Discussion History Main / FemmeFatale

** Also, see Poison Ivy; extra emphasis on the \\\"fatale\\\" part.
** Harley Quinn is sometimes referred to as the \\\'Funne Fatale\\\'.
** Talia, [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Ra\\\'s al Ghul\\\'s Beautiful Daughter]], also qualifies.
* Kriss of Valnor in the \\\'\\\'{{Thorgal}}\\\'\\\' comics
* Black Cat from \\\'\\\'{{Spider-Man}}\\\'\\\'.
* In the [[TheMightyThor Thor]] comics, Karnilla the Norn Queen, who is in love with the pure and noble Asgardian, Balder the Brave.
** Ditto the Enchantress.
** Also, Hela. This is even {{lampshade}}d during a storyarc in \\\'\\\'X-Factor.\\\'\\\'
* Looker of \\\'\\\'BatmanAndTheOutsiders\\\'\\\' is a heroic example.
* Mystique and Emma Frost in the XMen books.
* Moonstone (Karla Sofen) from the \\\'\\\'{{Thunderbolts}}\\\'\\\' and also as Ms. Marvel in Norman Osborn\\\'s \\\'\\\'DarkAvengers\\\'\\\'.

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[[folder:Film]]
* The Black Queen from \\\'\\\'{{Barbarella}}\\\'\\\'. And, for that matter, every other character that has ever had that name.
* \\\'\\\'Film/InglouriousBasterds\\\'\\\'\\\' Bridget Von Hammersmark arguably qualifies, as a beautiful 1940s German movie star plotting against [[ThoseWackyNazis the Nazis]], who [[spoiler:is responsible for the death of a dozen men - both Nazis and Allies - and even shoots one herself]].
* Breathless Mahoney (played by \\\'\\\'Madonna\\\'\\\') from the 1990 \\\'\\\'DickTracy\\\'\\\' [[LiveActionAdaptation feature film]] was a classic FemmeFatale.
* Dr. Elsa Schneider from \\\'\\\'Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade\\\'\\\', after she finally stops pretending to be a DistressedDamsel.
* Some [[Film/JamesBond Bond girls]] : [[Film/ThunderBall Fiona Volpe]], [[Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice Helga Brandt]], Film/{{Octopussy}}, [[Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough Elektra King]], [[Film/GoldenEye Xenia Onatopp]].
** [[Film/NeverSayNeverAgain Fatima Blush]].
* [[Film/FlashGordon Flash! Ah-ah!]] Princess Aura (played by Italian actress Ornella Muti) was a FemmeFatale to the extreme in the 1980 movie. [[HeelFaceTurn She reformed]], supposedly.
* Disney\\\'s [[TheMovie version]] of \\\'\\\'Film/{{The Three Musketeers|1993}}\\\'\\\' gives this role to Milady de Winter, who even reforms at the last moment and helps the heroes before dying. In the book, however, she is evil to the bone.
* The 1970s version of \\\'\\\'Film/{{The Three Musketeers|1973}}\\\'\\\' keeps her evil and has her executed at the end in vengeance for all of her nasty actions throughout the movie. This particular version was split into two volumes, the second of which was subtitled \\\"Milady\\\'s Revenge\\\".
* Mae West in several of her roles.
* Miriam Blaylock in \\\'\\\'The Hunger\\\'\\\'
* Helga from \\\'\\\'[[AtlantisTheLostEmpire Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]\\\'\\\'. Her body language and voice acting screams film noir.
* Rebecca Romjin-Stamos in \\\'\\\'[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Femme Fatale]]\\\'\\\'.
* Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart in {{Chicago}}
** Velma, maybe, but Roxie is mostly just a dumb kid with delusions of grandeur.
* Lisa Locke from \\\'\\\'Essex Boys\\\'\\\'
* PlayedForLaughs in [[http://www.elvira.com/home_1.html Elvira, Mistress of the Dark]].
* Subverted in the \\\'\\\'{{Thunderbirds}}\\\'\\\' film. We hear the voice of the BigBad\\\'s female assistant, and then she climbs down a ladder. Large butt, horrible fashion sense, bad skin, bad teeth, frizzy hair, and big glasses, and, later on, she nearly \\\'\\\'rapes\\\'\\\' the Thunderbirds\\\' team scientist. [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar The last one is just barely played for comedy]].
* The first AustinPowers movie has Alotta Fagina, played by the almost \\\'\\\'painfully\\\'\\\' hot Fabiana Udenio.
