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** Saint Nicholas, the "template" on which SantaClaus was based, gets this a lot as well. He's "comes for every child" and before the 1980s, it was a common [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop aesop]] that "naughty kids" would be [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas#The_Netherlands.2C_Belgium.2C_and_Lower_Rhineland_.28Germany.29 taken by him as punishment]].
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** Saint Nicholas, the "template" on which SantaClaus was based, gets this a lot as well. He's "comes for every child" and before the 1980s, it was a common [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop aesop]] aesop that "naughty kids" would be [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas#The_Netherlands.2C_Belgium.2C_and_Lower_Rhineland_.28Germany.29 taken by him as punishment]].
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*** "'[[http://snltranscripts.jt.org/87/87fchurchchat.phtml Dear]] [[SaturdayNightLive Church Lady]]: I am shocked at the number of people who bring their children to total strangers in Santa suits, and allow them to hold their young ones firmly on their pelvic regions, offer them candy and whisper, "Don't be afraid to tell me what you ''really'' want!" What causes this mass hysteria?' Signed, Elaine."
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*** "'[[http://snltranscripts.jt.org/87/87fchurchchat.phtml Dear]] [[SaturdayNightLive [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Church Lady]]: I am shocked at the number of people who bring their children to total strangers in Santa suits, and allow them to hold their young ones firmly on their pelvic regions, offer them candy and whisper, "Don't be afraid to tell me what you ''really'' want!" What causes this mass hysteria?' Signed, Elaine."
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* [[ClassicalMythology Zeus]], probably the UrExample.
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* [[ClassicalMythology [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Zeus]], probably the UrExample.
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* [[NorseMythology Loki.]] He'll/[[GenderBender She'll]] swing with anyone. And I mean ''[[MisterSeahorse anyone]]'' [[NakedPeopleAreFunny at]] [[LovableSexManiac all.]]
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* [[NorseMythology [[Myth/NorseMythology Loki.]] He'll/[[GenderBender She'll]] swing with anyone. And I mean ''[[MisterSeahorse anyone]]'' [[NakedPeopleAreFunny at]] [[LovableSexManiac all.]]
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* The whole idea of SantaClaus "seeing you when you're sleeping" and "knowing when you're awake"... Well... someone had to feel violated, or at the very least, creeped out, by that whole idea. Which leads to the old joke: "Why is Santa Claus so jolly? Because he knows where all the naughty girls live."
** Well there's the fact that he likes to have little kids sit in his lap while holding them close, and there's no shortage of reports of pedophile Santas or Easter Bunnies.
*** "'[[http://snltranscripts.jt.org/87/87fchurchchat.phtml Dear]] [[SaturdayNightLive Church Lady]]: I am shocked at the number of people who bring their children to total strangers in Santa suits, and allow them to hold their young ones firmly on their pelvic regions, offer them candy and whisper, "Don't be afraid to tell me what you ''really'' want!" What causes this mass hysteria?' Signed, Elaine."
** Saint Nicholas, the "template" on which SantaClaus was based, gets this a lot as well. He's "comes for every child" and before the 1980s, it was a common [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop aesop]] that "naughty kids" would be [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas#The_Netherlands.2C_Belgium.2C_and_Lower_Rhineland_.28Germany.29 taken by him as punishment]].
** Hell, even the friggin [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/easter-fun.jpg Easter Bunny]] gets this treatment.
** Krampus, a.k.a Beksnickel or the Christmas Devil. An infamous Christmas character back in the 19th century who is starting to get a resurgence in the internet age for his sheer creepiness. Back in the day, most families were too poor to afford presents for their children. Since it wasn't feasible for parents to bribe children with presents for good behavior, people came up with this terrifying alternative. They told stories of Krampus, an overly hairy goat-man with fangs and a long tongue, who would arrive a day before Santa, lure naughty children to him with a trail of food, stuff them into a large basket on his back, and take them away. [[http://krampus.com/krampus-gallery.php Prepare to be disturbed.]]
* [[ClassicalMythology Zeus]], probably the UrExample.
