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== Anime & Manga ==

* Demon sisters Scanty and Kneesocks of ''[[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt|Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt]]'' apparently enjoy partaking in strange sexual play involving caviar, figs and goat milk when the mayor isn't looking.

* Akio ''regularly'' has sex with [[Brother-Sister Incest|his sister Anthy]] in ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]''. It's both an example of this trope, and an allusion to their nature—incest is rather common among many cultures' gods.

** {{spoiler|Miki and Kozue}} may do the same during their car ride, and {{spoiler|Touga and Nanami}} very nearly do; at best, it's still a rather blunt metaphor each girl's obsessive or weird relationship with men.

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** T.H. White's ''[[The Sword in the Stone]]'' discusses that it is committing this sin, however unwittingly, that dooms Arthur to such a tragic life.

*** Well, drowning all those children may have had something to do with it, too. While this is usually chalked up as Arthur's greatest sin, it's only one of many sins that bring Camelot down.

** N.B.: in the original legends his incest was with Morgause, his other half-sister. Modern versions often just [[Composite Character|combine this role]] with Morgan(a) for simplicity. (White's version, though, kept Morgause.)

* In Finnish folktales, the villains, bogeymen and monsters are assumed to have gotten their birth from villainous incest.

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* In the ''[[Oneiroi Series]]'', a ''[[Order of the Stick]]'' series of fanfics, [[Split Personality Takeover|Deirdre]] {{spoiler|[[Moral Event Horizon|rapes and kills her father, gets pregnant by him, and then manipulates her brother into having sex]]. Most of the other villains think that she's going to do the same to her uncle, too.}}

* Given the fact that most ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' fics are focusing on [[Brother-Sister Incest|Justin/Alex]], many of them portray their relationship as wicked and harmful, not to mention that few have [[Happy Ending|happy endings]].

** In ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6431324/1/Perfect_Lies Perfect Lies]'', Justin has a calm life, a four years old daughter and a loving wife. Then Alex comes and creeps in, destroying it slowly, by alluring him into having sexual affairs with her. And [[Evil Tastes Good|she enjoys it]].

* There is a ''[[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl]]'' [[Crack Fic]] in which Saturn and Jupiter have sex regularly even though they're [[Kissing Cousins|cousins]]. Mars also mentions having once had sex with her ''brother,'' which she thinks of as okay because the ancient Egyptians used to do it. Granted, none of them actually do anything all that evil, except under Cyrus's orders.

* ''[[Ponies Make War]]'': [[Big Bad|Titan]], having taken over Equestria, attempts to force his daughter Luna to marry her brother Empyrean in order to solidify the latter's position as rightful acting ruler. {{spoiler|It's also later revealed that his wife Terra is actually his daughter as well.}}

== Film ==

* Eleanor Prentiss Shaw of [[The Manchurian Candidate|''The Manchurian Candidate'']] (known in the novel as Eleanor Iselin). Both film versions show Eleanor coming onto her son Raymond, whose consent is dubious, and the novel on which it was all based includes frank mentions of {{spoiler|consummated incest, both between Eleanor and her father Tyler and between Eleanor and Raymond}}. Eleanor figures as a villain in both the novel and the original film version. In the remake, she's a likable character who does horrible things with good intentions, and in all three works the incestuous element is definitely used to enhance her creepiness.

* Eleanor Prentiss Shaw of [[The Manchurian Candidate (novel)||''The Manchurian Candidate'']] (known in the novel as Eleanor Iselin). Both film versions show Eleanor coming onto her son Raymond, whose consent is dubious, and the novel on which it was all based includes frank mentions of {{spoiler|consummated incest, both between Eleanor and her father Tyler and between Eleanor and Raymond}}. Eleanor figures as a villain in both the novel and the original film version. In the remake, she's a likable character who does horrible things with good intentions, and in all three works the incestuous element is definitely used to enhance her creepiness.

* Commodus from ''[[Gladiator (film)|Gladiator]]'' had a sister complex. The sister in question, Luciana, was appropriately horrified.

* Heavily implied in both versions of ''[[Scarface]]''.