* FilmNoir examples:
** Brigid O\\\'Shaughnessy from \\\'\\\'Film/TheMalteseFalcon\\\'\\\'.
** Phyllis Dietrichson from \\\'\\\'DoubleIndemnity\\\'\\\'
** Vera from \\\'\\\'Detour\\\'\\\'
** The title character from \\\'\\\'{{Gilda}}\\\'\\\'
** Cora Smith from \\\'\\\'[[Film/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice1946 The Postman Always Rings Twice]]\\\'\\\'
** Kathie Moffett from \\\'\\\'Out Of The Past\\\'\\\'
** Elsa Bannister from \\\'\\\'The Lady from Shanghai\\\'\\\'
** Matty Tyler in \\\'\\\'Body Heat\\\'\\\'
** Mimi in \\\'\\\'Bitter Moon\\\'\\\'
** Violet in \\\'\\\'Bound\\\'\\\' (although she is depicted as an {{Anti Hero}})
** Mona Demarkov in \\\'\\\'Romeo Must Die\\\'\\\'
** Martha Beck in \\\'\\\'Lonely Hearts\\\'\\\'
** Grace [=McKenna=] in \\\'\\\'U Turn\\\'\\\'
** Sherry Peatty in \\\'\\\'Film/TheKilling\\\'\\\'.
** Kitty Collins in \\\'\\\'The Killers\\\'\\\'.
** \\\"The blonde\\\" from \\\'\\\'{{Following}}\\\'\\\'.
* Lola Cain and Lana Ravine in \\\'\\\'FatalInstinct\\\'\\\'.
* Baby Firefly and Mother Firefly from \\\'\\\'HouseOf1000Corpses\\\'\\\'.
* Vanessa (Ursula\\\'s human form) from \\\'\\\'Disney/TheLittleMermaid\\\'\\\'.
* Vera Barrie from \\\'\\\'WhenWillIBeLoved\\\'\\\'.
* Verna in \\\'\\\'MillersCrossing\\\'\\\'.
* Alexandra from \\\'\\\'Film/{{Bunraku}}\\\'\\\'.
* Mini from \\\'\\\'Mini\\\'s First Time\\\'\\\' skirts the edge of this and FilleFatale, although, given just how truly evil she is, she also qualifies as TheVamp.
* Francesca of \\\'\\\'Film/ThatLadyInErmine\\\'\\\' was thought to be this, as she saved her castle from an invading army by entering the army\\\'s Duke\\\'s tent, and then stabbing him in the back. It turned out that there were more details than this, but to most hearing this, she seemed like this trope.
* Evelyn Mulwray in \\\'\\\'{{Chinatown}}\\\'\\\'. [[spoiler: Subverted.]]
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[[folder:Literature]]
* Lilith, from Jewish folklore, is the UrExample, making this one OlderThanFeudalism.
** Delilah and Samson from \\\'\\\'Literature/TheBible\\\'\\\'.
** Heroic example: Jael.
** Not-so-heroic example: Jezebel.
* The Sirens in \\\'\\\'Literature/TheOdyssey\\\'\\\'. Arguably, Helen in \\\'\\\'Literature/TheIliad\\\'\\\'.
** Aphrodite in GreekMythology.
* Lale of \\\'\\\'TheAssassinsOfTamurin\\\'\\\'.
* Scherazade from Literature/ArabianNights manages the interesting achievement of being a heroic rather then villainous FemmeFatale, who is still perfectly proper according to the values of her culture, and very sexy nonetheless.
* Pamela Widmerpool from \\\'\\\'ADanceToTheMusicOfTime\\\'\\\'.
* Estella from \\\'\\\'{{Great Expectations}}\\\'\\\'.
* [[spoiler:Rebecca de Winter]] from \\\'\\\'{{Rebecca}}\\\'\\\'.
* Josephine Balsamo, the recurring enemy of ArseneLupin.
** Laetitia de Malreich/[[spoiler:Dolores Kesselbach]], the villain in \\\"813\\\".
* Denna/Dianna/Dinneih, or whatever else she\\\'s calling herself when she appears, from \\\'\\\'TheNameOfTheWind\\\'\\\'.
* War from TerryPratchett and NeilGaiman\\\'s \\\'\\\'Literature/GoodOmens\\\'\\\' is basically the ultimate Femme Fatale, with emphasis on the \\\'\\\'fatale\\\'\\\'.
* In \\\'\\\'ThePrincessDiaries\\\'\\\', the way Gramere talks about herself when she was younger implies she was one of these. Now, she\\\'s just [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative]].
* \\\'\\\'Literature/TheThreeMusketeers\\\'\\\': Milady de Winter is an epitomal example, to whom Rebecca\\\'s name (see \\\'\\\'Rebecca\\\'\\\', above) was likely intended to be a nod.
