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[[File:Legend of Basara 13 2.jpg|link=Basara|frame|'Dammit. Not only will Baron [[Gratuitous German|Eselschwanz]] be having his way with me later, but this shampoo is ''lilac''-scented! I ''hate'' lilac...! eugh. ''[[Worst Whatever Ever|Worst. Bathe-her-and-bring-her-to-me. Ever]]''.']]

The [[Villain]] has the lovely damsel [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|right where he wants her]]. His plans for her at this point will likely involve putting her in [[Go-Go Enslavement]], [[Post-Rape Taunt|demonstrating his superior sexual prowess]], and possibly giving her a [[Sadistic Choice]] [[Scarpia Ultimatum|between preserving her virtues and preserving the life of that insufferable do-gooder she calls her true love]]... '''but first, it looks like she could do with a nice hot bath!''' He has his servants (hot maidservants usually, or failing that, eunuchs) take her away to be cleaned up and groomed properly. Bonus pervert points if he then watches them [[Fan Service|strip and bathe her]] via [[Palantir Ploy|hidden camera]], two-way mirror, [[Crystal Ball]], or the like.

Compare [[She Cleans Up Nicely]] and sometimes [[No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine]]. Related to, but not necessarily the same thing as, [[Go-Go Enslavement]]. Can precede a [[Shameful Strip]] if no clothes are provided following the bath. In some series, this is an occupational hazard of being [[The Chick]].

[[Justified Trope|Justified]] in pre-modern settings, since in most countries throughout history [[The Dung Ages|bathing had been a luxury]] which only the upper classes could afford themselves and the heroine should be expectably dirty.

'''An Important Notice:''' Please remember folks, that ''bathing or at least some mention of bathing is a key element to qualify as an example of this trope.'' Thank you, carry on.

Not to be confused with [[Bring Him to Me]]. And being a [[Bathing Beauty]] is not a pre-requisite for this treatment either.

{{noreallife|this is a [[:Category:Rape Tropes|rape trope]], and All The Tropes does not care to [[squick]] its readers.}}

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== Anime and Manga ==
* Happens to Lafiel in episode 6 of ''[[Crest of the Stars]]''. Ironically, {{spoiler|she's a guest of an Abh noble, and she's the granddaughter of the Abh Empress, and doesn't realize she's being held at the time}}.
* Happens to [[Plucky Girl|Tsukushi]] in the second ''[[Hana Yori Dango]]'' episode, when she's brought to Doumyouji's [[Big Fancy House]]. IIRC, it involved Tsukushi believing he wanted to rape her and slapping him around until he explains that he just wanted to have his maids change her ruined clothes.
* Happens to Negi in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' when he visits Evangeline, who happened to be bathing at the time. His complaints are mostly because he doesn't like washing.
* This was done to Sarasa in the last episode (ep. 13) of ''[[Basara|Legend of Basara]]''. (see above picture)
* At the end of ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'', we learn that this was {{spoiler|Nakago's}} fate under the emperor of Kutou.
* A non-romantic example in [[Mobile Suit Gundam F91]] has Cecily/Berah Ronah taken back to her father and grandfather to become part of [[Aristocrats Are Evil|a ruling aristocratic family.]]
* Andrew Waltfeld has this done to Cagalli in ''[[Gundam Seed]]'' after an assassination attempt on Andrew left Cagalli with food all over her. It doesn't have villainous overtones, however: although Andrew {{spoiler|is Cagalli's sworn enemy, he pretends he doesn't know who Cagalli is or that she's after his life, and was actually being genuinely affable; not surprising, given the [[Grey and Gray Morality]] of the Gundam franchise}}.
* The Obsidian Lord orders his female [[Dragon]]s to [[Les Yay|do this]] to Mai after he's done using [[More Than Mind Control]] on her in the manga version of ''[[Mai-HiME (manga)|Mai-HiME]]''. Very creepy since  {{spoiler|he's using her younger brother Takumi's body as his vessel.}}
* Happens to Ciel in the anime for ''[[Black Butler]]''. Before being led to presumably be raped by the high priest of the cult, they feel the need to bathe him and [[Go-Go Enslavement|put him in a rather cute altar boy outfit]].


