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{{quote|''Take a good look at your story. Why do you think a rape is what you need for it to progress? Is there something else that could fill the same function? Unless you have a damn good reason to include rape in a story, you probably shouldn't.''
|'''Rachael Edidin''', [http://www.girl-wonder.org/insideout/ Inside Out]}}
'''Gratuitous Rape''' is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]] - a pointless rape scene usually happening [[Non Sequitur Scene|for little to no reason]]. Did the [[Big Bad]] defeat [[The Hero]]? Rape. Did a whole bunch of [[Mooks]] gang up on [[The Hero]] at once? Rape. Does the angsty [[The Lancer|Lancer]] have childhood issues? [[Rape as Backstory|It was because he was raped.]] Is [[The Hero]] going up against a foe that has [[Mind Manipulation]] powers?
[[Mind Rape]] THEN rape. Did [[The Hero]] defeat the [[Big Bad]]? Rape - [[Out of Character|Wait,]] [[Canon Defilement|WHAT]]?!
There are many guesses as to why
A good indicator as to whether or not rape is gratuitous is if:
* The rape scene(s) can be taken out entirely and not affect the plot
* The plot actually makes ''more sense'' if the rape scene(s) is replaced by something else (e.g. torture, or just [[Kill Him Already|
* The rape scene(s) relies on [[Bad Writing Index|bad writing tropes]] such as [[Character Derailment]] (the [[Big Bad]] just forgets his usual ''modus operandi'' of killing quickly and efficiently and just rapes everything that has an orifice) or an [[Idiot Plot]] (the [[Mooks]] stop to rape a wounded hero as they are [[Too Dumb to Live|being shot at by the other heroes]]).
With all that said, works should not be listed here just for including rape. The reason this trope exists is because the topic is ''very'' easy to mishandle, and we at All The Tropes wish to send the message that there are far more tasteful ways of breaking a character than by resorting to this trope.
Contrast [[Coitus Ensues]], a pointless but consensual sex scene. Compare with [[Rape Is the New Dead Parents]], when mentions of sexual abuse
{{noreallife|this is a [[:Category:Rape Tropes|rape trope]], and All The Tropes does not care to [[squick]] its readers.}}
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Rape is a prominent staple of [[Hentai]], but a badly-directed Hentai will shove in a rape scene to meet a titillation quota, regardless of whether it actually fits in with the narrative at large.
* ''[[Berserk]]'' has been accused of this. Rape happens a ''lot'' in the [[Crapsack World]] of this series, and many of the major characters (particularly if they're
* ''[[Okane ga Nai]]'' has Ayase frequently subjected to this.
* ''[[Hen]]'' has a rape subplot that's so gratuitous it falls into [[Non Sequitur Scene]] territory. It comes out of nowhere, has no plot relevance, is never mentioned again, and the victim just blows it off and doesn't seem at all affected by the experience.
* In the ''[[Zeorymer]]'' manga, Masaki could have explained his sinister plan to Miku without raping her, but he rapes her anyway. {{spoiler|[[Narm|With an icicle]].}}
* ''[[Sanctuary (manga)|Sanctuary]]'' tries to play with Tokai habit's of raping random women as [[Fan Service]] or [[Black Comedy Rape]], but
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* Sleez forcing a mind-controlled Big Barda to star in porn movies in ''[[Action Comics]]'' #593. He almost did it to Superman, too. (How creepy was Sleeze and this story? Sleeze was kicked out of [[Polluted Wasteland|Apokalips]] by [[God of Evil|Darkseid]] for [[Even Evil Has Standards|
** When it was featured on ''[[Atop the Fourth Wall]]'', Linkara cited the page quote.
* Infamously, ''[[Identity Crisis]]'' created the [[Retcon]] of Dr. Light raping Sue Dibny in The Watchtower, and worse, we only found out about it ''after'' Sue had been
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* The infamous ''[[Power Rangers]]'' fanfic ''[[Agony in Pink]]'' mainly focused on [[Gorn]], but this eventually happened, too.
* In the [[Old Shame|old version]] of ''A Sorceror, a Demon, and Emeralds'', a corrupted [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] rapes anything that's not nailed down. Including [[Squick|Robotnik.]]
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* ''[[Naruto Veangance Revelaitons]]'' mostly focuses on [[Coitus Ensues]], but sometimes (like when Sakura gets knocked out) this happened.
* ''[[Hogwarts Exposed]]'' has Gratuitous Rape, Gratuitous [[Attempted Rape]] and [[Rule of Three|Gratuitous]] [[Easy Amnesia|"I Can't Remember What Happened; What If I Was Raped?"]] in the course of the first fic.
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* A lot, and we do mean ''a lot'' of ''[[Hetalia]]'' fanfics are all about this trope. The [[Kink Meme]] is a goldmine for these, and the basis for a majority of the [[Ron the Death Eater]] characterizations the characters are subjected to.
== Film ==
* As one might expect, this is a common staple in porn and [[Exploitation Film]]s.
* The alien parasite
* In ''[[Showgirls]]'', Molly is beaten and raped by her client... ''just before she was about to have consensual sex with him''! One ''could'' guess that raping was his kink, but it still came right out of nowhere.
* The infamous "snowman rape scene" from the [[Slasher Movie]] ''[[Jack Frost (1997 film)|Jack Frost 1997]]''. Jack brutally kills everybody else, but stops to rape the teenage girl taking a bath.
** With a likely dose of [[Old Shame]] for Shannon Elizabeth, the actress who played the girl in question.
* The rape scenes in ''[[The Hills Have Eyes]]'', though the sequel to the remake tries to justify it by explaining the mutant numbers are low, and they needed normal people for breeding purposes.
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== Literature ==
* One especially grotesque example can be found in the third book of Gloria Tesch's [[Maradonia Saga]]. Quote: "The false monk Larivier had drugged Krimhilda. He now used his manhood and took advantage of her as darkness fell over Notali, the city of evil." (page 349)
* Frequently seen in the books of [[Danielle Steel]], mostly done in the style of [[Break the Cutie]] or [[Kick the Dog]]. However, at least one example was a perfect demonstration of the first scenario—the [[Mary Sue|heroine]] was already grappling with her daughter's near-fatal car accident, her husband's infidelity, and her [[My Beloved Smother|overbearing mother]]. So of course, it turns out that she was sexually abused by her father (which also overlaps with [[Rape Is the New Dead Parents]]).
* [[Sidney Sheldon]] liked to throw this in too.
* Many people think that ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' suffers from this. It's definitely part of what makes Westeros such a [[Crapsack World]].
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== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[FATAL]]'' gives players plenty of opportunities to engage in this, since rape is usually not even considered a felony in this universe.
* A common criticism of ''[[Cthulhu Tech]]'' is that there's just a teeeeensy bit too much rape in the fluff. At least one of the writers appeared on
** The writers' definition of 'not that much' is rather... subjective. Objectively speaking, at least two of the major Mythos cults feature rape as a routine part of their rituals, and one deity pretty much exists only as a giant walking date rape generator, and they appear in at least three supplements.
== Web Comics ==
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== Video Games ==
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* ''[[Custer's Revenge]]'' is one big #3 with Custer attempting to rape a woman while [[Too Dumb to Live|arrows are raining down on him]]!
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