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alt title(s): Miss Fanservice
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Ms. Fanservice is, simply put, the character, usually female, who provides most of the fanservice in the series, sometimes fanservice incarnate. This fanservice can range from simple revealing of cleavage, midriff and short skirts all the way through to wearing only Censor Steam. There might or might not be in-story handwaving of this fact — see Innocent Fanservice Girl. It seems to be part and parcel of being The Chick in any given Five Man Band, but they don't have to be (for instance, the above named example of Servalan was actually the main baddie of that series). Either way, the camera seems to have the hots for this character, and the viewing audience is expected to feel the same way. The real trick is to make it so that being eye candy doesn't make her a Flat Character. Besides, being flat usually doesn't fit this type of character. Usually, mind you.
Sometimes a female character provides Fanservice, but has never appeared in the series until almost the exact moment of Fanservice, and then never appears again. She would then fall under the Fanservice Extra trope rather than this one.
Please note that there is no requirement to actually be single to fit into this trope. Many of these characters are married.
For the Spear Counterpart, see Estrogen Brigade Bait. For characters who have this effect in-story, see Hello Nurse. Related to Innocent Fanservice Girl. If she also sleeps with most of the crew, she either Really Gets Around or is a Good Bad Girl. If she goes entirely over the top, she might just be a Fetish Fuel Station Attendant.
Contrast the Token Wholesome.
Examples
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Anime & Manga
- Ash's female companions in Pokemon. This status was confirmed by Word of God.
- The Major in Ghost in the Shell.
- Seras Victoria of Hellsing becomes Ms Fanservice after Alucard turns her into a vampire - her breasts apparently go up a few cup sizes, and she is issued a tight fantasy police woman uniform with a super-short skirt.
- Noir's Mirielle Boquet might fit this trope. She has great curves, Hartman Hips, a short skirt, nice combat boots, and a tendency to kick lots of ass. She's even seen in outfits that expose her midriff! However, some might think less about her sex appeal and more on her Character Development.
- As constantly sent up in the Gag Dub, Yu-Gi-Oh The Abridged Series, the whole purpose of Mai Valentine in Yu-Gi-Oh!.
- Asuka/Alexis in GX— big breasts, a dangerously short skirt, and long legs which are further complemented with a pair of ankle boots. She actively tries to avoid that title, but the love-struck characters won't let her. In the manga, her boobs are even bigger (maybe because her introduction shot is from the bottom up). The dub leans on the fourth wall when Tyranno sees her for the first time - Chazz just happens to be filming a TV show pilot when Alexis appears, and Tyranno remarks "your show just got a whole lot better."
- The Black/Dark Magician Girl is famous for this one, being nearly fanservice incarnate.
- Faye Valentine from Cowboy Bebop. Of course, the only other female member of the main cast is a tomboyish 13-yearold.
- The mountainous Rangiku Matsumoto on Bleach is hardly shy about bringing up her godly assets in regular conversation.
- While Misato Katsuragi is not the only source of fanservice in Neon Genesis Evangelion, she embodies this trope so well that she even makes jokes about it in the voiceover for several of the series' Post Episode Trailers. Jerk Ass Asuka is the second main source, and it's intentional on the character's part. Her Freudian Excuse has the effect of making her a total attention whore.
- Fujiko from Lupin III would have to be included, given that Misato and Faye are more than slightly "inspired" by her.
- Black Lagoon has Revy, who can show off her legs that
 many times and yet still be a relevant character.
- Sakura Yamazaki in Blue Seed (although the other female characters certainly are attractive, she is the only one who flaunts it).
- Weda, the Hot Shounen Mom and Bottle Fairy of Jungle Wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu.
- Mikuru, the resident Moe-Blob in Suzumiya Haruhi. She was recruited into the SOS Brigade by Haruhi specifically to fit this role. Future Mikuru fits this trope better, though.
- Tsunade from Naruto. She's got a huge rack and only wears Absolute Cleavage outfits.
- Anko Mitarashi. She wears only a fishnet underneath her Badass Longcoat.
- Kurenai Yuhi, in one of the openings Jiraiya stops to oogle at a photo of her in a short kimono.
- Ino. After the timeskip, she also wears fishnet like Anko. Still, even before the timeskip, when she was twelve, she seemed to wear only about cloth straps as underwear and bra underneath her (scantily, compared to the other similarly aged characters) clothes.
- Most of the women in Gundam 00 are large-chested and wear tight outfits, but it's especially noticeable with Bottle Fairy Sumeragi and Chinese Girl Liu Mei. The first season could be particularly blatant about it, especially early on, while the second one has been somewhat more prudent. Then there's Nena Trinity - An Evil Redhead with Boobs Of Steel dressed in Sensual Spandex and long socks/boots.
- Yoko from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, a shapely young woman with a sniper rifle, a Scarf Of Asskicking and a flame-painted Battle Bikini. Her Beach Episode swimsuit is less revealing than her normal outfit.
- Yoko was this both in appearance and personality at the beginning, hinted by the fact that she gave Simon a special service while smiling about it. The director probably decided to change it since by the middle of the series she gives off the vibe that she the type of girl who would beat the living tar out of a guy just for being an accidental pervert.
- Rushuna Tendo from Grenadier. Her manga incarnation may very well be the Grand Poobah of Fanservice. Even the way she reloads her revolver is fanservice.
- Hot Mom Aki Hinata of Keroro Gunsou intervenes on Earth's behalf with authority and boobs. No. Really. It apparently runs in the family, as her daughter Natsumi gets a lot of fanservice shots too.
- Natsumi definitely qualifies, at least in part for being a Schoolgirl Lesbian magnet. And when she gets aged up to adulthood thanks to one of the aliens' devices, she's absolutely smoking hot.
- Haruka of Minami-ke.
- Kallen alone would technically fulfill the quota for Code Geass but C.C. certainly contributes as well. The staff have gone out of their way here, taking advantage of pretty much every available opportunity to showcase Kallen's assets, including positioning the camera at an odd angle when she piloted mecha just to get a better view of her behind. And who could forget the time she piloted a mech clad only in a bunny-girl costume. Oh, and making her forget that she's naked in the shower, so that she can threaten/kill a young man.
- Pretty much any female member of the cast within Ashford Academy (except Nina).
- Villetta Nu is Ms. Fanservice for the baddies — except for the Heel Face Turn... or Heel Face Revolving Door, to be more precise. Cornelia has quite a few fanservice-y traits to her too... aw, hell, almost anything with boobs (except Kaguya who is the most flat-chested according to Word Of God, and possibly Nina) can be Ms. Fanservice at one point or another during the show.
- Miss Deep in the Read Or Die OVA. Her outfit is even more Stripperiffic than Faye Valentine's. For crying out loud, her name is Miss Deep. This is even lampshaded in the English dub: "Sounds like the name of a porn star!" Justified since she's a clone of scandalous
spy dancer Mata Hari.
