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When the wife/sweetheart/sister/daughter/etc. makes the offer, see [[Please, I Will Do Anything!]].

 

 

And yes, the trope name sounds like a [[Mad Lib Thriller Title|Robert Ludlum novel]].

* In ''[[Mai-Otome]]'', {{spoiler|Tomoe does this to an imprisoned Shizuru by lying that Natsuki has also been captured and insinuating that she will help free both of them if Shizuru submits to her advances. However, Shizuru received a smuggled letter from Natsuki before going through with it, so she knew this was a lie and ended up using the event as an opportunity to steal Tomoe's key to her cell. Whether this was before or after the act was left ambiguous - we only see Tomoe passed out in the bed, dressed up as a baby, while an either topless or naked Shizuru is holding the key.}}

* The truth behind {{spoiler|Krauss and Natsuhi}}'s marriage in ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'', as {{spoiler|Krauss's father Kinzou forced Natsuhi into it as a reconciliation of her family's debts to him.}}

* Happens in the manwha ''Masca'' in which the demon lord refuses to lift the spell that [[Dude in Distress|will kill the protagonist's beloved mentor/potential love interest]] unless she sleeps with him.

 

* ''[[All You Need Is Love]]'' has a male on male example. When [[Death Note|Light/Kira]] goes to [[Enemy Mine|L and Naomi Misora for help on a pressing issue]] L wastes no time in giving this ultimatum:

{{quote|'''L''': If you're finally going to admit that you're Kira I'll have you know that so far your various futures entail your being my [[Sex Slave]], [[They Would Cut You Up|the government's sex slave]], [[Bedlam House|or locked up in some mental institution.]] Of the three I prefer your being my sex slave but the decision is yours. [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?|Or Naomi-chan could shoot you]] [[V for Vendetta|behind the chemical shed, if that's preferable.]]}}

 

== [[Film]] ==

{{quote|''' Crais:''' Aeryn Sun - are you offering yourself?

'''Aeryn:''' You take what you want Crais and I won't stop you. }}

* Parodied in the ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch "[http://snltranscripts.jt.org/02/02jhangman.phtml The Hangman]". The condemned man's wife is a little too eager to screw the Hangman, but he wants the man's grandmother.

** Another ''SNL'' sketch (spoofing ''Indecent Proposal'', above) has [[Loveable Sex Maniac|Bill Clinton]] withholding aid for Russia unless he gets a night with Yeltsin's wife. The deal went through, but Congress reduced the package from billions of dollars to $50.

 

== Music ==

* Judy Collins sings "Anathea," with much the same plot. (It likely derives from a Hungarian song and may share ancestry with [[Child Ballad]] 95 "The Maid Freed From the Gallows.")

* "Hangman, Hangman" by [[Great Big Sea]]; his brother brings money, his sister brings... herself (and "warms [the hangman's] soul"), but the hangman goes back on his word and executes the prisoner.

* This used to happen frequently in [[Silver Age]] [[Marvel Comics]], especially to Susan Storm, the Invisible Woman of the [[Fantastic Four]]. In their first encounter, Namor wrecked the FF, then offered to spare them if Sue would marry him and become Queen of Atlantis. She accepted, but Namor became enraged when he saw her reluctance, and stormed off. Variations on this also occurred with Kang the Conqueror and Mole Man (boy, Sue was a hot commodity on the supervillain marriage market!).

** Rehashed in the Ultimate Marvel version, where she kisses Namor in exchange for him not destroying them and the city.

** Also happened to Angel when Callisto from the Morlocks group decided that she needed a future mate. The TV series used the same set-up but with Cyclops instead.