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* Aki Hinata in KeroroGunsou, a HotMom who often gets swimsuit scenes.

* AkiHinata in KeroroGunsou, a HotMom who often gets swimsuit scenes.

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* [[WhoFramedRogerRabbit Jessica Rabbit]], pictured.

* Parent Service its the only logical explanation of a sextastic song like [[{{Ferngully}} Toxic Love]] could be ever featured in a kid movie.
* Just about every DisneyPrincess ever. Special wolfwhistles go out to Snow White, Ariel, and Jasmine.
** Esmerelda of ''TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' gets a poledance.
* I stumbled upon [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7--a9jpnvIM this music video tribute]] and feel it pretty much epitomizes what this trope is all about. Good ''god'', ThisTroper loved Disney in a [[LesYay whole new way]] after watching this.
* Some popular leading males, too - and exactly how many people like the Beast? ''Only'' [[FetishFuel in his beast form]]?
** Shang has a shirtless scene in ''{{Mulan}}'', and Mulan herself ends up naked in a lake. With ''three other guys''.
*** ONE shirtless scene? Wasn't he shirtless for most of the movie, including all that time they spent in the snow?
** [[PeterPan Tinkerbell]] and her miniskirted leggy figure. People speculated that [[http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/tinkerbell.asp she was modeled after Marilyn Monroe]]!
** That is actually proven to be Canon via WordOfGod.
* This trope reached a new level of blatancy in ''TheGreatMouseDetective''. The only major female character is a five-year old girl, but the creators still managed to work in the number [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2IctxaCPqw "Let Me Be Good To You"]], sung by a ''scantily clad mouse dancing girl''. This song is [[FetishFuel the inspiration for]] a lot of furries.
** For another male example, ''ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' brings us the delectable Prince Naveen (also the first Disney prince who seems [[ReallyGetsAround a little slutty]]), who is [[FetishFuel tied up with snakes]] at one point. Also, [[FetishFuelStationAttendant Dr. Facilier]].

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* Though the game in question is rather M, [[http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/9643/1253545621557.jpg This comic strip demonstrate this trope in action]] for ''ResidentEvil5''.
* [[BigBad The Dark Queen]] from the ''{{Battletoads}}'' series. [[EvilIsSexy It's no wonder]] that people play [[NintendoHard these games]].
* Why else would ''MarioKart Wii'' would show the princesses in skin-tight biking suits besides this trope?
** NoFlowInCGI ?
** [[YourMileageMayVary Some people]] are turned right back off from them again due to them having two of the [[MostAnnoyingSound most annoying voices]] in the game.
* Kids play [[TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]] for the gameplay. Fangirls play it because of [[{{Bishounen}} Link]], and fanboys play it because of Zelda and the rest of the [[UnwantedHarem Harem]].
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*** Shang has a shirtless scene in ''{{Mulan}}'', and Mulan herself ends up naked in a lake. With ''three other guys''.

** Some popular leading males, too - and exactly how many people like the Beast? ''Only'' [[FetishFuel in his beast form]]?

** This reached a new level of blatancy in ''TheGreatMouseDetective''. The only major female character is a five-year old girl, but the creators still managed to work in the number [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2IctxaCPqw "Let Me Be Good To You"]], sung by a ''scantily clad mouse dancing girl''. This song is [[FetishFuel the inspiration for]] a lot of furries.

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This is distinct from FetishFuel, which is about young people finding things sexy for the first time; this trope is all about pleasing the PeripheryDemographic. Although there can be some overlap (see left).

->''"You can tell that a million little Japanese boys probably popped their first boner to [Doronjo's] animated antics, and Fukada's [[LiveActionAdaptation flesh and blood incarnation]] of Doronjo will likely unleash a million more [...]"''\\
-- '''Grady Hendrix''' in [[http://twitchfilm.net/reviews/2009/09/yatterman-review.php his review]] of the live action ''{{Yatterman}}'' film.

* The original version of ''TheElectricCompany'' had [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp0-yDJAtWQ this]] that could be seen as ParentService, NightmareFuel, FetishFuel (don't ask), or NightmareRetardant [[YourMileageMayVary depending on how you look at it]] (and what's really unsettling is that the writers probably didn't mean for it to be like this). This quote from the Live Action TV NightmareFuel page (which also has this sketch on its list) pretty much explains how a sketch like this can be all these tropes at once:

