History Main / TheVamp

Although the name is derived from "vampire," this character is most commonly a normal human, but some supernatural entities are known to influence men in this way. [[HornyDevils Succubi]] and [[OurSirensAreDifferent Sirens]] are known to lure men in to be eaten or drained of LifeEnergy, or occasional literal vampires use their supernatural beauty and wit to lure male prey to their deaths, for example.

Expect some [[SlayingMantis praying mantis]] [[AnimalMotifs imagery]] for these characters, as female mantises have been known to eat their mates' heads after mating (although the prevalence of this habit is ''greatly'' exaggerated in the media).

!!Examples:

[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/{{Mandalay}}'': Tanya as [[PornNames "Spot White"]]. Granted, she didn't want to be a sex worker but, in an attempt to make the best of a bad situation, she takes a fellow prostitute's advice to heart and uses men's lust to her advantage. One clear example is one she blackmails herself out of prostitution by seducing a policeman -- he used her services during a masquerade party. She also threatens him with revealing their encounter.
* The character of Irma Vep in the 1915 french silent film serial ''Film/LesVampires''. Her name is an anagram of "Vampire".
* Played with in ''Film/BeyondTheLights''. Noni is clearly NOT a vamp. However, thanks to the [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl hyper-sexualized image]] forced upon her by her record label, Kaz's father THINKS she is and warns his son not to get involved with her because "this one ain't First Lady material". Needless to say, Kaz does NOT take his advice!
* In ''Film/BodyHeat'', Mary Ann Simpson is explicitly labeled "The Vamp" in her high school yearbook. [[spoiler: She's Kathleen Turner's character, which we've been lead to believe is Matty Tyler Walker, and is playing Ned Racine, the real Matty Tyler, and her husband for all they are worth.]]
* ''Film/BlackWidow1987'', played by Theresa Russell, a serial killer of rich men she married, ostensibly for their money. Has a strong [[HoYay bisexual theme]] as well.
* ''Film/TheParentTrap1961'' and ''Film/TheParentTrap1998''. In this case, it takes the twin girls wreaking havoc on The Vamp to make Dad realize that he's about to marry a gold-digging bitch, which was completely obvious to everyone else from the moment the woman appeared on the screen. She'll likely overlap with the RichBitch in this case.
%%* Kris Bolin from ''The Temp''
* The 1967 version of ''Film/Bedazzled1967'' has Lust, played by Raquel Welch. The Devil herself (played by Elizabeth Hurley) is one in [[Film/Bedazzled2000 the 2000 version]].
* Silent film actress Theda Bara in...pretty much anything, but especially 1915's ''Film/AFoolThereWas'', where she's actually billed as "The Vampire". The film even quotes Rudyard Kipling's poem (see Literature below).
%%* The woman from the city in silent classic ''Film/{{Sunrise}}''.
* A whole series of FilmNoir movies made in the 1940s and '50s: Phyllis in ''Film/DoubleIndemnity'', Kathie from ''Film/OutOfThePast''. Even Creator/MarilynMonroe's character in ''Film/{{Niagara}}''.
* A significant portion of Creator/MarleneDietrich's career was built on such titles as ''Devil Is a Woman''.
* Conchita in Bunuel's ''That Obscure Object of Desire''. Hell, it took two actresses to carry all this vampishness.
* Kara is even referred to as such in the 2006 high school noir, ''Film/{{Brick}}''.
* ''Film/{{Cthulhu}}'' (2007). Susan tries to seduce the protagonist, Russell Marsh, as part of the [[ReligionOfEvil Cult of Dagon's]] plan to have him pass on his seed (creating a HybridMonster). As Russell is gay, her charms don't work on him, so she drugs and rapes him instead.
* In ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'', amazingly hot college girl Alice is intent upon getting with Sam for unclear reasons. [[spoiler: She's a Decepticon spy. Pretender-style Decepticons can take on a human form.]]
* Bridget in ''Film/TheLastSeduction'' (1994).
* Suzanne Stone, the VillainProtagonist of ''Film/ToDieFor'' (1995), is a partial parody of The Vamp - she's beautiful, utterly ruthless, manipulative...and dumb as a post.
* Lady Kaede in ''Film/{{Ran}}'' starts out as a LadyMacbeth to her husband. After he's killed in battle, she becomes a Vamp to his brother, seducing and becoming a Lady Macbeth to him and making him order the death of his wife, Lady Sue.
* In ''Film/DrJekyllAndMsHyde'', Dr. Richard Jacks tampers with his ancestor's formula and adds estrogen, hoping to eliminate male aggression. His female alter-ego, Helen Hyde, uses her beauty and feminine charm to seduce the men at Dr. Jacks' company and climb to the top. She'll even injure anyone who gets in her way.
* In ''Film/DraculasDaughter'', the actual vampire Countess Marya Zaleska tries to play this role with Dr. Geoffrey Garth. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when the Head of Scotland Yard tells his man-servant that he is going hunting "vampires", to which the latter replies: "But I always understood you went after them with chequebooks, sir."
* In ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'', Dana Barrett plays this role once she becomes possessed by Zuul, one of Gozer's demonic Terror Dogs. She becomes a wanton seductress whose sole mission is to bring about the coming of Gozer through mating with another demon, Vinz Clortho. She first tries quite aggressively to bed Peter Venkman when he arrives for a date with Dana, then later completes her mission when she finds and mates with Vinz, who has possessed her neighbor, Louis Tully.
* Nazi Vamps like Ilsa Haupstein (from ''Film/Hellboy2004'') and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Schneider#Elsa_Schneider Dr Elsa Schneider]] from ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''. Unrepentant and black-hearted bitches. Also examples of The Vamp and EvilIsSexy.
** The TropeCodifier for this particular sub-group is the titular ''Film/IlsaSheWolfOfTheSS''.
* Creator/MyrnaLoy was stuck playing this type of role for years in early Hollywood, often with an additional ethnic flavor; the success of ''Film/TheThinMan'' helped her escape to better parts. Ironically, she ended her career being best known for wholesome wife-and-mother parts.
* Lady Marsh in ''Film/TheLairOfTheWhiteWorm'' seduces both men [[PsychoLesbian and women]] to their doom.
* Mini from ''Mini's First Time'' has elements of [[FemmeFatale Femme]] and FilleFatale, but her utter soullessness qualifies her for this trope.
* In ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail,'' the castle Anthrax is filled with 160 young blondes and brunettes who lure handsome knights by lighting a grail-shaped beacon. Once a handsome knight arrives at the castle, they try to tempt him into sexual activities. This is a subversion though, as these women don't seem to have any evil motives for doing this. Their only stated reason for doing this is loneliness.
%%* Ariel in ''Alien Intruder''.
* Elektra King in ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough''. She's really keen on having a relationship with Bond and guilt-tripping him, and the reveal that [[spoiler:she's the true BigBad of the film]] cements her as this, to the point that [[spoiler:she thinks that [[YouWouldntShootMe Bond wouldn't shoot her]]. She's wrong]].
%%* Kathryn in ''Film/CruelIntentions''.
%%* Debbie in ''Devil In The Flesh''.
* The leading role of [[ShowWithinAShow the theater troupe's play]] in the silent comedy ''Exit Smiling'' is a vamp, and is the role that the heroine is constantly trying to score.
* Not only was Francesca in ''Film/GhostShip'' involved in the mass murder, but she also seduced one of the crooks into killing his comrades before offing him herself. Unfortunately for her, her feminine wiles don't work on [[spoiler: supernatural beings]], but even after death she's still just as much a vamp as she was in life, tempting [[spoiler:Greer]] and leading him to his doom. Inverted when Francesca's backstory reveals that [[spoiler:said supernatural being]] actually seduced ''her'' into playing her role in the scheme.
--> ''Benvenuto a bordo'' [[note]]Welcome on board[[/note]]
* Angelique in ''Film/HellraiserBloodline'' is a demon currently occupying the body of an attractive woman and seduces her victims only to kill or torture them to death later on.
%%* In "Film/TheTenCommandments1956", Nefertiti is this role.
* [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Kelly in ''Film/{{Neighbors|2014}}''. Her plan to break up Teddy and Pete's [[HeterosexualLifePartner bromance]] is to make out with both Peter ''and'' Teddy's girlfriend and then coercing the pair into have sex. She also claims that this isn't the first time she came between two guys.
* In ''Film/ExMachina'', when he reveals that the test was actually to see if Ava could manipulate Caleb, Nathan claims that she used her feminine charm to deceive him and does not care about him at all. [[spoiler:This turns out to be true - she escapes the facility alone and leaves Caleb locked in it to die]].
* [[DrFakenstein Doctor Frank-N-Furter]] from ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' is a male example, albeit a CreepyCrossdresser (or [[VillainSong in his words]], "a sweet transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania"). Note that while many other seductive male crossdressers in fiction try to manipulate other men's libido by posing as sexy women, Frank is quite openly a man, just one who prefers feminine clothing. And he [[DepravedBisexual doesn't limit his targets to men]] either; he's quite good at seducing AnythingThatMoves. Of course, what else would you expect from Creator/TimCurry in his prime?
-->''I'm not much of a man by the light of day, but by night I'm one hell of a lover...''
* In ''Film/TheShining'', the ghost in room 237 seduces Jack with an illusory youthful form, only to reveal herself as a necrotic old woman during their embrace.
* The Amazon Queen Farida in ''Film/SinbadOfTheSevenSeas'' is a beautiful evil enchantress employed by [[BigBad Jaffar]] to enthrall Sinbad and his crew.
* ''Film/TheWorldOfKanako'': [[spoiler:Akikazu's daughter Kanako.]] She uses her charm and femininity to screw everybody around her. When Ogata is bullied she acts disinterested since she doesn't seem to care for the weak. Then she saves the narrator from some bullies just to [[spoiler:set him up and completely destroy him afterwards, after he has fallen in love with her]].
* One villain in ''Film/{{Freaks}}'' is the {{golddigg|er}}ing trapeze artist Cleopatra, who marries Hans (a sideshow performer with dwarfism) with the intent to kill him for his fortune and then marry the strongman Hercules.
* In ''Film/ThePhantomOfCrestwood'', Jenny Wren is an extremely attractive young woman who earns her living through her 'relationships' with older, wealthy (and usually married) men. Her plan for retirement is to {{blackmail}} her paramours for a staggering amount of money.
* In ''Film/ThirteenWomen'', Ursula keeps the swami and Burns under thumb through a combination of hypnosis and raw sex appeal.
* ''{{Film/Vamps}}'': Despite the film's title, only Cisserus qualifies for this. She hypnotizes or seduces men to feed on.
* Dame Vaako in ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick''. She uses her charms to lure Riddick into the Necromonger stronghold for interrogation. She also uses sex to manipulate her husband, Vaako, to overthrow the Lord Marshal.
* Santánico Pandemonium in ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn''.
* Yan Erh is one of the main villains from ''Film/HeroesOfSung'', who seduces the film's main hero by pretending to be a mugged victim, and coerces him into bedding her while intending to have him killed after stealing a valuable jade seal from him.
* In ''Film/LustForGold'', Julia Thomas strings both Pete and Walz along, playing them off against each other to her advantage.
* ''Film/{{MFA}}'': After her rape and her AccidentalMurder of Luke, Noelle reinvents herself as a vamp: using her newfound confidence to seduce sexual predators to their deaths.
* Alexa in ''Film/Seven1979'', who uses herself as bait to lure the Hermit into a position where she can kill him.
* In ''Film/FortyFive'', Kat uses what Liz describes as her natural weapons ("tits, hips, and lips") to seduce Vic, Reilly, Jose, and Liz and drop hints until one of them decides to take out Big Al for her.