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* Mother-and-son team of [[Our Vampires Are Different|shapeshifting energy vampires]] from ''Stephen King's [[Sleepwalkers]]''. Of course, not being human, they may lack this particular taboo. They're also implied [[Last of His Kind|not to have much choice in partners]].

* In ''[[Cruel Intentions]]'', Sarah Michelle Gellar's character promises to sleep with her step-brother if he can deflower an avowed virgin before the summer is over.

** Somewhat averted in that they're not blood relatives, so it's not proper incest.

** Parodied in [[Not Another Teen Movie]] where the interest is reversed with the sister agreeing to help him win the bet to get the nerdy-girl only if he'll agree to have sex with her after he wins. He objects that they are related and she responds "…only by blood!"

* Implied with the [[Big Screwed-Up Family|Largos]] in ''[[Repo! The Genetic Opera]]''.

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* Ikurei Xerius in ''[[Second Apocalypse]]''.

* In ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', Maeglin lusts after his cousin Idril. His feelings are unreciprocated, partly due to the Noldorin incest taboo, partly because she marries someone else. A series of unfortunate events later, Maeglin betrays the location of the formerly hidden city to [[Satan|Morgoth]] in exchange for lordship and possession of Idril.

** In ''The Fall of Numenor'', Pharazon becomes the last king of Numenor by marrying the late king's daughter against her will. She's his first cousin. Pharazon's ego and disregard for traditions or basic morality simply made it that much easier for Sauron to corrupt him into Melkor-worship. It should also be noted that Pharazon had no legal right to the throne and marrying Miriel did not actually give it to him. He simply used it as a pretext.

*** There are multiple versions of this. In some of JRRT's versions, Tal-Palantir's daughter is infatuated with Pharazon (who by all accounts was likeable in his youth) and marries him consensually, and hands him the ''de facto'' control of the Sceptre. In others, he takes her to himself against her will and seizes the Sceptre with the approval of the general public (who by now were mostly corrupted).

**** Do note that JRRT vacillated a ''lot'' on the consensual-nonconsensual nature of sexual relationships in the larger canon; the parents of Maeglin above, for instance, go from [[Rape Is Love]], to totally consensual babymakin', to "wifing by force" (which is Tolkienese for "carry her home and put on your rapin' pants"). In that case the change over time might be partly a race thing; that pairing is, IIRC, the first Noldorin/Sindarin cross and Tolkien was [[Values Dissonance|a man of his time]]. Some fans make a similar argument for the Maeglin/Idril relationship.

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* In his Wold Newton universe, [[Philip Jose Farmer]] suggests that Carl Peterson (archfoe of [[Bulldog Drummond]]) and his lover Irma (who sometimes posed as his daughter) were, in fact, father and daughter.

* {{spoiler|Jaime and Cersei}} from ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''—both major villains in the Iron Throne plotline. Interestingly, for a long time they were the only genuinely loving couple in the series without a tragic ending in sight. Subverted, in that after {{spoiler|Jaime's}} [[Heel Face Turn]], he's still really only attracted to his sister, and it's not until she {{spoiler|turns into a paranoid wreck and runs herself into the ground}} that the relationship fails.

** Played straight with the Targaryen family, who married brother-to-sister for hundreds of years to keep their blood pure, which resulted in a degree of being batshit insane. Not all Targaryens qualify as villains, but the ones who do tend to do so in grand style—Aerys II's madness was so violently destructive that he pretty much overthrew his own dynasty, committing several unpleasant murders which sparked off Robert's Rebellion.

