History Main / WrenchWench

*** Conversely, this was actually the day job of her Japanese counterpart, Natsumi Shinohara from ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'': she's good enough to dismantle a ''moving bike''.

* The series has had several sexy scientists down the years, but it wasn't until ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'''s Ronny that it got a Wrench Wench to balance things out. Her tendency for practically ''[[GeekyTurnOn fondling]]'' new weaponry [[{{Nerdgasm}} with an awed smile on her face]] makes one wonder how the show stayed TV-Y7. Of course, she ''had'' to be the first to test out any new gadget. And apparently, being a race car driver who can work on her own cars has makes her qualified to work on [[HumongousMecha giant robots]]. One of the aforementioned scientists was Operation Overdrive's own Pink Ranger, providing the show with a double-dose of geek girls.
* Gemma in ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' combines Wrench Wench with {{Hackette}} and [[MadBomber a fetish for explosions]].
* Ashley Hammond in the ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' episode "The Turn of the Wretched Wrench". Conversely, this was the day job of her Japanese counterpart, Natsumi Shinohara from ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'': she's good enough to dismount a ''moving bike''.

%%* Maggie Chascarrillo, a.k.a. Maggie the Mechanic, from Jaime Hernandez's half of ''ComicBook/LoveAndRockets''.

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' introduces Nico, a former gunsmith and the mechanic partner (and driver) of Nero responsible for the [[ArtificialLimbs Devil Breaker]] system. Some of these arms are simple, like the [[ShockAndAwe Overture, which simply lets out electric blasts]], and the [[WhipItGood Rawhide, which is a chain whip that can improve his Wire Snatch]], but some can give Nero a RocketPunch that he can '''ride on''' or abilities like turning his pistol into a ''railgun'' or ''even '''slowing down time itself.''''' Not that surprising for her as she uses pieces of defeated demons to make these for Nero. She also gives Dante [[spoiler:Dr. Faust, a literal magic '''hat''' that she made based on her father's research that uses red orbs as ammunition]].

ScienceHerosBabeAssistant, who is much less technically competent. The HoodOrnamentHottie is a related trope, where the woman may be dressed or posed as if she was the mechanic, but actually is simply intended to be EyeCandy. However, a genuine Wrench Wench is equal to TheEngineer. In a fantasic media, she will be a ScienceHero.

* Downplayed in ''Cosmic Sin'' (2021). Ardene is called a "wrench" but this is explained as being a slang term for engineer. She's not an UnkemptBeauty but a military technician who GotVolunteered for the mission to maintain the [[DoomsdayDevice Q-Bomb]].

* ''VideoGame/RedWingsAmericanAces'' has Cateline, who is the beautiful blond haired mechanic for the planes the player will use to take on the enemy.

* RedWingsAmericanAces has Cateline, who is the beautiful blond haired mechanic for the planes the player will use to take on the enemy.

* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankRiftApart'' has Rivet, a lombax mechanic from an alternate dimension who's good with maintaining her ship and working with computers and robots.

* Robyn, in ''Webcomic/NineteenSeventySevenTheComic''. She knows her engines and doesn't mind getting her hands dirty

* Roboticist Para Ventura of ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' converted a damaged tank into a robot that [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2009-02-15 performed WAY beyond specifications.]] She also killed eight opponents in hand-to-hand combat while [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2009-01-24 defending herself and two badly injured comrades]] from an angry mob.
* Sasha in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' is able to understand and often improve on Riff's inventions.
* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': The crew's mechanic, Tuuri, is female.

* Mary in ''Film/TheMuppets'' is very good at working with cars and electricity.

* In ''Series/{{Degrassi}} Goes Hollywood'' fashion model Mia, who tags along on the journey to L.A., later ends up helping fix the broken down bus with her expensive leggings, saying it was an old trick her mom taught her.

* Sister Steve, the streetwise nun in the ''Series/{{Father Dowling Mysteries}}'' knows how to hotwire a car. That's because of her youth in a rough neighborhood.

* Dr. Bonnie Barstow of ''Series/{{Knight Rider}}''. She maintains KITT.

