History Main / PlayboyBunny

** The next instance is the use of the costume as a disguise ([[WigDressAccent with a wig]]) during the okonomiyaki-selling competition against [[WholesomeCrossdresser Tsubasa Kurenai]]. Justified in the manga, since the whole school knows about Ranma's curse, and thus she has to hide her identity to attract the boys (though she didn't need something so blatantly sexy, as Akane pointed out). Botched in the anime, since her curse is supposed to be still a secret, but she nevertheless dolls up (as if the animators were going to let this one pass...).
** An anime-only storyline has Akane actually forcing Female!Ranma into one of these and start flirting with random guys on the street, in order to try and drum up some students for the dojo. Akane promptly gets disgusted at Ranma's flirtations.

The [[EverythingsBetterWithBunnies Playboy Bunny]]... a sexy costume popularized by the {{Playboy}} Club, composed of a [[OfCorsetsSexy corset]] (color varying, though often black), fake bunny ears, a collar with a [[BowtiesAreCool bowtie]], cuffs, a fluffy tail (usually made of cotton, [[PrettyInMink fur]], or [[FluffyFashionFeathers feathers]]), some hose or stockings (usually fishnets) and high heels.

* In ''[=~Ranma ½~=]'', this edges close to a RunningGag:

* Haruko from ''{{FLCL}}'' puts one on for no immediately discernible reason in episode 5. Though "for no discernible reason" covers almost everything Haruko does.
** The outfit serves as a MythologyGag to StudioGainax's famous ''Daicon IV'' opening animation, which features a Bunny-suited ActionGirl SkySurfing [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot on a flying sword]].
*** Hence why she shouts "Daicon V!"

* ''BibleBlack'' has Ito Mika wearing one (incidentally, also has [[FetishFuel bluish-green hair]]... [[{{Hentai}} well]], at least she has the ears.

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** Not to mention several GIANT ones that act as mid-stage bosses taking up most of the screen.

* The [=~Pokémon~=] Lopunny has been based on this. Seriously, [[FetishFuel that's not surprising.]] Too bad that 50% of the time, Lopunny's a '''[[ViewerGenderConfusion GUY]]'''.

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* ''BunnyMustDie'', the eponymous girl.

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* MistyMay from ''{{Otaku no Video}}''. Her Bunny costume may be non-standard, with long-sleeved gloves and an exposed midriff, but still fits the trope.

** The first instance of female!Ranma wearing such an outfit was in her first battle against [[BlindWithoutEm Mousse]]: [[ModeLock trapped in female form]], and already committed to a man-to-man duel, she dressed up in huge, baggy clothing to fool everyone into thinking she was male, and proceeded to entertain the crowd with simple magic tricks to humiliate the [[HyperspaceArsenal Hidden Weapons master]]. The coup de grâce was blowing up said clothing and coming out as a Playboy Bunny (just minus the ears) to infuriate Mousse even further, claiming that even "disguised" as a girl "he" would defeat him. It backfired spectacularly when Mousse [[ClothingDamage systematically destroyed her clothing]] and left her naked as a jaybird.

*** One version of Galaxy Police uniforms has a [[DoAnythingRobot Do Anything Gizmo]] that the poor officer has to hang from their back pocket. Plus a NiceHat. Just to make Mihoshi look like a [[PettingZooPeople Bunny Girl]].

* ''BibleBlack'' has someone wearing one...[[{{Hentai}} well]] at least the ears.
** That someone is Ito Mika, who, incidentally, also has [[FetishFuel bluish-green hair]].

** There's also a chapter in the manga where Hayate briefly reads ''AliceInWonderland'' ... [[AdaptationDecay sort of]] ... to Nagi, and Hinagiku as Alice gets information from Those Three Girls dressed as Playboy Bunnies. She commiserates:
-->'''Alice (Hinagiku):''' It must be rough having to cover the ''cheesecake angle'' for our [[BreakingTheFourthWall anniversary story]].\\

* One chapter of ''AiYoriAoshi'' involved Tina and Taeko wanting to photograph Aoi in various costumes. They started with a SailorFuku, then a nurse's uniform, {{Qipao}}, {{Meido}} uniform, exercise clothes ... "And to finish it off, of course -- a Bunny Girl!!" Aoi panicked at that point and hid behind Kaoru; somehow they'd managed to get her into the costume before she realized it.

* Subverted in ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' where Anya, who has a fear of bunnies, dresses up for Halloween in a large bunny costume. Not quite what I was hoping...

** ''FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'' (where the Viera first debuted) and ''FinalFantasyTacticsA2'' have the Viera in much more modest clothing, except for the Fencer and Elementalist classes.

