History Main / UnexpectedVirgin

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* Minami in ''Film/{{Gozu}}'', who - though [[BiggerIsBetterInBed well-provided]] - is still a virgin. Particularly embarrassing for him as he is a member of the {{Yakuza}}.

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* ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'': Billy/Dr. Horrible - it's not mentioned whether he's a virgin or not, but he ruminates uncomfortably on Penny and Captain Hammer's relationship. "They're probably going to ...French kiss...or something." This could be virginity or simple deep denial. (The wide-eyed, [[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead Beavis-like]] reaction he has to accidentally picking up one of Penny's underthings in his prequel comic might suggest the former is most likely, though.)

'''Friday:''' [[CrowningMomentOfFunny >:)]] (Cue music: DUM, de DUM dum...)
* ''Film/TheWickerMan'' (1973): The hero's religiously inspired chastity is a major part of the plot. Of course, [[spoiler: seeing as this gets him a VirginSacrifice]] at the end of the film, this could go either way. The 2006 remake entirely omits the hero's religion and chastity. Apparently Creator/NeilLaBute couldn't believe Creator/NicolasCage as a virgin.

* ''Literature/BornOnTheFourthOfJuly'': The protagonist (played by Creator/TomCruise) is a wrestling star in high school who loses his final match, much to the disappointment of his parents, goes off to Vietnam to prove his manhood, and gets his legs blown off. He then loses his high school sweetheart, who he had been saving himself for (who remains his friend and gets him involved in the anti-war movement). In a fit of despair, he moves to a whorehouse in Mexico frequented by boozy, PTSD'd Vietnam War paraplegics and attempts to lose his virginity (more or less) to an attractive girl there. He doesn't enjoy it much.
* ''Film/WeekendAtBernies II''. One of the characters will die from a poison unless a voodoo potion with "the blood of a virgin" is made as an antidote. The poisoned character laments that he's going to die, but his friend gets up and begrudgingly holds out his finger, saying "Just take the blood, Doc". The potion is made from his blood and works, leading the now cured character in the final scene to razz his buddy by saying "thanks for keeping yourself a virgin for me."

* ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'': Sasha Nein. Despite being an ''international psychic secret agent superhero,'' he is almost certainly a virgin. [[spoiler: Seeing a mental picture of his mother having sex from his father's perspective]] probably gave him a few intimacy issues. Of course, he sometimes acts CampStraight ("So... tacky... can't... look... directly... at... it...") but still. However, some memories belonging to Milla (another agent who works with Sasha a lot,) suggest that there is some level of romantic/sexual tension between them. However, since these are her memories, it is entirely possible that this [[UnreliableNarrator is just wishful thinking on her part.]]

* Parodied in one of Creator/EstherFriesner's ''Majyk'' books: the groom has to produce a certificate guaranteeing "knowledge of the carnal arts" before he can get married. The ''bride'' has to provide evidence of her IncorruptiblePurePureness. [[spoiler: You can guess what TheReveal is.]]

* ''Film/WeekendAtBernies II''. One of the characters will die from a poison unless a voodoo potion with "the blood of a virgin" is made as an antidote. The poisoned character laments that he's going to die, but his friend gets up and begrudgingly holds out his finger, saying "Just take the blood". The potion is made from his blood and works, leading the now cured character in the final scene to razz his buddy by saying "thanks for keeping yourself a virgin for me."

* ''Film/WeekendAtBernies II''. One of the characters will die from a poison unless a voodoo potion with "the blood of a virgin" is made as an antidote. The poisoned character laments that he's going to die, but his friend gets up and begrudgingly holds out his finger, saying "take my blood". The potion is made from his blood and works, leading the now cured character in the final scene to razz his buddy by saying "thanks for keeping yourself a virgin for me."

* ''Film/WeekendAtBerniesII''. One of the characters will die from a poison unless a voodoo potion with "the blood of a virgin" is made as an antidote. The poisoned character laments that he's going to die, but his friend gets up and begrudgingly holds out his finger, saying "take my blood". The potion is made from his blood and works, leading the now cured character in the final scene to razz his buddy by saying "thanks for keeping yourself a virgin for me."

->''"[Lara Raith] offered him her hand. 'You must be Warden Ramirez.[='=]''\\
''"This is the part where I got nervous. Ramirez loved women. Ramirez never shut up about women. Well, he never shut up about anything in general, but he'd go on and on about various conquests and feats of sexual athleticism and--''\\
''"'A virgin?' Lara blurted. She turned her head to me, grey eyes several shades paler than they had been, and very wide. 'Really, Harry, I'm not sure what to say. Is he a present?'"''

"This is the part where I got nervous. Ramirez loved women. Ramirez never shut up about women. Well, he never shut up about anything in general, but he'd go on and on about various conquests and feats of sexual athleticism and--\\

* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'': Issei Hyodou. Although he really wants to lose his virginity, somehow he can't. It's then revealed that the reason why he can't just lose his virginity to his harem (who are ''[[IfItsYouItsOkay totally willing]]'') is because [[spoiler: of trauma when he was killed by Reynalle all the way back when the plot starts.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Played with. Skinner's contention that he hasn't been having sex with Bart's teacher Krabappel because he actually hasn't had sex with anyone is considered undeniable. The citizens of Springfield think that ''no'' one would [[AppealToAudacity pretend to be a 44-year-old virgin if they weren't]]. ([[spoiler: Skinner probably deserves some kind of award for his chutzpah, because [[BlatantLies he's brazenly lying]].]]) To top off the potential irony, when someone thinks to ask whether this means Krabappel is a virgin too, she just snorts "Hah!" Also the Comic Book Guy was a virgin [[spoiler: until his forties when he slept with Agnes Skinner.]]

