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| 6 | ->''"I know about these girls. With their low marks and high hemlines!"'' |
| 7 | -->-- '''Grace "97%" Makutsi''', ''Literature/TheNo1LadiesDetectiveAgency'' |
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| 9 | Not the same as the SassySecretary (although there is some overlap, especially in HardboiledDetective stories), this is a PA/Secretary etc. who is [[HeadTurningBeauty quite the sexpot]]. You may add office-related DoubleEntendre as you wish ([[HehHehYouSaidX heh heh, "dictation"]]). A traditional gag is for her horny boss to spend the workday figuratively or literally chasing her around his desk. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | DistaffCounterpart to the RightHandHottie. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Compare other occupations that are often sexified when a woman is doing it like HotLibrarian, SexyStewardess, HotTeacher, and FairCop. Also compare other female {{White Collar Worker}}s like PluckyOfficeGirl, HighPoweredCareerWoman, and OfficeLady. Due to the interpersonal nature of the role, they may be TheFace of their group. Compare GirlFriday, with whom she almost always overlaps, and DitzySecretary, with whom she rarely overlaps. |
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| 15 | !!Examples: |
| 16 | |
| 17 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 18 | |
| 19 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 20 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qqHmkrjafQ&feature=player_embedded This ad]] for "6 Hour Power" energy drink, that starts with a long MaleGaze shot up the legs of a ridiculously gorgeous secretary. She then appears to give her boss a blowjob right in his office so hard that the portrait of his wife falls off the desk and shatters. |
| 21 | [[/folder]] |
| 22 | |
| 23 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 24 | * Saiko Asabuki of ''Anime/{{Albegas}}'' is an attractive woman with BoyishShortHair who views Prof. Mizuki as a good-looking Silver Fox and pursues a romance with him. |
| 25 | * Miyuki Hyuuga from ''Manga/CaseClosed'' is a beautiful young woman with very nice legs, who works as the secretary of the leader of a BigScrewedUpFamily. [[spoiler:She's a BrokenBird who then becomes a SympatheticMurderer, as she pretends to join the old man's son-in-law's plans to murder him - while planning to kill the SmugSnake for causing her parents' deaths. And she also wants to to follow her fiancé, the old guy's son, [[TogetherInDeath in death]].]] |
| 26 | * ''Literature/TheCaseFilesOfJewelerRichard'': Once Seigi becomes Richard's private secretary (or "partner", if you're Richard), people assume even more often than usual that they must be a couple and that "secretary" is a code for "lover." |
| 27 | %%zce* ''Anime/CodeGeass'': |
| 28 | %%** Cecile Croomy, as the partner of MadScientist Lloyd Asplund. |
| 29 | %%** Villeta Nu is also this to Jeremiah Gottwald in the first season. |
| 30 | %%zce* Brita from ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack''. [[spoiler:But it's only a cover, as she's actually an agent for [[LaResistance Evening Primrose]].]] |
| 31 | * In ''Manga/DetectiveSchoolQ'' Yuri Hitsuji is the secretary of a corrupt politician. [[spoiler:She ''also'' turns out to be a BrokenBird SympatheticMurderer: her boyfriend was an ecologist and a prospect rival to the politician, and died in extremely odd circumstances. She gets herself hired as his secretary to investigate and murder him, with [[MoreThanMindControl a little help]] from [[TheSyndicate Meiousei/Pluto]]...]] |
| 32 | * In ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'', [[spoiler:Namie]] becomes [[spoiler:Izaya]]'s SassySecretary early on in the series. She's also damn ''fine''. |
| 33 | * In ''Manga/{{Gangsta}}'' Alex, a former prostitute, officially works as the secretary for Benriya Co. |
| 34 | * Akiyama Kaede from ''Manga/KenganAshura'', she is hot but of the composed variety, not flaunting her goods, the numerous fighters from the Kengan Association keep hitting on her. |
| 35 | * During an action sequence in the movie ''Anime/Kite1998'' wherein the heroine falls down a skyscraper, the action briefly cuts into an office building in which a corporate suit is having sex with his secretary. |
| 36 | * ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'': |
| 37 | ** Uno doubles as MissionControl for the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Numbers]] and [[BigBad Jail's]] personal secretary. Heck, her [[TheCracker information gathering-based]] Inherent Skill is even named "Flawless Secretary". |
| 38 | ** Auris acts as a secretary for her father Regius. Whether or not she got the job because of nepotism is unknown, but it's likely given his character. |
| 39 | * Grace O'Connor is Sheryl Nome's milquetoast stage manager and personal assistant from ''Anime/MacrossFrontier.'' [[spoiler:It's a cover, as she is actually the BigBad.]] |
| 40 | * ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamThePlotToAssassinateGihren'' has [[TheEvilPrince Gihren's]] secretary (and rumoured mistress) Cecilia Irene. Since she's also TheBaroness and TheDragon, the trope is downplayed to say the least. |
