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* In "Literature/NoNeedForACore", the youngest of the trio is a burgeoning example of this. She's also TheCutie, but she's being trained by two certified {{badass}}es. So don't expect 'helpless' from this little kitsune.

* ''Manga/{{Marriagetoxin}}'': She takes on this persona with Kinosaki's style expertise to sell the illusion of her exorcising "Chladni" (really Naruko's Grand Actor) and free her fellow students from his brainwashing. To do this, she uses her company's highly advanced party goods to play at summoning at fire demon she subs "Inferniel" and launch it at the golem. The explosion's pretty big.

* Toph Beifong from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' is a twelve-year-old tomboy and [[DeadpanSnarker snark goddess]] who deals [[DishingOutDirt mountains]] [[{{Pun}} of damage]] to baddies. Her Earthbending abilities are equally useful for defense and offense, but she loves dealing out a good offensive smackdown (or just a good game of horseplay), and this definitely qualifies her as a Black Magician girl. Unlike most, though, her attacks aren't always ranged; she's perfectly willing to get into the grit of battle. For instance, she had a mud wrestling match with Katara (erm...ThatCameOutWrong), and she once actually ''[[ExtraOreDinary covered her body in metal]]'' to take down a Fire Nation airship from the inside.

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* ''Myth/TheWhiteWitchOfRoseHall'': A variation of the legend says the titular ''witch'' she learned how to perform voodoo from her Hatian nanny.

* Arche of ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia''.
* Rita Mordio in ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'', {{Tsundere}} in personality and the [[TheSmartGuy brains]] of the playable characters. Worth noting she's only [[LesYay deredere]] [[PseudoRomanticFriendship for the]] WhiteMagicianGirl Estelle.

* Arnaud from ''VideoGame/WildArms4'' makes a rare male example of the cowardly variety.

* ''VideoGame/ManaKhemia2FallOfAlchemy'' has Chloe, who has one of the highest magic stats in the game. Her inherent skills tend towards [[TheLegionsOfHell demon summoning]] and [[EnemyScan monster analysis]], both [[CastingAShadow dark elemental]], and her personality is... [[DarkChick rather]] [[NightmareFetishist fitting]].

[[folder:Anime and Manga]]

* LargeHam [[spoiler:Lutecia]] in ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'', in sharp contrast to the more quiet WhiteMagicianGirl Caro. [[spoiler:[[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikerS Yes]], ''[[EmotionlessGirl that]] [[DarkMagicalGirl Lutecia]]''. Looks like she was right in her belief that she'd get a "heart" once her mom revives.]]
* Schierke of ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'' could qualify, being a powerful witch and significantly younger than most other characters (except [[TagalongKid Isidro]]). However, her personality is almost a complete aversion, aside from tending towards being SkilledButNaive.
* ''Anime/{{Symphogear}} G''
** Kirika Akatsuki is the GenkiGirl and PerkyFemaleMinion of the TerribleTrio, who (along with Shirabe) is the youngest of the current Symphogear users. Her design bears strong resemblance to the TropeNamer, but since the series is a MagicalGirlWarrior show where the Symphogear users have MagiTek weapons, there is not much magic to use, but she has the ability to destroy souls with her SinisterScythe, which is the closest thing of an abstract magical ability you can get in this series. Kirika also averts the part with the weak physical abilities, since she's physically stronger than Shirabe and Chris.
** Chris Yukine may also count as an example, depending on how one views the {{Magitek}} nature of the Symphogears. Her power manifests in a wide variety of bows, guns, and missiles, making her the go-to heroine for ranged attacks and massive explosions while the others fight more directly.
** Carol Malus Deinheim, the BigBad of season 3, plays with this. As an alchemist who fights with elemental glyphs, she's a far more traditional mage than the heroines. She also has the look down most of the time, appearing as a young girl in robes and a large pointed hat. However, [[Really700YearsOld she is MUCH older than she looks]] and tends to adopt an OlderAlterEgo when fighting seriously.

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* Maryine from the ''Literature/StoriesOfNypre'' series is this even when her powers are severely limited.
* Penny, the twin sister of the ''Literature/RedRoom'' series' protagonist, is a badass sorceress who wields a magical staff once belonging to Hiawatha.

