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7	->'''Cinder Fall:''' I'm not all that interested in hooking up with people. I honestly find it rather pointless.\
8	'''Roman Torchwick:''' Really?! Could've fooled me with how much enthusiasm you put into our little romp just a few minutes ago.\
9	'''Cinder Fall:''' Well, if you're going to do something, you might as well be good at it. It just never holds my interest. It doesn't mean I'm repulsed by it. After all, it seems to be very valuable in keeping you on board.
10	-->-- ''Fanfic/{{CRME}}''
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12	Pragmatic Pansexuality is when a character [[HoneyTrap seduces]] or [[ShowSomeLeg flirts with]] both men and women (or [[BizarreAlienSexes anyone else]]) as a means to achieve their goals. Especially prevalent in works dealing with professionally [[FemmeFataleSpy seductive spies]] and assassins who use sex to gather intelligence and/or make their kill, but can include any character who has sex with both genders for [[SleepingTheirWayToTheTop pragmatic reasons]]. Common among DepravedBisexual villains, but increasingly popular for heroes.
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14	The character may be attracted to both genders anyway, or they may be willing to overlook their preferences for the sake of the job. They may [[UsefulNotes/{{Asexual}} not even be interested in anyone]]. That is the most important thing for this trope: they don't have to be pansexual for them to count. In fact, ''not'' being pansexual would make this trope even more applicable.
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16	See ButNotTooBi if the character [[InformedAttribute supposedly]] sleeps with targets of any gender, but primarily only flirts with or kisses targets of one gender. Compare SituationalSexuality, where the character has a preference but makes do with what's available, and IfItsYouItsOk, where a single character is an exemption to a preference. If it's a woman who uses sex to achieve their goals but only goes after men, it's FemmeFatale.
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18	If the character's orientation really does encompass all ''species'', that's ExtremeOmnisexual.
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28	* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': Shadow Mei doesn't show any sexual desires, but is fully willing to be seen naked by Soga (male) and heavily make out with Suzu (female) to advance her goals.
29	* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'':
30	** Griffith spends a night with an elderly noble named Gennon, who is a notorious homosexual and pederast, in order to receive financial compensation to fund Griffith's army. This event demonstrates Griffith's willingness to do anything to accomplish his goals. Gennon, on the other hand, fell for Griffith hard (and apparently thought it was mutual), ordering his men to spare Griffith when they met in battle years later... and seemed taken completely by surprise when Griffith killed him on the spot.
31	** Later, Griffith seduces Princess Charlotte, and it's implied that his motivation is based on a genuine attraction in addition to using the princess's status to further his own aims.
32	** Seemingly, Griffith's fixation on the main hero, Guts, was the only one that didn't have some kind of ulterior motive. However, Griffith descended into {{yandere}} territory because Guts wanted a life for himself and outside of just Griffith.
33	* Contractors from ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'', due to their nature as TheSpock, are generally presented as asexual aromantics. This doesn't stop them from engaging in HoneyTrap shenanigans as part of their spy work, with first-episode character Louis having done so in order to entrap a scientist. In particular, Brita and Hazuki are Contractors whose [[PowerAtAPrice Remunerations]] require them to have intimate contact with someone after using their powers, and as such have to kiss anyone (Brita, who also worked as a HoneyTrap for an American official) or kiss or have sex with a man (Hazuki, which annoys her because she's still a lesbian even as a Contractor) to stay effective at their jobs.
34	* Mecha in ''Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx'' can only be operated by a male and female pilot in a blatantly sexual manner. Many of the pilots simply do this as a means to an end with no attraction to their partner. One of them is even a lesbian who spends her operating time thinking about a girl she actually ''is'' in love with.
