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Moving ZeroContextExamples here. Please re-add the examples with context explaining why these characters are {{wrench wench}}es. Things like whether it\'s the job, a hobby, or what area they specialize in should be in these examples.
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Moving {{zero context example}}s here. Please re-add the examples with context explaining why these characters are {{wrench wench}}es. Things like whether it\\\'s the job, a hobby, or what area they specialize in should be in these examples.
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* Agent Boysenberry in DonaldDuck comic books (the \
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* Agent Boysenberry in DonaldDuck comic books (the \\\"Tamers of Nonhuman Threats\\\" subseries featured in Gemstone\\\'s \\\'\\\'Donald Duck Adventures\\\'\\\').
* P.J., who ran her own garage in \\\'\\\'YTheLastMan\\\'\\\'.
* Kat Pryde in \\\'\\\'Comicbook/{{Exiles}}\\\'\\\', even more so than her X-Men counterpart.
* Angie from \\\'\\\'PS238\\\'\\\'.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Fan Fiction]]
* Avalon and Kaylee in Fanfic/FlyOrFall have fairy powers surrounding this trope.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Film]]
* Stacy Ferguson plays a WrenchWench in \\\'\\\'[[GrindHouse Planet Terror]]\\\'\\\'. Then her brain gets eaten.
* Jet Girl from \\\'\\\'TankGirl\\\'\\\' (both film and comic).
* Clear from the first \\\'\\\'FinalDestination\\\'\\\' movie.
* MichelleRodriguez tends to play this character.
* Terry in the \\\'\\\'MST3K\\\'\\\' fodder film \\\'\\\'AngelsRevenge\\\'\\\'.
* Averted in \\\'\\\'Film/WingCommander\\\'\\\', when the main character mistakes his commanding officer for one.
* DaryaMelnikova stars as one in \\\'\\\'CinderellaFourByFour\\\'\\\'.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Literature]]
* Cord in \\\'\\\'Literature/{{Anathem}}\\\'\\\'.
* To an extent, Rosalie in \\\'\\\'Literature/{{Twilight}}\\\'\\\'.
* Violet Baudelaire from ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents is also a GadgeteerGenius, while she is only fifteen.
* The eponymous Tinker of WenSpencer\\\'s book \\\'\\\'Literature/{{Tinker}}\\\'\\\'
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* Betty Jo Bradley (the youngest daughter) from \\\'\\\'Series/PetticoatJunction\\\'\\\'.
* Bonnie and April in \\\'\\\'Series/KnightRider\\\'\\\'.
* Cally on \\\'\\\'[[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Battlestar Galactica]]\\\'\\\' would qualify, if her personality didn\\\'t make her TheScrappy of the series. And if she didn\\\'t smell like boiled cabbage.
** Seelix starts as one of these, before she becomes a pilot.
* Charlene in \\\'\\\'{{Neighbours}}\\\'\\\'. Played by KylieMinogue, no less.
** And later Steph Scully in Neighbours. Then Janae Timmons took up the mantle.
* Played straight in \\\'\\\'{{FlashForward|2009}}\\\'\\\' with Keiko.
* Kari Byron on MythBusters. Technically also falls under \\\"real life\\\".
* Debbie Dingle in \\\'\\\'{{Emmerdale}}\\\'\\\'.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Music]]
* Bananarama in their video for \\\"Cruel Summer.\\\"
* Rinhanna in her \\\"Shut up and drive\\\" MV seem to be this, but she doesn\\\'t do much though. Other girls in the MV also count.
* Steampunk band The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing have written a song celebrating this sort of woman called \\\'\\\'Goggles\\\'\\\'.
* The girl in Dave Edmunds\\\' \\\"Slipping Away\\\" video. She cleans up nicely at the end, too.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* WOW, a short-lived women\\\'s wrestling promotion populated largely with goofy gimmicks, had Wendi Wheels to fill this role.
* Nora \\\"Molly Holly\\\" Greenwald and Lisa Marie \\\"Victoria/Tara\\\" Varon are both real life versions of this with the latter owning a customs shop.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Theater]]
* In the Elvis-based musical \\\'\\\'AllShookUp\\\'\\\', Natalie is this.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Video Games]]
* Li Kohran in \\\'\\\'SakuraTaisen\\\'\\\'.
