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*In the final season of ''Sailor Moon'', one of the Sailor Animamates (Sailor Galaxia's cronies) mentioned is ''Sailor Aluminum Siren''. In the anime, she doesn't sing, but just as her name suggests, she lures victims to their doom, by disguising herself in human form and when she has the opportunity tries to extract their starseeds but fails, turning them into phages. In Materials Collection, it mentions that she has the power to manipulate songs and that her hobby is ballads. | *In the final season of ''Sailor Moon'', one of the Sailor Animamates (Sailor Galaxia's cronies) mentioned is ''Sailor Aluminum Siren''. In the anime, she doesn't sing, but just as her name suggests, she lures victims to their doom, by disguising herself in human form and when she has the opportunity tries to extract their starseeds but fails, turning them into phages. In Materials Collection, it mentions that she has the power to manipulate songs and that her hobby is ballads. | ||
*An episode of the BBC comedy ''Red Dwarf'' entitled ''Psirens'' featured repulsive creatures who could create the illusion they were beautiful women. They did this hoping to lure unwary travellers to them so they could suck out their brains with a straw. | *An episode of the BBC comedy ''Red Dwarf'' entitled ''Psirens'' featured repulsive creatures who could create the illusion they were beautiful women. They did this hoping to lure unwary travellers to them so they could suck out their brains with a straw. | ||
*In the 2003 Pax Network made-for-cable movie ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0340842/ Mermaids]'', the [ | *In the 2003 Pax Network made-for-cable movie ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0340842/ Mermaids]'', the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaid mermaid] character Venus played by actress Nikita Ager had a siren ability that allowed her to enchant and hypnotize male characters. | ||
*In The Simpsons episode "Tales from the Public Domain", Odysseus (Homer Simpson) and his crew are sailing by and hear an enchanting song. They imagine that the women singing would be gorgeous [ | *In The Simpsons episode "Tales from the Public Domain", Odysseus (Homer Simpson) and his crew are sailing by and hear an enchanting song. They imagine that the women singing would be gorgeous [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymph nymphs]. Unfortunately, it turns out that the "gorgeous maidens" are Homer's very unattractive twin sisters-in-law. When the crew sees them, they gasp out of shock and disgust and |sail away as quickly as possible. | ||
*Melinda Clarke plays a siren on an episode of ''Charmed'' titled "Siren Song". | *Melinda Clarke plays a siren on an episode of ''Charmed'' titled "Siren Song". | ||
*In an episode of ''Stargate: Atlantis'', the character Dr. Rodney McKay is trapped in a puddle jumped under several[fathoms of [[Oceans|water His subconscious creates the hallucination of Lt. Col. Samantha Carter. She discourages him from going with his plan to use the ship's engines to ascend because it won't work and will only drain power. She tries to distract him by seducing him and kissing him, he quickly realises what she's trying to do and ignores her declaring: "''I see what you're doing. Lt. Col. Siren''!" | *In an episode of ''Stargate: Atlantis'', the character Dr. Rodney McKay is trapped in a puddle jumped under several[fathoms of [[Oceans|water His subconscious creates the hallucination of Lt. Col. Samantha Carter. She discourages him from going with his plan to use the ship's engines to ascend because it won't work and will only drain power. She tries to distract him by seducing him and kissing him, he quickly realises what she's trying to do and ignores her declaring: "''I see what you're doing. Lt. Col. Siren''!" | ||