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[[File:jabbatongue_5249jabbatongue 5249.jpg|link=Return of the Jedi|frame|Soon you will learn to appreciate me.]]
 
{{quote|(Touches Quorra's hair and smells her.)
''"I've got something very special in mind for you."''|'''Clu''', ''[[Tron: Legacy]]''}}
 
Want a quick and easy way to show what a vile, evil scumbag your villain is? Well, you could have him/her [[Kick the Dog|abuse a cute little animal]] -- or—or have him/her sexually molest the helpless [[Damsel in Distress|Damsel In Distress]] or [[Badass in Distress|momentarily disabled]] [[Action Girl]] or [[Dude in Distress]] when she/he is at his/her mercy. This can include [[Terms of Endangerment]], [[Forceful Kiss|unwanted kisses]], [[Lecherous Licking|licking]], [[Perverted Sniffing|sniffing]], groping, [[Traumatic Haircut]], [[Go-Go Enslavement|dressing him/her in skimpy clothing]], or even [[Attempted Rape|out-and-out trying to rape her/him]] -- though—though this last one is usually stopped before it gets too far, as the hero generally [[Big Damn Heroes|shows up in time to rescue her/him]] or she/he finally gets the chance to regain advantage. In shows with a historical/fantasy setting, it can also include attempts to [[And Now You Must Marry Me|force the heroine/hero into marriage]].
 
This trope is used for two purposes: to emphasize how utterly depraved the villain is, and/or to add a sense of urgency to the hero's efforts to rescue his true love. In the meantime, expect her/him to react with either angry defiance (possibily involving brandishing a [[Chastity Dagger]]) or silent, shuddering disgust (no one ever seems to play along in the hope of avoiding more serious harm). Bonus points if the villain is grotesquely ugly/deformed and has a habit of snarling things like "Aha! I have you now, my pretty!" Another stock phrase, which seems to be more popular with [[Mooks]], is "[[You Got Spunk|I like a girl with spirit!]]"
 
This trope has been a staple of movies ever since the early days of cinema, but it's a lot older than that. There are several examples in [[Shakespeare]]'s works -- mostworks—most notably, of course, ''The Rape Of Lucrece'', and others going back to ''[[Ramayana]]''. Almost always involves a male villain and female victim; the few gender-reversed or same-sex examples tend to play it for [[Black Comedy Rape|comic effect]], with some exceptions in [[Boys Love]] series and [[Slash Fic|Slash Fics]]s where it's treated as a fodder for easy [[Wangst]] and [[Hurt Comfort Fic|hurt comfort]]. (Or [[Fetish Fuel]], in some cases.)
 
An [[Subverted Trope|alternative to this trope]] involves a villain ''not'' performing this action even when the opportunity obviously presents itself. This can prove an obvious follow-up to showing a villain as being either a [[Worthy Opponent]] or prepping them for a [[Heel Face Turn]]. In either case, the heroine might not [[Aren't You Going to Ravish Me?|be relieved at his disinterest]]. Heck, she may even be ''offended''.
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* In ''[[The Prince of Tennis]]'', Keigo Atobe attempts to force An Tachibana to go into a date with him, despite her [[Armor-Piercing Slap|trying to slap him away]]. Momoshiro and Kamio had to play against Atobe's companion Kabaji to bail her out.
* ''[[Ask Dr. Rin]]'' has Tokiwa who kidnaps Meirin, though he's possessed, freezes her in place and attempts to kiss her on more than one occasion.
* [[Gender Flip|Gender Flipped]]ped on, to no surprise, ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', with Queen Beryl and Mamoru. Also a straight example in the next season with Prince Diamond and Sailor Moon.
* Dr. Muraki from ''[[Yami no Matsuei]]'' did the [[Yaoi Guys]] version of this to a disturbing extent. He was fond of [[Stalker with a Crush|stalking Tsuzuki]], touching his [[Bishonen|pretty hair]] and committing [[Mind Rape]] on him. He once actually raped Tsuzuki's partner Hisoka, as revealed in flashbacks.
