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* ''Anime/DragonBall'':

* Faye Valentine of ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' has all the hallmarks of the Femme Fatale, a sultry dark haired beautiful and curvaceous woman who’s very seductive to gullible men, while also being quite a deadly wanted swindling criminal in her own right. Spike and Jet understandably distrust her and handcuff Faye in their first and second encounters with her. Subverted as Faye is really a {{deconstruction}} of a FemmeFatale, since a lot of her surface feminine wiles give way to [[TheKlutz klutzy dorkiness]] as Faye does some very [[TheLadette unclassy things]] like eat dogfood and later get diarrhoea which never be done/happen to other Femme Fatales listed here. [[spoiler: It turns out Faye’s Femme Fatale behaviour is really just a put on, since being a HumanPopsicle for fifty-four years BeneathTheMask she genuinely has no idea who she is and being a sultry swindler is just a defence mechanism. Considering the first man Faye met in the future Whitney (whom she fell for), betrayed and ripped her off, you can’t fault her for adapting to that lifestyle to survive.]]
** Interestingly Julia is closer to being a straight example, as seen in the vague flashbacks where she’s wearing a black leather getup and sleeps with Spike while still being in a relationship with Vicious. She’s also very much capable of murder and abandonment. Her genuine love for Spike however does undercut this, but even Faye can’t get a good read on Julia, saying she’s either an demonic angel or angelic demon.

** Colonel Violet proved to one in the anime, she at one point throws two of her men overboard in crocodile infested waters to save her own skin and feigns loyalty to her superiors before stealing the money in their vault. Although granted, it’s the Red Ribbon army she’s betraying.

** PlayedWith [[spoiler:Pudding]] and Komurasaki [[spoiler:Hiyori]]. The former starts off a sweet and bubbly NiceGirl before revealing herself as CuteAndPsycho albeit a BrokenBird deep down whilst the latter is introduced as a manipulative courtesan who robs gullible men of their money but turns out is GoodAllAlong.

* Franchise/{{Batman}}'s RoguesGallery gives us quite a few, with [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]] and [[Characters/BatmanCatwoman Catwoman]] standing out. They have both repeatedly tried to beguile him, though Poison Ivy cheats by using {{pheromones}}. And well, Batman technically ''is'' a detective who lives in a ViceCity...
* ComicBook/SpiderMan’s ComicBook/BlackCat being the Franchise/MarvelUniverse’s answer to Catwoman is a pretty classic Femme Fatale, but while very obviously seductive and manipulative her love for Spidey is actually quite genuine and marked her turn from villainess to AntiHero. Although, her infatuation for the Wall Crawler managed to bring out the worst in her as well as poor MJ learned first hand.

* ComicBook/BlackWidow started off as a FemmeFataleSpy working for the KBG who used her feminine wiles to fool both ComicBook/IronMan and ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}. Turns out she was a victim of brainwashing though and eventually pulls a HeelFaceTurn to the Avengers. She also TookALevelInBadass, not having to rely purely on seduction to be effective, having crazy SheFu abilities and ImprobableAimingSkills which she retroactively always had.
** Her ComicBook/UltimateMarvel counterpart is a more classically cruel Femme Fatale seducing and having sex with Tony right before betraying him and even killing Hawkeye’s family.

* ComicBook/{{Mystique}} of ''ComicBook/XMen'' fame might as well be the ultimate comic example, a beautiful and curvaceous blue [[VoluntaryShapeShifting shape changing]] mutant woman who has tricked, seduced and manipulated hundreds of people before cruelly [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder betraying them all like clockwork]]. It’s not just gullible men or women who enamoured with her either, Mystique will even manipulate her own children into trusting her before inevitably stabbing them in the back. Granted, it is largely DependingOnTheWriter when it comes to how treacherous and cruel she is.