[[folder:Literature]]
* Creator/RudyardKipling wrote a poem called [[http://www.online-literature.com/donne/921/ "The Vampire".]] TropeNamer.
* Milady de Winter in ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers''.
* Played for laughs in ''The Science of Literature/{{Discworld}} II: The Globe''; the queen of TheFairFolk ''tries'' to seduce Rincewind, but all he desires is [[TrademarkFavoriteFood potatoes]].
* Berelain in the [[Literature/TheWheelOfTime Wheel of Time]] started out as one, who seduced people for political advantage and spent multiple books chasing after Perrin to the detriment of Perrin's marriage, but is starting to look a bit more sympathetic. Her current [[LoveAtFirstSight infatuation]] with Galad, putting an end to the horrific PoorCommunicationKills arc of the last five books, certainly helps.[[note]]What also helps is that, when she's ''not'' bothering Perrin or catfighting with his wife, she's one of the sharpest political minds in the series, and remains firmly on the side of the good guys.[[/note]]
* The title character of "Literature/TheSnowQueen" by Creator/HansChristianAndersen.
* The White Witch of Creator/CSLewis's ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'', even more so in the films. In the film adaption of ''The Voyage of the Dawn Treader,'' Edmund even imagines her promising to make him "a king...and more", making it obvious that this was a large factor in his decision to become [[TheMole her mole.]] But even in ''The Magician's Nephew'', she strikes Diggory as stunning (while Polly doesn't see the attraction), and Uncle Andrew loses his head over her, even imagining she might find him attractive. And, of course, the Lady of the Green Kirtle from ''The Silver Chair'' seduces and [[{{Brainwashed}} enslaves]] the prince. Jill ''does'' [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer see the attraction]].
* Zenia in Margaret Atwood's ''The Robber Bride''.
* In Creator/GrahamMcNeill's TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Literature/HorusHeresy novel ''Fulgrim'', Bequa Kenska. When her attempt to seduce Ostian Delafour fails, she is enraged both to lose the chance to corrupt his youth and innocence and because she had never failed before.
* The title character in Andrew Vachss' ''[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Strega]]'' (the second ''Literature/{{Burke}}'' novel) is explicitly The Vamp to the extent that she even {{Lampshade|Hanging}}s the fact that she can bend men to her will. The protagonist, Burke, does succumb to her sexual wiles, but [[SubvertedTrope subverts the trope]] in that he's [[GenreSavvy perfectly aware]] of what [[HoneyTrap she represents]], and manages to pull away once her goals are no longer parallel with his. [[spoiler:The girlfriend in Vachss' ''The Getaway Man'' plays the trope straight, however.]]
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'':
** Lara Raith. She's also a psychic vampire who feeds on people's souls during sex.
** Mab, the Unseelie Queen of Air and Darkness, has elements of this archetype. While it normally doesn't come up (since she's more powerful than most gods), she has proven capable of using seduction when the situation calls for it. Harry also describes her as "too terrifying to be beautiful."
--->'''Mab:''' Are you frightened of me, Harry?\\
'''Harry:''' I'm sane.
** Maeve, the Unseelie Lady and Mab's daughter, uses this trick quite a bit more than her mother and is far more blunt about it. She's about as subtle as a prostitute sticking her hand down the front of your pants. A very, very, very beautiful prostitute, [[GirlOnGirlIsHot with friends]], but still.
* Nefer of ''Literature/TheEgyptian'', although she ''is'' considerate enough to actually warn him first. Doesn't help, though.
* ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'': Cavilo (who had already thus secured control of a mercenary warfleet) attempts this with Emperor Gregor Vorbarra in the ''The Vor Game''. As you might guess from the "attempts", it doesn't work out the way she planned.
* This trope is so old that even parodying it is OlderThanSteam. At the end of ''Literature/SirGawainAndTheGreenKnight'', Gawain claims he has learned never to trust women, that they only lead you to sin, etc., etc. The Green Knight tells him [[SpoofAesop this is ridiculous]] and that he has to take responsibility for his own failure.
* Male example: Spyros Stavaronas, the attractive young shrimp fisherman in ''Alexandra'' by Scott O'Dell. At first, he uses his charms to distract Alexandra so his henchmen can smuggle cocaine on her boat. When Alexandra finds out, he further tries to charm her into keeping his secret and not turning them in to the cops.
* Marquise Merteuil in ''Literature/DangerousLiaisons'', a BitchInSheepsClothing variety.
* Mr. Wickham from ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'' is another male example. Unlike the passive if [[TheHedonist Hedonistic]] [[TheCasanova Casanova]] Willoughby of ''Literature/SenseAndSensibility'', who doesn't care if he breaks hearts, Wickham actively tries to win the heroine over and turn her against Mr. Darcy via MaliciousSlander. This is years after he tried to get revenge on Mr. Darcy by seducing his sister. Later, he tries to get back at ''her'' by [[spoiler:seducing her little sister Lydia and very nearly succeeds]]. Elizabeth later feels [[BreakTheHaughty terrible over how easily she believed his lies]].
* The woman in Creator/RobertEHoward's "Literature/TheGodsOfTheNorth", who lures Literature/ConanTheBarbarian to her brothers to be killed. When this does not work, things get rather uglier for her.
** Thalis tries this in "The Slithering Shadows". Conan is embarrassed because Natala, his slave girl, is watching.
* Parodied with Muriel Kane in ''Literature/TheBeautifulAndDamned''. She wants to be seen as a vamp (and happens to look like Theda Bara, mentioned above) but tries far too hard.
* Roberta "Bobbie" Wickham from the ''Literature/JeevesAndWooster'' series is a light comedic variant. A troublemaker with EvilRedhead tendencies, she makes a habit of luring Bertie into trouble and then working against him to benefit herself. Of course, Bertie is an ExtremeDoormat who can get talked into anything, but in Bobbie's case, the fact that she's gorgeous and flirtatious doesn't hurt her cause.
--> ''Bobbie Wickham ... went about the place letting the pure in heart in for the sort of thing I was doing now.''
* Matilda fills this role in ''Literature/TheMonk'', particularly if you read her character as deliberately leading Ambrosio astray rather than merely being tempting.
* ''Extremely'' common in ''Literature/TheSwordOfTruth'', especially among the Sisters of the Dark. [[DarkMagicalGirl Nicci]] is perhaps the best example prior to [[spoiler: her HighHeelFaceTurn]], and has [[Really700YearsOld a long history]] of using her beauty and sex to get what she wants. The generally antagonistic (though not ''evil'') and neutral at best witch woman [[HotWitch Shota]] tends to play this at times as well. Calling her default wardrobe "revealing" [[IncrediblyLamePun doesn't even cover it]].
* Lilith Eve Mabus in Creator/SteveAlten's ''[[Literature/{{Domain}} Resurrection]]'' is an extreme example of the trope.
* Cersei Lannister in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. Men desire her and she's willing to use that. Littlefinger actually pities her because her beauty is the only true advantage she possesses -- [[NeverASelfMadeWoman everything else is due to the men in her life]] -- in the game of thrones, and that will fade with time. Eventually {{Deconstructed|Trope}}, as the consequences of being exposed as the Vamp become apparent. [[spoiler: The High Septon finds out and forces her to walk through the city naked and shaved. This destroys all the power she has gained; no one will respect her now that everyone has seen her in such a vulnerable state. Even Jaime is unsympathetic and abandons her in her time of need. He thought she was cheating on her husband with him because he was her true love, and the discovery that she's sleeping with other people to win their allegiance makes him question their entire relationship.]]
* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': Luke Castellan is a semi-censored RareMaleExample. Because this is a middle-grade series, they can't exactly say he used sex to gain information, but [[spoiler:Silena's confession that she spied for him because he seemed so "handsome and trustworthy"]] makes it pretty clear that something happened (especially considering that [[ComfortingTheWidow her love interest had just died recently]]). He wasn't above using Annabeth's PrecociousCrush to manipulate her either.
* Annabella Wilmot in ''Literature/TheTenantOfWildfellHall'', as Lord Lowborough discovers too late. Gilbert warns Frederick Lawrence that Jane Wilson is not to be trusted before he can choose a similar fate.
* La Belle Dame sans Merci, from the Creator/JohnKeats poem [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Belle_Dame_sans_Merci of the same name.]] She also has shades of TheFairFolk.
* Delia of Eldorne in ''Literature/SongOfTheLioness'' deliberately pits men against each other and seduces Prince Jon, toying with his moods by giving or withholding her attention (and sex) in order to keep him off-balance. All of this is in aid of Duke Roger's plan to usurp the throne because she wants to be the queen.
* In ''Literature/TheGeneralSeries'' Suzette Whitehall's modus operandi (seduction, manipulation, provoking duels over herself, having {{Obstructive Bureaucrat}}s dumped in the river with 40-kilo roundshot chained to their ankles, etc.) fits with this... but she does so not ForTheEvulz but for the sake of the husband she actually ''does'' love (an [[IncorruptiblePurePureness honest soldier]] whom the DecadentCourt of the Gubierno Civil would probably destroy otherwise).
* Melisande Shahrizai from the ''Literature/KushielsLegacy'' series is an almost perfect example of this trope, especially early on.
* Wyre from ''Literature/DarkHeart''. She's not averse to using sex to manipulate men, [[spoiler:though she's also good at mind-warping magic]].
* In the ''Literature/ArchieSheridan'' series, Gretchen Lowell is the extreme of this trope, as a beautiful female serial killer who claims to have over two hundred kills. Not just any kills, either--she likes to torture using blades and chemicals to extend the torture session for as long as possible. She uses sex to collect "apprentices," weak-minded selfish men who she can mold into serial killers themselves.
* In Creator/AgathaChristie's stories featuring professional problem-solver [[Literature/ParkerPyneInvestigates Mr. Parker Pyne]], one of his employees is the impossibly glamorous Madeleine de Sara, who plays this role as needed for a FalseCrucible or OperationJealousy.
* In ''Literature/TerraIgnota'', Danaë is so seductively feminine that she is able to make anyone do what she wants basically just by being in the same room as them. It is eventually revealed that she was raised in a brothel and educated to undermine others by using her sex appeal, giving her a dark streak despite her innocent demeanor. Justified in that it's quite clear that any modern person would easily be able to resist her charms, but in the genderless world of the 25th century, the only experience anyone has with sexuality and sexual appeal outside the bedroom are historical videos and pornography. Mycroft describes this as giving people "the weakness but no resistance."
* Lee Gen, the darkly [[AntiHero anti-heroic]] Chinese spy in ''Literature/{{Caliphate}}'', is one of the very few [[CampGay male]] examples known to exist, thanks to science-fiction technologies which allow him to present a ''really'' convincing AttractiveBentGender.
* ''Literature/LoyalEnemies'' has Tairinn. The only reason she approached Veres, slept with him, and generally played his girlfriend was to get her hands on [[spoiler:his writings about werewolves and their origins and magical capabilities]], secretly laughing about Veres' moral integrity. It worked because of her innocent, alluring dark-haired looks. After having [[spoiler:latched onto another man and faked her own death]], she tries that shtick on Veres ''again'' in the finale because she still hasn't figured out everything insinuated by his thesis, using her sex appeal to lure him to her side. [[spoiler:This time, though, Veres sees through it.]]
* ''Literature/MercyThompson'' features the Widow Queen otherwise known as Neuth, the Black Queen who serves as the BigBad of the novel ''Fire Touched''. The Widow Queen is a member of the ruling class of the fae who are known as the Gray lords. Her MO is the seducing good men until they are obsessed with her, luring them into temptation before destroying them and all they loved before ruining their lands.
* Sophonisba in Santiago Posteguillo's ''Literature/AfricanusTrilogy'' is a good example, managing to turn Syphax (and almost Masinissa) to the Carthaginian cause only through her feminine charms. This was TruthInTelevision, apparently.
* PsychoPsychologist Lilith Ritter in ''Literature/NightmareAlley'' is a particularly vicious and manipulative example. Pretty much immediately after the main character Stan comes to her as a client, she seduces and begins controlling him through sexual and emotional coercion. Within weeks Stan is so infatuated with her that he is willing to do literally anything she wants to ensure that she continues their secret relationship. It's later revealed at the end of the book that Lilith was conning Stan all along. She steals a majority of the money they have swindled together and when Stan discovers her betrayal and confronts her, she tells him he is deluded and attempts to have him committed to an institution, a fate he very narrowly escapes.
* ''Literature/AnnoDracula'': Christina Light expertly uses her beauty and sexuality to seduce men into joining her anarchist cause while caring nothing for their lives.
* ''Literature/TheToughGuideToFantasyland'': The Enchantress. The Guide outright says "Enchantress" is "another word for seductress, only with more punch". They use magic to make themselves look more beautiful and thus be appealing for seducing a captured male hero.
* ''Literature/BazilBroketail'': Zettila uses her beauty and charm to wrap Emperor Banwi around her finger, making him blindly follow her every advice and trust her word even when she's obviously using him.
* Phoedria from ''Literature/TheFaerieQueene'' throws herself at any man who comes near her island in hopes of leading them astray and leaving them forever stranded in the middle of the deadly sea.
* ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': Ophelia Salvadori is a TragicVillain example: a sexually predatory upperclassman who SmellsSexy due to [[UnevenHybrid her succubus ancestry]] and specializes in using male essence to breed chimeras within her own womb. It's apparently a family tradition, one which her {{Unlucky Childhood Friend}}s tried unsuccessfully to turn her away from (she wanted to, but bullying at school over her abilities [[ThenLetMeBeEvil drove her]] to a FaceHeelTurn).

