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* The backstory of Kirsty from ''JohnnyMaxwellTrilogy'' is filled with this.

* ''Series/{{Mash}}'' had a bowling episode in which Margaret Houlihan tried for half the episode to tell Potter she would be a valuable asset to the team, but female team members were so far from his thoughts that when she said she wanted to help, he assigned her the task of seducing the major player for the opposition. Of course, once she ends up on the team proper, she pulls her weight, and the 4077th wins the bet.

* Patricia from ''Series/HouseOfAnubis''. She is not only a former female jock, but is also proven to be feared by all the other students in the house whenever she gets mad.

* Both [[Characters/WCWFemaleTalent Madusa Miceli]] and Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}} won the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-c.html Cruiserweight Championship]], the former in WCW and the latter in WWE. Jacqueline also won her second [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-wm.html WWE Women's Championship]] from a man (don't ask).

* In Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}, "The Queen of Wrestling" Sara Del Rey pinned her former BDK stablemate Tim Donst to win the Torneo [=Cibernetico=] at ''Cibernetico: The Animated Series'' November 12, 2011, making her the first and so far only woman to do so. Earlier in the match, she had eliminated the BDK's monster Tursas.

* In {{Brave}}, princess Merida holds an archery tournament between three clans to see who is worthy of having her hand in marriage. Only one succeeds in hitting the bullseye, but Merida isn't impressed. She hits all three bullseyes easily, including [[ImprobableAimingSkills splitting the arrow that hit the bullseye down the middle]]. HilarityEnsues [[RealityEnsues and reality]] between her and Queen Elinor; [[spoiler: Merida broke tradition, embarrased the three clans, and almost provoked a civil war because she didn't chose a husband.]]

* Both [[Characters/WCWFemaleTalent Madusa Miceli]] and [[Characters/WWEDivas Jacqueline Moore]] won the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-c.html Cruiserweight Championship]], the former in WCW and the latter in WWE. Jacqueline also won her second [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-wm.html WWE Women's Championship]] from a man (don't ask).

* Patricia from ''House of Anubis''. She is not only a former female jock, but is also proven to be feared by all the other students in the house whenever she gets mad.

* In {{Brave}}, princess Merida holds an archery tournament between three clans to see who is worthy of having her hand in marriage. All but one succeeds in hitting the bullseye, but Merida isn't impressed. She hits all three bullseyes easily, including [[ImprobableAimingSkills splitting the arrow that hit the bullseye down the middle]]. HilarityEnsues [[RealityEnsues and reality]] between her and Queen Elinor; [[spoiler: Merida broke tradition, embarrased the three clans, and almost provoked a civil war because she didn't chose a husband.]]

* In ''[[VideoGame/MaddenNFL Madden 12]]'', [=McDonalds=] contest winner Hope Bromley appears in the free agent pool, the series' first female player. She's ranked 65 overall[[note]]Higher than former #1 overall pick [[ButtMonkey JaMarcus Russell]]
* Sully from ''FireEmblemAwakening'' has this as a large part of her character. Though it's subverted in that pretty much everyone other than her in the army knows that she's about equal to or stronger than a good size of the army.

* [[WebComic/EightBitTheater Brian Clevinger's]] ''HowIKilledYourMaster'' has Fang Lin, most accomplished disciple of the Tiger Knuckle martial arts style, and all-around [[TheAce Ace]]. In her introduction, she wipes the floor with some [[{{mooks}} goons]] who have [[TheHero Liu Wong]] at their mercy, and in a flashback she handles Wong himself (an accomplished martial artist in his own right) [[CurbStompBattle without breaking a sweat]]. [[note]]Tiger Knuckle discipline is ''taught'' by a woman, Fang Lin's victory was helped along by Wong being an ArrogantKungFuGuy at that point in his life.[[/note]]

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** Molly Holly once knocked out The Hurricane with a FryingPanOfDoom at ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} X-8.'' She then pinned him to win the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-hc.html WWE Hardcore Title]].
** Mickie James humiliated Wrestling/SantinoMarella by pinning him clean in a match in early 2009 (when Marella was in his "male chauvinist" phase).

** Speaking of women in [=CHIKARA=] defeating Tim Donst, "The Intergalactic Luchadora" Saturyne did just that at ''The Ghost of You Clings...'' on May 4, 2013. The night before, at ''Battle Not With Monsters,'' she defeated Missile Assault Ant. A month earlier, at ''The Shoulder of Pallas'' on April 6th, she defeated Kobald of the Batiri.

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** Trish Stratus dealt then-boyfriend Wrestling/ChrisJericho a solid punch in the mouth at ''[=WrestleMania=] XX'' to kick off her second FaceHeelTurn.

* In a RealLife subversion, "The Year of the Woman" was the theme of the 1993 [[AcademyAward Oscar telecast]]. Along with honoring the films of '92, it was also acknowledging women in film as a whole -- a photo session featuring all the female Oscar winners up to that point was taken in the weeks leading up to the ceremony, the show opened with a montage of women in film, Liza Minelli performed an original Kander-Ebb song ("Ladies' Day") during the show, etc. On the other hand, it was still hosted by a man (Billy Crystal) and the message being presented -- that women were on equal footing with men in both on and off-screen capacities -- wasn't borne out in real life at all. The most acclaimed female-led film of the year, ''Film/HowardsEnd'', was relegated to the arthouse circuit, while with the exception of ''Film/ALeagueOfTheirOwn'' all the year's big hit films focused on men (''Batman Returns'', ''Lethal Weapon 3'', ''A Few Good Men'', ''Home Alone 2'', ''Aladdin''...). Crystal even joked on the show that as far as women on film went, the most talked-about female star of the year was Sharon Stone...for her work in ''Basic Instinct''. Unfortunately, the situation hasn't much improved for women in Hollywood in ensuing decades.

* [[WebComic/EightBitTheater Brian Clevinger's]] ''HowIKilledYourMaster'' has Fang Lin, most accomplished disciple of the Tiger Knuckle martial arts style, and all-around [[TheAce Ace]]. In her introduction, she wipes the floor with some [[{{mooks}} goons]] who have [[TheHero Liu Wong]] at their mercy, and in a flashback she handles Wong himself (an accomplished martial artist in his own right) [[CurbStompBattle without breaking a sweat]]. [[hottip:*: Tiger Knuckle discipline is ''taught'' by a woman, Fang Lin's victory was helped along by Wong being an ArrogantKungFuGuy at that point in his life.]]

* Both Madusa Miceli and Jacqueline Moore won the Cruiserweight Championship, the former in WCW and the latter in WWE. Jacqueline also won her second Women's Championship from a man (don't ask).
* {{Chyna}} became the first woman to hold the Intercontinental Championship. She would go on to hold it three times (the second one was a co-champ thing with ChrisJericho).

** Molly Holly once knocked out The Hurricane with a FryingPanOfDoom at ''Wrestling/{[WrestleMania}} X-8.'' She then pinned him to win the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-hc.html WWE Hardcore Title]].

** Mickie James humiliated Wrestling/SantinoMarella by pinning him clean in a match in early 2009 (when Marella was in his "male chauvinist" phase).
* In Wrestling/{{TNA}} there's also been [[Wrestling/KiaStevens Awesome Kong]], ODB and Hamada.
* In Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}, "The Queen of Wrestling" Sara Del Rey pinned her former BDK stablemate Tim Donst to win the Torneo [=Cibernetico=] at ''Cibernetico: The Animated Series'' November 12, 2011, making her the first and so far only woman to do so. Earlier in the match, she had eliminated the BDK's monster Tursas.

* In ''CaptainTsubasa'', softball player from Okinawa Maki Akamine helps Kojiro Hyuga develop new training techniques. However, when it's time for her big softball game, she ''loses'', and Hyuga gives her her spirits back [[ShipTease with a hug under the rain]]. [[spoiler: Maki doesn't give up, continues training, and later she's chosen for the ''national'' softball team.]]

* In ''TheBadNewsBears'' they lost the baseball game. But Amanda (played by Tatum O'Neal) was definitely a kick-ass pitcher.

* {{Chyna}} was the first woman to enter the Royal Rumble and compete in the King of the Ring tournament. She didn't win either of them but it was still pretty groundbreaking.
** BethPhoenix also entered the Royal Rumble and eliminated the Great Khali but was quickly eliminated by CMPunk. It was still very impressive.
* Women in WWE who have competed in competitive intergender matches (which weren't squashes) aside from the two mentioned above: Wrestling/MollyHolly, TrishStratus, {{Lita}}, Ivory, Jacqueline Moore, Victoria and Mickie James.

** Molly Holly once knocked out The Hurricane with a frying pan.
** TrishStratus dealt then-boyfriend ChrisJericho a solid punch in the mouth at ''[=WrestleMania=] XX'' to kick off her second FaceHeelTurn.
** {{Lita}} played a sort of [[MamaBear Sister Bear]] role when her boyfriend MattHardy was battling TheUndertaker at the 2002 ''Royal Rumble''. She crashed the Rumble Match and she and Matt double-teamed the "Deadman." They didn't get very far, but it was still pretty {{Badass}}.
** Mickie James humiliated Santino Marella by pinning him clean in a match in early 2009 (when Marella was in his "male chauvinist" phase).
* In TNA there's also been Awesome Kong, ODB and Hamada.

* ''[[{{MASH}} M*A*S*H]]'' had a bowling episode in which Margaret Houlihan tried for half the episode to tell Potter she would be a valuable asset to the team, but female team members were so far from his thoughts that when she said she wanted to help, he assigned her the task of seducing the major player for the opposition. Of course, once she ends up on the team proper, she pulls her weight, and the 4077th wins the bet.

* In ''[[VideoGame/MaddenNFL Madden 12]]'', [=McDonalds=] contest winner Hope Bromley appears in the free agent pool, the series' first female player. She's ranked 65 overall[[note]]Higher than former #1 overall pick [[ButtMonkey JaMarcus Russell]][[/note]].

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* In DragonQuestIV, Alena is the princess and expected by her father to act like a princess. She, on the other hand, wants to be an adventurer and prove that she can do more than look pretty in a dress. So, she instead breaks out of the castle, travels across the country, and roundly proves that she is more than capable of kicking ass and taking names by winning the battle tournament in Endor.

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* Downplayed on ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender,'' with Katara's battle with [[StrawMisogynist Pakku]]. She proved herself to be exceptionally talented, but an untrained teenager wasn't going to beat the best Waterbending master in the world. However, it changes his mind about women fighting and she earns his respect. This is aided a bit when he learns he could have been her grandfather, but for his sexist attitudes.

A girl participates in an athletic competition to show that girls can be as good as it as the boys are. She then makes good by a) outplaying/equaling her male counterparts in an athletic competition, or b) joining another team, and winning a game for her team. Sometimes this happens in retaliation to being called "[[JustAKid just a girl]]". Nine times out of ten, the girl is treated as a hero (with the "being carried on the other athletes' shoulders" treatment) upon winning the game.