History Main / WouldHitaGirl

* ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': Magneto has no compunctions about attacking females. He once beat Polaris into unconsciousness with a chair for rejecting his offer of allegiance and insulting his moniker.

* Edward Blake in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' hits women. And then tries to rape them. He may even kill a woman that he left pregnant. Ozymandias also kicks people in the stomach when they try to shoot him. Schoolboy heroics are redundant in his new world.
* Pretty much every male Franchise/WonderWoman villain -- (especially the [[HeManWomanHater misogynistic ones]] -- has no issue inflicting harm on women. Unfortunately for them, the titular heroine is fully capable of returning whatever abuse they inflict on her and innocent people ten-fold.
* One of [[Characters/X23LauraKinney X-23]]'s main abusers at the Facility was Zander Rice, who had no compunctions against ''ripping out her claws without anesthesia'' to coat them in adamantium, while the man who kidnapped her cousin Megan was a serial killer who intended to make both girls his victims. In a twist on this, Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}} ''tried'' not to fight her in their first encounter, but ultimately gave in when he realized she wouldn't give him any choice and that it was the only way to get through to her. His hesitation also had nothing to do with her being a girl, but the fact he was ''trying'' to help her, and recognized she was a victim of the things that had been done to her and not an enemy. [[Characters/MarvelComicsSteveRogers Captain America]]'s ''first'' response when he cornered her and she tried to run was to smack her with his shield. [[Characters/WolverineSupportingCharacters Daken]] didn't hesitate to attack her in their first encounter, and Sinister had no reservations against snapping her neck. [[Comicbook/{{NYX}} Her ex-pimp, Zebra Daddy]], roughed her up early in the series, and later guns her down ([[GoodThingYouCanHeal fortunately she could heal from it]]).
* In an issue of ''Comicbook/YoungJustice'', students from an all-girls school held down ComicBook/RedTornado's adopted daughter (and former heroine Arrowette, who tried to intervene) and cut off some of the girl's hair. ComicBook/{{Superboy}} knocked the whole crowd down with the sonic boom of his landing and then threatened to break backs and/or jaws if they didn't back off and shut up.

* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': Calvin has no qualms about pelting Susie with snowballs or water balloons, nor about making threats about knocking her teeth out; one strip even had him dropping a snowball the size of a '''bowling ball''' right on top of her from a tree.

* ''ComicStrip/FunkyWinkerbean'': Used in the ongoing 2013 storyline centering on Frankie Pierce (Lisa's one-time boyfriend) as he returns to Westview to cause trouble for Lisa's family and friends. An informant tells Les and Darin (Frankie's biological son) of a confrontation between Frankie and Lisa. One of the panels showed, in flashback to their dating years, Frankie -- upon learning that Lisa had become pregnant -- raising his fist and preparing to swing at Lisa (who is [[YouWouldntHitAGuyWithGlasses also wearing glasses]]), before a passerby (the informant) and his girlfriend run Frankie off.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'': Poopdeck Pappy slugged Olive Oyl when they first met. Olive never forgave him for it and the two have been at odds ever since.
* ''ComicStrip/ScaryGary'': Despite the male-female "Killed by Leopold" ratio being almost [[ComedicSociopathy comically one sided towards the former]], he can get just as excited to messily kill & devour ladies as he does the men.

* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': [[spoiler:Ghidorah]] fulfils this trope when, despite not considering [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnon Monster X]] a threat, it taunts the TwoBeingsOneBody Titan (particularly Vivienne) by breaking its legs ForTheEvulz.

* A flashback in the second chapter of ''Fanfic/{{Anachronism}}'' shows that Hop once got into a fight with his friend Gloria.
* ''Fanfic/AngerManagement'': Lincoln gives Lynn two extremely violent beat-downs and also headbutts Lori.
* A rare GoodVersusGood moment from ''Fanfic/TheBridge''. Having fought kaiju of both sexes for over a decade, the transformed Godzilla Jr. has no qualms against fighting back when Princess Luna attacked him due to a misunderstanding. They wreck half the palace in an hours-long fight.

* In ''Fanfic/FuneralForAFlash'', Wally West has absolutely no qualms with kicking villainess Sickle when she is about to stab him.

