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* ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'' has Double, the demon who's true appearance is a morphing creature of BodyHorror. Played with in that she [[spoiler:is an agent of the Trinity]].

* [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks Bad Girl]] icon [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Warrior_Nun_Areala_characters "Shotgun" Mary Delacroix]] from ''ComicBook/WarriorNunAreala'': Give her 20 "Hail Marys" or she'll chop your head off.

* [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks Bad Girl]] icon [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Warrior_Nun_Areala_characters "Shotgun" Mary Delacroix]] from ''ComicBook/WarriorNunAreala'': Give her 20 "Hail Marys" or she'll chop your head off.

* [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/555205 Mother Judgement]] from Website/{{Newgrounds}}. The main screen sums it up as [[NunsNRosaries "Nun]] [[GirlsWithGuns with guns"]].

* Zange in ''Manga/KannagiCrazyShrineMaidens'', daughter of a priest, dresses as a nun, but with a miniskirt.

* Misora Kasuga from ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' also counts as this. Despite working as a ChurchMilitant for Mahora, she prefers using her SprintShoes to escape rather than for assistance. And that's not even counting her mischievous deeds, including posing as a priest inside a confessional.

* ''Literature/TrinityBlood'': The manga has Sister Monica Argento, who despite being a nun crossdresses as a priest, and who greatly enjoys killing.

* This applies to Lamretta of ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'': She displays flirtatious behavior, wears a sexy nun outfit including CleavageWindow and NavelWindow, and has a bottle of wine by her side every waking moment.

* Asia from ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'' is a subversion. She's a nun who was turned into a devil, but she's still as sweet and kind as she was while as a human...though as one special shows, [[PokeThePoodle it's not for lack of trying.]] In recognition of this, she eventually gets a special exemption from ArchangelMichael to continue praying to God, even though that's usually forbidden to (and painful for) devils. (At least in the manga he apologizes for even needing to provide an exemption; the need for rules recognizing state of existence above faith or actual virtue is a reflection of a current flaw in the system.)
** A number of human characters kicked out of the Church for reasons of this exact trope still wear ecclesiastical garb, and not everybody they meet is aware they've been defrocked. Confusion regarding this plays into some of the early plot.

* Sister Angela from ''Manga/OnePoundGospel''. A mild example, since her only serious indiscretion is her relationship with Kosaku.
* Esther Blanchett from ''Literature/TrinityBlood'': not only is it suggested she is in love with both Father Nightroad and Count Ion, at a couple points in the story she's also on the run for murder charges.
** Esther isn't the only nun indicated to be in love with Father Nightroad; Sister Noélle Bor openly admits it to him. Abel gently rejects her, but seems to find nothing inappropriate about the idea. Given that the current Pope is openly acknowledged to be the son of the previous Pope, it seems that in the distant future of ''Trinity Blood'', the Catholic Church has dropped the requirement of celibacy.
** The manga also has Sister Monica Argento, who despite being a nun crossdresses as a priest, and who greatly enjoys killing. And she's one of the good guys! (More or less.)
* What Miyu, Alyssa, and Nao become at the end of ''Anime/MyHime''. Nao in particular used to pose as a child prostitute and rob her clients with the help of her Child.
** Yukariko herself is also one, as despite her innocence and lack of knowledge about men, she gets visibly drunk during the Karaoke party, and also gets into a relationship with Ishigami, [[spoiler:becoming pregnant in the process (although this may have been due to rape)]]. At least in her case she has apparently stopped being a nun at the end of the series, though she still works at the church, and is even shown to chew out the girls for acting so immoral in a house of God.

* The trope description fits Rosette Christopher from ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'' to a T. She constantly swears, physically takes her frustration out on her assistant Chrono (who's a demon, by the way) when things go wrong, enjoys gambling, revels in wearing expensive clothing, in one scene gets rip-roaring drunk and then ''forces a twelve-year-old to drink - during Prohibition'', DrivesLikeCrazy, and... happens to be one of the best exorcists in the Magdalene Order, when she manages not to destroy anything. The Order puts up with her behavior because not only is she very good and very dedicated to what she does, she has an extremely good reason for being there--saving her younger brother from a powerful demon.
** Note that Rosette does not have a religious vocation, never claimed to have a religious vocation, only joined up for the training and resources she needed in order to save her brother, and left the Magdalene Order shortly after doing so.

* ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'' takes this in stride.
** Index is no wallflower, may be a glutton, but she doesn't swear and has decent manners when she isn't biting Touma's head. [[spoiler:She also apparently [[GoingCommando didn't have any underwear]] prior to meeting Touma. And a number of times afterwards.]]
** The Roman Catholic's ranks seem to subside on nuns with weapons and criminally short skirts (especially Agnese, and ''especially'' her Stripperiffic RestrainingBolt during her second appearance). They're also dangerously zealous and pay no heed to the cardinal rule ''thou shall not kill'', even though it's eventually shown [[spoiler:that their initial schemes to convert Academy City seem to try and TakeAThirdOption to killing.]]
*** However, this is heavily averted with Orsola Aquinas. She's so incredibly kind and devout that she even forgives and helps those who only a few weeks ago attempted to murder her.
** The ''Amakusa'' are unique in that they seem to be a variant of ''Kirisuto-kyō''. The whole sect tends to be portrayed more as noble {{ninja}} than a religious denomination, though the portrayal [[JustifiedTrope has its reasons]]. They also have their own Saint. Who frequently kicks ass and almost always dresses in Stripperiffic street clothes herself. She also gets away with fighting [[spoiler:one of the highest Angels, in part because of her powers as a Saint, but also uses the justification that Japanese tradition holds that you can [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu successfully fight ''kami'']].]]
* Double subverted in ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' with Sister Freesia. At first, it seems that she lives up to this, being stingy, greedy, and showing hints of a {{Yandere}} nature. Subverted when it's revealed that the character first introduced as Sister Freesia, Sonia, is an impostor. Double subverted when it's revealed that the real Sister Freesia doesn't act mature at all and obsesses over boy bands. Played straight by the priest, a noted lech and obsessed with role-playing games.
* Played straight with Kazumi Ryudo from ''Manga/HauntedJunction'', who is something of a LovableSexManiac. He's also a Buddhist monk trained by his grandfather, and said grandpa is a DirtyOldMan.
** Also with Mutsuki Asahina, a Shinto {{Miko}} who is rather... ''interested'' [[NoYay in younger boys.]]
* The Soldat nuns in ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' serve as EliteMooks for the organization, which already has a fairly impressive army of assassins at its back, and put up a [[VillainousValour surprisingly valiant fight]] against the title duo, with one even coming at the pair with a ''broadsword''.
* Misora Kasuga from ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' also counts as this. Despite working as a ChurchMilitant for Mahora, she prefers using her SprintShoes to escape rather than for assistance. And that's not even counting her mischievous deeds, including posing as a priest inside a confessional.
* Seira Mimori from ''Manga/KaitouSaintTail'' has stolen (once), lied (repeatedly), violated confessional secrets (constituting at ''least'' a quarter of the "lost lambs" seen in the series), [[ManipulativeBastard manipulated]] Meimi into becoming the titular thief, and... also still thinks she's doing all of this as part of a genuine MissionFromGod, because Saint Tail [[JustLikeRobinHood steals in ways that help people in need]]. It's unclear how much self-awareness she has of her guilt until very late in the series, when she realizes that she might accidentally be responsible for being a ToxicFriendInfluence by pressuring Meimi into shouldering a burden she can't handle; even then, it's ''far'' too late, and Seira continues doing very little to prevent Meimi from approaching a full-on mental breakdown. A bonus chapter in the manga suggests that it's because she's such a CreatureOfHabit regarding the way she approaches her religion that she resorts to extremely bizarre and convoluted mental justifications on what she has to do to get around her self-imposed restrictions, and Sawatari convinces her to think outside the box and be a little more willing to take risks. [[spoiler:Once Meimi's role as Saint Tail almost ''kills'' her and Asuka Jr. ends up staging an intervention, he decides to take up the role of protecting Seika in a way that doesn't involve secrecy and gets multiple people to cooperate, and while Seira gives Asuka Jr. tips about "lost lambs" the way she did with Saint Tail in the past, it's in a more open and presumably ethical manner.]]
* Former LadyOfWar Galatea in ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'' surely seems to enjoy a [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl drinking competition]] with former comrades (and win easily), she has a personal {{BFS}} which she hides under her bed, doesn't personally adhere to the beliefs of her church and also [[ActionDressRip shows]] some NaughtyNun traits when she's fighting the Awakened one in the city of Rabona ([[ClothingDamage Nun clothes aren't meant for combat, after all...]]). Overall this trope is downplayed though, Galatea became a nun to hide from those who were hunting her down, under normal circumstances she acts politely and is [[FriendToAllChildren particularly beloved]] by the orphans of Rabona.
* Female Knight from ''Literature/GoblinSlayer''. Despite being a {{Paladin}}, she sure doesn't act like it. Hedonistic, rude, belittling, and kind of a general jerk. This eventually comes back to bite her when her patron deity gets fed up with her behavior, and ceases granting her miracles.
* Sister Ivry from ''Manga/EdensZero'' is basically a nun in name and appearance only. She may be the ship's healer, but she's also quite the sadist. She makes frequent reference to using her healing abilities to keep victims of her torture sessions from getting too badly hurt or damaged.

* [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks Bad Girl]] icon [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Warrior_Nun_Areala_characters "Shotgun" Mary Delacroix]] from ComicBook/WarriorNunAreala: Give her 20 "Hail Marys" or she'll chop your head off.

* [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bJcTDtFjx_I/TOuw6NE-hII/AAAAAAAAAdc/cX-7V3-3yrI/s1600/Soeur-Marie-Therese-des-Batignolles-Maester.jpg Soeur Marie-Thérèse des Batignolles]] (portrayed above[[note]]in French, "shit" is slang for marijuana[[/note]]): drinks, [[http://pixhost.info/media/images/Batignolles102.png fights ]], swears, smokes dope, hates kids, reads porno magazines, hits below the belt and completely disrespects her hierarchy. But then, she is also good friends with the pope. And when she dies, ''neither God nor Satan want anything to do with her''.
* The Solicitines in ''ComicBook/CastleWaiting'' are an unusually serious and sympathetic example. They're genuinely religious and caring of other people, but they have absolutely no problem with helping women permanently escape from abusive husbands (to the point of implied murder if necessary), are happy for members to flirt with men and even leave if they meet a guy who seems worth it, and make most of their money from distributing massively alcoholic desserts.
* The Italian comic book ''Suore Ninja'' (literally "Ninja Nuns") has as protagonists three [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin ninja nuns]] who are implied to regularly compete for the higher body count whenever they're sicked at some threat to the Holy Church.

