History Main / KickingAssInallHerFinery

* Twilight Sparkle spends one of her GroundhogDayLoop runs in ''Fanfic/EakinsHardReset'' dressed [[http://pixel-prism.deviantart.com/art/Hard-Reset-396553078 in this]]: "absolutely phenomenal amethyst earrings and a hoofband of intertwined platinum and crystal, wearing a slinky black cocktail dress I thought would make my flank look good. I was wrong about that last bit, though. This dress makes my flank look ''spectacular''." After a skirmish, she thinks that "[[TheFashionista Rarity]] probably wouldn’t approve of accessorizing a dress like this with a baseball bat, but even if she didn’t she’d have to agree that I am pulling it off."

** ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates]]'' has the also DLC Witch Class, also usable by all the female characters in the game. It not only gives them access to [[LadyOfBlackMagic Dark magic]], {{Teleportation}} and other skills, but it gives the reclassed lady a NiceHat plus a ''lovely'' black dress with nice cleavage, [[OfCorsetsSexy a corset]] and a deep slit that shows off one of the wearer's legs.

** Black Dahlia is an elder lady wearing a beautiful black dress along with a doilie-shaped half-cape and a NiceHat. She is also a cold-blooded assassin working for the powerful Medici mafia and has a ''shotgun'' in place of her arm.

* Shenhua from ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' is a deadly assassin [[KnifeNut who's very talented with kukris and kunai]]. The difference between her and [[WorldOfBadass every other woman in the show]] is that she kicks ass while wearing an elegant red UsefulNotes/{{qipao}}.

** [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BKiw_VYtxes/T3W2OCiBfKI/AAAAAAAAAaM/1oaiv8CqeZM/s1600/Mai1.jpg Mai]] interstitially appears a long, elegant dress [[KnifeNut while throwing knives at people]], but the trope is subverted in some scenes that seem to show the "skirt" of the dress is actually wide-legged pants.

* Ana and Paula in the ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}'' franchise, coupled with their pretty pink dresses.

* {{Qipao}} (if she's Chinese)

* Shenhua from ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' is a deadly assassin [[KnifeNut who's very talented with kukris and kunai]]. The difference between her and [[WorldOfBadass every other woman in the show]] is that she kicks ass while wearing an elegant red {{qipao}}.

** Lei-fang, whose default attire is her signature [[http://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=885251 red]] {{Qipao}}, which is embroidered with a gold phoenix.

* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', you can give [[CuteBruiser Veronica]] a pretty dress. She [[{{Squee}} is overjoyed]] and teaches you a special unarmed move in return. In the ''Dead Money'' DLC, you can obtain a slinky leg-showing cocktail dress(similar to a {{qipao}}) from Vera's suite.

* The girls of ''Anime/SandsOfDestruction'' would likely be impeded by their clothing if not for RuleOfCool. Rhi'a wears an ElegantGothicLolita MinidressOfPower, [[CombatStilettos high heels with dainty little straps that would never withstand running around]], and [[StockingFiller thigh-high socks]] with garters that double as gun holsters. Morte wears [[CombatStilettos equally-high heels]] and a short skirt, and her BadassLongcoat is long enough that it drags on the ground behind her, but she never trips on it, and her RapunzelHair never gets tangled or impedes her sight despite not being tied back. Perhaps most impressive is that the two of them often end up in a DesignatedGirlFight that is [[MagicSkirt utterly devoid of panty shots]], despite the fact that Morte is a practitioner of {{BFS}} WaifFu and [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Rhi'a]] ''flies''.

