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13[[quoteright:316:[[ComicBook/{{Chassis}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chassis_car.png]]]]
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15->'''Homer:''' Do you come with the car?\
16'''Model:''' Oh, you! ''[giggle]''\
17'''Random other man:''' Do you come with the car?\
18'''Model:''' Oh, you! ''[giggle]''
19-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
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21Attractive women, usually not wearing very much, draped over cars or motorbikes or doing [[ModelingPoses other poses]] that highlight the vehicle. It also counts if [[FanserviceCarWash they're washing said vehicle]] and there are [[CensorSuds suds in interesting places]]...
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23Common for car and motorcycle magazines, as well as motor shows.
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25Common outfits include swimsuits (even a FlagBikini), [[HellBentForLeather leather]], [[PrettyInMink fur coats or wraps]] (real or [[ItsFakeFurItsFine fake]]), GoingFurASwim.
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27A SubTrope of SexSells.
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29See also PitGirls (attractive young women used as eye candy at motor races).
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31Has nothing to do with being InTheHood.
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33!!Examples:
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37[[folder:Advertising]]
38* One commercial parodied this with a girl in a bikini posing on a car hood for an amiture advertisement. When the car revs up it [[FoldSpindleMutilation sucks her into the exposed engine]] [[EatenAlive and eats her.]] The car then [[SpitOutAShoe burps up her bikini top]].
39* Creator/ParisHilton's infamous car-washing ad for the Carl's Jr./Hardee's fast-food restaurant chain.
40* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbCPc9OztXM This MX vs ATV Untamed commercial]].
41* 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 wearing 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...
42* Conan O'Brien does similar, washing his -desk-. Fortunately, in normal clothing. Then he starts eating the sponge.
43* Parodied with Subaru ads. Instead of attractive girls, they feature sumo wrestlers, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vasc8ghyu1g seen here.]]
44* Parodied again in an ad for Anna's Linens. A man looks out of his window and sees his (male) neighbor washing a car, complete with gratuitous shots of the man's over-sized belly covered in suds and rubbing on the windshield. Turns out it's an ad for curtains.
45* A motorcycle dealership had a model do a photoshoot to promote their cycles. Then, to send the trend up, they had the male employees in the model's clothes and poses. [[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2477044/Giving-drag-racing-new-meaning-Male-staff-motorcycle-dealership-attempt-seductive-poses-hilarious-photo-spread.html Behold!]] (Daily Fail warning.)
46* Spoofed on a Super Bowl ad starring model Creator/KateUpton. Instead of her washing the car (as the opening promises), she has some love-struck football players [[FavorsForTheSexy to do it for her]].
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49[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
50* The Occult Research Club does this while washing a car in the Season Four ending theme of ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD''.
51* ''Manga/KanojoNoCarrera'' (''My Favorite Carrera'') usually has a girl in front (standing, on, etc.) of an exotic car seen in the volume itself.
52* One of the more well-known example of MaleGaze in ''Manga/MakenKi'' (aside from [[HotGoddess Himegami]]) stems from this trope. While Chacha's busy washing a car, we get a great shot of her rear end.
53* ''Anime/RedLine'': When they're not racing, Bosbos and Boiboi pose and preen so much that it's almost ridiculous.
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56[[folder:Comic Books]]
57* The covers of ''ComicBook/{{Chassis}}'' would often depict the eponymous heroine draped over the bonnet of an [[FlyingCar aero-car]].
58* ''ComicBook/{{Robin|1993}}'': In issue #31, Tim and Ariana went on a date to a car show where some of the cars were accompanied by models in midriff revealing outfits. When Tim spots a celebrity and gets Ari's attention she is furious with him thinking he's trying to point out a scantly clad model but he's spotted [[ComicBook/{{Wildcat}} Ted Grant]], a former boxing champion and, though he doesn't mention this bit of course, a member of the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica.
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61[[folder:Fan Works]]
62* In ''FanFic/UltimateSpiderWoman'', one of Mary Jane's modelling jobs involves her modelling a line of ZettaiRyouiki thigh-high sports socks patterned after the colors of the various UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague teams. For the Detroit Lions socks, she poses on a classic car.
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65[[folder:Film -- Animated]]
66* Spoofed in ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013''. When Kristoff's sled is replaced, Sven does a pose on it similar to this trope.
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69[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
70* ''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.
71* 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.
72* 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.
73* "Lucille", the girl washing her car in front of the chain gang in ''Film/CoolHandLuke''.
74* 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.
75* 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.
