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* ''Manga/DetectiveSchoolQ'' has an episode focusing on [[TheChick Megu]], [[ActionGirl Yukihira]] and [[NewTransferStudent Kuniko]] upon the latter's arrival to the DDS.

* An issue of the ''[[ComicBook/GIJoeARealAmericanHeroMarvel G.I. Joe Special Missions]]'' comic had the female Joes (Scarlett, Lady Jaye, Cover Girl and Jinx) forced to go undercover as cheerleaders at a baseball game. When all the male members are are taken out by mind control, it's up to the girls to save the day.
* In a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica story, the male members of the Justice Society are captured by the villain Brainwave. Wonder Woman (the only female member) recruits the ''girlfriends'' (and adopted daughter) of the members who don versions of the male heroes costumes and help rescue them. Particularly odd as the girlfriends were not regular characters in the JSA stories, instead being brought over from the heroes solo series.
* In a 1989 ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' comic, the female X-men: Storm, Psylocke, Dazzler and Rogue (whose body is taken over by Carol Danver's personality) all teleport for a day of shopping to a Los Angeles mall. Unbeknownst to them a young mutant runaway named ComicBook/{{Jubilee|MarvelComics}} follows them back through the portal to their hideout in Australia.
* ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'', twice. The first one technically is a Girl's Night ''In''.
* A ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueTaskForce'' story by Creator/PeterDavid featured an (almost) all-female team infiltrating a LadyLand: Franchise/WonderWoman, Gypsy, Dolphin, Maxima, ComicBook/{{Vixen}} ... and a shapeshifted "[[ComicBook/MartianManhunter J'oann J'onzz]]".

* ComicBook/{{X 23}} and Comicbook/{{Jubilee|MarvelComics}} have one in the former's self-titled series by Marjorie Liu. Jubilee takes Laura out clubbing after her breakup with Hellion, and the night ends with Laura on a bloody rampage tearing apart a sex trafficking ring operated by members of her [[Comicbook/{{NYX}} ex-pimp's former gang]].

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': "The Witch and the Warrior" serves as one for the entire DCU, as Circe turns every single male superhero (except Superman, who gets captured and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed]] instead) and supervillain into an animal and blocks off all of New York as a private game reserve for herself and every super villainess around. The opposition? Wonder Woman and ComicBook/{{Oracle}} coordinating about a hundred super heroines from OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Spoiler to FlyingBrick Power Girl.
* The current page image is from an issue of ComicBook/TheBraveAndTheBold, where ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} and ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 take ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} (Barbara Gordon) out for a night on the town. It becomes a bit of a TearJerker when it turns out that Zatanna knows [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke something bad]] is going to happen to Barbara, but due to the nature of her precognitive abilities, any attempt to prevent it will just make things ''worse''. So she and Diana are giving her at least one fun night out. The issue ends with Barbara, still paralyzed as ComicBook/{{Oracle}}, waking up from her dream of that night, fondly reminiscing about her last time dancing.

* In the ''Anime/SonicX'' fanfic ''FanFic/DontKeepYourDistance'', the main (original) characters are kidnapped and sent to a child labor camp to join existing captives, where they are all segregated by sex. The protagonist and focus of the third-person narration, Paint the [[PlantAliens Seedrian]]-[[{{HSOWA}} Fox]], is female, but her best friends are all male, and this allows a new cadre of female minor characters, Paint's cabinmates, to join the cast.

* The ''WebOriginal/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum'' two-part mission, [[http://armorbirdpress.tumblr.com/post/153311479133/rc-333-mission-13-girls-night-out "Girls' Night Out"]], combines this trope with [[MarySueHunter badfic sporking]] (of a fic primarily set in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', incidentally known for its ensemble of well-developed female leads) and a subplot about two of the girls, who regard each other as arch-rivals, [[EnemyMine trying to settle their differences]]. The mission eventually turns into a DesignatedGirlFight when the Suvians, who are [[BalefulPolymorph gem-ified]] replacements of female characters from [[Manga/OnePiece three]] [[Manga/FairyTail different]] [[Manga/{{Naruto}} animes]], briefly manage to turn the tables against the agents.

