History Main / SlapstickKnowsNoGender

This is when a female character lacks the usual [[ImmuneToSlapstick immunity to slapstick]] that comes with her sex, and is thus regularly on the receiving end of physical comedy in a manner reserved for male characters. She might regularly suffer AmusingInjuries, get CoveredInGunge, receive a PieInTheFace, get PantyShot for ComedicUnderwearExposure, and have other slapstick tropes done to her. She is usually the ButtMonkey or TheChewToy of the show and what happens to the girl is PlayedForLaughs.

This is when a female character lacks the [[ImmuneToSlapstick immunity to slapstick]] that comes with her sex, and is thus regularly on the receiving end of physical comedy in a manner reserved for male characters. She might regularly suffer AmusingInjuries, get CoveredInGunge, receive a PieInTheFace, get PantyShot for ComedicUnderwearExposure, and have other slapstick tropes done to her. She is usually the ButtMonkey or TheChewToy of the show and what happens to the girl is PlayedForLaughs.

This is when a female character is regularly on the receiving end of physical comedy just as much as male characters. She might regularly suffer AmusingInjuries, get CoveredInGunge, receive a PieInTheFace, get PantyShot for ComedicUnderwearExposure, and have other slapstick tropes done to her. She is usually the ButtMonkey or TheChewToy of the show and what happens to the girl is PlayedForLaughs.

This is when a female character is regularly used for physical comedy. She might regularly suffer AmusingInjuries, get CoveredInGunge, receive a PieInTheFace, get PantyShot for ComedicUnderwearExposure, and have other slapstick tropes done to her. She is usually the ButtMonkey or TheChewToy of the show and what happens to the girl is PlayedForLaughs.

** However, Leela also seemed to get her fair share of slapstick in later seasons. She's been hit on the head, electrocuted, sucked by a leech, attacked by an octopus and smashed into a wall [[DoorSlamsYou by a door]].

** Tawna's other dimension counterpart in ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot4ItsAboutTime'' is the first time she is playable in some form in a platformer, and she also gets her own ascending angel death animation. Keep in mind that this is the version of her that's [[ExperiencedProtagonist established as a certified badass]] in the absence of Crash and Coco.

* ''Film/{{Matilda}}'' has this happen a lot to Miss Trunchbull.

* The lead female protagonist in the ''Fifty Shades Of Black'' trailer gets her fair share of beating from a malfunctioning elevator.

* Kwebbel and Smal from Flemish children's show Series/KabouterPlop by {{Creator/Studio100}} are always involved in slapstick situations. But while Smal does avoid this most of the time, Kwebbel gets it the most throughout the series.

* In ''Manga/{{Magikano}}'', the main male character, Haruo, douse take some abuse especially in the form of a mind erasing hammer. But that pales in comparison to what the Yandears who are (unknowingly to him) fighting for his attention do to each other.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/DontSayDannit'', Rita gets [[RoadsideWave splashed by a car]].

* Minnie Mouse in the ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' short "Minnie Visits Daisy".

* The original ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' series was relatively gentle with its female leads but its DenserAndWackier SpinOff ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' has no compunction about slapping Starfire or Raven around for a gag.

It is rare to see women in these roles because of the DoubleStandard seen in things like BeautyIsNeverTarnished, WouldntHitAGirl, and DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale. Also, due to all of these things, the women who do fit this trope are more likely to be amusingly injured by other women, their own clumsiness, or events beyond anybody's control than by men.

* [[https://youtu.be/DV6X7POhdoo This Toyota commercial]] shows a young husband and wife trying to kill each other (the commercial is banned in the United States) with cartoon-style traps (likely the reason anyone even greenlighted it). She's just as vulnerable to them as he is, and to drive the point home, it ends with her having taken the brunt of it.

* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Discworld/NightWatch'', trainee Assassin Jocasta Wiggs is sent on a mission to target Sam Vimes. She ends up treading what she hopes is mainly water in the Ramkin family cesspit, having been directed there by a cunning trap.

* While Heloise was rarely a victim of AmusingInjuries in season 1 of ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'', she suffers more in season 2 than just about any other character. The episode "Heads Roll" practically centers around Heloise's head getting completely battered.

* The ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' series has quite a few of them. ''Total Drama'' runs off of this; no contestant is immune. The spinoff ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace'' is exactly the same.

''Coyote animations'' Tanya a horned humanoid girl delivering letters and always running into some misadventure on youtube called # Tanya the delivery girl

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** ''VideoGame/SonicTheFighters'' is another Sonic game with lots of cartoon-style slapstick, and some of it can definitely happen to Amy (or the infamous Honey, who is now playable in the HD re-release).

