History Main / GirlOfTheWeek

* Ribbon is this to Franchise/{{Kirby}} in ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'', never seen after that game. She never does get a proper replacement, however, unlike most other examples, and returns in ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'' alongside Adeline as a playable character.

* Many ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' episodes feature charming, sometimes roguish gentlemen of Jessica's generation who blatantly flirt with her, even when she's accusing them of the murder. (GentlemanThief Dennis Stanton and MI5 agent Michael Flaherty are RecurringCharacter examples of the archetype.) She always remains true to the memory of her late husband, but still enjoys their company (and is a bit sad if it turns out they ''are'' the murderer).

** In TOS: In the first season, Yeoman Rand (the late Creator/GraceLeeWhitney) is no longer seen, without explanation, but she's often replaced by the "Hot Yeoman/Female Junior Officer" of the week, and not just for Kirk. While many are simply eye candy; there are a few dalliances. One is with a young psychologist, Dr. Helen Noel, whom Kirk is acquainted with, though at first their encounter didn't go all the way. Perhaps Helen wishes that it had, because in the mind-altering chair in that penal colony they're investigating, after the attempted escape of one of their DOCTORS who'd gone mad with that chair, she plants a suggestion that indeed Kirk had bedded her, and we see his face with...a BIG smile. Then the evil director and his henchmen enter, take over, and begin to screw with Kirk's mind. Helen is mortified that what had seemed to be a harmless prank is now used to destroy Kirk; she helps him with some rather provocative crawling through the penal colony's air ducts. In the early second season, Scotty crushes on a comely blonde anthropologist, Carolyn Palamas, but when "Apollo" encounters the Enterprise, and she comes down to his planet with Kirk, [=McCoy=], Scotty, and Chekov, he also has the eye for her. Things don't go well for a jealous Montgomery Scott; but despite Apollo coming on VERY strong to her, she finally resists, mocking him as a "specimen". Apollo doesn't exactly take her "no" as final, and it's strongly implied he simply rapes her. In the James Blish adaptation of this episode, in an epilogue, [=McCoy=] informs Kirk that Lt. Palamas is pregnant, presumably with Apollo's child, and that his training in obstetrics doesn't include demi-god children.

Many of the actresses who played Jerry's girlfriends would go on to much greater success, Debra Messing, Kristin Davis, Janeane Garofalo, Athena Massey, Courtney Cox and no fewer than three "Desperate Housewives", Teri Hatcher, Brenda Strong and Marcia Cross.

** As for the nature of the women and their connection to Bond, generally Bond Girls come in three distinct flavors: ## Secret agents or military operatives that are Bond's professional equal, assigned to work with him for this particular mission.
## Women employed by or otherwise involved with the BigBad who find themselves in bed with Bond. Some argue that these only count as Bond Girls if they undergo a HighHeelFaceTurn in the process, and if they remain evil, they're simply one of the film's villains. Others believe that ''any'' woman Bond sleeps with counts as a Bond Girl regardless of her personal alignment.
## Civilians whose professional expertise lands them in the villain's and/or Bond's sights. They're surprisingly no more likely to be damsels in distress than the ones that are full-fledged agents, and many (though not all) get at least one moment of badassery.

** Creator/TimothyDalton is by far the safest Bond to bed down with; only Della dies across his two films, and she's Felix Leiter's wife, not his (although it's strongly implied he and Della may have had a history). All four of the women Dalton's James sleeps with (unnamed pre-credits cameo girl, Kara Milovy, Lupe Lamora and Pam Bouvier) live to be ignored in the sequels.[[note]]Short tenure aside, Dalton's Bond was supposedly the least promiscuous because of the contemporary AIDS panic.[[/note]]

* In the ''Film/{{Sallskapsresan}}'' series by Swedish director/actor Lasse Åberg, the protagonist - the CoolLoser Stig-Helmer Olsson - will always hook up with one girl per movie. No matter how well they seem to fit together, the start of the next movie will mention that they broke up or divorced or parted in some other way, to make space for the next girl.

