History PlayingWith / BlackWidow

** The strangely enrapturing idea that someone is callous enough to do this is why they are making this {{Biopic}} to begin with.

** The strangely enrapturing idea that someone is callous enough to do this is why they are making this BioPic to begin with.

* '''Enforced''': "Maud is supposedly good, right? Let's [[CorruptTheCutie corrupt her]] to [[BlackAndGrayMorality blur the line between good and evil]]."

* '''Lampshaded''': "You sure have been married many times for such a young woman, Maud..." "Oh, I guess I'm just unlucky."

* '''Straight''': [[TheVamp Maud]] is unbelievably gorgeous and seductive but also [[{{Greed}} greedy]], [[LackOfEmpathy amoral]] and [[ManipulativeBitch manipulative]]. She often goes to bars and singles' clubs to seduce rich and successful men, marry them... and then kill them in cold blood by making them [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident "have an accident"]].

* '''Exploited''': Maud's friend has a very wealthy and annoying neighbor, so she introduces him to Maud in the hope that Maud will fall for and kill him.

* '''Exploited''':
** Maud's friend has a very wealthy and annoying neighbor, so she introduces him to Maud in the hope that Maud will fall for and kill him.
** Bob is a [[TheBluebeard killer of his wives]], who decides to go after "more challenging prey".

** A more literal deconstruction: similar to a real Black Widow spider, it turns out Maud actually killed her husband in order to protect her children.

** Same as "Straight," except she has a strict code of [[PayEvilUntoEvil only selecting]] [[AssholeVictim a victim who deserve it.]] When selecting her target, she had her choices narrowed down to three and chose the only one who was ObviouslyEvil, over the two who were obviously decent people. Also in keeping with a code of EvenEvilHasStandards, she's no serial killer. She's quite clear that after inheriting the fortune of one man who is rich enough, she won't start thinking that she needs to murder a second millionaire to make herself even richer.

* '''Exploited''': Maud's friend has a very wealthy and annoying neighbor, so she introduces him to Maud in the hope that Maud will fall for and kill him.

** Maud is a millionaire despite never having had a job, and has been married 54 times.

* '''Deconstructed''': After two or three marriages, the police immediately catch on to the trend and imprison her.

** Maud doesn't even care if the men she seduces are rich or married. If they fall for her, she ''will'' kill them and their whole family as well.

** Maud falsely accused her husband of neglect and abuse and managed to get a divorce and compensation, ruining him in the process.

* '''Gender-Inverted''': TheBluebeard
* '''Subverted''': Maud's husband is nearly killed several times shortly after marrying her, but it's actually his business partner.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, Maud had seduced his business partner and convinced him they could run off with all of her husband's money if there was a tragic "accident".

* '''Implied''': Maud is a millionaire despite never having had a job, and has been married 54 times.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Maud shamelessly shows off a [[TheDeadHaveNames photo album of her deceased husbands]]. [[ThirteenIsUnlucky All 113 of them.]]

** She kills her husband in an accident that she ensures can't be traced back to her. She then avoids marriage for a few years until she moves to a new area, adopts a new identity, and tries again.

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

** Maud [[ToServeMan ''eats'']] her husbands like a literal Black Widow. She's eaten so many men that she's become [[FatBastard morbidly obese]], so she tries to hide this using a corset when she tries to seduce another man. [[PoppingButtons It doesn't work]].

* '''Straight''': Maud is unbelievably gorgeous and seductive but also [[{{Greed}} greedy]], [[LackOfEmpathy amoral]] and [[ManipulativeBitch manipulative]]. She often goes to bars and singles' clubs to seduce rich and successful men, marry them... and then kill them in cold blood by making them [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident "have an accident"]].

** Maud marries and kills men not for money, but for pleasure.

* '''Downplayed''':

* '''Inverted''': Maud resurrects a dead man and marries him.

* '''Averted''':

* '''Discussed''': "Why does she keep changing husbands?''

* '''Reconstructed''':

* '''Enforced''': "Maud is supposedly good, right? Let's [[CorruptTheCutie corrupt her]] to [[BlackAndBlackMorality blur the line between good and evil]]."

* '''Enforced''': Maud's friend has a very wealthy and annoying neighbor, so she introduces him to Maud in the hope that Maud will fall for and kill him.

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Double Subverted''': However, Maud seduced had his business partner and convinced him they could run off with all of her husband's money if there was a tragic "accident".

* '''Enforced''': ???

* '''Deconstructed''': After one or two marriages, the police immeidatly catch on to the trend and end up putting her away.

* '''Exaggerated''': Maud doesn't even care if the men she seduces are rich or married. If they fall for her, she ''will'' kill them and their whole family as well.

* '''Inverted''': TheBluebeard

* '''Parodied''': She's so obiously going to kill the husband, such as ordering hitmen in front of him, or measuring him for a coffin while they're in bed. Or them immediatly trying to pick up his rich friends at his funeral, maybe getting married the very next day.

* '''Averted''': Maud kills men for pleasure, not for money.

* '''Lampshaded''': "You sure have been married many times for such a young woman, Maud..."

* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': After one or two marrigaes the police immeidatly catch on to the trend and end up putting her away.
* '''Reconstructed''': She kills her husband in an accident that she ensures can't be traced back to her. Then milks her sorrow, avoiding marriage for a few years until she moves area, changes name and identity and tried again.

%%* '''Implied''': ???

%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

* '''Subverted''': Maud uses her usual tricks to seduce some random rich guy who eventually sees through her deception and has her arrested by the police.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, she still manages to seduce her jailers and she escapes from prison.

* '''Downplayed''': GoldDigger

* '''Played Straight''': Maud is unbelievably gorgeous and seductive but also [[{{Greed}} greedy]], [[LackOfEmpathy amoral]] and [[ManipulativeBitch manipulative]]. She often goes to bars and singles' clubs to seduce rich and successful men, marry them... and then kill them in cold blood by making them [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident "have an accident"]].

* '''Deconstructed''': After one or two marrigaes the police immeidatly catch on to the trend and end up putting her away.
* '''Reconstructed''': She kills her husband in an accident that she ensures can't be traced back to her. Then milks her sorrow, avoiding marriage for a few years until she moves area, changes name and identity and tried again.
* '''Zig Zagged''':??

* '''Enforced''': ??

* '''Conversed''': ??
* '''Played For Laughs''':??
* '''Played For Drama''': ??

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* '''Invoked''': ??
* '''Defied''': ??

* '''Basic Trope''': A female character whose primary goal is to seduce, marry and kill rich men so as to inherit their money.