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[[File:SugarSpiceAndTwoFace.jpg|link=Batman Forever|frame|Supervillains get all the girls...]]

 

 

As the picture illustrates, the "sultan" in this harem also has a habit of dressing the floozies in a thematically appropriate manner that coincides with their job or even [[Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance|criminal theme]]. Not surprisingly, their employer [[It's All About Me|doesn't have any real affection or attachment]] to the harem, and will [[No Hero to His Valet|disrespect or mistreat them;]] sometimes dumping them on the ground when [[Shoot the Messenger|hearing bad news]], ordering the floozy out when he talks shop, or outright using them as [[Bulletproof Human Shield|human shields]]/distractions in a firefight.

Might be found in the [[Den of Iniquity]] during off-duty hours.

 

 

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* Greed in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' is seen with two random women in one chapter of the Manga and in one episode of the Anime.

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* [[The Penguin]] often surrounds himself with a bevy of beautiful babes.

 

== [[Film]] ==

** And Bane could be called this for Poison Ivy in ''[[Batman and Robin (film)|Batman and Robin]]''. [[Villain Decay|Poor Bane]]...

* With a female villain, Kronk is a borderline example of this to Yzma in ''[[The Emperor's New Groove|The Emperors New Groove]]''

** One of whom was [[Crowning Moment of Funny|hilariously]] [[Stylistic Suck|tone-deaf]] [[The Cameo|Minnie Driver]].

* In ''[[Repo! The Genetic Opera]]'' Rotti Largo has two floozies who double as bodyguards.

* [[Samuel L. Jackson|The Octopus]] has [[Scarlett Johansson|Silken Floss]] in ''[[The Spirit (film)|The Spirit]]''. Despite the implications, she's more of a [[Punch Clock Villain]], who only works for him to pay for her PhD tuition.

 

* Subverted in the first ''[[Deathlands]]'' novel "Pilgrimage to Hell". The Baron of Mocsin, Jordan Teague, has two girls by his side who don't change their bored expressions even when he uses them; not that Teague can do much as he's [[Adipose Rex|too fat]] and doped out to care.

 

* In the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' episode "Seth" (Season 3, Episode 2), the heroes go undercover in a brainwashed cult to a Earth-bound Goa'uld. Major Samantha Carter becomes part of Seth's harem.

* ''[[Deep Space Nine]]''. Used in the traditional fashion in the [[Mirror Universe]] episodes, and Quark's D'Abo girls probably count too. Played more seriously in "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night", when Gul Dukat is seen using Bajoran "comfort girls" for this purpose, including Kira's mother whom he [[More Than Mind Control|manipulates into thinking]] he's one of the more nicer Cardassian occupiers.

* In the Adam West ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' show, if the villain of the week was male, he would invariably have an attractive female henchman serving alongside the mooks. On rare occasions, they actually served some purpose other than scenery.

 

* This is basically the everyday mansion life of every rapper as portrayed in their songs, with throngs of gorgeous women in bikinis doing little more than strutting sexily in slow motion, dancing, swimming, or making out.

 

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

** They may also be [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|robots]]. It's not exactly clear.

** Judging by their bizarre neck movements, being [[The Voiceless]], never seeing an inch of exposed flesh, along with the Penguin being an expert bird-trainer, they may well be ''giant trained birds.'' Perhaps even ''mutant'' or genetically-engineered giant birds, really, it's one of the series more amusing [[Epileptic Trees]].

** Note also that in live action film, ''[[Batman and Robin (film)|Batman and Robin]]'', Dr. Freeze has a eye-candy woman in what is essentially a [[Fur Bikini]] slumming around his lair. However, when she asks him if he's [[Unusual Euphemism|feeling warm]] he rebukes her and points out that his heart only beats for his wife. [[Fridge Logic|So why keep her around then?]]

*** Or could it be that women going into the henchperson career look for a boss who won't be demanding sexual favors, so he gets a disproportionate number of the available female mooks?

*** This makes sense and even ties into the comics. Apparently The Riddler used to get a large number of female, and generally more intelligent, mooks because he was known for treating them better and not being so quick to sacrifice them. Conversely, the Joker usually got bottom of the rung guys who were desperate for money

 

 

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