History Main / FetishesAreWeird

* In ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'', Larys "[[PunnyName the Clubfoot]]" Strong, the most ObviouslyEvil character in the show, is revealed to have a foot fetish, and Queen Alicent pays him for his services by letting him masturbate to her feet. She takes no enjoyment out of this and is clearly uncomfortable, and can't even look at Larys. [[QuestionableConsent Although the main issue of the scene appears to be that Larys is using Alicent as a prop when she clearly doesn't like it]], the whole "only weirdos have foot fetishes" thing still applies. This also applies to the ''audience reaction'' as well, as most viewers were more shocked by this scene than the multiple ''incest'' scenes shown previously, which Creator/OliviaCooke (who plays Alicent) later commented on.

** {{Downplayed}} in the episode, "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS2E2MortynightRun Mortynight Run]]", where Morty saves a sentient fart with telepathic powers. When they first meet, Fart reads his mind and accidentally reveals that Morty is randomly thinking about Jessica's feet. It's PlayedForLaughs, but nobody makes a big deal about it, probably because one is a gas cloud without a grasp of human behaviour, and the other is [[SeenItAll Rick]].

This is often PlayedForLaughs, usually CringeComedy, but can also be PlayedForDrama or NightmareFuel. Compare and contrast with CasualKink, BrainsAndBondage, {{Fetish}}, and IKissYourFoot. Also compare PowerDynamicsKink and RobosexualsAreCreeps (which can also be considered a subtrope of this). This trope is also distinctive from AuthorAppeal, where a creator's fetish purposely appears in their work, as this trope specifically centers on the demonization and mystification of fetishes. The fetishes do not have to exist in RealLife, but it has to be clear that the sexual interest is a fetish. At the same time, this trope also does not include ''every'' fetish, as some already have a trope of this nature. Bestiality, for example, is BestialityIsDepraved. The same goes for PaedoHunt. %%If you are unsure if an example has its own page, the best place to look is [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=9ev9nhbbjkppiontc78vzeb2 Sexually Deviant, Morally Deficient.]] [[labelnote: Note]] Along those lines, any paraphilia that is currently ''illegal'' or objectively harmful (as in, any sexual interest that '''cannot''' be acted upon safely and/or consensually) should '''not be added'''. A character who just gets off on [[{{Sadist}} torture]] or [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape]] is not an example, and if they are depicted as being into consensual rape roleplay or sadomasochism, that is either CasualKink or BondageIsBad depending on how it's depicted. The same goes for fetishes that have become normalized by society, [[BuxomIsBetter like breasts]]. Yes, that is technically a fetish but isn't considered such by most people today due to its near-universality in male heterosexuality. Unless the narrative depicts the fetish in one of the ways described above, it does not count.[[/labelnote]]

This is often PlayedForLaughs, usually CringeComedy, but can also be PlayedForDrama or NightmareFuel. Compare and contrast with CasualKink, BrainsAndBondage, {{Fetish}}, and IKissYourFoot. Also compare PowerDynamicsKink and RobosexualsAreCreeps (which can also be considered a subtrope of this). This trope is also distinctive from AuthorAppeal, where a creator's fetish purposely appears in their work, as this trope specifically centers on the demonization and mystification of fetishes. The fetishes do not have to exist in RealLife, but it has to be clear that the sexual interest is a fetish. At the same time, this trope also does not include ''every'' fetish, as some already have a trope of this nature. Bestiality, for example, is BestialityIsDepraved. The same goes for PaedoHunt. If you are unsure if an example has its own page, the best place to look is [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=9ev9nhbbjkppiontc78vzeb2 Sexually Deviant, Morally Deficient.]] [[labelnote: Note]] Along those lines, any paraphilia that is currently ''illegal'' or objectively harmful (as in, any sexual interest that '''cannot''' be acted upon safely and/or consensually) should '''not be added'''. A character who just gets off on [[{{Sadist}} torture]] or [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape]] is not an example, and if they are depicted as being into consensual rape roleplay or sadomasochism, that is either CasualKink or BondageIsBad depending on how it's depicted. The same goes for fetishes that have become normalized by society, [[BuxomIsBetter like breasts]]. Yes, that is technically a fetish but isn't considered such by most people today due to its near-universality in male heterosexuality. Unless the narrative depicts the fetish in one of the ways described above, it does not count.[[/labelnote]]

