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** In ''VideoGame/Fallout2'', being involved in slave-catching raids not only lowers your karma but gives you a special perk of infamy, with which many [=NPCs=] will refuse to deal with you. The other crimes that give you this measure of infamy are [[WouldHurtAChild child killing]] and destroying entire settlements.

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** In ''VideoGame/Fallout2'', being involved in slave-catching raids not only lowers your karma but gives you a special perk of infamy, with which many [=NPCs=] will refuse to deal with you. The other crimes that give you this measure of infamy are [[WouldHurtAChild child killing]] and destroying entire settlements. Starting here as well is one of the NCR's consistent bright marks being a rigid and proactive anti-slavery policy, the Rangers in particular.
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* ''Fanfic/TheVioletDemon'': Played with through Zim's bizarre logic. Zim doesn't really have a problem with the concept of slavery ''per se'' -- after, the enslavement and subjugation of a conquered species is simply the natural order of things, as is the humiliation of a captive enemy -- but making a business out of buying and selling slaves captured through trickery rather than force disgusts him. He's also particularly repelled by the idea of sexual slavery, as opposed to just making someone toil for you.


* Website/TVTropes: The troper-made image for SoYouWantTo.WriteACompleteMonster features the villain whipping (or threatening to whip) someone to write many pages in stress.

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* Website/TVTropes: The troper-made image for SoYouWantTo.WriteACompleteMonster features the villain Crägnuum Mundomarauder whipping (or threatening to whip) someone to write many pages in stress.
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* Darkly subverted in ''Literature/{{Victoria}}''. The [[KnightTemplar hardline traditionalists]] of the Northern Confederation consider it an irredeemable act of villainy when Arab slavers prey on their own population... But at the same time, they are fine with enslaving Amazons from [[LadyLand Azania]] who will not submit to their captors' social norms by becoming good Christian wives. Sometimes they are even sold to [[{{Hypocrite}} the very same Islamic slave traders]].

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* Darkly subverted in ''Literature/{{Victoria}}''.''Literature/VictoriaANovelOf4thGenerationWar''. The [[KnightTemplar hardline traditionalists]] of the Northern Confederation consider it an irredeemable act of villainy when Arab slavers prey on their own population... But at the same time, they are fine with enslaving Amazons from [[LadyLand Azania]] who will not submit to their captors' social norms by becoming good Christian wives. Sometimes they are even sold to [[{{Hypocrite}} the very same Islamic slave traders]].

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* In ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'', TokenEvilTeammate Astarion is a ChaoticEvil LovableRogue who'll happily be an accomplice to virtually any crime in the book. However, slavery is the one thing he won't stand for due to the abuse he suffered [[IHateYouVampireDad at the hands of his vampire master]]. However, it's subverted in that he's a firm believer in PragmaticVillainy and won't approve of the party sticking their necks out for random slaves unless it benefits themselves, in part due to conditioning from his master [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished that punished any sort of altruism]].

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* In ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'', TokenEvilTeammate Astarion is a ChaoticEvil LovableRogue who'll happily be an accomplice to virtually any crime in the book. However, slavery is the one thing he won't stand for due to the abuse he suffered [[IHateYouVampireDad at the hands of his vampire master]]. However, it's subverted in that he's a firm believer in PragmaticVillainy and won't approve of the party sticking their necks out for random slaves (namely the enslaved gnomes in the Underdark) unless it benefits themselves, in part due to conditioning [[NeverBeHurtAgain conditioning]] from his master [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished that punished any sort of altruism]].altruism]].
-->'''Astarion:''' Gods, really? Saving a drow I can understand, but saving ''[[FantasticRacism gnomes]]''? But if you insist on being a hero, I won't get in your way. Just don't expect me to help either.
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* ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel''
** [[Characters/HazbinHotelAlastor Alastor]]
*** While he isn't as directly abusive to Husk as Valentino is to Angel, Episode 5 shows that he can be just as vile, if not more, than Val as he threatens to torture and tear Husk's soul apart if he dares insult him again. Unlike his other displays of violence and intimidation, which is presented as either [[BlackComedy over-the-top]] or awe-inspiringly terrifying, Alastor's enslavement and treatment of Husk is played dead seriously.
*** "[[Recap/HazbinHotelS1E5DadBeatDad Dad Beat Dad]]" reveals that [[spoiler:''he's'' on the receiving end of this too. [[UnseenEvil Someone]] owns his soul and he is not well pleased by this fact. Evident by how he threatened to tear Husk's soul apart if the latter ever mentioned that fact ever again. "[[Recap/HazbinHotelS1E8TheShowMustGoOn The Show Must Go On]]" shows even more just how pitiful the situation is as he struggles to keep his calm composure and starts looking like someone in genuine distress.]]
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* ''Fanfic/OnTrial'': One of the more traumatic moments in [[spoiler:Cassandra]]'s TraumaCongaLine was when the Madame of the prison she was locked in tried to sell her (under the King's orders). What's worse? [[spoiler:Lady Caine]] tells the Queen that this is not the first time such a thing has happened. Queen Arianna is so horrified that she has the Madame arrested and shuts the entire prison down then and there, and she spends the next few weeks giving Corona's justice system a major overhaul, making sure Corona never sees this level of corruption again.
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* In ''Videogame/MiddleEarthShadowOfWar'', while mentally enslaving Orcs is a major mechanic in the main game, Eltariel (the protagonist of "The Blade of Galadriel" DLC) doesn't [[HeelFaceBrainwashing Dominate]] Orcs despite having the ability to do so. Fortunately for her, she comes across some of the friendliest Orcs in Mordor who are all too willing to join her for their own reasons.

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* In ''Videogame/MiddleEarthShadowOfWar'', while mentally enslaving Orcs is a major mechanic in the main game, Eltariel (the protagonist of "The Blade of Galadriel" DLC) doesn't [[HeelFaceBrainwashing Dominate]] Orcs despite having the ability to do so.so because she considers it abhorrent. Fortunately for her, she comes across some of the friendliest Orcs in Mordor who are all too willing to join her for their own reasons.
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* ''Fanfic/ThisBites'': The World Government's willingness to allow open slavery in their "Holy City" and support of the slave markets on Sabaody is one of the major reasons Cross intends to see them burned to ashes. In particular, he ropes the other Supernovas into a concerted assault on the slave houses with the intention of crushing their forces, stealing their wealth, and freeing the slaves, so they'll never be able to recover; his plan is in fact to ingrain the idea that "pirates oppose slavery always" to a ''memetic'' level.
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* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'': Haddock's reaction to encountering a slave trader who mistakes him for his supplier is this trope in a nutshell, ejecting him with one of his trademark string of insults for at least five minutes after he's started rowing back to his own ship.

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* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'': In ''The Red Sea Sharks'', Haddock's reaction to encountering a slave trader who mistakes him for his supplier is this trope in a nutshell, ejecting him with one of his trademark string of insults for at least five minutes after he's started rowing back to his own ship.
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* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': One thing that marks Suguru Kamoshida as a complete villain is that his Palace (a representation of how he sees Shujin Academy) is a palace with himself as a king and his male students as his slaves, while female students are concubines.

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