History Main / PhlebotinumGirl

Phlebotinum Girl refers to a series of {{Exp|y}}ies in ScienceFiction AnimeAndManga, that became popular enough to develop into their own Archetype. This trope may have been popularized and codified by Lala Sune from the anime ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', though it's difficult to say for sure where it originated, as it is now so common.

* Melfina is this for the [[CoolStarship Outlaw Star]]. Both she and the ship were created to locate a legendary space treasure built by an [[{{Precursors}} ancient alien race]].

* ''LightNovel/IriyaNoSoraUFONoNatsu'' -- has Kana Iriya piloting a super-advanced fighter jet. She's not oppressed, but she is the only one who can pilot it.

The Phlebotinum Girl is extremely likely to cross-over with the tropes LivingMacGuffin, BarrierMaiden, ApocalypseMaiden, LivingBattery, MysteriousWaif, UnstablePoweredWoman and GirlInABox. The ReiAyanamiExpy is a very similar phenomena, Rei herself initially being one of these. Also compare SpaceshipGirl.

* [[GirlInABox Melfina]] is this for the [[CoolStarship Outlaw Star]]. Both she and the ship were created to locate a legendary space treasure built by an [[{{Precursors}} ancient alien race]].

-->-- '''Reccoa Londe,''' ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam''

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* The character is prone to having a mental breakdown or HeroicBSOD of some kind in her series at least once, perhaps as a response to some horrible thing she has been forced to do, the Phlebotinum she controls affecting her mind and taking control of her, or her controllers using some method of mind-control on her. Sometimes ThePowerOfLove can break her mind control or otherwise leads to her freedom.

The Phlebotinum Girl is extremely likely to cross-over with the tropes LivingMacGuffin, BarrierMaiden, ApocalypseMaiden, LivingBattery, MysteriousWaif and GirlInABox. The ReiAyanamiExpy is a very similar phenomena, Rei herself initially being one of these. Also compare SpaceshipGirl.

* ''Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS'' -- Fyana is a SuperSoldier who ends up with the hero, Chirico, fairly quickly. Her old handlers try to get her back.
* Ymir Fritz from Manga/AttackOnTitan is a rare non-mecha/sci-fi version of this tropes, and not the love interest of the main character. [[spoiler:She was enslaved by King Fritz before gaining the power of Titans. Even after becoming the first Titan Shifter and becoming King Fritz's concubine to give birth to his children, he still treated her as nothing more than a LivingWeapon for him and the Eldian Empire. When she died after protecting him from assassination by a Marleyan Soldier, he demanded her to wake up and continue her job serving him. It's taken UpToEleven that her spirit is still mindlessly obeying the Royal Family's commands, until Eren Yeager gives her a pep-talk to make her own choice, leading her to agree to help him by unleashing the Wall Titans after 2000 years of suffering, which lead to the events of "The Rumbling".]]
* ''Anime/{{Basquash}}'' -- Rouge is an interesting case because she starts as the hero's love interest. It is only later that she gets drugged-up to become a [[SuperSoldier powerful Basquash player]].
* Zero Two of ''Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx.'' Starting from being a biological experiment that becomes the protagonist's love interest all the way to her [[spoiler: grand sacrifice wiping out the VIRM once and for all]], 02 proudly plays this trope straight.
* ''Anime/ElCazadorDeLaBruja'' -- Ellis.
* The dicloni of ''Manga/ElfenLied'' -- natural born {{Tyke Bomb}}s for [[ThePointsMeanNothing bonus points]].
* ''Anime/EurekaSeven'' -- Eureka was this in her backstory, the key to piloting the Nirvash, and was rescued by Holland.

* Lachesis from ''Manga/TheFiveStarStories'' subverts this -- she's s remarkably [[ThePollyanna stable and positive]] individual to the point of being a GenkiGirl, is HappilyMarried to a man [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend she loved since her childhood]], and despite [[ActionGirl going through]] a lot she never lost her cool. But she's definitely [[FridgeHorror an exception]].

* Ymir Fritz from Manga/AttackOnTitan is rare non-mecha/sci-fi version of this tropes, and not love interest of the main character. [[spoiler:She being enslaved by King Fritz before gain the power of Titan. Even after become the first Titan Shifter and become King Fritz concubine to give a birth of his children, he still treat her as nothing more than a LivingWeapon for him and Eldia Empire. When she died after protecting him from assassination from one of Marleyan Soldier, he demands her to wake up and continue her job to serving him. It's take UpToEleven that her spirit is still mindlessly obey the Royal Family command, until Eren Yeager give her a pep-talk to made her own choice, leading her agree to help him by unleashed the Wall Titan after 2000 years of suffering, which lead the event of "The Rumbling".]]

