History Main / FavorsForTheSexy

* On ''Series/30Rock'', this is referred to as 'The Bubble'. Liz briefly dates an idiot doctor who has always had everything handed to him and was shocked to find he was being given preferential treatment. After spending a day avoiding such treatment, he decides to go back to The Bubble.

* TheBlackEyedPeas' song "My Humps" is from the POV a woman who receives expensive gifts and accolades from men she doesn't even know because they all want her body. At first, she resists, but when they insist, she starts accepting the gifts and compliments and acting HotterAndSexier to [[GoldDigger get more of them]].

-->'''Captain:''' All the same, I think it might be [[DistractedByTheSexy better if I did]].

* ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe''. The US submarine captain is noticably thrown when the Soviet officer he's been told to expect turns out to be a SensualSlav played by Creator/BarbaraBach.

-->'''Captain:''' All the same, I think it might be better if I did.

.

[[quoteright:320:[[LightNovel/{{Dokkoida}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dokkoida_favor.jpg]]]]
[[caption-width-right:320:Sayuri doesn't have to display this trope. Men will do that for her.]]
->''"All the other girls in school they give her dirty looks\\
She got an "A" in math and never cracked a book."''
->-- '''[[Music/BrooksAndDunn Brooks & Dunn]]''', "Rock My World (Little Country Girl)"

When a [[HelloNurse sexy female]] enters the scene, expect all the males in the area to spring into action, trying to curry her favor by doing all kinds of little things for her, like getting her a drink, making sure she has a seat, or fetching anything she asks for, no matter how difficult it is to obtain.

Keep in mind, the people actually ''doing'' this trope are the (generally male) service granters, and they are doing it entirely from what's left of their own free will that hasn't been turned to mush by lust. The recipient may be aware of the effect she has, and may use it to her advantage, in which case see IHaveBoobsYouMustObey However, she [[InnocentFanserviceGirl might not have a clue]] and may just see the guys as being nice. Someone who's lived their whole life this way may [[CaptainOblivious think it happens to everyone]]. If the woman in question views [[SoBeautifulItsACurse her beauty as a curse]], this trope just serves to make her suspicious that any man who does something nice for her is enacting this trope rather than being genuinely kind.

May be done for TheTease. Note that because WomenAreWiser and AllMenArePerverts, the people performing this trope are almost AlwaysMale, while the recipients are almost always female. In female-oriented works, however, particularly popular {{Bishonen}} are likely to have their own InstantFanClub of girls who display this sort of behavior.

This could lead to PrettyFreeloaders. Compare CourtlyLove, TheDulcineaEffect, and UnwantedHarem. Also compare and contrast with the HoneyTrap, when the effect is deliberately taken several steps further and used deliberately to gain a specific (and usually disastrous) favor.

----
!!Examples

[[foldercontrol]]