* ''VideoGame/{{Aground}}'': The Mechanic in Sunset Haven is a girl named Cass. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by her being [[spoiler:the daughter of the Mirrows, who, villainy notwithstanding, are brilliant engineers]].

* VideoGame/BattleNations: Zoey, who designs most of your buildings (with tank treads, sometimes, which gives an in-game reason to why you can move around buildings in the Edit menu), vehicles, and generally maintains the Outpost's machinery along with Floyd.

** ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'':

** ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 3}}'': Has Moze who regularly works on Iron Bear, a small mech she pilots to kick ass.

* ''Videogame/{{Evolve}}'':

** ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' has Moira Brown. You, yourself, qualify as well if you're the female version of the Lone Wanderer and spend up on Repair skill points.

* Claret from ''VideoGame/{{Skyborn}}'' fixes airships and is all too ready to chew out anybody who mistreats their ship. She also built herself an [[{{TheUnintelligible}} R2-D2 type robot sidekick]].

* The ''[[VideoGame/{{WingCommander}} Wing Commander]]'' series has two: Sparks in Wing Commander II and Rachel Coriolis in Wing Commander III/Wing Commander Prophecy.

* Maria Custard from the Rance Series. She creates weapons so powerful that other characters from the series have to seal her memories away.

* ''WebComic/StandStillStaySilent'': The crew's mechanic, Tuuri, is female.

* ''VideoGame/{{Valorant}}'' has Killjoy who specializes in building weapons such as turrets. She's German so she comes from a country known for its engineers.

* ''VideoGame/Valorant'' has Killjoy who specializes in building weapons such as turrets. She's German so she comes from a country known for its engineers.

* The series has had several {{Hot Scientist}}s down the years, but it wasn't until ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'''s Ronny that it got a Wrench Wench to balance things out. Her tendency for practically ''[[GeekyTurnOn fondling]]'' new weaponry [[{{Nerdgasm}} with an awed smile on her face]] makes one wonder how the show stayed TV-Y7. Of course, she ''had'' to be the first to test out any new gadget. And apparently, being a race car driver who can work on her own cars has makes her qualified to work on [[HumongousMecha giant robots]]. One of the aforementioned Hot Scientists was Operation Overdrive's own Pink Ranger, providing the show with a double-dose of geek girls.

Often a MsFixIt and TheBlacksmith, a Wrench Wench might have MachineEmpathy and can diagnose problems just by listening to the motor. Her tools extend to pure electronic devices, but she is also likely to be found with a blowtorch and ratchet set. When her talents go beyond mere fixing things to outright creating machinery, she is a GadgeteerGenius. If it is computers and the Internet instead of mechanics, she is a {{Hackette}}. If her skills wax more technical than mechanical, chances are she is a HotScientist, though overlap can exist when dealing with things like mecha and androids which encompass both elements.

** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon64}}'': Being an inventor apparently runs in the family, as her grandson Rick also qualifies.

* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'': Bao-Dur . The player character in both games can become one as well, if his/her "Repair" skill is high enough.

* Nanvel Candlestick from ''[[Anime/BurnUp Burn Up W/Excess]]''. Quirky but genius inventor and still as busty as most of her squad.

** Winry Rockbell (pictured above). Winry made her first [[ArtificialLimbs automail]] when she was ''[[ChildProdigy eleven years old]]'', and her WeaponOfChoice is a [[WrenchWhack wrench]]. You never see her covered in grease though, since automail construction is very fine work and actually more a medical profession. ''BUT'' watch your mechanical possessions in her presence; she goes ''gaga'' at any opportunity to take something apart to figure out how it works.

* The Ooarai Girls High School Automotive Club in the anime ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' is made up of four highly skilled teen girl mechanics who not only work on cars but also maintain the school's motley collection of WWII tanks. In the later episodes they get to crew the notoriously cantankerous Porsche Tiger tank, doing as well as warriors as they did as wrench wenches. Their skills are useful even during final match when Porsche engine overheats. One of the crew fixed the problem while riding on the armor at full speed. Hell, they even overcharged the engine to keep up with the rest of the team and [[spoiler: destroy the bridge to delay opponent's reinforcements]].

