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** Wendy's best friend, Bebe, is even more feminine than Wendy and is just as much of a brutal combatant as her to the point where they fight each other themselves. Bebe even gave Butters a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown when he insulted her at one point.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Wendy has a no problem with beating up Cartman in a pink hat and unicorn shirt after he makes some rather offensive remarks about breast cancer. She's also a brave activist when she's not physically fighting.

* Amy Rose from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' is an adorable [[PinkIsFeminine pink]] hedgehog in a cute red dress who's ladylike and has a rather childish crush on TheHero and also carries a hammer that makes cute little tapping noises when it hits, creating bubbles of [[PowerOfLove heart-shaped magic]] in some incarnations. Said hammer, when wielded by Amy, she wields it like nobody's business. has also repeatedly reduced gigantic, deadly battle robots to scrap metal.

* Amy Rose from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' is an adorable pink hedgehog in a cute red dress who carries a hammer that makes cute little tapping noises when it hits, creating bubbles of [[PowerOfLove heart-shaped magic]] in some incarnations. Said hammer, when wielded by Amy, has also reduced gigantic, deadly battle robots to scrap metal.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':
%%** Misty from the anime has stereotypically "girly" Pokémon such as Goldeen, a white-and-pink fish with frilly-looking fins; Staryu and Starmie, starfish that have jewels in their core (the Pokémon themselves are valued as jewellery at times); and Horsea, a cute seahorse. [[CutenessProximity She also adores cute things unabashedly]], and acts as a mother figure to baby Togepi. (Elaboration on the "bruiser" part, please.)

** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' has Hilda, a self-proclaimed "delicate flower" with a love of fashion and making accessories. She's also (must to her chagrin, as she'd rather be off the front lines) one of the game's strongest physical fighters.

* ''Anime/KillLaKill'': [[TheDragon Nui Harime]] [[FauxAffablyEvil speaks in a cutesy manner]], wields a pink ParasolOfPain, and has the WickedHeartSymbol on her pink earrings, the center of her pink bow, the collar of her frilly pink MinidressOfPower, and the highlights in her knee-length MegaTwintails. She can also beat down on 3-Star Goku Uniforms and [[GigglingVillain giggles cheerfully]] while [[ReminiscingAboutYourVictims reminiscing]] about [[spoiler:[[YouKilledMyFather murdering Ryuko's father]].]]

* In ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'', Lily starts out as a [[NobleProfession nun]] of TheChurch, polite and soft-spoken. Highly proficient with the [[BladeOnAStick Church Pick]], she proves to be a [[ActionGirl fighter]] just as capable as her {{Tomboy}} peer [[TheLadette Sanakan]], even rocking a dress[[note]]the White Church set she wears has a dress[[/note]] all the while.

** Yukari Sendo, who's quite bubbly and cutesy, is someone you shouldn't mess with just because she's TheChick or young.

* ''Franchise/DragonBall'': The Universe 6 Saiyan [[Characters/DragonBallUniverse6MajorCharacters Kale]], from ''[[Anime/DragonBallSuper Super]]'', rocks the crop top, mini-skirt, lipstick, and earring attire with her occasional boxing style and petite frame. When she accesses her Super Saiyan forms, she upgrades into an AmazonianBeauty.

* Haley Starshine from ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' is fashion-conscious, romantic, giggly, loves shiny things, and being mistaken for a boy makes her decide "some flaunting [of her body] is in order." She also can take out 22 hobgoblins in one engagement using nothing but her longbow, which TokenEvilTeammate Belkar describes as "too awesome to ruin with words."

* ''Literature/ProblemChildrenAreComingFromAnotherWorldArentThey'': Asuka Kudou wears a frilly dress and hair ribbons, [[BattleBallgown because the former has an "aura of protection"]]. With her CompellingVoice, she can make you grovel at her feet. [[spoiler:Then she gains a HumongousMecha ally.]]

* Yuzu Haragi (Zuzu Boyle in the English dub) in ''Anime/YuGiOhARCV'' is a kind-hearted girly girl with a hot temper and a paper fan that she will hit you with if you get on her nerves.

