Single Mom Stripper: Difference between revisions

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You realize that the boys at school really liked you. Maybe you could make some quick fast cash waiting tables-in a bikini. Or pole dancing.

[[Truth in Television]], by the way. Usually leads to becoming a [[Hooker ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold]], in which case see [[Son of a Whore]]. May also be used to give the [[Disposable Sex Worker]] a sympathetic backstory. Compare with [[Justified Criminal]].

[[Truth in Television]], by the way. Usually leads to becoming a [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold]], in which case see [[Son of a Whore]]. May also be used to give the [[Disposable Sex Worker]] a sympathetic backstory. Compare with [[Justified Criminal]].

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== Anime and Manga ==

* This trope proves to be a godsend for Godai, the male lead of ''[[Maison Ikkoku]]''. The young man is trained in early childhood education and hoping to work in a elementary school, until he' laid off and the only work he can find is a strip joint. After a humiliating period as a street barker, things turn around when one of the dancers, who is a single mother who couldn't afford daycare, is forced to bring her toddler to work. In this situation Godai is ordered to take care of the child safely out of sight in the back, and does so well that the other dancers, predominately single mothers themselves, ask him to take care of their kids. Pretty soon Godai is running an excellent daycare centre at the strip joint and is deeply valued by the rest of the staff.

* Yasuko Takasu, Ryuji's mom in ''[[Toradora ~~(Light Novel)|Toradora~~]]'' isn't a stripper, but using her sex-appeal while waiting tables and entertaining bar patrons is part of her job.

* Yasuko Takasu, Ryuji's mom in ''[[Toradora!]]'' isn't a stripper, but using her sex-appeal while waiting tables and entertaining bar patrons is part of her job.

* Mako Nakarai's mother in ''[[Bokurano]]'' is this. Unusually she was a prosititue before she had her daughter but genuinely loves her.

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* ''Dangerous Beauty'' was about a 16th century woman who becomes a courtesan to support herself and her mother.

* Vivica Fox's character in ''[[Independence Day]]''. Unlike most examples however, she does it by choice (being in a long-term relationship with a well-to-do <s>soldier</s> Marine Corps aviator) and the film deserves credit for not making her any less sympathetic.

* Note to [[Kids Are Cruel|cruel kids]]: Do not tease Michael Myers in the ''[[Halloween (~~Film~~)|Halloween]]'' remake about how his mom is a pole dancer.

* Note to [[Kids Are Cruel|cruel kids]]: Do not tease Michael Myers in the ''[[Halloween (film)|Halloween]]'' remake about how his mom is a pole dancer.

* Arlene McKinney in ''[[Pay It Forward]]''.

* [[Demi Moore]]'s character in ''Striptease,'' though she starts out not to support her daughter but to get money to appeal the custody decision against her.

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{{quote| '''Stu:''' "I married a whore!"<br />

'''Alan:''' "How dare you, she's a nice lady!" }}

* One background character in ''[[Repo ~~the~~ Genetic Opera|Repo!]]'', [[Fan Service|based on what she does in her one scene.]]

* One background character in ''[[Repo! The Genetic Opera|Repo!]]'', [[Fan Service|based on what she does in her one scene.]]

{{quote| I needed an organ transplant desperately<br />

Geneco showed this single mom sympathy<br />

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== Literature ==

* Sonya in ''[[~~Crime and Punishment (Literature)|~~Crime and Punishment]]'' is technically a [[Hooker ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold|prostitute]] but fits this trope because she is [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man|single]] and does it to provide for her family.

* Sonya in ''[[Crime and Punishment]]'' is technically a [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold|prostitute]] but fits this trope because she is [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man|single]] and does it to provide for her family.

* Central to the premise of ''Striptease'', both the Carl Hiaasen book and the movie.

* In ''[[Les Misérables (~~Theatre~~)|Les Misérables]]'' Fantine is a woman who was a [[Star-Crossed Lovers]] but was abandoned, and needs to send money to care for her child. She tries to stay pure but is forced to quit her job after being ''falsely accused'' of prostitution. She does turns to prostitution afterwards, and is quickly arrested for that.

* In ''[[Les Misérables (theatre)|Les Misérables]]'' Fantine is a woman who was a [[Star-Crossed Lovers]] but was abandoned, and needs to send money to care for her child. She tries to stay pure but is forced to quit her job after being ''falsely accused'' of prostitution. She does turns to prostitution afterwards, and is quickly arrested for that.

** That's what happens in the musical, in the book she is fired for having lied about not having any children, as lying was the one thing the owner of the factory (aka Valjean) wouldn't tolerate. She is also not arrested for prostitution, but becomes ill from wearing a revealing dress outside in cold weather.

*** Actually, in neither case is she arrested for prostitution. She's arrested for attacking a john.

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* Sharona [[Public Exposure|posed]] for a [[Playboy]] magazine [[Expy]] in ''[[Monk]]'' in the past.

* Miss Pasternak on [[Two and A Half Men]].

* Niki on ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]''. Technically, she's not single, but seeing as her husband escaped from jail and went on the run, she's pretty much on her own as far as raising Micah.

* Niki on ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]''. Technically, she's not single, but seeing as her husband escaped from jail and went on the run, she's pretty much on her own as far as raising Micah.

* At least one of the strippers in the pilot episode of ''[[Millennium (TV)|Millennium]]''.

* At least one of the strippers in the pilot episode of ''[[Millennium (TV series)|Millennium]]''.

* Hilda on ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' once ended up working at a [[Brand X|Hooters analogue]] for this reason.

* It's the back story for Catherine on ''[[CSI]]''.

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* Bill's mom in ''[[Freaks and Geeks]]'' used to be this.

* Frederico in ''[[Six Feet Under]]'' had an affair with a stripper who was a single mom. He didn't really have that much sex with her, as much as he just bought her lots of nice things she never asked for in the first place.

* ''[[Starsky and Hutch (TV)|Starsky and Hutch]]'': One of these is Starsky's love interest of the week in "The Las Vegas Strangler". Surprisingly, she makes it out of the episode alive.

* ''[[Starsky and Hutch (TV series)|Starsky and Hutch]]'': One of these is Starsky's love interest of the week in "The Las Vegas Strangler". Surprisingly, she makes it out of the episode alive.

* Lieutenant Matthew Scott from ''[[~~Stargate Universe (TV)|~~Stargate Universe]]'' {{spoiler|has an ex who turns out to be this.}}

* Lieutenant Matthew Scott from ''[[Stargate Universe]]'' {{spoiler|has an ex who turns out to be this.}}

* Gillian Darmody on ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]''.

* A few victim-of-the-weeks in ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' are these. One uses it to [[I Have a Family|attempt to garner pity]] (as expected, it doesn't work).

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== Western Animation ==

* Parodied on ''[[~~American Dad (Animation)|~~American Dad]]'', where Steve distracts some strippers by telling them their kid has gotten into their stash. Naturally, every one of them runs off.

* Parodied on ''[[American Dad]]'', where Steve distracts some strippers by telling them their kid has gotten into their stash. Naturally, every one of them runs off.

** And, in a later episode, Hayley herself had to do "some things" to pay for food when Stan went crazy for the 900th time.

** And Hayley working as a strip club waitress (then as a stripper after her boss and a patron tell Hayley that being a stripper isn't exploitative) in "Stan Knows Best" after Stan takes her credit card and stops paying her way through community college