| 41 | * ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': |
| 42 | ** Shizune, as Tsunade's apprentice and, after Tsunade becomes Hokage, office assistant. [[spoiler:After Kakashi and later Naruto become Hokage, she keeps her position while also retaining her youthful appearance.]] |
| 43 | %%** Don't forget Mabui, the Raikage's assistant whose name means "[[MeaningfulName pretty]]". |
| 44 | * In ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' [[RobotGirl Chachamaru]] became this for Negi. She even daydreamed about some office romance. |
| 45 | * Kalifa, Iceberg's secretary in ''Manga/OnePiece''. [[spoiler:It turns out she's actually part of a group of undercover assassins who've been working to get close to him and steal some important documents for five years, whereafter she is still sexy but not, in fact, a secretary.]] |
| 46 | * ''Anime/PhantomQuestCorp'': Mr. Nagasuki's unnamed secretary is a 20-something office kitten in a tight minskirt [[NerdsAreSexy and glasses.]] So it's no surprise that he's been [[SleepingWithTheBoss banging her]]; sometimes, while she's ''on the clock''. |
| 47 | %%* Holon from ''Anime/RealDrive''. She counts as a RobotGirl too. |
| 48 | * An unnamed, short-skirted secretary in yellow gets a little screentime in two episodes of ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain''. In one episode, she gets [[MaleGaze close-up shots]] of her legs as she re-crosses them, and a nice leg shot in another episode. |
| 49 | * ''Anime/VoltesV'': Katherine is Heinel's right hand, and quite a few times, she functions as Heinel's actual secretary, relaying messages to and from the Emperor's Court. She is also a beautiful lady, something Belgan comments on. |
| 50 | --> '''Belgan, pouring a drink:''' "For a beautiful woman." |
| 51 | [[/folder]] |
| 52 | |
| 53 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 54 | * ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Betty Brant, J. Jonah Jameson's secretary was Peter Parker's first love, although she was not terribly sexpot. She briefly got replaced by Glory Grant, who was sex on two long legs. |
| 55 | * ''ComicBook/IronMan'': The lovely Pepper Potts. Originally, Pepper was more of a PluckyOfficeGirl with freckles, the classic hair bun, and a huge crush on Tony, her boss. Eventually, she had a makeover, literally LettingHerHairDown and proving herself to have been BeautifulAllAlong. |
| 56 | * ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'': Karen Page when she was Matt and Foggy's secretary. |
| 57 | * ''ComicBook/DamageControl'': Anne the receptionist. |
| 58 | * Victoria Hand, Norman Osborn's second in command during ''ComicBook/DarkReign'' and ''ComicBook/{{Siege}}'', though calling her a "secretary" would be greatly under-stating her job (which was basically being the OnlySaneMan for all of HAMMER.) Not that Norman Osborn hired her for her looks anyhow. |
| 59 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': In the Golden Age Franchise/WonderWoman acted as the secretary to Colonel (later General) Darnell. Darnell was a happily married man with zero interest in Di beyond her skills, though he seemed to [[ShipperOnDeck support]] Diana and ComicBook/{{Steve|Trevor}}'s burgeoning relationship and be aware that she was secretly Wonder Woman given how often he sends her out of the office when there's something needing Wondy's attention afoot. |
| 60 | * ''ComicBook/TheChroniclesOfWormwood'': Danny's regular homely-looking secretary is out sick, and gets a substitute in the form of an absolute bombshell who keeps bending over to pick things up, [[NotWhatItLooksLike just as he's trying to convince his girlfriend he's not cheating on her (anymore)]]. At the end of the story, it turns out the secretary's a lesbian, and the girlfriend had already seen the secretary with her own girlfriend (but Danny making an ass of himself was quite enjoyable). |
| 61 | [[/folder]] |
| 62 | |
| 63 | [[folder:Fanfiction]] |
| 64 | * In the ''Fanfic/FacingTheFutureSeries'', we have Tanya, Tucker's mayoral assistant. [[spoiler:Who is now his campaign manager]]. |
| 65 | [[/folder]] |
| 66 | |
| 67 | [[folder:Film]] |
| 68 | * Miss Moneypenny from the ''Film/JamesBond'' movies (and all subsequent parodies of her). The original stories describe her with the adjective "desirable" through the series. [[http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20071015_110172_110172&source=srch There turns out to be a lot]] behind the secretary who inspired Creator/IanFleming and Creator/LoisMaxwell. |
| 69 | ** The Moneypenny of the Creator/TimothyDalton movies had the edge of being both blonde '''and''' wearing glasses. |
| 70 | ** Played with in ''Film/{{Casino Royale|1967}}'' (1967) - David Niven as an out-of-retirement Bond enters his office and tells Moneypenny "You haven't changed a bit!". After a long smooch, she informs him that she's Moneypenny's daughter. |
