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* In ''Series/JessicaJones2015'', Jessica spies on one of her neighbors across the street sniff his partner's shoes. While it is actually creepy that he did this without letting his partner know, [[CringeComedy Jessica'a reaction implies that it's just gross he has a shoe fetish]].

* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'' probably has the closest thing to a TropeCodifier. 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. The point of this scene is to show how, even though Alicent is the most powerful woman in Westeros, even she is forced to use her body as a bargaining chip in a sexist society, [[QuestionableConsent and she takes no enjoyment out of this arrangement]]. But Larys' foot fetish serves to highlight how much of a weird creep he is. This also applies to the ''audience reaction'' as well, as many viewers were more disgusted by him liking feet than him exploiting Alicent for sexual gratification, while not having nearly as strong a reaction to the incest, genital mutilation, and graphic violence featured on the show, which Creator/OliviaCooke (who plays Alicent) later commented on.

** 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 considered 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.

* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' consistently portrays anybody with a fetish as either a rapist, a rapist wannabe, a serial killer, or a pathetic loser.

* ''Series/{{Succession}}'': Roman has a lot of power/control fetishes; he doesn't seem able to perform during "normal" penetrative sex, so he enjoys being jerked off (or masturbating) and being humiliated. He's also an inappropriate {{Slimeball}} of a character.

* ''WebAnimation/FinalFantasyVIIMachinabridged'': Dr. Hojo boasts about his experiments, which involve crossbreeding two completely different creatures, being his fetish when he is preparing to force Red and Aerith to breed, completely grossing out the heroes. Even the Shinra staff consider him creepy because of this.

This is essentially a SisterTrope of BondageIsBad, in which a character's interest in BDSM is used to highlight their capacity for violence. The key difference here is that there are no implications of danger in these fetish scenarios, while there ''is'' implied danger in BDSM scenarios. For example, there isn't much that can "go wrong" in a foot fetish scenario. While BondageIsBad accentuates the frightening aspects of BDSM, this trope accentuates and highlights the ''strangeness'' of fetishism. The character with the fetish is depicted as simply being creepy, gross, or pathetic, but doesn't necessarily have to be evil. This is also common for CorruptingPornography, where any form of fetish porn will be the ''most'' corrupting.

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). See also SexualKarma, which can overlap (weird characters are rewarded by the story with weird, therefore kinky, sex). 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. [[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 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, [[BuxomBeautyStandard 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]]

* ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged'': [[https://youtu.be/fMihrAbG4RY?t=151 One of the vampires uses her suggestion powers]] to force Miller to hallucinate his daughter, only for it to backfire because he's lucid enough to remember that not only he does he not have a daughter, it is downright ''impossible'' for him to be a father, as he had a vasectomy right after he finished high school. The hallucination quickly backpedals and instead claims she's his niece, which doesn't work either as Miller points out that it is equally as impossible, since he's an only child. The vampire then tries to probe a little deeper into Miller's mind to find something he ''wants'' to see. This results in her conjuring up an image of Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog sporting a foot-long erection which gets the desired result, although she's clearly creeped out by it.

** ''ComicBook/TheBoys'': The first arc has the Boys taking pictures of Teenage Kix at a brothel to blackmail them. We're spared the visuals, but Gunpowder apparently likes having his gun shoved up his ass then licking it clean.

* Foot fetishes in ''Series/ModernFamily'' are [[AcceptableTargets always portrayed as disgusting and wrong]].

* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'' probably has the closest thing to a TropeCodifier. 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. The point of this scene is how even the most powerful woman in Westeros is still forced to use her body as a bargaining chip, [[QuestionableConsent and Alicent takes no enjoyment out of this arrangement]], but Larys' foot fetish serves to highlight how much of a weird creep he is. This also applies to the ''audience reaction'' as well, as many viewers were more disgusted by him liking feet than him exploiting Alicent against her will, while not having nearly as strong a reaction to the incest, genital mutilation, and graphic violence featured on the show, which Creator/OliviaCooke (who plays Alicent) later commented on.

* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'': {{Subverted|Trope}} 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 hers. Then, Dee finds out that the client isn't actually Tiger Woods, and is just a random black guy [[spoiler: or Donavan McNabb, or Don Cheedle, but probably Elvin from the Cosby Show]] 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.]]

* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'': {{Subverted|Trope}} 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 hers. 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.]]

This is essentially a SisterTrope of BondageIsBad, in which a character's interest in BDSM is used to highlight their capacity for violence. The key difference here is that there's no implications of danger in these fetish scenarios, while there ''is'' implied danger in BDSM scenarios. For example, there isn't much that can "go wrong" in a foot fetish scenario. While BondageIsBad accentuates the frightening aspects of BDSM, this trope accentuates and highlights the ''strangeness'' of fetishism. The character with the fetish is depicted as simply being creepy, gross, or pathetic, but doesn't necessarily have to be evil.

* ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged'': [[https://youtu.be/fMihrAbG4RY?t=151 One of the vampires uses her suggestion powers]] to force Miller to hallucinate his daughter, only for it to backfire because he's lucid enough to remember that not only is he not a father, it is downright ''impossible'' for him to have a child (as he had a vasectomy right after he finished High School), resulting in him straight up {{No Sell}}ing the hallucination. The hallucination quickly backpedals and claims she's his niece, which doesn't work either as Miller points out that it is equally impossible, since he's an only child. The vampire instead conjures an image of Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog sporting a foot-long erection and gets the desired result, although she's clearly creeped out by it.

* ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged'': [[https://youtu.be/fMihrAbG4RY?t=151 One of the vampires uses her suggestion powers]] to force Miller to hallucinate his daughter, only for it to backfire because he's lucid enough to remember he doesn't ''have'' a child (he had a vasectomy). The hallucination then says she's his niece, which doesn't work either because he's an only child. The vampire instead conjures an image of Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog sporting a foot-long erection and gets the desired result, although she's clearly creeped out by it.
-->'''Sonic:''' I've been waiting for you, Miller.

* Discussed in one segment of ''Series/TheLateLateShow with Creator/JamesCorden'', in which 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 [[DefiedTrope 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.
-->'''Alison:''' Yeah, but who's it hurting?

* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'' probably has the closest thing to a TropeCodifier. 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. The point of this scene is how even the most powerful woman in Westeros is still forced to use her body as a bargaining chip, [[QuestionableConsent and Alicent takes no enjoyment out of this arrangement]], but Larys is given a foot fetish specifically to highlight how much of a creep he is. This also applies to the ''audience reaction'' as well, as many viewers were more disgusted by him liking feet than him exploiting Alicent against her will, while not having nearly as strong a reaction to the incest, genital mutilation, and graphic violence featured on the show, which Creator/OliviaCooke (who plays Alicent) later commented on.

* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'' probably has the closest thing to a TropeCodifier. 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. The point of this scene is how Alicent is the most powerful woman in Westeros but still has to use her body as a bargaining chip, [[QuestionableConsent and she takes no enjoyment out of this arrangement]]. This also applies to the ''audience reaction'' as well, as many viewers were more disgusted by him liking feet than him exploiting Alicent against her will, while not having nearly as strong a reaction to the incest, genital mutilation, and graphic violence featured on the show, which Creator/OliviaCooke (who plays Alicent) later commented on.

* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'' probably has the closest thing to a TropeCodifier. 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. [[QuestionableConsent She takes no enjoyment out of this and is clearly uncomfortable]]. The ''real'' thing that makes Larys a weird creep is that he coerces a woman into exposing herself for his pleasure, but giving him a foot fetish serves to highlight his creepiness. This also applies to the ''audience reaction'' as well, as most viewers were more disgusted by him liking feet than him exploiting Alicent's body against her will, while not having nearly as strong a reaction to the incest, genital mutilation, and graphic violence featured on the show, which Creator/OliviaCooke (who plays Alicent) later commented on.

* 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. [[QuestionableConsent She takes no enjoyment out of this and is clearly uncomfortable]]. The ''real'' thing that makes Larys a weird creep is that he coerces a woman into exposing herself for his pleasure, but giving him a foot fetish serves to highlight his creepiness. This also applies to the ''audience reaction'' as well, as most viewers were more disgusted by him liking feet than him exploiting Alicent's body against her will, while not having nearly as strong a reaction to the incest, genital mutilation, and graphic violence featured on the show, which Creator/OliviaCooke (who plays Alicent) later commented on.

* 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. [[QuestionableConsent She takes no enjoyment out of this and is clearly uncomfortable]]. The ''real'' thing that makes Larys a weird creep is that he coerces a woman into exposing herself for his pleasure, but giving him a foot fetish serves to highlight his creepiness. This also applies to the ''audience reaction'' as well, as most viewers were more disgusted by him liking feet than him exploiting Alicent's body against her will, in addition to the incest, genital mutilation, and graphic violence featured on the show, which Creator/OliviaCooke (who plays Alicent) later commented on.

* 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. The point of the scene is how Alicent is the most powerful woman in Westeros but [[QuestionableConsent still has to use her body as a bargaining chip]], but giving Larys a foot fetish serves to highlight how much of a weird creep he is. This also applies to the ''audience reaction'' as well, as most viewers were more disgusted by this scene than the incest, genital mutilation, and graphic violence featured on the show, which Creator/OliviaCooke (who plays Alicent) later commented on. That being said, viewers who take a more nuanced approach than "Ew a foot fetishist" will point out that Larys is a creep for making Alicent expose herself against her will for his pleasure, regardless of what part of her body it is.

* The docu-series ''Dark Temptations'' frequently demonizes fetishes. One segment about crush fetishism (which can be [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals legitimately evil]]) claims that foot fetishism is solely focused on feet ''as an object'', and that it is due to [[AllPsychologyIsFreudian men not gaining enough face-to-face attention from their mothers in early childhood]]. Not only is this theory baseless (no one knows exactly why fetishes happen, and there are women with foot fetishes as well), but the idea that foot fetishism is inherently objectifying is also not true, neither is the idea that foot fetishists are ''only'' [[SingleTargetSexuality attracted to feet]].

* 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. The point of the scene is how Alicent is the most powerful woman in Westeros but [[QuestionableConsent still has to use her body as a bargaining chip]], but giving Larys a foot fetish serves to highlight how much of a weird creep he is. This also applies to the ''audience reaction'' as well, as most viewers were more disgusted by this scene than the incest, genital mutilation, and graphic violence featured on the show, which Creator/OliviaCooke (who plays Alicent) later commented on.

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). See also SexualKarma, which can overlap (weird characters are rewarded by the story with weird, therefore kinky, sex). 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. [[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 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, [[BuxomBeautyStandard like big 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). See also SexualKarma, which can overlap (weird characters are rewarded by the story with weird, therefore kinky, sex). 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. [[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 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]]