* Nautica from ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye is a female Autobot quantum mechanic (though she has interest in other subjects such as history or cartography) from Caminus who is usually seen carrying her wrench around.

* ComicBook/{{Rogue}} from ''ComicBook/XMen'' is shown repairing both motorcycles and the Blackbird, and she even once worked as a mechanic.

* Creator/JimJarmusch's ''Film/NightOnEarth'' (1991) gives us L.A. cab driver/aspiring mechanic Corky, played by Winona Ryder. When she picks up movie exec (Creator/GenaRowlands) who is impressed by Corky and wants to make her a movie star, Corky turns her down, staying true to her unassuming tomboy working-class self.

* ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure'' Dottie, Pee-wee's LoveInterest, works at a bike shop and is noted to be great at repairing them. Pee-wee's CoolBike is implied to have at least in part been built by her.

* ''Film/TankGirl'': Jet Girl is content to work on the vehicles of the villainous ''Water And Power'' before being driven out by some rather extreme sexual harassment. She gets caught up in the madcap adventures of the epynomous protagonist and eventually comes out of her shell serving as the main sidekick in both the comics and the movie.

* Fae is the head mechanic in {{Literature/The Osmerian Conflict}}, and is almost always found in either the hanger or the electronics room doing some form of maintenance or mechanical checks.

* Daphne Moon in ''Series/{{Frasier}}'', which extends to carpentry. She's a {{Ladette}} because she grew up with eight brothers, all of whom but [[CampGay one]] were rowdy OopNorth types.

* The series has had several {{Hot Scientist}}s down the years, but it wasn't until ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'''s Ronny that it got a Wrench Wench to balance things out. Her tendency for practically ''[[{{Geeky Turn On}} fondling]]'' new weaponry [[{{Nerdgasm}} with an awed smile on her face]] makes one wonder how the show stayed TV-Y7. Of course, she ''had'' to be the first to test out any new gadget. And apparently, being a race car driver who can work on her own cars has makes her qualified to work on [[HumongousMecha giant robots]]. One of the aforementioned Hot Scientists was Operation Overdrive's own Pink Ranger, providing the show with a double-dose of geek girls.

** ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 3}}'': Has Moze who regually works on Iron Bear, a small mech she pilots to kick ass.

** Female [[PlayerCharacter V]], who has the Nomad lifepath choosen, will start the game fixing her truck.

** ''VideoGame/{{Harvest Moon 64}}'' Being an inventor apparently runs in the family, as her grandson Rick in
is similar.

* ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' has Isara Gunther. She's also the one to first appear at a gun fight with her father's [[TankGoodness customized heavy tank]]! Yes, a {{Moe}} tank opperator.

* Angela in ''Webcomic/AtArmsLength'' works as an auto mechanic. Does this basically for fun since she's a nigh-immortal sorceress, and admits to her sister she does it because [[http://atarmslength.smackjeeves.com/comics/1467288/wild-at-heart-4/ she gets satisfaction accomplishing things without magic]].

* ''Webcomic/EmergencyExit'' has one too, complete with WrenchWhack [[http://eecomics.net/EEArchives/?strip_id=348]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'' Rob's girlfriend Chris apparently is a car mechanic, or at least knows how to work on them. She spends the time at the junkyard looking for rare auto parts.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Robozuna}}'' Livia, and Feronia, as well as most of the female Robozuna competitors. Basically, most people who work with robots have some proficiency in repairing them.

* At the beginning of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, Creator/HedyLamarr co-invented [[http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT2292387 US Patent 2,292,387]] (referring to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency-hopping_spread_spectrum this]]), which was used in the [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar blockade on Cuba]]. Her discoveries have also been used in cell phone technology. [[note]][[Film/BlazingSaddles That's "Hedley!"]][[/note]]

* Katherine Johnson (née Coleman), whose calculations of orbital mechanics were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. During her 35-year career at NASA, she earned a reputation for mastering complex manual calculations and helped pioneer the use of computers to perform the tasks. Since these were early computers, many astronauts like John Gleen didn't fully trust them for their first missions. Gleen insited that Johnson personally check and sign off on them, as she was the only one whose word he would take. Note this was 1961 in the American South; NASA had only been desegregated 3 years earlier.