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*''Anime/{{Daimos}}'': Played straight with Richter and Erika - he's a WarriorPrince and she's a PrincessClassic - but averted with [[TheGunslinger Raiza]], who's extremely violent. Even Aizam, the most skilled scientist of Baam, was a warrior in his youth.
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* ''Fanfic/DiscordsNewBusiness'': A gender-swapped Fleur tries to invoke this as a joke, lifting up Big Mac's cart. He can't do it, and is immediately shown up by a [[SuperStrongChild little filly]].
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* Male and female character models in [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft World of Warcraft]] fall squarely into this trop, with most male character looking like body builders and female ones looking like photo models. This even extends to the generally uglier [[AllTrollsAreDifferent trolls]] and [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblins]], whose female faces look no worse than [[HollywoodUgly Hollywood Ugly]] humans.
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The unfortunate implications for men are that men are shallow and [[AllMenArePerverts only after one thing]], thus they don't care if a woman is a dynamic, active character, and that women have no worth beyond their looks. Also, male characters will end up pulling more than their own weight, [[HystericalWoman emotionally]] and [[MenAreTheExpendableGender physically]], in works where this trope is in effect.

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The unfortunate implications for men are that men are shallow and [[AllMenArePerverts only after one thing]], thus they don't care if a woman is a dynamic, active character, and that women have no worth in men's eyes beyond their looks. Also, male characters will end up pulling more than their own weight, [[HystericalWoman emotionally]] and [[MenAreTheExpendableGender physically]], in works where this trope is in effect.



Around the start or a little before the 21st century, there has been more of a push to create [[ActionGirl dynamic female characters]]. Unfortunately this can mean the male characters they are paired with are seen as incompetent and emasculated. It is a hard balance to strike, and it's difficult to imagine a [[InvertedTrope work]] in which a [[BeautyIsNeverTarnished beautiful]], [[VirginPower virgin]] [[{{Bishonen}} male character]] is saved from peril by a grizzled [[ActionGirl female]] AntiHero who is [[LoveRedeems changed for the better]] by his [[IncorruptiblePurePureness pure heart]], without the man seeming like a useless [[ARealManIsAKiller wussy-pants]] whose wuss-ness disqualifies him from being a man and, more importantly, from [[MenAreTheExpendableGender being saved]]. See ActionGirlfriend for the few couples who approach such a dynamic.

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Around the start or a little before the 21st century, there has been more of a push to create [[ActionGirl dynamic female characters]]. Unfortunately this can mean the male characters they are paired with are seen as incompetent and emasculated. It is a hard balance to strike, and it's difficult to imagine a [[InvertedTrope work]] in which a [[BeautyIsNeverTarnished beautiful]], [[VirginPower virgin]] [[{{Bishonen}} male character]] is saved from peril by a grizzled [[ActionGirl female]] AntiHero who is [[LoveRedeems changed for the better]] by his [[IncorruptiblePurePureness pure heart]], without the man seeming like a useless [[ARealManIsAKiller wussy-pants]] whose wuss-ness disqualifies him from being a man and, more importantly, from [[MenAreTheExpendableGender [[DamselScrappy being saved]]. See ActionGirlfriend for the few couples who approach such a dynamic.
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* Not exactly the case in the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'', but the female characters are clearly inferior in terms of combat prowess. Catwoman has lower health, cannot ride Titans, doesn't fight Brutes. Batgirl is a plain tripped-down version of Batman, her Throw Counters are barely useful compared to Batman's. All female characters use kicks more than punches because of their skinny arms.

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* Not exactly the case in the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'', ''Franchise/BatmanArkhamSeries'', but the female characters are clearly inferior in terms of combat prowess. Catwoman has lower health, cannot ride Titans, doesn't fight Brutes. Batgirl is a plain tripped-down version of Batman, her Throw Counters are barely useful compared to Batman's. All female characters use kicks more than punches because of their skinny arms.

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