History Main / CantActPervertedTowardALoveInterest

* In NorthToAlaska, JohnWayne's character hires a prostitute to come back to Alaska with him as a replacement for his friend's fiancée, who had run off with another man while waiting. Near the end of the movie, it's confirmed that JohnWayne really does love her, when it's discovered that he didn't try to take advantage of her on the trip.
* In ''JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'', Jay's [[GoodAngelBadAngel shoulder Angel]] tells him he can't be the same perv he usually is with Justice, and must instead be "[[LordByronsDonJuan Don Juan]] Delanooch".

* In ''{{Zack And Miri Make A Porno}}'', Zack constantly shows reluctance to have Miri on screen with anyone else but him, and when it comes time to shoot their love scene, he doesn't want her to show her breasts or be overly provocative.

* ''TheOffice'': Michael Scott refrains from making his usual "That's What She Said" jokes when he's with Holly, one of his only love interests that has real potential.
* Jay of TheInbetweeners in the last episode of the second series ("I don't want you to feel rushed. But I want you to know that if you do want to touch me down there, I'd be totally fine with that"). When she dumps him for being too clingy, he returns to his old ways immediately, tearfully insisting that he dumped her ("She was frigid...and she wouldn't go for a threesome I organised with a top lezzer model...and my cock was too big for her!").
* When Barney from ''HowIMetYourMother'' gets a crush on his friend Robin, he tries to win her over by being a gentleman. Leads directly into a WeWantOurJerkBack moment.
* When Tony meets Ziva (his major love interest) on ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', he can't picture her naked. Since this is Tony's major talent, he is understandably annoyed.
** Of course, later he begins to get more okay with it, wanting to hear details about her sex life and so on...

* Mulder of ''{{The X-Files}}'', who concealed his porn habit from Scully out of respect and {{UST}}.

* Averted ''hard'' by Morgan and Garcia of ''Series/CriminalMinds''. Between Garcia's photoshopped-picture collection, the rated-NC-17 phone banter, and the fact that their nicknames include "my vision", "tech kitten", "sexy mama", "sweetness", "baby girl", and "gorgeous", it's safe to say there's no lack of sexualization occurring. And they're not even a canonical ''romance'' -- it's mostly left unsaid, with a few "I love you"'s exchanged during stressful times.

** And averted HARD with the way he acts towards Lucy. "At least I grabbed some ass" indeed!

* {{Inverted}} in ''ElGoonishShive''. At a certain point Tedd finds that he's no longer capable of acting perverted towards people ''other'' than his love interest, which prompts a brief identity crisis.

* When Tony meets Ziva (his major love interest) on {{NCIS}}, he can't picture her naked. Since this is Tony's major talent, he is understandably annoyed.

* Averted ''hard'' by Morgan and Garcia of ''CriminalMinds''. Between Garcia's photoshopped-picture collection, the rated-NC-17 phone banter, and the fact that their nicknames include "my vision", "tech kitten", "sexy mama", "sweetness", "baby girl", and "gorgeous", it's safe to say there's no lack of sexualization occurring. And they're not even a canonical ''romance'' -- it's mostly left unsaid, with a few "I love you"'s exchanged during stressful times.

* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': Kaylee bullies Simon into explaining why he acts so proper around her. This is why.
** ...But Simon [[TheWhitePrince isn't even]] [[TheWoobie perverted]] [[TheCaretaker at all]].
*** The only times he even swears is when he is uttely shocked ("Jaynestown") or angry (TheFilmOfTheSeries). Of course, what he considers swears ("Son of a bitch" and "Son of a whore") are barely registerable on the swear scale to most people.

* On {{Leverage}}, Hardison is like this with Parker, despite her role as InnocentFanServiceGirl.

