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== Anime & Manga ==

* Ruby in ''[[Rosario to Vampire]]'' wear one of these as a default outfit, [[Cosplay Otaku Girl|when she's not in a costume for the lulz]]. She's quite aware of the sexiness factor, and quite often uses this to her advantage as well.

* Male example: Loran Cehack from ''Turn A [[Gundam]]'' is ordered to show up at the party arranged by the Moon Race as the Turn A Gundam's pilot, though the Moon Race were told he was a female pilot named Laura. Kihel thought Loran was feminine enough and filled out a dress well, but added a corset just to make it more convincing.

* Female Ranma from ''[[Ranma One Half|Ranma ½]]'' was made to wear one by the matron of a very bizarre (and very wealthy) French family. Mind, it was a ''steel corset'' -- and given that ''male'' Ranma is significantly larger than his female alter ego, [[Of Corset Hurts|the pain]] of having ''his'' torso crushed inside the unbreakable metal corset (which was locked close) effectively trapping "''her''" in female form throughout the ordeal. But even as a female, it's shown that the act of forcing Ranma into it (and subsequently fastening it) [[Of Corset Hurts|was horribly painful]]. In the manga it eventually just fell off because Ranma went a really long time without eating. Ranma must have been really fat to begin with, to be able to [[Artistic Licence Biology|reduce her hips to a smaller size than what her waist was to begin with (corseted)...]]

** And it's an underbust.

** To make it even kinkier, she wears a neck corset too.

* Austria wears a corset in ''Hetalia Bloodbath 2011'' and he's male.

 

 

== Comics ==

** And by extension Emma Frost, frequently even when she's not in the Hellfire Club.

* [[Zatanna]] in the 2005 ''[[Seven Soldiers]]'' miniseries, in addition to her trademark fishnets.

* ''In [[Knights of the Old Republic]]'', the female members of the Crucible all wear dominatrix style outfits.

* ''[[Lady Mechanika]]''

 

== Films ==

* Fiona gets put into one in the beginning of ''[[Shrek]] The Third''

* Anna Valerious in ''[[Van Helsing]]''.

* ''[[Moulin Rouge]]!'', of course.

* Several of the characters from ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' appear in corsets and fishnets for the final act, albeit under mind control.

* In ''[[Star Wars]]: [[Attack of the Clones]]'', Amidala wears [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Image:PadmefullDinnernoshawl.jpg a corset-style dress] in a scene. [[Natalie Portman]] stated that she wanted to finish shooting quickly as her breathing was impaired.

** Also, [[The Ingenue|Johanna]] has some serious corset-boobage going on, though probably at [[Wife Husbandry|Turpin's behest]].

* ''[[Diary of the Dead]]''. The Texan girl wears one because she was acting in a cheap horror thriller.

* [[Maggie Cheung]] spends much of her screen time in ''[[Irma Vep]]'' wearing a fetish bodysuit with built-in corset. At one point, her body double complains that the corset is too tight, but Maggie replies that she feels fine in hers.

* As if she needed any more help catching male viewers' attentions, Megan Fox wears a couple of shockingly tight corsets in her role as Lilah in ''[[Jonah Hex]]''. According to Fox, the corsets (partly at her insistence) reduced her waist to eighteen inches for the film's non-action scenes.

* Pamela Anderson came under fire for wearing a corset in ''[[Barb Wire]]'' that brought her waist down to 17 inches. She was in the early stages of pregnancy at the time of filming.

* In ''[[Big Trouble]]'' police officer Janeane Garofalo is shown to be wearing a red bustier under her uniform after a [[Clothing Damage|struggle]].

* Sophia Loren strips to a black corset and stockings for an examination by doctor [[Peter Sellers]] in ''The Millionairess''.

 

 

* A requirement for female vampires. Who don't have to breathe, as [[Lampshade Hanging|noticed]] by Willow on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. Tara also wore a shiny blue-green corset in "Once More With Feeling".

