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In 1975, über-producer Aaron Spelling came up with an outrageous idea -- a TV show about three female detectives who run around without bras. Back then, women rarely had leading roles in hour-long series, and they certainly did not run around without bras. Charlie's Angels changed all that, introducing a spellbound nation to the Jiggle Show. A show that featured a whole lot of women running in slow-motion.

It kicked off a whole sub-genre of shows, like Baywatch, which combined women and Slow Motion. Some of them even had plots and stuff. Sorta.

See also Girls Behind Bars, Gainaxing and the Video Game tropes Jiggle Physics and Panty Fighter.

Examples of Jiggle Show include:

Film

Angels Revenge

Live Action TV

Trope Maker: Charlie's Angels
Trope Codifier: Baywatch
Three's Company
Charmed
VIP (Vallery Irons Protection), an Affectionate Parody of Charlie's Angels starring Pamela Anderson.
She Spies, another Affectionate Parody of Charlie's Angels, which could be seen as Charlie's Angels, but with everyone in on the joke. In fact, when they dropped a lot of the self-referential humor and turned into a straight action-adventure series in the second season, it didn't work.
Despite having a plot more akin to Knight Rider, Thunder in Paradise has so many pool scenes and enough action girls of the week it probably fits here.

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-In 1975, über-producer [[Aaron Spelling]] came up with an outrageous idea -- a TV show about three female detectives who run around without bras. Back then, women rarely had leading roles in hour-long series, and they certainly did not run around without bras. ''[[Charlies Angels]]'' changed all that, introducing a spellbound nation to the [[Jiggle Show]]. A show that featured a whole lot of women running in slow-motion.
+In 1975, über-producer [[Aaron Spelling]] came up with an outrageous idea -- a TV show about three female detectives who run around without bras. Back then, women rarely had leading roles in hour-long series, and they certainly did not run around without bras. ''[[Charlie's Angels]]'' changed all that, introducing a spellbound nation to the [[Jiggle Show]]. A show that featured a whole lot of women running in slow-motion.
 It kicked off a whole sub-genre of shows, like ''[[Baywatch]]'', which combined women and [[Slow Motion]]. Some of them even had plots and stuff. Sorta.
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 == [[Live Action TV]] ==
-* [[Trope Maker]]: ''[[Charlies Angels]]''
+* [[Trope Maker]]: ''[[Charlie's Angels]]''
 * [[Trope Codifier]]: ''[[Baywatch]]''
-* ''[[Threes Company]]''
+* ''[[Three's Company]]''
-* ''[[Charmed (TV)|Charmed]]''
+* ''[[Charmed]]''
 * ''VIP'' (Vallery Irons Protection), an [[Affectionate Parody]] of ''Charlie's Angels'' starring [[Pamela Anderson]].
 * ''[[She Spies]]'', another [[Affectionate Parody]] of ''Charlie's Angels,'' which could be seen as ''Charlie's Angels,'' but with everyone in on the joke. In fact, when they dropped a lot of the self-referential humor and turned into a straight action-adventure series in the second season, it didn't work.