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7->''"Oh such grace, oh such beauty-- so precious, suspicious, and charming, and vicious,''\
8''Oh darling, you're a million ways to be cruel."''
9-->-- '''Music/OKGo''', ''A Million Ways''
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11A classic character type, the beauty who uses her femininity and her sexuality as a weapon to undermine a moral and upright man, for ''evil'' purposes. She's evil, sexy, a liar, a manipulatrix and a sneak, and [[TheFarmerAndTheViper uses the good guy's sympathy against him]], often with a sob story about her mother and some [[HealthCareMotivation hospital bills]] or a WoundedGazelleGambit.
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13Unlike the FemmeFatale and the MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter, and even the [[LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine Dark Feminine]], she is rotten to the core, and will never be swayed from the path of darkness by love. (In eras where MakeUpIsEvil applies, expect her to beat her mug like she's competing on ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace''.)
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15The name comes from Creator/RudyardKipling's 1897 poem "The Vampire." It was popularized by the 1915 silent film ''Film/AFoolThereWas'', which quoted liberally from the Kipling poem. It quickly became a trope of classic silent films, where this character is part of a standardized plot. A red-blooded American boy must [[BettyAndVeronica choose between his familiar, cutesy-plain sweetheart and this seductress]].
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17This trope is {{Cyclic|Trope}}. In certain eras, as with the [[DeadUnicornTrope "hat dichotomy" from Westerns]], but more actual in fact, The Vamp is almost always black-haired, whereas the good girl is a [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold blonde]]. In the Cold War era, the raven-haired temptress was a [[DirtyCommunists Soviet spy]], when not just a torturer like TheBaroness. At other times, blondes are inherently more evil. And of course, always keep an eye out for an EvilRedhead or two in the mix.
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19She may either wear a [[LadyInRed red dress]] or [[BlackBraAndPanties black]] [[LingerieScene lingerie]].
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21Although the name is derived from "vampire," this character is most commonly a normal human, but some supernatural entities are known to influence men in this way. [[SuccubiAndIncubi Succubi]] and [[OurSirensAreDifferent Sirens]] are known to lure men in to be eaten or drained of LifeEnergy, or occasional literal vampires use their supernatural beauty and wit to lure male prey to their deaths, for example. If the story is sci-fi, her powers will involve pheromones or psychic manipulation.
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23Expect some SlayingMantis or SeductiveSpider AnimalMotifs for some of these characters, as female mantises and spiders have been known to eat their male partners after mating [[note]]although the prevalence of this habit is ''greatly'' exaggerated in the media[[/note]]. Indeed the BlackWidow is a particularly successful Vamp, and the LiteralManEater actually consumes the men she seduces.
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25Compare with the FemmeFatale, the somewhat more sympathetic (and often less overtly sexual) version of this character (which may overlap with this trope if the character has an ambiguous agenda), and TheCasanova. Often overlaps with GoldDigger, who is motivated by greed for the target's wealth, and IntentionalHeartbreaker, who strings the guy along for a while and takes satisfaction in rejecting him. See also VillainessesWantHeroes. Often, this is the characterization given to the CollegeWidow, a DudeMagnet who lives near a male-only institution and encourages the attention she receives.
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27A NiceGuy might inspire her to EvilDesiresInnocence.
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29Contrast with the HeroicSeductress, The Vamp's direct CounterTrope, who uses sex for noble and heroic purposes. Also contrast TheTease, who uses sex for [[TheTrickster mischief]], and the ProperLady, who saves it for her own man.
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31JustForFun/NotToBeConfusedWith [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty the other Vamp]].
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35!!Example subpages:
36[[index]]
37* TheVamp/{{Literature}}
38* TheVamp/LiveActionFilms
39* TheVamp/LiveActionTV
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43!!Other examples:
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47[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
48%%* Mitsuko Souma in ''Manga/BattleRoyale''. %%Zero-context example
49* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'':
50** Slan. Beautiful and enticing she may be, but she's still a cruel {{sadist}} who corrupts and destroys people using her wiles, as well as one of the five most powerful demons in the series universe. As if that wasn't bad enough, her interactions with Guts show her as an outright sexual predator.
51** The female Apostle that Guts kills in the very beginning of the manga is another big example, using her beautiful, naked, female human form to lure men into her embrace before assuming her Apostle form and [[LiteralManeater eating them alive]], with her most notable kill being [[spoiler:[[DrivenToMadness Corkus]] during the Eclipse]]. Guts exploited this and pretended to fall into the lure, only to turn the tables and [[BoomHeadshot blow her head off]] with his ArmCannon at point-blank range when she transformed to try to eat him.
52* ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' is rather fond of this:
53** Makima was a ManipulativeBitch and FetishizedAbuser who used [[MsFanservice her looks]] to manipulate Denji (and to a lesser extent [[{{foil}} his partner Aki]]) into doing her bidding, [[SleepingWithTheBoss even stringing Denji along with the promise of sexual favors]]. [[spoiler:After she shows her true colors as one of the HorsemenOfTheApocalypse (Conquest), it's shown that she ReforgedIntoAMinion all of the Hybrids they had killed up to that point, [[CameBackWrong with each of them declaring their undying love for her]]. In the end, Denji is only able to defeat her after realizing that she never cared for him as a person [[BatmanGambit and using that to his advantage]].]]
54** TokenEvilTeammate Power started out as this, as she used the promise of allowing Denji to fondle her to lure him into a trap. However, after he saves her from being RewardedAsATraitorDeserves she makes good on her promise and the two wind up becoming LikeBrotherAndSister.
55** [[spoiler:Reze, a.k.a. Bomb Girl, was a [[DirtyCommunists Soviet]] FemmeFatale who was tasked with killing Denji and stealing Pochita for the LensmanArmsRace. After she reveals her true colors Denji [[LoserProtagonist laments the fact that every woman in his life tries to kill him]], however she ends up BecomingTheMask and entertains the idea of the two running away together. [[HopeCrusher Makima had other plans, however.]]]]