== Comics -- Books ==
* In a ''[[Catwoman (comics)|Catwoman]]'' comic book, before her wedding to a nobleman, the title character was forcibly given a bath by two of his henchwomen.
* In ''X-Treme [[X-Men]]'', interdimensional conqueror Kahn captures Storm and intends to make her his bride, and has his servants bathe her.
* Inverted in the [[Furry Fandom|furry]] comic, ''Xanadu'', when Tabbe Le Fauve is captured. The unicorn Empress Alicia orders him bathed in the magic unicorn pool. Being a cat, Tabbe is frantically resistant to be thrown into water, but immediately changes his mind when he is thrown in: the magic water feels more like silk and Empress Alicia, naked, smoking hot looking and horny as her horn, climbs in to join him.
* Has happened to [[Red Sonja]] more than once, when some [[Evil Overlord]] decides to make her part of his harem. See the ''Sonja Goes East'' one-shot for one such example.
* Happens in ''[[Little Ego]]'' when Ego is taken to the harem of the Green Sheik.
* The ''[[New Mutants]]'' features a short story arc involving this in Nova Roma. Immediately after being captured by the forces of the priestess Selene, she has her servants bathe Wolfsbane, Selene, and Magma, which then leads to the girls being drugged with wine, [[Go-Go Enslavement|dressed in skimpy slave outfits, and being sold into (arena fighting) slavery]].


== Fan Works ==
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4629651/1/The_Harem_Slave This] ''[[Voltron]]'' fan fic at [http://www.fanfiction.net fanfiction.net] in the third chapter.
* In the ''[[Naruto]]'' fanfic ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120425064839/http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2923653/1/Duty_Before_Honor Duty Before Honor]'', Sakura is subject to this when she goes undercover to retrieve a vase from a [[Dirty Old Man|dirty old pervert]]. Unfortunately, {{spoiler|this washes off most of the poison she smeared over her body to protect herself from said pervert}}.
* At the beginning of Chapter 23 of ''[[Code Geass: Lelouch of Britannia|Code Geass Lelouch of Britannia]]''.


== Films -- Animation ==
* ''[[Heavy Metal (animation)|Heavy Metal]]'':
{{quote|'''Barbarian Leader:''' Have her bound and washed. Then... bring her to me.}}
* [[Evil Genius|Dr. Satan]] does this to his ''literally''' [[Unholy Matrimony|unholy bride]] before their wedding in ''[[The Haunted World of El Superbeasto]]''.
* ''[[The Prince of Egypt]]'' has an example-by-proxy of this. Tzipporah, a Midian woman who was kidnapped by the Egyptians and given Ramses as a [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?|concubine]], is passed off to Moses, who tricks her into falling into a pool of water. Ramses gives the order, "Dry her off and have her sent to Prince Moses' chambers!" Moses doesn't look any happier with the thought than Tzipporah, but she swiftly enacts her own escape before any awkward confrontations can occur.
** Funnily enough, this is [[Inverted]] later—he winds up in Midian after wandering in the desert and is bathed by some old women. He seems just as uncomfortable as before.


== Films -- Live-Action ==
* The 1956 Cecil B. DeMille classic ''[[The Ten Commandments]]'', of course, contains the [[Trope Namer]] for this one.
* This happened to Bo Derek as "Jane," in the 1980s version of ''[[Tarzan]]'' (starring Miles O'Keefe), as she was captured by generic African savages and prepared as the royal bride for their chief.
* Non-villain double subversion: after Eliza Doolittle from ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' agrees to the experiment, Higgins orders Mrs. Pearce to bathe Eliza and to ''burn'' her old clothes. Eliza, apparently aware of this trope, fights back like a wild cat, very... ''insistent'' that she is not "that kind of a girl".
** In the book, Pickering, being [[Genre Savvy]], takes this moment and makes Higgins promise that he won't exploit Eliza's position (in ''that'' way). Higgins assures him that this he would never exploit his student. (Well almost never...)
* ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084469/ Paradise (1982)]'' had a fairly straightforward example of this trope, though it seems contrived mainly so that the [[Villain Ball|villain's incompetence]] would keep him from having his way with the heroine before her heroic boyfriend could rescue her.
* In the Film ''[[Prince Valiant]]'', this happens to Lady Jane. She is bathed by the other captured princesses.
* The Colonel orders this done to the two Mexican girls he intends to rape in ''[[The Warrior's Way]]''.
* In the campy 1980 classic ''[[Flash Gordon (film)|Flash Gordon]]'', Ming The Merciless orders his lackeys to "Remove the Earth woman" (Dale Arden) and "Prepare her for our pleasure" just after using his hypnotic ring to seduce her.


