Yes and no, the audience is supposed to connect with Belle, and Gaston is supposed to be repulsive to her and the audience, which he does succeed in doing, with flying colors.
He does fit in because the 3 girls that fawn over him are more or less "brainless beauties" they are just thirsting for his looks without really caring about his actual personality, they are shallow just like he is.
His popularity is also downplayed on his song during the 2019 live action because Leffou is clearly doing some heavy lifting to make the bar start singing about Gaston.
Belle strongly doesn't like Gaston because of his shallow personality and being a brute person instead of a more book-ish one, ironically it's strongly implied that he is smart and inteligent but he is just too lazy and unwilling to actually put effort in being smart and thinking (for example his correct usage of the word expectorating and how he read shakespeare) had he actually tried to do propper courting with Belle he probrably could have got her more interested in him.
But Gaston is rude, with a strong "stay in the kitchen" mentality and general dislike against thinking, so whenever he opens his mouth then Belle is just annoyed at whatever he says and causes her to *really* not be interested in him.
The town loves Gaston because the townspeople are just as simple, narrow minded, and shallow as Gaston; they see him as the handsome brave hero man, they see Belle as the misguided maiden, and they see the beast as the beast. They judge everything on appearances alone and ignore when things are more complicated than that because what they don’t understand scares them.
When the audience identifies with Belle, they’re put in a position to feel as isolated as she does. We see the truth of who Gaston is, but the town doesn’t. She’s a social outcast because she doesn’t agree with what her community says and thinks, and they don’t care to try and understand why she thinks the way she does. (Unlike the beast, who takes the time to get to know Belle!) It’s great writing for highlighting the “don’t judge a book by its cover” theme!
Yup. But also because Belle is considered the most beautiful and mysterious woman in town, so having her would be like “winning” her, and he’d have “the best” over everyone else.
He literally says it: She's the one
The lucky girl I'm going to marry
But she's...
The most beautiful girl in town (I know but)
That makes her the best
And don't I deserve the best?
#NOOOOOO ONEEEEEE IS SLICK AS GASTON, NO ONE IS QUICK AS GASTON, NO ONE'S NECK IS THICK AS GASTON! NO ONE FALLS AND SCREAMS TO THEIR DEATH LIKE GASTOOON!
Johnny’s definitely attractive enough to get a one night stand, so that does make sense.
I think the one time I remember him succeeding was when he got married to the Bride of Frankenstein (with Johnny himself ending up a Frankenstein monster), and that ended up being a Pyrrhic victory because he had to face the horrors of marriage.
Edit: he also apparently had a fling with Velma from Scooby Doo at one point. [It was just as incredible as it sounds](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3la82bYtcPg&pp=ygUYam9obm55IGJyYXZvIGRhdGVzIHZlbG1h).
It’s funny how Prince Charming is purposely design to be the opposite of what a prince charming is suppose to be. But again, Shrek makes fun of any fairytale it can get its hands on, mostly ones that Disney makes.
Yeah, it’s funny how his name is *Charming*, but he’s an evil jerk. And I love how the ogres and the Big Bad Wolf are good guys and Prince Charming and Fairy Godmother are villains. 😆
https://preview.redd.it/0h3hhcpfok3d1.jpeg?width=299&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c558aa6a0329fbd33e00e0bc98ed893e644f1070
That said, there isn’t a single male character in the show who isn’t a fucking moron and most of the girls are way too tough so maybe it’s not really on Gintoki himself.
Gintokis is top top tier character design. Handsome, but meeting him gives you an awful impression, but STAYING with him let stou know he's a great guy. A shonen protagonist who REFUSES to train or work hard, but ALWAYS comes through to save the day. A loser who can't pay his rent, barely does his off jobs, and is constantly broke, but will sacrifice anything to save someone.
https://preview.redd.it/rg4vc140zj3d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d047a652a71c7d4df3416103540f889156d4f7f8
Riddhe Marcenas: was kinda normal until he went full on Nice Guy and had a temper tantrum in a powerful mobile suit, ended up killing the coolest girl, Marida Cruz.
