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* 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 "Teacher's Pet", Xander is smitten by the substitute biology teacher, Ms. French, who turns out to be a giant praying mantis who needs a virgin male to fertilize her eggs before she devours him.

* 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.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In "Teacher's Pet", Xander is smitten by the substitute biology teacher, Ms. French, who turns out to be a giant praying mantis who needs a virgin male to fertilize her eggs before she devours him.

* The scientific term for this is sexual cannibalism, in which the female devours the male either before or during the act of mating. So far, it has only been observed in insect and arachnid species; the redback and black widow spiders are so named for this behavior (and gave the BlackWidow trope [[TropeNamer its name]]), though it also shows up in praying mantis species. It's also {{gender inverted|Trope}} in one species of wolf spider, where it's the ''male'' that eats the ''female''. Even more bizarrely, the male redback spider at least doesn't even mind getting eaten, and sometimes even "helps" by crawling into the female's mouth. Talking about [[FaceDeathWithDignity FacingDeathWithDignity]].

* A ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' villain, Shathra, is an giant spider-hunting wasp from another dimension. In her first appearance, she assumed a human form and appeared on a trashy talk TV program sharing details of an alleged affair between herself and Spider-Man to lure him to her in a fit of rage. Later, she would resurface in ''ComicBook/ScarletSpider'', hunting Peter's clone "brother", Kaine. She did so by assuming the form of his love interest, Annabelle. [[spoiler:She only revealed herself post-coitus as [[GambitPileup the real Annabelle showed up, a police officer tried to arrest Kaine, Kaine's teenage sidekick ranted about the vision quest she had just gone one, and another crazed sexual partner of Kaine's attempted to kill them all with a missile launcher]].]]

* Extremely common in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', where almost every AlwaysFemale OneGenderRace of monsters 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.

* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'': A most iconic and horrifying MonsterOfTheWeek is the Queen of the Black Puddle, a [[EnthrallingSiren water-demon/nymph]] of some sort whose underwater kingdom periodically becomes aligned with various physical areas through ''any'' form of water. She hypnotizes her victims with her ethereal voice and drops of water, leaving them in a sensual trance, only to next abduct them and take them to her domain, where she shows her true demonic appearance and devours them alive, after putting a certain necklace on them, as a sacrificial offering ''to herself''. She snatches Muriel Bagge's husband Eustace and tries to eat him, before Courage (reluctantly) rescues him.

* Super Hot Giant Alien eats Tommy in one gulp in ''Film/DudeWheresMyCar''.
* Jennifer Check from ''Film/JennifersBody'' routinely devours her lovers as a consequence of being possessed by a succubus.
* In ''Film/TheLure'', [[spoiler:Golden]]'s first victim gets killed when attempting to have sex with her in his car.
* Serleena in ''Film/MenInBlackII'' eats (offscreen ... well, ''on'' screen, but hidden by a bush) a would-be mugger/rapist in the first few minutes of the movie.
* Mermaids in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'' are portrayed as {{Enthralling Siren}}s who seduce sailors and devour them.

* The [[spoiler: female werewolf pack]] in ''Film/TrickRTreat'', who transform into their true forms by peeling off their human skins.

Bob has fallen prey to a Literal Maneater. She is some sort of monster (alien, demon, vampire, etc.); who (at least superficially) resembles a beautiful woman, in order to attract obliviously unlucky men and then devour them. She (and they're usually a ''she'') is a very popular type of evil creature to appear on MonsterOfTheWeek style shows. Expect her to be MsFanservice, because that's how she lures in victims; although it's not too surprising if she turns out to be a [[TheGrotesque hideous]] [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifter]] [[HumanDisguise who's only pretending to look like a beautiful human]].

* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'': One of the most iconic and horrifying MonsterOfTheWeek was the Queen of the Black Puddle, a [[EnthrallingSiren water-demon/nymph]] of some sort whose underwater kingdom periodically became aligned with various real-world areas through ''any'' form of water. She hypnotized 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 true demonic appearance and devour them alive. She snatches Muriel Bagge's husband Eustace and tries to eat him, before Courage (reluctantly) rescues him.

* The scientific term for this is sexual cannibalism, in which the female devours the male either before or during the act of mating. So far, it has only been observed in insect and arachnid species; the redback and black widow spiders are so named for this behavior (and gave the BlackWidow trope [[TropeNamer its name]]), though it also shows up in praying mantis species. It's also {{gender inverted|Trope}} in one species of wolf spider, where it's the ''male'' that eats the ''female''. Even more bizarrely, the male redback spider at least [[FaceDeathWithDignity doesn't even mind getting eaten, and sometimes even "helps" by crawling into the female's mouth]].

* ''Anime/AThousandOneAndNights'': Possibly, the serpent-amazons; they seem mostly trying to keep cuddling Aldin when he starts to flee from them, but when the two of them trip whilst trying to grab him — with one showing off a mouthful of fangs in the process — one of the serpents starts swallowing the other whole.