[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
%%* ''Series/{{Angel}}'':
%%** While under Jasmine's control, Cordy plays this trope to the hilt.
%%** Lilah Morgan is this trope to a T.
* Background material explains that Lady Cassandra from ''Series/DoctorWho'' had this lifestyle when she was younger and her body wasn't deteriorated. She is a good foil to the doctor's companion Rose Tyler and due to different circumstances, mostly her desire for revenge and getting a younger body, she ends up possessing Rose. The two of them get further contrasted that way. [[LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine Cassandra basically becomes Rose's Dark Feminine.]]
** River Song was raised to be this - she [[spoiler: killed the Doctor ''with a kiss'']]. Fortunately, [[LoveRedeems it was short-lived]].
-->''It was never going to be a gun for you, [[spoiler: Doctor]].''
* Vorpax in ''Series/MortalKombatConquest''. Not that there's anything wrong with wanting to seduce [[MrFanservice Shang Tsung]]...
* Victoria Metcalf, the psychotic, poetry-loving bank robber who was the love of Benton Fraser's life in ''Series/DueSouth''.
* Lila in ''Series/{{Dexter}}''. Granted, Dexter is most certainly [[SerialKiller not]] your typical "moral and upright man", but Lila's willing to go places that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even he won't]]. The nihilistic temptress comes complete with black hair, [[BettyAndVeronica in contrast to]] Dexter's blonde good-girl girlfriend Rita.
* "Saffron" in ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' has married numerous men under as many aliases for pretty much the express purpose of ripping them off. Damn good criminal mastermind, too.
* ''Series/{{Oz}}''. Shirley Bellinger, who drowned her own child in a fake accident based on the Susan Smith case. She gives sexual favours to both inmates and prison guards in exchange for preferential treatment, leading to a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} when, as she's being led off for execution, Shirley calmly informs Warden Glynn that the guard escorting her has been "coming into my cell every night and fucking me." Faced with a glowering Warden and a prisoner who'll soon be beyond any retaliation, the guard can only mutter, "Bitch."
* Ashton Main Huntoon Fenway from ''Series/NorthAndSouthUS''. She marries James only to gain a sort of political power and wealth despite coming from a Southern aristocratic family, plots against her sweet sister Brett and Billy's romance-turned-marriage, seduces multiple men after a failed attempt to get into Billy's pants...and this is all just Book One...
* Vala Mal Doran from ''Series/StargateSG1'' was introduced as a straightforward vamp, but she got better.
* [[AdaptationalVillainy Shibuki Saori]] in ''Series/AliceInBorderland'', a ManipulativeBitch with a long history of using others to get ahead in life. She was in the middle of SleepingWithTheBoss [[SleepingTheirWayToTheTop for a promotion]] when she ended up in the DeadlyGame, and after joining the group she takes advantage of Chota's insecurities and fears to sleep with him with the intent of making him her pawn. [[spoiler: [[AdaptationalHeroism When he refuses to help her betray his]] TrueCompanions she throws this back in his face, [[EvilCannotComprehendGood saying that he should know whose side he's on after they slept together]]. However, when it becomes clear they won't survive the round, [[AlasPoorVillain the two reconcile and embrace in their final moments]] showing that she did have genuine affection for him.]]
* Princess Archerina in ''Series/PowerRangersZeo''. Probably only effective on other robots, but she can entrance males via her arrows and make them follow her bidding.
* Theresa Conners on the short-lived series ''Series/EZStreets'', played by Debrah Farentno. She sleeps with her mob boss client as well as the detective tasked with bringing him down.
* Tammy, Ron Swanson's ex-wife on ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'', played by Megan Mullally. She's the deputy director of the Library department who seduces her ex Ron, the head of Parks and Rec dept., and sleeps with him again in exchange for the empty lot his deputy director Leslie Knope wants to turn into a park. As Tammy tells Leslie: "Les, there are two kinds of women in the world. There are women who work hard and stress out about doing the right thing, and then there are women who are cool."
* On her first appearance on ''Series/{{Hercules| The Legendary Journeys}}'', Series/{{Xena|Warrior Princess}} was this as well as a DarkActionGirl. By her second appearance, all traces of the vamp had disappeared and she was only the Dark Action Girl before [[HeelFaceTurn being redeemed]].
* Sarah from ''Series/{{Survivors}}'' is first seen using her feminine wiles to manipulate a smitten plague survivor, [[spoiler:who she promptly leaves to die after he breaks his leg in an accident]]. She begins working her way through the male members of the main cast from there.
** A very similar character appeared in the original version of the series under the name Anne, although she only appears in a handful of episodes.
* ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' has Katherine, who uses her charm and seductive wiles in order to get what she wants.
* ''Series/TheXFiles'': Frohike and Langly saw Suzanne Modeski as The Vamp, and were really pissed off that Byers fell for it. The truth turned out to be a little more complex. She's actually a woman tormented by a shady government organization that wants to use her smarts and destroy her when she wants to expose them.
* Professional {{dominatrix}} Irene Adler in the "[[Recap/SherlockS02E01AScandalInBelgravia A Scandal in Belgravia]]" episode of ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' is like this towards all her more influential clients (from whom she gains confidential government and [=MI6=]-related secrets during the course of "[[UnusualEuphemism recreational scolding]]"), as well as the titular hero. It's not a personal vendetta: she is in cahoots with the "consulting criminal [[ManipulativeBastard Moriarty]] and plays off of Sherlock's [[CelibateHero lack of sex knowledge]] to get him to do whatever she wants. It somewhat backfires in the end, though Sherlock is so impressed by the fact that she managed to fool him for so long that he compliments her - in a manner of speaking - by [[spoiler:saving her life]].
** The notable thing about Irene is that she does, in fact, [[IfItsYouItsOkay develop genuine feelings for Sherlock]] somewhere along the line; however, she doesn't so much as consider affecting a HeelFaceTurn like in a typical example of the 'villainess' who falls for the hero, instead fully intending to see her mission to thwart Sherlock and his brother Mycroft through to the end. This makes her an unusual cross between The Vamp and a FemmeFatale.
* This happens often on ''Series/{{Merlin 2008}}''. Thus far we've had Morgana, Morgause, Nimueh, Sophia, Catrina, Lamia, and Helen/Mary using feminine wiles at one point or another to manipulate the men-folk.
** In fairness, this could be partially because they believe that a seductress won't be seen as a powerful sorceress and that people won't see past the cleavage. On current evidence, Merlin (mostly) excepted, they're right. Ain't broke, don't fix it.
%%* Lilith from ''Series/RobinOfSherwood''.
* Regina in ''Series/OnceUponATime'' clearly ''wants'' to be this, invoking EvilIsSexy and trying to seduce men to do what she wants. It never works (probably because the men are GenreSavvy enough to know sleeping with an evil witch-queen ''never'' ends well), so she falls back to her magic and/or loyal army.
%%* Princess Ardala from ''Series/BuckRogersInTheTwentyFifthCentury''.
* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' has a downplayed example the Female Changeling, the ruthless leader of the Dominion and the public representative of the Founders. She served as an {{evil mentor}} to Odo in "The Search," teaching him about his Changeling heritage and helping him hone his shapeshifting skills. However, during the Dominion occupation of Deep Space Nine, she uses linking and sexuality to weaken Odo's resolve. We learn in "Favor the Bold" that her seduction of Odo isn't just about neutralizing an opponent, but about bringing her fellow Changeling home.
--> '''Female Changeling (to Weyoun)''': Neutralize Odo?! Is that why you think I'm here?! Odo is a changeling. Bringing him home, returning him to the Great Link means more to us than the Alpha Quadrant itself. Is that clear?
** Intendant Kira from the MirrorUniverse is a more traditional example (although she [[DepravedBisexual doesn't confine]] [[AnythingThatMoves her seduction attempts to men]]). It doesn't generally work out for her though (except with Mirror Sisko).
* ''Series/TeenWolf'':
** Lydia TRIES to be this. With anyone. Including Scott. And Allison's dad. While Allison is in the room. Neither of them notices. She does eventually succeed with Scott.
** After a childhood of feeling sickly and unattractive due to her epilepsy and the meds she had to take for it, Erica wants as much attention as she can possibly get when the bite makes her healthy and beautiful. It goes to the degree of overcompensation.
%%* Angelique in ''Series/DarkShadows''. [[AdaptationalVillainy Even more]] in [[Film/DarkShadows the movie]].
%%* Ingrid of ''Series/YoungDracula'' was this in season 1 with Paul and Ian. Magda is also this to the Count (though he's not exactly morally upright himself).
* Illithyia in ''[[Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand Spartacus]]'' combines this with LadyMacbeth. Among other things, she [[IHaveBoobsYouMustObey uses]] sex appeal to encourage her husband in military ruthlessness and get a teenage boy to order a gladiator killed.
* ''Series/TrueBlood'': A flashback shows Bill encounter a woman while badly injured. After she patches him up, Bill thanks her before taking his leave. [[spoiler: Only for her to throw herself at him since he didn't try to rape/take advantage of her like every other man who ended up in her home. Bill demurs saying he has a wife and child to return to. The woman angrily reveals she's a vampire and turns Bill because IfICantHaveYou.]]
* Tony Stonem from ''Series/Skins'' would be a RareMaleExample. His whole character revolves around seducing Girls and a Boy for no other reason than boredom.
* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Londo describes his wife Mariel as being drawn to men of power like a moth to flame, but in the end, she burns them.
* Parodied in ''Series/ILoveLucy''. In one episode, Cousin Ernie visits the Ricardos in New York but likes the city a bit ''too'' much and just plain won't leave. Ernie's a sweet, simple, naive countryman whose mother warned him about "wicked city women" who would try to "vamp" him... which Lucy decides to use to her advantage ''dressing up as one of those "wicked city women"'' to scare Ernie away. This entails putting on a slinky, sparkly black dress (loaded with about 800 strings of pearls), OperaGloves, and a black bob wig, in addition to carrying a long, elegant cigarette holder and walking around with a ridiculously exaggerated sashay (quote Ernie: "You got quite a hitch in yer gitalong!"). When Lucy introduces herself as a city woman ("I'm gonna VAMP you"), Ernie freaks out a bit, until she sashays over and begins "vamping" him... with involves her sashaying in place while repeatedly mussing his hair. After confirming with Lucy that she's vamping him, Ernie tells her [[GoneHorriblyRight he likes it]], at which point ''Lucy'' [[OhCrap panics and runs off]], with Ernie in hot pursuit.
* ''Series/TheAffair'': Alison is pretty upset that she's portrayed this way in Noah's new book, where her character aggressively seduces him, is a drug-dealing sociopath, and is finally run over by Noah's character.
* ''Series/ForeverKnight'': The bad girl in one episode was a stripper who seduced various men and induced them to commit crimes for her before killing them, pretty much solely for thrills (she was already wealthy enough to live quite comfortably). Even Nick himself (a literal vampire) is tempted.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' has quite a few.
** The very first MonsterOfTheWeek, Constance Welch, is one, a [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghost]] who targets unfaithful men, seducing them into being unfaithful (or simply forcing them to be if they resist her) and then killing them.
** Lilith, when she's not [[DemonicPossession possessing]] a [[CreepyChild little girl]]. In the episode "The Monster At The End of This Book", she attempts to seduce Sam into making a [[DealWithTheDevil deal]] with her - literally, since having sex with her is what will seal the deal.
** [[spoiler: Ruby]] is a much more successful example, [[TheBadGuyWins completely succeeding]] in her goal [[spoiler: to get Sam to kill Lilith, thus bringing about the [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Apocalypse]]]].
** April from the episode "I'm No Angel", who seduces Castiel as part of a plan to torture and murder him.
** [[OurSirensAreDifferent The Siren]] from "Sex and Violence", the Vetala from "Adventures in Babysitting" and the Amazons from "The Slice Girls" are all monsters that use sex appeal to lure their prey.
** Bela Talbot from season 3.
* Played for laughs in ''Series/TheWindsors'', where Pippa is insanely jealous of her sister marrying a [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor prince]] and so uses her good looks and [[RunningJoke great ass]] to seduce Prince Harry. However, she's not above dropping him when someone richer comes along.
* ''Series/MotherlandFortSalem'': Scylla is a beautiful young woman from the Spree terrorists who infiltrates Fort Salem, seducing Raelle to get her on their side. However, it gets {{zigzagged}} as Scylla then falls for Raelle genuinely, then is unable to go through with bringing her into their grasp.

