Sometimes a supposed bad boy who really isn't has to deal with the advances of a hyperactive Fangirl who doesn't know when to cut it out, resulting in comedy at the "bad boy's" expense. It's entirely possible for someone to look like a bad boy but not fit the above description.
It all depends on what the author wants to use this trope for. Sometimes the badness is an Informed Attribute, such as with the Lovable Rogue. So what if he can't be trusted? It's an honor for girls in media to be chosen by him, to walk into prom night with him on her arm, to ride on the back of his motorcycle with her arms around his waist, to stick her tongue out at the Alpha Bitch from the passenger's seat of his stolen convertible. He's probably not going to be all that concerned with fidelity, either. Add to that the fact that Evil Is Cool, and the Anti-Hero ranks as Bachelor of the Month.Īll this, of course, tends to gloss over the fact that bad boys are, well, bad, meaning self-centered, possibly not too mentally stable, potentially abusive, might have trouble finding and keeping a legal job, and will most likely be more interested in the sexual aspect of a relationship than anything else. The "bad boy" targets the strongest womanly instincts: the stoic, silent guy is a mystery waiting to be solved the Troubled, but Cute youth with a tragic past is a woobie needing comfort he's tough enough to be a girl's protector, but vulnerable enough to need her as well. Whatever the reason, in Hollywood, it's the bad boys the girls want.
Maybe it's just because Good Is Boring and Evil Is Sexy. Maybe Hollywood is tapping into the ancestral female animal instinct to choose the mightiest, strongest, toughest genes for their offspring.
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