* Sister Miller fought alongside ComicBook/{{Grimjack}} in the Demon Wars and created the powerful anti-demon Miller Medallions.

* Lily from ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'' is a rare case where the elements of this trope are {{inverted}} as many ways as possible. Rather than being "impure" out of her own will like many examples, she is [[DefiledForever deemed tainted]] by the Archbishop due to [[RapeAsDrama trauma]]. Rather than continuing her job, she leaves the clergy two chapters later to [[TheApprentice train]] under [[BlackKnight Kyril Sutherland]] as a [[TheSquire squire]] after her introduction, making her a ''former'' nun. In spite of all of this, the redhead notably looks and acts like a nun, as evidenced by her white vestments, her distaste towards "dirty" things (e.g., swearing and alcohol), and her decent, sincere personality. Lily upholds the moral standards of her NobleProfession while TheChurch decays, even after her [[CharacterDevelopment development]] into a GoodIsNotSoft NayTheist.
* Nao in the ''Anime/MyHime'' fanfic ''The Sword of the Lord''. She swears quite often (in and out of her narration), likes to drink and occasionally has contact with men. Yukariko is still a nun despite being married, which Nao suspects is only allowed because she got an exemption in exchange for keeping quiet about Joseph's infiltration, forced a bishop to submit or used St. Vlas' [[MasterOfIllusion powers]] to convince people it was allowd. It's suggested that the order as a whole loosely follows the rules, being more focused on dealing with supernatural threats.

* The title character of [[Creator/LuisBunuel Luis Buñuel]]'s ''Film/{{Viridiana}}'' is a novitiate-nun who tries to be Mother Theresa, but is secretly Prideful of her Good Works. She's really more misinformed and naive than 'bad', but she screws it up magnificently nevertheless.
* ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic''
** Sister Maria becomes frightened of becoming this trope when she discovers she has feelings for Captain Von Trapp, and runs back to the Abbey in a panic. The Reverend Mother reassures her that there is nothing immoral about loving a person ("The love between a man and a woman is holy too"), especially since Maria hadn't yet taken her vows and therefore wasn't officially a nun. She instead encourages Maria to follow her own path in life, which does not necessarily lead to being a nun.\\\
The real Maria averted this as she was the classic stereotype of the stern, sour-faced, ruler wielding nun. It was the father, Georg von Trapp, who was carefree, letting his children get away with murder, until Maria disciplined them. Though she also said that the part about her being ill-suited for the Abbey was accurate. When asked if she was that troublesome in real life, she replied, "I was ''worse!''"
** Worth mentioning, although it was done in the name of heroism: In the movie only, when the Von Trapp family is on the run from the Nazis in the Abbey, a group of sisters come to the Reverend Mother and cross themselves, intoning "Bless us mother, for we have sinned." Then from under their habits they pull the car parts they stole from the soldier's cars.

* Sara in ''Film/{{Two Mules for Sister Sara}}''.
** Subverted in that Sister Sara [[spoiler:is a prostitute merely posing as a nun to avoid being killed.]]

* In ''Nun of That'', the Order of the Black Habit are nun assassins. The lead character, Sister Wrath, was chosen for the order specifically because she beat up [[spoiler:a nun who was trying to have sex with her]] and [[spoiler:a priest who was having sex in the confessional]] on separate occasions.
* Mother Superior in ''Film/SilentNightDeadlyNight'' is, for all intents and purposes, a nun. She's even as holy as a nun (and even behaves like one) for the most part. However, she's rather abusive towards Billy, and she even does something that can only be described as torturing him in his sleep at one point. She does not (or, more accurately, refuses to) understand what that one night on the road did to him. This does not help Billy's mental state one bit, and even contributes to his becoming the most infamous Slasher Santa the screen has ever seen. Of course, she truly believes she's doing the right thing for the whole film, so she's more of a WellIntentionedExtremist than anything.
* A male example with Rev. Henley in ''Film/HellsHinges'' (1916). He only became a pastor because his mom wanted him to. When he goes to the Wild West town of Hell's Hinges, he's seduced into drinking and debauchery, and winds up joining the mob of toughs to burn down ''his own church''.
* Mother Marie Claire in ''Film/{{Novitiate}}'' is, to put it bluntly, insane. She runs the contemplative order of the Blessed Rose like a {{Cult}}, screams at the novices instead of guiding them, and takes her own crisis of faith out on them by turning ordinary confession sessions into BDSM scening. Yikes!!!
* ''Film/TheLittleHours'' is all about this trope. The nuns in this movie swear, have sex, are rude, even violent, and even participate in a magic ritual in the woods at one point. And it's hillarious.
* ''Film/ProblemChild'': The nuns in the orphanage where Junior grows seem to have it in for him, so it's no surprise that he retaliates in kind. Heck, they even resort to underhanded tactics to trick the Healeys into adopting Junior just to get rid of them. Then again, it's a WorldOfJerkass so...
* ''Film/IdleHands'': Druidic priestess Debi is introduced as a mild mannered nun figure. Near the end of her introductory scene however, she removes her religious clothes to reveal tomboyish and skimpy clothes underneath and starts swearing. From that point on she is portrayed as a badass fighter with a serious, no nonsense attitude and a foul mouth out to stop evil. In the end, she is shown to have a lustful side to her as well, wanting to have sex with the young man who's been trying to get with her the whole film.
* Jacques Rivette's ''La religieuse'' (adaptation of a novel by Diderot) shows the hypocritical world of convents before UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution. Nunneries are dumping grounds for un-marriagable noble daughters. Some of the nunneries are essentially high-class brothels.
* ''Film/KillerNun'': Following surgery to excise a brain tumor, [[VillainProtagonist Sister Gertrude]] develops an addiction to painkillers and begins to act increasingly unhinged, culminating in [[spoiler:her becoming an accessory to]] murder.