* Harley Merlin and Tatyana Vasilia are this in Literature/HarleyMerlin as although Harley isn’t categorised as dark or light, she uses offensive magic. Played straight with Tatyana, due to her ghost talking abilities.
* ''Literature/VillainsByNecessity'': Valerie, who's the only truly evil member of the party. Her magic is almost entirely offensive, and she's self-described as liking to hurt people.
* ''Literature/ThreePartsDead'': Despite professing to be all about courts and contracts, Tara spends most of her time working (mainly necromantic) Craft on the offensive, and quite impressively so, and has enough power and talent to still be relevant despite having been thrown out of the Hidden Schools while fighting her professors. As the youngest of the people tasked with investigating Kos's case, she's got a forceful personality and can act foolishly but isn't above admitting that she's still got a lot to learn.

* Aika from ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'' defines this personality-wise, despite arguably not being the best spellcaster.

* Female mages in ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' tend to either be {{Badass Bookworm}}s or start as {{White Magician Girl}}s before becoming {{Magic Knight}}s through promotion, but there are still a few true Black Magician Girls (generally thunder or fire mages), including Linde from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]'', Tailtiu from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy]]'', Nino from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade Blazing Blade]]'', and Lute from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones Sacred Stones]]''. [[AChildShallLeadThem Empress Sanaki]] from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]'' (she appears in ''[[VideOGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]'' as well, but only in cut scenes) specializes in fire magic, but she's also skilled in thunder, wind, and light... and the ''only'' fully-promoted magic-user who can't use staves. And yes, she has the personality for it, much to Sigrun's consternation.
* Aurora from ''''VideoGame/BlackSigil'': Blade of the Exiled''. Tomboyish, [[FieryRedhead Fiery]], and ''[[PlayingWithFire loves]]'' tossing {{fireballs}} about.
* Annie from ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' is a cute, perky six-year-old girl who has a [[BearsAreBadNews magical pet bear]] and a penchant for fire magic.

* Both Imoen and Nalia from ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII'' fit this trope.
* Qara in ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2''.
* Arche of ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia''.
* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'''s Marisa Kirisame fits this trope to a T. Loud, brash, and a [[KleptomaniacHero pretty capable thief]] who uses her lifespan as an excuse for never returning anything she steals, and her favorite spell is a massive KamehameHadoken. Yet she's still one of the heroes of the setting, relatively speaking.
* Aht of ''VideoGame/RadiantHistoria'' fits the personality type of this trope so well you'd think the writers read this trope first. Her primary combat role is [[GameBreaker powerful trap]] and AreaOfEffect spells. She also comes with decent healing magic, but she's not as good in this role as WhiteMage Marco.
* GenkiGirl Arle from the ''VideoGame/MadouMonogatari'' and ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' series is this. She's a [[OneManArmy One Girl Army]] who wanders around dungeon crawlers to beats up huge elephants, giant chickens, zombies, dragon girl, and ''Satan'' on her own simply with her magic, and [[BadAssAdorable she's just a kindergarten student]] in some of those games.
* Merrill in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'': {{Genki|Girl}}, {{moe}}, [[ThePollyanna optimistic]], dabbles in BloodMagic and [[DealWithTheDevil deals with demons]]. Her magic repertoire is strictly damage-dealing, and her two main specialty powers are called "[[CastFromHitPoints Blood of the First]]" and "Wrath of the Elvhen." Unusually, however, she's an adult and is both one of the nicest characters in the series and a potential LoveInterest.
* Melody Farklight in ''VideoGame/NostalgiaRedEntertainment'', complete with tons of spunk (and a side helping of {{tsundere}}-ness).
* [[AliceAllusion Alice]] in ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''. One of the few demons capable of effortlessly maxing Magic stats, and a OneHitKO master as well, with her SignatureMove being ''"Die For Me!"'', the ultimate [[CastingAShadow Dark-aligned]] move.
* ''VideoGame/ManaKhemia2FallOfAlchemy'' has Chloe, who has one of the highest magic stats in the game. Her inherent skills tend towards [[TheLegionsOfHell demon summoning]] and [[EnemyScan monster analysis]], both [[CastingAShadow dark elemental]], and her personality is... [[DarkChick rather]] [[NightmareFetishist fitting]].

