Archetype:Femme Fatale

Archetype: Femme Fatale
Catwoman/Selina Kyle (DC Comics) can seduce even Batman before sneaking away.
Power/Ability to:	use the powers and characteristics of a femme fatale archetype.

The power to use the powers and characteristics of a femme fatale archetype.

Also Called

• Fatal Woman
• Fille Fatale
• Maneater
• The Vamp

Properties

The user can use the powers and characteristics of a femme fatale archetype. The user of this archetype is an attractive woman skilled at seducing people, only to ultimately bring misfortune upon those who become involved with her.

Associated Powers

• Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Beauty
  • Exceptional Sex Appeal
    • Seduction Mastery
      • Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Charisma
      • Subliminal Seduction
    • Sex Appeal Combat
      • Psychological Combat
• Linguistics Mastery
• Killing Mastery
• Peak/Enhanced/Supernatural Thievery
• Persuasion
• Scam Artist
• Humor Mastery

Relationships

• Trickster
  • The Femme Fatale is a clever and resourceful woman, usually using her wits and attractiveness to her advantage.
    • Selina Kyle (DC Comics)
• Assassin
  • A common profession and power set for this archetype.
    • Black Widow (Marvel Comics)
• Enchantress

Flaws/Weaknesses

• Seduction Immunity

Example Characters

See Also: Femme Fatale.

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Slan (Berserk)
• Makima (Chainsaw Man)
• Reze (Chainsaw Man)
• Faye Valentine (Cowboy Bebop)
• Zola Axberg (Cross Ange)
• Zero Two (Darling in the Franxx)
• Lilithmon (Digimon)
• Hasky (Dragon Ball series)
• Zangya (Dragon Ball series)
• Mariah (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders)
• Fukiko Mine (Lupin III)
• Black Maria (One Piece)
• Boa Hancock (One Piece)
• Charlotte Pudding (One Piece)
• Kalifa (One Piece)
• Nami (One Piece)
• Solution Epsilon (Overlord)
• Elsa Granhiert (Re:Zero)
• Malty S Melromarc (Rising of the Shield Hero)
• Yor Forger (SPYxFAMILY)
• Rize Kamishiro (Tokyo Ghoul)

Cartoons/Comics

• Fiona Fox (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Lenore (Castlevania TV series)
• Jade Nguyen/Cheshire (DC Comics)
• Pamela Isely/Poison Ivy (DC Comics)
• Selina Kyle/Catwoman (DC Comics)
• Talia al Ghul (DC Comics)
• Lucrezia Mongfish (Girl Genius)
• Amora the Enchantress (Marvel Comics)
• Felicia Hardy/Black Cat (Marvel Comics)
• Natalia Romanova/Black Widow (Marvel Comics)
• Raven Darkholme/Mystique (Marvel Comics)
• Panthy (Noah's Ark (2007 Film))
• Sedusa (The Powerpuff Girls)
• Lola (Shark Tale)
• Delia/Blue Eyes (Sin City)
• Eva Lord (Sin City)
• Carmen Sandiego (Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego)

Folklore/Mythology

• Lilith (Abrahamic Religions)
• Morgana/Morgan Le Fay (Arthurian Legends)
• Daji (Chinese Folklore)
• Tamamo-no-Mae (Japanese Folklore)
• Ishtar/Inanna (Mesopotamian Mythology)
• Succubi (Western Folklore)
• Delilah (Abrahamic religions)

Literature

• Carmilla Karnestein (Carmilla)
• Carmen (Carmen)
• Cersei Lannister (A Song of Fire and Ice)

Live Television/Movies

• Catherine Tramell (Basic Instinct)
• Mitsuko Sumo (Battle Royale)
• Holli Would (Cool World)
• Valentina (Despicable Me 4)
• Saffron (Firefly)
• Mirage (The Incredibles)
• Elektra King (James Bond)
• Fiona Volpe (James Bond)
• Miranda Frost (James Bond)
• Xenia Onatopp (James Bond)
• Nikita (La Femme Nikita)
• Holly Cromwell (Suits)