56** [[spoiler:Asa[[DemonicPossession /Yoru]] was the second of the HorsemenOfTheApocalypse, and invites Denji on a date with the intent of killing him to create a weapon strong enough to kill Chainsaw Man without knowing his SecretIdentity. Asa accurately surmises that boys like Denji DesperatelyCravesAffection to the point that they'll fall for any girl who can show them "a fraction of a good time", but thanks to her [[NoSocialSkills complete lack of social skills]] she manages to scare ''him'' off, of all people. However, like Reze she quickly begins developing genuine feelings for Denji and it turns into a LikesClarkKentHatesSuperman situation.]]
57** Denji's BodyguardCrush Fumiko Mifune had the EstablishingCharacterMoment of fondling him while [[OlderThanTheyLook masquerading as a teenage girl]] in order to manipulate him into staying in TenMinuteRetirement [[ResignationsNotAccepted on behalf of Public Safety]], but once her cover's blown she maintains that her feelings for him were genuine. [[spoiler:This ended up being MetaphoricallyTrue, as she had no love for him as a ''person'' but was a NightmareFetishist looking forward to scavenging his remains after betraying him.]]
58* Bloody Agatha from ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'' -- she's one of the few Claymores who shows an interest in sex (although admittedly we only see her after becoming an Awakened One). Roxanne of Love and Hate could also count, depending on how you interpret [[PsychoLesbian her attitude]] towards her victims. [[spoiler:Her modus operandi was to befriend another Claymore and copy her powers. That Claymore would later die in...mysterious circumstances. It also enabled her to leap up the ranks to Number 1.]]
59* In ''Literature/{{Corsair}}'', [[TheWoobie Canale]] is treated as a vamp by a lot of characters, almost all of whom are trying to [[BoomerangBigot defer their guilt to him]] because they refuse to accept that their desire for him is [[YouAreWhatYouHate their fault]].
60* Light Yagami from ''Manga/DeathNote'' is a RareMaleExample. This is how he gets Misa and Takada to serve him. Or rather continue serving him, given that they were Kira loyalists from the outset.
61* Lust from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' is aptly named, making heavy use of this trope in every single version of the series. As one of the primary agents of the BigBad, she uses her incredible beauty and cunning mind to manipulate men...often killing them once they are no longer useful. The manga and ''Brotherhood'' paints her as a cruel and dangerous woman, while [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 the 2003 anime version]] presents her as more of a tragic AntiVillain. Her design perfectly calls up the classic image, with flowing black curls and a slinky black dress, as well as smoky makeup.
62%%* ''Manga/HoshinEngi'' has Dakki.
63%%* [[spoiler:Mikaze]] from ''Anime/OccultAcademy''.
64* Parodied in ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'', where a woman tries to pull this to steal government secrets from a group of {{Otaku}}. Of course, they were specifically chosen to guard the secrets because their obsession with 2D girls would make them immune to The Vamp...
65* ''Manga/SeraphOfTheEnd'': Crowley notes in the novels that Ferid has the kind of beauty that can lure people in and corrupt them, which is part of his MO as a DepravedBisexual.
66* Tsukiyama initially before his CharacterDevelopment used his good looks and charm to lure others to him in order to eat them, particularly with his relationship with Kaneki in ''Manga/TokyoGhoul''. He also shares the same voice actor as Light from ''Manga/DeathNote''.
67** Nutcracker is a female example, using her feminine wiles and beauty to lure men so as to crush and [[GroinAttack eat their testicles]].
68** This was the MO of Rize Kamishiro. Known as "Binge Eater", she used her beauty to satisfy her [[VillainousGlutton infamous]] [[BigEater appetite]] by seducing attractive young men and then eating them. She attempted this on the protagonist, an innocent young man named Kaneki, but her feeding is interrupted and the plot of the series is triggered.
69** Eto seems to be this. She's mostly naked and acts seductive while committing acts of violence and mayhem.
70* ''Manga/{{Underdog}}'' has the buxom tournament coordinator Noa Takayanagi, who uses her feminine wiles early in the series both to convince Naoto to participate in the tournament and to get him out of trouble with a couple of police officers on patrol, by distracting them with her cleavage.
71* Kanoko's stepmother in ''Manga/VelvetKiss'' is a [[TheChessmaster chessmater]] who uses a combination of sex and blackmail to manipulate events, such as by having the wife of her lover killed due to neglectful hospital care, and then trying to do the same thing to the lover himself (now her husband). Deconstructed when [[spoiler:all it takes is two people standing up to her and the entire plot crashes down around her]].
72* In ''Anime/{{Windaria}}'', Selenia is ordered by the BigBad to seduce and then kill Alan. He's so taken with 'every beautiful inch of her' that it almost works.
73%%* Lilim in ''Anime/MonsterRancher''.
74%%* Chizuru Kirishiki in ''Literature/{{Shiki}}''.
75* ''Anime/YuGiOh'' had a SadistTeacher version named Ms. Chono from the first arc of the manga and the first anime series. She enforces arbitrary rules and enjoys expelling students, so much so that she regularly orders desk inspections to find out if any students are carrying contraband items. She also likes going on matchmaking dates just to crush men's hopes, and the one time a guy dumped her first she had a gigantic temper tantrum in the school bathroom. She gets her just desserts when Yami Yugi challenges her to a jigsaw puzzle game, where she cheats, and has her true ugliness exposed. Later on, she's able to appear normal with enough make-up, but when she acts mean or cruel her face will suddenly crack.
76* In ''Anime/{{Yu Gi Oh 5Ds}}'', when Jack's love interest Carly is killed by a side villain, the primary antagonists resurrect her as a Dark Signer -- complete with a sexier EvilCostumeSwitch -- and send her to be Jack's opponent in the series of {{Final Battle}}s. In her BrainwashedAndCrazy state, Carly attempts to use Jack's feelings for her to convince him to surrender, join her, and conquer the future destroyed world she shows him in a vision, where they rule as a BattleCouple. Jack's temporarily all too happy to embrace the arrangement she shows him but ultimately snaps out of it.
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80* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
81** ComicBook/PoisonIvy started out as an evil seductress but eventually became an eco-terrorist. She still has shades of it though.