* Honey Badger of the ''ComicBook/XMen''. Gabby is an ActionGirl with WolverineClaws and a HealingFactor who FeelsNoPain. She also painted a [[HumongousMecha Sentinel]] with flowers and rainbows, and many of her costumes incorporated both symbols.

* In ''Dead Famous'' by Creator/BenElton, Dervla Nolan is beautiful, elegant, ladylike, caring, and almost all the male housemates are attracted to her -- but she reveals herself to be a kickboxing champion who breaks Garry's nose by kicking him in the face.

* ''LightNovel/ProblemChildrenAreComingFromAnotherWorldArentThey'': Asuka Kudou wears a frilly dress and hair ribbons, [[BattleBallgown because the former has an "aura of protection"]]. With her CompellingVoice, she can make you grovel at her feet. [[spoiler:Then she gains a HumongousMecha ally.]]

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'''s Tifa seems to be the [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl Tomboy to Aerith's Girly Girl]], but is actually a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak, having good domestic skills; being a TeamMom; showing gentleness to Cloud, the man she loves; and dreaming of a DamselInDistress fantasy, despite being an ActionGirl who can take care of herself. She's a BareFistedMonk who's one of the physically strongest characters in the party, and capable of beating up enemies like giant robots and mutated monsters.

* ''LightNovel/BeastTamerAndTheCatGirl'': Kanade's outfit of choice is a dress with ruffled sleeves and ribbons in her hair at the base of her ears. This more feminine appearance, and generally cheerful personality when compared to others like the thrill seeking Tania, obscures the fact she is her group's physical powerhouse and a solid martial artist.

** Josie Rizal is feminine and a CryCute GenkiGirl that dresses in fancy and feminine clothes, yet she's also a trained kickboxer with brutal and painful-looking moves.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'':

** Vita is the girliest of the [[BadassFamily Wolkenritter]], which is especially emphasized during her original appearance in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs''. Her outfit is a fancy ElegantGothicLolita dress (compared to Signum's utilitarian trench coat-style outfit and Shamal's more androgynous robes), complete with a NiceHat adorned with BunniesForCuteness. She also wields an enormous warhammer as her primary weapon and fights with an aggressive style that relies on battering her opponents into submission with raw power. Later appearances downplay her girliness in favor of having her play [[CaptainSmoothAndSergeantRough the Sergeant Rough to Nanoha's Captain Smooth]].

** The trope image is Charlotte Birkin, AKA "Bad Girl", but she's an odd, mixed example. Despite her fondness for [[ElegantGothicLolita Sweet Lolita]] fashion, she's a [[SirSwearsALot foul-mouthed]], [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl beer-swigging]], [[AxCrazy murderous psychopath]] who uses a [[BatterUp baseball bat]], and fights with [[MusclesAreMeaningless improbable strength]] and brutal cunning. She's also the #2 assassin in the game, and canonically the person who comes closest to actually ''killing'' Travis by [[spoiler:[[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown repeatedly bashing Travis' skull]] [[TakingYouWithMe in her dying moments]]]].

* [[Wrestling/AjaKong Erica]] in Future of Wrestling. Her girliness was taken {{up to eleven}} by Wrestling/FightingOperaHustle, which gave her flowers to hand out, heart stamps on her cheeks, and an equally girlish tag team partner, [[Wrestling/KiaStevens Margaret]]. These women gave Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys a run for their money.

* An optional rule in the ''TabletopGame/LegendOfTheFiveRings'' roleplaying game is for female samurai to have a social expectation on them to be this trope taken UpToEleven -- to make up for spending some of their time doing manly things like hitting people with swords, they are required to be almost ridiculously demure and feminine when "off duty".

** Jade Harley is an adorable, girly BespectacledCutie with a love for gardening and [[ShowWithinAShow the Squiddles]] (the comic's version of My Little Pony). She's also an expert sharpshooter who has been learning marksmanship literally from infancy, has the balls to shoot at [[HeroKiller Jack Noir]] with an assault rifle, and later on becomes [[spoiler:a nigh-omnipotent RealityWarper. At one point, she juggles planets and [[UpToEleven drives a spaceship through the fourth wall.]]]]

