Bridge Bunnies: Difference between revisions

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.

 

 

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.

* ''[[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. {{spoiler|All of the Dominion bunnies, along with Natarle and including Fllay, get killed in the final battle when Le-Creuset blows up their escape pod for the kicks. The Archangel ones survive.}}

* ''[[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''.

* 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 (Web Video)|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'':

{{quote| '''Mokuba''': You have a harem big bro?<br />

** Itsuki's ship is staffed with ''[[Henohenomoheji]]'', actually a simple drawing exercise using hiragana characters to make a face.

** Mikuru's ship is staffed by stuffed animals - [[Throw It In|which really originated from doodles that Haruhi's voice actor Aya Hirano left on her scripts]].

** 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.}}

** Uhura started under this trope. Short skirt and the old-timey phone operator headset. In the [[Star Trek the Animated Series (Animation)|animated version]] her character started to show signs of breaking out of this role, handing off her [[Bridge Bunny]] duties to M'ress, the Bridge Kitty; and once the movies roll around, she ditches this completely and [[Took a Level In Badass|takes multiple levels in badass]].

* ''[[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.

** Lt. Dualla is a classic [[Bridge Bunny]] being young pretty and subordinate.

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