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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''"Is this a ship of the [[Norse Mythology|Valkyries]]?"''|'''Q''', ''[[Star Trek
Someone other than [[The Captain]] needs to actually ''run'' the [[Cool Starship]], which is where the
Off duty, they're frequently romantically [[Pair the Spares|paired with minor characters]], or can be the [[Girl of the Week]]. They're invariably female, although a token male junior bridge officer may be sufficiently intimidated by them to serve as [[Plucky Comic Relief|Comic Relief]]. Token males in this position will also likely be [[Ho Yay|swinging their bat the other way]], unless someone else on the crew fills that role.
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
A specialized version of [[Mission Control]], with all the twists therein possibly applicable. They occasionally serve as [[Those Two Guys|Those Two Girls]], [[Greek Chorus|commenting on the action]] and what's going to happen next.
{{examples}}
== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'' / ''[[Robotech]]''
** Kim, Shammy, and Vanessa are [[Trope Maker|ye originale]] Bridge Bunnies, for whom the term was coined by fans.
*** The novels by Jack
** ''[[Macross II]]'', a sequel to ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'' made without the original creators, included three young female mecha pilots (Natasha, Saori, and Amy) who
** Sally and Miho from ''[[Macross 7]]''
** ''[[Macross Frontier]]'' has a team of bunnies on the job on the Quarter, as well as Bobby, the male helmsman who is [[Camp Gay|Gay]] enough to count.
** The American-created sequel film to ''[[Robotech]]'', ''The Sentinels'',
* ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]''{{'}}s bridge crew were competent ship-runners supporting their [[Genius Ditz]] commander. [[Deadpan Loli|Ruri]] and Megumi, particularly, had several focus episodes.
* All series of the Mazinger trilogy (''[[
* 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
* ''[[Gundam Seed Destiny]]'': the lone female bridge bunny (Miriallia Haw aka Milly who was also one in the previous series) plays a relatively large role in the story. In the original ''[[Gundam Seed]]'', after going from [[Rich Bitch]] to [[Fallen Princess]], Fllay Alster becomes a bridge bunny under Natarle Badgiruel's orders in the ''Dominion''. The Archangel, meanwhile has the female (acting) captain Murrue, Milly herself, and a group of male bridge bunnies leaded (sorta) by Sai Argyle.
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' had Sayla Mass, Frau Bow, and Mirai Yashima (who actually was the pilot of the ship, making her [[The Lancer]] to [[The Captain]] Bright Noa). Sayla eventually gets promoted from Bridge Bunny to fighter pilot. Subverted in ''[[Zeta Gundam]]'', where the bridge bunnies that helped Captain [[Gentle Giant|Henken Beckner]] and later Captain Bright are ''male''.
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'': Amy Limietta for the Asura in the first two seasons. The third season has Shario Fineeno, Alto Claette and Lucino Lilie for [[Mission Control|Long Arch]]. In both cases, the commanding officer is also female, along with [[
* Most of Kaiba's monitoring staff during the Battle City tournament and Kaiba Corp Grand Prix arcs (and they All. Looked. The. Same. Except for their [[Hair Colors]]). Hilariously lampshaded in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series
{{quote|
'''Kaiba''': Yes. I created them to shun them with my cold indifference. }}
* ''[[Tenchi Muyo! GXP]]'': Yamada Seina's [[Unwanted Harem|constantly-growing]] harem effectively serves as his bridge bunnies. Earlier, [[Those Two Guys|Those Three Guys]] filled the role before being [[Put
* ''[[Starship Operators]]''
* ''[[Idolmaster: Xenoglossia]]'': Naze, Sorewa, and Nareba.
* ''[[Ah!
* ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[
** ''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.
* ''[[Ghost in
** There is a line of mass-produced female Bridge Bunny androids. Different organisations use different models, but every bunny-bot in the organisation is identical - Section 9 have brunete androids in a pink blazers, and the army seem to use models with short black hair and glasses (Glasses? On an android? ([[Meganekko|Well]], [[Nerds Are Sexy|yes]].)). Not only can they man the control centre, they also come in handy when in one episode, two are used as [[Distracted
** Besides serving coffee, Section 9's operators are also the sole pilots of the unit's tilt-rotor aircraft, and can even take care of children.
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' has Maya Ibuki, Makoto Hyuga, and Shigeru Aoba. There are a bunch of others as well, but none are given names, distinctive character designs, or personalities.
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** Only Kyon's ship has the more traditional Bridge Bunnies if you ignore their uniforms.
* Belvedere Coco, Celtic Midori, and Amarone Slantheav from ''[[Vandread]]''. Subverted to a certain extent, because the only male on the bridge is the ship's navigator. In a further subversion, most of the female bridge crew are wearing relatively conservative outfits (one is pregnant, one dresses in a full-body bear outfit, and the captain is an old woman), whilst the ''guy'' is obliged to be naked in quite a number of scenes. Finally, {{spoiler|the most scantily-clad woman on the bridge is later revealed to be a man in drag.}}
* ''[[
** Mary and Shelley are the
** The half dozen or so 100-Series Realians that were engineered to look exactly like Jr's (the captain) first romantic interest. Physically they are 12-year-old girls. The girls had added combat value against Gnosis, due to their ability to activate the Hilbert Effect.
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' has both female (Christina and Feldt) and male (Lasse and Lichtendal)
** The survival rate is {{spoiler|equal for Bridge Bunnies of both genders: 50%. Lichty and Christina [[Together in Death|die together]] [[Tear Jerker|and very tragically]], Lasse and Feldt make it and return for Season 2, and are soon joined by another female bunny, [[Genki Girl]] Mileina Vashti, and much later by Mileina's mom [[Hot Scientist|Linda]].}}.
**
* Almo and Coco of the ''[[Galaxy Angel (
* Ryouko, Saki and Megumi in ''[[Dragonaut:
* ''[[Geneshaft]]'' "justified" this with the explanation that, thanks to [[Genetic Engineering]], society now consists mostly of women, and only a controlled number of men (to cut down on violence). This is just the beginning of the utterly stupid science in the series.
* Ayame Futaba, Ichijiku Hinata, and Mutsuki Minase from ''[[Code Geass]] R2''. One magazine [[lampshaded]] this by saying that the girls were carrying out "the long-standing robot anime tradition of the trio of operator girls".
* In ''[[Sakura Wars]]'' each of the three theatre/combat troupes has a set of Bridge
* ''[[Gall Force]]'' is what you get when you make a team of Bridge Bunnies into the protagonists.
* Tsubael from ''[[Blue Drop]]'' is perhaps more the competent [[Mission Control]] type, but her role in the series fits this trope rather well.
* ''[[
* ''[[Godannar]]'' had a couple, who apparently got promoted to {{spoiler|mecha pilots}} by the end of the series.
* ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' references the trope: Teletha "Tessa" Testarossa, [[Genre Savvy]] captain of the ''Tuatha de Danaan'', is young and attractive. When Kaname first meets Tessa, she assumes she is a [[Bridge Bunny]], and Tessa plays along for awhile.
* Yuki (Nova) from ''[[Space Battleship Yamato]]''.
* ''[[Outlaw Star]]'' has the trio of Melfina, Aisha, and Suzuka. While the later two are competent and valuable warriors when on the ground, whilst onboard the ''Outlaw Star'' they are pretty much relegated to this.
== Comic Books ==
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* The ''[[Marvel Mangaverse]]'' version of the Fantastic Four has Alicia Harkness and Agatha Harkness serving as Bridge Bunnies to Reed Richards, as a sort of homage to ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''.
* In The Sage of Toad's [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5565307/1/ ARSENAL], the Nightshift Bridge Bunnies from ''[[Ikari Shinji Raising Project|The Ikari Shinji Raising Project]]'' are actually Gendo Ikari's sleeper agents who try to wrest back control of NERV from Shinji after he takes over. These methods include steadily [[Bloodier and Gorier
▲== Fan Fic ==
* In addition of Maya, Makoto and Shigeru, Ritsuko in ''[[
▲* In The Sage of Toad's [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5565307/1/ ARSENAL], the Nightshift Bridge Bunnies from ''[[Ikari Shinji Raising Project|The Ikari Shinji Raising Project]]'' are actually Gendo Ikari's sleeper agents who try to wrest back control of NERV from Shinji after he takes over. These methods include steadily [[Bloodier and Gorier|bloodier and gorier]] acts of terrorism, assassination attempts against Shinji and his friends, and steadily escalated acts of violence and just plain insane [[Rule of Cool|action sequences]]. But [http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r405/DodgerTalon/3_techs.png looking at them], you'd never [[Beware the Nice Ones|suspect a thing]]...
▲* In addition of Maya, Makoto and Shigeru, Ritsuko in ''[[Aeon Natum Engel (Fanfic)|Aeon Natum Engel]]'' abd ''[[Aeon Entelechy Evangelion (Fanfic)|Aeon Entelechy Evangelion]]'' has her own little army of MAGI technicians (Maya being the senior) who, unfortunately for dear Dr.Akagi's nerves, frequently end up starting Tachikoma-like arguments with each other.
== Film ==
* Ever since ''[[Alien (
* ''[[
* Likewise in the ''[[
* ''[[Star Trek (
* In ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1117581/ Arena]'', the control room of Logan's illegal gladiator combat broadcast is operated by Kawaii and Kaneko, a pair of attractive young women who spend half their time responding to barked orders by hitting buttons on consoles and the other half of the time being eye candy.
* [[Twin Threesome Fantasy|Marlene and Charlene]] from ''[[
* Lampshaded in ''[[Carry On|Carry On Spying]]''. The captured heroes are taken to the villain's [[Elaborate Underground Base]], which is full of catsuited females bustling about.
▲{{quote| '''Villain:''' This is our headquarters.<br />
'''Hero:''' [''[[Eating the Eye Candy]] view of a bridge bunny's posterior''] Looks more like hindquarters to me! }}
* ''[[Space Mutiny]]'' had Bridge Bunnies who were downright ''Playboy Bunnies.'' They were wearing singlets and everything. (Granted, some other bridge staff wore actual uniforms, but still...)▼
▲== Live Action TV ==
* Lt. Gay Ellis, the Moon Base commander in ''[[UFO]]'' (1970), becomes more like an office assistant when any male cast members visit the base.
* ''[[
** Yeoman Rand from the first season. She is not shown doing much. She is useful mainly for getting kidnapped and making coffee with ''phasers''.
** Uhura started under this trope
* ''[[Quark]]'': The Bettys, played by two of the Doublemint Gum twins. One of them was a clone (the pretty one) and they both lusted after [[The Captain]] Quark.
*
▲** The three main bridge operators are a woman and two men, Dualla, Gaeta, and Hoshi, respectively. The male bridge officers, Gaeta and Hoshi, are eventually revealed to be in a relationship . . . with each other. Fans of these three characters have enthusiastically claimed the "bridge bunny" moniker.
* ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'':
** Major Kevin Marks, who always seem to be around the currently visited ship. He was present on every US-made ship so
** Walter Harriman. He has one job, consisting of repeating which Chevron is encoded and lock, and damn, does he do it well. He also opens and closes the stargate's iris. Lampshaded in the seventh season episode "Heroes".
▲* ''[[Space Mutiny]]'' had Bridge Bunnies who were downright ''Playboy Bunnies.'' They were wearing singlets and everything. (Granted, some other bridge staff wore actual uniforms, but still...)
== Literature ==
* [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s ''[[Starship Troopers (
* Starships in David Weber's ''[[
== Video Games ==
* In ''[[
** ''[[Mega Man X
* The Resistance Base has a pair in ''[[
* ''[[Super Robot Wars Original Generation]]'':
** Rio Mei Long and Eita Nadaka for the Hagane and Eun Hyojin for the Hiryu Kai. Rio becomes a pilot early on, and Eita gets a de-facto promotion to second-in-command after {{spoiler|Daitetsu's death in [[OG 2]].}} [[Demoted to Extra|Poor Eun never gets any spotlight.]]
** Bit of trivia, while most nameless human character (like [[Mook]] and [[Red Shirt]]) either have their eyes cover with a gear or shade. Nameless
** The other Original battleship, ''W'''s ''Valstork'', has Shihomi and Akane Ardygun, and the male Horris Horaian. [[The Captain]] 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.}}
* ''[[
* The ''[[Xenosaga
* The prologue of ''[[
* Orbulon in ''[[Wario Ware
* ''[[
** Cerberus probably put Chambers there specifically for Shepard to hit on, and to keep Shepard and the rest of the crew under control. In other words, to be the perfect [[Bridge Bunny]]. A ship the size of the Normandy doesn't really have any clerical work that can't be done by computer, especially since the ship has an AI on board, and the Normandy Mark I had a conspicuous lack of yeomen/Shepard wranglers.
*** {{spoiler|Confirmed in ''3''; Kelly admits to Shepard that her main directive was to spy on Shepard for the Illusive Man, if she survived the events of ''2''.}}
** In [[
* In ''[[
* ''[[Command
* Terran dropship in ''[[
▲== Webcomics ==
* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' Zoe and Gwynn take on this role during the "Stick Figures in Space" arcs.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Outsider]]'' - The bridges of Loroi warships are populated entirely by attractive female elvish-looking individuals, but that's largely because male Loroi are rather less common than female ones and to place them in danger would be a little wasteful. The whole of their military would seem to be female.
== Western Animation ==
* In the ''[[
* L'Etranger from ''[[Max Steel]]'' has his submarine, the Akina, staffed solely by female SIRENS in full-body (yet form-fitting) armor and helmets.
* In ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', the Fireside Girls sometimes become this when they have to help pilot inventions.
== Real Life ==
* At law
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