* This seems to extend to ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'', as sexy vampire [[Femme Fatale|Katherine]] wears one even when she's in bed. Sorta justified, as she lives in Civil War America. She seems to have ditched them in the present though.

* Frederick in ''[[Bramwell]]'' wears one of these, but not so much to enhance the bust as to pretend there IS one, as he's a [[Wholesome Crossdresser]] in a time where it really just wasn't OK. Doctor Bramwell kids herself that he's an actor. Sure, Liz. Sure.

* In ''[[Coronation Street]]'', Rosie Webster tries to seduce someone while wearing a basque. This got the "ban this filth" brigade at the ''Daily Mail'' hot and bothered, and they promptly printed a picture to accompany said article.

** Most, if not all, of the ''Star Trek'' women were corseted, though not visibly. Marina Sirtis (Troi) has admitted as much.

* In one of the ''[[Babylon 5]]'' TV Movies (''River of Souls''), a shady businessman runs a holo-brothel Down Below. One of his more popular models is Captain Elizabeth Lochley in a corset. It's especially popular with [[Even the Girls Want Her|the female customers]].

* Blair appears to love these in ''[[Gossip Girl]]''. Chuck [[Oh Crap|lends one to a pole 'artist']].

* Apparently [[The Fashionista|Kurt]] wore one to school one day in ''[[Glee]]''. Fans are still waiting to see it ([[Your Mileage May Vary|or]] [[Fan Disservice|not]]).

== Music ==

* [[The Velvet Underground]]: "Jack is in his corset, Jane is in her vest." Some demos have this the other way around, but this is the version people know. [[Covered Up|Except the ones who know that easy-listening version.]]

* Corsets are pretty much staples in the wardrobe of any lead female singer of most [[Gothic Metal]], [[Industrial]], [[Darkwave]], or related music acts.

* Cherie Currie of the Runaways wore a white corset/basque as her trademark stage gear, as a quick google of her name immediately demonstrates.

 

 

== Theater ==

** Also, some of Herbert's waistcoats are a bit evocative of... corsetry. Depending on who's doing the costuming.

 

== Video Games ==

* Tabitha/Larissa, ''[[Advance Wars]]: Days of Ruin''.

* Yggdra and Monica from ''[[Yggdra Union]]'' are both drawn wearing corsets (and Yggdra starts out with an item called the Silk Corset equipped). Seeing as the game is in a vaguely medieval-renaissance-industrial-revolution-type era, it only makes sense that Yggdra (as a princess) might have to wear one. [[Fridge Logic|Seeing as Monica is a peasant, though,]] [[Did Not Do the Research|she shouldn't be able to afford hers...]]

* The vampire Stella, from ''[[Castlevania]]: Portrait of Ruin'', wears one as part of her costume.

** The succubus from ''[[Castlevania]]: Symphony of the Night'' wears a corset, albeit one that only covers her waist and leaves her breasts exposed.

* ''[[Fable]] 2'' has it as an option, if worn by a female hero, it raises the attractiveness stats by a considerable amount. [[Wholesome Crossdresser|when worn by a male hero on the other hand...]]

* Among other stripperific costumes, most of the modded heavy armor in the ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'' mod ''[[A Dance With Rogues]]'' turned into external corsets and panties. And nothing else.

* One of these is Casey Lynch's alternate costume in ''[[Guitar Hero|Guitar Hero III]]''.

* Ashley Williams from ''[[Mass Effect]]'' mentions her sister wearing corsets (which do wonders for her figure, evidently) and also learning swordplay as part of her family tradition of martial artistry. It's really a shame that we never see her.

* Lulu from ''[[Final Fantasy X]]''.

* Young Lescanzi Witches in [[Dungeon Siege]] III tend to favor this look, including playable character Katarina and {{spoiler|her sister}} Leona. {{spoiler|Also confirmed by a [[Where Are They Now]] segment if you turn control of Gunderic Manor over to Leona.}}

* Lita Halford from ''[[Brutal Legend]]'' wears a leather corset/vest.