| 71 | ** ''{{Film/Skyfall}}'' ends up being something of an OriginStory for the character, where it is revealed that she became a secretary because [[spoiler:she felt she wasn't suited to field work, having previously worked alongside Bond.]] |
| 72 | ** In ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' it's shown that even Blofeld has one! In the scene where he orders the assassination of Count Lippe, an attractive woman in glasses and a buttoned-up yet see-through blouse is shown writing down his command. It's probably to show the corporate nature of SPECTRE, because in the novels a clue to SPECTRE's true nature is that traditionally female jobs were filled by men. |
| 73 | * ''Film/TheBankJob'': Downplayed with Terry's secretary Ingrid, who is pretty (something Terry flippantly comments on), but dresses conservatively and is HappilyMarried to Terry's mechanic Eddie. |
| 74 | * The film ''Film/{{Secretary}}''. The secretary develops her sexy side in the course of the movie and is really neurotic and closed-up outside her relationship with her boss. |
| 75 | * Lois Laurel (played by no less than Creator/MarilynMonroe) in the classic 1952 screwball comedy ''Film/{{Monkey Business|1952}}'' (not to be confused with the 1931 Creator/MarxBrothers film of the same name). At one point her elderly male employer hands her some paperwork and says "Find someone to type this." As she sashays away the boss murmurs, "Anyone can type." |
| 76 | * Provides a moment of levity in the film ''Film/SchindlersList'': the viewer is treated to a montage of Schindler "testing" all the young female applicants to be his secretary. He flirts outrageously with each of them, then there's a shot of a grim middle-aged woman hammering away expertly at the test typewriter, with Schindler glumly slouched beside her. |
| 77 | * Gladys from ''Theatre/ThePajamaGame'' is really more cute than sexy, though she's treated that way by other characters. |
| 78 | * Ingeborg in Creator/BillyWilder's ''Film/OneTwoThree''. |
| 79 | * ''Film/HotFuzz''. Supermarket manager and SmugSnake Simon Skinner has one, though her personality is more that of a gum-popping SassySecretary. She does have a part-time job as a table dancer though, and seems to spend more time sitting on the desk filing her nails and showing off her legs than doing any work. |
| 80 | * Ulla from ''Film/TheProducers''. |
| 81 | * Creator/AmyAdams' character to Creator/TomHanks' in ''Film/CharlieWilsonsWar''; congressman Charlie Wilson makes it a point to employ only beautiful women as his assistants. |
| 82 | -->"Congressman Wilson, he has an expression. He says, 'You can teach 'em to type, but you can't teach 'em to grow tits.'" |
| 83 | * Pepper Potts as played by Gwyneth Paltrow in ''Film/IronMan1'', though she appears to be several levels of responsibility (and pay grades) higher than usual for the trope. Throughout the three films, she gradually ascends from being Tony's HyperCompetentSidekick to replacing him as head of his company (which he wasn't particularly good at doing himself due to being BrilliantButLazy and being a [[BigBadFriend questionable judge of character]], in addition to [[TripleShifter moonlighting as a jetsetting superhero]].) |
| 84 | * Creator/MarciaGayHarden as Miss Cheevus in ''Film/SpyHard''. [[OldShame She doesn't have fond memories of the role]]. |
| 85 | * Adrian Veidt's secretary in ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'' is quite attractive, if prone to making exasperated facial expressions when his back is turned. [[spoiler:And getting gruesomely shot in slow-mo.]] In a subversion, Veidt is likely using her as TheBeard given his implied homosexuality. |
| 86 | * Miss Scott, General Turgidson's secretary and mistress in ''Film/DrStrangelove''. For bonus points, she's the only female character in the movie, and spends her entire screentime in a bikini. |
| 87 | * Music/DollyParton's character in ''Film/NineToFive'' is a {{subver|tedTrope}}sion. She ''looks'' like this, and everyone else in the office thinks she's this, but she is horrified by the suggestion, and it leads to her joining the other two in their plot. |
| 88 | ** She's still a Sexy Secretary, but she's emphatically ''not'' sexing up the boss. Despite his best efforts and, as mentioned, what everyone else in the office believes (at least partially because the boss is doing his damnedest to imply that she is). |
| 89 | * Rose Pamphyle in ''Film/{{Populaire}}''. A CuteClumsyGirl in France of The50s who becomes secretary to an insurer then a champion in typewriting competitions. When Rose demonstrates her skills at typweriting for the first time, the left shoulder of the tie of her dress falls and her hair goes wild. As the story goes, her sexiness increases. |
| 90 | %%zce* Cover Girl from ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra''. |
| 91 | * Curvaceous Creator/MabelNormand plays a Sexy Secretary in ''[[Film/MabelsBlunder Mabel's Blunder]]'' (1914). The boss's son is her fiance, which doesn't stop the boss from hitting on her. |
| 92 | * Lady Deathstrike in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', even if the leather clothes aren't there while she's Stryker's assisant. |