* The girls of ''VideoGame/SandsOfDestruction'' would likely be impeded by their clothing if not for RuleOfCool. Rhi'a wears an ElegantGothicLolita MinidressOfPower, [[CombatStilettos high heels with dainty little straps that would never withstand running around]], and [[StockingFiller thigh-high socks]] with garters that double as gun holsters. Morte wears [[CombatStilettos equally-high heels]] and a short skirt, and her BadassLongcoat is long enough that it drags on the ground behind her, but she never trips on it, and her RapunzelHair never gets tangled or impedes her sight despite not being tied back. Perhaps most impressive is that the two of them [[MagicSkirt never flash their male cohorts]], despite the fact that Morte is a practitioner of {{BFS}} WaifFu and [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Rhi'a]] ''flies''. You can also buy a Party Dress and even a Wedding Dress for your female team members; they do basically nothing against physical damage but are apparently enchanted to repel magical damage (and are among the few items which do). Both girls also get [[AndYourRewardIsClothes gifts of clothing]] as part of their personal armor quests, and the clothes they receive match their personal styles.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Epic}}'', Queen Tara runs through the forest in a leaf dress while commanding the forest to smack her pursuers around.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen 2013}}'' Queen Elsa fights and defeats the Duke of Weselton's bodyguards while wearing her [[AnIcePerson conjured]] gown of ice. Downplayed since she only needs to wave her arms around to fight -- her one attempt at dodging an attack sees her trip and knock herself out.

* ''LightNovel/MayIAskForOneFinalThing'': Scarlet El Vandimion happened to be wearing a luxurious red dress complete with floor length skirt, puff sleeves, and ribbon accents when her fianc&eacute Prince Kyle von Pallistan chose to publicly denounce her over false charges and introduce his new intended bride. Fortunately, all the tucks and folds provided [[BloodKnight Scarlet]] with room to bring her favorite [[PowerFist punching gloves]]. The lucky ones made it out a window.

* The girls of ''Anime/SandsOfDestruction'' would likely be impeded by their clothing if not for RuleOfCool. Rhi'a wears an ElegantGothicLolita MinidressOfPower, [[CombatStilettos high heels with dainty little straps that would never withstand running around]], and [[StockingFiller thigh-high socks]] with garters that double as gun holsters. Morte wears [[CombatStilettos equally-high heels]] and a DangerouslyShortSkirt, and her BadassLongcoat is long enough that it drags on the ground behind her, but she never trips on it, and her RapunzelHair never gets tangled or impedes her sight despite not being tied back. Perhaps most impressive is that the two of them often end up in a DesignatedGirlFight that is [[MagicSkirt utterly devoid of panty shots]], despite the fact that Morte is a practitioner of {{BFS}} WaifFu and [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Rhi'a]] ''flies''.

* The girls of ''VideoGame/SandsOfDestruction'' would likely be impeded by their clothing if not for RuleOfCool. Rhi'a wears an ElegantGothicLolita MinidressOfPower, [[CombatStilettos high heels with dainty little straps that would never withstand running around]], and [[StockingFiller thigh-high socks]] with garters that double as gun holsters. Morte wears [[CombatStilettos equally-high heels]] and a DangerouslyShortSkirt, and her BadassLongcoat is long enough that it drags on the ground behind her, but she never trips on it, and her RapunzelHair never gets tangled or impedes her sight despite not being tied back. Perhaps most impressive is that the two of them [[MagicSkirt never flash their male cohorts]], despite the fact that Morte is a practitioner of {{BFS}} WaifFu and [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Rhi'a]] ''flies''. You can also buy a Party Dress and even a Wedding Dress for your female team members; they do basically nothing against physical damage but are apparently enchanted to repel magical damage (and are among the few items which do). Both girls also get [[AndYourRewardIsClothes gifts of clothing]] as part of their personal armor quests, and the clothes they receive match their personal styles.

* ''VideoGame/Sdorica'' has several women who fight in opulent dresses, such as Sione SP who wears a ballroom dress, Fredrica SP who wears a wedding dress, and Yamitsuki SP with her gorgeous kimono.

* In ''Film/AtomicBlonde'' Lorraine takes down entire squads of police officers and assassins while wearing some very high class 80s fashion. The tropes played with in that she fights in fashionable clothes only when shes ambushed and shes wears more practical clothes when she knows shes entering a situation where shell have to fight. She even laments in her interrogation about having to get into brutal fights while wearing rather impractical clothes.
--->'''Lorraine:''' If i knew he was going to call the police i would have worn a different outfit.

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[[caption-width-right:275:That gun is a great accessory to her [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles glittery dress]] and [[PrettyInMink fur]] [[PimpedOutCape cape]].[[note]]From the artbook ''Colourful Wind'' by Shiki Douji[[/note]]]]

** ''Film/NoTimeToDie'': Paloma (Creator/AnaDeArmas) goes GunsAkimbo in a shootout and ''fly-kicks'' a mook, all while wearing a party dress.
%%* ''Film/JurassicWorld'' has Claire having a terrible day in white business clothes. While they get ClothingDamage, she still wears [[CombatStilettos high heels]] all the way through.

