History Main / RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil

* ''Webcomic/{{ICE}}'' has [[http://www.faitherinhicks.com/ice/page113.html a scene]] where two assassins shoot a contact who has demonstrated he enjoys watching security footage of rape.

* In the Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian story ''A Witch Shall Be Born'', the mercenary leader Constantius rapes the kind and benevolent Queen Taramis. This scene is used to establish just how depraved and sociopathic Constantius (and by extension, Salome, the title witch) is.

* In the ''Literature/SwordOfShadows'' series, Mace Blackhail is always portrayed as a slimy opportunist looking to grab as much power as he can within the [[ProudWarriorRace Clanholds]], but it's his rape of Raina (the clan chief's widow and his main opponent) which is his MoralEventHorizon, cementing him as a truly evil character who needs to go down hard.

** ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'': Dr. Light was evil, but he wasn't '''evil''' until it was RetConned that he had raped ComicBook/ElongatedMan's wife Sue Dibny in the JLA watchtower. Following the retcon, it's become standard practice to write Light as a SerialRapist. Quoth ComicBook/PlasticMan: "It's like that's his power now."

* In ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' #206, corrupt TarzanBoy Micah Synn starts dating Debbie, the wife of Murdock's law partner Foggy Nelson. He ignores her initial reluctance and attempts to force himself on her, only to be stopped by [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin The Kingpin]] of all people who tells him that his organization has rules. [[NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization The two enter a relationship regardless]] as a result of AllGirlsWantBadBoys.

* In ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'', Lex Luthor joins Libra in his plans to aid Darkseid in his conquest of the Earth and seems to have no problem with Libra brainwashing people and killing superheroes. But when Libra vaguely implies that after victory he plans to organize a rape-train on Supergirl and Lex is going to be first in the line, Luthor teams up with Doctor Sivana to bring him down.

* ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'': Dr. Light was evil, but he wasn't '''evil''' until it was RetConned that he had raped [[spoiler:Sue Dibny]] in the JLA watchtower. Following the retcon, it's become standard practice to write Light as a serial rapist. Quoth Plastic Man: "It's like that's his power now."

* ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'': Frank Castle hates most criminals with a cold, brutal passion, but rapists he harbors an ''extra'' bit of hatred for -- especially human traffickers who sell sex slaves.
* To quote Doctor Doom in a 2010 issue of ''ComicBook/XFactor2006'':
-->'''Doom:''' I hope you ladies will display more wisdom than your associates... to say nothing of gratitude.\\
'''Sue Storm:''' Gratitude, Doom? For imprisoning me?\\
'''Doom:''' For saving you, foolish woman, from the attentions of an impostor. A Doom from another world, at the risk of sounding melodramatic. The fool. He thought to combine resources with me. As if I was unaware he would eventually seek to betray me. I decided I would allow his game to run its course... but insisted that you be removed from the board. His plans for you were... distasteful. Life is a cheap commodity, but we should have some respect for the intimacies of man and wife, should we not?

* In the ''Literature/BelisariusSeries'', the Malwa seem to be fond of rape as no-one else is, presumably to show how evil they are. At least one of them even makes a point of physically ravishing {{Sex Slave}}s rather then just ordering them to have sex with him. It is even specially noted that in other societies "concubine" means "pampered semi-official junior wife of aristocrats in societies that practice limited polygamy" whereas among the Malwa it means "today's rape victim of an important person". Good guys, [[TheWomanAreSafeWithUs of course]], do not stoop to this sort of thing and in Belisarius's army someone caught raping will have to [[OffWithHisHead talk to Valentinian]].

* Used in the ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' (with a dash of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' {{Hatedom}} and Music/TheDecemberists references) fanfic "[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5542488/1/Cullin_of_the_Fold Cullin' of the Fold]]". The vermin are horrified by the suggestion that they're going to rape the MarySue [[spoiler:but see nothing at all wrong with [[CarnivoreConfusion eating]] her]].

* In the reimagined ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' episode "Pegasus", many of the crew, including Captain Adama, are [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman uncertain how precisely to handle]] the "incident" where the Cylon interrogator from the ''Pegasus'' tried to rape Sharon while questioning her. One of the exceptions is Doctor Cottle, one of the most upright and moral characters on the show, who bluntly states that what they tried to do to Sharon was "unforgivable."

** The episode "Crackers Don't Matter": under the influence of the episode's villain, Crichton begins going progressively insane, and attacks the rest of the crew (most of which are also insane) in a hallucination-riddled frenzy. However, it is his (and Harvey's) contemplation of raping Chiana that really indicates just how deranged Crichton has become.

** While much less serious, a comment Jayne makes in the pilot about Simon's cargo ([[GirlInABox River in a box]]) helps solidify his role as the TokenEvilTeammate:

* In ''LightNovel/TheUnexploredSummonBloodSign'', rape is basically the only thing [[spoiler:[[{{Yandere}} the White Queen]]]] ''hasn't'' done to subjugate Kyousuke. She will brainwash, torture, and threaten innocents on a whim, but his chastity is [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace (relatively)]] safe even when his body isn't.

* In volume 9 of the ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' novel, after [[TheChessMaster Izaya]] outsmarts [[SmugSnake Earthworm]] and basically orders [[{{Jerkass}} Ran]] to do what he wanted with her, [[HumiliationConga Ran does terrible things like set her on fire to the point that she had to roll all over the table of broken glass and get pierced in multiple parts of the body and broke her leg.]] He takes one look at her and implies that he was going to rape her in front of Izaya and his lackeys. However, [[AmazonianBeauty Mikage]] finally steps him and outright tells Ran that he can torture her, set her on fire or even kill her. However, if he even thinks about crossing the line, she would kill him.

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* ''Film/{{Sleepers}}'': The reason why the Johnny and Tommy are {{Sympathetic Murderer}}s is that their [[AssholeVictim victim used to rape them when they were children]]. Not only their loved ones are extremely sympathetic toward them (and their friends Michael and Shakes who were also molested) when they are told about the abuse, but one of them goes as far as to perjure himself to help them. Additionally, their plot of revenge hinges on this trope. By uncovering the rapist's true nature in court and exploiting that nobody really saw Johnny and Tommy kill Nokes, they get the judge horrified and disgusted enough to acquit them.

A sub-trope of EvenEvilHasStandards when rape disgusts a villain. Compare WouldntHitAGirl, WouldntHurtAChild. Contrast BlackComedyRape. Related to the idea of rape as a FateWorseThanDeath. When refusal to engage in this is a sign of the good guys superiority it is TheWomenAreSafeWithUs.

* ''Literature/DarkestPowers'': In ''The Summoning'', Derek is perfectly willing to allow Liam and Ramon to blame him to the local werewolf pack for their crimes of killing humans with the help of a man-eater (all of which is banned in werewolf culture), until they threaten Chloe. When he refuses to cooperate with them unless they allow her to leave safely, they decide to just kill him and take Chloe for their own pleasure, which in turn pushes Derek's BerserkButton. It doesn't help that when Ramon states that she is a little young for his tastes, Liam very happily says that "[he likes] them young".