* Worse than Zeus was [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priapus Priapus]], whose two defining traits are his [[GagPenis permanent erection]] and his insatiable lust. Signs bordering the lands he protected warned trespassers in vulgar terms not that he would kill them, but that he would ''rape'' them. That's not memetic though. That's actual canon with him.
* [[NorseMythology Loki.]] He'll/[[GenderBender She'll]] swing with anyone. And I mean ''[[MisterSeahorse anyone]]'' [[NakedPeopleAreFunny at]] [[LovableSexManiac all.]]
* Most post-medieval depictions of demons. That their modern visage was inspired by pagan fertility gods and by the Greek satyrs does not help at all.
* The demon Moloch. In pop culture, he shows up in an [[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E8IRobotYouJane}} episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer]] after his book is scanned into a computer, attempting to seduce [[TheSmartGuy Willow]] ''ala''-internet predator, and an {{Expy}} of his appears in an episode of WesternAnimation/TeenTitans, where he attempts to seduce [[TheSnarkKnight Raven]]. Both times he claims to be a teenager named Malcolm, and preys on the girl's lack of friends, alienating her even further. From what secondhand mythologies say about his mythos, the seduction of young girls was his ''Modus Operati''.
** Well there's the fact that he likes to have little kids sit in his lap while holding them close, and there's no shortage of reports of pedophile Santas or Easter Bunnies.
*** "'[[http://snltranscripts.jt.org/87/87fchurchchat.phtml Dear]] [[SaturdayNightLive Church Lady]]: I am shocked at the number of people who bring their children to total strangers in Santa suits, and allow them to hold their young ones firmly on their pelvic regions, offer them candy and whisper, "Don't be afraid to tell me what you ''really'' want!" What causes this mass hysteria?' Signed, Elaine."
** Saint Nicholas, the "template" on which SantaClaus was based, gets this a lot as well. He's "comes for every child" and before the 1980s, it was a common [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop aesop]] that "naughty kids" would be [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas#The_Netherlands.2C_Belgium.2C_and_Lower_Rhineland_.28Germany.29 taken by him as punishment]].
** Hell, even the friggin [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/easter-fun.jpg Easter Bunny]] gets this treatment.
** Krampus, a.k.a Beksnickel or the Christmas Devil. An infamous Christmas character back in the 19th century who is starting to get a resurgence in the internet age for his sheer creepiness. Back in the day, most families were too poor to afford presents for their children. Since it wasn't feasible for parents to bribe children with presents for good behavior, people came up with this terrifying alternative. They told stories of Krampus, an overly hairy goat-man with fangs and a long tongue, who would arrive a day before Santa, lure naughty children to him with a trail of food, stuff them into a large basket on his back, and take them away. [[http://krampus.com/krampus-gallery.php Prepare to be disturbed.]]
* [[ClassicalMythology Zeus]], probably the UrExample.
* Worse than Zeus was [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priapus Priapus]], whose two defining traits are his [[GagPenis permanent erection]] and his insatiable lust. Signs bordering the lands he protected warned trespassers in vulgar terms not that he would kill them, but that he would ''rape'' them. That's not memetic though. That's actual canon with him.
* [[NorseMythology Loki.]] He'll/[[GenderBender She'll]] swing with anyone. And I mean ''[[MisterSeahorse anyone]]'' [[NakedPeopleAreFunny at]] [[LovableSexManiac all.]]
* Most post-medieval depictions of demons. That their modern visage was inspired by pagan fertility gods and by the Greek satyrs does not help at all.
* The demon Moloch. In pop culture, he shows up in an [[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E8IRobotYouJane}} episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer]] after his book is scanned into a computer, attempting to seduce [[TheSmartGuy Willow]] ''ala''-internet predator, and an {{Expy}} of his appears in an episode of WesternAnimation/TeenTitans, where he attempts to seduce [[TheSnarkKnight Raven]]. Both times he claims to be a teenager named Malcolm, and preys on the girl's lack of friends, alienating her even further. From what secondhand mythologies say about his mythos, the seduction of young girls was his ''Modus Operati''.
