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** [[CastFullofPrettyBoys The show's]] main TargetAudience is YaoiFangirl, but the creators add one female character because they want to receive MultipleDemographicAppeal and get away from {{Girl|ShowGhetto}} and QueerShowGhetto.



* '''Defied''': The team gets Madam Mysterious and Professor {{Pink|MeansFeminine}} to join them because Amazing Girl doesn't want to be TheChick.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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The team gets Madam Mysterious and Professor {{Pink|MeansFeminine}} to join them because Amazing Girl doesn't want to be TheChick.TheChick.
** Amazing Girl choose to join the AmazonBrigade instead of an entirely male team.



* '''Implied''': The team is made up by entirely men and one AmbiguousGender character.



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** Amy is the only female citizen in a whole OneGenderRace country.



** TwoGuysAndAGirl



** The story is set in a place that doesn't allow women and Amy is either a SweetPollyOliver or first/only woman who is allowed to enter.



** The team's gender is [[AmbiguousGender never revealed at all]].



* '''Invoked''': The team consists entirely of men, until they let Amazing Girl join them to avoid being criticized by {{Straw Feminist}}s.

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* '''Invoked''': '''Invoked''':
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The team consists entirely of men, until they let Amazing Girl join them to avoid being criticized by {{Straw Feminist}}s.Feminist}}s.
** [[TerritorialSmurfette Amazing Girl prevents other female characters from joining the team.]]

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* '''Exploited''': Amazing Girl uses her status as the sole female character to hook up with whomever she likes.

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* '''Exploited''': '''Exploited''':
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Amazing Girl uses her status as the sole female character to hook up with whomever she likes.likes.
** StarringSmurfette
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Society Marches On has been renamed; cleaning out misuse and moving examples


* '''IntendedAudienceReaction''': The members of the Super Team turn out to [[NobleBigot have some (conscious or not) prejudice against girls]], and getting over it by accepting that SocietyMarchesOn and switching to gender-equality policy is a significant part of their CharacterDevelopment.

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* '''IntendedAudienceReaction''': The members of the Super Team turn out to [[NobleBigot have some (conscious or not) prejudice against girls]], and getting over it by accepting that SocietyMarchesOn times change and switching to gender-equality policy is a significant part of their CharacterDevelopment.
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** The team decides they need more members and expands to OneHundredAndEight superheroes... but Amy is still the only female.

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** The team decides they need more members and expands to OneHundredAndEight 108 superheroes... but Amy is still the only female.
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** The work is an amateur no-budget production where all the characters are played by the author's friends, and he only has one female friend who agreed to participate.
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** Amazing Girl's relationship with the Super Team is on the rocks due to Amazing Girl feeling alone in the team and her not having anyone to talk to about her issues, like how she's often objectified.

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** Amazing Girl's relationship with the Super Team is on the rocks due to Amazing Girl feeling alone in the team and her not having anyone to talk to about her issues, like how she's often objectified.issues.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Amazing Girl's relationship with the Super Team is on the rocks due to Amazing Girl feeling alone in the team and her not having anyone to talk to about her issues, like how she's often objectified.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Drama''':
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Amazing Girl's relationship with the Super Team is on the rocks due to Amazing Girl feeling alone in the team and her not having anyone to talk to about her issues, like how she's often objectified.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Amazing Girl's relationship with the Super Team is on the rocks due to Amazing Girl feeling alone in the team and her not having anyone to talk to about her issues, like how she's often objectified.
** The [[AllMenArePerverts extra horny]] Super Team only took Amazing Girl on so they'd have something to ogle at.



%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
* '''Played For Drama''': Amazing Girl's relationship with the Super Team is on the rocks due to Amazing Girl feeling alone in the team and her not having anyone to talk to about her issues, like how she's often objectified.
** The [[AllMenArePerverts extra horny]] Super Team only took Amazing Girl on so they'd have something to ogle at.

