History Main / TheBaroness

** Those two who survived Balalaika are [[NonActionGuy Rock]] and [[AxCrazy Roberta]]. In other words: a NonActionGuy with a same [[{{Badass}} Badassery]] as a [[AxCrazy crazy]], [[ImplacableMan Implacable]] [[OneManArmy One Woman Army]]. You don't see it often.
** Further proven by what she did to Hansel, a [[DissonantSerenity dissonantly serene]] child who's an AxCrazy killer himself. Does Balalaika give a shit? Weeell..."I said KNEEL!"

A female baddie with a chilly disposition and more than a touch of the {{dominatrix}} about her. In DarkerAndEdgier versions, this will often mean a love of (other people's) pain and suffering. [[LighterAndSofter Softer]] portrayals reduce this to a fervent militarism and [[KnightTemplar devotion to the ideals of whichever totalitarian bunch she works for]]. Naturally, [[SensualSlavs she'll usually be seen sporting a German or Russian accent]], along with either a natty military uniform or something black and form-fitting. Whether or not she's vulnerable to good-guy seduction and subversion is highly variable. However, she's invariably attracted to power (which the hero lacks and the BigBad has).

* Balalaika from ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' is actually a blend of both types with her statuesque build and her massively scarred body and face. She is described by the main characters as one of the scariest women on Earth...and they probably aren't exaggerating. Head of the [[WretchedHive Roanapur]] chapter of [[TheMafiya Hotel Moscow]], ex-Soviet Afghanistan veteran, and Olympic-level marksman (if the Soviet Union hadn't boycotted the Olympics that she was planning to participate in). ''Only two people in the entire series'' has crossed her/gotten on her bad side and walked away with everything still intact. Said character is known in ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' for doing this semi-regularly.

The Sexpot Baroness is, as you'd expect, young-ish and sexy. Her sadism or (in milder versions) fervent militarism is presented as at least a bit enticing to our (male) hero, [[VillainessesWantHeroes who she's likely to be attracted to despite herself.]] [[DefrostingIceQueen Her ice-queen facade is pretty likely to crack a little]] before the story is over. Her chances of surviving the story are variable to good, depending on how much she lets herself [[HighHeelFaceTurn fall for our hero]]. Most sexpot Baronesses like to WhipItGood.

The Rosa Klebb (named for the JamesBond villain) is middle-aged and very much not attractive, but is more likely to be the BigBad herself rather than just work for him. She is immune to the hero's charms, and ominous emphasis is placed upon her utter asexuality, or upon hints that she [[PsychoLesbian likes the ladies]]. Bond-type heroes will be horrified by her, like she had three heads. No matter what, she ''will'' be dead as a doornail before the credits roll. No exceptions.

* Yuno Gasai from ''Manga/MiraiNikki''.

* Admiral Cain from ''Series/BattlestarGalactica'' is not of German or Eastern European descent, but she does manage to be both types of Baroness at the same time. She's attractive, but has no romantic desires and her ruthlessness repulses Adama.

* Triumvir Ilya Volyova of the ''Nostalgia for Infinity'' in AlastairReynolds' Inhibitor series is very much this in the Rosa Klebb style. [[GrimDark She's one of the heroes.]]

**** Well, mostly inspired by [[TruthInTelevision real-life]] concentration camp supervisor [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilse_Koch Ilse Koch]] (hence the name).

