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* There's a somewhat humorous variation in the film adaptation ''Film/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays2004''. Monique flirts with Fogg by showing some leg, but since it's the [[UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain Victorian era]] all this really amounts to is [[OldTimeyAnkleTaboo showing off her ankle]].

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E6TheDoctorsDaughter "The Doctor's Daughter"]]: Jenny seduces a guard to get his weapon. She just flirts with him and snogs him, not taking anything off — the tight T-shirt rendering it somewhat not required... with the camera panning to a somewhat startled Doctor and Donna, who smirks at him and says, "I'd like to see you try that." Subverted later on, when Donna suggests using her "womanly wiles". The Doctor says to save them for an emergency, clearly deeming the situation as not one. Mind you, some consider Ms. Tate an OldMaid.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/JonahHex''. Jonah and his prostitute girlfriend are chained up, so he's in the midst of suggesting she use her "feminine wiles" to lure the guard close when she reveals she's just picked the lock.

* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''. In Chapter 39, Alessandro Ricci has his cyborg Petrushka dressed as a scantily clad blonde during a meeting; he explains to her afterwards that this is so the man he's dealing with will underestimate ''him''.

* In the ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'' Jethro and Monty fancomic they dance the tango so a nearby guard with be DistractedByTheSexy MatingDance and not put much effort into interrogating a colleague who wants to get through the door he's guarding. Monty tears her LittleBlackDress to [[LegFocus show some leg]] during the dance, and afterwards she asks her dance partner why he took off his jacket. Jethro points out that the guard might have been gay.

* ''Literature/TheZone'' (the WorldWarIII series by James Rouch). TrappedBehindEnemyLines, Major Revell sends the [[SociopathicSoldier sociopathic]] yet [[EvilIsSexy stunningly beautiful]] Andrea out to get some transport. She runs out in front of a Soviet truck in knickers and a tight T-shirt ("It stopped -- a bloody armoured regiment in full cry would have stopped" as someone says afterwards) then cuts the driver's throat.

* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''. In one scene, Alessandro Ricci has his cyborg Petrushka dressed and acting like a scantily-clad bimbo; he explains to her afterwards that this is so the man he's dealing with will underestimate ''him''.

* In the ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'' Jethro and Monty fancomic they dance the tango so a nearby guard with be DistractedByTheSexy MatingDance and not put much effort into interrogating a colleague who wants to get through the door he's guarding. Monty tears her dress to ShowSomeLeg during the dance, and afterwards she asks her dance partner why he took off his jacket. Jethro points out that the guard might have been gay.

** In the anime, Faye Valentine regularly invokes this trope for her own benefit ([[MsFanservice obvious, really]]) although it doesn't always work, Spike in particular possessing an almost Zen-like resistance ([[ShippingGoggles much to her chagrin?]]). Spike is able to resist Faye's beauty because he sees her as a "woman with attitude" which he states in one episode that he doesn't like, and also because he is still in love with his girlfriend Julia who he had been searching for.

* In ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'', 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 is 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.

* ''ComicBook/{{Excalibur}}'' plays this for laughs when one of the female villains of an arc pulls this on Lockheed. Yes, ''Lockheed'', Kitty Pryde's (admittedly sentient) [[TeamPet pet alien dragon]]. Afterwards, Kitty is shown dressing down a disconsolate Lockheed, accusing her of dropping his guard as soon as she "shook some of that bad girl booty."

* Happens in the Stereophonics song "The Bartender and the Thief" when the title bartender is distracted from the con by a horny lesbian describing her sex life (or something like that).

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* The ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' crossover "World's finest" has a male example played for laughs. Harley Quinn, chauffeuring a limo, picks up Lex Luthor. She then goes into "hubba hubba" mode when she sees the Joker at a curb, hitching a ride and rolling up his pants leg, showing off his gam.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': Fairly common in [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation Golden Age]] cartoons. WesternAnimation/BugsBunny and various other Warner Brother's characters would do this, while crossdressing.
** 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 a mile 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. Next she turns out the lights and starts kissing Daffy like crazy. At first it might seem that she is trying to distract the detective that Daffy is portraying from finding her guilty of murder. But all The Body wanted to do was seduce Daffy who she fell in love with instantly.

* ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'': In "Squirrel Seats", Scoutmaster Lumpus and Miss Doe are accidentally left behind while at a rest stop during a Bean Scout/Squirrel Scout field trip. At the end of the episode, they are seen trying to hitch a ride back to the camp and Jane suggests that ''Lumpus'' show some leg.

* Happens in the Stereophonics song "The Bartender and the Thief" when the title bartender is distracted from the con by a horny lesbian describing her sex life (or something like that).

* Meta example: players in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' using {{hentai}}/pornography sprays to distract enemies. Funnily enough, as of 2012-2013, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic poni]] sprays are more often used for this purpose. So many players are bronies, they get easily distracted by them. Bonus points if it's an image macro.
** [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/165 These]] [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/166 two]] ''Webcomic/NerfNow'' comics are entirely TruthInTelevision.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOR3snVKW0E A fine example in video!]]
** Can happen at times at ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' and ''VideoGame/CounterStrike'' also.
* Another Meta example: Theoretically, in TournamentPlay, playing as a MsFanservice character in a Japanese fighting game may give you an edge if you don't get distracted yourself. The fact that the average {{Fanservice}} character is no pushover doesn't hurt either.
* In the game ''VideoGame/RedNinjaEndOfHonor'', the [[ThirdPersonSeductress female main character]] can use this maneuver to distract guards. It never works when you really need it to, and is alarmingly easy at other times.
* In the fighting game ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'', one of Orchid's FinishingMove is to flash her breasts at her opponent, who then has a heart attack and dies. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk1rfCH2E_I Seriously]].
* The Succubus' Seduce ability in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' "stuns" the target. Bonus points because the Succubus' has to channel the spell. Extra bonus points because it works on ''any'' humanoid that isn't immune to crowd control. [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Including women.]]
* Parodied in the ''[[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam and Max]]'' Season 2 Finale, when Max (a [[HeroicComedicSociopath comically sociopathic]] [[HairRaisingHare lagomorph]]) tries to distract a villain using this:
-->'''Max:''' ''(overenunciating)'' Oh, dear. I seem to be ''completely naked.'' Hope I don't have to ''bend over provocatively'' and--\\
'''Sam:''' That's enough, Max.

* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' there's a scene where you have to choose one of three party members to dress in a "sexy" outfit in order to seduce a guard. While two of the options play this trope straight, we also get a subversion with the third option, Karol. One of your ''male'' party members. ''It still works''.
* Lampshaded in ''VideoGame/RhapsodyAMusicalAdventure'' by Kururu, of all people: "Show a little leg. Guys can't resist a little leg."

* Inverted, then subverted, in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', when a Templar who doesn't want to lets you pass points out (if you have her in your group) that he might not mind spending some time with Morrigan in exchange for letting you pass. Morrigan lets him know, not explictly but in no uncertain terms, that even if she agreed to do so she would kill him (and possibly ingest him and then spit out his bones). Leliana however plays along.
* The [[SuccubiAndIncubi Elise]] boss fight in ''VideoGame/MadWorld'' sees Jack trying to break her grip during his [[ActionCommands power struggle]]. Thing is, once he breaks her hold, [[FunbagAirbag her huge rack is directly in his face]] and he [[BuxomBeautyStandard can't help but stare]]. There's another action command to ''[[IgnoreTheFanservice look away]]'' -- if you fail, Elise bites Jack's neck and drains his health, restoring her own.
* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' onwards, you can distract guards by dropping porno mags on the ground.

* In ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana'', when your team is imprisoned, the third chosen party member (or an unchosen character if Carlie is third) will try to trick the guard into opening his or her cell door. [[MsFanservice Angela's]] method is to ask the beast man for help changing her clothes.
* In ''VideoGame/FearEffect'', Hana is at one point confronted by a guard while unarmed and only wearing a towel. You escape by going into your inventory and using the towel. Hana then ''removes'' it, and her allies deal with the now-distracted guard.
* This trope shows up in the ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}}'' games via the move Attract and the ability Cute Charm, which both give the Infatuation status ailment to opposite-sexed Pokemon. Under Infatuation, a Pokemon has a 50% chance of being too busy mooning over their opponent to actually attack them, and [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Gym Leader Whitney]]'s frequent use of Attract is just one of many reasons why she is ThatOneBoss.
* In ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'', Claudia lifts her skirt in front of Soriz during their match in the "A Thousand Reasons" event (as she is aware that her opponent is a DirtyOldMan). This distracts him enough to let her knock him out of the ring in one hit. Aliza, who is watching the fight, isn't amazed by this tactic.

* Offered as a potential solution in ''VideoGame/Uncharted2AmongThieves'':
-->'''Nate:''' I just need a diversion. You give me five minutes in that tent, that's all it'll take.\\
'''Chloe:''' Really, five minutes? Well that's great, I won't even have to get my top off.\\
'''Nate:''' Chloe I was... thinking m-more like an explosion.\\
'''Chloe:''' ...or that, can be arranged!

* In ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'', Kitten and his band of Custodes need to meet with the Fabricator-General of Mars, but the Skitarii guards deny them entry. After pulling rank doesn't work, Kitten orders the dreadnought (a half-dead SpaceMarine or Custodian on life support piloting/interred in a MiniMecha) Santodes to "[[DeadlyEuphemism convince]]" them. Santodes misinterprets the order and instead seduces the technophillic Skitarii by showing off his well-crafted, mechanical body, who promptly oil themselves and let them in.

* Distraction Damsel from ''Webcomic/{{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".
* Parodied in [[http://brat-halla.com/comic/206-pantheon-games-legs-to-die-for/ this strip]] of ''Webcomic/BratHalla'', 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...

* One of the established military tactics on ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'' is [[http://www.erfworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/vol2_006_Web_9001.jpg the "Flash"]].
* It does always work in [[http://shortpacked.com/comic/book-1-brings-back-the-80s/06-mrs-greg-killmaster/a-58/ this strip]] of ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}''.

* Parodied in [[http://booru.nanochan.org/i/5e051af8d1b1fc8dc7be17c82d563d15/ghost-5616.jpg this comic]].

* In ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDel'', Lilah uses [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20071231 this to make Ethan stop being obsessed]] with ''VideoGame/EverQuestII''. She calls it a "level eighty female-only persuasion spell". (Which seriously overestimates the time and training it takes to pull it off.)
* In ''Webcomic/ImpureBlood'' [[https://web.archive.org/web/20151211104147/http://www.impurebloodwebcomic.com/Pages/Chapter001/ib005.html Elnor's means during the escape]].
* During the ''Webcomic/CrossoverWars'', a flirty sexy witch from an adult comic was used to distract [[spoiler:Deception]] so he could be blasted and taken out of the battle.
* How Death "cheats" a man trying to get out of being hauled away by playing ChessWithDeath, in [[https://web.archive.org/web/20111231010236/http://www.exiern.com/?p=76 this strip]] from ''Webcomic/{{Exiern}}''.
* Amusingly inverted in ''Webcomic/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.
* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'': Raven does this to Sven in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=519 episode 519]].

* In ''Webcomic/MinionComics'', Dingus calls a prostitute to distract the guards while the base is on lock-down.
* In ''Webcomic/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 ''Webcomic/ThePhoenixRequiem'', Petria drapes herself on a soldier who's reluctant to say why the quarantine on Esk was lifted.
* ''Webcomic/{{Orneryboy}}'': Dirtygirl is losing a video game session, but [[https://www.orneryboy.com/comic?sort=42 finds a way to distract Orneryboy and turn the tables on him.]]
* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob:'' Molly, of all people, tries this once while hitchhiking. It fails because she's, well, ''[[CartoonCreature furry.]]'' She naively assumes the problem is that she's naked.

* Creator/TessMasazza, creator of the Italian Web Series ''Insopportabilmente Donna'' tries this trick when the police pulls her over for running a red light and, again, with her boyfriend when she destroys his new car and forgets to pick up his mother at the railway station. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, it does not work in both cases]].

* The ''Batman/Superman'' crossover "World's Finest" has a male example played for laughs. Harley Quinn, chauffeuring a limo, picks up Lex Luthor. She then goes into "hubba hubba" mode when she sees the Joker at a curb, hitching a ride and rolling up his pants leg, showing off his gam.

* In ''Film/{{Diva}}'', Alba, a young lady, is shoplifting lp records in a store, sneaking them into a hidden compartment in a portfolio case. When a clerk asks to examine the case, he only finds several nude photos of her, and hands it back with embarrassed apologies.

