History Main / RedLightDistrict

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'', the Demon City has a ''gold'' light district. This is because gold is seen as an obscene color in hell due to its association with the sun. Also, the district is a very powerful demon in her own right.

* In ''{{VideoGame/Infamous 2}}'', a large Red Light Center can be found in New Mirais, with a large central building modeled after an old riverboat.

* Sextillion from ''ComicBook/{{Saga}}'' is a [[PleasurePlanet planet-wide]] one that has prostitutes of every conceivable species.

** ''VideoGame/LikeADragonGaidenTheManWhoErasedHisName'' cranks this trope up to eleven with "The Castle", an old container ship that has been transformed into a massive floating adult playground, where the wealthy and morally unhindered go to spend big money on the kinds of dubachery you wouldn't be able to see, even in Kamurocho! Among the attractions here are casinos, sex clubs that cater to every fetish you can imagine, and a gladiatorial arena.

* Most games in the ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' series take place in or around one, or feature them heavily, the most famous being Kamurocho, based on the real world red light district Kabukicho in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Becomes somewhat subverted in later games, as the red-light district is slowly gentrified over the course of the series. Kamurocho in Yakuza 0 feels like a completely different place compared to Kamurocho in Yakuza 6, despite more-or-less having the same layout.

* ''Film/LevyAndGoliath'': Moses (a devoted Orthodox Jew) is chased by drug dealer Goliath through Pigalle in UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}. Aka the district of hookers, porn theaters, peep shows, sex shops and the like, and he does his best to not look at anything/any girl there per his [[AgainstMyReligion religious observance]], referring to the place as "{{So|iled City On A Hill}}dom". Then {{God}} ''orders'' Moses to save his own life by going in a NoTellMotel, and he obeys.

* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' starts in the Red Light District.

* ''Film/LevyAndGoliath'': Moses (a devoted Orthodox Jew) is chased by drug dealer Goliath through Pigalle in UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}. Aka the district of hookers, porn theaters, peep shows, sex shops and the like, and he does his best to not look at anything/any girl there per his religious observance. Then {{God}} ''orders'' Moses to save his own life by going in a NoTellMotel, and he obeys.

* ''Literature/SwansBraidAndOtherTalesOfTerizan'': The Street of Pleasures in Oreen used to house its main brothels, but must have moved. Poli, a sex worker, lives in the vicinity.

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* ''Red Light'' is a 2020 Belgian series starring Creator/CariceVanHouten set in Antwerp's red light district.

* ''Literature/RebuildWorld'': The red light district [[WrongSideOfTheTracks of the slums]] is where a number of business meetings about hunting take place at a GoodGuyBar that Shirakabe uses in place of an office, also hosting [[HumanTraffickers deals regarding]] hunters under IndenturedServitude. Akira getting summoned there by Shirakabe raises some eyebrows because he’s underage. It’s also where the PredatoryProstitute Carol has her somewhat opulent apartment and does her night work.

* ''Literature/TheStoryOfSaiunkoku'': Shuurei worked as an accountant at Kougaro, the number one brothel in the red light district, as one of her various jobs; she's actually close friends with Kochou, the manager of Kougaro.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In RealLife, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storyville,_New_Orleans Storyville]] was the red-light district of New Orleans from 1897-1917. InUniverse, Louis de Pointe du Lac owned several brothels in the area before they were shut down by City Ordinance 4118. In 2022, his second interview with Daniel Molloy opens with them discussing this trope.