- Ironically, the actual Mata Hari was quite modestly endowed
- Lavinia from Soukou No Strain. This is made even more obvious when you realize that, in the source material, she was a bully, but in the anime, she's the heroine's biggest fangirl, the change made apparently to keep the yuri fanboys watching. She was the only one in the thirteen-episode show to have her own episode, which consisted mainly of her fantasizing about Sara, kissing Jessie in the shower, and running around naked, with a small bit of plot at the end.
- Young coach Aoi Hanamura from The Prince Of Tennis is a very beautiful lady with a rather large chest, and also fond of wearing leather pants.
- She's not the only one, either. Yumiko, Shusuke and Yuuta Fuji's sister, is as gorgeous and large-chested as Hanamura is.
- Watch episode 129. Look at young Ryuzaki-sensei.
- Hevn in Get Backers. The anime really toned her down; she actually doesn't show any cleavage in the very beginning of the IL arc.
- Nami in One Piece.
- And Pirate Empress Boa Hancock.
- And Nico Robin, with her Zettai Ryouiki and her vaguely fetishistic leather outfits.
- Alvida tries to be this once she becomes sexy, but usually gets overtaken by the urge for carnage, or gets sideswiped out of focus by a bigger baddie.
- Minato Haruka in Martian Successor Nadesico. (An unintentionally amusing scene comes late in the series when, in a shot with generally higher-quality animation, she suddenly has conspicuously airbrushed-and-shiny cleavage.)
- Kaere Kimura (Kiri Komori and Arai Chie to a lesser degree) in Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei. Half the time they only make appearances for the sake of fanservice.
- Note that these characters are straight-up parodies of this trope, taking the pointless fanservice to its logical extremes. Kimura keeps flashing her panties, at first in situations where panties should be visible without a Magic Skirt, but later on is seen bent down in some bushes, with only her backside visible, despite it having nothing to do with the scene. The scenes between Chie and Komori become increasingly suggestive, especially since the characters never interact outside them, in any way. Considering the nature of the show, it should be clear that this is something of a commentary about fanservice in general, while still providing it in absurd amounts.
- Urd & Peorth of Ah My Goddess. Sayoko often tries to draw Male Gaze, but gets outshined by the goddesses.
- Urd is put to shame by her mother Hild.
- And don't forget that first adorable little ninja mouse girl Marller recruited...
- Kurumu from {{Rosario + Vampire}}. One wonders why she even bothers wearing a skirt if she's just going to show off her panties all the time.
- Ghost Hound mostly lacks fanservice, with Outori being the sole exception; her breasts and legs get ample attention and her feet even get swooned over by her boss. It is not overdone, though, and doesn't really distract from the premise. Still, it is fairly remarkable in that she is an adult character in a show that is mainly about middle/high school kids.
- This title is shared between Mai and Natsuki of Mai-HiME, though they're not just there for fanservice (in the anime, at least... the manga is a totally different animal). Mai's, um, appreciable features occasionally draw stares from Yuuichi and Mikoto... and according to boys and girls alike, Natsuki looks damn good in a swimsuit.
- Yoshinoya-sensei from Hidamari Sketch sometimes fulfills this role, since her love for cosplay makes her show up in some very revealing or titillating costumes — for instance the maid outfit from He Is My Master. She has the sexy poses down pat as well.
- Kaito of Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch is the resident Mr. Fanservice. For those in the Periphery Demographic, Hanon has quite a few bath scenes.
- Ranma Saotome. Half the time, at least. {Lampshaded}} in its abridged form.
- Female Ranma provides easily 80% of the Fanservice in the series, with Shampoo contributing with about 15% and Akane the other 5%.
Pretty much every character Rumiko Takahashi has created has had his/her moment as Mr. or Ms. Fanservice. Most notably those who change genders, wear tiger-striped bikinis, have dog ears ( earning quite a few topless scenes at the same time), or have the name Akemi.
- Sheryl Nome, from Macross Frontier. This is much more obvious in the second (third?) opening, wherein she defies the laws of physics to avoid a wardrobe malfunction.
- Petrushka from Gunslinger Girl.
- Lady Susan in Zatch Bell, whose name in the Japanese version is... well... Big Boing.
- Fate of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha is another main character example. She retained her Stripperific villain costume after her Heel Face Turn, sleeps in black lingerie, and where Nanoha upgrades by getting covered with more armor, Fate upgrades by being covered with less to make her move faster.
- And for the non-loli crowd, her familiar is also pretty well rounded?
- Not to mention Fate again after getting older.
- Lust from Fullmetal Alchemist.
- Machiko Mai form Maichinngu Machiko Sensei got a panty shot once an episode.
- Cutey Honey unsurprisingly, given that she was created by the man who invented anime fanservice.
- Who also happened to invent Kekko Kamen, a more, ahem, blatant example.
- Fujiko from Zettai Karen Children goes out of her way to show lots of legs & boobs, despite being the highest-ranking officer (and president) of BABEL. One scene even has her giving orders while being barefooted and wearing an ultra short miniskirt for no good reason whatsoever.
- Mizuho Kazami. Dear gods, the voluptuous redhead that is Mizuho Kazami!
- Her mother Hatsuho far outshines her (and she's over 40 and looking even hotter)
- Gun X Sword has Carmen 99 and Fasalina.
- Yanagi and Fuuko serve this purpose in Flame Of Recca, aside from their other roles as Love Interest and Action Girl respectively.
- Kodomo No Jikan has Rin. Who is in third grade. Make of that what you will.
- Sedusa and Ms. Bellum in Demashita Powerpuff Girls Z definitely fit this trope.
- Sanae Nakajima, the Meganekko from Sumomomo Momomo is the heir of the horse family of martial artists. Most of the horse family's fighting style involves kicks, so Sanae is constantly strengthening her legs and thighs... And then there's the family heirloom, a horse- and bondage- themed outfit that greatly strengthens the wearer... But works better the less of it is worn, to the point where she sometimes has to fight wearing just boots, a thong, and very carefully placed suspenders. Or nothing at all. And poor Sanae really just wants to be normal.
- Melinda from Somedays Dreamers gets a lot of shots of her in a miniskirt, and she is not shy of showing off her cleavage either. Curiously, main chaacter Yume is not far behind in that regard, even though she is much younger and therefore not quite as well endowed.
- Any of the DearS are Ms Fanservice really, but the TEACHER in that series, OH MY GOD! She glomps nearly ANYONE is bouncing up and down, running from one end to another, and just... well the way she dresses...I'll be in my bunk.