* Mukotsu from ''[[Inuyasha]]'' paralyzes and abducts Kagome and is about to "make her his wife" before being interrupted by someone unexpected.
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== Comics ==
* Back in the Golden Age, it used to be very common for the supervillain to have designs on the token superheroine. In the old ''[[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]]'' comics, Susan almost got forcibly married to Namor, Kang the Conqueror, or Mole Man every other issue.
** In ''[[Ultimate Fantastic Four]]'', Namor refused to return to the ocean and stop destroying New York until Sue kissed him and meant it -- init—in front of Reed. Since Namor clearly had the upper hand and wasn't going to be removed by force, Sue is forced to go along with it. Interesting in that it's hinted at Sue and Namor have been rather... snuggly at times in other continuities.
* B-list supervillain Graviton primarily uses his incredible, Magneto-level powers to chase after the ladies. In one memorable storyline, he leads a group of supervillains and masterminds the capture of the West Coast Avengers... so he can mack on Tigra.
* In the controversial ''[[Identity Crisis]]'' comic miniseries, Doctor Light (no, [[Mega Man (video game)|not him]]) was revealed to be a rapist, having [[Women in Refrigerators|done this to Sue Dibny, wife of Elongated Man]].
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* Otis in ''[[House of 1000 Corpses]]'' not only forces a kiss on tied-to-a-chair Mary, but later licks the cheek of bound-and-gagged Denise ''while wearing a mask made out of her father's face''. Denise is delirious enough to think at first that he ''is'' her dad.
* Richie from ''[[Murder by Numbers]]'' pulls this a bit on [[Fair Cop|poor Cassie]], going from unwanted flirting and complimenting her wardrobe to trapping her in her car and responding when she starts beating on him that this must be how she treats all her guys. {{spoiler|Apparently he reminds her strongly of her abusive ex-husband, a fact that made her suspect him in the first place, which would in real life probably get her politely taken off the case.}} He also [[Squick|licks her face]] during their last scene together.
* ''[[28 Days Later]]'': The good guys finally reach the base and other survivors, only to find {{spoiler|that the soldiers there plan to force Hannah and Selena into being their sex slaves and are about to rape them before being interrupted by a zombie attack. This is most definitely a case of this in every which way -- from forcing the girls to play dress-up in the late lady of the house's clothes for the soldier's benefit and telling them to behave, to the disturbingly zealous harassment some of the soldiers deal out. Granted, the soldiers were (ostensibly) only trying to repopulate England, but still... the scene is just plain [[Squick|squickysquick]]y.}}
* ''[[The Avengers (1998 film)|The Avengers 1998]]''. Sir August ([[Sean Connery]]) was practically drooling over Emma Peel ([[Uma Thurman]]) after he captured her and [[Damsel in Distress|tied her down]]. It didn't help that Connery is [[Dirty Old Man|40 years older than Ms. Thurman]].
{{quote|'''Emma Peel:''' Just the two of us?
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* Despite discovering that she was responsible for his near-fatal injury, which started the main plotline off, Einon in ''[[Dragonheart]]'' attempts to seduce Kara after imprisoning her, even offering her marriage. Thankfully, she stabs him in the shoulder and later manages to escape.
** She's not so lucky in the novelization of the film, unfortunately. Before she can escape the castle, Einon rapes Kara at least once and later forcibly kisses her in front of Bowen during the confrontation scene.
* In ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'', Barbossa sends Pintel to inform Elizabeth that she'll be dining with the captain, and that he requests she wear a red dress. If she should refuse she is to dine with the entire crew -- nakedcrew—naked. This is done mostly so that Barbossa can [[Mind Screw|mess with her head.]]
** In At World's End, Elizabeth is taken to Captain Sao Feng's chambers where they talk for a bit before he plants a [[Forceful Kiss|violent kiss]] on her. An explosion soon interrupts him.
