History Main / BestKnownForTheFanservice

** [[Characters/MarvelComicsPsylocke Psylocke]]. Remember those years she spent as the team's primary {{telepath|y}}? How about those two times she took on [[Characters/MarvelComicsSabretooth Sabretooth]] with nothing but her psychic powers? Nothing? Okay, how about when she got turned into a scantily-clad Asian babe and spent years doing nothing but pose in a leotard?

* When the female lead of ''LightNovel/SpiceAndWolf'' [[NakedOnArrival first appears, she is stark naked]]. She's not human, but that can lead people to the wrong conclusions easily enough, and seeing her illustrations (or images from the anime or manga adaptations) without context can [[OffscreenInertia lead one to assume that she goes around naked frequently]], when in fact she prefers to wear clothes in her human form because she gets cold without her fur. Ironically, despite her reputation, she dresses much more conservatively than most anime women (usually a full-length dress and at least one layer with long sleeves, often with a hooded cape over it), largely to hide her tail and ears.

* Similar to her contemporaries Sable and Terri mentioned beforehand, the first thing that comes to mind when mentioning Wrestling/DebraMarshall are her sexy business suits that showcased how {{buxom|IsBetter}} she was, sometimes just dropping the subtlety altogether and appearing in a bikini covered with a blazer.

* [[Franchise/DanganRonpa Danganronpa]] is a series of visual novels featuring a majority of attractive female characters in the overall cast, who cause most female followers of the series to become LesYay in regards to them. Appealing character designs are including but not limited to [[SchoolIdol Sayaka Maizono]], [[PluckyGirl Aoi Asahina]], [[ElegantGothicLolita Celestia Ludenberg]], [[GyaruGirl Junko Enoshima]], [[GenkiGirl Ibuki Mioda]], [[GamerChick Chiaki Nanami]], [[FieryRedhead Mahiru Koizumi]], and [[ActionGirl Komaru Naegi]]. These characters have either large thighs or [[BuxomIsBetter a large bust]] to compensate for if they don't have a physically attractive face.

* Pretty much the enrire point of HairMetal was supposed to be this.

* Jean Auel's ''Literature/EarthsChildren'' series is a massive exploration of early human civilization, culture clash, survival, and romance. There's also a lot of explicit sex. To its detractors, it's just Ayla and "Dongalar" screwing their way across prehistoric Europe.

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* ''ComicBook/{{Purgatori}}'' is a comic that survived a great deal on GirlOnGirlIsHot, HornyDevils, and its beautiful MostCommonSuperpower VillainProtagonist as much as the fact she was a character with a surprisingly deep backstory as well as unique personality.

** Everyone remembers Cat Fairchild for her [[AmazonianBeauty muscular figure]], [[ShesGotLegs super legs]] and tendency to get her [[ClothingDamage clothes destroyed]] much to [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl chagrim]]. One bootleg story is remembered for her being knocked out by the villain who [[UndressingTheUnconscious undresses her]] and put's her into a GoGoEnslavement outfit she wears for the rest of the story.

* Wrestling/StacyKeibler, who voluntarily turned down a title run for admitted lack of wrestling skills and is best known for her [[ShesGotLegs 42" legs]].

* Historically, the cancan dance, performed in places such as the Moulin Rouge and the Folies Bergère. The dance was considered a scandal of the time not because of [[ShesGotLegs their legs]], but because of the open drawers that exposes [[CountryMatters their hoohas]] when they do their high kick.

* [[Franchise/DanganRonpa Danganronpa]] is a series of visual novels featuring a majority of attractive female characters in the overall cast, who cause most female followers of the series to become LesYay in regards to them. Appealing character designs are including but not limited to [[SchoolIdol Sayaka Maizono]], [[PluckyGirl Aoi Asahina]], [[ElegantGothicLolita Celestia Ludenberg]], [[GyaruGirl Junko Enoshima]], [[GenkiGirl Ibuki Mioda]], [[GamerChick Chiaki Nanami]], [[FieryRedhead Mahiru Koizumi]], and [[ActionGirl Komaru Naegi]]. These characters have either [[ShesGotLegs large thighs]] or [[BuxomIsBetter a large bust]] to compensate for if they don't have a physically attractive face.

