Ninja Maid: Difference between revisions

 

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** Technically denied by herself. When Rolo calls her a ninja, she corrects him, and calls herself an SP - a reference to Japan's Police division dedicated to bodyguard duties, itself heavily based on the American Secret Service. Of course, she just happens to have weapons similar to those a ninja would use.

* An episode of ''[[Ghost in the Shell]]'' featured a reclusive billionaire (who later turned out to be [[Dead All Along]]) with a mansion staffed by [[Robot Girl|gynoid]] maids with hidden guns that flipped out of their arms. They went down like [[Conservation of Ninjutsu|chumps]], though.

 

== Comic Books ==

* ''[[Empowered]]'' features Maidman, a strapping male Ninja Maid.

 

== Fan Works ==

* ''[[Shinji and Warhammer40K]]'': Rei has come to regularly wear a maid suit when in {{spoiler|her <s>lord and master</s> personal god}} Shinji's place of residence, keeps it in pristine order, and has inspired sufficient mortal terror among the [[Yakuza]] for them to offer him tribute on a regular basis. {{spoiler|As for [[Bodyguard Crush]], the term is [[Happiness in Slavery|far too limited]].}}

* In the ''[[Ranma ½]]/[[Sailor Moon]]'' crossover ''[[Relatively Absent]]'', the Yamada clan employs only ninja maids in its family compound.

 

== Film ==

* In the third ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' movie Shao Feng's meek maids, Lian and Park, instantly turn badass when the East Indian Trading Company attacks his lair.

 

== Literature ==

* Shizuka, from ''[[Tales of the Otori]]''.

* Ulla from ''[[Larklight]]''. "Have a care, sir, I'll have you know I am an agent of the British Secret Service!"

* In ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'', Sun Quan's sister (never named) is a [[Badass Princess]] with an entourage of a hundred fighting ladies-in-waiting, all equally good with spear and bow—an [[Amazon Brigade]] of Ninja Maids.

 

* In "Exposed", an episode of the British sci-fi series ''[[UFO]]'', Paul Foster makes a threatening move towards Dr. Jackson and finds himself caught in a judo hold by his beautiful Oriental servant. Jackson then coolly remarks: "Yes Mr. Foster, things are not always what they seem."

* Never read the manga, but in the TV series version of Akihabara@DEEP, Akira is a [[Maid Cafe]] waitress by day, professional cage-fighter by night. Once her otaku friends build a website for her, her popularity at the cafe skyrockets.

 

== Tabletop Games ==

* ''[[Maid RPG]]''. They have rules for ''everything''.

 

== Theatre ==

* In ''[[The Pink Panther]]'', Inspector Clouseau's maid is a trained ninja. They spar regularly.

 

== Video Games ==

* Iroha from ''[[Samurai Shodown]]''. Particularly noticeable for looking almost exactly like what comes to mind when thinking of the term "Ninja Maid": she wears what is essentially a cross between traditional Japanese garb and the [[Stripperiffic|stereotypically skimpy]] French-maid costume.

* With the right DLC, you can make one of these in the [[Soul Series|Soulcalibur IV]] character creator

* Alice from ''[[Embric of Wulfhammers Castle]]'', the Duchess's personal maid, isn't a ninja, she took barbarian levels instead. Though, it does result in a lot of broken furniture. And one busted tower.

 

* Leysritt and Sella are ninja maids for Ilya in ''[[Fate/stay night]]''.

* Azumi is the most notable one in ''[[Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!|Maji De Watashi Ni Koi Shinasai]]'', but all the Kuki maids would count. Also [[Lampshaded]]:

* Kuon of ''[[My Girlfriend is the President]]'' is a unique example because despite being a hyper-competent bodyguard to Irina her specialty is not in bladed weaponry, throwing weaponry, or even melee. Rather she specializes in firearms and grenades. [http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/6407/kuongrenades.png Lots and lots of grenades.] Though she does tend to be good at sneaking up on people and popping out of nowhere.

 

 

== Web Original ==

* v2 of''[[Open Blue]]'' had Count Veneto's [[Amazon Brigade|Killer Bunny Assassination Squad]]. Justified by them being [[Tyke Bomb]] commandos who just happen to be working for a [[The Caligula|nutty]] [[Blue Blood]], who, for a reason that has yet to be figured out, prefers to have them dress up as maids.

 

== Western Animation ==

* American Maid, in ''[[The Tick (animation)]]'' animated series.

* In one episode of ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'', Timmy wants a ninja disguise, but is given a maid costume. This may be referencing this trope.

 

* For some reason, the [http://theglen.livejournal.com/16735.html list of] "[[Things Mr. Welch Is No Longer Allowed to Do In An RPG]]" specifically forbids this.

{{quote|141. My maid does not know kung fu.}}

::It ''is'' a long list of [[Noodle Incident]]s...

* The filk song ''On Top of the Wall'', whose narrator declares that she's "normally a scullery maid" but when the castle in which she works is attacked, she sings, {{spoiler|"I'm up on top of the wall looking down on the raiders and the only source of comfort I can find is this large pot of oil, which I've just begun to boil. I've been cooking up on top of the wall."}}

 

== Real Life ==

* Real Ninja were by definition spies and often disguised themselves as peasants. Many ninja weapons are based on modified farm equipment. A Ninja with a job as a domestic servant is no big stretch, although the French maid outfit is pushing it—ninja were never given the opportunity to operate in France. [[Wild Mass Guessing|Or possibly the fact we think they weren't operating in France just shows how good they were]].

* While not as awesome as the [[Assassin's Creed|Assassins Creed's]] versions, [[The Hashshashin|hashshashins]] (assassins), their real life counterparts often disguised themselves as servants to deliver poisons or backstabs to their targets.

 

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