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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
* '''Played For Drama''': Amazing Girl's relationship with the Super Team is on the rocks due to Amazing Girl feeling alone in the team and her not having anyone to talk to about her issues, like how she's often objectified.
** The [[AllMenArePerverts extra horny]] Super Team only took Amazing Girl on so they'd have something to ogle at.
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%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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%%* * '''Played For Drama''': ???Amazing Girl's relationship with the Super Team is on the rocks due to Amazing Girl feeling alone in the team and her not having anyone to talk to about her issues, like how she's often objectified.
** The [[AllMenArePerverts extra horny]] Super Team only took Amazing Girl on so they'd have something to ogle at.
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** Amy is the only female character in her respective medium.

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** Amy is the only female character in her respective medium.medium, let alone her SuperTeam.
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** Amy is the only female character in her respective medium.
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* '''Inverted''': [[TheOneGuy Andrew the Awesome Man]] is the only male member of his [[AmazonBrigade Super Team]].

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* '''Inverted''': [[TheOneGuy Andrew the Awesome Man]] is the only male member of his [[AmazonBrigade Super Team]]. TheOneGuy
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** "Amy" takes off "her" dress and wig, revealing "herself" to be Adam, a guy.


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** Amy is RecursiveCrossdressing, and she needed to pretend to be a guy for a mission.
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** Amy is the only female member of her SuperTeam, but there are lots of {{Badass Normal}} {{Recurring Character}}s who are female; they're just not official members of the team.

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** Amy is the only female member of her SuperTeam, but there are lots of {{Badass Normal}} BadassNormal {{Recurring Character}}s who are female; they're just not official members of the team.



* '''Defied''': The team gets Madam Mysterious and Professor [[PinkMeansFeminine Pink]] to join them because Amazing Girl doesn't want to be TheChick.

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* '''Defied''': The team gets Madam Mysterious and Professor [[PinkMeansFeminine Pink]] {{Pink|MeansFeminine}} to join them because Amazing Girl doesn't want to be TheChick.



* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The members of the Super Team turn out to [[NobleBigot have some (conscious or not) prejudice against girls]], and getting over it by accepting that SocietyMarchesOn and switching to gender-equality policy is a significant part of their CharacterDevelopment.

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* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': '''IntendedAudienceReaction''': The members of the Super Team turn out to [[NobleBigot have some (conscious or not) prejudice against girls]], and getting over it by accepting that SocietyMarchesOn and switching to gender-equality policy is a significant part of their CharacterDevelopment.
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** Amy starts off as the only female on the team, but later on, [[TheChick Chica]] joins the group.

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** Amy starts off as the only female on the team, but [[AffirmativeActionGirl later on, on]], [[TheChick Chica]] joins the group.
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** GenderIsNoObject.

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** GenderIsNoObject.GenderIsNoObject, for a large-scale aversion.



** The show's TargetAudience is adult men, yet at the same time, the creators don't want to look sexist by having an all male cast.

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** The show's TargetAudience is adult men, yet at the same time, the creators don't want to look sexist by come under fire from feminist movements for having an all male cast.



* '''Reconstructed''': The team only lets in the badassest of the badass, and so far, they haven't found any women as badass as Amazing Girl.
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The members of the Super Team turn out to [[NobleBigot have some (more or less) prejudice against girls]], and getting over it by accepting that SocietyMarchesOn and switching to gender-equality policy is a significant part of their CharacterDevelopment.

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* '''Reconstructed''': The team Super Team only lets in [[TrainingFromHell the badassest of the badass, badass]] to maintain its BadassCrew status, and so far, they haven't found any women as badass as Amazing Girl.
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The members of the Super Team turn out to [[NobleBigot have some (more (conscious or less) not) prejudice against girls]], and getting over it by accepting that SocietyMarchesOn and switching to gender-equality policy is a significant part of their CharacterDevelopment.
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** The work was created in the days when there wasn't such great equality didn't age well, ValuesDissonance and all.