** In TOS: In the first season, Yeoman Rand (the late Creator/GraceLeeWhitney) is no longer seen, without explanation, but she's often replaced by the "Hot Yeoman/Female Junior Officer" of the week, and not just for Kirk. While many are simply eye candy; there are a few dalliances. One is with a young psychologist, Dr. Helen Noel, whom Kirk is acquainted with, though at first their encounter didn't go all the way. Perhaps Helen wishes that it had, because in the mind-altering chair in that penal colony they're investigating, after the attempted escape of one of their DOCTORS who'd gone mad with that chair, she plants a suggestion that indeed Kirk had bedded her, and we see his face with...a BIG smile. Then the evil director and his henchmen enter, take over, and begin to screw with Kirk's mind. Helen is mortified that what had seemed to be a harmless prank is now used to destroy Kirk; she helps him with some rather provocative crawling through the penal colony's air ducts. In the early second season, Scotty crushes on a comely blonde anthropologist, Carolyn Palamas, but when "Apollo" encounters the Enterprise, and she comes down to his planet with Kirk, McCoy, Scotty, and Chekov, he also has the eye for her. Things don't go well for a jealous Montgomery Scott; but despite Apollo coming on VERY strong to her, she finally resists, mocking him as a "specimen". Apollo doesn't exactly take her "no" as final, and it's strongly implied he simply rapes her. In the James Blish adaptation of this episode, in an epilogue, McCoy informs Kirk that Lt. Palamas is pregnant, presumably with Apollo's child, and that his training in obstetrics doesn't include demi-god children.

* The 90s ''Film/{{Batman|FilmSeries}}'' films. ''Film/Batman1989'' had Vicki Vale (Creator/KimBasinger), ''Film/BatmanReturns'' had Catwoman (Creator/MichellePfeiffer) and ''Film/BatmanForever'' had Chase Meridian (Creator/NicoleKidman).
** ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' had Julie Madison (Creator/ElleMacPherson). And that just proves how pivotal she is to the plot.
*** Although, both Vicki and Catwoman are given an explanation as to where they went. Bruce told Selina that Vicki couldn't handle his double life, and, [[spoiler:as far as Batman knows, Catwoman is dead]].
*** An earlier draft of the script for ''Batman and Robin'' had [[spoiler:Poison Ivy killing Julie Madison]].

** There's also a line that justifies why it was played straight in the first three films. Indy tells Marion that it didn't last with any of the other girls because they all had the same problem: "They weren't you, honey."
*** Not to mention the fact that when they meet [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk in the first movie]], they've already had a past relationship,[[spoiler: making "Kingdom" the third and final(?) time they hook up!"]]

* Ribbon is this to Franchise/{{Kirby}} in ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'', never seen after that game. She never does get a proper replacement, however, unlike most other examples, and fans ''clamor'' for her return.

Like the TemporaryLoveInterest, this is a way to give the hero some romance for the episode while still allowing the focus of the show to be on the plot or the arc, but the Girl of the Week does not have to [[CartwrightCurse die at the end]]. The girl will be [[OneShotCharacter gone by the next episode]], possibly because of a wacky misunderstanding a la the ThreeIsCompany plotline, or a [[MinorFlawMajorBreakup very minor flaw]], but sometimes just not showing up again, with [[SnapBack no explanation offered]]. This relationship will generally be rockier or less passionate than that with the TemporaryLoveInterest, allowing its end to be less dramatic. If someone is ''noted'' for getting extremely passionate about every Girl of the Week, sincerely believing each one in turn to be the love of their life but then forgetting all about them a week later, they're a SerialRomeo. Sometimes, particularly in a WalkingTheEarth series, there's ''no'' relationship, but the girl is shown having an obvious interest in the hero (which may be mutual) before he inevitably moves on.

** Used extensively in the SpiritualSequel ''Series/ICarly''. Many of these can't imply anything other than that Spencer basically has sex with the girl and she slinks off the next day never to be seen again.

* Makoto of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' usually fell for each minor male character shortly after their introduction. And they all remind her of an ex-[[SenpaiKohai senpai]], even [[spoiler:Haruka]].

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''.:
** Believe it or not, [[HollywoodDateless Meg]]. There have been a few episodes where she finds a guy who likes her, only for him to vanish.
** Any character introduced as a love interest for Meg, Chris, Stewie, or Brian (Jillian is the only subversion).