== Literature ==
* In ''[[Slave World]]'', this is not merely common: It is a social institution surrounded by all kinds of rules and protocols.
* Borderline example in ''[[Tortall Universe|Lady Knight]]'': after Blayce has kidnapped the refugee children ([[Nightmare Fuel|in order to use their souls to fuel giant killing devices]]), he has them given baths, nice clothing, toys, and good food. Even without the [[Squick|pedophiliac implications]], it's still damn creepy.
* A male version in the ''[[Belgariad]]'': Salmissra sends the kidnapped (and drugged) Garion off with her maidservants to be bathed.
* Happened in ''[[Shadows of the Empire]]'', when Prince Xizor was both trapping Princess Leia and teasing her with possibilities of an alliance while attempting to seduce her. She was his guest for a while, and explicitly dressed in the dark so it would be harder for him to spy on her. He once invited her to take a bath with him. [[Groin Attack|She got back at him later.]]
* Inverted in the [[Anne Rice]] novel, ''[[Blackwood Farm]]''. After being kidnapped by Petronia, Quinn Blackwood awakes to find a pair of servants bathing him in preparation for his vampiric conversion. They even go so far as to give him a haircut and a shave before bringing him before Petronia. The rest of the event unfolds in a less pleasant fashion as Petronia has Quinn fight her in a hopeless battle for his own life where Quinn eventually attempts a [[Groin Attack]]. Petronia then  {{spoiler|forces Quinn to fellate her hermaphroditic penis, which he does...just before he bites down hard. The blood from that bite is what eventually forces Quinn into vampirism.}}
* Functions as a semi-important detail in the novella ''The Wager Lost by Winning'' (part of [[John Brunner]]'s ''Traveller in Black'' series), where the rather unsympathetic protagonist is bathed before being claimed by Lord Fellian.
* ''Fool's Fate'', the last book of [[Robin Hobb]]'s ''[[Realm of the Elderlings|Tawny Man]]'' trilogy, has the hero brought before the big bad as '''she''' bathes. She then gets out of the bath in a seductive manner and leaves him to relax in her still hot, used bath water. Given that he's been worn ragged searching through ice caves and frozen wasteland for the past few weeks, he resignedly accepts.
* In ''[[The Hollow Kingdom]]'', Kate gets this treatment right before  {{spoiler|her wedding to the goblin king.}}
* Another male example is [[Orson Scott Card]]'s novel ''Hart's Hope'', when Orem is prepared for his first meeting with Beauty.
* In ''The Baker's Boy'', Melli is at one point captured by one of the Big Bads and offered a bath, which he subsequently watches through a hole in the wall with delight.
* In George R. R. Martin's ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire|The Sworn Sword]]'' it is sarcastically noted that the name of this trope could just as well have been the personal motto of the late and infamous womanizer king Aegon the Unworthy.
* ''The [[Blackadder]] Chronicles'' included a transcript of Captain Darling's application form for Emergency Transfer to Somewhere Much Safer. At the bottom were three checkboxes for the superior officer to choose between: "Application approved"; "Applicant to be [[Shot At Dawn]]"; and "Applicant to be washed and sent to my tent".
* In ''Jason Cosmo,'' the hero comes from a muddy little village where bathing is frowned on. When he tries to enter the town of Whiteswab, he gets pounced on by three guardsmen wielding wire brushes and soap.
* In Jacqueline Carey's ''[[Kushiel's Legacy|Kushiel's Chosen]]'', every time {{spoiler|Melisande comes to visit Phedre's cell on [[The Alcatraz|La Dolorosa]]}}, the latter is forced to wash and don clean clothes before she arrives.
* When {{spoiler|Amara}} of ''[[Codex Alera]]'' is captured by {{spoiler|Brencis Kalarus Minorus}}, he [[Brainwashing|collars]] her and taunts/questions her, complete with maidservant doing the washing, while she's being cleaned in the bath. This being a [[Jim Butcher]] work, though, of course {{spoiler|it's actually a ploy, as she made herself immune to collaring by being pre-collared by her husband/spy-partner around her thigh, hiding it under her pants, and went into the situation expecting to probably be captured so that she can get close enough to make a (successful) attempt on Brencis' life}}.
* In ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', [[Complete Monster|Ramsay Bolton]] takes this to the next level with his bride. He's a bit of a hygiene freak, and has her constantly bathed.
* A non-villain (but still [[Jerkass]]) example is ''Spellfall'': Natalie, a 12 years old girl, is captured by an [[Big Bad|evil Wizard]] Hawk, and after a few days of capture, escapes with Merlin, Hawk's son , who is 11 years old. When they arrive at the Council of Oq, she is told that before she can speak with the council, she has to take a swim in a special pool. As she herself also desires to be clean, she is actually glad - until she learns that Merlin also has to take a swim in the same pool, and no, bathing suits are not provided...