| 93 | * Panis pretends to be an applicant for this position in ''Film/ShishOBesh'' to get close to the AmoralAttorney in order to steal his ruby. The only qualification necessary seems to be SleepingWithTheBoss. |
| 94 | * ''Film/WifeVsSecretary'': After UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode banhammer came down, MGM started toning down the unapologetic sluttiness of Creator/JeanHarlow's image from UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra. That's seen in this film where she plays Whitey, a more wholesome go-getting secretary and executive assistant. But Whitey's still a Sexy Secretary--too sexy, as far as her boss Van's wife Linda is concerned. And for that matter practically everyone else assumes incorrectly that Van has a thing going with his Sexy Secretary. |
| 95 | * ''Film/AliGIndahouse'': Kate Hedges, the Deputy Prime Minister's private secretary played by Creator/RhonaMitra. Ali G is rather blatant about drooling over her. Her hotness actually becomes a plot point later when they try to keep Ali G quiet about their real estate conspiracy by having her get into his pants. |
| 96 | * Molly from ''Film/OneTouchOfVenus'' is a downplayed example. While presented as more a match for Whitfield's intelligence, she's still played by Hollywood beauty Creator/EveArden. |
| 97 | * ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 2016}}'' has a rare male example. The female Ghostbusters hire a BrainlessBeauty played by Chris Hemsworth as their secretary. |
| 98 | * ''Film/VoyageToTheBottomOfTheSea''. The admiral's secretary Lieutenant Cathy Connors, a young blonde woman who is introduced via a MaleGaze of her ShakingTheRump as she dances in the messhall. She's the only woman serving on board the submarine, she wears a tight skirt and heels despite all the ladders, and she's in a relationship with her superior officer whom she intends to marry, [[ArtisticLicenseMilitary openly embracing and addressing him by his first name regardless of whether the crew is around]]. |
| 99 | * Dr. Blacker from ''Film/DoctorInDistress1963'' has Miss Steele, a pretty young girl who wears short skirts and has a large bust. |
| 100 | * Sid and Harry from ''Film/RaisingTheWind'' have the luscious Doris. Sid's quite a fan of her rear in particular. |
| 101 | [[/folder]] |
| 102 | |
| 103 | [[folder:Jokes]] |
| 104 | * A man goes to a temp agency to hire a new secretary. The agency produces several résumés, and asks the man which one he wants to hire. |
| 105 | -->'''Customer:''' The one with the biggest tits! |
| 106 | [[/folder]] |
| 107 | |
| 108 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 109 | %%* Judy in the book ''Plainsong''. |
| 110 | * ''Literature/{{Dune}}'': |
| 111 | ** Lady Jessica acts as her semi-husband's aide. She once with mild bitterness notes that this makes her a perfectly safe trustee of Atreides state secrets. |
| 112 | ** Leto trusts her, but that doesn't stop some of his other assistants from questioning whether she's more loyal to House Atreides or Bene Gesserit. Which would be a fair concern, except for the fact that she actually does love Leto and for his sake has disobeyed her orders to have a daughter rather than a son with him. |
| 113 | * John Nike from ''Literature/JenniferGovernment'' muses at one point how, while hot secretaries are fun, they are ultimately [[AwesomeButImpractical impractical]] (since they inevitably wind up demanding, and your books never get filed properly). |
| 114 | * Serendipity Sargasso in ''Literature/CityOfDevils'' and [[Literature/FiftyFeetOfTrouble its sequel]] is a subversion. She's perfectly attractive for a fish girl, until she smiles and shows off a mouth overflowing with needle-like teeth. |
| 115 | * The clueless secretary in ''Literature/TrickyBusiness'', hired solely on the basis of having a cleavage a small dog could get lost in. A defining moment would be when her wannabe criminal mastermind boss says to tell the media scrum outside that he's not here, at which point she goes outside to proclaim, "He says he's not here". |
| 116 | * In ''{{Literature/Vampirocracy}}'', Leon and Ling's private detective agency has secretary Liz, who is blonde, beautiful, buxom, and reads Shakespere during her downtime. |
| 117 | * In Creator/JamesPHogan's ''Literature/TheProteusOperation'', Lieutenant Colonel Boeckel is involved with his secretary, Hildegarde, who is described as 'trim and shapely'. He is told not to be so obvious about his relationship with her; shortly thereafter, she is sent elsewhere, and his new secretary is "fat as a carthorse and has bad breath". |
| 118 | * In the HeroesRUs ''Soldiers of Barrabas'' pulp novels, the SleazyPolitician who gives the SOB's their assignments has a buxom secretary who's clearly his mistress. In a subversion, she's an IceQueen who doesn't bother hiding her disdain for her boss and everyone else. |
| 119 | * Grace Matsuki of ''Literature/TheNo1LadiesDetectiveAgency'' has no patience for these types of secretaries, or indeed, such types of women in general (having herself passed her own secretary course with 97%). |