[[folder:Music]]
* Bree Sharp's "Cheap and Evil Girl" describes one.
* Music/DarylHallAndJohnOates' "Maneater", as seen in the former page quote.
* A major part of [[Music/{{Garbage}} Shirley Manson's]] stage persona (e.g. the video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C5NLfYdZaE "The World Is Not Enough"]]). She also provided backing vocals on The Bird and the Bee's cover of "Maneater".
* Disturbed's ''Serpentine''.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDRBlJEEdys "She Was a Vamp"]], sung by Music/{{Cher}} on ''The Sonny And Cher Show''.
-->''She was a scamp, a camp and a bit of a tramp\\
She was a V-A-M-P...Vamp!''
* The subject of the Music/MichaelJackson song ''Music/{{Dangerous}}''
* The eponymous character in the song "Red Leather Bitch" by Japanese thrash metal band Music/{{Barbatos}}.
* Music/{{Lorde}} plays one in "Magnets", her collaboration with Disclosure, and aggressively seduces an older man away from his wife. [[spoiler:Subverted; she's actually a ProfessionalKiller hired by the wife to kill him because she had enough of his abuse.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOg377jb3ts "Whatever She Wants"]] by Music/JarsOfClay is pretty clearly about this kind of person.
* Boney M's "[[https://youtu.be/16y1AkoZkmQ Rasputin]]" depicts UsefulNotes/RasputinTheMadMonk as a male example.
* The central character of Music/LadyGaga's "Dance in the Dark" is accused of being this:
-->''Run, run, her kiss is a vampire grin,''
-->''the moon lights her way while she's howling at him.''
-->''She looks good, but her boyfriend says she's a tramp,''
-->''she's a tramp, she's a vamp, but she still does her dance,''
-->''she's a tramp, she's a vamp, but she still kills the dance...''
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af59U2BRRAU music video]] for "Rosenrot" by ''Music/{{Rammstein}}'' depicts a group of traveling monks visiting a village, one of which falls in love with a local girl. She seems to be receptive to his advances, but [[SelfMadeOrphan convinces him that before they can be together, he has to kill her family]]. The monk does the deed, and finds the girl waiting for him outside... [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves only to reveal she has called the villagers on him]]. He is [[BurnTheWitch burned at the stake]], and [[KarmaHoudini she]] is the first to cast her torch into the brazier.
* "Dark Horse" by Music/KatyPerry has the singer warning men who fall in love with her that once they do, "There's no going back." The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KSOMA3QBU0 music video]] reinforces this trope, with Katy Perry playing an [[AncientEgypt ancient Egyptian]] queen who is approached by several suitors bearing gifts. She accepts the gifts... after using magic to disintegrate the suitors into piles of sand.