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* Huo Haha of ''Animation/HappyHeroes'' very nearly hits a little girl (thus this overlaps with WouldHurtAChild) in Season 8 Episode 18 when she asks him to get her kite down from a roof. Literally the only thing that cuts him short is that the girl grabs his MagicWand right before he can hit her with it and uses it to get her kite down.
* ''Animation/KungFuWa'': Manipulens doesn't have qualms in fighting Kung-Fu Girl or anyone regardles of gender to further his plans.
** When Manipulens [[{{Pun}} manipulates]] Sword Hero and Kung-Fu Girl into a [[LetsYouAndHimFight fight]] the former doesn't hold back against her and they're evenly matched during the fight.
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* The male members of both gangs in ''ComicBook/TwentyFists'' have zero issue roughing up their female counterparts, who just hit right back.
* ''ComicBook/AltHero'': The first we see of Captain Europa in the story is his gloved fist sucker-punching Janelle in the face before hauling her off to Global Justice Initiative HQ. He also has no qualms about kicking muggle protester Chantel in the stomach.

* ''ComicBook/AmbushBug'': Lampshaded. But then he is a) Ambush Bug and b) no hero anyway.
* In ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'', ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} does a brutal one to Magma. He's held in a prison and she brings him dinner. Suddenly Clint starts yelling out that there's glass in his baked potato and he's cut himself really bad. Amara doesn't believe it, but she's a bit on edge and so she peeks through the open food slot to see if he's okay. For that she gets a metal tray tossed into her throat and while she's keeling over, Clint grabs Amara's arm and pulls it through the slot. He then threatens to break her arm if she doesn't open the door. When she refuses, he goes through with it and breaks her arm, threatening to keep working her over until he does. Luckily another X-Man is nearby and knocks Clint off of her. As punishment, Clint and other escapees are put in a Virtual World that keeps replaying them trying to escape and failing.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Championess}}'', bare-knuckle boxer James Stokes is charged with brushing up the skills of fellow boxer Elizabeth Wilkinson. Part of this involves full-contact sparring with bare fists, and Elizabeth is left battered and/or bloody a few times.
* ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}. ''Franchise/StreetFighter''. [[Characters/MarvelComicsKittyPryde Shadowcat]] all up in his face. [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Marvel/comments/4yue1m/deadpool_gives_kitty_a_shoryuken_for_the_ages/ Do the math.]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'', living in a CrapsackWorld, has gone up against enemies who had no qualms about hitting her, girl or no girl. Ninjette has taken some terrible beatings, both from her [[AbusiveParents asshole of a father]] and from various enemies. And neither of them has any problem returning the favor to any opponents who happen to be female.
* [[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner The Incredible Hulk]] has no qualms with your gender at all. If you've wronged him or pissed him off, you are to be smashed. Hence, Moonstone, Vapor, Mercy and Animus are treated accordingly.
* To the shock of no-one, Batman's nemesis [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] inflicts frequent horrors upon men and women alike.
** His partner Characters/{{Harley Quinn|TheCharacter}} is often harmed physically and mentally by Joker with their entire relationship dynamic being considered incredibly abusive. For instance in ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily'' the Joker punches Harley Quinn in the face, because... she had hubris on her face.
** The Joker [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke infamously crippled and tormented Barbara Gordon]].

* In [[PolishMedia Polish fantasy-comedy comic book series]] ''Lil i Put'' ( [[PunnyName Lil and Put]] ) there is a group of [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame barbaric dwarvish warriors]] whose main goal appears to be [[ElvesVersusDwarves beat the living crap out of elven]] sorceress Miksja, [[FantasticRacism for the sake of her being an elf]] (and to wash the humiliation of preview failed attempts, either when she was saved by pure luck or [[IWasBeatenByAGirl defended herself whooping their asses with her magic]] )
* [[Characters/TheMightyThorThorOdinson Thor]] may be a god, but he does not treat kindly females that have gone against him, lovers or not, as [[Characters/TheMightyThorGiants Hela]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheEnchantress The Enchantress]] have found out.
* ComicBook/MrA's BlackAndWhiteMorality makes no distinction for gender. When confronting a female kidnapper, he first engaged her in a physical fight, then after she broke away from him and threatened her victim, Mr. A put a bullet in her head with no hesitation.
* In ''ComicBook/NewAvengers'' #27, while fighting [[Characters/DaredevilSupportingCharacters Elektra]], Characters/LukeCage promptly gives her a swift kick courtesy of Daredevil.
* In ''ComicBook/PowerPack'', when Katie Power is bullying the (younger) Franklin Richards, Katie's brother Alex tells Franklin to hit her back if she hits him. Franklin follows the advice.

