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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"Ah, Power Plant Manager whose name I can't remember, let me introduce you to a universal [[Sci Fi]] rule--if you are a geek/schlub, and a hot woman shows interest in you, RUN! Nothing good ever comes of that."'' |a [http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic{{=}}3177925&st{{=}}30&p{{=}}10884752&#entry10884752 post] in ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'' forum on [[Television Without Pity]] }}
Simply put: in fictional bars, [[Ms. Fanservice|attractive women]] don't normally talk to men who are [[Hollywood Homely|less than absolute studs]]. They certainly never flirt or outright hit on such men... So when they do, the audience can reasonably deduce that it's because the women are coldly trying to lead the poor guys to their doom (or at least take advantage of them in a non-sexual manner) with their [[Beauty Is Bad|tricky feminine wiles]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Happens to Lt. Havoc in the ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' manga with his new girlfriend, {{spoiler|Lust.}}
** Subverted, since it doesn't work. The man's a flirt, but he puts his job before pleasure.
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** This is roughly half the plot of ''[[High School Big Shot]]''; the popular Betty seduces bookish anti-hero Marv to get him to write an essay for her; the plan backfires and costs Marv his chance at a scholarship. This pushes him over the [[Despair Event Horizon]], driving him to plan to steal a million dollars of [[The Mafia|Mob]] money kept at the warehouse he works part-time at. All to get Betty's attention. [[Everybody Dies|It doesn't end well]].
** Seen in ''[[Angels Revenge]]''. Especially [[Egregious]] as they're dressed in bikinis on a ridiculously cold, foggy day on a deserted beach.
** And again, in ''[[Operation Double 007]]'': the [[Bodyguard Babes]] of the [[Big Bad]] expand this trope into a scheme to steal some [[Applied Phlebotinum]] from a military convoy in the middle of the deserts. [[
** And even more, with Watney Smith and the Queen in ''[[Gor|Outlaw of Gor]]''.
* This happened more than once with [[The Three Stooges]], typically to [[The Woobie|Curly]].
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