35	* In a manga-only chapter of ''Franchise/LupinIII'', the titular thief has to enter the trap-filled hideout of a sultry woman [[NoNameGiven (only called "Queen")]], who's willing to give Lupin her secret treasure of jewels if he can satisfy her lust. Lupin eagerly strips and is about to jump her when he's dragged away, revealing that the Lupin we saw was actually Fujiko (in one heck of a FullBodyDisguise), as she knew that the Queen hates women so much she'd have them killed on sight, forcing her to adopt the disguise. Another example is from the ''Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine'', where Fujiko is willing to flirt with her enamoured female students while working as a teacher to get her hands on what she wants.
36	* ''Manga/{{MW}}'': The DepravedBisexual villain Yuki sleeps with several characters to manipulate them, including Garai, who is a priest, his boss's daughter, the closeted Minch ''and'' Minch's wife, and Sumiko.
37	* Downplayed in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': Ranma is a SexShifter with no attraction to men, and though he's ''very'' averse to actual sexual contact with them, he becomes willing to flirt or otherwise use his sex appeal in female form for his own gain.
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41	* ''ComicBook/AlanFord'':
42	** Alan's wife Minuette Macon has always been considered very attractive and hit on by both men and women, but she never seem to return the female affections aside from evasive remarks ("Sorry, but I'm old-fashioned"). Yet, Issue 530 has her agreeing to marry a baroness in a business-related ShamMarriage in Las Vegas (with no actual sex involved, apparently), while the plot of volumes 627 and 628 has Minuette going undercover in a female prison and accept the open advances and kisses of her target, a criminal who gets a huge crush on her, so that she may lead her to her secret stash of stolen money.
43	** Minuette's {{Foil}} Domitilla Scannagatti is very vocal about her love for Alan and her rivalry with Minuette over this. Yet, volume 363 has her agreeing to kiss a lesbian doctor captivated by her beauty in exchange for a free pass to Alan's hospital room, giving her a light kiss on the forehead before being hugged and given a passionate french kiss, in a gag similar to one used with Minuette in a previous volume. Possibly to underine the difference between her and Minuette, she's rather nonchalant and seemingly pleased by the experience, underlining her false and manipulative nature, while the more pragmatic and honest Minuette ultimately rejected her admirer after being through a similar forced kiss.
44	* ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s son ComicBook/{{Daken}}, who adopted the role of Wolverine in ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers'', uses sex to manipulate both men and women. WordOfGod says that [[NoLoveForTheWicked sex is purely about control for Daken]].
45	* Ninjette from ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'' is a true MasterOfDisguise - she once disguised herself as the groom who was arranged to marry her enemy's daughter, and even somehow managed to ''[[BedTrick consummate the marriage]]'', all to steal a forbidden scroll of power.
46	* ''ComicBook/{{Harleen}}'': When Harleen is distracted during her session with ComicBook/PoisonIvy, Ivy asks if her pheromones are working on her, curious to know if her powers are working on women, too. This seems to imply that she'd be willing to seduce women if the opportunity arose.
47	* Subverted in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueElite'' when Menagerie blows off an operation posing as one of Deathstroke's groupies after one of the other groupies hits on her; Menagerie is a bit homophobic.
48	* ComicBook/{{Mystique}} is a ShapeshiftingSeducer, who is well known to be pansexual. She has fallen in love with and married both men and women, both as a man or woman (or otherwise) herself. Even in the absence of romance, she is further willing to seduce and sleep with anyone of any gender if it fulfills her goals -- [[HiddenAgendaVillain whatever they may currently be]].
49	* ''ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX'': William Rawlins is an amoral CIA agent who'll use sex as a means of pursuing his own agenda, whether it be with a man or a woman.
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53	* ''Fanfic/TheMakingsOfTeamCRME'': Cinder Fall is depicted as asexual in this series. In ''Fanfic/MyNameIsCinder'', she explicitly states she has no desire for love and doesn't show any sexual interest even when she tries to get into it. In ''Fanfic/{{CRME}}'', however, she is shown to have no issue with seducing or having sex with others [[TheVamp to manipulate them]], regardless of gender. She regularly has sex with Emerald to keep her wrapped around her finger, and later has sex with [[spoiler: Roman to keep him from complaining about working with the White Fang]].
