History Main / Chickification

* ''Series/AmericanGothic1995'': This happened to [[PluckyGirl Gail Emory]]. At the start of the show, while not exactly an ActionGirl, she was certainly a female {{Determinator}} who, as an IntrepidReporter, was determined to find out the truth of her parents' deaths and bring their murderer to justice. But as soon as she learned her parents were not [[BrokenPedestal the paragons of virtue she thought them to be]], her BelatedBackstory was dropped and she seemed to flounder about with nothing to do. By the end of the series, she's morphed almost completely into a DamselInDistress, having to rely on Buck himself for protection, and in her last scene is left in a hospital bed, crying piteously over the baby she's lost--even though she didn't want it in the first place, seeing as it was the son of Satan (as depicted graphically via ultrasound--or maybe not). At least some of this may be due to ExecutiveMeddling in order to pair up the major male and female leads, or a result of the show being ScrewedByTheNetwork so that Shaun Cassidy had to wrap everything up far too quickly and nonsensically. But some surely isn't.

* In [[Anime/YashahimePrincessHalfDemon]] has the ActionGirl Towa Higurashi start off as a loner who often got into fights with bullies, constantly transferring schools as a result. The moment she goes back to the feudal era, she slowly (or quickly) but surely starts to lose her lone wolf tendencies and replaces them entirely with a sweeter attitude next to her long-lost younger sister Setsuna, who basically takes over Towa's previous attitude while reducing Towa to a sweet if ''very'' naive girl incapable of not getting her head cut in two in the old era, often needing aid from Setsuna (and sometimes Moroha) to remain alive. To make matters worse, Towa didn't even make any friends in the present era, but she is more than willing to make friends with just about ''anyone'' she meets in the feudal era to the point she [[spoiler:completely trusts Riku so much after learning he is basically Kirinmaru's henchman and gives him her rainbow pearl with no questions asked.]] Setsuna and even ''Moroha'' scold her for doing something so dumb, which she later comes to regret the next second when she realizes how stupid that was.

-->-- '''Master Roshi''', ''Anime/DragonBallZ''

*** In [[Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF Resurrection F]] this is actually FridgeBrilliance. One of them has to stay behind to keep their daughter safe in case Freeza wins and decides to go tearing Earth apart. Freeza knows who Krillin is, but he's never seen 18 before, and her energy can't be sensed. She's the logical choice, regardless of who's stronger. [[JustifiedTrope Not to mention, she doesn't have any interest in fighting unless it's for money, or a few specific other reasons]] [[spoiler: such as the survival of the universe, as seen in the show's final arc]].

* In {{the anime of|TheGame}} ''VideoGame/BlueDragon'', Kluke is changed from a self-confident, mature girl who's virtually raised herself since the deaths of her parents to basically someone who cooks and encourages Shu without explanation. She doesn't even get her powers until a quarter of the way in the series. After that that pointl, however, she joins Shu in combat and plays a critical role in defeating General Logi.

** ComicBook/{{Storm}} was relegated to background scenery and occasional artillery when the romantic/heartbreak subplot got dumped.
** Comicbook/{{Psylocke}} was mostly just [[TheWorfEffect Worfed]], but it's worth noting that the villain who eventually gutted her was someone she'd previously defeated even before she'd learned martial arts.
** ComicBook/{{Rogue}}, despite being [[SuperStrength strong enough to bench-press tanks]] and capable of [[{{Flight}} outflying]] almost any weapons she cannot [[NighInvulnerability laugh off]], was repeatedly pummeled by far less formidable foes, and at least once screamed for help from a boyfriend that was barely a step above BadassNormal. Her psychological fortitude went down the tubes to boot.
* ComicBook/BlackCanary is still capable, but not in her own book. While ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' and ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' which she is the leader of both feature her kicking ass, ''Comicbook/GreenArrow/Black Canary'' treats her as a perpetual DamselInDistress for Green Arrow to rescue.
* Similarly, [[ComicBook/AntMan The Wasp]]'s intelligence, combat effectiveness, levelheadedness, and leadership abilities seem to vary inversely with the degree to which the writer plays up her relationship with her ex-husband [[Comicbook/AntMan Henry Pym]].

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': When Creator/RobertKanigher took over as writer after Marston's death most of BoisterousBruiser [[Characters/WonderWomanEttaCandy Etta Candy]]'s "non womanly" strengths were either downplayed or portrayed as flaws. When H. G. Peter died too Kanigher took the chance to retool Wonder Woman entirely (into what became her Earth-1 incarnation) and made Etta a conventionally 50's feminine (in both appearance and mannerism) DamselInDistress whose only remaining character trait was liking candy.