* From \\\'\\\'VideoGame/WingCommander\\\'\\\':
** Janet \\\"Sparks\\\" [=McCullough=] from \\\'\\\'VideoGame/WingCommander II\\\'\\\'
** Rachel Coriolis from \\\'\\\'VideoGame/WingCommander III\\\'\\\' and \\\'\\\'VideoGame/WingCommander Prophecy\\\'\\\'.
* Maureen [[spoiler:Corley]] from \\\'\\\'FullThrottle\\\'\\\'.
* The kappa Nitori Kawashiro from the \\\'\\\'TouhouProject\\\'\\\' series; an earlier example is/are Rika/Rikako Asakura.
* Lucca from \\\'\\\'VideoGame/ChronoTrigger\\\'\\\', according to some.
* Luca from \\\'\\\'FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears\\\'\\\'. A little portly (she\\\'s a dwarf, and amazingly, one who mostly defies OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame), but otherwise fits.
* Suzette/Crepe from \\\'\\\'{{Solatorobo}}\\\'\\\'.
* Moira Brown from \\\'\\\'VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}\\\'\\\', combined with Genki Girl.
* In the first \\\'\\\'[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002 Ratchet & Clank]]\\\'\\\', one of these gives Clank an upgrade.
* Kokonoe from BlazBlue, crossed with MadScientist, for good measure.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Web Comics]]
* Nitrine the goblin in \\\'\\\'FlakyPastry\\\'\\\' is this, although results are distinctly mixed and sometimes plain dangerous
* Ash Upton from \\\'\\\'{{Misfile}}\\\'\\\'. But there\\\'s [[GenderBender more about her than meets the eye]].
** There\\\'s also Missi Fuller, and Emily [=McArthur=] is starting to pick up some of the tendencies.
* [[http://machall.com/view.php?date=2004-01-19 Commented on]] in a \\\'\\\'MacHall\\\'\\\' comic.
* Lith from \\\'\\\'ItsWalky\\\'\\\'
* One has recently [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20080328.html been released]] in \\\'\\\'Webcomic/SchlockMercenary\\\'\\\'.
* Aby from \\\'\\\'KevinAndKell\\\'\\\'; going so far that she is actually MarriedToTheJob.
* Alice from \\\'\\\'IWasKidnappedByLesbianPiratesFromOuterSpace\\\'\\\'
* Wrench from \\\'\\\'AntiheroForHire\\\'\\\'.
* Florence from \\\'\\\'Webcomic/{{Freefall}}\\\'\\\'.
* Kestrel from \\\'\\\'TalesOfTheQuestor\\\'\\\'
* Lin 47223b, the main character in Slipshine\\\'s Linburger.
* Kammi from \\\'\\\'{{Inhuman}}\\\'\\\'. She doesn\\\'t exactly fit \\\"gearhead fantasy\\\", seeing as most of the other characters are terrified of her.
** \\\"You let Jet drive you and you live with a homicidal madman, but you\\\'re afraid of Kammi?\\\"
* Sasha the EnsembleDarkHorse from \\\'\\\'Webcomic/SluggyFreelance\\\'\\\'.
* From \\\'\\\'Webcomic/GirlGenius\\\'\\\':
** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090306 Agatha Clay]] [[spoiler:Heterodyne]]
** The women Sparks in \\\'\\\'Webcomic/GirlGenius\\\'\\\' are essentially \\\'\\\'made\\\'\\\' of this trope, but it\\\'s best exemplified [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090828 here.]]
*** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120418 Ahem.]]
* [[http://www.1977thecomic.com/2009/08/14/voyage-to-the-bottom-of-the-sea/ Robyn]] from \\\'\\\'1977 The Comic\\\'\\\'.
* [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Engineer]]-[[DistaffCounterpart tan]] from \\\'\\\'NerfNOW\\\'\\\', of course.
* [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20090131.html Molly]] and [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20091219.html Galatea]] from \\\'\\\'TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob\\\'\\\'.
* [[http://jessfink.com/Chester5000XYV/?p=32 This]] panel of Chester5000XYV.