* Wrestling/{{Armageddon|Wrestling}} 1999 is remembered for two things: the first is Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon turning heel to become a power couple with Wrestling/TripleH. The second is [[Wrestling/StacyCarter Miss Kitty]] dropping her top after winning the Women's Championship - the first time there had ever been full intentional nudity on the company's national TV.

* ''[[Machinima/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers SMG4]]'' features an array of different characters, including [[OriginalGeneration original ones]], but some of the more well known original characters are the {{Animesque}} girls, specifically [[HotGoddess Melony.]]

* ''Comicbook/BattleChasers'' is remembered for three things, and two of them were on Red Monika's chest. (The other, even more unfortunately, was [[ScheduleSlip the book's chronic lateness.]])

* Long before she briefly married Comicbook/CaptainAtom, Plastique made her debut in ''ComicBook/FirestormDCComics'' issue 7 as a [[UsefulNotes/{{Quebec}} Quebec separatist]] terrorist with an [[ActionBomb explosive-laden]] [[SpyCatsuit catsuit]]. Most memorably, of course, was the way Firestorm [[DefeatByModesty defeated her]] by [[TheNudifier disintegrating her costume]], carrying off her bombs to detonate safely, and undermining her attempted martyrdom and political statement by leaving the hapless villainess [[ShamefulStrip standing naked in front of live TV cameras]] while having a NakedFreakOut and [[HandOrObjectUnderwear desperately trying to cover herself]].
* ''Comicbook/{{Gen 13}}'':

* ''Comicbook/NovasAventurasDeMegaman'' had rampant nakedness. However, that only started with issue 12 of 16. The comic is now mostly known for this.

* ''ComicBook/{{Valkyries}}'', a ''Comicbook/TwoThousandAD'' strip was this in spades. In fact, fans complained that it was nothing but {{Fanservice}}. ''ComicBook/DroidLife'' parodied this with ''Valkyries: From The Neck Up''.

* The ''ComicBook/SensationalSheHulk'' series helped cement ComicBook/SheHulk as one of Marvel's most notorious MsFanservice characters by featuring her in several instances of undress. As a result, quite a number of people remember it for its fanservice just as much, if moreso, as they do its humor. Special mention goes to [[https://imgur.com/7inwRHr her jumping rope in a swimsuit]] in the first pages of issue #40 and [[https://www.tradereadingorder.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/The-Sensational-She-Hulk-Getting-Lucky.jpg her nipples being partially exposed in]] ''Marvel Graphic Novel Issue #18: She-Hulk''.

* Similar to the above, ''WesternAnimation/SuicideSquadHellToPay'' is quite well-known for the scene where Knockout emerges from a bath with her breasts (nipples and all) in full view.

* Music/{{Madonna}}, especially by the mid-'90s.

* Two words: beach volleyball. Pretty much ''every single professional player'' of this sport is bound to be a source of {{Fanservice}} for the opposing sex. [[MrFanservice Well shaped and fit men]] and [[MsFanservice curvy and lithe women]] are the rule rather than the exception, bikinis and speedos are a must unless your religion prescribes chastity (like Islam) and the cameras on live broadcasts know to focus on ''both'' forms of [[MaleGaze ga]][[FemaleGaze ze]].

* ''WebAnimation/LoboWebseries'': Darlene Spritzer's second outfit revealed her midrif and had some cleavage.

* ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' features a '''''lot''''' of boobies and sex scenes (both gay ''and'' straight), though no genitalia.
* ''Webcomic/SabrinaOnline'': One of the most distinctive features is the artwork surrounding its characters. It manages to sexually appeal to [[MaleGaze both]] [[FemaleGaze genders]].