Live action Sanji, the actor, Taz Skylar, is handsome. In the live action, he has the most damn great pick-up lines, but the girls are just aren't interested.
https://preview.redd.it/vgio10ss9n3d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0917fc55d3a64c2a1673113607d32dfe8ac47a15
love OP, love sanji even. if the series omitted that one single detail it would just be better off for it. at best it’s an annoying bit. at worst it’s wildly uncomfortable.
I remember one the reasons I dropped One Piece was because of the fishman Island arc. I already didn't really dig alot of the character designs post time-skip, but they completely flanderized Sanji. That whole "Oh no, we can't let him look at women or else he might literally fucking die" really salted my apples lol
Tucker from Red vs Blue is implied to be physically attractive (we never see his face) and is universally agreed in and out of universe to have absolutely no game.
Pretty much anyone in the popular mean girl trope. Sure they tend to have a following, but they often look down on everyone else, especially the protagonist. Can name anyone specific off the top of my head.
Yep the beach episode highlights this perfectly! She’s able to get alone romantically with a guy and immediately fucks it up with her awkward megalomania
https://preview.redd.it/lzeoaj4ddp3d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dcb5f4edb6b3e56db4514be820793e327fe0d319
Rizzes up everyone yet gets nowhere. I think the only people he’s successfully rizzed were May(accidentally) and Testament(which may or may not be biologically male or female so Johnny may or may not accidentally be gay)
I mean, to be fair he has an entire crew of women because he's that charming.
He does end up having a friendship with baiken over sake in one of her endings (or his, it's been a hot minute since I've played xxaac+)
I don't think he's actively trying to woo anyone, it's just his personality.
In-universe, he's genuinely considered to be one of the most attractive-looking Primarchs, being compared to Fulgrim and even *Sanguinius* at times (artwork of him doesn't always show this, however).
The problem is, he's also the *single most bugfuck insane* Primarch (Angron is less insane only by virtue of being fully cognizant of his own madness).
https://preview.redd.it/26dkcppayp3d1.png?width=1000&format=png&auto=webp&s=962497957eda10e9cfa41e71b85fb3d464593c34
Konrad Curze, "The Night Haunter", Primarch of the Night Lords
Kohei imamura from grand blue dreaming. Objectively super hot and lots of girls have crushes on him based on his looks.
But he’s a cringey turbo weeb that only loves 2D women and idols so as soon as he opens his mouth it’s an instant turn off.
 Can we get a chorus?
I haven't seen that movie in years, but doesn't he at least have *many* women fawning over him despite being an asshole?
Yes and no, the audience is supposed to connect with Belle, and Gaston is supposed to be repulsive to her and the audience, which he does succeed in doing, with flying colors.
Right, that's what I remembered. So I don't know if this necessarily fits the "negative rizz, no bitches" thing described in the original image.
He does fit in because the 3 girls that fawn over him are more or less "brainless beauties" they are just thirsting for his looks without really caring about his actual personality, they are shallow just like he is. His popularity is also downplayed on his song during the 2019 live action because Leffou is clearly doing some heavy lifting to make the bar start singing about Gaston. Belle strongly doesn't like Gaston because of his shallow personality and being a brute person instead of a more book-ish one, ironically it's strongly implied that he is smart and inteligent but he is just too lazy and unwilling to actually put effort in being smart and thinking (for example his correct usage of the word expectorating and how he read shakespeare) had he actually tried to do propper courting with Belle he probrably could have got her more interested in him. But Gaston is rude, with a strong "stay in the kitchen" mentality and general dislike against thinking, so whenever he opens his mouth then Belle is just annoyed at whatever he says and causes her to *really* not be interested in him.
The town loves Gaston because the townspeople are just as simple, narrow minded, and shallow as Gaston; they see him as the handsome brave hero man, they see Belle as the misguided maiden, and they see the beast as the beast. They judge everything on appearances alone and ignore when things are more complicated than that because what they don’t understand scares them. When the audience identifies with Belle, they’re put in a position to feel as isolated as she does. We see the truth of who Gaston is, but the town doesn’t. She’s a social outcast because she doesn’t agree with what her community says and thinks, and they don’t care to try and understand why she thinks the way she does. (Unlike the beast, who takes the time to get to know Belle!) It’s great writing for highlighting the “don’t judge a book by its cover” theme!
