History Main / PsychoLesbian

* Yuki, from ''Webcomic/MenageA3'', plays with the trope. She not only has a [[HollywoodPsych psychological disorder]] that causes her to sees all male sex organs as "Naughty Tentacles" thanks a childhood incident where she saw her father's hentai manga, but she also tends to go into berserk fugue states in which she [[GroinAttack attacks]] said "tentacles" ''with the intent of utterly destroying them''. As for the "lesbian" half of things, she played StalkerWithACrush to her bisexual ex-girlfriend Zii for several years, and constantly has hate sex with one of her bandmates. Played with in that she's actually bisexual, and once she accepts this about herself, starts actively working to cure her psychosis so she can enter a relationship with Gary. It doesn't work out, and she soon breaks up with him because she feels guilty that their sex life is AllTakeNoGive. She eventually ends the series happily dating Matt, who loves her ''[[ThrillSeeker precisely because]]'' her fear of male genitalia caters to his love for rough sex.

* Yuki, from ''Webcomic/MenageA3'', plays with the trope. She not only has a [[HollywoodPsych psychological disorder]] that causes her to sees all male sex organs as "Naughty Tentacles" thanks a childhood incident where she saw her father's hentai manga, but she also tends to go into berserk fugue states in which she [[GroinAttack attacks]] said "tentacles" ''with the intent of utterly destroying them''. As for the "lesbian" half of things, she played StalkerWithACrush to her bisexual ex-girlfriend Zii for several years, and constantly has hate sex with one of her bandmates. Played with in that she's actually bisexual despite the aforementioned hullicinations and starts actively working to cure her psychosis so she can enter a relationship with Gary; it doesn't work out, but they break up on good terms and she eventually ends the series dating Matt (who loves her ''[[ThrillSeeker precisely because]]'' of the risk a sexual relationship with her entails).

* Yuki, from ''Webcomic/MenageA3'', plays with the trope. She not only has a [[HollywoodPsych psychological disorder]] which means that she sees all male sex organs as "Naughty Tentacles", she tends to go into berserk fugue states in which she [[GroinAttack attacks]] said "Tentacles" ''with the intent of utterly destroying them''. She played StalkerWithACrush to her bisexual ex-girlfriend Zii, and for a while turned protagonist Gary's life into a living hell, forcing him to make out with his gay roommate (thanks to a typical deranged misunderstanding on her part) and blackmailing him into illustrating her manga script. However, the situation was more complicated than this sounds. Aside from the facts that Yuki is clearly far more crazy than evil, and that Gary rather masochistically fell for her, Zii declared from the first that she was actually bisexual under the insanity, the Cast Page confirmed this, and in due course, Yuki discovered feelings for Gary and made rather intermittent attempts to find a cure for her psychosis. The path of that possibly-true love turned out to be far from smooth, but Yuki has evolved away from the pure form of the trope.
** She also has a sexual relationship with her female band partner even though both of them tell the other that they hate them at every opportunity -- even during sex.

* In Chloe's webcomic ''Webcomic/GoGetARoomie'', "Roomie" of the title appears to manifest this trope: technically homeless, but playing on her charm and good looks to obtain rent-free stays with a string of lovers, taking them for granted for everything until she gets bored and moves on, generally wearing stolen clothes and with whatever money she can scoop up on the way out. It is only way into the series that it is revealed she does have feelings for others and a conscience, but the Roomie of the early strips is a heartbreaking conscienceless psychopath.
** Whether or not Roomie uses her hosts is debatable — "taking them for granted for everything until she gets bored and moves on" is an extreme, even far-fetched interpretation of her behavior even in the early chapters — but she never steals from them. The one time she's shown walking out in someone else's clothes, she couldn't get at her own, and she returned them at the end of the chapter. Likewise, the money she took from the table was specifically intended for food for Lillian, which Roomie bought, prepared, and laid out for her. Even her conscience — at least, her remorse that someone got hurt from misinterpreting her usual flirtatiousness — is demonstrated by the end of the first chapter.

* Shirai Kuroko from ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' and ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun''. However, unlike most examples, Kuroko is a ''heroic'' use of this character type, who spends half her time stalking/fondling/trying to seduce her Mikoto-{{oneesama}} and the other half being a ReasonableAuthorityFigure [=/=] LittleMissBadass.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Kampfer}}'', [[spoiler:BigBad Kaede Sakura has the hots for the main character's [[AttractiveBentGender female form]]. While the rest of the female cast [[HomoeroticSubtext show some bisexual tendencies]] [[DepravedBisexual and have their crazy sides]], the only 100% gay character is portrayed as the worst]].

* Fire Burial from ''WebOriginal/{{Brennus}}''. She'll burn off the genitals of any male who propositions her.

* [[spoiler: Amy Dallon]] from Literature/{{Worm}}, doing a MindRape on her straight sister to force her to love her is enough to put her on the list, but she somehow only gets worse from there. By the end of Literature/{{Ward}} she keeps a patch of her sister's skin under her bra and is probably the most universally hated character in a series of BlackAndGrayMorality.

* [[spoiler: Amy Dallon]] from Literature/{{Worm}}, doing a MindRape on her straight sister to force her to love her is enough to put her on the list, but she somehow only gets worse from there. By the end of the sequel she is probably the most universally hated character in a series of BlackAndGrayMorality.