* Creator/ChristopherMoore's ''Literature/{{Fool}}'':
** A woman supposedly so dedicated to asceticism she is locked up in solitary in a convent turns out to have an extremely inventive mind when it comes to sex with one of the altar boys, despite the fact that her only access to the outside world is a small cross-shaped window...
** The nuns appear to be having sex, at least with each other, and have a definite interest in male anatomy. But they still have something to lose and so care about maintaining appearances.

* In Simon R. Green's ''Literature/{{Nightside}}'' books, there's the "Salvation Army Sisterhood". A sisterhood of nuns militant, who enforce what they believe are God's laws with body armor and automatic weapons. Similarly, we often hear about the "Little Sisters of the Immaculate Chainsaw".

* Father Lavingy in Creator/AgathaChristie's ''Literature/MurderInMesopotamia'''s behavior isn't quite right for a priest; most of the party being Protestants, they don't catch it, but the Catholic Poirot does. Turns out he's a thief masquerading as a priest.
* In ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'', Milady once was a nun. She obviously didn't take it seriously.

* A mild example, in ''Literature/TheLongEarth'', Joshua has noted that the nuns who run the orphanage aren't much like nuns on TV. The main one we see is Sister Agnes, a BadassBiker who plays Music/JimSteinman too loudly for the other nuns' liking. There's also Sister Serendipity, who has joined holy orders until the FBI stop looking for her (Sister Agnes says it was all a misunderstanding, and it's not like she ''succeeded'' in shooting the senator).
* Lauren Groff's ''Matrix'' is set in an medieval abbey, and features a wide range of behavior over the story's timeline. While some of the nuns do engage in sexual relationships with fellow sisters, blatant religious heresy is the bigger scandal and incredibly dangerous for the entire community.
** Notably, while lesbian sex and relationships may be a semi-open secret in the abbey, heterosexual intercourse is still absolutely forbidden, and a nun who falls pregnant receives severe punishment.
** As mentioned in the trope description, many (if not most) of the sisters end up at the abbey not out of a calling, but simply because they were unmarriageable. However, the story still takes faith seriously, and the religious visions of the protagonist form a major plot element.

* In ''Literature/SammyKeyes and the Sisters of Mercy'', Sammy's church is visited by some very free-spirited nuns (the titular Sisters of Mercy) who are very kind and devoted but also enjoy playing jaunty music on the organ during Mass and dancing in outfits made of purple feathers. Sammy considers them unusual but loves having them around. [[spoiler:It then turns out that they use their act as a way to stick around churches long enough to steal anything of value, which makes it possible that they were only posing as nuns.]]
* In ''Literature/RangersAtRoadsend'' Chip, who spent some time at the temple because her parents wanted her to become a Sister, reveals that the Sisters are not particularly humble or forgiving, or even chaste. While the religion is not Christianity, the Sisterhood seems to have similar requirements. Considering that many of the other Sisters are probably also there because their parents wanted it so, the reasons for the lack of holiness are probably the same as in the Middle Ages.

* In ''Literature/TheRiseOfKyoshi,'' [[spoiler:Kyoshi's MissingMom Jesa]] was an Air Nomad nun who got roped into an Earth Kingdom bandit's scheme, then ran off with him and became a well-known outlaw herself. In contrast, every other Air Nomad character hews closer to their culture's "wise WarriorMonk" ideal.

* ''Series/PushingDaisies'' had a plot in the second season where Olive became a nun to avoid the stress from all the secrets people entrusted her with. Olive herself wasn't that great of a nun (trying desperately to take back her stuff from the poor when it was donated), and at least one other nun like this was featured in an episode.
* Sybil on {{Series/Camelot}} is manipulative, cunning, and delves into pagan magic more than once, up to and including "sacrificing" girls studying at her Convent (whether they died as a result is left unclear) to keep spiritual forces at bay.
* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' had "[[UsefulNotes/AttilaTheHun Attila the Nun]]", who took a vow of eternal brutality.
* In one episode of ''Robin Hood'', an 'Abbess' turns up at Nottingham Castle. Her bearing and behavior are not ''quite'' right--it turns out she was a thief planning to steal the tax money being stored in the chapel.

* The candid-camera style show ''Just For Laugh Gags'' got a lot of comedy mileage out of pranks involving [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8qQVyLIYdI nuns being naughty.]]
* In ''Series/JackTaylor'', there was a nun who worked at St. Monica's Magdalene laundry in 1960s Galway who took extreme pleasure in terrorising her charges, referred to only as "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Lucifer]]" in a diary account. At one point, the diary author's best friend is leaving the institution to get married, and then Lucifer stops by [[SarcasmMode to wish her well]] when she spots a pack of cigarettes in the friend's luggage. Lucifer tells them how lucky they weren't caught a week ago, or they would have been punished severely for possession of tobacco, only to light one up in front of the two and then offer a cigarette to the lucky bride-to-be.
* Subverted in ''{{Series/Midsomer Murders}}'' - while there is an episode that centered on a convent of nuns, they took their religious vows very seriously. It's just that political infighting (which is impressive since there's only four of them), [[ImpoverishedPatrician lack of funds for maintaining the building]], stolen antiquities and [[spoiler:the Prioress blackmailing a war criminal who later kills two people]] makes everyone outside the Priory very suspicious of them.
* A staple of the candid-camera prank show ''Just for Laughs Gags'' involves nuns, usually doing something naughty or sexual. The joke is helped along by the fact that the show is shot in Quebec, which has a large number of actual nuns.
* In ''Series/Dracula2020'', Harker notes that Sister Agatha doesn't act like how you'd expect a nun would act. She's razor-tongued (though not unkind) and frank about her lack of faith in God. Although, [[{{Irony}} ironically]], she later says that Harker's horrifying accounts of Count Dracula have ''restored'' her faith. Her personality remains the same, however.