* Kimiko from \\\'\\\'DresdenCodak\\\'\\\'.
* Captain Martello from \\\'\\\'MushroomGo\\\'\\\'.
* Petria from \\\'\\\'ThePhoenixRequiem\\\'\\\' fits this trope to a degree.
* In \\\'\\\'BlueYonder\\\'\\\', [[http://www.blueyondercomic.net/comics/1338039/blue-yonder-chapter-1-page-35/ Lena has apps]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Web Original]]
* Kilngirl of the CF.netter villains from \\\'\\\'AHDotComTheSeries\\\'\\\'.
* Loophole from [[WhateleyUniverse Whateley Academy]] quite comfortably fits this trope.
* SurvivalOfTheFittest
** Holly Chapman of the SpinOff \\\'\\\'Evolution\\\'\\\' was one of these before being abducted, injected with SuperSerum, and put into the game.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Western Animation]]
* Leela from \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}\\\'\\\'
* Gadget Hackwrench in \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers\\\'\\\'. Also a GadgeteerGenius.
* Charley from \\\'\\\'BikerMiceFromMars\\\'\\\'.
* Aja Leith from \\\'\\\'JemAndTheHolograms\\\'\\\' shares some traits here.
* An early appearance by Luanne in \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill\\\'\\\' had her showing signs of this trope. However, she quickly devolved to the airhead we all know now.
* Lori in \\\'\\\'TransformersCybertron\\\'\\\'.
* Widget from \\\'\\\'WowWowWubbzy!\\\'\\\'
* Ginger Snap from \\\'\\\'StrawberryShortcake\\\'\\\'.
* Jenny 10 from \\\'\\\'Dex Hamilton Alien Entomologist\\\'\\\'.
* To a certain extent the [[ScoutOut Fireside Girls]] from \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb\\\'\\\', though it\\\'s the titular characters who are directing most of their efforts.
* Maggie Weston from \\\'\\\'ExoSquad\\\'\\\'.
* Turbine, a member of the Road Crew in \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}\\\'\\\', is a villainous version.
* Casey from \\\'\\\'DenverTheLastDinosaur\\\'\\\'.
* \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/WingCommanderAcademy\\\'\\\' has the Irish GreenEyedRedhead Maya [=McEaddens=].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Real Life]]
* Kari Byron and Scottie Chapman from \\\'\\\'MythBusters\\\'\\\'. And now, Jessi Combs. [[{{Fanservice}} Pattern]], much?
[[/folder]]
* P.J., who ran her own garage in \\\'\\\'YTheLastMan\\\'\\\'.
* Kat Pryde in \\\'\\\'Comicbook/{{Exiles}}\\\'\\\', even more so than her X-Men counterpart.
* Angie from \\\'\\\'PS238\\\'\\\'.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Fan Fiction]]
* Avalon and Kaylee in Fanfic/FlyOrFall have fairy powers surrounding this trope.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Film]]
* Stacy Ferguson plays a WrenchWench in \\\'\\\'[[GrindHouse Planet Terror]]\\\'\\\'. Then her brain gets eaten.
* Jet Girl from \\\'\\\'TankGirl\\\'\\\' (both film and comic).
* Clear from the first \\\'\\\'FinalDestination\\\'\\\' movie.
* MichelleRodriguez tends to play this character.
* Terry in the \\\'\\\'MST3K\\\'\\\' fodder film \\\'\\\'AngelsRevenge\\\'\\\'.
* Averted in \\\'\\\'Film/WingCommander\\\'\\\', when the main character mistakes his commanding officer for one.
* DaryaMelnikova stars as one in \\\'\\\'CinderellaFourByFour\\\'\\\'.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Literature]]
* Cord in \\\'\\\'Literature/{{Anathem}}\\\'\\\'.
* To an extent, Rosalie in \\\'\\\'Literature/{{Twilight}}\\\'\\\'.
* Violet Baudelaire from ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents is also a GadgeteerGenius, while she is only fifteen.
* The eponymous Tinker of WenSpencer\\\'s book \\\'\\\'Literature/{{Tinker}}\\\'\\\'
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* Betty Jo Bradley (the youngest daughter) from \\\'\\\'Series/PetticoatJunction\\\'\\\'.