| 120 | * Completely subverted by Literature/HerculePoirot's secretary Miss Lemon, who is utterly repulsive but a terrifyingly efficient secretary. Her spare time is occupied by thinking up the ultimate in document organization systems. |
| 121 | * ''Literature/SecretSanta2004'': Executive Assistant Marcy is described as "shapely" and "one of Bigelow's favorite sights." |
| 122 | * ''Literature/WeCanRememberItForYouWholesale'' exaggerates this with Shirley, the receptionist at Rekal, the company that sells memories, works with her large exposed breasts on full display. |
| 123 | [[/folder]] |
| 124 | |
| 125 | [[folder:Live Action TV]] |
| 126 | %%zce* [[MsFanservice Private Helga Geerhart]] from ''Series/AlloAllo''. |
| 127 | %%zce* Elaine Vassell from ''Series/AllyMcBeal'' |
| 128 | * ''Series/{{Angel}}'': Cordelia acts as this for Angel Investigations in Season 1. In Season Five when Angel becomes CEO of [[OccultLawFirm Wolfram & Hart]], he [[BetterLivingThroughEvil naturally has to have this trope]], so ditzy blonde vampire Harmony is recruited. Angel is ''not'' happy about this, though the episode "Harm's Way" reveals that she is actually good at her job, if [[ButtMonkey constantly underappreciated]]. |
| 129 | * Young Mr. Grace (and his brother Old Mr. Grace) in ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'' had multiple sexy secretaries during the series. Just the sight of them often put quite a lot of stress on his weak heart, and in the sequel series ''Series/GraceAndFavour'', a sexy secretary's bikini top popped off (off-screen, of course), and gave Young Mr. Grace a fatal heart attack. |
| 130 | %%** Miss Belfridge in series 9 and 10 as well. |
| 131 | * ''Series/AufWiedersehenPet'' had Dagmar and Christa (played by Creator/LysetteAnthony). |
| 132 | * ''Series/TheBill'': Ted Roach encounters an example in the employ of a friend who's gone into private security, who denies there's any hanky-panky going on. Roach replies, "You're telling me you didn't hire that girl just to watch her lick the stamps?" |
| 133 | * In ''Series/BreakingBad'', Ted Beneke is being audited by the IRS for cooking his books, and Skyler has to intervene since if the IRS starts looking into her, they'll find evidence of the money laundering Skyler's doing with Walt's drug manufacturing. [[ObfuscatingStupidity Skyler pretends to be an incompetent secretary]] who was only [[HiredForTheirLooks hired for her looks]] to trick the IRS agent auditing Ted, convincing him that the irregularities he found weren't because of fraud, but because of her stupidity. |
| 134 | * ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'' has Julie, whose sexy side is played up in "Temple of the Body" when a tabloid magazine tries to interview her after she is photographed saving a dog from a lake whilst naked. |
| 135 | * ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Hank apparently ran off with one. |
| 136 | * Charlie Runkle's hot and submissive secretary in ''Series/{{Californication}}'' Season 1. |
| 137 | * ''Series/CoronationStreet'': Rosie Webster during her FilleFatale phase tried to be one to her boss Tony. She didn't do very well when she surprised him in a hotel room, and abandoned this afterwards. The sexy secretary schitck, not the FilleFatale behaviour. |
| 138 | * Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse |
| 139 | ** ''Series/JessicaJones2015'': Jeri Hogarth's secretary, Pam, is younger, bustier and more attractive than her wife. She's having an affair with her. |
| 140 | ** ''Series/Daredevil2015'': Karen Page, played by the stunning Creator/DeborahAnnWoll, functions as one for Nelson & Murdock. Both Matt Murdock and Foggy Nelson are attracted to her, and in season 2, Matt begins dating her. Likely with this trope in mind however, [[InsistentTerminology she repeatedly insists]] that she's not a "secretary" but an "office manager", given that she does most of the work to keep the place running. |
| 141 | ** ''Series/LukeCage2016'': Diamondback was born out of wedlock from an affair his preacher father had with his secretary. |
| 142 | --->'''Diamondback:''' I wish you could have met Dana, my mother. ''(hands Boone a photograph)'' |
| 143 | --->'''Boone:''' She's beautiful. |
| 144 | --->'''Diamondback:''' She was a secretary for a big-time preacher. A bold, charismatic man who loved to talk loud and dress fancy. They worked long, stressful hours and... Well they had a lot of laughter in that back office. Something was bound to happen and...it did. I was born. |
| 145 | * ''Series/DiplomaticImmunity'' has Kirsty, who is more of a PerkyGoth version of this trope. But she still receives multiple proposals every year, to her annoyance. In contrast to the other corrupt members of the embassy, she seems to be the only one who does any legitimate work. |
| 146 | * ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Missandei is essentially Daenerys' secretary and is a good looking woman to boot. |