* Cori Falls ''loves'' doing this to poor Jessie in her ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' fics. Sure, the girl's still allowed to kick some ass, but more often than not, she's crying or swooning in James's arms or needing to be rescued from perverts.

** Fanfics pairing [[IncestYayShipping Elsa and Anna]] tend to do this to Anna. In the film, she's a strong character who's quick to take action, keeps a clear head whilst being pursued by wolves and [[{{Snowlem}} giant snowmen]], doesn't hesitate to come to the rescue of others, and never cries during the entire film, despite suffering an intensive TraumaCongaLine. Fanfiction tends to morph her into a tortured soul who managed to bottle up her grief during the events of the film, and, once everything is back to normal, quickly breaks down and pours her heart out to whatever soul will listen, usually Elsa. The wimpiness of Anna in fanfiction is usually proportional to the strength of Elsa; the more resilient Elsa is in any particular fic, the more chickified Anna becomes. Generally, Anna's sudden chickification is explained by the shock of having her sister back, and the years of loneliness she endured during the film's prologue.

** Also happened to Minako in fics that paired her with Kunzite or even [[{{Yuri}} Makoto]], dialing her canon angst UpToEleven.

* Comicbook/JeanGrey in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' suffers from a special case of this. The Phoenix storyline is major NeverLiveItDown material for her, so she got some major movements of power-spiking leading up to her Phoenix debut... but the rest of the time, she suffers as mentioned down in WesternAnimation. So she spends [[Film/XMen1 movie one]] as love interest and gets beaten by the Toad. [[Film/X2XMenUnited Movie two]], she uses her powers to hold back Scott's EyeBeams. [[Film/XMenTheLastStand Movie three]], she ascends into full Phoenix mode... and though she does kill Xavier, she otherwise does nothing but be the MacGuffin of the story because her StoryBreakerPower means she can solve any problem she likes in an instant.

* Arya in the ''{{Film/Eragon}}'' movie. While she does need to be rescued in the book, there when she is poisoned by Durza, she's in a self-inflicted coma to slow the effects of the poison. In the film this isn't there, and she just appears to be a DamselInDistress. What's more is that her book counterpart is an AloofDarkHairedGirl, covered in cuts and bruises from her torture, and is respectful to Eragon but nothing else - her film counterpart is more conventionally feminine and attractive, warm and caring to Eragon and hinting she's been PromotedToLoveInterest.

* At the start of ''Universums öde'' by GeorgeJohansson, Amalthea is introduced as Len's equal. However, in the third book, she and Len have barely landed on New Earth when she is attacked by a predator bird and develops a phobia of violence that means that she has to [[StayInTheKitchen Stay In The Hut]] while Len does the hunting.

** When Rose was the Ninth Doctor's companion, there was definitely an element of romance in their dynamic, but she still contributed to a number of storylines. After his regeneration into the Tenth Doctor, though, the romance angle was dialed all the way UpToEleven (no pun intended) and she rarely accomplished anything important during their adventures.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. Marina Sirtis [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJXvWZhVY4Q noted]] that [[Characters/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Deanna Troi]]'s intelligence and general effectiveness seemed to vary in inverse proportion to the amount of cleavage she was made to display. In later seasons, when they put the character in a Starfleet uniform like everyone else, covering her up to the neck, Troi suddenly started getting better storylines.

* ''Series/CriminalMinds'': One of Garcia's exes accuses Derek (who he's mistaken for her new lover) and then Garcia herself of doing this to herself, when comparing her [[PlayfulHacker present personality]] to her former persona as [[TheCracker The Black Queen]]. Subverted as Garcia explains her present personality was ''always'' her real personality even back then and her Black Queen persona was just an act she put on for his benefit/to keep him with her and she allowed the FBI to caught her because she was tired of keeping up the act.

* Myth/ClassicalMythology

** In contrast, Aphrodite was based on the Phoenician Goddess Astarte, Goddess of Love, Fertility, Beauty, and oh yeah, ''[[WarGod War]]''. The Spartans, being [[ProudWarriorRace The Spartans]], fully approved. The rest of Greece did not and redefined her there as purely being the goddess of love and beauty (In ''Literature/TheIliad'', Zeus explicitly tells her she doesn't belong on the battlefield, with the fact that it needed to be stated at all implying [[WriterOnBoard it may have been a debate at the time]]). She was later ''un''-chickified by the same Romans, who rechristened her Venus, and added victory (in battle/war) tot her portfolio.