76* ''Film/{{Mastizaade}}'': Laila washes a car in a bikini and poses on the hood of a car during a sequence in the "[[TheItemNumber Rom Rom Romantic]]" song.
77* 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]].
78* Mikela Banes from the Film/TransformersFilmSeries is treated this way by her initial boyfriend [[MaleGaze and by the way she's framed by the camera]]. She's actually a bit of a WrenchWench though and actually knows more about cars than any of the male cast.
79* Parodied in the [[GermanMedia German movie]] ''(T)Raumschiff Surpsrise'' where the male hero imagines the princess being HoodOrnamentHottie doing a carwash and she then starts to shave her legs and brush her teeth. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UJ5CKLD3Wc&feature=PlayList&p=97C8E13B48E2262A&index=24 The music is also hilarious.]]
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82[[folder:Literature]]
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84* 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.
85* In the Frank Cottrel Boyce book ''Framed'', the protagonist's sister followed in her father's footsteps and became a mechanic because the fact his car magazines subscribed to this led her to believe pretty women fix cars.
86* Similar to the "[[Film/CoolHandLuke Lucille]]" example above, an unnamed woman puts on this show for the contestants in [[Creator/StephenKing Richard Bachman's]] ''Literature/TheLongWalk''. (Pretty sure, anyway. It has been a while...)
87* The end of the ''Literature/AbleTeam'' novel "Reign of Doom" has a NightmareFuel variant on this trope when an explosion throws [[FemmeFataleSpy Anne Desmarais]] onto the Zil limousine driven by her KGB boss Zhgenti, and he drives off with her as a gruesome hood ornament.
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90[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
91* The Business Model from ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment''.
92* ''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 (A SerialNumbersFiledOff parody of SEMA, the Specialty Equipment Market Association).
93* The Cheerios in an episode of ''Series/{{Glee}}'' do the bikini car wash fundraiser variety.
94* ''Series/GossipGirl'': Blair makes use of this trope in a season two episode to get Chuck to sleep with her.
95* The final scene of the ''Series/KnightRider'' episode "Topaz Connection" has Michael showing KITT a centerfold of himself with [[WrenchWench Bonnie]] posing on his hood in a swimsuit. [=KITT's=] response? "Please remove the staple from my fender."
96** On the other hand when the models first start posing on KITT, [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything the scanner lights up...]]
97* ''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.
98* Episode 13 of ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' has a sequence with attractive young women posing on car bonnets, but the voiceover makes it clear that the advertiser isn't trying to sell the ''cars''.
99* ''Series/TheNewAvengers''. For plot-related reasons Purdy goes through a carwash clinging to the roof of a car and despite being washed, waxed and blow-dried [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggi8IfQ31nc still ends up looking gorgeous]].
100* 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.
101* 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.
102* Happens often in Wrestling/{{WWE}}, usually in promos for ''Summerslam''.
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105[[folder:Music]]
106* The cover art for the album ''Candy-O'' by Music/TheCars, featuring a pinup painting of the model Candy Moore lying on a sketch the hood of a car.
107* There's a little of this going on in Music/GirlsGeneration album covers for [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nmFapa6LK6Q/TaEkI3FOPqI/AAAAAAAAAhY/xsVSDQLUCSA/s320/Mr+Taxi+Run+Devil+Run+Album+Artwork.jpg ''Mr. Taxi'']]/[[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5tRvv8Gbs80/Tafqh0vHvcI/AAAAAAAAB4A/fih_cOY0b0Y/s1600/%25E5%25B0%2591%25E5%25A5%25B3%25E6%2599%2582%25E4%25BB%25A3+-+MR.TAXI+Run+Devil+Run.jpg "Run Devil Run."]]
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110[[folder:Music Videos]]
111* Music/PapaRoach and Music/{{Buckcherry}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm2R2KFPFpo "Turn Me On."]]
112* The Creator/ParisHilton and Music/JessicaSimpson examples below were hysterically parodied by Music/{{Pink}} in her video for "Stupid Girls".
113* Poe's music video for "Hey Pretty".
114* Music/{{Rihanna}}'s "Shut Up & Drive"
115* Music/JessicaSimpson's similar bit to the Paris Hilton ad mentioned above in her video of "These Boots Are Made For Walking".
116* The quintessential example would have to be Tawny Kitaen on the MusicVideo for Music/{{Whitesnake}}'s "Here I Go Again".
117** 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."
118* Just about every Music/ZZTop video ever.
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121[[folder:Pinballs]]
122* Two of these appear on the playfield in ''Pinball/{{Corvette}}''
123* 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.
