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** 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'', genderflips this trope by having the Commanding officer of the SDF-3, Admiral Lisa Hayes-Hunter, select a trio of handsome ''men'' to fill the same roles on her bridge.
* ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'''s bridge crew were competent ship-runners supporting their [[Genius Ditz]] commander. Ruri and Megumi, particularly, had several focus episodes.
* All series of the Mazinger trilogy (''[[Mazinger Z]]'', ''[[Great Mazinger]]'' and ''[[UFO Robo Grendizer]]'') featured [[Bridge Bunnies]]. They used to be a male trio, though, and [[Man in White|wore white uniforms]]. They performed the ordinary functions of [[Mission Control]], collecting and interpreting data and reading it to [[The Professor]] or the pilots of the [[Humongous Mecha]], as well as sending them orders or receiving their messages. The trio of [[UFO Robo Grendizer]] [[Bridge Bunnies]] were called Hayashi, Yamada and Aoi.
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** ''[[Digimon Savers]]'' brings us another set: Miki and Megumi. (Yes, another Megumi with short blonde hair and no, she doesn't get any more character development. Be sure to check them out when the episode is animated by the 'fanservice' team.)
** ''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 the Shell]]''
** 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?). Not only can they man the control centre, they also come in handy when in one episode, two are used as [[Distracted by the Sexy|sexy twins to distract the guards]].
** 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.
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* ''[[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]]''.
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== Film ==
* Ever since ''[[Alien (franchise)|Aliens]]''' homage female transport pilot, this particular variety of the trope has shown up countless times afterward (''[[Starcraft]]'', ''[[Halo]]''. etc...) while remaining [[Older Than They Think]].
* ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'' plays this trope snarkily straight. Gwen DeMarco's official capacity is inherited from her character in the [[Show Within a Show]], Tawny Madison. Her job is to repeat everything the computer says, word-for-word. [[Lampshaded]] into a pile of smoking ash about three-quarters of the way through the movie: "Listen - I have ''one'' job to do on this ship, and it's stupid, but I'm gonna do it!"
* Likewise in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' parody ''[[Star Wreck|Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning]]'', where the primary job of the helmswoman is to look darn good and make fun of the Captain/Emperor. The extras at the back of the bridge are also all female (and all in high heels).
* ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'': Despite having been a clear [[Bridge Bunny]] in the original TV series (and subsequent movies), Uhura in the 2009 reboot of ''Star Trek'' is portrayed as smart, competent, and an aversion to this trope.
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** 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 [[Mass Effect 3]], there's a Bridge Bunny by the name of Specialist Samantha Traynor instead of Kelly Chambers.
* In ''[[Pokémon Ranger]]: Shadows of Almia'', there are three ladies in the ranger headquarters who sit before a huge computer monitor on the top floor. They have to keep track of the rangers, they confirm quest completions, and other stuff.
* ''[[Command
* Terran dropship in ''[[Starcraft]]'' have a bubblegum chewing female pilot who quotes [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzFuDOXWNDE#t=00m08s Aliens' dropship pilot].
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