54	* ''Fanfic/ValesUnderground'': Yang is a [[TheOldestProfession sex worker]] who is completely and shamelessly straight. Almost all of her clients are men, but she is willing to sleep with women if they have the money to pay. It's presumably the same case with Pyrrha, albeit she's more reluctant.
55	* Spectra from ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'' is a changeling prostitute who regularly uses her shapeshifting abilities to seduce characters of either gender. But outside her job (and additional motivations in any given story), she shows so little interest in sex that her personal sexuality isn't even known.
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59	* ''Film/AceVenturaPetDetective'': [[spoiler:Lt. Lois Einhorn seduced several members of the Miami-Dade Police Department to reach the rank of police lieutenant. Come the UnsettlingGenderReveal, all the officers reacting with shocked disgust show how much she [[ReallyGetsAround really got around]].]]
60	* ''Film/TheFourthProtocol'': A man walks into a public toilet just as Petrofsky is receiving a package from a KGB courier. He gets uncomfortable with [[YouKnowTooMuch how these two men are staring at him]] and beats a hasty retreat, only for Petrofsky to follow and coax him into his car for a homosexual tryst, then murder him. Petrofsky himself is shown sleeping with a woman purely for sexual reasons, so the implication is that he's just adopting the role required.
61	* [[WordOfStPaul By the account of]] Creator/DanielCraig, Franchise/JamesBond would have no qualms "using" a man in the same way he [[TheCasanova uses a woman]]. In ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', Bond implies that he's been with men before while being hit on by DepravedBisexual villain Raoul Silva.
62	* ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'' includes a scene in which the Kingsman candidates are trained in how to seduce a target, in this case a female club patron; one of the candidates is another woman named Roxy.
63	* ''The Little Drummer Girl'' (1984) is the story of a woman recruited as a HoneyTrap to catch a terrorist leader, but in the DeathMontage at the end a terrorist has his throat slit by his bedmate, who is then revealed to be a male Mossad agent.
64	* ''Film/TheMechanic2011'': For his first assignment as a hitman, Arthur Bishop gives Steve [=McKenna=] the job of seducing and poisoning a ManlyGay hitman. Both characters are shown with women as sexual partners, but if Steve has any homophobic hang-ups over this method of getting close to his target, he keeps it to himself.
65	* In ''Film/{{Munich}}'' (and 1986 TV movie ''Sword of Gideon'', about the same events) a woman invites a member of the Mossad team up to their room for a one-night stand. He's found by his colleagues shot in the head the next day. When they track the assassin down, she's living in a lesbian relationship, but still unsuccessfully tries to seduce them in the hope of averting her own death.
66	* In ''Film/RedSparrow'', the Sparrows are taught to seduce their targets regardless of their own preferences. Deconstructed as this is showcased as one more detail in the Sparrow program's sexual denigration of its agents.
67	-->'''Matron:''' Must have been some boy in a field behind your house. A girl at a rainy bus stop? We'd like to think it makes a difference. But it doesn't. It's just flesh.
68	* Kirk Lazarus in ''Film/TropicThunder'' is a [[MethodActing method actor]] who takes his work ''very'' seriously, completely committing to any and all of his roles. One of his roles was as a gay monk in an Oscar-bait period drama; given his comment that in Hollywood, "everyone's gay once in a while", it seems obvious that he's willing to engage in bisexual behavior to advance his own career in cinema.
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72	* ''Literature/TheDayOfTheJackal'' (and [[Film/TheDayOfTheJackal its film adaptation]]) has the titular ProfessionalKiller seducing both men and women in order to obtain places to hide temporarily (and then kills them later when something happens that [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness makes them too]] [[HeKnowsTooMuch dangerous to keep alive (knowing about him, usually)]]. Like many other things about the Jackal, it is never said whether or not he is an actual DepravedBisexual or just ''that'' good at pretending he is.