* In ''Film/Aladdin2019'', it's averted, matching the more suspicious personality of Jafar. Instead, Jasmine simply recites her vows during her [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe forced wedding]] to him, and suddenly steals the lamp when she's close enough.
* In ''Film/BlackAngelVol1'', one of the two female assassins who knocks on Don Amaoka door is wearing a very short skirt. The bodyguard who answers the door is so distracted by her legs that he opens the door to them despite their dodgy story about blowing a fuse in their apartment.
* In ''Film/PigHunt'', a naked hippie girl distracts one of the rednecks by running up to him jiggling and begging for help. While he is distracted, one of her friends sneaks up on him and stabs him.
* ''Film/TheProfessionals''. Maria offers sex to Dolworth if he lets her escape, but tries to grab his pistol while they are smooching. Dolworth however is expecting this--his gun is not in his holster but ready in his hand. He doesn't take it personally and respects her willingness to do whatever is necessary.
* PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/JonahHex''. Jonah and his prostitute girlfriend are chained up, so he's in the midst of suggesting she use her "feminine wiles" to lure the guard close when she reveals she's just picked the lock.
* ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982''. Conan of all people pulls this stunt, on another man no less. In order to infiltrate Thulsa Doom's cult, he lures away one of their priests for a private chat with homoerotic overtones, then [[MuggedForDisguise knocks him unconscious and steals his robe]].
* In ''Film/Derailed2002'', Galina bends forward and flashes her cleavage to [[DistractedByTheSexy distract the sentry]] at the research facility before [[KickChick she kicks him]] and knocks him out.

* Deety tries flashing an impostor Park Ranger in Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/TheNumberOfTheBeast'', in order to give the two nearby swordsmen a chance (he had a gun, they lacked ImplausibleFencingPowers). It didn't work as intended, as blue-blooded hermaphrodite demons from another dimension have no interest in human women, but the motion did draw his attention for a moment. Fortunately for our heroes the moment was still sufficient.
* The ActionGirl in Heinlein's ''Literature/ThePuppetMasters'' uses this to detect men who've been possessed by the Alien Invaders. Those NotDistractedByTheSexy are assumed to be controlled by a PuppeteerParasite, though as the President points out at one stage, it could also mean they're "[[UnusualEuphemism harem guards]]" (e.g. homosexual).
* ''Literature/SwordOfTruth''
** Kahlan leads a midnight raid on an enemy army naked and covered in white paint. The white paint is because for all the enemy knows, she's dead and returning to torment them as a ghost. The naked part is because if nothing else, a naked woman on a horse will provide enough of a distraction for her other soldiers to gut the enemy.
** Also from the same series: Kahlan trying to distract a group of rapists and murderers long enough to regain her power to use against them, Jebra distracting a guard by making out with him while some prisoners escape, and... well, let's not even get into what Nicci gets up to.

* ''The Zone'' (the WorldWarIII series by James Rouch). TrappedBehindEnemyLines, Major Revell sends the [[SociopathicSoldier sociopathic]] yet [[EvilIsSexy stunningly beautiful]] Andrea out to get some transport. She runs out in front of a Soviet truck in knickers and a tight T-shirt ("It stopped -- a bloody armoured regiment in full cry would have stopped" as someone says afterwards) then cuts the driver's throat.
* In ''Literature/{{Fingerprints}}'', the heroes try to get into a bar. When their fake [=IDs=] fail, Yana proposes a different solution:
-->'''Yana:''' I think that bouncer liked me. I bet I can get us in.\\
'''Anthony:''' What, you think you're just going to smile at him and he'll fall on his knees and say yes to anything you want?\\
'''Yana:''' Pretty much.
%%* ''Literature/NightHuntress'': Cat's modus operandii.
* Creator/JohnCWright:
** In ''[[Literature/ChroniclesOfChaos The Orphans of Chaos]]'', when Vanity wants to distract Glum, she makes her appeal while carefully posed to give him a view down her shirt. Later, both she and Amelia arrange their clothing to distract him again.
** And in ''Fugitives of Chaos'', the girls stage a burlesque show to [[spoiler:lure Colin, who's stuck in the form of a hawk, back to humanity]].
* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' novel ''Fool Moon'', when Harry needs a distraction to get past a police stakeout, Tara West takes her coat off and goes dancing in the rain. Since the coat was the only thing she had on, even Harry is a bit distracted. It helps that [[spoiler:West is a wolf-were (wolf assuming human form) and therefore an InnocentFanserviceGirl]].
* Subverted in the first ''Literature/VampireHunterD'' novel. Doris tries to distract D during their initial fight by dropping her robe, revealing that she is naked. It doesn't work.
* A very effective strategy in ''Literature/{{Xanth}}'' for a female fighter opposing a male one is to flash her panties, because panties worn by a woman have the magical effect of "freaking out" men. In one humorous example, a woman tried to distract a vampire this way, forgetting that vampires are more interested in necks.

* In Courtney Milan's ''Proof by Seduction'', Jenny is arguing with Gareth, who is brusquely interrupting her and dismissing her concerns. Frustrated, she puts her foot up on a chair, lifts her skirts up past her knees (this is the Victorian era) and slowly peels off a stocking. Gareth completely forgets his argument in order to watch this mild striptease.
* In ''Literature/ParrishPlessis'', Parrish tries turning up the sex appeal to get past some security guards. [[JizzedInMyPants It ends up working a little too well]].
* ''A Piece of Resistance'', a novel by Clive Egleton set in a [[AlternateHistory Soviet-occupied Britain]]. A couple working for LaResistance kill a counter-intelligence agent and throw his body off the train. Realising the ticket collector might have seen the three of them in the carriage together the couple pretend to be on the verge of [[SexDressed stripping off for sex]] when the ticket collector does his rounds and 'surprises' them. Later a wanted notice in the newspaper shows an excellent identikit image of the woman, but a [[DistractedByTheSexy poor one of the man]].