- Kenichi The Mightiest Disciple gives us Miu, who wears Sensual Spandex all the time, and Shigure, who could care less about Kenichi walking in on her while she's changing, and suffers Clothing Damage on a regular basis.
- Margery Daw from Shakugan No Shana is a very blatant case of this.
- Simca, in Air Gear. All. The. Time.
- Senou Natsuru in Kampfer. The twist? He attracts the fanservice part in his Kampfer girl form.
- While not exactly as revealing as other examples, I can't believe Yuuko hasn't been mentioned yet.
- Or Ryoko I◊ mean◊ seriously,◊ just◊ look◊ at◊ her.◊
- Not to mention Nagi during the beach episode. Solely to piss off Ryoko.
- The older girls and women in Soul Eater fit this.
- Blair is practically the incarnation of this.
- Thanks to the Book of Eibon, she's both.
- Mylene Hoffman/Agent 009-1 from 009-1 often goes to mission briefings wearing a really short skirt, tends to wear Modesty Beddsheets while showing off her Sexy Back and her ample breasts double as machine guns that cause Clothing Damage when she fires them.
- Lucy/Nyuu from Elfen Lied. Even when Lucy is being Ax Crazy, there are frequent frames zooming in on her cleavage. She's also frequently seen naked. Nyuu takes it even further with her fondness of her breasts being touched. Her cleavage is toned down in the anime adaption unfortunately.
- Although all of the girls in Chrono Crusade get their fair amount of fanservice, Satella is extremely flirty and well aware of her good looks, as well as the curviest woman in the entire series. And in the manga, she's also a shotacon, which means she spends a lot of the series giving Chrono special attention.
- Lamia from Demon Lord Dante, pretty obvious there would be at least one since it's Go Nagai. While Medusa does wander around half-dressed-to-naked most of the time since her cover in the human world is as a model, Lamia wears a fetish-y outfit that, with her dark grey skin and long ears, make her resemble a Drow. And then there's the fact her raison d'etre is to have Dante's babies and conquer the world with them. Fortunately for humanity, he thinks with the head on top.
- Naomi Flugel from Zoids/ZERO
- Hideyoshi fits this trope perfectly. The series is even aware of it, as whenever there is a possible point to insert fanservice, they make sure she is there. Dressed in various costumes including nurse and maid, and appears as the round girl (girl holding up the round number) in various suggestive positions and clothes. The only part that doesn't fit is her flat chest, but for some, that's also an appealing factor... Wait.... HE'S A GUY?
- Mizuki from Gravion, seriously look at the clothing she wears◊. Couple that with the all the Gainaxing, Male Gaze and Clothing Damage, she might as well be called misstress fanservice.
- Junko from Desert Punk invokes to trope to get other mercenieries to do her job for her.
Comics
- Pick a superheroine. Any superheroine. Except Jubilee.
- Jubilee wasn't an example for a while, but thanks to Fail Polish, she is now.
- Shadowcat, on the other hand, yet remains perhaps the only female character in Marvel over the age of twelve to retain her petiteness. Although that's partly due to every writer at Marvel except Joss Whedon having forgotten she existed.
- Wolfsbane and (usually) Moonstar are usually given petite frames. The few exceptions have either been by bad artists (* cough* robliefeld* cough* ) and/or just look ridiculous because all the past art has them slender.
- Emma Frost, on the other hand, is the epitome of this trope. Especially in the infamous Greg Call covers. She seems to be fully Genre Savvy about this.
- Also, Psylocke. Not so much with the Most Common Superpower, but her costume is still Stripperiffic, giving her what might possibly be the worst wedgie in the entire Marvel Universe.
- Usually an aversion is the minor X-Man character Dust, who is Muslim and observes hijab, wearing a loose outfit that covers everything but her eyes. Even so, some artists draw it skintight
- Squirrel Girl (an aversion) and Big Bertha (a subversion).
- Squirrel Girl does play it straight◊ when she's seen at a beach in her fur bikini, but unfortunately she went with Bertha (a female The Blob) and Deadpool (whose skin is continuously being mangled by cancer) who are also wearing revealing outfits.
- Red Sonja.
- Recently subverted with Power Girl in Justice Society of America: her body hasn't changed, but she's finally come into her own as a successful warrior and leader, to the point that she is now chairwoman of the JSA. She still provides plenty of fanservice though.
- Empowered herself is arguably a deconstruction of this trope, being a Faux Action Girl whose suit tends to rip up at the worst possible moment and being tied up and gagged, and thus the center of many people's attention left her in a neurotic mess of self-esteem and body-image issues, and yes — she does provide most of the fan service in the series, and is fully aware of that, making her an even bigger neurotic mess.
- Ocelotina on the other hand intentionally plays to this trope, pretending to be a superheroine and getting into the same situtations Emp does for profit.
- Archie Comics: Cheryl Blossom defined this in the '80s (where it got her written out of the books) and '90s, where she was basically red hair on Pamela Anderson's face and body (the ones she had in the 90s). Melody was this for Josie And The Pussycats, wearing the skimpiest outfits and drawing all the male attention.
- Almost any female character in Li'l Abner who wasn't an old lady, especially Daisy Mae, Moonbeam McSwine and the Wolf Gal. Since the strip started in 1934, this means it's Older Than Television.
- Tiffany, The Libby from Luann is this for the strip, giving much Snark Bait to online fans, considering the head writer is over 60, and Tiffany's a teenager. One memorable strip featured her in a string bikini, and most of the time she's just in a cheerleader outfit.
- The British wartime newspaper comic Jane featured a title character who was always willing to help the war effort - which usually involved losing her clothes in some way. In Real Life, it was claimed that this actually helped boost troop morale. This may have been the first newspaper strip ever to include complete nudity, and was seen as unbelievably daring at the time.
- There were rumours that when she appeared completely starkers it would be D-Day. Winston Churchill personally intervened on the matter to make it so.
- Modesty Blaise frequently depicted its title character in various states of undress.
- Ms. Buxley, from Beetle Bailey. She was even more so earlier in the '70s and '80s.
- June Morgan, the wife and nurse of Rex Morgan, M.D., drawn with a Patrick Nagel face and... prominent attributes.
- La Mulatona from Clemente. They even mix some Fetish Fuel when they make Clemente swimming in her breasts (a common scene in macrophile porn) a running gag.
- Gaturranta in the very first strips of Gaturro.
- Irish Coffee's stripper girlfriend.
- Wally Wood's Sally Forth, done originally for military papers, used any excuse to get the buxom but naive titular character out of her clothes. Not to be confused with the present-day strip of this name, which is about a fully clothed housewife.
- Cythea in Necrophim, a beautiful succubus who never wears any clothes.
- Averted in the DC series Manhunter: Street Justice, with protagonist Kate wearing a full-coverage bodysuit when she fights crime. Granted, she stole it from an evidence locker, but kudos to the author for making her different.