* Subverted in the French movie ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0295721/ Taxi 3]'', when the [[Idiot Hero]]/[[Butt Monkey]] cop is captured by the [[Big Bad]] woman, played by Bai Ling. She "tortures" him by {{spoiler|giving something to him with her mouth while he's married and want to be faithful.}}
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* In ''[[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter]]'', Scabior, the head Snatcher in Deathly Hallows tries this after he captures Hermione, calls her "My lovely" and sniffs her hair. The actor Nick Moran told Entertainment Weekly they cut out a line where he said "You're going to be my favorite."
* In ''[[Tron: Legacy]]'', Clu acts this way towards Quorra when he captures her, touching her hair and saying that he has "something special" in mind for her.
* ''[[Sucker Punch]]'': Blue, the [[Big Bad]], acts in a sexually threatening way towards the women in his brothel in order to control them, and considers them his property. His obession with the main heroine, Baby Doll, ultimately leads him to try to rape her--twiceher—twice.
* ''[[Daredevil (film)|Daredevil]]'': Even though his job was to {{spoiler|kill her, which he did,}} Bullseye seemed to enjoy his time with Elektra more than he should. Wolf whistling, hitting her while hitting on her and tries to kiss her {{spoiler|before gutting her}}, but succeeds in the Director's Cut. He even speaks to her in a love manner while holding her face so close to his.
* ''[[Your Highness]]'': Villain Lazar licks the face of [[Damsel in Distress]] Belladonna when he abducts her from her wedding to the heroic Fabious. His evil plan basically involves raping her during the mystical joining of two moons in order to produce a dragon, but the heroes kill him before he can actually do the deed.
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== Literature ==
* ''[[Kushiel's Legacy|Kushiel's Avatar]]'': Taken to its most [[Up to Eleven|brutal extreme]] in Jacqueline Carey's novel. The Markagir of Darsanga, a deranged psychopath, systematically rapes and murders a harem of slaves. The heroine, a natural masochist who also happens to be the most successful prostitute and spy in her kingdom, is chosen to infiltrate the harem expressly because she is the only person who can endure this mistreatment long enough to rescue a captive child prince. Ultimately, she kills the Markagir by stabbing him in the heart with a hatpin while he is trying to strangle her to death.
* Played ''almost'' straight in [[Lois McMaster Bujold|Bujold's]] ''[[Vorkosigan Saga|Shards of Honor]]''. While in the process of being taken prisoner, the heroine Cordelia winds up in the clutches of the ''severely'' unbalanced admiral Vorrutyer, who has restraints built into his bed, an abiding interest in the [[Marquis de Sade]], and a tendency to monologue -- andmonologue—and who, yes, admires her spirit -- butspirit—but who doesn't take more than a bored, clinical interest in her until he realizes she's his ex-boyfriend's fiancee.
** Played dead straight in ''The Curse of Chalion'', where 16-year-old Princess Iselle is told in no uncertain terms that unless she marries the [[Evil Chancellor]]'s 40-year-old (and even more evil) brother he will rape her until she conceives (on the theory that she will submit to marriage rather than bear a bastard). Her secretary/tutor prays for his death and gets it... [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle|but the book is only half over, and we (or at least he) has not heard the last of the frustrated bridegroom.]]
* Jarlaxle, a charming but self-absorbed and mercenary dark elf from Salvatore's [[Forgotten Realms|Drizzt Do'Urden novels]], has Catti-brie Battlehammer captive. He caresses her hair, but goes no further, being the kind of person who much prefers to seduce rather than force. Then he arranges things for her to escape and save Drizzt, who's been captured by his employer. [[Magnificent Bastard|He's funny like that.]]
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* In ''[[Discworld/Wyrd Sisters|Wyrd Sisters]]'', Magrat is accosted and held by a palace guard, who tells her "I like a girl with spirit." The author lampshades this mercilessly, and goes on to say that the guard was incorrect, as it turned out.
