History PlayingWith / NeverASelfMadeWoman

* '''GenderFlipped''': Tobias, an ActionHero, honed his fighting skills and survival techniques thanks to [[MamaBear his]] [[ActionMom mother]] [[BehindEveryGreatMan who trained him from childhood]].

* '''Exploited''': "Don't worry [[TheGoodChancellor Chancellor Bob.]] Every haughty FeudalOverlord in the Kingdom will think [[DaddysGirl my girl]] Alice just got [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask the throne]] because I have no sons. She'll eat them all alive while they are [[UnderestimatingBadassery underestimating her.]]"

** Maureen's father and boyfriend are both incompetent idiots who accidentally teach Maureen several moves, yet she still have them to thank for.

** Maureen knows all to well that NoGuyWantsAnAmazon. Hence, she makes believe that she got into the business thanks to parental pressure. But in actuality, she chose that lifestyle herself, without using any connections to get to her current position.

** ...and then it is revealed that it's not her father who taught her but [[ActionMom her mother]].

** HypocriticalHumor, where a FridgeHorror occurs to everyone afterwards that they couldn't be what they are today either without their parent, loved ones and friend's support.

* '''Straight''': Maureen, a seasoned ActionGirl who achieved a lot through continuous endeavours and training, never could get to where she is now if she wasn't the daughter of Bruno, a RetiredBadass who taught her how to master her emotions and make rational decisions, and the lover of Tobias, an ActionHero, who trained her and taught her how to fight and survive.

* '''Subverted''': Maureen knows all to well that NoGuyWantsAnAmazon. Hence, she makes believe that she got into the business thanks to parental pressure. But in actuality, she chose that lifestyle herself, without using any connections to get to her current position.
** Maureen starts out as 'Bruno's student,' but makes a name for herself as her own person.

* '''Invoked''': Maureen's father taught her from young not to be too independent.

* '''Conversed''': "And out of nowhere comes Maureen saying she owes it all to her father, even though her mother is standing right there! What the hell is that thing that affects Hollywood scriptwriting?? Hidden misogyny, [[SocietyMarchesOn outdated values]], [[BigWhat OR WHAT]]?!"

* '''Parodied''': Maureen's father and boyfriend are both incompetent idiots who accidentally teach Maureen several moves, yet she still have them to thank for.

* '''Subverted''': Maureen is very GenreSavvy and knows all to well that NoGuyWantsAnAmazon. Hence, she makes believe that she got into the business thanks to parental pressure. But in actuality, she chose that lifestyle herself, without using any connections to get to her current position.

* '''Exploited''': "Don't worry [[TheGoodChancellor Chancellor Bob.]] Every haughty FeudalOverlord in TheKingdom will think [[DaddysGirl my girl]] Alice just got [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask the throne]] because I have no sons. She'll eat them all alive while they are [[UnderestimatingBadassery underestimating her.]]"

** BehindEveryGreatMan
* '''GenderFlipped''': Tobias, an ActionHero, honed his fighting skills and survival techniques thanks to [[MamaBear his]] [[ActionMom mother]] who trained him from childhood.

* '''Averted'''

* '''Conversed''': "And out of nowhere comes Maureen saying she owes it all to her father, even though her mother is standing right there! What the hell is that thing that affects Hollywood scriptwriting?? Hidden misogyny, old age, [[BigWhat OR WHAT]]?!"

** Maureen is a [[WastelandElder clan diplomat, arbitrator,]] [[GrandeDame matchmaker or similar office,]] in a [[TheClan tribal society]] ''Of course'' her success comes from family. Family is her ''job.'' But she would not have had the job if she had not impressed people with her intelligence and wisdom.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Maureen, honey, don't fool yourself. Without your dad and your man, you're pretty much useless."

* '''Conversed''': "And out of nowhere comes Maureen saying she owes it all to her father, even though her mother is standing right. there. I hate Hollywood scriptwriting."

** Maureen feels OvershadowedByAwesome by her father, and eventually quits or joins the villains in order to step out of his shadow.

** ...and then it is revealed that it's not her father who taught her but her mother.

** [[TheChewtoy Alice]] ''would'' be very powerful... if it weren't for her father and boyfriend, who have (intentionally or not) torpedoed her every chance of making something of herself.
* '''GenderFlipped''': Tobias, an ActionHero, honed his fighting skills and survival techniques thanks to his mother who trained him from childhood.

** "[[ViewersAreMorons Male viewers/readers]] [[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon always feel threatened by strong female characters]]. Make Maureen's father and husband stronger and better than she is, else she will never appeal to the male audience."

* '''Justified''': Maureen comes from a culture where LineageComesFromTheFather and who usually dismisses females as second-class citizens.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Maureen only became a good fighter with the help of Tobias, but Tobias is actually revealed to be [[SweetPollyOliver Tabitha]], who herself had to be trained by her father. However, Tabitha's father was only successful because he was taught by his sister...
** The male and female are skilled in different fields. They therefore rely upon each other on something they don't expertise. Thus there are momemts and prospects where this trope is played straight and subverted.

** The male and female are skilled in different fields. They therefore rely upon each other on something they don't expertise. Thus there are momemts and prosoects where this trope is played straight and subverted.

** "[[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon Male viewers/readers always feel threatened by strong female characters]]. Make Maureen's father and husband stronger and better than she is, else she will never appeal to the male audience."

* '''Deconstructed''': Because everyone believes Maureen is only a DaddysGirl with no actual skill of her own, everyone disregards her input and her skills whenever she comes up with a solution.