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* Regina in ''Series/OnceUponATime'' clearly ''wants'' to be this, invoking EvilIsSexy and trying to seduce men to do what she wants. It never works (probably because the men are GenreSavvy enough to know sleeping with an evil witch-queen ''never'' ends well), so she falls back to her magic and/or loyal army.
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* Regina in ''Series/OnceUponATime'' clearly ''wants'' to be this, invoking EvilIsSexy and trying to seduce men to do what she wants.wants while being as sexy as possible. It never works (probably because the men are GenreSavvy enough to know sleeping with an evil witch-queen ''never'' ends well), so she falls back to her magic and/or loyal army.
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** In fairness, this could be partially because they believe that a seductress won't be seen as a powerful sorceress and that people won't see past the cleavage. On current evidence, Merlin (mostly) excepted, they're right. Ain't broke, don't fix it.
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* Tony Stonem from ''Series/Skins'' would be a RareMaleExample. His whole character revolves around seducing Girls and a Boy for no other reason than boredom.
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* Parodied in ''Series/ILoveLucy''. In one episode, Cousin Ernie visits the Ricardos in New York but likes the city a bit ''too'' much and just plain won't leave. Ernie's a sweet, simple, naive countryman whose mother warned him about "wicked city women" who would try to "vamp" him... which Lucy decides to use to her advantage ''dressing up as one of those "wicked city women"'' to scare Ernie away. This entails putting on a slinky, sparkly black dress (loaded with about 800 strings of pearls), OperaGloves, and a black bob wig, in addition to carrying a long, elegant cigarette holder and walking around with a ridiculously exaggerated sashay (quote Ernie: "You got quite a hitch in yer gitalong!"). When Lucy introduces herself as a city woman ("I'm gonna VAMP you"), Ernie freaks out a bit, until she sashays over and begins "vamping" him... with involves her sashaying in place while repeatedly mussing his hair. After confirming with Lucy that she's vamping him, Ernie tells her [[GoneHorriblyRight he likes it]], at which point ''Lucy'' [[OhCrap panics and runs off]], with Ernie in hot pursuit.
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* Parodied in ''Series/ILoveLucy''. In one episode, Cousin Ernie visits the Ricardos in New York but likes the city a bit ''too'' much and just plain won't leave. Ernie's a sweet, simple, naive countryman whose mother warned him about "wicked city women" who would try to "vamp" him... which Lucy decides to use to her advantage ''dressing up as one of those "wicked city women"'' to scare Ernie away. This entails putting on a slinky, sparkly black dress (loaded with about 800 strings of pearls), OperaGloves, HighClassGloves, and a black bob wig, in addition to carrying a long, elegant cigarette holder and walking around with a ridiculously exaggerated sashay (quote Ernie: "You got quite a hitch in yer gitalong!"). When Lucy introduces herself as a city woman ("I'm gonna VAMP you"), Ernie freaks out a bit, until she sashays over and begins "vamping" him... with involves her sashaying in place while repeatedly mussing his hair. After confirming with Lucy that she's vamping him, Ernie tells her [[GoneHorriblyRight he likes it]], at which point ''Lucy'' [[OhCrap panics and runs off]], with Ernie in hot pursuit.
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** Intendant Kira from the MirrorUniverse is a more traditional example (although she [[DepravedBisexual doesn't confine]] [[AnythingThatMoves her seduction attempts to men]]). It doesn't generally work out for her though (except with Mirror Sisko).
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%%* ''Series/{{Angel}}'':
%%** While under Jasmine's control, Cordy plays this trope to the hilt.
%%** Lilah Morgan is this trope to a T.
* Background material explains that Lady Cassandra from ''Series/DoctorWho'' had this lifestyle when she was younger and her body wasn't deteriorated. She is a good foil to the doctor's companion Rose Tyler and due to different circumstances, mostly her desire for revenge and getting a younger body, she ends up possessing Rose. The two of them get further contrasted that way. [[LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine Cassandra basically becomes Rose's Dark Feminine.]]
** River Song was raised to be this - she [[spoiler: killed the Doctor ''with a kiss'']]. Fortunately, [[LoveRedeems it was short-lived]].