** And dads who know that some villainesses did roles as porn stars (Don't tell your son that!) and almost every ''SuperSentai'' and ''KamenRider'' female had done gravure at one point. And it works.
* This trope is the only explanation for the skimpy outfits worn by the female presenters on certain kids shows in TheEighties and TheNineties, in Latin America. To name a few presenters, there's Xuxa, Feiticeira and Laura "Panam" Franco (all of whom were models at one point, though [[ContractualPurity the first wouldn't like it if you knew]].).
** An while you're at it, check out the shows ''El Espacio de Tatiana'' and ''Nubeluz''.
** Parodied on the episode of ''TheSimpsons'' where the Simpsons go to Brazil and Bart watches a Brazilian kids' show called ''Teleboobies'', featuring sexy women in tank tops and short-shorts rubbing against large letters, a showgirl/stripper demonstrating "clockwise" and "counterclockwise" using tassled pasties on her chest, and [[MissedMomentofAwesome an unseen demonstration of "on top" and "underneath" (all we get to see is the family's wide-eyed reaction)]].
* {{Hi-5}}, both parents but especially dads.
* From NickJr, bored moms have been known to crush on the Kratt Brothers of ''Zaboomafoo'', Sportacus from ''{{LazyTown}}'', and Steve from ''BluesClues''. However, nobody seems to like Joe.
** On the subject of ''[=LazyTown=]'', Stephanie is supposed to be eight. Her male fans only see the [[DawsonCasting teenage]] actress playing her.
* Lots of ParentService on CBeebies, most of it simply very good-looking presenters - although Sarah-Jane from ''Tikkabilla'' is a former contortionist, as many dads like to point out.
* John Stamos had a large part to do with the staying power of ''FullHouse''.
** And then there's Becky.
* The producers of ''{{The Avengers}}'' were pretty blatant as to their motives when they brought Diana Rigg onboard as ''M(an) Appeal'', er Emma Peel.
* TV Guide did an article once about guys watching ''CaptainKangaroo'' because of a "luscious babe" who used to be on it, sort of like Tim Taylor's female show lead in on ''HomeImprovement''.
* The ''TopOfThePops'' dance troupes such as Pan's People and Legs & Co that the show used when they couldn't get live footage in the era before music videos were widespread.
** Over in America, meanwhile, we had the ''Solid Gold'' dancers.
* Lampshaded in the third season of the {{HBO}} series ''{{OZ}}'', when the inmates would regularly crowd around the TV to watch a childrens' program with a rather well-endowed hostess (with more than a few commenting on [[CargoEnvy how lucky the puppets were]]!).
* In Australia, there was a show called ''What's Up Doc'', which basically showed a few ''LooneyTunes'' cartoons. Where this trope comes in, however, is that it was hosted by Sophie Lee, who introduced the cartoons and tended to wear clothes specifically designed for Parent Service. Oh, and the background set was loosely based on the idea that it's a ''Looney Tunes'' set, complete with a Daffy Duck shaped hole in the wall, but who cares?
** Catch was, she was't wearing anything that was prohibited by any of the dress codes that existed or anything that was explicitely sexy. She was just extremely hot looking which caught a lot of parent's ire.
* Some French-Canadian examples:
** Alia and Zalaé in ''Toc Toc Toc''. As with ''{{LazyTown}}''[='=]s Stephanie above, the characters are preschool-aged children, but the parents only see the [[DawsonCasting adult]] actresses playing them, I can assure you.
** Passe-Carreau in ''Passe-Partout''. The attractiveness of the actress at the time is still a running gag for the show's generation.
** It was lampshaded very heavily in ''Les Bougons'', where the prostitute daughter of the family becomes a children's entertainer because of her sex appeal. Let's just say she's playing around with VERY phallic toys in her "videoclips".
* Of course, none of the attractive but not quite legal teens on {{Nickelodeon}} or DisneyChannel shows are at all intended as parent service. [[SarcasmMode Really. Honest.]]
* {{The BBC}}'s ''BluePeter'' [[http://www.show.me.uk/dbimages/chunked_image/2006_1188.JPG isn't above this]] [[TheBeautifulPeople either]].
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyZD1cL6SfA A clip from Festigal, an Israeli childrens' show.]] I don't think an explanation is needed for the moms.
** Clearly not for the dads either.
* Caleb gets a very brief, blink-and-you'll-miss-it ShirtlessScene in the opening titles of ''Mission:2110''.
* Since ''TheATeam'' was technically intended for children, [[HandsomeLech Face]] could be considered this. Well, any of the four A-Team members could be Parent Service for specific tastes, but Face was the most blatant, considering how ridiculously handsome and charming he was--in Season 3, the showrunners seemed determined to show off his nice, lean arms and legs as much as possible and even gave him his first ShirtlessScene in the Season Premiere. The team's two [[TheChick Chicks]], Amy and Tawnia, were definitely for the dads (''especiall'' Tawnia, who was more outright sultry-looking).

* [[{{Labyrinth}} Jareth's pants.]]

* Uma Thurman's part in ''The Adventures of Baron Münchhausen''.