* The eponymous ''Film/{{Nikita}}'' is alongside aforementioned Catherine when it comes to modern iconic examples of this and Nikita managed to inspire other examples listed here such as Ada Wong from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil''. A professional assassin who uses her sex appeal to murder for the French government, Nikita is actually a more subverted and deeply sympathetic example being a BrokenBird who’s drug addiction was used against her by her government handlers and who’s torn between her work and genuine LoveInterest Marco who wants help try and escape from the system.
* [[Characters/BatmanCatwoman Selina Kyle]] has always been a classic example, but the way Creator/AnneHathaway portrays her in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' takes it to a whole new level. Suffering from a major case of HeelFaceRevolvingDoor, her tough, street-smart cat burglar is as elegant as she is dangerous, something Bruce Wayne both notices and forgets when he's in her presence. Director Creator/ChristopherNolan claims that he has always envisioned Catwoman as an "old-school femme fatale".

* Dr. Elsa Schneider in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''. She seduces both Indiana and his father to gain vital information for the Nazi’s mission to find the Holy Grail. Like most femme fatales, she couldn’t overcome her biggest FatalFlaw - greed. In a LiteralCliffhanger, she thought she could reach the grail with a free hand in time for Indiana to pull her up. Unfortunately, he can’t hold her slippery gloved hand and [[DisneyVillainDeath she falls to her death]].

* Annabel St. Clair in the short story ''Amante Doree'' from ''Literature/SomewhereBeneathThoseWaves'' -- she's a beautiful, charming Louisianian courtesan-spy for the interests of the French government.

* [[RobotGirl Cameron]] of ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' has more than once used her physical body's attractiveness to coldly manipulate people, up to and including John Connor himself. It is implied that this was, in fact, the entire reason she was built. [[spoiler: Her external appearance was based on a girl named Allison Young, who was implied to be either a close friend or lover of the future John Connor, and Cameron interrogated Allison to learn her mannerisms before attempting to take her place.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'''s ClassyCatBurglar [[Characters/SpiderManNeutralCharacters Black Cat]] has shades of this trope, willingly flirting with and helping Spider-Man to [[ClearMyName clear his name]] while using the same opportunity to steal jewels on the sly. Though the flirting stopped when [[spoiler:her father (the Burglar who shot Ben Parker) decided to remain in prison to repent. She hates Spider-Man for this and will never forgive him]].

* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' ran into this type of villain ''twice''. (Demons and bounty hunters were easy for him; seductresses, not so much.) The first one was actually Aku in disguise, and it ended ''very'' badly for Jack. The second one was Josephine Clench, also a DarkActionGirl and half of an OutlawCouple with her ex-husband Zeke. Apparently, her typical MO was to lure a victim into a false sense of security with her charms so that Zeke could attack by surprise, and then ''she'' could strike from behind when he tried to fight him. It almost worked on Jack, [[spoiler: but the plan fell apart when she tried to double-cross Zeke. Possibly, something like this may have been why they had divorced]].
** It's subverted with Ashi, a deadly but sexy young lady of the Daughters of Aku who would fit the trope to a tee, but instead she attempts to kill Jack, [[spoiler:and then romances him later]].
* Femme Fatale was the name of a one-shot villainess in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "Equal Fights." She was a StrawFeminist who tried to indoctrinate the girls into "solidarity" as she really DoesNotLikeMen. Sedusa is an even bigger example. She is a mistress of seduction who manipulates men into doing her bidding and has snake-like hair she uses as tentacles for battle; both representing her MeaningfulName.

* Shego on ''WesternAnimation/{{Kim Possible}}'' overlaps between this and DarkActionGirl besides kicking ass, she’s fully capable of fooling and manipulating people using her beauty. She even playfully tries seducing Ron st one point, in order to seriously piss off her rival Kim.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots'' episode "Sonnie's Edge", Jennifer serves as a Femme Fatale assassian for her employer/lover Dicko. She seduces and attempts to murder Sonnie for refusing to a match for Dicko. [[spoiler:It doesn't end well.]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots'' episode "Sonnie's Edge", Jennifer serves as a Femme Fatale assassian for her employer/lover Dicko. She seduces and attempts to murder Sonnie for rejecting Dicko's offer of rigging a match. [[spoiler:It doesn't end well.]]