- Vikki Vale in All Star Batman and Robin spent the first few pages dressed in nothing but a pink bra and undies talking about how Superman is the 'Man of Steel' for other reasons and all they had was a flying bat. When she found out that she had a date with Bruce Wayne, she ended up in very revealing dress.
- Frank Miller's script for that part reads less like 'Dark Knight Returns' and more along the lines of Jay Naylor.
- Little Ego. Ego exists solely to lose her clothes and get caught in erotic situations.
- Durham Red in Strontium Dog generally wears a low-cut uniform and stands in a manner that emphasises her legs.
- Liz, Jon Arbuckle's girlfriend in Garfield. Seen here. Yes, Garfield has fanservice. It's a new day.
- Thorn from Bone, not so much in early chapters, though. In later chapters, you get to see her bare legs quite a bit, and almost a little boobage due to Clothing Damage. There's even a gag (that actually is in an early chapter) where Fone Bone is nervous enough to accidentally eat a bar of soap because he's taking a bath with Thorn (And before that, he watches a bird that seems to be there for the sole purpose of averting Fone's gaze away from Thorn while she's getting nude, before she goes in the water). Needless to say, Fone Bone takes an instant liking to her.
- Panda Delgado from Body Bags. She's only 14, but she sports a serious pair of breasts and wears a super-short cheerleader skirt and skintight sweater set. The skirt is so short the reader gets panty shots when she's standing still.
Films
- Sigourney Weaver of Galaxy Quest ends up suffering Clothing Damage. She hangs a lampshade on her role as Ms. Fanservice in the ''Galaxy Quest'' TV show:
Gwen DeMarco: Fred, you had a part people loved. I mean, my TV Guide interview was six paragraphs about my BOOBS and how they fit into my suit. No one bothered to ask me what I do on the show.
Fred Kwan: You were... umm, wait...
Gwen DeMarco: I repeated the computer, Fred.
- Hardly a new concept, as many an early Hollywood film gratuitously featured one single female character who was there for one reason only. Think back to Raquel Welch relegated to the scuba bikini in Fantastic Voyage or the famous fur bikini in One Million Years B.C..
- Bond Girls.
- Altaira (Anne Francis) from Forbidden Planet.
- Lola from the theatre/film musical Damn Yankees. Reportedly, the original Broadway production sold tickets faster when the poster was changed to Gwen Verdon in tights.
- An early Jennifer Connelly film called Career Opportunities, had her bouncing around the whole film in a thin white tank top with no room for anything underneath.
- Speaking of Jennifer Connelly, back when she was younger and not Hollywood-skinny in The Rocketeer, she spent the latter half of the movie running around in a low-cut silk dress.
- And speaking of Jennifer Connelly, there was little other reason for the "noisy workers" scene in A Beautiful Mind but to feature her leaning out of the window while the classmates and her professor leered at her.
- Maureen Johnson in Rent. An interesting if not exactly likable character and played by a very capable actress in Idina Menzel, but holy crap...
- If she qualifies what about Mimi, you know, the stripper?
- The stripper who's a complete wreck of an addict and dying of AIDS?
- Repo! The Genetic Opera has a ridiculous amount of this—Amber Sweet, the henchgirls, the genterns, the scalpel sluts...
- Luster the sorceress in the game-within-a-show of The Gamers: Dorkness Rising, (at least when she's being played by a female actor), in contrast to the more ladylike fighter Daphne.
- Cyd Charisse's legs in any number of MGM musicals.
- Star Wars has
- Megan Fox.
- Halle Berry, especially in Swordfish, with a completely gratits... gratuitous topless scene.
- Megara from Hercules.
- Jessica Rabbit. This really should speak for itself.
- Miss Kitty from The Great Mouse Detective. Wouldn't it be nice if we could go back to the days where you could get away with that in a Disney film?
- Rita Malone from Aardman's Flushed Away ought to count as a PG-version of this trope. During the movie she drops her pants at one point (revealing blue-striped granny-panties) and seems to enjoy shaking her butt as a taunt to pursuers. But then again, she is voiced by Kate Winslet...
- Brazilian movie A Mulher Invisível has Amanda, an Imaginary Lover, played by one of the hottest Brazilian actresses (Luana Piovani), who spends most of the film in underwear. No wonder she is imaginary.
Of course you aren't real! It's called "ideal woman" because it's something that can only exist in an idea!
- Last House on the Left, the recent remake, the bad girl barely wears anything in the last half. Also for the gorn crowd, the evil teens' abuse victims are killed while stripped down, as well as the bad girl, who is wearing only her panties as she fights with the heroes. And then she's grazed on both sides of the head and knocked against the bathroom wall, and left bleeding out in a sexually suggestive pose. For a thriller which doesn't focus on this aspect in dialogue, it sure relished the Male Gaze in the way it was shot.
- Class: A 1983 teenage sex comedy. Every 80s sex comedy is required by law to have at least one female character dedicated to fanservice of some type. Virginia Madsen serves that purpose here, with a slapstick scene that ends up with half her blouse being torn off.
- Excuse me, Miss Madsen, but aren't you a little, um, big to be going braless under your school uniform blouse?
- Her character was indeed well developed and fleshed out.
Literature
- Brett Ashley from Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises. Aside from being based on an actual lover of the writer's, she is described as having "curves like a racing yacht." Yow. Sail, Ho!
- A real racing yacht is shaped (from the top) like a very long, narrow teardrop or almond. From the side it's flat. What was Papa talking about? That she had a long nose?
- Cersei Lannister and, to a lesser extent, Daenerys Targareyan from A Song Of Ice And Fire. Seriously, George, were all those sex scenes really necessary to the plot?
- With the exception of the really awkward lesbian scene with Cersei and the Dorne lady, yes.
- Both Amelia and Vanity from John C. Wright's Chronicles of Chaos, Amelia reluctantly, Vanity enthusiastically
- Any female character Heinlein ever wrote is the embodiment of this trope. In I Will Fear No Evil he even creates a future fashion trend that involves high heels, translucent skirts, body paint, and nothing else.
- Though, couldn't that really be said for most any sci-fi author/artist/director? The 50s was full of this, Heinlein just went to the logical conclusion on all his novels.
- Eko from David Klass's "The Caretaker Trilogy", most notably "Firestorm".
- Several Aielwomen have filled this role on occasion in the Wheel Of Time, from Aviendha messing with Rand by undressing in front of him at every opportunity to Sevanna habitually wearing her blouse undone enough that it would qualify her for Absolute Cleavage if she wore fewer necklaces.
