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* Minnie Mouse, Daisy Duck, and Clarabelle Cow in many Disney projects, especially in modern ones.

With the passage of time, we both already have seen and will continue to see increasingly fewer restrictions on the use of this trope. Even [[BeautyIsNeverTarnished being physically attractive]] does not guarantee immunity, since the BrainlessBeauty is always an AcceptableTarget. If the character is an IronButtMonkey, however, [[PositiveDiscrimination she'll tend to be a lot tougher if she's a woman than if she's a man]]. A woman who gets [[EyeScream poked in the eye with a sharp stick]] will likely experience only a (temporary) loss of dignity; a man who gets poked in the eye with a sharp stick will have to wear an eyepatch. And it's still quite rare to see a female character [[BlackComedy comedically killed]] unless she's [[AssholeVictim particularly repellent]].

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 normally 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.

It is rare to see women in these roles because of the DoubleStandard seen in things like BeautyIsNeverTarnished, WouldntHitAGirl or 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. On occasions when a male does comically harm a female, it will almost invariably by accident, and the woman will often retaliate by [[MegatonPunch doling out some slapstick right back at the male]], considerably [[ATwinkleInTheSky more painful or over-the-top]] than what happened to her. A male character deliberately harming a female character is far less likely to be played for laughs than the other way around.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS9AAviNxoI 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.

* Hotori from ''Manga/AndYetTheTownMoves'' falls victim a large number of unfortunate mishaps. A little sneeze sends her face-first into a cup of coffee, and she trips while trying to clean it up, getting a bucket stuck on her head.

* ''Manga/FoodWars'' has the legendary but ditzy graduate chef Hinako usually on the receiving end of Kojirou's slaps and wrath to dispose of her in funny ways whenever she annoys him, a rare instance where the PlayedForLaughs DopeSlap features a female ButtMonkey on the recieving end of a male {{Tsundere}}.
* In ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'', [[CoolOldLady Taiitsukun]] is the Goddess ([[PhysicalGod in a sense]]) of the trope. On one hand she's among those who send the Nyan-Nyans (who have the looks of little girls) [[ATwinkleInTheSky flying]] [[ButtMonkey when they screw up]], and has hit [[TheDitz Miaka]] (a 15-year-old girl) [[DopeSlap upside the head]] at least once. On the other, it's not like she's less harsh to guys: she's also seen beating up the 17-year-old boy Tamahome once or twice.
* In ''Anime/GenjiTsuushinAgedama'', a 1991 parody anime, villainess Kuki Rei frequently catches fire, falls down pits and gets caught in explosions.
* Mutsumune from ''Anime/GetsumenToHeikiMina'' gets a lot of slapstick stuff happen to her

** Once Lillie overcomes her fear of Pokemon, she snuggles Lycanroc (earning its somewhat-painful rub with its stone collar) and then accidentally triggers Turtonator's Shell Trap (something Lana's younger sisters also did in an earlier episode) which left the entire class covered in soot from the NonFatalExplosion.

* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' often subjects its female characters to slapstick, every semi-important woman that appears in the show, suffers it sooner or later (even [[TheMedic Sylphiel]] was blasted by Lina in one occasion). [[CuteClumsyGirl Amelia]] is a notable one.
* With its all-female cast, it's no surprise that this trope should apply to ''Manga/StrawberryMarshmallow''. This is the main reason why the other girls keep [[AttentionWhore Miu]] [[TheFriendNobodyLikes Matsuoka]] around; however, no-one in the show is immune to the slapstick.

** Many female characters in this franchise are also qualified for this trope. Particularly Ryoko, Mihoshi and Sasami as Anime/PrettySammy.

* Also happens with frequency in ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'', usually featuring Ryuunosuke, Benten, Ran and the Spice Girls (No, not THOSE Music/SpiceGirls). Lum maybe less so, but her main protagonist status doesn't make her immune. Of course, Ataru still attracts as much mishaps as all of them together, but it's natural for such a severe case of BornUnlucky.

* Maggie in ''ComicStrip/BringingUpFather'' frequently ended up falling down stairs, tripping over something, or slipping on a polished floor.

** ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'': 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.

* In ''Film/HomeAlone3'' , the crooks are victims of Alex's booby traps during their attempt to break in the house to steal the chip, and Alice, the only female of the foursome, is not an exception. The same goes for Vera in the fourth film and Jessica in the fifth film.

* In ''Film/DeathBecomesHer'' the trio of main characters, Ctrator/BruceWillis' lone male lead included, suffer from amusing injuries but Helen and Madeline more so because they're undead. Holes in chests, heads snapped on backwards, limbs popping off, you name the lot.

* ''Film/Desperados2020'': Wesley gets all sorts of AmusingInjuries done to her during the film, such as getting electrocuted, punched, scratched and even slapped in the face by a dolphin's penis.

* The main female characters on ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' also count. Peg has had both Al and a fat woman fall on her and been spun around on a game show wheel, Kelly has been bitten by poisonous insects, hit in the head with a frisbee and roller-skated into a door, Marcy's been running over with a shopping cart and bitten by a poisonous rodent that turned her into a hunchback. All three of them have gotten electrocuted and fallen down the basement stairs. They've also all beaten up various female extras in one episode or another.

* CJ Cregg get this a lot in ''Series/TheWestWing'', most memorably when she got root-canal surgery that gave her a temporary but hilarious SpeechImpediment.

* ''Series/TheFastShow'' features a sketch about the fictional country of Republicca- a country that is based upon combining parodies of common Briton vacation spots, most notably Spain, Germany, Italy and Greece- where the plot of the soap opera, "El Amora Y El Passionna" had a wife discover her husband's transgressions. When the wife slaps him for his actions, his response is to punch her in the face, resulting in her instant forgiveness and rushing to the kitchen to fix the husband a sandwich, while the husband wears a very smug look on his face.

* ''Series/TheFerals'' had no objection to Modi, Robbie or Mixy being hit in its slapstick segments; of course, all three were able to give as good as they got.
* The title character in ''Series/{{Jessie}}'' probably ends up as a target for slapstick more than any other character, including the kids. Since, like many children's' shows, the series almost ''runs'' on slapstick, that's a lot.

* ''Series/{{Victorious}}'' saw all four female leads engage in slapstick shenanigans; from being CoveredInGunge, pratfalls and AmusingInjuries.

** Taken UpToEleven in the sketch's [[https://youtu.be/F3lEPL1nzYI final appearance with Creator/ScarlettJohansson]]: on being told by Johansson that she didn't watch reality TV, Hader spat his mouthful of smoothie into Wiig's face, took her smoothie and emptied it over her head, and finally picked up the cookie bowl, dumped the contents on Wiig's head and then put the bowl on her head as well like an oversized helmet.

* ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'': Although the men are more uspectible to the slapstick, this doesn't mean that the women are immune. Helen in particular has given birth to twins in the middle of the street, headbutted a woman in the face for being called a bad mother, had all her muscles seize up, been puked on, gotten an embarrassing tattoo, sent to an insane asylum, electrocuted, chased by a shark, fell out of a plane, fell into a pile of elephant shit and tried to murder a reporter with an axe. Not to mention all her mental breakdowns and drug abuse which were all PlayedForLaughs.
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* Wrestling/StacyKeibler, [[Characters/WWECommentators Lilian Garcia]], Wrestling/MariaKanellis, and other Characters/WWEDivas have all been beaten up by men at some occasions. Sometimes there is an undertone of (politically incorrect) comedy, but more often it's just a way for [[KickTheDog a heel to show how much of a bullying asshole he can be]]. Worst of all was probably the time Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin -- ''while a {{face}}'' -- knocked Stacy unconscious -- while she was ''also a face'' -- [[DisproportionateRetribution because she declined his offer of a beer]]. Not only did the crowd [[ComedicSociopathy laugh and cheer]], not only did the ''Raw'' commentators (weakly) try to justify Steve's actions, not only did Steve [[KarmaHoudini get off without any punishment at all]], but ''Stacy herself'' [[EasilyForgiven quickly forgave him]] and [[ExtremeDoormat never even confronted him about the incident]]! On the other hand, when Wrestling/RandyOrton knocked out Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon and [[DudeShesLikeInAComa creepily kissed her unconscious form]], the fans were practically calling for his head on a pike.

* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' doesn't shy away from female characters being caught in unfortunate, painful and embarrassing situations. [[CuteMonsterGirl Makoto]] (who is coincidentally tied with Bullet as the most boyish of all the girls) especially winds up in physical mishaps, including being blown up (twice), forced to eat [[LethalChef Noel's cooking]] and being an unwilling participant in one of [[MadScientist Relius]]' experiments [[note]]And by experiments, we mean Relius' joke ending, not Makoto's bad ending, where she ends up as the subject of one of his experiments and the situation is ''most certainly not'' PlayedForLaughs[[/note]].

* No one is spared over the top, comical injury in ''VideoGame/DarkStalkers'', least of all the game's mascot and most well known character, [[HornyDevils Morrigan Aensland]].

* The ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series has this in spades and even applies whenever [[ErmineCapeEffect prim and properly dressed]] royalty characters like Princess Peach, Princess Daisy, and even the very deity-like and beautiful Rosalina get involved in the action unbefitting of royalty, being subjected to the exact same cartoony violence, hijinks, and silliness as the guys. Especially best seen in the ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' series, where the girls can be crushed to the ground, zapped and electrocuted, frozen solid, caught on fire, pies thrown in their face, squirted in the face with ink or lasers or water guns, blown up, eaten by a Piranha Plant, bitten in the butt by a Chain Chomp, thrown in bottomless pits, etc. And in some minigames like Slaparazzi or Magma Mayhem where male and female characters are punching, kicking, stomping and knocking each other around. It can be quite a funny sight to see Mario knocking Peach into a fire pit and seeing her comically hop away clutching her bottom afterwards.

* ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'': The female characters are just as free to [[ToiletHumor crap on the floor]], turn themselves in to living power outlets, drug themselves off pills and shrooms, stab themselves with a rock/metal, and be subjected to the game's heavy BlackComedy as any of the male player characters (though it's heavily implied that the female and male player characters are just Isaac in [[WholesomeCrossdresser different outfits]]).

* ''WebAnimation/CampCamp'' has no problem making the girls suffer as much slapstick as the boys. Nikki is rarely without scrapes as a result, Ered often crashes into or through things thanks to her extreme sports bent, Gwen gets put through hell by the campers, and Tabii [[spoiler: [[EyeScream gets a]] ''[[EyeScream fork]]'' [[EyeScream thrown into her eye]] in the second season.]] To say nothing of how ''everyone'' gets chased by wild animals at some point for other.

* ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'': Since most human(oid) characters of the comic are female, they are naturally the subject of plenty slapstick. Presti especially, in Level 6, to TheChewToy level. The male characters are hardly spared, of course, as Mimic and the Doogan brothers can attest.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': Harley Quinn was often the subject of slapstick humor due to her BumblingSidekick status. Notably, in the episode "Girl's Night Out", she shoots an over-sized knockout glove at Supergirl, only for it to bounce harmlessly off of Supergirl and rebound right back in her face. The ''Mad Love'' comic had Harley physically abused in both funny and unfunny ways. An early scene shows a fed-up Joker grabbing her by her nose, dragging her down to the cellar, and [[LiteralAssKicking booting her into a muddy pit]] (while she's in her underwear, no less!) [[DisproportionateRetribution as punishment for calling him "Puddin'"]]. Later, on a ''much'' less funny note, [[BastardBoyfriend the Joker pushes her through a window hundreds of feet above the street, crippling and nearly killing her]].

* Minnie Mouse, Daisy Duck and Clarabelle Cow in many Disney projects, especially in modern ones.

** 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 [[TheDoorSlamsYou by a door]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunesCartoons'' episode “Pigture Perfect”, Petunia Pig is trying to take a picture of a squirrel to fill the rest of her mantle and is repeatedly put through hell during her attempts to do so; she suffers injuries like her ass catching fire, being electrocuted by a pole and then landing on a pitchfork, getting hit by several cars, and eventually getting hit by a ''bus''. [[spoiler:She gets her picture, but not before being out in the hospital wearing a full body cast that she’s still in six months after the incident; she ultimately decided that it was completely worth it]].