-->''It was never going to be a gun for you, [[spoiler: Doctor]].''
* Vorpax in ''Series/MortalKombatConquest''. Not that there's anything wrong with wanting to seduce [[MrFanservice Shang Tsung]]...
* Victoria Metcalf, the psychotic, poetry-loving bank robber who was the love of Benton Fraser's life in ''Series/DueSouth''.
* Lila in ''Series/{{Dexter}}''. Granted, Dexter is most certainly [[SerialKiller not]] your typical "moral and upright man", but Lila's willing to go places that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even he won't]]. The nihilistic temptress comes complete with black hair, [[BettyAndVeronica in contrast to]] Dexter's blonde good-girl girlfriend Rita.
* "Saffron" in ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' has married numerous men under as many aliases for pretty much the express purpose of ripping them off. Damn good criminal mastermind, too.
* ''Series/{{Oz}}''. Shirley Bellinger, who drowned her own child in a fake accident based on the Susan Smith case. She gives sexual favours to both inmates and prison guards in exchange for preferential treatment, leading to a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} when, as she's being led off for execution, Shirley calmly informs Warden Glynn that the guard escorting her has been "coming into my cell every night and fucking me." Faced with a glowering Warden and a prisoner who'll soon be beyond any retaliation, the guard can only mutter, "Bitch."
* Ashton Main Huntoon Fenway from ''Series/NorthAndSouthUS''. She marries James only to gain a sort of political power and wealth despite coming from a Southern aristocratic family, plots against her sweet sister Brett and Billy's romance-turned-marriage, seduces multiple men after a failed attempt to get into Billy's pants...and this is all just Book One...
* Vala Mal Doran from ''Series/StargateSG1'' was introduced as a straightforward vamp, but she got better.
* [[AdaptationalVillainy Shibuki Saori]] in ''Series/AliceInBorderland'', a ManipulativeBitch with a long history of using others to get ahead in life. She was in the middle of SleepingWithTheBoss [[SleepingTheirWayToTheTop for a promotion]] when she ended up in the DeadlyGame, and after joining the group she takes advantage of Chota's insecurities and fears to sleep with him with the intent of making him her pawn. [[spoiler: [[AdaptationalHeroism When he refuses to help her betray his]] TrueCompanions she throws this back in his face, [[EvilCannotComprehendGood saying that he should know whose side he's on after they slept together]]. However, when it becomes clear they won't survive the round, [[AlasPoorVillain the two reconcile and embrace in their final moments]] showing that she did have genuine affection for him.]]
* Princess Archerina in ''Series/PowerRangersZeo''. Probably only effective on other robots, but she can entrance males via her arrows and make them follow her bidding.
* Theresa Conners on the short-lived series ''Series/EZStreets'', played by Debrah Farentno. She sleeps with her mob boss client as well as the detective tasked with bringing him down.
* Tammy, Ron Swanson's ex-wife on ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'', played by Megan Mullally. She's the deputy director of the Library department who seduces her ex Ron, the head of Parks and Rec dept., and sleeps with him again in exchange for the empty lot his deputy director Leslie Knope wants to turn into a park. As Tammy tells Leslie: "Les, there are two kinds of women in the world. There are women who work hard and stress out about doing the right thing, and then there are women who are cool."
* On her first appearance on ''Series/{{Hercules| The Legendary Journeys}}'', Series/{{Xena|Warrior Princess}} was this as well as a DarkActionGirl. By her second appearance, all traces of the vamp had disappeared and she was only the Dark Action Girl before [[HeelFaceTurn being redeemed]].
* Sarah from ''Series/{{Survivors}}'' is first seen using her feminine wiles to manipulate a smitten plague survivor, [[spoiler:who she promptly leaves to die after he breaks his leg in an accident]]. She begins working her way through the male members of the main cast from there.
** A very similar character appeared in the original version of the series under the name Anne, although she only appears in a handful of episodes.
* ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' has Katherine, who uses her charm and seductive wiles in order to get what she wants.