* In ''WebVideo/JobbyTheHong'''s review of Toys/{{Figma}} [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Hatsune Miku]], he lists off several things that he knows the character for, putting lots of emphasis on [[RuleThirtyFour the copious amounts of porn drawn of the character]] and having her music be a side-mention.

* UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra is mainly remembered for all the lewd content in films. Pre-code sex films have their own page on Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}, and each film listed on this wiki's page for that era includes any {{Fanservice}} or sexual content.

* While Brian Kendrick would eventually out live it, thanks largely to his TagTeam with [[Wrestling/LondonAndKendrick Paul London]], until they teamed up it was hard to talk about anything else Kendrick had ever done without mentioning that time he went streaking on live television. Not even Josh Matthews couldn't resist while interviewing him.

* Hi, ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch''! Hi, [[FanserviceExtra blonde lifeguard girl!]] Hi, [[WalkingSwimsuitScene blonde lifeguard girl's]] [[MaleGaze ass!]]

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has themes of FantasticRacism, [[ParentalIssues broken families]], [[WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou abusive relationships]], and an omnicidal immortal woman leading an army of soulless beasts. Usually, the more popular element is the amount of beautiful [[ActionGirl huntresses.]]

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has themes of FantasticRacism, [[ParentalIssues broken families]], [[WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou abusive relationships]], and an omnicidal immortal woman leading an army of soulless beasts. Usually, the more popular element is the amount of beautiful [[ActionGirl huntresses.]]

* ComicBook/CarolDanvers' long-time black uniform (which she had to discard when she went from Ms. Marvel to Captain Marvel) is one of the most beloved {{fanservice}} costumes out there.

* InUniverse, Jade lampshaded this in ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' when she laments that ''everyone'' saw her spread in ''Bikini Magazine''. (Of course, it's kinda hard to forget a [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe green-skinned babe]] in a bikini, but that's beside the point.)
* ''ComicBook/HackSlash'' by Tim Seeley was very aware of how much RavenHairIvorySkin GothGirl Cassie Hack was fetish fuel for its fans. At least one arc was designed around a fanservice filled bathing beauties cult and another with a crossover using the Suicide Girls. Tim has also done many pin-ups built around his creation including calenders as well as coloring books.

* What does everyone remember about ComicBook/PowerGirl? Is it her Kryptonian heritage? No? The fact that she's a refugee from a destroyed [[AlternateUniverse parallel universe]]? The fact that she can go toe-to-toe with Franchise/{{Superman}} on a good day? How about her role in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', where she was one of the few natives of Earth 2 to survive the Anti-Monitor's attack? No, no, and no. She's best known for [[MostCommonSuperpower her large breasts]], and the CleavageWindow in her costume that shows them off. To this day, seemingly no comic book fansite can bring her up without mentioning her chest. In fact, a time when artists tried to downplay her fanservicey features is considered a DorkAge at best by most fans.[[note]][[https://s2982.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/power-girl-yellow-costume-jli.jpg Her hair was styled differently, her face was drawn less feminine, her body was drawn more muscular, and her iconic outfit was changed to a yellow and white body suit.]][[/note]]

** What does everyone remember about ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'s appearance in the series? That there is a blatant shot of his ass in his ''very'' tight uniform. [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/deense/4713693113/ The artist even wrote "Hot" when she signed it!]]

* All know ComicBook/{{Vampirella}} for her iconic {{Stripperiffic}} red sling suit and that she's a [[VampiresAreSexGods vampire]], but very few know anything about the setting or her backstory. Much like ComicBook/PowerGirl, when it was changed, fans protested.

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
** Wonder Woman's outfit in general, perticularly when the coulottes were removed, making her outfit effectively a one-piece swimsuit. Taken further during a period when the bottom of the outfit was given a French cut, making it into a butt-exposing (and partial crotch-exposing) thong. This is particularly notorious since readership went up during this time.

