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Contrast with the unsuccessful [[Casanova Wannabe]]. Compare with the inexplicable [[Kavorka Man]]. A guy who gets the girls like a Casanova, but unintentionally, is a [[Chick Magnet]]. If kind-hearted, may overlap with [[Chivalrous Pervert]]. [[The Charmer]] is equally charming but less sex-obsessed. If they [[Really Gets Around|really get around]] but want to settle down it's [[Looking for Love In All The Wrong Places]]. A [[Handsome Lech]] has more negative connotations and a sparser scorecard than the Cassanova.
The trope is named for Giacomo Girolamo Casanova (1725-1798), a soldier, spy, diplomat and adventurer whose extensive but [[Unreliable Narrator|unreliable autobiography]] established his eternal fame as a lover. It should be noted that the historical Casanova was closer to a [[Chivalrous Pervert]] who really was looking for love... just with women who [[Your Cheating Heart|were locked in loveless political marriages]] - and also gained his successes [[Kavorka Man|famously]] [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife|ugly]]. ([http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/gutenb/autoren/bilder/casanova.jpg Definitely] he was [http://www.ladepeche.fr/content/photo/biz/2010/11/07/201011070937_w350.jpg no Heath Ledger].) Interesting and prone [[Useful Notes|to be noted]] for [[Casanova Wannabe|his modern wannabes]], he was [[The Dung Ages|one of the few 18th century men who bathed almost daily]] and asked the same thing from his partners.
Many films, TV movies and TV mini-series are named for and based on that person. The best known are Fellini's 1976 film, [[Casanova (Film)|the 2005 film]] starring [[Heath Ledger]], and [[Casanova (TV)|the 2005 BBC drama mini-series]] starring [[David Tennant]]. The latter is considered one of the more faithful adaptations of Casanova's memoirs, while Fellini's... wasn't.
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Note: It should be mentioned that even after the affairs were over, most of Casanova's ex-lovers still liked him. This trope would probably fit (the fictional) Don Juan better.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* George from ''[[Paradise Kiss]]''.
* Guiche from ''[[Zero no Tsukaima (Light Novel)|Zero no Tsukaima]]''. Possibly Julio as well, although he tends to have girls pursuing him.
* Dio Brando from ''[[Jo
* Akio and Touga from ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' use, manipulate and abuse women and men alike using in great part their sex appeal for [[More Than Mind Control]] effect. Then {{spoiler|Akio does it to Touga, establishing him as a sort of Alpha Casanova.}}
** Saionji gets in on the fun too, though he's the least successful of the three. Though, since Touga seduces/manipulates Saionji, and {{spoiler|he himself is seduced/manipulated by Akio}}, it becomes a sort of a Casanova Conga.
* Makoto from ''[[School Days (Visual Novel)|School Days]]'' is [[Flanderization|flanderized]] into this about halfway into the story. In the anime and at least one game ending, {{spoiler|this comes back to bite him in the ass when he is murdered by one of his spurned lovers.}}
** Really, the anime version acts a [[Deconstruction]] of the more malicious version of this trope: Makoto is skilled at bedding women almost to the point of straining credibility enough to push him into [[Kavorka Man]] territory considering his (not outstanding) looks and [[Jerkass]] attitude, but this shouldn't obscure the fact that when it comes to anything deeper and more lasting than this, Makoto is an absolute ''[[Too Dumb to Live|idiot]]'' who doesn't understand the female heart at all, and indeed only turns to his life of serial affairs because he was too impatient and thick-headed to win the heart of the girl he had a crush on in the first place.
* Aoshima in ''[[Ah! My Goddess (Manga)|Ah! My Goddess]]'', who is explicitly referred to as a "casanova." Fortunately, when he's ''not'' busy being a slimy excuse for a human being, he tends to be the [[Butt Monkey]].
* Takeo Tsurumaru in ''[[Naru Taru]]''.
* Paptimus Scirrocco from ''[[Zeta Gundam]]'' is a very evil version of this. He's basically what happens when you combine a Casanova with a [[Magnificent Bastard]] and give him the psychic powers of a Newtype. Generally the kind that uses his charms more to use woman as tools than just as sexual objects, though.
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** Exaggerated in one of Gambit's stand alone comics. He breaks into an old girlfriend's house in the middle of the night to request a favor and both are confused by the lack of sex.
* [[The Hulk]]. No, really! Have you seen how many children he has with multiple women? ''Three'', so far, with a suspected fourth running around.
** As Red She-Hulk {{spoiler|who is actually Betty Ross Banner}} commented after learning the Hulk had been married to not one, but two [[Green
{{quote| '''Red She-Hulk:''' You really got around, huh?}}
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* Charley on ''[[Empty Nest]]''
* Brian in ''[[Wings (TV)|Wings]]''
* Hawkeye Pierce in ''[[
* Napoleon Solo in ''[[The Man From UNCLE]]'' cuts a wide swathe through various [[Femme Fatale|femmes fatale]], female [[Heroic Bystander|innocents]], and the UNCLE secretarial pool.
* Chuck Bass in ''[[Gossip Girl]]''.
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* Goto, from [[Mana Khemia]] 2, is seen going on dates with various students ''in groups'' (as well as some one on one time with the Chairman). When the main cast doubt his claims of natural desirability they take a school-wide poll, only to find out that 100% of the girls want him as well as [[Even the Guys Want Him|1/3 of the guys]], and the only reason the members of Ulrika's workshop aren't effected is he's purposefully toning down his charm around them. Then things get a bit complicated when the son of one of his old flings shows up looking for revenge...
* To some extent, the protagonists in ''[[Persona 3]]'' and ''[[Persona 4]]'' can be this, depending on the player's decisions. If you're dating more than one girl and they discover what's happening, chances are you'll have to deal with some VERY pissed off girls and generally put the situation right. This is less so in ''Persona 4'' where you won't be penalised as much, but you can still date/flirt with nearly every girl '''in the game''' {{spoiler|(except for Hanako and Nanako, thankfully)}}, AND you even get called an emotional heartbreaker during the cross-dressing pageant:
{{quote| '''MC/Presenter:''' "She" has made more girls cry than there are stars in the sky! Presenting our transfer student who's been breaking hearts in the second year Class 2, [[Hello, Insert Name Here|character name!]]}}
* ''[[Assassin's Creed]] 2'' has beat-up missions, which usually revolve around a woman looking for a random dude to beat up their cheating bastard husband. [[Hilarity Ensues]] when they are caught with their lovers, then beaten the shit out of.
** You also meet Casanova himself who has you deliver love letters to two women at the same time.
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* Gene Simmons of [[Kiss]] fame, who has the pictures to prove it. Though his claims are still probably exaggerated. In fact, could be applied to many rock stars to some degree.
** One is well-advised to take some of his wilder claims with a grain of salt, since he's been "happily unmarried" to former ''Playboy'' playmate Shannon Tweed for over 2 decades and has had two children with her. Then again, his reputation certainly doesn't seem to bother her all that much...
* Wilt Chamberlain famously claimed to have slept with "20,000 women" in his autobiography. This, however, is all but disbelieved by [[Based
** [http://www.cracked.com/article_16120_historys-7-most-astounding-sexual-resumes.html Cracked]'s calculations are a little different, but no less unlikely.
* Hugh Hefner. That is all.
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