Live Action TV
- Weirdly misaimed with the current DNA tech on CSI, Wendy Simms, who is constantly called "buxom" and a big deal is made about her chest in the comedic episode "You Kill Me". This even though, her actress, Liz Vassey, doesn't have especially large breasts and doesn't measure up to the hype coming from other characters' mouths (Your Milage May Vary). Notable in that episode is that Sheeri Rappaport, playing fingerprint tech Mandy Webster, is wearing a v-neck top that quite clearly shows that she should be the one with the label, but no one comments on it. Probably because she was wearing glasses.
- Maybe not so misaimed...◊
- Of the regulars, this title goes to Catherine Willows, who now has to share it with Reilly "Low-cut" Adams.
- Blatantly obvious in the DVDs. Earlier seasons had the entire cast on the cover, basically as equals. New season? Catherine, out front and in center with the rest clustered behind. In the UK, just her and Grissom.
- The role is currently held by both Natalia and Calleigh in CSI Miami. The latter is always wearing extremely tight pants and four-inch heels, which almost always comes with the camera panning back to show her legs or ass.
- Calleigh is the only other cast member apart from Horatio to appear on UK DVD sets.
- Stella gets the title in CSI:NY. She wears a low-cut Bullet Proof Vest for a start. She's also a lesson as to why this is not always a good title to have. Her last two boyfriends tried to kill her and Mac respectively. She ended up killing the former in self-defence.
- UK DVD sets? Yep, you guessed it.
- Speaking of nerds, one funny recurring question in the fandom of and a trademark Running Gag constantly sent up on X-Play is whether or not Morgan Webb is an actual gamer or just there to serve as eye candy.
- Kim Bauer in 24, a glowing example of the Flat Character variant if ever there was one. However, for the first season, Nina and Mandy showed more flesh.
- Teyla Emmagan in Stargate Atlantis. No-one else in the entire regular cast of both shows in that verse walks around the base off-duty in a low-cut, midriff revealing top. Teyla's pregnancy (a Written In Infirmity case due to Rachel Luttrell's) led viewers to expect it to go down significantly. It didn't — there was just more cleavage. Ronon Dex is Mr. Fanservice.
- Harriet Hayes in Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, who once ended up being caught topless.
- Although in the show-verse this spot definitely goes to Jeannie.
- Edie Britt in Desperate Housewives.
- Star Trek. Some people might notice a trend here...
- Seven of Nine from Star Trek: Voyager. Loved the character, but the heels and metallic catsuit may have been a Bit Much. Her look and outfit were designed by the Holo-Doc, who was in lovelust with her.
- T'Pol of Enterprise was a clear attempt to capture the same target demographic, but in the eyes of many fell flat on the whole "interesting character" thing.
- Among them, Jolene Blalock, the very actress who plays T'Pol. She even took the opportunity because she was a big fan of the original series and was disappointed immediately by the direction the producers took the character.
- Which is sad, what with cute asian chick Hoshi Sato sitting right there on the bridge all the time. Then there's "In a Mirror, Darkly". Mirror Hoshi. Probably every female Mirror Universe character, but especially Kira Nerys in Deep Space Nine.
- Counselor Troi of Star Trek The Next Generation. Lampshaded in Mad Magazine's parody of the show by defining her power as "E.S.P. — Extra Sensual Proportions".
- Yeoman Janice Rand from The Original Series.
- And Uhura. Especially Mirror Uhura. Ooh la la.
- Leeta from Deep Space Nine was introduced without even the pretense of a character, unless it was The Ditz (With a "D", spell it right).
- Joss Whedon has a very well-deserved reputation for creating strong female characters who aren't just there for Fanservice. But that doesn't mean he doesn't provide plenty of fanservice. We're looking at you, Inara. Oh boy, are we looking at you.
- Zoe also requires mention. Although her clothing shows very little skin, it's practically painted on and involves plenty of leather. Combined with the fact that she's a Hot Amazon.
- Buffy Season 5 Big Bad, Glory, is definitely this. Between the attention payed to her outfits, the revealingness of those outfits, shots of her changing (right in front of Dawn, no less), the way she constantly invaded everyone's personal space, and shots of her bathing. Damn.
- Buffy herself, Faith even more so, and of course Vamp Willow
- Echo. She even turned up in a dominatrix outfit in one episode.
- Heidi (played by Debbie Dunning) on Home Improvement. And before her, Pam Anderson as Lisa.
- One has to give props to Pam Anderson, who even while surrounded by supermodel castmates, still managed to stand out as the Ms. Fanservice of Baywatch.
- Any female character on Baywatch. Period. In fact any character ever played by Pamela Anderson in any medium.
- Many of the companions of Doctor Who were designed with this in mind (to 'keep the dads watching'), but notable mentions have to go out to Zoe (with skintight jumpsuits), Leela (a savage alien Jungle Princess in appropriately skimpy clothing) and Peri (whose Stripperiffic outfits were often designed to prominently display certain attributes she possessed).
- In the new series, which for its first four seasons had an openly gay producer, most of the fanservice has been done by the men. All the women have done is an occasional bit of (very little) midriff and cleavage. Now that the new show-runner is a straight man, it appears that the pendulum is going back the other way, if preliminary pictures of the new companion in a rather nice police uniform and skirts which show off her legs to good effect are anything to go by.
- Geena Davis in her self-titled sitcom. That being all that it had going for it (though admittedly, this was still nothing to sneeze at at the time), the show didn't last long.
- Somewhat parodied in The Office. Several of the cast (mostly Michael and Kevin) treat Pam like she is Ms. Fanservice (Michael often making suggestions to her on how to sex things up a bit) but Pam, while pretty, dresses rather conservatively (which she has admitted at one point is to discourage this type of behavior) and outright shoots down any attempt to get her to dress differently.
- Joan in Mad Men spends most of her time in tight outfits and has massive breasts. She's played by Christina Hendricks, who was "Saffron" in Firefly. You know, special hell...
- Oh, but what that road is paved with makes it well worth the trip.
- Servalan from Blake's Seven was originally written as male, became female and ended up being a massive example of Evil Is Sexy. Jacqueline Pearce commented that teenage boys probably self-pleasured themselves over her.
- Abby from NCIS.
- Caitlin "Kate" Todd got, in the space of two seasons and two episodes, a stretch in tight trousers, two shower scenes, a Sexy Schoolwoman outfit, a Spy Catsuit, a dominatrix cop outfit — and we discovered that she won a wet T-shirt contest.
- Not to mention someone suddenly opening their eyes near the end of season 5 and realizing that putting Ziva in a bikini might just draw in a few viewers. And then there's the opening scene of the sixth season...
- And once Director Sheperd grew out her hair and started wearing tight skirts and form-fitting sweaters. And That Dress...
- Even Monty Python had one, namely Carol Cleveland. The other Pythons called her "Carol Cleavage".