* In ''[[Literature/GarrettPI Gilded Latten Bones]]'', intruders break into Tinnie's and Garrett's love-nest, and she flashes her breasts at one to distract him while Garrett's punching out the other.
* Subverted in the [[TabletopGame/BattleTech Mechwarrior: Dark Age]] novel ''Service for the Dead''. In preparing to fight in a [[TrialByCombat Trial of Grievance]] against a rival, Anastasia Kerensky opts to wear tights and what amounts to a backless, halter-style bikini top, the latter of which she removes mid-combat. Her opponent is unfazed... until she [[ClothingCombat strangles him]] [[DuelToTheDeath to death]] with it.
%%* ''Literature/TheLastDragonChronicles'': Lucy tries this on Tam, but Zanna calls her out on it: "Why are you wearing a skirt?"
* ''Avalanche Express'' by Colin Forbes. TheSpymaster requests that the female member of his team, who is helping him courier information sent by a Soviet defector, cross her legs while on the flight to Britian, so that if anyone catches him looking at her "the [[LegFocus sight of your legs]] will provide sufficient explanation." She snarks that another explanation is that he's misusing his authority for immoral purposes.
* The best weapon of the pulp heroine Literature/DominoLady was her beauty, which often distracted and entranced opponents.
* ''Literature/TheExecutioner''. In "Brothers in Blood", two hitmen pay a scantily-clad woman to come with them, intending to use her as a distraction when they kill Bolan. However she's not in on the plan, so her gasp of shock when they draw their weapons to shoot Bolan InTheBack tips him off.
* ''Literature/AnnaPigeon'': In ''Destroyer Angel'', Heath has herself tied topless to a tree; the plan being that her exposed breasts will distract the kidnapper long enough for Anna to jump him and knock him out.
* This backfires in ''Literature/EternityRoad''. After they're captured by river pirates [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty who make their intentions obvious]], the priestess Avila uses her [[NaughtyNuns former skills as an erotic dancer]] to keep them entertained while getting them lined up for the LostTechnology [[TheParalyzer stun guns]] they're secretly carrying. Unfortunately because their attention is on Avila, the moment people start collapsing for no apparent reason and Avila grabs a gun, the pirates concentrate all their fire on her.
* ''The Bio of a Space Tyrant'' series by Creator/PiersAnthony. During their military training, Hope and Juana decide to take a shortcut across a simulated area of quicksand, so they announce to the Observer that they intend to swim across it using makeshift paddleboards. They're not sure if the Observer will allow this, but the sight of Juana stripping naked for her swim apparently removes any objections he might have.
* ''Literature/AnansiBoys'': Flashing is used as a diversion, but it's played with in that the rear end in question belongs to the extremely bony Mrs Noah, so the would-be assailant is {{Distracted By The|Sexy}} FanDisservice.

* PlayedForDrama in the 1990's Australian LawProcedural series ''Janus''. A woman is being hammered on the witness stand by the lawyer of her psychopathic ex-boyfriend, who's staring coldly at her the whole time. Realizing this, the policewoman guarding her sits in the front row of the public gallery, crosses her legs and makes eye contact with him. With her boyfriend's attention off her, the witness rallies under the questioning and provides the testimony they need.

* ''Series/{{Psych}}'': One episode has Shawn and Gus needing to distract an orderly in order to steal the patient away from him. The woman with them strips and seductively propositions the orderly. Her plan works perfectly.

* ''Series/PennAndTellerBullshit''. In an episode about state surveillance, they set up [[SpiesInAVan hired stooges in a van]] with a controllable camera to watch some supposed Homeland Security target. Just when they were bored, a hired pornographic actress named Taimi Hannum, wearing some revealing clothing, would have a staged argument and make-up spicy times with another actor. The "target" would then leave. Most of the bored stooges fell for it.

* ''Film/EscapeToAthena'' (1979). The POW's put on a variety act for their German guards, the climax of which is a strip show by an interned female USO performer. While the Germans are busy leering over her performance, the Greek Resistance sneak up and take them all prisoner.
* In ''Film/NinjaInTheDragonsDen'', it's established that Chinese sorcery requires pure thoughts, or it backfires. While facing a sorcerer, the Chinese hero throws him some pornography, which interrupts his spell. A little later, the Chinese hero disrobes the Japanese hero's wife. Her breasts ''shoot yellow energy rays'' at the sorcerer, causing him to go apoplectic.
* There's a somewhat humorous variation in the film adaptation ''Film/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays2004''. Monique flirts with Fogg by showing some leg, but since it's the [[UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain Victorian era]] all this really amounts to is showing off her ankle.
* A standard tactic of the Angels in ''Film/AngelsRevenge''.
* ''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:
-->'''Tasha:''' Look, look, I'm sorry! I'm really sorry! We were just joking around! I always liked you, it was the others who didn't like you! Actually, I kind of... kind of... fancied you! I wanted to go out with you but i was too scared, too scared to ask, and thats the truth, ok? I wanted to go out with you... and... maybe... and maybe its not too late!\\
''(Mullet appears behind her and decapitates her with a shovel)''
* Also subverted in ''Film/{{Munich}}'' when the Israelis track down a female assassin who killed one of their own. The woman tries slipping off her blouse to expose her breasts, but is shot at that precise moment.
* In ''Film/SexAndTheCity2'', when the ladies are in Abu Dhabi in need of a dire situation to get to the airport to return to New York City, Carrie Bradshaw manages to get a taxi driver's attention by lifting up her burka and flirtatiously showing some leg.
* ''Film/RawDeal1986'' has a scene where a Mafia mook is sitting in his car, gaping at the sight of a female jogger running braless towards him. She leans down with a big smile, sticks a gun in his face and suggests he go tell the drug house he's guarding that he needs to take a leak. With the sentry taken care of, detectives come out of the woodwork and pull a crash-bang-gotcha on the occupants.
* In ''Film/DraculaDeadAndLovingIt'', vampire Lucy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPpNZDL66Nw attempts to use her sexy]] on Harker, to seduce him into vampirism.
-->'''Harker:''' But Lucy, [[BritishStuffiness I'm British!]]\\
'''Lucy:''' ''[exposing her cleavage]'' So are ''these!''
* In ''Film/{{Diva}}'', Alba, a young lady, is shoplifting lp records in a store, sneaking them into a hidden compartment in a portfolio case. When a clerk asks to examine the case, he only finds several nude photos of her, and hands it back with embarrassed apologies.