** In ''[[Discworld/Carpe Jugulum|Carpe Jugulum]]'', Agnes asks a <s>vampire</s> vampyre guard if they can skip all the "I like a girl with spirit" stuff and just go to the bit where she knees him in the groin. The answer is no.
* In ''[[Outlander (novel)|Outlander]]'', this is Black Jack Randall's freaking m.o., when he's not being a remorseless sadistic bastard elsewhere. He treats the heroine like this at every opportunity -- andopportunity—and this is also how he treats her husband. His other prisoners [[Prison Rape|don't get this courtesy.]]
* The protagonist of ''[[Typewriter in the Sky]]'', having [[Trapped in TV Land|fallen into a swashbuckler novel]] and found himself cast as a villain, originally attempts merely to seduce the heroine of the story-within-a-story. When {{spoiler|the editor complains that he's not evil enough, an abrupt rewriting has him fulfilling this trope instead -- [[Rage Against the Author|much to his distaste]]}}.
* Used in the story-within-a-story of ''What Writers Go Through'' (also known as ''The Author's Ordeal'') by [[Isaac Asimov]]. The second-person individual writing said story-within-a-story makes certain to rush through it, so the reader [[Fridge Logic|won't have time to remember]] that the aliens threatening this are reptilians and would presumably have no interest in sex with a human.
* The ''Rigante'' series by [[David Gemmell]] features a rather nasty version of this in which the hero's rather feisty love interest is imprisoned and repeatedly raped. By the time the hero finally manages to rescue her, she's suicidally depressed, is furious at the hero for not rescuing her earlier and at herself for needing to be rescued at all, and swears herself to a life of grim celibacy to overcome her shame. She seems to improveimprove—a -- a bit -- asbit—as the series continues, with indications that although she'll never fully recover, she might at least be able put it behind her and get on with her life.
* ''[[Flashman|Flashman's Lady]]'' has a rare gender-reversed example not played comically at all: but then, the woman involved, Queen Ranavalona I of Madagascar, is a completely genocidal tyrant.
* In one of the sequels of ''[[The Princess Diaries]]'', Mia writes a paper on the history of Genovia, explaining that the creation of the principality came about through the actions of her direct ancestor. This first Princess of Genovia had been the daughter of the local lord; said lord was murdered during an invasion and his daughter forcibly wed to the leader of the invading forces, whom she in turn murdered in his sleep on their wedding night. Mia notes that her ancestress may have been spurred to act by "having been forced to drink wine out of her father's skull during the wedding feast." Subverted in that in truth she copied this from a 1961 movie staring Jack Palance.
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* This trope is the mainstay of all early gothic novels, i.e. the damsel in the villain's spooky castle. Earliest examples were ''[[The Mysteries of Udolpho]]'' and ''[[The Castle of Otranto]]''. Gothic novels were all basically the same until Mary Shelley wrote ''[[Frankenstein (novel)|Frankenstein]]'', increasing their intellectual depth about a hundred fold.
* Used in the climax of the ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' story ''The Solitary Cyclist''.
* Played straight in ''[[Darkest Powers|The Reckoning]]'', when Liam corners Chloe in the woods. To distract him from Derek, who is in the middle of Changing from werewolf to human -- andhuman—and thus vulnerable -- notvulnerable—not far away from them, Chloe tells him that Derek is off dealing with Ramon, who has actually already been defeated. Liam proceeds to be a grade-A creeper and tell her that they should have some fun while Derek and Ramon are busy tearing each other to shreds. Lucky for her, Derek ruins this by finishing his Change and [[Does Not Know His Own Strength|accidentally killing Liam]] after a long and difficult tussle.
