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** [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Hedonism-bot]]. ("How ''wonderfully'' decadent!") ''How hedonistic is he?'' He's so hedonistic, he has his solid gold body smothered in chocolate. ("Your tax dollars at work!") The DVD commentary for Futurama states that he's not simply a hedonistic robot but ''[[AnthropomorphicPersonification hedonism itself]]'' as a robot, which is why he is not called "Hedonist-bot". It wouldn't have done him justice. ("I apologize for nothing!")

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** Mazikeen, as well. She's introduced being eaten out by some random guy and is constantly looking for new sexual partners.

* Onigumo/Muso from ''Anime/{{Inuyasha}}''. Unlike the more calculating Naraku, Onigumo/Muso is simply a violent psychopath who's after the best that life has to offer.

* [[AgentPeacock Tsukiyama Shuu]] from ''Anime/TokyoGhoul''. He surrounds himself with the finest things in life, and is obsessed with experiencing the most unique and pleasing flavors. [[WickedCultured Classical music]], [[BadassBookworm fine literature]], [[SomethingAboutaRose beautiful flowers]], [[OddFriendship interesting people]], and [[ManofWealthandTaste designer clothing]] are all things he savors.
* Almost ''everyone'' in ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'' is a hedonist thanks to delicious food being SeriousBusiness. The difference between the good guys and the bad guys is that the good guys are Ethical Hedonists and the bad guys...aren't.

* Gauron from ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic''. He does pretty much everything ForTheEvulz, because he gets off on it. Even Kalinin didn't expect Gauron to be such an extreme, insane, depraved pleasure seeker. One ironically humorous moment shows Kalinin thinking to himself that, no matter what, Gauron is a smart pro that would value his life above everything else and would never do stupid things for short term pleasure. And then... a short while later, Gauron is shown [[CombatSadomasochist getting off on his fight with Sousuke]], which culminates in him [[spoiler:attempting to commit a double suicide with Sousuke just for the pleasure of it]].

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' will do anything for her own amusement, to the point where she will use Mikuru as [[ChewToy her personal toy]].

* From ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'', Nobuyuki Sugo/Oberon the Fairy King. His lust for power and treatment of Asuna gives him some exaggerated hedonistic qualities.

* The apostle Wyald from ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''. His motto is "Enjoyment and excitement!" The fact that he says this while he is [[spoiler:raping a farm girl who helped the Band of the Hawk who he and his Black Dog Knights have been hired to kill]] illustrates all we need to know about his nature.

* Frank Reynolds from ''Series/{{Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia}}''. A successful business man who gave up his wealth for the sake of doing all of the depraved stuff he's always wanted to do? Why yes, he qualifies.

* 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 the 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 lives yet despite many attempts of her life considering her station among the nobility. In fact, she was supposed to end up as a literal {{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 to making countermeasures to avoid her doom as happened to the original Catarina (which, by the way, was already averted thanks by [[OffTheRails unwittingly changing the entire script]]).

* Part of what makes the Purple Man so bad. He's been abusing his MindControl powers for sex since the Comics Code Authority would allow it (and just ForTheEvulz for way longer than that).

* Dodsworth, the Sheldon Leonard-voiced feline from the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' films "Kiddin' the Kitten" and "A Peck o' Trouble," is this in spades.

* VillainousGlutton Papa Pyzan from ''ComicStrip/TerryAndThePirates''.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}:'' Garfield’s main priorities are eating, sleeping, watching TV, and finding ways to amuse himself, often at the expense of others.

* Sutter Keely in ''Film/TheSpectacularNow'' - a teenager with zero plans whose interest lies only in living in the moment.

* Gary King, the PerkyGoth ManChild protagonist of ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'', has only one ambition in life - to "have a good time."

* Beezy on ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' lives his life doing only his favourite things - eating, sleeping, hanging out with Jimmy, and spending time with his girlfriend Saffi. He does whatever he deems most pleasurable to him at the moment, regardless of how stupid, unsafe, or insensitive it is.

* The Ashwood Abbey compact of ''TabletopGame/HunterTheVigil'' is this. They started out as just a bunch of RichIdiotWithNoDayJob types, until they made the mistake of defiling a werewolf-controlled locus with one of their orgies. Their founder decided the proper response was to arm himself with heavy artillery, start another orgy, then kill the werewolves when they came to repeat their cleansing. Ashwood Abbeyists basically hunt monsters for the fun of it, often seducing them (and/or outright raping them), torturing them and murdering them. Of course, this does bite them in the ass; their fondness for "experimentation" means they often wind up on the losing side (disembowled while trying to rape werewolves, ghouled because of their fondness of drinking vampire blood for the rush, mindcontrolled by mages, etc), and most other hunters despise them to the point many regard them as being just as bad, if not worse, than the monsters themselves.

Subtrope of the [[SevenDeadlySins Sin]] of {{Lust}}.

* ''VideoGame/{{Majesty}}'' makes this the [[PlanetofHats hat]] of the ''elves'', of all groups. Invite them to their settlement, and they bring unbridled economic growth...as well as helping tax-evading illicit businesses spring up like gambling halls and [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow "elven lounges".]]

* [[MsFanservice Quanxi]] [[spoiler:a.k.a. Crossbow Girl]] from ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' is a BrilliantButLazy PsychoForHire with a harem of [[OurDemonsAreDifferent fiends]]. She's an AntiVillain who [[{{foil}} like Denji]] lives for comfort & pleasure rather than having any particular goals, and has the motto of IgnoranceIsBliss because she believes she's happier not knowing things. However, she's not a wholly negative instance as she's shown to [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes care deeply for her girlfriends]].

While usually PlayedForLaughs, this kind of character is sometimes played as a StrawmanPolitical against [[UsefulNotes/EthicalHedonism Ethical Hedonists]] or people with a [[EthicalSlut Hedonistic Lifestyle]]. Unlike these real hedonists, a childishly hedonistic character is not prone to consider other people’s happiness, or even their own long-term happiness: instant gratification is gold. If it feels good right now, '''live it up!''' Why waste time on thinking? Thinking isn’t fun! '''Unless''' you are [[ManipulativeBastard thinking about how to get what you want]] as quickly and effortlessly as possible, that is.

* MagicKnight [[BlackBossLady Vivienne]] of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' is the GrandeDame of Orlais' (FantasyCounterpartCulture France) DecadentCourt who openly has an affair with a married duke and firmly believes in WorkHardPlayHard. Ironically, she has the potential to become [[CrystalDragonJesus the setting's equivalent of the Pope]] depending on the PlayerCharacter's choices.

* The Inklings of ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' as a whole are described as leading a largely hedonistic lifestyle. They mostly care about fun, parties, and looking good. It gets to the point that, in the backstory of the game, the Inklings started off at a disadvantage in the Great Turf War because they couldn't wake up early enough in the morning to fend off the Octarians' initial assaults, and that in the present time Cap'n Cuttlefish and his agents are the only ones doing something about the Octarians' plans.