- Sam and Elena from Without a Trace. One might theorise an attempt at appealing to both Caucasian and Latino men, or just double the pleasure for men who like both. Extra points for Sam getting pregnant with attendant increase in size.
- Daisy Duke. No, not the garment, the character from Dukes of Hazzard for whom they were named.
- Cameron from The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
- In "Something Strange at the One-Two Point", she even ends up wearing a slinky, sleeveless black dress that leaves nothing to the imagination.
- Not to mention a number of tracking shots lingering on Summer Glau's well-proportioned rear as she slowly, purposefully walks along.
- Or the time she walked around wearing only a bra, boy shorts, and boots.
- Olivia "let's check out how many lesbians I can sleep with in one episode" Wilde from House
- Catalina from My Name Is Earl. There was almost a whole episode dedicated to Earl and Randy making her reclaim her job of pole dancing, complete with gratuitous amounts of her jumping on the spot in skimpy lingerie. Never mind the fact her maid outfit is often suspiciously open to the cleavage for no reason. I guess that explains why the two brothers are still staying in the same motel...
- To a lesser extent, Joy. But the effect is somewhat spoiled by her being mean and vindictive. (Of course some guys are into that.)
- Kari Byron on Mythbusters. To the producers' credit, they don't overdo that angle.
- Yes, even the Food Network has a Ms. Fanservice in the form of Giada De Laurentis, granddaughter of Dino De Laurentis. Her rather largish head, large eyes, usual wardrobe (with frequent closeups of cleavage) and even genkish personality have some even call her as close to a real-life anime girl as you're going to get.
- Don't forget their original Ms. Fanservice, Nigella Lawson. Also, Rachael Ray, depending on who you ask, and Ingrid Hoffman.
- And you can now add Aida Mollenkamp and Claire Robinson to the list.
- Señoras y señores, permítan me introducir, Marcela Valladolid. ¡Caliente!
- Tricia Helfer is the resident Ms. Fanservice on Battlestar Galactica.
- I'd say Grace Park claims that role. How many times have we seen multiple naked Sixes, or naked Six doing Tai Chi? Zero. Eights, on the other hand...
- Laura Roslin usually dresses pretty conservatively, but she does have That One Shirt. Not to mention the stoplight-red dress from the New Caprica scenes in "Unfinished Business".
- Paddy seems to have become this in the second series of Seacht.
- Olivia Munn, co-host of Attack of the Show is frequently shown wearing revealing outfits and fetish costumes such as Wonder Woman. In one episode, she dressed as a French maid and jumped into a vat of pudding.
- Lieutenant Gay Ellis on UFO. She is however treated as a competent professional by the men she serves with.
- And, of course, the female crewmembers of the SkyDiver submarines, whose tops were fishnet undershirts◊ like the men's. (Though the men were missing the fleshtone tape over the nipples, for some reason.) But that still doesn't beat Lt. Ellis'
striptease change of uniform◊ in the episode "Identified".
- Knightmare, a British children's game show, sent millions hurtling into puberty with Velda, Stilleta, Marta and Romana to name but four...
- A great many female anchors and reporters in television News Broadcasts seem to fit this trope, particularly on local and cable news and in sports or weather reports. Just do a Web search for "newsbabes" sometime to discover the large, devoted, and well-nigh obssessive following some of these women generate among male viewers.
- Also a lot of news shows seem set up to show off the female anchor's legs. Having them sit higher or beside the desk or no desk at all.
- Aneka on Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire. Especially during the Festival of the Racoon.
- Veronica Mars was a three-dimensional, complex character... but somehow the producers found ways to put her in a cheerleading costume, a cosplay outfit, and a bikini — in addition to kissing another girl — all in the first season.
- Claire from Heroes. She's a hot cheerleader who can heal from anything and in fact seems to enjoy the pain her power brings, engaging in various forms of sado-masochism. And apparently in season four she gets a girlfriend.
- There's also Lydia from Season 4, who spends basically all of her time on-screen half-naked.
- Nikki and later Tracy were almost official Ms Fanservice of the series.
- Kahlan Amnell in Legend of the Seeker. There is a serious fixation on her cleavage.
- And Cara. Hot Bi The Way blond with BDSM tendencies who habitually dresses in tight leather?
- Everybody Loves Raymond (Debra provides this in at least two episodes- one where she "tells off" a woman who she thought accused her of dressing provocatively by overdoing it in front of her, and another where she tries to seduce Ray wearing only a nightie. Generally though, it's relegated to her wearing tight, but not out-of-place in reality clothing)
- In Chuck, Sarah provides most of the overt fanservice, though Ellie and Anna also contribute in their own ways. Captain Awesome qualifies as Mr. Fanservice.
- Morgana, from Merlin, is always seen in extra tight dresses with giant cleavage that show a lot of skin.
- Power Rangers has had a few over the years, most notably Kat, Divatox, Astronema, Maya and Tenaya 7, who seems to be getting more ass shots with the new producer. Go, Judd!
- In the Turbo movie, Divatox showed considerably more cleavage. It was pointed out by more than one review that she was probably there specifically for the target audience's fathers and older brothers. (It should be stated that Hilary Shepherd Turner (Divatox) was pregnant during the movie, and missed the first half of the TV season because of it. Whether it was intentional or simply pregnancy breast-engorgement, we may never know.)
- Nadia, the lapdancing, stripteasing German astronaut from Defying Gravity.
- Stacy Monroe on Hustle, both for the show and for the cons themselves, where she is typically used in such a way. She also happens to be a very well-written character and a mathematical genius.
- Carly Shay in iCarly is as close as you're going to get in a show aimed at tweens. Mildly sexy dance number in "iDream of Dance", bikini opening scene in "iHatch Chicks" and being dressed in sports bra and boxing trunks (not to mention the catfight aspect of that episode) in "iFight Shelby Marx"
- She also often wears short skirts and in "iSaved Your Life" when Freddie's unrequited crush finally gets requited after he saves her from getting hit by a taco truck, she spends a lot of the episode making out with him.
- Agent Scully of The X-Files in the episode "En Ami". After the Cigarette Smoking Man invites her to come with him, we see a) a close up of her cleavage as she adjusts her hidden microphone and b) a very revealing dress when she goes to have dinner with him.
- The tattoo episode. Scully, pants halfway down, bending over, and practically orgasmic.
- Some fans of Life were irked at the obvious Ms Fanservice makeover given to Detective Dani Reese in its second and final season. Particularly memorable was a gratuitous slow-motion hip-swinging stroll in thigh-high boots whilst sucking on a lollipop. The change was seen as an obvious attempt to "sex up" the series by putting Sarah Shahi in more revealing clothing: replacing her sensible shoes with heels, taking down her hair which had been previously worn up in a no-nonsense bun, wearing lower cut tops (which was lampshaded by Crews with the suggestion that she utilize a few more buttons at the top of her blouse before entering a complex which housed former prison inmates).