This is often PlayedForLaughs, usually CringeComedy, but can also be PlayedForDrama or NightmareFuel. Compare and contrast with CasualKink, BrainsAndBondage, {{Fetish}}, and IKissYourFoot. Also compare PowerDynamicsKink and RobosexualsAreCreeps (which can also be considered a subtrope of this). This trope is also distinctive from AuthorAppeal, where a creator's fetish purposely appears in their work, as this trope specifically centers on the demonization and mystification of fetishes. The fetishes do not have to exist in RealLife, but it has to be clear that the sexual interest is a fetish. At the same time, this trope also does not include ''every'' fetish, as some already have a trope of this nature. Bestiality, for example, is BestialityIsDepraved. The same goes for PaedoHunt. If you are unsure if an example has its own page, the best place to look is [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=9ev9nhbbjkppiontc78vzeb2 Sexually Deviant, Morally Deficient.]] [[labelnote: Note]] Along those lines, any paraphilia that is currently ''illegal'' or objectively harmful (as in, any sexual interest that '''cannot''' be acted upon safely and/or consensually) should '''not be added'''. A character who just gets off on [[{{Sadist}} torture]] or [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape]] is not an example, and if they are depicted as being into consensual rape roleplay or sadomasochism, that is either CasualKink or BondageIsBad depending on how it's depicted. The same goes for fetishes that have become normalized by society, [[BuxomIsBetter like breasts]]. Yes, that is technically a fetish but isn't considered such by most people today due to its near universality in male heterosexuality. Unless the narrative depicts the fetish in one of the ways described above, it does not count.[[/labelnote]]

* {{Implied}} with the main antagonist of ''Film/TheShapeOfWater'', but also PlayedWith. Strickland's creepy and explicitly sexist fetish for quiet women is implied to be a result of his [[HeManWomanHater lifelong misogyny]], not the other way around.

** A sex offender tries to take a picture of Morty and Summer's feet in "Autoerotic Assimilation" when he is released from Unity's control. The creepiness is more the fact that Morty and Summer are ''teenagers'', but still.

** {{Invoked}} and {{Subverted}} in "Lawnmower Dogs". Rick tries to help Morty get an A in math by "incepting" his teacher's dreams. After going deeper into Goldenfold's subconscious, they reach a dream-level that is entirely devoted to his sexuality (in the form of a giant orgy), where there's BDSM, fetish gear, gnomes, and animal-human hybrids. Both Rick and Morty are uncomfortable, but Rick quickly "blends in" and engages in some pet-play with the aformentioned gnomes.

* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In "Sheesh! Cab Bob?", Bob learns from Marshmallow and a few of her prostitute friends that his SitcomArchnemesis Jimmy Pesto frequents in the same circles as them in the Desire Dungeon. He's also revealed to have a diaper fetish which is used by Bob as blackmail to get Jimmy Jr. to Tina's birthday party. It helps that Jimmy Sr. is a tremendous jerk to Bob's family and his own kids.

* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In "Sheesh! Cab Bob?", Bob learns from Mrshmallow and a few of her prostitute friends that his SitcomArchnemesis Jimmy Pesto frequents in the same circles as them in the Desire Dungeon. He's also revealed to have a diaper fetish which is used by Bob as blackmail to get Jimmy Jr. to Tina's birthday party. It helps that Jimmy Sr. is a tremendous jerk to Bob's family and his own kids.

** {{Invoked}} and {{Subverted}} in "Rickception". Rick tries to help Morty get an A in math by "incepting" his teacher's dreams. After going deeper into Goldenfold's subconscious, they reach a dream-level that is entirely devoted to his sexuality (in the form of a giant orgy), where there's BDSM, fetish gear, gnomes, and animal-human hybrids. Both Rick and Morty are uncomfortable, but Rick quickly "blends in" and engages in some pet-play with the aformentioned gnomes.

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A few examples exist in ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', though often PlayedWith.

* {{Downplayed}} in the ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' episode, "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS2E2MortynightRun Mortynight Run]]", where Morty saves a sentient fart with telepathic powers. When they first meet, Fart reads his mind and accidentally reveals that Morty is randomly thinking about Jessica's feet. It's PlayedForLaughs, but nobody makes a big deal about it, probably because one is a gas cloud without a grasp of human behaviour, and the other is [[SeenItAll Rick]].

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* Webcomic/SomethingPositive: One restaurant owner is shown to [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/all-in/ wear a fursuit of an anthropomorphic chicken]] ([[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/cluck-cluck/ his restaurant's mascot]]). Except it turns out he didn't even know furries existed, and [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/sancitity/ is outraged that he could be mistaken]] for "one of ''those'' people". Davan and Peejee are torn between letting the guy down gently and making fun of him.

** {{Subverted}} and PlayedForLaughs with Vince Masuka. He has ''several'' fetishes and is depicted as a total weirdo that everyone finds perverted (which isn't undeserved), but he's also one of the ''heroic'' characters in the series. Masuko is just a LovableSexManiac.