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** The work was created in the days when there wasn't such great equality equality, so it didn't age well, ValuesDissonance and all.

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** Amy is the sole survivor of {{gendercide}}.

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** Amy is the sole survivor of a {{gendercide}}.



* '''Enforced''': The show's TargetAudience is adult men, yet at the same time, the creators don't want to look sexist by having an all male cast.

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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
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The show's TargetAudience is adult men, yet at the same time, the creators don't want to look sexist by having an all male cast.cast.
** The work was created in the days when there wasn't such great equality didn't age well, ValuesDissonance and all.



* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The members of the Super Team turn out to [[NobleBigot have some (more or less) prejudice against girls]], and getting over it by switching to gender-equality policy is a significant part of their CharacterDevelopment.

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* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The members of the Super Team turn out to [[NobleBigot have some (more or less) prejudice against girls]], and getting over it by accepting that SocietyMarchesOn and switching to gender-equality policy is a significant part of their CharacterDevelopment.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Everyone else on the team treats Amazing Girl [[StayInTheKitchen differently]] [[DoubleStandard because she's the only female]]. Eventually, she gets sick of it and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere falls out]], or worse [[WhosLaughingNow switches]] [[FaceHeelTurn sides]].

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* '''Deconstructed''': Everyone else on the team treats Amazing Girl [[StayInTheKitchen differently]] [[DoubleStandard because she's the only female]]. Eventually, she gets sick of it and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere falls out]], quits the team]], or worse even worse, [[WhosLaughingNow switches]] [[FaceHeelTurn sides]].



Go back to TheSmurfettePrinciple... But don't bring more than one woman with you! {{Girls Have Cooties}}, you know!

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Go back to TheSmurfettePrinciple... But don't bring more than one woman with you! {{Girls Have Cooties}}, GirlsHaveCooties, you know!
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* '''Deconstructed''': Everyone else on the team treats Amazing Girl [[StayInTheKitchen differently]] [[DoubleStandard because she's the only female]]. Eventually, she gets sick of it and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere falls out]], or worse [[FaceHeelTurn switches sides]].

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* '''Deconstructed''': Everyone else on the team treats Amazing Girl [[StayInTheKitchen differently]] [[DoubleStandard because she's the only female]]. Eventually, she gets sick of it and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere falls out]], or worse [[WhosLaughingNow switches]] [[FaceHeelTurn switches sides]].

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* '''Straight''': [[SomethingPerson Amazing Girl]] is the only female member of her SuperTeam.

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* '''Straight''': [[SomethingPerson Amy the Amazing Girl]] is the only female member of her SuperTeam.



** The team decides they need more members and expands to OneHundredAndEight superheroes... but Amazing Girl is still the only female.

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** The team decides they need more members and expands to OneHundredAndEight superheroes... but Amazing Girl Amy is still the only female.



** [[SomethingPerson Amazing Girl]] is the only female member of her SuperTeam, but there are lots of {{Badass Normal}} {{Recurring Character}}s who are female; they're just not official members of the team.

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** [[SomethingPerson Amazing Girl]] Amy is the only female member of her SuperTeam, but there are lots of {{Badass Normal}} {{Recurring Character}}s who are female; they're just not official members of the team.



** Alice is the sole survivor of {{gendercide}}.
* '''Inverted''': [[TheOneGuy Awesome Man]] is the only male member of his [[AmazonBrigade Super Team]].

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** Alice Amy is the sole survivor of {{gendercide}}.
* '''Inverted''': [[TheOneGuy Andrew the Awesome Man]] is the only male member of his [[AmazonBrigade Super Team]].



** Amazing Girl starts off as the only female on the team, but later on, [[TheChick Chica]] joins the group.

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** Amazing Girl Amy starts off as the only female on the team, but later on, [[TheChick Chica]] joins the group.