82** When reintroduced Post-ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}} Kathy Kane, the first ComicBook/{{Batwoman}}. [[spoiler: She was initially out to seduce Batman to uncover his identity for the crime league, Spyral.]]
83** Talia al-Ghul is one of Batman's more long-term and complicated relationships. She often fluctuates between ally and enemy as Batman and her father, Ra's al-Ghul, battle one another. For her guest appearances in ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'', however, she has decided to exploit her extremely well-formed figure to manipulate and dominate the men she targets, starting with the father of Black Alice.
84* ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'': Madam Slay.
85* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'': Queen Bee of Bialya.
86* ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'': Bridget Keating, although she is more selfish than evil.
87* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'':
88** [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheEnchantress Amora the Enchantress]] at her most villainous. In a very clear-cut nod to her role as a stand-in for Freya in the Marvel mythos, she once traded a single night of lovemaking with three Dwarven master-smiths in exchange for the magnificent necklace Brisengamen.
89** Her sister Lorelei too. Like her sister, she is proficient in using her beauty and charm in order to seduce and dominate the will of others. Unlike Amora, Lorelei has no interest in mastering sorcery other than to learn a few spells and potions to aid her seductive techniques.
90* ''ComicBook/NikolaiDante'': Lulu Romanov is a member (and later leader) of the infamous Cadre Infernale and often seduces both men and women for her own ends. The narrations note that she's driven many of her lovers insane.
91* ''ComicBook/{{Raptors}}'': Camilla is introduced after having seduced a young man who is willing to give up everything to be with her, claiming the raven-haired Spanish beauty to be the most desirable woman he has ever known. She swiftly murders him, which she had been planning on doing all along. She's also seen luring in victims by pretending to be a streetwalker.
92* ''ComicBook/SandmanMysteryTheatre'': The arc titled ''The Vamp'' featured one of these. The title character became a bit more sympathetic when her StartOfDarkness story was told.
93* ''ComicBook/SinCity'':
94** Ava Lord from the story "A Dame to Kill For" was an evil ([[CardCarryingVillain by her own admission]]) and greedy seductress who manipulated her old lover, Dwight [=McCarthy=], through a WoundedGazelleGambit into murdering her husband so she could get her hands on all his money, and then tried to kill him once he had [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived his usefulness to her]]. As Manute, her [[TheDragon Dragon]] (who would later show up in "The Big Fat Kill"), explains, Dwight is not the first man she has destroyed with her deadly wiles. Lampshaded-slash-deconstructed in her admission, as she points out that "evil ruthless seductress" is so cliche nobody believes she can be one...until it's too late.
95** A number of other female characters play this up too, such as the assassins [[WhatBeautifulEyes Blue Eyes]] and [[EvilRedhead Mariah]], whose looks are on par with Ava Lord and have a thing for seducing their victims before murdering them. Their boss actually gets annoyed with the former because she keeps wasting valuable time during missions getting into snog-sessions.
96* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'': Fiona Fox. In addition, Rouge can qualify in her darker interpretations.
97* ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'':
98** Black Widow seduced Tony Stark to the point they became engaged, and then turned on the Ultimates.
99** Lorelei spends most of her brief panel time controlling men and gloating to women about it.
100* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'':
101** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': Veronica Cale, CEO of Cale-Anderson Pharmaceuticals. She sleeps with a senator to manipulate him into going along with her agenda. She also has sex with a couple of scientists (Will Magnus and Baron Bug) to manipulate them into sharing their scientific designs for her own purposes.
102** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'':
103*** [[MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Earth-Two]]: Draska Nishki spends most of her time flirting with male marks and cops in order to take advantage of them. She poisons ComicBook/SteveTrevor's drink while kissing him, in the full knowledge that he's been sent to act as a HoneyPot against her, and manages to convince an Officer of the Court to leave her alone and unsupervised to go get her some cigarettes.
104*** [[MediaNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Earth-One]]: Sometimes the second ComicBook/{{Cheetah}}, who wears a much skimpier costume than her predecessor, but this is DependingOnTheWriter.
105* ''ComicBook/XMen'':
106** ComicBook/{{Mystique}}, long-time foe of the X-Men, is the absolute embodiment of this trope.
107** Selene, the Black Queen of the ''Hellfire Club'', also qualifies. Being a literal (psychic) vampire certainly helps.
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111* In ''Fanfic/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace'', Splash Woman brainwashes and seduces Mega Man, and forces him to promise not to tell anyone about her. Even thinking about Kalinka doesn't free him from her control, and ''Rush'' is enthralled by her powers.
112* Subverted with the plasmavore in ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfTime''. She starts out as the seductress who wants nothing more than to suck ''all'' the blood out of your body, but she quickly becomes far more complicated a character than that and far more sympathetic. It should be noted that she ''does'' attempt to seduce Literature/SherlockHolmes ''twice'', and the second time, she nearly succeeds, helped along by a pheromone-enhancing concoction. However, she undergoes CharacterDevelopment, namely [[spoiler:VillainDecay]].
113* ''Fanfic/BartSimpsonAttorneyAtLaw'': Jessica Lovejoy has graduated into this from FilleFatale. She is described as grown very hot and alluring and uses her seductive power to become the secretary for the [[RidiculouslySuccessfulFutureSelf successful attorney Bart Simpson]] and then sleeps with him. The relationship, however, causes Bart enormous stress, not liking being manipulated by the same girl who him in trouble when he was ten, and when he rejects her, [[spoiler: she kidnaps him and tries drugging him into saying a marriage vow. When that doesn't work, she sues him for sexual harassment, claiming [[WoundedGazelleGambit Bart took advantage of her]] citing to the court his bad-boy image, all the while [[EvilGloating mouthing to him]] "[[EntitledToHaveYou You're mine]]" ]].
