You're Not My Type: Difference between revisions

A rebuff for unwanted sexual advances that is designed to make it clear that the speaker isn't interested in what the person they are addressing has to offer. In many cases, this [[Stock Phrase]] is used to get the addressee out of the speaker's hair, or to indicate that the character on the receiving end is [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|too good]] (or not [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man|good enough]]) to spark their desire. A common retort may be "You have a type?", especially if the original speaker is known to be the type that [[Really Gets Around]].

 

Needless to say, this is quite often [[Played for Laughs]].

 

 

If the addressee doesn't take the hint, this may lead to an [[Unrequited Love Lasts Forever]] situation. If the character on the receiving end is the protagonist, it is not uncommon to have a [[Hooked Up Afterwards]] reveal later on.

A supertrope of [[Sorry, I'm Gay]], in which the phrase is used as part of [[The Reveal]] that a character is gay or lesbian (whether or not said statement is actually true.) Note that if a gay or lesbian character is talking to someone of their preferred gender but they're ''still'' not interested from some other reason, the example would instead be a part of this trope.

 

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* [[Played for Laughs]] in ''[[One Piece]]''. Mermaid Princess (no, not ''that'' [[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch|Mermaid Princess]]) Shirahoshi says this is the reason that she won't marry [[Stalker with a Crush|Vander Decken]]. Considering that he's been using his devil fruit power to throw an object he can at her (from literally anywhere) for ten years, forcing her to hide away in her castle out of fear, practically everyone is surprised this is her main concern.

* ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]''

** When Nishizawa first approaches Hayate asking him to go out with her, he [[Blatant Lies|claims to be only interested in 2D girls.]]

* Used in ''[[Bleach]]'' by [[Complete Monster|Szayel Aporro]] during his fight with Renji. Since the dialog changes from the Japanese anime, English dub, or the English comics, he either says this word for word, [[Camp Straight|denies being gay]], or makes an ambiguous statement that could be interpreted multiple ways. In any translation, he rejects Renji after mistaking Renji's actions as flirtation.

 

 

== Film ==

* In the 2007 ''[[Nancy Drew]]'' movie, Ned is worried Nancy will fall for someone. Nancy tells Ned, "He's not my type." Ned responds with, "You have a type?"

* From ''[[Casino Royale]]'':

'''Bond:''' Single. }}

* [[Played for Laughs]] in this exchange between the acerbic pair in ''[[Six Days Seven Nights]]'':

'''Quinn Harris:''' Nope. }}

* Inverted in the first ''[[Shrek]]'' film, as the eponymous character (an ogre, though his features are obscured by armour and soot) rebuffs Princess Fiona's claims that, as her hero, he must be her true love:

'''Fiona:''' Well of course you are. You're my rescuer. }}

* ''[[The Master of Disguise]]'' has one of these early in the film, where the hero Pistachio (yes, that's his name) meets a girl named Sophia.

== Live Action TV ==

* Not [[The Reveal]], but on ''[[The Commish]]'' one of the officers is outed as gay and the others start giving him a hard time. At one point he says, "What, are you afraid I'm gonna come on to you? News flash, you're not my type."

* ''[[Lost]]'' had a semi-infamous instance where Tom of the Others tells Kate that she wasn't "his type". It took the show a while, but it finally officially confirmed that, yes, he was gay.

 

== Newspaper Comics ==

* In a ''[[Garfield]]'' strip, when Jon is talking to a woman over the phone:

'''Garfield:''' Picky, picky, picky. }}

 

* In the JRPG ''[[Video Game/Knights Of Xentar|Knights Of Xentar]]'', One character responds to the seductive advances of a [[Catgirl]] with "Sorry, not my type. Or species."

* In ''[[Video Game/Liberal Crime Squad|Liberal Crime Squad]]'', when failing a seduction attempt, one of the possible response from the target is: "You're not my type, I like the sane".

* In ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', this is how [[Lipstick Lesbian|Samantha Traynor]] rejects male Shepard if he [[Incompatible Orientation|tries to flirt with her]].

 

 

 

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