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* Subverted in ''Series/ToddAndTheBookOfPureEvil''. Hannah dresses up as a sexy rocker chick, complete with a short skirt and a low-cut shirt, in order to win the affections of the main character. She then climbs in through his bedroom window and makes some rather deliberate advances toward him. [[AvertedTrope Todd is weirded out]] by Hannah's behavior and remains [[SingleTargetSexuality fixated]] on his love interest, Jenny. Later, she bemoans what she's turned herself into and switches back to her [[HotScientist science geek]] wardrobe.

Most (in)famously done in ''Film/{{Grease}}''. Commonly used in [[FanFic fanfiction]], leading to PossessionSue. Can be coupled off with CorruptTheCutie. Compare MyGirlIsASlut; contrast MyGirlIsNotASlut. Also compare BeautifulAllAlong (which this trope tries to be, with an unfortunate [[BeautyIsBad "beauty = slutty" message]]) and SheCleansUpNicely. When the trope is portrayed as an effective way to attract men, it may be because AllMenArePerverts. Often overlaps with OperationJealousy and TheTease.

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** The situation is reversed with Peg. There are several episodes where she dresses in a more sexy manner to entice Al, and while the audience would react in kind, Al himself would react with his usual indifference. The truth is, if she had spent less time trying to be a sexpot and more time being an ideal housewife (cooking, cleaning, etc,) then Al would spend a lot more love and attention on her. This fact was highlighted in one episode where Peg was cleaning the backyard for the family's Labor Day barbecue and Al couldn't keep his hands off her, and for once she ''didn't'' want sex because she was exhausted from the manual labor.

* Subverted in an episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' when Picard finds himself dealing with a very seductive and sensual female claiming to be Ardra, the devil incarnate (and therefore the legal owner to an entire planet that supposedly sold their souls to her in exchange for a thousand years of peace). When Picard wakes up one night to find her in his cabin, stating that she knows he desires her, he brusquely replies, "On the contrary. I find you obvious and vulgar." To her credit, the woman immediately offers to dress in more demure clothing, before shifting to the form of Deanna Troi to offer him "forbidden fruit." Neither offer succeeds.

* ''Film/{{Hobgoblins}}'' plays this one utterly straight, with the protagonist Kevin's girlfriend Amy starting off the film as frigid, prudish, and impossible to please (she calls him "pathetic" because he lost an impromptu mock battle against a friend who'd literally just gotten back from the Army). Then the hobgoblins use their MindControl powers to lower her inhibitions, which makes her go to the local nightclub and start stripping before her friends intervene. By the end of the film, it's clear both Kevin and Amy are happier now that she's "loosened up". ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]'''s remarks on this:
-->'''Crow:''' So, Mike, I learned from today's movie that Daphne was a slut, and Amy wasn't fun until she became a slut.\\
'''Mike Nelson:''' Well, that's the fun message of today's movie!

** In the episode "Rain Girl", Kelly is HiredForHerLooks as a TV weathergirl, but her first appearance is a disaster because she can't read the words on the teleprompter. Sensing her job is in jeopardy, she quickly props herself up on the counter and hikes up her already short skirt to flash some thigh at the camera. It doesn't save her from getting fired.

* Played with in ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': Reo wants to get Matsuri's attention, and his ''mother'' Matoi advises her to be more sexually forward. But Reo is already very [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl openly sexual]], and Matoi is saying to be outright '''aggressive''' because Matsuri is [[{{Uke}} passive]]. Despite Reo practically feeling Matsuri up at every chance from the on, [[ObliviousToLove he still fails to notice her feelings are romantic]].

* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In "Bad Tina", Tina's new friend Tammy encourages Tina to change her style (complete with the typical middle school/junior high [[UncannyValleyMakeUp too-much-make up look]]) to attract Jimmy Pesto. Tina eventually realizes the makeup (and getting "drunk" on her mom's ''non-alcoholic'' margarita mix) isn't really her and decides to go back to her old style.

* Inverted in ''Rancho Deluxe'' where an older man's sweet, timid, good girl niece cries her way into a man's confidence, getting him to confess his crimes. [[spoiler: It then turns out she's actually the older man's smoking hot girlfriend playing the young man all the time.]]