* Vriska Serket from Homestuck is 13, but she is still a sadist, has killed many people, crippled another, blinded another one, and acts mean to most, almost seeming creepy. She uses her luck to manipulate people, lives in a castle with a lot of spiderwebs, and has enough tropes that she needed a trope page all for herself before Act 6 Act 5. The main character, John Egbert, may be a cute and naive boy, but he still loves her and is sorry for what she's done. Her name sounds kinda russian, even trough it means "Scorpio Healingsting" in sanskrit and egyptian respectively and she is associated with a shade of blue that can seem quite military, not to mention she is descended (actually cloned) from a marquise and legendary spider pirate named Marquise Aranea "Spinneret Mindfang" Serket. Vriska wants to become a pirate herself, and being related to a Marquise, she's also royalty. Aranea s' diary is actually how we know most things about gambling, economy, and pirate times, as she is the local Exposition Fairy. Both Aranea and Vriska also gambled a lot in their respective lives, and most of the Serket s' money is made trough pirate-ing, gambling, or doomsday devices. And, Vriska looks like the girl in the cover! If she is not The Baroness (marquises are similiar to baronesses) she will propably be in the future. And for the chilly part? Vriska s' associated color is a cool blue color, other than being associated with the military, and the name "Vriska" is similiar to the Italian word "Fresca" which can mean "Chilly". Badass? Of course she is, she kicks ass every time she appears using her luck powers and mind manipulation. Frigid? Well, she can stay put with a poker-face for a long time, stays stern, and "Vriska" is kinda like "Frigid" anyway. Sadistic? Crippled a boy for kicks, acts like a bloody spider, and loves seeing the death of Tavros Nitram (the boy she crippled) even more than she loved him alive. Dominant? She is one of the most rich people in Homestuck, and was doomineering to peasantblood Tavros. Villainess? She has put herself in domineering rivalry to other characters, Nepeta and Equius, who find her downright creepy. The latter is a super-strong muscular guy that is immune to Vriska s' luck, lives next door to her, and is one caste higher.

* Vriska Serket from Homestuck is 13, but she is still a sadist, has killed many people, crippled another, blinded another one, and acts mean to most, almost seeming creepy. She uses her luck to manipulate people, lives in a castle with a lot of spiderwebs, and has enough tropes that she needed a trope page all for herself before Act 6 Act 5. The main character, John Egbert, may be a cute and naive boy, but he still loves her and is sorry for what she's done. Her name sounds kinda russian, even trough it means "Scorpio Healingsting" in sanskrit and egyptian respectively and she is associated with a shade of blue that can seem quite military, not to mention she is descended (actually cloned) from a marquise and legendary spider pirate named Marquise Aranea "Spinneret Mindfang" Serket. Vriska wants to become a pirate herself, and being related to a Marquise, she's also royalty. Aranea s' diary is actually how we know most things about gambling, economy, and pirate times, as she is the local Exposition Fairy. Both Aranea and Vriska also gambled a lot in their respective lives, and most of the Serket s' money is made trough pirate-ing, gambling, or doomsday devices. And, Vriska looks like the girl in the cover! If she is not The Baroness (marquises are similiar to baronesses) she will propably be in the future. And for the chilly part? Vriska s' associated color is a cool blue color, other than being associated with the military, and the name "Vriska" is similiar to the Italian word "Fresca" which can mean "Chilly".

* Vriska Serket from Homestuck is 13, but she is still a sadist, has killed many people, crippled another, blinded another one, and acts mean to most, almost seeming creepy. She uses her luck to manipulate people, lives in a castle with a lot of spiderwebs, and has enough tropes that she needed a trope page all for herself before Act 6 Act 5. The main character, John Egbert, may be a cute and naive boy, but he still loves her and is sorry for what she's done. Her name sounds kinda russian, even trough it means "Scorpio Healingsting" in sanskrit and egyptian respectively and she is associated with a shade of blue that can seem quite military, not to mention she is descended (actually cloned) from a marquise and legendary spider pirate named Marquise Aranea "Spinneret Mindfang" Serket. Vriska wants to become a pirate herself, and being related to a Marquise, she's also royalty. Aranea s' diary is actually how we know most things about gambling, economy, and pirate times, as she is the local Exposition Fairy. Both Aranea and Vriska also gambled a lot in their respective lives, and most of the Serket s' money is made trough pirate-ing, gambling, or doomsday devices. And, Vriska looks like the girl in the cover! If she is not The Baroness (marquises are similiar to baronesses) she will propably be in the future.

* Vriska Serket from Homestuck is 13, but she is still a sadist, has killed many people, crippled another, blinded another one, and acts mean to most, almost seeming creepy. She uses her luck to manipulate people, lives in a castle with a lot of spiderwebs, and has enough tropes that she needed a trope page all for herself before Act 6 Act 5. The main character, John Egbert, may be a cute and naive boy, but he still loves her and is sorry for what she's done. Her name sounds kinda russian, even trough it means "Scorpio Healingsting" in sanskrit and egyptian respectively and she is associated with a shade of blue that can seem quite military.