** Also {{spoiler|Craster and his wives, who are also his daughters.}}

* [[Big Bad|Lord]] [[Horny Devils|Raith]] of the [[Our Vampires Are Different|White Court]] in ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' has the habit of ''raping'' his daughters into [[More Than Mind Control|submission]], thus amplifying the evil of this trope by making it non-consensual. He kills his sons for being potential "threats," though, despite the fact that this cuts his potential workforce in half and the canonical fact that the [[Lesbian Vampire|Raiths tend not to care about gender]] when it comes to food. {{spoiler|Maybe he decided making the extra sexual slaves would have been too much of a drain, since he'd been cursed to be unable to feed and thus die a slow death via starvation. In the end, it doesn't matter, since it's one of his 'not a threat' daughters that [[Mind Rape|turns him into a vegetable]].}}

** Thomas says that his father's tastes "don't run that way", and there are a few other times when it's implied that the Raiths do have gender preferences when it comes to feeding, even if they're capable of going both ways

** Nicodemus and his daughter Deirdre share an kiss, with tongue. Its implied that they've gone farther than that.

* ''And The Ass Saw The Angel'' had an [[Cannibal Clan|incestuous clan]] of [[Serial Killer|serial killers]] living up in the hills. The protagonist's father was a defector from this clan.

* In ''The Crying of Lot 49'', the characters go to see a Jacobean-era revenge play called ''The Courier's Tragedy'', whose villains are an incestuous family of aristocrats vying for the throne.

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** In the Black family tree the closest couple actually given are second cousins, which is perfectly legal <s>in the UK</s> ''everywhere'' - but the close family tree certainly seems designed to highlight the [[Fridge Logic]] of insisting on "blood purity". The [[Ax Crazy|Gaunts]] are another matter entirely...

* In ''[[The Elenium]]'', it is fairly common knowledge that the late [[Deadly Decadent Court|King Aldreas had a sexual relationship with his sister Arissa]], though they weren't so much evil as sickeningly depraved.

** ...There's a distinction?

** Yes - it might be disgusting, but given the choice between a King who's porking his sister and a king who's (for example) murdering thousands and skinning puppies, I'd take the incest fellow.

* The "novelization" of the 1980 ''[[Flash Gordon (film)|Flash Gordon]]'' included a small scene of Ming and Aura pleasurably reminiscing about the most recent time they had (BDSM-heavy) sex together. .... eeeeeep.

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* Brother Justin from ''[[Carnivale]]'' and his sister Iris have a very, er, ''close'' relationship with each other. And did we mention he's father of the [[Anti Christ]]?

** And ''then'' {{spoiler|it turns out that Sofie, the Crowe's new maid -- after they lost the last three to, er, [[Cosmic Horror|Justin]] -- is actually his long-lost daughter. Which, through a convoluted series of events, only Iris actually realizes, and, despite Justin being all over the girl, hasn't actually told anyone yet.}}

* ''[[The X-Files]]'' episode "Home."

* ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'': After erasing her true memories, {{spoiler|John Cavil}} knowingly fraks the scientist who considers herself his mother and created him in the image of her father for extra [[Squick]].

* ''[[The League of Gentlemen]]''. Although it's not revealed until partway through season 2 that [[Corrupt Hick]] [[Serial Killer]]s Tubbs and Edward are brother and sister, it doesn't really come as much of a surprise.

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== Role Playing Games ==

* The ''[[Dungeons ~~and~~ Dragons]]'' supplement the '''Book of Vile Darkness''' introduces the literally [[Horny Devil]] Fierna the Lord of the Fourth Layer of the Nine Hells and her father, the former ruler of the Fourth, Belial. Their relationship has continued into the Fourth Edition.

* The ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' supplement the '''Book of Vile Darkness''' introduces the literally [[Horny Devil]] Fierna the Lord of the Fourth Layer of the Nine Hells and her father, the former ruler of the Fourth, Belial. Their relationship has continued into the Fourth Edition.

** Zaiden, the most powerful cleric to the demon lord Yeenoghu, murdered her mother and took her father as her mate. At least for a little while. When she got bored of him she killed him too.

* In ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]'', one of the 13 vampire clans are the Giovanni. In addition to being necrophiliac [[Necromancer]]s and members of [[The Mafia]], they are also one big extended family...and really, ''really'' dedicated to "keeping it in the family".

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* Antiochus and his (unnamed) daughter in ''[[William Shakespeare|Pericles]]''. [[Villain Ball|For some reason]], her [[Engagement Challenge]] is a riddle whose answer is "Antiochus and his daughter are committing incest." They receive a [[Karmic Death]] when Apollo blows them up.

