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Naturally, with feminism being a incredibly complex issue, there are arguments that say both playing this straight and averting it are sexist and anti-feminist. On one side, some argue that violence against women in any form (however cartoonish and exaggerated) is sexist and morally reprehensible. On the other side, others argue that, in the context of a show where most other characters are victims of slapstick violence, making female characters immune to such violence makes them [[CloserToEarth morally superior, physically inferior, and not funny.]] They say that true equality means that a female character should get pied in the face and bopped on the head as often as a male character. Either way, ''somebody's'' getting offended.

* Guu from ''HareToGuu'' is chopping vegetables in class and ends up cutting her RubberHoseLimbs into pieces. Unphased she gathers the pieces up and swallows it, quickly growing a new arm much to [[OnlySaneMan Hare's]] horror. In a much later OAV, Guu [[RealityWarper somehow shows]] up in a horror movie and her smirking head gets decapitated.

* [[AsianAirhead Amy Wong]] from ''{{Futurama}}'' was created specifically to see whether audiences could laugh at a female victim of slapstick.

* ''{{Ed Edd n Eddy}}'' involves the entire cast in over-the-top slapstick comedy, both male and female. This is most readily apparent with the [[AbhorrentAdmirer Kanker sisters]].

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' loves this trope. Jessie, amongst other female villains, gets attacked by Pokémon on a regular basis.

* Mrs Puff from ''SpongebobSquarepants'' is always victim of Spongebob's stupidity. Sandy is also victim of slapstick in certains episodes.

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->'''Haruka:''' And yet, I don't suffer from blunt head trauma.
->'''Hinata:''' Cause head has now gotten used to it. [[{{DeadpanSnaker}} Congratulations]].

* The unlucky ChineseGirl protagonist of the extremely weird and gross anime ''Ippatsu Kikimusume'' gets involved in a whole lot of this.

* The unlucky ChineseGirl protagonist of ''Ippatsu Kikimusume'' gets involved in a whole lot of this.

Naturally, with feminism being a incredibly complex issue, there are arguments that say both playing this straight and averting it are sexist and anti-feminist. On one side, some argue that violence against women in any form (however cartoonish and exaggerated) is sexist and morally reprehensible. On the other side, others argue that making female characters immune to such violence makes them [[CloserToEarth morally superior, physically inferior, and not funny.]] They say that true equality means that a female character should get pied in the face and bopped on the head as often as a male character. Either way, ''somebody's'' getting offended.

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* Played straight in ''TinyToonAdventures''. Both the male and female characters get their equal share of slapstick.

* Played straight in ''TinyToonAdventures''.

* ''TinyToonAdventures'' has quite a bit of this.

* ''TinyToonAdventures'' involves the entire cast in over-the-top slapstick comedy, both male and female.

* ''TinyToonAdventures'' has a lot of this.