* The various Creator/NipponIchi StrategyRPG games have witches and mages, usually mastering different elements.
* ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos'' features one as a major plot twist: [[spoiler:It turns out under that mask and odd clothing, ''Mizuti'' is a 14 year old girl.]]
* Guillo from ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos'' is an odd example, being a genderless godcraft that was made by combining the souls and personalities of both a male and female sorcerer. It just barely qualifies because it has a female figure and mannerisms, and openly admits to being in love with Sagi.
* Nico Minoru in ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance'' specializes in offensive magic and bigger emphasis is put on the PerkyGoth aspects of her personality than with her [[ComicBook/{{Runaways}} comics counterpart]], who is more of a LadyOfBlackMagic.
* Lufia in ''VideoGame/LufiaAndTheFortressOfDoom'', though she's TheHero's age (and his girlfriend, too).
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'':
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'': Maya is a cheerful, impulsive, hot-headed cloudcuckoolander. She also masters Fire and Explosive magic.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'': Subverted. Nera has a personality type more closely associated with that of a White Magician Girl, but her stat growth and equipment selection, coupled with the fact that most of her spells are offensive in nature, lands her squarely in this role.
** Ashlynn from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'' is a tomboy, and the youngest member of the party. She also knows several of the strongest offensive spells in the game and is the only party member able to learn the ridiculously powerful Magic Burst (normally only learned by mastering a vocation which is only available post-game) prior to defeating the final boss.
** Veronica in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestXI'' is an energetic and hot-tempered LittleMissSnarker with the largest number of offensive spells of any party member. She [[SiblingYinYang contrasts]] with her sister Serena, a sweet, mild-mannered WhiteMagicianGirl.
* Kano Kirishima in ''VideoGame/EternalFighterZero'' is able to cast tiered versions of [[FireIceLightning fire, ice or lightning]] spells to fight. Her powers are also a reference to her wishing for magic in ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}'', although it's very likely that becoming a magician, and as bonus, a strong fighter, was not what Kano had in mind.
* Orendi from ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'' is a psychotic multi-armed little witch that uses chaos magic in a ScienceFantasy based game.
* The Wizard from ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' is the youngest of the playable characters, but they wield terrifying amount of destructive magic powers in addition of their cocky but tempered attitude. This is quite moreso seen in ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'', where the female Wizard, Li-Ming, gets to duke it out with other spellcasters that Creator/BlizzardEntertainment offered... and she came off pretty young (compared to [[LadyOfBlackMagic Jaina]], [[OurElvesAreDifferent Kael'thas]], [[TheArchmage Medivh]], [[EvilSorcerer Gul'dan]]) but no less dangerous.
* ''VideoGame/MasterOfTheMonsterLair'': Tomboyish Kate uses primarily uses offensive magic, in contrast to Owen's repertoire of healing and support magic. She asks the magic shopkeeper for ever more powerful spells to use against monsters. To round out the trope description, she primarily equips bows and staves as weapons.
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'':
** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'', the Master Trainer in [[ElementalPowers Destruction magic]] isn't a high-ranking official in the [[MagicalSociety Mages Guild]], or even an [[WizardsLiveLonger ancient]] [[TheClan Great House]] [[TheMagocracy Telvanni]] [[TheArchMage mage-lord]]...it is a little [[UnevenHybrid Breton]] farmer by the name of Leles Birian. She can train you to a higher level in the Destruction skill than anyone else in the entire game.
** Delphine Jend in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]''. She's a sweet little woman who likes to kill cute woodland creatures with Expert-Level destruction spells.
* ''VideoGame/Persona5'' features Ann Takamaki, a lively member of the phantom thieves with a massive SweetTooth. Her persona specializes in fire spells backed by the team’s highest Magic stat, with a secondary focus on {{Status Infliction Attack}}s and very basic healing.
* ''VideoGame/ThemsFightinHerds'': Oleander is a young unicorn who specializes in dark magic (which is looked down on by others of her clan) with help from a demon and a TomeOfEldritchLore.

