History Main / MarkOfShame

** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'', the Snake Beater achievement is a 10G achievement for Snake getting caught, uhm, [[ADateWithRosiePalms stimulating himself]], and let's leave it at that.

** ''Mark of judgement'' (''Player's Handbook II'') marks opponents of a CharacterAlignement opposed to the caster as favored target for allies during a fight.

** ''Mark of the Unfaithful'' (''Champions of Ruin'') is a high-level spell marking a creature as an enemy of the caster's faith, and all beings sharing that faith will feel hostility toward the subject. Note this is one of the rare spells with an "unlimited" range, meaning it can be cast at any distance as long as the victim is clearly identified.

** The ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy'' series features a [[AchievementSystem medal]] (titled "Pervert" in [[VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy3 EBF3]], [[VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy EBF4]] and the [[CompilationRerelease Epic Battle Fantasy Collection]] rerelease of [[VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy1 EBF1]], and "Squishy" in [[VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy5 EBF5]]) earned by clicking on Natalie's breasts repeatedly. [=EBF5's=] version downplays this somewhat - several other in-game objects will give you the medal when clicked, and [[AdjustableCensorship turning off the "Cleavage" filter]] changes the medal's icon from a closeup of Natalie's breasts to a blue elephant (a ShoutOut to ''Creator/{{jmtb02}}'')

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', people banished from the [[BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats Stonecutters]] have to walk home naked, dragging the Stone of Shame behind them.
** Then parodied when Homer is revealed to be TheChosenOne, which causes the Stonecutters to remove the Stone of Shame, and attach the Stone of Triumph, which is completely identical to the first stone except that it's bigger.

* In ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', Batman brands incredibly nasty criminals he catches, like a rapist and a human trafficker, with a bat symbol. They get ostracized in prison. [[spoiler:He nearly does it to Lex Luthor before changing his mind.]]

* The ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy'' series features a similar "achievement" (titled "Pervert" in [[VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy3 EBF3]], [[VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy EBF4]] and the [[CompilationRerelease Epic Battle Fantasy Collection]] rerelease of [[VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy1 EBF1]], and "Squishy" in [[VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy5 EBF5]]) earned by clicking on Natalie's breasts repeatedly. [=EBF5's=] version downplays this somewhat - several other in-game objects will give you the medal when clicked, and [[AdjustableCensorship turning off the "Cleavage" filter]] changes the medal's icon from a closeup of Natalie's breasts to a blue elephant (a ShoutOut to ''Creator/{{jmtb02}}'')

* In ''ComicBook/LeScorpion'', the bishop of Armando's hometown had all of the prostitutes branded with a 'P' so that respectable citizens will know what they are.

* In Bishop's BadFuture in ''ComicBook/XMen'' comics, the FantasticRacism authorities brand mutants with an M over the eye. Besides Bishop, other main characters who've had it done to them include [[Comicbook/XFactor Jamie Madrox and Layla Miller]]. When it's done to Jamie and Layla, it's revealed that it's no ordinary tattoo or brand. It's actually a ''retrovirus'' that alters their skin pigmentation to make the M appear. This ensures that the M will ''never'' go away.

* Gamzee in ''FanFic/{{Hivefled}}'' had obscenities carved all over his body to mark him as a personal slave. [[spoiler:Equius makes their kismesissitude official by cutting through the words to cross them out.]]

* Kratos's characteristic pale white skin in ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' is a perpetual reminder of his betrayal: [[spoiler: the ashes of his wife and child, whom he murdered in a blind rage, were grafted onto his skin]]. Even after [[spoiler:ascending to godhood]] they remain stuck to him. [[spoiler:[[Videogame/GodOfWarPS4 Centuries later]], the ashes are '''still''' bound to him, so they serve as a reminder of his bloody regret.]]
* [[Franchise/MassEffect Garrus Vakarian]] earned a scar when he took a gunship's rocket to his face. [[PlotArmor It's not enough to kill him]], but he refuses to have the scars removed as a reminder to never grow complacent; the gunship and all those mercs went after him and his team (whom were killed) because somebody sold them out.

** ''Videogame/NierAutomata'' has "What Are You Doing?" for attempting to look up 2B's skirt ten times and "Not That I Mind..." for [[ClothingDamage destroying 9S' shorts]], then making him run around in his underwear for an hour.
** In the remake of ''Videogame/{{Nier}}'', during the Ending E path [[spoiler:attempting to look up Kaine's skirt will cause her to kick the camera away. Doing it 10 times will cause her to outright ''kill the player'']].

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* From the point of view of Dellyn Goblinslayer of ''WebComic/{{Goblins}}'', the slurs he carves on his victims' foreheads are this. Everyone who actually cares about him accepts [[spoiler:Fumbles]] without mentioning it, though.

* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', after [[spoiler:Marietta]] betrays Dumbledore's Army, she gets affected by a curse that Hermione had cast. It scars the word "Sneak" onto her forehead. [[UpToEleven In pimples]]. There's also "I must not tell lies," put on Harry by Umbridge.