First, she turns a man on. Then, she turns on the man. The typical client in a HardboiledDetective story (French for "fatal woman," idiomatically "woman to die for"). You know the type. Dressed all in black with [[ShesGotLegs legs up to here]] and shady motives, she [[EvilSlinks slinks]] into the [[PrivateInvestigator PI]]'s office, sometimes holding a [[GoodSmokingEvilSmoking cigarette on a long, long holder]], saying "Oh, Mr. Rockhammer, you're the only one who can help me find out who killed my extremely wealthy husband." Did she do it? [[PrivateEyeMonologue Do I care?]] [[{{Sexophone}} Wait, where'd that saxophone music come from?]] Whatever her story is, whether she did it or not, she's definitely [[MysteriousWoman keeping some secrets]].

* Tae-ju in ''Film/{{Thirst}}'', who seduces Sang-hyun, [[spoiler:convinces him to murder her husband and turn her into a vampire, then turns into a gleeful killer]].

First, she turns you on. Then, she turns on you. The typical client in a HardboiledDetective story (French for "fatal woman," idiomatically "woman to die for"). You know the type. Dressed all in black with [[ShesGotLegs legs up to here]] and shady motives, she [[EvilSlinks slinks]] into the [[PrivateInvestigator PI]]'s office, sometimes holding a [[GoodSmokingEvilSmoking cigarette on a long, long holder]], saying "Oh, Mr. Rockhammer, you're the only one who can help me find out who killed my extremely wealthy husband." Did she do it? [[PrivateEyeMonologue Do I care?]] [[{{Sexophone}} Wait, where'd that saxophone music come from?]] Whatever her story is, whether she did it or not, she's definitely [[MysteriousWoman keeping some secrets]].

* Faye Valentine of ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' has all the hallmarks of the Femme Fatale, a sultry dark haired beautiful and curvaceous woman who’s very seductive to gullible men, while also being quite a deadly wanted swindling criminal in her own right. Spike and Jet understandably distrust her and handcuff Faye in their first and second encounters with her. Subverted as Faye is really a {{deconstruction}} of a FemmeFatale, since a lot of her surface feminine whiles give way to [[TheKlutz klutzy dorkiness]] as Faye does some very [[TheLadette unclassy things]] like eat dogfood and later get diarrhoea which never be done/happen to other femme fatales listed here. [[spoiler: It turns out Faye’s Femme Fatale behaviour is really just a put on, since being a HumanPopsicle for fifty-four years BeneathTheMask she genuinely has no idea who she is and being a sultry swindler is just a defence mechanism. Considering the first man Faye met in the future Whitney (whom she fell for), betrayed and ripped her off, you can’t fault her for adapting to that lifestyle to survive.]]

** Colonel Violet proved to one in the anime, she at one point throws two of her men overboard to save her own skin and feigns loyalty to her superiors before stealing the money in their vault. Although granted, it’s the Red Ribbon army she’s betraying.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'' surprisingly has numerous Femme Fatales making up most of the female cast with only a select few NiceGirl exceptions such as Kaya and Tashigi. Among the main heroines there’s Nami (a seductive ClassyCatBurglar who has a nicer side but is still very manipulative), Robin (a sultry former female assassin), Vivi (who spent years masquerading as one under the guise of Miss Wednesday, before revealing she’s actually PurityPersonified) and Boa Hancock (the Pirate Empress who’s immensely powerful feminine whiles can overcome just about everyone with the exception of ChasteHero Luffy). There are also a few actually villainous ones like Miss Valentine, Miss Doublefinger, Kalifa and much later Black Maria, although Valentine and Doublefinger turn over a new leaf.

* ComicBook/BlackWidow started off as a FemmeFataleSpy working for the KBG who used her feminine whiles to fool both ComicBook/IronMan and ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}. Turns out she was a victim of brainwashing though and eventually pulls a HeelFaceTurn to the Avengers. She also TookALevelInBadass, not having to rely purely on seduction to be effective, having crazy SheFu abilities and ImprobableAimingSkills which she retroactively always had.

* ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017'': With how she seduced and tricked [[spoiler:Hector]] into slavery, Lenore definitely counts as an example. [[spoiler: She does become more likeable to a degree in Season 4 having fallen for Hector for real, albeit entirely off-screen and apologises for what she did to him before stepping into the sunlight. It’s more than likely Lenore [[EvilCannotComprehendGood being a Vampire couldn’t see the demeaning cruelty of her actions regarding Hector]] and being raised by the Femme Fatale Queen herself Carmilla certainly didn’t help either.]]

%%* Shego on ''WesternAnimation/{{Kim Possible}}'', although she does not explicitly act on it.

* Bulma in ''Manga/DragonBall'' usually uses her looks and body to manipulate guys to do her bidding. She tried using it on Goku initially, but it failed.

* ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017'': With how she seduced and tricked [[spoiler:Hector]] into slavery, Lenore definitely counts as an example.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots'' episode "Sonnie's Edge" Jennifer serves as a Femme Fatale assassian for her employer/lover Dicko. She seduces and attempts to murder Sonnie for rejecting Dicko's offer of rigging a match. [[spoiler:It doesn't end well.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania'': With how she seduced and tricked [[spoiler:Hector]] into slavery, Lenore definitely counts as an example.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeath&Robots'' episode "Sonnie's Edge" Jennifer serves as a Femme Fatale assassian for her employer/lover Dicko. She seduces and attempts to murder Sonnie for rejecting Dicko's offer of rigging a match. [[spoiler:It doesn't end well.]]

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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': Lady Cassandra is a villainous example. When she was younger, she took the lives of many of her lovers in order to get away with their money. When she possesses Rose in "New Earth", despite showing some differences of personality with her, she actually does fool The Doctor into thinking she really is her by giving him a passionate kiss and even helps him find out the secrets of the hospital before turning on him like in the classic, film Noir fashion.

* [[RobotGirl Cameron]] of ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' has more than once used her physical body's attractiveness to coldly manipulate people, up to and including John Connor himself. It is implied that this was, in fact, the entire reason she was built. [[spoiler: Her external appearance was based on a girl named Allison Young, who was implied to be either a close friend or lover of the future John Connor, and Cameron interrogated Allison to learn her mannerisms before attempting to take her place.]]

* The two main female characters from ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'' both qualify. One's a MadScientist, the other's a GunNut.

* In ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'', there is Due, the second Number, who infiltrated the Grand Cathedral of the Sankt Kaiser Church ten years before the story began. As a MasterOfDisguise, [[TheMole she pretended to be an innocent-looking sister]] and seduced an unnamed priest in charge and persuaded him to steal the Shroud of the Sankt Kaiser for her. The DNA of Olivie Sägebrecht were used by the BigBad [[MadScientist Jail Scaglietti]] to create a clone of her, Vivio Takamachi, Nanoha's (and [[LesYay Fate's]]) adopted [[HasTwoMommies daughter]].

* The Femme Fatale is an archetype that was commonly used by the Symbolist Movement. In ''Art/TheSin'', Eve is portrayed almost {{Lilith}}-like in how the shadows frame her as this voluptuously lure of physical delights, [[AdaptationalVillainy a far-cry from the passive waif Abrahamic art usually portrays her as]].

* The German movie ''Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer'' has a rare example where the Femme Fatale is UsefulNotes/{{transgender}}. She a [[TheChanteuse nightclub singer]] who seduces a closeted public prosecutor so that he can then be blackmailed by political opponents. Previously the singer's boyfriend had been arrested by the authorities for public indecency (homosexuality being illegal at that point in time in the 1950s) and she was offered a reduction to his sentence in return.