* Sister Harriet of ''Series/{{Hunters}}'', a foul-mouthed, GunsAkimbo, quite-possibly-DoubleAgent Bendictine[[note]]judging from the habit[[/note]] who once set a man's groin on fire with a handheld torch.
* Suor Nausicaa, interpreted by the Italian comedian Paolo Casiraghi, drives a motocross bike and has absolutely no problems slapping people.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' features Sulamore, one of the signature characters of the Infernal Exalted, who wears clothing approaching a nun's vestments, but a) she acts as a servitor of the will of [[TheLegionsOfHell the Yozis]] upon creation, and b) [[{{Stripperiffic}} there's a reason that clothing is "approaching" a nun's vestments]].
** It is also saying something that Sulumor is one of the more conservatively dressed female characters in Exalted canon. Compare the Lady of Darkness in Bloodstained Robes, who is a high priestess of the Neverborn, the dead cousins of the Yozis, who wears... Well, the jury is still out on whether what she has constitutes wearing something.
* The bulk troops of the Oracle Think Tank company in Anime/CardfightVanguard are all nuns with theme names related to chocolate called "battle sisters". They all carry excessive amounts of weaponry, be it knives, miniguns or otherwise. This is somewhat able to get a pass because they do not serve a church but instead serve a BigGood corporation run by a Japanese goddess.

* There are two nuns in the ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart'' series. Elsa la Conti mostly averts this trope, despite being armed with a large cross and several other weapons (which could be excused as she works for an organization trained to deal with spiritual anomalies). On the other hand, her partner, Clarice di Lanza, is a full-blooded ''demon'' who acts rather immoral at times (though she usually means well), as well as having a major lesbian crush on Elsa.

* ''VideoGame/NunMassacre'' is this trope in video game form, where every nun is an undead demon out for your blood.

* ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'' has Double, the demon who's true appearance is a morphing creature of BodyHorror. Played with in that she [[spoiler:is an agent of the Trinity]]
* The H-Game series ''Kango Shicyauzo'' features one nun who 'sometimes falls asleep when she is in bed with a boyfriend', a second who apparently fell in love with a priest and joined the sisterhood in order to stalk him, and a third who is the biological mother of one of her students...
* In the iPhone app and Xbox Indie game ''VideoGame/TwinBlades'', we might excuse the heavy weapons she carts around as necessary for killing zombies. The revealing red dress and white stockings, though...
* Sister Teodora in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' runs a bordello staffed by (former) nuns. She says she takes care of both the body and the soul.

* It's easier to list the monks and nuns who ''don't'' have some sort of scandal, secret, checkered past or glaring character flaw in ''VideoGame/{{Pentiment}}

* in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', we have Danica Pure-Spring, the high priestess of [[NatureSpirit Kynareth]] in Whiterun. She consoles Ahlam about the {{Jerkass}} proclivities of Ahlam's husband... not in being faithful to him, but agreeing with Ahlam's assessment that he's a jerkass and maybe that if the [[CivilWar Stormcloaks]] attack the city then maybe he'll be killed.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'', the hypersexualized, sadistic titular protagonist enjoys doing the whole nun thing, and does graveyard burials and last rites dressed as one, most likely as both a cover story and a way to lure in her angelic enemies so that she can do her actual job of killing them to keep the demons of Inferno happy.
* ''VideoGame/HitmanAbsolution'' has the Saints, a squad of female assassins who dress up like nuns for reasons unclear, even to their boss.
* ''[[Franchise/{{Nasuverse}} Nasuverse]]'':
** ''VideoGame/FateExtra CCC'': Kiara Sessyoin wears a Western nun's habit with a slit up the side, and is referred to as a holy woman and a prophet. However, she's not Christian, she's a Buddhist. And for that matter, she belongs to a Buddhist sect widely considered heretical by most other Buddhists, that believed in reaching enlightenment through indulgence in sexual pleasure (one that [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachikawa-ryu actually existed]], as it happens). As a result, she acts extremely sexually, and a lot of her magic has sexual overtones to it. [[spoiler:She's also the TrueFinalBoss, wherein she becomes the physical incarnation of human lust and attempts to "enlighten" all of humanity through a fatal, worldwide orgy.]]
** ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'':
*** Kiara also appears as one of the Beasts threatening humanity, who among other things is responsible for driving one version of [[spoiler:Shirou Emiya]] to [[spoiler:life as an Alter]]. Unusually, she's also one of the few Beasts so far who can be summoned and used as a Servant, by way of the Alter Ego class. She swears to the protagonist that she will not pursue her old goals as part of the contract they made, but hints that she will relapse should they either die or fall into debauchery like her.
*** PlayedWith for Saint Martha, a Christian Saint. On the outside, she's peaceful and serene, like a Saint should be, with the exception of her NavelDeepNeckline outfit. At times, however, she demonstrates a much more combative, dirty-minded, and HotBlooded side. It's also heavily implied that the legend of her [[FluffyTamer taming the Tarasque]] with her kindness and faith was something she made up after the fact, and she actually beat it into submission with her bare hands. She is genuinely faithful and goodnatured at heart, though.
*** Also PlayedWith for Popess Johanna. She is gentle and kind-hearted to the point of being a NonActionGuy on her debut in Traum, but her personality - cheerful, spunky and confrontational - is not something one would expect from a supposedly holy woman. And in history she was discovered when she gave birth in public, so a safe assumption can be made of her not upholding her vow of chastity.
* This applies to Lamretta of ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'': Flirtatious behavior? Check. CleavageWindow and NavelWindow? Check. Bottle of wine by her side every waking moment? [[RunningGag Did we mention she likes to drink]]? It's not certain if any of this is against her order though.
* ''VideoGame/KingdomComeDeliverance'': This is Father Godwin in a nutshell. He is a notorious drunk who has been too hungover to hold Mass on repeated occasions, and has a mistress that he lives with as if she were his wife. However, he still has the respect of his community because (unlike many of his peers) he doesn't abuse his position for personal gain and refuses any luxuries that aren't available to his parishioners, and is a genuinely caring and kind man who does his level best to keep his people safe and ensure that any conflicts brought to his attention end without violence.

* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'':
** The "Chalk Prince and the Dragon" event for introduced Rosaria, a nun for the Church of Favonius. Unlike Barbara, Rosaria is cold, aloof, abrasive, and is [[BrutalHonesty not afraid to speak her mind]] when dealing with others. She’s the only one in Mondstadt who doesn’t trust either Albedo or the Traveler due to their status as Outlanders. She also wears some revealing clothing that really shows off her legs and her chest. She also drinks liquor in the Windblume Festival event and is described as a chain smoker in her character profile (even doing so on the rare occasions that she shows up to the Cathedral).
** Yae Miko is the religious leader of Inazuma, overseeing the Grand Narukami Shrine and formal events while enjoying great admiration from the people. In reality, she is a Kitsune and long-time friend to the Electro Archon, who finds her formal duties to be a great bore and looks for ways to amuse herself including at the expense of her god. She has a great love for alcohol, enjoys tricking the local Oni into ramen-eating contests, and owns a light-novel publishing company that puts out novels that could very well count as blasphemy (harem series about men being reincarnated as the ruling god of the nation). She is also responsible for creating the popular "Ms. Hina", a beautiful advice columnist that is actually her favorite target for mischief, General Goro.
** After the events of ''Inversion of Genesis'', Scaramouche adopts a new identity as [[PromotedToPlayable the Wanderer]] and is explicitly described as one of these. Dressed in robes suited to a "shugenji" monk, he ''might'' be considered to be on a journey of enlightenment while [[spoiler: serving the God of Wisdom as her assistant]], but his abrasive personality and harsh manner of speaking sharply contrast with his holy-man appearance.
* Sarvente from ''VideoGame/MidFightMasses'' (a GameMod for ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'') may seem like a wholesome nun at first...[[spoiler:but she's actually a demon who deliberately wears a self-made dollar store nun costume so she could have an easier time leading people to Heaven]].
* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'': Bridget wears a nun habit because she was raised by the church. But beyond this, she's a bounty hunter by trade and absolutely nothing about her religion ever gets brought up by the story, herself, or other characters. Her [[VideoGame/GuiltyGearStrive -STRIVE-]] redesign changes it to a hoodie.

* Rapunzel from ''VideoGame/GoddessOfVictoryNikke'' is a downplayed example. While her personality is mostly defined by her ExtremeLibido, she also has traits of a NiceGirl. She respects the dead, and is sweet and supportive to the Commander.
* ''VideoGame/FlowerKnightGirl'': At a cursory glance, Veronica's a Flower Knight dressed as a nun with the appropriate floriography of "Likable Person, Virtue of Women, and Honor". But past that front, she's actually a {{Sadist}} who relishes in the suffering of her confessors. To top it off, she specializes in {{Hellfire}} and torture equipment for her attacks.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBadBlood'', Batwoman and Nightwing, the latter of which has donned the cowl, end up getting flanked by nuns wielding M-60s and katanas. Nightwing calls them [[{{Pun}} "Nunjas"]]

* ''VideoGamme/FlowerKnightGirl'': At a cursory glance, Veronica's a Flower Knight dressed as a nun with the appropriate floriography of "Likable Person, Virtue of Women, and Honor". But past that front, she's actually a {{Sadist}} who relishes in the suffering of her confessors. To top it off, she specializes in {{Hellfire}} and torture equipment for her attacks.

* Seira Mimori from ''Manga/KaitouSaintTail'' has stolen (once), lied (repeatedly), violated confessional secrets (constituting at ''least'' a quarter of the "lost lambs" seen in the series), [[ManipulativeBastard manipulated]] Meimi into becoming the titular thief, and... also still thinks she's doing all of this as part of a genuine MissionFromGod, because Saint Tail [[JustLikeRobinHood steals in ways that help people in need]]. It's unclear how much self-awareness she has of her guilt until very late in the series, when she realizes that she might accidentally be responsible for being a ToxicFriendInfluence by pressuring Meimi into shouldering a burden she can't handle; even then, it's ''far'' too late, and Seira continues doing very little to prevent Meimi from approaching a full-on mental breakdown. A bonus chapter in the manga suggests that it's because she's such a CreatureOfHabit regarding the way she approaches her religion that she resorts to extremely bizarre and convoluted mental justifications on what she has to do to get around her self-imposed restrictions, and Sawatari convinces her to think outside the box and be a little more willing to take risks. [[spoiler:Once Meimi's role as Saint Tail almost ''kills'' her and Asuka Jr. ends up staging an intervention, he decides to take up the role of protecting Seika in a way that doesn't involve secrecy and gets multiple people to cooperate, and while Seira gives Asuka Jr. tips about "lost lambs" the way she did with Saint Tail int he past, it's in a more open and presumably ethical manner that gets Takamiya complaining about how she goes about it.]]