** Frozen in fear also applies to Wrestling/{{Aksana}}, who would fight for what she wanted on WWE's version of FCW and [[VillainExitStageRight duck out of the arena]] to avoid what she didn't want. On the main roster, she passively hung around general manager [[Wrestling/TeddyLong Theodore Long]] for no reason and became a nervous wreck just thinking about Kane.

* Parodied with ComicBook/SteveTrevor, love interest of Franchise/WonderWoman in his appearance at ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'': In all other incarnations (comics, animation, live action TV) he is a fairly proactive guy, in TheTeaser of “Scorn of Star Sapphire” he is a secret agent so confident that Wonder Woman will come to his rescue that he doesn’t move a muscle to get out of a DeathTrap, left her do all the work, and gushes in her presence. This immortal line:

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' also parodied this. While the girls remember stuff in a clip show, they remember that they once aged up to becoming teenagers. In this flashback they stop fighting and instead became shallow, boy-obsessed morons. This was a TakeThat from Creator/CraigMcCracken to ExecutiveMeddling which attempted to chickify the girls for feminine merchandise. It was also a TakeThat towards members of the fandom who would send him fanart (and fanfics) of the girls dating the Rowdyruff Boys (nevermind the fact that they're mortal enemies) forgetting that the show is an ''action'' cartoon first and has little (if any) romance in it whatsoever. [[MisaimedFandom Fans loved that scene and even made fanart of it.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'': ComicBook/BlackCat was awesomely awesome during the arc "Partners in Danger," which introduced her. She leaves near the end, but puts in one more guest appearance in which she's as cool as ever. Unfortunately, when she returns again for "Secret Wars," her role in the story is to fall off of things, scream, and be caught by ComicBook/CaptainAmerica while Petey looks on with jealousy. [[ComicBook/SecretInvasion Maybe it was a Skrull impostor...]]
* ''WesternAnimation/XMen'': The 90's animated series had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzc5VHL1bPM a bad habit of doing this]] to Comicbook/JeanGrey. In the comics, she was one of the original X-Men, who even in TheSixties, could hold her own against formidable opponents. In the cartoon, however, she was the go-to girl if they needed a DamselInDistress, playing the role of TheEmpath more than a contributing member. Some other adaptations are worse due to the NeverLiveItDown status of the Dark Phoenix Saga. Writers seem to think that going Phoenix, going nuts, and dying is ''all she ever did,'' and when she's not Phoenix, being Scott's SatelliteLoveInterest and [[LoveTriangle the girl Logan wants]] as ''his'' SatelliteLoveInterest is about all there is to her.

* [[OfficeLady Retsuko]] seems to have suffered this in the Netflix adaptation of ''Anime/{{Aggretsuko}}'', going from a woman who always strives to do her best at her job to one who wants to get married so she can quit her job.

-->-- '''Kame Sennin/Muten Roshi''', ''Anime/DragonBallZ''

* Sakura Haruno in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' [[ZigZaggingTrope zigzags in and out of this.]] On one hand she starts out as a FauxActionGirl because she's a graduate like Naruto and Sasuke and the show talks up her great ninja intelligence, but doesn't bring as much to the table as her teammates. She TookALevelInBadass during the TimeSkip and defeats a member of Akatsuki, but is then quickly left OutofFocus for half the series one arc later. The few times she does shake this off, the results are genuinely impressive: like how before the TimeSkip, she managed to hold off the Sound Genin [[PluckyGirl with only her basic ninja training fall back on]] and [[ManBitesMan resorted to biting] to protect Lee, Naruto and Sasuke; how during the Fourth Shinobi War she discovered the Zetsu clone spies and had captured one alive; and in Chapter 632, when after perfecting one of Tsunade's best techniques she wreaks havoc among the Ten-Tails's clones--which [[AmazonChaser impresses Sasuke]] but [[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon terrifies Naruto]].

* ''Series/CriminalMinds'': One of Garcia's exes accuses Derek (who he's mistaken for her new lover) and then Garcia herself of doing this to herself, when comparing her [[PlayfulHacker present personality]] to her former persona as [[TheCracker The Black Queen]]. Subverted as Garcia explains her present personality was ''always'' her real personality even back then and her Black Queen persona was just an act she put on for his benefit/to keep him with her and she allowed the FBI to caught her because she was tired of playing the role.