* VideoGame/EarthwormJim: Princess Whatshername is crushed by a cow at the end of the game. And turns into a cow in the sequel.

** In ''Wario Land: Shake It!'', Wario has no qualms with grabbing Queen Merelda and nonchalantly throwing her off-screen (with an audible crash!) so he can get to taking the bottomless coin sack.

* In ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' there are no playable female characters, but in adaptations where they appear, Miss Pauling and other named females are subject to the same jovial carnage that the males are. Examples of this are found in [[https://youtu.be/GLlLQ3LmZWU Expiration Date]] and most of the Web Comics.

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* Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses:
** WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick will often get caught up in cartoonish violence, particularly in her joint review of ''Ferngully'' with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic and in ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}''. This is most likely due to the site's views on gender equality and feminism.
** In the [[WebVideo/TGWTGYearOneBrawl Anniversary Brawl]], the Chick, Marzgurl, and That Chick with the Goggles all were beaten up plenty. Most notable was when the Critic asks Goggles if she was on his team or not and, when she said she wasn't, he promptly punched her in the face.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' pulls no punches when it comes to slapstick. [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Amalia]] has probably suffered more black eyes than any of the other cast members save [[ButtMonkey Sadlygrove]]. The two Gobbowl arcs in particular are especially harsh for her. Evangelyne less often, although she's hardly immune, notably in the Ugly Princesses' abode, or in Ruel's house.

* ''Film/Matilda'' has this happen a lot to Miss Trunchbull.

** ''Disney/{{Bolt}}'': Mittens the Cat is subjected to ''lots'' of AmusingInjuries throughout her journey.
** ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': Yzma, though being unattractive and evil are already two strikes against her. "Pull the lever, Kronk." *Ka-chunk!* "WRONG LEVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!" Yzma is possibly Disney's best example of this trope, as much like the rest of the cast the character goes through ''constant'' screwball situations -- especially when she's in the jungle. Case in point, [[https://youtu.be/1MNllfr6wVY there's a scene where she gets covered in grime, then attacked by bees]] (for no discernible reason) within a few seconds, [[FunnyBackgroundEvent running around in the background while her sidekick in the foreground pays no attention]], and then she takes a pratfall into the mud ''again.''
** ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'': Anna is subjected to about the same amount of slapstick that Kristoff is subjected to, though significantly less than what Olaf is subjected to. Anna's more slapstick-y moments were briefly an indirect source of controversy, not because nobody wanted to see a female character do physical comedy, but because her animator make a public statement that he found it difficult to animate women, who, as he said, have to go through a wide range of emotions while still looking pretty. A lot of women and artists of both genders were quite pissed.
** ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'': Vanessa's wedding is played very comically for slapstick. Birds fly under her dress, pelicans dump water, dead fish and lobsters all over her, starfish cover her body from face to waist, seals bounce her like a ball, she gets thrown on top of her own wedding cake and covered in the frosting head to toe before being sprayed by water yet again. This is particularly notable for the inversion of the hyper-feminine beautiful woman as the target.
** ''Disney/{{Moana}}'': Moana is repeatedly thrown off the boat by Maui, with little to no effort to boot, ending up soaking wet every time the ocean puts her back. Moana repeatedly smacks herself in the face with a wet mop of hair when she dramatically spins without registering that her hair is wet.
** ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'': Mulan, though most of it happens while she's disguised as a man. Just watch "I'll Make a Man Out of You" and you'll see. This is mostly played straight in the beginning when Mulan was a clumsy ButtMonkey but toned down after she TookALevelInBadass.
** ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'': Tiana doesn't run into any slapstick at all... when she's human. Almost as soon as [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman she turns into a frog]], she along with Naveen gets tossed around for laughs, fall over, all kinds of the sort of goofy situations one could stick into a swamp setting.
** ''Disney/TheRescuers'': Averted with Bianca, but Medusa actually takes the brunt of the comedic retaliation of the Rescuers and the Bayou animals, especially compared to her male partner, Snoops.
** ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'': As a CuteClumsyGirl, Rapunzel sometimes suffers AmusingInjuries. Downplayed, as the male hero [[ButtMonkey Flynn]] gets it much worse in the entire movie.
** ''Disney/{{Tarzan}}'': Jane. The movie makes quite a bit of comedic use out of her inexperience in the jungle, though this eventually dies down as she gets more used to things -- still, chances are if there's a scene where she's in that huge, fancy-looking dress, it's going to be ruined in some kind of slapstick scene.
** ''Disney/TheLionKing'': Shenzi usually suffers the same comeuppances as the other hyenas.