| 147 | * ''Series/GetSmart'': In "Greer Window" the head of Greer Industries has one, and [[MaleGaze her sexiness is emphasized]] whenever she bends down to get something from the filing cabinet. The Chief looks happy when told she has to get another file, only for his smile to disappear when told it's in the top drawer. |
| 148 | * Commandant Klink of ''Series/HogansHeroes'' had two, Hilda and then her SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Helga. |
| 149 | * Stella's secretary in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''. Notable in that she was played by a much revitalized Britney Spears following her divorce and subsequent breakdown. |
| 150 | * Carrie Heffernan in ''Series/TheKingOfQueens'' generally resents her lowly status as a legal secretary/PA and continually strives to be seen as something more than this. But she isn't above playing on the Sexy Secretary trope for favors from her less politically correct bosses. |
| 151 | * Joan Holloway from ''Series/MadMen'', as played by the stunning Creator/ChristinaHendricks. |
| 152 | ** A male variant in the form of Lane Pryce's assistant (effectively a secretary). He is considered absolutely heavenly by all of the younger American (female) secretaries. They particularly like his voice and accent, complete with the line about listening to him read the phone book. |
| 153 | ** All of them. Probably even Miss Ida "Queen of Perversions" Blankenship, [[IWasQuiteALooker back in her day]]. |
| 154 | ** This is actually a recurring plot point--as Joan mentions in Season 4, it's not uncommon for men to hook up with and/or marry their secretaries. Roger Sterling does it early on, eventually marrying Don's secretary; Harry Crane gets ExiledToTheCouch for it; and Don himself had a fling with Allison and ends up proposing to current secretary Megan by the end of Season 4. |
| 155 | * In the ''[[Series/WaltDisneyPresents Disneyland]]'' episode "Mars and Beyond", The secretary that gets kidnapped by Martians is originally depicted as being sexy and not very bright. After she's kidnapped by Martians, she [[DamselOutOfDistress turns into a superheroine and rescues herself]]. |
| 156 | * In the Creator/{{ITV}}1 WorkCom, ''Series/MumbaiCalling'', one of the call centre staff decides to hire a sexy secretary for his new boss. After said boss makes it clear he doesn't want one, the female assessor from London, who was dropped miles away at his suggestion (they thought she, Terri Johnson, was a he) and now looks very disheveled after an encounter with a fruit stall and donkey droppings, arrives. The first guy pulls a textbook RightInFrontOfMe, when he compliments her on her "dirty Carol Vorderman" look, but says the interviews are over. |
| 157 | * Downplayed in ''Series/TheNuttHouse''. Sally (played by Creator/MollyHagan) is certainly attractive, and Charles falls for her on sight, but she's not described as a sexpot. |
| 158 | * ''Series/TheOfficeUS'' had two receptionists at Dundler Mifflin, Pam Beesly and Erin Hannon, both of whom were complimented on their looks and [[DudeMagnet attracted many co-workers]]. |
| 159 | * ''Series/{{Oz}}'': Warden Glynn gets a vivacious black woman as his PA, and for once no-one complains about having to wait to see him. |
| 160 | * In [[TheFifties the 1950's]] sitcom ''Series/PrivateSecretary'', Ann Sothern played a very attractive secretary whose attempts to help out her boss (especially in romance) tended to comedically backfire. |
| 161 | * ''Series/TheProfessionals''. George Cowley has a number of attractive women working as secretaries or chauffeurs, as noted with appreciation by Bodie and Doyle, or envious Whitehall mandarins. Cowley claims not to notice their looks and in fairness his relationships with them are always professional, likely because at least some of them are trained [=CI5=] agents. |
| 162 | * Sam from ''Series/RichardDiamondPrivateDetective'', originally played by Mary Tyler Moore, pulled this off while being unseen for the most part - all the viewers got was her voice and her legs...[[TheOtherDarrin both of which proved replaceable.]] |
| 163 | * In ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', George tries to avoid getting a sexy secretary. He ends up with a nerdy, more efficient secretary instead, and has sex with her anyway, because she was so efficient it [[GeekyTurnOn turned him on]]. |
| 164 | * Stacy Paterno from ''Series/SpinCity'' played by Creator/JenniferEsposito. |
| 165 | * Jennifer Marlowe (Loni Anderson) in ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'': Although Jennifer is very precise in identifying herself as a receptionist, ''not'' a secretary since she didn't type, take dictation or get coffee. Originally written as a DitzySecretary, Loni Anderson refused to play her that way and instead auditioned with her being the smartest person at the station and something of a snot. Producers loved it and rewrote the character to fit Anderson's interpretation. |
| 166 | * Donnatella Moss from ''Series/TheWestWing'' wasn't ''just'' a secretary, but it was clearly included in her job description. As for her sexiness, sceptics are referred to the opening section of ''The Portland Trip'' and the red dress that has become infamous in the fandom. |
