I Can't Believe a Guy Like You Would Notice Me: Difference between revisions

* This is possibly one of the most annoying parts of the ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' Saga. Not three chapters can go by without Bella saying something along these lines, apparently just so that Edward can remind her (and the reader) of her good qualities. She even goes on like this ''when they're married''. Although Jake also gets this a bit in ''Breaking Dawn'', when he can't believe that Bella would be friendly with him when she was happily married to Edward.

* Referred to as "Jerk Syndrome" in the [[Discworld]] novel ''[[Discworld/Thud|Thud]]''. Nobby's new girlfriend Tawneee is so incredibly attractive that most men don't even consider asking her out, because there's no way a girl like that would go for ''him''. So the only guys who ask her out are either jerks who aren't afraid of rejection, or losers (like Nobby) who are so used to rejection it doesn't scare them.

* ''Mindstar Rising'' by Peter F. Hamilton. Heiress Julia Evans is convinced she's unattractive because she spent most of her teenage years in the company of her absolutely gorgeous best friend Kat. When she finally suceeds in getting the handsome doctor (Kat's former boyfriend) that she'd been pining over, ''he'' says the line—an indication that a [[Hollywood Homely|not-unattractive]] teenager ''who's just inherited a multi-billion dollar [[Mega Corp]]'' is a lot more desirable than she thinks.

** It turns out that Ian [[In Love with the Mark|really does like Amy]], and can't believe that [[The Proud Elite|a guy like him]] would like a girl like her, either.

* In ''[[The Princess Diaries]]'' first book, Mia has had a long-time crush on Josh, the popular jock. Once she is exposed as being a princess, he asks her out. Cue reaction. Of course, he only did it to get 15 seconds of fame as Mia's boyfriend, and Mia realises this and breaks up with him.