History Main / SmurfetteBreakout

** Henry VIII also led the English Reformation, the single most important event to occur during the Tudor dynasty, though that was linked to the six women. He was never well liked, which was he was less popular.

* {{Chyna}} benefitted from this both in and out of the ring as well. She became extremely popular with female fans for competing in the men's division and got a lot of mainstream exposure.

* In ''TheMuppetShow'', Miss Piggy, one of the few female Muppets, was initially only a minor character but her popularity skyrocketed and she is now probably the most famous of them, along with Kermit.

* Nina Williams, the only woman to have appeared in every ''{{Tekken}}'' game, got her own spin-off game titled ''Death By Degrees'' based off her assassin background.

* Tinkerbell from ''Disney/PeterPan'' got her own spinoff franchise in the Disney fairies.

* Penelope Pitstop was the only female racer on ''WackyRaces'' and got [[ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop her own spinoff series]].

** Henry the VIII also led the English Reformation, the single most important event to occur during the Tudor dynasty, though that was linked to the six women. He was never well liked, which was he was less popular.

* The two most popular, unique and iconic characters of ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' are undoubtedly Toph and Azula.

* Nina Williams, the only woman to have appeared in every ''{{Tekken}}'' game, got her own spin-off game titled ''Death By Degrees'' based off her assassin background.
* [[StreetFighter Chun Li.]]

** Henry the VIII also led the English Reformation, the single most important event to occur during the Tudor dynasty. He was never well liked, which was he was less popular.

* Out of the recent season of ''ToughEnough'' which featured five female contestants against 11 males, three of the women who were on the show have now been signed by WWE. The (male) winner hasn't even debuted in FCW yet.

* Anyone remember the team of KC James and Idol Stevens known as the Teacher's Pets? Probably not, but they do remember Michelle [=McCool=], who was their valet and went onto become the first Divas' Champion as well as one of the prominent figures of the women's division.

* Arguably the first woman in pro wrestling to do this was {{Sable}}, who was first TripleH's valet and then Marc Mero's. The fans cared more about Sable than Mero, and she was given more attention and storylines and is now recognised as the first true WWE Diva. This also happened to Mero's second valet, Jacqueline, though she didn't become quite as big a star as Sable.
** OlderThanTheyThink: The Fabulous Moolah was initially a valet for Buddy Rogers but eventually branched out on her own and became a pioneer for women's wrestling. She is recognised as the first ever WWE Women's Champion and held it for over twenty years.

** Trish's arch-rival, {{Lita}}, benefited from this as well. She debuted as a valet to Essa Rios who was meant to be a pioneer of the Light-Heavyweight division. He ended up lapsing into obscurity while Lita became popular with the fans for her high flying moves. She averted this when Team Xtreme broke up, as all three of that group have remained well known.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'': The Wasp is the only female Avenger (so far) and the show's most popular character by far.

It's often that many shows feature a bigger ratio of males to females in their characters, with TheSmurfettePrinciple being pretty widespread. However a lot of the time this can work in favor of the female character. Being the only female in a largely male environment makes her stand out and be distinctive from the rest of the show's male characters. If the writers have written her well and avoided most PositiveDiscrimination, then chances are she will become popular with female viewers who watch the show. If her popularity rises high enough, she might even become a BreakoutCharacter.

* Out of the three leading actors in the ''HarryPotter'' movies, Emma Watson has received the most publicity. While Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint have gotten a large amount of roles, it is Emma who has remained in the public eye the most.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'': The Wasp is the only female Avenger (so far) and the show's most popular character by far.

* ''SheRaPrincessOfPower'' was actually introduced with this in mind.

* ''TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'': The Wasp is the only female Avenger (so far) and the show's most popular character by far.

* ''TheAvengersEarthsMigtiestHeroes'': The Wasp is the only female Avenger (so far) and the show's most popular character by far.

* Gwen Stefani of ''No Doubt'', though she was TheFaceOfTheBand to begin with. The video for "Don't Speak" shows her taking the spotlight and starring in all the publicity photos, while her four (male) bandmates languish in obscurity.

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* Gwen Stefani of ''No Doubt'', though she was TheFaceOfTheBand to begin with. The video for "Don't Speak" shows her taking the spotlight and starring in all the publicity photos, while her four (male) bandmates languish in obscurity.

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* ''SheRaPrincessOfPower'' was actually introduced with this in mind. YMMV on how well it actually worked.

* Anyone remember the team of KC James and Idol Stevens known as the Teacher's Pets? Probably not, but they do remember MichelleMcCool, who was their valet and went onto become the first Divas' Champion as well as one of the prominent figures of the women's division.

