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* Distraction Damsel from ''{{Supermegatopia}}'', whose only superpower was causing timely wardrobe malfunctions (usually her own) or otherwise distracting bad guys (and good guys, and {{Innocent Bystander}}s...) with her "assets".

* Molly, of all people, attempts this while hitchhiking in [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080524.html this strip]] of ''TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'', but the fact that she's covered with fur proves a hindrance.

* {{NSFW}}: How Death "cheats" when [[http://www.exiern.com/?p=76 playing chess]] in ''Webcomic/{{Exiern}}''.
* Amusingly inverted in ''DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' when a guest at the inn says she can have any guy she wants and attempts to prove it by flashing Abel. Abel is instead "distracted by the large amounts of crazy they're attached to," so it doesn't quite work.

* In ''NoNeedForBushido'', Lord Masuhiro was captured by a largely female clan of ninjas. These ninjas deliberately dress in a way to use this to their advantage. Sure enough, every time Masuhiro attempts to escape, something happens to distract him, he gets hit with a knockout drug, and gets put back into his cell again.

* In ''ToAruMajutsuNoIndex'', Oriana Thompson is a master martial artist, but she also enjoys adopting sexy poses, cupping her boobs, etc to get male opponents to pause mid-attack, landing her easier victories. She one of the few women Touma Kamijo is attracted to, but he completely ignores her sexy tactics and punches her face in when they fight.

** ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly''. When James Bond is infiltrating TheDragon's residence in Spain, one of the owner's own harem girls provides the distraction he needs by chosing that moment to smooch with one of the guards.
** In ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'', James Bond is captured and held at gunpoint in the back of a moving truck. Driving by is a pretty girl (his ally) in who reveals her thighs, distracting the guards so Bond can escape.

* In ''RatRace'', a woman flashes her breasts at Duane and Blaine, causing them to drive into a ditch.

** Hatta Mari does this to lure avowed woman-hater Daffy Duck to her lair in "Plane Daffy." It works a little too well as Daffy who has flown about a half away returns to look at her leg up close and whistles at it.
** A gorgeous red headed duck called 'The Body' also does this to Daffy in "The Sooper Snooper." While sitting down she hikes up her red dress to expose her long curvaceous crossed legs. At first it might seem that she was trying to distract the detective that Daffy was portraying from finding her guilty of murder. But all The Body wanted to do was seduce Daffy who she fell in love with instantly.

-->-- '''Kremmen of the Star Corps'''

* SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker, of all people, pulls this off while acting like a hitch-hiker to stop SelfDemonstrating/LexLuthor's car (driven by HarleyQuinn) to pick him up in the ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "World's Finest".

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', Elastigirl unintentionally has this happen to her. Her leg gets caught on the other side of a sealed door causing a guard to stop and stare at it. When he decides to poke it, she kicks his face in response, knocking him out. However, this is also what freed her, as his weapon reactively fired as he hit the ground, hitting the controls to the door.

* Parodied in a SergioAragones cartoon (in ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' #120). A pretty girl tries to hitch a ride by pulling up her skirt. A car stops, the driver gets out, takes a picture, then gets back into his car and drives away.

** This was actually used as bait rather than a distraction in an episode of the Sentai series ''[[ChikyuuSentaiFiveman Fiveman]]''. Since the monster of the day tunnels through the ground to capture victims and especially likes leggy females, Five Yellow dons a short skirt and prances around getting it to follow her right into the trap they set for it.

* ''Series/{{Stargate SG-1}}''

* LaResistance uses this technique to sneak past a checkpoint in the opening scene of ''The Longest Day''. Two German guards are starting to jab their bayonets into a straw cart, when they notice a hot French girl cycling up. They quickly wave the cart through and check her papers instead; the girl rides off and winks at the cart driver as she passes him, who gives the thumbs up to the men hidden in the straw.

* LaResistance uses this technique to sneak past a checkpoint in the opening scene in ''The Longest Day''. Two German guards are starting to jab their bayonets into a straw cart, when they notice a hot French girl cycling up. They quickly wave the cart through and check her papers instead; the girl rides off and winks at the cart driver as she passes him, who gives the thumbs up to the men hidden in the straw.

** This doesn't half piss off some singers, and justly. Amanda Palmer was incensed that the [[BritishNewspapers DailyMail]] ignored the fact she is capable of singing a bit, and chose to concentrate instead on the wardrobe misfunction that resulted in an exposed nipple during her Glastonbury set. She wrote a savage song lampooning slavering middle-aged journalists, and obligingly performed it naked at her next gig. (Poss. NSFW - available on You-Tube).

* ''Film/Tormented2009'' (the 2009 English film, not the 1960 film). Tasha attempts to stop Mullet from killing her by flirting with him after she tries to run and falls into an open grave, leading to her saying something like this:

* ''Film/Tormented 2009'' (the 2009 English film, not the 1960 film). Tasha attempts to stop Mullet from killing her by flirting with him after she tries to run and falls into an open grave, leading to her saying something like this:

* ''Tormented'' (the 2009 English film, not the 1960 film). Tasha attempts to stop Mullet from killing her by flirting with him after she tries to run and falls into an open grave, leading to her saying something like this:

* ''ThingsMrWelchIsNoLongerAllowedToDoInAnRPG'': [[http://theglen.livejournal.com/89715.html Mr. Welch is not allowed to take advantage of this by sending strippers to the guardroom.]]

* Parodied in [[http://www.graphicsmash.com//comics/brathalla.php?view=single&ID=14398 this strip]] of ''Webcomic/BratHalla'' strip, where we see the Norse goddess Hel (who is [[RedRightHand a rotting corpse from the waist down]]) do this. [[FanDisservice Not a pretty picture]]. Of course, the intent in this case was to subdue Balder's RagingStiffie...

* SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker, of all people, pulls this off while acting like a hitch-hiker to stop Lex Luthor's car (driven by HarleyQuinn) to pick him up in the ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "World's Finest".

* The ''TerryToons' MightyMouse'' short "Wolf!, Wolf!" has a male example with one of the wolves dressing up as Litte Bo Peep showing off his leg, and the wolves laugh in retaliation.

* SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker, of all people, pulls this off while acting like a hitch-hiker to stop Lex Luthor's car (driven by Harley Quinn) to pick him up in the ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "World's Finest".

* Francine Smith of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' is a practiced expert at this. In one episode, to help Stan get backstage to meet the lead singer of MyMorningJacket, she pulls this against several security staff, including flashing her breasts and [[LesYay making out with another woman]].

* ''PinkyAndTheBrain'': Parodied in "Brain Storm", as the Brain attempts to hitch a lift while wearing a Verkimer Suit by hitching the metal on its leg in a parody of Claudia Colbert in ''ItHappenedOneNight''. Unsurprisingly, it fails.

* Stacie pulls this trick several times in ''{{Hustle}}'', notably in a scene where she distracts several middle-aged security guards by posing as a flirtatious art student in a [[FetishFuel short pleated tartan skirt]].

* In ''{{Fingerprints}}'', the heroes try to get into a bar. When their fake [=IDs=] fail, Yana proposes a different solution:

** Hatta Mari does this to lure avowed woman-hater Daffy Duck to her lair in "Plane Daffy."