History Main / HeroicSeductress

* Ann in ''VideoGame/Persona5'' plays the seductress role to distract Yusuke to get into Madarame's house in order to unlock a door. At another Palace, she and the other girls have to talk up a Shadow for information. Though all the girls are wearing swimsuits, it is Ann that ends up doing much of the work by using her looks.

* ''Film/{{Mermaids}}'' gives one sister Venus the powers of siren who can use seduction to hypnotise anyone. This includes getting her sister out of jail and making the guards forget anything ever happened.

[[SexIsEvil Sex often has a bad reputation in fiction]]. Often, the only characters allowed [[MadonnaWhoreComplex to have any sort of sex appeal are not the ones for whom we're meant to root]]. Character types like TheVamp and the FemmeFatale run amok, [[EvilIsSexy doing their evil work]], ruining lives, and [[LadyMacbeth corrupting men into doing nasty things]]. A gorgeous [[SuccubiAndIncubi Succubus]] uses her appeal to lure men to their doom.

** Vampirella has occasionally used her sex appeal against villains. One such example is the 2006 Halloween Special in which she takes advantage of her looks to lull a murderer into a false sense of security before killing as punishment for killing his wife. She even teasingly flaunts her body at him as she leaves him to die.
** Pantha, Vampirella's ally, also counts. A Mark Millar-penned story in 1997 has her hunting down and killing evil scientists who kidnapped and experimented on her by taking advantage of their perverse sexual desires. She also posed an as erotic dancer to get the Scarab of Atum-Ra from the Nazi scientist Midwinter.

* ''Film/CharliesAngels'' and ''Film/CharliesAngelsFullThrottle'': The Angels have no problem using their sex appeal to extract information and items or lull targets into a false sense of security. Examples include Dylan using her NavelDeepNeckline to distract a driver while the Angels place a tracking device on his car in the first movie and posing as strippers to swipe a dock worker's key card in the second movie.

* Nancy Lee from ''LightNovel/NinjaSlayer'' is an IntrepidReporter who happens to be a [[MsFanservice sexy]], [[EveryoneLovesBlondes blonde bombshell]] who's not afraid to ShowSomeLeg from time to time to distract bad guys and help the main protagonist. In one instance, she dresses up as a prostitute in order to gain access inside a Syndicate facility. On the downside, [[SoBeautifulItsACurse her gorgeous looks tend to work as much against her as for her]], making her a LustObject of some vile, sleazy scumbags who all have some... [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty unwholesome thoughts]] in mind for her.

* Sex as espionage: [[HoneyTrap Getting into bed with people]] who have high security clearance levels, or even the EvilOverlord himself, then [[{{Blackmail}} using that liaison to get information]] or just [[DeathBySex remove the threat entirely]].

* [[ShowSomeLeg Sex as a distraction]]: Taking advantage of [[DistractedByTheSexy male distractability]], allowing the heroine's allies to complete a task without interruption.

[[SexIsEvil Sex often has a bad reputation in fiction]]. Often, the only characters allowed [[MadonnaWhoreComplex to have any sort of sex appeal are not the ones for whom we're meant to root]]. Character types like TheVamp and the FemmeFatale run amok, [[EvilIsSexy doing their evil work]], ruining lives, and [[LadyMacbeth corrupting men into doing nasty things]]. A gorgeous [[SuccubiAndIncubi Succubi]] uses her appeal to lure men to their doom.

[[SexIsEvil Sex often has a bad reputation in fiction]]. Often, the only characters allowed [[MadonnaWhoreComplex to have any sort of sex appeal are not the ones for whom we're meant to root]]. Character types like TheVamp and the FemmeFatale run amok, [[EvilIsSexy doing their evil work]], ruining lives, and [[LadyMacbeth corrupting men into doing nasty things]].

* Sex as espionage: [[HoneyTrap Getting into bed with people]] who have high clearance levels, or even the EvilOverlord himself, then using that position to get information or just [[DeathBySex remove the threat entirely]].

* Invoked by Liesel in ''[[Literature/TheScholomance The Last Graduate]]'', [[spoiler:and all but name-checked when Aadhya accused her of trying to [[TheVamp "get her hooks"]] into an emotionally compromised [[TheHero Galadriel]]. Liesel casually admitted the truth of this, pointed out that as El's [[FriendlessBackground first unrelated and entirely sane friend]] Aadhya had quite a few hooks of her own imbedded, observed that El's character is such that the normal uses of such 'hooks' were either redundant[[note]]she'll put her life on the line to defend complete strangers for nothing[[/note]] or useless[[note]]she finds bullying people, or even enclaves, for mere personal gain inconceivable[[/note]], and spelled out that if El did grow tempted to exploit her '''[[PersonOfMassDestruction vast]]''' mystical power [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope for selfish ends]] ''everyone'' would benefit from more people with emotional ties able to calm her down.]]

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Frequently crosses with HookerWithAHeartOfGold, EthicalSlut, and HighClassCallGirl. Sometimes even MyGirlIsASlut.

Every example of female-initiated SexFaceTurn featured someone in this role. Because, remember, GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex.

* ''Film/CharliesAngels'' and ''Film/CharliesAngelsFullThrottle'': The Angels have no problem using their sex appeal to extract information and items or lull targets into a false sense of security. Examples include Dylan using her AbsoluteCleavage to distract a drive while the Angels place a tracking device on his car in the first movie and posing as strippers to swipe a dock worker's key card in the second movie.

* ''[[FanFic/{{Bird}} Bird]]'': Ingénue's role in [[Literature/{{Worm}} canon]] was ambiguous, but as a gang leader in Brockton Bay she plays this role. This leaves her as either a very atypical villain or a hero with a checkered past and phenomenally bad PR.

* The {{Kitsune}} is a fox-like spirit who often shapeshifts and seduces human men. However, their intentions are rarely ill, with some actually encouraging or inspiring heroic and courageous acts, and many of them often wind up falling in love and become [[YamatoNadeshiko completely devoted wives and mothers]].