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** Whether the Chinese Amazons gender-twist this trope to "All Herculeses Want Amazons" is unknown. Mousse, a male Chinese Amazon, is most certainly attracted to Shampoo, and being that he is [[Blind Without'Em|comedically poor of vision]], it seems to be that it's her combat expertise that drew him to her. Unfortunately for him, when he challenged her to a marriage match (they were only three years old at the time), she beat him utterly. It's not known whether or not he's tried it again since, but Cologne (who, admittedly, is also Shampoo's great-grandmother and doesn't like Mousse, particularly compared to Ranma Saotome) insists that his initial loss means he can't ever win Shampoo by that method. The fact he's stronger than she is now doesn't really mean all that much, as it's heavily implied that Mousse could never bring himself to really hurt her, and so she will always be able to beat him.
** Speaking of which, Kuno also seems to be a gender-reversal of this trope: his actions heavily imply that the reason why he is so attracted to Akane (and, later, Ranma's girl form) is because they are martial artists strong enough to handle him with ease.
* There's a pretty classic example in a recent{{when}} ''[[One Piece]]'' arc, where Luffy winds up on Amazon Lily, an island of badass women almost totally oblivious to the ''existence'' of an opposite sex ruled over by one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the ridiculously gorgeous Boa Hancock; a [[Kick the Dog|puppy-kicking]] [[Vain Sorceress]][[Jerkass Facade|-to-be]] who despises men and has the power to [[Taken for Granite|turn people to stone using their own impure thoughts]]. This being a shounen manga, Luffy gets his Hero on in a big way and Hancock winds up falling for him. Interestingly, [[Chaste Hero|Luffy not only doesn't reciprocate such feelings, he's barely aware she has them. Even after seeing her topless]] ''[[Chaste Hero|twice]]'' [[Chaste Hero|and the second time complaining because he expected food instead.]] [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in that former Empress Nyon implies that this happens to ''every'' Empress of Amazon Lily eventually, and subverted somewhat because it's implied that it's killed them all except for Nyon, and now Hancock (who was dying but recovered as soon as she had the chance to help Luffy and stay with him a bit longer) because they were all too stubborn to act on their lovesickness.
** Another major subversion is not only Hancock stronger than Luffy, it isn't his 'manly' traits that attracted her to him in the first place. It was his empathy, chastity (being able to resist her charms), and his general affability. In this case it was more like all Amazons end up with Hercules because they're the only ones capable of surviving long enough to show they're not complete dicks.
*** She also love him because he punched a World Noble in the face. {{spoiler|She was captured, enslaved, and tortured by them when she was young.}}
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