* ''Series/TheXFiles'': Frohike and Langly saw Suzanne Modeski as The Vamp, and were really pissed off that Byers fell for it. The truth turned out to be a little more complex. She's actually a woman tormented by a shady government organization that wants to use her smarts and destroy her when she wants to expose them.
* Professional {{dominatrix}} Irene Adler in the "[[Recap/SherlockS02E01AScandalInBelgravia A Scandal in Belgravia]]" episode of ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' is like this towards all her more influential clients (from whom she gains confidential government and [=MI6=]-related secrets during the course of "[[UnusualEuphemism recreational scolding]]"), as well as the titular hero. It's not a personal vendetta: she is in cahoots with the "consulting criminal [[ManipulativeBastard Moriarty]] and plays off of Sherlock's [[CelibateHero lack of sex knowledge]] to get him to do whatever she wants. It somewhat backfires in the end, though Sherlock is so impressed by the fact that she managed to fool him for so long that he compliments her - in a manner of speaking - by [[spoiler:saving her life]].
** The notable thing about Irene is that she does, in fact, [[IfItsYouItsOkay develop genuine feelings for Sherlock]] somewhere along the line; however, she doesn't so much as consider affecting a HeelFaceTurn like in a typical example of the 'villainess' who falls for the hero, instead fully intending to see her mission to thwart Sherlock and his brother Mycroft through to the end. This makes her an unusual cross between The Vamp and a FemmeFatale.
* This happens often on ''Series/{{Merlin 2008}}''. Thus far we've had Morgana, Morgause, Nimueh, Sophia, Catrina, Lamia, and Helen/Mary using feminine wiles at one point or another to manipulate the men-folk.
** In fairness, this could be partially because they believe that a seductress won't be seen as a powerful sorceress and that people won't see past the cleavage. On current evidence, Merlin (mostly) excepted, they're right. Ain't broke, don't fix it.
%%* Lilith from ''Series/RobinOfSherwood''.
* Regina in ''Series/OnceUponATime'' clearly ''wants'' to be this, invoking EvilIsSexy and trying to seduce men to do what she wants. It never works (probably because the men are GenreSavvy enough to know sleeping with an evil witch-queen ''never'' ends well), so she falls back to her magic and/or loyal army.
%%* Princess Ardala from ''Series/BuckRogersInTheTwentyFifthCentury''.
* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' has a downplayed example the Female Changeling, the ruthless leader of the Dominion and the public representative of the Founders. She served as an {{evil mentor}} to Odo in "The Search," teaching him about his Changeling heritage and helping him hone his shapeshifting skills. However, during the Dominion occupation of Deep Space Nine, she uses linking and sexuality to weaken Odo's resolve. We learn in "Favor the Bold" that her seduction of Odo isn't just about neutralizing an opponent, but about bringing her fellow Changeling home.
--> '''Female Changeling (to Weyoun)''': Neutralize Odo?! Is that why you think I'm here?! Odo is a changeling. Bringing him home, returning him to the Great Link means more to us than the Alpha Quadrant itself. Is that clear?
** Intendant Kira from the MirrorUniverse is a more traditional example (although she [[DepravedBisexual doesn't confine]] [[AnythingThatMoves her seduction attempts to men]]). It doesn't generally work out for her though (except with Mirror Sisko).
* ''Series/TeenWolf'':
** Lydia TRIES to be this. With anyone. Including Scott. And Allison's dad. While Allison is in the room. Neither of them notices. She does eventually succeed with Scott.
** After a childhood of feeling sickly and unattractive due to her epilepsy and the meds she had to take for it, Erica wants as much attention as she can possibly get when the bite makes her healthy and beautiful. It goes to the degree of overcompensation.
%%* Angelique in ''Series/DarkShadows''. [[AdaptationalVillainy Even more]] in [[Film/DarkShadows the movie]].
%%* Ingrid of ''Series/YoungDracula'' was this in season 1 with Paul and Ian. Magda is also this to the Count (though he's not exactly morally upright himself).
* Illithyia in ''[[Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand Spartacus]]'' combines this with LadyMacbeth. Among other things, she [[IHaveBoobsYouMustObey uses]] sex appeal to encourage her husband in military ruthlessness and get a teenage boy to order a gladiator killed.
