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* ''WesternAnimation/GForce'': Juarez to Darwin and Blaster. When Darwin complains about her keeping them in confusion and desperation, she replies that is exactly how she likes it.

* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'':
** Isabela teases just about everyone during party banter, especially Carver and Aveline.
** [[{{Tsundere}} Morrigan]] is a milder version in the first game; she limits her teasing to [[PlayerCharacter the Warden]], [[TheStoic Sten]], and [[DeadpanSnarker Alistair]] but certainly does tease those three quite a bit.

** Zevran is like this with everyone except the player character (whom he will happily have sex with). In particular, he enjoys teasing [[IceQueen Morrigan]], [[TheCutie Leliana]], [[SilverFox Wynne]] and Alistair. On a couple of occasions, [[NoYay Oghren]] too. Most of it seems to be for trollish reasons.

* ''VideoGame/Fallout4'': K-LEO, the sultry, seductive owner of Goodneighbor's weapons store. She's also an ''Assaultron.'' Interestingly, she accuses you of being this trope if you decide not to buy any of your wares.

* ''Webcomic/{{Boyfriends}}: Nerd is a much bigger tease than his cutesey demeanor would suggest and he has quite a lot of fun getting a rise out of his boyfriends with his shenanigans.

* In something of a cross between this trope and TheGadfly, Manabe from ''Manga/KotouraSan'' is a rare male example. He finds amusement (and even some arousal) in [[ImagineSpot having sexual fantasies]] involving the title character, knowing that she [[{{Telepathy}} can read his mind]] and that she embarrasses easily. In fact, to him, it's no fun to picture her in compromising situations like that ''unless'' she can see and react to them.
* ''Manga/DontToyWithMeMissNagatoro'' can be pretty much summarized as Nagatoro sexually teasing Senpai all the time while calling him a pervert.
* ''Manga/StoryOfADumbPrefectAndHighSchoolGirlWithInappropriateSkirtLength'': StudentCouncilPresident Yamato Nadeshiko enjoys teasing Vice President Kaoru Kogori, who's [[LovesMyAlterEgo head-over-heels]] for her "[[SheCleansUpNicely gal version]]", but doesn't realize they're the same person.

* ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfWonderWoman2016'': Etta will talk flirtatiously with most attractive men but claims and proves to be actually quite picky about who she'll even go out with on even a single date, requiring that they have a good heart as well as good looks.

* ''Fanfic/TheManyDatesOfDannyFenton'': Two Words: [[WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan Felicia Hardy]]. Who is not shy on heavily flirting with Danny.

* ''Fanfic/CabinFeverPartingShot'': Marcy and Karen both become this [[WackyFratboyHijinx after having a few too many drinks]], and subsequently engaging in a saucy striptease in front of three of their male friends. Marcy relishes having three horny guys gawking at her naked body. Though Karen's thoughts aren't explicitly stated, she knows one of the guys is crazy about her, and she doesn't seem to have any reservations whatsoever about showing him what he's been missing out on.
** Implied to be Karen's established role in the aforementioned guy's life. He's loved her from afar for years and apparently she's been leading him on for pretty much the whole time, while simultaneously keeping him in [[JustFriends friendzone limbo.]]

* Nellie in ''Film/TheHalfBreed'' strings along several men -- dating Sheriff Dunn, canoodling eponymous half-Native American Lo and meeting him in the forest for trysts, dating local businessman Jack Brice. In the end, she tells Jack that he's the only man she ever loved.
* In ''Film/AForeignAffair'', Creator/MarleneDietrich is the epitome of this trope to the [=MPs=] that plan to take her to HQ and question her. But she has a [[ShowSomeLeg convincing way]] to seduce them.

