History Main / DistractedByTheSexy

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', the emypreal lord Arshea uses zir Charisma modifier as zir armor. Ze offers this to zir followers who preform obediences. The ability requires the user to wear revealing clothing and no armor.

* There are a lot of things that {{Website/Wikipedia}} considers to be un-noteworthy. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saugeen-Maitland_Hall#The_Saugeen_stripper The Saugeen stripper]] is not one of those things.
* Fey, in the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse''. After she had a near-burnout and grew, boys were walking past her dorm room to get a look. And were walking into the wall, falling down the stairs... and keep in mind that in Poe Cottage, most of these boys are gay.
* Music/DoctorSteel's Toy Soldiers has a Distraction Division, presumably to [[GenreSavvy invoke]] this trope.

* Men make more short-term-oriented decisions after exposure to sexual stimuli, as explained in #3 of ''Website/{{Cracked}}'''s [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20332_5-unrealistic-movie-cliches-that-are-scientifically-accurate.html 5 Unrealistic Movie Cliches That Are Scientifically Accurate.]]

* On Tumblr, Radioactivesupersonic posted [[http://radioactivesupersonic.tumblr.com/post/179371777565/my-beef-regarding-female-characters-in-an-action an essay]] deconstructing the use of this trope to justify showing ActionGirl characters in skimpy outfits. Their main point is that seduction is not a valid strategy in a combat situation, and is based on the assumption that the people she is fighting will be attracted to her and not be too savvy/sensible to fall for the trick -- and if it ''were'', why wouldn't male characters do it more often?
* At one point, the female biz-bot of the Website/JollyRogerTelephoneCompany, designed to distract cold-callers, will claim to have been distracted and missed what the caller said because a really hot co-worker just walked by. "Oooh, baby!"

* ''Literature/LoomingGaia'': [[https://loominggaia.tumblr.com/post/717881996769214464/in-a-mage-in-the-making-mr-ocean-taught One non-canon story]] from a few years in the future has Itchy help his partially blind daughter Cinnamon with her homework by letting her magically see through his eyes. However, he can't look at her book when Ginger is around.
-->'''Itchy:''' Focus...slipping...! Can't...resist...ass...!\\
'''Ginger:''' Oh come on, control yourself! You can't let my rear-end sabotage our child's future!\\
'''Tomato:''' ...I'm outta here. ''[turns around and walks right back out the door]''\\
'''Cinnamon:''' Tomato, wait! I need your eyes! Papa's are useless! D:

* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'': Happens to Jon in [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1981/06/20 this comic.]] It causes him to crash his bike.

* The first commercial for the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast in America ended with Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog losing his balance from the on-light of the Dreamcast and falling, ready to be caught by a football player, only for [[VideoGame/VirtuaFighter Sarah]] to walk by, distracting the player and causing Sonic to faceplant on the ground, losing rings in the process.

If the viewers are the ones Distracted By The Sexy, that's BestKnownForTheFanservice. If the distracted party finds himself lost in thought over the distraction, it becomes EatingTheEyeCandy. If distracted by someone that their orientation wouldn't generally be attracted to, that's StupidSexyFlanders. If communication is attempted, it can cause GibberishOfLove. Expect FavorsForTheSexy by the distracted. If a character distracts themselves by noticing their reflection in a mirror, that's DistractedByMyOwnSexy. See CutenessProximity for the non-sexy, non-human variant. Compare also with ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful

* Youtube star Miss Hannah Minx, who makes videos about random things she finds or does, as well as teaches random Japanese words and their kanji. However, I'm sure people have watched all her videos and still don't know a damn word in Japanese. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIt_hedcBTc Here's]] probably the biggest example. So much so that even Michael Swaim could not resist her Fanservice! She lampshade this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQDL7QKoISc here.]] One wonders if she purposely invokes this trope given the kinds of clothes she wears and camera angles she utilizes. Seriously, it's doubtful that she didn't know she's always wearing something revealing and/or very tight and has high camera angles to... well you know.

* The first commercial for the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast in America ended with VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog losing his balance from the on-light of the Dreamcast and falling, ready to be caught by a football player, only for [[VideoGame/VirtuaFighter Sarah]] to walk by, distracting the player and causing Sonic to faceplant on the ground, losing rings in the process.

-->'''Itchy:''' Focus…slipping…! Can’t…resist…ass…!
-->'''Ginger:''' Oh come on, control yourself! You can’t let my rear-end sabotage our child’s future!
-->'''Tomato:''' …I’m outta here. [turns around and walks right back out the door]
-->'''Cinnamon:''' Tomato, wait! I need your eyes! Papa’s are useless! D:

* ''WebAnimation/{{Anon}}'': Sam and Roxy are so distracted by Tucker and Kyle during their kidnapping attempt that they leave their gun unattended, leaving Chelsea and Hunter to figure out exactly what to do next.

* ''WebOriginal/LoomingGaia'': [[https://loominggaia.tumblr.com/post/717881996769214464/in-a-mage-in-the-making-mr-ocean-taught One non-canon story]] from a few years in the future has Itchy help his partially blind daughter Cinnamon with her homework by letting her magically see through his eyes. However, he can't look at her book when Ginger is around.

* This was Wrestling/{{Debra|Marshall}}'s schtick during her WWF run as a valet for Wrestling/JeffJarrett and Wrestling/OwenHart. She accompanied them to the ring wore business suits. At a critical point in the match, she would get up on the apron and unleash the "puppies", as Jerry Lawler called it - that is, unbutton her blazer to reveal the skimpy bra underneath. Usually she used it to distract the opponent, but if that didn't work she could almost always find some way to use the puppies to cause a distraction.

* Happened once to Wrestling/VladimirKozlov in a backstage segment on ''Wrestling/WWESmackDown''. But then, it ''[[JustifiedTrope was]]'' Wrestling/BethPhoenix, courtesy of being kissed by her UnderTheMistleToe.

* Happened once to Wrestling/VladimirKozlov in a backstage segment on ''Wrestling/WWESmackDown''. But then, it ''[[JustifiedTrope was]]'' Wrestling/BethPhoenix.

* This was [[Wrestling/DebraMarshall Debra's]] schtick during her WWF run as a valet for Wrestling/JeffJarrett and Wrestling/OwenHart. She accompanied them to the ring wore business suits. At a critical point in the match, she would get up on the apron and unleash the "puppies", as Jerry Lawler called it - that is, unbutton her blazer to reveal the skimpy bra underneath. Usually she used it to distract the opponent, but if that didn't work she could almost always find some way to use the puppies to cause a distraction.

* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': In ''Great War in the Bizarre World'' episode 5, the goats have Jolly dress up like a female bee in order to distract the bee guards at the palace and get into the building. The intended reaction is given by the bees... until Jolly turns around, revealing he looks rather ugly as a girl and causing the bees to faint in disgust.

* {{Creator/Tobuscus}} has a CatchPhrase devoted to this phenomenon, "Hothothothothothot," which also falls under the category of GibberishOfLove, and appears to be endearing to many of the women he meets.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'': Happens to Jon in [[https://garfield.com/comic/1981/06/20 this comic.]] It causes him to crash his bike.