* {{Subverted}} and PlayedForLaughs with Vince Masuka in ''Series/{{Dexter}}''. He has ''several'' fetishes and is depicted as a total weirdo that everyone finds perverted (which isn't undeserved), but he's also one of the ''heroic'' characters in the series.
** PlayedStraight with [[spoiler: Brian Moser, the Ice Truck Killer]]. He's a sociopathic SerialKiller who has an amputee fetish, and it's later revealed that this is because he [[spoiler: witnessed his mother getting murdered with a chainsaw]], and it's implied that his fetish has a large role to play in his ''modus operandi''. Slightly {{Downplayed}}, as Vince warns Batista to not call an amputee fetishist by the medical term (acrotomophilia) because it sounds like a disease, implying that he knows people with the fetish who are just ordinary people and want to be treated respectfully.

* {{Downplayed}} in ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', where Morty saves a sentient fart with telepathic powers. When they first meet, Fart reads his mind and accidentally reveals that Morty is randomly thinking about Jessica's feet. It's PlayedForLaughs, but nobody makes a big deal about it, probably because one is a gas cloud without a grasp of human behaviour, and the other is [[SeenItAll Rick]].
** A sex offender tries to take a picture of Morty and Summer's feet in "Autoerotic Assimilatio" when he is released from Unity's control. The creepiness is more the fact that Morty and Summer are ''teenagers'', but still.

* PlayedWith in ''Film/TheShapeOfWater''. Strickland's creepy and explicitly sexist fetish for quiet women is implied to be a result of his [[HeManWomanHater lifelong misogyny]], not the other way around.

* PlayedWith in ''Film/TheShapeOfWater''. The main villain's explicitly sexist fetish for quiet women is implied to be a result of his lifelong misogyny, not the other way around.

->''"It is wild, because there are beheadings, people getting their cocks cut off, graphic violence, and brothel scenes, but getting my feet out and him wanking off, that's the most shocking."''

->''"It is wild, because there are beheadings, people getting their cocks cut off, graphic violence and brothel scenes, but getting my feet out and him wanking off, that's the most shocking."''

This is often PlayedForLaughs, usually CringeComedy, but can also be PlayedForDrama or NightmareFuel. Compare and contrast with CasualKink, BrainsAndBondage, {{Fetish}}, and IKissYourFoot. Also compare PowerDynamicsKink and RobosexualsAreCreeps (which can also be considered a subtrope of this). This trope is also distinctive from AuthorAppeal, where a creator's fetish purposely appears in their work, as this trope specifically centers on the demonization and mystification of fetishes. The fetishes do not have to exist in RealLife, but it has to be clear that the sexual interest is a fetish. At the same time, this trope also does not include ''every'' fetish, as some already have a trope of this nature. Bestiality, for example, is BestialityIsDepraved. The same goes for PaedoHunt. If you are unsure if an example has its own page, the best place to look is [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=9ev9nhbbjkppiontc78vzeb2 Sexually Deviant, Morally Deficient.]] [[labelnote: Note]] Along those lines, any paraphilia that is currently ''illegal'' or objectively harmful (as in, any sexual interest that '''cannot''' be acted upon safely and/or consensually) should '''not be added'''. A character who just gets off on [[{{Sadist}} torture]] or [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape]] is not an example, and if they are depicted as being into consensual rape roleplay or sadomasochism, that is either CasualKink or BondageIsBad depending on how it's depicted. The same goes for fetishes that have become normalized by society, [[BuxomIsBetter like breasts]]. Yes, that is technically a fetish, but isn't considered such by most people today due to its near universality in male heterosexuality. Unless the narrative depicts the fetish in one of the ways described above, it does not count.[[/labelnote]]

** ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX: One TrophyWife says that her husband doesn't even have sex with her, just tells her to bend over naked on the bed and then jerks off while looking inside her.

* In ''Film/PulpFiction'', Seth's wife is obsessed with piercings to a near religious degree, implying she has a fetish for them, and Vincent is clearly confused by it and finds her weird.

** Adding to this, Hutts are self-fertilizing hermaphrodites, meaning that most don't ''have'' sexual desires in the traditional sense. So in other words, sex ''as a whole'' can be consisered a form of fetishism for Hutts. For good measure, some ''Legends'' texts, such as ''Literature/TalesFromJabbasPalace'', indicate that he might literally be engaging in some form of sexual activity with his slave girls: Porcellus notes Jabba's "indescribable sexual practices" and later observes the scene in which Oola is dragged over to Jabba's dais mid-dance, implicitly describing it as an attempted rape.