* Matoi of ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'' is perfectly willing to fight in a pencil skirt, heels, and a fur CoatCape. Even her CombatHandFan is fairly ornate.

* Franchise/WonderWoman was created partly to embody this. As Diana Prince, she had a lot of occasions to go out to dinner parties thrown by military brass in elegant evening gowns, jewelry, etc. She'd always have elbow-length gloves to cover up her bracelets. Sometime during the night, it was guaranteed she would have to do some kind of ass-kicking while still in her flossy attire. As Wonder Woman, her original outfit included knee-length pleated culottes, which looked like a skirt most of the time unless she was doing something extremely active.

* Subverted in an issue of ''Comicbook/BlackWidow'', which sees Nat and Comicbook/{{X 23}} raiding a hotel and casino, while dressed to the nines. Laura makes a point of ditching her heels and earrings before the shooting starts, though she's still wearing a very nice top and pants that wouldn't be the most practical to fight in.
* In ''ComicBook/{{WITCH}}'', both of Cornelia's Guardian forms and Hay Lin's second Guardian form wear outfits that wouldn't be out of place at formal events. Their particular skirts (high-slitted ones for Cornelia, a loincloth-style one for Hay Lin) and footwear (flat-heeled boots for Cornelia, mary janes for Hay Lin) also allow for good movement.
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' had a villain called [[https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/spiderman/images/e/e9/Spider-Queen_%28Adriana_Soria%29.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20111031104511 Queen]]. She wore a simple but beautiful LittleBlackDress in her debut issue. She wore a similar dress in later issues, except with less coverage. She demonstrates her deadly skills in her debut issue where she overpowers Spider-Man with her SuperStrength and [[MakeMeWannaShout Sonic Scream]], knocks out Captain America with a kick and ends the issue [[spoiler:[[ForcefulKiss forcing a big wet kiss]] on the defeated Spider-Man]].
* During an early 2019 storyline of ''ComicStrip/ThePhantom'' Heloise Walker, teenage daughter of The Phantom, undergoes several hand-to-hand fights and [[ItMakesSenseInContext forces the small plane she's on to crash-land]] while wearing a black cocktail dress and moderate heels. On one hand, the cut of the dress [[note]] the bodice is sleeveless and fitted, the skirt is flared and just above the knee[[/note]] means that she has as much freedom of movement as you can get in semi-formal wear; on the other hand, Heloise is the daughter of 21 Phantoms, so it's highly possible she and her mother had the dress [[CrazyPrepared made that way on purpose]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'', at the climax of the film, Anastasia defeats the BigBad wearing a fine ballroom dress.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Epic}}'' Queen Tara runs through the forest in a leaf dress while commanding the forest to smack her pursuers around.

* WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} dresses like a courtesan (along with [[DisguisedInDrag three of her fellow soldiers]]) to infiltrate the invaded palace and together they curbstomp the villain's lieutenants.

** [[spoiler:Elizabeth Midford]] is in very nice, prim, and proper underwear when she mows down zombies with [[DualWielding dual swords]].
** Similarly, [[spoiler:her mother, Francis Midford]] of ''Manga/BlackButler'' is in a full, floor-length Victorian dress as she protects the passengers of the Campania alongside her husband and son and goes BackToBackBadasses with Sebastian.

* In the 1940 film ''Film/MyLittleChickadee'' , Creator/MaeWest's gorgeous, [[CostumePorn fancily-dressed]] character, Flower Belle, is on a train when Indians attack. An arrow lands two feet from her, and she nonchalantly pulls it out of the wall, goes back to filing her nails... and when a second arrow hits, she responds by mowing them down with [[RevolversAreJustBetter revolvers]] [[GunsAkimbo akimbo]] taken from a passenger [[CharacterDeath who wasn't so lucky]] and a shotgun borrowed from the only other person defending the train... all while uttering one-liners in her signature alluring, devil-may-care voice.