History Main / Streetwalker

* In the StephaniePlum novels, Lula was one.

* Greek history makes this OlderThanFeudalism: A famous sandal with markings on its sole that would leave prints reading "''ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΕΙ''" ("akolouthei," i.e., "follow me") was found in Athens, probably dating from the classical period (c. 4th century BCE). It appears that the streetwalkers were not the lowest rank of prostitutes in Classical Athens; as free and independent businesswomen, they held themselves up as higher ranked than the slave prostitutes in the public brothels established by Solon--and as evidenced by the shoe, some could even attract the kind of relatively-well-off clientele who could read.

* ''BrokenSaints'' has Butterscotch, a teenage girl who propositions the Shinto-Buddhist priest Kamimura. Due to his simple, sheltered nature he seems not even to understand what she's offering.

* Patty The Daytime Hooker on ''MyNameIsEarl''. As they explain when she's introduced the first few times, it takes a special kind of woman to work the streets in the day instead of at night.

* Many of them paraded through Old Town in ''SinCity'' looking like dominatrices and acting the part when messed with. The comic version depicted standard streetwalkers outside of the neighborhood as well.

* ''[[Film/SeventhHeaven 7th Heaven]]'': Diane is a streetwalker. Chico lies that she's his wife to save her from a police sweep. When the cop says they'll be following up on that, Chico and Diane realize that she'll have to move in and pretend to be his wife. Naturally, they fall in love.

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* Briefly depicted in ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' in "The Ultimate Thrill" and subsequently in the flashback scenes from ''BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker''. [[FanNickname Freckles and Blondie]] don't have a single line, but [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar it's not hard to guess their occupation]] from the way they're dressed.
* Also referenced in ''SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' in "Brave New Metropolis" in which Lois Lane travels to a wretched alternate version of Metropolis in which Superman has joined forces with Lex Luthor. Seeing her a bit ''too'' nicely dressed for the run-down crime-riddled part of town where she's landed, some passing motorist yells "[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Go stand on some other corner]], you tart!"

* Maki from ''WeissKreuz'', a cute-looking HookerWithAHeartOfGold who befriends Youji and reminds him of [[spoiler: his old partner Asuka.]] [[spoiler: Then she becomes a DisposableSexWorker, much to Youji's tearful anger.]]

* [[spoiler: Huo Long]]'s backstory in ''HaouAiren''.

* "When The Sun Goes Down" by ArcticMonkeys is about a streetwalker and her abusive pimp. It was inspired by the band's chance encounter with one and their wondering what led her to lead that kind of life.

* [[spoiler: Kortney Krelbutz]] became one in ''FanFic/WhoSilencedEllyPatterson'' after the events in ''ForBetterOrForWorse'' that [[spoiler: got her fired for stealing]].

* Patty The Daytime Hooker on ''MyNameIsEarl''

* Aldonza in ''ManOfLaMancha'', who describes herself as a "kitchen slut" and "the most casual bride of the murdering scum of the earth".

* The main character of ''PrettyWoman'' was one of these.
* The Da Nang prostitute in ''FullMetalJacket''.

* The basis of ''{{Manwhores}}'' is the characters acting as these, with much of the early comedy revolving around their ineptness and awkwardness at it. Gems include Kevin awkwardly shouting "Sex for money, sex for money" repeatedly on a street corner. Randy actually turns out to be quite good at it, apparently due to to the power of his PornStache.

* ''TheKidsInTheHall'' features a streetwalker duo and their softhearted asthmatic pimp as recurring characters.
* Occasionally are featured on ''LawAndOrderSVU'', sometimes as a DisposableSexWorker, sometimes as TheInformant.

* The first season of ''{{CSI}}'' has Nick falling for a hooker, who is indeed killed by her pimp. Her pimp claims she was going back to school to ''recruit'' for the job and leave him. She is, of course, incredibly beautiful and doesn't suffer from abuse or drug addiction, unlike most real-life prostitutes.

* "Roxanne" by Music/ThePolice is about a streetwalker, and the singer who's trying to convince her she doesn't have to do it.
* Creator/SimonAndGarfunkel sing about this in "The Boxer".
--> Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a job\\

There were times when I was so lonesome I took some comfort there

Compare/Contrast HighClassCallGirl. Women in the higher echelons of the sex trade may look at a street prostitute with pity (glad not to be in her shoes) or fear (of ending up where she is once their beauty starts to fade).

* Lulu from ''Film/PandorasBox'' resorts to this after being reduced to poverty. She meets JackTheRipper.

* "Christie" in ''AmericanPsycho'' (also in the film adaptation).

** Also in ''{{CSI}}'', Grissom had for a while a kind of is-she-or-isn't-she-interested attraction to Lady Heather, an intelligent but intense woman who ran an S&M club. She was not the delicate flower in need of nurturing, though, but more of a velvet glove and iron fist in one.

* [[CanonImmigrant In her very first appearances in the comics]], {{X-23}} spent some time after escaping the Facility as this. She specialized in cutting clients with her claws, though it's implied her services did extend to actual sex (despite being somewhere between ''14 and 16'' during this time period. The book is unclear exactly when ''ComicBook/{{NYX}}'' takes place in her history).