73	* ''Literature/{{Friday}}'': The title character is an ArtificialHuman who was raised to have no sexual hang-ups (early in the story her reaction to being gang-raped is exasperation that her captors would think that would affect her). She now works as a spy for a private agency and has no compunctions against sleeping with both males and females if needed to further her goals.
74	* ''Literature/GirlsDontHit'': Joss is a lesbian ProfessionalKiller who seduces people when useful for becoming close with her target. She notes that [[AManIsAlwaysEager men are especially easy]], rarely thinking twice about allowing women into their houses. She also has a husband and children purely to maintain the cover of an ordinary lifestyle.
75	* Done in a less voluntary fashion by Finnick Odair of ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', [[spoiler:[[SexSlave pimped by Snow to rich Capitolites]]]]. Given no mention of the gender of these patrons, we can assume that they were of both genders.
76	* In ''Literature/NightWatchSeries'', one of the eponymous organization's agents, Ignat, is revealed to be an incubus who works for the good guys to use his seduction powers for good. When another agent erroneously refers to him as a "succubus", their boss corrects him but makes an offhand remark that Ignat doesn't really care about his targets' gender, anyway.
77	* ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': {{Discussed}} in volume 2 when Pete comes out to the rest of the Sword Roses as a [[SexShifter reversi]]. Chela idly comments that Pete could "make the most of it", noting that Rod Farquois, a historical archmage who was a reversi, had a variety of lovers of both sexes. (For his part, Pete is suggested in later volumes to be gay.) This line is {{Bowdlerized}} out of the manga and anime adaptations.
78	* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', Cersei Lannister sleeps with some of her underlings to gain more control over them. This mostly includes men, but also the Lady Taena Merryweather.
79	* By Vorrutyer from the ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'' is a well-known libertine who doesn't let details like gender interfere with his affairs. This turns out to be part of his job as part of Barrayaran Imperial Security.
80	* In the [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes Dr. Watson]] At War series by Robert Ryan, a German agent familiar with the [[TrustPassword signs used by the homosexual community]] uses this to lure away a man for a tryst in order to KillAndReplace him. He's later shows a sexual interest in a German FemmeFataleSpy, but there's no further mention of any interest in men. A later novel has a [[EvilTwin villain impersonating an establishment figure]] who's a known homosexual, which also means copying his lifestyle. This is to throw Holmes and Watson off the scent, but he also finds it useful for the contacts it offers to help him carry out his schemes.
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84	* In ''Series/AgentCarter'', the female Leviathan assassin [[spoiler:a.k.a. Dottie Underwood]] (forcefully) makes out with Peggy while wearing DruggedLipstick in order to neutralize her and let her get caught by the SSR agents.
85	* {{Deconstructed\|Trope}} in ''Series/TheAmericans''. Phillip Jennings was trained to seduce almost anybody, regardless of gender, and he's pretty good at it. The downside is that it's very hard for him to be truly intimate with anyone even if he wants to be. At one point, he admits to his wife that he's sometimes used his training on her to keep their marriage together.
86	* In a long sketch in ''Series/TheBennyHillShow'', Benny is a courier with a vital message sent from the king to Edinburgh. Along the way, he has changed into women's clothes to sneak through. He comes across some guards and acts coquettishly towards them one by one, so they'll come over to him and he can knock them unconscious. The third one sees "her" calling him over and dismisses her. Benny thinks for a moment, then disappears BehindTheBlack and reappears dressed as himself and does the same thing again, at which point the guard comes over.
87	* Jack Harkness of ''Series/DoctorWho'' and ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', particularly in his first appearance in Doctor Who, when he is still a conman. In his first episode, he rescues Rose, flirts with her as part of a con, then half an hour later flirts with a male guard to get into a gated area. In later episodes, he is still bi but seems to have eased up using sex to manipulate people.
