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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': PlayedForLaughs. The episode "Large Marge" has Homer Simpson get masticated by their old elephant Stampy. The Springfield police are ready to shoot the beast, but Marge realizes that the police are very likely to shoot Homer as well. To allay this, Marge flashes her enhanced breasts to the crowd, and the police stop to ogle and drool. This gives Krusty the chance to comment, "Check out ''those'' mogumbos." This key word stops the elephant's rage, and it spits out Homer intact.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': PlayedForLaughs. The episode "Large Marge" has Homer Simpson get masticated by an angry elephant. The Springfield police are ready to shoot the beast, but Marge realizes that the police are very likely to shoot Homer as well. To allay this, Marge flashes her enhanced breasts to the crowd, and the police stop to ogle and drool. This gives Krusty the chance to comment, "Check out ''those'' mogumbos." This key word stops the elephant's rage, and it spits out Homer intact.

* In Creator/MercedesLackey 's ''Literacture/OwlFlight'', Lilly keeps the Barbarians from raping any of the village girls by keeping their attention on her.

* In Creator/MercedesLackey 's Owlflight, Lilly keeps the Barbarians from raping any of the village girls by keeping their attention on her.

** Margery Tyrell. She's sexy and she knows it. And what does she do with her sexiness? Keeps [[TheCaligula Joffrey]] from being ''too'' cruel.

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

But not every sexy girl in fiction is evil. Some of them are downright heroic; and not in spite of their sexiness, but ''because'' of it. These are the ladies who epitomize SexIsGood. They're the ones who use sex as a tool or means to achieve a goal, the same way TheVamp or FemmeFatale might, the only difference being that their goals are... well, not evil.

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

* Sex as encouragement: The heroine beds someone as a way to get him/her into a [[SexIsGood heroic state of mind]]. Bonus points is she also [[SexFaceTurn brings him over to the good guys side]].

Contrast with TheVamp, who uses sex to corrupt. Also contrast with FemmeFatale, who uses sex to manipulate for purely selfish, often villainous ends. Contrast the MadonnaWhoreComplex, which states that sexually-active women cannot be considered "good" in any way.

* Comicbook/BlackWidow started off as a villain but did a HeelFaceTurn and started working for SHIELD. She still uses sex to get information out of SHIELD's enemies. It is part of her "specific skillset" after all.

* Creator/LarryNiven and Jerry Pournelle's novel ''[[Literature/TheDeedOfPaksenarrion Oath Of Fealty]]'': Tony Rand, the chief engineer of the Todos Santos arcology, needs to come up with a plan to rescue someone from police custody. He's talking over his plans with a woman named Delores Martine. Because of problems in his personal life he can't concentrate and starts to lose control of himself, so Delores repeatedly seduces him to calm him down so he can think.

* [[HookerWithAheartOfGold Inara Serra]] in ''Series/{{Firefly}}''.
** In the series as a whole she is a minor example. Her status as a Companion granted the Serenity crew a level of respectability, allowing them to get around more easily.
** In a full-blown moment of the trope, her involvement with the son of the guy who runs Canton gave him the confidence he needed to stick up to his [[AbusiveParent dad]], and sooner or later when the responsibility passes to him, he'll rule with a gentler hand.

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* In ''WebComic/KeyChainOfCreation'', seduction is Marena's favored tactic, though she is not above turning into an 8-foot tall werefox should that fail.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': PlayedForLaughs. The episode "Large Marge" has Homer Simpson get masticated by an angry elephant. The Springfield Police are ready to shoot the beast, but Marge realizes that the police are very likely to shoot Homer as well. To allay this, Marge flashes her enhanced breasts to the crowd, and the police stop to ogle and drool. This gives Krusty the chance to comment, "Check out ''those'' mogumbos." This key word stops the elephant's rage, and it spits out Homer intact.

-->''"A sexual surrogate is a member of a three-person therapeutic sex therapy team consisting of surrogate, client, and supervising therapist.[1] The surrogate engages in education and sometimes intimate physical relations or sex with a patient to achieve a therapeutic goal."''

* ''Film/{{Barbarella}}'': Among her many feats in the film, there is one where she ''[[TooKinkyToTorture breaks a torture device designed to kill with orgasms!]]''

Every example of female-initiated SexFaceTurn featured someone in this role.

* Comicbook/BlackWidow started off as a villain but did a FaceHeelTurn and started working for SHIELD. She still uses sex to get information out of SHIELD's enemies. It is part of her "specific skillset" after all.

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* Sha'ira, the asari Consort in ''Videogame/MassEffect''. She's introduced as a very powerful woman who is part confidant, part therapist, part soothsayer, and part prostitute. We're never given a clear indication of what she does...only that she "helps" people and that it sometimes involves sex. The only quest involves calling [[PlayerCharacter Commander Shepard]] to her room, and asking him/her to deal with a problem (one of her clients has become a ClingyJealousGuy and she needs him to be talked down). She makes it clear that the man is a dear friend and that she wants him to get his act together. If you're disappointed with the platonic reward she gives, she'll also sleep with you.

