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* "The Year of the Woman" was the theme of the 1993 [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardsCeremonies 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 -- [[SubvertedTrope wasn't borne out in real life at all.]] The most acclaimed female-led film of the year, ''Howards End'', 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'', ''Unforgiven''...). And it wasn't as if women were seeing a lot of ''nominations'' beyond the actress categories. 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''. Feminist commentators, filmmakers, and performers weren't impressed by this theme, to say the least.

* It could be said that the anime series ''PrincessNine'' is based on this concept, with nine female athletes banding together to form their own baseball team.
* ''TaishouYakyuuMusume'' may be even ''more'' so, since it deals with an all-girl baseball team in ''1920s Japan''.

* Done once in ''{{Series/Zoey 101}}'' and actually [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] on the second occasion. The very first episode feature a girls vs boys Basketball game in which the girls lose by only one basket. By the end of the game however, the entire school was cheering the girls on. In one of the rare instances where Zoey didn't come out on top, she joins the male's wrestling team. The coach uses takes advantage of this trope because no guy on the opposing would wrestler her because they'd either [[WouldntHitAGirl be seen as a jerk for beating up a girl]] or look like a wimp for losing to one. Everyone except a JerkJock, who proceeds to [[CurbStompBattle wipe the floor with Zoey.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': Billy wouldn't allow Mandy in his baseball team because she's a girl. Trying to teach him a lesson, she disguised herself as a boy named "Manfred" by donning a baseball cap. That'll prove to Billy girls can play sports as soon as he sees through her ClarkKenting. (That means ''never'')

* Aki finding her need-for-speed and becoming a Riding Duelist in StoryArc 3 of ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds''. When getting her license, mysogynists try to sabotage her test because she is both her woman and she is the only one who passed through the preliminary tests. Not only Aki manages to handle the situation and won her Riding Duel (against Ushio), [[{{Badass}} Jack]] beats the crap out of the guys.

* ''LizzieMcGuire'' features an episode where Lizzie turns out to be really good at flag football, and gets recruited to [[BrainlessBeauty Ethan's]] team. She quits because she's treated as "just one of the guys" by Ethan but then learns that girls can be athletic and girly.

* "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 -- [[SubvertedTrope wasn't borne out in real life at all.]] The most acclaimed female-led film of the year, ''Howards End'', 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'', ''Unforgiven''...). And it wasn't as if women were seeing a lot of ''nominations'' beyond the actress categories. 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''. Feminist commentators, filmmakers, and performers weren't impressed by this theme, to say the least.

Sub-trope of PassionateSportsGirl. Compare MarsAndVenusGenderContrast.

** 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.

* Parodied in "Big Time Jobs," an episode of ''BigTimeRush.'' Carlos takes the position of Gustavo's production assistant, and is forced to deal with an espresso machine named C.A.L. (a parody of a [[ASpaceOdyssey certain famous A.I.]]) that [[ItMakesSenseInContext eventually becomes sentient and attempts to take over the world by flooding it with foam.]]. Kelly, Gustavo's assistant manager, tells Carlos that he'll have to deal with the problem on his own--until C.A.L. starts spouting sexist rhetoric ("WOMEN ARE WEAK"). She then takes a baseball bat to the machine.

** Part of what makes the parody so effective is that when the Blernsball talent scout first approaches Leela to join a professional team, he politely makes it absolutely clear that she's ''not'' a good player, and that hiring her will strictly be a ratings stunt, which defies the chauvinism that usually appears with this trope.

* Aki finding her need-for-speed and becoming a Riding Duelist in StoryArc 3 of ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds''.
* In ''Anime/YuGiOhZexal'', Rei beat an entire boy's soccer team ''by herself''.

* The first episode of ''LifeWithBoys'' is all about Tess's quest to join the wrestling team.

* 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, ''Howards End'', 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'', ''Unforgiven''...). And it wasn't as if women were seeing a lot of ''nominations'' beyond the actress categories. 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''. Feminist commentators, filmmakers, and performers weren't impressed by this theme, to say the least. (Unfortunately, the situation hasn't much improved for women in Hollywood in ensuing decades.)

* ''TheBradyBunch'', "The Liberation of Marcia Brady." Marcia says in a news interview that girls can do anything boys can. She joins the Frontier Scouts to prove it. Peter retaliates by joining the Sunflower Girls. [[DoubleStandard While Marcia holds her own with the boys, Peter is humiliated.]]
** This was actually a recurring theme in the show. Any time the boys and girls had a contest, [[DoubleStandard the girls would win.]]

* Basically the entire point of ''HangTime''.
* Dee in ''ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' took part in the football try outs in one episode just to prove that she was more athletic than Mac and Dennis who were also competing. Despite the fact that she had a "spine made of glass", she managed to make it the farthest than any of the other guys, but only because they were completely out of shape.
** Subverted in the end of the episode, when [[spoiler: she injures her foot just kicking the football]].

** "Bart Star" subverts this: Lisa boldly declares her intent to join her brother Bart on his football team, but becomes reluctant when coach Ned Flanders welcomes her with open arms, mentioning the three ''other'' girls on the team, who are also welcoming. Lisa tries to salvage her mold-breaking intentions by decrying the footballs for being made of animal parts, but learns that they're synthetic, with the profits donated to charity. Unable to cope with not being on the [[SoapboxSadie moral high(er) road]], she runs off sobbing.

* Subversion: ''CloneHigh'', "Shot in the Dark", where "John Dark" turns out to be the Joan of Arc clone in a cap and mustache. She hits a free-throw to score the school's first point against their competition and win a bet principal Scudworth had made against their rival's principal... and then the team treats the Abe Lincoln clone as a hero (on the grounds that his stirring speech convinced all in attendance to let her shoot in the first place), leaving Joan feeling completely betrayed.

* Enforced on an episode of ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''. Turk doesn't pick the only female in the group of candidates to be his assistant, which Elliot decides is sexist, so she gets Carla (Turk's wife) to [[LysistrataGambit deny him sex]] until he makes the girl his assistant instead.

* Aki finding her need-for-speed and becoming a Riding Duelist in StoryArc 3 of ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds}}''.

* In ''Animation/SheZow'', Guy Hamdon changes into [=SheZow=] whenever he says this trope by name when he's not [=SheZow=].

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', Lightning is one tough chick. She is a soldier, wields a gunblade, is super athletic, and kicks major ass in battle, and quite often displays she is much stronger than and a much better fighter than all the guys in the game (and girls for that matter).
** Shown further in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII: LightningReturns'', when she manages to kick both Noel and Snow's asses in a one on one fight, and even proves herself to be stronger than God Buhnivelze himself.

** Shown further in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII:LightningReturns'', when she manages to kick both Noel and Snow's asses in a one on one fight, and even proves herself to be stronger than God Buhnivelze himself.

** Shown further in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIIILightningReturns'', when she manages to kick both Noel and Snow's asses in a one on one fight, and even proves herself to be stronger than God Buhnivelze himself.