Video Games

• Catherine (Catherine)
• Junko Enoshima (Danganronpa)
• Rie Kishibe (Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth)
• Morrigan Aensland (Darkstalkers)
• Trish (Devil May Cry)
• Scarlet (Final Fantasy VII series)
• Ultimecia (Final Fantasy VIII)
• Cia (The Legend of Zelda)
• Paz Ortega Andrade (Metal Gear)
• Mistral (Metal Gear)
• Bayonetta (Bayonetta)
• Mileena (Mortal Kombat)
• Sindel (Mortal Kombat)
• Tanya (Mortal Kombat)
• Ann Takamaki (Persona 5); somewhat
• Ada Wong (Resident Evil)
• Jesscia Shewart (Resident Evil)
• Alcina Dimitrescu (Resident Evil)
• Rouge the Bat (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Juri Han (Street Fighter)
• Kolin (Street Fighter)
• Nina Williams (Tekken)
• Anna Williams (Tekken)
• Carmilla (TYPE-MOON)
• Medb (TYPE-MOON)
• Semiramis (TYPE-MOON)

Gallery

Anime/Manga

Makima (Chainsaw Man) is a seductive devil who takes advantage of her victims using her charm and control powers.

Reze (Chainsaw Man) appears genuinely friendly and sweet but is really using her attractive traits to lure unsuspecting targets such as Denji into a false sense of security.

Faye Valentine (Cowboy Bebop) often uses her good looks and charm to trick gullible people especially men to varying success

Those who are taken in by Lilithmon’s (Digimon) temptations are invariably granted death.

Hasky (Dragon Ball series) a talented mercenary is able to use her good looks to fool gullible people especially men, before revealing her murderous side.

Zangya (Dragon Ball series) is able to use her beauty and charms to fool opponents into lowering their guard before attacking.

Fukiko Mine (Lupin III) is extremely talented and deadly at using her attractiveness to manipulate and fool others.

Boa Handcock (One Piece) is viewed as the most beautiful woman in the world and is able to use her looks to get any man to ignore her misdeeds. The only person she isn't able to seduce is Luffy, who she is ironically madly in love with.

Black Maria (One Piece) is a highly sensual and skilled seductress...

...Easily luring gullible men into her lair to subdue and potentially torture them.

Charlotte Pudding (One Piece) is a master seductress, using her beauty and feigned kindness and innocence to completely captivate unfortunate men such as Sanji.

Kalifa (One Piece) being a female assassin of CP9 is able to use her good looks and charms to fool target and make her opponents lower their guard.

Nami (One Piece) has repeatedly used her feminine charms to trick people out of their treasure as well manipulate love-struck men, such as Sanji.

Malty S. Melromarc (Rising of the shield Hero) can act like a compassionate and caring girl, however, this is just a ruse to manipulate people and she is truly cruel and selfish, having no issue framing a man for rape or even trying to kill her younger sister to achieve the throne.

Cartoons/Comics

Fiona Fox (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)

Lenore (Castlevania TV series) is skilled at using her beauty, charms and seeming innocence to seduce and manipulate men such as Hector into trusting her before betraying them.

Jade Nguyen/Cheshire (DC Comics) is very talented at seduction using her charms to get an edge over her prey.

Pamela Isely/Poison Ivy (DC Comics)

Talia al Ghul (DC Comics) in addition to her combat prowess is able to effortlessly seduce and charm others, even seasoned crime fighters such as Batman.

Lucrezia Mongfish (Girl Genius) had a fling with Klaus, poisoned him, married William Heterodyne, and betrayed the Heterodynes all before beginning her attempted European conquest.

Amora the Enchantress (Marvel Comics) regularly uses her beauty as a Goddess to manipulate, seduce and trick others including other gods such as Thor.

Felicia Hardy/Black Cat (Marvel Comics) has regularly used her sex appeal to get one up on Spider-Man.

