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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In one episode, Harmony tries to spice up her and Spike's sex life by role-playing as Buffy, having become aware of Spike's attraction to the Slayer.

* ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth'': When Jay has sex with his pillow, he pretends to be a famous 40-year-old magician. This causes confusion when his pillow turns out to be alive, she gets pregnant, and she actually thinks Jay is forty instead of thirteen. He also pretends to be 40 when hooking up with Jessi, which creeps her out since she's also thirteen, which makes Jay look like he's role-playing as a pedophile.

*** In the episode "Extreme", the investigation on the death of a rich teen girl leads to the investigators discovering an "extreme" roleplaying company that specialized in fake kidnappings with the idea of getting an adrenaline rush of going through the motions of a hostage thriller (this was done with full consent of all parties and things ending on the couple doing "rescue sex" was seen as just a natural result). Unfortunately, mid-rescue sex, the girl's boyfriend (already a crazy adrenaline junkie as it is) decided to see how it felt to murder someone and suffocated her.

Subtrope of {{Fetish}}. Often overlaps with ComicRolePlay. Compare and contrast PowerDynamicsKink, when some ''real-life'' power dynamic ([[TeacherStudentRomance teacher and student]], master and slave, [[MuggleMageRomance mage and muggle]], etc.) serves as the erotic "turn-on". Contrast CowboysAndIndians, TheDreadedPretendTeaParty, PlayingDoctor, and PlayingHouse for the more innocent, childish role plays. Usually has nothing to do with RolePlayingGame. One could consider this a sexy version of {{LARP}}ing.

** In "Don’t Go Breaking My Heart", Niles is worried about the results of his cardiology exam, and Daphne suggests he get a second opinion with "a house call from Nurse Naughty." (In a later scene [[{{Fanservice}} we see]] that this does indeed involve her wearing a HospitalHottie outfit.)

* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'': "A Midwinter Night's Dream" has Niles trying out sexual roleplay as a means of spicing up his relationship with Maris again - with said attempt involving Niles hiding in a closet (naked except for a suggestively-placed eyepatch) and a treasure map meant to lead Maris to his hiding place. Unfortunately for Niles, one of the maids accidentally finds him in the closet, and after the maid freaks out, Maris finds them, immediately assumes the worst, and kicks Niles out.

-->'''"Hold Me, Touch Me":''' "And after that we'll play 'The Abduction and Cruel Rape of Lucretia ... And I'll play Lucretia."

* In ''Film/AHistoryOfViolence'', the first time we're shown Tom and Edie having sex, she dresses up as a cheerleader, and pretends she and Tom are sneaking a night out without their parents knowing, which is presented as the kind of fun thing they do to make their relationship so good. The second time we see them have sex, after Edie finds out who Tom really is, things take a much darker turn.

* ''Series/BreakingBad'': In the first minisode, Marie cuffs Hank to the bed and shows up in a sexy policewoman's uniform. It goes well at first until Hank gets caught up in making sure her arrest details are right, then suggests switching to a "terrorist and interrogator" scenario. A frustrated Marie leaves him cuffed and storms out.

* In ''Film/TheProducers'', we are introduced to Max Bialystock as he flirts with a DirtyOldWoman (known only as "Hold Me, Touch Me") who wants him to play such games as "the innocent milkmaid and the naughty stableboy" and "the contessa and the chauffeur."
-->'''Hold Me, Touch Me:''' "And after that we'll play the Abduction and cruel rape of Lucretia ... And I'll play Lucretia."

* Discussed in ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', when Elliot and Sarah mention "We're gonna end up as one of those couples with a cache of costumes, aren't we?"

* ''Webcomie/KevinAndKell'': Rudy [[https://www.kevinandkell.com/1996/kk0528.html walks in on his parents]] playing Little Red Riding Hood.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Inside Job|2021}}'': In "[[Recap/InsideJobS1E7GhostProtocol Ghost Protocol]]", Glenn reveals that he once ghosted UsefulNotes/AnnCoulter because "She made me role-play as a liberal just so she could drink my tears."

->'''Connie''': I'm talking about ''role play''.
->'''Maury''': Oh! Kinky sexy fuck-fuck with hats and costumes?
->'''Connie''': Yeah. It's community theater, but for sexually active people!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Human Resources|2022}}'', "Rutgers is for Lovers"

* ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'': Megumi asks Akito to join her in the ships {{Holodeck}}, where she has loaded a program for a high-school setting. She also conveniently tweaked the settings to make sure she had an impractically short skirt, and then attempted to engage in a bit of role-play, clearly hoping to lead to this trope. Akito, however, isn't up for it and tries to stave off her efforts in character by saying they're both too young.

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* One ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' comic features an amnesiac Batman (having fallen out of a window) trying and failing to stop crime, being easily taken out by gang members who comment on his potbelly and lack of skill... and then the ''real'' Batman shows up. It turns out the first one was role-playing a RescueRomance scenario with his wife and fell out the window. Batman requests that the next time they do this, they go with a {{ComicBook/Superman}} costume instead.

** Happens between Sheldon and Amy when the girls are invited to Dungeons And Dragons night with Howard as the Dungeon Master. The others find it hilarious to draw the normally stoic Sheldon out of his comfort zone by having him and Amy's characters act out an intimate moment. It's Amy, however, who finds this most upsetting, not liking that her peer group views her relationship with Sheldon as some fantastical joke. Ultimately Sheldon goes to comfort Amy, and the two engage in a little private role-playing session, away from their friends' prying eyes. Amy finds this much more acceptable.