* In Conn Iggulden's ''Emperor'' books, Cornelius Sulla keeps summoning Cornelia to his presence after being declared dictator of Rome, primarily because she's the wife of [[Gaius Julius Caesar|Julius Caesar]]. He starts off just groping her in ''The Gates of Rome'', but proceeds to eventually [[Moral Event Horizon|rape her while her baby daughter cries beside her]] in ''The Death of Kings''.
* In ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', when Sansa is at Joffrey's mercy in King's Landing, he orders her to look her best for him, harasses her (groping her breasts and pinching her nipples) and humiliates her by ordering his knights to tear off her clothes in front of everybody. There's also Donella Hornwood who was forced to marry the [[Bastard Bastard|Bastard of Bolton]] and name him her heir and, after she'd been raped to consummate their marriage, thrown into a tower to starve to death.
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** Given the [[Rape, Pillage and Burn]] tactics of many of the denizens of the [[Crapsack World]] of Westeros, this probably happens quite a lot, especially whenever [[Psycho for Hire|Gregor Clegane or the Bloody Mummers]] are involved.
* In the ''[[Dresden Files]]'' Lord Raith tries this on Murphy, but [[Action Girl|Murphy]] being [[Cute Bruiser|Murphy]] it doesn't quite go as he planned.
* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s [[Conan the Barbarian]] novel ''The Hour of the Dragon'', why Countess Albiona is awaiting execution -- sheexecution—she refused.
** In "A Witch Shall Be Born", Constantius, before imprisoning Taramis on the orders of her [[Evil Twin]] Salome, takes "a little—ah—amusement first." Cue the [[Scream Discretion Shot]].
* ''[[Codex Alera]]'': Brencis Kalarus Minoris tries this on [[Action Girl]] Amara when he captures her in the fifth book, putting a discipline collar on her to make her a mindless slave with the express intention of bedding her, watching while another slave washes her, and even helping undress her. Fortunately, Amara and her husband Bernard had a back-up plan in case this very thing happened, and Amara kills him before he really tries anything.
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== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'': Carried out in the dark comic-toned episode "Daisy's Shotgun Wedding," where the nefearious Beaudry clan seeks a bride for the dim-witted man-mountain of the group (played by Richard Moll). As can be derived from the episode title, the hapless bride is Daisy, with the Beaudrys kidanpping her in the light of day and intending to drive her across state lines to marry her -- andher—and avoid prosecution by their long-running rivals, Boss Hogg and Rosco. The episode ends with Bo and Luke's [[Just in Time]] rescue.
* Happened once in ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' when a possessed Sam started coming onto fellow Hunter Jo. Jo seeing through to possessed Sam tried to fight him off but possessed Sam knocked her out. The scene afterwards implied that he was going to rape her but instead he tied her up and [[Mind Rape]] her instead by telling her the story of how her dad died. Supernatural is dark enough and it doesn't need rape to make a point
* ''[[True Blood]]'': Done so often to Sookie that one can make a drinking game of it. However Tara being held captive by Franklin in Season 3 is considered disturbing to the point that you had to cheer for Tara giving him the biggest [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] that broke Franklin, to the point that he ended up crying, as a result. Also Jason killing him afterwards
* ''[[American Gothic]]'': A disturbing inversion of this occurs. Not only is there no hero in sight to show up and save [[Plucky Girl|Gail]] from sexual ravishment by [[Magnificent Bastard]] Sheriff Buck -- sinceBuck—since Dr. Crower a) is absolutely clueless about what is developing between them b) has his own problems and c) is never even implied to have any interest in Gail other than as a friend -- butfriend—but Gail ''actually wants it.'' (Because, of course, [[Evil Is Sexy]] and [[Evil Feels Good]].) The fact she is willing, overcome by her desires, and unable to resist Buck, however, does not stop the scene in question from being depraved: it [[Double Entendre|takes place in a garden]] replete with unsettling statuary, and the [[Discretion Shot]] used throughout is downright surreal, with imagery that switched from [[Symbolism]] to [[Mind Screw]] territory.
