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* ''ASongOfIceAndFire:'' In ''Literature/ADanceWithDragons'', the [[spoiler: [[NotQuiteDead thought-to-be dead Mance Rayder]]]] is tasked by Melisandre to save [[spoiler: Arya Stark]] from her marriage with [[spoiler: Ramsay Bolton]] in Winterfell. To do this, he takes six spearwives with him, who [[DirtyHarriet go undercover as camp followers (that is, prostitutes serving soldiers)]]. The spearwives kill several men in Winterfell, and later help [[spoiler: Theon]] to save [[spoiler: "Arya"]], who is actually [[spoiler: Jeyne Poole]].
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* ''ASongOfIceAndFire:'' ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire:'' In ''Literature/ADanceWithDragons'', the [[spoiler: [[NotQuiteDead thought-to-be dead Mance Rayder]]]] is tasked by Melisandre to save [[spoiler: Arya Stark]] from her marriage with [[spoiler: Ramsay Bolton]] in Winterfell. To do this, he takes six spearwives with him, who [[DirtyHarriet go undercover as camp followers (that is, prostitutes serving soldiers)]]. The spearwives kill several men in Winterfell, and later help [[spoiler: Theon]] to save [[spoiler: "Arya"]], who is actually [[spoiler: Jeyne Poole]].
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Subtrope to PlatonicProstituiton. Compare PredatoryProstitute. Compare the DirtyHarriet, who goes undercover as a prostitute, but isn't actually one, although if she goes undercover to do shady things, then that would still fit here.
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Subtrope to PlatonicProstituiton.PlatonicProstitution. Compare PredatoryProstitute. Compare the DirtyHarriet, who goes undercover as a prostitute, but isn't actually one, although if she goes undercover to do shady things, then that would still fit here.
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* In ''Film/DirtyWork'', Mitch gets back at a {{jerkass}} owner of a used car lot by hiring a bunch of prostitutes to get in the trunk of his cars and pretend to be dead during the broadcast of a live television commercial. Later in the film Mitch hires the same prostitutes to act as security while getting revenge on the BigBad.
* ''{{Film/Chloe}}'': Initially, Catherine pays Chloe just to meet her husband at a cafe and see if he flirts with her. Later subverted, [[spoiler:however it turns out Chloe's lying about having sex with him]].
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* In ''Film/DirtyWork'', Mitch gets back at a {{jerkass}} owner of a used car lot by hiring a bunch of prostitutes to get in the trunk of his cars and pretend to be dead during the broadcast of a live television commercial. Later in the film Mitch hires the same prostitutes to act as security while getting revenge on the BigBad.
* ''{{Film/Chloe}}'': Initially, Catherine pays Chloe just to meet her husband at a cafe and see if he flirts with her. Later subverted, [[spoiler:however it turns out Chloe's lying about having sex with him]].
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* Rather [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks early]] in the ''Literature/AnitaBlake'' series, the eponymous character needs some information from someone who happens to be a prostitute -- she was previously a suspicious man's mistress. It takes Anita quite a while to convince her that, really, yes, she really, truly, actually wants to talk.
* This happens in ''Lord John and the Private Matter'', a spinoff of the ''Literature/{{Outlander}}'' series. Lord John patronizes a prostitute, but not for her services. He wants information about one of the whorehouse's clients.
* This happens in ''Lord John and the Private Matter'', a spinoff of the ''Literature/{{Outlander}}'' series. Lord John patronizes a prostitute, but not for her services. He wants information about one of the whorehouse's clients.
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Subtrope to PlatonicProstituiton. Compare PredatoryProstitute. Contrast the DirtyHarriet, who goes undercover as a prostitute, but isn't actually one.
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Subtrope to PlatonicProstituiton. Compare PredatoryProstitute. Contrast Compare the DirtyHarriet, who goes undercover as a prostitute, but isn't actually one.
one, although if she goes undercover to do shady things, then that would still fit here.
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* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Colonel Roy Mustang uses the girls in his aunt's (and adoptive mother's) brothel as an information network.
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* One of the ''ComicBook/RoadToPerdition'' stories has Michael O'Sullivan visiting an underage prostitute named Juana who he wants information from concerning his nemesis Connor Looney. For obvious reasons, he doesn't do anything with her, but instead gets the information that he needs from her and leaves her with enough money to leave if she wants to.
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* PlayedWith in ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World''. At the Border Crossroads Inn, George and John need to get some information from a waitress. While she's not willing to go up to their room with them to have sex, she agrees to come when they explain they just want information and will even pay her. However, for a complicated reason, another woman is sent along with her, and the woman is a known tattler who will immediately report any shenanigans to the persons currently running the inn. So George has to have sex with the tattler to distract her, while John, who ''can't'' have sex with human women any more, has to fake it while he telepathically interrogates the waitress. HilarityEnsues.
* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': Chapter 7 of the original features Kyril visiting the Rosie and its mistress Shani, who is said to have connections with one of Alicia's wayward knights. Rather than for sex, he's here to gather the intelligence needed to strike back at ArcVillain Beasley and his forces.
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* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Colonel Roy Mustang uses the girls in his aunt's (and adoptive mother's) brothel as an information network.
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* One of the ''ComicBook/RoadToPerdition'' stories has Michael O'Sullivan visiting an underage prostitute named Juana who he wants information from concerning his nemesis Connor Looney. For obvious reasons, he doesn't do anything with her, but instead gets the information that he needs from her and leaves her with enough money to leave if she wants to.
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* PlayedWith in ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World''. At the Border Crossroads Inn, George and John need to get some information from a waitress. While she's not willing to go up to their room with them to have sex, she agrees to come when they explain they just want information and will even pay her. However, for a complicated reason, another woman is sent along with her, and the woman is a known tattler who will immediately report any shenanigans to the persons currently running the inn. So George has to have sex with the tattler to distract her, while John, who ''can't'' have sex with human women any more, has to fake it while he telepathically interrogates the waitress. HilarityEnsues.
* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': Chapter 7 of the original features Kyril visiting the Rosie and its mistress Shani, who is said to have connections with one of Alicia's wayward knights. Rather than for sex, he's here to gather the intelligence needed to strike back at ArcVillain Beasley and his forces.
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* ''ASongOfIceAndFire:'' In ''Literature/ADanceWithDragons'', the [[spoiler: [[NotQuiteDead thought-to-be dead Mance Rayder]]]] is tasked by Melisandre to save [[spoiler: Arya Stark Stark]] from her marriage with [[spoiler: Ramsay Bolton Bolton]] in Winterfell.Winterfell. To do this, he takes six spearwives with him, who [[DirtyHarriet go undercover as camp followers (that is, prostitutes serving soldiers)]]. The spearwives kill several men in Winterfell, and later help [[spoiler: Theon]] to save [[spoiler: "Arya"]], who is actually [[spoiler: Jeyne Poole]].
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The ShadyBelle is hired to do criminal, or...''shady'' activites.
Often they are commissionied to kill or steal from somebody: usually someone important, i.e. a politician or [[TheMafia a crime leader]]. The main idea is that when politicians and crime leaders take the services of a prostitute (that is, the sex part) they allow her to get intimate with them (of course) and are unsuspecting her of any ill will. Especially if this girl is a [[HighClassCallGirl courtesan]], and her clients treat her like their girlfriend, then they are all the less suspective of her, when say, she [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink drops of a few spills of something in the food]], or brings handcuffs to "have fun" in the bed, or asks a great amount of money for a new bracelet. Sometimes their target is not at all important: perhaps a [[WomanScorned woman cheated on by her husband with a prostitute, asks another one to kill her husband, or just do something plainer, like steal his wallet]].
Often they are commissionied to kill or steal from somebody: usually someone important, i.e. a politician or [[TheMafia a crime leader]]. The main idea is that when politicians and crime leaders take the services of a prostitute (that is, the sex part) they allow her to get intimate with them (of course) and are unsuspecting her of any ill will. Especially if this girl is a [[HighClassCallGirl courtesan]], and her clients treat her like their girlfriend, then they are all the less suspective of her, when say, she [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink drops of a few spills of something in the food]], or brings handcuffs to "have fun" in the bed, or asks a great amount of money for a new bracelet. Sometimes their target is not at all important: perhaps a [[WomanScorned woman cheated on by her husband with a prostitute, asks another one to kill her husband, or just do something plainer, like steal his wallet]].
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The ShadyBelle Shady Belle is hired to do criminal, or...''shady'' activites.
Often they are commissionied to kill or steal from somebody: usually someone important, i.e. a politician or [[TheMafia a crime leader]]. The main idea is that when politicians and crime leaders take the services of a prostitute (that is, the sex part) they allow her to get intimate with them (of course) and are unsuspecting her of any ill will. Especially if this girl is a [[HighClassCallGirl courtesan]], and her clients treat her like their girlfriend, then they are all the less suspective of her, when say, she [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink drops of a few spills of something in the food]], or brings handcuffs to "have fun" in the bed, or asks a great amount of money for a newbracelet. bracelet.
In a military setting, this can be possible because of [[CampFollower Camp Followers]].
Sometimes their target is not at all important: perhaps a [[WomanScorned woman cheated on by her husband with a prostitute, asks another one to kill her husband, or just do something plainer, like steal hiswallet]].
wallet]].
Often they are commissionied to kill or steal from somebody: usually someone important, i.e. a politician or [[TheMafia a crime leader]]. The main idea is that when politicians and crime leaders take the services of a prostitute (that is, the sex part) they allow her to get intimate with them (of course) and are unsuspecting her of any ill will. Especially if this girl is a [[HighClassCallGirl courtesan]], and her clients treat her like their girlfriend, then they are all the less suspective of her, when say, she [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink drops of a few spills of something in the food]], or brings handcuffs to "have fun" in the bed, or asks a great amount of money for a new
In a military setting, this can be possible because of [[CampFollower Camp Followers]].
