History Main / SnakesAreSexy

* [[Literature/GoodOmens Crowley]]. [[FetishFuel Oh my God,]] [[NobleDemon Crowley]].

* Also from Piers Anthony, one minor character in the ''IncarnationsOfImmortality'' series is a dancer named Pythia, whose act involves dancing suggestively with a snake before letting it [[SwallowedWhole swallow her whole]] (she makes sure to use an ointment that'll keep her from being digested or suffocated). Yes, it's most certainly played for FetishFuel.

* A high proportion of vore work focusses on snakes, or something similar. For a voreaphile (or at least a "soft" voreaphile,) the SwallowedWhole behaviour snakes are famous for is another part of their FetishFuel.

Despite the title, this is not referring to the tastes of certain members of the FurryFandom (though they might enjoy it too). Simply put, there is something about snakes that inspires our worst fears and greatest dreams. Maybe it's their graceful way of moving, their cool, dispassionate gaze, the smoothness of their scales. Maybe it's the fangs, the way they flick their tongues, or the way they wrap tightly around you in a kind of slinky hug. Maybe it's the fact that they're [[YouFailBiologyForever inherently dangerous]], even if they can't actually hurt you.

* ''LairOfTheWhiteWorm''. The sexy BigBad Lady Marsh (Amanda Donohoe) acts in a snakelike manner (including dancing and swaying to music), can change into a partially snake-like form and has a giant snake as her deity.

* Salma Hayek's snake dance in ''FromDuskTillDawn''.

* Medusa from ''ClashOfTheTitans'' remake is half-woman, half-snake, [[GorgeousGorgon all sexy]].

* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', Orochimaru has ridiculous amounts of symbolism with snakes, summons snakes, and ''turns into'' a giant snake [[MemeticMutation/{{X-Ception}} made of smaller snakes]]. He [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope slithered off the Slippery Slope]] long before the story began, and yet he has [[DracoInLeatherPants a huge fan-following]].

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Depending on the Mythology you reference, the {{Lamia}} or {{Naga}} are pretty much the epitome of this. The Lamia is often described as [[SnakePeople a creature with the body of a snake, and the head, arms, and torso of a human]], and are rarely depicted as anything other than incredibly attractive, if not naturally malevolent. The Naga also fits the former's description, but is otherwise depicted as having the entire body of a snake, with the head taking on a human-like face.[[hottip:*:Modern culture tends to generalize both creatures as being the same thing. The Lamia originated from Greek mythology, and the Naga mainly from Hindu. Depending on which mythology you follow specifically, the naga can be depicted as either type... It's complicated.]] Often they are [[ShapeShifter shape-shifters]], [[PowerPerversionPotential capable of taking a human or serpentine form.]] [[GorgeousGorgon The Western interpretation of Naga is where you get the sexy snakes.]]

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* The "Whacking Day" episode of ''TheSimpsons'', which deconstructs the ReptilesAreAbhorrent trope, has guest star BarryWhite invoking this trope in the animals' defense.

* Salma Hayek's snake dance in ''FromDuskTilDawn''.

* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', Orochimaru has ridiculous amounts of symbolism with snakes, summons snakes, and ''turns into'' a giant snake [[MemeticMutation/{{X-Ception}} made of smaller snakes]]. He's a CompleteMonster who [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope slithered off the Slippery Slope]] long before the story began, and yet he has [[DracoInLeatherPants a huge fan-following]].

* Who can forget Viper from ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda''? And voiced by LucyLiu no less!

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* Lucifer chose to speak through a serpent to seduce Eve into eating the fruit of knowledge in TheBible, causing the fall.

[[FreudWasRight Or maybe it's the fact that they're shaped like]] NaughtyTentacles.

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* ''Fanfic/NagaEyes''.
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* In ''DungeonsAndDragons'' has both Nagas (snake with a human head), Mariliths[[hottip:*:one of which is the page image for Snake People]] (human head and torso, snake tail, and six arms), and Yuan-ti.
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* Bleu[=/=]Deis from ''BreathOfFire''.

* Zhora in ''BladeRunner'' is working as an exotic dancer using a robot snake as a prop.

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** After she tried to [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything corrupt the protagonists]] [[AuthorTract into]] [[TheBible shunning]] [[CrystalDragonJesus Aslan]]...
* In ''[[{{Discworld}} Making Money]]'' Moist thinks that his girlfriend can sashay in a way that could put snakes to shame.

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* Mizuki from ''Manga/KamisamaKiss'' is a WhiteHairedPrettyBoy who can turn into a snake.

* ''Fanfic/NagaEyes''.

* Who can forget Viper from ''KungFuPanda''? And voiced by LucyLiu no less!

Depending on the Mythology you reference, the {{Lamia}} or {{Naga}} are pretty much the epitome of this. The Lamia is often described as [[SnakePeople a creature with the body of a snake, and the head, arms, and torso of a human]], and are rarely depicted as anything other than incredibly attractive, if not naturally malevolent. The Naga also fits the former's description, but is otherwise depicted as having the entire body of a snake, with the head taking on a human-like face.[[hottip:*:Modern culture tends to generalize both creatures as being the same thing. The Lamia originated from Greek mythology, and the Naga mainly from Hindu. Depending on which mythology you follow specifically, the naga can be depicted as either type... It's complicated.]] Often they are [[ShapeShifter shape-shifters]], [[PowerPerversionPotential capable of taking a human or serpentine form.]] ([[GorgeousGorgon The Western interpretation of Naga is where you get the sexy snakes.]])

* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', Orochimaru has ridiculous amounts of symbolism with snakes, summons snakes, and ''turns into'' a giant snake made of smaller snakes. He's a CompleteMonster who slithered off the Slippery Slope long before the story began, and yet he has [[DracoInLeatherPants a huge fan-following]].

* Adiane in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' is a [[HalfHumanHybrid scorpion-woman]], but she also has some elements of this, mostly flicking her tongue out like a snake.

* Boa Hancock from ''Manga/OnePiece'' is drop-dead gorgeous. No man (except [[IdiotHero Luffy]]) can resist her beauty. She has the power to turn them to stone as a result of this, [[FeatherBoaConstrictor has a giant snake as her 24/7 personal attendant]].

* Most obviously, explicitly Fruedian example ever: ''Here Comes The Snake'' by Cherry Poppin' Daddies.

--> "He's come to play and make your body parts shake."

* In ''DungeonsAndDragons'' has both Nagas (snake with a human head), Mariliths (human head and torso, snake tail, and six arms), and Yuan-ti.

* There's an entire fetish related to [[Disney/TheJungleBook Disney's Kaa]] hypnotizing Mowgli and either eating him or... whatever.

* Nyissa, Queen of the Snake People in the {{Belgariad}}.