[[folder:Myths & Religion]]
* The classic Vamp, of course, is Delilah, from the [[Literature/TheBible biblical]] story of Samson. The Biblical story clearly treats her as a villainess who tempts Samson away from his godly ways and thus brings about his downfall, emasculation, and captivity. She betrayed him very effectively, although her life was threatened. People weak in faith turning their backs on their powerful protector when threatened by the vast but easily avoidable powers of the wicked is a bit of a theme in the ''Bible'', yes.
** Samson was also a subversion, which indicates the trope is older than that. He consistently fed Delilah information she consistently used to get his enemies deployed where he could deal with them. Until he got arrogant enough to reveal ''all'' his secrets, he was managing her vamping quite well.
* Another, more apt biblical example would be Amon's queen, Jezebel.
* There are a few mythological creatures who act like this.
** [[HornyDevils The Succubus]], a demon which disguises itself as a beautiful woman to cause trouble (what kind of trouble tends to vary). The Incubus was her [[SpearCounterpart male counterpart]].
** [[OurSirensAreDifferent The Sirens]] from Myth/ClassicalMythology. [[WingedHumanoid Bird-women]] are [[AvertedTrope not this at all]] despite what some people think. In fact their powers have nothing to do with sex at all and their songs actually brainwash people into thinking that they will be granted [[YourHeartsDesire whatever they want most in the world]] if they come to their island. Making them more like JackassGenies who can't grant wishes.
* OlderThanDirt: Myth/MesopotamianMythology has the goddess Ishtar/Innana, who tends to cause her lovers' deaths, and the seductive ChildEater Lilitu. (Myth/{{Lilith}} if you were Hebrew.)
* Chilota mythology has the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trauco Trauco]]. If he wants to be inside a woman, that woman is powerless to resist him. The same desire he has for a woman can also [[DeathGlare kill a man]], so trying to deny him is not advised.
* The [[DemBones Hone-onna]][[note]]literally "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Bone Woman]]"[[/note]] creates a look of a beautiful woman, based on how she looked when she was alive, to get close to her chosen lover and [[LifeDrain drain him of life]] so they can be together forever. The problem is [[GlamourFailure it only works on him]] and everyone else sees a man [[ILoveTheDead flirting with and caressing a rotting corpse]].
* ''Myth/TheWhiteWitchOfRoseHall'': Some takes on the legend make the titular slave-owning, BlackWidow ''witch'', an overtly sexual character, but no less malevolent.