* Pretty much all of the [[StrawFeminist feminists]] in the ''Fanfic/MRATrilogy'', with special notes going to [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Elsa]] (who is in an [[VillainousIncest incestuous]] relationship with her sister Anna, and is referred to as "queen of feminists and lesbo dykes") and [[Franchise/MassEffect Benezia]], the whole purpose of the fanfic in which she debuts being the [[MarySue protagonist]] trying to seduce her in order to distract her. Ironically, the protagonist is arguably also this, since she has sex with other women (albeit "for the benefit of men") and has severe VillainProtagonist tendencies.

* Gail Swanson, the VillainProtagonist of ''[[http://whenshewasbad.smackjeeves.com/ When She was Bad]]''.

* ''Manga/Sabagebu'':

* Inverted with [[VillainousHarlequin Harley Quinn]] and [[PlantPerson Poison Ivy]] in [[Franchise/TheDCU DC Comics]]. Their relationship with each other is probably the sanest either of them has.

* ''Fanfic/DarkestDestiny'': Cassandra, who is the main antagonist/VillainProtagonist, is portrayed as delusional, emotionally-repressed, on the verge on a mental breakdown nearly all the time, and abusive to her ([[QuestionableConsent forced-to-be]]) girlfriend, [[Franchise/{{Tangled}} Rapunzel]]. She's also a murderous, tyrannical dictator who DoesNotLikeMen.

* ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'':

The DistaffCounterpart of the DepravedHomosexual and very much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: a lesbian woman who is described as [[AxCrazy mentally unstable]], villainous or otherwise dangerous ''because'' she's a "true" lesbian i.e. [[NoBisexuals not a bisexual]]. She will often be described as covetous of other women and [[DoesNotLikeMen irrationally hateful towards the male gender]], if only because they are taking away too many potential mates. Often a ChildHater too, unless AllLesbiansWantKids (uncommon for this character trope).

The DistaffCounterpart of the DepravedHomosexual and very much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: a lesbian woman who is described as [[AxCrazy mentally unstable]], villainous or otherwise dangerous ''because'' she's a lesbian. She will often be described as covetous of other women and [[DoesNotLikeMen irrationally hateful towards the male gender]], if only because they are taking away too many potential mates. Often a ChildHater too, unless AllLesbiansWantKids (uncommon for this character trope).

This trope carries uncomfortable subtext: [[MoralMyopia go straight or go crazy]]. Or ''at least'' [[UnfortunateImplications have the decency of being bisexual]] so the male audience [[GirlOnGirlIsHot can have something they can enjoy watching.]] For years, a cocktail of censorship and bigotry rendered all lesbian characters on screen exclusively psychotic and villainous. UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode-era requirements that "deviant" characters (and that included all gay characters of any gender) must not be made sympathetic or rewarded meant that such characters [[BuryYourGays would almost inevitably be toast]] before the final credits rolled - and this convention has persisted long after the demise of the Code itself.

Very often defined by [[WomanScorned an unrequited love]] for a [[IncompatibleOrientation straight woman]] that she wants to herself, which can result in [[MurderTheHypotenuse assassinating the competition]], sometimes even [[WouldHurtAChild getting rid of her desired lover's kids]]. Such a character often doesn't check consent nor the feelings of the woman she's after, all that she wants is that woman to love and desire her back. The more benign versions might stop at [[StalkerWithACrush stalking their beloved]], but most examples are more a case of IfICantHaveYou. Extreme cases are downright predatory in their pursuits, but it'a rare sub-type.

The DistaffCounterpart of the DepravedHomosexual and very much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: a lesbian woman who is described as [[AxCrazy mentally unstable]], villainous or otherwise dangerous ''because'' she's a lesbian. She will often be described as especially towards other women but also towards the male gender [[DoesNotLikeMen that she often hates to death]], if only because they are taking away too many potential mates. Often a ChildHater too, unless AllLesbiansWantKids (uncommon for this character trope).

For years, a cocktail of censorship and bigotry rendered all lesbian characters on screen exclusively psychotic and villainous. UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode-era requirements that "deviant" characters (and that included all gay characters of any gender) must not be made sympathetic or rewarded meant that such characters [[BuryYourGays would almost inevitably be toast]] before the final credits rolled - and this convention has persisted long after the demise of the Code itself.

This trope carries uncomfortable subtext: [[MoralMyopia go straight or go crazy]]. Or ''at least'' [[UnfortunateImplications have the decency of being bisexual]] so the male audience [[GirlOnGirlIsHot can have something they can enjoy watching.]] Add to that the way that real-life lesbians are often seen as irrational or [[StrawFeminist man-hating]] by straight men, and even straight women as well as gay men, and it begins to look like a DiscreditedTrope.

The Psycho Lesbian will often be a villainess for a HideYourLesbians couple; two women who care for each other but don't actually say it out loud.

All that said, lesbians have as much right to be messed up as anybody else.

-->-- '''Nana Visitor''' (on her character Kira's {{mirror universe}} counterpart), ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''

* Missy from ''WebOriginal/TheWarComms''. At first, she was just a lesbian who happened to be a psycho, then a psycho who happened to be a lesbian. Then she started making some suggestive comments about Esmeralda and Trisha, [[FoeYay whom she claims to despise]] and, well.

* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/ABriefHistoryOfEquestria''. Some scholars suspect Sullamander of being a crazy lesbian, but they are clearly so far in the gutter they see such things everywhere.