]] of [[Did Not Get the Girl]]: the [[Loser Protagonist]] thinks she's out of his league, but then she comes back to him. It may serve as the conclusion of an [[Everything but
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== [[Literature]] ==
* Tommy Forester and Alum Bey get in a fight over Bridget Comfrey at the beginning of ''[[Stardust (
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* In ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'', this happens with Leonard, Penny's ex Kurt, and Penny, though when Penny comes on to Leonard he's [[Above the Influence]].
* In ''[[Jeeves and Wooster (TV series)|Jeeves and Wooster]]'', Jeeves plans to get one of Bertie's friend Bingo together with the current object of his infatuation by having another young lady distract him at a crucial point during a foot race, on the basis that she's more likely to be attracted to the "gallant loser" than a man who won a race against a group of septuagenarians ([[It Makes Sense in Context]]). Of course, Bingo immediately falls for the other woman, Bingo's flightiness being greater than even [[The Jeeves|Jeeves]] predicted.
* In the ''[[
== Music ==
* Not quite the same thing, but there's a song called ''The Winner'' in which this muscle-man describes the various ways that his need to "win" has cost him everything. Along with having innumerable health problems, well, not everything that he's won has been worth winning:
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But I got her, boy. And that makes me... the winner? }}
== [[Video Games]] ==
* [[Non-Action Guy|Allen]] from ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In the ''[[
* The [[Looney Tunes|Daffy Duck]] cartoon "Muscle Tussle": Daffy's gal is stolen by a beach hunk (named [[Charles Atlas Superpower|Charleston Charles Atlas]]) after the hunk beats him up, so he gets super muscle-building vitamins. He beats up the hunk, but the gal feels sorry for Charleston and stays with him.
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