* ''Series/TrueBlood'': A flashback shows Bill encounter a woman while badly injured. After she patches him up, Bill thanks her before taking his leave. [[spoiler: Only for her to throw herself at him since he didn't try to rape/take advantage of her like every other man who ended up in her home. Bill demurs saying he has a wife and child to return to. The woman angrily reveals she's a vampire and turns Bill because IfICantHaveYou.]]
* Tony Stonem from ''Series/Skins'' would be a RareMaleExample. His whole character revolves around seducing Girls and a Boy for no other reason than boredom.
* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Londo describes his wife Mariel as being drawn to men of power like a moth to flame, but in the end, she burns them.
* Parodied in ''Series/ILoveLucy''. In one episode, Cousin Ernie visits the Ricardos in New York but likes the city a bit ''too'' much and just plain won't leave. Ernie's a sweet, simple, naive countryman whose mother warned him about "wicked city women" who would try to "vamp" him... which Lucy decides to use to her advantage ''dressing up as one of those "wicked city women"'' to scare Ernie away. This entails putting on a slinky, sparkly black dress (loaded with about 800 strings of pearls), OperaGloves, and a black bob wig, in addition to carrying a long, elegant cigarette holder and walking around with a ridiculously exaggerated sashay (quote Ernie: "You got quite a hitch in yer gitalong!"). When Lucy introduces herself as a city woman ("I'm gonna VAMP you"), Ernie freaks out a bit, until she sashays over and begins "vamping" him... with involves her sashaying in place while repeatedly mussing his hair. After confirming with Lucy that she's vamping him, Ernie tells her [[GoneHorriblyRight he likes it]], at which point ''Lucy'' [[OhCrap panics and runs off]], with Ernie in hot pursuit.
* ''Series/TheAffair'': Alison is pretty upset that she's portrayed this way in Noah's new book, where her character aggressively seduces him, is a drug-dealing sociopath, and is finally run over by Noah's character.
* ''Series/ForeverKnight'': The bad girl in one episode was a stripper who seduced various men and induced them to commit crimes for her before killing them, pretty much solely for thrills (she was already wealthy enough to live quite comfortably). Even Nick himself (a literal vampire) is tempted.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' has quite a few.
** The very first MonsterOfTheWeek, Constance Welch, is one, a [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghost]] who targets unfaithful men, seducing them into being unfaithful (or simply forcing them to be if they resist her) and then killing them.
** Lilith, when she's not [[DemonicPossession possessing]] a [[CreepyChild little girl]]. In the episode "The Monster At The End of This Book", she attempts to seduce Sam into making a [[DealWithTheDevil deal]] with her - literally, since having sex with her is what will seal the deal.
** [[spoiler: Ruby]] is a much more successful example, [[TheBadGuyWins completely succeeding]] in her goal [[spoiler: to get Sam to kill Lilith, thus bringing about the [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Apocalypse]]]].
** April from the episode "I'm No Angel", who seduces Castiel as part of a plan to torture and murder him.
** [[OurSirensAreDifferent The Siren]] from "Sex and Violence", the Vetala from "Adventures in Babysitting" and the Amazons from "The Slice Girls" are all monsters that use sex appeal to lure their prey.
** Bela Talbot from season 3.
* Played for laughs in ''Series/TheWindsors'', where Pippa is insanely jealous of her sister marrying a [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor prince]] and so uses her good looks and [[RunningJoke great ass]] to seduce Prince Harry. However, she's not above dropping him when someone richer comes along.
* ''Series/MotherlandFortSalem'': Scylla is a beautiful young woman from the Spree terrorists who infiltrates Fort Salem, seducing Raelle to get her on their side. However, it gets {{zigzagged}} as Scylla then falls for Raelle genuinely, then is unable to go through with bringing her into their grasp.
%%** While under Jasmine's control, Cordy plays this trope to the hilt.
%%** Lilah Morgan is this trope to a T.