* ''AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'' has Justine Florbelle, a wealthy aristocrat who was put through a series of psychological experiments by her father from an early age (and eventually [[SelfMadeOrphan killed him]]) before setting up her own torture experiments on her three suitors, which involved mutilating and imprisoning them. The game opens with a young woman waking up in one of her "experiments" and having to work through a series of torturous tests, and at the very end of the game [[spoiler:the player turns out to be Justine herself, having given herself amnesia as yet another test]]. For bonus points she's named after the title character of a novel by the Creator/MarquisDeSade himself.

** Olivier Mira Armstrong, iron-fisted queen of the Briggs fortress, is very much a Sexpot Rosa Klebb, being a young, nice-looking lady with immunity to Mustang's charms (deeming him weak and foolish), and not a singe instance of using her looks to get what she wants.

* Madame Sebastian (Leopoldine Konstantine) in the Hitchcock film ''Film/{{Notorious}}'' is a sterling example of the trope, far more ruthless than her Nazi agent son (ClaudeRains).

Those two who survived Balalaika are [[NonActionGuy Rock]] and [[AxCrazy Roberta]]. In other words: a NonActionGuy with a same [[{{Badass}} Badassery]] as a [[AxCrazy crazy]], [[ImplacableMan Implacable]] [[OneManArmy One Woman Army]]. You don't see it often.

* Balalaika from ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' is actually a blend of both types with her statuesque build and her massively scarred body and face. She is described by the main characters as one of the scariest women on Earth...and they probably aren't exaggerating. Head of the [[WretchedHive Roanapur]] chapter of [[TheMafiya Hotel Moscow]], ex-Soviet Afghanistan veteran, and Olympic-level marksman (if the Soviet Union hadn't boycotted the Olympics that she was planning to participate in). ''Only one person in the entire series'' has crossed her/gotten on her bad side and walked away with everything still intact. Said character is known in ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' for doing this semi-regularly.

A female baddie with a chilly disposition and more than a touch of the {{dominatrix}} about her. In DarkerAndEdgier versions, this will often mean a love of (other people's) pain and suffering. [[LighterAndSofter Softer]] portrayals reduce this to a fervent militarism and [[KnightTemplar devotion to the ideals of whichever totalitarian bunch she works for]]. Naturally, she'll usually be seen sporting a German or Russian accent, along with either a natty military uniform or something black and form-fitting. Whether or not she's vulnerable to good-guy seduction and subversion is highly variable. However, she's invariably attracted to power (which the hero lacks and the BigBad has).

* Salvatore the Great from ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 3}}'', right down to the black leather military wear.

* Salvatore the Great from ''VideoGame/Disgaea3'', right down to the black leather military wear.

* Franziska von Karma from the ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' series is usually like this, although she becomes more sympathetic over the course of the series.
** Arguably, the same could be said for mob princess Viola Cadaverini.

* Rider from ''[[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Fate/stay night]]'' has aspects of this, despite the fact that she's Greek, not Eastern European. She actually has more disdain for her Master than her enemies and, more than once, considers just offing him, despite the consequences to herself.
* Salvatore the Great from ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea}} 3'', right down to the black leather military wear.

* [[VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi Umineko's]] Beatrice fits most of the personality aspects of the sexpot to a T, with an emphasis on the sadism.

* Baroness Kessler from ''TheNinthGate'' is the Klebb style to a T, even being an actual Baroness. Nicely subverted from the usual, however, in that the crabby, old, wheelchair-bound, Satanic lesbian is actually one of the most sympathetic and helpful characters in the film.

* {{Bayonetta}} is an inversion to this. She does have some Rosa Klebb attitude.

* ''AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'' has Justine Florbelle, a wealthy aristocrat who was put through a series of psychological experiments by her father from an early age (and eventually [[SelfMadeOrphan killed him]]) before setting up her own torture experiments on her three suitors, which involved mutilating and imprisoning them. The game opens with a young woman waking up in one of her "experiments" and having to work through a series of torturous tests, and at the very end of the game [[spoiler:the player turns out to be Justine herself, having given herself amnesia as yet another test]]. For bonus points she's named after the title character of a novel by the MarquisDeSade himself.