Natasha Romanov/Black Widow (Marvel Comics) a professional assassin, besides her Red Room training is extremely skilled at seduction using her beauty and charms to act helpless.

Raven Darkholme/Mystique (Marvel Comics) thanks her Shapeshifting powers excels at acting innocent and seducing others before betraying her victims.

Phanty (Noah's Ark (2007 Film))

Sedusa (The Powerpuff Girls)

Lola (Shark Tale)

Eva Lord (Sin City) has an almost supernatural power of seduction being refered to by her servant Manute as a "goddess", she drove a priest to suicide and made an artist go insane.

Carmen Sandiego (Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego) is an exceptional seductive thief who is able to trick and allude her pursuers time and time again

Felicia Hardy/Black Cat (Marvel/Spider-Man: The Animated Series)

Folklore/Mythology

Morgana/Morgan Le Fay (Arthurian Legends) Seduces her targets to convince them to act against King Arthur in her name.

Tamamo no Mae (Japanese Folklore)

Ishtar/Inanna (Mesopotamian Mythology) is known to have taken many lovers, only to get bored with them and leave them terrible fates.

Succubi (Western Folklore) seduce and sleep with men, draining them of their life force.

Delilah (Abrahamic religions) seduced Samson into revealing that his hair was connected to his strength, and after sleeping with him she cut his hair and left him at the mercy of the Philistines. Her very name is associated with treacherous and voluptuous women.

Live-Action

Holli Would (Cool World)

Catherine Tramell (Basic Instinct) was able to get away with murder using her attractiveness, seduction and charms.

Mitsuko Sumo (Battle Royale) was able to get far in the student death match by using seduction and playing innocent before attacking.

Saffron/Bridget/Yolanda Haymer (Firefly)

Xenia Onatopp, Fiona Volpe, Elektra King and Miranda Frost (James Bond franchise) are very skilled at seduction and manipulation to further their terrorist agendas.

Nikita (La Femme Nikita) as a reluctant agent of the French government is very skilled at seduction and assassinations.

Princess Archerina (Power Rangers Zeo) is able to use her bow to make others fall in love with her.

Video Games

Catherine (Catherine) is a succubus who ruins relationships by seducing and sleeping with men who already have wives or girlfriends, yet refuse to commit to having children.

Junko Enoshima (Danganronpa) comes off as a energetic and friendly girl, but in reality, she is a psychopathic and murderous girl obsessed with causing as much despair as possible.

Morrigan Aensland (Darkstalkers) being a succubus is effortlessly able to seduce numerous beings regardless of gender with her supernatural beauty and aura.

Trish (Devil May Cry) along with being a powerful demoness is very talented at subterfuge and manipulation, being able to trick both Dante & the Order of the Sword on separate occasions.

Scarlet (Final Fantasy VII series) uses her beauty and sex appeal to keep her subordinates wrapped around her fingers.

Mileena (Mortal Kombat) despite her frightening mouth has managed to seduce and manipulate others with her sex appeal.

Tanya (Mortal Kombat) is very skilled seducing as well as manipulating heroes such as Liu Kang.

Anne Takamaki/Panther (Persona 5) is a rare example of a Femme Fatale working of good. She has a talent for using her beauty to catch her enemies off guard. Though her personal ethics and morals prevent her from going to far.

Ada Wong (Resident Evil) a world class mercenary is frequently able to use her feminine charms to seduce and manipulate men such as Leon into assisting her own agenda.

Jesscia Shewart (Resident Evil) an double agent working for TRICELL was able to use her charms and seemly good nature to fool the B.S.A.A

Kolin/Helen (Street Fighter) is the seductive and rutheless right hand woman of The Illuminati.

Nina Williams (Tekken) a female assassin excels at subterfuge, often using her attractiveness to her advantage.

Anna Williams (Tekken) like her sister is highly skilled at seduction and murder.

Semiramis (TYPE-MOON) is known for having poisoned her husband to achieve the throne.

Videos

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