| 167 | ** Another Donna is Harvey Specter's assistant from ''Suits'' is not only sexy but also smarter then the boys and has the sass to get away with it. |
| 168 | |
| 169 | |
| 170 | [[/folder]] |
| 171 | |
| 172 | [[folder:Magazines]] |
| 173 | * Magazine/{{Humorama}}: Their digest line featured these as a staple of their gag cartoons. It helps that many were drawn by skilled illustrators like Dan Decarlo, Bill Ward and Bill Wenzel. |
| 174 | [[/folder]] |
| 175 | |
| 176 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 177 | * In the video for the Music/{{Rammstein}} single "Pussy", the drummer Christoph Schneider plays a CEO who gets seduced by his secretary. |
| 178 | * Sandra [=McCoy=] as Music/JustinTimberlake's "Sexretary" at the beginning of *Music/{{NSYNC}}'s "Pop" performance at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards. |
| 179 | * Lene Alexandra in her "My Boobs Are Okay" video. |
| 180 | * Before joining [[Music/HelloProject Morning Musume]] Nakazawa Yuko was a secretary; she's also quite attractive. |
| 181 | * The Music/MarianasTrench video for "All To Myself" has one, complete with an OfficeRomance. |
| 182 | [[/folder]] |
| 183 | |
| 184 | [[folder:Newspaper Comics]] |
| 185 | * ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey'': Miss Buxley is Brigadier General Halftrack's secretary, and everyone on the base seems to lust after her. Halftrack's own DirtyOldMan tendencies to her had to be toned down over the years when they became less politically correct. |
| 186 | * ComicStrip/AgathaCrumm's secretary, Winsome. A second one, Harriet, was introduced later. |
| 187 | %%* The title character from the 1955-83 strip ''Lolly''. |
| 188 | * In one ''ComicStrip/{{Herman}}'' strip, a company bigwig hires a pretty lady with the caveat that if his wife should ever lay eyes on her, she's fired. |
| 189 | [[/folder]] |
| 190 | |
| 191 | [[folder:Professional Wrestling]] |
| 192 | * Wrestling/StacyKeibler had a secretary type [[TheGimmick gimmick]], going by Ms. Hancock on the team Standards and Practices (Lenny Lane and Wrestling/{{Lodi}}) for the majority of her time in Wrestling/{{WCW}}, and occasionally donned the sexretary gear in WWF/WWE as well. |
| 193 | * During his run as WCW Commissioner, [[Wrestling/ErnestMiller Ernest "The Cat" Miller]] had a secretary named Ms. Jones. |
| 194 | * In WWE, when Wrestling/MickFoley was the commissioner, [[Wrestling/DebraMarshall Debra [=McMichael=]]] played this for a short time. |
| 195 | * [[Wrestling/BrookeAdams Miss Tesmacher]] [[Film/SupermanFilmSeries (no, not that one]]...[[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling that one]]) |
| 196 | * Wrestling/SuYung is an [[GenreSavvy advertised one]], for the Premier Athlete Brand in Wrestling/DragonGate. |
| 197 | * Subverted by Alexandra York in WCW, who wore coke-bottle glasses and frumpy business suits and never did anything at all fanservicey despite being played by the obviously attractive Wrestling/{{Terri Runnels}}, who would switch to full-time MsFanservice as Marlena and her own name in Wrestling/{{WWE}}. |
| 198 | [[/folder]] |
| 199 | |
| 200 | [[folder:Radio]] |
| 201 | * ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': In "The Dancer", Miss Brooks mistakes an exotic dancer applying for a job at Mr. Conklin's brother-in-law's bachelor party as the new secretary. Miss Brooks tells her to start work in Mr. Conklin's office. HilarityEnsues. |
| 202 | * Samantha, the unseen, unheard and quite possibly fictional assistant and scorer on ''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue''. |
| 203 | [[/folder]] |
| 204 | |
| 205 | [[folder:Theater]] |
| 206 | * Hedy [=LaRue=] from ''Theatre/HowToSucceedInBusinessWithoutReallyTrying''. She can type only 12 WPM but has other [[MsFanservice obvious qualifications]]. |
| 207 | * Ulla from ''Film/TheProducers''. (Yes, she is definitely worth mentioning twice.) |
| 208 | [[/folder]] |
| 209 | |
| 210 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 211 | * Olga from ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' [[spoiler:Reincarnates into one of these in TheStinger of Episode 22 of the game and is Deus's secretary.]] |
| 212 | * The character of Miss Danvers from ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'' isn't one, but looks like she might have been 10 years or so ago. Interestingly, beta screenshots show that she originally was one, and her appearance was altered late in the games development to age her up and make her facial expression more stern and less pouty. |
| 213 | * Rachel in ''VisualNovel/HotelDuskRoom215''. |
| 214 | * Kotori Otonashi from ''VideoGame/TheIdolMaster'' game/[[Anime/TheIdolMaster anime]]. |
| 215 | * Vice and Mature from ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' are first seen as Rugal Berstein's secretaries, but after [[spoiler:his death]] in ''95'', they become playable characters and Iori Yagami's fighting partners. |
| 216 | * ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' has Yeoman Kelly Chambers, who is essentially Shepard's secretary. Flirt with her and, regardless of gender, she flirts right back. [[spoiler:She can even show Shepard her gratitude for being rescued.]] |