** The SuperTeam has an even gender ratio.

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** The SuperTeam has [[GenderEqualEnsemble an even gender ratio.ratio]].



** GenderIsNoObject.



* '''Lampshaded''': "Amazing Girl? Yeah, she's our token chick."

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Amazing Girl? "Amy the Amazing? Yeah, she's our token chick."



* '''Deconstructed''': Everyone else on the team treats Amazing Girl [[StayInTheKitchen differently]] [[DoubleStandard because she's the only female]]. Eventually, she gets sick of it and [[FaceHeelTurn switches sides]].
* '''Reconstructed''': The team only lets in the badassest of the badass, and so far, they haven't found any women as badass as Amazing Girl.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Everyone else on the team treats Amazing Girl [[StayInTheKitchen differently]] [[DoubleStandard because she's the only female]]. Eventually, she gets sick of it and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere falls out]], or worse [[FaceHeelTurn switches sides]].
* '''Reconstructed''': The team only lets in the badassest of the badass, and so far, they haven't found any women as badass as Amazing Girl. Girl.
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The members of the Super Team turn out to [[NobleBigot have some (more or less) prejudice against girls]], and getting over it by switching to gender-equality policy is a significant part of their CharacterDevelopment.



Go back to TheSmurfettePrinciple... But don't bring more than one woman with you! {{Girls have Cooties}}, you know!

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Go back to TheSmurfettePrinciple... But don't bring more than one woman with you! {{Girls have Have Cooties}}, you know!



%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
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** The story takes place in a time period where women were considered less capable of being {{badass}} than men, so the team is [[FairForItsDay actually being very progressive]] by including Amazing Girl at all.

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** The story takes place in a time period where women were considered less capable of being {{badass}} badass than men, so the team is [[FairForItsDay actually being very progressive]] by including Amazing Girl at all.
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** The team has no female character at all and the show was thought to be a case of ChromosomeCasting, until it's revealed that [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] [[SamusIsAGirl is a girl]].
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** The SuperTeam is formed by either [[ChromosomeCasting entirely man]] or [[AmazonBrigade entirely woman]].

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** The SuperTeam is formed by either [[ChromosomeCasting entirely man]] men]] or [[AmazonBrigade entirely woman]].women]].

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* '''Exaggerated''': The team decides they need more members and expands to OneHundredAndEight superheroes... but Amazing Girl is still the only female.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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The team decides they need more members and expands to OneHundredAndEight superheroes... but Amazing Girl is still the only female.female.
** There's little to no female character at all, the only thing considered "female" on screen is an EldritchAbomination.



* '''Averted''': The SuperTeam has an even gender ratio.

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The SuperTeam has an even gender ratio.ratio.
** The SuperTeam is formed by either [[ChromosomeCasting entirely man]] or [[AmazonBrigade entirely woman]].

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* '''Subverted''': Everyone ''thinks'' Amazing Girl is the only female, until [[NinetiesAntiHero the Slaughterinator]] turns out to be a [[SweetPollyOliver woman disguised as a man]].

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Everyone ''thinks'' Amazing Girl is the only female, until [[NinetiesAntiHero the Slaughterinator]] turns out to be a [[SweetPollyOliver woman disguised as a man]].man]].
** Amazing Girl starts off as the only female on the team, but later on, [[TheChick Chica]] joins the group.


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** But not long after Chica joins, Amazing Girl is KilledOffForReal.
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** Other girls were offered a place on the team, but only Amazing Girl accepted/qualified.
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* '''Exploited''': Amazing Girl uses her status as the soul female character to hook up with whomever she likes.

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* '''Exploited''': Amazing Girl uses her status as the soul sole female character to hook up with whomever she likes.
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* '''Enforced''': The show's TargetDemographic is adult men, yet at the same time, the creators don't want to look sexist by having an all male cast.

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* '''Enforced''': The show's TargetDemographic TargetAudience is adult men, yet at the same time, the creators don't want to look sexist by having an all male cast.

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