* In the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' episode "Doppelgangland", vampire Willow (from an [[Alternate Universe]]) briefly does this to ordinary Willow (who ends up getting out of it by shooting her with a tranq gun). It's played more for comedy than horror, though.
** In the [[Musical Episode]] Dawn steals the talisman used to summon the singing demon Sweet, who naturally assumes that she's the one who conjured him.
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* On ''[[The League of Gentlemen]]'', [[Monster Clown|demonic blackface minstrel]] Papa Lazarou is known for this, to the point where he collects wives and his [[Catch Phrase]] is:
{{quote|"You're ''my'' wife now."}}
* In the ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' Volume Four finale, Sylar, pulls one of these on Claire. Subverted in the he apparently had no intention to rape her, he just used his telekinesis to [[People Puppets|make her body]] pour up wine and have a drink with him as he did his [[Evil Gloating]]. Toying with a victim is ''very'' Sylar... he just gets down the killing more quickly than this with his other victims (it's different with Claire since she [[Healing Factor|can't die]] -- he—he'd already taken her power, in fact.)
** In Volume Five, he ''kissed'' her while holding her captive with telekinesis. He also tried to convince her why they were meant for each other.
** He also kissed Angela while holding her. Yes, it works even if she's not so pretty.
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* ''[[Singinginthe Rain]]'': A rather hilarious parody of this trope appears in the musical. As the movie-within-a-movie plays to a test audience, the soundtrack gets out of sync with the action on screen, so that the villain's voice says, "Yes, yes, yes!" as the heroine is mouthing, "No! No! No!", and vice versa.
* In ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'', the [[Damsel in Distress]] asks her kidnapper/stalker "Am I now to be prey to your lust for flesh?" He doesn't really answer this, and fan opinion is divided as to whether the Phantom would have raped her if Raoul hadn't found them (though he ''is'' planning to force her into marriage).
* ''[[The Lion King]]'': Although it is nowhere to be seen in the film, Scar attempts this on Nala in the musical, motivating her to run away to the jungle. <ref>This actually was an intended plot point for the movie, but the directors eventually decided that sexual harassment was just a little too mature for young audiences. This concept evaded the Disney execs years later, however, when it came time to produce ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]].''</ref>
* ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (theatre)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'': [[Dirty Old Man|Judge Turpin]] means to marry his adopted daughter [[Damsel in Distress|Johanna]] (who happens to be the child of the man [[Kick the Dog|he had sent to prison]] and [[Rape as Drama|the woman he not only raped,]] but also [[Driven to Suicide|drove to suicide.]] {{spoiler|Well, not exactly.}})
{{quote|'''Judge Turpin:''' How sweet you look in that light muslin gown...}}
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* It's implied in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' that Bowser attempts to get Peach to marry him during his kidnapping attempts. However, in games where we actually see the Princess in captivity, Bowser does very little in the way of wooing.
** In ''[[Super Paper Mario]],'' they ''do'' in fact get married, though Peach is under an enchantment at the time and the ceremony is against her will. Throughout the remainder of the game, Bowser insists on referring to her as his wife and behaves in a relatively chivalrous fashion ([[Anti-Villain|for Bowser]]), {{spoiler|even sacrificing himself at one point to save her and the brothers}}.
** In ''[[Paper Mario (franchise)|Paper Mario]]'' he does keep her in her own room (as opposed to being locked in a dungeon like the other party guests) and offers to grant any wishes she wants (that he approves of) with the Star Rod. Luckily when Peach found his diary it was written like that of a 14-year-old schoolboy who is jealous of the school's most popular boy for having the most popular girl for a girlfriend -- Mariogirlfriend—Mario's the popular boy and Peach's the popular girl, so it probably didn't extend to ''that''.
** In the Mario anime 'Super Mario Bros - The Great Mission to rescue Princess Peach', Bowser kidnaps Peach with the explicit intention of marrying her, and Mario's job is to save her before they can marry on friday the 13th. He succeeds in this aim, but Peach [[Bittersweet Ending|ends up marrying]] [[Canon Foreigner]] Prince Haru - [[Die for Our Ship|to the annoyance of most Mario Bros fans.]]