* Shakespeare's ''[[Richard III]]'' plans to secure himself on the throne by marrying his niece (the daughter of Richard's brother, King Edward IV). In the play, he has his wife killed so that he can do so, although in history she seems to have died of natural causes.

* For that matter, Hamlet seems to think his paternal uncle marrying his mother counts as incest. Nevermind that's your ''duty'' in some cultures.

** Worth noting that in Shakespeare's England, a man marrying his widowed sister-in-law would have been seen as full-bore incest, about as shocking and scandalous to audiences of that time as [[Brother-Sister Incest]] would be to us (or to them).

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== Web Comics ==

* In ''[[Fey Winds]]'', two members of [[Big Bad|Sigurd]]'s Minionz, Hansel and Gretel apply.

{{quote|'''Sidney:''' Are you two married or [[Brother-Sister Incest|brother and sister]]!?

'''Hansel and Gretel:''' [[Mathematician's Answer|Yes!]] }}

* Yet another rape trope for Drip in ''[[Jack (webcomic)|Jack]]''. The [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of lust is being punished for his sins in part having to pleasure his grandmother the way he did "when [he was] little." [[Squick]].

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* Done by the [[Villain Protagonist]] of ''[[Gibo]]'' during the plot, and even has an ending devoted to this.

* Suggested to have happened between {{spoiler|Lord Irving and his sister}} in ''[[Wild ~~Arms~~ 2]]'', and she wasn't exactly consenting to it, either.

* Suggested to have happened between {{spoiler|Lord Irving and his sister}} in ''[[Wild ARMs 2]]'', and she wasn't exactly consenting to it, either.

* Shinji Matou of ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' has repeatedly raped his {{spoiler|adopted}} sister, Sakura. In one of the game's routes, this [[The Dog Bites Back|comes back to haunt him in a big way]].

* The residents of Andale in ''[[Fallout 3]]''.

* ''[[~~Blaz Blue~~]]'' resident [[Jerkass]] Jin Kisaragi has so much creepy [[Ho Yay]] subtext with his brother, Ragna The Bloodedge that it strains the limits of a T-rated game. And if that's not enough, his theme music is titled "Lust Sin."

* ''[[BlazBlue]]'' resident [[Jerkass]] Jin Kisaragi has so much creepy [[Ho Yay]] subtext with his brother, Ragna The Bloodedge that it strains the limits of a T-rated game. And if that's not enough, his theme music is titled "Lust Sin."

** And then in Ragna's ending, {{spoiler|there's v-13, a clone of his sister, penetrating him with a sword with all sorts of suggestive dialogue.}}

* One of the major villains in ''[[First Encounter Assault Recon|F.E.A.R.]]'', Harlan Wade, plays the [[Evilutionary Biologist]] and donates his own DNA (along with that of others) for use in impregnating his own daughter in hopes of producing children with powerful psychic abilities. Another villain, Aristide, calls this development 'sick', even though she herself is a [[Complete Monster]].

* Heavily implied between the [[Twincest|twins]] Alexia and Alfred Ashford, antagonists of ''[[Resident Evil]] - Code: Veronica'', especially on Alfred's part.

* Heavily implied between the antagonists, the Scissortwins, and the [[Big Bad]] Dick Hamilton to both his daughter Nancy and granddaughter, the protagonist Alyssa (who looks like her mother), in [[Clock Tower (series)|Clock Tower]] 3.

* {{spoiler|Warden Darling}} in ''[[House of the Dead]]: OVERKILL''.

* Ahem, ''[[Fire Emblem Jugdral|Fire Emblem Genealogy of the Holy War]]'', has, well, this. [[Anti-Villain|Alvis]] and his half sister Diadora. In fact its a major point in the [[Big Bad]]'s plot to have the two marry and breed, so he could create a vessel for a Dark God. {{spoiler|''And it happens''. Though to be fair, by that point not only neither knew it... but Diadora was [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]. Alvis did find out eventually, but he'd gone through such a [[Trauma Conga Line]] by that point that he was far beyond caring.}}