* The [=~Pokémon~=] Lopunny has been based on this. Seriously.
** ... [[FetishFuel That's not surprising.]]
*** Too bad that 50% of the time, Lopunny's a '''[[ViewerGenderConfusion GUY]]'''.
** Some people were actually joking that [=PUSA=] would call it Playbunny in English-language localizations even before the Japanese release.
* It's not as immediately obvious due to the far less developed polygon rendering of the time, but a fair number of these (all of whom are also [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei Ayanami clones]]) appear in the Gold Saucer in ''FinalFantasyVII''.

** Perhaps not a full example, but ''{{Tales of Vesperia}}'' includes a side quest where you get bunny ears for all the girls. And,done far enough, the male lead.

* WorldOfWarcraft has an achievement for Easter to cast bunny ears on a woman of every playable race above level 18.

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* One chapter of ''AiYoriAoshi'' involved Tina and Taeko wanting to photograph Aoi in [[FetishFuelStationAttendant various costumes]]. They started with a SailorFuku, then a nurse's uniform, {{Qipao}}, {{Meido}} uniform, exercise clothes ... "And to finish it off, of course -- a Bunny Girl!!" Aoi panicked at that point and hid behind Kaoru; somehow they'd managed to get her into the costume before she realized it.

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* More {{Hentai}} games than we're willing to admit having seen. One of the most infamous ones we've heard about is actually called ''{{Do You Like Horny Bunnies}}?'' No prizes for guessing what it's about...

* More {{Hentai}} games than we're willing to admit having seen. One of the most infamous ones we've [[OrSoIHeard heard about]] is actually called ''{{Do You Like Horny Bunnies}}?'' No prizes for guessing what it's about...

* ''BibleBlack'' has someone wearing one... [[OrSoIHeard I think...]] At least the ears.

For whatever reason, any female character (or even a male as a joke) could end up in this costume. Most often the pretext is quite flimsy, as it is hard to pretend that this is anything but {{Fanservice}}. [[BigInJapan Mainly seen]] in {{Anime}} and {{Manga}}; not absent from Western works but rarer, precisely because Playboy have a trademark on this particular outfit.

For whatever reason, any female character (or even a male as a joke) could end up in this costume. Most often the pretext is quite flimsy, as it is hard to pretend that this is anything but {{Fanservice}}. Mainly seen in {{Anime}} and {{Manga}}; not absent from Western works but rarer, precisely because Playboy have a trademark on this particular outfit.

** Perhaps not a full example, but ''{{Tales of Vesperia}}'' includes a side quest where you get bunny ears for all the girls. And,
done far enough, the male lead.
* ''BunnyMustDie'', the eponymous lead.

** Perhaps not a full example, but ''{{Tales of Vesperia}}'' includes a side quest where you get bunny ears for all the girls. And, done far enough, the male lead.

* The [=~Pokémon~=] Lopunny has been based on this. Seriously.

* Subverted in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" where Anya, who has a fear of bunnies, dresses up for Halloween in a large bunny costume. Not quite what I was hoping...

* In the ''TokyoMewMew'' manga, the girls dress up as "extras" to get into a TV studio. [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/tokyo_mew_mew/v02/c000/58.html Guess what the costumes look like.]] Also, some people say that [[TheScrappy Berry]] [[MarySue Shirayuki]]'s costume resembles a Playboy Bunny. [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/tokyo_mew_mew_la_mode/v01/c000/18.html Here, look.]]

** The first instance of Ranma-chan wearing such an outfit was in his/her first battle against [[BlindWithoutEm Mousse]]: [[ModeLock trapped in female form]], and already committed to a man-to-man duel, she dressed up in huge, baggy clothing to fool everyone into thinking she was male, and proceeded to entertain the crowd with simple magic tricks to humiliate the [[HyperspaceArsenal Hidden Weapons master]]. The coup de grâce was blowing up said clothing and coming out as a Playboy Bunny (just minus the ears) to infuriate Mousse even further, claiming that even "disguised" as a girl "he" would defeat him. It backfired spectacularly when Mousse [[ClothingDamage systematically destroyed her clothing]] and left her naked as a jaybird.

** An anime-only storyline has Akane actually forcing Girl-Ranma into one of these and start flirting with random guys on the street, in order to try and drum up some students for the dojo. Akane promptly gets disgusted at Ranma's flirtations.
** Ranma-chan gets dressed this way again in a Hong Kong bar (and ''almost sold into slavery'' by Nabiki to pay her debts) in the Kinnosuke story arc of the manga.

* An episode of ''LaverneAndShirley'' named The Playboy Show centered around Laverne trying to get a job at a Playboy Club.