History Main / SpaceShipGirl

* In the {{CBC}} radio comedy series Canadia 2056 the main computer of the ship, the Canadia, starts off having a female voice simply because he captain chooses it, while the French-Canadian Commander Margaux prefers the voice of a French-Canadian man. Latter in the series, the computer becomes sentient do to the interference of a Wish-Granting Sentient-Cloud being, and soon develops a crush on the captain, eventually leading to her crushing an American captain with a car, all because she thought he was trying to steal the captain from her. Actually, not very comedic sounding...

* In ''PowerPack'', the kids argue over whether Friday is male or female.

* ''OutlawStar'': Melfina, who seems at first to be a shy teenage girl, is soon revealed to be the living navigation system for a very advanced starship. The rest of the ship's functions, however, are controlled by Gilliam II, the ship's male computer system.

* ''AceOnline'' has the Akron First Fleet Flagship, which can be owned by the brigade of a certain nation after a war that takes place every 6 days. The main computer of the battleship manifests itself as a hologram of a seemingly female robotic head. The hologram itself doesn't interact with you apart from giving you management options for the base you own, though. Although one has to admit, according to the storyline, the Akron was built by Barkians, and Bark city was destroyed around 140 years prior to the player's timeline, [[FridgeLogic which means that the poor hologram girl has been trapped alone for 140 years]], maintaining an abandoned ship that gets some nasty wars between ANI and BCU every 6 days and then it has to cope with brigade members that are possibly not nice people ''over and over again''. I would probably not enjoy it very much.
* Indie game ''AnalogueAHateStory'' introduces the archivist AI projection of a GenerationShip early on in the form of *Hyun-ae. Later, the protagonist gets to load up and meet *Mute, [[spoiler: who puts a sexist spin on this trope]].

* Inverted in the [[Creator/IainBanks Iain M. Banks]] novel ''Matter''; the Special Circumstances vessel 'liveware problem' has a man as its human avatar, and offers to sleep with one of the protagonists.
** Ships and other structures run by Minds in Literature/TheCulture series often have thousands of these (which doesn't even begin to test the [[DeusEstMachina computing power]] of a Culture Mind). Some of them are indistinguishable from other humans (this has caused at least one character minor embarrassment the morning after); others are more obviously nonhuman.

* ''ArpeggioOfBlueSteel'' does this with actual naval ships, though the technology in said ships rivals that of most spaceships which would feature this trope. Interestingly, one of the human characters actually inquire about why all of the ships feature female avatars. The mental models state that humans have always referred to ships as "female", so logically they would be represented that way. See the Real Life entry for further details.

* Eve in ''Anime/{{Megazone 23}}''.

* Eve in ''{{Megazone 23}}''.

* ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'''s [[spoiler: Penchinon]] is a subversion. [[spoiler: After Pasdar is destroyed, it is revealed that he is the AI system for Soldat-J's J-Ark. All Penchinon really is...is an eye.]] Also subverted because, even in his 'old' form, [[spoiler: Penchinon]] is some kind of...[[spoiler: anchor-eyed, boat-person with a spinning head (but no neck), big teeth, a sailor uniform, and a tendency to go '' '''"BREEEEEEEEE!!"''' ''.]]

* In one episode of the original 1978 ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Classic}}'', Starbuck flew the Recon Viper, which had extra engine power but no weapons. It was fitted with C.O.R.A., an intelligent computer controller that not only talked in a feminine voice, but also acted like an overprotective girlfriend.
* The Cylon ships in the [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Re-Imagined Series]] have Hybrids as their central computer hub. Hybrids take the form of women laying in a cloudy tub similar to a regenerating tub. Hybrids are not supposed to be sentient and generally their speech is a string of ship operations. [[spoiler: Some models and humans believe that the Rebel Hybrid also spouts prophecy.]]

* In the 11th Pokémon movie, ''PokemonGiratinaAndTheSkyWarrior'', Infi is a holographic projection of the navigational systems for main villain Zero's ship, the Megarig.

* ''TenchiMuyo'': Ryo-ohki, TheSpeechless WeaselMascot who can [[VoluntaryShapeshifting turn into a ship]], eventually develops a couple of cute girl forms. Also, [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1126135980051.jpg Tsunami]], progenitor of the space trees, and goddess and most powerful warship of Jurai.