* Invoked in ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' when Sin has to dress like an actual prostitute to catch the VillainOfTheWeek. So Roy pretends that Sin has a date and asks his girlfriend Thea if she can borrow something slutty to wear. Thea gives one of her short skirts that will make a "second date guaranteed."

** The situation is reversed with Peg. If she'd spent less time trying to be a sexpot and more time trying to be an ideal housewife (cooking, cleaning, etc,) then Al would spend a lot more love and attention on her. This fact was highlighted in one episode where Peg, for whatever reason, had to clean up the backyard--Al watched with a CheshireCatGrin and, every now and then, would take Peg upstairs... something she dreaded in this case since she was worn out from the manual labor.

A HardTruthAesop which often goes hand-in-hand with UnnecessaryMakeover. TheIngenue learns to dress and act like a slut in order to snag her man, usually with the help of her [[ToxicFriendInfluence "friends"]]. Heaven forbid she should pick someone who likes her the way she is. FridgeLogic wonders, will she have to keep up her new sexy look and attitude forever, and will she resent it?

* ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'': Manny did this in order to stop being seen as [[TheCutie cute]] and win over a random one-shot character, but it's most remembered for helping her win over [[YourCheatingHeart Craig]].

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* TropeCodifier, Sandy in ''Film/{{Grease}}'' changes from a sweet girl next door to a bad girl.[[note]] [[Series/DonnyAndMarie Marie Osmond]] turned down the role ''because'' of the FamilyUnfriendlyAesop.[[/note]] The film also shows Danny ''trying'' to become the Varsity Good Guy to be with Sandy--still, he's extremely glad she made those changes. Kind of weird as they had a relationship that apparently more or less ''worked'' before she changed to fit in with his friends. The 1950s (in which the film is set) actually put a good deal of value on fitting in with one's social group, and the 1970s (in which the film was made) was all about reinventing yourself to make your life better.

'''Mike Nelson:''' Well, that's the [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop fun message]] of today's movie!

* Mocked mercilessly and then torn apart in ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'''s two-part finale: after a series of embarrassing makeovers from Abe and Toots, Cleo completely tarts up Joan of Arc. She [[UnnecessaryMakeover hates the makeover]] but decides to keep it because [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop it makes Abe say she's "hot" for the first time in the whole series]]. She stills ends up going to prom with JFK, because Abe is preoccupied with Cleo. Then JFK admits that he's liked her all along "even when she's not being a slutty whore" and they sleep with each other, just in time for Abe to realize ''he'' likes her and burst in on them.

A FamilyUnfriendlyAesop which often goes hand-in-hand with UnnecessaryMakeover. TheIngenue learns to dress and act like a slut in order to snag her man, usually with the help of her [[ToxicFriendInfluence "friends"]]. Heaven forbid she should pick someone who likes her the way she is. FridgeLogic wonders, will she have to keep up her new sexy look and attitude forever, and will she resent it?

* In ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'', this is the sort of tactic that works pretty well for most characters such as ex-porn star Amber (and for that matter for her friend [[CampGay Dillon]]), but it ends up being averted in the case of Amber's sister Ruby. When she decides that she'd like to go to bed with her boyfriend Andy, Ruby attempts [[http://www.stickydillybuns.com/strips-sdb/gotta-keep-fit a series of increasingly blatant hints and offers]] (including borrowing Amber's quite respectable but pretty darned brazen LittleBlackDress), but everything bounces off Andy. When she finally insists on discussing the matter, it turns out that Andy is nervous and slightly unsure of his sexuality, but prepared to be ''talked'' rationally into going ahead.

* A season three episode of ''Series/OneTreeHill'' has [[BadassBookworm Haley]], under the guise of [[LovableLibby Brooke]], who meant well but didn't have the same approach on relationships as her friend did, trying this at a costume party to win back her husband, [[BigManOnCampus Nathan]], who has left her because [[ItMakesSenseInContext she abandoned him and became a rock star a year earlier.]] To drive the point home further, she even ''dresses up'' as post-makeover [[Film/{{Grease}} Sandy]]. To say the effort fell flat would be a huge understatement. Haley even discusses how much of a flop it was: