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Women who operate fast vehicles are apparently attractive. Maybe it's the [[Spy Catsuit|tight]] [[Hell-Bent for Leather|leather]]. Also includes car drivers and female pilots.
Compare and contrast [[Hood Ornament Hottie]]. The two are similar, but a
May deliver a "[[Samus Is a Girl]]" reveal, if she doesn't wear her leathers skintight and does wear a full helmet.
Essentially the [[Distaff Counterpart]] to [[Badass Biker]], in that she won't be a pushover if things get messy, although she may be less aggressively badass than he is.
Will likely induce a [[Hello, Nurse!]] effect on nearby males, and maybe some [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]] from [[Even the Girls Want Her|a nearby female]].
Compare [[Hood Ornament Hottie]] who is ''purely'' decorative. For girls who can ''fix'' such vehicles, see [[Wrench Wench]].
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* One of ''[[Cutey Honey]]'''s more prominent forms is a biker.
* Being inspired by [[Cutey Honey]], so is ''[[Angel Blade]]''. She is [[Distracted by the Sexy|a hazard to every male driver she passes by]].
* Natsuki Kuga from ''[[
* Likewise her [[Name's the Same]] [[Expy]] in the first episode of ''[[Ga-Rei Zero]]''.
* Benten, one of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune in ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'', is portrayed this way.
* Haruka Tenou of ''[[Sailor Moon]]''.
** In the Materials Collection, JunJun is also stated to ride a bike, though all we ever see of this in the series is a rather 80's esque biker outfit.
* ''Golden Boy'' has one, in one of it's more perverted episodes. She has a....strong attachment to her motorcycle.
* Mai Kujaku/Valentine of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' after her [[Face Heel Turn]]. {{spoiler|She kept the bike after returning to the side of good.}}
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* Teana, resident [[The Gunslinger|Gunslinger]] and [[Tsundere]] in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Striker S]]'', rides a [[Cool Bike]]. Not to mention, her partner ([[Just Friends|and possibly]] [[Les Yay|more]]) Subaru, who's a [[Rollerblade Good|Jet-Skater Babe]].
* Haruko from ''[[FLCL]]''.
* Jun The Swan from ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman|Gatchaman]]'', where riding her bike ''off a waterfall'', jumping off it in midair, and landing gracefully back on it before it hits the ground is no big deal for her.
* Sakaya Yumi from ''[[Mazinger Z]]''. She is given a bike to interface with one of the robots she pilots.
** Jun Hono from ''[[Great Mazinger]]'' and Maria Fleed from ''[[UFO Robo Grendizer]]'' also count.
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* Houquet Enrose from ''[[Genesis Climber Mospeada]]'' (aka "Rook" from ''[[Robotech]] New Generation'').
* [[Dark Action Girl|Hibari Ginza]] from ''[[Speed Grapher]]''.
* In ''[[Lupin III]]: First Contact'', Fujiko is shown to be be an excellent motorcyclist (and driver in general) throughout all of the series and movies. Oftentimes, her abilities in this field
** Hilariously enough, her leather zip-up bodysuit's zipper seems to randomly change position. Sometimes it's fully zipped up; sometimes it's open enough to show off her ''generous'' cleavage.
* Masayo, a one-time character in ''[[Tenchi in Tokyo]]'' who befriends Ayeka and Sasami. {{spoiler|She was a shooting star turned into a woman by Yugi and their squad, and had to befriend the girls to keep them from findign Tenchi. But after they learn that she's also searching for her also-humanized boyfriend, Isao, the sisters help her find him.}}
* Celty from ''[[Durarara!!]]'' uses a kind of glamour to shift her horse and traditional attire into this as a modern-day version of the [[Headless Horseman]].
** also, Vorona in the novels
* Natsumi from ''[[You're Under Arrest]]'' is primarily a biker, and does not take well to cars at all.
* The [[Girl of the Week|Girl of the Episode]] in the 5th Episode of ''[[Golden Boy
* Aki Hinata from ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' combines this with [[Hot Mom]].
* Kureha from ''[[Tokko]]''.