** Sheik gets an odd variant of this in fan-works. Sheik in canon is a SweetPollyOliver and is a disguise for Zelda. Sheik in most fanfics and fanart is [[GenderBender a man]] and is often [[DecompositeCharacter completely unrelated to Zelda]]. These depictions of Sheik usually have Sheik in their canonical aloof 'self. In the few works that have Sheik as a crossdressing woman, this trope gets applied big time. "Female Sheik" fan-art always ultra-feminize her. Fan-works also downplay her strengths and ActionGirl qualities to instead have Link be her "cool and mature" love interest (note, in male!Sheik/Link works, Sheik is instead often a stereotypical {{seme}} and Link gets the {{wimpification}}). Strangely, this ''only'' affects ''Zelda'' fan-works. ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' works almost always depict Sheik as a SweetPollyOliver[=/=]{{bifauxnen}} and an [[TheStoic aloof]] ActionGirl.

If this is done to a male character in a SlashFic, it may be part of {{Wimpification}} or AggressiveSubmissive.

* ''Film/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' turned BadassBookworm and ActionGirl Annabeth Chase from an incredibly intelligent girl and highly skilled fighter (she was once called the best fighter in the whole camp) into a [[TheLoad borderline-useless]] and young woman who only seems to accompany the group because she did so in the books. In particular, she gets her ass kicked by Percy, who has been training in swordsmanship for a few hours tops.

* Feyre starts ''Literature/ACourtofThorns'' as a badass hunter who treks through the forest in winter to keep her family alive, sets up snares in her room every night, can handle herself against monsters like the naga and confronts [[BigBad Amarantha]] [[TheDreaded herself]] to save her boyfriend and his court. And this is ''[[BadassNormal before]]'' she gets magic powers. By the later books, though, she does little but hang around at home painting, shopping or being [[spoiler:barefoot and pregnant]], letting everyone else do important stuff and barely even trying to get involved in politics despite being [[spoiler:High Lady of the Night Court. Although her pregnancy in ''A Court of Silver Flames'' is high-risk and would prevent her from being too physically active, it doesn't mean she can't do other useful things, but the story doesn't seem too concerned with this]].

* Lampshaded and ultimately averted in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. At some point Barret is horrified to discover that Tifa, who had been a prominent member of a terrorist organisation before Cloud showed up, now feels she has no idea what to do without the missing Cloud around, and he outright asks her when the tough woman he used to know 'turned into such a wimp'. Soon after, Tifa leaves the party after only a short spell as leader, telling the other party members that she has no interest in saving the world or doing anything beyond being by a comatose Cloud's side any more. [[note]]A choice which may have something to do with the city that just got crushed, literally, by Shinra.[[/note]] However, Tifa soon brings herself ''and'' Cloud back via [[spoiler: taking a JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind to help both of them]] and rejoins the party along with him. Barret even reverses his judgement - "You're some kinda lady."

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'': ComicBook/LoisLane was depicted as a reckless and fiery reporter throughout the 1940s, and then she was watered down into a comic relief who constantly needed saving in the mid 50s'. Fortunately, the late Silver Age/[[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks early Bronze Age]] restored her opinionated, smart and resourceful persona.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': When Creator/RobertKanigher took over as writer after Marston's death most of BoisterousBruiser ComicBook/EttaCandy's "non womanly" strengths were either downplayed or portrayed as flaws. When H. G. Peter died too Kanigher took the chance to retool Wonder Woman entirely (into what became her Earth-1 incarnation) and made Etta a conventionally 50's feminine (in both appearance and mannerism) DamselInDistress whose only remaining character trait was liking candy.

* Megagi la Skunk from ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}'' was originally a spike-wearing mohawked skunk who really stood out from the other female characters, all of whom were shallow female stereotypes with no personality (this is likely due to the author not creating her, but stealing her from a friend). She was ''rapidly'' chickified over her next couple of appearances until she became a literal cheerleader and indistinguishable from the other females in the cast. This is considered to be evidence that the author isn't just unable to write characters with distinct personalities; he's actively against it.

* In {{the anime of|TheGame}} ''VideoGame/BlueDragon'', Kluke is changed from a self-confident, mature girl who's virtually raised herself since the deaths of her parents to basically someone who cooks and encourages Shu without explanation. She doesn't even get her powers until near the half-way point of the series. ''After that that point'', however, she joins Shu in combat and plays a critical role in defeating General Logi.

