History PlayingWith / WouldntHitAgirl

** Jim has a moral code against hitting women.

** Or, Jim is trying to get Veridian to go out with him.
** It's not like he's being sexist, but Jim's personal honour code forbids him from fighting anyone he has an unfair advantage over. He being a typical man and Veridian being a typical woman, she happens to be naturally smaller and weaker than him, so he declines on those grounds.

** Or, Jim is trying to get Verdian to go out with him.

** Jim states that he won't fight a woman, and Viridian [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown exploits it to the hilt]] right up until he clouts her with all his strength, and since her overconfidence meant her guard was down, the result is devastating.

--> ''Jim'': You just couldn't pass up that easy win, could you? [[GuileHero I knew I couldn't beat you in a head-on fight, so I had to try a different approach.]]

-- ''Jim'': You just couldn't pass up that easy win, could you? [[GuileHero I knew I couldn't beat you in a head-on fight, so I had to try a different approach.]]

* '''Inverted''':
** Veridian refuses to fight males.
** Or Jim regularly beats women, but would never hurt another man.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Jim refuses to fight Veridian because she's a girl. However, he later discovers that 'she' is actually an alien who has taken the form of a human female. Just when he is about to attack the shapeshifter, she reveals her true form to be a {{Green Skinned Space Babe}}.

'''Jim:''' You are no lady. *Cue beatdown.*

-->'''Jim:''' I am against misogynistic violence but I am not against self defense, there is a difference.

--> '''Jim:''' What? Oh no miss you don't understand I am a pacifist by nature. Trust me even if you were a guy I would still prefer not to fight you.

--> '''Jim:''' Fight you? [[AllMenArePerverts Oh I'd rather do a certain other type of]] "F Word".

* '''Played For Laughs:''' The hero is a ChivalrousPervert. The girl is [[BestHerToBedHer The Red Sonja]].

* '''Played For Drama:'''

--> '''Jim:''' Fight you? Oh I'd rather do a certain other type of "F Word".

** When Jim is attacked by a [[BearsAreBadNews bear]], he insists on checking before he fights it.

** Women are weaker than men, thus, Jim doesn't want to injure them, even if it was unintentional.

* '''Downplayed''': Jim will not fight against any women who are gentle, lady-like and do not like to fight in the first place. Female enemies and violent {{tsundere}}s are considered AcceptableTarget, and Jim would be willing to smash their faces off.

** Jim is hesitant in fighting Viridian but its for other reasons.

** Or the writers have little to no knowledge of men attacking women and being seen as a good thing while they are a little too use to all the times when it is very much a KickTheDog moment from WouldHitAGirl trope using villains.

* '''Downplayed''': Jim will not fight against any women who are gentle, lady-like and do not like to fight in the first place. Female enemies and violent Tsundere are considered AcceptableTarget, and Jim would be willing to smash their faces off.

** When Jim is attacked by a [[EverythingIsWorseWithBears bear]], he insists on checking before he fights it.

* '''Up To Eleven''': Jim refused to fight Andy for being effemate.

** Or alternatively, Jim was [[FreudianExcuse traumatized in his childhood when he saw his father beating his kind mother]] and avoids hitting a woman because of this.

-->'''Veridian''': What's the matter? Ya don't hit ladies?
-->'''Jim:''' You are no lady. *Cue beatdown.*

** Alternatively: Jim dodges Viridian's attacks, but doesn't fight back... Until she lands a blow, at which point he proceeds to beat the crap out of her. "You all saw she hit me first, right?"
** '''Jim:''' What? Oh no miss you don't understand I am a pacifist by nature. Trust me even if you were a guy I would still prefer not to fight you.