* Background material explains that Lady Cassandra from ''Series/DoctorWho'' had this lifestyle when she was younger and her body wasn't deteriorated. She is a good foil to the doctor's companion Rose Tyler and due to different circumstances, mostly her desire for revenge and getting a younger body, she ends up possessing Rose. The two of them get further contrasted that way. [[LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine Cassandra basically becomes Rose's Dark Feminine.]]
** River Song was raised to be this - she [[spoiler: killed the Doctor ''with a kiss'']]. Fortunately, [[LoveRedeems it was short-lived]].
-->''It was never going to be a gun for you, [[spoiler: Doctor]].''
* Vorpax in ''Series/MortalKombatConquest''. Not that there's anything wrong with wanting to seduce [[MrFanservice Shang Tsung]]...
* Victoria Metcalf, the psychotic, poetry-loving bank robber who was the love of Benton Fraser's life in ''Series/DueSouth''.
* Lila in ''Series/{{Dexter}}''. Granted, Dexter is most certainly [[SerialKiller not]] your typical "moral and upright man", but Lila's willing to go places that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even he won't]]. The nihilistic temptress comes complete with black hair, [[BettyAndVeronica in contrast to]] Dexter's blonde good-girl girlfriend Rita.
* "Saffron" in ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' has married numerous men under as many aliases for pretty much the express purpose of ripping them off. Damn good criminal mastermind, too.
* ''Series/{{Oz}}''. Shirley Bellinger, who drowned her own child in a fake accident based on the Susan Smith case. She gives sexual favours to both inmates and prison guards in exchange for preferential treatment, leading to a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} when, as she's being led off for execution, Shirley calmly informs Warden Glynn that the guard escorting her has been "coming into my cell every night and fucking me." Faced with a glowering Warden and a prisoner who'll soon be beyond any retaliation, the guard can only mutter, "Bitch."
* Ashton Main Huntoon Fenway from ''Series/NorthAndSouthUS''. She marries James only to gain a sort of political power and wealth despite coming from a Southern aristocratic family, plots against her sweet sister Brett and Billy's romance-turned-marriage, seduces multiple men after a failed attempt to get into Billy's pants...and this is all just Book One...
* Vala Mal Doran from ''Series/StargateSG1'' was introduced as a straightforward vamp, but she got better.
* [[AdaptationalVillainy Shibuki Saori]] in ''Series/AliceInBorderland'', a ManipulativeBitch with a long history of using others to get ahead in life. She was in the middle of SleepingWithTheBoss [[SleepingTheirWayToTheTop for a promotion]] when she ended up in the DeadlyGame, and after joining the group she takes advantage of Chota's insecurities and fears to sleep with him with the intent of making him her pawn. [[spoiler: [[AdaptationalHeroism When he refuses to help her betray his]] TrueCompanions she throws this back in his face, [[EvilCannotComprehendGood saying that he should know whose side he's on after they slept together]]. However, when it becomes clear they won't survive the round, [[AlasPoorVillain the two reconcile and embrace in their final moments]] showing that she did have genuine affection for him.]]
* Princess Archerina in ''Series/PowerRangersZeo''. Probably only effective on other robots, but she can entrance males via her arrows and make them follow her bidding.
* Theresa Conners on the short-lived series ''Series/EZStreets'', played by Debrah Farentno. She sleeps with her mob boss client as well as the detective tasked with bringing him down.
* Tammy, Ron Swanson's ex-wife on ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'', played by Megan Mullally. She's the deputy director of the Library department who seduces her ex Ron, the head of Parks and Rec dept., and sleeps with him again in exchange for the empty lot his deputy director Leslie Knope wants to turn into a park. As Tammy tells Leslie: "Les, there are two kinds of women in the world. There are women who work hard and stress out about doing the right thing, and then there are women who are cool."
* On her first appearance on ''Series/{{Hercules| The Legendary Journeys}}'', Series/{{Xena|Warrior Princess}} was this as well as a DarkActionGirl. By her second appearance, all traces of the vamp had disappeared and she was only the Dark Action Girl before [[HeelFaceTurn being redeemed]].
* Sarah from ''Series/{{Survivors}}'' is first seen using her feminine wiles to manipulate a smitten plague survivor, [[spoiler:who she promptly leaves to die after he breaks his leg in an accident]]. She begins working her way through the male members of the main cast from there.