* Hikaru Hazama of ''Anime/MetalFightBeyblade'' goes from ActionGirl to Secretary in the second series. Justified in that after [[CurbstompBattle suffering a brutal defeat]] from [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide Ryuga]] she becomes too traumatized from the experience to battle again, nearly having a mental breakdown when Tsubasa unleashed the same dark power Ryuga had used, resigning herself to this role to help forget what happened and recover, until she resumed her action girl status late in the series as the climax began.

* Sakura Haruno in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' [[ZigZaggingTrope zigzags in and out of this.]] On one hand she starts out as a FauxActionGirl because she's a graduate like Naruto and Sasuke and the show talks up her great ninja intelligence but doesn't bring as much to table as her teammates. She TookALevelInBadass during the TimeSkip and defeats a member of Akatsuki, but is then quickly overshadowed by Naruto and Sasuke, and soon after falls back into the role of a background character who can only pin her hopes on Naruto. The few times she ''does'' shake this off, the results '''are''' genuinely impressive: like how ''before'' the TimeSkip she managed to hold off the Sound Genin ''[[PluckyGirl when she barely had any skills at all]]'' and ''[[ManBitesMan resorted to biting]]'' to protect Lee, Naruto and Sasuke; how during the Fourth Shinobi War she discovered the Zetsu clone spies ''and'' captured one alive; and in Chapter 632 when after perfecting one of Tsunade's best techniques she wreaks havoc among the Ten-Tails's clones--which [[AmazonChaser impresses Sasuke]] but [[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon terrifies Naruto]].

* Similarly, [[Characters/TheWaspJanetvanDyne The Wasp]]'s intelligence, combat effectiveness, levelheadedness, and leadership abilities seem to vary inversely with the degree to which the writer plays up her relationship with her ex-husband [[Comicbook/AntMan Henry Pym]].

** In contrast, Aphrodite was based on the Phoenician Goddess Astarte, Goddess of Love, Fertility, Beauty, and oh yeah, ''[[WarGod War]]''. The Spartans, being [[ProudWarriorRace The Spartans]], fully approved. The rest of Greece did not and redefined her there as purely being the goddess of love and beauty. She was later ''un''-chickified by the same Romans, who rechristened her Venus, and added victory (in battle/war) tot her portfolio.

* Similarly, ComicBook/TheWasp's intelligence, combat effectiveness, levelheadedness, and leadership abilities seem to vary inversely with the degree to which the writer plays up her relationship with her ex-husband [[Comicbook/AntMan Henry Pym]].

* A ''lot'' of the female characterss in ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' are hit with this, especially the love interests for the various heroes:

* This happened so often to VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} that her ''creator'' spoke out against it. Specifically, he protested the Rule34 works that showed her as submissive (with the implication that he would be totally fine with NSFW works that portrayed her as dominant). Perhaps in response, later fanwork swung away from this.

** There's a bizarre example that happens within a single episode. In "City At The Edge of the World", Kerril starts as a snarky, leather-clad ActionGirl with a QuickDraw and [[YouNeedABreathMint bad hygiene]] who regards Vila with disdain. A shower and a [[SheCleansUpNicely dress]] makes her [[ScreamingWoman shriek at cobwebs and skeletons]], [[SecurityCling clutching at Vila]] like a DamselInDistress and [[FauxActionGirl even letting him handle her gun]] in the final confrontation with the VillainOfTheWeek. Either behaviour isn't out of place in ''Blakes 7'', but putting both in the same character just doesn't work.

** In contrast, Aphrodite was based on the Phoenician Goddess Astarte, Goddess of Love, Fertility, Beauty, and oh yeah, ''[[WarGod War]]''. The Spartans, being [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy The Spartans]], fully approved. The rest of Greece did not and redefined her there as purely being the goddess of love and beauty. She was later ''un''-chickified by the same Romans, who rechristened her Venus, and added victory (in battle/war) tot her portfolio.

* The earliest Welsh Myth/KingArthur stories portray Guinevere as a badass warrior queen and/or spellcaster. In later retellings, her main achievement is to bonk Lancelot behind her husband's back, and modern retellings can use either as the author prefers.