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* The main character of ''Webcomic/{{Outsider}}'', Alex, may be a SpearCounterpart (or straight up inversion, depending on how you look at it). The age is right, he has special powers (immune to telepathy and farsensing) compared to the Loroi (to whom he is the equivalent of a HumanAlien), he's certainly being vied over by what looks like every faction that knows he exists after being thrust into a war not his own, and there has been some ShipTease between him and the female Loroi. This troper thinks what pushes it over into Phlebotinum Girl territory is the apparent connection between his 'powers' and the incredibly plot-relevant new technology that looks like it's about to turn the tide of the war.

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* ''Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS'' -- Fyana is a SuperSoldier who ends up with the hero, Chirico, fairly quickly. Her old handlers try to get her back.
* ''Anime/{{Basquash}}'' -- Rouge is an interesting case because she starts as the hero's love interest. It is only later that she gets drugged-up to become a [[SuperSoldier powerful Basquash player]].
* ''Anime/EurekaSeven'' -- Eureka was this in her backstory, the key to piloting the Nirvash, and was rescued by Holland.
** Anemone is this in the present [[spoiler:as a result of an attempt to copy Eureka's coralian nature]] and is rescued by Dominic.

* ''Anime/ElCazadorDeLaBruja'' -- Ellis.
* The dicloni of ''Manga/ElfenLied'' -- natural born {{Tyke Bomb}}s for [[ThePointsMeanNothing bonus points]].
* Lachesis from ''Manga/TheFiveStarStories'' subverts this -- she's s remarkably [[ThePollyanna stable and positive]] individual to the point of being a GenkiGirl, is HappilyMarried to a man [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend she loved since her childhood]], and despite [[ActionGirl going through]] a lot she never lost her cool. But she's definitely [[FridgeHorror an exception]].

* Lily-Strosek of ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce'', the love interest of the main protagonist, Thoma, and the fourth of the rare ''Strosek'' series of [[FusionDance Reactor Plugs]] which take the shape of organic lifeforms. At least two enemy factions are interested in her.
* Zero Two of ''Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx.'' Starting from being a biological experiment that becomes the protagonist's love interest all the way to her [[spoiler: grand sacrifice wiping out the VIRM once and for all]], 02 proudly plays this trope straight.
* Ymir Fritz from Manga/AttackOnTitan is rare non-mecha/sci-fi version of this tropes, and not love interest of the main character. [[spoiler:She being enslaved by King Fritz before gain the power of Titan. Even after become the first Titan Shifter and become King Fritz concubine to give a birth of his children, he still treat her as nothing more than a LivingWeapon for him and Eldia Empire. When she died after protecting him from assassination from one of Marleyan Soldier, he demands her to wake up and continue her job to serving him. It's take UpToEleven that her spirit is still mindlessly obey the Royal Family command, until Eren Yeager give her a pep-talk to made her own choice, leading her agree to help him by unleashed the Wall Titan after 2000 years of suffering, which lead the event of "The Rumbling".]]

* ''[[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]]'' -- The [[spoiler: Romulans]] employ a special gifted psychic alien in some kind of neural interface to pilot their cloaking ship [[spoiler: from a base on their homeworld]]. A major plot point is recovering the said alien. Sounds as if Brannon Braga's been raiding story ideas from ''[[{{Series/BabylonFive}} B5]]'' again.

* Jack, aka [[MyHeroZero Subject Zero]], from ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' is a rather nasty example. As the result of a Cerberus experiment into creating artificial [[MindOverMatter biotics]], she was subjected to horrific MindRape and inhumane testing, causing her to become an AxCrazy mass murderer who had to be locked away on a prison ship. She can get better if Commander Shepard helps her work through her issues, though.
* Nei from ''Videogame/PhantasyStarII'' is a humanoid Biomonster and Rolf's childhood friend, and his constant companion on his quest to save Mota. [[spoiler: As is revealed, however, Nei and her sister Neifirst were created by a malfunction in the Biosystems Lab, and they aren't "desirable" so much as "feared," with their creators trying and failing to destroy them. Nei chose to live among humans, while Neifirst seeks to destroy all of humanity out of revenge. Both are ultimately pawns of a greater evil, and perish in the destruction of Climatrol.]]

* [[GirlInABox Melfina]] is this for the [[CoolStarship Outlaw]]Star]]. Both she and the ship were created to locate a legendary space treasure built by an [[{{Precursors}} ancient alien race]].

* Ymir Fritz from Manga/AttackOnTitan is rare non-mecha and sci-fi version of this tropes. [[spoiler:She being enslaved by King Fritz before gain the power of Titan. Even after become the first Titan Shifter and become King Fritz concubine to give a birth of his children, he still treat her as nothing more than a LivingWeapon for him and Eldia Empire. When she died after protecting him from assassination from one of Marleyan Soldier, he demands her to wake up and continue her job to serving him. It's take UpToEleven that her spirit is still mindlessly obey the Royal Family command, until Eren Yeager give her a pep-talk to made her own choice, leading her agree to help him by unleashed the Wall Titan after 2000 years of suffering, which lead the event of "The Rumbling".]]