* Rei Toei in WilliamGibson\\\'s BridgeTrilogy is an AI, which may disqualify her from this trope, but besides that, her personality fits quite well.
* Vivian Regan in Raymond Chandler\\\'s \\\'\\\'TheBigSleep\\\'\\\'
* Nastasya Fillipovna Barashkov from \\\'\\\'Literature/TheIdiot\\\'\\\'.
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[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* \\\'\\\'StarTrekVoyager\\\'\\\'. Queen Arachnia in the Captain Proton holoprogram is a clear homage to this type. Even MadScientist Dr. Chaotica is totally smitten by her.
* \\\'\\\'Series/{{Angel}}\\\'\\\'\\\'s attractive and evil Lilah Morgan is explicitly referred to as a Femme Fatale.
* Marguerite Krux from \\\'\\\'Series/SirArthurConanDoylesTheLostWorld\\\'\\\'.
* Number Sixes in general in the new \\\'\\\'Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}\\\'\\\', especially Caprica-Six with Baltar, and Gina with Admiral Cain.
* Tatiana Taylor from \\\'\\\'[[AufWiedersehenPet Auf Wiedersehen, Pet]]\\\'\\\' (she is also a {{Gold Digger}}).
* Fiona in \\\'\\\'BurnNotice\\\'\\\'.
* \\\'\\\'LawAndOrderCriminalIntent\\\'\\\': Nicole Wallace, who is likely based on Marie-Andrée Leclerc, an accomplice of the serial killer Charles Sobhraj. Sobhraj was the inspiration for Wallace\\\'s mentor, Bernard Fremont.
* [[{{Lost}} Nikki Fernandez]].
* Cinnamon and the other ladies of the IMF on \\\'\\\'MissionImpossible\\\'\\\'.
* On \\\'\\\'{{Leverage}}\\\'\\\', Sophie often channels this, but she is really more of a ConArtist that [[BadBadActing wishes she was an actress]].
* Darla, Drusilla, and Faith from \\\'\\\'{{Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}\\\'\\\'.
* Devonne from \\\'\\\'{{The Wire}}\\\'\\\'
* Lila from \\\'\\\'{{Dexter}}\\\'\\\'
* Kim Tate from \\\'\\\'{{Emmerdale}}\\\'\\\'
* Katherine Pierce and Isobel Flemming in TheVampireDiaries.
* The Cinemax original series Femme Fatales.
* In \\\'\\\'MysteryScienceTheater3000: TheSkydivers\\\'\\\', Mike and the \\\'bots peg Suzy as the \\\'\\\'femme fatale\\\'\\\' of the film. Except they deliberately mispronounce it as \\\"femmee fatalee\\\".
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[[folder:Music]]
* The woman being sung about in \\\"Mousetrap Heart\\\" by ThirstyMerc.
--> \\\"Fatal smile I could see she\\\'s cunning\\\"
* [[CaptainObvious Femme Fatale]] by [[VelvetUnderground The Velvet Underground]] and Nico.
* Femme Fatale is the name of Music/BritneySpears\\\' seventh album.
* Music/LanaDelRey\\\'s \\\'\\\'Kind Outta Luck\\\'\\\'.
* The unnamed \\\"Madame\\\" from Music/Calexico\\\'s \\\"Ballad of Cable Hogue\\\": \\\"I knew her love would be the death of me.\\\"
* \\\"If Tomorrow Came\\\" by {{Kamelot}} is an example of this trope.
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[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
* Twilight in the British comic strip \\\'\\\'BuckRyan\\\'\\\' . At least, until her HeelFaceTurn.
* Burma from \\\'\\\'TerryAndThePirates\\\'\\\'.
* Lille [=DeVrille=] from \\\'\\\'JungleJim\\\'\\\'.
* Sleet from \\\'\\\'ComicStrip/DickTracy\\\'\\\'.
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[[folder:Opera]]
* Some of the more well-loved female lead roles are femme fatales, i.e. Violetta Valéry from \\\'\\\'LaTraviata\\\'\\\', Kundry from \\\'\\\'{{Parsifal}}\\\'\\\', Musetta from \\\'\\\'[[LaBoheme La Bohème]]\\\'\\\', and Carmen from \\\'\\\'[[RoleCalled Carmen]]\\\'\\\'.
** Lulu. Queen of Night. Eboli. Abigaille.
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[[folder:Theatre]]
* Alaura from \\\'\\\'CityOfAngels\\\'\\\', a musical drawing heavily on FilmNoir stereotypes.
* Salome from the Oscar Wilde play \\\'\\\'Theatre/{{Salome}}\\\'\\\'.
* Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly in \\\'\\\'{{Chicago}}\\\'\\\'.
* Cleopatra, from AntonyAndCleopatra.
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[[folder:Videogames]]
* Sophia Blake from \\\'\\\'VideoGame/PostMortem\\\'\\\'.
* Anna and Nina Williams from \\\'\\\'{{Tekken}}\\\'\\\' certainly qualify. Nina focuses on the fatale part while Anna is the more feminine and flirtatious of the two.
* Rouge the Bat from the \\\'\\\'SonicTheHedgehog\\\'\\\' games.
* Played pretty literally in \\\'\\\'BanjoKazooie\\\'\\\', seeing as the ONLY time you actually see Gruntilda as being sexy is when you get the GAME OVER.
* In \\\'\\\'ResidentEvil5\\\'\\\', [[spoiler: Excella Gionne]] is an interesting subversion of this trope in terms of who she claims to help ([[spoiler:[[BigBad Wesker]]]]) and, inevitably, how much power she holds over [[spoiler: him]]. In the end, [[spoiler: it\\\'s [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Wesker]] who betrays Excella and not the other way around, leaving her wailing, pitifully calling out Wesker\\\'s name. Of course, her Uroboros form is a gigantic squid thing that can only be taken down by a LASER SATELLITE, so she kinda makes up for that.]]
* Katrina from the \\\'\\\'QuestForGlory\\\'\\\' series.
* [=EVA=] from \\\'\\\'MetalGearSolid3\\\'\\\'.
* Millenia from \\\'\\\'GrandiaII\\\'\\\'. Complicated by the fact that she\\\'s the alter ego of virginal DistressedDamsel Elena. [[spoiler:Neither of them get the guy.]]
* Olivia Ofrenda from \\\'\\\'GrimFandango\\\'\\\'
* \\\'\\\'SoulCalibur\\\'\\\'\\\'s Ivy more or less fits this trope, using sex appeal in her costume and rather...dominating imagery in her moves. She starts out helping the BigBad of the series in thanks for giving life to her weapon. She does go full-out good in her intentions later on...the costume and moves remain though.
** She also subverts the trend brutally, because she\\\'s a CelibateHero, for fear that having a child would give the Soul Edge another potential vessel. [[spoiler: Considering that who her birth father is, well, said fears aren\\\'t that far from the truth]].
* Mona Sax from \\\'\\\'VideoGame/MaxPayne\\\'\\\' IS this trope. Although [[LoveRedeems love]] ends up causing her to team up with Max.
* \\\'\\\'NeverwinterNights\\\'\\\' mod \\\'\\\'The Bastard of Kosiga\\\'\\\'n has Alex, with the modification that, by the time of TheReveal, she is most definitely evil.
* Miranda Lawson from \\\'\\\'[[MassEffect Mass Effect 2]]\\\'\\\', referred to as such in the Collector\\\'s Edition Art Book.
* Viktoria from the \\\'\\\'{{Thief}}\\\'\\\' series fits this to a tee, especially in the first game.
* Viconia De\\\'Vir from \\\'\\\'BaldursGate 1\\\'\\\' and \\\'\\\'2\\\'\\\', especially 2. She is loyal, though.
* Carlotta von Uberwald in \\\'\\\'DiscworldNoir\\\'\\\', who pastiches [[Film/TheMalteseFalcon Brigid O\\\'Shaughnessy]], [[Literature/TheBigSleep Carmen Sternwood]], \\\'\\\'and\\\'\\\' [[Film/MurderMySweet Helen Grayle]].
* Midna in TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess fits this mold. She later grows out of it as part of her CharacterDevelopment.
* Most likely {{justified|Trope}} due to her nature as a [[HornyDevils succubus]], [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Morrigan Aensland]] is this trope \\\'\\\'\\\'[[HelloNurse in spades]]\\\'\\\'\\\'. Despite being relatively benevolent (she has shades of TheTease and GoodBadGirl), she\\\'s probably the closest one could get to being a \\\'\\\'heroic\\\'\\\' [[TheVamp Vamp]]. [[SplitAtBirth By proxy]], this makes her [[CloningBlues \\\"younger sister\\\"]] Lilith a FilleFatale.