[[folder: Advertising]]
* In a Pepsi One TV ad that spoofs Goldilocks, a locker room full of male athletes discovers a soda-stealing woman in the tub. She asks for a towel, and everyone volunteers.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: AnimeAndManga]]
* Hyacinth/Sayuri of ''LightNovel/{{Dokkoida}}'' In one episode, when the gang went to a public pool, she was quickly surrounded by a gaggle of guys catering to her every need.
* In one episode of ''Manga/MyBrideIsAMermaid'', [[{{Tsundere}} Lunar]] joins the same class [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Nagasumi]] and her [[UnknownRival rival]] Sun are in. She wants to prove herself to be more popular than Sun, and claims she forgot her books. Sun tries to offer her notebook, but a bunch of the male students throw theirs on top of her desk. Lunar starts to gloat a little, but then Sun does a similar thing, and gets even more books than Lunar did. This eventually devolves into a 3 way war at the school between Sun's faction, Lunar's faction, and a third faction involving all the girls, with Nagasumi caught in between all of it.
* In an uncommon male variation, Yuki is the unwilling recipient of this in ''Manga/FruitsBasket''. The girls are usually more likely to offer favors than to do them without asking, though (probably because they are jockeying for position to be the closest in proximity to Yuki while he is present).
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Rangiku Matsumoto tends to take advantage of this trope. It's cranked UpToEleven to be PlayedForLaughs in the anime, however.
* Mt.Lady in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' uses her looks and celebrity status to get free snacks while working security at the Sports Festival.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:{{Comics}}]]
* In her very first appearance in 1940 ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} escaped thanks to this trope. She was onboard a yacht and stole a jewel before being captured by Franchise/{{Batman}}... who then allowed her to escape (and 'accidentally' bumped into Robin to stop him intervening to catch her.) While she wasn't a noticeably vile villainess, there wasn't any additional sympathetic reason for letting her go either, just that [[DatingCatwoman Batman found her sexy]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:{{Film}}]]
* Spoofed in Creator/BillPlympton's short ''Luv Race'', with three athletes literally racing to do favors for a very attractive girl.
* Parodied in ''Film/ScaryMovie2''. As soon as the sultry Theo enters the mansion's dinner room and catches the attention of all the guys in the room, she demands that they give her a chair. The more plain Cindy gets thrown out of her own chair and Theo ends up with about four places to sit, including the paraplegic giving her his own wheelchair.
* In ''Film/SnowDay'', after Claire breaks up with her {{Jerkass}} boyfriend, she wakes up one morning to find ''every'' teenage boy in New York State standing outside her window holding signs, flowers, boxes of chocolates, etc.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Literature]]
* ''Literature/GoneWithTheWind'': Scarlett O'Hara is a G-rated SouthernBelle version of this trope, particularly at the Wilkes' barbecue.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:LiveActionTV]]
* On ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Rachel gave Tag his job because he was attractive.
* ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'': old men give lots of stuff to Jennifer - [[PrettyInMink fur coats]] and such. She doesn't ask for them and she doesn't "give" them anything in return, aside from some genuinely friendly company.
* On ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Robin finds that after she gets engaged to Barney, male strangers are suddenly less willing to do her favors. This initially confuses her as she had thought that the men were simply being friendly. Apparently she didn't even have to pay for ''rent''.
* On ''Series/TheWire'', Judge Phelan nurses a torch for ASA Rhonda Pearlman, who uses this - on several occasions - to gain authorization for wiretaps, [=DNRs=], and warrants for the Major Case Unit. Reaches its apogee in the season 3 episode "Reformation", where she, in order to gain his approval for a very dubious wiretap, actually crosses her legs [[Film/BasicInstinct Catherine Tramell-style]] and gives him what is implied to be a view of her vagina.
* Happens to various female characters on ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'', especially [[LovableAlphaBitch Suzie Crabgrass]] and [[BeautifulAllAlong Lisa Zima after her new schoolyear makeover]].
* On ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', Mrs. Wolowitz reminisces about how the boys in her neighborhood used to line up to bring her boxes of candy.
--> '''Mrs. Wolowitz''': [[FormerlyFit Why did I eat it all?!?!]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Music]]
* TheBlackEyedPeas' song "My Humps" is from the POV a woman who receives expensive gifts and accolades from men she doesn't even know because they all want her body. At first, she resists, but when they insist, she starts accepting the gifts and compliments and acting HotterAndSexier to [[GoldDigger get more of them]].
* The trope of the woman exploiting the situation for herself comes up in a lot of Music/LilKim's raps as well.
* Lots of GlamRap {{Music Video}}s feature this, ''usually'' with [[MsFanservice scantily-clad women]] lavishing attention [[ThreeMinutesOfWrithing (and gyrating around)]] a male rapper.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:VideoGames]]
* In ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'', [[AlphaBitch Mira Kagami]]'s devoted fan club is full of boys doing this, and she fully exploits them [[spoiler: as part of her RevengeOfTheNerd plan]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', if you get good test scores, you become more popular among your classmates, and girls will leave gifts for you in your locker. You never find out who left them, but hey! Free items!
** Except in the epilogue, where it's revealed that it's [[spoiler:[[{{Gonk}} Hanako]].]]
* In ''VideoGame/ChainsOfSatinav'', the fairy Nuri is incredibly cute. So much so that exploiting her adorableness is key to several puzzles, including one where you extort money out of a smitten knight by making her cry.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: WebComics]]
* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' has a man attempt to invoke [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2005-09-06 this,]] blurring the distinction between this and IHaveBoobsYouMustObey, because this is the discussed trope.
* In an early strip of ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Haley is given the question of whether she would be a ninja or a pirate. Her image spot of being waited on by a crew of pirates offering wine and gold wins her over to the "Pirate" side.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: WesternAnimation]]
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'', Dr. Robotnik builds a robot named Breezy that looks like a sexy female hedgehog. His intent is that she will use this effect to send Sonic on various wild goose chases, distracting him from the doctor's real scheme.
* In the 2010 ''[[WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies2010 Pound Puppies]]'' episode "The General," the title character turns out to be a fluffy pink poodle named Dolly who has this effect on male dogs, and uses it to get various acts of puppy-rescuing done. When the tomboyish Cookie tries this in an attempt to feel more "feminine", it... doesn't work so well for her.
* Jenny in "Return of Raggedy Android" on ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'' gets offered many "frosty beverages" when she walks in wearing her human form skin.
* In the BeachEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', Ty Lee makes good use of this, being surrounded by beach-bums within seconds of her arrival. Minutes later, she's got two of them fanning her, one bringing her drinks, and another standing in just the right place to keep the sun off her face.
* Quinn has boys doing this all the time on ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}''.
* ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'': All of the boys fawn over Dyris, the [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent mermaid]], much to Kimiko's irritation...until Dyris shows Kimiko how it's done.
* Rarity on ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** In [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver "The Best Night Ever"]], she asks two male neighbors to pull a coach containing herself and her five friends. From the looks of it, their reason to agree right away is her seductive charm.
** In [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E19PuttingYourHoofDown "Putting Your Hoof Down"]], she flirts with a nerdy-looking stallion, complimenting his non-existent muscles, all so he will willingly give Fluttershy the last asparagus.
** In [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E8RarityTakesManehattan "Rarity Takes Manehattan"]], she gets Spike to load [[LotsOfLuggage all her luggage]] on the train by simply batting her eyes and speaking to him in a cloying voice.
** In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'' short "Player Piano," her human world counterpart convinces her world's version of the Diamond Dogs to carry a player piano all over campus...with her riding on top of it.
** In [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E3CastleSweetCastle "Castle Sweet Castle"]], she gets Spike to distract Twilight despite his misgivings by batting her eyes.
* [[MsFanservice Minerva Mink]] from her shorts in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' more often invoked the sister trope IHaveBoobsYouMustObey. But even when she had no such intention, male characters were rushing to assist her.
* Apple White of ''Toys/EverAfterHigh'' is often the recipient of this. Maddie and Raven even comment on it in "Apple's Princess Practice":
-->'''Maddie''': Look at Apple's easy life!\\
'''Raven''': Everyone doing things for her all day. Must be nice.
[[/folder]]
----

