History Main / CatFight

** Monica fights with Rachel, and later Rachel and her sister Amy in "TOW Rachel's Other Sister".
--->'''Chandler:''' That fight was totally arousing.

--->'''Cheshire:''' Catfight?
--->'''Catwoman:''' [[BringIt Catfight!]] ''(they fight)''

--->'''Cheetah:''' ''(SlasherSmile)'' BIG catfight!

** Later when Barbara Minerva transforms into her more powerful Cheetah form.

--->'''Catwoman:''' ''(ThisIsGonnaSuck)'' Cat fight?

-->'''Catwoman:''' I'm a jewel thief. I came here to steal the jewel.
-->'''Cheshire:''' And I'm a League of Shadow assassin. I came here to kill the jewel thief.
-->'''Catwoman:''' You came here to ''try''.
-->'''Cheshire:''' Catfight?
-->'''Catwoman:''' [[BringIt Catfight!]] ''(they fight)''

-->'''Catwoman:''' Catfight?
-->'''Cheshire:''' Catfight! ''(they fight)''

* Lampshaded in ''WesternAnimation/CatwomanHunted'' whenever the title character fights a female supervillain with a feline motif.

Any superheroine will have female supervillains. Thus, this trope is likely to be invoked or lampshaded eventually.

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' has his DistaffCounterpart ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} face off largely against female enemies. Particularly ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}.
* The ''Comicbook/{{Catwoman}}'' comic book was made of this, especially when Jim Balent was doing the art.
* Post-Crisis Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} got into several Cat Fights with Comicbook/PowerGirl, Comicbook/WonderGirl and even [[EnemyWithout a dark version of herself]] in the first issues of ''[[Comicbook/{{Supergirl 2005}} her book]]''.
* It almost happens in ''Comicbook/SupermanVsTheAmazingSpiderMan''. Comicbook/LoisLane and ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson nearly get into one when MJ wrongly thinks that Lois is flirting with her boyfriend. Lois even tells her hide her claws.
* ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' had ComicBook/{{Elektra}} versus ComicBook/BlackCat. The issue was even titled ''Cat fight''.
** He even hangs a lampshade on it. As the fight goes on, he quickly grows less concerned with actually doing something or moral quandaries to simply stare for a moment or two. Stepping in gets him kicked off a building.

* Music/{{Pendulum}}'s ''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6BKBIOtRXw Showdown]]"'' music video is about a cat fight. It's brutal though.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' had a notable one in "Something's a Ms." between [[SexySecretary Miss Bellum]] and [[TheVamp Sedusa]]. It ended with them falling into a swimming pool.

* As all the combatants in ''Manga/{{Freezing}}'' are female...that said, despite there being plenty of ClothingDamage and panty shots, it's rather disturbing seeing how downright ''brutal'' the fights are. Bodies tend to be shredded just as much as the clothes.

* ''Film/AngelWithTheIronFists'' has the cat-fight between Lorna, the titular Angel, and Dolly (codenamed Dark Angel B1) in a hotel room, with plenty of hair-pulling and tugging at clothes from both women, as well as Dolly having a panty shot during the struggle.

* As all the combatants in ''Manga/{{Freezing}}'' are female...that said, despite there being plenty of ClothingDamage and {{Panty Shot}}s, it's rather disturbing seeing how downright ''brutal'' the fights are. Bodies tend to be shredded just as much as the clothes.

* ''Film/AngelWithTheIronFists'' has the cat-fight between Lorna, the titular Angel, and Dolly (codenamed Dark Angel B1) in a hotel room, with plenty of hair-pulling and tugging at clothes from both women, as well as Dolly having a PantyShot during the struggle.

