 Flynn is often regarded as one of Disney 's most attractive heroes . In 2012 , Vanity Fair conducted a poll for which readers were asked to vote for the sexiest Disney hero of all @-@ time . Pairing Flynn against Prince Eric from The Little Mermaid , Flynn beat his competition by less than one percent , garnering 50 @.@ 35 percent of the total votes . E ! ranked the character third in its article " The Definitive Ranking of Disney Princes Based on Overall Dating Eligibility " . Writing for Seventeen , YouTube personality Tyler Oakley ranked Flynn the sixth most " dateable " Disney prince . Oakley joked , " I like a man who is unaplogetically himself , " continuing , " If you gotta go around with a fake name ... then you 're simply not on my level . " BuzzFeed author Louis Peitzman ranked Flynn the fourth most attractive Disney prince , praising the character 's hair and eyebrows in 2013 . BuzzFeed also ranked Flynn second on the website 's list of the " Top Ten Hottest Male Cartoon Characters " , calling him a " bad boy with a heart of gold . " 