* Sylvia Christel from ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'', who manages to convince an impoverished otaku living in a cheap motel to use his laser sword that he got off the Internet to murder people. Granted, said otaku wasn't exactly a prince himself in terms of morality.
* Carlotta Von Überwald in ''VideoGame/DiscworldNoir'', the extremely attractive woman who [[DetectivePatsy hires Lewton]] and who turns out to be [[spoiler: directly or indirectly responsible for multiple murders, a ReligionOfEvil cultist, a werewolf, and the Disc's counterpart to the Femme Fatales in ''The Maltese Falcon'', ''To Have and Have Not'' '''and''' ''Farewell, My Lovely'' with elements from ''The Big Sleep'']].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'''s ClassyCatBurglar [[Characters/SpiderManNeutralCharacters Black Cat]] has shades of this trope, willingly flirting with and helping Spider-Man to [[ClearMyName clear his name]], while using the same opportunity to steal jewels on the sly. Though the flirting stopped when [[spoiler:her father (the Burglar who shot Ben Parker) decided to remain in prison to repent. She hates Spider-Man for this and will never forgive him]].

* Franchise/{{Batman}}'s RoguesGallery gives us quite a few, with [[PlantPerson Poison Ivy]] and [[ClassyCatBurglar Catwoman]] standing out. They have both repeatedly tried to beguile him, though Poison Ivy cheats by using {{pheromones}}. And well, Batman technically ''is'' a detective who lives in a ViceCity...

* ''ComicBook/{{Blacksad}}'': Surprisingly, mostly {{averted}} for a comic so steeped in 1950s FilmNoir. Of Blacksad's love interests, Natalia Wilford is TheLostLenore for Blacksad whose worst crime was being a bit of a vain woman, and Alma Mayer is a BrainyBrunette NiceGirl. [[MeaningfulName Jezebel]] Karup sort of fits the archetype, but is really a subversion of the trope since the people she seduced to lead them to their doom are the leader of a racist lynch mob [[spoiler:who also happens to be her father]] and his even more vicious right-hand man, not the detective hero.

* [[Comicbook/{{Catwoman}} Selina Kyle]] has always been a classic example, but the way Creator/AnneHathaway portrays her in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' takes it to a whole new level. Suffering from a major case of HeelFaceRevolvingDoor, her tough, street-smart cat burglar is as elegant as she is dangerous, something Bruce Wayne both notices and forgets when he's in her presence. Director Creator/ChristopherNolan claims that he has always envisioned Catwoman as an "old-school femme fatale".

* The 2002 film ''Film/FemmeFatale2002'' naturally has as its main character a female thief like this, played by Creator/RebeccaRomijn.

** Darla is also one. She is very manipulative (for example, she easily controls Lindsey in ''Angel'' - who is a lawyer) and exercises sexual power over Angel. She's also something of an AntiHero, however.

* Maneater Edie Britt on ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' seduces and uses any man she comes across, and she doesn't care if their married either. Special mention goes to Mike, Carlos, and Karl.

* Wrestling/BillieKay on NXT has an entrance theme titled 'Femme Fatale', wears black and purple outfits, and [[EvilSlinks slinks her way to the ring]]. Her tag team partner Wrestling/PeytonRoyce is borderline too, though she's more of an {{Expy}} of ComicBook/PoisonIvy.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderman'''s ClassyCatBurglar Comicbook/BlackCat has shades of this trope, willingly flirting with and helping Spider-Man to [[ClearMyName clear his name]], while using the same opportunity to steal jewels on the sly. Though the flirting stopped when [[spoiler:her father (the Burglar who shot Ben Parker) decided to remain in prison to repent. She hates Spider-Man for this and will never forgive him]].

* The German movie ''Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer'' has a rare example where the Femme Fatale is {{transgender}}. She is a transwoman [[TheChanteuse nightclub singer]] who seduces a closeted public prosecutor so that he can then be blackmailed by political opponents. Previously the singer's boyfriend had been arrested by the authorities for public indecency (homosexuality being illegal at that point in time in the 1950s) and she was offered a reduction to his sentence in return.