* The female prostitutes at the Blooming Rose in ''[[Dragon Age II]]'' wear variously colored corsets and nothing else...as does, perhaps surprisingly, the wide-eyed innocent [[Badass Adorable|Merrill]] if you romance her.

* Jessica in ''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]'' wears one with her frock. Some of her other uniforms have these, too.

 

== Webcomics ==

* ''[[Girl Genius]]'': "Phil can't ''help'' himself... thank God."

* Mary in ''[[Filthy Lies]]'' is encouraged by Damien to buy a corset when she's getting dolled up for a goth club "so you can join in mocking the sorority girls who complain about bikini waxing". The shop owner agrees with him: "It's true, dearie! Nothing says 'I endure discomfort for your viewing pleasure' like displaced organs!"

* Mavra Chan wears one in ''[[Terinu]]'' which looks like it's made out of composite armor plating.

* Marilyn of ''[[Strawberry Death Cake]]''; it seems to be her default outfit.

* In ''[[Lady Sabre And The Ineffable Aether|Lady Sabre & The Ineffable Aether]]'', an underbust corset forms part of the titular Sabre's default costume.

* Corsets appeared several times in classic [[Looney Tunes]], see for example ''The Wacky Wabbit''. The wearer was ''[[Fan Disservice|Elmer Fudd.]]''

** That's a girdle, not a corset, and he was apparently using it to keep his gut in:

* Standard attire for Hexadecimal in ''[[Re Boot]]''.

* Gwen from ''[[Total Drama]]'' wears one as part of her normal everyday goth outfit.

== Anime & Manga ==

* Every woman in ''[[Victorian Romance Emma]]'' wears a corset. In one instance we are treated to a scene where Emma gets her corset tightened, complete with the standard foot placed in the back bit, to prepare for a ball that her mistress is allowing her to attend.

** In episode 5 of the second season we see that under her maid outfit Hannah doesn't wear underwear, just a see through slip and a corset.

** Beast of the circus wears one.

* Every female in the manga ''[[A Kiss To The Prince]]'' wears a corset.

 

 

{{quote| '''Esther:''' Rose, don't you think I could be a sensation without the corset?<br />

'''Rose:''' You're competing with an Eastern girl. I'll wager Lucille Ballard doesn't make a move without a corset. }}

{{quote| '''Scarlett:''' Twenty inches? I've grown as big as Aunt Pitty. You've simply got to make it eighteen and a half again, Mammy.<br />

'''Mammy:''' You done had a baby, Miss Scarlett, and you ain't never gonna be no eighteen and a half inches again. }}

* The ''[[Gemma Doyle]]'' trilogy.

* ''[[The Other Boleyn Girl]]''

* There are two schools in Regency [[Romance Novel]] writing regarding the corset. Common is that the heroines go commando, or somehow are too sensible to fall prey to this -- despite the fact that what the Regency really knew as corsets were more intended to "lift and separate" than to compress the waistline, what would be a futile effort with your average high-waisted dress already rendering the poor heroine vaguely pregnant-looking. The other just says "What the hell", and rolls with it. (It helps that the "short corset" was basically a bra.)

** This was partially why she actually liked the back-breaking labor of helping her father bring in the harvest -- it meant she didn't have to wear it while she worked.

 

* Corsets were a never-ending source of complaint for the female participants in the ''1900 House'' reality series. Genuine reproductions of actual Victorian corsets were shown to reduce the wearer's lung capacity by 20-40% according to tests done during filming.

* ''[[CSI]]: Las Vegas'' featured the body of a male period re-enactor initially mistaken for a woman's when he was noticed to wear a corset. Since the entire main cast seems to spend all their spare time gathering random [[Someday This Will Come in Handy|trivia]], that this was common of the time is pointed out.

 

 

== Theater ==

{{quote| '''Cornelius:''' May I put my arm around your waist?<br />

'''Mrs. Molloy:''' Yes, Mr. Hackl.... But I might as well warn you, a corset is a corset. }}