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* Charlotte on ''Series/SexAndTheCity'' spent the first seasons looking for her prince charming and eventually found Trey, who was everything she ever dreamed of, and married him. When she and Trey were divorcing she chose her divorce attorney, Harry, specifically because he was everything she ''didn't'' want in a man, and therefore she felt free to be as aggressive as possible during the divorce. Harry turned out to be her true love.

->-- '''Benedick''', ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing''

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* Rei in ''{{MARS}}'' dates any girl willing to sleep with him, most of them shown as brash, shallow and self-obsessed, until he meets painfully introverted and artistic Kira, who has some serious issues regarding sex and is the first girl not to immediately make for the bedroom.
* ''{{Gravitation}}'s'' Eiri Yuki had a track record that consisted of "girls who won't mind if I forget about them post-sex, but who are happy to get an encore should I deign to call them." He ends up with [[ClingyJealousGirl clingy,]] demanding, (and male) Shuichi.

* In ''{{Tremors}}'' Val has a precise checklist for women he dates; "long blonde hair, big green eyes, world class breasts, ass that won't quit and legs that go ''all'' the way up!" (Unspoken is the fact they have three names and the intellects of cheese spread.) He ends up falling in love with Rhonda, a brunette with blue eyes who is rather short and HollywoodHomely. (But at least she has ''brains''!)

* The truth of this trope depends where you stand in the ShippingWars, but all of {{Angel}}'s [[LoveInterest romantic interests]] were petite blondes (Buffy, Darla, Kate, Nina) with the exception of voluptuous brunette Cordelia. Who, for at least part of the time he was interested in her, had dyed her hair blonde. Dude has a type.
** Make them tough and confident too and you have a winner. Also don't forget some of Angelus/ Angel's MALE lovers e.g. Spike, who is also small and blond.

* Mulder's minor love interests in ''{{The X-Files}}'' tended to be tall, leggy, and blonde or brunette. In the end, he wound up with Scully, a petite 5' 3" redhead.
* Charlotte on ''SexAndTheCity'' spent the first seasons looking for her prince charming and eventually found Trey, who was everything she ever dreamed of, and married him. When she and Trey were divorcing she chose her divorce attorney, Harry, specifically because he was everything she ''didn't'' want in a man, and therefore she felt free to be as aggressive as possible during the divorce. Harry turned out to be her true love.

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->-- '''Benedick''', ''[[WilliamShakespeare Much Ado About Nothing]]''

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* This is the entire plot, albeit forced on the main character, of ''ShallowHal.''

However, there are UnfortunateImplications if you want to go looking for them; while the trope itself is completely benign, the devil's in the details. One of the most popular variants is the TroubledButCute guy who only dates so-called "easy" girls until he finds true love with the GirlNextDoor -- falling into the old (sexist) adage that "there are girls you sleep with and girls you marry," a popular mantra for parents who didn't mind their son "[[AManIsNotAVirgin sowing his wild oats]]", but [[DoubleStandard didn't want a girl who was less than virginal]] marrying into the family. Women who are presented as making a distinction between "men they sleep with" and "men they marry" will, in accord with the DoubleStandard, not be seen as sexist characters.

--->'''Chris Traeger:''' "You always like tall brunettes."\\

** Or their [[BelligerantSexualTension lack of friendship]].

** Or their [[BeligerantSexualTension lack of friendship]].

* [[AnneOfGreenGables: Anne Shirley]] had always insisted that she would only marry a man who fit her ideal. Tall, dark, handsome were non-negotiable requirements. Preferably one who owned a castle somewhere, like Spain. In the end, she winds up with Gilbert Blythe. She had rejected him many times for not fitting her ideal.

--->'''Chris Traeger''' "You always like tall brunettes."\\
'''Ben Wyatt''' "Not exclusively."\\
'''Chris Traeger''' "Historically, yes, exclusively."\\

-->-- '''Benedick''', ''[[WilliamShakespeare Much Ado About Nothing]]''

* In ''SasamekiKoto'', Ushio makes it very clear that [[SchoolgirlLesbians she only cares for extremely cute girls]]--much to the lament of her best friend, Sumika, who does not consider herself to be cute in the least, [[TallDarkAndBishoujo being a rather tall karate prodigy]]. Things become rather ... complicated, once Ushio realizes she has developed feelings for Sumika after all.

* In ''SasamekiKoto'', Ushio makes it very clear that she only cares for extremely cute girls--much to the lament of her best friend, Sumika, who does not consider herself to be cute in the least, [[TallDarkAndBishoujo being a rather tall karate prodigy]]. Things become rather ... complicated, once Ushio realizes she has developed feelings for Sumika.

* In ''SasamekiKoto'', Ushio makes it very clear that she only cares for extremely cute girls--much to the lament of her best friend, Sumika, who does not consider herself to be cute in the least, [[TallDakrAndBishoujo being a rather tall karate prodigy]]. Things become rather ... complicated, once Ushio realizes she has developed feelings for Sumika.

* At the start of ''Future Lovers'', Kento dreams of marrying a sweet, responsible housewife and having a family. He's forced to seriously revise that dream when he finds himself falling in love with Akira, who is as far from the ideal housewife as you can get, [[BoysLove gender included]].

However, there are UnfortunateImplications if you want to go looking for them; while the trope itself is completely benign, the devil's in the details. One of the most popular variants is the TroubledButCute guy who only dates so-called "easy" girls until he finds true love with the GirlNextDoor -- falling into the old (sexist) adage that "there are girls you sleep with and girls you marry," a popular mantra for parents who didn't mind their son "[[AManIsNotAVirgin sowing his wild oats]]", but [[DoubleStandard didn't want a girl who was less than virginal]] marrying into the family. Women who are presented as making a distinction between "men they sleep with" and "men the marry" will, in accord with the DoubleStandard, not be seen as sexist characters.

* In the ''Spy High'' books by A.J. Butcher, super-wealthy JerkJock Ben has only ever dated girls equally as privileged and physically gorgeous as him (which in the first series brings him together with Lori), but ultimately falls in love with Cally, who although kind and loving is a wrong-side-of-the-tracks former delinquent and grew up in comparative poverty.

* Strangely, some of the least ridden with UnfortunateImplications versions turn up in {{Romance Novel}}s, OrSoIHeard. Mr. {{Troubled But Cute}}'s usual tastes may be more sex friends or a cash payment away from definitely not being any sort of friend at all, and Mr. DoggedNiceGuy sometimes turns out to be [[VillainWithGoodPublicity too good to be true]]. It does make sense: The first guy actually has a relationship with Miss GirlNextDoor because they're not too busy doing other things, while the other guy loses to the 'bad boy' because, well, honesty counts.

* In ''{{Tremors}}'' Val has a precise checklist for women he dates; "long blonde hair, big green eyes, world class breasts, ass that won't quit and legs that go ''all'' the way up!" (Unspoken is the fact they have three names and the intellects of cheese spread.) He ends up falling in love with Rhonda, a brunette with brown eyes who is rather short and HollywoodHomely. (But at least she has ''brains''!)