[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
* Yinling from Wrestling/FightingOperaHUSTLE used her feminine wiles in her matches and could beguile entire arenas with just her sexy poses. Her Tokyo Sports popularity award indicates the latter was not purely kayfabe.
* Wrestling/TaelerHendrix after her [[FaceHeelTurn heel turn]], would openly try to hit on men, especially referees, for an advantage. When she found out [[Wrestling/RubyRiott Heidi Lovelace]] had a fangirl crush on her, Hendrix was willing to exploit that too. This talent got her hired by Wrestling/TruthMartini for the benefit of his clients.
* Wrestling/{{Melina}} used her wiles to have sex with Wrestling/{{Batista}} and impede him from teaming up with Wrestling/ReyMysterio against her allies. Unfortunately for her, her charm didn't last much, so she then switched to WoundedGazelleGambit mode and brought in Wrestling/MarkHenry.
* Gino, perhaps best known for his Wrestling/{{M|LW}}ajor League Wrestling work, is usually equal parts sexy nerd [[BadassBookworm and]] lovable jock; a LatinLover with a nigh irresitible [[TheCharmer charm he cannot help but cast on ladies]]. When he isn't a baby {{face}}, however, he's this trope, purposefully using his charm to have ladies to advance his goals for him or even to turn them on their friends for his own ammusement. When Thunder Rosa was observing this side of Gino on commentary she was initially in awe, and even after she saw through his ruse had to continually check herself as she slipped into condoning his actions.

