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We meet the bachelor, a "smart, handsome, successful man" who has it all. Now he's supposedly looking for someone to share it with. He's introduced to twenty-five beautiful women. They go on group and one-on-one dates, and based on the "connection" they form. he narrows the field and chooses one to spend the rest of his life with (though that rarely happens).
Women are eliminated in a "rose ceremony", in which the bachelor gives a rose to the women who will continue in the <ref>competition</ref>. Each episode is said to feature "the most dramatic rose ceremony ever!" Most other developments are hyped as "shocking!" but have usually been shown in their entirety in the previous episode's [["On the Next..."]], or even going-to-commercial previews.
As of this writing{{when}}, fourteen seasons of ''[[The Bachelor]]'' and six of its [[Distaff Counterpart]], ''[[The Bachelorette]]'', have aired. The former show started in 2002, the latter in 2003. Out of twenty resulting couples (two seasons ended with no one chosen,) only one couple has gotten married, in a lavish televised ceremony, and they have since had two children. Of the other thirteen, twelve have broken up and one is engaged, though she's been arrested for assaulting him, but that's another story...<ref>They don't even try to hide it anymore: The last five seasons combined have four contestants from previous shows...and a former Bachelor returned for another shot.</ref>
Has also inspired [[Follow the Leader|countless copycats]].
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* [[Bait and Switch Lesbians]] / [[Never Trust a Trailer]] - In reference to the "shocking secret" of one of the contestants in season 14, one trailer shows [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnEhcH5Ab_I#t=0m19s a brief shot of two girls "frolicking" in bed.] Turns out she was just cheating on the Bachelor with one of the producers.
* [[Balanced Harem]]
* [[The Beautiful Elite]]: Everyone's attractive and successful... They dress up for their cocktail parties where they drink champagne and receive roses.
* [[Better
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]
* [[Cock Fight]]
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* [[Harem Seeker]] - The bachelor.
* [[I'm Not Here to Make Friends]] - Invariably, one contestant is hated by all the others. They proclaim that she is "not here for the right reasons." She replies, "I'm not here to make friends. I'm here to fall in love."
** Sometimes the result is inverted from the norm, as the Bachelor ''actually chooses'' the [[Alpha Bitch]] ( [[Cough
* [[Interrupted Declaration of Love]] - Tons of them
* [[Longing Look]]
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* [[Monochrome Casting]]- The only people to even get a ''chance'' are usually white or light-skinned Hispanic. Asians are rare. And don't even ask about blacks.
* [[One True Love]]
* [[Operation: Jealousy]]- a non-zany and very effective example. How do you make a woman fall in love with you? Date 20 other women at the same time!
* [[Our Love Is Different]]- Every woman thinks this. "We have such an amazing connection!" Then they get to the Rose Ceremony, and we get the Money Shot...
* [[Product Placement]]: The fashions, the date settings, the accessories...
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