* WouldHitAGirl/ProfessionalWrestling

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10617769/8/Girls-und-Panzer-International-War-Games Girls und Panzer -- International War Games]]'', after [[OriginalCharacter Edo]] bumps into Suzuki, and she tells him off, he punches her in the face, starting a fight. His superior officer, Kenji, is furious that Edo would attack a girl who also is Edo's [[SenpaiKohai senpai]], and removes Edo from the team.

If he's evil, it could be done in a multitude of ways. On the best end of the scale it could just be EqualOpportunityEvil, like fighting ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} because she's a threat, and makes her look stronger when she beats him. More unpleasantly, it shows a DirtyCoward, [[WomenAreDelicate attacking those weaker than him]], and/or he's a bully who likes to make people afraid of him, or at the worst end of the scale, [[StrawMisogynist he's a sick monster who gets his kicks from hurting women]]. Ultimately, for it to be played as a villainous deed, it is necessary that the woman in question is not a threat to start with.

* A terrorist once said to ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, "Patriotic fool -- you would not hit a lady!" He decked her while saying, "Lady, you're no lady!"

* ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk has no qualms with your gender at all. If you've wronged him or pissed him off, you are to be smashed. Hence, Moonstone, Vapor, Mercy and Animus are treated accordingly.

** His partner Comicbook/HarleyQuinn is often harmed physically and mentally by Joker with their entire relationship dynamic being considered incredibly abusive. For instance in ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily'' the Joker punches Harley Quinn in the face, because... she had hubris on her face.

* In ''[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League]]'' #4 (1987), time-traveling new recruit ComicBook/BoosterGold defeats the four human members of the Royal Flush Gang. Ten of Spades is female and tries to pull chivalry on him. [[https://townsquare.media/site/622/files/2010/02/hdboosterten.jpg He points out that such an attitude is outdated in his time after punching her out]]: "[[FishOutOfTemporalWater Where I come from,]] equality of the sexes is a given, so we can pretty much hit whoever we want."

* ComicBook/TheMightyThor may be a god, but he does not treat kindly females that have gone against him, lovers or not, as [[Characters/TheMightyThorGiants Hela]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheEnchantress The Enchantress]] have found out.

* In ''ComicBook/NewAvengers'' #27, while fighting [[Characters/DaredevilSupportingCharacters Elektra]], ComicBook/LukeCage promptly gives her a swift kick [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/6/63938/1478465-kick.jpg courtesy of Daredevil.]]

* ComicBook/ThePunisher does not take gender into account when putting people on his list, whether his main incarnation or his ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX incarnation.

** [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] -claims he- dislikes hitting women but he is not above it. In ''ComicBook/Supergirl2005'' story arc ''ComicBook/GirlPower'', Luthor goes on about hating to hit women as he's laying a [[https://i.imgur.com/6ziPjcR.jpg beat-down]] on ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}:

* One of ComicBook/{{X 23}}'s main abusers at the Facility was Zander Rice, who had no compunctions against ''ripping out her claws without anesthesia'' to coat them in adamantium, while the man who kidnapped her cousin Megan was a serial killer who intended to make both girls his victims. In a twist on this, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} ''tried'' not to fight her in their first encounter, but ultimately gave in when he realized she wouldn't give him any choice and that it was the only way to get through to her. His hesitation also had nothing to do with her being a girl, but the fact he was ''trying'' to help her, and recognized she was a victim of the things that had been done to her and not an enemy. Comicbook/CaptainAmerica's ''first'' response when he cornered her and she tried to run was to smack her with his shield. [[Characters/WolverineSupportingCharacters Daken]] didn't hesitate to attack her in their first encounter, and Sinister had no reservations against snapping her neck. [[Comicbook/{{NYX}} Her ex-pimp, Zebra Daddy]], roughed her up early in the series, and later guns her down ([[GoodThingYouCanHeal fortunately she could heal from it]]).

* ''Webcomic/TheAmazingAdventuresOfBill'', a JournalComic, [[http://www.billroundy.com/daily388.html explains the principle of chivalry involved.]]

