History Main / PlayboyBunny

* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_Bunny The House Bunny]]''

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** Another scene has the cheerleaders trying to play matchmakers with Ako to non-existent Brit Nagi, cousin of their teacher (actually said teacher magically [[ThirteenGoingOnThirty aged-up]]), by sending him pictures of her. One of them involves a Bunny outfit. ("Wasn't that invented in England?") Negi does a perfect SpitTake upon receiving the picture.

** 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.
** 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). Reconnected in the anime, where the curse is still a secret, to Ranma's deciding that she needs to play up her sex appeal to match the {{kawaii}}ness of Tsubasa. An oversized suit of travel-worn boy's clothes doesn't really look good at the best of time, much less when it has to compete against a charmingly girly skirt.

** Female Ranma 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.

* ''{{Soukou no Strain}}'': [[{{Fangirl}} Lavinia's]] ill-fated plans to seduce [[TheStoic Sara]] at one point included wearing such an outfit. It did not work.

* Even when otherwise irrelevant for the series (that is, no Bunny outfit ever appears in the run of the show), it isn't uncommon for some official art to put the female characters in such costumes, just for the heck of it. [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/BunnyGirls_TenchiMuyo_7732.jpg Here is an example]] with the girls from ''TenchiMuyo!''

** 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]].

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

* ''{{Hayate the Combat Butler}}'' has two main examples.

* At the start of the [[RPGEpisode "Trouble Quest" arc]] of ''ToLoveRu'', the Guild assigning "adventurers" their CharacterClass had a [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/to_love_ru/v11/c094/6.html staff of Bunnies]] -- well, actually, multiple copies of one Bunny (there was also a Bunny on the sign outside the door). Then, when Yami shows up, she's been dressed as a Bunny as part of her character class. Yami, who ''hates'' anything {{Ecchi}}....

* ''WhoseLineIsItAnyway?'' had Hugh Hefner and two Playboy Bunnies as special guests. Naturally, the two bunnies took part in a game of "living scenery".
* An episode of ''{{Laverne and Shirley}}'' named "The Playboy Show" centers around Laverne trying to get a job at a Playboy Club.
* 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 we were hoping....

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

* The SNES game ''{{Secret of the Stars}}'' has a Bunny Suit, which makes anybody who wears it look like a Playboy Bunny. Even the guys. And this is used in a plot point, as you have to put all your male characters into Bunny suits and sneak into a LadyLand.

* Olivia from [[GodHand God Hand]] gets one as an unlockable outfit.
* ''{{Parodius}}'' has a couple as player characters in a game or two.
** Not to mention several '''giant''' ones that act as mid-stage bosses taking up most of the screen.

* Many of Tina's available swimsuits in the first ''{{Dead or Alive}}'' beach volleyball game.

* Raine can wear a bunny suit in the PS2 of ''{{Tales of Symphonia}}''.

* [[CuteWitch Mye]]'s Bunny transformation in ''{{Charby the Vampirate}}''.

* ''{{Megatokyo}}'''s Erika wears a very gothic steampunkish style of this [[http://megatokyo.com/strip/1222 before entering the "cave of evil"]].

** [[DoubleStandard Does she then go to a male strip club and lecture the women about respecting men?]]

* In the AxisPowersHetalia movie "Paint it White!", [[MoeAnthropomorphism America]] is seen dancing with some girls in these outfits [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaLxBdD2Ljk in the ending credits.]]

* In order to celebrate 2011 being the Year of the Hare in the ChineseZodiac, lots of Japanese artists are doing... pictures of {{anime}} girls dressed as Playboy Bunnies. Not that we mind.

* The {{Pokemon}} 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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** 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.
** 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). Retconned in the anime, where the curse is still a secret, to Ranma's deciding that she needs to play up her sex appeal to match the {{kawaii}}ness of Tsubasa. An oversized suit of travel-worn boy's clothes doesn't really look good at the best of time, much less when it has to compete against a charmingly girly skirt.
** 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. [[HypocriticalHumor Akane promptly gets disgusted at Ranma's flirtations]].
** Female!Ranma 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.

* ''MahouSenseiNegima!'' [[http://simplicitybc2000.deviantart.com/art/quot-Rabbit-Season-quot-40845633 has a few of these]]:

* ''BibleBlack'' has Ito Mika wearing one (incidentally, also has [[FetishFuel bluish-green hair]])... [[{{Hentai}} well]], at least she has the ears.
* ''{{Hayate the Combat Butler}}'' has two main examples. Hayate is put into a bunny suit several times by his master and her maid. And, when visiting Las Vegas, Sakuya is put into one... even more for the sex appeal, as it's made out of a material that tears as Wataru/Saki lose while playing poker.

* Book 30 of the ''FutariEcchi'' manga features most of Makoto's female coworkers dressed as Playboy Bunny for serving drinks during a reception. They aren't too pleased about it, except resident lesbian Alissa, who reveals she was the one to suggest it from the start. Naturally, this inspires Makoto who brings home one costume for his wife Yura to cosplay with. The story even ends with a picture of ''the evolution of the Bunny Girl outfit'' from the '50s to the '70s (modeled by female characters otherwise not appearing in the chapter).

** This is inverted in ''MeanGirls'' where all the girls at the Halloween party are dressed as Playboy Bunnies (or something similar), but Cady shows up as a zombie bride (or rather an "ex-wife").

* Subverted in ''MadMen'': [[spoiler:Lane Pryce ''dates'' a black Playboy Bunny named Toni...and it's a totally legitimate, loving relationship. Lane does not seem to be merely infatuated, Toni does not seem to be merely interested in Lane's money, and neither of them seems to be interested in the [[ShockValueRelationship shock value]].]]

** 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.
* ''{{World of Warcraft}}'' has an achievement for Easter to cast bunny ears on a woman of every playable race above level 18.

* In ''[[{{ptitlegynukzwikxmd}} Ranma ½]]'', this edges close to a RunningGag:

* ''[[{{ptitlec9nq8tpw}} Hello! Project]]'' group v-u-den wore Playboy Bunny outfits in the music video for their single "Aisu Kuriimu to Mai Purin", as well as in almost all subsequent live performances of the song.

* The [[{{ptitlei015gc004kw4}} 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]]'''.

->"Who's [your tailor]? Hugh Hefner? All you need is a cotton tail on your butt and some rabbit ears."

It should be noted that the original PlayboyBunny outfit simply used [[IncrediblyLamePun stiffened]] ribbons tied to resemble rabbit ears. Many of the more modern depictions have [[UnusualEars Nekomimi-style]] ears.

--->'''Alice (Hinagiku):''' It must be rough having to cover the ''cheesecake angle'' for our [[BreakingTheFourthWall anniversary story]].\\

* ''[=~Hello! Project~=]'' group v-u-den wore Playboy Bunny outfits in the music video for their single "Aisu Kuriimu to Mai Purin", as well as in almost all subsequent live performances of the song.

* Subverted in ''MadMen'': [[spoiler:Lane Pryce ''dates'' a black Playboy Bunny...and it's a totally legitimate, loving relationship.]]

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

* The [[{{ptitlei015gc004kw4}} 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]]'''.

* In order to celebrate 2011 being the Year of the Hare in the ChineseZodiac, lots of Japanese artists are doing... pictures of {{anime}} girls dressed as playboy bunnies. Not we mind.

The [[EverythingsBetterWithBunnies Playboy Bunny]]... a sexy costume popularized by the {{Playboy}} Club, composed of a [[OfCorsetsSexy corset]] (color varying, though often black), [[AnimalEaredHeadband 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.