Ms. Fanservice is, simply put, a female character who provides a lot of
fanservice, 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
Mr. Fanservice. 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. Subjected to multiple
Double Standard tropes, specially if she actually gets a nice dose of
Character Development or
Hidden Depths aside of her hot looks... and yet the fandom refuses to see them.
Contrast the
Token Wholesome. See also
Memetic Sex God.
Examples
