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* In ''ComicBook/Camelot3000'', King Arthur has Sir Tristan, who'd been reincarnated as female, pull this stunt on some enemy guards. As Arthur knew Tristan hated being stuck in a woman's body, this was as much a loyalty-test for Tristan as a means of neutralizing the guards.

* ''ComicBook/{{Excalibur}}'' plays this for laughs when one of the female villains of an arc pulls this on Lockheed. Yes, ''Lockheed'', Kitty Pryde's (admittedly sentient) [[TeamPet pet alien dragon]]. Afterwards, Kitty is shown dressing down a disconsolate Lockheed, accusing him of dropping his guard as soon as she "shook some of that bad girl booty."
* The New-52 ''ComicBook/HarleyQuinn'' does this to a mugger with her butt until Power Girl swoops in.
* The page pic is from ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules'' when Hercules impersonates Thor and faces three challenges by the Dark Elves. During the third and final challenge, Hercules is attacked by multiple foes until [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Alflyse]] (queen of the Dark Elves) hikes up her dress, causing Hercules to ogle her and lose the challenge (howewer Alflyse declares him the winner anyway and starts flirting with him amorously).
* In the ''Lady Rawhide/Lady Zorro'' mini-series, ComicBook/LadyRawhide explains that her {{Stripperific}} costume is designed to distract male opponents.
* ''ComicBook/MsTree'' sometimes performs "The Nailer", in an acknowledged ShoutOut to ''ComicStrip/ModestyBlaise''.
* Subverted in ''ComicBook/{{Savage}}''. [[FemmeFatale Martine Green]] tries this on Bill to persuade him not to kill her when he comes after the crew that killed his brother, Tom. Savage just shoots her.
* In the ''ComicBook/SinCity'' story "A Dame to Kill For", a disguised Gail flirts with a guard before popping him in the jaw and setting a bomb at a crimelord's estate.
* There is a point in ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel1977'' in which Dani [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:ImperialSeduction.jpg dances]] to distract an Imperial patrol. It works so well that they don't even notice that Leia's just off to their other side, out in the open trying to keep something from flying away.
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': In ''ComicBook/PublicEnemies'', ComicBook/PowerGirl is told to distract a thirteen-year-old boy. She asks how on Earth she is supposed to do that before saying "Oh", with a slight glance at her cleavage.
* When the villain Gypsy Moth joined the ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' under the name Skein, she used this as a tactic. Considering that her power is command over textiles and other solid objects, it came naturally.
* In ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'' #6, Wasp flies in front of the Hulk's face and distracts him with a "Mardi Gras special".
* In ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' #466, to help Rachel sneak out the mansion, Psylocke [[WorkoutFanservice performs her daily exercises]] in plain sight of the Sentinels to distract their human pilot.

* In the series of ''Series/{{V 1983'', Elizabeth (normally portrayed as quite innocent) draws away a guard so he can be quietly disposed of by hinting that she's bored and "knows what men want". Later she's asked where she got all that from. She responds coyly that she was TaughtByTelevision.

* ''Series/TheGoodies''. In "Army Games", a dolly bird is taking off her clothes by the side of the road [[SchmuckBait for no apparent reason]] so an army vehicle will stop and the soldiers get out so it can be stolen by the Goodies. Bill stops to look himself and has to get hauled off by the others. This was in Season One, so it's an actual woman rather than Tim doing his drag act.

* ''Series/TheGoodies''. In "Army Games", a dolly bird is taking off her clothes by the side of the road [[SchmuckBait for no apparent reason]] so an army vehicle will stop and the soldiers get out so it can be stolen by the Goodies. This was in Season One, so it's an actual woman rather than Tim doing his drag act.

A problem with this tactic is raised in the 1971 film adaptation of Alistair [=MacLean=]'s ''Film/WhenEightBellsToll''. The DamselInDistress is told to distract a guard so the hero can sneak up and clobber him.

* In the Australian mini-series ''For the Term of His Natural Life'' a female convict seduces the duty officer in order to get him out of the way for a convict escape attempt; unfortunately a musket discharges and the officer races back to see what's wrong -- as it turns out his marines have the situation under control by the time he gets back.

* Myth/NorseMythology: Loki once shapeshifted into a horse in order to distract a stallion. Bore him a few children, too.

* ''Avalanche Express'' by Colin Forbes. TheSpymaster requests that the female member of his team, who is helping him courier information sent by a Soviet defector, cross her legs while on the flight to Britian, so that if anyone catches him looking at her "the [[LegFocus sight of your legs]] will provide sufficient explanation." She snarks that another explanation is that he's misusing his authority for immoral purposes.