* Arguably the first woman in pro wrestling to do this was Sable, who was first Triple H's valet and then Marc Mero's. The fans cared more about Mero than Sable and she was given more attention and storylines and is now recognised as the first true WWE Diva. This also happened to Mero's second valet Jacqueline though she didn't become quite as big a star as Sable.
** OlderThanTheyThink, The Fabulous Moolah was initially a valet for Buddy Rogers but eventually branched out on her own and became a pioneer for women's wrestling. She is recognised as the first ever WWE Women's Champion and held it for over twenty years.
* Remember T&A? Test and Albert? A few people probably do remember them and some probably will remember that they were in a tag team but who was their valet again? Oh yeah TrishStratus.
** Trish's arch-rival, {{Lita}}, benefitted from this as well. She debuted as a valet to Essa Rios who was meant to be a pioneer of the Light-Heavyweight division. He ended up lapsing into obscurity while Lita became popular with the fans for her high flying moves. She averted this however when Team Xtreme broke up as all three of that group have remained well known.
* Anyone remember the team of KC James and Idol Stevens known as the Teacher's Pets? Probably not but they do remember Michelle [=McCool=] who was their valet and went onto become the first Divas' Champion as well as one of the prominent figures of the women's division.
* Happened with MNM arguably. Joey Mercury got released twice and faded away and John Morrison is permanently stuck in midcard purgatory while Melina broke out on her own and became Women's Champion and was surprisingly popular after her HeelFaceTurn.
* Happened again when the Hart Dynasty split. David Hart Smith got released, Tyson Kidd is now mostly competing on NXT but Natalya got put back into the women's division and pushed to win the title.
* Chyna benefitted from this both in and out of the ring as well. She became extremely popular with female fans for competing in the men's division and got a lot of mainstream exposure.

* Yuna and Rikku were two of only three girls in a party of seven characters in ''FinalFantasyX''. Yuna was the main character's love interest while Rikku was a supporting character. The direct sequel revolves around them and new character Paine. WordOfGod has said that there were originally meant to be '''two''' spin off games with one focusing on Yuna and the other on Rikku but they eventually got combined into the one game.

It's often that many shows feature a bigger ratio of males to females in their characters, with TheSmurfettePrinciple being pretty widespread. However a lot of the time this can work in the female characters' favours. Being the only female in a largely male environment makes them stand out and be distinctive from the rest of the show's male characters. If the writers have written her well and avoided most PositiveDiscrimination then chances are she will become popular with female viewers who watch the show. If her popularity rises high enough she might even become a BreakoutCharacter.

Note that this is not simply about a female becoming a BreakoutCharacter. There must be a majority of males compared to females for this to count. The character need not be the only woman on the show either. See also EnsembleDarkhorse and BreakupBreakout.

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* Another example related to wrestling - out of the recent season of ''ToughEnough'' which featured five female contestants against eleven males, three of the women who were on the show have now been signed by WWE. The (male) winner hasn't even debuted in FCW yet.
* In ''TheMuppetShow'' Miss Piggy, one of the few female Muppets, was initially only a minor character but her popularity skyrocketed and she is now probably the most well known of them along with Kermit.

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* Arguably the first woman to do this was Sable who was first Triple H's valet and then Marc Mero's. The fans cared more about Mero than Sable and she was given more attention and storylines and is now recognised as the first true WWE Diva. This also happened to Mero's second valet Jacqueline though she didn't become quite as big a star as Sable.

** Trish's arch-rival {{Lita}} benefitted from this as well. She debuted as a valet to Essa Rios who was meant to be a pioneer of the Light-Heavyweight division. He ended up lapsing into obscurity while Lita became popular with the fans for her high flying moves. She averted this however when Team Xtreme broke up as all three of that group have remained well known.

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* Nina Williams, the only female to have appeared in every ''{{Tekken}}'' game got her own spin-off game titled ''Death By Degrees'' based off her assassin background.

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* Jasmine from Disney's ''Aladdin'' is a supporting character while the story is about Aladdin but she is included in the DisneyPrincess franchise and is actually the only princess in the line up who isn't the main character in her film.
* Tinkerbell from Disney's ''Peter Pan'' got her own spinoff franchise in the Disney fairies.

* Penelope Pitstop was the only female racer on ''TheWackyRaces'' and ended up getting her own spin-off series.

* The Tudor family in English history had five rulers, three males and two females. Elizabeth I is undoubtedly the most well known and iconic of the five, having had the most stories and films made about her. Also, the next well known Henry VIII is only really remembered for marrying six different women.