History Main / BridgeBunnies

* Almo and Coco of the ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'' gameverse.

* Lampshaded in ''[[CarryOn Carry On Spying]]''. The captured heroes are taken to the villain's ElaborateUndergroundBase, which is full of catsuited females bustling about.

** ''Savers'' subverts it occasionally, when they actually go out and assist in the battle. The two [=PawnChessmon=] seen doing minial chores around the base belong to them.

'''Hero:''' [''[[MaleGaze eying a bridge bunny's posterior]]''] Looks more like hindquarters to me!

'''Hero:''' [''[[MaleGaze view of a bridge bunny's posterior]]''] Looks more like hindquarters to me!

'''Hero:''' [''EatingTheEyeCandy view of a bridge bunny's posterior''] Looks more like hindquarters to me!

* ''StargateAtlantis'':

** ''MacrossFrontier'' has a team of bunnies on the job on the Quarter, as well as Bobby, the male helmsman who is [[CampGay Gay]] enough to count.

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* Lt. Gay Ellis, the Moon Base commander in ''Series/{{UFO}}'' (1970), becomes more like an office assistant when any male cast members visit the base.

* ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'': Amy Limietta together with ThoseTwoGuys Alex and Randy for the Arthra in the first two seasons. The third season has Shario Finieno, Alto Krauette and Lucino Lilie for [[MissionControl Long Arch]]. In both cases, the commanding officer is also female, along with [[ImprobablyFemaleCast almost everyone else in the show]].

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* ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'': Amy Limietta together with ThoseTwoGuys Alex and Randy for the Asura in the first two seasons. The third season has Shario Finieno, Alto Krauette and Lucino Lilie for [[MissionControl Long Arch]]. In both cases, the commanding officer is also female, along with [[ImprobablyFemaleCast almost everyone else in the show]].

* ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'': Amy Limietta for the Asura in the first two seasons. The third season has Shario Fineeno, Alto Claette and Lucino Lilie for [[MissionControl Long Arch]]. In both cases, the commanding officer is also female, along with [[ImprobablyFemaleCast almost everyone else in the show]].

* Terran dropship in ''StarCraft'' have a bubblegum chewing female pilot who quotes [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzFuDOXWNDE#t=00m08s Aliens' dropship pilot]].

Someone other than TheCaptain needs to actually ''run'' the CoolStarship, which is where the BridgeBunnies come in. They're a pair (or trio) of young, attractive twentysomething women (see OfficeLady) who practically live on TheBridge, and deal with [[CommunicationsOfficer opening hailing frequencies]], giving orders to the pilots of the HumongousMecha squadrons, reporting that the ReadingsAreOffTheScale, activating the AppliedPhlebotinum, [[Film/GalaxyQuest repeating whatever the computer is saying]], warning of {{Negative Space Wedgie}}s, and the like. A staple of Japanese {{anime}} shows that feature large capital ships.

Less common in Western shows these days, where bridge personnel are more likely to be competent professional officers of ''both'' sexes. Women on the bridge aren't necessarily BridgeBunnies ''per se'', nor are junior officers doing menial jobs... but [[ImprobablyFemaleCast a bridge]] ''[[ImprobablyFemaleCast full]]'' [[ImprobablyFemaleCast of young, pretty female junior officers, and on which all of the senior officers with real authority are male]], is a textbook example of the trope (compare OfficeLady).

* All series of the Mazinger trilogy (''Anime/MazingerZ'', ''Anime/GreatMazinger'' and ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'') featured BridgeBunnies. They used to be a male trio, though, and [[ManInWhite wore white uniforms]]. They performed the ordinary functions of MissionControl, collecting and interpreting data and reading it to TheProfessor or the pilots of the HumongousMecha, as well as sending them orders or receiving their messages. The trio of UFORoboGrendizer BridgeBunnies were called Hayashi, Yamada and Aoi.
* On ''{{Simoun}}'', the ''Arcus Prima'' had them, but the ''Messis'' didn't. Of course, given the ''Simoun'' universe, it's possible that some or all of the BridgeBunnies could have been young men who hadn't lost their female secondary sex characteristics yet.

* ''IdolmasterXenoglossia'': Naze, Sorewa, and Nareba.