* In ''[[Heavenly Sword]]'', the main character, Nariko, is captured by the main villain, King Bohan. Confronting her in her cell, he slowly taps his crotch armour in front of her face, before outright asking her for sex, describing her as "pretty" and stating that he believes life is "all about having fun." However, it goes no further after she responds with a threat to kill him.
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* ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' uses Slade, Raven, and a [[Mind Rape|symbolic rape]] in "Birthmark". Drawing on the comic books, some fans assume the real thing happened off-screen between Slade and Terra in "Aftershock".
* Gog-Ma-Gog in ''[[Korgoth of Barbaria]]'' is seen menacing a scantily-clad blonde in a hanging cage in his hideout when Korgoth comes to meet with him. Though with Go-Ma-Gog being as flabby, wimpy, and flamboyant as he is, it's played for laughs.
* Parodied in the ''[[Adventure Time]]'' pilot. Pen asks the Ice King why he's always kidnapping girls -- thegirls—the Ice King answers that he's going to make one marry him. Pen's reponse:
{{quote|"That's -- STUPID!"}}
** This is continued in the television series.
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** In another episode Brock stumbles upon Dr. Girlfriend in her bedroom while rampaging around The Monarch's flying cocoon-base, and [[Aren't You Going to Ravish Me?|she expects him to ravish her]].
* ''[[Gargoyles]]'': Thailog's first appearance has him tenderly stroking Elisa's face while calling her "my dear" after chaining her to the wall. Considering he included her DNA in the genetic makeup of his perfect mate Delilah... no comment.
** Angela gets this from ''everyone'' -- no—no exaggeration. Sevarius runs his fingers creepily through her hair when she's unconscious, Thailog gives her a look when he meets her that clearly says "I want to hit that like a ton of bricks," and even Xanatos strokes her chin while complimenting Goliath on his lovely daughter... Thailog's example is extreme squick when you realize that he's biologically identical to Angela's father.
* ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'': King Sandy tries to force Numbuh 3 to marry him twice.
* In the last season of ''[[Superfriends]]'' (when it was called ''The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians''), Darkseid is a [[Stalker with a Crush]], positively ''obsessed'' with getting Wonder Woman to marry him. As [[Seanbaby]] points out, "That's why we hated his creepy ass so much. Lex Luthor tried to kill us and make us his slaves, [[Even Evil Has Standards|but at least he wasn't a]] ''[[Even Evil Has Standards|date rapist]]''."
* ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers|Galaxy Rangers]]'' pulled a gender-inverted version. The Queen is beside herself with delight when she finally captures Zachary in "Psychocrypt". The ''most innocent'' interpretation ends with a hell of a case of [[Mind Rape]]. [[Fanon]] speculated that the Queen wasn't past the ''other'' kind. Some of [[Word of God|Chris Rowley's]] comments on the matter did not help.
* Vampyro from ''[[Wakfu]]'' chooses to kidnap Evangelyne for her beauty after spying on her through [[Magic Mirror|mirrors]] -- though—though if he's interested in her body, it's to allow the [[Sealed Evil in a Can|Demoness sealed in his ring]] (whom he's in love with) to [[Grand Theft Me|take it over]]. But before even doing that, he puts Eva [[Go-Go Enslavement|in a revealing dress]].
** Evangelyne seems to attract the type, since she later catches the eye of a pirate captain, who also tries to abduct her.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda (animation)|The Legend of Zelda]]'': This is a recurring theme of the cartoon version, in which Ganon openly states that he intends to make Zelda his queen once he conquers Hyrule. Several episodes mention or focus on his obsession with her; one, "A Hitch in the Works," has him kidnap her and (almost successfully) hypnotize her into marrying him.
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