Tropescilloscope: Abhorrent Admirer

Ugly and/or obnoxious character in romantic pursuit of another. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Be Careful What You Wish For Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Coming-of-Age Story Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Distracted by the Sexy Hair-Trigger Temper The Oner Madness Mantra Gender Flip Leaning on the Fourth Wall Beta Couple Break the Haughty Improbable Aiming Skills Bittersweet Ending Mooks Curse Cut Short Fake Shemp Spiteful Spit Skewed Priorities Eyepatch of Power Artistic License – History Logo Joke Not Quite Dead Villainous Breakdown Room Full of Crazy Bloody Hilarious Moment Killer Author Avatar Match Cut Alas, Poor Villain Babies Ever After Artistic License – Geography Mistaken for Gay Intrepid Reporter Mama Bear Politically Incorrect Villain Token Minority Anachronic Order Deus ex Machina The Mafia folderlabel Crazy-Prepared Canadian Movies Affectionate Parody Calling the Old Man Out No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Cruel and Unusual Death The Vamp Silent Movie Creepy Child Country Matters The '50s Only One Name Dark Action Girl Chewing the Scenery Stepford Smiler Everyone Has Standards Blatant Lies He Knows Too Much Deal with the Devil Ungrateful Bastard Good Is Not Nice Hell Is That Noise Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Costume Porn Bond Villain Stupidity Sinister Minister Reality Is Unrealistic Recycled IN SPACE! Line-of-Sight Name Happily Married Arranged Marriage Easily Forgiven Captain Ersatz Groin Attack Gold Digger Knife Nut Boom, Headshot! 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And the Adventure Continues Big Bad Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Actor Allusion Only Known by Their Nickname Implacable Man Eye Scream The Voiceless Death by Sex Music Stories Shipper on Deck Important Haircut Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Funny Foreigner Star-Crossed Lovers Only a Flesh Wound Authority Equals Asskicking For the Evulz Neck Snap Bury Your Gays Serious Business Action Girl Never My Fault Film Noir Index Protagonist Title Manchild "Where Are They Now?" 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And I Must Scream Noodle Incident Film Series Faux Affably Evil Sealed Evil in a Can Fun with Acronyms Translation Convention Only Sane Man All Girls Want Bad Boys Call-Forward Cain and Abel Curb-Stomp Battle Male Gaze Amoral Attorney Race Against the Clock Demoted to Extra Meaningful Name The Power of Love Jitter Cam Mr. Fanservice Beard of Evil No OSHA Compliance Downer Ending Abhorrent Admirer Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Damsel in Distress Naked People Are Funny Big Bad Duumvirate Arc Words Freudian Excuse Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Brother–Sister Incest Vomit Indiscretion Shot Smug Snake Re-Cut Small Name, Big Ego Our Vampires Are Different Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Wretched Hive Spanner in the Works Bare Your Midriff Offscreen Moment of Awesome Evil Plan Ax-Crazy Age Lift Affably Evil As the Good Book Says... 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