* ''Series/HogansHeroes'', being set in a World War II Stalag, has few recurring female characters and rarely passes the UsefulNotes/BechdelTest; [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7639084/1/One-Night-in-Hammelburg-A-Girls-Own-Adventure One Night in Hammelburg: A Girls' Own Adventure]], camp secretaries Helga and Hilda are drawn into a scheme involving IndyPloy {{Chessmaster}} Marya, LaResistance leader Tiger, and the Gestapo.

* In the ''Fanfic/JuniorOfficers'' chapter aptly titled "Ladies Night", Dashi, Tweak, Kitsune, Deborah, and Sarabi go out for the night with Tweak's girlfriend Anita.

* The ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' short story "Bombshells", narrated by Molly, is about her, Justine, and Andi working together to infiltrate an assemblage of paranormal nations in order to save Thomas.

* ''Series/TheFlash2014'' had an episode (named "Girls' Night Out", natch) where Barry and Iris each took half the cast on separate bachelor and bachelorette parties. While Iris' group ran afoul of a crime lord, they couldn't get the men's help because said men were away from their phones and Barry was completely plastered.
* The ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' episode "Lost Canary" has a couple of scenes of Oliver and Diggle interrogating Kodiak, but is mostly about Felicity, Dinah, Laurel and Sara, with the villain being Aviva Metula/Shadow Thief. Even the 2040 {{Flashforward}} is about Mia and the Canaries, with William, Roy and Conner all absent.
* Season 2 of ''Series/TheOC'' had failed girls' night out at Alex's club, that strongly highlighted the differences between the BettyAndVeronica of the most recent LoveTriangle in the show - Ryan, Marissa and [[SatelliteLoveInterest Lindsey]]. During that episode we also see Marissa starting to opt out of the triangle in an unexpected way.
* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'': The episode "The Gang Beats Boggs: Ladies Reboot" has Dee and several of the female recurring characters try an all-female version of the previous attempt to beat Wade Boggs's record of drinking 70 beers in a cross-country flight. The episode is a lampoon on the GenderFlip trope.
* ''Series/Lucifer2016'': Two separate episodes involve Chloe, Maze, Dr. Linda and Ella hanging out together under the pretext of looking for a suspect in the case of the week. The second such episode, season five's "[=BlueBallz=]", contrasts their outing with the male characters staying home to watch Linda and Amenadiel's infant son.
* ''Series/SchittsCreek'': In the episode "Girls Night," Alexis talks Twyla into going out to a bar to look for men and Moira invites herself along as the girls' chauffer and offers romantic advice.

* One of the Dream Scenarios in ''Videogame/WarriorsOrochi 2'' features a ''Series/CharliesAngels'' parody where you play as [[TheBaroness No]], [[MusicalAssassin Zhen Ji]] and [[MoeBlob Xiao Qiao]], off to rescue all the other female characters who have been kidnapped by [[InsistentTerminology The Tyrannical]] (and lecherous) Dong Zhou. Basically every female character in the setting is involved... along with Zhen Ji's husband, Cao Pi, who is so {{Bishonen}} he got mistaken for a girl and [[JamesBondage kidnapped]]. As he puts it, "This will take a while to live down..."
** Come to think of it, Ranmaru Mori is also involved, though he doesn't do much other than guard your main camp. Also, he's more girly than most girls, having had some {{Unsettling Gender Reveal}}s in his time, including getting hit on by [[ChivalrousPervert Magoichi Saika]].
** ''VideoGame/PokemonConquest'', which uses many of the same characters, does something similar. Several female characters' campaigns revolve around a beauty contest and feature only female warriors - and Ranmaru.
* One of Crimson Viper's quotes to Rose in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' is an invite to a "Ladies' Night".