* Lily-Strosek of ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce'', the DesignatedLoveInterest of the main protagonist, Thoma, and the fourth of the rare ''Strosek'' series of [[FusionDance Reactor Plugs]] which take the shape of organic lifeforms. At least two enemy factions are interested in her.

* ''VideoGame/FrontMission Evolved'' -- Adela has a very dark history with the E.D.G.E. system [[spoiler: and ends up under S.C.I.O.N.'s control whenever she uses it, especially in the end stretch of the single-player game. This mind control is of course broken via the hero shouting at her.]] PlayedWith because the hero has a higher aptitude for the E.D.G.E. system [[spoiler: since his father probably designed it specially for him. Also, in the end, it's the hero's mech that gets trashed, while Adela's mech is just fine.]]

* The main character of ''Webcomic/{{Outsider}}'', Alex, may be a SpearCounterpart (or straight up inversion, depending on how you look at it). The age is right, he has special powers (immune to telepathy and farsensing) that are also closely related to major plot events, he's certainly being vied over by what looks like every faction that knows he exists, and there has been some ShipTease between him and the female Loroi.

*** [[spoiler: Her boyfriend,]] Allelujah Haptism is also part of this too in the male and subverted version of this trope. Even though he was a ''failed'' SuperSoldier product and Celestial Being never treated him as a living tool, he was aware that as a SuperSoldier, ''fighting'' is already part of his job and his responsibility.

*** [[spoiler: Her boyfriend,]] Allelujah Haptism is also part of this too in the male and subverted version of this trope. Even though he was a ''failed'' SuperSoldier product and Celestial Being never treated him as a living tool, he was aware that as a SuperSoldier,''fighting'' is already part of his job and his responsibility.

*** Her boyfriend, Allelujah Haptism also part of this too in male and subverted version. Even though he was a ''failed'' SuperSoldier product and Celestial Being also never treat him as a living tool, he was aware that as SuperSoldier,''fighting'' already part of his job and his responsibility.

*** Her boyfriend, Allelujah Haptism also part of this too in male and subverted version. Even though he was a ''failed'' SuperSoldier product and Celestial Being also never treat him as a living tool, he was aware that as SuperSoldier,''fighting'' already part of his job as SuperSoldier.
*** [[spoiler: After the horrifying BreakTheCutie process that she was subjected to, Louise Halevy became one of these as a TheMentallyDisturbed DarkActionGirl who wants nothing but revenge against those who broke her. She eventually gets better, but it takes her (and her boyfriend Saji Crossroad) pretty much going to Hell and back for their common happy ending.]]

** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'' -- Stellar Loussier. She's raised from birth to not know anything except to kill or pilot a Gundam, gets memory cleanup and drugs every now and then. The word "die" or "death" is a safety feature they devised to control her just in case. It backfires sometimes...

*** [[spoiler: After the horrifying BreakTheCutie process that she was subjected to, Louise Halevy became one of these as a DarkActionGirl TykeBomb who wants nothing but revenge against those who broke her. She eventually gets better, but it takes her (and her boyfriend Saji Crossroad) pretty much going to Hell and back for their common happy ending.]]

* All the ''stamens'' and ''pistils'' children from ''Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx''. Almost no one of them have idea about love and relationship due they spend live only to training and destroy the klaxosaurs and never have chance to become adults.If they fail, they will suddenly ''missing''.

** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' -- Soma Peires[[spoiler:/Marie Parfacy]] is one of only two surviving products of a SuperSoldier project and ends up fighting against Celestial Being. Subverted in that her CO Sergei Smirnov is a good guy who considers her to be like his own daughter [[spoiler: and that, alongside the other surviving "product" (her eventual [[BattleCouple boyfriend and partner]] Allelujah Haptism), she gets her happy ending]].

* [[GirlInABox Melfina]] is this for the [[CoolStarship Outlaw]]{{Outlaw Star}} Star]]. Both she and the ship were created to locate a legendary space treasure built by an [[{{Precursors}} ancient alien race]].

* All stamen and pistil from ''Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx''.

* [[GirlInABox Melfina]] is this for the [[CoolStarship Outlaw]] Anime/DarlingInTheFranxxManga/{{Outlaw Star}} Star]]. Both she and the ship were created to locate a legendary space treasure built by an [[{{Precursors}} ancient alien race]].

* [[GirlInABox Melfina]] is this for the [[CoolStarship Outlaw]] [[Manga/{{Outlaw Star}} Star]]. Both she and the ship were created to locate a legendary space treasure built by an [[{{Precursors}} ancient alien race]].

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' -- The Beauty and the Beast squad, and to a lesser extent, the FROGs, who were traumatised by war and dealt with it by becoming powered armour wearing cyborgs. None of them become a Love Interest (as if the game would let Snake be happy) but you do have the option of knocking them out instead of killing them (which earns you the ability to disguise Snake as them).