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* Beatrice from ''Manga/ToTheAbandonedSacredBeasts'' is an Incarnate whose monster form is a siren. She looks like a mermaid with bird's wings in place of arms, and she has a magical song which [[ForcedSleep puts those who hear it to sleep]]. AllThereInTheManual states that the sleep-inducing effect of her song comes not from her actual voice, but from vibrating her wings like an insect.
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* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'': Glitz and Glam's status as humanoid, winged sea monsters with alluring singing voices certainly brings sirens to mind.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E14TalesFromThePublicDomain Tales from the Public Domain]]", Homer (as Odysseus) is lured to the Island of Sirens, only to discover that the Sirens in question are Patty and Selma. He gets out of there pretty quick.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E14TalesFromThePublicDomain Tales from the Public Domain]]", Homer (as Odysseus) is and his army are lured to the Island of Sirens, Sirens when the Sirens are singing a parody of "Copacabana", only to discover that the Sirens in question are Patty and Selma. He gets They get out of there pretty quick.

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** Harpies are given the Sirens' trait of possessing an alluring voice that draws victims to their location. The 1st edition ''Monster Manual'' outright mentions that "those that dwell along seacoasts are generally known as sirens".
** The sirine is a humanoid female with a voice that can charm all hostile creatures.

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** Harpies are given the Sirens' trait of possessing an alluring voice that draws victims to their location. The 1st edition ''Monster Manual'' outright mentions that "those that dwell along seacoasts are generally known as sirens".
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** The sirine is a Sirines are aquatic fey who appear as humanoid female with a voice females, and are known for their beauty and ''charm''ing voices, and touches that can charm all hostile creatures.stupefy other beings. They aren't malicious, though, and will usually have some fun with those who succumb to their charms for a few hours before returning to their home waters.
** ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' has sirens, in the form of undead mermaids whose upper bodies are that of [[FanDisservice bloated, half-rotten corpses]]. They hide their disgusting forms with advanced illusion spells before using their singing to lure in victims, who might take a few rounds to notice that the "mermaids'" tender "caresses" are actually raking attacks with bony talons.
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* ''Literature/SaintessSummonsSkeletons'': Sirens are sea monsters that hunt in packs, and when they find a ship, they work together to use [[SirenSong strong hypnotizing chants]] to take control of the crew, forcing them to jump overboard so the sirens can tear them apart in a feeding frenzy. Although the protagonists never see the regular sirens, they do fight a siren queen, a huge four-winged flying half-fish half-bird monster with strong elemental attack magic.
--> '''Alith:''' I don't hear anything?\\
'''Zarrow:''' You won't until they target you. They all focus on one person and they empty the ship one man at a time.
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* ''Film/{{Mermaids}}'': One of the sisters, Venus, is [[SirensAreMermaids also a Siren]]. She's able to hypnotize men with her eyes rather than her voice; however, if they know she is a Siren, she has no power over them.

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* ''Film/{{Mermaids}}'': ''Film/{{Mermaids|2003}}'': One of the sisters, Venus, is [[SirensAreMermaids also a Siren]]. She's able to hypnotize men with her eyes rather than her voice; however, if they know she is a Siren, she has no power over them.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SinbadLegendOfTheSevenSeas'': The sirens are [[ElementalEntity water elementals]]. The crew only survives because a siren's song doesn't work on women and on animals.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SinbadLegendOfTheSevenSeas'': The sirens are [[ElementalEntity [[ElementalEmbodiment water elementals]]. The crew only survives because a siren's song doesn't work on women and on animals.

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