* Part of the 3-person group's scam strategy in the movie ''Film/{{Kingpin}}''. [[TheSmartGuy Roy]] would set up a bowling match bet with potential suckers, [[TheDitz Ishmael]] would do the actual bowling, and [[MsFanservice Claudia]] would distract Ishmael's opponents with revealing outfits and seductive actions. Humorously, this worked every time, even against a group of ''[[EvenTheGirlsWantHer old women]]''.
* ''Film/TheWholeNineYards'': Amanda Peet distracts assassins by walking out of her room naked.
* A rare gender-reversed example was [[DoubleStandard played for laughs]] in ''Film/MickeyBlueEyes'': The title character tries to distract his fiancée by acting in a sexy and suggestive manner in order to prevent her from noticing a painting that is hanging ''right next to her''. He ends up looking absolutely ridiculous, and (probably) not particularly sexy to ''any'' segment of the audience -- however, ''the distraction works.''
* ''Film/{{The Replacements|2000}}'': The cheerleaders deliberately use this trope to cause a penalty call against the [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Dallas team]] for a false start, while the replacement Sentinels are still learning to work together. It is also distracting to the fans and the refs.
* In ''Film/FierceCreatures'', Willa Weston [[{{Fanservice}} uses this on Vince McCain and Rollo Lee... successfully]].
* In the first ''Film/CharliesAngels2000'' film, Creator/DrewBarrymore's character wears a patriotic (red, white and blue) styled auto racing firesuit/jumpsuit that showcases her bountiful cleavage. She, in the process, proceeds to distract a chauffeur by flirting with him while Creator/LucyLiu's character plants a camera into the trunk his car.
* In the Creator/{{Syfy}} film ''Film/RedFactionOrigins'', Mason tries to do this when he and Tess are locked up. He has Tess take her top off and face the door to distract the guard that comes in so he can take them out. Unfortunately for him, a ''female'' guard comes in and catches on before he can jump her. Luckily, Tess manages to knock her out while she's busy struggling with Mason.
* In ''Film/RatRace'', a woman flashes her breasts at Duane and Blaine, causing them to drive into a ditch.
* ''Film/TheLongKissGoodnight''. Geena Davis' character is dressed in a bathrobe while Samuel L. Jackson's is wincing over a penetrating injury.
-->'''Samantha:''' Uh, oh. You're seeping. Here, look at this. ''[she opens her bathrobe; as he looks, she rips off the bloody bandage. Mitch screams]''\\
'''Mitch:''' Oh, shit! [[ThatMakesMeFeelAngry Ah, that hurt like shit!]]\\
'''Samantha:''' I know. That's why I distracted you first. Same principle as deflowering virgins.\\
'''Mitch:''' Huh? What? Virgin--? What? \\
'''Samantha:''' Read it in this Harold Robbins book. Guy bites her on the ear. Distracts from the pain. Ever try that?\\
'''Mitch:''' No, no, I sock 'em in the jaw and yell, "Pop goes the weasel."
* In ''Film/CatchMeIfYouCan'', Frank Abagnale uses this technique to sneak through an airport crawling with law enforcement and FBI agents who were waiting ''specifically for him''. He waltzes through the airport with 8 hot stewardesses, and everyone looks at them, completely forgetting that the person they are hunting is walking with them.
* In ''Film/GIJoeRetaliation'', Lady Jaye dresses in a skimpy jogging outfit to distract the White House Chief of Staff long enough for the other Joes to drag him into a car.
* In ''Film/TheLoneRanger'', Red does this to distract the Captain at Promontory Point. What makes this example unusual is that the leg she flashes is a prosthetic one made of ivory. The ploy works brilliantly.
* LaResistance uses this technique to sneak past a checkpoint in the opening scene of ''Film/TheLongestDay''. Two German guards are starting to jab their bayonets into a straw cart, when they notice a hot French girl in a cleavage-revealing blouse 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. Later subverted when she tries the same trick to distract a late-night German patrol from discovering the explosives in the railway tracks and nearly gets killed in the process.
* ''Film/WereTheMillers'': Why else have Jennifer Aniston play a stripper?
* In ''Ladron que Roba a Ladron'', while the team is preparing for a heist, one of the head con guys tells the [[WrenchWench tomboy mechanic]] that they'll need a distraction, and looks pointedly at her. "How am I the distraction?" she asks. In response, he [[DistractedByTheSexy unzips the top of her jumpsuit, revealing impressive cleavage]].
-->''[later...]''\\
'''Rafaela:''' Why should I have to wear a dress?\\
'''Alejandro:''' Because none of us would fit in it.
* ''Film/{{Retroactive}}'': In one temporal loop Karen tries to distract Frank by acting rather comely and suggesting a threesome with his wife so she can reach for his gun.
* Inspector Nancy Ho from the ''Film/AcesGoPlaces'' a.k.a. ''Mad Mission'' series carries her gun concealed ''under her skirt''. The downside is that it takes forever to draw it; the upside is that doing so can [[DistractedByTheSexy distract delinquents]] until she finally gets a hold of her gun.
* Lampshaded in ''Film/SnakeEyes''. Naval officer Kevin Dunne is supposed to be escorting the Defense Secretary, but leaves his seat to talk to an attractive redhead. While he's away, the Defense Secretary is assassinated. [[spoiler:Subverted when it's revealed that Dunne is the murderer, and the woman is working with him.]]
-->'''Dunne:''' I was three feet away from a known terrorist, and I had [[MyEyesAreUpHere my eyes buried in some broad's tits]].\\
'''Santoro:''' Well, Kevin, this might not make you feel better, but don't you see? That's what she was there for, that was the plan. To give you a boner. And you got one! Congratulations, you're human.
* In ''Film/TheFlintstones'', Halle Berry's Character, even named Miss Sharon Stone, is used by Cliff Vandercave to seduce Fred and trick him into swindling money for them. There is a particular scene where she lies down on a table, provocatively, to prevent Fred from reading the contents of a document.
* Subverted in ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle''. Martha, who is in the body of a sexy ActionGirl in the titular video game, is sent to distract some guards. However, since Martha in real life is a nerdy loner, her attempts at flirting just come off as incredibly awkward even after she's given some lessons by Bethany and the guards being [=NPCs=] mean that they [[WelcomeToCorneria just keep repeating the same line of dialogue]] in response to her flirting. So she decides to [[CuttingTheKnot just beat them up]].
* Rachel does this while hitchhiking at the start ''Film/Siren2010'': dressing in an extremely short minidress to flag down a lift. [[spoiler:This turns out to be a sexual roleplay between her and Ken]].
* ''Film/GleahanAndTheKnavesOfIndustry:'' Madison tries to distract a guard with her attractiveness, but [[{{Defied}} the guard's having none of it.]] She proceeds to [[GroinAttack knock him out.]]
* Implied in ''Film/BreakerMorant'' where a DawnAttack by Boer commandos is helped by a pretty girl smooching with the soldier in the guardhouse. She makes a quick exit when she looks out the window and sees them coming -- the next thing that comes through the window is an explosive charge with lit fuse.
* ''Film/{{Total Recall|1990}}'' (1990): After failing to kill Quaid by herself, Lori tries to distract Quaid until her associates can deal with him by acting sexually suggestive towards him, implying that he should "tie her up". However, Quaid glances over to see them walking through the hallway on a CRTV, and [[TapOnTheHead knocks her out]].
* Subverted in ''Film/TheScorpionKing'' prequel ''Rise of a Warrior'' when Mathayus and his friends need to bypass some guards. [[TheSmartGuy Ari]] tells Leila to use her feminine charms to distract them. She gives him a disapproving look, but seemingly goes along with it. When she accosts the guards, they [[MistakenForProstitute mistake her for a concubine and direct her to her intended location]], and she opts to knock them out instead.
* One ''Film/TheThreeStooges'' short had fun with this. When their car breaks down on the road, Curly Joe decides to try hitchhiking as he's seen in the movies; He pulls one of his pant legs up and waves. And a car ''does'' stop...so the driver can snag a sawbuck Curly Joe happens to be standing on. And then he drives off without another word.
* In ''Film/{{The Fly|1986}}'', when Seth asks Veronica for a personal item to demonstrate how his telepods work, she removes one of her stockings, noting that she doesn't have any jewellery on her. Seth watches intently (if a bit awkwardly) as she does so, in probably the most, [[VerbalTic err]], Goldblumm-est you'll ever see Creator/JeffGoldblum.
* ''Film/DrGoldfootAndTheBikiniMachine:'' Fembot Diane does this when faking car-trouble in order to lure in her assigned HoneyPot target as he passes by. The fact that she's only wearing a gold bikini under her ConspicuousTrenchcoat doesn't hurt her cause.
* Done purely for the Fanservice in ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII'' when, after having escaped the Daimyo's castle, April cuts off the lower portion of her robes leaving her legs completely exposed. When the turtles notice she claims that she's allowed on the grounds that she is technically on vacation even if they are stuck centuries in the past in Japan.
-->'''Turtles:''' Absolutely! [[SomethingElseAlsoRises Schwing!]]

