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** ''ComicBook/TheFantasticFour'':

* Thanks for being a story about an "evil" party of dark magical girls that had rather be perverted freaks than really evil villains, ''Manga/GushingOverMagicalGirls'' has its protagonist wearing some demon dominatrix uniform in her magical girl form. Even her weapon is a riding crop.

* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'': I-No is a mysterious cruel and manipulative woman, a playable boss in some of the games. She wears a skimpy red jacked and a red miniskirt, a choker, thigh-high boots, and a witch's hat.

*** When [[Characters/MarvelComicsMadelynePryor Madelyne Pryor]] became the evil Goblin Queen, she wore a skimpy cropped black leather shirt, a leather loincloth, and thigh-high boots. In a rare male version of this trope, the same happens to her partner ComicBook/{{Havok}} who becomes Goblin King, complete with thigh-high boots.

* ''VideoGame/GoddesOfVictoryNikke'' has the masochistic Mihara, who wears her bondage leathers to the battlefield, and her only concession to decency is a white jacket that she wears over them.

* ''ComicBook/LadyDeath'''s outfit consists of black leather thigh-high boots, opera gloves, lingerie adorned with skull emblems, and a cape. She's pretty consistently portrayed with a domineering personality, going from a LadyMacBeth in her first appearances in ''ComicBook/EvilErnie'' to a DarkActionGirl in her own series.

This trope can overlap with EvilWearsBlack (not all these costumes are black) and {{Stripperriffic}} (not all these costumes are impractical for the characters that wear them). This is usually the easiest way to accomplish SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains (even though there are other ways).

Maybe it's a useful visual shorthand to show that a female character is [[EvilIsSexy evil (or at least antiheroic)]] and dominant. Maybe it's just an excuse for including some AuthorAppeal or {{Fanservice}}. Or maybe it's both. In any case, many evil or antiheroic dominant female characters wear costumes obviously inspired by {{Dominatrix}} outfits.

This trope can overlap with EvilIsSexy and EvilWearsBlack (not all these women are evil, and not all these costumes are black) and {{Stripperriffic}} (not all these costumes are impractical for the characters that wear them). This is usually the easiest way to accomplish SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains (even though there are other ways).

* ''Manga/TimeStopBrave'': The villainess Zaraza wears all black leather with thigh high boots, a corset, thong, and jacket. She also carries a whip.

** In ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'': Poison Ivy with her ThighHighBoots and OperaGloves.

* The character's hairdo is often a high ponytail or TwentiesBobHaircut.

* ''VideoGame/{{SiN}}'': In the original game, the BigBad Elexis Sinclaire, a rich and powerful mad scientist, wears a red latex leotard with a weird midriff window, thigh-high high-heeled boots and a choker.

* Chances are, the character will be wielding a whip.

* In the ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper'' series, the Mistresses practically embody BondageIsBad as minions of your VillainProtagonist, complete with skimpy [[HellBentForLeather leather catsuits]], {{Combat Stiletto}}s, and [[WolverineClaws metal claws]]. They also have plenty of appearances as {{Advertised Extra}}s and in [[{{Cutscene}} cinematics]], where they have {{whip|ItGood}}s to round off the ensemble. In game, they're {{Combat Sadomasochist}}s and [[LovesTheSoundOfScreaming vocally enthusiastic]] {{Torture Technician}}s who are even [[TooSpicyForYogSothoth too kinky for the Dark Gods' comfort]].

* ''ComicBook/DangerGirl'': Sydney Savage wears a SpyCatsuit with a NavelDeepNeckline and [[CombatStilettos high-heeled boots]]. She also carries a [[WhipItGood whip]].

* Ann Takamaki/Panther from ''VideoGame/Persona5'' has her Phantom Thief costume an almost literal SpyCatsuit that has a tail along with thigh-high boots, gloves, a panther-themed mask and primarily wields [[WhipItGood whips]]. She ironically gets this ensemble in the lust-driven [[SadistTeacher Kamoshida's]] [[StarterVillain Palace]], and due to Metaverse outfits reflecting what a denizen thinks of themselves, it's heavily implied this was based off of a female supervillain she was a fan of.

* The HotWitch from the WesternAnimation/EekTheCat episode [="HallowEek"=] dresses this way with a red leotard (with a belt embedded with a skull), red thigh high boots, black opera gloves and a red cape. If it wasn't for her [[WitchClassic Witch Hat]] you'd never even know that she was a witch.

* The HotWitch from the WesternAnimation/EekTheCat episode [="HallowEek"=] dresses this way with a red leotard (with a belt embedded with a skull), red thigh high boots, black opera gloves and red cape. If it wasn't for her [[WitchClassic Witch Hat]] you'd never even know that she was a witch.

* Chances are, the character will be [[WhipItGood wielding a whip]].

** In ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonNeon'', the series' recurring whip-wielding mook Linda is now a curvaceous CombatSadomasochist clad in a thong leotard, thigh-high boots, choker, and OperaGloves. She has a similar appearance in ''Wander of the Dragons'', except with a more military[=/=]punk aesthetic.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'': Villainous StalkerWithATestTube Lavona [[MeaningfulName Succuboso]] and her followers wear a uniform of low-cut black bodysuits, black tights, OperaGloves, and high-heeled boots.