History Main / ActIOnGirlfriend

* ''Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead'': ZigZaggingTrope with Rei. She used to date Takashi back when they were in middle school, but they drifted apart when Rei [[HeldBackInSchool was forced to repeat her junior year.]] Since she believed Takashi had abandoned her, she began to develop feelings for his best friend, Hiashi. Yet, she still harbored feelings for Takashi, which resurfaced after Hisashi's death. As a result, she was conflicted and plagued with guilt, but eventually [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpUmjfJfTEY made up with him.]] Oh, and if anyone gets any ideas about threatening him while ''[[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend she's]]'' around..? Got one word for you: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt-c35cu6UA "Don't".]]
* The title character of ''Anime/{{Iczer}}-One'' is a {{Yuri}} version of this, a battle android who seeks out OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Nagisa as her partner to fight invading aliens.

* Anyone who dates Franchise/WonderWoman is going to fall into this trope, save maybe for Franchise/{{Superman}} or Franchise/{{Batman}}. ComicBook/SteveTrevor, Wonder Woman's golden age whipping boy, was a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII U.S. intelligence officer, but couldn't exactly hold his own against Greek gods, sorceresses, or several hundred feet tall women.
* Creator/DCComics also has Big Barda and Mr. Miracle, two ComicBook/NewGods from the planet Apokolips. While Mr. Miracle isn't a pushover (the man regularly escaped deathtraps designed by ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}), Barda used to run the Female Furies, an all-female Apokoliptan strike team. Oh, and she's canonically almost as strong as Superman.
* The ComicBook/InvisibleWoman of the ComicBook/FantasticFour has graduated to this, after being introduced as a rather... young love interest for Mr. Fantastic. Now that Reed Richards has evolved into [[CloudCuckooLander the absent-minded superprofessor]], Sue Storm has become the definition of {{Team|Mom}} MamaBear.

* Most people who dated ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} fall into this category. She's arguably the mightiest female hero in Franchise/TheDCU, so any boy -- who isn't related to her -- will look a pushover compared to the Maid of Might. It isn't coincidence that her main love interest, [[ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Brainiac 5]], doesn't match up to her physical power but is the greatest genius in the galaxy.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': After Tifa consummated her feelings for Cloud ''[[PreClimaxClimax "Beneath the Highwind"]]'', they officially became a BattleCouple. While in [[Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren the cgi film sequel]], she becomes a full-fledged [[ActionMom action]] '''''[[MamaBear mom]]''''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k70IWHiXl18 by fighting Loz to defend Marleen]], and later, protects Denzel from a group of Shadow Creepers.

* Silvia from ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'' is this with Joe. Though she is initially the kidnapped DamselInDistress in the first game (Unless selected as the protagonist character noncanonically.)

* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': The titular character is this to her sidekick and eventual boyfriend, Ron. Interestingly enough, he is the one that inadvertently gets her into the action in the first place: He encourages and helps her go and help out a trapped billionaire (the security person tried to contact Team ''Im''possible, but accidentally added a k beforehand) back when they were just pre-teens. Since then, Kim has seen her heroics as an extension of her drive to help people, while Ron has been by her side all the way. They finally get together by Season 3, and Season 4 has them go through life as a couple while still dealing with the usual heroics business.
* Burn is like this to Chet ''WesternAnimation/TurboFAST''

* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'' Kallen Kozuki is the figure of the the ActionGirl, it's even thanks to her involvment in the a terrorist cell and through his meeting with her that MagnificentBastard Lelouch Lamperouge will enter the rebellin.

* Nora is this to Ren as of Volume 8 of [[WebAnimation RWBY]].

* ''LightNovel/HarukaNogizakasSecret'': Haruka's badass side is rarely seen but the first time Yuto saw her angry, he decided he must never enrage her.

* Yuu and Haruna of ''LightNovel/IsThisAZombie''. The former revives Ayumu as a zombie and the latter inadvertently turns him into a {{Ma|gicalGirl}}hou [[DraggedIntoDrag Shoujo]].

* In ''LightNovel/BeyondTheBoundary'', Spirit World Warrior [[BadassAdorable Mirai]] is this to [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Akihito.]] [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in that Akihito is a half-human, half-youmu hybrid and his mother and friends are Spirit World Warriors as well, but he never actively got involved in supernatural adventures until Mirai came along.

* Ennis in ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}''. Granted, Firo's life was [[TheMafia pretty interesting]] before the life-changing encounter, but the addition of {{Immortality}} and alchemy is still pretty sweet.
* In ''LightNovel/BeyondTheBoundary'', Spirit World Warrior [[BadassAdorable Mirai]] is this to [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Akihito.]] [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in that Akihito is a half-human, half-youmu hybrid and his mother and friends are Spirit World Warriors as well, but he never actively got involved in supernatural adventures until Mirai came along.

* [[GenderFlip Gender aside]], ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'''s Sōsuke Sagara fits this archetype down to the letter, serving as the TroubledButCute (and [[FishOutOfWater completely out of his depth]]) covert bodyguard to OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent and AudienceSurrogate, Kaname Chidori.

It starts with an ordinary guy living an ordinary life... until he [[BlitheSpirit meets a woman who changes his life forever]]. Unlike a typical MagicalGirlfriend, the series is more about her [[ActionGirl kicking butt and taking names]] than causing [[HilarityEnsues hilarity to ensue]]. The story might be told [[POVBoyPosterGirl through the guy's eyes]], but as often as not she's the real star.

* Tex of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' for Church, played for laughs (more the girlfriend part for laughs than the action part...).

* Silvia from ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'' is this with Joe. Though she is initially the kidnapped ''DamselInDistress'' in the first game (Unless selected as the protagonist character noncanonically.)

* From the Franchise/{{Nasuverse}} there's [[BloodKnight Ryougi]] [[LadyOfWar Shiki]] of ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'', who is the love interest of NonActionGuy Kokutou Mikiya.

* The title character of ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'', who helps Yuji discover that he bears the spiritual treasure Reiji Maigo.

* The college girlfriend of the main character in Literature/StarshipsMage is the commodore of her planet's militia by the time we see her again after the first book.

* Loopy's mother in ''[[WesternAnimation/KaBlam Life With Loopy]]'' becomes this in "Secret Agent Mom".

* Loopy's mother in ''[[WesternAnimationKablam Life With Loopy]]'' becomes this in "Secret Agent Mom".

* Loopy's mother in ''[[WesternAnimationKaBlam Life With Loopy]]'' becomes this in "Secret Agent Mom".

* ''VisualNovel/AkaiIto'': [[SupernaturallyDeliciousAndNutritious Hatou Kei's]] [[SchoolgirlLesbians girlfriend]] does all the fighting for her. [[TheLoad Good for her]].