See also VirginShaming, when a character is then derided for being a virgin.

InUniverse examples only, please.

!!Examples:

* Touched upon in ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' where Gordito asks the Doctor after [[spoiler:the motorcycle Sparkle Lord was a Unicorn and apparently Unicorns only approach virgins. [[http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=73&issue=15 Seen here]]]].

* Played to amusing effect in ''Literature/FightingSpiders''. The three main characters are out in the nighttime, in a cemetery no less, and the legend of the 'orang minyak' is brought up: a man covered in oil who goes around (ahem) disturbing virgins. The youngest says that since they are boys they won't be disturbed, but the one who best knows his English points out that virgins can apply to boys too...

* "Fanfic/ToAbsentFriends" has a rare female example when the other women on USS ''Bajor'''s senior staff are surprised to learn that their Vulcan member T'Var is a virgin despite having been through ''pon farr'' at least once (she was able to deal with it by meditation and her parents had decided against [[ArrangedMarriage arranging a match for her]]).

** Joe, in his overly formal way, always refers to her as "the virgin Connie Swail". But at the end of the film:

* In the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' episode "[[Recap/FireflyE14ObjectsInSpace Objects in Space]]", River walks in on Jayne and Shepherd Book having a SeinfeldianConversation wherein Book has just disclosed his virginity to Jayne, much to Jayne's surprise. Book's religious order apparently has a [[VowOfCelibacy celibacy requirement]].

* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Marcus Cole was a self-professed virgin and quite comfortable that way because he felt he hadn't met the right woman. He did eventually meet her, but died before they could consummate. She is shown lamenting that later.
* Played to amusing effect in ''Fighting Spiders''. The three main characters are out in the nighttime, in a cemetery no less, and the legend of the 'orang minyak' is brought up: a man covered in oil who goes around (ahem) disturbing virgins. The youngest says that since they are boys they won't be disturbed, but the one who best knows his English points out that virgins can apply to boys too...
* The ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' episode "Teacher's Pet": A shape shifting preying mantis only preys on virgin boys, and captures Xander and another boy who we had previously seen boasting about his sexual exploits. Neither he, nor Xander, is pleased when they learn that they were chosen for their virginity, and the guy threatens to sue, if they tell anyone. Xander spent two and a half seasons proving his BadassNormal credentials while hanging onto his virginity (his relationship with Cordelia was unconsumated). When he helps out [[ActionGirl Faith]] in season 3, she thanks him (& burns off extra agression) by seducing him. Xander has sex, but it's not the most remarkable or manly thing he does even that night, making it a bit of a subversion of this trope. The trope is completely PlayedStraight when it comes to Liam/Angel, Giles, Spike, and Oz, though.

* ''Series/{{Mash}}'':

* Subverted with Cody in ''Series/StepByStep'', whom everyone assumes not to be a virgin because he's old enough and, while a bit of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, not portrayed as a loser in any way. He is, however, a virgin, sees nothing wrong with being a virgin, and is never ashamed to admit it on the few occasions when the subject comes up.

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* ''{{TabletopGames/Warhammer40000}}'':
** As Space Marine recruits are picked from a very young age, usually years before puberty, and these "neophytes" have been either trained or catered to to make the suitable applicants, to make many of them almost unaware of the other sex. Further training and biological changes to the neophyte's body removes or at least represses their human desires and replaces them with a burning need to honour the Emperor in battle. Fans intensely debate wether they still even have the parts for it.
** You'd think that the brutish, barbarian and often very masculine Orks would have lots of ([[RapeAsDrama perhaps forced]]) sex, but the entire race is, in fact, mono-gender, and reproduces through fungal spores.

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* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'': A [[{{Asexuality}} drastically reduced sex drive]] is one of the potential side-effects of the [[{{SuperSoldier}} Spartan-II augmentations]], enhanced by [[{{ConsummateProfessional}} their particular mind-set]]. Their Spartan-III & Spartan-IV counterparts lack the side effect, though the [=IIIs=] have the same single-minded focus on their work as the [=IIs=].

** Alistair in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' actually is a virgin, as a result of growing up in the chantry and then being recruited directly from there into the Grey Wardens. The female PlayerCharacter can, of course, [[OptionalSexualEncounter rectify this]]; [[CoolOldLady Wynne]] and [[DepravedBisexual Zevran]] playfully give Alistair TheTalk partway through his RomanceSidequest, much to his embarrassment.

* Averted in ''VideoGame/BenJordanParanormalInvestigator'' case three. The witch coven reveals that they chose Ben because they needed to sacrifice a virgin. When Ben denies it, the coven leader says that they "can tell these things". [[spoiler:He later spends the night with his girlfriend, but the story doesn't make a big deal out of it.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Skinner's contention that he hasn't been having sex with Bart's teacher Krabappel because he actually hasn't had sex with anyone is considered undeniable. The citizens of Springfield think that ''no'' one would [[AppealToAudacity pretend to be a 44-year-old virgin if they weren't]]. ([[spoiler: Skinner probably deserves some kind of award for his chutzpah, because he's ''brazenly'' lying.]]) To top off the potential irony, when someone thinks to ask whether this means Krabappel is a virgin too, she just snorts "Hah!" Also the Comic Book Guy was a virgin [[spoiler: until his forties when he slept with Agnes Skinner.]]