88	* ''Series/{{Firefly}}''
89	** All of the [[HighClassCallGirl Companions]] are functionally bisexual and regularly service clients of both sexes. It becomes this due to the amount of power and prestige given to Companions because of their various high-ranking clients. This is explicitly seen in "War Stories", in which the Companion Inara services a female client who also happens to be a powerful councilor.
90	** Saffron, who according to Inara also received Companion training (but didn't ''become'' a Companion) attempts to seduce Inara during her escape from ''Serenity'' in the episode "Our Mrs. Reynolds" (like the above ''Series/AgentCarter'' example, she's wearing DruggedLipstick at the time), and it is abundantly clear throughout the series that Saffron uses her sex appeal to get out of tough situations like the one above.
91	* ''The Ghost Squad''. The episode "The Necessary Means" opens with DC Amy Harris in bed with another female police officer she's investigating for corruption. When reporting to her superior, the latter casually mentions that Amy has been 'profiled' and judged likely to 'hit it off' with the target in question. Later as part of the investigation Amy sleeps with the female officer's boyfriend as well.
92	* ''Series/KillingEve'': Villanelle seems to only be attracted by women, but will have sex with men if it aids her goals.
93	* Notorious psychopath Nicole Wallace of ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'' slept with marks of both genders if needed.
94	* While she certainly seems to swing both ways by default, Bo of ''Series/LostGirl'' has some pragmatic bisexuality. Since she feeds off the sexual energy of others (tending to kill them if they're human), she tends to care less about a given "meal's" gender and more about how easily she can drink their chi. She also has hyper-seduction powers she can use just by touching someone and will use them against both men and women to get what she wants.
95	* In ''Series/MrRobot'', one of Tyrell Wellick's [[EstablishingCharacterMoment first scenes]] is of him seducing and having gay sex with one of his superiors at E Corp, establishing him as someone who is willing to do anything to move up the corporate ladder. Later on, after becoming CTO, he fires two of his employees for [[IResembleThatRemark joking about rumors that people within the company are going gay to get promoted.]]
96	* In an episode of ''Series/NYPDBlue'' a recently released ex-con is suspected in the murder of his former cellmate/prison lover. During the course of the interview, the cop suggests that the man had gotten so used to homosexual relationships while in prison that he couldn't get it up with women anymore. The ex-con replies that in prison you do what you have to to survive, and it has no bearing on what happens on the outside.
97	* ''Series/{{Rome}}''. A young male assassin infiltrates the Julii Household by offering to fellate the head slave Castor. He then seduces a female kitchen slave to get access to Atia's food so he can poison her.
98	* Ellis from ''Series/{{Smash}}'' has a girlfriend, but is all too ready to sleep with a guy if it'll advance his career. Interestingly, the guy overhears Ellis talking to his girlfriend about him dismissively and figures it out, dumping Ellis and putting his boss's plans at risk.
99	* Jokingly referenced in ''Series/WhatILikeAboutYou.'' Holly, acting as her singer boyfriend's manager, encourages him to flirt with the audience to keep them engaged. She points to an audience member she thinks will be an easy target, only for her boyfriend to point out it's a man. Holly's response? "And his money's not green?"
100	* ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'': When a sleazy photographer takes some nude pictures of Jennifer she tries to seduce him to get them back. He rebuffs her (offscreen) so she thinks he's gay. The others talk Herb (who is otherwise a very straight man) into trying to seduce the photographer. Herb barges back into the WKRP office with the announcement "He's not gay!"
101	* ''Series/TheImperfects'': Abbi, the succubus, is asexual and utterly detests how her powers [[PowerIncontinence make everyone fall in love with her]] - unless she stumbles upon a problem she can't solve, in which case she immediately turns around and seduces whoever is convenient.
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106	* ''Myth/NorseMythology'':
107	** Loki once cheated a Frost Giant in disguise by shapeshifting into a mare so the Giant's stallion would be DistractedByTheSexy. This eventually resulted in the birth of Odin's eight-legged steed, Sleipnir. How embarrassed Loki is over this incident varies wildly from interpretation to interpretation (sometimes he proudly wears the "Horse-Mother" moniker, other times simply referring to it is a sure way to draw his wrath).