* ''Anime/AThousandOneNights'': Possibly, the serpent-amazons; they seem mostly trying to keep cuddling Aldin when he starts to flee from them, but when the two of them trip whilst trying to grab him — with one showing off a mouthful of fangs in the process — one of the serpents starts swallowing the other whole.

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Bob has fallen prey to a Literal Maneater. She is some sort of monster (alien, demon, vampire, etc.); who (at least superficially) resembles a beautiful woman, in order to attract obliviously unlucky men and then devour them. She (and they're usually a ''she'', though [[GenderInvertedTrope not]] [[SpearCounterpart always]]) is a very popular type of evil creature to appear on MonsterOfTheWeek style shows. Expect her to be MsFanservice, because that's how she lures in victims; although it's not too surprising if she turns out to be a [[TheGrotesque hideous]] [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifter]] [[HumanDisguise who's only pretending to look like a beautiful human]].

Sub-trope of ToServeMan, ConsumingPassion, and DeathBySex. Despite the AnimalMotif involved, not inherently related to the BlackWidow trope, though a Literal Maneater who legally weds her victims before consuming them would be an example of both. Compare HornyDevils, who have sometimes been portrayed as seducing people before eating them.

* AudioPlay/AlienAbductionRolePlay: Ackt is rather blunt about her desire to eat the human within minutes of meeting them. Even after her HeelFaceTurn, her irrational desire to eat them does not go away, much to her horror.
** [[spoiler:She finally gets her chance to feast on some human flesh during her second feral episode when the crew feeds her Tori's corpse in an attempt to calm her down. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone She is NOT happy about this.]]]]

* The villain of the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "Roadside Attraction" was a GiantSpider disguised as a human woman who lures in and eats men. Oddly, rather than take a young, beautiful form, she looks like a middle-aged woman with caked-on makeup. She apparently targets older gentlemen, and her charms do work on Stan Pines.

* The cannibalistic SerialKiller Jeffrey Dahmer was a gay example, [[InvitedAsDinner luring male victims into his home under sexual pretenses before murdering and partially consuming them]].

* The cannibalistic SerialKiller Jeffrey Dahmer was a gay example, luring male victims into his home under sexual pretenses, before murdering and partially consuming them.

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* Miroku from ''Manga/InuYasha'' meets a female mantis-demon who has killed and eaten a young princess and disguises herself in a human being's skin. She makes Miroku an erotic offer first, but then she shows her true form. However, as an inversion of this trope, Miroku can kill that demon.

* Serleena in Film/MenInBlackII eats (offscreen ... well, ''on'' screen, but hidden by a bush) a would-be mugger/rapist in the first few minutes of the movie.
* Jennifer Check from ''Film/JennifersBody'' routinely devours her lovers as a consequence of being possessed by a succubus.

* In ''Literature/TheDracoTavern'' by Creator/LarryNiven, female Grey Mourners have the irresistible urge to try to eat their partners during sex. Since the rest of the time they and their partners would prefer that they didn't succeed, they practice polyandry so that a male not involved in the current sex act can give the female a prey animal to eat instead.

* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'': The stranded alien fugitive in "Stranded" at one point transforms himself into a hot girl to lure a teenage boy closer so he can eat him.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In "Teacher's Pet", Xander is smitten by the substitute biology teacher, Ms. French, who turns out to be a giant praying mantis who needs a virgin male to fertilize her eggs before she devours him.
* ''Series/{{Lexx}}'': Lyekka is a PlantPerson {{Shapeshifter}} who takes the form of a seductive woman. She gives her victims a [[LotusEaterMachine pleasant, sexy fantasy]] to subdue them as they are devoured. This seems to be her species' predation strategy.

* In the ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' universe, the Incubus is a large octopus-like creature that has magical powers that can make it appear as a desirable person to its prey. The critter's actual form isn't changed, only how others 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.

* ''Webcomic/DoesNotPlayWellWithOthers'' has Naga, who is both a carnivore with a distinct preference for human flesh and a huge slut, so she frequently uses sex appeal to draw in potential meals. And if this results in her getting pregnant, [[OffingTheOffspring she just eats her egg as soon as she lays it]]. Nikki the vampire is also implied to do this, at least sometimes.

** Averted in Pathfinder's Second Edition with several of the monsters that used to be this trope. Lamias and [[HarpingOnAboutHarpies Harpies]] are both specifically noted to include males of their species, so they no longer rely on seducing and killing humanoid males for their reproduction. They're still [[AlwaysChaoticEvil savage monsters]], of course, so they may very well still eat you. Just not as a sex thing.

* The cannibalistic SerialKiller Jeffrey Dahmer was a gay example, luring male victims under sexual pretences.

Also see the FemmeFatale and TheVamp, who may also use their sexuality for evil purposes, but they don't eat their lovers (at least not literally). If a female monster preys on women rather than men, see LesbianVampire.

Also see the FemmeFatale and TheVamp, who may also use their sexuality for evil purposes, but they don't eat their lovers (at least not literally). For an inversion of this trope -- a female monster who preys on women rather than men -- see the LesbianVampire.