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* ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'' has the titular sorceress Maleficent and her muggle servant Diaval. The usual mode of communication between them is SnarkToSnarkCombat, and whenever she gets tired of it, she transforms him into a raven. There is also some romantic tension between them.

* In ''[[Literature/TalesOfTheFiveHundredKingdoms The Fairy Godmother]]'' by Creator/MercedesLackey, a fairy punishes [[PrinceCharmless a cruel prince]] by transforming him into a donkey and taking him into her custody, where he is constantly made fun of and has to do a lot of work. Eventually he makes a HeelFaceTurn, after which she warms up to him, and eventually they become a couple.

* {{Inverted}} in ''Manga/RozenMaiden'', where ordinary humans become "masters" of magical dolls. Played straight with the protagonist Jun Sakurada and his doll Shinku though, since in spite of formally being Shinku's master, he is de facto her slave (she is fond of ordering him around and slapping him whenever he disobeys her orders).

* In ''[[Literature/TalesOfTheFiveHundredKingdoms The Fairy Godmother]]'' by Creator/MercedesLackey, a fairy punishes a cruel prince by transforming him into a donkey and taking him into her custody, where he is constantly made fun of and has to do a lot of work. Eventually he makes a HeelFaceTurn, after which she warms up to him, and eventually they become a couple.

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* In ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'', an ordinary teenager Saito Hiraga becomes a familiar (and basically a slave) of a young magic student Louise, but over time, she mellows out to him.
* PlayedWith in ''LightNovel/SpiceAndWolf''. An ordinary traveling merchant Kraft Lawrence encounters a harvest goddess in human form called Holo, and they go on a journey together. Holo often sees herself as Kraft's mistress who has the right to order him around due to her status as a goddess, but in reality, she is not well adapted to modern world, so the power dynamic between them is more ambiguous.
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* In ''LightNovel/AscendanceOfABookworm'', orphans are often slaves in all but name, while most of those who can afford to purchase them from whichever local institution cares for orphans by default are part of the noble SupernaturalElite. The practicalities of the dynamic depend entirely on the noble. In worse-case scenarios, the orphan was ''better off'' pre-purchase.

* ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIIIToHeirIsHuman'' features a negative version of this. The young protagonist Gwydion lives with an evil sorcerer Manannan who treats him like a slave, forces him to do house chores, and puts [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment Cool And Unusual Punishments]] on him like transforming him into a snail or making him [[InvoluntaryDance dance involuntarily]].
* Likewise, in ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVAbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder'', the evil warlock Mordack (the brother of Manannan) forces princess Cassima to become his scullery girl when she refuses to marry him.

* In ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'', [[IllGirl an ordinary girl Lorna]] is being raised by the sorceress [[HonoraryAunt Auntie Whispers]], who uses a magic bell to [[MindControl force her]] to work constantly. Auntie Whispers insists that she has no choice, as otherwise Lorna would "fall into wickedness." [[spoiler:It turns out to be BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood--Lorna suffers from DemonicPossession, and the evil spirit has to be constantly occupied or it goes on a killing spree]].

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/art/Finally-Home-Ch-1-pt-2-814319937 chapter 1 part 2]] of [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SilfofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' fanfic ''Finally Home'', we learn that witch Kyogoku Maria has kept UsefulNotes/DateMasamune and [[UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura Sanada]] [[MisterSeahorse Yukimura]]'s grandson Tsukitora (mothered by their son Masa (at [[AbsurdlyYouthfulMother the age of thirteen]], no less) and fathered by the late Oyamada Nobushige) for six years, until his seventh birthday.

* In ''Orlando Furioso'' by Ludovico Ariosto, one of the characters, Ruggiero, is taken captive by the sorceress Alcina.

* In ''Literature/TheInvisibleLifeOfAddieLaRue'', the titular protagonist has a love-hate relationship with Luc, a powerful supernatural entity who cursed her, and whom she depends on.

* In the opera ''Alcina'' by Music/GeorgeFredericHandel, the titular sorceress seduces every knight that arrives on her island, and then, once she gets bored of them, she turns them into stones, animals, plants, or whatever she fanciese.

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/art/Finally-Home-Ch-1-pt-2-814319937 chapter 1 part 2]] of [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SilfofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' fanfic ''Finally Home'', we learn that witch Kyogoku Maria has kept UsefulNotes/DateMasamune and [[UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura Sanada]] [[MisterSeahorse Yukimura]]'s grandson Tsukitora (mothered by their son Masa (at [[AbsurdlyYouthfulMother the age of thirteen]], no less) and fathered by the late Oyamada Nobushige) for six years, until his seventh birthday.

[[caption-width-right:350:Pinocchio, if you behave well, I will make you a real boy!]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Pinocchio, if you behave well, I will turn you into a real boy!]]

* ''Film/{{Maleficenta}}'' has the titular sorceress Maleficenta and her muggle servant Diaval. The usual mode of communication between them is SnarkToSnarkCombat, and whenever she gets tired of it, she transforms him into a raven. There is also some romantic tension between them.