Women Prefer Strong Men/Playing With
Basic Trope: Girls like their guys strong and muscular.
- Straight: Bob's a bodybuilder and Alice can't help but admire him.
- Exaggerated: Bob gets an entire harem with a single bicep flex.
- Downplayed: Alice isn't turned on by muscles but does like Bob for another reason.
- Justified: Bob's strength makes him very reliable and he's also a good boyfriend to Alice. It also gives him a lot of stamina for umm... nighttime activities.
- Inverted: Weakness Turns Her On
- Subverted: Bob flexes his biceps to impress Alice but she isn't impressed.
- Double Subverted: Until he saves her from a pile of rubble from a collapsed building by lifting the rubble with his bare hands.
- Parodied: Alice practically strips down the moment Bob shows off his abs.
- Zig Zagged: Alice is in a love triangle with the buff Bob and the scrawny Chazz.
- Averted: Bob's a huge Jerkass so Alice avoids him for a scrawny yet kindhearted man.
- Enforced: The company is produced by a gym that wants to encourage men to work out.
- Lampshaded: "Bob is so hot with those muscles."
- Invoked: Bob's a bodybuilder for exactly this reason.
- Exploited: Alice exploits this trope to distract a villainous Bob so her allies can do their job or escape.
- Defied "I don't like my men too strong."
- Discussed: "Does Alice even care about Bob as a person or does she just want him for his body?"
- Conversed: "Of course Bob shows up. You know Alice is going to be attracted to him."
- Deconstructed: Bob is muscular but makes so many mistakes, Alice leaves him for a more reliable man.
- Reconstructed: Bob goes through Character Development and becomes a better man to get Alice back when the so-called reliable man ends up being the villain.
- Played For Laughs: Alice goes Looney Tunes the instant Bob flexes his biceps.
- Played For Drama: Alice begins stalking and sexually harassing Bob, making him very uncomfortable.
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