114* From [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwl68.html Episode 68]] of the ProfessionalWrestling series ''Fanfic/TheJWL'': [[Wrestling/ShawnDaivari Khosrow Daivari]] had introduced Wrestling/VladimirKozlov and Wrestling/{{Aksana}} as the newest acquisitions of [[PowerStable Daivari International]] during their appearance on [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]]'s [[TalkShowWithFists "The [=SmackDown=] Hotel"]]. Later that same night, Wrestling/SheltonBenjamin defeated Wrestling/CodyRhodes. Aksana walked out to distract Shelton, setting up Kozlov running in from the crowd and hitting him with a BatteringRam headbutt. Wrestling/DustyRhodes then walked out and [[VillainTeamUp paid off]] Daivari, Kozlov, and Aksana for the attack.
115* ''Fanfic/FateBlackDawn'': Morgan views her body as just another of her weapons, albeit one that's more fun for her to use. On the first night of the tournament, she was planning on taking Shirou to bed and is extremely annoyed when he gets called away without even noticing that she was trying to seduce him.
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119* Holli Would from ''Film/CoolWorld''. Kind of like the evil blonde version of [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Jessica Rabbit]]. She is a beautiful and seductive "doodle", an animated being who resides in the alternate realm of Cool World. She dreams of becoming real and will say and do whatever it takes to get the power she believes is so rightfully hers.
120* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' - When Ariel and Eric start to grow closer to each other, [[BigBad Ursula]] transforms herself into a slim beautiful young woman named Vanessa in an attempt to hypnotize Eric into marrying her, stop the two from hooking up and overthrow King Triton.
121* The Copper-Haired Autumn Princess of ''Animation/SonOfTheWhiteHorse'', a living symbol of sexuality and fertility who goes around with her privates exposed, charms the dragon who kidnapped her into obedience and even tries to seduce the hero Treeshaker once he frees her, though Treeshaker is quick to remind her that she has two younger sisters who also need rescuing.
122* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Ming believes the character Siu-Jyu in the ''[[ShowWithinAShow Jade Palace Diaries]]'' to be this.
123-->'''Ming:''' She's just using him to get to the throne.
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127%% * Bree Sharp's "Cheap and Evil Girl" describes one.
128%% * Music/DarylHallAndJohnOates' "Maneater".
129%% * A major part of [[Music/{{Garbage}} Shirley Manson's]] stage persona (e.g. the video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C5NLfYdZaE "The World Is Not Enough"]]). She also provided backing vocals on The Bird and the Bee's cover of "Maneater".
130%% * Disturbed's ''Serpentine''.
131* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDRBlJEEdys "She Was a Vamp"]], sung by Music/{{Cher}} on ''The Sonny And Cher Show''.
132-->''She was a scamp, a camp and a bit of a tramp\
133She was a V-A-M-P...Vamp!''
134%% * The subject of the Music/MichaelJackson song ''Music/{{Dangerous|Album}}''
135%% * The eponymous character in the song "Red Leather Bitch" by Japanese thrash metal band Music/{{Barbatos}}.
136* Music/{{Lorde}} plays one in "Magnets", her collaboration with Disclosure, and aggressively seduces an older man away from his wife. [[spoiler:Subverted; she's actually a ProfessionalKiller hired by the wife to kill him because she had enough of his abuse.]]
137%% * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOg377jb3ts "Whatever She Wants"]] by Music/JarsOfClay is pretty clearly about this kind of person.
138%% * Boney M's "[[https://youtu.be/16y1AkoZkmQ Rasputin]]" depicts UsefulNotes/RasputinTheMadMonk as a male example.
139* The central character of Music/LadyGaga's "Dance in the Dark" is accused of being this:
140->''Run, run, her kiss is a vampire grin,''\
141''the moon lights her way while she's howling at him.''\
142''She looks good, but her boyfriend says she's a tramp,''\
143''she's a tramp, she's a vamp, but she still does her dance,''\
144''she's a tramp, she's a vamp, but she still kills the dance...''
145* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af59U2BRRAU music video]] for "Rosenrot" by ''Music/{{Rammstein}}'' depicts a group of traveling monks visiting a village, one of which falls in love with a local girl. She seems to be receptive to his advances, but [[SelfMadeOrphan convinces him that before they can be together, he has to kill her family]]. The monk does the deed, and finds the girl waiting for him outside... [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves only to reveal she has called the villagers on him]]. He is [[BurnTheWitch burned at the stake]], and [[KarmaHoudini she]] is the first to cast her torch into the brazier.
146* "Dark Horse" by Music/KatyPerry has the singer warning men who fall in love with her that once they do, "There's no going back." The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KSOMA3QBU0 music video]] reinforces this trope, with Katy Perry playing an [[AncientEgypt ancient Egyptian]] queen who is approached by several suitors bearing gifts. She accepts the gifts... after using magic to disintegrate the suitors into piles of sand.
147* Subverted in "Catherine" by ''Music/InkubusSukkubus'' as it's unclear whether the titular character is genuinely trying to seduce the men around her or whether she's simply an attractive young woman the 'unloved wives' [[spoiler: have killed by the Church to stop their husbands lusting after her.]]
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151* The classic Vamp in Abrahamic religions, of course, is Delilah, from the [[Literature/TheBible biblical]] story of Samson. The Biblical story clearly treats her as a villainess who tempts Samson away from his godly ways and thus brings about his downfall, emasculation, and captivity. She betrayed him very effectively, although her life was threatened. People weak in faith turning their backs on their powerful protector when threatened by the vast but easily avoidable powers of the wicked is a bit of a theme in the ''Bible'', yes.
152** Samson was also a subversion, which indicates the trope is older than that. He consistently fed Delilah information she consistently used to get his enemies deployed where he could deal with them. Until he got arrogant enough to reveal ''all'' his secrets, he was managing her vamping quite well.
153** Another, more apt biblical example would be Amon's queen, Jezebel.
154** [[SuccubiAndIncubi The Succubus]], a demon which disguises itself as a beautiful woman to cause trouble (what kind of trouble tends to vary). The Incubus was her [[SpearCounterpart male counterpart]].
155* In UsefulNotes/{{Hinduism}}, the apsaras are a kind of beautiful female NatureSpirit that sometimes seduce ascetics by their amusement, though more often by Indra's orders because he doesn't want someone to reach a spiritual level higher than his own. Contrary to most examples, apsaras are not inherently evil and don't usually harm their preys other than detracting them from enlightenment.
