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• Bonnie Barstow in "Knight Rider" (mechanic for KITT, souped-up car in Season 1, 3 and 4); replaced by April Curtis a "technician" for KITT in Season 2
• Furlow in Farscape (three episodes).
• Jet Girl in Tank Girl
• Kaylee in "Firefly" (mechanic for firefly clas sspaceship; naturally gifted)
• Percy Montana, in Starhunter
• Dale Smither, "Heroes" episode 1x16 "Unexpected" ("Damn. That was my best wrench.") - A middle-aged woman, a mechanic who really likes her superpower: She says she can hear a rain storm from 40 miles away and the slightest change in someone's heart beat. She is murdered in that episode.
• Belanna Torres in "Star Trek: Voyager" (chief engineer)
• Mercy Thompson in Moon Called and Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
• Joanne Walker in C.E. Murphy's Urban Shaman and sequels