* Bonnie and April in \\\'\\\'Series/KnightRider\\\'\\\'.
* Cally on \\\'\\\'[[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Battlestar Galactica]]\\\'\\\' would qualify, if her personality didn\\\'t make her TheScrappy of the series. And if she didn\\\'t smell like boiled cabbage.
** Seelix starts as one of these, before she becomes a pilot.
* Charlene in \\\'\\\'{{Neighbours}}\\\'\\\'. Played by KylieMinogue, no less.
** And later Steph Scully in Neighbours. Then Janae Timmons took up the mantle.
* Played straight in \\\'\\\'{{FlashForward|2009}}\\\'\\\' with Keiko.
* Kari Byron on MythBusters. Technically also falls under \\\"real life\\\".
* Debbie Dingle in \\\'\\\'{{Emmerdale}}\\\'\\\'.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Music]]
* Bananarama in their video for \\\"Cruel Summer.\\\"
* Rinhanna in her \\\"Shut up and drive\\\" MV seem to be this, but she doesn\\\'t do much though. Other girls in the MV also count.
* Steampunk band The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing have written a song celebrating this sort of woman called \\\'\\\'Goggles\\\'\\\'.
* The girl in Dave Edmunds\\\' \\\"Slipping Away\\\" video. She cleans up nicely at the end, too.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* WOW, a short-lived women\\\'s wrestling promotion populated largely with goofy gimmicks, had Wendi Wheels to fill this role.
* Nora \\\"Molly Holly\\\" Greenwald and Lisa Marie \\\"Victoria/Tara\\\" Varon are both real life versions of this with the latter owning a customs shop.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Theater]]
* In the Elvis-based musical \\\'\\\'AllShookUp\\\'\\\', Natalie is this.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Video Games]]
* Li Kohran in \\\'\\\'SakuraTaisen\\\'\\\'.
* From \\\'\\\'VideoGame/WingCommander\\\'\\\':
** Janet \\\"Sparks\\\" [=McCullough=] from \\\'\\\'VideoGame/WingCommander II\\\'\\\'
** Rachel Coriolis from \\\'\\\'VideoGame/WingCommander III\\\'\\\' and \\\'\\\'VideoGame/WingCommander Prophecy\\\'\\\'.
* Maureen [[spoiler:Corley]] from \\\'\\\'FullThrottle\\\'\\\'.
* The kappa Nitori Kawashiro from the \\\'\\\'TouhouProject\\\'\\\' series; an earlier example is/are Rika/Rikako Asakura.
* Lucca from \\\'\\\'VideoGame/ChronoTrigger\\\'\\\', according to some.
* Luca from \\\'\\\'FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears\\\'\\\'. A little portly (she\\\'s a dwarf, and amazingly, one who mostly defies OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame), but otherwise fits.
* Suzette/Crepe from \\\'\\\'{{Solatorobo}}\\\'\\\'.
* Moira Brown from \\\'\\\'VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}\\\'\\\', combined with Genki Girl.
* In the first \\\'\\\'[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002 Ratchet & Clank]]\\\'\\\', one of these gives Clank an upgrade.
* Kokonoe from BlazBlue, crossed with MadScientist, for good measure.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Web Comics]]
* Nitrine the goblin in \\\'\\\'FlakyPastry\\\'\\\' is this, although results are distinctly mixed and sometimes plain dangerous
* Ash Upton from \\\'\\\'{{Misfile}}\\\'\\\'. But there\\\'s [[GenderBender more about her than meets the eye]].
** There\\\'s also Missi Fuller, and Emily [=McArthur=] is starting to pick up some of the tendencies.
* [[http://machall.com/view.php?date=2004-01-19 Commented on]] in a \\\'\\\'MacHall\\\'\\\' comic.
* Lith from \\\'\\\'ItsWalky\\\'\\\'
* One has recently [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20080328.html been released]] in \\\'\\\'Webcomic/SchlockMercenary\\\'\\\'.
* Aby from \\\'\\\'KevinAndKell\\\'\\\'; going so far that she is actually MarriedToTheJob.
* Alice from \\\'\\\'IWasKidnappedByLesbianPiratesFromOuterSpace\\\'\\\'
* Wrench from \\\'\\\'AntiheroForHire\\\'\\\'.