* ''NarueNoSekai'': Bathyscaphe, Kanaka's ship and guardian, is a serious and matronly type...but she has her softer side.

*** In one instance Haruna gets overexcited and summons her ship form to welcome some visitors to the hotel she works at, much to the chagrin of everyone there.

* Darcy in ''Literature/{{Vampirates}}'' "describes herself as "Figurehead by day, figure of fun by night!"

* At least two of the [[SpaceWhale Vaia]] ships in ''InfiniteRyvius'' possess a "Sphix", a physical manifestation of the ship's control system. Unsurprisingly, the titular ship has the Spaceship Girl [[spoiler:and in a slight twist, the "final boss" has a Spaceship Bishounen]].

* ''GaoGaiGar's'' [[spoiler: Penchinon]] is a subversion. [[spoiler: After Pasdar is destroyed, it is revealed that he is the AI system for Soldat-J's J-Ark. All Penchinon really is...is an eye.]] Also subverted because, even in his 'old' form, [[spoiler: Penchinon]] is some kind of...[[spoiler: anchor-eyed, boat-person with a spinning head (but no neck), big teeth, a sailor uniform, and a tendency to go '' '''"BREEEEEEEEE!!"''' ''.]]

* In ''Silversun'', Pancha is this, despite being born as a normal human and initially believing herself to be one. A mechanical implant in her brain gives her a telepathic connection to the ship's computer.

** However, the trope is inverted with CaptainHarlock's ''Arcadia.'' Tochiro, Harlock's buddy and the ship's builder, transfered his own consciousness into the spacecraft, making it male.

* The German Kriegsmarine averts this trope with the battleship Bismarck. Admiral Erich Raeder insisted the Bismarck be designated as a 'male' vessel at all times. Doesn't stop modern Germans from refering to that ship as a "she" every time it is mentioned.

** Among Russians, the rule is to "use the pronoun (adjective, past tense form) that is grammatically correct." Therefore, the ship's gender can vary according to what ''type'' of ship it's called. For example, the missile cruiser ''Moskva'' is considered male, but is female if referred to as a cruiser. The Oscar-class submersible cruiser ''Tomsk'' is male, but female if called a submarine. The research vessel ''Vityaz'' is male, but is neuter if referred to as a steamship.

* In the Sci-fi arc of DubiousCompany, [[spoiler: Priestess Sal]] becomes one, noting feeling very [[SmugSuper powerful]], yet very [[HowDoIShootWeb vulnerable]] and a bit [[PowerIncontinence overwhelmed]].

** And if you're wondering if there was ever an episode where a High Guard captain got {{Robosexual}} with his ship's android... Yep. (It wasn't Dylan.)

* Titania from StarshipTitanic, who's sorry about the parrot, really she is.

** And it's implied others followed suit. The Master's timeship combined this with BigEater in FactionParadox stories.

* In the ''StarTrekNewFrontier'' portion of the ExpandedUniverse:

* The German Kriegsmarine averts this trope with the battleship Bismarck. Admiral Erich Raeder insisted the Bismarck be designated as a 'male' vessel at all times.

** [[spoiler: In the Extended Cut of the Control Ending, after uploading herself, Shepard was recreated as an AI entity to replace the old Catalyst as the controller of the Reapers]].

* ''KantaiCollection'' features personifications of WWII warships who otherwise fit this trope to a T. A somewhat strange case here, as while the girls ARE the ships, they can still equip the weapons and radar that they would be able to use as warships. Enemy ships also qualify, with the exception of the smallest destroyers.

* ''Kantai Collection'' features personifications of WWII warships who otherwise fit this trope to a T. A somewhat strange case here, as while the girls ARE the ships, they can still equip the weapons and radar that they would be able to use as warships. Enemy ships also qualify, with the exception of the smallest destroyers.

* ''Kantai Collection'' features personifications of WWII warships who otherwise fit this trope to a T. A somewhat strange case here, as while the girls ARE the ships, they can still equip the weapons and radar that they would be able to use as warships. Enemy ships also qualify, with the exception of the smallest destroyers.