* ComicBook/MsTree sometimes performs "The Nailer", in an acknowledged ShoutOut to ''ComicStrip/ModestyBlaise''.
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': In ''ComicBook/PublicEnemies'', ComicBook/PowerGirl is told to distract a thirteen-year-old boy. She asks how on Earth she is supposed to do that before saying "Oh", with a slight glance at her cleavage.
* In ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'' #6, Wasp flies in front of the Hulk's face and distracts him with a "Mardi Gras special".
* ''ComicBook/{{Excalibur}}'' plays this for laughs when one of the female villains of an arc pulls this on Lockheed. Yes, ''Lockheed'', Kitty Pryde's (admittedly sentient) [[TeamPet pet alien dragon]]. Afterwards, Kitty is shown dressing down a disconsolate Lockheed, accusing her of dropping his guard as soon as she "shook some of that bad girl booty."
* In the ''ComicBook/SinCity'' story "A Dame to Kill For", a disguised Gail flirts with a guard before popping him in the jaw and setting a bomb at a crimelord's estate.

* There is a point in ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel1977'' in which Dani [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:ImperialSeduction.jpg dances]] to distract an Imperial patrol. It works so well that they don't even notice that Leia's just off to their other side, out in the open trying to keep something from flying away.
* When the villain Gypsy Moth joined the ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' under the name Skein, she used this as a tactic. Considering that her power is command over textiles and other solid objects, it came naturally.
* In the ''Lady Rawhide/Lady Zorro'' mini-series, ComicBook/LadyRawhide explains that her {{Stripperific}} costume is designed to distract male opponents.

* In ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' #466, to help Rachel sneak out the mansion, Psylocke [[WorkoutFanservice performs her daily exercises]] in plain sight of the Sentinels to distract their human pilot.

* ''AudioPlay/LeDonjonDeNaheulbeuk'': In the dwarf underground city, when confronted with a mob of unruly dwarf civilians accusing the party of being the cause of the bad guys' attack, and of stealing their valuables (they're not wrong on either count...), the Priestess makes a magic-enhanced RousingSpeech to calm them down... and gets a potent circumstance bonus by having herself and the elf baring their breasts to the all-male crowd.
* ''ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}'': An early story has Barbara Gordon bemoaning the fact that her "female instincts" are hindering her abilities as a crime fighter. She regains her confidence by exploiting this trope, mixed with some ObfuscatingStupidity (pretending she got a run in her tights as an excuse to stretch out and caress her leg), to distract a criminal so Batman and Robin can catch him.

* ComicStrip/ModestyBlaise would occasionally get the drop on the bad guys by stripping prior to a fight, a maneuovre known as ''The Nailer''. Depending on how easily-distracted the bad guys were, she would sometimes keep her underwear on, and sometimes not.

* ''Fanfic/StreetsOfRageSaga'': During the second story, ''Origins'', Blaze invokes this to lure two guards away from their post, by stripping naked, coming into their line of sight, and ''begging'' them to come give her a good screwing. It helps that she's not at all shy about baring it all to begin with.