** Unfortunately, gets heavily in the way of the kind of fanservice the parents who grew up on are actually going to the movie for (Read: the robots themselves)! [[BrokenBase Cue howling bloodcries and dismay at Megan Fox never dying.]]
* ''{{Elf}}''. Three words: Zooey. Deschanel. Shower.
** She also had a shower scene in another film, released after Elf, a science fiction comedy film based on a popular novel franchise which you have certainly heard of, and if I'm counting right, I should be reaching 42 words right now.
*** [[TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy There was no shower scene]] [[CompletelyMissingThePoint in]] ''[[Series/TinMan Tin Man]]''. However, if you don't realize it's [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids Not For Kids]], there ''is'' [[SexyBack quite a]] [[HellBentForLeather bit of]] ParentService.

* When Sharpay of HighSchoolMusical gets food spilled on her shirt, Gabriella frantically paws her chest. Mocked in the {{Rifftrax}}.

** [[RuleThirtyFour Doujinshika]].
** [[YuriFanboy Yuri fangirls]].
*** This is, of course, asssuming that the dad [[PervertDad isn't those two]].
** [[AuthorAppeal The animators]].
** [[PeripheryDemographic The 9-13 year old male audience]].

* Doronjo of ''{{Yatterman}}'' is a scantily-clad woman who constantly suffers ClothingDamage, sometimes ending up naked.
** The live-action incarnation of Yatterman-1 (Sho Sakurai) has his own EstrogenBrigade.

** [[{{Antichrist}} Hey...]]

** [[MemeticSexGod After all, the kid is probably his, anyway]].

** Most Pantomimes (where the Principal Boy is always played by a woman) is a source of this, even today.
*** Let's go back even further, when the laws loosen up to allow women to perform, they were often put in roles that includes 'disguising oneself as a boy' for this reason.

** [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids Actually, this doesn't count.]]

* Shay Stanley's presence in ''BlankCheck'' definitely qualifies for this. There's even a scene where she's dancing with the young protagonist in a series of water fountains. To quote TheNostalgiaCritic: '''THUMP!'''

** And then there's Becky. Let's ask TheNostalgiaCritic:
--> '''Nostalgia Critic''': "She's pretty dull, but I'd be lying if I didn't say she was kinda hot."

** This reached a new level of blatancy in ''TheGreatMouseDetective''. The only major female character is a five-year old girl, but the creators still managed to work in the number [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2IctxaCPqw "Let Me Be Good To You"]], sung by a ''scantily clad mouse dancing girl''. This song is [[OrSoIHeard probably]] [[FetishFuel the inspiration for]] a lot of furries.

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* Shego and Mrs. Dr. Possible in KimPossible. Well, and KimPossible herself. She is an [[ActionGirl ass-kicking]] [[FetishFuel cheerleader after all.]]

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->''"It's a show that the kids can enjoy because of the cartoony action, and Dad can enjoy because he's a big ol' pervert!"''
-->-- '''Lore Sjoberg''', ''The Book of Ratings'' on ''The SuperFriends''

->''"You can tell that a million little Japanese boys probably popped their first boner to [Doronjo's] animated antics, and Fukada's [[LiveActionAdaptation flesh and blood incarnation]] of Doronjo will likely unleash a million more [...]"''
-->-- '''Grady Hendrix''' in [[http://twitchfilm.net/reviews/2009/09/yatterman-review.php his review]] of the live action ''{{Yatterman}}'' film.

* Shay Stanley's presence in ''BlankCheck'' definitely qualifies for this. There's even a scene where she's dancing with the young protagonist in a series of water fountains. To quote [[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Nostalgia Critic]]: '''THUMP!'''

** And then there's Becky. Let's ask [[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses the Nostalgia Critic]]:

*** Shang has a shirtless scene in ''{{Mulan}}'', and Mulan herself ends up naked in a lake. With ''three other guys''. SoYeah.

** No love for [[PeterPan Tinkerbell]] and her miniskirted leggy figure? People speculated that [[http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/tinkerbell.asp she was modeled after Marilyn Monroe]]!

** ...what, no love for Alex?

This isn't confined to television shows, as movies can use this trope. Say, on Saturday/Sunday afternoon, Mom (or Dad, but for the most part, this role is AlwaysFemale) is fed up with the kids, and tells Dad (or Mom, but ditto except for this part being [[AlwaysMale Male]]) to "GET THE KIDS OUT OF THE HOUSE!" once the kids hit their BerserkButton. What do screenwriters do? They throw in a hot Stripperiffic princess superheroine who is OlderThanTheyLook if intended to be too old to be so hot, YoungerThanTheyLook if intended to be too young to be so hot (However the latter is extremely rare and results in UnfortunateImplications.)