History Main / LiteralManeater

* The unnamed female Apostle that Guts kills in the very first scene of ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' behaves this way, luring lustful men to her so that she can transform into her true demonic form and eat them. Also counts as ImAHumanitarian because like all Apostles, [[WasOnceAMan she was once human]].

** In the very first chapter, CuteBookworm Kaneki scores a date with the beautiful Rize Kamishiro. They spend their date going to bookstores and discussing literature, then she asks him to walk her home because of recent [[OurGhoulsAreDifferent Ghoul Attacks]] in the area. He complies, and when it's time for them to part ways, the couple ends up in an embrace.......and Rize sinks her teeth into his shoulder. Turns out, ''she'' is the Ghoul responsible for all the recent killings and uses her beauty to attract young men to eat. He only escapes with his life due to a cruel twist of fate.

* Extremely common in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', where almost every AlwaysFemale OneGenderRace does this -- it's honestly easier to point out aversions or subversions, such as Pathfinder's [[BeePeople Thriae]] and [[EnthrallingSiren Sirens]], than to list them all. Often overlaps with ConceiveAndKill.
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* ''Main/CourageTheCowardlyDog'': One of the most iconic and horrifying MonsterOfTheWeek was the Queen of the Black Puddle, a water-demon/nymph of some sort whose underwater kingdom periodically became aligned with various real-world areas through ''any'' form of water. She hypnotised her victims and left them in a sensual trance, which made it easier for her to abduct them and take them to her domain where she would show her real form and her demonic and predatory nature by devouring them alive.

Unfortunately for Bob he ran into a Literal Maneater. This monster, often times an alien or demon of some kind, has the appearance of, or at least takes on the appearance of, a beautiful woman in order to attract men so she can eat them. She (and it's almost always a she) is a very popular type of monster to appear on MonsterOfTheWeek style shows. Expect her to be MsFanService since that's how she lures in victims.

* The unnamed female Apostle from ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' behaves this way, luring lustful men to her so that she can transform into her true demonic form and eat them. Before being killed by Guts in the very first scene of the manga, she [[spoiler:eats Corkus alive during the horrorfest that was the Eclipse]]. Also counts as ImAHumanitarian because like all Apostles, [[WasOnceAMan she was once human]].

* The unnamed female apostole from ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' behaves this way, luring lustful men to her so that she can transform into her true demonic form and eat them. Also counts as ImAHumanitarian because she [[WasOnceAMan Was Once a Woman]].

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* ''{{Film/Phantasm}}'': The Lady in Lavender is the very first character to appear in the series, by seducing a guy and having sex with him in a graveyard, [[spoiler: before she stabs him to death. And its not much of a spoiler that she is really, merely a form of the Tall Man, since we see his face immediately afterwards]].

* ''{Film/Phantasm}'': The Lady in Lavender is the very first character to appear in the series, by seducing a guy and having sex with him in a graveyard, [[spoiler: before she stabs him to death. And its not much of a spoiler that she is really, merely a form of the Tall Man, since we see his face immediately afterwards]].

* ''Film/Phantasm'': The Lady in Lavender is the very first character to appear in the series, by seducing a guy and having sex with him in a graveyard, [[spoiler: before she stabs him to death. And its not much of a spoiler that she is really, merely a form of the Tall Man, since we see his face immediately afterwards]].

Alice and Bob meet up at a bar. Alice is dressed very provocatively and is acting rather seductively towards Bob, which Bob is obviously enjoying. Things start to heat up between the two and they exit the bar and slip out to somewhere nearby that's dark and quiet. Things start getting intimate. Alice seems ReadyForLoveMaking, and Bob is ready to comply but suddenly things take a horrible turn for Bob. Alice's [[EatTheCamera, mouth gets inhumanly wide]] as she seizes Bob before he can run away. Bob lets out a final scream as she eats him whole and alive.

Unfortunately for Bob he ran into a Literal Maaneater. This monster, often times an alien or demon of some kind, has the appearance of, or at least takes on the appearance of, a beautiful woman in order to attract men so she can eat them. She (and it's almost always a she) is a very popular type of monster to appear on MonsterOfTheWeek style shows. Expect her to be MsFanService since that's how she lures in victims.

Some monsters, aliens, demons, etc. have the appearance of, or at least take on the appearance of, a beautiful woman in order to attract men so she can eat them.

Sub-trope of ToServeMan; related to HoneyTrap. BlackWidow is the human version.

* Hags in ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' are a OneGenderRace, and they typically reproduce by altering their appearance to something less monstrous and taking humanoid lovers. They have been known to kill and eat their former paramours.

Sub-trope of ToServeMan; related to HoneyTrap.

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Sub-trope of ImAHumanitarian; related to HoneyTrap.

* In GreekMythology, there were female monsters called Empousae that could shape shift and would take on the appearance of beautiful women in order to seduce men and then eat them alive. Luckily, it seems that a man could repel them by cursing at them.

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* Some species of firefly imitate the flashes of females of different species in order to lure males of that species to them. Once the male gets close enough, the female then proceeds to eat him.

Some monsters/aliens/demons/ect. have the appearence of or at least take on the appearence of a beautiful woman in order to attract men so she can eat them.

Sub-trope of I'mAHumanitarian, related to HoneyTrap.
Compare HornyDevils, who have sometimes been portrayed as seducing people before eating them, and TheVamp who also uses her sexuality for evil purposes but doesn't eat her lovers (at least not literally)

* The unnamed female apostole from ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' behaves this way, luring lustful men to her so that she can transform into her true demonic form and eat them. Also counts as ImAHumanitarian because she [[WasOnceAMan Was Once A Woman]].

* In one episode of ''Series/{{Grimm}}'', the MonsterOfTheWeek is a spider Wesen, who is involuntarily compelled to periodically suck the guts out of men to maintain her youthful appearance. Interestingly, she maintains a monogamous relationship with a male member of her species, and moonlights as a serial killer mostly to stave off her natural urge to kill her husband.
* The salt vampire from the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "The Man Trap" mostly operates this way, though there is one [[GenderInvertedTrope exception]] where it takes on a hunky male form to attract Lt. Uhura.

* In GreekMythology there were female monsters called Empousae that could shape shift and would take on the appearance of beautiful women in order to seduce men and then eat them alive. Luckily it seems that they could be repelled by cursing at them.

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* In one the Shadowrun universe, the Incubus is a large octopus-like creature that has magical powers that can make it appear as a desirable person to it's prey; The critter's actual form isn't changed, only how other perceive it. One runner describes an encounter with it at the docks in the middle of the night, where his partner saw a beautiful naked woman and as he approached it, it attacked him and revealed itself as an Incubus.

* Some species of Firefly imitate the flashes of females of different species in order to lure males of that species to them. Once the male gets close enough the female then proceeds to eat him.