108	** Odin is said to have obtained and mastered every form of magic known to the world. One form of magic called Seidr is believed to have been practiced mostly by women, but also occasionally effeminate men, and may have required the practitioner to engage in receptive sexual acts as part of the ritual to either gain the ability or to use it. The implication is that Odin allowed himself to be penetrated to gain access to Seidr magic.
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112	* ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'': Most editions of the game (and ''[[TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem Requiem]]'') presents vampires [[KarmaMeter beneath a certain Humanity treshold]] as asexual (though some can be romantically interested, usually sharing the preference they held when alive) and will use the Seduction skill against anyone they think is receptive to their advances in order to make Hunting Rolls.
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116	* In ''VideoGame/ADanceWithRogues'', top agents of the Family are expected to use seduction and sex in pursuit of the organization's goals and are trained to seduce targets of any gender. Case in point: the Princess' seduction instructor is another woman. However, the Princess very rarely encounters women later in the game who can be of much assistance to her even if seduced, compared to a large number of men in power.
117	* ''Franchise/DragonAge''
118	** Zevran from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' is bisexual and mentions that most Antivan Crows (assassins from his guild) swing both ways because it allows them to get close to their target whether it is a man or woman.
119	** [[NonHeteronormativeSociety Throughout the entire nation of Orlais]], most nobles are bisexual to some degree since sleeping with other nobles is a great way to advance oneself in the aristocracy.
120	** In the ''Mark of the Assassin'' DLC of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', there is a scene where you can flirt with the son of the story arc's villain in order to lift a key off him, and this occurs regardless of whether or not you're playing as a male or female [[PlayerCharacter Hawke]]. Of course, you can always just knock the guy out as well.
121	** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', the Inquisitor can offer to sleep with a female Orlesian magistrate as part of a long series of quests and operations to end an assassination contract on your diplomatic ambassador's life, regardless of gender. As mentioned above, this ''is'' Orlais, and the implication is that the magistrate was willing to sleep with the Inquisitor in order to gain power and prestige.
122	* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', there are perks that allow the player to seduce male and female characters (Confirmed Bachelor and Lady Killer for male PC[=s=], Black Widow and Cherchez La Femme for female [=PC=]s), in addition to doing a bit of extra damage. Naturally taking both gives the player an advantage for both genders (although the GayOption applies to different {{NPC}}s). The unlocked dialogue options can vary from anywhere between genuine attraction ([[SorryImGay or lack of it]]) and pragmatic seduction, so it's ultimately up to the player to decide what the perk says about the player character.
123	* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', as part of [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Samara's]] LoyaltyMission, you must go to a club on Omega and seduce her Ardat-Yakshi (read: [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampiric]]) daughter, Morinth, so you can isolate her and let Samara finish her off. Like the above ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' example, this occurs regardless of Shepard's gender, but unlike the above example, this mission can only be completed if you succeed in seducing your target.
124	* Practically a requirement in ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''. To successfully recruit demons, you have to resort to anything and everything, and that includes seducing them. Keep in mind that most of them are beast-like or deeply in the UncannyValley, or both.
125	* ZigZagged in ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines''. You can get very far in the game with good seduction skills, but male characters can only seduce females ([[CausticCritic and one specific male NPC]]), locking them out of an easy way through several quests. Female characters can seduce male and female characters as necessary. [[GirlOnGirlIsHot It's not hard to guess]] why [[MostGamersAreMale this the case.]]
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129	* ''VisualNovel/ChoicesStoriesYouPlay'': In ''VisualNovel/BladesOfLightAndShadow'', you can flirt with male and female characters to achieve your goals... [[spoiler:monsters]] can also be targets.
