Bridge Bunnies
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The "Bridge Bunnies," Vanessa Laird, Sammy Milliome and Kim Kabirov, were three minor fictional characters in the first Macross series, also the first story arc of Robotech. They were attractive girls who managed the various functions of the SDF-1's bridge under Captain Global (Gloval in Robotech). The three were prone to gossip and often compared notes on the ongoing romantic woes of their friend and leader, Lisa Hayes. In the original Macross series, they survived the war. In the Robotech version of episode 36 (To The Stars), they died at their posts defending Macross City from Khyron's suicide attack.
In the Del Rey Robotech novels by Jack McKinney, the single encounter between the "bunnies" and the Zentraedi spies Rico, Konda, and Bron was developed into an ongoing romance wherein the three girls each dated one of the Zentraedi. Also in the McKinney novels, the "bunnies" had the nickname "the Terrible Trio".
The term "Bridge Bunnies" is an English-coined nickname that is not used in the Japanese Macross scripts or among Japanese fans of Macross. This term can also refer to the bridge crew of Macross 7, composed of Sally Ford, Miho Miho, and Kim Saintlaurent who served under Captain Maximilian Jenius.