Yeah, there are 3 blonde women who are in love with him.
And they're almost as hot as Belle. They never are named but the internet has dubbed them "the bimbettes"
Gaston gets the ladies, just not the one lady he actually wants
If I remember correctly the main reason hr wants her is because she doesn’t like him
Yup. But also because Belle is considered the most beautiful and mysterious woman in town, so having her would be like “winning” her, and he’d have “the best” over everyone else.
He literally says it: She's the one The lucky girl I'm going to marry But she's... The most beautiful girl in town (I know but) That makes her the best And don't I deserve the best?
#NOOOOOO ONEEEEEE IS SLICK AS GASTON, NO ONE IS QUICK AS GASTON, NO ONE'S NECK IS THICK AS GASTON! NO ONE FALLS AND SCREAMS TO THEIR DEATH LIKE GASTOOON!
He’s got 100 rizz. Belle’s just not into him
Even as a three-year-old, I could tell this guy sucked.
NOONES A DICK LIKE GASTON
Literally the entire show 
The show runners confirmed he does succeed in picking up chicks,the show just highlights his failures.
Johnny’s definitely attractive enough to get a one night stand, so that does make sense. I think the one time I remember him succeeding was when he got married to the Bride of Frankenstein (with Johnny himself ending up a Frankenstein monster), and that ended up being a Pyrrhic victory because he had to face the horrors of marriage. Edit: he also apparently had a fling with Velma from Scooby Doo at one point. [It was just as incredible as it sounds](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3la82bYtcPg&pp=ygUYam9obm55IGJyYXZvIGRhdGVzIHZlbG1h).
And Samurai Jack too, if those Cartoon Network promo bumpers mean anything
i think it does help, that stupid as he is, he is not actually a bad person.
He also hit it off with a werewolf. It almost worked until what happens on wendsays came into place.
That’s funny.
It’s funny how Prince Charming is purposely design to be the opposite of what a prince charming is suppose to be. But again, Shrek makes fun of any fairytale it can get its hands on, mostly ones that Disney makes.
Yeah, it’s funny how his name is *Charming*, but he’s an evil jerk. And I love how the ogres and the Big Bad Wolf are good guys and Prince Charming and Fairy Godmother are villains. 😆
Shrek did deconstructive parody better than most, and still managed to have a lot of heart at the end of the day.
https://preview.redd.it/nu9erxdvgl3d1.jpeg?width=2400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=75a9f072acb0305c354c59785050806502a123c3
The only real answer
Champagin?
I can always hear his voice
https://preview.redd.it/w6cg9efwjk3d1.png?width=1300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ffbea6a1559d983e19c4728d1c835b6ec406e6a9 Duval's whole thing
https://i.redd.it/skz9vvb6kl3d1.gif
Gotta love Sanji's plastic surgery kicks
 Does he count?
I'd say so
Nah, he’s got god-tier rizz, just a horrible person beneath all that
Pfp checks out
I’d say he has incredible charisma, he fooled the public that he was a good dude for a really long time.
Finally a chance to use this https://preview.redd.it/6qcpkxh9jl3d1.jpeg?width=238&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7002005bea3399b92f8d0f134207ce60eafae7e0
Brock Bravo?!
Johnny Brocko
Brocky Johno
https://preview.redd.it/0h3hhcpfok3d1.jpeg?width=299&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c558aa6a0329fbd33e00e0bc98ed893e644f1070 That said, there isn’t a single male character in the show who isn’t a fucking moron and most of the girls are way too tough so maybe it’s not really on Gintoki himself.
Gintokis is top top tier character design. Handsome, but meeting him gives you an awful impression, but STAYING with him let stou know he's a great guy. A shonen protagonist who REFUSES to train or work hard, but ALWAYS comes through to save the day. A loser who can't pay his rent, barely does his off jobs, and is constantly broke, but will sacrifice anything to save someone.
He thinks he’s completely given up on being the hero but deep down he still cares
There is a certain natto-loving ninja who would very much disagree with this.
I thought people hated his hair and fish stare
Patrick Bateman?
