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{{quote|'''Woman:''' You ''asshole''! What were you doing with my sister in that ''hot tub''?... A diamond? So you ''do'' love me!... I don't even know what I was mad at you about!|[[GTA Radio|Radio advertisement]] in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''}}

The most common luxury [[Everything's Sparkly Withwith Jewelry|is jewelry]], followed by [[Pretty in Mink|fur coats]], fancy dresses (don't need to be [[Pimped-Out Dress|pimped out]]), and then other various things. Whatever the luxury, this trope is using it as a way to try to distract or please the lady, or to try to get her to give you something in return.

In some horror stories, the luxury will be cursed somehow, and may even overlap with [[Death Byby Materialism]].

The closest male equivalent is likely [[Distracted Byby the Sexy]] (should be noted one of the uses for this trope is getting the woman to grant sexual favors).

* Many commercials for jewelry stores play to this stereotype--yourstereotype—your wife loves jewelry, and you have to buy it in order for her to love you.

{{quote| "A man proclaims love for his woman loudly, bravely and in one of the most romantic spots in the world. This generally irks her, and so he gives her a diamond and she's okay with him again. Because passionate heartfelt sentiment doesn't hold a candle to cold, hard ice."}}

* In ''[[Singin' in Thethe Rain]]'''s "Broadway Melody" sequence, Cyd Charisse's character regularly flirts with the hapless lead male, only to be swayed back to her thug boyfriend by some shiny piece of jewelry he dangles in front of her.

* ''[[Madame Bovary (Literature)|Madame Bovary]]'' uses this trope as a way to deal with depression... and lose your shirt over it.

* [[Gender -Inverted Trope|Gender Inverted]] with Bertie of ''[[Jeeves and Wooster (Literaturenovel)|Jeeves and Wooster]]''. When his [[Grande Dame|Aunt Agatha]] is about to force him to marry a prissy girl he doesn't love, there's only one thing that can cheer him up...[[The Dandy|a scarlet cummerbund]].

* In the ''[[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|Teen Titans]]'' episode "Date With Destiny", Kitten is shown dating Fang--aFang—a guy with a human body and a spider head on top. Apparently looks don't matter in their relationship, or lack thereof, considering how Fang regularly steals jewelry and gives them to her as gifts.

* In the ''[[DuckDuckTales Tales(1987)]]'' episode "The Lost Crown of Genghis Khan," a female abominable snow monster loves jewelry, which is apparently why she has accumulated a massive horde of treasure.

* Ronda from ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' was obviously pleased whenever her father bought her things, or when she got a fancy pearl necklace.

* [[Gender -Inverted Trope|gender inverted]] parody on ''[[Drawn Together]]''. Captain Hero is quickly able to get over losing the love of his life when he realizes he [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|won fifty dollars!]]

* [[Fairly Oddparents]] has an episode where Timmy discovers that this works on his mother and fairy-godmother, so he wishes up the perfect boyfriend for his evil babysitter. Since said wish resulted in a human, this also counts as [[Distracted Byby the Sexy]].

* In ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius]]'' episode "Time is Money", Jimmy learned his father once had the chance to become wealthy by investing in a fast-food franchise. Jimmy, Sheen and Carl then went back in time to prevent Hugh from missing the chance. When Jimmy returned to present time, he saw that his parents became [[Rich Bitch|rich bitches]]. Jimmy's father insulted Carl and Sheen, who stopped minding about it when he gave them a gold bar.

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