History Quotes / StandardFemaleGrabArea

->For starters, she's meant to show the power of nonbenders, but she can only really fight when she's wearing a glove that essentially gives her bending abilities. Of course, she is not wearing this in episode 8 when Tarlokk uses waterbending to grab her by the wrist, even though she probably should in this scene. And grabbing her by the wrist makes her entirely helpless. I guess this show really did want to invoke the 1920s because that's the last time when this was dramatically acceptable. "A badass female being rendered helpless by someone grabbing her shoulder or her wrist"... It's such a stupid, outdated cliche and a relic of the past when female characters were expected to be nothing other than damsels in distress. Hey, Asami, remember those self-defense classes that you talked about? I thought that they might have taught you how to get out of a hold, especially one where he's only grabbing your wrist. But. no, we need to sacrifice the plot for the sake of the plot.

-->-- '''[[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]''' on ''Comicbook/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Adventures}} Meets Franchise/{{Archie|Comics}}''

-->-- '''[[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]''' on ''Comicbook/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Adventures}} Meets {{Archie}}''

-->-- ''[[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]]''' on ''Film/StreetFighterTheLegendOfChunLi''

->'''Gender Equality, Part 1 ([[{{VideoGame/Grandia}} Feena]] Rule):''' ''Your average female RPG character carries a variety of deadly weapons and can effortlessly hack or magic her way through armies of monsters, killer cyborgs, and mutated boss creatures without breaking a sweat. She may be an accomplished ninja, a superpowered secret agent, or the world's greatest adventurer. However, if one of the game's villains manages to sneak up and grab her by the Standard Female Character Grab Area (her upper arm) she will be rendered utterly helpless until rescued by the hero.''
-->-- ''TheGrandListOfConsoleRolePlayingGameCliches''

-->-- '''[[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]''' on ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Meets {{Archie}}''

-->-- '''[[WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]''' on ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Meets {{Archie}}''

-->-- '''{{Linkara}}''' on ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Meets {{Archie}}''

->'''Gender Equality, Part 1 ([[{{Game/Grandia}} Feena]] Rule):''' ''Your average female RPG character carries a variety of deadly weapons and can effortlessly hack or magic her way through armies of monsters, killer cyborgs, and mutated boss creatures without breaking a sweat. She may be an accomplished ninja, a superpowered secret agent, or the world's greatest adventurer. However, if one of the game's villains manages to sneak up and grab her by the Standard Female Character Grab Area (her upper arm) she will be rendered utterly helpless until rescued by the hero.''