* Seira Mimori from ''Manga/KaitouSaintTail'' has stolen (once), lied (repeatly), violated confessional secrets (on average once every chapter), [[ManipulativeBastard manipulated]] Meimi into becoming the titular thief, ''and is fully aware she's not supposed to do any of it''. Her saving grace are that said thief is JustLikeRobinHood and only steals already stolen things to give them back to the legitimate owners (and both justify their actions with [[IDidWhatIHadToDo having to do it for justice]]: none of them actually likes stealing), [[spoiler:and once Saint Tail retires she stops doing most of that (although the DistantEpilogue implies she ''still'' violates the confessional secret to send former SympatheticInspectorAntagonist to unmask thieves and scammers)]].

* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': The "Chalk Prince and the Dragon" event for introduced Rosaria, a nun for the Church of Favonius. Unlike Barbara, Rosaria is cold, aloof, abrasive, and is [[BrutalHonesty not afraid to speak her mind]] when dealing with others. She’s the only one in Mondstadt who doesn’t trust either Albedo or the Traveler due to their status as Outlanders. She also wears some revealing clothing that really shows off her legs and her chest. She also drinks liquor in the Windblume Festival event and is described as a chain smoker in her character profile (even doing so on the rare occasions that she shows up to the Cathedral).

** Father Alexander Anderson from the same is played with a bit more; while he's also a member of the Iscariot Organization (and a male, so a priest rather than a nun), he reserves his bayonets [[{{Hammerspace}} pulled from nowhere]] for ''vampires'' only, along with his SlasherSmile and ScaryShinyGlasses. In his off-hours he runs an orphanage where he is [[FriendToAllChildren truly beloved]], and gets into a slight disagreement when his superior decides to cut down innocent people along with vampires; he might not LIKE Protestant England, but he's not a mass murderer.
* Miroku in ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' is an itinerant Buddhist monk who is very good at fighting {{youkai}}, but ''terrible'' at being a Buddhist, between his incessant skirt-chasing and his habit of conning his way into money and comfortable lodgings whenever possible. This is reasonably historically accurate, given that many monks of the time were incessantly criticized by laymen, both commoners and authorities alike, for doing exactly these things. It was said that there were no worse Buddhists in medieval Japan than among the clergy. Miroku himself manages to stay among the more benevolent examples of the trope and proves to be capable of deep spirituality when the situation is serious... but he's still a terrible Buddhist.

* [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Sister]] from ''Manga/ArakawaUnderTheBridge'', a large-framed, crossdressing man who holds Mass at gunpoint and claims to be a LivingLieDetector, making confessions more like interrogations. He's also almost definitely not an ''actual'' holy-person of any religion either - as he seems to think God is [[VideoGame/MetalGear Big Boss]] and his "Bible" is filled with a variety of misquotes from everything to Christian to Buddhist texts. But when you get used to his more frightening habits, it's clear Sister genuinely cares for his community, acting as a source of advice and as a protector for the cast. [[RealMenWearPink He also takes care of orphans and feeds the community home-baked cookies.]]

* Nicholas D. Wolfwood of ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' is a male example. He claims to be a travelling Christian priest, yet he drinks, smokes, sells confessional sessions for money, kills both for profit and for expediency, and is [[spoiler:the member of a ChurchMilitant in the manga and functionally a ''Knives'' priest-in-training in the anime]]. In the anime, he even admits he's never actually been inside a church before when he [[spoiler:stumbles into one to make his last confessions and die]].
* Genjyo Sanzo of ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}''. A Buddhist priest known for his heavy smoking, easy irritability and general disinterest in giving sermons whenever possible. Also notorious among Youkai for being a killer marksman.

* Randy of ''Manga/BlueRamun'' is a priest-healer who oversees the various religious ceremonies, weddings, and funerals in the Lezak District, but his behavior more closely resembles that of a bum than a man of the cloth. He smokes excessively, drinks at all hours of the day, and sleeps through his personal prayers. He'll be the first to point out that he's broken ''nearly'' enough rules to get kicked out of the priesthood, but his congregation love and trust him nevertheless. They still remember his work as Captain of the Lezak Guard, a position which he resigned for priesthood after he failed to stop [[spoiler:the district's Blue Doctor from performing deadly medical research on his subordinate Eagle's wife]]. Even with the façade of a lazy, carefree slacker, everyone can tell he's got [[GoodShepherd the best interest of the community in mind]] and that he's willing to lay down his life to protect them if need be.

* Sai Saichi of ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' was raised as a Buddhist monk, but for all practical intents and purposes is just a rambunctious teenager who happens to have studied Shaolin kung-fu in a temple. He is chided by his guardians for his complete lack of monkly behavior regularly.