== Live-Action TV ==
* On ''[[Lost]]'', Kate is offered a shower and a change of clothes when she, Jack and Sawyer are captured by the Others. However, it's slightly [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] in that her jailer tells her that she's "not [[Invisible to Gaydar|his]] type".
* "Have her scrubbed and brought to my tent." John Cleese appearing on ''[[Cheers]]''.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYpwbPmUa2E Referenced] in ''[[QI]]'', where the sight of Alan Davies trying on a scold's bridle brought on the [[Ho Yay]]:
{{quote|'''Alan Davies (as Stephen Fry):''' Have him scrubbed and brought to my room.
'''[[Stephen Fry]]:''' Actually, don't bother to have him scrubbed. }}
* Arms dealer Mezentius says this in the ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' episode "The Path Not Taken", instructing his guards to have a female captive "bathed and perfumed and brought to my chamber".
* The Japanese ''[[Hana Yori Dango]]'' has the [[Ordinary High School Student]] kidnapped, drugged, bathed, and dressed in couture and jewelry, in order for the [[Big Man on Campus|spoiled rich boy]] to show off what money can accomplish.
** This is also used in the Korean [[Adaptation]] ''[[Boys Before Flowers]]'', but [[Captain Oblivious|he thinks she's secretly in love with him]].
* This happened in the ''[[Robin of Sherwood]]'' episode ''The Betrayal'' in which Prince John repeats the trope almost word-for-word in regards to Marion, telling her she'll be bathed, scented, dressed in Byzantine silk, and brought to him.
* Happens to [[Red Shirt|the unfortunate female USAF senior airman]] captured at the start of [[Avoid the Dreaded G Rating|the uncut version]] of the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' [[Pilot Movie]] "Children of the Gods".


== Music Videos ==
* In the [[Motley Crue]]'s music video "Too Young to Fall in Love", a young, dirty homeless woman is taken in by some kind of secret underground kung fu clan. She is then bathed to look presentable for the leader.
* Something like this appears to be happening in the video for [[Lady Gaga]]'s "Bad Romance".


== Myths & Religion ==
* [[Older Than Feudalism]]: See the Book of Esther in ''[[The Bible]]'', where concubines of the king must spend months in a bathing and beauty regimen before they go to his bed.


== Video Games ==
* In ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]: Peace Walker'', Dr Strangelove captures Cécile, but takes pity on her and treats her well, with particular emphasis on giving her sponge baths every day (when Snake asks why, Strangelove responds that she was just "admiring her beauty"). Played with somewhat in that Cécile seems to enjoy the attention and [[Yuri Fanboy|teases Snake with the mental image]].
* Generals in ''Medieval II: [[Total War]]'' may use a similar line in their pre-battle speech. "And if you happen to find a young lass in their ranks, wash her and bring her to my tent!"


== Web Comics ==
* Inverted in ''[[Darths and Droids]]'', where Pete (playing as R2-D2) demands as his reward for saving the Queen's ship to be cleaned and oiled by the most beautiful handmaiden.


== Western Animation ==
* Happens with Dean Venture in ''[[The Venture Brothers]]''.
* Though not ''quite'' this trope, Butt-Head of ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'' is known to frequently say those exact words whenever he sees a beautiful woman.
* Happens to Val in ''[[Frisky Dingo]]''.
* Somewhat spoofed though not seen, on a Halloween episode of [[The Simpsons]], ''Don't Have a Cow Mankind'', Moe is taken by Carl, Lenny, and Barney (who are now zombies). Knowing he's going to be eaten, Moe tell them that they might wanna wash before eating Moe.


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