Femme Fatale

A Femme Fatale, is a female who uses her charms to distract a villain or hero from their mission or even a deadly woman with whom the hero has fallen madly in love with. She will usually unintentionaly or intentionally eventually cause the hero or villains dismise, from her femine charms or technique of seduction, hence the name "Femme Fatale," french for deadly woman, beautiful but deadly. Like a Superheroine, a femme Fatale can serve as a superheroine or supervillainess. Classic DC Comics examples include, Lana Lang from Smallville, Lois Lane, or the two villains Poison Ivy and Catwoman, Batman's two female nemesises who he is in love with but can't bring himself to kill. Another example is Kara Zor-El from the hit CWTV show Smallville. Kara in washington DC, uses her charms to a homeland security tech in order to steal his access card.

See Also:

Superheroine

Supervillainess

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