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* One of the main characters in Van Von Hunter exemplifies this trope to the point of parody.
* Webcomic/{{Evon}}, of the comic of the same name. An UnskilledButStrong (but improving) magic user who can go full-on PersonOfMassDestruction when stressed.
* For the first half of ''Webcomic/ErrantStory'', Meji (note, on the subject of [[ImprobableWeaponUser improbable weapons]], that she uses her ''familiar'' as a bludgeoning weapon!), albeit with no intention of being a team player. Then she gets, well, Senilisized ... and she goes from taking it up to eleven, to taking it up to about ''342''.
* All five Webcomic/AgentsOfTheRealm are girls and, with exception of Norah's shield, all have purely offensive powers. Additionally, Kendall and Adele fit very well with personality.
* ''WebComic/{{Homestuck}}'' has [[GothGirlsKnowMagic Rose Lalonde]], although she is just ''thirteen'', definitely is an ActionGirl more powerful than [[TheHero John]] who is just as old as her. [[note]] For comparison, John did several panels just strifing with one imp, which took him three turns to defeat even with a prototyped weapon. Rose took out two (twice prototyped, arguably stronger) imps and an ogre with her basic weapon in the span of an animated panel. [[/note]] She is also a NightmareFetishist who knows her way around that black tome of hers. While initially wise around it, when she enters the game she also gets access to ItemCrafting, she combines it with her knitting needles making the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Thorns of Oglogoth]].

* Toph Beifong from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' is a twelve-year-old tomboy and [[DeadpanSnarker snark goddess]] who deals [[DishingOutDirt mountains]] [[{{Pun}} of damage]] to baddies. Her Earthbending abilities are equally useful for defense and offense, but she loves dealing out a good offensive smackdown (or just a good game of horseplay), and this definitely qualifies her as a Black Magician girl. Unlike most, though, her attacks aren't always ranged; she's perfectly willing to get into the grit of battle. For instance, she had a mud wrestling match with Katara (erm...ThatCameOutWrong), and she once actually ''[[ExtraOreDinary covered her body in metal]]'' to take down a Fire Nation airship from the inside.

* ''Literature/AesirCrossWars'': Freya, a GlassCannon MagicKnight character who uses more magic than physical attacks, and is a very feisty {{Tsundere}} with a HairTriggerTemper.
** Gender inverted and downplayed with Azazel. He is extremely HotBlooded and [[LargeHam hammy]]. He fights with [[PlayingWithFire fire magic]] and [[CastingAShadow darkness]], but his forte is actually physical attacks.

* Pictured above: ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'''s Lina Inverse. While talented with many types of magic, she leans heavily toward offense and has a habit of tossing around an UnholyNuke capable of [[PersonOfMassDestruction leveling mountains]] when provoked.

* Megumin fron ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'' could be considered one of these as she only knows one spell, but it is the offensive one, Explosion. At the start of the series, it's powerful enough to blast a giant frog to bits and it just gets more powerful as the episodes pass. She's not the physical type as she's outclassed in martial arts by pretty much everyone, and even her own spell is enough to make her fall to the ground helpless.

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* Pictured above: ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'''s Lina Inverse. While talented with many types of magic, she leans heavily toward offense and has a habit of tossing around an UnholyNuke capable of [[PersonOfMassDestruction leveling mountains]] when provoked.

[[caption-width-right:300:Go ahead, comment on Lina’s up size. See where it gets you.]]

[[caption-width-right:300:[[SchmuckBait Go ahead]], [[BerserkButton comment on Lina’s]] [[ACupAngst cup size]]. See where it gets you.]]

* The sprite kid Popoi from ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'' is an [[{{Keet}} impulsive and energetic male version]] of this trope. Except in the German translation, where this character was generally referred to as female.

* For the first half of ''Webcomic/ErrantStory'', Meji pretty much takes this UpToEleven (note, on the subject of [[ImprobableWeaponUser improbable weapons]], that she uses her ''familiar'' as a bludgeoning weapon!), albeit with no intention of being a team player. Then she gets, well, Senilisized ... and she goes from taking it up to eleven, to taking it up to about ''342''.