This is one good reason why the movie's depiction of the Spirit as a ladykiller was ridiculous - as portrayed by Eisner, the Spirit was not so much enamored of women as afflicted by them. Every beautiful girl for miles around seemed to have the hots for him - he could barely walk down the street at times without being pounced on by a bevy of lovestruck beauties. The poor guy just wanted to do his job, but practically every time he turned a corner, a new girl would jump at him. Mind you, he was not above enjoying this when the circumstances were right. The thing was, every time he consciously tried to take advantage of it - ask Ellen out on a date, for example - something seemed to go disastrously wrong - for example, another woman would try to force her affections on him, and Ellen would storm off in a huff. His love life would have given soap opera writers headaches.