* In ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'', Larys "[[PunnyName the Clubfoot]]" Strong, the most ObviouslyEvil character in the show, is revealed to have a foot fetish, and Queen Alicent pays him for his services by letting him masturbate to her feet. She takes no enjoyment out of this and is clearly uncomfortable, and can't even look at Larys. [[QuestionableConsent Although the main issue of the scene appears to be that Larys is using Alicent as a prop when she clearly doesn't like it]], the whole "only weirdos have foot fetishes" thing still applies. This also applies for the ''audience reaction'' as well, as most viewers were more shocked by this scene than the multiple ''incest'' scenes shown previously, which Creator/OliviaCooke (who plays Alicent) later commented on.
* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'': {{Subverted}} in the season seven premiere. Dee hangs outs with Frank's fiancee, a hooker named Roxy, and is extremely impressed to find out that Tiger Woods is a client of her's. Then, Dee finds out that the client isn't actually Tiger Woods, and is just a random black guy who likes "foot shit". Dee's disgusted at first... [[MoneyDearBoy until Roxy reveals how much "Tiger Woods" pays her just to rub her feet]]. This makes Dee instantly decide to become a "foot girl", which she proudly says to the Gang at the end. [[TheFriendNobodyLikes They more or less react like they would to anything Dee says.]]

* In ''Series/TwinPeaks'', the corrupt businessman Benjamin Horne and his mistress and partner in crime Catherine Martell have a relationship in the vein of PowerDynamicsKink that involves him [[IKissYourFoot kissing her feet]] and her [[RomanticRibbing replying to his compliments with sarcastic quips]]. [[spoiler:Exaggerated when he's accused of murder and arrested, and she visits him in the jail. She takes off her shoe, and he kisses her foot, pleading her to confirm his alibi.]]

-->'''Sonic:''' I've been waiting for you Miller.

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': Discussed in "The Missing Kink", in which Francine becomes addicted to Stan spanking her and eventually runs away when Stan has enough and calls her a weirdo. Roger ends up showing him (through an extravagant musical number) that it's sometimes healthy for couples to have kinks and that everybody has one. Unfortunately, because Stan's been so repressed all of his life that when he does decide to indulge in a kink, he wants to indulge in ''all of them'', which freaks out even [[EvenEvilHasStandards Roger]].

-->''"It is wild, because there are beheadings, people getting their cocks cut off, graphic violence and brothel scenes, but getting my feet out and him wanking off, that's the most shocking."''

-->-- ''Creator/OliviaCooke'' on the infamous "foot scene" from ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon''.

* In ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn'', the SerialKiller and rapist Richie has a foot fetish, and it's exploited for all it's creepiness. Interestingly, since Richie is played by ''Creator/QuentinTarantino'' (who is famous for his foot fetish, and also co-wrote this film), this is a rare example of this trope being written and portrayed by a creator who actually has the fetish.

* In ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'', Larys "[[PunnyName the Clubfoot]]" Strong, the most ObviouslyEvil character in the show, is revealed to have a foot fetish, and Queen Alicent pays him for his services by letting him masturbate to her feet. She takes no enjoyment out of this and is clearly uncomfortable, and can't even look at Larys. [[QuestionableConsent Although the main issue of the scene appears to be that Larys is using Alicent as a prop when she clearly doesn't like it]], the whole "only weirdos have foot fetishes" thing still applies. This also applies for the ''audience reaction'' as well, as most viewers were more shocked by this scene than the multiple ''incest'' scenes shown previously, which ''Creator/OliviaCooke'' (who plays Alicent) later commented on.

* Discussed in one segment of ''Series/TheLateLateShow'' With ''Creator/JamesCorden'', where he's interviewing ''Creator/AlisonBrie''. Corden brought up how Alison has a devoted fandom of people with foot fetishes, [[CringeComedy obviously with the intent to make a joke of it]]. Alison responded by [[AvertedTrope actually defending these fans, calling foot fetishes "cool", and proudly showing her feet to Corden's audience.]] When Corden continued to say that he thinks foot fetish acts are gross, Alison responded with a rather blunt ArmorPiercingQuestion that Corden couldn't find an answer to.

* In ''Series/TwinPeaks'', the corrupt businessman Benjamin Horne and his mistress and partner in crime Catherine Martell have a relationship in the vein of PowerDynamicsKink that involves him [[IKissYourFoot kissing her feet]] and her [[RomanticRibbing replying to his compliments with sarcastic quips]]. [[spoiler:Taken UpToEleven when he's accused of murder and arrested, and she visits him in the jail. She takes off her shoe, and he kisses her foot, pleading her to confirm his alibi.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': Discussed in "The Missing Kink", in which Francine becomes addicted to Stan spanking her and eventually runs away when Stan has enough and calls her a weirdo. Roger ends up showing him (through an extravagant musical number) that it's sometimes healthy for couples to have kinks and that everybody has one.

Please note that this only applies for ''fictional'' examples. Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamples please!

''"It is wild, because there are beheadings, people getting their cocks cut off, graphic violence and brothel scenes, but getting my feet out and him wanking off, that's the most shocking."''