* In ''Manga/{{Basilisk}}''the kunoichi Kagerou's HeadTurningBeauty leads many unknowing (and even some knowing) to their deaths due to her breath turning [[PoisonousPerson poisonous]] when [[DeathBySex aroused]]. [[KissOfDeath A simple kiss from Kagerou is lethal enough to drop a man dead almost instantly]]. While very useful, not very helpful to Kagerou as she can never even embrace the man she's deeply in love with.

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* ''ComicBook/{{Blacksad}}'': Surprisingly, mostly {{averted}} for a comic so steeped in 1950s FilmNoir. Of Blacksad's love interests, Natalia Wilford is TheLostLenore for Blacksad whose worst crime was being a bit of a vain woman, and Alma Mayer is a BrainyBrunette NiceGirl. [[MeaningfulName Jezebel]] Karup sort of fits the archetype, but is really a subversion of the trope since the people she seduced to lead him to his doom is not the detective hero but the leader of a racist lynch mob [[spoiler:who also happens to be her father]] and his even more vicious right-hand man.

* ''ComicBook/{{Blacksad}}'': Surprisingly, mostly {{averted}} for a comic so steeped in 1950s FilmNoir. Of Blacksad's love interests, Natalia Wilford is TheLostLenore for Blacksad whose worst crime was being a bit of a vain woman, and Alma Mayer is a BrainyBrunette NiceGirl. [[MeaningfulName Jezebel]] Karup sort of fits the archetype, but is really a subversion of the trope since the person she seduced to lead him to his doom is not the detective hero but the leader of a racist lynch mob [[spoiler:who also happens to be her father]].

* Bulma in ''Manga/DragonBall'' usually uses her looks and body to manipulate guys to do her bidding. She tried using it on Goku initially, but it failed.
* ''[[Franchise/LupinIII Lupin III's]]'' [[MsFanservice Fujiko Mine]] is anime's primary and longest-running example. She's a doll and [[ProudBeauty she knows it]], often using her sex appeal to charm her way into her mark's good graces, while plotting to [[ClassyCatBurglar rob them blind.]] Naturally, [[ChivalrousPervert Lupin]] can't resist the challenge of trying to smooth talk her into bed[[note]][[DependingOnTheWriter with varying degrees of success]][[/note]], despite usually being left empty-handed.
** Fujiko's fame reached a climax in 2012 when, after forty years and much egging by the fans, she had a spin-off series that featured her and the rest of the Lupin gang as a series-long OriginsEpisode, similar to the Monkey Punch era titled ''Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine''.
* Nao Yuuki from ''Anime/MyHime'', with [[FemmeFatalons claws to match]]. She uses her feminine wiles to lure overly eager sexual predators [[EnjoKosai with promises of dating them]] and separate them from their money [[spoiler: as a sort-of revenge for the family she lost: thugs robbed her family, killed her father, and left her mom in a ConvenientComa]]. (Oh, and [[DarkMagicalGirl she can fight, too]].)

* Barbara in ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', specifically the Crashtown Arc. She not only used her charms to gain Yusei's trust, only to betray him later (and ''then'' offer to spare him if she willingly submitted to him, something he refused) she later betrayed her original lover, showing true loyalty -- apparently -- to her equally-rotten boyfriend (husband in the dub) Lotten, and was, like him, one of the few villains in the franchise incapable of redemption. (Ironically, despite the fact that she didn't duel even once -- whether she even ''did'' that or not isn't even known -- Barbara remains one of the most hated villains in the franchise by fans.)
* In ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'', there is Due, the second Number, who infiltrated the Grand Cathedral of the Sankt Kaiser Church ten years before the story began. As a MasterOfDisguise, [[TheMole she pretended to be an innocent-looking sister]] and seduced an unnamed priest in charge and persuaded him to steal the Shroud of the Sankt Kaiser for her. The DNA of Olivie Sägebrecht were used by the BigBad [[MadScientist Jail Scaglietti]] to create a clone of her, Vivio Takamachi, Nanoha's (and [[LesYay Fate's]]) adopted [[HasTwoMommies daughter]].
* Soti from ''Manhua/CyberWeaponZ'' left Park Iro for [[BigBad Leiting]] and at first looks like an indecisive DarkMistress. However, she's not above infiltrating the Shaolin temple to spy on the man she once loved and gain information for her new boyfriend but usually doesn't act directly against him out of respect for what they once had. Iro is often troubled by her presence since her sweet face and apparent harmlessness still get to his heart, despite the fact that she's a quite capable DarkActionGirl.