Sometimes their target is not at all important: perhaps a [[WomanScorned woman cheated on by her husband with a prostitute, asks another one to kill her husband, or just do something plainer, like steal his
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Many a time she doesn't even need to "spy" on or target anyone: if she is already involved in the criminal world, people (usually an AmateurSleuth) will just pay her to give out information on those dealings.
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Many a time she doesn't even need to "spy" on or target anyone: if she is already involved in the criminal world, people (usually an AmateurSleuth) [[TheInformant will just pay her to give out information on those dealings.dealings]].
This may not be a one-time experience, and she might become a [[ProfessionalKiller part-time assassin]], or [[KnowledgeBroker informant]].
Subtrope to PlatonicProstituiton. Compare PredatoryProstitute. Contrast the DirtyHarriet, who goes undercover as a prostitute, but isn't actually one.
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* ''ASongOfIceAndFire:'' In ''Literature/ADanceWithDragons'', the [[spoiler: [[NotQuiteDead thought-to-be dead Mance Rayder]]]] is tasked by Melisandre to save Arya Stark from her marriage with Ramsay Bolton in Winterfell.
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This may not be a one-time experience, and she might become a [[ProfessionalKiller part-time assassin]], or [[KnowledgeBroker informant]].
Subtrope to PlatonicProstituiton. Compare PredatoryProstitute. Contrast the DirtyHarriet, who goes undercover as a prostitute, but isn't actually one.
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* ''ASongOfIceAndFire:'' In ''Literature/ADanceWithDragons'', the [[spoiler: [[NotQuiteDead thought-to-be dead Mance Rayder]]]] is tasked by Melisandre to save Arya Stark from her marriage with Ramsay Bolton in Winterfell.
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Often they are commissionied to kill or steal from somebody: usually someone important, i.e. a politician or [[TheMafia a crime leader]]. The main idea is that when politicians and crime leaders take the services of a prostitute (that is, the sex part) they allow her to get intimate with them (of course) and are unsuspecting her of any ill will. Especially if this girl is a [[HighClassCallGirl courtesan]], and her clients treat her like
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Often they are commissionied to kill or steal from somebody: usually someone important, i.e. a politician or [[TheMafia a crime leader]]. The main idea is that when politicians and crime leaders take the services of a prostitute (that is, the sex part) they allow her to get intimate with them (of course) and are unsuspecting her of any ill will. Especially if this girl is a [[HighClassCallGirl courtesan]], and her clients treat her likelike their girlfriend, then they are all the less suspective of her, when say, she [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink drops of a few spills of something in the food]], or brings handcuffs to "have fun" in the bed, or asks a great amount of money for a new bracelet. Sometimes their target is not at all important: perhaps a [[WomanScorned woman cheated on by her husband with a prostitute, asks another one to kill her husband, or just do something plainer, like steal his wallet]].
Or perhaps, she hires her to spy on him.
A lot of times these prostitutes are asked to be an informant on someone: yes, those politicians and crime leaders, who aren't suspective of her enough, and will talk about their activites with their friends right in front of her.
Many a time she doesn't even need to "spy" on or target anyone: if she is already involved in the criminal world, people (usually an AmateurSleuth) will just pay her to give out information on those dealings.
Or perhaps, she hires her to spy on him.
A lot of times these prostitutes are asked to be an informant on someone: yes, those politicians and crime leaders, who aren't suspective of her enough, and will talk about their activites with their friends right in front of her.
Many a time she doesn't even need to "spy" on or target anyone: if she is already involved in the criminal world, people (usually an AmateurSleuth) will just pay her to give out information on those dealings.
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The [[TitleDrop Shady Belle]] is a prostitute who is hired by someone [[PlatonicProstitution not for sex]], but something else.
Well, not just for cuddling and talking, but something ''else''.
The ShadyBelle is hired to do criminal, or...''shady'' activites.
Often they are commissionied to kill or steal from somebody: usually someone important, i.e. a politician or [[TheMafia a crime leader]]. The main idea is that when politicians and crime leaders take the services of a prostitute (that is, the sex part) they allow her to get intimate with them (of course) and are unsuspecting her of any ill will. Especially if this girl is a [[HighClassCallGirl courtesan]], and her clients treat her like
Well, not just for cuddling and talking, but something ''else''.
The ShadyBelle is hired to do criminal, or...''shady'' activites.
Often they are commissionied to kill or steal from somebody: usually someone important, i.e. a politician or [[TheMafia a crime leader]]. The main idea is that when politicians and crime leaders take the services of a prostitute (that is, the sex part) they allow her to get intimate with them (of course) and are unsuspecting her of any ill will. Especially if this girl is a [[HighClassCallGirl courtesan]], and her clients treat her like
