History Main / BondageIsBad

* Utena/Magia Baiser, the VillainProtagonist of ''Manga/GushingOverMagicalGirls'', is a BDSM-themed magical girl who's fighting for the bad guys (not that she has a choice after she was PressGanged into it). She also frequently puts her victims into BDSM-themed situations without any warning, going against the "consensual" part of SafeSaneAndConsensual.

* ''Literature/HowNotToWriteANovel'': Advises against this trope, citing its UnfortunateImplications.

* The main character of ''Manga/GushingOverMagicalGirls'' is a BDSM-themed magical girl, and she's fighting for the bad guys. Not that [[PressGanged she has a choice...]]

* {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''ComicBook/AvengersAcademy'', where ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} claims that Characters/{{Emma Frost|WhiteQueen}}'s S&M-inspired outfit is proof that her HeelFaceTurn was just a ruse.
--> '''Hawkeye''': I ''knew'' someone who dresses like that couldn't stop being a bad guy.

* ''ComicBook/XMen'': The fetishistic BDSM-type outfits worn by the Queens of the [[Characters/XMenHellfireClub Hellfire Club]], beyond the fanservice, are pretty much a [[SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains visual shorthand for their low moral character]]. Pictured at the top is [[Characters/MarvelComicsMadelynePryor Madelyne Pryor]] (a clone of [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]]) when she decides to torture one of her underlings in an issue of ''Uncanny X-Men''. Other Bondage-loving Hellfire queens include Characters/{{Emma Frost|WhiteQueen}} and Selene Gallio.

* Averted in ''{{Series/Castle}}''; the vampire fetishists are treated respectfully. Ditto the BDSM episode; it's even implied that [[CasualKink Beckett]] is into BDSM (and outright stated that Castle is).

Some media dress their villains up in "S&M gear" in order to make them {{stripperiffic}} (because they're [[EvilIsSexy villains]], after all), and don't actually have them engage in BDSM. If played straight, it's often reinforced with hints of PuttingOnTheReich or whatever. A woman who's DressedLikeADominatrix will often be portrayed as a villain in fiction -- or at least a violent type -- for this reason.

Depending on context, Bondage Is Bad is often a subtrope of SexIsEvil, EvilIsSexy, or both. It is also a SisterTrope of FetishesAreWeird. Compare TooKinkyToTorture, where someone is so tough that torture gets them off, and CombatSadomasochist. Contrast SafeSaneAndConsensual, CasualKink and the ObligatoryBondageSong. See also BrainsAndBondage, where highly intelligent characters have a taste for BDSM, and WhipOfDominance for when whips are associated with sadism or BDSM. Note that a work can include a villain in S&M gear and/or who happens to also enjoy doing BDSM without being this trope (as long as this is true of one of the non-villainous characters). This is for when either S&M gear or an interest in BDSM are used to make someone seem evil. PinkIsErotic can be invoked with pink [[PhallicWeapon weapons and equipment]].

* ''ComicBook/XMen'': The fetishistic BDSM-type outfits worn by the Queens of the [[Characters/XMenHellfireClub Hellfire Club]], beyond the EvilIsSexy fanservice, are pretty much a [[SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains visual shorthand for their low moral character]]. Pictured at the top is [[Characters/MarvelComicsMadelynePryor Madelyne Pryor]] (a clone of [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]]) when she decides to torture one of her underlings in an issue of ''Uncanny X-Men''. Other Bondage-loving Hellfire queens include Characters/{{Emma Frost|WhiteQueen}} and Selene Gallio.

* A ZigZaggedTrope in the ''Series/Forever2014'' episode "The Ecstasy of Agony". Molly Dawes, aka Mistress Iona Payne, is a Yale-educated psychologist and a morally decent woman who works as a domination therapist, who is framed suspected of causing the death of a patient but she is ultimately proven innocent. She has been using BDSM as an integral part of successful therapy for the victim when all other therapies had failed. However, the trope is played straight with the perpetrator, who used a distorted, twisted version of BDSM practices to torture and kill the victim in question and later [[spoiler: to torture Henry]]. It's indicated that he's only interested in BDSM because of past abuse and trauma leaving him warped and dangerous, and he gleefully declares that he'd always been in the receiving end, but inflicting pain is fun, too!

* ''Franchise/{{Chucky}}'': Chucky, who's a vile and brutal serial killer, is hinted to have an affinity for BDSM. In Seed of Chucky, during preparation for a soul transfer, Chucky attacks Jennifer Tilly and binds and gags her with sadistic glee. When he asks her if the ropes he's used to bind her are too tight, she responds in the affirmative, to which he counters, "Ain't no such thing." His wife Tiffany (another murderous human/doll) may also have some interest in the practice, as she's shown sporting leather fetish type clothing during some scenes of Bride of Chucky, and in the same film also handcuffs her boyfriend to her bed under the guise of foreplay (though truly just to awaken Chucky).

* The Dark Mistresses in ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper'', but [[TagLine "Evil Is Good"]].

* During the events of ''ComicBook/CivilWar'', the ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' tie-in features lovers [[LegacyCharacter who took up both of]] [[ComicBook/IronMan Mark Scarlotti's codenames of Whiplash and Blacklash]] with this theme. Then again, around the time of his death, Scarlotti himself dressed in BDSM gear.

* ''Franchise/{{Chucky}}'': Chucky, who's a vile and brutal serial killer, is hinted to have an affinity for BDSM. In Seed of Chucky, during preparation for a soul transfer, Chucky attacks Jennifer Tilly and binds and gags her with sadistic glee. When he asks her if the ropes he's used to bind her are too tight, she responds in the affirmative, to which he counters, "Ain't no such thing." His wife Tiffany may also have some interest in the practice, as she's shown sporting leather fetish type clothing during some scenes of Bride of Chucky, and in the same film also handcuffs her boyfriend to her bed under the guise of foreplay (though truly just to awaken Chucky).

* In ''VideoGame/Phantasmagoria2'', Therese coerces Curtis into coming to a BDSM club with her and then repeatedly has kinky sex with him. While Curtis enjoys it (albeit with a small FreudianExcuse), Therese herself is a totally psycho stalker.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. The episode "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E13DeadThings Dead Things]]", which shows the Buffy/Spike relationship at its most disturbing, starts with Spike offering handcuffs to Buffy (and it's [[CuffsOffRubWrists strongly implied that she used them]]). However Buffy is also shown to be unusually cheerful the next day, implying that our heroine (who was in the midst of a year-long struggle with depression) found the experience rather cathartic.

Depending on context, Bondage Is Bad is often a subtrope of SexIsEvil, EvilIsSexy, or both. It is also a SisterTrope of FetishesAreWeird. Compare TooKinkyToTorture, where someone is so tough that torture gets them off, and CombatSadomasochist. Contrast SafeSaneAndConsensual, CasualKink and the ObligatoryBondageSong. See also BrainsAndBondage, where highly intelligent characters have a taste for BDSM. Note that a work can include a villain in S&M gear and/or who happens to also enjoy doing BDSM without being this trope (as long as this is true of one of the non-villainous characters). This is for when either S&M gear or an interest in BDSM are used to make someone seem evil. PinkIsErotic can be invoked with pink [[PhallicWeapon weapons and equipment]].

* Downplayed in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto''. Asuka Kazen, the AffablyEvil leader of the Yakuza, is into BDSM and one cutscene implies that she practices it with Maria in a SafeSaneAndConsensual manner. However, later in the game she also seems to enjoy torturing Miguel (TheDragon of the game) way too much.