** Mary and Shelley are the BridgeBunnies of the Durandal.

* ''{{Gundam 00}}'' has both female (Christina and Feldt) and male (Lasse and Lichtendal) BridgeBunnies, but the girls, along with BunnyEarsLawyer captain Sumeragi, get much, '''much''' more attention. Presumably, this is because they, like [[strike:most]] all but two [[GenkiGirl women]] in the series, have...er...rather prominent bosoms.

* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' references the trope: Teletha "Tessa" Testarossa, GenreSavvy captain of the Tuatha de Danaan, is young and attractive. When Kaname first meets Tessa, she assumes she is a BridgeBunny, and Tessa plays along for awhile.

* ''Film/StarTrek'': Despite having been a clear BridgeBunny in the original TV series (and subsequent movies), Uhura in the 2009 reboot of ''Star Trek'' is portrayed as smart, competent, and an aversion to this trope.

** Uhura started under this trope. Short skirt and the old-timey phone operator headset. In the [[WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries animated version]] her character started to show signs of breaking out of this role, handing off her BridgeBunny duties to M'ress, the Bridge Kitty; and once the movies roll around, she ditches this completely and [[TookALevelInBadass takes multiple levels in badass]].

** Lt. Dualla is a classic BridgeBunny being young pretty and subordinate.

** Bit of trivia, while most nameless human character (like {{Mook}} and RedShirt) either have their eyes cover with a gear or shade. Nameless BridgeBunnies are given proper portrait similar to named character. [[UpdatedRerelease Super Robot Wars Original Generations]] given proper portrait to all characters, yet the BridgeBunnies still get special treatment for there are portraits of two different BridgeBunnies.

* ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'' gives your character a collection of Bridge Officers who crew the various stations on the ship. Naturally some players choose to make them BridgeBunnies. Just like in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paLanXn6m94 this video]] Of course gender equality applies so it's equally possible for a female character to have a collection of male BridgeBunnies.

* The prologue of ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' features a cluster of BridgeBunnies with exotic hair colors shouting about a vaguely-defined catastrophe.

** The other Original battleship, ''SuperRobotWarsW'''s ''Valstork'', has Shihomi and Akane Ardygun, and the male Horris Horaian. TheCaptain in this case happens to be the girls' father. [[spoiler: Shihomi later graduates to Captain after her dad gets tossed far ''far'' into the past.]]

** In VideoGame/MassEffect3, there's a Bridge Bunny by the name of Specialist Samantha Traynor. Unlike Kelly Chambers, her character is a lot more fleshed out, she takes initiative in her job that actually aids the mission and even has her own minor subplot. However, unlike the bisexual Kelly, she's a LipstickLesbian who can only be [[GayOption romanced]] by a female Shepard.
*** Traynor's work as a Bridge Bunny mostly due to the fact she was not supposed to be there. She was a scientist and analyst who had been working on the Normandy's systems when the Reapers attacked. Bridge Bunny work is just something to keep her busy otherwise she'd go crazy.

* ''{{Gundam 00}}'' has both female (Christina and Feldt) and male (Lasse and Lichtendal) BridgeBunnies, but the girls, along with BunnyEarsLawyer captain Sumeragi, get much, '''much''' more attention. Presumably, this is because they, like [[strike:most]] all but [[WhiteHairedPrettyGirl two]] [[GenkiGirl women]] in the series, have...er...rather prominent bosoms.

** Kim, Shammy, and Vanessa are ye originale Bridge Bunnies, for whom the term was coined by fans.

* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' - Ted decides not to play VideoGame/StarTrekOnline since he can't have a crew of [[http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/?date=2010-02-05 bridge squirrels]].

*** The novels by Jack McKinney have Kim, Shammy, and Vanessa [[AscendedMeme affectionately referred to as]] "the Bridge Bunnies" by the rest of the crew. The snarkier ones who dared used the nickname, "Gloval's Harem," learned very quickly from Claudia to ''never'' say that to their faces.

* Ever since ''Film/{{Aliens}}''' homage female transport pilot, this particular variety of the trope has shown up countless times afterward (''StarCraft'', ''{{Halo}}''. etc...) while remaining OlderThanTheyThink.

* Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'' - Most pilots are women, since they're apparently better at it than men. There is extended commentary on the effect that this has on morale.

* Likewise in the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' parody ''[[StarWreck Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning]]'', where the primary job of the helmswoman is to look darn good and make fun of the Captain/Emperor. The extras at the back of the bridge are also all female (and all in high heels).