** A very similar character appeared in the original version of the series under the name Anne, although she only appears in a handful of episodes.
* ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' has Katherine, who uses her charm and seductive wiles in order to get what she wants.
* ''Series/TheXFiles'': Frohike and Langly saw Suzanne Modeski as The Vamp, and were really pissed off that Byers fell for it. The truth turned out to be a little more complex. She's actually a woman tormented by a shady government organization that wants to use her smarts and destroy her when she wants to expose them.
* Professional {{dominatrix}} Irene Adler in the "[[Recap/SherlockS02E01AScandalInBelgravia A Scandal in Belgravia]]" episode of ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' is like this towards all her more influential clients (from whom she gains confidential government and [=MI6=]-related secrets during the course of "[[UnusualEuphemism recreational scolding]]"), as well as the titular hero. It's not a personal vendetta: she is in cahoots with the "consulting criminal [[ManipulativeBastard Moriarty]] and plays off of Sherlock's [[CelibateHero lack of sex knowledge]] to get him to do whatever she wants. It somewhat backfires in the end, though Sherlock is so impressed by the fact that she managed to fool him for so long that he compliments her - in a manner of speaking - by [[spoiler:saving her life]].
** The notable thing about Irene is that she does, in fact, [[IfItsYouItsOkay develop genuine feelings for Sherlock]] somewhere along the line; however, she doesn't so much as consider affecting a HeelFaceTurn like in a typical example of the 'villainess' who falls for the hero, instead fully intending to see her mission to thwart Sherlock and his brother Mycroft through to the end. This makes her an unusual cross between The Vamp and a FemmeFatale.
* This happens often on ''Series/{{Merlin 2008}}''. Thus far we've had Morgana, Morgause, Nimueh, Sophia, Catrina, Lamia, and Helen/Mary using feminine wiles at one point or another to manipulate the men-folk.
** In fairness, this could be partially because they believe that a seductress won't be seen as a powerful sorceress and that people won't see past the cleavage. On current evidence, Merlin (mostly) excepted, they're right. Ain't broke, don't fix it.
%%* Lilith from ''Series/RobinOfSherwood''.
* Regina in ''Series/OnceUponATime'' clearly ''wants'' to be this, invoking EvilIsSexy and trying to seduce men to do what she wants. It never works (probably because the men are GenreSavvy enough to know sleeping with an evil witch-queen ''never'' ends well), so she falls back to her magic and/or loyal army.
%%* Princess Ardala from ''Series/BuckRogersInTheTwentyFifthCentury''.
* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' has a downplayed example the Female Changeling, the ruthless leader of the Dominion and the public representative of the Founders. She served as an {{evil mentor}} to Odo in "The Search," teaching him about his Changeling heritage and helping him hone his shapeshifting skills. However, during the Dominion occupation of Deep Space Nine, she uses linking and sexuality to weaken Odo's resolve. We learn in "Favor the Bold" that her seduction of Odo isn't just about neutralizing an opponent, but about bringing her fellow Changeling home.
--> '''Female Changeling (to Weyoun)''': Neutralize Odo?! Is that why you think I'm here?! Odo is a changeling. Bringing him home, returning him to the Great Link means more to us than the Alpha Quadrant itself. Is that clear?
** Intendant Kira from the MirrorUniverse is a more traditional example (although she [[DepravedBisexual doesn't confine]] [[AnythingThatMoves her seduction attempts to men]]). It doesn't generally work out for her though (except with Mirror Sisko).
* ''Series/TeenWolf'':
** Lydia TRIES to be this. With anyone. Including Scott. And Allison's dad. While Allison is in the room. Neither of them notices. She does eventually succeed with Scott.
** After a childhood of feeling sickly and unattractive due to her epilepsy and the meds she had to take for it, Erica wants as much attention as she can possibly get when the bite makes her healthy and beautiful. It goes to the degree of overcompensation.
%%* Angelique in ''Series/DarkShadows''. [[AdaptationalVillainy Even more]] in [[Film/DarkShadows the movie]].