* The enigmatic [[spoiler:Kaworu Nagisa]] of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' fame is the AmbiguouslyGay male equivalent. He turns up in TheHero's lonely life to seduce him, [[note]]Nothing explicitly sexual occurs on screen, but we do get treated to loads of ''extreme'' HoYay, and many female examples in other stories (like ''Literature/TheMalteseFalcon'''s archetypal Brigid O'Shaughnessy) don't move beyond flirting and implications either.[[/note]] all while secretly moving toward [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt his own morally questionable goal]]. Like many female examples of this trope, he's less ''evil'' than he is misguided, and in the end, [[spoiler: after presumably falling in love with TheHero, he [[RedemptionEqualsDeath redeems himself through a]] HeroicSacrifice]].
* In ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'', many female ghouls fall into this category.
** Rize Kamishiro is a beautiful and sadistic Ghoul that enjoys preying on men. She uses her good looks to seduce her victims, often playing coy and innocent to draw them in before revealing her true nature. The story is kicked off when she appears as the mysterious and beautiful girl at the coffee shop that ill-fated Kaneki asks on a date. She plays the damsel, faking tears and asking him to walk her home because she's afraid of doing it alone... then attempts to eat him once she has him in a suitably deserted area. After being transformed into a HalfHumanHybrid as a result of receiving a transplant from her, one of Kaneki's primary goals is to learn who Rize actually was and what made her abandon her original identity and spend her life on the run.
** Nutcracker, from the sequel. A beautiful ghoul obsessed with money, she works in a hardcore S&M club as a {{Dominatrix}} as a means to meet potential victims. Arranging to meet clients outside the club, she lures them to private locations in order to eat them. Besides that, she also works for a human trafficking ring and lures young women with the promise of well-paying jobs.
* Inari of ''Manga/PrincessJellyfish'' uses her good looks to bend men to her will. It doesn't work on Shu though.
* Played with in ''Anime/YuriOnIce'': When [[ShrinkingViolet Yuri]] performs his Eros program, he uses the Femme Fatale archetype as inspiration, figuring that "feminine seductress" is truer to his personality than "masculine playboy."

* ''Manga/BananaFish'''s protagonist Ash is a rare, intentional male example. He frequently uses his charm and good looks to seduce adults (usually middle-aged men) to get information out of them. It factors into his tragic backstory, as it stems from him being a former child prostitute and the sex toy of a mafia don.
** He even went as far as performing a striptease in front of a security camera to try and trick the guards into visiting his [[spoiler:hospital]] room by [[spoiler:Throwing a blanket over the camera]]. [[spoiler:It worked for one of them, who was promptly shot.]]
* Erica Blandelli of ''LightNovel/{{Campione}}'' is an unusual example, since she's also the main heroine and {{Love Interest|s}} for the protagonist. While she's manipulative and seductive towards [[TheHero Godou Kusanagi]], she genuinely loves him and everything she does is for his sake.

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* Cinder ends up cast as one in the ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'' FilmNoir episode with Junior Detective Neptune as the narrating protagonist. Hot (figuratively and in terms of her powers), looking for a detective's help (still looking for the Fall Maiden), morally suspicious (the CharacterExaggeration the series as a whole does to the canon ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' cast puts her squarely into CardCarryingVillain most of the time), hints at other means of payment besides cash...until Neptune's [[DidIJustSayThatOutLoud not-so-inner monologue]] and comically inept attempts to woo her disgusts Cinder enough to quit and look elsewhere.