History Main / TheHedonist

%%Zero-context* Hyoudou Issei lives and [[UpToEleven BREATHES]] this trope in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13471029/1/Hedonism Hedonism]]''.

** [[SenseFreak Slaanesh]]. He- she? it?- is literally the manifestation of all the {{Squick}} in the universe, while his followers are to a psychopath in it either ForTheEvulz or because EvilFeelsGood. Lest we find the idea of a cult of hedonists even somewhat non-threatening, remember that this is 40K and their idea of a good time probably ''starts'' with "violate your intestines through your belly button" and just goes in whatever random direction they can find from there. In 40K, Slaanesh was literally Squicked into existence by centuries of Eldar engaging in ever-more depraved acts of debauchery, reshaping the Warp until he/she/it manifested in a humongous Warp storm. The Eldar now refer to Slaanesh as "She Who Thirsts", and take a great many precautions to prevent her/him/it from eating their souls on death.

* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', Robert Baratheon indulged in physical pleasures to cope with losing the love of his life and being stuck with a throne he never wanted. He spends his days gorging, whoring, drinking, and hunting ([[spoiler:combining the last two gets him killed in a HuntingAccident arranged by his wife]]) and leaves the responsibilities of ruling to his more competent advisors.

* [[NeverMessWithGranny Grandma Verdona]] in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'' basically never left the 1970s, being a disco-loving EnergyBeing party girl who prides herself on doing whatever she pleases. Even combat is a game to her, as she [[BlueAndOrangeMorality saw nothing wrong with blasting her grandson Ben through a wall]] and laughs at Ben's quips during their fight ([[LamePunReaction to Kevin's chagrin]]). Ben and Gwen's cousin Sunny heavily took after her to the point she was frequently EatingTheEyeCandy with Kevin, but Verdona herself considered her a SpoiledBrat.

* In the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' setting TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}, the Sensates are [[SenseFreak a faction dedicated to experiencing every sensation and act that they can]] -- good as well as bad. Many members take this as an excuse to become hedonists; they are looked down on for indulging one sensation--pleasure--to the exclusion of all others, and to blinding themselves to new experiences. These members are commonly sent to a hold the Sensates have in Arborea, where they get to do nothing but blindly indulge their hedonist ways, over and over again for the rest of their lives without ever experiencing anything new (and before you ask, the door is open. [[EpiphanicPrison Anyone sent there can leave any time they want. So far, nobody has]]).

* In ''Manga/WorldsEndHarem'' where billions of men died due a Virus, leaving the women to run the world that collapsed, Five Men who are immune and survived were found: Hino Kyouji, The No.1 male, is thrilled with the way the world has become and consider it to be heaven on Earth, where women will make all his sexual fantasies a reality, he shows no concern on the mission to repopulate the planet, what he cares is for women attending to his pleasures. [[spoiler:He matures beyond this when he gets one of the women pregnant and the reality of becoming a father hits him.]]

* [[ChivalrousPervert Cross Marian]] of ''Manga/DGrayMan'' to an extent. He likes to smoke, drink, and his hobby in the character book is visiting red-light districts. He's not a bad guy though. It's been shown he does respect women, and is a gentleman. He hits on Lenalee, a young 16-year-old girl. But earlier, he protected her on the crumbling ark. However, seems he does like to embrace the pleasures life has to offer-loving the finest wine, sake, and beautiful things. WordOfGod says he lives hiding many bitter things, has hardships, and blows off steam in amazing ways. So, his hedonism is probably a way of blowing off steam, or trying to feel better in the midst of a horrible war. His character quote in the fanbook is "Sake is the best medicine." So, he apparently finds drinking to be good for healing for feeling bad.

** Black-aligned aetherborn of Kaladesh are an interesting take on this trope: they have lifespans of no more than a few years at most, and thus try to pack as much enjoyment into those few years as they can conceivably manage, throwing lavish parties and chasing pleasure. Best exemplified by [[http://i.imgur.com/gapkdjx.png these two cards:]]

* Vorador from the ''Videogame/LegacyOfKain'' series has fully embraced the image of vampires as creatures of indulgence when Kain meets him in ''Blood Omen''. Kain is fairly disgusted with Vorador when he first meets him, quipping that the once great warrior had been defeated by his own hedonism.

* In ''Manga/WorldsEndHarem'' where billions of men died due a Virus, leaving the women to run the world that collapsed, Five Men who are immune and survived were found: Hino Kyouji, The No.1 male, is thrilled with the way the world has become and consider it to be heaven on Earth, where women will make all his sexual fantasies a reality, he shows no concern on the mission to repopulate the planet, what he cares is for women attending to his pleasures.

** On the flip side, Scar simply became the king of Pride Rock simply because he wanted the job. Soon enough, the Pride Lands become a barren hellhole under his reign, but he [[NeverMyFault blames others for his misery]], gets enraged whenever others compare him to Mufasa, and refuses to accept that he's unfit to be a king.

* Mindy St. Clair in the ''Series/TheGoodPlace'', a cocaine-addicted former AmoralAttorney. Due to [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold all the good and bad she accomplished in life]] [[BrokeTheRatingScale cancelling each other out]], she spends eternity in the show's equivalent of PurgatoryAndLimbo finding [[GoMadFromTheIsolation creative ways to cope with the boredom]]. She walks around naked most of the time, and [[DepravedBisexual tries to sleep with Chidi and Eleanor]] within their first meeting, and is very vocal about her desire for more cocaine.

** [[DrunkenMaster Suika Ibuki]] has never been seen sober for ''centuries''.
** Ms. Hinanawi Tenshi [[ForTheEvulz wreaks havoc for the sake of getting into the emotional height]], something that her people lacks.

* In the Franchise/EvilliousChronicles song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkrwKCRJH-s Evil Food Eater Conchita]]", we have Banica Conchita, whose sole desire is to eat all of the finest foods in the world. Then she grows bored of that, so she instead starts eating the worst foods. Then she [[IAmAHumanitarian starts eating her servants]], and finally is left with only one thing that she has never eaten: [[{{Autocannibalism}} herself]].

--->'''Lucifer:''' ''[said with a beaming smile]'' I'll punish them, any method you prefer. Nice, solid flogging. Get the old swamp nuts in a vice, y'know.

* Catarina in ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' is all about what's most fun right this second, ranging from gorging herself on sweets until she throws up to climbing trees in a skirt despite extensive lessons on etiquette to grabbing people by the shoulders to speak to them at point blank range the moment she gets excited. Her mother seems to be on the verge of giving up on making her more responsible by the time she's fifteen while her brother just barely manages to keep her under control sometimes. Fortunately for everyone around her, what's most fun for her happens to usually involve being friendly and chatty, though she definitely could have turned out worse that might as well as having a dumb luck why she still live yet despite many attempts of her life considering her station among the nobility. In fact, she was supposed to end up as a literal [[DatingSim otome game]] [[AlphaBitch villain]] too concerned with herself and her shallow interests to ever think about other people. And it's justified as well, since her past life died very young and thus wants to make the most of her life by being this in addition of making countermeasures to avoid her doom as happened to the original Catarina (which by the way was already averted thanks by unwittingly changing the entire script).