* ComicBook/XMen:
** Comicbook/{{Psylocke}}. Remember those years she spent as the team's primary {{telepath|y}}? How about those two times she took on ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}} with nothing but her psychic powers? Nothing? Okay, how about when she got turned into a scantily-clad Asian babe and spent years doing nothing but pose in a leotard?
** Comicbook/EmmaFrost and her preference for [[{{Stripperiffic}} as-skimpy-as-can-be costumes]] without getting herself arrested.

* Gloria from ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' is best known as the hippo with the [[MaleGaze big butt]][[labelnote:*]]Not that she is the ''only'' fictional hippo with this reputation.[[/labelnote]], which she is often [[ShakingTheRump swinging around]].

* [[WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies The DC animated movie]] ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAndHarleyQuinn'' tends to be remembered most for the scene in which Harley Quinn ties Nightwing to a bed, strips down to her underwear, and [[DatingCatwoman seduces him]]. However, that scene in particular is also remembered for some [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale controversial implications]].

* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDxd'' is infamous for its gratuitous {{Fanservice}} (particularly in the anime adaptation) and a perverted hero who constantly talks about breasts. However, said hero is an AffectionateParody of {{Shonen}}-style protagonists who is [[ChivalrousPervert genuinely heroic and respectful towards women]], and the characters and setting are surprisingly well-developed.

* ''LightNovel/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'' is almost entirely character drama, TearJerker moments, and realistic struggles with life and romance. But most non-fans are only aware of [[SexSells the heavily advertised couple of scenes]] where a [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} spaced-out girl]] [[InnocentFanserviceGirl gets naked]]. And the title makes the whole thing look like a HaremSeries.

* ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' was once credible enough to interview people like Jimmy Carter and Martin Luther King Jr. But the pictures of naked women were what it was best known for, thus spawning an entire [[IReadItForTheArticles trope]].

* "Queen" Sharmell Sullivan is an especially notable subversion in that she neither wrestled ''nor'' served up any fanservice (apart from her stint as a Nitro Girl in Wrestling/{{WCW}}), but simply worked as a valet for her husband Wrestling/BookerT, [[DamselInDistress got menaced by the male heels]] and [[ScreamingWoman screamed a lot]]. This was because she was injured early in her career. The [[Horrible/{{TNA}} infamous match]] with [[Series/{{Survivor}} Jenna Morasca]], who had a slutty {{Stripperiffic}} attire and was [[Horrible/ProfessionalWrestling one of, if not, the worst celebrities ever to try their hand in wrestling]] did not help matters with Sharmell.

* The most infamous sketch in the ''Nin10doh'' trilogy of parody videos even to those who haven't watched them is the ''VideoGame/PokemonSnap'' one in the 2nd installment. While all three of the videos have some Fanservice in them. The ''Pokemon Snap'' sketch takes it into overdrive where Todd takes pictures of anthromorphic female Pokemon in really skimpy bikinis, some of them even going topless(albeit censored). This caused all video copies on Youtube to be either restricted to Adults or the sketch itself removed. The 3rd installment of the series greatly toned down the fanservice likely in response to the sketch and the reputation it gave the series.

* Ironically considering the trope name, but {{Fanservice}} itself generally refers to anything put into a work specifically to please its fans (a scene between two fan-favourite characters for instance) - but it's most commonly associated with titillation or sexy stuff.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheChipmunkAdventure''. The movie is often remembered for the Chipettes. More specifically for their several panty shot scenes and when Brittany and Jeanette, in BellyDancer outfits, have to get past a swarm of snakes charming them singing a song named "[[IntercourseWithYou Getting Lucky]]".

* Pointed out by ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' in their "50 Worst Things About Sports" issue, listing this and "Anna Kournikova panty shots" as the only things that will ever be remembered about female athletes.

* As told in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK3Yr80lPOY this]] ''WebVideo/Defunctland'' video, not every dark ride in boats is a TunnelOfLove, but a few earn this reputation anyway - including the subject of discussion, which is actually the oldest one still active in the US, and with the video research discovering some news reports downright saying it frequently had tenants who "exchange pleasantries".