* Apple White of ''Franchise/EverAfterHigh'' is often the recipient of this. Maddie and Raven even comment on it in "Apple's Princess Practice":

->''All the other girls in school they give her dirty looks\\
She got an "A" in math and never cracked a book.''
->--'''[[Music/BrooksAndDunn Brooks & Dunn]]''', "Rock My World (Little Country Girl)"

* In her very first appearance in 1940 ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} escaped thanks to this trope. She was onboard a yacht and stole a jewel before being captured by Franchise/{{Batman}}... who then allowed her to escape (and 'accidentally' bumped into Robin to stop him interveneing to catch her.) While she wasn't a noticeably vile villainess there also weren't any additional sympathetic reason for letting her go either, just that [[DatingCatwoman Batman found her sexy]].

* ''Literature/GoneWithTheWind'': Scarlett O'Hara is a G-rated SouthernBelle version of this trope, particularly at the Wilkes' barbeque.

* On ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Robin finds that after she gets engaged to Barney male strangers are suddenly less willing to do her favors. This initially confuses her as she had thought that the men were simply being friendly. Apparently she didn't even have to pay for ''rent''.
* On ''Series/TheWire'', Judge Phelan nurses a torch for ASA Rhonda Pearlman, who uses this - on several occasions - to gain authorization for wiretaps, [=DNRs=], and warrants for the Major Case Unit. Reaches it's apogee in the season 3 episode "Reformation", where she, in order to gain his approval for a very dubious wiretap, actually crosses her legs [[Film/BasicInstinct Catherine Tramell-style]] and gives him what is implied to be a view of her vagina.

* In ''VideoGame/ChainsOfSatinav'', the fairy Nuri is incredibly cute. So much so that exploiting her aborable-ness is key to several puzzles, including one where you extort money out of a smitten knight by making her cry.

