History Main / BodyguardBabes

* ''[[VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar Lunar: Silver Star Story]]'': The [[BigBad Magic Emperor's]] three main henchmen are [[EvilIsSexy sexy-evil]] Xenobia, [[spoiler:Phacia and Royce]]. To add insult to injury, he later recruits [[spoiler:Luna, the protagonist's girlfriend]].

* In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'', Maier Branstein's personal guard are the [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Troye/Treue]] Unit, comprised entirely of female pilots. Considering that his niece was among them, we can only hope he didn't create the unit for the obvious reasons.

* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Green_Nuns.jpg The 40-woman 'Green Nuns']] of the deceased Libyan dictator [[UsefulNotes/MuammarGaddafi Muammar al-Gaddafi]] ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS may his spellings be many]]). Gaddafi claimed that the "Green Nuns" were formed to get the Libyan people to warm up to the idea of women in the armed forces. How much of that you believe is up to you. In the end, it turned out that they were less bodyguards and more a private harem mainly full of women who weren't there of their own free will - which might explain why none of them stayed around to protect him, once things went south.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/ShrekForeverAfter'', Rumpelstiltskin has an army of female witches serving as his minions.

* [[ComicBook/AdjectivelessXMen X-Men]]: In the 1984 ''Kitty Pryde and Wolverine'' limited series, Japanese gangster Heiji Shigematsu has traditional bodyguards. Wolverine later discovers that the two geisha-like women with him are an undercover second line of defense.

* ''Film/KingOfNewYork'': Frank White rarely goes anywhere without his attractive SaltAndPepper pair of bodyguards, Melanie and Raye.

* ''Literature/{{Quiller}}'': ''Quiller's Run'' has Shoda, a female Cambodian ArmsDealer and BigBad, who uses women as bodyguards and assassins. Unlike other examples, Quiller suspects this is because Shoda hates and fears men due to her DarkAndTroubledPast.

* A non-fanservice version in ''Film/Dune2021'', where the Duke's concubine, Lady Jessica, is escorted by a female Atreides soldier. They're shown communicating using the same covert HandSignals she uses with her son Paul.

%%* ''Literature/JohnnyMnemonic'': Molly, a "razorgirl". (In [[Film/JohnnyMnemonic the film]], she was replaced with the CaptainErsatz Jane because the rights to the character of Molly were tied up with the ''Literature/{{Neuromancer}}'' film which was never produced.)
* ''Literature/GodEmperorOfDune'': The Fish Speakers, God-Emperor Leto II's galactic occupation army, whose elite members make up his personal guard unit. Entirely female as part of his master plan for humanity's destiny and to prevent things like his soldiers raping civilians or otherwise abusing their monopoly on violence.

* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahomey_Amazons Dahomey Amazons]] of the Kingdom of Dahomey, who went from royal harem to PraetorianGuard before being expanded into an all-out AmazonBrigade. Against other primitive African tribes they prove to be able to do a descent enough job. But where terribly outclass against French soldiers who utterly decimated them in two wars.

* The Mizunokouji family from ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' has a team of beautiful female bodyguards.

* ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' has the Bodyguard, a blonde woman who attacks Jacket with a katana after Jacket has dispatched the panthers. Serves as the penultimate boss before the Father

* ''LightNovel/DenpaTekiNaKanojo'': At the school, Juu tries to confront Ayase and she pulls a razor, then all the girls run to protect a surprised Juu. Justified because Yukihime and Madoka are Ame's friends, and is logical she asked them not to solve the case, but help Ame to protect Juu.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandragupta_Maurya Chandragupta Maurya]], the founder of the Maurya Empire in ancient India (322 - 185 BCE) and thus making this trope OlderThanFeudalism, had an army of more than 500 highly-trained bodyguards of Greek and Indian warrior women because he considered them less likely to participate on a coup conspiracy (and considering that he lived to renounce his kingdom and sit his son Bindusara on the throne in 297 BCE, he may have had a point there). This custom was also used by other Indian rulers according to chronicler Strabo.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Nhu Madame Nhu]], the first lady of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1963 who infamously referred to the self-immolation of a Buddhist monk in protest of her brother-in-law's policies as a "Buddhist barbecue" and was herself referred to by some as "the DragonLady," had a team of all female bodyguards.

** [[Characters/BatmanTheRiddler The Riddler]] had Echo and Query towards the end of his criminal career. They have yet to reappear since he became a reformed detective.

* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahomey_Amazons Dahomey Amazons]] of the Kingdom of Dahomey, who went from royal harem to PraetorianGuard before being expanded into an all-out AmazonBrigade.

* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', all of the guards for Darnassus, the night elf capital city, are women, including Tyrande Whisperwind's PraetorianGuard.

Occasionally, however, it would be the ''hero'' (or a supporting character on the good side) who has Bodyguard Babes, at which point it's almost mandatory that HilarityEnsues via an UnwantedHarem situation.

** ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce'': TheHero Thoma Avenir and TheHeroine Lily-Strosek are guarded by TheLancer Isis Egret, who even shares the same bedroom with them that only has two beds. Despite this, the three avert a LoveTriangle dynamic, as Isis is no threat to Thoma's and Lily's blooming relationship and she doesn't even share a bed with either of them.

* ''Anime/AgentAika'': The Delmogeny a.k.a. Delmo Corps. The less said about what the BigBad whom they serve [[ThePaidForHarem wants to do with them]] after his grand plan is achieved, the better.

** Ala Alba itself nearly counts, given that all of them by now have made Pactios with Negi. Kotaro is the only outrider in the deal, [[spoiler:and when he gets into a Pactio with Natsumi, she's more of a stealth expert than an ActionGirl.]]
* Most of the villains in ''Anime/SailorMoon''. Specifically the Ayakashi Sisters (R), the Amazoness Quartet (Super S) and the Sailor Animates (Stars). The Witches Five from S were more of an EvilGenius team, as they'd send mooks but rarely fought.
** In [[Manga/SailorMoon the manga]], the Inner Senshi count as this for Princess Serenity, along with the [[spoiler:Amazoness Quartet]] for Chibiusa.

* Hisami has an attractive female bodyguyard in ''[[Anime/RODTheTV Read or Dream]]''. We later find out the woman [[MuggedForDisguise is actually the villainess Lily in disguise]], and that the real bodyguard was left BoundAndGagged in a bathroom.

* ComicBook/TheJoker's topless female Nazi transsexual bodyguard Bruno in ''ComicBook/{{All Star Batman|And Robin the Boy Wonder}}'' and ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns.'' Yes, you read that right. She wears ''swastika pasties.''

** Harley Quinn, especially in ''ComicBook/{{Joker}}'' where she's never seen speaking on panel.
* Other ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' villains have tried to follow in Joker's footsteps:
** Lark is the Penguin's bodyguard and limousine driver. She actually predates the much better known Mercy Graves mentioned below.
** The Riddler had Echo and Query towards the end of his criminal career. They have yet to reappear since he became a reformed detective.

* In the Franchise/{{Superman}} comics, Lex Luthor has a pair of female bodyguards named Mercy (a CanonImmigrant from ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'') and Hope. It has been hinted that they might be a pair of renegade Amazons.

* ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} has the Female Furies, though they are only rarely used as bodyguards per se. Also, while it depends on the artist, "babes" is a stretch for most of them. Big Barda was good-looking enough if your tastes run in that direction, but Bernadeth is generally depicted as fairly ugly and Mad Harriet is nearly always ''hideous''.

* Franchise/WonderWoman's mother, Queen Hippolyta, named Alkyone, Myrto, Charis, and Philomela as her personal guards. While they were indeed fanatically devoted to their queen, it... didn't work out that well, particularly since they didn't transfer that loyalty to the queen's ''daughter''.

* ''ComicBook/ExecutiveAssistantIris'' has the titular occupation of Executive Assistants who perform body guard duties along with espionage and assasinations. The majority of them are raised from [[TykeBomb childhood]] through TrainingFromHell at the special academy.

* ''Film/JamesBond''

* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends''.

** Lord Raith in his first appearence had two sets of identical twins as bodyguards, one set were bodyguard babes. They don't last the book and later, [[spoiler:Lara Raith takes over and replaces them with mercenary bodyguards chose for ability rather than looks]]
* ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'': Juliet Butler's been trained for most of her life as a bodyguard, it's because she's a Butler, and that's what they do. When Artemis keeps her around for missions, it's solely because she's well trained and already knows about TheMasquerade. While an excellent fighter, she's too impulsive to be a good bodyguard and in the later books starts a career in wrestling.

* ''Series/TheWestWing''

** [[BigBad Servalan]] often uses mutoid guards, conditioned cyborg soldiers who for some reason [[AmazonBrigade are all female]] (not that she has any objection to handsome male staff members). Any male bodyguards however are the standard GasmaskMooks.

* After members of Bitch Slap got injured trying to prove themselves against male wrestlers on the roster like Wrestling/RonKillings, Wrestling/JimCornette ([[ExecutiveMeddling ie]] Spike TV and possibly Fox Sports Net) declared it illegal for men to hit women in Wrestling/{{TNA}}. This lead to a lot of wrestlers taking up female body guards ([[LoopholeAbuse didn't say anything about women hitting men]]) such as Wrestling/BobbyRoode getting Traci Brooks and Payton Banks, whom Wrestling/JerryLynn and Wrestling/EricYoung were powerless against. It was mostly an {{inverted| trope}} though, with one woman "protecting" a group of guys. Wrestling/GailKim for America's Most Wanted (Wrestling/JamesStorm and Chris Harris), Shelly Martinez then Angel Rose for LAX, Wrestling/ChristyHemme for Rock 'n' Rave Infection, Sirelda for Wrestling/AJStyles and Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, [[Wrestling/ChristinaVonEerie Toxxin]] for Inc Ink, etc.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Chronopia}}'': The Black Sisters are a group of women from the more civilized barbarian tribes of the Celtic-inspired Sons of Kronos, who have a sacred duty to serve [[GodKing the One King]]. While they tend to put their two-handed swords to use as shock troopers and guards for judges, 3 companies of these women always accompany the One King and are known as the Black Guard.

