History Main / HoodOrnamentHottie

* Reiko Nagase, the mascot of Namco's ''VideoGame/RidgeRacer'' series, can be best described as this. She's far from being just fanservice however: according to newscasts in ''7'' she is the spokeswoman to the United Federal Racing Association, and in some games you can actually race her and she races everything from Ferrari and Bugatti knock offs to the Ford 303 Boss or maybe Creator/MichelleRodriguez's Nissan in ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious.'' In ''Type 4'' you can even obtain a letter from her if you perform well enough with Pac Racing Club in Grand Prix mode.

* Played literally straight by the "Spirit of Ecstasy," the famous hood ornament on all [[CoolCar Rolls Royce]] motor cars. The spirit herself is modeled after Eleanor Velasco Thornton, the secret lover of [[OverlyLongName John Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu]] for when the latter wanted a mascot for his Rolls Royce Silver Ghost. The mascot later became standard on all Rolls Royce motor cars.

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'''Model:''' Oh, you! [giggle]

* Played literally straight by the "Spirit of Ecstasy," the famous hood ornament on all [[CoolCar Rolls Royce]] motor cars. The spirit herself is modeled after Eleanor Velasco Thornton, the secret lover of [[OverlyLongName John Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu]] for when the latter wanted a mascot for his Rolls Royce Silver Ghost. The mascott later became standard on all Rolls Royce motor cars.

* Spoofed on a Super Bowl ad starring model Kate Upton. Instead of her washing the car (as the opening promises), she has some love-struck football players to do it for her.

* ''Manga/KanojoNoCarrera'' (''My Favorite Carrera'') usually has a girl in front (standing, on, etc) of an exotic car sen in the volume itself.

* Mikela Banes from the ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' film franchise definitely fits this trope.

* Go to any car show. Motorcycle show. Boat show. Booth babes are everywhere, especially at SEMA [[note]]Specialty Equipment Market Association [[/note]] in Las Vegas, where they'll be hawking everything from turbochargers to car wax.

* ''Series/{{CSI}}'': In "4 x 4", Catherine and Warwick investigate the murder of a 'convention girl' (a.k.a. a 'booth babe') at the International Vehicle Convention.

* Go to any car show. Motorcycle show. Boat show.

* Subverted by a [[GermanMedia German radio commercial]] for radio commercials in which a (decidedly male) speaker announces he'll be publicly washing cars from his car dealership - in a pink bikini wearnig a blonde wig. And then goes on to explain that the guy laughing maniacally next to him will be his boss, who bet that he'd be able to sell a certain number of cars extra by advertising on the radio. Guess who lost the bet...

* ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster'': Miyo Harada is a [[WrenchWench car mechanic]] with a background in street racing, so multiple cards portray her performing this pose, particularly her first SR and SSR.

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* Kanojo no Carrera (My Favorite Carrera) usually has a girl in front (standing, on, etc) of an exotic car sen in the volume itself.

* The covers of ''ComicBook/{{Chassis}}'' would often depict the eponymous heroine draped over the bonnet of an aero-car.

* In the background of the arms show scene from ''Film/LordOfWar'', one can see models in camo-print bikinis and assault rifles strutting and posing on top of a '''tank'''. Presumably a parody, yet there is the fear that [[TruthInTelevision it might actually have happened]]. The main character and his brother, after failing to secure a deal with a respected arms dealer, hook up with two of the girls to blow off steam.
* The original ''Film/BringItOn'' movie has the Bikini Car Wash variation, with the cheerleaders raising money by washing cars. Kirsten Dunst and Eliza Dushku in Bikinis FTW.
* In ''Film/TheBobo'', a seldom-seen Peter Sellers movie, Creator/{{Britt Ekland}}'s character lounges seductively on the hood of a Maserati in a showroom. The car's new owner admires how she looks on it, unaware she had blackmailed the dealer out of it for herself.
* ''Film/BikerBoyz'' had one of the motorcycle "clubs" having an annual bikini bike wash to benefit local schools; and while a few of the sister bikers had shown up as well, much head-shaking commenced until the organizer for the hosting club revealed [[MrFanservice Turbo]], just about as scantily clad as the ladies.
* Played for laughs in ''Film/IronMan2'' when Tony Stark finds a sharply-dressed, good-looking woman accompanying the car he was about to drive. In truth, [[FairCop she was an US Marshal tasked by a Senate subcommittee]] to serve him a subpoena.
* The stripper protagonist of ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'' is hired for this, and is not amused when the businessmen [[MistakenForProstitute assume she's going to sleep with them afterwards]].

* Similar to the "[[Film/CoolHandLuke Lucille]]" example above, an unnamed woman puts on this show for the contestants in [[Creator/StephenKing Richard Bachman's]] ''The Long Walk''. (Pretty sure, anyway. It has been a while...)

* In ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid,'' [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Manny]] steals a picture from one of Rodrick's magazines, showing a bikini-clad woman lying across the hood of a car, and brings it to preschool for show-and-tell.

* Happens often in Wrestling/{{WWE}}, usually in promos for ''Summerslam''.
* The Business Model from ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment''.
* In the 2005 Australian documentary ''Peking to Paris'', one of the vintage cars being used to recreate the 1907 race is used for a lurid photoshoot involving a pretty Mongolian girl.
* ''Series/LostGirl''. Lauren and Dyson get DistractedByTheSexy sight of [[MsFanservice Bo]] washing her car. She realizes what's happening and starts playing up this trope for all it's worth.
* On ''Series/NewGirl'', Jess has to take Cece's place in a car show when Cece gets sick. HilarityEnsues as Jess tries to keep her balance in a revolving platform.

* Relatedly, in Music/BowlingForSoup's song "1985" one of the main character's former hopes and dreams is to "shake her ass on the hood of Whitesnake's car."

* Jessica Simpson's similar bit to the Paris Hilton ad mentioned above in her video of "These Boots Are Made For Walking".
* The Paris Hilton and Jessica Simpson examples above were hysterically parodied by Music/{{Pink}} in her video for "Stupid Girls".

* Music/{{Rihanna}}'s "Shut Up & Drive"
* Poe's music video for Hey Pretty.
* Music/PapaRoach and Music/{{Buckcherry}}'s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm2R2KFPFpo Turn Me On]]"

* Two of these appear on the playfield in ''Pinball/{{Corvette}}''
* The original ''Pinball/HarleyDavidson'' from Bally has a busty blonde woman wearing a white tank-top shirt and denim shorts, lounging across the back of a Harley.

* Reiko Nagase, the mascot of Namco's ''VideoGame/RidgeRacer'' series, can be best described as this. She's far from being just fanservice however: according to newscasts in ''7'' she is the spokeswoman to the United Federal Racing Association, and in some games you can actually race her and she races everything from Ferrari and Bugatti knock offs to the Ford 303 Boss or maybe Creator/MichelleRodriguez's Nissan in ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious.'' In ''Type 4'' you can even obtain a letter from her if you perform well enough with Pac Racing Club in Grand Prix mode.
* The female sidekicks in the ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed'' series after ''Underground'' also double as Hood Adornment Hotties. Especially Rachel from ''Underground 2'', played and voiced by Brooke Burke.

* Inverted strangely in [[http://www.somethinghappens.net/d/20071031.html a strip from]] ''Webcomic/SomethingHappens''.

See also PitGirls, BikerBabe.

** [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Hilariously]] parodied on a mock commercial showing a nerd driving through the desert. He stops at a deserted gas station and three Hood Ornament Hotties come out and start washing his car to the sounds of '80s hair metal. Then the camera zooms on the cleavage of one of the girls to reveal... a crucifix.

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