A battle between two or more female combatants that differs from the DesignatedGirlFight only in that it's invoked for {{Fanservice}} purposes more than anything else. Though the label may be attached to any girl-fight, a true cat fight generally [[WimpFight lacks finesse/combat skill]]. The combatants may take the fight seriously, as usually they aren’t trying to titillate an audience or amuse each other, but for whatever reason, heavy blows, complex throws, and joint locks are generally not used. A telltale real life sign that a cat fight is about to ensue is if a woman [[HoldMyGlasses reaches up to take her earrings off before it actually starts]], and as such talking about taking one's earrings off [[DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff can be used as a verbal threat]]. Expect the combatants to seize and tear each other's {{clothing|damage}} and/or [[ByTheHair hair.]] A staple of the JiggleShow. Depictions that are PlayedForLaughs may be punctuated with [[ThatPoorCat a cat screech]] to drive the point home.

*** The show has one with [[KnifeNut knives]], ending in a surrender.

** Famously, one of the main draws of ''Series/Dynasty1981'', including a famous one where Alexis and Krystle fighting in the mansion pond.

See also WouldntHitAGirl, GirlOnGirlIsHot, DesignatedGirlFight, FoeYay, FanserviceFauxFight, and especially InterplayOfSexAndViolence. Just Add Mud to get MudWrestling. Compare PantyFighter, where cat fights are the bread and butter, though they rarely degrade into "Rolling Around" pseudo-fights. Not related to the CockFight or the cartoon BigBallOfViolence.

* Prior to the WWE Women's Evolution, it was pretty common for two or more women to have catfights on RAW and SmackDown, especially when the women are fighting over a male Superstar. But now that the WWE Divas Division has been rebranded as the WWE Women's Division, the WWE has pretty much moved away from catfights and instead WWE's female talents are now allowed to have fights much like men's fights as rivalries now which mainly involved pure hatred for each other and not fighting over a guy. Even women being busted open is now more accepted than it was in the past.

A battle between two or more female combatants that differs from the DesignatedGirlFight only in that it's invoked for {{Fanservice}} purposes more than anything else. Though the label may be attached to any girl-fight, a true cat fight generally [[WimpFight lacks finesse/combat skill]]. The combatants may take the fight seriously, as usually they aren’t trying to titillate an audience or amuse each other, but for whatever reason, heavy blows, complex throws, and joint locks are generally not used. A telltale real life sign that a cat fight is about to ensue is if a woman [[HoldMyGlasses reaches up to take her earrings off before it actually starts]], and as such talking about taking one's earrings off can be used as a verbal threat. Expect the combatants to seize and tear each other's {{clothing|damage}} and/or [[ByTheHair hair.]] A staple of the JiggleShow. Depictions that are PlayedForLaughs may be punctuated with [[ThatPoorCat a cat screech]] to drive the point home.

* Addressed and ultimately subverted in one ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' episode. Elaine's office is demolished by a female coworker, but no one believes her, [[WhatAnIdiot even with a menacing message on her answering machine]]. In fact, all the men hearing about this are turned on by the idea of a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wrL9z3Kvww cat fight]] instead. By the end of the episode she emerges after having been beaten to a pulp offscreen in an only marginally-related cat fight, for which she receives even less sympathy after revealing that the aggressor was [[ItMakesSenseInContext Raquel Welch]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': "Date With Destiny" featured a classic cat fight between Starfire and [[MeaningfulName Kitten]] on the prom's dessert table. Tip: Never date a guy with a girlfriend who can shoot lasers out of her eyes.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':
** A very early episode involved Misty and Giselle at each other's throats. Ash wanted to step in and calm them down, but Brock told him no, and that getting in the middle of a cat fight was not a good idea.
** In ''Best Wishes'' the new female lead [[ActionGirl Iris]] often gets into a fight with her rival [[{{Jerkass}} Georgia]] especially after her first appearance. So far, they have spent the entire time at Don's tournament taunting each other and being each other's throat.

* In ''Film/Blame'', Abigail and Melissa get into a brief fight. Abigail shoves Melissa into a locker but shrinks back when Melissa slaps her in the face. Abigail glares at her but doesn’t hit back.

* ''Film/Blame'' has a brief fight between bad girls, Abigail and Melissa. Abigail shoves Melissa into a locker but shrinks back when Melissa slaps her in the face. Abigail glares at her but doesn’t hit back.