-->'''Dante:''' [[BondOneLiner How come I never meet any nice girls...?]]
** ''[[Characters/CaptainMarvelMarvelComics Captain Marvel]] VS [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Billy Batson]]'' has Billy Batson attempt to punch Carol Danvers. Though to be fair to Billy Batson, she does falsely accuse him of robbing a broken ATM and attempted to arrest him for the supposed theft when in actuality, he was trying to fix his mistake, making it fair game. [[spoiler:In the end, he succeeds and his [[MegatonPunch punch]] completely blew both her and the meteorite she was punted onto completely]].

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-->''"[[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex I believe in]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7NhP0k2iIs gender equality!]]"''

-->'''Dante:''' [[BondOneLiner Why can't I ever find any nice girls...?]]

** ''[[Characters/CaptainMarvelMarvelComics Captain Marvel]] VS [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Shazam]]'' has Billy Batson attempt to punch Carol Danvers. Though to be fair to Billy Batson, she does falsely accuse him of robbing a broken ATM and attempted to arrest him for the supposed theft when in actuality, he was trying to fix his mistake, making it fair game. [[spoiler:In the end, he succeeds and his [[MegatonPunch punch]] completely blew both her and the meteorite she was punted onto completely]].

** ''[[Characters/CaptainMarvelMarvelComics Captain Marvel]] VS ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'' has Billy Batson attempt to punch Carol Danvers. Though to be fair to Billy Batson, she does falsely accuse him of robbing a broken ATM and attempted to arrest him for the supposed theft when in actuality, he was trying to fix his mistake, making it fair game. [[spoiler:In the end, he succeeds and his [[MegatonPunch punch]] completely blew both her and the meteorite she was punted onto completely]].

** ''[[Character/CaptainMarvelMarvelComics Captain Marvel]] VS ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'' has Billy Batson attempt to punch Carol Danvers. Though to be fair to Billy Batson, she does falsely accuse him of robbing a broken ATM and attempted to arrest him for the supposed theft when in actuality, he was trying to fix his mistake, making it fair game. [[spoiler:In the end, he succeeds and his [[MegatonPunch punch]] completely blew both her and the meteorite she was punted onto completely]].

* In ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'' during ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante]] vs [[VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} Bayonetta]]'' after the former smacks a chair at the latter, Bayo chides Dante saying "You're a naughty boy, hitting a girl like that". Considering she just spent the previous few minutes trying to kill him, including kicking him into a IronMaiden (which would've certainly killed him if he was normal dude), her remark comes off as completely ludicrous. By the end of the fight Dante does more than just hit Bayonetta, [[spoiler: he riddles her with blades from his weapon Lucifer and explodes her into LudicrousGibs]].

A male character who rejects the values of [[WouldNotHitAGirl so- called chivalry]] and treats his male and female opponents equally.

A guy that has no problems with violence against women is treated as morally questionable at best or evil at worst in a work's narrative and other characters.

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* Music/ChrisBrown retains an infamous reputation to this day thanks to his battery assault on his ex-girlfriend Music/{{Rihanna}} in March 2009. He eventually pleaded guilty to felony assault and was forced to do 6 years of community service as a penalty.
* Wrestling/ChrisJericho once punched a woman who attacked him in the face.
* Creator/SeanConnery is fine with hitting a woman, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo0d1zTAFKA if she won't shut her mouth.]]
* {{Fanfic}} writer Creator/MonicaGilbeyBieber for the exact same reason of the good guy.
* Music/DrDre infamously assaulted Dee Barnes after she interviewed a former member of Music/{{NWA}} who gave unflattering statements about the group.
* [[https://youtu.be/Czb4rImsph0 This bouncer (Jorge Peña)]] had subsequent assault charges against him dropped by reason of self defense (she had hit him with her shoes and he had to get some medical attention for minor cuts) for, as put so eloquently, "smacking the soul out out of girl on NY Subway."
* Musician Music/RickJames went to jail a couple times for assaulting a woman. Although in one case he claimed he only did it because said woman [[PapaWolf tried to harm his pregnant wife]].
* A contestant on the Indian game show "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dadagiri#Slapping_incident Dadagiri]]" slapped the hostess back after she'd slapped him, allegedly out of frustration that he wasn't rising to any of her verbal abuse (''verbal'' abuse was part of the show's rules -- ''physical'' abuse wasn't). This resulted in a slew of men on-set going into WifeBasherBasher mode, pummeling him for invoking this trope.
* Many parents have realize the dangers of teaching their sons to not hit women even in self defense. So they taught them to not hit women, unless they are doing so in self defense.
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The opposite trope is, of course, WouldntHitAGirl. When hitting girls is PlayedForLaughs it can be a case of SlapstickKnowsNoGender. Obviously not present when a ''woman'' hits a woman. If the circumstance is designed so that women are ''only'' hit by other women than it is a DesignatedGirlFight.