Contrast with TheVamp, who uses sex to corrupt. Also contrast with FemmeFatale, who uses sex to manipulate for purely selfish, often villainous ends.

Frequently crosses with HookerWithAHeartOfGold, EthicalSlut and HighClassCallGirl.

Subtrope of SexIsGood.

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* ''Film/AustinPowers: The Spy Who Shagged Me''. CIA agent Felicity Shagwell seduces the villain Fat Bastard in order to implant a TrackingDevice in his buttocks.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones''

* ''{{Aladdin}}'': Jasmine had her moment, keeping Jafar distracted long enough for Al to get the lamp back. Backfired, since Al was (rightly) too squicked out upon seeing her kiss Jafar to keep moving toward the lamp, losing a few crucial seconds.
* Songstress Angel attempts to seduce Mok in ''WesternAnimation/RockAndRule'' so that Mok will abandon his EvilPlan to summon a demon during a rock concert. Unfortunately, Mok is AxCrazy, and laughs off the attempt, ordering his minions to "take her away."

* Sexual surrogacy is this. Taken from TheOtherWiki:
-->"A sexual surrogate is a member of a three-person therapeutic sex therapy team consisting of surrogate, client, and supervising therapist.[1] The surrogate engages in education and sometimes intimate physical relations or sex with a patient to achieve a therapeutic goal."

** For that matter, to a slightly less ''fatal'' degree, Esther: Used her charm, wit, beauty and sex appeal to get a king to marry her, so she could get him to countermand an order to kill a bunch of her people.
** And to an even '''''more''''' fatal degree, Judith. Similar to Jael, oppressive enemy, uses her sexuality to get close to the guy, then kills him while he's vulnerable. She takes it a step further though... (See: [[DecapitationPresentation Holofernes]]).
** Tamar in the ''BookOfGenesis''. Her father-in-law Judah misblamed her for the deaths of his first two sons and wouldn't give her his third son in marriage as was the custom. As a result, his line was in danger of dying out. She then disguised herself as a veiled temple prostitute so that Judah lay with her. The result was twin boys who became the ancestors of the Judah tribe, and of King David.

** Baltar's Head-Six bounces like a pendulum between this and TheVamp every few episodes or so.

* [[HookerWithAheartOfGold Inara Serra]] in ''{{Firefly}}''.

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

Compare GoodBadGirl.

Contrast with TheVamp, who uses sex to corrupt. Also contrast with FemmeFatale, who uses sex to manipulate for purely selfish, often villainous ends.

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* In {{Stephen King}}'s ''Literature/TheStand'', Dayna Jurgens of the Boulder Free Zone goes to Las Vegas to infiltrate and spy on Flagg's organization. She sleeps with Flagg's [[TheDragon right-hand man Lloyd Henreid]] as part of this mission.

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* "Mary" From Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/ThePuppetMasters'' is walking death with hands/feet, with knives, and with guns. [[GunNut Lots of guns. Every of the guns.]] But her principle weapon is her sex appeal, which "Sam" is happy for her to use on him, but which is more useful detecting aliens, due to their not understanding human emotions like physical attraction.

* LarryNiven and Jerry Pournelle's novel ''[[Literature/TheDeedOfPaksenarrion Oath Of Fealty]]''. Tony Rand, the chief engineer of the Todos Santos arcology, needs to come up with a plan to rescue someone from police custody. He's talking over his plans with a woman named Delores Martine. Because of problems in his personal life he can't concentrate and starts to lose control of himself, so Delores repeatedly seduces him to calm him down so he can think.

* "Mary" From RobertHeinlein's ''"ThePuppetMasters"'' is walking death with hands/feet, with knives, and with guns. [[GunNut Lots of guns. Every of the guns.]] But her principle weapon is her sex appeal, which "Sam" is happy for her to use on him, but which is more useful detecting aliens.

* LarryNiven and Jerry Pournelle's novel ''Literature/OathOfFealty''. Tony Rand, the chief engineer of the Todos Santos arcology, needs to come up with a plan to rescue someone from police custody. He's talking over his plans with a woman named Delores Martine. Because of problems in his personal life he can't concentrate and starts to lose control of himself, so Delores repeatedly seduces him to calm him down so he can think.

* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica''

-->"A sexual surrogate is a member of a three-person therapeutic sex therapy team consisting of surrogate, client, and supervising therapist.[1] The surrogate engages in education and sometimes intimate physical relations or sex with a patient to achieve a therapeutic goal."

* ''TheBible''

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