* ''VideoGame/AngryBirds Stella'' is a spinoff of the main series where one of the girls from the mostly-male original cast is made the main character and given an mostly-female cast of her own.
* ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' gives you an achievement (aptly named "Flight of the {{Valkyries}}") for completing an entire mission with an all-female squad.
* The Xbox RPG ''VideoGame/{{Sudeki}}'' had a level that had the two girls, Ailish and Buki, team up together to rescue the guys from the clutches of Nassaria the Siren. It ends with Ailish having to fight the siren herself.
* In ''12 Labors of Hercules 3: Girl Power'' Hercules' wife Megara has to rescue him and Cerberus from the evil clutches of Scylla.

* Several examples in ''Franchise/MassEffect'':
** In the first game, Ashley Williams mentions that Flux would be a good place to take her sisters at some point for a Girls Night Out.
** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', any personal meeting with a female squadmate in the Silversun Strip of the Citadel DLC would be one when playing Shepard as a woman. Honorable mentions include meeting Miranda and Ashley at the casino, particularly the former where Shepard calls herself and Miranda "troubleshooting space divas" wanting more wine.
** Finally, if playing as a woman, any squad consisting of only your female squadmates would count, partciularly when going into any of the various bars at hub areas.

* The "[[http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/030113 Girls' Night Out]]" StoryArc from ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin quite surprisingly uses this trope]].

* The WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}} episode “Girl Time” involves Anne dragging reluctant tadpole Polly to various “girl” activities when the former feels the latter has too much male influence in her life. It goes badly.

* PlayedWith in the ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' episode "The Night Out" combined with GoKartingWithBowser. It's a Girls Night Out in the sense that the two most prominent female characters are getting an episode all their own (and even has a song lampshading it) - but the two are mortal enemies on polar opposite sides of the moral spectrum. However, the only reason that Sylvia is GoKartingWithBowser in the first place is because she has no idea that "D" is actually Lord Dominator in disguise.

A SubTrope of ADayInTheLimelight, which covers any example of an episode where the focus is on a smaller part of the cast than usual. Might happen while the men are having a StagParty. If the series has a [[ImprobablyFemaleCast mainly female cast]], this might be [[GenderInvertedTrope gender-inverted]] with a guys' night out episode. See also MachoDisasterExpedition.

* The comedic B-plot of ''Literature/{{Thud}}'' involves a classic girls' night-slash-pub crawl. Given that it's attended by [[FurAgainstFang a vampire cop, a werewolf cop]], [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame a dwarf cop]], [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers and an exotic dancer]], hilarity naturally ensues. In particular, Sally and Angua end up growing to respect each other while giving Tawny much-needed relationship advice (she's going out with ''Nobby'') as, [[FunnyBackgroundEvent in the background]], Cheery discovers the wonders of [[GargleBlaster sticky mixed drinks with funny names]].

** Another daylight version occurs in another episode, where the girls gather for a bridal shower for Rocket. Unfortunately, they get caught up when Captain Cold decides to rob a nearby bank. [[CurbStompBattle Unfortunately for Cold, that is]].

-->-- '''Kool and the Gang'''

!!Examples:

** Lady and Peebles", where [[EmperorScientist Princess Bubblegum]] and [[NonHumanSidekick Lady Rainicorn]] had to rescue [[KidHero Finn]] and [[CanineCompanion Jake]] from the [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Ice King]][[spoiler:'s more dangerous heart, [[OrganAutonomy Ricardio]]]].

* The WesternAnimation/Amphibia episode “Girl Time” involves Anne dragging reluctant tadpole Polly to various “girl” activities when the former feels the latter has too much male influence in her life. It goes badly.

* ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'', twice. The former technically is a Girl's Night ''In''.

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* Nowhere near resulting in respect, but WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick's review of ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' resulted in a females-only crossover (and fangirl sing along) where they all tried to try and get her to like the movie.