* Cammy from ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' is the game's most notable example. In story she debuted as a cold blooded killer but this was due to being brainwashed by M. Bison and being infused with Psycho Power. In the second game which would be her second canonical appearance she was more of a tough tomboy who wore leotards (that reveal her buns quite well when she turns her back to the player), still didn't mind harming people, and had questions about her past. In her next canon appearance IV she is similar but showed a more caring side for her friends and "sisters". In V she is much more mentally emotional, loses critical battles, and even gains dresses and other girly outfits that rival the girlyness of the game's real girly girls such as Chun-Li, Ibuki, and Karin despite Cammy supposedly being a tomboy and the Tomboy to Chun-Li's girly girl specifically.
* Asuka Kazama from ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}''. Initially she was a legit action girl who was shown to have powers similar to Jun that can have her handle and suppress the devil gene. Later she was shown getting her Osaka butt handled to her, being strangled to death and later needing to be saved by Jin after being thrown out of a sky scraper from Kazuya after she offered no resistance and was openly scared of him. When it comes to outfits despite having to be the tough tomboy when Lili debuted who is the franchise's top girly girl Asuka's alternate outfits have become progressively girlier.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo'' shows Starfire being rescued by Robin much, ''much'' more than in the series, and doing less to contribute to the group's success. At the same time, ''Robin himself'' contributes the least success, rather, the most damage - his hunt for Brushogun leads to disaster, getting himself thrown in prison for all the wrong reasons. After his escape, he has to parade around as an average Joe to avoid drawing attention, which brings him down from a costumed hero to an unnerved, edgy BadassNormal. PlayedForDrama - it's to help make her look and feel more vulnerable, draw closer to Robin, make him draw closer to her, and at last, bring them together for [[spoiler:The Big Damn Kiss]].

* And on the intersection between those two mythologies — there is evidence that the Greeks imported the Mesopotamian Astarte, a major goddess of love and war, and transformed her into the single-focus LoveGoddess Aphrodite.

* Sakura Haruno in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' [[ZigZaggingTrope zigzags in and out of this.]] On one hand she starts out as a FauxActionGirl because she's a graduate like Naruto and Sasuke and the show talks up her great ninja intelligence but doesn't bring as much to table as her teammates. She TookALevelInBadass during the TimeSkip and defeats a member of Akatsuki, but is then quickly overshadowed by Naruto and Sasuke, and soon after falls back into the role of a background character who can only pin her hopes on Naruto. The few times she ''does'' shake this off, the results '''are''' genuinely impressive: like how ''before'' the TimeSkip she managed to hold off the Sound Genin ''[[PluckyGirl when she barely had any skills at all]]'' and ''[[ManBitesMan resorted to biting]]'' to protect Lee, Naruto and Sasuke; how during the Fourth Shinobi War she discovered the Zetsu clone spies ''and'' captured one alive; and in Chapter 632 when after perfecting one of Tsunade's best techniques she wrecks havoc among the Ten-Tails's clones--which [[AmazonChaser impresses Sasuke]] but [[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon terrifies Naruto]].

* ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' subverted this with a vengeance. While Rock and Revy wait together in a submarine full of corpses and relics, Rock tries to get Revy to open up and show there's a person who cares underneath her tough exterior. She reveals some of her past, and after she notices Rock's sympathy over it, she threatens him with death if he even hints at what he's seen, then goes on a KillEmAll rampage on the ship above.
* ''Anime/{{Shirobako}}'': InUniverse, this is what happened to the adaptation of ''Sailor Suits and [=F3s=]'', an earlier work of Takezou Nogame (author of ''Third Aerial Girls' Squad'', which [=MusAni=] adapted in the second half of this series). The otherwise fairly serious sports manga was [[AdaptationDecay retooled into a]] GagSeries, with its battle-hardened ActionGirl protagonist being turned into a vapid moeblob.

* In the anime adaptation of ''VideoGame/MagiaRecordPuellaMagiMadokaMagicaSideStory'', Iroha is significantly weaker than in the game. While in the game she starts off weak and becomes stronger and more self-assured over time, she can barely defeat any foes by herself in the anime and either relies completely on her Doppel or on Yachiyo to get her out of trouble. Even worse, when she would at least ''try'' to fight early on in the game, she spends that time either staring in terror or incapacitated in the anime. Many fans are hoping that season 2 will address this and make Iroha stand out more.

* Deliberately invoked in FanFic/DividedRainbow. Rainbow Dash suffers from Chickification as a result of a magical curse. Specifically, the same one that {{swapped|Roles}} her with Fluttershy in the [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E13MagicalMysteryCure Magical Mystery Cure episode.]]

* Myth/ClassicalMythology: The Romans identified Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and war, with Minerva, a considerably more domestic goddess of crafts. She was already the goddess of weaving in Greek myth, but that was a considerably minor part of her. [[note]]This was at least in part because the closest equivalent was Mars, and they'd already linked him with Ares. The Romans also disliked more defensive forms of war, which is what Athena excelled in.[[/note]]