| 217 | * In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', Kelly Chambers' role is taken over by [[BrainyBrunette Samantha]] [[LipstickLesbian Traynor]], who will sleep only with ''female'' Shepard and actually contributes to the plot. |
| 218 | * Courtney from ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'', who's blonde and wears glasses and low-cut tops, as well as being a CuteClumsyGirl. |
| 219 | * Oleana in ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' is the personal assistant to [[BigBad Chairman Rose]]. |
| 220 | * Jodie Crawford from ''VideoGame/MetalWolfChaos'' is a secretary, has a cute err... icon, and a rather pretty voice! |
| 221 | * Ingrid Hunnigan in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' fits this trope with a splash of {{Meganekko}} for good measure. |
| 222 | * The Imperial Agent in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' contacts headquarters through Watcher Two, whom the male Agent can flirt shamelessly with. |
| 223 | %%zce* In the goblin starting zone in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', the player had one on their home on Kezan. |
| 224 | [[/folder]] |
| 225 | |
| 226 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 227 | * Sandra Telfer of ''WebAnimation/BrokenSaints'' fame. |
| 228 | [[/folder]] |
| 229 | |
| 230 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 231 | * The webcomic ''Webcomic/EvilInc'' has had two; Lightning Lady and Desdemona. (Evil Atom hires them strictly on this basis.) |
| 232 | * Lavender of ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' is a [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifting]] alien secretary who adopts a rather over-the-top appearance because [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2011-01-12 she's a bit attracted to her boss.]] |
| 233 | * Parodied in-universe in ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'': On one occasion when Incubus appears in Allison's symbolical mental world, he's sitting behind a desk like he's in an Earth-style office. He also has a what might at first sight appear to be a sexily dressed female secretary... except that's also Incubus himself, with hair and clothes appropriate for the role. The way he looks, you might not even notice if you read quickly. |
| 234 | [[/folder]] |
| 235 | |
| 236 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 237 | %%zce* Hello Nurse from ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' seems to be this, rather than an actual nurse. |
| 238 | * The role Kitty fulfills at Sam's office from ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldsBabesAndBullets''. |
| 239 | * Rosemary on ''WesternAnimation/HongKongPhooey'' that has an incredibly short uniform. |
| 240 | * ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'' gives us the lovely Tricia, secretary to [[strike:Howard Stark]] Obadiah Stane. |
| 241 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'': Ms. Sara Bellum, the Mayor's very [[StatuesqueStunner statuesque]] assistant, emphasized by [[TheFaceless the camera always focusing on her body and never having her face in the frame]]. Far from just a pretty not-face, she's brainy, a sensitive TeamMom and a capable ActionGirl when the need arises. And because her boss is so [[MayorPain comically incompetent]], it's implied that she is [[BehindEveryGreatMan effectively the leader]] of Townsville. |
| 242 | * Janine Melnitz on ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters''. Compared at the [[Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}} movie]], she became a tall and curvy bombshell. In the first seasons regularly comes to work in tank tops and mini-skirts, and even once in a bikini... |
| 243 | * ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' featured one in the episode "Xabrina Warrior Witch". She's wearing a form flattering business suit, chewing gum and has very obvious make-up and big hair. |
| 244 | * An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' pastiching spy fiction, and James Bond in particular, featured one. When Sam addresses her as "honey bunny", Max suggests that he's being a tad flirty, but Sam points out that [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude she really is named "Ms. Honeybunny"]], and that she's the temp the Geek hired "to screen her calls and salt her food [[LampshadeHanging and to facilitate this macho spy guy moment.]]" |
| 245 | * ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats'': Callie Briggs shares some aspects of this character trope, but she's actually the Deputy Mayor! (and she basically does Mayor Manx's job for him, which makes her a HypercompetentSidekick) |
| 246 | %%* [[TheDragon Leslie]] from ''WesternAnimation/WordGirl''. |
| 247 | [[/folder]] |
| 248 | |
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| 250 | |
| 251 | ''If you don't mind me asking... '''How the hell do you people manage to get any work done?''''' |
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