156** Vishnu himself becomes a gender-bending HeroicSeductress every time he turns into his female avatar Mohini.
157* UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}} has the dakinis, demonesses that prey on humans. Their exact characterization varies heavily depending on the branch, the school and the place, but in Tibetan Buddhism they are specifically described as whimsical female spirits that enjoy seducing men and stealing their semen. Again, dakinis are not necessarily evil, and they can be even summoned in order to grant cosmic knowledge (the word ''dakini'' can even be a title for a regular woman who knows and practices the rituals of esoteric Buddhism).
158* [[OurSirensAreDifferent The Sirens]] from Myth/ClassicalMythology. [[WingedHumanoid Bird-women]] are [[AvertedTrope not this at all]] despite what some people think. In fact their powers have nothing to do with sex at all and their songs actually brainwash people into thinking that they will be granted [[YourHeartsDesire whatever they want most in the world]] if they come to their island. Making them more like JackassGenies who can't grant wishes.
159* OlderThanDirt: Myth/MesopotamianMythology has the goddess Ishtar/Innana, who tends to cause her lovers' deaths, and the seductive ChildEater Lilitu. (Myth/{{Lilith}} if you were Hebrew.)
160* Chilota mythology has the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trauco Trauco]]. If he wants to be inside a woman, that woman is powerless to resist him. The same desire he has for a woman can also [[DeathGlare kill a man]], so trying to deny him is not advised.
161* The [[DemBones Hone-onna]][[note]]literally "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Bone Woman]]"[[/note]] creates a look of a beautiful woman, based on how she looked when she was alive, to get close to her chosen lover and [[LifeDrain drain him of life]] so they can be together forever. The problem is [[GlamourFailure it only works on him]] and everyone else sees a man [[ILoveTheDead flirting with and caressing a rotting corpse]].
162* ''Myth/TheWhiteWitchOfRoseHall'': Some takes on the legend make the titular slave-owning, BlackWidow ''witch'', an overtly sexual character, but no less malevolent.
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166* Yinling from Wrestling/FightingOperaHUSTLE used her feminine wiles in her matches and could beguile entire arenas with just her sexy poses. Her Tokyo Sports popularity award indicates the latter was not purely kayfabe.
167* Wrestling/TaelerHendrix after her [[FaceHeelTurn heel turn]], would openly try to hit on men, especially referees, for an advantage. When she found out [[Wrestling/RubyRiott Heidi Lovelace]] had a fangirl crush on her, Hendrix was willing to exploit that too. This talent got her hired by Wrestling/TruthMartini for the benefit of his clients.
168* Wrestling/{{Melina}} used her wiles to have sex with Wrestling/{{Batista}} and impede him from teaming up with Wrestling/ReyMysterio against her allies. Unfortunately for her, her charm didn't last much, so she then switched to WoundedGazelleGambit mode and brought in Wrestling/MarkHenry.
169* Gino, perhaps best known for his Wrestling/{{M|LW}}ajor League Wrestling work, is usually equal parts sexy nerd [[BadassBookworm and]] lovable jock; a LatinLover with a nigh irresitible [[TheCharmer charm he cannot help but cast on ladies]]. When he isn't a baby {{face}}, however, he's this trope, purposefully using his charm to have ladies to advance his goals for him or even to turn them on their friends for his own ammusement. When Thunder Rosa was observing this side of Gino on commentary she was initially in awe, and even after she saw through his ruse had to continually check herself as she slipped into condoning his actions.
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173* Melissa from ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues'' is a sociopathic and seductive villainess who believes she can draw out the 'dark' sides of the morally good characters in the cast.
174* In ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'', several female players, such as Katherine Marks, Clemence, and Chi Masumi, have used their looks to try to seduce male opponents and catch them off guard or get protection/help from them. Usually, they try to kill the male once they're vulnerable. [[spoiler:This has just about never worked, James Coombs, Naoji Hideyoshi, and Aaron Redfield being the only actual victims of this tactic so far.]] Non-player females sometimes try to do something similar to charm males into helping them, but this has become rare by v3.
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178* The female, and literal, vampires of the [[VampiresAreSexGods Daeva]] [[TheBeautifulElite clan]] from ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'' are the EMBODIMENTS of this trope. Although it depends on the player, the [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire nicest]] Daeva vampiresses would be considered [[FemmeFatale Femmes Fatales]], but the book encourages you to play it straight; in other words, be downright evil.
179%% * Mina Devlin from ''TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}}''.
180* TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons has a Temptress character class amongst its many third-party sources.
181** A far more obvious example in TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons and TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}} are the succubi, who are reimagined from medieval sexual predators to deadly [[FemmeFatale femme fatale]] who manipulate their prey into eternal damnation before ripping out their souls and dragging it back to their home dimension. The exact fluff changes from edition to edition.
182** In some editions, the FallenAngel erinyes is similar but prefers to manipulate individuals to tyrannical ends, though the most recent version is just a vengeful warrior who happens to look like a hot lady angel (though they are perfectly happy to exploit it when they're mistaken for actual angels).
183** There are also always about a dozen variants on the theme, such as the vampy devils called Brachina. They corrupt the servants of good gods.
184** Drow see this as their ''masculine'' ideal (drow are heavily associated with spiders, where the female is the bigger gender and calls the shots), as embodied in their god Keptolo, the Eager Consort. Keptolo is sexy, hedonistic, a master of social graces (and intrigue- they're pretty much one and the same to drow), and happy to serve his mistress's whims... so long as he gets to ride on her coattails. Keptolo is worshipped by most male drow, who strive to live up to his social and sexual talents. Temptation to villainy doesn't come up much because most Keptolo-worshipping drow will rarely, if ever, meet someone with a good alignment, but they will manipulate anyone they can get to listen to them.
185%% ** Incubi are usually depicted as the GenderFlip variant.
186*** ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' has the Gentleman Caller, a mysterious incubus who seduces and impregnates important women just to ensure their doom.