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* Kazuki from ''[[B Gata H Kei]]''.
* [[Fiery Redhead]] Miranda from ''[[Venus Wars]]'' is the Queen of her Battle Bike team.
* Michiko from ''[[Michiko to Hatchin]]'' rides a [http://animeyume.com/blog/images/michiko_to_hatchin1.png strange scooter/motorcycle thing], and is quite adept with it: pulling all kinds of stunts like wheelies, ramp jumps and ''riding across rooftops''.
=== [[Comic Books]] ===
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* The protagonists of ''[[Vamps]]'' definitely count.
* Alejandra, the new [[Ghost Rider]].
=== [[Film]] ===
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* Trinity from ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]''.
* Rebecca, title character of the 1968 British-French film ''The Girl on a Motorcycle'' (''[[Vapor Wear|Naked]] [[Hell-Bent for Leather|Under Leather]]'').
* Camero from ''[[Bitch Slap]]''
* Stephanie Zunoni from ''[[Grease 2]]''.
=== [[Literature]] ===
* War in ''[[Good Omens]]'', once the Four Horsemen become the Four Bikers.
* For the handful of occasions she's brought her motorcycle with her, Karrin Murphy of ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' definitely qualifies as a Biker Babe. Just don't call her that where she can hear you.
* Fiona in William Gibson's [[Bigend Books|Zero History]]
▲=== [[Live Action TV]] ===
* Attempted with DC Juliet Becker in ''[[The Bill]]''.
* Cathy Gale from ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]''.
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* Snoop on ''[[The Wire]]'' wears feminine clothing for the only time on the entire series when she participates in a motorcycle drive-by.
* Rachel "Ray" Defwydd in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S24
* ''[[Kamen Rider Dragon Knight]]'' has [[Distaff Counterpart|Kamen Rider Siren]]. Her counterpart in ''[[Kamen Rider Ryuki]]'', Kamen Rider Femme, has the honour of being the [[Kamen Rider|series']] first female rider, though she was only in [[The Movie]].
* Kelly tired to be one in an episode of ''[[Married... with Children]]''; she decided against it when Al (after a testosterone fueled [[Imagine Spot]]) tried to ride her bike and injured himself.
=== [[Newspaper Comics]] ===
* The title character in ''[[Rose Is Rose]]'' has a tattooed, black-leather-clad
=== [[Video Games]] ===
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* ''[[Rival Schools]]'''s Akira has "motorbikes" listed as one of her likes in her profile, and she's even shown driving one on a game cover. Not to mention the bodyglove biker suit and the (optional) helmet.
* Maki, from the ''[[Street Fighter]]'' and ''[[Final Fight]]'' series, is a biker babe. A [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|'ninja']] biker babe.
* Claire Redfield in ''[[Resident Evil]] 2''.
* ''[[Bayonetta]]'' and her rival Jeanne drive motorcycles. They can do cool tricks with them like drive up walls and on enemies' faces.
* Blue Mary Ryan from the ''[[Fatal Fury]]'' series is also a good example.
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* Mitsuru from ''[[Persona 3]]'' drives a motorbike.
* Cheiron/Sagiitta from ''[[Sakura Taisen|Sakura Wars V]]''.
=== [[Visual Novels]] ===
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* Another Haruko from ''[[AIR]]''.
* She never does it in the actual visual novel, but Arturia, the Saber from ''[[Fate/stay night]]'', is one badass biker babe. Turns out her ability of being a supernaturally adept "rider" isn't limited to animals...
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* Roxy Rocket of the [[DCAU]] tries to be this. Whether or not she succeeds is an issue to take to the forums.
* The aptly named Sizzle (both for her measurements and for her love of flamethrowers) from ''[[Stunt Dawgs]]'' was built around the concept of hot women on hot bikes.
* [[Tomboyish Name|Charlie]] from ''[[Biker Mice From Mars]]''.
* AndrAIa from ''[[
* Huntress in ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]''.
* ''[[Sonic Underground]]'' has Sonic's sister Sonia.
* Arcee of ''[[Transformers Prime]]'' uses a hologram of a helmeted
* The villainess Rojo in the original ''[[Ben 10]]'' series.
* Maggie as a teenage on ''[[The Simpsons]]'', possibly, as motorcycle paraphernalia was present in her messy room's décor.
=== [[Real Life]] ===
* Despite not looking it, [[
* Three-time Pro Stock Motorcycle drag racing champion Angelle Sampey.
* [http://www.jennytinmouth.com/ Jenny Tinmouth]
* [[Dorothy L. Sayers]].
== Car Drivers ==
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* Fate of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' got herself a black convertible (the [[Fan Nickname|Cardiche]]) sometime during the [[Time Skip]].
* Rally Vincent from ''[[Gunsmith Cats]]''.
* Also from ''[[You're Under Arrest]]'' is [[Wrench Wench|Miyuki]]. As is Sena, Ken's twenty-year-old stepmother, who drives a
* "Cherry-boy hunter" Sonoshee Mclaren, as well as Bosbos and her sister in ''[[Red Line]]''
* Reina Akikawa in ''[[Wangan Midnight]]'' who owns a tuned Nissan Skyline GT-R and drove a number of other tuned sports cars. And she's also a model and a TV Show host.
=== [[Comic Books]] ===
* ''[[Chassis]]''. For bonus points, it was a flying car!
=== [[Film]] ===
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** At least start with Joann Nail and Susan Flannery from the original (and superior) ''[[The Gumball Rally]]''.
* ''[[Thunderball]]'' had Fiona Volpe and her motorcycle; the remake ''[[Never Say Never Again]]'' had Fatima Blush, who led Bond on a chase in a (heavily modified) screaming mid-engined Renault 5. Volpe herself got Bond a bit anxious as a passenger in her Mustang.
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* Reiko Nagase was portrayed this way in the third ''[[Ridge Racer]]'' game, at the very least as more than just eye candy. Later, the trope would be shown in full with Rena Hyami, ambulance driver turned racer.
=== [[Web Comics]] ===
* Ash, Emily and Kate from ''[[Misfile]]'', all into street racing.
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* Penelope Pitstop on ''[[Wacky Races]]'' and, less often, [[The Perils of Penelope Pitstop|her own series]].
=== [[Real Life]] ===
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaRoyP4DEi8 Michèle Mouton], a rally driver and probably the best competitive female driver ever.
* [[wikipedia:Sabine Schmitz|Sabine Schmitz]], Nürburgring specialist, host of the [[German Media|German show]] ''D-Motor'' and once jokingly suggested as a replacement for [[Top Gear|Richard Hammond]].
== Pilots ==
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* The same goes for Faye from ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' and her fighter ship.
* Kitori from the ''[[Area 88]]'' TV series flies as well as any man at the base. And she lives longer than most.
=== [[Comic Books]] ===
* [[Blackhawk|Lady Blackhawk]] in [[The DCU]].
* [[Ms. Marvel]]
=== [[Film]] ===
* The [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] films are rather fond of female aviators, actually.
** Naomi in ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me]]'' flies a helicopter wearing a shirt and a bikini.
** Xenia in ''[[
** Pussy Galore in ''[[Goldfinger]]'' is the eponymous villain's personal pilot and has her own squad of all-female fliers.
** Pam Bouvier in ''[[Licence to Kill]]'' is a pilot for the U.S. Army.
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* Frankie (deliciously played by Angelina Jolie) in ''[[Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow]]''... oh, and her [[Amazon Brigade|all-girl squadron]], too!!
▲=== [[Live Action TV]] ===
* Caitlin in ''[[Airwolf]]''.
* ''[[Battlestar Galactica
=== [[Newspaper Comics]] ===
* Sala and her [[Amazon Brigade]] of [[Sky Pirates]] in ''[[The Phantom (comic strip)|The Phantom]]''. She was played by Catherine Zeta Jones in [[The Phantom (film)|The Movie]].
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* It must be something that runs in the family. [[Shout-Out|Kei Nagase]] is a fighter pilot in ''[[Ace Combat]]''.
=== [[Real Life]] ===
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