- Mac, Catherine Bell's character on JAG.
- Kaley Cuoco from The Big Bang Theory is one fan-serving appearance.
- And then there was the Sheldon's female scientist friend that sleeps with Leonard. And Raj.
- Heather Thomas in The Fall Guy.
- Nikki Cox in Unhappily Ever After.
- Any news or variety or talk or game show on any Spanish language station.
- Phoebe from Charmed.
- Hell, ALL 3 (4) sisters from Charmed count...
- Serena van der Woodsen on Gossip Girl. In season one she was fairly clothed, but since then she is usually showing lots of leg and always showing lots of breast. In fact, fans tend to refer to her breasts as separate characters by this point. Sometimes the show takes this to ridiculous levels, like in the season three episode the Debarted where she walks around in a house with no heater, whining about how cold it is, while wearing tights and a short dress with cleveage that goes down to her belly button. To quote Chuck Bass, real classy S.
- Zoe in all her incarnations from Caprica. Just look at some of the promotional posters. Also includes a great deal of unintentional fan service due to her being a dead Robot Girl. Made a little bit creepy (Your Mileage May Vary) by the fact that the characters somewhere between 15 and 16. On the other hand, the actress is 22.
- Kelly '''Freaking''' Bundy
- Not to mention any other woman who wasn't a shoestore customer (aside from a couple of the mothers), or any woman in Marcy's "clucking hen brigade." Ironically, in episodes which focused on turmoil in Marcy's marriages, SHE became Ms Fanservice.
- Detective Inspector Alex Drake. Where does one even begin? The dress that gets her mistaken for a hooker in the pilot◊? The men's shirt she's sporting for the rest of the episode? The Catwoman costume, complete with corset, from the party scene in 1.03? Stripping down to her bra in 1.04? Her love of Combat Stilettos (usually in boot form)? Hooker outfit #2? The constant, lingering shots of her ass in tight dresses/pants?
- Lara Spencer on the U.S. celebrity/Hollywood news program The Insider. Viewers get to vote for what she wears on the next show. Although there's no cleavage bearing, they always seem to compliment her figure well. The main desk also has a transparent front, so that her legs can be seen.
Music
- Veronica Varlow, one of Emilie Autumn's Bloody Crumpets, is a burlesque dancer who has the most revealing of the Bloody Crumpets' costumes and will kiss muffins (EA fans), most notably during the "Rat Game" which is mostly her kissing a muffin on stage.
- Christina Aguilera
- The Pussycat Dolls.
- Britney Spears, outside of 2006-2007.
- Mariah Carey.
- Girls Aloud
- Patricia Morrison from The Sisters Of Mercy. Andrew Eldritch admits that's the main reason he chose her to join the band.
- Natalie Horler of Cascada. She's hot the way she is, but then when you take into consideration the lingerie she routinely wears on tours, and the music videos with her NOT WEARING PANTS, the "imagination" runs wild.
- Simone Simons of Epica. Aside from appearing naked (albeit tastefully in an allusion to the Eve character in Garden of Eden story) in the cover artwork of their "The Divine Conspiracy" album, just watch the music video for Kamelot's "The Haunting," wherein she guest-stars. If that outfit wasn't her own idea, I'll eat my hat. Oh, and never content to be just another pretty face, her voice is rather pleasant as well.
- Katy Perry
- Kylie Minogue (not counting her child career, of course)
- Lady Gaga, when she isn't being flat-out weird. And when she is, she still hits certain demographics.
- Sabrina Salerno - her 80's video of Boys was banned in places due to a slipping bikini, became a sex symbol for a generation of young people, and appeared in her videos kissing a variety of females including a ballerina and a robot woman. Oh, and she turned 42 this year, in case some people think that helps...
Mythology
Pro Wrestling
- Half the women employed by WWE, especially the ones who get their jobs through the annual Diva Search.
- TNA Wrestling (surprisingly, if you take the name into account) is a bit better about this, but they do still have a quartet of 'em in The Beautiful People - Velvet Sky, Madison Rayne, Lacey Von Erich, and former member Angelina Love.
Theater
- Magda from Tanz Der Vampire, who spends most of the show in various forms permutations of the Impossibly Low Neckline and a very skimpy nightgown. Then there's her finale costume, which seems designed to show as much skin as possible while still using the idea that extra fabric is sensual. The result? A corset-bodiced dress with lots of cleavage, a short skirt, and a transparent blouse and overskirt.
- Interestingly, some versions of Little Shop of Horrors tend to give Audrey a nightgown or very short skirt (think 60s nurse uniform skirts) for the scene where she dies, and when she's placed upon Audrey II and the puppeteers start moving the tongue to get her down, the audience gets a pretty good view. Notable since she could just be placed any old way and fall down his gullet however she wanted.
Video Games
Webcomics
- MAG ISA — Lucia and Claudita.
- Most of the female characters in comics by the Brothers Grinn tend to be top-heavy (and/or a bit on the chunky side) and lose their clothing very readily. Supermegatopia in particular plays with this trope. Several of the SMT characters have this as an actual Super Power, most notably the aptly named Distraction Damsel. A few of the male ones do as well, for that matter ("Buck Naked" and "Long Tom" of the All-Stripper Squad are exactly what their names imply).
- Haley, the redheaded Action Girl from The Order of the Stick has a few fanservice scenes, many of them ironic parodies of fanservice in general. "Gratuitous Bath Scene", "Wardrobe Malfunction", Show Some Leg, it's all there — but in stick figure format. The odd thing is, it still counts as effective fanservice, given that it's not hard to imagine what the characters would look like if drawn in a realistic style.
- Busty, blonde, French-accented, full-lipped, big-eyed, prone to wearing the skimpiest outfits possible and very generous with physical contact? DiDi of Menage A 3 is walking, talking Fanservice.
- Jenn Russcans and Tress are the Ms. Fanservice representatives for the Sunday@10 comic. See Examples: here◊ and here◊.
- Missi from Misfile. As an author-acknowledged exhibitionist, she sometimes seems to be looking for an excuse to display the goods. Not that she has much to display, but then she makes good use of it. Not to worry too much though, the comic is strictly PG-13.
- Although it has to be said all of the female characters have served their time in the Fanservice stakes, especially Cassiel.
- Hell, when are the female characters not in some sort of over the top pose? Honestly it just gets silly at some point. He once had two characters get locked out of a house just so he could have one of them climb through a small window while wearing nothing but a bathing suit.
- Monica, from Wapsi Square, has described herself as having "boobs bigger than my head". A common quote among fans on the Wapsi Forums is: "Come for the fanservice, stay for the story."
- Wanda Firebaugh in Erfworld is possibly the creepiest version of this you will ever see.