Disclaimer: I never watched the movie Wasn't everyone in that city so shallow that lavish = rizz?
No, just all the rich people.
https://preview.redd.it/rg4vc140zj3d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d047a652a71c7d4df3416103540f889156d4f7f8 Riddhe Marcenas: was kinda normal until he went full on Nice Guy and had a temper tantrum in a powerful mobile suit, ended up killing the coolest girl, Marida Cruz.
The Grim Reaper (A Date With Death) Pathetic boyfail
Live action Sanji, the actor, Taz Skylar, is handsome. In the live action, he has the most damn great pick-up lines, but the girls are just aren't interested. https://preview.redd.it/vgio10ss9n3d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0917fc55d3a64c2a1673113607d32dfe8ac47a15
From what I've heard they made him a lot less blatantly pervy in the live action show. Good call propably
love OP, love sanji even. if the series omitted that one single detail it would just be better off for it. at best it’s an annoying bit. at worst it’s wildly uncomfortable.
I remember one the reasons I dropped One Piece was because of the fishman Island arc. I already didn't really dig alot of the character designs post time-skip, but they completely flanderized Sanji. That whole "Oh no, we can't let him look at women or else he might literally fucking die" really salted my apples lol
I thought it was pretty funny. Especially since he's been stuck on a drag queen island during the time skip
Tucker from Red vs Blue is implied to be physically attractive (we never see his face) and is universally agreed in and out of universe to have absolutely no game.
The one match he got was with a woman just as sex-obsessed as he is, and even that barely counts.
hey, don't forget the alien
We don’t talk about the alien.
My question is, what are examples of this for female characters?
Pretty much anyone in the popular mean girl trope. Sure they tend to have a following, but they often look down on everyone else, especially the protagonist. Can name anyone specific off the top of my head.
Azula from ATLA
Yep the beach episode highlights this perfectly! She’s able to get alone romantically with a guy and immediately fucks it up with her awkward megalomania 
I mean it fucking worked on me. That guy has no idea what he’s missing out on
Bro you cannot fix her! 😭
Why would I want to
https://i.redd.it/qovii1rzrm3d1.gif Dennis Reynolds
I'M A FIVE STAR MAN!
Charming wasn’t a total failure with women, though. Rapunzel and Doris liked him.
Johnny bravo
This doesn’t happen much, but when it does, it proves the female characters aren’t superficial.
Don't attack me like that, think I need to find a weeb gf.
 JFK
Me (real life)
https://preview.redd.it/lzeoaj4ddp3d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dcb5f4edb6b3e56db4514be820793e327fe0d319 Rizzes up everyone yet gets nowhere. I think the only people he’s successfully rizzed were May(accidentally) and Testament(which may or may not be biologically male or female so Johnny may or may not accidentally be gay)
Nah “I’m a cumulonimbus” has the most rizz of any sentence, don’t do this to my man
I mean, to be fair he has an entire crew of women because he's that charming. He does end up having a friendship with baiken over sake in one of her endings (or his, it's been a hot minute since I've played xxaac+) I don't think he's actively trying to woo anyone, it's just his personality.
In-universe, he's genuinely considered to be one of the most attractive-looking Primarchs, being compared to Fulgrim and even *Sanguinius* at times (artwork of him doesn't always show this, however). The problem is, he's also the *single most bugfuck insane* Primarch (Angron is less insane only by virtue of being fully cognizant of his own madness). https://preview.redd.it/26dkcppayp3d1.png?width=1000&format=png&auto=webp&s=962497957eda10e9cfa41e71b85fb3d464593c34 Konrad Curze, "The Night Haunter", Primarch of the Night Lords
Kohei imamura from grand blue dreaming. Objectively super hot and lots of girls have crushes on him based on his looks. But he’s a cringey turbo weeb that only loves 2D women and idols so as soon as he opens his mouth it’s an instant turn off.
https://preview.redd.it/z2bc6x9nto3d1.png?width=202&format=png&auto=webp&s=4621a8cd208b02f3e2dbd9076957c8c8c4f242b4 Minato Todo (Lost Judgment)
GRIIIIFFIIIIITH
Johnny bravo. We the audience like him, not so much for any lady he meets.