History Main / ActIOnGirlfriend

* The title character of ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'', who helps Yuji discover that he bears the spiritual treasure Reiji Maigo.
* From the {{Nasuverse}} is [[BloodKnight Ryougi]] [[LadyOfWar Shiki]] of ''LightNovel/KaraNoKyoukai'', who is the love interest of NonActionGuy Kokutou Mikiya.
* ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'': Ryoko. Ayeka as well, but her refined nature prevents it from dominating her personality.
* ''Anime/BurstAngel'' started out like this, but then the apparent "main character" was PutOnABus...

* ''Manga/FutureDiary'' certainly has fun with this trope. Almost immediately after stumbling into The Game, Yukiteru encounters Yuno Gasai, a beautiful girl in his class who makes it her top priority to protect him from harm ([[DarkActionGirl and does pretty damn well, to boot]]). The catch? She's [[{{Yandere}} batshit]] [[StalkerWithACrush frickin']] ''[[AxCrazy insane]]'', and at even her most "sane" moments likes to break into his house or send him hundreds of emails over the course of an hour.
* Miu from ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple''. Kenichi repeatedly vows to protect her, despite the fact that she's still a more skilled fighter than he is. Eventually he comes close and has actively protected her several times when she was sick or disabled. Still, her Grandfather won't let him date her unless he can beat ''him'' in a fight. Said Grandfather is an OldMaster.

* The Korean version Anime/MazingerZ, ''Animation/RobotTaekwonV'', has Yoon as a badass action girlfriend to Kim Hoon.
* A good half of Yuuto's UnwantedHarem in ''Manga/OmamoriHimari'' qualify, though Himari herself is the most obvious example. Yuuto himself has yet to actually fight, though he has the potential to equal or surpass all of the girls when he finishes his training.
* Merry to Yumeji from ''Manga/YumekuiMerry'' could count; according to Isana, Merry does indeed like Yumeji, she just isn't fully aware of it.

* In ''Manga/BlackButler'', [[spoiler: Elizabeth]] is revealed to be one. [[spoiler: Wife of the Queen's Watchdog]], indeed.
* ''LightNovel/NogizakaHarukaNoHimitsu'': 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/KoreWaZombieDesuKa''. The former revives Ayumu as a zombie and the latter inadvertently turns him into a {{Ma|gicalGirl}}hou [[DraggedIntoDrag Shoujo]].
* The many {{Magical Girlfriend}}s of Manga/{{Sekirei}} are this by default, since they're battle aliens [[InterspeciesRomance romantically]] involved with PunyEarthlings.
* [[GenderFlip Gender aside]], ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'''s Sousuke 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.

* ''[[Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead Highschool of the Dead]]'': {{Zigzagged}} 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 [[http://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: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt-c35cu6UA "Don't".]]
* The title character of ''[[Anime/{{Iczer}} Iczer-One]]'' is a {{Yuri}} version of this, a battle android who seeks out OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Nagisa as her partner to fight invading aliens.

* ''Anime/CuteyHoney'' is the quintessential anime version of this trope in every incarnation, particularly to her love interest Seiji, who is an ordinary journalist or reporter. Almost all of her male allies are no match for Honey's enemies and she usually ends up having to rescue them or bail them out of trouble.

In shows where AnyoneCanDie, an Action Girlfriend has much higher chances of survival than most other love interests, since she is rarely subject to CartwrightCurse. In this case, they might become a BattleCouple.

* Anyone who shacks up with Franchise/WonderWoman is going to fall into this trope, save maybe for Franchise/{{Superman}} or Franchise/{{Batman}}. Steve Trevor, 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 {{Darkseid}}), Barda used to run the Female Furies, an all-female Apokoliptan strike team. Oh, and she's canonically almost as strong as Superman.

* ''[[Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead Highschool of the Dead]]'': {{Zigzagged}} with Rei and Takashi. They used to date back when they were in middle school, but 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 [[http://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: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt-c35cu6UA "Don't".]]

* ''[[Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead Highschool of the Dead]]'': {{Zigzagged}} with Rei and Takashi. They used to date back when they were in middle school, but 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, Takashi. 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 [[http://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: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt-c35cu6UA "Don't".]]

* Though not his girlfriend [[spoiler:yet]], Seine of ''Manga/HekikaiNoAiON'' is this to Tatsuya. She's the girl he had a crush on and she has been kicking ass [[{{Immortality}} since 300 years ago]].

* Revy from ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', who kidnaps Rock for ransom from his boring life in Japan. Although she ''[[BadAss definitely]]'' did not get any weaker, and they're not confirmed to be a couple...[[UnresolvedSexualTension yet]].

* ''Manga/MiraiNikki'' certainly has fun with this trope. Almost immediately after stumbling into The Game, Yukiteru encounters Yuno Gasai, a beautiful girl in his class who makes it her top priority to protect him from harm ([[DarkActionGirl and does pretty damn well, to boot]]). The catch? She's [[{{Yandere}} batshit]] [[StalkerWithACrush frickin']] ''[[AxCrazy insane]]'', and at even her most "sane" moments likes to break into his house or send him hundreds of emails over the course of an hour.