[[folder:Roleplay]]
* Melissa from ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues'' is a sociopathic and seductive villainess who believes she can draw out the 'dark' sides of the morally good characters in the cast.
* In ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'', several female players, such as Katherine Marks, Clemence, and Chi Masumi, have used their looks to try to seduce male opponents and catch them off guard or get protection/help from them. Usually, they try to kill the male once they're vulnerable. [[spoiler:This has just about never worked, James Coombs, Naoji Hideyoshi, and Aaron Redfield being the only actual victims of this tactic so far.]] Non-player females sometimes try to do something similar to charm males into helping them, but this has become rare by v3.

[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* The female, and literal, vampires of the [[VampiresAreSexGods Daeva]] [[TheBeautifulElite clan]] from ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'' are the EMBODIMENTS of this trope. Although it depends on the player, the [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire nicest]] Daeva vampiresses would be considered [[FemmeFatale Femmes Fatales]], but the book encourages you to play it straight; in other words, be downright evil.
* Mina Devlin from ''TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}}''.
* TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons has a Temptress character class amongst its many third-party sources.
** A far more obvious example in TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons and TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}} are the succubi, who are reimagined from medieval sexual predators to deadly [[FemmeFatale femme fatale]] HornyDevils who manipulate their prey into eternal damnation before ripping out their souls and dragging it back to their home dimension. The exact fluff changes from edition to edition.
** In some editions, the FallenAngel erinyes is similar but prefers to manipulate individuals to tyrannical ends, though the most recent version is just a vengeful warrior who happens to look like a hot lady angel (though they are perfectly happy to exploit it when they're mistaken for actual angels).
** There are also always about a dozen variants on the theme, such as the vampy devils called Brachina. They corrupt the servants of good gods.
** Drow see this as their ''masculine'' ideal (drow are heavily associated with spiders, where the female is the bigger gender and calls the shots), as embodied in their god Keptolo, the Eager Consort. Keptolo is sexy, hedonistic, a master of social graces (and intrigue- they're pretty much one and the same to drow), and happy to serve his mistress's whims... so long as he gets to ride on her coattails. Keptolo is worshipped by most male drow, who strive to live up to his social and sexual talents. Temptation to villainy doesn't come up much because most Keptolo-worshipping drow will rarely, if ever, meet someone with a good alignment, but they will manipulate anyone they can get to listen to them.
** Incubi are usually depicted as the GenderFlip variant.
*** ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' has the Gentleman Caller, a mysterious incubus who seduces and impregnates important women just to ensure their doom.
** Jacqueline Renier of ''Ravenloft'' is an example of this trope; she's a beautiful, raven-haired noblewoman. She's also a murderous wererat [[BlessedWithSuck doomed]] [[InvoluntaryShapeshifter to assume her true form]] [[TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife in the presence of anyone she actually loves]]. This is a setting where FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire is completely averted, and any sane person in the Land of Mists would draw their weapon or start running upon meeting any lycanthrope.
*** Gabrielle Aderre is this trope incarnate, as a seductive poisoner who cuts through men like a hot knife through butter. Unlike Jacqueline, she is pretty much a normal HotGypsyWoman aside from some GypsyCurse powers. She, too, is BlessedWithSuck, as her relationship with the Gentleman Caller has him out-Vamping her; their offspring is supposed to lead to the destruction of Gabrielle's people.
* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'': Vampire Vamp's name and effect actually invokes the trope. Konami even supports it in their [[https://yugiohblog.konami.com/articles/?p=6208 TCG blog article]] on her.
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[[folder:Theatre]]
* [[{{Anvilicious}} Lucy The Slut]] in ''Theatre/AvenueQ''. The extent of her character is, well, Administrivia/SelfExplanatory.
* Lola from ''Theatre/DamnYankees'' is a subversion. She presents herself in her [[IAmSong establishing song]] "A Little Brains, A Little Talent" to be The Vamp to end all Vamps, but her seduction of Joe is unsuccessful, in part because she [[MinionWithAnFInEvil fails to be evil enough]].
* Mallory in the musical ''City of Angels''. She's redeemed by (in-story) ExecutiveMeddling.
* Not so much evil as irresponsible and immature, Mayzie La Bird is a kid-friendly version in ''Theatre/{{Seussical}}''.
* The two female protagonists, Roxie and Velma, from ''Theatre/{{Chicago}}'' are using their vamp skills to literally get away with murder.
* Generally, whoever sings 'Turn Back, O Man' in ''Godspell'' tends to be a bit of a parody of this.
* Sally Bowles from ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'' is another more irresponsible and immature than evil version.
* Fastrada, Pippin's Stepmother from ''Theatre/{{Pippin}}'', is this to a V. She manipulates both Charles and Pippin to make sure her 'darling' son Lewis is next in line to the throne. Of course, she's manipulating Pippin for other reasons..."Sometimes I wonder if the fornicating I'm getting is worth the fornicating I'm getting."-Charles
* Adelheid von Walldorf in Creator/JohannWolfgangVonGoethe's ''Theatre/GoetzVonBerlichingen''. She uses her beauty to enamour and manipulate the Knight Adelbert von Weislingen; then, when he has outlived his usefulness, has him murdered.
* Creator/CirqueDuSoleil examples:
** The Black Widow in ''Theatre/{{Mystere}}'' tries to corrupt the Archangel who performs the aerial cube act.
** Two of the Mutants in ''Theatre/{{Zarkana}}'', Kundalini and Tarantula, aim to lure the hero away from his quest to reunite with his sweetheart. They are both MixAndMatchCritters -- one a snake(s) woman, another a spider woman.
** The pole dancer who performs to "Dangerous" (see Music above) in ''Theatre/MichaelJacksonTheIMMORTALWorldTour''.
* ''Theatre/ThePlayThatGoesWrong'': The character of Florence in the PlayWithinAPlay; Sandra turns it up to eleven by playing even her "hysterical episodes" seductively. It goes even past that when Trevor, forced to read Florence's lines, starts fake-grinding on the Inspector as a "hysterical episode".
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[[folder:Toys]]
* Roodaka from ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' is a quintessential, albeit non-sexual example, as this is a Toys/{{LEGO}} franchise for kids. She seduces the disillusioned hero Vakama by promising him might and the ownership of his former home, then presents the now brainwashed and servile Vakama to her hated "king" and would-be husband Sidorak as an engagement gift. Meanwhile she secretly consipires with Vakama to overthrow Sidorak, who is far too preoccupied with playing king and trying to please Roodaka, unaware she's luring him into a trap. For that matter, even Vakama fails to realize her kindness to him is a ploy. She is also the only character in the series whose toy heavily plays up her feminine design (which allegedly lead to complaints that LEGO "over-sexualized" her design), and TheMovie even gave her something of a [[AnimalMotifs snake motif]]. The filmmakers nicknamed her "LadyMacbeth" during production.
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* In ''VideoGame/ActRaiser'''s sequel, the demon of Lovaous, a ice creature made of beautiful ice crystals, representing lust, takes on a [[MsFanservice gorgeous form of a naked woman]] covered by a scarf, showing off her [[ShesGotLegs shapely legs]], [[LongHairIsFeminine long wavy hair]], and [[HartmanHips hypnotic hips.]] She used her [[FemmeFatale beautiful charms to seduce]] the king of Lovaous into falling in an eternal sleep while making his subjects miserable.

