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The [[Trope Namer]] comes from ''[[Blazing Saddles]]''. It's also worth noting that the affection isn't one-sided in the least. There are plenty of white women on the prowl, wondering if [[Bigger Is Better in Bed|what they heard]] is true. And you know what they say after ''that''. This trope used to be nicknamed ''Jungle Fever'', until [[Spike Lee]] made a film deconstructing the term.

 

 

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* Brazilian historical [[Soap Opera]] ''Xica da Silva'', period. And it was [[Based on a True Story]].

* Since their groundbreaking roles in 1992's soap ''Por estas Calles'', Venezuelan actors Gledys Ibarra and Franklin Virguez tends to end in roles with this kind of relationship, given that they are two of the most prominent black actors in a country where most of the acting pool is fair-skinned (and Ms. Ibarra herself [[But Not Too Black|has lighter skin and green eyes]]). They are helped by the fact that Venezuela is more accepting of interracial couples.

** For that matter, Lt. Dangle (white gay man) is obsessed with Dep. Jones as well.

* ''[[Angel]]'': When {{spoiler|Angelus}} is locked in a cell in the basement, he greets Gunn and Fred with [[Crowning Moment of Funny|"Othello and Desdemona!']]

* Subverted and lampshaded on an episode of ''[[The Golden Girls]]'' in which Sophia strikes up a friendship with an elderly black man named Alvin.

{{quote|'''Sophia:''' There's nothing romantic about it -- I've never even thought of him that way. Which is surprising, because I've always wondered about that particular myth.

'''Rose:''' Oh... is that a Greek myth? }}

* ''[[Mad TV]]'' had a skit called "Inside Looking Out" hosted by a black man and his white (and very racist) wife.

* ''[[Othello]]'': Italian Desdemona falls for the "moor" Othello. It has been argued that in Shakespeare's time "moor" didn't mean Black necessarily, and through history he was often played as Arabic.

** The argument that Othello is Semitic rather than African [[Unfortunate Implications|more political than textual]], given that the villain [[Politically-Incorrect Villain|Iago]] refers to him as "thick lips" and "a black ram", which aren't terribly ambiguous...

"Even now, now, very now, an '''old black ram''' / [[Unusual Euphemism|Is tupping]] '''your white ewe!"''' }}

* Aaron the Moor in ''[[Titus Andronicus (theatre)|Titus Andronicus]]'' has an affair with Tamora, queen of the Goths and empress of Rome, [[Chocolate Baby|and their child turns out to be black.]]

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