%%* Robynne AKA Hottie II from ''[[http://fanfiction.wikia.com/wiki/Hottie_3:_The_Best_Fan_Fic_in_the_World Hottie 3: The Best Fan Fic in the World]]''.

** Jade Harley is an adorable, girly {{Meganekko}} with a love for gardening and [[ShowWithinAShow the Squiddles]] (the comic's version of My Little Pony). She's also an expert sharpshooter who has been learning marksmanship literally from infancy, has the balls to shoot at [[HeroKiller Jack Noir]] with an assault rifle, and later on becomes [[spoiler:a nigh-omnipotent RealityWarper. At one point, she juggles planets and [[UpToEleven drives a spaceship through the fourth wall.]]]]

* ''Anime/KillLaKill'': [[TheDragon Nui Harime]] [[FauxAffablyEvil speaks in a cutesy manner]], wields a pink ParasolOfPain, and has the WickedHeartSymbol on her pink earrings, the center of her pink bow, the collar of her frilly pink MinidressOfPower, and the highlights in her [[RapunzelHair knee-length]] MegaTwintails. She can also beat down on 3-Star Goku Uniforms and [[GigglingVillain giggles cheerfully]] while [[ReminiscingAboutYourVictims reminiscing]] about [[spoiler:[[YouKilledMyFather murdering Ryuko's father]].]]

%%** The Sailor Guardians. Their transformation cry is "X power ''make up''!" and their costumes are {{Sailor Fuku}}s with bows and frilly skirts. The girls themselves also like archetypically girly stuff like fashion, cooking, pop music, makeovers, romance, etc.; for example, there's a whole scene in the anime where Minako and Usagi bond over Usagi possibly getting a haircut while Minako combs Usagi's RapunzelHair. (Elaboration on the "bruiser" part, please.)

%%** Morte is a downplayed example. While she is still wearing her [[PinkMeansFeminine hot pink]] coat and miniskirt and still has her RapunzelHair, she's never mentioned to specifically love things which are particularly girly, and the only real reminder that she's a lady underneath is that she takes care to mind her MagicSkirt, holding it down when she's forced to sit on the ground and freaking out when it's torn. The [[AnimeFirst later-created]] [[Manga/SandsOfDestruction manga]] almost drops it all together, with her [[HotterAndSexier forgetting her modesty]]. We ''do'' later see a flashback memory of Morte [[PetTheDog cuddling with]] a PreciousPuppy and giggling with embarrassment at [[spoiler:the fact that she thought a world with talking animals would be cute]], but it seems her "girly" side and her "bruiser" side have a hard time coexisting in the manga; [[RealWomenDontWearDresses she can be one or the other, but not both at once]]. (Elaboration on the "bruiser" part, please.)

** Goddess of justice Astraea's pseudo-Servant avatar is the wrestling maniac Luvia Edelfelt, who has a [[KickingAssInAllHerFinery blue-and-gold silk gown]] and [[OjouRinglets perfectly curled hair]] [[RapunzelHair down to her ankles]], and judges the unworthy with a German suplex in her Noble Phantasm attack.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': Asami Sato has glossy RapunzelHair, [[WakeupMakeup is always seen wearing lavender eyeshadow and cherry-red lipstick]], is extremely fashionable, and loves shopping. She's also the most proficient of New team Avatar in trouncing the average Equalist {{mook}}. She's a bit lacking against Mecha-tanks on account of being TheTeamNormal but [[spoiler:she fixes that problem by hijacking one for herself]].

** Rose Quartz wore a long, frilly white dress at all times, sported pink RapunzelHair in RegalRinglets, lived in a room made entirely of pink clouds, and loved flowers, animals, and humans so completely as to put a Disney princess to shame. She was also the leader of a bloody rebellion against her home planet and goes into battle with a pink shield and matching pink sword, having been made to be a warrior.

%%* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'':
%%** Blossom represents "everything nice" in the chemical mix that created the girls. She wears a pink dress.
%%** Bubbles overlaps with BadassAdorable as she represents "sugar" in the chemical mix that created the girls. It could be justified since she's only five years old.