* In ''Machinima/FinalFantasyVIIMachinabridged'', Scarlet had sex with [[TokenGoodTeammate Reeve]] just so she could have the opportunity to mock his ''performance'' during a board meeting. One of Barret's flashbacks also revealed that she tried to proposition him, even after hearing that his wife was terminally ill.

* ''Film/{{Mandalay}}'': Tanya as [[PornNames "Spot White"]]. It works well enough that she can blackmail herself out of prostitution.

* ''Film/BlackWidow1987'', played by Theresa Russell, a serial killer of rich men she married, ostensibly for their money. Has strong [[HoYay bisexual theme]] as well.

* This trope is so old that even parodying it is OlderThanSteam. At the end of the Myth/KingArthur story ''Literature/SirGawainAndTheGreenKnight'', Gawain claims he has learned never to trust women, that they only lead you to sin, etc., etc. The Green Knight tells him [[SpoofAesop this is ridiculous]] and that he has to take responsibility for his own failure.

* ''LightNovel/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': Ophelia Salvadori is a TragicVillain example: a sexually predatory upperclassman who SmellsSexy due to [[UnevenHybrid her succubus ancestry]] and specializes in using male essence to breed chimeras within her own womb. It's apparently a family tradition, one which her {{Unlucky Childhood Friend}}s tried unsuccessfully to turn her away from (she wanted to, but bullying at school over her abilities [[ThenLetMeBeEvil drove her]] to a FaceHeelTurn).

* Jezebel Starr from ''Webcomic/{{EVIL}}'' will seduce you, rob you, and likely leave you for dead.

** [[OurSirensAreDifferent The Sirens]] from Myth/ClassicalMythology. [[WingedHumanoid Bird-women]] who lured sailors to their death with their singing.

* The Copper-Haired Autumn Princess of ''Animation/SonOfTheWhiteHorse'', a living symbol of sexuality and fertility who goes around with her privates exposed, charms the dragon who kidnapped him into obedience and even tries to seduce the hero Treeshaker once he frees her, though Treeshaker is quick to remind her that she has two younger sisters who also need rescuing.

''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid'' - When Ariel and Eric start to grow closer to each other, [[BigBad Ursula]] transforms herself into a slim beautiful young woman named Vanessa in an attempt to hypnotize Eric into marrying her, stop the two from hooking up and overthrow King Triton.

%%[[folder:Toys]]
%%* Roodaka from ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' is a quintessential example.
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* The music video for "Rosenrot" by ''Music/{{Rammstein}}'' depicts a group of traveling monks visiting a village, one of which falls in love with a local girl. She seems to be receptive to his advances, but [[SelfMadeOrphan convinces him that before they can be together, he has to kill her family]]. The monk does the deed, and finds the girl waiting for him outside... [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves only to reveal she has called the villagers on him]]. He is [[BurnTheWitch burned at the stake]], and [[KarmaHoudini she]] is the first to cast her torch into the brazier.

* Vala Mal Doran from ''Series/StargateSG1'' was introduced as a straightforward vamp, but [[DynamicCharacter she got better.]]

* Nazi Vamps like Ilsa Haupstein (from ''Film/{{Hellboy|2004}}'') and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Schneider#Elsa_Schneider Dr Elsa Schneider]] from ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''. Unrepentant and black-hearted bitches. Also examples of The Vamp and EvilIsSexy.

* Cavilo (who had already thus secured control of a mercenary warfleet) attempts this with Emperor Gregor Vorbarra in the ''Literature/TheVorGame''. As you might guess from the "attempts", it doesn't work out the way she planned.

* Cersei Lannister in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. Men desire her and she's willing to use that. Littlefinger actually pities her because her beauty is the only true advantage she possesses -- [[NeverASelfMadeWoman everything else is due to the men in her life]] -- in the game of thrones, and that will fade with time. Eventually Deconstructed, as the consequences of being exposed as the Vamp become apparent. [[spoiler: The High Septon finds out and forces her to walk through the city naked and shaved. This destroys all the power she has gained; no one will respect her now that everyone has seen her in such a vulnerable state. Even Jaime is unsympathetic and abandons her in her time of need. He thought she was cheating on her husband with him because he was her true love, and the discovery that she's sleeping with other people to win their allegiance makes him question their entire relationship.]]
* [[Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians Luke Castellan]] is a semi-censored RareMaleExample. Because this is a middle-grade series, they can't exactly say he used sex to gain information, but [[spoiler: Silena's confession that she spied for him because he seemed so "handsome and trustworthy"]] makes it pretty clear that something happened (especially considering that [[ComfortingTheWidow her love interest had just died recently]]). He wasn't above using Annabeth's PrecociousCrush to manipulate her either.

%%* In "Film/TheTenCommandments", Nefertiti is this role.

* Music/{{Lorde}} plays one in "Magnets", her collaboration with Disclosure, and aggressively seduces an older man away from his girlfriend. [[spoiler:Subverted; she's actually a ProfessionalKiller hired by the girlfriend to kill him because she had enough of his abuse.]]

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2007-02-03 Seymour accuses Monique of being this.]]

** The female Apostle that Guts kills in the very beginning of the manga is another big example, using her beautiful, naked, female human form to lure men into her embrace before assuming her Apostle form and eating them alive, with her most notable kill being [[spoiler:[[DrivenToMadness Corkus]] during the Eclipse]]. Guts exploited this and pretended to fall into the lure, only to turn the tables and [[BoomHeadshot blow her head off]] with his ArmCannon at point-blank range when she transformed to try to eat him.

* Hollie Would from ''Film/CoolWorld''. Kind of like the evil blonde version of [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Jessica Rabbit.]] She is a beautiful and seductive "doodle", an animated being who resides in the alternate realm of Cool World. She dreams of becoming real and will say and do whatever it takes to get the power she believes is so rightfully hers.

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''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid'' - When Ariel and Eric start to grow closer to each other, [[BigBad Ursula]] transforms herself into a slim beautiful young woman named Vanessa in order in an attempt to hypnotize Eric, stop the two from hooking up and overthrow King Triton.

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