* \\\'\\\'VideoGame/MortalKombat\\\'\\\' has a few. [[VideoGame/MortalKombat2 Mileena]] is the straightest example and overlaps with TheVamp, although the effect works better [[FetishRetardant with the veil on]] and her personality is mixed with that of a [[PsychopathicManchild Psychopathic Womanchild]] in \\\'\\\'VideoGame/MortalKombat9\\\'\\\'. [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception Kira]] has elements of this (for example, [[SexyWalk she sultrily struts up to the opponent]] during her Torso Rip Fatality and--if she loses a round--will rise back to her feet in a way that is more sensual than is necessary), but is more of a pure DarkActionGirl. [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Nitara]] is an interesting example in that while she has the sex appeal, she relies moreso on [[GuileHero her brains]] [[ManipulativeBastard to manipulate others.]] Another subversion comes in the form of [[VideoGame/MortalKombatMythologiesSubZero Sareena]]; she definitely looks the part, but never acts upon it.
* Fiora Cavazza (from the [[AssassinsCreed Assassin\\\'s Creed]] series), although she\\\'s leaning more of a [[TheVamp Vamp]]; she has a lot more attributes than sex. Plus, a [[TheVamp Vamp]] cannot be \\\"corrupted\\\". [[spoiler: She eventually has a change of heart, and double crosses the [[KnightsTemplar Templars]] and helps the [[WellIntentionedExtremist Assassins]]. Unfortunately, her life ends in the hands of Cesare Borgia when he catches her stealing the Apple.]]
* Karen Parker of \\\'\\\'VideoGame/{{Prototype}}\\\'\\\', especially [[spoiler:she\\\'s working for Blackwatch all along]].
* Trish of \\\'\\\'DevilMayCry\\\'\\\' is this until she undergoes a HighHeelFaceTurn.

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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* \\\'\\\'{{MAG ISA}}\\\'\\\': [[http://mag-isa.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/119830 Lucia uses sex]] to get into Eman\\\'s mind.
* The [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=129947 Jane Gang]] from EverydayHeroes. Iron Jane adds in a bit of DarkActionGirl.
* [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003167 Snowman]] from the Midnight Crew intermission of \\\'\\\'Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}\\\'\\\'. [[FoeYay Shipping her with Spades]] (in an \\\'\\\'[[EyeScream extreme]]\\\'\\\' case of TheMasochismTango) is one of the most common pairings in the fandom.
** [[http://i50.tinypic.com/155121j.jpg Also]] [[http://i45.tinypic.com/auw1p0.png one]] [[http://i.imgur.com/mY97l.png of]] [[http://i43.tinypic.com/mizcxz.jpg the]] [[http://i44.tinypic.com/ev5ff4.jpg most]] [[http://i39.tinypic.com/2ynqgj4.jpg divisive]], [[http://i43.tinypic.com/fbgqpe.jpg apparently]]. (Yeah, those are all FandomSecrets.)
* Alexa from \\\'\\\'[[http://www.goldcoincomics.com/bios/alexa/ Gold Coin Comics]]\\\'\\\' uses everything in her arsenal to win.
* In {{Strays}}, the AffectionatePickpocket goes all the way to seduction.
* In \\\'\\\'TheBeastLegion\\\'\\\', Fyre makes here bad-ass debut byburning the Shadown minions to a crisp [[http://www.thebeastlegion.com/issue-06-page-56-comclusion/ here]]
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* Some of the deadliest players in \\\'\\\'SurvivalOfTheFittest\\\'\\\' have been Femme Fatales, examples being Mariavel Varella and Clemence Ceillet de Rousseau.
* Kylie from \\\'\\\'Machinima/ArbyNTheChief\\\'\\\'.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* Molotov Cocktease from \\\'\\\'TheVentureBrothers\\\'\\\'.
* Inque in \\\'\\\'BatmanBeyond\\\'\\\'.
* Karai in \\\'\\\'{{WesternAnimation/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2003}}\\\'\\\' (2003 series). First, she tries to convince Leo that she\\\'s honourable. Then, she stabs him right after he saves her life. Then, she tries to kill his entire family.
** Isn\\\'t she more of a DarkActionGirl, though?
* [[spoiler:Andrea Beaumont, AKA the Phantasm]], in \\\'\\\'[[BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm Batman: Mask of the Phantasm]]\\\'\\\'.
* Hatta Mari in the Daffy Duck cartoon \\\'\\\'Plane Daffy\\\'\\\'. Also, Femme Fatale in Daffy\\\'s \\\'\\\'The Super Snooper\\\'\\\'.
* The Martian Queen, whenever she\\\'s in love with DuckDodgers.
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Ok this isn\\\'t good. More than half the examples on this page are {{zero context example}}s that do not explain why these characters are {{femme fatale}}s or belong under TheVamp. They need contexts. Things about the character\\\'s attractiveness, personality actions, etc... belong on the examples. I\\\'m moving them here and if anyone wants to re-add them then they do so with added contexts.