* ''ComicStrip/ScaryGary'': Despite the male-female "Killed by Leopold" ratio being almost [[ComedicSociopathy comically one sided towards the former]], he can get just as excited to [[SlapstickKnowsNoGender messily kill & devour ladies as he does the men.]]

* The Love Song "''Say it with a Slap''," in the "Bongo" segment of Disney's ''WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree''. A Justified Trope that [[SlapstickKnowsNoGender surprisingly goes both ways]] because according to the film, when male and female bears slap the crap out of each other, it's their way of saying "I Love You."

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', Lock has no problem tackling Shock and punching her. Barrel tries to get a hit in at her and fails. To be fair, Shock choked Lock first and knocked him into Barrel, thus starting the fight to begin with. Earlier, Barrel drained the bathtub right before both of his cohorts jumped in, causing Lock and Shock to both suffer similar pain. The trio's willingness to fight amongst each other without hesitation makes this a case of SlapstickKnowsNoGender.

** [[Baldv Roy]] is perfectly willing to fight [[SuccubiAndIncubi Sabine]]. When she tries to seduce him, saying that he can do "anything" he wants to her, the next panel shows her flying out a window.

* ''Fanfic/TheUltimateEvil'': Uncle gives Valerie his trademark two-finger hit when she finally tells Chans about her Other-connection with Shendu. And then there's Hak Foo brutalizing Valerie...

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TphCi4zH1sk This bus driver]] in {{UsefulNotes/Cleveland}} who ''uppercuts'' a rowdy 25-year-old woman after she hits him in the face.
-->'''Bystander:''' [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale That's a fuckin']] [[InsaneTrollLogic female!]]\\
'''Busdriver:''' [[TheDogBitesBack I don't care! She wanna be a man, I'ma treat her like a man!]]

** [[Baldv Roy]] is perfectly willing to fight [[HornyDevils Sabine]]. When she tries to seduce him, saying that he can do "anything" he wants to her, the next panel shows her flying out a window.

A guy (good ''or'' evil) has no problems with violence against women.

If he's good, it's either because he's just not sexist and he believes in beating people up equally, or because he knows that holding back against female opponents is a good way to get his ass kicked or killed or endanger his friends/allies/muggles. In earlier works, the usual formula for invoking this was to say that he would "[[ExactWords never hit a lady]]" - but "you're no lady" after the woman in question attacked him first or otherwise showed herself to be of low character.[[note]]This line is exploiting the dual usage of "a lady" as slang for any woman, and as a term for a woman who displays a certain level of decorous behavior. By failing to behave as "a lady" would, she's forfeited her right to be treated as one.[[/note]] Either way he stops as soon as she's no longer a threat.

In terms of censorship and editing on TV, any scene of male physical violence on females sometimes vary, including flashes, cutaways, or even trimming or cutting out the scene all together, [[MoralGuardians to maintain a tasteful image]]. Even if it's the bad guy doing it.

* Wash of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' has absolutely no problem with hitting a girl if it's necessary. [[BoomHeadshot Or shooting one in the face]]. In both cases, however, the women he's fighting are also Freelancers (so very skilled, very dangerous fighters), and in one case, she's undeniably a better fighter than him anyway. [[spoiler:And also not technically human.]]

* In ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'', this trope is applicable towards ''every'' combatant, regardless of the side they're on, or whether they are named. Only a buffoon would believe that a combatant holds back when their opponent is female.

* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':

** Spidey, meanwhile, started out as a Wouldn't Hit a Girl type back in TheSixties, which caused him some problems with Princess Python of the Circus of Crime. He eventually shed this viewpoint, best highlighted in ''ComicBook/SecretWars1984'' in TheEighties, when he simultaneously gives a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown ''[[Awesome/SecretWars1984 and]]'' a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to villainess Titania.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

** [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] -claims he- dislikes hitting women but he is ''not'' above it. In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' story arc ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 Girl Power]]'', Luthor goes on about hating to hit women as he's laying a [[https://i.imgur.com/6ziPjcR.jpg beat-down]] on Supergirl: