Zero Suit Samus – Metroid
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Back in the day, I can remember playing the original Metroid titles and thinking 'man, this dude is so badass'. To be honest, I probably had a more '90s tone and used words I dare not repeat in 2012 but the idea is the same and is one that most people can relate to. Samus Aran was known strictly as that game character with the armored body suit and a hand cannon that kicks Mega Man in the nuts. I'm not ashamed to admit that I only found out about Samus' true gender after discovering the Super Smash Bros. trick where you play as Samus and pause the game just as you get electrified by an opponent. A freeze from of the shot reveals a very feminine figure under all that metal plating. Since then, video game developers have decided to ditch the armor at times and hop about the 'sex sells' train, introducing 'Zero Suit Samus'...the Zero suit of course being a skintight blue body suit that just...well LOOK! Samus has a very 'every girl' look that really can make her blend into the crowd at times but it's really the transformation she went through during the course of her career that puts her in this list...plus you can't go wrong with a skintight body suit...like EVER.
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