* Florence from \\\'\\\'Webcomic/{{Freefall}}\\\'\\\'.
* Kestrel from \\\'\\\'TalesOfTheQuestor\\\'\\\'
* Lin 47223b, the main character in Slipshine\\\'s Linburger.
* Kammi from \\\'\\\'{{Inhuman}}\\\'\\\'. She doesn\\\'t exactly fit \\\"gearhead fantasy\\\", seeing as most of the other characters are terrified of her.
** \\\"You let Jet drive you and you live with a homicidal madman, but you\\\'re afraid of Kammi?\\\"
* Sasha the EnsembleDarkHorse from \\\'\\\'Webcomic/SluggyFreelance\\\'\\\'.
* From \\\'\\\'Webcomic/GirlGenius\\\'\\\':
** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090306 Agatha Clay]] [[spoiler:Heterodyne]]
** The women Sparks in \\\'\\\'Webcomic/GirlGenius\\\'\\\' are essentially \\\'\\\'made\\\'\\\' of this trope, but it\\\'s best exemplified [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090828 here.]]
*** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120418 Ahem.]]
* [[http://www.1977thecomic.com/2009/08/14/voyage-to-the-bottom-of-the-sea/ Robyn]] from \\\'\\\'1977 The Comic\\\'\\\'.
* [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Engineer]]-[[DistaffCounterpart tan]] from \\\'\\\'NerfNOW\\\'\\\', of course.
* [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20090131.html Molly]] and [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20091219.html Galatea]] from \\\'\\\'TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob\\\'\\\'.
* [[http://jessfink.com/Chester5000XYV/?p=32 This]] panel of Chester5000XYV.
* Kimiko from \\\'\\\'DresdenCodak\\\'\\\'.
* Captain Martello from \\\'\\\'MushroomGo\\\'\\\'.
* Petria from \\\'\\\'ThePhoenixRequiem\\\'\\\' fits this trope to a degree.
* In \\\'\\\'BlueYonder\\\'\\\', [[http://www.blueyondercomic.net/comics/1338039/blue-yonder-chapter-1-page-35/ Lena has apps]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Web Original]]
* Kilngirl of the CF.netter villains from \\\'\\\'AHDotComTheSeries\\\'\\\'.
* Loophole from [[WhateleyUniverse Whateley Academy]] quite comfortably fits this trope.
* SurvivalOfTheFittest
** Holly Chapman of the SpinOff \\\'\\\'Evolution\\\'\\\' was one of these before being abducted, injected with SuperSerum, and put into the game.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Western Animation]]
* Leela from \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}\\\'\\\'
* Gadget Hackwrench in \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers\\\'\\\'. Also a GadgeteerGenius.
* Charley from \\\'\\\'BikerMiceFromMars\\\'\\\'.
* Aja Leith from \\\'\\\'JemAndTheHolograms\\\'\\\' shares some traits here.
* An early appearance by Luanne in \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill\\\'\\\' had her showing signs of this trope. However, she quickly devolved to the airhead we all know now.
* Lori in \\\'\\\'TransformersCybertron\\\'\\\'.
* Widget from \\\'\\\'WowWowWubbzy!\\\'\\\'
* Ginger Snap from \\\'\\\'StrawberryShortcake\\\'\\\'.
* Jenny 10 from \\\'\\\'Dex Hamilton Alien Entomologist\\\'\\\'.
* To a certain extent the [[ScoutOut Fireside Girls]] from \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb\\\'\\\', though it\\\'s the titular characters who are directing most of their efforts.
* Maggie Weston from \\\'\\\'ExoSquad\\\'\\\'.
* Turbine, a member of the Road Crew in \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}\\\'\\\', is a villainous version.
* Casey from \\\'\\\'DenverTheLastDinosaur\\\'\\\'.
* \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/WingCommanderAcademy\\\'\\\' has the Irish GreenEyedRedhead Maya [=McEaddens=].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Real Life]]
* Kari Byron and Scottie Chapman from \\\'\\\'MythBusters\\\'\\\'. And now, Jessi Combs. [[{{Fanservice}} Pattern]], much?
[[/folder]]