187** Jacqueline Renier of ''Ravenloft'' is an example of this trope; she's a beautiful, raven-haired noblewoman. She's also a murderous wererat [[BlessedWithSuck doomed]] [[InvoluntaryShapeshifter to assume her true form]] [[TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife in the presence of anyone she actually loves]]. This is a setting where FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire is completely averted, and any sane person in the Land of Mists would draw their weapon or start running upon meeting any lycanthrope.
188*** Gabrielle Aderre is this trope incarnate, as a seductive poisoner who cuts through men like a hot knife through butter. Unlike Jacqueline, she is pretty much a normal HotGypsyWoman aside from some GypsyCurse powers. She, too, is BlessedWithSuck, as her relationship with the Gentleman Caller has him out-Vamping her; their offspring is supposed to lead to the destruction of Gabrielle's people.
189* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'': Vampire Vamp's name and effect actually invokes the trope. Konami even supports it in their [[https://yugiohblog.konami.com/articles/?p=6208 TCG blog article]] on her.
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193%% * [[{{Anvilicious}} Lucy The Slut]] in ''Theatre/AvenueQ''.
194* Lola from ''Theatre/DamnYankees'' is a subversion. She presents herself in her [[IAmSong establishing song]] "A Little Brains, A Little Talent" to be The Vamp to end all Vamps, but her seduction of Joe is unsuccessful, in part because she [[MinionWithAnFInEvil fails to be evil enough]].
195%% * Mallory in the musical ''City of Angels''. She's redeemed by (in-story) ExecutiveMeddling.
196* Not so much evil as irresponsible and immature, Mayzie La Bird is a kid-friendly version in ''Theatre/{{Seussical}}''.
197* The two female protagonists, Roxie and Velma, from ''Theatre/{{Chicago}}'' are using their vamp skills to literally get away with murder.
198* Sally Bowles from ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'' is another more irresponsible and immature than evil version.
199* Fastrada, Pippin's Stepmother from ''Theatre/{{Pippin}}'', is this to a V. She manipulates both Charles and Pippin to make sure her 'darling' son Lewis is next in line to the throne. Of course, she's manipulating Pippin for other reasons..."Sometimes I wonder if the fornicating I'm getting is worth the fornicating I'm getting."-Charles
200* Adelheid von Walldorf in Creator/JohannWolfgangVonGoethe's ''Theatre/GoetzVonBerlichingen''. She uses her beauty to enamour and manipulate the Knight Adelbert von Weislingen; then, when he has outlived his usefulness, has him murdered.
201* Creator/CirqueDuSoleil examples:
202** The Black Widow in ''Theatre/{{Mystere}}'' tries to corrupt the Archangel who performs the aerial cube act.
203** Two of the Mutants in ''Theatre/{{Zarkana}}'', Kundalini and Tarantula, aim to lure the hero away from his quest to reunite with his sweetheart. They are both MixAndMatchCritters -- one a snake(s) woman, another a spider woman.
204** The pole dancer who performs to "Dangerous" (see Music above) in ''Theatre/MichaelJacksonTheIMMORTALWorldTour''.
205* ''Theatre/ThePlayThatGoesWrong'': The character of Florence in the PlayWithinAPlay; Sandra turns it up to eleven by playing even her "hysterical episodes" seductively. It goes even past that when Trevor, forced to read Florence's lines, starts fake-grinding on the Inspector as a "hysterical episode".
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209* Roodaka from ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' is a quintessential, albeit non-sexual example, as this is a Toys/{{LEGO}} franchise for kids. She seduces the disillusioned hero Vakama by promising him might and the ownership of his former home, then presents the now brainwashed and servile Vakama to her hated "king" and would-be husband Sidorak as an engagement gift. Meanwhile she secretly consipires with Vakama to overthrow Sidorak, who is far too preoccupied with playing king and trying to please Roodaka, unaware she's luring him into a trap. For that matter, even Vakama fails to realize her kindness to him is a ploy. She is also the only character in the series whose toy heavily plays up her feminine design (which allegedly lead to complaints that LEGO "over-sexualized" her design), and TheMovie even gave her something of a [[AnimalMotifs snake motif]]. The filmmakers nicknamed her "LadyMacbeth" during production.
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213* In ''VideoGame/ActRaiser'''s sequel, the demon of Lovaous, a ice creature made of beautiful ice crystals, representing lust, takes on a [[MsFanservice gorgeous form of a naked woman]] covered by a scarf, showing off her shapely legs, [[LongHairIsFeminine long wavy hair]], and [[HartmanHips hypnotic hips.]] She used her [[FemmeFatale beautiful charms to seduce]] the king of Lovaous into falling in an eternal sleep while making his subjects miserable.
214* ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'' has the HotAsHell Mizora, demonic patron to the warlock Wyll and a ManipulativeBitch who acted as TheTease to torment him. The PlayerCharacter can have an OptionalSexualEncounter with her, but it's soon revealed that she only did it to embarrass them in front of the others.
215* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI'' has Yuriko, who has the general look and mannerisms down, but [[spoiler: quickly revealing her MurderTheHypotenuse tendencies kinda killed her effectiveness]]. Really doesn't help that she's [[spoiler: actually [[BiblicalBadGuy Lilith]] and thus hit with a severe case of NoCampaignForTheWicked.]]
216* The ''[=SiN=]'' series features Vamp[=/=][[TheBaroness Baroness]] combo Elexis Sinclaire.
217* ''VideoGame/MetalGear:''
218** The series features a [[GenderFlip male]] character codenamed Vamp, who fits aspects of this trope. His codename is derived not from his taste for drinking blood, but from his bisexuality, playing off an older use of the term. The sexual aspects were downplayed in-game, compared to the original trailer, but it was conclusively stated that he is not, in fact, a vampire. Twice.
219*** Vamp is a subversion. Vamp had a boyfriend in the form of Scott Dolph before said boyfriend was killed in the tanker incident. Although it's never outright stated that his relationship wasn't for some sort of underlying, self-centered motive, nothing about it ever gave him any kind of gain. His boyfriend was his best friend's ''father,'' on top of it, which could've conceivably risked damaging that friendship, so the only possible reason for him to have the relationship was out of genuine care for Dolph. It's played straight in ''Guns of the Patriots,'' however, as he's ''really'' friendly with [[spoiler:Naomi,]] and she ''does'' have something of value he wants: [[spoiler:[[DeathSeeker his own death]].]]