** In ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'', the name of the achievement you get for looking at a sexy gravure videos is "I Did It for the Achievement...".

** It has nothing to do with sex, but you get an achievement in ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive 4'' if you lose 20 matches in a row. (And this one isn't worth any Gs, and it doesn't even have a cool title, it's just called "20 Consecutive Losses in [=DOA4=]" to show how much you ''suck''.)

** In ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'', the name of the achievement you get for looking at a sexy video of gravure models is "I Did It for the Achievement...".

* Lots of games have dubious "achievements" that might make you look like a sex offender should anyone see your game card. (Keep in mind that because an achievement is considered a reward, it can never be deleted.) Examples:

* In ''Literature/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo'', Lisbeth Salander tattoos her own personal mark of shame all across Nils Bjurman's stomach and makes it perfectly clear she will ruin him if he tries to have it removed.

-->--''Branded''

** Red - political enemies, including [[RedScare Communists]], trade unionists, and [[BombThrowingAnarchists anarchists]].

** Purple - Jehovah's Witnesses and other 'unorthodox' religions.

* ComicBook/JonahHex. When his weapon broke during a sacred tomahawk battle due to sabotage by his opponent, Jonah drew a knife to continue the fight. This violated the laws of the tribe and, had Jonah not had an honorary relationship to the chief, he would have been killed. Instead he was branded with the Mark of the Demon by having a red-hot tomahawk pressed against his face.

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** When Nami reluctantly joined Arlong's crew in order to protect her island, she received his crew's tattoo on her shoulder; she usually wore shirts with sleeves long enough to hide it. Much like Fisher Tiger in the past, she has another tattoo placed over it after Arlong's defeat.

* ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers''. In her youth, Milady de Winter was branded on the shoulder for thievery. In the tale she spins for Felton, she claims tthat Buckingham raped her then branded her so as to discredit any attempt at reporting his crime.

* "The Mischievous Dog," a Middle Ages fable where the title character – a young, attention-seeking mongrel – sneaks up on people and bites their legs. The trope comes into play when the dog's master (aware of his pet's misbehavior, and having been unsuccessful with previous efforts to correct the dog's actions) places a collar with a bell around its neck. The dog thinks at first it is some sort of prize or reward for being a good dog, or at the very least by a liberal-minded pet owner who "just woves his pet" ... until a wise, elderly dog. aware of the reason for the collar, takes the youngster aside and tersely informs him the real reason for the collar ... it is not a gift but a mark of shame, to get people and/or other dogs to be wary of this ill-mannered mutt. (The fable ends there, with the "Notoriety is often mistaken for fame" moral, but it is presumed the dog is brought to earth in swift fashion.)

* [[Franchise/MassEffect Garrus Vakarian]] earned a scar when he took a gunship's rocket to his face. [[PlotArmor It's not enough to kill him]], but he refuses to have the scars removed as a reminder to never grow complacent; the gunship and all those mercs went after him because somebody sold him out.

* A group of Gothic women soldiers were made into POWs and paraded through the streets of Rome with a sign hung on them that mockingly labeled them “Amazons”.

* The '''Sex Offender Registry''', which applies to those convicted of certain sex crimes (originally intended to apply only for crimes against minors or forcible sexual assault, but almost all states now include things as minor as public urination and nudity related pranks like streaking in their list of crimes). In some jurisdictions, it also applies to those who have been acquitted solely by reason of insanity. In addition to being required to state where they live, this very severe "mark of shame" to sex offenders often results in restrictions of where they may live, work, socialize and go about their daily business. Since their profiles are made public, sex offenders are often ostracized by the public and their own families, and the effects can often lead to even tighter restrictions on their daily professional and social lives. Sadly, the inability to re-integrate into society makes offenders much more likely to repeat their offenses, or be lost track of by police after becoming homeless. Of particular notoriety is the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Tuttle_Causeway_sex_offender_colony Julia Tuttle Causeway Sex Offender Colony]]. A particularly stringent Miami-Dade County law that restricted convicted sex offenders from living within 2,500 feet of schools, parks, bus stops, or homeless shelters, left sex offenders with almost no options for inexpensive housing, causing them to congregate in a shanty town under a Florida highway. For the record, as the vast majority of sex crime victims are known or related to the perpetrator, there is little evidence that this Mark of Shame actually makes communities any safer.

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', there is the "Hoof of the Celestial Dragon", a claw-shaped SlaveBrand given by the World Nobles (whose are also known as the "Celestial Dragons.") to their slaves. The branding is a mark of shame, hidden by those who do escape, like [[spoiler:Boa Hancock and her sisters]]. The fishman pirate Fisher Tiger fixed this for slaves that became his pirate crew members by branding over the mark with the symbol of his "Sun Pirates". This erased the shame, because he gave the sun mark to ''everyone'' on his crew. It went a long way to remove the distinction of who was a slave and who wasn't.
** When Nami reluctantly joined Arlong's crew in order to protect her island she received his crew's tattoo on her shoulder; she usually wore shirts with sleeves long enough to hide it. Much like Fisher Tiger, she has another tattoo placed over it after Arlong's defeat.