%%* Ingrid of ''Series/YoungDracula'' was this in season 1 with Paul and Ian. Magda is also this to the Count (though he's not exactly morally upright himself).
* Illithyia in ''[[Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand Spartacus]]'' combines this with LadyMacbeth. Among other things, she [[IHaveBoobsYouMustObey uses]] sex appeal to encourage her husband in military ruthlessness and get a teenage boy to order a gladiator killed.
* ''Series/TrueBlood'': A flashback shows Bill encounter a woman while badly injured. After she patches him up, Bill thanks her before taking his leave. [[spoiler: Only for her to throw herself at him since he didn't try to rape/take advantage of her like every other man who ended up in her home. Bill demurs saying he has a wife and child to return to. The woman angrily reveals she's a vampire and turns Bill because IfICantHaveYou.]]
* Tony Stonem from ''Series/Skins'' would be a RareMaleExample. His whole character revolves around seducing Girls and a Boy for no other reason than boredom.
* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Londo describes his wife Mariel as being drawn to men of power like a moth to flame, but in the end, she burns them.
* Parodied in ''Series/ILoveLucy''. In one episode, Cousin Ernie visits the Ricardos in New York but likes the city a bit ''too'' much and just plain won't leave. Ernie's a sweet, simple, naive countryman whose mother warned him about "wicked city women" who would try to "vamp" him... which Lucy decides to use to her advantage ''dressing up as one of those "wicked city women"'' to scare Ernie away. This entails putting on a slinky, sparkly black dress (loaded with about 800 strings of pearls), OperaGloves, and a black bob wig, in addition to carrying a long, elegant cigarette holder and walking around with a ridiculously exaggerated sashay (quote Ernie: "You got quite a hitch in yer gitalong!"). When Lucy introduces herself as a city woman ("I'm gonna VAMP you"), Ernie freaks out a bit, until she sashays over and begins "vamping" him... with involves her sashaying in place while repeatedly mussing his hair. After confirming with Lucy that she's vamping him, Ernie tells her [[GoneHorriblyRight he likes it]], at which point ''Lucy'' [[OhCrap panics and runs off]], with Ernie in hot pursuit.
* ''Series/TheAffair'': Alison is pretty upset that she's portrayed this way in Noah's new book, where her character aggressively seduces him, is a drug-dealing sociopath, and is finally run over by Noah's character.
* ''Series/ForeverKnight'': The bad girl in one episode was a stripper who seduced various men and induced them to commit crimes for her before killing them, pretty much solely for thrills (she was already wealthy enough to live quite comfortably). Even Nick himself (a literal vampire) is tempted.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' has quite a few.
** The very first MonsterOfTheWeek, Constance Welch, is one, a [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghost]] who targets unfaithful men, seducing them into being unfaithful (or simply forcing them to be if they resist her) and then killing them.
** Lilith, when she's not [[DemonicPossession possessing]] a [[CreepyChild little girl]]. In the episode "The Monster At The End of This Book", she attempts to seduce Sam into making a [[DealWithTheDevil deal]] with her - literally, since having sex with her is what will seal the deal.
** [[spoiler: Ruby]] is a much more successful example, [[TheBadGuyWins completely succeeding]] in her goal [[spoiler: to get Sam to kill Lilith, thus bringing about the [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Apocalypse]]]].
** April from the episode "I'm No Angel", who seduces Castiel as part of a plan to torture and murder him.
** [[OurSirensAreDifferent The Siren]] from "Sex and Violence", the Vetala from "Adventures in Babysitting" and the Amazons from "The Slice Girls" are all monsters that use sex appeal to lure their prey.
** Bela Talbot from season 3.
* Played for laughs in ''Series/TheWindsors'', where Pippa is insanely jealous of her sister marrying a [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor prince]] and so uses her good looks and [[RunningJoke great ass]] to seduce Prince Harry. However, she's not above dropping him when someone richer comes along.
* ''Series/MotherlandFortSalem'': Scylla is a beautiful young woman from the Spree terrorists who infiltrates Fort Salem, seducing Raelle to get her on their side. However, it gets {{zigzagged}} as Scylla then falls for Raelle genuinely, then is unable to go through with bringing her into their grasp.