* In the ''FullMetalPanic!'' novels, Nami is perfectly willing to be harmlessly flirty towards men (like Lemon) to try to get her way, and is very open about teasing and making mock advances. However, there's one person she just can't do it with: Sōsuke. She turns extremely shy and nervous whenever she's around him, and has a ''very'' hard time acting open, flirty, and how she normally does whenever she interacts with him. So obviously, [[ForbiddenFruit the one guy she has a hard time with]] is the guy she's head over heels in love with. Especially noticeable when she feels so shy about the idea of rooming with him and sleeping [[ThereIsOnlyOneBed in the same bed with him]], and tells him they can't do that. They end up with the arrangement of Sōsuke sleeping on the floor under the bed, and she sees no problems with sleeping in the same bed as Lemon. Evidently, she can only feel modesty whenever Sousuke is involved.

* In ''OnaniMasterKurosawa'' the titular character, who masturbates while thinking about various girls from his school, starts to develop feelings for Takigawa. However, in a sort of different example of this trope, he only really realizes he is in love with her when he reacts to his own masturbating to her by vomiting. He refrains from every using her in such a way again. [[spoiler: Until later on, in a moment of extreme despair and desperation. He vomits again.]]

* Lampshaded in ''{{House}}''. Wilson points out that since House ''isn't'' objectifying his hallucination of Amber, he must have feelings for her.

* This is a big thing for John the Savage in ''Literature/BraveNewWorld''. Unfortunately, the girl he's after [[MyGirlIsASlut really is a slut]], leading her to strip right in front of him. He doesn't take it well.
** However, John the Savage seems more to have this outlook in general, and not specifically for the love interest, so this trope does not apply.

* [[MemeticMolester Mao]] toward Raspberyl in Disgaea3. He's conducting a scientific experiment on skirt lifting; so naturally he tells her to get lost.

* [[Memeticmolester Mao]] toward Raspberyl in Disgaea3. He's conducting a scientific experiment on skirt lifting; so naturally he tells her to get lost.

* This is a big thing for John the Savage in ''BraveNewWorld''. Unfortunately, the girl he's after [[MyGirlIsASlut really is a slut]], leading her to strip right in front of him. He doesn't take it well.

* ''DetectiveConan'', Kogoro Mouri will filrt with every cute girl and beauty except his wife, or anyone who looks like her, much to Sonoko's wonder. Mouri sometimes becomes cooler and more perceptive when he meets someone that reminds him of Ari.

* Kogoro Mouri from ''DeteciveConan'' filrts with every cute girl and beauty except his wife, or anyone who looks like her, much to Sonoko's wonder. Mouri sometimes becomes cooler and more perceptive when he meets someone that reminds him of Ari.

** In a similar vein, Ranma is far more willing to show physical, romantic affection for someone he doesn't cares about than to show it for someone he does, due to too much respect for the other's opinion of him in that regard. At one point, after Ranma flat-out refuses to kiss Akane (even though kissing her just once means he'll be able to go back to China), she asks him:

** He's also very respectful toward Linda Park in ''Flash and Substance''. In the comics he's married to her.

* ''ShakuganNoShana'': Shana doesn't just strip in front of Yuji. This is significant because technically, Yuji would, like any other Torch, technically be considered a mere thing. Alistor says "You don't mind changing in front of a tree or a rock either" or something similar.

* ''[[{{ptitlegynukzwikxmd}} Ranma ½]]'': Ranma has, in separate occasions and sometimes repeatedly, manipulated Akane, Shampoo, Ukyou, and Kodachi's affections for some ulterior motive. He's usually interrupted by an outside factor, though, at which point he either flees, curses his luck, or feels remorseful (or a combination of the three.)

* Averted in ''FinalFantasyIX'', where the ChivalrousPervert Zidane can't help but grope his love interest Garnet's butt while climbing a ladder.
-->"[[CrowningMomentOfFunny Ooh, soft!]]"

* In ''JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'', Jay's [[GoodAngelBadAngel shoulder Angel]] tells him he can't be the same perv he usually is with Justice, and must instead be "[[{{ptitler3o359au}} Don Juan]] Delanooch".

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