** '''Jim:''' Fight you? Oh I'd rather do a certain other type of "F Word".
* '''Deconstructed''':
** Jim's refusal to fight Veridian is seen as an insult by her because that means he views her as weaker than he. She responds by [[CurbStompBattle handing him his ass]]
** Veridian tries to convince Jim to have a friendly fight with her to beat the sexism out of him. She is often seen egging him on and generally being aggressive toward him. She may or may not praise him for finally losing the sexist attitude if he caves and hits her.
** The females abuse this and bully a guy since they know he can't hit them.
** Jim's refusal to harm a female makes him a greater threat to his TrueCompanions than Veridian.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** But before she can do so, [[ActionGirl Marci]] gives her an epic beatdown, and saves Jim in the process.
** Jim's a TechnicalPacifist. His fight style revolves around blocking attacks and jabbing nerve clusters to cause paralysis.
** Veridian kicks at Jim. He catches her foot and uses it to steer her around like they're playing "wheelbarrow".
** [[ExactWords Jim said nothing about shooting them]].

** So he doesn't want to fight ladies huh? Let me guess is he one of those "will not fight back against a woman at all" guy? Or is he a "will not punch a lady in the face" kind of guy?

** The hero´s enemy is a sadistic DarkActionGirl, he refuses to hit her, she completely beat the shit out of him with a SlasherSmile, insulting and toying with him and leaving the guy crippled at the end, with several bones of his body broken. He realises that the injuries in the body are so severe that he won´t be able to fight anymore, so he will be an invalid the rest of his life.

Back to WouldntHitAGirl.
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** [[ExactWords: Jim said nothing about shooting them]].

* '''Played For Laughs:''' The hero is a ChivalrousPervert. The girl is TheRedSonja.

* '''Exaggerated''': Jim refuses to fight Veridian even though she's dashing at him with guns blazing.

* '''Justified''': Jim has a moral code against hitting women.

* '''Inverted''': Veridian refuses to fight males.

* '''Subverted''': Veridian and Jim's exchange goes like this:

* '''Double Subverted''': Veridian gives Jim PuppyDogEyes and he immediately relents.

* '''Parodied''': "I'm so not gonna fight you even though I know you have no mercy for any one and wouldn't hesitate to kill me on the drop of a hat. No, ma'am, I'm not gonna defend myself because I'd rather be dead than be known as woman-beater."

* '''Deconstructed''': Jim's refusal to fight Veridian is seen as an insult by her because that means he views her as weaker than he. She responds by [[CurbStompBattle handing him his ass]]

* '''Reconstructed''': But before she can do so, [[ActionGirl Marci]] gives her an epic beatdown, and saves Jim in the process.

* '''Enforced''': The writers don't show Jim and Veridian fighting because their afraid of offending viewers who would object.

* '''Conversed''': "I wonder why some guys have no problem fighting a man, but wouldn't think of hurting a woman."

* '''Played For Drama:''' The hero has to beat a woman to save his friends. Can he?

* '''UpToEleven''': Jim refused to fight Andy for being effemate.
* '''BeyondTheImpossible''': Andy was only wearing a [[PinkIsForSissies pink]] shirt.

** Or...
-->'''Veridian''': You sexist jerk! How dare you disrespect me by refusing to fight me!
-->'''Jim:''' You think I respect the people I fight?! What kind of sociopath would willingly beat up those he respects? I normally respect women too much to ever want to actually hit them. I have no respect for the men I've beaten up in the past. So that's why I couldn't consider attacking you to be a sign of respect.
** "Oh so you agree with the AbuseIsOkayWhenItIsFemaleOnMale trope?! No, I know that women attacking men for unprovoked reasons is wrong but keep in mind that men attacking women for unprovoked reasons is not right either."

** Veridian is the human embodiment of [[EldritchAbomination U´Thul]], Jim knows it and, even in this situation, is unable to fight back with this trope in mind, so she rips him to pieces.

** '''Jim:''' Fight you? Oh I'd rather do a certain other type of "F Word" IfYouKnowWhatIMean

** Jim is hesitant in fighting Viridian but its for other reasons

* '''Enforced''': The writers don't show Jim and Veridian fighting because their afraid of offending viewers who would be offended.

-->'''Jim:''' You think I respect the people I fight?! What kind of sociopath would willingly beat up those he respects? I normally respect women too much to ever want to actually hit them. I have no respect for the men I've beaten up in the past. So thats why I couldn't consider attacking you to be a sign of respect.

* '''Enforced''': The writers don't show Jim and Veridian fighting because their afraid of offending conservative viewers.