* Played with in the European comic book series ''ComicBook/{{Soda}}''. One book has a (male) [[GirlsWithGuns small-time criminal who dresses up as a nun for disguise]]. Of course, Soda himself is a rare male example (and subversion), since [[spoiler:he dresses up as a priest to fool his old mother into thinking he is one and not a [[HandCannon gun-toting cop]]]].

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* Male example. [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji_Gong Ji Gong]] is a monk infamous for his unorthodox behavior. He openly eats meat and drinks wine, and dresses in filthy, ragged robes. Nonetheless, he's firmly on the side of good, helps the downtrodden and fights injustice. Eventually his monastery kicks him out and forces him to walk the earth, but his reputation as a folk hero remains.
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* Desmond on ''Series/{{Lost}}'' became a monk after receiving a sign from God, but was kicked out for drinking the wine made at the monastery and it being clear that it wasn't where he belonged.

* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'':
** Prince Edmund in ''The Black Adder'' episode "The Archbishop", when he becomes Archbishop despite not believing in God, because King Richard wants him to ''discourage'' the pentient from leaving their money to the church. There's also several gags about NaughtyNuns.

** The Baby-Eating Bishop of Bath and Wells in ''Blackadder II'', who [[CaptainObvious eats babies,]] is a colossal pervert that likes to play 'Nuns and Novices' with the prostitutes, and thinks nothing of doing an AssShove with a hot poker if one's debts to him aren't paid. And yet the Queen and his congregation have no idea, thinking his worst crime is a love of wine. [[spoiler:Blackadder blackmails him into absolving his debt by putting him in a compromising position (with Percy as the prostitute), having it painted, and threatening to release the painting to the public. [[AdmiringTheAbomination The Bishop asks if Blackadder's ever considered a career in the church.]]]]

* Virtually every priest or nun in ''Series/FatherTed'', definitely including the protagonists. Father Ted is a gambling-addicted embezzler, Father Jack is a foul-mouthed, violent, alcoholic womanizer, and Father Dougal openly mocks the teachings of the church, though he may not mean to, as he is a {{Manchild}} who can be distracted by tossing candy across the room.

* The TabletopRPG ''Macho Women With Guns'' supplement ''Renegade Nuns on Wheels''.

%% The bulk troops of the Oracle Think Tank company in Anime/CardfightVanguard are all nuns with theme names related to chocolate called "battle sisters". They all carry excessive amounts of weaponry, be it knives, miniguns or otherwise. This is somewhat able to get a pass because they do not serve a church but instead serve a BigGood corporation run by a Japanese goddess.

* ''VideoGame/BodyBlows'': Lo Ray is a Buddhist monk example. While he is a member of a Shaolin Buddhist monastery, but his goal in competing in the Body Blows tournament is to gain fame and fortune.

* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'':
** The "Chalk Prince and the Dragon" event for introduced Rosaria, a nun for the Church of Favonius. Unlike Barbara, Rosaria is cold, aloof, abrasive, and is [[BrutalHonesty not afraid to speak her mind]] when dealing with others. She’s the only one in Mondstadt who doesn’t trust either Albedo or the Traveler due to their status as Outlanders. She also wears some revealing clothing that really shows off her legs and her chest. She also drinks liquor in the Windblume Festival event and is described as a chain smoker in her character profile (even doing so on the rare occasions that she shows up to the Cathedral).
** ''Inversion of Genesis'' introduces the Wanderer, described as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shugend%C5%8D shugenja]] that certainly ''looks'' the part, but doesn't behave like one would expect. Something of a more complicated case, as he's [[spoiler:an amnesiac Scaramouche]] and starts out behaving as one would expect even while rejecting the title of shugenja. [[spoiler:Once his memories are restored, he regains his nasty personality but ''also'' becomes a servant of the God of Wisdom]].

* In ''Franchise/{{Noob}}'', set in a part of the world where priests are supposed to be celibate, we first find out about Abraham's existence from the mouth of his son. Then we find out that he has another son, [[spoiler:that he's actually a mafia don hiding from the police]], that these two sons have different mothers and that he may have at least three more (hinted to have different mothers as well). Oh, and the son who spilled the beans? He's a silly ForgetfulJones and seems to have gotten it from Abraham.

* As stated above, often TruthInTelevision during periods when the fate of TheUnfavourite or a younger son was often being forced into a career in the church.
* The first recorded instance of a PrecisionFStrike being used in adjective form comes from a monk in 1528 who was making a copy of Creator/{{Cicero}}'s ''De Officiis'' and scrawled "fuckin Abbott" in the margins.

* A British UsefulNotes/WorldWarII PublicServiceAnnouncement film warned the public to be on the look out for [[AllGermansAreNazis Nazi]] paratroopers disguised as nuns. People were warned to look out for nuns with hairy forearms, adam's apples, and tattoos spelling out [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler H.I.T.L.E.R]].

->''"Have you come to give confession? I will gladly accept your tithe...in BLOOD."''

* In one episode of ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', Parker dresses as a nun. The audience knew that she wasn't, but it was still an amusing scene. Especially when she pulls up her skirt to reach lockpicks attached to her leg and uses a fake bible to take an imprint of a key and make a plastic duplicate. (Earlier she was mistaken for an angel while stealing a statue)
** Also Sister Lupe in "The Boys Night Out Job", who Nate's friend Jack met and had feelings for. Nate kept stressing [[RunningGag "She's not a nun"]]. [[spoiler:She pulled a gun on him when thinking he had a hand in stopping Jack of delivering cancer drugs, and he, Elliot, and Hardison work together to take down two drug lords after them.]]