** It's even more pronounced in "Castle Mane-ia", which subjects nearly the entire cast to a string of Scooby Doo-esque disasters. Naturally, Rarity, the girliest pony of the bunch, [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hauCQ645dCU/U3lVmmQNfmI/AAAAAAABx7c/RiajF2wDQ00/s1600/Rock_clonks_Rarity_on_the_head_S4E03.png gets it the worst]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'': The girls suffer AmusingInjuries, especially Clover, since they are both {{Action Girl}}s and comedy characters.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'', the cartoonist made it a point to have Helen and Mel do their share of physical gags, due to the mentioned double standard. Helen was the only character getting injured by her own ur-gerbils.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': Elastigirl sucker-punches [[spoiler: Mirage]] after she finds [[spoiler: [[NotWhatItLooksLike her embracing her husband]]]].

* The female engines, especially Emily, are as prone to accidents as the male ones in ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine''.

* In WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot, Jenny is usually the ButtMonkey of the show. Being a robot, she can be put back together from the worst abuse that would kill any human.

* Penelope from ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces2017'' is no stranger to the series' beloved creatively excessive violence and/or jokes ''about'' said violence (in the first episode alone, she ends up in a body cast), and as the series goes on, it only happens ''more.'' Her [[EvilTwin evil sister Pandora]], likewise, gets the same {{Humiliation Conga}}s that come from being a villain ''and'' the same casual slapstick that comes from being a racer at the same time.

* While Heloise was rarely a victim of AmusingInjuries in Season 1 of ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' (where she was instead usually dishing them out), she suffers more in Season 2 than just about any other character (except [[ButtMonkey Samy]]). The episode "Heads Roll" practically centers around Heloise's head getting completely battered.

* [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged]] in ''[[Machinima/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers SMG4]]''. Characters like [[Franchise/SuperMario Peach, Daisy, Toadette]], [[Series/{{Teletubbies}} Laa-Laa and Po]] recieve their good dosis of slapstick, but then there's characters like [[VideoGame/{{Splatoon}} Meggy]], Saiko and Tari, [[ImmuneToSlapstick who don't get hurt very often]].

* In ''Film/HomeAlone3'' , the crooks are victims of Alex's booby traps during their attempt to break in the house to steal the chip, and Alice, the only female of the foursome, is not an exception.

* ''Film/SpaceJam'': Played straight with Granny, averted with Lola.

* In ''Film/HomeAlone'' 3, the crooks are victims of Alex's booby traps during their attempt to break in the house to steal the chip, and Alice, the only female of the foursome, is not an exception.

* ''Film/SpaceJam'': Played straight with Granny, averted with Lola.

* [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged]] in ''[[Machinima/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers SMG4]]''. Characters like [[Franchise/SuperMario Peach, Daisy, Toadette]], [[Series/{{Teletubbies}} Laa-Laa and Po]] recieve their good dosis of slapstick, but then there's the Girl Trio[[note]][[VideoGame/{{Splatoon}} Meggy]], Tari and Saiko Bitchitaru.[[/note]], [[ImmuneToSlapstick who don't get hurt very often]].

* In ''Film/Good Burger'', Roxanne is sent by the evil restaurant conglomerate Mondo Burger to seduce and steal Ed's "secret sauce" recipe. Ed and Dexter absolutely adore her (but of course Dexter still doesn't trust her enough to actually give her the recipe). During their double date, she is accidentally injured a few times by Ed's clumsiness, such as getting accidentally hit in her face with a miniature golf club, a golf ball (which knocks her out), and Ed judo flipping her over his shoulder and onto the pavement.

* None of the female characters in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' are spared any punishment they or the male fighters can dish out. When it comes to marketing material, [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]] tends to get singled out among the female fighters whenever [[SamusIsAGirl she's in her power suit]]. As [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the only unambiguously female fighter]] in the first game, she's depicted on the box art being punched out by [[Franchise/StarFox Fox]]. Even after more female fighters were introduced throughout the series, Samus in her power suit (and only when she's in her power suit) appears to be the only humanoid female that can be subject to comedic violence by the male characters in trailers or screenshots. And she was the main victim of [[VideoGame/PunchOut Little Mac]] in his debut trailer. [[VideoGame/WiiFit Wii Fit Trainer]], the only other woman he tried to hit (or who even showed up), dodged him, resulting in him being KO'd.