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Sex on 'Game of Thrones': Which was the raunchiest season?

A new infographic breaks down everything from which characters were nude the most often to which were the naughtiest.

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Coupon Dash

It's no news that there's plenty of sex and nudity on HBO's hit show "Game of Thrones." But shopping site Coupon Dash decided to quantifiably break down the boinking, and created a series of graphics showing who's zooming who, and when, and how much. Because there's only so much couponing you can do.

Think the sex has gone out of the fantasy drama since its freewheeling early days? You're right. Season 1, with all its Cersei and Jaime twincest and Khal Drogo-Daenerys newlywed action, took the top spot for raunchiest season.

In fact, the show's premiere still holds the record for most nude scenes, with 11. Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) unsurprisingly topped the list of nude scenes by season, with three in season 1.

As was obvious to anyone who watched Cersei Lannister's excruciatingly eternal naked walk of shame, that creepy 2015 punishment was the longest nude scene by any one character. (Actress Lena Headey, who was newly pregnant, used a body double.)

Cersei and her family also topped the list for most nude scenes by family, with Jaime and Cersei scoring six love scenes.

But the Lannisters lost out to the powerful and mysterious Melisandre (Carice van Houten) when it came to individual characters who spend the most time nude on the show. Melisandre claimed that title for females, and Theon Greyjoy (Alfie Allen) for males. Although we suspect most of Theon's nude time was so he could be flayed or castrated or something, which really isn't the same thing.

And heading up the Absolutely No One in the World Was Surprised category, it's the ladies who get naked the most, according to the graphic. Throughout the first five seasons (we're now in season 6), 60 nude female breasts were shown, and just two penises.

(Via Express)