--> '''Marie Schrader:''' Nice goddamn Valentine's Day this turned out to be!

--->'''Rossi:''' ''(wearing her stethoscope and very little else)'' Oh, what do we have here?
--->'''Jake:''' ''(laying sprawled on the floor)'' A 34-year-old Caucasian male who is dead. Very dead.
--->'''Rossi:''' Mmm. Cause of death?
--->'''Jake:''' Initial assessment, blunt force trauma.
--->'''Rossi:''' But what do I find when I probe a little farther?
--->'''Jake:''' Bruising around the neck, and ocean water in the lungs.
--->'''Rossi:''' Ooh, how long have you been dead, body?
--->'''Jake:''' Four days.
--->'''Rossi:''' ''[shaking her head]'' Gross. Bloating, odors.
--->'''Jake:''' Oh, uh... 24 hours.
--->'''Rossi:''' ''Perfect''.

-->'''Esposito:''' What happened, did the relationship ''suck''? ''(grins at Castle)''
-->'''Ryan:''' [[InstantTurnOff Deal-breaker for me, she wanted to have sex in a coffin.]] I'm... open-minded. I'm not ''that'' open-minded.

* ''Series/Lucifer2016'': Detective Chloe Decker once sneaks into Lucifer's private quarters to investigate him and finds a strange woman [[ChainedToABed tied up in his bed]]. The woman is annoyed at the "rescue", assuming Lucifer unilaterally invited Chloe to join their scene.

-->'''Marcy''': Who would've ever thought it would be fun to pretend to be them?
-->'''Jefferson''': I'm starting to understand why they're still together.

-->'''Andy-as-Macklin:''' I know you boosted those paintings.
-->'''April-as-Janet:''' Maybe it was me, but I'll never tell you where they are. And you'll never have my body, either! ''[runs away]''

--->'''Boyfriend''': I want you.
--->'''Girlfriend''': Yeah you do, you little bitch.
--->'''Boyfriend''': Ooh, you're so mean to me.
--->'''Girlfriend''': [[BrotherSisterIncest Because you're my little brother, bitch!]] Now scram!
--->'''Boyfriend''': ''What?''

* Played for laughs in the sitcom ''Series/{{Whitney}},'' when Whitney and her boyfriend try to engage in some sexy nurse/patient roleplay. Whitney dresses up in a sexy nurse outfit...and then makes her boyfriend fill out a voluminous set of paperwork. He's particularly perplexed when some of the paperwork asks for his work address.

-->'''Charlie''': C'mon, Sophie's career really needs this.

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-->'''Critic (as Johnny)''': Let's roleplay. You be [[Franchise/MortalKombat Sonya Blade]] and I'll be a terrible actor.

--->'''Lois:''' ''[dressed in [[CatholicSchoolgirlsRule a schoolgirl's uniform]]]'' Oh, I need a spankin'. I'm a bad, bad girl.
--->'''Peter:''' I'm a paladin with 18 charisma and 97 hit points. I can use my helm of disintegration and do one D4 damage as my half-elf mage wields his +5 holy avenger.
--->'''Lois:''' Paladins can't use the helm of disintegration.
--->'''Peter:''' Oh. Okay, then I'm a Black guy.

--->'''Lois:''' Here comes Grimace! Ya got some burgers I can steal, huh?
--->'''Peter:''' ''(not amused)'' Lois, the Hamburgler steals hamburgers. Grimace is Ronald [=McDonald=]'s retarded friend.

* ''WesternAnimation/HumanResources2022'':

* ''WesternAnimation/InsideJob2021'': In "[[Recap/InsideJobS1E7GhostProtocol Ghost Protocol]]", Glenn reveals that he once ghosted UsefulNotes/AnnCoulter because "She made me role-play as a liberal just so she could drink my tears."
* Implied, in a G-rated manner, in the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' HalloweenEpisode "Druselsteinoween." Linda dresses in a nurse's outfit and Lawrence dresses as a gorilla who chases her around the house.

** A man tells his girlfriend to act out the scene from ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' with Leia and Jabba the Hutt. Much to his displeasure, instead of dressing up in Leia's gold bikini, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint she dresses up as Jabba]].

* Played for laughs in the sitcom ''Series/{{Whitney}},'' when Whitney and her boyfriend try to engage in some sexy nurse/patient roleplay. Whitney dresses up in a sexy nurse outfit...and then makes her boyfriend fill out a voluminous set of paperwork. He's particularly perplexed when some of the paperwork asks for work address.

* Played for laughs in the sitcom ''Whitney,'' when Whitney and her boyfriend try to engage in some sexy nurse/patient roleplay. Whitney dresses up in a sexy nurse outfit...and then makes her boyfriend fill out a voluminous set of paperwork. He's particularly perplexed when some of the paperwork asks for work address.

[[caption-width-right:232:"Do I have insurance?" "Oh yeah, baby! ''Full'' coverage..."]]

One way for couples to add some spice to their sex lives is to act out sexy scenarios before doing the deed. Common setups include [[PizzaBoySpecialDelivery a hot delivery guy and his client]], [[HospitalHottie a sexy nurse and her patient]], a TeacherStudentRomance, or [[GeekyTurnOn characters from a popular franchise]]. This often involves UsefulNotes/{{BDSM}} elements, showing off who's the boss in the bedroom with an elaborate power fantasy. In comedic works, the characters will often act out an oddly specific fetish that most people probably wouldn't find sexy... or so we assume.