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': In the backstory, the corrupt Master of the Administratum and Imperial dictator Goge Vandire had an all-female bodyguard known as the Brides Of The Emperor, who were conditioned to believe everything he said unquestioningly and practically worship him. In the end though they turned on him and beheaded him after their leaders had an audience with their god, the Emperor. They are now known as the [[AmazonBrigade Sisters Of Battle]].

* The entire Bison Elite Guard (a.k.a. [[AmazonBrigade the Dolls]]) from ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Street Fighter Alpha 3]]'' may qualify, but only Juni and Juli serve this function in-game during the arcade mode as the last two opponents prior to the final match with M. Bison for most of the characters.

* Played for laughs with Karin in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'' who has [[FragileSpeedster Ibuki]] and Rainbow Mika at her side as bodyguards during the story mode. Though she does most of the fighting while the other two girls spend more time arguing with each other.

* ''[[VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar Lunar: Silver Star Story]]'': The [[BigBad Magic Emperor's]] three main henchmen are [[EvilIsSexy sexy-evil]] Xenobia, [[spoiler:Phacia and Royce]]. To add insult to injury, he later recruits [[spoiler:Luna, the protagonist's girlfriend.]]

** Gender-flipped in ''Wrath Of The Lich King''. A Horde quest chain involves dealing with a cruel female commander who runs her settlement with an iron fist. She keeps two Blood Elf boy toys at her side at all times.

* In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', Talia al Ghul possesses an elite squad of kunoichi bodyguards. They were a new type of enemy that was more agile and dangerous than regular thugs. In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins'', ComicBook/LadyShiva's and Master Kirigi's female ninjas were still the only ones who used swords, although there were female ninjas that behave like regular enemies. They came back in the ''Season of Infamy'' DLC pack of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' (in the main story, you face their male counterparts, Arkham Knight's militia combat experts), although this time around the League of Assassins started to recruit regular thugs into their ranks; unlike combat experts, however, they also had one more extra new move, although they never made it into challenge maps like in previous games.

* Nick Claus in ''Webcomic/{{Monsterful}}'' has an entire [[http://www.monsterful.com/chapter12page12.html humanoid reindeer team]] (it even includes a [[http://www.monsterful.com/chapter12page13.html red-nose Loli]] by the name of Rudelph), they serve as both reindeer and also double as Nick bodyguards.

** The Penguin had henchwomen Jay, Lark and Raven.
** Calendar Girl had the gender-flipped version; bodyguards who looked like Chippendales Dancers.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' episode "The Mask of Matches Malone!", Batman poses as mobster Matches Malone and has Black Canary, Huntress and Catwoman pose as his bodyguards. After being conked on the head [[AmnesiacLiar and believing himself to be a true mobster]], Malone is shown with several other henchwomen/bodyguards.

* Spoiler alert: In ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots'' episode [[spoiler:1, the gangster's eye candy is revealed to be a bodyguard and minion]] and that's not [[spoiler:even the TwistEnding.]]

* The non-fiction book ''Gomorrah'' mentioned that female Camorra gang bosses use female bodyguards. They often dress in yellow jumpsuits in homage to Uma Thurman's outfit in ''Film/KillBill''.

-->'''Instructor:''' (...) Celebrities hire guys like you to stand in front of them and look scary; millionaire businessmen hire people like her if they want real security.

* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' has ComicBook/LexLuthor's bodyguard, Mercy Graves, who wears a chauffeur uniform with very tight pants. Mercy returned as Lex's bodyguard in ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' and ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''.

* According to the ''VideoGame/DiabloII'' manual, the [[HornyDevils succubi]] enemies in Lord of Destruction are Baal's personal harem. Given that you'll fight a few hundred over the course of Act V, Baal is clearly a pimp.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/ShrekForeverAfter'', Rumpelstiltskin has an army of female witches serving as his minions.

* ''Franchise/DocSavage'': Giantia and Titania, John Sunlight's Amazonian bodyguards, in ''Fortress of Solitude''.

** Lord Raith in his first appearence had two sets of identical twins as bodyguards, one set were bodyguard babes. They don't last the book and later, [[spoiler:Lara Raith takes over and replaces them with mercenary bodyguardies chose for abillity rather than looks]]

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has [[TheEmperor Emperor Varis of Garlemald]]'s bodyguards Annia and Julia, the Soranus sisters. You fight them (as a SequentialBoss with a bunch of combo attacks) at the end of one dungeon, and they're a respectable challenge for a player character who has, at that point, killed at least a dozen gods. Interestingly, their babe-ness is unclear: we never see them out of their armor, and Garlean armor tends towards the [[DarthVaderClone Vader look]].