220** From ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'', [[spoiler:there's EVA]], to some extent, though you don't find out 'til the ending. However, she's a subversion of this trope, as it's revealed that she genuinely did love Big Boss, and even joined him in [[spoiler:overthrowing the faction of The Patriots lead by Major Zero, Para-Medic, and Sigint after the organization was split in two, thanks to a falling out between Big Boss and Major Zero, part of which was caused by Zero cloning Big Boss and creating Big Boss' "sons". Moreover, EVA volunteered to be the surrogate mother of Solid and Liquid, all because of her love for Big Boss, and even though Solid Snake was a clone, she still saw him as a son.]]
221** ImageSong of [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Mistral]]]] [[LampshadeHanging mentioned this.]]
222--->[[spoiler:So don't let me become the one you love, 'cause I'll just take your blood and use you up,]]
223* From the third ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', there's [[spoiler:Dahlia Hawthorne]], who manipulated at least 3 men using [[BitchInSheepsClothing her innocent façade]].
224* ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter: Under the Knife 2'' has Reina, who attempts to get Derek to join her company, [[spoiler:steals his Healing Touch]], and finally [[spoiler:carries the final Neo-GUILT.]]
225* Saya from ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom''. She even calls Reiji by pet names!
226* You can play one in the ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'' mod ''VideoGame/ADanceWithRogues''. There are a surprising number of quests in which having sex with enemies is a shortcut to let you kill them more easily, or, in the case of the Dhorn Generals' Heads quest in the first chapter, the only path to getting to kill them.
227* A literal example with Alva in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''. After becoming a vampire, her leader Movarth sent her into Morthal with the intent of [[VampiresAreSexGods seducing and enslaving]] all of the guards. She falls for a lowly lumberjack and then has her thrall [[MurderTheHypotenuse slaughter his]] [[WouldHurtAChild whole family]] to cover her tracks after [[BrainwashedAndCrazy seducing him]].
228* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', a female protagonist is able to seduce Benny and bypass the security. From there she can either sleep with him and kill him, or just kill him as soon as they enter the room.
229* Morinth from ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''. Her modus operandi is seducing people, then killing them via her genetic defect that causes [[OutWithABang brain overload during sex]]. Interestingly, [[spoiler:she's a recruitable character, and [[ShmuckBait attempting to romance her]] [[NonStandardGameOver goes about as well for Shepherd as it did for everyone else]]]].
230* The [[DarkActionGirl Dark Jedi Sariss]] in ''VideoGame/JediKnightDarkForcesII'' seduced a wealthy baron after manipulating him into joining her cult and agreed to marry him, before [[WickedStepmother seducing his Force-sensitive son Yun]] as well into [[SelfMadeOrphan killing him]] and becoming her apprentice, using his feelings for her to manipulate him further but never reciprocating as she grew to see him as a son and [[WithFriendsLikeThese friend]] rather than a lover.
231* [[TheSociopath Kaliyo Djannis]] in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', the [[SecretPolice Imperial Agent]]'s [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Rattataki]] companion, TokenEvilTeammate (even by TheEmpire's very low standards), and potential LoveInterest for those with no capability of pattern recognition. A ConsummateLiar and ManipulativeBastard with a long history of getting men [[DepravedBisexual (and occasionally women)]] to care about her before inevitably [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder bleeding them dry of everything they have]]. By the time of the ''Fallen Empire'' expansion, she's JumpedOffTheSlipperySlope and become a [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist full-on terrorist]].
232%%* [[MsFanservice I-No from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear''.
233* In ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'', Chalis is a spy who specializes in charming kings out of national secrets (and into trouble) with "a rare beauty not often seen in Angara". She also tries to tempt Matthew into cooperating, and he [[ButThouMust literally can't turn her down]]. Her ambiguous motive still makes the fans argued that she is this trope or FemmeFatale.
234* In ''VideoGame/YuGiOhMonsterCapsuleGB'', Mai flirts with Yugi when she first sees him, much to Tea's annoyance.
235* Tala in ''VideoGame/DarkWatch''. Though she is introduced as a [[AntiHero member of the titular organization]] that hunts vampires, she is very seductive and clearly up to no good. She ends up [[spoiler:tricking the hero to turn her into a vampire while they are having sex so she can gain his powers and takes up the BigBad position after the hero destroys Lazarus, and she steals his power to remake the world in her image.]]
236* ''VideoGame/OctopathTravelerII'': [[spoiler:Combined with the mirror cutscene and Tanzy's journal, the player learns in the final chapter that Arcanette, the Moonshade Order's leader, seduced Tanzy after her husband died and groomed her for the sole purpose of having Tanzy act as both an (unwilling) sacrifice to Vide and a scout for the locations of the Sacred Flames. While Tanzy's love for her "goddess" is genuine, Arcanette cruelly and coldly manipulates her emotions, even pretending to be interested in another woman to further manipulate her emotions.]]
237* Antenora from ''VideoGame/WildArms2'' is revealed to be one, but she only has one target- [[spoiler: Vinsfield, the leader of the terrorist organization she's a member of, because he's responsible for the destruction of her hometown and her entire family. She plans to make him fall in love with her, then die in battle, hoping he will feel the very pain she did.]]
238* Melody from ''VideoGame/WildArms3'' plays this role in Little Twister, luring men into the nearby ruin and leading them into its deadly traps. [[spoiler: When this fails on the heroes and Clive exposes her game, she tries to seduce him- only for him to reveal he's HappilyMarried and has a daughter, before giving her a stern lecture about inner beauty.]] Melody does not take this well.
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242* In ''WebAnimation/FinalFantasyVIIMachinabridged'', Scarlet had sex with [[TokenGoodTeammate Reeve]] just so she could have the opportunity to mock his ''performance'' during a board meeting. One of Barret's flashbacks also revealed that she tried to proposition him, even after hearing that his wife was terminally ill.
