![]() Unless you count Beth, Other Beth, Captain Kilina, PJ and 355, for all of five minutes.Subverted in Y: The Last Man where just about every woman Yorick comes across is either trying to kill him or capture him as a bargaining chip.Though it's a subversion, as the girls are actually trying to make Jimmy Olsen's girlfriend jealous. This ◊ Legion of Super-Heroes comic panel.Jason Wyngarde (Mastermind) wasn't above committing Mind Rape to get her to fall in love with him. She's also been the target of villains' affections, as well. ![]() Jean Grey was the only girl in the X-Men for years.The Hero Dies/ Anyone Can Die (it did say till death do us part).Let's Just Be Friends (if the harem decides to settle for befriending the person in question).Resolutions to such a situation are varied. Also compare Sexy Man, Instant Harem, which may or may not be wanted, but which usually involves more superficial characters. While it's often criticized as blatant Wish-Fulfillment, most criticism regards the tendency to portray the female cast very negatively, often giving them little personality, or having their characters largely defined by their dependency on the male protagonist and/or irrational tendencies towards violence.Ĭontrast Harem Seeker, where the "unwanted" part is left out. When criticism is raised against a harem show it's usually due to an overdose of this trope unfortunately, when played straight, this trope is almost always overdosed. The most common and immediate consequences of said harem is the ever-hilarious (if incredibly painful to watch) Lover Tug of War. While this is, as might be gathered, usually a male trope, gender-reversed versions have recently begun to appear. Besides, until the point comes where one of the girls is in danger, the man would rather have his nice quiet life back. So the far easier solution is to make him oblivious to their affection or Cursed with Awesome.Įven if he does like one or more of the girls, the man won't or can't admit it. The more likely reason plot-wise is the fact that the male lead cannot reciprocate all the girls' feelings without seeming to the audience to be cruel, manipulative, and misleading to the girls. He might either think like a Celibate Hero, that the gratuitous quantity of boobs he is forced to see every day are just a bother ( Comically Missing the Point that he is in an enviable situation), or see them as an obstacle between him and the girl he truly likes, or he may just find them annoying for one reason or another. This trope involves a common reaction from the man when a Harem plot begins and women start fighting for his attention. Not to be confused with Harem Genre, a genre of Japanese media that sometimes heavily relies on this trope.
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