Perseus78
Since: Apr, 2013
Jun 20th 2013 at 1:12:23 AM
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I suggest a less, shall we say... disagreeable name for it. Most of these characters that I have seen are modest, respectable, and not the least objectifed. Suggest renaming it after Rosie the riveter or Audrie from Atlantis The Lost Empire. After all, it's the character description of women who know how to fix things, which can be a number of different personalities, and not just some mechanically smart version Ms.F.
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ramapith
Since: Jun, 2009
Nov 29th 2020 at 3:06:05 PM
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Added Agent Boysenberry back to Comic Books, with an explanation of just what her role in Donald Duck is.
Chaltab
Since: Aug, 2009
Oct 21st 2011 at 8:42:52 PM
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I've not looked through the examples, but the article itself strikes a really annoying and somewhat sexist tone, particularly objectifying Winry in the caption and the article's implication that a woman mechanic is somehow exclusively the domain of male fantasy.
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Nev
Since: Jan, 2001
AgProv
Since: Jul, 2011
Sep 8th 2018 at 8:08:57 AM
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Just dropped by and the page is edit locked. Wondering about the reasons for this? (Sat 8/9/18)
Male, early sixties, Cranky old fart, at least two decades behind. So you have been warned. Functionally illiterate in several languages.
Jean792
Since: Apr, 2015
Apr 17th 2015 at 10:43:35 AM
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Maugin from The Edge Chronicles is also wrench wench
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MrDeath
Since: Aug, 2009
RFMarine
Since: Feb, 2015
Feb 4th 2015 at 2:46:46 AM
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Alan wake: American nightmare
The first human you meet, Emma Sloan, is a mechanic. A good mechanic and good looking
Suggest it be added to the video games section
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MrDeath
Since: Aug, 2009
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Zzzzzzzzzz
Since: Jan, 2001
Zzzzzzzzzz
Jul 13th 2013 at 3:39:58 PM
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Moved this here for clarification by someone who's read the book:
- Dagny Taggart, the main heroine of Atlas Shrugged, can't live without her railroad, is not too keen on pointless parties that other rich girls go to and has a very masculine dress code.
"Can't live without her railroad" is the only part of this that even vaguely suggests she might be a Wrench Wench. Parties and her dress code are irrelevant. And the railroad only counts if she actually does mechanic-stuff on it, not simply owns it. or runs it.
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
captainpat
Since: Sep, 2010
Sep 25th 2012 at 12:05:30 PM
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Edited by captainpat
Moving zero context examples here. Please re-add the examples with context explaining why these characters are wrench wenches. Things like whether it's the job, a hobby, or what area they specialize in should be in these examples.
Anime and Manga
- Several of the girls in Ah! My Goddess, most prominently Chihiro Fujimi.
- Although the lead character Keiichi's little sister, Megumi Morisato, gets more screentime, and seems to fit this trope just as well.
- Lavie Head in Last Exile.
- Morinas in Simoun.
- Bulma in Dragon Ball, especially in Dragon Ball Z.
- Ritsuko in Neon Genesis Evangelion is both this and the Hot Scientist.
- Miss Yuki from Idaten Jump.
- Kururu from Air Gear. For that matter, the Tool Toul To team is completely made of Wrench Wenches.
- Reite from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
- Handa Suzu in Transistor Teaset.
- Sky Girls has the twins Ranko and Haruko Mikagami.
- Mara Spencer from Love Is In The Bag.
Comic Books
- Agent Boysenberry in Donald Duck comic books (the "Tamers of Nonhuman Threats" subseries featured in Gemstone's Donald Duck Adventures).
- P.J., who ran her own garage in Y The Last Man.
- Kat Pryde in Exiles, even more so than her X-Men counterpart.
- Angie from PS 238.
Fan Fiction
- Avalon and Kaylee in Fly or Fall have fairy powers surrounding this trope.
Film
- Stacy Ferguson plays a Wrench Wench in Planet Terror. Then her brain gets eaten.
- Jet Girl from Tank Girl (both film and comic).
- Clear from the first Final Destination movie.
- Michelle Rodriguez tends to play this character.
- Terry in the MST 3 K fodder film Angels Revenge.
- Averted in Wing Commander, when the main character mistakes his commanding officer for one.
- Darya Melnikova stars as one in Cinderella Four By Four.
Literature
- Cord in Anathem.
- To an extent, Rosalie in Twilight.
- Violet Baudelaire from A Series Of Unfortunate Events is also a Gadgeteer Genius, while she is only fifteen.
- The eponymous Tinker of Wen Spencer's book Tinker
Live-Action TV
- Betty Jo Bradley (the youngest daughter) from Petticoat Junction.
- Bonnie and April in Knight Rider.
- Cally on Battlestar Galactica would qualify, if her personality didn't make her The Scrappy of the series. And if she didn't smell like boiled cabbage.
- Seelix starts as one of these, before she becomes a pilot.
- Charlene in Neighbours. Played by Kylie Minogue, no less.
- And later Steph Scully in Neighbours. Then Janae Timmons took up the mantle.
- Played straight in FlashForward with Keiko.
- Kari Byron on Myth Busters. Technically also falls under "real life".
- Debbie Dingle in Emmerdale.
Music
- Bananarama in their video for "Cruel Summer."
- Rinhanna in her "Shut up and drive" MV seem to be this, but she doesn't do much though. Other girls in the MV also count.
- Steampunk band The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing have written a song celebrating this sort of woman called Goggles.
- The girl in Dave Edmunds' "Slipping Away" video. She cleans up nicely at the end, too.
Professional Wrestling
- WOW, a short-lived women's wrestling promotion populated largely with goofy gimmicks, had Wendi Wheels to fill this role.
- Nora "Molly Holly" Greenwald and Lisa Marie "Victoria/Tara" Varon are both real life versions of this with the latter owning a customs shop.
Theater
- In the Elvis-based musical All Shook Up, Natalie is this.
Video Games
- Li Kohran in Sakura Taisen.
- From Wing Commander:
- Janet "Sparks" McCullough from Wing Commander II
- Rachel Coriolis from Wing Commander III and Wing Commander Prophecy.
- Maureen Corley from Full Throttle.
- The kappa Nitori Kawashiro from the Touhou Project series; an earlier example is/are Rika/Rikako Asakura.
- Lucca from Chrono Trigger, according to some.
- Luca from Final Fantasy IV The After Years. A little portly (she's a dwarf, and amazingly, one who mostly defies Our Dwarves Are All the Same), but otherwise fits.
- Suzette/Crepe from Solatorobo.
- Moira Brown from Fallout 3, combined with Genki Girl.
- In the first Ratchet & Clank, one of these gives Clank an upgrade.
- Kokonoe from Blaz Blue, crossed with Mad Scientist, for good measure.
Web Comics
- Nitrine the goblin in Flaky Pastry is this, although results are distinctly mixed and sometimes plain dangerous
- Ash Upton from Misfile. But there's more about her than meets the eye.
- There's also Missi Fuller, and Emily McArthur is starting to pick up some of the tendencies.
- Commented on
in a Mac Hall comic.
- Lith from Its Walky
- One has recently been released in Schlock Mercenary.
- Aby from Kevin And Kell; going so far that she is actually Married to the Job.
- Alice from I Was Kidnapped By Lesbian Pirates From Outer Space
- Wrench from Antihero For Hire.
- Florence from Freefall.
- Kestrel from Tales Of The Questor
- Lin 47223b, the main character in Slipshine's Linburger.
- Kammi from Inhuman. She doesn't exactly fit "gearhead fantasy", seeing as most of the other characters are terrified of her.
- "You let Jet drive you and you live with a homicidal madman, but you're afraid of Kammi?"
- Sasha the Ensemble Dark Horse from Sluggy Freelance.
- From Girl Genius:
- Agatha Clay Heterodyne
- The women Sparks in Girl Genius are essentially made of this trope, but it's best exemplified here.
- Agatha Clay
- Robyn from 1977 The Comic.
- Engineer-tan from Nerf NOW, of course.
- Molly and Galatea from The Inexplicable Adventures Of Bob.
- This panel of Chester 5000 XYV.
- Kimiko from Dresden Codak.
- Captain Martello from Mushroom Go.
- Petria from The Phoenix Requiem fits this trope to a degree.
- In Blue Yonder, Lena has apps.
Web Original
- Kilngirl of the CF.netter villains from AH Dot Com The Series.
- Loophole from Whateley Academy quite comfortably fits this trope.
- Survival Of The Fittest
- Holly Chapman of the Spin-Off Evolution was one of these before being abducted, injected with Super Serum, and put into the game.
Western Animation
- Leela from Futurama
- Gadget Hackwrench in Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers. Also a Gadgeteer Genius.
- Charley from Biker Mice From Mars.
- Aja Leith from Jem And The Holograms shares some traits here.
- An early appearance by Luanne in King of the Hill had her showing signs of this trope. However, she quickly devolved to the airhead we all know now.
- Lori in Transformers Cybertron.
- Widget from Wow Wow Wubbzy!
- Ginger Snap from Strawberry Shortcake.
- Jenny 10 from Dex Hamilton Alien Entomologist.
- To a certain extent the Fireside Girls from Phineas and Ferb, though it's the characters who are directing most of their efforts.
- Maggie Weston from Exo Squad.
- Turbine, a member of the Road Crew in Ben 10, is a villainous version.
- Casey from Denver The Last Dinosaur.
- Wing Commander Academy has the Irish Green-Eyed Redhead Maya McEaddens.
Real Life
- Kari Byron and Scottie Chapman from Myth Busters. And now, Jessi Combs. Pattern, much?
Tekrelious
Since: Dec, 2009
Feb 20th 2012 at 4:58:55 AM
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The entry under Winry Rockbell was excessively long and pointless. I don't need a detailed account of her entire life to see how she fits the trope. I deleted nearly all of it. If you want to put it back go ahead but honestly I don't see the point.
Imagine one of these working on an anthropomorphic car, one who enjoys his check ups a bit, too much. I mean, for vehicles, a sexy mechanic would be a Hospital Hottie.