- GoGo from Van Heist appears to not take to the concept of modesty, throws it all around without really trying, but isn't interested in being sexy, really. And then you start reading the actual comic and see her personality is like that of a churlish orc woman. On ecstasy. Permanently. Bonkers does not even begin to describe many of her actions, made even more wacked-out seeming by her broken English and devilish anime-esque doubletakes.
- Parodied in this A Game of Fools strip.
- In Chris Muir's Day by Day, both of the main female characters are routinely depicted in skimpy and/or body-hugging attire, and — with surprising (unsurprising?) frequency — in their undies.
- Princess Voluptua in The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob.
- Falina of Dan And Mabs Furry Adventures. Has the largest bust size of the cast by far. While she isn't scantly clad her assets more then make up for it. As shown by this comic and this one
- Is there a character in that strip that isn't fanservice of one kind or another?
- Pretty much any female character in The Challenges Of Zona. Except possibly the one who's half-lizard. But even her I suppose for some.
- Cyndi of Penny And Aggie, particularly as drawn by Jason Waltrip. Big-bosomed, usually seen with plunging necklines and bare midriff, and quick to exploit the lust she provokes in students of both genders.
- Brandi has arguably overtaken her in the fanservice department; not only has she been frequently depicted (implicitly) nude in bedroom scenes (which Cyndi only was once); she was also the subject of the comic's only pin-up filler to date. And then there's her ever-increasing bust size...
- Saves A Fox from Goblins.
- Kin seems like she could be as well, now that the trauma of her existence has passed. Before that, it was definitely YMMV squickiness. There's also a 'player character' who is all about this trope, from that 3 person band that used to travel with Forgath and Minmax.
- Sam of The Space Between.
- Pretty much any and all female characters in Least I Could Do but especially Issa.
- Benny in Looking for Group
- Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic oh where oh where to even BEGIN. How about naming someone I know who isn't? Gren, the goblin. (And even there, you have her sister...) The pirate lady is also non-fanservice-y. That's about it.
- In Seekers, Giselda's panties are often a topic of forum discussions and gag strips.
- Sequential Art has one-off character, who later got a
triumphant emergency reappearance:
The Hamster: The number of hits to the site's dropped this month! We can't have this! Quickly, Helga! To the web-cam!
Web Original
Western Animation
- The New Adventures of Flash Gordon: Princess Aura. In the early episodes, she was accompanied by seemingly every female on Mongo whose name wasn't Dale Arden. And sometimes Dale.
- Betty Boop was filling this role as early as 1930, providing another Older Than Television example.
- Six of Nine from Tripping The Rift.
- Animaniacs has the famous Hello Nurse and Minerva Mink.
- The Parody of superhero tropes Frisky Dingo has Antagone, who has much larger breasts than her Lois Lane Alter Ego. Friski Dingo also has Hooker, who's justified to dress this way, because she's... a Hooker.
- Parodied in Aqua Teen Hunger Force: MC Pee Pants, who's reincarnated to look like an old man, says that he tried to be sexy in his poster to attract vampires. Of course, the Character only wears a diaper anyway.
- One episode has Shake and Carl trying to score with a sexy construction worker named Dusty Gazongas. It's strongly implied that being sexy is mostly all she does.
- ?isabeth "Sissi" Delmas is Ms. Fanservice in Code Lyoko. She's the one most often seen in some underwear, swimsuit or panty-shot scene. And yes, it's a kid show... but a French one.
- Miss Sara Bellum in The Powerpuff Girls. Played straight and subverted: though only her impressive hourglass figure is ever seen (her face has never been shown), Miss Bellum is easily the most organized, thoughtful character in the series.
- Princess Teegra from Fire and Ice definitely belongs with her costume being a small thong bikini.
- It's a natural since she was designed by Frank Frazetta... Frazetta specializes in fanservice.
- And let's not forget the classics, with Red of Red Hot Riding Hood fame by Tex Avery. The Wolf was certainly "Serviced" by each of her apparitions.
- The title character of Aeon Flux, who runs around doing spywork and sabotage in outfits ranging from a skintight catsuit to a vinyl thong bikini and stripper boots. Aeon's appearance was originally conceived as a parody of unrealistically Stripperiffic Action Girls.
- This trope is the one and only reason Cachorra was turned into an Expy of her own voice actress in Isidoro.
- April O'Neil from the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon has quite the fanbase she has a nice figure, large breasts, red hair, wears a sexy yellow jumpsuit, and often gets kidnapped.
- Lindsay in Total Drama Island. She's got large breasts, wears a tank top and short skirt, and in one episode even dresses up like an admiral. And Wonder Woman!
- Raven and Starfire seem to be almost constantly tied for this position in the cartoon. In the comics, its a whole 'nother ballgame, as Starfire in the comics has what the original Terra described as a "balloon bod" that resembles a playboy model, and her outfit is best described as "bikini". They had to tone her down for prime-time children's viewing.
- The Legend of Zelda cartoon had...Fairy Companion Spryte. Only a few inches tall, she was as hot for Link as Link was for Zelda, once got an upskirt shot that revealed that she wasn't wearing underwear, took the chance to stare at him when he was naked in the bathtub, and one time even kissed him...when he was in frog form, to say nothing of making repeated passes at Link throughout the entire course of the series.
- Vixen in Justice League Unlimited. She's also this in the comics.
- In Ben 10, Gwen was a 10-year old girl and thus a Pettanko, and her teenage nemesis Charmcaster wore a coat that revealed no cleavage. In Alien Force and Ultimate Alien, however, the two are all grown up, with noticeably bigger breasts, Gwen having several scenes in bathing suits, and Charmcaster wearing a much looser outfit.
- Futurama's Turanga Leela and Amy Wong both take turns at fanservice from time to time; but very busty Hot Amazon Leela most qualifies for the title. Her standard outfit consists of skin-tight tanktop and pants, her other "ordinary" outfits (such as formal dresses and swimsuits) invariably have a midriff window showing her belly button, and she's the most likely to be seen wearing strange, Stripperific outfits. She's also the second-most-likely to get naked, after Professor Farnsworth.
- How did everyone forget Ty Lee?
- Can't forget Princess Mandie from The Fairly Odd Parents - even the Yugopotamians (aside from Mark) find her attractive!
- Yes, but they find her attractive cause she's gonna kill them in the most gruesome and painful ways imaginable.
- Vanessa from Phineas And Ferb arguably counts. At the very least she stands out compared to Candace and Stacy.
- Suzie Chan on The Amazing Chan And The Chan Clan, like her Estrogen Brigade Bait brother Henry, is a subtle version. Her outfit is designed to show off her long legs and she looks quite fetching in a bikini, but the animators don't go out of their way to play up her sexiness at every turn.
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