History Main / BigotWithACrush

Maybe not. Despite all odds, whether it's the target's attitude, spirit, or just appearance, a character with this trope can't help but become fixated on them, often with disastrous results. Often leads to cognitive dissonance or {{doublethink}} for the bigot trying to reconcile their beliefs with their romantic or sexual interest, or otherwise attempt to rationalize it by deeming the person an "obvious" [[BigotryException exception to the group that they despise]]. On the other hand, it could also lead to LoveRedeems with the character [[FormerBigot abandoning their old prejudices]], with some possible UnfortunateImplications. If the entire society is in on the discrimination, it may result in a ForbiddenLove relationship. In RealLife and more realistic works, however, there is usually no redemption for the bigot. Indeed, many people are interested in a certain group precisely ''because'' they consider those people inferior and/or {{Squick}}y: which usually leads to a DestructiveRomance, if it is pursued.

* In ''Series/ToKafeTisHaras'', a Greek sitcom which takes place in the fictional village of Kolokotronitsi, Periander Popotas, mayor of said village, who is extremely misogynistic, sexist, bigoted, and against modern ideas, falls in love with Hara, a single mother from UsefulNotes/{{Athens}} who stands for whatever Periander is against of. Hara herself also starts to develop feelings for him.

* Flay Allister from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' hates the {{transhuman}} Coordinators, but begrudgingly falls in love with the Coordinator main character Kira Yamato.

* ''Manga/BokuraNoHentai'' features the minor character Shirakawa, who is like this. Previously, he was one of Marika's biggest bullies, but after she transitions and starts presenting as feminine, the bully makes his distaste for her new appearance known. It's still heavily implied that he finds her attractive, as he showed signs of this when Marika was still in the closet and simply looked like a very pretty "boy".

* ZigzaggedTrope in ''ComicBook/RequiemVampireKnight''. Heinrich is a Nazi soldier during World War II who discovers that his girlfriend Rebecca is Jewish. This leaves him angry and conflicted at first as he still passionately loves her, but once they both ascend to the hellworld ''Resurrection'' after their deaths on Earth, they rekindle their romance. Heinrich [[FormerBigot abandons his Nazi beliefs]] after becoming a vampire, although his "friend" Otto (a former SS officer who killed Rebecca on Earth) most certainly hasn't and tries to kill both of them again for being "degenerates".
* ComicBook/RedSkull:
** Inverted in Red Skull's original origin story by Stan Lee. In his younger days he fell in love with a Jewish girl, whom he then murdered when she rejected him, and became a Nazi afterwards. ''ComicBook/RedSkullIncarnate'' {{retcon}}s to him being a DirtyCoward and abandoning her to a mob instead.
** Downplayed in ''ComicBook/UncannyAvengers'' when he brainwashed ComicBook/ScarletWitch (who happens to be Jewish, UsefulNotes/{{Romani}}, and a mutant) to participate in a short-lived VillainTeamUp. He is struck by her beauty and cradles her hair while she's unconscious, before reminding himself that she's still "subhuman".

* [[ComicBook/MsMarvel2014 Ms. Marvel]] supporting character Zoe Zimmer made her debut as a garden-variety AlphaBitch who bullies our heroine and her friends. In Zoe's first scene, she is incredibly condescending to Nakia regarding her hijab, voicing her "concern" that Nakia might be being forced into wearing it. Through her CharacterDevelopment, Zoe unlearns her bigotry and eventually comes out as a lesbian - and yes, she's got a giant crush on Nakia.

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* In ''A Fine Balance'', it's shown that despite the village insisting on using the caste system while the rest of India changes, [[{{Hypocrite}} it's not uncommon for higher-caste men to lust after untouchables]]. One married woman was publicly humiliated for refusing a landlord's advances, and another man pulled a ScarpiaUltimatum on Roopa when her son was facing starvation.

* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', a number of human characters seem to have a RaceFetish for elven women (and some men). The StarterVillain in the City Elf Origin is a serial rapist and murderer of elves and is also ''very'' racist towards them. It's possible however that rather than a true fetish for elves, he simply saw them as easy targets.

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': Despite being prejudiced against Bajorans and once heading the occupation of their planet, Gul Dukat has slept with several Bajoran women including Major Kira's mother Kira Meru and Tora Naprem, the mother of his half-Bajoran daughter Tora Ziyal. Then he sired another half-Bajoran child ''again'' when he formed a cult where Bajorans would worship him. He was also an AbhorrentAdmirer for Kira herself for a while. He seemed to have a (creepy) RaceFetish for Bajoran women as a whole. Of course, all the ones taken during the Occupation were actually {{Sex Slave}}s, which his detractors seem to think was his ''real'' fetish.

A possible SubTrope of VillainousCrush, and a definite subtrope of BigotryException and InconvenientAttraction. A supertrope to ArmoredClosetGay and IfItsYouItsOkay. Compare BoomerangBigot and YouAreWhatYouHate for when they ''are'' a member of the group they are prejudiced against. Also compare NotLikeOtherGirls (specifically when a misogynistic man says that to a woman he likes) and YouAreACreditToYourRace. See also RaceFetish and TransgenderFetishization. Contrast StarCrossedLovers, where the lovers aren't bigoted themselves but can't be together because they are from bigoted groups.

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Equius Zahhak looks down on those lower on the hemospectrum. However, he has a massive crush on Aradia Megido, of the lowest blood color. He is fond of both how she behaves ideally for her caste, yet is also suited to have indigo blood so he can feel more right loving her. Thus he puts indigo blood in the robot he built to house her soul.

* ComicBook/{{Magneto}} is a mutant supremacist who has some very unflattering ideas about humanity in general. And yet most of the women he's been romantically and/or sexually involved with have been humans, or at least borderline Homo Sapien (his wife Magda, Aleytys Forrester, The Wasp).

* ''Fanfic/EdenObsessmuch'': The story centers on Lucius Malfoy who, having Hermione Granger as a servant and a prisoner of war, begins to lust for her despite his disgust for her being a muggleborn. She notably is very conflicted on this, developing StockholmSyndrome due to how she has to interact with him and rely on him on an almost daily basis. [[spoiler:Despite that he murdered her parents and eventually raped her, the two develop a growing love that results in Hermione's pregnancy]].

* ''Fanfic/TheStoryOfApolloDaphneAndLucaAnItalianTragedy'': In spite of being a prejudiced prick towards sea monsters just like his father, Mr Ricci's son develops a crush on Luca, who is a sea monster.