* ''Film/TheStoryOfTempleDrake'': How Temple gets her rocks off, by luring all the bachelors in town to spend time and money on her, and letting them feel her up, but never actually having sex with them. One annoyed suitor says "You always do that. Fire a man up and then poof, put him out." Someone else writes on a bathroom wall, "Temple Drake is just a fake/She wants to have and eat her cake."
* A relatively uncommon male example of this with Father Leon, the SexyPriest in ''Film/LeonMorinPriest''. He is clearly tempting all the sexy, horny women in the village with the promises of erotic delights that he has no intention of delivering because he's a priest. He even goes so far as to brush the cheek of poor frustrated Barny, his main target, with the sleeve of his cassock during a church service. What's unclear is if Leon teases Barny and all the other lonely women as a means of roping them in to the Catholic Church, or whether he does it ForTheEvulz.
* The parody of Mystique in ''Film/EpicMovie'' is certainly this. She originally found Peter unappealing for being a loser, since he was considered an outcast due to his lame power of "Chicken Wings". However, after finding out that he was gonna be the King of Gnarnia, she suddenly found him incredibly attractive. The night before the final battle, she walked over to him rather sexily, teasing him and eventually seducing him into having sex with her. She continued to tease him in bed by transforming into his desires using her shapeshifter powers.

* The very first sentence of ''Literature/TheLittleHouse'' reads "Mélite took to the company of men with great ease, and only kindly souls and the best of friends did not consider her a flirt." [[labelnote:In the original French,]] "Mélite vivoit familièrement avec les hommes, et il n’y avoit que les bonnes gens, ou ses amis intimes, qui ne la soupçonnassent pas de galanterie." [[/labelnote]] And certainly, Mélite enjoys the power she holds over the Marquis Trémicour when she is allowed to dictate the pacing of the tour of his private residence, and especially when she can frustrate his clumsy, amorous advances. But the narration goes out of its way to clarify that her intentions are innocently coquettish, never malicious.

* Alexis Rose on ''Series/SchittsCreek'' loves to telegraph her sexual availability regardless of her relationship status: "I'm a little bit single, even when I'm not!" She flirts shamelessly with Mutt in Season 1, and she also gets ready to tease a hot young man on a motorcycle, only to discover it is Ted, her former fiancé whom she dumped for being too nice. She also flirts with an amused but uninterested Patrick, which leads her to conclude correctly that the young businessman is interested in her brother. Eventually, in order to win Ted back, Alexis must become a better person rather than rely on her usual flirty techniques.

* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'': Excellen Browning. What? Teasing your fellow pilots to see you in [[PlayboyBunny Bunny Suits]] doesn't count? Or walking around in nothing but a towel. Or mercilessly hitting on the guys she knows are either shy or easily flustered around women.

* Karura in ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}'' does this a lot. Although she's generally joking or simply, well, teasing, it's pretty clear she would like to be taken up on her offers.
* ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'':
** PlayedForLaughs with Anise from ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss''. Anise ''thinks'' she can be this and she tries, but due to being 13 and looking about 10, she fails hilariously, most notably in one skit appropriately titled "Operation Sexy Anise... Failed?!", in which Anise wears her bathing suit to distract/stun monsters with her "sexiness" and thus leave them open for attack. Luke and Guy tease her by saying the monsters seemed drawn to her and ask her to wear it again for the next battle.
** Judith from ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' loves making Raven faint.
--->'''[[MsFanservice Judith]]:''' I wonder if I should show a little more, you know...?\\
'''[[ChivalrousPervert Raven]]:''' Oh, yes! OH ''GOD, YES!''
** In ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia2'', Muzet acts like this to the guys. All of her unique victory quotes with them involve teasing, and she really loves doing it to Ludger and Jude in cutscenes/skits. With the exception of [[DoubleEntendre 'tethering']] with Jude and Gaius, she doesn't ever take it further. If Ludger maxes her affinity, her victory quote will change from teasing to one where she ''apologises'' for teasing him all the time.
** Zaveid from ''VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria'' will flirt with every female member of the party, but it doesn't appear to be serious at all. He even says a flirtatious line to a female comrade if he's casting a ''healing spell'' on her.
* Keiji from ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' is a male version, though he doesn't use his own charms. Rather, all he needs to do to make his favourite victim and resident ChasteHero Yukimura blush is mention that he should find someone to love.

* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'':
** Isabela teases just about everyone during party banter, especially Carver and Aveline.
** [[{{Tsundere}} Morrigan]] is a milder version in the first game; she limits her teasing to [[PlayerCharacter the Warden]], [[TheStoic Sten]], and [[DeadpanSnarker Alistair]] but certainly does tease those three quite a bit.
** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening'' comically reveals ''Oghren'' to be this; Sigrun finally responds to his drunken come-ons and he doesn't take her up on it, and she crows that he's all talk.
** Zevran is like this with everyone except the player character (whom he will happily have sex with). In particular, he enjoys teasing [[IceQueen Morrigan]], [[TheCutie Leliana]], [[SilverFox Wynne]] and Alistair. On a couple of occasions, [[NoYay Oghren]] too. Most of it seems to be for trollish reasons.
* Rouge the Bat from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' anyone? She sarcastically flirts with Knuckles, Shadow, Sonic, Tails, Eggman... (Though the first two could also be not so sarcastic.)
* Kyrie from ''VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable: The Gears of Destiny'', who hits on both [[ShrinkingViolet Fate]] ''and'' [[NotSoStoic Chrono]] during her matches against them.

* In ''VideoGame/MegadimensionNeptuniaVII'', [[TheHero Neptune]], [[SuperMode as]] [[LadyOfWar Purple]] [[TheComicallySerious Heart]] of all people, manages to be this towards one of the villains of the game.
* [[HornyDevils Morrigan]] from ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' is a succubus who likes to taunt Demetri with her charms, knowing that he is smitten with her... [[SlapSlapKiss at times]].

* In ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'', the titular HotWitch will invoke this trope during ''most'' of her screen time. Notable examples include: straddling/fake kissing [[ChivalrousPervert Luka]], [[ItMakesSenseInContext letting several angels]] [[BattleStrip strip her naked]] before donning her usual SpyCatsuit made of MagicHair in [[VideoGame/Bayonetta2 the second game's opening]] (complete with [[TheImmodestOrgasm inappropriate moaning]]), [[ThirdPersonSeductress slowly dancing with a stripper pole during the credits]] and dressing like a NaughtyNun at [[spoiler:her own fake]] funeral.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel III and IV'' has Musse Egret constantly teasing that she wants to get together with [[TheHero Rean]], her [[TeacherStudentRomance teacher]]. She cements her interest in Rean in ''IV'' by [[spoiler:catching him off-guard and kissing him at the beach with just the two of them while wearing swimsuits.]] Whether Rean reciprocates or not however depends [[DatingSim depends on the player.]]
* Leon in ''VideoGame/RuneFactory4.'' Even if you ''don't'' pursue his RomanceSidequest, he still relentlessly teases the player with various flirtations. He also constantly teases [[LadyOfWar Forte,]] much to her chagrin.
* Kaeya from ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'' seems to be interested in the player character romantically, and outside of serious moments, most of his dialogue consists of flirtations and asking the player out on dates. Some dialogue options allow you to tease him back, though not as much as he does.
* ''VideoGame/Fallout4'': K-LEO, the sultry, seductive owner of Goodneighbor's weapons store. She's also an ''Assaultron.'' Interestingly, she accuses you of being this trope if you decide not to buy any of your wares.

* In the {{fan|Fic}} [[{{Webcomic}} comic]] ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'' we have Mr. King (aka the Erlkönig), who is a heterosexual male and to quote the fans a "bloody flirt" to several female characters (seems to try this with any woman who doesn't know him well enough).

* Sarah does this to Danielbeast a bit in ''WebVideo/Lonelygirl15'' series 1. Then she tells him to back off when she decides he's taking it too seriously.
* Gay male example: Jeremy acts like this toward Simon in ''Literature/ShadowOfTheTemplar'' even after they get into a sexual relationship, mainly because it flusters/irritates Simon and possibly also because it's the easiest way for him to [[CannotSpitItOut express his deeper feelings for him]].
* Ashe Gogus in ''Literature/IlivaisX'' certainly is this. Her comments are never overtly sexual, but she's extremely flaunty and every other sentence she spouts has something to do with boobs.
* Creator/DougWalker tends to act like this for fun and fanservice, even including jokingly flirting with his brother.

* Dr. Tease from WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick's show flirts with everybody just for fun. Her full name is basically a pun for "cocktease" ("Doctor Coquette Tease").
* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': In "Boston Brawl", Nikki and Billie delight in tormenting Hank by exaggeratedly flirting with him and draping themselves over him.

