History Main / AnimalChickMagnet

'''Lucas:''' Must be working if you're been doing all this ''noticing''.

* In the final episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' Raj gets Bert to look after his dog saying it is a chick magnet. [[/folder]]

* A storyline in ''ComicStrip/MaryWorth'' had Wilbur Weston, dumped by Estelle for yelling at her cat, have a conversation with Saul Wynters in which Wynters mentioned that he and ''his'' girlfriend had bonded over their dogs. Cue Wilbur getting a French bulldog from a shelter. (It doesn't work, but then Estelle takes him back, and also adopts the dog so he doesn't have to look after it, so ... yay?)

* Dilbert once tried this. His cute animal being Dogbert, it obviously didn't work

* In ''Series/Entourage'' Johnny and Turtle use their dog to meet women dog-owners in a doggie park.
* In the final episode of ''TheBigBangTheory'' Raj gets Bert to look after his dog saying it is a chick magnet. [[/folder]]

* In '''Series/Entourage''' Johnny and Turtle use their dog to meet women dog-owners in a doggie park.
* In the final episode of '''TheBigBangTheory''' Raj gets Bert to look after his dog saying it is a chick magnet. [[/folder]]

* In ''Series/Entourage'' Johnny and Turtle use their dog to meet women dog-owners in a doggie park.
* In the final episode of ''TheBigBangTheory'' Raj gets Bert to look after his dog saying it is a chick magnet. [[/folder]]

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* One episode of ''Series/TopGear'' had Hammond doing an experiment regarding which was a better "girl magnet", a flashy sports car or a retriever puppy (named [[DeathbringerTheAdorable Killer]]). The puppy won by a mile. All who approached fell under the spell of the CutenessProximity and didn't even notice the car.

* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' has a gender-flipped version with Roz who returns from walking her dog and admits she was trying to get the attention of an attractive guy at the same dog park. Apparently there were several other women with dogs of their own trying to do the exact same thing.

* In ''Literature/ADogsPurpose'', Wendi's boyfriend buys her a puppy on a whim in order to make her like him more. It doesn't turn out well for Bear. Like [[RealityEnsues many dogs brought without much thought]], Bear's owners weren't prepared for a puppy and couldn't commit to him (Wendi wasn't even ''alllowed'' to have dogs in her housing). As a result, Bear is later given to Wendi's mother and abusive step-father, where he is kept chained in the yard under the minimal conditions until his owners finally decide to throw him out onto the streets.

Compare PickUpBabesWithBabes, CutenessProximity.

* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': And implied and downplayed version. The Denmark portion of the JustBeforeTheEnd prologue focuses on a man from mainland Denmark who is on a ferry to drop his cat at his sister's place on Bornholm island before an important business meeting. His presence at the meeting gets compromised when sudden travel restrictions mean the boat won't be making its return trip. The story ends with him getting fired by his MeanBoss over the phone, and getting cheered up by the boat waitress who had previously chewed him out for his initial rude reaction to the news of the travel restriction. What is shown of their conversation includes the waitress noticing his cat and calling him cute. The Danish member of the main cast is that pair's great-grandson.

* Referenced in ''Literature/ADogsWayHome'' when Lucas jokingly says he adopted Bella to attract a woman he like (who ends up his eventual girlfriend [[spoiler:and later his wife]]).
* In ''Literature/ADogsPurpose'', Wendi's boyfriend buys her a puppy on a whim in order to make her like him more. It doesn't turn out well for Bear. Like [[RealityEnsues many dogs brought without much thought]], Bear's owners weren't prepared for a puppy and couldn't commit to him (Wendi wasn't even ''alllowed'' to have dogs in her housing). As a result, Bear is later given to Wendi's abusive step-father and mother, where he is kept chained in the yard under the minimal conditions until his owners finally decide to throw him out onto the streets.

* In ''Literature/ADogsPurpose'', Wendi's boyfriend buys her a puppy on a whim in order to make him like her more. It doesn't turn out well for Bear. Like [[RealityEnsues many dogs brought without much thought]], Bear's owners weren't prepared for a puppy and couldn't commit to him (Wendi wasn't even ''alllowed'' to have dogs in her housing). As a result, Bear is given to Wendi's abusive step-father and mother, where he is kept chained in the yard under the minimal conditions until his owners finally decide to throw him out onto the streets.

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* An ad for... [[WhatWereTheySellingAgain something]] ... oh yeah, Mike's Hard Lemonade, has some men running a beagle puppy rental booth for this purpose.

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* This kind of thing happens often enough in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}''.

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* The Swedish movie ''Hundtricket'' (''The Dog Trick'') has this as its main premise.

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* Referenced in ''Literature/ADogsWayHome'' when Lucas jokingly says he adopted Bella to attract a woman he like (who ends up his eventual girlfriend [[spoiler:and later his wife]]).

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* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': Barney harnesses the power of a ridiculously cute teacup pig to get women into his apartment.
* ''Series/RoadRules'' season 7 "Latin America": Abe Ingersoll used Menudo, the group's pet Chihuahua, to meet girls.
* ''Series/WillAndGrace'', Jack used Will's dog to pick up guys.
* One episode of ''Series/TopGear'' had Hammond doing an experiment regarding which was a better "girl magnet", a flashy sports car or a retriever puppy (named [[DeathbringerTheAdorable Killer]]). The puppy won by a mile. All who approached fell under the spell of the CutenessProximity and didn't even notice the car.

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-->'''Oghren:''' Women are drawn to you when you play with that cat.
-->'''Anders:''' Like moths to a flame. Women like it when men show affection for small, fuzzy, defenseless beings. Like you.

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* Referenced in ''Literature/ADogsWayHome'' when Lucas jokingly says he brought Bella to attract a woman he likes.

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* ''ComicStrip/Dilbert'' once tried this. His cute animal being Dogbert, it obviously didn't work

* A ''FarSide'' comic had a man test this theory, by taking a pet ''alligator'' for a walk in the park. It ended up eating another woman's poodle.

* One Cracked article, "The Science of Sexy: 5 Tips To Make Yourself More Attractive", invokes this trope as one of the five tips, complete with HoYay, HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday, and ItsOkayIfItsYou, all rolled into one thanks to the apparently-male author's gay crush on Bradley Cooper.

** [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2010/ga100214.gif While on a date]], Jon reveals to Liz that he keeps a picture of Garfield as a kitten in his wallet, and Liz becomes enamored enough with Jon to [[CoveredInKisses cover his face in]] [[LipstickMark]]s. This is largely justified, since Liz works as veterinarian.