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{{quote|''Sure, [[Horny Devils|women like me]] [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man|swoon for a hero]], but that's only because deep down, [[I Can Change Him|we think we can change them]].''
The Evil Empress wants a consort for her domain. Unfortunately, none of her male subjects is quite up to her standards. So what does she do? [[Dude in Distress|Kidnap the hero, of course.]] Once he sees how [[Evil Is Sexy|hot]] she is, and how [[We Can Rule Together|they can rule together]], he'll fall into her arms.
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Contrast with [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter]], since the Villain is unwilling to revoke her evil ways to woo the hero.
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== Anime and Manga ==
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* While Slan of the Godhand in ''[[Berserk]]'' is probably incapable of feeling real love (being a [[God of Evil]] and all), she does want to make Guts her personal sex-toy.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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** [[Yandere|Maxima]], most prominent example.
*** But not in The New 52, where she is a lesbian - and is instead after [[Supergirl]]!
** Also, there's the supervillainess Dana Dearden, who goes by aliases "Obsession", "Superwoman", and "Mrs. Superman".
** In most depictions, Lashina of the [[New Gods|Female Furies]] lusts after Superman.
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** The Enchantress' younger sister Lorelei also wants a piece of thunder god, and ''once used magic to seduce and rape him''.
* [[Doctor Strange|Umar]] to the [[Incredible Hulk]].
* Depending on the continuity, all the [[Femme Fatale
* Evil queens of mysterious kingdoms in hidden valleys really have a thing for [[The Phantom (comic strip)|The Phantom]].
* Cupid [[Stalker with a Crush|really, ''really'' likes]] [[Green Arrow]].
* [[Nextwave|Aaron Stack, aka Machine Man,]] learned that his old enemy [[Iron Man|Sunset Baine, aka Madame Menace,]] has something of a crush on him. He was rather taken aback by the discovery.
* [[Doctor Strange]] villain Umar has hots for [[The Incredible Hulk|the Hulk]]. Again, has used magic to seduce him.
== [[Fairy Tales]] ==
* In ''[
* In ''[http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/pt1/pt116.htm The Daughter of the Skies]'', the daughter captures the hero when the heroine breaks her husband's prohibition three times.
* In ''[
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* In ''[[The Last Apprentice]]'', witches seem to really like spooks, even though a major part of a spook's job is hunting witches. Both Tom and his master, Mr. Gregory, have at least one witch who fell in love with them.
* [[Older Than Dirt]]: This trope goes back to ''[[The Epic of Gilgamesh]]''. The capricious goddess Inanna (Ishtar) wants to hook up with the hero, Gilgamesh, because he's [[Even the Guys Want Him|exceptionally comely]]. But he wants no part of it because, as he points out with brutal candor, every single guy she's ever spent time with lived to regret it. Result? Goddess rage.
* ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (novel)|Howl's Moving Castle]]'': The Witch of the Waste's love interest is the wizard Howl, who tries to escape her from fear.
* In ''[[The Odyssey]]'', [[Vain Sorceress| Circe]] ''and'' [[Siren| Calypso]] towards Odysseus.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Princess Ardala of Draconia for [[Buck Rogers in
* Nadira to Lucas, the Blue Ranger, in ''[[Power Rangers Time Force]]''.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Used in a minor way in ''[[The Order of the Stick]]''. Fairly early, Elan gets kidnapped by bandits who, as it turned out, were acting on the orders of the beautiful Bandit Queen. I guess that 18 Charisma wasn't just for show after all... (Well, it ''is'', obviously, but... you know what I mean.) Somewhat unusual in that Elan [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0156.html actually goes along with it] until his UST-target shows up and complains, at which point he defends himself by claiming that seducing the beautiful villainess is part of his solemn duty as a Bard.
** Sabine mentions this trope in a comedic inversion of [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]] from [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0794.html this strip].
** There's also the situation between [[The Fettered|Durkon]] and [[The Hedonist|Hilgya]]. Deconstructed in that while she was attracted to him, and he eventually returned the favor, {{spoiler|she was still married, and the [[Lawful Good]] Durkon could not be involved in a relationship with someone who was married to someone else}}
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I will not be put off by the Hero's rebuffs of my sensual advances. If he doesn't succumb to me, I will not fly into a jealous rage. Instead, I'll shrug my shoulders, send him on his way, and have him picked off as he exits the fortress.
I, and my elite guards, will never assume that we have managed to confiscate all weapons or escape aids from the captured Hero. "Interrogations" in my private chambers will only be conducted if the Hero is completely nude. This will, in fact, satisfy a number of objectives at once.
If the Hero says he is willing to betray his cause and accept my offer of ruling the world at my side, he will only be believed once that betrayal results in his cause's total destruction, at which point [[Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves|his demonstration of total lack of principle should lead to his immediate execution]].
However insatiable my appetites are, it is virtually guaranteed that at least one of my millions of subjects is both far more gifted at satisfying them and far more loyal to me than the Hero who seeks my destruction, no matter his reputation with the ladies.
If the Hero has an evil twin, the twin will probably make a far more suitable Love-Happy Stooge. }}
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