* ''WesternAnimation/GForce'': Juarez to Darwin and Blaster. When Darwin complains about her keeping them in confusion and desperation, she replies that is exactly how she likes it.

* All of WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood's musical numbers have her dancing as provocatively as possible usually wearing a SexyBacklessOutfit and singing songs about wanting arms wrapped around her.

** Poison Ivy loves cozying up to Batman while trying to kill him. In her debut episode "Pretty Poison" she practically treats their encounter like a date, coyly slinking out from behind a tree, sensually rubbing his shoulders, even giving him what's effectively a [[ForcefulKiss goodnight kiss]]. And, based on her passionate moaning while they locked lips, Ivy honestly {{Fetish enjoyed}} doing it. Too bad he had to kick her in the face, [[MomentKiller ruining]] their "late night rendezvous."

** Poison Ivy loves cozying up to Batman while trying to kill him. In her debut episode "Pretty Poison" she practically treats their encounter like a date, coyly slinking out from behind a tree, sensually rubbing his shoulders, even giving him what's effectively a [[ForcefulKiss goodnight kiss]]. And, based on her passionate moaning while they locked lips, Ivy honestly [[Fetish enjoyed]] doing it. Too bad he had to kick her in the face, [[MomentKiller ruining]] their "late night rendezvous."

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Nami. Beyond her manipulations of [[ChivalrousPervert Sanji]], she also hits on a variety of shopkeepers to get discounts.

* Tomoe from ''Manga/KamisamaKiss'' is another rare male example. He is {{Bishounen}} LittleBitBeastly {{Kitsune}} who is not wholly unaware of his attractiveness and can be quite pragmatic about employing both his looks and his charms when it suits him. [[spoiler: To prove a point, he acts like this towards Nanami once.]] Oh, to add more fun to the mix, he is a ShapeshiftingSeducer too.

* ''ComicBook/BlackCat'' always loves to get [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter]] flustered, whether or not they're actually dating at the moment. She notes that he gets so cute that she can't help herself.

* All of WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood's musical numbers have her dancing as provocatively as possible usually wearing a SexyBacklessOutfit and sings songs about wanting arms wrapped around her.

* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': Let's just say Italy was one to [[{{Polyamory}} both Germany and Japan]] when he {{Cosplay}}ed as Sailor Moon.
-->"Hey guys!" The sight that greeted the pair dropped two mouths into oblivion, their blood rushing south faster than the speed of light; impossibly short skirt which showcased voluptuous hips and crimson calf-high boots on legs that stretch on for miles, that cute little red bow on a white blouse that hugged all the right places and elegant gloves which encased lithe arms...it was a miracle upon the holiest upon holiest and merciful of miracles that the ship did not spontaneously detonate in a gory explosion of blood and guts at that very instant. Wink. Two-fingered salute. "Sailor Vene reporting for duty!"

* In ''WebVideo/DragonballAbridged'', Bulma is accused of being "a cocktease" by Krillin, who finds himself a bit... pent up after she spends the better part of a long spaceship trip in which they're cooped up together in her underwear, and he can't exactly [[ADateWithRosiePalms "take care of it"]] because the only place with privacy on the ship is the bathroom, and Krillin can't do it there because [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext the toilet keeps screaming at him in German]].

* In ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', Mai Valentine does this, especially just to see Joey squirm.

* ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin'':
** Mei Terumi loves using her good looks and charms to mess with people, ''especially'' with Zabuza Momochi. [[spoiler:The two eventually end up getting married.]]
** Fu shows some shades of this after the timeskip, nonchalantly asking Hinata if she and Naruto have already had sex with each other, while also hinting that she'd like to have it Shino (while she's staying at his home, no less).
* ''Fanfic/QuirkIncubus'': Since flirting has sexual connotations, Ruki has taught Izuku to do it regularly as a socially acceptable means of stockpiling power with his quirk. Izuku often does this to Bakugo both for this reason and to get a rise out of him.
* {{Deconstructed}} in ''Fanfic/TheFlashSentryChronicles''. Like in canon, Rarity flirts and teases with Spike. However, she has also flirted and teased others as well, but they were adults who eventually caught on with what she was doing, while Spike is just a young dragon, and thus he didn’t know that she didn’t truly recuperate his feelings. It also caused Rarity to realize too late that she was TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity with her teasing of Spike, which came to a head in the chapter "Spike’s Heartbreak", where Spike learned [[MomentKiller the hard way]] that Rarity was in a relationship with Lightning Blitz.
* Neo in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12764610/32/Mending-the-Knots Mending the Knots]]'' is very fond of [[PowerPerversionPotential using her illusions to tease Jaune]], such as making him think she's naked when she's actually fully clothed.