* Merry to Yumeji from ''YumekuiMerry'' could count; according to Isana, Merry does indeed like Yumeji, she just isn't fully aware of it.

* In ''{{Girly}}'', officer Hipbone is this to Policeguy when he's not fighting too. An old opponent faced him when he had retired from the force (and thus couldn't get into fights without ending up in trouble), so she fought for him. The guy tried to mock him for this, but Policeguy just sat back and enjoyed the show.

In shows where AnyoneCanDie, an Action Girlfriend has much higher chances of survival than most other love interests, since she is rarely subject to CartwrightCurse. In this case, they would become a BattleCouple.

The male character is almost always an AmazonChaser.

Contrast: NoGuyWantsAnAmazon. Compare ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend.

* Although they're a BattleCouple too, girlfriend Ramona Flowers does end up fighting some enemies that boyfriend Comicbook/ScottPilgrim doesn't have the balls to ([[WouldntHitAGirl those enemies being women]]), something both of which Ramona and his enemies call him out for being a pussy on.

* Athlete, a student at the [[SuperheroSchool Hyperion Academy]] in the ''GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'', is dating fellow-student Ideal. She has all his powers and abilities, and then some.

* Subverted by Ran Mouri from DetectiveConan. She is Shinichi's LoveInterest ''and'' an ActionGirl but [[FountainOfYouth he's stuck as Conan]] and [[LockedOutOfTheLoop she's not aware of it]]... therefore, whenever she goes MamaBear on anyone that threatens him, she doesn't know she's actually defending her "not"-boyfriend.

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

* ''Anime/VariableGeo'': Washio is [[{{muggle}} an everyman]] in a WorldOfActionGirls, so he's fortunate that one of 'em happens to be his boss... and ([[SecretRelationship secretly]]) his girlfriend: [[CulturedBadass Reimi]] [[LadyOfWar Jahana.]] As in, the two-time defending champion of [[SupernaturalMartialArs the VG Tournament]], who's the favorite to win for a third year in a row.

* ''Anime/VariableGeo'': Washio has the misfortune of being [[{{muggle}} an everyman]] in a WorldOfActionGirls. So he's fortunate that one of 'em happens to be his boss... and ([[SecretRelationship secretly]]) his girlfriend: [[CulturedBadass Reimi]] [[LadyOfWar Jahana]], who happens to be the two-time defending champion of the VG Tournament.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': After Tifa consummated her feelings for Cloud ''[[PreClimaxClimax "Beneath the Highwind"]]'', they officially become a BattleCouple. While in [[Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren the cgi film sequel]], she becomes a full-fledged [[ActionMom action]] '''''[[MamaBear mom]]''''', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k70IWHiXl18 by fighting Loz to defend Marleen]], and later, protects Denzel from a group of Shadow Creepers [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeyyJSmLW3w (seen at 2:35-2:45).]]

* Yuki, from ''Literature/TalesOfTheOtori''.
* Molly Millions, from Creator/WilliamGibson's ''Literature/SprawlTrilogy''.

* Rachel in ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' to bird-boy Tobias.
* In ''Literature/TimeScout'', Margo Smith is ''not'' out of Margo's league.

** Jensen

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

* Kasha Imhof from ''Anime/SpaceRunawayIdeon''.
* [[spoiler: Haruka Shitow]] from ''Anime/RahXephon''.

* Moka in ''Manga/RosarioToVampire''.

* Shinku in ''Manga/RozenMaiden'', although she's a doll.
* Matsuri in ''Anime/{{Sola}}''.
* Oliva Soldana in ''Destiny's Hand''.

* Makina of ''[[Manga/CorpsePrincess Shikabane Hime]]'', though Ouri TookALevelInBadass in series 2.
* Kagura in ''Manga/GaRei''.

* Princess Kahm of ''Manga/{{Outlanders}}'' certainly qualifies.
* The title character of ''[[Anime/{{Iczer}} Iczer-One]]'' is a {{Yuri}} version of this.

* The Pandoras and Limiters' relationship from ''{{Freezing}}'' could count.

* Kuroyukihime from ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'', who introduces Haruyuki to the Accelerated World.

* EVE from ''WesternAnimation/WallE''.

* Kahlan, from ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker''.
* Cameron, from ''Series/TheSarahConnorChronicles''.

* Lamia Cintare from ''VideoGame/WildFrontier''.

* ''Film/{{Avatar}}'': Neytiri

* Tengaar from ''VideoGame/SuikodenI''. She and her boyfriend Hix live in a town with a very rich warrior culture. [[NonActionGuy He doesn't like fighting]], but she's more than determined to "make a man out of him".

* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': Annabeth to Percy in the first book, as she's been training for years while he's only just discovered he's a demigod and relies mostly on his natural powers. By the time they actually get together, he's more than caught up and is a BadAss all of his own. He's still happy to admit she's far better at battle strategy than he is though.