130	* As shown in both ''VisualNovel/ContractDemon'' and ''VisualNovel/FirstKissAtASpookySoiree'', this is a useful trait to have for [[DealWithTheDevil contract demons]]. Olog is asexual, but he is still willing to do some intimate things if a client asks him to, or at the very least try to find a reasonable compromise (he has no problem with kissing, for example). Meanwhile, his sister Kamilla is both sex-repulsed and a bad negotiator, so she ends up turning down multiple clients who summon her for sexual purposes, to Olog's disappointment.
131	* ''Creator/{{Lovestruck}}'':
132	** In ''VisualNovel/QueenOfThieves'', Vivienne is a seductress and a lesbian. In her first meeting with her future teammate Remy, she's flirting with him for a con.
133	--->'''Vivienne (narrating):''' I'm certain he's attractive to straight women, but to me, the nicest thing about Remy is his expensive leather shoes.
134	** In ''VisualNovel/SpeakeasyTonight'', Sofia is primarily interested in women ([[FlipFlopOfGod contradictory developer statements]] have her listed as both lesbian and bi) but she flirts with anyone who might help her gather information, and practically speaking that usually means men.
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138	* Edel in ''Webcomic/DenmaTheQuanx'' is straight, but at one point has sex with a [[DepravedBisexual depraved]] criminal kingpin as part of his plan to save his female love interest [[SexSlave from the brothel she was being forced to work in]].
139	* ''WebComic/KillingStalking'': Sangwoo is a SerialKiller who seduces his victims to kill them. Usually, the victims are female, but he is also seen seducing a man to take him in and kill him. There's also the main "[[DestructiveRomance romance]]" with Bum, but [[spoiler: that seems to [[IfItsYouItsOkay only be the fact that]] [[ReplacementGoldfish he resembles Sangwoo's mother]]]]. WordOfGod reveals that Sangwoo is completely straight.
140	* Creator/{{Humon}}'s character ''Webcomic/{{Niels}}'' is both an amoral criminal and a pretty much 50:50 bisexual who has been known to use sex to get ahead.
141	* The (thus far) minor character Eloise from ''WebComic/SandraOnTheRocks'' is in the process of trying to sleep her way to the top of the modeling field, in part to cover for a rather notable [[http://www.sandraontherocks.com/strips-sotr/legacy_character lack of professionalism]] the one time we've seen her in a modeling gig. To do this she frequently sleeps with men, but also uses [[http://www.sandraontherocks.com/strips-sotr/your_heart_belongs_only_to_me her live-in girlfriend Nadine]], a rich DaddysGirl whose powerful and influential father can get modeling and spokeswoman jobs for Eloise.
142	* One series of ''Webcomic/{{Oglaf}}'' strips had a straight man endowed with [[SexGod superhuman prowess]] at performing fellatio. It was meant to simply embarrass him but he eventually realized it was [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower an amazingly powerful bargaining tool]], [[EvenTheGuysWantHim regardless of the recipient's sexuality]]. After a montage of sexual favors, he is literally sitting on a throne.
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146	* In an episode of ''WebVideo/AcquisitionsIncorporated: The Series'', after TheCharmer and ladies' man Viari exhausts all other options to convince a (male) NPC to help, he ends up seducing and sleeping with him for his information instead.
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150	* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' episode "Honeypot", Sterling Archer is sent to seduce a gay Cuban operative who's blackmailing his mother. Archer tries to pick up Ramon using the same faulty tactics he uses to pick up women, and thus he utterly fails at it.
151	* ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'': According to an "in-character ask session", Angel Dust will sleep with women for money, but as far as actual attraction goes, he is gay only, not bisexual. The "Music/{{Addict}}" music video reveals Valentino is forcing him into sex work and then taking most of his earnings, explaining why Angel Dust does this. The tie-in comic ''Webcomic/DirtyHealings'' also reveals that he charges women extra.
152	* ''WesternAnimation/ProducingParker'': In the episode, ''In Dee Club'', Dee decides to declare herself lesbian to get more audience and better ratings than her SitcomArchnemesis Victoria.
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