History Main / Fanservice

"Fanservice" is also sometimes used in a more general way, referring simply to any crowd-pleaser thrown in just because. When this is something non-sexual, like needlessly flashy attacks in a HumongousMecha show, long guitar/bass/drum solos in a concert, or [[ContinuityCavalcade throwing in lots of obscure continuity references]] in a long-running work, it's PanderingToTheBase. [[RuleOfSexy Sexy fanservice is considered the default form, because it is the one]] [[BestKnownForTheFanservice everybody seems to remember]], and the easiest to add to any kind of show.

* YaoiGuys

The use of sex or sexualized situations to reward or entice viewers. While the specific term "fanservice" arose from the {{anime}} community, the concept is far, far older. Most fanservice is seldom explicit or graphic—that is the territory of pornography. Instead, it uses sexuality or hints at sex often in a [[RuleOfFunny funny]] or [[NakedPeopleAreFunny comedic]] way to tease and titillate the audience. This is traditionally associated with female characters, but fanservice of male characters [[GenderInvertedTrope isn't uncommon either]].

* NaughtyNurseOutfit: A nurse's uniform that either includes fetsh wear, or it's designed to be revealing.

* ContemptibleCover: A misleadingly lurid cover illustration.

* TokenYuriGirls

[[DistaffCounterpart Fanservice of female characters]] is often called "cheesecake"; [[SpearCounterpart fanservice of male characters]] is often called "beefcake". {{Homoerotic|Subtext}} fanservice directed at the LGBTFanbase or {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s also exists in quite a lot of media. Within the VisualKei subgenre of music, for example, "fanservice" and Ho Yay are almost synonymous due to bands being almost AlwaysMale, and an above-usual population of bisexuals early on followed up by the recognition of the YaoiFangirl as one of the primary audiences.

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* PropertyOfLove: Fetishzing willing submission to one's romantic partner as their "possession", or [[LustObject plaything]].

* SexyWalk: A walk that emphasises a woman's legs, hips and buttocks.

* SexyWalk: A walk that emphasises a woman's hips and buttocks.

* HotterAndSexier (adding fanservice to a franchise)

* SeductiveSpider: Spider-based characters are figures of attraction and fanservice

* SnakesAreSexy

* FanserviceCharacters: Characters and characterizations where fanservice is the primary aspect.

* PlayboyBunny: A female character wearing a very specific leotard-fishnet-bunny ear headband clothing set, as defined by magazine ''Magazine/Playboy''.

* FanDisservice: It would be conventional fanservice, except the situation is too unpleasant or the person in question is too ugly for the scene to be considered sexy.

* BrotherSisterIncest: Sexual relationships between siblings treated as [[FetishFuel a kink.]]

It is worth noting that the desire to create fanservice characters actually stems from physiological instincts that seem to have been understated in an age of studying everything through a social lens: men want [[MsFanservice women with big breasts and wide hips]] because the child needs to be able to feed normally and the pregnancy needs to occur without any difficulty; women want [[MrFanservice strong, chiseled men]] because of the fact they should defend the family from predators. Of course, the development of reason subsumed these urges, and today these desires are mostly reflected in our own fantasies.

* HitchhikersLeg: Hitchhikers show skin in order to attract a ride.

* HospitalHottie: Attractive medical personnel.

* NaughtyNurseOutfit: An attractive woman dresses like a nurse.

* SchoolgirlLesbians: Same sex relationships between female highschool students to appeal to {{Yuri Fan}}s.

* YuriGenre

* {{Sideboob}}

* NavelWindow: A character's outfit deliberately shows their belly button but no more of their midriff.