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/19818082/ An Impromptu Proposal]]'' has Marinette and Adrien arrange for him to encourage Lila's flirting and pretend to reciprocate, so that he can get up close without Lila becoming suspicious, and snatch the Butterfly Miraculous from her necklace. Marinette doesn't like it, but she's confident that they have a SeductionProofMarriage and that the prospect of ending the akumas is worth it.
* During one of their training spars in ''Fanfic/TheVow'', Shen traps Lianne in his hold with his Guan Dao, with only an inch separating his chest from her back. She suddenly takes an audibly deep breath of him and presses herself against him in an intimate way, wriggling herself free as his mind goes numb.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14174734/13/My-Old-Kentucky-Home My Old Kentucky Home]]'' Pandora wears a form-fitting outfit and pretends to tie her shoe in order to distract an invisibility-cloaked watcher.
* In ''Fanfic/AMinorMiscalculation'', Ryuko distracts [[BadassNormal Mataro]] during their second battle by grinding against him and moaning sexually in his ear. It confuses and arouses him enough to let her escape his NoHoldsBarredBeatdown and gain the upper hand.
* ''Fanfic/JadeDragon'': How does the newly modified and much less stealthy Viper (or rather, [[DemonicPossession Fei in Viper's body]]) manage to get away from Jackie? By flashing her newly "[[BuxomBeautyStandard modified]]" bosom to catch him off guard.
* {{Exploited|Trope}} in ''Fanfic/{{All Things Probable|Series}}'', where [[DistaffCounterpart Rhonda]] uses a selfie picture of herself in [[SpearCounterpart Grimm's]] [[PowerArmor battle suit]] doing a pinup pose to justify why she had it as the first step of what may become a HeelFaceTurn. Grimm is too distracted by the picture to think further into what she was doing that night after a few basic questions like why it took so long.

* Used to distract the enemy in ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' by having three of Mulan's fellow soldiers [[DisguisedInDrag dress up in female clothing]]. Doubles as a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird'', one of the ugly stepsisters does this to one of the soldiers to provide a distraction for the rest of the cast to locate Shrek. Considering that she's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin ugly]], and knocks him out afterwards, it is also a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.

* In ''WesternAnimation/ElCidTheLegend'', Jimena is captured by the BigBad and [[GoGoEnslavement added to his harem.]] She escapes him by offering him some wine and then whacking him in the head with the jar.
* ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal2000'': Julie tries to seduce Tyler to get close enough to kill him. This works, though the attempted assassination doesn't.

* ''Film/ItHappenedOneNight'' is the filmic TropeCodifier. To wit: Clark Gable's character tries to catch the attention of cars by sticking out his thumb, but no one stops. After a few moments, Creator/ClaudetteColbert gets sick of waiting, marches to the roadside, and hikes up her dress to show off one of her legs. Cue a car ''instantly'' pulling over. From then on, every comedy in which someone hitchhikes by showing their leg is an {{Homage}} to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcrth90C3D4 classic way]] Colbert gets the job done.
* ''Film/HighSchoolHigh'': Victoria distracts TheDragon by pulling back her skirt to show her entire leg and saying she has a pantyhose problem. The BigBad suspiciously comments that whatever the problem is, it shouldn't go up ''that'' high.
* Both played straight and subverted in Creator/JackieChan's ''Film/OperationCondor''. Early in the movie, Jackie distracts the thug with the gun by pulling the towel off a recently-showered Elsa, then kicks the guard unconscious. Later, when Jackie, Elsa, and Ada are in a similar situation, this time with Ada fresh out of the shower, Elsa de-towels Ada... and Jackie is just as distracted as the thug.
* Played straight -- to quite a few people's dismay -- in ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier'', when Uhura does a fan dance to distract some guards. Creator/NichelleNichols didn't look bad for 57, but was hardly the usual sexy distraction. Given that the men she was dancing for were living on a CrapsackWorld for years without the company of a woman, they probably liked her just fine.
* ''Film/JamesBond'':
** ''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 choosing that moment to smooch with one of the guards. Unfortunately Bond is captured shortly afterwards by a couple of guards who are doing their job properly.
** 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) who reveals her thighs, distracting the guards so Bond can escape. In the StormingTheCastle scene, Octopussy's AmazonBrigade pose as dancing girls, keeping the guards distracted while their compatriots sneak in elsewhere (in an ironic touch, the BigBad isn't bothered by his men being DistractedByTheSexy as he's about to do a runner).
** In ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'', knowing that a guard is coming he turns to a girl, tears her bathrobe off as she screams, and then has her face the door, distracting the guard for a few seconds when he enters.
** In ''Film/GoldenEye'', Creator/FamkeJanssen's character distracts both a fat admiral and James Bond with her sex appeal whilst actively trying (and succeeding, in the former) to break their ribs with her thighs.
** In ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'', Tracy Draco is [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty held prisoner by Blofeld and coldly refuses his advances]]. But when she recognises her father's voice on the radio from the approaching "Red Cross" helicopters, she starts flirting with Blofeld, who gets annoyed when one of his men tries to draw his attention to them.
* Appears, complete with actual showing-of-leg, in ''Film/ToWongFooThanksForEverythingJulieNewmar'', with something of a twist since the one showing leg was John Leguizamo in drag.

* ''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou''. Julia Stiles' character Kat flashes her boobs at the sports teacher to grant Patrick (Creator/HeathLedger) an unnoticed escape from detention. She was actually suggesting this strategy at the time, too.
-->'''Kat:''' I dazzled him with my "wits".
* A problem with this tactic is raised in the 1971 film adaptation of Alistair [=MacLean=]'s ''Film/WhenEightBellsToll''. The DamselInDistress is told to distract a guard so the hero can sneak up and clobber him.
-->'''Sue:''' What do I do?\\
'''Calvert:''' Just appear and lust will do the rest.\\
'''Sue:''' What if he doesn't fancy me?\\
'''Calvert:''' Well that's all we need -- a guard that's queer!
:: This was not an issue in the original book, because that particular guard fancied himself a ladies' man and had already tried to seduce the woman concerned.
* In the far superior ''Film/TheGumballRally'', Mike Bannon is behind at the very end of the race, so he invokes "Emergency Plan Alpha" to distract Franco Bertollini into pulling over and letting him pass and therefore win the race. "Emergency Plan Alpha" is this extremely well built blonde (played by Linda Vaughn) standing by the side of the road in short and tight clothing.
* ''Film/BlackRobe''. After they've been captured by a hostile tribe, Annuka seduces the young brave on guard and then clobbers him in the face with some firewood while he's having sex with her doggie-style.

