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[[File:m bridge b 4707.jpg|link=Super Dimension Fortress Macross|frame|The Bridge Bunnies in their natural habitat.]]

 

 

Someone other than [[The Captain]] needs to actually ''run'' the [[Cool Starship]], which is where the '''Bridge Bunnies''' come in. They're a pair (or trio) of young, attractive twentysomething women (see [[Office Lady]]) who practically live on [[The Bridge]], and deal with [[Communications Officer|opening hailing frequencies]], giving orders to the pilots of the [[Humongous Mecha]] squadrons, reporting that the [[Readings Are Off the Scale]], activating the [[Applied Phlebotinum]], [[Galaxy Quest|repeating whatever the computer is saying]], warning of [[Negative Space Wedgie]]s, and the like. A staple of Japanese [[Anime]] shows that feature large capital ships.

 

== Film ==

* ''[[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]]''

** Yeoman Rand from the first season. She is not shown doing much. She is useful mainly for getting kidnapped and making coffee with ''phasers''.

* ''[[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.

* ''[[Battlestar Galactica Classic|Battlestar Galactica]]'' - Flight Corporal Rigel (played by Sarah Rush), though Athena tends to work in the bridge as well.

* 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 & Conquer]]'': In ''Tiberian Sun'', Kodiak and Montauk were commanded by McNeil and Slavik (both male) respectively. But both had one male and one female as their supporting officers. The game split the difference: In Kodiak, Chandra had the speaking roles and in Montauk, it was Oxanna.

 

 

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