* Spoofed in BillPlympton's short ''Luv Race'', with three athletes literally racing to do favors for a very attractive girl.

* In ''TokimekiMemorial'', [[AlphaBitch Mira Kagami]]'s devoted fan club is full of boys doing this, and she fully exploits them [[spoiler: as part of her RevengeOfTheNerd plan]].
* In Persona 4, if you get good test scores, you become more popular among your classmates, and girls will leave gifts for you in your locker. You never find out who left them, but hey! Free items!

[[AC: Advertising]]

[[AC: AnimeAndManga]]

[[AC:{{Comics}}]]

[[AC:{{Film}}]]

[[AC: Literature]]

[[AC:LiveActionTV]]

[[AC: Music]]

[[AC:VideoGames]]

[[AC: WebComics]]

[[AC: WesternAnimation]]

* In one episode of ''TheAdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'', Dr. Robotnik builds a robot named Breezy that looks like a sexy female hedgehog. His intent is that she will use this effect to send Sonic on various wild goose chases, distracting him from the doctor's real scheme.

Keep in mind, the people actually ''doing'' this trope are the (generally male) service granters, and they are doing it entirely from what's left of their own free will that hasn't been turned to mush by lust. The recipient may be aware of the effect she has, and may use it to her advantage, in which case see IHaveBoobsYouMustObey However, she [[InnocentFanserviceGirl might not have a clue]] and may just see the guys as being nice. Someone who's lived their whole life this way may [[CaptainOblivious think it happens to everyone]]. However, if the woman in question views [[SoBeautifulItsACurse her beauty as a curse]], this trope just serves to make her suspicious that any man who does something nice for her is enacting this trope rather than being genuinely kind.

Keep in mind, the people actually ''doing'' this trope are the (generally male) service granters, and they are doing it entirely from what's left of their own free will that hasn't been turned to mush by lust. The recipient may be aware of the effect she has, and may use it to her advantage, in which case see IHaveBoobsYouMustObey However, she [[InnocentFanserviceGirl might not have a clue]] and may just see the guys as being nice. Someone who's lived their whole life this way may [[CaptainOblivious think it happens to everyone]]. However, if the woman in question views [[SoBeautifulItsACurse her beauty as a curse]], this trope just serves to make her jaded that any man who does something nice for her is enacting this trope rather than being genuinely kind.

Keep in mind, the people actually ''doing'' this trope are the (generally male) service granters, and they are doing it entirely from what's left of their own free will that hasn't been turned to mush by lust. The recipient may be aware of the effect she has, and may use it to her advantage, in which case see IHaveBoobsYouMustObey However, she [[InnocentFanserviceGirl might not have a clue]] and may just see the guys as being nice. Someone who's lived their whole life this way may [[CaptainOblivious think it happens to everyone]].

* Parodied in ''Film/ScaryMovie2''. As soon as the sultry Theo enters the mansion's dinner room and catches the attention of all the guys in the room, she demands that they give her a chair. The more plain Cindy gets thrown out of her own chair and Theo ends up with about four places to sit, including the quadriplegic giving her his own wheelchair.

* Parodied in ''Film/ScaryMovie 2''. As soon as the sultry Theo enters the mansion's dinner room and catches the attention of all the guys in the room, she demands that they give her a chair. The more plain Cindy gets thrown out of her own chair and Theo ends up with about four places to sit, including the quadriplegic giving her his own wheelchair.

* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' has a man attempt to invoke [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2005-09-06 this]], blurring the distinction between this and IHaveBoobsYouMustObey, because this is the discussed trope.

* Hyacinth/Sayuri of ''LightNovel/{{Dokkoida}}''. In one episode, when the gang went to a public pool, she was quickly surrounded by a gaggle of guys catering to her every need.

Keep in mind, the people actually ''doing'' this trope are the (generally male) service granters, and they are doing it entirely from what's left of their own free will that hasn't been turned to mush by lust. The recipient may be aware of the effect she has, and may use it to her advantage, in which case see IHaveBoobsYouMustObey. However, she [[InnocentFanserviceGirl might not have a clue]] and may just see the guys as being nice. Someone who's lived their whole life this way may [[CaptainOblivious think it happens to everyone]].