* In ''Film/{{The Mummy|1999}}'' (1999), Evelyn kisses Imhotep so that his spell will stop working and the plane Rick O'Connell is in can land.
* In the ''Film/CityHunter'' film with Creator/JackieChan, the group of protagonists sends one of the BuxomBeautyStandard girls to distract a male mook, only for said mook to punch her in the gut and chase instead one of the male characters.
* In ''Film/DuelToTheDeath'', a female ninja whips off her clothes in the middle of a fight with a Shaolin monk, who averts his gaze and is then defeated.
* Hilariously subverted in ''[[Film/TheNakedGun The Naked Gun 33⅓]]''. Tanya, who wants to get the guard away from the envelopes with all the academy awards in them, tries showing some leg... and some cleavage... and spinning the straps of her dress around like helicopter blades... to no avail. Finally she tries to play with bubble wrap seductively. The guard strolls over as if hypnotized... shoves her away and proceeds to happily play with the bubble wrap.
* In ''Film/ToCatchAThief'', the protagonist, John Robie is escaping from the police in a speedboat, driven by a pretty girl. When a police plane appears looking for him, he hides in a chamber, and instructs her to wave to the plane "as if you're a pretty girl out for a ride". She pulls up her skirt to show her knees and waves. Robie says: "Not that pretty. We want to get rid of him."

* In the second ''Film/NationalTreasure'' movie, Abagail and Gates have to search the US President's antique Resolute desk. Abagail gets them into the Oval Office via a White House staff member she's dating, then pretends to lose an earring which they both crawl about on the floor trying to find, while Gates secretly checks out the desk. The staff member 'finds' the earring, and when Abagail sees Gates still needs more time, she begins to snog him passionately to show her 'gratitude', much to the bemusement of her ex-boyfriend Gates.
* The title {{vigilante|Man}} ActionGirl in ''Film/{{Coffy}}'' does this quite a bit in order to get close to her targets or put them off guard. To be fair, Pam Grier is very easy on the eyes.

* ''Fanfic/VowOfTheKing'': Attempted twice

See also: {{Fanservice}}, DistractedByTheSexy, ActionDressRip. See also LegFocus, a more general trope about legs as fanservice. Compare FakeOutMakeOut. See also IHaveBoobsYouMustObey, where flirting and acting sexy is done to gain a favor, rather than distraction. Contrast IgnoreTheFanservice.

* The most famous instance of this was probably when Wrestling/MissElizabeth did it at the very first ''[=SummerSlam=]''. It probably surprised everyone too, since as the (RealLife and later {{Kayfabe}})) wife and manager of Wrestling/RandySavage, she was known for her impeccably ladylike behavior while wearing blouses, long skirts, and OperaGloves. But when Savage and Wrestling/HulkHogan (known at that time as the "Mega Powers") needed to pick up a victory over Wrestling/TedDiBiase and Wrestling/AndreTheGiant in a tag match, Elizabeth had no problem with ripping off her skirt to expose her legs and bright red panties and distract the enemy long enough for her husband and the Hulkster to get the win. Elizabeth was a {{Face}} when she did this, and that she remained a Face afterward.

** One night, Penny, Bernadette, and Amy decide to have a girls' night out while the guys are busy playing ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons.'' They show off their outfits for the evening, ending with Penny displaying a LittleBlackDress that, in her own words, "got her out of two speeding tickets and jury duty."
** The same dress makes a return in an episode where a professor at the university where the guys work dies, prompting a competition over which of them will receive his tenured position. Leonard displays his "secret weapon"--Penny in the dress.

* ''Series/{{Danger 5}}''. [[ReallyGetsAround Ilsa]] doesn't bother with subtly regarding this trope. In the first episode she has to stop [[ThoseWackyNazis Goebbels]] from entering the room where Danger 5 is hiding. A cut later and a stunned Goebbels does up his fly and [[SexGoddess staggers off]] while Ilsa gets up off her knees and [[SmokingHotSex calmly lights up a ciggie]].

* In the series of ''Series/{{V 1983}}'', Elizabeth (normally portrayed as quite innocent) draws away a guard so he can be quietly disposed of by hinting that she's bored and "knows what men want". Later she's asked where she got all that from. She responds coyly that she was TaughtByTelevision.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Desperados}}'', Kate O'Hara can do this to attract some kinds of enemies and lead them away from their posts and into deadly traps – you know, like in real life. It's far from the GameBreaker it seems to be, though: a good deal of the enemies are disciplined enough not to approach her, the trick doesn't work if the mook's too agitated, and even the dumber ones will pretty soon get that Kate is stringing them along and will knock her out or even shoot her – once again, as in real life. In fact, in later levels, it's a better tactic to leave her out in the open ''without'' using the garter trick, wait for them to come restrain her once she's spotted and knock them out once they get in range of her boot – the enemy types that will fall for this ISurrenderSuckers move are much more varied than the lustful ones.

* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'':
** In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'', the [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold courtesans]] you find throughout the cities are (after Sequence 1) on Ezio's side. For some coin, he can hire a cluster of them to surround him as he walks the city -- their sexiness being sufficient distraction to keep Ezio "invisible" while he walks the streets. He can also send the hooker entourage to "distract" troublesome guards, though he'll automatically "lose" two of his four courtesans whenever he passes close enough to a group of guards, as in both cases the courtesans are occupied with their distraction so that Ezio can move on.
** In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'', this is given a darker edge if Ezio achieves "middle" rank with the Courtesans' Guild, unlocking the ability of Courtesans to distract Horsemen, but also somehow arming every affiliated courtesan in Rome with a dosage of poison which they can inject a guard with. Unfortunately, since the player can't control this at all, it sometimes leads to a distraction of a far less desirable sort...
** In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' the courtesans are replaced by UsefulNotes/{{Romani}} dancers, though the desired effect is still the same.

* In ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'' mod ''Dreamcatcher 3'' when the player character needs to get into a certain guarded house the female henchman asks the guard if he could check out a kink in her leg armor.

* ''Anime/MyHime''. In episode 9, due to a confluence of circumstances, Mai, Natsuki, and Mikoto are stranded on the side of a beach road in the predawn hours of the morning. Natsuki loses at [[RockPaperScissors]], so she has to strike a SexyPose to flag down a ride to hitchhike.

-->-- ''Film/WhenEightBellsToll'' (1971)

* When Allen is imprisoned by his own king in ''Anime/VisionOfEscaflowne'', Princess Milerna uses this to distract a guard while Gadess sneaks up and administers a TapOnTheHead.

* A problem with this tactic is raised in the 1971 film adaptation of Alistair [=MacLean=]'s ''When Eight Bells Toll''. The DamselInDistress is told to distract a guard so the hero can sneak up and clobber him.