124* One appears in both ''Pinball/HighSpeed'' and ''Pinball/TheGetawayHighSpeed2''.
125-->"Nice wheels."
126* The sole female character in ''Pinball/SpaceRiders'' is the unnamed blonde riding behind the protagonist on his CoolBike.
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129[[folder:Video Games]]
130* The Trophy Girls in ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacing'' are basically a quartet of these. Of course, they eventually become racers and get rebranded as the Nitro Squad in [[VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled the remake]], with Tawna joining them as their leader.
131** Tawna herself evokes this trope in [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot1996 the original game]] at the end of the Bonus Rounds, looking like a trophy girl presenting the winner of a race.
132* The intro to the first ''VideoGame/{{Forza}}'' game had one of these. Ramona Cravache and Hailey Harper in ''Horizon'' count.
133** {{Lampshaded}} by Hailey herself: she mentions she already gets thousands of dollars just for unzipping her race suit on photoshoots.
134* ''VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls'': 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.
135* 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.
136* 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 [[{{Fauxrrari}} 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.
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139[[folder:Web Comics]]
140* Inverted strangely in [[http://www.somethinghappens.net/d/20071031.html a strip from]] ''Webcomic/SomethingHappens''.
141* In a ''[[Webcomic/{{Supermegatopia}} They Might Be Giant Robots]]'' comic, two female Transformers take turns being the cool car and the hottie.
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144[[folder:Western Animation]]
145* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'':
146** Francine became one, briefly, when Stan went into underground street racing in an attempt to spice up their love life.
147** And then there is the much more nightmare fuel-ish instance: Stan & Steve, both having taken lots of estrogen and grown huge breasts (long story), are shown to be washing a car, both being dressed in daisy dukes, and posing provocatively on it.
148* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' features [[ItMakesSenseInContext the voice actors washing cars to raise in-show money for animation.]]
149* Spoofed in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' where Peter tells the story of his caveman ancestor InventingTheWheel. When he has trouble marketing it, Cave-Brian has Cave-Lois stand next to it in a FurBikini, which instantly makes all the other cavemen want one on the assumption that attractive women will like them if they own one.
150* In a ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'' episode where [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Stumpy]] [[MakesSenseInContext tries to give away free cars so people will buy apples from him]], he dresses in drag and sits on top of the car. Nobody buys it anyway.
151* Motor Ed tricks Shego into being his hood ornament hottie in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''. Shego was... [[HandBlast not happy]] to learn this.
152* ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey'': In "Robo Frog 3000", Mr. Mandrill washes cars like a sexy car wash girl.
153* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
154** 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.
155--->"The Catholic Church. We've made a few... changes."
156** Chief Wiggum poses as a Hood Ornament Hottie for a police calendar in "The Devil Wears Nada".
157** At a car show we see a requisite sexy model posing with a car. A customer asks "Do you come with the car?" She giggles "Oh, you! Tee-hee!" And then another guy comes along, and the [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore ''exact same'' transaction occurs.]]
158** Subverted to hell and back with the Simpsons/Family Guy crossover: Both Homer and Peter don Daisy Dukes and do a sexy car wash.
159* Wuya from ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'' poses this way with a car she gave Raimundo after he briefly [[FaceHeelTurn joined forces with her]].
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162[[folder:Real Life]]
163* High school and college women's athletic teams quite often attempt to raise money with bikini car washes--it works. The girls don't even have to wear bikinis (or any other swimsuits)--tank tops and short-shorts work just as well, considering that the probability of [[SexySoakedShirt wet tank tops and short-shorts approaches]].
164* Go to any car, motorcycle, or boat show. "Booth babes" are everywhere, especially at SEMA [[note]]Specialty Equipment Market Association [[/note]] in Las Vegas, where they'll be advertising everything from turbochargers to car wax.
165* 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 [[SesquipedalianSmith 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.
166* A Japanese car show had women [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/featherdressgirls_car_5273.jpg wearing mini dresses]] that [[PimpedOutDress were trimmed]] with [[FluffyFashionFeathers white feathers]], and had bunny ears to give an image of a PlayboyBunny.
167* Allegedly, Creator/MichaelBay auditioned an 18-year old Creator/MeganFox for ''Film/Transformers2007'' by filming her washing his Ferrari.
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170[[folder:Other]]
171* Here is the DieselPunk version by [[http://lipatov.deviantart.com/art/Photosession-Wallpaper-wide-180261145 Lipatov.]]
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