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1	'''Basic Trope''': A female character whose primary goal is to seduce, marry and kill rich men so as to inherit their money.
2	* '''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"]] so she can inherit all of their money and belongings.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** 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 for the money.
5	** Maud has killed hundreds or even ''thousands'' of men this way.
6	* '''Downplayed''':
7	** GoldDigger
8	** Maud falsely accuses her husband of neglect and abuse to get a divorce and compensation, ruining him in the process.
9	** Maud intentionally gets her husband seriously ill, and then asks him for money to buy a very expensive medication... only to pocket the money and run away.
10	** Maud 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.
11	* '''Justified''': Maud was actually always TheMistress of the men who fell for her, who promised her that they would leave their wives for her. After too many rounds of false promises, she decides that [[RevengeAgainstMen all men need to pay]] for what was done to her.
12	* '''Inverted''': Maud resurrects a dead man and marries him, so she can share her wealth with someone.
13	* '''Gender-Inverted''': [[TheBluebeard Maurice]] repeatedly seduces rich women to kill them and inherit their money.
14	* '''Subverted''':
15	** Maud's husband is nearly killed several times shortly after marrying her, but the culprit turns out to be his business partner.
16	** Maud's rich husband dies of a mysterious illness, and [[SuspiciousSpending her first instinct is to go shopping]]. It turns out that he did die of a rare disease (not a poisoning), and she later laments that people suspected her of murder because she went shopping in an attempt to cope with her husband's tragic death.
17	* '''Double Subverted''':
18	** 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".
19	** Maud intentionally infected her husband with the disease. The part about using shopping to cope was a lie.
20	* '''Parodied''':
21	** She's obviously going to kill her husband, such as ordering hitmen in front of him, or measuring him for a coffin while they're in bed.
22	** Maud tries to seduce her husband's rich friends at his funeral, maybe getting married the very next day.
23	** 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]].
24	** Maud openly murders her husband before the wedding is even over. All of the various male guests line up to be her next husband.
25	* '''Zig Zagged''': The author pulls of a MindScrew that makes it unclear how involved Maud is.
26	* '''Averted''':
27	** Maud marries and kills men not for money, [[ForTheEvulz but for pleasure]].
28	** Maud is not a murderer.
29	* '''Enforced''':
30	** "Maud is supposedly good, right? Let's [[CorruptTheCutie corrupt her]] to [[BlackAndGrayMorality blur the line between good and evil]]."
31	** [[GuiltyPleasures The strangely enrapturing idea]] that someone is callous enough to do this is why they are making this {{Biopic}} to begin with.
32	* '''Lampshaded''': "You sure have been widowed many times for such a young woman, Maud..." "Oh, I guess I'm just unlucky."
33	* '''Invoked''': Maud got [[CorruptTheCutie corrupted by greed and wanted all the money for herself]], so she kills her husband.
34	* '''Exploited''': Maud's friend has a very wealthy and annoying neighbor, so she introduces him to Maud in the hope that Maud will seduce and kill him.
35	* '''Defied''': Bob broke up with Maud the moment he suspects her to be only dating him for his money.
36	* '''Discussed''': "Why does she keep changing husbands?"
37	* '''Conversed''': "I don't trust Maud one bit. She looks like a nice lady, but she's probably a murderer."
38	* '''Implied''':
39	** Maud is a millionaire despite never having had a job, and has been married multiple times.
40	** Maud's rich husband dies of a mysterious illness. Maud doesn't seem too sad about it, and [[SuspiciousSpending goes shopping as soon as she inherits his money]].
41	* '''Deconstructed''':
42	** After two or three marriages, the police immediately catch on to the trend and imprison her.
43	** Maud ends up miscalculating and ends up trying her usual scheme on a man who sees right through her but who has not enough tangible proof to get her convicted. Thus, he goes [[ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption for the only solution left]].
44	* '''Reconstructed''':
45	** Maud breaks out of prison and commits more murders for money.
46	** 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.
47	* '''Played For Laughs''': Maud shamelessly shows off a [[TheDeadHaveNames photo album of her deceased husbands]]. [[ThirteenIsUnlucky All 113 of them.]]
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49	I do love you darling but [[BlackWidow I'll love you even more if you put me in your will... ]]
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51	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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53	%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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