** And the actual Buffy does a FoeYay version when Spike first gets his RestrainingBolt, preventing him from biting humans.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'', the titular HotWitch will invoke this trope during ''most'' of her screen time. Notable examples include: straddling/fake kissing [[ChivalrousPervert Luka]], [[ItMakesSenseInContext letting several angels]] [[BattleStrip strip her naked]] before donning her usual SpyCatsuit made of MagicHair in [[VideoGame/Bayonetta2 the second game's opening]] (complete with [[ImmodestOrgasm inappropriate moaning]]), [[ThirdPersonSeductress slowly dancing with a stripper pole during the credits]] and dressing like a NaughtyNun at [[spoiler:her own fake]] funeral.

** Isabela teases just about everyone during party banter, especially Carver and [[TheAmazon Aveline]].

* ''Manga/MyDressUpDarling'': At first, Marin has absolutely no problem with letting Gojo measure her body while she's only wearing a bikini, or show him off some sexy lingerie she's trying (even suggesting she would try a sexier one if he asked her). As the story advances and she develops feelings for him, she starts getting more and more flustered around him.

* In a side story of ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'', Misty shows some shades of this when she drags Ash to go on a swimsuit-shopping spree with her. Though in her case, it's partly because she's attracted to him.

-->'''[[MsFanservice Judith]]:''' I wonder if I should show a little more, you know...?\\

** In ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia2'', Muzet acts like this to the guys. All of her unique victory quotes with them involve teasing, and she really loves doing it to Ludger and Jude in cutscenes/skits. With the exception of [[DoubleEntendre 'tethering']] with Jude and Gaius, she doesn't ever take it further. If Ludger maxes her affinity, her victory quote will change from teasing to one where she ''apologises'' for teasing him all the time.

** Konoka [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation may or may not]] be one of these towards [[BodyguardCrush Setsuna]]. No one can seem to agree on whether Konoka is intentionally flirting or if she's [[IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn oblivious of]] [[SchoolgirlLesbians Setsuna's feelings toward her.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Sexy and she knows it.]]

-->'''Melissa:''' ''[smirking]'' Do you ''still'' not get it, Louie? [[ManipulativeBitch That girl was just pretending so she'd get on your good side.]] That way, she could have ''[[UnwittingPawn you]]'' stop the machine.\\
'''Jeanie:''' ''[irately at Louie]'' You're just lucky we were all on the same team.\\
'''Merrill:''' ''[smug grin]'' Let's put it this way, Louie: elf girl used you. But as they say: "bitches will be bitches..."\\
''[girls laugh as Louie realizes [[IdiotHero he's an idiot]]]''

** [[HospitalHottie Chisato]] takes it further. In one scene at her apartment, she has Basara stand behind her while she prepares dinner for him. Then tells him to wrap his arms around her waist and hold her tightly against him. Basara goes along with it but says it's improper, since [[ParentalIncest she's his aunt]] and because she's underdressed[[note]]Chisato was dressed in one of his school shirts, with [[GoingCommando nothing else underneath]][[/note]]. Chisato asks if that's how he ''really feels''. Before he can answer, she rubs her backside against his crotch and smirks upon feeling him get [[RagingStiffie an erection]], through his pants. Basara pouts that was unfair.

This trope describes a person who loves to tease others sexually, often the main character. Maybe they'll try EroticEating. Maybe they'll [[SexyWalk sidle sensually]] or [[{{Gainaxing}} walk with an extra bounce]] in their step around their target. Maybe she'll go the way and outright ''offer'' sex. Almost always, the teased person will act in various comical ways. As you can imagine, this trope is often used for {{Fanservice}}, teasing the audience as much as the characters, because SexSells.