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List of dominatrices in popular culture
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A dominatrix (plural dominatrices or dominatrixes) or mistress is a woman who takes the dominant role in bondage and discipline, dominance and submission or BDSM.
As fetish culture has become more prevalent in Western media, depictions of dominatrices in film and television have become more common.
In film
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In gaming
1991 | Japan | Streets of Rage | A whip-wielding dominatrix named Nora serves as the game's only common female enemy. She attacks the player with her whip and at later levels gets the ability to do a crouch to avoid attacks by the player. |
1991 | Great Britain | Battletoads | The primary villain of the franchise is the Dark Queen, a sexy, voluptuous woman wearing a dominatrix-style leotard and cape. |
1993 | Japan | Streets of Rage 2 | Another dominatrix named Electra replaces Nora as the common female enemy. She wields an electric whip. |
1994 | Japan | Streets of Rage 3 | Electra returns once again as one of the common female enemies. |
1995 | Japan | Battle Arena Toshinden | The character Sofia wears skin-tight black latex clothing, and uses a whip as her weapon. Pre-launch advertising for the Sony PlayStation played up Sofia's dominatrix aspect. |
1997 | Japan | Castlevania: Symphony of the Night | One of the boss enemies, known as The Succubus, dresses in dominatrix attire. She is also a very cruel and sadistic demon who tortures the main character Alucard psychologically by disguising herself as his dead mother, Lisa. |
1998 | Japan | Soul series of video games | Playable character Ivy Valentine is based on the concept, given her sexy, skimpy outfits, whip like weapon, and her dialogue that strongly suggests she "punishes" her opponents while fighting them. |
2001 | Japan | Ace Attorney series | Prosecutor Franziska von Karma, daughter of Manifred von Karma, the main antagonist in the original game. Her outfit consists of a tight blouse with leather gloves, fishnet stockings, and stiletto heels, and carries a whip or riding crop that she uses as both a tool of intimidation and affection. |
2001 | United States | Cel Damage | One of the playable characters is named Dominique Trix, a play-on-words of "dominatrix". She wears a skimpy black top, a short black skirt that accents her buttocks, and long black gloves and boots. On the box art and menus, she is depicted as wielding a whip, and choosing her from the character select screen plays the sound of a whip crack. Her dialogue includes lines such as, "I am the queen of pain," "That's why I'm on top," and, "You'd look good in handcuffs." |
2003 | Japan | Castlevania: Lament of Innocence | A different Succubus (who is also dressed in dominatrix attire) appears as one of the boss enemies in this game. She attempts to trick the main character Leon Belmont by disguising as his fiancé, but when he does not fall for her trick she reveals her true form and fights him. She too is a sadistic demon who believes that Leon will look even more handsome with his "face warped in pain". |
2001 | Japan | Dead or Alive series | The character Christie is a dominatrix. |
2003 | United States | True Crime: Streets of L.A. | A Russian mob boss named Rocky owns a private S&M club where dominatrixes perform services for male clientele. While infiltrating the club you will have to fight the women who work there and their clients, who are all dressed in black S&M attire. |
2004 | Japan | Silent Hill 4: The Room | Though maybe not intentionally a dominatrix, the character Eileen Galvin can be given a riding crop found later in the game as a weapon to defend herself from monsters. She also has a very revealing nurse costume that can be unlocked. |
2004 | Japan | Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly (known as Zero: Akai Chou in Japan) | Twin sisters Mio and Mayu Amakura both have an unlockable "Bondage" costume. Mio's outfit is black leather while Mayu's outfit is red leather. |
2004 | United States | Rumble Roses | Mistress Spencer is a playable character as a Dominatrix. |
2004 | United States | World of Warcraft | Succubi are demons who dress in dominatrix attire and use whips to attack the player. |
2005 | Japan | Haunting Ground (known as Demento in Japan) | The game's heroine Fiona Belli gets a variety of unlockable outfits, one of them being a very revealing dominatrix costume that comes with a whip that can be used as a weapon. |
2007 | Japan | Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles | The fiancé of the main character Richter Belmont becomes a dominatrix-clad vampire if he fails to rescue her. She also bears a strong resemblance to the succubi from other Castlevania video games. |
2007 | UK | Heavenly Sword | One of King Bohan's generals is a dominatrix named Whiptail who is also his mistress. She attacks using a long whip. |
2008 | United States | Fallout 3 | Some of the Raiders wear outfits that are called "Raider Sadist Armor", which looks like a dominatrix outfit. A disturbing feature of the outfit is the two severed hands hanging from the belt. |
2008 | United States | Brütal Legend | The "Tainted Coil" faction has a lot of references to the BDSM world and dominatrixes, especially the troops called "Punishing Party". |
2009 | Japan | Resident Evil 5 (known as Biohazard 5 in Japan) | One of the villains in the game named Excella Gionne, who is also a playable character in the mini game The Mercenaries Reunion, behaves very much like a dominatrix. Although She doesn't wear typical dominatrix attire her melee attacks consist of many slaps and heel stomps and she speaks in a very sexually demeaning way while using voice commands or taunts. Her behavior indicates that she gets sadistic pleasure out of killing enemies. |
2009 | Japan | Bayonetta | The black-suited heroine is based on the concept, using "Punish attacks" that include spanking. The weapon Kulshedra (and Jeanne's equivalent, Vritra) is a whip that resembles a python. The "Umbran Elegance" (costume) that can be worn when using said weapon gives Bayonetta or Jeanne a dominatrix mask, and long gloves and boots. |
2010 | United States | Fallout: New Vegas | This game features many prostitutes, some of which appear to be dominatrixes. |
2011 | UK | Batman: Arkham City | The character Catwoman is a dominatrix supervillain who wields a long whip. |
2012 | Japan | Hyperdimension Neptunia series | One of the main characters, Plutia, is a sadistic, scantily-clad dominatrix wielding a whip sword when in her goddess form Iris Heart. |
2013 | Japan | The Wonderful 101 | Wonder-Pink uses a whip as her weapon, and some of her dialogue is rather suggestive, such as, "Bad boy!" and, "Time for a little punishment!" |
2014 | Japan | Ultra Street Fighter IV | Originally from the Final Fight franchise, the character Poison is a dominatrix fighter who uses a short whip and handcuffs to fight her opponent. |
2015 | Japan | Yakuza 0 | In Chapter 2, "The Real Estate Broker in the Shadows", Kazuma Kiryu can begin the "How to Train Your Dominatrix" substory. In this substory Kiryu helps a dominatrix named "Ayu" learn to be a better dominatrix. |
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In advertisement
theTVBoss.org | One of the TV Commercials advertising for the V chip to protect children from inappropriate programs features a dominatrix named Mistress Mandy who is standing in a living room with a married couple. The couple explain to her that while they do enjoy her show, they are going to block her so that their children won't see it. |
Wonderful Pistachios | One of the television commercials in the ″Wonderful Pistachios - Get Crackin″ series features a dominatrix who cracks open a pistachio using a whip; the commercial generated some complaints and controversy.[3] The dominatrix was portrayed by real-life professional dominatrix, Mistress Isabella Sinclaire. |
Mini Dominates Winter | Mini Canada used an interactive website featuring a PVC-clad Dominatrix teasing, whipping, slapping, and buffing a Mini Cooper to show off the features that give Mini total control over icy winter conditions. [4] |
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In comic books and manga
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See also
References
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