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246* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', the legendary Spark Lucrezia Mongfish would use seduction to manipulate others into doing her bidding. If that didn't work, she had [[PuppeteerParasite Slaver Wasps]].
247* Amelia Sturtz in ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'' used her looks to get men close enough to her to hypnotize them through eye contact.
248* Sabine from ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' is a [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubus]] in [[LadyInRed red leather]]. In a bit of a subversion, her vamping doesn't work on the GenreSavvy [[TheHero Roy Greenhilt]] the time she tried it on him, and most of it is directed at her boss, Nale. It didn't work on [[LesYay Miko]], either.
249* Jezebel Starr from ''Webcomic/{{EVIL|2016}}'' will seduce you, rob you, and likely leave you for dead.
250* ''Webcomic/TheFoxSister'': The Kumiho uses the attractiveness of her human form to bait men.
251%% * In ''Webcomic/{{Oglaf}}'', Mistertique is both a parody of the cliche and a male example.
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255%% * ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': Vamp's MO. May or may not continue now that she's [[spoiler: going to Whateley.]]
256%%* Love and/or refugee camp [[FourOneNineScam Internet scams]] are often using this kind of character.
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260* ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'' did a Counter Monkey episode on how frequently this trope is employed in tabletop roleplaying games. As mentioned above, ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has a character class for it and more than one monster is built on this concept, most commonly the succubus.
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264* Subverted in one of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'''s "Ambiguously Gay Duo" cartoon shorts. An alien queen plans to use her feminine wiles to distract Ace and Gary, but Dr. Bighead replies, "I, uh, don't think that'll work on those two." Which it didn't. They have very strong moral constitutions, obviously.
265* Beautiful Gorgeous from ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius''. She was a MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter but even ''more'' evil than her father, on one occasion becoming a FalselyReformedVillain so she could brainwash her superspy fiancé Jet Fusion into [[WouldHurtAChild killing Jimmy]].
266* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': This show features many seductive beauties worthy of this label, with hands down the biggest being Poison Ivy. Her [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE5PrettyPoison debut episode]] sees her ensnare Harvey Dent's heart, stringing him along for awhile, pretending to be head over heels in love, before the night she decides to give him [[KissOfDeath one, final kiss]]. And, when Batman skulks into her greenhouse lair, hellbent on securing the antidote for her [[DruggedLipstick lipstick]], only to be pulled into the tight embrace of a [[ManEatingPlant giant mutant flytrap's]] VineTentacles, Isley [[TheTease flirtatiously greets]] him, treating the encounter like [[CaptiveDate a cozy date at her place]], before [[ForcefulKiss insistently]] sharing a passionate goodnight kiss with Batman as well, one she takes tremendous, sultry [[ModestOrgasm pleasure]] in.
267%%* Lolita and Tanqueray from ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead''
268%% * Darla Dimple from ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'', despite being just a child.
269* In the American WesternAnimation/{{Darkstalkers}} cartoon, Morrigan fits the bill. She only seduces men and fellow monsters to gobble them up, and works with Pyron.
270* The Martian Queen from ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'' tries. The hero's [[TooDumbToFool too stupid to fall for it]]. ([[DependingOntheWriter In some episodes]], she's a DefrostingIceQueen who's genuinely in love with Dodgers, but he's ''still'' too stupid to notice.)
271%% * Hatta Mari from ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "Plane Daffy''.
272* Queen Chrysalis in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' plays this trope quite well, and takes it a step further by actually kidnapping someone's bride and replacing her with VoluntaryShapeshifting. Considering she's essentially a G-Rated Succubus, it's not too surprising.
273* Sedusa of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998''. On two different occasions, she's tried to seduce Professor Utonium and the Mayor of Townsville. Almost literally in her third appearance as the animators added fangs to her teeth.
274* In ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', there was Josephine Clench (also a DarkActionGirl) who once formed half of an OutlawCouple with her husband Zeke. This seemed to be a vital part of the pair's strategy; she would cozy up to a victim in order to gain trust so that he would let his guard down, and be unprepared for the far-less subtle attack from Zeke. (Even better, if the victim tried to defend Josephine from him thinking she was in danger, he'd likely expose his back to her, and it would be over for him quickly.) Unfortunately for the pair, she was so rotten that Zeke divorced her and got a restraining order. They called a truce to collect the bounty on Jack (at which point her skills at seduction worked very well on the Samurai) but Josephine double-crossed Zeke in the end (which leads you to believe that may have caused the divorce in the first place). Ironically, this is what helped Jack defeat ''her'' as well.
275* Venus in ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'' is a G-rated example, played for comedy. She can channel her "feminine wiles" into a form of actual mind control.
276* ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'': In Bride of Pretorius after Evelyn accidentally puts on the mask that had her glasses attached to it and her alter ego Eve comes out, while Eve is lustful and clearly trying to use her looks to get Stanley to kiss her she genuinely cares and loves him very much, she also has morals as well as she refuses to take Pretorius's offer to marry him and rescues Stanley instead showing that she has a good heart and, does not like anyone who will hurt or kill innocent people so that they can get what they want therefore the evil part is Downplayed
277* Blackarachnia of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' wavered between this and FemmeFatale. Even if she was redeemed, it would be very hard for anyone (besides Optimus, the sap) to trust her. Which is odd, because while she's fairly sexy by human body shape standards, she's also techno-organic--and most Transformers are repulsed by anything organic. However, many of the Autobots find her very attractive and only Blitzwing and [[spoiler:Sentinel Prime]] react with anything approaching disgust. [[spoiler:The latter even tries to ''kill her'', despite the fact that she was once his girlfriend.]]
278* Minx from ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' is a manipulative heartbreaker who toys with men then throws them aside. It's left vague if Minx actually [[LadykillerInLove likes Rio]] or if she just wants to steal him from both Jem and Jerrica, however nevertheless he sees her as an AbhorrentAdmirer. Minx tends to dress in black but is a blond.
279* ''WesternAnimation/TheHollow'': Vanessa primary method of interaction with the main characters is to [[spoiler:find one way or the other to seduce Kai into helping her.]]
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