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channing_Tatum Channing Tatum]] seems to be heading down this road. While a [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct good actor in his own right]], once news leaked that he worked as a male stripper for a year before finding success as an actor, it's all anyone wants to talk about, and although he's capitalizing on it with the movie ''Film/MagicMike,'' it tends to bleed over into his promotion of other movies, like ''Film/TheVow.'' Not even the episode of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' he hosted was immune to exploiting this: he admitted it in the monologue, was shirtless in a couple of sketches, and even played a male stripper in the final sketch of the night.

* Joe Manganiello has been hit with this so hard there's [[http://bitchmagazine.org/post/big-dick-richie-joe-manganiello-magic-mike-feminist-magazine-sex-object cultural commentary]] about it (article contains some potentially-NSFW ''Magic Mike'' screenshots.) Between his WalkingShirtlessScene on ''Series/TrueBlood'' and his run as "Big Dick Richie" in ''Film/MagicMike,'' some female bloggers have noticed that almost every appearance he does is less about asking about him or his movie roles and more about the female presenters pawing at him, getting him to take off his shirt, and asking questions like what kind of underwear he wears. They've started to notice (some amused, some a little more worried) that women have been objectifying him the same way they complain about men objectifying women. For what it's worth, Manganiello himself seemed to get a little frustrated with it after a while, but seems to be a good sport about it, apparently saying at one point he's done all the serious classical theater already and is just having fun at this point.

* Averted by Creator/SylvesterStallone. Most people are not aware that he started as a softcore pornography actor.

* Creator/SharonTate, who played Jennifer in ''Valley of the Dolls'', was often ignored when it came to her acting talents and people just focused on her sex appeal (since she was happy to do nudity). She was very disdainful of the film ''Don't Make Waves'' - which heavily marketed itself around her spending most of the runtime in a bikini. After her tragic death, Creator/RomanPolanski said that people always talked about her beauty but never about how ''good'' she was.

* ''[[Machinima/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers SMG4]]'' features an array of different characters, including [[OriginalGeneration original ones]], but some of the more well known original characters are the AnimeEsque girls, specifically [[HotGoddess Melony.]]

* ''Machinma/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers'' features an array of different characters, including [[OriginalGeneration original ones]], but some of the more well known original characters are the AnimeEsque girls, specifically [[HotGoddess Melony.]]

* ''Machinma/SMG4sMarioBloopers'' features an array of different characters, including [[OriginalGeneration original ones]], but some of the more well known original characters are the AnimeEsque girls, specifically [[HotGoddess Melony.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheChipmunkAdventure''. The movie is often remembered for the Chipettes. More specifically for their several PantyShot scenes and when Brittany and Jeanette, in BellyDancer outfits, have to get past a swarm of snakes charming them singing a song named "[[IntercourseWithYou Getting Lucky]]".

* Historically, the cancan dance, performed in places such as the Moulin Rouge and the Folies Bergère. The dance was considered a scandal of the time not because of [[ShesGotLegs their legs]], but because of the [[PantyShot open drawers]] that exposes [[CountryMatters their hoohas]] when they do their high kick.

* Pointed out by ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' in their "50 Worst Things About Sports" issue, listing this and "Anna Kournikova {{panty shot}}s" as the only things that will ever be remembered about female athletes.

* The most infamous sketch in the ''Nin10doh'' trilogy of parody videos even to those who haven't watched them is the ''VideoGame/PokemonSnap'' one in the 2nd installment. While all three of the videos have some Fanservice in them. The ''Pokemon Snap'' sketch is blatantly a porn video (which is censored on non-porn sites) that ended up causing all of the video copies on Youtube to be restricted to adults or the sketch removed by some users posting them. The third and currently last installment toned down the fanservice greatly likely because of the reputation the series received because of that sketch.