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* In a 1989 ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' comic, the female X-men: Storm, Psylocke, Dazzler and Rogue (whose body is taken over by Carol Danver's personality) all teleport for a day of shopping to a Los Angeles mall. Unbeknownst to them a young mutant runaway named ComicBook/JubileeMarvelComics follows them back through the portal to their hideout in Australia.

* ComicBook/{{X 23}} and Comicbook/JubileeMarvelComics have one in the former's self-titled series by Marjorie Liu. Jubilee takes Laura out clubbing after her breakup with Hellion, and the night ends with Laura on a bloody rampage tearing apart a sex trafficking ring operated by members of her [[Comicbook/{{NYX}} ex-pimp's former gang]].

* The backup story in Comic Book / {{Legion of Super Heroes}} #242 (Volume 1) is entitled "Girls' Night Out" and is about four female Legionnaires who go out for a night on the town only to encounter and deal with a group of terrorists/looters.

** Episode 8 of Season 2 is a straighter example, as [[OddFriendship Gaz and Nyx]] go on a road trip to a video game planet, and getting sidetracked in a series of hijinks. The rest of the cast either don't show up at all, or only have minimal appearances at the beginning of the chapter.

* The ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' short story "Bombshells", narrated by Molly.

If the genre is action or a superhero, then the plot often involves [[ActionGirl the]] [[{{Xenafication}} heroines]] having to rescue [[DistressedDude the heroes]], usually with [[DesignatedGirlFight all female villains as well]]. Some writers will even go so far as to HandWave a justification by saying that for some reason the PhlebotinumDuJour of the week is [[{{Gendercide}} only dangerous to men]].

* ''Series/Lucifer2016'': Two separate episodes involve Chloe, Maze, Dr. Linda and Ella hanging out together under the pretense of looking for a suspect in the case of the week. The second such episode, season five's "[=BlueBallz=]", contrasts their outing with the male characters staying home to watch Linda and Amenadiel's infant son.

* One of Crimson Viper's quotes to Rose in StreetFighter IV is an invite to a "Ladies' Night".

* Several examples in ''MassEffect''

** In Mass Effect 3, any personal meeting with a female squadmate in the Silversun Strip of the Citadel DLC would be one when playing Shepard as a woman. Honorable mentions include meeting Miranda and Ashley at the casino, particularly the former where Shepard calls herself and Miranda "troubleshooting space divas" wanting more wine.

** In the episode "Girls' Night Out", the normally Toronto-based Flying Squirrel visits Vancouver to check on information that might compromise her and the Red Panda's secret identities while also investigating a shipbuilding sabotage ring in her civilian persona, ''Daily Chronicle'' reporter Kit Baxter. In the process she meets Vancouver's local mystery woman, the Japanese-Candian Grey Fox. Both being {{Action Girl}}s who can't take other women seriously, the two get along famously and over the course of their night start (and win) a barfight, engage in some {{Jack Bauer Interrogation|Technique}}, and take out the sabotage ring set up by Nazi agent Archangel.

* ''Series/GoodTimes: The 1976 episode "Florida's Night Out," where Florida and Winllona go to a nightclub. It was moreso focused on Florida enjoying her first major social outing since James' death a few months earlier.

* Slightly subverted in ComicBook/{{Stormwatch}} PHD, when the female cast discover that they have nothing in common.

* In the WebOriginal/{{Paradise}} setting, this is slightly subverted in that, in the story occasions in which female characters take a night out ("Election Fever", "Family Tree"), it is frequently in order to help someone [[GenderBender involuntarily female]] get comfortable in her new femininity.

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* Usually inverted throughout ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', though there have been few rare episodes where the girls are more than supporting or minor characters, although the boys often remain prominent. "Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset" probably comes the closest to play this trope completely straight, followed by "The Hobbit": both are about the girls wanting to attract boys, but focus on how the issue divides [[SoapboxSadie Wendy]] from her female friends, with the male characters taking up relatively little screentime.